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EVENING LEDGEEPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DEOExMBEB 21, 1915.
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ASQUITH CALLS
FOR A MILLION
MORE SOLDIERS
H 6 a v y Reinforcements
Neededifor Immediate
Field Service
KELLER'S DENIAL OF
MURDER STIRS COPS
SITUATION IS CRITICAL
Premier Acknowledges Grave
Mistakes Were Made in Dar
danelles Campaign
LONDON, Dec. 21.
Premier Asqulth, In the House of Com
mons today, nuked for 1,000.000 more men
for the British nrmy.
This would farlilR tlio total number of
Britons In the fleld up to 2,230,000.
Tho demnml wns In the form of n mo
tion for the pasanffo of the Government'!
bill calling for. 1,000,000 more men to the
colors Immediately.
In making the motion tho Premier de
clared that the Government alms to Rot
every man of military nse who Is phys
ically qualified to serve In tho field.
"Tho wastage of men la enormous,"
declared Premier Asqulth.
At the present time there aro approxi
mately 2.noo,000 men In trnlnlnff and on
tho volunteer lists waiting to bo called
Into service.
Withdrawal of tho allied forces from
tho Suvla and Anzac fronts on the Galli
pot! peninsula was advised by Lord Kitch
ener, the War Secretary, after his re
turn from the Near East.
Announcement to this effect was made
by the Premier In Commons.
"The troop withdrawals from tho Suvla
and Anzac zones were made upon tho nil
vice of the military and navnl advisers,"
said the Premier.
"Thoy were recommended by Sir Charles
O. Monro and Lord Kitchener, after ex
aminations there."
Premier Asqulth admitted that tho Gov
ernment had made blunders, saying:
"Thcro have been an abundance of errors
and miscalculations, but they havo not
been confined to one 'Side."
The British llshtlriB forces, now In the
field, number moro than 1,250,000, Premier
Asqulth stated.
MAN HIT KY TRAIN ASKS I
-"WHERE IS MARY'S DOLL?
Seriously Injured Father Grieves for
Daughter's Christmas Gift
"Where Is Mary's doll?" .was the first
question asked by Albert Love, 33 years
old, of 13J0 South 2d street, when ho
came back to consciousness at the Mount
Slnal Hospital this morning. Lovo was
found senseless In the snow late Inst
night, at Swanson and Moore streets be
side the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, by
Patrolmnn George Crcssy, of the Eil and
Dickinson streets police station. At
Mount Slnal Hospital, where tho Injured
man wns taken, It was found that his
skull was fractured. He will probably
die.
This morning Lova said he had been
hit by n freight car. He said ho had
bought a doll as a Christmas present for
his daughter, nnd was disconsolate when
It could not be found.
Boer Rebels Released
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Dec. 21.
General De Wet and US others who took
part In the Boer uprising last year and
who were sentenced to prison for trea
non, were released today after they had
signed a pledge not to take part In any
antl-aovcrnment agitation in the future.
Continued from Pne One
fillings he hud put In McNIchol'fl teeth.
The dentist Is Dr. William B. Maratta,
who has offices In tho Wldener Building
and lives at 1SU North 13th street.
FILLINGS IDENTIFIED.
They asked Doctor MnrMttt to visit tho
Morgue n second time to examine tho
skull, Ho did so today and declared posi
tively that the gold fillings wero thoso
ho had recorded as having been placed In
McNIchot's teeth. The articles on which
the Identification was based are Mc
Nlchol's suit of clothes, Identified by his
tailor! his keys and his notebook.
Keller Raid that the body found In the
trunk was probably that of a man named
"Adolph," whoso last name ho did not
know, who lived In Lahsdnlo or Lntis
downe, who failed to pay a heavy debt
to McNIchol'n company, nnd who Is miss
ing. In answer to this the detectives say
"Adolph" Is n myth and that Keller really
means Lewis Applebaum, of Lnnsdale,
who, they say, Is "very much alive,"
Keller said Mrs. Mnrlo McNIchol be
lieved her husband lind descried her and
had brought suit to prevent tho disposal
of his estate. The detectives admit this,
hut say she bellcveil her husband de
serted her becnuse Keller told her so, and
so Impressed her nnd her mother, Mrs.
Michael Jennings, of RC6 North 22d street,
with the belief that her husbnnd was
In retirement In New York nnd In trou
ble that thoy gave him money nnd n
suitcase full of clothes to be taken to
tho missing man. Later thoy lost faith
In Keller and refused to give him moro
money to bo forwarded to McNIchol.
MttS. McNICHOL'S DEPOSITION.
On April 28, 1014, 28 days ntter Mc
Nlchol's disappearance, Mrs. Mnrlo Jen
nings McNIchol, 21 years old, and tho
mother of an Infant son, bom after Mc
NIchol disappeared, filed n suit In equity
In Common Plena Court No. 2. Extracts
from her deposition read as follows:
"Marie McNIchol. being duly sworn,
deposes and snys that on or about April
3, mil. the snld Daniel .1. McNIchol. with
out leave or cause, separated himself
fiom nnd deserted his wife, at which
time ho was of sufficient ability to pro
vide for her maintenance. Your deponent
further avers that the said Daniel J.
McNIchol has given nnd executed Judg
ment notes the amounts of which nre
unknown to your complainant. The snld
Daniel .1. McNIchol Is the owner of two
certain pieces of real cstato In Philadel
phia and holder of shares of stock In the
H. F. Keller Leather Goods Compnny
and that he has tinnsferred or attempted
to transfer such property with the In
tention of defaudlng his wife of support
and maintenance. The deponent prays
that the court may direct that snld
such property Bhnll bo seized on an
order of your honorable court and sold
and proceeds applied to the support of
his wife."
KELLEIfS RECORD PHOBED.
Tho Detective Bureau today sent n com
munication to Fire Commissioner Adam
son, of New York, nsklng that Kellnr's
record as a fireman In tho New York
department bo looked up and forwarded
to this city. Keller drove art engine in
New York several yenra ago.
The strongest promise Of evidence that
can produce a witness who will say that
ho saw McNIchol three months ago In a
Southern city, spoke to hlnv and received
tin answering bow. The name of this
witness the prisoner has refused to make
public ntthough the pollco havo offered
assistance to search the country for any
one who has seen McNIchol nllve at any
time since his disappearance 20 months
ago.
9000 WAIST AND SUIT
WORKERS MAY STRIKE
Strike Threatened if Demand
for Wage Increase and Bet
ter Conditions Is Refused
A walkout on tho part of certain classes
of garment workers hero unless the
manufacturers accede to their demands
for an Increase In wages and more
sanitary working conditions will result
within tho next two weeks, nccordlng to
officials of the garment workers here.
The expected walkout will not include
cloak workers, but only waist, silk suit
workers and also workers on children's
dresses. The reason Is partly duo to
the fact that tho workers feel that they
have not been "let In-' on tho extremely
prosperous season tho garment trade has
Just passed through. If the strike mate
rializes, It will begin Just nt tho tlmo
when the spring nnd summer season of
tho trade has begun nnd will mean that
moro than two-thirds of tho 9000 workers
here will leave their work.
Tho strike will bo part of n move
ment here In Philadelphia to organize
trade so that the workers may get better
working conditions. Tho details of tho
plan for the strike hnvo been worked out
nnd will bo presented tomorrow, when
Benjamin SchlcsltiKcr, president of tho
International Ladles' Garment Workers'
Union, will nnive In town to suporvlso
tho cnmpnlgn of the workers and to
present their demands to the manufacturers.
REV. MR. KNOWLES
UNRECONCILED TO
DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE
Insists Father White Was
Wrong in Performing Cere
mony Without Consent of
Bride's Parents
ANSWERS MR. D E N I G
The Itcv. Mr. Archibald Campbell
Knowles, rector of St. Alban's Church,
Olney, still Insists that Father Eliot
White Is to be censured for marylng tho
former's daughter, Miss Margaret Lowls
Knowles, and Stevenson It. Watsh, Jr.,
1626 Pino street, last Saturday morning,
when ho knew It wns against the wishes
of the father. In this he Is hot seconded,
however, by the parents of the bride
groom. The principal objection Mr. Knowles
hnd to the marriage of tho young couple
wns their youth. Ho Insisted that they
should wait till next summer, His pres
ent attitude Is simply pique, because his
daughter was high-spirited enough not
to abide by his decision, say the family
of the groom.
I Mr. Wnlsh, who Is a cousin of Mrs.
I Frederick Thurston Mason, Is 21 years eld
and Is a coal broker.
"There wns absolutely no renson for Mr.
Knowles' objection to tho wedding," said
tho Itcv. Mr, Denlg. socrctnry to Father
White, today. "Ho suspected that tho
marriage was to take place Saturday, and
early In the morning, despite the heavy
rain, two or three1 relatives' of the girl nnd
M Knowles appeared, apparonHy deter
mined to block; the proceedings. , , ,,
"They thought it would take plftWav
St. Mark's, but Instead of that Falhej,
wniio married tnem in at. niicnnei s
Chapel, 19th and Lombard streets. Mr.:
Knowles oven went so far as to call'
Father White On the phpno and wartt
him not . to marry the young ..couple.
Father White first tried1 to diss'iiadethcin';'
nnd when .they would not listen he hntiir?
nlly married them, as thero wns no lcga"!
objection ttf'tho marriage."
The Itc&.Alh Knowles made tho fol
lowing statement wheri told bMlie'a.ttU'
tude of Father White arid Mr. 'Denlg'i'
Mr. Knowles 'said: "Those nt the PAflah-
House of St.- Mnrk'S seem to have lost
their balance. Mr. Denlg's sense of. What
Is good taste In humor Is ns lacklfte as:
his knowledge of facts. His stnte'tnVtftB
are absolutely untrue.- My family, Woes
not know who Mr. Denlg Is. Ho kn'OWw
nothing of my affairs. My daughter hnS'
only been engaged since last Easter, airar
Knowles was 111' at Homo and not at' the'
church. Mr, ailpln,-.-Atle8 Stocker nnd I
waited quietly Inside tho parish building
trusting in 'the assUmnco of the gentle
man who la probably this Mr. Denlg.
"I can scarcely believe that nil of'tlio
clergy of Saint Mark's would have aided
and abetted Father. White In what ho
did. As I scarcely know Father White,
ns he wts never In our home, how can
ho know my affairs? He was simply
fooled by two young-people as no man
of his experience should bo fooled. I
leave It to the members of Balnt Mark's
parish to decide Whether Ihcy can In
dorse -their rector deceiving the father
6t the girl he married to- Mr. Walsh and
keeping' us apart, when X, who must
surely ktmw my daughter better than
he, could havo persuaded her to wiC. It
wo hnd only met. It Is outrageous, as
all sound-lhlnklng people will feel.
"I can quite linaglne why the bride
groom's family might Indorso Father
White, while my reaonB for counseling
delay In young Mr, Walsh entering upon
marriage might be very convincing.
"I dislike exceedingly tho publicity of
It nil and tho consequent annoyance, but
I am qUIto content to lcavo the merits of
this matfr &nA T?4t.- u.. .
the Judgment of those whAV;
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Weak Ankles, .Swollen l.ec, i:tc.
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iiv Tin: unn op tub
Corliss Laced Stocking
.SAMT.YltV, as they may b
uulu-il or boiled,
Cnmfiirtnlitr. inndo to measurs.
AO ELASTIC! Ailjustnble; )ac
llko a leKRlng; tight & durable.
UCONO.MICAI.. Cost $1.7i5 each,
or two for th lanio lltnb, tn.ou,
postpaid. Cull and lie measured
free or write for solf-mcasurc
men! Ulnnk No. 19,
We also mako nonelatlc Ab
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Hours n in B dully. Sat. n (n 4.
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The Safety Check Protector can be
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Quarter-Lined Eng
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Silk -lined Walking
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Silk - lined Overcoats,
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Lorgnettes, $2.75 to $10.00
Card Cases, $10.00 to $15.00
Mesh Bags, $24.00 to $60.00
GIFTS FOR WOMEN
Original and Distinctive in Design
IN SILVER
Bouquet Pins, $1.00 to $2.50
Dorine Boxes, $3.50 to $5.00
Coin Holders, $2.00 to $8.00
Lingerie Clasps, $1.00 to $1.50
Belt Buckles, $3.00 to $8.00
Purses, $14.00 to $30.00
Toilet Sets, up to $40.00
IN GOLD
Bar Pins. $3.00 to $9.00
Lingerie Clasps, $3.00 to $6.00
Gold Bead Necklaces, $6.00 to $25,00
Pencils. $7,50 to $18.50
Seed Pearl Chains. $12.50 to $55.00
Card Cases, $50.00 to $150.00
Hat Pins, $1.00 to $12,00
Signet Rings, '$5.00 to $30.00
Cuff Buttons, $3.50 to $35.00
Thimbles. $3.75 to $10.00
Slipper Slides, $15.00 to. $25,00
Veil Pins, $2.50 to $10.00
Lockets, $6.00 to $35.00
Little Finger Rings, $6.00 to $30,00
Dorine Boxes, $28.00 to $50.00
Sautoirs, $7.50 to $25.00
Bracelet Watches, $45.00 to $70.00
DIAMOND 'SET
; Diamond Slides, with velvet neckband, $45.00 to $190,00
.-., - .Diamond Flexible Block Bracelets, $280.00 to $73500
', ' ''piamond and Platinum Watches, with ribbon wrist band, $365.00 to $450.00
Diamond and Platinum Lorgnettes, $150.00 to $750.00 "'r
Diamond and Platinum Watch Bracelets, to $600.00
Diamond Flexible Wrist Bands on Black Velvet, $40.00 to $485.00 -Diamond
and Pearl Earrings, $100.00 to $325.00 Diamond Drop Earrings.to $300.00
Platinum and Diamond Enameled Pendant Watches, $100.00 to $1075.00
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some yeatt. rig, a certain rcctoL2'
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Awards $65,000 Bridge ContrLil
Director Cdolte. of the Denartm.;..!
Public Works, today awarded l SS1
for the construction of n, new 1,5"
tho lino of Diamond street, at nth fcl
over mo i-ennsyivnnia RallroM i'13
Cantrcll Construction Com!Lto '$
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It is constructed and
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Our $3.00 Boots are as
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