RPW -3 ' Ty -.. ' - wi ; V? I Pff "i. U r EVENING HJBLiC .LEBaER-HlXVDELPHlA, TtElJti&DAY, JANUARY 8, 1920 ft Hi? ir- ... I...lnll tl . MflSS T ..rl'n l n"T: " lUtrr nun, ..., it rn., inviirm. t "Turner for Concrete" Choose a contractor with. Permanent organization. JtPb the surest guarantee hat your building will bo ill built and finished on time. 14 executives Have aver- Jd 13.9 years with Turn i 6 general superintend ents, 9.1 vrs; 39 super intendents, 5.7 years. TURNER Construction, o 1JI3 Minom Mrect fUBEttlil FOR 200 OPENED Senator H ack ott Dedicates Building for Norristown Women Patients STRUCTURE COST $15,000 Rhode Island Wets Declare Vol stead Act Oppressively Defines Nonintoxicants as Intoxicating TERM 'AMENDMENT VOID By Hie Associated Press u.n n I.. Jan 8. An in- tacSon to restrain federal officials in Be Island from interfering under Z national prohibition amendment Sth "the manufacture and sale of uon- '...u.tlmr malt beverages" was naked htaVbnh of complaint filed in the aited States District Court here to- dsy. The action's were brought by Michael J Linen, In behalf of the James Han to Brewing Company, Nnrragnnsctt htert.iwmi.anr uu '7' A torney Harry A. Halter nud the collec ... U utcrnnl revenue, licorgc h . NO'Shnufncssy, were named as defend .ltd ' The eighteenth amendment, the bills .,. U "wholly null and void, and Rtltle 2 of the Volstead act, for the cn Wfoi&ntnt of constitutional prohibition. U declared to De unconsuiuuuuni uuu toidand bejoud the power of the federal OTernment to enforce." in.. i.ut nttnrk the Volstead act par ticularly, saii.2 that it arbitrarily and oppressively defines and classifies as intoxicants liquors which are not in fict intoxicating. ... The plaintiffs a--k for a restraining order and preliminary injunction to be .r.t!o HurinL' the hearine and pending a final decision of the case, and then for t perpetual injunction. It is alleged that the malt Ifquois manufactured by the plaintiffs, nl tlougli containing one-half of one per cent alcohol, by ''experience and as u mult of exhaustive research and ex periment" are nouiutoxioating. The eighteenth amendment Is de clared to be null and void, in that two thirds of the members of Congress did not deem any such amendment neces urj and, among other reasons, is upon a subject not within any power panted to Congress or prohibited to the states. DISAGREE ON ACCIDENT I Two Motorists Accuse Each Other cf Injuring Man Both Held IVo motorists, each accusing the din of knocking down nnd injuring a (.'Sit at Ilroad street nnd Alleghenj iiiue, were held for u further hearing today until the injured man can testify unclear up the conflicting statements. A. F. Washburn, thirty ears old. 2130 Leithgow street, wag the man tart. His scalp was lacerated and he received several body bruises. lie was treated at the Samaritan Hospital. The motorists irprp Sfimnpl V.oM't. nil rsorth Twenty -second street, and Join P, Barnes, 203.1 North Cleveland avenue. Washburn, on a bicycle and Barnes in his ear were going south on Broad street. ZeiU was driving west to Allegheny avenue. ike tnfttnrtdtc nS,. 1..nil.nni. V.nfn... JUiuitrate Price in the Twenty -second aim nunting 1'ark avenue sta ,an4 held in $100 bail each for a nrtier hearing January 18. JE START GROCERY FIRE veral Hundred Dollars' Worth of Foodstuffs Destroys ' in The Hnckett Home, ttio new building for tubercular women at the Norristown State Hospital, was dedicated yester day. The building is modern in every fea ture nnd was constructed according to plans made with the use to which the structure would be put in view. It contains wards, private rooms, special observation rooms, sun parlors nnd other features for the comfort and health of the patients nnd convenience ot rue piijsirions and nurses. The building is on the hospital grounds and was erected at n cost of S15.000. It was begun more than a enr ngo, hut was delnjcd in completion by labor and material difficulties. Dr. Jessie M. I'eteison will be in charge. The building will nreommn date about 200 patients. Doctor Peter son will have a staff of about thirty nurses and additional attendants. Ad mission to the institution will be on cer tificate of cntiuuco granted by state nlusicinns. V Governor Sprou! wns to hnvo attended the dedication exercises. He was un able to attend, but Senator Hnckett. of Gaston, represented him, Among those in attendance were the medical staff of the State Hospital, the members of the board of trustees, mem bers of the Montgomery County Medi cal Society, the county commissioners and in tu. v prominent medical authorities from Philadelphia. TIip ceremonies began nt 3 o'clock and lasted until after 0, when nurses nffiliated with the institution served lunch. The hospital baud of eighteen pieces furnished music. SUICIDE AWARD REFUSED Compensation Board Rules Minor Injury Did Not Prompt Act In an opinion by the State Compen sation Hoard filed in Ilnrrisburg today it was declared that no compensation would be allowed to n petitioner, whose son committed suicide following an in jury, where no connection was estab lished between the two. The ense was that of Schneider against the Ilech Marbakcr Co., of Philadelphia. The son of the petitioner had suffered an injury to his hnnd and inter com mitted suicide. The boaul in its opinion remarked that the man suffered some pain, but nothing of a nature to prompt suicide. Compensation wns allowed in the case of Barnes against the Cramp Shipbuild ing Co., in which it was established that pneumonia resulted from infection caused, by an injury to the hip. feSt ftt ;$$? Wm 5g jiHMMH. f i Hr MAN BLINDED; SUSPECLWHISKY Loses Sight of Eye After Drink ing Liquor Which May Be Wood Alcohol IRISH PROBLEM TOPIC AT MEETINGS TONIGHT Protestant Delegates at Metro politan, Frionds of Ireland at Parkway Building CHEMIST IS ARRESTED HKLHN PHTttUTONIliS Fifteen jcars old, who lias disap peared from her home, 2224 East Venango street, to obtain a position In the movlng-plctnrc field. Police of this city and New York have been notified tp search for her M0NSIGN0R MULLIGAN BURIED IN CAMDEN Thousands of All Faiths Pay Last Tribute to Venerable Priest PHIIA IS LOSING MEDICAL PRESTIGE Mrs. Lnwrenec McKcowu, thirty seven years old, of Mercy street near Front, is in the Pennsylvania Hospital suffering from hlindnc -s nnd her neigh bor, Snmucl Whitehead, of Mercy street neur Front, is field bv the police on the charge of having sold the womnn what was purported to be whisky, which, ac cording to the police, is responsible for her condition. The police say they believe the alleged whisky contained wood alcohol. The woman was taken to the hos pital last night. She was blind in one eje and was rapldlv losing the sight of the other one. The nhysicinns sny she told them that she purchased some , liquor from whitehead a week ago Tues- I day, paying $2 for one rpinrt. She drank some from time to time and on Snturday night she snid her vision be came dimmed, nnd a few hours later she was nearly blind. Refused to Tell Cause At the hospital she at first refused to tell what had caused her illness, hut when told yesterday that it was ueces-1 Protestant Episcopal Church, Norfolk, sor.v for her to tell the iilivsicinns in Vn nml Prof. Arthur Unhnin . Pope. order for them to heat her case properly i art expert and one-time professor of 7 A mass-meeting nt which the seven Protestant Irlh delegates who arc in the city will give their views of Sinn Fein movement In Ireland will be rnnducted in the Metropolitan Opera House tonight under the direction of the Philadelphia Protestant Federation. Samuel A. Wilson, president of the federation, will preside. Bishop Thomas Gnrlnnd will offer prnver. The Ttevs. Fredeiink F. llarte, Willinm Corkey. A. Wjiie Blue, nnd Willinm Cootc'wllt speak. The Rev. Frank B. Lynch will offer n resolution and Bishop Thomas B, Neely will pronounce the benedic tion. Mr. Hnrto said emphatically today that he and his colleagues were in no manner connected with ,Lord Beaver brook, the administrator of British pro paganda during'the war. "We have nothing to do with him nnd he did not send us to America," said Mr. Harte. Simultaneously with the meeting in Hie opera house the Protestant Friends of Ireland will meet in the Parkway Building for the purpose of "enlisting sympathy for tljo freedom of the Irish people." Speakers at the latter meeting will be Lindsay Crawford, president of the bodv and editor of the Toronto Stntes innn ? tlii Itev. Dr. James Gratten Mrthen. assistant rector of Christ FILTER CONTRACT AWARDED Director Winston's First Act Is to Relieve City's Water Supply Woik will be hastened on nn exten sion, to the Queen Lane filter plant. designed to relieve the water shoitage in the central part of the city. A contract for the extension, which will incrense the city's water supply by 50,000,000 gallons a day, has been awarded by Director Winston, of pub lic works. It is the Hist contract awarded by the administration. The lowest bidders on the work were Edward Fay & Son, who received the contract. The initial outlay will be $3(17,734, but the cost of all the im provements proposed will amount to $1,500,000. BROTHERS IN HOSPITAL Both Hit by A'utos on Same Corner , a Week Apart Two. biothers are in the same waul in St. Joseph's Hospital suffciing from injuries they received on the snme cor ner, one last night nnd one a week ago. They are James Simister, five j cars old, and Joseph Simister. nine j ears old, of (52S North Thirteenth street. James was struck last night bynn automobile at Thirteenth street and JUdge avenue and sustained Inceptions of the head and body. Joseph was run down ly an automobile nt the same point a week ago, and one of His legs bad to be amputated. Mgr. B. ,7. Mulligan, one of the most widely known Catholic priests of the Trenton diocese, wns buried this morn ing from Immaculate Conception Church, Cumdcn, where for years ho had been rector. The church was thronged with clergy nnd laity for the funeral mass, nnd hundreds followed the body in pro cession to the grnvc. Mass was celebrated by the lit. Rev. Bishop Thomas J. Walsh, of the New Jersey diocese, assisted by the lit. Itev. Monsignor, John Fox, vicnr general of the diocese and rector of the Cathedral at Trenton. ' Other priests assisting were the Rev. P. J. Petri, Atlantic City; the Itev. J. S. Henrich. Mooiestown: the Itev. Monsignor Spillane, the Itev. John Cnulfielt. Millville; the Itev. George AVeish, foruipr nssistnut pustor at the Immaculate Conception ; the Itev. John Oouway, Merehantville; the Itev. John Burke, Swedesborot the Itev. Itobert Ij, Bmke, Knglewood; the Itev. William K. Cuntwell, Perth Ainlioy ; tne new Kdwnrd C. Griffin, South Amboy; the Itev. J. I. Itjnn, Long Branch; the Itev. Tliomns lludden. Bound Brook ; and the llcv. James Goss, Manasqunn. The Itev. John Noriis, New Bruns wick, preached the sermon. Three bishops were present in tho snnctunry. Bishop McCort, ot Phil adelphia; Bishop O'Connor, of Ncw rtik, nnd Bishop Walsh, of Trenton. Two hundred pi tests were present fiom New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Aftcrthe nnss the body was taken through the Camden sheets in pioces sion. hundicds of school childien walk ing us a gunul of honor nnd luembeis of nniish societies following. Interment wrs made at Calvary Cemetery. Cam den. Fonner Senator David Baird, Mayor Chillies II. Ellis. Prosecutor Charles II. Wnherton and County Clerk Frank S. Patterson attended the funeral. Child Succumbs to Burns Lawrence Kugler. thri'e je.us old, of 220 Tree street, died in the Mt. Sinai Hospital today from bums ho teeelved while playing near n gas range in his home Inst night. she admitted having taken the whisky According to Detective Thomas Col linn mid Federal Agent John McXnlly, Whitehead admitted to them that lie had sold two charts of liquor to Mrs. McKeown and that last Sunday he sold two more qunrts to a sister-in-law of the woman, JIrs. Winnie Cummincs, of Cantrell street near Third. The man insisted so far as he knew the whisky did not contain wood alco hol or any injurious substances and that ho had it in his possession Inst July, Emplgycd In Chemical Plant Whitehead is employed at a chemical company in Frankford, where he was arrested yesterday afternoon. The woman's illness wns called to the nttention of the police of the Fourth nnd Snjder avenue station by Mrs. Josephine Commins, of 118 Ellsworth street. She is the mother of Mrs. Mc Keown. At the hospital today it was said there is n possibility that the woman may regain her sight. She lias two children, a daughter eighteen jears old and n nine-year-old sou. Wood alcohol is believed to be re sponsible for the condition of James Cosgrove, fifty-eight years old, of Napa street and Lehigh n,venue, who was found unconscious early this morn ing nt Sixteentli street nnd Lehigh ave nue. He was taken to the Women's Homeopathic Hospital, where the phy sicians believe lie will recover. U. OF P. MEN WIN PRIZES Five of Eight Medals for Drawings Awarded Students Students of architecture nt the Uni veisitv of Pcnuslvania won live of eight medals awarded by the Beaux Aits Society for a problem entitled "A Memorial Biidge." This wns announced yesterday by Prof. Warren P. Laird, head of "the" depot tment of aichiteeture at the University. Two members of the T-Squnre Club also won medals in the contest. The students as well as thoe of tho T-Square Club, who won medals were trained by Paul Cret, professor of design at the t'niversitj . Tho competing colleges were Pennsylvania, Columbia, Carnegie Tech, Cornell. Yale nud Minnesota. philosophy nt Amhcrst College, Brown nuvcrsuy uuu cue uiiivcibhj- ul w,n foruia. "NEVER AGAIN," HE SAYS Grocer Who Drew Oil While Smok ing Cured for All Time Louis Kubln, a grocer at Sixth nnd Pine streets, Camden, executed nn order from a customer for oil this morning while smoking u cigarette. Kubin escaped uninjured, but nearby parts of his store were shattered bv the force of the explosion nnd the fire en gines had to be cnlled out to subdue the blaze. "Never ngain." Itubin said 6o Says Dr. Potter, of Woman's College, Asking for Aid $250,000 DRIVE STARTS Philadelphia will lose its prestige ns a medical center unless citizens take II mnro vlfn. Inlnrvnt in Its institutions. nceorrllnir in Dr. Ellen O. Potter, of flip Wnmnn'a Medlcnl College of Penn Njlvnnin nnd chairman of the $2."0.0f0 drive which started today to ncip ibko care of the immediate and general financial problems of the college. "There are not enough physicians being produced to supply the ordinary needs of the country." says Doctor Potter, "and during the last few years there haR been an enlarged demand for doctors in fields other than the office practice of"'medicine. They arc needed ns educators in schools and in indus trial work, nnd the foreign calls arc larger than ever. "One-sixth of the women medical students of the country nro studying here in Philadelphia nnd the Woman's Medicnl College is fast reaching its capacity in registrants. It is no secret that the tuition for which the student pays .$200 costs the college in, and if the medical profession is to be en couraged the deficit must be made up by contributions. "Everybody connected with the col lege, except the professional workers, has teeelved an increase in salary, and many of the teachers who arc held to the college by lojalty have not had their salaries raised for many years. Some of them have had to draw on their private incomes." One of the immediate additions to the curriculum which will be finnnccd by the fund will be a department of preventive medicine whicli will be headed by a woman physician of New York who is said to be one of the most prominent in the country. The first meeting of the 500 women workers, who ore organized into fifty teams, will be held at noon today at the Hotel Adelphia, with Benjamin Ludlow ns speaker. Mrs. James Starr, Jr., is nssociatc chairman of the campaign committee. jaice playing about matches stored a Krocerv slnro nf rjjA -ri.n !i ?uscd ,a fire cnr'y tliis "rn- "I that resulted in the destruction U, "inl h""drea dollars' worth of foodstuffs, according to the police. wi a T'.s ownp(1 nml operated by SanY. !?1'irtly aft-Tward Pedes hug i noticed tho reflection of n fire in lad ., n1e.,aroi,sl'tl Mr3- Chcrnoff ?oo summnnerl tim ,. ..i nn.. -.- Minn ln i . . ":"'". -"-lie re "i the mutches are stored. NEW EPISCOPAL OFFICE ""' Handle Business of Diocese of Pennsylvania e organization to handle S Of till. PntoAnnnt Ki 2 'l0Cr' ot Pennsylva. fttChfi 1i0rRanl7e'1 wit offices at .t,e,iUroh U0,W' Twclttl1 nnl Walnut A'r&L" tj'e form of a di- 'ure T.'""ir '", ne me new s,TOa .,, " "ennctt, a Phi a post nmW'rninu, has accepted the b" S tl", , 1,r,mvn' member of the ""Hon at rwEa,te ,tn the rccent p !,ftutlve itr?it- lias becn appointed UtauTf'asu-rerWnilnml,'Barbe A .... I".e hni,,n Deaths of a Day afjl ,ANK3sBlDn Jewelers Silversmiths Stationer Hence breeds content Noise is all right in its place. But its place is most certainly not in a business office. There it is as so much sand in the carburetor of Progress. The Noiseless Typewriter speeds the work of working by giving a clear track to thoughts. Quiet is the solution to many a difficult problem. Ask fur louklet and Impressive Lht of Useis 77te NOISELESS TYPEWRITER The Noiseless Typewriter Company, 835 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 'Phone Walnut 3G91 Sortk I'J'n-'stfr. ten venrs l,l f noa lMa.,n1L"c0',,th.,ltreet. was run down th trPe ' "Y " ,'norning nt Thlr r that . I" .an'l "idgo nvenue. 'Phi. Tie w ,m was. dHven rpii.y " (&w.h?1? he was found to '"'bruises n snou'der and se- ,Mr,.M""?re"DrPDd .. I L "unuVfss , . V, "' V :"vc years work, Thn hoiK- .1 IT i. . fenehjoie,: 7- iinout ? 1S nt. morning as she was. " taUn Vi. V. " Tim uod". t fjngfi ...., wrreeuves Nn r iDwtlgnling (he JOHN J. FERRECK Active Catholic Layman Dies After Illness of Five Weeks John J. Ferreck. prominent in Cath olic activities of Philadelphia for mnnv ears, died today at his home. DVlUl Drexcl road, Ovcibrook, after an illness of five weeks. He started the Laymen's Week-End Retreat' movement nt Ovcrbrook Sem inary seven years ago and wns largely responsible for the spiend of the move ment nil over the country. During the war Mr. Ferreck was a lieutenant in the nnv. and in chnrge of plant protection in the office of the aide for information, Fourth Naval district. Ho was a member of the Manufacturers' Club and of the Sen View Golf Club at Atlantic City. He is survived by a widow and his parents. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at our Lady of Lourdes Church, in Overbrnok, with the Rev. James A. Mulliu officiating, Dr. Hilary Christian Dr. Hilary Christian, prominent pins- iciiui nnd surgeon of Philadelphia, died today in the Presbyterian Hospital after in illness of two months. Doctor Christian wns born in Phila delphia and was sixty-one years old. He attended various schools in Phila delphia and graduated from the Enis- Lcopal Academy, He then nttended the medical schoql of the University ot Pennsylvania, from which ho was grad uated in 1893. Tho dispensary of the University Hos pital was conducted under his direction for a number of years, and lip. wns later made n professor in the wicul department of the university. flehcn became associated with tiie Medico Chi. Ho was a member of the Colloge of Physlcinns, the American Association of Surgeons, the Philadelphia County Medical Society and other medical fra ternities. He was also a member of the Art Club of Philadelphia. Charles H. Pancoast Charles H. Pancoast, nze'd ninety years, died Tuesday in the Old Man's Home, Thirty-ninth nnd Jiarlng.streets, where he had lived thirteen years. Mr. Pancoast, who was a cigarmaker by trade, was a native of New Jersey, tie had beeiii ill six months. James C. Leary James C. Iary. 3324 Spring Gar den street, tipstaff in Court of Common Pleas No. 4, died yesterday nt his home otter an Illness ol two vrrcsa witu pnou- mqnlic, .Mr, Iary nmj open a court oi Sre&for twenty three it. FAMILY SILVER the QuaL'ir U4 is handed down io poaieritj' S Tea Services Dinner Services Flat Table Services Telephone, Spruce 2958 Fur Storage and Remodeling at Reasonable Rates LUIGI RIENZI CORRECT APPAREL FOR WOMEN 1714 Walnut Street 'ANNUAL PRE-INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE DRESSES BEADED GEORGETTE IN ALL FAVORED SHADES Formerly $59.50 to $115.00 Now $39.50-$49.5O to $89.50 CHARMEUSE AND SATIN Formerly $57.50 to $120.00 Now $47.50-$55.00-$69.50-$75.00 SUPERIOR FUR COATS At Extraordinary Savings SUITS-COATS-WAISTS ii ' ' " ' ' " ., I, " - II o Ne w Arr Iva l-s in Fin est Clothing for Aden in our D is play JVi n clows Iteady-to-Wear Suits are priced $35 to $80 Overcoats, "Slip-On" and Chesterfield 7nodcls, $35 to $100 Pouble-Dreasled Over coats, Ulsters and Ul stcrettes, $10 to $100 Overcoats with Fur Collars, $1S0 to $175 Fur-Lined Overcoats, $SS5 to $600 CI We are making special displays of new and beautiful clo t h i n g fresh arrivals of gar ments made in the fashion and quality which may only be had at REED'S. C O u r Manufacturers have had their facilities taxed to the limit this season to supply our demands, but recently have shipped us quan tities of beautiful gar ments which have becn long overdue and en abled us to replenish our assortments. tJJ There is no old stock her e no hang-overs no merchandise's bought for "Sale" pur poses. The entire stock is worthy of Reed's, npd of Reed's critical clientclrtFand its values are su$i that you will save money by buyinp here rather than in the "Reduction Sales" of other houses. m M JACOB reed's sons U t Cy?!aafcaa.5.afcff3ii v .! "iv' ( 1 'i 1 . .?. 'H When tea BARGAIN? Read the Answer in This REDUCTION SALE of Winter Overcoats Fur-Collar Coats and Winter Suits at Real Savings on Original Prices that were kept down in the first instance! J When is a Bargain? The first essential is fundamental goodness that will give satisfac tion, and, secondly, a saving on a just and rea sonable'price! l It isn't reductions it isn't prices alone that make a Bargain. CJ It is Extra Value for the money paid! $ And that is what makes this Perry Reduction Sale really worth while it's THESE Clothes at New, Low Prices ! r OVERCOATS The finest $85 & $90 Coats are reduced ! The finest $75 & $80 Coats are reduced ! The finest $65 & $70 Coats are reduced ! The finest $55 & $60 Coats are reduced ! The $45 & $50 Over coats are reduced! "Even the $35 & $40 Coats are reduced! SUITS Seventy - five - dollar Suits are reduced! The seventy - dollar Suits are reduced! The sixty-five-dollar Suits are reduced! The $55 and.$60 Suits are reduced! The $45 and $50 Suits are reduced! Even the $35 and $40 Suits are reduced! Separate Trousers Reduced CJ Reductions on Fur Collar Overcoats, Fur Trimmed Overcoats, Beaver Ulsters, Ulsters of the finest, fleecy fabrics woven; muff pocket Overcoats; plain and quilted satin lined Coats; belted Coats; conservative Overcoats; Chester field Overcoats, box backs, paddock and form fitting Overcoats Leather Coats, cloth and leather Reversible Coats thousands altogether reduced from our low original prices! CJ The same thing of Suits single breasted and double breasted, close fitting, or conservative models for the quietest of tastes! Worsteds, cassimeres, cheviots; plain colors and novelty patterns. . Buy Early, and Buy Big! For Men Going South Palm' Beach and Mohair Suits Good Selections at Reasonable Prices. White Flannel and Gray Flannel Trousers Perry & Co.,"n.b.t.m 16th & Chestnut Sts. t y . ., 'Lit i-i Iw m y ti 'ii i " r.i '' ft )J (' K !1 y 'J .A 1 M 4J tr f 1 m lv fc.'JH 4j 'i 4 .j W- $ v .i.. A, "a ESHTCI in Si
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