v yrtVWJ 1 v'fyjjSty I f "W fll(l'''VS'r,ii' "-' 'ffrt. ,-" $(" ri ;r V - BVHlffiHft PUBLIC l.BDGERPHlUADELi?HIA; , WEDNESDAY, .DECEMBER 1, 1920. 1 r ts J 1M - ti?- WRIGLEY INCENSED ATAUTODRIVER Ningistrate, Himself en $5600 BaiPen "Drunk' Charge, 'Holds Prisoner In $800' SAY MAN WASJNJOXlCATED Itaghtrate ilyren E. AVilglcy, who wM jtcrday, by,Mlstratf Cr,. . i.. .inv hlh for the Brand jury en- thtr'clmw et driving a, motorcar ...i.n. Intoxicated and "nfgHgenUy com mitting Involuntary manitnuBhlcr,' to day held a man In $00 bail charged 'with driving an auto while he was In toxicated. The magistrate, who was rearrested t, the Instance of District Attorney Tininn after he had been exonerated by 'Krener from blame for the Heath of Miss Mary E. Brady, severely rcprl ma'nded the alleged reckless driver who faced him today. , . , The driver, Frank retiissnltes, thir ty. wven years old, of Victeria street near Richmond, was arrested at 11 o'clock yesterday morning after his automobile had struck and had dam aged the rear of a trolley car at Alle gheny avenue and Cedar street. , Jehn Carrell, n city fireman. , of- en line company Ne. 10. wnB en the trol ley ear, and arrested I'etussallcs., At nnd Clearfield streets station, thyj con ductor of the trolley' ear testified Pettis- galles appeared-Intoxicated. Wrlgley Incensed Magistrate AVrigley. In' spite of the fact that two deaths have been at tributed te his reckless driving, became incemed when It we testified Pettis tallei appeared drunk. "Drunken drivers shouldn't be allowed te drive niltomebiles en streets where there arc trolley cars," said the "Yeu shouldn't drive n car when you intend te get drunk. I'll have te bold u for court under $800 bail; it's the only thing I can de." The collision between Pctussalles' automobile and the trolley car occurred within four blocks of the scene of one nt tttA fatal nrn!flAntn In ivMfh fni.lu. trnte Wrlgley's automobile figured. Atomic ueniui ei k mery mat W.tilAf fi9,iynf1 In nfi nntnmnHMn nrnati en October 10, bctweeh the cars of (Jeergc A. Werner, 2025 West Yerk j street and Themas MncCracken, 4708 HOirmii street, nai inuuu iuuuj. Did Net See Magistrate F hhdU tit 1 1 tli1 rif tint T lint! anna. l CViintti,' wait uist. dhj tiuu eivu failatalii WtIf1nt (tt nlitia rt tit a i curs," declared Serjeant "William Mil- taa tli. f!flmnntmin nt'nnlln nnd T.i lemlng street station today. "I was ed the patrol which went te the scene of the accident, but did net soy I bad seen j and did net see the magistrate." f tna n.i ,1m nt-nf nlan " enM Themas Winning, a district detective of tne same station, "ami i um net see Magistrate Wrlgley there." Wa nnern tian "f I of tn fn Wfflr before until this morning," bald Mac- Cracken and Walter Tlerncy, 0010 Woodland avenue, who was with him In his car, "Of course,h6 wasn'tthere, Wc don't knew hew such a story orig inated." "That accident occurred r en Sunday night," said Magistrate Wrlgley today "I was euUwIth my wife, as I am en every Sunday night." At a hearing held this morning Wer ner, who Is under $800 ball, did net appear, ns he had net been notified, and the hearing was postponed till Friday. Fermer Magistrate Themas O. Merris, J0US North Twenty-ninth street, who was arrested with Werner at the time bf the accident, was discharged .M a hearing en October 11 and did net ap pear today. In the accident Tlcrney nnd MncCracken suffered Blight In juries which were treated at St. Luke s Hospital. ' WELCOME COSTS $490 8tra'fger'Fre'rn Portland, Ore.., Lesea in uara uame une nrrwcu ' .lelin 1'rrnrcn! li'nHl one week age n TcMdent of" Portland, Oregon, has his own opinion of the effete t-ast teuay. A 'convivial little" welcome party ten dered him cost him $4IM). One of the hosts, Leuis Tllle, 123.1 Fltjgerald street, Is In the Third and De Lancey streets station thli morning thinking It ever, but his fellow hosts, who, ac cording te the police, were Teny Rosse, Frank Lembardl nnd Vlncense Capenl, nil of Eighth and Christian streets, nre still at large. , . Last night the four, Tllle. Rosse, Lembardl and Vlncense. Invited the lonely stranger from the West te ceme nnd have a friendly little game of cards. Pecocce readily assented nnd the nve went te nn ejstcr saloon at Seventh nnd Christian Btrects. A 7 e clqck Pecocce reported te the Second find Christian Btrcct3 station that he had been "flim-flammed" out of his entire bankroll. Tllle was held for court this morning under 800 ball while the police arc looking for the ethers. ST. ANDREW SOCIETY DINES .171st Annual Banquet Is Held at Bellevue-Stratford Mere than 250 members of the St. Andrew's Society attended the 171st annual dinner of the society at the Rellovuc-Strntferd, last night. Among the speakers were Judge Patterson, the Rer. Rebert Norwood, rector of the Memerial Church of St. Paul, Over brook, and Judge II. . Wells, of the Hurllngten County Court, Ilurllngten, lic'fore the dinner commenced the guests inarched around tnc room iu me music of the Scottish bagpipes, carry ing the emblems of the society, which Include the- awerd of General Hugh Mercer, the here of Princeton, the ram s head and the gavel. Officers of the organization arc: President, Charles J. Maxwell; vice presidents. Jehn P. MacHean and Caleb J. Mllnei .'Id; treasurer. Ircdcrick S. GIger, nnd secretary, J. llumctt Glbb. Alexander C. Fergusen. Jr., was chairman of the dinner committee. Drug Nearly Kills Child Francis Ncilsen, six years old, C03 East Cheltcn nvenue. (lermantewn, was found unconscious last night by his pnrcnts, with an empty bottle of otrephln tablets beslde-hlm. He was rushed te the Gcrmantewn Hospital, where some rapid work saved his life. Today he was reported out of danger. ciiiiniiiiiiniiiiriiiiiiiuiiiiiiiinntiiniiiniinniiiiMuniinniiiiimiitiiiiiiKiUiiiniiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiniitJiuiiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiitJiiiiiiiiiiiiti In our talking machine department we sell exclusively the VICTOR product. Order, your VICTROLA new te insure get ting the model you desire and early delivery. Weymann VICTROLA and Recerd Service is unexcelled. Come in and make your selection new. WEYMAHH 1108 Chestnut St I "Everything Musical Since 1864" "" 1 e a :i"'i'iHiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiniinniiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiifliiiiiiiiiiiiCiiiiiiiiiiiit) sJSSJSKJSJSJSJiMJSJEISfi!! VICTOR RECORDS FOR DECEMBER ON SALE AT PfcESSER'S TODAY A Handsome Souvenir Calendar for 1921 Will Be Given te 'Each Recerd Buyer Today and Tomorrow SELECT YOUR PHONOGRAPH NOW THROUGH OUR XMAS CLUB FOR IMMEDIATE R LATER DELIVERY VICTROLA BRUNSWICK CHENEY A ELECTRIC ASKS RATE RISE Wholesale Consumers of Light . and" Power Only Ones Really Affected TO'PAY'40 P. C. COAL COST Application for a icvlslonef rates has been Med with the Public Service Commission by the Philadelphia Elec tric Ce. Ne Increase In household rates has been made. In the case of retail light and p"cr customers there Is no real Incrensc, the new rate ab sorbing the usual 10 per cent that line for the lait three jcers been ndded te all bills. Wholesale consumers of light nnd power must, under the new rates, pay 40 percent of the increase in cost of coal, the balance te be absorbed by me company. Jeseph P.. McCall, president of the company, issued today the following statement : "The Philadelphia Electric Ce. has filed with the Public Service Commis sion of the commonwealth of Pcnnsyl vanla n new schedule of rates for rice- trie service, effective January 1, 1021, ''A complete copy of the new tariff Is en flic at the main nnd district offices of the company, and may be examined en (application. Upen telephone or written request from nny customer a representative will call and explain any point net fully understood, "The principal features of Interest In the new tariff' are as follews: "1. Ne increase has been made In the rates for residential or municipal elec tric service. , "2. There Is no appreciable difference between the revised rates for retail tight eud power customer and the rates paid by them during the lest three years. "3, The wholesale light and power rates nre increased by a fuel cost ad justment, under which the test per kilo watt hour' is revised nt the end of each three months' period, according te the coal cost during that period. Every three months wholesale light and power customers will be notified in writing (in advance) of the added charge per kilo watt hour at which they 111 be billed during the succeeding three months' pe riod. "It Is, of course, manifest that the electric light and power industry has net been free from the burden of cost Imposed upon gcnernl industry by the enormous increases In the price of all materials and labor, and we have en deavored te carry the 'full amount of them. Hut the increasing cost of coal, which is the largest single Hem of our expense, together with additional cost of freight charges which wc are new obliged te meet, have se added te our costs that we deem this application for relief Is necessary. "Wc are grateful te our customers and the public for their co-epcrntlon and patronage, and which, despite the ex traordinary conditions prevailing, have enabled us te meet the ever-increasing demands for electricity in this terri tory." Unidentified Man Killed An unidentified man, approximately sixty j cars old, was killed last night nt Ninth nnd Arch streets, by an auto mobile owned and driven by Casper J. Ilroencll, of North Mcrvinc street, near Leuden. Ilroencll was arrested. DECEMBER VICTOR RECORDS TODAY g H.ROYER SMITH COM PAIM 10th & Walnut Sts. Stere Open Saturday Evenings TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! MASS-MEETING of Everybody in the ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES of Philadelphia (MEN AND WOMEN) nnd their families ACADEMY OF MUSIC WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 8:15 P. M. Subject: "MAN TO MAN" Speakers: Senater Geerge W. Cartwright Richard Spillane Chairman: Ernest T. Trigg All seats net taken will be available after 8:15 P. M. Fer Tickets Ask Any Electric Heuse Electric" Club of Philada. in connection with the Industrial Relations Committee Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Tickets mil Be Distributed at Boxefficc V IfcWV: r. mm i&i$xrr '&?r9 nv. $ December Records st Heppe's Today The list this month en sale tedays-has an extra large number of Red Seal records. There are fine records by Caruso, Cortet, De Gogerza, De Luca, Fanar, Garri son, Helfetz, McCormack nnd Schumann-Helnk; the Phila delphia Orchestra plays one of the Lisfct Hungarian Rhap sodies, and there is another duet by Hemer and her daughter. The dance records are very fine, and the popu lar songs are remarkably geed. If you de net have a Victrela, we offer certain outfits composed of a Victrela and a group of records. Yeu may settlc by cash or charge account, or by our one-year lcntal-payment plan. Call or write for full particulars. C. J. HEPPE & SON 1 1 17-1 1 19 Chestnut St., or N. W. Cor. 6th & Thompson Su fBJ m re m 25 Distinct Outfits Frem Which te Select We Offer the Easiest Payment Plan in Philada. AVOID THE USUAL HOLIDAY SHORTAGE Call at Once or Use the Coupon Larue Shipments of Victer Records Received This Week THEO. PRESSER CO. THE HOME OF MUSIC 1710-12 Chestnut Street Musir'un'M.60?.1 stock j" America of Classic, Educational and Church music l ubllcatiena. All the latest popular and bhew successes. th. mi'.'.I'bL',!!!!?" ,0 u "nd w "lu '"'ward boeUlft and full detail, of ...e.t payment plan ever offered for the purclmee of u plioneiraph, Sj Name , i Addreta ! U sissjsjsrasjsraisiEiasra iSB Cheese Yqur XMAS Victrela Outfit Today tamsmofe: ayr,a7Vy'i tfaBl N CHRISTMAS MORN listen te the world's greatest artists en veur new Victrela. Cheese yours today from any of the following outfits and pay for it nxt year in small monthly sums. a SaBai VJBbVbIbKBBBBBBbIBBbV ll BaPHalBBBBBPQRiaflBBBBBBBBBBBK mtmfm OUTFIT IV I . OUTFIT VI OUTFIT VIII - $30.10 - $40.10 $55.10 Including Victrela Including Victrela Including Victrela nnd 12 selections. nnd 12 selections. and 12 selections. (6 D. P. Records). (G D. F. Records). (6 D. F. Records). Easy terms. Easy terms. Easy terms. OUTFIT IX $80.10 Including Victrela and 12 selections. (0 D. F. Records). Easy terms. OUTFIT X $130.10 Including Cabinet Victrela and 12 se lections. (6 D. F. Records). Easy terms. OUTFIT XI $155.10 Including Cabinet Victrela and 12 le le leqtiens. (0 D. F. Records). Easy terms. I t3rfr '1 i ll jit Mcinei.4 with X Outnt llaBaBBE&ll Jein Our VICTOR Recerd Club B. B. TODD INC. 1623 Chestnut 1306 Arch Pianos and Player-Pianos piANOS of known reputation at prices PLAYERS 5100 le& than elsewhere. VICTROL.AS Terms as low as $2.00 weekly RECORDS B VICTROI.4 Ne. XIV S225 ;Opcn Evenings Until Xmas.j BSBHIHWWaW IWV STRAWBRIDGE S CLOTHIER Here's a Picture from the Christmas Boek Which Santa Claus gives te each little, girl and boy that visits the TOY Stere. The Boek tells about what Temmy Teddlekins saw in this wonderful Tey Stere, and all about the funny dream he had, and what a delightful Christmas it was for him and his little sister. It is a story of last Christ mas, but of the same Tey Stere, which is even mere wonderful new and this Christ mas will be a merrier, happier Christmas than you ever saw before ! Bring the chil dren te-morrow &nd bear in mind that we have marked mere than Five Hundred Lets of Toys and Our Entire Stock of Dells at Reduced Prices te jn e M Mmmg Millimery In the Special Salen Exclusive Mourning Milli nery, including many French Hats, shown in the seclusion of a special salon. These are Hats of the ut most refinement nnd elegance, embodying the latest ideas in fashion, yet conforming te then dignity of mourning attire. Prices, $10.00 te $35.00. Full Assortment of Veils Hurried Orders a Specialty StrawhrWsf Clethlfr Second Fleer, Market Htrert, West Her Favorite Perfume Un Air Embaume The product of a master per fumer, Rigaud, this exquisite ex tract. A delicate, haunting odor of delightful fragrance. And there are ether Toilet Requisites perfumed with this scent: Extract $3.12 and $3.20 Toilet Water $6.76 Sachet $2.34 Talcum 78c Compact Powder, in case $1.56 Large Sef, in case $11.44 Htrawbrldfre b Clothier AUIe 0, Centre Umbrellas Special Coverings of fine American Taffeta (cotton) en sturdy para gon frames: Special at $4.00 Women's Umbrellas, with rings in bakclitc trimmed hnndlcs. Special at $5.00 Men's Um brellas with hook or creek handles, some of plain or carved weed, ethers with bakclite ends. Htrawbrliltrc & Clothier Alnl 7, Markft, Htrwt Women's $42.50 Fine Cleth Coats, new $35.00 And these Coats were veiy fairly priced originally. The first group consists of plain-tailored Coats of high-grade fabrics in plain colors and fancy mixtures, made with netchctl cellar and revers; and with body and sleeves lined. The ether model, one of the most faveied of the season, 13 developed in silveitene velour, in black, navy, deer and brown, with deep cellar with long threw ends and lined throughout with fig ured silk. !-.- StrawbrldKe Clothier -Second I'loer, Centre Night Gowns Special, $3.95 Surplice-neck Style A limited quantity of women's fine Leng Cleth Night Gowns, i With scalloped embroidery edge t nt surplice neck nnd threc-quar-I ter-lcngth sleeves. The kind many I women like best for winter ic I duccd te $3.05. ' Envelope Chemise Reduced Dainty batiste models in flesh I pink, trimmed with lace, satin or crepe .Georgette. Alse tailored models new $1.35 te $4.25. ' Marcella Combinations $2.50 j Of white Windser ciepc, trim I med with lace. Strawbrld i. Clothier i Third Fleer. West Ideal Fireless Coekstoves Save SPECIAL COME IN AND LET US SHOW YOU THEIR.MERITS I Many a woman would rejoice "j ever the gift of a time-saving, , labor-saving Fireless Coekstove, especially the "Ideal." And new is the time te buy one under price. Let us show you hew these Coekstoves bake, boil, roast, i brown and stew by conserved heat. In one-, two- nnd three compartment sizes, with equip ment. Were $25.00 te $68.00 new $21.25 te $58.00. HtrawbrlilKe & Clothier llaaement Geed Reason for Beys and Parents, tee te Hurry Here Beys' Jack O'Leather Suits at Half Price Beys $25 Jack O'Leather Suits $12.50 Beys' $27.50 Jack O'Leather Suits, $13.75 We had 1000 of these nationally known Suits en hand this morning, and can premise satisfactory selec tion te all who care te save te-morrow. These are the nationally-advertised, all-wool cheviot Suits with the hidden leather reinforcement at alj wear points seat, knees, elbows and pockets. Hence in this Sale you get Deuble the Wear at Half the Price Many styles and fabrics for boys of 8 te 17 years. Stranbrluie & C leihlcr Srrenil Fleer I'llbert Street. Uait Cotten Waists In the Favored Bisque Just as dainty nnd pretty as can be. Of fine voile or batiste, some prettily' combined with eye let embroidery, some with dainty little ruffles of Venise lace, dyed te match some in the fashion able ever-blouse effects $2 te J5J5, Strawbrlil. i Clothier v ' ' Second Fleer Centre Any Man Would Appreciate a Fine Knitted Necktie We have seme very handsome ones of silk, in plain shades, mottled effects, stripes and novel flgurings. Conception of English and American designers. Prices rang from $1.50 te $5.00, Other Neckties in almost un limited variety at many prices ranging from 50c te $5,00 arrd with hundreds of different pat terns te cheese from nt every price. Sttav.bndue & Clothier Alile 1. Marked Street STRAWBfclDGE & CLOTHIER Market Street Eighth Street Filbert Street Seme Fine Stein-Blech and Hart, Schaffner & Marx Medels Are t in the Collection of Men's Winter Suits at Half Price Our entire stock of Men's and Yeung Men's Clothing is marked at REDUCED PRICES, but the most notable feature of the Sale is the disposal of a large collection of Suits at exactly ONE-HALF THE PRICES AT WHICH WE SOLD THE IDENTICAL MODELS earlier in the season. A geed assortment for te-morrow at each price : $45 Suits at $22.50 $50 Suits at $25.00 $60 Suits at $30.00 $65 Suits at $32.50 $70 Suits at $35.00 S75 Suits at $37.50 W5 Suits at $42.50 $90 Suits at $45.00 Worsteds. Cassimeres nnd Chnvints. m Tv,u,i,,,r i ., ... shades, in youthful and eenseratie models. A geed lanire of sizes at each price. Our entire stock of Overcoats and Fur-lined C eats in the Reduction Sale, but the following groups aie maiked nt atraot atraet dmary savings Ulsters, Ulsterettes, Chesteiftelds and Foini Feini titting Overceats: Men's $40J&'S titer Overcoats $23.50 $50 and $e'S t,ter Overcoats $33.50 $60 and $65 Winter Overcoats $39.00 $75 and $80 Winter Overcoats $54.00 AND a newly-arrived hhipment of these splendid, biir warm originally !& SSr "' - Htraw limine 4. (. lethier heienil I'loer i:a i lethier I rt fJ ' I m i i vwn m Jin I't -'"If -V '''; wip" - ml t 4 I t .J n ,.u,. v .-,, n w, WU,Ljnr n i., A ttstm . &m&n Y flitffej. iSMnwaapsa :&,; .'. M ".. kS
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