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RAGES OVER WtoR
RAILROAD SERVICE
Sd Bad Had to Stop at
Louisville Col. Turner
Is It Outrageous
EVENING LEDQEg--.pHILAII?!LPKIA) MONDAY, JULY 3, 1916.
PENNSYLVANIA NAVAL MILITIA GETS ITS TURN AT CAMP
Calk
HOST BLAME ON P. R. II.
Luck Water and Light Even
Horses Made to
Suffer
By CARL L. ZBISDERG
Bventnt Ledger Staff Cetrtivonient
fcTJLTON, Ky., on board 2d Regiment
troop train enroute to El Pnso, July 3.
An Investigation of the methodi employed
by the American Railways Association In
furnishing trains for troops will be asked
Of the War Department by Colonel Hamil
ton D. Turner.
This announcement today came as a re
sult of the midnight fiasco at Louisville,
where this military train, shrouded In dark
hess, was halted and officers Indignantly In
formed the railroad officials at that point
that the train would not move an Inch until
lights were supplied to the troops.
The report of Captain J. II. Qclssel, Regl.
hientat Quartermaster, which wilt he sent to
the War Department at the end of the
Journey, will cite the grievances of tho 2d
Regiment against the railroads, pointing
out that the American Railways Associa
tion ban broken Us agreement with tho Gov
ernment to furnish first-class accommoda
tions In transporting troops to the border.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad, which provided
the cars, came In for the moat severe cen
sure. 'It Is outrageous," declared Colonot
Turner.
"The troops are supposed to have good
accommodations. Last night was tho second
night In succession that the coaches havo
been without light.
"The fault lies with the railroads.
Tourist cars should have been provided In
the first place Instead of these coaches."
The ultimatum of the regimental com
mander to the effect that ho would not
allow tho troops to proceed until light had
been supplied was responsible for tho repair
of the electric lighting apparatus In the
oIBoers' two coaches where tho making of
reports and other clerical work had been
tied up slnco dark. A few flickering oil
lanterns also were scraped up by the rail
road men, who were positive In their declar
ation that they had no means of filling tho
empty acetylene gas tanks. The smoking
lanterns were turned over to tho troops only
after the officers personally hunted them up
and commandeered them.
Not only tho lighting apparatus, but other
conditions In the day coaches are being
hotly censured by tho officers. The coaches
are overcrowded, three men being forced
to steep In each doublo seat. Tho acommo
datlons for washing are miserable. The
troops make futile attempts to remove tho
grime of travel by washing at tho water
coolers or on the swaying platforms, where
they dash water from their canteens over
their fellows. Their mess kits also aro
cleansed In this laborious and unsatisfac
tory manner,
BLAME MEN HIGHER UP.
No blame. It attached to the minor of
ficials along the route, who bear the brunt
of the work. The censuro Is directed to
ward the "mon higher up" in tho railroad:,
who were responsible for tho cars provided.
Their laok of patriotism was scored by the
men who are going to tne Border to ngnt.
The cramped quarters and the scarcity of
water cause added work for the medical
corps which has charge of train sanita
tion. Major Thomas O. Allen and his men
are kept constantly busy.
Not only the troops but the horses as
well suffer from poor accommodations. One
of the two horso cars Is without airbrakes
and the handsome animals Insldo are se
verely Jolted.
All the more exasperating Is the poor
equipment because this string of cars Is
the third offered for the transportation of
the regiment The first coaches were with
drawn because the water tanks were un
clean and the second consignment was
hotly rejected by Colonel Turner as being
"not fit for white men."
It Is a raging regiment from highest
officer to newest rookie.
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WORMLEYSBURG TO DEDICATE
NEW TOWK HALL ON FOURTH
Men of Thriving; Place Will Dig Cellar
and Do Other Work
MARTSVILLB, Pa., July 3. Tomorrow
Wormleysburg, one of the thriving west
shore towns of the Susquehanna In central
Pennsylvania, will hold n double celebration
for the Independence of their country and
for the Independence of their town In re
gard to municipal headquarters. The big
part of the day's celebration will be the
dedication of their new town hall, on which
the cltltens themsehes performed a, large
proportion of tho work.
Last year It waa decided to drect a new
town hall, but It was soon discovered that
there was not sufficient money In tho bor
ough treasury to meet all expenses, so tho
men cltltens shed their coats and dug In
the cellar. The women of tho town raised
money to build the foundation walls and
finish the celUr. The building Is a 65x60
feet two-story brick affair. All municipal
headquarters are located therein.
Justice of tho Peace W. J. Cobte and
Ilurgess J, Fred Hummel are active In the
plans for tho dedication. A big parade Is
planned.
FOUR DIE, ELEVENHURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS;
CAR STRUCK BY TRAIN
Two Men and Young Woman
Killed by Reading Railway
Express at Glen Lake
Crossing
MOTORTRUCK GETS VICTIM
SOUTHERN DIVISION
OF U.S. ARMY SPLIT
Cnnllnncil from Face One
cccdlngly young. They all ndmlt that
the French artillery preparation was
very efficacious, not only annihilating
their defense works, but also destroying
all communications and revlctuallng
lines, nnd making It Impossible to send
commands during tho artillery prepara
tion. French aviators destroyed 13 captlvo
balloons. During tho attack French
aviators were masters of the front.
Only nine German aviators ascended
and none of these crossed our lines.
Funston, Pershing and Bell Get
Commands May Be
New Chief
BRITISH TAKE POSITION NEAR
FRICOURT; CAPTURE 4000
A REBEL'S GREETING.
The South salutes the North today, as
this long train of war from Pennsylvania
cuts diagonally southwestward through the
undulating blue grass hills of Kentucky.
A message Is borne by It. It Is not the
old homily that the Mason and Dlxon line,
that barrier of falsity, forever Is effaced by
the wheels carrying Philadelphia's soldiers
toward Mexico, that question was settled
In a very getlemanly way by U. S. Grant
and R. n. Lea at Appomattox Court House
long ago, it is a challenge, a message of
patriotism, pure and simple.
This troop train, one of many. Is quick
ening the national life of those who live
along the roadway of steel over which It
clumps along. Patriotism In hamlet and
city Is fired; In the breath of those who
view this military caravan. Its prosaic flat
cars lifted from the commonplace by the
flashing yellow canvas of army transports
and Its coaches tinged with the herola by
the fluttering flags, and those picked sol
diers on board, for whom the half of
America, ts passing In review, are learning
a lesson in patriotism.
The vociferous crowds, the soldiery yell
ing from windows, say plainly that even
should never a rifle be aimed by these
militiamen their Journey shall not have
been In vain. The passage of this warlike
retinue Is kindling afresh the fires that
are prone to grow sluggish and cold.
AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REBEL.
Today a bent old man, with white Im
perial mustache, waved a new American
flag and a ragged Confederate pennant
from tha shelter of a msgnolla tree In his
front yard and a the train rumbled by
those within heard a faint "rebel yell." It
might have been his brother, who, yester
day, back there in Ohio, nearly 1000 miles
away, feebly moved a flag- up and down
aa ha stood, clothed In faded blue, on his
back step.
The extent of this overland journey 600
miles and ipore a day-rfrom the ML Gretna
mobilization camp to El Paso Is beginning
to. dawn upon the soldiers abroad as thv
approach Memphis tnd the father of waters.
The nlagnituda of the country whose armed
representatives fhtr are Is beginning to Im
presu them twTay, the third full day since
Btratnment
They aS beginning to see the almost in.
pie factions tnat make un the unit
nation the types of men anA nf
Lthe railways, brod rivers, smoking
h, sioea yarcs, grazing- lands, fields
Lwheat, mines, tumultous mountain
aesperate gorges, black and beautl-
U.L.
it Is not a mere IzhUeelna' ti-in
a 3009-mile survey of America. i
HUlctlam, iu possibilities, und.r extraor
dinary conditions. Thea soldiers, prly
UvZ to see It, grasp the inter-relation be.
tyaea tha component parts, and tha cheer.
Mr tells thtm their rote. They are bet.
r eitixeiis for iL
rellgiouo services, conducted bv fihan.
b'K afoFetrldge at Cincinnati Junction In
Aa sMdow Of a viaduct spanning; railroad
y&i and a vast dumping ground of brick
fct. weeds, awap iron and rubbish, at
iree4 a crowd of railroad men and ragged
.UfflWae. Trolly cars rumbled overhead,
Mgtnea tutd by and myrld aies from near
tar eattte yard bwaed jn tne air while the
WtiBlator addressed Ms warrior fljHk. stand
1C wHh San atsda before the regiments
Ma, e sac m- && rtrH-- sermon they
vrfc Am am i Wt Point Jjott Mtojty
LONDON, July 3.
Pressing on tho onst of Albert, Drlttsh
troops havo occupied a higher position near
tho strongly fortified position of Frlcourt,
which wns taken from tho Germans yes
terday afternoon.
Tho number of prisoners now totals 4000.
North of Ancro Valley tho situation Is
unchanged. On tho remainder of the front
tho situation Is described by returning of
ficers as "promising."
Tho most violent fighting was going on
this morning nt La Bolssotle, cast of Albert,
which was captured by the British on
Saturday,
The Germans are bombnrdlnB Montauban,
another village? taken by tho British In
the Saturday advance
British guns woro cannonading German
positions at Tlilcpv.il early today.
Under a blazing July sun, the Allied
armies aro pushing on across the rolling
farmlands of tho Sommo region today In
what is rapidly developing into the greatest
battlo In the history of tho world.
The fighting not only is growing more
Intonso with tho arrival of German re
scnes, but threatens to spread along tho
whole of tho 110-mile front of tho Somme to
tho sea.
Tho Brtlsh havo Increased their terrific
fire In Flanders. Assisted by monitors, tho
Brtinh artillery Is conducting a violent
bombardment of the German lines In that
sector, a Rotterdam dispatch says. The
dispatch ndds that tho British are expected
to dollver their heaviest blow along the
Flanders line.
GERMAN LOSSES 20.000.
The fighting over the 25-mllo front over
which the British and French armies aro
driving eastward townrd tho Peronne-Cambrla-Llilo
railway is costing huge
losses in men. No estlmnte of tho British
or French losses hae reached London, but
the German losses In the first 36 hours
aro said to have exceeded 20,000.
In the vlllago of Domplerre alone, 1500
German dead were counted after three
French rcgimonts had fought their wny In
with bayonets nnd bombs. Prisoners said
many of the dead were mon wounded by
Bhell fire before tho Infantry attack be
gan. The artlliory's curtain flro mado It
Impossible to effect their rescue,
to dentil under tho hot nun.
Tho Anglo-French offensive
first thrust deep Into the German lines, has
now resolved itself Into a steady rolling
movement with Dnpaumo nnd Peronne ap
parently tho immediate objectives Tho
Gorman counter-attacks aro hourly grow
ing more vigorous nnd have checked nnd
bent back the British left which advanced
rapidly Into tho village of Scrro when tho
offensive opened Saturday morning.
Tho British centre, north of Albert. Is
making slow, methodical gains, though also
under terrific counter-attack.
East of Albert, where the extreme Brit
ish right links up with tho French left,
tho bloodiest strugglo Is going on. Driven
out of La Bolssellc. Frlcourt, Mnmetz, Con
tnlmalson ntid.Montauban tho Germans aro
fighting with desperation to save Important
highway lines of communication which Im
peril both Banpaumo nnd Peronno.
South of tho Somme tho French nlaced
themselves within a bare five miles of
Peronno by the capture of Domplerre, Frlse
nnd Baculncourt.
Tho British public, far from bclnp Intoxi
cated by the early successes, is prepared for
tho development of a campnlgn lasting per
haps several months. The people of Eng
land realize tho vast difference in the char
acter of tho present offensive and that In
auguratcd by Oonernl Brusllnff on the Aus-tro-German
front nnd nro content to await
a. grinding advance, with small gains. They
expect heavy German counter-attacks and
soma Allied reverses.
HAIO CONSERVES MEN
Goneral Halg, according to nil dispatches
from the front, Is carefully conserving his
men, preparing tho wny for each attack
with the most tremendous artillery attack
ever seen In any war. Critics here unite
In declaring that the Allies now have larger
munition reserves than the Germans and
glvo full credit to Minister of Munitions
Lloyd-Gcorgo for that superiority.
In some spots behind the German lines
shells were bursting nt the rate of 90 per
minute, ono correspondent reported. They
fell In streams on the village of Thlcpval,
which was blown to pieces. During the
night preceding the beginning of the In
fantry attack tho shcllflre In some places
was so Intense that a blur of light seemed
to run along the front.
Uelmont Island, in tho Schuylkill River, near Columbia bridge, is the
scene of the camp. Below are J. E. Wood, T. J. Younjr and H. A.
Cassell, of tho EVENING Ledger advertising staff, who arc members.
MISS HETTY GREEN DEAD;
LEAVES VAST FORTUNE
BERLIN WAR OFFICE ADMITS
LOSS OF FIRST-LINE TRENCHES
BERLIN, July 3. 'The great British and
French offensive In massed attack, which
had been extensively prepared for months
past, bogan yesterday after strong artillery
and gas preparation, lasting six days, over
a front of 2G miles on both aides of the
River Somme and likewise the Ancre
Brook," says laat night's official bulletin.
The bulletin continues:
From aommecourt to the region of
La Bolsselle the enemy obtained no
advantage worthy of mention. lie sus
tained, however, very heavy losses.
On the other hand, he was successful
In penetrating at sovernl points the
first line trenches of our division In the
region abutting both banks of the
Somme nnd was able to advance.
The division had to bo withdrawn
from the heavily shelled first lino
trenches Into tho positions arranged
for checking an advance from the first
to the second lines Tho material in
the first line, which was Immovable
and which had been rendored useless,
as Is customary In such cases, was lost.
In connection with these extenslvo
operations thero were many artillery
actions nnd numerous minor attacks
on the adjoining front to the west and
southeast of Tnhuro (In Champagne).
They were everywhere unsuccessful.
WOUNDED BRITISH SOLDIERS CALL
FIRE OF ALLIES "HELLISH"
LONDON, July 3.
Wounded British soldiers arriving today
from tho Anglo-French front, where the Al
lien are on the offensive, describe the bom
bardment of the German lines as "hellish."
Australian and Scottish troop3 have
taken a prominent part In the early stages
of the fighting and many of the wounded
are from those contingents.
Officers say that the British are now
fighting "with the courage of conquerors"
and are determined to break through Che
German lines or die trying.
Eleven villages have been captured from
tha Germans since tha "big push" was
started, but even yet the drive, is scarcely
In full swing1,
More than 10,000 German prisoners have-,!
boen taken, whllo the German losses, due to
tho extraordinary artillery fire of the Brit
ish and French, have boen enormous.
It Is believed that the Germans have
lost no fewer than 30,000 men since the
offensive opened
The cannonades marking some stages of
the battle nt Verdun were characterized as
unprecedented In their fury, but the bom
bardments of the French nnd French guns
are oven more severe. DefonBlve works
which the Germans havo been strengthen
ing for a year were crumpled to powder
beneath the storm of projectiles hurled
against them.
North of the Somme tha hlt-p.f train v.aa
been scored east of La Bolsselle and In
the region of Montauban.
DESTRUCTION OF VON KLUCK'S OLD
ARMY AIM OF ALLIES' DRIVE
Jiosar, Cow-try '
By J. W. T. MASON
Capture of General von Kluck's old Army
of the Alone Is the Immediate objective of
the Anglo-French offensive.
General von Kluck has gone Into retire
ment, but Von Kluck's corner at the south
western curve of the western battle front
remains one of the major defenses of the
German holdings In France.
To compel the evacuation of this area
under penalty of capture of von Kluck's
veterans Is the reason why the Allies have
started their drlva so near to the Alsne.
Von Kluck's corner is the Verdun of the
German western front, and the Allies ara
trying to duplicate, on a larger scale, the
German offensive strategy at Verdyn. An
advance of 20 miles, to St. Quentin, will,
put tha Allies in a poatlon to dominate the
principal lines of communication on which
the German aoutnwestern .aims army relief
for Its sustenance. i
How long it will take to reach St Quen
tin depends primarily on the British supply
of artillery ammunition. The gains of the
British and Frehcb since Saturday have
been due to the intensity of their artillery
fire. The British reports that their casual
tics have been small are unquestionably
c rrect The big guns of the AUlea de
vastated the German Orst-Uno tranches be
fore the infantry began to move forward.
The hand-to-hand fighting that followed
was largely for the possession of craters
blown into the earth by the Allies' artil
lery, Now, however, the Allies are unquestlon.
ably facing new German Intrenchments,
fully as strong as those captured durlna
the past 48 hours.
It will be necessary to renew the artillery
attack, and when the second line of de
fenses is taken, a third and fourth will re
main to be blasted away before the In
fantry can consolidate tha entn Tk.
British have been hoarding their ammunition
for a year. In this fact must lie the hope
of the Allies that the present drive will
force the Germans to retire from the
Alsne.
Midrale Workman Killed by Explosion
Stephen Mayland, 31 years old, of S95T
Beechwood street, was so badly burned
when an oil container in the Midvale Steel
Works exploded yesterday that he died a
short time later in the Germantown Hos-pltaL
According to tho police, the explosion
occurred when a spark dropped Into the
oil Mayland was standing nearby and was
drenched with the fluid. Andrew Gill, 21
years oil, of 2124 North Grata street, was I
burned ha the head and tivaa. He I In I
a serious condition,
Continued from Pace One
read, thought, talked nnd dealt with llttlo
else. It was upon her advice, gained from
her study of conditions, that her father In
vested In Chicago real estate in tho early
days, later netting JC, 000,000 profit from tho
venture
Until Hetty Robinson was nearly 30, she
devoted her time to society and money
making Then Edward Green, for 20 years
United States Consul nt Manila and Inter
ested In a hlg silk Importing houso In which,
ho had made several millions of his own,
publicly announced nt a New York dinner
that ho proposed to marry tho wealthiest
heiress In America, Hetty Robinson, ho was
told, was that person, Groen obtained an In
troduction and made good his brag. They
vvcro married July 7, 1807.
It was rather n cold-blooded proposition,
however. Miss Robinson agreed to marry
Groen only after ho stgnod a contract pledg
ing himself never to touch n penny of hor
fortune and to support both herself nnd
any children thero might bo from his own
funds.
Tho Greens had two children. Sylvia and
Edward 1 lowland Robinson Green. In 1909
Mrs. Green mnrrlcd off Sylvia to Matthew
Astor Wilks, a man with more than a mil
lion of his own. Financially Sylvia unmar
ried was a dead loss to Hetty Green, nnd
the wedding ceased the debit side of Hetty's
ledger.
SOFT SPOT FOR SON.
It was the boy, "Eddie," as his mother
always has called him, despite his 3S0 burly
pounds of husklness, that found the soft
spot In Hetty Green's heart. Eddie was the
only human being to whom Hetty Green
never openly begrudged money. She evi
denced her affection for him by devoting
the last 35 years of her life, to un attempt
to make him the richest man In the world.
She sought with business craft and cunning
in hundreds of ways to accomplish this.
But she failed. Just as in her ambition to
be the richest woman in tho world, she
failod.
Shortly beforo her marriage to Green.
Hetty .-toblnson Inherited the 310,000,000
from rer parents. Just about that time
Sylvia flow land an aunt, also died. Sylvia,
Hetty always understood, wns going to
leave rer her estate of 32,600,000, but the
will el-owed half of it left to charity and
the Iroome from the other half left to
Hetty A month later, after learning this,
Hetty Robinson came forward with what
she sild was a later will, leaving her the
whole fortune. In tho sensational leyal
battle that raged up and down the Robinson
and How land line after that Hetty was
charged with serious offenses, one of them
being fjrgery. It was Ono of the most
bitterly contested will fights In American
legal hlitory. Hetty fought like a llfreis.
She wanted that money, lihe got it.
The vlU case settled, Hetty Robinson wns
married and for seven years the Oreens
lived atroad, being received at the court
of England and royally entertained on
the Continent. Eddie Green waa born
abroad.
Upon the return to America, however.
Mrs, Green at once began her career of
parsimonious money making which In the
end broke up her family and closed only
with hor death. Green, a luxury loving con
noisseur of bookB and art, was the first to
give in to her new policy and, separating
from his wife, took up his residence at the
Union Leaguo Club, where he lived until
his death.
Meantime, Mrs. Green began selling the
horses, the more expenslv furnleture and
dispensing with the servants and every
thing that la any way entailed a cent of
cost It was at this time that she Is de
clared even to have sent Edward, the son.
Into the street each day to sell the evening
paper, after the family had finished reading
it. In order to turn another honest penny,
A WORLD-WIDE FIGURE.
Green lost most of his own millions in
Wall street. Mrs. Green, however, con
sented to a beggarly allowance and on this
ho lived until he died, not seeing her during
the last sevn years of his life until she
came to his death bed In 1902.
pnee launched upon her career of finance,
Mrs. Green's parsimony and iron-handed
methods made her a world-wide figure. She
lived for years in a tenement, where a dollar
a day was lufllclent for hed table. She
wore the same old hat and gown for years.
Personally Hettle Green was very eccen
tric. She always went to her office and
worked on her birthday. She thought the
wasting of a whole day on anything but
business wa a crime. Her favorite odd
habit was to boll an onion every day and
carry a pleci of it around In her pocket,
nibbling it while she worked. She did this
regularly for searly a quarter of a century.
Each day ihe walked usually to save
carfare she appeared at her office In the
Chemical National Bank, in New York, i
There she mado tho kings of Mnnnco bow
to her. She loaned thorn ready cash, of
which she always hnd plenty, on only the
most gilt-edged securities nnd at the highest
possible rnte of Interest, which sho never
failod to oxnet from them the utmost farth
ing. In reply to a Chicago minister, who
wrote to her that sho would bo lost to
heaven If she Insisted on her money from a
350,000 mortgage on his church, she said:
"You had better pray for my soul'thon,
becausb I'mVoing to foreclose within 30
days," and shddld.
Examples ofl her methods nro numberless,
but ono Is typical of them nil. Onco a New
York banking houso that had served her
faithfully for 20 years and to which nt
one time her husband had been Indebted
for many thousands of dollarH, wns threat
ened with failure. Hho rushed to the ofllco
nnd demanded tho 5476,000 sho had on de
posit, as well as tho millions In securities
tint were held for her. She was told that
sui n withdrawn! meant fnllure for the
bank and ruin to thousands of denoftltnm
But she did not loave until her last penny
nua ijuiu. mo Danit went to the wall.
To avoid paying taxes on her ennrmmin
wealth, sho always maintained a legal resi
dence In Vermont. Thero she never was
taxed on more than 3100,000.
The above nre examples of her parsimony
In big matters. In little matters the same
spirit was shown.
Once, It Is said, she quarreled with her
washerwoman because, she would not reduce
the nmount of the bill. As a compromise,
Hotty ordored that In the future when the
woman washed the petticoats sho wash the
lower half of them. This would reduce tho
labor and would enable her to reduce the
bill.
When she bought Eddie n railroad In
Texas tho Texas Midland and mado him
the president, it was openly admitted that
her one motive In doing so wns to get him
nway from the big Eastern cltleB, where
his expenses wero n little too high.
The last fow yeara were spent In lone
sameness and practical meagre living. It
was always Mrs. Green's one motto that
"There nre all kinds of people In the world,
but I am a kind all by myself. I live as
i like to live and always shall." She died
the same way.
Issued by tho War Office today reassigning
commnnd of the troops nlong the border,
which forecast, according to several of
ficials, the appointment of a new commander-in-chief
of nil the forces along
the border nnd In Mexico,
Under the orders Issued todny tho forces
along the border have bcon split Into tlirco
divisions, to be commanded by Major Gen'
crnl Frederick Funston, Brigadier General
John J. Pershing and Major J, F. Bell.
General Pershing wilt report directly to
the War Department Instead of through
General Funston, as formerly, Genoral
Bell alto wilt report directly to tho de
partment. Tho War Department gavo out
tho following statement;
"Tho presont southern Department Is
divided, with assignments to commnnd
thereto, as follows;
" 'First. The Southern Department to
be under tho command of Major General
Fredorlck Fumuon, to embrace that part
of tho present department to a lino east
of El Paso.
" 'Second.' The Department of Moxlco,
with headquarters at El Pnso, to be estab
lished under commnnd of Brigadier Gen
eral John J. Porshlng, to extend from tha
western boundary of thu Northern Depart
ment to the 109th meridian.
" Third. That pnrt of tho Southern De
partment west of tho 109th meridian under
command of Major General J. F. Bell, with
field headquarters at Douglas, Arl.' "
THIEF NO RESPECTER
OF MINIONS OF LAW
Breaks Into Homes of Two West
Philadelphia Policemen.
Foiled by a Woman
After robbing tho homes of two police
men In South itth street, near Market, be
tween 4 and fi o'clock this morning, a
youth of perhaps 20 years wan foiled by a
woman whon ho tried her houso ncross tho
street.
Tha first house entered by tho thief, who
cared not for tho vigilance of the police
force, was that of William Scull, G South
44th street, house sergeant at tho .12d street
and Woodland nvenue station. Scull was
on duty at tho time of the robbery- Th
burglar took down a screen window and
got away with a 11 B0 ring, containing nine
diamonds, nnd 320 In money.
Next door slept Policeman William Boy
den, also of the 32d street nnd Woodland
avenue station. Tho thief Jumped tho fence
between the two houses, got Into tho Boyden
home, and unsuccessfully tried to open tho
buffet door so as to get to the sllvorwarc.
He found 38 In menoy In a drawer. Tho
money belonged to Mrs. Anna Boyden,
mother of the policeman.
Going across the street, the burglar got
Into the house of Mrs. Elisabeth Jones, at 22
South 44th street. Mrs. Jones, however
awakened by his nctlvltles, came downstairs
In time to And the man runnlg out of the
front door. Bhe chased him for a block,
but he got away. Ills description, however,
was furnished by Mrs. Jones to Detectives
McDowell and linker, of the 32d street and
Woodland avenue station.
"CUPID'S WAR FUND"
TO AH) SOLDIERS
Four persons nro dend nnd 11 nro suffer
ing from serloun Injuries as tho result of
autqmoblle and motorcyclo aclcdents In nnd
near Philadelphia yesterday nnd Inst night.
Two men and a young woman were killed
nnd another young woman probably fatally
Injured shortly before midnight, when a
Philadelphia nnd Reading passenger train
struck an nutomobllo at tho Glen Lake
crossing of tho StAto road from Philadel
phia to Trenton, between Lnnghorno and
Trenton. Tho dead:
Myrtle Felbcr, Langhorno.
Clarcnco Crosly, Lnnghorno.
Boyco M. Meyers, Langhorno.
Tho Injured:
CInra Plntzer, 1928 North 3d street,
Philadelphia.
The fourth person who died was William
English, C2 years old, of 82 West Shnrpnack
street. Ho succumbed In tho Germantown
Hospital yesterday afternoon as the result
of being struck by a motor truck whllo
crossing Germantown nvenue nt Sharpnnck
street Saturday night. Frank Forrest, 23
yenm old, of Parker nnd Ridge nvenuos, tho
driver of tho truck, will havo a hearing nt
tho City HnJl Police Court today
The passenger train which struck the
nutomobllo at Glen Lake crossing waa the
express that left New York at 9 o'clock.
According to passengers on the train the
englncor could sco no lights on tho auto
mobile, and ho did not sco tho car until the
train Was almost upon It. Ho applied tho
omergency brakes, but tho train could not
bo stopped until It had gone 200 yards front
tho spot where It struck tho nutomobllo.
Agnes Corcoran, 14 years old, of 1401
North G2d street, waa struck by n motor
cycle at G2d nnd Thompson streets yester
day afternoon, whllo walking bnck of a
trolley car. Paul W. Rlckcr, of 1921 Fair
mount nvenue, wns driving tho machine
Tho girl Is in tho West Philadelphia Homeo
pathic Hospital, suffering from n fractured
leg nnd'nbrnslons of tho body.
Charles Wclst, 25 yenrs old, of 1336 Irla
street, wns mysteriously Injured whllo rid
ing his motorcyclo near Atco, N. J., yes
terday. Ho was found by passing nuto
mobllistn, lying beside tho rond, his rnachlnj
badly smashed. Ho was taken to the
Cooper Hospital, Cnmdcn, suffering from
lacerations of tho head and body. Ho was
unnblo to tell how the necldent occurred ,
John Snkuskl, 20 yenrs old, of 23C Poplar
streot. Is In St. Mnry's Hospital, surfer! MR
from sorloui injuries received last night
whon n motorcycle ho was riding crashed
Into nn nutomobllo driven by Frank Shu-
plro, of Brooklyn, N. Y., nt Glrahl avenue
and Shnckamaxoii street. Shapiro was ex
onerated by tho police.
Walter H. Gclger, 20 years old, 0320 Am
brose street, wns struck nnd hurled from
Ills motorcycle nt I.nst Klver drivo ni.
coin drive. In Fnlrmount Park, yesterday
nttcrnoon in a collision witli nn nutomobllo
driven by Jacob Cnrtun, 21 years old, 1421
Parksldo nvenue. Ho sufforcd concussion
of tho brain and other Injuries of tho head
nnd body and Is In n serious condition in
tho German Hospital. Cartun was ar
rested. Tho right arm of Annnbel Bennett, 8
years old, of Vlnclnnd, N. J., wns torn out
of tho Bocket and hor right log nnd rib
broken when sho wns struck by nn tiutomo
lillo whllo walking on Malagn road 'yester
day Tho driver of tho' car gavo nis name
as Dr. Olin Bradford, of North Amboy. Tho
child Is In the Physlcinns' Hospital, where
It Is said she has a chanco for recovery.
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sterday ) t
ntnnliltn '
JEALOUS, HE SLAYS
WIFE AND HIMSELF
Aspidan, N. Y., Man Commitsi
Double Crime in Railroad Sta
tion at Lancaster
Engaged
Make
Girls Called
Contributions
On
for
to
Troopers' Families
PEACE SEEN JN DELAY
OF CARRANZA'S NOTE
Continued from l'aae One
ment were that It would continue to wait
upon Carranza unless there should bo
sinister developments below the border. The
Department said, "There might be several
circumstances," under which a statement
of Carrania's attitude would become "most
immediately pressing' "
Meanwhile, however, there will be no let
up In the activities of the United States,
The National Guard forces are being dis
tributed at strateglo points alonar the border
ready for Immediate action. General Per
shing, acting under orders from the State
Department, which has control of his forces,
has shortened his lines of communication
and massed his troops, so that he can hold
his positions Indefinitely, With the House
In recess over July ,4, there is no chance
for any call upon the Legislative Depart
ment for assistance by the executive branch
beforo Wednesday at the earliest, and gos
bIp In olllclal quarters today was that the
President had abandoned for the present
the plan of passing the issue on to Congress.
Advices to tha State Department from
Mexico City state that President Wilson's
speech of last Friday night In New York
has had the effect there of allaying fears that
the United States had decided on war no
matter what attitude the de facto Govern
ment assumed. As a result, the sentiment
among General Carrania's advisers is said
to bo much mora friendly than it has been
durlnr the last few weeks.
The always-present danger, officials sav.
Is of a clash between the American and
Mexican forces which would be precipitated
by the strain under which both sides are
laboring. Every effort will be made to pre
vent any action by the Americans that
would result In any such development The
National Guard commanding officers have
been warned that they must hold their men
In check at all times and that there must
be no reprisals undertaken except under di
rect orders from General Funston.
While optimism appeared the keynote,
preparations for possible hostilities pro
ceeded, and the authorities did not over-,
look the fact that there might yet be grave
days ahead.
Dispatch, of a new punitive expedition on
the trail of the Dig Bend raiders Saturday
may provoke Carrania's objection, but not
to any peat extent. It It thought. loMmueh
as the troppa were on m more thaa a II,
hour search.
A voluntary contribution by engaged girls
of America to create a fund for the care of
epldlers' families needing assistance while
the husband or father is on tho Mexican
border Is the latest novel scheme for raising
money.
The fund, which will be known as "Cupid's
War Fund," Is fostered by Miss Nathalla
Schaeffer, of 801 South Juniper street. Miss
Schaeffer believes her plan will awaken a
liberal response.
'The fund Is nothing more than a volun
tary contribution by the engaged girls of
America," said Miss Schaeffer. "Mi- nlun
Is this, let each engaged girl save one penny
a day from her pin money. When the
amount thus saved reaches the sum of 25
cents, she must fix It up In a tight package
and send it to the Mayor of her town or
city. The money will be turned over to any
of the funds already established for the
care of soldiers' families."
Miss Schaeffer declared that the contrl.
button of an engaged girl of 40 would be
Just as acceptable as though It came from
one unmellowed by time and experience.
LANCASTER. July 3. Maddened by
Jealousy, Claudo Dawson, of Aspidan, N. Y.,
shot his wife, Maud Dawson, In tho Phila
delphia and Reading Railway station here
yesterday and then fired a bullot Into his
own brain.
Mrs. Dawson, a pretty woman only 21
years old. left her huylinnd n year ago bo
cause ho was addicted to tho uso of cocaine
nnd abused her. Since then sho had been a
dancer with tho Panama-Pacific Exposition,
a carnival show which arrived hero this
evening from Pottsvllle. Dawson had been
following tho show for Ave weeks trying to
Induco her to return to him. He met her at
the station nnd deliberately fired four shots
Into her back. Standing over her as she
lay on the floor ho kept the threatening
crowd at bay, deliberately reloaded the
weapon nnd then sent a bullot Into his head.
Ills wife died a few minutes after they were
taken to a hospital. He died a few hours
later.
WAS GOING TO MOUNT GRETNA
But Jersey Police Arrest Him and Bring
Charge of Stealing
William ir. Brown, who says he is a
member of the Pennsylvania National Guard,
was arrested ttxjay in Camden by Detec
tive Fltislmmonj accused of stealing two
gold watches, I3t In cash and two suit
cases from the home of Mrs. Anna M.
Alien, of Moorestown,
The prisoner gave his address as 3d and
Market streets, Camden. He said he was
on the way to Mount Oretna when arrested
He was turned over to the Chief of Police
of Moorestown.
PERSISTENT WOOER'S PISTOL
PUTS HIM INTO PRISON
Stylo of Lovemnking Objectionable to
Sweetheart, Who Has Him Arrested
Andrew Revelll. 22 years old, of 2844
Salmon.street, Is plntnir today behind prison
bars for his lady love. Sho hnd him ar
rested pesterday because ho followed her
for many blocks, proposing something like
397 times.
Tho much-loved girl is Angellne Ingelldo.
15 years old, of 1107 WatkliiH street
Andrew met Angellne nt Broad street and
Washington avenue yesterday afternoon
and asked her to marry him. She said she
wouldn't. They walked along a couple of
steps and Andrew asked Angellne again to
marry him. She hadn't changed her mind,
however, and she didn't change it for the
rest of the trip.
According to Angellne, her loving pursuer
finally lost patience and announced that If
Angellne persisted In remaining unmarried
to him something dreadful would happen to
her. With these words, ho placed his hand
on his hlb pocket, which when searched by
a policeman was found to contain a re
volver. Charged this morning with carrying con
cealed deadly weapons and threats to kllL
Andrew was held In ball of J 1000 for a
hearing next Monday,
SHORE TRAIN KILLS OLD MAN
i
Gravel Carter for New Lisbon Dam
Hit at Crosalng-
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., -July 3. Falling
to hear the wtst-bound express from the
seashore approaching, Oscar Swain, an aged
man, was struck and killed at tho crossing
above New Llibon this mornlmr .. ,
mule also waa killed.
Strain waa cartin gravel ,r the nV
dam at New Lisbon. He wm accustomed
to golsg oyer tha track sever t tit. j-X'Hy
and waa always very careful, but hi h.r
log Jailed him. this morning.
AUTO INJURES SCHOOLBOY
Robert Aiken, Scholastic Baseball
Leader, Suffers Broken Leg
Robert Aiken, IS years old, ot 1417
Tasker Btreet, suffered a broken leg when
struck by an automobile last Saturday,
Aiken Is president of the South Philadelphia
Scholastic Baseball Association, and his In
Jury will keep him on the Inactive list for
at least a month.
TOO T-VTK FOn CLtSSlFlPATlOK
DEATHS
HOMER. On July 2. 1018, IfAROARET McCOrT
wife of Charles Humer. Services and Inter
meat prlvete. . Omit (lowers
jIEt-l WA3STKD YKHMM
"OOK. with reference, for country Apply 330 $.
17th it . July a Irom 1180 to 1250
HELP WANTED MAtE
CAPTAIN, with nctneer'a license,
II 057. Lsdser CeatrsL
for b.
"-ran.
Other Claulned AA eo fas- 14 awl 1$
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