MdglrIiaVihg Hard Time : Pacifist Meeting a Fizzle : Give People Gas Jitney, Says J. R. K. Scott : Other City Newj tv fVf pvj" "?' -JK :1V Pfffl VJ NICKELPUBLIC HT, SCOTT SAYS Sty's Duty to Turn Rebate Dver to People, Congress- hcS man Declares JHTEN POOR'S BURDEN PRETTY WAR BABY IS ABANDONED IN PARK Note on Tiny Girl Says Mother Is Dead, Father Gone ingressman Scott Says Give Public Gas Rebate ONGRESSMAN JOHN R. K. SCOTT says Councils should .vote the five-cent gas reduction into .the pockets of the people. wSays municipalities should draw HWBons from the national Govern ment and do all possible to lighten the, burdens of the people in the Stress of war. ' mm .. 'aj; io piace tne gas niCKei into inc v i Vltv tfnnrv the pAtifrrncmnn snvs. ;r ai .wvmiu uo nil utl, Ul giuss oeiliaiiutsa. i X John J. Conrey, Select Councilman S1 niVtH IHU X WCIll.y-IHI.li vuiuh uica thorough study of city's finances to see "if it will be possible to give the nickel to the people." M Congressman John R K. Scott said toda) A? !. l la ha Hi!., nf .Via. Hl rt (.La t li p1 Vl? 'Wopi tne 'ul1 benefit of the five-cent gas iS roaucion, wmen goes inio eueci .inuuiiry ?Jh i,U918i under the terms of the contract be- A.V Waia ta ..I... ni4 ...a. TTnltarl Hll Tm. fc '"" "" """ "'" "'""" "'" -.. aSr-ivem.-. rftmnmtf ; .?" "- W There should be no argument about this iOttitnr." said Mr. Scott "The nickel be- ki tonga to the people, and It should no where ",&! H belongs 'jSfilA "When I think of the sacrifices the peo 'JSt J-Pl r making and are going to make In i f, w tnjs' great war. It makes me want to do '' Y alt In ray power to make ever) thing a easy ? for'the people as possible. 'i 1 "The Government has seen the hand , WriHhir nn the wall. nnd from a n.itlon.il -1 .(Standpoint has made arrangements to see j.jif that extortion Is not practiced In the mat i i A ter of nrlce3 Our munlclnilltles should El-' , draw lesions from this and leave no stone t4 unturned to lighten the load of the people ; , . (uv ..tut iiivnti ... ktm iic.ouij a.i ' this time would be an act of gross selfish ness on the part of the city We are In a time of war, and In wartime the poor sutler. Let us not oenooK the needs of the poor In this crisis I am certain that Councils will tee the Importance of gUIng this nickel to the people and ote accord lngly. There Is no logical reason why gas consumers In Philadelphia should be taxed , j 8uch an unjust system does not preall In f any other city." f John J Conroy. Select Councilman from ii aa.w- . Tw.kj ...at, (., omu- . tun 13 .1 Jt- mkltei1 that should be examined ery carc- t h ntltlnn frftm r' nncfKlA f-.tnnrlnrtlnf ' "A thOfOUffh KtllflV Rhnillrl hA inart nt thfl ij clty'n finances to see whether the city Is Ir fju-j ft position to turn the nickel oer to the ,f, public. 'ffl. 'It Investigation shows that the fixe cent3 ,,si.i!n oe gnen io me pumic wunout enaan 1 "Jo? rlnK the finances of the city, then I am !., r3)i Wrongly In favor of nlrety five-cent gas " m-m : iffLLEGED AUTO BANDIT ffWULBEBROUGHTBACK .- . M. Arthur Callen, Accused of Help ing in $3400 Theft Here, Under Arrest at Akron, 0. h'tt ,- m. AT Philadelphia's first known war baby a pretty, chubby, little girl of three weeks. was found on a bench on a hillside near Sedglejr Guard House In Falrmount Park early today. Two women, who found the child, carried It to House Sergeant Maglnn, of the Guard House, who sent It to the Philadelphia Hopltnl. The baby was wrapped In a while blanket and plnntd to Its spotless dress was a sealed envelope, which contained this note: This baby was born August S, of legiti mate parentago of refinement and re spectability. The mother died at child birth nt tho age c.f '22 Tho father, a professional singer, travels, but has now gone to the war There Is no one else to look after the child and, being unable to get It Into a home, has been obliged to resort to this means Itcplng tho dear little bab will get a home, I am O.VIJ WHO CARES Park guards and the police arc marching for the woman who Is believed to have left the child In the Park, though they believe the story told In the note The woman who found the child xald she believed a woman they I11U seen near the bcnih a little curlier had left the child there She was about flftv jeirs old, had gray hair, and wore a black skirt and a white waist She carried what the supposed was u h.ihv wrapped In a tiliik cloak The Uilld when found, however, wore util Its dress and the blanket Mn IMward Apple proprietor of a board ing Iioum at .'JS .south 1 Ighth street, took a four-month-old girl to the police of the Fifteenth and Locust streets stitlon toda. saving It had been abandoned at her house A couple about thirty vears old went with the baby to Mrs Apple's Mondaj and rented a loom, paving In ndvance for ten dajs Tho couple went out Wednesday without the child Todi.v the took the child to the police PATRIOTIC SONS RAP TRANSIT GRAB Camp 764 Will March in Protest to First Hear ing on Lease RESOLUTION CONDEMNS IT FATHER MASTERSON DIES OF PNEUMONIA Rector of St. Anthony de Padua Church Succumbs After Short Illness rA 'Id ?j r pr r m v i& flrf t?Reo.ulsltlon papers will be obtained by yi the police of thli city for Arthur Callen. Erf..' t'lormer Phlladelphlan. reported under ar. W-''i rest at Akron. O. who has hnn smwhi throughout the United States since April, 1J915 to answer a charge of being Impli cated In the theft of $1400 from William Tutelman, ot the firm of Tutleman Broth ers & Alexander, shirt manufacturers In a hold-up t Jefferson and American streets Tutleman had drawn the money from tln bank- to pay the norkmen, and accom panied by. a clerk naiped Schmidt was on lata ., a .Vis maa.. .. I . . . - ui vta.j iv ...c uwiuij iicn mo cierK, ac- "iA A cording to the police, snatched the bag con. Ml. tJnlng the money and sprang Into a high- iw . power machine operated by Callen and fred several shots at Tutelman. H A large rewaid was offered for the an- 'l-t Prehension of the .thieves Callen has a ft' reputation In police circles of being a mem- f $ br of 'a band of New York "gunmen" who k-l figured In attacks upon strike-breakers dur- y lot the garment makers' strike In 1915. "WEEK'S DEATH LIST LOWER V Bummer Ailments Responsible for 87 Mir f of the 453 Deaths s&v y iSS PMftViek numbered 453, as compared with K'raL'S during the corresponding week last eir ESi,, They were divided as follows Males, 25C , y temaies, is?; coys, ion, and glr s. 80 The causes gi death were: ooplnc couth .. htherla and croup Arrangements are being made todty for the funeral of the Rev William P Master Fon, for twent"ceven vears rector of the Catholic Church of ht Anthony de Padua, Grav's Perrv road and l'ltzwattr street, who died list night In St Agnes's' Hospital after an lllni""3 of two weeks Death was due to pneumonia Father Mastcrson was born In the Cathedral parish, In this city, October 19, 1SD4. and rtcelved his elementary educa tion In St. Patrick's parochial school He was graduated from La Salle College and was trained for the priesthood at the Semi nary of St Charles Borromeo, Ovcrbrook He was ordained December 3, IS"!), and his first charge was as assistant rector of the Church of the Assumption, Twelfth and Spring Garden streets In 1889 Fatlvr Masterson was made rector of the Ch irch of St Anthony de Padua At that time the church was a new parish taken frt m the adjoining parlsn of Ot. Charles. He built the church and then founded and built the convent and parochial school. rather Masterson was recognized as one of the most brilliant scholars among the clergv He was a singer of ability and a violinist of recognized merit Fraternal, patriotic and other organiza tions throughout the city lire lining up with buslnofs men's and Improve.nent associa tions In opposing the Smllh-Mlttcn transit leaBe. Petitions opposing the lease nliendy nro being circulated In large manufacturing plants Tho petitions not only denounce the lease In no mild terms, but cull upon Counclln not to ratify It They are being nlgnod by thouands of workmen und will be tor warded to the Major and Councils It w ts said that the petitions will be ie.ul nt the first public hearing on tho new liase sched uled for September 7 To mark the etitiance of fraternal or ganizations Into tho fight ngalnst tho le-ite the Pitrlotlc Order Sons of America, Camp No "C4. met at Fifty-second street and Woodland avenue and piscd a resolution ngalnft the document I. H Cox, editor of )hc Masonlr Monthly and n member of the camp nald The resolution not onl condemned the .Smith leaci but w.ih intlrch fnvoriblc to the Taj lor plans A cnp of tho resolution has bren sent to Mnvrn Smith We are preptrlng to march In n bod to the first public hc.irlnt; "Other fraternal orsaniz itlons nro pre paring to take the himo action ' William S Huntington, president of the Thirty-second Ward Improvement Asso ciation, announced tint tho association will oppose energetlcallj any lease which docs not protect the city's Interests. "Should the public hearings develop the fact thit the eaf.o Is not deslriblr, ' he said "we will tight It Just us .IgorouMi as any of tho associations whU.li already havo pi iced themselves on record as opnoslnc It Following the action of a committee rep resenting the Fnlted Business Men's Asso ciation In announcing that the ut-soclatlon will remain neutral fur the present. William Hancock one of the tltv's repicsentatles on the directorate of the Hapld TranMt Company and a membei of the united or ganization, Issued a Matement In favor of the lease and praising Director Twining In reference to the fates he said "No sane man todaj believes that uni versal free transfers tan bo given with a. five-cent fare without n I irge deficit t'liarlcs I. Pluck, president of the North west Business Mens Association Ksiud a statement attacking fmmei Dliector Tnj lor for his p.yt In opposing the liav He said th-U Mt Tavlors att ick was "venomous" and un-American ' and th it Ik Ms trying to swaj the Jui bcfoie the tll.il b newspaper attacks ' BALA WOMAN'S TRUNDLE BASKET SOLVES HER DELIVERY PROBLEMS Capacious Marketing Bag on Wheels She Invented Is Favored by Wives of President and Secretary of War Is Veritable "Carryall" whoopln co-ush Dipntnerli Influenza TubrCDlotli of lunffi TubrculGil menlngltli ci u Jther forma of tubrtuloals . . . Csnctr pimple nwnlngtm .... Apoplxy and 3ftnln of brain I, . an,.,v uiaraa v. uo&rb. ............ ; ,. i .Acute trotichltts . , ij a enronic Droncnui i if lf4 Pnaumonta p i,r. nronccopneunionia ...-. ii J ptteates of respiratory ayitem p piataies of stomach 7 c Diarrhea and entcrltla qt I APPtndlcitla and typhlitis 7 j "i ntrnla rrfl ', Cirrhosis of liver .'.Acuta nepnrltla and Orliht'a disrate IS i l Noneancroua tumon 2 . j Purpral aeptteemla a L . aniarsral accldnta . frs ,'f Conrenltal debility 22 fei Vftwifllty ! " Ki rfSomleia ..III.!. . ' P5. T vlotant deatha , . ' oft ffifiA uicid IIIIIIIII.! ! s m, ik' AH other dlaeaaea , 4H P ' Total 3 &.,& . 5. WOMAN FOUND IN RIVER , Mrs. Llzette Metusel, twenty-four years f ;i'ld, p( George street near Twenty-seventh. v.a.H...l a. tk. -a...-- 11 . YVIIU WQIli Ml allQ BUUrC lllTre WKB agO 'ta recovjr ner neaun ana overcome mel r)Cholla. was found nearly drowned in the phujlkl)l River, near the Dauphin street arfdge', by Park Guard Finn. She was i.'Mkan .to the Woman's Homeopathic Hns. t ttKalj-where It was said she would recover. fv -.auitave Metusel, her husband, said she Tj! 'recovering from sickness when he ' IWtjght her trunks and clothes, gave her I ' al I 7 , a.a.a ta U. .a.. a. laat auU pen. iaci iu ma siiurc iot inree reel, us aouotea mat she attempted ,.. Mrs. Metusel would give) no ex- ANNOUNCE TRANSFER OF PRIESTS AT ST. VINCENT'S Very Rev. P. McHale Also Makes Sev eral Appointments The Very Itev P McHale, provincial of St Vincent's Seminary, Germantown, has announced fourteen appointments and transfers The Itev Joseph Skellj-, formerly director of studies In St Vincent's Seminary, has been placed In charge of the Immaculate Medal Association at tho seminary The Rev John P F.wans comes from St Mary's .Mission, Opollka, Ala., to the Im maculate Conception parish, Germantown He will be succeeded at Opollka by the Rev Francis O'Nell, St John'H College, Brooklyn The Rev T A Gorman goes from St Vincent's .Mission House, Springfield Mass, to Niagara Fnlversltj The Rev. William r Hector camo from St John's College Brookljn, to St. Vincent's Seminary, Ger mantown, ay director of studies The Re M J Ros.t, formerly of Niagara Unlversltj-, returns there as treasurer. The Re James A Halllgan goes from St Vlncent'R Seminary, GermantoKn, to the mission house nt Springfield, Mass The Rev. J A Tracy Is transferred from Niagara University to the Church of Our I.adj of Mt Carmel. Bangor, .Me. ; the Rev James C Chestnut goe from Niagara Uni versity to the mission house at Spring field; the Rev John C Bradj goes from Springfield to Niagara University as su perior of the mission; the Rev James H Woods goes from St John's College Rrook Ijn to Niagara University as a member of the faculty, and the Itev John H Carman from .Niagara to Brooklyn, where ho will teach In St John's College TRAVELED SERGEANT TAKES PHILA. BRIDE Frank G. Lins Surprises Friends by Marrying While on Vacation 4 After having traveled In most of the coun. tries of the world and seen dreamy eved Spanish senorltas nnd gay mademoiselles of Paris, Sergeant Frank G Llns, flfty.fhe j ears old. of the Trenton avenue and Dau phln street police station, decided that Phila delphia girls make the best wives He was married today to Mies Annie Kllngspoon, of Howard Street above ?)"a" mond. The ceremony, which took place at the home of the bride, was performed by the Rev. Mr. Carmlchael. of the Hancock Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr and Mrs. Llns have left for Niagara Falls, where they expect to spend their honeymoon. I.lns, who lives at 137 West Thnn.n.a. street. Joined the force' Noemrfm. and was promoted to house sergeant De cember 29, 1906. He served for a t"me at the Front and Master streets statfon being LttrpSr,,ceBrrsetda,.on,.he Front nnd Dau rrlTJds. arSed ll.Tscon hahetor. He left for his vacation T week ago und his brother officers d d not know of the marriage until he had left the city. Three Held as Silver Thieves Charged with the larceny of alvr valuer! at 12000 from the firm of Phillip" A Jacob, chemlsu 822 Race street, where hi ,i employed. Warren Hartford. twenty!slx y old. 6,56 Spring street, and Howell and Carrie Schuelllck. Slxty-'.econd st7e, and Hazel avenue, the latter two alleged a" tLi 1 "7'".'"!m " tvo Dan before V , FHa Down Elevator Shaft n Fetterman. twenty-three years old. 449 Wolf street, fell down the elevator I 'At the building or the Trust Com ' tf.North America, BOS Chestnut street. 1 was severely cruised and pos- fe-J,.Ur)l'. .He, went to' the Magliftrate. Elsenbrown for a further h... L-yygyyj: .&!1I2?S. " w" t ut Hari- iSt-rFT-jySJr.m, Sefeuel. fm'i-Amv?'Zm 4. - !""" 'fiA r-V.'' J-. F-ii.JDK4'." -i'L, y 25 I GRAVE REGISTRATION SERVICE NEEDS MEN Recruiting Office Opened for Corps to Have Charge of Sol diers Killed fn France ..T.!?a3 n?' Char'es C. Pierce, rector of St Matthews episcopal Church, eighteenth street and Glrard avenue, has given up his church to go to Franco and enro for hodles of slain American soldiers He has turned his rectory at 1731 Glrard avenue Into a recruiting station for tho Grave Heglstra tlon Service. Quartermaster Corps. .National Army Cuptaln P P Spenre. Quartermas. statlonrPS '" rhanre ot ,he recruiting Mr. Pierce, who gained the rank of major when he served a9 ., nrtI1J. chaplaln under Colonel CAP Hatfield, wilt b0 in charge ?r i untl.r.e ra tf'K'itratlon Service Under his direction all the American dead win be registered embalmed, burled tern porar Ij and ejcntually shipped back to Amerlci The men enlisted will be rent to Fort Slocum for equipment, and then to Gover nors Island. .Vew York, where they will bo organized Into units and then sent to r ranee v. n. nnK itfi.tvntiTioN smwtr. Adowne,S Pa1""" Jr ""'-''taker !., IIRITISlf ami CANADIAN KMII.s Kdwsrd Uasan. ion s Wnter nt James P. Moore Hunt Plttuburch Ph i1"," llrown. Friendly Inn Artlur Youne, Ulnilaur Hotel I'NITKI) STATES A It Ml Arthur J Dayl 20 Molau-a, N J Hvrry Tt .MiAIllst-r 211 4fij3 Om. t f?St",rt 1 J?1" '" 4S N 10th .t tiMli'."fr-JJ",Vr- rn 2"1" n Indiana ve Robert C Mcl'reidv 2 Summit Hill Pa. I.ull Alello. 25. 1103 vine it P ' Tho P. Hmran 27 H.iln t Hnd I.lmeklln nit 'J1 J.. ""n 27 nrlntol Pa Inhn () Deu, in 2"41 K nntnrln nt Frederick A. Imhof .3, 3100 N Judunn l William M Merulinneh VI 720 H n"'"lJnd M Ilohert Hver 20 JiiO) H Dnrl-n at '"clnna " nicharrt P laohart J- r.Hl I In mt aim hi .Jame It Hopklna. 2 1020 K l.rle ae Jnaeph Dsmato 111 lim h Jeasup St. Hugh J Cook, at, 4RJ1 leiinnount ove. II. 8. MWtlNKK Herlwrt S Miller 22 Interrourne Ta nnjmond A Crnmir 21, tl t M ( Clarence F Anatead 21.. ISSH mtner at siTH PI..N.SS1,VANM INFANTRY Joaeph J Jojce IS ilHn.N IIe,hwoodat John J Demraej 27 IK V Faraon at John J Dmiae 27 1H N Faraon al FIKST I'1:nnsyi,V1M INFANTItl I.e Hoy Refiner, 20 2147 P nth al Joieph A Dovnllnr. 24 140 N .'i7th st TIIIRI) I'KNNSII.YAMI INPANTKY I.ouI) Rnaal 18 733 Wataon at Tony Oapaldl 20. si 3 Chrlatlan at. John H. Hurton. IK 3748 N Carllale at !.f,1?y. ?rhw?r.u ,R ln, "ermantonn a.e Michael Ko-eiaks 22 2114 Vina at John J. Hart, 33, New London, Conn, LITTLE GIRL RISKS LIFE TO SAVE BABY BROTHER Both Children Knocked Down by Auto mobile and Slightly Injured. . Driver Arrested Eight-year-old Jennie Stollnlskl risked her life to save her brother William, one year old, from being run down by un nuto mobile near their home, 2305 Pallowhlll street, The little girl, carrying the baby In her arms, started to cross Twenty-first street at Caltowhlll. An automobile came suddenly down the street Jennie did not see the automobile until It was so near she couldn't get out of the way. Shielding the baby with her own body, the little girl turned her back to the up proachlng machine. She was knocked down but raved thn. baby's life. The children were taken to the (Sarretson Hospital, suf fering from slight Injuries. Edward Levy, of Colorado, the driver of the machine, has been arrested, and will have a hearing today before Magistrate Collins. Found Dead on Father's Grave Mrs. Mary A. Smith, 27 year's old, 1215 Fitzgerald street, was found unconscious on the grave of her father, In Yeadon Com. etery. by one of the employes. .She died shortly afterward In the University Hos pltal. According to the Coroner's office, Mrs. Smith had swallowed poison. She was empWyed a a burlap- Worker and had put flowers on her fatty's j grave , every wek llll I Ml I l ii rT- The housewife's problem of how to get her groceries homo since the denlers havo stopped making deliveries has been solved by the Inventive Mrs. Samuel A Hullock, of 31 Averdale road, Halu .Mrs Hullock goes shopping for a family M seven nnd carries home nil her purchases, from pota toes to pins .Mrs Hullock with hr "All,." c.irrj all Cart Is becoming n familiar sight to the residents of llnla. .Mrs IVoodrow Wilson, of Washington, D C, has also handled the device, although It Is not known that she does all her shoppfng personally Tho cirrler Is simply a khaki bag, aim. II ir In nppeiranre to n I'nltcd States mall sack, of more than a buahel capacltv, mounted nn n small two-wheeled truck with n three-foot wooden lianiiic The bag Is attached to the handle and supported at tho bottom bv a small wooden platform, at tho corners of which are the wheels The carrier miy be trundled along with one hand after the fashion of a go cart The khaki bag Is thlrt-two Indies long and fortv liuhis In circumference The articles which Mrs Hullock carried home on her shopping trip this morning were as follows One five-pound (hlcken two pounds of butter one carrier of peaches, one egg il mt one box of berrlcH four bunches of celerv one quart of string beans, one-half doren oranges one-fourth pci k apples, three heads of lettuce four Miuushes, one-fourth peck turn itoes nne-hnlf dnreii liininns one- half tloren lemons, one loaf of oread and two veal cutlets. On the under side of the handle Is a metnl hand grip by which tho carrier can bo lifted up n step or Into a troltey car. .nd near the base Is a socket Into which an umbrella can be set Tho wheels nro rubber-tired nnd no squeak will be heard If the wheels aro oiled A patent for the carrier has been npplled for, nnd Mrs. Hullock expects to Imve n quantity innnufactuVcd within n few weeks Several models have been sent to the wives of Washington offlcHls, and Mrs. Newton D Halter, wife of tb.e Secrotary of War, and n, leader In the Womin's Preparedness League, has given the device her Indorsement. Mrs'Hakei hns promised to give the car PACIFISTS' LAWYER SCORES SOLDIERS Declares Service Men and Police Broke Up Meet ing Violently CHARGED "ROUGH-HOUSE" Director of Public Safety Wilson to day declared that he will prevent "se ditious" meetings during the war, when he was asked for an expression on the near-riot at Sixth and Arch streets last night, following the suppression of a "conscientious objectors " meeting by the police. "I will permit no seditious meetings during my term as Director of Public fecteil by the abolition of tho grocers' ex pensive deliver) ejsteni Since the housewives have begun mill ing tin It purchases home, It Is estimated bv statistic gathrrid at Washington that the grocrts are aavlng an average of eleven cents on overj home deliver)' that has been eliminated Mrs Hullock lias three small ihlldreit Her Inthbiind l an electrical engineer inn nected with the Hnldwln Locomotive Works Itccentl) he has been assisting Vice Presi dent Samuel M Vnudnln In arranging mat ters with the (ioverument at Washington In connection with the rush order fot loco motives to be used In Franre PARENTS UPSET CLAM OF EXEMPTION BY SON In Patriotic Statement Declare Can Support Themselves During the War A claim to exemption trom the draft be caue of dependent parents which was made before the Fiftieth District Boaid, sit ting at N'lneteenth nnd Oxford streets, by N'lth.m Welnstcln of I SI0 Columbia ave nue, has been nullified b a letter irom the claimant s father Morris Welnstcln, to tho effect tint the pircnts will be able to get along without the son's support The letter, received last night by the exemption board Is as follows llcferrlng to the application for ex emption for our son, Nathan Welnsteln, we iTeg ti Inform jou that while the atnd.iv It Hwnin to Is correct In ever) particular, we are fullv In accord with the 1. ill of the countrv for all men (It to perform their duties Therefore, wo concluded to stand for the consequences n Imposed upon us by calling him to the eoI rs and we are also readv to draw from our c ish money to make up for deficiency should we not be able to earn our living from the business derived while he Is absent Wo trust we shall he able to make both ends meet, ns we truly hope It will come to a termination before long Ver) truly yours, MOHHIS WKI.N'STEIN Young Welnsteln, who Is twenty-four )cars old, conducts a wholesale and retail millinery and notion store. When he was first called for examination early In August ho failed to pass because his weight. 117 pounds, was live pounds under the require ment at that time Since then he gained one pound by a vacation at the shore, and the minimum weight requirement has also been reduced to 116 pounds He was again called by the draft hoard several d,s ago, but filed nn exemption claim on the ground of his parents depending on him The letter from his father removes his claim and he will be taken, It was said by members of the board today THREE ARE VICTIMS OF MOTORCAR MISHAPS Two Boys and a Man in Cooper Hospital, Camden, as Result of Accidents Three patients two bo)s and a man are In the Cuopei Hospital today as the result nt automobile accidents In Camden The condition of none Is considered critical The automobile of (leorgo S. Hoell, of B6 Fast Johnson street, (iermantown, tieasurcr of the Pennsylvania .Shipbuilding Company, of Cloiicester, ran down fourteen-) ear-old Francis Koch, of Third street nnd Kalghn avenue The lad has a. posslblo concusalon of tho btaln The tar was driven by CI ludo Andtews, of 1H30 Qunrry street. Ho sur rendered to the police and will be arraigned today Six-) ear-old Clifford Reynolds, of 2208 Federal streit, has a posslblo concussion of the liriln after being knocked down by an automobile driven by MrB. Etta Pettcrson, of 13'l State street She surrendered to the police, but was released upon her own re cognizance S, M Paschal), fifty-six years old, of Mcrchantvllle, was Injured nbout the body when an automobile he was driving crashed Into a telegraph pole at Hioadway and Stevens street TUESDAY IS CHILDREN'S DAY AT WOODSIDE PARK Amusements to Be Free to Them Be tween Noon and 2 o'clock Children will rule Woodslde Park next Tuesday From noon until 2 o'clock all amusements will be free to tho many thou sand tots who are sure to overrun the resort. The management has arranged to throw open tlfo gates an hour earlier than usual on Children's Day. Fireworks will again be tho feature Friday night Despite the disastrous fire which swept the park early this summer, the manage ment announces the attendance for tho pres ent reason will almost If not quite equal that of last year'n banner season, so great are the crowds that dally flock to the popu lar nmusemet resort. Although the outdoor days of 1317 are nearly ended, there has been no dwindling of visitors. There Is plenty to amuse young and old. The Imperial Hand, led by Giuseppe Rodla! continues Its popular programs. A special scries of patriotic and, popular selections has been arranged for next week. , Two singers of note will be heard. During the early part of the week Edith M. Ellison will be the soloist, while Edna Wallace Kin ney will be the attraction during the latter part. Hotn are well and favorably known to local music lovers. Huth Lloyd Kinney was compelled to cancel her contract be cause of a severe cold. BRIDGE SENTRY FIRED ON BY SKULKING NEGRO Darby Residents Aroused by Early Morning Exchange of Shots Scratch on Finger Proves Fatal A slight scratch on the linger proved fatal to Charles E. Purcell, of 1216 Eldrldge ayenue. West Colllngawood, who died today In Jhe Cooper Hospital, Camden, Mr. Fur cell paid little attention to the "allaht sMaiun whleh'-be .ree verat 'Hsi)MiLttat ,.... .axavi U, .Ula',.A tlaaa taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf -a It 'Kar ,tt. laatHF r f ril'ttanue,i SaMVi P&Lil A gunfire duel between a soldier guarding the Haltlraore and Ohio Hallroad bridge over Darby Creek nnd u prowler started residents of Darby from their sleep at 4 o'clock this morning More than a doren 1 hots were fired It Is reported that the sentr) nt No. 1 post detected n negro dodging about nmong ome bushes near the bridge When called upon to halt. It Is said, the skulker replied with two shots from a revolver The sen try returned the fire with his rifle Hoth the soldier nnd the negro continued to fire for nearly n minute The sound of the firing brought other bentrlei to the spot and a searrh was made with lanterns for the negro but no trace of him was found Tho guard, It Is sild, re ported that the light was too dim to fcee more than that the stranger was a negro and wore a plaid cap . Tho bridge, which is near Hoone Station Ih one of the Important links In the Balti more and Ohio line to the South It has been guarded by soldiers since last -April. Company la. First Penns)lanla Infantry, nnd some of the New York guardsmen ate on duty there rler a nation-wide advertisement through the "movies' provided the grocers of the ura .. ,. n:,..,-.,,.. Uo refused country will agree to give a discount "fift)- "" n" . . fifty to the housewives on tne saving er 10 discuss me niiuuimii hi-.m"'u mn- statement. The police of the Fourth nnd ltaee sticets nation were charged today by Finncls It Tnlor, an attome), with having used tough tactics when the) arrested men rnd women In front of the Arch Street Theatre last night after a propoed peace meeting called b the People's Council hud been called oft In the police The theatre doors rennlned closed ' Mr Tn)lor's charges were niuilu to .Magistrate Dletz, before whom the prisoners were nrralgned this morning nt the Fourth nnd Itnce streets station "It Is a piece of rank Injustice for the police to stand by and permit men In the uniform of the United States Government to charge 'rough house' Into n nowil of men, women and girls and strike out right nnd left," said Mr. Taylor "I don't see any of the sailors In here now. The Mi dlers In this city have already killed eight people for little or no c.iuse How long Is this thing going to continue7 'I was not present nt the Arch Sheet Theatre last night," continued Mr Tn)lor I was at a peace meeting held bv the Quakers How Is It, bv tho way, that Quakers ale not bothered when they want lo hold peace meetings while poorer foil, who cannot hire n pretentious meeting place are ridden over by the police and soldiers? it Is such movements as these th it are the very backbone of democracy" Alexander MacI,eod 1812 PaS)unk ave nue, was the first to be arraigned MacLeod, who Is a cripple, testified that he. had been roughly hnndled by the police O Drain, who made the aires! said that MacLeod had grabbed a pole and refused to move MacLeod was charged with blocking the highway by distributing lit erature setting forth the alms ot the Peo ple's Council Minnie ltubensteln, 63C Cross street, s-ald that when she bid MacLeod good-by as he was being bundled Into the patrol wagon, she was put In with lilin to continue her farewell Indefinitely. She was charged with a breach of tho peace Hoth were held under $400 ball to keep the peace by Magistrate Dletz Simuel Wcx, 1850,airard avenue, twenty two years old, didn't seem to be much In terested In making Arch street or any other place sife for democracy He Is not a member of the organization, ho said, and merely protested against the rough actions of the police His ball was fixed at J400 MAGISTRATE ISSUES WARNING Aaron Trashmow, 620 Sn)der avenue, was charged with standing on tho steps ot the Arch Street Theatre. He was also held under $400 ball to keep the peace, "If this country is invaded," warned Mag. Istrate Dletz, ")ou propagandists will have to seek some other Job." "We had no Intention of defying tho police and holding our meeting," bald Mr. Taylor. "We had sent out some notices. nnd the refusal of the police to let us hold the meeting came too late for us to tell our members not to come. All we wanted to do was to let some one get up and tell the crowd to go home The police refused for quite a while to even let us do that, I am told." "We had quite an amusing experience with police Interference at our last meet ing," bald Dr Helen Murphy, 140S Spruce street. "I asked the police department for a permit to hold our meeting. The po lice officials said that they would not give us the permit unless we satisfied the United States authorities that there was no sedi tion In our ranks District Attorney Kane got a direct ruling from tho Attorney Gen eral of the United States In which he said that we could hold our meeting A police sergeant attempted as usual to stop us, but T. Henry Walnut, assistant district attorney, happened to be at our gathering He told the police, official to attend to other affairs and Uave our meeting to him Tho sergeant disappeared and we proceeded. CONVENTION IN MINNEAPOLIS 'The Mayor of Minneapolis, where wo are to hold our convention next month, has put the matter of our convention before the authorities at Washington They have stated that we will be allowed to meet In fact every other city nlloivs us to hold our meetings Hut the local police don't seem to see fit to give us a permit. Wo want to obey the laws wrupulously In every" Instance and we expect the police to do the same thing They don't appear to be doing It In this city." ' "I was told not to allow the meeting last night, said Police Lieutenant William Mac Bride, ot the Fourth District, "I sen" Set blocking the street The arrests were made for good reasons " "8 'Don't think for a moment that the poll Ye lln -..., a. ' D.l.l t-... - . l'u" MANY WEIRD PLEAS FORJXEMPTION Bank Asks Release Prom Draft for a Junior Officer SAYS HE'S "CHILD OF GOD"' Woman Decares Family, Insane in Attempt to Free Son. German Makes Appeal Plea for exemption of J. M. Frlzz-.ll . Junior officer of the Tradesmen's Natl-L Hank, from military service on the SSSS that ho could not be spared without ferTou. dctr ment to tho service and efficiency ? the bank was fllcd'vlth District Exemption Appeal Board No. 2, sitting In the TpoX " Building today. Howard A. Leb, p?e fi of the bank, algncd the plea, which was u the form of an affidavit. Mr. Frlzzell m nt 171G Green street. " 1Ue' WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS TO MOVE TROOPS SOUTH Brigdier General Price Opens Headquarters -Here and Tells of Mobilization Plans Brigadier General William G. Price, Jr., arrived In Philadelphia today and Imme diately proceeded to Room 400 In the Lin coln Building, which will be the PhlladeJ phla headquarters of the Twenty-eighth Di vision of the Pennsylvania National Guard Ills staff, now at Sunbury, Pa , has been ordered to report In this clt). When asked about the plans for troop movements General Price said: "The plans for the movement of these boys have been made by the American Rallw.i)s' Associa tion. In conjunction with Colonel Fred T. Pussey, division quartermaster. Every thing has been done with the greatest care and consideration, and there Is no change In the plans of Major General Clement "It will take at least two weeks to get tho men away unless they double up, the plans calling for the departure of ono regiment a day. With the up-State and New York troops coming through here It will take an enormous amount of rolling stock to rnrry these men to the southern camps "The Second Penns)lanla riold Aitll lery, now In camp nt Camp Wannmaker will bo the first to leave tho city The division staff will accompany them, with the exception of the division quarterm ister Lieutenant David J. Davis and Lieutenant Colonel Pussey. They will remain here until the mobilization hns been completed " URGES SAFETY GATES AT FATAL CROSSING Coroner Knight today advocated the plac ing of safety gates at the railroad crossing nt Thirty-third and Thompson streets, when he held Inquests Into the deaths of five Der sons killed recently by Philadelphia and Reading Hallway trains la this city. Two of the victims were employes of the city and two of the railroad. In each case death was said to be accidental. The case of Isaac Williams, of 745 North Twentieth street, killed by a freight train at the Thlrty-thlrd street crossing a" unusual. He was ninety-two yean old ind was employed by the city at tho water works near the Glrard avenue bridge Ar coidlng to the testimony, he was slightly deaf and had undergone an operation In one eye recently. Dally a friend had he"ped him across the tracks. For once the friend failed to appear and Williams was hit bv a train. "" "' The other victims were Harry William, of Omaha. Neb.; L. S. Johnson. 880 North Judson street, a flagman; Francisco on vlert of 734 North Third street, a nteman and Patrick McCullough. of 274 Afmond street, a street cleaner, "'mono FAMILY NEARLY WIPED OUT Mother Dies Suddenly ami Two Sons Are Critically 111 Death has almost wiped out the family of John McCap.,. of Coral and Letterly streets, within seven years. The mother Mrs. John McCann, died early today of heart disease, making the fourth death In seven years. 'A son Is In a tamp In Ne w Jersey In the last stages of tuberculosis and another one Is In the Episcopal ir. pltal, critically 111 with typhoid I fever Seven years ago the eldest son dle 0f tuberculosis and a year later a daughter died from the same disease. -The tlthll died about three months ago. r Expressman Charged With Theft William Carden. a negro employed by th Adams Express Company, at "Eighteenth and MarW streets, waa held in $800 bail for further hearing on suspicion of theft today by Mag .strata Traey In the Fl teinVh una urMfew tutiio .11 -.- -v t; have us cowed." said Doctor Murphy i, aro very careful to find out from Washing! neVt?e-W'T.W',eC"" S n, at Is not ..;.., ""'""aiiiuieo. mentors of activities tbe police of this district Va permitted, our rather amusing. They don' seem t" have a clear Idea what they are doing" tomo?roaw! mPeUne """ be hM '" Camden W" A - . BSffiHgS vwtw, ,wwimA ,s' FU laaaaMJU-lFlaaaf -. .a 'Si "11"' . .P WR nsVM: JMNMv . "UMtfc INJURED GIRLS IN HOSPITAL Participants in Jungkruth Auto Smash Unable to Be Out Jia. ?,ei,n and Catherine Warrington both of 317 South Twelfth Street ',,' i.uiuooiiainic uosp tal Thev wii ; , T" able to leave for several days , ' The Klrls will n t . . ' but will be required To Appear at K?"' ner's nquest. William ir Jr. no Coro- Jungkurth will be bur?ed Mn.ho,pJt1' noon In Hillside Cemetery? Monday aer- WILL REVIEW TROOPS JZtVZ 'renlU'lln?1 ' review by Ctolonel M um DiP'rade an(I" Heglment. at 4 o'clock tM?'Jrown' F by a concert and. dance In th. fl' "l00" and event wa. a great .uVce."."1!:'' Thl Tho review will be in .. week. , tallon tdJutanT. Lieu ,nant0f-,h, bat" Major Edwin E. Hallenback cJL T' Hunt the battalion, omZmatT ot Brown during the r.vUw? Thly Colonel PfUUs are imi. ..'?' The lour com. wttfcr the hiXiL iZ&'i!'" trencth.' ' mmMoffr' "Sto I. Mr. Locb declares Frlzzell could not h. replaced without substantial and materiel loss nnd detriment to the efficient operate" of the bank The efllc ent nmrMi.. 17"" tlonnl banks, says Mr. Loeb, Is essential tho conduct pf nil Industries, and If th. hankers' Interests nre disregarded to nrovldi men for the array a desperate situation ii suie to result. ' " The bank bus given some of Its men to the'armv Ihtougli the selective service law cithern have enlisted and the bank has not until now nsked exemption for any man but It feels that It must nsk exemption In'thli Instance because the plea Is In lino with e policy of maintaining the national Interests NO HULING IS MADE Mr Frlzzell, as a Junior ofTlrer of the bank, passes upon lonn applications of manufacturers and distributors In both for eign and domestic trade. , Tho bank finances much Import nnd export business and Mr Frlzzell Is in charge of the major part of (lilt ivuiri When the Liberty Loan was floated Mr Frlzzell had charge of subscriptions and pavments In the Tradesmen's National Bank and he Is at presont In charge of nil busl. ., ness connected with the Liberty Loan in this bank The board has not ruled In this case Strange and wlerd pleas for exemption were filed with District Appeal Board No i sitting In the Postofflce Building, today' Thev were pleus that had been rejected by tho district exemption boards. ,-, Henry Branmnrli, of 1103 Rising Sun avenue, filed nn nffldavlt saying: "I claim discharge from military service on the ground that I am a chlld'of God (Romans, eighth chapter) nnd I am a son of a blind nnd crippled mother I am a member of the religious organization, The Body ot Christ, nnd I am a member of the church which was not made by man but by God." vvuuert sailer's exemption plea said he was nearsighted and hnd "flatfootedneas ltf tbe left foot with strong tendency towart the same In tho right foot." ONE MUST STAY AT HOME Solomon Slmklns, 2543 Douglas street, anil his brother. Max, were both accepted for the new army nnd denied exemption Solomon told tho appeal board he would withdraw his exemption plea It they would grant Max's One or the other must stay and support their widowed mother and her two small children, he wild. Philip Mack. 3640 North Eleventh street, asked exemption as a member of the Men uonito Church, which Is opposed to alt war Mrs. Anna Belle Frankenfleld, 2822 North Fifth street, appealed for exemption for her son, John, on the ground that he wai subject to (Its of melancholia. To prort this she stated that her brother, Loula Strouse, had been In an asylum for the Insane for six years, tho mind of her broth er William was affected and the mind of her brother Charles was almost as bad. her brother Mervlne had melancholia, hr father waB out of his mind, her grand father died In a hospital for Insane and sho herself waB out of her head Ave yeara ago. Walter Wlllard. chairman of the board, received a plea from Harry H. Davis, a manufacturer, for exemption for Mesara Merrill and Goodman, first names not given, on the ground that they were Important ofllcers of the Boy Scouts. PLEADS FOR HUSBAND Mrs Laura MacMullan. 3070 Martha street, asserts In an affidavit filed with Board No. 2 that her husband, James Mac Mullan, must be exempted because he la the chief support of his wife and three children. .Mrs. MacMullan says that she re ceives $9 a week from a former husband, but that this is not sufficient to support her if her present husband is drafted. The woman adds that her husband suffers from "night sweats" and "his feet at times glvo him considerable trouble." Frederick Witt, 2350 East Susquehanna avenue, a German who came to this coun try after the outbreak of the war and ob tained citizenship papers, seeks exemption because he "cannot go to war against hla mothers and relatives In 'the German arm ies." That army rations will undermine the health of Karl H, Thompson, 823 North Fortieth street, Is the reason why the army candidate's father, C. F. Thompson, wants his son exempted. Thompson states that hie son Is unable to masticate hard foods and that for years he has lived on soft foods such as eggs, milk and cereals Thompson adds that he bought a farm' for his son in ( Phoenlxvllle, and that outdoor life has re stored the health of tho drafted soldier. "A few months In tho army where he will bo compelled, to eat army rations." hays Thompson, "and he will soon lose hla robust health " Ofllclals of the Mldvnle Steel Works will appear before Board No. 2 at 11 o'clock Monday nnd state their " reasons for de manding the exemption of skilled workeri Walter Wlllard, chairman of the board, an nounced that the hearing would be open to tho public and that other exemption pleas presented by Industrial firms, doing war work would bo heard. i 1 ? y Your Uniform Ik a Pass For These "Stunts" Today. Week-end parties at Merlon Cricket Club; Philadelphia Cricket Club: Philadelphia Country Club; Oerman town Cricket Club; Overbrook Golf Club (Men who play golf especially desired), and many private hemes. Men desiring to go, see XL Hartwell In chaplain's office. 2 o'clock. Week-end home parties. Men desiring t go, see secretary on duty, Central or Navy Branch Y. M. C. A. t o'clock. Al A. U. track and field championships, Middle Atlantic Association. Franklin Field. Thlrty-thlrd and South streets. The best athletes In this district In action. Enlisted men especially In vited. 2 o'clock. Auto trip to Willow Grove Park, In cluding supper for seven men, hospl tallty, Mrs. W. Yorke Stevenson. Sgn up Central Y. M. C. A. 2 o'clock. "Seeing Philadelphia" Auto Trip; leave Central Yi M. C. A., Arch street near Broad, 3 o'clock. Swimming Smith Recreation Pool re served for men In uniform, 7 to I o clock, ' f Motion (Pictures Navy Y. M. C. A. Building, In the yard, 8 o'clock. 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