CITY CONFRONTED
BY ITS GREATEST
DEFICIT SINCE 79;
Municipal Financiers See
Shortage Between
$4,000,000 and $6,000,000
RETRENCHMENT OR TAX?
One of Two Methods Needed
to aoive vexing
Problem
The city of Phltadclnhla In beginning the
year 191(1 with nn operating clcflclt In Its i
system or nuances grcnter thnn any which
lty llnnnclers havo hnd to face slnr
187S, when the municipality, with out
standing obligations of nearly S11.000.0fn.
van forced to appeal to tho Legislature,
with the result thnt Die far-reaching
"pay-as-you-go' act, designed to euih
municipal extravagance, was passed.
The causes of the present deficit, accord
ing to official! In City Hall, are many
and cumulative, but the Immediate result
and the solution of the problem for tho
future arc concrete matter which the
Mayor, the City Controller, the Klniince
Committee of Councils and others who
control the clty'a budget arc seeking to
meet In a scries of conferences and com
mittee meetings which are being held
almost dally.
In plain flgWos, as shown In the Con
troller's annual icport. the current ex
penses of the city for 1M5 were couMdcr
fttjly more than JH.OOO.WO greater thnn the
total of tho various revenues for the
same, year. Compared with the picvlous
year, the operating expenses of the
municipal machlncr) increased by $I.KXi,
W6.20. while the rovenucs Increased only
Htl,SO6.08. The estimates of the city's
revenue for tho present year, ns com
pared with the needs of tho various de
partments, show 'that the discrepancy for
1318 between the bedlt and the credit
columns will be far greater.
Tho dlfilculty last year was bridged In
part and temporarily by a loan on the
revenue jet to bp'rcullzed In 1916. Court
oilmen admit that this was In direct con
travention to tho spirit of the act of
1879, but they add there was no nltcr
natlvo, Hut mortgaging the future. In
como has oven a greater disadvantage,
for this year the .city financiers must
add the heritage from 1915 to the operat
ing deficit for the present yenr.
TWO METHODS POSSIUM-1
It Is estimated by members of Councils'
KJ.na.ncc Committee that tho expenses of
runhlng the machinery of thcmunlclpal
government for 10l(! will exceed the
known revenue by nn amount variously
Judged from $4,000,000 to $6,000,000 this
Including the 191J deficit.
The prolilrm therefore 1st IIoit
ball the city' liool.H ho made c
linlnneef There nre only two solu
tions offered.
The first is to prune snlnrles, re
trench In nil Im-ldrntnl expenses nf
me city nml county deportments.
This In theory. It In admitted, could
cut the debit column to meet the
rredlt. Ilut In practice It Is Itnpos
Ihle, the city miflioritleM nil nerer.
The other snliitliin Is then to In
rrenxc the clty'x nourcr or reicnuc
to inert the expensex. ml the
problem lecture the city nfllclnln nml
Councils N lion- to do CIiIn fnjrly
nnd -nrltli the burden of the Incrense
equitably distributed.
Although the 1913 Leglslatuie passed
enabling legislation to permit an Increase
In thp clty'a borrowing capacity from 7
to 10 per cent, on taxable property,' which
translated In terms of dollars means
about Jfi7,000000. this additions', borrowing
capacity Is available only for permanent
public Improvements, and for the present
It Is limited to transit and port Im
provements. Further, It has been the policy of the
city officials to meet current expenses
from current revenues. In other words,
the various city departments must be self
supporting nnd loans shall be floated only
or permanent public Improvements. The
first Important departuro from this rule
was In 1879, when, faced with outstanding
obligations of $11,000,000 and a per capita
debt of nbove J90, the Legislature per
mitted the city to float a $10,000,000 bond
Issue for contingent expenses.
Tho law was then fixed so that debts
must be paid as contracted. For years
there was no dlfilculty In doing this. The
city's Income met the city's expenses
and there was a balance to bo applied to
permanent puuuc improvements. In the
flvo years ending with 1911 there was a
balance sufficient to permit t.C53DG3.KI
from current revenue moneys .to bo used
for permanent public Improvements.
BIO DEBT ACCUMULATED.
But from January 1, 1912, to September
SO, 1915, when the Controller mado his
annual budget statement. Instead of a
balance for public Improvements, loun
moneys to the amount of $1,318,637.22 had
been required to meet current expenses
of the departments.
With this amount likely to Increase each
year the city authorities at the beginning-
of tho new Administration deter
mined that n halt must bo called nnd a
Hw policy adopted.
In addition to facing tin annual oper
ating deficit the city financiers at the
beginning of the Smith regime found
themselves facing unexpected obligations
of upwards of $23,000,000, due to a decision
of the State Supreme Court. The Court
in a Pittsburgh case held that ull the
lands taken for city purposes at once
become a bedt upon the city In so far
as their purchase price Is concerned. This
decision makes. It possible for the Courts
to Issue mandamuses against the city for
the amounts Involved in the respective
transactions.
Under a recent order of Controller Wal
ton, no mandamuses are being paid. But
they are entered against the city and nre
bearing Interest at 6 per cent, which Is
generally satisfactory to the holders of
the mandamuses.
N'o mandamuses will be paid until a
mandamus fund Is provided In a council
manic loan, which will not be authorized
umu wo ukaci amount or the clty'a
borrowing capacity Is ascertained and the
financial problems racing the clty'a finan
cier have been solved, at least In part.
N. Y, Artist Wins Gold Medal
Utlsta and sculptbrs n Philadelphia
and vicinity today are Interested In the
announcement u,at the gold medal of
honor of the PenpsyLyanla Academy of
ne AftS bus beep awarded to J1. Alden
Wier, president of the National Academy
t)t Design In New York. Mr. Wler'a
sroup of 19 paintings Is a feature of the
llHn annual exhibition, recently opened
t the Academy The medal was estab
lished In 18M by the late John H. Con
verse, a member of the board of directors
and haa been awarded previously tor
the Flna Arta has been awarded to J
AUe WJer, president of the National
Aeademy of Design in New York. Mr.
Wier-a group of w paintings Is a feature
at the UUh annual exhibition, recently
fP4MMl at the Academy. The medal was
tmwbllehed in 1393 by the lata Jnhn
't Cnflvtrse, a member of the board of dtec-
w. ., t nn. hmun previously jor
tilf.
Corner ( 54(h and Market Sold
Th- two-story ator and apartment at
Ue nurthwest corner of Mth ami Market
MrttU, lot: is feat by ft feet, haa been
.old by Albert hi, Greenfield, Inc . for
).4U Dennis, to H Glrojosmn. for a
.'PK- Mf iflacland, subject to a first
mmwm 8' $MS& Tfc properly i as
Mtf at MWH The trhajftr was rgpre
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State Highway Commissioner Cunningham opened negotiations yesterday with the Lancaster Avenue Im
provement Company, of Philadelphia, for the purchase of the part of Lancaster pike from City Line, Ovor
brook, to I'aoli. He also announced he would open n-gotiations for the ultimate purchase of the four turn
pike companies on Old Bethlehem pike, from Philadelphia to Allqntown. The map shows the toll road
arteries radiating from Philadelphia which 'hamper trilfie.
NINE BARELY ESCAPE
DEATH IN GAS FUMES:
Little Boy, Staggering to Porch, J
Saves Five Overcome
in House
Nine, persons narowly escaped death by
coal Kas early today. sl of these arc
members of ono family. All the per
sons overcome were discovered In time to
make lecovery possible.
When a little boy stngRcrcd out on the
porch of his home early this mornliiB
and fainted he attracted the attention of
two youiiB Rlrls and thereby saved the
IIvch of live others in his family. The
Rlrls called I'ntrolman Keck, who
hastened to the boy's house, at 3216
Klpp street, where he found all the mem
bers of Mho family Ijlns about on the
floor, unconscious from the Ras.
The policeman summoned Dr. Klchaid
J. Suobodu. US East Allegheny avenue,
who walked for nearly an hour over the
family before he was able to brine them
hack to consciousness. According to the
story or John KorchlnR, 42 years old. the
father, he was nwnkened early when his
wife fainted nnd fell heavily to the floor.
lie said he was dizzy, and all he remem
bt'iH Is the stroiiR smell of coal gas.
When he fainted It was found by the
police that each of the family had been
aroused In turn nnd fainted. Finally
Philip, 0 years old, awoke, and when
ho saw what had happened he stumbled
downstairs mid was not overcome till he
reached the porch.
Tho second household overcome by coal
Ras early today was that of A. II. Twl
blll, a lawyer, with nlllces In the Frank
lin Hulhllnp. He was aroused at his
home, 830 North 13th street, shortly nftcr
4 o'clock by tho punRent fumes. He woke
his aunt. Miss Kllcn Holland. 76 years
old, and a servant, Mury Walsh, 50 years
old. and then attempted to leave tho
bulldlnR to summon help.
Mr. Twlblll fainted twice before he
reached the street once In the vestibule
of his home and uguln on the frou
porch. A bread wnRon passed and an
automobile, but the driver of each ve
hicle evidently thought Mr. Twlblll
drunk and did not heed his cries for
help. Finally he succeeded in arousing
u neighbor, who summoned Pollcepian
Mofllt, of the 1'Otli and Iluttonwood
streets pollru station.
Miss Holland and Mr. Twinlll were
taken to St Joseph's Hospital, where the
latter was soon revived and dlscharRed.
Miss Holland's condition Is said to have
passed the critical stage and she Is ex
pected to recover.
Investigation showed that a defective
furnace caused the escape of the coal
Ras.
Mrs. Hlanchu McAllister. 43, of 193 Olive
street, was overcome this morning by eas
escaping1 from a fuulty jet She waff found
by members of the family und sent to
West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hospl
tal. She will recover
RAIN AND HAIL TURN
INTO SNOW AND SLUSH
Weather Unsettled and Fore
caster Cannot Indicate At
mospheric Movements
Snow, (n big, damp flakes that melted
as soon as they struck the wet earth,
began falling today at noon, after several
apparent efforts which took the form of
rain arid hall. It. may continue until
nightfall, It was s.ild at the weather bu
reau, but It "will not amount to much."
The morning grew slightly cooler at
11 o'clock when hail began to rattle on
rooftops. The hall soon changed to snow.
With the temperature 35 degrees, very
fflwt of the flakes survived although In
gusts It snowed heavily
The weather la so unsettled, Forecaster
Bliss said, that he was surprised that It
should snow. After the two-day cold
wave passed off, he explained, it left an
unsettled condition throughout the east
ern part of the country, scattering rain
and sno-w in traces in various sections of
the. East.
The cold wave has left us with no
well-outlined weather movements." he
said. "Snow that was reported from other
cities was only u few hundredth of an
inch, at the most Not much will fall
here; and until night bring lower m
psjAture, n?ne of it wUI attain"
MXUtg ifwjwraiujm n predated.
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'LUDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBBTTABY 9, 191C.
MOVE TO END TOLL ROAD
5K IS S
'SJI l-o A L,
DAR3Yr S) WfW
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"YELLOW BRASSERS,"
BOY THIEVES, LOOTED
DOWNTOWN SCHOOLS
Stole Plumbing Fittings to Get
"Swell Eats" and Go
to the "Movie"
Shows
DWELLINGS ALSO ROBBED
Rules for
to
Admission
"Yellow Brasscrs'
Every new memoor must do a
"job" alone before ho stands in.
Keep your mouth shut all the
time.
Always stick to the snme story.
Don't trust nobody.
Don't mix in with kids.
We've no time for guys that use
dope.
Stay by yourself when you're not
with the RanR.
Don't hanp: around cic;ar stores,
From confessions made to po
lice by the "Yellow Brasscrs."
"The Yellow Brasscrs." otherwise tho
boy lobbers of "The Neck," nre no more.
Chink" I.evla, their louder and his 10
followers wore sent to prison today after
robbing clsht school houses, tile police
say. and u Fcore of dwellings In the
southern section of the city. The loot
amounted to hevernl hundred dollars and
many buildings were badly damaged In
tho raids.
The robbers' Inst Job, which was "pulled
off" at 1323 South Clarion street, proved
to be the last straw. At this place the
Juvenile thieves attempted to steal a
gas meter. The house was unoccupied
but the gas had not been turned off.
When one of the boys held a candle too
close to the meter thero was nn explo
sion. The flames spread quickly and only
the prompt arrival of firemen saved the
house from destruction. Members of the
gang, acting as lookouts, saved the two
boys who worked "Inside."
TIIST FOK MIIMHKHSHIP.
It was necessary to stand n rigid test
or Initiation to become a member of the
organization. The test consisted of "do
ing u Job" alone. On accomplishing this
the new member was admitted and given
a nickname to suit his general charac
teristics "Chink" Uevla, tho police say, directed
all operations. He sent boys In advance
to get the lay out of the "cribs" which
were to be "cracked," and the Job was
usually pulled off a few hours later.
Tho round-up of the gang was due to
the work of District Detectives Smith
and Osterheldt, of the 15th street and
Snyder avenue police station. They found
a cap In the cellar of the gas meter Job.
Later they learned the Identity of the
owner and carraled most of the gang In
un empty house near 13th and Dickinson
streets, where they were planning a big
theft.
One at a time the hoys were exai ined
and finally one confessed. This led to
confessions by several others. "Chink,"
the leader, It U said by the police, was
tho last one to "own up."
The gang took tho title, "The Yellow
Urassers," because they made a specialty
of stealing brass wherever possible. This
brought the best prices from the junk
dealers.- It was learned today that sev
eral dealers, whq bought the stolen mate
rial, will be arrested,
"Most of the boodle was blown In," ac
cord fug to one of the boys in "movies"
and 'Well eats," For a time the young,
sters lived on the fat of tba land and
turned up their poses at the meals at
home. Spaghetti dinners In the Italian
section and feasts In the Chinese restau
rants were a part of the social program.
Ily Way of variety, considerable time was
spent In poolrooms.
None of the money brought In by the
loot was eyer spent in clothes.
Dog Bites Benefactor
The dog she fed and petted jevery time
he appeared near her home Jumped up
and bit Mr. Anna Brnuer in the face
toda as she was leaving her hous, 113
West York itreeL RovWr, a collie owned
sy John 11. Melptytv, 'Howard street
above York. laouaUd Mrs. Brennuf
mouth and tioie & severity abf w UlgWtl
NUISANCE
DEMOCRATS PLAN
4-DAY CONVENTION
National Conclave to Sit From
June M to June 17, Inclusive.
No Night Sessions
ST. I.Ol'IS, Feb. !. Despite the fact
th.it Picslilent Wilson Is virtually icrtaiu
to have a runaway for the nomination at
the Democratic convention here In June,
the conclave will be In session four ila.s.
This was learned today from reliable
soutces, Indicating Ihe subcommittee on
arrangements of the National Committee
hail agreed to n program lasting from
Wednesday until Sntuiday night. June M
to 17. In luslve. Tli") subcommittee con
tinued its sessions nt the Hotel Jefferson
today.
It was also learned that night sessions
will be tabooed. It Is planned to adjourn
each evening between S and 6 o'clock
until 11 tho next morning. Tho opening
session will be culled to order at noon.
It was hinted these plans might be
changed should the Democrats now
htrayed from the fold attempt to kick up
a tow on Wilson's renomlnatlon.
Booms for the temporary chairmanship
of the convention continued todny.
Speaker Champ Clark was mentioned as
a possibility. With Senators Stono nnd
Kced he la tho thlid Mlssourian in the
Held. The kobsIps also had Senator J.
Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, In a re
ceptive mood for tho honor of dropping
tho first gavel.
CAMBRIA STEEL DEAL
REVEALED TO PUBLIC
Midvale Company Announces
Details of Purchase and
Disti'ibution of Stock
XKW YORK. Feb. D.-Tho Mldvnle
Steel and Ordnance Company announced
this afternoon that thejpurchase of Cam
bria Steel Company stock at 8t a share
would be arranged in the following man
ner: The Midvale Steel and Ordnance Com
pany will Issue and sell to tho Ounrnnty
Trust Company nnd Lee, Hlgglnson &
Co.. $50,OOO.liOO of the SG-year S per cent,
collateral trust and slnalng fund bonds,
convertible Into the company's stock at
any time at 1100 per share.
The company will Issuo to Its stock
holders, at $00 per share, J23,00O.0OO of
treasury stock, which ofTer already haB
been underwritten by a syndicate.
It was also announced that contract
had been madpwlth Messrs. Stotesbury,
Donuer and lteploglo for the acquisition
of so much of the stock of tho Cambria
Steel Company, at HI per share, as may
be deposited with Drexel & Co. by Feb'
ruary 19.
HELD FOR "FIXING" EVIDENCE
Leon Del Monte, Claims Adjuster, Ac
cused of Coaching Witnesses
Leon Del Monte, "udjuster of claims,"
wa,B held under J1000 ball today to await
the action of the Qrnnd Jury. He is nc
cused of having coached Pletro Martella,
907 South ISth street, and Vlncenio
Slmone, of the same address, In a story
the two men told In a claim for dam
ages against the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company.
Martejla Is a bottler and claimed that
his wagon, driven by Slmone, had been
demolished an.d he and his driver in
jured when the wagon turned out for a
trolley to pass. The trolley was alleged
to have run into the wagon without warn
ing. Passengers on the car testified that
Simone's horse was frightened by a lo
comotive and. run Into the car. Mar
tella and Slmone were also Indicted for
the Grand Jury.
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KILLS WIFE; CUTS DAUGHTER
Luzerne Farmer, Just Reconciled, At- J
tacks Family
WILKES-BABRH, 1'a , Feb. 9.-John.
Hayes, SO years old. a farmer living near
Shickshlnny. killed, his wife early today
by slushing her throat then attacked his
adopted daughter and escaped,
Hayoa and his wife bad been separated
since last Etecgnqber. An juJpptd daugh
ter, Ueln DerdSfl. V W obi had made
MMr
in the meanTuue
witl
SECRET SERVICE
TRAPS PLOTTERS
BY DICTOGRAPH
Teuton Conspirators Move
Headquarters to Boston,
but Are Soon Located
AIR OF MUCH MYSTERY
Conferences in Office Building
Overheard British Ambas
sador Gave Information
BOSTON. Feb. 0. That nllegcd Herman
agents, chiefly active against Canadian
and American munltloni plants, have
changed their heatliiinrtor tn Hniton wj
reported today, following activities of
Secret ScrWee men here.
On In forma I Ion IHIevei tn bail been
furnished by Ambassador Sir Cecil Spilng
SWe. Federal Agent Schmidt trailed the
suspected men to a Milk street nlllce and
staled It Is snld in making dictagraph
records of conferences held there Sat
urday nfteniiion and Sundn II Is be
lieved that the cc)iiveiatlons thus secured
led In the hasty depnrtuie of Jnhn How
ard, assistant to Schmidt, for Canada.
That the alleged Herman agents who
nre under Federal eMilonnire went to their
lendMVnuH lit n Milk stteet building
In n llmou'lnn owned by a pi eminent
Huston man. whose name Is said' lo be
known to the nulhorllles. wan learned lo
iIhv. This mail Is said to b? I" "i'h a
position that he can buy quantities of
djitamltc without causing suspicion
Kn serious are the Federal authorities
taking the publicity given the Investiga
tion of alleged .plotters that they prob
ably will osk the flrand Jury to probe
Inln the source of Information.
1'tmri.st secrerv has surrounded the In
cidents nnd Agent Schmidt refuses wra
to listen to tepotts that lie was conduct
ing nn Investigation or Hint dictagraph
records had ever passed tluoiigli his
hands. lloweer, bciiiuse or the sudden
"visits" of 'Collector of Customs IMinund
Hillings and fulled States Dlsttht Attor
ney Anderson lo Washington added intei
cst has been given the situation.
Hecnuse other parts of the countrj hail
become too hot for conferences, It Is hint
ed that Hoston was picked for further
moves ugiilnst Canada.
So far there are two cislon.s of how
the suspected Herman agents enme under
Investigation.
Policemen calling nt the olllccs nlniic
State street and attempting to sell tick
ets to their iimrunl hall nre said to lino
walked Into an ofllce where a group nf
men were eloselv examining maps spread
out on tables. Tho policemen, after ask
ing their sale and being hastily ushered
from the place, beLanie suspicious and
reported the Incident.
The other version Is that "assistants"
of the Hrltlsh aReno stumbled upon
men In Hoston they had known In oilier
cities ns being Herman sympathizers
Their report to the IlillMi Kmbussy is
said lo have led Ambassador Spiing-lllie
to Inform the federal authorities.
VETERAN POSTMAN
. ACCUSED OF TAKING
MONEY FROM LETTERS
Charles W. Karns, 35 Years in
U. S. Service, Said to Have
Confessed Rifling
the Mail
SON ILL IN HOSPITAL
(rlef over the Illness of his son nnd the
desire to obtain money in order thnt the
best medical attention could bo had for
him, led Charles . Karns, u letter car
rier, attached to the mlddlo city station,
lo open letters and cxtiact money from
thorn after a clean record of 3," years'
honorable service In the employ of tho
I'nltcd States Government.
Knrns Is said to have confessed his
theft when accused today by postal In
spectors, who hnd been watching his
actions, nnd who had placed letters con
taining money Into tho malls to see if
he would bo tempted.
Karns Is 60 years old. lie entered tho
mull servlco when 23 yenrs old nnd con
tinued to wear the gray ever Blnce. Dur
ing nil that time, r-ald officials today, ho
has been an efficient, trustworthy em
ploye, and was regarded ns one ot the
most dependable men In tho Mlddlo City
station.
Recently reports have come tn the
headquarters of the Postmaster that let
ters passing through the Middle City sta
tion, on 17th street above Chestnut, have
been opened. Inspectors set to work,
and, after investigation, fastened their
suspicions on Karns.
They arrested him toda, shortly after
the 11 o'clock distribution in the qentie of
the city, nnd accused him of having open
ed five letters, extracting VI from each
one of them. The postal Inspectors said
that Karns took tho letters from tho
racks of other men, In order to divert
suspicion from himself. The nrrest was
made by Postal Inspector Matthew Mc
Vlckar, Jr.
"I took tho money because I was half
crazy over the lllneBa of my boy," Kurns
is declared to have said when Questioned.
He said that his son, 27 years old, was
seriously III In the Jefferson Hospital.
The gray-haired man was 11 pathetic
figure when brought before United States
Commissioner Kdmunds. He was held In
$1 000 ball for court.
Karns Uvea at 2512 Carpente Btreet.
HIGHWAY BID REJECTED
Estimates for Mporestown Pike Im
provements to Be Received March 1
Tho Camden County Hoard of Free
holders today rejected the bid of V.
Penn Corson, toad contractor, for the
repaying of Moorestown pike from 34th
street, Camden, 'to the Pensaukeu line,
Corson was the lowest bidder for the
work, but the members 0f the board say
that his bid contained conditions which
did not comply with the requirements of
the Stale Highway Department. Rids for
the work; on Moorestown pike will be re
opened on March L The board accepted
the bid of John It- Rates for repaying
one and one-halt miles of Qlenloch road.
Rates' bid was !67?.
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TOO IiATE FOB CItLSLIEICAXJON
liK.lTHS
WtEstlN. Suddenly, at Burllugtoa. K. j
on rvuruury o, tuio, .jABiisa iiMun. in
hli tma yar. Funeral ntrvlce at tit. Mai a
Cliurch, Durllcpton. on Friday. February 11.
at 3 '-3U r. m. luttrqitni. St. Mary's Church
ard. Kindly omit flowers
UKIJ IVANTKD VHSIAI.K
lOfFICH IHUI. Young Slrl about 1 yanra of
aga. wiufcia iMiw aav. r vt. tasr urnca
11KI.I' MANTKl'-rJIAI,'-:
&T:acuuPet:-.-a t
CIlipAGO'S NBW AttCHBISHOP
Mgr. Mundeleln Youngest Churchman
o His Rank in United States
CIHCACIO, Feb. 0. -- George William
Mundeleln, the youngest Catholic Arch
bishop In the United Stales, was Installed
lodny nshead of Ihe Chicago dlc-oeso one
of the largest and most Influential In the
wot Id. .
fet c monies attending the Installation of
Archbishop Mundeleln. who Is 41 years
old, were attended by hundreds of church
dlgnltailes, Including t'np.il Delegate Hon
nnso. - I
Aiihblshop Mundcloln succeeds the late
Archbishop Qulglev.
BUFFALO MAN INDICTED
nn nmiinntn nt nnrn
rUil UUTIiMt a IHUIIUIUV
l vinnv"
t..i... r,, ...,. a ,ant nf Tallinn -
I .wt n,.nfJ,of
ruium i ww.."
in Allto
111 Alu"
HfFI-'Al.O, .V. V.. Feb. B.-Jolrlr to
ward Telper, noting business man, college
graduate nnd former football slnr, ttulst
stand trial uti the charge of first degtce
murder.
An Indictment charging him with killing
his mother, Mrs, Agnes M. Telper. on
Jitntiarv 30. wits returned today before
Justice Marcus In Supreme Couit.
Telper was Immediately nrralgncd and
entered n plea nf not guilty.
Young Men Form Church Club
Voting men of In parish of St. John
the J:iiiikpIIsI. t3tli street above Chest
nut, hn- formed a club lo promote the
moral, ihjnlcnl and social welfare of lis
members The Itev. William J. I.'illotl Is
spiritual- dliector Olllcers cie: Kdward
I. Leonard, president; A lldwnrd Ctiirvlu,
vice president: Jnhn Leahy, recording
secretin v: .lumen Cote, corresponding sec
retary. Jnhn Hellmau. treasurer, and
Frank A. Ireland, sergcunt-nt-nims.
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HER LOOK IN
One woman loves to look into other
women's homes and see how they are
furnished. All right The LADIES'
HOME JOURNAL lets her look into
two or three hundred other women's
homes every year.
Another
likes to go into the shops and see the
new things. All right again. The
LADIES' HOME JOURNAL has a new
department to which twenty clever
women, who go into the best shops
at the last moment, send whatever
they see! Over five hundred ideas
in a year!
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So you qan look into homes and shops
in every number' of
The Ladies'
HOME JOURNAL
It is a clearing-house for ideas for
women. Buy the current number
and see if this isn't so.
It's only 15 cents
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J. V. THOMPSON
GIVES $10,000 BAi
Uniontown Banker and Bu$i,
nuaa iiun uo on indicted
Ti,innnr'im''a Un,i,l
Financier's Bond
I'lTTflllimrm. Pa., Feb. .-J0ah'Va
Thompson, PnlontoWn banker. fc m
icnlny was Indicted by the Federal Qt
Jury on 17 counts for violation .?'
national bunking laws, surrendered p
the Federal authorities this mnrni.- . .:
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' sugEI
llll 11 .Slieil 3 It.MHI llnil rni. LI- . 14H
i tiny iriompson arranged to mm .'""-IB
hunch today and surrender him'l
ntlorneys and bondsmen he ;vu
Pittsburgh this morning and tanhhS
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! I'ntrlrk J. Hengnn and Minor !!,,,.&'
,ui of Fayette Cnttntv. Mr t..,"' '"
I a Conncllsvlllp banker, the oilier bVL.M
men being business merf. T DnJ,.a
While the bond
tl itnlta .. i.i -LS
ance here In Mn
.. v....o iui nis nrnn,.,m
v. It is not thought pSB
1 their, as It l "
case will be It led
Thompson will usk
fOI a POSlnnn.m .-
but he will have In
his bond.
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"I'i-uur arm reni.aal
Thompson visited some old friends tuW
the government building, while w,;
for court to open, but he refused in J.i
any statement concerning the case Mil)
...t. v-..v. ..., n..v.,, .,v vunicrreu with
soino business associates before riiinJ.J.
Ing to Uniontown,
Alan Found Dead From Apoplexy
Michael Lnrkln, B7 ears old, was ,1?
dead today tit the bottom of a flight M
stairs nt his home, 2IH North FrankllJ a
nuri'i. ..in "inn "roscn, and USB
Is believed that ho fell down tho slilriM
IUll-1 11 niiunr w, ,.1'UjJiuAJ , UrOUght flfi 1M
by tho exertion nf climbing to the fourtti9
llooi Lnrkln lived hi the Franklin street W
house with his two sons, both of whont'1
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The world's most famous
masterpiece would be of
little note had it not been
hung in the art gallery.
The "test yet" adver
tisement must be seen in
the RIGHT PAPER bv
the RIGHT PEOPLE
to produce RIGHT
RESULTS.
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