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.EVENING' PUBliO LEDGEIPilliADELPHlA', FBIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921
2 FAMILIES FLEE
APARTMENT FIRE
Breaking of Dishes in He at
Awakens Weman at 2357
Orthodox Street
CHILDREN LED TO SAFETY
Twe families eseaperl tlirmigli nmek"
f .'1 o'clock this morning when fire was
discovered in nn apartment house ever a
fcterc nt 2.V7 Orthodox street.
Mr. MatiMa Hereermelster. nmirv
Inj; the seeond-fleor-front npnrtmcnt.
wn awakened by the lircik'ni; of
llthei in the lieut. The tire, she f Miml.
was In the renr npirtmrnt en the snm
fleer, oc-itpleil by Hurrj IMttersen ami
Ills family.
Mr IWRernieister pounded en the
deer of the I'atterseim' epnrtment. nnd
when he had awakened them irer her
jnwn children up nnd rut of the wnj
of the flame.
The mother awakened Jehn, eleven
rears old, and Anna, nine jears old.
l.er eldest ehihlren Thev went for
Wanda, their seven -yi'ar-eM Mter, and
led her out if the hciise Mr Utri'r
inelster took her youngest ehild, Her
man. -n infant 'if ecn weeks, ind
wrapping htm m a blanket carried htm
down the Hairs through the smnke
after the ether ehil In u Iier nu
hand was awaj at work.
llnrr ratternn awakened hi wife
(llga and Minr t ehlldren. Hairy.
Jr., three ears old. nnd Herman,
eightcn menilis old Tlie fire was in a
rleset in 'lie kltehen of the I'nUert-en
apartment Tertunatelv the deer was
closed, and the smoke that entered the
apartment wa-i lemened hwauy of this
fnet.
Tatterien led his family out of the
r.partmcm and down te thn treet.
Neichbers eared for both the Heijjer
ineiters nnd the Pattersons until the
fire was extinguished and they could pe
luck Inte their home
The raune of the file i undetermined
The encines arrived prompt!, and ir
wn exlinpul'-hetl before it Imd spread
threusli the home Tlw flumes were
confined largeh te the rl.vxet where ti ev
niislimted Valuable cl ina and niImt
warr, worth about S'JOO. was destreed.
und tb" damage le tne apartment, will
eeme te about SIMO nn re.
TWO MORE ZR-2 MEN BURIED
Members of Maxfield's Class at
Naval Academy Are Pallbearers
Washington. Sept 'J.T ) A V
TSedlen of two mere American naval
men who lest their lives in the de
struction of the dirlpble ZTt-2. found
n resting place tedav In Arlington Na
tional Cemetery
Services with full military honors
were held there for Commander l.euis
II. Mnjcfirld. of St Paul. Minn . who
was te have commanded the dinsible
en her flight te America, and for (Jcerce
Welsh. machinist" mute, of Klgin. Ill
Hear Admiral Willinm A Moffett. chief
of the naval bureau of aeronautics, at
tended with his t-tafT.
At the burlnl of Commander Maxfieid
members of his class nt the Naval Acad
emy acted as houernr.v pallbearers.
ANOTHER WOMAN M. P.
Mrs. Margaret Wlntrlngham Elected
te Heuse of Commens
Londen, Scpf 'i illv A P )--
Mrs .Margaret W'intriiicham, r.ihernl,
has been electid te the lleii-e of Cem- (
meiis for the T.etith division of Lincoln
shire in succession te hei late husband,
Tem Wlntrlngham She will be the
second woman te take a 'eat in the
Commens. Lad Aster hawiig been tlie
1irst ,
Mrs Wintrwirham received S.'lt
tes: Sir Alan Hiltehincs, Coalition Cealition Coalitien
rnionist. 7."il.". and James Oeerge, I .a
her :W".n. Women took a large part
m , ,ie diction campaign.
U. S. Naval Officer Ends Life '
( oenhagen. Sept. 2.'!. i By A P
-An American naval officer, whose
identltv has net n yet been established,
committed suicide in n cabaret here
carl this morning.
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You'll taste the
difference!
HONOR MEDALMEN INVITED
Will Be Quests of Government at
Arlington Funeral November 11
Washington, Sept. 2.". (y A. r.)
All holders of the Cengresstnnn!
Medal of Hener llvltia in. Continental
United States will be asked by the War
uepnrtment te attend ceremonies in
Washington November 11, when the
American unknown Jcnd is buried at
Arlington Cemetery,
The Medal of Hener men will bn guests
of the Government for tnc occasion nnd
will bu the official mourners who will
fellow the- body te the cemetery. The
War Department annulment today their
traveling expenes would be tnken care
of. The niedil Is awarded only for
valor above and beyerd tne enll of duty
in action ajainst the enemj .
BUSINESS CRIME
WAVE
RAMPANT
National Credit Men See Peri
of Inundation Swoop Sweep
ing Country
Serrlal DHpntcft te Evrnlntl fuilie J.rrffffr
Atlantlr City, Sept. 23. A wave of
"business crime" which
inundate all but the most powerful com-
I 1 1 LanaAH nil t hA mtmnnttl' it .
tuidtv Dinicn HD AT CCA raPrr,,u. """JC . " i .w c""en wnere a Dann or looters who sc-
IHInlY rlUKbU Ur A I btA entrenched. Jobbers l8 swfcplnK the i rnr((j jlO.OOO by settlnn un n chain of
stores nnd filing false credit ratinits
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houses which are netting pewcrul or
ranliatlens of the looters millions and
setting back the wholesalers by the same
amount.
"Cost of many of the necessities of
life cannot come down until some steps
nrc taken te halt the trcmenihms losses
caused by professional bankrupt and
credit creeks," was the statement made
di'Hne a symposium en resolutions pre
sented by thn National Investigation Investigatien Investigation
Presocutlon Department of the credit
credit men. Unless they wish te go
Inte bankruptcy themselves the manu
facturers and Jobbers must charge up
losses caused by the men bahlnd the
wave of bu sines crime te their ether
customers, who must pass it en te the
purchasing public."
Claims were made that Judces are
threatens te much tee lenient with the business
meiers caugnt rcu-nanuea jn their
crimes. Instance wns made of an ec-
regular 'sucker lists of manufacturers
and Jobbers who are considered easy
marks," said 0. D. West, manager of
the Investigation bureau. In making a
stand for closer scrutiny of all credit
requests. Other speakers declared that
the period of business slump which new
exists litis turned many former honest
merchants Inte nctual or potential busi
ness credit creeks.
land, according te members of the Heard
Shipwrecked Sailors
New Yerk. Sept. IK I llty A. V l
Thirtv xhlpw recked sailors have been
jib ked up in the Atlantic by the .steam
ship Cabe Crcux, which notified her
ewtlers today br wireless that t-he would
deck here Sunday Ne details were
given in tlie mesiigc. The steamer left
Seville, Spain, September 7. for this
pert.
In mnrlne circles the belief was ex
pressed that the allers were pickel up
September 14 or le after the great gale
that swept th" Atlantic. At that time
the Cabe Crcux was probably about
ttlllO miles out from Seville en the
southern trans-Atlantic course.
A number of steamships in the storm
area were damaged
BOOZE-MAKER FINED $2000
Alse Gets Three Months In Jail for
Sale and Manufacture
Iteavr. Pa., Sept. LT - (Hj A. V )
Ignas Mlladtn, of New Hrlghten, nenr
Pittsburgh, was sentenced te three
months in Jail and fined SI 000 yesleidav
when he pleaded guilty te mnnufartiir
Ing llmier. The sentence was one of
the etiffest erer meted out In Heaver
County Court for this offense.
MUhiIIii hI'e pleaded guilty te n
charge of selling liquor and was lined
another S1000.
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wireless Message Tens et Mescue ex , e, -'"V.J luVi-r"-. .1-- i. ".Kul wer? .K,Tl D.nt r?r ' rtl", n ; ns
.nun i Br..-Yi""i.. ...vw.,.. u... ...... punisnmcnt alter rieing convicted.
morning. While Federal Judges and . , , . ...
courts are trying te dig themselves out I DeclMnn wiw made te undertake a
from the tremendous flood of complaints FV.n.ur ,"', en1mJ,nl!En ,n nn effort te
and indictments of bootleggers nnd rum hnIt fhe criminal bands.
ine proiessienni nusiness swinniers
cmtipclers. business creeks nr conduct
ing real raids en the big business ' have advanced In hkill until they hare
King Alexander Has Relapse
Paris. Sept. 2 illv A P.) King '
Alexander of .luge-Slavla. who recenilj
Miffered a (e-vere i'lii'"'s here, has had 1
telapse and hi r'luin te .Iusn S'am
will be delayed. n he will be oenfiiicd
te his room In Versailles for muii1 days
His return had been fixed for Tucvln
last, and his arrival in Helgradc for (
two davs later.
Twe Students Killed In Aute Crash!
Ann Vrber. Mich.. Sept. Z. Manley
Kerns, of Lansing, and William (Jraver,
of Chlcnge, students at the 1'nlversitj 1'nlversitj
ef Michigan, were instantlj killed
enrl teda four miles north of here
when an automobile In which they were
riding Mruek n tractor standing in the
read The tractor i aid te have been
left without 11 light.
Mann & Dilks
U02 CHESTNUT STREET
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Fabrics of English manufacture
that arc exclusive nnd unusual.
Nev? Fall Medels
Suits and Topcoats
Styles Confined te Us
Hats in a s?eriet) of original shapes
te match the suits.
Mann & Dilks
IMPORTERS
1102 CHESTNUT STREET
Military Sandal
The Latest Thing!
Brown, tan, cherry or black, calf
or grain. Selling ter $8 at ground ground
fleer shops.
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Clese en te ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Nun (lipphir I'rem North Amerirnn, Turd7. Spt.
CI0603 $1,000,000 Ltnre
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llardart D.ik.ns I'empany, has leased
the thrc commercial buildincs at lll-
13-13 fieullj Thlrteentn street, te Bas
ti.in Si Davis, (or a term c: twtnty
years at a total rental rer"'ti;cl cleie
te $1,000,000. The combined frontage en
Thirteenth Etreet is 54 feet with a depth
of SO feet te Bansem etreet The ion-
antn will occupy the properties for the
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uen or prejeni leases.
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NEW STORE
Nes. Ill, 113 & 115 S. 13th St.
Between Chestnut and Walnut
which we will occupy as seen as present leases
expire. Prier te the occupancy of the new store,
which will be one of the finest equipped Ready-te-Wear
cstnbliphraentfl in Philadelphia,
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Interstate Fair
TRENTON
FAIR GROUNDS
September 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30
Round (t -1 O T Run
Trip 0jf. tf Trip
Niir rex HI centi 'Mltlemt
SPECIAL TRAINS
Direct te Fair Ground
Wednesday, September 28
Thurfida, September 29
Isnv Urusit Mrl at S OS B 0.' nd
10 02 A M tupplnic a( Went anil
North rhllHdfliiMn. Hiatlem.
nlurtiln. Inme Fl lreun4 Hp-
trmbr 'JS at 6 00, b.l.i anil 5 43 I'
JI (evtrmlr ft at S U0 0 10,
B S1 ami 5 ftO P M.
I.a. Markt 8tr9t Wharf. Bptm-
br 29 ami -'0 at 8 31) A. M , Hpten
br 20. at 7 10 nnd h 10 A St.
In iiMlMen le th-i uptclal trnlnn
renvtnlrnt riilur tralnn will atop at
Fair flrnuiida dall' Ter dualled
Informal i n
See Flyerat Consult Agents
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Pennsylvania
System
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We Will Clese Out Our
Entire Present Stock of DRESSES
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Gigantic EXPANSION SALE
Regardless of Cost or Less
Tricetine and Tricelette Dresses, Originally up te 35.00, at 10.75
Silk and Tricetine Dresses, Originally up te 40.00, at 16.75
Canten and Cleth Dresses, Originally up te 65.50, at 22.50
Canten and Cleth Dresses, Originally up te 100.00, at.... 39,50
Canten and Cleth Dresses, Originally up te 150.00, at 49.50
3-Piece Jersey Suits, Originally up te 29.75, at ...16.50
Beaded Georgette Dresses, Originally up te 100.00, at. ...29.25
Continental Weel Jersey Suits, Originally 29.75, at 10.75
Silk and Cleth Skirts, Originally up te 35.00, at , 9.75
FINE WINTER COATS, Less Than Cost
Fall and Winter Coats, Originally up te 65.00, at 29.50
Fall and Wrinter Coats, Originally up te ss.oe, .... 39.75
Fall and Winter Coats, Originally up te 100.00, at ...49.75
Fall and Winter Coats, Originally up te 110.00, at 59.75
Fall and Winter Coats, Originally up te 125.00, at.., 69.75
Mrf"YiTI7 Owin te the Extram Sacrifice Prices, There Will De Ne Charges, C. O. D'..,
LH KJ Ji Sit Echng.s or Refunds. All Sales Final.
Birflidaij SAIE
Throng of Women Eagerly Picking Frem
the Season's Foremost Footwear at
ACTUAL COST PRICES
This superbly smart military sandal is n wonderful value,
but It is only one of the hundreds of such vnlurs here new,
white our entire advance fall stock, comprising Philadel
phia's leading exclusive styles in high-grade pumps, ox
fords, slippers, beets ere in this sale. This is a buying
opportunity that will net be duplicated!
Full Fashioned f
All Shndcs Special
Sheer Silk
Stockings
De Net Lese a Minute! The Most Marvelous
Selections Await Yeu, and Sale Ends Saturday!
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1206-8-10 Chestnut St. 2nd.Hoer
TAKE ELEVATOR OR STAIRS
Frechie's Fixtures
De you knew this plain fact
th.it you don't need te spend a let' of money ;
for geed-looking Lighting Fixtures if you :
will only use your taste and a little judgment
in their selection. :
The sole object of this business is te try te sell ;
you geed fixtures with the best lighting and deco- :
rativc value at a moderate and reasonable cost. :
E If we accomplish that object of furnishing geed- :
E looking, geed-quality fixtures at a moderate price ;
5 (and we have done it a thousand times), we help
ourselves as well as help you. S
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E We hitve a nhowreom, a store, a warehouse and a :
factory with our own finishing plant, all waiting te :
supply your fixture wante at a fair and Jurt price. :
1 JOSEPH E. FRECHIE & CO., Inc. I
I 07 North Seventh St., Phila.
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IMPORTERS, DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF WOMEN'S AND
CHILDREN'S APPAREL OF THE HIGHEST CHARACTER
FOR MORE THAN TWENTY-SIX YEARS
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Very Appealing Values in
Autumn Apparel of Our
Own Origination
Suits of
Distinction
59-50
Street and
Afternoon
Dresses
45.OO
"Harris Ideas" medelled in the
very newest coat effects in the
accepted materials of Peiret twill,
Canten and satin faced Canten,
handsomely embroidered in an
assortment of sizes from the Miss
of fourteen te the stylish Stout
Lady of 52.
Harris Medel
Coats
59.50
A most diversified collection of
11 the newer fabrics in plain and
lavishly fur trimmed models. The
linings of the accepted serviceable
crepe de chine and the Harris
Btandard of workmanship in these
hand tailored coats, make this a
value of considerable importance.
Medels of special value in the
new meussyne, Veldyne and duvet
de laine. In brown, navy, Mohawk
and black, handsomely stitched and
embroidered, trimmed with lux
urious furs including nutria, Aus
tralian opossum and mole cellars.
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Harris Juvenile Fashions
Serviceable
Scheel Garb
Range in price from five te fifty dollars.
Children's Coats
Here in our interesting
Junier Department are mod
els, plain and fur trimmed,
and in a full assortment of
the correct materials, includ
ing that desirable and durable
chinchilla.
Cleth dresses for little
girls six te fourteen years.
Yeu will find a delightful
variety of styles in the vari
ous sixes, mostly in that
desirable serge, jersey and
check combinations.
Stunning Costume
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Rich crepes de chine and georg geerg
ettes in overbleuse, tie-back, and
tuck-in fashions. Newest Autumn
shades.
9-95
Smartest wool plaids and novelty
cloths of superior quality fash
ioned te give that exclusive tai
lored appearance se desired by the
well dressed. Knife pleated and
box-pleated models.
New Gelf
Sweater Coats
15.00
Finely knit wool garments with
conservative stripings of silk fibre.
Very new and smart for the golf
ceurse or general sports weaT.
In black, blue and brown
What the Harris Personal Service Means te Yeu
As manufacturers selling at retail prices we are giving you the benefit of
our unique posuien. Our close connection with the world's markets and
twenty-six yeurs of the thorough knowledge of designing and creating for the
best retail specialty shops in America, insure you the very newest of fashions
at very reduced costs.
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