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AIRPLANE FLIGHTS
SHOW IDLE PLANTS
Commerce Chamber Carries In
' dustrial Loaders Over City
to Emphasize Situation
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RESUMPTION AGAIN URGED
Airplanes nrc carrying Philadelphia's
jaljmtrlnl lenders over the city dally
tUt they may sec the stngnntlon In In
dmtry and visualize its effect In uncm
plo;jnent. The Industrial Relations Committee
,1 the Chamber of Commerce began
fllfhts yesterday and will continue tliem
atll representatives of nil the lead
,A industrial Mtablishments in the city
liitt been carried over Philadelphia's
mrltory and have seen tho hundreds of
ctesed and idle plants.
Yesterday afternoon flights were
knn which will continue until reprc
.entitlres of all .the lcadlnc, commercial
oriinlzations of the city and of nil the
line Industrial plants have been tnken
ter the city to make the survey.
In that manner those men are to be
impressed with the need of getting down
to brass tacks and seeking ways and
aims of giving employment to those
ho re Idle involuntarily. They are to
U'lbown the freight yards with theii
hundreds of cars idle because of the
business depression. They are to bo
carried over the stacks of factories from
which no smoke Is coming because 'the
ulants have no orders upon which to
work. They will be carried over mill
jsrdf, where work is down to a mini
mum. To Send News to Other Cities
Inter in the week planes will be sent
to Washington, New York nnd Puls
ion1. They will carry to those points
copies of the resolutions adopted Tues
day at the luncheon at the Bellevue
Btratford Hotel, at which the heads of
flfty-four business and industrial or
(inbatlona and corporations pledged
themselves to do all In their power to
tmellorato existing conditions.
In Washington the message will be
earried directly to President Harding
tnd to the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. In New York the reso
lutions will be delivered to the Mer
chants' Association and In Pittsburgh
to the Chamber of Commerce.
That work is being carried out along
with propaganda to create work for the
fdl. House owners nnd all other
holders of real estate are being urged
to nuke needed repairs at once. Per
sons who arc delaying in the making of
purchases really necessary In the hope
of lower prices are urged to buy now.
The city Is urged to push forward pub
lic work, and all largo corporations arc
being urged to go forward as quickly
ts possible.
The Chamber of Commerce Indus
trial Relations Committee, estimates
that many millions of dollars worth of
work could be done and in that way
employment be given to thousands of the
idle.
The argument is that if the people do
not have work they cannot buy. And
when they cannot buy there is no stimu
1ns to production.
Statement From the Chamber
A statement from the Chamber of
t Commerce reads :
"If orders for merchandise which nre
being held for one reason or another
were given out, contracts were awarded
and necessary repairs to properties made
at this time, millions of dollars' worth
of business would give an ImpctUB to
many lines of trade anil thousands of
people would be given employment
within the next thirty dnys.
"For those reasons these slogans have
been adopted in the, campaign! to obtain
work for tho idle:
"Iluy ndwt"
'Repair your properties I"
Give out your contracts!"
I'.arly next week tho Industrial Ho
Intlons Committee) will again meet the
leaders of Industry nnd business In this
city. Plans will be laid for concrete
work in carrying out tho program set
forth in tlm rpHnliltlnnn nitnnfeil nn
Tuesday.
BALKED IN JAIL-BREAKING,
MRS. KABER REFUSES FOOD
Slayer of Husband Offers $6000
Bribe to Matron at Reformatory
Marysvlllc. O., Hcpt. 15. (By -A.
P.) Following the dlbcovcry of nn
alleged nttempt to escape from the
State Reformatory for Women here,
Mrs. Knthcritie Knber. who is serving
a life ncntencc for the murder of her
husband, n wealthy Cleveland publisher,
was reported yesterday by reformatory
officials to have Instituted a four-day
hunger strike ten days ago, when the
alleged plot was discovered.
Mrs. Knbcr has been placed in soli
tary confinement. Mrs. Louise Mitten
dorf, superintendent of the reformatory,
announced that the conspiracy was dis
covered when she intercepted letters
written to Mrs. Kaber by Mlrs Marian
McArdlc, her daughter, who is in a
Cleveland jail awaiting trial for com
plicity in the murder.
According to Mrs. Mlttendorf. Mrs.
Kaber smuggled out two letters through
the aid of a sewing room matron, to a
".Mr. Sademan," of New York, and an
unknown person In Cleveland, plotting
n jail delivery in which Mrs. Kaber
was to make cood her csennc. The con
spiracy provided that violence, even the
muruer oi airs, .uittcnuorl and her
husband was to have been used if
necessary.
PLAN TIGHTER REIN
LIQUOR IMPORTS
have been little short of a scandal,
officials declare.
Even the clause permitting certain
wines to bo admitted for sacramentnl
purposes apparently has been abused.
In the first seven months of last year
wily 08,075 gallons of wine were ad
mitted for this ostensible purpose, while
in the same seven months this year
i some 000,231 gallons have beeri admit-
., ,. , ted. Officials declare It is out of rca-
'for ReiieiOUS son that there should be any such legit
imate increase in trie, ucmnmi tor tuc
purposes permitted under the law.
In addition there were wines of other
descriptions admitted by the tens of
thousands of cases on legal permits for
BnAnlflfi tMlHnAMAM 111 h m tM mm a nndf
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f bKMITS ARE UVtrl-WUrmnU of whicli probably went to the cmbas
mich, which lire illinium: irum me p
hlbltlon law, some 24,000 gallons n
Demand for Wine
Purposes" Ha3 Increased
Tenfold in Year
trouble Is believed here to He In the
loose regulations regarding the Ihsmi
nncc of permits, nnd It Is this situa
tion that the prohibition offlco 1ms at
tempted to meet by new and stringent
regulations. These are to become ef
fective ns soon as Secretary Mellon ap
proves them.
By a Blaff Corrtwondent
Washington, Sept. 15. New regula
tions' covering V'the Importation of
liquors nnd wines Into the United
States on permits for "legal" purposes
have been laid before the Secretary of
the Treasury and nro expected to be
promulgated within the , next two
weeks.
A recent Incident In New York, when
a dock was found plied high with cases
of Scotch whisky brought Into the coun
try on legal permits, is said to have
brought tho importation situation to a
head and got tho prohibition commis
sioner's office busy drafting new rules.
Supposedly little "hooch" or wine
was to come Into the United Stales
after It went dry, only a trifle for
mediclno an da trlflle moro of wine
for sncramental purposes. But on top
of the widespread bootlegging of whisky
from Canada and the Bahamas and
Mexico, even the legal Importations
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Not for many
years have prices of
boys' and girls' shoes been
m a W
Low as then are at
Hallahans today.
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And good, sturdy, well
made shoes they are, too.
The kind of shoes 'that
will give wonderful ser-
cj vice.
' Of course, we've had more
Iji than fifty years' exper-
i ience and we know exact-
ly how youngsters' shoes
t should be made and
fitted.
Buy at tho most con
venient Hall nhan
ta ofnrn flmvn'n n
complete juvenile
department in
each one.
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Girls' and Children's
School Shoes
2.50, 3.00, 3.50
Tan leather, gunmntal
and patent leather.
Boys' School Shoes
3.00, 3.50, 4.01
Tan leather plenty
styles.
School Stock
ing!. Black,
Whitt, Brown,
50c pr.
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GOOD SHOESkJ
921 Market Street
Branch Stores
Open Every
Evening
60th & Cheitnot Sts.
2736 Gcrminlown Ave.
5604 Germantown Ave.
Weit PhiL.
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The Reductions You Have
Been Waiting For Are Here
The Cost of
WILTON RUGS & CARPETS
BACK TO A NORMAL BASIS
We are convinced, after a survey of all conditions affecting the
production of Domestic Floor Coverings, that the
Drop of 35 to 41 in a year
has brought prices to the lowest level they are likely to reach
for a long time.
You Need Not Further Delay
In Furnishing Your Floors
Nor neod you be disappointed in having your most exacting requirements
fully satisfied for at 1220 Market we have a
Wonderful Assortment of
Designs, Coloring, Sizes
We quote below just a few of the offerings in our nationally popular
grade the sizes and prices are simply representative of the comprehensive
stock and the values which extend to every Rug and Carpet in our Store.
DURABLE AS IRON
1920 Present Saving
Size Price Price for You
27x54 .... $14.50 $9.75 $4.75
36x63.... 23.75 15.00 8.75
4.6x6 40.00 26.00 14.00
4.6x7.6... 49.00 32.00 17.00
4.6x9 59.00 39.00 20.00
4.6x12 ... 79.00 52.00 27.00
6x9 88.00 58.00 80.00
6.9x12 ... 117.00 77.00 40.00
fi.8xl0.6 .. 134.00 85.00 49.00
THE HC
FRENCH WILTON RUGS
Fine as Silk
1920
Size Price
9x9 $117.00
9x12 142:00
9x13.6 ... 176.00
9x15 .... 196.00
10.6x10.6 . 171.00
10.6x12 .. 196.00
10.6x13.6 . 220.00
11.3x12 .. 196.00
11.3x15 .. 244.00
3 OF
HARDWICK WILTON RUGS
Perfection in Weavery
Present
Price
$77.00
92.00
116.00
128.00
112.00
128.00
145.00
128.00
160.00
Savins
for You
$40.00
50.00
60.00
68.00
59.00
68.00
75.00
68.00
84.00
Har dwick & Ma&cc Co. j
1120 -1121 Market Sivcct
been mlmlttcd this year.
only 4000 in the ne
year.
In .the case of whisky, 111,502 gal
lons were admitted In the first seven
months of this year, compared to 38.8-15
last year in the samo period. The
whisky Is supposed to come purely for
medicinal purposes and Is admitted on
that theory on permits applied for by
luesiininbly responplble authorities.
Custom officers say tfiey aren't re
sponsible, but they will seize all the
"hooch" that isn't "legally" brought
In, but when an importer presents n
Scrmlt, all they can do is permit it to
o landed after the duty Is paid. The
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Every
Picture
an.
He Original
GOOD Art in a home
indicates refinement.
Mr. Nutting's Pictures
express the hifhest type
of a new, true American
Art. September 20 to
30, Autumn Exhibit and
Sale of
Hand 2 jl-S
Colored fOUAAAstVq
PICTURES?
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Our 3rd
Birthday Sale
Beginning Next Monday
will be a great
LOW-PRICE
DEMONSTRATION
Proving conclusively that Frank & Seder prices
Fine Apparel are LOWER than anywhere
else in the city, simply
FIRST-
on
ECAI
U We wish we could
J take you into our
stock rooms and
show you some of
the merchandise that
is being received for
our Third Birthday
Sale and then you
would realize that
this is to be SOME
Sale.
fl
One lot of Dresses
came in well.
wait till you see
them. And the price!
Women will get up
early in the morning
the day THEY are
put on sale. And the
Men's Departments
have a real surprise.
We don't want to tell
you too much, but
FRANK & SEDER
are going to start
something NEXT
MONDAY that will
have an effect not
only on the public of
this city, but will
have an influence in
BRINGING DOWN
PRICES ALL
OVER THE COUN
TRY in wearing ap
parel. ir We have many
JJ sales during the
year, but our
BIRTHDAY is the
ONE EVENT that
is closest to our
hearts. It is the only
opportunity we have
to show the public
how much we appre
ciate what they have
done for us in build
ing up this enormous
business and we
are more than glad
to show our appre
ciation in a PRAC
TICAL WAY.
Our Method of
Merchandising
Makes it Possible
to Bring
The BEST
i
-SECOND-
We Bring it
Here in
GREAT
Quantities
-THIRD-
We tiffer it to
the Philadelphia
Public
FIRST
-FOURTH-
We Bring it
at the
LOWEST
PRICES
Watch Sunday
Papers for Opening
Announcement of
This Great 3d
Birthday Sale
whicli begins
Xcxt Monday,
Sept. 19th
REGULAR BUSINES HOURS RESUME D-NINE TO FIVE-THIRTY
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
A Remarkable Advance Sale of
Winter Overcoats for Men
With the Most Liberal Co-operation on the Part of
Our Largest Manufacturers, We Planned Months Ago to
Increase Our Overcoat Business by Offering Extraordi
nary Inducements to Early Buyers. Brand-new, Hand
some Ulsters and Ulsterettes at
$23.50, $29.50, $36.50, $46.50
$10.50 to $38.50 Less Than the Regular Prices
These are fine, warm, handsomely tailored Overcoats, of rich fabrics chiefly the
highly favored PLAID-BACK OVERCOATINGS contracted for before the manufac
turer started work on regular orders and when cloth mills were willing to make con
cessions to secure orders.
The New Autumn and Winter Suits
A wonderful collection, including all that is now and correct in Suits and Top Coats for the sea
son just ahead. A wealth of handsome fabrics fashioned with exacting care by our well-known suppliers.
Prices are noticeably lower than heretofore. STEIN-BLOCH Suits and HART. SCHAFFNER & MARX
Suits at $42.50 and $47.60 are unusually good value. "ALCO" and "WICKIIAM" Suits, at $28.00, $33.00
and $38.00 establish new standards of clothes-value. In addition -THE FOLLOWING EXTRA
SPECIAL LOTS
Suits, with two Pairs of
Trousers $27.50, $34.50
Men's and young Men's Suits, of -worsted,
serges, herringbones, stripes and checks.
Youths' Suits with two
Pairs Long Trousers $27.50
Smart Suits of new autumn and winter fabrics,
especially designed for the hard-to-flt chap of 16
to 19 years.
Gabardine Top Coats
$25.00 and $35.00
Men's and young men's Top Coats of English
and American make. All are shower-proof. Many
are "cravenetted."
Separate Trousers
$3.75, $5.50 and $8.25
A great variety of fabrics in new stripes, dark
toned patterns and plain colors.
-- Strawbrldge A Clothier Second Floor, Eat
200 Men's A utumn
Soft Hats at $2.65
An unusual opportunity for 200 men to save money
right at the very outset of the season. These are all
brand-new Hats, the product of a leading manufac
turer. They are m several of the season's smartest
styles and colors. Men should hurry here for these.
5-V 8trawbrldBB & Clothier Second Floor. Market Street, Eait
Men's Sample Shoes, $8.90
There still remains a fair assortment of styles and leathers.
These are "samples" in Autumn and Winter styles from the James A.
LjJanister Company and the Boyden Shoe Company. Savings, as com-
Strawbrldge ft Clothier KIchth and Filbert Streets
1200 Men's Shirts, $1.35
Fancy Percale and Madras Shirts in a wide array of stripe-effects.
All made with soft cuffs. All very attractive value at the price.
t& Strawbrldge. & Clothier East Store, Eighth Street
The Scientific Fitting
of Children's Shoes
The X-Ray Foot-O-Scope reveals every bone of the foot show
ing if the shoo fits perfectly or not. As most adult sufferers from
foot-ailments can trace the cause of their trouble to incorrectly
fitting Shoes in childhood we need" scarcely call attention to the
necessity of BRINGING CHILDREN TO THIS STORE TO BE
PROPERLY FITTED.
Children's Black and Brown Shoes, $3.50, $3.75 and $4.00
Sizes 6 to 8. Black, gun-metal and chestnut brown calf; broad
nature-shaped lasts, heavy, square-edge turned solea and spring
heels; buttoned or laced; extra tips.
Children's Tan Calf Welted-sole Blucher Shoes at $4.50
Sizes 8a-i to 11. Plain soft toes; spring heels.
Children's Brown and Black Calf Shoes, $5.50 and $6.00
Welted soles, straight tips; broad nature-shaped lasts; laced.
Misses' Chestnut Brown Calf Laced Shoes at $7.00
Sizes 112 to 2. Broad nature-shaped lasts; welted leather soles.
Growing Girls' Tan Scotch Grain Leather Oxfords, $8.00
Full round toes, low broad heels; Brogue pattern.
Misses? and Children's Slioes Under Price
Dark tan calf, broad nature-shaped lasts, extra tips, perforated
trimmings. Sizes 5 to 8, at $3.00; 8i to 11, at $3.50; 11 to 2, at
$4.00; and 2l to 7, at $5.00.
Growing Girls' Black Calf Oxfords, Special
Full round toes, low broad heels; sizes 2 Ms to 7 special at $5.90.
Sale of Children's Sample Shoes
Continues with hundreds of pairs of Shoes all from our best
suppliers at prices far less than equal grades can be sold for dur
ing the coming season.
SAMPLE SIZES ONLY Children's, $2.75, Misses', $3.75;
Girls', $4.75.
Women's Suits
For Autumn
From $30.00 to $47.50
Straight-line models with de
tachable belt, belted, plaited mod
els and unbelted Suits on long,
conservative lines. Some trimmed
with buttons and silk stitching
and some finished with fur col
lars. Tweed, velours and trico
tinc. Extra-size Suits
From $55.00 to $100.00
To be worn with or without
belts, also distinctive types of
close-fitting models, slightly
flared from the waistline. Of
duvet de laine and moussyne,
some with handsome collars of
nutria or moleskin.
Strawhrldur & Clothier
Second Floor, Centre
Imported
All-Wool Plaids
and Stripes
Beautiful novelty effects
from Fiance, in exquisitely
soft French tones; 50 inches
wide $3.75 a yard.
Strawbrldge & Clothier
AInle 7, Centre
x--Straw bridge 4 Clothier Eighth and Filbert Streets
It Pays to Buy a
Dependable Phonograph
Whv experiment with unknown and untested makes, when, bv
choosing a dependable Phonograph you insure future satisfaction?
Moreover, you can buy dependable Phonographs here on the fol
lowing convenient terms
iFor a $25.00 Victrola IV and 6 double
faced Records. Total value of OutfiU
$30.10.
)For a $35.00 Victrola VI and 6 double-
faced Records. Total value of Outfit
) $40.10.
$2.00 Now
$3.00 monthly
$3.00 Now
$3.00 monthly
$4.00 Now
$4.00 monthly
$5.00 Now
$5.00 monthly
$5.00 Now
$6.00 monthly
$10.00 Now
$8.00 monthly
$10.00 Now
For a $45.00 Victrola "50" (portable)
rand 6 double-faced Records. Total value
I of Outfit $50.10.
For a $75 Victrola IX, an $80.00 Wind
Jham Phonograph or an $85.00 Grafonola.
)For a $100.00 Victrola "80," a $100
nVindham Phonograph or a $flS.00
) Cheney Phonograph.
For a $125.00 Victrola "90," a $125.00
pVindham Phonograph, a $145.00 Cheney
J Phonograph or a $150.00 Victrola XI.
For a fine $225.00 Viptrnln nn - ,
$10.00 monthly )hcmtiiul $25-0 Cheney Phonograph.
addeufto;ouVa 'bill? ChargC nCCUnt' the monthI amount8 '"av bo
W-" Strawbrldgo ft Clothier Fifth Floor, Win
Women's New
Tailored Dresses
From $13.75 to $25.00
Coat, panel, tunic, redlngote
and straight-line styles, with in
teresting new sleeves in varying
lengths, some widely flaring.
Some embroidered in wool or silk,
beaded in' jet, or trimmed with
fancy braid. Dozens of models,
black and navy.
Afternoon Dresses
From $21.75 to $32.50
Crepe do chine, crepe Georg-ette-and-satin
combinations and
beaded satin crepe, in tunic,
plaited-skirt, panel, plaitcd-tunic
and straight-line slip-over effects.
Black, navy and dark brown.
atrawhrldje Clothier
Second Ploor Market Street
Old Silver Pieces
Made Like New
Old Sterling or Plated Sil
verware refinished or replated
and made like new. "Will call
for samo if desired. Estimates
given.
Strawhrldirr A Clothier Jewelry
Ttepalr De.lt Ats'.e 8, Market Street
Boys' Suits
For Autumn and Winter
Suits of all-wool cheviot, with
extra knickerbockers $12.75.
Suits of corduroy, with extra
pair of kniclserbockers $13.75.
Suits of cheviots and herring
bone fabrics, with extra knicker
bockers $-16.75.
Small Boys' Blue Sorgo Middy
Suits, special at $8.50.
Small Boys' Wash Suits
$3.50.
Separate Knickerbocker: cor
duroy, $2.95; blue sonre, $3.50;
cheviot, $3.00 and $3.50.
Rtmwbrldre ! Clothier
Second Floor, rilhert Htreet. Bait
Scotch Linen
Kitchen Toweling
28c 35c 50c
A fortunate purchase enables
us to sell these sturdy Linen
Towelings at these low prims.
Weights suitablo for dish, hand
or roller towels. From Scotland's
foremost manufacturer of Towel
ings, reflecting the integrity three
generations hnve prondlv main
tained. Towolings 28c, 35c and
50c a vard.
Rlrawhrldn Clntlil.r Alit 12, Centre
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