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18 FIRST JOURNEY IN AUTO IS FATAL TO FAMILY OF SIX Powell Clan Is Extinguished When Peninsula Trolley Hits Machine 12 Miles From San Jose THREE GENERATIONS VICTIMS OF WRECK Grandparents, Son, Wife and Two Children Are Killed and met his visitors in the * driveway, ' but they did not get-out of the ma- ; chine. After talking- a few minutes \ • John Powell, who was driving, turned \ around and started for the road about ! 50 feet distant. , , :, ... ! BOY'S WARXIXG I MIF.AKI) j As the auto rolled at a moderate i speed, for the road the 10 year old son i of Williams shouted that the trolley i car was coming down the road in front; of lie house. The occupants of the auto evidently did not hear the warn ing and continued on their way. laugh ing: and talking. The trolley car was in charge of Motorman David G. Jones and Conduc tor D. W. Nesbitt. Jones said he was traveling about 25 or 30 miles an hour end that he whistled 100 feet west of the crossing. ' > • "I didn't see the automobile," he ■ rid. "until it came out of the orchard less than a car length away. I imme diately reversed and did all that I could to check the car. but of course the accident was unavoidable." Manager F. EL Chapin stated that the company's schedule calls for a speed of 40 and 45 miles an hour on the Btretch of road where the accident oc curred. It is all straight running and Bllghtly down grade and the care coast along with the power shut off. He paid that the car was on time and not exceeding the speed limit. FAIR TO EMPLOY 6,000 WORKMEN Number of Employes on Site Will Be Doubled Dur ing Summer . The exposition is being rapidly as sembled. i-t ;-, - ': The site is now showing considerable signs of improvements and the plans ere fairly complete., -Summarized, the present status of the work on the main exhibit buildings is as follows. *• Serrice building—Completed. *.. Palace of machinery—Frame completed: north ♦nd Iheathed and sheathing progressing else where; roof commenced and well under way; Boor being laid.- * ; U Palace of education —Main floor laid and upper .»lriicture about to be commenced. .•-F'*l«ee of liberal - arts —Floor commenced. •. .-" I'alace of manufacturesPillcz completed; floor »oon to be commenced. ~ ! r* • " Palace of varied —Contract let; piling completed. Palace of lutnes and metallurgry—Contract "•warded; piling In progress. -Palace of transportation—Piling nearly flninhrd; floor rood to be commenced. -;>?ij-:- ! * Palace of agrlcaltnre —Floor under way. -. Palace of food products— nearly com gifted.... ; ~. ■ ;,. v■. .'. •■ >■ S Palace of flnc arts—Piling In progress/ "-Palace of horticulture—Plans completed; bid! fcooi to be Invited. V Festival ball—Pluns completed; bids soon to iip Invited. •J- In addition, the permanent public -auditorium, to be built of steel and located in the civic center, Is receiving \i.f grading and concrete work as one contract, and the contract will be let in a tew days for the purchase of 3,300 ions of steel for its frame. Z Nearly 2,000 men are now employed on the exposition grounds, and by the end of summer. 6,000 will be engaged. 'Up to the present time most of the work done was not visible to the casual observer. The planning: took months, the reclamation of tide lands took months; so did the clearing of the site and removal of old buildings. 1 Fence building, laying of water and sewer pipes and electric conduits took months, and these things are still In progress. Preparation of the aviation Held and the drill grounds on the Presidio reser vation is going on. * The exposition is now advancing at a gait that has been, unequaled by any previous world's fair, 20 months in ad vance of the time of opening. * Huber Rasher of Spokane, commis sioner from the state of Washington, yesterday visited the exposition site. $300,000 lor Pennsylvania ' HARRISBURO, Pa., June 28.—1n the closing , hours of the 1913 session of the Pennsylvania legislature, which ad journed today, the appropriation for Pennsylvania's participation, in the Panama-Pacific exposition was cut from $450, to $300,000. • -~>* «-^. VICTORIA ISLAND IS SOLD TO CORPORATION Mr. and Mr*. Ivey L,. Borrtcn Transfer .. —. . .- .. .. Interrain Valued at $2,000,000 to Victoria I'nrnin Company (Special DHpfiteh to The Call) • - STOCKTON, June It.— and Mrs. Ivey J*. Borden of Han Francisco have transferred Victoria island; to the Vic toria Farms company, a newly incor porated company, of which Mr. and Mrs. Borden are directors. -. Victoria island Consists of more than 7",000 acres and is situated in the south eastern section of San Joaquin county. It li in a high state of cultivation, and is- valued at $2,000,000. , The Victoria Farms company is capi talized at $1.000, the stock being divided into 15,000 shares, valued at $100 per share. The directors of the company are I. I* Borden, Hattie %B. ;<iil.n. Tyndall Bishop, ' Harrison Dib blse and A. A. Catton, all of San Fran cisco. V TRAIN NEARLY PLUNGES FROM BROKEN TRESTLE KaMtbotind California Limited In $46pped | at Ktlxe of >(>« .Mexico | Vlnshniit ■{ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. June 28.— th*" result of ;• a cloudburst at Eiota ' N. M., 30 miles north of here, late this evening, part of a trestle spanning, an i Hrroyo and ; a considerable stretcft of | track on the Banta Fe transcontinental j line was washed out, tying up traffic Indefinitely. : , :| Two passenger trains. No. 1 west lound and the eastbound California limited, narrowly escaped plunging into tlifc washouLv . ; :. ~:•:;"' ' '•'•»" I The r<cloudburst ..submerged... a 'wide larea of country, , destroying crops and fdrowning sheep and cattle. Split Skirts ,Are Barred Too Vulgar Says Chief LOUISVILLE, Kir,, June 28— Chief of Police Lindner today la. cued; a blanket order • for the J ar reat of wearers of ■> apllt aklrta without protecting; uadergar* menta. .' ; ..... ■■ * - . . -', '; •'A number of women hare been appearing on the *ir**te of [Louie- * villc In dr?M»*M which the lawn 'of decency t forbid, and I believe this ■ la ? j without i: doubt ;- β-dleorderly j net," eayeZthe chief** order. "I refer to skirt* which are epllt up the aide, ; exposing the limb. Aa long a« an undergarment i» worn beneath the eplit dreaaea It >la all rla;l|t. but : where '*}■ flaorrant ex iMihiire -Ik made It )• - the duty, of ■ i lie, police to - make - arre*ta."' .'- i'blef l.iads«y said that numrn who hnvf the l "nerve*' to appear OB the Btreeta In ": kilt dresce* will not t mind a "little tblß like a police court trial." ; -•':-/' •■ INDIAN MURDERER SENTENCED TO DIE Murderer of Constable Pre tends Not to Comprehend <: Judge's Words VA.WOIYER, B. C. June 25.—Paul Spintlum has been found guilty of the murder of Constable Kindness,and will die for his crime September 12. Jus tice Morrison pronounced sentence upon him yesterday in the courtroom in New Westminster. Stolidly, rather than stoically, the Indian took the verdict and sentence.. :- Ills Indian cunning to the last made him pretend he did not understand the words of the judge, but his counsel, who has talked with him frequently during the trial, assured the judge I SpUntlum understood.;: Spintlum with Mose Paul were hunted by , the police for 18 months through British Columbia, ; end, finally, cix months ago, gave themselves up. Con-". '' stable Kindness was murdered in July, ! 131 i. *; .-■■ ■ -/ ■:•. ■ k - . ■ /. •;\Mose Paul is to.be tried as an acces sory to the crime next week. ■■: Alaska Coal Arrives ■ SEATTLE, June 23.— The first I ship | ment of the 700 tons of coal to be. mined by the United States government ■party;? In -the Bering river > oal fields wub received at salt water at Katalla Thursday night, Recording to cabled information? received J here i from Cor dova. The shipment- consisted of two and a. half tons. Little delay is ex pected in shipping out the remainder of the 700 tone, to be tested for Its steam- I ing Qualities by the cruiser Maryland. Husband Slays Man VERONIA. Ore.. June 28.-Robert Me pherson of this" place,. was shot; and killed last, night , and \ Green Adams, formerly l of the United' States navy, is under arrest.; ibj connection with the , i.rime. ;. ; ;:'...\,■-"'■.',-;,'.■; ~ -,-. Adams returned a few "days ago after a long: Interval, and. it Iβ stated, was told that McPhersorv had , paid atten tions to Mrs. Adams during hie ab sence, ' '~'.; " v ~-. .■•.'.* This is believed to have enraged | i Adams and caused a fight, -which termi- I i nated In the death of MVPhereon. Fire Threatens Town J HOOD RIVER, Ore., June IS.—Fire | at an early : hour this morning de- 1 stroyed the $500,000 sawmill of the Oregon Lumber company at Dee and is threatening. the entire town. If the flames are not checked the loss will be more than $1,000,000." V > New : Liquor Law Asked ; SPOKANE, June :S.—The federal grand jury, which adjourned today, memorialized congress to pass a law making it possible to prosecute Indians for buying intoxicating liquors. Tfee greater part of the time of the district attorney for * eastern Washington is taken up in prosecuting white men for ,selling "■ liquors •to Indian*, and the grand Jurors are of the belief that the traffic in liquors can be diminished if the Indian who buys can be prose cuted. ° ,* FITSMAURICE FILES TWO WRECK DAMAGE SUITS Victim of Vallejo Crash Asks $10,000 for Himself and . $30,000 for Mrs. Sondy VALLEJO, 'June 28.— suits against the San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railroad company have been fileVL in the Solano county courts by Morris Fitzmaurioe of ; Ban .Francisco as the result of the Wreck June 19 near Vallejo. - '■" .-■.-... ; ' ■'. ;,;.: One suit, for 30,000, is on behalf of Mrs. Caroline ~ Sondy, L ; whose 8 \ year old daughter . Helen; .was ..killed •■ -I In the collision. The other suit is for. $10,000 on behalf of Fitzmaurice him-' self. ;: •,-.■; 'y',--.-:- '■: -"::■';.-':; ■% FitJmavtrlce received a scalp wound and , a broken rib In the . disaster. After devoting, his efforts 3to the j; rescue of ; other victims. he went to San Francisco, where ■he 'Was'-treated J for his injuries. Me asserts that the J^ fractured rib punctured his; lung, causing pleurisy. , . POPE, FOLLOWING CUSTOM, PRAYS ON PETER'S TOMB Observing; Ancient Tradition,;/ Pontiff j '; Descend* to Offer Supplication » at A pontic's Bier . ROME, June 28. —Following the an cient tradition ?in connection 3 with St. Peter's eve, the pope descended tonight J to ; Bt. Peter's to pray on the '- tomb of the .apostle.;;: .'■:'., 1 , * ;, . _ ■; . ,•.; : -...! At sunset all the doors to the basilica I were closed to > the public. Accom panied by his court, the v pontiff ! de scended from his , apartment by the ele vator to Raphael's iloggie,* from which , he was carried in ; his ;' chair through the \ enapel of i the sacrament ? into βt. 1 Pc- i ter'e. Here r the pope was * received ■by j the. canons, who paid him homage. m ; For half an hour the pontiff iremained kneeling in prayer. - " FREDDIE'S BIRTHDAY FEAST ; Around a table which, in the words of one of the young guests,' was "deco rated with the finest eatings," ; the birthday of young "Koch was honored by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Koch*, yesterday,^ at the % family home, 104<*> : ; Sanchea I street. Those : present to help \ the . lad i celebrate | the event were his parents. Mrs. J. Lippi, Alice Cleary, George: Km he. Marie Anghinetti. Eddie Irftwless, .Elizabeth Rithmoiller, Richard Abrahamson, Frank Rutzen' and Ber tha Rutzen. THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUKE .29, 1913. WATER SHORTAGE MYTH, SAYS POWER MAN TO CONGRESS Blue Lakes Official Sends Wire on Hetch Hetchy Matter Declaring Data Given Is Untrue \ • 'WASHINGTON,"..'■ June f 23.—Eugene J. Sullivan of San Francisco, president, of the Sierra ' Blue Lakes Water and Power company,; telegraphed the house 1 public lands committee". today ; that reports ■of water " shortage in that - city were • un true - and framed for i political effect. , • Chairman'Ferris read the telegram to the committee: ' ■'~-" "'■'• "-' ' . "AbsolutelyJno' water shortage here. Such allegations : framed for ; | political purposes. ,; No need for • haste in t the Hetch Hetchy matter. Officials merely deceiving your committee as they have already ) deceived | Ml , .*? Freeman and * the army board. We shall have a serious scandal, as the army -I board accepted false data in s good faith, but did not give ■: sufficient time for;; person*! v in vestigation. =; Respectfully ask time? to prepare data and present proof *to '■ your committee.?; Please consider ;this' an of ficial communication." ,1 -" r* ~-!>,u City; Attorney Long, City Engineer O'Shaughnesey and California represen tatives in - congressV who were present protested , against the statement. Rep. resentative j; Kahn said that Sullivan had: reflected lon the army board i: and requested V- the committee ■to n summon him. The committee finally telegraphed Sullivan~ it : would ', hold the hearings open until July .7; when he would be expected to testify. . - - ■ • The '-.>. hearings !; • were closed tonight except for ; the s possible s appearance Jof Sullivan on July 7. The committee then ; will press the introduction of the bill, which will, vif passed, enable San Francisco to proceed with its $75, --4)00,000 project. V s A V*' - : .*; A prompt I report by the committee favoring the project is ;expected/- . -i * At the hearing Edwin A. Whitman of Boston ■' defended the scenic sentimept : and attacked the i power of < congress .to give the right of way to the project. :* Ke feared the i, demand for sanlta-: ton would mean that ultimately all tourists would be > kept out of Yosemite park, in which Iletoh Hetchy is located; that with a - filtration plant, which he believed; to be l Inevitable, the element of difference Jin the cost of r this and tne next less expensive project would bo reduced to $3,000,000. ' ~ - '••'.' I*. 1 ..-L. Dennett %of J California, repre senting intervening lands, wanted them protected in water and power rights. '."-;;;? -. Representative Curry of California said he believed Hetcli; Hetchy was best of " four < available i: water ; sources/ilbut that the ; city should be compelled to supply power to all who wanted it. ... ART EXHIBIT FOR PORTOLA DISPLAY Poster Design Contest At- tracts Many and Breaks All Records ; The Portola art exhibit, in which'"the work of some of the best known art ists of California will be" , shown, v ; is to be held upon th; conclusion of the $100 pfize<! poster contest 1 ; now being conducted by the committee. Designs submitted in the competition will be on exhibition, according to announcement made yesterday. ■, As the i entrants ; in clude some of the foremost illustrators and painters In California, a 3display, well worth visiting is expected. 5 ' The poster v contest; has v broken ; all records v for . the number •of entrants, the number of "designs already,:sub mitted, and for the general ;■ average of talent displayed. " ~*,.-, m . The Portola committee will require materials for decoration during the fes tival :*> ; ; Ten miles \of greens ■: for deco rations. 100,000 flowers, 24 acres of flags, 50 tons -of i plaster, 40,000 electric lights of 1.000,000 candle power S and 10.000 gallons of water for the big fountain. • : . : -" " ~ The Spanish War Veterans are ; In creasing the scope of their plans for the entertainment; of Admiral Dewey. Arthur 11. Dutton. chairman of the committee '>.: arranging £ the 4 ? entertain ment plans/ says all camps in San 5 Fran cisco will 'be i represented. Mr. "\ Dutton is a member of Nelson A. Miles camp, which ;Is ■ also * represented by >C. J. Du treaux and E. C. Paul. R. H. English and Peter de Bleeker will act for Rien hold Richer camp, and W. H. Phillips and A. E. Wharf for ' JlcKlnnon camp. -;' STORK CALLS ON ARTIST > A seven pound girl : was born last night ito '■_, the wife of J. B. Gum, well known in newspaper circles as head of the art department of The Call. "r • ■ > Dan Jolinnon and Charles Pattrrnon were fined \ $10 . each: yesterday by J Judge Crist for having lotteryi tickets. . ; I s KpGJLO I v PlaTerdPlano | 4 Considerations - 1. The Apollo is the one Player Piano that touches m down on the keys, as a human musician plays. ——-—— II 2. The Apollo is the only Player Piano made with a |jp . motor that winds and rewinds the foil without pumping. j 3. The Solo Apollo is the only -Player Piano that r correctly accents the melody. ;-•,': ' . <' • . 4. The Solo Apollo is the only Player Piano that H instantly omits the melody and plays the accompaniment || If you are thinking of getting a Player Piano, let !; -, us demonstrate these exclusive and vital features to you. ! I MELVILLE CLARK PIANO CD. , .9 • " PACIFIC COAST BRANCH ' " '•■ M HARRY J.CURTAZ, General Manager I 233 POST STREET j;._ J| i ... • • - it J Anniversary of Council Degree Work Program Several officials of Knights of Co lumbus who r»ill take part in celebration in San Maleo today. . . MOVIES AID TO LOCATE A CHILD Five Year Old Olga Natalie Eills Flashed on Screens I —Did You See Her? ~■• ■-- -r. v~ ;-■■•■-■"-"■■•■-■ c: •:•'■ " ■■■ - :: 'i ■ ■>- "Children," I am lost. Won't you help send me home to my •mother 2 In this manner , ; five year old Olga Natalie Ellis of Revere, Massachusetts, who has been missing since she was taken away from her mother on Febru ary 22 by the divorced husband, made her plea to the boys and girls of San Francisco from the screens of 60 mov ingf picture houses last night. : Knowing by experience; elsewhere that the"; little ■ children who see Olga'a face flashed : on the \ screen' will recog nize the lost little" girl should they meet her In real life, the ' mother has adopted this means of searching „ for her baby. With i the picture and the plea appeared; also a description, suffi cient to supplement the , photograph. Olga-has blue eyes, dimples, and light. wavy hair. ; S J Just !once ; has the little, fair haired and dimpled Olga been seen since her disappearance,* and when the other child , who had seen Olga in company with her father on a train in western Canada saw i,Olga's newspaper >, picture a day later, she Immediately. l said: * t "< "That's Olga on the : train." ; Mrs? Eills has heard of that occurrence, and bo, to the moving picture < houses of San , Francisco ' and f other cities she has ap pealed for help. : .■•".-•• :v "' v :, "' Mrs. Harriet -E. : Ellis was awarded the > custody of the i child by the supe rior court <In Massachusetts, but the divorced husband, who has been a teleg rapher ;■ and -\ a Unitarian clergyman Sat' different * times : i in his \ life, % turned I kid , naper. If i Olga Sis \ located, Mm. Kills asks that the polio©' be notified at once. Knights of Columbus to Celebrate Fifth Year of Founding (Special Dispatch to The Call) ■ SAN MATEO, Jane 28. — Knights of v Columbus will hold full ; sway here ; tomorrow, when an all day celebration ; will be held to : commemorate the found ; ing , of San Mateo council No. 1345 five years ago. Right Rev. E. J. Hanna and, other prelates will be present in addition to a large number of visiting knights from San Francieco to San Jose. It is estimated that fully 3.000 members of the order will attend. : - The program will open with degree .] work by the council at 9 o'clock, when h State Deputy Frank Silva of Napa will ! officiate. At 10:15 a. m. a special train will leave San Francisco with a dele gation arriving in San Mateo at 10:45. After a reception at the Southern Pa cific station a parade, headed by the ' League ?; of * the Cross band, will i pass through the streets to St. Matthew's : church, where there will be high \ mass ; ; followed > by a sermon by Rev. T. J. O'Connell. * ■ . v-A barbecue will be held In the grounds of the First avenue grammar •schooli shortly after noon. ;« ; At 1:30 o'clock there will be degree work ; - by Past State Deputy Neal \ Power and the ' state team. At the same time there will -be a reception ' and entertainment to the lady visitors. Open house Will i be held in the Elks' club and thje Penin sula hotel all afternoon, and In the I * grounds c of the '; Peninsula hotel the I Peninsula World's Fair band will give j an s open air concert. ■• The main event will take place at j ? 7 o'clock in the evening, when a recep tion and banquet will be tendered ■ Bishop Hanna. ;/-';;.'.. '■'■..-. : ~ : "'-i :V t-,-?;,v.- '.; ;: The principal speakers will be Father j J. "W. Sullivan. Joseph Badoc Tobln of i : San Francisco and Joseph Scott of Los I Angeles, a past":; state ; i deputy. Joseph Ruegg of ?Sa.n"!Mateo>.wiir- > be toastmae ter and 4 the following will respond in the« order named: *. Rev. James A. Grant of Burlingame, J. S. Tobin of San Francisco, G. J. Mc- Gregor of : Burlingame, Past State ■ Dep uty Neil ?v Power, State Deputy Frank SilvaVof Napa and Joseph Scott of Los Angeles. *"' ' >' , ' "' . The' arrangements committee v con-' . sists of: : *t-<;V:,;V- : --';; Joseph I". -KUlelca. - James :T. S O'Keef*. P.* Partmann. ' J. '3. HaUir, ; Daniel Plynn, , ;; George A. Deleau, " Rev. 1 " James' A. ? Grant, v: Georjje A. UucM, •J. B. Kuegg and Raymond K. O'Grady. ? The following persons represent their \ respective parishes on ■ the } general com mittee: ■ . " " ' ' „ ! >:-'X Judre A. MeSweeney. South San Francisco.:; * ■■■? l>. Bill, San Bruno. - > • -;: , : • Rev. J. A. Grant, ' .Tames R. ;'Morpliy,'* James Madden; and <G. J. McGregor. Borlinpame. • *. ; Joseph ' Sadoc Tobin } and Walter ; Martin, Hills bo rougU. • -■ '• - . - ' Rev. J. Dugan. J. E. C*sey. J. B. ; Ruegff, Ed win Tobin and R. O'Grady, San Mateo.. ■ :>? '■::■ J. H. Hanlr, ;P. A. Ryan, ; Rer. 'J. J. Sulllran aifii William King, , Redwood City.Vv' '.;»■'--_■-■.r.r«cr * Rev. J. B. Hannijtan, D. K. O'Keefe, A. Gale, James T. ■ O'Keefe, \ John Morey > and J. B. ; Kelly, Monlo Park. .: :.'....-::.: •: v .~, -, ' R Rer. Joseph M. Gleason and George W. Tlnney, Palo Alto. ;,-=' •:;,-«,;■ ?v- vi-B:-f *' ■ . vr ': •'.*'-'. ; '\ '~--' OWNER OF REAL ESTATE ALSO OWNS ATMOSPHERE j Judge ■:: Decide*. He ' May Shoot : Fowls, But Not Aeroplanes Nor " v .-''>•<■ ■. '„-■■, '• Dodoes . ';■ ■ .■..■■■• (Special Dispatch to The Call) , ■■.■'• -■.■■■ •' iVr S AN RAFAEL, June 28.—1t has ~\ been legally decided that a man'/ may shoot, kill and appropriate to his own.use any bird or fowl whicM he finds flying: over his real estate: Two exceptions axe specified by Justice of j the! Peace W. F. Magee from the pen alty of trespassing. These are the aero plane, because ' It' is : . not a fowl, and the dodo, because It is extinct, or nearly so. This decision was rendered today by Judge;( Magee v, In w the J case;; of n Ernest Nervlanl, proprietor of a Fairfax ; road house,:* charged by Pietro Ballerlno, neighbor, with shooting a number of his prize pigeons. . The case was dismissed when Nervlanl testified that I the"; pigeons | persisted jin flying about; his house and J garden, and to abate the \ nuisance! he ) shot them; It was ! Immaterial "i that he i made a potpie of the birds. ' •■ - 1 :;■ |l - 'llk il vl fliHllllllllllllillH HHH m II ■■' fsßsWsfism^^ ; ss*JC7H I ■ Inm Li ill ■ i>y?i^LrS^^ySffp^tf' ' ssmßssmMsm*. W 1 1 wl 1 -m 1W B aVflPja 1 : 'BiPSI HlsMrn-' lies in the use or a oerredt - LfK. '" "• It 181 - 11 • .* *i *l -i_ kssW M ' u^"cat ' n 8 oil,—an oil that T hIIL eliminates fridtion and allows all l^!|^|j#f?^ il c P ower of tnc engine to be ■I The Standard Oil for Motor Cars I II accomplishes exactly these results. Hundreds of owners I of motor trucks tell us that ZEROLENE is one of the U 1L . mam factors in the reduction of their maintenance charges. AW ZEROLENE~Hhe carbon-proof oil. J Sold by dealers everywhere. Standard Oil Company /&^_S\ (CALIFORNIA) \ San Francisco WW ) Of Special Interest to Pro fessional and Other Musicians *'*--i-• - . , . • -. Finest of Baby Grands, Chickerings, Sohmers, Kimballs and Latest and Best Player Pianos in a Big BShr-' ■ Genuine , Sale WE must sell a lot of pianos quickly to make, room for subtenants. If you'll come to the Big ■;■ Piano House tomorrow and select a piano, any kind, we'll not even ask you to pay anything down. T And we'll sell you any piano in this house at one-third ' off.; Remember, this means an , actual one-third off . «. the already low prices made possible by the now well known Eilers-Little-Profit-Per-Piano-Policy. -We now give you one-third off any piano you may select. You arrange to pay for the balance as best suits your con venience. . ■ ■ .' If you pick out a fine new player piano, we'll ac cept as. little as $2.00 a week. Or select a new regular piano and pay us at the rate of only SI.OO a week. * ■ Anything to get rid of pianos, so the subtenants can get in. They're in a hurry; so are we. We've sold an enormous number of pianos. But two - entire floors and f two-thirds of our downstairs Market Street frontage is to be vacated. So there are still a great many to be sold. .: We want buyers for ■ some elegant Baby Grand pianos, the nation's proud- : * < est name, genuine Chickerings, and the now world re- - nowned Kimball and the elegant Sohmers, and Hazel * tons ancl'Haddorffs.; Old time, high price charging -;v stores ask $900, =i and even $1,000, for instruments \ : which are now priced less than $565, some even less than $500. Payments $15, or even only $12, a month. Really good new pianos now for only $93, the kind for which the old time dealers ask $250. More elaborate ones" for only $160. . Latest - and perfect ; new player pianos for only $385. : All rubber tubed player pianos are being closed out at one-half the usual prices; some ': brand new ones, the best of that kind, for only $286; ' used ones for even less. A large number of Pianola ' pianos, instruments that we have "remade" so that ,. ;■■■;* the latest 88 ; note music rolls can be played on them; >; Pianola pianos thus improved will be found more de ' - sirable than the very latest, and our prices will be less " • than* half what 'is . asked . for same elsewhere. $700 . styles $315, all others at corresponding reductions. . Payments only $2.00 a week if desired. ". ." Free music rolls go with all player pianos in this sale. > . - y ,/. * ~ ; ' Look at the new, long , show windows. # See the .■•V- big line :of slightly used pianos, all of them as good as t new. - An elegant Chickering, only $212; a^ Werner • :; Bros., $93; a Schumann, $135; two Steinways, $195 and $215 ;; a superb Kimball, $235; Pianola Piano, $255; Playautomas, $290, etc., : etc. Free music rolls. No wonder everybody who comes in buys a piano, for the latest of Chickerings, Kimballs, Deckers, Smith & Barnes, Sohmer, genuine Autopiano player pianos, all are included at unheard of little prices. . k We send out our pianos on a novel thirty-day trial , offer. If you can not come, write us or telephone, but do it i quickly. You will never regret it. % ' The chance to save money such as now presented has never ex '_'.._■ isted before in the piano trade. ■-,-. [ ; This sale won t last long , —it can't. The prices are so low. r Every music-loving family v wants one the i. minute they see what is to be had, and, remember, - there is a money.-back guarantee;; instruments shall be found after delivery exactly as represented and in every way satisfactory or money back. - •: ':■■■- Again we repeat, don't bother about a first pay ment; arrange to pay so much a ! week, or month, and we will do , :* business. 1 We have to. Eilers Music .• House, the Nation's largest. Eilers Building, 975 Market Street. , • •..