VUQJI&F&,4 EVENING LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 11116. 3 V- iwrVWV TljWMWV&F ptmsfiz ONE KILLED; TOTAL OF 230 ACCIDENTS ON JULY FOURTH Fifty Fewer Persons In jured Than on Fete Day Last Year BOY VICTIM OF CANNON Casualties in 9 Years on Independence Days Dead Injured 1907 '....7 248 1908 6 426 1909 9 B08 1910 4 405 1911 0 294 1912 2 127 1913 ...;.". 3 340 1914 4 237 191E 0 280 1916 1 230 One dead, two seriously Injured and 230 accidents of nil descriptions wns the Fourth otVuly loll In Phllndelphln nnd vicinity. Philadelphia's celebration of the Fourth was safe nnd sane, however. In the city Itself there were 60 fewer nccltlents than a year aro. Most of the accidents reported were of a minor character, a large majority of them hclng burns of little Importance, reported were of a minor character, a largo majority of them bclnc burns of llttlo Im portance. The fatality occurred nt Olassboro. N'. 3. Thomas A. Fllnn. II yearn old. of 1711 North Orntz street. Philadelphia, was killed when a ennnon of his own manufacture exploded. The boy was spending the tl.iy with a younff friend. Rdwnrd Finger, of Glasshoro. They sturted the day, by hammering sev eral sections of pipe Into tho form of a can non. They loaded It with gunpowder, nnd when It fulled to discharge when the boys expected It to, young Fllnn peeped nrtiund the corner of a barn, 12 yards nway, where he had taken shelter when the fuse of the cannon was Ignited. ""Just then the cannon exploded, a piece of the metal taking off part of tho boy's tkull and laying bare the brain. Dr. Charles T. Pcdrlck. of OlnsKboro. was called at once, but death had been Instantaneous. PISTOLS CLAIM TOLL. ' As In former ycara, the blank-cartridge pistol, toy cannon and giant firecrackers led the list of accident causes, Threo-year-old Helen Collins, of 2008 Kaudaln street. Is In a serious condition nt the Polyclinic Hospital today with a scalp wound caused by a rusty nail shot from a revolver. In which Joseph Ilolden, 11 years old, of the rear of 2009 Nauduln street, was shooting blank cartridges. The boy, who Is a negro, placed the natl In the revolver nftcr he had loaded It wltii a blank cartridge "Just to make It real." He aimed across-the street, where tho girl was sitting and fired. The nail almost pcnc trated tho girl's skull. Sho wns rushed to the" hospital and tetanus serum administer ed at once. The boy Is In the House of De tention, nwaltlng tho result of the girl's Injuries. OiriL MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT. Mabel Henry. B years old, a negro, of SE8 West Maple street, Ambler. Is In a critical condition at St. Luke's Homeo pathic Hospital, with n mysterious bullet wound In her head. She was playing on her front porch yesterday morning, when she was struck on the head by the bullet, which fractured her skull and enmo out nt the paRa of the brain. Dr. A. J. Crnlg. of Ambler, rushed her 25 miles to the hospital here. No one heard the shot or saw the shoot ing. The girl's homo Is near the tracks of the Philadelphia and Heading Hallway, nnd tha police believe some one tired tho shot from a passing train. Community celebrations, and greater care on the part of parents, are the reasons at tributed by the police for the decrease In tho number of accidents. The warnings Issued by tho Governor. Mayor and State and city health ofllclals had their cKect, too. PATIENTS INOCUIATKD. Every victim taken to the city hospitals was inoculated with tetanus serum In an effort to prevent blood poisoning, resulting from the powder burns, nnd It Is estimated that Eeveral hurdred units of the scrum were used during tho day. A big majority of the accident cases re ported by the hospitals occurred in the con rested downtown districts of the city, but In these districts, as In nil sections of the city, 'the accidents were of a less serious nature than in former years. Only live persons were injured In Cam den. The police ambulances wero not called out once, and not a single case was treated at tho Homeopathic Hospital. Blank cartridges caused two of tho live accidents. The most serious Injury was Buffered by Haymond Heck. 21 yenrs old, of 1068 Line street. He was loading a cannon when It exploded. His left thumb was blown off and his right hand burned. FOURTH OUTING HAS BAD END Gibbstown Brothers Here Beaten, But Escape Robber Gang Lulgl and Sabatlno Tablllo. brothers, re turned today to their home In Gibbstown, N. J after a disastrous Fourth of July visit to this city. They discovered that one of the chief differences between Philadel phia and Gibbstown Is that hete It la some times unsafe to expose to view money of any kind, even Italian money. The brothers while viewing the city, ventured Into the neighborhood of 10th and Carpenter streets. Thelf money, excentlng come Italian banknotes, was about ex hausted and they decided to cash the foreign paper. It being a holiday, no bank was open, and the two visitors recklessly exhibited their wealth to passers-by. The result was that a mob attacked the pair and attempted to rob them. District De tectives Mitchell and Whalen rescued the Tablllo brothers and sent them to Mount Elnal. Hospital, where some scalp wounds were dressed, Lorenzo Lab I no, 6th and Balnbrldge streets, and John Lobriola, 10th and Mountain streets, were committed without ball today by Magistrate Coward, at the 7th and Carpenter streets station, on charges of being two of the assailants. Flag Presented to Bordentown BOHDENTOW.Y, N. J.. July 6 A flag donated to the city of Bordentown by the Bordentown branch of the National Se curity League wae thrown to the breeze from a large flagstaff erected on the hill top overlooking the Delaware tllver here yesterday. Joseph L. Osmond made th ad. drefcs and Mayor James S, Gilbert re ceived it for the city. REDUCE 0k . lmWMMG SALT lNOOrUJOS NO DIET. I1IB OJtIOlNAL iltfc.SCIi KAI.r t. wrctlv vray to reduce Rami ! u Lath d4llv with th t.mnii. 'kit at Uunwlt Teller. l.lmWta trabrldst Cloth lor', Oo. B Ktinj. Rlker Hesemaa i. Sta.1 r.ir booklet en obti CUrk t'rtnib Co Noth Vt nlrs. V 2D REGIMENT ON THE WAY lly Stntf Photographer. Pretty girls appear nt every station to shako hands with tho Phila delphia soldiers. This i3 a picture taken "sonuwherc on the road to El Paso." FIVE PHILADELPHIANS DROWN ON "FOURTH" Boat and Bathing Fatalities Mark Holiday Outings Along Rivers Five rhlflidclphlnns were drowned ! nearby waters on Fourth of July outings yesterday. Thoy wero William Dross, 17 years old, of 6125 Hatfield street: Harry Uartels, 21 years old, of 2302 South 3d street! Charles ilcoves. 22 years old, of 57th and ltaco Btrcets ; James Hayes, 10 years of ago, of Torrcsdale, and Ralph Hunter, 39 yenrs old. Dross was drowned at Itlvcrton, N. J In full view of moro than a score of persons who wero bathing near by. In company with Itobcrt Pape. IE years old, of 263 South Ithan street, ho had been swimming and diving from a boat when ho suddenly disappeared. Bartels, In company with several frlonds, departed from this city Saturday night on a launch nnd expected to return last night. They went down tho Delaware as far ns Ship John Light and then returned us fnr aB Delaware Covo, above Delaware City, when their motor ulallcd directly In the path of an ocean-going liner. Thinking that an accident was Impending, Dartcls nnd two others Jumped overboard. Bartels, however, never came to tho surface, and the party returned here last night with news of his death. Ueoves wan drowned In the Schuylkill River near' Spring Mill when he was at tacked by cramps. He had been camping hluce Snturday with several friends nnd was considered an excellent swimmer. Ho disappeared from view for the last time with nld only six feet away. Hunter was drowned yesterday morning at Florence' Heights, N J., whllo bathing In tho Delaware. Clarence Edwards, a companion, went to Hunter's rescue, nnd tho latter gripped his belt. As he was pull ing Edwards under the water tho belt gave way and Kdwards managed to get away. Two Wills Probated Wills probated today were those of Abraham K. Oppenhelmer, who died June 27 at Atlantic City, leaving property valued nt fC3,000, and Thomas Kaklns, 1729 Mt. Vernon street, $10,000. An Inventory (lied with tho Register today by Philip Ten brook and John II. Lawson, In tha estate of Mary D. Tenbrook, who died nt 5311 Overbrook avenue on April t4 last, places tho appraisement of the personalty nt 1225.905.89. The personalty of the estate of Margaret R. Shallcross has been ap praised at 4825.83. Police Seize 121 Revolvers on Fourth Police of the districts In the southeastern section of the city confiscated a total of 121 revolvers from celebrators. Of this num ber 50 were taken by the police of the Moyamenslng nvenue and Dickinson street station, 36 by the detail at 1th (street and Snyder avenue, 12 by the 3d nnd De linccy streets district and nn crmal number by the police of 7th and Carpenter streets. 3 nt 12th and Pine streets and 0 at 2d and Christian streets. Aramingo Has Safe Fourth The Aramingo Improvement Association Is being congratulated todayxon the suc cess of Its Fourth of July celebration, which was held In the block on Aramingo avenue between Ann and Clearfield streets. A fireworks display, refreshments and a parade led by the mothers and children were features. Sergeant Burger and police men of the Belgrade and Clearfield streets station house aided In tho "safety first" program. Lady Sybil Grey Wounded LONDON, July 6. Lady Sibyl Grey, daughter of Harl Grey, formerly Governor General of Canada, was seriously wounded while with tho British Red Cross at the Russian front, says a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. During practice, a grenade was thrown through a window and a splinter penetrated her left cheek and Jaw. ONE DEAD, THREE BADLY HURT IN AUTO SMASH Two Philadelphia Girls Among Injured When Machine Hits Pole Warren Gill, 21 years old, of Paulnborn. N. J., was Instantly killed, two Philadelphia girls, Ann Gnrvcy nnd Mary Wcldner, and Joseph Dcnsten, also of Pnulsboro, were seriously Injured when nn nutomobllo In which they were riding crashed into a tele graph polo on the Crown Point road, near a red bridge, New Jersey, nt nn enrly hour today. Walter Sharp, of Paulsboro, driver of tho machlns. has not been seen slnco a few moments after the accident. Ho disap peared after assisting to extricate the dead and Injured from beneath the wrecked car. Denstcn, who Is In Cooper Ho.splt.il with the two young women. Bald that Sharp lost control of tho car and It left tho road crashing into tho pole. GUI wa pinned beneath tho car and evidently received a broken neck. Miss Garvey baa a -rncturcd Bkull and Internal Injuries, according to tho hospital authorities. Miss Weldncr Is hurt Internally nnd has a broken unit. Thomas Gleason. who operates the red bridge, said he heard the crash n fow sec onds after tho machlno crossed tho bridge. He telephoned to Doctor rndcrwood. of Woodbury, nnd Doctor Slrinexson. of Pauls boro, nnd then hunted for the driver, after ho found he could Jiot get GUI from be neath tho overturned car. He said he found Sharp crouched behind a shed, With his help the three were gotten out. The women were unconscious. Coroner Hollinshrd. of Westvllle, was summoiHtl. nnd tho body of GUI waa taken to Woodbury and later sent to his home. From what can bo learned In the absence of Shnrp, the party left Paulsboro for a ride. MINE EXPLODES: BOY HURT West Chester Lad Probably Blinded. Rocket Icnites Residence WEST CHESTER. Pa.. July fi. John Coleman. 8 years old, was severely burned nbout the face, when a mine prematurely exploded. Ho may lose thp sight of one eye. A skyrocket set fire to the dwelling of Chnrles Dunning on an East Goshen farm, nnd the building was destroyed, with some of its contents, entailing loss of $4000. !BaEUEEXB"uaeiE3usar9!xnxB .Ok w s . New Din'ng Room for Gentlemen 1221 Chestnut St. Dmtn MulrN Ik lirolubK Hip rnalrnt In thy city Plan to meet four friend there ilullr SMOKI.VO I'KIIMITTKI) gH PTEOBIUTWIS UfJBLBrtfflEr U,M1r W&g On your dealer's case CIGARS EXCEeDINGlY OETTEir Henri". Clear Co., rbltadelplilu PANAMA HATS liiiathrd. blocked and lrlmm4 I In any tyl. we una no ucM tt injur vryr nil- ' JEFFERSON HAT CO. 125 S. 10th St. J. & T. COUSINS - Begin Today Their Summer Sale OF Shoes Store c'osed all Day Satur '&vj and 5 P. M. Daily ts 1226 CHESTNUT ST. Entrs Flour Devoted (o Wonisn's Shoe "Entire Floor Ceyjted to Men's Sho;s U. S. GUARDSMEN SWEAR ANDRAVEASCARRANZA DULLS WAR PROSPECTS Soldiers Arriving nt Border Eager to "Make Them Greasers Salute the Stars and Stripes" FIRED ON BY SNIPERS KFj PASO, Tex.. July S. With guards men nnd regulars alike "rearing to go," nc cording to the latest Mans expression In border military circles, the Fourth was spent In enmp along the Hlo Grande with many a muttered oath at the Washltigon dispatches reporting the latest Carranza. note as pacific In tone. t'omlng to the border with the expec tation of crossing Immediately for active service the militiamen began to glimpse n future of guarding fnnd dunes and cha parral Hegulars settled down to n con tinuation of a similar occupation that has taken up their time for lh( InRt flvo years. There wns. tn bo fure, the contingency that Romhliig now unforseen might arise to mnko service In Mexico possible, but this was not sufficient to give the guards and the regulars much rnuse for Fourth of July enthusiasm. There Is no secret that all the troops want to fight war Is what they want, not guard duty and anything that sonivis pnclflc Im received with gloom, any thing that sounds like wnr with enthusi asm. Qrnrr on- Tin: noiiDKn. The guardsmen spent mort of yesterday putting their camps In shape, nnd the regtllnts spent much time visiting the tnllltla camps or fraternizing with the volunteers nt the downtown places where thlngR nro sold that make tho heat more endurable, nnd relating stories of their own border duty during the last many months. All wns peace and tpilet along the con centrated Pershing lino of communication south of Columbus, nccnrdlng to dispatches during tho day. and duties wero suspended there, as along tho border, so that tho men might rest. NKvon tho rush work on road building from Columbus to tho Pershing base was suspended for the day. Several Incidents occurred nlong the border that rnlsed the hopes of some of the troopers, particularly tho newly ar rived National Guard. Snipers on tho Mexi can side of tho line, according to ofTlclnl reports to General Oeorgo Dell, Jr., the American border patrol commander at HI Paso, look a. number of shots front the underbrush across the river nt American guards. Tho American regulars did not re turn tho fire, to tho surprise nnd chagrin of tho volunteers. VUIK O.V CONNECTICUT JIDN. Snlpess also fired on a train west of El Pnso bearing tho Connecticut tnllltla, ono of the shots wounding the engineer, who fell to the floor of his cab, as tho train wns going at 10 miles nn hour. The fireman slopped tho engine nnd n guardsman, a big Connecticut quartermaster sergeant, took tho throttle nnd pulled the train Into di vision headmiurters at l.ordsburg, N. 51. Tho man exhibited n card In the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers nnd he said ho gavo up a $200 a month Job "to come down here nnd ninke them grenscrs salute tho Stars and Stripes." A bullet from one of the sniper's guns wns found embedded In a day coach of the Doston nnd .Maine road In which tho troopers wero moving. The firing took place at a point north of the Mexican line and resulted In orders to the border patrol south of l.ordsburg to search carefully for Mexican spies on American territory. This Is the region where a Mexican bnnd recently raided tho Parker ranch, killing Mr. nnd Mrs. William Parker. Cowboys nnd troopers have been combing the county recently for suspicious characters. HARMONY IN CHOOSING PRESIDENT ELECTORS OFFERED BY PENROSE State Leader Would Divide Honor With Brumbaugh-Vare Faction on Basis of Con vention Strength PROPOSAL IS REJECTED Overtures for harmony In the selection of the presidential electors on the Itepub llcnn ticket have been made to the Brum-baugh-Vnre forces by United States Sen ator Holes Penrose. lJoth factions of the Hopubllcan State Or ganization have been maneuvering, for tho honor of naming a majority of the Pennsyl vania Republican electors, nnd frcnucnt con ferences have been held with Charles B. Hughes by both Congressman Vnre nnd Senator Penrose. The Pennsylvania law regarding the re leetlqn of presidential electors, whose names will be printed on the llcpubllcnn ballot In Novrmbcr. Is obscure. 1: pro vides that they shall be finally passed upon by the party's candidate for President, but it does not specify how they shall bo recommended by the candidate. Heretofore tho Republican State Commit tee has selected tho electors. This year, howivcr, the Vnrcs. In rntilrol of the State piernniKtit, nro opposed to this procedure, since Senator Penrose has nn overwhelming majority of the members of tho State body. Pennsylvania la entitled to .IS membars of the Electoral College, one for each congres sional district, four for the four Coticre.ii. men-at-largo nnd two for the two United States Senators. Senator Petiroso hns proposed to the llrumbaugh-Voro forces that tho delegates tn the Republican National Convention se lect tho cltclors In tho various districts, whlto the Stato Committee selects the six electors at large. Hear the New Hawaiian Orchestra AT the Garden on the Roof S0O fnt above the atreet Hotel Adelphia Tho gathering place for men of af fairs and women of fashion Cory and comfortable in nny wather DANSANT Perfect Cullne and Grvlre Oprn From .Vooii Till I A. Jf. GAS APPLIANCES Fnr Mechanical Purposes g 8NXD FOR CATALOGUE L. D. BERGER CO.. 59 N. 2d Slreet Bell Market SS. Ktvatoneilain JAM. J. E. Caldwell & Co. Jewels, Goldv?aro, Silverware 902 Chestnut Street Gl assware Iced Tea Sets High Ball Sets Berry Dishes tOith Center Sugar Dip ii i m 111 1 iii iiinm .1 mm mini mi nil imiii in jimii iiiiiiiiniii i in mm imiini in n mini n i . . - .ifeiisSWl e-.x'tn.w.jir'i,ji3-r.TT?r.c3.'iT,fr.j n. jKCj;'aKP4KA3Kaxvs'Sfa,ffisaa! WmiA mz&i?&$mmft&xsi?a'k frWgftaafi i wMPii . . -rrfW?-'ro',rifi.r"- - KwA4'Vsi.'Lyrs-s'. -"' . "" .. ' A & sSSPfTSsTi'.. T& ssmjmm&'m NIAGARA FALL.S Daylight Tours via Picturesque READINGLEHIGH VALLEY THROUGH "THE SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA" SATURDAYS 00 ROUND TRIP ' (Good 15 Days) July 15, 29 August 12, 19, 26 Sept. 2, 16 Ask Agent or write for Niagara Falls Folder Philadelphia & Reading Railway "The only double track Road Philadelphia to Buffalo" NiidQS! Here's the Most f , sr' EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTION SALE Men's Clothes ever made because of the conditions! I Perry Suits at reduced prices at any time are a windfall, because they are Perry Suits, and because again, Perry Reductions are as real as are the style and tailoring in the clothes ! But TODAY CJ With fabric prices and manufacturing costs looping the loop with the stars; with the regular prices that we marked on these Suits a short while ago already representing what it will cost us to manufacture similar lines for 1917 with present-day conditions, we ought to raise prices instead of lower them; conserve our stocks in stead of clear them out; put money in our purse instead of hand it out in such reductions as these ! $15 and $18 Suits, $12.50 and $1350 $20.00 Suits for $ 1 6.50 $25.00 Suits for $19.00 And so on up through the finest woven $30, $35 and $40 Suits at corresponding Reductions ! Trousers Reduced! $2.50 for originally low $3 and $3.50 trousers; $3-for $4 trousers; $3.50 for originally low $5 trousers; $4 for $6 and $6.50 trousers, and so on! You should stock up against the high prices that areiure to come! In Addition Ki i this big bargain festival in all kinds of oummer woolens, here's the topnotch stock of Tropicals for Men Palm Beach Suits $7.50 Mohair Suits $12 Pongee Silks $15 White Flannel Suits.. $20 Outing Trousers. . . $5 to $8 A Store fill of Summer Clothes needs! Store Closes 5 P. M. ERRY & CO., "N.B.T. 16th &' Chestnut Sts. ; ft 4 m Itf ftftMiMiwUMi mimi-li Wt ,-,fharmiiiW
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