fJJSwTV wv, ncWS tf&tP; V yr.' 1 V EVENING' PUBLIC DGERPHIIIA3)ELPHIAV, MONDAY, v il v JULY 21,' JOlt) 1 V 1 1 . 4 mUSBAND SHOO u', B.--I1 r TS WIFE, KILLS SELFi liAII-Day Quarrel' Results in Sui cide and Attempt to Slay Woman IRON BAR USED IN FIGHT rv.- Called to thp door of her homr. ."Ol.t jMarkct street, Mrs. Annie Yoitne wni 1 confronted by lier husband. Frederick Michael Tonus, from whom he hnd "sep ,nrnted, owing to hi1" nlleced lirutnlit.v. (find was met with n fuiillnde of bnlleti. Three of four shots fired by the hus band struck the wife, one entering her 'head, another lodging in her hnek and the third in her right leg. The fouith went wild. She i in the Presbyterian Hospital. Tt i beliorcd she will re- 'cover. following the alleged attempted mur- (der of his wife, which took place late yesterday afternoon. Young turned the revolver upon himself, tiring the remain ing two bullets into the roof of his mouth Death came soon afterward to him in the West Philadelphia Ilntneo ipathic Ilospitnl Goes to Drug Store Mrs. Younc. although but partlv .dad. (showed great fortitude after -he had been shot In her husband. si. ,...- ceeded in making her um to n drug Utorc at Vift first nml M,,rlrt ..,. j "iicre sue gn-p,,i nut her condition I lore sue swooned me Hospital for treatment The nttempted minder of the if,. ,,, the suicide of the husband is decl.unl by neighbors to he the culmination of an all-day quarrel between the couple Young, who was fiftv-fonr rears old the police av. served n term in the Eastern Penitentiary for n similar of fense. I?ur recently he wns micas,.,. Visiting his wife yesterday. Young is declared by his son .lolm to have en caged in a quarrel with his mother over the disposition of the children of the couple. The Youngs writ married twelve years ago and lmc three rhil tlren, 'William, twelve; John, eleven, and Chnrlcv thne. The children are being cared for hv neighbors. Mr. Young coi, ducted a so. ond-hand furni ture store at her home nddiess "Mamma ami papa talked all after noon," said ploicn-vrar-ohl John, tell Ing his ston to the police of the Peace and Media streets station. "Then mamma sent me to mail a letter and while I was putting it into the mail box a boy came miming up to me and told me I had better go home because my father and mother wen' both hurt " 1 The three children of the Youngs nre being cared for at the home of a neighbor. Mis Catharine P.orni, 4.T Js'orth Parson stnet. They were In good spirits when seen there today, fol lowing a good breakfast served them by their friend and hostcs, who was inti mate with their mother. On'y the fear that he would die in jail and thus bring shame upon the children kept Mrs. Young from separating from her hus band a few dajs ago. it i.as v,nd today. News received by the three children that their mother was ilmost certain to recover from her wounds made them Very hpppy KclMivpi of Mrs. Young from Bal timore are rpeited to come to Phila delphia toda and annn;o to I.tkc the three children and .are lor thi-m until (utch time us their mother s ili-cliaige.) fcm the hospital and is phy-.eall,- ,u,,o t'j lock 'ftcr them. Meain .ill..- Mi'.lly Mrs. Bonn is attending to their wants voluntarily. Seized Iron ISar Before turning the levolver upon himself, Young, the police sav. feing that the shot- fired at his wife were Hot inimediateK fatal, seize.) an iron bar and hit her mor the head with it Told that her husband was still alho, shortly befoie Ids death at 11 o'clock! Mrs. Young remarked, "Well, he ought Jo be dead " When the Youngs were married, Mrs. Young was bcarrely twenty. Her hus band was nbout twice her age. Neigh bors bay that Mrs. Young is a hard working woman. They tell of frcment quarrels that occurred when the hus- Dunu visiteu the house. Mrs. Sally Dietrich, a lodger in Mrs. Young's home, beard the revolver shots. Acting uetective Koals. who visited thePresb.itPrian Hospital to obtain .Mrs. ' loung's statenunt, was told by the sur-1 geous that her reioveij was nimo-t .er- ' Jain, and left without taking her depo-, Mtion. The tragedy occuried about 5;45 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mi-.' Young was preparing supper when the doorbell rang, and she was met In a n. itey of bullets from her husband's revol- I yer when she opened the door. Young, ' at the time of his niairiage, was a li- Vorced man His lirst wife, neighbors say, obtained a iliwjrce from hnu ou the! ground of riueltj. At the I'rcsb.iterinn Hospital todav iti said that Mrs. Young, while -uAVr- lug irom iter wounds una other injuries,' was coniiiLere.i to lie improving. She passed a comfortable night. I CAFE OWNER SEEKS DEATH (Lancaster Avenue Man Said to Have Lost on Races IX. McMahon. seventy-nine jears old. a restnurnnt owner, of Lancaster ave nue near Fiftj -second street, the police 5, attemptcil suicide by cutting his v throat with a small penkuife. The ground is serious. McMahon, who formerly was well i known around the race tracks, and Who is said to have lost a fortune in betting, has been ill for some time. Yesterday morning his wife, on mini? '; i)pstairs, found him with blood stream- 1 Hag irom a cut in ills nccK. !Shc called 'amuulancp of the est Philadelpliiu ueral Hospital and he was taken to ; institution. BOYS HELD FOR TAKING AUTO HAPPY IN POLICE STATION Lads of Seven and Eleven 1 ears Do Not Seem to Appreciate Gravity of Offense or Car Owner's Sympathy Two Aoungsters who skylarked about the edge of the desk In the hearing in a room in the Lower Merlon police jroom. station today did not seem to renlire, ...,,'.,.. .,,. ..,,. Ar , they were under arrest for the alleged ' hP' UnS y"" Mr. Heck theft of nn automobile. jcontinued, "nre future clti7ens, and you Joe Marmon. seven years old. and'""' ' '""'' "''"Ph cot to do something Chester Cnttcll. eleven, of P.rjn Mawr, '" "" "K1' ,lf bat big problem." nre accused of borrowing" the "motor S" " "n, "lechled to turn the boys car of Leonldas Iteck- n nnnee mm.. Pvpr to ,IP j'l'cnllp othcials of Mont- ufacturer, of Cvnwvd. Thev drove the ,BnniPrv ,n""tv- Whil waiting for the car four miles Satnrdnv in n dounonur ' Jvenile ntlicers. Joe and Chester were 4KIL Ot rain and Were rllllirlit nfter thev ditched the machine. When Mr. Heck called at the nolice station and saw the defendants his anger .hanged to sjmpathj. With the permission of Magistrate Kichai.l T. Lewis, of Ardmore, he tried to mnke the boys realize the nature of the al leged offense and whnt it might lead to. "There Is n bigger problem here than the mere stealing and damaging of the car." Mr. Heck told the magistrate The boys looked up at the owner as though expecting a session in the woodshed Th jounger boy's head was lower than locked in a good -sized room in the police station. "They got up earlv today and hnve been raising Cain and sk larking nbout ever since.' 'a police sergeant said this morning. "Thev don't seem to realize what they did " Saturday was not the first lime .Toe Marmon met the magistrate. He was caught once before with other boys who broke into a baker shop, the police say, and ate up all the ice cream and enke thev could find. The Marmon bo is one of a family of twelve childien. His father has been it a hospital for netirl. nine months. RETURN MISSING BOY MRS. DREXEL AT CAMP Camden He Lad Told Benefactor Was Orphan When nine-enr-old Halsey Hrinnt. of li:iO South Second street. Camden. failed to return to his home after an absen. e of about a week, bis step mother reported to the police that she harg believed he was .Iron nod. Yesterday Mrs William Hertline. of 111! .ouilh Llglltll Red Cross Worker Reviews Men at Blddle Field LED, 3 INJURED, IS ACCIDENT TOLL Two Boys Drown in Creeks, One Run Over by Trolley, Another Hit by Train EIGHT RESCUED AT SHORE Pour persons nre dead and three are injured as the result of week-end trafhV and water accidents. Light other Philadelphia!! were res cued at Atlantic City. tthen it upset, lllgbeo nnd Jackson streets, 'Wissliiomiiig, wns uhconselous for more thnn two hours nfter he was dragged from the water bj a com panion. Hich was a graduate of C.lrard Col lege nnd lied with his mother, Mrs. Mary Hamilton. Shu is prostrated by the news of her denth and her grief i's accentuated by the fear thnt his hod) may not be found. Jtich was an ex cellent swimmer and it is n souice of wonderment to his friends that he should not have been able to snvc himself. IticlinnNon went into the water from the Baltimore nnd Ohio pier, about two blocks nlwne the ilam at Woodland nvenue. In a few moments he was swept from the shore by the swift cur lent and nfter a brief struggle disap peared beneath the Miifnre. While hun dreds of people watched from the bridge thnt spans the creek, the West Phila delpliiu police attempted to launch a tOUllOItt IYii.il tlin ttitlln.. 1.nn, T,. I This ,s .owe,- than .he average of the L "",. ,'";",-' '; ,! " the Current was so swift that they were niinble to do so. last sccrai SMinilajs, imt the police say that the licav rainfall of the last sev- einl das kept many persons nt iiomeaud thus decreased the chances of injury. The dead persons were: LMnard K. llltli. ".110 Itenner street, Wissinoiiiing : drowned in the Nesham iny creek. Ainns Itlrliardsnn. a negro, eighteen years old. 2-012 South Seventy -second street, di owned in Cobbs" creek. Tnnj Tolisio. four jears old, 1211! Soulh Clnii.in strretj run over by a trolley . ar in uiildeiillfled man; struck hv a train at IV n ind Willn; sficct. The niiiiied nre : .Tncrtih Tnl,ir WestmorelniwI sheet Itnl Cros, Dnv at Camp Drexel er i;mer.ild' giner.il contusion : niiH P.i.ldle, the tiMlinn training camp tit I mobile an ident Liiiisilnniie. was featured hv the visit1 Thomas T.ijlnr. Westmoi.lnnd street of Mrs. C.eorge W. Childs Drerel. in I",,11r J'''""'''1'" ' "''"'' "'J'1 l."""'"rntion, 1 Ili'liU , ii o ' "ui'iiiin- in uiirm f the canteen seiWeo section of the Southeastern I'ennsyUnnia i Chapter of the Red Cross. Mrs. Drerel insp.ct.d the c.inip. anil, with the ofli .eis. wnti lied '.'tl'l men training tl.Pie street, called on the l.i . . . 1 Tin I lee , itli 1... !.,.. 451. . , .-1111 ,.n I. . ..:...! ...i--'ii-' ...111 lll Illlt. .-,III .,il Mn .,n. "' "- icii no ... . ... , .-,!,. levew. lieu at Her Home an. sad his mother i m t, , ., . . w .i,,c,i.,,i ...,.i iii motner i m,v Dip(. with two staff captains w a ileal ami he had no one , ,,.,. fnr .,, , Wllk f,,,,,,,,,, ,rrh(( , M , him. lie was given something ,., eat. 'A .,. Ilri,xi, r'.i.l.lo. of the marine hon be returned the next ,lv ,IP ,. , rn,m.ee. ,o- was again given food He said ho was I man,ler of the camp: Clond Hamilton sleeping at the home of a neighbor. I). South. Ibrt marine ofli.e,-, and Later the hov ndmitten that he had ' members of the canteen -o, tion of the heen sleeping on porches and in out-IIlrexel P.iddle Ue.l Cross Chaptei , No. houses. i () Much Stexriison. Westmoreland street near Ihicrald ; bruises and laceiutions of Ilea. I . automobile accident. (ors in Itathlng According to a repoit of the poli.e. Hi. h, went in bathing in Neshaminj creek, nea- IIiiline ille. The waters of the stieam are swollen and the tierce current carried the 1011th beyond his depth In tore bis cues for help could be answered. Search for the mi has thus fnr proved futile. ISobert I!ct, one of the drowned hot's .ompnnions in the canoe Tony Tollsjo was struck and almost instantly killed by an enstboiind Whar ton street car nt Twelfth nnd Wharton streets. The hoj wns thrown to the street and suffered u fractured skull and other injiuies. Dr. Anthony Ju linno. 1211 South Thirteenth street, was summoned, hut the boy wns dead before his arrival. ' Pl.ijliig in Street Witnesses say the boy was plajing in the street and ran directly into tlie path of the tiolley cur. Patrick Ilehnn. lft.'fl South Twenty-si ootid street, the motoi inan of the car, was anested nnd held without bail to await action by the coroner. The widowed mother cmliraee.l ,! nea. i noiiy ol tier ilnld when it was taken home to.lat. Tim unidentified mini was dossing the tracks of the Philadelphia nnd Heading Knilw.ij at Pei.y and Willow stieets, when stun k In n fi eight train, lie was dead before rea hing the Hahne mann Hospital, wheie he was taken in the patrol of the Tenth nnd Ituttnn wond streets station. Clothing worn hj the man identifud him us ,i recently dis- Philndclphla charged imtlent of the Hospital The two Taylors and Stevenson were Injured in nn automobile accident on llensnlem turnpike just outside ot llustleton. Joseph Taylor was driving. He turned aside to avoid rollidlng with another automobile and struck a tree stntidlng near the road. All the occu pants ot the machine were thrown to the street. None wns seriously injured. Joseph Taj lor was arrested nnd churged with reckless driving. He will be given u healing at the Tacony station this morning. Light Phllndelphiniis were aiming more than n score of summer isitors from scleral cities who weie snatched from a heavy sen into pitching lifeboats after they had been trapped in a deep hole on the South Carolina avenue bath ing grounds nt Atlantic City. I'ntil it was filled by a Using sea the hole excited no alarm among bathers as they made their way seaward, for the iciimiii that it then was but little mure thnn waist deep When the guards' whistles piped them back later, under the altn.ks of the clashing breakers, men ii ti, t women suddenly found thein sehes plunged into n ttap that was over shoulder deep, and wild screams for help ensued , Mildied Young, Abraham Meyers. I Itudolpli Hanson, II. .1. Johnson and I Charles Iteiison were picked up unci niter another u (iiinnls .M.uulloin and Yates while their boat shipped large ciii.nititi -s of water and repeatedly threatened to capsize. At the same point (Suards McKenna and MiCanii rescued Pied Lrtell, John Andeison and Ilarrj llright. BIG DEMAND FOR PENNIES Coinage at Philadelphia Mint Break ing All Records The demand for pennies continues iiiiiihate.l The Philadelphia Mint for the greater part of the present month has been turning out 2.0(10,000 pennies a din ami at picsent is producing from 1.10'MMii) to 1 .('.OO.OOO of the , upper pieces each day, the reduced output being due to work in coining nickels and dimes The coinage of pommies is hrenkingi nil pret ions iccords. I WELL, THE WAR'S OVER So Thought Two Paymasters When National Anthem Was Played Two army paymasters were dining In the Casino at Willow drove. They were at different tnbles. The band began plnjlng the nntional nnthein. asked the officer to arise. .Much hti . grilled, he stood, only to see the waiter gesticulntc rather vehemently to tiia second paymaster who was the last to leave his chair. Boundary Flight Postponed Washington, July 21. Predictions of unfavorable weather during the next A waiter, when he saw that the diners twenty-four houis along the north At- were tardy in arising, motioned with tils hands for nil to rise. The pajniaNters in uniform did not see him. The waiter walked to one table and lantic coast led Lleutennut Colonel It. 8. Hartz, commander nt Polling Field here, to decide on postponement of his rim-aroiind-tlie-coiintry llight In a Martin bombing plane. 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Butteric k Publisher The Delineator Everybody's Magazine Two dollars the year, each F BONW1T TELLER 6X0. idjbeda(ShcpVfmalion6 CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET FOR TODAY (MONDAY) at Greatly Reduced Prices Women's HAND-MADE BLOUSES o 7r Formerly up to 15.00 O t O Hand-made blouses of batiste, daintily embroidered, hand drawn or trimmed with fine laces, some with frills, in white or flesh, a few in copen blue. , ;. - (j;.j4Pa8tor tor Hog Island Church pWJjj i'Tho mission of the new Presbyterian rthurcn ivtilcli is being established at hilriVvtifth street nnd Ttnl u .,.... - . --., .-T- ------ - .... -...- fc H.ruilU ftf Hs ueen piaceu umrer tlie leadership . tue ev. . u. noli This mission li being organized with a view of as idiUtlg thofce of the Presbyterian ("liurcli lo.itre now in the district of the Hog Nd shipyard, Ilev, Ooff was. v.-el- ibyi.a large attendance at both TO CLOSE OUT MONDAY Yoinen'f Tub Frocks Formerly 12JJ0 and 19,50 7.50 and 10.75 Of cotton voile, chintz or gingham. Women's Porch Frocks Formerly 20.00 to 35.00 15,00 Of gingham, cotton voile or organdie. Women's Summer Frocks Formerly 35.00 to 39.50 29.50 Of French chambre or linen, in lav ender, rose, blue or green. (Beauti fully tailored.) Women's Afternoon Dresses Formerly 39.50 and 15.00 25.00 Of taffeta, foulards or georgette. Afternoon and Evening Gowns 10.00 various Formerly 49.50 Of crepe de chine or georgette (black or navy). 38.00 braided Misses' Summer Frocks Formerly 20.00 to 35.00 5,Q0 Shirtwaist nnd one-piece models of Women's Sport Jackets Formerly 18.50 to 29.50 Women's Sport jackets in fabrics and colorings. Women's Capes & Dolmans Formerly 29.50 to 55.00 IQJjf) Smart navy serge capes, tweed dol mans nnd some short jackets in novelty fabrics. Women's Capes & Coats Formerly 59.50 to 85.00 S8.00 Exclusive models of velour or trico tine in the season's desirable color ings. Women's Evening Wraps Formerly 79.50 to 135.00 46.00 Exquisite wraps of taffeta silk, trico lette or satin in light and dark shades. Women's Capes & Coats Formerly 75.00 to 125.00 Jg qq Advanced models in tricotine, trico lette or satin and finvetvn -r,rr,K: -"--" w. .filia tion. organdie, gingham 14 to 18.) or vr e. (Sizes Misses' Summer Frocks Formerly 35.00 to 39.50 28.00 Georgette, crepe de chine or organ die in light and dark colors. (Sizes 14 to 18.) Misses' Summer Frocks Formerly 55.00 to 65.00 S8.00 Dainty models of georgette, crepe de chine, foulards or taffeta, one or two of a kind. (Sizes I 4 to 18.) Women's Tricolette Suits Formerly 25.50 to 45.00 22.50 and 27.50 Desirable models and in colorings of rose, copen and beige (broken sizes). Women's Summer Suits 35.00 to 98.50 Very desirable summer suits of pon gee, taffeta or white jersey, in attrac- ' tive models. -Millinery Clearance. This is one of the most important sales of the season, and consists of our remaining stock of straw hats (white and pink not included) to close out at 3.50 and 5.00 Best Values of the Season 1 - 0 fm f K3V. '. f , 8 ,v ft" tece any time- o o Ready with lively one-steps and fox-trots and fascinating waltzes that make you forget every care and just want to dance on and on. Music that inspires you to dance your very best the perfect playing of bands and orches tras renowned for their splendid dance music. As enjoyable with a Victrola as though you actually hired the entire band or orches tra itself. Loud and clear enough for a whole roomful of dancers and yet easily adaptable when only a few couples (or even one!) want a quiet. little dance all their own. Victors and Victrolas $12 to 950. Any Victor dealer will gladly play the newest Victor Dance Records and demonstrate the Victrola. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. 2$ Important Notice. Victor Recerdt and Vic tor Machine, are ocientlftclly coordinated and synchronized In the processes of manufacture, and should bo used together to aecuro a per feet reproduction. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the lit of csch month "VictroU" Is the Registered Trademark of tho Victor Talking Machine Company desig nating the products of thla Company only. -. nz ..?rz:,rovv rr:. fi ;'-. "vt...,-. tt&wr. f l.l viator I pw ( n M"V. 'slW jk HmmmmmmmmammammiL
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