riim0-m
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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
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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
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r-iiliiJi0Aio I'rfver Toi
B o .wlC"'0,."V" "''' lire
"' Hon." 'I t'd foinlof,
, ,' ' "';" "" I'ru. mix
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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
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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
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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
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1627 Chestnut Street 1 i
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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.
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"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
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