t n t 1 t-'' a ' . Sj W' r-:, ry fit'-' j " 1 ... ly-s, :'- vi . - - f H cts, . .$ .- T tf . , -fA,y iW" T.. 1. 'r ! V. J -a -w.vvTmn ... T VJ ' j .A .." i J . rwv 5"TO4-x H t A. B. MATHEWS & CO. MERCHANT TAILORS Are Continuing to Sell Their Fine Custom-Made Clothing (fall and Winter goods included), at 15 per cent below prices plainly marked on tickets January M, 1920. This concession brings their prices down to a level of one near ano and represents a sincere effort on their part to re duce to their customers and the public at large the ever increasing high prices of fine clothes. For example, our 95.00 Suits arc now 80.75, and so on. In this offer you have at your disposal the largest stock of British woolens shoivn in Philadelphia. We wish to inform the public that our entire force of workmen (,. Lrced to accept a decrease tit wages until August 1st to aid us in m& ch a salc as thia Psaiblc' Ihwuestionablc information from abroad assures ns that prices t rfr clothes will be much higher next Fall. Wc therefore advise the pjehaseof Fall and Winter clothing at once. 1200-02 Walnut Street tittfe HJBI&T rJER-BHIIiABELPHIA ' WEDNESDAY, JTINE 2,U 1&20S (3 t: hi un HSBT REUS MYSTERY Building Brevities Selling service nhort ii quite ai pottible as sellingstotkt short. It is simply matter of hustling (or contracts and relying on good luck to supply the organization that shall make good on the job. ABERTHAW does not sell service short. When it has reached the limit of its own trained staff, it accepts no more commit ments. Built ny Aderthaw means precisely what it says. CITY JOBHOLDERS ABERTHAW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Gmihactinis Engineers. PHILADELPHIA WEST END TRUST ATt AKTO . lOBTON. tufflt.0 Search House Where Aged Mrs. Rope Ashorman Was Killed, but No Clue Is Found GIRL'S STORIES CONFLICT In the hope of fimlins; n clue which mar lead to the murderer of Mrs, now Ashfnnnn. wontj-fivc years old. who was found lcnil with n frn'turcrf skull t her home. iOS Xiirtli. Kislith street, jwlerdny mnrniiiK. Jlele.tivc Hilshnw made n thnroncli search of the house thl mnrniiiK. He ftiestioneu all ncviipnnts of the dwelling "liidi was conducted or n roomlnc limisr by Mw, Aslienunti. and I. (ominced that they had no connec tion with the crime. A niero of marble with which JIr. Ashcrmnn win killed is'liellevcd to have been loin from the mantel in the rnniii p Clmrlcs and Harry Ttarper. I In Htrgci- brother', nre cipnle. They "aid thpmnrhle had been broken off the man teWhen they engaged the room several twV njo ... Cnnflietins stories cnnceniinc 1 1 rrimchmo lieen told by twelve-year-old jVip Kerdmnn. Krnnildn';elitor of Mrs. Atbrrmnn Rlie -lepl with the woman on the mcht that she met her death. Whil tlie clrl lias admitted, accord -litRto the police, that some of her previ ous ftatemiMits were Incorrect recarditiK minr eireumstances. tlie policelinvc as Tft made no serious charge against her. 'f is bring held n a material witness and will he questioned again today. The girl, according to the police, has admitted that the Mory "be told of the attack fin her was untrue. The detectives say they place no credence in her storj tbnt a marked rnan with a black mustache was in her mom when he nwoke and found her ttrandmnther dad. The fact that the door of the room occupied h.i herself imil grandmother su locked nn the inside nnd the dend woman's stnrkiugs, which nre said to hnie lontnined nearly S100, were re moird, lui cnuvinced the police that further iii"tinniiig inn) bring a dif ferent version of the murder from the firl Jlctvip iVrdiunn spent Int night at the Iloii.p ot I'etention, She does not appear tn 1m the least concerned ns n tcult of tlie close questioning by the police It was reporter! ill City Hall today that ah arrest probnblj1 would bo made In the cn-e troliij BRYN MAWR DRIVE GOES ON Alumnae Forces Concentrated Here for Remaining $100,000 "Thai but SllHl.non is not up our sleeves-," is the announcement of the Brjn Maw-r endowment committee. Sa 'tn.ltlUlfc, III! ntllllltlU. fnrrrs mi w ,.,(, f Phllndelphin to la) to nhtnln the needed amount. ' viunini i mm out of (own who have returned 10 tin liege f,. rruninnsnnd nil llmehing m u,is icinity arelieing brought into this city today to secure i J?,L.,,MI- ' "eiessary to complete the SUfino.iMM) endowment for increases in teaelieis salaries. k, , i!l. endowment commiltep has yhtnined vi, (00,(100, and S 100.000 more ?. nTf?r" ,ll,V' the offer of the Uockefrllrr I niniiliitinii to end the cam Paign hv n gift of $.n0,00n. Roman Candle Sets Fire to Factory tn.w binl1 . "f firi. rr"ni " ""man candle "leLJ'y.r.nn.f ".f. II"""- H. Sheip's m, Aru .u ;" ""' ""itiiwest ror- ru of Sisth stuet and ni,ni,i.i nv... I'lRhl .laeoh Kerner, the 'miiguished the blaze. nue Inst watchman LINEN MESH UNDERWEAR ISs&t MmifCd OVT.T HT-n Mi r -" oinnr. w Uth and Chestnut STUART HEADS EUGIBLES- Is at Top of List for Registrar In i Water Bureau Cheston M. Stuart. 7S17 Walker street, bended the list of five ellirlbles made public bv the civil service cxniu IfhiB board today for the position of registrar, hiireau of water. The job pays $2."i(Kt h year. The post was formerly held by Krnnk T. Gnrinnil. one-time mimlt ..nmmtc. sioner, who resigned last fnll'to manage me v miner parry, roiiowlng tlie col lapse of that organization lie became manager for f'hnrles Helnnr, the Mayor's candidate for TlepubUcati con gressional lioininntioiT from the Third district. ' Harold T. Antrim. 101." North Thir teenth street, was the only person cer tified for nsslstant resident physician, bureau of hospitals, n place whirls, nays ?1)00 n j ear. Harold i". Dunlan. of the Philadel phia (Jenernl Hospital, was the only candidate for "linical nssistunt at S7U0 to ?!100 n j ear. Wills Probated Today Will were probated today ns follows: 10 BE DISPLAYED Mayor Ramsey Will Open City's Industrial Exposition at Armory Tonight Letitin M. 11. .lackson. (l.'iOO f.reene ' hibit. The Chester Civic and Industrial Im position in the State Armory at l.ighth nnd Sproiil streets, will be opened to night by Mayor Unmsey. I.notliH displaying the products of the Chester manufacturers will occupy .paces on the first floor along with the udnilnlstrntl-m booths in the center of the large drnl Moor. Sun Ship Hulld Ing Corporation, Sun Oil Co. and other large industries will also lime bniiilw ; in this display. The Welfare Associn tlnis, t liester Day riirscrj. Sahation Army, civic committee of the New Century Club and the Tuberculosis- So ciety are included in tlie first floor e- LATE, MAYOR ANGRY Irritated Whon He Finds Offi cials Absent From Dosks at 9 A. M. TARDINESS MUST CEASE All city officials must report for work on time Just the same as cmplojes of business establishments. Mnyor Moore made this declaration todrry when he discovered nt 0 o'clock this morning that most of his hlgh salarled officials were not nt their desks. An unusual occurrence led to the dis covery of the officials' tardiness. A dead horse which had been jrft on the north plnze of Citv Hnll jesterday af ternoon wns still there when the Mnyor arrived this morning. To hnsten the removal of (he animal the Mayor telephoned to offices of the director of public safety, superintend ent or police and tbno of various other officials, but failed to gel it reply frnju any, Assistant Superintendent of Po lice Tempest appeal imI to be the only nffieinl on the job nromptl.i. and he made arrangements for removal of the horse. KKaminntion of several ordinances re lating to the rcmnuil of dead nulmnlH brought out the fact that two unti crueUj organizations of the city each received appropriations of SM100 a year from the city for liiininne work, while a third organi'.ntlon got S.'OOO. Oliicials of two of tbese organizations snld they were only obliged to deal with the troubles of goats and dngs, while the representative of the other said it was only concerned with cats. The Major's Indignation increas-ed on learning this, He said be would hnve or dinances denllng with the removal of minimis amended to include horses. "The plncing of n dead horse on the Mnyor's door step." said the Mayor, "indicates that other citizen must have had trouble in getting dead animals re moved. There will be quirk action to remedy this condition. Incidentally." the Mayor added. "I will see that city officials get on the Job promptly nt H o'clock in the morning." AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL MITTEN NOW FULL CITIZEN P. R. T. Head Always Believed Father Had Been Naturalized Thnmns K. Mitten, president of the' Hapid Transit Co., now full fledged citizen, Mr. Mitlen recently learned that his father, a native of England, hnd never received his final naturalization pa pers. .The transit company bend Mm self wns bnin In England and wns brought to this country a minor. " Ilellevlng that his parent had been naturalized and ttiat, as a result, he himself wiih a citizen, Mr. Mitten voted lu several cities throughout the. country. It was n political hpbt made on i (Jrorge Mitten. Jr.. n brother of the P. U. T. iiiesident. who had been named postmaster nt Wadena. Ind.. that brought out the fact the father had nner been naturalized. Mr. Mitten filed his notice of in tention with the Department of Labor I'Vbrunrj 10. and was sworn in as n citizen Mn 1'J by Judge Charles II. McMichael. TO LAUNCH DESTROYER Goff Will Leave the Ways This GERMAN TOWN POSI DROPPEDBYCOUNTY Committee Ousts Henry H. Houston Post 3 for Non payment of Duos tyflvc cents per enpitn per member by each post for maintenance ot county headquarters. TJie Ormnntown post will conse quently be without representation in the county committee nt the meeting tonight nt the City CIW), Mli South Mroad street. The county committee passed the lesolutton to the effect that the countj dues must lie paid by June 1 or that posts falling to make pnyment in ac cordance with the bylaws will lose their representation. The Lieutenant Henry II. Houston - , ""y);1 ,,. U.A..U.H,U.,, y,l ,l'i t-VUIltJHMy. mat tne uucstion an lo whether Otyrtsi trie uermnniown post can refute comply with a bylaw of the county 6r !-ti I -.ii if . i Jf.l KHiiiziiuou hum nun eouiiiinc lonoia its ,'i charter mov be nresented tn I lie (! -i-"! . . . - ri cantonment lor riei'isinu. The David W Jameson 18.'l held n smoker last night nt.hNtd quarters. 25 South Van Pelt 'Struct, ,, The program Mas enlivened by thjft, American Legion Jazz Band ofi Post j No. 1177. wJth Comrade Jlsmy .m j- leader. Other legionnircs wbrJI iinrtlcl j paled In the program were Comrnde V Vetter, who entertained with violin conse-' soiox, una omruiir j'renue.rgneHi. ln l comedy monologue I he sinoher w Afternoon lulled Stntcs tnrpedoboat Post No. .'! was the firt to have been . . . . i ... ......... . UP TO STATE CANTONMENT. "" jn rhii.inpm. ...... coc ; : ;. . . ,1P rr"-... . M inurntly has bad the ,,, vantage of op- jn - flf ;,,,. nrinhlWftZ'l Automatic imspcnion of the Lieu- Its refusal to support the county or- I Wise and Alan Huck. tenant He,,,, H. Houston Post. No J. ?BB,t,.n h based o the sta.einents j 'i;,-, Vn!. KfrC of (Jermnntown. from the Philadelphia by post officials that it is not inlrr- ,wo pieces, visited on Memorial Dar county committee American Legion, be- , rt0, n assisting struggling posts hve cemeteries In the northeast section 1 came effective todnv, due to the refusal' througnniii ine cu.v nno win noi cou-oi inc pitj , oecnrnieri twenty-eight.. .! ... rt..'i...i m ..ninnlv u-ltli i tribute a two-rent postnge stamp per graves, gave out to relatives pf n. on the part of the J.ost to romplj with ,,, ,,,,,. momi,er for the purpose of 'censed comrades thirty gold stars TWft the hvlaws of the rounty organization, 'backing up the county organization and announcement wns made today by Mat which provide for the payment of twen- thus lend a measure of assistance to ( tbew F. Sombrowski. adjutant. V im de- The strojer (Jnff. named nftcr the late Juilge Niitlian (ioir, a former secretary of the navy, will be launched nt the yn.nl of the New York Shipbuilding Co. this after noon. The sponsor will be Mrs. Cath erine Ooff. of Clnrksburg, W. Vu., widow of the judge. A number of naval attaches will also attend tlie launching. The destroyer Is !tl I feet lUj inches in length nnd hns a beam of :(0 feet 11 Vii Inches and draught of 1) feet 4 inrhejr; It is being built to make thirty-live knots per hour. Its displacement tonnage is 1.'10 tons and oil will lie used for fuel. Prisoner Escapes From Hospital Lerov McCoy, a negro, escaped from I the Pol) clinic Hospital last night, where he wns in custody on a larceny charge and wns recovering from gun shot wounds inflicted by vnilrond de teetixes, McCoy hail been in the hos pital two months nnd wns to have been arraigned xxhen his condition permitted. : . ,.,. - - street, (.crmiintnxvn. S.'noo; John A. Dodds, CO-IO Washington avenue, $!. OnO; Martha Josephs. I71 (ireen street. $4fW0 Anna McNamee. Phila delphia Hospital. SIII.OOO; Henrv P. Mills, Howard Hospital. SliO.OOO," and M'nry R. Wat"rs. Penn street nnd Kustleton avenue, S.'S.sill. Deaths of a Day .ii one sioe or riir loom will lie a large sun xvith eleven rays running fiom it. On tlie rays will be the words ltecrcatioii. Industry. Art. Music. He ligijin, Kdiication. ' Administrntioii. Shipping nnd Public I'tiHties. ()M the opposite side a reproduction of Curie Sam shaking hands xvith a soldier and snilnr xvill form the decoration. The Kose Valley Club bus an ait ex hibit in one loom on the second floor. Txx'o other rooms are dexoted tn tie edu cational department. Here (he work of the public and parochial schools is on view. In the basement th Miinit xmii he hell One of Four Men Hurt Dies in Jef ferson Hospital David (rcen. 81 SI I'nloii street, one of four men injured last night when a benvy motortruck crashed through the I nl k window of Samuel (Jroiuan' men's furnishing stole, at Kleventh and Market streets, "died this morning in the Jefferson Hospital. With Oreen nt the lime were Maurici ireen nnd Max Solomon, of the I'liion tieet nddrrss, and Spencer Fnrrcll. of ."Ml- Race street. The men xverc stand ing on the corner xvhen the truck, which llerame unmanageable, bended for the "iilrxxnlk. The men xvrre ie- retnil ni"veil to the .lellerson Hospital. I Another victim ot an auionioliile in1 Funeral of B. W. Cloud The funeral of the late Henjamiu W. Cloud, eighty -four Aears of nee. who imerrlinnts died on Sundn.x, took place this after- i The entertainment has been lal.cn in'rideist wns Mrs. Mnry (Jtilii. si.t,x .xears noon from his lesldeiicc. .'IS Hunter charge by the xnrious rlubs of the rit.x. I old. of H!! l-'nst Firth street. Mrs street. Woodbury, (.'loud Lodge, No. Tonight the Kiwanis Club will furnish I ijuin was struck at Frnnkford nvenue 101. F. and A. M.. of liloiicester City : ' the ciiterta'ninent. Tomorrow nlzht is I anil P.utler .street by u uir driven bx Florcuce Lodge. No. S7. F. and A. At., given to the Nexv Century and the Ho-1 Lindlej Mason, of Columbia nvenue near nnd friendship anil (Sood ill Fire I tariaus xxillbaxe charge of the program loiupnnics or xxoodhury and the city M.tunia.x nigiu. . icaiure ot the pro gram lor I-ruiny evening xvil he u con cert .by the Salvation Army Lassies' Itnnd. All the entertainments will be held in the Odd Fellows' Hitilding, di lectly omiosite the armory. The nffuir will be chued Sunday exe ning xvith a religious service. Clergy men of Chester xvill be present nnd speak at this meeting. oflicinls nttended in a bod). George M. Fisher (Jeorge M. Fisher, deputy internal reveinio collector, died .xcsterdn) at his boine. 1271 Park boiilex-nrd. Camden. He xxas thirty-one .xcars old. and is survived b) his xvidoxx. IMgewortb street. The woman xx-as . picked up by a passing automobile and , taken to the Frnnkford Hospital Mason surrendered himself to the police. A TV nanscom s Home Made Milk BREAD HAS NO SUPERIOR 10c Loaf Made in the Big Daylight Bakery AT 52D & MARKET STS, LET US MAKE THE WEDDING OR BIRTHDAY Cake Wc Have Artiste in That Line Hanscom's S2d ft Market Sti., 19 S. 60th St. 276 S. 52d St., 1232 Mirktt St. 929 Market St., 734 Market St. Edward O'Connor i Kdxvard O'Connor, sixty -three .xenrs I old. of 1 1 1!. Langhain uxeniie. Canideii.l died .xesterdii). He xxas formerly a con- j tractor and nt one time sexton of the ! Church of the Immaculate Conception. ' His widow, txvo sons and a daughter ' survive. ' Robert M. Leconey i Hnbert M. Leconey. a Cnmden res'- I (lent, died suddenly yesterday morning nt his home, HHIi Itobcrts stieet. Cam- I den. He xvn formerly siipeiintendent of Cooiier Park. Y n rencier an a ory service matters sales'. d on pertaining dvis- all to HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phase of Sale Promotion 400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia' , FYBANKSdBinn, SBS c7tfCENTBRPIECES jSr Flowers Gifts always appreciated Tnexpensn'e Tases Elaborate Centerpieces w'th Plateaux FIRST AND CLOSED nalurlne n in ur.nr- .."..""""" 'l !' eniliHiil,! ''."Illllllf,. ''"ICE TO YIELD lA WM l'Elt $inoo BOND tarly Income $10 "ULAIIKU'IIU MacDonald & Campbell Distinguished Blue Suits $40 to $75 Rich fadeless blue Flannels, Serges and Unfinished Worsteds in all ITTe correct variations of single and double breasted mod els. MacDonald & Campbell standards of style-distinction, quality and tailoring make these the premier suits of good taste, service and value. Men'i Hati, Clothing, Hnberdaihery, Motor Wear S H Shorthand clogs the wheels of progress Pencil-shorthand slows you up it is like throwing emery dust into your own thinking mechanism. With The Ediphone you dictate when you feel like it. Go right to it when you dictate everything" to The Ediphone. The easiest way to dictate a letter wrmm m tdiphone Telephone The Ediphone Spruce 6303 Prove it on your own work Sold and Installed by JointtoGeorge M. Austin y y 1627 Cheitnut Slrsr. PkilBrl.tnk:. Inomo tt. tdvson.Snc. jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHii'iniii'inHiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiii aimmiHlis mh limiuiiM, :a .in SlIllllllllliM A Gilt-Edged Clothing Opportunity without equal in Philadelphia! Greatest of Mid-Season Events ! The EMERGENCY SALE of Intensified Values in Perry's $50, $55, $60, $65 and $70 Suits at the One Uniform Price $40.00 A man has got to keep his head these days. He needs judgment to discriminate against high prices. He also needs judgment to discriminate between the low ones. It is just as necessary to pick the right store for a sale, as it is to pick the right store for clothes at regular prices. Quality is just as important when the prices are reduced as it is when they're not. That's about all we'll say this time, except one thing these- suits, at the uni form price of $40 are, without question, the greatest gilt-edged clothing investment now before the Phila delphia public. $50, $55, $60, $65 and $70 Qualities at One Uniform Price, $40 PERRY & CO. Sixteenth and ChestnutiStreets yj2E, 111 l! I lllllllllfif? MIIIIIIIIlllllllllIlllllMmilltllllllllllUllllllllllllllllllWIIIIMMIllUlflllllllip, 11 U" jV I Silk Shirt Week This Week We Are Making Spe cial Displays of Silk Shirts We arc quite confi dent that our Silk Shirts excel in Qual ity of Fabric and of Workmanship. T heir prices, too, will he found very attractive to pur chasers. At $10 a Satin Striped Broadcloth in exquisite color combination is worthy of special at tention. JACOB REEtfS Fair Prices Alzvays We charge a fair and Hist price for our clothing all the time the prices "are not elevated at the begin ning of a season in order to equalize later "Reductions." J Therefore, our volume of business keeps right up to its stand ards, as our patrons have confidence and faith in us. They know that every day, every week, every month Reed's give them full value, and that Reed's prices are not spasmodically low ered or raised. J Compare our regular prices with those of other houses cither "reduced" or other wise. You will find it to our mutual advan tage to do so. Itriidu In 11 car Suits of Seasonable Wright and Fab rics, X .', S .0 0 to xiao.no. diatom - Tailored Suit. 9 t S .0 0 to XI iO.OO. JACOB REEtfS SONS 1424-1426 Chcsfaiul Steed j . sons I; ft KK26ClicshratStict M , 1 . . 1334-1336 Chestnut Street I i : - & U A l$ M SL J" v,3iV A" 1 mIOaLSjUt 1.W.1W I v '2yj,n.'i thuAJ t W; ,. aU lVrMC-, t.fTV'lli &&!.t&Vi
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