iWHWHiP "'PPwiP' ff-SK'- FT"V mtff sf1??WT'fr - "1837! i- a VgBgf M WWjJ JIMfHyy ? r-rflE-- KVBNING LI51)(3H3R-PmLAl)KLPitIA, TrBHJUY, JANTTAUY 23, 1917 m 3 1 tt 1 rirtfn te- v-f fAf""T rj 1 . w W - CERWAW PAHUNK STORIES DENIED PActual Starvation" an Ex aggeration, War Corre- spondent Says 1CALLS FOOD RIOTS YARNS P tlV KARIj II. VU WlI-AtANU SEW ronlC, .Inn 2.1. Ktorlei that cler- tJJJJ ba taken ns nn cxnRi;ernlloti Tho :....,. frnm whirl) aomo of thco repot t fcome arc not entirely free from Misplclon. TnO WISH I ltiui:i w invi iiiwuh trn in the time T left Oermnny in tlw r middle of December there hail not been fcjr -ingle food riot of nny serious iiropor l.,.. nr In whirl), ill hni lieen icnortrit. llhe military hail been cnlleil out. Womoji litveral times smashctl I ho windows of tcharged Jn ono of tho tcMllo cehlors lln tin department on one Deration wns c.illeil lout and turned the lioip on such n "Hot." In had the desired icmill f Americans seen) to 11 nil It illlllcult to Lrasn the spirit of the (lerinan people. The Sin)Drslon, t find, prevails In many places In this country that the Oinnans mo op. Bnoied to tho Ho eminent. Xollilng could fb 'further from tile tiuth. Theto Is no fi..aiiinti on the part of thepeoplo ill f Germany to make trouble for their Chuerii- l.ment. 3000 AMIJItli'ANK IN HHIIMANV Thn. nrp or were I lip last time I talked . ... rvn.nl ceneral .liillus t.a. nhout aond I Americans still in iSeiiiiiui). nccunlliig to reports J'rohahlv luo-thlula of the Amer- W leflnS nO) I" itenmuij .uiiiu itii'ici 'in- BV . f I'ar mull. AllllM llltl." 'PllMV I... V,nSo the less American citizens Wot ieil)rtltlotis ns bad as some of the irporti I 8scrt these Amerlonni would bo kUiivIiik F i.ih the rest unit cither would leave !!)- $ many or would be sent nw.iy liv tho l!o llenimenl especially as the Amciliuii iUiv- trnment uoes noumiK i" kc iu """ in do the other neutral ruintrlcito their citizens in lieiiminv The American (loveinmeut Is the only neutral so far that has not Insisted on Its rlKht and the light of American ntl- ftns to obtain loon irom uie i iiinii ouiirn The Swiss, Hiilrli. Danish. KwedMli onil VhmwIjii Cioeriiinonts all piovldj that their nationals In (iermnny oblnlii n rrit.iln (.mount of food cvcij' month fioin their respective countries. mci n.- iw- "" .When Americans In (ierm.inv otder fund from these neuirai roinnn- i mm " 'ue the amount Is deducted fioin tho uiiim ttlly these nations allow to be cxputied i'llii -..-nf for nso of (Jeriii.uis. B Germans declare that Americans should J,t food from their own country or at least t r. - n...ttitpinpifi bntiveen their iiov- s - mil ihr.sn iipnti.ils. whereby the fi'focil they get would not be deducted from kTOermany s niioimeni juuu i..v. mut' KConsul fiencral nt llerlln. lias been i negotiating with Washingtoti for mouths. f tut up to last accounts with no result. i it pnmps to nrtual starvation in tJer- f.many at any timo.lho nearly n million and v three-quarters jirisoners nnu uunm.ij will bo among those who will have to -tarve along with their captors. An English statesman declared somo time ago that if Germany could not fetd her prisoners she should lelease them. To this the Germans reply that If Geiiuany Is to be regarded as a fortress besieged, as the English claim in their "starvation war," "who has ever heard of prisoners in a be- v ileged fortress being turned loose becauso the defending garrison was starving aim the prisoners could not bo fed?" And there are plenty In Germany who say: "Ileforo our Innocent little children, our aged men and our women nro allowed to dlo of star vation, the prisoners wo hold will havo to die the samo death with them " Up to the time I left Germany there was much grumbling among the farming pop ulation of Kast 1'iussia and Silesia that the thousands of Husslan prisoners work ing on tho farms wero being better fed than jhe German labor employed To get work out of tho prisoners tho Incentive of inoro t food s given "SIoio food'1 adds inoto zest i . J Inn In ln uplunnspu1 ii'ivrL fliiit UU J III CI Ca I. IU 111" 1 ii wn .- we i . would any Increase in tho small tlall vaK pild them BRYN MAWR GIRLS BREAK FIVE SWIMMING RECORDS Two Seniors Smash Mark of Four Years Ago in. 08-Foot Contest. New Plunge Figure Set Bryn Jtawr College girls, In the first irlmlmng tank meet of tho year, broke flvo ' college records In tho gymnasium svvlm lng pool Three of these iccords wero made four years ago by Miss .lean J-wnrt, Kit that time a graduate student Miss uwart's record of 15 3-5 seconds in 'the 68-foot swim front was broken by Miss Eleanor Dulles, of Auburn, X. V tin 15 seconds, and Miss Margery Kcatter- btopd, of this city, made it in 15 1-5 seconds. jEolh girls are benlors at Hon Muvvr. The record of 18 2-5 seconds for tho i6S-foot return swim, made liy Miss Ewart. was broken by Miss if. S Caiy. Sa freshman. In 1.3-5 seconds. Miss r.uy lllso took two-tlfths of a second from Miss 'E wart's recoAl of 41 -1-5 beconds in the 13li- ffoot swim on the baik Miss M Ilrowne, u freshman, set a new Htcord at 55 feet for tho iiIuhko. Tins f held last year bv .Miss Aiiiikiip XI. Ghsi. tot Trenton, at 61 feet 11 inches. The iclav Kiwlmmers yesterday made Ihn riipM In I fmlnute and IS seconds, which was 2 1-5 tieconds less than last year. I? Doylestown "Saloonless in 1923" K At o ..i.i . i t.M . ...,. fe --- 4v.(i ncnitu uriu ill iioyiesiOWII. f-Ti.1 iiaines asserteu that ;wltnln not more than six jcais Dolestown UlrOUld be "snlnnnlncn " ThaM ii. Btaloons and hotels In tho borough. Laun-dry-ette Electric Washing and Drying Machine , Clothes washed and dried In the same tub without a wringer. $5 Down $5 Per Month l.et Us Demonstrate lI Of t F-i kj F i v 1 . J. K uia L'lietnut St. Cnan II Co. Fancy Evaporated Moorpark APRICOTS 25c Value for OQc lb MansGom's 1232 Market Street frouservS JONES ASpecialty 1 Wimri ASH CANS. UNEMPTIED, LIE IN SERRIED RANKS IN LEHIGH AVE. pF"- " "r$ss-"'. r '; T'3a- j - -- ,w?' ItCSKlcntS Ot liCMlCll avenue. Iiotwrpn Uie manner in which nshes and their teceptnclcs, carricil out from the residences in the block anil placed upon the curl), tire permitted to lie undisturbed for several days at a time. Ousts of wind scatter the contents of cans and baskets across street and pavement. It is nssertcd that these receptacles have been allowed to lemain unattended to since last Thursday. "BUCK" COOGAN, TENDERLOIN VETERAN, MAKES PRESENCE FELT IN DISTRICT Sum Moy Knocked Down Four Times and Others Swear to It All that little tenderness wlihli folks say. lias crept Into the Teiiileiloln ilurliiK latter iln.vs of uplift went "pop." Just hlc that, last night when 'HucU" Cancan, n man of the old school, started out lo glean pleasure nnil pioDt l the wnyside The older set nround IIlRhth nnil Vine stieets have hentd HucU dip Into remlnlsceni'e and deplore present (Inlaw but, people put ued to him and onl said, "He lives In the past an old 'staKer' but harmless." It Is a' fair Kliess that polished wood nnil rI.issch (lKUied In lluek's inrller doliiKS last nlKlit Aiiihow, when I'olliKjnian (larforlli and lAinl, of tho IIIeventliNind Winter streets stntlon, were leluiiilUK to their posts shoitly after inldnlKht tITey found Walter Htemm staKBcrliiK nloiiK the walk In Frniitt liu Sipinrc, sick with a fiactuied Jaw. They i.nrled ill ill to a police nlarni hot and whlln walthiK theie heal d four levolver shuts iiemb.v. Hv this time the lountrvslde was aroused Old tlmcis, who haven t "enthused" since .Icriy Doiioliuo's place was In bloom, were ciylnir out that there was something doInK at last, that peace was all rlslit In Its place; that no doubt theie would be high dilliiKs btfoiu the night was over. The pullcem.in traced the shuts to the storo of Jiuob lfrebs, lino I-'rankllii street. Theie they found Mr and Mis. Krebs blnil liu; up tho luokeii nose of I Mu I Levin, 1923 South Seventh striet Paul had been chased bv a man and had run into the Krebs place for protection Mr Krebs pulled out a re volver and chased the man away, and 'There lie Roes no, it ain't hill) : 1 seen him go there'" and muili moie (m Investigating, tho policemen found that "Hack" had shot throiiRh tho bar room of a saloon at Hcno nnd Unco stieets and had Knitted surcease under a tablo In the ie.tr loom. They pulled him out nnd took him back to the station houso through u lane of prominent citizens nnd citizen esses, who cheered feebt.v. Slcvln and Levin wero sent to tho Hahnemann Hospital. The mu avail arrived at tho station house, and tho policemen found Sam Moy telling1 for tho fifth tlmo how ,i man had entered his laundiy nt 7J'l IJ.ico street by smash ing a small Katu in tho rear of the placo; how the man had upset two baskets of clothes, tried to gain a hold on Gain's pig tail to demonstrate something or other nnd then Knocked tilm down four times. Arous id by being knocked down four times, the Chinaman had seized a hot Iron nnd put the man to rout When Sam Moy saw Coogan being pulled Into tho place he lushed nt him, shouting "l.attn nien-l.ittn men'" Some one carried tho news of "Iluik's' most recent achieve ment to the fiont of the station house nnd thcio was wild cheering like on election GLOUCESTER'S NEW JUDGE Francis B, Davis, at 38 Years, Young est Incumbent There in Many Years Judge Krnncis 11 Davis, whoso appoint ment by Governor IMgo was confirmed by tho Senate In Trenton today, Is the young est Incumbent of the ofllco in Gloucester County in many jears Judge Davis Is thirty-eight ears old llo succeeds Austin If.. Svvnckhnmmer, Democrat, whose term ceplres on April 1 Judgo Davis was born lu Camden, but was taken to Woodbury when nil Infant Ho wns educated there and later studied law In the olllces of John II. Jessup Ho was admitted to the bar in liiOii. IK has been Uialritian of tho Ite- publlcau executive committee of Clout-ester County Milieu li)i" 1917 Seed is now iculy for distribution. H riSnlams 2 Hi naues of useful ill formation on I.awns, Garden and 1 I'artn. Its free. Karly ordering Is advlsab e while stock and assortment Is complete You will also avoid the usual Spring rush. MICHELL'S !?ID SSSS PURE FRESH PAINT Believe Me Every day tiiuls our entire or . ganizatioii as busy as bees conclusive evidence of our ability to produce satisfaction in painting. Get our estimate no obligation Mlc PAINTER Tvyontv-sncnnil nnil Twnnf v. third strnnts. Probing for a Good Time With Ml Of "Uncle" Coogan j (! p. m. Arose from sleep. ' 7 p. m. Hearty breakfast of linm. i 8 p. m. Lighted 10-cunt single- I barreled ciar. I !) p. m. Paid ton cents and looked at himself in morror. 10 p. m. Uroke into laundry of Sum Moy, a Chinese, 729 Uace street. , , 1:01 p. m. Upset basket of clothes, knocked Moy down. 10:02 p. m. Knocked Moy down thieuT times in rapid succession. 10:03 ). m. Chased by Moy with i n larjje flntiron. 11 p. m. Fractured ja wof Walter j Stemin, VI p. in. Broke ' nose of Paul Levin, i 12:01 a. m. Taken into custody. 12:10 a. m. "Slated." 12:.'!0 a. in. Locked up. 8 a. m. held without bail by Mag istrate Tracy. night. Coogan was "slated" and gno the name of William Gregory. Sam Moy start ed to tell his stoiy tho sixth time, two hlondo women called In after relatives, the house cat went back to tho cellar and Gregory to a cell. "It looks veiy much.' said tho houso sergeant lighting a fres.i cigar nnd leaning back In bis chair, "as If that man had been drinking ' The Aldine Hotel (heilnut and ISth Street lias exceptional facilities for pri vate entertaining". Receptions, Weddings, Cards, Din ners, Dances. -Ready Money- United States Loan Society Chesterfield S SashoreEicurwii 2 S. EVERY SUNDAY ,$ SC5swCI)tiit 0Hi mvCC fHKnSSSXmSSNSSUKvSKMxiA nrn vnlrinif IodiI riinmlnint!) nlinut THAW GETS RED ROSE? FROM MYSTERIOUS WRITER "A Mother" Sends Kloweia to Patient at Hospital "My lleatt Heats for You," She Says The leeelpt r sevcinl beautiful ted loses, at intervals, with messages of s.vmpnthy for Harry K. Thaw In broken llngllsll. have been mystifying nuns and nurses at St Mnr'fl Hospital The llrst was received Inst Thursday. It was n fresh nnd fragrant roe nnd at tached to It wits a message signed "p Mother" "My heart beats for vou poor bo.v." it read when tinnsl.ited "I also feel sorry for your dear mother Mn.vhe this little gift will belli to cheer you up I have a dear son of mv own llo likes flowers It he were sick lu n strnngo city, as ou are. Did alone. I would expect some one to do the same for him." Investigation lovealed the fact that the sender of the Mowers was Mrs Kredi llober, of 202.1 Sepvlvn stieet. She Is Ger man llei hair Is while. When questioned about the llowers slio feared she had violated the rules In sending them When lenssured. she explained that when read ing of Thaw tho picture of her own son In a stinnge city c.imo before her cjes con tinually. Hence the llowers. Plea for Preservation of Grant Cabin A n commendation for the preservation of tho cabin of Ociicinl Grant in Rilrniouut Park was presented before the I'nlnn League of 1'hlladelphl.i by Ciiptain S Hm len Meigs nnd unanimously adopted. Thu resolution urged that the Commislouers of the Park piovlde a iiincreto base and sultablo coverlig building for the cabin General Grant occupied tills i.ibln as his headquarters fioin November, lSill, in April, 18C5 at Citj Point. Vn the one thing that all other cigarettes would do if they could. Tomorrow you'll know all about Yellow Carbon Copy Sheets nno 9 ,n 10 (Ml Kt AOOO .... 3.? Size Not a right sheets 4 fits rateh 84 x 11 tandinl wttRlil oml grade job lot but rtffulir u'inds pun haa.l We uIhu me a full xunplv uf net dutl i nrtton paper MIiiik in ilfru fmlx flltne labfneln, t.ti at reasonable SPKt IAI. Sfi Vni, uHurlf(lt Sflr per cr. PrinunR dnne on prentfRHs irio.I work rejtsonuhle iirirtri unl rv hih iiuii wh'it protniBft! He ner iIKappolnl. LOUIS FINK & SONS Printers, Stationers, Engravers 56 North 7th Street (Fint Floor) v MEN'S TAILORS & Cor. 13th and Sansom OUR BIG TAILORING EVENT Our Reduction Sale offers n gtoat uppir tunlt to he currectly dressed ui a big saving J32 50 and 30 00 Fating now S-;v M0 00 tt :to 00 Fahricd mm .10 JIDOO and M 50 Fabrics now S31 Tailored to Your Order. Fit Guaranteed. ChickerinR Upright $100 Cunningham Upright $160 t'aih, ItaarEa Ar-uunn or lnitiiimm Victro'as Records ijj I iLEJlilwi'i'iU 'Jjl?!JlLJ'J14JIlllis4-llU!lJi WjJlJlniA SSmsflQBl HORSES ON MAD DASH WHEN MAN WHISTLES "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" Nearly Causes Tragedy innn itcii!(t rut of n Rlori near tifu-nrili nml Itace nlrcct tills inornlns ttlilFtliiiB "In tin) Sliailn )f tho Olil ,t))le Tror " nnil Uirta strtrleit forlhwltll ns n ilirpi I rowlt n series of cvdlili which ttnulul nn in I lie rnlllalnti nf n. tiolley c-ir ntnt n wnRim nt Klfty-nttli nml tllfnrtl avrnlie. In lilili n ncoro of pcfaoni linil narrow ccniH" frmn Injury iirnl the car tuul wnRoit ero iI.iiii.iroiI I I'Y.inU Viiuiik, OHG Mny street, ilroi)ti"il from n HeorRc it Npwton oonl wnRon which he una ilrlUnK nt Klfiy-llfth nml lines streets to nttenil to come liusliicis An tin lilenlllleil innn enmo whlslllnir from n store, nml tho hornes, nhirmeil nt tho nneiciit ineloilv, ran lUMiy. Vomiit inounlcil n ii.ipo itiK nuloinohlle nnil Rave pursuit Tim Imries ran oer to Klfty-flfth nnil Olrnnl luenii" nnil Mnrtoil enst A iniiiliiLtor on a weslhoimil trolley ear i,iu the team i'oiiiIiir nml should! to Ills IMiiencers In tlmo fon tlirm to mill to the Imck of Iho'car nml Imihlle together. The iiile of the wagon struelt thn ear. throwltiB ilu- hoi net nml sniashlnB lioth (he trolley nml the unKon. Hut the tieopio wero nn Injured. ihankH lo tho conilurior. I'ratili mitm nrrlveil nt tills tlmo In his machine, ami in reviewing the case salir "The whlallliiK Blnrteil (ho whole husl neH . the horsed never wotihl stniul for It ' Tire in Fireman's Home Mi'inupiM of hlii own llro company helped Heinle lluwkino, driver lor I'liRlne I'nm. pniiv No 2. llfiht n. tire In tho Itnwltliii home early tnilny. llnwlilns, who live1 with hl wife nml two chllilren nt 1)05 South Seeoml street, wns ruvnUencil hy Bmotie. He called his wiro nml ehlldrcti nml hurried them nut of the house Meanwhile u ncluh hor turned in nn nl.irm Company No 2, from Seventh nml Carpenter streets, re sponded, and found lire on the llrst door llnvvklns assisting they extinguished It The Ios nn trllllPg. J. E. Caldwell & Co. Chestnut Juniper South Perm Square A Constant JEWELS , of Importance J U Nature Brings RelieF From H 1 1 r-i. :: Sy A ttmlu W ater Treatment BEDFORD II Mi iNERAL WATER tr I H II llaiiillril I'll ll Iradtna rfUl ilHptfll onil oracrra. mJ llVlli us 1 vou havo iiau : ul difficulty 111 lici'iu "in- rr W ;iiil id. Electric Lamps and Appliances some of the latter a bit shopworn, but otherwise as good as new at prices considerably below list during the week of January 22d only! The lamps range in value from $10 to $30 clearance prices from $6 to $20 and are good values at their original prices. Electric irons, toasters and percolators form the backbone of the appliance lot, and these may be bought at very sub stantial reductions. Each portable is equipped with 25-watt Mazda lamps, insuring the best illumination with minimum current consumption. Our customers may divide cost of lamps into two payments; one-half at time of purchase and the remainder in thirty days. Anything nowadays which has any metal in its composition is bound to rise in price and electric lamps and appliances are no exception. So this clearance sale is a rare opportunity to buy a lamp or labor-saving appliance at what is really a rock-bottom price. Clearance sale prices hold good only during week of January 22d, and articles are on display only at the Electric Shop, Tenth and Chestnut Sts, TSrBttX?- WOMAN HELD IN BIG BERLIN FOOD SWINDLE Prominent Germans Involved in Gigantic Scheme Uncovered by Police By CAUL W. ACKERMAN nnnt.f.v, Jan. 2.1 A gigantic scheme In food swindling lias just hecll tinoovcicil through lite nrrcst of Frnil Kupfer nnd her daughter hy police today. Utrllti's first cltl?cni, It Is now re caleil. have heen swindled out of millions of marks In a slorv of Hnanolng and matilp ulatloit that rivals fiction. Krau Kupfer eamo from Leipzig at the start of the war nnd borrowed 400 mark (l)2), with which she opened a small nnice. She purchased artificial honey nnd later re sold It at a great profit. It was hut a short tlmo nnill she had 10.000 marks ($2300). nnd this she Inv cited In other food product reselling them nt extravagant prices Her fascinating manners gained her 1iuj dieds of thousands of marks fiom Investor, nml he finally organized n 10,000,000 mark ($2,300 000) concern. Almost unbelievable dividends were pnld by this great company. Fran Kupfer forged contracts for army food, nnd ns her business grew she estab lished n smuggling concern Iter head quarters In llorllti wns nlw-nys filled with food This the rich people of Uerlln bought willingly nt extortionate prices. Hotels bin for a rhance to ptitcbaso her products. Fran Kupfer began quietly obtaining enormous sums on her promises for future delivery Then she wns trapped by the police Careful search was being mailo today for a man coworker of the fascinating Fran Kupfer Tho llerlln Vosslcho Zoltung declared to il a v "Flcrlitrs first citizens havo been swindled out of millions of marks. Tho number of creditors grows hourly" Exhibition of Chronic Stomach Troubles SiliTerers from disorders of the stomach, liver or kidneys have been using Bedford Mineral Water for over 100 years. Jinny bo to famous Uodfonl Springs, but thousands more Ret quick relief at home thiousrh daily use of A phone call to leading drug gists will bring exactly the same water that has made liedford Sprimrs known ns "Tho Carls bad of America." Bedford Springs Co. . 1325 Widcner Bid?.. Phih. m Anneal Clearance Sale Overcoat 1 Gems are leaving- here every day in this Special limited period Clearance Sale! $io and $50 Coals This Sale $35 and $39 $40 Coats, This Sale $31 $30 and $35 Coats This Sale $23 and $25 $25 Coals, This Sale $18 and $19 $22.50 Coals, This Sale ' $16.75 $20 Coals, This Sale $15.50 Q There are three standpoints from which to view this Special Clearance Sale of Perry Overcoats first, the character of the Coats, both , in fabric and tailoring; second, the reductions; and third, the price of similar Overcoats next Fall and Winter. J Every price reduction . represents bigger economics -to you than appear by subtracting the sale figures from the selling figures these coats bore this season; for the cost of replacing them fabric for fabric is far greater than it was when we bought the goods and made the garments. If you're go ing to need a good Overcoat next year, take'a tip and trip it out to Perry's Today! FERRY&Ctt "N. B. T." ' 16th & Chestnut Stsf M is ' f PHILADELPHIA! If WO ELECTRIC (pMPANY jlieWlntit5treet. Uaj6thSt,K1 117 North Broad St ill 8. itb it. 3SI Oerautona Bit.
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