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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, 'MARCH 7, 1921'
a
E NEAR DEATH
Victim of Clipper
N BURNING
oust
Tw0 Women and Three Children
Taken From Third Floor by
Passersby
CROWD CHEERS RESCUERS
eit, persons two women nncl hip
MAtm-w r,,,LM fro,M " b,,rnln
, " terdi mornlm The cbihl.m.
LnrenMioiw from Miwki.. ore carried
rn a lftd.Ier bv n citizen nnd n for
Brrv!reman. "I.ilo crmwl nf res
fnto of that -fction cheered tlie re..-
C"t'. fire m tho More nncl dwelling
f Frank Fnlkow. cnusccl n Iop oT
unOO Fnlkow nnd IiIh two -ons weie
..Turkish bath when the fire Blurted
ti wf? Mo. Ke Plkojv : their
Sief chldrfn Ilmrlrttn. nine, jenr
lil Hose, five "" old: nnd Uernard.
YL tVnrs old, were on the third lloor.
ft Ms"" I'flvlor. mother of Mr.
Filkow alo occupied n room on this
When Mm Kalkow nH nwnkenod
hi smoke their efcapc wns cut off from
,,' .fairwav She Hcrenmecl, nnd I.croj
Tnrk OMTarrish Btreel. nnd Antlinnj-
cman. 027 UurrHh street, the taller
n M-Wrrice man. responded. I icy
hi.ined a ladder, placed It on n wheel
;"'. an-l made their way to the tkiid
Hcr , 1 .U I 1
The woman ns taken down the lad
H.r When the men went back nfter
'children they found tbem in n sctnt
M,rioiM state fiom tne effects .of
irnke A' the toungutcrH were curried
o the nhetl roof ttlllit.lt ielBhborH were
itlns '" "i(le(1 ln rcsii--eitntiiiK
' rllfcou anil his "-on returned when
remen hed the Mute tinder control.
, ontentsof the third Rtory were virtu -
illv dtitrpjed. nnd the lower lloors
ere builldaniSRed.
MITTEN REFUTES MAYOR
Cites Letters on 'L' Plan to Prove
Moore Incorrect
In an effort to pioie Hint Mnwir
Moore's memory was nt fault over pro
Nfd operating tenns for the Kintik
fordclernted, Thomas E. Mitten, pres
ent of the I' II. T Co , lint made
)iblie rorrenpondenrc between liiin'elf
nnd tne Mayor
The point nt isfiie appears to be
nheiher the citv rmisMoit'cl n 5 per cut
icturn rcarli on 1' R. T. Htock tin a
ondition fur n fi per c 'iiL iinnni'iiti
jeorlv nn the i it 'h investment In the i
Frinkford elevulcil line
The difference of opinion developed,
when Mr Mitten in an official report
fid that nejntiatioim nbniit the elevated
W wo were approaching completion
rnrl that a 0 per cent yield on the com-'
ranj's stoiK wa one of the conditions '
In commenting on Hint statement of
Mr Mitten, the Mnynr Hnld there was
no unilerstnndinir that it would accept,
i f per rent icturn on itx Investment I
on condition of ." per cent dividend en
tile company Mock That condition '
the Mayor stated, was entirclv new nnd
hid not hrcn a pari of the conference '
TWINING TO TALK ON TRANSIT
Director Will Be Speaker at Engi
neers' Club Tonight
wiliom S Twining diiectni (if the
Pfpartment of I itv Tinnsit. will be the
principal nneakcr at h mri'tin to be
'lln the l'nsineeis' Club. 1317 Spruce
trect at fi oMock tonisht
The mrnKinn is the Mntch tneetinj of
ire l'hilailflpliiii icctinn of the Atneiicnu
Society nf Civil Knsineeix
The title nf Mr Tuinitif? s talk will
h Rapid Transit in Philadelphia
Obtainable
follow .ns the talk llieie will be nn
ruen (I siieiiiii In ineniheis of tli? club
'rd RV-i'ts mteiesied hi tiansit prob
m
WAIF
Hi
MISS ANNV IMCHNTHKK
Victim nf n ".Inch the Clipper."
who sn Trsue Abi-aliamson, f
:tl87 Jnniie) street, entered hor
lionin ut 3088 .lanne) street nnd
clipped a strand of her hair. He
lias been nrrcsted
L
REAL HOI HERE
Child of 14, Picked Up on Street,
Given Shelter by Detective
and Wife
HER FUNDS EXHAUSTED
Amv .March n fourtecn-vear-old girl,
who ha never hnd a real home nnd
who was found wnndeiing on the utrects
late Sntuidin night, will find that home
nnd those sui rounding which mean
everytbliiR n child with the family
of n city (letectiie.
I'ound, dazed, at Second nnd Market
streets bj IMcetho William PHI. of
the Fourth and Race streets station,
the story nf her short life so touched
the dotecthe that he lias decided to take
her into bis own home nnd fee he i
Riven ii oner schooling nnd pnicntnl at
tention wbhh hne been denied her
I'he attention of the ilelertive nun nt
HELD. AS GIRL'S HAIR THIEF 'X'd i";ir!r:,m Z&nti
Mr Pill took her to the police station
Young Woman Says Man Clipped It nml "uestioned her She said that she
as She qient '"" l."" , ro'"ctnbei bPP parents, but
as She Slept ihoiiKht shc boin in Itah.
Miss Annn Renthke. of :i()SR .Innncy The girl said thnt she had been enred
stieet. must Jinve her hair bobbed, that for "-v " "omnn in Alabama until four
Bcems to be the only way to hide the ","?" "?,? wljr.!' M"' nn fun,y ,, At"
.,n. ti,.. i i ,i t i . lfl.l "A. Iheie she obtained em-
now short nnd rapped ends of whnt p,,I1P, i ,, lomnln(. mMP s,.Vernl
were once luxurious ticsses TryRiic I days iiro her emplovcr discharged her.
Abinhnmson, of .'1187 .Iniinci street, is ",tMl "h0 ''tier boiiRbt n tlcltet for this
accused of enterln, her be'droom and M'W'ff'h.vInc had
elinpiiiK her hnlr. nothinp to eat since earlv inornitiK.
Miss Kentlike will appear asninsl xhe wandered niouml until she was
Abrnhmson and nccue him of heinu her found bv the delectie late thnt niRht
".Tnek the Clipper." She told the po-' Mr. Pill then took the Kirl to his own
lice Sunday that Saturday nichl she home, wheie she is now staying,
was awakened bv n slight sound mm Detective Pill is married nnd hns
Haw a man moving townrd a wiudon two thildten of his own. Sylvin, five
Frightened, she made nn outcn Into years old. and I.nwrence, who is a .year
the window poured u blight light fiom nnd a bnlf old Mr Pill said last night
the street lamp, she said, and ns he' that he wishes to adopt Amy because
moved nwav horn her bed his fnc. he ould not want his own daughter
came plainly into view In a mirror '" ho without the loving enre of a
She studied it cnicfullv and. she said, I niother and father and he feels thnt
cannot be mistaken in the man She, A,nv iH entitled to nflcUion nnd trnin
lias identified Alirnhamsnn as the man I '" tlmt lin, 1,cc" denied her.
who cut off her hair, placed il in bis I , -rn.v i" petite nnd dark complex
pocket nnd, ns he dropped nut the win-! IOI-'- with black hair and eyes. Shc
dnw. was sought bv the gjtl and her ' o'remely blight for her age. not
parents, whom she hnd nroued bv hei ""hstnnding the fact thnt sc hns bad
cues. I no schooling Mi Pill will have the
, legal steps necessary to the adoption
nCMOV m wieiT miiiv VAnn !of..."je K"' fu tomoirow and Amv
DENBY TO VISIT NAVY YARD will be nssuicd of n home nnd a mother
and father and a sister and bi other.
New Secretary Also Will Inspect!
Giant Airplane Now Under Way DIDN'T MIX VICTIMS
Philadelphia todnv was attired that'
one of the flist nhVial ads of the new I Alle3ed Pickpocket Accused by For
secretary of the na . Kdwin Denby, mer Police Captain
will be n visit to the Philadelphia Navv I , Robert Pieue. PiftM'tith stic,. near
Yard nt League Island The date will K 'Zl .''j0 I,n(',V't f E" ',V
. , ,, , I.mory former polite captain, once too
depend, it was said, upon settlement often. Magistrate Keiishuw was told to
ot tbe Pnnnmu -Costa Rican difficulty ' ('in ''he extra time came todnv in a
...i .i... v.. ."., ciowded stifa car bound out Fifteenth
,llt...H stieet. and hmo-y captured the Negio
Mr Denby is said to be e.igei to hi
UNIVERSITY SENIORS BEGIN
IVY WEEK CELEBRATION
Festivities Start Tonight With Ban
quet at Manufacturers' Club
Ivy week will be celebrated by the
seniors of the I'nivorrtlly of Pcnnsyl
vaiiln this week This traditional week
of fcsllvitliM for the men who nie to
FIVE DEAD, TWO ILL
OF
AS
POISONING
POLICE VETERAN RETIRES
Michael Grogan Friend of Unfor
tunates for Twenty Years
, Todtn marl. the end of twenty rears
service in the police deportment anil
retirement of Michael (irogan patrol
'man and acting tuinliev of the Twen
lielh and I'e.leinl streets station, erst
CHURCH FUND LOOT
OF MOTOR BANDITS
take their leave fiom their alma mater Man, Wife and Son Killed After while judge advocate, and sometime
ti early .lime has been manned out
in ncconlnnce with a vote of the elus
in ii series nf gain events starting to
dnv nnd ending on Saturday
The senior bnmiuet will be held to
night in the MnnufiK Hirers' Club. Sev
eral well-known men have been en
gaged as speakers. The list Includes
Mayor Monte. 11. .1 Cnttell nnd Frank
lin R Huntington n d.rect descendant
Fixture Was Removed in
Their Home
SUICIDE EFFORTS
self nppolnted (oiinsel foi the defense
of those sniveling wicckh l "" '"'
i nnd bewildered unfoilunntes inni imm
filed before the magistrates' benches and
make their appeal to his large heart
"Mike ' ss be Is known to nlnioM
s F F N i everv rcs.deni of smiHiwest Philndcl
w - l- ! . . , ... 1...1.. (l., ulnpe
pnia. mis pui in mi wimif
'his appointment In the police force on
In tne same uninii
P, ..... . Mum i 7. II. n tie same uninu
of Kenjnmin Franklin who founded tne ' i'i nieo rrnni gas. two were V" siventeetith
tlniversin Kx-Provost Smith "nil " nspnyiinted and' nne attempt nt thV "",,. when be came to the
Acting Provost Pennlmnn will nl-o be "'. by drowning were made res- ... ' ' '" TL ?'" ,1. i. round of
R,u'Rts' I Vinlei riif( ii ii i duties for the last time Patrolmen Mr-
BERGEB L0S.S L SUIT 'mmm SS5?S!
Atbaniis street, nt Third and Albinu
streetK
larvin is nn oflilciu of the church
and part of the $55 he carried was th
property of the congregation He woi
returning home from church when tb
bandits drove up nnd menaced him with
revolvers Tbe robbery occurred at 10
o'clock
About ten mlrutes earlier banditi
held up William Fredericks. 480S
North Franklin street nt Eleventh
street and Mndley avenue Police be
lleve the bnndits were the fame who
robbed Jarvln
Fredericks, n real estate dealer, with
an office nt 1235 (Jirard avenue, was
compelled to hand over his Masonic
'hnrm nnd .'J5 in cash
Neither .Tan in nor Fredericks told
tl.nlr Mi,e4 nt tho hold una when thar
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r. wnnrrii. nun ana iiuscomh trcets, returned liome Inst nlglit .Mrs .Inrvin
was stolen last night bv motor bnndits nn(1 r' I''r,,Ipricks were astonished
who held up Herbert .larvin 210 West ,,hf.nrobi",pH"fJf"1",r,C'' "t'r'' mn(le "bUt
Two Pedestrians Forced to
Give Up Cash and Jewelry
to Robbers
Money belonging In the l.indlev M
Courts Refuse to Permit His News
paper Postal Privileges
WiMlilnclnn. Match 7 (Kv A
P i
spent the night nn a ofu in the sitting
loom i lie liolleo lie eve nne nf the
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iiner ne ivipeii tiom tne car and tun
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moo,.! Il,n (:((,( nlr.ilnn,. (!,,.( ......... ".(,"! ...(.- lllK.(l ins
.,, ...- V""' (" i" pocket eighteen months ago under aim-
paring for what its crew be .eves will be jlir .-..n.tit oim lmmedintelv n ter
n nonstop trunsntlant c Might this sum- Krilnr, testified W S Kirk. 15VJ North
mer 'I hey are anxious to have Mr ' KiK,th stieet. tvtitied that Pierce is
Denbv see the cinft It is of a special ,. man who iriently plikrd his pockit
design nnd is believed (.apnble of carry- f Sso Pierte was held in StiOO bail
ing six men 1,1 two cans
DON'T WIRE YOUR HOUSE
lllltiiilll (.rtlinE Our KMlmutr
II M" sve oi Muiirj
I'MtK KI.KCl'RIC CO.
133 N. M.I.ISIIN ST.
II mont :i'3.
r
Interest
Paid on Savings
Accounts
ALL MEN'S UNDERWEAR
2 TRICE I J
I 7 RHm
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D
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fellow officers
(Irogan was bom in County Tyione.
dead willfully mused the tragedv 'Ireland, fifty -two years ago. and came
The others were ni.hvtlni,1 hi tfn to the Pnited States when a boy.
Ilefusnl of lower courts to Issue a ' w hich escaned from n firt'nro i),d i,,',i. L..r Me s married and lives with his wife
mandamus leaulrinir Postmaster (Jen I of which had been unscicwed Thev nt 122S South Twenty seventh street.
ernl Kutleson to restore mnil rights of i were .fohn W Cliff, fhltty-seven enisl
the Milwnukee Lender. Victor Herger s , old. tlie father. Minnie, thirty-one,
newspaper, was sustained today by the i his wife, and John, fourteen, n son
Supreme Court 'ohn Marsh, fifty -five years. Kiev -The
seiond-clnss mailing pilvileges of. entli street near Kiovvn. caused his own
the Lender were withdrawn by Mr. ' death bv Inhaling gas through a rube
Kurlesoii in 1017 on the giound that ! He was found by his wife and sent to
urtielcs published bv it regarding tbe Hnhncmunn Hospital, blit could tint be
purposes of the P tilted States In enter- I resuscitated He is snld to have been
ing the war were calculated to inter , depiesscd over an incurable illness
fere with the military operations nnd -'ohn took forty -two yenr Tenth.
i.. ..!i... i ..t .i... ..! n stieet near w a are. went to bed Snt I
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sitsiMT (.in iriiviiiK inn nn iivLiiii- hiiii
gas radiator turned on.
The District of Columbia Supreme
Court dismissed the suit brought by the
Lender.
The opinion cited numeious execrpt
from articles submitted by the govern
ment ns showing the Leader's nntl
American policy nnd the court con
demned these m measured terms as
' false" and tending to "disloyalty."
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs Aaron Liehermnn, 857
Noith Seventh street, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary lat eve
ning in New Traymore I lull. Frank
lin street and Columbia avenue. Three
hundred friends and relatives weie
present, including seven of their eight
children twenty -thren grandchildren
nnd two gient-grandihildicii Although
fifty years married, Mr. and Mrs. Lie
hirman me both under seventy years
of age Koth are in good health. Mr.
Liebermnn is still net I vol v engaged in
the clothing manufacturing business. ,
Legislative Rent Hearing Friday
Invitations to nppear br'foie the sub-
committee of tbe legislative committee
of municipal corporations huve been '
sent out to the Mnvnr. the sheriff, the
city solicitor, the Tenants' Association
and various other nrgnnbntlnns. The
meeting will be held Friday night to
discuss two lent bills before the Leg
islature This means that persons dis- i
satisfied with lents nud treatment by
landlords mo invited to discuss the
inensure aimed to lectify laws that
permit (citain methods called abuses.
Ilenjumln M (Solder is secietury of the
subcommittee and William S. Stat '
lander is chairmnn Tho meeting will
be in Itoom 400, City Hall.
He was found
before he hnd been nsphyxlnted and ,
inKcn to the Hahnemann Hospital
where his condition is said to be critical
Police believe be was intoxicated when
be retired
Harry M Pve. fifty -five rears n'd
was found dead of gns pnisoning in it
rooming house on Vine street above Flf
teenth vesterdav morning
Ileenuse ho vvus out nf work John
Cosette, thirty years jold. of Provi
dence. If I , attempted to end his life
by jumping overboard from the ferry
bont Delaware at the foot of Knlghn
nvenue, Camden He wns tescued
Thieves Smash Show Window
Thieves smashed n show window in I
the tailoring establishment of Philip
Kssner, (Ut.1 North Fifth street, eailv I
this morning, nnd stole suitngs valued at
?50. Kssner, who heard the crash as
the brick went through the window,
called the police of the Third stieet nnd
Fnirmount avenue station, but the
thieves escaped
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Diamond
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In any eessroc a(yc or to
iarron'zc ,- l,e Engagement 7nd
Wanted Practical Hosiery
Manufacturer
F'-utlf oisantxln nmatt mrrxnation to
matiufftcture InfRnM nIIW wool mid 1 hi
hosiery ire lnoklmr for a j-ounij nion.
ambitious nnd MlHimr to (rtnrt miinufar
turini; In a Hmntl wiiv. mut Iikm. had
piactlcal pxperteucH and be capab'q of
laklr.v full ch.imo of pruductlmi ami
PurchaBe. of raw stuck und supplic
The man deilred la probalilv now uctlnn
In a denilexecutlve capacity with noma
large concern Hn will h Klven fu I
authority and his efforts will he ineae.
ure.1 bv the rniu'tn attained ll will
lMe the opportunity lo aciiulrn an In
lereat and hie financial proxreiM w II bo
(oncomltan' with the ucck of the en
icrprlee ln replying clve nse relliti.n
lefenniee. Iiuelneaa and mnnufncturlns
experience education and other Infmnii
lion Hlinivln iiuallftCAtlcins Xpnitcutloni
held sirhtlv rontl.Untlnl
ii 130. i.i:tk;kk opi-k k
DREFA
1121 CHESTNUT STREET
REDUCTION SALE
RECENT IMPORTATIONS
SILK AND BEADED HAND BAGS
FRENCH BROCADE FRAMES
SEWING BASKETS JEWEL BOXES
ELECTROLIERS ATTACHE BOXES
ALL 20 FROM REVISED PRICES
Comer Ulli andCliesliiitl
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $4.000.000. go
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Oak Hall's Noted Spring
Tailoring Offer Ready Today
HERE ARE THE FACTS YOU CAN ORDER YOUR
SEW SPRING SUIT BUILT TO YOUR MEASURE I flJj 2 Q
J'ROM $G0, .SOS AND $70 FINEST TAILORING I JP O 3
FABRIC'S FOR '
In addition lo this, you can order extra trousers
which we will make for only $11 additional or a total cost
of $50 for virtually two suits.
CERTAIN things in tins offer arc to he rcmembcicd.
One There are sufficient cloths to m.ikc but 1500 suits and
the demand will exceed this number.
I wo The offer is limited as to tunc .nd will close when
the store closes at 5:30 on Saturday. March 19.
Three 95 c, of all the fabrics in this event arc pure, all
wool Worsteds; light Spring cloths guaranteed to be up to the
standard of Wanamaker & Brown wear and excellence of custom
tailoring.
Register your ordei the hrat week today it possible.
Wanamaker & Brown lLvS
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Reliability versus
Expediency
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J During the recent era of high
(m tv-ts many biioi t - sigiuiM (Wji
clothiers practically do
stroxed their reputations .is
distributors ol good merchan
dise by dealing in clothing
interior fabrics and woik
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only claim to preferment la
in the fact that it could he ""'"i
sold for a low price.
J To ii tins course appealed siiuul.i
We maintained out uualit) taiitinr(is
cm on, profit to the Iocm poSbV '"JHBT MlM
pciccntniie at which u- could soil
without los. and retained the
Rood will and iepcu ol out onticil
pation,i(;e.
If This. Sspiini; wc can siippl) ton with
this ame unequalled qualm ol
(.lotliing but at prices which make it
most attracts eSJO.OO and iipw.ud
foi the finest suits and m eico.it.
nianut.ictured, whn.li is getting baiA
to the basis ot old prices
'TVTCS
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1424-26 CHESTNUT ST
III
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The Lowest Price Quoted in Years
for Good, Substantial Merchandise!
About 900 Suits
ol" Standard Cassimeres and Worsteds
conservatively valued at $40, $45, $50,
in a quick Sale
at
One Single Price
$27
Get these facts. It cost more than $27 to
make these Suits. They can't be repro
duced today for $27. Nobody else has
them or their equals to sell for $27, for we
have all of them there are ! When they are
gone, we don't know when we can dupli
cate them to sell for $27.
They are solid, substantial, standard, long
wearing cassimeres and worsteds not a
weak thread in their warp and woof. The
man who grabs off one of them, or two, if
he's wise, will have turned a trick on every
one in the game!
All of them conservatively valued
at $40, $45 and $50. now at
One Single Price, $27
Sale Starts This morning, 8:30 o'clock
PERRY & CO.
Sixteenth and Chestnut Sts.
AGGRESSIVE tactics by The
Chicago Tribune have in
creased its circulation 20,000
Daily and 90,000 Sunday since the
first of January. The Daily (exclud
ing Sunday) is averaging 470.000.
which is by far the largest morning
circulation in America. The Sunday
is exceeding 840.000.
atTlTHB WORLD'S GREATEST NEVSCVsPCO?fj
tiiitrn AdvtTttunf Orficf, 512 fillh Avt titiv ) ori Cilt
This advertisement is being tun to correct an
erroi in the Sunday circulation figures in the full
page advertisement which ran in the Evening
Public Ledger February -'3rd and in the Public
Ledger February 24th
COOKS!
A good cook means a happv family
at dinner time
If YOU need a cook adverti&e in
THE LEDGERS
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