"TflpWWTT" WpC" f?SF,7f?' " ) jj pjf JbVj tfff ' . J' f r yn r' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERr-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1920 15 ANOTHER DAYLIGHT N. Y. STREET KILLING Man Shot in Feud on Ground of East Sido Gangs Police Fight Bandits in Auto TWO WOMEN ALSO CAUGHT ny tlio Associated Press New York, Dec. 2D. One more day light ftrcct murder todnywns added to Now York's crimp list, when n man identified as Salvatore Mnurn won shot in the buck. The slaying occurred on Chrystlc street nrnr Cherry, the old fighting ground of lower Knst Side gimps. Teromc It. t iinuee and nnrry jm linrger, dishonorably discharged sol diers, were orrcstcd yesterday nftemoon at Hroadwnv it ml Seventy-second street after n fight with detectives in nn au tomobile in which revolvers nnd black lacks figured. They nrc nceuseil of com "pllcltv In the robbery of the First Na tional Bank of Mlfltown. N. .1., on the night of December 20. Inspector John D. Cougtilln, head of the detective division, .announced Inst night that the two men have made statements concerning their part in the i rime. Securities valued nt $18,000, bring part of the $i0.000 loot in the hulk robbery, hnvc been recovered by the police. Hundreds of persons were passing the St. Andrew Hotel, nt the north west corner nf Urondwny nnd Seventy (eeonil street, when three detectives drew pistols nnd jumped Into n touring enr that contained two men besides the ihauffettr and thn stood at the llroatl nay curb. At the snmo time two other detectives leaped into a taxlcab that stood just around the corner In front of the hotel entrance. Two women who occupied the latter machine serenmed, attracting the at tention of persons in the street. The touring car in Urondwny swoyed as tho passengers in It gave blow for blow in a rough-and-tumble fight with tho po lice. The flourish of pistols was seen and then there wns n Bcrles of thuds as the blackjacks of the detectives de fended on the heads of the men in the machine. Tho chauffeur of the auto mobile sot as though spellbound. The touring enr nnd the tail, with n detective standing on the running bonrd of each, then started down Uroadway, turned Into West Sixty-eighth street and stopped in front of the station house. Three men nnd two women, the ratter fashionably dressed, were marched Into the station. Two of tho men bore marks of the beating they had suffered n the fight with the detectives. IJitr. burger, the larger of the two, held his bond over his right eye, which was closed completely, and bis mouth was bleeding In three places. Soon after tho five persons were placed In n patrol 'wagon along with two suitcases the women had been carrying nnd they were taken to pollen headquarters. There the story of who they were nnd the reason for the dis play of blackjacks and firearms nt Urondwny and Seventy-second street wns made known. The third man was Chester J. Lcvlne. who owns a tnxicab nnd has been doing "hacking" along Uroadway. The women, both of whom arc young nnd attractive, were the wives of Clinffeo and liltzburgcr. In the suitcases the detectives found two fully loaded weapons, one un automatic and the other n .58 revolver. There also was a quantity of Canadian money. Detectives explained that the two couples were about to lcavo tbe city when, nrrosted. Hltzburgcr had been living nt sin west Hcvcttty-thlrd street, just west of Uroadway, and he and Chaffee, bo the latter told Inspector Coughlln, had agreed New York was getting too hot for them. They had, de cided to go to New Orleans, they told the detectives, but Pittsburgh later was indicated as their destination, according to what they told Inspector Coughlln. 8 WOMEN GRAND JURORS Atlantic County Matrons Chosen for January Term of Court Atlantic City, Dec. 20. Eight women were draw n today on the January grand Jury at Mav'H Lnnclhiir. Five were ln eluded among the first twenty-three names, which wll constitute the jury. A total of thirty-five names were drawn. Mrs. Knthryn A. Under, wife of Mayor IMwnrd Ij. Ilnder, was among the first to bo chosen. Other women selected were: Mrs. Dthel Shoemaker, wife of Sllns Shnemnkcr, treasurer of the Atlantic Snfe Deposit and Trust Co., this city ; Mrs. Alice L. Slape.wife of Counsellor John C. Slnpe, this city ; Mrs. lllnnrhe Ilourgols, wife of Coun sellor Ocorge A. Hourgeols, of Ventnor City ; Mrs. Frances L. Oormlev. under taker, of this city ; Mrs. Mary R. West cott. wife of John S. AVcstcott, city solicitor of Vontnor City: Mrs. Mary C. Conkey. Ilammonton ; Mrs. Josephine Johnson, this city. STAR IS 1 TIES DIAMETER OF SUN Alpha Orionis Measured by Now Invention oi Prof. A. A. Micholson WON NOBEL PRIZE IN 1907 tween them nt which the fringes dis appear. Tim nnele of the subtended star is obtained by it simple formula nnd when the angle and tho distance of the star from the earth arc known the diameter of the star can easily be determined. The service whs perfected Inst sum mer nnd tnken to California by Pro fessor Mlchclson nnd Its secret wns carefully guarded until today. The suc cess of tho device was telegraphed .yes terday to the professor. The device Is accurate to within .0001 of a second of longitude, or approximately the Angle subtended by the head of a pin nt a distance of 1000 miles. OUSTED N .1 BOARD TRANSMITS REPORT Rogisters Objection to, Method of Valuing Property of Street Railways By tho Associated Proas Chicago. Dec. 2ft. IXcsults of the first successful experiments on an as tronomical device nt the Mount Wilson, Cnllf., observatory revealing that cer tain remote stars In the firmament arc many thousand times larger in size than astronomers had ever surmised, was discussed today by Professor A. A. Mlchclson, noted scientist of the Uni versity of Chicago, who perfected the device, before tho American Phyptcnl Society, meeting here In conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Under tho direction of Professor Mlchclson, astronomical experts' have just computed the diameter of Alpha Orionis, one of tho stars in the con stellation of Orion. ' The orb is found to be 300.000.000 miles in diameter, approximately 800 times tho sun's diameter. Its volume Is OT AAA AAA lmnM n n.Ant tl.n u.lti Professor Mlchclson. winner of the Nobel prlzo in physics thirteen years ago, is recognized an one of the foremost authorities in the world on the subject of light. The device perfected by Professor Mlchclson and used in calculating the diameter of Alpha Orionis is brlclly de scribed as follows: The mirror of an eight-foot reflecting telescope Is obscured by an opaque, cap with two silts adjustable In width nnd distance npart. When the Instrument Is focused on a star, instead ot nn Imngc of the star there appears n series of In terference bands nrrnnged at equal dis tances npart and parallel to the two silts. .When the silts are properly ad justed a distance Is finolly attained be- Safe Milk Fqr Infants & Invalids SSS NO COOKING The "Food-Drink" for All, Agei. Quick Lunch at Home, Office and Fountains. Aik for HORLICK'S. tgpAvoid Imitations & Substitutes N. Faggen & Sons Shirt Mfirs. for IS Ters S. E. Cor. 11th and Racp F A C T O R Y S A L E SHIR TS 85c p $3.00 Valncs to $7.00 Offered at a loss along with a full line of pajam as, night shlrta and pieco goods. Don't mlia your chance! William H. 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(Store Closed All Day New Year's Day) MEN'S FUR COLLARS REDUCED $65.00 to $85.00 Hearer and Nutria Fur Collars $45.00 $30.00 to $40.00 Beaver nnd Nutrin Fur Collars $22.50 SMOKING JACKETS ONE-HALF PRICE $35.00 Smoking Jackets S17.50 I $20.00 Smoking Jackets $10.00 J25.00 Smoking Jackets S12.50 $18.00 Smoking Jackets $9.00 1G.G0 Smoking Jackets $8.25 ' $15.00 Smoking Jackets $7.50 ALL-SILK AND MADRAS SHIRTS 2 PRICE $7.50 Shirts for $3.75 $fiJ50 Shirt for S3.25 $11.00 Shirts for $5.50 $7.50 Shirts for $3.25 $3.00 Shirts for $1.50 $3.50 Shirts for $1.75 512.00 Shirts for $6.00 $5.00 Shirts for $2.50 $0.50 Shlrta for $3.25 56.00 Shirts for $3.00 S7.00 Shirts for $3.50 J8.50 Shirts for $4.25 MUFFLERS ONE-HALF PRICE $650 Mufflers $3.25 $4.00 Mufflers $2.00 $6.00 Mufflers $3.00 $750 Mufflers $3.75 $1.00 Mufflers $2.00 110.00 Mufflero S5.00 $16.50 Mufflers $8.25 $3.50 Mufflers $1.75 510.00 Mufflers $5.00 17.00 Mufflers $3.50 ROBES ONE-HALF PRICE $50.00 Robes for $25.00 $16.50 llobes for $8.25 $15.00 Robes for $7.50 $12.00 Robes for Sfi.OO $16.00 Robes for $8.00 $18.00 Robes for $9.00 $5.00 Robes for $2.50 M3.00 Robes for $17.50 -U Hobes Tor $11.25 10.00 Robes for $5.00 i-'.5U Robes for $0.25 $25.00 Itoliea Inr. SIOEn $63.00 Robes for $32!50 ? JU.OO Robes for $15.00 $5, $G and $7 Soft and Stiff Hats for $3.50 58 and $10 Soft and Stiff Hats for. . . . S5.00 $16.50, $18 and $20 Velour Hats for. .$10.00 $1.00 and $1.50 Neckwear 75c I $3.00 nnd $3.50 Neckwear $1.50 2.00 and $2.50 Neckwear $1.00 I $4-50 nnd $5.00 Neckwear $2.50 $3.50, $1 and $5 Knitted Ties all $2.5U William H. Wanamaker 1217-19 Chestnut Street ALLEGES PERJURY IN TRIAL OF JUDGE FOR MURDER Assistant Prosecutor Asserts Wit nesses DldNot Tell Truth Cleveland, Dee. 20. (Hy A. 1'.) Chorees of "deliberate ncrJury" In the second degree murder trlnl of Judge William II. McUnnnon, charged with kllllnc Harold O. Knur, were made by Assistant County Prosecutor Green this" morning during the first part of the state s llnal argument to the jury. "There were throe men present when Kngy was shot," Oreen said. "The defendant has denied he was there. None of UM expected him to say he wns there or that he fired the fntnl shot. The defense atcmnted to shots' he was some where else at the time of the shooting. What is the truth? I am not golnj; to gloss over words. Homebody U 1 ItiR uud It Is not a matter of mistake lit judgment it Is deliberate perjury." W. II. Iloyd. chief counsel for Mc- Cannon, will make the final .argument for the defense. He will talk for three 1 hours unless interrupted by the noou reress. County Prosecutor Roland Ilnskln will close for the state in two-ond-n-half-hour nrgument. Judge Morris llrrnon announced his charge to the jury would be brief. Judge McGnnnon was confident when ho entered court. "The jury will vin dicate me, no sold. . URGE CAUTION FOR AUTOS Bprelal Ddpalch to F.vrnlna Public Lcilotr Trenton, Dec. 29. The annual re port of the ousted State Itonrd of Pub lic Utility Commissioners, which lias Just reached Governor Edwards, re ferred to the Increases in fares recently proposed by the Public Hervlce Rail way Co., and In this connection criti cized tho act passed by the Legislature of this year providing for the selection by the governor, state treasurer and state comptroller of a firm of engineers to value the property of street railways. The report stated that ns the act re quired the, board to accept the) report of the engineers oh to the value of the property in nny rate proceeding, the board would be powerless to exercise any Independent judgment as to tbe value; that "It cannot give considera tion to the record built up during the Investigations heretofore mode by it ; the estimates of value, exhibits and testimony submitted by experts em ployed bv the board, the associated municipalities and the company. The board must accept the value of the ttcnfiartr nu nnf fnrtll tn thp pnaiflPPrS report as Its value to the extent that the value of said property is n factor in fixing the rate." The board recommended thnt the law be amended s It may exercise the right to B've consideration tn the report of the engineers nnd nil other information properly before It which would be help ful In arriving at a determination of the value of the property Another recommendation was that a Iritr hn itntintuil rnnnlrtncr flrllMTH nf automobiles carrying passengers for hire to bring their vehicles to a full stop nt railroad grade-grosslngs before crossing them The board stated that In rn-opcrntlon with Motor Vehicle OimnilssinniT Dill, suggestions were made In 1011) to the different municipalities thnt ordinances be adopted requiring such stops nnd that while some municipalities have adopted such ordinances the require ment Is not universal nnd the opinion wns expressed that it would be advisable for the Legislature to enact a law com pelling such stops to be made. Referring to the reduction in the heating standard for gas the board stated that standards lower than that In effect In New Jersey generally pre vailed, and tli nt the high cost of oil nnd the difficulty of obtaining It made ad vlsublc a reduction in the standard. $4,824,681 FOR CONTROL Fuel Administration Has Surplus of $989,137, Says Report Washington, Dec. 20. (Ily A. P.) The total cost of fuel control to the federal government during tho wnr was $1,824,01, according to the final re port of the busines manager of the fuel administration made public here today. This sum represents all ex penditures, national and state, by the fuel administration from Its orgnnlza tlon in September, 1017, to .June .'10, 11)10, when the administration virtually wns disbanded. Appropriations made for fuel control totaled $.".Hin,H18. nnd there wns a balunc of !?t).Sfl,137 on hand nn June !50 last jesr. Kxpendltures by tbe headquarters In Washington totaled $2.7011.170 nnd bv tbe states 1.1M,01H. 1J far tbe larg est sum was spent In New York state, the total being $212,012, while In New York city .Vl,17." was spent. Pennsyl vnnln wns the second state In the list of expenditures with $K4 l)2."i. while Illinois was third with 0U.N4tl. In the New Hnglnnd states as a whole the cost wns $0D.K12. The report hIious that there were fifty-two gl-a-yenr men In the fuel administration. Cyclone Sweeps Spanish Province Ovlcdo, Spain, Dec. 20. A cyclone has caused enormous damage in the province of Ovledo. Forty houses were destroyed In the hamlet of Hama do Lnn grco. The potato, maize and chestnut crops are said to be destroyed. SBmMHimiimm BPilil traHl SS liilllillllllllllilllllliilllliW For a Healthv New Year Remember your sick friends nnd fftvo a case of Mountain Valley Water The famous curative water from Hot Springs. Doctors endorse and recommend it. Good for Drlght's Dlsoas. 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