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PUrLADELPItlA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER JL7, 1014,
Corrstflnr, 1914, st ins Prints Lrnera Courmr.
PRICE ONE OElTr
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OARS KILL BOY AND
MAN; WOMAN'S FALL
IN SUBWAY FATAL
Body of Lad Found by
fYPasserby Lying in Middle
of Street Long After Death
Had Taken Place.
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Two persons, a boy and an aged man,
have been killed by trolley cats within
the last 2i hours, and n woman died on
her way to the Hahnemann Hospital, as
the remit of Injuries sustained when aim
fell down the steps leading to the 19th
atreet subway station
The dead orS-year-old David MoVelgh,
of 1019 Botrth Hembtrger street, Edward
Balnea, 78 years old, of 3110 Hhawn
street, and an unidentified woman about
TO yearn old.
Tho body of tha boy was found by
Samuel Mulligan, of Mth and Jackson
streets. Mulligan saw the body lying In
the middle of Pasayunk avenue, near Z7th
street. Receiving no answer to a call, he
tried to lift the bod), and found that the
head had been completely severed, np
parently bv it trolley car. No report of
tha accident had beon made to the police.
itoxr long the body had been there la not
known.
Mulligan notified the police, and while
a description of the body was being tele
phoned from station to station, Samuel
BloVelgh, a brother of the dead boy,
walked Into the 20th and Fodoral streets
station and mported that Daw Id was miss
ing". He Idantined tho bodj.
Detective Renshnw and Special Officer
McGlnty. of the 20th and Federal stroets
station house, searched nil night foi the
crew of the trolley.- Finally they went
to the 16th and Jackson streets carbarn.
and, examining tho trucks, found one
car covered with blood
The'crew, John Lennon. 711 "Wolf street,
mqtor, .and Charles Hoffman, Stampers
lano, conductor, wore axrosted at their
homes They will be given a hearing
tod a.
Ualiien was'kllled on Bristol plko, above
Cottintu street, by a Frank ford, Tacony
und HolmesburK tiolloy car. A high wind
was blowing at the time the old man
started to cross tho road, and it it
thought he was blinded by tho dust and
failed lo kci the car. Ton- Winteigerlst,
tho motormait, of 2I1S Tulip street, was
arrested.
Tha vi oman who fell down the 18th
street subwa.v station steps has not yet
been Identified Clutched In her hand was
a pail containing a lunch. Tho police be
llove sin was tnklng this to her son.
Kmll Sawaglt, Ct years old, -117 SUver
tvood street. Manaunk, died of heart
trouble when ascending' u flight of stairs
at his home y?sterda.
INJURED GIRL SHAKEN UP
Being Bushed to Hospital When Axle ,
of Patrol Breaks.
A 10-jer-old altt being hurried to the
West Philadelphia Homcepalhln Hos
pital this morning in the patrol wagori
of tha 61st and Thompson streets station
was badly shaken up when a wheel of the
vehicle caught In n ml at 60th and Cat
lowhlll streets and the axle btoke
The child Is Grace Ilraclnl, 212 North
6 1 Hi street. Her clothing wns Ignited by
a bonllro In front of her home Sirs
Lena Ilraclnl, mother of the girl, beat
out tho flames and summoned tho patrol
A provision wagon passing when the
police vohlcle was halted by the accident
tarried the child to the hospital, where
physicians aav her condition Is serious.
Policeman White, dilver of the patrol
wagon, was thrown to the street, but
escaped with brulsts.
HARTE AGAIN ASKS
GASH TO ESTABLISH
HOUSING DIVISION
Health Director Estimates
Expenses of Much-needed
Bureau at $213,710, With
1 50 Persons Employed.
THORNTON NAMES CLERKS
Seventy-five Applicants Appointed to
Handle Increased Business.
Postmaster Thornton today appointed
75 naw clerks for the Pastofflco Depart
ment. Tiie appointees were chosen from
those who were successful In recent civil
service examinations.
A steady Increase in the business of all
departments of the poatofnea has neces
sitated the additional clerks
Those appointed -were:
Haxbcrt Tu Kllaon, 178B Hollywood
Richard B. Derrlraan 1018 booth 3d etreer
iwu i uern&rai, dliM
avreec.
avenue
atrer.
Euat Cumberland
Arthur E4wartl, MSI Creiaoa atreet.
j- tmtr siu lot '.1'ann atreet.
Georga M. jinrtman. -IS28 Otter trt.
Cyril J. Lenahan 223 Quten atret
Morris ItUtr, l(ij8 North 7tb street
Gtorc 8. 3. Mortimer, 12T nranlcford art
ttua. Charles &I, Doirllnr. ells CaUowWU .tr.t.
i:nstn-J- Brady, 4.01 Markic atreet.
Samuel or. Rownbarc, 13:1 South Raaie
treat.
Maurle J. CalUhan. IS PaLra Fle.
rranklln (MfcAlllater. Cynwd7 Pa.
William If. Andtro. 31GS North Fennoek
treat.
Stanley I. Jlolin. 4fm Aaptn alreet.
Howard O. Paul. 81 North Iloblnaon atreet.
"WlUtnm B. carra. 18.17 North Marvlna otrtet.
panels V. Martlu. 207 North aid atreet.
Chart! a 7. Connor. S32U Meredith atreet.
iTraada A. Oallagber, 7BT Eaat Woodlawn
TJrsaelii P. Onlltli. 1KO North Bodlna atrett
uunii ti ianraicy, jk)
treat.
jatnee Holmes, Jr , 630 Klklns avenue
tihunlc atreet.
1135 fcouth tlsdenbam
Jtlehara SJeKel. ttfae E atreet.
William Keraoaw, IWo Sou
trret.
South TVoodateck
Jacob E&maBaVr, 3423 South ISUi atreet
t-aui xxvinsaton, vo hpnic atreet
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Clarence T
treet.
:3la North Uth
r,orti
Qould.
Woodland, 184V
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orth Taylor
Htvard 11
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Chsrlea II Malcr, lot North mintlnsdoa
oetph J. Bowea, iT Ajate atreet.
tttraet.
Morrle Pecheralcy, 32K Monument arcnue,
Joseph D. llatner. 1S.13 North dth atreet.
Ztalph B. Althous. 3211 Lancaster avenue.
ifaorica. yr Flnlej, 607 Catharine atreet.
B. MeadeWaseneeHer. (HS dntn atreek.
Herman Cbartook. DU New etreet
Joseph F Maher, C07 13 iralnes street.
Charles M.IielotL HOrt Hollywood avenue
Davis A. nappard. 1&3T Bouth Front atreet
Vrencte . Nathane, TTOl Knst Cambria
street.
CUarlee H. Tarrer, 1323 Colwyn etreet.
JSJH-ln B. D Hehrrlner, 1023 Jackaon atreet.
Kdward J achmldt. 2029 Weal Hellevua
street,
Walter W. CUbrrla 1612 Fontaine atreet.
CUrenoa F Jonaa 87.' Haverrord avenue
William I. Ittlmar Jr J327 North 4th
tU0U ' B BpeUer- a209 Nrtu "rd
fie0. LS5.,han?A JT Haines atreet
Sward Ift Thlel. S148 Kuneton street
Itermaii x Com. B8 North loth atreet
Joieh B X ftorman, 4&90 lrard avenue
aiond M. llurl;, 17 South 32d atreet
dolphe Braude Sil North Franklin atrael
aeoj-ce B Wilder. 5S6J Master atreet.
Rdward J McOovern 210 Belziade atreet
fttmuel Wolf 1841 North Btti alreet
Frank E Eokerle 6ia4 Ultlman atreet.
Robvri Lee 12IB Daly atreet
James A Holland. 1724 l.atona atreet
Harry N'achnian 607 Uleklnaon atreet
"mm j ma& wo mvfiD Aroor alreet
ArvlUe Beadle 248 We.t 8oevlili avenl.
Howard A Clarer. 1S! Neitb Jb .,;
William. T ABesley 3740 Xutth fth atreet
VK M BVt
Councils have received another formal J
request to appropriate funds for the
establishment of the Division of Mousing I
nnd Sanitation In the Department of
Health and Chatllles, In according with
the act of the Legislature signed by tho
Governor July 2.', 1M3
Director Ilarte. of the Health Depart
ment, has Included In his annual budget
of estimated expenses for 1915 a detailed
statement of the cost of maintaining next
year the division that It Is contended
would give tnst relief against vicious and
unhcolthful congestion In rickety tene
ment structures peopled mainly by aliens
In the thickly populated wards of the
city
Councils have taken no action on pra-
uous requests for establishment of the
division that vould merge tho existing
Inadequate divisions of tenement house
inspection and of sanitary Inspection and
would gle piupet housing to tho families
of many of Philadelphia's men now unem
ployed. HARTE ASKS 1213,710
Director Harta has aiked for 1313 710 for
the division of housing and sanitation.
which would employ 150 persons, of whom
moro than 75 per tent would bo Inspec
tors A number of the attaches would be
required to speak Yiddish nnd Italian that
confusion might not result from their ef
forts In the alien quarters
The establishment of that division
would eliminate or transfet the 61 em
ployes in tho present Division of Sani
tary Inspection, maintained at a cot
last year of 170,370, nnd the 10 employes
of tho Division of Tenement House In
spection, operated nt a cost of M.'.ISO.
Councils Committee of Health nnd
Charities considered the budiret sub
mitted by Doctor Harto last week und
gavo the customary perfunctory appioval
to the entire statement, including the
estimate for the housing and sanitation
division's cost. The budget, according
to procedure, was referred to tha Finance
Committee of Councllr, where in the ses
sions of the Subcommittee of Finance the
real fate of thn division will be deter
mined. Last year Councils not only Ignoied re
quests that appropilatlons ba granted
the division, but resisted, action In the
courts when John C Molltor, Chief of
the Dlylslon of Housing and Sanitation,
attempted to mandamus Councils to pay
his salary and the salaries of the forco
under him In compliance with the act of
the Legislature.
Litigation aimed to compel Councils to
eatauilsh the division Is still hanging In
the courts. In view of this litigation and
the attitude of Councils, It Is regarded
diir1
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GIRL'S NEGRO ASSAILANTS
HELD WITHOUT BAIL
Viciim of Attack Identifies Three
Poeitively.
Identified as the men who attacked a
joung woman on Merlon road late law
Saturday night, three Negroes, arraigned
before Magistrate Boyle today, were held
without ball for a further hearing. Two
other Negroes arrested on the same
charge and also Identified were arrested
yesterday.
The arrest of the Negroes was mads
late last night by Special Policeman
Wooten nnd seven policemen of the 61st
and Thompson streets station.
When the prisoners, who gave their
names as Harry Miles, 18 years old, 6710
Pearl street: Ktwood Itubey, 1J years old,
223 North 62d street, and John Cobb, M
) eara old, 1J7 North 68th street, were ar
raigned befoie Magistrate Boyle today
they wero confronted by Miss Lena
Smith, the victim of the attack. She took
one glance at the three men and positively
Identified them.
THEY'RE OFF!
ARMY TEAM PLANS
EARLY ARRIVAL FOR
GAME WITH NAVY
West Point Squad of Sixty
five to Come One Day
Sooner Than Usual.
Naval Set Books Quarters.
GIRL OVERCOME BY ' RAT PLAGUE ENTAILS
SMOKE SAVED FROM $3,650,000 LOSS TO
FLAMES BY MATES ' MERCHANTS YEARLY
SNAKES AT DITMARS'
DINNER UPSET CAFE
Troupe of Heptll.es Entertains Quests
nt Tables.
Thete are persons who dined at the
l'Alglon last night who are not sure
whether they saw real snakes or not.
Most, however, wero convinced by the
manager's little speech, In which ho npolo
filred for the dlstmbance. But Raymond
It. Dttmars, curator of the Bronx Zoo,
thought It neither funny or out of the
ordinary, and it was his dinner, too.
It began at 11 o'clock. Theatrical people
and a few Phlladelphlans gave a dinner to
Doctor Dltmars. He Is here with his
moving pictures of nntmal and reptile life,
showing stages from egg to maturity.
Doctor Dltmais brought some of his lively
llttlo modols with him.
When his troupe made Its debut, one
woman fainted, sovernl shrieked, and
even the men showed a nervous alert
ness. But the curator of the zoo was
perfectly at case He held a big eight
footer out for Mizzl Hajos W pet, and
she. gasping, touched its sheathed head.
Tho menu was arranged carefully for
the occasion Thero were oysters, walk
ing leaf, polsson surprise, frogs' logs pou
lette, fllct porcupine steak a la Dltmars,
Bronx Zoo salad, Ice cream salamander
and Cafe Mexican
Among those who graced the snake
tables wore Miss Hazel Dawn, Dr. Hay L-.
Dltmars, Oeorgo It, Meeker, C. B. Wlllets,
Miss Mlszl Hajos, Mr. and Mrs W. II.
McQufTIn. Maurice L Storn, Charles
Wanamaker, George Leon Moore,
All the guests wero given little water
and garter snakes as mementoes.
NEGRO WHO HELD
UP WILSON IS IN
M'CARTY'S CLASS!
New York Elevator Man;
Exponent of "Duty First,"
Had Nothing on Flagman
at Swarthmore. 4
Film Maker Carried to Street j Health Department Enlists
by Three Companions, i Aid of All in Stamping
Panic in Crowded Picture
As the dale November 28 for the Array
and Navy game draws neat. It is becom
ing mote and more apparent that It is at
tracting even more than the customary
amount of Interest this jear, not only
In Philadelphia, but throughout the coun
try at largo
There v 111 be an Innovation In the early
arrival In Philadelphia of the Army team
The football squad of CS men will come
to the Bellevtte-Stratford Thanksglvlrg
night, one day sooner than is customary
Rooms aic being reserved for them near
the top of tha house, where the) will have
the utmost seclusion While It is tho nnn
occasion when the future soldiers are sup
posed to escape military routine. they
will not entirel escape it Their Moor
will derive a distinctly military aspect
from the sentinels to be stationed there
to oreveut them from beins disturbed v.
as certain mat tne finance committee cept by those with authority
or councils will slash rrom the budget
tha estimate for the housing division.
Show Averted.
Out Epidemic Experts
Give Advice.
WOULD BRING RKFORMS.
The law under which the division of
housing and sanitation was established
would effect beneficial reforms In the
homes of the poorer class of the city, In
troducing safeguards and Improvements
that would be felt financially by landlords
of squalid tenements.
Th law requires owners to Place a
sink with running water In ever house
and in every apartment of two or more
rooms ip a tenement, if a water main Is
in tha street; connect the house directly
with a sewer; repair broken plumbing
Immediately; keep roofs stairs and fire
escapes In constant repair; protect the
cellar against flooding; keep halls and
outside spaces clean; Mae no pa.it of the
building for a sweatshop, and conduct
manufacturing only under permit from
the Board of Health; allow no storing of
Inflammable mateilal In the structure,
provide every loom with a suitable win
dow opening to outside air, give ample
quarters to prevent promiscuous herding
that breeds vice.
WXLXS PItOBATJED TODAY
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Qlrord avenue
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327 BalUaaora avenge.
3d Church Lane Baat
1414 Wavlt -.
'Ibrliht, 1018 Monmouth atreet
That Settled It
Mis i imrlea If Anthony, of Muncle
bee drob. deign4 fey bei-ssiX ttn-
teSMKl Purl before the outbreak of th
iM.r suhl tu ft Vaw York report tha
uthe-f tMy i
' 1'ftow la tha tlaui to lntso4uae Mede4,
. hsnwoW f hotts lor Uw taM ajid
f -Sitntar. be Kurovwan fashion market
If (eVa now tt tha AtMriean thalgaar.
Um. to waik
'Vyricn n woun will wicoJue modest
teMj for ' of taun are, as ptrvease
S W Anearii" aroscum 1 heard about Ip
F9Smm
"A friend mjd at a. ball to this woman s
iuoiid
How the wan a e ftokuig round Four
fid 1 thuabi vut said oud never
In hr weai on uf those ahoeklug ev-
$4000 Estate Left in Trust to Widow
of Samuel X. JoneB.
The will of Samuel U Jones, late of
7GS South 17th stieet, admitted to probate
today, devises the ifooo estate lu trust
for the widow, Indiana Jones. At her
death the principal 1 to revert in equal
shares to a, niece, nephew and son-in-law.
In the event of the death of the last
three beneficiaries occurring before the
death Q( the widow, the principal is be
queathed to the trustees q the Cherry
Memorial Church. J6th and Christian
street, to assist aged nvawbrs of that
church in obtaining adioUiloji to the
Howe for Aged Colore4 Persons
The wUI of Annie E Carney, ltw Mf.
HUi atreet, dUUtluttM as estate of MW4
tn prtvftte beqiwsts.
Perswal aWOHfty ot Jamea H Goed.
win has been appraised at SQ$M.
TWO HELD AS HOBBEHS
Caught after a efaA of several blocks,
Fred Smith and Robert Powell, two
Negroea. who gave 13B Petts street as
their address ere held under tttta ball
today for a, further hearing by Magis
trate Morris at the 19th and Qjtford
sneeis puUeei eution The men are a
i.uaed at having broken into te bame
let air. UxMa H. ttanla. 3m tseerge
I ftretiv wliea save wu away liAt SaHkaV
The Navy team, as usual, will ocennv
quarters at the Walton It has not jet
been definitely announced when It will
arrive
President Wilson has signified his In
tention of witnessing the contest He will
occupy a box on the Navy side during
tho first half and one on the Army side
during the second in order that there may
be no partiality
The hotels are rapldy booking up ac
commodations for three days, November
7. M a,nd W The Walton has almost
booked to capacity already with those
Navy enthusiasts who llko nothing better
than to be under the same root with their
tsam
The Bellevue, as the Army head,
quartets Is also filling up for those dates
There Is hardly a hotel In the city that
a not a long list or applications and he
who puts off to the.last minute the en
gagement of rooms will have serious
difficulty in being accommodated
At the Walton the list of those who
have reserved rooms Includes Lieutenant
W, F, Anderoon, Bnsign B. L Barr, J. E.
Rayn, Lawrence Oallliere, Dr. I J. Davis,
Captain E, II. Durell, Mrs. R. lie Roode,
Knslgn J B. Dalton, Ensign Garland Ful
ton, Knalgn E J Glllam, Lieutenant R. S.
Galloway, Commander Harris Lannlng,
Knslgn it, t Merrill, Ensign E. C. Metr.
A girl overcome by smoke In a fire at
SM Vine street was today lescued by
thrn other git Is while occupants of a
moving picture show rushed to the
stieet on hearing the clang of engine
bells. The flro started In a restaurant
at the Vine street address and caused
damage of about 1(000 before It was ex
tinguished. Miss May Willie, employed by the In
dependent rilm Company at 802 Vine
street, ran to the window when she
heard shouts of Are. She was overcome
by billows of smoke that rapidly filled
i the building Rose Scholnn, Margaret
Xun and Hanna lluril carried her to
tho street
By the time firemen arrived, the entile
Join floors of the cafe building, occupied
bv iFrank Afoeldert. w ere In llames. The
fhemen found It Impossible to get into the'
building and fought the names from ad
Joining ntructures
Several hundred patrons were at a ptc
tuie hIiow ou the west side of, Eighth
street, Just below Vine, when they heard
the engine belli There was a rush for
the door, but attendants shouted a warn
ing ngainst panic and the house was
emptied without injury to anyone
When firemen learned that a quantity
of moving picture films was stored In
the second and third floors of the build
lug adjoining the burning caff, they re
doubled thcli efforts to check the flames
The films were damaged by smoke and
water
Miss J M. Roboon, Lieutenant A. C. f Norfolk street, and by the time the en
Read. Commander h 3 Thompson. Lieu
tenant C C Thomas, Major E. J Timber
lake and Lieutenant Thomas Whlthers
At the Adelphia will be Lieutenant W
S Milton. Lieutenant M A Balllnrer
Assistant Surgeon F H Halgler.
BRIDE HELD AS BIGAMIST
Leser Chester, of Ml South 3d atreet,
announced at a hearing before Magistrate
Bmely today, that ho had discovered the
woman he married ten days ago had
another husband Uvlhs In New York. Shef
ia jrs Jieueocu. unesier .Magistrate
Bmely held hei in I10OO ball far a. further
hearing November St an a charge of
Wfam I
Chesler said be was married November
t A few days ago, lie says, he learned
the woman had net obtained a divorce
from her first husband
HORSES BURN IN STABLES;
FIVE DWELLINGS DAMAGED
Swirling Bundles of Burning1 Hay
Slakes Blaze Hard to Combat.
Fanned by a strong wind, fire de
stroyed the livery stable of Samuel
Tucker. 11-13-15 ChiUtlan street, dam
aged five dwellings on Norfolk street
and trapped IS horses in their stalls
The blaze was discovered last night by
Policeman Kolb, of the 2d and Christian
streets station He made a futile ef
fort to rescue the horses.
Heavy winds swept the flames Into
glnes arrived five dwellings had been
set afire by largo bundles of burning
hay swirled about by tho wind. A sec
ond alarm was sent in, and with the
aid of additional apparatus the firemen
checked the spread of the fire and aaved
the dwellings. The loss will reach more
than 120,000, covered by Insurance.
The houses damaged were those of
Steven Bennett, 13 Norfolk street,
Michael Mattis, 15, Lea Duezkowskl, 21,
Thomaa Qvermack, u, and Martin
Pxysky, 26.
Merchandise valued at $3,660,000 la do
Btrojed yearly by rats In this city, accord
ing to a bulletin issued today at the
"Know Your Cit Bettor" exhibit The
exhibit Is tu the pavilion in City Hall
Courtyard
Alarmed over the epidemic In certain
sections of the cltj, the Depaitment of
Health today again uiged Phlladelphlans
to do everything possible to kill rats
"Kill Ihe Rats" Is the ilogan at tho
"Know Your City Better" exhibit.
Visitors to the exhibit were reminded that
tho citj will gladly pay 3 cents for every
dead rat delivered to the rat station at
the foot of Race street, and 6 cents for
all live rodents brought to the station.
Statistics ou file at the exhibit state
thut at leat $10,000 wortluof merchandise
Is destroyed each day In the city.
According to the opinion of prominent
physicians, the rat Is the carrlei of the
bubonic plagtio which Is better known at
"Black Death "
Visitors today were attracted bv the il
lustrations which showed the latest stile
In the art of catching rats.
Experts on rat catching at the ''Know
Your Cy Better' exhibit declared today
Hint a large cage trap is the best instru
ment for dwelling htfuses.
The best bait for rats who Infest dwell
ings, stores and cellars. Is cheese, fresh
llvei, nuts and fish.
The Department of Health, according
to the "Know-Wiur-City-Betler" exhibit,
has installed a special jat patrol The
patrol will answer any call of a successful
rat catcher
CHILDREN SET BED AFIRE
HELD ON DBSBBTION OHAHOE
Clarence Faotw. of SB North Fourth
street, was held la tSOQ ball far court to
day by Magistrate Bmely an charges of
desertion and nonsupport preferred by
his wife, Mrs Dorothy Factor, who is
now living with bar pret at 1HJ Ger
raantowu ajresue. Mm Factor testified,
that her parent bought a le-uadry. wages
for her husband to give hUu a ejfcance to
earn a UviJig $be satd be turned .
tMe m day sad refused to sjjv bar
any it. It-y Have eat eblM.
Neighbor lleeeues Pair Left in House
by Motber.
Two children narrowly escaped being
severely burned today when matehes, with
which they were playing in the absence
of their mother, Ignited a mattress They
are Raymond Frea, 3 years old, and
Harry Frjai, ? jfw old, qf g Marsh ave
nue, aermantown. M,r Chariee Press,
the jnotoer, left them asleep and went to
a store.
A neighbor saw smoke coming from a
rear window, and John Debars, of 9
Marsh avenue, climbed over a rear porch
roof. He found the children, tenor
stricken, in the middle of the bed One
Ue or the mattress was biasing Debars
carried the pair Into his tumu apd ex
UssTUiwMd tke Ve with bucket of water.
FIRST CITY TROOP TO
PARADE AND DINE TODAY
140th Anniversary to Be Celebrated
by March.
wT.h6,''t.Cltyu TI0Op of delphla
will celebrate the HOth anniversary of
its existence today with a 'parade and
a banquet. The troop will assemble at
the Armory, 33d ktrcet. above Chestnut,
at 515 o clock, for Inspection, and will
tnen march dismounted down 23d street
to Walnut, to lSlh street, and return to
th Armory by way of Chestnut street.
ne anniversary dinner will begin at
6 30. Among the prominent guests who
will attend are Secretary of War Llndley
M Garrison, Major General W. W Woth-
erspoon, ma awe. captain Powell Clai
ton. and Brigadier General A. L. MIllsT
FEED WIRE IMPERILS LIVES
Falls Into Chestnut Street With
Many Pedestrians Near,
Dozens of men and women on their wav
to work narrowly escaped death at T'30
o'clock this morning, when the trolley
wire In Chestnut street between Broad
and liith streets fell The current was
turned off a few minutes later, and In
the meantime leserve pollqemen guarded
the deadly wire
Traffic was bloeked for 3Q minutes on
all the linea using Ohestnut street
Thousands of person left the eat west
of Wth street and walked to work or
vupMNpeu iiiw jwuruoy on tne Market
atreet subway and surface lines.
J
Heal Estate Board Luncheon
The regular monthly luncheon of the
Philadelphia Real Estate Board will be
held at the Hotel St James at noon to
day. WttUaw i S. Asnbmok, of. the Provt
dent Life and Trust Company, will ad
dress the beard, tu subject being ut
LADS HURL SNOWBALLS
AS COLD WAVE ARRIVES
Taoony Policemen Greeted by Sur
prise Volley Prom Pike County.
Drivers of wagons in Tacony had cause
to rub their eyes with reelings akin tc
surprise today. The cause of the eye-rubbing
was also the cause of their rubbing
cettaln other parts of their anatomy, al
though In the latter case with feelings
akin to something else. One of them,
afraid there was something wrong some
where, dashed into tho Tncony police sta
tion. "I ain't a drinking man," he told the
sergeant, "but ns sure as I stand here
there's a bunch of kids out there snow
balling." Tho coppers laughed, but were forced
to agree when on stepping outside they
got a couple of ftozen "Berthas" Inn led
with dazzling accuracy In the pit of their
own stomachs.
Tho boys had gathered the ammunition
from thp top of two freight cars from
Pike Countv, which were oif a siding in
mo yaru oi me uissionujsw Works.
immediately on the heels of the heavy
rainstorm of Sunday, the predicted cold
weather has put In its appearance. The
cold wave, borne eastward by a stiff
northwest wind, knocked tho mercury
from 62 degrees yesterday morning to
close to the freezing point at S o'clock
today.
It will be somewhat warmer during
the day, due to the Influence of the sun
but tonight it will react again, and the
weatherman promises a stlffer tempera
ture at that time.
Philadelphia, however. Is not the only
place suffering from a cold snap In
some parts of Canada the bottom has
dropped out of the thermometer nnd
bitter winter weather has arrived.
Temperatures several degrees below
the freezing point prevail lu Cleveland.
Columbus, Cincinnati. Chicago and at
various points In Kansas. Alqng the
v,.ck "i iiuuwinier pi valla, with
Leaning against the safety gates ahortlf
after he had signaled a clear road to an
eastbound train, Michael McCarthy, offl.
clal flagman nt tho Swarthmore railroad
station, today gave his opinion about the
negro elevator boy In New York who
stopped President Wilson beoause he
didn't have his visiting card,
McCarthy, according to natives of
Swarthmore, Is the best flagman who ever
wielded a white flag in that section. He
has a silver loving cup, given to him by
school children, and alto many written
testimonials regarding his good record
Strange to say, McCarthy himself held
up President Wilson at one time. It hap
pened last summer. McCarthy Insists the
Chtef Magistrate of the nation Is no bet
ter than a rallioad flagman when It comes
to obeying orders.
DUTV FIRST, HIS MOTTO.
"Just picture to yourself what would
happen If I didn't obey my orders,'' said
McCarth), as he waved a whlto flag to syj
passing local train.
"It Is the enme way with the President
of tho nation," he continued, smiling to
a group of students returning from j
Swarthmore College, j
"Gracious me, you have no idea what tf
would have happened if I would have R
permitted .president Wilson's automobile
to cross the tracks last summer."
When President Wilson entered a fash
ionable apartment house In New York to
call upon his sister, Mrs. Anne Wilson
Howe, It happened he didn't have his
visiting card with him. The elevator bov
promptly refused to deliver the Presl-'j
dent's message.
After considerable cross-examining, the
nesiaent convinced the ivegro ot ins
identity and his message was delivered.
"President Wilson Is a splendid gen-
tloman," continued McCarthy. "I Voted'
for him And then you know I have
several fine sons, who also voted for i
him.
"That Negro boy over In New Yolk
acted rlsht. Ho was there to oboy or
ders. The orders of a superior must b
ooeyed. what would happen If the cor
porals, sergeants and lieutenants In the
German army disobeyed the orders of I
uenerai von kiukv
"There would be a general topsy-furvy
aiiair. suppose i mnou to ooey my qt-
ders? It might result In a collision of
trains and tne loss ot life. Thon tha
good folke down hero wouldn't be pre-1
senting me with loving cups and fine!
testimonials
SECRET SERVICE MAN NON
FLUSSED. "Now about my experiences with the
President. It happenod this way. There
was a train standing there at the depot
and another was down the line. My gates,
were down when an automobile came
along. I told the gent who was drlvipg
the machine he couldn't cross. To my
surprise a Secret Service operative
jumped out of the automobile- The de
tective ran up to me and said;
"The President Is In the car."
"My gates are down and no automobile
will pass while Michael McCarthy Is
flagman here," I teplled.
"After argulngovlth me the detective
saw he was wrong and went back to the
machine. When the road was clear I
permitted the nutompblle to paBS. And
please say that when the machine
crossed the tracks I bowed and saluted
the Piesidcnt of the nation.
POOR RICHARD CLUB'$,HIKE
Members Will Make Inspection Tour
of the Curtis Plant.
Members of the Poor Richard Club,
after meeting for luncheon at noon to
day, will take a "hike" through the nlant
temperatures ranaln from fn 'en J of the Curtis Publishing Company, Inde-
nsAea Hkatif. . tiai li (I tkrt r a Qmlaro UnAvlel ritliiAaB linVa
as wo uyuva crUf
The rainstorm, which broke the S5-day
n,,T K. nr.V." . ";xrL" "'"" "rough-
put the State and New Jersey, has done
Immeasurable good. Particularly fortu
nate .was the fact that the preclpltat on
was steady and warm. Streams when
md completely dried up werele
lslied. and mining operations In the coal
region will become more normal, as the
necess ty for hauling water by Train from
d'81"1 points largely has been overcomS?
MOTORIST WHO STRUCK
MAN, THEN FLED, SOUGHT
Victim Severely Injured by Yellow
Wheeled Automobile.
Special officers of the 20th and Berks
streets pol Ice station .... "".;.
aWsw iii. ."ias?
utomobli Wh.ch;tcT.ffXX in
IV'.I N,eal Ha'ne. 63 years old? of i7
North Bouvler street, at 16th sTreet and
Montgomery avnue, and then hurried
away without stopping. nurrled
llalnea wan e.in. r..
u. tt. .7..-."7- ? ru"l.somery ave.
penitence Square. Special guides have
been provlded-for tho occasion. The re
cent additions to the Curtis equipment
within the year will add Interest to the
visit.
The trip of observation will take about
an hour and will Include a visit to tpe
home of the Royal Electrotype Company,
in tne citrus uuiidlng, with H. a. Hatch,
fellow member of the club, as host.
mi Tim. -...ft-J .a"1
".v." al"? 'or a. t car to pass
by the
1V MM
oenind the car. HaJnes refused to h
taken t a hospital Ills rth?l.iwS!
broken and he was internally inJuKfT
He Deserved the Bose
When a telegram arrived at the Wai.
dorf addressed to Mrs. S. irarkins sm
7rt O'wheen. the In&nVaUon clerk
looked through his big book and found
no person by the name of Harklnj Twaa
stopping In the hotel jt is snart ofiu
duties to deliver telegrams that at dr.?
look undellverable, and as he Mudted the
address on the telegrsm. knowing some!
thing about the Morse alphabet he re
numbered that arT"h" is fotr dot, anj
m CW ' w.heeup K Took0! ,S2
Ws big book again, and found that Mrs
awif rW?? "" V.frtns a the tiotef
When Mrs. Parkins came to the dealt
he handed her the telegram and asked if
it was for her. She bapded it back "i
Vlt '" not 'or m-" "It
'Would you mind opsnlns ahd maklae
surer- asked Glasheen. "ung
Mrs Parkins tore open the envelope
and glaneed at tb signature. "Why it
Is for me' she exaim,t
J:,'" .. that
Woel. M assistant, and stuek it la his
buttonhole -Mew Ye TieMsT
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
'WASHINGTON. Noy. U.-For Eastern ,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey: Fair and '
continued cold tonight and Wednesday, i
iresn norm to northwest winds.
The cold wave has spread eastward to
the coast durlpg the last 24 hours, causing
a fall In temperature of from 20 to SO
ucgrces in ine Atlantic Btfttes it alio
drifted farther into tho Sputhern States
and carried freezing temperatures almost
to the Gulf coast. The temperatures con
tinued to decrease along the. nprthern
border from the Dakotas eastward and In
the adjoining Canadian provinces, and are
well below zero In those districts this
morning. Light rain occurred! in New
England yesterday, followed by sno
flurries last night, and snow has fallen i
over rnost of the lake region during the
last tt hours,
U. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
Observation made itli.pi istern tune.'
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