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PHILADELPHIA, FJilDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914.
FRIGE ONE OENTir
CITIZENS UP IN
ARMS OVER DELAY
IN TRANSIT PLANS
BOYS LEAD THE WAY 1
IN RAISING FUNDS
FOR THE RED CROSS
Austin M. Purvcs, Jr., and
His Brother Dale Expect to
Raise $500 and Have
Made a Splendid Start.
Two bo3. members of a prominent ,
Chestnut Hill family, one 12. the othc
13 years o!tl. have collected $73 for the
lied Cross Society and will swell tin
sum to J130 when promised checks come
In. Both hnve been following the strug
gle In Kurope dally. They read of the
carnage, the misery and the auftcrlivt
of soldiers and their families. 'I'hci
saw pictures of poor women with little
hoys clutching to their skirts nml cai
PERSEVERING COLLECTORS FOR THE RED CROSS.
tying babes. Then they
"woik on their own hook"
decided
as one
Large West Philadelphia
, 'Section Protests Against
Councils' Failure to Im
prove Facilities.
Homeowners and business men In the
large section between 51th and oSth
atrcets, and Woodland and Lancaster ae
nues, In West Philadelphia, are up 111
a,rms against Councils ns a body for the
delay of plans for tho better transit
laetlitlcs In Philadelphia, and against the
Couhcllrueii representing the wards In
whloh the territory Is Included, for neg
lecting, after s(c years of constant de
mand from the residents, to obtain a
crosstown surface line on Mth street.
A movement has been started within
tho last few days to circulate petitions
among tho residents of the section, favor
ing, the comprehensive transit program,
and demanding the building of tho Sfith
street line In the near future. An elfort
will be made to haxo the petitions signed
by every resident of that part of tho city
before they ale presented to Councils.
The movement will have the backing of
the 67th Street Business Men's Associa
tion, the Mth and Market Streets Busi
ness Men's Association, the 51th and
Spruce Streets Business Men's Improve
ment Association, the I.ntchwood Aenue
Improvement Association and the Haiti
more Avenue Business Men's linpiove
ment Association.
All ftf fhften l,telnina mnn'a nri.-l nlyfi .
lons have been waging an active cam- ' tl'lr collections. But It Is not because
pa'ign to obtain the car line. Monthly , "' Hie prominence of their parents that
meetings have been held the past eat. at they have succeeded,
which the business men hae pointed out T1,e K"t tin- money on their merits,
that tho growth of that part of Phllndel- , One man who si-bscribed said: -Vhv. they
phla will be halted until transit facilities save mo an argument In plain language
have been obtained "int couldn't refuse. One of the young-
I Mors started to write my name down
COUXCILMlLV AUK DKNOCNCHD. whlle i was talking to him. 1 simply
Select Councilman Kdvvnrd W. Patton, , couldn't liac nsked him to erase It even
of the 27th Ward, has been almost mil- . ir , didn't want to contribute. Tho little
... . , ... collectors have only been collecting since
versally denounced, together with every j Tuesday, and they my that they won't
other Councilman from West Phllndel- ' stop until they get at least $50n."
phla, for having failed to work whole- j
her.rtedly In Councils in the Interests of
"West Philadelphia. I
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Company and Councils in transit condl- ;
tions in the neighborhood of 50th street
them cxpresed It, to help the soldiers,
thc motliGia and the boys In Uuropc.
The persevering boys who got such
results are Austin M. Purves, Jr., and
his brother, Dale lknson Purves. The
are sons of Austin M. Purves, vice ,
president of the Pennsylvania Salt
Company.
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nor. and one Is convinced of their sin- i
cerlty when they tell in boyish was
how much the money Is needed. Th"
mother of the boys has been promi
nently connected with the Pennsylvania
Association Opposed to Woman Suf
frage. It is In tho name of this organi
zation that the youngsters are making
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EXPLOSION BLOWS :
WALL OF BUILDINGS
INTO THE STREET
Grocery Store Is DestroyCcjf
and Proprietor and fyifof
Are Injured by Jump From
Second Story.
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BOV TJi:riCP.I13ES MKTHOD.
When asked to outline thc method they
follow In tho collection of funds, Austin,
of the
two. replied:
"We usually go to a house, and, after
for six ears. Thesp conditions hnve been , ringing the bell, ask for the lady of tho
so bad for the last two year especially. ; hoUho whPn sle comcs ,vc ask hcr t0
mat rcsmenis or ine ncignoornoou waste
13 minutes every time they go to work.
The surface linc. on Market street,
Spruce street. Baltlmoie avenue and
Woodland avenue, and the elevated on
Mnrket street can bo reached by most ot
tho rtytdents of th" Wth street neigh
1 uurhood oiiir by a walk of teoral
snuare. Most of them wnlk to the Mil,
Kth and 6ith stteet nutlons and take
the elevated to work In thp mornings,
AVII.I, FAVOR ENTIRE PROGRAM.
These conditions have been complained
against repeatedly bv the losldents of tho
section. With an Immediate start in the
transit program virtually nsiut'd, new
life has ben Injected Into their fight for
the car lino, and they are pieparing to
come out In support of the comprehen
sive program, because they believe that
they can obtain the jith street line as
part of that plan more quickly than if
they ask to have it hullt Independently
contribute to the Women's Relief Com
mittee of tho Pennsylvania Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage, und then wo
tell her that the money is for tho Jted
Cross, and that It Is to go to Europe to
hdp take care of all the men who have
I bfen hurt in the war."
'And do Hies usually give you some
thing?" "Oh yes! AV hnve been pretty lucky
s-o far. they almost always give some
thing, evui If its onlv a nuaitei."
"And ou get large su.ns?"
"Ves. we get ns much as JIO some
times," "And after you hnve got a contilbtitlon
f i oiu one house you go on to the not
and "
"Oil. no we don't not until we Imvn
given them n lecelpt for the money," and
the ounger boy produced a lecelpt book
In which all the contilbutlons were neatly
legistered.
AVlien asked If they had any regular
These boys, Austin M. Purves, Jr., and Dare Benson Purves, have collected $75 for the Red Cross war fund since Tuesday. They expect to have twice
that amount by tonight.
CHILD BITTEN BY PET RAT
Now Hospital Physicians Are Guard
ing Against Danger of Infection.
Two-year-old I.oulso Rende, of 1109
South Eighth street IsMit the Pennsyl
vania Hospital today unawaio ot the
fact that hep pet white rat has paid for
feit with Its life for biting her. Physi
cians aie watching the chld closely to
guaid against Infection and lockjaw.
Louise was playing with the rat at her
home i.estorday when It sank its teeth
Into her left foot. Her ciles attracted
her mother and the child was sent to tho
hospital, where the wound was cauter
ized. The rat was killed. So fai Louise
has developed no dangeious symptoms.
01 me enure syswni. as . .mneiiinu.i j-ui- , ,,ollrs fo. Iimkh,B collections the older
ton has been reported to haw suggested. bov rpp0,i.
While their tight .nml their Interests i are , ..vv ualmlly KO out fn the mornings
ectlonal. manv of the .esidents bald to- I nn(, t n) w caM an( lhelJ ttn Ult
day the realize th.v are mure certain i ,, , tl)e nfrl,00n hP11 tMO peo)lo
aie mining out from the city before try-
of obtaining their tar line b. combining
their sectional light with the tight of
every other citizen of Philad-lphiu In the
demand for a comprehensive system of
rapid transit facilltUs.
Present conditions of halted development
becauje of lack of adequate transit facili
ties iivthe neighborhood of 66th stieet nm
among the worst in the city. Large areas
are being held vacant by the owners until
the car line is n reality. The eettou
above Vine ureot Is almost undeveloped,
and for n few hundied feet. Mth stieet In
that nelghboihood Is not cut through Hu.
tween Maiket and Woodland nvenue,
every street in the district is dotted with
vacant lots, and In some places entire
blocks are vacant.
Hundreds of people, Including many of
the-smaller shopkeepers and merchants on
Kth. -56th and 57th stieets. and on the
'ast and west streets in the Immediate
neighborhood ' Jhe proposed Kth stieet
jlne bought their homes and stores in the
belief that the carllne would be placed on
'Mth street within a short time. They
have waited six years for it.
CAN'T TELL ABOUT HIMSELF
German Here in Search of Kin Has
Memory Lapse.
.A. man who gae his name as John
TVo"od, (? years old. Is in tho Germantown
HdsptUl suffering from n. lapse of mem
ory. Tho man Is unable to tell anything
about himself, other than that he came
to Philadelphia In search of his son Fred,
who, he says, works as a machinist. Is
married and has several children. HU
daughter, whose name he cannot recall,
lives with her brother Fred.
The man walked into the hospital this
morning and asked for treatment. When
the customary questions wi-ro asked the
lapse of memory became apparent.
FIRED INTO PIGEON FLOCK
Shots Cost Blackbird Hunters Just
$12.50 Each.
Two men were arrested this morning
for shooting pigeons at the Smith Pigeon
Farms, near I'lty Line and York road.
They were William Kelley, Reech nvcnuo
and Lamott street, and James Johnson,
Ijng Sellers street The men were gunning
for blackbirds. When they reached the
pigeon farm they came across a flock
of pigeons and Ored Into them, bringing
down a great number, according to the
police. They were arrested and taken be
fore Magistrate Pennoi k. In Herman
town, who fined each JI2 50. The men were
employed on the ElMns estat.
JAIL OR PAY TAXI BILL?
Night Passenger Decides to Reim
burse Driver Afttr a Hearing.
The alternative of paying a 17.60 taxlcab
bill or taking a jail btntence. was given
Edward Turpin. 3)22 Hambrey street, this
morning b) MagUtiate Orells at the
Manaunk station
Turpin paid the bill The complainant
was Herman Powna, of 52 Itanibo trect.
tax) driver, who said Turpin rode to every
place he could think of last night and
then decided not to pay.
ing It acain
"Yes, that's the tinuhle." Pale ex
plained, "so many people are not nt home
during the da. you know."
That this lad I" a keep observer Is
shown by a remark which he made a
moment later:
"Tho people who are very rich don't
give us so much." he volunteered; "it's
the people who haven't got very much
themselves that want to help most of
nil."
PLAN EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN.
When nsked to outline their plans for
the future, Austin replied:
"We aie Just collecting In Chestnut
Hill now, but later wu are going down
on Chestnut stieol and collect In all the
big oltlce buildings, Of course, we
couldn't do more than two of them it
day, but we could prooably get lots of
mone."
Mrs. Purves. however, seemed very
doubtful about this phase of the young,
.tors plans.
When nkeri how long they etpected
to continue their efforts, It was said that
the length of tho war would determine
that point, although, as Dale put It:
"Of course, we won't be able to do
very much after next Tuesday, because
our school, the Gerniantown Friends'
School, starts then: but we are going
to keep right on and do Just as much
a we can."
Austin maintains an attitude of strict
neutrality on the war In Lurope, but
his brother stoutly malntulns thRt he
Is "for the Germans, but not for the
KaUer,"
That the children have really done won
derful work In connection with the Red
Cross Is a fact denied by none, and if
they continue to bo as successful In tfie
future as they have been this week their
contributions aie certain to figure promi
nently among the funds to bu turned
over to the Red Cross .Society.
STATE TREASURY RECEIPTS
BOUND $899,22879 IN YEAR
Comparison With 1913 Confusing
Since Property Tax Is Excluded.
HARRISBl'RG, Sept. 18,-Comparlsnn
of this year's receipts nt the State Treas
ury with those of former years aro mis
leading, unless It be tomembcred that on
June 17, 1D13, tho Governor approved an
net dcpilvlntr thc State of Its former
revenue from the tax on personal prop
erty. Previous to January 1 I!)H, the whole
amount of this tax collected In each
county was remitted to the Stale Tieaa
urer, who later returned three-fourths
of it to thn County Treasurer. The
amount of this tax paid In last year ,
i was s.i,312.1i.i.iI. This year the receipts
j from personal ptoporty tax aro only
WHFW Pf PAR OP II s PfiRT ?1'2.17. representing odds-nnd-ends bal-
wntiM OLCHTSuru. d. run i a , nme8 palu m tllls ye;11. on m3 account.
Receipts to September is last year
weie $21, 172.0V, (17, this total Including
pers-onal ptoporty tax amounting to
fS.tCS.n.'l.ai. This brought the receipts,
exclut-ive of peiMiiial property tax, to
SI7 7fiH,7fil.C4.
Receipts to September 1." this year
were $lS,fiA3.fi92 W: or, exclusive of th
leclpts of 102 17 fiom personal property
tax balances, were $lS,fi2,;iM.43. There
fore this year's receipts exceeded those
ot lust year by $SWi,22.7!,
SHIPS MAY USE WIRELESS
CHINAMAN GONE FROM SHIP
Fireman Disappears ns Fruit Vessel
Steams Up the Delaware.
Lung Bhwok, cue of eight Chinese fire
men on board the steamship Amelia, Cap
tain Hlntvke, disappeared from the ship
as It steamed up the Delaware River to
day. It Is assumed that he has either
drowned himself or escaped to shore by
swimming tho river. So far the Immigra
tion officials and Inspectois have made a
vnln bearch for the minslng fireman,
The Amelia entcis the port of Phila
delphia fiom the port of Antonio,
Jamaica, and carries n cargo of fruit.
When lying at anchor in Port Antonio,
Lung Rhwok attempted suicld by drown
ing, and was rescued by members of the
WAR'S DEMANDS CAUSE
BUSINESS TO IMPROVE
Government Censoring Within Three
Mile Limit Is Only Restriction.
Captain Reason, lommnndnnt of the
Philadelphia Nav- Ynid, acting under
oideis fiom Washington, hat, informed
masters of ostein now In port that the
frilled States Government's muzzling of
nil wiiIo!.a outtlts on bo.ud censes when
tho voxels leave port, whether bound
fur another American port or a foreign
port. Shipping masters trawling fiom
one Ameiiran poit to another declined
to break the seal on thn wireless looms
pluced there by repifseutatlves of I'ncle
Sam.
1 ho sualing of the wboless moms Is
absolutely enfoiced dining the wel'8
May In port, but she Is permitted tho
use oi me apparatus wnne ni i-oa, ni- tieatment
though supervision a to the noutralily . '
of messages sent while the vessel :s I
ithlr. thu t'lioe-mlle limit will bo con
ducted n npf-raors ot the various Gov
trnment stations
Scalding Coffee Burns Child
Hdna Rush, seven jenrs old, 121H Pnr
ilsh street, knocked a pot of coffee off
tho breaktast table this morning and
burned herself so seilously that she had
to bo token to St. Joseph's Hospital for
CITRIC ACID PRICE DROPS
Philadelphia Company Credited With
Smashing Combination.
Rj obnining a large supply of eltilc
aelil ingredients from Sicily, a lnige Phlln
del chemical company Is ci edited with
hnving smashed a combination und driven
the price down from $1.60 n pound to
91 cents.
The acid is one of the Impoitnnt parts
POLICEMAN, SHOT BY NEGRO
SUNDAY. DIES IN HOSPITAL
Bullet Could Not Be Located As
sailant Held for Grand Jury.
Policeman Frnnk A. Sankev died this
LOCAL GRAIN EXPORTERS
ASK INCORPORATION
Shippers Expect Better Business Be
cause of Foreign Demand.
Shippers who have long lamented the
Inactivity of local grain exporters aro
now anticipating better business due prln
clpally to the strong demand for the
product from foreign quarters and the
application nt Harrisburg for the In
corporation of a new firm of exporters.
This and the betterment of tho Inter
national credit system ore expected to
increase tho exportation of grain from
this port.
While several cargoes of grain havn
left this port recently, Baltimore and
.Momrcni continue to do the bulk of the
) Atlantic coast business to the regret of
I the shippers here, who claim the port
is discriminated against In various ways
Tho French Government has chartered
a fleet of vessels for the transnnrtan
or grain to Iti hhores, most of which Is
scheduled to leave Raltlmore. It was not
possible to obtain iny definite explana
tion for this on tho floor of the Com
merclal Kxchonge today.
The new exporting firm will be known
Local Men Optimistic Exchange of
Professors With South America
, Proposed.
There Is every Indication of an Im
provement In business generally, espe
cially In manufacturing lines, and it Is
due largely to tho present struggle In
Europe. The waste caused by tho big
conflict and the scarcity of worklngmen
have already started American wheels
to hum.
Tho Wclsbach Company, whoso plant
is located In Gloucester, N. J., announced
today that It had employed more than
r.00 additional hands to keep pace with
the big domestic trade resulting from.
the war. A represontatlvo ot tho com
pany said for the first time In the his
tory of the company oidcrs woie received
from all parts of the world.
Both Kurope and South America are
making big demands for clothing, and,
as n result, many textile mills which
have been running a little more than
halt time aie now running full handed.
Tho local manufacturers are receiving
requests dally from Europe to do their
best to meet thc demand.
Every effort also Is being made to open
a steady market with South America.
As representatives of several South
American firms are now making In
quiries in this city the business men
feel optimistic.
As a means of Improving South Amer
ican trade relations. Dr. Roswcll C. Mc
Croa, dean of the Wharton School of
the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, has sug
gested an exchange of professors between
South American Institutions and the Uni
versity. He points out that Yale has
successfully exchanged with German uni
versities and contends that a similar
plan with South America would be
equally as successful.
GUYER HAT COMPANY EXPANDS
morn nz nt the West Ph uie Inhln m
Homeopathic Hospital us the result of a i Incorporators are William M Rlcl'nrl
bullet wound 'vifltd last Sunday morn- . son, Samuel F. Scattergood William R
Ing, when Nevada Henry, a Negro, filed ' Suttteigood. John K. fa'cnttPitrood iimt
upon him at the corner ni ."th and Vino I Walter K. AVoolman. nil nmminli 1 "
streets. The suigtons nt the hospital
wero unable to lemnve the bullet lis It
lould not bo located. Peiltonltis set in
of mucli-used medicine. New Ymls In- , and the policeman's condition grew stcud-
terests havn been maintaining thc high
price. It is nld. The news of the big drop
oreat.-d surprlsn nnd good feeling among
wholesalers throughout the East.
Tho pi ire of the ncid has gone as low ns
SO cents, one nnuse quoting this figure to
retail druggists fur small quantities ns
against Jl 45 domnnded n week ago.
One of the uses of the acid Is for medi
cinal salts, while it also Is used exten
hlvelv In dying silk. Philadelphia whole
sale nnd letail druggists nie preparing to
take sttps to prevent a cornering of the
add again by (peculators.
ELECTRICIANS IN MADRI GRAS
GLUE CAUSES ?1500 FIRE
Building Occupied by Carbon Barbers'
Fixture Co. Is Damaged.
A fire which caused ji.-,do damage broke
out shortly after U o'clock this nioin
lug on the third floor of the building at
121 Aicli street, occupied by the Carbon
naibors' Fixture Company. The fire uns
caused In a large can of glue Igniting,
the flames spreading quickly over the
entire lloor.
A number of mplocs mado their way
to the street by way of a fire-escape.
Several persons In tho barber shop on
the first floor of the building hurriedly
left their chairs and rushed Into the
street.
SAVED FROM BURNING STABLE
Athletic Sports and Tango Exhibi.
tions Will Feature Carnival.
Ehctrlclty will feature grotesquely
and otherwise at a Mardl Jras enter
tainment to be given by the commercial
branch of the National L'lectric Light
Association, nt Kell's lane. Observatory
Hill, near the 63th street terminal tp.
morrow afternoon.
There will be athletic snorts durim.
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,no "- "".""'"""" wnicn will , ma0. who reported it to the men of the
Vf ;; ,h. ,L.T..; J ne bakery, and they managed to save nil
TV vCio Sl of h Phlladel- )P h01.ats nnd a number of wagons Fi,e
phla lc Company Athletic Asso- ,0inp.in No. 22 ...mined the i.hizc to
f"IOL., 2 lnlCTl the fe-drooms, and the loss was only
to a baseball game to be played by ,he n. The origin of tie lire is unknown.
. .... w,. w. jwui.fe uiiivii em-
lly worse. It was not expected that h.i
could live .hrough tho day jchteulny, but
by the administration of oxjgen by lir.
A. Espostto, of th? hospital staff, ho was
kept alive until this ninnilng. His wife
and seven-year-old daughter, liorothy,
wero at the bedside nt the time of death,
Sankey, who was 32 cais old, nnd lived
at ulu North Vudges street, was nttnehed
to tho 01st and Thompson streets station.
Enrly lust Sunday morning he ordeicd n
Negro woman at 57th and Vino stieets to
"move on." Hciuy nt the saim llmo
came along and got into an aigumcnt
with Sankey. Tho latter told him to
eue, but the Negro drew a revolver nnd
llreil Into the policeman's abdomen. Tho
policeman fell, but not until ho hud Hied
.levcial shots nt the Negro. Hi nry lied to
his homo seveiul blocks distant, nnd was
inptuicd en the roof only after a desper
at. hand to hand strugglt with the police
men, nnd not until he hud succeed. d In
throwing one policeman from the roof to
a shed below .
The gio is In lei for th Grand Jurv.
Funeral s. n ic fc ',r the policeman will be
ludil Tu. bd.ij n, irniny ,11 S Z o'clock.
Four Horses Are Rescued by Em
ployes of Nearby Bakery,
Four hores were nsc-ued early this
morning from a burning stible located
at 312 Wilder street by men from tho
Kolb'sj bakery, which Is dlicctly across t
the street from Hie stables, owned by
William Hoyce. The lire waa llse-ov- i
I erc-ei nt i:a o cio. k tnis morning iy a
ployea of the Philadelphia Electric Com
pany and those of the Western Com
pany Tango exhibitions, with the
dancers In masquerade costumes, will
be one of the evening features. Music
will be furnished by the Philadelphia
Police Rand and a -.pedal orchestta
Fellowship Is the announced keynote
of the carnival, which will be attended
b hundreds of electrical workers, their
families and friends
, Painter Falls From Scaffold.
While painting the hall ceiling at 1701
I Pvdenham street este-rda. William Wil
son tripred on the "..uffold und plunged
d. wn ihe stairs He wa taken to St
Jtsephe Hospital in an unconstloua con
dition It was f'.und there I113 iiu-ne was
fractured V cut in m h'-id ri--,uiri' 20
1 slnches. He iiil is in a sericua wiidi-
ition.
POLICEMAN KILLED BY
NEGRO
bers of the Commercial Exchange.
PAOLI BATTLE ANNIVERSARY
Doctor Brumbaugh Will Give Ad
dress on Mnlvern Field Tomorrow.
Mcn.0rie.-1 of the Revolutionary War
battle of Paoli will bo recalled tomorrow
at ceremonies on the Malvern battlefield
marking the 137th anniversary of the con
lllct. The program will be featured by an
address by Dr. Martin (3. Rrumbaugh
The hundreds who will attend tho pa
trlotle demonstration will bo marshaled
in front of the monument, erected many
ears ago over tho burial place of tho
victims of the midnight assault on Gen
rral Anthony Wayne's troops, referred
to In history as tho Pnoll massacre
Tho exercises will conimenco nt 2
o' lock. Glen Mills School boys. In charge
of Colonel Nlcbecker, superintendent of
the Institution, will take an Important
the Institution .will take an Important
part. An address will bo made by Rev
Lewis A. I'ar'sels, ot Philadelphia, and
there will be music by the schoolboys'
band. Guss Post, G. A. R , of West
Chester, will drill.
All of thc program is under the direc
tion of tho Pnoll .Memorial Association
of which William Wayne, a descendant
of General Anthonv Wnvrm u ,,,,...1.1 .
1 lirtj victims were burled on the battle.
, field, which comprises 22 acres, drriipat.a
foievor as a public parade ground by the
patriotic owners of the land
$100,000 LAND TRANSFER
Three large lots In Gerniantown, with
a valuation of ?!00.iloo, have been con
veed to new owners. They consist of
1 seven acres on Abbottsford avenue and
Mi, h.iel street, a lot on tho west side of
ihelten avenue, between Magnolia and
j Musgrovo streets, und a residence and
I plot of ground on the southeast side of
l.eymoii street and tho northeast side
of Morris street, the last-named prop-
ert being the one formerly owned by
irgil XV. Walton. It Is said that new
j dwellings will be erected on all of these
, properties. ,
WELSBACHS ADD 800 TO FORCE
Recause of the difficulty of American
mantle makers to obtain material from
Geimany on account of the war. the
Welsbach Company, of Gloucester. N. J.,
who are well stocked In the necessarv
Takes Over the Concern of Henry H.
Roelofs & Co.
The Guycr Hat Company, Columbia
avenue nnd Howard street, has nbsorbed
the hat manufacturing concern of Henry
H. Roelofs & Co., Twelfth nnd Rrnwn
streets, according to an announcement
by John H. Macder, secretary-treasurer
of the Guycr Company.
The new corporation will be known ns
the Guyer-Roelofs Company, with Frank
T. Rarnes, president; Charles S. Forsythe,
for years chairman of tho house commit
tee of the T'nlon League Club, will be
vice president; John II. Maeder will act
ns Becretary-treasurcr.
The new corporation will conduct bus
iness at the Roelofs Company's location,
doing nwny with tho uptown Guyer plant.
All former Guyer employes will be re
tained, and as far as possible those em
ployed by the Roelofs concern.
Frank A Sankev of the ilk) ,j products, have ..een forced to Increase
rranK a, oanKey, o: trie Olst and then force b ve to iw to satisfy the
Thompson streets station, who, died Incrcsed demand Most of the m"n takeS
this morning as the result of a bullet . en are cmpiojcd in the manufacture of
i wouna received Jast bunday, 1 gas mantles.
TOOK 30 SWEATERS, POLICE SAY
Three Young Men Charged With
Theft, Must Face Court.
Three young men. accused of stealing
M sweaters valued at $133. front the
Cholerton Manufacturing Company. ;s
Main street, Manayunk, were held In W
ball each for court today by Magistrate
Orells at the Manayunk station. They
aro Alexander I-opuskl, 17 years old.
nnd Walter Lepuski, 19 years old, both
of U33 Pcnnsdale street Special Police
man Pcnsyl nnd Sergeant Morton say
they found some of the stolen sweaters
at both addresses.
Morris Simons, of 2532 OhrLtlJ'
street, nnd his wife. Josile aims..
wero Injured early this morning i.
Jumping out ot a. second-cim-e . '
. ---v will
dow, when a gasoline tank exploit jk
shook tho entire building nnd destroys
their groccty store on the first floor, fhi"
tank, In tho front part 'of the store, ex.
ploded wllh such power that the entlrY
front wall of the building was blow.
Into tho street.
Simons nnd his wlfo occupied apart,
meats above tho Btorc, and In their at.
tempt to escape from tho smok. ...
flntncs they Jumped out of the window
to a shed In tho backyard and thenc.
Into the yard itself. They suffered Inl
ternal Injuries, nnd wero taken to th
Polyclinic Hospltnl. Their condition Ii
not serious. '
Occupants of the Ihhd floor of th,
building escaped by a back exit. The r
port ot the explosion was so loud thi
nearly all the residents of the Immediate
.nn,:,,oB,,t,j,0orlret.rUShe(, Ut f "&
Tho loss Is estimated nt $5009.
KEEN COMPETITION MARKS
BIDDING FOR CITY CONTRACTS
Improvements to Streets nnd Country
Roads Will Aggregate ?200,000.
Contracts aggregating $200,000 for im
provements to country roads nnd city
streets, to bo lot by Director Cooke of
the Department ot Public Works, brought
proposals from a largo number of con.
tractors today.
The keen competition that has marked
every lotting under the Blankcnburg ad
ministration dvelorcd in all Items, which
Include .grading, nsphnlt palng vltil
bed block paving, nsphalt rep.ivlng, wood
block repaying, repairing nnd patchlnj
bituminous paving and surfacing and
resurfacing country ronds.
Among the sticcls to be paved with
nsphalt nio: Elmwood. from COth to
d-d; Ettlng, from Tnsker to Morris
Front, from Rltnor to Porter; Moort'
from 10th to 11th: Wnrrlnr.. t '
57th to GSth; Second, from Itltner to Por
ter; Ninth, from Cayuga to tho North
cast boulevard.
Vitrified block paving will be placed
on E3d street, from Lansdowne to Jef
rerson; on Rnynton. from Queen to Penn
Country roads to be surfaced are:
Rlue Grass street, from Wei.h to lied Won.
ChnrlM dtreet. from L'nruh to Magee.
Wells street, from Charle. to Frankfort,
neereaux Mreet. from DItmon to Wnlkir.
Olenlock utrect, from I.nidner to Deiereaui.
pitman street, from Renner to De.r.aux
Lnrdner street, from Jackson to Dltmii.
Houghton street, from Itoxborougb tjrlfaaii.
Longshore street, from State ron.l to WiiiU
feelor street, from Ridge to Henry.
Work on resurfacing country roads In,
eludes; '
Flfty-elshth street, from Elmwood tn Wood-
Iftnd,
AtUmi street, from Rising Sun to Xew Seconl
ASnton ntrfJt. frnm WIb1, n r,nn
m. " -' -" .-VI.'.. ,u .,,,,
alien street, from Hunting Park to rhll.
delphla A. Reading Rnlluay.
Dunks Feiry road, from Ii berry to rnnuesi-
Ing Creek.
Green Inne, from .Seventh to 000 east of New
Second.
Tlagerman street, from Princeton to fnruh.
Tulip street, from I.oneslinre to Dlsilon
Tine road, Irom Oxford to Montgomery Countr
line.
Shawmont street, from Rldse to Philadelphia
Reading Railway.
Welsh road, from Dustlcton aemie to Frank-
ford ntenue.
MILL EMPLOYE LOSES LEO
Uruce Henderson. years old. of
Doylestown. Is nt the Jewish Hospital to.
day with Ills right foot amputated as
tho result of attempting to push lumber
Into a circular saw In a mill at New
Britain. Pa., where he was employed
The man was brought Into the hospital
late last night with his foot Injured to
such an extent that the physicians were
forced to amputate It. His condition Is
serious.
INJURIES FATAL AFTER MONTH
Miss Caroline Mulligan, SI years old
of 303 Rrjn Mawr avenue. Cynwyd, died
In the Women's Hospital this morning
from Injuries suffered In an automobile
accident on Augmt 11 last. On that day
the was riding with her brother and
Bister when a tire exploded. The car
overturned, pinning them beneath It
They wero taken to the Women's llos
pital. The brother and one sister recovered.
Three Beggars Sent to Prison
Three men accused of begging were sen
tenced to aerve ten days each li the
County Prison today by Magistrate Orells
They are Harry Alexander, of 2025 In
dians, avenue; Patrick O'Brien, of "6J
Howard street, and Vincent Ford, of 1919
THEJTEATIIER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON. Sept 1.
For Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey, fair tonight and Saturday; not much
chango In temperature, light to moderat
variable winds.
Tho Southern disturbance has moved
slowly southwestward to a position cen
tral this morning over Southern Louis
iana. Its Intensity has changed but littre.
and the lesultant rain has oxtended north
ward to Southern Virginia and westward
to Mississippi. Thero weie also local
showers In Texas and Kansas, with gen
eral hut moderate rains along the north
Pacific coast. High pressure continues
throughout the Lake region, but tem
peratures have risen slightly in that
section, while thero has been a decided
chango to warmer In Minnesota and tha
Dakotas, readings throughout the plains
Stntes being generally above normal this
morning,
U. S. Weather Hurrau Bulletin
Obervatlon made at 8 p. ,.. vaalern llmi:
latt Rain. viA..
Station. S a.m. n't. fall. Wind. It. U'Mth.r
Abilene. Tex en r.l
Allantlr c'llv . B4 .Ml
llisnmrck. N.D. ill ni
llostnn, Mass... (VI Co
llurtnlo, N. V.. iw RS
rhlcago. Ill fifl ftl
fleveland. O .. M B2
Denver. Col 51 ft.S
Ilea Moines. la. M Kit
Detroit. Mich... (W Srt
Iluluth. Minn... M r,2
(lalrton, Tex. 7.1 71
Hatteras. N. C. 73 7a
Helena, Slont .. S3 IK!
Huron. 8. Pak. Jn M
.Urktom Ilia ... 7.1 li
Kan. rlty. Mo.. t n
lulsvllle. Ky.. 70 M
Memphis. Tenn. T"J 711
New Orleans ..74 71
New York 7ft fi
N riatte. Nb. IH 02
Oklahoma, Okla. 70 70
Philadelphia. ... RS Hi
Plioenlx. Arli... 7fl 71
Pittsburgh, I'a.. Sfl fin
Portland, Me... IM fin
Portland. Ore .. Set .'it
Quebec. Can.. . IM ni
lit. l.ouU. Mo. . I'.l M
St raul. Minn.. M 91
Salt I .a lie, Utah HI 'U
Pan Krane lcr. . ftl S-J
P.-ranton, Pa.... 61 4S
Tampa M 70
Washington 12 Bfl
Winnipeg M
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LOCAL FIRE RECORD
P. M
O.'.'i
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Snyder ave.:
J
Taint h bt nrl
trolley car . . Tn""
8.00 ISth at. anl Gray's Ferry read, no
8.43-215-217 Snjder aw . ras l"P- .,.,
excupled by J. DtnnenberK Trlnln
0.08 1110 Ho-ilne st . duelllnc of
Joseph Schuhs ,TrW'
11 .05123 Queen t , duelling of A .
A. II.
12.15 25.12 Christian street. dllln ,.0
of Morris Simons '-"
j 58--Trenton ale, and Orthodox ft ,., ,
PennsyUania Itallroad ll TrU""
8 53 Hear of 810 Wilder st . lwtriIUii
or W J, iiojc TrW
7.08 84th t and Ttnleum av.. stcrt
and dadllns of Frank Th0BPjllfllwI ,