HWRIWWWK WJ .. WPIiBJWillJi.B!i7!W?WIMMBW .f 1. i1 ' -.. ,'-'' I HffHsraXXHHaM ,y ,WEmESDAY, bECEMBEIt 26, 1917 t,H ," J i it MtH'.7JMMgWByV' jg - t WKANB, HOLIDAY GUESTS AT SUFFICE. H&lJARTERS BUY THRIFT STAMPS AT POLICE STATIONS THIEVES IN CITY FAIL JESUIT, DIES TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY ' Fifteen Robberies Involving $5000 in Loot Reported to Police Over Christmas Pentitcntiarv Chan- Municipal and County Offices Are Tendered to War Saving Committee 1 FLAGS TO AID SALES bXonr Stationed in Phila- i, Expires in Worcester Ll' : ! i YE.ARS A PRIEST I'HIness Follows Celebration of !, Golden Jubileo in Holy I V Orders J ,Hv. ailchaol A. O Kane, s. J.. i of th pr'ests of the Church of the Philadelphia, chaplain of the Penitentiary and former prcst- .Of Holy Cross Collect, died today! Ijworeeiter. Mass., where ho went last nber to receive felicitations from ny among- the clergy on tho occasion 1 hla fiftieth anniversary lis a member f'the Jesuit Society. Father O'Kane of arterlorsclcrosls, complicated heart disease. He was sixty-eight rs old. '.The funeral will be Friday morning at o'clock, In the chapel at Holy Cross. thr Redmond J, Walsh, S. J., presl- nt of St. Josephs ColleKe. conducted rvthe Jesuit Society, and other Fhlla- hla Jesuits, na well as Phladelphla nan. 'Will attend the sen-Ices. Uurlal lit be In Holy Cross Cemetery. ' Father O'Kane was born In Ireland, 12. 1149, and entered Holy Cross lily 3, 1165, being a member of tho laas'of 1870. which numbered n mo nc Ufa members the late Blshon Mlcha and $lthop Thomas D. Bcavcu, of Spring- StfWFrom 1889 until 1892 rather O'Kane 1 rt president of Holy cross, and it was '-urlnr his administration thcro that the &fnaln building, known as tho O'Kane mldlng. was erected. 'ifrV.ltiAa t'friri .piiai1 ,..,. . n master at novices of -the, N'ew York j'fiaryland Trovlnce and later came to hlladelphla to bo rotor of Old St. rjMooh'a Church, fourth street and I.Wlllini's alley. Three years ago he appointed one or trio parinn priests ' the Oesu Church and chaplain of the ern Penitentiary. "tjt July 31 Father O'Kano celebrated nls golden jubilee as a member of fce Society of. Jesus. Bishop Heaven and ny other clergymen in and arounu tljr Cross urged Father Kane to visit Fsrccster that they, too, might pay l a testimonial on his completion or If a century as a Jesuit He accepted, ouch his health was not the best, and ,?rnt to Worcester In September. He was waf m, snore lime uio tuiese ui ma arimew, ather M, A. k. Keiicy, rector or me tholtc church at Hochdale, Mass , but Ffore he could return he was taken III went to Worcester. During his lll- i he was visited by many of the Phll- rtphla Jesuits and many Philadelphia men. jSFather O'Kane's death was deeply re- ,.Ctted today by the clergy attached to 5l Church of the Qesu and St.. Joseph's 'rViM, who sDoke In hlahest and most vftverent terms of his character and ! peblevements. Ho was regarded as one f,the createst missionaries in mo i.asi hla heart, they said, was as swcei innocent as a child's. .!-" - U DELAYS CONTEMPT ACTION :?. . . re Postpones sewage neanng Aalnst Phillipsburg Commission 4KmVIU, 4JCC -V, llrt," :,.. Iker today postponed for two wcoks j In the proceedings ror contempt mrt he has caused to be brought the city commission or runups- 'or falllnr to comply with his order tain the commission from emptlng , clty'a sewaco Into the Delaware .IThe Chancellor said he would glc thei r commissioners iw-o ta mine iu ,1.. nl.n, tnr MUHP, dlsDOSlll ..- ... ,.- eta tinnrrl nf Health and i advertise for bids. If something dcll- Is not done by that lime eownru nlnallnc the nuisance, the Chancellor e w.ould be preparcu w procecu . w. mntamnl ttcllnn. (John I. Blair nellly. of Phillipsburg. rasented tne city, una nccunu a-ir-l Attorney General Joslah Strjker ap red for the State. IV IISE CHURCH SERVICE FLAG I A t s M.fhnlc t CnntrrPfntions liW'Honor Patriotism of 42 Members m B"'. .rvio fliff' with fortv-two Mars La.'iA a nAthAdn. Methodist Enl- iSmml Church, Itlchmond and Venango 7 irets, yesterday In honor of members !?5VBthtsda and St George's Methodist opal cnurcnes wno nmo juiucu ." . TTntlw Cam's flphtnrH. Thore ' now twenty-ono men hi arlous hes of the service rrom eacn oi ine rcnes menuoneu. . .-.A, .n.wa mwMrtt ulltil- 111 IDMnWrH ttMth churches and adilr;seH were de- by Common councilman rrea - r.r th irnptv.flrtri warn: sam- I, Hanson, a veteran of the u. A. It.. L others. Si& " fe;IMB NOVEL'S DAY OVER r, Scout Executive Says It Has . Become Literature of Past he dime novel Is a literature oi xne fi said Charles Goodman, Boy Bcout lllvo, to tne memoers oi ine wii at their luncheon In the Adelphla afternoon. . O.J.an aM Jlf IhN WAfK Af the f, a. ...klAk tn,v Mef-lntr All nlltlftt ky nature eliminated the desire to dime novels ana ai mo imino nure . ..k ne -AonAntilhllltv. lhA lark Which Is the army's severest crltt- or. tne recruus. MOBTAIN 12,400 RECRUITS iberchip Commltteo of Red Cross y, No, 3013, Makes Record (.'-pamuel D. Lit, chairman of the ramp commiuee oi wu -wcuo-i f No. S0, composed or uimoei SnalUnhurn and Lit Brothers. ' reported 12,400 members, with a OI women SHU 10 oe uearu ( than 1000 of the members were 4 thrauah the efforts of Mm. L committee. This Is an exceptional KI for this auxiliary, Deing one or hii Miitna rrlvid hv headauar haa'a result of the bis national mem- . drive. 'AW KILLS FARMER JABTBR. Pa., Dec 2.. While r a casollne-drtven saw iienry a tenant firmer ct the farm b' DV8vaa,la-Bapho township,' HswKrl cnurcn ana Ht. joy, t-Ui UM'Delung of tne engine about the shafting, caus. i watob resulted In his death kUar. The tragedy was wit- i M."rtM,ana. on son. H-OWW i l I i ' , Gtmjkai' Betweii Can ' ' CJTTi Pa., Dec I.-John My-tkrM years old. died t JTMM Hospital at Fountain reoelved when he ear .at the Itaawaare wa on M WWK 1 l fv JaE"v MKill ' Wk HrlMikWwsM'lBHKlsflH UsatXA &uBKm ' i l I 'Mm - VJW Mt&&w,$k jkm99!'MmF'mjmKJuM --jBd&lwmS iSfitSmM7 t 'M 7mmmW H .liiiiiiiiiBbBVHiaiiiBfliBMScLiiHBL WmiEBmWzmrji7s38'iKBWe JrKMAM'JfiK7ntm''if'-i!mm. j&&n ( illllllllllllHisiHHKBBBEisK WsslHiHfeML MmmfnBmnl 'w" Ww r t nfl n h mmmmmmmmMmWammmSmmsOmKBtELmV jamMuMWMmWm.mWifWBs&3:mB'fw?if A TmimW5BmmilM.MMM h I Mrs, Joseph M. Gazzam presented "EXCHANGE DAY" NOT i AS HECTIC AS USUAL ! Shops Less Thronged "the Day After" Than in Former Years ,By JI'LISS It's exchange lUy all right, iu.'t ns December 2C Imh iilwayH been elnoo Ke decided that tho nhops wero a better mdluni for lepIcnHhlnB tho funilly wardrobe than the Gaiden of Hden; hut It's a different hind of exchange day thli year If you don't beHee this ro Into the Rhopi whero two days upo madding crowds In the pplrlt of brotherhood that Chrl.itman breeds foucht llkn linns tc pet to counters ahead of their fellow shoppers heo the thin handful of mal contcntH who arc trkKllner In todiy for the purpose of exchanging gifts and you understand tnai tins ih an exenaneo nay different from thon of oilier ears. There Inn't no luurh eXLharglnu being done today, trel becauso the people bought moro carefully, even though the last day's ruhh before, Christmas wa as hectl" n-i cer biore and, second. hei'uue tho majority of the phopa nro less lax in exchange liberties than they hao prolously been. Many artlc'e1 wcrn sold with .1 "no exchango" tag on them, others had n five-day limit. For this reason the shops today nro Invaded for the most pait only by thoe illsrAtlstleil (spirits who would hive exchingcd their birthday tulta If these hadn't been parceled out for a life, time. .Shopkeepcrs.exprcfs entire natifactlon with the way this Christmas passed off Tho spirit of practicality which per vaded tho buying did not hurt The fact that men and women this ear were ac tuated In their purchasing by a niOTo sobered and tempered way of looking at Christmas forced tho sales up In depart mentx that were usually dead and made them wag In other departments which heretofore did a booming business. The cheap Jewelry departments did very llttlo business, but, on the other hand, there was a great Increase In the purchases of expensive trinkets Teople are making the kind of monev described is "good" and they wanted the Kind of "lfts that are gud There Is more satis faction, therefore, with what was bought and less exchanges. Up In the Viy departments a rlt'Utlon exists uel as han never existed before The clerks actually havo time to play with tho mechanical toys themselves This Is unprecedented, because this Is the llrst ear that the stores or some of them, at least have said that no to) a can be exchanged The reason for this Is, drf t, because the toys are not as good as they formerly were because the French and German toymakers, who excel, have been other wised engaged and foreign toys did not come, and, next, because, Japanese and American toys ure not yet as good as their makers are going to produce them. gicn time to develop the industry. "We are not exchanging toys," one of the department storo officials said, "be cause the nw toys aro fragile and were bought at the buyer s on n risk, and, sec ondly, because fewer toys were bought this year. The wholo trend of buying, even for children, was along practical lines and we did not want the expense of added delivery." Therefore, the consciousness of war has done what years of preaching failed to do taken the excitement out of ex change day and brought about an al most Ideal condition of the majority of people showing satisfaction with the gifts presented to them TWO ATTEMPT SUICIDE Woman Shoots Herself After At tending Christmas Services After attending Christmas services In the morning. Mrs. Mary J. Reeves, sixty-five years old, of 3050- Martha street, went to her home. Bhut hcrseli In her room and shot herielf In the abdomen with a revolver. She Is In the Episcopal Hospital In a critical condi tion. Despondency over the death oi her husband Is believed to havo been the cause. Dinlol Morley, forty-four years old, of H8 Vine street, shot himself In the head following his Christmas dinner. He, was taken to the West Philadelphia Hospital and Is In a serious condition. He was said to have been despondent over Inability to obtain work. Edmonds Safe in France News that Franklin Spencer Ed monds, who is encaged in war work under the direction of the Brotherhood of 8t. Andrew and the V, MC. A., has arrived safely in France has been re ceived by members of Mr, Edmonds's family here. At a Joint conference of representatives of the two organizations held during1 September Mr. Edmonds volunteered his services In any capacity In which they might be of value. No announcement has been made of the exact nature of the work that he la doing, but it Is believed that he is en cared In organising a general campaign which will extend for the duration of the war. ' WMwoed Man Get Post CAPK MAY. N. J., Dec. 2 J. Senator Unrla T. Stevens, to whom was awarded tM wpeart-at-ariw of the State aan. gifts last night to American and French sailors who attended a Christmas DOWN WITH THE JAZZ! j CRIES INNER CIRCLE Terpsiehorean Fad Passes Under Ban of City's New Dancing; Association Down with the "Jazi ! ' Tho passing of this fad of tho moment, stvled by 'he professional dancing fraternity as the "vulgar fox-trot," Is decreed as the Hist Innovation plumed by this r'ty's new dinclng Institution, tho l'hll ndelphU Inner Circle Darning Associa tion, accotdlng to Prof. V. Herbert HobcrtK, master member and local super visor of tho national body for Pennsyl vania, Delaware a'ld Maryland. Incidentally tllo hvl-ishlp in dancing matters In this ilty Is passing already to this new organization, although It has been In action fcurrel more than a month and J, working against tho stubborn opposition nf tho conseralin members of the AKi-ucl.ttlon of Dancing Tearhers, which has an active mem bership nf hut fmtv. Tho Philadelphia Inner Circle Is a branch of the famous national body of that inme In ,w York which dictates to the entire country in matters of dinc Ing The local nrg.inlz itlon of dancing teachers Is a member of tho national body of that name Hnd has been tpo only dancing upsoclatlen In this olty. While thtro Is open ro-opcrillon be tween the two looal bodlen, deep an tagonism rankles In tho breasts of Mime of Philadelphia's oldest tcaolior. bused on an Inherent repugnant o for an thing that, means domination by New- Veil; nd abetted by the fact that they am adicrse to tho expenso connected with the maintenance or a Business service by the New York hindquarters) of the Inner Clicle Prominent linclng teach ers In this city say, however, that this element is ulnss -ager to study the bulletins that aic lsued onco or twk-o a month by that service giving the verj latest changes and new slips or forma In up-to-date dancing "Tho Inner Circle Is the most pro gressive and has made greater strides for the uplift of dancing In two cars than tho older organizations have oc compllslied In the last fifty," said Pro fesror Roberts today Ho Is aho presi dent of tho Ai-sc -latlon of Dancing Teachers. "Several new dances are under way," he rontlnued. '"mt at profent the cen tral effort Is to popularize a correct fox trot rather than to allow the continu ance of tho vulgar Jazzing step now the fad of the moment Tho Inner Circle vIU revolutionize danclni; In this city and place It upon a higher plane. The chief purpose of this aftlll.itlon of danc ing teachers Is to make dancing an nrt rather than a mere pastime. "The master authority on dancing, G Hepburn Wilson, supremo master mem ber of the Inner Circle, of New York and all the headllners of that city will attend a benefit dance in Scottish Illle Hall on January 21 and show tho very newest steps to be Introduced this a son. The Inner Circle membership In cludes Pavlowa, Ituth St. Denis, Isa dora Duncan, Mrs. Vernon Castle, Was laz NIJInBkl, George Cohan and Mary PIckford. WILL TAKE FIREMAN'S DISMISSAL TO COURT Association Expects to See "Jimmy" Simister Reinstated Through Equity Suit The case of "Jimmy" Slmlstcr, presi dent of the Firemen's Protective Asso ciation, who was dismissed from the service some time ago on charges of neglect of duty and Insubordination which Rlmlster alleges were "framed," will be taken to the courts. Attorney William F. Horke. with ofllced In the Commonwealth Building, has been retained by the firemen's asso ciation to protect the legal rights of Minister, for the members of the asso ciation believe that their president has been made a martyr to their cause ind they propose to see it through for him. Attorney Itorke said today that a bill In equity has been prepared, and will be Wed In Common Pleas Court No. 4 to day or tomorrow, to require Mayor Smith and the Department of Public Stfety to reinstate Simister to his for mer position of ladderman. The grounds of the bill in equity are that S'imUter did not have aa oppor tunity to present a defense to the charges made against htm and that the evidence submitted to the -board of trial was not sufficient to warrant his convic tion and dismissal. Attorney Itorke has had before hlr,. a stenographlo re port of the proceedings on the hearing and expressed confidence today that the suit which he will brinr'wlll result In tho reinstatement of Slmjoter. Nary Needs' Stenographers The United States Naval JUierve u..-.. Una Inaim a tall fni- thlrtv sten- hocruphers and bookkeepers. The men will be rated as yeoman gnu win nave u. .. -nnA,S)nllv tft forelffn service. 'Applications. Jer." enlistment should be I at- the- Navel Mwm...ytMWM' i JERSEY POLICE SEEK I FUGITIVE NEGROES ! Trenton and State Cops Hot After Two Who Shot Farmer Four Times TIIENTON. Dec. :c. Prank Urlccs, tin- slty-two- car-old farmer of Tulljtowu, Pa. who was shot four timer, bv two negroes at his homo hut night, w.ih rcjiorted today In a fa vorable condition at St Francis Hos pital, where ho wan taken. The physi cians there say ho may live The most dangerous of his Injuries In .1 bullot wound lr. tho mouth and neck. He Is not yet out of danger. Tho negro assailants nio believed to have como to this city to hide and tho pollv'i) here, nre searching for them. The police nro working In counf tloti with the Pennsylvania State police Cor stablo Mason, of Morrlsvllle, tr.ned two negroea answering tho description of the Intruder)) to South Trillion, but there lie lost trnro of them It Is believed that when they attacked th farmer In his homes they Intended robbery, but .vro 'rlghtcnid off by the srroams of .Mrs Hrlggs, who was In tho lintisd sit the time The Stato police, It Is understood, ra making i thorough search between Tirn ton nml Tullytown fur tho men THIS IS A GREAT DAY I Nutcil Philadelphia Savant Obs-crves ' ,' It ns Natal Anniversary I Today Is one of tho birthday annl- versariesof Di- Van Vechten Hosteller Philadelphia fdltor. humoilst. author and savant Hn Is thlrt-lun cars old. It Is ullegcd. I "Doc," aa moie Intimate friends are I uermltted to call him. was fairly del- luged with birthday greetings this morn ing at his olllce t ailed on the tele phone, he complained cheerily of the fact that his natal day, following upon the heels of Christinas, brings with it too much concentrated excitement. Doctor Hostetter, who Is an lowan by birth, adopted Philadelphia several earb ago, after varied Journalistic experleiue in many western States. His magazine stories and studies in canine psychology have attracted wide attention. COP SAVES "SPIGOT .MAN' Rescues Kensington Character When Frame Shop Is Burned The one-story frame shop at 3516 North I.aw-ronco street, which Prank Kramer, slxjy-flve ears old, a maker of spigots, has occupied for the last nineteen years, caught tiro early today nnd waH de stroyed, the loss being estimated at $1000. Kramer, who la known throughout the neighborhood as "the spigot man," was asleep at the time. Policeman Mc Fctrldge, of the Front and Westmore land streets station, saw smoke coming from the shop, turned in an alarm and dragged Kramer out. PARIS ENJOYS PLENTY, BUT PRICES ARE HIGH Anicrican Red Cross Department Chief Describes Living Condi- ditiens in French Capital The cost of living In Paris nowadays teems extremely high to persons who woro familiar with the cheapness of food In that city in the dayn before the w-ar, But there Is plenty of ever thing, If ou can pay the price, accord. ng to Warren Barton Blake, formerly assist ant editor of Co Iter's Weekly, who Is now chief of the editorial and historical division of the civil affairs department of the American Ited Cross at Paris. In a recent letter to his father, B. F, Blike, treasurer of Wanamakcr & Brown, Mr. Blake says: "Life In Pails is very dear now; you lack nothing at all, but you do havo to pay. Inasmuch as eating was formerly so cheap In Paris, the old-timer notices the difference. At Duval's chain of restaurants you may get more for your money than anywhere else. For six francs you can get a sufficient meal, but at other modest places I find that a meal for two is always at least twenty-tho francs, and at the p aces which pretend to any chic the cost Is proportionately great. Paris suffers for nothing In the way of comfort these 4as, unless you want to complain of not being able to have a hot bath as often as you might ask. And, of course, taxlcabs are hard to And. But the Metro Is up to par." Referring to his office at 4 Place de la Concorde (tho headquarters of the American Ited Cross), he remarlcs: "What a view I have from my window ! It looks over -the Place ind the fountain up in the center of it,. and over the bridge and the Seine, to the Palais Bour bon, where they make ministries, and the dome of the Invalldes.-, And If-tlie Eiffel Tower shows, too, why It is almost al ways swimming In mitt to Its waist 1 My third-story room In this very high celled building (It used to be the Cercle Royal, a very swagger and very fast club, and before that It was somebody's palace, -and lt l vlonf by tb FreneK doverwaeot), U.one of the Ust, for-lts vww.yp jm i' fife J! .-5,. wv-fj party at 17121 Chestnut .street. MUMMERS PLANNING NOVELTIES GALORE Inventors of Comedy Bent Are Working Night and Day for New Year's Scores of Inventors whose Mean mn along the line nf comedy arc working night and ilny on treatlons calculated to t'urprlco tho thousindH who witness tho Mummers' parade next Tuesday, With but six ilijs remaining for the big pageant, man) of theso geniuses 11c obliged tii -work nirjlit and day on their creations Judging fumi what Iiih leaked out there will he no end of thrills In the big open air show. Common Councilman .loliu It. IJalzle. rli.ilim.in of Councils' New Year Committee, nnd II. Dm McIIiigh. who will direct the pirnile, have urged tho munimeri to llvo up lo Ihu records of the past. V iev prcdk-t that the ihootTH will do (eu moie and siirpasi the dlsplavs of former veils. 'Hie piople nnd good ihcer In theto (crlous times. Mr. Italzley con tends, uud none wilt read tho accounts of tho New- Year Slioolois' p-irade with more delight than the bo s in the ti em lies. Up lo tho prc-'iit time twenty-four c'ubs;hiAn obtained pennU's to parade, ind of these It H predicted Jhere will bo at least eighteen In tho lino. Tho other Fcvcn clubs arc small oiganizatlons which simply make calls In various sections, but nre obliged to obtain per mits In ac-cord'uuo with tho law. Ill addition to reflectlnc lntt resting events in tho war It has luen learned that the inuninier.s will deal very can didly with the mihjcct of Woman Suf 'rago. Advanin lufoimatinii 1 oncern lug tho brigades ,-unl floats w lilt II will be In lino Indicates that the "shooti rs ' are not very onthuslastlo over tho Idea of w onuii casting the ballot. Several clubs will have Moats diplct Ing the resu'.J of tho high cost of living Incident Jllv these exhibits will show the com of existence In 1D30 nnd bound a warning for all wago earners to try and swell their earnings Following Is a list of clubj which hive obtained permits: I'ANCT DIVISION Club Cantnli. Silver Crown i'harl Klein .Michael J. Uillslcy . A1jm Aliurirr John If. Hank) flno terry STMMJ BANDS . . John T Tnlltot Jmncj, IVnrcsn Talhot Trlll.y Meadow Larks American .. 1-U.MH . .t ..Hobrt Alklnon .rrunl. Latterly DIVISION . . . . Frank Vanrlchle , . . . Wllllum C Schullz Albert jHnttt Oeorife H Krlhy Granville Simmons . '. KJwaril Kelly spencer Kellv fhtirlea splnelll .... John O IIICL'jns smim 1 aimlcn ... . W. II Y Ynumr America Illuc lllbbon Frankllr. Senior Federal Short Uecr KuZu John O Ulg-san . . . , E-tat Hide (Camden) . Ah a Snlrlt William Wharton ... Harry Sltnar . . .Waller lloic I ItltdHlllll) ....... linilJ nyiftrtu Naur Kraut Hand (Pottaville) II. K. Wenneli Dickey . David Hum John I Mordulre John Wnrrlrston Southeast I'leaaure .... Thorn-ia Chance furry Hockelntnn CHRISTMAS FLARE-BACK STRIKES TENDERLOIN More Than 100 Ca&es of Drunken ness on, Station House Dockets Kvldenco of a severe Christmas moral relapse nay, almost a collapse In the Tenderloin was displayed In a parade of literally staggering proportions In the police, courts today. More than 100 cases of drunkenness were on tho dockets this morning at the Fourth and Pace, Eleventh and Winter, Tenth and Buttonwood and Fifteenth nnd Vine streets stations. For this one day the total exceeds that of any week during the last threo months. Pollco magistrates, almost falling off their chairs when confronted by "the army of "drunks," declared that jes terday'a practice of saloonkeepers giv ing away drinks with Yuletldo generos Ity, coupled with the fact that the Ten derloin has been comparatively sober since the Federal tax boosted the price, was the cause of the pronounced return to tho old ways. Some of tho "drunks" were of tho worst type, illustrating the "flare-back" peril that lies In a merely temporary "lay-off" from "booie," po lice officials , said. All of the prisoners, who wire cor ralled during the hours following sun set, were given the "stand-up" test. If amo to stand, tney were reieasea. 11 nuv, they were put baclclnto a cell for another general test later in tho day, City Appointments Today City appointments today Include How ard Taylor, 1 West Shawmont avenue, assistant dlslnfector, Bureau of Health, salary '1000; Scott It. C-affney, 1112 Iteed street, jointer. Bureau of High ways, 13 per flay; Paul Mlesterfeld, S09 South Fourth street, guard, Independence Hall, J2.75 per day; Harry M. Hamil ton; 1912 West Passyunk avenue; Wil liam A. Schofleld. 2745 North Twentieth street; John H. Itoblnson, 643 Ridge avenue, and 4164 ! Price. .61 -Pa- terlua .Meef.otraiwitaMpi.'XjiureatlxM 99. Emblem of Patriotic Co-operation to Fly in Every Mock, Is Aim Thrift stamps will ho sold at the police tatlonn throughout the city and the main tax oftlee and Us eight branch nniees. It was announced today following 1 conference held In the Mayor's office between Mavor Smith, officials In charge of tho n tlonal war savings campaign and tho heads of the various municipal department?. Major Smith In explaining tho object of tho conference declared that It wan necessary to obtain the co-operation of' tho heads of the various departments and their employes If the campaign to( boost the sale of tho stamps In Phlladcl. , phla Is to bo a suciess. In turn the varhus department heads offered their nsslstance, Itecelver of Taxes Kcndrlclt offered to placo the stamps on sale In his main offlco In tho City Hall ind nt tho eight branch olllccs throughout tho city. Director of Public Safety Wilson stated that stamps might bo placed on sale In the various police stithns, pro vided that the additional cost of outlav to purchase tho stamps be provided bv the pavings committee. This Mr. C.is. salt agreed lo it nil plans will be for mulated to carry out the Idea lu addition. Director Wilson ngired to, distribute literature explanatory of war1 savings and thrift stamps to ench householder throughout the rlty The Maor stated that the cast and west entrances to Hie City Hall could be ured-hy the committee for placing thrift signs and that tho 1101th and south en trances could also bo used when tiny become available. The conferenco was attended by Major Smith, Dluctora Wilson, Krusen, Twining nnd Dalesman; t'itv Controller Walton, Sheriff Panslcy, Higlsler of Wills Shechan, Coroner Knight, Ketclvcr of Taxes Kendtlik, Director of Supplies Micl.iughlln, Harry V. Walton, Pro thotiolary; Slate Director Itohcrt Kelso C'assitt, of tho national war saving." icnimlltoe, AflMant Director William West and Samuel M. Clemuit, Jr., and Nornvin MacLeod, representing the Philadelphia District. A war savings flag flung in ccr ell. block Is tho latest plan of tho war savings committee lo booft the r-alo of war savings nnd thrift stamps to swill Philadelphia's shaic of the ?"..00n,0U, OOo war loan. Threo hundred of tho Hags have reached tho headqu irtors of the com mittee, at 1-133 Walnut street These nro the first of tho, threo or four thousand that will s"on I each here The flags M hn distlihuted amonir tho nfllrlnllv ct.ibllshcd iiKoncles for the sale of the stamps and will fly from poles and llius in 'i--nt of tint agencies The flags are blue with n white ceil fer bearing tho letttrj "W S, S." lu blue letters " Woikors from the clerical assistants' association of the Philadelphia puhllc srhoolR, through their president. Miss l.illlo It (irogg, offered to furnish the headquarters with volunteer workers daily The offer accepted, ten of the volunloera were on hand this morning and proved a great aid In disposing nf tho volutin- of business. The corps of workers will change dally Five hundred circular lettern luivc been sent to Philadelphia manufacturers urging them to boost tho .alls of thrift stamps and war savings 1 certificates among their emplojes In addition, Jo seph A Janney, Jr., chairman of the Industilal section lommltlrc, who sent out tho letters, reports requests from tho following firms that they bo ap pointed ageniios for sale of the stamps: tho Hess-ItrlKht Manufacturing Com pany, tho Atlas-Hill Conipan, Schauni .v. riillnger Conipanv, HaskoII-Dawes Machine Company. Stokes & Smith and K. Wl'klnson & Sons Company. All of these flims aro located III the Frankford section Tim William Cramp Ship and Hnglno Kulidlng Company applied today for "600 prlniein of tho war savings committee to bo distributed among Its employes. Tho company also applied for 600 thrift cards and 300 war-savlrgs certificates. Assistant Postmaster John H. Lister today sent tho eonmilttee one of the proposed tags to be attached to the mall bags nf letter car'ilers. Tho tag reads: "I Sell War-savings Stamps Help Your Country. Save for Yourtclf " With a v lew- to obtaining lhe co-operation of organized labor, Mr. Cassatt late today conferred with Harry Jenkins, secretary of the Glassblowers' Associa tion In the United States and Canada, nnd abked him to head a labor committee to boost the sale of the stamps through out tho State. Tho sale of the war savings stamps reported by the Federal Reserve Bank amounts to $4;7,720.01, and the con s'enment to the second dabs agencies $81,378 24. Tho thrift stamps sold amount to $li.I93 7C. Tho sales among tho agencies aggrec-ae 63,C17 73, 29,650,000 WORKERS AVAILABLE IN U. S. Figures Announced by Public Service Reserve; Plenty for War Tasks WASHINGTON. Dec 20 The United States has available for labor 29.050, 000 men, according to a survey made public by the Public Service Reserve of the Department of Labor. The reservo has been mobilizing avail able labor for work. It has found more labor power than can be utlllred at thli time. It reported today. The require ments of tho various wtr industries are being set off against the total of men and women available for work In speci fied lines It has been found, however, fhat the largest mobile labor force Is that upon the farms of the country, and these men .are not skilled In the me chanical trades that would mako them Immediately available for work on war supplies. There has developed a strong prcssuro to keep these men on th'e farms. The inoblle labor force, In the terms of the reserve. Is the proportion of men In any trade or calling that Is easily movable. After taking out the farm labor and the others not skilled in the lines de sired, there Is still sufficient labor power to meet requirements for war work, the figures show, ' PROMINENT DRUGGIST DIES Harrisburg Pharmacist Also Widely Known in Masonic Circles HAnniSBUna, Dec, 28. Dr. Charles T. George, for many years secretary of the Pennsylvania State Pharmaceutical Board, died today at his home here, aged seventy-three. "tie was on -of -the-best-known drug- in Pennsylvania, ana prominent in III a 4531 SM.. 1 71 -; f M J II SERVING THEIR COUNTRY At the top is Lieutenant Charles C. Watt, Jr., of GG05 Wayne avenue, Goimantown, in com mand of Field Hospital No. 22 at Fort Oirlcthorpc. In tho middle is Captain George T, Berger, of the Ord..anco De partment, U. S. A., who formerly was employed ns a civil engineer by the firm of Day & Zimmcr man. Below is Lieutenant Mur ray Ringold, who paid u Christ mas visit to his brother at 3030 Frankford avenue. He is htn tioncd at a southern training camp. LIVES ENDANGERED IN CHRISTMAS BLAZES Police Rescue Family When Tree Catches Fire During Night Firemen Save Cat The festive YuletMe saKon, In addi tion to jov and lnpplnes, brought the UHual number of fires During the last twenty-four hours seven flies were re ported, several nf which nrlgln-iled In flimsy Christmas trees or decorations. A burning C'lirlstnris tree, loaded with Klfts for the seven children of Mr and Mrs. Harry flohlbersr. 010 South Fifth Ftrect, nearly cost them their lives Three hours after they ictlred for the night thev were wakened by the crack ling of flames The treo was ablaze They were rescued with difficulty by policemen from tho Seventh and I'arpen tcr streets station. Flames which started In a straw-filled manger being pieparcd for u Christinas spectacle for u time threatened tho Church of the Immaculate Conception, Front and Canal streets. Workmen In the church subdued the flames before the arrival of apparatus A loss of $:000 was canted by fire that destroyed the three-story brick building at 235 Nor.h Thirteenth street, occupied by tho Ideal Film Ilxchange. Two women employes 12va li Baker and Helen Fairbanks weio assisted to the street by tho llremen. two firemen were overcome by smoke and a number of persons living nearby were driven from their hemes before the blazo was extinguished Tho lire followed an ex plosion, which Jarred tho I'litlre neigh borhood. During a fire which threatened the flve-story brick warehouse of Maclntyro & Orecn. wholesalo fish dealers. 38 North Delaware avenue, firemen, at the risk of their lives, tavtd u pot cat from being burned to death. Tlin flames, which were fanned by a stiff river breeze, Caused (5000 loss. A pile of waste tint Ignited at the foot of tho elevator shaft In the Ilac quct Club was extinguished by em ployes before uny great damage was caused. Tho blaze Is believed to have been caused by a cigarette carelessly thrown In the shaft. W. T. SYKES, FORMER COUNCILMAN, IS DEAD i" Funeral of Prominent Textile Manu facturer Will Be Held Friday Afternoon Former Select Councilman Walter T. Sykes, of tho Thirty-seventh Ward, a prominent textile manufacturer, died In the Samaritan Hospital Monday follow Ing a brief Illness. Mr. Sykes was taken to the hotpltal Sunday from his homo In lainsdalc. Funeral services w ill bo held at 2 o'clock Friday from the home of Ills' son. David Sykes, 3223 North Seventeenthstreet. Mr. Sykes wns born February 17, 1857, at Sadsburyvllle, Chester county, pile came to Philadelphia when a'young man and worked as a yarn spinner in a Kenslnutdn. milt. Several years later ho and three brothers purchased an Interest In the fuctory in which ho was employed. They moved the plant to Hancock and Huntingdon streets, whero the firm was Incorporated under tho name of Sykes Brothers, with Mr. Sykes as presi dent He was also vice president of the Toronto Carpet Company, whose plant Is in Canada. This company Is turning out khaki suiting and blankets for soldiers. In 1905 Mr. Sykes was elected to rep resent the Thirty-seventh Ward In Se lect Council, and was re-elected three years later. He was a close friend of Henry Clay, former Director of Public Safety, and when Mr. Clay was ar rested at the close of his term Mr. Sykes became his bondsman. The two city officials spent their summers in ad. Joining homes at Beeiley's Point, X. J, Mr, Byken is survived by his widow, who was Miss Clara Iteber; two sons and four married daughters, ' HI mother,', Mrs. John Sykes, aged eighty tiu-M.ajva ewo woiners, uavia'li'BykM Christmas was no bar to thieves In Philadelphia. Hold-ups and robberies went on ns If tho holidays and the pollcf, did not exist Criminals continued the series of crimes that ha made Phila delphia notorious during the lat month. Moro thnn J.'.onn worth of loot was obtained by the Industrious thieves, ac cording to the pollco rcporti. Seventeen robberies of dwelling nnd large mer cantile cstabll'linients 'took plicc Because they obtained only twenty three cents from their victim, two negro footpads who held up IVbcrt Contard', 1013 South Tenth street, beat him Into lncnslhlly breaking his nofe nnd causing other Injuries that sent him to tho Jefferron llnipltal for treatmenl Tho men were later arrested nnd hefd without ball for court by Magistrate IJooney. The heaviest los was ilalned by the Wells. Fargo i:pres-s Company when thieves, nftir breaking tho seal on n freight car at Tvvcntj-eventh and Pine streets, carted away several crates nf turkeys valued at $1200. Six plito glass windows were smnhed In In tho shopping district. Clothing valued at ?30n was stolen by a thief who hurled n hrlcl: through the store window of Joseph Urttensteln, sl2 South Twentleh street Two barometers were .Men from the shattered store window of Under A '"oi 189 I'hc'ti.-it ptrei and Wagner & nush ansl.y, 000 South street leported cloth ing valued at 5ft stolen In n similar manner A bold legsinin snatched two wntdies from n wlfdnw In Die storo of Philip nubln. :: Soulh ftrect Two pounds of sugar, sixteen pounds of butter nnd $20 were taken by robbere breaking Into the rear of the American Stores Company grocery rtore at Vine and Falrhlll Mreels. They Just missed ;00 taken out by the manager, Samuel Schaeffer, Christmas live. Two negroes, who smashed the window of a clothing sloro at Fifth and South rlreels nnd stoic two overcoats valued at $100, were arrested after a chare by Pollcennn Fcldinnn, of tho Second nnd Chi 1st mi streets station, in which fcev eral tevolver shots were exchanged bv tho negroes and the po'lceman The men, P.lchard Watklns, Eleventh and Catharine Ftreels and Casey Bird, 122S Hodman iticct wcrn held without ball for court by Magistrate linber Clay ton Bundle!, u negro, 1003 Hodman street, was arrested by Policeman Pola-' Itnff, of tho Second and Christian streets itatlon, lifter he threw- a brltk through tho window- of a clothing storo at Flevcnth and South streets and mado olt with a fur coit valued at 550. Magls Irate luibT :ilfo hold h.m without ball for court. A falsu ke thief ransacked tho home of Harry P Dlll.es, 831 North Twenty fourth street. Two JKO T,lherty Bonds and Jewelry v.ilueil at $300 are missing. After Henllng silverware and Jewelry valued ut $80 from the home of f!e"rgo .1 Seebar. 1U17 South Croskcy street, a thief made his way to the cellar and robbed the gas meter of $1 In eiuarters. Jewelry and silverware valued nt $43 were taken from tha home nf Mrs. Sarah mil. 1428 Poplar street, by thieves who forced a dining room wlrdow A Chinese signet ring with Chines" char acters was the only proceeds of robbers who entered tho residence of Flank Mo, 021 South Sixtieth street. The home of Wlllard Mastiin, '4020 Oicge avenue, was ransacked hut only u few- articles r.t . .1... .. A.A ,.1,.. .. cr ui tttiui- riu i.inrn. Thr hrec autonuLlIes valded at $4000 are" jlng. They were tho property of W? mlstdn r Mutchcler, of 4433 North Ninth street; ai. i ernig, or :au West Seventeenth Mrcet, Wilmington, and a department tore. A delivery autotruck belonging to mis concern was taken while the driver was delivering n package at 1501 Market street. Heservo Frank Toey ar rested Joteph Nulty, who gave New Or leans as his address, when ho tried to Meal another car from outside a Mar ket ftieet store. He was held under $1000 ball for court, by Magistrate Wat ton, In the Central pollco station Thre-o masked men ut the point of re volvers, "stuck up" tho saloon of Ludwig I.azulls, Ferry avenue and Kossuth street, South Camden They escaped with $300, TROLLEY HITS WAGON; ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED , Crash Near Maple Shade, N. J., Fatal to Philadelphian Driving on Track Francis Vogel. flfty-flvo years old. of West Philadelphia, was Inttantly killed, and Thomas Plunkett, twenty-two years old, of Ogontz. was seriously Injured when a bakery wagon driven by Plunkett waa struck by u Moorestown trolley cur at Maple Shade, N. J early thla morning. Plunkett was taken to the Cooper Hospital m Camden. Both the bakery wagon and the trol ley car were going In the direction of Moorestown, and It Is claimed that the absence of tall lights on the wagon mado It -Impossible for the mJtorman of the trolley to see the danier. Tho front of the trolley car was badly damaged and tho motorman, Kdw-ard Ahuellng, was cut by flying glass. Vogel's death was duo to a fractured skull. PARTNER ASKS RECEIVERSHIP Declares Ho Was Denied Account ing: or Access to Books Kqulty proceedings for the dissolution of their partnership and for the appoint, ment of a receiver were started in Court No. 4 by Thomas J. Reynolds against Melvln (Jerhnrt The two have been as soclated In manufacturing and selling heel guards since January 4, 1912. Hey. nolds alleges that his partner has never balanced the books of the Arm prop erly and has retained. for his owii us more of the earnings than ho was enti tled to under their agreement. Tho defendant.Jt is also alleged, re. fused to give Reynolds an accounting and free access to the books. There--fore tho plaintiff desires tho partnership dissolved and a receiver named to take charge of the affairs of tho business. EXTRA-FARE PLEA REFUSED Interstate Commerce Commission Turns Down P. R. R.'s Request ' The recent "application of the Pennsyl vania llallroad to the Interstate Coiri... merce Commission to establish an extra fare of $1 on the Congressional Limited, running between New York and Waslw Ington, was denied, according to a dls. patch received from Washington today The extra fare proposed waa similar to that of the Twentieth Century Llm. Ited, the flyer that makes the trip from New York to Chicago in eighteen houraJ Whe,n behlpd time the railroad euararii "' tees a rebate to passengers. Wilis Probated Today ' Wills probated today include those oV- jurjr a. iirointn. tan jvorth FranWIla- street, $16,000; John Kelly. 4lVriufc&l qhallt Vfim, $6000; Anna-W rm-- . w t- 9 flwm'iwwim. Kil
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