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Additional Protection From Fire Rushed by Water Bureau Wrightstown Rejoices as War
FIRE PROTECTION
. TO BE INCREASED
Water Bureau Chief Reports
Progress After Market
Street Blaze
$200,000 LOSS SUFFERED
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Automobiles nnd Parts Lost to
Flames at 12-14-16-18 South
Twenty-first Street
Chief Davis, of the Water Bureau, an
nounced 'today that A seventy-pound pres
sure wate'r system would soon be added to
the fire protection In the business district
extending west of the City Hall to the
Schuylkill River, In a plan to curtail such
disastrous fires as the one which caused
damage estimated at 1200.000 last night In
a four-story building at 12-14-16-18 South
Twenty-first street.
The fire last night was only one of a
aeries In that district, and business men
of the section today are demanding more
adequate protection.
The building was occupied by several
motor concerns and six alarms were rung.
Dozens of automobiles, awaiting delivery to
Phlladelphlans, were destroyed. Motorcars
valued at $30,000 were damaged by tho
water which seeped from tho two upper
floors, occupied by the Eastern Top and
Body Company. The pollco estimated the
value of the contents of the building at
4300,000.
John J. Short, one of the owners of the
building, said:
"Fourth, fifth and sixth nlarms are be
coming usual In this territory. Less than
two weeks ago the members of the Market
Street Association protested against the In
adequate fire protection and almost oery
man In this neighborhood Is afraid his
Bronertv will be the next to go "
Chief Davis now intends to supply tho
need In the section by Installing a heavy
pressure system on Market street.
It will tap tho George's Hill reservoir in
West Philadelphia and will be Independent
entirely of the high pressure system that
draws Its supply from the Delaware River
and water plants along that stream. Chief
Davis has completed plans for six-Inch
hydrants at every block along Market street
east of tho Schuylkill Ulver to the publlo
buildings. These hydrants will tap a
twelve-Inch water main through which
water from tho high reservoir west of tho
Schuylkill rushes at such velocity as to
mako It serviceable for more than a block
In either direction. At present tho twolve
lneh main, through which millions of gal
lons of water are carried to the center of
the city. Is used only to supply the needs of
City Hall It is expected that the new
system will bo In working order before tho
close of the summer.
F. D. ROOSEVELT GOES
TO CLEAN UP NEWPORT
Assistant Secretary of Navy De
clares Governor and Mayor Are
Mistaken on Immorality
NEWPORT, R. I . June 22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank
lin D. Roosevelt arrived here today, threat
ening to clean up Newport. He took a
hurried but searching glance at the town,
talked with some Navy Department And
other Qovernmont officials and then an
nounced Incisively:
, Governor Beekman and Mayor Burdlck
don't know what they are talking about
If they deny Secretary Daniels' charges
of Immorality here. I have myself seen
the evidence gathered by agents of the
Department of Justice, and It Is convinc
ing The situation Is directly up to the
Governor and he will be given eery op
portunity to correct It.
There Is a direct Issue between Secretary
of the Navy Daniels on the one hand and
Governor Beekman and Mayor Clark Bur
dlck on the other. Daniels demanded a
clean-up of houses Imperiling the morals
of America's choicest lads gathered In the
naval reserve and transmitted to the New
port authorities scornful criticisms of the
lack of adequate housing facilities accorded
these 8000 boys His personal Investigator
Is Roosevelt.
Governor Beekman and Mayor Burdlck
angniy deny an the charges.
COLLEGES PLAY BIG PART
IN MAKING OFFICERS
Students Rushing to Colors With Pa
triotic Zeal
In contrast with the German students,
Undifferentiated competence Is the char
acteristic of American youth In general. In
no older country Is It so dlmcult to predict
the future career of a typical schoolboy.
The college preserves, for a select group, tho
condition of undifferentiate through tho
early years of manhood. Hut now war Is
on our colleges are doing their part.
One of the conditions that the Germans
counted on when they decided to risk Amer
ican Intervention was our notorious lack of
officers to make effective our otherwise un
limited man power They reckoned without
our colleges. Here we have tens of thou
sands of young men, physically fit and men
tally alert, willing to work harder than any
other class of men In equipping themselves
with the essentials of tne military officer's
art. They are not men who fret over the
loss of a year or two that might be applied
to their training as accountants or physi
cians or philologists.
They have given years to undifferentiated
culture, and they are willing to give further
years to the national service, not doubting
that they will fit themselves satisfactorily
Into the scheme of practical affairs when
the war Is over. Therefore they have not
hung back waiting for the formal draft,
but by thousands have applied themselves
to the acquisition of military training with
an energy to astonish and sadden their for
mer teachers, In whose courses a zeal for
work had not been conspicuous. Thanks to
the colleges, we shall not lack material for
offlcera when our body of recruits Is forth-
coming. The New Republic.
BOY SCOUTS AS BOND SELLERS
Philadelphia Boy Scouts lead every other
city In the United States In subscriptions
to the Liberty Bond Issue, according to
announcement today by W. S, Cowing, scout
executive.
An accounting to date shows that the
Philadelphia boys collected more than S33G,
000, and this afhount Is expected to be in
creased as the returns are not complete.
The movement to enlist the aid of Boy
.fTcouts In the sale of Liberty Bonds had Its
origin In Philadelphia,
How Laio Provides for
Clean City Streets
THROWING of waste paper,
sweepings, ashes, household
Waste, glass, nails or rubbish of
any kind into the streets is pro
hibited by law.
Police are under instructions to
warn and watch offenders.
Police are expected to arrest off
fenders, if warnings are not pbeyed.
ONCE DRAB WRIGHTSTOWN BUSY
A. CAPITAL OP MILITARY CAMP
New Jersey City Bris
tles and Clanks When
Thousands of Soldiers
Camp There
A full page f photocrnphs lllnttrstlnc
thi.
article In pictorial wrllon.
, By M'LISS
Wrightstown. N. J., Is on the map
You can get this fact belter without
consulting one. You can get It from
Wrlghtstown's oldest pipe-dreamer, he who
sits outside the barber shop, which Is
Wrlghtstown's a! fresco, rmoklng club, and
dreams and smokes and charges the cluck
ing hens In tho middle of tho road with his
far-reaching quids.
You can get It from Wrlghtstown's young
est barefoot boy. Or you can get It from
the 198 other folks who comprise tho Jubi
lant population of Wrlghtstown's 200
Once General Sherman said something
about war and folks have been repeating It
more or leeo over since. Wrightstown Is
prepared to dispute that utterance
"For If It hadn't been for this hyar war
where would WrlghtBtown be?" And tho
Indignant screech of an Irate her. testified
to tho fact that as usual the charge which
accompanied this sapient query nas deliv
ered with th( Himo unerring precision The
town sago had spoken.
War has come to Wrightstown In the glo
rious gulso of Innumerable khnkl-clnd sol
diers majors, captains, lieutenants nnd en
gineerswho hop in nnd out of more nuto
biles than tho Jersey town has ever seen
heforo. and who make the once quiet placo
hum with the military crlspnesi of their
orders and activities
BECOMKS "ARMY CITY"
For Wrightstown Is one of the sixteen
cantonments that Undo Sam has selected
as tho site of an "army city." whero tho
great eole.cthc draft regiments aro to bo
whipped Into shapo. To this camp, It Is ex.
pectcd. will go some tlmo after Septem
ber 1. about B0 per cent of tho Pennsylva
nia men who are called, many New York
men nnd all of tho Jersey men.
It has been said by army officers, how.
ever, that, although this camp Is little more
than thirty miles from Philadelphia, tho
plans for dividing the State are such n will
send the Philadelphia men to the camp near
Annapolis Junction, Md
Nobody knows how It happened to
Wrightstown.
Thcro aro thoso In tho town who are of
tho opinion that when the nrmy officers
were out looking for nitcs the train got
tired or paralyzed In the vicinity of
Wrightstown, as It so often does, nnd tho
experts, stretching their legs, discovered
Wrlghtstown's possibilities
PANOPLY OF WAR
At any rato, something more than 4000
and less than BOOO acres of beautiful rolling
country one mllo from tho town has been
leased by Undo Sam, and United States
nrmy officers, under the direction of Major
H. C Williams, and sixty engineers of tho
First Battalion, New Jersey Hnglnecr Corps,
under tho direction of Major P A Relmer.
aro busily engaged In getting the placo
ready for the advent of 36,000 men
Aero squads, balloon corps, base hos
pitals, supply trains, ammunition trains,
cavalry. Infantry, nrtlllery nnd field Elg
nal battalions all are .coming to Wrights
town The men will he housed In two-story
barracks fitted up to withstand the In
clemency of winter weather 200 men to a
barracks. Five million dollars Is the esti
mated cost of tho ramp. There will be an
administration building for each regiment,
and the Y M C. A. will have a building for
each of the five brigades. A complete, up-to-date
sewage system has been planned by
Uncle Sam, and the two, nnd one-half mil
lion gallons of water needed for the men
will be got by boring wells.
Nine hundred acres of tho land, which
stretches In a plcturesquo panorama threo
miles long and two miles wide, will be occu
pied by the buildings, the ensemble of
which will form a horseshoe The open
space within the ehoe. 1000 feet wide and
700 feet long. Is to bo used for the Intensive
training of the troops nnd close-order drill
ing. All this Is what Is keeping Wrightstown
KILLS TRIO, ATTACKS
GIRL AND SURRENDERS
Farm Laborer Shoots Two Men
and One Woman in Des
perate Escapade
POTSDAM, N Y, June 22.
Henry Drlggs, a. farm hand, shot and
killed threo men and ono woman early today
and then wound up his short career of crime
by attacking the niece of two of his victims
and forcing her to accompany him to Pots
dam. Here he gave himself up.
Tho quadruple killing occurred at tho
home of Henry Ladue, where DrlgM had
been employed for about a year. Ills vic
tims are:
Henry Ladue. forty five ; his brother,
Aames, forty-eight; their sister, Mrs. Jose
phine Rogers, forty-one, all of Stockholm,
and Dr. Theron Jenkins, of Drabber.
Drlggs had been complaining for several
days that he was not feeling well nnd a
doctor was called to attend him. Ho neg
lected his usual work last night Mrs.
Rogers asked clghteecn-year-old Ilarrlet
Ladue to go to a neighbor's house for medi
cine. Mrs. Rogers apparently was killed during
tho girl's absence. James Ladue entered
the house from tho barn n few mlnutei
nfter Harriet returned. Drlggs shot him
and then, seizing the girl, gagged and
bound her and carried her upstairs Ho
left her Immediately. She heard Henry
Laduo beg Drlggs to spare his life then
several shots. There was a knock at the
door and Doctor Jenkins entered. Drlggs
immediately shot him down. Then after
attacking the girl he forced her to come
to rotsdam with htm.
CAPT. THIERICHENS HERE
TO PLEAD IN U. S. COURT
Eitcl Friedrich Master Must Answer
to Three Charges
Captain Max Thlerlchens, former com
mander of the German cruiser Prlnz Eltel
Friedrich, was brought to this city today
from the Internment camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe, Co., to answer In the United States
District Court here to three accusations
violation of the Mann act, smuggling nnd
facilitating the bringing Into this country
of taxed goods.
It Is charged that Thlerlchens, with tho
aid of 'Adelbert Fischer, Mrs. Helena
Fischer and Henry Kohner. all of this city,
smuggled In nineteen ship chrometers
valued at $1710. Thlerlunens Is accused
of having enticed Marie Funk, of Ithaca,
N. Y to Philadelphia In violation of the
Mann white slave eet. Agent of the De
partment of Justice say they are In pos
session of letters alleged to have been
written by the Oerman captain "which show
that he Induced her to come to this city
for Immoral purposes.
Thlerlchens went to Fort Oglethorpe sev.
era! months ago when- the German sailors
of the two Oerman cruisers Interned At
tho Philadelphia Navy Yard were removed
to that "place. He was brought to this
city by United States Marshal C L. Free
man and Detective Y T Allen and turned
over to Frank Oarbarlno. head of the
Bureau of Investigation of th Phlladslphla.
bronco of the Department f Justice,
!DV13tfIK& LEt0BRPHILAPELPHIA; FRIDAY,' JUftB 22, 10L7
Here's What Will Make
Wrightstown a Real City
THE soldiers of tho Third Division
of the Now National Army will
coma to Wrightstown in:
Seven regiments of infantry.
Three of field artillery.
One of cnvnlry.
Two aero squadrons.
Two balloon enmps.
One regiment of engineers.
Ono of heavy artillery.
One field signal battalion.
One ammunition train.
Ono supply train.
Ono base hospital.
auako nights; It Is why the habitual bored
expression of the native has changed to
one with a smile that won't como off; It Is
why the Wrightstown smokers blow out
dollar marks Instead of rings.
WRIOHTSTOW.V RIGHT IN IT
"Wo Just naturally can't help being one
of tho richest cities In tho Last." It was
Wrlghtstown'n leading citizen, who tpoke,
John A. Smith by name, tne proprietor of
the corner grocery storo and the postmaster
to boot, to say nothing of his being the
brother fo Rrono Smith, the owner of tho
only hotel nnd liar In the place.
"Take myself, for Instance," this modest
ly, "I'm only n fourth-class postmaster now;
but by the tlmo thl hero town gets thrcugh
growing If It ever does, which I doubt
I'vo Just got to bo a flrst-rlnss one. Can't
help myself It's only natural
"Thirty-six thousand men nro planning to
come to this here placo somo tlmo In Sep
tember .Them thlrty-slx thouand men
ought to bring 30,000 more persons, and
then some I'll tell you, Wrightstown Is
made put on tho map and there ain't ono
of Its 100 Inhabitants who ain't on to that
fact."
Uncle Sam, according to the natives, came
to Wrightstown well heeled with money,
nnd If tho land that ho wanted was planted
out In precious crops ho didn't hesitate to
pay as much as $33 nn aero for It. Need
less to say, tho farmers were patriotic and
yielded to his offers
But Undo Sam Is only one of the many
who are Itching to get their hands on
Wrlghtstnn property.
BUT IT'S WRimiTSTOWN'S "MHI-ON"
Oarage men. movlng-pleture men, pro
pr'ctorn of Ico-crenm parlors, merchants of
every description nnd variety havo taken
out options on town property which has
been standing Idle fcr yearn And every
train brings Its quota of the eager ones
clamoring to go in on tho bonanza that tho
town has become. But Wrightstown only
smiles. It la tholr melon this tlmo nnd
they Intend to make the most of It.
Most crtntlc of all In the grin on the
face of tho fat barkeep of tho Ilrlck Hotel,
the same belonging to the aforementioned
Broso Smith Tho Rrlck has tho only
booze llccnr.o Issued In the town, nnd dcsplto
the fact that tho lips that touch liquor
can no longer belong to a man In uniform,
tho barkeep has his hopes
"Think of tho transients." he said over
nnd over again, licking his lips as though
the words tasted good. "We don't have to
bother with the soldiers and we'ro not going
to. Tho boss has nlrcndy said that noth
ing Is to bo sold In bottles only what goes
over tho counter. Thh town Is going to be
kept decent, thnt's what."
PROBLEM or Boozn
The recent order that no saloon may be
within n radius of less than two miles of
an nrmy camp, howpver. puts a problem up
squarely to tho Brick, which Is only a mllo
away. But according to Major Williams
ho has received no Instructions in regard
to this matter as yet
"Sixty thousand Inhabitants In six
months" Is a phrase that you hear on every
lip, coupled with tho plaint of the busy
housewife, "Whero In tho name of HeiTven
nro wo going to put the people?"
Spare rooms nro being "rid up." Cots
aro being purchased. Tho prJco of board
has gono up nnd dining-room tables and
pantry shelves nro being viewed In a favor
able light ob emergency sleeping places for
the family when tho hordes, gotd In their
hands, como bearing down upon tho little
Jersey village, demanding roof and shelter
near the "sojer" hoys.
CITY COMES TO RESCUE
OF "ORPHAN" REGIMENTS
Recruiting Aid Promised to "Dis
owned" First and Third
Infantries, N. G. P.
Aid for the First apd Third Pennsylvania
Infantry, N. O. P., tho two Federalized Phil
adelphia regiments left out of the State's
rlans to recruit the National Guard oi
Pennsylvania to war strength, was prom
ised today.
The homo defense committee of Phila
delphia has called a meeting for Monday,
nt which plans for recruiting militiamen
during the week of Juno 24-30 will be dls
cussed. Oeorgo Wentworth Carr, chairman
of tho committee, sent out 300 Invitations
for tho meeting, which will be held In Room
453, City Hall. The two regiments, ordered
by the War Department to recoult to war
strength nnd "disowned" by tho State au
thorities, will be helped by the city to gain
the required number of volunteers, It was
said.
Company B, Engineers, N. G. P., Is await
ing orders to complete Its mobilization at
the armory, Thirty-third street and Lan
caster uvenue Major Frank Mueller, Na
tional Guard commissary officer, issued an
appeal today for twelve Uakera for the field
bnkory.
Preparations for Regular Army Week,
Juno 23-30, a period set aside by President
Wilson for recruiting the army to war
strength, are being made today at the nrmy
recruiting station. 1220 Arch uti-eat. tv
fill out the Philadelphia district war quota
of 4044 men,
eignty-one men a day must
be enlisted.
The following
nounced today:
enlistments were an-
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contract method under
our supervision.
Bend for pampbltt L which
describes In detail the minor con
tract -method of construction.
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RED CROSS CAMPAIGN CLOCK
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Women Portray
Red Cross Needs
Continued from rare One
when Edward T. Stotesbury read the fol
lowing telegram from President Wilson'
WHITE HOUSD, June 22
Mr Edward T. Stotesbury.
Care Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia.
I thank you for your telegram advising
me of tho Red Cross metlngs to be held
at noon during the week
The American people will have the
unlquo privilege of manifesting America's
unselfishness as well as that spirit of
sacrifice which animates our people. I
am sure the people of Philadelphia will
do their part, but I hope they will meas
uro tho generosity of their gifts by the
urgency of the need.
WOODROW WILSON.
CLASS DISTINCTION ABSENT
A few minutes after 12 o'clock eight
women heralds, dressed In the conventional
white costumes of Red Cross workers, and
mounted on prnnclng horses, started the
parade on Its way down Broad street The
horalds wero Miss Corlnno Freeman, Miss
Lucy Harris, Miss Marjorio Candy, Mlbs
Clalro Spenser, Mrs. Ralph L Hays. Miss
Frances Hagy, Miss Elsie Danner and
Miss Louise Seltzer.
They were followed bv the division of
mothers mothers who have given their
sons to the nrmy and navy and' this
division captured tho lion's share of ap
plause as It wended its way along tho rib
bon ot asphalt.
In the line wcro tho rich and the poor
Uncle Sam recognizes no favorites among
molhern who contribute sons to his fight
ing forces and neither did the crowds. In
the division wero MrB. E. T. Stotesbury,
Mrs. Joseph Loldy and scores of others
equally prominent In social circles, but class
dlbtlnctlona wero leveled by the crowds, and
In a wave of cheero that extended from
Spring Garden street to Walnut the women
trudged along with ono purpose namely,
to Inspire their more timid sister with true
patriotism nnd stimulate Interest In the Red
Cross.
HONOR GUARD FOR MOTHERS
The mothers' section formed a hollow
square and a detachment of 400 sailors and
marines, headed by a marine band, escorted
tho division On both sides tho mothers
wero flanked by sailors and marines, who
acted ns guards of honor, and a detachment
ob bluejackets from the battleship Kansas
made up a rearguard.
The mothers carried banners and flags,
but these were not necessary, for their Iden
tity was revealed by tho streaks of gray
hair and wrinkled ehoeka.
From the moment they left Spring Gar
den street until the end of the line was
reached they were greeted with a contin
uous roar of applause. "Mother," tho most
sacred word In the world, was lisped by
thousands, and as the division passed
through the cheering lines mnnv a man
found it difficult to keep back the 'ears
No army upon Its return from ctorlcs
has ever been accorded a more ii'lf greet
ing than that given to the -v nei. tooa.
It was their day They h . . lade su
preme sacrifices and I'll -Help ila paid
them honor.
Following the mothers' division was an
ambulance In charge of Red Cross nurses.
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sum
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HA1ltn .-
E T Stotesbury acted as chief marshal of
tho parade and was aided by several mem
bers of the Poor Richard Club.
Besides the mothers more than 100
branches of the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Chapter of the American Red Cross were
represented. Each had n marching delega
tion and many wcro represented by floats.
Tho parade was organized for the purpose
of stimulating Interest in Philadelphia's
$3,000,000 campaign and the floats visual
ized for the big crowds tho actual service
performed by the organization
Main Lino Branch, No 1, was repre
sented by more than 2000 marchers and
several plcturesquo floats
BELGIUM'S APPEAL
,Of Importance was tho "Belgium" float.
This pictured tho Belgium of today and
served to Impress the crowds that money la
needed fo. Red Cross work In that war
stricken country.
Mrs Waiter Janney, n the costume of a
Bolglap peasant, depleted the Belgian
woman apocnllng 10 tho Red Cioss.
Al her feet were Miss Carolne Norton
and Master Harry West, Main Line cml
dren. who pictured the needs of Belgian
children Surrounding this group stood
Red Cross nurses administering aid to other
children Among trio nurses were Mrs
Otis Skinner, Mrs Richard Wood, Jr. Mrs
Kane Green, Mrs. Charlei HarrlBon, Jr.,
and Mrs Harry Thayer.
Another float which typified the position
of the Red Cross was styled "America and
tho Red Cross Saluted by the Allies " Miss
Cornelia Skinner as "America" stood at
ono end of tho float nnd with Mrs Charlei
Townsend as tho "Red Cross" listened to
the appeals of Poland nnd Belgium. In
tho opposite end of tho float stood the Al'
llos with the flags of victory.
ine strengtn or tho Allies was empha-
sized by the
nngs or Serbia, England.
France, Russia,
nnd America.
Italy, Montenegro, Japan
EFFECTIVE NAVAL FOAT
"Tho Red Cross Galloy," a miniature
ship on wheels, was ono of tho most strik
ing floats In the parade. The crnft, designed
on tho lines of old-time galleys, was equip
ped with a big sail which bore the Insignia
of tho Red Cross organization.
Fourteen sailors from tho navy yard
handled tho oars nnd a detachment of
mnrlnes followed On board the craft was
a corps of Red Cross doctors nnd nurees.
In the group wero Mrs. Clayton Banks,
Mrs William West and Mrs. Stanley Smith.
Miss Polly Thayer, also In tho garb of a
Hod Cross nurse, occupied n position on the
quarter deck and gave a bit of realism to
the picture by dressing the wounded paw ot
a Red Cross dog. Dogs play an Important
part In the organization and aro cared for
by the nurses wish the same tenderness ex
tended to soldiers.
Mrs. Grenvllle D. Montgomery, of Wynne
wood, presented a pretty picture as she stood
In tho prow of tho craft
In the Main Line division was a company
of motor messengers, headed by Miss Mar
garet Chrystle and a detachment of Boy
Soouts. .The Main Lino oarade committee
consisted of Mis. Richards, No. ton Mm
evils Skin.iei and Mrs. Granville D. Mont
gomery. Mayor Smith presided at the mass-meeting
on City Hall plaza and E. T. Stotes
bury made tho principal address,
Ex-Prcsldent Taft, who was expected to
deliver an address, was unablo to attend.
American Red Cross War Fund
The undersigned and the other trust Companies and Banks of the
v, aiC uoing an in tneir power to render successful the endeavor rW ,
uc,u,maTu,c LO rPna un& thlP week to the call upon Philadelphia to
provide Three Million Dollars of the fund necessary to be raised by the
country for the American Red Cross. Y
KJAJ -. I 1 .!
If any one is not making his subscription to a member of the teams
of workers for the Philadelphia Committee who are giving this week alUf
LTtoMrTTSb VT' k i8,U that he -nd hircttr bu
tion to Mr. b. 1 . btotesbury, Chairman of the Committee at 5th anrl PkJi
nut Streets, or to any one of the undersigned o7 anv Trci C
Bank in Philadelphia! when it will be reS 2 ZZ iTl. ,or
:. L-. 1.1 -v.
B4VC uy uto v-y in answer to the appeal that has
Girard Trust Company
The Provident Life & Trust Co.
Fidelity Trust Company
Philadelphia Trust Company
Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Commercial Trust Company
Commonwealth Title Ins. & T. Co.
Land Title & Trust Company
Real Estate Title Ins. & Trust Co.
Real Estate Trust Company
Logan Trust Company
Northern Trust Company
Germantown Trust Company
Makes It City of Military Importancl
PENN STUDENT TELLS
OF WAR FRONT HORROR
Merrill Denison Back on Visit
After Eight Months on
Ambulance
Word was received here this afternoon
of the arrival from the French front of
Merrill Denison. a University of Pennsyl
vania student, at Auburn, N. V. Denison,
student of tho Architectural School, perved
eight months with the fourth section of
the Amerlcnn ambulance corps. He went
to Auburn to visit his mother, Mrs. Flora
M Denison. a cuffrago worker. He said
there was need of American men on the
fighting front at the earliest possible mo
ment. It was a weird tale of adventure Denison
told the Evening Ledger correspondent
In an exclusive Interview. In nil. the Penn
sylvania student, who Is In his twenties,
carried 2400 wounded Foldlers from the
battlefield
INJURED BY FALL
Denison was Injured by a thirty-foot fall
over an embankment when, with fellow am
bulance drivers, he was hunting around In
the dead of night He Is expected to re
port again for servlco July 28 and Join the
ambulance unit sent out by the University
of Pennsylvania. The Denlsons reside In
Eonecho. Canada
One of the greatest hardships through
which he passed last winter, Denison de
Clares, was tho severe cold. It was hard
to get coal for heating the barracks, he
said, with the result that the suffering
among the soldiers was a good repetition of
that at Valley Forge
The devastation behind tho evacuated
lines of the Germans, an well as behind
those of the French, the driver described as
terrific. The very atmosphere Is pervaded
with an oppressive sense of desolation and
the thought of the wayfarer Is constantly
on the subject of death. Everything appears
dead, from human and animal life to the
very trees and plants which once flourished
luxuriantly In the region.
The territory In which Denison worked
extended from Rhelms to Verdun and It wns
In tho Verdun sector that he saw most
active rervice. He was under fire many
times.
"There l a strange feeling of exhila
ration felt when one hears the inn roar
about him," Held Denlion today,
"When a man has to change an uto tiro
In a hot. dusty road In the quiet of a Sun
day afternoon In this country, tho Job Is a
bore ; but let the samo man go to France
9S a volunteer ambulance driver and be
forced to change a tire In the dead of night
In n road two feet deep with mud and with
shells scream.ng overhead, and there Is a
peculiar pleasure and nt the same time b.
loathing and dread which cannot be de
scribed. lint today, after Uncle Sam has taken
a hand In the war, U a, poor time for
young red-blooded American (o go Into
the ambulance service," Denlion con.
tlnued, "It Is time now for them to how
their colors In real service to their flag
nnd their country.
"Driving nn ambulance at night without
lights may seem adventure enough, but to
day tho tlmo has come when sturdy Ameri
can youths should leaf! the ambulance
work to broken down P. jnehmen, who nre
less able to shoulder a gun In the trenches
than are they."
Speaking of the "present situation,
Denison said:
""The booner America gets men to the
fighting front, tho better France nnd
Britain, too, for that matter, are fast be
coming exhausted and every ounce of fight
ing strength that Uncle Sam can muster
should bo rushed In to fill the gaps In the
Allied ranks."
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION
AT DONEGAL SPRINGS
Historic Church Is the Assemblage
Place of Lancaster County
Residents
LANCASTER. Pa., June 2't. Historic
Donegal Presbyterian Church, nt Donegal
Springs, near Maytown, a rallyh g place for
the patriots of the American Revolution,
was the scene of a notablo celebration.
The first feature was a historical ses
sion, presided over by T. Roberts Appel,
of Lancaster, nt which addresses were made
by Prof. Oscar Kuhns, of Mlddletown, Conn
and Emerson Collins, of Hnrrlsburg. Flag,
raising exercises wero hold In the church,
yard, a patriotic address being' delivered
by the Rev. E. E, Curtis, of Harrlsburg.
In the afternoon the Historical Commission
of Pennsylvania held a meeting, the speak
ers being ihe tev. George C. Donehoo, sec
Utarv of .he Stato Historical Commission
and State jenatot William C Sproul, of
Chester A historical tablet was presented
by H. Burd Cassel, of .Marietta, and re
ceived by the pastor of the church, the Rev
F. G. Bosscrt.
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-. v"-- q"u uu to
Philadelphia National Bank
Bank of North America
Farmers & Mechanics' Nat., Bank
Penn National Bank
Girard National Bank
Corn Exchange National Bank .
First National Bank'
Central National Bank
Fourth Sb-eet National Bank
gnkhn National Bank
Third National Bank
Market Street National Bank
1 radesmens National Bank
National Bank of Germantown
BOOZE CARGO FOR TARS
ON HUMAN TRANSPORT
Staetrerinir Blueinckotn T..J J
Arrest of "Go-Between." w, 1
Is Scored by Magistrate
The American navy will hit.. i
the water wagon ns long t Pollcmttt"f
Schultz has anything to do with It. '
He proved himself to be a real pttriot '
and he didn't allow the fact that he hd
German name to Interfere In the alIghtiT;
way with his official functions. aj
During the last few davs ik. -
-o w If.fn m
that sailors were staggering around tt.
streets- especially on Oregon im...
knew that saloonkeepers were not perniini!
to sell to American sailors In uniform .li.
concluded there was a spy or humT.nv
marlne lurking around who was car-?
liquor to undermine Uncle Sam's firS-Ufi
Schultz traced the source from whl!.tV.i
reellng bluejackets radiated and fll.i,-
spotted the human transnort t.i.. "nnT
steaming In and out of a well-known ..i.
The Policeman said th. ?-" Hoon.'
was armed with a half pint for i ifn"
when he was nabbed. Sehuit i '"lot
that the man had been making a good I iJlu4
for several days by getting half pint, fc!
sailors at the rate of ten cents a ,ri 'K I
Is said that the Induatrlmi. ... . '?' (
cleaning up about 3 a day Often iiTM
IMs o?dd0len S"0rS waltlnfr nls '"rvkJiJ
When the alleged transport was brourS
before Magistrate Baker he gave hi, T.
as John Nolan, of 2616 South Junlp.r ,t, ",'
He offered an explanation which was A
cldedly lame. He sought sympathy in nJ
eyes of tho "judge." but there walno trte.
"i'.0U. ne ,,h. 1flnd of a Pultoack whs
uuBiii iu uu rui in jail forever" .-i.. .r
magistrate. "You would help to weiw! 1
the United States navy by taking advantSS 1
of the misfortune of those who drink ?. I
win taKa tmrty days In the House of c,l
rectlon with a detainer, and I'M hi .
further Investigation made of this eas."
iu. oo uiuejacKeis were round lylnr a.
the streets downtown today and lift.!!
have been arrested In the Immediate nil!
borhood of the Fourth street and I SnX"
avenue utatlnn ,l.irlr- .v. .... " '"..""WW
ITALIAN ENVOYS VISIT
GARIBALDI ISLAND SHRINE
i
Spot Where Liberator Lived in Exile
viewed by Rome Mission
Members
iNlSW YORK. June 22 A nil..!.-. ..
tho spot where Garibaldi, the Italian libera
tor lived during two years of hla exile, wu
the main point of today's program for Nw
lork's entertainment of the Italian V!tt
...icoiuii. njjcciu! memorial exercises win
to bo held there late this afternoon. Th
home of Garibaldi was at Rosebank, 8 I
Previous to this, the mission was entr
talned at a luncheon of the Merchants' Ai-
sociauon Tonight Mayor Mltchel Is to
" "" Jimiuiia as nis guests at ,n
ciuuuiaio uimier at me waiaorf Enpr-
iiivuo tiunun giceiea ine Italians
every-
wnere today
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111 FALLS
Personally-Conducted
Excursions
Jnne 20, July 13, 27, August 10, 21
September 7, 21, and October t
Round $12.00 Trip
SFEOIAL
ALL-STEEL
TRAJN
THROUGH
Tarlor Cr, Hestsursnt Car. Day
Coaches
OT The Ideal Route to the Falli,
tWIng a Daylight Ride through the
lleautlful Suanuehanna Valley.
Ticket, rood for IS day. fltop.ovtr tt
Buffalo ana Hsrrlburg r.turnlnr.
NIAGARA ILLUMINATED
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