evening
rTSDJER-PHlL'PETJPHI TOTO'SPAT, F13BBTJABT 11, dl$:
tit
ilEBAM BANK'S
PROSPECTS GROW
MORE HOPEFUL
indications Point to Rehabili-
itation of First National,
Looted Through Cashier's
Accommodation.
a..msffPEnSTOWN, Pa.. Fob. 11.-
ISAiUnllal progress wna made this mem-
ITfiiln tho worn ui !.... -- - - -
l&Uofial Bankl ot "" 5"ftCe' . T
ffij fe.t nnancm.y. ""-", ., ,
fcCVcaP lla Tstock. reached In town
K?Hng last nlBht. payments on tho first
P.M"n? '. nt ihn I1C1 assessment necci-
..ma Insuro tho reopening1 ot tho bnnk
ll made this morning, and President
K'f li now, for tho first time, hopeful
i ??In oarty and satisfactory solution of
line problem of rehabllltfttlnK tho Instltu-
llOD . -..-oo-lntr nlirn cfltnft In thtt
l AMtner ....-.. - .
Ifonn . ... manufacturer nnd
f1?'"' ...nior. xvould nt onco pay Into
Knk $10,000, with the understanding
Sit should tho examination of tho ac
& i any further Indebtedness
ft his ho stands ready to mako good
LXr hand If Horsfs debit
. vn "v - . . .i .fc
ihotlld be founa lo do less umu umi
imoit restitution Is to bo mado to mm
M the balanco . When naked this morning
j( he thought tho plan for tho reopen-
blnrof the DnnK wouiu B" iuiuus", i-
tot un?" """" ""-.-""V. .
Sure U will ku imuuH". . mum -,u
hwiiiuh. Wo cannot afford to lose the
tank and much less tho money that Is
tied up In It. Wo need tho bank now
u much as over beforo as a business
proposition, and, of course, do not want
to lose tho money of the shareholders."
President Horst anticipates a unani
mous and prompt response to tho call for
Beth first two 25 per cent, assessment pay-
K merits and Is certain that tho J10.CCO fund
Erequired to tako over a par the 40 shares
r ts yet unvoted In favor of tho assessment
Br..,.. ...lit tin ntrnlfnhln when npprlnrl. 'I lip
Vial, .. ........... -w
prompt settlement of tho Horst account
W ind at least partial payment on tho
HtKelffer $12,000 account may mean tho
g.on Iho $101 assessment.
Mrs. Dinner, wire or tno suiciuo casnier.
Is now declared to no longer mako any
rlfort at concealment. Ah estrangement
S-eilstcd for somo tlmo beforo the tlmo
Brdomestlc troubles. Sho now declares sho
will not bo guided by his last directions
as contained In tho noto written by him
ncl found by her following his death.
.Efforts to secure a statement from
Arthur J. Hovertor, tho Lebanon Insur
ance agent, in uie uuuuiy juii uit a
charge of aiding Blnner In tho misap
propriation of $18,582.21 of the bank's
funds, have proved unavailing. Ho em
phatically declares that ho will be vindi
cated of wrongdoing nt his trial. No addi
tional arrests havo been made and nono
Is looked for Just at this time, but those
who say they are conversant with somo
of the affairs of the bank predict other
prosecutions.
i
..COMMITTEE GIVES $36,000
Contributed to the. Fund for Aid of
Destitute.
.Thirty-six thousand dollars was thrown
nta tho breach between unemployed Phll-
Jwelphlans and tho necessities of life to-
Ray by tho Citizens' Permanent Relief
KCommlttec. At the same timo tho com
iWltlee declarod the $12,000 collected to
ndats totally Inadequate to meet present
feconamons in tnis city, nnd Issued another
rand more urgent appeal for subscriptions
Eirom.tnose who havo for thoso who have
jTuot
Fj-" oycviuu aupumuon was maao uy
gths committee In mnklnr division of the
I, $36,000 that not a cent la to be exnendid
pfor the overhead or other expenses of
the charities to which Is Intrusted tho
?w9ru or distribution. In other words.
fassuranco Is required of each charity be
fore the money Is turned over by tho
Ktoramlttce that all tho money will go
Klrectly for relief of the unemployed nnd
needy.
The Permanent Itellnf nnmmiiiu mf
today in the offlce of Mayor Ulankenburg.
it, was tho first regular meeting slnco
file aDDeal Wan inmicl In nn-rrar-Hnn
pith tho Philadelphia newspapers more
Jhan a week ago for funds for tho .des
titute. Accounting showed that1 $12,000
lu been contributed slnco tho sppeal
tas made.
At the ClOflA nf Ihn manli A 1U "n
Johnson, president of thn Ttni,iwin t n'
K!0!1!6 VforkB- announced tho following
K.V. 2n..of K6'000 out of this sum for
Edlslrlbution:
Ht!?0161?. for Organizing Charity, $10,000;
JVnlon Benevolent Society. $3000; Home
iJIIsslonary Society. $5000; Emergency Aid
E .-f" 5000: UnIted Hebrew Char-
Eila?; t Protea'ant Episcopal City Mls-
h7tl, 3eTP"sent at the meeting In addition
li.. Jh"aon wer Alexander Vnn Rens
Ktin' Tneolore C. Search, George D.
E ar?' ,SamueI FSl. DImner Beeber
Kd IJugh McCaffrey.
&TfZ,?h::a?.!a,'eaii.,:"''neft'.'
K"w n?;3 120 men on Its payrolls.
r, ana that the Park Commission also
Kr...larB?r 'orce of employes at work
M," man last winter,
pOSEVELT STRIKE DEPUTIES
tNTER PLEAS OF NOT GUILTY
gmanded to Jail-Trial Unlikely
. Jierore March 23.
?KEW BnUNSWIPJ." XT T -n..L ..
jwenty.flve denut- ;.Vi .:"'".-1it:
K c'oVa Supf erne CouYt tTcU
Knd htr charKe8 at murder and assault
B?cti0ntt.bUBht aKalnst them Jn con.
Wat n TUh .tlie footing of the noose
. . " strikers Januarv 20.
Surned i .nHeeA ?rd"el a men re
TriT 5. w f11 and nnnounced that tho
S2S.J? "bably -would not bo held beforo
"JfEAB FOB MANSIiATXaHTEB
Pasldlsco Pl.lfo 1.....1 .. ,.
ssnh Bodin. s,.r-j:","i,-"-i"
?S9 vear ,h 'AZ"'1"7.'. ""' k . lu
;H In Quarter Sessions Court today
1 a result nf i, ,i,.i. mJ
irotSu' w,' waa truck by a brick
uTi r lB prisoner. Ha pleaded
SllShter. Th. " v; 'J' 'J?"V.i. '"?":
rtHkln " iuaircicu wmio
prt Baby Brightens Millar Home
l!dney Stuart inn,... . ii. '.i ..i.i
kaldn J?M.homo Mr- atld u- Arch!
St? ii'n, Ular ot Harrlsburg. yesterday.
feeVwr; .a.r u ectary of the Publlo
SLTCQ L-GmnUBfilnn mnrt warn nrmttrlv
t?'ary t ex-Oovernor Stuart. Ha
KwS! to name the baby for tha former
K&lSor'. b.ut " w" Klrl. o only a
f-- w ajr. oiuari's name waa used.
Emperor' Grandson Christened
NNA. Feb. 11. iTha Infant un nf
ratt,cis Joseph, heir apparent
Austrian throne, waa chlstad
Karl Ludwfir at the $JetarUBi
W-6 totiav in tfe nrusn.t nf UmnArAP
RAILROAD IN RATE PLEA
TELLS OF HIGHER WAGE
Philadelphia and Beading Bepresen
tntlves on Stand in Camden.
Efforts on the part of representatives of
tho Philadelphia nnd Heading Railway,
owners of tho Atlantic nnd Seashore Rail
rond, to show that Increoses In wages
to train crows and shorter hours were
a. large factor In causing tho proposed
Increnso In passenger rates, characterized
resumption of the hearing today In the
Camden courthouse. Tho New Jersey
Public Utilities Commission has held up
t'no advance In fares at the Instnnce of
tho Now Jersey Commuters' Association,
representing residents of most of tho
large cities In South Jersey.
KM. Kalck, superintendent of the At
lantic City Railroad, gave exhaustlvo fig
ures of the Increase In wages and salaries
slnco 1900, nnd declared that tho loss of
tho Kalghn's Point Perry by fire cost
the company mor than 200,0fl0. The
loss, ho said, was $255,009, with only $15,200
Insurance
Superintendent Falck also attempted to
show that tho company could not work
tho employes mora t'unn 12 hours nt tho
maximum, with eight hours as tho limit
for tho full day. The other four hours,
ho said, were "overtime," nnd had to bo
paid for at higher rates.
in llio summer months, ho declared,
extra cqulpmont nnd rolling stock con
sumed much of tho earnings. Under
crossexamlnntlon by Aft'"-- 'ion v,
for the commuters, 'no admitted tho stock
wns really tho property ot tho Heading
Company,
Others who testified at the morning
session wcro R. L. Russell, general
freight agent of tho Philadelphia nnd
Reading, who was on tho stand all morn
ing; William Osterhaus, chief traffic clerk.
Commissioners Don Bos and Tracy nro
sitting for tho Public Utilities Commission.
DOCTORS PROD COUNCILS
County Medical Society Favors 'Im
provement of Blockley.
The County Medical Society Is expected
to give Its wholo support to tho plans for
tho rehabilitation of Blockley, for which
Councils has refused so far to approprinto
tho $1,000,000 voted by tho people, as tho
result of nn address by Director of Health
and Charities Zlcglcr.
Director Zlcgler outlined tho plans for
the work at the West Philadelphia In
stitution nnd then cited tho law of July
24, 1913, to rofuto tho argument of John
P. Connelly and tho Councllmanlc Flnanco
Commttteo that tho money cannot bo ap
propriated until full plans are drawn.
Tho plans as outlined to the society
will bo presented to Councils at tho next
meeting by Director Zlcglcr.
Formor Judgo Dlmnor Beeber also epoke
last night beforo tho medical society, urg
ing tho physlclnns to get together and
support the Blockley plans. He declared
"Tho gentlemen we call 'city fathers' do
not socm to bo ovcr-cnthuslastlo about im
proving conditions there."
SHOTS FIRED IN CHASE
Follcemnn nnd Bobber Suspect in
Bevolver Duel.
Residents in tho vicinity of Front and
Master streets were awakened from their
slumbers today when a dozen or moro
shots rang out In rapid succession. It
wns the nolso of a revolver duel between
Policeman Doherty, one of tho crack
shots of tho force, and one of two stran
gers, ono of whom opened fire on him
when ho surprised the pair acting sus
piciously In the yard of tho John J.
McQrath wasto mill on Master street
near Front.
Joo Thomas, who came In on tho brake
beams yestcrdny, was locked up later
nnd sent to tho House of Correction for
three months. His pal, who fired about
n dozen shots at Doherty, escaped. Do
herty was patrolling1 his beat about 1
o'clock this morning when he noticed
Thomas and another man prowling about
the yard of the wasto mill.
MAYOB NOT BEADY TO OBLIGE
Going to Disappoint Politicians Who
Expect Elm to Die In Office.
Mayor Blankenburg says that If lenders
of tho Republican Organization expect
him to die beforo his term of office ex
pires ho is going to disappoint them.
That was his comment on tho bill beforo
the legislature at Harrtsburg that would
allow Councils to cfnoose a Mayor In
case of a vacancy during a term. In
stead of permitting the Director of tho
Department of Public Safety to succeed
to tho offlca as under present laws.
"What tho bill means nnd why It was
Introduced the citizens of Philadelphia
can Judge for themselves," said tho
Mayor. "Neither tho Director of Publlo
Safety nor the Director of Publlo Works,
nor any of tho other departmental Direc
tors would suit tho Republican Organi
zation as my successor, but I am no'
going to obllgo them by dying."
FLAMES IN AFABTMENTS
Occupants Flee Haverford House in
Scanty Attire.
A score of Main Line society folk
shivered In scanty garb on the sidewalk
in front of tho Haverford Apartments, at
Haverford, for 15 minutes early today
while firemen fought a blaze in the cellar
of the house. The fire was extinguished
by the Merlon Flro Department from
Ardmore.
A defective flue Is thought to have
started the nre. It Ignited tho woodwork
directly beneath tho apartment of Mrs.
William H. Runk. She and her two
daughters, the Misses Evelyn and Edith
Runk, and a guest found their rooms
filled with amoka when they were aroused.
Among thoae driven from their apart
ments by the smoko were Miss Amy
Hartshorne, Professor and Mrs. John E.
Latta, of Bryn Mawr College; Mr, and
Mrs. Charles K, Eagle. F. S. Blgelow
and Mr. and Mrs, Charles F. Springer.
STOBAGE EGG VENDEBS FINED
Store Manager Fays ?60 for Selling
Adulterated Goods.
Threo grocers were fined and a fourth
was held under $400 ball for trial at hear
ings before Magistrate Rooney today on
charges of selling storage eggs without
labeling them. Henry Vardaman. H12
Point Breeze avenue; Isaac Schwom, 1029
North 2d street, and Isaao Wiener, 202S
North Front street, were fined.
Walter Woodcock, manager for Mitchell,
Fletcher Co.. 12th and Chestnut streets,
paid a fine of JOO and costs for selling
adulterated canned goods.
' ' '
NICKEL A DAY FOB' A WIFE
A nickel a day and a black eye very
w&k were oil Mrs. Fannie Gulrlo, of 3025
Latoni street, got from her fcusband In
the four years of their married life, ac
cording to her testimony today before
Judge, Brawn in the Domestlo Relations
Court. Gulrlo was committed until he
paya some of the rooney ha owes on a
court order for tho support of his wifa
and child-. Although this now amounts
to moro than $100, Gulrlo brought hl wife
Into court and sought to have tho child
taken from her care. Witnesses upheld
her denla of bs charges.
Shirt Special !
4 Madrn Shirts made to your raeur for
Ml, AH ablrtiw r wsi jpw n
iehri la Ani.rapa's scotch Uinufns Ira
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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Sixty-two Girls and Fifty-five Boys
Becelvo Diplomas Today.
Graduation exercises wcro held today
at both tho Girls' nnd Boys' "West Phila
delphia High Schols. Tho girls' class In
cludes 02 members and the boys' 53.
Diplomas were presented to the girls
by Prlnclpnl Parko Schoch and to tho
boys by Principal Charles C. Heyl.
For the first tlmo In the history of
tho school tho girls wcro not called upon
to pay for costly dresses for tho com
mencement. A uniform dress, costing 75
cents, was adopted. It Is the long sleeve
less Groclan garment.
Members of tho 1915 graduating class
are:
Helen Dorothy Baker Mildred A. I.hlng.iton
Mabel E. lleyk-r Dorothy U. Lollln
Dorothy DIaka Kleunor Salomo Iong
Edna Hrown Marlon C. McCurdy
Ilelen Meorn Brown Helen I'rleo Mcllvalno
1-hoobe Gardner Brown Jur.o M. Mattsoii
Mytho M. lirueatlo Anna M. Miller
Klsla Irene IJrutacho Beatrice M. Onlmus
Miriam II. Carroll Jinrgarei w. usDorno
Myrlo s. compton.
Josephine C. Dlckcl
Esther J. Ostcrlund.
iivrii. l:atfiiM lJuvlie
Mary Loulie Dickson Miriam 1'ennypacker,,
May IC. Duano
Ueatrlco b. ltommel
Elizabeth K. Itoss
Anna . noaK
Uraco L. Duncan
inorencn R. Ucklund
Mabel Rebecca Faraon Ueatrlco Slecel
t-;iaio 2-ianer ixiuiao omau
Mary Ellen Oalbralth Anita M. Solomon
Doris Mellor Ollbert Martha C. Stevenson
Klslo C. Emery Glenn Dorothy W. titowart
Jennie Young Qreer M. Jane Stlnaon
P. Hazel Haines Jeannette Van Natta
Helen Isabella Harris Uertrudo D. Voshage
Uleanor Kdna Hlrsh Theresa J. niter
Illanchu Ida lloll Marsaret 8. Watson
Marlon Alice Howe IJvolyn May Wellman
Mildred A. Ilurlburt Anne Conard Wheaton
Dorothy Oray James Anno K. Woian
Ilarhel Klrsbner Lillian May Worrall
Jesslo M. Llshtfoot Zarouhy M. YorganJIaa
Lillian Lindsay Morenco YounB
Tho exercises at tho West Philadelphia
High School for Boys will take placo In
tho nuditorlum of tho school. Fifty-flvo
students will rccelvo diplomas. Judgo
Dlmner Beeber, a member of tho Board
of Education, will preside.
Harold Earl llarron Wm Mitchell Irish, -Id
IYanklln Harold Bates Civs. M. N. Klllen, Jr.
Gilbert S. Dayno Itolond L. Kramer
Benjamin Uerman Clydo Itayetta Kresgo
Owen faheldon Ulrdsall Allan l.a bor
lleorge V. Hourre, Jr. Du-ene Alfred Leln
John Deck Hoyer , .roth
Edward Sculley Brad-John M. I-ordan
ley James Albert Lockhart
Wm. McBarron Brad- Harold Van Dyko Me-
ley
naugh
W. Herbert Broomall Douglas Marbaker
ueorga l. uiair, jr. Aioert x.niericjv wmsr,
rrank James Clark
.Tr.
Israel J. conan,
Dlcott Nell Collar
Walter W. Cor
Floyd Crawford
Jos. Carleton Duke,
Jr.
Frederick Arthur
Hlsey
Kobert Henderson
KmM llf
Sanmel Troctor Hofflt
Manuel K, Munlz
Jlobert T. Newell
Raymond O'Mara
Jxynl Y. Osterlund.
Jesse Darlington utley
Joseph Henry Backer
ouf B. 8. helchard
William Itussell lloun-
treA. Jr.
Lewis II. Esler
Harry V. Sauera
..w r. t l. ulnralln Tfnlnh V Hhatllc
Chnrles H. roster Hugh Alexander Stlr
Erllng Henry Haabe- ling a,.mrl
stof John A. Btewart
Frank V Harris Thomo? Andrew
Alfred Maynard Hoff- Teamer ,,,,
man John Howard Walker
Edmund . Hooker Hodson L. Waters, Jr.
Charles Hunter David Waxman
CONTBACTING FIBM FAILS
Becelver Appointed for J. E. and A.
I. Fennock.
Ira Jewell Williams was today appointed
temporary receiver for tho contracting
firm of J. E. & A. U Pennock by Judgo
Thompson In tho United States District
Court. Tho appointment, calling for a
bond of J10.000, was mado on the applica
tion of John H. Llpplncott, Jr., a mem
ber of the firm, who filed the suit against
his partner, Joseph B. Pennock. Tha
firm's offices aro In the Land Title Build
ing. Recent business depression and an al
leged arbitrary ruling of the Government
are assigned as the grounds for the fail
ure. Schooner's Loss Becomes Known
The loss of the schooner Maria C, Teel,
while bound from this port for Porto Wco,
became known today when the British
steamship Colorado landed the crew of
the Ul;fated vessel at Rio Janeiro. Tha
vessel left here December 29 with 1800
tons of coal. Captain Cottrell was In
command.
ALENTINE5
Unusual Assort
ment of Odd
Creations, or
Why Not a Book?
If
Ihi
BOOK SHO!?
17011703 Cltaut St.
AT DOG SHOW OPENING TODAY
ARGENTINE SAILORS
ON BOARD U. S. SHIPS
Crew of Moreno Quartered on Indiana
nnd Massachusetts.
Sailors of the Argentine Republic, who
wero sent hero to man tho battleship
Moreno now being completed nt tho Now
York Shipbuilding Company, wero hnppv
today In their new quarters on board tho
battleships Indiana nnd Massachusetts nt
tho Philadelphia Navy Yard. This Is tho
first tlmo that foreign sailors have been
quartered on United States battleships. It
was mado possible through tho courtesy
of tho State and Nnvy Department to tho
Argentine Minister.
Tho transfer of tho sailors from tho
transports Chaco nnd Pampas to tha
navy yard started a rumor that the Now
York Shipbuilding Company was having
dilllcultles with tho Argentine Govern
ment regarding tho payment for the war
ship. This Is Indignantly denied by of
ficials of the shipyard. They declare that
the Argentine Government was anxious to
mova the transports for tho loading of
cargoes of freight, and as the Interior of
tho Moreno wns not completed, It wns not
posslblo to shelter the sailors there. Ths
vessel, they said, will bo ready for de
livery In about two weeks.
"This reported troublo between the New
York Shipbuilding Company and tho Ar
gentino Republic over the battleship
Moreno Is all rot," exclaimed an official
of tho shipyard this morning. "Tho ves
sel will bo ready for delivery In about
two weeks nnd will leave for South Amer
ica. The fact that tho Argentlno Govern
ment desired to move tho transports, the
subsequent transfer of tho sailors to tho
Philadelphia Nnvy Yard and our unpre
parcdness for tho housing of tho men on
board tho Moreno nro responsible for the
wild rumors that wo would not glvo up
tho ship until the 1. 600,000 additional
costs for extras has been paid."
Samuel M. Knox, president of the com
pany, corroborated theso statements. Ho
said that there would bo no difficulty
over tho payment for tha ship. Tho fact
that the contract for tho vessel had been
sublot from the Foro River Shipbuilding
Company, ho said, was not a secret, as It
wbb announced two years ago and had
been published upon a dozen occasions
since then.
THBEE HUBT IN AUTO CBASH
Car Hits Telegraph Pole and Occu
pants Go to Hospital.
Threo persons are In the Ablngton Hos
pital today from Injuries received last
night by being hurled from an automo
bile which crashed Into a telegraph pola
near Wyncote.
The Injured ara D. Hays Solls-Cohen,
an attorney, son of Dr. Solomon Sollj
Cohen, IB25 Walnut street, his wife, and
Horace T. Flelsher. 2223 Green street,
secretary and treasurer of tha Triangle
Hosiery Mills, Inc. They were nil 'mado
unconscious.
A passing automobile took the injured
party to the Ablngton Hospital.
MABBIED AT ELKTON
Seven Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Couples Visit Gretna Green.
ELKTON. Md., Feb. lL-Sevon couples
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey were
married here this morning. They were;
Frank A. Curtain and Allca M. Miller;
Anthony T. Cessaro and Sadie Chandler,
and John A. Fone and Marie T. Schenck.
of Philadelphia:' Morton F. Gabettl and
Mabel Moore, Chester; Raymond J,
Hartranft, Spring City, and Bessie M.
Grater, Royersford; William E, Curtis
and Pearl A. Noqk, Sea Girt. N. J., and
David H. Ryan and Mary L, Sechrlst,
Trenton, N. J.
DKEM
FINE STATIONERS
Invitations
for Easter Weddings
Correct Styles
Engraved by Hand
ll CHESTNUT STREET
VOCMX)OCo
GE5SWrjMHfiri1ZI?RiEI&
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DOGS VIE FOR. HONORS
Kennel Club's Show for Emergency
and Fund Opened.
Society lenders nnd dog fanciers from
many nearby cities thronged the Metro
politan Building, Broad and Wnllaco
streets, for tho show of tho Kennel Club
of Philadelphia which opened at 11 o'clock
today and will continue until Saturday
evening. More than 1000 dogB, represent
ing 62 breeds, nro benched to ralso funds
for tho home relief work of tho Emer
gency Aid Committee.
Big dogs nnd little dogs, pretty dogs
and ugly ones nnd nil with a distinguish
ed nnccstry groetcd tho eyes of tho first
visitors to tho exhibition. Howls and
bnrkB In every key arose from tho kon
ncls. The Judges who will pass on tho entries
todny are; Mrs. L. C. Dyer, Oscar Vos,
Chnrles a. Hopton, Thcodoro Oftcrman,
Vernon Castlo nnd Alex. H. Stewart. This
evening tho Judges will be Levi Wilcox
nnd Messrs. Stewart and Offcrman.
ENVOYS TO ATTEND BALL
German-Austro-Hungarian Function
Will Be Brilliant.
Plans for tho danco and reception of
the Germnn-Austro-Hungarlan Ambulnnco
Committee In tho gold ballroom of tho
Bcllevuc-Stratford tonight havo been
completed. Tho occasion Is expected to
be one of tho most brilliant of the season.
At S:30 o'clock a reception will bo ten
dered tho representatives of the countries
for whose benefit tho affair will bo held.
Ambassadors of both nations will be
present, as well as their Consuls In Phila
delphia. Supper, with an orchestra con
cert, will bo served In tho Clover Room
through tho courtesy of the Bellcvue
Stratford. Among tho patronesses are Mrs. Ru
dolph Blankenburg, Baroness Heleno W.
Czoernlg von Czernhauser, Mrs. James
McClellau Williams, Mrs. Albert H.
Hartung, Mrs. G. A. Appenzoller, Mrs. G.
A. Bnbnck, Mrs. C. D. Barney, Mrs. Au
gust Bcln, Mrs. William Beln, Mrs. Otto
Cachar, Mrs. E. W. Chamberlain, Mrs.
F. J. Coyle, Mrs. John B. Deavcr, Mrs.
F. X. Dcrcuni, Mrs. Christopher Donnur,
Mrs. Theodore FInkennuer, Mrs, A.
ICoertlng Fischer, Mrs. Robert Fleer, Mrs.
Henry H. Frcund, Baroness Hlllcr von
Gaertlngen, Mrs. Adolph Hartung, Mrs.
Philip Klein, Mrs. Emanuel Kolb. Mrs.
Emma Kolb, Mrs. Louis J. Kolb, Mrs. O.
W. Kulllng, Mrs. Carl F. Lauber, Mrs.
John H. Lotland, Mrs. M. Matthews, Mrs.
Harry Mees, Mrs. John A. Meyer, Mrs.
M. J. O'Meara, Mrs. Harry Relger, Mrs.
A. Brill Riddel, Mrs. 'William Rltter, Mrs.
H. C. Rump. Mrs. William Rump, Mrs.
Henry Schmidt, Mrs. Joseph Schaeffer,
Mrs. John O. Sheatz, Mrs. Frank Shu
mnn, Miss Mary Slnnott, Mrs, H. Joho)
Sofland, Mrs. "Wharton Stork, Mrs. J.
Madison Taylor. Mrs. William Albert
Ward and Mrs. Otto Wolf.
FOUB DOGS ATTACK OLD MAN
Inmate of Home Makes Complaint
Against B. J. Clauson.
Four dogs ran out and fell upon Albert
Hall, a 79-year-old Inmate of tho Hays
Mechanics' Home, Belmont road, as he
was passing the homo of Relmer J. Clau
son, 4910 Wlnfleld avenue, and bit him
until he lost consciousness, according to
a complaint filed with the police today
by Henry C. Stuart, vice president of the
home.
Hall heard barking as he passed the
Clauson home yesterday, and then saw
four dogs leap the fence and dash to
ward him. He was too feeble to mn and
fell under their attack. He was treated
at the home by a physician.
GAS CASE TO BE BEOPENED
South Jersey Concern Wants Court
to Revoke State Board's Order.
The fight for cheaper gas In South Jer
sey will bo renewed February 23, when
the New Jersey Gas Company1 will ask
tho Court of Errors and Appeals to re
voke the ruling of 'the Publlo Utilities
Commission, which ordered .the concern
to furnish It gas.
The gas company has reopened the case
as a result of the court decision In Pas
sale by which a similar ruling ot the
commission was revoked.
Valentines
Of Flowers arranged in
thee Heart $-1.50 up
boxes, from JL
Other Flower Valentines from $1 up
Special for February
DOUBLE VIOLETS
Our Regular Dollar Bunchat, 50c
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GIRL FORCED TO WED;
HER FATHER HOPES
HHSBAMD WILL DIE
Boardwalk Romance Led to
Unhappy Marriage and
Man Is Dying of Poison
Self-Administered.
"Tho poor Judgment that most girls
show In tho men that they allow to see
thorn and the men that they marry, to
gether with tho rascality which somo fel
lows manngo to wear under the mask of
a suave nnd fascinating manner, Is re
sponsible for my daughter's predicament
today."
Brokenly and dejectedly nnd showing the
traces of the terrible strain under which
ho has been working for the last months,
John B. Wright, the gray-lmlrcd father
of Mrs. Frenk 13. Handler, told tho story
this morning of his daughter's traglo
marrlago which reached its climax at
City Hall last night when Frank Handle',
nrrosted on tho chnrgo of threatening his
wlfo's llfo after ho had forced her to
marry him took enough poison to kill
several men, becauso he said sho would
havo nothing to do with him.
"Tho man who lies at Hahnemann Hos
pital nnd who Is my daughter's husband
though In namo only," said ho grimly,
"has no moro love for her than a stone
wall. Long beforo sho married him and
over slnco then It took place last Oc
toberhe has been hounding her day and
night for money.
"Not a mlnuto'fl pence has sho had. My
daughter has n good position downtown
and he has been Importuning her at her
oftlco to such nn extent that her means
of livelihood was Imperiled. Ho has coma
to our houso and I have had to kick him
out. Onco ho said that If tho girl would
glvo him enough money to tnko him to
South America ho would ceaso his annoy
ance. Llko a foolish girl, half hypnotized,
sho gnvo It to him, but ho only became
lnsatlato for more.
"I did not know of this In tho begin
ning, but finally his threats becamo so
alarming that the girl was almost pros
trated. I then becamo aware of what
was going on, and wo decided that tho
only thing to do was to have him ar
rested. "It was simply another ono of those
Atlantic City romances. My daughter
met tho fellow at the shore, nnd despite
the fact that such a typo as lie would
bo repulsive to men, ho exerted a curious
Influence over women. Women don't see
through men llko that, and, though sho
got over her Infatuation, my daughter
wns afraid not to marry him when ho
threatened to kill her and to use his
Influence to mako mo lose my position.
"It would bo a good thing If he died.
I burled my wlfo a llttlo while ago and
I feel sure that our daughter's troublo
with this man helped to hasten her end."
At the Hahnemann Hospital, Doctor
Ryan, In chnrgo of Handley, said that the
man had taken 15 grains of. bichloride,
nnd Intimated that tho chances of his
recovery were slim.
THOMAS WILL CONTESTED
Physician Testifies Aged Woman
Had Softening- of the Brain.
Dr. James B. Longshore. 3150 North
Broad street, testified today beforo tlie
Register of Wills that In his opinion Miss
Mary C. Thomas, who died at 1E03 Green
street, on January 3, leaving nn estate of
$51,000, was not capable of reasoning suffi
ciently to mako n. testamentary disposi
tion of her property.
According to the statement of tho physi
cian who had attended her slnco August,
1013, Miss Thomas had softening or the
brain. She wns 73 years old. Her will,
made September 10, 1914, Ignored a sister.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Jarrett. and left the
property In equal shares to Anna L. Mc
Dowell, a niece, and to Nathan L. Key
ser, a nephew. Mrs. tTarrett Instituted
tho contest proceedings, alleging undue
Influence and lack of testamentary capac
ity. HAYHAXEBS' PETITION FAILS
Court Befuses to Charter State Or
ganization. A petition for a charter under the title
of the State Haymakers' Association of
Pennsylvania was refused today by
Court of Common Pleas No. 5. The Court
contended there was In existence a body
known as the State Haymaker's Associa
tion of Pennsylvania, Incorporated
March 18, 1SS3, which derives authority
from and Is subordinate to the National
Haymakers' Association of the United
States.
It was also stated by tho Court that at
the time application for a charter in the
present case was filed, tho State Hay
makers' Association of Pennsylvania wa3
In bad standing with the national asso
ciation, and threatened with suspension.
The Court held the petitioners, who were
members of this subordinate branch, se
ceded and attempted to organize a sep
arate and distinct corporate body.
Norristown "Woman Hissing'
The police nre searching for Mrs, Re
becca Miller, iO years old, of Norristown.
The woman wandered from her home sev
eral days ago. Sho was well dressed.
Annual Sale
Dinner ware
Fancy Goods
Glassware
(Cut, Engraved and Glided)
Decorated Plates
at
CJreaiEyUeduced
Prices
"Wright, Tyndale
& van Roden, Inc.
1212 CHESTNUT STREET
The Purest
Water in tlie World .
The Great Health Give
fmoCK WATER CO, ISIA fmH St,
CONFESSED SLAYER OF EIGHT
AGED INMATES MAY GO FREE
in ii i i,i iin l
District Attorneys Say Evidence
Against Mora Is Weak.
NEW TORK, Feb. H,-Prederlo Met,
who confessed that ho killed eight ftffed
Inmatea of tho German Odd Fellows
Homo, may no free. District Attorneys
In the two counties wh6re Mots Hfrata
lie committed the crimes expressed seri
ous doubt today that tho former orderly
could be convtct.
"Mors declared he (ised arsenlo in Hie
three Bronx enses," said District Attor
ney Martin, of Bronx County, "but lhave
learned that physicians had prescribed
potassium arsenic for at least one of
theso three men. Exhumation would fthow
traces of arronlc, but prove nothing."
Mom' statement that he killed five per
sons In Westchester County with ethor
nnd chloroform satisfied District Attorney
Weeks that little could be gained by dig
ging up tho bodies.
"Slnco no corpus delicti can be pro
duced, It Is necessary that wo find eye
witnesses to tho murders Mors nays he
committed," ho sold. "I do not believe
we can convict him on the evidence we
now have."
tfencibles Kay Utiy Old Armory
An offer has been made to the city by
tho Old Guard Fenolbles to purchase ths
Bite of their armdry on Broad street. The
FenclblcB declare that In tho SO years they
have occupied tho building they have
spent Jl&O.OOO In permanent Improvements
nnd do not want to loso It. Recently tha
organization was denied n. renewal of ths
lease by the city, and since havo occupied
tho building at the will of tho Bureau of
City Property. Tho Fenclbles comprise
nn Infantry regiment 102 years old,
Fur-lined
Overcoats
and
Persian Lamb
Collar Coats
with
Quilted Satin 1
Lining
in a
2-Day
i3lJL6
at
Extraordinary
Pfices!
-. Natural Musk- $AQ
$75 rat - lined Coats f Q
for
M Natural Musk- Vf
$90 rat-lined Coats QJ
- for
M Marmot-lined & $ 'A
$100 Mnskrat - lined Il4.
Coats for
ien Black Muskrat- $Q
S150 lined Coats J73
for
We will sell these Persian
Xiamb Collar Coats with
quilted satin lining at these
reductions:
$60 Coats for $39
$75 Coats for M-9
$95 Coats for $61
Other Overcoats
$9, $12, $16
Were $15 to 30
Ending
Saturday!
Big Bargains
in
Winter Suits I
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