t .
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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 ' " --
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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.
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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
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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
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UttuUm VbiUdelphl and
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lCH , Silt Dm, Huun In ntUJJthl AJUftuhutir Cluhn '. ffMH
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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
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The Green Label with
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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
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sack styles.
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