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MUPTO ITALIAN
'Suspect Under Police
Guard as He Lies in
Hospital Bed
MIKE, THE "FERRY DOG," HOME AGAIN
HAS BUCKSHOT W)UNDS
Burning of Homes Stops After
Holding of Man on
Arson Charge
Antonio Lagana, the Italian believed
to hae terrorized' the vlllago of Wet
llle, .". J by burning down threa
homes and partially destroying several
wore, was today held on a charge of
arson. An nrmed guard now sits be
side his bed at Cooper Hospital, Cam
den.
The warrant charges him with at
tempting to burn down tho homo of
Webster Krlpp, Westvllle.
Legana is In tho hospital suffering
from buckshot wounds Inflicted by
Krlpps. He has told the police several
conflicting stories as to the manner In
which the wounds were Inflicted. Fearing-
that he may attempt to escape.
Magistrate Leon Godfrey, of Woodbury,
has ordered that he be guarded night
and day.
According to Krlpps the Italian started '
a Are under the Mtchen porch of his ,
home shortly after midnight Krlpps,
who was standing guard with John1
JIuskle, saw a man flee" shortly after I
the blaze started and shot at him I
Flrat Mint's Ileal In Ten Ilnj-a
Last night, for the first time In ten
flays, the Inhabitants of Westvllle got
their first night' undisturbed rest.
The similarity of the fires, especially
the time when they were started, con
vlnces the police that Lagana was re
sponsible for all of the conflagration
The incendiary set fire to the homes
between midnight and 1 a, m. Threa
houseu were burned down, three were
partly demolished and several others
were damaged during the activities of
the 'firebug"
Police declare that Lagana started
his campaign of destruvtlon for revenge
against certain residents of the village
Detective Stcllman said today that there
Is plenty of evidence against the Ital
ian. On one occasion he was heard to
declare that he would 'clean out" the
village. ,
Recently the Italian was discharged
from a position with tho railroad. Short
ly after this he had difficulties with
'several Italians In tho vicinity.
IMrlnir Criminal
The fire epidemic vvHUi visited AVest
llle Is one of the most daring ever
recorded in the criminal annals of Now
Jersey.
The Incendiary opened ills campaign
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MAYOR TO PROSECUTE
IF WILL IS FORGERY
Mike is a iIor that liaa been familiar lo thousands of Jerc commuter
at the Delaware avenue anil Market street ferrv entrance for several
ears. On Wednesday agents of the Sodety for the Prevention of
Cruelly to Animals found Mike and prompllj took him up in llicir net
because he didn't wear a registered number. Now Mike is home again
in his little house among the docks, safe v ilh a magic number about bis
ncik. Little Harrv Joline, 1336 South Broad street, was willing to take
his savings to save Miko from being put to death at the pound. He was
one of several scores who olTereiKto save Mike's life. Liltle Harrv was
at the riverfront to welcome the dog home
He hntl visited our neighborhood onie
and I felt sure that he was coming hailc.
Shortly after midnight 1 smelled smoke
and, going on the back porch I saw n
man slinking toward the woods I had
a ahotgun loaded with buckshot. I fired
and" the man staggered and fell. Then
ho got up and rin away. I could see
htm clearly.
Lagnmi was taken lo the Cooper
Hospital wheie he told the phslclans
ho had boon shot by another Italian In
a quarrel over a woman. Later he said
that he had been held up and lobbed
while walking near Westvllle. Krlpps
Is positive Lagana Is the man who set
fire to his home
EMERGENCY AID APPEAL
Urges Funds to Buy Food for llic
starving in r ranee
With the receipt of n cab'erfram from
Pnrli in ttm rfot t ili.it thorn In Intense
about ten das ago when he sent anon)- I suffering among the poor of Trance be
mous "Black Hand ' letter to five rcsl-aue of tMe ack of nutritious food, the
food for Trance committee of the l'.tnfr.
gency Aid has Issued tin appeal for
funds to bring nbout Rpced relief for
these unfortunate people
The communication tame from Mrs.
Belle Armstrong Whittle, who Is as
sisting with the distribution of the food
fti Tranto through the French Service
de Santo of tho Ministry of War. Mrs
Hodman U Grlscom. chief deputy of the
committee In IVnii8lvnnla. yesterday
sent out notices to her co-workers call
ing upon them to redouble their efforts
In the collection of funds.
During tho last three months Mrs
OrUcom nnd her aids collected more
than $10 00(1 for the fund AH dona
tions should be sent to Mrs Grlscom
at the headquarters of the Lmergency
Aid, H38 Walnut street.
dents telling them that within a week
their homes would be burned unless
they supplied him with sums ranging
from S100 to $500. 'Wieso threats were
at first loo'ced upon as an attempt at
h practical Joke. Then the epidemic of
fires started
Rags and shavings soaked In oil were
placed under tho porilies of homes.
These were Ignited nfter midnight when
the residents of the town were sleep.
Ipg. In the first fires the victims barely
escaped with their lives, losing all of
their possessions In the blaze. ,As days
progressed the Incendiary became bold
er. Twice he nttempted to start two fires
in a single night, first piling Inflamma
ble material under tho porches and run
ning from one house to tho other to
ignite the oil and wood,
Residents (iuuril Froperly
For the last five davs the residents
of Westvllle have taken turns In sitting
up with loaded guns to guard their
property. Despite their vigilance the fires
continued
Krlpps's description of the shooting of
Lagana Is as follows:
"We were waiting for the firebug.
EXPECT MAJOR GLENDINNING
Prominent Philadelphia Aiulor
Due m IVcw iork loday
Major Robert V Glendlnnlng, promi
nent rhlludelphlan attached to the
American A'vlatlon corps, was ex
pected In N'ew York todn on the liner
Aqultanla. He Is a pioneer In the study
of aviation and his been overseas with
tho fivlng corps for more Hihii a car
Ills mission In France was to establish
and perfect the American uvlation
coi ps.
Major G'endinnlng Is well known
thioughout the country as n clubmin,
sportsman and a hunter. Ho Is a grid
uite of tho University of Tonnsvlvanla
alio Is associated with tha Fourth .Street
National Bank, of this clt. His home
Is In Chestnut Hill
VETS TELL EXPERIENCES
Hearing in Disputed, Instru
ment Naming His Bene-
ficiary Held Over
Tho person who forged the Menne-
wlsch will. If forget y It proves to be,
wilt be prosecuted nnd Major Smith
hlmf-elf. tho chief beneficiary, will
urge District Attorney Itotan to
bring the action, Francis M. Mc-
Adams, counsel for the Major, made)
this annom..mnt c;:crJ.ty Tho
attorney, however, Is convinced tho
will Is genuine, he added.
This is tho latest movp In tho
Mnjor's fight to get 5000 which wns
left him by Herman Mennewlsch,
who died In the Philadelphia General
Hospital on December 10 last. The
bequest Is dependent upon the gen
uineness of a letter nnd Its signature
In which Mennewlsch left $900 to a
negio woman, Anetta Tullwood, who
had befriended him, and the rest of
the small property to tho Major.
Tho Major has already announced
lie will give his share to charity If
ho gets the monej'. Opposing tho
Mnvor nro William Mennewlsch, a
half-brother, of 1322 South Divinity
t(reet and Mrs. Elizabeth Taj lor.
B338 ninehntt street, a widowed sis
ter with children.
The case came to n focus on
Wednesday nt a hearing before James
Sltcehnn, Register of Wills In which
tho Mnvor's counsel encountered
some dlfilcullv In hav Ing Menne
winch's slgnatuio Identified Tho
negro woman, ns a test, copied me
will and both the original nnd copy
showed similarities.
"Do 5ou believe the will Is genu
ine."' Mr. McAdams was asked jes
tordaj. "Well, that's a funny question to
ask me," the Hvvjer nnsweied with
a giln. "I nm tho Mnjor's counsel.
Itut If the Mnjor Is convinced tho
will, Is a forgerj', he will turn over
tho whole mnttcr to the District At
torney's office and ask for criminal
prosecution '
At the next hearing, on March 17,
the Major will explain tho tlrcum
stnncc,? under which he received the
letter said to be the will
Mrs Tullwood jesterdaj' denied
that she had wrftten the original will
and added:
'If I had wtitten that will I would
hnve given mjself tho $5000 and
Mnvor Smith about nine cents"
She Is a cook In the First Day
Nurserj', 2218 Lombard street, and
camo here from Pensacola, Tla
END FUEL ADMINISTRATION
Federal Control for I'ennsjlvama
Ceases Today
Today the federal fuel administration
for Pennsjlvnnla goes out of business,
necessltj- for the existence of the organ
ization being at an end
siatp coal Interests hive ' found them
selves," according to William Potter, the
only work of the administration being
the control over natural gas In McKean,
Trtttr nnrt Tinira Counties To theje
j counties will be left the solution of their
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URGES SUPPORT FOR WILSON
Judge Patterson Tells Churchmen
'Ihcy Must Disregard Party
Judge John M. Patterson, of Common
Peas Court, addressing 300 men In tho
Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, Flftj -fourth and Catharine
streets Inst night, called upon them to
uphold President W llson.
"Itcgardlcss of jour partj," said
Judgo Patterson, "It Is jour duty to up
hold tho President. Let us not call him
names We may differ In opinion re
garding his plans and his views, but we
must stand iquarely nnd flrmlv behind
him
"Attacks on men In office go all the
way down the line to the smallest cltj
official. After a while' people will be
gin to believe that something rcillv lsj
wrong with our form of government.
That Is what the Bolshevlkl want Wo
don't want Bolshevism Nor do we want
the continuance of tho attacks on our
national and city officials. Just stand
up for tilt m The public put them In
office and It Is lip to tho public to back
them. Let s all get together and make
the Ke stone state greater than she
ever was"
The Kiv W E P Haas, pastor, also
undo a brief address His tonic was,
The Need of a Thousand-Fold Man '
A Vvell-enjojcd feature of the evening
was a community sing Knellenburg s
Military Band of fortv-tive pieces also
won cri'.it aim ause. Tho bind piaveu
between the addresses and also for thei
singers Pstrlotlc marches and songs
popular airs and classical selections
composed the program
PLAN TO CURB AUTO THEFTS j
Legislative Committee Meets
Here to Discuss Remedial Laws
A meeting to discuss plans to combat
automobile thieving and to form plans'
of automobile legislation will bo held by
the Subcommittee of the Judiciary Local
Committee of the House nt the Cltj Hall
this afternoon
Among the hills to bo discussed is nun
hi Representative lox which cmrrna
the sale of automobiles and provides for
easier methods of Identification An.
other, sponsored hv Representative
Tphralm. would provide severe nenal.
ties for the theft of machines
The committee Is compose.! of riltitnn
Sowers. Leopold Glass. Samuel Uphralm.
Julius J. Levis. Edwin R Cox niul Mnrls
M HollInRsworth
The committee lias Invited Mnr
Smith. William II Wilson. Director of
Public Safelj , Captain S'ouder. of the I
Ilptppttia lt!it-a.nti Trt..A T,ki.
perlntendent of police, nnd lepresenta
tlies of various automobile Interests I
NEW CHARTER BILL READY
Full Rcn'sion Committee Will
Consider Measure Today
The charter revision Mil. which Is to
be Introduced In the Legislature on Mon
day, will bo submitted by the subcom
mittee to the full charter revision com
mittee for Its approval this afternoon at
the Chamber of Commerce.
Abolition of many municipal evils Is
provided for In the measure, which urges
a single councllmanlo chamber of nine
teen, establishment bv the city of Its
own street-clinnlng bureau and other re
forms calculated to effect economy In
the administration of the munlclpil gov
ernment and maintenance of the city
generally
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CHARLES
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COMPANY
61-619 Arch St.
SHAFTING
Hanners, Pulleys, Belting
Nurtcs to Hold Benefit Ball
An entertainment and dance for tho
benefit of the West Philadelphia Gen
eral Homeopathic Hospital will be given
by the nurses of that Institution at
Knights of Columbut Hall. Thirty-eighth
and Market streetB, this evening. Nurses
who have been actively engaged In war
work on the other side will be among
the honored guests who have been In
v Ited.
WE believe that if Advertising is a
good religion to preach, it's a
good religion for the preacher,
too. We spend our money as cheerfully
and confidently as we spend a client's. A
consultation here incurs no obligation.
Sherman &BwrAtf
ADVERTISING
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Established 1850
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1 1528 ChesfnutSt
The Apparel Shop for the Betlcr-Drcaacd Man
KNOX
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SPRING
HATS
EIGHT DOLLARS
Making something different, smart and
strictly within the limits of good form in
hats has always been the work of this store.
We invite you to see the"Spring 1919 styles
in KNOX Soft and Stiff Hats.
I "Boosters" Hold Banquet
...i T" ." . ."7 After-war conditions In the produce
inrcc MUlHirct, All Decorated by .business were laid on the table for ills-
r... ..i T. :.. u !. " cusslon at anotmr meeting hi inc.iuira
uuiciiuiicui, i,n.-i;i. in licciiuuiL nnnual banquet and anniversarj ninner
inree nunoreu veterans of rorelgn of the Boosters, hem last nignt in tne
uis oi mo milieu stales, ueiongiug toinaiu""" l,i l,,a v,c., ,j,. n,v,u
lilt- urnriui Htm , . ijittvujll 1'OSl i0,
", attended the meeting of tho Post last
night at the Grand Fraternity Hall, 1626
Aich street
livery man had fought In some wor
In which the United .states 1ms been
engaged and Ins iccelved n medal from
the government for gallantrj' In action.
Rome had been In as many ns twentj
two campaigns Men were present who
could have told their experiences In Cuba,
the Phllllplnes, China, I'orto itlco, Haiti,
Mexico, San Domingo, XlcarjgiM and
Europe.
TYPEWRITERS
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Fr Rent or Sale. Kiperl Bepslrlnr.
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'47 North 10
Guarantee Typewriter Go.
Itice 5083 D Eat. 1B02 nitxrt 3163.
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Silversmiths
Stationers
&
Mahogany Hall Clocks
Three Sets Chimes
Presentation
Gifts.
Rope Fire Escapes
For Home Uttice factory.
Fire Alarm
Systems
Electrical and
Mechanical
8-lnrli Hre .lirm
nnca operated
frnnt nil floors
llrenk (,1b . tire
Harm Kjatema
All 1 Ife Fire Pro
tection tqulpmrnt
Fire Escapes Painted & Repaired
AM Work Apprmert bv Kir tamtml
J. P. TIERNEY
Fire Escape Builder
269 South 4th St., Phila.
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Mann & dilks
1102 CHESTNUT STREET
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Tyrol Wool oh all wool
knittc.d fabric, does not
wrinkle or muss, and requires
no pressing.
Ladies' and Misses'
Plain Tailored Suits
24.75 29.75 34.75
Also
Motor, Street and Top
Coats
24.75 29.75 , 37.75
New Spring Hats
Black Suits for mourning
ready to wear.
$25
Wind-Up Sale!
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JCWELCRS SILVERSMITHS
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New Jewelry
I With Diamonds and
I Black Onyx, Mounted
In Most Attractive
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priced for tomorrow I
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Remainders of Winter
Overcoats and of Fall and
Winter Suits that were
big values all season at
$40,. $38, $35 and $30, to
be closed out in their last
and Final Wind-Up Sale
at the One Uniform Price,
$25!
I This is one big opportunity to
get a bargain in a Winter Overcoat
or Suit. We see no immediate Pros
pect of greater or better values for
next season than we were able to
give you for this. And that's the
point exactly the bigness of these
values at their regular all-season
prices in this store. You can save
five to fifteen dollars in this sale,
and know that you've got the very
best values in a Suit or Overcoat
that $25 will buy you for some time
to come.
1$ But you've got to get busy to be
sure of getting your size. All sizes
are here yet, but not all sizes in any
one style or cloth pattern. Maybe
yours is the pick of the bunch
Today!
$40 Overcoats for $25
$38 Overcoats for $25
$35 Overcoats for $25
$30 Overcoats for. . JJ, $25
$40 Suits for ....$25
$38 -Suits for $25
$35 Suits for $25
$30 Suits for ..$25
IJ Overcoats in double - breasted
models and in single-breasted mod
els Ulsters, Storm Coats full
silk-lined Oxfords, conservatives
and fashionables.
Jf Suits of worsteds, cassimeres,
cheviots in a good range of colors
and cloth patterns heavy weights
and medium weights that a man can
wear well into the Summer time
remainders of $40, $38, $35 and
$30 Overcoats and Suits, at
One Uniform Price
$25
PERRY & CO.
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