PiP-! ' m J MOORE NOT READY 10 MBIT -HF-' Declares He .WTTPNot Consider Any Appointments Until After, Election EfENIES 'JPEY'S SELECTION EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-yHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1919 ITALIAN NAVAL MEN TO BE GUESTS TONIGHT Admiral fconz and Other Battle-1 ship Officers Will Bo Honored at Banquet IT E N ANSWERS i i PflfMIMFH ftfififlQ GPARPF Commission, using the stores nnil clcrl- wiiini-u Ajjuj wwf uivsical aid offered by Mr. Bell. NEW FARE CHARGES IN GERMANTOWN SALE! Bl,rI,u,s Kverumcnt stock ot that stnple nnil U in prime conilltloii. The sitle Consrc?mnn Moore announced tutlny ho would not consider nny cabinet np polntmcnts until lifter election. He ndded be was not even open to siiKRes tlons nor would he be until nfter the mayoralty campaign. Mr. Moore's statement wns in nnwer to a rumor that ho bad selected .Tunics A. Carey, antl-A'arc lender of the Fifth ward, to be director of public) ? "I om not going to deny foolish rumors." said Congressman Moore. I "Neither will I give thought now to unsolicited suggestions. I cannot con trol the sayings of other people. "I will positively not consider ap pointments or suggestions until after I nra elected. I have no thought now other than to carry through the cam paign started at the primaries." Sir. Carey declined to discuss the rumor. KcndrlrU lo Direct Committee The committee Uiich will conduct the campaign of Congressman Moore for the mayoralty will be known as the Moore united Republican campaign committee. This was announced todaj by Mijrdoch Kcndrick, who was chair man of the Mooro campaign committee during the primary fight and who will direct the new committee. Use of tho word "united" is the significant feature of the new committee title. It members will include repre sentatives of tho Republican city com mittee, Republican Alliance, committee of one hundred and the Town Meeting party. Headquarters for the Moore united Republican campaign committee were , opened on tho first floor of the Lincoln Building, corner of South I'cnn Square and Broad street. In these headquarters will meet the nVw Moore war board on which repre sentatives of the Republican Alliance, the Town Meeting party, the committee of one hundred and the Republican eit committee will be Invited to sit. It was pointed out that these new headquarters served during the primary battle as the headquarters for the serv ice men's committee which supported Judge Patterson, the mayoralty candi date of the Varc-controlled city com mittee. Senator Vare hAs his offices on 1 the seventh floor of the Lincoln Hullding. Child Burned at Bonfire In Camden AVhlle looking on as .neighbors burned leaves early today Vevanna Kassi, four .years old, of 143 Boyers court, Cam den, stepped too near one of the fires and her dress became ignited. A man passing In nn automobile saw tho acci dent. Ho wrapped the child in his coat, put out the flames and carried her to Cooper Hospital. She is in a serious condition. Admiral Conz anr' the officers of the Italian warship Contc dl Cavour will be gucstjat a banquet tonight nt the Bcllevuo-StrTitford. The Itnllan am bassador and Governor Sproul are ex pected to be among those present. The officers will be entertained to moriow night by the members of Ameri can Legion Tost No. r0 at a dance nnd reception to bo given under the nuspiccs of the War Community Serv ice in the Ship and Tent Club, Twenty third and Christian streets. Post No. TO, of which Miss Mar garet Thomas is chairman, is the women's post, with n membership of moie than (100. Admiral Conr. and his staff will visit Chester oh Friday. They will be met at the station by the Italian-American .school children nn.il a troop of cavalry from the Pennsjlvnnia Military Acad emy, lie will be escorted to the City Hall there, where lie' v. ill be received by Mayor McDowell and Governor Sproul. A luncheon will follow. In the afternoon Admiral Conz nnd his party will inspect the shipjards at Chester and other industrial places, which will be followed by a. dinner in the evening nt the Masonic Home in Chester. Shows by 10-Year Comparison That Toll Is 3.98 Cents, Not 6 Cents Only 27 Cases of Government Supplies Available for Police Station "Store" Today price represents a drop of ten cents a pound. In addition to an unlimited supply of bacon, 30,000 pounds of poik loins wilt lie offered nt twentj -eight cents a pound. , GIVES OTHER RECORDS In answer to assertions that trolley riders in this city are paying nn ag gregate fare of-six cents n ride. Thomas R. Mitten, president of tho Phtladcl Rainbow Veterans May Organize Numerous Main Line service itirn are interested in plans to orgnni.e a "Rainbow Division Veterans' Assooin tlon" in this eitj. Henry T. llrown. of 131 Grnndview rond, Ardmorc, is one f ll.. .--!....!..l ........t .... A .... with .five cases of pork and benns. which tti Viirthcr the plan will be held I Onl twenty-seven cases of govern incut canned goods were available when the,nle of nrnij food opened this morn ing In the (Jcrmnntowu police t-tn-tiou. An nrnij truck arrived at 1(1 o'clock reiaueii at mur ra, run, mr "'-" .jdny night in Room 0 A. Pnrkwnj ui cum ueei, hi. miy -cihhl tenia n ljti JldlniT can; live of roast beef, at sixty-five i phia Rapid Transit Company, trolm '"liW'n can ; ten ense of asparagus nt j - - made public a comparative statement I twenty-live cents a ran ; one ot groum. . . - ,, .. . s'howlng production and fare recordi for i'""" l sixteen cents it enn, and u t 03 - JC.ll - OU1 LUUll the last ten years. of gtound nutmeg at twelve vents u)Urs was rCCCIltlV CXaillincd lie emphasize that trolley rider- "" Thqse were quickly sold. . , :,icrnrir,. .,.,",1 rvicsrfi -is today are paying nn aggregate of Jl.OS 'J'ho sale was held under the auspices' lor .llSUran.Lt .11111 paSSCU as cents n ride as against 4.13 cents in of (iimbel Brother". A girl cashier bClllg tllC beSt-prCSCrVC(l mail 1010. a decrease of .'I.GO per cent in was on hand to hnndlc the money.- Ar- , . vnr. ,!, vlv(, ,.V(.r the ten-year period. Thl compares lnngements had been made to dispose ul m5 .Yt.ns i"tj ,1,lx LXtl with a fare increase during that period or lour Ions at the police station. SCCtl. of 22.2 per cent in Detroit nnd 4S.7 Bacon wns sold for twent -five, I nv VC mnil (Mir booklet '' per cent increase in Cleveland. , .. u Ih.uii.I nt all the Pred P. Hell N ' N '" a" "l ' ,,," MM,- ntA.A.a il.nl r.lmnitn ttntntu H till PS IllflnV. TllP KlllnS Pffi 1111 COIjljllNo 1 iS b i 1 J L L Lt I IIC CM U I UI II VI I I. I 1 1 II 1. 1-AUlllUf.l, I"-"11 ' - -" y-v-n TlTTVLMD 1 n f T 1 Mil tl f yjv I'll i oiv-rtLj ovJiii ivivii AROUSED BY NEW BUILDINGS Merchantvllle Residents Complain of Shacks Going Up In Fine Section A civic protective association is being foimcd in Merchantville, N. .T.. as the result of a large number of small build ings going up nt the extreme western end of tho borough. Some of these structures are not more than 15 by 15 feet end one story nnd contnin but one room. They are locnted nenr some of fhe most costly residences and aro on lots "thnt nre sold on installments of seventy -live cents n week. The purchasers ' are mostly persons who have been forced to leave their former homes when tho latter were Sold, and in a number of instances the owners nnd their families arc building the new really made Philadclphians pny six -cent fares was made at the railway men's convention at Atlantic City. The statement by Mr. Mitten point- J out thnt trolley men in tills cit.v lead m the country in the matter of wages and jj increased production. The nvcrnge dajV j s pny of trolley men here, according to . E the stntement, is S3.nl, winch repie sents nn increase of 151.1 per cent in tho ten-yenr period. The number of passengers carried per trainman in creased 120.7 per cent. This compares with nn increase of 30.1 tier cent it. Detroit nnd 27.0 per cent in Cleveland. Compared with Philadelphia's aver age dally wage of $5.51 is 5.10 for Detroit, an increase of 11" per cent, and .$5 for Cleveland, an incrense of 11(1 per cent. Trolley men here in 1!1U received nn a average hourly wage of twenty-three I s cents. Tho wage now approximates 57.05 cents. Mr. Mitten's statement emphasizes that the increased production was ae complished in face of n decrease of ,15.0 per cent in tnc numocr oi men employed by Jhe company. The de crease, it is pointed out, was caused principally by employes called into the sci vice during the wnr. Tho company divided the earnings (lie auspices of the City Miukct COI.U.Nfi MAC.. WAl.MT ST. AT UiTIl llllfllDIHII George Allen, inc. 1214 Chestnut St. 1214 Extraordinary Display c It fi nlra It is proposed thnt the protective, of the service men among tho men who nvsn.-intlnii shall have town council nass I remained on the job. This resulted, an oidinancc compelling observance of i in the opinion of Mr. Mitten, in the the building laws, although attorneys! increased efficiency of the trolley men. have admitted they nre unable to soe'r how council can regulate the size and1 cost of the buildings. is & 0 E 1 IE JR I 1 I w iSllilllUiii!IMIinill!lllll!llll!l!llll!llllll!illlinii M 3 Exclusive Mourning Millinery One hundred new becoming models developed from French frames in Uncut Velvet, Peau de Soic, Gros Grain, Georgette, Crepe. Trimminp: of Burnt Ostrich and Wines. Some with white facings. Prices begin at $10.00. I P ii.iiiii,,.iiii!irmniniihiiiiitminmnimtimiiii!imi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii1IIIIII1I1IIII1IIIIIIII1iiiiiii'iiii'""i"""""i"" ''liiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiHii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)iiiiiiiiihlliillililiii)iiiiiMiiitiiiiiii(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitriiiiiiiiiitiiiMiiii 'iiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiBimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii WOMAN HELD AS PROFITEER Accused of Selling Twenty-Cent Lace at $10 a Yard ' Mrs. Annie McMullen, who is ac cused ot having sold twenty -cent lace for ten dollars a yard, has been ar rested upon the charge ot Mrs. P. IIol lingsvvorth Morris, of Villnnovn. Mrs. McMullen, who gained Mrs. Morris's ear upon the pretense thatithc had b'ix sisters who were looking for positions as maids in Main Line house holds, gradually brought the conversa tion nround to the subject of lace, it is declared, and finally sold some to Mrs. Morris. She is held by the police pend ing an investigation. EEE3 t&Ti ORT- Founded in 1894 .Tailored For Us By The Kirschbaum Shops FINE TOPCOATS IN HEATHER MIXTURES AND SCOTCH TWEED EFFECTS Loose draping, light weight outergarments exactly suited to these .Fall days of sudden weather changes. Both fabrics and models are of the smart British type ideal for town, motor or country wear. A fine IjL 8C F. value at . . $35. , Shirt Values, 2.00- By a special and advan tageous purchase, we can otter these shirts at 2. v . . A look in our windows will tell you how extra 'ordinary the values are I WINDSOR ROOM 1204 Chestnut St. 11 SOUTH 15th ST. . i; 0' Formerly 1115 Chestnut Street iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiii'IiiibmI'WIIW!!! I IE il Mason & DeMair? 1215 Chestnut Street Liberty Bonds and Purchasing Agents' Orders Accepted Furs Far Below Price! Close of Annual Sale Finds Us With Broken Lots Now Ready for Clearance ' 77te Aftermath of the Big Sale Means Broken Lots for Us That Must Be Quickly Cleared to Permit Read justment of Stocks and for you It Means Furs Far Below Regular Prices, for That Is 'Our Quick-Action Method. Read Every Item and Come in at Once (Quantities Limited as Marked in Each Instance Shop Early in the Day to Avoid Disappointment A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase Fur Coats Regularly Marmot 110.00 Pony 150.00 Australian Seal 180.00 Natural Muskrat . lO.'.OO Hudson Seal 210.00 Natural Raccoon 210.00 Natural Nutria 240.00 (1) Taupo Nutria 215.00 (2) Hudson Seal 295.00 (2) Hudson Seal 325.00 (1) Scotch Moleskin U75.00 (1) Leopard 305.00 (1) Natural Squirrel 425.00 (1) Russian Kolinsky .... 800.00 (1) Mink 050.00 (2) (6) (2) (2) (2) (1) (3) Now 71.50 98.5(1 125.00 130.00 145.00 145.00 175.00 175.00 225.00 215.00 275.00 295.00 365.00 395.00 195.00 Fur Scarfs Regularly Now (8) Taupe Wolf 22.50 14.50 (!)) Brown Wolf 22.50 14.50 (9) Brown Fox 25.00 17.50 (7) Taupe Fox 25.00 17.50 (5) .Black Lynx 35.00 24.00 (4) Black Fox 45.00 ' 32.50 (8) Hudson Seal 45.00 31.50 (4) Natural Mink 45.00 32.50 (7) Jap. Cross Fox 67.50 44.50 (2) Stono Marten 60.00 44.50 (2) Hudson Bay Sable . . . 75.00 49.50 Fur Stoles Regularly Inicjw (3) Australian Seal 67.50 44,50 (2) Scotch Moleskin 125.00 89.50 (1) Skunk 145.00 98.50 (1) Russian Kolinsky .... 185.00 125.00 (2) (5) (2) (3) (4) (4) .(1) (8) M2) (6)' (1) (1) (2) (1) (1) (6) r) (0) (5) (8) (4) Fur Sets Regulail Natural Raccoon 45.00 Gray Wolf 62.50 Nutria ...'. 60.00 Hudson Seal 72.50 Taupe Wolf 75.00 Black Wolf . . . . 75 00 Skunk 75.00 Taupe Fox 9800 Brown Fox 08.00 Black Fox 100.00 Taupe Lynx . HO 00 Mink 125.00 Black Lynx 135.00 Pointed Fox 195.00 Natural Fisher 345.00 Fur Muffs x. Regulail Nutria 15.00 Taupe Wolf 35.00 Hudson Seal 22.50 Kolinsky 35.00 Taupo or Brdwn Fox. . 45.00 Skunk 47.50 Coatees Rcgulaily (1) Nutria 160.00 (1) Australian Seal 165.00 (1) Mink 175.00 (1) Scotch Moleskin 215.00 (1) Natural Squirrel 265.00 (1) Hudson Seal 295.00 Now 29.50 12.50 44.50 49.50 19,50 19.50 5 1.50 04.50 04.50 71.50 79.5(1 81.50 98.00 145.00 215.00 Now 5.50 14.50 15.00 19.50 32.50 31.50 Now 110.00 115.00 135.00 165.00 195.00 225.00 lharge Accounts Solicit Mail Orders Filledm a : I i f A B Strawbridge & Clot ii? uer Jniaie Mere The 700 Women'; Winter Coats iy ess man p. AN OCCASION EXTRAORDINARY TO 1 MORROW an opportunity foi more than t seven hundred women to buy a fashionable new Winter Coat at a very decisive saving of - money! Six price-groups, and in each group a , variety of models or colors, which insures ample range for discriminating choice. These Coats i come to us from our regular sources of supply--, a co-operative concession on the part of the ', manufacturers and the Store, really SHARING THE PROFIT WITH OUR CUSTOMERS. Mm ill I iflHilLI 4 'HiliMi ''SSI A ' IPlI t. fi 111 t A '"V 1 J Vv Burella Cloth and Velour Coats al $16.50 THREE MODELS. Burella cloth, lined throughout, all around belt, SILVER-TIPPED VELOUR, with full, swinging back, butttm trim-Hint: at sides, bodv and sleeves Until. TWO TONE VELOUR, with all around belt. All huvo deep convertible collar. Very great value at $16.50. Wool Velour Coats with Belt $22.50 Women's Winter Coat.- of wool velour of an unusually good quality, in NAVY BLUE, TAUPE, 15 II O W N and BLACK; lined throughout; deep collar that can be worn well up nt neck when desiied; all-around belt, inset pocVet. Unusual value at $22.50. Handsome Coats of Silver-tipped Velour $25.00 Women's exceedingly good looking Coats of silver-tipped velour, in BROWN and OX FORD; lined thioughout the lining of excellent quality; deep collar that can be worn closed at neck if desired; belt all aiound. Worth several dollars more than the price $25.00 Wool Velour Coats With Fur Collar $31.50 Only eighty-two of these high-class Coats of wool eloiir, in BLACK, BROWN, TAUPE and NAVY BLl Ej a very at tractive model, with full back, plaited and held in at the waist with narrow belt; deep colli:1 of seal coney fur; lined throughout. Exceptional value at $31.50. Kersey Cloth Coats With Narrow Belt $32.50 These are the practical, yet always fashionable Coats "of kersey cloth, in BROWN, NAVY BLUE, OXFORD and BLACK; lintfd throughout; mnde with the smart narrow belt all-around; deep .square collar of self-material. A hun dred and ten Coats, matchless value at $32.50. Seal Plush Coals Exceptional Value $37.50 An extraordinary lot of one hundred and seventy Coats of lustrous sea.1 plush, in tin stylish hip-length model; loose, full, swinging Back, that can be held in with belt if desired; front belt and deep collur of self-material. KV-Vi StrawbriilBB & clothier Hcroml Floor Ontro Suits and Dresses You Will Like Smart New Suits In Great Variety Hundreds of them, in scores of dif feient styles, with coats that range from biti-lenirth to ankle-length, and in styles thnt include everything, nom me piain-iuuuiuu, iiiunui-m-looking Suit to the elaborate Gown with Wrap to match. Among the moderately-priced Suits are Suits, $52.50 to $67.50 Invisible stripes, Irish Dent tweed, homespun, elegant bioatlcloth, and the soft, cozy .fabrics such as wool velour, duvet de laine and silvertone. Belted and semi-beltrd models with plaits and tucks; models with blou.se coat, straight-line .styles loosely gir dled, semi-fitting models smartly tai lored. Some with fur collars. Black, navy blue and all fashionable shades. Suits, $30.00 to $32.50 Outinc Suits, for sports and all general wear, are of serge of excel lent quality, in navy blue and in black; also heathei mixtures iirOxford, blue, gieen and blown. Belted, models in Norfolk effect, others with tho inverted' plait in the centre of the back. Mannish collars and substantial patch pockets. High-class Three-piece Costumes, $H75.00 to $675.00 - Straw hriiiju & Muihtir- Stolid rioor. (.Ymie I "WP'x mh'wh vjm a ? . v s. x v "NB-ttHJ y ri v n. ilaNr "u By r fflV Jfi4J4J Beautiful Dresses t EVw. A 11 r - i UI Sill ULLUSIUTIS For street, for dinner and dance, ! for foimal evening functions, for the ' matinee or the tea Dresses, beauti iul Dresses, in larger numbers than j ever, and so varied, so different in- dividunlly, so thoroughly distinctive i Well! It's a joy to make one's selection heie, For p'actical purposes- Dresses, $20 to $37.50 Serge Dresses, braided with nar iow braid, or trimmed with flat ' braid. Other models are plain- , tailored in tunic and straight -line otTects. Several models have smart i little vestees, also some with the youthful round neckline. In navy blue and black. Dresses, $35 to $67.50 . Crepe meteor, marquisette, crepe (ieotgette, crepe de chine, matelasse, tricolctte, taffeta, some depending . entiiely for attractiveness upon their own grace ful draoenes. some embroidered in silk floss, some beaded, some nlain-tailoiedr,some with the fashion able tucks lor trimming and brown. lack, navy blue, taupe veline, Cljm icotine, $oS Duvet Tr ;s and Fine )0 to $400.00 -. Mm wtirMt," & i liithitr oni Flooi Mmkei Street Silk-embroidered Cream White Flannels Jlere are the pietty Silk-embroidered Flannels, in demand for infants' petticoats. Many attrac tive patterns with hemstitched edge. You will find them excep- , tionally good values, too, at . $1.15., $1.25 and $1.35 a yard. ! Strrtiihrldire. flolhlcr- -Aisle lit, I'entre BICYCLE THE RADNOR A trim-looking, handsomely-finished Bicycle, for men and boys. At a very at- tractive price $39.75. RELAY Easy-running Bicy cle, for girls and women. Price ' $42.50. WAVERLY MOTORBIKE A Bicycle that strikes the boys' fancy, looks like a motorcycle, ' with its motorcycle stylo forks, double top bar, and metal tool , box between top bars of frame. Price $50.00. WAVERLY' BICYCLE With- i out tjie motobike features. For , men and boys $45.00. Women's and girls' models $47.50. I FAY JUVENILE BICYCLES For the smaller folks boys', $38.00; girls', $39.00. Good, strong Bicycle Tires, rough-tread, size 28x1 H special I at $2,00 each. Htru brlcl9 Clothtar- Fourth rioor ' Mull:coverecl Cotton Comfortables Special at $5.50 Do you need a Cotton-tilled Comfortable? If so, you will want to see these to-morrow. Filled with cotton of the best quality, with ' figured mull top finished with mull border in solid color and AT A SUBSTAN TIAL SAVING. i stntuhrlilVL X 'luhit i Asl K 1'ilU-rt Ntrrrt See These Special Umbrellas, $2.50 A sptcial lot of American Taf feta (cotton) Umbrellas, on strong frames. Women's UmbrtU las are finished with a wrist cord in handles of plain or carved mis sion wood. Handles of Mens I mbi-ellax are of plain mission t wood, in hook or crook style. They are an unusual value at $2.50. Mrnwbrltlifc Si t'lolhler islu 7 Market Street I 2650 Boxes of Men's "Ipswich" Socks , TO-MORROW Six Pairs in a Box $1.15 Of strong combed cotton yarn, with reinforced heels and toes overy pair guaranteed to give satisfactory wear. Black, leather brown, gray and navy blue. Sizes 9Ms to 11. Could not now be made to sell under 25c a pair. , -y, Slrawbvldcu A I'lothUr Aisle 3, Marktt Street Strawbridge & Clothier MARKET STREET EIGHTH STREET FILBERT STREET V 'S ' A i i. ,'l$i&i&m ,iAl(, 7 K&
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