HWBfrlNyt" iwufc'Miiup "wt. r tmy is --r,vrfK -rn-,," " l3-ff!---- F?-'" EVENING LEDGEK-PHILABELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1916 ULADELPIHA MOVIE TALENT FACES CAMHKA FOR FIRST TIME TODAY Lrrrior Scenes for Photoplay PSSl and Dolphinc," Writ- I . ... nullfirlnlnllinn. ten uy - Arc Mnde cast SELECTEDBY VOTES , .... rhl1a!cllIHans. representing nl- ,MV ll0 f l,,C C',y' "n1 CnKt ,?r r,.irt-. m the nliriitlaclelpl.la IM Tv written l.v n riilla.lelnhlan and phTh, .'rhlladctphlnni.. lian the work ?!i;L.0n thli nttcrnoon nt tho Lubln .Jto Nineteenth street ami Indiana ,tUi' I The photoplay. "Phil and Del Me" bitten hy Adrean O.l Spear l a P-iL,tlon of stlrrlnR eponos and carefully " action, emhracinc a comprehensive plotted action , , , , fe nnd shovvlnR JlrVrtVof Srcl'ty familiar to the right. rri nd resident. ' , i,. nusnlces of the EvnsiNO U" the Play "'"b Produced this week W?e". - ,1 manv of tho prominent the- ""I Tt the city within a short time. Tho ,ur in. nnd cast were selected In contests wrlrlo ?L V.vnsitta I.KDflEn. last fr ?.nd August Of tho hundreds of man L ffiSKr'read Stanley Mastl.aum. pre,- f' : , i at the Stanley Hooking Company, anu ! w.,n,,,.r director Kenernl of the Metro I rlv decided "Phil and Delphlne" was ?BK2' scenario submitted to them as fuS, of the contest. Mr. Gil Spear won fiprii. of 1100 for tho scenario. MEMBEUS OP CAST "KUlli;u i month after tho prize-winning scenario wbeen chosen, tho contest for member- Mo In the cast closed nnd tho names of 'p.'" ,.r announced An opportunity I in Sir In "Phil and Delphlne" was Riven .ry "an. woman and child In Phlladel- P Sown by ths votes of their frlrfa8 The W. imoortance ot mo i.mo ... .- i- -.. ..n.... Jo successful contestants was based upon B the number of votes cast for those who m unlrcd to appear m Wiri '" ,,. Mi Allen Anilron. a ...n In the Philadelphia .School of 1.x- Srresslon, polled a total of 115,130 votes. IAS a auiuniawvatj hi"-" ' ........... i.iV Mort Ulseman, a student at Central FiHilh School, was Riven, 08.030 votes. This tu the Jarpest numbe cast for any boy t or man. He Is to play "opposliio" Mis I Andron. herself a student at tho South Philadelphia mgn scnooi lor oiris There are twelve major parts prolded by the scenario Tho twelve who will play them are Miss Andron, Mr Kiseman, Miss Alexandria Kelly 801 ttist Walnut lane; Daniel O'Xeill, 119 North Twenty-first street, John J Fitzpatrlck, 2521 South Eleventh street, Tetcr Gtllon, 675 North Fifteenth street, Portus II Acheson, 604,3 Spruce street , Klleen Sheridan, 2435 Lom bard street , Margaret O'Xeill, 2410 South, Sixteenth street, Winnie Murphy, 217 Kox borough avenue. Peggy Taylor, 1751 North Twenty-ninth street, and Henry 1. Fox, Ridley Park. Pa MANT OTHER PLACES There were many besides those who polled the requisite number of votes to win a place among the successful They were gen smaller parts varjlnp In Importance with tho number of votes received There were many places In tho play for "extra people " TUsewere assigned to the jemalnine con testant! who polled more than 1000 votes wherever a place was made for them As many of the principals as were needed from the twelve major parts went before the camera for the first tlmo Mils afternoon Lowell It Stark, director of TMI and Delphlne." an experienced di rector, who has produced for tho Kalem, Vitagraph, Henr Savago and Metro com panies, Is In charge of all the work of usembling ti10 photoplay I The cast made a number of Interior I scenes this afternoon Tomorrow thero will more interior scenes, with home outside. If the light Is favorable Friday tho entire -"company will assemble for some of the big cenes. both Interior nml .rrir,- if lu , Mr. Stark s expectation that thn nimi nim. BL will be photographed before next week. JEWS GO TO BRANDEIS "PARTY" Philadelphians Who Helped Raise $50,000 Purse to Attend iE A Aplfient inn nf niilin.t.lnl.u t. T the hundreds in this clt, who have been pii raise mo $50,000 to be presented to K Justice Louis D Ilrandeis as n, birthday c -;-n nit utn ui inu liuiiun, will go lo S.IsewVork November 20 to take part Inhe K lostponed blrthdaj celebration. K 'ne gift will he presented with a con K.rratulatory message, rejoicing that one of g, ..i peujue ims ueen elevated to tho Su fj prune bench of the 1'nltcd States iiiuhk uie rniiailelphians who will go to ew lork are .Mrs Joseph Fels, Dr S H UJooni. Dr Heiijamln 1, Gordon, Dr. II L Singer. Jtabbl H L Lev lnth.il. Mrs Harry lowenburg and (Icrshon Agcronsky. secre ry of tho Stato Federation of Zionists. WELSBACII'S GETS CONTRACT C'ty LiKhts to Cost $3G Each This Year T ncf Vn eon bj ow .H...I y.j TM,m 9ateiim!,n' of "' nepartment of :""'";,""". today awarded to the Wels- . v oireei Lighting f'omnany of America "' c.n'ra?1 for fumlslilng nnd maintain- 'i ti . tl11 "mps uurnmg gasoline " 56 per lamp This ear's contract Is m rate of J29 per lamp Under the new contract the city Is to receive a rebate t.A,Li laml or eac" ne cent per gallon "auction in tho cost of gasoline below twenty cents Three Wills Pml...i Illa nrnhn.. 4 1 .. . ,. pniei KM.r r? "e "" " : utr... . ., ou .mum i.iKmcenui JII60W- disposes of property valued nt Hiw v" " uiirra, 'juui Latona street, ' ? trcet, J3676 il. tHra' cffccta ot ,ne es,ate ' Mag . ll'SJisj lwo been appraised nt and .in :, vi. 'Duuea Ireland at ibliiZ.li na of Catharine Kdge at J2291.46 Jhe Newest Vogue Ji'vinqgUiJC thc smart ,,,ine to d0- Hawaiian Pance Party m after the theater at the .HOTEL ADELPHIA Ee ?iai!rt,d'Hotel is at y '- TiJZ . . lc "ervationr W, Lunchton on Balcony km? - -j p.m. illSwJ,ar &? 3 SOUTH PHILADELPHIAN TELLS HOW DOPE RUINS THE LIVES OF ITALIANS Mndonnn Catholic Club Mem ber Describes Effects of Drug Scourge in Hundreds of Cases MANY GIRLS ARE VICTIMS MRS. EMMA HELMETAG Of 5228 KinRsessitiR avenue, who was killed by an nutomobile near her home last night. WOMAN'S DEATH BRINGS AUTO FATALITIES TO 109 One Victim Every Third Day the Rate in Philadelphia, Statis tics Show One death eery third day continues to be tho rate nt which automobiles take lc tlmfl In Philadelphia The 109th death since January 1 was listed In the Colonel's rec ords today Mrs Kmma Helmctap. sixty-four ears old, was killed when struck by a touring car near her home, 52.'S Kingeslng ave nue W Weslcv Kurt?, a banket, 118 School House lane, was backing up the automobile at Klngsesslng aenuo to turn nround, when Mrs Helmctag stepped from the curb to cross the street Sho was struck nnd knock down and her skull frac tured Khe died in University Hospital two hours latei Kurtz surrendered to tho pollco of tho Slxty-llfth btrect and Woodland nvenuo station nnd sent to flty Hall for a hearing He was held without ball by Magistrate I'ennock, lint later obtnlned release on $1000 ball to appear before the I'oroner today. Kurt? Is a member of the banking llrm of Wesley Brothers, 151 South l-'ourtli street. COMMUTERS SHIVER WIIEX READING TRAINS 5JUN LATE Chestnut Hill Branch Passengers Suffer on Platforms Commuters living along the Chestnut Hill branch of tho Heading Hallway are aroused over the service on that division Hveiy train scheduled to leave the Chestnut Hill terminal this morning was from nine to twenty minutes late Several hundred men and women who ar rived at the Tioga station in tlmo to take tho train due there at 7 34 had to wait until t,hrea minutes, past 8 for a train In the meantime tho crowd was augmented bj other commuters, who expected to board the train due nt " 46 Many had to stand on tho station plat form and face a biting northeast wind when thc station became crowded Many protests were heard. The statlonmaster said he did not know what tho dlfllculty was when passengers questioned him Tho train crcus were likewise noncommunlcatlve Similar conditions prevailed all along the line. At Wyndmoor station near the Chest nut Hill terminal, commuters waited In vain for trains due there nt 7 10 and 7 15 They finally got n train at 7 35 This train arrived at the Terminal at 8 15 It was said that the locomotive of one of the trains could not get up sufllUcnt steam to make a start How the narcotic drug scourge Is de stroying thc cfTlelcncy of scores of ltnllnn joutlrs In South Philadelphia wns described today by Claude Lanclnno, an nctlvo mem ber of thc Mndonni Catholic Club. 814 South Tnth street Lanclano declared hat the IJvnvtNo I.nnnpn's description of conditions In South Philadelphia, as set forth In this mvvspaper's recent series of "dope" arti cles only mlldlv revealed tho !iaoe being wrought among vnung men nnd women of Insi race by morphine, heroin and cocaine. "Tho tlmo has nrrlved." said Ianclano, when enlightened members of my race must gel together nnd stamp out this scourge among our countrvmen It Is destroying fie mornls of manv of our oung men nnd women Thero are nearlv 400 narcotic drug addicts In South Philadelphia, and I am grieved to sav that tho majority ot them nro Italians ranging In ago from six teen to twenty-five ears 1 Our tlrst step must be to trace tho drug to Its source nnd punish the venders who are selling it to our joung men A great deal of It Is being brought from a Chinese restaurant In tho Tenderloin, but unscrupu lous phvslrlans and druggists nrc dispensing It in South Philadelphia, and wo must bring these men to book "At tho Chinese restaurant I speik of, which Is on Itaco street not far from Ninth, thero Is a line-up of addicts every night Tortured bv their cravings they stand til line until the Chinamen piss out tho dope The Chinamen are ver cun ning Thev will not dispense any of the ding to persons unknown to them "For some time I was emploved as chem ist In the plant of a big drug concern Whllo I was thero It was discovered that largo quantities ot drugs were being stolen Tho emploves were watched and soon the leak was discovered It was found that gltl emplove-fhld moiphlue nnd heroin tab lets In their (dresses and took them home nt night "Many girl drug fiends hang around Twelfth and P.eed stieets with sailors You inn see them there eviry day and every night. "I wish to cite a few farts regarding the ruin which one man. a drug Mend, was able to spread This man. as a bo had been 1 1 ought up In South Philadelphia under the dlsilpllno nf a tolriant father and mother As he grew older he became connei ted with a houth Philadelphia gang Some Tondei loin habitue introduced the use of drugs Into the lives of the bovs making up this gang This bo, nlong with the others became a drug user "With each year he sank lower and lower until his soul was shriveled and his body wasted Then ho married a girl of blasted character. He taught her how to uso the drug In the meantlmo ho quit work nnd began to peddle drugs He Induced a crowd of young bovs to try tho "new sensa tion', with the result that these lads became addicts Their lives were ruined bj tho drug and they became thieves In order to obtain money to buy It 1 1 V MEN'S TAILORS ' Cor. 13th and Sansom Builders of Clothes to Dressy Men Suitings, Overcoat- $2 Up ings to your order J if! A S APPLIANCES M-ETr For Mechanical Purposes BhXV FOR CATALOOVl. L. D. BERGER CO.. 59 N. 2d Slrect Bell Market SU. KtvttoncUain iCIIi. "BVr'r!" Heavier Underwear? Weather'stoo cold, too changeable to continue with sum mer underwear Buy your Fall weights to day. We carry a big assortment of perfect fitting union suits and two-piece garments. Better, we have them at last year's prices. $1 up EID R?!V r ORT 1114 Chestnut St. 11 S. 15th St. 1119-21 Market St. BREKA Engravers Heraldists Stationers PLEASE ORDER YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS NOW ALL our Original and Unique designs ARE EXECUTED BY HAND IN OUR OWN ESTABLISHMENT 1121 CHESTNUT STREET 1 The "Reflex" Mantle not only outlasts several cheaper mantles, .tut gives brilliant light, undiminished by shrink age throughout its long life GS MANTLES "REFLEX'brand 15 Formerly 25. Uprirtht or Inverted All Dalrwl .tjh G .Company 4 GRAVES HEARING GOES OVER UNTIL DEC. 6 Inability of Prince Hntzfeldt to Testify Onuses the Postponement WASHINGTON. Nov. IB Innblllly In obtnln testimony from Trlncfl von Halz-fe-UU, Counselor of tlm Herman Kmlmray. to mibslnntlnto elinrRt of blackmail nsnlnt Armgnnrd Karl Grave, "International rpy," toilay resulted In Grave' hearing before I'nlteil State CommlMloner Tavlor belns postponed until December G Tho postponement, requested by Afltnnt United Stntc District Attorney Leahy, who I conducting tho proecullon, nlo vni ilclred to (five Secret Service agent more tlmo for unraveling tho mystery a to how Grave obtained the letter nddrccd to Countess von HernMorff. Government olllclals ndmltted today their doubt ns to whether they would convict Grave without tho testimony of Prlnco von Ilatzefeldt. to whom Graves Is said to have offered to surrender tho letter for $3000. Ambassador von IIerntorff has sent wire les mrsage to tho Hcrlln Foreign Ollleo explaining the facts and requesting that permission he given for Prlnco von Hntz feldt to tako tho w ltne stand for tho proecutlon No reply ha jet been re ceived Prince von Hatzfeldf diplomatic con nection prevents his being subpenned to ap pear in court I'hllndclphlan Iiurncd nt du TonCa WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. IB In a fire nt tho du Pont Powder Work nt Carnes Point today Albert Cremens, thirty venm old. of 414 IJnst Wlldey street. Philadelphia, vvn seriously burned about (bo fneo nnd body nnd three others slightly burned Two rans of powder raught llro from unknown ratises Cremen Is In tho Delaware Hos pital here Ills recovery Is eriiected Tlinma Holmes nineteen, ot Penngrovej Udwln I' 'aron forty-eight Wet Grove, Pa, nnd Walter M Hnlsted twentv Nor folk Va worn slightly Injured They were nblo to go home rrr ----... jfjfansGom s-w HOME-MADE PIES Sc a Cut a B Hanscom's Restaurants ST" Putentel 8 12 10 Will . jf'j Mr, jtiA J 44T I oftl 'or fJjS25 "hi Tn' Clawsons 25c Vanilla it the mult of an earnett detlre and the ability to produce the best. Waiter! Kcllncr! Garcon! Never mind what you call him, just so you make him understand that you know Kod oysters. When you say Seatag Oysters ho knows ;ott know. When you see the blue tag on the shell you know he knew. And when you taste them v,ou know we knew. Selected and brought from tho offshore natural bed far outsido t'ape Charles, Va. Served with teal sea tlnor rujht there! I'lulatirljihUi Distributor II. II. CLIFTON CO. Uruliiik- rrrmlnil VI irkrt rh strrrl Wall .Ready Money United States Loan Society 117 North Broad St. 414 S. 5th st. 2318 Crrmnntoirn ate. Men's Hats rrmodelM Into litit tl'i dinned blocked, djrtd and ratrlimntd aual to neir Jefferson Hat Co., 125 S. 10th St. wmzmmi Ml.VI.lt, 1-I.ATIM VI. FALSI. TLhlll. Jl.lWI.IU. I'Bl.t llll'S SIONLM. Ill I) COINS FOK rs .ti'Vt nr.i ns- r-c nwor. !ni S sth St.. Phils, rhnnr Hnlnut 4! CASH PRICES FOB OLO GOy.PlATINUM.SILVER 0iamondi.Paris.Rubie54apph iras etc ::modsrn befininEco. :: 137 5. Nth Street S&r rhone! Wulnut C05O Alain 509 J. E. CalciWell & Co. Chestnut Juniper South Penn Square beg to thank their patrons for indulgence during the term of removal and to publicly express their appreciation of the extraor dinary accomplishment of the artists and artisans who in such a remarkably short period have so effectively4 transformed this establish ment into probably the most artistic, unique and modern jewelry store in the world. Victrolas $15 to $400 Easiest Terms Selecting Victor Records is a pleasure at our four stores Our Record Service is different. We have four exclusively Victor stores with a suffici ent number of trained sales-experts to make your record shopping a pleasure. We keep our branches open till 10.30 P. M. An added shopping pleasure, we believe. All our Victrolas are equipped with the Tungs tone Stylus. Plays 50 to 200 records without change. TalkingMachineCo. Central Broad Above Walnut Walnut 1150 These Three Open Evenings Uptown Broad & Columbia Diamond im II'. City 52d & Chestnut Belmont 5109, Y fhila. 41Z4 Lancaster AVC. Daring 1735 m The Perry Overcoats in This One Week Sale of UNPARALLELED INTENSIFIED VALUES f at $15 are of fabrics that we couldn't duplicate today to sell for $25, $22.50 and $20 the Coat hand some soft, shaggy Overcoatings in light, grayish green mixtures, beautiful Autumn colorings of rich brown, gold and green; bluish grays with stripes; dark gray over-plaided effects; Oxford grays relieved by stripes; dark ribbed mixtures; dark browns, deep blues, and a host of novelty patterns. Nobody, ourselves included, could plan a sale like this one over night! Nobody, ourselves in cluded, could start in today to make these Over coats to sell right now even at $25, $22.50 and $20! It's outside the bounds of possibility! We could sell them for $25, $22.50 and $20 this minute, and all a man would look twice for would be the coat to fit him! But we planned to sell them for $15, and $15 is their price for this One Week Only! The stir made, the advertising they'll do, will be worth more to us than the extra dollars we could get on this limited number of coats, once the pub lic realize what value Perry's can give ! The Models are as handsome as the Fabrics are beautiful! J Single-breasted and double-breasted Overcoats gently drawn in at the waist; big roll-up collars; belted backs with tucks some of the belts full and loose with two buttons, some belts plain and sewn down tight and snug; deep, roomy kimono-sleeve Overcoats with full draped backs and well-centred button-through fronts; slanted outside patch pockets, slashed side pockets; conservative fly front Overcoats with velvet collars or cloth col lars some lined throughout; some satin lined in yoke and sleeves, with piped seam edges alto gether, an Overcoat for just your taste, whether it regards fabric, pattern, or model and all for This One Week Only at ' The Uniform Price $15 Do you realize that ' lf This is the Third Day and ' a That Saturday will be the last? t PERRY & CO. "N. B. T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. i i in ijgyw iyyw "V
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