mm j"i'X',' " V' nww 5 J'lRf 1 i u I y t 1 I f. i " , orkMRy as '1021 !- - s EVENING PUBLIC liEDaERr-PHmABEtPHlAVHIJKSDy, 1 si ' ''- li t IT I i f H u r: SLAIN NAVAL- OFFICER HAD CLOSE FRIENDS IN PHIL A. frcrmantown Man Gives Intimate Picture of Man Fatally Wounded by Japanese Sentry in Vladivostok SAVED FROM DEATH IN FIRE Lteutrnant W. II. I.nngclon, of the TL S. H. Allmny, who wos fatally wounded lij'n Japanese sentry at Vladi vostok, was a close friend of Charles M. SIcfken, 20 Cnlliiin street, flerninntown, and his son, Thomas, 41 1'leasant street, Mount Airy. Ten jenrs njo the Siefltens met Lieu tenant Lancelot! at n New Year's party , on the battleship Ohio. "Lleutennnt I.nnerion was a splendid example of what nn American should be," said Charles Slefken today. "He wns clean and 'white clear through. lie never smoked or drank, and wns most chivalrous to women. He wai thirty-two ears old nntl unmarried. I feel as thoujli I hnd lost n son in him, he was so dear to us nil." "He was a big chap," said Tliomns 8Iofkcn; "big in body nml big in heart. Sly two children. Surnh and Dorothy, idolized him He ued to take them coasting whenever he wns heie in the wintertime. I ,:seil to 150 around with him to lodse meetings, ns he was a member of a Miscnic lodge in lirooklyn. Handled Case Himself "To show jo'i how fine n man he wns, , enc time one of his men went abonrd ship drunk. Lancdon started in to lee turo him, ns he didn't belice in putting a inan under arrest except ns n Inst ie sort The man, in n drunken fury, struck Lnngdon Did Langdon report him? I guess not! He just tailed in ' and gave him a few blows that sobered him up. Then the man was willing to listen to reason Xo report of the af fair ever reached other ears, for Lanc don knew it would eiiuusl affect the man's record "Another time we weie out together nt Indian Head, when a group of roughs insulted some girls within Lang don's hearing. What happened wns quick nnd decisive. He wns a man, if ever there was one." "The last we heard from hint wns a month ngo," said the elder Slefken "He wrote that the Albany hnd been awarded the championship of the Asiatic Squadron for efficiency of Its engineer ing section. He said Secretary Dan iels hnd written n personal letter of congratulation, nnd that he was just walking on air. He never mentioned, nny hostility between the Japanese nnd1 the American forces he was too dis creet to mention nn thing lie thought was of n confidential nature, "I remember one time during the wnr he showed us his automatic pistol on bonrd his ship. He was In convoy service then. As he counted out the bullets for the mngnzine he remarked: 'IS I eve 11 for the (lermnns nnd the last for Iiadgdon they'll never get him alive. "Well, the Japanese didn't, either, for I see he walked to his ship nftcr being shot. "lie cnine up from the ranks in the navy, If I remember rightly. During the war his ship sank three submarines, which speaks pretty well for the way I.angdon ran the engines. Idolized His Mother "That man idolized his mother. You can see how he loved her in tills let ter" hero Mr. Slefken showed n letter dated Vladivostok, February, 10110 "where he say, 'We all know that Mother is the one who comforts und ministers to our slightest wants when ever we nie sick or in trouble '.' " Lieutenant I.nngclon lived nt Jn mnUa Plain, Itoston, with his mother, when he was off duty. w7 'jHP pm Hffi I wwm''V,H H Japanese Defend Langdon's Slayer Mrs WOMAN TO VISIT HARDING Ogden Reld to Discuss Associ ation of Nations Continued from rnce One Marlon, Jan. 13. (IJ.v A I 1 Tlic of such official nnd unofficial Informa- f association of nations, the question of tlon ns has been received, some officials ( Philippine independence and railway nrc inclined to regard the shooting as 1 proMeln wcr0 hcadlincrs for todny in ""iSrS rJl'h The American I 1'resident-ele., Harding'H conferences. Government ngencies thus fnr, however., Among the callers on his engagement do not coincide with the offieinl Jnpn-' list were Mm Ogden Ucid, of Xcw hose nrmy reports ttint tne American yori5 hoi3 nuicc he is understood to hnve sought In connection with the world association plan: Felix Davlln, commissioner of the Philippine Islands; S. Davles Wnrfield, president of the Association of Hallway Security Own ers: II, ,1. Livingston Iteeckmnn, for mer governor of Rhode Island, nnd L J McC'one. manager of n Buffalo commercial. officer was shot after he had tired on the Bentry. The report to the Navy I)e 'jiartment received esterduy said that Lnngdon In n statement just before his Heath had said he onl returned the sentry's tire after he had been shot in he back. MISSING STUDENT FOUND Patrolmen Save 7 Children at Fire Continued from Vnte One the kitchen of their homo and were overcome by smoke when nn overheated heater in the rellnr exploded. When the mother, Mrs. liny Trca gor, arrived home she was unable to mnkc her way through the thick smoke and fainted on the front doorsteps. When smoke poured from the front win dows of the house Patrolmen Hellly nnd Ilnsson saw it and were nblo to get to the kitchen and carry out the two children. The loss is estimated nt $1000. Man Is Overcome A uinn was overcome by smoke and damage estimated at $i!0,000 done by 11 lire which swept the third iloor of the North American Button Works, nt Howard and Palmer streets last night. Harry Stinc, engineer of the build ing, smclled smoke at 8 :30 o'clock. He summoned a lire company by phone and then went through the building to find tlie lire. Discovering the blaze on the third Iloor, re was overcome b These nie four of the flvo rlilldien of Jacob Chow demon, nil of whom wero rescued from fire in their I101110 nt Oil Kmlly Mreet last night. Pa trolman Melnrrlgnn, of tlio Fourth street nnd Snyder uveiiuo station, inndo thrco trips through llamcs to sae them. The children aro, read ing from left to right. Pearl, Percy, IxiuLs nnd Samuel NO BALL; SO PRICES DROP Plans for Simple Inauguration Re flected In Modiste's Advertisement itr...i.i a 4 o t & the dense smoke before he could do- "'""'" ""' ' " ' scend to the street, 'lie wus treated nt!lalll"K attention in lurgi! display tpe St. Mar.'i Hospital nnd bent home. 1 to the fact that "the inaugural ball has been called off," 1111 exclusive woman's Harvard Glee Club President Recu perating In Aunt's Home in Denver Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1.1. (By A P.) Joseph F. Lautner, of Kvonsvillc, Jnd., president of Harvard fniverslty Gleo Club and chorister of the senior clubs, for whom search wns begun last night, nfter he hod been nbsent for sev eral days, is at the home of au aunt, ht Denver, Colo. Lautner's parents notified the college authorities today that he is sick and In a physician's care. He had suffered n nervous let-down leccntly and his classmntes believe that he had n recur rence of the attack As president of the glee club lie had been planning for its ' tour of France next summer DENIES BERNSTORFF'S AID Irish Bishop Contradicts Rumors': pThat German Backed Appointment London, Jan. 13. (By A. P.lIte jiorts that Count Bcrnstoiff. former German ambassador to the United States, had interceded in suppoit of the appointment of the Most llev. Daniel Cohalan ns bishop of Cork iu 1010, are denied by Bishop Cohalan. The reports were iu circulation dur ing the fall of 1017 and were repro duced in the "white paper" relutie to German -Irish activities ibsued last, Saturday by the British Government. I The blaze, which wns stuborn, raged for two hours before it was subdued. The damage was confined mostly to the third Iloor. on which it started. A one-story frame building nnd its contents of lumber, the property of the Philadelphia IIou-ewrecking Co., on the west bank of the Schojlkill river, south of Spring Gnrden street, were destroed by tire of undetermined origin Inst night. The damage amounted to $112,000. Fireplug Square AwA'y Firemen had difficulty in lighting the blaze, ns the nearest fireplug wns moie thnn n square nway. Other firemen con nected hose witli 11 plug ut Thirty-first nnd Soring Gurdeu streets nnd plned ,r-.. .. nn.n. .,-.....-.. a stream of wajer on the burning build -JOSEPH H. ROACH FUNERAL ing from the bridge. The police boat Key burn also fouglit tlic names with a stream from the deck. Early this morning n defective flue started a tire in the fruit store conduct ed by Ilobert Miller, nt 2011 South street. Tim blaze wns discovered liv I'ntrol- mnn Wtnti nf tin, TuolfMi n?wl Pino' President of Manufacturing Concern Will Be Burled Tomorrow Funeral services for Joseph Huddell Itoach. president of Joseph II. Iloncli & Co., 221 South Fifteentli street, makers of automatic stokers, will take place tomorrow morning at St. Dennis Church. Oakmont. Mr. Itonch died sud denly Tuesday night at Ids home in Brookline. Delaware county. Although Mr. Uouch, who was forty seven years old, had been ill about three montiis. ms con ir-on ..au uoi Women Called for Juries shortly after being seized with a heart I Names of 000 women will bo included attack I in the jury wheel of .ioOO n nines for Mr." Itonch leaves a widow, four 1021 in Delaware county. The jury sons. Joseph II., Jr.. Isaac, Thomas for the March term of court will he B and Wnlter T. Roach, and one drawn February 2, Sheriff Albert It. daughter, Miss Kathcrinc It, Roach. I Granger announced today. garment shop in an ndvertNcment to day announced "the sale of dinner nnd dance gowns nt one-third off." "Brought about by the abandonment of the inaugural ball." the advertise ment continued, "we are offering for( liuuit'iiiuir iusiusni, twiiii inr hiockh lire fresh and new, our entire elegant btock of all dance frocks, evening gowns, ball costumes, dinner dresses nnd evening wraps." MAY INDICT POLICE OFFICIAL Four New York Officers Also Sum moned Before Grand Jury New York, Jan. 13. (By A. P.) K-(iovcrnor Chillies S. Whitman, who i' investigating churges of corruption iu the cit's administration, today ap peared before the additional grand jury with evidence of nlleged acceptance of "unlawful fees" by n high official of the police department, which lie said, v.iinmU'U an iimicimciu. streets station, who forced open the door 1 11,, declined to make public the offi nncl oeai out tue ure wiin a wei sacK. clu name, r our policemen were sum He hod the fire under control before moned to appear for examination today. uny inmates 01 uie inrce-story uricu dwelling Decame aware ot it. John Henry Evan8 Dead John Henry Kvnns, formerly in tlic drag businesR in tills city, but for scv eral years retired, died at 7:10 o'clock this morning nt Ills home 011 Fast Washington street in Media. He was sixty -five years old. He is survived liv Ills wife, who was .Miss Sidney 1 IIoopcs, and one son. Homer II, Kvnns. DARR0W SUCCEEDS MOORE Phlla. Congressman Named to Re publican Steering Committee By a Staff Corrctvondcnt Washington, Jan. 13. Rcprcscnta tlve George P. Darrow, of Philadel phia, was today chosen a member of the Republican steering committee to suc ceed J. Hampton Moore, who wa& a member of the orlginnl steering com mittee until ho resigned from Congress to be Mayor of Philadelphia, The selection was made by ,the com mittee on committees. It declined to put in Representative Mason, of New Hampshire, whose name had been proposed. The contest has been hanging fire ever since Mr. Moore left Congress, Mr, Darrow will remain on the naval affairs committee. The steerlne committee, in manv re speets, is the most important in the House. It determines whnt measures nrc to be placed on the legislative pro gram, nnd, iu general, fixes the ma- inrlr nnllev nf the House. Floor I.ender Mondcll is ex-officlo chairman. The other members nrc Dunn, New York; Wlnslow, Massachusetts; Long worth, Ohio, and Madden, Illinois. SHOTS EFFECT CAPTURE Man Arrested In Camden Terminal as Pitman Thief Shots were fired in the Rending Ter ...1 1 .., TIhI. n.,nH..n H.iM.Inn ,fl lllllllll ill. JiiiK" u.-iin-( vuumi-ji, k" ilnv. Iii n chase nftcr Charles Lucinnn, nineteen years old, suspected of having taken part lu robberies last nignt nt Pit mail, IM. .1. Before daj light this morning Hhnw n pntrolmaii, saw the youth with n beavv nack ridine on the back of a truck. He followed to the terminal, ar rested the passenger nnd questioned the driver, who said Luclana had begged u tide nt Westvillc. I.iiclana broke nwnv from two rail road officers who wore, holding him nnd inn into a lumber yard. S'lots were fired by his pursuern before he was cap turisl. The prisoner's nack contained scvcrnl nalts of ne wtrousers, nnd in n bag lie had watches nnd chains. Several nlaccs were entered In Pitman hist night. PITTSBURGH IN P. R. T. WAR Wants to Join With Philadelphia in Underlying Rentals Probe Following the pace set by Plilladel. phio, Pittsburgh will attack the heavy rentals paid by tlic traction company to underlying conipnnlcB.. Word to this ef fect was received here todny. A resolution uring thnt Pittsburgh and Philadelphia join forces in a suit in the Supreme Court to bring about a regulation and reduction of rentals which the holding transit companies pay to subsidiary bodies was ndoptcd by the finance committee of the Pittsburgh city Council. Mayor E. V. Babcoek, of Pittsburgh, has indorsed the action nnd will take a vigorous part in the attack. When Informed today of th" plan As sistant City Solicitor Roscnbaum said: "The situation in Pittsburgh is worse than it is in this city because tlic trac tion company there pays a larger per centage in rentals to its underlying companies than the Philadelphia Rupid Transit Co." Gas Fumes Fatal to Man Robert Abbey, of 201 North Sixth street, who was found unconscious in his room filled with gas several days ngo, died larly, this morning at the Hahnemann Hispital. It is believed Abbey fell asleep leaving the gas In his room burning near an open window, nnd thnt during the night the gas was blown out by tne wind. Deaths of a Day MRS. AGNES C. TAYLOR Woman Who Americanized Ha ' waiian SchqoJs Is Dead j Pittsburgh. Jan. IU Mrs Agnes ((Chalmers Taylor, "-events vears old, 'who introduced American methods into 'the schools of the Hawaiian I-lnnds nt the request of King David Knlakua in 1874, (lied at the home of her son, II. Prentiss Tnvlnr, here vestciday. Mrs. Taj lor was n native of Kdin- . hurgh, Scotland, but was brought to America nt the age of two bv her par ents and resided in Snn Francisco, where she was educated and later be came a member of the board of educa tion. She was for manv years Ameri can correspondent for Shanghai news papers, nnd as Mich attracted tlic at tention of the imperial Chinese Govern ment, which bestowed upon her one of its highest decoiations. Mrs. Charles Dougherty Mrs Margaret Dougherty, sixty -six ycarb old. widow of Charles Dougherty. lied jesterduj in her home, M3i Pris oilln street She 1 survived by four sons, two of whom, Charles A. nnd Mi Wiael P.. are priests. Charles is a mis sionary belonging o the Marists, who lives in Him (iiove, W. Va. Michael, nlso n missionnrv. is a Vincentiun, be Donging to tlie Niagara 1'niversity Band A third son, John J. Dougherty , of 1633 Pulaski nvenue, is circulation ?nanngcr of the Catholic I'nlon Review, and the fourth, William J., is employ ed at City Hall. Solemn requiem mass will be cele lirated in St. Vincent 1 Paul's Church, Germantown. Saturday morning. Inter ment will lie in Holy Sepulchre Ceme tery, Mount Airy. Thomas E, Jones Srraninn, .Inn lit. ThomnH L Jones, sixty eight years old. director and treasurer of the Kunawhn and West Virginia Ilnilrond to . anil Hlcntlticti with manv local industries, died yes ' terday afternoon ut his home in this city. lie was bom iu Cnrbondale, Albert Moore 1 Albert Moore, hend of a widelv known lundertnking establishment, died yester Uajr nt his home, 021 North Fifteenth Mrcct. Mr Moore, who was sixty-seven years old, hail been ill two years. Iu Bormcr years he took an nctive interest tin the nffuirs of tlie Pennsylvania Na tional Guard, having been in tlie Vet eran Corps, the First Brigade, N. G. P., nnd tlie Iliuleton Veteiuns He wns Henior membei of the firm of Albert IMoore & Son, Fifteenth and Mount ,Vernon streets. He leaves a widow, two sons and two laughters. The funeral will be from Jils homo Saturday afternoon. Interment Will bo in West Laurel Hill Cemetery. William H. BonynQo Now York, Jan. 13. Stricken with 11 (heart attack, William II. nonynge, fifty ifarn old, head of the law firm of Bon ? '?e, Olcott & Cmit, died suddenly in . oilicc ywk'ruuy. "TfcW It's "weeding-out" time in your factory it Time to eliminate the failures to keep only those men and that equipment that return a full measure of service for the dollars they cost you I The time has passed when the employ ment office cries, "any man will give us more production than no man" hence the incompetents crept in. No longer does the purchasing agent cry, "any belts that will turn the pulleys!" and therefore the in efficient belts were installed. Now is the time to save every penny in the shop;" to stop leaks of precious power; to see that every belt in the place is delivering every possible ounce of power to the wheels. We can help you to find out if they are or not. Our engineers will survey your belt transmission, make reports and recom mendation to you gladly and freely. That is a part of Ladew service to belting users. Phone Market 5263, or write George Yeaman, District Manager EDW. R. LADEW CO., Inc. Third and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. LADEW LEATHER BELTING 86th Year b$fcMmn&.-: f- GIRL'S ADMISSIONS BRING RECAPTURE OF DR. BRICKER Notorious Fugitive From Philadel phia Caught In Paraguay Admissions by Elena Wilson, who nccompanied Dr. William S. Brlckcr in his flight to South America from this city to escape n prison sentence ns a malpractioner, were responsible fo tho nrrit nf rr iirleker nt Asuncion, Paraguay, yesterday, according to the police. Dr. Urlrkcr was found on n Para Rimyan (lovcrnmcnt transport, on which ho had iled from Buenos Aires nfter escaping ou December 111, from tlie Argentine nuthoritles, who were holding him until cxtrndltlon proceed ings brought by the United Stntcs Gov ernment could bo decided. After Dr. Brlckcr's escape the woman wns arrested and closely questioned. She at first declared Dr. Urlrkcr hnd iled to Chile, but officials declare, broke down when confronted with evidence that shortly before he broke jnll be had changed 1000 Argentine pesos into Paraguayan money. Dr. Brickcr is now under close piaru at Asuncion pending tho nrrlval of Ar gentine pollco to take Jilm back to Buenos Aires, i The police declare they intend to keep Dr. Brickcr under closest conllnc mciit until the completion of the ex tradition formnlltles, as n result of which he may be brought back to this city. In addition to the woman, they have arrested three men who arc ns serteil to be Involved In Dr. Brickcr's plot to esenpe. It is said they received generous gifts out of the small fortune in gold the fugitive brought from the l.'nitcd States. LANCASTER HOTEL SOLD' Louis Lukes Disposes of the Bruns wick to Syndicate Lancaster, Jan. 111. Kouis Lukes, president of the Pennsylvania State Hotelmen's Association, und for many years proprietor of the Walton Hotel, of Philadelphia, tins gold the Hotel Brunswick, of this city, which he hns personally conducted for the last four years. The hotel was purchased by A. .1. MiConomy, formerly of the Stevens House, Lancaster, nnd a syndicate of local business men. The change in pro prietorship will take place Saturday. Mr. Lukes will make his' home lu At lantic Oity. Two Phlladelphlans Made Majors The adjutant general'ii office in liar risburg yesterday announced thu pr. motions of two Philndelphln nrmy men Captains Harris W. Wntkins and Hor nce .1. Iuitinu, of Norwood, were made majors. IRSheppacd&Sons The Lowest Prices are high imless they buy quality! Qual ity was the foundation and is the main taining principle of this business. And however low our prices, you can now and always rest assured that the articles offered measure up to Our Rigid Standard of Quality And not only Quality, but Style ana ' Timeliness. , Illustration in Lingerie: American-made Nightgowns high neck; three-quarter sleeves lowered prices .,,. . !pJ.,)i) tpl.Oaj Spl.J5 Cambric Drawers lowered prices 85c, $1.45, 51.75 Knee Petticoats lowered prices .$l,o, $1.50, $1.75 Philippine Nightgowns low neck and short sleeves, scalloped and ribbon-run wonderful value at '. . . .$2.35 Philippine Envelope Chemise same excel lence, same absurd price $2.35 1008 GhestnutSftreet STIIl'ltKIlAY, JANUAKY 13, 1031. Xtore Opens 0 A. 31. Clou., fliSO Y, 31. M nellenburgS ENTHCE BLOCK- MMKET Hm& 'STKMZTS f. 3 Talk About a Drop in Piano Prices! Here's the Famous Marvin 88-Note Player-Piano Now Priced at Only $545.00 -Although It Rightly Takes Rank With Many Beautiful Instruments Sold Elsewhere for as Much as $750.00! m I llrPliilf FURTHERMORE A small initial payment sends it home to you, and you'll find our ta-ms for future payments liberal in the extreme! YouVe, three years in which to pay for it! The Marvin Piano is famous for its beauty of appearance, its superb action and its rich tonal excellence. The Marvin Player-Piano is a still finer instrument, combining many mechanical features characteristic of the very finest players. Noteworthy among these is the Marvin Transposing Device a wonderful bit of mechanism which raises or lowers the pitch of the selection to suit the singer's voice. Free With Every Marvin Player-Piano Fine Bench or Chair Tuning and Repair Service Delivery Within 50 ' . Miles of Philadelphia Newest Music Ralls, also a Full Line of Musical Instruments Ready for Your Choosing. 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