K ' tl ',', ". riWK' HWIiiiP .-...nT, lits sMaBBHBHMMiirafraiwiiijiimtt ,f .. $fflPITO$lii -- " i "" . - : "' ... .. t .. - 73fl ied by Clify Regiments : Shoots Wife and Then Himself : Politicians Busy on Slate : Other iMews or me ut?1 t0R PROVES A BIRD IN PEACE DOVE ROLE Olive Branch Successfully fiven In "Bloody FifthV CAMDEN PROSECUTOR IS DENIED EXEMPTION tXRMONY PROGRAM GAINS '3 . iflfty-flfty" Slate Winning Approval Factional Squabbles Go John Cleary's Claim of Support ing Mother Is Turned Down. Boards Tighten on Rules -s?.' ma &rr V k t'3 mi&f DRAFT APPEAL BOARD NO. 1 HOLDS FIRST SESSION K'J 7. ,;f fy as Into Discard U?Xyor Smith's drive for harmony Ih Be- t-Mbllcan Organization circles made such M' rofrss today that leaders In both faction ; voiced the opinion u umerences Deiweon .'i-ithW Vara followers and MeNlchol ndherents p."" '-"would bo Ironed out completely. v t'fh Tne wyor gave over mo major pari 01 pL' 9w& day to factional leaders and Impressed ',VHon them the urgent necessity for har- Wiony. He made It praln that bitter con jj?,titte would Jeopardize the chances of both Tactions ana inaucea a majority 01 mo .rival leaders to eet together. -fit Perhaps the most notable achievement .,ln this direction concerns the Fifth Ward, ';f Carejv Penrosc-McNIchol lieutenant, was f . MaiinM man. rn n iMfr fivnr n nir rnn tS.-VjKVare faction. W. Atil The Mavor has averted this row and Is f&''irj making a strenuous effort to prevent a -., '" HhIm-i Pouncllmnti John H. Flaherty does tftw not share the good will of the Varcs, and nn ft '"& attempt was to be made to replaco him by azy- ." ........ - .. "r. ,;.": f, of Congressman jonn it. t. neon, vmc -A i.4.h In ih.l .-nr.1 Thn Mnvnr In frlfmllv Mk- (. VUV. III ...-.. .... ....--.,-. .- -. R M "with Flaherty and Is trying to Induce the S .J Vares to support him. CY State Senator Edward W. Patton nied nomination papers for the city treasurershlp " " 4a.1., Vi.. wlll n.nliatilv withdraw In IVia lit . ' ""J "" "" F- i - ylm . Interests of harmony. trJS&'l- So successful has Mayor Smith been wltn KY W harmony program that Senator Penrose wkfl today expressed the belief that there will 4ft? no factional fights within the Phlladcl- W1 'Phla Organization this year. vrfw The Hnal selections tor the four row of. 'm1'. Hces will not be Known until tomorrow, 'ftj which Is the last day for tiling nomination itfVi' Dane re. The same "fifty-fifty" principle that Is guiding the. conferees In their selection for the row offices will be followed In selecting candidates for magistrate. The following already have been chosen for re-election: William F. Campbell, a forme"riIagls trate. McN'Ichol leader of the Twenty-fifth U( ("Ward. ?. -.. .W . 4.UW..W,,, ...WN. ...U.....V. Viitj', vtiiu la n LHiiuiunii; mi iu-cklviuii. Frank W. Neff, Vare-Lane choice, a can didate for re-election. ft Atkinson Costcllo, Varo choice, appointed X'.cif'- to office bv Governor Drumbauirh and can- Stfe'i?"' dldate for election. -i- A start has been made In bringing about l' peaco in mo various waras. in ine iniriy- Kits, cignin, wnere tne vares nave been contest tJi h tn 'he leadership of ex-Sheriff A. Lincoln Er3 !... it.. n..n- t......t.i -u..i n-Ji m.ncit tile .uuyui utuumu uuuul un uKrve-f-- r ha a n i.n.. ai..,i .. .ii.n. i. i-i..i iiiciih .ui iiij-iiiiji wuuiiviuiiuiiii; Lionel, with Acker naming the candidate for Select Council. John Cleary. assistant prosecutor for Camden County, N. J., was today denied exemption from Fervlce Jn the new army by local draft board No. 1, Camden. Clear' endeavored to escape army serv ice on the ground that his mother Is de pendent upon him for suport. The board held that his two sisters are capable of supporting their mother and denied Cleary'a claim. Disposing of tho claim, the chairman of tho board said thnt "everybody must be willing to make sacrifices during tho war period." Camden boards are tightening up on the rules governing the exemption of married men, nnd today denied exemptions to many childless benedicts. Local draft board No. 3 rejected twenty-five claims that wero filed by married men without children nnd announced thnt many others would meet a similar fate. Tills board completed Its quota of 161 today, DHAFTED WIFE DESETlTKnS WAIINBD Frank T. Lloyd, chairman of Draft Uonrd No. 1, today Issued a warning to wife deserters who have roturned to their homes for tho purpose of escaping the draft. Frank II. Mnhnncy, 36 North Fourth street, applied for exemption on the ground that His vlfo nnd three-year-old child nre de pendent on him. JIahoney admitted that ho deserted his wife four ycaia ngo and returned on June 4. Although granting Mahoney a discharge, Lloyd advised him to remain with his wife. 'Unless you do," said Lloyd, "you will go Into the army. You hnvo failed to do the right thing, but from now on you must remain with your wife "and support her. I want your wife to re port to me once a month and If t learn you are not doing right, I shall revoke your exemption." k. bk. .4hJBa. f r l4IIBsl.BHJVt pW kkJvift wSxTVSvSvJBvSb mm ab i if Km BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBF BBBBBBK'VV 'Xt"!lmKM. VB'"''!' TMiJViBBBBBBBBBLaBBWSr'BrBfcaBBI BVBHBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBBlBBVBVBVBVBtV!''v?lW,:3VH?W''!( itlllBMBBBBBBBBBBBBBj&BiBKKXBfl BVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVBVSVFf?i!:i'S?KAdR i 'Mb1bVbVbVbVbVbVbVBb1bbBBBVb1 Members of Appeal Board No. 1, with the exception of John Cathvnlntler, who is ill, met today In the offlce of Dr. Charles II. Willits, Provident Buildinjj, to effect organization. The members present, as shown from left to right, arc Samuel T. Bodine, Julius Damar, Doctor Willits and Samuel S. Fels. hf 'IT OUGHT TO BE COOLER TONIGHT SAYS BLISS Weather Man Offers Crumb of Comfort on Hottest of 19 Days as Humidity Soars JOld guard" members of the Democratlo city committee feel that they have been .unduly Hooverlzcd by the National Ad- ministration. These sentiments were ex- i, pressed at a meeting of the Democratic (, executive committee at headquarters. Tenth . .. ..M...M- r i w in iiiu iiicciiiii. nuu urnii $$ calla to uphold the hands of tho President Lti ' And trt Tirfnrm rrtnn fitn1rM, nAABn .It -" ,- . ... wwkiat( iuiivmuiio nckooni jf fTO.to participating In the coming 'nrlmar'es. l-i ThA Inttnc wnrlr ,. n..fn..J - 1 Lr' (" - - "i JiC iUl iiicu nwui u WSl TvfcT r . v4uw, nut nucit it tnmo iu ine IT'S1 ' nws of uPhoWlnff the President symp- rv "? ot Pace-nunger manifested them- L.ir:r MiVeB. Rriwfn V Pnel .,! K.iAH .'. -..,... ,., WWVa MI.D UlL-aiUajlL, L"llr1 tflA nnmmlit.. . J a J thm tttri ttiBf "v, r-- j- . j -r - ---- uio ciuuuttia aro ;n power -.I- im &u uui una win. in reply to Mr. Bories statement, Martin J. Comber, of the WW ?. ". """ "eiiiunuea xnai some ono snow t:,'r. aim that "thm n .--,, n in .. i "muviwwi at u it puwcri, n I I I , NONPARTISAN JUDICIARY . j - List of Nominations Filed With the Secretary of the Commonwealth The fallowing names have been filed with the Secretary of tho Commonwealth for nomination on tho nonpartisan Judicial ticket: JUDOD COMMON' PLEAS COUP.T. No. 1. (Vote for 1.) F Am.dfte urtty, Walter V. Chew. Kreet. . JUDOE COMMON TLHAS COUHT. NO. 3. liote ror 2.) Frederick Byr; 3304 North Fifth trt -........ , ", nest ivifrmiin ifina u u . . " IP 033 Nnrfh Tlpnail .-..! 1437 North Sixty-second kSS" .f . l " ,... I t- " "'- fc".l. I ,,! f h t 'ir..,u "perman. sens North Fifth tr.. vi J jaiim u. 'innmi, inn v.. ...-..'...'. j. JUDOE COMMON PLEAS COUHT. NO. 4. j vie tur i.j wmfi' T,iA.u,1rnrl'.'1- 8331 lJneaster avenue. William J. HlMln. Jr.. 87S0 D. Lancey strett JUDOE COMMON PLEAS COUHT. NO B (Vote (or 1 fe.ll "" jBt-Anderaon. 333 Pine itreet. WllUrd E. llarcua. 121T South nilil IUIT !....-.. Kuiien. (. lioniiwiii "aei?"?.'."..""?- "reet, F,d.arkkeSr,rndrVT,.1ll7Y.?nVtV..t. ioon .5rXwS3'rS.Sn M. Lendbrr. -12 'J Efcit Allegheny . twnue. Titltii. r ... na n. i?a?iaX,",?.haR:.S0TJidej' Jw. . .. treat ""l "seventeenth uuuci uuniA.s' COUItT (Vote for a.) wiiiuun iviiiw, 111. Mouth Fifth fttr.l Jo"ph F. Lamor.lle. 8510 Baring it?5i WHII.m O. Lynch. 0OI6 N.wh.ii ..'? 15 ?i If i f !Vl ;-..-.-... uvsu iiDniiaii sir.af ueorae Ullrich. 2488 North Cleveland aw..,. JAIL FOR FAKE DOCTOR ,' Edward Franklin Smith Sentenced to Ki Edward Smith, alias Edward Franklin Sg" , Smith, was convicted before Judge Rogers 5&t in Quarter Sessions Court today of practlc-W'-ing medicine without a license and was iseniencea to one year In the county prison yr,nA ordered to pay a fine of 11000. " i nn n.r.nna.r ...sa.a.i t.f . ...... ...... UH..t .ciceciucu luinseu as a Physician authorized bv th n.,i f,... .- .examine candidates for nursing. W Hfin Krino- $70 n rhlan. T..i..t kiv -CHICAGO, Aug. 21 Hcgs reached the Wi!iil'aKl'sa Iop P"08 or i0 Per hundred Sir-impounds on the Chicago market tnri.v nn IspXailvance of from twenty. five to. thirty-five jgcvfiia. eceipis were only 7000 head. Sheep JT"WU '" ",0 vanco, wun prices ten cents -jinner. iieceipia were D4,vvo.-nead. Cattle ,, wvviv nivnu wv CBfcVunjr B UlUflB. fOUT hundred head were shipped In. i , ,' v renrose Haves Auto From Fire rWWJUSHINQTON, Aug. 21. Senator Pen . 'JMMt, acting as a fireman on his return to . Washington by automobile, saved his motor i-aemrucdoji oy nre. ine top 0 the nine caught Are and within a few MM it was a mass of flames. Sines 1 car waa destroyed, by Are, Senator has carried chemicals, with him. -'applying the extinguisher tha blaza Quickly put out This was the hottest morning in nineteen days. Limp collars and persplratlon-dotted fore heads blossomed again today, when Old Man Temperature and Old Missus Humid ity linked hands nnd started on it trip around the city, Just to make people re member tlfat August was still with them. After tho cool breezes of the last few days, folks took the discomfort na an unpleasant ly personal surprise. It was cool enough to begin with, at 8 o'clock this morning, when the tempera ture was only 73. nut, by mid-morning, the thermometer began exercising on tho flying trapeze and working Itself up higher and higher until, by 1 o'clock In the afternoon It had hit 89 and was getting perilously near tho 90's. Tho humidity, which was 84 at 8 o'clock, did Its bit. People hugged the shade in consequence Hut "she stuck" at 89, remaining there until 2 o'clock, and then, out of the East the thunder rumbled nnd a few dark clouds built themselves up. The thermometer dropped degrees, aB If It had been hit with a blackjack. A drop or two of rain fell. At 3, the temperature was at 83, at 4 It was 82, and at 5 it touched 81. Oaapj of relief were audible all over tho cityi Tbe weather man, who had been aieaging" up till them, confidently pre dicted a cool night. Earlier In the after noon he had said that It might rain to morrow. On August 2 the maximum temperature was 90. SERGEANT COLBRIDGE DEAD Connected for Many Years With Ger mantown Police Station After an Illness of three years, T. For rest Colbrldge, sixty-three years old, of E81G Baynton street, until three years ago a street sergeant connected with the Qer mantown police station, died last night of a complication of diseases. Born August G, 1855, he received his ap pointment to the police forco on AugUHt 28, 1893. On the same date ono year later he was mado a regular. On April 1, 1905. he was appointed street sergeant. In 191 he was taken taken 111 nnd retired from the force with a pension. Shortly afterward his wife, Anna Barknell Colbrldge, died, and he was unable to attend tho funeral. He Is survived by a son, Thomas, and a daughter Sarah. Services will be conducted nt his late home by the ltev. Dr. Edward Nlnde. of the Ilrst Methodist Episcopal Church of Ger mantown, on Thursday nt 2 p. m. Inter ment will be at Northwood Cemetery. Tha following street sergeantH will act as lion orary pall bearers: Hubert M. Jaggers William IJ. Hirst,- William II. Shard Wil liam A. Elvldge, William Ireland and Ed wanl M. Choulerton. by tttrn Car RloU in San Francisco FRANCISCO,. . Aug. II. Hlotlng jBrt'na4a--tfJta-kwM, striking INSECTS ROUT WORKMEN Shipyard Employes Pestered Swarms of Tiny Warriors Camden employers are puzzled over raldb mado by Insects, causing the sudden de parture from the plants of workmen for the hospital, with a swollen lip, eye or some other exposed part of the body, Tho Insects made their latest attacks upon shipyards where forces are rushing work on naval craft and other vessels. Arthur L. Koch, twenty-nvo years old, of Woodlynno, was bitten on the lower lip while working at the Now York Shlpbulld Ing Company's yard and the swelling caused him to hurry to the Cooper Hospital. Rob ert Bennett, twenty-eight years old, of 1027 Segal street, employed at the JIathls Ship building Company's plant, went to the Cooper Hospital with a swollen right eye, where he said a beetle bit him. Charge Pair Planned to Rob Old Man ,,?;0UiS ,?raTTl lwen,y-lht years old, 2167 North Sixth street, and Albert Wlne berger, twenty years old. 41C West Daunhln street, were held In 1600 each today by Magistrate Costello on suspicion of having p.oiZ$ I?. rob aeorK N.Ki. sfxty years old J, " Elinor street. Olney. In a saloon at F fth street and Qermantown avenue the old man displayed a large roll of bills, and when he left the saloon, It Is allea-ea ., ...,.. , w.uvcr una wineberger. Thirty-eight New Houses Sold Thirty-eight new two-story dwellings near tho northeast corner of Sixth street and Sommervllle avenue have been conveyed tt Albert S. niehlo by Harry Davles. Each of the structures, recently erected by Jo seph B. Friedman, occupies a lot IS by 108 feet. Title was conveyed subject to mort-'i'!,tJ"MS- Th4 PrPtles are assessed at 11500 each as unfinished. Body, of Man Found In River The body of an unidentified man about fifty years old was found floating in th Delaware River today at the foot of Vina Mr- Ths'tepdy was first seen by Police. tBSkafaSSt VatABsTssWai fal VS? ik IYkf . .1 .' T "V". "f.HMi .jr&ir. EElE! BAKER COMPLIMENTS BOY BENT ON SEEING SERVICE Writes Letter Reassuring Him in Case Ho Meets Rejection at Cantonment Henry A. Wilson, former student at tho Hahnemann Medical College, of this city, and a son of Dr. Daniel Wilson, a promi nent physician of Norrlstown, Pa., today was complimented by Secretary of War Bnkcr for his determination to get In tho new National Army. Young Wilson was ono of tho "25S's" In the draft. He wns also the first man to be examined in Norrlstown nnd the first one to bo marked "O. K." by the examining doctors. Fear that he might be rejected by the army doctors at tho cantonment caused Wilson to write n letter to Secretary Baker, saying If ho was rejected he wanted to be assigned to some departmental ser vice. Secretary Baker replied to Wilson's letter today In which he said In part: "I enjoyed reading your letter. Let us know here If you aro rejected and we will see If some other opportunity can be found for you." PfflLADELPHIA TROOPS STILL NEED MORE MEN Third Regiment Is 400 Short and Sixth Is 140 Under War Strength Accused of Buying Liquor for Girl Wesley Post, former proprietor of a sa loon near Broad and Green streets, was held In 1500 ball for further hearing next Tuesday today on complaint of Mrs. Fran ces M. Jones, agent for the Children's Aid Society, who said Post had been buying liquor for a young girl. Detectives said they found tho girl under tho Influence of liquor. Post la forty-four years old and lives w'th hi:i wife, an Invalid, at 1381 Ridge avenue. Barber Ordered to Stay at Sea Girt SEA GIHT, N. J., Aug. 21.-JBrlgadler General Charles W. Barber, of tho New Jer sey Guard, received telephonic orders from Governors Island today Instructing him to remain on duty nt camp here and disre gard previous orders to report to Camp McClellan. He resumed his command nt once. .Philadelphia organizations of the Twenty eighth Division of tho United States army, tho new name for tho former Guard units, arc nenrlng the f-nd of their big drive for recruits, llecrulting officers nrcdlct thnt all local regiments will bo enlisted up to war strength before they are ordered to re port at Camp Hancock. Augusta, Ga. Regular army recruits yesterday num bered 1319, making the total slnco April 1, 191,879, It was announced this afternoon. Pennsylvania led with 176, New York waa second with 157, nnd Illinois third with 122. Tho Third Pennsylvania Infantry Regi ment needs 400 men to bring it up to a war strength of 2002, Tho Sixth Penn sylvania Infnntry needs 140 men, and tho First Pennsylvania Infantry sixteen to re place the soldiers who will go to tho second ofllccrs' training camp. Ten men who want to handlo heavy field ordnance aro urged to enlist In the Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery. Major E. H. Slter, M. R. C, Is recruiting for tho Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps. 121 South Fifth street. In the nbscnec of Lieu tenant Douglas Macfarlane. Lieutenant Macfarlane has been ordered to the camp nt Monmouth Park, N. J. Major Slter Is recruiting for battalions of tho signal corps throughout the State who have not their re quired quota of men. Telegraph operators, radio men and electricians aro particularly needed. Tho radio men will be sent to a school In New York for special training. It Is oxpectcd that all the milts of thn Sig nal Enlisted Reserve Torps will mobilize at their camp at Monmouth Park, N, J, In a few weeks. Tho remaining companies and greater part of the National Guard regiments In and near Philadelphia aro anxious to fol- -(o) k'l "1 wtJIl'ife SET "" l S a i . . Judge the Values in the Strawbridge & Clothier August Sale by this List of Bedroom Furniture And remember that this .is only a partial list, and that we have equally attractive assortments of Dining-room and Living-room Furniture in the Sale. Furthermore, our stock of NOVELTY FURNITURE-hundreds of single' pieces useful and ornamental, for all the odd nooks and corners of the home is not approached anywhere else. Hundreds of shoppers have learned these facts by COMPARISON. Will YOU make corn parison TO-MORROW? Ke com" ARTICLE Chiffonier Toilet Table Bureau Suit, 10 pieces Suit, 6 pieces Bureau Bureau Toilet Table Bureau Toilet Table Bedstead .Chiffonier Suit ChifTo-robe Bureau Chiffonier Toilet Table Bureau Chiffonier Suit, 4 pieces Suit. 8 pieces Chiffonier Suit, 7 pieces bureau WOOD Cir. Walnut Cir'. Walnut Mahogany Mahogany Ivory Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Walnut Mahogany Walnut Walnut Walnut Walnut Walnut Mahogany Mahogany Toona Mah. Mahogany Maple Princess DresserBirch Bureau Golden Oak Bedstead Toilet Table Bedstead ' Bedstead Golden Oak Golden Oak Mahogany Mahogany PERIOD Louis XV Louis XV Louis XV Adam Louis XVI Scroll Colonial Hepplewhite Hepplewhite Adam Adam Adam Adam Queen Anne Scroll Colonial Colonial Colonial Qblonial Louis XVI Louis XVI Sheraton Jacobean Sheraton Sheraton Louis XV Colonial Sheraton Sheraton Sheraton Post Colonial Post Colonial VALUE $110.00 88.00 190.00 1400 600.00 80.00 87.00 75.00 170.00 180.00 134.00 160.00 1000.00 72.00 54.00 47.00 46.00 120.00 108.00 620.00 488.50 106.00 420.00 103.00 22.00 110.00 56.00 56.00 26.50 58.00 furniture, Third Floor; Metal Bedsteads and Bedding, Fourth PRICE $66.00 52.00 95.00 840.00 400.00 49.00 55.00 49.00 125.00 132.00 98.00 118.00 700.00 54.00 40.00 37.50 28.50 88.00 75.00 420.00 386.00 53.00 210.00 65.00 15.75 66.50 33.00 33.00 18.00 29.00 Floor, East 1T1MR!9GE & CLOTHIER mumm tCa. .-Mi'- 1 MAKKST. ATMS A 'Wfitv't i,""--vS;iT"!ri .! 3328 low tho five companies which left for Camp Hancock yesterday. Thcro are 1078 men still left at the camp of the Second Artillery near Jenklntown. All apparently nre "anxious to get Into nctlon." It has been rumored that they aro likely to go on short notice and probably before tho end of the week. Colonel Turner today said that all tho men were In tip top shape. Tho food nt tho camp la good and plentiful. Colonel Turner described tho battery which left yesterday hr "the finest bunch of men that over left this city." Ogontz Man Appointed Lieutenant J. Frederick B. Rawcllffe, of Ogontz, is ordered to Fort Oglethorpo, Ga., to report on August 23. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Military College, at Chostcr, In 1908 as n civil engineer. Mr. Rawcllffe has been appointed second lieutenant In the Engineer Corps. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wood Rawcllffo and was mar. rled two years ago to Miss Mary Harding N'agle, daughter of Louis Audenrled Nagle, sheriff of Montgomery County, and Mrs. Nagle. Let Contract for St. Vincent Home The contract for the new St. Vincent's Home, Lansdowno avonue nnd Garrotford road, has been awarded to Melody & Keat ing. Work will be started within tho next twe weeks nnd It Is expected that the building will bo ready for occupancy by September. 1918. Tho building, designed by Paul Monaghan, will be threo stories In height, with a basement. 820 by 235 feet. Tho orphanage, when completed, will cost approximately $BOO,000. i " BRIDEFATALLYBURNED; TRIES TO SAVE MOTHER Mrs. Mary C. Tracey, of This City,1 Victim in New York Apartment House Fire Mrs. Mary C. Tracer, of 4111 Ogden street, Philadelphia, is drlng In Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, and her sifter, Miss Margery Commerford, is In n serious condition as result of burns which both re reived while trying to savo tholr mother. Mrs. Mary Commerford, during a firo In a five-story, apartment house on Ea3t Ninety sixth street. New York, last night. Mrs. Commerford perished In tho flames. Mrs. Tracoy Is a brldo of a few months and recently went to visit her mother. When the fire was discovered Mrs. Com merford's daughters tried to carry her through tho hallway on the fourth floor, which was filled with smoko and flame. They collapsed when near a doorway and .were carried from the building by the lire- men. Many other persons wero Injured, as there were ten families in tho house when the fire started. Among those burned were John Austin, of the Twelfth New York Regiment, nnd James Eggleston, a corporal, who tried to save several of the, tenants. Tho origin of the firo Is unknown. Quarryvlllo Man Dies as Result of Fall LANCASTER, Aug. 21. John Duffy, a prominent and active Democrat of Quarry vllle, died last night from Injuries received In a fall downstairs In his homo several days ago. SHOOTS WIFE IN ROW; TRIES TO END LIFE Quarrel in Spring Garden Street House Ends With Principals in Hospital A quarrel over two diamond rings, valuan at sovcral hundred dollars, ended tragleaiw today when Frank Wolfgang, a cablntt. maker, shot his wife tnree times and thT ntempted suicide in their room at 1901 Spring Garden street. Both were taken tl tho Garretson Hospital, where their condl tlon was reported serious. Wolfgang Is forty years old. His wlf. who Is thirty-eight, worked aB a waitress In tho hcuso at 1908 Spring Garden r... which is nn apartment house In which meals aro served. According to tha police of the Twentieth and Buttonwood atreots station, Mrs. Wolf, gang complained to them Sunday that hir husband had stolen tho rings. Wolfg&nr denied It. Today, when Mrs. WolfgnJ weht to tho fourth-story front room, which sho and her husband occupied, she d. manded her rings. According to tha potlee the man drew two rovolvora from beneath tho mattress and opened firo on his wife, wounding her In tho hoad, breast and arm. Then ho shot himself In the head. Two boys passing tho house ran to tha Twentieth and Buttonwood streets station and told Acting Lieutenant Malcolmson and Special Officer Hammond, The officers sent Wolfgnng nnd his wife to tho hospital, Miss Mary Jones, who keeps the house, told the police she saw Walfgang at tha head of tho stairway with two revolvers in his hands. 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