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' Kiddie to Get Bicycle
Out of Limerick Prize
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ESCORT TO
ME
Father Made Rash
Promise to Little
SonWhen He Didn't
Think He'd Win.
But He Did
Bart E. Grady, of 1336
South Ruby Street,
Gets Award for No.
14, but Must Give It
Away
The limping llmerlrli prizo which ullli
IK nnncitincctl tomorrow Is Im-Iiir awarded I
by a Jury f girl ctnpIops of Iho S. S.
White ikntnl goods lnatiuf.icttirltit; con
cern, Turirtli street below Walnut. V
photograph of the Jury will he printed
on the hnch p.ige.
Here' nnother limjiln' llm'rirk win
acr who jokingly promised to give the
whole prize away if ho w'on. And, HUe
the rest, lie'i got to innke good, iind II
serves him right.
Oughtn't o joke about anything so
VWIUUIV US U 111.1 lllA.
And the best of this case is thnt the
chap who benefits most is the little
cleven-yenr-old son of the winner. He
Rets a bieyele out of it. His father
actually was so sceptlci"'. of his chance
of winning that he promised the bey a
wheel for au idea the Ind cave him.
The. consequence is that the prize is to ; tenant for Limerick No. 1L "I have
be divided mitotic the son. three other , i, inirnui..,i !., t,u nritut frnm
rhildren nnd the wife. The winner will .., ,r,.nlle. ,i i ,i ,10t intend to
.1 n nil ti't otKil'n 1IW I . ..
If -v vy f
f?.
ri $w ten
iKMk aS- Mi A
1 l&w$ titfo Mmihil
FLIEMG SLED
Canadian Mounted Police Send
Cuido to American Naval
Balloonists
DUE AT RAILHEAD SUNDAY
HAKT 12. tillADY
West 1'hlladclphlan, who wins
limping lltncrlch No. 14
liavo the glory. Thnt doesn't strike us
ns much consolation after seeing ONI'
HUNDRED cold, hard Uncle Sam dol
lars slip through your fiugprs.
But we've warned all you fans sev
eral times about making thee rnsh
promises, and if your sense of humor
Kets the better of you thnt wa. you
mustn't blame us. The winner today,
who sets this mournful example, is:
Dart E. Grady
1330 South Ruby Street
' Clerk, Federal Reserve Rank
It wras Limerick No. 14 which put
Mr. Grady in a position nt once enviable
nnd unenviable. The verse, as he com
pleted It, follows:
The Ahington motor police
Are compelling the thug In male
peace;
irii their autni they reach 'cm
Ami Ihey mighty soon teach 'cm
When they cop 'cm it's ccll-dcm
re(a)tcase.
About Today's Winner
Mr. (irady is u clerk in the bonding
department of the Federal Reserve
Hank, Chestnut street nuir Ninth.
Previous to taking this position he was
in the office of the director of the De
partment of Public Works in City Hall,
and before thut time he was iu the
office of Samuel Vauclain, president of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
He took u four ears' course at the
Catholic High School and al-o studied at
Bank's Buaiwss College nnd the Amer
ican Institute of Banking.
Mr. Grady said that during couver
pations with his wife and family con
cerninc the limerick contest he had
stop now thut I have won one prize.
ticutuKe l hope to win nt least one
more."
(ihe a "Limerick Parly"
If ntionc wanted proof of the wny
this limerikitis thing is spreading, he
should have been out nt the homo of
Mr. and Mrs. John .1. McDevitt. nt
."'J'-'l Baltimore avenue, on New Year's
Eve.
For the pat six years, Mr. and Mrs.
McDevitt have been inviting a circle of
old friends out to be their guests ns the
new j ear came in. but this jear, ac
cording to the unanimous vote of every -hod),
they sui-pussed themselves in mak
ing it enjojuble.
This was bemuse they made it n
"limerick narty" nnd so worded their
invitations. There were fifty -six guests.
The house w as elaborately decorated
and lighted and. when it came time fur
the "cats." eai h guest found at his or
her plnee nt table, a neatly printed
fi'lder. It's cover announced. "Dillon's
Org) ; Held nt M. Devitt's Villa. West
Philaih Iphin. Beginning New Year'
Eve. December .".I. l'.CJO: Ending V ? ?"
Inside, under the title. Limping
Limericks (With Apologies to the Evi:
nino LnnoriO'' were nineteen incom
plete limericks, cadi containing the
name nnd a joke on one of the., older
memliers of tlie party ami nt ine etui
was the nnnoutifement that u prize
would be awarded fur the best last line
to each ver-e.
The only ipiiet part of the evening
was when everybody started to fill in
the-e lines. You could have heard a
pin drop then. But. when the lines
i - i . ;.. i,,,. ,. ,,.;, flint were lean oui mut. yon isminn r nuve
he might succeed iu winning. I '"'urd u s,xteen-inch gun hred In the
Mrs. Grady, without a moment's lies- next room
Ration, acknowledged thut she would , !" MeDevitt -mid ye-terdny that
have no difficulty in finding worthy pur- yhe hu been called on the telephone
poses for which to use the $100 prize. ( ' seve.ul other people who heard about
She stated, however, that she was deter- I tlie succe-s of the u en. and who asked
twined not to spend any of the money l for full details so that they could run
on the necessities of life, but would limerick parties themselves.
rather spend it on various items taut
her family would not obtain otherwise.
So Bart. Jr., will get his bicycle.
"There is no fan like a limerick fan.
said Mr. Grady, when informed of the
fact that he wns the succes-ful cou-
Cochrane, Ont., Jan. !. Canadian
mounted police stationed at Itnileybury
nnnoiinccd that a trained messenger
would be sent to meet nnd escort the
three American naval balloonists now
making their way, via dog sled, to an
Ontario railhead, after having been
missing for nearly three weeks. The
officers, who found the men nt Moose
Fnctory, ou James bay, after being lost
in the Canadian woods four days, nre
believed to he hendced for either Mnttice
or Cochrane, on the Canadian National
Transcontinental Railway.
Hairing unfavorable weather condi
tions, the three men, who arc accom
panied by experienced guides, should
i each the rnilheud Saturday or Sunday.
Their progress is necessarily slow be
cause of the frozen and snowswept
trails and the cold weather, which now
recister.s oO degrees below zero in that
ireglon.
I With the exception of the message.
which the) t-eut by Indian runners to
Muttlre. from where it wns tele
graphed to the Rockawny (N. Y.)
naval air station, no detnils of their
flight or rescue nre known here.
While their flight of approximately
800 miles wns not n long-distance or
time record, the nvintors probably
reached n point farther north than
ever before attained by a free air bal
loon. They left the Rockawny ulr station
nt 1U':1!) p. m. December l.'J nnd
landed nt 2 p. in. the next dny. Know
ing that the prevailing winds would
carry them over the mountainous dis
tricts of northern New York, the nvin
tors probably purposely kept their
craft nt a high altitude, especially at
nleht. When dawn broke they pre
sumably found themselves over the
dense Cnnndinn woods nnd decided to
keep going until they could tind an
open space nnu land in Baiety,
Man, Dodges Trial
by Women Jurors
Cnntlimrtl frnm Tnsp Onp
we were told to go nnd that she was
al-o told -he would not bo wanted."
Miss Ottinger left to bear the out
come of the cae.
"I am er.v much interested in it,"
she said. And a person sensed Unit
the pretty little stenographer who
sprung suddenly into the legal lime
light ycsterdii) might have hud her own
opinion about the verdict to be handed
down in that particular case.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER'S
DAILY LIMERICK CONTEST
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
1. The answer of the ONE HUN-
t. Contest is open to any one. All
that Is required for you to do is to
write and send In your last lines to
the Limerick, using for conveni
ence the coupon printed below.
Please write plainly, and be sure
to add your name nnd address.
2. All answers to tho Limerick which
is printed below must bo re
ceived nt the offlco of tlie Evnjfwo
Pt m,io Ledoeh by 0 o'clock
Thursday evening. Monday and
Thursday's Limericks should be
mailed to P. O. Rox 152:1. Phila
delphia! Tuesday's nnd Friday's
to P. O. Box 1521. and Wednrs
ilai h nnd Saturday's to P. O. Box
l.'2l. Answers left nt the office
"ft" hVBNINO PniLIO Luuoun
will nlRo bo admissible.
DRED DOLLAR prize for the
best last line to each Limerick will
lio announced one week after tho
Limerick is printed. For example,
the winner of the prize for the
Limerick which nppcars today will
be nnnouueed today n week.
i. In case of tics, prizes will be
awarded to each successful con
testant. For cxnmplc, if the judges
decide there nre two or moro
nnswers of cqunl merit for the
prize, the nuthor of each answer
will receive ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. The prize will not be
split up nmong them.
fi. The decision of the judges in each
'Prison Court'
Mr. McDevitt is with the Central
Copper Co.. with offices in the Bulletin
Building. John Dillon, after whom the
"org)" wn- named, i- Mrs. McPewtt's
lmther. He i- a linotype operator with
tlie Record.
MORE PRAISE FOR MAYOR ROBBERY PLOT NIPPED
Letters Backing Fight on Machine Chauffeur Has Four Suspicious Pas
Pour In on Moore sengers Arrested
Letters continue to be received b) Magi-tiale Miclcai) lie, four men
Wnvor Moore evidencing the whole- undi r iJ.'OiM) bail ea- h for i mirt in iVn
hearted support given him b) iti..eti- mil Suilioii tod-i) following i tor
in the battle he. is waging against the, of supposed robber) plot told by ii
Brown-Vure-Cuiininglinm oinb.nutiou. chauffeur who dei tared l.e had drh'-n
Letters were received todii) troiu: the men about town.
Ralnh Rosin. 12U;i Kidge .im'UU
Mrs. Lydia M I'hillip-. -ii:t North I or-ty-tirst
street. Jewish Citizms' I.c.uuc .
Edwin F Lobiv, 2ul Rndiaun -u-ct ;
William F. McOirt). illmiii Kane
The pri-niiei'x ore Buruev Bniii-h.
, I Shiiiik iincl 1Iiii hni-oii -trcct-; llnriv
Ro-en, Sixth stiist noil Snvder n mi-
llairv W.illu. h. Eighth and McKcan
:.i ,i- ti, umioi'h ICiine M.mii. , strn'ts. and I. mils K.inunti, 1 mirth nd
Picturing Co . Ivcii.iiigton. .1 W la- " ' '"" ""''" , . ,., ,
.1,....- no v,.mi, it,.,.,. i ,ii,.i: W. M.. Mii)ir Elgin, part owner of Elgin -
Stephens. Land Title Building: Much- ganig". '"'-'T R.-d -ti.-t
..ii r i i,i,.i. s:ut .irili I .fill stieet: an id '" '""H went to
nn,l i. M,Cirr !ILM .M.un -tnct. mgbt and hired n ar.
Camden;'.!. E. Williams t.12.1 lain-- Cantr-ll sti-.f-.
.loin i ner . i-i ""i i",m iMii-i-.
Miss Louise Miller, the only woman
juror called this morning to try a case
before Judge McCullen. iu whnt is
known as the "prison court," in Room
1.-st, City Hall, lie'pcd to find two
)oung men guilty of bringing n stolen
automobile into the state, in spite of
their attorney's plea that the prisoner
were young married men. each with un
infant child.
Mi-- Miller is n stenographer and
lives at 2.10 North Creighton street. She
was clio-cu us Juror No. -1.
The men accused of the crinio were
Viiuent Stoltix and Chillies Herwig,
arrested nt Tvventy--eventh nnd Whar
ton -treets. The automobile they were
accii-ed of huviiig brought into this -tnte
wu- stolen November I in n iniug. -
Y.. trout John Conwy.
.S)mpatliy Pica Fails
The pri-oner-' nttorney. nppiireiitly
with an eve to the woman in the jury
box. mnde a strong sympathetic pha
for m-ipiittal. H- dwelt strongly on the
fact that if the pri-oneis went t' jail
i n h would have a helpli-s woman with
a biiby to look tifter.
Ill spite of tlie plea for 111' ley. it took
the jur) about a minute to find the two
guilty." Judge McCullen gave them
three years each.
Quarter Sessions
limerick contest will be final,
THE WINNER OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL HE ANNOUNCED ONE
WEEK FROM TODAY
Cut Out and Mail
TO THE LIMERICK CONTEST
Evkninq Punr.io Lkdoi:ii,
P. O. Box JG21, Philadelphia.
LIMERICK NO. 20
Jim married a girl up-to-date;
She could dance, motor, swim, aviate;
But I dined there one day
And I'm sorry to say
FLEET VANGUARDS
SAILfiCRUISE
Battleships Loavo San Diego to
Participate in Joint Ma
neuvers TWO START FROM NEW YORK
(YVrlto your answer on thl lino.)
Xamc
Kttect ami A'o.
City and Slate.
1iiwnn nvenue
innnv lulntul nveone. Broi k-vn. N
Jcnnette K. Holmes, ;iJl."i IJi- ton
htreet; Ellen K Ta.vlor. 'Jol utli
Quince street; tn-nige '. and Man
B. Claghorn. -! IT Locust fficet ;
llcnrv Tnxis, .'ls North BaiK-y -tr. et .
Jlrn. 'Bertha K I '.rugger. II. II Am
ilrcns, "-'.in South Bioad -lre.t; Hi;
Carl li. (.rummer. St. St(l.cn
Church Tenth -Meet nhov Clu-'iiit.
Andrew V I'.kwii. -H'' Di.-kui-oii
htreet. and Sui.iuel It. Eu i lir.'iei
Building
INAUGURATE R. I. GOVERNOR
Advocates Repeal of Property Qual
ification for Voting
Providence. Jan. d R A I'
A refpreiidum vote on rep- il !
property iiu.il.fUittion for v,i i,.'
recommended by (Snv.rnor 1. i
San Soun in h' mu'igural mill.
day. Rhode l-.und is tli" " "
flint r.t.iin- in H- iiin-liti.t "ii i n-
vival of ciilonuil bin t. is
The uoM-rnor'- inniiginil oelii1
calleil f, r legi-ation to li""'';r"1 ''
j.lohtniitli Mini il iuielit in Iili'Hli l-IUII'l
and n blue -Kv law to ir.-v w tli
of bogus heeuntii s
lie -.1 Ml
got 111
At Sixth and
lIli'V got OUT
The foin he
di ntitled a- the pri-onei-Ile
wa- told i dine th" men vvlor
vei tl.rv w.int.d to go. he -aid.
look them pu-t n building acd loan e--oiiatcii
nflin' in ."'.-'.I Pine -treet. Ilr
- ml I.i- In aid tin pa Migi'i- say'. i. .
Hi ii- i the )- ." Another -aid. !
lb Ian 'I. 'No. " i- i't i il" ' t. 'I
, let M V I !i"l 'in I' ' Tin II. to - ii I.
t , i e ii j, ,i.it of lie i nr mid di .i'
p, nM
M.I.Vil i"'.lln I.
,, v-rs iii I ii" cttr
In i'ti r t I mlli
. , , ,, 1 . , ! ii tl
i. -Ii I in i ' a buii
Caii'l II -'in'
Mrs. Maiie r'lavillc, -evinteen year
old, of JJl's Norfolk street, and Mi
Minnie Schvveit.er. levi-nteen )ears
old, of '-'IMIi North Phillip street, tun-
o iitt'-d h )ii jur) with lo women
pu'ors of having received stolen uood-.
in te-tifyins. l.oie Judge Stern todii) in the "bail
i- place ln-r 4ii imn" of the Uiiiirtur Sessions Court,
Room 2!)li, Citv Hall.
I-'ollovving their acquittal, Assi-taiit
District Attorney l-'ov; dinrply on
ii, iniied the nir) 's action, vvliicb lie
alb-d "pr po-terous," mid Judge
Stem, while withholding lomment on
the verdict said pointedlv lluit "ver
dicts lu-ri after must be based on the
theory of guilt or Innoicnee."
The two women on the jurv were .Mi--.Marie
'li ii i in . it ihrh. of "1 1J Cor.n-
rri"'t. und Mi- Ntlli- Jul'n it. a h ui-t'-Keepi
r. of ."'l"i!i rn-iK Ii -tm-i "Ii
liilllet wa- mi i ln iinlv i-apalile look
inir woman of middle age: Mi Trunin a
nrettv voiiiie girl, a bit nervou
terms "hocU" and "cop" nnd one or
two other bits of slung ui-ed by the girl
prisoners in their testimony.
The jury did not ugrcc in the box nnd
was lo-kcd tip. It announced u verdict
in a few minutes, however. It was for
acquittal.
I'ox Criticises Women
After the jury had rendered its ver
dict. Assistant District Attorney Imix
made bitter comment. "My comment
1- thut this verdict is piepostcrous," lie
said. "Tlie jury has made tl serious
mi-take. and I say so unhesitatingly.
This made the two women jurors
gasp.
"It wnsu clear-cut case," continued
Mr. Pox. "So clear thnt in order to
-pare the Commonwealth all the ex
pense possible, I refrained from calling
all the witnesses I might have sum
moned." Then, addressing Adam Littman, an
electricians, of L'TPJ North Fifth street,
foreman of the jury, he demanded,
"Was your verdict unanimousV"
"(Jur verdict wns unanimous," was
the reply.
Then Mr. Fox asked that the jur) be
polled, but the judge ruled this was
uiiiiecesnry.
'Pin. coint.'' said .Indue Stem, re
serves comment, but I will wiy to the
jury that verdicts in tlie future must
Iu, lln-eil fill the tllL'orV of Itltilt Or ill -
nnceiice, and not on the sentence to be
meted out. Uur laws are immune, uvea
if u defeudent 1- found guilty it is
within the juri-dietion of the court to
suspend seiiteme or place the defend
ant on probation. I do not wish the
oiirt'H remarks to be construed us
criticism of this jury, but rather that
they shall stand as a guide forurie
to be summoned in the futuic '
"My comment still stand- and the
verdict is preposterous." declared Mr.
I'o, as he left the room.
House Repasses
War Finance Rill
nniliincd frtHii race e
Club, of San Train i-'o. and vaiiotis
mg.ir interests of the South.
No Overriding of Rail Veto
Tin- committee decided todav against
,m attempt to override President Wilson'-
veto of the hill to -u-p' ml for
: e si.,, i,.... in
.inn HT uiir o ii-iiiiion in .-,, i "
RISKED LIFE IN VAIN
By tho Associated Press
San Olcgo, Calif., .Tnti. d. The
sixth battleship division of the Pacific
fleet, under command of Rear Admiral
Ionian McKcan, left Snn Francisco to
day and will join the eighth division
off Point Lomn here Friday. Nearly
forty warships of the fleet nre to steam
out of this port Friday for Central and
South American waters to tnke part in
the joint maneuvers with the Atlnntle
fleet In Central and South American
water, which will take place next
month.
While stenming south these divisions
will be Joined by several battleships
which have been moving nlong the
.Mexican const, twenty-five miles soutu
west of Hon Diego.
Nine vesels of tho mlncnwceplng
nnd mlnelaylng Mpiiidrnn sailed from
San Frnnelsco and ftfin Pqdro today.
Plans bnvo been mnde for the Pacific
and Atlantic llects to leave Bulbna,
Canal Zone, January 2-1, for Vnlparal--i,
and Cnllno from February 18 to 25.
The crews will cngnge In Interllcet nth
letlc contests In Pnunmn roads.
Seaplans Nos. 5 nnd (1 of the NC
division in tho San Diego to Pnnnma
flight nt '1 :52 p. m. yesterday reached
Banderas hay, on tho Mexican main
land, ending n successful dash from
Mugdalcuu bay. They traveled nt seventy-two
miles nn hour.
New York, .Inn. 4. The battleships
Pennsylvania and Arizona, vanguard of
the Atlantic fleet, left here today on the
first stage of the annual winter cruise.
Aboard the Pennsylvania was Admiral
Henry B Wilson, licet commander.
Five destroyers were prepared to set
out later in the day.
The ships will be joined by the re
mainder of the fleet off Cape Henry
and then all will go to Cuban waters
and from there through the Pnnnmn
Cnnnl to the Pacific for maneuvers with
the Pacific fleet.
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in
"ONE-ELEVEN" -4 PJL
cigarettesjv
THIS is why Onc-Elcvcn is
here
Trade conditions slowed down
Europe's buying in this country.
Fine tobacco formerly shipped
across the Atlantic Ocean piled
up. Wc bought it and made
One-Eleven cigarettes
Result a .high quality
cigarette at a low price.
TO SIWEHER BABY
Woman Tells How She Plunged
Into Icy Water and Found
Boy Dead
DIDN'T THINK OF HERSELF
of th" ('la)ton anti-tiust act, piolub
itiiig railroads under certain conditions
i, ,ei mire iiisinc materials iroin
pol.itioll-
cor-
Who-e ilucctor.iTcs iniiTioi'K
with those of the carrier-. .eu icg-
i-liiiion, it was iiiinoiiuceil. will I),- con
spired as u sub-titiite for the vetoed
bill.
S.-natois said foiidilinns whbh the
Clinton net provision was dc-iciuil ,n.
mirt had been changed as a ic-ull id
tl.e enactment of the new tiiin-port.i-t.i.n
law and that it wns deeuud iidvi--1,1,
to consider the whole Held Willi n
Mew to enactment of a " ' "" ' l u'e
i v ting situation.
Interstate loiiimeic" enmmi-ioi.us
will inipeiir lietore tlie loiiiiiiiu.-.- "
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f.-iiid tl,-.,- r
He iiporteil tne
1(111 I i I I l Till. !. ' . .. Will II lini.i . - -
. i . . .. ' ' luiMliI! to lit tlie c IlttT nt all i- 111 tm I ri lirl.mi. n m tlHMl" viows
1 Mlt'l-, u I , , I ill'" " " ' . "
Pttunli and J"!,, ,,;,,,,., ,,.P ,., Se, of l.uv.iu
'rueivi-d stoji n suit- from Thoina- M'
(liiigan and "Monk Wul-h. win. an
I TRAIM HITS TRfll I FY PAR now -ervillK teims i.i the HuiltniKdoi
i - - i iteforumtoiy for the theft of tin
Tvo Persons Hurt In Collision at I lih-nlifliatlciii I'atllt)
-uii-
FOUND HANGING TO TREE
Man, Melancholy Through
Homestead, Pa.
Pittsburgh. .I.m I i B.v A P i
' I O pii-i.ll- l' ', .It llli'l -I ill- of
ntlieri nuriowlv i -' itpeil iniur-. when
a i ...iiHi'ii1 P'n-I irgh. .ru-iniil and ' "'i"
('Inn-'' t"ti U.i'liotd train kiiiun n
ili,. piiishiiil Mo iiigithelii i' '. loial,
ii.t-h'd into a -i ' v i. ii at thi An.ity
I .tr ' I iio-i-iiu, I li'i ii si-ad, t'"ln.
, I -iiii- I'up'-o ii oioiinaii. -i-i-in; the
pr-l lolM p'.-llion of !-"! gi I"- when
t'n v oi I' -I ' i I i nr jlllllpi -1 I' "
w re w hile in the i fllti r of the i I ,--! i
. i,, , frnm Ins i lib and ran
nl
d
SUN
The owner of the stolen co
M-vi-ral pavMiluiiUi'i- idi'iitifi
-oil-, but iinild not idi'iiftf) tl
There wns to have lu-en n third mil
at tin' sanie mile .viarn iinvii
She did ii"' appear when tl.e i,i- vv.i
I'lilled und a bein Ii warrant wn- i---Hi
d I.nti r it wn- huiiii'd ilm' -Ic
had goio !' I he wroiij. coin in.. ,n. and
US she wn- provided with colli, -el c
.1 .1 t. 1.1 1. . '111
lHI-t pOllI Ilil'lll WUs K"l ' ". "' ' ''"'
their views ninl on
Thii.-diiy A If! cd 1'. im.ni. g.nei..,
i .. die Tin road l.xmiiivi-
s.ociatiiin. will testifv. (ib'tiii Pluiub,
'nitlior of the I'luuih phi", al-o i- ' .
ptcted to appear.
Total $192,932,075 Less Than on
l, 1. I,, M.l. I ! T'.l 1 ill I
Young Man, Melancholy rnrougn ,",,., ,,,,, i .,s to Ian
lllneos, Ends His Life , ,,, imum a cnllWion.
Dover, Del., dan I B" l'ni'leti
MTnlXturi:, PUBLIC DEBT DECREASED
on the louil ln'tweeii uiiii'i-iini v in i
Prederica. wa- found d'-ad hanging
from a tree bii' k uf tin1 bmri "ii th"
form nl an enrlv hour this morning h
members of the faml!) II" hud 'poHi1
vntlv left the l-oii-o unnoticed nf"r the
fnmilv had letir.-d for the night
Tlie mmiiik mail who wns -nt.jeet I i
heart trouble. Is tlmiiviht t.. Iniv-'
lironded over hi- onditH'ii. wlmh led
hlra to commit In- runli act.
MURDER TRIALS DELAYED
Trial of U 1 ' ' '""' u'11,,or
l.ewls, Ni'gi" ihargid ' ('h the min
der Julv l I'1-'" "f '"''" Ihilt.ni. nenr
Ills home at Sharon irill. win. h was to
linvo begun t..dm at Mi ilia wA- I'""'
-monod until M-xt Mm it the icpiest
of District Attorm- William lay or
John Aiiftln. a th'nl Negro, indlctid in
conn
November
Washington. .Inn I
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w a- til noiiiii i d tod n I
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n"."i in the pub
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tl e tren-'irv
t-it.il irro-s debt
oiiio 1 1 '-il ith
.-L' I 17." mi on S'ovem'nr .'U The de
,i I ring tin ln-t i'i n Ii r uuiDiinteil
to Hi-.i::i.pni.
$50,000 TOR INAUGURATION
Washlugt ill. dun I Pa .V P i
I i'i thiiu-iliid ilol'iir- wn- the liune -'
I idii' bv the "-el it, i u'i s - i ilnlii tti e n-iiiii-'Ur'
fir ioti.li" 'inii.ll expnise- in
-iitifctiiiu with tl. iiiaugiiintiou of
Pieshlcnt elect lliirdlng. Cliuii-iiuiu
Knox Intridiiii 1 the ri-so'titloii prouo-)-ing
that as u iiia.xlniuui fund.
ml she will have a -et.arate trial.
Th" other girl- tried bad no lounsel.
C Stiiuit Patter-on was a igiied it) uu
,iii t to defend them.
On the witness stand the (.-ills both
lo-tithd thnt thev had known the two
men who stave them tin- sons eiisiialls,
in, in seeing thi 111 "biiminiiig aiouiid the
.orner."
'1 In- gills said that one or other of
tin men they vveic not sine which
hud given tin in the units, sii.ving be had
"iiippul tlu-iii from In- -i-ler," and
asking tin- i;irls to "Imck" the suits as
the i-ter "in -di il the iitotiev ."
In -illuming uii for the prisoners, Mr.
Patterson piis-ed strongly on the fact
that the mil) illicit ivnlcm-e neniii-'t
thei i wa- tin- tesiimoiiv of a district
detective, who said that the girls bnd
confessed t" him after their arrest that
thev had know n the snu were stolen.
So viyoroiis was tl, slimming up l"i
the defense that some women slice tutoi
in cmiit began to -hullle their hairs
and citlnrwise hide .it. their disap
proval, so that the court crier rapped
for order.
Mr. Pox. in summing up for the pros
edition, iirg-d the women jurors to pnv
no uticiition fi tin- sex of the prison
ers.
Judge Htcrn carefully explained the
OPPOSE IMMIGRATION BARS
Jewish Committee Repreeentative
Before Senate Committee
Washington, Jan. !. By A. P
Vigorous opposition to any Imii-lnt k.ii
restricting iinmignit ion wa- pn-'iitcd
n.ilnv to the Semite immigration ioiii-
mlttee by l-"iii" Marsluill, ..I New
Yoik, lepreseiiting the American .lew-i-1,
lommittee. He named n number of
distinguished Americans who 'spi.ing
from alien ancstr" and said "11.1111)
f the bos who carried the llagthrnugh
the Argmmc were itnmlgrants.
'President Wilson's mother was an
Immigrant." h" added "Charles
Kviins Hughes' father und mother were
both immigrants."
The committee decided to con
elude hearings next week find begin
preparation of 11 bill for presentation
to the Senate.
"No, 1 can't swim, but I never
thought of that when 1 wivv my 'Buddy'
l.ving there In the icy water and heard
'Snowy,' hits' net dog, cning for him
on the shore."
Mrs. 'Beatrice AVhite. of C(l-!1 North
Sixth street, who yesterday waded into
lloss' pond in Oak I-ine, with the thin
lee crumbling under her as she went,
today described her emotions as she
made the futile uttemnt to rescue her
five-) ear-old son, Karl.
"If he had been lu the middle of the
pond it would have been just the same.
I should have gone after him," said
the mother, grief-stricken hut appar
ently 'sucffrltig no 111 effects from the
terrible exposure to which she was sub
jected while wading into the deep pond.
"Poor Budd) ! I don't see how I
carried him to shore. The Ice crumbled
about mv waist. My poor boy was
heavy with his water-soaked clothes.
I tm I didn't seem to mind the cold. My
only thought was to reach the shore
with my boy. 1 did not know he was
dead.
"If I could only have gotten there
sooner. I could have saved my boy.
"When Andrew' Kissler, 'Buddy's'
(hum came running across tlie field
shouting that my son had fallen into the
pond, I took his hand and hurried
toward the pond, without stopping for
u wrap.
"When I reached the edge of the
pond, 1 saw liuiiiiy s uiiiuineii nice
neur a log, about twenty feet from the
.shore. I thought I was In time, and
waded into tlie water, making my way
to where Buddy lay as fdHt as 1 could
break the ice.
"I culled Buddy's name as I went,
but he did not answer me. This made
me frantic, and I lunged through the
water, which enme to my wni.-l. Beach -ing
the shore with Budd) I first tiled
to bring him hack to consciousness.
Then some workmen came to my aid.
"The workmen carried I'nrl to an
automobile and he was tiikeu to the
Jewish Hospital. Doctors theic said he
had not tli owned but had died of ex
posure." Newberry-Ford Recount Begun
Washington, .Ian. !. I B.v A. P. I
Behind haired doors the .Senate elec
tions committee lii'min today 11 iic-mnt
of the ballots in the .Michigan senatorial
primal1) contest between Senator New
berry and Henry Ford. A force of
tttcnty U'llcis, attnrm.vs for both sides
mid supervisors ollicluted. The recount
is expected to inuire hevcrifl weeks.
I
HIGH COURT ADMITS WOMAN
Mrs. SI. Louise Itutlierford, wife of
John B. Biithcrfuid. u luw.ver. was ad
mitted .vesteitlay to prai tlcn befoie the
Supreme ( ourt. She was among thirt.v
live attoriu'.vs who applied. She was
introduced bv her husband. I he Ituther-
forils, who live at 100 Kast Westmin
ster avenue, have ollices in the Stephen
(iiriird Building. Thev were marrlcil
last July, shortly after Mrs. Uutlierfoid
took tho state law culminations.
LONESOME AT CITY HALL
Fourth Floor Depopulated by Move
to Harrlsburg
The fourth floor of City Hull ap
peared ns unimportant today ns last
) ear's campaign speeches.
Those percniiinll.v moving individuals
bearing important papers, who rush
madly from office to office, had disap
peared, since there wns no longer any
one to see them perforin.
The on-to-IInrrlsburg movement
swept the fourth floor virtually clean.
A few city employes, supporters of
Counci'tnan Hugh Montgomery, who
were dismissed yesterday, huunted the
deserted corridors, but searched in vain
for their chief. Councllmcn Pnttan and
Btichholz were the only stokers in evi
dence to keep the home fires buruiiii;.
Mr. Buchhnlz was n-hed why he was
not in Harrlsburg, us befits 11 council
man.
"I've been through all that stuff."
lie said sagely. "What's the good of
stiinding around in the corners of thu
uapitol corridors, talking?
HOLD-UPJNN.J. SUBWAY
Woman Cashier and Two Passen
gers Robbed by Bandits
New York, .Inn. -1. (By A. P.)
New York bandits, apparently seek
ing new fields to conquer, today trans
ferred their nrtivities under ground.
Two unmnsked youths walked into
the subway station nt Seventh nvenue
nnd Fifty-fifth street after midnight,
pointed their revolvers nt the ticket
agent, Mrs. Ada Hoover, who promptly
fainted, nnd scooped up $71 in change.
When she recovered the men forced
her to open the door of the ticket booth
while they rifled the money drawer.
Two passengers who came down the
steps for n train 11 few moments later
weie held up by the couple nnd relieved
of their money and jewelry. After
warning the men to mnke no outcry,
the .voutlis cnlmly vvnlkcd to the street
nnd sauntered leisurely past a policeman.
FlNALLY-
try them!
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f
) GuitranUad ty
$lc JrHAJtsviea Oil
which mean! that If you don't like "111" Cigarette, you can set your
money back from the dealer
WHISKY FOR SICK DOGS
Medicine,"
But Owners Imbibed '
Court Is Told
Chicago. Jan. 1. (By A. P.) The
question of how much liquor can lo
gaily be prescribed for 1111 elephant,
camel or 11 dog is in (he lintids of the
federal grand jury. The grand jurors
Hie investigating the c-nso of Dr. Bert
Franklin, owner of n veterinarian hos
pital, aricstcd for issuing too many
liiiuor picscriptions.
Fiankliii's defense, according to Dis
trict ltoiney Clyne. is that the pie
scriptiotis were issued for aiiiinals
liealed in hi- hospital, but the gov
ernment alleges t lint nvvneis of the ani
mali ill auk the medicine.
BRICKER STILL AT LARGE
Woman Companion Questioned by
Argentine Officials
Dr. William S Brickcr. if this
city, who escaped from the police In
Buenos Aires on Friday, having been
held pending the outcome of extradition
proceedings brought b.v the Pnltctl
States Government, is still lit large. All
efforts to recapture him have thus far
been futile. The police have detulned
Klena Wilson, who is nllcged to have
accompanied Brlcker when' he left the
I'nited States, and she was questioned,
through an Interpreter, regarding the
escape.
It is assumed Brickcr has attempted
to reach some country from which he
cannot be extradited, possibly Paraguay,
Brazil or Colombia, and thnt lie may
there obtain u passport to n foreign
country.
CONFESS HOLD-UP ATTEMPT
Two of Three Bandits Arrested
Write Statement of Guilt In Spanish
Sharon, Pa.. Jan. 1. (By. A. P.)
Bmllio linn-ales and Angel Helgneras
were arrested today by the Farrell po
lice and signed n written confession, ad
mitting Hint they and 11 third niun yes
Icrduy afternoon uttempted to hold up
I. (5. Schlcssinger. manager of the for
eign department of the Colonial Trust
Co.. Farrell. While two of the men
were pointing revolvers tit his hen
Schlcssinger reached for n pistol and
filed one shot at them. The men Hied
five shots nt the hanker, who droppe
behind tlie counter and escaped injury.
In their confession, written In Span
Jsh. the men snld that they owed ?iIP
rnd conceived the robbery idea after
Schlcssinger- had declined to make 11
loan to them.
MINERS RE-ELECT LEWIS
Ballots Being Tabulated, but Result
Is Assured
Indianapolis, .Inn. 4. (By A. PI
Tellers of the I'liitcd Mine Workers
of America wire engaged today in tabu
lating the vote cast in the international
election of ollicers on December 14.
The official result probably will not
he reached for three or four weeks, but
there is said to be no question that
President John I.. Lewis, of Illinois,
and Vice President Philip Murray, of
Pennsylvania, had been re-elected over
Kcibcrt II. Hnrlin, of Washington, and
Alexander Howutt, of Kansas, icspec-tive-ly.
MAN SHOT BY HUNTER
Jerseylte, Wounded by Chargo of
Buckshot, Now In Hospital
John Hoselherger. thirty -eight years;
MISS M'SWINEY HERE
Sister of Late Lord Mayor of Cork!
to Speak Tonight
Miss Mary MncHvvlney, sister of thi
late Lord Mayor MacSwlney, of Cork,
arrives in this city nt 7 o'clock thli
evening from New York, to sppiik it
the Irish -American Club, 720 Ppruct
street.
Miss MacSwlney will remain here
over tomorrow in order to sneak In thu
Academy of Music tomorrow night. 8h
is to he met tonight by members of the
Irish Volunteers nnd conducted nbout
the city by that organization.
Miss MacSwlney' hns just finished 1
sneaking tour of tho New Knnlotid
stntes. which she took following hit
testimony before n committee on Iriil
affuirs at Washington.
W. VIRGINIA CAPITOL BURNS
Two Men Killed and Three Hurt hi
Mysterious Blaze
Charleston. XV. V11., .Tnn. 4. Ttt
Capitol of the state of West Vlrglnli
and priceless recortls of the state le
pnrtments were destroyed )csterdij
by n lire of mysterious origin. Only tit
brick shell lemalus of the onco atatclj
building.
Two men were killed and three mti
were injured.
The nrnnertv loss can only be est!
muted. The building wns insured lot
Sd.Oim.ntHi.
old. McKce City. N. J., was accident
Kids
ASK GOVERNORS TO CAPITAL
All State Executives Invited to In
auguration of Harding
Washington, Jan. 4. (B.v A. P.i
Invitations were sent to every stale
governor today by tho Washington
committee in ranging for the luiiuiriirn-
tlon of President-elect Harding, urging
the Mute cccciitlvcs to attend the In
augural ceremonies, accompanied bv
their studs.
Governor-elect Davis, of Ohio, was
said by the committee to have indicated
already his intcnlnn of coming to
Washington with his staff to witness
the elevation to tho presidency "f his
I fellow Ohloau.
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n e I. lot OV- It llllllier 111 HO' ..i
nnne iiU Inline late ycstcrdo.v II f t O C 1 1 no II
Hoselherger received u heavy charge'
of buckshot in his groin and hack, l'se
of buckshot in New Jersey Is limited I
to the deer season, which has closed.
The wounded man's shouts for help I
were heard b.v James Hngllsh, of Kng- j
lWh Cieek. Ho took Hoselherger in u
motoi truck to the Atlantic City Hos-
Hoselherger is mnrried and has three ;
children.
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In the closed
models there is
that rare delicacy
of appointment
which creates
close friendship
for this finest
small car.
COMPTON-BUTLER, INC.
Itrtiill Hnltt
MOKKOW MOTORS Corp.
IMiitrlhtiturH
822 North Broad Street
I'hnnei 1'oplnr 18S7
0rn livrnlnm
THB TEMPLAR MOTORS COMPANY
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nl'I'iiKII NITY in liivn I" i 'Minnie i cm
r, rll k.'-Jt'd In t'1" rlli "f I'till'Vli'l'illlH.
v 1 thr iirmtiict of Him mill l I In I'hlls
I ,nhl ani Immediate Mo'nni.Mi Is u tnnn-y
i lili'r We Are a half ml, Hon ilol nr ron
.iii 'inrorrnrnlc'l uml"r ih' !"" "' IVnn-
,m i ii ".yjl.-iUi-r firnce
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Vol tj I.AJiY t't uimwor iitionn ioM aiiiim
m uffii-e. muit bn neat nncl thor. uuhly re-
mile expurlen. not necikHO I'.ill ntiy
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Office,
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JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS
CI IESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
THE PEARL
THE GOOD LUCK STONE OF THE PAST;
THE M05T PRECIOUS STONE OF THE PRESENT.
A SUPERIOR COLLECTION
AS NECKLACES FOR NECKLACES
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Atlantic City
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Baltimore
Clearance of Blomiges
A New Ycmr clear-away off really sensational
reductions on strictly up-to-date models.
195 and 2o95
Sonne exquisitely hand-made at
3o95 and ' $5.00
Ocuiter Appaiirell for Womeiro
Suits Coats Dresses IBHoauses Sk.rts
127
S. 13th St.
Philadelphia
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