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DESERTER, CAUGHT,
COMMITS SUICIDE
Soldier Barricades Himself
in Cellar After Father
Calls Police
OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS
Zionists Celebrate Twentieth An
niversary of Movement by Big
Meeting Subscribe $10,000
raul Otto Schiller, mi army deserter.
fliJ from Hie police when Ills futlier set
thm 011 him yesterday. Uirrleadeil himself
in a cellar and fought until he realized
,'.,,. Wns linnosslble. Then he put his last
"uiltt throuph his blatit. The iwltce bellee
was Insane.
Schiller. w of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V.
Schiller, of .Myrtle street near Eleventh, a
fine specimen of physical manhood, was his
ntrents' pride when he enlisted last .March
nd went to tlie Mexican bonier with Com.
piny 13. Second Telegraph Battalion, of tho
Signal Corps.
After tieliiB transferred to Camp ll,
Tittle Sliver. V. J., his letters home ealtl
he was tired of the army, und on Septem
ber 22 he "cnt 1,0,no on a two-day fur
lough" 'r would not ko hack to tho army,
though his father, of Herman descent hut
loyal American, urged him to.
Young Schiller felt among evil compan
ions drank heavily nnd acted strangely,
even when sober. . Finally he agreed with
till father to go to tho Federal Building
nd give himself up as a man who Btnyed
away from his station without leave. The'
went together, but, by a ruse, the youth
lipped away.
When the father saw him In a cigar
itore on Twelfth street he told the po
lice. Schiller saw them coming and fled
Into the cellar of the house at 819 North
Twelfth Mreot. where he ended his life
after his bullets had almost hit the po
lice. Zionists Observe Anniversary
Three thousand or more attended the
eelebratlon of the twentieth anniversary of
the Zionist movement In the United Stales
In the Metropolitan Opera House last night.
I)uls Edward Levy, president of the Phil
adelphia Jewish Community, presided nnd
Ilabbl Stephen S. WIbp, of Xew Tork city,
chairman of the Zionist Central Committee,
declared victory for tho Allies will aid
Zionism. Zionism, ho said, Is in perfect
harmony with the ideals of the Allied na
tions In their war against brutality. Dr.
Joseph KrausUopf. founder of the National
Farm School, and Dr. A. A. Newman, of
the Central Zionist Committee, were other
fpeakers. Ten thoucand dollars for fur
therance of the movement was pledged.
Save Coal, Warns Doctor Kruscn
Dr. Wllmer Krusen, Director of tho De
partment of Health and Charities, has la
ued a bulletin containing Instructions on
saving coal and guarding health at the
same time. Don't overheat the house, hi
says, and keep some moisture In the air
to counteract the effect of tho heat, which
has a tendency to dry the atmosphere.
Lansdownc Camp Is Closed
Lieutenant J. B. Skldmore. wounded at
Tpres, whero the Germans first used as
phjftlatlng gas, now on recruiting duty
lieie 1'or the British (jovernment, drilled a
roiiipaiy of men of the Military Training
Corpi at Lansdownc yesterday and then
totd the men of his experiences under Ger
nan fire. Lansdowne camp closed yester
day and the men went to winter quarters
in the armory at Thirty-second street and
Lancaster avenue.
Gift to University Museum,
The University Museum has received a
valuable set of medieval Japanese armor
from Dr. Charles V. Hart, together with a
unique Chinese dragon.
Church Is 125 Years Old
The 125th anniversary of the founding
cf the Immanuel German Lutheran Church
t Frankford was celebrated with appro
priate exercises yesterday. The Itev. Hennlg
von Bosse, pastor of the church, presided.
Give Dance for Mt. Sinai Hospital.
The friends of Mt. Slnal Hospital Bave
their first dance of the season for the hos
pital's building fund last night In Apollo
Hall, 1J46 North Broad street. The ball
room decorations, donated by Jacob D. Lit.
were flowers and (fags of the Allied nations.
The Misses Ksther Wanger and Jennie
eteens offered fancy dances.
Sees Germany and Japan Allied
Japan and Germany will form an alliance
alnt the rest of the world afterf this
?'' the warning given by Walter
. Scott Elliott, secretary of the eastern agen
T of the American Blblo Society, -who has
luit arrived from China. He says the Chi
bm papers, controlled by Japan, are full
of anti-American propaganda and the Japanese-
were preparing to Invade the United
Etates through Mexico when the United
SUJes entered the world war.
DU PONT OFFER TO BUY
AETNA CO.THSAPPROVED
Offer of $1,500,000 Inadequate, Federal
Court Holds
WILMINGTON, DeZ" Oct. IS. That R.
J. ou Pont de Nemours & Co. had mada an
offer to purchase, the commercial plants
na business of the Aetna Explosives Com
pany, inc., became known Saturday when
Judge Mayer, In the United States District
Court in New Tork city, refused to sane
"n the sale under the terms offered.
The Aetna Company Is now being con
ducted by former Judge Hglt and former
Governor B. B. Odell, of New York, as re
"vT'JB" The company has many plants
which the receivers have been operating
ProlU since they took hold.
The du Pont Company offered $1. 500,000
ior the commercial plantB and business of
"e Aetna Company, but Judge Mayer In
truded the receivers not to accept It on
the ground that the price offered was inadequate.
nR. RICE GETS COMMISSION
Is Senior Lieutenant in Naval Reserve
at Newport School
Dr Alexander Hamilton nice, explorer.
ThJ ?iarrled Mrs. George D. Wldener. of
lots city, has been commissioned seuloe lieu
tenant in tho United States Naval Reserve
W will be a member of the faculty of
J ?det. school of the reserve In the Sec
ond Naval District He will have charge of
me courses in navigation and aBtronbmy,
in. . Dr' and Mrs- nice have beert deeply
iS '."! ln the nrmy and nav'y Blnc war
v, a . has been stationed at Newport
" declared,
Join Quartermaster's Reserve
Iwi haatluV,era of th Quartermaster
for u,n,rp' " ,maklnf WdM drive
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Can,. 'VJi!J'u .ar8 "Ported s Anthony O.
i 160T Soulh Broad t"t. John It.
S"Srtn.p!,M Sm-'n"Id "venue; Fwdl
t?i. Thma. Jr.. 90 Qlaseboro avenue.
Joodbury N J. ; Jacob J. "Muller. Jr 42
"1 t. Woodbury, V J. Waq Smith
li?, &OT TA,re street; WA
EVENING LEMfiR-tklLADELPHtC" MONDAY, OCTOBER 15T lMff . ;M ' ''fr rPM
FAINTS AT SIGHT OF "DEAD" HUSBAND
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hrnnVhr hnX fPi".? i,?ft), ond ,her sister. ScarinB, a contractor, was
rJSJF wb" t0 Philadelphin.ye8tcr ay after two years' absence, dating
from his disappearance while bathinjr at Atlantic City. His wife,
believing him dead, had sued for his life insurance. Confronted bv her
husband in City Hall last night, Mrs. Searing collapsed.
SEARING'S WIFE
HEART-BROKEN
Wife of Contractor Believed
Drowned Collapses in Court,
Withdrawing Suit
THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
By M'LISS
Events In the Searing case today moved
swiftly. If dramatically, following the Identi
fication yesterday of Frederick Hoe Searing,
former contractor of this city, by his wife,
Mrs. Nancle K. Searing, who, believing her
husband to have been drowned two years
ii so at Atlantic City, has been waging a
legal battle to recover his Insurance about
1181000.
I'ale, weary and drab, Searing nnd Mlsi
Elizabeth Ilcndcll, liln former stenographer,
who, according to the police, followed him
to New Orleans after tho supposed drown
ing nnd lived there with him. tho both of
them a3 Mr. nnd Mrs. Frederick Heynolds,
appeared In court today for a brief moment.
They clung to each other llko bits of human
wreckage In an unfriendly sea. In default
of ball they were committed to Moya
mcnslng on the charge of conspiring to de
fraud two life Insurance companies.
Meanwhile in the Federal Court the wife,
who, until she had the proof of her own
eyes yesterday, would not believe ln her
husband's duplicity, collapsed after the
testimony that the man who was brought
back from the southern city was her hus
band. Former Judge W. W. Porter, Mrs.
Searing's counsel, stated thnt In view of the
Identification Mrs. Scaring wished proper
disposition of the case nnd Judgo Thomp
son Instructed tho Jury to render a verdict
for the defendants, tho Kqultable Life In
surancu Company and the Continental Com-
The Itcndell girl, who lived at 4904 Wal
ton avenue, seemed as far removed from
tho siren type who lure men from their
wedded wives as a thrush Is from a pea
cock. Sallow and seedlly attired ln a drab
t-ult and a worn old summer hat, the droop
ing brim of which almost obscured her
tace. the girl peered from behind her
glasses with frightened eyes as she was
brought Into the crowded quarter Sessions
Ver BlJter. Miss May Ilendell, with white
face and tightened lips, accompanied the
girl, and later visited her In her cell In
City Hall. . , , .
Searing stood next to the girl who, ac
cording to his confession, came to Now
Orleans when he wrote her a letter asklnr
that she follow him. As they were ar
raigned he touched her arm more as If to,
rather comfort than to gte It. He Hdgetted
uneasily In a baggy suit that seemed three
sires too large for him as they, took him
back to his cell. v ' '
The Eternal Triangle of the.novellsts, per
haps, but one with all the sordldness and
gloom that a heart-broken, too-credulous
wffe can impress upon It.
When detectives announced a few daya
ago that Searing had been arrested ln New
Orleans In company with Miss Elliabeth
Rendell, of 4904 Walton avenue, who was
his stenographer when he was In business
In Philadelphia, Mrs. Searing refused to
believe. She thought the detectives, were
mistaken. From that time she was under
severe nervous strain and when Searing was
brought back and she went to City Hall to
see If he really wa3 hor husband she 'rec
ognised him and the etraln was, too. great..
PAIR BROUGHT TO CITY
Searing and Miss RendeJl, who, accord
ing to the detectives, have lived In New
Orleans as Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Rey
nolds since August. 1916, came here yester
.. I.. miBtnriv of n. C. Cowan, operative
for the New. Orleans branch of a private
detective agency, ana iticnara uoyie. ai-me
Philadelphia Detective Bureau. Tney were
taken Immediately to cells In City Hall.
First recognition of Searing took place
WIENERS
S. W. Corner-10th & Chestnot Sti.
Starting Tonight
Open D.illr for Etenlna Meal,
Served SpIenJldlr BeawmabU Pile
lines, recognized me and wrote back saying
my wife had believed me dead and was
applying for my life Insurance I deter
mined then to leave her under the Impres
sion I was dead, knowing that, with my In
surance money, she would be well cared
for. Then I asked Miss Rendell to Join me
In New Orleahs."
Miss Rendell. said, according to Captain
Tate i
"I did not know who the letter was from
at first. When I realized It was from Mr.
Searing I went to New Orleans Immediate
ly. We worked very hard together and
lived happily for months. Ho told me ho
had found life nneW and wanted me to help
him forget his old one. We are both glad It
Is over, ns the suspense was becoming unbearable."
FUNERAL OF CHAS. T. GROSW1TII
Services for Well-Known Clubman To
morrow Afternoon
The funeral of Charles T. Ornswlth, well
known In Republican politic and member
of many club, who died Saturday nt his
home, 3435 Chestnut street, will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev.
Samuel W. Purvis, of the Thirteenth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, will conduct
the service nnd burial will be ln Arlington
Cemetery.
Mr. Groswlth had contracts for removal
of ashes from City Hall and for landscape
work on Rlttenhouso nnd Logan Squares.
He was a thirty-second drgreo Mason and
a member of the Union League and Manu
facturers', Rotary, Ocean City Yacht and
Aronlmlnl: Country clubs. His widow and
four chl'dren survive him.
whan Miss May Rendell. sister of his com
panion, called about 11 o'clock nnd estab
Ished Identification by throwing- her arms
about his neck and kissing him on the
cl cck. This meeting, as the ono which fol
Irred with his wife, was ulso dramatli
The two were closeted with Captain of
De.ectlvcs Tate for some time while the
Identification was completed for the police
records.
Mrs. Scaring called with her mother, her
counsel, Sidney E. Smith, and a friend of
the latter shortly before 3 o'clock In the
afternoon. As she entered the detective
bureau she leaned heavily upon the nrm of
her attorney and appeared on tho verge of
collapsing. Her face was white nnd drawn
nnd sho reeled constantly. Following the
meeting with her husband she was taken
to her home. The detectives say both
Searing and Miss Rendell made confessions
corroborating what they had previously
stated fpllowlng their arrest In New Or
leans. "APHASIA," SAYS SKAIHNO
Searing declared he had been n Utim
of aphasia and that, after he had taken n
arinK nt a Boardwalk bar, nt Atlantic i'lt
while In his bathing suit, with a friend, o -August
17. 19U. he remembered nothliiK
until he recovered his memory ln tho Char
lty Hosnjtal, In New Orleans, n year Inter
following an operation, in ti ..,.,.....,
it was learned, he had purchased a motor-
uuiit a .uoDiie, .ia., six days after his ills
appearance, and, for a whole year, toured
the bayous of the gulf coast His confes
sion, according to the police. Is an follows
"When I came to my senses In the Char
ity Hospital I told the physicians my norm,
was Frederick Reynolds. I wrote to Mlsr
Rendell, who was In Philadelphia, signing
that name, and she, reading between the
FRIENDS GO TO INDIANA
Philadelphians Will Attend Richmond
Meeting as Individuals
A "Friends' car" will leave Broad Street
Station at 8 o'clock tonight, carrying Phila
delphia Friends aH Individuals to the Five
Years' Meeting of Friends, representing a
membership of 10.000, which will begin at
Richmond, Ind , tomorrow und cloto Octo
ber 28.
Tho Philadelphia Yearly Meeting refused
to end delegates because tho Five Years'
Meeting has the pastoral system, while the
Philadelphia Meeting subscribes to the
"free gospel ministry."
Sketch Club Exhibition Opens
An exhibition of summer sketches made
by members of the Philadelphia Sketch
club will open this afternoon at 235 South
Camac street. The exhibition will open at
10 o'clock and close at 6 o'clock and con
tinue until November 3.
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Men who want something
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in getting Just what they
our perfect tailoring service,
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Keep sour akin smooth and com
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1518 Chestnut Street
Kvery toilet need for the foMI,
nys In camp,
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I JtffllliJl FIXTURES and TABLE
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I Until Five ,A . , ,. . B 1
A short walk along Automobile Row"
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Beginning: this Monday Morning t
for this One Week Only
Perry & Co. announce what is
bound to be the most Sensational
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INTENSIFIED VALUE SALE
since the inception of their
Intensified Value Policy, consisting of
2000 FALL & WINTER SUITS
of undoubted, unqualified and unquestionable
$25, $28, $30 & $35 qualities at the .
ONE UNIFORM PRICE
. '$20'
most of which are in the $28, $30 and $35 grades, and
not one of which has ever been offered for sale before
this morning on these or on any other counters!
This stroke is the finest achievement we have engineered for years.
To get the full story of it we must go back to the first few days of
doubt immediately following the Presidential Election of 1916. What
seemed to be the first definite news flashed from the wires on Election
night announced that Mr. Hughes was the choice of the Nation.
Before noon next day there was grave question of its finality, and for
several days, uncertainty as to the result was the general condition
throughout the country.
CJ Uncertainty is the foe of business. In the face of conflicting fore
casts, cancellations of orders and withdrawals from contracts are the
order of the day. We got wind of just such a turn of affairs in a big
woolen deal fabrics that were already half loomed were thrown
back upon a manufacturer's hands. We bought thousands of yards at
the prices of two. years ago!
J The fabrics thus bought we cut up and made into suits during a sea
son when otherwise we should have had to reduce forces in our tailor
ing organization; and for that reason we cut down their manufactur
ing cost to much less than usual, and further to carry out our policy
of giving a week of Intensified Values, we have also sacrificed part of
our own legitimate profit.
J The sum total of which accounts for our ability to hold this gen
uinely sensational Intensified Value Sale of suits made from unques
tionable $25, $28, $30 and $35 quality woolens and worsteds and
offered for this One Week Only at
One Uniform Price
$20
If Chiefly finished and unfinished worsteds, silk.mixed worsteds in dark,
conservative patterns; small fine stripes, neat checks and plaids; Cam
bridge and Oxford grays; beautiful browns, in delicate patterns; blues,
soft greens; blacks with alternating silk stripes of green and of blue
Single breasters, double breasters, young men's models, men's fash
ionable models, conservative models, all in all just the type and char
acter of suits that are wanted and worn by nine-tenths of our Phila
delphia male population. .
CJ This One Week Intensified Value Sale is bound to follow the course
of all similar Intensified Value Sales before it each day's 8ellingvill ex
ceed that of the day before ! Do not wait ; the crowds on each succeeding
day may defeat your desire to take advantage of this sensational oppor
tunity, 60 come in today !
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