HRE HOUSE REMOVAL
AROUSES PROTESTS OF
'FALLS' BUSINESS MEN
P?rnsfcr of Company rom
Ridgo and Miavnic Avenues
Threatens Section's Safe
ty, Residents Say
OFFICIALS DEFEND ACT
Action protesUnir arnlnst the removal of
l rtne Comliny No. So rrom us iieaaiyuar
'tori lit Wilce nn Mlihale avenues l prom
; ZA by business men and property owners
L7t!, Kails of KchuylVill Tim firemen with
JLrrPf,,U5 w're ordered out of the sta
tion yctterday on the cronml that remodel
LjJ,0fthbulldlnirwas to begin Immediately.
tS engine and combination hose wagon
"were taken to fire headquarters, while the
mmi were distributed niiionB other com.
I Hle throughout the city. '
B!nc hl lime mo section, wmcii cm'
' uim many lareo mills and manufacturing
oatsullsliments. has no engine company
ftHirtr than iuanayunh. iwur inuca nwiiy,
,'r Germantown. nn nlmost equal distance.
r John V Flanlin, president of the Kails
1 . . Il.lll ftlaMMftl & K BOOM A To t Inn
litX raid that he Intends to bring the
Hastier' before the association nt Its meet'
Kfef neXl iuenuit) iukiiii nun I-3W IM
aavlnk the compnny Installed In temiorary
varters In the vicinity, so that residents
i may not be deprived of flre-rrrotectlon
P Swine the period of repnlrJng tho Illilge
Fsronue station.
1 have talked wlln other huslness men
arid property owners," said Mr. Flnnlgan
May. and tney are indignant ai me nay
I the city has treated us. It Is nn outrage
tfcat the company should l removed
If repairs were necessary many other
gHea for a temporary station could hae
iUa obtained right here In the Kails. Two
leeatlons within n short distance from the
ftrthonse might have been secured. Tho
Xttll estate offered n property on Illdge
STenue at Scott's lane, nnd a garage next
deer to the fire station could easily have
Vten adapted to tho purposed In the latter
tut, the flrcmen could have slept In the
met station, wn;cn Adjoins me engine
mis. Itoth of these offers were rejected
.by the city nnd the company was disbanded
temporarily, i nm going 10 uring me suua
iHen before the Huslness Men's Assoc'atlon
"Tsesdsy night, nnd we will try to have the
itsmpany sent bach.
p A. O. ftosengarten, treasurer of the
Sfoirers-WclRhtman-RosenBarten Company,
I whose laboratories nrc located a short dls-
)tuic away from the nrehouse. Is also In
'fnht at the removal of the men and ap-
isarstus.
L "Our comapny offered n site to the city
per a temporary bulldlnir." he said. "We
kre Several hundred thousand dollars In
I vested In property here In the Kails and
'ire do not want to risk the prospecthe long
tkteence of fire protection. The city did
last see fit to accent our offer., but we are
I'rotar to see If, by taking up the matter
!Wn otner property owners, we can have
Sts authorities reconsider their action and
"restore the company."
It William J. Cooley, chief clerk of the De
partment of I'ubllo Safety, said today that
fW englno company had been disbanded
LeBlj temporarily so that the contractor
iawld get to work on the alterations and
foeealrs, which are badly needed.
K "hvery effort lias been madtf" to find a
fKabIe location to house the company
EwMle the repalra are belnjr made." Mr.
kOsoley said. "In fact, negotiations are
tinder way for the leusin? of the irnrare
KH 4216 Ilidge avenue. An opinion on 'the
juject is awaited from tho City Solicitor,
property is owned by the John F.
estate, but It has been sublet. As
as the arrangement) are completed
f engine company will be Installed In the
iTSEe On Rldco avenue. 'Vlrtunllv tir-it dnnr
fc the' old engine hbuse."
'Fire Chief Murphy scouted the Idea that
e fire danger was increased because the
mpany temporarily had beon disbanded.
The apparatus nnd men have been dis
tributed among three englno companies
Ko, J9, In Itoxborougli; No. 12. In Mana
yank, and Engine Company 45, at Twenty-
Mm ana vorK streets, lie said.
, "The danger now Is even less than It
twss before. Motor-driven apparatus has
ftoen substituted In the throe houses -lust
iMraed, and they can make better time in
tHiung to fires In the section In question
tan Company 35 could with horse-drawn
; apparatus"
I Chief Murphy said that Company 35
feuld bo Installed In the garage near the
JJ engine house as soon ns the lease was
kned, and that motor-driven apparatuf
Should be Introduced there.
lUVEXDER OH PINK CARS URGED
TO "HUMANIZE RAILROADS"
lladividual Washrooms Favored by Il
linois Central Woman Stockholder
CHICAGO. C)Pt 10 fr.lnnn. ..,,,-, I .
iilwl draperies. Individual washrooms and
eL , ',:nuer or PiK cars to suit mllady'a
ir;.vo am iucaS Jiisi Kaitier ne H. Day, of
1 stockholders of the Illinois Central Itall
Mtd hero today
it ju humanlilng and modernltlng rall
fM Is what I call It." Miss Dayrsald.
'uj cannot traveling in America be made
MSant rather tfhnn nt l.l lnntpAl,AV
b, ,. jwni irmiucu fivill call
iCentral ttock.
DISCONTINUING RELIEF
M to Families of Returned Soldiers to
Be Withdrawn
LAt tlnr of the citizen eoldlera' relief
""io neia in the Mayor's office thia
VfUnr If Urn rlaAMat a JI.AAnllmi. a
Hnr rMf tn li iamtii w- ..mi...
B the Third neglment, which has returned
I ' m .n muterel out of service.
"T"n vi me amines of the First Kegl-
- soiaiers win be discontinued next
ISk. lvhM k- ..t . 1- . M ...
r W,T'M '' ,v icitiinciib is muaicrcq out
"hue the Second neglment and six com-
- v HD oum itegimeni remain ai me
Mr relief will be continued to their
Biiits. Tn, committee, It was.announced
tolonel 8heIdon Potter, who presided.
iiijr ot money to care for the re
nlnr families.
HOTEL ADELPHIA
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EVENING LEDaER-PHILABELTOLfV, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1916
MRS. MYRTLE COVENTRY
BLAMES CHEAP NOVELS
FOR WIFE'S ERRANTRY
Young Woman Leaves Husband
nnd Boy for More
Freedom
To the reading of chean novels Is atlrlh
uted the strange disappearance of Mrs.
Myrtle Co entry, who lcrt her home at
25S8 Turner street two weeks ngo, accord
ing to her husband, William Coventry.
The woman, who Is only twenty-one years
of age, had n mania for fiction of tho
cheaper grade, nnd was often found en
grossed In n noel during her meals. She
was also passionately fond of sensational
motion pictures, says t'o entry.
Coventry haa asked the Mice to search
for the missing woman, who left a four-year-old
son behind. The boy has been
grlelng over his mother's disappearance
nnd refuses to be consoled.
In a note the missing woman left for her
husband she explains that she wanted
more freedom than she had been accus
tomed to, nnd that she desired to make and
spend her own money. Another paragraph
told how she had tried to ward off the de
sire to go away. She asked that the family
not worry about her, as she felt confident
of finding suitable employment.
Coventry raid his wife had once asked
his permission to let her work, but that he
refused. He said she was a milliner' de
signer before he married her and might pos
slM seek such employment.
The family moved to This city In July.
Coventry Is employed on tho construction
work of the Frnnkford "Ij." .
The missing woman Is described as being
medium height, dark-complexioned, weigh
Ing about 112 pounds. She was attired In
a -dark-blue serge suit with an astrakhan
coat She wore a black velvet hat.
SOLDIER'S WIFfe TRIES
TO DIE; MISSES HIM
Ills Regiment Didn't Return.
She Swallows Poison and
Inhales Gas
Despondency, because of the prolonged
abt-erfce of her husband and the failure of
hU regiment to return to Philadelphia from
tin Mexican border, led Mrs. Catherine
Karnes, MIS Seara street, to attempt sui
cide last n ght. Ph drank the contents of
a liottl of Iodine, ate a bo of Insect pow
der, and finally Inhaled gas. She was re
led In St. Agnea's Hospital, and It was
said there today that she would recover
Mrs. Karnes was found unconscious on
a tx-d by her two children. Catherine, four
teen years old. and fleorge. ten years old
They called neighbors, who helped revive
her before she was takenrto the hospital.
The woman's husband Is a private In
Company 11, Second Heglment. Mrs. Karnes
aa happy, neighbors say, when two regi
ments returned to Philadelphia, thinking
the Second would follow, but ahe became
despondent when she learned the regiment
would remain at the border until January,
OIL CITY GETS ODD FELLOWS
Woman Found Unconscious Near Home
Bertha McCormlck. of 236 North Ninth
street, was found unconscious near Ninth
and Itace streets today. It Is believed that
she took an overdose of morphine. She
was sent to the Hahnemann Hospital. Two
men who were with her were arrested.
They gave thflr names as John Ijilly, of
93C North Ninth street, and Joseph Mc
Nulty, of South St. Bernard street. Bach
was held in 500.balt by Magistrate Collins
to await the result of the woman's condition.
V MEN'S TAILORS nff
Cor. 13 th and Sansom Sts.
New Fall Materials
SUITS, $25 to $50
Nnw U the time to Imtsll
Water Meters. IKm't ileUr.
AHK 1HUH 1'I.U.MHKK or
rhll. Meter. .Co., Oil Real
KttsU Tru.t Ilulldlns.
Frostproof, tlnaronteod.
Taxi Service
IMOUHINKS and TOURIN'O CAK(
1 for llUNI.Vr.HH or PLEASURE -
PHONES Su,c&,""
coiiFottT Atmuinnn.K co.
1I0 Ho. l'nn Square,
Eighty-seventh Convention nt Chnm
bcrsburt: Picks It for 1918
CHAiinnnsnt'ItO. Ya.. Oct. 1. The
elghly-seventh annual session of the Grand
Kncampment of Odd Fellows closed here to
day. Next year Oil City will have tho
meeting.
The grand officers elected were:
ISrand patriarch Oeorgo 11. McDowell.
Pllcalrn,
Urand high priest a. II. llanes. Altoona.
tlrnnd senior warden I. A. Jones, Pitts
burgh. Ornnd scribe Bdwln U mtter, rhlladel
Shin. Grand treasurer J. Henry Itcltel, Harris
burg. Grand Jun'or warden J. A. Strltr, Cham
be rt-burg
Speeds to Aid Mother; Hurts. Woman
John Lynch, , tenty-one years old. a
special delivery messenger, will be arraigned
In Vhe Twentieth and Uuttnnwood police
coutt today on a charge of reckless driving.
While speeding to a drug store with n pre
scription for his mother, whom he hnd
founil sick and lying unconscious In n
cellat,way when he returned home from
work, his motorcycle struck Mrs. Kllsabeth
Montgomery, thirty-eight years old, S22
NortW Itucknell street, at Twenty-second
nnd Ifrown streets, last night. After the
accldebt he obtained the medicine and re
turned' It to his mother, then gave himself
up to Vhe police. Mrs. Montgomery wns
not seriously hurt.
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MASTER Tai
loring is an
.Art' in itself. And,
like all Arts, it is
only perfected
after years of
study .and experi
ence. The recognized art
of Hughes & Mu'ller
standards in men's
dress is based upon
the experience of
nearly thiee-quarters
of a century in meet
ing the tastes of
Philadelphia's well
known business and
professional men.
HUGHES
..AND
MULLER
1527 Walnut St.
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
902 Chestnut St
JEWELED LORGNONS
1
REMOVAL: T
In the near future the
business of J. K. Caldwell
& Co. will be located In the
AVIdener Building-, Chestnut, Juni
per and South Penn Square.
TRAIN DITCHED, TWO DIE;
WRECKERS GET BLAME
Steel Coaches Save Passengers
nt Manitowoc, Wis. Crew of
Engine Killed
MANITOWOC. Wis.. Oct. 19. Train No.
111. Milwaukee to Ashland, on the North
western Railway, was wrecked here today
and the II rem ah and engineer killed when
the train Jumpel the track and plunged
Into a ditch. Steel coaches saved tho pas
senger. lull rood men said the wreck was caused
by train wreckers. The motive Is not
known.
Rallies in Gloucester County
SWKOKSDOIIO. N J.. Oct 1 Itepub
llcans held n rally here last nlghr, addressed
by Congressman Waller M. Magee, of New
York, and , Judge Charles . Pilgrim, of
Newark. Another meeting was also held by
the ltepubllrnns at Mantua, with John I!
Kale of Camden County, nnd ex-Senator
J. lloyd Avis, of Woodbury, aa the
speakers.
MRS. LE DUG IMPROVES;
WILL NOT GO TO PRISON
Hotel Tragedy Survivor to Be
Turned Over to Coroner
as Witness
All arrangements have been made
between the Detective Bureau and the
Coroner's office for a rapid disposition of
the case of Mrs. Joseph l.e Due, of Chi
cago, survivor of the triple shooting at the
Hotel Walton, who Is under police guard
at the Jefferson Hospital ns it material
witness.
"Slowlvi improving, but still In serious
condition, was the report made of her con.
dlllon today to Captain of Detectlvea Tate
by Detective Callahan, head of the "murder
aqtwd," who haa charge of the )
attack of pneumonia followed extraction
of the bullet. . .. .
A on in Mrs. t-e Due la aumclentlj re
covered. Captain Tate aald. she will be ar
rnitriMi hfnr a msvtstrate and turneA
over to the Coroner Immediately, eo as to
spare her being Imprisoned to await ma
pi inn. In the meantime visitors are barred
from seeing the wounded woman. In spite
of various subterfuges being employed by
persona who wish to Mali her. captain
Tate said ho had received no word from
Mrs. l.e Duo's husband since he returned
to Chicago ten days ago.
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United States Loan Society
117 North Broad St.
114 S. Ith it. S3IS Cermanlewn aie.
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HE November list of Columbia Records contains
the first recordings of LAZARO, "the greatest
tenor since Rubini, a greater than Gayarre.'
Hear these wonderful Lazaro records and others
by world-famed artists and
will know why Columbia
Leopold Godowsky
Master of piano technique enchants
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from the November list
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Records are supreme r.
Louis Graveure
Brilliant Belgian baritone In two splendid
melodic terns
, - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
with new triumphs
Carl Braun Morgan Kingston
Metropolitan Opera bass makes hit first Famed operatic and concert tenor exhibits his
Columbia recordings powers of interpretation
Florence Macbeth
Coloratura soprano prima-donna sings two solos
of soaring brilliancy
i Lucy Gates Otto Goritz
Diltlngulshed coloratura soprano sings 'AU Basso of the Metropolitan Opera Company
Through the Night" completes the "Splelmannileben1'
Eddy Brown
Sensational American violinist plays two brilliant
compositions
Herman Weil Little Symphony Orchestra
MttropoliUnOperabaritonemakesamsgnificent Initial recordings undertho leadership of Georgo
initial recording IUrrcre, woild's master flautist
AI Jolson
Most popular of blackface comedians In a song
that's "AI Jolson" all over
In the same list is Columbia Record A5861, two wonderful quartets the
"Madrigal" from "The Mikado' and "Strange Adventure" from "The
Yeoman of the Guard"; some irresistible darkey fun of Bert Williams' and
George O'Connor's well-known brands ; eighteen popular hits, including the
big patriotic song hit "For Dixie and Uncle Sam ; eight new dance records ;
symphonic recordings, Spanish dances by the Infantry Band of Havana;
trios, marches, novelty descriptives, Hawaiian recordings everything that
anyone could possibly want in the way of entertainment.
New Columbia Records on sale the 20th of every month
COLUMBIA
GRAFON0LAS and DOUBLE-DISC
RECORDS
FOR SALE BY X
CENTRAL
Cunnlscham riniCt., 1101 Chtdnut BU
rsnmjlranla Talktnr Machine Co,
110 Chestnut St.
sn.ll.nburr, '.. ft Co., ltth and Markst Rtt.
alrawbrlilia CluthUr, Sill and Jlark.l 8tt.
NOKTlt
Cltr Uo rharmaey, York Koad and Clt Uaa.
Potter, John C 1IS7 Rockland St., Local,
roternlk, HenJ., 140 North Eighth St.
Ideal 1'lano and Talking- Mschlnt C'.,
SSSS Oerntantown At.
Jacobs, Jestpli, I60S Germantowa At.
piacwurlcl'i, 18X1 Otriuai.Uon Asa,
Ulner JUnsle I'arlor, till N, Gth HU
I'lilUd.lpliU Talking Machine Cv
800 N, franklin lit,
Relc. 1, 8., 91 Olrard At. .
Scherser's I'lano Companr, MB S, Silt BU
Bchoell A Megakan, HIS Columbia At.,
KOKTMKA3T
Burr. Kdward H.. Z44S rVaakford At.
Colonial Melodr Bbep, StM N, 1'ront Bt.
Vraakford Masle 8(r, Ml Ortbedax BU
Ooedmsn', U U, lit Wt Olrfd At.
flutkswikl, Vleter,- Orthodox sad Almoad Bis.
Krxur. Thomas M.. SM4 Ku(ag(on An.
Kittr, zH its TVrairard at.
Krygier, 4tft. SISS Ktslmead Bt.
Ml tinier. Bawuel. 1IB Norlb VUth Bt.
l'blUdtlol.lj.Talklug HmMm C., 44 N, Id St.
KJBhlrY HtfutrlmHt or. T
Front awl s)i41hhhm At.
NORTHWEST
Careen, T. n (StO Oermsnlown At.
ItU, Franklin, BOOS Warn At.
Kalwale. Slsrlln, 4I0S Germantowa At.
Kejflono Talking aehln Co., XS01 North fid BU
JUor. r, II., S0IS Oenn.ntown AT
Tompkln., J, Monro. 0141 Oarmastowa At.
WEST rillLAIIRLl'llIA
Crr. R, Jf,, Sit Main HI.. Darby.
UaTli, Oo. B. Co.. S9J0.1BSS l,ancatr At.
Kaklns J'Uno Co., tei-fj W. 6d Bt.
Plllman, W. II., Sltt Lantdown At.
Ixlane. Ilsrry, lis Norlh Sid lit.
llclrlilorit llro., 40ST-40 iJincaster At.
bIiuII' Ilrug Store, 3UJS Market Ht,
L'Blicnul Talking Alacliln and Kcrd Co-
t0ll and Cli.lnut HI.
WMt l'lilladelpbla .Talking Macliln n...
1 Koulb SOtb 81. ' '
SOUTH
tin Brow, Lents, 1X0S Huutli 4lh Bt.
I.nplnarel, Antonio, 7SS Boatb 7lh SU
Mlll.r, H.. SS4 Bootli Sd Bt.
Wu.lc.l Kclio Co., Tl. U Zb, prop., a. . ror. Sib
and Halnbrldg Ht.
K'u2,!,,J,,i ,',iOB"r,,,M "0..1SSS K.PiyaaU At.
I'l.H.Uflnhla 1'honoaraph C all N Slh BU
K..nf.W. B., tS4 Houll. St.
bloW. Harry, Sit HouHl Sfa SI,
OAMUKN, N. J.
Budler, H. J lllt.U.M Kfdwar, Cswdea, Jf, ,
CeXMHHHOCKHK, T
RakMby's BartMMt B4t, l Vaott S4.
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These
Perry
INTENSIFIED
VALUE
r
Suits at
'$15
would be wonderful
at any time under
present-day mar
ket conditions
they've gpt every
thing backed off
the boards!
CJDownrighit $25 ,
$22.50 and $20 values
in fabrics, in tailoring,
in fit and style!
IThat we can do it is
due to our having
jumped in a year ago
and having bought the
woolens and worsteds
at big concessions in
price because we
opened the way for sev
eral mills to run full
force during an in-between
season.
F Stripes, plaids, plain
colors in silk-mixed and
fancy worsteds, in fine
cassimeres and chev
iots, as well as flannels,
thibets and blue serges
for every size and build
of man and young
fellow 1
J Tailored, trimmed
and styled as P.'erry
alone knows how to
do it! . ,
The important
thing; for you
today is Speed!
qThis Sale closes Sat
urday at Six o'clock,
and should a single Suit
of "the 3000 we began
the week with should
any be left, they can
not be bought for less
than $20, $22.50 ami
$25 thereafter!., -. ..
t 1 f !
Do it today!
PERRY&CO.
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