ir:i',v '" tyo!N ' to , EVENING PTJBBlCJ XDUER-PHILADELPHIA; FEIDAY, NOVEMBER 21), 1918 "U - -j Yf r or W "U r a;' POOL ROOM BANDITS KNOWN TO POLICE PltnsrimBR! MAKE ALL FIRES UTTIEHRES lYonr Insurance wouldn't rebuild your plant Property valueshavc increased so tho ' Insurance wouldn't rover tho cost of rebuilding, even if you could find tho labor to do it. "Thnt's why it's better to punrii ''dRalnst Arc. And while they do it, Glqbo Sprinklers pay for themselves out of reduced insurapco premiums. GLOfeE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. Son of Municipal Employe Said to Have Removed Gamblers Valuables (033 Wnnhlnicton Air. m factories In Ohio ttt ara Globe equipped Dickinson Ml 'X .-v-tLHBr .F, Buckle saves life j)F OFFICER AT FRONT f Mr- -hM tJeut. W. A. Davenport,. For- "'mer Phila. Newspaperman, .J". "Writes of Luck in War yy buckle on his belt t.aved the life Oj Lieutenant Walter A. Davenport, former Philadelphia newspaperman, when he was wounded at Fismes, on Ihe Veale. Here Is the way he tells about It In a letter to'u friend here: "'Once, at Fismes, on the Hlver Vesle, the Hun sneaked a machine bul l'e,tt Into me, but thanks to my belt btiekle, the bullet was deflected and I goUaway with a twelve-Inch Rash that Itlftped through the muscles of my no domen, but failed to puncture the In terior of that rather complicated and crowded sector of me. 'iJjAlso, In a house In. Fismette, just across the Vesle, I Inhaled a liberal "dfsV'of yellow cross gas and was riot ously 111 for a -couple of days. But, .tJJt's all, and nil things considered and there are a million things to consider I lljyo been just loaded down with luck." Lieutenant Davenport probably Is a SAptaln by now, as he said In his letter he had been recommended for tho pro 'hiotlon and expected to get It at' once. He Is assigned to headquarters of the tjfth Pennsylvania Infantry, made up of tho old Sixth and eighteenth Regl irients, N. C5. P. Davenport was on the staff of the 3u'blic Ledger In Philadelphia. He enlisted In New York city In the old Steventh New York Itcglment which was incorporated Into tho 107th, but he has bn with the boys of the Iron Divi sion ever since they began fighting. He nlas with them at Chateau-Thierry, and there won his commission as first lleu- tenant. His letter, written befon the sign ing; of the armistice, describes Hallow- . -een, as he spent It In billets in a ruin 1 e.(l French lllaKc. He and three other officers were guests of Captain William Show at mess. The feast was beef steak, mashed potatoes, boiled onions, ; fjifck gravy, hot biscuits and four huge pumpkin pies. 'Three Jack o'Lanterns ijla'de of squashes decorated the table. After1 the dinner four Italian soldiers of tlje. company entertained them with Hbngs and musical numbers. I'lie police pay they know nil live of the bandits who yesterday held up "I'hnrlle" Kelkor's poolroom, 23 North Thlrtenth street, and th.it one of the gang Is tho son m a 'municipal Job holder. It was the latte:, (.. poiiro assert, who deftly removed the valuables of tho ten "sports" In the room while his four companions In western stle, train ed nutomatlrs on the sheared (lock. According to fnptnln Kouder of the detective bureau, one of the gang mem bers uas Mike Duffy, who "uo weeks go escaped from detectives at Fifth street and Susquehanna avenue. Detectives at roll-call today scanned tho photographs of the five men said to hae engineered tho hold-up. Several of the suspects are known ns "gun toters," quick on the trigger. Captain Souder adlsed the plain clothes men to be ready for some rapid shooting If the men are cornered and light back. The police are using every effort to shield tho victims from publicity. Kel ker's place has been raided by the police several times, but those present at yesterday's entertainment are deomed of such Importance ns to warrant the best protection the police bureau's "se cret diplomacy can afford. Four of tho victims have .been reveal ed Two were lce squad detectives, said to have visited the place "on police business " All they lost was their suns. They are Thomas F. Leo and William Palmer. A third victim was Kelkcr himself. Th bandits relieved him of a diamond ring said to be worth $1500 and a roll of $1600. The latter Is said to have been tho "bank" of the "house." Other victims are said to have includ ed at least one n oil-known politician, three wealthy men-about-town, and a "spender" prominently Identified with tho liquor Interests. ? VM&KmHsss&B X&mS- if Is I SfVj ,-.. ;, , yds I a -sJiMmgim -; J BEGIN DISBANDMENT AUTOS KILL 2 JW0RE; OF NAVAL RESERVE 3 OTHERS ARE HURT Bureau of Navigation Takes Steps Toward Demobiliza tion of Officers Total 'of Seven Dcatbs by Mo torcars Reported Since Last Sunday lemoblll7atloii waMrp?JBi MRS. GEORGE BARNETT Wife of Marine Corps head, who was first American woman to lisit Manie battefields GAS ENDS FOUR LIVES of Flickering Jets Cause Deaths Couple jind Two Syrians In the last twenty-four hours four persons in this city were victims of accidental death l gas poisoning. Tho dead were Mr. and Mrs. David Sprague, t-ixty and sixty-two years old, respectively, 425 North Franklin street, nnd Abdul Jlajld Assad and Ahamad Katlle, Syrian lace and embroidery sales men. 247 North Sixteenth street. The odor of gas attracted the atten tion of Mrs. Ida Ellis, proprietor of a rooming house' at the North Franklin street address, about 2 o'clock yester day afternoon. She summoned Police man Harrah, of the Tenth and But tonwood streets station, who centered the room occupied by the Sprague couple. The gas jet in the room was found to be partly open, as was the window. The two Syrians had arranged for a Thanksgiving Day outing with u fellow countryman, Hassan Abbott, also a salesman, with whom they had come to Amerlc.i (lie vears ago. When Abbott called at the Sixteenth street house and got no responso-from his friends he nnd Hassan Jasper, proprietor of the house, summoned the aid of the police of the Fifteenth nnd Vine streets station to force an entrance into the room. The two men occupied separate beds. Tho gas Jet was found partly open and the window lowered from the top. Both bodies were removed to an undertaking establishment. HEROES' GRAVES ARE DECORATED BY MRS. BARNETT Wife of Marine Corps Command ant Lays Flowers on Manic Battlefields Mrs George Barnett, who lled In Philadelphia when her husband. Major General Barnett, qommandant of the marine corps, was stationed at League Island, was the first American woman to visit the Mame battlefields after the American engagements there. A special cable dispatch today to the EvnjiNa Public Ledger tells of her return from Belleau AVood and other famous fields on which the marines won immortal glory. On her -visit, Mrs. Barnett decorated many of the gracs of fallen American heroes with flowers. Mrs. Barnett was summoned suddenly to Paris by the serious Illness of her husband, who went oer to France for nn Inspection tour of the marine units there. Her trip to the battlefields was made after he had begun to recover. The Barnetts left Philadelphia when General Barnett was made commandant a few years ago. Up to that time he was in charge of the marines at the Navy Yard. ci.iia 1nlrnp In the of officers of tho Navnl' Reserve Koice were taken today by the Bureau 01 .uw gatlon which sent to nil commandants ana rorce cominanuern urom" cmlng action on application from oillceis for return to Inactive sen Ice. All oHleers who ran be spared fioni their present duties will bo returned to civil life as quickly as the exigencies Of the service permit, but attention was called to the fact that legislation I being considered which will allow oill cers who hold temporary appointments In the regular ntiiy or commissioned or wnrr.int rank n tne .Navai iiemrw Force on active duty to become per- ' manent officers, line or Btaff, In the rcc- , ulnr navy The bureau said It was very desiiiibh that officers serving on ships for pin poses of training or graduates of oil! cers' material schools on shore await i lng training, afloat should finish their courses. Except for urgent leasons their release from active duty will not be favorably consldeied until their Haiti lug period Is completed. Instructions covering tho release oi the first quoin are I "First To return to schools of col- . leges in complete unntii'siieu pum-auuii I Second. To resume an essential Indus trial occupation. Third. On account of . urgent business. Fourth. On account of t UCIIUIIUVI1L) IM K.llltiJ ' "Men enrolled In the naval reset ve force for special technical duties on shore shall be lelensed when their seiv- Ices arti not longer required ' "Retired men of tho navy on mtlve . dutv may be releastd from active dutv I upon their own leuuest. I "Aviation personnel will not be In eluded In the quota of men to be released at this time, but will be covered by bep.i rate instructions. ' "Men In naval units of the student army training corps will not be included In the quota of men to be lelensed at j this time. 'Owing to the present shortage In I certain ratings, releases from active dutv ' or discharges as provided herein will not be authorized for the present In the fol lowing ratings i "Gunners' mates (torpedo) Machin ists' mates (torpedo). Electricians (radio). Machinists' mates (except gas. ollne machinists' mates). Englneinen Water tenders. Boilermakers and cop persmiths. Hospital coips men" Patrolman Wcthernll Hancy. of the Belgrade nnd Clearfield streets police station, suffeied Injuries tn the chest and right leg yesteidny, when he was struck by nn automobile running along Jasper street The car was ownpd nnd driven by II M McVaugh. East Alle gheny avenue John Clements, sixty-sixth years old of 3141 Custer street, while -crossing Frankford avenue at Hart lane, was stiuck hv nn automobile traveling north on Frankford avenue late yeterdnv years of nse, was struck by an auto mobile last night fit Columbia avenue nnd (Jratji street nnd sustained a frac tured rib nnd possible internnl Injuries She was taken to St. Toseph's I nspltnl nnd Charles Barr, Nicholas street near Twenty-fourth, tho driver of the car. was nrresteu Two more report of persons killed hv automobiles were received toduj, making a total of seven motor fntaltles since Sunday. .... Isaac Pennell, twenty-four, I31G North Fifteenth street, was struck bj a ma chine at fifteenth street and Mont gomery avenue Into last night. He was removed to the St Joseph's Hospital, and died this morning. The driver of the nutomoblle. William Herbert, G4H0 Haverford avenue is being detained by the police of tho Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets station ... The other victim Is nn unidentified woman, about Blxty enrs of nge, who was struck hv a machine driven by Herbert Klee, 3208 Chestnut street Thp woman was crossing Mnrket street at Forty-first Btreet when Rhp was hit bv the automobile. Her body was taknn to tho morgue. Klee was arresien oy hip pnnee or and suffered fractured skull He was the Thirty-ninth street and Lancaster tnen to the Episcopal Hospital avenue station and will be given a liear- An unidentified woman, about sixty ing today. 0 jiUU-1' dHSfEuas Hl;ftr Black Onyx Jewelry Black Onyx m Combination wiiVv Diamonds Mounted in Platinvtm A Striking Color Contrast Finger Rings - Bar Pitas Flexible Bracelets -LaVallieres Brooches -Earrings - Scarf Pins o Do your Christ-mas Shopping in the Morning Jtrs. r. S. Eilmonils to Sail Franklin Spencer Edmonds, w lfe Philadelphia lawyer, will leave for Franco to join her husband as soon Mrs of the as Bhe can oouun a passport. air. Edmonds, who has been active in pro moting recreation camps for the men In France, has been over there nearly a year and will probably remain for six months or so. Major Straight, U. S. A., Has Pneumonia Pari, Nov. 29. (By A. P.) Tho con dition of Major AVillard D. Straight of the American Expeditionary Forces was reported today aa still dangerous. Major Straight Is 111 with pneumonia. Despondent, She Takes Poison Miss Anna Retzler, thirty years old. of Randolph street, abovo Oxford, Is In a critical condition at tho Episcopal Hos pital as the result of taking carbolic acid, lato yesterday. The young woman had suffered a nervous breakdown and was despondent. D ARDON us if today's A talk is personal, but we are proud to be charter members of the American Association o i Advertising Agencies. HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertiiinp Agency Every Phpte of Sales Promotion 400 Cheitnut Street Philadelphia lai "11113 m : m to ' 4 .,-. J . E. QilDWELL fr (p. CHESTNUT JUNIPER SOUTH PENN SQUARE' For generations, Christmas gifts purchased of J. E. CALDWELL & CO. have stood for all that is superlative in quality, art, individ uality and prestige. Suck gifts have ever yielded measures of appreciation and service beyond all propor tion to their original cost, be it large or small. Such gifts are, this Christmas, especially desirable as permanent reminders of the establishment of universal peace-on-earth whick nov? appears in such brilliant prospect. PEARLS, JEWELS, GOLDWARE, SILVERWARE, WATCHES, CLOCKS, OBJETS D'ART 1 1 Z: II I The Place For Christmas Gifts THIS YEAR you want to make a gift that will be individual, different, WELCOMED AND APPRECIATED. Visit our Galleries and see the many unusual articles at moderate prices. Where else will you find LAMPS with really artistic SHADES? Or Jewel Boxes direct from Paris? Or little RARE ETCHINGS of a hundred years ago? Or Bronzes, Marbles, French and Colonial Mirrors, Sheffield Silver, Picture-frames, and a thousand articles that are UNIQUE, in this City? Here you are ALWAYS welcomed! TheRosenbach Galleries 1320 Walnut Street Christmas Cards and Calendars We have Stuck to our Standards at Perry's! There's not a teaspoonful of cotton in the thousands of Winter Suits and Winter Overcoats in our big Store! CJ In spite of the widespread adultera tion of fabrics from the Atlantic to the Pacific, you will find at Perry's the old true-blue all-wool quality in every Win ter Suit, Winter Overcoat. J You will find only sound, solid, sub stantial merchandise that is as different from the substitutes being foisted on the market as pure gold is from pewter. I You will find new embellishments in tailoring and trimmings, new improve- , ments in the combination of ease and fit with smart lines and swagger style. CJJ And the prices show savings that are the result of our early purchase of fab rics; we believe that, quality for quality, you cannot match them in town. wmw ( Kf5arijfl yii d ; i jyP SE.COR.9, 5ANSOM 2ND FLOOR. BUY YOUR CLOTHES WHOLESALE ' DEAL DIRECT WITH THE MANUFACTURER OVERCOATS AND SUITS MvSSSwks WM Every wanted style and fabric. Big, warm ulsters that are un usual values. TO You Save $5 to $8 Come here and see for yourself that we make the clothes we tiell you. Made rleht before your ery eyes by master tailors and designers. No middleman's profit here. Select from 1000 suits and overcoats. Open Saturday Night -, For the convenience of those whose time is taken during the dan " j , ffrw; &jKwrfny Till 9 K M. i uiiii mi i mi ii ; t' I Tailoring Department -J Our Custom Department will build vpu a suit or overcoat to your perfect satisfaction for i $26 to $310. ti ..a ' $ At $20 Conservative stately black, fly fronts, sleeves lined with silk. Overcoats of shoulders and fl At $20 Swagger single-breasted Over coats in browns, grays, greenish mixtures. Cf At $25 a double-breasted blue Over coat with velvet collar, close-fitting waist, curved side pockets with flaps very jaunty. Cfl At $25 Conservative Oxford grays, single-breasted, fly fronts, velvet collars. CJ At $25 Oxford gray Overcoats in single-breasted butt6n-through-fronts, three quarters lined with satin. Cfl At $30, $35 Conservative Overcoats in smooth finish fabrics blacks and blues. q At $30, $35 Raglan-shoulder Over coats, single and double breasted; novelty patterns; overplaid effects; herringbone patterns. fl And so on up to the finest Overcoatings woven in big, dashing Ulsters and Ulster ettes, beautifully finished and finely tai lored $50 to $85. . Perry & Co.,n.b.t 16th & Chestnut Si i vm yrf 'mi t. &?; 4i M ' vs m r'i i M mz$ iiim3 S m -u- or- 'C .'v '-j$'&tA&&i til. m m mr "!TSS ,t ' 1',"wfAyv $swBhhHk' f3'"',' v
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