AJSW v $5000 RING SOUGHT WIDOW DIES 5 DAYS ! IN HURRYT?LP WEST AFTER HER HUSBAND Whitemarsh Innkeeper Gavo Jewel to Old Friend, Now Doad, to Sell WAS OIL FIELD MANAGER Tate f n 'f'"000 l''inmnml rJuR rn" ttutl to nn old frieiul who died sud denly nt Kansas City. Mo.. !iaj canned -nnstcrmition nmonif oiHelalsm" the Na tional Securities Co., of this elt.v. and e nn oil rnmpuny, of which the friend , a field manager. Word o the death -)C the man on- fruited with the diamond has just been j Jiv V.' V. Green, proprietor K trtiide innat Ambler. Pa. The ','".- nhich announced the sudden &. "aid nothing about the valuable Whether Captain W. T. Jones, the -.1,1 manager, wan murdered for the J. o bother he died suddenly of natural causes, has not been learned. Official- of the National Security Co. ml tlie oil company, which has its "ain officer at Whitemarsh, Pa., have -onP to Kansas City. 'Meantime Orcen, the owner of the ring, is momentarily awaiting word of the jewel. Captain Jones,, the field agent of the il concern, ns in Philndelphia during t early part of January. Orcen says lie met Uipiaiu ,iourain ,....., ,.;.,., ! nt Washington. D. C, and that ,,nnn the latler's departure for the T est Xt January 4, (ireen let him take the large blue diamond with htm. "if I can't get the right price for it in Kansas City. I'll take it on to Texas," Captain .Tones told Green. Apparently there was 110 one in Kansas City willing to buy the diamond, for Green never received word of its '8Tne first news of the jewel recehed for several weeks was the brief telc jram btatlng that the man to whom It uas entrusted had died suddenly in the Missouri City. , . Immediately on learning of Captain Tones's death. Thomas Buchcr. becrc rarv of the oil companj, and It. Lac heile. president of the ISationnl Se urity Co., took the first train for Kansas City. There was no one at. the offices of the ecuritv company, nt &24 Chestnut street, this momlug but a stcnogi apher. She would liintcer no information as to the fate o' the diamond. Deaths of a Day Major Lewis Leyman The funeral of Major Lewis Toyman, ho when he retired from the National IJuaid of Pennsylvania in 1012. with the advanced rank, was the senior cap tain in the state, will bo.held tomorrow at Ids home, 0720 Woodland avenue. From his youth he was a member of the guard, and his last service was ns pommauder of Company E. Third Regi ment, with which he herved in the Span-Hh-American War. IIo also aided In suppressing the Pittsburgh railroad riots in IS"". For several years he was luperintendent of the Third Regiment Armory, giving up that position to dp eomc a Heading Railway detective. He was a lifelong friend of Superintendent of Police Robinson, also a veteran oi the Third Regiment. Funeral of Walter P. Biiyeu The funeral services of Walter P. Rdj en, who died in his npartments in the Delmar-Morris Hotel, Oermantown, on Sunday, will be held tomorrow after noon at 2:30, at the home of his mother. Mrs. Sanford Biiyeu, 525 Hans bern street. Intcimcnt will be made jn Westminster Cemetery. Mr. Biiyeu, who was sick with pneu monia for only a short time, was well Vnown In the city. He was for thirty years private secrctarj to Sidney Ii. Wright, a banker. He was also secrc tarv and treasurer of several organiza tions of which Mr. Wright was picsi 'lnt Johhrt B. Champion lolin B. Champion, registrar ant1 m truetor in commercial law in the Phil adelphia Business College, 1017 Chest nut street, died yesterday at his home, 51X5 Knov street, Germantown, of pneumonia after ten days' illness. Mr Champion, who was thirty-eight 'ears old, is survived by bis wife and a fining son. lie wns active in the af fairs of the Methodist Church iu Ger mantown and a member of Solomon Midge No. 114, Tree and Accepted Majors John C. Eberle John C. Kberlc, a customs ofl.cer, i('l suddenly yesterday morning at the' railroad station. Haddon Heights, N. J. lie was fifty-three yeart old and en JJjrcd the custom service hero February -b, 18,12. Ho was a number of the leeond Jtofdmont for ten jears, and Wcs a wife and four children. Mr. i e,rJ h,n'Uu,!t reached the htation at Jladdou Jleighth when he fell over dead, "tart disease is believed to have iniued his death. Clifford K. Deacon fVilA'1 K- Boacn, sergeant-at mms .a Ca'"tlpn District Court, dropped vid ,4 M"chautvillc, N. ,T., nt 7 clock last night. Mr. Deacon was on lUS WHO frt .AM.... I . Mi A "'- wun pupers wnen lie "'I 10 till! nntpmpnt llif l';i.... "UieJ cieath. Wallace" Robinson (By A. P.j W.il- iwston, ivb. it JV.e P Ilobinsnn. Himn.;.,,. '.,.,.'1 ..i.:i,. hl...l.l .. . "MV.4 WMU I.MIIHU- ""1H1, ailMl nt Mi. l,nmo lis loof '"l;t after a brief illness. He was onn AIaph,n. '""A' " ul lne united wime lacluncrj Corporation. He was born !jl'-' nt South Beading. Vt. the United Shoe A perfect dinner demands SnTtol TJ,ik Fams,BonBon to nannonize th the table decorations 016Cbcft)at5t f&g Mrs. Sarah Jano Proctor Fol lows Companion of Many Years in Doath ROMANCE OF THE CIVIL WAR l'lie final chapter of a real life dramn which storied as a romance at the close of the Civil War was written today when Mrs. Sarah Jnno Proctor died nt her home in Wyncotc. She followed her husband bv five dny. J. K. Proc tor died Inst Wednesday nt Ocean City. . J. Hneh wnH seventy-two jears old. When Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomnttnx Corporal Proctor, of n crack Massachusetts artillery regiment, went home to his sweetheart, Sarah Jane Wright, in the little town of Oro ton. Mass. Ho waR born in Chelmsford, and they had been childhood friends. She had been active in Groton war relief work, and there was enacted one of the happy incidents that have occurred fol lowing the great war to offset the tragic truth of Sherman's theory. Mr. and Mrs. Proctor came to Phila delphia itmmdiately nnd in 1883 Mr. Proctor founded the Philadelphia Tex tile Machinery Co. He Invented sev eral pieces of machinery, which later revolutionized the textile industry. Wealth and success came to the couple. Recently Mr. Proctor's .health be came poor nnd they decided to open a cottage they maintained ut Ocean City. Air. Proctor contracted n cold, which dei eloped into pneumonia and ho died. Mrs. Proctor accompanied tho body of her husband to Wjncotc, where he wns buried. Then she contracted pneumonln and became gradually worse until she died early this morn ing. AVith Mrs. Proctor at the end were her two daughters, Mrs. A. D. Wallis and Mrs. h. B. Saint, with most of her sixteen grandchildren. All arc Philadelpbians. Mrs. Proctor had been very active in church work here, and was well known in religious circles. 1 She w ill be buried Saturday afternoon at 2.80 o'clock in Mt. Vernon Ceme tery beside her husband. MAYBE "JIM" CAfJ TELL Until He Does Ruth Everett Parent age Mystery Stays Unsolved "if "Jim Wilson's" last letter to the lawjer of Ruth Everett could be plainly deciphered, it might convey important information concerning the parentage of Miss- Everett, the twenty-three-jenr-old girl who just n few weeks ago discovered that she was not a real daughter in the household in which ilie had been living faince she was tlfrce months old. Just what the letter tells in the in tricate circumstances that seem to be narrated would he hard to say, for the writing is in pencil, far from legible and will, without doubt, need the per sonal testimony of "Jim Wilson" be fore it cair be accurately interpreted. Miss Everett's lawjer is anticipating a call from "Jim Wilson," which will clear up some af the mystery. In the meantime there appears, fiom what can be read in the letter, that there are several lines that may be fol lowed to lead to the discovery of the mother and father of the baby who in 1800 wns deserted at Seventh and York streets nnd taken to the Philadelphia Hospital. Tho letter does not give the name of the mother or her residence. I although it is thought that she is living I in his possession a picture which might be helpful. 'CLEAN UP" HITS MAYOR But It's Only tho Woodwork In His! Office That's Affected If Director Corteljou intended to put nnj finger-print experts at work in thcMajor'n offices he will find himself too late. Not d vestige of an imprint will be left over from preceding admin -istiatious after today. A bquad of men who know how to use dusters, furniture polish and varnish" is going over all the furniture and wood- i work. When this has been finished the big carpet for the Mayor's reception loom i ,11 1.. .lr.l ...! ll. ,. l-.!..!. I will uv iciuiu uiiu me uuw uuiuuuirii- tion will start in with an eye out for any one who drops ashes on the carpet. TWO1 HELD IN WIRE THEFT Camden Negroes Caught With Goods in Their Possession John Tayue, sixteen years old, nnd Herbeit llucns, twentv-four, were held for court by" Recorder Stackhousc, Cam den, today when they admitted the theft of several hundred feet of copper wire from the Hell and Keystone warehouses, Third und Cherry streets. Tryne, who lives in Branch street, Camden, and Burns, who gave his ad dress us Spring btreet, were caught at Third and Spruce streets this morning with the wire in their possession. Both Ijirc negroes. More Power From Less Coal Equip Your Plant Willi S.K.F. Ball Bearing Hangers Then there will be less friction between your coal pile and your ma chines. Friction is lost power' , lost dollars. With S. K. P. Self Align ng ball bearings you get the same power with less fuel and less lubrication. A$k for Catalogue CHARLES COMPANY CI7-aiSAieH . y'Wjuwntf V24filV EVENING PUBLIC' LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MANY CASH CONTRIBUTIONS SENT TO KERN AN S FAMILY Men and Woman Motorists Remember 'Whistling Cop" at Lehigh Avenue Who Was Always Liberal With Sunny Smiles Few public officials ever won more friendly nnd loving nicknames than Matthew Kernan, the traffic policeman who used to whistle traffic along its way at Lehigh avenue nnd Broad street. In the letters of sympathy inclosing checks or cash for'tho family of Kernan, who died last week, he is variously cnllcd "Ever Jolly Kernan." the "Whistling Cop." "Smiling Mntt" or the "Cheer ful Cop." Prom men nnd women who drove their cars past Neman's comer lust to sco his happy smile, to tho delivery boys and chauffeurs, who grinned nt "Matt's" jokes, every one has n kind word for the bereaved famllv. "I met Mntt at the last Polico Car nhal," wrote Pierce Cullan. of 202." Alter street. "I was one of the two bulges of the boxing bouts. The 'Whistling Cop' waR ulwnys n good natured fellow, and I'm glad to help his family." He Inclosed $1. "The fund is for a good cause." wrote Nathan II. Smith, who inclosed a check for $.". "I hope every motorist will send his contribution in appreciation of the many smiles Matt was so generous in giving." Theodore F. Sicfert. of 1420 Walnut street, sent $10 for the widow of ""our friend. 'Ever .Tollv Kernan ' " C. J. Matthews, .of C. J. Matthews & Co.. 417 Arch street, sent n check for ?2.", with this comment: I am very glad to do my part toward raising this fund in remembrance of the many courtesies received from Mr. Kernan.' Reports f""n police lieutenant- how there have been eieht deaths of nolice men since January 1. Seven of these have been this month. Thcv arc: Wil liam Laie, hostler in the Fourteenth dis TRIANGLE CLUB TO SHOW Philadelphia Boy Will Take Part In Performance Here John K. Strubing, a Philadelphia boy, will take part in the Princeton Uni versity Triangle Club production, "The Isle of Surprise," which will be given in the ballroom of the Bellevuc-Strat-ford on February 21. The play, which is described as a melo-farce set to music, is n-thoroughly undergraduate production of the highest type. The Triangle Club has been noted for the excellence of its annual "shows" and this year the offering U: said to b.e up to and above the standards of these Princeton productions of the past. The scene of the piece is laid in India and in this Oriental atmosphere is un folded an unusually interesting plot. The music is baid to be bemiclassical meaning free from "jazz" yet quite haunting in its syncopation and melody. Dancing and singing will bo other feat ures of the uivcrsity "musical melo farce." TO CARRY BIG FLOUR CARGO Steamship Jadden Will Take 8100 Tons of Product One of the largest cargoes of flour from this port will leave here tomorrow for Hango and Albo, Finland, on the steamship Jndden, operated by the Charles T. Megcc Co. The 8toaim.li in is loaded with 8100 tons of flour, the nmount remaining nftcr C07 tons had been unloaded here to make room for oil fuel. The Jadden I was loaded at Seattle, Washington, nnd stopped here for fuel. , rr-nr-i nt rr-rfnTi-r nr-T-rr-n UCV CLIN nCruniCU DC I I en Councilman Not to Attend Sessions for Some Time, However I There was a slight improvement today in the condition of Councilman James i A. Devclin, of the West Philadelphia ilkrrirt. who has beeu ill at his home, (iO.TJ Ovcrbrook avenue, during the lust week. Although on the way to recoverv, it j is believed that he vill not be able to attend a meeting of City Council for ' some time. , 1121 Chestnut Street Fine Stationery Is Embellished by the use of good Ink Dreka's Black Ink Has stood the test for over 40 years r-------P)' -m. UN ''nil JJL lMIBfMMBfBBMMBBBHHiaMBHBBBBHMHBiM As quiet a mouse The Noiseless Typewriter is refresh ing. It does not rattle it does not ' bang it does not disturb! 'It is as fine a nerve tonic as your hand could wish for. It reduces noise to the irreducible minimum t it nuts A1 for BooMit and Imprinivt Lut of Uteri NOISELESS TYPEWRITER The Noiseless Typewriter Company, 835 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 'Phono Walnut 3601 trict 0042 Magnolia avenue; Patrol man Frederick Winters, of tho Fourth district. 420 Yne street: Detective Richard J. Doyle, formerly at City Hall. 1542 North Eleventh. street; Pa trolman Charles Vandvkc. of Hm TiMfth district 174U North Seventh street J Patrolman Matthew A. Kernan, of the Thlrtv-first district 2G05 Ilnr old street: Patrolman Michael J. Colo man, of the Forty-second distri Mis. Wynluslng nvenue ; Patrolman Thomas r. Wii- of the Twenty-fourth district, 2l0t East Cambria street, and Patrol man John A. Rudolph, of the First district, lft.15 Balnbrtdgo strcct. HnWrtntlnns amounting to S10( have reached the Byehino Public LeOEU office for the Kernan family, anoso contributing the last $47 were: n. j. Mun-w '-J-S2 Nathan K. Smith "J0. Dr. (lf.rrk.1 m. Christina. -!"" Kate 8 Curtis 1'lereo Callan I. H. Bandler... Th"odoro P Sol fort 2V0II 1.00 r. oo 10.00 Xfrrnhnro nf thn TCpVstonO AutomO bile Club raised 202 for the Kernan fund at a dinner in the uotei jvueiiiuw inuf T.id,f nf u-iifaii n mimh(rshin drive w as launched. Contributions were made following nn appeal by Uorton weens, picsident of the club, for the dead po- lldotnnn'a nrnllr. Letters have been sent to nil the 4uO0 members of the club informing them that the organization is back of the inovo to aid the patrolman's family "Mr. Kernan did his duty cheerfully and efficiently," said Mr. W'eeks. "Jle was a good friend to everybody." Of the amount raised, $C0 was contributed I... ii. 1 .It . .. .. &!. iiliik'a y me uoaru oi uirutiura lrum wc lu o funds. FIND FIRE DAYS OLD Germantown Blaze Finally Discov ered Loss is $100 Fire, caused by a defective flue, start ed last night on the second floor of the home of M. P. Heraty, of 6123 Wayne avenue, Germantown. It is believed that the fire had smouldered for several days before smoke, filling the house, at tracted attention to it. Firemen extinguished the blaze after damage of about $100 was done. Dance Given by Whitman Employes Stephen S. Whitman & Sons, Inc., office employes nnd heads of factory de partments and their assistants, took part in a buffet dinner-dance last night in the recreation room of the plant. Eighth and Race streets. A mlnstrei show, presented by employes, followed. Grip Cases Take Big Drop According to a report of the depart ment of health, there have been 140 new cases of grip and forty new cases of pneumonia listed for the last twenty four hours up to 10 o'clock this morn ing. This represents a material falling off in, the daily rate of cases for the last few weeks. !" ni IT .11 fQf fK QaQtaMag SOW SEED NOW in bold-da or In bona ladoor Cabbage, Cauliflower, Ejrgfj Plant, Paraley, Pepper, Tomato, etc. mrf lllultrattd Catalog MlCHELL'Sa&j as your old friendBedlam out of business. It makes any office a better office to work in. Have you seen it? SEEK MISSING SON OF RICH FARMER Fear Ninetoen-Year-Old Sellers- villo Lad May Have Been Abducted LAST SEEN WITH STRANGERS The mysterious disappearance of Ray mond Douglass, n nincteen-yenr-old boy of Sellersvillc, Pa., has led tho police to believe that he has been abducted. Douglass is the son of Jacob Doug lass, a wealthy farmer of Sellersvillc. According to tho police, the boy is feebleminded nnd easily led. Tho po lice suspect that tho boy was lured from homo and that his nbdftctor counts on. (receiving a good ransom for his return. His disappearance wns reported to the detective bureau today by relatives. The boy was last seen in a sleigh with a strange man by n toll gate keeper on this Bethlehem pike. Tho man wns driv ing in the direction of Philadelphia. Douglass asked tho tollgato keeper for a drink of water, ami appeared to be going willingly with the man in the sleigh. The m'sslng boy is six feet tall and of slin build. He is of light com plexion. When Inst seen he wore dnrk clothing and felt boots. Detective Jo soph Douglass, of City Hall, who hap pens to be a cousin of the boy, is work 'ng on the case with Detective Charles Schw nr. ' Howard and Lewis Douglass, brothers of tho missing DouglaBS, who conduct nn ice house nt Twentieth and Berks streets, are also aiding in the scorch. FRANCIS C. PHILLIPS DEAD Prominent Chemist, Former Phila- delphlan, Expires In Pittsburgh , Prof, rrnncis Clifford Phillips, n na tive of Philadelphia and widely known chemist, dicd-jestrrday nt bis home, 144 Ridge avenue. Ben Avon, a suburb of Pittsburgh. He was in his seventieth year. Dr. Phillips, who had been for years a professor of chemistry at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh, wns born in this city April 2, ia"0, a &on of William Mmith and Frcdenca (Ingcrsoll) Fhillips. IIo attended the University of Penusjlvania, where he received the M. A degree in 1878, the Ph.D. in 1894. He began his professorship nt the University of Pittsburgh in 1873. His wife, Mrs. Sarah O. Phillips, was ui resident of the North Side of Pitts- burgh. , Doctor Phillips was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the i American Chemical Society nnd the American Institute of Mining Engi neers. 1. 1 5 -slFft wapm mm I flHmslSipyl I1 ' Ml Mlfi S m:l ' I IIlIWlMir 1 ilBBMHr wm?m That's why its prices are a third below all others in this February Furniture Sale You, Mr. and Mrs. Buyer, must be just as honest with yourselves as you expect the merchant to be with you. This is impossible unless you' make an honest comparison of goods and prices in all the leading sales. And by all means beware the store which seeks to hide its high prices behind he false impression that it has the ONLY sale. To deliberately and cunningly plant such a misleading idea in the public mind is just as dishonest as to charge a customer for a Bedroom Suite three times what it is worth. Don't be so foolish as to buy blindly from any one store. You will get the best and the MOST for your money if you examine, compare and THINK. The four corners of the Linde business are built squarely upon Highest Quality, Lowest Prices, Enormous Volume and Location Saving. From all of these angles the customer's interest stands out first and foremost. The heart of this sale is the sweeping Linde guarantee which backs the limit the following facts: That we have the best Furniture for less money, than any other sale That reductions are genuine in every particular. That every piece is reduced 10 to 50 per cent, from present values. That satisfaction and durability are built into every piece. That good Furniture will not be sold for less in 1920. Thai your dollar will go farther in this Linde Sale than in any other store of like quality in the United States. That Linde quality is always the pinnacle of dependability and appearance. That Linde assortments surpass anything in Philadelphia for variety and extent. . With these straightforward full possession of his senses and saving opportunity oncrcu oy inis i-.inae date." Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday Evenings Until 10 o'clock HENRY FEBRUARY 17, 1920 Legal Investments WE have prepared a booklet which ex plains briefly the Laws of Pennsylvania relating to the investment of Trust Funds, and which wc will mail on request. Philadelphia Trust Company 415 Chestnut Street and Broad and Chestnut Streets Northeast Corner MAY BUY CHESTER PIKE Keystone Automobile Club Members Told of State Plan Keystone Automobile Club members were enthused nt their meeting last night when J. Uorton Weeks, ot Chester, the president, announced that Stato Commissioner of Highways Sadler was negotiating for the purchase of the Chester pike. Should it not be possible to buy the pike, he said, arrangements will prob ably be made for improving Parker nve nue between Collingdnle and Chester, paralleling the pike. Members contributed $202 toward the relief of the family of Mattnew Kernan, the "Whistling Cop." A drive to ob tain 7500 members was launched nt the meeting. f Sldtioncna PEARLS'DIAMONDS 77ie Supremacy of thisJfouso for Quaii' ' s recognized throughout tie MGrld I facts staring you right in the face, how can any buyer powers of reasoning fail to take advantage of the wonder LINDE Don't Go South Face it! Here's a wonderful, all stone, new Ovcrbrook home open on three sides Uvinp; room, dlitlnf room and bed room all facing the South that's flooded with sun shine built on solid rod; on lot 80x200 central plant heat, macadam driveway and garage for 2 cars a better-built home in a finer location than you could put up today for $30.000 -yet priced at $27,500 for a quick buyer. Photos at My City Office. John H. McGlatchy Builder and Owner 818 Land Title Bldg. POSTOFFICE NEEDS BUILDING John A. Thornton, postmaster of Philadelphia, went to Washington today in nn effort to obtain another-building in this city for tempornry use in re lieving congestion nt the central office pending tho erection of a new federal building. Linde Store guarantees customers savings' of $100,OOO.oo annually up to in wonderful 23d, Columbia and Ridge Aves. 3 ,. Get in on this Clearaway of Finest Overcoats and Suits while you May! r JJ We're sacrificing them at cuts of from $10 to $20 because we want to make room for incoming Spring goods. f Make no mistake about it these are the finest merchandise made in men's clothes. Cf Get this also we are paying more right now for similar grades for next Fall and Win ter. $ But, that's next sea son's storv! Here's this season's finest Sale! OVERCOATS $95 & $100 Overcoats, $80 $85 & $90 Overcoats, $75 $80 & $85 Overcoats, $70 $70 & $75 Overcoats, $60 $65 & $70 Overcoats, $55 $50 to $65 Overcoats NOW.. $40,-$48, $50 SUITS $70 & $75 Suits, $60 & $65 $65 Suits, $55 $60 Suits, $50 $50 & $55 Suits, NOW $40 to $45 Trousers Reduced! $6.50 Trousers, $4,59 $4 to $7 Trousers, $3 to $5 $8 & $9 Trousers Now$6.50 .'.50 Heversiblo Cloth and Leather Coats Reduced! Perry & Co. "N. B. T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. . " 'i t. h tf Hi 41 4 '! I VI Vftl jf I I t I I .. 1 hr Uwmmmmgmmmmmmmmmmmm' I II m-if - in 1 i ' l!' S ,f