Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, July 08, 1920, POSTSCRIPT, Page 5, Image 5

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MAN SLEW ELWELL
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ftrmoHoU9ooper, 'Now in
Ireland. Tolls of Turfman's
Many Affairs
PENDLETON CONTRADICTED
8. A ' spcclnl
York Amcrlenn'
Down, Irclnntl,
Annlo
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dkpatrh to the Nfw
from Ncrr,, County
mule (lie oninloi(nf Mrs
Kan?, formerly n Winrkeepjr.-i for .To
,fPh now lie Hindi, llinjnurtleroil liirf
mn nnd wlil"t- nuthiyrlty. tlint the po
jjco fhouM lint for ,omo icWm '"is
tonil on the ulnyer."
"One woman nftor another came to
the Klwcll Iioiric," snldMrs.. Knc.
'Most of the nniiiM I ncct knew' and
others I have forcottcn. Nowmy
ratmory ii found only ns regard the
rcrtilar Jiltors to Mr. Jewell's homo,,
mich n Ml WHejit' nuil' thrr 6 other
irnmori whom I haVo Earned In tTiy hfii1-
ilwit."
''I In- nflidarlt of which Mrs, Khiip
FnM!' li n L'.'OO-word dorumrnt over
lirr' Mjnntiite. pinperly .ultiiPMc(l4niin
,nn-n bt'foio a nntar.V lutnrht'tl to Hip
nJnrcm" rmnt lit Ireland. A crtny of It,
U now In the ljftmK.of DUtriit At
Inrm'j Snnnn. New' York city, who Is
follow Ins the new nenuc It open1" to
tuiril a iosiblc solution of the mur
der mystery.
One Girl Very Young
"Mips , who lived wjth her par
ent in Fifth avenue.' I remember be
came she was very pretty and extremelv
jniithful." 'ontlntied Mrs. Knne. "My
oninlon it that thls.cirl was tnot mor,e
tlmn "Ixtern. hut my.husband. Who nlao
uir lirr. put her nuo nt eighteen. She
nrd to onie early In the nfternoon
end lnv a Ioiik time, calling her par
ent by telephone nnd telling them
die win ttmlng: out In the country with
fome girl friends.
"I liaxe Just lead In the New York
piper tlint xhe married Mr. . n
Tt.iltliy New York merchnnt, a few
nrrlt nro."
"Who is the woman signing her name
P 'dura, who wrote to rciucllj ' 1
oslnl Mrs. Kane.
"She was the one who 'cainfr tothe
jpaitmelit iwith MJss :. ofi Haiti-
mori " replied the former housekeeper.
".Hon wiiu'pii nie known on llin rare
trnrt, O.ie nlclit 'Sit. Klwell lirouclit
flifm lionie from the trpek fit Havre dc
urnee ami sin.ri iwo tiaye ami men
itturued to lialtlmoic.
Pawned His Clothes
"Then Mr. Klwcll discovered various
articles, mostly wearing apparel, were
mining nnd he had to go to Haltlmorc
ami spend STiiO to get the articles out
of luwn.
"Another frequenter of the Elwell
I nine. I remember distinctly, lived in
Hrookljn. 1 don't recnjl hex unme, but
K'well i.i)d her :i pension of $f0. At the
time I used t till 'in the checks Mr.
I!'el signed.
"There were several , others on the
pnroll In this manner It should be
posslb'e to trace them by the check
tub". i
"l'einnall 1 see no reason why it Is
nvresvary to identify any of these'benc
ficfaries. since it uas only 1n their in
fcrcst that Mr. niwcll sliould continue
tft lle and pav. them."
"Was tlnS nn,y man or vomnn
whom Mr. Ulwoll p irtlcularly feared?"
sie was axked. "No woman to mv
knowledge," icplied Mrs Kane. VI
know, however, that lie was much afraid
of the husband of 'Madame X' "
At this point in the conversation
Mr". Kane mehtioned 'the name of n
OLD PARLOR SUITS
MADE KQUAI. TO NKW
Itcconstructed
upholstered
ami polished
djl e and
sj 1J up
l'lr.t-clas3
work
punrnnteed.
Slip covers
mmle. to
order.
Ws carry a largo stock of upholstery
material., selling; at wbolctmla priced.
AMERICAN UPHOLSTERY CO.
Oldnt nnd I.arGmt House of III Kin
305 rcli Srrnpt Wrlt8 or Phn
JUa JUCn OfJCej Market 160J.
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INSTAllATIOH and REPAIR WORK 1
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COVtRINQ THE FWTinr Cll n a,
MECHANICAL EQUI '.NT FOR BUILDINGS
Po ,ioh UnoH tlint tortuous
nw unil pmirlj ilfslunul
I'llilnpr nlfs poiirr or linil
I'liormounl ?
Stop the Waste
Onr plplnir U rnrrerl to n
nirrt, nnil ilrlhrrn I'mier and
lent In It. fullest eniilcnrr,
l.iiilliitTri. Umlcn r.-ry foot at
I'M'Inir w. hmtiill. iUU tht,
iiirlrntril
9 fk em-
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necMon with thnrn..,-
"WJint do ybu nltribnte hU Vemittk
bdio couquests to?" Mrs. Kane was
asked.
"To hts extraordinary manner," he
answered. "He was not good looking,
but he had an" Irresistibly winning
manner, lie was the kind of man that
nbus.fci tho hospitality of his, friends to
win the love of their wlvcs A few"
years nio he nut lilu'onnll nvnr flu. wUo
of a New York ihllllonalre whose house
he was visiting. They are now dl-1
vorccu." v
Pendleton's Statemelils Conflict Ing
District Attorney Hwnnn named W.
II. Pendleton yesterday nsttlie man who
mado contradictory statements as to his
whereabputs and actions on the night of
.1llTlf 11.'w!lh Kluoll Un fiHHfl M.I.A.
Vlet'cd at Ills home. Mr. Hwnnn mnkpo
It plain ho does not susnect nuv.onn
of Having a part In the crime, '
T,he district attorney declared that
detectives wonting on tlie ensf liad found
rvldcnee which contradicted slhe state.-
ment of PeiJdleton, former lailng pait
ner of Hlwell,' that he went to hed'nbodt
VI o'clock nt Ills home nt Cedaijuhst!
that lie nrevlouslr had tilacnl bU nnlrf.
mobllftvln his own enrage mfiolmnir Ids
home, nnd Hint on the morning of, Vluna
1 he 'took the car out of the gnrage
and drove his wife to the 10:'J0 train
for New York. Mr. Swann said that n
number., ol witnesses hnd said Ucndle
ton'n automobile wns In a garage in
Manhattan nfter 2 o'clock on the morn
ing of tho murder.
Airs. Josephine P. Wllmerdlng vis
ited tho district attorney's office yes-
Cerday, nnd fpri more than two hours,
was questioned by Aslstant Illstrict
Att6rneys Doollug, Joyce and Tnlley.
Mrs. AVllmerdlng denied cntegorlenl'lv
"nil the charges and innuendoes in the
nmiiavit. which was cabled over here,
and .which Is supposed to have boon
matte by Anna Kane."
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N:l. WOMEN BEGII
WAR ON PROFITEERS
Margin 'of 50 Per Cent Between
Buying and Selling Prices
Hold Sufficient U ,
MARKETS BUREAU AIDING
Special Plipatch to Xicntno bubfte Macf
Trenton, July 8. The New Jersey
State Federation of Women's CltibW. In
cn-operntlon with the State Unreaii of
Markets, Im xtnrted propaganda to
limit tne retnileis" "spread" between
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mWmiXmi,
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r.ltlftlticliln prldfir lo
Tormer, For the last
lo 50 p'er
ner cent
, .i' .; . . .
oBtnr-iormer. ror the last lour wceust
local comtnlttefit of wbtncVi 'Jn ten cities
of te state have reported retail prlc.es
once each week, while the agents of
Mil bureau lmo reported wholesale
prices. Several municipal authorities
have added tliolr assistance. Gross
profits of "5 to 200 per cent have been
found to be common, It Is held by the
bureau that this is too great, prevent
ing the full use of nearby grown valuable
food product, by the general public nnd
discouraging production through lack of
demand.
The bureau announced todny that, the
string bean market had broken and that
lip to dast Saturday only growers In
favored localities were picking any
quantity. It wns also said that on
Tuesday last beans were coming into the
markets, from nil parts of the state,
'-while yesterday the market was very
Irregular, In some- cities. In Trenton
It was down .to Sl.liO per bushel.
, J'dritlnulng, the bureau announced
tlint "retail prices so fur show little In-
,cllnatlono lower. Many stores bought
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' t.'t
eans for; SI. CO ner bushel Kml
'sold ffhemfor twent'flVO' Wnt per
qnarttr peck. Thin Is n 'spread t
more than loo, per cent, it is reportea
in this office that retailers claim they
-MabfotWiF wn tvtnnn tin.fmirtll llliplfa mlt.
pf a biifbcl. Fanners) say deniers aroj
very careiui in ouying ami ueuianu me
legal weight Jn every half-bushel or
bushel. The state Iriw sajs that n
bushel of string beans must weigh
'twcnty-ftve pounds, a half-bushel
twelve pounds, a peck six pounds, n.
half-peck three pounds and n niartcr
peck one and one-half pounds," ;
The uureali olsd nnnounced that
"most, potatoes th market are still com
ing from the istAtes south of New Jcr
scy. What little Long Island and Jer
sey stock finds ,lts way to mnrkqt sells
on about the snm basis as best stocks
from Virginia. This bifrcau found n
country store selling new potatoes for
S2.50 per half bushel basket for which
It paid a farmer ','JSi. There. Is no
loss from spoilage on potatoes arid they
can he handled on a small margin with
profit.
For Theatre
and Cafe
mmfflim,
PENCO Metal Ceiling is parn'c
ulorly appropriate for theatres
ana cafes. Its classic designs,
rich ornamentation and artistic
finish make it the ideal back
ground for Unuiusl Ifghting.effecU.
Btfm tuilJiitg or nmoJilling home, offer,
,l."'zll'!,.t?l'?l.'h""tt'n"'t
Ihe PENCO Mtltl CUt Culot nrfer
emmalti.
PENN Mf-TAL CO.
ZSth k WltrtH Stt.
rinwtipiia, p..
Cue J ty if r U.S.
KtoternmerU for dts.
iinguwiea irmee
during tnir. asoi
LSSHSft
Clothing Clearance Sale
ATTHE
William H. Wanamaker Store
1217-19 Chestnut Street
July always brings unprecedented reductions of
all the finest quality clothing in the stocks of Chestnut
'- Street's most popular store.
This year, comparatively speaking, prices are
lower than ever, before, as these figures will fully
testify. "
OUR REGULAR $40 & $45 SUITS ARE REDUCED TO $25
OUR REGULAR $50 SUITS ARE REDUCED TO $36
OUR REGULAR $55 SUITS ARE REDUCED TO . . , $40
OUR REGULAR $60gUITS ARE REDUCED TO $45
OUR REGULAR $65 SUITS ARE REDUCED TO. . . v . . .$50
OUR REGULAR $75 SUITS ARE REDUCED TO $55 & $60
$50
$75
For $60, $65, $70 and $75 finest merchant tailoring
I fabrics built to measure during July.
( For finest $85 to $95 virgin wool tropical worsteds, built
to measure. They are beautiful, and as light as a feather.
All furnishings, hats, underwear, bathing suits, walking
sticks, neckties, hosiery also register sweeping reductions.
Make your visit early.
DURING JULY AND AUGUST STORE WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAYS
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the Last Business D
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nre. Consult
'" on our plplnir needs for
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FALLS
EXCURSIONS
THURSDAYS
JulrJ5,29j Amuit 12,26;
September 3, 23; and Octob.r 7
Round $14.00 TriP
oo1 only In roaches
rrnm I'lriadelnhl
ir laiifi""'1.!" pu.rlr "p ""epinie
TIIIIOI t.H TRAIN
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VHE GENUINE CLOTH
tIFO OdUY BVCOODAILVVORSTEQ CO
There it enly one Genuine
Palm Beach Cloth, It cornel
in darh shade) at nell cs Ugh',
TheTrademarked Label in t!.s
coat Is yctir tef:z,trd,
The Man in the Picture is Wearing a -
PALM BEACH SUIT
He's veiy cool. Even the hell hoy can see that.
He's well-groomed. The room clerk's admiring
look admits as nmch. He's so gen uinely comfort
able that he's spoilt the whole day for the chap
a&aincfe tho pillar who's a-moppin of his hrow.
Of course, wo called in a good artist to draw
this picture. But it's pretty true to life.
If you dubt it ask your clothier. He'll tell
you without quibble that for Comfort, Coolness
and Style GENUINE PALM BEACH Suits take the
curtain call at each performance.
He'll tell you one thing more: That for down
right economy every suiting in the Summer
-field makes ivay for the "genuine cloth."
THE PALM BEACH MILLS GOODALL WORSTED CO.
SELLING AGENTt A. ROHAUT, 229 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FRIDAY, JULY NINTH CLOSED ALL DAT'SATUliDAY,
STRAWBRlDGEs-QDTHlEfe
Special
Atfrac
t
for
T
-morrow,
m f t
le Week"
Please do your week-end shopping to-morrow (Friday). On Saturday the Store
will be closed all day, the first of the weekly holidays to be enjoyed by our willing
workers this summer. The shorter week and the anticipation of the outing give a snap
and vim and eager alertness to the, Friday service, and the extra values will give
to-morrow the air of a busy Saturday of the busy season. Business hours from 9 to 5
o'clock.
Hundreds of Women'sSummer Frocks
At Much Less Than Regular Prices
Including an espe
cially large and attrac
tive collection special
at
$25.00
About two hundred of the most de
sirable Dresses of the season in this
group at $25.00 all worth more. In
cluded are GINGHAMS in large and
small checked effects (some Scotch
ginghams) with the fashionable large
sashes of gingham, and collar, cuffs and
trimming of organdie. WHITE SWISS
with colored dota and tiimmcd wjth
organdie to match the dots. Paisley
pattcin VOILES with lace vestecs and
lace pockets, and laco-edged collar and
cuffs. COLORED VOILES with self
color dots, made with plaited three-tier
skirt nnd finished at the neck with a
soft touch of lace. And the lovoliest
groun of nastel TINTED ENGLISH
VOILE DRESSES, beaded and embroidered, and so fine that they closely lesemblo ci-cdr Georgette.
FOUR DRESSES SKETCHED ARE FROM THIS GROUP, which is as fresh and inviting as a
mcr garden $25.00.
Gingham and Voile ! Figured Voile Frocks
Frocks, S5.00 to $10 I Special at S16.50 -
Odd lots of higher-priced I Coat, tunic, flounce, tier and'
Dresses late re-orders for the draped modejs, of figured voiles
Anniversary Sale. Cliir-fly ging- J in navy-and-whitc, black-and-hams
and voiles, in light and daik white and navy-and-gold, with
clfects. Some in extra .sizes. pretty trimming touches.
- truulrlUiso & Cloth i Hi-tuml Hour. .Market Ktrcet
THE
.sum-
White Voile Dresses
From $11.75 to $15
All-white dotted and striped
voiles, some made with straight
skirts, with little peplums; all
trimmed with nartow laces. Ex
cellent values.
New Books of
biter est Now
Timely, these Books on im
portant subjects of special inter
est NOW:
Ocean Shipping By Robert
Edwards. Armin. Aibook.in .which.
piactically every phase and prob
lem of ocean shipping is consid
ered $3.00.
The New Merchant Ma
rine By Edward N. Hurley, the
former chairman of tho U. S.
Shipping Board $!J.00.
How We A d v'c r t i s c d
America By George Creel,
who tolls the amazing story of
the Committee on Public Infor
mation $5.00.
- Vacation Books. Wc,
for Boys and Girls
Over 100 i.torics of udvcn'urc
on land and ca to choose from.
sir .h-lili," 1 i I
S"iiml riiinr 1 lllirrt Htn-t Wcl
Bed Ticking795c
Women planning to renovate
pillows and beds will be intcrortcd
in this Fancy Stripe or Floral
Printed Bed Ticking in attractive
color combinations, ',','1 inches wide
95c a yaul.
Sir t In 'If Clnliir
llp IS. Ontn
-irr' js: : JSSS J4 1:
Light, Airy, 'Summer
Millinery at July
Clearance Prices
Tables and tables full of the lightest, airiest, most desirable
Hats to accompany sports dictses and summer party frocks, at
prices that .lie almost unbelievably low.
SAILOR HATS in all-white, nnd in bl:ek and navy blue with
white cable edge, at ?2."0. SPORTS HATS of hemp-and -ribbon
tlmt can be tilted lucominnly this way-or that, $1.75. FRILLED
ORGANDIE HATS, in white, pink nnd navy b'uc, $5.95. And
doub.e-fo'd white and tinted ORGANDIE HATS with great airy
bows of organdie, at $!).9.". One from c.joh group shown in the
ketch above.
- 'i.mvx 'hi. I" r-i r hiri-nnl Moor Mnrl.it '"r rl Went
For Babies
Special at 55c Babies' Stoik
Pant of water-proof sheeting.
Im snii.'l. medium or large .sizes
Mr iHhrhlK.- ,t I'lulhl i
Thlril rinoi n
Porch Swings
Reduced to $4.85
Dnilc brown mission linisb, in
cluding chains and hooks.
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f. i Mul ilcr
I 'tinr L'rritrC
A Summer Clearance of Men's
and Young Men's Spring and
Summer Suits at Great Savings
Seven different groups, of Suits at f't oelcw the season's regular pi-i'-f moat of
them at less than the regular whohs"l pri es, and some at about half puct' .That's the
good news upon which we depend to .uaUo tnis the busiest Clothing Store m this city
to-morrow! That it will be the busies! thei'" is no doubt whatever. Matchless values have
kept it busy, and these will insure a ontinu-nce of the wonderful activity. These Suits jt
are from our regular stock and from roceu' special purchases.
All are extraordinary values. Some of the Suits in broken lots are marked at till'
LOWEST PRICES OF THE SEASON:
At $44.50
Men'.-, and joung men's (in"
All-Wool Suits fiim the
famous Halt, Schafner fe
Maix and "A'co" fnctoi it-.i.
l'traoidinar.v value.
At $38.50
Men's and eunr m"n's
Stcin-Dloih, Ha i. Schalfnei
& Marx iw "Aleo" Suits;
many of tin in woith about
double this pi .
-Ai $29:50
Hr.it, Sc luff ner & Mnrx
nnd "Ako" Suit of c.-collcnt
all-uool fabrics; mo-t of them
mnit stales fir young men.
Saq neaily one-half.
At $24.50
Men's and young men's Two
piece and Three-piece Suits, in
rlain coloi nnd neat mixtuies.
One-thiid less than leguliu
pnte.
At $21.50
About L'OO Smu, chiefly
fiom our lcgulai toik, ip
duccd for quick -i I ing. Not
nil -hizes in nn -tle, but a
good range in the let
At $28.50
Men's and oung men's Suits
of good all-wool HI.l'E
SERGE, in a good selection
of models and sire.-.
i jtdj o o . vsr'.T nr r
men s mue oerge auus wicn i wo rairs
of Trousers, Very Unusual Value at $37.50
'I'Uottj aie men's and young men's Suits, of ajl-wool blue seigc of good quality, perfectly cut and
well tailored, ftem one of our best manufactuieis ficit x alue hi ?o7.r0.
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Men's Thin Suits
V spctial purchase of Coal-and-troupers
SuitH Cool Cloth Suits
for joung nun. under-piced nt
$9.75 and $1 1.7S; line Mohnir Suits
for men, under-priced nt ?t!).75.
Youths' Suits
, Long-trousers Suits for jouths
of Ifi to 19 years, at prices thnt
r are less than the regular whole
sale coat reduced to S14.50,
$29.50 and ?3.50.
tij nn i..
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Including smart styles for young f
iiivh Ti-ir ii.iil Miming inuriCH
special at ?G,75 nnd $8,75.
wnitc ilaiincl, special. $9.7fi t
ii SiaOVhite Duck, $2.75 & 83.7.
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