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North Penr Depositors Beliovo
Trust Company In Building
Would Pay
ONLY. $769,149 COLLECTED
Bstaolishment of n title and trust
fcompany nfc the defunct North Penn
pink, Twenty-ninth and Dauphin
fctrwte, 1s planned by depositors of the
Institution, Tho plan, if worked out to
Its maturity, would, depositors hellcve,
fcet them a large return on their money.
Prosecution of former officers and di
. "tectors of the institution has been asked
of Colonel Fred Taylor Tusey, special
deputy attorney general, by Leo Weln
tott, lawyer for many depositors. He
threatens legal action by his clients if
the state authorities do not act, and
quickly.
The repoitof the appraisers of the
assets of the bank just made public
shows assets of only $769,140.50 to be
applied against net liabilities of ?3,-
' 549,406.04,
The plan to rehabilitate the bank as
a title and trust company was formu
lated last night at a meeting of several
of the large depositors in the bank.
The plan briefly provides for the xale
of $300,000 of stock to the stockholders
and others. Depositors would be paid
immediately 50 per cent of the money
that is returned to them by the receivers
i aqd would allow the remaining one-half
to remain in the bank for a four-month
period.
Deferred stock would be issued to
every depositor who stands to lose
money in the present liquidation to
rover the full amount of his loss. It
would be given to him free. A large
manufacturer will be asked to head the
new company. The depositors who are
. fostering the new trust company point
' to several trust companies in the vicin
ity which are paying dividends as high
as 20 per cent.
They declare the trust company would
be permitted to handle business that
would be inaccessible to a bank. After
the institution is running properly. 6
per cent would be allowed the holders
of the $300,000 capital stock. All money
above that figure would be collected and
paid to the depositors on their shares
of the deferred stock. Thus, if the insti
tution is established on 'a paying basis,
its sponsors declare, the depositors will
receive back every cent they placed in
the ill-fated institution.
DIES IN TRAINSHED
James K. Laudenslager Stricken by
Heart Disease at Lansdale
The body of James K. Laudenslager,
707 Cumberland street, who died of
heart disease while sitting in a trainshed
at Lansdale last evening, mill be shipped
to his home today. Mr. Laudenslager
was married and had three children. He
was a salesmen of spices and represented
his own business. He was about sixty
years old.
It was thought he wax sleeping and
dozens of persons passed him at the
station shed before it became kuown
he was dead. The body was re
moved to the Huff morgue at LtTisdalc
after it had been identified. A brother,
51. K. Laudenslager, a jeweler at Sou
dcrton, furnished positive identification.
a. o. h. convIntionhere
County Organization to Begin Meet
ings Tonight
The Grst session of the county con
vention of the Ancient Older of Hi
bernians, of Philadelphia, will begin to
night in the clubhouse, 1C0G North
Broad street.
Ilesolutions will be adopted on the
suppression of the "Dail Eiream," the
' Knglish army of occupation in Ireland,"
league-of-nations covenant, the coming
reception in this city to President
Kamon Dc Valera, of the Irish He
public. WHO'WAS SHE?
Soldier Wishes to Learn Name of
Pretty Girl Seen at North Phlla.
Lowell M. Limpus, sergeant major,
overseas replacement depot, A. P. O.
716-A, Fiance, saw n girl on the plat
form of the North Philadelphia Station,
stared at her, then saluted, in embar
rassment and won a forgiving smile.
The fleeting glimpse the soldier had
of the girl, white gowned and nrenm
panied by her small brother, makes him
wish to learn her identity and he is
seeking information of her through the
newspapers. Limpus saw the girl Au
gust 12, 1010, while en route to
France.
VICTIMS 0
RANK
PLAN TO OPEN ONE
Shppavd
Snappy New Neckwear
for Fall
The Collar and Cuff Sets needed to finish the gown.
Net, .lace and embroidery $1.00 to $16.00 set.
Lace Vcstces and Guimpes; charming styles fluffy
side frills, etc. Some havo an insertion of real lace;
others V-neck and no collar $1.63 to $17.00.
Sweater Scarfs two-toned effects $7.50 and $8.50.
Quite Special: Hand-embroidered linen Icollars and
sets, edged with cluny, or plcot roll and flat shapes. Col
lars, 50c ea. Sets, $1.00.
A FRIENDLY WARNING
Handkerchiefs are becoming more and more
costly and difficult to get buy Christmas Hand
kerchiefs now. 25c to $50.00.
Full Selection NOW.
BOY FOUND AFIRE
NTPOTRAN
Youth Near Death After Trying
to Beat Way to Father's
Bedside
CAME FROM JERSEY CITY
Lc Vargne Huntinghouse, eighteen
years old, is lying at the point of death
in the Hahnemann Hospital rom burns
received while trying to "beat" his way
on top of a train to Chicago, where his
aged father is continually crying for
him in what Is probably his last illness.
"Tell father I tried to get 'there,"
were the first words the youth said
after recovering consciousness early this
morning, several hours after he reached
the hospital,
Huntinghouse, with virtually all the
clothing burned from his body, was
found unconscious on top of the Chicago
flier when it drew Into Broad Street
Station by trainmen who ran to the car
to extinguish the "fire" reported in
messages, flashed ahead from signal
towers. .
The "fire" was Huntinghouse. His
burned and charred body was picked up
tenderly and rushed to the hospital.
But the doctors hold forth little hope
of his recovery.
From the story pieced together from
Huntinghouse's statement and the tales
of railroad employes along the way, it
was determined that the youth's cloth
ing caught fire near North Philadelphia
Station.
He says the fire was caused when a
low-hanging electric wire brushed
against his clothing just inside of the
station. The employe who flashed word
ahead of the "fire" on top or the Pull
man coach saw the blaze at that point
Otheis along the route into Broad
street saw the flames, also, and at least
ten warning messnges were received at
that station to be on the watch with
fire-fighting apparatus to extinguish the
names.
But the railroad men believe Hunt
inghousa's clothing caught fire when a
spark from a passing locomotive fell on
him.
The youth was employed as a chauf
feur at 37 Bronx Park avenue. New
York. Yesterday he received word that
his father was dying at his Chicago
home, 2251 Viles street. Without
funds, Huntinghouse said he determined
to "beat his way west.
He boarded the roof of one of the
Pullmans attached to the Chicago lim
ited as it stopped in Jersey City and
rode safely, both arms and legs out
stretched to take advantage or every
method of staying on, until the train
reached this city.
McKTNTY DEFENDS JOB
Warden Siys He Follows Bible in
Prison Work
A partial reply to some of the re
cent criticisms leveled against his man
agement of the Eastern Penitentiary
was made lat night by Warden Robert
McKenty, speaking in Inasmuch Mis
sion. .
"I was biought up on the Bible." he
said. "I learned the book of Daniel
like most children learn .lack the Giant
Killer, and similar tales, and I am
trying to fashion my existence at the
prison after the stories and lessons
got fiom the Bible."
Major A. J. Drexel Biddle and other
speakers also addressed the gathering.
TESTAMENT SAVED LIFE
Soldier Lost Portion of Bible, Pierced
by Shrapnel
A pocket testament, pieired by
shrapnel, has been lost by Sharon Fet
tennan, a former service mau, now
with the Williams6n Trade School.
Ketterman went to France with the
314th Infantry and carried the testa
ment into battle with him. Shrapnel
fragments tore through his uniform and
lodged in the little book.
"This testament is of great value
to me," Ketterman says. "The tinder
c.in see it was damaged by shrapnel
It was lost between Frank ford and
Media about September 7. Will the
finder' kindly communicate with
livnit broken soldier?"
Attacked Watchman; Shot
Leopold Curzain, of Wilmington, was
bhnt and seriously wounded early last
nighr, police say, when ho nnd n com
panion, Antonio Costonio, of Wilming
ton, attempted to bent up Joseph Jones,
watchman at the Children's Hospital,
who resented their treatment of two
girls at Seventh and Pine strcetB.
EYENIM31 PUBLIC
KITTEN ON TELEGRAPH POLE
DURING STORM; IS RESCUED
Wails All Night While Debate Continues to Decide Who Should
Save Her Reporters the "Heroes"
Walls In cat language drew atten
tion last night to a kitten crouched on
top of a telegraph pole in front of 2322
North Ninth street and unable to get
down.
A crowd soon gathered and ai no
body' could think of a way to get the
kitten off its perilous perch the police
were called. Thly in turn notified the
Morris Itefugc, but there it was said
that the rcsctio should bo accomplished
by the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to AnimaIs.
So the lamenting kitten remained on
the pole during the rain storm, and
was still there this morning, drenched
but still loudly calling for help.
Then the power of the press was
brought into play. Three reporters
went to view the unlucky kitten. Thev
WEARY OF ARMY, '
SOLDIER A SUICIDE!
John Whalen Ward, Philadel -
phian, Overstays Leave and
Then Drinks Poison
De-pondent because, he had overstayed
a forty-eight-hour leave from Camp
.Mills. John Whalen Ward, a veteran
of the war who had re-enlisted, killed
himself early today by drinking poison.
Ward was subject to temporary fits
of inssnitv, his family says, the re
sult of injuries received overseas, in
cluding a dose of mustard gas.
The twenty-seven-year-old soldier
had served abroad with Company E of
the 316th Infantry, and fought at ltel
leau Wood and Argonne Forest.
On his discharge from the service,
April 23, he went to his home, 331
North Twenty -third street, but n de
sire for armv life prompted him to le
enlist. He was assigned to a southern
camp and later transferred to Camp
Mills, where he was attached to a re
mount station.
About a week ago he came home from
ICamp Mills on a forty-eight-hour
leave. When the time limit expired he
was reluctant to return. He said he
was tired of army life and wanted to
stay home.
Early today he was found dead by
his mother and his sister, Mary. He
left a note to the effect that he was
through with the army, that he had
overstayed his leave and dreaded pun
ishment. Teamsters Want More Pay
The teamsters are at it now. De
mands for a substantial increase in
wages havo been made by the men
who do virtually 50 per cent of
nil the hauling work from the wharve3
and railroad stations. The union men
demand a $28 n week minimum for
driving a two-horsn truck or wagon
and $23 for a one-horse truck or
wagon. Chauffeurs also want increases.
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Bj r certain kinds of Turkish To- JkyW ;ffl
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UEDGTBR PHIBADBLPHrA'," TUESDAY,
found a board and mounted to the loof
of tho house at 2322 North Ninth
6treet. The board was long enough to
reach from the Toof to the telegraph
pole. Then Alice Heaton, a little girl
living in the neighborhood, plsied some
meat on the end of the board resting
upon the roof.
The kitten saw the road opened to
escape, but a night filled with nlorms
had made her timid She dared not
venture from the pole in which her
little claws were deeply fastened
But when a breere threw the fra
grant odor of the meat townrd her,
desire for breakfast dispelled fear'and
the kitten sprinted across the plank
to safety.
Children In the neighborhood sav
the kitten fled up the telegraph pole
to escape n cat.
BIGGER SUPPLY ASKED
IN FIGHT ON H.C. OF L
purchasing Agent Declares
Workmen Must Stick to
Their Machines
Woikmen must stick to theit ma
chines and increase their pi eduction if
the upward trend of prices is to be
slopped, according to J. H. Tregoe, of
New York, who spoke this morning at
the convention of the National Associa
tion of Purchasing Agents at the Belle-vue-Stratford.
Mr. Tregne, who is secretary of the
National Association of Credit Men,
urged the purchasing agents to spread
this doctiine. Pioduction is not keeping
up with consumption, he said, and this
is the real cause for the high cot of
living.
There must also be more ethics and
less shrewdness in business, he said.
Discussing the Federal Reserve act, he
said it has saved the country from the
worst panic in its history.
The final session of the convention,
which is attended by over S00 members
will be held tomorrow.
This afternoon the delegates will en
joy a trip down the Delaware. 'Ihey
will isit the great shipbuilding plants
and other industries along the Dela
ware river. The trip will start at the
Arch street wharf. Among the plants
to be visited are the Ciamp Shipyaid,
Victor Talking Machine Company, Now
Tork Shipbuilding Cotnpan, league
Island Navy Tard and the High Island
Shipyard.
Boy Loses Foot In Accident
Three-year-old Dannv Bronski's foot
was so badlv crushed beneath a tiolley
car near his home, 31(i Hope street,
yesterday that physicians nt the Roose
elt Hospital found it necessary to am
putate it.
Walnut Street
The St. James
WO GIRLS-VICTIMS
OF BRUTAL ATTACK', "
qt
Accuse Youthful Escorts
""iiuiiiiiK winning nie cnieny
Beating and Kicking Them trowded tenement, and the occupants,
. ... . Ithinklng their home were in danger,
111 Attempted Hold-Up 'hurried forth with their families.
, The fire hnd Marled on the rnnf of
.r-,n,lnr,n ...,r- the lnr''' tOI V builtllllg Kll CinCtl kept
NEIGHBORS MAKE ARRESTiit from spicaclinK. The lo was slight.
A story of brutal beating of two,
a. , "iHMJIII-ni, lllllll -IIMII .Mm
eighteen-year-old girls bv their voungl,,,,,, of 100!, Sycamore street . r workc.
men escorts wn told todnv when the i for the Camden Koige Cnmpnnt, is djing
youths were held without bail for court i "' Cooper Hospital fiom burns received
on chaiges of aggravated asaull and
battery nnd highway lohberv hv "Mag
istrate Wiigley in tho llelgrnde and
Clearfield street station.
All four concerned in the affnn- are
member of good famille, and the stoiv
hns aroused much comment in the
Kensington district. So bitter is the
feeling against the young inerr in some
sections that after the police failed
to apprehend one he was caught by fot -mer
friends and turned over to the
authorities.
The girls are Marie Trost. 4"?1 Bel-,
grade street. dauglitcof William Trost.
a patrolman of the Kast Oirard avenue
station, and Alice Smith, 2011 Knti
Dauphin stieet Mis Trost suffered
a broken jaw, blackened eye and nther
injuries Miss Smith was not iniiirm"
so seveielv
The joting men accused of the as
snult aie Frank Matlnck, eighteen years
old, Salmon sheet neai Allegheny nve
line, and his chum, Hman Isbei. eigh
teen yeais old Cedar street near Alle
gheny aeiiue
At he hearing todnv Miss Trost and
Miss Smith testified that they met the
two youths on SuiHaj afternoon and
accepted an mutation to take a wnlk.
Near Itelgratle and Ontario streets,
the say, the nuths turned on them
nnd attempted tn rnh them. Mis Trost
was knocked down and kicked on the
face and hodj Miss Smith cried for
help and fainted
Mounted Policeman Henckert heard
the girls' scienms, and started after the,
two jouths, who tied when they heard
him coming, but his horse stumbled and
they got nm r.enckert sent the girl
home for tientment
Matlack was arrested at work yes
terday morning lber was turned over
to the police Inst night
The TOUth snv two nlhpr rnnn, mnn
attacked them n well as fhe girls The
victim said thej were positive their
escorts turned on them i
Electric Table Appliances
tire M.cr.ssmi.s thtiir dam. ou are
aftmirfil of Cfttlnc
the rlsht ort here.
XH3
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J.F.BucbintD & Co.
1719 Che.tnut St.
A DVERTISERS are a
good deal like cars;
some are equipped with
a self-starter, others you
have to "crank."
The first is decidedly the
most modern type.
HERBERT M. MORRIS
Advertising Agency
Every Phaie of Sales Promotion
400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia'
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SEPTEMBER 23, 1919
FLEE FIRE HALF-CLAD
Frightened Neighbors Crowd Streets'
During Warehouse Blaze
alf dressed men, women nnd rhil-
ren filled the street early toilav when
firemen were palled to 75S South Third
street tn put nut a fire in the junk
waichouse of Onbm.lo & Lnnxuor The
Falls Into Vat of Boiling Water
I trunk flnrn mabi tM. rAm ..
when he fell mln n nl filler! with lmll
Thg natei while pulling nut a rhnin The
workman, n Pole i iledaied to hae
been n good wniker and a fateful man
i His accident was unexnei ted. nnd 1ms
bmuglit grief In Ins fellow worV-er n
well a to his fnmili DnrnrrvnKki lin
n wife and fur c Inldien
r Stationers J
Silver A Weddings
Knives - Forks
Spoons
Tincasod in
"VValnul and Mohorfaruy'
Syndic Dozens
Sets ofJZurand one JiaJf -five
Six and enp A off - and Seven Dozens
The New Shoes for Autumn
Standards of Quality & Fashion
FOR MEN
WOMEN
CHILDREN
SteirferaPali
v-i 1420 Chestnut St.
' Where Only the neat Is Good Enough
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CLOTHES
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MANUFACTURED IN AN ENVIRONMENT
CALCULATED TO ENCOURAGE IDEAL PRO
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MANUFACTURING ECONOMY AND CONVE
NIENCEEVERY WORKER IMBUED WITH
A QUALITY IDEAL TO MAKE THE BEST
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CLOTHES MADE I'NDER SUCH CONDITIONS
REFLECT IN THEIR. QUALITY, FIT AND
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JACOB REED'S SONS
14 a 4 -rst 6 ' Qiestn uttStreet
PHILADELPHIA
Wi Dlimhimtl in ThdiiJiliU Jtr AilifKuhiilir Cltlhti
A FEW OF 'EM LEFT
Just Keep Your Eyes Open on Chest-
nut Street and You'll See 'Em
Have you noticed It'
. Mere man has declared hi inde
pendence and now take hi place
alongside of the wntniiii who wear a
I summer lint in the winter and a win
ter hat in the summer becnuse she
likes it.
I Mnnj men wlici tried wearing their
straw hats aftei September .", the
I noimnl decline, this veai and finding
i they like it are continuing with the hay
I bonnet
' And the queerest thing of all nobodv
molests them. The excitable jouth,
who, in past cars. cmwned such ef
forts b smiting the hat down cnei the'
I wenrei enrs or taunting the wenrer1
I i holding bis pence '
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Takes Life by Gas '
Anthnnv Crnthus, forH-thiee years
old, 2071 Ent Allegheny nenue, was!
found clend 111 bed In hi wife Tn gn J
lets hnd been turned on in the hed
room
''Scrvind Pieces
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You'll like
the Friendly
Spirit here
There's nothing stiff
or formal about us here
at 16th and Chestnut.
I We're just some of
your own fellow cit
izens who are selling
clothes because we
know more about
clothes and like to sell
them better than any
thing else.
I A good many of us
have practically grown
up here in the atmos
phere of "N. B. T."
methods, manners, and
measurements, and have
absorbed and now ra
diate the atmosphere of,
what we honestly be
lieve to be the best made,
clothes in the country.
fl But, whether, we are
youngsters or oldsters,
there's only one spirit
among us, and that's
the spirit of friendliness
for and toward you.
J We like to feel when
we meet you here that
we are going to be of
some service to you.
We like to show you
our Suits and our Over
coats. We like to hear
from you what your
own likes are and find
V
them for you.
1 And we like, above
all, to send you away
happy in the satisfac
tion that you have re
ceived in sound, sub
stantial clothing the
value and the good
looks that result from
the very distinctive fit
and lines of our clothes.
Mau we have the
pleasure of serving
you:
Perry & Co.
"N. B. T."
16th & Chestnut Sts.
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