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AS HALL FLOOR SAGS
Exeitement 'at Prospect Park
When Roem Is Plunged
in Darkness
GAS FUMES RELEASED
The second fleer of Mnsenlc Hall at
Precpect Pnrk, Delaware county, sag
gti Btidilenly last night under the weight
of COO men assembled for n banquet,
wrenching gas pipes loose and throwing
the plow in, darkness as the men
.tnmnpilpd for exits.
The rush for the staira was halted
by Henry Talbot, an efflelal of Pros
pect Park Ledge. Ne. 078, of the
Masonic order, which held the banquet.
Mr. Talbot ordered the crowd te dis
tribute their weight, instend of milling
ibeut In the middle of the fleer.
This expedient, which was obeyed in
stantly, prevented a cellnpse of the
fleer. In groups of ten, aftPt the im
mediate danger had passed, the ledge
members filed from the room until it
hid been emptied.
The members had gathered en the
iteend fleer prier te sitting len te
the banquet prepared en the first fleer
of the building, formerly a church. Thry
had checked their hats and overcoats
and were gathered in groups in the big
room when they felt the flper sinking.
Timbers cracked nnd gasplpes snap
ped. Gns began flowing into the room.
These nearest the deer rushed out, but
the crowd wet se dense that a struggling
mass formed in the middle of the fleer.
The incident, while it tightened the
nerves of many present, did net affect
their appetites. After the lights had
been restored nnd it was evident that
the second fleer would held, the men
Mr. Talbot was congratulated by his
fellow .Masens ier ms presence ei inwu
mi, mnnv hrllpvpd nrevented a dis
aster. When the ledge bought the
church, flooring was laid te make an
upp'r room, used principally for initia
tion purposes. Prospect Pnrk is near
Media.
VISITING NURSE INJURED
Machine Hits Wagdn as She An
swers Weman's Call
Hurrying te the home of n sick pa
tient, Mrs. Christina Zieglcr. of 8.110
Sunmlde nvenuc. n member of the Vis
IHnir nrsp Seeletv of the Twenty-first
wnrd, was seriously injured when the
maehlnc the wns driving smashed into
an ice wngen at Mauayunk and Lyceum
avenues.
Mrs. Ziegler, who leeks after the peer
in the northwestern part of the city,
received a telephone call that ene of
her uemen churges was in labor. Jump
ing into her machine she was hurrying
te the woman's house when the accident
occurred. The nurse was taken te the
Memerial Hospital suffering from in
ternal injuries, shock and bruises.
POST TO ELECT OFFICERS
Legien Men Alse Plan te Held
Christmas Celebration
The regular meeting of the Oscar
II. Oniber Pest, liVJ. American
I.pglen. ill be held Tuesday, December
14. when the election of officers for
the ensuing year will, be held. Nomina
tions will be received by Pest Adjutant
James D. Moere, (Miifl Jeffersen street,
Germantown, up te the night of the
meeting.
Plans for a hmekcr in the nenr fu
ture arc under way, and the welfaie
committee of the pest Is also making
preparations for spreading Christmas
cheer through t.ome of the local scrv
Ice hospitals.
MORRIS TO SPEAK TONIGHT
U. S. Envey Will Address Members
of Business Science Club
Itelnnd S. Merris. United States
ambassador te .Tnpnn, nnd Jehn Iinr
rett, former director general of the
raii-Americnn I'nien.wlll be the speak
ers tonight nt n dinner te be held by the
liuslnrM Science Club of Philadelphia
in the Hetel Adelphla.
Mr. Merris will discuss matters of
lnternntieunl importance touching the
lar Knit nnd Mr. Ilarrett international
nuertiens In the hemisphere.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Xehjrt Maye 432.! N. 18th t , nnd Marin
WUIIm, 1S20 N JBth nt
Ben Cehen SUS Rltncr St.. and Ida Tetel.
IT, .n.l r
WICI Villi .N J
Antonie Enmimorate, 013 Kcara at., nnd
..una im-ci, i iiu n. nn hi.
"shun nencnthal, 0720, N Ilread .. nnd
Ann M Pnrrrl seulhurst corner of 47th
nma f n-iirui win,
Tlnh-n Rati. 3210 Inform at. and Frelda
- iniu)rri n i.muv hi.
Kebnt Mf!.auhlln 1713 Vitr at . nnd EI-
lfn D Krlr. 40 Jewphlne at.
uiralnn Taniiolen. Marcm Heek Pa., nnd
Ke.a ,11 OI.ir.inle. 212K W. Terente at
Dlkieh Mhnhlnn nil' N llrti at., nnd
Anlk MlkJIan .132 N. Tltli'at.
William U Terkln 32.11) Tulip .. iinrt
.Maraarrt Ilnir. 202,1 H dimhrrlaiid at.
Alfrid A niMn 7Hi North American at .
ami Uanrtta m McCarthy. 710 North
Anwrlran at
'" X McOevem. mil IUynten M.,
ml Surnh 13 Laaaey. Xfeunt Airy, V
Wirt rirrve. Boe Chrlatlnn m nnd
Llena Abruzifixj 427 ontreaa at
Travel
whether en pleasure or business is
obviously mere satisfactory and free
from risk when funds are carried by
means of letters of credit. Issued by
our house, such letters become intro
ductions te banks and bankers through
out the world
BROWN
Fourth
JHSS SAUAII COOPKIt
.MISS MAllGUERITE LOItn
Miss Cooper Is president and Miss
Lord vice president of the Thrce
Arts Club Auxiliary, which lll
give nn elaborate costume ball in
the ballroom of the Illttcnhouse
Hetel en December 10
FISH WIN OVER ART
Aquarium Greater Attraction Than
Academy Masterpieces
" Philadelphia evidently prefers an or
dinary live fish te a great work of nrt.
A statement made by a New Yerk
artist, in which lie claimed tlint the
"fish gnzers" of that city outnumber
the art admirers six te one, found a
parallel here, but only in the propor
tion of ten te .seven. In ether words,
the nnunrium holds the odds ever the
Academy of the Pine Arts in the popu
larity contest.
Instead of being an unknown quantity
as te its location in Philadelphia, as
some believe, the Aquarium had 2,"i2,000
visitors from January 1 te December
1 of this year. Ne definite figuies for
the same length of time were obtainable
from the Academy, but it was said
there that the attendance varies be
tween 170,000 and 200,000 a year.
DOCTOR RESENTS ARREST
.As
says He Was Waiting for Car.
Hearing Today
Dr. Henry A. Str.ecker. 1.118 Pine
street, was arrested at Thirteenth and
Market streets last night by Reserve
Patrolman Lnndy en n charge of dis
orderly conduct. He wns later released
en his own recegtJzauce for a hearing
today .In the Central Station.
In liis own belinlf the physician as
serted his arrest was unjustifiable. He
said that he was merely waiting for
n car at the proper place, and becnusc
he refused te move te a point further
down the street ijamly arrested him.
Cement Price Cut
T'ndcr nctien, taken by a number of
leading mills of the Lehigh region, the
price of cement delivered in Philadel
phia has just been reduced from $4.03
n barrel te $3.70. Since there is n re
fund of $1 en bags returned nnd the
freight is fifty-three cents, tills menus
$2.20 net .te the mills, a reduction of
twenty-four cents from the $2.50 that
has been prevailing. It said the leud
ers of the industry hope for $2-ccnieut
next summer if the prices of coal nnd
labor should warrant such further re
duction which, it is believed, would
stimulate the building Industry and
general construction, ;is well ns high
way extension. The Lehigh cement
rcgieu extends from Alpha, N. J.,
ncress Northampton and Lehigh coun
ties te UVansvllle In Ilerks.
Bey at Play Hurt by Aute
Struck by an automobile while play
ing in the street near his Heme. Rebert
Hardle, nine years old, of 2020 Haw
thorne street, Frankford, was taken te
the Frankford Hospital esterday, suf
fering from concussion of the brain.
After taking the boy te the hospital
in the machine which struck the child,
Alfred Sterne, who gave his address
us 4S00 Mulberry street, surrendered
te the police of the Frankford station.
Abroad!
BROTHERS & CO
and Chestnut Stiwis
PHILADELPHIA-
Newyork - Bosten
feVENING PUBLIC
WL
L CALL WOMEN
FOR 1921 JURY DUTY
Names Are Placed In Wheel for
First Time in History of
Philadelphia
TAKEN FROM VOTERS' LIST
Names of women will be placed In
the jury wheel today for the first time in
the history of Philadelphia. They will
serve in 1021.
The ellglblcs for jury duty, men and
women, w ere selected by the jury benrd,
consisting of the-fifteen judges of Com
mon Pleas Courts and Sheriff Lumber Lumber
ten. it is net known exactly hew many
women's names were selected for the
jury wheel. Fourteen thousand men
were needed this year te fill the juries.
The names of the ellglblcs nre taken
from the lists of assessed voters, fur
nished by the county commissioners.
Under the procedure the printed lists
submitted by the county commissioners
arc divided into wards nnd then each
ward is bound In n separate volume
The number of assessed voters In each
ward arc calculated and the number of
persons te be selected for jury service
in cnrjli ward apportioned.
There' nre forty-eight wards in the
city, nnd under flip plan for the selec
tion of jurors each member wns given
three wards from which te select names
for jury service The names marked
off by the judges and sheriff were then
placed upon cards and later In the pres
ence of members of the beard will be
plnccd In the wheel from which names
will be selected for service os needed.
Twe lists of the names of persons
selected by the judges are made. One i
filed with the protlienotnry of the Com
mon Pleas Court and the ether with the
clerk of the Supreme Court. The wheel
containing the names of jury ellglblcs
Is then placed In the custody of the
sheriff. Tin' key te the wheel, however!
in the custody of the protlienotnry.
Considerable interest is being taken
by lawyers, judges nnd lnymen in the
1021 jury service in view of the fact
that women for the first time will serve.
In view of the lack of adequate accom
modations for women in the courts some
legislutlve action limy be necessary te
meet the new condition.
Nine Wills Admitted te Probate
Nine wills were admitted te probate
and ten inventories were filed in the
register of wills' office today. Emma
M. Blackburn, 0211 Heyer street, who
diefl November 21, left her entire es
tate of $81,000 te her children. James
M. Debbin. HfiO.'l Locust street, left
$,-)0,000, nnd Jehn Filbert. 1524 North
Oratz street, bequeathed ?a4,000 te his
heirs.
Other wills were prebnted as fellows :
David J. Wcldncr. 1B01 North Twelfth
street, $7300; Mielmel McOredy. 202.'!
Richmond street, $(1000; Lewis J. Ru Ru
binsehn, who died in the Jewish Hos
pital, .$15,000: Oerge J. Schwinn,
182(! North Sydenham street, S7225;
Jehn Duggan, 510 North Forty-first
street, $5047. and Emily J. Ceppuck,
0140 Snybroek avenue. $10,000. Inven
tories filed wciv Leuis Schmidt. $11,
3S0.70: Anne P. W. Rible. $20,018.11;
Julia C. (loll. $17,200.84; (icerge W.
Haslet, $44,830.21; Eliza A. (ireve,
$5S4S.30 : Martha P. Weeden, $5010.00 ;
Sninh K. Wilsen. $15,830 5(1: Sarah
J. Sheppard. $03,001.48 ; Winsten 15.
Ives, $5S25.51, ami Mary S. Dunn,
$S011.7(1. Letters of administration
were granted for Mary McMenigle, 5bl0
Pine street, $0000, nnd William P.
Kissenmeyer. S13 North New kirk
street, $4000.
Closed Bodies
Built by Briscoe
Yeu knew what 99 Britcee-built
has meant in correct Briscoe chassis
construction and cost of manufacture.
It applies te bodies, tee. Bodies de
signed and built for the chassis, in
tended for it, net adapted te it. An An
other Briscoe saving that gives an
unmatched sedan in its class. New
$1885, f. e. b. factory.
GPJEB&mQMAS
INCORPORATED
Distributors of Moter Cars and Trucks
BRISCOE KISSEL
GRANT , RENAULT
3UGN. BROAD Si:
Our
are powerful stimulants of
Public Confidence.
J There is se much skepticism en the part ei the public in respect te
the genuineness of many announced reductions in clothing prices
that the response te our announcement concerning these $50 Suits
is most gratifying.
1$ After all, Confidence is the basis of all buying and selling, and
we arc delighted te announce that our November sales in clothing
exceeded the total of the largest month we have ever had in our 96
years of business existence.
J Such examples of true value as these $50 Suits arc' the reason. -
LEDGEKr-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
Aclivities'ef Students
at University Today
12:.'I0 o'clock All-University as
sembly, Welghtmnn Hall.
1 o'clock Undergraduate Coun
cil meeting, Library.
1 o'clock (Icrmantewn High
.Scheel Club meeting, College Hall.
7 o'clock Phllemathean Society
meeting, College Hall.
8.1C o'clock Combined Musical
Clubs concert, Germantown Cricket
Club.
WAR WOMEN MEET
Beard of Overseas Legien Plans
Werk for Coming Year
The ndvlsery beard of the AVemen's
Overseas Legien met this morning nt
the Civic Club. The meeting, which
wns held te discuss wajs and means
te carry en work during the coming
year, was presided ever b Mrs. Oswald
Chew, president of the organization.
Other officers arc Mrs. I). Hradcn Kyle,
vice president; Miss Sephie Nerrls,
secretary, and Miss Lucy U. Duhriug,
treasurer.
The Legien, which wns organized
last June. Is composed of the wflmuu
In the city who served overseas during
the war. It has for its object the main
taining of pntrietic traditions nnd
the spirit of comradeship engendered by
wartime experiences, and nlse purposes
te further patriotic works.
The society aims te fester the feel
ing of friendship between the ulllcs by
every meuns in its power. There are at
present seventy-five members of the
Philadelphia Legien. Similar organi
zations have been formed in ether lnrge
cities nnd it is expected that evcntunlly
the Weman's Overseas Legien will be
nationalized.
RAPS ANTI-VIVISECT10NISTS
Dr. Jehn B. Deaver Says Experi
ments Are for Human Welfare
Dr. Jehn II. Deaver. professor of
surgery nt the University of Pennsyl
vania, denounced nntl-vlvlsectlenists
before the American College of Surgeons
nt Buffalo, N. Y., today. Dr. Deaver
said vivisection is performed as care
fully and with ns little pain ns opera
tions en humnns.
"Any one who promotes legislation
designed te hinder .the battle ngnint
Jiumnn disease deserves te die a pre
'mnturc death," Dr. Deaver asserted.
Dr. 'Frunklln II. Mnrtin, secretary
general of the organization, said the
question wns "a case of experimenta
tion either upon animals or children."
Weman Dies en Street
Willie walking en Market street near
Fortieth with a friend last night, Mnr
garet Palmer, twenty -live years old, of
4131 Ludlow street, collapsed. She
wns taken te the PreMiyterinn Hospital,
where she was pronounced dead, appar
ently from heart disease.
DHEFA
FINE STATIONERS SINCE 1864
Fer Christmas Photographs
Beautiful Frames
Traveling Cases
Miniature Helders
m2i chestnut street
Russia Calf
Gunmetal Calf
The very newest models, sell
ing at the opening of this sea
son for $11 and $12. Suffi
cient styles te suit the most
exacting. Real value for par
ticular men.
NlEDERMAN
41 S. Eighth
930 Chestnut
Wonderful
Suits at
JACOB REEDS SONS
1424-1426 CfoffistamlSteffliel
PASIOR SUPPORTED
DIVORCE
ACTION
Wife of Dr. Adams, Fermer
Philadelphia Clergyman, Be
lieved in Atlantic City
RENOVATES HIS OWN HOME
The Rev. Dr. Oeerge D. Adams, for
mer pnster of the Chestnut Street Bap
tist Church, this city, and new pastor
of the First Bantlst Church, Mount
Vernen, N. Y.. who is suing his wife
for a divorce, alleging unfaithfulness,
has the united support of his congrega
tion. Mrs. Adams, who is sold te be living
in n cottage at At'antlc City, N. J
apparently has little sympathy ntneng
the members of her husbnnd's fleck.
"The congregation in with him solidly,"
snld J. K. Clnrk. chnlrmnn of the benrd
of trustees, nnd Charles A. Payer,
chairman of the benrd of directors.
Deep sympathy for Dr. Adams wns
expressed by members of his congrega
tion, n very fashionable one, tedny.
Tliev snld he Imrl kent nn relations with
his wife ns long ns pesslfde and that the
parting had come only nfter conditions
had become intolerable te him.
Tim iinufnr. whn Is sixtv ears old. n
few years e'der thnn his wife, sued for
divorce en November 21 of Inst year,
but It just became known publicly yes
terday. He was cleaning his automobile
In hi enrnire when seen today. Despite
his advancing years he is n member of
the local carpenters' union and recently
renovated his home at 48 Last. Second
street. Mount Vernen.
"It's nn old story n year and n
half old," he explained. "That is w'hy
I nm berry anything came out."
Whcii asked if he thought his con
gregation would stand by him te the
end. lie replied :
"Yeu can rest assured they will,
otherwise I would net be here enjoy
ing myself."
INCREASING the pres
sure of his advertising
is the best "brake" a man
can threw en a "sliding
market.
HERBERT M. MORRIS
Advertising Agency
Every Phaie of Sales Promotion
North American Bldg. Philadelphia
203 N. Eighth
EM
8-M Ma
DECEMBER
1920
GETS 2 YEARS FOR ROBBERY
Man
Pleads Guilty te Attack
Taxieab Passenger
Judge rinletW, In Quarter Sessions
Court today, sentenced Frank Hilten,
of New Yerk city, te a term of net less I
thnn two years nor mere than two and
enc-hnlf jenrs in the Kestern Peniten
tiary en a charge of robbery.
The defendant pleaded guilty te being
one of three men who. after Inveigling
Deminick Vndcla, of Uroeklyn, Inte n
tnxicnb en the night of September 8,
robbed' him of .$1)00 nt the point of n -
iVi&SrSfeUai'WORK WILL BE DONE FREE
defendant's two companions nre still
fugitives.
Russel C. Myers wns sentenced te net
less than eighteen months nor mere thnn
two years in the Kastcrn Penitentiary,
and his companion, Jehn Shnrp, was
sentenced t, net less than two years, en
a charge of larceny. Sharp hed been
arrested once before. The two defend -utits
plendcd guilty te stealing an auto
mobile belonging te Lrncst F. Sheridan,
of 235 Seuth Fifteenth street, en Ne
vember rf. Tiicy were apprehended in
Birmingham, Ala.
LEGION POST TO ELECT j
State Fenclbles, American Legien
Pest 142 will elect officers nnd change
by-laws te conform te the new constitu
tion Wednesday evening. Commander
Walter C. Rhoades was appointed en
the county bonus parade committee b
Senior State Vice Commander David
Simpsen. The pest will participate in
the bonus parade December 11 and will
carry its new national colors recently
presented by the Old Guards, City of
Philadelphia.
fltJ0
Diamond Engagement Rings
, Super.QuaIltyPclj3ltGd Girdle Diamonds
n styles approved by Society
Deajrined and produced under the Personal
Supervision of the Ejrperls of 'this Establishment
MacDonald & Campbell
Honest Reductions
Men's Suits and Overcoats
Reduced
$10.00 and $15.00
Yeu can new buy our
exclusive Suits mnd Over
coats at reductions that
make them values without
a peer. Yeu want the finest
e'f clothing at real money
saving prices? This is
your best opportunity.
Nete: These reductions apply
te our entire stocks of clothing;
also Cleth Moter Coats, Leather
Coats, ChaufTeuii Suits nnd
Overcoats.
1334-1336 Chestnut Street
Dalsimer Standard Shee
U'
nj s jtSr V
arvjiy k
Twe Newest Medels That
Brilliantly Exemplify Dalsimer
Leadership in Style and Lew
Price (Net Forgetting Quality)!
A.Cress - strap
Pump of black
satin. Cut steel
beading.
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Equally Attractive Hosiery
(Christmas Gift Bexes, if desired)
'Tia a Feat te Fit Feet
The Big
1204-06-08
IS.
TO CARE
R
TEETH OF VETERANS
Dispensary te Be Opened Here
by Federal Health Serv
ice Bureau
K(iilpmeiit of a complete dental dis dis
nenKnrr Is helnir mnde at the Public
Health Bureau, 110 North Bread
street. In nmpllflcntlen of the govern
ment's plan tlint nil ex -service men
sliull be given uny essentinl dental
treatment free of cost.
With conduct of .this dispensary
under full sway, directed by Dr. F.
UNDERWEAR SPECIALISTS
FOR MEN I
gffetxa
UK
ONLY STORK
11th and Chestnut
Wi'm,,,,,
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VS&,
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B. One - strap
Q Pump of black
SJ W- Cut steel
beading.
Shee Stere
Market Street
nC0tah
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"friiif n
J 4
3
Inyn, district superintendent for
l'ennsjlviinla and Delaware, the vqxk
of the bureau will be facilitated, on'et
the nccessitj for service of a number
of Held dental surgeons in the city will
be dispensed with, ns c!! work will
be handled nt the dispensary.
Additions are being made te the field
force in counties surrounding Philadel
phia, several apieintments having mcen
made recently, 1'nder the plan new
effrctivc ex-service men nre entitled te
dental services, nnd en filing their ap
plication with the appointed examiner
in their district this work Is done frte
of cost te the service men. Opening of
the new dispensary in North Bread
street will permit the trentment of many
nddltlennl hundreds of men.
Closely priced origin
ally new save $15
te $30 en every
garment I
Special Quantity
of our $60, $65, $70
and $75
Suits and
Overcoats
at One Single Price
$45
Aft-priill. thr valnr.
of a reduced price
must be figured
from the1 former
price. The benefit
of our own present
reductions must
be added te the
economies of the
original savings.
Additional Bargains
in Suits and Overcoats
at $35
Fer Fine Suits and
Fine Overcoats see
urs new marked
co sell for $50.
Trouser Prices
Reduced ! .
Woolen Trousers
$6.50, $8, $9
PERRY &. CO.
16th &. Chestnut Sti.
Funny, perhaps, hew men
keep their shoes shined,
clothes pressed, and pay se
little attention te their bodies.
Let the Cellins System as
sume the responsibility of
looking after your bodily
health.
Let us give you a personal
demonstration.
COLLINS INSTITUTE
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
COI.MNH Ill.ne WALNUT ST. AT 1BTH
Most Every
Commodity
Yeu Buy
Depreciates
in Value!
Real Estate
Invariably
Increases!
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