f , , rw.i. '"wmixr"' -) W " 'n -- ' ? ' ' 711' "... T " T I. -t r 7 J,, u i i EVENING PUBXIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920 VS Money for Travelers rnHOSK who conlcm 'I iii. travel, cither m kis country or abroad, may, rSUnn from us I-ct crs of i fCrcdit or 'I r vol or- Cheques wuicii uu " . & carried and easily cashed in any part of the world. K Philadelphia f Trust Company 415 Chestnut btrcct B' mid Broad and Chestnut Street Northeast Comer COMPANIES NO CUT IS IDE IN COS! OF SHOES Dealers Say They Don't Make 81 Per Cent Profit, Set ' as Maximum. ' DECLARE GAINS ARE SMALL ADVOCATED BY ROTH Assistant Welfare Director Urges Corporations to Financo n.iilrline' to Relieve Shortage r LARE WOULD JOIN IN PLAN tfow Roth and Varc Look on Housing Plan roloiiel George 15. Rolh "Sena- lor Vre could help to relieve the loosing situation in South Philadel phia by forming n corporation to fjuild model tenements In that dis trict'. Such corporations could be formed for other parts of the city ilso by men willing to stand n loss If a reaction In real estate values eomes in tin- fall. Senator Vnro ",I would ro In with others to, form a corporation of that sort. I nm not n builder, but I in not us timid us some other people. If builders who became wealthy by MCCtinp blocks of houses could be persuaded now to put up rows of homes at present costs nml sell them it cost it would be u good net on their part." Creation of corporations to finance Iht building of houses and model tene ments that would rclicrc the housing Htustion in this city wns advocated lodiy by Colonel George 10. Roth. I Colonel Itoth, who retires soon as luistant director of public welfare, snid te wanted it understood that his views :ere presented not as tboso or an of irlil of the Welfare Department, but If a citizen and a member of the Ileal atile Board. I A snecial session of the I.csislnturc. i recommended Rt n tenants meeting titerday is not regarded as feasible I; Colonel Roth. An immediate start 8 nouse-building and n greater pro action of lumber, ho said, would be Bore practical solutions of the nroblem. Possibility tliirt a special session may p called wan lost today, in this con nection Governor Snroul-suid : I "There will be no extra session, " he id. "Hip matter is not feasible." Colonel Roth wns a sncnlicr yesterday M the tenants' meeting in the Colonial iitatre, Licvcnth htreer, and Aioyn nenslnc nvpniic. nt which Senntor Viirc lso (poke Varo for Special Session Senator Vnri nnnminrpri lin would Ilk Governor Snrnni to cnll n snccinl esslon of tho Legislature to devise ntans of niotppfitit? fp.nniitK from rpnt iroflteers. Scnfltnr Vnro rnnM linln rnlfnvn lltn ltuation in South Philadelphia." Colo- 'i iiom stated today, "if he would win a corporation to build model tenc- wis mere." uca this proposal was laid before rtltor Vare lie pxnrpssoil n wllllm?npnM I'tJ Into such a venture with otlioru. , i am not a builder." he sn d. "but I tin linf nfl tt.l.t.l na e.mn .flim. nnn- i. T ...... i, .ic num.- uiut;. vu- ' I Would pn in with ntlir.ru In fnrlii wh a corporallou., IluililerK who havp pecome wealthy by erecting rows of Mies should le persuuded to build at Pnt costs and sell at cost. It would good act on their part." .lie root of the difficult v. Spnntnr '"continued, run Iip trnriwl tn Hin p. r profits tax levied by the govern- "' wimuer operators, lie said, ore L"vng. ,ow" on thn' production of POber becauve most of their profits Prea certain umouut nrc absorbed by i-vo, mrj, Rent I'roflfpprlni- nm nr.,.ui ;" a statement today, Colonel Both !i ff i wcltaro comruisslpnar, ud n.i V ' ,uc L "iiuucipiun uuusiug yMil f.ven appraisers of tho -warn uonru. fBtnt!ld?Cd. he Vs in fl,vor of "r8lnB 2. Ii11'0 V'nwgency Fleet Corpora "'ttanlun nf mill.... .n in :'rtdo.n Jml 1 per cent monthly. Lionel itoth suggested thnt tho state It S' ?nfcuco and "set tho table mm iri nriCU nt 1. ....lt Ktln,,? lh" Proposed 13.1 per cent oum profit on tho sale, of houses. P'liier p t n' "c sttiU thatla It ah ,,;. "ui woihii u equitan e K U cases It. rulcht l, nil iUt ni- WZ no?'1!,1 "J. Pre,vai'i"B POStS, but Those who liad expected n redurtion In the tiricc of shoes today, following la,lr-pricc Coinmisgloncr McClaln's statement that 8 per cent profit would be tlio maximum allowed dealers, were uiFnppointcd. Dealers are of Hie unanimous opinion that not only will there bi no reduction at this time, hut that there can be none until the wholesale prices arc reduced. Factory prices tjuotcd for fnll styles arc higher tliun the cost prices of shoes now In stock, the Mioo men say. Net prollts of fiom forty-five to sev-cuty-five ccnls on n pair of shoes were declared to be what the retail dealer is making today. "1 do not see how in Ices con come down now." said David Strumpf, presi dent or tho 1'liilndclpiiia Retail Shoe Dealers' Association. "Factories ore showing goods for next fnll and whole sale prices arc all higher. "Prices will come down only when the price of leather comes down, ns the fnlr price commission knows very wrll. heather and not labor Is the problem. I nm sure Hint the retail dealers of Philadelphia will (-ell os closo us possible to help Mr. McC'laln cut prices." A. It. Ceuting said that u cut in present prices wns impossible now. He snid Philadelphia dealers would be glad If they could make n 7 per cent net profit, lie chorged that alleged in stances of 'high profits were in isolated cases and not illustrative of general conditions in the shoe trade. "As a member of tho ndvisory com tntttcc, named to assist the fair price committee, 1 regretted to read state. mciits thut ii radical price cut would be made in shoes beginning today. "Xo such result ran possibly be forthcoming. While the' shoe rctnllcrs have agreed to mark their shoes to conform to n general scale, and while this scale will necessitate price changes Imrn nml there, tliern ennnot bo imy rndlcal reduction in the price of Rfioes so fnr ns the retailers nro concerned. "The best available figures show thnt the'averngo shoe retailer in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania makes a net profit on n $10 pair of shoes of approximately uivtv.nvp to Kpvpntv-five cents. If they rrnvn 111! til limfit HWI1V 011(1 tl ill 1 1 1 0 1 T i.iiuiiM.sM without makini: a cent, this would be the srcnlest i eduction the. shoe retailors could offer tho public. "I, was stntcd in one .paper Unit a nnrlnln iifliro W11M lliakltllT 115 lKT CCUt nrolit on u pair of shoes. I found that tlitu ntnrn lind n hhoc it wns selling at S1D.50. The old cost of this shoe hod been $l).fiO, but the replenishing hud cost $M.7u. Federal investigators re ported the $D.0 price, ignoring the lutcst cost prlco to tho retailer." Several 'other shoe men said their prices wero well within tho percentages nllowed and he did not see where it was possible to reduce prices at this time. W&&lmmmmmmWuMZ& ''ft ' HADDONf IELD SPLIT ON TEACHER FLIGHT MRS Reforo her U. II. V. It. I'AUIi inarrincn nt Klliton, 'Mil., on St. Pnfrlrli's Day to Hiram V. I). Paul, :.-:.- North Twcnly first street, slio was Miss Tliclma. M. Massey, of 20JH West Ontario sTrcct. The news of flic vcddlng tHi'iiiiie known on Cnturday Police Chief Says Ho Has Been Thwarted in Effort to Catch Hanson HELD CONTROL OF $90,000 foro he had everything turned over to his keeping, which inenut ho had thn rsponslbllity of expending $1)0,000 to 8100,000, the approximate nnnunl cost of maintaining the school system, "Hunson mny have fooled, members of tho board, but ha didn't fool me. I read hlni ns soon as I saw him nml I'm glad I discontinued my connections with th'o board before the break come. They seemed to think the sun rose nnd set in him and allowed him to do most anything he wanted vo tint there Mvni something being covered tin in coimcc- said Mayor ho Ipplncott, of liaddonficld, was positive that tnerowns SPANISH SWINDLE AGAIN Camden Man Is Intended Victim of Oldest "Con" Game What Is believed to be an attempt lo revive the old Spanish swindle iu this countrv Wns divulged today when n let ter written in Mmlrlty. Spain. February '-'. wiw received by A. K. Frledburg, ll-'S Princess nvciitie, Camden, explain ing "how he could recover ?M0,000 hidden in u secict pocket in n trunk con cealed somewhere in France." The letter, which is signed only by the initial "R," refers to u cnblo ad dress in Madrid. The writer states Hint he is confined in n Mnilrld prison and therefore unable to recover the money himself. Mr. Frledburg believes thin nn attempt to lure hlni tint! pos slblv others, who mny have been sent similar letters, to Spain, where they might either he held for ransom or otherwise dealt with and robbed, lie hns turned the letter over to tho postnl authorities for, investlgntion. "DRY" BUREAU TO MOVE Offices Will Be Transferred to Con tinental Hotel The Nonalcoholic Rureaii. which, under the terms of tho Volstead net. will hnve (lunge of the enforcement of violations of the licpior law, will trans, for its ollices this week from theln ternol revenue offices lo the Continental Hotel. Tho bureau will be in chnrge of Wil liam K. Hyndemnn, prohibition en forcement director for Pctiiisjlvnnin. He will hove charge if all udininistru tlvp duties. Applications for purchases and withdrawals of licenses to sell liquor for nonbevenige purposes will be bundled at thec ollices. The disappearance of Alan D. Hun son, supervising principal of the liad donficld public schools nnd lay preacher lit the Methodist church there, 1ms f-pllt the town into opposing factions. Chief of Police Unxtcr, of liaddon ficld, snid today thnt ho was being thwarted in his efforts to unravel the mystery surrounding tl)C disappearance of Hanson. "There is something back of this affair that has not yet come to light," said Chief Baxter. "The Board of Kducntlon knows, I nm sure, but has not seen fit to let nny one else In on It. "I nm Convinced some members of the board knew about the theft of the type writers charged against Hanson Inst August, but kept It quiet for some reason. If tho board had moved when T wanted I would hnvo had the man under nrrest before he fled. They liavc not yet sworn out n warrant for Han son's nrrest, even though it hns been established thnt there are five of our own school's typewriters missing " Hanson Seen In Philadelphia Chief Bnxlcr said lie learned from Hie daughter of n Huddonfield resident thnt she passed Hanson on Sixteenth street between Snnsom nnd Chestnut streets In Philadelphia about 10 o'clock Friday morning, tho day following Hanson's flight from the board meeting where Chief Mtllhnll, of Wayne, was expected to servo a warrant charging lilm with tho theft of five typewriters from the Roscniont school, in Radnor township, Pa. ,T. hlntou Engle, president of the Huddonfield Board of Kducation. who has become the storm center of the new developments in the Hanson case, refused to comment on Chief Baxter's charges. "I have nothing to say nbout the case now." said Mr. Engle. "Wo have said all that can be said at present." William .T. Boning, former mayor of Haddonlield, who resigned from the bonrd last April because, so be says, of his distrust of Hanson, declared thut it would linve been nn easy matter for the principal to have gotten away witli $3000 to $0000 of the school funds with out the board knowing anything about It. Held Control of Funds "Prior to tho arrival of Hunon as nrlncinal of the borough's schools." said Mr. Boning todav, "tho distribution of he school expenditures was in the hands principally of committees. After Han son wns made supervising principal he got the board to put through a resolu tion giving him all the power to make purchases of supplies that he thought necessary without going to the board to get permission. "He lindn't been here live months bo- I ,!.. ..U1. tlw. .nen IIIJII win, iku ....nt . "If the board has sustained nny loss through this man," 'he declared, "it Is my opinion thnt the niembcrs will make up tho shortage from their own pockets In order to back their original judgment in the face of opposition nt the time they selected Hanson to fill the prlucl pnlship. . , , "The board hns not taken mo into its confidence, but there is sometiiiug else to this matter than mere tpe writers. Something must hnve hap pened nt tho meeting of the board when llnnson fled, because it member of the board who happened into my office- Hie next day was nil broken up over the matter. Ho was not n man to get dis turbed over typewriters." I SPR0UL TO VISITCOOUDGE Governor Answers Presidential Boom Query With Smile Governor Sprout smiled nnd hurried toward his train this morning when nsked if ho wns going to enrry bis pres idential boom to New hngland this weefei "Governor C'oolidge, of Mnssachu- Sptts, is n friend ot mine. uc nn-ci over his shoulder ns hn boarded the 10,or o'clock train from Broad Stieet Station for Hnrrisburg. The Governor ou V cdncsday will have lunch with Governor Coolidge, whoso bat was nmong the first to bit the ring dedicnted to White House booms. On Thursday Mr. Sproul will address ii meeting of the Street Railway As sociation of New Englund. COL. CUNINGS FLIES TO BERLIN . Philadelphian Takes Plane From Hamburg When Revolt Stops Trains In llnmburg. in Germany they had planned visits to llnmburg, Berlin, I.elpslc nnd Ncudltschelin, and then In tended going on to Vienna and finally to Milan, Italy. SON WITH HIM ON TRIP .Workman Falls Through Skylight Robert Forrester, thirty-two years old, of Rock rond and Chellen avenue, fell from n scaffolding and plunged through n skylight nt thn home of Clarence Meyer, U30!) North Park a ve nue this morning. The man, who wnH emplovcd ns n enrpenter by Kdwnrd Mr-Call, was picked up unconscious nnd taken to the Samaritan Hospital. Ho received internal injuries, and was hurt about the head. SHEATZ IN CONGRESS RACE. Nominating Papers Being Circulated for Ex-Treasurer Nominating papers for former Htnte Treasurer John O. Bbcatrt, of rhllndcl pliln, as n Republican candidate, for Congrcs3-nt-lorgo, nro being circulated in western Pennsylvania, First rcportB of tho circulation of tho papers came from Blair county. Representative .lames A. Dunn filed papers today nt Harrisburg from the Sixteenth districts, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-fifth and Forty-first wards, Philadelphia. An airplane flight of 175 miles from Hamburg lo Berlin was made Snturdoy by Colonel .T. Howell Cummlngs nnd his son, when these Phllndclphlans learned other means of transportation through Germany had been tied up by the revo lution, states n cablegram received to day. In both cities street fighting lias been reported. ... Word of the trip reached here today In telling of the flight, Colonel Cum mlags explained be took the onlv means of reaching Berlin in tlmo to keep nn Important business engagement The Elbe river was followed on the trip. The cnblc was sent from Berlin Sat urday night and received here by the .Tolm B. Stetson Co.. of which Colonel Cummlngs is president. It Is tint known who piloted the plnnc, nlthough it was posiblo it was controlled by Colonel Cummlngs's son, .T. Howell Gumming, Jr., who wns n senior lieutenant in the nvlntlon branch of the naval service during the war. Colonel C'uininings made several flights with his son iu this country. 'Hie Cummlngs snilcd from New orK. Februury 21. for Europe to investigate tho rnw material market for hatters' fur abroad. They nro expected to re turn within a month. They first went to England, nud then into Frnnce nnd Belgium. Before the receipt of Hie cable today, they were last heard from tit$8Ez Beaded bags y" rfcuSnfficent Color Combinations JYausitect in Si'wr and ' Golcf SUPREME COURT DECISIONS The following decisions of local in lerest were ltauded down by tho Supreme, Court today : JUSTJCU Kin-HART: LukH vs. Amerlmii Ico Co . HDPclloiit. C P. No. :;. I'lillmlelplilti Judirmeiit rovemed anl a v. f. d n. n wanted. Jentpr H. Philadelphia, Uultlmoro nnd Oh!o II. II Co C P .No a. Philadelphia JudBiw-nt rov-riwl with u proiodendo. Darclls v Philadelphia and Headlnc Hall way Co 0. P. No. 2, riilludclphla. Judir-i m am fr -rt l--pt-l Ail aallOBhnr . Pcnlleld appellant. C. P. No. 2. Philadelphia. Judcmcnt roveracd nnd V. I a, n. Hwaruru, Daw Hon vn. Pcnllelil. appellant. C. P. No. 4 Philadelphia. Judcnient reverscu unu a v r. n. n. awaruru. Fltzpntrlrk. i Ponneld. Bppellant. C P. No. 4. Philadelphia. Judtrment roveracd and a v f d n. awarded Sllberxtcln, rt at. appellant:-. n Showell Fryer Co (' P. No !. Philadelphia. Jude menl and a t. d. n. awarded. Chestnut Hill Branch Delayed Early morning riders ou tho Chestnut Hill branch of the P. R. It. were delayed today for fifteen minutes when nn elec tric feed wire broke down n short dis tance below Chelten avenue station. Gennantowii. The brenk occurred nt fl-10 o'clock nud the power wns off for fifteen minutes while workmen rushed to the sccue repulred the damugc and nllowed service to bo resumed. Advertising Arithmetic of Vital Interest to Manufacturers fimW1-? V110?"1 for "l(1 houses." i.j . " i"uuui:iion cnuiii. he uiitmi. M ft. I1 ,s iut s labor was di- k em,7E; '"" r.j: ,0 h.ro "here ..,., .uvuiBiuii necessary. deaths of a Day ' Your bruin is keenest when your blood is circulating properly; your nerves arc steadiest when digestive or gan's function normally. Let us give you a demon stration. COLLINS INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE COLLINS ni.DO . WALNUT ST. AT lSTH W 7HAT you get for VVyour product is, after all. merely the public's de- m doll ars sire expressed and cents. Advertising and will create the public's mind. HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phase of , Sales Promotion 400 Cheatnut Street Philadelphia has, does, desire in Dp. U,.... a ... r,. .. ". names. '! late ,uIIniBci(1.ic'1 Titerday ;4d . D01?"ffc as Kent road, Prom ,Mr "allies, besides being i iv. "uri?K the war as n llpntnm.,.f fUiurTi3,,.51rP nt. B Xo. Of). ,t(tF. HaJucsV ' r8, M,,r" eui, .. . ,. '"" mane ,f WIS '& rvcnly;fivo "" old, ,a March 1 1 ininlree 'J0X Clmsp' wl' ""'"raarV 07 ,?,' "lebrated the fiftieth IOm late Suf,,1' " WC( '1 ns, died in his e . . aturdny n cht nfip- n m. Mdow ?i ' "Wrnoon In FernwnmJ. A it.i. u,ren mni'rloii ,i..i.. .": fc0 nl live grandehiidrcu su?- r..!.?!.'". HuQ" Kenworthv lllik rVSl"". V.. Jfnrel. oo ' ,,... r fcaa,;",:0. thirty old. died ? Whlir AturdB. n8ht. Biie Kn. and MEl ??. " .""oaml ,.j,"K" iuvm site leaves CROWNING a hill that overlooks the treetops of Rock Creek Park, the nine great wings of the Wardman Park Hotel open to tho air and sunshine of the. outdoors. The charm of the country and tho lux urious comfort of the city are combined here in tho Capital of the United States. A MERE matter of adding up thirty ,dif- ferent figures and then dividing the total by thirty. And we are asking you to follow this simple problem of "striking an average" be cause we believe it is going to vitally .in terest you, particularly if you are a manu facturer and want to make the profits of your business greater. This advertising organization serves thirty clients. The oldest client has been with us for twenty-five years, others have been served by this organization for long periods, some few have only recently chosen us as their advertising counsel. If we put down the number of years wc have served each of our thirty clients and add up, we find the total to be two hundred and twenty-five. This figure represents col lectively the number of years we have served all our clients. If we divide this total, two hundred and twenty-five, by the to.tal number of our clients, thirty, we find the result of this divi sion to be seven and one-half. Seven and one-half therefore is the aver age number of years we have been serving each of our present clients. The thirty nationally-known firms which we serve have not remained with us for an average of seven and one-half years merely because we described our service so accu rately. We had to go through a "test period" with each a time wherein they found out what we could do in the way of jBiniMiiiw WIWIilillllfflpTITOMffl making their business and their profits bigger! We regard the first twelve months of our relationship with a client largely as a "get acquainted" period, a time of "proving up,' of making good on our promises. You can therefore easily understand that six and one-half years in excess of that period means that we have definitely and absolutely made good in the predictions we made for each client in the beginning. In brief, the "life" of an account with an advertising agency indicates the character of the relationship: if long the relationship is good if short, there is always some question. Our average of seven and one-half years is unusually long and shows a most sat isfactory relationship with each of our clients. The average "life" of accounts with agen cies in general is eleven months. The practical and overwhelming evidence of our worth as an agency is in the length of service on our accounts. Seven years and six months is of vital importance to you, Mr. Manufacturer, if you value your propo sition and want to place its merchandising in responsible hands. It is the experience, knowledge, original ity and skill that get you where you want to go in advertising, at the least cost and in the shortest time. If 7ou would like further information ort our methods, we will be glad to call, at your convenience and without obligation on your part whenever you indicate it convenient. We're Not Putting On Any Airs About The Slocks We've Put In!- BUT OUR SPRING COLLECTIONS of Men's Topcoats and Suits DEMONSTRATE ALL OVER AGAIN THAT WE NEVER DO THINGS BY HALVES At Terry's You don't find any tendency to claim the earth in those headlines. Our observation has been that peo ple who claim everything don't do much else. A brass band makes a lot of noise, but the truth needs no trumpet but the telling. Our the ory is: Make good and let others make the noise. And so, in a spirit of reserve, and with a deep sense of our responsibility to the public, we announce the official opening of our Spring season, and present a great stock of fine clothes, in which the quality of the woolens, the char acter of the workmanship, and the stability of the values, stand four square to the world. Spring Suits and Overcoats $35 to $80 Come In and See the Clothes PERRY & CO. Sixteenth and Chestnut Sts. ft MiniiiiiiKa i gEMim Tffli'viirw.wiiiii.ri'.TiTni3iPi'jii!iiiiiii Sift 'UflWiTYill 11032 Business Men Poplar 1721 will be glad to know : of the superior facilities for producing their prinliiip; and direct advertising mutter gen orally, now that we linvc Removed to 611 North 15th Street And we're on the Street Floor a 100 per cent convenience that inulu's for speed and grcnter efficiency in actual printing. E. Robt. Stackhouse Co. iyi m HARRY WARDMAN I'ruiiint KLMER OYER Manaeir mrdminPark Hotel CfemactJcut Avenue and VVbodloy Head , WASHINGTON, no. Donovan-Armstrong National Advertising Do you know that you can buy GENUINE ANTIQUE FURNITURE, LAMPS. GLASS, MIRRORS, CANDLESTICKS and other articles of home decoration at a little more (and in some cases less!) than modern reproductions? And do you know that GENUINE ANTIQUES increase in value, while reproductions steadily decline? You arc cordially invited to view in our gal leries the many pieces of beautiful furniture that date from Colonial times. 13213 Walnut tiwt ii , M - "'M VA v"l vm W'b-.'J i ' m. a m j 9 M -M . M 0' r a ' a '43 1 .K r r '4 nil. CH ES X NUXTREET t ..PHILADELPHIA i " (ff' fSAtr. i-r-Trr'rt ;& b. ji , '.. ' ;4mKSPVv'' RjSH v., iwni'rr-iMMaTiVfii-ttr - -- i.i.i W.wTTK'&rVKB - . - I"" '
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