f f STv . cayj "Hvi EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IX 1919' V-WtfTTTO It l; Vrri l ( Py l: t. r LEGION TO DECIDE MM DISPUTES 21, and Illinois, with 2' are the only fide ot tho liont and was drawn under, other Ktnlc liiivlnK more llinn n M'ore of vntrs oh rnuvctitlnii decisions. miller Itoom (ironing 1'eiiiHylvnnln'n hopes for rlcitiiiR I franklin D'Ollrr. of I'hllndclphln. to I tlir oflic of national i-omniander rr the Auwrii'iin l.rglon iiri' hiomliiR brighter iiiM-.v linur. Mr. D'Olii'i' wiih plven tlio I) W ('. fur nrcim UK tin' wiivmcp see Busy Dav. With Armistice Ml"" "f ll"' A ''' '''. 'i'l",1!'";"!1 fo1' Ml'- ' UaJ' VYml "n'1,sul'elli'ill..i- ulili-li wn nunelied n oaili'in Parade, Faces Delegates at Minneapolis iin tin1 .MiH'iinm i.ikiimi t"i ' Itinin lViiii.vlvnnin, tun ntlini'il lmser I proporl Ioiih limn "'' '", " ""'7 cnndldiite. iilthmiRh virtually oiie-tlfth lt the -t"tc lli'li'Rlttloln rilllU! to the ..,. lonveiition propri'd to wiipe ninipiiiRiix FOCH'for fiivorlli- on. Tim' of the li; - I Mono State liniwti-r roniinlltee. of which A. Nevio Di'hleli. of ticrmimtowii, is lidinirmiin. Iiiltn tlml tliey olleiiiiy inive n nutiihi'i' of .troiiR Miili' lim-d up tor their riinillihile. It tin nlso been in serted that Tlirntlnre lloosiwelt. .Ir., who will iiildrcsx the convention, will n.lvneiite Mr. t)'()ll"i' niiilhlaey. TTnii-ni-ni- illi-lilfil tin- "(10(1 iTini'citn - ! tlvi, vpli'iniH nun lie on the iiiifsllon of American I.eRion In the vceonil day's j lnnii and rnnipiiNiiry military trainiiiR. sefsion. I uiidoiihtedly two of the hlKRest Usui's Cleveland uas cho.-en for the next I to hn fnnslil out on the convent.on Moor, ronventlon of the l.e.ilon over San "inviiss of the -i-nt inenl nino ir .ill FrnneKco at the iimrtiiiiK'- M'-sion of delegations proves conelus vel.y tin t tli the convention. I re just, as detcrinlms in then- llcht With reports of twenty committees i imiiin-t hoMievlsni, I. W . V."v ... t.i t i .. i .i innrnn!i!!niii n inn Mirrin.lll liropiiKMiiiiii us i f i up 'iin i , ii ini i ' urir 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 i n f , i - - i --1-1---- . - GREETINGS FROM Minnenpolis, Minn.. ov. II. Spirited eonteits over the altitude of the Telernns of the great uar on tunny Important nntionnl policies were on the program to he foiiRlit out today on the flont of the firl cnnvenllnn nf the I five minutes, ns Inilm's i".sion was I 'hev were when they drove the I Inn broken by the Armitlci Pay parade, in which legion ilelegates were joined In Teternns of previous wars nnd several patriotic societies. Among the important reconuiienda tinns submitted to the convention today In the committee reports are: War service adjustment bonds grant ing each service man anil woman ?1 a day for time in the federal service. .MInnrupolU Urges Claims ProKisinR Minneapolis as permanent national headiiiartei. Committee indorsement of universal million training. Important changes in the converted Tar risk Insurance policies offered to discharged veterans by the government. Ilcviion of the constitution to create a new set of national olliees mid from l-'rance. Four Killed in Crash on Delaware River ('iiiitlniiril l'rnm I'UKe One men and a few women, fnghteiied anil disheveled, were aided across the rails to the deel, of the (iroves. Several ucrc so lin.il injured the) had to be curried. Two dead men. cue with III- legs cut off, who had been jammed behind the wheel box and thrown against the pad les nf the wheel, and the other badly cut, , . . , .. I... .... Ao;....a were i rr hi mm- imi.. , 0 , . , , . , M'nJhoats and small craft canie hurry - Increase , natuinal due- to support I R irrction-. Men were the American I.criou weekly. inc ''""' V ... st,t,.v I'nit. 1 r " 111: I in' ,. . but mamiRed to MrtiRRle free '1 tied my rope about two men, and they were limited to safety. It is my opinion the accident was caused by a misunderstanding of signals. " l'otts is suffering from shock. O.'iltljn .Man Injured Albert Huberts. Oakljn. .V. .1., is hn lly bruised about the legs and one a in may have been fractured, lie was In 1 ! cabin when he saw men iitnl women running. He himself jumped In his feel and ran, not knowing what was wning. When the crash mine he was caught In a doorway in u jam of people. Adolph Shadngeiie has cuts of the head and u bruised leg. lie also lias a deep cut between the c.'.es, "I was sitting Inside the boat," Shn dagene said, "when I heard the crash and heard .women screaming. The boards in the side of the boat near where I sat were stove In, and sonic of lliciu struck me anil pinned me down. I struggled and then, sowehow, fell into tile river. "I was clinging to a piece of wreck age when ii line was thrown to me. I was too weak to pull myself up, hut llnally I was drugged out of the water. "I am married and have no money to pay for hospital treatment. The only money I have i what is left from my pay last Salunhij." Thrown lij Koiee of Impart Samuel Hell was running toward the back of the boat when he was thrown down by the force nf the impact. There was a narrow passageway leading from the cabin to the deck. Hell was run ning through that passageway when hi' was knocked down, due leg was rut and bruised. Charles McLaughlin, who died soon alter the accident, was on Ills way to work on l'ier .".". when- he hail been a ngger for t In- last twenti two vears. He lraei a widow and live children. Mrs. Man Mcl.mighlin. his wife, nnd a (laughter wire summoned to hjs bed side Though during hi- work as a Wgger McLaughlin wai In tjcverftl ac cidents, today was the first time he was ever seriously hurt. I'rrrjhoal Towcil to Slip When ntl the passengers had been re moved from the Atlantic City she. was lowed bv n Itendlng tug to the Nil rIiii Point slip. The Caspian proceeded to Washington avenue whnrf with the dead, and the Anthony droves steamed to Chestnut street whnrf with resciieil passengers. Including the Injured, Ambulance from the l'emisylvnnhi Hospital were summoned to meet tin! (iroves, Patrol wagons went to Mnsli- j Ington incline dock to obtain the dead, nud lake them to the moiRUe. The Anthony (irou-s Is commanded j by Cnptniu .1. K. Willis. The tug' was not In charge of Imr regular inns ler. Captain .lohn llishop. lie was on .shore. The lirst mate. Joseph Can non, was on board at the time. ! It. K. Simmons, .second mate of the (iroves. whose account was corrob orated by Heibert Mcllor. the (ptaitrr master. both living in this city, Rave the following version : , "When we lay to on the ferry hm t'.s ' port we saw a large number of passen gers swnrming over the decks in great excitement. We saw very few women and no children. No one on the ferry, seemed to he trying to calm the passeu- i ger to release his hold on Hptncer, and the man disappeared In the river. Tlio Caspian is virtually undamaged. Her bow wns scraped for nine feet, the distance sho smashed Into the ferry boat, nnd her deck was littered with splintered timbers and broken Rlass. Hhn is ninety feet long, lfi() tons, nntl one of the largest nnd most powerful tugs on the Delnwnre. The tug belongs to P. V. Martin, 111 Walnut street. Members nf the linn declined to comment upon the disaster until they lind 'received the reports from their officers. No investigation of the cnlllsion hni been started yet by the I7iiltcila8tntcs xteamhoat Inspector's office, r innnco ttuilillng. which Is awaiting for the masters of the vessels to mnke their reports, DEMANDS JENKINS DATA Senate Unanimously Calls for Facts of Kidnapping In Mexico - Washington. Nov. 11. (Hy A. P.) Pull information nbout the abduction of William O. Jenktns. American consular agent at'Puebla, Mexico, is requested in n resolution ndopted unanimously to day by the Senate, The resolution calls for all the fncts. I Including "tint means employed by said "Mlirn we roi invo imsiuoii Bmraa. .tonkins to cttcctuate Ills HDcrntlon, lo on the Anthony (irow-x called out tnl-..,!..- ,...i, the renrcsentntions that , the ferry passengers that they had , hav(, j,,,,,,, mnin to tll(, Mexican flov lilenty of time to get oft and that there , rrnm(,nt for the purpose of obtaining was no further danger. jndemnlficntion and reparation In the ! "Assisted by members of the crew the I premises." llnnsom of $150,000 wns passengers stepped from the ferry to paid. I the steamer. ' I Two hours after the collision n police , patrol boat picked up the body idenjilied . through papers found in the pockets as I that of Thonms Spencer. A JM rue in the man's pockets contained Mil. j Sidney Potts Miys he knew Spencer nnd tried to save him. He snys lie held Silencer out of the water for twen ty minutes, until exlinusteu nun iicniiug help himself Then he wns compelled FAMOUS 'FIRST' CELEBRATES Regular Veterans Hold Memorial at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, 'Ky Nov. 11. (Ily sA.. P.) Louisville paid homage to the tn-.' mous First Division, regular army, to day on the first amilvcrsnry of the klgnlng of the armistice, while through out Kentucky npproprlntc exerelsesj were held in honor of tho allied Vic tory In the world war. At Camp .achary Taylor the First Division, which wns the first of the American expeditionary- force to arrive overseas during the war nnd the last to return home, In Id its first nnnunl re union. Former .me.nibers from many stntes greeted their "buddies." An Kxteiuling membership to state troops and others not federalized and also aux iliaries composed of women lelntivcs of veterans. With 010 votes distributed among the various state delegations, which num ber nearly twice as many representa tives, leaders in the convention arc doubtful whether all business run lie disposed of within the two remaining days on the program. Massachusetts, with ti."i . has t lie larg est stnte vote. Pennsylvania has ,"() ; New York. 17: Ohio. I.", and Minne sota. Jill, indicating the state member ship. Iowa, with 'Si: Michigan, witu a deckhand on the ferryboat had tied ,i line about his waist, and had leaped in the river the moment he saw the - tile overboard. , "I was standing near the bow, ip regular post." he said, "when I saw the tug approaching and realized n col lision couldn't be avoided. I ran back toward the plan- of Imp.icl. Rot there iust as she struck, and was thrown to the deck. , , , "When I staggered to my feet I saw men jump into the river I tied a line about msclf nnd wcul after tlieni. Three limes 1 was swnil against the f PERFECT PENCILS ,; Stiff Neck comes quickly BAUME analge'sique BENGUE relieves it just as quickly. Get a tube right away That. LMnlftf Co N, X. tAASS. Lincoln Drive begins where 1'airmount Park ends and Fnirmount Park is known Ihc world over. On Lincoln Drive arc beautiful homes wonderful building sites. Right now we Jiavc an unusual building site on Lincoln Drive that is bounded by three streets. The location is suprrh the price right and the day you sec it you'll set the architect busy planning that Home of yours there I City Ogirt, Ctiellnul m lllh Beuletard Offiet, Cor. Rising Sun Alt, Oak tan Ofirc, Opparit Station impressive feature of the reunion was tho firing of a salute to the OUOU men jf the division who were killed in France. The soldiers stnrtcd a cam palRn to raise funds for n inemorlnMo their, former comrades which will be erected 'In Washington, V. O. (lovctnor-. Black had catted on every, citizen to "thank (Jnd for the triumph of right over might, " nnd asked the (chools to observe the ijny appropriately. Maurice River Meadow Flooded Port Norrls, N. J., Nov. 11. Fo thrco days tho tido iu Maurice rive has been higher than for years. Many of. tho old watermen cannot remember n period when tho river had so milch water. Hoods, particularly near tlio mouth of the" river, are flooded at each incoming tide, and ninny meadows aro covered because of broken banks. ,tf-. mNUi fiii Confidence in one's clothier is a necessity to easy manners. If uneasy, moneyback. We make to fit, not. to measure. A most complete stock of clothes for formal furic- tions. Evening suits and cutaways of the world's best woplens at half the fine . tailor's fee. Fer ro & Co. Clothiers & Outfitters fexclusive Agents for Rogers Peet Clothes ChesfttAUtStrcct a t Jimlpes 1. Charge Accounts Solicited tice : i American Lead Pencil Co.O Fifth Avenue. N.Y. Mail Orders Accepted WPIIJI All High-Grade Furs of our own Regular Stocks and Man ufacture in this Sale Every Fur Guaranteed under the- Forbes' Golden Ku'.e of Satisfaction Huge quantities of every ad vertised item. Savings of 20 and 35 Per Cent on every item listed and on hundreds of others besides. llllllifili!!! Sailings Hi y.j-- I CHESTMUT ST. (OPPOSITE KEITH'S) In This Sale of, 20 to 35 Per Cent! Compare Investigate and then you'll buy! Of Fiie Firs - 1 We'll Reserve Your Purchase on Payment of a Small Deposit Marmot Coats $$. 5(? Actual Value, SI 10.00 Sports Model, larjre shawl collar and cuffs. Australian Scat QR,50 Coats Actual Value, $123.00 Fine lustrous skin, sports model. Natural $9d 00X Squirrel Coats .&VV Actual Value, $293.00 Sports model. Fine dark blue skins. Trimmed Hudson 5. '375.00 Actual Value, $130.00 Three-quarter lcnRth, full flare. Heaver or Skunk collar and cuffs. S"'- '98.50 sv, . s395M Actual Value, $123.00 Large shawl collar and cuffs of Nat ural Roccoon. Natural Musk- $19Z f)0 rat Coats 10. UU Actual Value, $133.00 Fine dark skins, well matched. Trimmed Austra- -f' U55.00 Actual Value, $193.00 Three-quarter lonuth, large shawl collar and cuffs of Squirrel. Actual Value, $473.00 Large shaw collar and cuffs of Nat ural Squirrel. Natural Nutria 3 9 Q Q &n' floats ttV Actual Value, $293,00 Three-quarter length model. Finest quality skins. l"Z :v"'"". '275.00 Thousands go to the opera to hear the great singers, but millions hear them on the Victrola! Actual Value, $3,13.00 Three-quarter length models. Finest quality skins. ?oatson. Scal. . . 1 79-50 c"oTl. ." '475.00 Actual Value, $223.00 Wrap effect in Spurt length, fine skins. Choker Scarfs Regularly Sale Squirrel 10.50 12.30 Mink 29.50 19.30 Mink 39.50 29.50 Fitch 45.00 32.50 Stone Marten 55.00 37.50 Hudson Bay Sable . 65.00 ' 43.00 Actual Value, $375.00 Sports model. Made nf finest matched skins. Stoles Regularly Sale Australian Seal.,.. 65.00 Hudson Scal 75.00 Moleskin '..'... 75.00 Natural Squirrel... 110.00 Beaver 125.00 'i-Great Scarf Specials Tmbmt Fox and Wolf Scarfs (Animal Scarfs in Solid and Lined Effects) $16.50 $29.50 $39.50 NOTE; These prices, marked "Special," are far below "regular" T We Accept Liberty Boirjls and Purchasing Agents' Orders M$fif Marmot Coat, (&HfE?S''?5S?'v ri S3 wn" AWSr If nr'Mp i! tn i .-,s-'.rvaFBP jaeivnr.nn ?tri I liflHi k I' Hudson Srnl MlHIn -, HI cont,$jo5.oo 18:flBWvdRj H. 45,00 vrms i Mmlim m r,9-5 ySBL JIHhIr I1 59.50 jG?WE?J !m9f$&w9ilm M 65-00 OsEf.W) e alaiilSfl M MrHp f XvnT l1 l mllvSi Fill. Lj..ti, L 41' tU fit f? W!- ' Mnh-diJ-.l ' 1 Hudson Seal 1 '1 W W. m Coat, $375.00 ft f I Y Ji. I Mtn(jmijyonymyjgi r" t ' . '.'1l You can scarcely mention a name famous in opera or on the concert stage today without naming a Victor artist. The world's leading artists selected the Victrola as the one instru ment worthy o representing them in your home, to charm you with the beauty of their art. The public has 'accepted the judgment of the artists and given its entHusiastic preference to the Victrola. When you purchase an instru ment you want the one which artists arid public alike acclaim as the best ttie Victrola. 0 Victrolas $25 to $950 Victor Talking Maqriine Co., Camcjen, N.J. . , .' (,'; . ;. ,'. . ,' h " . . '. A '',. ':. .c ..i,-X:j' 1 h '" ,'" '.- ' .jt'-i ' "' -i': A . i v VICTROLA New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each month sd'h K ,m it ii,; mmSmSm NfMP 1 i v. tfl A4l .'I r T -. ... , , ,.' - ,a j i". lA . ( Ai m ?:.as 'tv
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