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EVENING- IilfSDGHfiR-rPHlL.VDlflLPIIIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 1. 1917
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CLUBMAN SOUGHT
AS GIRL'S SLAYER
Model Said to Have Feared
Visit of Wealthy
Chicagoan
COPS HUNT CLUti TO HIM
Detectives Believe Wonmn Was
Attacked Last Friday by
j Man From West
A wealthy tMilc.iBO.in, with membership
In several exclusive clubs In Philadelphia I'
being eought by detectives as the possible
slayer of Mrs draco Itobcrts, artist model
who was found lienten to death on Satur
day In her apartment nt fifteenth and
Poplat streets.
discovery this morning of it Chicago time
table In the woman's apartment, together
with fear o.-pressed before her death that
. man from Chicago had vowed ha would
come I'agt and "get' her, slatted the min
der squad on a new Hall.
t)(-trrtlv..q fir I crrtnln that lie 1.1 H club
man and stopped at one after his arrival'
In Philadelphia. Tim tlicnrv 11 mat ne a--rived
on fc'ildny. went to the np.irlmem
In Hie morning, being III fact llin visitor
known to hiivn been In the girl's roon.
shortly before noon un b'rldav Whe'liei
he It In the. city or whether he hat leturneil
West, the police have not yet been able
to ascertain.
IV TKRllOll OP VISIT
A friend of the model, who also iw
kuou'ii na Mazlc Colbert, told Captain of
Detectives Tate todav of the terror the pro
posed f sit of tho man from Chlcaso had
atousctl In the Kill who was slain
'Graco was Ricatlv woirlcd last week."
this woman told r'aptaln Tate "She told
me that sho was frightened because n map
ftom Chicago had s.ild ho vvnt going to
make a call. I understood from her that -ho
had threatened to Kill her."
This man, according to Captain Tate, was
tho bujer of the furnishings In thu apart
ment. Ho also had a'Sls'ed her Dnanclallv
from llnip in 'line. Itcllef that In- heat il
rumor!', through clubmen In this city, and.
brine angry, made the tilp horo for the
xprcss purpose of killing her. becir.ie firm
lv fUed In the minds of tho detectives after
the developments following discovery of the
body.
The mollvo of lobber.v. a advanced bv
tho girl's family, is shattered by this latest
clue. Vincent Colbert, brother of the
model, said vcsleiday that loblic.v was
tho cause of the slaying, but Investigation
by the police lesulted In the discovery that
but one diamond ring, valuetl at everal
hundred dollars. Is missing. This partially
strengthened the trail leading to tho man
fiom Chicago, as the ring Is believed to
have been onn of Hie nianv presents he
Mowed liv him on the girl, ind taken by
him from thu apartment on Fiiday
tmoTHrcu luri.VTirius hodv
Colbert and his s'stcr Hesslp Identified
the body this morning lie said tho victim
had never been married, thus ehtnglng his
earlier statement that ehe had been wedded
The cheap shirt and collar found near
the body, the head of -illicit had been
crushed by a. nnllron, aro being held by
tho police nn exhibits. They evidentlv be
longed to a man of n lower type than he
clubman sought by tho polite. Whether the
clubman used them for the purpose of later
discarding them Is ano'her angl that has
made tho trail leading to his capture moic
complex.
Complaints of the model that a "nigger
fiom New York" had been thicatcning hr
life and had been seen near tho house wr
passed over in view of tho more prom's i.g
clue of the Chicagoan.
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MODEL FOUN'D SLAIN
Mrs Gr.u-e Lolbort Uoberts, ninni
curit mill nrt motlcl, was found
straiiRlctl 111 lier apattment nt fif
teenth and Poplar streets nfwr a
f v isit by a fiieiul.
(iOOO APPLY FOR POSTS .
IN FEDERAL LAND BANKS
Many Applications ltcccivctl for Places
in Rural Credits System -None
for 5800 Persons
WASHINGTON". .Inn I -SK lliouiind
poisons In tho I'nlted .States have stalled
the now year by icsolvltig to gel Jobs with
the tvvelvo I'eilornl Innd banks created by
Congiess as units of the new luial credits
system. That number of applications had
been iceclved by the Kedeial Parm Loan
ISoaiil.
Hut 5SH0 lesidullons like moat others
made tin New Year's, will bo east aside.
Prom piesont Indications the tvvelvo
banks villi have but 200 Jobs f fill, luas-iiim-h
mm tbev ulnil to stmt their mills
modostlv and take mi additional belli onl
as they develop.
The pilnclpnl positions to b tilled will
be thoso nt npprnliers of Iniuls ui which
faimein desire to borrow monej. These
men vvlH icceivc salaries nveiaging f25u
n year. Kaeli li.inU will have a laigo starf
of aipralser
II. Crawford Coaler's cinicral Today
Tho funeral of II. Crawford f.iales. i
charter member of the I'nlon League Club
and member of on- of tha oldest families in
the flty. vvns held this afternoon nt S in
o'clock, at tho t'oales home IJ0S Kingse
slng avenue Mr '"oatcs. -vho was eigh'v
rour voars old, died yesterday from heait
disease, with which ho had suffeid for
several vi-nrs Sernva were oondiicted
bv the Hev .Inlin Ileevo, of the fourth
I'resbv tertan t'lmuh. Korty-beventh street
and Kingsesslng aveime Inttrment fol
lowed nt the South Laurel Hill Tcmeterv
DR. WENDELL REBER
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Widely Known Ophthalmologist
mid Leader in Charitable
Hospital Work
funeral services for rr Wendell Iteber.
noted opthalmologlst, who died PeAmilav.
nil! bo held at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon at his home. 435 West School lane,
tieimantown. Doctor r.eber's death fol
lowed mi Illness of two weeks fiom pneu
monia, contracted while attending the an
nual nicotine of the American Ac.uleuu
of Oplhalmology ntul Otolarnjgotogy at
Memphis, Tenn
The llev. Virgil T.orer, of the Arrh
ctrect Melhoill't Church ; the Itev. J V
Hughes, of "I. lleorge's Methodist Church,
and the ttev John Gordon, of Temple
I ulvcrslty. will olllciate at the futieial
Itilcrnient; will follow In Mount Morlah
Cemetery."
Doctor tlebcr was bom In St. t.ouis Apul
,11, 198? He was a grndtiatc of the medl
. nl iti-n.irtnieiit of WaslilliKtoli Cillvcrsllv
St. l.ouis, mill In H31 received n degree
from the Jefferson Medical College In this
ll.v He .tunellced first In Pottsvllle ntul
later serve'd a jear as Interne In the Noiris
town Hospital for th Insane He had piac
tlced In Philadelphia for the last twenty
5 cars.
Hecently Doctor Uebci was chosen as the
only American member of the council of
the Opthalmologlcal Congress or usiorti
lhig He had received nmnv hotiois in this
countrv and was ei-lircldent of the Phila
delphia clinical Association, a member of
tho Philadelphia County .Medical Society
the I'enusvlvanla Slato Medical Society, the
American Medical Association, the Philadel
phia Medical Club and the Amcilcan College
of Surgeons.
Doctor Itber was an extensive con
rlbutor to medical poumals on diseases of
the eye and had served for the last few
month as rol responding dllor of n lead
ing optholmlc review of London, Ungland
He vvns also an ex-president of the Meri
dian Club and a member of tho 1 nlon
I.eag-ie. Manufacturers' Club and Olivet
Lodge of Masons
DEMOBILIZATION DAY
FOR GUARD AT BORDER
Reception (Sivcn by Major General
Clement to Officers of Penn
sylvania Division
CMP S I'HWAItT. To- . .Ian I New
r.ir. it.iv In lielnir tlulv celebrated heio bv
il,., rmi:il ileinnblllr.itlnn of tho T'cntisyl-
anla division ns the beventh tactical unit
of the fulled States niuiy. Ill that, Jan
uarv I. l'.HT. villi be hlsltnlc
The foimalllies consist of a farewell te
icptlon by Major Geneial t:hailes M
Clement to the olTlceis of his command
liuiubcilng about 500
Tho scene is not one of paitlcular gayety.
Oivlsion headnuarleis and the headnu.ir
teis quadiangle is a solid muss of uniformed
humanity, tho spirit of which Is as drab lis
their woolens. for the coniiadeshlp nf
arms Is being severed field filendshlps
tho kind that aro clinging and Intimate,
me being cut up Sl months of united
service under the colors have brought the
defened lecall
FOR SALE
several electric cars, light delivery typs.
bodies In fair condition, motors and
batteries In good shape. Mill sell at
any reasonable figure. Address The
Flclschmann Company, 701 Washington
St . New York
Ready Money-
United States Loan Society
117 North Broad St.
414 S. Blh t. 5818 Gtrmanlown bt.
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UK. WENDEI t, UEHKIl
(tlltl.'S Sl.AMCK KtH'OVEIMNG
I-'nrnthnml Still Kefuscs to Jtnl,o Any
Stntcnienl About the Crime
Some hope is entertained for the recoveiy
of Thnnins fonvvny. who on Kalurdnv flint
hlmwlf nftr murderlne fourteen yenr-old
Maiv Kneniaii In hei Home nt tlrcnlocli
Convvnv.Mvho is th'rty-two yeats old, was
employed n n fiinnhnntl by the Seenian
girl's father He shot the girl after nhe
tnld li'r.nnilher he had annoyed her while
passing tliiotigh her room to icaeh hla own
apartment
Hesplti the fnrl that the contents of the
gun went through f'onvvny'H body nt the
Rhould-r and were burled In tho celling nf
Ii'h morn, tho slayer is much Rtrongrr
In t'oopei Hospital, lie told the doctors
fiom the firm that ho would recover, anil
still refuses to nmlio any slntunent con
tenting the crime.
MKS. W. STItAWDIUDGE DIES
Bride of Philadelphia Broker and Alh
lcto Succumbs
Mis Ircno Anna Ktuvwbrldge, the bride
nf Welsh Straw btltlgcT broltcr, liorseman,
pololst, oarsman and 'all-around athlete,
died yesterday at Saranae I.ako. New York
Rho was marrleil to Mr. Strnwbrldgc In Hot
terdain. Holland, August 10
Soon after their return from f-uropo In
September, Mm StraWbtldge was atrlclten
with pneumonia In N'ovv York. Rho vyas
taken to the Adlrotidorhs In the hope that
she would lio restored to health. Com
plicatlntis ensued which lesulted In her
death yesteidav
Mrs Straw brldgo was the daughter of
Cdwnri! Thoiiia", it wialthy business mnn
r I'hlrjgo. She vvns Introduced to tho fhll
ulelplilati on a sleninshlp on the way to
l nropo Ihreo yearn ago, when their romance
i., gnu The young woman went to Dresden
.mi lived thero with an aunt. Mr Straw
l ndge icturned to America when war was
I, i iarcd.
List July Ho went back to i:uropo and
i ii married Mr. Straw brldgo Is ft son
,r hi in'n nr. (Icorgc Strawbrldgc. Ills
I mother and sister. Miss Anne W, Straw.
I bridge. Uo on Wlssahlehoii avenue, Oer-
ni.intoivn. Ho is nssoeiniea in mo oroaer
nge business with his brother, John Straw
bii.lge. The funeral will be held In New York,
with interment at St. Thomas' Church,
Whltemarsh, tomorrow.
KILLS KOACH. SPRAINS ANKLE
Police Station Turnkey Victim of First
Accident of New Year
Tnhn tlAbel. turnkev of the fourth ami
York stieets police station. Is the victim of
MIT's first ace'detit. It happened right
afte- last midnight while, tho hells were still
tolling the arrival of the New Year.
Mr CSabel sprained his anklo wMien he
leaped to 1:111 an Insect with his foot In the
Mutton house, lie was successful In that
ventuie but foil and thU3 hurt himself lie
was taken to his homo at 21S2 Howard
street
That insect. It wan reported at tho sta
tion house, had been having the tun of the
liiillding for several weeks, all efforts to
kill It proving valr Mr (label flnallv
succeeded, but at a considerable cost to
himself Tho tnsei t vi i i roion
KINDLY SANTA CLAUS'S
POCKET PICKED OF $25
Assistant District Attorney Mc-
Cul lough Loses Money While
Distributing Gifts
Somewhere In Philadelphia thcic Is a
person mean enough to steal from Sauln
Claus.
When Atslstant District Attorney Michael
V. McCulIough was acting ns Santa, Claus
for 1000 young people nt thn how munici
pal building. Twenty -nrsl and Hare streets,
last Thursday, sonio one picked his pocket
of $25
Hut no Inkling of tho treachery against
one of St Nick's emissaries was Known
until today, when Santa Claus at (list
lefused to mafic nnv slntenffcnt concerning
the theft. Santa McCulIough docs not seem
to mourn the loss of tho money so much ns
he regrets tho fact that any one would be
mean enough to rob n man playing tho
part of Santa Claus
"I do not think that It was anv of tho
children who are on probation," said Mt
McCulIough, with his accustomed faith In
human nature "there, were many popl
there besides ther youngster who ftttr on
probation The building was crowded t
left the money In my 'clothes In another
room, while I, dressed In a Santa t'l.-uu
costume, was giving out gifts to tho Chil
dren "
Mr. McCulIough Is a favorite, among the
young peoplo on probation. When thev
find out that his pocket was picked whlls
ho was mailing Christmas worth While,
for .others, his loyal followers will leave
no stone unturned to persuade the thtet to
return the money
First Fire of Year n Small Ono
Tho New Year's first flra was almost ft
harmless one It occurred at tho homo of.
Albert Daltman, 2fill forth Seventh street,
n few minutes after midnight A candla
tet lire o a Christmas trco and for a mlnuts
it looked ns if tho blaie would spread. An
nlarni was turned In, but before the engines
nrrlved Mr Daltman carried tho burlug tres
to tho street and ovry thing was nil right
For the Haste
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