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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-24
NeU ribbons Uery pretty
 69c

And those of you who have had experience with ribbons lately will agree that ribbons so pretty and
 good as these are unusual at CSC the yard. All silk, fine taffeta, rain b o w weave for bows and sashes. -Main Floor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-24
G ench

Women's white hemstitch- ed and colored bordered handkerchiefs, made of durable h a n d k r chief cloth. These are fine for school girls.
 Main Floor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-24
LOVEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB
Weather:
Store Opens at $50 q. m.

Friddy-a sale Of Silk Remnants Feature Of tue January SiLk Snle Remnants in silks and satins from lengths from 10 yards. The prices in this sale are from 1-2 to
 1-3 and in instances IA of
 tOrn1er retail prices The great volume of business which has Silk Section during the January Silk Sale meningitis close, has left with large accumulation of of high grade silks and satins
 For the past have outth remnants measured them and tckeed them preparation of this occasion.
 The Manager of the Silk Store going be the biggest sale he has ever eld-and he ought know. To quote him further They represent the choicest patterns and in all lengths suitable for waist a dress, or in some instances just enough for chids dress
 There silks for evening hemak- ing of fine mdergarment There silks in all quail ties all colors all styles And because they the prices from one-half to onefomh what they originally were"
 These remnants remember, for today only No thrifty woman will let the by without securing her full share of it's worthy Toi1et Goods Un,brellds GloUes H
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-24
Windsor ties
 69c

Plenty of fine all silk windsor ties, extra wide and extra long, for the school girl who wears stiff collars or a middy blouse. These are in black, cardi- nal red, delft blue, yellow, Kelly green, purple and light blue. Main Floor
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

Herbert Street station. Brooklyn, died Mon
MATTHEW CROAK. ffty-six husband of
Susanna CroaA, is dead at his home. 119a
Fulton Street, Brooklyn.
CARRIE FiSTEK, daughter Of Alfred and
Annie Fister died At her home. 1854 Fifty
ninth Street, Brooklyn.
JOHN PETIT. thirty nine. toolma.ser.
employed for years in Holy Gross Cemetery.
died Monday after brief Illness.
ANNA RLIGE, thirty-nine, Is dead at her
home. 05 Jewell Street, Drooklyn.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHERWOOD,
seYenty-two, Of 202 Penn Street, Brooklyn.
died OF apoplexy on Sunday, the forty-ffth
anniversary of his marriage to Katherine
Schwalb
EVELYN BISHOP BETTs. sixty, Of s75
Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn. widow of
Thomas J. Belts. is dead of paralysis,
MARY A. STATE LIHOU, eighty-seven
died Monday at her home, 1877 East First
Street. Flatonsh. She was born in Glouces-
ter. England, and was for many years a
member Of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed
Church
GEORGE FREDERICK SMITH. sixty-fve
an Investigator for the Western Union Tee-
graph Company, is dead Of pneumonia at
CHARLOTTE TILESTON SPOFFORD
VANDERBILT. widow of LeFerts Wander
bilt, died Monday Of paralysis at l412 Eaton
Avenue, Flatbush She was one of the old
est members of the Flatbush Dutch Reformed
Church.
PHILIP ALoYSrUs BECKER, sixty-two.
manufacturer of plateglass cases for
cigar stores. is dead at his home. "a South
Elliott Place. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Rosalsky Thinks
Limit Sentences
Will Check Crime
Judge Expresses This to
Reporters, Then Imposes
Maximum Prison Terms
on 20 Young Prisoners

After man of twentyone had been
arraigned before him for robbery yes
terday afternoon in General Sessions,
Judge Otto A. Rosalsky called news
paper men before him and pointed out
the serious situation that confronted
him because of the age of most of the
offenders he had remended for SEN
tence.
81 have before mo youths whose
ages range from sixteen to twenty
one and who have entered pleas to
various degrees of robbery, burglary
and larceny. I am sorry for them, but
if the maximum penalty is imposed I
believe we shall be able to check all
potential offenders of their age"
In imposing maximum sentences,
Judge Rosalsky said the public was
startled when it read, for example, of
twenty-year penalty, but he said
such a sentence is cut in two by good
behavior while in prison.
The youth in this case was Frank
Palumbo, 81, Of 450 East 115th Street.
He told the court he had entered the
grocery store of Abraham Lestch, at
354 East 123d Street, with three com
panlons. The owner was held UP at
the point Of revolver and $40 was
stolen.
Judge Rosalsky asked the prisoner
why he committed the crime He re-
piled that he wanted to buy a silver
skull plate because of a fracture of
the skull, suffered in a muniton plant.
"Didn't you know that if you went
to hospital you would receive atten-
tion?" the court asked.
II got tired of applying to hospi-
tails. They wouldn't do anything for
me-" was the reply.
During the .arraignment of twenty
young men yesterday morning Judge
Rosalsky discussed the work of the po-
lice.
81 hold no brief for the Police Com
missioner, but I am satisfied that
Commissioner Enright is doing his ut
most to suppress crime and restrain
the criminal clements in the commun-
lty, and that he has been successful"
he said
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

Stock Exchange Liberty Loan Commit
tee, take 1t for granted that you, as
a member of that committee, will exert
your efforts in the Victory Loan cam
paign with the same degree of fidelity
and zeal that you displayed In the last
Liberty Loan campaigns, and to that
end reappoint you on the Victory
Loan Committee.
at seems to me that it especially
devolves upon our committee more
fully to appreciate the bearing Of the
success of the Victory Loan on the
business and commercial interests Of
the country in the readjustment pc
riod Immediately before US.
Secretary Glass said truly that we
have right to invoke the patriotism of
the people, and to-day it takes higher
type of patriotism to serve the nation
than was required in the delirium of
war | take pride in the faith that
the work of our committee will, with
out exception, exemplify the higher
type of patriotism in the important
work we are about to undertake."
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

Woolworth dictated short story Of
he received at the country school, his
only training later was in business
college at Watertown which he at
tended two terms. "Tho education
got in that business school did me
moro good than any classical college
training l might have got" he wrote.
Ran Errands for Nothing
"In March, 1873, when I was twenty
one years old, I commenced as an er-
rand boy with the dry goods firm of
Augsburg & Moore, in Watertown. 1
was pretty old for an errand boy. I
worked for nothing" Two years later
Mr.. Woolworth obtained position as
salesman with another firm at $40 a
week. This was reduced to SO because
ne didn't show satisfactory results.
Worry over his failure caused illness
and he returned to the farm for q wear.
In 1877 Mr.. Woolworth again tried
to be merchant. He was given another
position as salesman, at wage of $40
q week, with the firm of Moore g.
Smith, in Watertown. He had married
and his first child had been born when
his wages Were cut to $3.50 a week
In spite Of this, he had saved $50 by
the end of 1878.
Mr.. Woolworth developed the five
and-ten-cent idea from the top of q
table. One of the first Of his bargain
successes came when he placed an
array of articles on the table marked,
Your choice for five cents" The pur-
chasing power of a stipulated price
mark had been demonstrated and he
never abandoned the idea, even in the
face of obstacles and reverses.
First Store in Utica
The first and-ten-cent store wa.
opened in Utica with Mr.. Woolworth's
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

husband to the country she xas auab,e
TO accompany him
Mr. Woolworth was born in Rodman.
Jefferson County, N. Y. He was con-
sidered one of the greatest merchants
in the world. He was president of the
F. w. Woolworth Company and organ
izer of the great chain of 1850 retail
stores throughout the United States and
Canada. The Woolworth Building, on
lower Broadway, is among the worlds
greatest structures and monument to
the man who started his career by sell
ing five-cent articles on the TOP of a
sewing table in a store at Water
town, N. Y.
Mr.. Woolworth leaves his widow, Mrs.
Jennie Creighton Woolworth; two
and Mrs. James =. Donahue, of New
York, and a brother, C. S. Woolworth.
of Scranton, Penn. The funeral SER
vices will be held in his late city resi-
dence. 900 Fifth Avenue, tomorrow at
IL o'clock. Burial will be in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Irving National Bank Director
Besides owning control Of the Wool
worth Company, Mr.. Woolworth was
one of the largest stockholders and
director in the Irving National Bank
and the Irving Trust Company; presi-
dent of the Broadway Park Place Com
pany. which owns the Woolworth
Building and other properties in the
city. He was member of the Chamber
of Commerce of New York, the Union
League Club, Lotus Club, Hardware
Club and a director Of the Pennsyl-
vania Society.
reer, from the time he attended the
district school between harvesting
times on the farm, is a series of fail
ures and successes which might have
discouraged less courageous man.
He was the son of John II. and Fannie
McBrier Woolworth and was born
April 13, 1852
A few weeks before his death, Mr..
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

savings of $50 and a small loan from
his father. The business was success
full at first, but he later sold out part
Of the store for s170 and sent the
remaining stock, valued at $4O0, to
Lancaster, Penn. The store started IN
that city in June, 1879, was MIR. Wool
worth's first successful mercantile en-
terprise. The first days sales amount
ed to s127.64. Last years profits of
the F. W. Woolworth Company totalled
s1o7,175,O0O.
From this beginning o utore was
opened in Harrisburg. Then followed
stores in Philadelphia and other
cities. Three out of five were failures,
according to Mr.. Woolworth's story.
He had brought in his brother, c. S.
Woolworth, who managed the Lam
Watertown and hired Carson C. Peck,
an old associate, who later came to
New York to become general manager
of the Woolworth stores. Mr.. Wool
worth went to Europe and other mar
kets to survey the buying fields for his
five-andt ten-cent articles.
The tremendous amount of book
keeping for this enterprise required
figuring profits down to mills. Where
such articles as tacks and hairpins and
countless household articles were in
volved, the profits depended solely on
large distribution.
$50 Tons of Hairpins Year
More than 64,0OO,0O0 pounds of
candy are sold by the chain stores each
year. Three large factories work all
year to supply the stores with $50
tons Of hairpins. More than 10000
employees are required to operate the
stores. 1t is estimated the stores have
100000 customers daily.
Seymour II. Knox, Mr.. Woolworth' s
cousin, joined him in 1884. Their first
failure was in Newark, ~ J. Later
Mr.. Knox afterward withdrew to open
stores Of his own. The Knox stores
became successful, and in 1912 were
amalgamated with 112 Woolworth
stores. F. NJ Kirby, another former
partner of MIR. Woolworth, also joined
him in that year, with 96 stores. E.
?. Charlton, another of the former
five-and -ten-cent store associates,
Joined the amalgamation of 1912 with
So stores.
In the first ten years of his career
~, W WI " VI e1i opClicu SWSlV0 SIOieS,
with a partner in each storo. He was
unsuccessful in the larger cities until
1905, when he incorporated the F. W.
Woolworth Company, with 318 stores,
with capital of S10,OOO,O0O.
Store Managers Share Profits
zone of the big factors in my sue
cess" wrote Mr.. Woolworth, "has al
ways been my willingness to let the
men associated with me make all the
money they could. Extraordinary
values for minimum prices have built
the business. The policy has been all
along to keep the unit Of profit small
and to put all our effort into volume
Of sales.
"All Of the men, from the store man.
ayers up, excepting the president and
three e-presidents, have no salary,
but are compensated on profit shar-
ing basis.
81 have had plenty of discourage
ments all my life, but ] never took my
eyes off the goal, and l say to young
men that there is just as good a chance
to-day as there was when l started in
business"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Head of Nation-Wide Chain
of Stores Succumbs to
Influenza at Glen Cove:
Widow Is Seriously iii
Merchant Once Office Bow
Worked for Nothing in His
First Job; Failed Many
Times Early in Career

Frank Winfield Woolworth, origina-
tor OF the five-and-ten-cent store, died
early yesterday morning at his summer
home, Winfield Hall, Glen Cove, Long
Island. he was in his sixty-seventh
year and had been i'll since Saturday of
influenza.
Mrs. Woolworth is dangerously ill
at her home here. She has been in
poor health for some time. Her con-
dition became so serious that when it
was decided last Friday to move her
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
BIRTHS

FRANKEN and Mrs. siemund w. A.
Franken announce the birth of a son.
Lenox Hill Hospital, April 6.
1SRAEL.-To Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney S. Is
rael (nee Herz), Bay Ridge. Brooklyn, a
son.
ORNAN.--Dr. and Mrs Jules Ornan (nee
Engel) announce the arrival of u baby
girl on Sunday, April 6, Lenox Hill Hos
pital
PODELL.-Mr. and Mrs M. Podell {nee A.
katz) announce the birth of a girl.
April g.
ROSENMAN.-Mr. and Mrs Maurice (nee
Leah Levy announce the birth of son
on March 6, at New York Nursery and
Childs Hospital
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Brokers Get Ready
For Loan Drire

William II. Remick, n member Of the
Governing Committee and also chair
man Of the Liberty Loan Committee of
the New York Stock Exchange, will
send a letter to-day to all members of
the committee urging them during the
victory Liberty Loan drive to cxem-
plify the "higher type of patriotism"
The letter follows:
"Tha spirited resolution of the Gov
erning Committee has pledged the Elk
changes unqualified support to the
Victory Liberty Loan.
"As the burden Of this pledge rests
largely upon the shoulders Of tho
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
ENGAGEMENTS

sCHARFF-ADLER- and Mrs. Sam NJ
Adler, Of Birmingham. Ala. announce the
engagement of their daughter Jeanne, to
Captain Maurice R. Scharff of Pittsburgh,
Penn. Captain ScharT has just returned
from France. after eighteen months serv-
ice there Mr.. and Mrs. and Miss Adler
at the Vanderbilt -
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
MARRIAGES

HYDE-CLARKE - George Gaynor Hyde to
Rev. George Benson Cox, at ST. Paul's
Chapel, New York
JEFFREY -WHITrNG-Howard Jeffrey to
Agnes May Whiting. April 8, by the Rev.
DR.. jackson, at st. Paul's Church, Brook
lyn, N. Y
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
IMPORTANT NOTICE

Birth, Engagement. Marriage. Death
and In Memoriam Notices may bo
telephoned to The Tribune any time
up to midnight FOR insertion in the next
days paper. Jrst call
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Beeknlan 5000

and send the notice as you wish 1t in
serted. Bill for same Will be mailed to
you later, Tho notice wifi reach more
than 100000 readers daily.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

LYoN-At Port Chester, n. y. April
1919 Sarah C.. daughter Of the late C;l,'
bert and Anna Crawford Lyon. Funeral
at her late residence, p Westchester NV
Wednesday. 9th inst. ut 9 30 D. m ~
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

1919, James S. son of the late CLARK s
and Emily Parker Merritt. in the ooh
year of his age. Funeral service at ST
Peter.s Episcopal Church. on THURSDAY.
10th inst at > p M
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

none n5oGe' AaS7 AHlo97nfeld' N J.. Wednesday sts.,
Hoboken. 1nterment at Bloomfield from rom
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

hAEpPEL-Eertha sr;f bertha Matilda, on Tuesday
av., apartment :. Funeral service 1g.,sllk alk
day evening at the above address S.se
O'Clock Interment Friday morning. w.
lawn Cemetery, private " ''s
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

J., suddenly, on Sunday
April 6, beloved husband of Elizabeth 7
!nee Golden). Funeral from his late resi-.
dence, 1927 Ogden av., Highbrdge. on
Wednesday, April 9. at 10 a. M ; thence
to Sacred Heart Church, 169th st. and
Shakespeare nv, Bronx. Solemn requiem
mass. Automobile cortege
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

VAANNDERBILT-on Monday, April 7, 1914
late Lefferts Vanderbilt Funeral serv;cs
at her late residence. 412 Cation ay..
brooklyn on Wednesday. April 8, at (
p. M Please omit iowera
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

"iiPTESSBEhGMon ii PSi7lsa Sunday, April 6. 1918
Agnes Schefte, widow of Charles 7 ''-1yss Ivss
ftenners in the 49th year of her aee
+ nneral @ private from her late residenc~
So West Doth ST.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

FREE-Entered into rest, at Peeksk;u N
y, April 8. 1919. Julia A. wife Of Henry
John w. Crumh and Roba Finch Crnnb IN
the 74th year of her age. Funeral service
viii be held at her late residence. 1IsS
Howard st, PeekslSll. Thursday. April 10.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-09
Traer News Notes.

Special to Times RepuDllcan.
Traer, Aug. 9.-Lieut. Cameron ROSS
who was reelected to his old position as
high school instructor for the coming
year. has written the school board
that he has received his discharge ana
will be here at the opening OF school.
His discharge was delayed several
months on account Of an injured knee
received while in the service.
C. H. Reed, son-in-law of William
Brown, has purchased an interest in
the Maunn music company, with stores
at Cedar Falls, Fort Dodge and other
places. The family will live at Cedar
Heights. Mrs. Reed and children
have been at the William Brown home
for several months.
Miss Cora Bryson left Sunday Tor
Santa Maria. Calf. to begin her fourth
year as teacher Of English in the high
school at that place.
Mrs. John Sherrett Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. George Ladd, at Wilmot,
S. D.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-09
News of Eidora.
,ecial to Times Republican.


Eldora, Aug. 9-Alexander Quinn,
who had been here severa' weeks WISH
ing in the families of his na:ce. MIS-
Clara Jones, and nephew. Charles
Backin. left Friday for his home IN
Brooklyn. n. Y.
w L. Utley and daughter, Miss
Mabel. who had been in EiGora visiting
old friends, left today for their nome
in Keokuk. Mr. Utley was agent TOT
the Northwestern railway n Eldora
twenty-three years ago AMI THIS was
his first visit here in that length OF
time.
Judge w. J, Springer. OF Ney Hamp-
ton, was here Thursday and Frlcay
visiting his old friend, Lee Miller. ana
incidently looking after his political
fences as a candidate fer supreme
Judge. Judge Springer has been on
the district bench the last seven years
having been appointed by Governor
Carroll to fill a vacancy. The terms
of three supreme court officers ex-
pire next year-those OF Judges wen
yer. Ladd and sallinger.
F.. A. Nimocks, Of Council BUTTS
was here Thursday and Friday in the
interests of John F. Deems for gov
ernor. Mr.. Nimocks twenty-five years
q 90 was a resident Of Alden township
where he taught school,
Mrs. Luella Crockett nsdale, OF
Seattle, Wash. is here visiting Ole
| friends Mrs Hinsdale was formerly
| resident of Eldora and teacher II
the public schools.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-09
SECRETARIES OF STATE TO MEET
To Learn How Wisconsin Saved
Money Despite High Prices.

Madison. Wis, Aug. 9.-How Wis
cousin saved more than a Hlllllon ant
a, half dollars. despite high prices in
the last four years will be explained at
meeting of the secretaries OF state
of all the American commemorative.
They have been invited here Aug. y
and % to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY OF
state purchasing agent.
Wisconsin having been one of the
pioneers in the employment Of such
a state official and with results con-
sidered so gratifying. has been asked
to explain to the officials of other
states the details of the accomplish
ment. Governor Emanuel L. Philip,
who conceived and put thru the "ef-
ficiency" program in the purchase or
state supplies. and NJ. F.. Blumenfeld,
the purchasing agent he appointed ana
who actually carried out the plan, will
be among the speakers, together with
other state officials and business men
yet to be announced.
Governor Philip was elected to OIL
flee in 1914 on a platform that inciud-
ed a business efficiency plank. A sue
cessful business man himself, he Sc
lected Mr.. Blumenfeld as state pur-
chasing agent because Of the latters
having been a buyer for various large
corporations for a number of years.
Then began the attempt to demon
strate what could be accomplished for
state thru up-to-date business
methods, an undertaking the admin
istration claims has amply justified the
continuance Of the plan and it's adop-
ton by other states.
A mimeograph and multigraph de-
partment, used by all the state depart
ments, was installed. with a resultant
saving of $4,000 claimed Careful
buying at the right time and place
with goods to be delivered r. Q. 3.
capitol instead Of F.. o. B. Madison. is
declared to have saved $685. in cart
age alone.
! Other accomplishments OF the pur-
chasing agent to which the governor
and his friends point include saving
of s4,732, claimed to be the result OF
employing skilled painters to do all
the reflnishing and sign work, and an
Item Of s3,975 credited to the saving
fund thru placing the gardening work
of the capitol grounds on the shoulders
Of the capitol labor force. Then came
an alleged saving Of s220,420 in the
printing and paper used by the various
state departments, including the
state university and all state instuti-
(. tons and normal schools, and at
i time when prices OF papers and all
.office supplies were rapidly advance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-09

Ing. and tho attention Of other states
was attracted.
1t Ia claimed that when Mr.. Blum
enfield took office the purchasing de-
partment was paying 2s cents to 10
cents a pair for automobile plates and
steel prices were low but that he sue
cecded In buying the plates mt from 0
to II cents pair in the face of ad-
vancing steel prices. with further
entry In the saving fund OF sl0l.2oo.
The present purchasing agent also
claims credit for having more than
trebed the streets insured property
and effected saving for the state
equal to that before he took office by
demonstrating TO the legislature that,
altho the state carries its own insur-
ance, the premiums were too high.
Inquiries have been received from
many sources as to how these govern
mental economies were accomplished.