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Highwayman in Eastern Peni
tentiary Makes a Rope
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Thousands of Commuters and
Others Dolayod by Accident
to Feed Wire
Timopioco of Boy Sea Victim
Draggod in by Man Who
Soarchod for Body
Reach Shore Exhausted After
All-Night Battle Against
Cold in Delaware River
Amer. Aerlrullural Chcm. C"
A. .V. Nklteraon. .lrcmlcct
From Pioces of Shirt
"Turner for Concrete"
:$9 buildings now under
HE ALSO CUTS HIS WRISTS
MANY USE TROLLEY CARS
RETURNED TO HIS FATHER
ENGINE BREAKS DOWN
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William Strtillk, twentr-seven rc-nrs
old, hiDged himself in a roll in the
Rnstern Penitentiary Inst night, where
he vras servlns a term of from two to
three years for highway robbery and
assault.
Ills body was found hanging from n
rope he had mnilo hy tying together
pieces of his shirt. lie had alio slashed
both of his wrists with a piece of tin
ho had torn from his mess pan. .lames
O'Brien, a guard, making his rounds
at 7 o'clock this morning, found the
body.
The prisoner had taken part in a
demonstration last week made by the
convicts as a protest against the quality
of food they were receiving, lie was
one of tho number who had been pun
ished hv solitary confinement in a cell.
According to Warden McKrnty. his
punishment was not such as would have
Induced a man to commit suicide, as
he had sufficient to eat and drink.
The man was sentenced In Bucks
countv on February 20 last for a rob
bery committed when he was worklug
nt a shipyard.
Warden MoKenty says the man's
period of dUcipllue was over, but he
was not allowed to receive u knife and
fork with his meals.
The widow of Stehlik lives nt
S24 Kast Fifty -fourth street, New
York, and his mother at 003 Kast 13,'itl
street, New York.
tellToFarmyjxpe N s ES
General Solomon Reads Paper From
General Marshall Here
An interesting paper on how the con
struction division of the United States
army spent more thnn $1,000,000,000,
written by Brigadier General 11. C.
Marshall. Jr., chief of that division,
was read last night by Colonel O. It.
folomon, of the engineering branch,
construction division, at tho Franklin
Institute.
The pnper showed that thn division
undertook nnd had completed or under
way nt the time of the armistice r35
operation in 444 different localities, cov
ering every state but one. "One of the
lessons of the war," the paper says,
"Is that the efficient conduct of large
operations is impossible without special
ization, and this is nowhere more
strongly exemplified than in the con
struction division."
An important function of the con
struction division was to provide for
tho expansion of the hospital accommo
datious of the country. A total of 294
hospitals, accommodating 121,000 pa
tients, at on approximnto cost .of $127,
720,000. In general the operations of
this division were confined to this side
of the Atlantic.
BANK REOPENS JANUARY 5
Phoenix Trust to Rise From North
Penn Ruins
The Phoenix Trust Co., organization
at which was perfected yesterday, will
open Its doors January f, taking over
tho affairs of the defunct North Penn
kAmnK at 1W.CUI.V -uiuiu umi luiijjuiu
streets, nie orin Lena xuuk imieu
July 7, The new company is tho re
sult of a plan formulated by the stock
holders of the wrecked institution, by
which the depositors are guaranteed
$1,000,000, or approximately twenty -fivo
cents on the dollar. In addition
they will receive 75 per cent of the
funds' collected above that amount.
The decision to open the new bank
tho first Monday in January was
reached at a meeting nt IGin Arch
street. The officers of the bank were
also elected, ns wero seven of the fif
teen directors. The company's charter
arrived from llnrrisburg yesterday.
FORESEES DROP IN PRICES
8. A. Llnnekln Also Tells Poor Rich
ards Business Will Slump
There is to be a good-sized slump
in business next year, and prices will
drop at the same time, according to S.
A. Linnekln, n business expert, who
addressed the members of the Poor
Richard Club at their regular weekly
luncheon today.
Before this happens, fiowever, he
said, prices, will continue to soar until
they reach their peak. After that the
slump. Food, clothing and other neces
saries of life will bi affected, be as
serted. Mr. liinnekin expressed little hope
for success of thrift campaigns, and
other methods being tried to lower the
cost of living. The fault of high food
prices, ho said, is low food production
in Europe. As soon as Kuropo produces
bumper crops again and things are
better balanced the world over prices
will come down.
GET LABORATORY POSITIONS
Krusen Makes Appointments to Phil
adelphla General Hospital
Director Krusen, of the Department
of Health and Charities, today appoint
ed! a staff for the new bacteriological
laboratories of the Philadelphia Oen
oral Hospitnl 'The new laboratories
were recently completed nt a rost of
several thousand dollars, and the posi
tionK on the staff were created by Coun
cils lust month.
Dr. Handle C. Rosenbergor. of 2M0
North Thirteenth street, was made di
rector and clinical pathologist at a sal
nry of 3500 a year. Mlsa Klsic M.
"White, of SROn Walnut street, was
made serologiBt tit a salary of 51".00;
Luna Londa, technician, $1000; and
Anna L. Bonney, housekeeper. Phila
delphia General Hospital, .$720.
Another appointment announced to
day was that of Joseph C. Scott, 2047
Kraft street, caretaker, board of recre
ation, $000.
BEQUESTS TO ReUaTIVES
Will of Mrs. Caroline Taylor DIs
poses of $100,000
Among tho wills probated today was
'thqt of Mrs, Carolln Taylor who was
(ftp widow of Captain Anthony Taylor,
FiO died December 10, at Devon.
iKhe left JIOO.OOO to her two daughters,
Mrs. Houston Dunn, and Mrs. John
'Wilcox, and one granddaughter, Allco
Whartpn.
Two other wills probated wero those
of, Jennie H. Pntton. 10117 Kast Alle
irliiinv avenue. SI 1.700. and Amelia
Heymen, J 52.1 North Seventeenth street,
$S000.
Civil War Nurse Has Birthday
Mrs Charlotte I'. Sloman, a nursn
In thn Civil War. celebrated her ninety
first birthday yesterday ut 1115 South
rMty first street. Her grandfather was
:tm of tbe "Orrmnptown miiea'1 in
the Ilevojutiou ana tno vnr or ,xoia.
A broken wire tangled up commit
tation nnd through train travel In and
out of Urnnd Street Station, this morn
ing. Thousnndi of pnsengers were from
fifteen minutes to an hour late in reach
ing their destinations. Many of these
were in an electric train stalled on the
hridge over the Schuylkill, west of
Broad street.
The break In the wire occurred at the
crossover from No. 1 to No. 2 track at
U tower, near Tlrond Street Station.
The Chestnut Hill electric, due In nt
8.14 o'clock, smashed its pantagraph on
the break.
A few hundred yards behind the
Chestnut Hill train was a Main Line
electric, due at Itroad Street at. 8:15
o'clock. Hack of this was another Main
Line train, hcbeiluled to arrive at 8:20
o'clock.
These three electric trains, nnd others,
both steam and electric, inbound nnd
outbound, were held up. while pas
sengers fumed and fretted, railed at
conductors and brakemen. nnd found
their feet growing colder and colder ;
their tempers hotter and hotter.
Towed to Itroad Street Station
The Chestnut Hill train with the
broken pantograph was the first to
move. A switching engine towed it into
Broad street. Meanwhile, the Main
Line electric due nt S:15 lay on the
bridge over the river.
It bad come to a halt about 8 :11. For
a tlmo the electric current was com
pletely off, due to the broken wire.
Then the current was turned on, the
motors hummed nnd the train moved
a few Indies. Severnl times this oc
curred, nnd once the train made it
first down, but It couldn't get off the
bridge.
After the delay una amounted nearly
to an hour, men among the passengei-H
prevailed upon the brakemen to open
the doors, and they streamed across the
Icy trestlework of the bridge to stairs
leading to the street level, there to
take trolley cars.
Women tried tho same thing. A few
got away it nnd then n brakemau
spotted them. He waved them back.
The men might risk their lives, he in
formed them, but tho women must stuy
on the train. One woman started across
tho tracks regardless.
"Yon mustn't do it," protested the
brnkeman. "It's against orders. I
won't let you."
"I'll go anyway," snapped the
woman, who was ns big as the brake
man. Iler eyes glinted threateningly
through her glasses, and she continued
on her wny. The brnkeman stretched
out and grabbed her.
"Madam, you mustn't," he insisted.
Conductor Sees Kaslcst Wny Out
"Urakeman, I will." she retorted,
and she started to pull away. Then
occurred a spirited wrestling match, the
brakeman as courteous as he could be
under the circumstances, the woman
mad clear through and determined.
Finally it was the conductor who sayed
the day.
"Let her go if she wants, he or
dered, and the brnkeman, with a sigh
of relief, disengaged himself from the
catch-as-can-catch-can. The woman,
glaring, made for the stairs to the
street.
A moment latr a Chestnut Hill elec
tric pulled up on another track. The
conductor of the stalled train halted it
and the delayed passengers were trans
ferred .and iinnlly arrived at Broad
street.
The 8:20 from Pnoli unloaded nt
West Philadelphia. Several other trains
did likewise.
Traffic was disorganized for nt least
two hours. Outbound movement was
over a single track. The 8:20 for
Chestnut Hill was combined with tho
8 :.10. The 8 o'clock express for New
York wns annulled.
Trains on nil lines were late this
morning owing to difficulty in getting
up steam and 'to frozen switches
SHIVER IN OFFICES
Tenants and Workers In Real Estate
Trust Building Suffer From Cold
Heatless offices with the thermometers
registering close to freezing point and
n hampered elevator service today made
tenants In the Real Estate Trust Build
ing, Broad and Chestnut streets, almost
regret ."Professor" Porto's world-end
prediction was baseless.
A careless fireman is blamed for the
discomfort suffered by the tenants and
hundreds of office workers employed iii
the big structure. According to the
chief engineer of the building, a fire
man last night allowed the water to
run low in tho boilers. The tubes in
two of the boilers were burned out as
a result.
MAILS WON'T BE DELAYED
Superintendent Here Says Only
Snowstorm Can Cause Hold-Up
"There will be no hold-up nor con
gestion in the Christmas mails," said
Superintendent of Mails T. O. John
son today, "unless there is nn unusual
snowstorm just before the holidays."
Superintendent Johnson said today
that the mnils were increasing hourly
from ill) to 50 per cent.
"And it would seem that Philadel
phians nre bending more Christmas
presents thnn they are receiving. The
outgoing mail is far above normal. We
sent out twenty-five tons today. In
coming mail is about DO to 50 per cent
above normal.
"But we are handling the mail in
record time," he snid. "We have .100
extra helpers and as the holidays ap
proach that number will he increased."
TIE-UP ON SUBWAY LINES
Car Jumps Switch at 32d and Mar
ket Passengers Cut
Hight trolley car lines using the sub
wa were tied up for about thirty min
utes during the rush hours this morn
ing when a Chester car "split" a switch
and becume immovable nt Thirty -second
and Market streets. The front of
the car turned toward Woodland ave
nue and the renr wheel remained nn the
Market street tracks. Hundreds of
persons were lat. for work.
The rear of the car jumped, striking
one of the elevated railwny pllldrs and
knocking over the car starter's shanty
nt that point. The car wns consider
ably damaged. It. was filled with pas
sengers. Borne of' there were cut by
broken glass, but pone was seriously
enougt Injured to go, to' a hospital.
The stalled car blocked nil surface
cars coming from tb subway. The
)laf affected included tho Chester,
rnrhv. Baltimore avenue.' lUncaster
avenue. Market street and. other Vrpt,
The frigid u.nc that rushed into town
The, ponds and streams In the suburbs
and Hunting Park lake wero the first
WOMAN RECLUSE'S BROTHER
SAYS SHE TOOK HIS FORTUNE
Had i'ol Seen Sister, Who Wits
1909 Gems and Money
Alleging that he wus victimized by ,
his sister, who got most of their fath-
er's HO0.OO0 estate, Harry liassill, I
seventv venrs old. 121 North eleventh !
street, a brother of Ida liassill, the re
cluso found (lend at S-14 Xorth Ninth
street, todny was apathetic over the
prospect ofjgetting her properly.
Valunble. gems and much money were
found in the house of the dead womnn.
"1 am n victim of my si.ter whom
T have not seen since 111(11), " be said
today. "She got most of my inheri
tance. My father left about R100.000."
"My sister was a belle In iier day
and U'-cd to sing in n church choir. She
was graduated from high school nnd
took a" lively interest in social nlYnirs.
"She had n passion for fine things,
pretty pictures, handsome furniture,
costly rugs. Khe used to complain over
not having all the fine things she wanted
when we were living nt Ninth nnd
Urown streets. That house Inter was
condemned for the Rending Railway and
was torn down.
"After my father's death in 100!) my
sister managed to get hold of all his
property. My father did not ienve n
TAILORS' STRIKE CONTINUES
Equity -Suit Resumed After Fallurei
to Settle Differences Amicably
Kfforts to settle the strike out of
court by the respective committees of
the emplojers and workmen having
ended In failure, Judge Stanke today
resumed the hearing of testimony in
the equity suit brought hy the Merchant
Tailors' Association against the Jnur
. neymen Tailors' t'nion, for nn injunc
tion against alleged illegal methods
pursued by the striking garment makers
in attempting to force thn employers
to accede to their demands. The strike
lias been in progress several months.
Witnesses called by former Attorney
Gencrai'llrown. representing the strik
ers' local union, denied emphatically
that there has been the violence, threats,
intimidation, assaults nnd open insults
against men who remained nt work,
ns charged by the merchant tailors.
POLICEMAN UNDER PROBE
District Attorney Gets Records In
Case of Orndorff, Accused
All records in the case of Patrolman
Robert C. Orndorff, accused of receiv
ing money for concealing the theft of
an automobile nnd allowing the thief
to escape, will be turned over to the
district attorney's office by the police
trial board of the civil service com
mission. The police board refuses to sanction
the return of the patrolman to duty
until the case has been finally ncted
upon by the courts. The Court of
Common Tleas No. 4, having refused
to issue subpoenas for the presence of
the necessary witnesses, the patrol
man made application for reinstatement
to duty.
VARE LEADER HELD iTTHEFT
$5000 In Loot Found In House, Say
Detectives
One of the prisoners caught in raids
following the theft of more than $100,
000 worth of goods from trucks is a
Varo division leader nnd an attache of
the sheriff's office. He is Louis Cam
eratti, division committeeman in the
Second ward nnd writ server in the
office of Sheriff Rnnsley.
Three other men were captured by
the raiders and are being held under
bail tndav. These nre Samuel Shinder,
3205 Turner street, held in .$1000 bail.
Hnrrv Shapiro. (Ill Snyder avenue, in
$1000 bail, nnd Arthur Sharp. 1207
North Seventh street, $1000 ball.
The division committeeman's bail
was lixed'at .$2200.
Camerntti's house nt 00(5 Christian
street, wns searched. It is charged that
ViOOO worth of stolen goods was found.
BOUQUET FOR HAZLETT
Recorder of Deeds to Get Flowers
for Christmas
.Many employes of the recorder of
deeds' office met in Room No. 751, City
Hall, this nfternoon and decided to give
their "chief." Jnmes M. Ilazlett, a
bouquet for Christmas.
Frank ft. Mumma', who presided, said
the contributions for the gift were to
be purely voluntary. Ho said It had
been the custom to present a gift to the
retiring nnd Incoming executive. Iln
expressed regret that there had been a
misunderstanding about the present.
Fellowship Has Dickens Party
Characters lrom Dickens were repre
sented nt n Chrlfctmas costume party by
the Dickens Fellowship Inst night at
the Musical Ark Cub, 1811 Ranstead
street. There was n large Christmas
tree.
City Still Has $15,192,302.50
City Treasurer Hhoycr's weekly
statement, issued today, showed re
ceipts of $355,577.07, nd expenditures
of 1.2fl2,33i.R7, not including the
Inking fund, This leaves a balance of
.$15,102,302,50.
Lf-iltfiT J'hnfn Serv:,
last nicht has frozen o'er tho Kairmotint I'.irU lakes to skating thickness.
nre ready for (he ring and swlsliof the steel-shod shoes. Cnnrnnrso lake
of the neighboring ponds ready for skates.
later In the day
Found Dead in Homo, Since
Secreted in ller House
will, t fought the matter for a while,
but everything was tied up and then I
"'!;' ''1 "iliigs drift."
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joti lots of meiclmndise nt auction
houses and reselling them to retailers,
said he will arrange for his sister's
burial, lie mi id he lind no plans ex
cept to !ic ns he hail been jiving.
"1 am no longer .oiiug," he added.
.Miss Ilifsill is said to have left a
Will in which ii large part of her prop
er 1 is bequeathed to charities. Dr.
Albert I. llcig, 711 nrth KiK,th
street, whose mother was an intimate
friend of the recluse, has assumed
charge of the dead woman's affairs until
the will is probated.
The physiciiin's mother, Mrs Ida
Hartmann. who was married a secoud
time, mid today Miss liassill had a
constant fenr of attack. She said she
had been attacked several times.
Mrs. Ilartmnn disputed the claim of
the dead woman's brother in regnrd
to the .$100,000 estate. She said the
fact was the brother had tried to gain
control of all the property. Failing in
that, she alleged, the brother refused
to touch any of it.
PENROSE SEES CUNNINGHAM
Senator, Convalescent at Home, Con-
fcrs With Alliance Leader
Senator Penrose, convalescing nl his
home, 1311 Spruce street, this afternoon
received Thomas W. Cunningham,
president of the Jtepuhlican Alliance
am' held n long conference with him.
The Alliance leader and the senator
went over the local political situation.
( unninghnni virtually was the first
caller at the Penrose home since Gov
ernor Sproul saw the senior senator last
week .
The visit was regarded as significant
in view of the report Tuesdav after
Mr. Cunningham had conferred with
Mayor-elect Moore that .Mr. Moore had
agreed to recognize Cunningham in the
distribution of patronage among mem
bers of the Alliance. .
After the Christmas holidays, the
senator is going to Florida for a short
tucation. He is rapidly recovering from
his illness.
tAS I HAS CANN NG PROBLEM
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Packers in Session Here Told of
Western Competition
If the East wishes to compete in'
canning with the West it will have to
step lively, according to speakers at
the second day's session of the Tri
stute Packers' Association, at the
Hotel Adelphia.
The canning industry in the Kast is
in a precarious condition, owing to
western competition, according to the
speakers. Professor W. Tj. Lecnto,
of Newark, N. J., recommended closer
co-operation between the farmer and
the canneries as one solution of the
difficulty.
Professor F. P. Temple, of Mary
land State College, made 'the sugges
tion that the state legislatures and
the dinners' associations offer prizes
for the best crops, in order to encour
age the farmers to increase their pro
duction. '
Elkton Marriage Licenses
lilkton, Mil., Dec. Ifi. The following
marriage licenses were issued here to
day: Charles Brown and ICdna Brack -inston,
Philadelphia; Daniel I. Hoff
man. Philadelphia, and Knthrvn C.
Comerford. Kssington ; John W. Strong,
Aberdeen, Md., and Caroline R. Young.
Philadelphia; Fdwnrd Hamlin nnd
Rlizabetli Randall, New York; Row
land P. Woodward, Yardley, and Kijza
beth .1. Nay, Monlsville, Pa. ; Flmer H.
Mover mid Marie Ilg. Reading; Mn
ford AV. Barrett. Norristown, and Dor
othy unrtmnn, rsuruerth.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Robert II Ynt,ni, 217 N. Juniper it . and
I ...i,.n..c... ..our,. . ,.. .lUilipT I."
1 Kmanuel l.rrenbeic. 132 R, loth at .
N'ellle SheUiick H2'' Dleklnsnn kt
und
nennia J Foley. 1(121 N. Coueitogu at . and
Bllen Carr fl.-,1 N. .10lh at.
William C. Kennelly. inns miner at and
cathiTlnu II. Halpln.' inns Itltner at.
Oeome w. Doneker. 20211 K. Tioga at . and
l.ottl9 IKtfmiUi. L'HIll N. Opal at.
Joseph Baker. SIR V.' ICrlei av.. and Itor-
tha I". SI rain, 1S4 W, Heymour at
Jullua A. Uonti. 2IS3 N. Hth St.. and Anna
K. Hnlz. till K. Tloaa at;
Jamea Ftouaa. 111.1,1 N. Cumac. at, and Mart
Kaealara 1(1.13 N. Caman at.
Ixivd B. Wecka. 2.130 H. Ilancroft at . and
Marjnria .1 Martin. Denver. Cot.
Arthur Caonetto. 131B H. SOth at . and
i'asiil Young, 1.1111 H. BOtti at.
Itirhnrd Adam. 3H.10 1'lna at., and Ituth H.
Stanford. .HMIl I'lne at.
William Aht. 2012 N. dill at., and Loulaa.
M llrauer, 31K Durfor at.
taailor Carton 211fi N. Natrona at and
Karati Kruiier. 2131 N. Natrona at
Abraham H. Uruger. 2at(l !4. Pattoii at. und
KlIzahHth Iiender. 2.'.in H. fatten at
Benjamin Ilarlah, (1JI Durfor at., and t'lara
llarag. Sill Taakar t
Martin Muller. 1121 Arch at., and Ada
WIlKon, 20.14 Waaler at. ,
Oeorgn Zimmerman, Mahanoy Cflty. Fa., and
draco Martin. Tamatiua. pa.
William J. ynmy. 1H2H N. 12th at and
Florence Dorat. 1R04 N. Camac at.
James Woodson 3.137 I'MUert at., and Marie
Oudena. 3337 filbert at.
Harold II. Wultera, 20S M Mt. Airy iivn,,
and BliznheOi lUndull, .'110.1 Hprlllg Har
den at
Abraham Itablnnwltz. tt),1 B, 4th at and
Itay Werllnakv, non H. 4th at. u
.Maurice !,ch. 1)3(1 Itldga ave., and Mary 15,
Hnnfeld INK N. 7th at.
Hoavllla Wlllamon. Porlatnouth, Va
Helon Jonnaoti, rnrtamouth, va.
lyoula H Dworkln, A3: N. Marshall at
Harah lilumenthal. Trenton. N. J
1iloe lIcIMnatrl. (J I.udiow at
Kannfa Matthew, KilOH HlnggoM at.
and.
and
ho opened
NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY
FEASTS MONDAY NIGHT
Thirty - ninth Annual Festival Will :
Entertain General Wood and
Other Celebrjties
The thirty-ninth annunl festival of
the New 12 n gin ml Society of Pennsyl
vania will be held in the Bollevuc
Stratford Hotel next Monday eve
ning, when the members will cele
brate Forefathers' Day, A number of
prominent spenkers have accepted invi
tntions, including Major General Leon
ard Wood, Mnry Roberts Rinehart,
celebrated novelist nnd humorist and
the first woman to appear on a pro
gram of the society, and J. Hampton
Moore, Mayor-circt of Philadelphia.
The cloud if war that has hung
over the hoeiety, ns over nil others, for
five years lias lifted nnd the members
will gather at their festival with
thanksgiving for the termination of tho
great eonllirt.
Tho guests will speak on diversified
subjects. Mr. -Moore will be expected
to tell something of his vision of and
for the city of Philadelphia of the fu
ture nnd Mrs. Rinehart will have one
of her own orlgiuul subjects.
Women will be welcomed as guests
and ma.y be seated nt the tables with
members. Placed in the balcony boxes
of tbe ballroom, where thn banquet
will be held, will be occupied by mem
bers of the society and their friends.
THIEF FLEES, LEAVING LOOT
Robber Frightened Off, Also Departs
Without Stolen Wagon
A 'ioiM' in Ills store awakened Wil
liam II. Mack, 1200 Butler street, early
this morning, and he looked out the
window in time to see u man carry a
crate of eggs out the door and place it.
in a wagtfu standing in front of the
place.
Mack van downstairs nnd the thief
fled. The wagon, Mack discovered later,
bad been stolen from Thomas Phlpps,
of 3710 North Twelfth street. Botli
eggs and wagon were left behind by the
thief.
CHILDREN "JAILED" IN HOME
Mother Charges Father Locked
Them Up Without Food
l.ocuetl in tlieir Home for twenty-four
hours by their father, it is ulleged,
without food or heut, six children of
Mrs, Elizabeth Kearney, 212S North
Dover street, suffered intensely from tho
cold this morning until released by the
police. One of the youngsters escaped
and notified a patrolmnn.
Mrs. Kearney preferred .charges
against her husband, who was arrested
and taken to the Nineteenth and Ox
ford streets police station. Fifty dol
lars were found in Kearney's pocket.
Magistrate CJrelis released him on pro
bation after be had given the money
to his wife and promised to provldo
a cheerful Christmas for the family.
LAUNCH CARSTAIRS YACHT
Miss Elizabeth J. Bennett Is Sponsor
at Event In Camden
The yacht Mndesnh, built for .1. II.
and T). II. Oarstairs. former wholesale
liquor dealers of this city, was launched
nt 1 1 o'clock this morning ut the Matins
Shipbuilding t'o.'s yard. I'omt and Erie
streets, Camden. Miss Elizabeth .T.
Ilennett. of Morion, daughter of Mrs.
,7. II. Carstairs, christened the yacht,
breaking n bottle nl champagne over the
bow while thirsty workmen looked on
with envious eyes.
The Madesab is eighty feet long and is
designed to make twelve knots an hour.
The yacht was built for cruising in
southern waters, nnd is of roomy Hues,,
comfortably fitted up, with three- btato
rooms, two baths and large dining room
und deckhouse. The boat cost about
.$70,000.
Thieves Break Into Two Homes
Thieves entered the home of Charles
Zeisel nt j:m,i Huntingdon hlreet early
this morning and stole clothing nnd
jewolry valued at $&!). The home of
llenny Georgana, at 720 McCle.llau
street, was entered. Clothing und jew
elry valued ut $115 were token.
Watches
Jewelry and
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Thrro miles off the const of Cape .May
enmeshed in n fisherman's net the watch
and chain nf.Hlxtceti-yeur-old Rnymnml
fsznrd were found. The boy perished
In nti open bont with John Lcdhetter, a
boy of Ills own ogn, with whom he went
duck hunting on November 7.
Two fishermen living in n village nenr
tho coast, It wns lenrned today, found
the watch. Tt dangled from the end of
a chain, crusted with salt, nnd wns tug-,
glng strenuously as though trying to es
cape. One of the fishermen snw It glls
tiling In the wnler, anil the name "Hay
mond Jszard" engraved on the case
stood out clearly.
The name revived the memory of the
hunt nlong the const for the two boys,
The watch had been battered by waves.
It had evidently been torn from the
coat of llnymoud shortly after the lit
tle fellow had removed his clothing.
On reaching shore the finder of the
wntch learned that a reward had been
offered. He got In touch with (1. F,
Iszard, 2tl West Hansberry street,
father of Raymond, ami returned tho
chain and timepiece.
Mr. Iszard said that while the works
were useless the case was well pre
hervedt He was overjoyed to get the
watch, and said it will serve as a incm-
orv of the bov who bad brichteiied hls!, 'r '..' " morning the Ittll
ory oi me uoj who unci nngnicueit nn i)nal wi, tKt five men arrived at tin
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yoMEN DEFY ELE6TRIC CO
Mother and Daughter Try to Prevent
Erection of Wire Pole
For several hours today, despite the
frigid weather, Mrs. Clara Silverberg
and her daughter, Bertha, maintained n
vigilant watch in front of their home,
1013 North Sixth street, to prevent
workmen of the Philadelphia Electric
Co. from erecting a pole oji their side
walk. Wrapped in heavy coats, mother nnd
daughter relieved each other. Rut tliey
lost. A patrolman arrived nnd decided
in favor of Hie company.
Mrs. Silverberg. who owns her home,
objected to the pole for tho reason that
n trolley pole Is nlso erected In front of
her house. When she awoke this morn
ing she found workmen already dig
ging. Sho then went out nnd stood in
the hole. Two men gently lifted her
out, but when they did so, Bcrlhu Sil
verberg took Iier mother h place, this
hniuiened several times. Finally the
men informed tho police, Mrs. Silver
berg says bho will hnvc satisfaction.
AGED FLEE FANCIED BLAZE
Smoke Causes Old Woman and Man
to Run From House
Two aged persons, n womnn of seventy-five
and her brother, seventy-two,
ran out hito the bitting cold nt midnight
last, night when smoke caused them to
think their house was on fire. They are
Mrs. Lydia Hawkins and Frank Haw
kins, i20 West Dauphin street.
Before retiring for the night they
found that the furnace was out of order
and placed n small coal stove In the cellar
to keep the water pipes from freezing.
About midnight they were awnkened to
find the hose full of smoke. They hur
ried out into, the street. Mr. .Hawkins
telephoned to the nearest lirehouse.'
The firemen found that the smoke was
from the stove in the cellar.
KEELY GETS $4500 POST
Appointed to New City Position by
Receiver of Taxes
Receiver nf Taxes W. Freelnntl
Kendrick nnnouneed today the appoint
ment of Harry AV. Keely us assistant,
receiver of tuxes, a position created by
the 1020 budget, with a salary of $4o00.
Tho appointment will go into effect
January 1.
Keely is the A'nro leader of the Fif
teenth ward und has been chief clerk of
the tax office for a year und n half at a
yearly salary of ,$!!000. He has beeti
connected with the tax office us clerk
for the last nineteen years.
Abner Dowdcll. a A'are man -of the
Fortieth ward, will succeed Kelly x
chief clerk in the tnx office, Bowdell
is ut present in charge of the delinquent
tax department ut $2500 u year.
Any size Coal you want
and when you wont it.
BEST COAL
EtlCoal $11.25 Nut Coal $11.75
Stove Coal 11.65 Pea Coil 9.55
Buy uaur coal now, don't
milt untU you arc entirely
out. Be prepared.
Owen Letter's Sons
inroJt Coal Yard In rli'ladcluklo
Trenton Ave. & Weilmoreland
Kt alone, Kant S33,
Hell, J'ranUfortl UnO
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1 comes from "Building 1 f ' ,&
I with Foresight." Right I "
I planning meets present j -'Wj
1 requirements and takes B , ' Mm
Ej care of future growth.
Remember this when u ' ,
I you build or rebuild. But
I write now for our 3 I. , J
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After they had been gheii up for
lost fivo men who battled all night
against u high wind nnd the Icy waters
of thn Delaware river in a small iunch
reached shore nt .'I o'clock this morn
ing exhausted from exposure.
Thn men are Harry Horner, twenty
nine years old: his nephew. William
Horner, twenty-one years old. both of
1210 Locust street, SOuth Camden ;
Thomas Mnlvln, forty .ven.ru old, opera
tor of the launch, wno lives in n boat,
house ut the foot of Jackson street.
Camden; Herman Johnson, Locust
street and Knlglin nvenue, Camden, and
ioodson Uloxson, (lloueester.
Tho men were driving piles at (Ireen
wlch Point for Armstrong-Lnttu Co.
and went to work from the New Jer
sey shore In n thirtv-five-foot hcml
coveted launch, the Juclc.
They started across the river nt -1
o'clock yrstcrdny afternoon to return
home and It was noted by persons on
shore that, tho boat was apparently hav
ing ii hard struggle iiguinst the tide.
The boat never docked ut tho oppo
site shore, and when Willintn Thomas,
superintendent at the Armstrong-Lattu
Co., learned this ho notified the police
bont King, -which Immediately set out
to senrch for the men. Tho boat pa
trolled up and down the river all night,
nlaying its searchlight over the water,
but nothing was seen of the men.
At . n clock this morning the little
e
old the superintendent that they
had had engine trouble and had drifted
to Washington Park, where the tide
In ought the boat Into a cove. They
succeeded in repairing their engine suf
ficiently to get back ttndcr their own'
power.
17-YEAR-OLD BOY MISSING
Disappearance From Ambler, Pa., on
December 2 Reported Here
Search is being made for Richard A.
Ureininger, seventeen yenrs old, of
Ambler, Pa,, who disappeared from his
home on December 2 and has not been
heard I from since.
He is described ns being five feet
seven inches high, weighing about 12.1
pounds, having light Jinlr and wearing
n long gray overcoat.
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mount nve. Int. nnvale '
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of apartment or Mrs I.. IS. ciourlev. aj'ih
inn nprinz i.nrtien st, IteJntUes and frlen Ik
Invited to scrvlcfi. Hat.. ! p. m it tho
Diver I. llalr llulldimr. 1S!) C'heM ut it
Int private. West Laurel 11111 tVm.
ni'iry. rcc. 17, at ri.iia.. pa ivi-
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tome. ('IIAIU.IJS SPrilllNH, nited 7t I ll-la-tlvea
anil frlendi, also Crncenl t.odse .N'o
1113, K. and A. M . Invited to funeral lfrl '
L1 p. in., from 3333 N. Hroiul st. Int.' .Mon
ument Oin.
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONBItS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
roadway Lumte
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Temporarily annulled during the coal shortage the Broadway
Limited will resume its daily trips
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TURNER
Construction Co.
I7III Hansom Hired
Dager to Address Frankford Fathers
The Rev. Forrest II. Dager will 'ad
dress the Fathers' Association of tho
Frankfort! High School tonight He
Will talk en "(letting There." Doctor
Dager is one of tho foremost humorous
lecturers of the country. K. W. Clark's
"Ten l.lcnrice Sticks" nnd the Frank
ford Rand will appear. Officers will bo
'elected.
Woman Nearly Asphyxiated
Isabella Pearson, fifty-two yenrs old,
1R0 West. Atlantic street, is in a se
rious condition today in the Samaritan
Hospital. Neighbors found her In n gas
filled room, it is said, with a lube at
tached to an open jet In her mouth.
HF.I.r W.lNTKr) MAI.K
KNOINEHHS AND DESlUNKrtS
Rxpcrlcnced designers for steam
power plant, designers for elec
trical power plant nnd nubslatlon,
layout, dc.ilsncri of ventilating -tema;
engineers experienced on con
veyor, heatlns nnd ventilating yv
terns steam power plant; unlimited
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MACHINISTS AND HOII.KIlMAKEnS
WANTKI) UT THIS CHKSAPKAKH AN"
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MKCIIANIi:. COVINGTON. KENTUCKY,
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Ar. North fhiMitphta
Aluminum Co, of Anier
American Woolen Co.
Amorlcnu Can Co.
Amer. Ar. Chetn. Co,
nrlstol-Mycrs Co.
Colgate & Co.
Ford Atotor Co.
(Ireaf A. & T, Tea Co,
Pratt & 1j.mbcrt, Inc.
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