ffSSmmtSmS ESSIES 555sN3PS m il m v la ! por i to iHSPil SPORTS FINAL- EVENTNG 9 LEDGER SPORTS FINAL VOL. I-NO. i) PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914. PHIOE ONE CENT BUILDING SOCIETY ACCUSES F. A. FRIEND OF EMBEZZLEMENT Real Estate Dealer Held on Charges Made by Bank Examiners and Detectives. Alleged misappropriation of $7300 from two building and. loan associations ex tending over a period of nearly four jears, resulted In the arrest today of Frank A. Friend, of 4333 Yolk road, a widely known real estate dealer, with offices at Front street and Allegheny avenue. Ho was held In J1WK0 ball for court The arrest came as a result of Investi gations by stato Hank examiners and private detectives. The latter say Friend told them he had recently been divorced and that It had cost him $10 000 to Bet the decree. They also say he told thorn he had recently made (food a shoitage of J000 from the fund1 of another bultd lng and loan association. Friend was aiialgned nt Central Sta tion today liefore Magistrate tlenshaw. He waived a hearing. His arren was ms.le on warrants based on the affidavit!! of Howard K. SI oyer, of SOi West Knd Trust Building, and J. Wesley Conn, the bank examiners. In Meyer affidavit Friend Is accused of misappropriating $K0 of the funds of the Old Hickory Building and Loan Asso ciation. Conn arcuses Friend of mlsap propiiating SU'X from the funds of the Preston Building and I.nan Association The first alleged peculation from tho Old Hickory, according to William Brown. Jr. and William H. Smith, at torneys for the bank examiners, was April 24. 1912, and the sum was $14 The others were for 53700 on August S of the name year and for 5300 on -May 13 last year Walters and McGinn are the detectives who worked up the ca.se for the bank examiners. The police say that Friend was connected with other building and loan associations and that further war rants mav ho issued. NVIther of the two nssoclations will be srlousl -mbarrased by the alleged peculations, It is said. CAR DECAPITATES CHILD IN SIGHT OF MOTHER HISTORY AND PUNS FOR PASSENGERS ON SIGHT-SEEING AUTO SEEING PHILADELPHIA Lecturer Gives Interesting Account of City's Past Without Its Accuracy Be ing Challenged. rive-Year-Old Girl Run Over Near Her Home. In plain sight of her mothr sitting on the steps of her home, May Sum mers, 3 years old, of 1024 Passyunk ave nue, was decapitated by a trolley car this morning. May was playing across the 3treet from her home when her mother, Mrs. Joseph Summers, called to her to give her a cake. In her eagerness the child ran In front of a nearside car going cast on Passyunk avenue. The car passed over her neck, sever ing the head from the body. The car was stopped after it had dragged the child's body more than 25 feet. It was taken to St. Agnes' Hospital. The father of thp child. Joseph Sum mers, an Ice contractor, disappeared about five months ago. The mother, devoid of a means of suppoit for the dead child and her four brothers and sisters, had he&n contemplating sending them to a charitable institution. Domlnlok Traveling, of 1735 South Chad wlck motorman of the trolley car. was oriaigiiPd before Magistrate nenhaw at Central station a few hours after th nccldent and held without hall for th" BLtion of the f'oroner. Travel.n said he had no chance to stop his ear and avoid the accident "William Asrhenhaek, of 3 French Utreet, motorman of the trollev rar that ran down and killed Oeorge H Wolf of Station street. Pittsburgh, at Ninth and Market streets last night, also was held for the Coroner bv Magistrate Ftenshn v this morning Wolf was a trivellng sales, man According to Ashnn'mck's test! monv at his hearing today the man step, ped from behind another car in the mld- oie oi xne diock Detvveen .Mnth and Tenth streets while his car was traveling at full speed, and he had no chance to avert th o Tident Wolf died at the Jefferson Hospital shortly after he was struck. Af'. r learning of the death of h r child Sirs, ummerH decided to ask the Deter, ttve Hureau to find her husband and in fonr him of the tragedv Mhe started to uilk to rtv Hall, hut collapsed tev erl Piuates from her home. A fw hours later Mr Smith's sister called upon Detective Shea. She told him that the missing man had bmn appointed rxecutnr of a SI'iO estate left hv a rela tive, tut ihat because of his disappear anre distribution of the money had ben delayed She did not mention the name of Uic relative. WOMAN S GIFT TO CHARITY Bulk of Mary A. Britney's Estate Willed to Benevolence, The Vmn estate of Mary , Butnev, late of 1747 Vorth 26th street, excepting H00 of private bequests, will be equally divided among the Tabernacle, Society of Notre Dame. Seminary of St Charles Borromeo, Overhrook: Little Sisters of the Poor and Ht Joseph's Protectory. Other wills probated were Louisa Olad Jng, 707 Pine street, disposing of prop erty alued at $10, 'Vj) (n private bs. quests, Gottlieb F Peter. IU3 South nightil street. $3100. Han let ilelveraon 1643 Foulkrod street. 12000 Personal effects of Edward jj. Curtis have been appraised at fH4 3S; FraneU llorri. S3S03 58. and Juliet Dick. ja?i57. CHILD DIES AFTER FAST Did you ever view Philadelphia from a sightseeing auto? If you didn't sou hae lots to team. You will iind In some in stances that famous historians have greatly erred, thnt statisticians have not been within gunshot distance of- facts, and thnt you'll feel at tho end of the trip that you should brush up on things concerning your own clt. A trip on one of these "rubber-neck ' ca-s was taken tnda hv an I'voning Lrdi: r reporter. He started from Fif teenth and Market treet In 'oceptive mood, but before riding a mile was con vinced that he knew verv little, 'ndcert about places and i-vcnts In his own cltv The flit sUrpilse inme when the it reached the main postolllce. There the marathon lecturer pointed to the .statue of Heiijamln Franklin nnd announced In authoritative tones, "There ie the statue of Ronjamlri Franklin. It was upon this very plot of ground that Franklin (lew his kite and got electricity from t .' clouds." Some ot the other rldeis ulsc were amazed. Tho made quiet com ment, but as most of the passengers a, peared to be contented the statement passed unquestioned. One could half close his eyes and pic ture tho guide enlightening an nudienc in a vaudeville house. CHowinc tribute was paid by the lecturer to prominent business establishments on Chestnut street. On leaching Fifth street, he an nounced that the Delaware River was five squares east; alco that the Atlantic Ocean, which washed the j-hores ot New Jeisej and several other States, was 631. miles east of that. CONSCIENCELESS ENCYCLOPEDIA. Endowed with a vocabulary which would have done credit to a high school graduate, the speaker then went on like a human encyclopedia without a con science. The block from Fifth to Slth on Market street was rt fei red to as "great men's row." Luckily there were no mem bers of the Pennsjlvania Historical So ciety on board, for the guide pointed out the early homes of several Presidents, half a dozen famous statesmen and resi dences of others who helped make history In the days of the city's earlv struggle. At Seventh street he was obliged to drop history for commerce. All the de partment stores got the fullest praise and the prices of hats and gowns were not forgotten. In describing one, the lecturer remarked: "There Is a store so largo that If a woman bought a hut at the Market street entrance and carried It over every floor the hat would be out of style before she left the building." Just then a building hove In sight In which a white coated cook was turning acrobatic cakes. "That," shouted th guide, "Is a restaurant where a hungry man may get anything from a roast din ner to a piece of bread if he has a roll " This brought a smile and, ' encouraged, he went on. "There Is the world's largest Penn holder. City Hall, and it cost $3",fVio to hold Billy in place. Even at that he becomes impatient on account of the deeds which go on under him " I'p Broad street the car then wabbled. When the suburbanites on board were surrounded by a batch of beautiful build ings the megaphoned speaker let his ora tory on nt full speed. No stenographer could have followed him A Hood of su perlatives was applied to thp surround ing architecture. The facetious talker could not resist the statement that Venus de Milo on the Academy of Fine Arts ' lost her head on account of praise." "BUOTHERLT LOVE" EXPLAINED According to the guide, this Is called the City of Brotherly Love because the llrls' Commercial School is opposite the Boys' Hish School, at Broad and Green streets. None of Philadelphia's financiers nnd the amount of their fortums was forgot ten on the remainder of the trip up Broad street When asked about a particular ornament which protruded from the sec ond story of nearly every house on an other strept, the guide looked wise "They are busy-bodies," he said, "and on account of present financial conditions they are placed the.ro so that the real dents may learn if there's a bill collector at the door " Later tho passengers learned that a large plot of ground containing tomb 3tnne was a cemetery, and more enlight ening information along this l'ne was doled out until Falrmount Park was reached. He showed the playgrounds for children to the right, and tho playgrounds for ' policemen and nurses" to the left. Pointing to the statue of an Indian which faces both places, ho said. "Even the vigilant medicine man cannot devise, a cur" for this condition " Bv way of educational Instruction, the guide announced, "No fruit trees can he, planted In the park, vet the guards often find peaches In pairs on the benches, " Ah the rnr was then verv rear the Schuvl k II River, the speaker again became ser-'ous. I . . 1 lU SSrAflJF SJfcy J ) - "if! '1 itSsBftsSEsSS", fPfSr''-i' " tA rf y ' s -wJi i. .v. f . i r t je i: ?.: . . . MOUNT AIRY SEMINARY 50 YEARS OLD TODAY Noted Educators Bring Greetings to Lutheran Institution. The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Lutheran Theological Seminary, nt Mount Airy, is. being celebrated today by faculty, graduates and students. Tho celebration will be continued tomorrow. The first day is being devoted to de votional exercises, which were opened this morning with an address by the Rev. Henry K. Jacobs, D. D. LL. D., president of the seminary. This after noon Provost Edgar F. Smith, of the Unverslty of Pennsylvania extended greetings in the name of the colleges and seminaries of this country Piofessor Charles Erdman, of Princeton, brought greetings from the Princeton Theological Seminary. The Rev. John A Haas, D. D. LL. D., of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa., and head of the Mlnlsterlum of Pennsylvania, delivered an address on "The Historical Attitude In Theology." An infoimnl reception to the friends and guestb of the Institution will be held this evening. Tomorrow will be devoted to addresses by men prominent In religious and theo logical circles throughout the country. There will be nn outing on the grounds of the Institution under the auspices of the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Seminary. The seminary was. founded 50 years ago In an old house on South Ninth street. From the beginning It prospered, until j ears ago, under the leadership of Dr. Jacob-, it was removed to its pres ent location at Mount Airy. SON ATTACKS AGED MOTHER WITH AN AXE "Went 30 Days Without Food in Hope of Curing Ailments. Alice Booievelt Brotherion. S ears old. died early this mmning at hei home after fasting foi 39 days In the belief that It would Hire htr of heart trouble and parabsU The child I believed to be th youngest child of any Grand Army vet eran She is thf daughter of George (. Hrotherton, Sr . of 17K 'herry stiftt, the first llejtenant sworn In the brigade of the late Majoi Gei.-ral Daniel Slckels and a memoei or tne wer.crui uevcn i-uai m. a it The little girl was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt aft' r nose eld'st daughter ahe was p inv-d sht) also was a friend u' Slavor pliPkeni-urs wji.. called her his little rwc-tbe3it and f Mrs Blanken burg Thi f-neril w!! t" held Sundav jprml" w'th ren lre rt tbc home at It oci'-k iiftd fcurtal at Mouat Peace Cera- Woman, GO Years Old, Now Dying In Hospital Edward I Smith, H years old. W, West Atlantic street, struck his invalid mmher on the head with an axe today when she criricUei the way he was polishing the kitchen range She is in tho Episcopal Hospital In a dying condition Policemen Nasle and Breeht, of the Front and Westmoreland streets staton. who were fought by Smith with a raor and a knife when they went to arrest him, declare tho attack to have been of a most brutal nature. They say ho calm ly confessed the deed and denied he had been drinking The officers found Mra. Smith, who Is D years old. unconscious in 4 pool of blood The woman has been an Invalid for several jears. She sleeps, in tho parlor of her home because It Is Impossible for her to climb thf stairs The policemen fcay that her son told them he carried her out to the kitchen and that after he struck her tho firs time went out in the yard to shave When he came in. he said, she was creeping back to the parlor on her hands and knees, and he picked up the axe and struck her a-ain Acoidln,; to the police Smith who Is a dver has been o-it of erriplu. ment for a ear Magistrate Me. leary went to the Kpi-Trai H"?rlta t obtain a statement frm Mrs. Sm'th, but was Informed she was un-nn'r-inug 8rd in a critical condi tion Smith Is held In the Front and Vtmoreiand txeeU station awaiting & ""iM ! WALKER AND GLOBE TROTTER ENROLS HERE IN LANDSTURM Otto Paul Preussler, of Dresden, Calls Himself World's Champion. Styling himself the world's champion long disunite walker and globe trotter, i tto Paul Preussler, of Dresden, arrived at the German Consulate today and en rolled in the landKlurm, which has, lust been called out by the German govern ment Preussler was not nt all reticent. He heaped upon himself nil of the glories and ndventures that a champion world trotter could possibly experience. He set out, according to his own story, to walk 12S,W) miles In order to win a prize of JlCiOO. Preussler has been "hik ing it" for ten years and has a con slderablo pnrt of his walk to complete He has hod experiences of all kinds. In Russia he was ai rested as a German spy and thrown into prison AVlien the war with Japan broke out he was forced to go to Manchuria nnd servo as a bnker In the P.usslan army's commissariat. From there he escaped to Japan nnd through tho German consulate was able to free himself from the Japanese prison Into which he had been placed as a prisoner of war. From Japan the walker made his way over Asia and In to Europe, thPnce to South America. GIRL OVERCOME AT FIRE Rescued Unconscious by Father From Burning Home, Two families fled to the roof of their home. JOfil Fouth Seventh street, early this morning, when fire starting In the cand store on the second floor cut off their escape by regular evlts, Mary Fmeman 10 years old, who was overcom by smoke, was carried to the roof bj her father, Samuel Fineman, proprietor of tha store. The families reached the street through a trapdoor In another house iind were cared for by neighbors The fire was discovered by two young men at ! o'clock this morning. Miss Fan nie Bosenbimh, 1925 South Seventh street, heard their shouts and telephoned an alarm to the Fourth street and Snjder avenue police station. Fineman occupied the first and thlrfl floors of the dwelling with his wife and children The second floor was tenud to Joseph Shainker, his wife and theii 3-months-old b4by All succeeded In reaching the roof except Mary Fine man When Fineman discovered that his old est daughter was still In the house he went oack foi her. and Shainker fol lowed The men had to fight their way through sutiocating smoke. They found the girl unconscious in her room Fire men fought the (lames for nearly an hour before they got them under control. The damage is estimated at WM. PHILADELPHIA VIOLINIST SAW STIRRING TIMES ABROAD 'Wliiif ''"-si"',r",'.rV!,'t') " v ' A familiar sight in the streets of this city is the "rubber-neck wagon." BEARDS GROW WILD SINCE BARBERS CUT WORKING DAY West Philadelphinns Sprout Whiskers Perforce Because of New Rules. Men living In West Philadelphia who don't shave themselves are In a quan dary. They have to get shaved before S o'clock at night or go sciubby-faced to the office next morning. It is tiuo that they could get shaved In the morning, but as the shops do not open until S a. m., and many hnvo to be at work be tween 8 and 9, they won't take chances of getting a hurried shave from a sleepy barger in a bad humor. It's nil due to the Master Barbers' As sociation. The members contend that a 12-hour day, 8 a. in. to S p. in., is long enough foi any man to vvotk, and point out that bricklajers nnd plumbers work only eight. To show that they meant business, the 12-hour barbers paraded through West Philadelphia last night with banners. Some were to the point, "The barber has to cut all dav, give him u chance to cut up nt night"; "We get In a good many scinpes, but we are human"; "How would you like to work forever? If not, why us?" Thnt's how some of the announcements ran. The men conducted themselves well and won hundreds of sympathizers en route. Then, too, the organization had practi cal effect. At one hhop where three or four men weie In tho midst of a shave, the place closed as soon ns tho aggrega tion arrived and the customers left with half a beard nnd half a haircut. In a brief address Leonard J. Sher man, president of tho Master Barbers Association, said that tho movement would continue until a uniform closing hour was adopted. ACTOR HELD FOR ASSAULT Charged With Running Down Man While Riding Motorcycle, Charles Boyden, an actor, of 023 Dauphin street, was held under JW) ball for couit by Magistrate Pennock, at his ofilce on Chelten avmue, this morning, accused of assault and battery. The charge was pieferred hy John J. Hill, of fKns Chew street. Hill charged that while passing In his automobile at Lin coln drive and Hurst street yesterday, Boyden, riding a motorcycle, appeared, iind crossing on the wrong side of tha street, collided with the auto, the col llslon retultlng in injuries to Hill. CAUSE POR WAR Mane Thdt a beautiful gown ou have on (Mo)'y-Po you know that lace la tears old' Marie That so? Make It yourscU7- ffW-Wt", , - ,, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH When Thomas R. Marshall, the Vice Pi evident, was Governor of Indiana, the city authorities of Indianapolis opened up a giand bathhouse and swimming pool The first thing the men In charge did was to send tho Governor a card entitling him to free admission to the establish ment. A few days after receiving the first pass he found a second In his mail. Thereupon he dictated the following letter: "Gentlemen: Your first pass T received as a courtesy. Your second I regard as a suggestion If you send mo a third I shall take it as a personal Insult." Popular Magazine, Frank Gittelson, Soon to Make Debut, Tells Experiences. Frank Gittelson, son of Dr. S. J. Git telson, 1017 Spruce street, who will make Ids American debut as a violinist this fall, has returned to Philadelphia. For years Mr. Gittelson studied abioad under Carl Flesch and Hugo Kami. While in Europe, Mr. Gittelson secured two vio lins, a Magginl and a Stiadlvnrlus, both dating back to tho 17th century. He had difficulty setting these Instruments out of Germany by wrapping them In shawls nnd steamer rugs, and putting cheap vio lins In their cases, which he carried, Mr. Gittelson with his mother and sister, who accompanied him, were in Warne mende, Germany, when war was declared nnd Immediately left for Berlin, nrrivlng August 3. They were unable to leave Berlin before August 27. Mr?. Gittelson states that during these three weeks he didn't see a single case of an Amerlcnn receiving 111 treatment at the hnnds of the Germans. The feeling against tho English was very bitter, even more so than against the French, Stores with Engllsn names were compelled to lemove all signs of English characters. August 27 tho party, after standing in line over nine hours to buy their tickets, left Berlin for Amsterdam, the trip tak ing more than 36 hours. Tho compart ments were overcrowded and thero wero no sleeping accommodations. On Sep tember 12 they sailed on the Now Amster dam for home. Trolley Accident Victim Dies George II Wolf, 25 years old, of 6207 Station street, Pittsburgh, who was struck by a westbound Market street trolley car at Market and Ninth streets last night, died this morning In the Jefferson Hospital. AID POR NEEDY WOMAN The Evenincj Ledokk acknowledges the receipt of U from Alex Przvchodski, 300O Salmon street, whlh has been forwarded to Mrs. Julian Tropouskl, of 3S3I North Lawrence street. Mrs, Tropouskl Is the woman who was too poverty stricken to bury Her husband. Her neighbors cams, tOhWUUl). - B0RIE TRUE TO "OLD GUARD" Denies Change of Allegiance and is "Good Democrat," He Says. Magistrate E. K. Borie, who was yes terday reported as a convert to the re organization element In tho Democratic party, today Issued an emphatic denial that he had deserted tho bl-partlsun old guard of the Democratic City Com mittee with which he has been Identified for years. "I have always been an organization Democrat and still am," he said. "I am a membei of the City Committee nnd have not In any sense of the word repudiated that leadership. The rumor seems to have started from tho fact that at a recent meeting of the Twenty-third Ward So ciety and the members of the "Ward Committee I offered a motion approving of the candidacies of Palmer and Mc Cormlck. That Is only what any good Democrat would do, and is not a sutricient basis for a statement that I liavo broken my afflliatlons with nnybody." ESCAPE IN NIGHT CLOTHES Seven Persons Driven to Street by Early Morning Pire, Seven persons were driven In their night clothes Into the street from a burning houes when Are swept the grocery store and first floor of tin home of Samuel Fields, 037 East Moya mensing avenue, early this morning. The blaze vvas discovered hy Frank fuiahnn, who, from tho bedroom of his homo near by, saw the flames. He fired Hovenil Khnta from a levolver In nrrtLr. the neighborhood. The shots weie heaid by the occupants of the burning build ing, who made their way Into the htreet. The origin of the fire Is unde tcrmlned. The loss Is estimated at 500. ROBBED BY HIS CUSTOMER Negro Steals S5 Prom Druggist nnd Escapes Pursuers, After stealing $3 from D W. Darrah. a druggist, of 1500 North 11th street, this afternoon, an unidentified Negro created considerable excitement by dashing through the neighborhood vvith two special policemen In pursuit. H etcaped. The Negro asked to have a prescrip tion tilled and tendered a 10 bill In pay. ment Mr. Darrah suit out a boy to get change, but left a 3 bill on the counter. The Negro grabbed this and his own bill and fled ATTORNEY, ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT, TAKES DISBARMENT Richard A. Baron's Request That Ruling Against Him Be Made Absolute Grant ed by Court. Judgo Barratt, of Court of Common Pleas No. 2, today made absolute a rulo taken for the disbarment of Itlchard A. Barron, nn attorney with offices In tho Ileal Estato Trust Building, He vvas be fote tho Board of Censors charged with embezzlement of funds from an estate of which Justice P.obert M. von Muschzlsker, of the Supremo Couit, nnd Henry P. Blackburne, are trustees. Barron studied law In the same olllce with Justice von Moschzlskcr several years ago. Tho proceedings for Barron's disbar ment originated in a complaint sent the Rnnnl of Censors 111 a letter dated July I 20 by Justice von Moschzlskcr nnd his co I trustee Blackburne. The estato In which Barron misappropriated funds was not disclosed but It Is believed to bo the 1 Blackburne Estate. The protest against Barron continuing the pmctlco of an at torney waB as follows. I "We complain against Richard A, Bar ron, of the Philadelphia bar, who has represented nn estate for which wo aro trustees, In tho capacity of nn attorney , and agent for soma years. It has re cently been ascertained nnd brought to ' our attention thnt Mr. Barron has de 1 llberately embezzled funds of said estate, 1 which fact he has admitted In a written i statement showing his defalcation; he Iwir nlso been uulltv of other mlsnp- pioprlatlons of funds entrusted to his cntoj therefore, we pray that proper proceedings may be taken for his dis barment as one unfitted to occupy tho position of nttomcy at law." The letter was signed by Robert M. Von Moschzisker and Henry P. Blnckburne. On the same day Barron wroto to the board, stating, "A rulo to show cause In disbarment proceedings against me will bo presented to the proper court. I have no answer to make, and request the court having chargo of the matter to make tho rule absolute" Judgo Barratt before taking action gave Barron opportunity to uppcar and purge himself of the charges. The judge stated that while an example should be mado of an attorney faithless in his trust to his client nnd the State, opportunity should be afforded him to make an ex planation or show extenuating clrcum (tnticcs. The order of disbarment b ns follows: "And now, September 23, 1014, upon consideration of tho foregoing peti tion nnd answer, tho court makes tho rule absolute and orders the prothonotary to send a copy of the rule and this decrco to all the courts." (Signed) Morris S. Barratt, J. The petitioners for Barron's disbar ment were represented by A. T. Johnson, S18 Real Estate Trust Building. This Is one of the few Instances wheie the prose cution of faithless attorneys Is continued by the Board of Censors to the point of actual disbarment. In several Instances attorneys have been suspended from prac tice for stated periods OFFICER SELLS KNOWN HERE British Commander, Rescued From Aboukir, Married in Philadelphia. Tho rescue of Commander William Fortestiue Sells, of the British armored cruiser Aboukir, which was sunk with her sister ships, the Hugue and Cressy, in the North Sea by German submarines yesterday. Is of especial Interest to Phila delphinns, as Commander Sells was mar ried in this city, and has a brother-in-law residing at Bala. Tho British navnl officer was married in St. Jams Episcopal Church, in 1907, to Mrs. Augusta Bailey, a sister of J J. Cornish, of Philadelphia. Mrs. Bailey, who was a widow, lived In Ijigland most of her life, nnd wns visiting her brother nt his Jiome here nt the time. Mr. Cflrnlsh said today that Commander Sells, who Is 31 years old, is one of the most hrllllnnt men in gunnery In the British navy, as well as being one of the youngest commanders In his Mujostv's service He had been gunnery Instructor nt Chatham. Devonport nnd other plnces. He was formerly a lieutenant on the British dreadnought Neptune, and was raised to the rank of commander only last February. DEAD WOMAN IDENTIFIED Railroad Victim of Phoesnixvilla Was Mra. Weltmer, of This City, The woman who was killed by a Reading Railway train at PhocnUvllIe on Monday was Identified at the Morgue there today by her son, Jacob Weltmer ot W Springer street Germantown. as Mrs. Alice Weltmer The woman lived at the Baptist Home, 17th and Norrls streets. After the train struck Mrs. Weltmer, the brakes locked in a tunnel and gas fumes killed thi rpgineer and, coijaucjor, v ' SUPREME COURT ORDERS Convenes Here Prior to Regular Pittsburgh Session. The Supieme Court, which will hold its next regular session In Pittsburgh on the 2Sth Instant, convened today in this city for the purpose of handing down a number of orders on petitions presented dining the summer recess. The follow lug orders were made: Refusing appeal from Superior Court In Commonwealth vs. F, W. Dean, appel lant. Dismissing petition for reargument In Samuel Ren, trustee, vs. Pennsylvania Canal Company, et al. Granting renigument In re estate of Charles Donnelly, deceased. Reluslng appeal from Superior Court In 11. C. Stone vs. the Title Guaranty and Surety Cor.ipany, ct nl. Dismissing petition for allowance of ap. peal nunc pro tunc in Meyer Rnsensteln, appellant, vs. Arthur If. Burton and Wil liam S. Furst. Refusing appeal from Superior Court In Commonwealth to use of Benjamin N. Holt vs. John M. Froellch. Refusing reargument In John P. Glon ingcr vs. Charles Barclay. KWiisiiug appeal from Superior Couit In I.am.ir F lirnnntr and Blanche Do B. Ururiner vs. John II Rlngb, Jr.. arid Mar gut ethe F. Hinge. Refusing appeal fiom Superior Court In Herbert ti. I.ttzcntivig, llbc-llnnt-appellant, vs. Margaret U. I.ltzcnberg. Allowing supersedeas In Philip II. Moore v. William I). Bacon. Refusing appeal from Superior Court In Mills vs. Pennsylvania Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company. Refusing appeal from Superior Court In II. I.. Rob&on vs ranie. Refusing appeal of Superior Court in George W. Uoettlger vs. a piece of land, etc. Advancing on argument list in case of Joseph W. Goodwin vs. Spencer M. Degoller, ct al Refusing special allocatur In William Printzmari vs Lackawanna and Wyoming Railroad Company Young Man Held for Theft Melvlu Cromwell, 21 years old, 1309 Clementine street, was arraigned this afternoon before Magistrate Grells, of the Mldvale and Ridge avenues police station, on u charge of larceny and placed under tiOO ball for a further hearing. Crom well, who Is a paperhanger, was caught entering the home of Mrs. II. Robinson, 8326 Sydenham street and Is charged with stealing jewelry and table Jlaeu to tho vaiu of 33, i TWO FIREMEN HURT FIGHTING FIERCE EAZE IN GARAGE Fourteen-year-old Boy RJskj T I IS I .ifo in Tm,L t C ..v. ... a iym 10 OaVCJ Motorcycles and in Help. 1 mg roiice. , Two firemen were Injured and a)co, loss was entailed early this morning when firo destroyed tho Westminster Garage at Blth street nnd Westminster avenue. Near. ly twenty cars stored In the place wer wrecked In sovcral explosions of gasollnj or burned. A H-yenr-oId boy, Joseph Jlltten, of 63 Sickles street, risked his life to save som. of tho motorcycles stored In tho garage, and later assisted Patrolmen Moran ami McLaughlin, of tho Slxty.flret anl Thompson streets station, In getting out a number of motor trucks. The Injured men are Firemen Wllllita .McNenl, of engine company 11, and Cap tain Frank Hughes, of tho same com pany. McNeal vvas hurled several feet .across tho lloor of tho burning garage by nn explosion of gasoline, suffering a broken arm. Hughes went to the rescue of McNeal nnd was cut and bruised bf flying glass and plaster. Tho flro started at half-past S o'clock this morning when the engine of the automobile truck owned by J. C. Fliher, an expressman, backfired and cauaed nn explosion. In an Instant tho car was ablaze. Young Mitten heard the, explosions nnd without waiting to ex chango street clothing for his night dress ran to the garago and started to tako out motorcycles. He succeeded in saving three. Moran nnd McLaughlin arrived a few minutes later and managed to get out a number of motor truckB. By the time firemen arrived the garage was burn ing fiercely and It was Impossible to prevent tho destruction of the building nnd the cars stored In It, The flamei wero not extinguished until shortly after 7 o'clock. By that time only the vvalli of tho garage were standing. A fire which resulted In a small loss wns discovered this morning In the resi dence of Benjamin V. McCarthy, 6131 Baynton street, Germantown, when a mattress In a third-story room hecaraa Ignited. Tho blaze was discovered by a son of McCarthy, who notified Engine Company 19. The flro was extinguisher), however, by father and son before th arrival of tho firemen. SALOON ROBBER FACES NEW BURGLARY CHARGE Police Think They Have Caught aa Old Offender in Crime. Accused of attempting to force an en trance Into the saloon of V. H. Laird, Ninth nnd Filbert streets, for which he was held without ball last Saturday by Magistrate Tracey at the Eleventh nnd Winter streets police station, Joseph Svatek, alias John S. Edwards, was again held without ball today by Mag istrate Tracey on the charge of robbln? tho drug store of William T. Burk, Eleventh street and Girard avenue, on the morning of August 27. Svatek Is accused of blowing open a safe In the store nnd taking J133, of prying open the cash register and steal ing $3.50, as well as robbing the telephone booths in tho store and taking 3 In stamps and a number of articles. The proprietor, who appeared at the hearlnS this morning, Identified fountain pen'' which tho police say were found In th prisoner's room and which Burk said belonged to his stock. The police also bald that a Jimmy found on Svatek fitted exactly the mark made on the cash regU ter of the store. EMPLOYERS ARRESTED Charged With Violating the Child Labor Laws. More than n dozen small Btore owners and manufacturers were arrested this morning, charged with violating the State child labor laws. The prosecutions were brought by Jacob Llghtner, chief of the State Department of Labor Industrj Fines varying from $10 to $25 were Im posed on the manufacturers when they were arraigned beforo Magistrate Elsen brown nt his otllce In Cuthbert street, above Fifth, this morning. The chaw against most of those nrrested was that of overworking their girl employes and falling to have a list of the children era ployed posted. Several were accused of emplovWr children who had not received their certi llcates as required by law. THE WEATHER Official Forecast WASHINGTON, Spt For eastern Pennsylvania ape N Jersey unsettled nnd cooler tonight se Thursday; moderate variable winds ( Tho disturbance that covered the Grew j Lakes yesterday anu exienneu suui"-. ward to Texas caused general rains over that entire bolt. It has drifted Into tM St. Lawrence valley during the last houis and overspreads all of the nortn. eastern portion of the country this morn ing. Scatteied showers are reported from the Ohio valley thlb morning, but In gen eral the rainfall within the dlfcturbed art has greatly diminished. 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