r v t'i , ' I ;v tW. T ' IT A Br I ARE INJURED IDE Twe Sisters, Struck at Ninth and Market Streets, May Have Internal Injuries WOMAN'S HIP FRACTURED Five persons were injured lnt nlcht In nutnmub'le iireldenN for which slip pery streets were partly respen-fihle. Twe sisters were struck by nn initn initn mebile at Ninth and Mnrkct streets, when in their iiniet te see a "Chrl-t-Jiia.s nhew" In n department stele be fere It eloped, tliev nttenipted te eres the street with "trnfhV open." They me Ada KejnnhU, twelve venrs old, nnd Mildred, seven jc-tm, of -l'-MS North Fail hill street. Hcerve I'ntrelmnn Simpsen i ailed op several men te lift the mneliim1 off Ada, who was pinned beneath. About two hundred men nnd bejs drawn te the Fccne dropped their bundles and struggled te "give a lift." Strene Stowman. 1'auNbore. N .1 , driver of the machine, was taken te City Hnll for a hearing. Beth child-en were sent te the Jef Jef fereon Hospital, where the were feun ' te be suffering from shook, bi nines nnd possible internnl injuries The tll"t girl's leg was bad! i rushed. Twe men were injured wnen a meter moving van en which they were riding was struck b a trolley at Kensington nvenue and Adams -treet. Jehn Nelan, of .lsS. ter.il -treet. nnd Lewis Deslng. of :iM2 l 'oral strevt were thrown from the truck ti the street. Thc were taken te Krnnkferd IlespitaJ by Fred De.slng, driver of the machine and u brother of one of the Injured men. The tiffcied cuts and bruises about the bed . Mrs. Mary Hill, terty jears old, of Cheltenham avenue nen Oak'nnd street, wis struck bj an automobile as -he crossed the street near her linnie. She wan tnken te the rrankferd Hospital with a broken hip. Merris Melnicnff, of Ne. 40.0 North Hutchinson strret, lrier of the car. told the police the woman eanicd an umbrella nnd walked directlv in trent of his car. INAUTOACC NTS , SECOND KILLING CHARGED Murder of Stepson and Held-up Victim Laid te Beaver Man Beaer. I'a.. Nev. lMl (I!; A. 1' ) F. 1. Kerr, waiting trial here en an Indictment returned In connection with the death of his step.-mi, Lawrence Stewart, is be ng held today in con nection with the held-up and kill ng of Tynjer CeMnenk, at Menae.i, l'u , in 1918. County nlficinls aid that the second charge against Kerr was bn-ert upon the confession of a prisoner who has been sentenced te die In the Ohie Sta'e Penitcntiarj The Stewnrt boy disappeared from h' home here June 13 last and his bed was found in n well near the Kerr home several weeks later A Music HMlWtMiiiBMIi $n wcr T JK(zr Interruptedly Until Midnight Specialty of Club Breakfasts: Platter Dinners Ne Cever Charge S. E. Cor. 19th Sacred Concerts 6 $16.50 Silver Slipper with Lew French Heel. v FASCINATION Have you ever experienced the df'ip-ht of effortless sewing, and while you pressed your feet (.lightly en tlm cenrr.l'r, watched the fabnc glide magically beneath the needli-? Have you known the jej of Mk-nt m wing, se nau-tUsa that ene could read ulnud tn veu while you i-uw? Thnt is what the Klcetue Autemutic d es for you, and there is no bobbin te run out in the midst of a scam There is no tension te adjust, for it automatically adjusts ltn-lf, while the beam it makes is unexcelled in beauty and strength. Yeu can sew upstairs or down, or en the perch for it is PORTAHLK. It can hn carried with one hand. It is the result of sixty yeais' experience, and i the Willcox & Gibhs Sewing Machine Company's latest gift te womnnlieod. MAY Vi: I)KMONhTllTi: IT IN vel It IIOMK? tttV K rilllASO) O.N tllNMAlEM ii:km Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Ce. 1709 Chestnut Street (Phene. Spruce 2192) War Here a Suicide 4Q HERO ENDSJIS LIFE Vwts; jf WWsmm & wr :, LIEUTENANT COLONEL C. V. I WlIITTLKhKY J Breeding eer war's horrors, the ' I heroic leader of tlie Iiartallen lest I in the Argenne drowned himself Sunday while en a, set ret trip te Cuba IRICH HERMIT DIES ON FARM i Benjamin Irwin's Bedy Found at 1 Heme In Londengrove Township West Chester. P.i.. Nev. Li I. Hen jani'ii Irwin, nged cvent, a wealth "esident of l.oinlenrove Township, was found ilead in a chair at his home esterd.i ! a neighbor who was in in estlguting, the aged man having been! missing s nee Fridav last A coroner's jury ri ndered a verdict of death from natural causes trwin owned a. farm of nearly two hundred acres and had a large dairy, I 'but did most of his own weik with casual assistance. He had lucd nlen as u hermit in the farm house for many enrs nnd had little onimunle.itlen with I even near-b neighbors. He was net i known le have nil cl(e re'atives. , WOULD-BE BRIBER JAILED Man Who Tried te Corrupt "Dry"' Officer Sentenced j Cincinnati, Nev. '!!. ( Hy A. P ) ' I.euis Cehen, president of the Tunnel Trading Company, of New Yerk, win was reient! comieted en the charge of I attempting te bribe Rebert V. Flera 1 1'ederal prohibition eilictr, in connection I with liquor truiisuctteus, wan sentence tedav In United States Distmt .ludge 'J. W. Peck, te one jenr and n day m 'Pert I.caeii'erth prison, and te pa u tine of SKIOO. On two ether imlictmint.- clinrgtng I illegal liquor 'nles, te which Cehen 'pli nded guiltv lie was sentenced te serve I time months in the Montgomery Count t iiiM.in and pa a line of STeO. Service de Luxe f 1l ' is new added te the delicious cooking of this Restaurant of National Fame. Beautiful interior equipment, lends luxurious comfort. Begins at 6, and Plays Dancing at 9 Until Closing & Market Street te 9 Sunday Evening Doesn't a woman's shoe really give the best evidence of her geed taste? ieiaeridali rBoet Shep .Pi 20 CJwsmutSt. Sewing Made a Pleasure EVENING PUBLIC "I flQT RflTTA mM" Whittlesey, Breeding Over Hor rors of War, Leaps Over board Inte Ocean ON SECRET TRIP TO HAVANA Ity the Associated Press New Yerk, Nev JH Secret brood breed ing eer the horrors of his experience in the war, from iMih he emerged one of Amerlea'N gre ttest indivldal heroes, wns nerlbed tedav l friends and rela-tic-s of Lieutenant Chnrles V'. Wlilt t'esc ns the caue of his taking his life Suiidaj while en the wii te Htuana. Leaving sexeral letters, presumably explaining his act, the commander of the "Lest Ilattnlien" disappeared from the steamship Telea, twenty-four hours out from New Yerk His most intimate fi lendsi had no idea lie was making nn ocean vejnge. Members of his family nnd close asso ciates were incredulous at first when a wireless dispatch reunited him missing I5ut as evidence accumulated, they le luitantly came te the conclusion that tie missing man was Indeed the fermi' Milker. Affected By Unknown Burinl And then they begun te recall in cldents, which, pieced together in tl e light of hK tragic death might have been recegnbed as indications that Irs spirit was profound shaken In ie cuirent memories of hN brothers Mi asms who had died before his ejes In I'tance. The last blew, they said, mere trying than the iet. was in Wuhingtnn a fortnight age. when Colonel Whttt!ese took a prominent part In the faneral services for Amu lea's unknown seuller He returned from the capital mere depressed In spnit tlrin before, the haunting isiens meie char than iu. breaking him down. There he had met hundreds of fetmer ti lends, and hnd marked nuew the j,aps in the tanks el the men he loved. "His mind stepped," was the expla nation of Ilebert Persjth Little, et the inw firm of White ,t Case with which Colonel Whitt!cse had been ussun.irid for about a car. "It had all It could bear. rcn.trknMc mind though It was. 1 don't funk there was a mnn in the ceuntr who has had the trlng ixpenenr s C. ; nel it I lWIJIWHIillllIMIlimiliMJIJIilll.1Wlll' HlJJl.('ltm'LVIUiyiH,lllll !! II 9 i Important 1 I "a t 'f a Is nl via Hr JS y . ieiwe or p Frank & Seder's I i I - Si JV eginnm a i isa flicnQtfifla: ee hjdd Wonderful Sale See TOMORROW'S Papers Remember the day Thursday! You'll never for give yourself if you miss LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY,' Whittlesey has hnd In the past two years. "He was the here who wns nlwnyti accessible te these who thought be could help them. The disabled, the jobless, the friendless, the wlddwsi of the wnr, nil of them, were en Ills mind constant ly. Cor the lest two yearn there has scarcely been an hour when the grlcl nnd horror of the wnr were net brought Wvldly nnd specifically before him." Colonel Whittlesey Itud told no one. apparently, that he wns going te Hit vii na. When he left his office Frldny afternoon it wns with some cheery remark regarding the Annj-Nnvy foot ball game, which he Indicated he In tended te sec. Colonel Whittlesey was the son of Mr, and Mis. Frank It. Whlttlescyt of Plltsfield, Mass. He hns two brothers, Elishu, of Pittsfield, and Melzur, of this city. Here of Battlefield Cln.ss.lc The crisp. Incenic reply, "Yeu go te lull," hurled Inte the teeth of n Ger man officer, who cnlled en him nnd IiIh men te surrender, was the rhetorical battlefield classic which brought Colo Celo Cole ne" Whittlesev into fame overnight. Surrounded In the Argonne with hl command, the First Unttnllen of the HOSUi Infantiy, 77th Division. Whittle sey had been cut off for four days with out feed or fresh wnter; All but eighty seven men hnd been killed or wounded. At dusk en October 7. 1SU8, n blind folded German bearing n white tlag crossed the lines. He bore n message asking the Americans te surrender "In the name of humnnlty." A few hours after the messenger hnd PLANTS for the Heuse and Conservatory Palms, Ferns, Rubber Plants, Drncacnns, Pan danus, Cyclamen (in bloom). Hyacinth, Tulip, Narcissus and ether sensonable bulbs. Jardinieres, Plant Tubs, Flower Pets and Saucers. Snowflnke Pep Cern and Cern Peppers. Let us book your order new for Christmas Greens for delivery prier te Xmas. HICHEIiL'S 518-516 Market St. tliis big event. JSpf g ! ! been sent bnck with Whittlesey's reply nn American ndvnnce took place nnd nil wcre rcBCiicd. His exploit was rewarded by Presi dent Wilsen with the Congressional Medal of Hener, the most cherished Aincrlcnn wartime decoration, given only for "ulni outslde the regular line ,01 duty. &pme montne after the armi stice me. uurm.in euiccr wne demanded Whittlesey's surrender ndded te his laurels by publishing a statement ex tolling the Amcricnn'H courage und de termination. JERSEY DEFIES SNOW State-Wide Preparations Made te Keep Reads Open Trenten, Nev. "!). According te nn announcement today by the Stutc High way Department, this State is rendj for the winter problem of keeping open its highways during snowstorms. The department, under the direction of Engineer Themas .!. Wnsser, has just completed n State-wide snow ro re ro mevnl program. The system of State reads has been divided into thirty-one sections, each nvernging from twelve te fourteen miles in length, nt which distances will be placed units of two and thrce motertrucks with snow plows attached. Ce-operation of the United Slates Weather Iiurcnu here has been secured, nnd that department will notify the offices of the Highway Commission here from five te ten hours in ndvnnce of the npprench of a storm. Harpers tk x x A 1022 CHESTNUT i'l !!! I !!!' Hi! '! ;HHl!tHlt..:!mill'l'.: 'I'MLiLKlIi-lliLiu-tL-iliLitltllti. Specializing in Coats, Suits, Dresses and Skirts -i:irii!"i.-iiBi The Fermer Purchasing Power of the Dellar Is Renewed in This December Reduction Sale Dresses, Coats and Wraps The Utmost Value in Street Dresses ON OUR NEW THIRD FLOOR An entire fleer devoted te the sale of dresses for street, business and generally informal occasions; in Canten and Reshanara Crepes, soft satins, tricetines and peiret twills. They Were $35, $55, $75 te $95, New $19.50 9 $25, $29-50 te $35 ( 'LrlijV? i NOVEMBER 29, '1931 STEAL $100,000 IN GEMS Four Bandits Ferce Mrs. Procter te Open Safe Cincinnati, Nev. 20. (By A. P.) Four bandits, two white .and two color ed, last night invaded the home of Colo Celo Cole nol W. Cooper Procter, president of the Procter & Gambia Company, nt Glen dale, n Btiburb of this city, nnd stele Jewelry valued nt from $73,000 te $100,000. Colonel Procter wns nway en n hunt ing trip and the bnndltn forced Mrs. Procter, her flister, Miss Jehnsen, nnd the nged cook in the home te stand with their faces te the wall. Mrs. Procter was compelled nt the point of pistols te go upstnlrn with two of the robbers nnd open the safe. llefore escaping the robbers made tlu three women go into the cellar wit them, where they prepared te bind them with ropes. Mrs. Procter, pleaded witl them net te de se nnd asked them t picture their mothers ns being In thcl position. The bandits heeded her pica but they locked the women Inte n laun dry room In the basement. The women finally escaped by crawling through n cellar indew. $2500 Fire Less te Camden Stere The drygoeds nnd furnishing stere of Harry llruumserd, nt 1045 Cooper street, Camden, wns burned out early this morning, the less In stock being nbeut $2500. There was nlse considcr censidcr considcr nble water damage te household goods in the living apartments. New Beets se smartly cut you al most forget they are meant for practical winter service. Black and Brown Grains Kid and Calfskin $Q.50 te $1 1 T228 MARKET Wak(Dve? Sheps ':.iiIIIIH!HitlllilM lliHi!:'i:iliihHtliFIfiTninn!?F MlMMgBiiiiw 1222-1224 of Our Entire Stocks of Coats, Wraps and Capes Plain Tailored Attractive models in all the fashionable fabrics, especially designed for women having their own furs. They were $65, $85 te $155, New mM, 45, 75, te me Spert Coats TUcu werc ,m50, $3S' $75 ie $110' New L-i-d. "nd ?"'$18, $25 te $59-50 First Fleer All Purchases Billed January 1st, 1922 RAILROADS GIVEN CHANCE TO JUSTIFY PRESENT RATES I, C. C. Seeks Information as te Reasonableness of Freight Tariffs Washington, Nev. 0. (By A. iM The railroads will be given from Do De Do ccmber 14 te 21 te Justify, In hearing!, the present level of transportation ehnn'As. lin Interstate Commerce Cem mission announced today in mnking public a qucstlonnnire te the carriers It Is Intended te mi Me nil pnrsuiis In terested in appearing in the general In In vestlirntlen the commission is te mnke. The rends arc nsltcd whether present ist r outers J. DltBiaXERft AND MAKHRR OF WOMEN'S AX'n N'S APPAREl, OF THE IHOHE8T CJtARACTFlt 'OR HORE TUAN TWENTY-SIX YEARS CUILDRKN FOR OOWH8 WItAPR OUITS runs M.OU0EB HA1 V3 Your Choice of Our Entire Stock Fur-trimmed I ailered At This Very Notable Reduction Ne exceptions the Suits are as you imagine, very wonderful with their superb fur trimmings of beaver, squirrel, opossum, fox, wolf in fact nil fashionable furs. All desirable colors materials superbly beautiful. SECOND FLOOR We Specialize in Apparel that Slenderizes the larger woman. Walnut Street Fur Trimmed A splendid diversity of models, fabrics and furs, including the smartest styles of the season, in all wanted colors. They were $75, $95 te $125, New 45, 65, $85 t0 $295 rates nre reasonable In the nggreMUlj the country ns n whole, or rae?n!v? in the territorial rntu group" JJ5 b net, te what extent they need ..iJ i ' catien. It asks definite nnSffli! ing ns te what returns the c it?uS . earning and what prospects the hJ for the future; what has been , en. 2 l educe operating expenses, what clunU? tip or down Jinve been made in inilivM mil commodity rates and what hufflj expended en maintenance. unsea t what" rat?. 'of $E? "SHS! S heu (1 be ent t ed In e,.,. ...."" ""' property holdings nfter March 1 in'&f when the transnertntlnn .,... 'a1"1 1 cent standard of railroad earnings ex" SWEATEB3 MH.I.IHEIIY BXIATS CHIX,DRElt'B APPAJIEL PETTICOATS Chestnut CORNKIt Twelfth Suits Medes of Distinction and Originality gP Off ' 3 1 iPiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiM rniiPTPgy ciFnvirt 7 4 P i . BElllI
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