twfci?W v il?; " , ' V ' u m Ii EVENING PUBLIC LT3DGER BHIL'ABELPHIA:, TUESDAY, PEOfejMBEB 28, 1920 U MONK "E ASIAN DIED IN GANG FEUD War Horo Had Returned to Old Habits, Police Assert, and Had Roused Enmities 7 GOLDFISH "SHAKE SHIMMY WHEN POLICE PL A Y JAZZ And iot Only That, but the Turtle "Vamps" and Frogs Do a, "nninLfiunn" i.t .,,.',,,, H.ltKii Sl thll I ' .lOtltl'tintlt ."SrtV I . lltr.t.lll'l f.t. utiutuil i,s,, . '.' ...v. - ... s ...- s..,... . GOB AND $72,000 VAN H SUDDENLY EXPECT ARREST OF SLAYER Ity tho Associated rrrs Vow Yorlt, Dfc -N ''' , Vf,n "f mystery hitherto Mirr-unillm: the mur der of "Monk" Kiistiniiii. former notorious cunKter, wh. ww siiinuw'l to have ,5gone Mrnlpht" nfti-r h-ins decornted for heroNtn mi the lmttMledils of Franco, was jmrtlj lifted early tmln with the detitiitu iininmiieeineiit by the police that he was clain in 11 saus 'U'ht on his old Kant Side stampiiiK ground Inst Sunday. The police furl her claimed they had trailed hi murderer through the devious winding of the underworld and that the expeeted to make an early arrest. Two waiters mid a cashier, who were questioned at 1icndeiiu trrs all tiitfht. ore said bv the polli to have given details of the feud and t have fur nished the nam" of the ex emitter's assailant. These nlli-pM informants John H rod ley. .lolin Me Kentm and Max Voin-tein -wire nrdeTuI to appear be fore litnrt Attorne IMwnrd Swnnn during the du.x for furthir rxaiiiiiintiuii Assistant 'District Attorney Julin llennis declared It wa.s I'stiibllshed that "Monk" was s-hm to elc.ith in a run ning light, wlurh :ni ted m an nll-uunt cafe. The police !me reason to believe, they said, that some of "Monk's" old pals, who had turned apinnst him, had cornered him in the .ife. In the gen eral free-for-all light that tollowed rivaling the dreaded gang feuds of by gone jears in lower Third and fourth avenues -"Monk" had bem driven into the street and "hot down with live bullet in his bod. The police investigation hus disilosed. It was .said, that "Mouk" recently hud not been living "on the Kiuare" as he had promised (tnveruor Smith when his citizenship right were re stored after the world war He is re ported to have bun unploycd as a ''bouncer" in an Kut Side gambling house and to have been invohed in illegnl lujiior and drug traffic. In some i of thee transactions, the police believe, j "Monk" Incurred the enmit of some i of his former associates m the under- . world mid he paid the penalty the1 name e'i .illy penalty "Monk" himself had ordered inflicted In gang wars dur ing the last twentj jears. I'our men. believed bv the police to be members of a hand that perpetrated mail hold-ups nnd robberies through out liergen count. New .Jersey, eurl in the month, wire arrested here last night, i harg'sl with robbery. In confi-sMons, wuieb the police say the obtained from two of the men, they told of entering clubs, butcher shops, bakeries, groceries, gaiages and private' residences in I'rrg'ti count, nnd while holding their lietitns at bay. of having escaped with ninny thousand dollars' worth of loot. Tin entire gang, the j.oliie -aid, car ried tin-arms equipped with silencers, wore black musks and ui d nil manner of conveyances in their li pn-datioi.s. .John Huther. twentj -nine, t Haw thorne, N. ,J.. nnd Charles Lnrsen. tweut-one, of Mnnhaitan. the men alleged to have confessed, reiatfd. the police said, the transfer of their opera tions to Manhattan nn Iiteen-lxr l.'i. xv hen the held up and robbed a mid xviignn driver of ?:VJWl t'lmrles Carlouzh. of Hnlgeu,i., N. J., who was held up several ns. ago und robbed of u watch and munev, called nt the jiolicc station yestirdav nd idintified Larseu as one of the robbers. Larson and Huther mr taken as suspects and their cn!,'..s..,)s came later, the police declared. The other men. Daniel Vaughton and .Joseph Hughes, twen'y-three. f this , ifv. were arre. od nn information furnished by I.nrsen alms "Uig Swede," who vns ,.. ..,,! ,.f heiiiu t'o I. , , r of the bind. A gold i..eda'h"i,. I,i.ii. ,..1 , have b;.n w..rn bv Murj ifv- a f ;. t, n '" 'lJ of her exe.ufn.n, was taken b Mirglars. who n-roe'.-c.,! th i. ,..-.,. - "f Major and M-s V. f KammiiiirtV 'A-tllH'nt lit sl Wi t Km! in -t-rday. ill" Ilieil.iMlori W.'l- ' ''P.,? h ' J.adies ami gentlemen, nllovv me to introduce the dancing goldlish und the tirpsjehoreaii turtle " Police Lieutenant Howard T.awon is speaking His aiuarium. full of International piscatorial performers, in other words, trained tlh. is the star attraction at the police station. Twentj second street and Hunting Park avenue. Those who doubt mnj look for them selves, for Minn, (im once said, "a go'd liMi has no prlvac." These nh not oulv dance without using their feet, but they nls drill, ays the lleuteiinnt. It was the magic nielod.v of a phono graph which brought out their hitherto unknown talents. At the first blast of the canned music the fish, as well as two frogs and a turtle, pressed their noses against the glass of their apait incuts mid registered curiosit. Later when a iaz. melody nm un leashed the fish swam to the surface of their water, and several of the patrol men assert thej tried to get out. The i frog contentc d himself with getting on t top the roynl looking tower In the ' aiviiirium and standing on his hind legs. I And then (if you doubt this nsk the "cops") the tails of the fish began to iswn.v In perfect rhjthm T'lth the music , which was ground out on the machine I while the frog flopped nbout the eaves of the lower regnrdless of Ufe or limb "What d'yer think mnkes him do it?" asked one op I "Oh lip just full of hops." snid nn- other. And when the music machine plnjed in march the flh swim four abreast around the tank, the police ny. The turtle is the la.iesf dancer of nil. lie jii-f rolls his eves to vamp-like tunes. 1 The phonograph v. as presented to the police by the residents of Tioga. Sev 1 eral of 'those, who indulge In nothing 'but ginger ale actually believe they have been nt a cellar pnity after taking a flash nt the jazzy nqimrlum. Allentown Man Is Said to Havo Abscondod From Norfolk Navy Yard ENLISTED SHORT TIME AGO FISHES BEFORE 'OPEN FIRE"! 30 YEARS FOR KILLING GIRL Boston ivlan Builds House on Raft to Carry on Sport In Winter Huston, Dec LS. Kilwaid .lac- Hues, member of the Milton Yacht I'lnb believes that tlslting through the ice is a hohlij of hobbies for the w. titer' sportsman To that end he has built for himself from his own designs a! house on a ratt so that he can tish I through the lloor of his living room while sitting "before his open lire" en- ! loving his pipe and nil the iomf"its of home. This novel idea of Mr. .Jiicepies ha ' innile sue h a hit with his cronies that he has felt compelled to enlarge on Ids original plans, with the result that to daj four persons can tish at the same time. The iTnft is eighteen feet in length nnd eight feet wide, with tin fishing room extending out over the wnter on one side. Arthur Mudgett Is Stolid as Judge Pronounces Sentence Hyde 1'arli, VI.. Ii c . '2. A sen teni'e of thlrtv to thirty-five jears In the state prison was imposed upon Arthur Mudgett after n jury hnd found him guiltj of manslaughter in causing the death of Amj Shonio Inst .July 31. Mudgett, who protested throughout the trial that he wns innocent, showed no emotion as the sentence was pro nounced. The death of Miss Shonio, who wns it mill worker, and lived In the same boirding house as Mudgett, aroused mom than local Interest. The body was found in a remoter at Johnson several ela.vs after the girl had left the lodging house. An autopsy showed she was to become a mother: that nn npii.itlou had been attempted nnd bungled , ami that she had been strangled. Hatltmoro, Dec. 2S. A gencrnl nlnrm wns sounded In police and nnval circles here last night for the nrrcdt of II. W. J. Meyers, twenty years old, n member of the crow of the Hnlted Ktntcts destroyer Tntterleo, alleged to have nbsconded from the Norfolk Nnvy Yard nt 4 :.10 p. m.. with $72,000. Meyer's home Is In Allentown, I'n, Meyers-, nerordlng to government of ficials, enlisted n short time nco ns n third -class yeoman nnd wns nsslgned to the Sattcrlee. It was learned Uint the money wns delivered to the Norfolk Nnvy Yard from n 1'nlted States sub-treasury by the American Hallway Express Co. Wlllics-Harre, Dec. US. A sensation was caused yesterday when James Hiley, of Sugar Notch, who recently resigned as director of the centrnl poor dis trict, nnd Daniel Murrny nnd John rtnlligan. local residents, were nrrested and charged with embezzling funds of the poor district. The amount em bezzled is $12. 152. It is chnrge-d thnt Hiley gave the other two men. who were storekeepers, orders for large sums which reached the above totnl. Hiley was held under ,20(ii) tmil nnd Murrnv under $1000 bail. Allentown. Pa., Dee. 2S. (Ty A. P.) Harold W. J. Meyer, whom po lice nnd naval .authorities nre seeking on a charge1 of absconding with $72,000, is n son of Htigene Me) or, formerly one of the proprietors of the Hotel llniull ton, this citv. Until his enlistment on May 22. l'.iis, young Meyer worked ns n printer's devil for the Morning Call. He was in this city on furlough this month, leaving to go In his ship on December 17. His father had n Christ inns card from him on Friday Inst. o bore nu excellent reputation In tins city. Now York, DoTT 28. Mall Micks containing $100,000 in ensh consigned to n firm In Havnim were rnnsnrkeil in Uint city several weeks ago and ns yet the money has not been recovered, ir was lenrncd here yesterday. Speyer & Co., New York brokers, who cashed Uie check of the Hnvana firm here nnd sent the money to Ultia. said that the loss was neither thcira nor that of tho Cuban firm, but of lie insurnnce company covering protection of the currency. Details of the tneit were lncklng here, hut the brokers paid they understood several nrrosw in con nection with tho crime had been mode In Havana. HILL TO TALK ON PEACE Scientific Societies Also to Hear Ad dress on Alaska Volcanoes CliicJigi), Dee. 28. (Hy A. .,1';-1?f; Dnvid Jnyno Hill, former T nited States ambassador to Germany and Switzer land, will speak today nn the Pre liminaries of rencc" before scientists attending the seventy-third annual con vention of tho American nocic.y mi no Advuicrmont of Science, in session hcrp Hcveral of the associated scientific societies will hear Dr. Ilobert r . Griggs, professor of botany nt Ohio State rntverslty, explorer of the "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes," to night. The subject of his address Is "The Volcanic Hegion of Kntinni, Alaska." which he visited in 11)15, 1010 nnd 11)17. As n result of his investigation. President Wilson secured the reserva tion of the Kntmal district as a na tional park, which Is sale! to be second to none in the country. When in Alaska in litlll, Prof. Griggs observed the de vastating effects of tremendous vol canic 'lctivltles of the Kntmni region of tlie preceding year, which were of niij precedeiited violence. Police Get Flvo More Automobiles Contracts hnve been nwarded for five i additional automobiles for the Bureau ; of Police. Three ore for four-passenger cars, which will bo furnished by the Potfer-Dieslnger Motor Co. for i $l772.ri0, nnd two for touring ears, to I be bought from the Thornton-Fuller Automobile Co., for $2870. WALSH IS ELIGIBLE FOR HOSPITAL POST Physician Is Reinstated on Civil Sorvico List After Apology by Board WILL RETURN TO CANADA The Civil Service Commission hns re voked a recent order disqualifying Dr. Wllllnm H. Walsh, and the physician hns been reinstated on the ellirlblo list ns havliiB nmHcd for Hospital Ilurcau chief. Although tho post Is vacant, Director Ftirbush never having mndo nn ap pointment, Dr. Walsh said ycfitenlny he would not take the position If it were tendered to him. Ho said that he in tended to return at once to Grand Pcre, Quebec, where he Is doing work for the Life Extension Institute. Ho said his long fight had been made not because he craved tho appointment, but to test tho right of the Civil Serv ice Commission to order the removal of his nnmc from tho eligible list without notice to him nnd without affording him it hearing, Ho regards his restoration to the list ns a vindication ngnlnst the ns scrtlons made nt the time he was taken off Hint ho was "temperamentally tin fit" for tho position. Dr. Wnlsh hnd been superintendent of the Municipal Hospital nnd chief resident physician nt Illocklcy Alms house in the Hlnnkcnburc ndinlnlstrn tiou. After ho hnd obtained the hlgheat mark in tho examination last spring for chief of the Ilurcau of Hospitals, several physicians aro said to hnve represented to Albert L. Hoop, chief investigator for the Civil Service Commission, thnt nn irascible temperament totally un fitted Dr. Wnlsh from holding such a position. But no formal complaint to that effect wns ever lodged with tho commission, Edwin O. Lewis, his at torney, snld yesterday. At the opening of yesterday's hear ing, Clinton Rogers Woodruff ., dent of the Civil Service Com,m,LriC,U publicly apologized to Dr?WaTh 'n Vn' half of tho commission for fta o?i.ibe'. action in striking his name off the,? without first giving him a hearing rP hearing was attended by neorir .' Seeds, chief clerk of the DepaMm.n; Health, ns Director PurhuKJ.!" of scntntivc, Albert h. Hoop, chief ', vcstlgator for the commission, and i Civil Service Hcform Association'!'' Man Dead; Search Mado for Kin Thomas McOrnth, whose atldre.. i unknown, died yesterday it the A, verslty Hospital. Before send hV ft body to the morgue the officials of III the hospital aro Issuing un appeal ft nny relatives who may read of u denth to claim the bndv. The m who was about sixty years of nco , taken 111 on the street about twoCC ago. The police sent him tn T . Slnal Hospital. A icharltabfe fe PhUndclphliui took him from th.t tl stlttitlon to his own home nnd clniiVii and fed him. The man again b.p1.1 Ill nnd was sent tn the Unlvcr,tv t im pltnl, whero he died. "" Hos- V SEZEEEEEEEEHSS EESEEEEEEEES332Z3Z22Z2323323Z2S3333-33ZZ35E33333iI IHPf oseamni and the .l-ici. k3CoJ.cl SS f.rir yf.ni aiid u.is a w. Idirg it ro Mt. rvivunuug trum I r '1' ei- ) ,K tn,', j ! i a n.'iirii'i. w w was f, ji n .iisS .tit.a ":. !. of Vl (leieiia. 'ir- -i.a- SAYS GIRL WAS BEWITCHED 2 Mothr Denounces Woman in Pres ence of Magistrate t Vl Vierll. Hi' s ,.i ,lf j,! J ftTlT.l 'IlIVS P'sO '! llccl .,' fh,. wa'N of Vub'tigtein He.g , .,- v.stcrin Tvlic-ll s -,.(, i s of ' W . 'Vltf., s. , ', , u wit'-h' ' werr- 'i.r.e-. t l.-. ' l;..s.si,. . A'lirm. ho nr-in-Hroi! ns , e-omtdnlnnnt I again -I Mr- Si.'.) , Srcri. whom she charged w !, ! awr g t, air.oved . Io-r 'v tl. ! tn.- a ,r .., h-,r wuf- ..!!' sJ.h 'i,r. ,1 ,r ',.,.,,.. wV,,.n Mrs. Xt'i-t rim..' . -...ir 'i -. l.-riw.. vc-nr-old 'lirjgh'e-, w:ie, I ii !n, , .rwl she Keiiu. bv Mr- A. -Hi H'l hllel lost the, pem-r of !..T legv I 'p 'o ii cs,.," .,f i i,,nrv-s ago." iviiid NIr s,.,.rn n h - -vtiipatl ir'is booisl M s i,ir . in, (,ibv 'ij. urong h'i 1 ) a'' 'II,. n this woi .a i Ve lit f. . I--.I- . I "Viiir t eii..r ' , ,. a n is ,t ,,,,,1, Tw i 1 iiidre-I ve irv Hi,-., kI , ,,u , -a,,. been bumi d at a - u e " "The witch' T:.c w t.-h '" .viiee. t'.. Xvoinuii sns'ftsrs Hung! wri.t the miigiKTratH s gi, el Then Ii di-m sscil '), -n iui mn nsainst Mrs Mni fir .a'-i of ivi- deliee. Would Settle Land Law Dispute Wx-Jirlligtnil, I 'Js - ;. s,tat,. Pepartment is lis, us.- j w t'i - r.a' r nnd I'uli'ori mils ti.- , ,.s-,' . .. lur .1, of t', iiieii land ci.v ism,, ir,,b .'ii, Willi ti llll- 1 I II tl.e s il,j(.,. ,, . c.lf. r- em es all s 11 .1 i ,i: ej Kill I i'i ,,, n bassudor Un'i-il S Morris ,u,d Itici e.n Shiih ' ii r ii t ir .lapiii ' -i 'i. .Lus-.u.jr, it Lerim.e know le vi si -,ii H A W W r Academy of Music December 30 Hear these famous Victor artists! In keeping with the Victor policy of presenting the record ings of the greatest artists, the Victor Company has secured the services of the La Scala Orchestra under the personal direction and leadership of Maestro Arturo Toscanini. Announcement will be made later of the issuance of the first Victor Records by this famous organization. Attend the concert by the La Scala Orchestra, and then later when you hear their Victor Records you will appreciate how faithfully their interpretations are portrayed on the Victrola. It is because of this absolute fidelity that the La Scala Orchestra makes Victor Records; that the greatest artists of all the world are Victor artists. Victrolas $25 to $ 1 500. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1 st of each month. Increasing demands for a complete printing and advertising service have prompted us. to equip our scU'cs for the tabic iVv MM rvi CO y., PAT OFF 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE" REG. US PAT Off This trademark and the trademarked word "Victrola" identify all our product. Look under the lidl Look on the label I VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Camden, N. J. Victor Talking Machine C Camden, New Jersey mmm Charge Accounts Invited MiiMia Mail Orders Filled Mavfepn & DeMarvy IZ15 Chestnut Street , Fura and Millinery We rcvair and remodel your Fur Garments very I Illustrated catalog of our Fure mailed free skillfully and very reasonably in price, as well! on request. Please writo or ask in store. Charge Purchases Tomorrow Will Be Billed February 1st, 1921 We're Selling at a Loss! January Fur Sale ENTIRE FUR STOCKS WITHOUT RESERVE 9" m s Here Are the Facts on Today's Fur Prices as They Exist in THIS Store rtr Furs have reached tho. very low Jd est levels. On this account we have reduced our entire stock of Furs below actual cost. These pres ent reduced prices would not buy the skins alone, even in today's low market. av; We are prepared to take our loss 'yj NOW on merchandise in stock, but this condition in our business cannot last very long, because we cannot sell at a loss indefinitely. Nothing can be gained by waiting or deferring your purchase any longer. If you need Furs, buy now, while the assortments are still gener ous, and the prices so low. tt We strongly urge you to buy U now because we believe that you have faith in the integrity of this constantly growing store, and we in tend to keep this faith as we have done for many years. A Small Deposit Will Reserve Your Purchase in Our Storage Vaults until next Fall. Payment? to be Continued Monthly Through the Spring and Summer 9 Marmot Coats t (so and ss inch). 8 Trimmed Canadian Seal Coats (se inch) . 12 Taupe Lamb Coats (so inch). 9 Taupe Coney Coats (so inch). 4 Trimmed Siberian Wolf Coats (sg inch). 4 Trimmed Leopard Cat Coats (so inch) . 9 Taupe Lamb Coats (so inch). 11 French Seal Coats (30 inch) . 12 French Seal Coats (so inch) . 9 Raccoon-Trimmed Marmot Coats (so inch). 9 Natural Muskrat Coats (so inch). 8 Trimmed French Seal Coats (so inch) . 5 Hudson Seal Coats (so inch). 7 Raccoon-Trimmed Marmot Coats (so inch). I Nutria Coats (so and so inch). 9 Squirrel-Trimmed French Seal Coats., (so inch). 10 Skunk-Trimmed French Seal Coats. . (so inch). 6 Trimmed .Hudson Seal Coats (.winch). 8 Natural Muskrat Coats (so inch). 9 Beaver-Trimmed French Seal Coats . . (so inch) . 5 Jap Mink Coats (so inch) . 1 Scotch Mole Coats (so inch) . 5 Hudson Seal Coats (sg inch) . 8 Skunk-Trimmed Hudson Seal Coats., (aeinch). 9 Beaver-Trimmed Hudson Seal Coats. . (sg inch) . 7 Hudson Seal Coats do ami ir, inch). 6 Natural Squirrel Coats (sg inch). 8 Trimmed Hudson Seal Coats do and is inch). 5 Scotch Mole Wraps as inch) . 2 Beaver Coats (sg inch) . 9 Hudson Seal Wraps as inch). 9 Hudson Seal Wraps as inch) . 4 Natural Squirrel Wraps as iCh), 1 Natural Mink Coat (So inch). 1 Natural Mink Coat (s6 inch) 1 Alaska Seal Wrap (i8 inch) 1 Natural Mink Wrap as inch). Formerly 125.00 130.00 135.00 150.00 145.00 135.00 145.00 145.00 165.00 210.00 210.00 225.00 245.00 250.00 250.00 250.00 275.00 275.00 275.00 295.00 325.00 395.00 495.00 495.00 495.00 525.00 545.00 550.00 695.00 695.00 750.00 900.00 975.00 1050.00 1350.00 2000.00 2500.00 Reduced to 54.50 58.50 64.50 78.50 84.50 84.50 84.50 88.50 115.00 125.00 135.00 145.00 145.00 145.00 175.00 165.00 175.00 175.00 175.00 185.00 195.00 245.00 325.00 325.00 325.00 345.00 365.00 395.00 445.00 445.00 495.00 595.00 695.00 695.00 895.00 1250.00 1495.00 TFoxt Wolf and Lynx Scarfs 11.00 18.00 28.00 38.00 Regularly 19.50 to 65.00 Colors nro Taupo, Brown, Black, Poirot, Kamchatka anil Lucile. Values in Fur Sets ' 29.50 44.50 69.50 98.50 Regularly 50.00 to 145.00 Sotu of Tnupe, Brown and Black Fox, Wolf or Lynx, Raccoon, Beaver, Skunk, Nutria or Mink. Fur Stoles 29.50 49.50 79.50 98.50 Regularly 49.50 to 165.00 Stfllos of Australian Seal, Hudson Seal, Jap Mink. Nutria. Moleskin. Natural I Squirrel, Australian Opossum and Skunk. Children's Sets' 5.50 8.50 10.00 12.50 Regularly 8.50 to 19.50 Seta of Natural Coney, White Coney, Budger, Red Fox, Fawn Coney, Taupe Loney nnu Hrown Coney. TlUJ 1 iOLMES PrtEs9, Trintert U15-:o Chrrrv Slrcct I'hlUJclphl W
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