TTR-VTT. :- , i" ' ii,ip V I""-' m t k r i ' f ' t k- Ky "C "ill ': ! d,4i rm Ir'WBW" a t lM Ubl LA ir x a if J- . r m K1 I -M IS rfrsrrfra. EVENING TtTTTJTT' wMVKWW jtwMewv-- r-.vi - ,,-w -sw" PUBLIC ' LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1920 $14,000 IN BOOTY TAKEN BY THIEVES urglars Smash Tea Merchant's , .Trunk, Taking $2250 in V Liberty Issues WOMAN'S HOME IS LOOTED ncnle'H cut from the Huntingdon Valley A! I CPCn DDDPITD Country Club, t Neble, nt Frl.lny l r 111 1 1 lC 1 1 II 1 1 T K The Knutnn nutherltles will be com-1 nLLLULU llUUULIl Thieves, window smenhprn nnd hold up men obtained loot vulued nt mere than $14,000 In different sections of the city Inte Inst night nnd early today. Furs worth J.VXX), Liberty Hend mounting te .$22.r0. nnd nx nulnmo nulnme bllc worth another $5000 are Included In the plunder. Severn! house robber ies were reported. Three thieves, operating in an auto mobile, took the furs from the estab lishment of M. Gittelmati ft Sens. Areh utrcct enst of Tenth. They hnlted the car at the curb line und smashed n win dow with n brick. Veiehl Hashimoto, Japanese tea mer chant, who hnd Invested his surplus cash In Liberty bends, reported te the police that a thief hnd fererd entrance te his apartment, I'lne street nbete Ninth, and HinuMlied open a trunk. Four bends of JJ.VIO denomination, two of S100 denomination, one WO bend nnd $40 in cash were tnken, the tukl less being In the neighborhood of $2000, based en the present values of Libert bends. Heuse Hnbhed of $500 During the absence of the family of Mrs. Margaret SteplxTger the house nt 4580 Fleming street wan robbed. Mrs. Btepberger reported te the police her less exceeded .ViOO in jewelry, clothing and hilverware. Six automobiles were reported stolen. A Sl.'OO car, ewncil bv Jeseph L.iiig berd. of 10,17 Houth fifth street, was taken from Fifth and Lembard streets .And later found nbnndened at Fourth ml Wharten streets. Herbert S. "Wissler, of U021 North Park avenue, tnlsved n $000 machine from in front of his home. A $1200 car, owned by TharleH M. Weatherby, of Iteil Hank, N. J., was stolen from Twelfth nnd Locust utrcets. Frank f?. Knglish, of Hit)!) North Fifteenth street, reported the theft of n $1200 .into from li'und nnd Bpruee streets While Jetm F. Mes senberger. of ,'lSUi I'lilnskl avenue, was visiting friends nt 120." Seuth Bttcknell street, n thief drove off with his machine, valued at $i:00. An $S00 car. owned by It. A. Wilsen, of 2214 Seuth Twentieth street, disap peared from Sixteenth nnd Market rtreet.s. Take Alleged Car Thieve. Twe alleged automobile thieves were arrested last night by Abington police, who took them from a southbound trol ley car en the Old Yerk read. The men rave their names ns (Jeorge Jehnsen, twenty-one years old. 4S Knst Herter atreet, Gcrmantewn, and Theodere Jay, CC02 fiormantewn nvenue, German town. When Policeman Ktrecpcr and McKee arrived at the station n telephone mes. age hnd been received tl'ing of a car abandoned en the Knsten highway, north of Willow Greve, nn hour pre viously, and the suspects admitted they had abandoned the car. Police found the machine had been driven with licenses issued te Clay H. Kehler, of Kasten. Pa. In one of the '. car pockets they found the real license tags for the car, issued te S. V Krn- .'sner, WOri Sixty-eighth avenue, Oak Lane. Efferts will be made te connect the munlcated with in the mntter of the, theft of the Kehler car. Failure te' connect the men with the theft of the! llealc enr will mean they will be turned i ever te the Philadelphia authorities. i Jewelry Stelen I Jewelry and clothing, tnlued at $."0, were taken from the home of Alvln Zimmerman, S01 North Sixty-fourth street. Entrance was gained by break ing n panel In thef rent deer. Cleth. ing nnn silverware, worth jjiim, were stolen from the home of Jean II. Mr Mr Cermlck. II Ml Emlen tri't-, German town. Thieves entered the home of Leuis Tayler, .'102 Sears street, nnd stele clothing worth S."0. Frem the home of Mrs. Mattle Pickle, nt H5 State street, $.10 In clothing was taken, Hecause he rcluscd te threw up his hnnds ut the command nf two N'enre bandits last night. Albert Que, twcnt I three, of ll,'ll McClellnn street, is in St. I Jeseph's Hospital suffering from In- j juries received when the bandits struck I him en the head with n lend pipe When he regained consciousness In ' Inc nespltnl, ljue sum the Negroes up preaciird him at sixteenth street SOT N A nvenue with Kcan In het pursuit. The I officer fired two shots' the last one tak ing effect, lodging in the Intruder's back. At Sixtieth street and Hazel avenue Pntrelmnti Clark jumped en the Held him until rwcnn E man's back and caught up. ! Lieutenant Met ! Connelly, who wr lenlgpmery nnd Sergeant were making the rounds In search of highwaymen, heard the shots nnd rushed te the scene. They Man Caught Prowling in Rear ;, $ j"!Si fffft of Stere Tries te Escape SafM'! i u Md'TK Wlien Arrocstefl ' condition Is net serious. wnen Arresteu , A (lashllght nll(1 Kcrcw (lriver wcrc i found in his nosscsslen. At the hespi tal he gave Ills name ns Charles II. WOUND IS NOT SERIOUS Patrolman Kenn, of the Fifty-fifth nnd Pine streets station, early today aw a man prowling nbeut trying win dows in the neighborhood of Cobbs Creek Park. Kenn followed the mnn te the American Stores at Sixty-first and Lembard streets, where he whs pin; Ing n flashlight en the window in the rear of the store Kenn demanded .111,1 1 nn explnnatlen. The mnn said he lived Sturgis, thirty nddress. four years old, with no Columbia nvenue nnd after knocking li,r' "ni1 ""' '"V.C key ... """H" him unconscious. Htele his watch and,'' patrelmnn said he would have te chnln valued nt $100 jtake him te the police station nnd novo Fer the second time within n month. , him identified. The man tried te es the week-end campaign by the police rape and Kenn was forced te pull his department has resulted In the arrest gun of mere than 1000 persons. Suturdnv ' "New will ou come? the officer j afternoon, W) picked mnn in civilian t asked. Hut before ic could receive clothes were sent nut under special or- i " answer nn- rum hiui u ei-ii iiiisiiimi ders of Assistant Siinerintendeiit Tern- ! from his hand and he was a'se knocked pest te investigate clubs and social or- I gnntzatiens where gamming was sus pected That sound worked in cenjunc tien with KlO men assigned te run dnw .1 automobile bandits and liiclnvnjineii until long after midnight. GUN SCARED STOREKEEPER down. The man ran enst en Hnzel JAMES TRIAL TOMORROW Man indicted In Camden Bank Mes senger Murder te Face Court Jointly indicted with Hnymend W Schuek for the murder of Unvld S Paul, Cnniden bank messenger, who was slain October fi. Frank J. James will go en trial tomorrow In the Cam den Criminal Court before Supreme Court Justice Katzenbach. It hns been rumored that the Insan ity pica intended for Jiiiiich b. hl counsel will be abandoned. Instead n light will be made te snve the accused from the electric chair. Counsel for James would net cenllrm reports that the three nllenits who examined Juines had agreed that the prisoner is sane, Schuek. the ether prisoner, will go en trial en Jhnuur 4. FRENCH PLAYS AT PENN Student Clubs Will Present Twe Comedies Tonight The Ccrclc Francals and the Salen Frnncnls. the men's nnd women a French cfiibs of the University of Penn sylvania, will give their preliminary show nt 8:30 o'clock tlili evening at the Phllemuslnn Club, 3044 Walnut street. The "prelim" ahew this year will consist of two short plays, "Lu Oram malre." bv Lnbtehe. and "L'Ktln- colic," by Palllcreu. They wcrc coached by Prof. Albert Hurlburt. The leading players are Gasten Cour Ceur Cour neyer, president of the Ccrclc ; Dorethy lluckley, Kstelle Newman nnd Francis Tayler. Hetli plays nre light comedies. Tagore te 8peak Tonight Ilnblndranalh Tngere, the Indian sage, poet and philosopher, yill deliver nn nddress tonight nt Bwnrthmerc Cel lege, as an appreciation of his, interest) in the work of the Friends, 7 m '"" atP . O. L., Arrested When ' Dreps Out of Pocket , I' velver slipped out of the' i y?if w pl Sailor, A. W. Revolver Dr heu n revolver sIIpik pocket of a islter te his store rally last (irnitiK. Lewis Freedman, pro prietor of n haberdashery store at .'101 I Seuth street, thought that he was the victim of a held-up nnd called for the i police. Patrolman Miller, of the Third and I)e Lnncey .streets stnti n. who re sponded te Freedman's call, then placed under arrest Samuel Abriuns, nineteen i years old. of 200 Lembard street. Abrams was given n hearing this morning before Magistrate Harrignn, nt the Third and I)e I.nnccv sfirets police .station, where iie confessed that he was n sailor eh beard tin l S S. .Manning, new at llaltimere. Mil., and that he had been nbsent from his ship w itheut leave for four days. He explained tlnit ' entered Preedinnn's store last evening te get some money changed ami tn..t when he reached into his pocket his re- vnlver drnppi d te the lloer. causing Freedman te send for the police. , Magistrate Harrigau did net believe l.'reedman's charge that the smlur had planned te held him up, se lie turned Abrams ever te the local nnvnl author! , ties, owing fn the fnct that he was. absent without leave from his ship. j Three Wills Probated Today Wills probated today were these of Mary A. Mi-.Mi.tt. 12.1i) North Fim - . sixth street. SH7.O0O; Elizabeth Taws, ii(!."4 Lincoln drive. S10.000. and J. Mil'er. 2.,lir North Eleventh street, i - -en . viit'i-ieM we.-,. Hied in the estates of Jesephine C. Mehl, ".230.1."; J iiiima Goetz. Sl(t,r,ls.i;t ; William A. Suits, $,-122.(1.". Letters nt udminls udminls tri.tien were granted in the estate of Charles llaus. Kllili North Twentv nitith street. .Slii.OdO. s l tf ftilg i WJP- ?! Ww i C'J J, jt il I I I I li 11 1 1 I I I I $mM """V Urn gftL Jims jfidhJtnutAT 46J3trttt jflJ . ft i M - jPiila&tlphia., WE DIRECT ATTENTION TO DISPLAY OF FANS9 BAGS & FRENCH NOVELTIES AS GIFT SUGGESTIONS There nre half a dozen breeds of geed oysters. In reality there are only two kinds, frenh ones nnd ethers. Only one sort here the finest of the freshest! rtcetMJi, The Heme of Sea Feed 13thbetween Chestnut &Wa!nut Philadelphia Platinum Greatly Enhances the Beauty of Diamonds This precious metal is mere enduring than geld and makes the best possible setting for diamonds. Rings '. $30 te $9000 Breeches $54 te $3900 Bar Pins $S5 te $2600 Bracelets $72 te $4700 LaValliercs $50 te $3500 Scarf Pins $27 te $1800 Dress Sets $50 te $1475 Link Buttens $36 te $460 Our stock of platinum jewchy is unusually large and includes many original mountings of our own manu facture. Call or write. for .our Catalegut. S. Kind & Sens, uie chestnut st DIAMOND Ml-IUCHANTB JUWKLEP.S SILVERSMITHS 1 -,-, -.t 'I ) I Browning, King & Company Pre-Inventory Sale of Suits $ 33 .50 Suits formerly $40, $45 and $50. Six hundred Mens, Yeung Men's and Beys' Leng Trousers Suits. Blue Serges, Blue Flannels, Fancy Cheviots, Cassimeres and Worsteds. ' '''"tSiiP $ ill"-. vjMiW' '9S ; :iO-spP Quality and that means the 9tf fh$' J ''':'.-''''JrJv as-i-v there are Slippers here hi profusion for C iMKi-'lHwiA'ilf. '"'"''Hr y. i Men' Wemcn' Bys Girlu And Tiny Tots. ' - 'kvlvy?:ir!;A;- let r.r'T, 'isi?S i-tr. S 3;?.w3.75 Wm 1J1 or Qtrc, -j .33. 1 .50 UK tilg OpeCldl M e n h 5.00 lU.mee Vfefli mm-M 1.nkt7t-' L J- J Women's Felt Moccasins, rib-J Havana brown leather 1-lH W.'9 4lnn ; i .I. i 11 ,5 an ctitraerdlnarv value KJrV M-jM Infant.- Fur. Trlmmr.1 "0" trimmed, With soft, padded? sP,rU e ak If'H mO ivrmtMs,. ,f Rum naiin J cushion sole; in nil tt fr-i e.u Wfcil il ,wh" ' " 1.50 J kimono 5ni., i-.l l.tlS Kwnt MIppit. of DaniM &T .... : HMUiMVHvmMMM' nh l-athr nelea O Qr WMt WsJm. prpttv f-i- j.ntts fur-piuii ter Women pii mtrWTi 111 K,npTnuV'valu9Hlh-i ftC , 1,.'ur:P,lu;'' Trimmed Juliet,,, of nne , K' Sllp-en Hllppr,, J&'J'I ll Kccptienai vaiue y fflt with flex.1 irKthcr !.. ami irnth Hviri-tt cut of fins heavy IB-VM Ln 'r ""'' In "il ran- Hcht hlue. laven- e-ia.ltv In brown, onfer I mL'JKS VUt , , . ,,, , , i ll"r I renrh i,iu. , orchid and O r?tt ' R"v jnd navy blu p-i mMM 11 Mlnae Children'! purple Kpen.,1 0.0 Comfy Q AK &. vLa.Hl (nuUrrt, In I)nlel iri. stii... .. i Mele 4 XJ mmX i 'WK. , ,u !,' Slippers, the .Upper with the I M-SK ...TOm ..reene. de lui. felt. cellar that .;,n h- hutt..n.d nv.,r anKle lu1. sUiea - OK MTM ' n,'nk wltn cnntramini an.l lntpp hn uura warmth Is want- X.tl JJP&Jff ':: Ok ce"arttnd 2.25, mil1".n:Li!?r'-ihAi''"" Sam- .-V . O.R"'!. ' mfv ele ' der Allie t.lu. and h'r.-nrh Q (f $1.35 Ip. tefFiM)- i'S ' "'.v:;.'liHbte&k navr fleilble liather AtZ ' MRLm- ' "'" l "' 5 '' i:- '"ssfcJLjJjkk ''',' 'Ht -'nlleln Inr r ,,nh tr.mm..' In j&fWr '! ''"' ,." ' vJS .a'h.r note an I l.u'lur he. I O QK I j&KiJLjKsX '';. : Nys""s"",,w. BiK. The nam, Juii n-nliaiT.-n nlue nnd j(P I S ' f '' rt ,, s fcw ' "''"'l wi"1 "rf padded Qtr i ddlti teI h ? i trf" -", r r ja-,.AsiS v'-:;- iu&T ' jv F"WJJ rill ' -vv v; .v.--' vr .-:-. ,- " iwhwip' .-Y ',v-.-"v ''' KML- tfW ( ' nfrine I ... .?SSwi4 a a?-T-. .?&&,' . -! "!- & .&&. ' "a- fivti& .';' 'I If fa , ' l 921 Market Street 1 tvll y, . 4028 Lancaster Ave. 2746 Germantown Ave. ffflSwwH '' HWf me a itzea 5b04 Caermantewn Ave. both and Chestnut Sts. mmi V Chestnut St" fc BRANCH STORES OPEN EVERY EVEN1NG '. " UU Wfc. , Ml Vt ' l t .I-,, ,V7M,,i,MlV,.lVi.l.ilrlM,lf:';;' ,- ug BONWIT TELLER CCO CHESTNUT AT 13th STREET i NOW IN PROGRESS The ANNUAL DECEMBER SALE FURS of FASHION & QUALITY FOR WOMEN AND MISSES Fur Coats, Evening: Wraps, Capes, Mantles, Jacquettes, Steles, Neckpieces, Muffs Greatest Values Ever Offered in This Annual Fur Event HUDSON SEAL COATS 225.00 Formerly Priced 395.00 Thirty-six-inch long full-flare belted model. Women's and misses' sizes; specially priced for immediate disposal. PONY COATS : MARMOT COATS 36-inch long; Peny Coats have cellars and cuffs of raccoon; Marmet Coats OFT fif have large self-shawl cellars 11 Formerly Priced te 165.00 NATURAL LEOPARD COATS 36 - inch long full-flare model. J Q )) Cellar & cuffs of natural raccoon - '" Formerly Priced 295.00 HUDSON SEAL WRAPS Forty-five and forty-eight-inch Af7K (f long models of fine selected skins O jJ Formerly Priced 850.00 TRMD. FRENCH SEAL COATS Thirty-six-inch long model of fine selected skins; cellars and cuffs of squir- 1 OT flfk rel, skunk or beaver OtJmUU Formerly Priced 350.00 SCOTCH MOLE COATS Of finest selected skins; thirty- 9QT )) six-inch smart, full-flare model Ot0Ulf Formerly Priced 595.00 TRMD. HUDSON SEAL WRAPS 45- and 48-inch long models of the very finest selected skins; cellars of con- QT (f trasting furs tQUV Formerly Priced 875.00 TRIMMED HUDSON SEAL COATS 350.00 Formerly Priced 550.00 Thirty-six-inch long full-flare belted model. Of fine selected skins. Large shawl cellar and cuffs of beaver, natural skunk or natural squirrel. 4 i fl r A
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