riim0-m . . . t WOMEN ASK EQUAL or m men mm - m&A sz:; Nevv Declaration of Independ ence Cheered by Delegates to National Convention READY TO YIELD PRIVILEGES . ii -. Feb. IT. - Absolute ".;';' or "nmonnn,! the abolition of ffliVinwInl privileges nmi un- " ' u . . ...Ml "" .. .1 TheUCraK"" """. V. ..t. ,. ..rnn.t ffiS" nboihCai;maton; "one 1 fhTpion-cr suirrnglnts. anil was ! ;,! hv the ilclctotes to the enliven JjT X S'lS White, of Tennessee, TnttVh.Bo,rnT. ,, to dfmnnil for onion her full '". It "vns reeonnnended hv Florence g&kt IrhiUrmnn of .the national preiw ?.. nf nml editor of the SulTrnsist. W'.T. Woman1 party pulil Mi n. I"81 ",' ll.. mnrnxlnp tO tCil tllP irons foinInlt magazine to ten up ffl hit woman was earning Into .I at last and ntfcctl no niccliil fiver or privileges from man ,long n HeVrrtyr abwlulo equality w,;R ..iuil- lending future of the (lay k w wnn when Miss Su White ?M about dl'rrimlnntioiiB against worn- in the administration of the law. Ndll in divorce proceed ngs and ' involving 'f""" ?"' morality... " '.?". '",",,, -f Vlifl- "' r,.s .u .1.1,7 m choose domicile. HV LUIinti""""'!- - . .. The right under exiting law for the l band to select the home proved an tairwtlM topic. There was close at- , k n when '.Miss White reported on rti! Phase of unman' nferior rights ,W.!tP" fundamental rule of Taw u "-1,1 that the husbond hns the from his i trrr. It i din. i" i'.w. .-. - , . ..... ii.i, iMl. nnnlienttou fcrrr ii is .-' ,ii,. .-" ,-': """ "', V;- v; .,. held : . r..llj in 11IU, lull, ,m . ,-' ' llie I"nl; in which the husband and wife live is 'je nouse oi un- n.. V ;r thVilfe pays the rent and supports the '"The'wrong way of thinking in regard to women is deeply rooted and by no Btans to he menstircd by he tangible "jdcneeM of the law -the opinions whlen VtV to justify the decisions Miss White -ilso stated. "A psychological evolution in the realm ot the common upon the woman question, would K a gocNend If the ohl fallacy that upon mnrringe a woman lost her iden titr nml submerged lier personality tou'il he crT-cd from the records and Mipnl from tlie memory, we might look for Jii'tlee without fear of prejudice. As to the elielbllity for olhce. tlie aiuhfving word 'mnle' will have to be removed In many instances, was an other statement made by Miss hite. Mrp. Harney, who is one of the few women build ng contractors in the coun try, railod the point that in ninny states women enlojed special privileges, such it the responsibility of the husband for the wifcs debts. Slfc said she felt that as wrong . 'I hid to nenrpornte, said Mis Barrier in order to make sure that mv hiishnnil would not be liable for any drbts I might contract in my business. Are nnmen. when they demand legal (quality, willing to assume responsi bilities that go with that equality?" 'Absolute equality," came the un mr iiinid cheering. Women representing ten foreign nu rlons told the delegates last night of tlie pfforts- of women for more recognition. Mme Ciroiiitch, wife of the minister from the Serbs Croats and Slovenes, rtrrfsfnted the women of those races. Other speakers were Anne Azgnpotian, if Armenia Miss Anna Stejilinnek, of fwho Slovakia , Mine. Tint Jensen, of Dinnml Senor.i de Veyra. of th( Pbilippu s,Mrs Itelmu Swnnson How ltd of Sweden; Miss Holmfridur Avnn dottir of Iceland: Miss Will T.ing Sze. of China Miss Mnrgnretc Chydeiiius. of Finlninl anil the C'ountes licne di riebiluut nf Italy Gloucester Names New Engineer The Wntir Works committee of (Jloii fkter City Council yesterday appointed Theodore Ml n chief engineer of the Waterworks to succeed John W. Arms, resigned Mi Allen took cliaige ys terdat and is preparing for extensive Improvi-menf Cnuncll will soon award tteenntrna for enlarging the filtration olniit nnd other improvements. The facts well told and well printed and mailed out regularly make advertising pay The Houtns Pncss, Trinteu 3t3-29 Cherry Street Philadelphia QHE'RI Tt Stntible Place to Eat THURSDAY $1 00 DINNER r-iiliiJi0Aio I'rfver Toi B o .wlC"'0,."V" "''' lire "' Hon." 'I t'd foinlof, , ,' ' "';" "" I'ru. mix ""' Saiiif VarWiHvt HOIf K Of ''" I' - ur.nn J'ieM.,0 " "i'(i lv f ,m. ,, "tri r,,cl 'ni.,v Strrrd from 3:30 to 8 P, . CHERl RESTAURANTS ISOt Chestnut St. 132 S. lot at tiff nirn'.nsi mum wui in 1..1 iwirrdnv nt the nntloniil con ltB,.iSn f thl- Nrtlonnl Woinnn'i. tmrty "SKL ml V mud by Mr- Nnrnh 'i .v. nth .,, o .... i I in .1, i9fn I IBIglIlfev. ; raiS-aM'VItfi, V r' . ' TXml ';4' r'&V IMft. YMalMMllrMllllIlOllllMBP 1 Tor tho first time in two .tears President Wilson met the members of liii offlrliil White House executive nfllccs. Seated next to Mr. Wilson Is Secretary of the Uritcr.il Palmer and Secretary of, tho Navy Daniels. Tho photograph clearly greatly during and slnco his Illness HARDING HEUESOON Accepts Invitation to Be Guest of Union League President-elect Hnrdlnc will be the guest of the t'nlon League shortly after t It I u iriniimit-nlinn Yesterday, at St Aucustine. Flo., he accepted the invitation tendered by Wil- Ham Simpson, of this cit. in behalf nf IMwin S. Stuart, pieside.H of the club. l1!; nn"nifl'lh',wasidellgl,tcilto tt i V n. ii i ii ctadcl of Uepubllcanism on llrond nn,-i'i uui iij-ivi-i i iiuii uiu wiiTimii ,,i thn date he left to him, President Harding's speech to the Union League probably will be his first public utterance of an official charac ter. MAN HURT BY MOTORCAR Driver Surrenders After Accident on Old York Road Struck by an automobile ns P wns crossing York road at Krlc nvenue Inst night, Nnthnii Unbinowiu, fortv venrs old. of 322 West Ashmend street, suf fered concussion of the brain and in ternal injuries. He was removed to the Samaritan Hospital, where physicians hold out little hope for his recovery . Ilenjamin Cohen, nf l.'Mft North Fif tecnth stieet. surrendered to the polici of the Nicetown station after taking the injured man to the hospltnl. Lay Plates (lib fincsl Engish curt French Pot (cries AHer-Dinner Col'foe -Bouillon anJ Shoi-bol Cups - complete tusoi-tiiient BONW1T TELLER G.CO Wte Spedattui5hcp0rigina&Qri6 CHESTNUT AT iaw STREET FOR Final Clearance of Furs of Quality and Fashion Prior to Closing Our Department for the Season FRENCH SEAL COATS 30-inch sports model. Q P fi( Formerly 165.00 OQ.UV FRENCH SEAL COATS 36-inch full-flare model. 1 O F fifk Formerly 275.00 J-6D.UV HUDSON SEAL COATS 30-inch beaver and opossum trimmed. 1 ? T fifi Formerly 325.00 AOD.UU FRENCH SEAL COATS 36-inch full-flare model; beaver or T OC ! skunk trimmed. Formerly HUDSON SEAL COATS Full-flare model; natural beaver OTl fif trimmed. Formerly Unrestricted Choice Entire Slock of HUDSON SEAL, MOLE and NAT. SQUIRREL WRAPS 495.00 d 595M Were Formerly Up to 1250.00 EVENING' 'PUBLIC LEDGERPHIUADEPHIAT'THURSETAY, PRESIDENT AT CABINET MEETING " w3funsij f : j. z&a? ii POLICE SAVE WOMAN Rescue Her When Clothing Catches Fire .Mrs. Ketieeea snvt ler. siM.v years 0,j, was bullied ecrely about the Imm,s n,M' "r,l,s '"ny when her cloth- ing caught fire in her home. inson street. shp wns !4(no(, , ,,,,, Cohen and (iai.gnn, wlio !()' Dick- Detectives heard her f - crenms at the Third h trectH 8tnt(111. Pr(IKS and Dickinson tlie street, and ran to her aid. They smothered the fire and cnrrM tlie woman from the i 1 Ul. ...ST l . W. .,,....! IIUU-r. mo- WHS uctllCU ni ..II. .S1I1U1 Hospital. The tiro loss wns small, one lompnny bundling tlie hliuc and confining it to the closet in which it started. Mrs. Snyder will return home from the hos pital late today. Widow Gets $91,600 Estate ' John Ferguson, a nimble nnd granite dealer nf IMKI-i North Thirty-fourth street, who dicil recently, left an estate of $1)1,(100 to his widow. Sophia, and to other relatives. Other wills probated today are: Mary II. Yondegrift. 12.1." Fillmore street. $2!.M)0: Joseph Hecht. died in Rush Hospital. $4700; Mary C Foulkrod. 4-10(1 Wnltnit street, ,24,:t00; George W Cobb. ITilf) North Myrtle wood street. SliOOd, and Charles H. Hiickel, died in Frankfort! Hospital, $4i),000. effiEr, Exclusive dcitianx from FRIDAY JLOU.UU 350.00 oov.vv 595.00 :muiim'iv,its,iiinz'ii -irF7 "s-'SKTir.r? st-i-;.7-' &., ? MMmmw-j:Mm;& copjrlKlu Hard & Kwlns family In the rnhlnct room of the Treasury Houston, then Attorney .shows tho President has need PICK CHURCH FOR CARDINAL Archbishop Dougherty Will Have Formal Title to Roman Edifice Archbishop Dougherty likely will be mode the titular of a church In Home when he is elevated to the cnrdinnlate ; March 1. according to table dispatches (received today. It waas said Pope Hen edict has examined into the vacancies in titulnr churches for assignment among the new cardinals, us each member of the snored college has n church nllotted to him. The cardinal elect will be given a puisp ns a testimonial from laymen of Philadelphia before he leaves Haturdn morning to board the Nieuw Amsterdam nt Hoboken. There will he n meeting In the rectory of the Church, of St. John, Thirteenth street iibove Chestnut, to night, to further a plan for this. Cleveland Bishop Interred Cleveland, Feb 17. -lily A. P. i ' Cliurcli dignitariis mid dlstinguishril laity from ninny part.s of the I'nitetl States attended the funeral services to day of Ilishop John P. Farrelly. of the Cleveland Catholic diocese, who died Saturday at Knoxville. Tenn. More than a score of bishops were present or represented MacDonald & Campbell Dependable Low Prices - Men's Suits and Overcoats $35.00, were $37.50, were $39.00, were $42.00, were $45.00, were $49.00, were, $52.00, were $54.00, were $57.00, were $60.00, were $62.00, were V, A." tt Thee .reductions include all our finer Overcoats, Suits, Fur Collar Coats, Golf Suits, Raincoots, Sprint; Overcoats, Fur - lined Coats, Leather Coats, Chauffeurs' Suits, Overcoats, Gloves, Robes, etc. , Is it fair to believe this 11 high-priced store just because o reported by some one who has never compared prices qualities? 1334-1336 Chestnut Street THE WORLD'S BUSINESS an The business of the .world has been done upon Crane's Paper for nearly one hundred years. The paper money of 22 nations, in eluding our own, the government bonds of 18 nations, including our own, the stock is sues of a very large part of all railroad, public service and industrial corporations, are en graved upon Crane's Paper. Mills that can meet the strenuous needs of paper for paper money and long4ived securi ties, are certainly able to make paper for business correspondence fine enough, strong enough and good enough to justify a business house in using it for business correspondence. 100 selected neiv rag stoc 120 years experience Banl notes of 22 countries Paper money 0438,000,000 people Government bonds of 1 8 iiatioti. Cranes BUSINESS PAPERS MINGO MINE FIGHT AS SEEN BY WOMEN Three Witnesses Identify Some of tho Defendants Participants as TWO MEN "HYSTERICAL" Hy tho Associated Press Williamson, W. Va.. IVIi. 17. -Three women were the prilicmnl wit news in the Mnti'unn battle trjals here today. Their testimoii was (,'iven be fore the noon reees, wbleli .ItldRe llallej extended until tomorrow morn liiK at H nVIork mi that he unit rouiiKel for both Mides might attend a funeral in the adjoining enmity of .McDowell. Mrn Martha Iloxkina testified that she now four men lying in the streets after the battle, and that Hee.se Cham bers had threatened her Heenuse of her testimony before Hip grnnd jury. Mrs. P F. Smith, wife of the superintendent ' of the Stone Mountain Conl Co.. said she wnH in the eompuny store and saw several of the defenduntH during the I fight. Two ot them, she testified, "ap penred hysterical." Mrs. (!. V. Smith, wife of a Mntewan phj.sieian, snlil she saw armed men in the streets before ' and after the fight. Dr. IMward Sluinltiii. h ilentist, teB tilled that he saw Ileese Chambers with , a rille after the tight began. Mltiink lis wns wounilCIl l.y Hie miliei wiih:ii isl.V" ' Anse Hntfielil. nrotirletor of the Mnte- wnn Hotel. Inst August. Hatfield was generally looked upon as nn important witness for the prosecution. Deaths of a Day DR. ISAAC E. ROBERTS Retired Physician to Be Burled Today The funeral of Dr. Isaac I, Hob irts will tnke place this afternoon fiom , l.! I . mnn x--t. l.-lrA..l. din ic'lliv, lit HIV", .oilll 1 itn'iuii I street, where he died Tuesday from hardening of the arteries. Dr. Unbelts, who was born in l.nu I e.istcr on May 2.S. 18-11, was n ton of the lnte Anthony Kllmaker Hobcits, ' who wns sheriff of Lancaster county, n I STAMMERING w departure normal subs a ' mthnfl rnrrectlvn and co-otvrati The Kingslcy Foundation More Than a School i ill or write for Information k about tlie Klnmley Clul, Unura 10 A M. to 4 I M fnnilnv and Thuraday Kve S to n 312 Stephen Girard' Building $45, $48, $49 ' $50 $52, $53, $54 $55, $57, $59 $60 $65, $66, $68 $70 $72, $73, $74 $75, $77, $78 '" $80 $82, $84, $85 t ii and FEBRUARY IT, 1921 member of Comcrcss and I'nlted States marshal for the eastern district of 1'cniis.vlvunin Tim mn xlmlli,! ill Franklin ni( Mnrhnll College and was graduated finin t'nimi Crlli,.n At llm time of tho Buttle of flettyslmrg he en iimcu ror ninety tlays with the Emer gency Men After having served as n physician at lllodtley Hospital, Ur "Pperts began private jiracthe at 1 hlrteenth nml Master streets. He re tired from pnitiee some jenrn ago. He was ii friend of mnnv of the older physkintis pf th(. ,.,t SYLVESTER J. E. RAWLING Musical Critic. Colleague of Hune- kcr, Dies of Heart Disease New Ynrli. IV!.. IT -SyUmter .1 K Hnwllllg. l .llirpK. mimlpnt .rilir nl the New Ynrk i:eiiliiL' Worlil. dil heie of he.irt cllsense xestenlni The death of lm .nllengue. .Iame (i Hnneker mwieii -rit ir of the Morning World. Is lirlievrd bj his friends to hove hnstent'd his end! Mr Hnwliug. who wns hoin in llng Innd and linv b,.,.,, (ciiiinitpil with New oik -it pnpei-M nenrlv half a eenturv. had been In ill lipulili for nmi' time. Tnesclu tiiorning hi eolhipsed. froctur Ing his vhn,i.,. nut grndunlh grew weaker until his iloath At one time lie was London eorresionilent for the New York Ih'nild and Inter seized as man aging rditni of the Palis nlltlon of the same paper I ! hnd been lonncited with the i:innig Wot Id since lS'.i.'t. Dr. Joseph Roberts Itiulne. Wis.. Feb. IT. -illy A P i Dr Joseph Huberts, wdio served ns moderiitot of the (ieneral Assembly of tllP Wllkli P, euli f .irln ,i ,ln,t-,.li ..f dm Cnitcil Stotes. lind moderator of the Nw ry nmI Vis,.onMi Synods, died Inst nl!ll here fo mi l.ir no onerntinli He retired in inirt after a ministry of se.crnl Jems in New ork Isaac H. Stearns Montienl, Fell 17 - Isiuu II Stenriik. eightv.foiir aphts old, one of me onn'r ami most uisiinguisiied rrcei,,tery Mason in Canada, died here last night Milton Robblns Jennings Mitorla. It. C, Feb 17 '-- Miltou Ilnhbins .leutiings, editor nml geneinl manager of the Fdmouton Journal, died suddenly here yesterday. GARRICK THEATRE Sunday, Feb. 20, 7:30 P. M. Distinctive Musical Program Timely Topics Philadelphia Orchestra Quartette Emil F. Schmidt l.ouis Ageloty HON. OWEN B. JENKINS Ks-Slute Senator nf fit Ii District t'tmu. Will Introduce JOHN W. DAY, OF ST. LOUIS A VITAL TOPIC BY A BRILLIANT SPEAKER ADMISSION FREE .Thin is the lirst of n series of open meeting, which will he of interest to ccry one. t'nilr the Auspice of the Ay S? Lsr ItnI I ill 111 ' lllllil TISCUSS The Ediphone with a man i 1 . ' who has made his way up by its If ,f help. He will tell you that thought means IP!' 1 I immediate action with Ediphone, and J ? 1 1 that's the recipe for your success too. II I I III Clear the day of shorthand routine and r f II S've your best energies a chance! AsA-or 111 - llllll an Ediphone today! j l No management hesitates lonR to Rive it 'urc- I I i J I "t'ves Ediphoncs when it realizes thnt tlit, Hal i J 0it of bliortlinnd letters is nt least 43 C. atu it I lidip'ionei take a big slice off that. Within n i.ir ' ' I The Ediphone investment is written off by n-ono- I I mized and systematized correspondence. Every- j I I bodvhnppier too! SencJ for your copy of booklet II 3 I "Ceffiirf On," II Tilephoiw The Ediphone Spruce HW-l j llllllllll Prove it on your own work. j f GEORGE M.AUSTIN j 1627 Chestnut Street 1 i I flWIMIIllllHlllllHIIIIMIIIIIIMMIIMIIMIIMMIUIJIIIIIimilllllllHlliiiitni llllllllll!! , . o. R. K LLERN DIES AT AGE OF 87 Ono of the Oldest of Penn Medi cal Alumni Was Former W. Phila. Practitioner SURGEON IN CIVIL WAR I i Dr Samuel ICutT Skillern e of the oldest nliimiii of the I nixcrsitv of Petilisjlviltna Medical Silimil. died at 10 o'rlni k this morning at the home of his son. Dr. Hosst SKillerji, in Aid more, following mi illness of on,. wccK. He was in his eighty -seventh vear. Dr. Skillern pruitlieil niediiin, in West Philadelphia Horn isvn mini he tetiied In 11111. He was a (oiitrn.t ungeon in the I'nion niniy dining tlie Civil War mid built the Sutter-Lee Hospital for wounded Mildlcis nt Dnihy. Pn. Ir. Skillet n was liorn March 1'V ls:;t, nt Hnntsxllle, Aln He wn gradiiuted from the lnedicnl school of the L'nlverslty in 1S.VJ He wns h tneinber of the American Mediuil Association, tlie Philadelphia Coimti Medical Society, and had (lin ing his active life been a member ot several lending clubs of the city. lie was n member of tlie Masonic ordei and of the I'pis, opal church Doctor Skillern was married in s7., to Miss Sarah Hall ltn. daughter , f lormer (loverimr Iln., of Delaware He Is survived liv four sons, Dr IPenn - Onskill Skillem. Dr Uos Hall Skillern mid Dr. Samuel Huff Skillern Jr.. all practicing phvsieintis in this citv." nnd Clnude I.eVer' Skillern. Funeral servnes will he held Sal urdny nttprn.M.n at 2 o'clock at I'air's. Iiitcrment will be in Westminster Com Arkansas Cigarette Act Vetoed Mttle Hnk. Ark.. Feb 17 fjor ci nor McHae testetdiiy vetoed a lull .which would repeal the Alkalosis nntl rigarette law and li ense the sale of !1garettej Dayton Ucnry Wm. A. Schmidt t nlinrl.in T,nmenV Illicit I ' r H's a Great Sals became it has the Goods! Perry's Worsted Suits made to sell for $55, $60, $05 and conservatively valued at those prices now at One Single Price $33.00 Fine silk mixtures, fancy mixtures, pencil strines and solid colors in grays, J r..c i t. 1 . . I waiuiu!), diucs ana browns all regular $55, $60 and $65 Values, NOW at $33! M e'rv Scllhiff Womlrrful 1' ttlucs in Full-Silk-Lined Overcoats Standard Regan goods with Skinner Silk Linings through out regular $55 and $60 values what do you think of them at $29 Blacks, Oxfords. Cam bridge Grays dignified, conservative Overcoats! Bargains in Separate Trousers $5, $6, $7 were $7. $8 to $12 The New Spring Goods are coming in. Some are al ready in our win dows. Selling every day! See them and get a line on the New Styles! Perry & Co. 16th & Chestnut Sts. T' I , i JMGOTk I mUffiTil II, 'llTilillffi'lAlltlllllMillWlIIJ'JilIK-. "How Yd Like to 1 Have That Picture" Mow often v o lih'.e said tii:- vlte'i looking at a pic ttire in the now.spnper. If tile pictiue luisi appeurcd in tlie l'i ulic I.EDGKit, Sunday or daily, or tho KvENtNd Public Lkdi.eii, your want can be, supplied, if the paper owns tho rights, by un in quiry addressed to Ledger Photo Service Independence Squuro Philadelphia CfflStBfciaMiMI m I i v iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiiuiiiiiiw iiLuniiuimiiiiiiimNMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiM mi J DICTATE EyERYTHING TO THE EDIPHONE lllllfrfrrprmmrmiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllilliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiir,,i,,inirnmTTTjmjj ( 6 H .MiM
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