J T."TV , a, Ec3 R r r The smoha uncurls and. risos in tho still ness of tlio fcook-lincd ' room, a fragrant- in cense -PALL, MALI,- A 5UW In tonJon. AQwrtcrHcm $100,000 FOR CORNELL CAMPAIGNBEGINSHERE Hundred and Eight Men to Seek Donations to Swell Endowment VJilIKU ljfejDUiflltr-PHJLLAJDJsJL'FJHLlA, MtXNDAY, FiObliUAllY :&, 10x7 'V' ssi mm r, 'jos EDUCATION OF FUTURE MOTHERS DUTY OF PRESENT GENERATION Mrs. Herman H. Birney Believes Parents of T,oday Have Great Responsibility BROKEN FREIGHT AXLE CAUSED DEATH OF FOUR Work Begun Twenty Years Ago Detailed by One of Its Ardent Advocates A campalpm has been started In this city to help ralso $100,000 as a gift to Cornetl University Thlrty-stx teams of thrco men each started out today to lslt every Cor nell graduato In the city and ask for mib icrlptlons to tho fund. The campaign will eloso next Saturday. It Is planned to pre rent tho money to tho University nt tho jemlcentennlal of Its founding ncM year. Cornell is said to have long ngo out frown Its endowment, and tho purposo of the campaign Is to meet tho university's Increasing financial needs. Tho additional money Is needed for Increased salaries of professors, new laboratories, dormitories nd equipment. The start today was made after a meet lnfc'ln the Cornell Club, IBIS Sansom street. "Cornell luncheons" will bo held every day t the club until the end of tho campaign. TMwnrd It. ntch. general chnlrmati. Major W. W. Uoeto In chargo of Division No. 1. Caot, W. II Patterson Cart. n. D. Hdwarrts Cipt. It K I'ierce Capt. James Jlonroa Cpt. r. H O'Connor Major II. A. Rogers In charge of Division Capt.'it. R Cox Cart. V. C. Robinson ftpt, K O ('ao ('apt T. Y. OI.cn Capt. T M. Jackson Carl. 11. It. l'ernow Major A. It. McConan In chamo of DlvKlon No. 3 Capt. Frank It. 'vrhltlns rapt. A C Trepn Capt. A K. Townsend Capt. Walter II. Itelch Capt. It. T laett Capt. II. A. V. Katon Major 11 F, Mechllntr, ' Jr , in chareo of DI tlalon No. 4. Capt. A. it. Harrington Cart. Vt . S. JVacn rapt. K, A. Steele Capt. S. V. Sautter Cart. I- II. Heist Capt. J hcott Towler Major Itobert T. Mlckel In chargo of Division No. 0. Capt. John Mudd. Capt. TV. W. flllison rapt. A. H Oarrett Capt. V. I,. VVet.h Capt. W. M. Irish Capt. V V. Kerlln Major n, O. Trick In charge of Division No, 6. Capt. J. It. 1'atterson Capt. Mclten Parker 8 apt. Hoper Millar Capt. Harry Straus apt. 1'. S. I-son Capt. C. I!. Murray, Jr. G, J. Costcllo Is a captain In chargo of the organization of tho forces In Bethlehem ,nd vicinity. (.' K. Shaw Is tho captain for Chester, Pa and vicinity. W. D. Ker lln Is the captain for Camden and C. 11. Murray, Jr., Is tho captain for Trenton. "mo no our best for the next generation lien,!'1?!111?,1." J"b for tl,ls on,'" M" "" "-, "' honorary president of the 1'hlladelphla Mothers' Club. In speaking .Li n" l,n"H'ltlca of molding the JJ of "J" 're by working directly with tho mothers of tho present. Mrs nirnej. who lles nt 40ifi Chestnut street, should surely know, for It was sho who twenty ears ago Introduced tho mothers club Idea Into 1'hlladelphla. It Is sho nlso who conducts n club for mothers In tho Southward .Settlement House To Miow that Mrs Hlrney Is in a position to weigh the iclatle proportions that this Important business of being n mother should assume. It Is well to noto hero that sho Is at present serving as secretary of tho com mlttco on legislation and Industrial ac tivity of tho I'hllomuslaii Club, a West Philadelphia organization that numbers "00 members. Incidentally, sho was appointed by thn Governor hist year to servo on tho commltteo of threo women who form a State board for tho Milage for feeble minded women at I,aurelton. Mrs. nirney 1 ablo to analyze the Phila delphia Jlothe'rs' Club In quantitative and qualitative fahIon. "Tho first National Congress of Mothers." sho explains, "was held In Washington twenty years ago, at th9 urging of Mrs. Theodoro Hlrney. my sister-in-law I had been very much Inlcr ?ted, and when wo returned to Philadel phia we arranged for a similar meeting. An an outgrowth of tho interest two moth ers' clubs wero formed, one a Philadelphia Mothers' Club and tho other a Germantown Council. "lioth of theso clubs through all these j cars havo had for their members educated women who wanted ndvlco on being better mothers and on equipping themselves to bo moro able to copo with tho problems of the day. Kor this reason our policy has been to obtain the best speakers from every part of the country who could tell us what wo wanted to know. "Tho 1'hlladelphla Mothers' Club has for soma j ears maintained a visiting trained nurse all summer, and In winter we havo been busy sewfiig for tho sick llttlo babies sho has discovered. Tho club also proved an Important facb.r In obtaining our BBaLV avTxIBBfe aajajajajajajajV. BjajajajajajV 4 Car Wreckage, in Crash Near Bristol, Spread Over Four Tracks Racers Killed. MRS. HERMAN' II. BIKNEY splendid child labor law, one of tho things most longed for by the founder of our congress " Mrs. Hlrney has not confined herself to mothers' club work In Philadelphia. Sho has worked throughout the Stato In help ing to establish parent nnd teacher aso clatlons In tho schools ' I bellcvo In these," sho sas, "because 1 think Unit to educate mothers Is tho best way to help children. We believe that the best place for a mothers' club Is in tho school and hopo with all our hearts that every school may havo one and that every school building may be ued all day and ever' evening nnd nil summer for tho good of tho whole com munity." Switching to activities that havo to do with others than children as well as chil dren, Mrs Hlrney will prrsldo Tuesday afternoon. February 2". at an open meeting bearing on Slate legislation, to bo held In the I'hllomuslaii Club, at Kortletli nnd Wal nut street1" Mrs. Hlrney has obtained for speakers William Draper 1-cvvls, who will speak on tho Pennsylvania legislative pro gram for 1117: Mr. Diipps. who will deal with suggestions for legislative expendi tures, and Mrs. Charles Krazler, who will tell the aiiclieiu'o about the village for the feeble-minded now in courso of construction at I.aurcltou. Pa. Tho meeting Is open to the general public. It It held under the auspices of the committee on legislation nnd Industrial nrtivitlos. uf which Mrs. lllr ne"y Is seiretary. A broken freight car axle, 11 was found today, caused Sunday's early morning wreck east of llrlstol, In which four persons, ono n Phlladclphlan, wero killed, four Injured, seven raco horses hilled and much food destroyed. Tho axle, breaking, derailed the west bound freight train, strewing tho wreckage over blie four tracks. Khoitly nftcrward, nn Adams Kxpress Company train, running over tho Pennsylvania llallrond tracks, plunged Into tho debris nt n rato of fifty miles an hour, smashing tho freight cars to splinters and setting flro tn the mass. Many of tho cars of both trains toppled over n steep embankment nt tho point. Among them wero cars containing tho blooded horses nnd their attendants. A Phltnilelphla-Novv Yoik expiess train, bearing several hundred passengers, was (lagged halt a mllo from tho scene. The dead are: J. It. KINO ISO North Thirtverond street. I'miniirirnia. rxprrfn train nrpman THOMAS lU'llrttS. Wllllamsport. horseman In express car. HAltltY I)l'NI,Ar. Wllllamsport. horseman In express car "I.ONO TOVt." Wllllnmspnrt. horseman In ex press car, real namo unknown Tho dead were burned almost beyond recognition, William T. Ilulllhan. a Wll llamsport horseman, whoso shoulder was fractured when tho car In which ho was sitting plunged down the embankment, was brought to tho Mcdlco-Chlrurglcal Hos pital, Philadelphia. The wreckage was not clcaied up until yesterday afternoon. Jj , Vte , i JifBMH mHHhVbV &2F,m EXTENSION' OX WATER niM.S FIRE ROUTS TWO FAMILIES Eight Persons Flee Flames Which De stroy Two Frame Houses A fire which burned down the framo bouses of Benjamin and Treston Lee, , negroes, at Willow Grove avenuo nnd Welsh road, early today, forced tho eight mem bers of tho two families to le.ivo tho houso In their nlghtclothes. An exploding oil lamp in the home of Preston Leo caused the flro, according to tho police. The flaro In tho sky was seen for miles nd many peoplo arrived on tho scene In automobiles, thinking it was Willow Grove Park on fire. Benjamin attempted to fight tho flro In his home, but becamo exhausted and was unable to get enougli water. The houses were burned to tho ground. Tho Leo fam ilies are being taKcn caro of by neighbors. TWO SISTERS INJURED Struck by Motorcycle Both in Frank ford Hospital Two sisters are In serious condition In tho Frankford Hospital suffering from In juries received when struck by a motor cycle. They are Harriet Simon, twenty Ight years old, and Kmma, twenty-two. The accident occurred at tho Intersection of Oxford plko and Dark Run lane, wTthln a 'hundred yards of the girls' home. Tho motot cycle was driven, according to the police, by Itlchard J. Miller, of North Orlanna rtreet, and thero wero two other men on the machine. Miller had his In juries treated at St. Luke's Hospital. He as arrested and taken to Central Station. WILL NAME NEW HEAD OF FRIENDS' SCHOOL Committee Favors George L. Jones as Thomas K. Brown's Successor at Westtown Recommendation of the name of a suc cessor to Thomas K. Brown, fijr forty-two ears connected as teacner ami iirintui i the Friends' Westtown School, will be made within a few days by a subcommittee to tho general committee on schools of tha Friends' Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Though it U said nothing deflnlto has bfen done toward selecting tho new principal, the subcommittee Is understood to bo preparing to recommend Georgo I,. Jones, who Is now assistant principal of tho boys' department. Tho teslgnatlon of tho present principal .. -i. ,. i... tin cMinnl rnmmlttee thtee months ago, hut will not become effective ,,tu turn, nt the closing of tho term Tho school, which is coeducational, is in Ches ter Countv, about four miles from West Chester, and is ono of the most Important of the Friends' seliooK having nn enroll ment of about 2'.'0 students Tho courses raugo- from primary to preparation for col lege Mr. Brown, tho retiring principal, has been connected with the Westtown School almost without interval from boyhood. He was first a student and later returned to teach, advancing to tho princlpalshlp. Ho has a wide acquaintance among prominent men, numbering Dr. Henry van Dyko In the circle of his literary friends. Ills resig nation was due to a desire to be relieved of tho responsibility of directing the school, it was understood. NEW THEFT BLAMED ON KIPPAX'S "PALS" Three Friends of Slain Lad Held in Bail for Alleged Prior Robbery The three hoys arrested on February 11 in connection with tho robbery of tho P.ox borough candy store at which Arthur Klp pax, of 4 11C Fechln street, was shot and killed by the police, were accused today of another lobbery, which. It Is said, took place on January 30. On that date. It Is alleged, they robbed tho fruit stand of Joseph Prlnchello, nt Wlssahlckon drlvo nnd Itldge avenue, nnd stole fruit valued at $30. Tho boys ac cused aro William 12. Policy, sKteen years, 3907 Mitchell street; William Leech, eight een years, 537 Fast Jamestown street, and William r.oblnson, seventeen vcars, 1113 Iildge nvenue. According to Detective William Mahoney tho boy.s admitted the Prlnchello. robbery, but said that the 'Klppax boy was In no way connected with It. 12ach of tho prisoners was held In $000 ball for court by Magistrate Beaton. Seriously Cuts Himself in Fall John Grey, eleven years old. of S Apple tree street. Is In a serious condition In the Jefferson Hospital with a knife wound In his abdomen. According to tho police of tho Fourth nnd Ilacn streets station, the boy whllo plovlng with a bread knlfo In his. homo early today fell down the stairs. In falling tho knife blade entered his stomach. Rate Payers Are to Have Ten Days' Grace Owing to tho fact that water meter bills vvero not issued until a few days ago ten days' graco will be allowed for payment. Ordinarily nil of tho GS.OflO bills would bo como dun M.tii'h 1, but on that dato Chair man Gnffney, of Councils' Flnanco Commit tee, will Introduce a resolution making all bills payablo March 10. This action was decided upon today at a conference held by I'li.tlnuan GafTncy, Con troller Walton and Receiver of Taxes W Freeland Kendrlck At this conference Chief Carleton 12. Davis, of tho Water liuieau, explained that the chango In rates under recent ordinance had m.ido It Imimsslblo for tho clerks of the bureau to prcparo the bills at tho usual time LIFE TERM FOR WIFE SLAYER Judge Follows Recommendation of Jury in Bonlcntown Case Jini'.NT HOLLY. N. J.. Feb. 2C Life imprisonment was tho sentenco Imposed bv Justice Kallsch tills morning upon Fdward Cook.-convicted of murdering his wife nt their home In llnitlentnvvn November 10. Justice Knllf-ch denied an application for a new trial. The punishment was as recom mended by tho trial Jury. EDWIN GOULD, JR. Accidental dischargo of shotgun caused youth's death on a small island near his father's winter homo EDWIN GOULD, JR., KILLED WITH HIS OWN GUN His Mother Prostrated by Accident That Caused His Death While Huntine; NT.W YORK, Feb. 3G With his mother prostrated by the shock arrangements had not bren completed todav for the funeral of I2dvvln ilould. Jr. grandson of Jay Gould, accidentally killed by the discharge of ills own gun whllo coon hunting at .iruyi isinnii ,-Liiuriiiij. i " j ""i. ,,ii" body will arrive late this afternoon m the Coul ppiclal car, IMwIn Ootild accom panying it Young Could. whoo carelessness In handling llrcaims Is said to havo been often lemaikeil upon by his associates, used tho butt of a shotgun to stun a coon. Apparently the gun was cocked and a branch pulled the ttlgger. Tho load of buckshot passed through his thigh, sever ing an artery, lie died almost Instantly in the nniH of his tutor. N'oves Rejnolds, the onlv w lines to the accident. Gas Accidentally Kills Woman A cas hose attached to a burner slipped from Its place and gas tilled tlio room nt 3Irs. Annlo Sport, forty years old. who lived over the testaurnnt of Morris Flegelman. i;00 Point Hroeze avenue Mrs Sport was found dead this morning by Flegelman. De toftlvo Keenan nld her death was accidental. Light Rain and Colder, Forecast A light rain Is predicted for late this afternoon or tonight, and tomorrow will be clear and much colder, according to the weather forecast. Although tho tempera ture today Is slightly above tho average, 1 drop In the thermometer of at least 15 degrees Is expected for tonight. 2'o snow Is expected within tho next day or two. FUEl SAVER : For the Runt Price $3.00 CLXH COAI, IllLI.M u.Nti-TUlltD Alc for Uooklat r n. nmmKiL ?fi.. fiu sr. d Rt Jaln totl. Market Hi. Ready Money United States Loan Society 117 North lJroad St. 4U'S. 6th st. S51S Germantown are. eraLi) John M. Bradley TAIT.OK 300 WIUK.NEK ni.DO. Spring Suitings YOUNO MEN'S hUIT- INOS distinctive nov elties rich, exclusive effects, (33 to 4S. J. E. Caldwell & Co. Chestnut Juniper South Penn Squir Important Additions to the Collection of PEARLS Every Woman Wants a (oft, clear, elowlnr akin, nnd every woman knows It's hard to have at thli blutry time of year except thoee who ue our Skin rood. A toilet dainty that cleanaes, aoftena and nourlihea without harm. Jt real drat aid to beauty. Tubea, SSei Jars, II. I'oatpald thruout U, 8. LLEWELLYN'S rUUdelphla's Standard Drac Btort 1518 Chestnut St, tf Big Tuesday Sale JL. Winter's Full Flaring Coats Former Prices up to $25.00 $g.88 An extraordinary clean-up bar gain, effectively handing their passports to a big assortment of $19.75, $22.50 and $25 coats which have lingered too long. Fine Velours, Wool Plushes Rich Fur Fabrics Made up of wonderful values a few from this line and a few from thatjhbut something desir able, in fashionable fabric, model and color, in every size. Fashion Shop 1 Market Cor. 12th Street "! (tnHKl B a s I always carry a tin of Velvet in my' hip pocket, an' when I see trouble comin I draw first. s B E Pf auBiinniiiuiiiiiiiii 0 CIIMilGifflillMli.ai! Ill' Boys' and Children Clothing T -l i. i 1 J ieparcmenr to dq immediately discontinued Tlie entire stock without reserve is now offered at prices which are about one-half of their actual val ue. Increasing demand for additional space in a num ber oi departments forces us to make room for their development, and wc have therefore decided to close out our Boys' and Children's business. All the goods in this sale are our reguUr merchandise, and at the new prices present an opportunity which is very exceptional. No goods will be sent on approval and none exchanged. All alterations will be charged for at cost. Jacob Reed's Sons 1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET V ' rifl Last and Final Sale this Season of Perry Suits and Overcoats! Opened up this Morning with about 1800 Winter Suits 1500 Winter Overcoats and 600 Early Spring Overcoats at one Uniform Price $1.5 Remainders of our regular $20, $22.50 and $25 assortments that sold all through the season at those prices! d We gather them all together and mark them at one flat figure that will enable us to turn them into ready cash, regardless of what some of the Suits and Overcoats included in this round-up may have cost us. It is a house-cleaning expedient that means a sacrifice, but it saves space and enables us to open up with complete lines and sizes in a new season. Cf For you, it's the biggest opportunity you will see in many a day the biggest opportunity you have seen in many a day not because $25, $22.50 and $20 garments are offered for $15, but because of the way prices are going up ! The grades of fabric and findings in these Suits and Overcoats cannot possibly be sold 'for less than $25 and $30 next September and in some places, will bring more than that! CJ Suits of long-wearing worsteds, fine cassimeres; blue serges and novelty mixtures. Spring Over coats in loose-fitting models; snug-fitting models; conservative models Oxfords, grays, browns and fancy mixtures. 'Winter Overcoats, including single and double-breasted Ulsters; belted and pleated backs; and conservative cuts in a wide range of staple and novelty fabrics! So, it's a Wonderful Opportunity, and we'd strongly Advise you to get in on it and do it now! $15 for $20, $22.50 and $25 Suits and Overcoats to house-clean our stocks! Perry & Co., -N.B.T 16th & Chestnut Sts. s.w -At . .'. iJiT-'i i -.' S 35 m u 1 VZ a r-- . ' ':& F . s n B C ,Ppn tvtry day In tha Jfar... -. .. . . . . . .i i..- iffuW. ' "" ft ?" -f - mycr vi"r L tfji gsgBaBisaBgriF'ff. Tr.'Pfc: rsry V'"', . ' ".'i -V Lir.'' v "H ... . ;1 - ."'. r (
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