W'tViVw P ww '.v j o-l1? I 'f ' r T5VJT (t ,J) i i nc ;y-'i t- U PISTOL AND FISTS SUBDUE P. 0. THIEF - t frdonholm Watchman Badly Boaton, but Arrests 'Man, Caught Robbing Placp'"' l ONE OF ROBBERS ESCAPES a Two robber, who broke Into the Er- tnhplm pontnfllcf. ncrons the line from cSwtnnt "l l Montgomery county, . n -iv tli a morn ns. were dlNcov- ?re1 by 8iibiirbnnllce, nnd nfter n fleht In which n number of nhoti) were eirhnnije.1, one mnn won cnfttttrcjl. He Is bclnc held prlnonernt the stn tlon house of the HpringflcM' township police, near njiiuinmii .., mw. mnn fwnpffJ. The Hrdcnhelm nontofflce Is in .n hullillnc used ns a lunchroom, nnd In !"lte tlie Mntlonn of the I. It. T. riVtniit Hill Unw nd tlione of the Mb ,.rt Hell route to Allcntown. The plncc fnocH on Montgomery nvenue. About 2 o'clock Ocorge Koim, n wntchmnn, found the mu nt work In the bulldlnn. He first onw nn open wln Anw nnd upon Instigation saw two turn trlng to open the drnwer In which tinstnffl'ee receipts were kept. They hnrl fnrrrd n slot stnmp mnchine nnd tnken Mumps worth about $2 and n Binall sum The wntchmnn attempted to hnlt the roblierH an they fled from the building. n hot wore fired, thenKcim nnd tlio robber grappled. He held to one thlrf. but wn bndl.v beaten by the other mini, who tried to break Kclm'n grip on hid pnrtner. Fenrlng the noise of the five shotR would bring help from the Wheel Pump lintel, less than a half square away. nne robber deserted his companion and "'The hhnts hnd been heard and help reached Kelm, who was Almost eX liiitinted by IiIh bottle, but who was still rinnlni his prisoner. The mrtn wns taken to the utatlon house, Ho will be iiictloncd today b federal agents. MIXED JURY ACQUITS Men and Women Serve on 8amo Panel In McCullen's Court Tor the first time slneo vomen were -itch the franchise, making them liable for jur duty, a mixed Jury, wltli men mil women cnnnllj divided, was drawn Indny In Judge McCullen's Criminal Court. The first two verdicts returned rfj Hilted In ni'iulttnlH. Tlie first was thnt nf Ac defendants charged with the, larciny of an automobile, and the sec nnd was of a mnn charged with high way robbery. Ororce 1. IJorker, Frank Peterson, Irilin Campbell, John Wright mid Jo-j-eph Hobinson, who reside In the vl finit of Klfty-becond nnd Market trie'th. w1re arrested Jnnunry I) for the alleged theft of a mnrfiino belong Init tn Ilnrry Shrrp. Itrbert Drlscoll. of Itidgc nvenue nboe Twenty-fourth street, was ac- ipiltlMl of tlie charge of robbing Leon ard Carr, of 2443 Illdge avenue, of a MKnct ring and $7 In cash New Year's l'c. BRIDE IS WITH BEATTY Relative Admits Woman Is In Hid ing With Fugitive A member of the family of John Shaw. U.'iiri West street. Wilmington, Admitted toddy Hint the daughter, Lil lian, is now with her husband. Col onel fieorgc W Heotty, eternn of the IlrltMi air service, who Is being sought bj the New York police charged with nonMippnrt of a child by a former innr riaup, Colonel Beatty was arrested Tucs h at Wilmington on a fugitive war rant from New York. He furnished Ms own bail of ?5(H) and disappeared the same ofternoou In n tnxlcab, bound for Philadelphia. His bride was said to bate been seen with him at the time of Ms departure. The Wilmington police vesterdny re releI a tip that Colonel Ileatty had returned to Wilmington Wednesday night nnd had visited, u club tlierc, an tinuneing that he would return last nlulit. The club was under elose nn'r. cillimie by the police, but Ileatty did lot npjM'nr. Your, customers gauge your product and your house no higher than you do yourself. Docs your printing rep resent you? WBBm WBM brown IZ"" IliillM ii 1 Q BROTHERS &CO PhlUdt",h, UILSGlSSUUKU ta Jl Fourth and Chestnut Streets Vs lBm MlllllHILa PHILADELPHIA Men's and Women's Shoes Reduced Third to Half Our entire stocks of high and low shoes are in this sale. Every pair is full Niederman quality and exclusive style. No mail orders or exchanges. Broken lines formerly $10.00 to $15.00. Others tJiat were $10.00 to $15,00. Many this season's beat $13.50 to $16.50 NIEDERMAN Eighth 930 Chestnut -j, . BANDITS ARE ROUTED Pollosman Engages In pistol Battle With FlVe Robbers ' A nUfnl tin Hi a isitt !..,) ..n.tM 41,1.. -- " 'fHHi " i.uimii iwiij nun morulnic between n pollremnti nnd five men ho detected nbout to jimmy open me uoor 01 n iur Mhop nt -HKIB Oirard nvenue. .o one una injured, Pntrhlmnn .Tnlm Vnrlnv Af IV. n Thlrty-tilnth strict nnd Lancaster ave nuo station, rwas stnndlng opposite the shop when he observed a large gray tourlng'car go around the blocktwlcc. He remslncd concealed nnd the third time the car passed him It stopped and two men left It cnrrjlng jimmies. Drawing his revolver, he started to cross tlie street, when the driver of the car gave the nlnrm and the two men jumped bnck Into It and the five occu pants sped nwny, one firing several shots at the policeman. Tho car stalled beforo it had gone a block, nt which the men got out and, drawing guns, opened fire on Farley. He returned tho shots, putting the men to (light. The car was identified ns having been stolen last night from In front of the MnJMtlc Hotel. ,It was the property of the Hlpston. Lloyd & Plerpont Co., nil tomoblle salesmen, at fi02. North Broad" street. - I ' ARREST ARMED SAILORS Patrolmen Find Revolver, Blackjack and Brass Knuckles on -Pair Possession of a blackjack, a pair of brass knuckles and n, revolver by two sailors' from League Island brought about their arrest nnrlv tti.Uf Police of the Eleventh and Winter sirceis flinuon, who made the nrrests, Mispoct the men of having Intended- to commit highway robbery. Patrolmen Pngllotto and Wllmer no tlced the men, shortly after midnight. acting in a susnlclotls Innnnnr TI.pv stopped the snilors nnd searched them. Then the miniature ursennl was found. iiic men arc uuiph Williams, thirty three J ears old. nnd J. B. Blanehnrd. tweuty-onc jeors. Mrs. snellenburg Burled Today Funeral services for Mrs. Nnthan Snellenburg, wife or Nnthan Bncllen burg, founder of N. Snellenburg & Co., who died Wednesday following an Ill ness of several months, were held at her home. 2121) North Brond street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Itnbbt Joseph Krausknnf officiated and interment wax made In St. Slnnl Cemetery. ROSENGARTEMJVILL FILED Bulk of Estate Goes to Relatlevs. Five Institutions Also Beneficiaries The estate of Joseph O. Ilosengnrten, philanthropist nnd former trustee of the University of Pcnnsylvnnln, is be qu en tlied to members of hi family with the exception of five gifts of $1000 each to as many institutions. Estimates of Mr. Iloscngartcn's estate vary between ?200,000 nnd $1,000,000. It was fllofl for nrobnt esterdnv. Legntees of the will nre. Fanny uoscngarten, n sister: Joseph 'O. Itosengnrtcn. Jr., a nephew, and other relntlves nnd servnnLs in the home of the decedent. The sum of S1000 ench Is bequeathed to the University of Pennsylvania, the Lankcnau Hogpitul. the (Ben Mills School, the Free Library of Philadel phia nnd the Western House of Km- nlojmcnt, the latter as n memorial of tho long services of Mr. Rosengnrten's slHter, anny, in its management. Indian Rights Association Meets The thirty-eighth annual meeting of tlie Indian itigim.' Association will be held tonight in the Friends Meeting House. 20 South Twelfth street, this eenlng. Herbert Welsh, president of tnc orgnmrntiou, anil t.cnernl II. I, Scott, U. S. A., will speak. The clocks at Collins' In stitute aren't different from others. The minutes only seem to be shorter because they're so full of zestful, exhilarating interest and activity for your muscles and mind. . May we mail our booklet? COLLINS INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL cmrnnT? Lymrtfl JUjjJW 3.90 6.90 i n r y.itU 203 N. Eighth 1 1 i ,h. WAI.XUT ST. AT 1CTII in EVEtNtffifiiife' LOVE-CRAZED GIRL . TRIESJOEND LIFE Hold for Annoying Man, Sho At- tompts to Leap, . Window , From TO 'HAVE FURTHER HEARING Miss ncatrice, Hehert, twenty-nine years 'old, of Montreal, nrrcsted Wed nesday night nnd held yesterday In $lf!00 ball for "annolng" the' man she says she loves, nttempted to leap from n sjr,tb. floor window of City Hnll late yesterday. Tlie Information was tnmlc public only today. After the hearing, ntwhlch Miss He bcrt was held by Magistrate Meclenry tor n further hearing next Thursday, the young woman, who snld sho had flown across the'Canndlnn border lu an airplane to reach the man sho loves, was being held in a ccllroom until a van nrrlved to take licr to Moj nmensiug prison. , Miss Mary. Moore, matron at the Central Station, was busy In another corner of the- ccllroom. Glancing up she saw Miss Herbert lower, the upper sash of n window and start to climb the brass bars which extend hnlf way' up the window. Miss Moore renched the window nnd clutched the womnn's sklrto just as she was about to hurl herself over the bars' Into the nreaway. "Why did you do that?" Miss Moore asked. "I wanted to kill myself." Miss Heberty snld, hysterically. She was ghen medical attention by Dr. John H. Kgan, police surgeon. Mi km Hibert was deported to Canada Inst October after she had annoyed William Ztnscr, representative of a touring agency, nt 1338 Walnut street. He had conducted a touring party, In cluding Miss Hebert, around the world Inst summer. During the tour she fell in love with him, followed him to Philadelphia and was so persistent In her attentions that ho finally preferred chnrges which led to her deportation. Wednesday night she appeared lit the office of the touring ngency nnd de manded to see Zlnser. When Detective Taggurt, of City Hall, sought to dis suade her she attacked him. THIEF SUSPECT ARRESTED Man Believed to Have Robbed Ag'ed Woman In Custody Chnrged with the theft of $.105 from Mrs. Anna Waters, slxtv-flvc jenrs old, of 1017 Oakland street, December 2 Inst, when she fainted on the street, Harry Ilnumgnrtcn, of 2073 Jnnney street, was arrested by District Detective Slaving of the Frankford station, last night. The police nllege Pnumgarten was one of several pcrsims who rushed to tlie woman's aid when sho fell to the pntcment. Iteeoerlng consciousness, she noticed the loss of her pocket book, nnd wheu it was not recovered, died two days later from shock. Income from Cash Resources V Idle funds yield no return. Deposited, subject to check or against certificate of - j dep osit, earns interest. . . 9 HweW Boston y2 off -JJ xiuiaren $0.75 O Featuring the Greatest Savings Possible on Dalsimcr Standard Shoes of Quality Tkdsmei I he Big Shoe Store 1204 - 06 Market mmm-ifaxr&TmmmfK - RiD&r, N.J. JUDGE' GETS WARNING, 'BEWARE- AND WATCH STEP' Toms River Jurist Thinks 'RUm hound' Sent Him Letter A letter with n warning to "bcwarci and watch your-step" has been (re ceived (by -County Judge VHIImn( H. Jeffrey,' ot Toms Itlvcr, N. J., nho Is thc( first Judge In that state to rule that the old statute against 'illegal sales of liquor still Is enforceableeven with the Volstead act n law. , Tho words of the brief message were clipped from newspapers and magazines', nnd read: "llewnre. You have gone far enough. Wntch our step." Judge Jeffrey appeared uhconccrncd today ns he discussed the letter. "I think some 'rumhound' Is responslblp,'' he suid. "I hate been handing out stiff sentences to bootleggers. I gucs they think' they can put the fear oMhc Lord lu my heart." The Judge Inuohcd nt Iho Idea of extra guards In his courtroom. He believes the letter was simply n "bluff." ' He still .will impose heavy sontencesf he snidi on those "nnvlcted of gelling liquor illegally. r It whs suggested thnt perhnps he la carrying a revolver ns n precaution. "I wouldn't be surprised if some ono tackled me nnd found I bad one," was his diplomatic reply. FOX DIVORCE SUIT-SURPRISE No Reasons Disclosed for Action by Mrs. Caleb Fox, Jr. , Mrs. Helen W. Fox has entered suit for divorce in Commo;i Plcns Court No. B 'against Caleb Fox, Jr., clubman and son" of n widely known Philadelphia banker. They eloped nnd wcri; married In Hlkton eight enrs ngo. ,, Tlio reasons for the suit were not disclosed. Mr. Fox. who Is living nt the Itncmiot Club, nppenrcd nstonlslud when Informed of the suit. The couple formerly lived nt Ogont. Mrs. Vox was Miss Helen Xi. Wllm scr, of this cttv. ASK SILESIAN PLEBISCITE Mandatory Government by Ger many Opposed by Natives Here Itesolutions advocating a plebiscite for Sllesln were adopted Inst night by 500 persons who attended n meeting in Lu Lu Temple under the auspices of tho Polish relief committee. C. Hlcnkje wlcz presided. Fcdernl Judge Joseph Iluffington wus one of the speakers. Mandatory government by Germany over Silesia, n rlcli territory of OUtlU square miles, would serve only to en rich Germany mid mnke It more power ful, it was nrgued, while the granting of the plebiscite would be In line with the policy of allowing small nations to choose their own government. UNDERWEAR SPECIALISTS FOR MEN Comer llth and Chestnut such money m s onoes. OArr jsJL.r, Gunmetal Lace or But ton with Dull Calf, or Gry Suede Tops. Patent Colt. Button with Dull Calf Tops. Sizes 7 to 2. - 08 Stre - et i WIFE' DIARYAIDS CASEAGAINSTMAN Shows Big Expenditures After Husband's Alleged Robbery of Sick Woman FIRST HELPED HER HOME A diary kept br his wife, contnlnlng entries of expenditures, was produced today nt n hearing given Hnrry Unuiiv gartner, of Jnnney street, below Indl ?n nv,',ml held by Magistrate Cos llo without ball for court on a charge of highway robber). ,JA l". alleged that on December 2, IH-'O, he helped Mrs. Anna Waters, 1"J.t2'"iir J ears o'd, to her home nt Jill i Unklnnd street, nftor she had be come suddenly 111 at Leiner and Ortho- 'Aox ,tn,,tl. and after helping her Into UIF '""'"P grabbed her pocketbook. con taining $.i0., and escaped. Mrs. Waters died later in till. VmnllnrA TTnanltnl Ilaumgartner was nrrcsted last night in ins iiome. on n description by District Detectives Slavln nnd Dougherty, of the trunkford station. At the hearing today, his wife Bald he had told her he won the, .$505 in a lottery. The diary she kept recorded thnt with the money they had been able to mnke linnl pigment on n piano nnd redeem u nawiu-d rlnu. There were mtrles of expenditures for movies, suppers nnd stamps. One expenditure wns S27. spent by Untim gnrtner for a Christmas gift for his father. Another item wns SH for n doll for one of his two children. Grnce Cnrty, colored, of 714 Perry street. Camden, maid In the Wntprs fhnme on the day nf the robbery, Identi- lieu iiaumgartner as the man who had disappeared with Mrs. Waters' purse. Mrs. Mnry Necs, of 4015 Onltland street, who wns called In when Mrs. Waters was brought home 111, also Iden tified Ilaumgartner, ns did Kdward Or rell. of 1020 Seller street, in whose de livery .truck Ilaumgartner took Mrs. Waters to her home. Motor-Crash Victim Gets $6000 Heading, Pa., Jan. 21. A verdict of $0000 wns given b) u.Jur) to Harry Croll, a motorcyclist, struck by the mo torcnr of Hphralm P. Wunner, In nil accident, in which Croll's leg was broken, making him permanently lame. 1424 - The Bouse that Heppe built Downtown 1 117-1119 Chestnut Street $3 weekly pays for this Victrola through the Heppe 1 -year Rental-Payment Plan This Heppe Outfit is trola and just the.right size jr.L-,.t pian you may ooiain uC yam ui mere remai rates, ail rent applying toward the Victrola XI, $164.35 with ten records Pay SIS doum, and $3.00 weekly through the Hevpa 'Rental-Payment Plal -4 '-mkbtd &.;' mi GOVERNOR CELEBRATES Observes Wedding and Inauguration Anniversaries at Home 1 Governor Sprotil has In id nslde offi cial duties today rfnd will be at Lnpldca Manor, ills' estate nertr Chester, Intend of nt hiil desk In Hnrrlsburg. It is nn anniversary or, rather, it is a dual nnnlversnr) dnto. It Is the wedding date or the uovcrnor nnd .Mrs. Sproul, nnd the second anniversary of t. Snroul's Inauguration ns the chief cxcriiuvr. . .. IIT....1 l-l f...ll.. .ntkna ni.f" lIUHl U 1lliri Jlllllll. K.iii flin utnfnnmnt inufln nt I.ntl iden Mnnor. "No," don't mention which wedding anniversary, please. It Is tlie anniver sary of nn eent which took place n number of venrs neo It would be Just ns nice If ou did not say Just how' many icars." was the next comment rrn, n i,.l,nr nf tlm Governor's fntnilv. TROLLEY TRAFFIC BLOCKED Old York Road Car Jumps Ralls, De laying Early Travelers Hundreds of passengers on trolley cars of Itnutes 2.1 nnd ftfi, on Old York road, were delayed a hnlMiour when n car Jumped the tracks on German town nvenue below Tenth street shortl) after 7:.10 o'clock this morning. Cars bilnglng pnssengern from Oer mnntown, Chestnut Hill nnd the sub urbs along the Old York road were blocked. Mnny nf the riders grew im patient n,t the wait and walked to Twelfth street nnd continued toward the center of the city in the Twelfth street cars. , At the P. It. T. offices It wns said the car wns off the rnlls for twent) seven minutes. rhISHq, Oriental. Pearl. Necklaces Supremacy - assuring permanani satisfaction REED'S Clothes Service q After Value all the only is the Service 5 There are many glittering propositions in the Clothing Advertisements at present. How many of them are really worth con sidering if you want clothing that will give good wear and satisfaction? I At our Repriced figures Reed's Suits and Overcoats present opportunities to secure clothing of real value at much lower fig- ures than formerly. ,You may be well dressed economically. 26 CHESTNUT Founded in 18G5 Inauffutnted the One-Price System in 1881 Uptown one Of Olir most nnnnbiv qtvlna. for the modern home. Through tms outfit by making a small Other Heppe Outfits as low as 50c weekly We have other Victrola outfits at anous prices, some as low as $25, on terms as low as 30c weekly through the Heppe Rental-Payment Plan. Call, phone or write at once for complete list and particulars We will gladly send you a beautifully illus trated catalogue and full particulars about 1-year Rental-Payment Plan. USE THIS COUPON WVWWWMtVVWVVVWVWWWWWHWW' C! Unn. X. fJ I 1117-1110 Chmtnut Mrt I rji.1 . J. Heppe & ion j HUIh A Tiiomp.on m I Phila. Plraeo send me full particulars about your Vklrola outflts ind your 1-year Uciital.l'ayment Plan. Name ICE RETARDS RIVER BORINGS Cable Is Cut by Floes Rook 110 Feet Down at Walnut Street Ice Is retarding test borings In the Delaware river on the Camden side, he low Vine street furry. The firm of Hid path tc Potter, which is making bor ings for the Delaware Hlver Ilrldge Commission, hns n lighter anchored in the strrnm at thnt point, hut lee cut the cnhlc jesterdny, nnd the lighter hung b) one anchor nil day. J. I. Armstrong, in charge of tlie boring, reported today that Hare nnd Water streets Is drilling lit completfd, found nt n ten feet of inlcu roK Doing depth of eighty five feet. This drilling outfit will be moed to Water street near Callow hill. I Drilling fill nlnut street at Pier No. 10 has gone down 110 feet. Hock has been struck, nnd core drills are be ing udJuHtfol, so samples may be brought up and examined. THE 600 REGULARS No fnAttnr lh wmtfur. they com N'elKhtiors from even leonil Oaonti. club tnifther and ench week onu of thwn IrlN't nut And tnkrK from the Farm to tin- Homp the week's supplies Fttih Eggi Jait hem tht Uttl. AppltiWintiap, Ntro, Rom. Chhhtns azi Docks. Potatoti -Thty cook quick t Swttl Ciitr from good appltttht kind Grandpa didn't make. nrlie out lliiltlmorr Arrnue. etmUlit tlirnuth Media rtod 'A mile beronil to the flllHUIIN Black Horse Farm i:rry I)nr In the Venr from t to 0 I'honel Medlu I OS real test of Clothes tnven. GN ST. 6th and Thompson Streets Tt is n lnrrn xnKinnf Vi the Heppe 1-year Rental- down-payment, the bala ance purchase price. r our '3 -hmA ? Today and Tomorrow only! $32 $35 $38 for Choice Worsted Suits meant to sell for $60, $65, $70 $32 $35 $38 $42 for Ulsters & Conservative Overcoats! meant to sell for $60, $65, $70 Old - fashioned Values at old-fashioned Prices! Worsteds that it will do your heart good to look at, to feel, and to wear! Conservative models, conservative patterns, plain colors, single0 stripes and self - twills f Overcoatings" of fine warm fabrics, ample of; cut, deep of collar the, kind to wear in the sever-' est weather. Only Two Days left to get yours I at these Prices $32, $35, $38, $42 Patrick Mackinaws, $15 Meant to sell for $18 to $22.50. Splendid for the ice and snow I . Separate Trousers at Special Prices ! $18 Trousers, now $12; $14 Trousers, now $9; down to $8 Trousers, now $6. Perry & co. 16th & Chestnut Sts. C 0ME firms are arrang- ing to put on addi tional salesmen, while others are increasing their advertising to intensify the work of their present sales force. HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phae of SaUt Promotion North American Bldg. Philadelphia .,. "A Fair Price and Satisfactory Service" i nnwency may b8 Increased or trrentfr production prepared for hi or liowr mi(nmnt Mrtw T Many cuatomers are ,nI ...I . I lhl" l, .i.i.- ?"" !" rrpalni In their planta at.thl. tlSS 1iepnL'!25rrl.rd out a" cirefuUr u new Job Com. aurprtelnely low. 7 George Woodward, Jr. 1 1 V '1 fl Addrrac ,,, 723 Sonsam Strt - i t-s- . tjwi i.vi.'ii 5 w-- fflffwtw J 3 .. . 1 JyKt. ' Hl,.g. ,4, J .. 1 '-" -u W -AJ., "- -1 '. & ' . 1 KVA- tJii
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