.REHEF FORTEHWf S AUTKSTS HffROVE '
1 1EED BY SHERIFF NEWTRAFnCRDLE
WOiBNlfeGIStER IN FOlW-THIBI) WARD
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Legislature Enact Laws Like
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?'. rffl?X b Sheriff Robert
JB. Mmomon.
Bherlff'H solicitor,
M?id Sheriff nnmbertnn today in urB
C fh.t a "pedal session of thp Lerfs a
LU,CBfflrTl to modify thf oTatlng
fffSiJS .ml tenant laws. Otherwise
IT. said, tho thrcntencd condition was
horrible to contemplate.
...L....L t,t. r.nin U' .entrusted With
JZXt victim? tenants, the sheriff.
SmfMied that mnny times the fk irnlH
Jlm'and thnt he favor action In Penn
nfranU similar to the relief measure
roartfd in New York. He sald
'The Legislature ought to grant some
....", , nnnt to be heard and
lnt somo court with the power to I
.. them and modify the . almighty '
pea l . l.-J1-.wl titwli IlitV ftflMIn 1
Cliord and tenant laws of, this Com
jnonwealth. .-.',,,
"The Idea thnt a sheriff should liavr
heart may seem biwi '" f-
LiV eicrelse mercy or kindness lu
the most appealing eases; Let me give
the facts In Just one rase.
"A tennnt was about to become n
mother. She hod gone temporarily. in
line, when her first child was born, and
the nhvslclan certified thnt the dfotrewi
and worrv of eviction, by the sher Ift
would certn'nlr turn her, insane again
2$ probably kill her. Tn addition to
that her husband had been Injured anil
Vm walking around on crutches. In
thcie clrenmstnnces. I undertook to hold
no the execution of the writ command
Inr me to give possesion to the land
lrd This cau'cd n sufficient delay tn
grant mercy to the family, .but the land
lord, lu the meantime, went into court
with a rule upon the sheriff to ohow
eiwe whv the writ should not .be exe-.
cuted forthwith. The. court censured
me for delay, and Instructed mo that I
had nn nltcfiintlve hut to tutn the fam
ily out and give possession when I got
thf writ.
"We have had about 900 writs of
..ii(nn !nee 'the first of the venr.
There will probably be 800 more writs
Of eviction neioru me urm ui juuuiu), 1
Ift about eigni a uny. riyrry cunn win
be made, I suppose, to force most .of
'the tenants in these cases nut during
the moderate weather.
" "The New York Legislature was called
In tpecial session and modified the land
lord and tenant laws over there so ns to
tike away come of the absolute powers
of the landlord."
P. R. R. OFFICIAL DIES
I. B. Thomas Leap to Death From
Chicago Office Building
I. B. Thomas, purchasing agent in
tho northwest region of the Pennsyl
vania Ruilrad. a nntfrre of Yest Ches
ter, leaped to his death from a window
in. the Insuranco Exchange Building
In Chicago, where he had his offices;
yesterday.
The fal terminated on, the roof of
k two. story Onen Board of Trade
Building adjoining the office structure.
Notes telling of personal debts totaling
more than $12,000 were found on the
body. Mrs. Thomas was in Pittsburgh
vWtlng her father. B. It. Utley, vice
president of the Erie Railroad, but hur
ried to Chicago when told of her hus
band's death,
Mr. Thomas was forty-eight yen.ru
old. He was a graduate of the Haver
ford Grammar School, Friends High
School and the Sheffield 'Scientific
School, Yale University, 1802. He en
tered the employ of the railroad as un
apprentice in the Altoona shops after
Ms graduation. '
. Mr. Thomas was well known hero,
having worked in Philadelphia for some
time. He waa a member of the Merlon
Cricket Clubhand the University Club,
of this city.
"HEROISM FEE" DEMANDED
Man Wanted Quarter for Stopping
Runaway Horse
After stopping a runaway horse be
longing to Benjamin Both last night,
at Twenty -seventh and Huntingdon
atrwts, (!us Sternerwald. 1817 North
Croskey street, demanded twenty-five
cents from Both for services rendered.
Roth did not have the money and in
the altercation that ensued Sterner
wald is alleged to have taken a whip
from the wagon as payment,,
Detective Phun, of the Twentieth and
Berks streets station, Jolnedthe dls
cussipu and finnlly arrested Sterner
wald. Stcrnwald was discharged with
a reprimand for trying to capitalize his
courage by Magistrate Oswald.
$110,500 JUDGMENT ENTERED
A judgment note for- $110,500 lu
favor of V. S. Schofield nnd against
the Ulo Grande Light, Heat and Power
Co., Charles G. Wilfong, president, was
entered of record in the Prothonotary's
office today. The note is dated August
o, iiiAi, payable in one day.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
'"! Evan. 2800 Ormes Bt., and Mary
Wuhllr. 260H Urmti at.
John May, :'031- Indiana nve and Mary
a,?.' .0!!U Mayneld at.
wlll'im Jlatea. m K, Hednley ave.. and
F lortnea Halraft. 3U5 Hartvlllo at.
'" V Kdeliteln, IBM a. 8th at., and
Jloe 8ude. 254 a. Mildred at.
,nk V.owdn' 10J Nlpka at., and Mary
14.1 i";,1".:' -uu wctum at.
Aoolph K.ll.r 820 Bedaley ave.. and Klor
enc Appelbroth. 2322 K. Cambria at.
"fnjamin T ze, 3117 1'owelton nve.. and
JT.C"'".1 u,tn"i, Wlldwood. N. J.
n i'..K;"'r, mi N. th at., and Anna
C. McMahon. 221 N. Camao at.
!l1.ln A. Ueb. 407 d. SSIh at., and
EAI'le lUlchert. 2132 8. 12th at.
,UL f,llr,hall. 2 W. Clearrield at..
nn.M,J?bJ -tttnly. 2314 W. Beraeant.
h.J.i, ,. ?iiKomary, New Tork city, and
n.nJII t vh A1nn. Cedartown. Oa.
trA I0r,"n,d- ,80(MJ Creapln at., and Qer-AlbJ.,i?,,i,Vrl1Vl-
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nn.7 .v.. rt, ,,,UUie7, oi:i Aiorria at.
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Favor Plan of Mlllo to Abolish
Loft-Hand Turns at Two
' Way Streets
Officials .of the leaillnjt Philadelphia
automobile club today, expressed their
approval of Superintendent Mills's
plan to abolish tho "nclssors crossing"
at Broad and Chestnut streets.
"If tho'prlmory object is to straighten
out that tangle." nald J.-Borton Weeks.
ftLrcsldcnt of the lieystonc Automobile
.. .vn"lu9 iv iuc Mini Bome sucu
fullne, would bo Just. tho thing. The
abolition of soutlfbound tralllc on
Uroad ptroet swinging into Chestnut
street 1 -Mh renvMiA i.' driven go
down Fifteenth street to Chestnut. I
always do this myself to pviil-J the pres
ent congestion In' the fpei'lnl opiice- for
the xdUth-ou-IJroad to cast-on -Chestnut
traffic, I am strongly In accord
with this tflati."
Knno S. Green, president of the Au
tomoblld Club of Philadelphia, said:
point can bo avoided by the elimination
of left-hand turns, but I do not seo why
till turns nannnl I .1t. 1 ,(! ..-. -..!.
..v 1 uHtuaivu ui traiuc ai mis
all turns cannot be elltnlnntrfl. tint hntf
at Dr,oad and Chestnut, but at llroad
and Arch strceta also."
Commenting' on' Mr. Green's state
ment, Superintendent -Mills Mid:
.."I am chiefly concorucd ut irrtent
with the situation at Uroad and Chest
nut streets. If the abolition of the left
hand turn works, out there. It cun be
extended to every two-way street Inter
section. Tho elimination "f all turns
Is under consideration, but is not in
cluded in the present plan."
CAMDEIUJRASH PROBED
Grand Jury Calls 100 Witnesses of
Crossing Fatality
The Camden grand jury began taking
evidence today in its' Investigation of
.the Morgan street crossing .horror two
weeks ago, in which a dozen persons lost
their lives when a Jitney bu wns struck
by nn electric train.
More than a hundred witnesses were
Mimmoncd, including pnsscngcrs on the
train, motorists who were nonr at the
time, and officials.
Among these were William Osborn,
motorman, nnd Morgan McKean, con
ductor of the train which struck the
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mnn, nnd Nelson J. Herold, tho seven-
tccn-yenr-oiQ ooy 01 rnirview, wnu
wns the only occupant or mo jitney 10
escnpo unhurt, also were among the
inlinuiM na rno father John Fov. of
the Sacred ncart Church, Camden, who
waa n passenger on tno iain nna min
istered to the dying. County Physician
Frank O. Stem also was summoned to
appear. '
DANIELS TO PASS ON WAGES
Navy Secretary Will Review Award
Made by Board
The wage award for pay Increases for
navy yard workers, n;(lnK nutJa'"
000 employes in the Philadelphia Navy
"Vard nnd elsewhere, will come before
Secretary of the wavy ianiei miuriu,
it is announced at the Navy Depart-
Mn'mlwra n th wnire board said "to-
,lnv thnt the new wage schedule wan
completed. Contrary to statements pre
viously made, they also said that a
unanimous report Avould be submitted.
The earlier explanation that urgent
action wns required on account of the
fact 'that increases could not be given
the navy yard employes within sixty
dnvs of a national election mnde by
former Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt was declared erroneous by
Secretary Daniels.
Mr. Daniels said whnt the lnw pro
hibited wns an Increase In the work
ing forces at the yards within the pe
riods mentioned. No referenco what
ever, he said, wns made to wage in
creases in the law.
That the woge increases will necessi
tate drastic reductions In tho wprklng
forces wns reiterated by Mr. Daniels,
in order to keep the expenditures with
in tho amounts appropriated by Con
gress. This fact was made known to
tho representatives of the workers
when the hearirrgs on Increases were
being held here.
FINLEY FUNERAL TOMORROW
City Council and Republican Leaders
Will Attend Services
The funeral of 'SVIlllam K. Flnlcy.
councilman from the First district and
executive secretary of the Republican
city committee, will take place 'tomor
row morning from his late home, 2401
South Droad street. Interment will bo
In Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, and will
be private. '
A solemn requiem mass will be said
In the Church of the Epiphany, Elev
enth and Jackson streets, after the
services in his home, Members of
Council, the Ilepubllcnn city committee
and tho Thirty -ninth Ward WepublN
ran organizations will attend. The
body may bo viewed between 7 and 0
o'clock tonight,
HARRON, FILM ACTOR, SHOT
Fall of Trunk Lid Accidentally Dis
charges His Revolver
Now 'orli, Sept. 2. Itobert Harron,
twenty-seven years old, a motion-picture
actor, was accidentally shot tn
one lung yesterday while unpacking
n trunk In his room at 50 West lorty
fifth street. His revolver was acci
dentally discharged when the trunk lid
u .mnn U Tin was taken to llcllc-
vuo Hospital, a prisoner, charged with
violating the Stjlllvan law. His cnndl
tion was said last night to be serious,
but his recovery is not Impossible.
Mr. Harron wns in "Hearts of the
World" two yenrs ago.
ASBURY TO BE GOOD AGAIN
Sunday Games of Chance and Lata
Bathlna Are Banned
Anbury Park, Sept. 2. Judge Walter
Taylor, newiy eiectea city uiiuuuiaaiuiicr
of Asbury Parki has forbidden booths
nnd games of chance being run on the
boardwnlk on Sundays. He Issued an
order yesterday that all stores on the
beach will be closed next Sunday except
those selling food, soft drinks, Ice
cream, clgnrs and newspapers.
For two years Asbury Park has hod
all-dayabntnlng on 8unday. This will
be allowed next Sundny, but thereafter
tho bathing houses miiBt cluso at 1 p. m.
Liner Sets New Transatlantic Mark
Montreal, Sept. 2. The Canadian
Pacific liner Empress of I ronco, which
arrived at Quebec Tuesday, broke the
record for the Liverpool-to-Qnobec trip,
doing tho Journey in Jive days nnd
twenty-three hours.
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yomen came early to the polling place of tho Thirty -third .division of the Forty-third ward this morning.
Among the first to register were Mrs. Hiith du Garr, who Is shown here wearing a Into collar, swcarlngtb the
questions of James Median, and Mrs. Anna Foley, of 1UH0 Mavis street, who Is buying a tax receipt from, Mrs.
du Onrr's'liusband, George A. du Garr, of 1028 Blavls street
$500,000FACT0RY FIRE
Plant at Oak Lane Terrace De
stroyed In Midnight Blaze
Damage estimated nt $500,000 re
sulted from n fire which destroyed tho
plant of the Ellwood IvIuh Tube Metal
Works, Onk Lane Terrncc, Cheltenham
township, Montgomery county, during
the night.
Iletween twenty-five nnd thirty frame
nnd galvanized iron buildings were
burned to the ground. The firemen were
able tn save the office building nnd the
big garage In which was fctoreil n great
quantity of gasoline.
The fire hcuan shortly after 10 o'clock
Land continued until lone nftcr midnight.
ii whs uiHcovcrcii dv a wnicnmnn. ins
insistent blowing of the plant fire "whis
tle foon brought the fire rompnnlcs.
Suburban apparatus from Jenkintown,
Olcnslde. Elklna Pnrk. McKluler. T,n-
mott nnd Oeontz responded. The men
gave a good nccount of themselves, but
wore thnnkful for the aid of the more
experienced city firemen, cnlled later.
liuuuing niter uuuning cnugnt. lire
in rnpid succession until the llnmes wcru
sprend along a frontage .of more than a
hundred yards. At no tlmev however,
was there serious danger of it spreading
to nearby properties.
STEAM HEAT COSTS MORE
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Qermantown and Overbrook Com
panies Petition to Raise Rates
A petition for incrensed rate for
steam heating in the Germantown and
Overbrook sections supplied. -with heat
by central plants wns heard by the
Public Service Commission, Hitting at
Cltv Hall today. In Room 400. and
Commissioner Denn indicated that he
would recommend the increase asked;
The Overbrook Steam Heating Co.
and the Germantown Stenm Heating
Co. were the companies' which asked
to be permitted to make the increase.
Tho Overbrook company nsked to be
permitted to raise rthclr charge from
fifty-nine to eighty-five' cents per 1000
pounds of condensation, while the Ger
mantown company asked tn increase its
rate from 51.18 to $1.40 per 1000
pounds. There wns no opposition to
the increases, and It wns pointed out
that the consumers ,nnd representatives
of the company hnd met nnd agreed on
them. ,
Tho steam henting compnnles told the
commission thnt last year their plants
were operated nt a loss ut the old
rates, and that Increase wns necessary
If they were to do business this year
profitably.
Deaths of a Day
PROF. WILHELM WUNDT
Weil-Known German' Psychologist
Dies at Leipzig
Copenhagen. Sept. 2. Prof. Wllhelm
Wundt, Germnn psychologist nnd phi
losopher, died nt Leipzig On Tuesday.
Wllhelm Wundt wns the chief Ger
man representative of modern psychol
ogy and to a" largo degree Its creator.
The institute for experimental psy
chology, which he founded nt Leipzig
nnu ins penouicni, diiuiicu. iwi vo mc 0r the ciassincation oi municipal em
Institution of mnny, probably most of pioyes.
the other psychological laboratories in, Althougli the contract with the .corn
Europe nnd this country. mission oi Griffcnhngcn & Assocrntes,
Horn in 18J12 in Itnden. Wundst I Industrial 'engineers, who arc making
studied nt Tubingen, Heidelberg and the initial classification, will expire on
Berlin, specializing In medicine. After September 15, the commission has made
professorships nt Heidelberg nnd Zurich, I no provision to continue the claHslftca
h,. wns called to Leipzig In 1875, where tlon nfter that date, which will be nee
he filled chnlrs of philosophy nnd psy- essnry because of changes In employes
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chology and became rector of the Unl- ,
vcrslty, '
Of the long list of his books written
from 185S to 101G the most widely
known In this country nre tho "Lecture
on Human and Animal Psychology" and
the "Outlines of Psychology." both of
which ran through, thrco editions in
English and a dozen in German
Mrs. 8a rah E. McKee
Mrs. Sarah Ellen McKee, well
knpwn for her charitable activities for
many yenrs, and who died on Monday
at her home,' 22211 Mount Vernon street,
at the ago of eighty years, will be
burled today. Mrs. McKee wus the
wife of I. D. McKee, a member of the
Pennsylvania stato Legislature for sev
crnl terms. She hnd been a member of
the' Spring Garden Street Methodist
Episcopal Church for fifty-seven yenrs.
She was one of tho founders, and
was prominently nssocinted for mnuy
years with the work of the Sundny
Breakfust Association. She also wits
identified with the Methodist Home.
Funeral services will be held in the
Spring Garden Street Church, and will
bo conducted by the pastor, the Itev.
Dr. Lynn Bowman. Interment will be
in Mount Vernon Cemetery.
Besides her husband, Mrs. McKee is
survived by three sons, John Edgur Mc
Kee. of Bnysldo; N. Y. j Frank E.
McKee. of Muskegon, Mich., and Homer
E. McKco. ot Atlantic Ulty.
"lO y courage
- and optimism, common-sense
and intelli
gence, can we maintain our
prosperity."
HERBERT M. MORRIS
Advertising Agency
Eviry fha$ of Saltt Promotion
400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia
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MODERN ARK TO DOCK
TODAY WITH ANIMALS
Cargo of Chinese Prince In
cludes 23 Varieties of African
Boasts for Zoo Here
A modern Noah's Ark, wWch is reg
istered under the name Chinese Prince,
and is the pioneer vessel of' the Prince
Line, recently established by Furness,
Withy & Co., for sailings between
African porta and ThllndclphJa, was
scheduled to come up the Delaware
river this afternoon with twenty-three
varieties of wild animals and fourteen
passengers.
If one or two of the wild, wild boars
that are aboard hnsn't eaten the cap
tain, or the other wild zebra kicked out
a side of the ship, or one of the mon
keys monkeyed with the engine, or
one of the vultures swallowed the com
pass, the Chinese Prince will arrive at
her pier, 38 south wharves.
If one can snatch a few hours from
work today, the ship's cargo will be
worth looking over, it was ntated.
.Never before 'has such an array of ani
mals from Africa come up the Dela
ware. The list made public yesterday
follows :
One Chapman zebra marc, one, lech we
(ram), one lynx (caracal), or.o ratel
(honey badger), genet cats, rmrkats,
water mongoose, two Chapman zebras.
ate dingoes, two baboons, two Stanley
cranes, one black vulture. on klip-'
springer (adult), two duikers (adult
pair), two springbuck (adult pair), four
blesbuck (adult), .two, mountain ebra
(adult pair), two kedu bulls, on blue
wildebeest (nearly full-grown), "three
sable antelope (two bulla nnd one cow),
two gcuisbuck, one lechwe (ram), one
giraffe and two eland (pair).
Sneclal arrauaementa for handling the
animals, which are consigned to the'
Philadelphia, New York and Washing
ton zoos, have been made by Furness,
Withy & Co. The gencrnl, cargo car
ried by the Chinese Prince consists of
skins, ore and nines from itiera, uur
ban, Algoa bay and Cape, Town.
CAR HITS WOMAN'slJEAD
Passenger Leaning Out of Window
la Struck by Passing Trolley
Taken ill while on a southbound Wil
low Grove car, at Germantown and
filenwood avenues Inst night, Mrs.
Leonora Thompson; forty-three years
old, of Fleetwood, Pn., put her head
out of the car window. She was struck
by n northbound car and her skull frac
tured. Mrs. Thompson was taken to the Sa
mnrltun Hospital In the automobile of
Charles Anuder. of .'1028 North Kleventh
street. Her condition this morning is
said to be improved.
JOB CLASSIFYING IN PERIL
The Civil Service Commission is con
fronted with the necessity of acting
nnlcklv tn innurei a nroner ninlntennnee
Metal Salesman Wanted
WANTED, younr vlcoroui mttal lalt
man who it thoroughly f&mlllikr with
lllnc of motal. plpfnr. etc. Only men
who can furnish references u to ability
and character nee apply, Poaltlon pays
BO to 80 dollars per week and expenees
and offers good udvantaiteii to rltht man,
Commander Oeo. M. NtnckhoUee (HO)
USN. Bentor Member, Hoard of Burvey.
Appraisal A Bale, Navy Yard. I'hlla.. 1'a.
In the Midst
of Things
Many of our depositors comment, on our location
as being "certainly handy."
Besides being in a gopd business and shopping
district, we are convenient to transportation lines,
both to and from North, East, South and West FhiL '
adelphia.
National BankCommercie
in PKiladelpKia
713 Chestnut Street
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THREE HURT IN AUTO CRASH
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Driver Hits Another Machine After j
He Ignores Guard's Whistle
The driver of an automobile and two
of the occupants of another, machine
Into which ho drove' his car were In
jured late last evening on Fairmount
drive near Ridge avenue.
Joseph Ward, eighteen years old, of
130 Salalgnac street, was driving n ma
chine at high speed along Fairmount
drive with two companions when ho
Wwas ordered to stop by Park Guard
Frank Dclorl. Dclorl blow his wntstie
several times, as Ward failed to stop
his machine, nnd apparently the ex
citement caused Ward to lose control
of the car, which was madly zigzagging
down the drive.
Near Ridge avenue tho car crashed
Ihto tho machine driven by James
Fcney, 802 North Judson street, with
such force 'that. Ward's car .was over
turned, throwing Watl and his two
companions upon the road.
Ward's companions Jumped up from
the road and disappeared before the
park guard could nTivo on tno scene.
FceneyJ together with his wife uud
Ward, were taken to the Memorial
Hospital for trentment. . They were
6adly bruised and Feeney had several
severe cuts below the left eye and Ward
has a fractured nose.
Peter Zlrken nnd Gertrude Zlrken,
Feeney's father-in-law and mother-in-
law; who were in his machine nt the
time of the accident, were not injured.
Ward is being held In the hospital under
guard-while the police are investigating
the case to wje if be was the owner
of the car In which he wos-driviog at
the time of the crash.
PHYSICIANS TO MEET .
Legislation Regarding Compulsory
Insurance Will Be Discussed
Legislation concerning compulsory in
surance, .ns enacted in New York state,
will be discussed at. a meeting of
nhytjlelitns of Iterks, Pucks, Chester,
Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, North,
nmnto'n and Philadelphia counties at
Willow Grove this afternoon.
While no definite action has been
planned, according to Dr. Theodore K.
Grnmm, 1014 North Fifteenth street,
who called the meeting, It is possible
that some organization may be effected
to try to counteract the legislative and
other Inroads which have been made
into the medical profession.
Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman, statis
tician for an international life Insur
nnce "company, will be the principal
sneaker. A dinner will follow th
meeting, which Doctor Grnmm says is
merely n "get-together meeting" for
the physicians oi the eastern and south
eastern counties of the state.
A young enerRctlc executive,
with technical education and
proven ability desires a con
nection about October first
Has had wide jexperience In
initiating; and ndministerine;
large organizations in several
fields. Can brine; carps of
trained assistants If desired.
Address B-220, Ledger Office.
ENGINEER
for .
Steam Specialties
Cupablo mart wanted tn analyze
and develop business of manufac
turer of atenm specialties. Muat
have thorough knowledge 'of this
particular business and know the
possibilities. Address
Box B 301, Ledger Office
TRICK USED N ONE, THEFT
fnlnr tlilim, ortin unoflflllr.O in rol)-
bln? Heading RnllWhy stations ndded
two more to their score Inst night when
they broke into, the stations nt lictn-
fivriMi nnit flnnttiftrnntnn.
Five stations In nil have been robbed
within fh taat three lltlVS. the others
being Elklns Pnrk, Neshnminv FnlU
nnd Lnnghorne. The police believe the
same gang robbed nil five stations, nnd
are looking for n. big touring car in
which the men were seen operating Inst
night near Itethoyrcs. There were
three, men in the cnr. '
The station nt Bethayres wns entered
through n window, which the thieves
broke and opened. They stole 520 In
notes, 1000 pennies and a typewriter.
The nmount obtained at Southampton
hni not been divulged.
In the Elklns Pnrlt robbery the thlcrea
operated In daylight, nnd got Into tho
station office b? a trick. Two men were
concerned in this robbery. They drove
lip in nn automobile and one entered
and asked for nn express package for
"Mr. Ilyan." There wns no such pack
nge. but while tho ngent fruitlessly
searched for it, the man who hnd nsked
for the pnekage got Into the office and
stole nil tho money there, 5108; then,
nfter waiting for the agent to nnnounc
he could not find, the package, thanked
him politely, got Into the mrtchlue with
his companion, 'nnd drove nwny.
J.I1C Jlt'UtllUK Ai""J uvtvvuit-o ..
wntkfnte on the robberies, an nre tho
Al.lnirtnn nnl !. The amounts taken in
the other robberies bate not been made
public.
16 SCAVENGERS JAILED
Police Arrest Men for Littering
Streets With Refuse
In accordance with' orders IrsumI re
cently by Director of Public Works
Cnven that strict enforcement of all
violations of the law Dcrtalnlnic to
clean streets should be enforced, six
teen young men, two of whom were
white, were arraigned before Magis
trate Harris today and sentenced to
five days each In the county prison,
charged with being scavengers.
Many complaints had been made of
the streets being littered with paper
nnd rofuso and orders had been issued
by the police to arrest anybody caught
violating this ruling.
Early this mornlns a squad of police
from the Thirty-second street and
Woodland avenue station descended on
the sixteen young men who were operat
ing on nsh barrels on Chestnut nnd
Walnut streets between Forty-second
nnd Forty-sixth streets. These arrests,
the police assert, arc the first in a cam
paign for clean streets' to be waged by
the police deportment.
'BANKS81
aldl!
Jewels
Designed and ' executed under
tjejaervonal auperw's6? of the
experia oftiia Ecdablislimcnt
MacDonald Campbell
Semi-Annual Reduction Sale
Men's and Young Men's
3-Piece Cloth Suits
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Alterations at Cost
$30.00, were $40.00
$33.75, were $45.00
$37.50, were $50.00
$41.25, were $55.00
$45.00, were $60.00
$48.75, were $65.00.
$52.50, were $70.00
$56.25, were $75.00
$60.00, were $80.00
$63.75, were $85.00
$67.50, were $90.00
$71.25, were $95.00
Palm Beach, Silk, Mohair
and Tropical Worsted Suits
Alterations at Coat
$13.00, were $17,50
$15.00, were $20:00
$17.25, were $23.00
$18.75, were $25.00
$22.50, were $30.00
$26.25, were $35.00
$30.00, were $40.00
$33.75, were $45.00
$37.50, were $50.00 Bft$s
$41.25, were $55.00 ",W
Every suit is this season's strictly regular
MacDonald & Campbell stock incomparably
superior in style, tailoring and value.
OPEN SATURDAY
CLOSED MONDAY, LABOR DAY '
1334-1336 Chestnut Street
THOMAS J. GAVAGIIAN
Chairman of the committee In
charge of the reception Fulls of
Schuylkill will give In honor of
Jack Kelly and Paul Costello,
when tho Olympic oarsmen, cham
pions return from .their triumphs at
Antwerp
CONGRESSMAN VARE SAILS
Will Stop at Honolulu to Join Mrs.
Vare, Who Has Been III
Congressman Wlltlnm S. Vare, ac
companied by his daughter who has
completely recovered from her recent
klllness, will sail from Kyoto, Japan, on1
the steamship Modawuskn, today tor
Honolulu, according to n cnuie receiveu
bv Scnntor Edwin H. Vnrc.
Tho body of Congressman aw s
dnughter, Ida May Vare, who died two
weeks ago in China, Is being sent direct
from Yokohama to San Frnnclscp.
According to Senator nre, his broth
er will Join Mrs. Vare In Honolulu,
where she is slowly recovering from her
recent llnejw, nnd Just ns soon ns Mrs.
Vare Is able to leave the hospital they
will sail for tills country.
3 HELD AFTER DOPE RAID
Federal Officers Accuse Members of
Club on Greenwich Street
As the result of a raid by federal In
spectors on the Cleo Club, CIO Green
wich street, Tuesday night, three mem.
bers of the club, Harry Long, 117
South Eighth street: Sara uuruno, ijw
Ueed Btreet, nnd Mlko Farley. 428
Titan street, nre under arrest charged
with Illegally possessing and selling
narcotic drugs,
Tho federal officers say they have
been watching the place for some time
and on Tuesday night Harry Found, one
of the officers, accompanied several other
men to a back window of the club. After
dropping $1.50 through the window he
wns handed n smnll package of cocaine.
The raid followed and a 'quantity of
cocaine nnd opium wag found in the
building.
The three men were each held under
$800 bail for court by United States
Commissioner Mnnley yesterday.
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Wll I RP mpt im npuj Vnnkf (
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uiiiraiii lor me recepuon to jbcky ,
Kelly nnd Paul Costello. cnamBtaM.n
Olrmnlc oarsmen, an nhrtiif rnmnMai".'1.'.
byr their fellow townsmen of the FsJwj
at ffchuylklll. Arrangements have WmS ;
mane 10 nave n delegation go to
York, to meet the boat when It arrvt-J.
from Adtwcrp, and then accompany ttkmsi
i-iiainnunn to me norm x'niiBaeiptim,
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Bunion, mis city. .',
A demonstration will be staged at
the station, to which Mayor Moore aii4
his directors have accepted invitation.
Following the reception there a pa'rada
will bo formed, led by the Philadelphia,
police nnd other hands, nnd the llne.ofi,
march will bo out Ilroad-strcet, to Alle-
fheny avenue, west to Illdge avenue, to
'nils of Schuylkill. There another re-,
ceptlon will be held. , ft
These nrrangements were completed
nt a meeting Inst night In the school,
hnll of St. midget's Iloman Catholic,,
Church, on Mldvale avenue, Falls jAii
Schuylkill. There were present members v
of mnny athletic organizations, incltnlr, ,
Ing the Montrose Boat Club, to which if
the champions originally belonged, aaT
the Vespers, their present club., ' r
The chairman of the commltcc on ar-V ,
rnngements Is Thomas J. Gavnghnrr, ott
lUftTi Ainslie street. Others on the com-'
mlttee are Monslgnor W. Y. Walsh', reeo
tor of St. Bridget's ; the Itev. David '
Kelly, the Itev. John J. Bonner, the
Bev. Cornelius Leahy, and Thomas
Babbit, Joseph Doyle, Edmund Byrne,
Joseph C Bergin, Thomas Byrne' and
Joseph Tyrcll.
Auto Hits Gloucester Boy
James McMnstcr, Jr., nine yenrs old,'
R05 Paul street. Gloucester, was struck
by an nutomoblle Inst night at Broad-v
way nnn mercer mreci, uioucesier. tae
received Blight bruises.
PERRY'S
FINAL
Closing Sale
at
HALF PRICE
Started with odd lots and
broken Sizes, remainders!1
of a Big Spring and Sum
mer Season Men's de
s i r a b 1 e woolen and
worsted Suits, Palm
Beach and Mohair Suits,
Separate Trousers, 4
Sports Coats, Auto Dust
ers, etc., etc. and some
late deliveries of last
Winter a good lot of
Heavy-weight Overcoats,
Fur - collar Overcoats.
Leather - lined and Re
versible Coats, some silk
lined Fall Overcoats, etc.
all to be closed out in
this Final Sale at
Exactly One-Half
Their 'Regular Prices
The $40 Suits will be sold
for $20; the $45 Suits will
be sold for $22.50; the $50
Suits will be sold for $25
and so on up to $80
woolen and worsted Suits
which will be sold for $40.
The $40 Fall and Winter
Overcoats will be sold for
$i5, the $50 Fall and Win
ter Overcoats will be sold
for $25 and so on up to
some $75 Overcoats which
will be sold for $37.50.
Some Fur - Collar Over
coats marked $60, to $110,
will be sold for $30, to $55.
And so on of Palm Beach
and Mohair Suits, Sports '
Coats, Separate Trousers,
Dusters and Office Coats
all the odds and ends of
broken lots will be sold in
this Final Closing Sale at
Exactly One - Half their
Regular Prices.
Terms of Sale
Cash Only
No Refunds
NoAlUratlw1
No Excknrfr J
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