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THE WEATHER .
"Fair today with lowest temperature
innliht about 25" degrees:. Tuesday In.
trcaslng cloudiness; geritle winds.
TKMrKnATfttK AT EACH HOUR
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VOL. VIII. NO. 118
Entered as Bftcend-Clftijii Matter nt th rontemco M rhiUdelphla, r
rubllshed iiMf Eieni' BuihIa Subscription 1'rlcn 10 a Yar by Mall.
Cepyrieh' 1022, by Public lilirer Ceitirny
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1922
PRICE TWO CENTS
"f vns rtci ex tarcn e, jdiv
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CAPITAL BOWS IN GRIEF AT DEATH OF 108 IN THEATRE
Search of Knickerbocker Wreckage Suspended in Belief That All Bodies Have Been Recovered
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IfflTEISffiD
TD ENTER PROBE
OFCflTASTRDPHE
Resolution Calls for Investiga
te ,t(en of Knickerbocker Tragedy
. and Perilous Buildings
',132 PERSONS INJURED
BESIDES BIG DEATH TOLL
I Hoever's Architects Propare
Standard Cede te Safeguard
Buildings in Cities
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS CEASE
Mere May Succumb te Wounds
Received in Mevio Heuse i
Crash
By the Associated rres
Washington, Jnn. SO. With the
rearch for dead under the wrcckage of (
the Knickerbocker Theatre suspended
today In the belief that nil bodies had
been recovered, probability that the
death tell of 1(38 would be further aug
mented centered around a dozen or mere
persons reported In critical condition at
various hospitals
One death occurred today, that of
Miss Mary A. Forsyth, n resident of
Washington, who succumbed In a hos
pital from hpr Injuries. The Injured
removed freih-thruins of the moving-
Lshew lipuse number 332.
iff captal city wag, bfljfid ,ln. grief
rtw.6nt efVthd tragedy caused by.th
rsWe)v-laden repf fit the theatre cellaps-
inrpn Saturday, night, hurling a mass
ef'stccl and concrete without warning
, ea the pleasure-seeking hundreds below.
Exhaustive) Probe -Assured ,
( Assurance jUtiafc an exhaustive Invch Invch
tlffttien would be mnde of the disaster
net only with A, view- te fixing blaine but
" slip of determining whether ether thea
tres and public buildings In Washing
ton are unsafe In event of heavy snow
tuch as that which cuuscd the collapse
of the building Saturday night, was
given today by leadcif, In Congress ns
yell ns officials of the Dittiict of Ce-1
lumbia.
An Inquiry already has been under
taken by the Commissioners of the Dls
trlct of Columbia, while in the Senate1
a lcsolutlen calling for an inwvtlga- !
tlen by Senate eemmUtec wns Intro-1
OUCCd bv Senntnc f'nntimv 1trnrrsrntn.
tive Mendell, Ucpublicun lcndci of the
Heuse, nnneuncpd, however, that the
Heuse would net undertake te invcitl invcitl
gate the cause of the disaster until the
Dibtriet of Columbia agencies had con-
iiuueu nn inquiry.
had been taucht at irreat sacrifice and '
mxitMiirv i mover- riii nrnr n ifRnnn
announced that an elteit te weik out a,
strrdaid building ede for use In all
cities of the country us u meant of pie- '
venting similar catastrophes was being
nmdn by a committee of lendlnc nrchl- ,
tls in connection with the Commefce
Department.
President Cancels Reception
Ab a result of the heavy less of life
anil consequent deep boriew, social ac
Unties In the capital have been vlr
Vr ', wiP,nI'il. Resident and Mrs.
Uardlng announced they would cancel
a recentlm which wan te have been
given tonight by the Ohie Society In
i:iur anne
rc"s, killing mauy, Hpiead tlireughV
f'Ut the cltV tednv. Arli IHnnnl pvp trtl
h?i'nt y caused bj reperty that roeN
Jd? i?,i mbc.r "l apartment 'houses and
Jrypl.'dlnga had collapsed under the
:'"; 0l ,we ""w. All sucfi rumors
proved unfounded.
V;:ir noner. v dinner which Attorney
'I'fneul Dnugntity had arranged kte
8ie cdueMlay eventng in honor of Mr-
.Vif8, I,aiHiig bus been postponed.
if i,,,')"'1 lUineiK that the walls of the
Ill-fated theatre Iiml nllnnt:pfl en
fh Hlille the bc!,t available' information
S Z tUnt, ,,,' (leml numbered 108, It
1 was censJdered liknlv ), r.i,2.ia f
. ,i me
i . . .. ,..-.. ,.i,v ,mii.in ' w.
3;tlightly
"c iiiuiii iisr 111 it- n In. tin, tntill
?WTr?;e.,,m,,0?',i't Inj'in'd wet'e reported
Bt iHf. X1" W " "Kl'tlng rhance for
P'T,.?. A.W Wsu was K. II. Sim ugh -'"'
-.""V. yRu, Second Assistant I'est-
wnsiw ecrtleral, whose condition, hew
ever. vnn
i , .
repeitcd ut neon as im-
" proven,
be'.ILwC(!!',p0r,l,i0!1 ?"'"g tlie Knlcker
beikcr anneuncwl that in respect te th
the
Continued ei Tun
l'.lulitMii, Column Tnu
NEW ORLEAN8 RESULTS
rfii- .t. UB ,?0l"ittti.tan.f le-l 3.1
onXten "MBniS,ru"' 'fee Mui. HI. liner
upward iL&iJr.' J.Q.r "'.rje-mar-e d and
&m '' ww. ?i mi
OraiseS iii,,Ti tllen -3 S-i
Tims l-iaVli l'.'"' ,u- -tn
w 6?nauluyjjl(),)rrnun"m0',1' AU"" MB'
.'pimr"efVAT, A .JOii7lrHEBB Ann
HniN cojuren tedy ew put. 80. idv.
HOW SNAPPING BEAMS DROPPED DJBATH ON SCORES BELOW
.tl.-,g-lJIiJsW? '' d ' X ,
. llll lilHI I I I lllHiWi m Mill I I 'I IWSh II iMMMl ' M ' I 'Vlt .v I , V ; , ii ' '' A.
I F'KlillllSraiHKSSlSlBiRllliBIW V Li i, r ,rrnl Pafe "Part with nlirrs and c1i1mR
' BSPBMBilBlfiKwHlHB m rebbcry aa di?covcreri tMs ,neru-
i :ivxc!RikHEKzwRBKw rllc mc"'t lmnrtant part f their
::.- ?'-yii''. 1 Mi ' li i W I ' l ' i 1 '! ff " il I1 M iil'IHM f.itt .-,
2s2SSw41SfiJfcaEays
' f ''-'W . V.,v i . - , , i'v.-fcVV, f . ' -- -i ', , c)Hrrl. & nlmr
Tlif.nitrtr ni lm inrinn nf h-Kntrtin-lmplfKr Thisrn. nlwrii (li f.illlnr T tlirr unnW.lflilcn room Saturday evenliiE litlltd nerft than a hundred. illOMS
clearly the big reeiaettW'rrirtter deigned te support tlie balcony, but which smapped wbrilhft wel cume crashing d0MtWOtlJCaraltershjUJu;r debris of the
v$t ''''( . reef are heaped en the fleer ' - V r &--.,. ,nT r v ,
nrn iHRnniiriTn nfjniu v i v' v a v.-vY ) i in iiiiii.-uif Ati in 11117
Khrt UhN HflF i"1 " x J ilul iivi IhKNUI.M UVUK HhK
ULfil niTILIlUlllLli IUi
TO FUNDING BILL
Senate Rejects Jehnsen and
Simmons Motions te Alter
Allied Debt Measure
Br the Associated Prew '
WaAhlrigten, Jan. 30. Preparatory
te a final vote en (he allied debt. rp.
funding 'bill the Scnqte. today rejected,
14 te0. nn amendment,euetea by Hen-tl
nter Jehnsen providing for congressional
approval of the bend 'conversion agree
ments. The Simmene amendment, . which
would have provided for pcmWannual
or annual payments of Interest, also was
rejected, '10 te 112.
During the debate en the measure
Senater Berah declared that tnd toiest
powerful financial Influences In the
United States and abroad Intend that
the $11,000,000,000 owed the' United
States by the allied and associated nu nu
liens shall never be paid.
C? a., m 1 . h Tin Hn I. .mt.1 I a .ntt crnttcfiAM
that if the debt commission was given
authority te extend the Ume of the
paiment et liiterest nt ta iiiscreuen
j,j...t... ... --,- :y , -- . .
no interest would be paid for five '
ten years. The resut would be. he
added, that the United States would tn
fact be making additional leans te tne
debtor nations nt an auuuw w. e0a2 Rprtlce Rtrfet. Hc was ninety-
'" 'ft' ? i?StJ2i..P pf?t of two years eUl. nnd death was due te
! infnrPhf nnd tlie nrliiclpal of thlrtian ncute heurt attack.
. . . it .l l?M.ftnu 1Inlt K(i I
tlcbt, wnunuuiu ". ,--
SO
long (le we linpone 011 me ""j,' "
people the burden of carrying the Euro
pean armies. ,
"There Is net a nation In Lurope
that could net be adjust its budget, 1.1
Centlnnul en Vans lwe. CulMmn Four
PICKFORD DIVORCE ARGUED
Decree Attacked "In Interest of
State of Nevad.V
n...,.. riri' X'nv.. .Tnn. .'10. (By A.
n-.i nt-mitnpnrn nn a motion by
Vtterncv General Leenard B. Fowler
te have ihc divorce decree of Mary
Pii'kferd from uwen .ijoere unaumu u iu envn "ii wuri-iwii.n... -illegal
were made today before the State I fere his retirement . jfrpm acthe busl
slunreme Court by Fowler and by Miss I nes, nnd was in addition a member of
Ple'kferd'r i attorney; Bavin McNnb, of I the Flnnnce Committee of the Penn
ll pronclece 1 Mutual Life InjfUranee Company. He
Fowler attacked, the divorce, which graduated freii; ihe Unlversltj of Penn-
r lth'e'fsAcMr1; M. in 1831.
MnVr.1 ' " lfr0 "III i the interest of He was the cnly surviving member of
the State! of Nevada," en the ground his class, and! the eldest living grndu-
nt Moere and MUs l'ickferd were ate of the cAllege department. Onb
ciint v of frnud and collision, ami tnat
glllliy " "" j...i,ii n aim.,
Judge Langan had no Jurisdiction, slnce
the parties warn bena-fide residents of
Les 'Angeles. He declared the ( courts
.n.,v stnteH nan neui mu eiuiu iu w
a third party in divorce cases.
McNab replied that the Attorney
Ociieral could net have appeared In Ue
divorce trial en tne nine iv, .,....
tiff or defendant, nor as un Independ-1
cut intervenpr.
He contended that the District Court's (klth 0Mi.'jeld Marsnai Prl'nce ' Yama- hearing the evidence In the case today ,he had been born In California and had . ., ,b81U)l by her physician,) says: ",IC isjl.nn!a Cear and Apron Sup
ndumeiit wns irrevecnblv final since . iremlncnt clghty-livo-year-eld Cnptnln Wnlker chaigcs desertion be- passed his early life In fcpuiu. He leeks i ..while her fever gives rise te unx- I" Company, wni smasneii in the rear
"V". ... tn rlin rllrnpi'n line ever t . ' ... n : ..'.... ,.n,,Lf. m, W'nlbi... mikuiu Im. l.,., I llln n mnliiltn. . ' ,. .. - ... . ... nml ncnrl (lnni'il ever mi xnn.rul uruli.u.
lielllier pmi. '
appealed.
MlnftB nnnpRR ILL
V...! linirera la 111 today at his home'wiW ilnconscleus. He has been crJtkH
en Ouiph read, Oynwyd, with grip.
J . 'J
ORBEti SAFETY INSPECTION
OF ALL THEATERS IN CITY
Wire Frem Mayer in Washington Arrives Just as Corlclyeu
Gives Instruction Te Clese Any That Arc Found Unfit
A thorough and Immediate Inspection
of all theatres, motion-picture houses
and assembly halla was ordered today
hv ntreeter of Public Safety Corteljeu
Uieeaiife of the cejlnpie of the Knicker
bocker Theatre reef, In Washington.
Whlle the Director was lusuing thrca
instructions te Chief Clark, of the Hu
reau of llulldlng Inspection, and te Flre
Marshal Elliett he received Ihls tele
gram from Mayer Moere, new In Wash Wash
ingeon: . "If you have, net already dene se,
order n thorough Inspection of thentren
and public gathering places. Clese. Im
mediately any deemed unsafe."
A number of theatre owners trio trie
phbnflP the Director this morning Uint
thcy.hadgangs of nun weiklng yester
duy removing stiew from the reefs of
tlieir suqw neuses,
"There is hardly any possibility of I
RICHARD STOCKTON BROCK,
RETIRED FINANCIER, DEAD
Heart Attack Proves Fatal te Banker
at Age of Ninety-two
Illchard Stockton IsrecK. WHO irem
s",c". 2 a member of the
1674 until lhl)7 was a member or lie
banking firm of William II. Ncwbeld's ,
Richard Stockton Breck, who from
Sen & ( (j(p(j telnj. nt i,is j10me,
-.
Hff n,w.1' n.nu firat tnlrnn 111 lflct
evening, falling In the hallway of the
house. He was carried te hla bedroom,
death following after midnight.
He was a widower, aud had no chil
dren. 111b wife had been Miss Emma
Ncwbeld, daughter of William II. New
bold, Sr., founder of the banking house
that beats his name. He wan of the
old school of financiers, nnd retained
his mental vigor te the laet. Of lute
years h had become feeble, but never
failed te innKc two or three UmIIs a
week te the hnnklns house,
His last
trip, te leek things evor and chut with
"the boys," Was Thursday afternoon.
letner man iie Brmiuaien in me name
r.iir from themedical Hplinn Is nt 11 lip.
ing. He Is I5r. fleerge William Bruce,
of .Morcndsville, W. Vu.
PRINCE YAMAQATA DYING
Japanese8tatesman and Field Mar
shal In State of Cema
Telde, Jan.
n ..ti.. A i rnu-
statesman, wus expected I
.lapanr
hourlyteday. ' jeanaglng the telephone line nt Chit
iTnlan!ieil Inte n state of eemu ntltennge, New lerk, which fche owns.
..... Inu.l of T vn1nnt. tlilb mmilie till I
v jy V al
ISJSffi&B&f&i
n collapse here such as occurred in
Wnfhlngten." said Chief Clark. "The
snowfall wan net se heavy, nnd high
winds 6wept most of the snow from the
roeffi.
"Ve notified nil thcatre owners
and managers te remove nnv excess
snow that remnlns because of the possi
bility of rain. Snow Jlnelf is net very
heavy, about ten pounds te the cubic
feet
"But if the miew becomes saturated
with rain nnd freezes its weight will
Increase te forty or fifty pounds te n
square feet." .
Chief Clark said Inspectors of his bu
reau Inspect nil structures In the course
of construction and when they are com
pleted. Ne periodical examination of
theatres is mntle Uy Ills bureau, but the
(ire marshal makes regular Inspections,
he explains.
P. R. R. TRAIN IS SIDEWIPEDj
23 PASSENGERS INJURED
Three Philadelphlans Among These
Hurt, One Seriously
cpimi uhiioie re nvrnme i-ueuc wemr
Wtlllamspert. Pa.. Jan. Uu.-.lules
Cherry street. L'hiladcl-'
'', lef " J l0st serious v hurt of
Bptrtnl Dtepatcfi te Evening Tubllc Ltdjer
twentv-three nersens Injured about 1.
o'clock this afternoon when u Penn young man was persuaded te reveul hlm
sylranla Railroad train from Renovo f- He wus Alymer Branilen. home
stdewlpcd n milk train at Park Hetel address, Ne. 00 Rue Pngalle. Pntis.
station here. Net "by chance connected with the illus-
I.edie was inlured about the bins, trleus Captain Branden who brought
He was taken te the Willlnmspert lles
pltal, as was Geerge E. Lentz, of liar
rlsburg, conductor of the passenger
train, who wns hurt about the .chest.
The crash hurled Lcutz through u car
window.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hcarly, of
Philadelphia, who were In the forward
coach, were cut nnd bruised slightly.
They received llrst-nid treatment nt the
Park Hetel, a few yards from the sta
tion. Nineteen ether persons, the mnjerlty
passengers, including several women,
were cut by glass or bruised when thu
Impact hurled them about. They re
ceived first-aid treatment nt the hotel.
The passenger train left Renovo at
10.10 A. M., and whs due nt Harris
burg nt V-'O P. M. As It was enter
ing this city It sidewlped the milk train,
which had been sidetracked. It Is b b
Hevcd nn open swtcb was responsible.
DIVORCE RECOMMENDED
War Veteran Objects te Wife Run
ning Telephone Company
Because his wife is tee much en-
irntt.ei.il wl,li linr lmultlCMR vpntiirps tn '
give her attention te their home, Cap-
tnln Frank D. talker, who scrcd in i
the United States army overseas, may' Plllard, tlie local French consul, took iiar,jt is seriously ill with Influenzi inMuri' BM0'"y before I o'clock this nfter
I get n divorce in Camden. Recemmen- -oath. , , !, ...,, ,, ,. , , neon when n northbound ear en Fifth st
I dntlen thnt divorce be granted was made But that he had served in the French her l'ails lieme. biie nns been forced te I 8t,Mt sld f,ff thu hppiry rails and -i
i bv CommiHslener Jollne. ncting as
KiilHtic mnfflstriile In Clinnceri. nftrr
cause Mrs. Wnlker pusses her tlnw
-
AUPIOBAH,NKTfOnrJ5ANS THIS VEAn
irb. 21.28 Inaulr Skjullitrn It v. ai..
Ctftl ISsUU Triut Dlds. 'itl.Wftl, U70.-aUw,
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''..''A.
LANDS JOB-IN JAlC
'Demen of Ajr' Cemes teEartn,
Destitute Poison Bettle"
Brings uuick rrty1 Xil-t
; 7 -V."
lured rj. uiirns, cinei ei uip-teijni
Veterans Biirenu, was passing' near
Sixteenth and Arch streets when he
became conscious of n eung man sit
ting en a curbstone ami bturlng moodily
at n dark-coleml bottle.
What particularlj meused Mr. Cur
ties' attention was that the young man
were a horizon-blue uniform coat, te
which wcre pinned the mam -palmed
Croix de Guerre nnd the Medaille Mill
tnlre. But Mr. Curti8 became even mere
curious when he saw the young man
ruHe the bottle toward his lips, su.ilng:
"Adieu, sad world! who fers.ikcth the
children of thv glory'"
"Step!" cried Mr Curtis.
The young uiun stepped.
"What arc jeu deing''"
The man en the cuibstone lifted a
sad. swarthy face. "I poison injself,
m'sleu," he replied calmly.
Right here, Mr Curtis new admits,
no mnde his mist.ilte. lie tools the bot
tle away from th eung man, and be-
. u..u itum uw ,u
gnu te question him
the young man gave
.indignant cars stretd
.'.ml the answers
inude Mr. Curtis'
h wider and wider.
or te these s input hctic ears the
down the first and many subseeueut
Zeppelins? But, yes. Indeed It was
the snme nfld m'sleu might beheld n '
here who Is beyond tin hour of lili glory.
"Come with me. ineu brave," cried I
Mr. Curtlss with the compulsion of
understanding.
He did the right thmg by n forsaken
French here, Mr. Oirtlss did. First
he took him te 2307 North Thirteenth
street and get him established In n room
with clean linen, gan him bountifully
of his own wardrobe urn! then took him
te Jeseph B. McCall, president of the
Philadelphia Klcctrlc Company, whesu
son was killed in France.
Moved as much as Mr. Curtis, Mr.
Culhgave the captain n job n geed job.
This morning the captain was ar ar
restcd at the reauesc of Mr. Curtis.
He had, It seems, net only drawn a fut,
pay envelope weekly from the Philudel- I
phin Klcctrlc Company, borrowed un- j
llmltedly from his benefactor, but had
wheedled small sums from his land
lady, u widow witli three email chil
dren. Werse, he had begun te nairnte
hnlf a dozen of Mr. Curtis' war adven-1
turea as hla 'own.
The only thing that was made clear
nt tnn Hearing before .uitKistrittn Ken
uhiiM u'iih fliftf fin un,n'l I'nritnlti TIvm.,..
den who brought down the lirst and
subsequent Zcpnplins. Te this Maurice
cen-lArmy, and was n neglected here, the
nrlsener steutlw lnumruiiied. He suld
like n mulatto,
He will be held
t Central Station
until some cables hnve been sent
te
Frnuce,
Wn 0 Yeu Think or Wrltin
Thlnlt et m.NO. Mv
PAINTDUMMYSAFE
IN WINDOW, THEN
REAL 0NES LOOTED
Cracksmen Cot $250 and Aute
Key Cede Boek at 342
North Bread Street
FAKE RECEPTACLE WAS
MADE OF CARDBOARD
Mnnter cracksmen believed te be
esenti of a ring of moterenr thieves t et
"P a dummvsnfc In the Undew of the
I'nlted Moter Service Company. 842
loer wa
noted t
,of Ignit
loot was a key cede book whleh ills
sea tee secrets of teiiM of thousand.
Ignition locks in urn en automobiles.
months aee burzlar stele n k-r
machine from the wmie place, but the
maehlne was oemparatlvclj wertliless
"itheut the rode book.
The dumtm safe wi made wlMi a
noeden framework held feRether with
ntiRlu irons and thumb."rpws.. Canl Canl
neard and linoleum pain'cd the exact
hhade of green en the real hafe were
ued te make the deeeptlen ceniplete
The company's name Mas lettered In
gilt en the front of the fake receptacle,
and beneath it, also in gilt, was the
name of a fum of safe makers. Lead
pencils, painted yret-n and with tin- tips
slhcred, cae the nppearanee of hne'.
while u "combination" was paint'-il In
silver. The decej wan the exact height
of the steel tafe.
Janitor Dlsceicrs Bebber'
The carefully planned robbery ec
between Saturday night 'ami 0
this morning when Edward '
eurrea
n clone this mernine
i Powell, janitor of tin- building, arrived.
Many papers, including stocks and
bends which had been In the wife were
' strewn ever the fleer.
v uiiam it. .iieseic.v. branch ninn-
ager of thevvdnpauy, had placed ?2."0
,JUFaLitiZ:9f r.T. n ",f " tlil
IJL liHWkVWlllUUI. Ollinj III I'UIM'KH nn
"-w'm.Mf. ?"". v-v' """".u iuU liu! nnn nrentfcHAi!iKIi.
W,lr.ffi8d
eerftcVeKf ffi,??? S?!S."W
fhundeu facing Bread street: It was
in inain sight or the patrolman en the;lcafl mim but'the p.fu,ed tn t,nk; Pe.
' ' iAnifl.j At. vnt,w r.diimn iA.iWlllrn f.nv the mini nnd mnnv niiemlp.!.
- Wll IIIIUIU !.' A WM i VUIIIIIIM M. vwut
1
ApDITIQKALjACING RESULTS. .
NEW ORLEANS rem th Sen
jsnf, 8-1, 2-1. 3-."i. .rcetu1: Rep, 0-1.
'"Xnmpus, P'U'-'n nntl 'Tntuial also
PORTUGAL'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTI0NS',QUIET
LISBON. Jn. 30. The parliamentary elections yesterday were
unmarred by dUtuibnncea'ef nny kind. Seventy-thiee Democrats
were leturned te the Chamber of Deputies, forty-one Libernls,
fifteen Monarchists, eight Reglenallsts, three Independents, four
Catholics nnd one Octeberist. The newspapers published n report
that President D'Almelda will resign nfttr the constitution of the
new parliament if it considers his net in dibselving1 the last par
liament unconstitutional.
TWO PLENARY ARMS SESSIONS ON WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON J.u 30. Twe plena: y sessions of the Wash
ington Cenfeience will he held Wednesday. St w.is. said today
nfttr n meeting of the Tfavnl Committee of Fifteen at which a
ii -I .ipieement wns siU te hnve been reached en the foitifha feitifha
t urns emotion, the only naval issue remaining unsolved when
t.i. lyuunittee went into session.
ERIE R. R. CAR SHOPS AT BUFFALO LEASED
IIOUNL'LL, Jnn. 20 The car lepnii shops et tlie Ent linil linil
jead at Buffalo were leastd today te the Seminole Construction
Company, a piivate coipeintion made up of prominent Buffalo
biulue-.3 men, according te m announcement by Bebeit E. Weed-
mtf, ujt:e:uil managei. Tin h
li.bru.ny U, a.n! will call bi k
pleycs., it was said.
BERNHARDT SERIOUSLY id.
Condition of Fameut Actress, Hew-
cvar DeM Net Alarm Doctors
Tarts, Jan. 00. Mine. Sarah Bern-
cancel her part in tile gala performances
.. l. Mnltere trleentenarv. 'I'lin 1ml.
I Icty. mere ur nu irain ier ine me ei
i aline, jierniiurui. iter ennouien con
tlnues robust, due te her determination
no te quit work."
tUlOMS AND nOAUDlNO
' pur la advcrtUiuK, tjt m
Spivin Get
A HUNDRED;
Se Can Yeu!
Thrrr one vai a fdler vamed
Spivin,
Who uan uluaya jual ffiiin' an'
pivin':
Hiit be irretc a lasi itnc,
An' new excrythinn' i'"'.
An' lw taff8 at th' high cost of
thin'.
Limpin' Lim'ricks
Will Come Back
Next Saturday
Xrrf Saturday night you go home
An' depf out our iiv' Umpin
peme, '
An ivrite a line te ',
It'.i easy te de V,
An' nn't much strain en ieur
dome.
The Limpin' Lim'ricks start
usjain In the Evening Pidlic
Lkdgek next Saturday. Same
rules, same idea, same stunt
just repeated because the fans
have kept at us se everlast
ingly for it Hint wc couldn't
help eurseUe?.
And, each day, OXE HUNDRED
DOLLATtS for the best lust
line.
MAN MURDERED IN STREET;
NO TRACE OF ASSAILANTS
West Cambria St. Stonemason Shet
i-1--. I. Lf.-4 U.J A.M.....Mfr
I nreuyii ncrtii nrtu niyuinciiw
Jeseph Anzalone. twent -sis jearH
old, a stonemason. 2UH West Cambria
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street, was shot and killed within a
block of liis home lute tnst nighv. His
... .
hrether. Victer, who was in the house,
,,eanl the shots find found him I lug
nil' umt'iuui' in lil- 3n tuui Ulllltr
wounds in tne nip ami leit siieiiKier. .Ne
trace of the assailants ha been found.
At the Weman's Homeopathic Hos
pital It was said death had been instau instau
taneeuslr, one of the bullets having
na&tKd fli'eugh the liearr
ii.b -j ..i.tjv.
L-eum .Aienrn,nuirieirflargpi(i
'LOUTH .MenrnnutfMejriearg. old, yua
he" , Xed "".Tffirg two
7i.f- Tnfllfinn nrpntlcHAftiil71ifMlnff fartn
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Cove, 3-0, 1-3.
out, WOilTvRUll-
TlmaMfSJZS-B.
0-5. 2-3. thud
rnn.
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s.ees will take charge of the praut
te weik all of the former em
CAR RAMS TRUCK
Pedestrians Have Clese Call Oppe
site the Bourse
Ssft.ernl persons narrowly escaped In-
irashed Info an autetruck sinnding
, neurb". . The truck, which is owned be
, " ;n - ,-v..,..
I trhi ns
The trucks of the car had prevleunh
picked up fcome suew further up Fifth
street, and when a nortlen of this
te fit TODii'(re'l,1rt- en ,n0 trncH ""' ar as do de
nt m,Aiv, 'railed. Ne lnjurici resulted.
MAYOR TD SHAKE UP
FAIR COMMITTEES,
Will Speed Financial and Build
ing Programs for Sesqui
Centennial STARTS CONGRESS' WHEELS
FOR AID IN EXPOSITION
Tt t tn'r f ermwi' t
Washington, .Ian. ."10 - Mner Moert,
Mere te enltxt fmniieiul .ml from Cen-
?res for I'hllndelpliia Heqni-Centcn-ninl
Expexltlnn, intimated today that
as .oeii if. hp s,,t hiiuiM (erialn rhanges
would be made in the position com
mittees). Ills purpose m this will be te speed
up the financial and buildlnu program
It In possible that the principal change
"111 he "1 the Cinance Committee, of
which L. T. Stetesbur in chairman.
Mayer Moere conferred with powerful
congressional leaders heir tedav, par
ticnlarlj these in th" Heue where the
appropriating pewr lie-, te win Fed
'r.tl tltiBiicial aid for th expe-itlqn.
He cxpect te confer with Senater
I epppp later, and made arratigemcnts
'e talk the proposal f);er with the Presi
dent. Onlj a ,nbinet meeting pre
M'tited the Maer from beIiuc right ever
fe the While Heuse.
.Mayer Menrc said hp felt h-innilna
"j' 'J'KT TL'll" Ait
.. ii. it ... "v.i. Avt
met With II dKnoxitlell no the nnrt nt
' .!. 1 I . ,'... .
'" leaner ie mew dire t nppreprla
rJ"" ''"J V!'',r,..;i" 0,,, I"""1 5n C0T!
greMfenal lcglslatic truks. premntb
countered by suggesting that Cengres!
slmnl.v make Its .iimnnrlnrinn t,v i,,.im.
jug a group of Federal building?. Tbr
eaders warmlj recchcl the Mayer and
Ills SUKgi'MlOnt?
Clt Must Raise .Mere Funds '
Thcreunen the Mnnr ihh.i ,
Heuse machinery going te an te hav
i.uiin.- iicnriiign iipki neiore tne Hei
tjemmittee en IndifMSut Arts anAtl
position.' The dates will be fixed a
seen n tne Ainyer return, t(i-cjU
delphla and cuIIm a meetfnV 6t "tkti
rectors of the Besijul-Ccntennfal Cem
mi t tee.
One thing the Mayer learned, as A
icsults of his conferences here this morn-
ing, is that Philadelphia will hav te
raise mete money. The $5,000,000
pledged by Council, geed start though It
I-, It was indicntcd te the Mayer, is'
net enough.
The Mayer added that n system would
have le be doused by which public sub
scriptions can be taiseil and u plan
formulated bv which certificates, some.
iilttbrnB like bends, can be i .-ucd te these-'
HE HINT
N CAPITAL
vvi-rrS'hA pHtficribe.
nttjflfx.Uiliig the Mayer did was te
confer" witlr the Steering Committee of
the Heuse. The ehaltman Is Repre
sentative Mendell, Republican leader of
the Heuse.
This committee controls the course;
of legislation In the lower house and
i decides which bills shall pass" nnd which
shall be sidetracked The Mayer, when,"
j Centlmird nn 1'itre Ifiur, Column Veur
' JAIL "CHOIR BOY JURGLAR"
Twe Years for Stealing Overcoat
' and Shoes Has Leng Recerd
Judge Patterson today .sentenced
Trnnk Dnlj, "the Choir Bey Burglar,-
li.il (irccn street, te two years' ,Jn tn ,
l.'ustcrn Penitentiary, after he bad
pleaded guilty te a charge of shoplifting.
Daly was arrested en January 211, ns '
he wus lenving a Market street depart
ment Htoie with nn overcoat valued nt
$20 thnt he hud stolen. Anether Charge, ,
of stealing u pair of shoes, Valued at
55, wus made against lal.
It was disclosed by Dctetthc Werner
Townsend that D.ih was arrested fir?,!
in February l'.Mil for lureny when he
was committed te the IIe'ifc of Refuge.
Since 'jhen he has been irrix'stcd niiu
times uiiil has served tunc m the lltin lltin
tlugden Reformatory, the County Prls.
en, Hiistcri: Penitentiary and twice Sit
the IIeirp of Cen eel mil Tlie last
lime he was nentciutd wan in May 1021
1 te nine months in Hit Heuse of Cor
itctlen for burglar), and escaped Oc-
teber U7.
The escape, hewe.er. wns never re
ported te the pe'lee, nnd after he wa
arrested for stealing tin Miueg en De
cember 21 last, he w;i freed whttll hCj
entered bull before u mug'strate.
0PERATE0NMUJRAT0RE
Famous Tener Stricken With Aciljejl
i -Appendicitis In New Yerk
. Iv-ftwiYerie. Jnn. .'10 (By A. P.J--I"
Lucifn JHuratere, premier feneV of tjwj.
(bleagO'Dpern lempany. was eperiiteit
Uprfn for acute appendicitis ut the Au
dubon HeHpital t ndu v. Hu was tnken
. from his apartment :n me Iiiii5-i,'itrit0ir
; "lras-
hv Pr,
'Ci F. A. Lel.r.. with Or Asplnwall
-J.Tudil nssiHting. and wan repotted "en
tirely successfnl" by the physicians.
They added that the ntUuk wus aciite
anil u delay or tincc mere neiirs weuiu
have been falal.
JURYMAN GETS RESPITE
Jeseph W. Ce, of .VJtfi Thomp'sen'
reel, ii juror lufeic Judge acryy m,
'Vfllieiei nc neon nun icmcii en inn
wftxlmntne'e shortly oerere l o'clock
JrWLlTlic otxrntien was perferined
unrtu' SeHNlmis i enrl, wus lielly ,
beaten up lute last night by fin urildeu
tun., i L- iwiiMiiaii ut 1 nn t rst hireM. i
and liiraril ai nm (ex WOK reblitd
and left ling in a scim coiikcIeim CeilllN ,
tlen Ills I'emlitmii Kulii), While lltic
Nci Ien", is sin ii that he uus been excuwd
from further urine as u Jurer.
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nna inft every rquinniiini muy im iwnij;
i nmriKiy ' iniiiiinii inn AiMriira ma ciUMiN
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