AID FOR FIREMEN
IF PUBLIC ASK IT
Councllmen Demand Plea of
Gpnstituents Before
Acting
SUPPORT IS PROMISED
Here Is the Way to Help
Philadelphia Firemen
MEMBERS of Councils' Finance
Committee havo promised that
tho firemen's campaign for better
salaries nnd working conditions will
have their support if taxpayers will
personally bnck up the firemen's
petition.
If every reader of this nrticle
would call today on one of tho
Councllmen named, the firemen's
battle would bo won before nightfall.
The firemen answer instantly any
citizen's call for their services. Will
you ns n citizen do this service for
these unselfish men whose lives are
devoted night and day to you and
your property?
The Finance Committco comprises:
Select Council Comn.nn Council
Tt J. Trainer J I'.Ooffnoy
W. J Crawford
Chsrlos Segcr
J, J. McKlnley, Jr.
Ccorgo D'Autrechy
W, E. Flntey
j. F. Flaherty
Dr. W D. Bacon
Kdunrd Duchhotz
W. II Qulglcy
Kilns Abrnms
(chairman)
Robert Smith
Fred Hchwnrz, Jr.
II. li Conn
J. II IUUlty
W. J. McCloskcy
T.J McCarthy
J. II. McCIiirk
Simon Walter
C. J. McKlnney
W. C. V llllams s
11. J. McQulgan
Pcflnlto nnd iiosltlvo promlso that tho
cause of the Philadelphia firemen will havo
the earliest practicable attention of Coun
cils has been made by promlnont and In
fluential members of tho city's law-mak.ng
body.
With consideration of the tax rate out
Kr of tho way tho members of the Committee
of Flnanco aro now in position' to givo tneir
attention to other matters of moment. Two
members of thnt committee, In repponso
to questions ns to their position In regard
to the firemen's petition for alleviation of
working conditions, gave posltlvo assur
ance that they wero heartily In favor of
the firemen, and that at tho next meeting
of Councils they would present n resolu
tion to bring their cause before tho cham
oer for action that would better both pay
soil working conditions.
O'jit members of tho Flnanco Commit.
teo f.nd of Councils at large, while not
venturing to express such open ndvocacy of
tho flromen at this time, declare thnt tho
forces behind tho nromon's appeal havo but
to mako It apparent to tho Councllmen In
their respective wards thnt they wnnt the
flre-flghters cared for, and tho battlo will
be won.
I'KUSONAIj APPEAL
Petitions to tho Mayor nnd to council
manic committees may havo some -aluc,
but, as ono Councilman today expressed
himself:
It Is truo tho foremost business men
and property owners havo signed tho
I WML petition 10 me aiayor una mui iwi
WS cstnto owners havo petitioned tho
flnanco iuiurniiiuu, out .viu muao vi
signers back up that action by visiting
me or other members of Councils and
assure us that they -will stand buck
i- of us In making provision for tho flre
li men? I realize tho necessity of tho
firemen, nnd will bo only too glad to
vote for any measure that will bolter
their condition, but where nro the resi
dents of my ward? They aro tho per
sons I represont nnd to whom I nm
accountnblo. If they wero to conn to
me or to tho Finance Committco and
say they wero In favor of the firemen's
request and would back mo up In sup
porting -It, I or nny other Councilman
would bo only too quick to provide
the means of rellof. An aroused pub
llo opinion Is a united force too potent
for any one, Councilman or otherwise,
to resist, and if these friends of thu
firemen who have Blgned their petition
will take tho matter up with their
Councllmen In person the fight Is won.
The firemen nro entitled to relief, and
how soon they get It Is up to their
friends. Councils will provide the money
If their constituents demand It.
MEN NOT DISCOURAGED
In-no wlso disconcerted by tho failure
of the Flnanco Commltteo to provide specif
ically for their betterment In tho tnx rato
legislation, tho firemen, through their cam
paign committee, aro resolved to keep up
their efforts to arouse tho public sentiment
In their cause. They nro making renewed
endeavor to enlist tho influence of popular
pressure upon tho members of Councils In
every ward in order that measures to ef
fect their liberation from present condi
tions may bo Introduced nnd brought up
for passage without delay.
The committee on social betterment of
the Now Century Club today sent a lotter
to the Flnanco Committee, this jetton fol
lowing nn interview with Director Wilson
recently held, In which tho Director took
occasion to express his hearty sympathy
with the firemen and their efforts to obtain
recognition.
COMMUTEIIS MAD AT READING
Angry Tioga Residents Take Trolleys.
Freight Delays Trains
Several hundred Tioga commuters of the
Philadelphia and Reading Hallway were In
convenienced today because the company
failed to run tho trains of the Chestnut Hill
nd Frankford branches on schedule 'time.
Persons who usually count on certain
trains bringing them to their places of busi
ness at a prescribed hour and adjust their
breakfast time accordingly were inconveni
enced. They say the thing bus happened
three times within a wqek.
The train which leaves Frankford at
T:1B a. m. and Is scheduled to arrive ut
Tioga at 7:34 was sixteen minutes late.
While the train leaving Chestnut Hill at
7;25 a. m. and Is due to arrive at Tioga
st ?;4S was many minutes late.
Many commuters left the station In dis
gust, saying they would take trolley cars.
Officials of the company blame the delay
a tho unusually heavy freight traffic In
nd out of Wayne Junction. Two trains
were held at this station for ten minutes
today while the tracks wero being cleared.
HIT BY CAKE, MAY LOSE SIGHT
Lad Falls Unconscious and Both Eyes
Are Affected
WlLKES-BAnilE. Pa.. Nov. !5. David
tewls, fifteen years old, was struck in the
eye by a cake hurled at him in a spirit of
fun in the roll bakery hero and received
such serious Injuries that ho may never be
sola to see.
The boy was packing cakes when one of
Us coworkers hurled a small cake at him.
The edge of the cake struck him In the eye
nd he fell unconscious. Doctors found
that the eye was badly cut and that the
Injury had affected the sight t both ye
Child Killed by Automobile
WOODBURY, N. X, Nov. J 5. Iwls. the
ight-yearoId sou of Frank Allen, on Small
wood street, was Instantly kilted near his
home last night by an automobile driven by
jMney T Wells, of the First National
Uis nb was broken, and head
wh4. Cerent- HstHwt$fces4 la Jvti
BUTLER URGES SPEED
IN WARSHIP BUILDING
Let Uncle Sam Do It, "lie Says, if
Private Ynrda Are
Busy
ttvrntta Mgtr Staff Corrtfpondtnlf
WASHINGTON, Nov. SB. The fact that
the four battleships, ntilhorlsftl In tho pre
paredness clnmnr which marked tho first
months of this-Congress, will not slltlo from
tho ways to tho water until 1920 or 1921
aroused RpprescntnlUo Hutlcr, of Pennsyl
vania, today lo declare In open hearing
Wore tho Houio Naval Affairs Committco
thnt the American people wouldn't stand
Tor such ilelny nnd that hn proposed to
nsk thnt tho l'nlted Stntei build Us own
ships, nnd build them In thirty month-!.
"If we- cntinot get our ships built fnst
enough In the prlvato yenrds. which nro
already crowded with orders for comniT
cl.il craft," snltl Mr. nutier, "then I nm
In favor of btillillng them nil In our own
yard'!. Thli Government can pay nny prlco
for labor that Is necessary to get ships
tnnde nt top speed."
IHscusslon before the committee ilex sloped
nlso the fact thnt there xvas tnlk among
noxal ofllcers nf n 40.000.lon bnttleshlp.
with speed of nbout twenty-three knots nnd
twelve slxtccn-lnch guns. This would bo nn
Improvement of speed of three knots nnd n
heavier armament by four big guns than
anything In tho navy now.
Adinlrnl Taylor was not so sum nn Hep
rescntntlvc Hutlcr thnt the United States
could build tho big ships nny faster than
private ynrds. Ho said labor w ns"""Fcarco
nt present, nnd thnt It seemed to be Im
possible to put on speed.
COIi. L V. MAI.TBY DEAD
Famous Hotel Jinn nnd Onco Pro
prietor of the Lnfnyctto nnd
Continental
Colonel I.uclus t. Mnltby, for many yenrn
ono of the best known lintel men In the
l'nlted Slates, died enrly today nt his home,
2532 South Twenty-second, street. He win
clghty-Ilve years old. Death wns due to
old ngo
Colonel Mnltby retired from nctlvo busi
ness several years ngo. nnd for tho Inst
severnt years hns been In foeUo health. His
condition grew rapidly worse In the Inst
few months and kept him confined to his
home. Yesterday ho sank rapidly. His
only survlWng child. Mrs. George I. Holes,
uns nt his bedside nt tho end. He lenves
a widow, who has been critically III herself.
For many years Colonel Mnltby con
ducted tho old Iifivyctto Hotel, nt Broad
and Sansom streets, which itood formerly
on the site occupied by tho Laud Tltlo
Uulldlng, and the Continental Hotel.
A natlo of New Hampshire, Colonel
Mnltby has lived In Philadelphia for more
than hnlf n century. Ho started In tho
hotel business ns a clerk, when hardly more
than n boy. Ho was a member of the
Hncquct Club.
Interment will bo In Old St. David's Cem
etery next Tuesday. It will be strictly
private, owing to Mrs. Malthy's Illness.
GOLD AND COPPER SPIKES
LEFT AS LEGACY TO WIDOW
Relics Were Last to Bo Driven in Pittsburgh-Philadelphia
Railroad
PITTSnUIlGII, Nov. 25. Flvo nnlls
made of nn nlloy of copper nnd gold, which
had been cherished by Halmund Ynndii
slnco the flro of 1877 that destroyed tho
union depot of tho I'ennuylxanla Itnllrond,
wero left as a legacy to his widow, Mrs.
Katherlno Ynndn, 1517 Dream street. Tho
spike's wero driven In tho Inst tie of, the
terminal lino on uecemoer iu, isaa, wnicn
later marked the celebration Incident to the
opening of a direct railroad lino from
Pittsburgh to Philadelphia.
Ualmund Yanda was born In Austria
nnd camo to this country when very young.
At tho tlmo of tho rnllroad striko and (Ire
of 1877 ho was In tho contracting business
In Iteflectorvllle. After tho flro Mr. Yanda
nurchased tho ruined building for tho pur
potio of snlvago and came In possession of
tho splKes,
RECORDER'S CLERK QUITS
Resignation After Quarrel Over Pay
Makes Place for Vnro Man
"William Itogers, a member-elect of Uie
next Legislature from Senator McNIchol's
homo ward, has quit his position ns a
transcribing clerk In Recorder of Deeds
Hazlett's office, following a tilt over two
days' pay. This makes a new position for
a Varo follower.
Itogers was virtually "fired" after ho
and tho Recorder had engaged In a wordy
combat, tho clerk having objected to being
docked for absence to care for1 a seriously
Injured son. "You can suit yourself na to
whether you aro discharged or will resign,"
the Recorder Is quoted as saying. Rogers's
reply was his resignation.
DAVIS SLATED FOR JUDGE
Gloucester County Republicans Also
Select Candidate for Prosecutor
WOODBURT, N, X, Nov. 25. Francis
D, Davis, chairman of the Republican
County Executive Committee and secretary
of the New Jereey Senate, Is slated for the
next Judgo of Gloucester County. Oscar
Redrew, of Wenonah, solicitor for the Board
of Freeholders, Is said to bo In line for
Prosecutor. ,
There are several lawyers who would
llko either of theso positions, and It Is pos
sible that a change In tho "slate" may yet
be made.
Boy Jumps From Wagon, Hurt by Auto
MAYS LANDINO, N. J.. Nov. 25. Dart
ing from the rear of a lumber wagon, on
which he had been riding home from school,
Into the path of an automobile, Alfred, ten-year-old
son of Chet Ford, was seriously
Injured, The driver of the machine, a
store delivery truck, was grief-stricken over
the accident1, his own son having been seri
ously hurt a year ago In a similar manner.
Young Ford suffered concussion of the brain,
but Dr. II. C. James believes ho will re
cover. Scarcity of Dwellings Alarming
MILLVILLE, N, X, Nov. 25. The scarc
ity of dwellings In Millvllle Is becoming
alarming. With the .various mills and fac
tories Increasing their capacity and running
full blast, and a new hosleky mill almost
completed for tho W. P. Taubel Company,
which will require 600 hands, every liouno
Is occupied. Many families now employed
here, who have been unablo to find homes,
are living In Vlneland, Brldgeton and other
towns, and some have rented farms for the
Esko of getting the houses on the property.
Mother and Girls Burned to Death
BINQHAMTON, N. Y.. Nov. 25. Mrs.
Russell O'Hara, wife of a New York school
teacher, and her eight-year-old twin daugh
ters were burned to death today when Are
destroyed their cottage near Chenago
bridge. The charred bodies were found this
morning, those of the little girls huddled
close to the mother.
"Cray Pet Cat's iite. Kills Owner
NEW YORK, Nov. !5. A "craxy" cat
bit the hand of Hans Jurgenson, fifty years
old, seven weeks ago. Today he Is dead
.A ihA hits. For the last four days ha
passed from ono convulsion to another. Tho
cat naa bbj w u. . w
i1
Eggs in Woodbury Fifty-eight Cents
WOODBURY, N- J. Nov. J5. Eggs have
taken onotner juiuj -" " tw
selling at fifty-eight cent a dozen. When
jjoitfwM! thai, by tb, efld f ffa gr seTa.ty
ftva cst a dla TriB'i wJ3ss,
EVENING LEDGER-FHItiABELPHIA, SATOBDAY, NOYEMBEE 25,
WIDENER ART MAY
BE WON FOR CITY
New Art Jury Head Ex
pected to Give $10,000,000
Collection
FUTURE OF PHILADELPHIA
What Widencr'a Election
Ulay Mean to This City
ART connoisseurs ball with Joy
. election of Joseph E. Widcner
ns president of Philadelphia Art
Jury.
Believe that election presages
presentation of $10,000,000 art col
lection of tho late P. A. U. Widcner
to tho city. Will nlso stimulnto ac
tivity for now museum.
Art lovers say that Mr. Widcner
as hend of jury has it in his powor
to mako Philadolphln ono of tho
greatest of tho world's nrt centers.
They bcllovo that Mr. Widcner will
release his father's great collection
from its obscurity nnd donnto it to
tho public good.
l'.lectlon of Joseph U Wldener as presi
dent of the art Jury revived tho hope of
nrt connoisseur todny thnt tho JIO.000.000
nrt collection left by Mr. Wldctier's father,
tho Inte P. A. II. Wldener, would soon be
"turned over" to the public of Phlladel.
phla. They alo expect thnt tho selection
of Mr. Wldener ns bead of the art Jury
will stimulnto activity In tho plans for tho
grent Philadelphia Art Museum which Is
to occupy u site on tho Parkway.
Art loers nro confident thnt tho honor
conferred upon Mr. Wldener yesterday will
not fall to Increase his Interest In tho nrt
fuluro of Philadelphia, nnd thnt bo will
spnrc no effort to enhanco tho prestige of
Philadelphia as a grent art center, it Is
pointed nut that It Is within tho power
of Mr. Wldener to make Philadelphia one
of tho greatest world nrt centers by pre
senting to the city the mngnlflcnnt collection
left by his fnthcr.
i'uti'ih: ron city
in other words, Philadelphia's art future
li virtually In tho hands of Mr Widcner.
and the nrt public Is confident that ho will
mako thnt future bright.
His father's will empowers Mr. Widcner
to glvo the nrt collection tn n museum
founded or to bo founded In Philadelphia
nnd nlso to build an nrt museum, ns shown
by this excerpt:
I further give him nuthorlty to tnko
from my residuary estnto such amount
ns ho In his uncontrolled discretion
shall deem neccssnry nnd proper for
tho purpose of erecting a propor build
ing for tho housing of snld works of
art nnd tho endowment of tho samo so
thnt they will bo assured of proper enro
nnd protection for nil tlmo.
That Mr. Wldener Is empowered to make
tho gift, during his lifetime Is shown by
tho following excerpt:
Tho power which I glvo to my son.
Joseph H. Wldener, to glvo away nny
or all of said articles and to erect and
endow n building for properly housing
the snmo may bo exercised by my said
son cither by action In his lifetime or
by direction In his last will and testa
ment. As president of the Jury, Mr. Wldener s
association with art will become more Inti
mate. Art connoisseurs declare Mr. Wldener
will not fall soon to grasp the broader slg
nlflcnnce of his position In tho domnln of
nrt tho power of its wonderful Influence
upon tho people of the city, Stato and nn-
t'on
Certain distinguished foreigners havo ob-
...j ...1,1. a.ma f1nf.Ni nf t.nntinrit thnt
the Amorlcan people ns u whole aro sadly
incKlng in artisiio quaimet.. iimi im-y )
no conception of tho worth of tho great
masters, nnd thnt they nre as country
yokels when It comes to estimating the
work of a gifted artist
MR WIDENER'S OPPORTUNITY
Said a noted Philadelphia art connoisseur
today:
"If Mr. Wldener hns not already awak
ened to his opportunity, I bellovo that he
will soon do so, as he has tn his hands a
powerful Instrument (his Tamers io,uuu,
000 collection) with which to exercise a
wonderful softening Influence upon the
American people.
"He'has It within his power to Iny an art
foundation In Philadelphia which would
radiate Its Influence throughout tho nation.
In short, Mr. Wldener Is In a position to
confer public good which should fill the
heart of a. patriotic American with Joy. I
am certain that ho will not long be content
to have his father's great collection segre
gated In a private gallery, whero Its In
fluence for publlo good Is curtailed.
"Ab president of the art Jury, I believe
Mr. Wldener will now concelvo the broader
yIbIoii, He will gain an understanding
of what those wonderful Rembrandts,
Raphaels and Van Dycks In his collection
mean to the artlatla world of America. He
will be able to see that the collection has
the power to stimulate art In America,: It
placed at publlo disposal this collection has
the power to create better artists.
"America's appreciation of art Is at a
low ebb because we have not the great gal
leries of Europe at close hand to draw upon
for Inspiration. Mr. Wldener is In a po
sition to give Philadelphia a gallery as
great as any In Europe, and I am sure Ijo
will not neglect this opportunity of having
a hand In the guiding of future genera
tions." Through his father, Mr Wldener Is close
ly allied to the art Interests of Philadel
phia, For twenty years the late P. A. B.
Wldener was a member of the Falrmount
Park Commission. He was keenly Inter
ested In the plans for the new art museum,
and many of his Ideas have been embodied
In those plans. The museum will cost more
than $4,000,000 and will be one of the most
artistic buildings In America.
In addition to paintings, the Wldener col
lection contains porcelains, books, rare
tapestries, rugs and brlc-a-brac. It Is esti
mated that the Chinese porcelains and rare
"peach blow" specimens are worth 12,000,
000. Among the bronzes is a bust of a boy
from the Duke of Marlborough's collection,
and tt is ald that a great sum was paid
for this, as also for a Moroslnl helmet.
The tapestries, many of which are of the
Boucher period, cost large sums. The rare
books Include the Gutenberg Bible. It Is
said that tho late, Mr, Wldener paid IB60,
000 for Rembrandt's "Mill" and 1600.000
for Raphael'.? "Madonna."
Stokes's Portrait in State. House
TRENTON, Nov. 2B. A portrait of for
mer Governor Edward C, Stokes has been
added to the collection of paintings of er
Governors In the executive chamber. The
portrait Is by Frederlo H. Clark, of this
city.
The Salvation Army
(Incorporated) ,
Colonel Richard E. Hoi in Charge
Headquarters Office
26 S. 15th St.
Public Meetings Held Regularly
Corps No, 1, 3129 Kensington Ave.
Corps No. 2, 8th & Vine St.
Corps No. 9, IllS Ridge Ave.
Corps No. 4, 1936 Oennantown Ave.
Corps No. t, 4443 Qermantown Ave.
Corps No. C. 6 id & Lancaster Ave.
corps No. 7. 1805 Foinf Breeze Ays.
corps No. I. 1 Che Pike
Klum Poet 70S 8. 2d St.
Swedish Corps, SIS N. 9th St
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JOSEPH E. WIDENER
BANDITS GET $2300
IN BOLD HOLD-UP
Slug Paymaster in Heart of
Business District in Cleveland
and Flee
CI.nVlit,AND, O., Nov. 25 Two masked
hnmlltn this noon held up nnd robbed
Thomas Carroll, paymaster of the rocrless
Pnper Uox Company, of $2300 nnd escaped.
Carroll wns returning from n bank with
tho week's payroll.
As ho entered tho fnctory, In tho henrt
of .the biislnesi district, two men stepped
from behind n building nnd slugged Cnrroll
with blnckjncks. Ho sank to tho ground,
unconscious.
Threo girl employes of the factory, who
saw tho robbery from iho olllco window,
gave chaso to tho bmullts until policemen
took up tho trnll. Cnrroll will llvo.
NATION-WIDE WAN ON EGGS
Restnurant Men Threaten to Tnko
Tlicm OIT Menu
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Nov. 25. A nntlon
wldo movement ninong restaurant keepers
and others catering to tho publlo to tnko
eggs off tho menu enrds In n fight ngnlnst
cold-storngo men wns proposed nt n moot
ing of thu St. Paul Hotel nnd Restnurnnt
Keepers' Assoclntlon.
Housewives also will bo nsked to keep
eggs off their tables nnd prcpnro dlshcsMhut
do not require eggs In their mnKcup.
Berks' Potatoes Held by Embargo
ItnADING, Pn Nov. 25. Tho Rending
Rnllwny Company Is holding a Inrgo lot of
potatoes from nortnern HerKi nnd western
I.ohlgh Counties In Its local yard hero. They
were bought by speculators who hoped to
find a ready market. It is alleged that tho
retail morcbants In Philadelphia declined
to buy tho potatoes at the prlco domandod
and, as n result, tho Reading hns been
obliged to place nn embargo on further ship
ments. It Is said that moro than 600,000
bushels of tho Berks potatoes aro now
tracked tn yards In Philadelphia awaiting
disposition.
TURKEYS FOR SOLDIERS
Huzlcton Remembers Its Boys Doing
Duty on Border
HAZU7TON, Pn., Nov. 25. -A big ship
ment wns mado up hero for the boys of
Battery A, the local command of tho Third
Pennsylvania Artillery doing border duty.
and the guts win no sent today ho they
will reach tho militiamen In tlmo for
Thanksgiving.
The women's auxiliary of the National
Security League organized the movement,
and there was a liberal responso by rela
tives nnd friends, who gavo roasted hams,
cakes, canned goods, puddings, candy,
cigars, tobacco, roasted chlckenH and tur
keys. A similar remembrance, on a larger
scale, however. Is planned for Christmas.
WIFE'S PREMONITION TRUE
Pottsvillo Lawyer Dies After Slight
Operation on Tonsils
POrrSVILtiE, Pa., Nov. 25. A wife's
premonition was realized In n startling
manner last night when Irvln A. Reed,
prominent lawyer, ox-leglslator and former
District Attorney, died nt the Pottsvillo
Hospital after only a slight operation for
tho removal of his tonsils. Ho was forty
five years of age. After the administration
of an aneathetlo it Is said that a form of
pneumonia and uremia poisoning followed.
Mr. Reed was a graduate of Kutztown
Stats Normal School and taught school for
some years before practicing law.
PRESBYTERIANS RAISE $35,000
Hope to Obtain Remainder of $100,000
Fund on Mission Sunday
Presbyterians of this city havo already
raised $35,000 of tho 100.000 endowment
fund asked to provide funds for city mis
sion work.
The 165,000 still to be obtained will be
raised, it Is hoped, on "City Mission Sun
day," net aside by the Presbytery for Jan
uary 14,
Runs Barefoot and Sends Fire Alarm
Running more than a block In his night
shirt and bare feet, Patrick Duffy turned
In fin nlnrtn nh.n Ufa wna .11.. .
... .. ....... " umvuroreu in
his oyster saloon at 2720 Oermantown ave
nue, early today. The blaze was detected
by his sixteen-year-old daughter, I2l!a
who aroused Duffy and other members of
mo lumiiy. a nrm uenever In "safety
first' Duffv mnriA fni thm. .... - '
alarm box without waiting to dress. The
damage was sugm.
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The word '"home-made," with all
the excellence that jt implies,
might be applied to
WILBURS
COCOA
For it is made right here ia Philadelphia,
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FMGAR SAYS FIANCEE
FREED HIM FROM JAIL
"I Feel Like n New Man Al
ready," He Asserts Trial
Next Month
"I can thank Miss Sykes for getting me
out of prison," said rills D. Frlgnr today.
"She stood by mo like a brick," hn con
tinued. "I knew that as soon ns she got
a chance to tell her story she would clenr
matters up."
After threo months In Moyamenslng
Prison, the young engineer was released In
110,000 ball yesterday, pending trial for
the killing of Edward Bolnnd on Nell drive,
Falrmount Pnrk, Inst August Ho wns
allowed to give bnlt after Miss Amnniln,
Sykes, his fiancee, had told tho court her
version of tho shooting.
"I feel like n new man already." Frlgar
said todny. He looked tho pnrt. The light
of freedom nnd happiness that was shining
In his eyes wns dimmed perhaps by tho
fact that his brother died only a. few days
ngo, Tot ho snld ho never renllsed how
good It scorned to bo nt home.
"I feel nn though I am already several
yenrs younger," ho explained. What ho
wanted most wns companionship, ho snld.
Frlgnr wilt spend several days at tho
homo of his father In Boothwyn. Ho wants to
taste onco moro tho Joys of home life nnd
nltectlon, Homo-cooking, too, holds a soft
spot In his henrt.
Frlgnr's meeting with his mother wns
pnthctlc. Ho rushed Into her arms nnd
snltl ho never realized before what a haven
of hnpplness nnd comfort they were.
Ho probnbly will bo tried next month.
Miss Sykcs's mother expressed grntttudo
today at tho court's ndmlsslon of her daugh
ter's flnnco to bjll.
"Tho decision of Judge Audenrlcd," sho
said, "has mnilo mo very hnppy. I nm sorry
thnt this tarrlblo thing happened, but I nm
certnlu thnt It would not havo happened If
those young men hnd attended to their own
business In tho Park. I nm convinced that
Hills and Amanda wero attending to tholr
own business. 1 feel sorry for tho paronts
nf the young men; of course It Is nnturnl
for tho parents of theso young men to feel
thnt their sons nro telling the truth."
Asked If her daughter nnd Frlgnr In
tended to wed In tho near future, Mrs.
Sykes replied:
"I don't know; ns fnr ns I know there
nro no arrnugements ns yet. If nny prepa
rations hnvo been made I havo not henrd
of them. I escorted my daughter to her
homo nftcr tho hearing yesterday and sho
has been hero ecr slnco."
EDISON ON WORK SPREE;
TOO BUSY TO ACCEPT GIFT
Nonstop, Nonsleep Labor Orgy
Prevents Presentation of
Antique Cabinet
NHW YORK", Nov. 25. Oft on another of
his non-stop, non-slecn lnbor orslcs. Thomas
A. Hdlson Is too busy today to accept n
gift that his associates wont to a $7000
oxpenso and no end of troublo to got for
him.
Kdlson's reply to tho phono messago that
n "Dig party and a big present" awaited
hlni nt tho Rltz-Carltou wns, "Too busy;
working on somothlng new. Crate tho prcB
cnt and send It to. mo. Much obliged."
'Tho present was nn exnet replica of nn
antique hand-carved cabinet Kdlscn saw
nt tlio Cluny In Paris nnd of which ha snld,
"If money could buy It, I'd have It." His
associates sent a wood carver abroad who
made n duplicate from tho original, with
nn electrical lighting system and a phono
graph mcchnnlsm installed within It.
About onco a yonr Edison goes on one
of these work sprees nnd nothing can stop
him. He ents very little and sleeps not at
all.
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U. S. VOTE PROBE
IN CITY CERTAIN
Democratic Commltteo Will
Go to Capital to Ask
Inquiry
COLLUSION CHARGE MADE
Congressional Investigation of alleged
election frauds In wards whero It Is
charged that Democratic committees acted
tn collusion with Republican machine com
mittees nt the November 7 election lias
been virtually assured by tho decision of
the Democratic City Committee to appoint
a. committee to go to Washington nnd "go
tho limit" to bring about the Investiga
tion. The Democratic committee, upon tho call
of Chairman Kdgar W. Lank, will meot
December 4 to talto notion on recommenda
tions made In resolutions adopted by tho
committee. Theso resolutions nre:
Thnt a commltteo bo appointed ' to
go to Washington when Congress con
venes nnd request a congressional In
quiry with Federal prosecutions of
election frauds In this city on Novem
ber 7.
Thnt a committee bo nppolnted to
mako a general Investigation of frnuds
In the forty-eight wards of Philadel
phia, and to confer with United States
District Attorney Krnticls Fisher Knne
nnd Samuel 1. llotan, tho District At
torney of tho county.
That a. commltteo be nppolntod to
orgnnlxo tho Democratic ward com
mittees of the Second,- Fourth. Fifth,
Seventh, Hlghth, Ninth, Tenth, Hleventh
nnd Thirteenth wnrds. It Is felt thnt
tho present committees In theso wards
nro not only Indifferent to Democratic
success, but In Instnnces hnvo nctually
been working In collusion with Repub
lican ward bosses In perpetrating ballot
frauds.
"I nm determined," nsserted Chnlrmnn
Lank," to go tho limit wherever tho evi
dence warrants It In prosecuting election
officers charged with fraud on November 7
nnd tho Democrntlo city committco Is In full
accord with my plans. I Intend to show
Just how somo of tho big majorities which
ccrtnln Ilepubllcnn lenders bonBt of nro
obtained. I nm convinced thnt tho vote for
Democratic presidential electors In I'hlln
dclphla wns more llko 12G.000 thnn 01,000."
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ROBSSTOREDAYAFlffi
HE GETS HIS MEEDWt
Former Inmate of Huntingttest
Reformatory Fires at Pur
suers, But Is Captured
JOHNSTOWN, ra., Nov. 46. .WltUlnK
until the Nenstlet general store closed for
the dny's business, a husky young man nt
tercd last night He gave a small or3et"
nnd, whlla one clerk wns obtaining th
goods, held up the other clerk, forced Jilm
to hand over $107 ensh, backed out th
door nnd ran. J
Wlltlnm and Arthur Nenstlel, young sbn
of tho proprietor, gava chase, ths robber
firing repeatedly nt his pursuers. When
the weapon was empty the Nenstlel boys
set upon tho hold-up man, and, choking
him Into submission, held htm until ths
police arrived.
Tho prisoner said ha was John Itoblnron,
of Krto, Ta, Ho wan released Thursday
from tho Huntingdon Reformatory, whero
ho served a term for larceny.
I
The Newest Vogue
It's quite the smart thing to do,
giving a
Hawaiian Dance Parly
after the theater at the
HOTEL ADELPHIA
The Maitre d'Hotel is at your ser
vice for table reservations.
Ladlet' Luncheon on Balcony
Dantant Engtlih Tea Room
4i30 to 6 P. M.
C a r v I n a Pieces
Sliver Services
Crystal Stomware
Fine Enollih China
Unfermented
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When tho glorious, golden-brown
turkey falls a prey to the gleaming
knife, and steaming dishes of the
season's best are temptingly grouped
around then is just the, right mo
ment to serve brimming glasses "of
Hires Champanale ice cold.
Hires' Champanalo la a sparkling, bub- '
bly, amber drink, non-alcoholic, but with
a irenuino extra-dry champagne tang and
tingle, the ono deft touch to make your
dinner successful.
Write
Niagara Grape Juice and
other pure fruit Juices
from which it is made
help digestion.
Order from your
grocer or druggist in
splits, pints or quarts.
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200 R, Sith Street
Hell l'hono
Spruce 8613
Keystone
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