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' EVENING ' PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, "TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1921
ACKERS
WORKERS
12 P. C. IN PAY
I100000 Employes Affected.
m. Scale Will Be Operative
After March 14
SHOULD LOWER MEAT COSTS
' .1 Unrcli S. tVngC dCcrrilCH
cblfJ?.hnn Kit 12. !'' rent. nff.t
,fippifll'n;'c,fnn.nno niiiloy.-s of the
i"l,f;i t) In nil parts of the
P"'1?' ,w.rV " officially nnnnnnrr.1 to-
'0n,f;. rnltirtions arc elTcctlve on
ihV'-iniP t mo ihnre will br n ro-
'" I .. ,,rl IIC IlOlirS. till"' I"'" "'"" I
iWWm' bHnK nll . inly lifter
b,lf forouri i)tl() (11J.
ten u?V.r J... LniirM lii nn.v one wool;.
f W will l'" "ai'1 fur S'" JH
,Bl,!oIlnv!'' wages wnlc rehire-, the!
-- i. -r nil limine I il i iiii'i'ij. i
".pe hour. The piece work
"" . rrilin-ril l-' per cent. A1
tlt, ore rf. in ;a - ' . ,
SHrcecentMnnlionr. Under .lie
"' ..i hi 1 1 1 11 tin iu iur""
if Tlie 1 1 lier iml.l employe will
Klliueod proportionately. The mini
l,m V piflrnnion for forty hours'
nU n.r week will I"' rontltnii'il.
"l "piers for (lie reduction in wnscn
iV'thc emulation by the park-
. ,, lYhnuirj -ii ot im' niiiiiim.- in
M ration "mcnls for tlio settlement
S3 dlpui ltli tlielr employes.
". "'.... rn.nnr. nrcsdent of
itmr tc CV.'in.n fitntement. said:
Ltrrau.ui . l,nnm nml u-nEPM is
"TnP rpviaiwi i" ----- ------- --
Industry to ronim.i" iu ".- -.-
BWdiiocrs ami moat cons iiiihth. iiv
Sojers' l"ireH tm.lor tlio elmim
'"P.' ,, nnt nt mic: tin- fact Ik
Imnlv that tlio business cannot exist
Its expenses arc creator tban its mar-
'""The i eduction of 1-P por cent is
nrtunall in view of the fart that pack
.r hoiii-e "'"se.s iivoniRO three times ns
much today hh tliey were before the
,ar Tlio main oujecuve in revising
I, to awire work in return for tlio j
..... ..Mfli nro nnid. thereby obviatinc
he pennlty inrurred through tlio pay-
. lapirfl dims for which no unrlc
,s performed .
inn to tno low or rate which win
ibttin. employes ran probably earn us
OUCH! ANOTHER - ,
RHEUMATIC TWINGE,
(jet busy and rclice those pains
with that handy bottle of
Sloan's Liniment
miic-li Or moic tlinu tinder existing con
ditions." A deeliiriilion (hat "Mr. packers are
looking for a shlko nml there l.s no
doubt thnt tbuj will gel one if thev In
Mitt on thoir propornl to return to tlio
old len-linur iluj," ns mado. todav bv
Uciiii N I.iiiic, MTPtnrv of tlio Amnlgn.
" i l?nt. '"Itors imd llutchcr
orkcrn t iikiii.
Mr. I.ane said thnt if it really was
nteofsary for the paekeis to redtiee
uigos in order to do lmslno, the em
Idijci would be "willing to eomc half
)u) in imy proposition Hint was made
in a fnir mid just wny.'J
"I nm convinrod. liottever," he con
tinued, "that the workers will never
consent to n return to the nntedlluvliin
ten -hour day.
"If wages must he reduced the
paekor.s must gi, about it in the same
manner which cthe men took in Retting
their ItirroHhcs. The packers hnvc done
away with the services of Judge
bamupl Alsehulor s nrbltrator, but we
will not accept n wage reduction utiles
It goes before some fair tribunal or um
pire Mther recall .fudge Alsehuter or
appoint some one in his place, Is our
ml vice to the packers,"
Mr. I.titif said he believed the
pacKcr-s would "ii'lisli a strike."
Announcement 0f the pucker that
overtime- would be paid only after ten
hours work a day. or fifty four hours
a week meant a return to the ten-hoiir
nay, lie declared, adding that the men
would never stand for this attempt to
force thcin buck toAthe old working
hours. W
A wage eonfeience of employes has
been called by Mr. Lane to meet in
Omaha tomorrow. In addition meet
ings in all cities arc being arranged and
a demonstration is planned here for
next Sunday, when .".O.OIIO uniplove.s are
expected to-take pail in a parade and
iiins.s-mcetitig.
Miss Farrar to Sing Tonight
-Miss Ocralillne Karnir, ill with a
cold for several days, has recovered
nml will sing at the Metropolitan Opera
House tonight at "I.oulso." This nn
nounceinoiit hns been dofinitolj Innilo
from New York, us the rumor that Mls
Knrrar'a illness might interfere uith
the engagement had boon gien some
circulation. '
CUT COKEWORKERS' PAY WESTERN ROADS CUT PAY , now he quits 'tor good-
Company In Connellsvllle Field An
nounces 18 Per Cent Reduction
t'nlontoiMi. Til., March S.-rThu Hist '
1 move toward n roiliiotlon of wages In
'the ('onnelhvllle coke fields. Urgpst In
, tho world, was made today by the V. .
, .1, Uainey Co., employing 'npproxi-'
mately (K)0 men. 'f'ho eonipany un- I
nouneed an tS por cent cut affecting nil I
I classed of workers. effeetUe April 1.
Other liidepoiidcnts, of whiHi there are'
, nbout twonU, are expected to follow,,
I and i!0,fK0 men will eventunlly bo uf-
I footed. i
i The II. -C. f'rick Col.o Co.. largest i
' coke producers In the world, employ- i
ing 25,11(10 men in this district, hns an
yet made no move toward a reduction, i
An official of the Halney company I
pxitinilied it. was "the onlv wnv nut." I
snying me siiuntion mane it n nuttier ot
reducing v,nge.s or suspending oporn
tions. The price of coke at present, be
Knld, is sucli thnt the company cannot
opeiute ut a prollt with the prcH'iit
scale of wuscs.
Civil Service Exemption Hearings I
A public hearing on requests to place!
n number ot municipal jobs in the ex
empt class will be held by the Civil
Service Commission in Itooni 87(1. Cit
Hull. March III. at lOii'.O o'clock. The
jobs arc in tho Departments of Pub
lic Safety. Health. Wlianos. Docks
and .Terries, and Welfare, and include
cleaners, cook, ui'"-eiigors and tele
phone operators
Wages of Unskilled Labor Reduced
One-Third on Several Lines
San rrancUro, March S. MSy A.
P. 1-Wnge reduction, approximating
I!!'. 1-!'. per cent for all unskilled labor,
effective April 1(5. wore announced
yesterday by tho Southern Pnoifi".
Western Pacific, Atchison. Topekn nml
Snntn ! and Northwestern Pacific
Hailroad sj steins.
Ilcadqiiiirtrrs of the rnnds estimated
that 17,000 men or 20 per cent of the
total company employes, would lie
affctod. The wage Sfnle nf unskilled
labor will bo decreased from Its present
minimum of forty -four and one-half
cents nn hour to thirty cents, it was
nnnnunecd.
Placards aminiincing the inluotion
set April 7 for the hearing of protests,
.complaints or suggestions by tlio employes.
Sll..,n !. .... .i ,. tn ttifiimrli mil I -
Using six mouths ago, life for Joseph ,
Duffel, of (floucesler. has bad one I
separation after another Today lie j
,, fSio. ...i, ins i.pt- ...... - .......
from the home of his mothcr-iti-liiu .
K18 South Third street, (iloiiccter. lie
said he nunrreled with his wife. Hose,
last Sunday and that this, the third
separation, "is for good." Duffel agreed
before a Justice of the pence to pn his
wife .fio a week. She tint a widow
with throe children when she teplicd to
bis matrimonial advertisement
PUBUC SPEAKING
I 'I i t mil 'p H) i if ' un'lil nt nil
tpntfflt nn Unln'Bfl !n(tltRh Op in Trtdn
!2vr MnrHi 18 nt A Opening lorturc ffpo
' miitiir ri(l for mcraiurp
!NefF College
mo
IIKSTM r HI.
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
OF NEW SPRING WORSTEDS
BUILT TO YOUR MEASUREMENT
$45
BOOK BARGAINS
35c each, 3 for $1.00
65c each, 3 for $1.75
$1.00 each, 3 for $2.75
lly liopumr .lUlhors Mum nr now
rnplca. ome hRVe tin usr.it In our II
lniir but ar hi R-ooil rlmi condition,
It will im' jnu to lonli ihin orr
THE LIBRARY SHOP
15 South 13th St., Philadelphia
These are mighty fine fabrics. They
arc here in great variety and the men
and young men certainly arc showing
their appreciation of them.
The price is made possible because
of the volume in which we purchased
the goods, especially to make this tin
usual offer for Easter buyers.
WILLIAM H. WANAMAKER
1217-19 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia
WHAT Wloan s does, it does thor
)u;hl - iietifrfifrj without rub
Una to tlio afllietcd part and
promptly relieves most kinds of exter
nal nitnit nml fipliru. V.iu'll O.ul ..
ilun and non-skln-stainlng. Keep it
cniy for sciatica, lumbago, neuralgia.
iTrr-wrini iiiu-irs. nun. joints, DUCK
ili0 nntni.. hrnlses. slrnltiu. k,irnlnL
ltd watlier and after-effects.
Pnr r.O renrs Klnnnu l.tntni..., l.n
iflped tlinusands tho world over. You
ifnt lltplr til h tin nvnnottnn ft r..,.
linly dof.s produce icsults.
All druggists Sue. 70c, 51. 10.
Sloa
Linimentfea
HailBIEI!D!t!IIIIIilPil!illffl;illliaBailIlli'l!iIIIll.l
The Cost
of Brick.
AS THE whole building
1 movement now hangs
on the question of costs,
let us take five minutes to
consider the cost of brick.
. We often nay, "The best
is the cheapest," meaning
that even though it costs
more at first, it costs- less
in the long run ; but brick,
the best and cheapest
building material in the
ong run, actually costs
least at first.
B"ck co ts nothing to
?" It will not rot, or
"urn oi rust, or break, or
shrink, or wip. or fade.
a"C tile surfnen ,! ,...
save all" S!iy ulc puint.
makers; l,ut brick ,g nrcud
'avcd, urface and all. It
T" n, p,lint' "Cypress is
j wood eternal," snya nn.
other advert cement; but com
Pa c cypress or any wood with
ojHk, and ,ts Wortj ctcriinl"
thJu-oV ''fca "torlHl.
Uoeern.,othl"S to maintain,
SiiT-":
Bin ii, . i.
the ie,.. ,nc,ilPt. and Bcl
!""&" aboura,,U-n,n-V in0,-
k''ld p0ln V"' ,I,0ir
u'"ornr,e,.f,nn1ll,cs' btv,es'
di-e. U , mke,.1 ,P, "ro"" of
fP"e!flo' til 'JCKS' ,,ow to word
ouroftlce". tn" "P 'Her of
' . ' , SRITTKu-s SONS
p.v. J?W".KAItI.IY,,"a"
''ivnB'W11'-'14-" w
'TOfflanM7aa man t , ku'
i m
igni
I
Charge Accounts Invited HB1
giB Mail Orders Filled Wf
iv7AiifiK r?n i i. .jm.
t mmr
w ymmz&&Mmt imwoptsMmr
Furs and Millinery
J!lllHi!lllj!IlliiliJi
A I
Marmot Coat
Regularly 100.00
35.00
jfL.
For Tomorrow
3uu;r-iAiraoruiiiary uiier
Final Clearance of FURS II
at ONE-HAIF PRICE
4 -length
in Pony
ly 135.00
50
And in Many Instances
Less Than Half Price
4-Lengtli
French Seal
Regularly 160.00
79.50
This event is held but once a year.
Because of the progressive Mawson &
McMany policy not to carry over any mer
chandise from one season to another,
prices have been further reduced to effect
immediate clearance. Cost, profit and for
mer selling price have been entirely dis
regarded. Our sole aim is to dispose of
our remaining stock quickly, at bedrock
prices. This is your opportunity to buy
furs now for nest winter at prices which
can never be duplicated.
Hundreds of customers who hae at
tended this .sale with no intention of
buying have gone away pleased purchasers,
and many of them have purchased gar
ments not only for themselves and their
immediate needs, but for friends and rela
tives, and their future needs.
S?syi
A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase
in our Storage Vaults until required. Payments to 'he continued monlhlj throughout the Spring
and Summer.
V Length
Natural
Muskrat
! l. T11IMMF.1I
Regularly 275.00
FUR COA TS A T DEEP-CUT PRICES 1 35.00
2 Australian Nutria, (.loinclt)
1 Trim. Leopard Cat 50 inch)
IS Trimmed Pony ... (,16i)icli)
II French Seal (30 inch)
9 Taupe Conoy (3G inch)
! Trimmed Marmot. (10 inch)
8 Canadian Seal.... (.It: inch)
!l Trim. Trench Seal. JO inch)
0 Natural Muskrat . (loinclt)
1 Raccoon (JO inch)
lor-
nierl
100.00
140.00
1S5.00
140.00
I (10.00
185.00
19.1.00
22S.00
2S0.00
U90.00
llr
liurvil to
19.50
(19.50
79.50
119.50
79.50
89.50
98.50
110.00
125.00
115.00
5 Raccoon (,;t; mch)
6 Trim. Fhidxin Seal (.10 inch)
9 Trim. Trench Seal. (.10 inch)
9 Trim. Hudson Seal (.16 inch)
5 Moleskin Wrap's... (Hindi)
9 Hud. Seal Wraps, (it inch)
(i Natural Squirrel.. .It! inch)
2 iiihkan Heaver .. (.18 inch)
9 Hud. Seal Wraps. . i',inch)
1 Natural Mink .... Clinch)
l-nr-
Incrli i
:i5o.oo
350.00
350.00
575.00
750.00
750,00
795.00
1000.00
1000.00
2000.00
Up
mril tu
175.00
175.00
1 75.00
285.00
U75.00
.'175.00
395.00
195.00
195.00
995.00
w
l
V v
,-tec'
French Seal
Wrap
Regularly 295.00
125i
Hundreds of Fur Chokers and Scarfs in the Following Furs
At prices lower than the raw skins can be
bought today direct from the trapper
7.50
Reg. 15.00 to 25.00
Natural Squirrel. Austra
lian Opossum. Taupe Coney
and Jap Mink Chokers.
15.00
Reg. 30.00 to 45.00
Natural Mink
Korean Kolinsk)
Stone Marten
and Fitcli Chokers
34.50
Reg. 70.00 to 00.00
Stone Marten
Chokers
?
it
ri
French Seal
Wrap
Regularlv 325.00
1 45-00
'" frta
VLenglh
Marmot Coat
ItUMIOS IKIMMM)
Regularly 225.00
-Length
French Seal
rOI I mil'!,
TIMMMFD
Regularly 295.00
Ji -Length
Natural
Squirrel
Regularly 795.00
I
"'..-Length
Scotch
Moleskin
Regularly 495.00
VLeuglh
Hudson Seal
Ml SK TR1MM1 l
Regularly 575.00
98-50 145-00 395.00 245-00 285oo
ai
M
Liberty Bonds and Purchasing Agents' Orders Accepted
iMMilllliyi
STRAWBRIDGE &&rOTHIEB
This Exposition of Spring
Fashions Has Created a
Furore in Philadelphia!
TT IS THE EVENT OF THE SEASON! People are
coming from all quarters to see the new things so
lavishly displayed, and there seems to be general
approbation. The season is rich in beauty, and everything is so
new and different yet wonderfully refined and wearable. And
there is plenty of" everything at practically any price you wish to
pay, and everything a better value than for several seasons. These
are some of the main features of the Display, and you will find
them surprisingly new and varied in the little twists and turns and
tricks in designing that will make you exclaim: "Directoire," "Em
pire," "Spanish," "Persian."
Among Coats, Suits and Dresses
Srrcnly-lailorid Coutx, Statu and Dream's arc a feature,
Tivo-iriccc Suits with uirdlca nimulatinr ait elegant
blouse.
Thrtt-piwr Costumta in i.rc!i(xn'r .ilyleH for ttfternoon
irtur. i
Ih (tutiful Beaded Crc'. Georgette Uresstx, draped and
gi nihil with lowers.
Lace Dresses in tract iculli all tduidis with tqnisilc
girdles.
Light Tinted Crtpe de Chine. Chiffon and Crtpc Geor
gette Dresses in lorclij springlike effects.
Radium and Cheeked Taffeta Dresses, frilled, ruffled
and puffed as beeonus new spring taffetas.
Canton Crepe Dresses and Draped depe Meteor
Dresses.
Tailored Silk and Wool Dresses in coal, suit and jacket
styles.
Sew Straight-line Wool Dresses eery daboratcly
beaded.
Sports Coats and plain-tailored English-looking Top
Coats.
Capes, Cape-Coats, Satin Wraps and Quilted Satin
Aitcrnnon Coats, Sports Coats. Capes and Blarurs,
Fine One-pierr Dresses, for Misses and Girls, with the
smartest of matching jackets.
Maun Smart Contracting Skirls and Jackets tor Sports
Il(o Maug white-and-black effects.
lunvrea lAnen urcsses and Fun Cotton Frocks from
SUITS
With Extra
Trousers
IfVOf 111 OUIUI b
$34.50
About 500 Fine Suits of
worsted and serges, in smart
new styles for
spring, 1921.
Tw o puirii of1
tvoufer.-, to every Suit.
Vbout ."00 handsome Suits of
new tweed wcava, in many
c o r r t e t sniRlc-rT OT T" f
mid ilouble-S n( I
brea.steil s t v 1 e sKW 9J V
for men and young men. Two
p:tirs of trousers to ewry Suit.
Our new Suifs for spring arc all
marked at prices based on the now
low i-ealc. They start at 25.00.
i i .lirldK. & I'lolhi" -.
mid I'loi.r, Uasl
Columbia
Retired Records
K CO
Dance, Song and
C otitic Selections
You've ncer hud a chance like
tins: l;iO Stan lard Columbia
Hluc Label Rct-irds 200 selec
tions maJc within th' last eight
een niont!i- t' be closed out at
59c, for the suppk i limited.
Including such aititts as Al Jo'
son, Van ami Schcnck, Harry Fox,
Ted Lewis' Jaz Bund, Art Hick
man's Orchestra, etc.
" i A ' linn
Paris.
oni
tnd
. lovely showing of Fan's HaK and manv Hats fr
New York milliners, and our Millinery at SI 0.00. $12.00 ;
oio.uu is unsurpassed the Trimmed Hats shown in the
sketches are from this collection. Also smart Sports and
Tailored Hats, including some from London.
Misses' and Children's Apparel
The loveliest Kiddie.-.' Clothe- organdies, pongees,
gingham checks, smocked cottons; and tucked and milled
and delicately tinted Party Frocks; and tor girls and young
women there are Suits, Dresse.-,, Coats and Wraps nf the
lovelv simplicity of which we can s;ty as was said of
"Famine" -"The simplest things are frequenilv the
cleverest."
tjvjr s v i$PW
SS3Asg3
The Spring Sale of Women's
Sample Shoes
NEWS
To-morrow. Wednesday morning, begin the Sale of
Women's Sample Shoes, Ovfords, Pumps and Slipper-, for
spring and summer three thousand pairs, the most at
tractive collection we have eer had. from the er heal
manufacturers in thi?. cnuntrv.
High Shoes, Oxfords, Pumps and tf O fjf
Slippers, icorlh $12.00 lo $20.0UP OoSJ
1 nun l.iiinl. hclmm ' iv Co., the JaiiK!, V. Uitiusi. r i ,j , Kn..i'
& Mclaughlin. .1 K Ni'vion tv Co., ami in.' lin.Uin.- to
M.l -I .iiul P., M. .Hid l1 and 5, A. Il'iiutilul i ! -. m . nm,
-in de Uid-Uin. IUi--i,i calf, gemiinc 'men Km, patent le.ti.ur .ml
wluti R.'igii-I.iii iluth. .St,hi.li modi 'a. Im .ill oco.t-ioii.-. wilinling
i N.omkrlul as-orinn in of the oiy -.maitc-t Sport.s I'luun.- and
()foitls and ('.veiling Slippci.
NOTK All of tin above arc -ainpk- oj tin VKItY lIH.llh.S'l
liUADKS uMA no nuilium-privvi' I:..- upu'-intnl tht.
all'oiding mi in i-t ,i-iik..I cu.stonici- ;h,- oppmtunuv un- prom -irii;
the tint -"I too. wot produced, ut Je - that, th- p.-csoa u-juln, pi k-i
of Siui' - of uietiiuui ;' .adt.-
Sample Shoes, Oxjords uiul
Pumps, Extraordinary Value
nio-i pliM..,m i,..orim..iit of higo and low Shoe-, imluding .,
.oinplel.- .iniple Inm i,ou, one f Philadell.hia'- highe-t- i.ul.'
inaiiuiiultir. i.s ol -trti-tU b, nch-made Shoe-. F, ,H low th," -e.i
son- nj.ul.ir putt., ,,t n,.p;, some worth al..n.-t doul.li tin , ic
I ! I .s,., v ,, N,y, ?l . I I,! ,
--- . .... .1.14,4 t' III
$7.95
Silks
Wool Fabrics
Dress Cottons
A wonderful display of
I !('.-.. Fabrics greets admir
ing c.ves. Silk thai a woman
needs for Mu;.rt ii-ccl and
afternoon frock-. Silks and
Satins and ( repo (.'tcorgettc.s
for formal utar. and a hon
of distinct ivol nn cl Spurts
Silk-..
Wool Fabrics include plain
c gi-,. Tncolim- ami Poiret
l"w i'U oi lit'vv .shade.-'. Twfrd.-.
( hcv ut-, Poln Coatings and
Wool Plaid- anil Slripo.- (li--pla
wonderful in w weaves
and colorings.
.New Dre-s I otlons are col
ored by a prodigal hand,
whether in plain Organdie,
Voile and I. men or be ely fig
ured Voiles. Manv iiov cities
are shown auiong line White
Ure.ss Cottons,
. I ccompanyinfi Fine
Lacex (aid
Trimmings
1-" ' .'ii'. In.' 'i in l'.-i ., . i 4
:iv ' . vv I i II it ,i i. hi ii ,-u.,
Hill!', on a li'miM' 1. 1 tl ) ,in, olll,
ilri.-- i ut ulv f I Kihl. .MS
,llS0 pill, ,ll II II tjl.lt Mill. Vt ii
hi re in i tin i.unilsonii' l( v lltt
t"i lis an. I niloi iiij.. fm . i in ,.r,
t on V iiioti Ti Miiininj' ai "
IieaiJ' .' -iiin I-'iiiIiiiiiii ii il lluuil ot
i iii-i ili i" ii im i ori -'pi ( hi !!,
aT'i ili i'.i'ii IS ill a i ,ili mi
t II I I ,IU' V o' i . i
i I'n a mi in i in l
. ' "''' -". i.-iWh,-,.n,,i.lf,., ,,, ,,,,,-,
Strawbkb dge & Glqth a er
- '
Klousis in Bosom and Vest Effects Lo wear with open
jackets.
These and hundreds of other new features are
shown here, in their separate departments and in the
Second Floor Display, where fashionable costumes
are shown complete in every detail and accessory.
Display of Easter Millinery
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