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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
A Statement About Silks
important to Read

Every customer of the Wanamaker Store land of
other stores, too) should be informed that the greater
part of the American silks now coming on the market
are not so high in quality as in former years.
The reore is not so fnc.
The dyes are not quite whot they used to be.
The durability is not so much to be relied on IN some cases.
We prefer that our customers should know this rather than
be disappointed in any expectation.
The reasons are these:
Men who ran the looms on which the finer silks used to be
expected-they were men more than ordinarily efficient and could
be made most useful in munton work.
Workers called in TO replace them (wherc it was possible
to replace at ALI were mostly unframed women, and they have
not yet learned how to get the best work out of complicated and
delicate machinery. They cannot yet weave the beautiful smooth
textures that we used to get.
American dyes have been produced with amazing success,
but the work is new, and there are sometimes mistakes.
And, to add to these difficulties, it is so hard and costly to
keep the factories going even at half production that prices are
going up almost maddcningly. They go up and go up, and there
is no help for it.
This is not intended to discourage the buying of silk
which ought to be bought, because silk is the only fabric not
heavily used for war supplies-but TO suggest that you buy very
carefully, and with a determination to get at least the best that
is to be had for your money.
We believe it will be found that in our large stocks shere are
at this moment:
~ More of the eariier boHght. reliable silks,
More of the best selection Of the HcW SILKS,
And bwer prices all around,
than in any other establishment. In fact, we can prove all three.
japanese wash silks are still perfectly safe
to buy without doubt as to their quality, and we
have an abundant stock of these on hand.
(First Floor Chrstuu)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
ON THE
AISLE
Mems Initial
Handkerchiefs at
S3.7j Il Dozen

Newly on sale today, and of
pure Irish linen. hemstitched
and in regular sizes for men.
As handkerchief values rule
today, these are 4 very re-
markable group at the price
and they are sure to sell ac-
cordingly.
West Aisle)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Fine New Lot of Madras Shirts
Plenty of Those
Csc Neckties

Between soc and $3.50 you will
find a wonderful assortment Of
new Fall and Winter neckwear,
including a fresh lot of those fine
four-in-hands that we sell spe-
cially for Csc.
(Main Floor. Market)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Liberty Loan Day
Music in the Tea Room
II to 2 O'clock

!. March-"Bu Liberty
'onu Richer
:. My Belgian Rose. Benoit
. a" Jazz Number-"I'm Sorry I
Made You Cry. ....,.,Co
b. Smiles" .......rober,s
T. Keep Your Head Down. Fritzie
o ........... Murphy
.. Selection from she oriental
ENtraraganza, "Chu chin
tnoW Norton
6. n. "Alsace Lorraine" -. Fisher
b. "Au Revoir, But Not Good
Bye. Soldier Boy. NouTilzer
" When the Ships Come
Home" from oh, fady'!
Lazy ...........' -. Kern
$. a. IT'S q Long Way TO Derlin,
But Wen Get. There. .Felyt
b. Dear Old Pal Of Mine"
Lieut.. Git2 Rice
.. a. III lie Can Fight Like lie
nsn Love. Good Night
Germany ........... Meyer
b when the BOYS Come
Home Speaks
Ia. Selection n. cave It to
Jane Kern
II. a Did You see Ny Iimmje
M%srchius?' .........E Berlin
h. ."Thcy Were All cut Of step
But Jim ......,.. Berlin
l.. Msrch-"L,berty Forever"
Caruso
Finsle-"Star-Spangled Banner"
eighth Floor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Individual Styles
Among Soft Hats

This showing Of soft hats for
Fall and Winter is marked by a
great many shapes not to be
found elsewhere.
This is particularly true of the
hats from Italy. which are de
lightfully jaunty and spirited in
line.
Colors are rich and in good
variety.
Prices, 81 and 81.
Main Floor. Market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Smooth Leather
Handbags in
Good COlOrs

One style is round, with the
regulation soft fullness. This is
$1.50.
The other style is a fiat book
with top handle and is 81 and
$3.50.
Both come in navy, brown, gray
and khaki
lMsIn Flser. Chsstnvtl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
Charming New
Hats for School
Girls

There are sober round shapes.
saucy sailor shapes, poke shapes,
and some soft velvet shapes. rib
bon or hower-trimmed. They are
of velour, plush and velvet. in
almost every color of the rainbow.
They are for children from 6 to
Ia years, and L priced from SO
to S12.
tsecOnd Floor. ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
WANAMAKER'S
100 Per Cent

100 Per Cent:
For the Fourth Liberty Loan
At midnight the Wanamaker Store unfurls the
first 100 per cent honor flag.
A Liberty Bond for Every Employee!
Our record is 100 per cent. A Liberty Bond for
every emplOye.
That is our 100 per cent record as the cam
paign opens this morning.
We are proud of our people, and we believe
Philadelphia and all America will be proud of
them.
Their honor flag was flown to the breeze at mid
night last night, and this morning at 10 o'clock a
duplicate flag will be unfurled in the Grand Court
with patriotic ceremony by the Store family.
"TO Our Utmost"
All of us have pledged ourselves to buy and to sell
Liberty Bonds.
Program at 10 A. NJ.
! Salute to the Flag. "To the Colors" "a py..
> onward, Christian Soldiers All singing. accompanied JI Gand UnoS
3 The Liberty Loan Drive Janess i" u91Hu n"
4 Recitation from Bill Of the [. S. A." E,mmoS ~ om mom
J. America All sing.
3. La Marseilaise" sung ii Fycach B. I'M J. II e : coJ,ts
THE star panged Banner" All sing. oS"' accompanying
We will be ready o take subscriptions today. at the Liberty Bond Sales
Bureau. West Sie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-28
A Well-tO-DO Farmer Who
Used to Talk About What

he would do if he were rich, became heir to a con-
siderable sum of money and soon after stopped
working and set about, as he said, enjoying his
money" He bought, right and left, expensive
things for the home, horses and carriages, changed
his mode of living and squandered a large part Of
his unearned wealth-this the writer knows as a
fact-giving nothing to the things he talked of
giving to if he were rich.
The man who does not learn to give early in life
Is generally stingy to the end. The boy or girl who
wants to begin his life right by learning to give and
grow up as a giver can earn something these days
and put it into the Red Cross work. He can do
errands, carry packages, deliver newspapers, save
~carfares by walking. If he does not do something
at this time of the cOuntry's need, he will be a selfish
and stingy man, sure and certain.
fihe boy or man who works and earns what
he spends is on a safer track for a happy and
useful life than if he is only the heir to what his
parents earned and saved.
This applies most particularly to the duty of
today, for every one of us, Oldest to youngest,
richest to poorest, to do our best for the Liberty
Loan. Those who haven't the money to lend can
give their time and influence, and to make up for
any shortage they might double their days work
in doing this.
This store grew out of savings of small coins,
worked for.
:. .. d. '''''''' III &@r"A<:
Sept. rs, 1918. "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
GOVERNOR FIGHTS
VICE TO PROTECT
MEADE SOLDIERS

Governor Harrington OF Maryland
in a statement to The Times today
said that he was making every pos
sible effort 10 stamp out vice in Bal
timore. claimed by Maj. Gen. Joseph
L. Kuhn. commander OF Camp Mead.
TO have reached considerable pro
portions" affecting the morals and
health OF his men.
Governor Harrington upheld the
State and Baltimore city authorities.
praising them for the manner in
which they are hghting the boot
leggers and soliciting by women OF
evil repute."
Governor Harrington said:
Vice as II II now is hard to break
up. We are doing everything that
we can to stop bootlegging. We have
a law that will send a person to Jail
for even procuring liquor for a man
IN uniform. We have no segregated
district in Baltimore.
Soldiers from Camp Meade flock
to Baltimore on Saturday nights.
have been told that they seek the
out-of.the-way places and dark
streets. The police can't watch every
soldier that comes to Baltimore on
Saturday night. As il is they are
doing their utmost"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
LIEUT.. BOUDWIN
At HOME BEFORE
GOING OVER THERE

Joseph E. Boudwin. jr., twenty-one
years old, of 400 L street northwest,
who has just been commissioned a
second lieutenant in the aviation sec
ton OF the signal corps at Fort
Worth, Texas. is the youngest man in
the IOsth Aero Squadron.
Lieutenant Boudwin, who was for
merly employed by the Potomac
Electric Power Company in this city,
is the son OF Joseph E. Boudwin, sr,
and is spending a few days at home,
while awaiting orders TO go to
France.
Before going to the Aviation Camp
at Fort Worth, Lieutenant Boudwin
attended the Princeton Aviation
School, where he was graduated sec
ond in a class of 100 students, only
fifty-six of whom passed the final
tests. in Washington he attended
was graduated as an electrical enEi-
neer, later accepting position with
the power company.
While at Princeton. he established
a new record assembling and mount
ing the type of machine gun used on
heavy aeroplanes, accomplishing the
test in one minute and eleven sec
onds. the former student-OffiCer rec
ord being one minute and twenty
eight seconds. While in Washington
he was prominently identified with
athletics as a student.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
CONG. HICKS TO SPEAK.

sour Flag On Foreign Fields" will
be the subject OF the lecture to be
given before the members OF the Ma
tional Geographic Society tomorrow
afternoon and evening by Represen-
tstiSe Frederick c. Hicks OF New
York. Mr.. Hicks was one OF the
members OF Congress who sailed for
Europe Immediately after the ad-
3ournment last October, and he made
a careful inspection OF the condition
and morale OF the American troops
in France as well as of the front line
trenches in Lorraine. where the
Americans were soon to take their
places. The lectures. which will be
given at 4:45 and Sis in the after
noon and evening in the auditorium
OF the new Masonic Temple, will be
illustrated with motion pictures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28

ger, thereby frustrating a plot to
wreck the plant. The bomb exploded
nearby, but did only slight damage.
near by, but did only slight damage.
piciously around one OF the shops and
demanded an explanation. The
stranger beat him up and escaped.
Although dazed and badly hurt, Ho-
gan was able to give chase. He To-
Gated the bomb and saved the plant.
The bomb plotter has not been appre-
hended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
AIRPLANES TO FLY
OVER CAMP MEADE

CAMP MEADE, Nd, Feb. 2s.-Aero-
planes will be soaring over this camp,
spotting locations, signaling the
points" receiving the replies, and
working with the srtillsrymen, the
signal corps men, and others. 1t is
likely that only experienced flyers
will serve here. The course OF train
ing Of the division is being brought
up TO the point where this adjunct
is needed to complete IL.
A detachment has already been sent
from here to learn how to make OBJ
servations from aeroplanes and &c
communicates with artiIlerymen, sig
nal men, and the signal force OF the
infantry.
Certain markers will indicate the
presence Of German battery. The
observer flying over will be expected
TO spot this and officers working with
the artillery will translate all this
data into direct firing Instructions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
DENIES U. 5. HAS SENT
CARRANZA ULTTMATUM

Published reports that the United
States had sent an ultimatum to
President Carranzs demanding protec-
ton for the oil fields in the Tampico
district. where there have been fire.
quent disorders, were denied at the
State Department today.
The report given publicity was to
the effect that the ultimatum was
forwarded by telegraph to Ambassa-
dor Fletcher at Mexico City. because
the oil supply for the British navy
was being threatened
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
G. W. U. ALUMNI WILL
TAKE PART In EXERCISES

Alumni Of George Washington Tn'-
versity will be invited to participate
in the academic procession at future
commencement exercises. according to
action taken b. the board Of trustees Of
the university.
University officials desire to make
future commencements as elaborate and
impressive as possible. with the aim Of
stirring up additional interest in the
institution. 1t is pointed out that the
including Of alumni among those invited
to participate in the commencement pro-
cession will keep alive among graduates
keen interest in the activities and
welfare OF the university.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
SHIPYARD SAVED BY
GUARD FINDING BOMB

NEwBURGH. y. Y, Feb. 2S.-wn-
liam Hogan, a guard at the Newburgh
Shipyards Company's plant here. is
today being hailed a hero, following
his act Of yesterday, when he picked
up a bomb and hurled II out OF dan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
FORMER MAYOR ACQUITTED.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. 2S--
Former Mayor Roswell o. johnson
and six other Republicans OF Gary
and Lake county have been found not
guilty in Federal court here OF con-
spring to violate the electi-a laws
in connection with the election Of
1915. Federal Judge a. =. Anderson
stated that the Government had fail
ed TO establish its case.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
HAS U-BOAT HABIT AND
WINKS WITHOUT WARNING

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-MichaeI
Walsh. who has been on three torpe-
.doed ships and escaped Unscratched,
was in the wOrkhouse today for dis
playing too much agility with his
right eyelid.
lie accosted Frances Robinson.
winked and started to tell his adven-
lures. She beclSoned a policeman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
HOT FIGHTING IN
FRANCE DESCRIBED
BYG. j. GRADUATE

A graphic description OF conflict
in enemy territory and the breaking
Of the Hindenburg line is told in let
ter which has been received at
GEORGETOWN University from Capt.
Harry L. Murphy. of the medical class
OF 1912. The letter is dated Some
where in France" and is in part as
follows:
q am writing this letter from =
Boche dugout some little distance
back OF the Hindenburg line, and
in topping shape for the fifth day
OF the battle that will always remain
in the eyes OF the British army as
one OF the greatest successes or
strategy and pluck, that they ever
achieved.
Busy From the start.
'I can't begin to tell you all that
happened the day we began, the day
I first went over the top with my
battalion, The Queens Own
Il am dirty and tired, but We are
all bucked up over breaking the myth
ic&l line that every one told us was
unbreRkable.
I'VE are winning today and our
lads who have been out here for five
days without sleep and very little ra-
tions are CHEEKY and bright. 1t waT
great stuff-goinE over the top with
these lads. They are a brave lot, and
1 feel flattered to be with them. We
never faltered; in fact, we went fur
Their than we were expected 20 go. The
FritZies gave me a few merry hours
during our attack. I wasn't in danger,
for they can't shoot straight They
caught me in a shell crater and kept
me there with the rifle and machine
gun fire.
SnIpers Make 1t Hot.
"I had gone little farther, guess.
than I should have gone, to dress
a man of ours, and some snipers
ratified away at me. I put the wound
ed man away in a shell hole and
stuck there with him until one of
At companies came in and rescued
U.s.
I'VE had great day. The old
tanks gave us great protection and
aided us in getting the tons OF barbed
wire entanglements out OF the way.
We simply walked over their branches
and fought those who stood their
ground in the back areaI. 1t was q
hAIO od!' VI COuEses anu We nave
had bad days since, but we are all
well and in good shape now in one OF
their wonderful concrete dugouts
many feet under the ground, protect
ed from the hostile shells the enemy
has, been sending all day and all
night since We arrived in these ad-
vaReed positions.
THE enemy gets excited. He plas-
ters everything with shells NOW in
the excitement of the moment and
due to his drop in morale over the
reverses we handed him"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
By W. V. BYARS.

It appear that Republicans are "un-
safe for Democracy" when making
the same attempt The Senate ad-
journed out of sympathy for the be-
reavemcnt OF Senator Cummins.
The House opened its proceedings
by severe discipline for Hon. Alvan
T. Fuller of Massachusetts, who had
accused its membership of being
mostly devoted to telling stories and
'practicing to see who can spit the
farthest."
Mr.. Fuller labored under the dou-
bic disadvantage of being a wealthy
business man and of not being ag-
gressive in debate. After Mr.. Mar
tin Dies of Texas had paid the
House a series of more or less de-
served compliments, which pro-
voked hearty applause and occa-
sional cheers, Mr.. Fuller was COM
pletely pulverized and finally par
alyzed by the "hazing" which en-
sued. He said that if his letter to
the Speaker on the habits of the
House could be construed into an
insinuation that all members were
pharmacies" he wished to withdraw
that part of it. He declined an in
vitation to speak for an hour when
urged to do so-though he might
have found more material than he
could use in the debate after which
the House had refused an extra
clerk to the Committee on Rules.
Mr.. Fuller's disadvantage was
perhaps greatest when he was at
tackled under the suspicion that as a
business man, acc Istomed to give
orders and have them obeyed with
out argument, he wished to have the
House and Senate either abolished
or subjected altogether to central
lied authority" When refuting
this, Mr.. Dies was at a disadvan-
tage only because he did not go far
enough. He might have said that
the American Congress is the great
est legislative body in the history
of the world-that most of what is
best in all that has existed OF mod
ern political civilization" is a prod
uct of independent mind, exerted in
the American Congress. AS he COM
pared the present Congress with
other legislative bodies, he might
have said that at least a score of
men in it might be easily selected
with brains enough, honesty enough,
personal courage enough, to save
their own country at least and per-
haps the world from the worst pos
sible. Then the only question would
be of why all these high qualities
are so often left as an unused sur
plus. As, for example, when, after
having debated the "alien Stacker
bill' all afternoon, the House finally
passed it, by vote of 324 to 21-in-
GLIDING the votes of not a few who
had argued against it as unwise, OPP
pressive, and unjust.
This question was left open on
adjournment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
sINN FEINERs CAUSE TROUBLE.

LONDON, Feb. 2s.-WhIie the Sim
Fein situation in ireland is admit
teddy serious strong hope was held
out today that a compromise may be
effected. Martial law has been de-
clared in county clare where disor-
ders have occurred. The Sim Fem
ers are again active in Dublin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28

The people who were attacked as
"alien slackers" arc Italians, Greeks.
Irishmen, Scotchmen, Canadians,
Russians, and natives of other friend
ly countries, now in the United
States and not yet naturalized. The
bill provides for giving them the
choice between Punishment from the
country or enlistment in the army, or
liability to compulsory labor if they
remain. The arguments against it
were that it violated existing treat
les, that it was repugnant to treaties
now pending, and that the United
States for over a century had
strongly resisted all attempts of
other governments to compel mill
tary service from American citizens.
1t was opposed by Secretary Lam
sing. Mr.. Cannon, on the Republi-
can side, antagonized it. 1t was said
that if the friendly aliens now at
work in the United States were de-
ported Pennsylvania coal mines
would close in two weeks" Still it
passed on the ground that when
American boys are forced into the
trenches, foreigners, however friend
ly by disposition or nativity, ought
to have no better treatment in the
United States than our own Ameri-
can boys. However carefully ex-
pressed, all the arguments which re-
suited in the overwhelming vote for
the bill. are included in this single
one.
Congressman Emerson learned re-
Gently that the War Department may
postpone until the close of the war
the return of the bodies of American
soldiers killed in Europe. He intro
duced a resolution to prevent post
pOnement. Mr.. Stevenson introduced
a House bill to pay the railroad ex-
penSes of enlisted men both ways
when they are furloughed to visit
home. In the Senate, the conference
report on the civil relief" bi1lfor all
in the military or naval service was
made but not acted on. II is intended
to postpone the forced collection Of
their debts during the war.
Mr.. Treadway, of Massachusetts,
Informed the House of the progress
Of war risk insurance" TO the hour
OF opening. Its total as received by
telephone was S10.4OO,OOO, OO0-over
ten thousand million dollars, with
an average insurance of $S,O96 on
the latest $4,000 applications. While
this means that it will cost the
Treasury over $4,000 each for them
to be killed, they will average a far
higher value if kept alive.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28
Noro,.ooo What 1t Did
OOHS1COO Ye sterday

The History Of PrceFKng in the Connection Of
Cheap Money" With Dear Necessares- Sugar and Coal
Investigation Summed by Senator Lodge Congressman Fuller
Disciplined indicating the Dignity Of Congress The Alien
Stacker Bill Passed War Insurance Return Of Bodies From
Europe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28

The most important business of
the brief session of the Senate to-
day was the speech of Senator
Lodge Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
A. B., Phi. D., Harvard; Ii. D.,
Williams, Yale; Clark, Harvard,
Massachusetts, No ADLER speech
has been delivered in the Senate
during the session. 1t was as able
as any speech ever needs to be. And
perhaps considerably ADLER.
In any event it was a comprehen-
sive review of the results of the
investigation of sugar and coal,
made by the Senate subcommittee
on manufactures. Senator Lodge
spoke as a member Of the committee
who had himself introduced the
resolution authorizing the inquiry.
He indicated the right of legis-
lative inquiry and of the public to
information by a quotation from the
Elder Pitt in 174O, when with his
country at war, Pitt supposed that
time could not be better employed
than in finding how the war was be-
ing carried on by ministers, then
attempting to control public opinion
by means which could never en-
title a minister to praise, though
they might screen him from punish
ment." Senator Lodge at this point
came close to uncompromising ad-
vocacy of free speech and full pub
licity for public affairs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-28

Senator Sherman sent TO the desk
a newspaper clipping 10 illustrate the
fact that preparations are being
made for a campaign to control
Congress and that Democrats are
engaging in it while trying to make