MV :Hfft ry' lipy-?-. f ' y?J ftjftfff' - w' '', ' ,f5r iTT?Btfjr " ' vvvr rl$iPw tJuji-j i- -f. v5 JAMES TO APPEAL, GAINING 8 MONTHS Confessed and Convicted Slayer of Paul Will Carry Caso to Higher Court PRISONER SLEEPS WELL Judge Puts Off Sentence Because of Christmas A .ftiitice Kntzenbneli v.-ns Ion -ins the courtroom niter the jury luul roiivli'tcd JnmcH of llrst-ilrgrpe mur der be turned to Slu-rilf Hutch ninl snld : "Sheriff, tny reason for not Im piiiltijr sentence on Jiunes nt this time Is bceaui-c I do not think I NhAuld rin co in the midst of ko much Christ mas festivities. The spirit of Yule tlci previiilg everywhere ntnl the lenst I can do for the poor fellow mid hh family In to withhold the fiiml dfcrec nt Icnst until nfter the ChrNt Lia3 holldajs nre over. In the iiunn time I vlah jou would hoop careful supcvioion over the prisoner, not that I do not feel thnt you will, hut I think nt this time he nhuuld by safecunrdi'd well." Frank .1. Jnmes. confessed nnd con victed murderer of David S. l'nui, will st from eiifht months to a year re 1 riere from the death penalty through 'he appeal to be taken by his attorney, fihti Harris. ' Justice Kntzenbneli hus not jet im used tentence of death, thoiiKh in New f-rsej this is done I'listomnrlly as noon , a defendant is declured guilty. The 'ustif , vho presided ut the trial in I'amdcu with Judge Kates, of the I'riminol Court, forbore to sentence .fame, to death now because of tiic Christmas season. S'entencc probably will be pronounced at the conclusion of the trial of his friend, llaymond V. Kehiick, also under indictment, whose 'trial begins early in th new jnir. Irk JaiiK'H is ill al her home, HOI Vtt Ilrondwuy, ISrooklawn, X. .f., uinl iuuld nut be teen. Her mother, Mrs. .TowMi Snlegle. haid she was bearinc the shoe!: remarkably well. "JJnud it verr bnive, and her faith in Frank is .till tinHhaken." said Mis. Spiele. "He iras good to her und to Harold, their Mm, nnd the cannot forget that. She I-. strong physically, and that has been for'unate, becduc she wants to keep ii! fnr Frank's sake. While There Is Life " Vnterduy whs ey hard, nnd we reiildu't cet her to eat: that, without ileep last night, is telllntf ui her to im Hut it bus not affected Maud's ioi,niKc; while there is life there is hope Ton know." iiiituld, the site'ii-jeor-obi i-on, who lias bad tonsillitis for several dujsi, uas tip nnd drcscd today. With tears in hi eyes, he said: "I feel ton badly to mij anything jet, except 1 haven't jlvf-I) up hope." .Tn'i.n Harris ami his son. William IInTis, who jointlj defi-nded Jumeh, r now busy preparing. reasons in s.up- .ort of a motion for a new trial, which ihe iMist file under the law within n dajB. These will be based on ubout i jeorc of exceptions to rulings made urlng the trial. The motion for a now trial will be fe.se 1 on three major points tirst, that no women were drawn on the jury panel rom which the trial 'jury was selected; "cond, that Justice Katzcnbueh ex uded testimony "tending to show" ttmt there was insanity in Jnmes' fum ilj. and third, failure to establish the "corpus delicti," or body of the crime, i Camden county before James' con fsiot. was introduced and accepted in i -iieuce. lejction 4it 'the motion fur a new 'i ml t.j Justice Kut.enbin'h is oon- idered H i ertilintv, as the exceptions 'al-cii by Mr. Harris were all to the nt Ice's rulings. The next step, ae- ordljiB to Xew Jersey legal procedure, Is appeal to the ehnncellor of New Jcr- '. Ho will refuse the uppcal as a natter of course. To Court of lirrors he caw l tlicn be taken to the I'oi.rt of Frrors nnd Appeals, nt 0eu- 'n, which will pass on lfliunlly. l'en muld this I'onrt deny the appeal the 'lu involved will postpone the ee- i ltiim of the d'tnth sentence for at least ijfht months, accoiding to those fumil- ftr with Xew Jersey crbninul practice. SALE All $5 & $6 Value MXMAS ouses Today and Tomorrow and Colors Among the Many Styles. l'ufkrt in .infti, Wonderfully Smart 5 & ?G Blouses of Georgette C n OC Crepe und Crepes de-00 Uiine, reduced to... m DON'T WAIT, COME EARLY Avoid the Rush as Tomorrow will be a busy Hay mm 0RLTON B Whtre Yo Can Sat WAIST SHOP Whtrt You Can Snu 12 t t jsiftfer In the event a new trial (a granted it mny be n year before the case is clsocd, James bore up well under the ver dict, which was delivered to Justice Kntzenbneli at fi:-J5 o'clock Inst eve ning. The jury had been ready for some time when the Justice sent for them. They linil taken only twenty minutes to rencli n (list degree verdict, without recommendation of me'cy, Jumes slept well Inst night, nccord ing to Dny Warden Logue at the Cnni den jail. He wa- still sleeping at it ' o'clock. Apparently he felt some meus ure cf relief to hnvc the ordeal finished. Mrs. Mnndo Jnmes, his wife, nnd his I parents. Mr. nnd Mrs, Joint .lames, niso bore up well. James, who showed recovery y ester- i dny from Ills physical coiinbso of the Inst few dnys, faced the jury when the forcmnn pronounced the fntal words without u quiver, but with the pallor of denth nlreadv on his fentures The 'Jury, in delUerlu; Ita wrdict. made no recommendntlon for n life sen tence, which it is permitted to do, or for any lenietlcy or mercy whatsoever. Immediately following the announce ment nf conviction bv Itichard II, New tnun, of Mcrchnntvtllo, foietnon of the jury, and the individual poll of the other eleven members, counrel for the condemned ninn. John Harris, mmed for n new trial. Aflir Ihp fntrful vorrln nf tin- hirnm. just before Jnmes was about to be led from the cour.-room, he' turned toward the sent which his wife, Mrs. Maud Jnmes, had occupied since tin com mencement of the trlnl. ill lip seemed to frame the word", (Joou by, good bj," nnd then he saw that his wife wa" not there, and he was looking al strange, hostile faces. Virtually all Jnmes' family absented themrselvei trow tin court-room when tho trial reopened at !:'M last night, utter n recess nt I o'clock, ns they were certain of what the verdict would be, nnd felt they could not benr up under the additional strain. Prosecutor Wolverton, in urging a verdict of Heat-degree murder, snid a man who had committed so horrible u crime us the gradual beating to death of a man who wns or had been lit one time a friend, to steal $-10,000 from him, wns deserving of no mercy. Justice KnUenbnch thanked the juror", saying they had nil done their duty by the state nnd tho commuult). Treudway, "Boots" and Ross Are Held Continual from I'nico One smiling now nnd then, t trstimoi. In two cases which came up in advance of theirs. " The I'circe case was called al'lOtlfi o'clock. Joseph . l't-iiee, a brother of the murdered man, identified the body. C. A. Ueljou. of lli.'l North Twentieth Mreet, who has otlioes in tlie buih'ing where I'circe was slain, und J. It. McHoHougli. who also is in the building, tcstifiMl to finding the bodj. Call -Mnlnrew "Dad" IVti'etive Jiuntir Mulgrew look tin stand to give the principal police testi mony. As he stood there adjusting hlu eyeglasses. Marie called to him : "Hello, 1 hid." Mulgrew is an clderlj man, and of kindly manner, and she gave him the title when he wus bringing her up from Wheeling. "Hello, little I'irl." the detective an swered kindly. He then related to the coroner's jurv thevari ou-JclrciimstaiK- es of the rinding of the body and the urrest of Treadwny and Mnrle nt Wheeling. He told also of the earlier statements made by Tieadway and Marie about the murder, and their later statements. let.-tivi Harrj Hvunb-j , who helped make the arrests in Wheeling, (old some addi tional circumstances. Other polio- wit nesses gave minor details f'orouer's Physician Wndsworth then testified to the autopsy findimrs. nnd the liirv quickly pronounced its crdlct, Treiuhvay ((iilied Again Tho three prisoners were taken nit" the coroner's ollice and then to the cell room, where they were locked up tem porarily to await the prison van which would take them back to Moyamensing Prison. Tread way was tuken down to Cap tain Soulier's otlice for examination. The detectives wished to qui him about1 ,'Itoland Hall," urrested on a charge of1 huving robbed St. Patrick's Church. I The prisoner, the poller siiv. is ITnrrv Kendrick. whose name alrrudy has been mentioned iu the Peirce case. He wa" the author of the letter found in Treitd waj's coat in which he tells of havli-g "hit Trix over the head with fiij spe cial ,'A'l." Trix was his wife, Marv Thomas, who died in a rooming houie on Kast Thompson street yestcrda . The police want to make quite cer tain that Kendrick may not.. after all. be Klllot. the one remaining fugitive In the Pelri-e murder Thev do not be lieve he is Klllot, Captain Souder said, but arr overlooking no possible bets. -el rm hi Ai r i vyT-' Do you know of another store whose goods are so uni versally admired? A selection from our great stocks wil add to the happiness of any man. Handkerchiefs, Leather Belts, Knitted Silk Mufflers, Underwear,' Gloves, Lined Gloves, -EVENING PUBLIC BOOTS" ON WAY TO INQUEST ABlfiSllil m ' mi f HBs I MSHHHKtBVm Hb ' WWAMZMM j wmKHummmm: .WiBli 1 rAnniWHHraBaHBiB '., riV! Miu-lc Phillips ltogers, " Cieadw.-ij 's girl" of mini mimes, was again the renter of interest in the I'circe murder case when she appearcij t fho luiues into tho de.itli of the I'ort Washington man today. i$i shown here In-lng taken to the coroner's oilier, where (ho hupicst was held TEMPEST GETS "WARNING" Told to "Watch Hlo Step" In Mak- Ing Drug Charges ' Assistant .Supeiintendrnt of Police Tempest is both amused and curious concerning a iost rard he ieciied today irom MasMiiigioii. i The following is printed upon the cord : "Your roar against ulhueil Depart ment of Justice operatiw lieiud by So cret f-'ervice chief. Can jou presi-nt an proof of the Miit-picioii1, Jou luuo of the mispicion. Jo, have nv,1B1nlr,,crn ", " WJ' ..,lrB- "" ...i thn: ,. .rtfi,,,,,. ,,f the lAlIeBtH-ny avenue. I j.on tho uppiuach t l-d n -itlltv Inowl, .In. oflof ','"''''n Hr ,. l.an away, nm :.."..."?"? .?".....?. during the rhnsc which followed he spread bro government unlawful transgi-' "sionsV If not, wntel your own step in the future." He believes that the curd refers t" i the 'estimonj he gave jesteidny at u 1 hearing of those urriHleil during u raid on u .ortn ivvi-nij i-e.-oinl tr-(t house Sundaj. A largo , .uan.it . of drugs was seized during the raid which an al leged Department oi Justice ugent in tei fi-rrc-1 "1TTr. Tin is miz.Ii.i In ll. fn.-l fl.nt i,.,, post mink shows iliat the card was mulled ut almost the ,.. time he gavt his testimony. 8 "UNDESIRABLES'' CAUGHT Arrests Follow Order to Keep From City Suspicious Characters Following an order Usurd jesterday bj Director of Public Safety James T. f'orteljou thiil suspicious chatacters be not allowed to enter Philadelphia when driven from other cities, detectives ur lestud eight men who were utiable to. give satifactov account of themselves. It is feared the citv will be the ob jei live of undenliiibh-rt Now York Iims shipped out, and for that reason Di rector Corteljv.u has adopted precau tionary methods of arresting suspieii- eharnctej-s. Those arrested will he given hear ings before Magistrate Uenslinw r.i Central Police Court today PAVING CONTRACTS LET Mayor Awards $78,000 Worth of Jobs to Two Concerns Paving contracts totaling S78.100 were n warded today foj Mayor Mooie us iollows: Kitstent Pining Co Lawrence street fi-orn Tabor road to Olm-y ave nue, ST,'I.(I, Darieu street. Itristol street to Ciij uga street, .foOO. I'nion Paving Co. Seventh street from Chew avenue to "Ni-dro nveniu-, SlitJCO; Annsblirj street fiom Fifth to Sith streets. $10,000, and Jasper stieet from ltiickius si reel to Frank ford avenue, .s'L'l.oOII. MacDonald & Campbell Christmas Gifts for Men 25c to $2i50 $1.00 to $3.00 $8.00 to $19.00 $1.00 to $25.00 $3.50 to $7.00 $5.00 to $19.50 Silk Neckwear, Silk Shirts, Pajumas, Silk Half Hose, Sweater Coats, Bath Robes, 13341336 Chestnut Street LEDGEI PblLAPELPHLr, TOEgDAY, FIND LOOT IN ROOM Police Accused Prisoner of Robbing Germantown Avenue Store Petectivcs Miu-Uu igall and Itlchard- wl( f tjle inrk llll(1 ,.hiB, avenues stntion, while searching the rooms of Hlrhard Page, twentv-oue enrs old. ol nitl7 North ltroiid streit, this morning found loot valued ut more than .$200. Page wns urn-stcd on December It! while he was acting in a suspicious manner neni- Ihirtientli street nnd oach d e threw nwnj a jimmy nnd ti revolver. It was discovered tlmt the jimmy boic troe.es of jinint thnt were identical with that from a window of th" hardware store of A. ('. Sutterlee at MT2 (lor- ""i, ...?,' ;"""..'... "" ..,..... 1. I..1. i. . .1 . . rohbt d of hard-. it e valued at more 'than SiVt. collowliig tli. f.isiovery lollowing th. i.isiorery of tins loot ln llIs r""m toduj. Page, who escuped lrom Mojniucnine I'.-ison two years ago h scaling the wall, will br given n hearing tomorrow, i hnrged with rob bing the Hatterlee store. WINTER BEGINS TONIGHT Warmer Weather Today May Be Followed by Rain in 24 Hours Wintr begins at 10:17 o'clock to night. A lot of folks had already dis carded their summery frocks und straw hats, but the frostj -headed monarch who rules over rnuim-il fields and frozen lakes und streams does not make IiIh ofllelal bow until tonight. This is also the shortest day of the ear, unless jou spend it waiting on n stieet orner for a trollej car. The sun was up at 7:L'0 o'i'luok this morn ing and will set nt -J :HD o'clock this atternoon, lingering nine hours nnd nineteen minutes. The temperuture today is higher than yesterday. It wus 27 degrees at 7:.0 o'cloi k this morning und muy reuch .'IS by this ufternooii. It is raining in the Mississippi valley, and as the storm urea appears to be moving towurd the Great Lake region, Mr. llliss believes it will rain here in tweutj -four hours. The rnin may be preceded by a light snowfall rfeC, dinner &W demands &.$ Salted "Nuts. Kivors, Bon Boris to harmonize with the table decorations $1.00 to $4.50 $6.50 to $12.00 $3.50 to $16.50 $1.00 to $5.00 $9.00 to $30.00 $10.00 to $20.00 -.AsM iks NABS MAN IN CAFE AS JEWEL THIEF Actress Points Out Suspect in Crowded Chestnut Street Res taurant to Patrolman LOST BONDS AND GEMS Charged with having stoln $1000 In Liberty bonds and jewelry worth .$'2000 from two N'ew York tictresses, John .Sherry, of Chicago, 111 , wns arrested in u Chestnut street rcntaurarit inbt night According to Patrolman McLean, of thf Fifteenth nnd 1octirt streets sta tion, he wiim approached by Miss Hue Crrighton. en actress playing nt n local I thentre, and taken to 'tho restaurant, 1 vhero she- pointed out Sherry nnd de manded that he be i.rrested. Sherry did not dny knowing the lnctrep, mid mode no attempt to escape. .The restaurant was well filled at the time Miss Crrighton demanded Sherry be tuken in custody, and the Incident , caused excitement, the diners struggling to get a. view of the g'rl and the man she had complained against. AlcLern finally cofv his prisonet out of the restaurant and took him tn the station house. 1 Miss Creighton charges, it is saiu. that in New York recently Sherry stole the Liberty bonds nnd jewelry from the apartments occupied b her self nnd a girl frind, another actress, und made his escape. On Chestnut stret last night, she say. she saw a man closely resembling the one who btole her valuables. She followed him to tho restaurant, made certain It wus Sherry, nnd thn uiu- , moned the patrolman. VARE"s TO OUST TRAINER Plan to Remove Him as Twenty- IxthWard Committeeman arc leaders plan the recall of Joseph C. Trainer, administration lender, as the Republican city committeeman from the Twenty -sixth ward. The effort will be made tonight nt a special meeting of the ward committee. In his place it is proposed to elect cither Joseph L- Unld wln, formerly assistant director of health, or Congressman 'William S. Vu:e hen Mr Trainer u elected he succeeded Congressman Vnre, who nad been i l.i- -lty committeeman for years. Tonight's meeting will be at the Kast K.i.1 Itep-ibllean Club. l.'W.'l South llro-id strtcr. Mr Truiner told friends he dicl n-jt iuti-nd to contort the uction of the Vares. He holds thnt he would rather be a free-lance lighter aguinst the Vares than n member of the Yare coutrolled city committee. MISS LIPPINC0TT SPEAKS Sick Germantown Girl Breaks Si lence of Four Months The family of Miss Jonn I.ippmcott, the ticrmanfown girl who ha" been ill with "sleeping sickness" for four montiis, nre overjoyed today nt her par tial recovery of apeech, and are pre paring to celebrate Christmas iu her sickroom. Yesterday afternoon us Mrs. O. C. Lippincott. her mother, wus passing through the girl's room in the family home nt flhO," Lincoln drive, she no ticed that her daughter seemed brighter. A moment later the girl uttered tho word "Mother." A little Inter her lips'i 1 nuned the word Home, ana then "ltrndford," the name of her brother. Complete recovery of Miss Lippin cott U (ipected, though it muyc be many weeks before ahe is nblo to leave her bed. Murray Gibson, of Merlon, lier, fiance, to whom she was to hnvr been mr.iried in November, was one of the first to bo told the good news of her Improvement. Tiwfamily plans to have u Christmns tree in the girl's room. Drink Winiomo Sweet Cider mntlo of sound apples by tho keg or gal lon. Fatch your jug. Pure Cider Vinegar. Eggs just from the rteet. White Potatoes. The Flnctil Applets. Theso superb a -.'oj t re tr -rl ie. . ui eurt-fuHy rmcUJ In i in bUHhrl lmmprn. Drlv out TlaltlmTe A ntmlciit throucti Media, unit l"i nitlm tiavutiil to tho Black Horse Farm Evcru dan i" thr near from 9 to 9 Phone Media 103 ll For the Golfer Sweaters and Woolen Jackets In abundant variety. Either buttoned front or "pull-over" style, 37.C0 to ?27.G0. Sport vests. Soft finished woo? fabrics in heather c 0 m b i nation. Some' with braided cdtfo and pockets, !?7.G0, S10, SI 2 and $15. Hoys' sweaters, Sit. Golf hose, foreifn e.r domestic. Either with or without feet, ?U.G0 to JACOB HEED'S SONS (424-1436 Cbcotantttm! DECEMBER-21, 1020 Roads In and About City Reported in Good Condition Lincoln highway (Trenton to Chnmbersburg) ; good condition, ex cept through Ucrks county, where it is only fnlr. Baltimore pike, through ICrnnelt Square and Otforjl, is in good con dition. William Pcnn highway (Kaston to Chambcrsburg) ; all sections ln good condition, Philadelphia and Heading pike Good condition. Lancaster and Hnrrisburg pike Fair In Lancaster county ; good in Dauphin county Probably light ne', to be fol lowed by rain, v.lth slowly rising temperature and variuble winds in creasing und becoming southeast. CHARGE MEN STOLE STOCK FROM FORMER EMPLOYER Sunshine Peanut Products Co. Now Under a Cloud Afiei stenln.g sufficient materials and equipment- from their former em ployer, John Chittiek, thirty-six yrurs old. of flOttl Hutchinson street. Hownrd Wright, twenty-four yeurs old, of Alr drle street, and Thomas Sehell. (w-enty-four years old, of the Cutnden Y. M, C A., went Into hiMlrief,s for themselves according to the police. They were ur rtsted lust night, charged with larcny. Two weekt ago the three men noti ced their employer, the Ilunch Peanut Co., .Tr...'i York road, of their resigna tions. They were employed as RiilrRinen itul aNo helped to make deliveries to customers. During the Inst week they worked executives noticed the sales of the three men declined from $250 to S30O. Following their resignation the com pnny notified the police of the German -town avenue and I, coming streets atn Mon of their suspicions und District De tc-llve Thomas Winning started an in vistigation. lie found the men had stnrtcd in business us the Sunshine Punut Products Co. with headquarters at the home of Chittiek. After a seatch the detective found n large quantity of mipplies and equipment owned by the Hunch Co. in possession of these three. At. a bearing this morning before Magistrate Wrigley, at the Germuntowu avenue and Lycoming streets station, the three men were held under S.TOO bail for further hearing December 21. FALSE-KEYTHIEVES ACTIVE; Three Apartments Entered and' Jewelry and Clothing Stolen False keys were used in several Ger muntown robberies Inst night. The Wissahickon Apartments, ut Schuyler street and Queen lane, were entered In this manner. An (ipurhiKiit occupied by P. Itehul, was robbed of two rings, a watch nnd clothing, while from the rooms of Howard C. Holton n watch, chain, bracelet and pin, vulud ut $2."0, were taken. False keys also were used t obtain entty ut the Mnpleihade Inn, Itethlrhim pike and Germantown nveni.e. An ovi-r-i oat nnd puir of cloves belonging to James O. Gucker, were taken. Ttemspc'cijcri c Pcltshod Girdle iiLtQ, JeiveJed Flexible Bracelets are in unusual demand and (Iir collection oTtns Establishment 13 unequalled for Qualify, Sp-o dtnd Value " All Diamonds Emeralds aAcfDianiond Diamonds o"d Rubies Sapphires " Diamonds Diamonds ona BlacUOryo Herbert Hoover Asks You to Share Your Christmas With 3,500,000 Children 10 Dollars Will Save Will you help by taking as many as you can afford? J 0- nmercial F ARMER DEFENDS WHISKY WITH GUN J Haddonfield Man Ejects Family and Defies Police in Barri caded Home SURROUNDEDANDCAPTURED ' After ejecting his wife tni.l '1 re children from the hoW ltite lnsl night. Amlt-vv Firsht. fortr -dx ears old. wli I lives on a farm nt Orchard stntlon on 'the Kresson rond near Haddonlh-ld. N. J , barricaded himself in his home iipii ' the appearance of the police today and I held them at bay with a shotgun for nearly an .hour Mrs. Firsht nnd her three small bil dren were found wandering on tl streets of liaddonfield early this morn ing and upon being taken to the poib station tho woman told of her huband's uctlons. Chief of Police George- Huxfer wot to the- Firsht farm and found the man locked in his house lie wns urimd with u Nhotgun. 'I he pnlico surrounded tho house and finally broke in a d'-or and pluccd Firsht under arrest. During a ,. ,Pci, 0f the house a ten gallon still and a large quantity of whlskv, cider and equipment for mak ing liquor w'e found At u inuring this morning bctore Recorder William Carey, Mrs. Firsht. her two chlldr- n nnd two married daughters testified against Firsht The mnrried dnughteru, both from Phila delphia, were Mrs. Anna Saulsky. 1112 Pel street, und Mrs. Mury Solohar, 1131 Peel s-tre. t. They testified thnt their father on numerous occasions hud jet-ted his family from their home, forcing them to sleep in tho fields, ami that i.e hold large quantities of wliiskv to foreigutrs in Philadelphia. He a on held under SIMM bail for court bv Ite corder Care . Boy Forged to Buy Glrle Candy Hnrrisburg, Dec. 21. Clarence L.I Snyder, bevrntcen, a Pennsylvania ' Ilailroad messenger, yesterday pleaded ' guilty in the Dauphin county court to forging checks for $403.01 usn-g the numes of widows of railroad men. He wuid he bought cundy und fnxl ride, f,.r 7,:pHiSTs" no time for pessimism, as the I nation is headed for better things and going strong." says a prominent bank presi dent. HERBERT M. MORRIi, Advertiitnj; Agency Evnry Phate of Sales Promotion S'ortli American Uldg. Philndelpliia tAoiiujoer - ChcrAy Diamond ' rnvfen' in Europe Facing Starvation Please send checks at once to John H. Mtujon, Treasurer Trust Co., City Hall Square, 1 FOOTPAD ATTACKS WOMAN Hospital Attendant Is Struck Down, Watchman Fires at Man Attacked by n man near the entrance to the Pennsylvania Hospital for tin InsHiie, ut midnight, Miss Celin Soliel was beaten unconscious with the butt n a revolver nnd seriously injured The uVnilnnt made his escape I'olici believe thr purpos(, of the attack v robbery, but that the man wn- frighl 'ned away by u watchtium who iieare, the scer.o im Mii Sobel fell to th ground The watchman ran to the girl's ai" ntid her nssnilant dnshed across the van of the hospital, climbed n wnll and ps cnpeil to Market street, as the wntcli man flrcil several shots at him Alls-- Sobet wh leturtiing to th, ii stltution, vvher she' is an ntttnditjii nfler having visited n friend. Aa sh step,ed itiside tlu- entruuee gate, u Foitv -fourth ntid Alnrkut streets, t' man sprang frr m behind u trie He struck viciously at Miss Sobe with a rvolver. tho blow glancing froi her heud, partly brtikrn In force by h upraised right nrm. All the bones i her right hnnd were broken or crushe bv tl ' force of the hlow Ah Miss Sobel fell sh- scnarnrd ai t!- Tui, t . nruged kicked her in tl side as M.e the on the ground. SPECIAL PRICES on Good Dependable Overcoats and Suits during the Week hi fore Christina.!! Other day a customer told us he had bought a suit elsewhere, but de cided to stray no more from "N. B. T." "It can't be done! No clothes stand up like 'em !" he said. At $45 Specials from our regular $60 and $65 assort ments. Al $50 Fine Suits and A fine Overcoats showing the . f superiority ot "N. B. T. At $15 - Patrick Macki- ti naws, -were $18, $20, $22.50. Separate Trousers, $6.50, I .$7.75, $8.50, $9.50 were f 37.50! $9. $10 and $12. ' Dress Vests, $5 to $10 I were $7.50 to $13.50 J Evening Dress Coat unu Trouser Suits, $68. $72. Special Values throughout tin store.' PERRY & CO. I Hth and Chestnut SL. a Child children Philadclph la i m I ii m s 4-M n-i ttffl '.',l 'h h 02 Chcctnat 3.trfit -V, lSil Blicct - ft i, -.. v . -toy,
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