Hi tfr r s V X MEUER RECEP IN PLANS ANNOUNCED jviayor Smith Announcos-Threo-j Day Gala Program for Prolate ALL. FLY BELGIAN FLAG Philadelphia's welcome to Cardinal Mercier will in every way llvo up to the lovo and esteem in which the dis tinguished Belgian prclnte is held in this city as a result o his work dur ving the war, when he defied the armies of Germany. Plansffor the official reception and the program o events scheduled during his three-day visit have been announced. The Mayor has asked that a prom inent display of the Belgian flag b mado in all sections of the city. The line of march of the procession that forms when the cardinal reaches the city and proceeds to the Bellcvue Stratford is sure to be a veritable maze of Belgian and American colors. Th6 official program of events fol lows : Tliiif-ulu v 5:15 p. m. Executive committee will leave Broad street station on private rnr Federal, arriving at Washington at 8:20 p. m. Booms have been engaged at Hotel Washington for party for night. Dinner on train. Friday Leave Washington at 0 a. m. onpri vate car Federal, arriving at North Philadelphia station at 1J:07 p. m. t Party will be met at NortJ Philadel phia by 100 Automobiles occupied by members of the honorary committee, in charge of Charles 15. Hall. Police Band to' play. The procession will move down Broad street to Spring Garden, west to the Parkway, south to Arch, cast to Broad, dowrt Broad and around the west side of City Hall to the Bellcvue-Stratford. Boy Scouts showing American and Belgian colors invited to form lines along route. , ,, 1:00 p. m. Luncheon at the Bclle-Mie-Stratford in ballroom. Executive committee and Euests will retire to suite in hotel until notified Met gen eral committee has been seated, then lake positions at main table. tAU mem bers of the honorary committee have been invited to luncheon. Addresses: Archbishop Dougherty, Bishop Uhinc lauder, Rabbi Krauskopf, Cardinal Mercier; the Mayor presiding. After luncheon the executive commit tee and guests will again retire to suite in hotel leaving at pleasure of the cardinal. . , 4 p. m. Reception at headquarters of Belgian relief committee, 10124 Wal nut street. , ... After this reception the cardinal will be escorted by the executive com mittee to residence of Archbishop Dougherty, 1723 Race sticet. 7:30 p. m. Executive committee will arrive at archbishop's house to ac company the' cardinal to the Metropoli tan Opera House, arriving there at about 8 o'clock. , The program there will include in troduction of the Governor as presid ing officer, by the Mayor; addresses by Hampton h. Carson, the Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwcll, Cardinal Mercier; music to be furnished by the Palcstrina choir. The program must be concluded bv i):4?i o'clock when the cardinal will leave for the archbishop's house, ac companied by executive committee. Saturday Executive committee will call for the cardinal at an hour to be named later. Proceed to visit the Mayor's office. In dependence Hall, Fairmount Park. Ovcrbrook Seminary, Villanova Col lege and arrive at the University of Pennsylvania at about 12:30 p. m., where luncheon will be served. Return to archbishop's residence and executive committee will then cease to function until Monday morning. Sunday Solemn pontifical benediction will be given at the cathedral at 4 p. m., last ing aboutonc hour. Monday Executive committee will arrive at archbishop's house at 8:45 a. m., to accompany the cardinal to Broad Street station, wnere lie win Doanl uis spe cial car, leaving at 0:05 a. m, Red Cross workers in their war uni forms.will greet Cardinal Mercier upon his arrival. In addition to a large delegation that will meet the Belgian primate at the North t'hiladelphia sta tion, several thousand women of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, 218 West Rlttcnhouso square, will be seated in the big Red Cross stands on Spring Garden street, east of the Parkway. Chapter officials announced that seats may be had by Red Cross work ers who come early on, Friday morning. No tickets will be given out. On the opposite, side of Spring Gar den street will be seated members of the Emergency Aid, the Colonial Dames and the National League for Women's Service; Tickets for this stand will be given out for members of the Emergency Aid at 1428 Walnut street; for members of the National League and the Colonial Dames, at 1703 Walnut street, 100 West Chcltcn nvenue, Germantown, and the Com munity House, Germantown avenue, Chestnut Hill. These tickets aro now ready for distribution. Special arrangements are being com pleted at tho University of Pennsyl vania to entertain Cardinal Mercier during his stay. Provost Edgar F. Smith will entertain him and other dis tinguished guests at a dinner in Hous 'ton Hall on Saturday, after which the distinguished prelate will bo shown around tho University grounds. f. HARRY HILL DIES Official of Underwriters' Association Will Be Burled Tomorrow O. Harry Hill, manager of the elec trical bureau of the Underwriters' As sociation, middle department, who died yesterday in the Samaritan Hospital, will be buried Friday at Palmyra, N. J. Funeral services will be held at the home of the widow, Mrs. Caroline M. Hill, 024 Parry avenue, Palmyra. In dustry Lodge, No. 131, F. and A. M will be represented at tho services. Mr. Hill had been ill for three years. His condition became so serious three months ago that ho had to civo un his work. His death followed an oper ation. " Ho had been connected with the Un derwriters' Association for fifteen years. Before coming to Philadelphia he was connected with a contracting firm in Harrhiburg. Ho made his home in Palmyra, N. J., after taking his posi tion in Philadelphia, and won a posi tion of prominence in the New Jersey town. He was a member of the" town ship committee and was. at one time a ftM&oldwr in BurliDgtoa KaBta Program for Mcrcier's Reception in This City Tomorrow, 5:15 p. m. Executive committee goes to Washington to escort cardinal here. Friday, 0. a. m. Cardinal and party leaves with committee , for Philadelphia, arriving North Phila delphia Btatlonint 12:07 p. m. Procession moves south in Broad street to Spring Garden, west to Parkway, south to Arch street, enst to Broad street! around west side of' City Hall to South Broad street, thence to Bellevuc-Stratford, " 1 p. m. Luncheon at Bellcvue Stratford. 4 p. m, Reception at Belgian Re lief headquarters, 1524 Walnut street, after which committee will escort Cardinal Mercier nnd party to homo of Archbishop Dougherty, 1723 Race street. 8 p. m. Public reception at Met ropolitan Opera House; addresses by Governor Sproul, Mayor Smith, Hampton Ij. Carson, Dr. Russell H. Conwell nnd Cardinal Mercier. Saturday Cardinal Mercier and party, accompanied by executive committee, visits Mayor's office. In dependence Hall, Fairmount Park, Ovcrbrook Seminary, Villanova Col lege and University of Pennsylvania. Sunday, 4 p. ra. Cardinal Mer cier will pronounce pontifical bene diction at Cathedral. Monday, 9 :05 a. in. Cardinal and party leave Broad Street Station for Baltimore. MISSING BRIDE FOUND IN HER. FRIEND'S HOME Lancaster Girl Worried Over Secret Marriage to Columbia Univers.ity Student Mrs. George I. BuslifieM, wife of a wealthy Columbia University studcut. New York, who mysteriously disap peared from her home in Baltimore and was supposed to be in this city, has been found in the home of a friend at Canton, O. Mrs. Bushfield's parents live in Lan caster. Her marriage to young Mr. Bushfield was secret and was not known to her relatives until after her disap pearance on September 13. Then tho husband telephoned her parents at Lancaster and told them that their daughter, his wife, had left her uncle's home in Baltimore and could not be found. Philadelphia was searched without avail. Then a clue leading to the est was uncovered. Wheu Mrs. Bushfield, who is twenty jears old, was finally found, she said she had run away be cause of worry over her secret inur- iage. BREWERY TO SELL CLAIMS Bergner & Engel Company Auctions 72 Unpaid Saloon Accounts Seventy-two saloon proprietors are included in the list of unpaid accounts which the Bergner & Engel Brewing Corfpany will auction off today iu the publci auction rooms at the Philadelphia Bourse. The open accounts which are against "wet" dispensaries in all parts of the city amount to ?:1S2,000. They repre sent individual indebtedness to the brewery which runs as high as $'J0,000. "We will brew beer," suid George W B. Fletcher, treasurer of the brewing company, "as long as the government permits us to continue iu business. This sale by us does not mean that we have given up all hope of a revival of busi ness. It is merely an incident of busi ness. We are going to sell the accounts because we wish to get them off our books." The biggest debt on the list is that of Owen McGoldrick. Seventeenth and j'Market streets, who was one of the first saloon men arrested in the city for sell ing whisky after wartime prohibition went into effect on July 1. Marine Charged With Hold-Up Oscar Shonebrook, of 1418 North Ho bart street, appeared before Magistrate Grclis today as witness against two sailors, William Mattison, twenty-one years old, and Russell Speck, twenty -one 'years old, and a marine, William Glbbs. twenty-two years old. He said he lost $1Q0 last night and soon after wards was stopped by Gibbs, who ajsked for some money. He gave Gibbs $1, he testified, and was then knocked down and searched. He had only fifty cents left, ho said, which was overlooked by tho men who attacked him. -The two sailors wpre discharged on their denial of taking part in the attack. Gibbs was held in 5500 bail on a cnarge ot as sault. Gloucester Girl Hurt by Auto TCnthrvn Ritz, eight years old, of 403 Middlesex street, Gloucester City, While CrOSBlUS jjiuciu,j ,ov muiuh, was run down by an auto of the Pusey & Jones stiipyard. She suffered cuts and bruises on her head and body. She was treated at the office of Dr. R. T. Fox. telephone, Fur Storage and Remodeling at Extremely Low Rates LUIGI RIENZI CORRECT APPAREL EOR WOMEN 1714 Walnut Street DRESSES SMART STREET MODELS MAN TAILORED TRICOTINE SERGE SATIN In Straight-Line Coat Effects Also Loose-Line Models With Cord and Various Tie Belts Some Embroidered or Braided 52.50 59.50 BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON DRESSES Georgette Satin Crepe Meteor Tricolette Duvetyne Combination of Duvetyne and Tricolette Many Beautifully Beaded and Fur Trimmed Others Very Simply Made Gracefully Draped 57.50 120.00 210.00 suits coats waists; furs EVENING tUBLICs LEDGER PHmADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, HAPPY OVER REUNION ftTr U.--U--t-t- WWW' i Tin V fm T ""' -r-- , -MPDrf i LtfUtadMBr JmL. ''fcaMMBMBlBBB&3-TRaBBBBB . iiiiMptjiiri' 'MKKmtS.SWBKHKKKn nw1 T vim, rnum. :: ' - WKSBStmm E HEStBHBBRSHkaBBaHBalalB JnKM&f&jSaaH i .Mr. and Mrs. Kduard A. Moss, who were reunited today at the Nineteenth and Oxford streets police station after Moss had spent several hours in a cell on a charge of trespassing preferred by his newly ac quired father-in-law. .Mr. and Mrs. .Moss were married on Monday last BRIDE'S FATHER FAILS WOULD REDUCE RENTS TO PART NEWLYWEDSIFOR TRANSIT COMPANY Had Son-in-Law Arrested, but, Court Decides Couple Should Not Separate Frank Winesbergor, of Twenty-sixth mid Cumberland streets, appeared to- dav befoie Magistrate (Srelis in an ef- fort to scpiuatc his daughter from the aie being prepared by the I'nited ISusi husband to whom she was married on nc-s Men's Association. Monday. This move iu the transit situation Love found a way. however, and theihciewas aunouueed by IMward Noppcl, hannv couple left aim in arm with the j president of the asociation. essing and the hearty ap- proval of the bride's mother. Mary Winesberger, eighteen ears old, was married to Edward A. Moss, a navy machiuis-l, on Monday after an acquaintance of seven months, but ap pioval of the match wasuot forthcom ing when Mos prcsente(B5iim-.elf at his bride's home .Monday evening. In fact, Mr. Winesberger not onlj refused to admit him, but al-o caused his arrest for trespassing. Moss spent several hours in u cell. Sociul lel.itions between Mr. Wines berger and his son-in-law weie consid erably strained at the hearing today iu spite of the couit's formal introduction. "I don't want him to have my duugh ter because I don't think lie can sup port her," testified Mr. Winesberger. "How about it?" asked the magis trate. "I thisk T can support her," an swered the bridegroom. "I'm a first class machinist and I expect to get my discharge from the navy in two or three mouths." At this point his mother-in -law testified that she, too, believed Moss could support her daughter. "How long have you known her?" "Seven months." "Ilin! Seven mouths! Well, that's long enough," decided the magistrate and dismissed the case. Today's City Appointments Four appointments to city positions were announceu rouay ny ino civii Service Commission. The appointments follow: Budd W. Seliginan, 241 North Sixty-third street, foreman, Bureau of Highways, $1500 a year. Wiliani N. Milieu, fi032 West Nassau street, in spector, Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, $1200. Harry L. Ashtou, 1043 Welsh road.ySpecial officer, Bu reau of Charities, !J900 a year. Edith II. Lane, 3301 Race street, technical assistant, Bureau of Health, $720. Germantown Clubwomen to Meet Members of the Woman's Club of Ger mantown will meet informally with the president, Mrs. Walter G. Sibley, and members of the board at tho clubhouse late this afternoon. Tea will be t,crved In the garden nnd plans for the coming season will be discussed. I Spruce 2958- 75.00 United Business Men's Associa- tion Thinks Underlying Con cerns Are Overpaid Aiguiueiits for reduction of lcutals paid to underlying companies b the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company "l nder decisions by the highrr courts," he said, "the Public Service Commission can alter contracts enteied into by public utility corporations when such an alteration will work to the bene fit of the public. e believe that a lowering of the lentnls now- paid by the transit com pany to the underljing companies would be t lie best possible solution of the piesent financial problem of the tinii sit coinpaii . and would enable the company ,to furnish better service and maintain a low fare. We intend -to press upon the Public Service Commis sion the point that this is within their power." Samuel jr. Cleinert, Jr.. public serv ile commissioner, declined to discuss the point raised by the business men. When Pisident Mitten, of the tran sit company, appeared before Commis sioners llcnn mid Clement to present a plan whereby three-cent exchanges could be abolished, it was Commissioner Clement who remarked the commission could alter the 1007 contract between the company nnd this city if the con tiact stood in the way of public in terest. CROZER SEMINARY OPENING, Firty-second Year Begins With Thirty New Students Crozer Theological Seminary, at Chester, will open its fifty-second year this afternoon with an address to the faculty and students by Eli S. Reinhold, A. M., director of Crozer extension course, on "The Old Church and the New Day in France." Thirty new students w ill be added to tho seminary this jeur, making the total registration about sixty. Walter B. Taylor, Ph. D., of Boston, has been added to the faculty. Ho will devote his time to teaching public speaking and English. 1220-22-24 Adjoining Special Sale Beginning Tomorrow, Street Dresses of Georgette and Satin In a number of most attractive Autumn models, including beaded and braid trim med effects. All colors and all sizes. r Values up to $49-50 CAMDEN CONTINUES1 ZONE-FARE FIGHT Public Utility Commission Hear ing Scheduled for Tomor row in Newark FIGHT FOR FIVE-CENT FARE Camden trolley boycotters todny are looking forward to an early hrnring on their complaints bv the Public T'tility Commission. i A request for n special hearing, ar gued by E. G. C. Bleakley. city counsel of Camden, was reluctantly granted hj the commission, which is under neavj social ami educational problems in fnr. liccmisc nf the zone fmc system. pnhed in legislation under consideration Mr Blenklev will appear before the Congress nnd will formulate a uni .Mr. iueauie win i . form Catholic policy and co-ordinate as ' commissioners at Newark tomorrow. . f1. vowMf nU tylnPan activities. ' time and place for the special hearing then will be fixed. Camden officials wapt the special hearing held in their own city. While Mr. Bleakley was reopening the zone fare question, Mayor Hllis. ofjeration bj Cardinal Gibbons nre the Camden, turned his attention on the raising of n fund for the Holy See, home zone trolley terminals, "bull-pens." as and foreign missions, the Catholic I'ul thej are known to the public. !eisity, education in genernl, the Cath- Thcre nie two of these terminals injnlic press and general legislation. Camden ot the Federal sticet fen 5 I and at Broadway nnd Morgan sticet Passengers leaving the cars foim iu lines and pass before casWcrs. pav ing their fares as they leave the ter minal. Now Mayor T.llis wants both term! nals torn down. He has ordered the trolley company officials to show cause why they should not be. The builders ot the terminal nnd street lailway of ficials are to appear before Camden City Council at .'t o'clock tomonow afternoon. From the da it was built, the fciry terminal was branded as 11 nuisance b the public. It was declared that the structure was built contrary to the city's building laws. Persons passing through that terminal nre compelled to dodge automobile and other vehicles to reach the ferrj . Many shop windows in Camden con tain signs with the warding, "A fue ccnt fare or nothing." The earnest ness of the bojeott, it is said, has not abated iu the slightest. Kven yester day's rain did not drie the boycotters to the cars. Tlicv used jitneys instead. According to t'itj Counsel Bleaklcj, I luCaindcn residents nre going to fight the zone fate battle out 11 it taKes all winter." The Public Service Corporation's trol ley receipts have dropped alarmingly, he said. Instead of taking iu from $7000 to SS000 a da. only about ."JlTiOO or S2000 is being collected. HAZLETT MEETS HIS MATCH Recorder of Deeds Detained for Ignoring Traffic Pollcem'an "I'm Hazlett," said "Smiling Jim- j my," recorder of deeds, in a "you-cnu't-stop-nie" tone of voice. 1 "I'm Jones," said the uupcrturbed trallic policeman lit Broad and Chest nut stieets, in an "Oh-ycs-I-ean" tone. The tnimV man won and the reeoider of deeds wus placed in custodj and taken to City Hall, where his name was noted by the desk seigeant. but not on the slates where the names nre gen erally registeied. It all happened last night. Jimim nnd his son were due at the city com mittee headquarters. Eleventh and Chestnut streets, nnd, ignoring the traf fic signal turned from Broad street into Chestnut against the patrolman's nain iiig. Politicians Buy Johnson Home The home of the late John G. John son, TiOt! South Broad street, was sold yesterday to the Republican state com mittcc for S.'O.OOO. It will now be the" permanent headquarters of the state committee in this city. This spacious dwelling is two doors above tho last residence occupied by Mr. Johnson at ,"10 South Broad street, where his fa mous art collection which he bequeathed to the city of Philadelphia is housed. To Honor York Road Service Men Campaigns will be launched in Octo ber by Jenkintown nnd Abington to I obtain" S10.000 with which to entertain1 former service men. erect tablets in their honor and conduct two field dajs. I The program which Jenkintown hasl planned 111 honor of its service men will require approximately $7r00, while $1000 or $1,100 will be necessary to carry out the plans made in honor of service men of the Rjdal-Roslyn-Ablngton district. Walnut Street. The St. James $65.00, Special SEPTEMBER 22, ARCHBISHOP CONFERS ON CHURCH WELFARE Attends Meeting Called by Car dinal Gibbons at Catholic University Archbishop Dougherty is in Wash ington today, where he Is attending a meeting of the entire Catholic hierarchy of the United States at the Catholic l'nlvcrsit . A call for this gathering was issued by Cardinal Gibbons in June. He acted as chairman of the general committee on Catholic nffairs and interests. Tho general purpose of the confer ence is to organize committees to study and work for the welfare of church and country, particularly along social and educational lines. It is tliscussing not only purely ecclesiastical questions, but i 1 lie woih of the conference will prob ablj be carried on continuously bj a nermanent Catholic bmeau to be o-tab- lislied at the capital. Among the sub jeets tentatively suggested for consld LIQUOR TRIALS CONTINUE Judge Rules That Liquor May Be Sold for Medicinal Purposes Federal prosecutions against saloon keepers and bartenders for alleged vio lations of the wartime prohibition cnac t ment continued before Judge Dickinson in the I'nited States Distrii t Court in the Federal Building today. Manj interesting rulings arc being de eloped, among the most interesting being that made bv Judge Dickinson to the effect that the sale of whisky 1 for medicinal" purposes does not sub- jee 1 a person to prosecution. The judge made a statement iu which he said he would subject any person or prisons found guiltv in the present' seiiis of tiinls to the full extent of the law. TWO CYNWYD MEN HURT Motorcar Plunges Into Fence During Rainstorm Near Harrisburg During the heavy rain Monday night a loadstcr plowed through the fence on Swatara hill, near Ilurrisburg, and turned down an embankment, resulting in the two men occupants receiving painful hurts. Jioth men live in Cjnwjd .1. B. Snjder. owner of the car, ic- oched nunici oils body contusions, but no oones were nroucn. . n. nan croft suffered a compound fracture of tlin left nrni nml n lncerntinn ocrnco the face that required twelve stitches, r Stationers A Engagement Rings ZXcuriancfs cf Supreme Quality jn BaiVcy Settings fiiBlO"';iJJ 'T""-"-" i ""i t-,ffij The scarcity of really desirable fabrics for clothing manufactur ing this season has become acute -1 r - M lection. IRyj 1 JACOB MEED'S SONS i ji I424-M26 Chestnut Street Wi 1M9 TW FOOD ALES E Chestnut Street Store and Ta- cony Police Station Sell Government Surplus "MEAT' DAY" TOMORROW Two big sales of government food, under the City Market Commission, arc being held today, one at (Umbel's, Ninth and Chestnut streets, nnd the other at the To con v police station. Canned foods and bacon are being parceled out to housewives cither in person or by proxy nt Oimbel's. The sale will close tomorrow, but will re open on Friday. Tomorrow, however, is the govern ment's biggest bargain da. Frozen meats, "0,000 pounds in all. and 2.", 000 pounds of bacon will be sold in the Fred P. Bell chain stores by the City Market Commission. The prices per pound will be: Chuck, 12 cents: racks ot mutton. 10 cents; saddles of mutton, IS cents; legs of mutton. 22 cents; loins ot pork, 2S (cuts; chickin. .12 cents, nnd bacon. .",." cents. Tomoirovt also, thousands of blankets, pieces of clothing and household articles will be sold at the Third Regiment Armory, Broad and Wharton streets, one of a chain of government retail stores to open all over the country. Major Charles F. Jones, district sur plus supply officer, said that it was quite possible that much of the gov ernment food had gotten! into the hands of the packers and wholesalers, because they were offered on the bid principle before the system of selling to the pub lic through the postoffices was estab lished. "" SLIGHTON FARMS' HEAD OUT Girls' Reform School Superintendent I to New York Post j Mrs. Martha P. Falconer has resigned ' as superintendent of the Slighton Farms (Reform School for Girls, Glen Mills, to accept the position of head of the de partment for the care of delinquent girlsiiid women of tho American Social Iljgiene Association, of New York. Her resignation has been accepted, but no date lias as yet been fixed for her de- ' partiirc. which is expected some tunc I nct month. Miss Louise Cutter, a graduate of tho 1 fi.-eritv of Wisconsin, who has been lactiie in social work for seven years laud was Mrs. Falconer's assistant for five years, will succeed her, J Our important con nections with the foremost producers have been of ex ceeding value to us in this real emer gency. They have enabled us to secure a plen tiful assortment of garments which in every way measure fully to our exact ing standards of quality and work manship. Extensive assortments of the newest fabrics in approved models and shapings await your selection. DRAWHOUS WIVES h We make you feel at home in this Men's Store . I It doesn't make any difference whether you, come just to look around and get a line on what's what, or whether you come of set purpose to make a purchase, we're glad to see you. J If you come to look, we know we have the goods, that they are right, that they are rea s o n a b 1 e and then some and that when you have looked us and all others over, we'll take your money when you are good and ready to buy. a alaurr C And if any other rea-' son should bring you in- if it's because some thing slipped up or went wrong for we know we're not perfect nor beyond improve ment then you may rest assured that you will receive a courteous, friendly hearing and treatment leaning a little more to your side than to ours. fAll of which is founded on our belief that we have realized our efforts to have the best that can be pro duced in Men's Suits and Overcoats, with a good bit of what makes a notable difference in individuality of the pleasing, preferable kind. 1 Come in! Perrx&Co. "N. B.T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. ' i J T W xfS , y ' II ' rt '4 - JifJK,i., Z,.. I. ffifeA. 4.t