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Overbrook Man Accused bf Forg
ing Name of Rector to
Collect $300
CtMTged with obtaining money under
MM pretense from St. Paul's Episcopal
Cftbrch, OverbrooR, William II. Sdraln, 1612
Arnao& Btreet, Its sexton, was arrested
Pi hut night by Seville, nn employe ,ef a do-'"fc-UMiw
agency. Scroln Is said to have
t&kan and cashed a check for $300 belonging
iS (He nr William n. Turner, rector of
lh chllrch.
According to the police, on Aprlt 28 Ac
counting Warddn Davis, of St Paul's, placed
three .checks In the sncrlstry, Intending to
ret them later on. Mrs. Scraln was In the
church at the time, It was said. According
lo Detective Seville, she took two of the
ZhJtkit. one fob $86, which was her hug-
j bend's pay. and the other, which was the
nAlary-or ire cuuicu munuiwa. ju, ocrtiui,
It was learned, gave the checks to her
husband and the laundress.
On April 27, It was revealed, Scraln
cashed his personal check In a downtown
tank. On the day following, the pollco
say, he took tho check for $300, made out
In the name of the Rev. Mr. Turner, and
cashed this also. It Is alleged that Scraln
indorsed the check with the rector's nnmo
and underneath It wrote, "for painting
'church," together with tho painter's name,
w. J. nay.
Pi Scraln was questioned by the agency's
night Seville was sitting on his porch at
67th and Master streets when he noticed
ficraln enter a. ualodn nearby. Tho de
tective arrested the sexton and took him
to City Hall. Although Scraln denies It,
the police say the handwriting on tho rec
tor's check corresponds to that of several'
letiers found In the sexton's possession.
Ecraln wilt havo n hearing this morning.
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OARSMAN DROWNED
AS PARENTS LOOK ON
'University Barge Club Members,'
Back From Regatta, Tell
of Accident'
Membora of tho University Barge Club
returned to Philadelphia from New York'
today, but they did not tell of their prowess
In winning some of tho races In the annual
regatta of tho New York Rowing Associa
tion on tho Harlem nivcr yesterday.
True, the local .club made n good showing
and won cosily In the race with clubs from
Boston and Flushing. N. Y. But the
occasion was marred by a drowning' acci
dent. Tho story they tell Is ono of how a
mother and father saw their son swept to
death almost In the fnco of victory, and
how cheers along the water front changed
suddenly Into prolongod cries of alarm.
Melvln McKcnna, 18 years old, of Flushing,
stroke oar of the Wahncta Boat Club's
four-oared crew, lost his life.
Tho University Barge Club won, but Mc
Kenna made a valiant effort to overtake
his rivals. .At the finish his boat was swept
by the tide under n rovonuo cutter, was
overturned and the four men were thrown
Into the river. McKonna's parents and
relatives were only a short dtotanca away.
MqKenna sank almost immediately and
every .effort was mado to rescue hlni. Men
dived Into the rlvor time and again. Ills
companions wcro saved.
FREED AFTER CAR KILLS BOY
,. W. Rawle, of J. G. Brill Company,
Released After Motor Hits
Boy Scout
TRENTON, N. J., May 31,,-J. W. Rawle,
of 02d street and Woodland avenue, Phlln
dolphla, assistant general manager of the
J. C. Brill Company, of that city, has been
freed by tho county officials, following the
death last night of Alvah Williams, 11
years old, of 82G Beatty streot, this city,
whom Rawle ran down while driving his
automobile on the road at Scudder's Falls
yesterday afternoon. Tho lad died In Mer
cer Hospital In a few hours, but tho county
authorities, after hearing tho stories of
eye-witnesses, decided that tho accident was
Unavoidable. Death was duo to a fracture
at the base of tho skull.
Williams -was one of a party of 23 boys
from Boy Scout Troop 3. of the Broad
Street Methodist Episcopal Church, on a
hike from this city to Scudder's Falls. They
were accompanied by Leon A. Rentner, of
thlB city, as scoutmaster. Williams and
another lad left the detachment to get a
drink and while crosslrlg tho road the boy
was struck. He was taken Into tho auto,
mobile and driven to Mercer Hospital.
Three U: S. Seamen Drowned
WASHINGTON. May 31. Drowning of
three seamen of' the collier Hector- In Ocoa
Bay, Santo Domingo, by tho capsizing of
a" whaleboat, has been, repprted to the Navy
Department by Rear Admiral Caperton.
Nino other men who were In the boat were
1 rescued by the destroyer Reld after being
i In the.water 14 hours. The dead men are
EdwarcTBrenan and William Mariner, Quar
termasters, and George Sancunls, fireman.
Killed WhenHc Faints at Wheel
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. May 31. While
driving his automobile last night, accom
panied byhls wife, their two daughters and
a girl friend, Hicks Grlllln, of Bridgeport,
Is bellevfcd to have fainted or to have suf
fered a stroko of apoplexy. He failed to
keep the vehicle in the road at ft turn and
It crashed, Into a fence and turned over.
Gr!fflh,wa killed and the others were se
verely 'cut and bruised.
i SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
ORATORY
Xlocution Salesmanship,
Jourriallsm Dramatic Art
blind Building Authorship
Summer Session of Seven Weeks
Day and Evening. opni June 11. Yru, pall
r phono .Spruce 8218 tor literature.
NKI'T'Ldl.HiUl. 11SO fhtnut Ktrtxt
5TPAV1JDH! The Bt Uuln" - School
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SWIMMING
Central Natatorium and Batha
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and 2o-2.S abav ratea: boya under 18
t.S abova ratea; alngte awlin roomtera
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GARDEN AND LAWN
FURNITURE
Pergolas, Garden Seats, Arbors, Trelllse.
Gates, Porch furniture. Window Boxes
Ornamental Fencing.
Catalog on Bequest,
F, R. GERRY CQtl
JWJ Mark! 8-. Fbllaaatofel.
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U-BOAT SCARE COSTS $8000
EVENING LEDGfeEr--PHlLU3ELIfiIA, WEDNESDAY, MAT 31. 1016.
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Italian Liner Hushes Through McdL
terranean burns Extra Coal
It was ngured that It cost her l Sift n in
"l;.aJ"l before she reached Gibraltar
Napier" U2 " t0n '" 1My " K itft
The Italian liner had 1830 passencers,
and she headed out Into " the Mediterra
nean with every light out ftt night and
her crew on watch lo see that not a port
was uncovered or that any one even lit
ft cigarette on deck. No wireless calls
were sent, but her wireless ears were kept
open constantly.
Captain Lulgl Zannonl deolded to uso
Ijls vessel's speed and race for Gibraltar.
She was soon reeling off 19 knots. Mean
time her gunners .stood by "tho pair of
3lnch guns on her nfterdeck, but they saw
nothing to shoot at.
THREE, ON PJCNIC, INJURED
Woutdbo Rescuer Cuts Artery in Foot,
. Girl Falls Over Stump and
Sprains Wriat
Anthony Sabolo, 21 years old, of 28S1
East Somerset street, Is at tho Frnnkford
Hospital In a serious condition from toss
of blood. Sabolo Is a member of the
"Honeysuckle Social.'' Testerday the mem
bers celebrated Memorial Day by a trip to
the country, one of the girls of the party
fainted, Sabolo, while seeking water for
her, stepped on a broken boltle. The glass
penetrated his shoo and cut an artery In
his right foot.
Sadie Goddchlld, 21 years old, of 4102
Orchard street, a member bf a social circle
which also spent the day In the woods, had
her right wrist broken when she felt over
a stump. This happened early In tho day,
but she refused to return to tho city Until
her companions did so last night. At 9
o'clock she applied for treatment at the
Frankford Hospital.
BREAKS AVIFE'S TOMBSTONfe
A3 MEfMORlAti DAY OBSERVANCE
Milloraburg Man Says She Should
Havo Given Him Motley
HAltnisntinG, May 81. James Cole
man, of Mlltersburg, wa arrested last
night and brought to the Dauphin County
jail at Harrleburg on a charge of celcbral
ing Memorial Day by breaking his wife's
tombstone, preferred by the Mllleraburg
cemetery Association.
Coleman's wlfo saved money out of her
XrfMft a m ten tkfinrtria&li m t$$ 1
of the eltirie on Mr Mv W
mofiey ttt A friend? wJ4 ewiw ww-
wisnes. . . AJt ti
Coleman told the pollea hw " SoeejeW
have given mm we rnoijey
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500,000 RabbHs to Bft Foe4!W mi
ttonFOLK, Vft., May 3l.fTim jwwartm
thousahd rabbits,' which Will fufhtsh ftswti
for tne Allies; armies, comprinon &
the cargo of the British steamship CwtOTejry ;j
land, whlcH arrived here yesterjy w
veiungton, new ainu. i;
bound for Ltverpool.
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ING a paean of American Bigness and Achievement !
SUCCESS the richest land the freest land the land of BIG
OPPORTUNITIES!
Think of it!
A hundred million people the largest and most populous republic
in history.
with the highest annual income of any nation in the world. (Not less than 25 or
30 billions of dollars. The mind can't grasp it.)
More than that of any other two nations,
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The greatest production of GRAIN, COTTON, IRON, STEEL, COPPER, OIL, and
I aps of other things.
More railroad lines than all the rest of the world put together.
An internal commerce greater than the whole world's international trade.
More steel buildings than on all the rest of the globe.
Twice the banking capital of any other nation, almost as much as all Europe
combined.
More automobiles than all the rest of the world put together.
More farm tractors than on alPthe rest of the earth.
More motor-boats, more telephones, more magazines and newspapers, more miles
of .telegraphs, more public libraries, more school houses, more sewing machines, more
phonographs !
The first real republic in the widest, freest sense I
The only nation that spends more on education than on
armies and navies nearly 500 millions a year!
And all this from a slender colony of farmers fighting for
existence on the shores of the Atlantic less than a century and a
half ago ! Nothing like it in all the world's history.
How did it come? Because of that act of Massachusetts Colony in 1674
which gave to the world the first example of universal and free education. .
And along with all this has gone the other big fact
the United States hasv bought more BOOKS and paid more for them
than any other tyo nations in history,
1 and for one single great work of reference it has paid more than 60 million dollars
the work that from the days of George Washington to the present time has been the f ore-
mSorkSiSSSi,in anylanguage-THENCYCLTOPAEDIA BRITANNICA.
The astonishing sale of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in the United States
the fact that not less than 14 or 15 million volumes of this great work havo
been sold here cannot have been without a real and decisive influence in
American life.
It is still more remarkable that f orihe latest issue, the new Eleventh Edition,
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And in the ears of most every American boy (and many American
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What has been the mainspring behind this American VIM? One great
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Universal education," paid for by all the people is an AMERICAN idea,
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in America as in all
nractically every creat English writer five or ten times as many volumes have been sold
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THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA.
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