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' -j i not. Struck as
He Looks at Debris
pDlES FOUR HOURS LATER
..,.. nm a lucky innii." &'
P .V; a was litirt only BUclitly
I "",""' 1,rn n AVnililiiKton-iMPw
VAWPfW "ns wrcekc'' "Cnl
i'ti ''"! rTlntorT ns Johnson wntcheu'
klniVr" v remove .Iebrls from
, ffrockin V , , (1 wns 8truclc
k-Tnth"l''rnnkfor.l Hospital. He
Sfijln3Mnplcrtrcct. Ambler.
The chrf ;"i-".r,."- v ,;;
Fwli Mton and points south hit
fr0,"'vi,f ocomotivo above Krankford
SSs'oVIocI yesicrdny afternoon. The
i:Zi knookeil over a heavy crock,
toXh struck Johnson on the head.
.The chef was Rivon first-aid trcat
.Vnnil his pcnlp wound wqk baii
?eDtJ Vftorwards he watched the
2tf crew's work that lie htepped
JS y ' a freight ocomotivc.
ttj0" '.:.r.a crp in lined in the
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Deaths of a Day
RICHARD BROOKE
'War Hero and Former Sportc Writer
Succumbs to Pneumonia in N. y.
. i!.rnnnp fnrmltuifJnff innneu-
nia. caused the death on Wednesday,
i lie tome m ;" "'. , V
Tnrl citv. of THohnrd Brooke, former
" :1. ... nf thii citv. who won
i Croix ile Ouerrc in the war.
When Amenca tmara uit i -".
.. ' . . I.- ...no n irrnrliinfo nf Swnrill-
more College and had been employed
in the sports department ofi a local
newspaper for f.omc time, immediately
..i!.t.j in i nnnv ambulance corns.
,He trained nt Allentown. In one in
cident during service wnuc uiiucneu
to n French unit his nmbulnnee was
(tretcher beaters who were with Mr.
Brooke 'were Kiueu. jsrooKu was
.1 ... tl.a in, nnrl fc.liffnrnrl n
Irnised leg and Khell-shoek. which put
lira in tne nopuai lor wwns.
After fourteen months of service on
. !... AnLflniy frnntu lin vofiivnorl ntrl
then friends for the hrst time learned
that he luid leceivcd n French cross
f war.
Since his dis-chargo from the service
h had been eniploved as an ndvertis-
I.. .. nllnn lit. tint Rlrdnl Tfnilit'ni'u A rl .
waCainiF 'n.nnntiv nf Xmv A'nrL nnfl
letamc ill with rheumatic fever five
weki .iro. I'neunionia developed re
cently nnu ins (lentil loiiuwcu ipucKiy.
, Mr. Brooke will be buried tomorrow
it nioomburff, l'n., where his rcla-
tire- live.
COL GEORGE J). SIDMAN
Was U. S. Pension Examiner Here
and G. A. R. Veteran
Colonel Georee D. Sidman. scventy-
In years old, 1G21 North Sixteenth
street, special lTnited States pension
examiner, btntioncd in tliis, city, died
Tuesday in Lakeland, Fla.
Colonel Sidman was .attached to the
pension office for more titan forty
years, almost twenty nf which , were
,ipentiu Philadelphia. He was resarded
! one of the best criininnl examiners
in the bureau. Many great pension
fraud cases were brought to trial
(through ids efforts.
The deceased was a Master Mason,
, i member of the Grand Army of the
iHenilblie iinri un .pprntnrv rt iUn
;imtary (Jrder n tlic Medal of Honor.
ne y,m awarded a conKrcssional medal
M honor for distinguished bnivcry nt
ithe Battle nf flninpa Millu Vn
1 He is Plir iC( hv llit wifn nml fnii-
,nw, Charlex. I'rank, tieorgc mid Theo.
Jort. He iH lip buried in the Arlinc-
;ton Rational Cemetery, outside of
jiiasuinston.
Rpt, .IfletnU A Cl.-U
. .....vbi,,.,, n. vlbllllCIUCr
, w iery nev. .loseph A. s,. ,ne i er.
potincial of the Ilaltimore province of
aMphmn. who died on Tuesday in
,trw. la., will be buried this morning
irom the Chinch of Our I-adv of I'er-
,riiai iieip in ljrie.
. xoiuer cliiiPiclpr q ilrnlb nu
Wened In his exeitiotin on bn
Jf of const rurt ion wni-k mi n,ln,.,iiin,.l
S11', for his order. He was horn
Hlhiladelpliiu fifty -two years ago and
XZVW nt St- 1,ct,r'H Parochial
I- ..... ,ml, tir-ei ,,lrnra nvcnuP
!W. i.y (n,loKe mui NnrthcnRt Ool
,. Up had beeu a nriest for lunntv
ne jcar.! I'm.s(s frnlll ,,. ,
Ptomt limits in (bis city, attached
,!,' r , C'1,nrcl' nml St.,Unni
'McitiSBChureli, will nttend the funeral.
William J. McCabe
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'in Jr.,.'lH;.r.llr years old. prominent
I -j r, men ut His borne yester-JJ-
From 11100 to lflOl he was regis -"r
and lerorder nf Hr.irlfnr,! ,.,..,(,.
wath was mused by pneumonia. Mrs!
toughler I'uiaucipuia, is a
TRACTOR COMES TO RESCUE OP STALLED AUTO
MENATNAVYYARD
Wlillo .i motorist whose car was tmablo to nialto its way out of tlio, deep snow in Itroad street near Vine was
puzzling his brain with plans to get the, machine on its way again, along comes a Cleveland tractor And the
problem was solved
HOPE TCTE JOBS
Workmen Have Feeble Hope
Senate Will Restore Repair
Fund to Deficiency Bill
KNOX TO AID, SAYS MAYOR
TAXi BANDITS ROB
SOLDIER ON LEAVE
Armed Men Hold Up Victim oft
Parkway Escape With
Cash and Bond
FIRST DEMANDED OVERCOAT
Private Itaymond 11. Bauer, of Co
lumbus, B. v., n soldier on turiougn-
wns the victim of a dnring hold-up by
taxi bandits in the shadows of the
Cathedral of Sts. Peter nud Paul in the
Parkway last night.
One of the bandits, shoving a re
volver in Hatter's face, first demanded
the boldier's overcoat nnd finally made
off with $25 in casb, Liberty bond and
a pack of cigarettes.
Bailor, who is n member of the Fifty -first
Supply Train, nt Camp Jackson
S. C, came hero Tuesdoy to spend part
of his furlough in sightseeing. He was
oversens twenty-thr.ee months with the
First Division.
At the time of tho hold-up he was
hurrying nlong the Parkway bound for
a motion-picture theatre. At Eight
eenth street he saw a taxicab drive hur
riedly to the curb twenty feet ahead of
him.
A man sprang out. muffled in a big
fur -collared coat. When Bauer came
abreast of the man the latter shoved
out a heavy revolver.
"Shut up, nnd give ine your over
coat,'" ordered the bandit.
Bauer protested. "Then give us your
money nnd valuables or I'll shoot,"
was the demand. .
Bauer then handed over $'-'." in cash,
a Liberty bond and even a pack of cig
arettes. As the bandit grasped the haul nnd
made for the tnxi, in whicha driver
and otic other, man were waiting, the
soldier tried to trip the robber, but due
to the slippery sidewalk he fell him
self, and the taxi disappeared.
Bauer reported his loss to police of
the Fifteenth and Viuc streets station.
District Detectives Hnggerty and Mac
Farland hnve a good description of one
of the men nnd the tnxi.
The number of Bauer's Liberty bond
is -l'JGilS.
DRYDOCK PLAN ADVANCED
City Officials and Financiers See
Need In Waterfront Tour
A trip taken along the waterfront
yesterday by Mayor Moore and other
city officials. financicrs nnd business
men is expected to -produce, definite re
sults along the line of port develop
ment. The trip wits made in the police
boat Ashbridgc.
The party, which inrltidcd Director
Sproule, Franklin Spencer Edmonds,
William O. Hempbtend, John S. V.
Holton, Murdoch Keudrick, George
Flint, Curroll Thompson, Robert Wal
lace, Jr., and Lieutenant Jnmcs G.
McNally, United States navy, spent
some time 'in inspecting n proposed site
for n drydocK nt Ulouccster.
Shinning men in the unrt.v explained
the need for it drydoek nnd ship-repuir
plant here, to provide for the needs of
vessels coming to this port. On their
return members of the party expressed
themselves as being convinced thnt u
drydoek must bo constructed hero if
the port is to fully develop.
"WHISTLING COP" IS ILL
Traffic Officer, Broad Street and Le
high Avenue, in Hospital
Matthew Kernau, the ''whistling
cop," is critically ill nt the Woman's
Homeopathic Hospital. Ho collapsed
while ou post directing traffic nt Broad
street and Lehigh avenue yesterday.
His ailment is diagnozed ns pneumonia.
Kcrnan is one of the heaviest men in
the service, weighing about 275 pounds.
Ho was heavyweight running champion
of the bureau until last year, when he
ran second in the carnival games.
Kcrnnn is nttached to the Thirty
first district. Twenty-sixth and York
btrcets. He lives nt 2500 Harold street.
His ability as n whistler brought
Kcrnnn notoriety. In handling traffic
on his post he never used the silver
whistle, but gave signals with his lips.
This peculiarity and his constant good
nature made Kcrnnn a wide acquaint
ance among nutoists and pedestrians.
He also "was in great demand, on 'ac
count of his whistling talent nt church
entertainments in ine nit-iuiiy
home.
FRN
IE PLAN!
DAMAGEOBY FIRE
Firemen Narrowly Escape In
jury When Floors and Part
of Building Collapse
DAMAGE MAY BE $50,000
of his
The Cop on the Corner
AUTO BLOCKS TRAFFIC
Mi-b impoeu, ,,ii years old; of
inn ri WU3 arrtc5 ny by Patrnl-?4LDow3-v'
chJ-ged with blocking
' cell i.f( n 'r Uow.n.y Wi Camp-
U fe " h' went into n mar-
Sdlf2r fi,0"t, twe"t.V W" inutes,
l'mPbeiui,opned p"c'man' wl,il
Hits the spot,
says ? ddyiL
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(fY SEE Humpy's tahen in th' Help
1 Want'd sign at City Hall,"
ab-nrvcs Maggie as slic brings in th
coffee.
" 'Tis so," snjs I. "Th' rush o
applicants wns so ov'rwhclmin' stimpin
drnstick bad C be done. Shure th'crpwd
wns to big 'twas nicessary t' dispincc
wit th' cab'net mcetin's. Th assim
hlage o' job httnt'rs wns thicker 'n more
ani-mat'd than th. daily gathcrin' o
r'tired bisness men t' be seen loungin
on th' Postoffico steps 'n rails."
"Is there no hope f'r thim birds who
wauts t' help run th' city government?"'
asks Maggie.
"There's still a chance f'r thim 1'
annex thiinselves t' th' payroll," says
I. "Humpy's r'firr'd all th' r'form pa
triots 'n ith'rs t' th' Civil Service Com
mishun. If they folio' his advise Dur
rcll Shoost'r, his privute sicretnry'U
have n chance t' drnw his breath 'n
arrange th private pap'rs on bis disk."
"Have they kep' Mister Shoost'r viry
busy?" asks Maggie.
"Mere words can't d'scribe his ac
tivity," says I. "Whin thim famish 'd
office seck'rs invade Humpy's sacrid den
Durrcll's as busy as a butler at a dtt
bantny's comin' out soiree."
"Th' May'r's ordhcr'U ensc up things
n bit in his office," says Moggie, "but
jus' think o' th' wear 'n tear on th'
Civil Service Commishun."
"That's t' be ixpicted," says T.
"Whin thim birds begin say, me good
woman, what's th' niatt'r wit this
Jnvn?"
"An hones' confission's good f'r th'
soul," says Maggis. "Durin' th' days
whin hooch was pliutlful 'n pop'lar I
used t' slip a dhrop or two o' th' gold
cure in y'r coffee t' make shure o' a
huiipy home, but now "
"Vhat now!" shouts I, thumpln' th'
table.
"Now," explains Maggie, cool ns
Pussyfoot Johnson, "I'm shure th' Vol
stead act'll keep ye straight, so I've
start'd t' flavor y'r coffee wit vaniller
extrack." ,
Fire virtually destroyed the four-
storv brick warehouse and factory of
the Meniu Furniture Co., 401-403
North Third street, today. The dam
ago is estimated at $50,000.
Firemen were endangered -when the
floors of tho building and" one of the
walls collapsed. Men from the truck
company on Florist street near Third
narrowly escaped electrocution when
one of their ladders became entangled in
wires and became electrified.
Several of the firemen suffered pain
ful injuries when they slipped nnd fell
from the ice-coated laddcra.
The fire was discovered by Patrol
man Ceroid, of the Third street and
Fnirmiunt avenue station, about half
past 4' o'clock, lie was passing nnd
saw the reflection of the flames upon
a nearby wall.
When the engines arrived the. fire,
which began on the second floor, had
spread to the third and fourth floors.
Two additional alarms were sent in.
bringing engines from the entire central
section of the city.
The floors of the building, weakened
by the Haines, were uunble to suppoit
the heavy load of stock, machinery and
water and collapsed. Several firemen
Uvere buried in tho collapse of the north
east corner of the building, but escaped
without serious injury. The wall of that
section also collapsed.
The junk shop nt 305 North Third
street was damaged by fire and water.
Tho store of Bcjer & Co., 235 Callow
hill street, which also adjoins the
burned building, suffered some from
smoke and water. The stock wns uninjured.
While employes nt the Philadelphia
Nnvy Yard are busy today with plans
to induce Congress to appropriate
money for the continunncc of the work
there they are expecting early notice
that some of them will bo laid off.
' It is expected that 200 men will lose
their positions within a few days and
that a total of 1200 will be released.
Six hundred were dropped Inst week.
Tho nnvy yard here wns to have re
ceived .$1,125,000 of the .$0,300,000 ap
propriation eliminated from the defi
ciency bill, when it passed the House
of Representatives in Washington. It
is now hoped that the Senate may at
tach an amendment carrying tho ap
propriation. This hope is admittedly
a faint one.
Major Has Hopo
Mayor Moore is one of those who
are looking to the Senate.
"I hnve not given up hope," he said.
"Senator Knox wrote me only a few
days ago saying that he wns looking
after the appropriation and there Ms
still a possibility that the Senate may
include it in the measure. It would
then bo debated by both houses if the
Senate takes this action. It is unfortu
nate that Senator Penrose is ill nt this
time, but Senator Knox will do all he
can, l Know, to sec that sufficient np
propriation is made to keep tho Phila
delphia and other jnrds in working con
dition."
American Legion Aids
John S. Lynch, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard Employment Association,
saiu:
"I feel that bv the time the bill coes
to the Senate it will be better understood
by the public, and tho naval items
may be reinstated. Tho American
Legion bent me a resolution, passed by
the county committee, showing the posi
tion of thnt body as being in favor of
the bill. I feel that it is false -economy
and an act of unpreparedness not to
repair valuable ships which have just
returned from hard service abroad."
Silver Storage
YOUR silver nnd other
valuables may be
stored in this company's
vaults at comparatively
small cost, and while so
deposited, they will be free
from the risk of fire and
theft.
Philadelphia
Trust Company
415 Chestnut Street
and
Broad- and Chestnut Streets
Northeast Corner
FIRE ROASTS FOWL
Scrambled Eggs Prepared Too by
This Blaze
Thirty-three chickens and one goose
were roasted nnd eggs in a crnto were
scrambled during n fire early today in
the poultry store of Adam Baednarik,
2(518 Girard avenue.
Flames, originating in the rear of the
building, were discovered shortly after
midnight. Engine Co. No. 34, from
Twenty -seventh and Thompson streets,
stifled the blaze with chemicals. The
upper floors of the building are unoccu
pied. The loss is estimated at S150.
DETECTIVE DOYLE BURIEQ
Many Friends and Public Officials
Attend Obsequies Today
Solemn requiem mass for 'Detective
Richard ,T. Doyle, one of the city's
most successful hunters of burglars,
took place nt St. Malachy's Church,
Eleventh street above Master, this
morning. He died Saturday night, at
his home
The chttri
of tlic detcctivi
the services
ing was celebrant of tho requiem mass
and the Rev. Father Patrick J. Fitz
patrick was deacon, with the Rev. Wil
liam Boyle, of St. Stephen's Church,
assisting.
Lieutenant of Detectives Theodore F.
Wood said that Doyle's tips, which
sifted through from tho underworld, led
to the frustration of some of tho most
daring crimes in the history of the
city.
The detective was buried in Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery v at Mount Airy.
THE largest lobby In the
world it is four hundred
feet long is indicative of the
size of the Wardman Park
Hotel. The lobby's pleasant
restfulness is equally indica
tive of the luxurious comfort
of the entire Hotel.
HARRY WARDMAN
Pretidtnt
ELMER DYER
ManaQtr
Yardman Park Hotel
.Connecticut Avenue nnd Wxxtlcy Koad
WASHINGTON, D.C
, 1342 North Eleventh street. W E NEED anOttlC
ttrch was crowded with friends I ll
tective and public officials forj VV WjrJter WHO Ca
:cs. The Rev. Andrew Flcm-
BOY DIES FROM BURNS
Walter Jagers. eight years old, 23
South Fifth street, Camden, died in
the Cooper Hospital this morning ns n
result of burns received on Wednesday
night. His clothing caught fire from
the kitchen stovn and he was severely
burned.
If"health is wealth" our
members look like "a million
dollars."
Let us give you a demon
stration treatment.
COLLINS INSTITUTE '
OP PHYSICAL CULTURE
TALLIN'S HLDG WALNUT ST. AT 1STH
1 50 iunch
POST '
TOASI1ES 1
0TYLE3ftgHOES
$4.0p Saved on
SpenchlNeelMootp
I CHARLES
M Dron U,Tl Putent Unlver-
y to Sv5?a Socket "caring,
best o? .ifectl ca?y t Al!Bn nnd
COMPANY
Manufacturers of
Power Transmitting
Machinery
and
Leather Belting
General Mill Furnishers
Shafting, Hangers
Pulleys and Supplies
Write for Information and Booklets.
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Positive
$ I 2 Values
Downstairs
Store
for
Men!
One-Week
, Special
The -Saving; Is Actual.
Not a clearance sale, but tho offering:
of newest in footcry ut a usual clear
ance price.'
Full complement of sizes and widths.
Sliper-Silk Hosiery
Finest of silks in all a ee
new shades. Special P I v0
value at
Kersey Spats $0. 35
Finest quality
in now shades of fawn and
, gray.
Upstairs Store for Women
er
can
measure up to our stand
ards. He has probably had
agency and selling experi
ence. HERBERT M. MORRIS
Advertising Agency
Every Phase of Sates Promotion
400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia
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Sflveramilha
Stationers
Plates - Cups Saucers
Celebrated Maltcs
3Z5 Patterns Plates f 75 to $1800jcj- dorct,
750 Patterns Plates undo- ?r5 pt- Joze n .
450 Patterns Cups Saucers
DouJton
Lienox
WediftYood
Cauldon
CoaJport
Series
Royal- Worcester
Minion
Cqpeland
Limoges
Croim Staffordshire
Certificates
of Deposit
We issue certificates
of deposit, bearing
interest and payable
eitker 'on demand
or upon stipulated
notice.
BROWN BROTHERS SCO.
Fourth and Chestnut Streets
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This is the One and
Only Reduction Drive
of the Season featuring
these Finest Quality
Clothes!.
They are the Top
Notch in Fabric, the
Top-Notch in Tailor
ing, the Top-Notch in
everything that makes
"N.B.T." excellence in
Overcoats and Suits!
We are closing out our Finest
$95 and $100 Overcoats for $80;
our Finest $85 and $90 Over
coats for $75; our Finest $80 and
$85 Overcoats for $70; our Finest
$70 and $75' Overcoats for $60;
our Finest $65 and $70 Overcoats
for $55; our Finest $50, $55, $60
and $65 Overcoats for $40, $48
and $50!
We are closing out our Finest
$70 and $75 Suits for $60; our
Finest $65 Suits for $55; our
Finest $60 Suits for $50; our
Finest $50 and $55 Suits for $40
to $45!
I Get this point clear, please! The original
prices were low lower than the current
market prices on clothes of similar quality.
Reason we bought the fabrics and ma
terials right and priced them accordingly.
f Exceptional choice in assortments be
cause they came from our work rooms later
than usual ! y
Former Prices of Suits $50 to ,$75
Former Prices of Overcoats . $50 to $100
Now reduced'as follows: ,v
Finest $95 & $100 Overcoats, NOW $80
Finest $85 & $90 Overcoats, NOW ,$75 j
Finest $80 & $85 Overcoats, NOW .$70 '"
Finest $70 & $75 Overcoats, NOW $60
Finest $65 & $70 Overcoats, NOW $55 '
Finct $50, $55, $60 and $65 Overcoats,
NOW $40, $48, $50 '
SUITS
Finest-$70 & $75 Suits NOW $60 & $65 F
Finest $65 Suits NOW $55
Finest $60 Suits, NOW $50
Finest $50 & $55 Suits, NOW $40 to $45 j
FUR-COLLAR OVERCOATS
and Reversible Cloth and Leather Coats
At Similar Drastic Reductions!
ERRY & CO.,"N.B.T."
16th & Chestnut Sts.
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