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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
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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,
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Dreps Out of Pocket , I'
velver slipped out of the' i
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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.
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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
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Pre-Inventory
Sale of
Suits
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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
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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
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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 &.
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' 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-
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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
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CHESTNUT AT 13th STREET
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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.
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