KiH-HiiriU..Vi. im mHmJam,la 3 jpTV " "flnirv I (ii 'T"!''""" EVENING PUBLIC LEDO Eli PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1.919 a IWWWl fo i fiim adds rem jgEBffiSS TBMORDERINAUTO, I nBEMEK EVERY TEN FEET iiiijii ,--"--- , i i, , mi i Real Fire Protection Tour GLOBE Automatic Sprinkler Sys tem will continue to receive very careful Inspection at recular Intervals after It H Installed. This Inspection Insures that your QLODE System remains In the belt possible working condition at nil times. Writs us for the details of this new Sprinkler Inspection service. GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. 20J5 Washington Ave. Dickinson 531 C.tobe Sprt&klen cllmtnite fire risk la the butldlnrs ol tbe Dallas storage Saj i Warehouse iFTrSajJ&ttfc. "" Co.. nail,. niumBfikkk "4VS Ttaaa. tKMktSl?. K- 1 Police Find New and Interest ing Angle in Michigan Tragedy CHINESE PUZZLE UNSOLVED BY MAGISTRATE; TWO HELD Lung Fat and Hip Hong, With lilachcned Fyes. I'resent Identity Riddle "Bud:" Is Passed to Judge MRS BROOKS BORROWED SOLDIER'S SUIT r WdWmMM C: Sly tho Askociafcil Press Ml. Clemcm, Miili., )!: Lit. Ma comb county authorities were today in ctiKntliiR o new nnttli' of tin MujiiiE of J. Stanley llrown, son of u Detroit innnufuctiiror, v.hobe liotly n found in liis automobile on the road from Detroit Inst AVodnesduy liiornliifr. The nnw lufornmtlnii was n s(nte Jiicnt by Mis' (rlnil.i Suhmilt. ttlio enuie hero Into Inst nlfjlit from I'nttle Clock mid pivo the officer a storv in vulvintj it joutnr woman who. until last Saturday, Jived in Rattle Creek and who. .Mi'-'" Summit declared, bad been much in I trim n't; oomiiany jui prior . . ...,. . ...., ,0 llls (lca tli. AS NRFT P.IIRF'I T1,l '' "" "( Mi Summit r0 UIHIVLOI UUIIL. cnri. ( t lie- officer, left Ilnttlc Creek Cor Sit. Clemens early lif-t week, the statement says, after borrowing n Plan Proposed in Program of uniform from n soldier stationed nt i Cami) Cutter. She returned to ltnttle BUSINESS TRIBUNAL Second Industrial Confer ence Just Announced Creek Wednesday afternoon, Miss Sum nut declared, with a lnrcc sum of I mono and nttired in new and expensive clothlnjr. Later when informed of Rrown's death by Sliss Summit, th6 Manufacturers and business men ecu- . stateinent hays, the sirl displayed un ..,, i I...... .... !a ... .v , usual interest and inquired if her name v., ., uirouji.mot um- .u, ,,.-., u ..,,., ,wus ,,,,, bj. t,,c ncwsl,apcr auauiutsivu lutui.i in uir ufwiitiv ini'jii ii i import announced by the President's second in dustrial conference. Odd Looking "Soldier" I'm Hri'nin-.iT ol.ti-if nf iv.1!n, .. 1,,. Thn program, briefly, is to set up a , ,.,.,, ,., .. ,' t niht .,.,.,' ,,,.,. Summit, recalled the statement of n farmer thnt.llio latter, had nnseed llrnwn's automobile late Tuesday night nnd sonic, distance down the road had passed a netirc dressed in man s cloth ing, who, bo said, did not walk or look like n man. Sliss Summit's statement that a national industrial tribunal, with twelve legionaJ boards of inquiry and adjust ment. The purpose, is to mediate be tween emplojcrs and cmplojcs unci to prevent strikes nnd other labor dif ficulties. The conference, in announcing its plan, invited "comment, criticism or nmiiiieuiautjuii. aiiuuj namnji uiioiuvas uniform nan uopn norrowed from a men today reserved comment, prefer- Camp Custer soldier, Chief Straight de- Jing to analyze tho program before dared, was corroborated bv the fact "rt nl'ltim nHt iIaiiiiiIji (fnfnmntifi( al a al 11? 11 1 . ....., ..b a.ij .ii'Muiu- pii,.i. i Uinl ,n(. sniuier caned nt the young John f!. Carruth, n piominent tcv- woman's rooming house during the tile mamifncturer nnd president ot the oflirer s investigation tlicrc to ask the Industrial Trust. Title nnd Savings Co., return of the uniform, Straight said believes tho conference program to be he believed the soldier was not in any "a step in the right direction." wny connected with the case. The regional boards under the pro- Miss Summit's btntcment says the posed plan would consist of one lepre- joung woman asked her to join her on pcuuiiiyc men m iiu- puuiic, cuiiuai i n visit to ill. u emeus w npre s, in oniil nnd labor. Sir. Carruth pointed out I Hi,e had nn engagement with the slnln the employers might be outvoted under fcuch nn arrangement. Hut, he added, tho fact that the board's decisions must bo unanimous to be binding, strengthens the plan from the cm plojcr's viewpoint. "I believe the nntion's industrial problems will work themselves out in time," Sir. Carruth stated. "It .may require several jenrs, but sometimes things happen out of the blue sky nnd the solution of our industrial problems may be nearer than we believe." BRYAN TO TAKE STUMP AGAIN Omaha, Neb.. Dec. Ii!). (IJ A. IM William 3. llrjun will speak here .Tanuarj 12 on "The Attitude of the Democratic I'nrty in 1020." Friends of Sir. 'Erjnn say he iilaiiH a tour of sev eral weeks in which be will discuss the league of nations, tli" pence treaty nnd other possible campaigu issues. Deaths of a Day RICHARD G. PARK DIES Apoplexy Causes the Death of Direc tor In Many Corporations Richard (Jrny Park, a business man of this city, died sinldenlv on Satur day night at his home on Virginia ave- nuc, est i nester. apopiexy was tno cause of death. Sir. Park was president of the Stand ard Ice Manufacturing Co., at Twenty-seventh nnd South streets, and n di rector in many corporations, including tho Tonopah and Ooldficld Railroad Co., tho Tonopah Ilelmont Slining Co., the Cleveland Furnace." Co, nnd the Bel mont Milling Co. Cloveriy Farm, Sir. Park's summer place in West Goshen township, is one of the most nttrartivo estates in Ches ter count;. Ho and his family spent the winters at their West Chester home. Formerly they lived in this city. Sir. Park, who was born in Pitts burgh on August 21, 18il, is survived by his widow, n son, Richard 'O. Park, Jr., now Jiving in Washington, and il daughter, Sirs. William Rogers Breck, of Rosemont. lie was a member ot the Union League itid the Rittenhoue ami Sferion Cricket Clubs. Walter P Fell Walter T. Fell, for more than thirty years a member of tho Philadelphia Stock Exchange nnd n partner in tho firm of Fell & Nicholson, was found dead in his apartment in the Blenheim yesterday morning. According to the nttending physician, his death was due to heart failure. Mr. Fell was born in Philadelphia (iity-eight years ago. lie was grad uated from Yale with the class of 1874. He is survived bv a brother. aUbert D. Fell, formerly secretary and treas urer of tho Iand Title nnd Trust Co. : one child. Sirs. W, P. Scott, 108 School Lane, Germantotyn, and three grand children, Noble D. Preston Noble T). Preston died on Saturday at his residence, 2312 Poplar street. The funeral will be from the Oliver H. Bnir Building, 1820 Chestnut street, tomorrow nfternoon nt 2 o'clock. Sir. Preston was connected with the Atlantic Refining Co, for a number of years. He was u member of the Loyal Legion and was nwnrded the Congres sional Medal of Honor for valor. He was seventy-seven years old. man. "I'll get Brown's money nnd rings it i nave to mil mm. tnc stntement quotes the girl as saying. Sliss Summit says she declined the invitation whereupon the girl renlied : "Then I'll get some one else to help me. Statements that rivnlry for her affec tion had led to threats against Brown, nre denied by Sirs. Dolly Peck Ben nett, of Sandusky, O. Two men, one a tnxicab driver and the other a soldier, sought by tho au thorities, had not been located early last, night. It was the taxicab driver, according to statements previouslj made to the authorities, who had threatened Brown. The soldier, it was learned, is being sought to substantiate' a story that Brown had armed himself following the alleged threats nguinst his life, ac cording to this statement, Brown, fenr ing Hint in nn impassioned moment he might use his revolver, tinned it over to the soldier. C'liiiuilotMi tin lied out In force todny t tttend the heating nf Lung l'nt and Hip I long, iitraigned in the lalevcnth And Winter streets stntlon house for nehting. Lung Fat nnd Hip Hong were there, stiong. but which was Fat and which were Iloug still has Slaglstrute tJrelis and the pntiolmen guessing! For they look as much nliko ns any two peions cnn. To be sure, one is sporting n blackened tight eye now and e blarkcned left eye, but that didn't help the "judge" in establishing their identities. I gui'ss 111 have to hold soil for a further hearing." he suid at last, half in despair. .o furliiir hearing, Sir. Judge, old Joe, n Chinatown character, spoke up. "Thejnll the same ns Slelican mini." "Oh, all right, then." the magistrate replied. "I pass them on to higher authority; thej'te past mc. SK hun dred dollars bail each for court " Two Chinasc pushnl their way through tin crowd of I'ouiilrjmen nnd produced the necessary boud. And Hong nnd Fat, still unidentified except to t lie other Chinese, passed out of the sta tion house. The fight, w'hicli ri suited in the two being haled into the magistinlc's iourt. occurred yesterday in a Clilurse-aVmeri-can restaurant near Twelfth and Slarket streets. It developed nt the hearing that Hong, or possibly Put. hnd culled Fat, majbe it was Hong, n slacker in their task of dishwashing The party of the second pait threw it catsup bottle, filled, at the purty of the llrst part. It landed on the eye. Then the thrower tan. witli the in jurs, tl man in hot pursuit He carried a cleaver. lie got nenr enough to the pursued to hit him once with the butt end of the cleaver, also, on the eye. Then they were both arrested. . L C. 10 SEEK DIVORCE Mrs. Stotesbury's Daughter Is Home Will Begin Suit in France CHARGE DOCTOR SLEW GIRL' DR. JOHN D. THOMAS HURT SHE ARRIVED, ON ADRIATIC "BOARDWALK SEER" SUED Mrs. Walter Kenllworth Martin Asks Divorce From Husband-Prophet AVnlter Kenihvorth Slartin, better known as "Walter Kenihvorth, the prophet of the Boardwalk, nt aXtlnntic Citj , has an opportunity to test his powers. Ilia wife bus entered suit nguinst him for divorce in the Phila delphia courts, and the seer, her friends say, may predict the outcome and (lufa save lawyers' fees and lots of time. Sirs. Slartin seeks the divorce on the ground of cruel nnd bnrbnrous treat ment dating almost from the time they were married several years ago. Slar tin could not be found nt his occult headquarters on tho Boardwalk today nnd it was reported that he had gone to Palm Beach. Hearing of the case has been sched- tiled for February -1. Slartju is said to have uinaFscd considerable money by his so-called powers of reading the future. Child Companion of Physician Held. Queer Love Tangle Revealed Iaoiiisvllle, Uy., 1). 2f. (By A. P.) Dr. Christopher (f. Schott, forty two, Louisville plisiulnu, was in jail here early todav awaiting completion or arguments on his motion for bail on the charge of murder, nnd Laurcnc Gardner, a girl of thirteen, on' whose testimony he relies to bear out his dec laration that he is innocent, wns in the Detention Home on a chaise of delinquency. These developments have ionic to the front since December 21, when laliza bcth Ford Griffith, Doctor Schott's sev-cntccn-ycar-old ussislnnt, wns found dead on tho llonot the physician's of fice with n bullet through her heart, and his automatic pistol by her side. The phjslclan admitted that he had been engaged to marry Sliss Griffith, but that the engagement hud been bro ken. Doctor Schott, on the witness stand, said he approved of her pro posed marriage to Captain George K. Gordon, stationed at Camp Z.ichary Taylor. He asserted his belief that she would live with the soldier but a com paratively short time, after which, he said, she would bo willing to return to him and eventually make him n good wife. laxaminntinn by the coroner estab lished that Sliss Griffith hnd been killed between 1 and " o'clock jn the after noon. Questioned by the police, Doc tor Schott declared lie had been deliv ering Christmas presents between those hours. The little Gardner girl stoutly maintained to the authorities that she was in his company. Doctor Schott asserts the belief that Sliss Griffith committed suicide. FLOODS MENACE FRANCE Traffic on Seine May Be Halted. Belgian and German Rivers Rise Paris. Dec. 20. (By A. P.) Rivers throughout France swollen by contin ued rains, threaten disaster to innny sections. Navigation of the Seine is already difficult, nnd if the inundation continues, traffic will be forced to stop. The seriousness of the situation, sajs the Slatin, cannot b accurately meas ured, nnd will depend upon tho eventual meeting of the Hoods from the Sfnrnc and the Seine, In eastern Franco the rivers continue to rise, cspccinlly the Sleurthe. which is out of its bankw. In Belgium the situation has been made worse by a new rise of the Sombre and the SIcuse. German advices state that tributaries of the Rhine are still rising. Slis. Louise Cromwell Brooks, who arrived from France on the steamship Adriatic jestcrday, is nt tho homo of her mother, Mrs. 13. T. Stoteshury, pre paring for n trip to Palm Beach. Her arrival caused rumors that she hnd decided to drop her plans to sue Captnln AVnlter 15. Brooks for divorce, but these reports weie denied. Her suit, it was said, will be filed In Paris in a short time. Sirs. IJiooks had intended to be with her mother ami her two children on Christmas Da.i , but the adriatic 'lid not arrive on this side in time, and Sirs. Brooks came to Philadelphia last night, going to the Stoteshury homc Sirs. Stoteshury is quoted as saying that Stis. Brooks would carry out her intention of obtaining a divorce in lirst r- ni.ii..ir.i.1. n n.i i- a. .a. France from Cnntnin Brooks. The f ... . step toward this end was taken when Accident In California Dr. John D. Thomas, who for many years practiced deslistry in this city, wns painfully injured near his home in Olive, Calif., when his automobile overturned and pinned him underneath. The accident occurred on the by-pas-i between Santa aUia nnd 131 Toro. Doc tor Thomas was leturiiing to his homo utter n visit to the South. lie was crowded oflf tho puss by a reckless motorist. His machine turned over twloe. The man responsible for the ac cident did not stop. A passing motorist picked Doctor Thomas up nnd took him to his home. He suffered four fractured ribs nnd other injuries. Ho is recoering. Doctor Thomas moved to California from Philadelphia about three ycurs ago. ACCUSED OF SWINDLE Mrs, Hrooks sailed for Franco early! last summer on the Slnuretanin, ac companied by her brother, Lictttcnni'r James II. R. Cromwell. The French laws require it live .months' residence in that country before suit caubc brought. Sirs. Brooks i cached Pnris in .Tune, and when she returned to this9country had completed the necessary live months in France. The wny is now clenr, it is said, for her suit, which will be on the grounds of desertion. Captain BroiVks, w'ho served with distinction 'in the nrmy during the war. returned from 13urope last August and is making his home in Baltimore. Captain and Sirs. Brooks were mar ried on Slay 1,", 11111, in St. Thomas's Church. AVnshington. They made their home iu Baltimore nnd in Ann arbor. When Captain Brooks went abroad to sertc in the army Sirs. Brooks wcnL I to lic with her mother. Man Alleged to Have Defrauded Two WESTERN UNION GIVES RISE Motel uuests Held ' Ciarilon 13111s, who came here recently from Florida, wa- held in $.1000 bnil today for u hearing next Wednesday in the central polic court on the charge of obtaining by fraud !?10UO from two guests of n Chestnut street hotel. Ellis has been living at Twelfth and Wal nut streets. Tin1 two alleged vi-tims, who nre from Virginia, nic said to have sailed for South America on a business trip. The only witnesses i ho testified nguinst 1311is today were tiic detective who arrested him when he wns pointed out by a hotel manager, and a hotel detective. MISS G0MPERS WEDS She H Relatives Named In Wills Relatives are named as beneficiaries in the following wills which were ad mitted to probate today : George AV. Wills, fi.-i37 Thompson street, $49, ,r)00: Slary B. Benle, 881. 1 Gcrmnn town avenue. $30,000: Flizabeth Keell, St. Luke's Hospital, 1H00; John Zops, 23-10 South Eleventh strectr; 54G00. and Husband, Dr. W. MacKay, to Live Here AVord was received today of (lie mur ringe of Dr. AVIIliam II. SIncKny nnd Sliss Florence SI. Gnmpers. daughter of Samuel Gompers, Jr., nt Boston last week. The couple arc now on n honey moon in aUlnntic City, and will make theira home in Philadelphia. The marriage was the culmination ot n romance in France. Doctor Sfnc ICay was a surgeon in the military hos pital of Ncufchateau, Sliss Gompcrj was working there as n Red Cross nurse. Doctor SlacKay is a graduate of Tufts Slcdican School. Mrs. A. J. Cassatt Improving Slowly Slis. Alexander J. Cassatt, widow of a former president of the Pcnnsjlvnnia Rnilrond, who hns been ill for eight weeks, was reported to be "improving slowly" todny. Sirs. Cussutt is nt her home, 202 AVest Rittenhouso Square. Telegraph Employes Granted In crease of 10 to 15 Per Cent Between S00 and 1000 employes of the AVestern Union Telegraph Co. in Philadelphia will share in the salary increase announced by tho compnny effective Jnnunry 1. Employes earning less than S2."0 it month are affected. At least 700 employes in this city will receive a 1." per cent increase and the remainder will receive 10 per cent. These figures were given by T. II. Kingsbury, city superintendent, today. rJmplojcs who have been in the service more than n year will receive the 15 per cent increase and those in the service more than six months nnd less than one year will receive 10. The total amount of the increase for all the einplojcs of the company is .$5,000,000. Owing totho variance in the salaries of the emplojes here. Sir. Kingsbury said he could not give, off hand, what proportion ot this sum would come to Philadelphia. ADVERTISING is the elixir of youth for the well-conducted business, an intoxicating beverage to the irresponsible, and deadly poison for the faker. HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertisins Agency Every Phase of Sales Promotion 400 Cheatnut Street Philadelphia. Pastor to Leave Merchantville Slerchantvlllo. N". J.. Dec. 20. Rev. , Dr. 1. Stench Chambers, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church here, who recently surprised his congregation by resigning, has accepted n call to the i Presbyterian Church of Lewes, Del. General Manager of one of the successful Specially StorfM wishes n rlmnjre- when (infract expires in .1 miliary. A young; mnn of broutl executive trHluine well neqiittlnted with tlie liner points of successful or gitulzAtlon. A man who appre i lutes the human sltle of business uuil kuoirfl how to crcjite that fineness of unpriil to customers in essential to success. This mnn'g sen ices nre ofTereil to llrtnller or Manufacturer who recognizes the need of such co operation In hln orcuulzatlon. a 118. Leaser Office Stationera Travelling Bags PJan and fitted Gold - Ivory- SfvTer and JShai- Dr. Robert M. Fuller Schenectady, Detf. 20. Dr. R.obcit M. Fuller, seventy-flvo years old, cred ited with being a millionaire, is dead at his'home here. He is said to hove been the originator of the tablet form of medicine. Major Frank R. Lelb Harrhburg, Pa., Dee. 20. Frank R. Xieib, major in the Civil AVar and prom inent in Harrlsburg business and finan cial circles for years, died nt his home, near New Cumberland "lato yesterday, aged seventy-flvo. He was liorn in Pottsville and resided thero until early manhood. ' !A Collins man has no blue Mondays. He looks upon the world through rosy glasses and feels constantly ready to tackle most any old thing. Let us gi'e you a personal demonstration. COLLIN INSTITUTE II 111 Dmer Frocks and Wraps 11 I ,. - s' t , 1 I AV- ,1 .(.v Tr . iS 1 " 1 'Seal lAzzard PitfSItln Telephone, Spruce 2958- Fur Storage and Remodeling at Reasonable Rates L UIGI RIENZI CORRECT APPAREL FOR WOMEN J71.4 Walnut Street PRE-INVENTORY REDUCTIONS SUITS Tinseltone Tailored Model Formerly Now $69.50. 490 DRESSES Beaded Georgette Formerly $38M to $1L Now $29.50 to $89.50 COATS Bolivia, Semi-Fitted, Con vertible Collar Formerly Now $89.50 9.50 WAISTS Georgette, Crepe de Chine, Wash Satin Now $3.75, $5.50, $5.95 RELIABLE FUR COATS Capes Collars Scarfs Muffs Wonderful Collection Natural Hudson Bay Sables and Silver Fox SAVINGS UNUSUAL hi full Swine this Monday Morning The Big Remarkable REDUCTION SALE of Perry Winter Overcoats Fur Collar Overcoats Fur Trimmed Overcoats and Perry Winter Suits at Jess than their low Original Prices! A Remarkable Sale for many reasons- 1. These goods should have come ih last September and Octo ber. Labor conditions delayed their making and delivery for months, so that you can choose from October assortments and sizes at Janu ary Prices! 2. The cost today of the fabrics, trimmings, and workmanship in these Overcoats and Suits is higher than it was when we made them. in-. , ,. 3. Our regular prices were marked close in the first place less than the general retail market was asking for similar grades and qualities. 4. Almost everybody knows that the character, workmanship and style of our "N.B.T." Clothes are unequaled by any others. a'l Big, Comprehensive Sale embracing thousands of Overcoats, tlwusands of Suits and Separate Trousers a Sale thai will help briny down clothing prices help prevent them from soaring still higher. "" OVERCOATS The finest $85 and $90 Overcoats are reduced,! in The finest $75 and $80 Overcoats are reduced ! The finest $65 and $70 Overcoats are reduced ! The finest $55 and $60 Overcoats are reduced ! The 45 and $50 Over coats are reduced ! Even the $35 and $40 Overcoats arc reduced ! SUITS The seventy-five-dollar Suits arc reduced ! The seventy -dollar Suits are reduced ! The sixty -five-dollar Suits arc reduced! The $55 and $60 Suits arc reduced! The $45 and $50 Suits arc reduced! Even the $35 and Suits are reduced! Reduced Prices on Separate Trousers, Perry &Co.,"n.b.t; 16th & Chestnut Sts. H Ml 'ii ;$l ,( :H 4 J fr M 4 J m ii, r if 1 M .ft ' I f OF PHYSICAL CULTUItE 'CvWjl BI,IH3 WMSOiST. M aT1 ' It S mi. Jmmmiai
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