f r I NEWPLAYGROUNDS I FOR THE CHILDREN Pight Will Be Opened Next I Monday and Three on f July 15 THIRTY-TWO. BY FALL Eight new recreation centers and play, grounds mill b opentd to the. public next Monday, three more July IB and by the early fall thirty-two playground fully equipped for play pnd Instruction, will be In service. The properties on uhlch the centers are located cost the city millions c( dollars, thHr Improvement moro than 1500.000 and Tully $260,000 will be ex pended on buildings and grounds before September. Work on the Thomas B Smith Play ground, nt Twenty-fourth and Jack-son streets. Is being rushed this week so that ell will bo In readiness for the opening on Monday A plan Is under way to have resi dents of the Twenty-eighth Ward, the home of Mayor Smith, present a flag and flagpole to the center which ha been named for their leader Another new center on which ork Is progressfng rapidly Is the one at Twenty-sixth and Morris streets, which hni been named nfter the late Senator George A. Vare. Both centers located In the south western section arc nearly completed, but the bath In the Vare center will hae to be opened later In the summer Another new playground for the south western section of the city Is located at 6eenteenth and Fltzwater streets. Thlj will not be opened until early In the fall, as considerable work remains to be done on grounds and buildings. The new play grounds to be opened on Monday In addi tion to the ones named for the Mayor and Jtr Vare, are as follows Stenton Park, Sixteenth street and Wyoming aenue, Viaduct Playground, Ninth and Jefferson ttreets; 'VComrath Playground. Kensington aenue and Adams street ; Belneld, Twenty first and Nedro streets; Kast Qermantown, Graer's lane, and Chestnut Hill The centers on which buildings are near lng completion and which will be opened to the public by the middle of Jujy are lo cated at C street and Indiana avenue, Sixth and Christian streets and Second and Car penter streets Those that will not be open d until fall Include those at Seventeenth nd Fltzwater streets, Cedar and Cambria itreets and Francis and Wylle streets. Playgrounds already opened or to be opened before the end of the present week are Athletic, Twenty-sixth nd Master streets, Funfleld, Twenty-eecor street and Bedglcy avenue; Raco street pier; West moreland, Fifth street and Allegheny ave nue, Starr Garden, Seventh and Lombard streets, Weccaccoe Playground, fourth and Catharine streets; Chestnut street pier, Klngiesslng. Fifty-first street and Chester avenue , Sherwood. Fifty-sixth and Chris tian streets, Fifty-seventh and Haverford avenue . Longshore and .Dlttman streets , White Hall Commons; Haines and McMahon Streets, B02 Kast Haines street and Wayne avenue opposite Logan street. Robert C Smith and Ernest L. Tustln, members of the Board of Recreation, today are making a final Inspection of the grounds to be opened and at the same time are com pleting plans for the Improvements to be continued during the summer months Committee Approves Aviation Bill WASHINGTON'. June 26 The House Military Committee today voted to report favorably a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to take ner North Island, In San Diego harbor, for an aviation training sta tion. Licensed (o Wed at Elkton ELKTON. Md , Juno 26. The following Jnarrlage licenses were Issued here today Raymond E. Mack and Dorothy Goslen, Lewis Fine and Reglna Slmmlster, Frank Voshell and Catharine Bratton, John W. Kelle and Rose V Sander and John R h Deeney and Edith Smith, all of Phlladel- pnia, wiiuam w. Norm ana Helen uamber, Baltimore. Md , George J. Crossland and Tearl Schreffler, Shamokln; Hartley C. Parker and Alice M. Flusher, Nescopeck; -William L Dale and Catharine Murphy, (A Atlantic City, and Leslie Gamble and Bea trice L. McCllntock, Elkton. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Joseph J. Wjnnne. 1850 S. 24th et , and Ellen Jones 22.M Dickinson st even I! Olson, Elizabeth, N J., and Frances L. Turner 637 Sedsley nva. LeHli Crenshaw, Haverford, Pa., and Beatrice . Flemlnir. Haerford, Pa Michael Tlllger. l.W Waterloo it., and Joseph . Ine Pulllus. 1500 Waterloo at. John F Coadv, Wakellng- and North its., and Fannie, w Mooro, 3634 Howell at. Gerald McDermodj , 1(130 Berkshire at., and Julia .Boehmer 1030 Harrison at. wlncentaa PoIIaltl, lfino Wood at., and Donl . cella Slmaltls. 47" N. Franklin at. Adhert Appel 010 W. Eleanor st . and Rose O HerzoB 2247 N 2d st. Walter F. Martin. P28 W. Lehigh ave.. and Margaret Collins 1B03 W. Lehigh ave. Elmer E. Richer. 013 E Wiahart-at.. and Nellie B Frledennald, 3324 N. Howard at. Burton Chrlstman, 8233 Chester ave., and Mary ,T barnes, 1223 8 82d at. Allen J Mosteller, Gary, Ind., and Nan L. M1I--dren. 43 Sellers ave Nathaniel It. llrodhead, Flemlngton. N. J., and Edltha, M. Brown. Merlon, Pa. Curtis C. Crolhera. 2460 N 17th St.. and Jane F, Riddel!, 2016 McKean at. Raymond G. Buckley. Mt. Holly. N. J., and . Marlon II. Jones. Medford, N J. John F McGraw, 1523 N 55th at., and Mary . Dougherty, 440 Earlham ter. Joseph T. Whitby. 2426 N. Lawrence at., and Mary shea, 4423 N Lawrence at. Frank II. Glann, Camden. N. J., and Grace McQInnls, 1045 S. 23d at. Elray Day. 240S Bolton at . and Mamla . Wrenn. 2408 Bolton at John Brown, 1422 Lombard at, and Minnie Harell. 1422 Lombard at. Theodore J Vogt. 1613 S 12th at. and Viola .Orldley 1841 S 11th at. William Leuchaenrlns, Norwood, Pa., and Mar- garet MacMlllan, 1522 N. Alden at. Raymond Halnaworth, 4188 N Bth at., and Minerva Haywood 3S')0 N. 7th st. Joseph J. Qulnn 2527 E Lehigh ave , and Es I telle Bradley, 2417 E. Cumberland at. Herbert Ore-nwood. 4107 Ridge ave., and Mary .Little, 4187 Ridge ave William Verner, 2710 N. 28th at., and Alice 4,C. Reemond, 2241 Federal at. Richard Stelgerwald. 5032 Arch at., and Violet R. Yeager, 1D3.2 Arch at. Robert A, Patterson, 5041 Walton ava . and .G'oretanna M Crammer. 6101 Webster at. William Smith. 1644 N. 2d at., and Christina Eaton. 2241 Reed st. John Rlsthelmer. 1209 N. Warnock at., and Alma C I,ee. 432 E. Flora at, Francis E. Laws. 1611 8. Broad at., and Anna E. Henry. 82d and Spruce sts. Raymond Evans, 503 Brlnton at., and Ames C. McCormlck. 803 Brlnton at. waiter Law. 3403 Walnut at., and Mary Daven . port 1036 Manton at. John McGarry. 2025 8. 20th at., and Marguerite M, l'yle. 2020 8. 20th at. Charlea Roland. Reading. Pa., and Pauline V. ,T Schmidt. 5117 N. 15th st. M , lurry TJ, Kraft, Altoona, Pa., and Edna M. ,. Mallov. Altoona, Pa Frank Weanlewska, 4771 Mllnor at., and Cath .erlne Romlnlcckhl. 4524 Mercer st. William Jeffries. 4413 Cleveland ave., and . Adeline otraup. 4415 Cleveland ave. John F, Sheehan, 2138 Estaugh st , and Florence , Slattery. o4U Haverford ave. Albert Eschar. 482 E. Wlldey at., and Anna Jit. A Qowen, 101B E. Klrth at. . Al Earl Jonea, T830 N, Front at., and Kath , erlne Hnrtnagel, 1830 N, Front at. Louis E. Wagntr. 2034 N. 3d at,, and Florence M. Hushes 2210 Ingersoll st. Geprea H. schaefer. 2007 E. Sterner at,, and , Anna, Siegfried. 244 Catharine at. Max I. oebhardt. 92S Butler at., and Mary Kune,-1S04 Lycoming ave. eamucl Snyclerman. 614 Jackson at., and Bessla Stein. 707 Mifflin at. Saul Page. Cheater, Pa., and Marr B. Isham. ,rnsacola. Fla. Clifford D. Iltrat. 5512 Klngsesslnc ave., and . Elsie A. Mutschler. 617 N. 7th at. Antonio Dl Domenlco. 8222 Kershaw at., and , Laura Fasclone, 1820 8. Harmony at. Arlandor Ectorv 234 8. Darlen at., and Mary , E. Qlaacoe. 2S4 8. Darlen st. ., James L. Worcester. 1037 E. Albert at., and . Kathryn Hewitt, 3030 Oaul st. John J. Fenlon. 2403 E. Cumberland at., and ,Dorla Rein. 2400 E. Cumberland at. Csvld H. Thornton, Odesse, DeL, and Cathe iy,rln M. aibba. 6820 Qlrard ave. RsnJamln F. T)vis, 608 Brooklyn at., and Mary -E. Collins. Eaatvtlle, Va.. Pstrlck F Donovan. 227 N. Sd st , and Helen ,1 Btanton. 113 Vine at. Jtiraond stack, 1806 B. Huntingdon at., and .Joaephtna Zelabla, 4013 W. Olrard ave. Robert K, McKnlght. 2150 Lambert at, and Mary L. Bradley, 2188 Lambert at. Tnomaa J, Tomey. 3186 E. Cumberland at., and 4fr.?rgt M. Cumlnlngs, D40 E. Locust ava. William Eaatburn. 6340 Jefferson at., and Au bKV.'1 Bchu, 4205 Oermantown ave. William T Gould, 2532 E. Somerset it, and ,l.1r'r J Mullen, 2240 E. ClearHeld at. Matthsw Smith. 214D Erdrkh at, and Oler fk?''' Cottman at. T , ur.l,f p Thleraa, Camden. N, J., and Ada ,j,uma, xtut is. sergeant at . . Cl. vronwan. ooso cnaw at, ana stnti J3. on, 107 K. Coulter -at. VI i:'"' Mi . i ' i MISS AGNES JAMIESON . President of the 19l7 Rraduatinfj class of the Philadelphia Normal School, which holds Us commence ment exercises today. GIRLS' NORMAL SCHOOL GRADUATES CLASS OF 174 Outgoing Seniors Present a Liberty Bond to Scholarship Fund of Institution Attired In white and wearing bouquets of summer blooms, 174 Blrls graduated from the Glrli' Normal School, Thirteenth and Spring Garden streets, today, at the gradua tion exercises which were conducted In the auditorium of the school Henry It Edmunds, president of the Board of education, addressed the out going class and expressed his belief that a woman's courage Is superior to that of the man Simon Gratz, chairman of the committee on girls' high schools of the Board of Education, was also scheduled to address the outgoing class, but was unable to attend the exercises owing to a breakdown In health brought about by hla recent labore. Dr. Armand J. Gerson, district superin tendent of th Board of Education, spoke to the graduates and revealed to them the rapid strides that tlio educational system throughout the country has been making toward near-perfection within the last fifty years Olivia Ilcrold, president of 1917, presented the school with a Liberty Bond for the class. It was accepted by Dr. J. Eugene Baker, principal of the school An Impressive part of the exercises came when the white cap and gown, which Is the garb of the president of the senior class, was transferred from the shoulders of Agnea S Jamleson, president of the class of 1917, to MarjoHe E. Lewis, who will pre side over the class that wlll graduate In February, 1918 O.ther features of the program were a vocal selection by Irmcngard T. Grassmuck, and a piano selection by Helen Ogrodowskl. Fight Follows Capture of Deer READIXG, Pa, June 20 The capture of a buck deer by twe men with lassos here precipitated a fight In which Samuel Neln, a constable, was attacked and beaten The animal's captors say It is the one re cently escaped from the Reading zoo and demanded the reward Neln said It was wild and demanded Its release The fight followed Drinking Water at Meals, Office and Home YOU cannot be too particu lar. Your physical fitness demandsPUROCK.The Purest of Waters. The volume of our business speaks for the quality our product. A7v tawmm haltlmm ar flam gallon THE CHARLES 206 South B.D rtM. Since U Kttrteara,Kacs 1MT EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA", TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1917 WAR NOTE DOMINATES C.H.S. COMMENCEMENT Grndunting Clnss "Challenges Word 'Verboten' Gcrmnny Has Written on Seas" VETERAN ALUMNUS THERE Former Student, D2 Years Old, Hears Patriotic Utterances of Boys of 1917 The "war class of 1917" went forth from Central High School today war-depleted In rank, pledging Its fighting blood to Amer ica and tossing a challenge "to the word erboten' that Germany has written on the seas." And all the while on the stage of the Cen tral High School auditorium, where the 128th commencement exercises were held, among members of the Board of Education, with Judge J. Henry Williams, orator of the day, nnd Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson, principal of the school, sat a Uttlo whlte halrcd old mnn. Ho listened with dimmed eyes to the fresh, youthful declamations of tho boys It was Central High's oldest living "stu dent," Joseph S Carels, a member of the third class sent out, come all the way from Tennesseo for commencement' Mr Cards la ninety-two years old, and of tho Wntkln Institute In Nnshville. Tho class of 107 bo3 scheduled to graduate did not prcent tltemselpi in full quota for degree. One of the number, Frank T Chalk, Is In Franco with tho United States ambulance , other member! of tho fiai.3 aro "In tho norleo" and In mllltniy training camp nnd Government farms Thirty In nil of tho boys have taken up the cudgels of Uncle Sam. Most of them returhed on furlough for graduation. "Ours wni Indeed n war class," said Sigmund H. SJelnberg, valedictorian ; "Cen tral High was among the llrst to respond We saw our classmates go marching oft to war with a .song on their lips. Our heart Is with them and we must follow them." WARLIKE SPIRIT REFLECTED War In Its fullest meaning was spirited and earnest theme of the boys' oration'. Judge Williams, who presented tho prizes and was a member of the sixty-first class of Central High, picked up the challenge and the pledge so forcefully expressed by tho boys. "Yes," he said, "wo are too proud to fight for conquest, but wo are not and we will show the world wo are not too ptnud to fight for the right of American liberty to the last drop." The orations by Maxwell M Farher Lewis P Well. John Lindsay and Abram Orlow all had to do with tho war It was John Lindsay, who stirringly said "In the name of freedom wo challengo the word 'verboten' that Germany has written on tho seas." House Passes Medical Corps Bill WASHINGTON, June 26 A bill to per mit promotjons to the rank of captain In the army medical corps without the five years' service now required pasted the House It will recelvo early considera tlon In the Senate, as Its enactment Is desired to stimulate tecrulting : '!' M1 fl PURE W FRESH PAINT nezeveMe Ifs hard to realize what a vast difference there is in painting until you've had Kuehnle do some work for you then you realize hov well it' pays to buy i quality. Get our ettimale no obligation Kuehnle PAINTER IlS.l6thSUAW SMiiiaiiiraiiniiBimiDiiiffliiiiciiiiiiiiirciEHiuEiiiiiffiaiiiiErai Advertising Writer and Manager Who Wants Him ? I Exceptionally able, writer and persistent worker in all lines of merchandise; practical printer and lay-out man. References unquesfonaSy good ; copy al ways "a little in front o'tho next." A practical, trustworthy man, and not the byproduct of in experience. Whole or part time. No proposition too large. 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June 26 While a big force of police kept a great crowd of the curious at a distance Lord Ablngcr was todav married to Mme Marguerite Stelnhell All London apparently was attracted by the wedding and the streets were literally jammeu mm men nnu women anxious to see tho woman whose acquittal In 1909 of tho charge of murdering her husband nnd her mother created a seniatlon In l'arls V 1 PUBLIC TO CONFER ON FREEING YORK ROAD FROM TOLLS Highways From City Line to New Hope May All Become Prop erty of Stato A big delegation, composed of officials from every township nnd borough along Old York road from City line to New Hope, will go to Hnrrlsburg tomorrow for a con ference with officials of the Highway De partment regarding the purchase of the re maining toll section of the road. The Highway Department has expressed willingness to buy the road nnd the Bucks County Commissioners have offered to pay a share The Montgomery County Com missioners also favor the purchase The Indications are that the road will bo freed of tolls before the end of the summer Two corporations control the portion which It Is desired to free the Cheltenham and Willow Grove pike, from City line to Willow Grove: the Willow Grove nnd Warminster pike, from Willow Grove to a point near Hatboro. The upper portion, from Warminster to New Hope, Is freed of tolls It 1" definitely understood thnt tentative figures of the State Department and the owning corporations are separated by a margin that will not be hard to bridge Mennwhlle word comes from the Highway Department at Harrlsburg that Immediate steps are to be taken to close up matters connected with the freeing of sections of turnpikes near Philadelphia and between Harrlsburg and Reading, nnd negotiations for others will bo taken up as soon as funds carried In pending legislation aro available State officials plan to be present on tho days when tho roads nre freed. Complaints against turnpikes which have been taken by the Stato with co-operation of counties arc being withdrawn 70-CENT GAS FOR CHICAGO UNDER NEW ORDINANCE CHICAGO. Juno 26 The City Council has adopted a new gas rate ordinance which permits the Peoples OaB Company to reduce the heat standard from 675 D T t to 665 B T V. Bccauso of this cheaper method of mak ing gas tho company Is to reduce rates from 80 to 70 cents a thousand feet In ex cess of the first 350 cubic feet In addition the company Is to supply each customer free of charge two mantles to tako place of fiat flames and further mantles at cost When profits exceed 14,000.000 tho ordi nance provides consumers aro to bo given from 25 to 60 per cent of profits The secondary rate In the ordinance Is 65 cents for each 1000 cubic feet In excess of 10,000 cubic feet nnd the territory rate of 40 cents for each 1000 cubic feet In excess of 50,000 cubic feet The World-Wide Cry "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" Striking Series of Articles in the Sunday Public Ledger IN next Sunday's Public Ledger I. P. Marcosson begins a series of eight remarkable articles showing the true conditions in Europe, how they will affect the outcome of the war, and the part the United States is destined to play in it. Since the European war Mr. Marcosson's work has given him a world-wide reputation, both as an economic authority and as a brilliant descriptive writer. He has just returned after five memorable months in Europe. He was the guest of Field Mar shal Haig at British headquarters. He was with the French and Belgian armies in the field. He was the first American to reach Petrograd from the outside world after the great events which overthrew the Czar. His articles, the result of intimate first-hand investigation, will appear in the Sunday Public Ledger for the next eight weeks. In his first article next Sunday, he shows that in the six European countries'through which he has traveled this year the first law of National Defense is food control everywhere the cry is "Give us this dayour daily bread." Order today your copy of ' Sunday's TWO AMERICAN GIRLS ON ATTACKED LINER Miss Helen Cabelle, Philadelphia Student, Tells' London Re porters of Escapo LONDON, June, 2. Two American girls were among those who got the thrill of their lives nt midnight last Saturday when the American liner on which they were Journeying to England was twice fired upon by a German submarine. The two nrrlved today. They nre Miss Helen Cabelle, who Is a student at Miss Baldwin's school at Philadelphia, and Miss Eleanor Schlff. of New York. It was a bright moonlight night, they said, nnd at 11 .30 tho submarine alarm was suddenly sounded. Some passengers, close to the rail, saw the wake of the torpedo as It passed a scant fifteen feet from the vessel The submarine, which had come to tho surface for the shot, was likewise plainly visible, but disappeared before tho guns could be manned and fired at her. "Our ship veered away nnd the. guns wero prepared for action," snld Miss. Cabelle. "Half an hour later on tho stroke of mid night the submarine reappeared and once again launched a torpedo This one missed, too. Our aft gun replied with three shote, but nil apparently missed because of the difficult angle. One shell tore away the log which wo trailed astern. The U-boat submerged Immediately. All tho passengers remained on deck throughout the night " NOTICE THE.STATE Th r-nmmliiMlnn.r nt tntetr Whtelta of acalnst arrest for violation of the law relatlnr to rtaixJo and Blare of beadllg-hts. FOR SALE DY MARCUS BROS., AGENTS WANTED. LEDGER f5 Left $3000 for Religious W Bequests of S1000 each to the Presbyterian Church, Bethany Bible and the Presbyterian 'Orphanage part of the wlll of Elizabeth P JMi' Thirty-eigmn nnd cnestnut streets', In private bequests, disposes of pri valued at 1100,000. Other wills probated today were of Sarah A. Hartley, 1218 East avenue, $2885, and David Walsh, 711 Brooklyn street, J 2800. N J certifier that thla devlca Insures tha user - 866 - 68 N. 10th St. i' ' If- Ia v. jiefkHv ' r Wlk A 9MVV kMHi .! LOCOMOBILE W 'M -series two- ;!: j AhigherdevelopmentiB,? 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