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MUMMERS' PARADE
WILL BE HELD HERE;
KICKERS' DEFEATED
Abandon Plan to Go to New
York, Wilmington, Camden
or Any Other
"Suburb"
PLAN WAS "RIDICULOUS"
Offers of Funds Regarded a3 Indefi
nite by Men Who Will
March
The mummers' pxirnde will take plncc
In this city on January I n 11 always lias
Those who arc endeavoring to switch
thla Philadelphia Institution to Wilming
ton, Camden. New York city nnd other
suburban places have already encoun
tered obstacles, said Common Councilman
John II. Ilaltlcy. chairman of Councils
New Year Committee, which has con
vinced them that their plan Is "ridicu
lous." ttepresenlallves of those associations
which will march with the shooters' p.i
rado omclnlly Indorsed by Cnuiirlls said
today that the offer of a prospective fund
of $1800 by residents of Wilmington as
an Inducement to hold the parade In that
city was too Indefinite. Announcement of
this olTer was made ut n meeting of the
o-called Federation of New Year Association!-
last night. Those who nre en
deavoring to dlsoiganlie the parade here
could only promise that n ten-day cam
paign to raise the fund mentioned would
be started on Monday.
neprcsentnllVF of the federation sa
that the offer wns made providing 4000
mummers could be guaranteed In the
parade. It was pointed out today by the
numerous clubs opposed to deserting
Philadelphia th.it even though a JTMO
fund were raised tho faro anil cost of din
ner from ench mummer would have to be
deducted, which would leave little or
nothing to divide among the shooters.
When the prospective Wilmington In
ducement Is compared with the actual
JdSOO fund already provided for by Coun
cils, the loynl shooters declare that It Is
foolish to waste time over the matter.
Those who nre directing tho offlcl.il
parade heic contend that the disturbers
re actuated by commercial Instincts and
are not bona llde mummers Members of
the fcdeiatlon s.iy that the clubs should
receive the receipts of the olllclat New
Year program, which should be distrib
uted as prize money.
H. Dart MclltiKh. special ngent of Coun
cils, who has directed the mummers'
pageant for many years, said "the ns
nertlons made by tbohc who nre endeavor
ing to disorganize tho parade are too ri
diculous to discuss. I will bet Thomas
J. Garrlty, who says he represents the
federation, llfO that ho never was a New
Year shooter, and If ho will cover this I
will turn the money which I win over to
any chai liable Institution named by tho
nevvspapers. I wilt nlo wager JIGO that
the Klein Club will be In the olllclal
Philadelphia pnrnde on New Year's day
and make the same disposition of the win
nings "
It v.-as learned this afternoon that, al
though r-presentatlves of 15 small clubs
attended the meeting of the federation
last night, more than three-fourths of
these went to the meeting from mere
curiosity.
FIRE DAMAGES CAMDEN
CHEMICAL PLANTS
Spectacular Blaze Causes $25,-
000 Loss Officials Deny
War Orders
Two Cnniden chemical plants were j
damaged last ldght by Urea cnuslng a
loss of $25,000. They are the laboratory I
and factory of the Mechllng Urothers'
Manufacturing Company nnd the storage
house of the Camden Lime Company.
The fires started with a slight explosion
at tho Mechllng Urothers' plr.nt. at 6.W
o'clock. A sheet of flame soon enveloped
the building, which spread to the lime
company's establishment. Immediately
adjacent. Officers of both tlrms deny
that they had war contracts and are con
fident the blaze was tho result of an
accident.
The lire was a picturesque one. The
chemical substances glistened In the
flames like nmber. The smoke was so
dense that spectators were held at a
considerable distance by the police. Al
most the entlro Are department of Cam
den was engaged In fighting the Humes.
FIHE CAUSES $50,000 LOSS
IN WAIt SUPPLIES PLANT
Second Blaze Damage Suffered by
Canadian Company
KINGSTON, Ont., Dec. It. Tho plant
of the Maple Leaf Milling Company was
damaged by lire today. The loss was 50,-
ftYV
A few days ago the company's plant at
St. Catherine was destroyed by nre and,
as the company Is sending goods to the
Allies, there Is a feeling that the two fires
were the work of spies.
520,000 FIRE AT PEQUEA
Three Homes, Warehouse, Store and
Postofflce Burned
LANCASTEH. Ta., Dec. II. - Twenty
thousand dollars' loss resulted last night
from tire that destroyed three homes
and a warehouse at Tequea, the Susque
hanna River summer resort. Kahieman's
store. Including the postofllce, was de
stroyed and minor damage was done to
adjoining cottages.
Eshleman placed hl loss at f000. The
other losses were suffered by Pequea
Lodge of Eagles, Union Sunday School,
Mrs. Mary Wagner and Jesse Coombs.
The flames originated In a. flue. The
country was Illuminated for miles around
and hundreds of automobile parties has
tened from this city.
$150,000 Loss in Coal Breaker Fire
SCRANTON. Pa., Dec. Jl. -Eight hun
dred men and boys were thrown out of
work and tlSO.QOO damage was done when
fire today burned the Dolph Coal Com
pany's anthracite breaker at Jeasup. The
breaker wu one of the best equipped in
the Lackawanna valley,
?10Q,600 Fire In New Jloehelle, N. Y,
NEW POCH LLE, N. Y., Dec. U.-Klre
in the business district of New Itochello
caused I100.CO0 damage today. Five
iouscs and a moving- picture theatre
were destroyed. The fire started in a
Karage.
Ward Work Proves Fatal for Man
Heaving cabbages proved fatal to
Joseph Green. 77 years eld, of 94 South
lHh street, who died m the Episcopal
Hospital from an attic or fteart uuease,
brought on by pvtrescrtipn in unloading .
n truek waei.
EVENING
JIHHs
WILLIAM H. WILSON
TWO WEEKS TODAY
TO CHRISTMAS; SHOPS
WORKING OVERTIME
Toys Fill the Landscape, Com
ing From Japan and Even
From Ireland Detective
Plans Celebration
DOWNTOWN SANTA GLAUS
InrlmllriE lodns. Ihfrr nre onlr Incite
shopping ! Iirforr Clirltl mus.
Today two weeks Is Christmas. The
grammar may be entirely wrong, but the
fact Is absolutely correct. Day after day
haj been stricken off the calendar with -i
blue pencil, until wo conn- to December
II. and two figures below that, In th
Saturday column. Is a red K
Itcd Is the right color; a big red i". It
only, us they sny. comes once a year
It would bo a pity to think that this
whole foreign Imbroglio, a short word
for which Is war, had been brought on
just to decide which nation shall provide
America with toys. Germany always had
such a monopoly on this that when nil
American toytnakcr wants to make .1
success ho puts his name on his toys in
German letters.
Japan, which Is us much nt war with
Germany as several oceans nnd conti
nents will permit, Is making a great play
to get the toy trade nw-ay from her onco
and for all.
This accounts for the large number of
dainty Nipponese dolls In kimonos of del
icate hue now to bo seen among the can
non uptlltcd nt ug'y buslness-llko angles
In tho toy-shop windows. Almost every
thing wooden nnd cheap comes fiom
Japnn nowadays, by the way, also most
of the things mado of tlsauo paper and
pasteboard.
I!ut now comes a third competitor In'o
the Meld of playthings. Ireland and her
playboys are turning out toyB for Amer
ica nt n high rate of speed and sevcrnl
shiploads have arrived for distribution.
These toys must be made by the women
folk, for most of tho men of Ireland are
on the Continent helping poor old Eng
land out.
Even toys have a trnglc air In theso
bnd times; many of them nro made by
wounded soldiers; many of them were
made by soldlern who nre now dead.
There Is no question about It. George
Williams Is a. prince. He Is the only
negro detective In the city, and a mighty
good detective, but he Is an even better
representative of Sunta Claus than he la
a representative of the Dureau of 1'ollce.
There was another negro prince In
America about n century ngo, the Em
peror Chrlstophe. "lilack Napoleon" of
Haiti, who used to throw people off tho
cliffs of that unhappy Island and cut them
into pieces. Hut the modern prince of
that race Is making up for the errors
of his predecessor.
SON FINDS FATHER'S BODY
HANGING FROM RAFTER
Illness and Bad Business Cause Man
ufacturer to End Life
Illness and poor business, the police
say, were the motives that led William
M. Itenner, CO years old. an awning manu
facturer, to end hts life this morning by
hanging In hts place of business at 10.1-3
Vine street. The body was found by his
son, William Itenner, when he came to
tho ofllce this morning.
Mr. Itenner, according to District De
tective llbatd,, of the 3d and Kalrmount
avenue station, came from his home at
50 Stratford avenue, Alden, Delaware
County, this morning and went to his
place of business. Ills body was found
hanging from a rafter on tho third floor
of the building.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
John J. Mcflroity. I"mX1 U. fiaul St.. and Mar-
rella C. tilaley, i-."W E. Samtritt t.
John T. Oliver. 1117 shackamaxon St., and
Lillian M, Kane, 11.17 Hhckam.ixon at.
Floquet M. Yanugata Kllz.ibth, N. J., and
Urtle Vt'lthrri, 1HM a -iith it.
Walter ralteraon. Viiri R. Opal t., and Mary
Walnwrlght. 13S3 S Opal at.
Tucjus II. Truman, League Iidand, and All.'
U. llr.lke i'HI'l Marcher tt.
Reuben Ulnflttn. Wit I'oplar St., and Minnie
Vlnlkur. IS07 X. Manhall it.
John Degen. TVl Edmund tt., and Natalia
Uurgermtster. 4501 Pierce at,
Calvin, Dlckersnn, jKttl N. Slit t and Anna
Connor. !H7 N L'titr it.
KMtngelos FiiiMti, ft'!-" 1-ocmt at., and Kan la
Calinou, U12 Locust at.
Joaeph Ilieiienbach St:t N. 3th St., an4 Kail-)
Tomelcn. M Maater bt.
John Sweeney, 214.1 Hliariwood at., and Mlra
A. Holland. 3141 Sharawood at.
laaac H. lltr, New York illy, and Francis
A. Cllne. New York city.
Same I'olonnky, till) Pernon at., and Lena
ruber. 41U Catharine at.
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A Corporation with a Heart
SALES DEPARTMENT jj
To Parent t and Guardians: g
This corporation invites correspondence from the parents f
or guardians of young men who for some reason have not 'A
made the desired progress in commercial life that they should H
reasonably expect.
Probably you have given this son or relative a good educa- p
tion and reared him in an atmosphere of refinement and culture Yi
and had fond hopes for his ultimate success, or perhaps the case y
has been reversed; the Boy may have been a creature of cir- 1
cumstancej his environment may have been detrimental and -4
nrrclnrled the nosslbilitv of success. J
However the case may be, we will be glad to co-operate
in each instance and if the young man is earnest and deter
mined to follow our helpful, instructive and sympathetic
system of development we will make him a producer and add
him to our selling force, where he can make for himself a
permanent and lucrative position and gain the respect of the
business .world and accomplish trios things worth while.
Correspondence confidential. (Applicants over 24 preferred.)
Address M 12$, Ledger Office.
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LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER
CITY CLERKS ARE EXPECTING
THE WORST, BUT HOPING FOR
BEST, WHEN REGIMES CHANGE
City Hall Now the Most Active Section of the
Whisper Belt, as Employes Speculate on
What Fate Holds for Them
City Hall Is now the most nctlve sec
tion of tho whisper belt.
Stroll Into almost nny department to
find out what Is being done with the J31.W
you paid In taxes last ear, and you will
have the opportunity of Inspecting a lot
of unoccupied furniture and the backs
of a half dozen or more clerks.
The furniture will be standing hero nnd
thero doing nothing. The clerks will be
standing at the window, busily engaged
watching the plgeoni. the Unfile In the
streets below, the fleecy clouds In ths
sky and whispering If you listen In
tently, you may catcli n few lines:
"Think I'll go Into the corfee business;
money In It "
"I gotta Job In a real estate ofllce. It's
worth "
"Well. I know a felta'li take care o
me "
"They can't throw down the civil
service"
"O'wnn. you ain't gotta chance."
When you tire of getting an earful you
may walk out, or you may rap on a
counter for nttcntlou nnd get It. You
may, nnd you may not, for n new ad
ministration Is coming In with tho new
year, and outside the portals of the old
granite pile the faithful clamor hungrily
for Jobs.
The clerks aro putting their heads to
HUNDREDS JOIN FARMER
SMITH'S RAINBOW CLUB
Is Your Name in the List of
Members?
The following Is a list of those who
Joined Knrrnor Smith's Halnbow Club thla
week. Is your name here? If not, sec
the club news on another page of the
Kveninii LEtionn today. There you will
find out how to Join the Italnbow Club.
CA.M1'I111L.L LYONS SCHOOL l-'rnnlt
Wlllets, Gungo Tanetta, authors Ccle
lire, Paul Massy, l-'cliand Felice. Lena
Tnngelo, Louise Palmer. Charles Conte.
Phclp Tongo, Joo Do l'lora, llurow K-i-ponto,
Xlcolo Do Rose, Henry Forntc,
John Pascnrlllo, France Francis, Lath
Modela. Long Vclloyzl. Presto Costcllo,
Frank Caruso, Albert Palaro, Arathry
Anwelll, Hdward Harris, Julian Montro,
F. Cupranno, F. Lartagler, Lucy Palmer,
Hose Mugllous, M. l)c I.cmmo, Joe
Sampler, Sam Somplcr, LouIb Cordand, P.
Oonelll.
JAMES CAMPHKLL SCHOOL Ignatius
Lanzettn, Hose Mnrnno, Joseph Vennatl.
Anthony Maconne, Joseph Do Stephano.
Leo Swenno, Peter Cocla, Congctta Fal
cone, Thomas fiordonn, Ernest Tombaro,
T, Dc Santo. John Monosa, William Oca
mulus, Anthony Fanlll. Frank Tunlch,
Frank Conte. John Cabin, Paul Del Qossl,
Angelo Cocyn. Snlvatoro Mnssa, Antonio
Uascnnio, William Cortcsc, Frank Caruso,
Tony Donato, Louis Valonta, Louis
Valonta, Angelo Sabato, A. Oerance, Al
bert Vlsco. Carmer Cucchl, Humbert
Lamellottl, Peter Marano. Don Illlco,
Francis Hondo, Joseph Ilenlrogne. O.
aralnnn, Frank Orlnge. PIctro Mornehe,
Daniel Falcona, Peter Costeln, Albert
Peslso, Anthony Donattl, Domlnlck Hollo,
llustor Conole, Charles Plombo, Charlie
Cap, Frank Coslc. John Alnbano. Mar
getta Comuso, Tony Greco, Olando I.az
z.ir, Matteo Oarovell, Matteo Movomo,
Fliplo Cosa, Anthony Grase, Frank Do
Mundon, Joseph Dl Nudson, MargettI
Soul, Amgal Oulta, Domlnlck De Matta.
Ernest Ilrown, Aldan. Pa.j Morris
Ilorken. Cantrell street; Dorothy llloom
fleld, West Venango street; Florence
Daker. Pallas street; Itlchard liakcr,
Pallas street.
Eugene Dlnlnl, Tasker street; Eddlo
Darranger, North 30th etreet; William
Uarrlnger, North 30th street; Harry IJar
rlnger. North 30th street.
George E. Meeker, South ISth street;
Henrietta Byrnes, Ridge avenue, Homeo
Capozzl, South street; Ada Carllle,
Vyaluslng avenue.
William Clarke, West 23th street; Mich
acl Caprlco, South Sth street; Joseph
Carzello, Pierce street; Nelson Campbell,
North Lawrence street; Benjamin Coplln,
South 3d street.
Marlon it. Coyle, Jefferson ntrcet; Al
bert H. Doughty, Plcasantvllle. N. J.;
Samuel Doughty, Jr., I'leasantvllle, N. J.
Frederick Darrohn. Wind Gap, Pa.;
Wilson Duvls. Westminster avenuo; Vir
ginia Davis, Westminster avenue; Mar
guerite Davis. Westminster avenue.
Ethel Denkhaus, South 3d street, Col
wyn. Pa.; Millie D'Ornno, Ellsworth
street; Itose Donato, Washington ave
nue; Wesley Davis. North 15th street;
Grace Dobbins, Irving street.
Antonio Dltantl, Curpenter street; Vin
cent Duffenbach, Glenmore avenue; Wil
liam Duffenbaih, Glenmore avenue, John
Dorczuk Edwards, South Front street.
Marlon Eustace, Maleom street; Ar
thur Elsasser, South 3d street; Irene
Edlngcr, White Haven, Pa.; Dorothy
TO WISH YOU
EVERY HAPPI
NESS AND THE
SEASON'S
GREETING
i '
Cards
Books
Booklets
Calendars
for
Holiday
Gifts
THE DAYLIGHT BOOKSHOP
17th and Chestnut Streets
Philadelphia
$
Scries t, Number 3
1 Yuri 1
BOOSSnOF
gether nnd trying to flguro out what will
happen. Two conflicting Impulses surgu
In them, nnd the result Is almost comical.
The first Instinct Is tho first law self
protection. It causes the nutocrnttc JS00-a-year
man to become obsequious, studi
ously careful of the feelings of Mr. Citi
zen It makes him walk with the motion
of one who trends on hen fruit. It makes
him Btrlxe always to plMBe.
The other Instinct nlo Is ns old ns the
human race. It Is tho sourgrapes feel
ing; the fear, amounting In some cases
to conlctlon, thnl there Is absolutely no
chance of hnnglng on to the nice, soft Job
after December .11, IDlfi, nnd ns long ns
ho can't have It he doesn't want It.
Of course, there Is the pathetic side to
the story; the fear of the middle-aged nnd
old men clerks who looked up at old
Glory and hummed over the lines of tho
"Stnr-spongled linnner" nnd voted like
free men who do not take orders fiom
political bosses. They are wonderlnt
who will tnke the place of the city and
give them the opportunity that Is said to
be every man's right to enrn n living
The feeling of expecting the woist and
hoping for the best Is nothing now to
City I (nil. Some old timers hnvo passed
through It nnd recovered time after time,
nt regular four-year Intervals. But that
doesn't lessen the ncuteucss of the fever
once It takes hold again.
Erlach, Montroso
South ltd street.
ntrcet; Reno Fisher,
Herman Flngcroth, Wnltncc street;
Jane Fischer, Snjder nxcntic; Mary Ful
ler. South lStli street; Morris Farnoff,
North American street; Earl Fisher, Fish
House. N. J.
Irene Fisher, South 1th street; Louise
Fechtlg, Harvard streot; Tom Hughes,
Federal street; Kathcrlnc Multlncr, Cam
den. Violet Teltclbaum. Van Pelt street; Ruth
Frazler, Hazel avenue; Kenneth Weiss,
Hn.loton, Pa.; Ocorge Lewis Smith, Jr.,
Wayne avenue; Elaine Francis, Dudley
street; Thresa Zussy, Wolf street.
Anna Fogel, Dudley streot; Isadore Fo
gcl, Dudley street; Martha Atkinson,
Chestnut street. Colwyn, Pa.; Victor
Arntn, New- Market street.
Robert T. Abbott, East Aslimrnd street;
Frank Young, Cedar avenue: Ocorge Wln
gate. South 60th street; Louisa Buhl,
Poplar street; Mnx Blumbcry, Wharton
street.
Etta. Mao Heck. Radnor, Pa.; Anna
Rlcrnbaun, West Diamond street; Ada
Emma newer. Spruce street: Gordon Bul
lock, Baltlmoio avenue, Marguerite Bren
clser. Addison street
Helen Ann Gandllcld, Llndcnwold, N.
.1.; Nnnzlo Gucclo, Quinzo nnd Howl,
Vlneland, N. J.; Henry (JuuzIobI, South
Uth street; Maria Goghcgan, Rosewood
street; Leo Franey, Mountain nvenuo;
Emma Friedman, Soutn 11th street.
Hugh Forbes, Cathnrine street; Florence
Foster. Rosewood avenuo; Rita Grnnd
lleld, Llndcnwold, N. J.; Lincoln Good
year, Nnudaln street; Gill Thomart Dough
erty, South 62d street.
Mary Dlebort, Walton avenue; Edward
Dougherty, Cedar avenue; Anna Dwyer.
South 62d strce.; John Decker, Catharlno
street.
Grace Daly, South Rosewood street;
Ella Hums, Westminster avenuo; Albert
Placcntlno, South 11th street; Domlnlck
Placentlno, South 11th street; Cecelia
Placcntlno, South 11th street.
Beatrice Pcmber, Webster avenue;
Marls Pile, Webster street: John Phil
lips, Osage street; Tliclma Poffcnhelger,
DeLancoj street; Richard Roysbrook,
South 62d street.
Doiolhy Ryan, South 61st street; Al
fred Schnltzer, DcLanccy street; Joseph
Simon, South 61st street; Anna Sanders,
Hansom street; Dorrls Sanders. Walnut
stroct.
Albert Snyder. Addison street; Robert
Thomas, Chancellor street; Gill Thomp
son, Walnut street; Henry Werner, Hoff
man street.
Ella Houston, South 17th street; Hannah
Hymen, Richmond street; Hannah Maben,
64th nnd Catharine streets: Edna Morltz,
Walnut street; Helen McMahon, Locust
avenue, Germantown; Victor Murlck,
Walnut street.
Eleanor Mayer, Walton avenue; Renja
mln Love, Chestnut street; Evelyn La
France, Locust street; Lester Levlck,
Pine street: Lillian Lawson, Walton
avenue; Edna Loukcr, Delany street;
Hilda Cohen, Cedar avenue.
Joseph Cunningham, Hazel avenue;
Catherine Collins. South Rosewood street;
Mary Collins, South Rosewood street;
Joseph Cnrroll. South C2d street; Charles
Cramer, South COth street.
Miriam Costa, Osage avenue; James
Staclo, South 8th street; Harry Steffler,
r vTSSS
Get this home of Santa Claus to set up under your
Christmas tree. It shows exactly how the jolly old fel
low's country place looks,
He has arranged
have this model of his farm as a Christmas present. He S
knows what hoys and girls like, and has had every piece
in this farm made senarar.elv. Rpmirifnllv nrlntrl :
natural colors on both
does from the front.
There's n fin nlrl
, , , '-. , " " y " flf-"u "' a cnicKen nouse, corn crib, wood sued and lots aim
lots of fencing and splendid big trees. You can build many different farms. Set each piece just where
vmi think ll- Innlrc riorhr l ' l J
HOW TO GET THE SANTA CLAUS FARM
All you do is to save up 250 labels from Freihofer's Bread or
50 labels and 25 cents. Bring them to our Main Office, 20th and
inu.an aycuuc. any aay ana tne rami is yours.
lsmBiJ"iJiaae3eBai'L'"JJBULJ1TiiVBMsiBw iriniiTi"'iri mi i in
West Yerk street: Anna Shaw, North
Reese street; Frederick L. Bchumakcr,
North 12th street, Oak lane; James
Smith, Jr., Cynwyd, Pa.; Ruth Southard,
Berlin, N. J.; Catherine Thomas. Mifflin
street; Margaret William-?, Roscmont,
Pa.; Frances O. Williams. Roscmont, Pa.
Max Palltz, South Sth street! Julius
Prlzant, North Bouvlcr street; SwMne
Wilson, Addison street; Israel Vvllson,
North 21st street; K. It. "Wnlson, South
4th street. Camden, N. J-
Florence White. Shnrpnack street: Vir
ginia Wntson, McCIcllnn street: Mary
Welles, f'olllngswood, N. J.; Dnvld I.
Welles, Colllngswood, X. J.; Nlcholns Pee,
South Hicks street: Helen Lowdcn, South
2d street; Richard Pomficl. Germantown
avenue: Louise Vlslngalo, Ellsworth ave
nue; Millie Zerrllo, South 13th street;
George Turner, Addison street; Joseph
Tenaglla. South Sth street; Charles Mat
thews, Redner street; Joseph Mason,
North 16th street; William Mason, North
16th street.
Beatrice Menecrl, South Mole street;
Morris Mori, 730 Spring Garden street;
Margaret Matthews, Redner street; Helen
Miller, E.ist Venango street; Beatrice
Mnxerson, Thompson street.
Harry Mozcr, Philadelphia; Millie Mos
catclll, Pierce street; James McCoy, Jr.,
Master street: Helen McMahon, Locust
nvenue, Germantown, Mary O'Nell, Ger
mantown avenue.
Thomas Lester Jones, North Bancroft
stroet, Jackson Hope, North 13th street;
Margaret Hutchinson, McKenn street;
Nellie Holllngswortli, East Mil street;
Burton Houser, Jr., Glrnrd atomic.
Gerald Hotiser, Glrnrd nvenue; J. Ha
mer, North Sth street; Jennie Altmnn,
Pine street; Klvn Llvczcy. Rltncr street;
Anna Llpschultz, Columbia avenue.
Jacob Lvy, North 6th street; Walter
Kelly, Folcroft, Pa , Karl Kaufman. But
ler street; Arthur Kaufman, Butler
street; Ralph Knott, Jr.. North Preston
street.
Charles Richards, North Orkney ave
nue; Harry Rlchc, Santa Rita Apart
ments, Atlantic City, N. J.; Elizabeth
Rosen, Ross streft; Ethel Roberts, Fort
Washington, I'a.; Elmer Wiley, Mount
Joy, Pa.
Gertrude Shaw, Parksldp axentle; W. R.
Slowell, Sptuco street, Lorettn Stahl,
West Somerset stioet; Bertha Spllka, Eu
clid avenue; Adellna Splllta, Euclid ave
nue. Jniuen Guldn, South 15th street; Joseph
Gulda. South 15th street; Nikolas Ould.-i,
South 15th street: Anna Gardner. Upland
street, Germantown; Gladys Owynn, Jos
per street.
Dorothy Oleso, North 8th street; Edythe
Grant, North 62d street; Beatrice Grant,
North 62d strict: Robert Graham, North
2d street; Ireno (label, Montgomery ave
nue. Bertha Sternberg, Stamper street; Louis
Tllll. South 17th street; Domenlc Navo,
Annlu street: Barney Friedman, South
.)th street; Hnlcn Emery, North 21st
street.
Elliibeth Cunningham, Cynwyd, Va .
Minnie Foiry, Latona streot; Gerald
Sweeney, West Butler street; Thomas
Kinney, North Reese street; Mary Kin- ,
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James McNelty, North Reese street, W. '
II. Donahue, Jr., Allegheny nvenuo; It.
J. Snyder, Jr., West Clearfield street.
$30,000 IN RARE GEMS STOLEN
Noycs Antiques Tnken From Chicngo
Art Institute
CHICAGO, Dec. tl.-The Ida Noycs
collection of antique Jewelry, valued at
$10,009. was stolen from ltn case In the
Chicngo Art Institute early today.
Burglars entered the building from the
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FATHER OF TWO DISAPPEARS
North Wnlca Contractor Leaves Wife
nnd Children, Saying He May
Never Return
Cyrus Creuthamel, a painter and con
tractor of North Wales, haa mysteriously
disappeared.
His family on South 6th street, In that
borough, has been left destitute, accord
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the two children sat up late last night
wondering why tho head of the family
did not return from town where he had
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AGED MAN, ILL, ENDS HIS
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He Hnngs Himself, She Cuts Throat
With a Razor
111 health nnd despondency caused nn
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Harry A. King. 66 years old, of 1612
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Armenian Sufferers
GREAT MASS MEETING
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Monday, December 13, 8 P, fo(
One Million Armenians Massacred
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