VK, ! I f, v ri, 2 EVEKltf G PUBLIC LEDGER--PHlLADjULilA', WEDKESDa, fetJARY 12, 10211 ' i -- ' f 1 CREE INDIAN TELLS OF FINDING UN Runner Makos Tom Marks Horo of Balloon Drama in Canadian Wilds "HOWLING DOG" WAS SAVED Mntlrlco, Out.. .Inn. 11! Out of tlm fnr North, where tnnilnt tlie tlirri who fct out to drift "nii.lirrr in rnimiln." )mn romc n tllffcrcnt Morv of tin linl InnnlstV Bdvontnro the story of Tom iUnrks, tlii Crcc Iiicliitn. who ri"-iuiil the ncronntits. The rclntnr i Krlnwl Vinrrnt, nnothor iiipiiiher of tin- ("Vim trllic. Riftftl with pnvvcrn of oWrvntiim nnd n nrvvi hoii'o tlint nn trnlncd re porter well mlRht envy. Tom TMnrkK (vvIiunc ilium' probably Is Tint Mm Km lit nil) did run iivvtiv. Itnt he did tint uin lirc-misi lit feared pos sible officer of the ltiw he t nn, jit :im frightened child tnlu'ht run when n utrnnce nppiirition confronted it. I'.nt lie ditl not run fnr. Convinced tlint (he wild tottered thinpK coining toward liini were fnr more helpless than he. that he. nnd he nlone, stood lii'tvvivti thi'iii nnd tho sort of denth he understood so well, be went hnch. On the afternoon of I'ridny. Decern her 1". he xtnrted from his hut to run bis tmp linr. ami Hut let 1'rlniid Vincent tell the storj "Tom Marks ee tr.nl-i of three men." he initl Vincent had only one pronoun, no his next remnrk was. "Tom Murks he follow the tracks, lie romc near nnd he ere three men One man, Mr. lllntoii. He wear uniform. He throw nn he oven oat Another man. ho Kloor. Me went uniform and ,nr,r,.m,t I litem ninti In. i.lil eeee.ll 1 I HI irl I tlo u'pnp nll-nrnnnil clnt1ies l tin1' ll.Mnff .suit I. "Tom Mnrk Ik- pretn old Indian Jle run awny little. lie no mm- men like he before. These men he nrntii'c. That why Tom Marks run Tom Murks pood Indian. He no need run Three men he holler help and he make "-inn. Tom Mnrks go uot far. lie come back. Jle no i-penk Knglisli. Ma be little "Tom Mnrks under-tatid what he lay." Vinreut (outinued. "The three think he still in I'nited States. Tom "Marks i'nn sny Cnuaiin. They surpii-ed. Tom Marks he not sec hie balloon lie not know how he three come. He sur prised. Tom Mnrks and three talk. I think mostly innki signs. Five, six minutes. Tom Marks' house. He three tired, hungry, cold. Tom Marks he not po far, not earrj food. lie point waj for house. He men point mouths Tom Mnrks he shnkc bend, point mouth, point he house. Co quick." Vincent has n sense of humoi One of the things that seemed to amuse him xvtiN the wpy the worn aeronauts mis took n haystack for n house. Vincent never could mistake a li.iyxt.ick for n house. He smiled and smiled an In related bow the lost three, sighting the haystack and hearing the barking of a dog, thought they had found a I'nited States village. Vincent sobered as he told flitch in tree nnd climb down m vnstly amused ngnin as with the matter of the dog "He huskie in beaver trap." the Cree explained. ''No know how be catch. No Know who he owner be No know where be come from, he just huskie." Did the baloonlsts tind him and set him free?" was the question at that point. "He find lie, but he no know how to woik he trap, so he lenve he don." was the answer. "Was the dog there jet?" No. Vin cent hiu! found him when he went xearching for the balloon. He knew how to work "be Imp." and the dog mnd tracks for the pot nnd supper Comparative. Strength of World's Big Navies A tnble presented bv Secretary Daniels to the House nnval nffnlrs committee shows: Present strength of Itrltish navy fills ships of l.fiSS.IlU tons, ns com pared with 'XW ships of 771I.HM tons for American nnvy. Completion of I'tilted States pro gram in 1lli. will give America n tnminge superiority over llritnln of 1 :!l" In J, with same number of ships. Present strength of American nnvv double thnt of .fnpnn. Its superiority would be reduced to 1.1 to 1 In 1027 if .lapan completes its projected pro gram and America ends buitJiuR with present program. 11)27 is authorised, however, it will talse her battleship strength in Hint vi'.nr. according to (he figures, to thir teen ships, aggregating CID.T'JO tons, nnd increase her prospective superiority over the American navy in bnttle i misers, giving her twelve ships of that class, aggregating -l.'iO.OOO tons. This program already has been tip pt nved by the Japanese (loveriunent. Secretary Daniels told the comuilttie, but thcie has jet been no appropria tions for it. Secretary Dnnlels declared one of the most serious shortcomings of the Ameri can nnvy at the present time wns its totul lack of speedy aircraft carriers, lie said vessels of this type were es stutiul to n well-rounded Meet in view of the development of nuval aviation to the poiut where n Ire-raft probably would be used in direct torpedo attack upon enemy battleships, in addition to their use for scouting purposes and in di recting battleship tire. BUSS GAVE VIEWS AT LEDGER FORUM how "he " but he he dealt Major (ienernl Tasker II. Hllss. who gave views favoring universnl disarma ment before the House nnvnl .-'ffiilrs committee, lirst ndviint ed bis beliefs on tin- subject in opening the Pmi.itJ Lkdokk forum on the Peace ( onfereiice in the Academy of Music on Decem ber 10 Inst. During lil.s forum address he rue bested, with great emphasis, that tin t'uiteil States tnke the lead in a definite proposal and demand fur u rcnsonablo limitation of armnuient by all nations, He indicated that such n deiuund would meet with univcrsul response. STATE CONFEREES BAR POLITICIANS Committees of House and Sen ate Exclude Most Politicians From Meetings Here Bliss Sees World Ready to Disarm horror ' nt the and the pntin- is ii'snlting from Lobbyists haw been barred from tl conferences of the State Senate and House --slate' 'committees here to whip legislative committees into shupe for the 1P1!1 session. The rule levetsu an old custom, which permitted men int-vi'stecl in spe cial legislutlun tor tlieuisclNc.s up their clients to suggi st the make-up of va rious commlttii-s, those itiipoitaut cogs in the legisluthc machine which grind out bills for the action of the entire (ieueral Assembly. The "slate" committees nre meeting at the Republican state headquarters, ."nil South liroiul street. During the l!)l!l session unci in eailier jesirs, the cnnclnc-i were held on the second Moor and were open to evety one interested in leg'slation. Now tin- sessions are being held on the third lloor witli nil unauthnn.cd persons barred. "Dry" Muv (Jet Place ANOTHER GERMANTO WNER WINS THAT LUCRATIVE LIM'RICK PRIZE Mrs. Walter Thomas, of Pleasant Street, Gets One Hundred Dollars for Writing Best Last Line Award Is Made by Jury of Girls in Offices of Bald tvin Locomotive Works; Letters From the Fans One Hundred Dollars Daily For the Best Last Line Supplied by Any Reader of the Evening Public Ledger to the Incomplete Limerick Which Appears Below RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST A. The winner of the ONH HUN .Vaiiio Street and A'o. City and Ktato Cnntlnai-tt from Pnce On universal "dread and International situation tialitics for world i-lini the world war Asked bj Itcpri-scntntice Ohvri if be thought an agreement could be reached that would limit American ex penditures for the nrmv to SI.Vl.dDfl.tMlO nnnunllv the officer i-nnl he had not (tone into the details, but believed that the expense could fce Kept will within that figure. The data which Seiretniv Daniels gnve on the relative sea powir of the thice principal naval poweis was ie oucsted bj the coniiuittei In nppcar- ing before the committee csterda the naval seerctar epiessi. t ti npinion tlint no timi would be nun, pro)itious than the pi-esent for a movement to ward limitation of naval armaments. Tables submitted liv the secietarj to hoi that while the present cftcctive fighting tieiiuth of the I'ritish niu. Includes .".",- slnps. of 1.,'s.s.ll'J tons, ns compared with :'.tO slnjis of 77!I.1D." tons for the American nnvy. comple tion of the authorized buililiui; iirogruin of this coiintrv in l!ll!."i will give it a tonnage superiority in the ratio of I .'!.1 to I. with improximHtely tin equal limn ber of shipc. I'. S. ;iy Double That of .lapan While the present strength of the American nnvv was shown to lie mop. than double that of .Japan, 'iniild tin latter ioutiti loinolete ii injii-lcd piogrniii loi lil!7, in aihlition to ion Rtriiction nlre.idt authorized, and tins rounlr terminate i uutiueiiou with u. present piogiain. its naval supcrim nv ovei .lapnn m t tl 11 1 vein, it vci- shown, would lie reduced to a nitm of I I to 1 In major chip and gnnponi-r t he." American nnvv at the i nmpletion of tlie fire-eiit proi'iiiu will liave nn in t n ill ciiiini mrilv ovir the lintish Ih-el . Sec ritarv DniiiiN said i" disi-ussmg the figures but it will lie "considerably weaker,'' he added, in point of light i ruisers and other ships needed to pro feet tin' main licet ami to iiiiry out blockading and other strateglml opei -ritions We will be slightlv inferno- ill sub marines, nnd will have no modern an crafl miners suitable for operating with the Meet." the sceretnrv said "Thnt means tlint bile our battleship force will be siillicnnt to ope with nnv nnvv In tlie world, our mam licit would be open to attack In tin- eiu-mv s torpeilo ftiic-es. We would nNo be hnniliciipied in olitninlng iiiformation of the en einv's movements and m inninlaining a blockmle of the eiieinv's ports Ilautlicapprd in Attacks ' Due to this weakness in ships of this flu-,., we would In- handicapped in conducting attacks against the enemy's fleet with torpedoes The data submitted bv the see relarv sliouejd that with the i omplet-oii of all present authorized building the effective battleship strength of the lilitish nnvv will be tvvenlv si ships, aggregating ti.'l.'i.Oot) ton- u an iiav.v, tweutv- seven shiis aggH Killing ." il.",u tons, and .Iniiuiei-e imvj. nun ships, i!!10. .170 tons The buttle cruiser llgures will be: Ui-ent Ilriiniu. six. aggrcgiiling 178.100 tons Inilicl States. s(, -jtu There lire indications that Senator Plymouth W. Snyder. Illair county, known us a "dry." may lie chosen chair man of the Semite law tun! order com mittee, which will pass on niiti saloon and so-called "blue law" legislation. Senator Samuel W S.ilus a Vim lieutenant, who headed the law and order committee at the hit session, does not ili-sin- it-appointment, nceoiding to Senator 1'iatik L. Ilaldwin, piesideut pm lelll. of the Si-lUlfe Senator Van is secouil i unking mem ber on the committee, but it i under stood lie does not want the chairman ship litlie-r Otheis undi r considera tion nre Senator William C. Mi Council, Noilhuniherliuiil. and Senator I. I.any I-'yre. Chester county . I)ai to He ICel.tiued It is ii-gaiileil n- certain that Sen ator Augustus F. Daix. dr., will be ie npioiiited ihairmnn of the S'i tint.- up Iiropliations committee, allhoush Sen ator Lvre nnd Senator Chiienn- .1. line l.iuan. P.in-s county, arc candidates. Committee details arc being woikcd out bv Senator Ilaldwin. Spenkei ltob crt S. Spangler. William .1. Me Caig. Alleheiiv county ihairman of tin I louse appropriations committee-; W Il'irrv liakei. senetnrv if the state Semite. William P. C.allagher, chief clerk of the Senate; Thoui.is II. (Inr vin. chief clerk of the House, nnd Al beit Smith, seeietary of the nppropi iil tioiis committee. Today's llmpln' llrn'rlfU prln was nuareletl by n jury of girls In the olllre-i of the Italdwln lx-omotlve Wnrlis. A iihologrnpli of tlio Jury nppe.trs on the bach page. The award to be announced tomorrow Is Itelng made, by n Jury of men and women connected with the llrppo piano comiuuiy, 111" Chestnut street. Watch for It. Tonight, the audience nt the Orphcum Theatre, (iernianlown, will appoint a ciiinmlltc-c of ten to go tip nil the stage and vote on the winner to Limerick No. '2.1. The enllel will lie nnnoiinercl Friikiy. You've nil heard of Samuel M. Van clain, pf course. He's the chap that makes the locomotives that bear the Ilaldwin trade mark. They tell us that they'll mighty good locomotives, too. We've never bought any. but we've sort of sampled 'cm thnt Is, we've taken otic or two rides behind 'cm and the-y teemed to get us there and back O. K. Well, we just want to sny thnt Mr. Vauclaiu must be n mighty bright man. because he's not only an expert on locomotives, hut he's an expert on gills, too. We suppose it's Mr. Vauclaiu, that is. All we know is that we went: up to llroad nnd Spring (tardea, where) .Mr. nucinin is employed, to meet up Willi a jury to decide otic of these litnpin' Hm'ricUs nnd the minute we opened the door nnd snvv 'em around the table wc said to ourselves. "Il'm! Somebody up hcie knows his business." And, as Mr. Vauclaiu is frequently mentioned in the pnpern ns being the head of a department or something up then, we suppose it wns he or him. we never were much on grammar, nny vvay. Hut whoever it was that gathered that jurv together we're much obliged. Foi half an hour or so we forgot that we vveie a litn'rick editor and felt almost human. Wc vveie a little lute getting there and we found the girls just about icady to pull our hair, but when we took off our hats and they saw wc hadn't any hair to pull, they just smiled. The were polite; they didn't laugh. Thcv just smiled. And then, so n to compose themselves tendy for the photograph, thcv looked over the limpin' lim'ricks and voted Hie I rize to : .MILS. WALTKU THOMAS '-I Pleasant street, (icnnaiiiowu Isn't it the limit the way these (lir mantovvners are taking the prizes away from the rest of you fans? Whnt're you going to do about it? First it was West I'lilladeinhia nnd then New Jersey, but IJcrmuntowii now seems to have the bulge now. Here's the completed lim etick that hi ought ON P. IH'NDUF.D DOLLARS to Mrs. Thomas: A'oif for jurici Ihry'ir slmttnn In draw Thv utiMin, mid ire' u. "in rah!" Thru " """ icl'lc the inyr Yd tu ci a Mini n ml liii ii ic And no Mormon (more men) can fool with the law. There were leu lines altogether sub mitted to the jury for tin lr vote The other nine and their writers were: And knit homo ties vvliin- be stands in uwe William S. Savage, Room ."14, 141M Arch street. The judges canal P.inama (ran all panel maw) Ada i. M. Chandler. Hox 1 17. Fort Washington. Pa The women 'c now niotberln' law Din-Is H liroontenbner, PJ1HI Locust street. .1 usl ice soon will be reigning no From b, S, Thaw Francis C. Lea. 'JOs I inniii e . stieet : Ruildii-ig. i "It has strut' WIikii llio tennis MUSlslei- ill law I limericks have 1- I-. Trout. -1111 Woodl.liul avenue, pellded oil Way tie. j " ,. .111,1,,,. i,, iw. iu ..r i -'ii inc.. ii ici si.... ,,-s .,, l-iw Alcuiuder Marshall, road. .' tlney. 1. Contest In open to any one. All Hint Is required for you to tlo In to write nnd send In your last lines to the Limerick, using for convenience the coupon printed below. Please write plainly, nnd he sure to add JO'jr nnme nnd address. J. All answers to tho Limerick whlrh Is printed below must be. received at the office, of the Kvi'MiKn Pt;ii MO LrnciEK by (I o'clock Fri day even ng. Monday' nnd Thurs !,n.v, Limericks should he mailed n P. O. Hx r,'S., Philadelphia; I iliistlny'n nnd Friday's to P. O. Hojc ir2l nn( wvdneMlay'H nnd Snttirda v' to P. O. Ho.x ir.'J I. An i"n,,lfit nt tho office of tho Hvk V 1,.l'"uo LunoEn will nlso be admissible. winner DllED DOLLAR prize for tho best last lino to enrb Llmcrlclt will bo nnnounccil ono week nftor tho Lim erick Is printed. For example, tho winner of the prize for tho Lim erick which appears todny will bo announced todny a week. I. In enso of tics, prizes will be awarded to eneh successful con testant. For example, if tho judges decide thcro nre two or more nn swers of cqunl merit for tho prize, the author of enrb answer will te eclve ONH HUNDRIH) DOL LARS. The prlzo will not bo split up among mem. The decision of the luilccs In each Llmerk-k contest will bo final. T1IK WINNEK OF TODAY'S CONTKST WIIJj I1E ANNOUNCED ONE WKVM FROM TODAY Cut Out and Mail TO THE LIMERICK CONTEST Evening Puiilio Lcdouii, . O. Hot i:,2), Philadelphia. LIMERICK NO. 27 A Manayunk Rirlic named Min Was tall and most painfully thin; With her ear-pulTs in style She had no room to smile (Writ tour nnswer on thli line.) IRE WOE PILES UP OR IS BERGDOLL bv. I want to enter the lists, but not if there is a "zone limit." I have a daughter in college nnd want to win the prize, for it would be n wonderful help ; but it will not be wise for me to inter est myself In the struggle ( ?) unless there is some chance of winning. If you feel perfectly willing to answer my inquiry I shall greatly appreciate jour favor. Ity the way. can mv wife enter the 'ring' as n contestant?" (Then is absolutely no -one limit. The Evi-MNti Pi 111,10 Li:t)m:!i hns many friends in every city nnd town within n radius of a good many miles of ours Hint most of the lines contain puns. That's the wuy people nre writ ing 'cm. You will notice today nmong the lines submitted to the Jury three nonpunniiiR ones. It just happened that they came in nnd were good. Hut plt-nsu don't say that the pun is n "despised form of humor." Some one, ninny gen erntions ago, said tlint the pun Is the lowest form of wit, nnd we hnve blindly ucccpted thnt silly dictum ever since. It's more than likely that the man who said it tried 10 make puns nnd found that he himself did not linvc wit enough therefore his bromidiom. As a matter of fact, there are mum flint, nre classics. and wc nre just as anxious to please nnd some of the keenest wit In history them ns those who live in Philadelphia, has been handed down by means of this Sued for $10,000 by Lawyer a3 Now Trial Is Requested in Fodoral Court CONGRESS PROBE IS ASKED Mrsi Iicrgdoll Sighs for Castle on Rhino Mrs, Iicrgdoll, modestly ntftred in black, nnd recovering from Illness, despaired of life nt her trlnt In Com mon Pleas court today. "My troubles nre so many thnt I wish I were dend,r she snld. "Ach, such a lnwycr's fee! You could build a c-nstlc on the lthlnu for .f.lO.OOO." One of the early tirizesi went to At lantic City nnd several of them hnve gone to tile suburbs. We'd like nothing better than to see one go to Malvern. Ask Mrs. Spounei- to compete and your town may get n chance. We're begin ning to believe that women are iciilly ftettcr limeiickers than men, anyhow). From Mrs. C. V. .loncs, .1112 Povvel- I ton avenue : 'I have been sending in a last line every day since the contest started. Some of them 1 fell would surely he , winners, but no prize has conic my way, I yet, but 1 urn still boiling. I intend I to keep on trying ns long as tn contest continues. If I had been t lie judges in today's nuuid, I should have chosen Josephine Katzetistcin's line, Mint the winner's was good doubtless better, since lie won the prize." (That is the only spirit in which to accent these decisions. Often the lim erick editor prefers lines Hint do not Win, but he would not be a really good limericker if lie did not realize tlint other people have jiM as good a- sense of humor as In lias. And when the ma jority of a jury choose a line, it is self-evliieut that that line must have an nppeal Unit proves it to be good.) lirscb, '.'111 North Hroad Deaths of a Day nn- that the winning almost invariably de nims lor their wit. In fact, of the ten published today as being lllTIS Ill's of'1" II1IVIIIK smiii-ieiii Ill III 111' I'n t Tnli ir-! presented to the jutv continued puns. i.ii i IJo jot ti(lik mi H M)r(,iL.mi ,. ,,t mv. ine. inrl II tll'i7l lltlt I Mill llfl-lliet (tent On the fcnii-nlne points ir the law ,), v,.ry interesting competition is In John Dolman. Jr., (IS Mitclnll avenue, ,,,,. f degenerating mt,, u contest Morton, Pa. to see wlio can devise the most atrocious .Maw will lay dovvii the law; elt .mMs. j mtuully know of .,,,. ml con Paw II. P. Thompson. 1 Mate street , t(tollt(1 u, ilu. .lelibcintely turned Vim-land. N. ' to this despised form of humoi, having l!y j-!1. Iiu. tin" t willn .V'1" come to the conclusion that straight .Mamie P.. Shoemaker. I.. New Hump- f lime,-eks are not even considered. Do shire avenue, Atlantic I ity V(lll not tliink it would be lietter to offer The jury that Mr aiielmn r .; , e , t OI1, ,. two nonniiuumg liiner- soniebodv pickeil out to clo tin- Uoeid- , . (0 t, ,.. CU(., ,aJ n,i KiVp t,c.m i clinnci! to decide whether or uot they Pa Pifty- . Deuces, S.'U Past I-'. Campbell, :i'j:: Hamilton James H. Eckersley An it I tut Is of heart dii-ease i uiiseil the ele nth on Momlav of Janus II. Dk ersley. III West Tulpi hoc ken stieet, lii-rn'mntiiw-ii. while he was in Wnsh illgltill. He Wll- M"tV tlllei- Villls old I.Mr P.ckerslev for mini yiais vv.is pnuiiitjetil Us nn luili'pi-iuleiit political leiuli r. iiiiiiiaging tin- aiui,ilgii of Wil son II I'rovvn for the olhi e of sheriff nnd of ll. Claieliee tiibbniiev. recently diovviii'd in Mi'xico, for dlsttict attoi iii-v . In P.hi." he was iippolnteil a special ei putv slieiiff bv SbeiilT Hi own, siic leedillg Mr. (ilbboiiev ill the olliec. Later the position of H-al esfiife' deputv. with an itiereiisi in siihny, was ernited and given Mi . lv kerslev. You'll the bad. it wmlb 000 tons. tans. If Japan and .laieaii Iirojccted ight. prog rum 0,001) for Leonard Hertel l.ioiiaiil lli'itel. siviv s vi-iiis old, dic-d vesiirehiv follow in nil iHnis- of two vveiks Ml llettel was euiplovi'd sevellll yellls liv Hie I'llilllllelplilll Pli'ss and icceiilly had bic-u un einplove of the I'l Cl.ic Ll in. Mi Co I'uiieial selv ices will I mini ted 'I hui-siliiy at S o'eloi k p. in . at the home of hi daugh ter. Mrs. Jci-i jib i! llaiblcj. I.'ls Nnllll Sixty si ml siieef liiteimeut will be in Middle Village L. I.. I-'ri-d.iv Max Rosenberg Mll Hi berg. Hill est ! looker. I ii" leeilll cll-ell.-e vcsfenhiv ,lftr noon Ml the home ol In-, brothc-r. s"" Vol til I'nitv ll i"t Meet Mr Itosenlierg. w hose hie iisioll"i inis nt ".'JIT Noi-tli P.uk avenue, lived for the past vein- at Alhinlh- Citv His in uir i.mi"in wife mid one a'oii lilisine s othec- we i building lie is sin iv ed by Alexis Koscnber-;. ing tor us was couiiosi'ii en . .Marion l-'lahcity. 1(111 Piiitmount nveuiie. Harriett Hrovvn, Hryn Mavvi Ktliel (i. Shone. lTiltl N.irtli lifth street. Laura McDcrmotl, "ci.'!." street. (Ira T avenue (Yillin st t. l-'i-anccs II. .Morgan street. Marlon (1. Dine, .'..101 Pnweltnn ave nue. ICettii Kuan. -HHI S-uth I'elton Street. Mae C. Young, II. "i Nortu Wnodstoc-k s! reef . find u photogi apli ol em on page and we thud, you'll find looking at About the Winner Mis Thomas, tin v. mint, is a real j linn lick f .111 . Sin- lui , In i nine -o inter-! ested in the contest that .she fri nuently j lises from bed during tin night in order to jot down any i bunco in-pu-.iliou -she " may love j Helen and Ituv 'I hionus her lwo ihiughle-is, vveie us iuii'i Ii pie ,iMd over I their mother's vietoiv in tin- limerick tonte.sl as was Mrs Thomas. The twol girls s.iid that while then- mother had! prniuisi'ii to give He in in h a white sweater III c-n-e she wm the pi i.e, they wen- both ii fill i'l thin' vvoiilel be a dis cussion before thcv get their share of flu- pi I." They piiiuie, I o-jt that theli ; father thought tiny 'Inmlil have giceli , HWciiteis, while fin v h hi out foi the I while. I Mr Thomas, who i a e upeiiter. and who is now helping it ichitive build n i bungalow, ha- been the olhelnl censor of ihe Iliac i-u l: nt in fin this con-fe-t bv the other no i ' n'ts of Ins fninilv His elnuglilcr -i.el Hell vliile he "did1 not bine eiuv k mo l tor nulling lliymcs. lie sure was i (j i.,i i III i ." I-'itmi Hit. A. Y. Spimnii-. (iieat Vullcv l'n -b; ii i uin Chiitih, Mnlvarn, I'a : . ! "1 am vvoiidei'iiig aim ll it jut a hit. Wolldllilig wlilbci lilts olie nit'lde of the city I'tillv stuoi' ii ilinnee ol win ning ill tin- i oiliest, vviiudi I lug f the liub,e- in1' l" ned ,1 to tin author of the iiictin-' lute and if n wli-lher tliey will not ualiiially give the piefer- j IMlee to a contestant icshllug in Pllllll- I delphiii I I n v just reeciitly become inn resied in Ibis novel contest, hut I Ihiuk I lias c ii"' iibservril a winner who did not live ulthcr lu the city or close prefer straight wit to compile ntecl plays in winds, which in some ums, as for example today's piuc winner, have to be explained in parentheses In order to Hie mulct stood.' 1 tegiet having taken Aspen i f( mll(.i of your time, and repent that I , ,. 'hnve found this competition extremely ' l"'1,on fnbeinating." You need not i egret taking up our time. This contest is being run for tin) 0 Noith Peiin : heneflt of Ihe fans nnd every question that occurs to them such a is well wortli an answer. It this one is no fault vehicle. Puns enn be nbtted, of course you hnve to be n limerick editor to learn how terribly they can lie abused but that isn't the fault of Hie pun. In fact, a good pun has no faults. How ever, if you don't ugree. send in your "straight" lines and they will liave just ns much chnncc as the puns if they're ns good. EXPLOSION STARTS FIRE Sharpies Separator Plant at West Chester Damaged West Chester. I'n., Jan. Pf (Hy A. P. I I-'iie starting early this morning from a mysterious explosion in the ex perimental building of the Sharpies separator plant, at Franklin and Last ( Most nut streets, gnve the firemen work for two hours and caused a loss of sev eral thousand dollars One man, Angelo Close, the only em ploye in the building at tin time, was overcome by gasoline fumes, and Is in n hospital in a serious condition. Ik had been stunned by the explosion of a large tank containing a mixture being treated in an experiment. The ad joining building, Idled with costly ex perimental macliiticry, was saved. Bury Detective Today IJistiid Detective David Titus, vet eiiin of the Tenth nnd Ililttonvvood streets station, was buried nt -o'clock this afternoon from Ills home, (il.- Perth stieet. lie died last Satur day In the Lntikenail Hospital after a short illness of appendicitis. Titus was forty-four years old and wns u member of the force for fourteen years, all of which lie spent in the Tenth nnd Huttonvvood streets station. Interment was in the Ivy Hill Cemetery. The pallbearers vveie Lieutenant Pied Le .Muisfre, of the Park nnd Lehigh avenues station ; Acting Lieutenant Timothy Cnviinnugli, of the Tenth and Iltittonvvoocl streets station, and Acting Street Sergeant Samuel Liddy. Detectives Michael Kcarse. John McCarthy and John Mr. (.'ortnack, all of the Tenth and Iluttou wood streets station. Brood Sow Sold for $11,300 L-tfnvclte. Intl.. Jan. H.'. (Ilv A P. I Announcement of the sule of Model !inntcss 'Ifiircl, a big typ Poland China, sine, to lie the biggest brood sow in the world, for .SU.ItOl), was made today. The sow was sold by the Col vert llrothers, nt Oxford, lnd., to Hay Atkinson, of Fowler, lnd. The sow's spring litter of pigs was sold for SHi.OOO. While Judge Dickinson, In the United Stales District Court, was hearing a motion for a new trial for Mrs. Kimna C. Itcrgdnll nnd her four co-tlefendnnts lodny, the mother of the wealthy draft dodgers appenred in Common Plens Court ns defendant in n suit by Henry .1. Scott to recover $10,000 In coun sel's fees. At the sntne time. In Washington. Keprerfcntntlvfl Thomas L. Illnntnn, of Texas, attacked Julius II. Knlin, chnlr man of the House miliary affairs com mittee, nnd Philip P. Campbell, of the rules commission, for failure to order nn investigation of the Itcrgdnll case. Argument henrd bv .Indue Dickinson for n new trlnl for 'Mrs. Iicrgdoll and j Hie cithers convicted of conspiracy to obstruct recruiting, to hinder the drnft nnd consnlrncy to nld deserters, wns presented h.v Theodore I,, Ilean, of Nor- rlstown. who wns vigorously opposed liy I'nited Stntes Attorney McAvby nnd his assistant, T. Henry Walnut. lyirs. Iicrgdoll Absent Three of Mrs. Itergdoll's eo-defeml-nuts. JhniCH K. Komlg. Arthur H. Mitchell nnd Chnrles Urnun, were present. Mrs. Iicrgdoll and Harry Scbiih were absent. Mr. Hcan based his reasons for a new trial on the contention thnt drover Hergdoll nnd his brother. Krwln. never were properly Inducted into the mili tary service, because they were not ulvi'ii ten tlnys' notice to report, nnd Hint their Induction cards were "rub ber stamped" instead of signed by the adjutant general. Judge Dickinson reserved decision.' In ids suit to recover .flO.OOO coun sel fees for services in 1018. Mr. Scott, before Judge llnrratt in Common Plens Court No. 2, contended he had served as Mrs. Ilergdoll's counsel in July. 1018. when Mrs. Ilergdoll's prl vate and legal papers were seized nnd when It appeared ber renl estnto would be conllscnled becnttse of her pro-Ocr-innn tendencies. I-'co Called Reasonable Former Mayor John Wenver, William A. (Sray, William II. Wilson, former director of public safety; Thomas J. Meagher and other prominent nttnrneys testified thnt $10,000 wns not an exor bitant amount for the services rendered by Mr. Scott. Mrs, Hergdoll will tnke the stand in her own defense this afternoon. She will contend that an agreement wns Hindi' between herself nnd Mr. Scott whereby he was to receive only $1000. Kepresentative Illnuton, at Wash ington, in n (iery speech nttnckiug Chairmen Knlin and Campbell for al leged luxlly in investigating Hie Iicrg doll case, declared that all parties con nected witli ("lover IJergdoll's escape from military guard "deserve to be punished Hie maximum limit." "Tin committee on military affairs." he said, "has authority to invctlgate the escape of Hergdoll, as it is an army matter, but tin com nitteo bus not yet ihndc any nttcmpl to tlo ro. The com mittee is not now overworked, ns all of its appropriating power hns Intcly been taken from It. Hut both the gen tleinnn from California (Mr. Knlin), ami the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Campbell), seem to have lost all of their 'pep' and desire to investigate this Infamous slacker, Hergdoll." Joy-Riding Pair Die; Car Leaps in Ditch C'onttniifd from l'n it o One witness who fnlled to appear nt a Cen tral Htntlon hearing last week. The witness lived In Chester. Police sny the acting detective piny have planned to serve the wnrrnnt there during the night. Leaves ILiby Two Days Old Myers wns mnrrled. He leaves two children, one born only two .days ago. The mother has not been Informed of the accident. The other child Is Thomas Myers, Jr., seven years old. Myers was appointed n patrolman January 3, 1018, and for the last six months hud been detailed ns nn acting detective. During a riot two years ago he wns shot in the thigh. His police 'superiors sny he wns a fearless and ellieletit policeman. Mrs. Kmmons Is survived by her hus bnnd, Kay Kmmons, a chauffeur, nnd three children, Kny, Jr.. six yenrs oftl ; Margaret, four years old, and Martin, two yenrs old. Her mother. Mrs. Anna Spence also lives at the Colonn street house. Mrs. Spence wept today ns she tnlked of the tragedy. The three children played about the house, unaware of tiieir mother's death. "Hlntiche left 'the house yesterday afternoon nt 1! o'clock," snld Mrs. Spence. "She bnd been out enrlier in tin dny when she took one of the chil dren to n dentist to hnve a tooth pulled. v neu sue returned sue sniil sue wns going In town. We thought she wns going to n theatre. ., ti- i . . vv e uegnn 10 worry wnen supper nine came nun limnetic mid not re turned, i didn't Know which way to turn and at 11 o'clock thought of going out 10 iook ior ncr, nut I couldn't leave tho children nlone. Then enrlv tills morning 1 was told thnt my daughter wns dead." Mrs. Homier lives nt the Stentnn live nun address with her parents. She has been separated from her husband for five months nnd is employed in a Mana yunk restaurant. She has two children, Dorothy, five years old, and Arthur, three yeors old. The oddress given by Mrs. Headers is a boarding bouse. It is said there tlint tier iiusunnd Is n marine engineer ami bis ship is believed to be in port now. P RAISE OF HI ASKEU FOR HARDING to Mrs. Molick Urges Thorn Commend Him on Cane Inauguration Display SPEAKS AT MODERN CLUB "I wish every woman" in t,, ,........, ,! i, persona ,llf Pies dent-e eel tlni-.1l.... .r w . " ' M-re-sMiis I, neep iipprcciniion of the slntul li t taken in regard to the vnln si,,,..;.' inauguration ceremonies. H wnsaf less net, nnd the kind of h,i.W' ...eoill eilH.li, liei'lllleil .Mrs lr II. Mellck this morning. i, .i..T- the Modern Club cltln-nshi,. ,i? s (10(1 South Hroad street t,ni" J Mrs, Mellck wits emphaslzm-, ii,., I !r,,"n.c.,:,!f...lJ,p. "'w xi.rt.aJ uouii ci,,,,,,,,,,, ,-,, or ,.,, h s nf tho men 1n,v ten. I l.l , . -Ille office, Legislative" "u J iiiiMiKiu, solium ciium tne vvciini'i,'. .VI tuition trinra than nnytliinK .- ,. ' I next three months " lur M Mi-u vttlt .,..,...1.1 , .. '...-. ......v ret-ieeetie'ei Ill,tfinn. , the constitution the .J ,n,, i'l lnciimirn tlint Ii ,.,1 ....... 1""il)l VnMj i,.t..;.. " V. ' '""".'' ' ' 'If CUtJ """ . "'- " Ullll till' VlOIThl were, urged to watch most elowl. til appropriations. "There is it, 1 1T.-.I-....'... . " ;.". "Wt "'"N,.K,"' fine "1 tne Jippropr, tions. If he eels lnen,lr..,i., ', ,':.'' tn,n ... ii ..;' Ti " ": V 'r'n ...f... ...ye.,, i, tie, ,i,i'j- l,, him of the need ol tion for Hie Mothe don t you know be not Ice t" iiu tne women wntehlns, 0vi,lnJ questions iuiii writing i-tfeM ,f.l Sfll..l. I...ll..., .1.1 "...,,.. -. ''"I ii tit i iinoss will lie (()no'. nine illlli'lilll.l,v in linrri.ltt' IK1 session, nnd she hopes the result uill rinivv lliiiL loe lojei-iiou 01 VvnniCU hU citizenship lias been for unod Mrs. Mellck Is one of the membtr of tin Republican women's lommitt wiin nre going to Hnrrlshuri- neii "Ua. day to nttend the sessions of Hie J,. liiee.ie.. ... The members of the literary depart ment of the Modern Club met this aft ernoon nt the homo of the rlmirnm .virs. i-. nrooKe ivintid. Ili-Jl Snrnr street. Mrs. Amnry I Inn Cook ml selections from her poems, '"iwl Coins," thnt have Just been piitilisltedl The Century Club, of Norwood, hr n meciing mis aiternoon at vvhic ,.r . .. .. ... .. .. 'mi,, i'iuii on i-riinury i.icciions vas,prrl sented. Mrs. Cnspnr Howurtli loil ll the discussion. 'Hie meeting was iin'J tlie nttspicts ot tlte class in inlitc science, ,irs. una MKiitnn, elinirinan, over the sjto My of a lnrger'fipnroDrii. tiers Asslsfntice V.J Rolng to m CONTINENTAL MOTORS I'.xport ryinlrlnK ond parts. Oray It Diivli, nlno Westlnslioui). Repalrlnn: And parts. Horn a vtcK Clutch and tandard I I'aeen. iii,'tf,v niuvet, Lexington Motor Co. of Ptnca. "lilnston Hldir.. SRI-SSS N. llroad s," t'Mlnclflplilii IlICATIIf o,'.''''-0" Jl!.n,.U- CAH H. Wll, SO.S. Srvleo on 1 rlduv aftcrnonn nt 2 :iil ii'rloclc nt tho Oliver Jl. Hnlr llldK.. lsju Ctn-sinut st. Int. .Ml. Veiiion Cem. KII.I.IO I'J-iJ1!, I'celor.i si,. I,o AnKfh's Ciillf. CHAItt.t:? M. KUA.lY, Mona VIA i,, ...i r,r t.u i en ..... ...... ,,,,.":!.. ........ ... .... ........in ,.,.jf jieic, eiKCtl rtil e Kunerul services held Junu.iry I, mi'l ' llurieii in iinseeinio I7"m . Urn Anceles Calif .1ArIIKIta);. Jeen. 10. i-ohi-kt 8 tieloifd liushnnd of Knther ilalnheriier. of l.dmniiii. Ta Ilelatlios and friends aro Invited to attend funeral services lrl t :10 IV m r.'J't"''" ,,f Ml sister. .Mm Mary Voriitn. 1!5S Chnutnut st . l'ottatown, Iu. Int. ,' WUI-HT Jan 10, CflAJlLKS W hus hand of Anna Wuest. hkciT SI lean. Itela tlves nnd friend, are Invited to nttend fu-V.','!"-1.1 fST,cn- ' ' - P. m . lute residence l.l.til J.arl t lot nrlvato. ilreenmount -,,m;..,i.rJenilT mav rnl1 Thur".. nftcr S p. m ,. ?,0K.T!',-.T7.H.'-i'nll';n,' 'n fHllforiila. Jan. N. ltUl. HA1tltli:r J . heloved mother of Anna '.' "rt!' jiHieriiii y llilllnns. JtarKarei lie !' llurrell nnd lMwIn North. Notlc-o of funorul later. J. E. Caldwell S Co. JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS The Engagement Ring A NY PRECIOUS STONE IN, THE EXCLUSIVE PLATINUM MOUNTINGS OF THIS HOUSE. THE.BALLIMGER. COMPANY Sitccroaor to BALLINGER. & PERROT ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS PHILADELPHIA 3"LO Suutlt Brunei Sure VitjFrtiJK' CONSTRUCTORS NEW YOKK 1318 Hromlvvny zsFurricrs and Millincrsz ,Charpc purchase uUl be billed on Jiarc't lit. Purchasers open ing new accounts will be entitled to the above dating. Extra, large sites up to B0 bust. 1115 CHESTNUT ST. ("OPPOSITE KEITH'S) I.ibcrlv Ponds and purchasing agents orders-accepted Mall orders vrompthi filled. Pur Qurmrn'i repaired and rcinodctrd quick delivery, vcnj moderate charges Manufacturers' Cancellation Sale FURS Prices Cut More Than l2 of ifU Valu-s such as you will probably never be able to get again, because prices cannot J possibly go any lower. We're selling every garment at a loss. Why, in some instances we're actually selling at a price lower than what it cost to manufacture. Here are T"JLAN your buildin? NOW. With JL plans completed and ready for action, you can take advantage blatantly of opportunities to place contracts for materials and construction at reasonable prices. The adverse conditions which have made building costs excessively high are passing rapidly. Producers of building material are offering concessions to attract immediate busi ness. Labor is plentiful and more efficient. Money rates are becoming easier. It ii predicted that a great deal of construction work, held up owing to past conditions, will be author ized in 1921. An unusual volume of this work would have a tendency to raise building costs once more. The first three months of the year will be good months to place contracts for construction and equipment. LET US PREPARE YOUR PLANS NOW. lour great siocks or tne linest quality Furs from four prominent New York fur manu facturers which we bought at 50 cents on the dollar, to which wc have added our own great stocks marked down at an average of one-half and less below former prices. Wonderful assortment, all sizes, all styles. TOMORROW'S SPECIALS FOLLOW A Small Deposit Reserves Purchase Payments to Continue at Convenient Intervals Extra Special 19.50 Australian Seal Stoles 1J inches wide, 72 inches 'ong. Soft, lustrous skins, 24.50 giit'miiExtra Speci al.iiiiiuii 1 Only Four Left 1 145.00 Australian Nutria, Taupe Coney & Taupe g I Marmot Coats, 1 I 74.50 I niiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiir, Extra Spccial 24.50 to 49.50 Fox and Wolf Scarfs Animal effects, well mudo and substantial, in Bluclc, Itrown, Tnupo, Poirct and Kamchatka. 9.50 14.50 29.50 rHalf Price Values in Fur Coats & Wraps I.ellEth 30-in. 30-in. . 30-in. 30-in. 32-in. French SeaJ, Self-Trimmed Brown Marmot, Self-Trimmed.. Natural Muskral, Self-Trimmed French Seal, Skunk Trimmed . . French Seal, Squirrel Trimmed. I.1..0....I. C..l te.ic m! , a itiiuii aviu, i-jcii-irinuucti ob-in. Natural Raccoon, Self-Trimmed. . . 30-in. French Seal, Reaver Trimmed 32-in. Natural Raccoon, Self-Trimmed... 36-in. French Seal, Skunk and Squirrel . . 3G-in. Natural Muskrat, Self-Trimmed.. . 36-in. Hudson Seal, Self-Trimmed 30-in. Natural Muskrat, Raccoon Trim'd 40-in. Hudson Seal, Heaver Trimmed 30-in. Hudson Seal, Skunk & Squirrel. . . 30-in. Hudson Seal, Self-Trimmed 36-in. Scotch Moleskin, Self-Trimmed... 32-in. Scotch. Moleskin, Self-Trimmed... 36-in. Hudson Seal, Squirrel Trimmed. . . 36-in. Natural Squirrel, Self-Trimmed... 30-in. Hudson Seal, Self-THrnmed 45-in. Scotch Moleskin, Squirrel Trimmed 36-in. Scotch Moleskin, Self-Trimmed... . 40-in. Natural Squirrel, Self-Trimmed. . . 36-in. Scotch Moleskin, Self-Trimmed... . 45-in. Scotch Moleskin, Squirrel Trimmed 40-in. l'nrninrl 105.00 225.00 245.00 245.00 245.00 245.00 295.00 295.00 325.00 325.00 345.00 395.00 395.00 445.00 495.00 495.00 550.00 595.00 595.00 645.00 645.00 695.00 095.00 745.00 750.00 845.00 MMV 1.50 11 2..50 125.00 125.00 12.5.00 125.00 115.00 165.00 1 (15.00 175.00 175.00 195.00 195.00 225.00 2-15.00 2-15.00 275.00 295.00 295.00 325.00 325.00 315.00 315.00 375.00 375.00 125.00 1115 Chestnut St., Opposite Keith's fQRBESj k ' tlVrrq'pr'if, .., '..HJ !41
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