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SHORTRIDCiE DIES;
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ijnnehaha," Long With Univer-
sity Museum, outtumua
Among Own People
RENT TO GATHER DATA
tRr.nt to Obtain Records and Exhibits
a'0" J . t?tn Vailing
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Health
rAnirlnht liV Ihn HVinr I pMai
MRS. LOUIS SHORTRIDGE
Word of her death in Alaska, where
ihe and her husband were con
ducting explorations among the
' Indian tribes, was received at the
University Museum today.
jlrt. Louis Shkrtrldge, bcttar Vnoxvn In
tajltiJelphla educational circles as "Mlnne
ijhj," died In Alaska while on an ex
tJltlon with her husband among the
tllaitt tribes In the Interests of the Unl
Wilty Museum Word of her death was
Kcthred today
ger passing ends a career which, while
Mctnrewue and "romantic, was devoted al
xjt to practical ends. Mrs. Shortrldgc
Xrut full-blooded Indian of the Chllkfft
tribe, ind her life was a striking Illustra
tion of the metamorphosis which may bo
vorkel by education
Hr death will cause keen regret not
idj among those who knew her In cduca
tlonil and social circles, but also to the
thousands of public school children whom
ihi and her husband entertained for the
Uitsexen years at the Unlxersity Museum
Tttre she appeared almost dally In natlxe
Wtume and talked to the school .children
about her people, their manner and their
customs.
More than txxo years ago Mr. and Mrs
Bbortrldge left for Alaska to collect the
myths, ncte the customs and make phono
paphlc records of the vocabulaiies of her
tribe. The Investigation was to have been
concluded more than a year ago, but
through he generosity of John Wanamaker
iris extended
Jtrs. Shortrldge, the daughter of a famous
medicine man, was born In Alaska. Her
luSband Is the son of the chief of the tribe.
Although they were pledged to each other
b.Jnfancy. their real romance came when
thijr attended a mission school, where both
shoved unusual talents.
They came to this country as singers
trd actors In an Indian play which failed
They then Joined the forces of the museum,
where they did considerable woik In clas
sifying the Indian exhibits
Before Mrs Shortrldge left she was In
poor health, but It was believed that the
work among her people and the relval of
memories among her clan would piove a
successful remedy for her ailment
'GIRL, CHIDED ON LOVE
AFFAIR. DIES IN RIVER
I Police Search Delaware for Body of
Lrma bwitzer, Who Leaped
From Ferryboat
The crew of the police boat Keyburn to
Jy.are grappling In the Delaware ftlver
for the body of Erma Swltzer. twenty-four
Jears old, of 1137 Nelson street, Camden.
ho late yesterday afternoon leaped from
- .icrn or a icrr.vDoat wnile on Its trip
from Camden to Philadelphia. She came to
the SUffaPP nnA hnfnpa eU t.nnn.....i I..
. u..wv uv.w.u otto uilMq.C(Ui:u 111
the water
A Bister of the young woman told the
ponce In Camden today that before leaving
her home hpr tafetcf v.1.4 r.,,oAtMri 1. I,--
, - -- ..w ,!U lUHCICU Willi IICI
Winer regarding her friendship with a
wii "store leaving sne sam
well, you'll never see me alive again;
m going to end it all In the river "
The sister hurried to the Heading Rail-
nj ferryhouse In Camden, Just In time
- - ui ner sister s act.
m
Falls Into Washtub; Dies
t. jh-day tragedy occurred at 1221
X. . Imer street when Howard Linden,
twenty-month-old baby of the family,
tirt- y Ecalded While the mother's
1 .. ..'UI ule Dy e" into tne water
flH.ied last night at St Mary's Hospital
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The delicate tones of
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FEAR MANY LOST LIVES
IN REFINERY EXPLOSION
Fifty Injured, One Body Recov
ered at Sugar Plant Wrecked
Building Burns
nad'SSr-f'---
hiULC.?"t """ Injured according to
the estimate of Co-oner Wagner Thev
dylnV" TMrS ZVlX " ' th.JlS
oying Thlrty.four workmen are mlanlne
n.000P0O0ry ,0SS ' ' B,
hiJm'JI" !liw-n "l."1' "c.ock .as.
:'.',"'" explosion occuned Opln
hat ., r"n T'f ,f the -M'HMon are
mat either an electric span. iKnneil tli
exploded Company official-. ,.,, th(,
fmTa plo.lhe eX"l0S,0n ma ha "
The plant has been run dn hihI nighi
dred men were at work xxl.en the crafh
occurred The entire building "a ' "n
eloped In name, a few secnul, after ihe
explosion and the flames shut up to m "1
" Av,Bnl,hate V,cy M -ntor mlli,
Avenues of 'escape to those working on
the upper floors were cut orT when the
frn,rM' "Tx,.C0',lap!el undel concen.
ill fl ' f niathl""y hurled to one
section of the floor by the fotce of the
exnloslon Krnr nt , .. .. . ... .
n,...k - - . -lieu BuuKKiru niinu y
through smoke and flames to the roof and
bullUIn s CSCal" ,0 lhe r0fe 0f a,1JolnlnR
Man Is Stricken on Street and Dies
ui.oi-ci:sTi:n citv. n j. jUne n
!7oC!?rlck Hl11' "Bed thlrtyelght ears. tf
166 South Broadway. (Jlouccstcr City, white
walking along llldgeway street last night
as taken 111 and died before medical aid
could He secured Coroner Pratt issued a
certificate that death w.t, due to heart
disease
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Cinrlano Oe'ntto. 121S s Harmony at and
;i'M"'' Fl'lo, 7.-.0 ! Me"ln ?t.
3oi .,"rsr. !r "'.nut m i'hn ra .
ifnT... 1111. "' rin""n winter 3H13 Fox t.
it.. "VJ. J.i'ltad..uo Van I,orn t
J"S!a,rfoJrd"heTrr,e .? "" ,r''h " " M"J'
William Kernrr. Ir join Sepvha t., and
Kathrjn Iiosle 100J Qlonwood axe.
c?Si;Lii- i""!?.hrr .-' Hanaburv L. and
vlterJ.n!.- !.lrle ui' O'rmantown axe.
'iP.H,.!': waih,n5l..n ...'4S vlnnt ' and
Jeanetti; Kell 7S1 VlniMU t.
Thomas Murphy 11)10 N Camac at. and
Sara E. Martin, loin N. 1 umnc si.
Oc.rjt,' A Khkennj. 3i3il Manasunk ae and
Mary A. Mullen. 41101 Oermantown axe
nnhert H b.ott .',rtJ3 Hajneld at and Mlldrrd
11. Waaalnc, 2110 Turner at
Harrj II Urkslilne 0018 Callowhlll at . and
Martha M ltunaherger Clni Cedar axe
Leo n Carroll. 301 Arch at and Mary J.
Cameron 304 Arct at
Jarnea F IllRnlni 2VH K Allegheny axe and
Anna U OrUgm-xn SB.1S Allenheny axe
B'.r,t '5, i-or'le .-'! Olrard axe and Marsiaret
M Moharcx 1J3 N 2lh al
Sllchacl J. Dulne Jr 212 .V 31at at., and
Anne I. Fltnlmmona. 2310 N Ilroart at.
"',"' N Conner 230 Itaec at and Helen Ilrow
1137 Harmer at
Mori,rnT ?Sff,l,,r M0 ,lac' " ""d Anna Brody.
2H(ll AWIkel at
Wli.l'm".n,rft'lflj813!L.B1f,h " and Ka,h"'ne
G,23r?9 ifanthn?1ne'-,a.JUn'PCr " and Ehls Cook'
Patrick J O-Bonnell, 1(117 llroxxn at . and Mary
UallUan 1(129 l'oplar at
William H Kckrt. 1.M4 W rtoaton axe . and
Tear! M, Clark. 1222 W Tucker at
JMnx1Jharr,k, Jklntown. I'a . and Mary
McManon. 21H3 Orinee at
Hlin,c,? AjrJh"i'na!n.j!l,4 ,N ,mu "' and Do'
Hurt 4(ith ana xxalnut ata
Edward J. niahop. 172 Kater at . and Pattle
Coppland .1010 I)k Lnncex 8i "u a"le
Fra.nk-S;ii9a.fk..V-,i3VWHn,:,Told " ani Theresa
Philip Dean. 1337 nalnbrtdse at . and Lizzie C
bavins aoft tv Pawn at
Jon'',,ii.Ar,oNr,innrh.r Myri,e "' and Eva
Sllnpfbaum llarrs 14 Calloxxhlll at , and Anna
Rosen. Sft3 X 4th at
D','. nrt"7i..?',,?.,sP,ruce ' an1 Kathryn
McOoxxan. 1310 Wakelina st
John S Johnson. N'orrlatoxxn. Pa , and Kather-
ine U Shannon N'orrlatoxxn. Pa
Antonl Plechockl. 4774 E Almond at., and Vic
torxa Traxxk. 4"31 Mercer at
John ZelIler. 21 S 2d at., and Emma Schxrarz.
m:.'i nttini at
McDermott Samuel A 123 nace at , and Eliza.
beth C iurran 241 N Oroaa at
Daniel I, Ilritton. 131X W Allegheny axe and
Florence M snsder 1700 Arch st
William J Murphs 4311 N tllat at . and Lillian
R Smith. (132! Race at
Frederick llarfoot 4!2.'i Penn at , and Bertha M
nuckmn 403O Penn at
Leo M Rxan 1432 N Park axe., and Helen
Merc-r 1212 Master at
Cxrll Simmons 2rt S .14th at , and Ethel
51 Thornton. 27 S K4th at
Hn'rv r. Rhell. O'ney Phlla and Ruth W
Shepherd Olney Philadelphia
John It Hall Jr Creacentxllle. Pa . and Cecilia
K Dale. r,S02 Mast her st
Genrite S Hummel 232S N Carllale st . and
Peachel II Cooper. 2407 N l.Mh st
Abraham Ilratspls Win N 13th at and Ray
Bratapla lfl.VI N 1.1th at
Nathan Horox-ltr Rrooklxn N Y and Jeane
fWelminn 2"T S neulah st
Roher' N Oerte- 1 Sellers at and Sadie
D. Gorman Wlaatnomlne Philadelphia Pa.
-Ready Money
United States Loan Society
117 North Broad St.
414 H. Bth st. 2518 Ciermantoirn are.
N The Proverb That Declares
"You can't haxe our cake and eat It ' as
accepted before Endowment Insurance had been
heard of jhe Vtov&clA
Life and Truit Company of Philadelphia
FOURTH AND CHKSTNUT STREETS
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FountainPen?
CS-Ifs ihe Point
, i-that Satisfies
When fitted to your
hand by the specialist.
ALL MAItES HEPAlnED
Allowance on oia pens
W..G. Nichol, Agent
m iniftFoi'Waterman'sPens
1,1 lUlOc H E S T NUT
Don't Delay
Make our boat rhlp
ahapa at onca. For exery
thlni from a coat of paint
to a dress of talli sou'll
fnd this anop neaaquar
ters
F. Vanderherchen's
Sons
7 No
rth Water Street. Philadelphia
At thl G(i;n 0 in o
AnTllllnr for noat
SPECIAL
JUNE SALE
Hoo sss sioo
Washing Machine
$85 Cash
$90.00 $10 oo Delivery,
$5 Per Month
lTT",n" One double duty
IH W H.H. Benlamln Plur with
each waalier.
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Everything Electrical
3&L.i(y' LklAifrHiJuADLi-fa 1 a! 'xrnjsitah.
KlSrIL
VMRomiisKHal '
HENRY GORDON THl'NDLR
Philadelphia composer and organ
ist, who describes the music of the
Liberty Bell for the Evening
LF.DOBit.
Women Censure Fircxxorks Plan
NomtlSTOWN. IM.VIune H The U.ir
den Club. A Norrlstoxxn organisation of
women Interested in the proxx-lnr; of IIovxcm,
has protested npalnn that part of the
Fourth of July (clrhrntlnn program pre
pare" n tne .Merchants Association and
Norrlstoxx n borough olllcials proxldlng fur
an elaborate flrexxorki display In Chmxnnd
I'arK in mo exenlng on the cinund thnt tu
money tn he spent might lie better tied fnr
other patriotic purpose
JECALDWELL8f(b.
Chestnut Juniper South Penn Square
Jewelry
Silverware
Bracelet Watches
Distinctive in Design
Superior in Quality
and Workmanship.
For Wedding Gifts
yujjujueo
the Amahdm, Cafe
presents to its patrons the most elaborate
and realistic scenic effect ever produced in
this country in the
Arcadia Ice Palace of St. Moritz
Formal Opening Thursday Evening, June
14th. The air will be kept cool by the most
modern refrigerating and dehumidifying
plant, consuming 50,000 lbs. of ice daily.
Phone Walnut 4700
Trmnin mi im mi
I ttl; IAI SIMKU hTAMAltl HHOKS A
A New Dalsimer Oxford
Young men want
an all-round Oxford
for tennis, yachting
and street wear
5 Jr A
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In the new shade tan "Bunker Brown."
Guaranteed fibre sole and bevel spring heel.
'TIS A FEAT TO FIT FEET
ffioltom&t
Itfl ZZL-ZITIIK 1IIO BIIOB BTQ11K J'jfPl
TOCSIN OF LIBERTY AS BORNE
TO THE EARS OF A MUSICIAN
Magic in Ancient Bell's Tone Thrills Henry Gordon
Thunder With Patriotic Emotion Proclamation
of Greater Freedom Throughout World
By HENRY GORDON THUNDER
(Conductor of the Choral Society nf t'hlladel
rMa. head of the Fortnlahtly Club, 1'hllade).
rnla s principal male chorus, orsanlst and
director of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, and
n tone expert of national reputation )
In the history of the world, music has
always had a dlMlngulshbd part. It Is very
significant therefore that the faint, nweet
tone of the Liberty Hell, which In its first
exultant call burst Its metal limits, and
broke tho vofce glx-en It. fhotild be' sounded
today to Mir the land of America to the
battle In which the country Is entering for
n new liberty.
Standing near the rexcred old symbol
xxhlle (he Mnor lifted his hand to awaken
once more this precious voice, the soul of
a musician xxas stirred with a patriotism
hard to exprcw.
far back In the old days tme battles of
'he knights was nlxxajs opened xxlth a
thrilling trumpet call, mid In my Imaglna-
t.on an nnclent ring on my finger xxlth the
Hcemed to be stirred to a sense of life, for
an ancestor of mine t.ew his trumpet so
lnudlx on the Held fif Hastings that he xvas
named the Thunderer
MAiii ov i.nnniTY's nnu.
under the tap of tho Maor's ham
mer txxelxn soft 11 naturals answered the
deeper tone of tho bell In the toxxer nboxe
i thrill of feeling came to my soul which
seemed to be born of nil the nnclent hls
tor sn special to the spot on xxhlrh 1
Rtnnd. As the larger bell sounded its O
sharp, heard by the multitudes back and
front of tho State House, exerx ones ear
eagerly strained to hear the tone of the
old bell. Ihe deep sllcnic that went oxer
the distinguished group under the belfr
xxas most impresslxe. Is there in the xxorld
a creater bell than this broken Hell of
Liberty, carefully guarded In the cradle
of the greatest Republic in the world"
In Moscoxx the great bell "Tsar Knlnkol
which was too big to haxe exer been actu
ally hung or struck. Is now used as a
chapel, the xvonder and admiration of all
Ilusila The great bell nt Notre DjeNie In
Paris, made famous by Victor Hugo n
Idealized by all the French people in
Hngland !rcat Tom, of Oxford, and Big
Hen. of Westminster, haxe tho affectionate
t-gard of all the people Of the latter bell
22J2JB
for Reservation
mi in
A round toe last with
plenty of toe-room,
combining style and
comfort.
1204-06-08 Market St.
Shoes and Hosiery
mi mi mi rums
nrrrf .
JXJxNE 14, 1917
AJL,
the story li told that a man accused
MUlVHail AAA. J -! tlm m
of
i ... J-" nis nre ny being able to
testify that he heard nig Hen ring thirteen
times at midnight on a certain day when
he was accused of being many miles away.
Some one tnurmured close to me In the
Hall of Liberty today that Major Smith
had struck the Liberty Hell thirteen times.
I am not nble to Aerify this extra stroke,
because I was loo busy defining the musical
Pitch of the old relic to count how many
times it had been struck
WHAT IT MCANS TO WORLD
Hut to me. as a native American, a native
rhlladclphian. listening to the sound of the
Liberty Hell struck by our Mayor, Its feeble
tone rang out with as strong a message to
the world as xhen It first cried out to "pro.
claim liberty throughout the xxorld " And
all the bells of the Allies, the great Russian
bell, the famous French bell, and tho cele
brated hells of England can mean nothing
as significant as the call from our own dear
bell once more to proclaim a greater lib
ertj. not onl.x through this land, but through
the xx-orld
Therefore answer this still small xolce
OffwitRtrie
Ambulance Corps
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They're Backing Up
The Country Strong
WHEREVER office staffs are being
weakened by conscription calls; volun
teering for relief work; wherever the line of
business attack is being thinned out by the
new war conditions; there you will find,
backing the business affairs of the country,
the Edison Dictation System.
There you will find Edison Correspondence Engineers,
proving to perplexed office managers thst even under
the changeiconditions, they can produce a
Far Bigger Volume
of Correspondence for
the Same Money
Before the necessity of making frantic efforts to fill
up a depleted office staff comes, find out what Edison
Correspondence Engineers will do for you. No charge
for initial survey. No obligation. We supply you a
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that sounded Ita soft B natural twelve
times today
He natural, be patriotic, be heroic, be
brave, be faithful, be helpful, be hopeful, be
sacrificing, be courageous, be earnest, be
noble, be American buy & Liberty Dond.
DRUGGISTS END SESSIONS
Urge Congress to Abrogate x Product
Patents Held by Enemies
ATLANTIC CITY. June 14. C. W. Pratt,
of Philadelphia, xvas elected a vice president
at the closing session of the annual conven
tion of tho American Association of Phar
maceutical Chemists
The convention memorlallied Congress to
suspend or abrogate product patents held by
alien enemies and adopted resolutions urg
ing more drastic antlnarcottc legislation,
opposing war taxation of medicines In com
mon use, and calling upon manufacturers
to discontinue the use of heroin In pharma
ceutical preparations The latter action
xx-as a defeat for n liberal faction which
earlier In the session persuaded the conven
tion to sidetrack the question.
Mimin Takes $2(52,800 Bonds
LEWISTOWN. Ta.. June 14. Mifflin
County subscribed I2H2.500 In the first day's
drlx-e for Liberty Hond sales and there Is
no question but what her full quota will
be subscribed within the time limit. Em
ployes of the Pennsyh'anla Railroad took
13000 Mifflin Coun'v sent among the first
troops In answer to Lincoln's call for the
Civil War
Gone into tine
Hospital
Service
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These ;
v Popular l
Prices f
of ours
at Perry's
$15, $18
$20 and $25
are away
below
xnormal!
CJ They're low, because A
we bought the fabrics
in most of these Sum-'
mer Suits early last
year at prices thirty to
forty per cent below
their present cost.
.CJ We're satisfied with
a small normal profit,
so as to give the people
the biggest values in
Philadelphia today!
CJ We show a . good
many styles and pat
terns in our windows
but it would take a
stretch of glass from
Sixteenth to Broad to
hold the hundreds of
patterns and the scores
of models actually in
-our store!
CJ Single-breasted and
double-breasted Spits
in plain backs or belted
and pleated backs;
loose belts aR around;
pockets on the bias, or
on the square; neat
lapels skeleton - tai- .
lored coats with only
an eye-full of silk in the v
shoulder blades!
1
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CJ Blue serges, blue '
flannels, blues in fancy
patterns; grays,
browns, greens, tans t
stripes, checks, plaids .
and novelty mixtures.
Come in just to look
them over and
welcome!
PERRY&C0.
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16th & Chestnut Sta.
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