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Cuvillier Ran
As Socialist,
Gerber Asserts
Testifies at Trial of Ousted
Five That Tammany Mai
Was Active in Primariei
of Party in the 1916 Race
He Got Only Two Vote?
Stedman on Witness Stand
Defense Near Conclusion
Trial May End Next Wcel
Front a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, Feb. 20.?To-day's trial c
the. five Socialist Assemblymen was ei
livened by testimony that Assemblj
man Louis Cuvillier, the Tamilian
member of the Assembly Judicial
Committee, fought the Socialist non
?nation for the Assembly in 1916.
This was testified to by Julius Ge
ber, secretar yof the Manhattan loci
of the Socialist party. Cuvillier, I
-.norc, was an active candidate in tl
Socialist primaries that year, and lu
a petition signed by l? per cqnt of tl
enrolled Socialists in his district.
"But at the primaries," Gerber sai
"Mr. Cuvillier only got two votes."
Cuvillier Abashed
"And he tried to get the prohibits
nomination, too." added^ Gerber.
"Remember you are under oath
said Cuvillier.
"I know what I am talking about
retorted the witness.
Cuvillier denied from the floor whi
charged with it during one^ of h
previous tiery attack on the Socialis
that he had bee \n& Socialist cane
?late.
Before Gerber was called the comm
tee heard Otto Franklin Branstett?
national secretary of the National S
cialist party, express the opinion th
a man could inherit millions and be
good Socialist, and not only that, b
it would be unwise for him to d
tribute his wealth.
"Likewise this millionaire Social
could under present conditions expl?
labor and he would not be subject
criticism by other Socialists," Brti
stetter averred.
The?e seaming contradictions
Socialistic doctrines were brought c
by Arthur E. Sutherland, of coun
to the prosecution. He started qui
lions along this line by telling of
man in Rochester who died last wc
after rising through his own mer
from a penniless check boy to head
the largest department store in to\
Defines Capitalistic Class
"This man," said Sutherland, "1
neither friends nor capital nor ai
thing else to begin with. Now, assu
:;uch a career. At the end, he v.-as e
ploying thousands of people as t
head of a large mercantile establi
ment. Where did that man leave 1
working class and enter the capitalis
"When he became an employer
?abov and began to draw the princ;
amount of his income from the labor
??thers and not from his individual
fortP," answered Branstatter.
"Now, at that time, there came
he between him and those with wh
he had worked up to that time a st
of enmity, of warfare, in your c
ception ?"
"Maybe not a personal consciousn
on their, part." answered the witn?
"but there did certainly arise a c
dition where their economic inter?;
??ere in conflict. The interests w
opposed to each other, whether tl
were conscious of the fact or not."
Assemblyman Charles M. Harring
-, sked :
"Now, Mr. Branstetter. I underati
that your trade or profession is that
paperhangei.'-'
? "Yes."
"1 assume by your own merit ,
education and by applying yourself
have reached the state of life wh
you arc capable of serving as natit
secretary of the Socialist party."
Hin Own Case Different
"Well, now, to carry out the ide?
Judge Sutherland, how can you say
this men to whom Judge Sutherl
has referred always lias been arn
on the side of the capitalist class w
you yourself came right up, step
step, to obtain the position you
hold'.' Where is there any differ
between your own ca?e in your
life and that of the life which Ji
Sutherland cites?"
The witness hesitated a bit and
replied:
"The difference is this: I have
come conscious of the class strti
and chosen definitely to array m;
on the side of the. working class.
gentleman ;>f whom the judge spol
don't know him, but I judge from
eralities and from the type genera
I d? n't imagine that the gentlonir
whom the judge .-poke is even consi
of the- fact that there is a class s'
cle, and perhaps would deny it il
subject wcrejpresented to him."
Then Chairman Martin asked:
"I want to ask you where the li:
demarcation, the line of class ha
outers. Assuming you buy a facto
Chicago and give up your position
hire twenty-five paperhangers
spread them out over Chicago,
menee operations, taking various
tracts, sending those men to work
you make a reasonable ary^unt of n
off their work, which is quite cor
in all trader-. Youthen would cea
be a laborer, and would become
cording to your idea, a capitalist?
is true. Is not it?"
Hillquit Dissatisfied
"Well, technically, yes, sir," r?
the witness.
The answers of the national seci
did not please Morris Hillquit,
turned to Chairman Martin and
air?; last (?uestion had not been i
fully.
"hew can this witness ansjer?'
Hillquit. "Suppose you have im
$1,000 in this enterprise and su
you have invested $1,000 in anoth
terprise, and another $1,000 in ai
one, and your living comes fror
S1.000 and tho other money, an
do not have to do any work yoi
you are a capitalist.
"Suppose that was the only $1,0'
had and you get 6 per cent, which
a year, and for the rest of your
you have to lay brick, you are
capitalist."
"But," said Assemblyman Kdnr
?lenks, "suppose a man had $1,1
invested and it did not bring hi
income ?"
"Well, the poor fellow would
laborer with a useless lot of mot
sides," replied Hillquit.
Stedman en Stand
Un the direct examination con
by Hillquit and Seymour Stcdm,
witness repudiated O'?' talk an<
inga of other Sociales who ad\
changes in government Iry for?
that the general strike was part
Socialist program.
On cross-examination by
Con boy, he admitted that the tj
strike had been discussed by
leaders, but said that it did not
ti the Socialist scheme of actior
Seymour Stedman was the la?
ness. Ho was the attorney for E
V. Deb?, Victor T. Berger ?and
convicted for violation* of the espion?
age act. Mr. liillquit sought to show
through him that none of the opinions
of the court in these cases held that
the anti-war resolution, adopted by
the Socialist pa?ty at its 1917 St. Louis
convention, was held a violation of the
espionage act.
Ho was not permitted to answer^ on
, objection of prosecution lawyers, who
I said they would present the opinions.
I The trial will be resumed Tuesday.
It is expected that the defense will
rest not later than Wednesday, and
?. that both sides will sum up before the
{ end of the week, the seventh of the
trial.
Eight Men Indicted, in
$250,000 Postal Thefts
Parcel Post Packages Said To
Have Been Stolen by Three
Former Chauffeurs
Eight men were indicted yesterday
! by the Federal grand jury in connec
j tion with thefts from the parcel post,
! which, according to Assistant United
: States Attorney Louis D. Schwartz, will
aggregate $250,000. The indictments
charge that the men conspired to rob
! the mails, and were in unlawful pos
' sessiotv of parcel post matter which
thev knew to be stolen.
The indicted men are Morris Lowat
sky, Herman Butt. Harry Blumenthal,
Loo Meyer, Joseph Schectel, Charles
'; and Louis Rein and Samuel Cohen.
? The three first named were chauffeurs
employed by the Postofnco Department,
> according to Mr. Schwartz, and in last
September and October it is alleged
l thev embezzled parcel post matter and
I rciroved it to a house ai 134 East Thir
? tieth Street.
The eight defendants are out on bail
and will appear in the Federal Court
; on Tuesday for pleading.
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Mrs. Gluck Spares
'Raffles' and Wife
In $12,000 Theft
Jewels Stolen During Party
in Fashionable Ventiio.\
Cottage, at Which Suspect?
ed Couple Were Guests
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
? ATLANTIC CITY, F*b. 20.?A young
couple, said to be socially prominent
?n New York and in Philadelphia,
where they reside, wore still under:
surveillance of the Vcntnor City police
to-day, although Mr. and Mrs. John j
Gluck, of 6315 Ocean Avenue, Ventnor !
City, insisted they would not prose
cute them for the Iheft of $12,000
; worth of jewels.
"Mr. find Mrs. Raffles," as Chief of,
Police Sprague has dubbed the pair,
have moved from the Gluck cottage,
where they had been house guests
since last October, to an apartment on
Pacific Avenue, this city.
Last Saturday night the Clucks gave
:i party in honor of their guests, in- :
yiting ten others. About midnight
Mrs. Gluck had occasion to go to her]
boudoir and found that a diamond
brooch and several other valuable
trinket.* were missing from her jewel;
case. Her first thought was that a
porch climber had ?rained access to the ,
cottage, and the police were ?uni- :
moned.
Chief Sprague reported the theft to:
the prosecutor, and County Detective j
Xusbaii went to Ventnor to look over|
the ground. In some way his sus?
picions worn directed toward "Mr. and
Mrs. Panics" and he flatly accused
them of the crime. Their indignation
was hardly greater than that of the
('lucks, an .aged couple, who voiced
complete confidence in their friends.
"Well," said Nusbaum, "we got the
finger prints of the thieves from the
ease, and if the jewelry is not in Chief
Sprague's hands by 5 p. m. somebody
is going to be arrested.
At 4:45 a. m. a messenger reached
Ventnor police headquarters with ' a
package containing the jewels. Mrs. :
("luck's property was returned to her,
and within an hour the "RafTles's" had
left the cottage, bag and baggage.
But the Glucks continue to resist
the urging of the police that they
swear to a complaint.
"We havo known them too long and
we are out nothing," Mrs. Gluck ex- ;
plains. I
Unless a camplaint is made or the ?
prosecutor takes action on his own i
initiative, Chief Sprague said, he can- !
not reveal the identity of "Mr. and i
.Mrs. Raffles." He is keeping close i
watch on them, however. "Rafflles" is i
thirty-six years old and his wife is |
thirty-two.
Think Girl Kidnaped on
Way Home From Dance
Parents of Irene Mary Vellen
Deny She Went Away
To Be Married
Detective Thomas Hughes, of the East
Fifty-first Street station, is searching
for Irene Mary Vellen, twenty-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Vellen,
of 37 Wallard Avenue, Hastings, N/ Y. !
Tl.o young woman was last seen Thurs- !
day night at an entrance, to the subway
station at Fifty-ninth Street and Lex- i
ington Avenue.
Threats recently made against the
girl by a you:;g man who wanted to
marry her have caused her parents to
believe the girl was kidnaped. Mrs.
Vellen said her daughter had been ac?
customed to visit a dancing school at
Fifty-eighth Street and Madison Avenue '
and that recently she met a young man
who immediately asked her to marry
him. She refused. 'Nie young man then
displayed n revolver, acording to Mrs.
Vollen, i.nd threatened to "get" the I
girl.
Thursday night Miss Vellen attended
a dance and a young man acompanied
her from the dance hall to the subway
entrance at Fifty-ninth Street and Lex?
ington Avenue. Friends of the girl told
her parents they thought she had gone :
awayyto get married.
Gunson Charges Dismissed]
Enright Gives Findings in Case!
Pending Since Last Summer
Police Commissioner Enright dis- :
missed yesterday the charge of illegal :
arrest which was brought against De
tactive John J. Gunson, of Inspector:
Dominick Henry's staff, last summer, :
alter Mayor Hylan had ordered him
brought to trial.
The Mayor took this action after two
young women whom Gunson :ir.d an?
other detective arrested on the street
for disorderly conduct had had their '
conviction reversed by Judge Rosalsky, 1
Of General Sessions. Judge Rosaisky j
characterized the police methods as i
outrageous. ?
When Gunson was brought to trial
at Headquarters last June, three dep?
uty police commissioners presided for
the first time in the history of the de?
partment. They were John A. Leach,
Augustus D. Porter and Ellen O'Grady.
From the day of the trial until yester
dnv no announcement was made con?
cerning the finding of the court.
City Will Pay
410 a Day to
Snow Fighters
Improved Conditions foi
Regular Street Cleaners
Is Promised to Swell
Ranks of Shovel Force
Hylan Hears Complaints
Curran's Offer of Over?
time Wage Ends Clash
of Mayor With Workers
Increased pay for emergency snow
fighters and a promise of improved
conditions for the regularly employed
street cleaners yesterday were ex?
pected to swell the ranks of shovelers
and make possible the final clearing of
New York's streets.
Under the new schedule of pay, as
? announced by Street Commissioner
j Arnold B. MacStay, the emergency work
! ers will receive 80 cents an hour. Work
| ing at the rate many men have been
I working during the present emergency
I any one who swings a pick or wields
j a shovel can earn more than $10 a
? day.
Automobile trucks will earn $40 a
day for their owners, while horse
drawn vehicles will be hired at $15
a day. An active campaign to obtain
? all available labor at these prices will
I be started by the city at once. Advcr
j tisements will appear in the newspapers
i and agencies will be combed for every
? man who can come up to specifications,
i according to the street cleaning of
! ficial.
Complaints of members of the regu
! lar street cleaning department werd
the subject of a heated discussion be?
fore the Board of Estimate ?luring the
afternoon, when a delegation of the
men appeared before that body to push
their claims.
Demands for Employees
Thomas Fitzgerald, who was em?
ployed in the department until, accord?
ing to his own forceful style of ad?
dressing the board, "he would have
been in the river oi^up on the hill if
he had continued," irfrted as spokesman
for the men. Pay for overtime and a
change in the present plan under which
men are suspended for three days for
refusing to work on .Sundays without
pay were demanded by the representa?
tive of the delegation. '
"This has been hanging fire for more
than a year and the men want action,"
said he.
Mayor Hylan suddenly brightened up.
"Were you the man who instigated
the trouble at Greenpoint last Sun
clay?" demanded the Mayor.
"No, but I heard about if," was (he
reply. "I think there'll be more trouble
if something isn't done shortly."
President Henry Curran of Manhat?
tan drew the fire of the Mayor when
he moved that the men be paid for
ovc rtime.
"The President, of the Borough of
Manhattan is only making trouble for
the board by making such a sugges?
tion." said the Mayor.
"This political play by the President
of this borough is going to be brought
to book," said Comptroller Craig. "The
Manhattan President is playing poli?
ties and he probably has received his
orders."
Hylan Attacks Curran
"I believe you hr.ve had a part, in
making trouble in the Street ('leaning
Department," said Mayor Hylan, re?
ferring to the general discontent
among the men.
The Borough President said that, he
had done everything in his power to
aid the department in the present
crisis.
The entire question was turned over
to Dav,id Hirshlield, Commissioner of
Accounts, by orders of Mayor Hylan.
The Mayor intimated that their side
o the situation would receive favorable
attention at once.
The snow removal board, of which
Fire Chief John Kenlon is head, held
nnother meeting during the da'y for
the purpose of "getting more action"
out of the men now in the service of
the city. Incidentally, Celestino Da
marco and Joseph Marone, contractors
handling the city's snow removal
work, were summoned before the com?
mittee and asked to explain their
failure to accomplish more since the
blizzard of February ?1.
Commissioner MacStay said that he
thought twenty days would be re?
quired to get the streets back to nor?
mal.
Central ISetv England
Trains Stalled Amid
Snowdrifts and Woods
WINSTED, Conn., Feb. 20 ?Condi?
tions on the Central New England Rail?
road to-day were worse than at any
pieceding time this winter because of
yesterday's snow and gale. Mo pass?
enger train had !eft> Winsted on this
line up to noon. Three passenyer
trains were stalled all night at diff?r?
ent stations. Some passengers re?
mained in the cars while others went
\o hotels. /
The train due from the west at 4:?18
p. m. yesterday was in a snow drift
seven miles east of Pine Plains, N. Y.,
to-day. The train from the west due
here at 8:30 p. m. was stalled four i
hours at jure Hill, and then crawled '
back to Mmerton, N. Y., where some '?
passengers put up at hotels. The train
which left here at 6:40 p. m. got'to?
Canaan at 3 a. m. and remained there.
On the Springfield branch beyond
Tariffville a train was stalled in the
woods all nigb^.
Mayor and Mrs. Hylan
Depart for Palm Beach
Former I o Return >iext Week
if Condition of Wife's
Health Permits
Mayor Hylan and Mrs. Hylan de- i
parted for Palm Beach at 6 o'clock last
night. Before leaving City Hall the
Mayor said that Mrs. Hylan, who has ;
been in ill health for some time, had
a bad turn Thursday nipht and he felt
compelled to get'her out of the city.
He will take her to Palm Beach, and
if her condition when she gets there
warrants h?3 leaving her, the Mayor
will return to the city by the end of
next week, he said.
It was expected that Commissioner
Glover A. Whalen, of the Department
of Plant and Structures, and Mrs.
Whalen would accompany the Mayor
and his wife, but the condition of th?>
Commissioner is such that his physician
would not let him go last night. -Mr.
and Mrs. Whalen may join Mrs. Hylan
later at the Florida resort.
In the absence of the Mayor, Major,
F. II. La Guardia, Republican President
of the Board of Aldermen, becomes the
acting. Mayor. The Mayor said yester?
day the work of clearing the streets :
had progressed so rapidly during the
last few days that ho felt his presence !
was not needed longer on that account, j
Comptroller Charles L. Craig will pre- 1
side at the hearings before the Board I
of Estimate on the traction Inquiry
during the Mayor's abience.
Phone Officials Confer
With Operators on Pay
Meetings to Adjust Wage Sched?
ules Follow Denial of
Strike Reports
Officials of the New York Telephono
Company refused to say yesterday what
progress was being made toward an
adjustment of diff?rences between its
operators and tbo management. It was
announced that a conference between
representatives of the company and
the operators was being held at 15
Dey Street to consider demands for
increased wages.
Inquirers at the offices of J. S. Mc
Colloh, vice-president, and James A.
Stewart, general manager, were re?
ferred to E. H. Dyer, in charge of the
publicity department.
"All I know is that conferences are
on," said Mr. Dyer, "The company has
arranged to meet the representatives
of the operators with a view of ad?
justing the wage schedule. What the
employees have, to say will be con?
sidered and an effort will be made to
satisfy them."
Asked what demands the operators
were making, Mr. Dyer said, "I don't
know."
The company's announcement that
it was holding conferences to adjust
the wage scale followed reports that
small groups of the 12^000 operators
recently had gone on brief strikes. The
operators reported that, such strikes
had taken place in the Cortlandt, Mad?
ison Square, Broad and other ex?
changes. The company denied that
there were any strikes.
Navy$l Boat Sale
To Police Arouses
Boston's Jealousy
_L._ J
Mayor Peters Demands to
Know Why "Hub" Was
Overlooked in Awarding
of Craft for Harbor Duty
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
\ BOSTON, Feb. 20. Secretary Daniels :
' has turned over the United States :
.steamship Penobscot to the New York
Police Department to be used as ti
patroi boat for ?1. Now, Mayor Andrew
J. Peters rises to inquire, why, when :
Boston announces it is in the market
! for a navy bargain of that sort, he is
informed by the Shipping Board that
he will have to come across with $1
plus S224.99?'.
Accordingly, His Honor took his
? trenchant pen in hind to-day and *in
; dited a letter to Rear Admiral William
S. Benson, present head of the board,
demanding an explanation of the
' favoritism, prejudice, bias and other
things on the part of officials in favor
, of. New York.
Earlier correspondence between the
Mayor and John B?rton Payne, until
recently chairman of the board, lies bo
lvintl to-day's protest. Mr. Peters wrote
: to him a month or so a^o, saying that,
[ he had heard that, the Shipping- Board
. proposed to sell certain vessels to mu?
nicipalities for ??1 each. To 'this Mr.
Payne replied that His Honor must have
; something the matter with his ears.
If Boston really wanted a snip, he
continued, it, could get one by paying
$240,000 cash. Some few slightly shop?
worn vessels, he added, would bo sacri?
ficed at $225,000, first come, first
.served.
Nothing more was said until the
Mayor read in the papers a few days
| ago that Secretary Daniels had re?
warded the gallant work of the New
i York police in rescuing the passengers
of the stranded Old Dominion liner
Princess Anne by giving the depart?
ment the Penobscot in consideration of
the sum of $ I.
That is the harden of his objection
sent Rear Admiral Benson. /Mayor Pe?
ters says that the Penobscot, is just the
ship that Boston needs to run between
the city and Long and Rainsford
Islands, where several city institutions
are situated.
The present shin is in poor condi?
tion and if anyone is to get the Penob?
scot for a dollar, says the Mayor, it
ought to be Boston.
, .._-*-.
Mo\ ie Frustrates Burglars
After Joseph Cohen closed his butch?
er ?-hop at 192 Orchard Street, last
night, he took his wife, Dora, to the
movies. A scene in the film, depicting
burglars at work, so stirred Mrs.
Cohen's imagination, she insisted on
inspecting the shop when (hey got
home. A safe in the rear contained
$<>,000 in cash and $2,000 in Libert,
bonds. ' ".^
Xo sooner liad the Cohens entered
the darkened store than they were est
upon by two cracksmen who had been |
drilling at the safe. One of the in- :
truders clapped his hand over Mis.
Cohen's mouth to stifle her screams,
while the other dealt, the butcher a
blow over the head with a jimmy. They
escaped without, any loot, leaving ail
assortment of tools behind.
Cohen, his skull fractured, was
taken to Beth Israel Hospital. His
conditions is serious. The police of
the Fifth Street Station made every
effort to keep the. assault, and burglary
secret, refusing nil information about
it.
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Weather Report
Sun rises... fi :44 a.m.lSun sot.s.. . F?:36p.m.
Moon risen.. 7 :17 a.m. | Moon sets.. 7:01p.m.
Local Forecast. Increasing cloudiness and
slightly warmer to-day ; to-morrow, rain or
snow, with variable winds, becoming mod?
?r?t? east.
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Local Officiai Record.?The following of?
ficial record shows temperatures during the
last twenty-four hours, in comparison witb
the corresponding date of last year:
1920. 19!!*. 1920. 19 If).
:: a. m... :.?<? :;.r 3 p. m... 33 41
6 a. m... 11) . 2B H p. m. .. 30 4.'!
?' a. in. . . L.t L'S <i p. m. . . .**() -pi
12 noon... 25 3t? 10 p. m... 29 39
Highest, 33 degrcer,, at 2:50 p. m. ; lowest,
1(1 degrees, at (J a. rn. ; average, 24 degrees:
average same date last year. 3;! degrees;
average fame dal? for thirty-three years, 31
degrees.
Humidity
8 a. m.... 04 I p. m. . . . 45 S p. m.... 4 2
Hnromcter Reading*
S a. m . 30.17<1 p. m.. 30.23?8 p. m.. 30.07
(?entrai Weather Conditions }
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.---A ?ow pressure
area of moderate intensity is over Oklahoma, |
with high pressure areas central over North |
Dakota, Lake Superior and on the Virginia j
coast. Duiing the last, twenty-four hours |
precipitation has occurred in the Pacific j
Mat.-.; and ?n the Rocky Mountain region, t
whence it extended in a narrow belt east- '
ward through the Missouri, upper Mississippi !
and Ohio Valleys. \
Temperatures have fallen d -cidedly fover ?
the north Roc!.y Mountain region, ??dill? -1
they have ri.-cii over the Appalachian region. !
HaiiLs or snow3 arc indicated for the Ohio b
\ alloy and lake region Saturday and Sun- ?
day. rain Saturday in thi cast Gulf states |
and .-aiii or r-r.ow Sunday in the Atlantic i,
-tats?. It will become somewhat coolr; Sun- t
day in the Ohio Valles, ?he upper lake re- 5
gion, Tennessee and the cast Gulf states. ?
Forecasts for Special Districts. Eastern
New York, Kastern Pennsylvania, New Jer?
sey and Delaware -Increasing cloudiness
and slightly warmer Saturday; Sunday, rain
or snow.
New England?Fair Saturday : Sunday, in?
creasing cloudiness and slightly warmer.
Western New York?Increasing cloudinesi,
with snow at night and on Sunday.
Western Pennsylvania?Snow, probably
Saturday and Sunday.
FJOHN WAN?MAKER
Broadway at Ninth, New York Formerly A. T. STEWART & CO. Store hiows-~9 to 9
Good morning!
This is February 21!
The weather today -will
probably be cloudy.
"Proclaim Liberty
throughout the
land unto all the
inhabitants there?
of
Our buildings, storage hous?s,
factories and work rooms in and
out of, but in unison with, the prem?
ises at Broadway and Tenth, next
to Grace Church, will be
Closed from 5 P. M.
' today to Tuesday,
Feb. 24, 9 A. M.
Also our offices and warehouses in
Philadelphia and in London and
Paris will be closed, and notices
posted stating publicly the reasons
therefor.
A very happy day to the thou?
sands of families for the holiday on
Jhe Birthday of Washington.
(Signed)
February 21, 1920.
France Honors Today
Wanamaker Men
icho made the
Supreme Sacrifice
In the Auditorium
today at 2:30
Presentation of
French Diplomas
to the ncxt-of-kin of the L6
members.of the A. E. F. who
went out from the Wanamaker
organization in New York and
gave up their lives for ?their
count )-y. '
M. GASTON LIEBERT,
Consul-Gcneral of France, will
prescn<5?4he diplomas.
Lieut.-General BULLARD
Major-General WEIGEL
Admiral G LENNON
Bishop BUR?H
will be present
Thomas B. Wanamaker Post
No. 413, American Legion, ?
invites you to this occasion.
First Gallery, New BIdg.
What a critic says
about Wanamaker fashions
for Miss 14 to 20 :
"A more tasteful, more
beautiful stock of up-to-the
moment clothes is not in New
York than 1 found in the
Misses' ?Section'at, Wanamak
er's. 1 cannot possibly exag?
gerate my enthusiasm over
this place; with all the nice ex?
pressions in my vocabulary ap?
plied to the service. I found
there all the things a girl needs
for her wardrobe?the pret?
tiest \of things in a stock
boiled down so that selection
was easy."
300 New Spring
Norfolk Suits
for Boys
each with two pairs knick?
ers, .$28 grades, for
$21.50
Two models. (1) plain
coat, slash pockets, full belt ;
(2) box-pleated back, patch
pockets, full belt.
Eight patterns ? grays,
trreens, tans. Coats alpaca
iined. Workmanship thor?
ough. Sizes 7 to 18.
Spring Blouses
Tan silk pongee, collar at?
tached, polo style, $7.-50; fine
striped madras, white and
self stripes, same style, $2.45
and $3 ; other good blouses,
colored or white, $1,50. Size
7 to 15 years.
Third floor, Old Building.
TO-DA Y, first of the days of
Futniture at Half
CLOSING THE FEBRUARY SALE
It is our custom, in the la?t days of these Half-Yearly Sales, to ad*
just stocks by marking at HALF PRICE all odd pieces that are not
going to be, or cannot be, re-ordered.
Included at half, TODA Y?
Suites and incomplete suites, of which one piece or two have been
sold (not many of these). Separate chairs, tables, divans, rockers
bureaus, chiffoniers, china closets, buffets, serving tables, a great va*
riety of small novelty furniture, etc.
The Bedroom and Dining-room Furniture at HALF will be assembled west
of the Rotunda on the Sixth Gallery. The Living-room and Library pieces at
HALF in the same location on the Fifth Gallery.
All the rest of the furniture
will be at reductions of 10 to 33 per cent, today and for the remaining
five days of the February Sale.
"How's furniture goingT' we asked a
manufacturer yesterday; one of the ablest,
most wide-awake men in the industry.
"It isn't," he replied.
"Prices up or down?" we asked.
"Not taking orders," he said.
"What is, the trend of prices?" we per?
sisted.
"Up," was his laconic response.
And there you are.
A few years ago manufacturers of furni?
ture were soliciting business. The shoe is on
the other foot now. There's not enough
good furniture to go around.
Wise people are buying furniture now.
This sale has topped all February records?.
which means that we have given a greater
SERVICE. Well, there never was a time
when service of the kind we give in the Feb?
ruary Sale was so needed.
Have YOU shared in it?
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Galleries, New Building. '
For Miss
14 to 20
Suits, $39.50 and $55
At $39.50?suits of wool
jersey, two smart models?
beautifully tailored. In new
blue, navy blue, brown and
heather tones. Also?tweed
suits, which were painstak?
ingly tailored in our own
workrooms. In blue, grays
and browns.
At $55?navy blue SERGE
suits. We print serge in capitals,
because Paris prefers serge, and
because it is generally only used ;
in move expensive suits. One
model has braid bound coat, and
the third style is also severely :
tailored and lias (he smart inch
belt that ties.
Frocks, $39.75 and $49.50
At $39.50?trotteur frocks
of SERGE with either box i
or accordion pleated skirt.
Also?stunning little taffeta
frocks in dark brown, black
or navy blue.
At $49.50?Dance frocks of
lacy black silk net, with founda?
tion of soft black satin. Wee
touches of French blue give a de?
lightfully youthful note. We
were able to get only 18 of these
much desired frocks to s<:dl at
this very humble price.
Second floor, Old Building,
Tenth st.
New hats
at $12.50 ?
Youthful sailors with
turned-up brims, trimmed .
with a flange of pleated gros- !
grain ribbon and a dangling
gold and blue Chinese woolen
ornament.
Mushroom shapes faced
with Georgette of a contrast?
ing shade, and trimmed with |
ostrich feather bandings;
some trimmed with braiding
on linen; others^ with flow?
ers.
Matrons' hats, too. many of
them, hats that possess style and
charm as well as dignity. Sraiirt
tricornes trimmed with ostrich
feather bandings. Turbans with
brim rolling up smartly in front*
Many are trimmed with ribbon
cockades or quills.
Black, brown and navy.
First floor, Old Building.
Doeskin gloves
$1.95 pr.
Our $3 fjrade
600 pairs P. X. M. sewn.
White with white embroid?
ery, white with black em?
broidery. All sizes. Strong,
soft, durable. Easily washed.
Fortunate purchase.
Main floor, Old Building. |
Blouses at
lower prices
Tailored blouses $9775,
reduced from $12.75.
D a i n t y filet - collared
blouses $11.50, reduced from
?14.50.
The tailored blouse is of heavy
white shirtin?; silk, absolutely
correct in cut, with excellent nar?
row shoulders and a weJl-fitting
yoke. The lines of the collar, the
few simple tucks, the smart, cuffs
make it pre-eminently a blouse
to be worn with the tailored suit;
$9.75.
? The other blouse is of fine
batiste, entirely hand-made, with
tucked front and trimmed with
a collar of fine hand-made filet.
The cuffs are banded with filet
lace to match; $11.50.
New lingerie
Attractive and inexpensive
Very .pretty washable satin
bodices for $1.50; three styles; !
tailored and lace-trimmed.
Nightgowns at $1.35 and
$1.95; of nainsook, tailored; |
made with stitching or trimmed
with embroidery; five charming
styles to select from.
Envelope chemises of nainsook
at $1.9T>.; trimmed with lace or
embroidery.
White petticoats at $1.95;
trimmed with hemstitched tucks
or with lac? or embroidery; 5
styles.
Third floor, Old Building.
Handbags, $5
Navy, black or brown moire j
silk, with top of etched metal
with silver finish. You may have
a ribbon or chain handle, accord- '
ing to taste. Linings of assorted
colors are finished with an inside
frame and mirror attached. A i
silk tassel is the final touch. And !
in passing?
Final clean-up of
Velvet bags at $2, $3 and $4.
All have been higher.
Main Aisle, Old Building.
Books
About the Father
of Our Country
Popular edition of "George
Washington," by Woodrow
Wilson, $1.50.
"The True George Washing?
ton"?by Paul Leicester Ford,
$2.
"On the Trail of Washington"
-?by Frederick Trevor Hill, **?
$1.75.
"The Wonderful Story of
Washington"?by C. M. Ste?
vens, $1.
"Life of ticorge Washington"
?by Pollard, 75c.
A little booklet "Washing?
ton," gotten out by Century,
30c.
Many others, too?a separate
table devoted exclusively to
books about our first President,
found in the Book Store.
Eighth Gallery, New Bldg.
Good-bye to
Men's Ulsters
325 at $47.50
They were $60, $65, $70-*
most of them were $70.
Long, full cut ; dark oxfords,
rich browns, heather mix?
tures; satin lining in sleeves
and over shoulders. Very
finely tailored. Sizes 34 to
42.
379 at $36.50
Were $50 and $55; short town
ulsters in heavy cheviot-finished
overcoatings and hard-woven
friezes; light and dark oxfordl,
browns, heather erects. Sizes
33 to 38.
600 Pairs of Shoes,
$9 and $10
Good-bye, because we shall
not be able to get anv more
shoes of the quality of these to
sell at these prices." Black wing
tip lace shoes, medium toe, blind
eyelets to top, at $9; same styles
in tan (cordovan color I at $10.
Light, smart shoes, with heavy
single soles. Better add one pair
of each to your wardrobe.
In the Sports Shop
50 moleskin-cloth coats,
lined with sheepskin or
fleece, original! v $20, now
$10.
50 mackinaws, all wool
originally $16.50 and $20;
now $12.50.
NEW golf stockings from
abroad, $0 and $7 pair.
Burlington Arcade floor,
New Building.
Wool skirts,
$7.75
Regularly $12.75 to $16.50
Special purchase of 100 of the
most favored skirts of this sea?
son, in a variety of materials.
Blur? serge with white pe*"
stripes- most attractive wool g?
sey in turquoise blue, satin an?
moire and velveteen skirl? ?
black. Also wool serge?, plain"'
lored and embroidered.
Second floor. Old Build?*
Petticoats
Special ^
Kirm but light sateen I**"*
coats in regular and extra BPf
S3.
Pretty tussah silk petticoat?,B
regular and extra sizes, $3.?*
Third floor, Old B?U**