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?dornen Uphold
League; Reject
Army Training
Suffrage Convention Makes
Declaration Against Mili?
tary Plan After Debate
Involving Honors of War
Mrs. Park Is Chairman
Message Sent to Washington
Sute to Insist on Early
Federal Ratification
By Emma Btigbee
Sr?<-rmi Dispatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.?The League of
Nations was indorsed by the League of
Women Voters at the final session of
the suffrage victory convention here
?to-day. The women also adopted a
resolution opposed to universal mili?
tary training. Both these subjects
were debated at great length and with
much feeling, but were carried by large
majorities.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, was elected
national chairman of the league, and
Mrs. Caxrie Chapman Catt, honorary
chairman.
Mrs. Park is the woman who engin?
eered the course of the Federal amend?
ment through Congress. She was
chairman of the congressional com?
mittee of the national American
Woman Suffrage Association, and
headed the suffrage lobby which the as?
sociation maintained at Washington
for several years.
She is the only woman on the board
of directors of the new league who is
well known throughout the country.
as most of the experienced national
workers are retiring with Mrs. Catt,
now that the end of the suffrage cam?
paign is at hand.
Members of National Board
The national board is made up as
follows: Chairman, Mrs. Maud Wood
Park; treasurer, Mrs. Richard Edwards,
Indiana; secretary, Mrs. Solon Jacobs;
seven regional directors. Miss Cath?
erine Ludington, Connecticut; Mrs. F.
Louis Slade. New York; Miss Delia
Portch. Tennessee; Miss" Elizabeth
Hauser; Ohio: Mrs. James Pase, Minne-"
?ota; Mrs. George Gelihorn, Missouri,
and Mrs. C. B. Simmons, Oregon. The
last act of the convention was to send
?r. open letter to the women voters of
the State of Washington, calling upon
them to insist on the ratification of the
Ferlerai suffrage amendment by their
Legislature.
The telegram read:
"Washington is the one state and the
only one needed to ratify the Federal
Emendrner.t. It is the only state which
has given the vote to its own women
and denies it to the women of the na?
tion. Therefore, we call upon the
women of Washington to repudiate this
der.:ai of suffrage principles."
In summing up the suffrage situa?
tion Mrs. Catt said:
"Thirty-three states have ratified.
Two more are pledged to ratify.
"It is conceivable that there may be
some casualty. Governors might repu?
diate their promises, but I never heard
of such a thing. However, do not be
dismayed if anything of the sort hap?
pened. We should not give up, but
immediately open up such a campaign,
the hottest campaign in the history of
our movement, that success would be
inevitable. No power on earth can
prevent our victory in the immediate
future no Governor, nor party, nor
corrupt group within a party. The
woman's hour has struck."
Debate Over^ Training
The debate over the compulsory
military training resolution aroused
more feei'ng among the delegates than
even the league of nations. Although
the resolution condemning military
training was passed at the morning
session by a vote of 182 to 77, its
enemies, after a luncheon outside the
hotel at which they heard a speech on
the subject, brought it up again in
the afternoon, charging that they had
not betr; given time enough in the
morni-g for debat<>. The vote to re?
consider was lost, by 141 to 98.
"I have a brother lying in the fields
of Flanders," said Mrs. Fletcher
Dobyns. chairman of the Women's Re?
publican Executive Committee of Illi?
nois. "And I know how this country
suffered from the lack of military pre?
paredness in the war."
The league of nations resolution,
urged by Mrs. Raymond Brown, of New
York, was hotly debated for nearly an
hour. Although it was considered a
diplomatic feat by the Democratic
women delegates, Mrs. George Bass, the
Deuocratic woman leader, who brought
it before the convention yesterday,
tactfully stayed away from the morn?
ing session, while women less conspic?
uous as partisan politicians argued for
it.
An attempt was made to change the
resolution to read "A League of Na
ions" instead of "The League of Na?
tions."
Mrs. Brown opposed this on the
ground that "A" league of nations
meant nothing more definite than might
have been advocated any time in the
-ast ten years, while "The" league of
nations was a definite political program
upon which the women should take a
stand. The change was not made.
Resolution for League
The resolution also included as orig?
inally composed the phrase "With such
reservations as may be considered
necessary," but these were ordered
stricken out on the ground that they
nad no definite meaning.
The resolution as finally indorsed
read:
"We urge the adhesion of the Unitad
States to the league of nations, with
the least possible delay."
A resolution in favor of free speech,
presented by Mrs. Catt, was adopted. It
read:
"We declare ourselves emphatically
in favor of the principles of free
Mrs, Maud Wood Park
Named national chairman of League
of Women Voters at the Chicago
convention.
speech, free press and free representa?
tion, not only as the best means to
promote the orderly progress of enlight?
enment, but as the best safeguard of
o^ir American institutions. We recog?
nize that efforts to bring about the
overthrow of our government by vio?
lence must not be permitted, but in
ill-considered attempts to meet this dif?
ficulty there is danger of overthrowing
that real liberty which has always been
one of the cornerstones of our Re?
public."
Teachers' salaries would be doubled
in another resolution passed. Compul?
sory physical training, "constructive
friendly relations with Mexico," relief
work in Armenia, Congressional loans
to the starving nations of Central and
Eastern Europe, and thrift also were
indorsed.
The women of the country were urged
to establish February 15 as a national
holiday in honor of Susan B. Anthony. I
Many delegates will remain in Chi?
cago to attend the citizenship school
established by the suffrage organization.
Smith Names
Newton for
Jury Inquiry
Continued irom paste 1
uary 22, 1920, with a statement of the I
crime with which such members are
charged."
"I hope everybody is feeling as com- |
fortable as I am," was District At- j
torney Swann's comment last night ]
when "newspapermen told him the news
from Albany. His chief assistant,
Alfred J. Talley, shook hands with
Smith, Kilroe and Dooling and smiled:
"I am jealous of you for the high |
honor that is oeing shown you."
Mr. Swann dictated this statement:
"The regular grand jury already has j
heard all evidence on the Kilro-3
charges and they have been disposed
of. The jury will file its findings to- ?
morrow.
"In the case of Smith, when those ?
charges first came up the panel called '
on Mr. Smith himself to investigate j
them."
The District Attorney declared that '
the charge of neglecting to present
evidence against gamDl.ng and dis- ;
orderly houses specified by the jury
was "one and the same" as the early j
charge that $32,000 had been split by
Smith, a former city magistrate and a
newspaperman to bring about the re?
lease of Arnold Rothstein, gambler,
charged with shooting two detectives.
"The jury admitted that Smith was
exonerated," Mr. Swann went on. "It
was ready to give him a vote of con?
fidence, which was postponed by Fore?
man Almirall, who said the time for
that was not ripe. At least eighteen
members of the jury have told me that
they had the highest regard f.or James
E. Smith. The vote of confidence was
held up for the insincere use of bolster?
ing up the pretense that the jury
wanted the Attorney General.
"They do not want the Attorney Gen?
eral to inquire into any of the Dis?
trict Attorney's assistants. That is not
even a secondary object.
"Their object is to get a certain gen?
tleman appointed as a special deputy
for this inquiry. His name is Alfred
L. Becker, who had been in conference
with Mr. Almirall and who has made
tentative arrangements with Mr. Al?
mirall contingent -on his appointment.
"The jury has two other objects:
"First, if possible to find something
on the Mayor; some pretext or excuse
to suggest his removal, in order that
another may take his place, with the
fervent hope that this other person
will consent to an 8-cent fare for the
I. R. T.
"Second, they hope that Mr. Becker
will enable them to find something on
Mr. William Randolph Hearst, who has
been a thorn in the flesh of the Inter
borough and the traction combine for
years, and whom they now consider
; one of the chief opponents of an 8-cent
fare.
"In the language of one of the grand
jurors, they want to 'eliminate Hearst
from politics for all time.'
"More than three-quarters of the
grand jury have assured me individually
and personally that they have no desire
to injure the District Attorney, but
that their quest is elsewhere.
"I have refused to allow the District
Attorney's office to be used for the
purpose of furthering the ends of the
traction interests in this city. I re?
fuse to be a party to the design to use
the machinery of the criminal law for
the purpose of bludgeoning city officials
into obeying the commands of the trac?
tion interests.
"The spear of traction knows no
brother, and when traction gives its
commands to its employees they have to
be obeyed. The feelings and reputa?
tion and character of no man are to be
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Hillquit, as
Witness, Lauds
Soviet Russia
Socialist Leader, on Stand
for Ousted Assemblymen,
Revels in Expounding the
Doctrines of His Party
Senator to Assail Sweet
Thompson Promises Sensa?
tion in Disclosing Motives
Behind the Suspension
From a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY. Feb. 18.?The second day
of the defense in the trial of the five
Socialist Assemblymen began and ended
as it did yesterday, with Morris Hill
quit still on the stand. Hillquit has
fairly revelled in expounding social?
ism and in lauding Soviet Russia. His
testimony is no longer delivered in tho
speaking voice. It is intoned in a
soothing chant.
While Hillquit was intoning the
glories of socialism and Soviet Russia
in the Assembly Chamber the Senate
was listening to Senator George F.
Thompson, who announced that he
would attack Speaker Sweet next week
for ousting the five Socialists. Thomp?
son promised a sensational expos? of
the ouster.
Postpones Arraignment
Thompson was prepared to open fire
on Sweet to-day, but at the request of
the majority leader of the Senate, J.
Henry Walters, he postponed it in
order to permit the Republicans to
leave early so as to attend the conven?
tion in New York City.
Thompson's attack will be a reply to
Sweet's counter on him for his charge
that the Socialists were ousted by
Sweet as the opening gun of his cam?
paign for the Republican nomination
for VIce-President or Governor.
While Thompson was attacking Sweet
in the Senate Hillquit was pronouncing !
an anathema against the radicals
whose ritual differs from his and his
particular group,.
He divided Socialists into three
classes?Socialists, Neo-Marxian Social?
ists and un-Marxian Socialists.
"What is an un-Marxian Socialist?"
inquired Assemblyman William Evans,
of the Bronx.
"An un-Marxian Socialist," replied
Hillquit, "is a Socialist who believes j
in the ideals of Socialism?collective :
ownership of the instruments of pro?
duction?but docs not believe in class
divisions, class struggles and other \
theories of Marx, such, for instance, as j
the surplus value theory."
Excursion Into Russia
Under the friendly questioning of
Seymour Stedman Hillquit continued :
his excursion into Soviet Russia, vol- |
unte-ering that "a soviet is a govern?
ment of the underling," but protested
with upraised hands that "we do not I
accept wholly the theories of the so?
viet gcvernment in every way."
The svggestion that tho United j
States would ever be a soviet govern- '
spared who stands in the way of the I
greed of the traction combine.
Calls It a "Pretext"
"The claim that they desire to in- |
vestigate this office is merely a pretext
for the purpose of substituting the
Attorney General for the District At- I
torney, who refused to become a party |
to these designs.
"It is a great tribute to this office I
that, after five months of diligent ef?
fort, they have been unable to find a !
single bona fide complaint, but have had J
to trump up charges, knowingly falso, ?
against three highly honorable gentle- j
men."
Additional complications may grow j
out of the charges against Assistant j
District Attorney Kilroe. The District ;
Attorney summoned Thomas B. Don
i aldson, State Superintendent of Insur
anee of Pennsylvania, and his counsel, ;
! James Emmet Finnegan, before the \
regular county grand jury yesterday.
There the charges against Kilroe are
said to have been gone into.
The Attorney General left Albanv at
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and on
j his arrival at the Murray Hill Hotel
here said he had no information of the
I Governor's action.
"If the situation should d?velop in a
: manner calling on me to take a direct
! part in the investigation I will first
have to study the case carefully before
making any announcement of my plans.
For the present I know nothing offi?
cially of the matter," said Mr. Newton.
Trials of War Criminals
Acceptance of Her Proposals by
the Allies Said to Have
Caused Satisfaction
LONDON, Feb. 18.?A wireless dis?
patch received here from Germany
says: "Authoritative circles in Gei
many show satisfaction over the En?
tente's acceptance of the German pro?
posals regarding proceedings against
so-called war -criminals before the
Leipzig court, and that the German
government Ms resolved to carry out
such proceedings in accordance with
German laws.' "
BERLIN, Feb. 18.?Gustav Noske,
Minister of Defense, speaking at Bre?
men Tuesday, said that much that ap?
pears to the Allies to be criminal was
purely a general war measure ordered
by superiors, which Germany never
would acknowledge to be a crime. It
would be premature, therefore, to as?
sume that Germany would be free of
any further serious difficulties, and
possibly reprisals.
ment h? brushed aside as an infantile
conception.
"The charge ?h made," added Hillquit,
"that tho Soviet Republic of Russia, ?h
not a republic a', all, but a despotism
of a few men, wi'.h the implication that
the Socialist party in pledging, its sup?
port to the Soviet government thereby
expressed sympathy for a non-repub
Hcan, despotic government. The So?
cialist conception of the Soviet gov?
ernment is not that it ia a despotism
at all.
"The regime in Russia may bo de?
scribed as a limited democracy. The
representatives of the Soviet govern?
ment do not consider the present sys?
tem prevailing in Russia as a perma?
nent one or as an ideal one. They con?
sider it merely as a transitory one, and
one imposed by necessity. The jpreaent
state of limited democracy will pass
and will bo superseded by an absolute
and complete democracy.
"To say that the Soviet form of gov?
ernment is good for all countries, in?
cluding the United States, or that the
Socialist movement here or elsewhere
outside of Russia is committed to the
Soviet form of government as part of
the program?we 'dissent from it very
emphatically.
"The fact that it has occurred in
Russia does not mean to our minds
that when we come to the United
States, where the conditions are en
; tirely different, where we have a coun?
try highly developed industrially,
where we have a country with no peas?
ant population, our farming population
essentially different in character from
the peasant population in Russia,
where we have a country accustomed to
parliamentary political methods from
its infancy, a country that has fought
out all of its battles in the past in the
political arena, a country with a popu?
lations whose minds have been molded
into political channels for all sorts of
action?then to say that in a country
like this a soviet form of government
would be proper would be, to our
minds, infantile."
At the afternoon session the de?
fense turned over the witness to the
prosecution for cross-examination.
Martin Conboy assumed the task. He
began by getting the witness to admit
that he helped frame the anti-war
i manifesto of the Socialist party in
May, 1915, just after the sinking of
the Lusitania. In this manifesto the
Socialists pictured Wall Street as try?
ing to plunge the country into war,
and appealed to the workingmen not
to lift their arms "for the staying of a
fellow worker in another country."
CallB Manifesto Legal
Hillquit replied that the manifesto
was adopted before the war and that it
was perfectly legal and proper.
Conboy then showed that his mani?
festo, together with other like docu?
ments, was published in a booklet en?
titled "The Socialist Party and the
War,'' and was disseminated after the
United States entered tho war..
Hillquit. who wrote tho preface, said
tho booklet was sold by the Rand
School, and John Block said that it
was originally issued a year before the
United States entered the. war.
Conboy next brought out that the
war program was adopted subsequent
to this country's entry into the war.
Tho? ho road this sentence from it:
"Wo therefore call upon tho workers
of ail countries to refuse support to
their governments in their wars."
Hillquit said that after the amend?
ment to the espionage act two planks
in the Socialist platform, one directing
resistance to conscription and the
other opposing Liberty bonds, which
were in violation of the act, and 75,000
copies of it were destroyed by the
Socialists.
"We bowed to the law," said Hill?
quit. "Under protest, of course."
La Guardia Decries
Illegal Ousting of
Five Socialists
Predicts Ten Would Take
Their Places; Denounces
AH Who Attempt to Cur?
tail Freedom of Speech
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At the month!;: luncheon yostorcay
at tho Hotel McAlpin of tho >.*f-\v York
Electrical League, F. II. La Guardia,
President of the Board of Aldermen,
predicted that if the live Socialist As?
semblymen were illegally ousted the
Socialist party would elect ten Assem?
blymen at the next election.
"The danger from Bolshevism," he
said, "is somewhat exaggerated. Some
agitators are criticizing the govern?
ment, but any government that cannot
; stand a bit of criticism is not very
formidable.
"Wo have given the so-called Bol
? shevist movement in this state more
advertising in the last six weeks than
L?nine and Trotzky got in this country
, in the-last two years," he continued.
"Deny freedom of speech and press and
you drive those people into holding se
: cret meetings in b:.ck rooms, which is
just what happened in Russia.
"I hold no brief for Socialists," said
' President La Guardia, "but if those
men are guilty of treason I.say that
i they should have been indicted and it*
; proved guilty convicted. If they com
; initted treason during war time, then
some public official was derelict in
i his duty and should be tried with
1 them."
He spoke of the danger in racial an
! tagonism, particularly the kind that is
I directed against those men and women
I who are not native-born Americans.
} He cited numerous instances of the
! loyalty of these people and said that it
! is not necessary to be born in America
! to be a 100 per cent American.
He explained the method by which
I political party machines are created
i and said the presence of "bosses" in
I American political life was caused by
the little interest taken by the great
mass of the country's citizenry in poli?
tics.
He urged his auditors to see to it
that this condition is remedied and
! warned them also to see to it that the
direct primary law remains on the
statute books instead of, as is now be?
ing proposed, repealing it and reverting
I back to "packed conventions."
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Soviet Activity I
Here Defended
By Martens
"Ambassador" Tells Senate
Committee Revolutionary
Counsel Was Justifie;! as
War Propaganda
Improper Now, He Says
Draws Distinction Between,
His Own Acts and Those!
of L?nine Government j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.?Vigorous
cross-examination of Ludwig C. A. K.
Martens, Russian Soviet "ambassador"
to the United States, began before the
Senate investigating committee to-day,
with Wade Ellis, counsel for the com?
mittee, apparently bent on developing
the extent to which the witness might
have been connected with revolution?
ary propaganda in this country since
he received his appointment from the
soviet government.
Throughout the examination Martens
sought to draw a distinction between
the acts of his government and his
own "official" activities and those of
tho Russian Communist party.
The witness said he had not incited
revolution in the United States, and
Mr. Ellis produced a letter signed by
L?nine, Soviet Premier, dated in Janu?
ary, 191?), urging American working
men to establish a soviet government
and "overthrow" reactionary labor
leaders "like Gompers," and also over?
throw "bourgeoisie parliaments."
Martens said the letter did not come
through him. but added that"under cer?
tain circumstances such a letter might
be justified." The letter was "war
propaganda," he said, adding that
"Russia was at war with all powers
during the last two years."
"The United States did not declare
war on Russia, did it?" asked Senator
Brandegee, Republican, of Connecticut.
"Officially there was no war," Martens
said, "but actually there was a war,
which is now finished."
At this point Martens said revolu?
tionary propaganda in the United
Slates would not now be "justified."
Mr." Ellis then asked it' detailed re?
ports had been sent by the witness
through Frederick Strom, in Stockholm,
Sweden, to be forwarded to Moscow.
"Several times," said Martens.
"Did you in one dispatch -;ay that
your agents were busy in several West?
ern states creating secret committees,
organizing and building up commercial
relations?" Ellis asked.
"I couldn't have stated anything like
that," Martens answered. "That must
have been a forgery."
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"Hang Erzfoerger," Cry
Agrarians in Berlin
Farmers of Pomerania Hosts to
Ludendorff and Two of
Ex-Kaiser's Sons
BERLIN, Feb. IS (By Tho Associated
Press).?At yesterday's session of the
League of German Agrarians the
speech's of the members were punctu?
ated with "Hang him!" when the name
of Mathias Erzberger, Vice-Premier
and Minister of Finance, was men?
tioned.
The speeches again were marked by
the familiar reactionary outbreaks.
The chairman, Herr von Wagenheim,
urged that labor agitators who, he de?
clared, constanly were inciting farm
hands to strikes and new wage de?
mands, should bo summarily dealt with
in order to end "sabotaging" of the
agricultural production.
He said that the greater part of the
population of the country was not
aware of the calamity that threatened
it in the course of the next three
weeks.
The Pomeranjan delegates gave a
private luncheon at which Gen ral
Ludendorff and former Princes August
Wilhelm and Oscar were present
"Wet" Raids in 3 Boroughs
Revenue Agents Grow More
Keen in II uni for Violators
Revenue agents were universally
active yesterda'y in all sections of the
city, an i i; wa with ? streme difficulty
that bootleggers supplied their trade.
In a grocery at 367 Bleecker Street,
Revenue Agents Loftus :\nd Jacobs
found thirteen bottles of wine and a
quantity of gin. Peter 11. Rieper, the
proprietor, was arrested.
Raids in Manhattan, Brooklyn and
Staten Island resulted in the arrest of
a dozen sa tnkeepers and their bar?
tenders, who ;:re alleged to have had
liquor in t! eir p< : n. All were
held in bail for examination.
Vicar's Windows Smashed
Vandalism Follows Sermon De?
nouncing Modern Dances
TULLL, France, Feb. 18.?The Vicar
of the village of Aix, near here, de?
nounced modern dancing and balls
during his sermon on Sunday morning,
and on Monday night the windows of
his church were smashed.
It is alleged that voung people of
tho town are guilty of the otfeiise.
Berlin to Jail
Strike Inciters
BERLIN, Feb. 18.?Gustav?
Noske, commander in chief for
the greater Berlin district and
Brandenburg Province, has issued
an order, applying to Berlin and
the Mark of Brandenburg, threat?
ening imprisonment or a fine up
to 50,000 marks (nominally $12,
000) for inciting persons, by
speech or in writing, to stop work
which would affect the production
or distribution of foodstuffs.
The decree is directed against
threatened strikes of the bakers
and hotel keepers.
New York Man Explains
Increase in Coal Prices
T. H. Walkins Attributes Ad?
vance to High Wages, Strikes
and Intermittent Car Supply
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.?Increases
in the cost of coal to the consumer
since the war have been caused by ad?
vanced operating cost due to wage ad?
vances, strikes, intermittent car supply
and augmented overhead expenses, T.
II. Wntkins. of New York, president of
the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Cor?
poration, to-day t?ld the Senate Coal
Committee.
The 14 per cent increase in wages
recently granted bitumious coal miners
would never have been necessary or de?
manded by the men if adequate trans?
portation facilities had been afforded
the mines to allow consistent opera?
tion, Mr. Watkins said.
Several coal operators have been
forced into bankruptcy by the Railroad
Administration, Mr. Watkins alleged,
through the policy of confiscating coal
and withholding payment for it for
long periods.
Former Fuel Administrator Garfield
informed the coal strike settlement
commission to-day that pressure o:
private matters rendered it almost pro?
hibitive for him to testify before the
commission. Chairman Robinson said
the commission had informed Dr. Gar
field he need not appear.
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Bi? Rise in Building Costs
New Yorker "Cites Increase of
240 Per Cent in Seven Years
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.?Building costs
have risen from 84 to 240 per cent
since 1913, according to Franklin T.
Miller, New York publisher, who to?
day addressed representatives of
building trades and construction or?
ganizations at the national conference
on concrete house construction.
He attributed this advance to the de?
mand for automobiles and other luxu
rie ', asserting these had drawn labor
fron*, the building industry and raised
:he cost of labor so much that rentals
had con? up in sympathy.
"The people are bidding against one
another in renting, and until they
cease rents will continue high," Mr.
Miller declared.
Home Rule Bill Delayed
LONDON, Feb. 18. ?The government
has decided not to introduce the Irish
Home Rule bill to-morrow, as had been
planned, pending further consideration
of one nv two points. It is-believed
the points in question are as to how
much each section of the country cre?
ated by the biil shall contribute toward
:ho maintenance of the empire.
Because of the vast difference in the
area, the1 wealth and the populatio
cr the two sections the framers of th
bill believe it wili be difficult to reo
oncile the north and south of Irelan .
in this particular.
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Hand-woven in unusual colors?
as individual as everything else
at McHugh's, and like everything
' else at McHugh's reduced io%
Ito 33% during February.
9 West 4,1** S\
SEMI-ANNUAL SALE
EN'S SHOES
at
Additional Reductions
-AT ALL STORES
504 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK
131 W. 42d ST.. NEW YORK
153 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
1263 BROADWAY. NEW YORK !
365 BROADWAY. NEW YORK
1775 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
367 FULTON ST.. BROOKLYN
510 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN
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Hog Island Purchase Asked
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.?-PurchaBe of
the Hog Island Ship Yard by the State
of Pennsylvania for use as a great
shipping terminal was sugggested to?
day by Representative Edmonds, of
Pennsylvania, ranking Republican
member of the House Merchant Marine
Committee, who wrote Governor
Sproul, urging a special session of the
state Legislature to consider the
matter.
"The Shipping Board is ready to
listen tp proposals for the property,"
wrote Mr. Edmonds, who urged state
action bo the yard would "not go to j
any railroad or other corporal-ion? that I
would simply use it as an addition to j
its present facilities." I
Sure
Relief
rf^P?^S? BCLL-ANS
[X^^Wl Hot water
F^JSi^rL-^l Sure Relief
BE LL-ANS
FOR INDIGESTION.
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SALE of
MENS SHIRTS
beginning at Saks This ^Corning ?
Produced in Fine Russian Cords
and Woven Madras
tfyssufyO
1A brand new collection of shirts.
the patterns of which are so varied
and above commonplace as to leave
nothing to be desired.
5 Every shirt in the collection made
over on our own standard measure?
ments, assuring perfect body and
sleeve proportions, and the most care?
ful workmanship?doftn to the ^ery
smallest detail1.
Their low price gives no indi
cation of their true value !
Men's Silk Cravats
Regularly $2.00 and $2.50
Reduced to
?C)l??D
Broken selections of some of our most
beautiful scarfs produced in lustrous Satins,
Silk Repps, and exquisite Faille Silks.
Broadway at 34th Street
STORE HOURS: 9.00 A. M. to 5.30 P. M.
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At Saks To-dar*
Sale
Men's Soft Hats
Regularly $5
At $3.65
}These are all hats oi first quality, in the
smartest styles for Spring, marked at this
low pri?e to give added momentum to earlv
Spring business. Excellent range oi modelv
with raw or finished edges, in
Rich Brown Shade?, a Ne*
Green, Slate and Olive
None Sent COD. Exchanged ot on Approval
^Broadway at 34 Oi Street
STORE HOURS 9.00 A. M. to 5.30 P. M
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