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Rain and Noon Start Cause
Sririnkagoof Number3 in1
'Mummers' Parade
cash;prizes bring out
all kinds of costumes
Prohibition Provides Timely
' Topic for Floats in Best
Turnout of All
Detailed Information
'"on Neiv Year's Parade
Starting point Broad and Porter
( gtreets.
, 'Time of start Noon.
Route--North on Broad street,
around east sldo City Hall, to Glr
ard avenue;-east onQlrard avenue
to Second.
'.The parade will split up into sec
' tions, many clubs- going to compete
for various prizes, offered., by various
business men's associations.
Prizes offered by city $15,000.
Number of men inline 6000.
Six thousandummers, delayed more
than three hours this morning by the
rain that threatened ruin to thousands
of dollars worth of costumes, got away
shortly before noon in the annual New
Year's-parade.
Fifteen thousand had been expected
to march. H. Bart McHugh. impres
ario of the parade andv representative
of city Councils, announced shortly be
fore the starting hour that the number
had dwindled to 0000 because of the
inclement weather this morning and the
postponement of the parade until noon.
Some of the mummers, aggrieved, re
fused to march. '
The gay ranks of flashing saHn and
embroidered brocade, set off by the
.grotesque humor of the comic clubs,
and enlivened with the music of many
bands, marched at a lively pace up
Broad street, showing no sign of the
fatigue of the long wait.
The start was at Porter street. The
route led up Broad street to Gjrard
avenue, then east to Second street.
Son Puts Life Into Pageant
The coming of the sun, which burst
through --"threatening skies not long
affe'r the, parade had been officially
..pctPPar Pu.t new ''e 'nto e raura-
UlCiOi nUUi,u 4 a, k'J W1UKW ,hm,v wuv -
walks-rwhlch ,had been empty in the
s'arly hours- this .morning.
It was the first, New Year's Day
parade in two years; last year's ccle-
bratiou having been split, Into sectional
celebrations, and the lapse of time
doubled the brilliancy of the pageant,
despite the. reduced number of matchers.
Clubs and costumers view: with each
other as never before to' make the
parade today a spectacular success, and
tha result came entirely up to ex
pectations. Never were the fancy costumes so
brilliant. Virtually all the costumes
were brand new, and months had been
epenrm creating tuem tor todays tew
hours of fun and frolic. There were
costumes in each of tho four fancy
l clubs which had cost as much as $3000
' r Ki.,1 nml Vinrl WrtlilT.fl tll nnflonf
efforts of dressmakers and seamstresses
and the skill of hand -embroiderers, for
from two to three months.
Nor were the comic clubs behind
their more ornately dressed fellows in
the expensiveness and cleverness of
their turnouts. The comic feature of
the parade, always popular in the an
Dual New Year's pageantry, was better
this year than ever.
Floils Hit VP-to-Date Foibles
The floats especially excelled. Every
foible and folly of the day was "hit
off'-' by one club or another. Such
insrtiTK as nrohibltion and the hish
cost of living were burlesqued with tell
ing effect from every conceivable fuuny
jinele.
Th lone wait for tho head of the
barade to appear marching up Broad
Btreet was well rewarded. In the early
hours, when a steady rain fell nnd cold
winds ma.de it extremely uncomfortable
to be out of doors, it looked for a
wbHe as if there would be few specta
tors. The police were pn patrol along
the route, and the ropes had been
Btretched'to hold back the crowds but
tho 'crowds were nowhere seen.
-Then came the sun. and with the Bun
the vanguard of a mighty host of spec
tators, who soon had taken every point
of vantage along Broad street and
Girard avenue.. By hundreds and thou-
imperfect good humor for the day's big
Y show to begin.
X or the mummers tue wait was even
more distressing than for tho specta
tors, for practically all of those who
had turned out to march were wait
ing and ready in South Broad-street
before 8 o'.clock this morning.
The splendid cloaks of toe .captains,
Costing., thousands of dollars, were not
brought out into tho rain. The cos
tumers who (had made them- were at
the staling point, ready to put the final
touches on their handiwork, oud they
saw to it that the costly cloaks were
kept under -shelter until the raiu
ceased.
The captains were all there, how
ever, completely dressed ,savo for their
cloaks, and ,tho subordinate marchers
were there in costume'too. They found
shelter under awnings and in dwellings
and stores near the start until the
storm clouds disappeared. Then they
Rallied forth on Broad street and kept
themselves warm and the crowd amused
by weird dance steps and contortions.
Silver Crown Club Load-. Line
The honor of leadlne thn nnrndn writ
fo tha Silver Crown, famous as a win
ner or nrst prize for many years. The
four big fancy clubs in line were the
iiver urown, tno Lobster, tho Charles
Vlein and fhA rSnlrlnn ftllnr,,. r.mi
flubs were interspersed here and there
"pmc tne monotony of beauty and
glVe thft nrnnoi nt, nt ,nt.l. ,A un
trade.
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Li ??irt-0"-e by the costly outfits
w MMiaT. lam Nhlnlrfa r.t ., nt
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Ktv.flca X. V "t wore a cioau
r&JrVRSWpnJ? and thirty feet wide.
vTSJl ir ;-YBU- JJUDt .'wore a cloak
'cost $3000 h
tui.n J zr ,riy-iwo page boys,
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Entered ai Becond-CUM Ifalter nt the Fotoffle. at rhllaJelphla. Pa.
Under th Aot ot Marph 8. 1878. - ,
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James Martin, an eight-year-old
New Year
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Magazine Article Written by Him
Leads to Retreat of Kennett
Square Ornithologist
MISSING FOR SIX YEARS
The mystery of the disappearance
six years ago of Charles J. Pcnnock,
justice of the peace, tax collector,
banker of Kennett Square, and a noted
ornithologist, has been cleared.
It was said today at the home of
his cousin, Dr. Richard J, Phillips, of
123 South Thirty-ninth street, that
Mr. Pennoek had been found in Florida,
where he has ben living the life of a
hermit. His retreat was discovered by
his friends in aU unusual way, after
they had-despaircd of ever finding him,,
Mr. Pennoek recently wrote an ar1
tide about birds for a magazine. This
started the search anew, and at last
he was found in Florida.
The ornithologist disappeared on
May 15. 1013, after delivering an nd
dress at the Academv of Natural Sci
ences. Mrs. Pennoek came with him
to Philadelphia from Kennett Square,
but returned to their homo after a shop
ping trip.
Mr. Pcnnock remained to deliver his
lecture. After leaving the hall he went
to Broad Street Stnrion to take a train.
That was the last .seen of him.
Late that night a porter at the sta
tion picked up his handbag in a wait
ine room.
A nation-wide search for the missing
scientist was begun, but it met with
comnlete failure. No person was found
who had seen Mr. Pennoek after
May 15.
Examination of his accounts showed
they were in perfect order. His home
ife was placid. There was little upon,
which to build theories as to why lie
vanished.
It was known that when Mr. Pcnnock
came here to lecture be had between
"J.-in nnd S100 with him. This caused
the police to make an investigation on
the supposition that he was attacked
nnd robbpd. As days passed, this theory
was discarded.
Then his son, Richard M. Pennoek,
of Kennett Square, advanced the theory
that the ornithologist was suffering from
aphasia-". Tho son said that twenty years
before the scientist had suffered an at
tack o! aphasia and expressed belief that
Mr. Pennoek had suffered another nt
tack. "At that time." the son said, "ho
had an attack of aphasia which lasted
several days, He was about recovering
from inflammatory rheumatism. While
In Philadelphia doing some shopping his
mind became a blank,
"The first recollections he had was
when he observed that he was in a Pull
man car several miles out of Phila
delphia. Ho was la the dressing room
suffering an attack of uausea.
"He asked the conductor where he
was and what day it was. Ho learned
that two days had elapsed since he bad
been in the stores on Market street.
"There was absolutely no recollec
tion of what had hoppentd. He was
.....,,.;, ,i tn find in hi nnw'uinn n nnn
which ho had purchased in Camden
outi...u . - - - ,.-;.-. - ,.
llo could not recall having been In New
Jersey."
In some way, Mr. Pcnnock found his
way to an isolated place iu tins pine
Wrests of Floridu, where ho has 'spent
six years studying bird life.
He lived the life of a hermit, hav
ing no companious. Recently he re
sumed his writing about birds and this
'ed Doctor Phillips to his retreat. Ef
forts will be made to induce him to ire
turn to his home in Kennett Square.
whim ho dlsanneared Mr. Pennoek
was one of tho most promiucnt citizens
in Kennett Square, He owned much
real estate and was connected with u
hnnk at Lunorto. Pa.
His friends see new proof of his
hnslness nblllty In the fact that, with
clouded mind and less than 100, ho
made a new start in mo, wituout asis
Ing any sort of help.
STUDENT8 TO CELEBRATE
Students of Girard College will cele
brate tho Incoming of the new year
in their usual manner in the college
chapel this morning at 10. Samuel
Rosenbaum, member of the bar, will
deliver the address. Scripture lesson
and prayer will be conducted by the
".resident ot the college, anu mo i'"
dent of the board of directors of the
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Htv trusts ex. Governor Stuart, will of his left foot.v Simon ivlll be glyen
MS "tow Year 'gfttlu. qtudenfla bearing hMfot qirard una.lfout-
pxtend te New Year
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parader. lit tho ranks of the Lobster
Association
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B
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Attack by Jewelry Store Thieves
Fails to Keep Girl
From Ca.se
"SOME FIGHT," SHE SAYS
A broken nose and a- black eye did
not keep pretty Miss Ruth Kugler, a
'rained nurse, from going out on "a
case" today.
, Yesterday Miss Kugler was in the
-ewelry store of Sydney Welssman,
1503 Susquehanna street, when bandits
jntcrcd the place, beat Weissman and
Miss Kugler nnd srole jewelry worth
ipiono.
The bandits, of whom there were four
one a woman escaped in a .touring--
Miss Kugler, rooms at 213C North
Thirteenth street? Yesterday being her
day off, she went to the Weissman store
i uuve u waren engraved, it was
while she was consalting the jeweler
mat idc qanuits entered. Sue was bat
tered in the face with the butt of a
revolver.
Miss Kugler pluckily summoned aid
by telephone. Then sue revived Weiss
man. After receiving treatment from Dr.
John A. Boger, 2213 North Broad
street, sho returned to her room and,
without relating the incident, went to
2140 Park avenue for her dinner.
Miss Garrity, who conducts the
boarding house, said :
"When Miss Kugler came into the
dinlpg room tho other boarders started
to tease her about the plaster that was
on her nose and about her black eye.
She is such a pretty little thing, with
ber gray eyes, dark hair and ross.
cheeks, and she's always laughing at
somebody.
"I wasn't there, but I think wi'me
body said to her, 'Who've jou been
fightin' with?' And then she said
romething like tills: 'Well, it was some
fight all right. I'm glad I got out
alive.' But sho refused to tell the de
tails, saying they were all in the news
papers. "I thought 6urelv she. oucht to t?n
home to bed and rest after a fight like
that, but, no,, she wouldn't listen, I
sure do admire her pluck."
JUG OF RUM 141 YEARS OLD
And Wlstar Institute's Treasured
Tipple Won't Flow Until 1992
Want a drink of 214-year-old stuff''
Tben iu,st itwu"AlL T??.f Bfl,d ,d"!P
I nro,I?d'heW'i8tar Insti ute, Uiii-
versity of Pennsylvania, and uncork the
"little brown jug." The jug, and the
Jamaica rum it contains are now 141
ears old. The contents have been
"tasted" by the members of tho board
of managers of the institute, who tip
ped jt in 1S02, when the building was
dedicated. It has bc6n sealed since
land will not be reopened until the cen
tenary ccieornuon.
The jug of Jamaica was left at a
farmhouse in Pennsylvania by some
British oncers in 1778. It came into
tho hands of Caspar Wistar, who was
nrofcssor of anatomy at the Univer-
. n.nn.rl.iilii -icncicic J
Mlj Ul iCUUPJtIWHIM, 4UVW-.IUO, UMU-
it was acquired Dy ueuerai isuac j
Wistar, who endowed the proscut Wls
tar Institute with tho sum of 51,000,
000. NEW YEAR'S DRUNKS FEW
Not One Says "Happy New Year,
Judge," In South Phlla.
Last night's "drouth" was noticeable
this morning in the absence of "drunks"
in dowtjtowu station houses. A can
vass of the entire southern section of
the city showed that thero was not one
"jag" waiting to say "Happy New
YearnJudgc."
The' Pennsylvania Hospital reported
one case of alcoholism, but it was not
of the deadly "wood" variety. The
patlnt wulked In, said he wanted to be
put in shape, and after treatment
walked out again,
8HOT BY CELEBRATOR
William BaUid. forty-four years old,
of 620 East ThompSou street, was
watching his neighbor across tho way,
81mon Jundelewlcb, twenty-two years
old, 033 East Thompson street, shoot
a pistol to welcome the Incoming year.
William is now in the St. Mary s Hos
pital with a bullet wound in the big toe
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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920
WEAJHER'S MUMMERY FAILS
Nofmal Temperature Lurka Behind
Early Mask of Rain
It is a perfectly normal first day of
the year, so far ns tho weather is con
cerned, according to the weatherman.
Tho temperature today is very nearly
the same, as the average- for the same
day last year, and the general weather
condition is much the-same.
The ,rain, which "for a time,
threatened the success of the Mummer
paende, ceased at 8:fi5 and it is im
probable that, it will fall again today.
However,, thesun 'peered through the
-louds that, had masked tho earlier ap
pearance. ''The thermometer registered
7 degrees, 8 o'clock and is not tt1-1
eciea w 'go raucn mgncr ociorc unsuv
The prediction for' the next twenty
our hoiifs is, partly cloddy and colder
onlght, and fair but much colder to
norrow, If there is any precipitation
tomorrow it will bo snow.
GIRL KILLED; BOY INJURED
Two Automobile Drivers Arrested
Following Accidents In Qermantowh
A girl was killed, and a boy was in
iured when' tbey were struck, by auto
nomics in Germantown yesterdays
Isie Morrcy, hve years old, of
153 .Germantown avenue, was struck
is she was crossing Germantown ave
nue at Duval street and was Instantly
'tilled. The automobile was being driven
by William Breeze, of 2120 North Ncw
'tlrk street. Tho body was taken to
the Germantown Hospital, and Breeze
surrendered to the police. He will have
i hearing today.
Dominic Dicallo, an eight-year-old
newsboy, was' struck by an automobile
at Germantown and Chelten avenues
last night. He sustained general in
juries and is iu a critical condition at
the Germantown Hospital. Alfred Volk,
G210 Hazel avenue, driver of the auto
mobile, surrendered to the Germantown
police.
TWO CELEBRAT0RS BURNED
Man and Nephew Seriously, Injured
When Ftrlng Cannon
Two men were seriously burned about
the face, eyes and neck at 12 :30 o'clock
this morning, when they were firing
an old cannon In celebratioU of New
Year's Day.
The victims were Bartlett Arm
brustecr forty-five years old, and his
nephew, Bartlett Armbruster, Jr..
twenty years old, both of Thirty-sixth
and Morris streets. Tbey are in the
Polyclinic Hospital.
The two nlen ..were- usingv an old
cannon which belonged to the Sons of
Veterans. In tho act- of charging it
some sparks from a red likht which
they were burning fell into Ujo. powder
in 'an open can beside the cannon, and
it flashed up. in their faces.
A
MERRYMAKERS AT FIRE
Crowd Qi
gathers at Early Morning
naze In MafkjfcjBtceQ-
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Smokecoming up through tho grating
in front bf 1217 Market strett from the
cellar of (the United Hat Co. attracted
the attention of New Year's merry
makers at 1 :4o o'clock this morning.
When firemen arrived, they were
hampered by the great crowd that had
gathered and by the fact that the. .door
of the store was locked. They were
forced to tear up the grating to get
at the flames.
The fire was extinguished before any
serious damage was done, it is be
lieved that a passing reveler dropped
a lighted cigarette butt through tho
grating. This started a fire, it is sup
posed, which spread to the woodwork in
the cellar.
HONOR LATE DR. 0SLER
Ritual of King Edward Vll's Funeral
Followed In Baltimore Ceremonial
Baltimore, Jan. 1. (By A. P.)
Impressive services in honor of the late
Sir William Osier will be held in Old
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
here this afternoon at the same hour
that, the funeral services for the fa
mous physician will be held at Christ
Uliurch Cathedral, Uxronl, England.
A notable gathering of members of
the medical profession and other friends
and admirers of Sjr William will attend.
The Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Kinsolving,
rector of St. Paul's, and the Rev. Dr.
H. Almon Abbott, rector of Grace and
St. Peter's Church, will officiate, and
the ceremony will be conducted accord
ing to a ritual similar to that used at
the funsral of the late King Edward
VII.
Hubby Spanked Her, Says Bride
.Mllford, Del., Jan. . Charged with
administering a spunklug to his joung
wife, Clarence Meredith, who lives uear
Milford, was about to board a train for
parts unknown when ho wns appre
hended by state officers, and thus ended
the romance of a sixteeu-jear-old bride.
The penalty for wife-beating in Dela
ware is very severe.
Mayor-elect Moore's
New Year's Greeting
"Greetlugs to Philadelphia!
Greetings to our millions of citizens,
old and new! We are at the
threshold of a new administration
which we shall call, and hope to sus
tain, a people's administration,
"Upou it is placed the burden of
stvering old political ties that have
outlived their usefulness and of tak
ing ou a new form of government
which some regard as experimental,
but which many hall with enthusi
asm as an improvement over the
past. .
"Wo shall assume this new task
with a clear conscience, with the
hope and expectation tljat good will
come of it and with a confidence in
the people who, notwithstanding the
limitations of human life and char
acter, are vastly more good than
evil. We shall strive for harmony
of purpose iu public work, for tho
development of our resources and for
the betterment of tho conditions sur
rounding us,
"The fiejd Is wide and the oppor
tunity great. Let us enter upon the
work with the assurance thtt the
people are behind us and that there
are none who would obstruct us In
tho efforts we may put forth for the
general welfare."
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ACTRESS IS HURLED
OVER BRIDGE RAIL
TO INSTANT DEATH
Miss Venita Fitzhugh Thrown
From Automobile at 30th
and Walnut Streets
DRIVER,-T0 AVOID TROLLEY,
- RUNS CAR UPON SIDEWALK
Victim Had Returned Recently
From Entertaining American
Soldiers in England
Miss Venita Fitzhugh, twenty-four
years 'od: a beautiful and talented
young actress just returned from six
.months spent In England entertaining
American soldier's, was killed at 4
o'clock this morning when she was
flung from an automobile from Walnut
street bridge to the tracks of the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The machine In which she was a pas
senger skidded sharplv on the down
grade at Thirtieth and Walnut streets,
when the 'driver, William A. Clader. a
nubile accountant with offices In tho
Land Title Building, tried to turn out
to avoid a trolley car.
Before ho could right the machine it
had gone up on the curb and crashed
into the heavy iron guard rail of the
bridce. bendinc it with the force of the
blow, and hurling the girl out of the
machine and over the side of the
bridge.
She was picked up dead, with skull
fractured and tcrrlblv injured, bv
Clader, Edward J. McGpnigle, of 0013
Chestnut street, nnd Patrolman Sisk,
yho saw the accident from a passing
trolley car. '
The girl's body was rushed to the
University Hospital, but life was ex
tinct.
Clader, driver of the machine, lives
at 0104 Christian 3treet, with his
mother, Mrs. Mary Clader. Miss Fitz
hugh, an old friend of the family, had
come to visit at the Clader home upon
her return recently from abroad, where
tor six months she had appeared before
audiences of Amcrjcan soldiers.
"Venita was just back from Lon
don," said Mrs. Clader this morning.
"She was staying for a while with me,
and last night my son and Mr. Mc
Gonigal took her downtown to see the
New Year in."
Tho party of three remained down
town all evening, dining at a cafe near
Broad and Chestnut streets. They left
for 'homo in Mr. Clader's car.- It
was but a few minutes later that the
accident occurred.
Clader was uninjured, being protected
by the steering- wheel. McGonigal,
however, was thrown so violently
against the car by the impact that, bin
nose.vas broken-and seycralJtetthwere
knocked-out. He was' treated at the
University Hospital.
Clader was placed under arrest after
the accident and had a hearing this
morning before Magistrate Harris at
the Thirty-second street and Woodland
avenue station. He was held without
bail to await the action of the coroner.
McGonigal was released on his own
recognizance to appear us a witness at
the inquest.
Had Plajed Important Holes
.Miss Fitzhugh was born in St. Louis.
Her grandfather was the late Colonel
iltzhugh, a cousin of Fitzhugh Lee.
She was educated in a convent, but took
to the stage shortly after leaving the
institution.
Her attractive personality and re
markable voice won her almost instant
recognitions Miss Fitzhugh broke in us
an understudy in "The Enchantress,"
a Victor Herbert production. She was
introduced by Mme. Victor Maurel, wife
of the baritone, who lecognized her
artistry, nnd was instrumental in plac
ing ber. Late In the run of "The
Enchantress," Miss Fitzhugh was uu
dcrstudy to Miss Kity Gordon, assum
ing the titular role on occasion.
Later she nppeared iu Lew Field's
production "All Aboard," aud again
was a notable asset. When she was
nineteen she applied for a minor part
in "Tho Sunshine Girl," under Alfred
Haymau, He tried out her voice iu his
office and was so impressed that he
employed her aud cast her for an im
portant part in his production, "The
Marriage Market."
Miss Fitzhugh was reputed to bear
a remarkable faoiul resemblance to
Blllic Burke, actress and film star.
Durlug the last few years she had
appeared iu prominent roles in cquallj
famed productious, and had won un
qualified approvnl. Last year she weut
abroad.
MISTAKEN FOR BANDIT
Man, Tired Waiting for Trolley,
Halls Auto and Is Arrested
Beware e Owl Line devotees If
the P. R. T. doesn't come along quick
enough to suit jou, don't hail any
passing automobile promiscuously and
ask for a lift. A bullet from the driver
or a night in jail ar just two of the
things you may expect.
Herbert G. Rankin, thirtj -eight
years old, Twenty-seventh street and
Indiana avenue, got the latter and nar
rowly escaped the first. Rankin was
returning home after a New Year's Eve
celebration and became weary of wait
ing for a trolley car at the corner of
Germantown and Allegheny avenues, bo
he hailed a passing automobile. The
driver thought he was being held up
and screamed.
Patrolman Dougherty heard the dis
turbance, rushed to the scone and ar
rested Rankin. The prisoner had a
hearing this morning before Magistrate
Wrigley. As nobody appeared against
him ho was 'released with a word of
warning.
"The driver would have been justi
fied In pulling u gun ou jou," soin
mented tho magistrate.
GREETING FROM PRINCE
John H. Potter, Eecort to Edward,
Gets Christmas Message From Him
John H. Totter, of 228 South Broad
street, who was ouc of the escorts to
the Prince of Wals durlug his visit to
this country, did not get a New Year's
greeting from Edward, as Bill Nye,
Washineton, D. 0.. did. , ' ' '
Mr. Potter, who is now in Baltimore,
received a Christmas greeting instead.
It read:
"John II. Potter, 228 South Broad
street. Philadelphia, Pa.;
uunsimos grectwe. ,
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Fubllalied Dally Except Sunday,
Copyright. 1020, by
Two Children Die in Fire
Believed Work of Thieves
Father of One Injured Rescuing Girls, and
Ladderman Overcome by Smofte in Blaze
Which Destroys N. 33d St Home
Two children were suffocated and
burned to death, the father of one was
Injured and a 'fireman, was overcome
by smoke in a fire that destroyed the
home of Max Chipin, 2027 North Thir
ty-third street, at 2:45 o'clock this
morning.
The dead :
Sophia Chipin, nine years old.
Sarah Sclillu, eleven years old, 2143
N. Franklin street, a cousin of -the other
child. "-
The injured :
Max Chipin, forty years old ; cuts
and bruises of head and bo'dy.
William Etley, laddermanrTruclcNo.
IS; overcome by smoke, but revived,
HUrt Rescuing Children
Chipin w-as injured while rescuing
two other children, a girl two years
old and A girl four years old. Etley
was overcome as he tried to reach the
children, who were trnpped aud suffo
cated in the second-story rear room.
Chipin later said he believed thieves
bad entered the bouse after the family
had retired and were frightened away
when members of the family got out of
bed to hear the bells and whistles wel
comiug the advent of the new year. He
said he thought the intruders started
the blaze through the careless use of
matches.
The house, a two-story brick and
stone structure, -w as being partly ren
ovated by Mr. Chipin, who is a build
ing contractor. He was adding a porch
and sun parlor to it.
There were three rooms on the sec
ond floor. Sophia Chipin and "her
eleven -year-old cousin, a visitor, were
sleeping in the rear room. The middle
room was occupied by a boy twelve
years old and a girl four years 'old.
Mr. and Mrs. Chipin slept In the
front rodm with their two-year-old
daughter Grace. Another daughter,
SHIP RUNS ashore; held by ebbing tide
CHATHAM, Mass,, Jan. 1. The steamer "Wlllpolo ran Into
gaud on tbe eustern side of Sliovelful Shoal off Monomoy Point
early today and was held fast on an ebbing tide. The cutter
Acushnet hastened to her assistance. The Bea was smooth. The
steamer formerly was the Yaphonk, a vessel of 3283 tons.
HOUSE ROBBED OF $25,000 Iff JEWELS
DETROIT, Mich,, Jan, 1. Jewelry valued, at nioro than
,?2B,Ot0waa stolen, from the home of, Griffith "O. Bills, in the
'fashion&bleIntiiaua -Village- section, last alight, according,-to a
report to the police today. The jewelry, stolen during" the
absence pf thd family at a new year's 'Vatch party included a
necTilace valued at $20,000.
PAMinFHINRi IMRKINWn
A1ESIYSE11 IN AUTOACCIDENTS
The Rev. Charles L. Hunter Re
fuses to Recommend Politi
cal Prisoners' Freedom
APPEAL IS MADE BY WOMAN
The Rev. Charles L. Hunter. r215
Ridge avenue, pastor of the Wissa
hieknn Baptist Church, has declined to
preach a sermou on "Granting Amnesty
to Political Prisoners."
An appeal for such a sermon. Doc
tor Hunter sas, was made to him by
Mrs. Walter Cope. 200 East Johnson
street, Germantown.
After refusing the appeal Doctor
Hunter announces he will preach Sun
dnv night on "Mercy and Justice."
"The sermon will be entirely different,"
he sab, "from the appeal which has
for its object the freeing of Eugene V.
Debs and other public enemies."
Mrs. Cope said this morning that she
was not the onlv signer of the letter
sent to Doctor Hunter.
She aid it bore the signatures of
"the members of the amnesty commit
tee, many of whom are prominent
clcrgmen." The committee, Mrs.
Cope' explained, is a local body.
It is understood that an appeal for
a sermon on politirnl amnesty similar
to that sent to Doctor Hunter was
forwarded to all clergymen by the "Am
nesty Committee,"
BROWN WITNESS RECALLED
Miss Gladys Summit to Testify
About Roommate Saturday
Mount Clemens Mich., Jan. 1. (By
A. P.) A summons was issued to.day
for the return here of Miss Gladys
Sumnil1-. of Battle Creek, whose story
implicating her roommate, Mrs. Cecil
Vester, caused a warrant to bcs issued
for the latter, charging complicity in
the murder of J. Stanley Brown.
Miss Summit is being recalled as n
witness at tho heariug to be given Mrs.
Vester on Saturday, the accused woman
having been arraigned late yesterday
and entering a plea if not guilty.
Llojd Prevost, cousin of the slain
man' widow, who has several times
beeu questioned by the authorities, was
taken into custody this morning as a
material witness. No charge has been
made against him.
Start iYeto Year Right
by Writing It Right
Incomplete returns received from
letter-writers and check signers in
various "parts of the city today indi
cate that Q0 per cent of them w-rote
Jauuary 1, 1010, in (he date line.
Start 1020 right by writing 1020.
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POSTSG
Subaerlptlon Price IHi fear by Mali.
Public ledger Company. L
eighteen years old, was away .at the
home ot a relative.
Aw aliened by Llttlo Girls
"ic, n-nf tn Tied heforc midnixht.
Chipin said this morning. "My wife
and r u'rA nrmiKPd bv bonhia. my
daughter, ,ahd bj Sarah Schlin, who
came into our room to tell us the
whistles were blowing and the bells
Were ringing.
"After a while they went back to bed.
I had to get up with my two-year-old
child about 1 o'clock, but I noticed
nothing wrong tlien.
"It was after 2 o'clock when my
wife i aroused me. , She had smelled
smoke. I ran to th? stairs. Smoke
was pouring up the stairway. I heard
the crackle of flames. I know I got
greatly excited. I ran downstairs with
the baby and laid her on the step next
door.
"My wife had nwakened our two
children in the miodle room,. 1 car
ried the younger one out. Some neigh
bor sent in an alarm. I started back
for Sophia nnd Sarah, but the stair
way was aflame.
Firemen Raise Ladder
' When firemen arrived thjy raised a
ladder. Etley, a ladderman, climbed
through a window and' started for the
rear room where he was. told the chil
dren were. He fell, overcome, as he
groped through 'the smoke. Two other
firemen 'reached the rear room and car
ried the burned and suffocated children
to the street. Both were dead when
taken to the Women s Homeopathic
Hospital.
EtlcJ- was found lying near a bed by
Martin Lamon, a Truck No. 18 ladder
man. The unconscious fireman was
carried to the street, where Tie later
was revived.
Chipin said his;loss would reach $10,
000. Virtually all the furniture and
clothing were destroyed.
One Machine Hits Graveyard
i,,t .... . .
vva.ii on mceiown uane i roi
ley Hits Second Car
NONE SERIOUSLY HURT
Thirteen persons were slightly hurt
today in automobile accidents iu this
city.
Seven occupantK of a passenger auto
mobile received cuts and minor injuries
when the car skidded on wet pave
ment nt Nicetown lane nnd Clearfield
street early this morning nnd crashed
into the wall of the graveyard of St.
James tho Less Church.
The party, which had been celebrat
ing the birth of the New Year, were
all taken to St. Like's, Hospital.
They are:
Joseph Levy, 1122 East Palmer
street, driver;
George Koss, 124S East Columbia
avenue ;
Mr. and Mrs. William Oeters, 3520
.North Thirteenth street:
Lillian Oeters. same nddresR;
Catherine Kaiser, 2100 North
Twenty -firpt street:
Louis Stonpy, 3001 Walnut street.
Four women and two men were
thrown out of an automobile nnd
slightly hurt at .1 :,10 o'clock when their
machine collided with a trollev car at
Nineteenth nnd Eitzwnter streets. All
were taken to the Polyclinic Hospital.
The force of the collision threw the
motor against the curb. All the occu
pants but the driver were throw-p out.
No arrests were made. The machine was
a hired one. The machine was not
badly damaged.
The Injured arc Miss Borthn Norris
thirty-U -pnrs old. 1841 Woodstock
street: Miss Nellie Napper, twpntv-six
years old. 1011 Fitzwater street ; 'Mrs
Lucille A'an Kirk, twenty-two vears
old, 2122 Carpenter street; Miss Nan
nif Covington, twenty-three jeans old
23Q4 Catharine street: M. L Lew Is
thirty years old, 1011 Fitzwnter street!
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jcuib uiu, iinsin H.-U uvenue,
ROOT FOR WORLD COURT
Name Considered Favorably Because
of His Efforts to Establish It
Washington, Jan. 1. (By A. P.)
iwjhii Root, one-time secretary of ntnte.
will be called on to give his assistance
and advice in the launching of the great
International supreme court provided by
the league of nations. '
Mr. Root's name has been consid
ered favorably In the selectiou of these
manarers. in full recognition of the fact
that the United Btates has not ret no-
provea ine peace treaty. The reason
.?-.- Bt ,,ouna Jn m unremitting
efforts' to bring such a tribunal as the
internatlesal rourf l.tr, i. ,...- .. .
clonl6 wltenJie wb premier of p
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LET'S PUT PUNGH
Majority Choice for Cour)cH,
Presidency Would Rid City-,
of Chronic Inactivity'
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PLEDGES AID TO MOORE
IN DEVELOPMENT PLVMS
Hall Says He Will Romaintjll
Race Until Vote Is Taken '
on Monday !
INFOWDlVrf !
"Let's put the punch In theifflrwrfrd., t
movement for Philadelphia." !&M?!
With this slogan Richard Weglefn, assist
choice of the Moore majorjty for preid ettner
dpnf. nf lye new ftnnnrYLnf fcwnv.n-ni igUSFa
j.i...j nw !,. :i rj i, tli ilffvfjl
I ucutuu tuuuj uinb iv nnuiu w3 ttia f
policy to "rid Philadelphia of is chronic
inactivity in the matter of public im
provement?." '
Councilman -elect Wegleiu, who 'wjjl
be ,clected president at the organization
of the new Council next Mondav. said
he would co-operate with Mayor-elecfc
Moore in the latter s plans to make
Philadelphia great, the
"best amopg
American cities."
Charles B. Hall, backed by the Varefs
leaders for president, announces
he is still in the field -as a candidate for;
president
'!Are you going to remain in 'theO .
held?" air. wall was asked, "in ta
of the fact that the majority has agreed! jM
upon Mr. Weglefn?" . ' ',
-u.nat mak-cs no auterence, - repuca:
Mr. Hall. "I will be a candidate 'untiE
the vote is taken next .Monday.-" ', J
Mr. Hall's' announcement was ma
known t6 Mr. Weglpip. ,df
"That 'iff his nrivlleire':" said Mr
Wcglein. "It is often done-ttkit
minority places a Candidate in the-flcMI
Mr. HalL's candidacy will not affect'tbo
situation unfavorably. I see no reason
why it should interfere with plans for
the Harmonious action or. eouncUmwo
With thf iHPntnlnr nrlmlniaf rnttnn .'.
with the incoming administration
nt
Wants Improvements Pushed
m
Mr. Wczleln said that he -wa r.r1lJ . tr
tlcularly Interested In the pushihgtpT 1 i
public improvements. In this connec-i. i '
tion he suggested that a survey shoulrtj?
be made of the status of .public im'r,
provements, as they now, exist,, on .paper'
or otherwise, with the object of deter
mining the best aud quickest mcansoft
bringing- all plans, for public improve-'
ment to.fruftion. iJ
He specifically referred to fhe,pri
nosed 'Art flnHon. tin. PnKHn T.lli.n'i
the Convention Hall and the hrghjriaJM
transit system. Street imnrovMfeawrjra&i
are also an the program. -Sy',, f
",My policy ,ald Alt lt"j?-U
"will be to work for a progressive PhU-T";
adelphla. To put improvements, wbjtik'
have been too long' delayed, under way
at the earliest possible moment. 1 will '
work in harmony with the Alayor, who1 J
wants to see the city great, who wafatff,"
the city nationally advertised and who
wants people to come here and see what
we have got, iu art, industry, j;om.-' t i'f
luetic, uuuuli; uuu JU u?a UUU liicUB
of promoting the public welfare. ci '
"As a start, we should make a-ftur-.
voy of plans for -public imnrovementa.
The Pnblii! Library at present consists?
of a hole in the Parkwoy.
"The Art Gallery is still more or less
a mound of earth and rocks. The prd-
posed site for the Convention Hall. -on
the Parkway, is the poorest that.-pos- 7
sibly could be selected. The lot-isJr' ,
regular, there is no room for parkinjf. -
nnd jn every way it is undesirable.''
, vention hall is in Falrmount Park where
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beauty. Under this new administra
tion, people will come to Philadelphia
more thnn ever before, we will batjft''
more nnd greater conventions and'we
must have an adequate 'aud pleasing site'
for a -convention hall.
Time to Realize Possibilities , 1
"Now is the time for us to realise
our wonderful possibilities. Asfiti
nov our plans are vague and our, wprki)" r,
arc at a standstill. We must puttltfc
punch into it. We have got to kpqck
factionalism out of business nnd' (Ju!t(, ".
this dilly-dallying which gets us no
where. The people want progress, 'uot
the sight ot politicians scrapping while
the welfare .of their city goes by de
fault." A
Mr. Weglein said that he will probi. '
ably announce the membership of the
committees of the new CpunSll within
a day or so.1 "I am now.'1, he explain
ed, "ascertaining the likes and ' dis
likes of the members in this respect,
so that the committees will bo couipe-yL- '
tently mauned with sympathetic coun-kfl"
cilmen."
None of tho places which the ne fj
Council will fill was taken up at'"th' '
caucus, which was held iu Hhe offlcj nf
of Councilman-elect James A. Deve)iAy
Muyor- elect Mooro Is said to ha
expressed the desire to have Cllnq,
Rogers Woodruff, William T. Colbe
anil diaries . eeld named cl
service commissioners by the n
nt
l;ouncil, and it is expected that tl
slate will be elected.
V0LL ON REYISI0N BOARD
.
Governor Appoints Philadelphia L
bor Leader to Succeed WHonA0
John A. Voll. G03T Oxford a'rcerlE
a labor Jpadcr, has been appojuted.r
Governor Sproul to the vacancy pa V
constitutional revision cmmissluie
caused by the declination of SecreU
of Labor William B. Wilson. '
Mr. Voll is national president oM
Olassblowers' Association of the Uiil
States and Canada and was tartar
president of the Ohio Slate FederVi
ot t.abor. He has been actjte n l
movements and is an iudenendent
politics. During the war be served
a member of the executive commiUo
ot tue I'liiiaueiphia Council of NV
tlonul Defense aud was appointed' )t'J
President Wilson ns u member of 1m
Federal Council of Natioual PefenMiiF't
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Envoy's Wife Killed In Efevtf
Wasliliigtou, Jan. 1. Mrs. XL tfm,
Uval Dodge, wife of the America f
Croats and Slovens, was allied is
nere yesterdtr in an ui.elrUt.tat
through the elevator Khaft nt m o
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