,t. a B , i V 3 V1' V I3V13XIXO LEDGERPHILADLPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1917 COMPANY B, ENGINEERS REGIMENT, ANSWERS CALL FOR SERVICE K v,1 v Starting This Monday Morning t THE GREAT PERR17 7 ? V 4 .t ; 'PP""- ey KAST TIJUN KSl'APKS WKECK , , jra, S."' lsSfe ' Freight Crew Discovers Tit on Track ' ' Hsf"""" """""elC MtVk-i 'Wi' L r-MNTliN. fniMi Jtim- 7. -What t.mv ' ' f """""Tllll re1 ifes waY !' H liavo liccn hi at imupi in 'rwU tmo of (lift ' slPst P lilrii 5KS8WfiM r"Rl '' York-llnHtmi ptprrwoH on Ilia l & jA.Syi l?B&ll Jt. Shorn l.lno U ixloti of Mir Xpw Jlucti ' $&f -kwSk a Efm tSfe Ilallroail was fniftt-ntcil i-nily today. ii ' lalSi ffl 1 vH?l-f SRfsaft r',e erctt "' n 'r',K'lt train dlsoovcrrd h ! M fet - jP jjt 1 UJ tFSli tli " " across "10 trucks near n Itrldgp west I vl NJ x?? W' a fe'i.Si 1 S1 ' ' h"0, 'r'10 ,tal" w!,s stopped in time to .1 It PHILADELPHIA TO PAY HOSPITAL $1,036,000 Officer of British Royal Flying Corps Here to Find Recruits OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS Bailor Held in Bail on Charge of Rob bing Man Who Befriended Him The city will pay $1,030,000 for a portion of the Medlco-Chlrurglcal Hospital, which will be torn down on the line of the Park way This nmount was decled upon under a compromise agreement this afternoon be tween representatives of the Board of Viewers and the Medlco-Chlrurglcal and University of Pennsylvania Hospitals. The city will tear down the classrooms, but the hospital will be kept standing during the war with Germany for use as a military base hospital. Britain Seeks Airmen Here Captain Allan Miller Thomas, of the Royal Flying Corn of Great Britain, has apent two days In Philadelphia to seek British subjects as recruits for the corps. He said the applicants must bo well edu cated and between the ages of eighteen and twenty-flve. Kvery man completing the required course Is made a second lieutenant, he explained. " ' Accused Sailor Held Accused of robbing his benefactor, Paul Krusky, twenty-one years old, a sailor, was arrested and held In $600 ball by Magistrate Baker Some months ago, the police say, Krusky was befriended by William Mc Veigh, of 1919 South Hemberger street, but returned tho kindness by stealing a ring. Columbia Photographic Prize The wlnncr-of the"cup given annually by the Columbia Photographic Society for the best piece of photographic work done by a member during tho ycaV will be an nounced tonight at the regular meeting of the society at 2526 North Broad street. Several other prizes for minor contest work will also be awarded. War Risk Bureaus to Open in City The United States Trensury Department will have a Bureau of War Bisk Insurance opened In tho Custom House tomorrow morning for Insuring seamen, masters and officers of all kinds of American vessels. New rates will be effective after tomorrow and these are subject to change without notice Vessel owners may lnsuro with the bureau or with tho regular Insurance com panies. It is provided that benefits will fce paid In case of capture or detention. Home Rule Mass-Meeting Planned A mass-meeting of Irishmen In Philadel phia In Interest of home rule Is bolng plan ned A preliminary meeting waft held last night In Grand Fraternity Auditorium, 1626 Arch street Michael Donohoo called the meeting and presided. Michael Doegan and Dr. Hugh O'Donnell urged the committee to work for the meeting. Mrs. Margaret ' Kelly president of the Woman's Auxiliary, A, O. M and Miss Mary Gallagher, presi dent of the Stato Federation, pledged tho upport of their organization. At the end of the meeting $500 was subscribed to pay xpenses of the meeting , Jewish Progressives Nominate The tlnal meeting of tho second annual convention of the Jewish Progressive Or der of Philadelphia will bo held tonight In the Continental Hotel. Officers will be elected and Installed. Those nominated ere Grand master, Morris Grass; first deputy Mas II. Sheen ; second deputy. Samuel Wollln ; honorary grand secretaries. Aaron Imber and Philip, Nicholson : grand treasurer Myer Pack ; " endowment treas urer1, Jacob Ash : i esei ve treasurer, Mas Mamlln j counselor of order, Samuel Wll Mg, chief medical examiner. Dr. S. Stal berg Better Street Lamps Installed Eighty-six arc lamps In the district bounded by Watts street, Seventh street, . Lehigh avenue and Cumberland street ware changed today by the Philadelphia Electric Company. The idd style lamp or what Is known as the pencil typo was supplanted by the magno lamp. 'Jbe pencil lamp gives light by having two carbon pencils coming In contact and has to be cleaned and at tended to every duy while the new lamps will have to be attended to only once In twenty days. Nurserymen Officers Meet Officers of tho American Association of Nurserymen met at the Hotel Adelphla to ' day to plan the program for the association convention which opens in the hotel Wednes day, Amoni those who attended were John .Watson, national "president j Curtis Nve Smith, secretary; John II, Dayton, Theo dore J. smith, J. B. Mayhew and J Horace McFarland. Orders to mobilize today at the armory, Thirty-second street and Lancaster avenue, transmitted by motorcycle messengers, were re sponded to by the 10G men comprising the command, as shown above. The company is prepared to move nt an instant's notice. Captain J. S. Bradford and Lieutenant William M. White, the chief officers, appear below the assembled company. ARMORY STORMED BY B ENGINEERS TO ROUSE MOSE, SLEEPY JANITOR Guardsmen, Ordered to Mobilize, Have to Hammer at Door an Hour Before Rosy Dreams Are Dissolved It's foolish to have a war on Monday morning. Everybody's tired from Sunday and not in condition to fight. That's what Mose thought about It. Mose is Janltor-ln-chlef of Company U, Knglnecrs Armory, Thirty-second street and Lancaster avenue. In addition to being a faithful worker he's also a faithful sleeper. When he does a thing he believes In doing It well. He was In the midst of a perfect sleep this morning, dreaming of tho days when watermelon and chicken could be had by any one with ambition and a long arm when all of a sudden "Bat-a-tat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat," on the door. Also "Ding, bang, biff!" and finally "She bang!" Mose opened both eyes at once r.r.d gazed at tflh roof. He wanted to movo, but he couldn't. Every moment he expected to see a bomb come through the roof and And .himself all In little pieces. "It's ole Zepp Linn, dat's who It am," said Mose. During a lull he slid out of bed cautiously and groped his way to the window. WEIR MITCHELL SPRINGS SURPRISE IN MARRIAGE Grandson of Neurologist and Author and Son of Dramatist Weds Miss Margaret Travis - w Weir Mitchell, grandson of the late Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. U In Atlantic City today on a brief honeymoon with his bride of two dayu, who was Miss Margaret Helen Travis, of Troy, Pa. Mr. and Mrs Mitchell were married on Saturday afternoon at St. James's Cathollo Church. Thirty-eighth and Chebtnut streets, but their friends did not learn of the wedding until today. Young Mr. Mitchell, who Is twenty-five years old, enlisted in the United States marine corps two weeks ago and Is stationed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. A grandson of tho famous author and neurologist, ho is a son of Langdon Mitchell, well known as ia playwright. The family home nt2320 I Do Lancey place Is closed for the summer and Langdon Mitchell is in New York. Prior to his enlistment on me nrst aay of "Marine Corps Becrulting Week," Weir Mitchell was engaged in the banking and brokerage business in this city. Milk Up in Price at Elmer, N. J. HLMEIt. JC. J . June 25. Milk will go up to ten cents a quart today at Ulmer, vnero consumers have heretofore paid lower lates than those prevailing In the largo cities because of their nearness to Salem County's big dairying district. Stand Behind the Government LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE; T1IIKI) 1'INANCIAI. D1STBIUT ' 1 Orcat shouts went up, followed by more crashes Mose concluded that tho peoplo were (teeing In disorder. He peered out the window. Fear gave l)nco to bold defiance. Below in tho streets he beheld several hundred men of Company B. They had bundles and bags and they shook clenched lists under Mose's window "Wachawan to start eny wall fo' roun' Ueah on Mondnh mornln' eh?" asked Mose "You nln' got no right to do no moblllzln' heah sich a time as dls., Yo' can't hurry do with dat way an' " But his advlco was cut short by nngry shouts and the captain and several other officers ordered him nil at tho same time to descend and open the fortress Mose rambled downstairs without waiting to put tho finishing touches to his toilet and let tho early morning soldiers in. The engineers were ordered last night to report to the armory early this morning The orders were curried nbout Philadelphia by flying Mercuries on motorcycles The men got their duds together quickly and started for tho armory with all possible haate. When they reached tho place at 7 o'clock this morning there was no sign of llfo and tho siege lasted for morn than an hour before they chased old Moso's dreams. The Royal Marimba Band from Guate mala t he world's greatest players of dance music is with us. No matter how hard you try, you simply can't keep your feet from beat ing time whether they're under a table or on the dance floor! mJ'xm HOTEL ADELPHIA Chestnut at I3'i A THAW BRINGS DOWN FOE'S PLANE IN FIGHT Harold Willis, Another Ameri can, Victorious in Air Battle on West Front . Wills, Probated by the Kegistei Wills probated today were those of Selina Buckley, G944 Spruce street, which. In private bequests, disposes of property valued t J6000; Plndlater Thompson, 3031 Ara mlngo avenue, (3700, and August Scholz, HU Tasker street, $2500. Ready Money -United States Loan Society i U7 North Broad St. (11 8. fith if. HU OermiuiUwB . q 108 t. rOUKTH ST.. rlllLA. HANSCOM'S MAKE a specially 01 V Wedding and Birthday Cakes 1232 Market St. SlAyum)ltL b;)n, MfL A First Need for Summer. At home or travelln no on aboulu b. without a SaH19..0' .01ir, Bun Cholera rop. Toll tliue-trled pre ecrlstlon l equal to a whole medi cine cheet in deallnr with the averan ummer III. Inv aluable a a drat aid to lummir comfort. Put up la hand little bottlee that can be carried In veit pocket or ehopplnr baa. Price : PABIS, June :5 Lieutenant William Thaw, of Pittsburgh, one of the tvo "aces" in the Lafayette c cadrllle, brought down a German mono plane in a recent fight, according to front dispatches today. Tho enemy machine was attempting an attack on Harrland. Corporal Harold Willis, of Boston, an other member of the Lafayette escadrille. attacked and put to flight a new tj'pc of German trlplane In a recent battle. HEALTH BISCUITS Assist the liver to act regu larly, thus preventing bilious at tacks and headaches. RELIEVE CONSTIPATION Never use medicinal laxatives for constipation. Correct the came of the trouble. Strengthen your digestion by eating this laxative food. Children love them. , CONTAIN NO MEDICINE At all drug and OC Vrrr grocery stores.. wU A IV J. or direct from Dr. Von's Health Biscuit Co., 3718-20 Market St.. Philadelphia, l'a. Recommended by Piyjrfclanv K-ZT1 c,v,;.Ji:3ST,S'S;v?Ji."t,- Cf8l2al J . Caldwell ty (a Chestnut Juniper South Pcnn Square J.EWELERS GOLDSMITHS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS mmMmm DRINK Mountain Valley Wajer For Bright' Disease, Rheumatism, Gout, etc. To Get Weil To Keep Well SEMI-ANNUAL REDUCTION SALE OK SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS The Greatest Event we have ever launched when measured by the low regular prices of these stocks all season, and the high and soaring prices of the woolens, worsteds and everything else that goes into clothes! $15 and $18 Perry Suits for , ?1 3.50 $20 and $22.50 Perry Suits for $ J g 5Q and $1 7 5Q $25 Perry Suits for .$g and 20 $28 and $30 Perry Suits for $23 and $24 And so on up to the finest $35, $40 and $43 Suits at corresponding Reductions! e Trousers Reduced ' $2.50 for $3.50 Trousers; $3 for $4 Trousers; $4 for $5 Trousers; $5 for $6 Trousers, . and so on, and so on! I The Announcement of a Perry Reduction Sale is, even under ordinary circumstances, a Red-Letter Event to thousands and thousands of men in .and around Philadelphia. For Philadel phians know that Perry Regular Prices are always rock-bottom, and Perry Reductions from those prices are like dividends on gold bonds. This 1917 Reduction Sale Is cdl that and a lot more! ( In s'pitc of the certainty that we cannot replace a single suit of this splendid stock at what it costs us this season, we are holding our usual Semi-Annual Reduction Sale and are giving the men of Philadelphia the chance to stock up on clothes and protect themselves against the future ! CJ This Reduction Sale is bound to be a whirlwind of buying when men come to realize that every Suit in it, from the highest priced to the lowest priced, is the best value, the highest value, the biggest value obtainable at its price anywhere in the city today! ! For thai reason, conic at the first call! The selections are at their best and fullest iodag, and so is the choosing! Sale starts this morning at o'clock. Store closes at 6 P.M. until further notice. Come today, and come early! Perry & Co., n. b. t.w 16th & Chestnut Sts. . 4. V A M n j.i M gas: 2Sc. 'oaipaia -tnruoui i-. n. LLEWELYN'S Sample it FREE at 718 Chestnut St. """ Ak Vour Physician or Druggist Soldarirtff FJrc nd AppIUnca Anrie'a ManJard Drur (Here . t r : . S .tJ luvn rnlt CATALOaUM 151M UiUMtfHttl Birl L.Eaam&& bpom. n " ? rur t. D. Btrftr Co., M Xt ft- t-urt liiim ViJ PwywyiwiF )-.' . up-., A. wm r .y rhenea 1 Main ill
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