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LEDGEUPHILAx)BLPHIA, TUESDAY, BEOEMBEK 30, 1919
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FIRE DESTROYS CITY JIALL COURTYARD BUILDING"
PLAN SUIT TO HALT
MAYOR-ELECT DINED
DEFE
NEEDEDJ STATE
Educator Vould Have iVIormal
President of Central High
I School Says Latin and Creek
! Most Essential
. Publisherto Start Action Against
Tells Veterans Ho Will Do Credit ,
to Profession From Which ,
He Sprang
School Subjects Taught
in High Schools
INSTRUCTORS CALLED UNFIT
Councilmen Asks Why Don't
They Take Safos
DRAW PRELIMINARY PAPERS RECOUNT 0LD-DAY STORIES
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"I regard Greek mid Latin t Ul n
he most cxie ntial "Indie in school m
flculn. Our Institutions f Ii'iiiums
ietm to bo ilitcri'Mrd le. in (liiriitni,:
the nuns thnn in tnii'liiim linn .1 rm I
f-nnd there is n deal if diUnum 1
twecu the two "
Dr. Robert Kills Thompson who i
Soon to be retired because "I '1 age
fter some twent-f-evcn jour?.' (.frim .
rfs piecldent of the Hojh' Ciniial IIikIi !
School, and who has born 11 spintcdi
cfducntor In tlili rit since 1MI5 i
ihlelv stands L the lain, initif 1
J He seemed snail mid mti old 111 Ids I
lYiorav office nt the south lid of tin
Broad and Green 'tieets building I!u ,
he seemed itj wise. too. mid the whole
feme crow feet nt Ids ores w tinkled
rind vanished wiinklrtl and .anHicd. us
rl lively and characteristic Irish lilt -ijior
played iu and out of his thinking.
Has Extrnordliiar Mentality
The lirgc mom "till carried Hie ihill
of the night and the iduritir. l'" i
ns mentnlh active as on'. 111 ei inor
dinary man oan In . sat at li'" Inn.' table,
elbows resting liefoie him. wrapped ill
Kip hem lib' I gii'Ptco.il
"Pilg bufiue-s men .lie bcni'iiii test'
monv in fmor of the olassics. ' h- sai'l
"Mr. ronieise. Albn .lohiuon mid
others are strongh on the classic il side
But we nre giung more industrlul
traluing and m-inunl training Ivre thnn
(ioinmercial training And while the
dumber of students taking the 1 lanslcnl
nnd Latin scientific comses is'smaller
than the number t-iklnc the trade
c'ourses. the classical mid Latin scicu
tifes are holding tliclv own '
Doctor Thompson reached into Ills
trousers pocket and pulled out three
nennies and three nickels. He toicd
ndtli them on the table and placed them
In two pile' A twinkle crept into Ids
f "you know, students arc 11 good hit
noisier than the. u-ed to be." he smiled
"They talk so loud mill miike such u
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ventral racket it must be that they arc
allowed to do it at home Ilnnexer. thev
ao as industrious n thc eer were.
"vVc make them industrious," he added,
and smiled again. '
On the whole, the, are a little better
then the used to be. High -chool in
the old dais used to bo ptett much of
a beer gurrieu Ihrri seini"l to lie ninie I
rascality in the old dins They, used j
tO ndvertise in the uewpaper for a ,
bartender and hac the applicants pre- I
sent themsehes in a icrtain loom in n
ctrtaiu building, which nlwtis hap
pened to be Doctor Chiitine'. 100111 in i
the higli sctiool uuiiiiiiig. i ney urd
to bring u goos" to school mid set him
Mose nt the top of the stniis to waddle
Whither he listed. Sometimes tliev
brought In a cnunonball and let tin
ball roll and buinp'down finni the top
of the building to the bottom All tint
was cleared nwa. prett eftoethcl.
Doctor Thompson took off his glasses,
which set well down on his ii"fA and
laid them on the table.
"I came to this countVt in 1S.VT and
Iwent to tin Hancock School ami later
to the old Harrison School on Master
street. In 1S5S I entered high school
along with Doctor Morrison, who. is re
tiring ns president of Northeast, but
llt altcrf-uuc ua5..iecausi;i.uo.y-1(ouiii
fewe""ine the ueccssarj prcpaiutlon to
eiter college. 1 giaduateil from the
x ks.-CJfassical -
'J which is ii
Acacitlii on I 'can sired.
locust, after studing under T)i. John
VF. Ferries for two an u half ca(s.
I; graduated from the L'nliersltj of
Pennsylvania in S(V with first honors.
Sfcond honors went to Ildwanl T.
Imrtlett, afterward dean ot the lpiscu
pil Piiiuity School, and UiirU lionors
td Henry Keed, afterward Juries Kted
I studied theology ill tin Ucfoinied
Presbyterian Semiuurj and was licensed
tq preach.
,In 18CS I returned from the West,
wiiere T had been preaohiiig. and was
made teacher of Latin and mat licmuties
ati the UniversiU Later I occupied
tije chair of political eionom and won
same distinction as a repiesentntive of
the economic ssstem of Ilenrv T Care
nod of the policy of protection of home
industry. On this subject I lectin id h.
ajjpointment nt Harvard, at ue und
at Swarthmore. On iuMtation fiom tin
stiidents I lectured at Amherst , Cornell,
Bryn Mawr and other schools
jltanoied From I diversity (.hair
l"In 1S02 I was k moved from the
chair of political ecoiiom nnd no reason
sfiven, by a vote of twenty-que trustees
td three. In IS'.CI I nssumed the presi
dency of the high school after having
rejfnsed the appointment twue because
I did not cspeciall.v desire an executive
position
("Since my pn.(donov I have seen the
faculty of the school men ate from
tventy-eightt men to 10y und the at
tendance of'lKV .stiidentu from (lifi to
nqarly 2400 In addition to the.nr.i
dijmlc and Latin seientllic cclur'ses we
hive since established the commercial,
manual training nnd industrial courses.
The 0iglnal area of 132 square miles
from which the school drew its students
has been cut down b. the establishment
ofi high schools in the northeast, south
flijd west Philadelphia and in (ierman
tcAvn und I'rankford. and still the at
tendance, has increased to five times
what it was in 1S0-L
("Besides educational work. 1 have
bejen a journalist without interruption
slpce IStXl and have "taken n lively in
terest in the claims of Ireland to self
government and have spokep on the
subject in several campaigns.
"What am I goinj to do when I leave
hare?" The doctor shook his head
Komewhat sadly "I don't kuow. Per
htrs write n little. I must always
w He."
HAD WO MEN'S" CLOTHES
Tvo Men Arrested In Overbrook
With Suitcase Full of Presents
Noticing two negroes acting in what
net thought a suspicious manner. Patrol
mkn Daly, of the Siuy-fifst and
Thompson streets station, arrested the.u
Jait night on Sixty-first street, in Over
brbok. The rncu had a suitcase 'with
thfem in which they said th'ey had
cjdtbes.
OVben taken to the station, the suit
eake was found to contain a quantity
of women's wearing apparel, to which
wan auacnei; inrisimas cards Ar
raigned before Magistrate Harris todav
thfer gave their names as David Han is
aiicl Iiicburd Mauldin, of Wood street,
neap Eighth The men insisted they had
bopgbt tht clothes, but the Magistrate
onined that they rnrno off somebody's
CUj-Utmas tfee, und held them in $1000
bail each for a further heari.ug Janu
arr4. J Hand Hurt by Machine
'Matthew flordon, eighteen ears old.
17115 South Oriannu street, had his right
"J. bund badly mangled when it uns caught
v . lntinaeliluery nt u manufacturing tdunt
(It Thlid street mid Atlantic." uvenue.
(Umden, early today He was taken to
Hi ..Cooper Jjospitul, where It was
fojjnd ucccisrury to umimtate the injured
KOIIKItr VAAAS THOMPSON
REPORTERS FIND
FUGITIVE WOMAN
Denies Part in Mount Clemens,
Mich., Man's Murder.
Will Surrender
IJ the Assoc! iled 1'ios
Chic .igo. Dec. lil) t'ml Iteiittice
' In loi whoso am 'i on n clinrgc
of liming 'linrderrd .1 Si t, nl- Hump
lit Ml ( lemons, JIM) . a ,iiniut was
taken out lesterdu, has been locnted
In leporteis and will surrender to Mt.
Clemens authorities sniiye time toda.1.
the lletald and Kuiuliier aniiouneed to
iia Mrs Vesier denied that she was
implicated in the killing of llrnnn. The
newspapers recent 1 solved two murder
in stories
The newspaper did not reieal the
wherenbou of Mrs Vestcr. lint said
that hei tiail was picked tii in f'lii
i ago and that she was with her grand
mother 'ni found.
Mrs Vester admitted friendship with
Ilrown. (molding to the Herald and
I'Aiiniiuei , ,md hnil In en to seer,il
piuties al his home. "Hut Mr Ilrown
ier imiil mi pellicular attintiou to
me or c ourleil me in un. inuntier," Mrs
Vester was cpinted as saving
She v.ild thut the hist time she saw
Urov n was three weeks ago o.steidu
nei-nrding to the alleged statement.
Iliowti w.ls Killed u uei'k ugo.
CITY NEW COUNCIL'S HOST
Dinner for Officals Discrimination,
Say Retiring Heads
flavor-elect Moore, memlieis of his
cabinet nni' the members ()f t lir new
Council of tvventi-nue will Ivinipiel, at
the it"s exiiense, net Monday, if
plans of the inaugural loniinittce are
(dined nut
The dinner iiruiiigcineiils me being
ni.ide bv Ch.ulos 1! Hall and the event
will follow the innuguinl reiemoiiies in
Cit.v Hull Coviis will be hud fm one
liutn'ieil guests Ateinbers of the otit
cning Couurils who tonight will puv
for their own farewell dinner claim the
an bimig ilisi rnniuated against.
Main of the pa.ving guests at to
night's feed Will be guests of the cit
at , the iitTiiu bniig ijlanued bv the in
nuguinl iiiininiltee. vvliiih has final con
tnd of tin iirrangeinentN for tlie dav
upon whiih tin cit government is
foimulh tin in d over to its now musters.
Girl Consulted
Seer, Friends Say
Continued from I'uur (Inc
she taught last jear. 1'reviouslj she
had taught at Lawrence College. Wis
consin, and uKo in Lake lie College.
"She spent one .veur iu South America
acquiring localisms iu Spanish. She
came to Uueknell last October under a
one- ear contract, but all understood
when she left here before the holidnjs
that she would not return, as she was to
be mfliiiid Her leaving was regretted
li.v taiuitv unit sluilents nliKe, hut every
one wislud her happiness "
VlsoeUtcs i:prcss Hegrcts
III Leo Rockwell, hend nf the Span
ish di'iimtment, and Mrs. Roc knell
were fi lends of Miss Krone.,, and at
tended a "noveltj shower" given for
hei jiisi. bifoio the holidajs. lioth ex
pressed their regret over the turn, of
events.
"Wo have beard nothing from her
sinie sh went home lo be married, and
all wo kuow of the case is what we
have lead in the papers," said Mrs.
Rockwell tnda.
'"Miss Keciie.v was iu every vva.v a
splendid ouug woman so far .is wo
knew. She piobably wns thirty ears
old. attractive in appearance and vi
vacious ot manner.
"W'r heuiil little personal detail con
cerning the bride'groom-to-bc. And we
wore all suipriscd to lenrn of the dif
feioncc in their ages. We cannot un
derstand the situation, but our confi
dence still rests iu Miss Keenej."
Students who spoke of the c.ise to-
day told how they liked Miss Keeney
as a teacher.
"She was iollv and good nntured."
said n pretty little sophomore girl, who
has been takiug Spanish. "Lvery one
liked her. and wo had a reeular
mourning bench' when we found she
wau to leave. She was showered with
gifts."
Miss Bromley, another member of
the college faculty, was Miss Kecney's
closest friend here. Miss Bromley is
now ut her home in Heading und will
not leturn till the close of vacation,
Janimrv tl Miss Keeney was most
popular as chaperon at college parties
and her companions regnrded her as
one of the best cntertaiucrs.
Condition of Highways
Today Varies in Sections
Condition of liffncojs thit worn
tng as reported &y the United State)
Weather llurcau ro-operating icifft
the Rtate Ilighuau epartment:
Lincoln highway (Trenton to
Chnmberbburg), road Riirface fair to
good, but covered with about two
inches of ruow.
Willium Penn highvvuy (Huston to
Chatnbersburg), section near Bethle
hem poor; otherwise nbout the same
as Lincoln highway.
Philadelphia und Beading pike,
fair to good, but covered with nearly
two inches of snow.
Lancaster nnd Harrisburg pike,
nostiv good surface, but covered with
nearly two inches of snow.
Wednesday
The weather will probably be fair
with temperatures mostly below
'feezing, but there will bo some melt
ing of the snow while the sun shines,
Later In the day tho loads will bej--onic
icy.
legislation in I'ennsihnnia. proud
nig for a normal school course in high
sc hoos nf the st.iie lo meet n greater
shortage of rural tnioliois, was inlvo
mted n Mis Mabel t'ornej, of t'oluin
bin t'liucrsit), nt todnj'b ineetlng of
the I'rnnsjlianiu State rMucntloual As
sociation In Central High School, at
tended b county superintendents.
"There are fifty-three counties in
Pcnnsvlinnln." inld Miss Came,
"without niuniHl schools. This ne
couuts, to a latge extent . for the short
age of .'(J. 000 rural lenheis in the
slate As nn immediate rented v uormu'
si hool Mibjeits should be taught in high
sthools for li period of live icais."
"Tell per cent of the teachers now in
mini schools are iinnunlilled," said
Miss Came. A gieat number otil
reached the seieuth or eighth grades
befmc leaiing school."
Harlan 1. i'degraff spoke on "Tax
ation and Assessment " . II. Hceter.
of Clarion count., presided.
.lohn T tlaiber. superiiiteiident of
cil si Iniiils held ii lounil tabic this
morning on "Ameiieiinizntioti ' Hotter
I'liiitui t belwien riiuil mill itv com
inunitios was advocated.
BIG SALE OF NAVY CLOTH
Surplus Stock Worth $1,000,000
Sold to Eastern Dealers
About PI ,000,000 woith of smplus
nay cloth and textiles were disposed of
.vesterda through the boaid of snrc,v.
appraisal and sale of the Fourth Nniul
Dlstiiet. according to Comniuuder .1
D Robmtl, iu chin go of the sales.
Iiie-lifth of these sales were made to
Philadelphia linns, while the remainder
went to Chicago, Wilkes Itjire, Wil
mington anil Columbus, (),
liiorge T. Sale, sponsor ut the 10
pir-i ent-nbovo-cost stores, jesterdav
vvinte to William M. Wood, piesident
of the American Woolen Co , requesting
iufoimatioii which will enable bun to
obtain material or merchandise that can
be used b the working people
1 lancib I i-lier Kline, I nileii Mates
distiiit uttoiuc, has t oniinunicntcd
with Mr. Sale, requesting an oppor-
tuuil to inspict the It) per-i'ont-
above-cost stores. Mr. Sale said he
will ariange to hne Mr Kaue inspect
the stoics this vvcek.
COAL EXPORT BAN MODIFIED
Commission on Wages and Prices
Gets Down to Business '
Washington. Dec. ill). (By A. P.)
The commission named by President
Wilson in compliance with the strike
settlement terms lo investigate wages
and piiics iu the bituminous coal in
ilustr settled down for business toda.v
in headquarters established ut the De
partment of Labor.
While the commission was preparing
to delve into the questions of the strike
Walker D. Dines, director general of
railroads, modified the bun on oft coal
exportation to pumit shipments of coal
from Baltimore nnd Newport News iu
quantities equal to nil per cent of the
amount exported iu October.
Restrictious will be lifted nt other
ports, it was announced, as soon as de
tails are completed. Dumnliicr of con'
at poith will be regulated, however,
thiough embargoes on tidewater con
signed coal.
TWO HELD IN MAN'S DEATH
Police Say Fight Grew Out of Strike
, Argument
Two men are being held by the police
in connection with the death of Charles
Torri, of HI- Montroso street, who
died (ii the Pcnns.vlvauiu Hospital from
knife wounds said to have bei u icceived
ut the hands of Sulvnlou Vaciinto, of
100!) Federal street, Fiiduy night Vu
cunto is in the hospital sutTeung from
a bullet wound and stabs about the
bndv
The men under airest me Oiuseppi
Anedracoiii and Ton Zupilda. Accord
ing to the police, Torri was n weaver
and had refused to go on strike with
the other men lie died after a fight
with Vaennto The police sa the men
under arrest were known to have in
quired nt Torri's house for him on sev
eral occasions late at night, some time
before the tight
PROBE BLIND HOME CHARGES
Board of Managers Names Commit
tee to Investigate Complaints
Charges of mismanagement, made by
inmates of the Pennslvanin Home for
lllind .Men, Thirty-sixth street and
Lancaster avenue, will be investigated
by n committee of the board of man
ngers.
Six blind men appeared before the
hoard .vesterda and made charges
uguiusi i icuericK n. -urns, superin
tendent of the borne, whom they ac
cused of subordinating the broom-making
activities of the homo to those of
two private broom factories of which he
is the head, and of other inegularities.
They a's0 demanded u union wuge scale.
I. Henry fscattcrgoou, .1. T. iialley
and Carroll Williams will probe the
charges for the board of managers.
DR. ELLA R. ZIEGLER DIES
She Was 74 Years Old and Pioneer
Woman In Medicine
Dr. Dlla Itldgway Zieglcr, n pioneer
in women's medical profession and one
of the fust women practitioners, in the
counti. died suddenl lust night at her
home, 3127 Trankford avenue. Death
was due to apoplexy.
Doctor Zicgler was seventy-four yearh
of age. Her husband U Doctor William
II. Zieglcr, police surgeon of the Twenty-fourth
district, Belgrade and Clear
field streets ' he has been at
tached for thirty vcara.
' Doctor Ziegl member of the
Philadelphia C'ontitv Medical Socict
and several other organizations.
CAMDEN WOMAN ENDS LIFE
She Becomes Despondent Over III
Health and Commits Suicide by Gas
Mrs. Adolf Weber, forty-nine years
old, 2740 Cleveland avenue, Camden,
committed suicide early this morning
by turning on tho gas in the dining
room of her home.
She had been despondent over illness
for some time, according to her husband,
und while her two clilldren were up
stairs and ner husband away ut work,
she closed the doors of the dining room
and opened the gas Jet. She was found
somo time later by a neighbor.
Coroner Bentley issued " certificate
of death by suicide.
Ledger rtioto Scrvlo
Ituiiis of the one-stoi fi..u:e structure used b the Salvation rin. and oilier war relief organizations wrecked
ll.iiues last evening. 'I lie lire charred the flames and broke (he glass in many of the windows in the City
Hall court and threatened to spread to the building
DOYLESTOWN'S "45"
B 1 0. WALLOP
Clergyman Says Socially Select
Can Shuffle Cards Better
Than Turn Bible Leaves
NEWSPAPER LIST IS HIT
The l!ev. '!. W. Haines, pastor of
the I'irst Baptist Church, Dolcstown,
is up in aims uguinst the activities
of the so-cullrd "forty-live" of that
plnce. '
The "foil -five" is composed of the
soeiallv i lite of the town. New York
has a four hundred, but Doylcstown is
conservative, nnd somewhat smaller
than New Yoik, so "forty-five" was
doomed better. And besides, it is much
moie exclusive,
Mr. lluines launched his fust nttack
ugaiust the social bulwaik Sunday night
when lie delivered a vitriolic sermon
with the "fort -live" furnishing tin
motif, lie said today that the nt
tack was justified because of the meth
ods of living of the select circle.
"J."." Selected for Newspaper Men
The "fort -live" were pickul several
weeks ago bv a member of the Doles
tovvn Country Club und well-known so-c-inllv.
as the most prominent poisons
foi the newspaper men of that vlcimt
to "iilai up." , , .
"Most of the carefully selected inner
circle are card-pluing women and
card-plaving women church members,
at that,' Mr. Haines suid. "But the
don't attend church ier often.
"Oul one member of my congrega
tion wn's elected to membership in the
exclusive sot. That member was a
woman. She did not come to 'church
on Sumla to hear the widelv-Bdvertised
sermon to 'Dolestown's Forty-1 no.
Mr. Haiues said that some members
of the chosen few are estimable citizens
and u ciedlt to the comuiuuiiy.
Good Card Sliurders
"Some of the foit.v-liie" nic pro
nounced gamblers." ho said 'The
can shuffle cards much bettei thau they
can turn the leaves of their Bibles. As
I look over the list and mo the names
of so manv bridge whist plpjors on it,
I draw mv own conclusions us tu the
basis of 'forti -live' as a designation.
"On Siind iy nni will find them on
the golf links or nutomobiling. when
thev should b in church- clevutiug their
sou'N," Mr. Haines said. "Some of the
most pionounced Sabbath breakers in
town are on the list What we need in
Dovlestown is a 'fortv-fne' who shall
say that Dojlestown shall have a Sub
bath that is real and true."
Mr IlaincK then delncred verbal
hooks jabs, uppercuts and other choice
punches until his congregation wns on
the ropes" in a dnze at his uuducity in
earning the attack to some of the social
leadeis of the town.
"In the list. 1 am sorr to say, nre
a number of people reported to be 'un
clean' who delight in telling a certain
kind of stor and hnve no respect for
the people around them," he said.
Hiue Dozen "Korty-fhcs"
"We have a dozen 'forty-fives' in
Doylestown who would be as prominent
as the list suggested "
.Mr Huines, who is known us the
iii..i.,i.M T..tAn nf TlnelfH rnnntv " he-
cause of his courage in attacking what
ever he believes wrong, no matter who
is concerned, gave u list of "forty-five
he would select
"The first five I'd select would be
men and women who urc the hardest
working iu Doylestown, working be
cause the) love work and for the good
thej maj do," he said.
"Then I'd add five of the most lion-
n.t H,nlinnla flvn who nre the erent-
' -i ill, . .......' , ...- a-
est lovers of children, for the one who
loves children is Christ-like; five of
the best Known people in town moral
ly; five of the men who love their
homes most ; so much that tbey will stny
in them when they can ; five women
of the same soit who love their homes
better than the theatre or card play
ing; five of the most charitable per-
SOUS ; UW Hi l wt.-n, .imun ullciiu-
nouiice nin, irrespective of conse-
ijuvuiv)
STERLING SILVER
Gifts
for all at
BARGAIN PRICES
Penn Smelting &
Refining Works
906 Filbert St.
I'.mrATiovw,
llnth Hexeil
rniVATK J.KHSONS J.V KM! MM! ANI
Frrnrhi eiMrtciKd woman tciithcr. tfOO
North ma. 1'Dviir xfloa w, '
FIRE DESTROYS SHACK
IN CITY HALL COURT;
. THREATENS BUILDING
Traffic Is Tied Up Half Hour and
Much Excitement Caused in
Center of City
Tinflic mound Cit) Hall was held
up thirl) minutes and some excitement
was ei uited at S o'clock last night,
when tire destio)ed u one-stoi) frame
structure in City Hall yard used by the
Salvation Arnn and other lelief or
ganizations during the war.
The llnmes licked the east und north
wall- of the inside facade of the hull,
uear the offices of Director of Public
Safet) Wilson mid his clerks. The
force had been woiking late, pieparing
iccords to be turned over to the incom
ing ndmiiilstrution, und the nun became
excited when they saw the file threat
ened the papers
The moie important documents weie
"iirried to a safer place und a fire ex
'ingiiislicr prevented damage.
In the courtyard tho little frntne
-tincture burned rupidl) and the flumes
lint high into tin air. Two euginc
ompunies put out the blaze and their
lose sti etched across Market street held
up the traffic for half uu hour.
A shoit-circuiteci wire is believed to
'iave caused the fire.
STOREHOUSE BURNS
Reflection of Flame3 Near Paulsboro,
N. J., Seen Here
A storehouse for nitrates belonging
to I. P. Thomas & Sons Co., located
between Paulsboro and Billingsport,
N. .!.. was destroyed by lire last night,
the blaze causing a glow in the sky that
was seen pluinly from South Pliilnilol.
phia.
The fire began in the sulphuric acid
department of the storehouse. There
were other raw fertilizing materials in
(lie building, other thun nitiates, unci
the tlanies made rapid headwuy. Sev
eral workmen had no difficulty in cs-
oapnig.
The structure destroyed wns near the
river front opposite a point below Dog
isiaun.
JUMP IN PROPERTY VALUE
Parcel, 13th and Filbert Sts., Brings
$100,000 More Than Year Ago
A group of properties at the south
east corner of Thirteenth and Filbert
streets was reported sold esterday for
more thau $100,000 above the price bid
a )car ago.
The group includes the five four-story
store properties at 21 -."SI North Thir
teenth street, with u fiontago of 100
feet cm Thirteenth street and nn aver
age depth of seventy-two feet. The
total assessed value of the properties is
SHI 1,000 and the pcice paid bv the pur
chasers is reported at W.'I5,000.
About u )ear ago Arthur Weil, at-,
torney for tho Buck estate, wns of
fered .?425,000 for the group.
J E- QdLDWELL &f.
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER. STREETS
WATCHES FROM
J.'E. CALDWELL & CO.
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Now Certain Members Want
City to Pay for Engrossed
Praise of Themselves
FINAL MEETINGS TODAY
One ace that disgruntled eouncilnien,
forced to pay for their own farewell
banquet, linvc yet to play is a resolu
tion calling for engrossed testimonials
of their worth, the manufactuic of
which will cost the city between SS000
and $10,000.
Tho banquet, for which Mayor Smith
vetoed n $3000 appropriation, will bo
held tonight with a reduced nttendnnce,
but long before the membeis gather for
the farewell affair uclion may be taken
on a resolution introduced by Itobert
Ciillespie, of the Forty-seventh ward,
calling for the testimonials.
John II. Buizlcy, the Thirty-ninth
wurd councilman whose dinner arrange
ments were bo rudely upset, is credited
with being back of a plan to badellc the
cost of engrossed testimonials on the
city. lie has precedent back of his
demand, and may receive sufficient sup
port if he insists upon faiorablc action
on the Gillespie resolution.
Resolutions such us arc proposed un
der the proposal which may be revived
today cost from S."0 to $100 each, ac
cording to their ornateness. Chnrleo B.
Hall, who in the past lias had charge
of ordering engrossed work, said tho
elaborateness of the testimonial is
usually dependent upon the term of
years served by the recipient.
Todny will marl; the final passing of
the old two-chamber organization. It
is the last meeting scheduled before the
new charter net becomes operative.
Prior to the session the finance com
mittee will meet to npproie some old
bills and to round into shape final
trnusfer bills. At this meeting the Cil
lespie resolution is likely to be acted
upon. If no call is made fo the
expensive plan of recognition o' un
cilmcn will go by the board at the uter
session ot Councils.
The re-enactment of the $15,000,000
unsold portion of the $42,450,000 loun
nnd the $02,100,000 unsold portion of
the transit and port loans come up iu
Select Council for final passage. The
ordinance to pnv bonuses and nn ap
propriation of $2,500,000 for the pur
pose will pass both chambers.
An ordinance to authorize nn agree
ment between the city :ind the Bapid
Transit Co. for the removal of tracks
from Pnssyunk avenue will also be called
up for passage. Mayor Smith has not
vet taken nction on tho bills passed at
the request of the Philadelphia Bnpid
Transit Co. for tho Germuntown loop
nnd for the "one-way street" bill.
V
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IN PLAN
ANOTHER HOLD-UP
Their quality assured sat
isfactory service through
the years of close, per
sonal association with the
wearer.
Their prices are invaria
bly just and range up
ward from the fewest
dollars for which a de
pendable watch .may be
purchased.
Hartley ,T. Doyle will institute a tax
payer's suit to prevent tho conncilmanic
Krnb -of furniture. Mr. Doyle is pres
ident of the Keystone Publishing Co.
"The 145 members of rctlrlnB Coun
cils might just ns well vote themselves
the city safes and sinking fund ns tho
dc-des and chairs they used," he said.
Mr. Doyle nlre'ndy has employed
counsel, and preliminary papers in the
suit arc being drawn up-, Action will
be started before January fi, the dav
on which the counciimen retire and on
which the city is scheduled to lose part
of its property.
"It is an outrage," said Mr. Doric.
for these men to take the furniture
the citizens paid for. Of course, it is
the province of the present city officials
to prevent this Krab. but, being politi
cians. thev will do nothing.
"Why don't the couneiltnen eo down
into the Citv Hall rourtvnrd nnd each
take an automobile? While thev are
nbout it. thev might just ns logically
take home a safe as n memento of their
service in Councils. T nm tnkine thi
action solely out of civic pride nnd to
prevent an imposition on the citizens
of the city by the men they linvc elected
to office."
V;?8 , Bait t'Jit htill another
gift will be voted to the retiring
councilmen bv themselves at the ses
Nions this nfternoon. This will be in
the form of a resolution proposing that
the city fathers have presented to them
selves engrossed resolutions felicitating
them on their, honoiablc nnd faithful
services to tho city.
That action, if successful, will cost
the tnxpajers nn additional $10,000.
The plan v. as advanced home time ago
and referred to the finance committee.
Frank Was Right!
Trank was light. The Christmas
mail "ain't nil delivered yet." One of
tho agents of Snnta Clnus, using the
initials "D. It. O." as n signature,
cut n dollar to the Kveniso Puiu.ici
liKDOKn to "help buy Frank n pair of
felloe." Fiank, who is seven years old,
nnd has tuberculosis, asked Santa for
shoes so he could attend the children's
clinic nt Phipps Institute.
Deaths of a Day
W. Marcus Stephenson
The funeral of W. Mdrcus Stephen
son, widely known as u rare culturiot,
florist und landscape gardener, will be
held this afternoon nt I! p. m., nt his
home. 7009 Old York road. He died on
Saturday. The Ilcv. Philip .T. Stein
metz, Jr., rector of Ht. Paul's Epis
copal Church. Ogontz. will officiate.
Interment will be in St. Paul's
churchyard. Mr. Stephenson, who was
n bachelor, is sunived by two sisters,
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson nnd Miss
Leah Stephenson. IIo wns n director
of tho Jenklntown National Dank.
Mrs. Brlgltte Lang
Mrs. Brigitte Lang, the wife of Colo
nel Jerome Lang, and the mother of
Lewis M. Lang of this city, died
ChiN'uias morning in the home of ner
daughter. Mrs. B. B. Lion, in Now
Yoik. Mi p. Lang was seventy-five
j ears old. Funeral services were con
ducted in Baltimore Sunday.
Samuel Hollyer
New York, Dec. HO. Samuel Holl
yer, one of the Inst of the old school of
engraving, which photoengraving vir
tually has supplanted, died hero yester
day at the age of ninety four. He was
born in London nnd came to the United
States in 1851.
The 111 st signed engravings by Holl
yer are said to have uppcarcd in 18 12.
After that time he worked continuously
at engraving, etchings and mezzotints.
He also delved into lithography, pho
tography und publishing. Among his
finest and best-known engraved plates
are "The Flaw in the Title," "Chailes
Dickens in His Study" and "The
Olenner."
PARIS
5th Ave. at t6lh St.
New York
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ANNOUNCE
till
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asihiaUewpard
Including
Jmllewv Lscatb Lsapeb
jtatd xtfid JoUuteb
We Will Remove to the Ritz-Carlton
an Soon as the Extensive Altera
tions Are Completed
"And to you, my old associates and
friends. I pledge my word thnt ns
Mayor I will give n clean, honest and
efficient ndministrntion."
These words, uttered by Mayor-elect
J. Ilamnton Moore, were greeted with
cheers and waving napkins ns more than
100 newspaper veterans of Philadel
phia sprang to their feet at a dinner
given in the Mnvor-elect's honor nt tho
Walton Inst night.
It was more than n dinner, it wns
n gathering of the newspaper clans,; tho
getting together of men who had known
und worked with Mr. Mooro when ho
was n reporter thirty years ago. Many
of these men are today conspicious la
other walks of life. Others are present
clay editors, congressional and legisla
tive correspondents, and newspaper ex
perts. The requisite for admission to
the association is a newspaper career of
a ciuurtcr of n century.
Thcie were men present from New
York, Washington nnd New Orleans
nnd points over tho btatc. Some had
not clasped hnnds for a score of years.
They bnd parted us young men and met
last night with whitened moustache?
nud dashes of gray in their hair.
Tlcnty of Jobs for Boys
Colonel George Nox McCain, vice,
president, called the diners to order and
read n letter purporting to como from
the" Mnyor-elcct, stntlng that he bad
150 offices worth from $3500 to 56000
which ho proposed to distribute among
members of the association. Thero was
a roar ot acceptance when the proposi
tion was put to vote. James A. Camp
bell was introduced ns tonstmnster nnd
the "oldest newspaper man in captivity,
who had exhibited in every principal
cltv of the country."
When Mr. Moore was introduced the
guests greeted him with applause and
cheers and by rising to their feet. Ho
spoke for twenty minutes. There wns
much of the reminiscent in his talk. He
singled out meu liko "Bob" McWade,
one time city editor of the Ptmwo
TjLdokk, whom he described as his "old
boss" nnd to whom he didn't speak for
days at a time, and yet McWade didn't
dare fire him because ho was tho best
coroner's inquest reporter on his staff.
He spoke of the presence at tho din
ner of the patriarchs of the profes
sion. Colonel Gcoige 13. Mapcs, Colonel
James II. Lambert and Georgq G.
Picric, and mentioned nt least half of
the diners by name recalling episodes
in their journalistic careers.
In earnest and impicssive vein Mr.
Moore then told of his desire to give
Philadelphia good government.
May Disappoint Some
"I want to look every one o you
old friends in the face, men in the pro
fession from which 1 came, und tell you
thnt I cannot be swerved from that
purpose. I may disappoint some of my
friends, but it will be because! tbey are
attached to the old regime nnd do not
recognize the new lino of cleavage, or
because I will not sene this or that
clnss of politicians. I will nerve the
whole people without regard to class."
Tho Mayor-elect was accompanied
by several of his cabinet.
Ernest L. Titstin, the new director
of public welfare, told of his recent
visit to the Middle West cities nnd
what he hoped to accomplish for Phil
adelphia. James T. Cortelyou, who
will bo the director of public safety,
spoke biiefly, nnd John C. Winston,
the diicctor of public works-to-be, tola
how glad he wan that tho Republican
party had adopted the idea of reform.
Peter Rolger read u poem in honor
of tho Mavor-clcct nnd County Com
missioner Henry Starr Kichardson on
behalf of the association presented to
Mr. Moore a gold eyeglass case.
Mnyor-elect Moore in concluding his
remarks announced that tho next din
ner of the Newspaper Veterans' Asso
ciation would be given by the Mnyor. of
Philadelphia.
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