t . '1 I CoIbuI" A Co., Jrriy Oils', N, J. '1 timntta d Chapman, Aichitccla. "Turner forConcrete" Confidence in n contractor comes cither from cxpcrienco had with him or from a study of his methods, his work and what liisdlcnts say of him. Wo aro now at work on the 6lh building for this client. TURNER Construction Co. 171.1 Hannom Hlrcft TSVWG PUBLIC mt)(mTt-VmLAi)KLVm WEDNESDAY, APRII) 28, 1020 T 1 1 i tUt I . ' i I ' " -- - rh System EVERY effort has been made by this Company to systematize its work in such a wny that its' patrons nm.V transact their business without being confused by technicalities. Phfludc lphia Trust Company 415 Chestnut Street ami llroiul nnd Chestnut Streets Northeast Corner COX WILL HASTEN PROBE OF COUNCIL Chairman to Organize Commit too to Investigate Allogod Wrongful Dolay of Bilb SEEKS ONLY INFORMATION WONT RETURN TO HUSBAND, YOUNG BRIDE TELLS COUkT Gloucester Mayor Dismisses Charges Against Mother Ajtcr Mrs. Strang Says Iter Love Has Turned to Halo MOORE MEN'S ROW BROADT. BUS LINE BILL CONSIDERED Ordinance Providing for System Botwoon Olnoy Ave, and Navy Yard Boforo Committee p. R. T. TO FIGHT MEASURE WOOD CARRIES ATLANTIC Negro Big Under Indictment Polls Vote for Delegate Atlantic- Clly, April 1S. General Wood, with the Kdge-Hnclmracli sup port, inrried Atlantic county. Almost complete return give Wood 17."!), to 1 411(1 for ,loluton. Scores of Republicans wrote the (mine f (lovernor IMuiiids upon tlielr Imllot. incun iiiciinriiH nnd r. WiilIN Arm stronc, orcnnlzntlon cnndldates for dele Kn.. '," "I0 S(,'"'ul district, romprisliiR Atlantic;, lluilliiRlon, Cnpc Mnv ami ( iitnunrlniid counllen, were lieaten bv oimiKir iincni nn.l WWlnni W. Wor rell, tbe Wood Ktnndnrd-bearer.1. A heavy vote n enst for lnnnc II. .Vut- i r' .,.,i.."".s. ''"' " ,"'r" cmidldntn for lie Mii; I-our." .Nuttcr. n Itiielinriicli ender. Is under Indictment fllr receiv- ill? Htolen Roods. Tlic ltnclmriiclis threw nil tlielr stiensih to him In Atlantic It.v. HdRP ns n piCHldentlnl cliolcp received more vot.'s thnn were ennt for Herbert i mover, .Mr. llnover s run In Ha In At. ill. he Cntincll's InvestlRnllnR "committee of five" Is going to scr U through, nnd ninke prompt exnmtnntlon into chnrRes tbnl netlon on certain menMires linrl been withheld in tJouncll for Improper purpopei". S Coiinellmnn Hilwiti It. fox, whose resolution In Council yesterday preelpi Inted the invest iRatinti, declared this morning he would call n meeting of the committee this week for organization, and then Ret down to business. "I have a tentative plan for the In vestigation," he mltl. "but I will wiv noining noout it at tills time, we will move cautiously, nvoidlng undue no toriety. "If It is true there Is evidence, we would like to hnve It. If there Is not any evidence, we wnn,l to know It, Per sonally. I don't know anything about this thing, only whnt I hnve seen in the papers and by rumor." Major Silent on Charges Mayor Moore refused this morning to make nny comment on the Investigation by the committee. Asked If lie favored the invctittznllon. the Mayor Mild, "That is n mntter en i tlrcly in the hands of Council." Chnrles It. Hall, a member of the committee, wits linked who was respon slide for the charge thnt measures were being delajed for improper purposes. Mi's Mary h. Porter .Strang, of Gloucester, N, .1., slxtecn-ycnr-old bride of Arthur H. Strang, ot National Park, Is. J., on the witness stand today said in effect that "she was off her hus band for life." Hbe doesn't love him nnd she won't live with him, so there.! Several attempts by Strang to speak to bis youthful bride were carefully evaded and when she left the Gloucester City courtroom with her mother Mrs. Hsther Porter, she passed up "the un fortunate husband" like n pay car would a tramp. Following declarations br Mrs. Strang of utter disdain for her husband. Mayor Anderson dismissed clinrgcs against Mrs. Porter, her mother, alleg ing that she bad caused her dnughter to run away from Strang. Today was the first time Strang has ftr.cn IiIh wirn since ;nrt 10. wncn. after an interfninlly wimibble In the home of the bride's mother. f:t.t Powell street. Gloucester City she hnnded him back bis ring and told him she would not live witli him. The Clrl has ben in Uticn. N. .. since thnt date. She said today Hint her "parents did not even know her wherenboiita until she wrote tbeni. Mrs. Strnng told of her elopement to Klkton, Md., April 17. nnd her mnrrlage to Strang. "Ho mndn me say I was eighteen years old." she testified. "He said he was twenty-one. "Then we went back to my momer s home and everything went lovely until tie innrnlne after. Arthur anil ins MAY NOT DELAY V Frankfort! Line to Bo Rushed, but Mayor's Proposed Spur Will Be Fought VARES GAIN TWO VOTES rnnded through nnd referred to the finance committee, but the 51,000,000 loan bill for the construction of the rjuir was sidetracked to the transpor tation committee- Vnro members accomplished this coup bv llio nld of CouncHmeii'WIIllnm II. Horn nnd Uobert .t. Patton, Moore ad ministration members from the north east, who voted with the Vare mem bers, all ten of whom "sat tight," giv ing n majority of 12 to l. Before the meeting the Vare combine-lenders served notice that "things nre different now" and that if Mayor Moore wnnled loan ordinances pnsscu 'by Council he must have fourteen I votes or two-thirds of the membership lof the body. ... They pointed out that he has only t. n eleven rotes nnd irtnut co combine forces for the otfcif ?,tti They intimated they haveB. "nil miiie ' nereement In their- rkekt that while they will back thh ,1Hib few .' the rnuipmcjit ot tho FnwUford '"V'u to tho limit, they have never been ce- . suited about tho' construction -of th extension to llrond street nnd' BrU avenue. They Insist it shall be taken up separately nnd given alow and fall consideration. There are many object tlons, they declared, which will he brought out at public hearings. Archbishop. Visits Sitters Archbishop Dougherty today visited 7 the Council of the Dominican Sisters 'V,'! 1812 Green street. Following a tervjes a reception wni neiu, The political engineering tbnl caused a break-un in the Mn.wir's ninioritv in thatmy lovechauRedtoJiatennd.lRnve irnikford h. him bnck bis ring. No. I don't Ipve T he , Mayor ;s plan for a spur of hat i.i... --.I r .....'t litio ti-lili lilm. Mother I road from Front street and Tenili2- iiti.l n.iflitu In ftn with It Catherine Sweeten and .lames Hen derson, who nccompnnled the couple when they eloped, snld. the couple were very hnppy when they left them at the bride's home. . After Mrs. Porter was dismissed bj Mar Anderson SlrntiR. his mother, Mrs. Mrtrv Strang, and their attorney, T, P. DeWltt. held a conference to de termine the next episode In the miirilnl serial. ton avenue, however, seems destined to meet hearty opposition from the Vnrt members of Council. Following a stiff battle on the floor of the chamber nt yesterday's meeting the Vare members succeeded In forcliiR consideration of the Mayor's $0,000,000 i transit loan ordinances as two distinct measures instead of as related ones. The .$,".000,000 loan measure provid ing for the equipment of the Frnnkford "I' nnd the proposed spur wns mil- "BARON" HEADS RALLY Permission to operate a line ot motor buses on Broad street, from Olney nvc W to the Philadelphia avy- )ard, is provided in an ordinance which was called up before the transportation committee- of City Council this afternoon. The proposed line, accordins to pro tMoti. of the hill, is to be-divided Into three fare zones with rules as loiiows: Olne nvennc to Giruril avenue. Iic tents: Girard avenue In Washington ntrniic. Iic cents: Washington nverttic to nmj yard, five cenN. Mitnj of Ihe promoter's of the bus line, it is mid, an former saloonkeepers. The ordinnuce was introduced by Councilman lloper two Weeks ago nnd sitire then has been slumbering in com mittee. Strong opposition to the mea sure will be morciI. it Is said, by those uho nre friendly to Hie Philadelphia Itnnid Transit Co. Another ordinance providing Hint .the liapid Transit Co. he permitted to urn iais on the eastern part of the. ltoou velt boulevard was a No introduced. SERVICES FOR ACTRESS High Mass Is Sung for Mrs. Anna M. Charles, of Forrest Home t!riuiem high mass was sung for Mrs Anna M. Chnrles, a noted uctrov-. who died in the IMwhi Forrest Home. IJnliiic.-buis, Saturiliij , in SI. Dominic's '(lurch this" morning. .Mrf. Clinrle wus seventy-two jrarf. old nnd before coming to the Furies. Home ten cars ago plnjed with Booth, Minljcks and Kohsoii. Ilcr last cn RHfemeiil was with "The I, ion and Hie Mouse." Tbe remains have been sent to the Forrest Home Ccmeterj , Chicago, for Interment, DIVORCES GRANTED TODAY Court of Common Pleas No. U today granted final decrees of divorce to the following: . RmsIp ItttK-ock Hnlilulii from William Jiillon Ilnliluln Luslla JI dcrnhardt from John A. Gtrn- rriit . Dor Pearl Jmnm from Joseph Lewis Jim .lohn M I.irncd from Kmllv tirncil ned O Kwlps frpm JInbel llwlne KMzabolh M. I'arilea from Archibald It ranlee William llnry Ocolwrt from Horence i; (Robert Aiieujta Tooperaon lladlnsky from Abr- lim II Kadlnakv Mililred M. Colby from Thomas ft. foil" Victor Emanuel UngMrund from Knih tpins EngnlrHI'l ( ndrew Hhaw from Kraneos Phaw. 'Wlldred Verner Nawman fron "Joiepli Newman, Jr Victor S. Klnl from ITorencn r, Klniei frederlcU I.. Kelly from Taullno t. Kel .tos-ph A. Bartolott from Nellie. Ilarlolcti Ml V. Abbott from Harrv V Abbott. Orata A J'ulllrh Trom Otto Pulllrli Cirrle M Sehill from Marry A Hrliell. Emi Koracli from .Morrla Korarh. Sue Johnson from Sllllett Johnson r.mma Elisabeth Myera from f harles Tellx Jlvera Minnie Tilmble from fanui'l Trimble Ulllan M. Calluchan, from Jamcn " tllaghan T OOKING at all sides "of a problem is the only way to get real knowledge of facts. It even takes .two .men to, sec both sides of a fence post at once. s One of our functions is to tell you how the other side Appears. HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising- Agency F.vtry Phase of Sales Promotion 400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia t lantlc having gone to sleep on the jo Ihe vote for the "Illg Four" in tl county was: Kdge. 2741: Frclinghiiv ir.n x' ..: 'TO'""'!.. KiCtl: .Stokes, 1510; Nutter, M.,0. Griggs. 10C.0: Cnr roihcrs. not; Ballard, 801, nnd Lay deu, SOI. GRAND JURY SELECTED May New Atlantic, County Body Hear Dnnsey Case The grand jur.i INl for the Maj or "fTie Atlantic Counlj Court. which probably will be selected the jury I don't know anything about it," he said. "I don't believe, In fact, there's any foundation for the clvwgrii. "However, this gossip hns got to stop, nnd the chnrges cleared up one way or the other." Coiinellmnn Cox in his resolution de clared statements thnt have appenred in the public press thnt certain meas ures were being withheld for Improper motives were n relleetion upon the tn 1 tegrity of Council. He rcoucslcd. there ! fore, thnt the investigating committee be nnmed with nouer to compel the attendance of witnesses nnd production of tinners. At the end of the session yesterilav. i ipnil Richard Wegelin. president of Council, , f, nnmed the investigating committee pro iron ;.n(i f.ir tn ii.f. rfwittnlinii. Hi. Aonoint- I on the commlltee Ihe tnrcx1 ineinUeis Dougherty Boosts1 Vauclaln and Raps Governor at Media Meeting .Inmes F. Dougherty, the "Baron, of i l.elperville." led the spenking at an nnti-Sproul pro-Vauchiin presidential rnllv In the Sixth. Regiment Armory In Mniin last iiieht. About 1100 voters ; paraded the strcts with red tire and later attended the meeting. The prize, fight. promoter nnd former saloonkeeper urged that Governor Hproul be sidetracked nnd thnt Samuel M. nu elnin, president of the Baldwin Loco motive Works, b,o Pennsylvania's choice at the Chicago convention. He nlso charged the Governor with tryiiiR to Ret Vnuclain to withdraw as n candidate for dcleRatc to the national convention. He indulged in some other miscellaneous oratory on scmidetnehed subjects nnd made a very fair-sized speech. It is snld Hint a good time was en Jojcd by all present. Agree on Water Power Bill Washington, April 28. An agree ment on the wntcr power bill was reached todny by the Senate nnd House conferees, but the chnnges in the bill agreed upon will not be mnde public until the conference report i ready for submission to the House. NEW INVENTION' for turned unkloi, weak, tired or Hal feet neaitniui aupporier. no rime, efronr. Ilo-ht welaht: Iminnfllnte relief from nil strains and un natural pre-aure nn 1" hip. Iinetors nroserlbe II ll'ai ) B. A. LEWIS etll s. Th'rd St. Ilonra 2 In fl. PJryMisHW Ml I I mmiiiii 2UI iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimmiig. Qi j r. tbi hi mwwm which will hear the Datisev ilisp. hran i who otcd ngnlnst Hie resolution. Those the namcM of -everal prominent men , three, who would roiMituto a majority t. ,.. . .. .; . . r Inmes f. i " ' included nn the list nre , O'Donnell. ihnirmaii of (lie comuiiuee oi me Kepiildicnu countv ' committee: Dr. Kduuril .. Torteous, of I Allnntic Citj : tbe Rev. Chnrles I) Kiukitiin. Allnntic City; .lohn It' Flack, iittnrncy. Atlantic Citj : Wilbur It. Tilton. casblei of the People's Rank. Hnmmontoii. mid William A. Fauuce! of Allnntic Citj. real estate broker and member of the State Game Commis sion. N I I lie list was nuiioiiticed todav Mu.iV l.nnding, the coiinlj scat. tlm committee, were William V. 1, .....I !,....!.,., II Vn.. 'I'nnn,. I. nil. executle , ;. ... ... ,,,!, ,.., i,i,, n, n.,. Ill LIU' m.MII 1II-.I1K. ,llll lt'Lf,-L I. ,11 ton. of the FiRhth d if rid, nil admlnis Irntion couneilnieii. y(r. Cm was nnined cbairmau of the committee. The fifth member was Mr. Hull, Vare member from the Second dNtriet, Aned Woman Overcome by Gas Mrs. Callinritie Sticks, eighty-four years old. Kill West Atlantic street, was overcome by gas today in her home. I Mrs. Sacks was preparing breakfast at tbe time and the pns escaped from a small stove, filling the room. She was found bv her (laughter nnd wns revived i nt the Fplseopal Hospital. i ALARM AT CATHOLIC HOME at at COUNTY INQUIRY TO START Coun T ell Committee Will Visit Com- missloners' Office Today e city Council committee on law anil municipal mid county government l today will begin its inquiry into county ' unices by vNlliiig thnt of the i nunty I cninnilslnner. An appointment bus been made with the commissioner by .lames A. Devcliii, ihairmau of the' committee At a meeting last week the committee adopted n motion ofTcreil bv Wi'linio i W. Roper, administration member fiouii I llie Sixth distiicl. whereby it would I visit the office of the louuiy commission ers for the purpose of ohtainins infor mation relative to tho general affairs of their department. Tbe netlon of the Firemen Unable to Find Blare Children's Asylum Crossed wiles in the lire alarm box at the Catholic Home for Destitute Children. Twenty-ninth street mid Al legheny nvi'uue, sent nn alarm that , brought engiuvs to the place at ". :0(5 i o'clock Ibis morning. The firemen fuuml Ihe place ipiiet and umllslurhr'd. After nn investigation they departed LINEN MESH UNDERWEAR 4gd ire I -jfVftfVL Wot" ' & ONIA' STORE llth and Chestnut without the majority of the children having been aware of their presence, i Five msJ a half jenrs ago there wns a serious fire in the home iii which one ' of the :slcrs in charge of the children j jumped i loin n window and was killed. Botanical Work6 Donated A collection of 100 volumes of vnl unlile botanical works bai been donnt- ' ed to the library of the Cniverslt.v of. Peimsjlvnnia by the Rev. Ir. Klllott White, rector of St. Mark's Church. ' it was announced .vesleruay. riiep works wore collected bv the donor's I committee was with tile understanding father, a noted surgeon of New York, thnt the other count) offices should sub- who was greatly interested in hntnni sequently be visited. cul pursuits. Some day you will buy, sell or rent REAL ESTATE. When that dny comes you will need the acrvices of a Realtor in whom you evil Iihvc the same con fidence you hnve in your lawyer. MEARS & BROWN Real Estate 202 S. I5THST. A Safe Investment Yielding 8J49& Per Annum Double Security Huntings Three Times .Interest Tho Secured Gold Notou of tho Philadelphia Company afford theso tafeguurds, and in nddition aro free of Pcnna. State Tax and 2 of tho normal Federal Incomo Tax. Tho Compuny lias a dividend rec ord tho equal of which it is difficult to find. II has' declared dividends rontinuously sinco 1880, with the exception of only 1 year. Writo a for particularly Carstairs & Co. Investment Securities M19 Walnut Street PHILADELPHIA UttuUm VbiUdelphl and Kew Yolk Stotk Exebinif lCH , Silt Dm, Huun In ntUJJthl AJUftuhutir Cluhn '. ffMH 4! The Orders and Decora Lions coiifcin'cd upon General JohnJ. Pershing Foreign Governments ace now upon cxhibilion in this Establishment 7'hc (jintnd Cvsses have never been displayed in America jtrcr io this occasion - (it's dtsd'nrlon having, been granted this Company 'mctateNy lUiAiiil :jjjh J WN. B. T." The Green Label with the White Reputation! Any man wiiosc life squares with the things that "N. B. T." stands lor, need not worry about the past nor be apprehensive about the future. "N. B. 77' may be a clothing label; but'in addition, it is the Golden Rule applied to clothes, and stands for quality in the woolens, skill and in tegrity in the workmanship, and honor in the price ticket. It is a label that has never con scientiously done anything to be ashamed of, nor left undone any thing that could add to its reputa tion br contribute to the betterment of human standards. And whoever once wears clothes with the "N. B. T." label, thereafter de mands the label as a guarantee of the clothes. Spring Suits and Spring Topcoats $35 to $80 New Models in Golf Suits $50 and $60 Sports Coats of Flannel $25.00 Separate Trousers to match your Suit $9 to $16.50 PERRY & CO. Sixteenth and Chestnut Streets 11 , H n k i .imwiiiis H awniHGs nnilll!llllll!llllllli!!llllin!l!ll!llllMlllllllllllinil!UIIII!lllllllllllllllll'IIIMII.'"l''llfS Making Tailoring History In Chestnut Street $50 F OR - And know that what you say is recorded exactly as you say it with all the guess-work and human inac curacies of pencil-shorthand eliminated. The easiest way to dictate a letter tdiphone ftwlfcy mXnxBxm Ck&Lirt Telephone The Miphonc Spruce GSO.'l guaranteed George M. Austin Jointly, By 1627 riifuhiiif Qi- i m . .... ..,, iiiiiaueipiua " w-wt A splendid collection of newest summer cloths (100 in number) lmilt to measure cither in Norfolk or sack styles. Gv-vp For out-of-doors flannels, tweeds, woolens. I'ine worsteds in many patterns for business wear. WILLIAM H. WANAMAKER Tailoring Shop 1217-19 Chestnut St. ff naflm i V Jt-1TTTI JJPI . wax u uip.4 m rrwui rv & 'laW ZZM JH1 it !!T 5170 NEW ACCOUNTS were opened here in the paat year because 1. Our Location is convenient. 2. Our Aim is to give Good Service cheerfully. 3. Our Policy is frankly Conserva tive, and 4. Our Depositors know it and so tell their friends. The Colonial Trust Company Member Federal Rtterti System 13th and Market Streets Open Evenings until 1 1 P. M. for Deposits and New Account I T ml ' i i 1 i- I r va" iiiiiAiininrr--'-ii iaj&'Jii.v -j -) f i uMitf "iiii 'i - - -iif- 'l '' ...wto' Ji.J.tvjttWt t-tftl .!) irtv -. . -. . .' .'V.V- j W,! tf'g ' iStH 7T
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