EVENING LEDGEB-PHILArELPHTA. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1016
MILLIONS
TRITY BY MAN
(DROVE (HLWAGON
v Smith, Whw Busi-
Cftrctr Bsn in Ken-
i. Bexiuwtnea nra
Treasure to Public
BCTED FOR 20 YEARS
. v mtth. who tKn his business
f?Mnr of an ol on ln Kmimw
lt,7r..ci-fcr-4ftr n mlllonatre
"V" ..-v .fester, left to the
R-SSw .rtmussum which adjoin
! At " -- -- nAft riil nit.
MOM than f,wv.vvi ...- ..
n . mails today by hi nan.
IT smith, Jr.. and tho lawyer who
I K. smiin, ... A1fr.l H.
-will lur yvM-. . .....- .,
.. . .mn?a bthlnd thft announe-
w,,iu Mr. Smith rpent th Inst
nan 01 nis mo l"'"v w........n
' a .a hiJaii nlntlfi vmM
i oi i""" f.......i.-t .
.,..'. statues and antiques, ana
st outside his ImmedlatB aotualnt-
blS family Knew wiim no nan
1 Brons xcepi expert amer in
' -. 01 kla h A AIIaIIaHH
reorejenira nun v .u..wum
fha world.
Hi who hd -worked for him In the
I Hie Store ok me irtiica i. ohiiui
LTL. ,..n raid today that he was
wondirtul museum bntf five times.
tt knew or iw persons wno naa
n permitted to visit It.
JXR KEt TO aALXEiuna
serenty-year-old man carried the
r.to the itaiieneif, ami on occasions
I call In a clergyman triena or
(a view the rare collection. Ita
locked the door behind them after
rent In. nut ne was not miser
i merelr was afraid something would
i Is some of the beautiful thine
1 worked years to buy. Indeed, those
T Ll 1.1 .. I ...... t.l. t
Mf mm m imv it. II..-1 iii
sosie day to make the gallerleR n
tmsseum. and In a catalogue of nearly
gs recently puousnea no nau
it
Heated to the Cause of God and
sad for the Education, Refinement
fcvatlon of Mankind."
taamed the museum. The Woodmere
sllerrs. It coders 6700 square feet
space.
junn tapestiues
I'saloon wait of the main gallery,
i ( built In the shape of an atnphl-
bas a wall space of 3500 square
entirely filled with paintings and
Mm. a mexxanlne balcony contains
(sowars feet of wall apace, likewise
kMd the amusement room, in wincn
Isalth had billiard tables. & shuffle-
and the like, had a wall space of
esjuare feet The walls of the annex.
I M a part of the Smith home, afford
re feet for palntlncs. etchings and
tlwlldlnr cannot i be seen from the
i It was built about Ave years ago
Mfce Smith home had been filled with
res. Among tne artists wnose works
' tee galleries are Giordano, Greuze.
kiioven, Letiw, vlgnall and
if.' There Is an unfinished portrait
fs Washington y Gilbert Stuart,
ijamln West's Sir Philip, Sydney,
In the Joseph Harrison, Jr., col
Slr Thomas Lawrence, of tho
of' Sir Joshua Reynolds, and con-
by some artists the successor of
peat painter. Is represented In the
nere collection by a valuable portrait.
uie tapestries and rugs is an Ira
an memorial Persian rug of the
The story back of it Is that
i of Fers'a presented It to Moham-
"Sultan of Turkey. wherwConstan
was taken. It was hanglnc ln the
l.f'tbo Sultan of Turkey until a'fevr
go. H r. Smith nad tho rug framed
I ahd set upon a pivot easel. When-
ishowed it to visitors, he swung the
lie various ancles and marveled again
i tenure ana design.
, these works of art went rhnn-n tn
Mtt, advantaca under the specially
m ana arranged ultj lights. At night
were Illuminated with 643 electric
rt n the harmony of decorations
f the galleries.
WIN WORLD'S TYPEWRITING RECORDS
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Miss MnrRarct U. Owen, with nn Underwood, ttvcratjtd 137 words n
minute for an hour in New York yesterday, breaking her former record
of 480 a minute. Tho international amateur contest was won by Mlsa
Hortcnso Stollnitz (abovo), vith 137 words a minute for half nn hour.
Sho used a Remington.
WAIFS WALK STREET,
IN QUEST OF FOOD
Turned Away, Two Arc Picked
Up by Policeman Father
in Prison
Two waifs a five-year-old boy and his
three-year-old sister found begging food
from house to house In the neighborhood of
Marshall and Jefferson streets are now
at the Children's Aid Society, 419 South
Klfteonth street. They were nearly staned
when n policeman found them. They could
not Ret food because the stories they told
hou-teholders were unhelleable.
who Js sarlrg a term In the Kederat prison
at I-avonwo.th, Kin. : of a mother sick In
the Jefferson Hospital, and of a grand
mother, the only person left to care for
them, being taken from them suddenly when
she became sick and was emoed to an
other hospital.
"What s the matter, sonr the policeman
who found them asked the boy, Martin
Brown
"lidna'a hungry." he began crying, as he
clutched his sister's hand. "IMna's hungry
arid so am 1."
It was learned that the children had lived
In Slstli street near Glrard nvcnuo An
attempt was made to hae them cared for
at tho Philadelphia Hospital until a place
could be found for them, but, the police
said, tho hospital refused to accept them.
A Jewish charitable society has olun
teered to caro for them until homes are
found for them.
POLICE TO GUMSHOE
FOR PHANTOM VOTERS
Seventy Committee to Aid Cap
tain Kenny and Men in
Canvass
Two hundred and eighteen policemen will
start "ringing doorbells" all oer the city
today In a canvass of the voting lists, un
der the oerslght of Police Captain Kenny
and II I I). Itoacb, secretary of the Com
mittee of Seventy. Captain Kenny deliv
ered Instructions from Superintendent Hob
Inson last night to twenty. Axe police lieu
tenants at the Twentieth and Uuttonwood
streets station.
Lieutenant Stinger, of the Eighth District,
will be In command of the ranxass lit the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards. Detec
tles hired by Congrersman Scott hae al
ready gone over tho Thirteenth Ward, but
the police will make a recanvass, particu
larly of cheap lodging houses.
The report for each house must be signed
by the person from whom It Is obtained,
and the policemen isust sign their reports
when presented to lieutenants. There Is.
therefore, a large amount of clerical work
ahead for the policemen, al well as fraud
hunting and the detection of "phantoms."
IEL0R 0IRLS TO STUDY
TO GAIN SUCCESS AS "WIVES
rgh Women Practice Self-Con-
klrol and Will Learn Courting
BBUROH. Oct. 17. To nt them-
l ta be good wives for men whom they
not yet found. 100 business women
formed tie Josephine Club and are
; a course in seir-control. J.ater on
sill study first-aid to Injured, lltera
uti gymnastic -work, "and when profi-
; In wifely accomplishments will take
In courting.
nejnbers of tha club are single and of
table age, They are engaged In
pursuits, but each hones to nre-
Itwef a home of her own. As the mem
os, e pent )ars dolrg things an
p seen nt theyithought it a good
i cam control ot tliemseHes when
fent wrong, and the self-control. Idea
Inculcated In devious wave. Mar.
I will not necessarily mean a loss of
rip in tne ciuu.
"STYIiKS" IN ACCIDENTS
f Vary and Today's Popular Variety
in Camden Is Injured
Left Legs.
I la'Mivu a thlr.r as "tls" In accl-
Physicians say that one week broken
Mm papular, while the r.t jvmI there
i may camagea er While interest
""a in this form of Injury, the
often charges abruptly and switches
MV had the call In Camden to
la eery case at Coosri Hosnltsl
nt4 to be the left l. Charles
of J0& South Second street, set
i Mil was struck bv a vahii near
d Chestnut streets. Ills left ankle
Mured.
Bit his Inllirv wna htmy vnlrA4
1 2ard of Marshall and Spring flar-
, Philadelphia. Vli IrnrwUrd lintvn
L0?at Jflnth a.nd Cheatnut streets.
Pft illn left 10 Mats lAnAtdx4
w minutes later Mrs, Kate Vincent.
"nut street, was Bfauht In uf-
i. .. . . 'rlur of Uw le le
By falling dAi,iH tu. l..
toft leg lnjurto weft trete4 dur-
-i('
FOUR INJURED IN COLLISION
OF TEAMS AT AVERNERSVILLE
Two Buggies Demolished Ono Horse
ICilled After Crash
READING. Pa Oct. 17 J'our persons
were injured, two buggies were demolished
and one horse had to be killed, as the reiult
of A collision between two teams lsst night
at "Werners Hie. near here. Neither vehicle
hfl.l a afc?nn! llcht.
The "Injured are Jacob Wolf, Mrs. Irvln
Cehret and Mrs. Mary Evans, of Werners
Vlllej'W'ho wre driving from Sunset Hall
to Werncrsvllle, and Albert Treston, of
Cushion Teak, l'a.,-who was dr(ylng toward
tho borovigli. AftCJrvtha collision both horses
ran away.
HEROIC FIREMAN BURIED
i " '
"Last; Call Box 1571," Motto on Floral
Offering From Comrades
in Department
With the words. "Last Call Box 1571"
on the 'floral offering of his comrades who
were with him. at the time of hi v death,
the funeral of Frank Fredericks, the fire
man who was killed at the Quaker City
"Waste Comnany's fire, at 813 York street
early Saturday morning, took placo this af
ternoon nt hi late home, 1325 West Cam
bria street "Box 1671" was the box from
which tho alarm was sent that brought
the firomnil to his death.
The funeral sei vices were conducted by
the Hev.-Kdwln Forrest Hunn. pastor of
the Cookman Methodist Episcopal iChurch.
at Twelfth rtr2t and Lehigh avenue, and
were attendedby the members of.Truyk II,
to which the decrased bMonged. The In
terment was In HIllMde Cemetery.
The rallbearers Included representatives
of Truck 12, the Insurance Patrol, at Fifth
and-Hrhs stress, the P. O. 8. of A. and
the Btonemen's Fellowship.
Worker Kill Companion
BRADFOnD. Pa., Oct. 17, James Moran
of Brooklyn. K, V . one of a gang of con
struction men employed on the n. It. and P,
nallroad, was killed last night by a fellow
workman. C. V, Wll,,"V "l0 ' Brooklyn,
who charged Viat Moran had stolen $20
from him. Whalen armed himself with an
Iron bar and hunting for Moran found him
In a hotel In Limestone, where after a few
words he struck his victim on the head and
killed him. Whalen Was arrested and lock
ed up until the sheriff arrived.
NATIONAL JOVIAN LEAGUE
MEETS IN INDIANAPOLIS
Fifteen Hundred "Live Wires" Attend
Electrical Convention
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd, Oct 17. Fifteen
hundred delegates' to the National 'JoVlan
convention, all of them prominent figures
ln the eloctr'cnl world, plunged Into a whirl
of business and pleasure for four days here
today. Mayor Joseph D. Bell, of thl city,
welcomed tho visitors, and Mayor Henry W,
Kiel, of St Louis, responded. Governor
Balaton, of Indiana, was the Ch'ef speaker
at the opening session.
The entertainment for the. Jovian "live
wires" includes racos at the motor soeed
way. theater rarlles and the annual re
Juvenatlon at the Murat Theater, at which
teams from several cities will compete for a
JJS0 eller loving- cup.
Tho business sessions will Include ad
dresses, by M, I) Cooper, of Cleveland on
"Volt Standardisation"! Henry Lane Wil
son, former Ambasrador to Mexico,, on
"Trade Relations with Mexico and Central
America"; W A Las man, of St. Louis, on
"Building a Career "
Thomas Wynne, of this city. Is reigning
Jupiter of the organization.
TRUSTING "WIFE NO. 2W
HAS NO MORE USE FOR
BIGAMIST LOTHARIO
May Slunm Will Not Marry
fclcyrick Even if First Wife
Obtains Decree of
Divorco
"HE WAS NOT SQUARE"
-
"Wife JCo. Ji deceived anl dNgraced by a
man she trusti'I, who, sho says, hid front
her the fact that he was already married.
Miss May Shunn, nineteen years old, of
41S1 North Fifth street, today Indignantly
declared that even should narl Meyrlck,
ttenty-twt years old. of Freeland, Pa., be
divorced eho.wlll have no plica In her heart
for him. Tlilt, despite the fact that she
eloped to Media with Meyrlck last June,
wnere tney were married.
"It he had only told me he was married
and that he vrni waiting for a divorce. I'd
have watted for him," she snld today. "But
to think of him marrying m,e when he al
ready had another wife, 1 nm not really his
wife at all, bu.t I have to ko through some
legal form for somo rrnfji or other so I
can use my own name nttln, I have my
way to make In the world, t will have to
work, and I want to dn It with my own
name. I tni'.ted him and I loved him.
GAVE HIM ONE CHANCE
"Tou ask me If I would marry him
again when he get his divorcer Not
much. He tiad one chance. He was not
square with me.
"When a iierson Is not square 'With me
once, be never will have another chance.
I don't even like him any more, and I cer
tainly will not marry him,
"I am choosing between him and my
mother this time. She has stuck by me.
and I will stick by her. If he Is not gpod
enough for his first wife and she wants
to get rid ot blm, he Is not good endugh
frtl- Hl- V
"I have no advice for other girls who
may be In danger of the same experience,
They wouldn't listen to me.
"When a girl Is In love she trusts a
man. She believes everything he tells
her. and they will only learn by experience
as I did.
"All my friends know I was taken ln
They know I was a trusting girl, and I
am not afraid to let them know what has
happened, although I am sorry that It did
happen,"
KEKNLT EMBARRASSED
Miss Shunn and her mother, Mrs. S.
Mullen, feel keenly the embarrassment of
their position
Miss Shunn refutes to reveat-the name
ot the suitor she rejected through Meyrlck's
pleading. Meyrlck Is now under S0O ball
on charges preferred by his first wife,
formerly Miss Slay Iee. to whom he was
married In Ktmlra, N. Y three years ago.
He Is twenty-two years old. The couple
have one daughter.
Meyrlck lays tho blame for his newest
complication upon the delay of the court
In granting his wife's application for
divorce.
PATRIAROlSMltJTANT
PARADE 2000 STRONG
Uniformed Odd Fellows Make
Pine Street Demonstration
in Ghnmbersburfjc
CIIAMBEnsnUrtO, Pa.. Oct. It Th
parnde In connection with the grand en
campment and district council lMtrlnrohs
Militant ot the Odd Keltown waa held here
this afternoon with perfect weather condl
tloha. The parade wan n disappointment as
to slse, but In othV rnccli was great
Major Genera! J. It. Andrews, ot AHoonn,
was chief marshal with a large mounted
staff. There were alwut SOOO uniformed
Odd Fellows In line with fourteen lands of
music. After the parade the bands all
massed and behind massed tanner
marched and played "Onward Christian.
Soldiers."
Oil City Is wofklng hard for next year's
Joint convention and seems likely to win
out
UXDRKTAICKIt itNlW HW
FinimtfiU Lmm SaW to Mve Vrirm
Gira-rd AventM Ma t
' TaV.e Gm
Olemcnt A. Woodmitt. slxtylhrte Vrf
old. an undertaker, of t72l Olrard ne.
committed suicide at his home early to4y
by Inhaling gas. The body wan found In
According to the police, Mr. Woodnutt
Who hd beert despondent over financial
losses, planned hs, act with deliberation,
PRISONER DROPS "HOPE"
Cop Rap's Him on Finfecrs and Ho Re
leases Box
A cigarette box. alleged to contain nine
packages of heroin, waa found today In the
possession ot Jlarry Smith. 1019 Mt Vernon
strret when h was arrested at NtntlvTind
Spring streets by Policeman Bellerby, of the
Eleventh and Winter streets station.
Smith tried tosllde the cigarette box
Into a gutter when he was arrested, but
Bellerby detected the movement and rapped
the prisoner on the fingers with his club,
pmtth dropped the box with a cry of pain
and the policeman picked It up and re
tained It as evidence. Magistrate Collins
held Smith In $1000 ball tor a further hear
ing next Thursday.
Loss of Leg Causes Suicide
John Troy, of BIS North Franklin street,
committed suicide last night, according to
II1U IU,.V( v .. fa0. ..u UVUj 0
found by tho vUdoW, Mrs. Mary Troy. Sev
eral years ago Troy nau nis leu leg ampu
tated The police think that this hampered
him In getting work and Influenced him to
take his lite.
HOTEL ADELPHIA
Thta Week's
Entertainment
Laditt' Lunch
on Balcony f
Gtntttmtn't Lunch ) f OC,
Eneliih Room
A la carte service nil day. '
Charges aro moderate.
I)nBt tlnslUli Koem,
4130 to 0 f. M.
An IHreptlonsI llsnre Orchestra
French Trio and the Popular
Hawaiian Orchestra
l.i iC.'m" i I'lmnmr-ri-iBsi
Adalty JONES
I B16WalnutStreet
ILm.'.S-' HI I i ' II I.
SMASHES ERGS ON THIEF
i LADDERS
Klntl. trr. ft.
IL.D.BERG1
I i Main 4000 r.
I 1
I KMenilen. Sic. ft, I
BERGERC0..59N.2dSt.l
Market 831.. J
Woman Uses Costly Ammunition to
Save Thirty-five Cents
V1NBLAND. N. J Oct 17. Four hold
ups by footpads during the week-end have
alarmed Vlneland. Miss Kllzabeth Camp,
a professional nurse, fought with a thief
to sava her pocketbook and lost her hat
ln the scrimmage. Mrs. Sumner Stevens
smashed a dozen fifty-cent eggs on the
thief's head and saved thirty-five cents In
her pocketbook.
Able Cohen was within sight of hU home
when attacked, and his mother saved him
by her screams and throwing ah pi I can
at the footpad, James Tamlntnl gave up
$:.50 at the point ot a revolver.
J. E. -Calcktell & Co.
902 Chestnut St
v .French, Dutch-
' i
. . ,and English '
. v .Silverware
t
v
REMOVAL
In the near future tho
business of J. E. Caldwell
h Co, will bo l'o ca tod in tho
Wldcncr Building, Chestnut, Juni
per and South Pcnn Square.
The Response
to this
One Week
of
INTENSIFIED
VALUE'
in
Perry Suits
at $15"
is going to be
Enormous!
Every one of them is
a $20, $22.50 1 or $25
Value judged by the
market prices of fab
rics wheri we bought
the woolens for , this
sale one year ago!
Under today's condi
tions, it is a question
whether they could be
matched to 'sell in any
clothing store in the
United States today for
$20, $22.50 and $251
Taxi Service
LIJtOtlSINKK anil TOURING CARO
fnr IJt'MXKS or I'l.KAHUHK O
PHONES kV ""
COMrORT AUTOVIOBII.K CO.
1400 ha. 1'ruu Square.
And Johnnr Cn llorrlilni llomt
' 1r Alit for Feet!
HANNA, Chiroppdiit
H. K. CIIR. UTII AM) HANSOM Mtdj
l0V-Critn'l
AND KOI CHKSTNirr NTRKKT
(orn rmavnl .'' itunlc'irliur ?3r
tu,vt.K, rijvriNUM. rAutn tkkth.
JKVVfcl.RV, l-KKt loiIH KTOnES,
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tot H. SIH .. riil'X. I'tKim Wslnnt 4Ut
DIXCW
OMincffi Trnttoring
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fay at nur eaaa-
to give vuu; aVtlaSIt
.vr.-at the lliuia od
ttw auiart StU i4
at your preference
the fliiiab ant. work..
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, wr li,,d. - l
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Street
l
The very choicest
offerings, in America of
Persian, Tirkisk & Chinese Rigs
Biiring this sale you may pur:
ceec wiy rug in our immenee ,
. . etocltvatiguree which prevailed
" tjbr thiyi two years ago.
TW wk JW ait b your left, lit it is
Mtrdy VW hf-t ejMrtuiiity to eecture otic of
these gen wch Hie peefing tuonthe mke
Hardwch MAOil Co.
1220-1222 Market Stieet n
More from less ! You now get
more light from less currdnt greater
motor power from poorer gasoline
A$ the quality of gaso- is actually wrung from
line lias gone down and smaller charges.
down Packard motor More mileage on less
quality has come up and fucjj More "power from
nlP' low-test gasolines 1 Again
Gfeuter refinements in Packard owners profit by
Packard mechanisms have Packard advances.
met and overbalanced the
lowered Standards of refine
ment in liquid fuels,
If you have not exam
ined and had demon
strated to you the new
Hotter gas, the new model Twin-six, you may
Twin-six cylinders now not realize what these
feed upon. thmgs mean or 'you,
" As the vapor is scientific- Why npt investigate
ally heated before it enters now? The prices for Pack-
the explosion charnbers of 'ard open cars are $2,8Q
the" motor, greater power and $8,265, at Detroit,,
i .
;. . "Ask the man. who owns one
-?;
VJLMV:
I'aekard Note Car Co, of- lMWeJplk
MI9 KWth Bad ftttvet, WHinlaJplibi Uw
rtbMMm. UgwtiUrg, UsMtar,'KiiH
Trwtif Wifltairt awl Wlllmftt
'(
Jr6!
tf We ask nothing bet
ter than that you shop
around and see not
what kind of Suit you
can get today for $15,
but examine the best
you can find elsewhere
for $20, $22.50 and $25;
then step out to 16th &
Chestnut Streets and
see these 3,000 Intensi
fied Value Suits at
the One
Uniform
Price
$15'
J Worsteds, both plain
and mixed; blue serges,
flannels, thibets, fine
cassimeres and chev
iots, some of them
duplicated1' in fabrics"
and patterns .ticketed
and selling on our own .
counters for $20, $22.50
and'$25; but not one of
''these Special 3,000
Suits has ever before -been
offered for sale
either here or any where
else!
J T a i 1 o r.e d and
trimmed 'by Perry and
cut on model for every
taste, age and meeeure
ment! ,-, . ,
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