v 'CuW AV Il Uf WIW RUtLDING BREVITIES From fmoui plant bullish ABERTMW tome product! with which million of Amen cm citirtni ire clothed hd nourished; producti, again, to which in large menure they one cletnlinen. health, nd hippineii. To conitruct thut worthily for uieful endi it to contribute directly to the progreii of civilization. XRFR' CONSTRUCTIpN COMPANY Contracting Engineers HltAOtlPHIA . WEST END TRUST tnlKTA. atOW, autfttw Deaths of a Day r- 4 ? 7 - - i 1 1 PROBE II TODAY FANNIE HURST AND HER HUSBAND ftfVf Vft( MVM yMfM W VAVAW' 3 S?J?y8Mssa5X w 3 w Jmt v Council Committoo Moots at. City Hall to Loarn Causo of ' Legislation Dolay TWO WITNESSES SUMMONED. Charles Edjjar Rlgher Charles ndgnr ilightcr, scvchty-lwp tMrs old. retired jeweler, died nt his home on Fountain street, nenr Itldge avenue, Iloxboronsh, Monday, nftcr nu illness of m weeks, nr,, tn linxlioroticli .Inly I.", 18 IT, Mr Itlshtrr wnH 11 con of Hnni'icl 1!. hlelitrr nnd descendant of Michncl'i JuBliier cnir 01 hii! m-ii tn-mi-iv. i. mil icction For iiiiin jenrs lie van en raced in Hie wholesale Jewelry hiisinem n n nieniber of the (Inn of PaViil V. ('owner, iveutK anil Chestnut streets, this fit fie retired twenty-five jcars The deceased Is survived by n son, K Kdcar, Ji. and by Mrs. It. C. Ames, of Jlnxborough. He was a member of Roxborough Bnptht Church, Lodge No. 1S5. r. and A. M.-: Harmony Itoynl Arch Chapter, No. 52; Mnry Command err, Knights Templar. No. ntf; I'liihi ilrlphla Consistory nnd Iqx.bnrougli Lodge and nnrampment, t. O. O. V., No. CO. Funeral servircH will lie liclif Thurs day morning, with interment? in Lever Ingtou Cemetery. Mrs. Carl Alfred SundGtrom Mi. t'ni'l Alfred Siitulslwin, wife of a widely known engineer, dird at Miil flXottn, N. Y.. Monday. Mr. nnd Mrs. h'undtiroin. who rceently rrlcbrnted their golden wedding nnniersnry, were married in ISOf). Sir. Sundstroni was nty engineer of I'liiladnlpliia in rhnrgc of theMannjunk district for thirty-two j ear He nl.n serml umlor the Kliic of Snellen nx military euglnwr. They Tor tnrrlj Inrcl nt 1114 South Forty-idxtli tlrcet Samuel M. Slmorfs Samuel M. Simons, tor many jcars burgess of Aldan. Delaware county, and active in politics there, died of ndvnnced ars yesterday morning nt bis home, lie was seventy-one years old. Mr. Simons was n blank book .spe-lialit-t and well known in the printing and bookbinding trade of this rit.v. He uas the inventor of the first index ml ting machine, which was produced in ISTti. .Mr. .Simons is sunived by his widow, Caroline A. Simons: two dnughtcm, Mr, r:. K. Imgcrjch and Mr. John f'nin. nnd thiee sons. KUward. Charles A and Suiiiiiol M. Simon. ;iy. Interment will be made Fridnv after noon in the Mount Sinai Cemetery. Funeral of Mrs. E. S. Harklns Funeral services for Mr. Kinlly S. liorMns, eentj -four jems old. who died Monday at the home of her dnugh ler. lallJ West Ontario Mreet. will In held tomorrow morning nt 1 1 o'clock nith the Ttev. .7. O. Mcllhenny. lector Jf the Chuieli of .the flcsurreclion, llrond ami Tioga streets, officiating. Mrs Harkins was -the widow of aptain J. i; Harkins, and was n l4chr in the public schooH for mole than thirty years. Ttcfore her muiringe nc taught in the New .lersev schools, and upon coming to Pliilndclphin timght Ja the Kcndertou and Oeorgo II. noKcr hchool She icigned from the latter right Mars ago. Mrs, Harkins is survived 1 one fliughter. Mr. S. O. WnheiiMnitli, and one Kl.tcr. MisH Mary '.. Tolley. VOTE-LIST ACTION BEGUN Picked Police Force to Investigate Mayor's Registration Charges One bundled mid twenty picked po licemen have been assigned by .Inmes T. Forteljou, director of thn Ucpiirtmcnt of I'uMIe Safety, to investigate the wliole ale legistratloh frauds which Moor Mouio declines wem perpetrated in'nn ftori to (oi nipt the toniing primary election. A thorough iincstigntion of evcrv re Port and complaint filed with the Mnyor oneernlng fraudulent registrations has Jwn promised by, Director Cortoljuu. he rneil sbIgDCli to UlP M0l.) (r() ( ni I ih i'f' Pf'nting the patrolmeB tU the iletw-jhp branch of the sen ice. Small Fire In Doctor's Home t,ilvr"-r,"i2 eail6llt ,il-c ,lt 10:'f o'clock Maj ,n the second floor of the ldm. 1.7fSre fh, n1, 1:,,K"ler WPrp ""ell. but I'Ciorc trp; firemen arrUed tho bbu.e hud ft, "ulrtr.l. The damage was South African Women May Vote Capetown. May ". The Soutli frt lutioii fiuorlnc the extension it the Pnrliamcntarj franchise to women. ' Increase Your Income 8 Interest First Mortgage Security I bond, year led of II- r felly An investment of .f5'J0 will now pur , ",s- 'oiigaBd railroad face valuu S1000, navinL- Sin .. jncomc. This bond h a flrM dos ; ,Z U...rin " f Krcat u Djrsnc,,, nn, becnuso Pjcwm unsettled conditions is ava -- k u uisicouiit of 42 fi ni which it was orMn, 2 wen's1005-, 7hh ia scso ncd Rna ell-secured investment. Particulars on Ucqueal Carstairs & Co. Investment Semritiea 1 HO Wulnul Street I'HlLADliLPIUA Membr WUIdelpli and , ?'" yfU lcU Kjcbamt. WyUroadw. Newark ) Investigation will be stnrted Mihy bv Council's special committee of ehnrges that several members of Council have obstructed legislation for Improper mo tives. The committee will meet In Iloom 400. City Hall, this afternoon. Two witnesses, who It Is snid, may I be able to throw soine light on the mat ter have been nsked to appear hefore the committee. They nrc A. II. Schmidt, eastern'innnnger cu" Scars, ltocbuck &' Co.. which concern- Is building n plnnt on the Tlooscvclt Tloulevnrd. nnd the city editor of a locrtl newspaper. The investigation committee was ap pointed by Council nt its session in answer to persistent rumors flint mem bers had resorted to "pinch" tactics In dealing with certain legislation. The resolution for the appointment of the cpmniltteer was offered by Charles II. Hall, n Vare supporter, who de clared the whole matter should be probed and all persons who might throw tiny light on thn matter invited before the committee to tell what they knew. Salaries Aro Increased Council jcstcrdny'pascd an ordinance Increasing the salaries of five positions nnd creating three new positions in the new examination and classification di vision of, tlie Civil Service Commission and transfeiriug money for the con duct of trinls in its division of hear ings. ' v l'nssage of the measure followed a futilo attempt by "William W. Hnner. administration member from tlip Sixth district, to obtain the adoption of nn amendment that would have reduced the salaries of si of the eight positions in the examination nnd classification di vision from nn annual total of SIS.OJO to S14.K20. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 111 to '2, Mr. TtoperMieing sup ported only by Alexia .1. Llmebiirner, administration member front the Sev enth district, who complained that tech nical regulations enforced by the Civil Service Commission. prevented the (pKll ilientinn of worthy candidates for the municipal .service. Mr. Koprr contended that the salaries provided in the bill were too high. Tlie salaries in the examination nnd classification division fixed by the measure total $20.('S0 iiunnnlly. The highest is .gt'iOOO for n chief examiner,. Who is raised from $2(S00. with bonus of 10 per cent. The ordinnncc further provides $4000 for the expenses of trial boards and $2000 for the salary of n stenographer in the division of hear ings. A total transfer of .$17,410 is made foi' the rcmaiiider of the curient year. SCHOOL HOLDS FIELD DAY -5 V 2000 Children Participate In Whit tier Exercises Today Two thousand children participating in the second minimi field diiv ex ercises nt the John Creenlenf Whilticr I'ublie School today. The program consisted of a mass drill by the pupils of the sixth, seventh nnd eighth grades: "Looby Loo." pupils of the second grade: marching nnd glee ex ercises, pupils of the third grades; po tato Yaces. pupils of fourth grades; dodge ball contests, pupils of fifth' grades; shuttle relay races. fsivth grade pupils, and the Dorothy three-step dancing team. The children have bran trained by the teachers nnd the whole event has 'been under the supervision of Kdin L. Fugnte, Jr., principal. rEK8JWH38B2'iKvv .? s," lasB9BBSkaiHBW i btbsVmk 1 laTBsssBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBriiH ITHHifgHHr -- IPVUR aaaR I HlllallallallalBIHvN 1 IliallialliallialliallialliallkBMKiKlalHHIIIiaB t "SfciSdSi alallallallaHllallallallB alalVllallallallallallallallallaliiallalVV x- X ItliIiElllllllllllllliilllHlHHHlHv HIIIIIIBIIIIIIIB lniilllllllHK ,V H IHKslillllllllllllllliHilllllliilllDE HHIHIHk mHHHIIIIIIh, m i iK llllllHIHHllHlllllllllllilllllllllll KBaMw4 111 v HB! 13-YEAR-OLD BOYS HELD AS ROBBERS Police Say Youths Confessotl to Sorics of South Phila- dolphin Thofts went to the latter' homo rind SaV they recovered nddltlotml cash and loot. Tho Ilundy boy said they had gained I entrance to the I'lotnlck store by climb ing a wall and brenklng a rear winnow. Police sny they also confessed to an nt teninl to rnh the Acme Tea Store at Fif teenth and South streets. They broke, a window, police snj, but was scared on without loot. The bo.s nre said to have admitted robbing another ten store at Seventeenth and South stxets, nnd still another on Soutli street west of NlnetccnthAThcy will be given a bearing tomorrow morning. ALLEGED LOOT RECOVERED oiihi CAUTIONS STEEL MEN Put Prices, Soft Pedal" on High i Warns Fernley ! Stud men were urged to "soft pedal o u series of inbberles in South 1'liiln- , OM ,sh prices" and cut nut cxprhitnut Two tbliteen-jear-old boys, nnested i this morning in their homes, confessed (il t'mli rxiinil & I intern out On Monday Fiinnlo llur.st, the stnr writer, mcnlod her secret marriage In .lactpies S. J),inielson. pianist nnd composer. Tho couple, considered by their associates as being ct.v good fi lends, were secret ly iii.iirleil in New , ' Jci.se fixe cars ago today FANNIE HURST'S HUSBAND EXULTS IN HIS FREEDOM Say.s Ho. Can Stay Out Any Night tfrithoul Subterfuge Intrust Children to "Expert" -Would New York. Jlay i". The "balk of tiieir owli' di'signlng" upon which Fan nie Hurst, the author, autiounccd jes terday that' she nuil her husband, Jneipies K, Datliclsoii, hail been secret ly sai ing the matrimonial sen for"llve j ems. W a craft just as pleasing to the ki'ipc" oflhe craft as to the first mute. lly the "skipper" is meant Mr. Dan iehou. Itiislnu nliinNt ami (ollnborutor with the late Itafael Joeft'.v. and hi "lir-t mate" is meant Mrs. Diiutcl-on, who means for all her dujs to be known a 'i pbiiu Fannie Hurst. lioth luue the smile "home" iiddie.ss in the telephone directory tliollgh they maintained separate studios. It wns tliis latter fact that enabled them to conceal their lomuuce. Miss Hurst was nsked if he wns serious when she Mild that nine out of ten of her mnrried friends weie unbiippy in fulfilling tlie terms of the convrn tionnl marriage contract. "Oh. es." she said. "I meant it. I am not a pessimist, but I sec unrest everywhere among married people. Men pulling mid straining lit their bonds and women restue and unhappy. As an in stitution maninge has not workciKoul well and the irbclliou against it Is widespread." '.'Will jour experiment ierniinnte and pas into n quite conventional married life if .ion 1mm nine parents?" a reporter inipiircd. "No," ii'plicd Mis Hurst. "I can see niMcnxou nt all why a woman with a piofesion of her own cannot iaie her ihildicn mure iMIirirnllv bv intrust ins their upbiinging to a woman who is (sobs that oni u piole-isional "I do not, of loiir-i'. niciiu that for mi iuMiiut a molhi'i - oc and cine should be -denied far fioui it. 1 Sis I much of the work of mi ing for them should be done b nu cxjicit." "Miss Hurst bus expressed exactly 100 per cent of my views in the mnt ter," the piaiiisl declared. "Why. if any one would know how I feel nbnilt it just let him ask a man led man of five j ears' standing how he would like to have n night out without lcsortlng to tlie luicKiie.xid 'sn K friend' or the age-worn, 'lodge-mecling' excuse. "Think offending one's own life with tlie real joy of n happ partner and none of the pclt u illation of a com panionship iiunulurnlh i-Iimc nnd jnti male. Think of following one's own Inclination and deolmg mi ctculug'to eoiupositlon iilnnc in one's studio or dexotlng oneself to nn of a half doen I legitimate pursuits without coming home i to a nagging wife who is cither in u j tantrum or in (cms who either up ' lirmiis one lor nrim-it sciiikiiiicss or ins cm cd to love her. lelphin, accoidiiig to the police. Mine than .SUM in cash and much val uable merchandise, said to have been stolen from Joseph I'lotnlck's varict store, nt 141D-21-2:; South street. Mon day night wns iciovered with their nr test". District Detectives Toinn and Can non," of tlie Twelfth nnd 1'lno streets station, nt rested Harry Kiindy nt Iiis liome on Thirteenth street near Catha rine. He gave the detectives $70 which lie said wns part of a S200 procured in tlie lobbrr.i. He told tlie deioctivcs tint lie bail' been aided by Lawrence Fiillenwily, o( , Wharton street, nenrjWcith., Detectives i 'Y FACTORY rnay"1 -oversold, a product overstocked, but we've yet to find an article that has been over-advertised. HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phase of Sales Promotion i 400 Chetnut Street Pliiladelphia Ipiolits by T. James Fernley in nn ad dress before the American Jron.HHteoj utiil Heavy Hardware Associallon At todn.v's session of lis annual conveutwu at the Ilcllevuc-Stratrord. J MJr. Fernley la secrctnry trcaMiter of t the National Hardware) Association, ...... . ,. I.. i.. - , " 4, ' jiic time is coniioc wnen meru win .11 he a big reduction In price," he. unldj.a nnci niose wno ennrgo inga price now will feel tho drop most." . i - Tho speaker said the time for speiB"-! Intlou was nnst and advised couserra- 3 the buying. Ho asserted that iroAJ'aBJ'j J steel manufacturers had discriminated i n agninsi odio jooiicrs. in some chhc, no s'lild, the manufacturers nllowcd'2 per cent off for cash and In other casta gac no reduction. In reviewing th high cost of various linos of goods, Mn Fernley said hammers had increased 1S2 per cent, rivets 1(15 per cent 'and wheel barrows :.'0O per cent. A report on the horseshoe trade written bv II. A. Sadler, of Sioux Olty. wos rend b II. M. Taylor, of! Han Francisco. m 1 1 j;l UNDERWEAR SPECIALISTS I &&t itn i .ruttJt VV z ajllllHllirrk (ISM STOIII. Ulli and Chestnut TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES , Hllrt .M.n. nml Anna Hotel jaitvc W. B. KUGLER, Manager Broad at Fairmount Ave. Table d'Hote Luncheon 75C DAILY Table d'Hote Dinner 91 .00 1 DAILY I'riinclH IIhxIok 1(111) ANatrr rl Buret llfod 1(110 Mauler at. MnrrlH riolihllili:. '.'00s P Cth nt . flnnlon. "008 S nili st Wllllum O. Itclr-hai.il 4111 Ilirliniond M,. nnd .lolianim II, r"rrv 1!8J1 U-jnoItU m ("red .1 Ilopklim. 1 nil S r.tltiiR M . and .Tfiinli' J. .loluiEtoti. Ill" H. Mnrston s( Arthur II Dennis mil X tllh t.. unit llu- heii'u Sliar. 21.1 t.nmbnnl si D.ivlil SeMiimir. l.TJII N Alilon st . nnd .lane I'alU. I.iai N AMell tt Hurry rieraer ViTi Spruio at ami Surah Hanto. 417 N. till st M limn Kllckstrln, S W cor 11th and Hu8i'iehnnnrt nve , nn.l KaunSa PI ill ."ii,1.. .. IIUlCIIIIIKOIl M, cjeorirr A. rornlck, 274." N" C'roKej at and Mario A. Goettel, 274B X L'reskrr ( .liih'i I'rmtor, Went c.'iHter l'a., and Annu Slckela. Went Chealir. I'a .Snlllo llurat. rrlnre. iMnnrd Va.. and I'rla- cilia MurtMn, Tt'M Itrslns Sun nve. .Toxu'li 'lurner. liao Ituiimnn st,, and I.ula i:mory 1120 llndman at Alhcrt V Nicholson r.21 H 21th si . and Kannlo Turner. r.5l H. 21th st. Ilavlrt I.. Siolt. Mill 1 Clreen st , and Klla- I't-lll jnur, iiin un-i-ii ri William Ander-on, 1770 N AMen at , and Usthcr IlnjUHitl, I .a Motl. l'a. Sunday J1 CH ninnar PA-JU For Sundaj's Menu hec Saturday KeninR Ledger RESTAURANT.' DEPT. THOS HirKB Manaiser FIJANK .SinijCt, rormrh of KUGLER'S RESTAURANT NEW INVENTION for turned ankles, weak. Ilrcd or njt-feet healthrii! aupporir; no oiulj :prlnR'. Unlit uelRht: linini-illntn T iroin ail mriiin unil lin natural preaauro tin lo hlu. Uoitora prescribe It. (lat ) B. A. LEWIS 210 H. Third St. Hours 3 to 9, -k rum aKSjaiaaiak I I I I M nnnquet I'epurlinent j i I.EON A Mill K llOf.Uf.l, C Mnnnger rnrmrlv nf I KUGLER'S RESTAURANT iflHkte. Maa laMai ' 1 H I ii ' nKnirt i I, A Ilfll: and "-M l.l, Banquet Rooms ... ..... ....... .- . .. . . Vbyj tEi2b$rtlx!?Wwtm'&' j SswSSBsfBSBStKKSBsSy vyjBBBfcfa(w Ivg I m MM&mMMawasWsmsnEBssMm&t m I I m Overland Model -1-1)0 Five-PsLsseiiKor Touring Car. Very line condition throughout. Price $850.00. Bigclow-Willey Motor Co. 301 N. llrond St., Phila. It Is Our Ambition to nbt.nn for out Clients the best net incoiiir from their drill Lst.itc and (o . iiicrcuxe atriidily tlirtt income in proportion to llio iticrrnac .in proprrtv ilue. Our experience uiakrs llio fiilfilfmeiit of that mn liitinn poaaiblr. MEARS & BROWN Real Eitate 202 S. 15TH ST. Llill' vclera SUwranulIw vFQ- v I P s Ari honor has been con fared upon Philadelphia and litis Company fy' General JohnJ.PcrMi, hyoaniiip iho Decorations awarded him hi' Foreign Governments arid 'pcmiittinp (Item to be placed upon exhibition in this Establishment, to which iho public is cordially invitod. mwwm g CRANKS PLEASE Take Notice! Don't be discouraged because some body calls you a crank all the things that ever amounted to any thing in this world were started by cranks cranks on draughtsmanship and color have produced the greatest paintings cranks on expression have produced the greatest literature cranks on form have produced the greatest sculpture cranks on flavor produce the-finest cooking cranks on Liberty created the United States and don't forget that it takes a crank to start a car when the self starter stops starting! Wc ourselves arc the original cranks in the clothing business cranks on wool cranks on patterns cranks on color schemes cranks on work manship, cranks on fit cranks on service cranks on value and we like the company of cranks, because every time a crank comes to Perry's looking for trouble', he gets dis appointed. . Come Around! Spring Suits $35 to $80 GoIfSuits$50to$65 Separate Golf Trousers $7.50 to $13.50 Sports Coats $25 PERRY & CO. Sixteenth and Chestnut Streets aillllllllis A PLAIN Statement ' of Fact fVe arc NOT reducing the prices of our clothing. Our goods were marked at the beginning of the season at a profit less than that exacted in most stores, and considerably less than that of many stores, and we arc perfectly willing, and in fact anxious to com pare our regular prices with those which arc a noted as being REDUCED elsewhere. If a merchant is overstocked, or if he has been asking too much for his merchandise, he is perfectly justi fied in lowering his prices. Neither of these conditions apply to us. I JACOB MEED'S SONS i TO 1424-26 CHESTNUT ST. f 5iiiMiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii)iiiiiiiiiiiiii-iii)iiiili..fg V, v m t f h V ROCKINCHAIR Athletic Underwear or Men & Boys Doubled Up m like a .feck-knife and not a bit of binding restraint from his underwear because Rockinchair modern con struction allows unusual bodily freedom. It's great. "It opens on the side adjusted in a jiffy.'" At most good stores. HENDERSON & ERVIN, New York The New 1920 Feature 1 All cotton Rockinchiilr underwear is now ronntrueted of specially woven cotton fabrics finished by a new nroceis fenrE K,TTLE SRUNK-I, 8,St?edTnSSSS! inchai? Trade MT y m earmnUa benrinE . 'I i , 'i t 3 W A I A f '"A 1 . - " 1 II.,', T V ' V M S
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