-VT ff i i fV EVENING' LKDQERPHILADELPklA MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917 . 'u7 .." - 4." o fa Pushes Schuylkill Development : Few Exemptions Looked For : Forming U. S. Public Service Reseryej Other City New? -CENT GAS DUE, FERNLEY ASSERTS V Well-Known Business Man 1 , Says Now Is Time to Do People Justice WARNING TO POLITICIANS j m Ml M ys 'i ;.v rMi m.i ffSV. i vhi .& W ft fci&r 'w , ."!,., J KWv f Sitf 3 M 27mc for Quibbling by Politicians, His View Thomas A. Fcrnlcy says city should give people ninety-five cent gas. Declares thnt this is no time for politicians to quibble concerning the rights and interests of the people. Says if there was ever a time when the people were entitled to de mand justice, it is right now. Urges that some of the city poli ticians acquire the vision of some of the big Washington hta'csmen. Thomas A. Fcrnlej secretary of a dozen or more important trade organizations with offices at 605 Arcli street, toil.iy gave his enthusiastic approval to the I'hn tn Kite the Benefits of tho five-cent bus reduction to the people. Mr. Kernley. who Is constnntty In touch with tho best business Interests of tho city and State, sild that tin possible reasonable economic etcusc could be ndvnntid for the city placing tho Ihc-cent reduction In the city treasury "This Is no time " lie said ' to quibble concerning the rights nnd Interests of tho people of 1'hlladelphla We are at war, and those who are wise will look at munic ipal affairs from a strict ar ancle "And If there was ever a time whin the peoplo will demand Justice It In rlKht now They have a right to demand tvcrythlng that belongs to them, for right now tho are making the grenttst sacrlm.es possi ble. They nto not only in .1 spirit of splendid patriotism sending thilr sons to the trenches, but they nro preparing to undergo hardships at home with all of the fine ch erfulness .it their command "It would be n small thing for the illj officials to turn thnt nickel over to the people. It was to Intended in the contract between tho city and tho 1'nltcd Gas Im provement Company. "The war Is working wonderful changes In our city, .State and national govern ments, change's which should not be over looked by the politicians. "Thise who are wise will sec the hand writing on the wall and act accordingly Politicians who oppose, giving the nickel to the people show that they have no concep. tlon of what Is going on around them "Many of our big statesmen have vision and they see what the morrow Is going to bring forth Homo of our tlty politicians will try to atnulro part of this v ition of they are wise. More and more as the months pass we are going to feel the none-too-gentle pinch of war. Prices aro going to be high this winter and thero will be suffering. If the nickel Is placed In the city treasury, the people will have good cause to remember tho politicians who re fused to listen to their plea for ninety-five-cent gas" 4 . Wf$TI TWO NAVY RESERVES INJURED EW ? v 3i m M - L & ,iK ei s, J m h. X W' I J s t. " J f i t i J 'fa v .- " i. V. P I feli". '- iC Scout Patrol Vessel Elfrida Has Explo sion Near Norfolk, Va. til," iJ-fci t w&fc " WASHINGTON'. Aug 27 An explosion rjv-JV tj in tne boiler room of the scout patrol vessel irypv l Eifrlda, In the Elizabeth Hlver, Norfolk, B-ftjflj 1 "a- Saturday, seriously injureu cnier aia Ki. S chlnltt's Mate M Mortensnn and Fireman i i B r. Kote, both of the naval reserve, tho iS Navy Department wns ad' Ised todaj , Investigation has been ordered i : Resigns From CamdenM'olice Force ft Samuel Oehrct, twenty-nine jears old, of '? A North Cramer Hill, has resigned from the ' Camden police force Ho resigned to ac ( cept a better position. It Is said. Oehnt was appointed to the force from the UIcv- I nth Ward last May. Today's Recruits I FIKST I'KVSSVUAMX lM'NTIt i Jm A Ioushert. 1" -?-l N llonifull t I Joseph Smith. IS 7-' Monre t i Iac II Moore .'3 rnsukn N J I Harry 11. Manwr SI, 50o Hlslnir Hun ave. I TIIIKI HIiNMAMV IM'ANTKI I Oorge V. Smith, ffli, 11U Winter t t Edwsrd J iVallnuher, II', l'JJl S t'Tth t Jeduthrrn K Carter. 3 Danvlllf, , William IUndolPh, a.', Mfrrhuntvlllf. N. J, F Felix Knoni-berif. Ill Jilts K Melva st. 1 Robert Oretr ts tMJ HurUlun at ! Chari W, Adams, .'n, 2417 B Dauphin St. i Andrew UoriKa, 1'2 SUjU 6. Falrhlll at. f HITll rr.N.NVVI.VMV INFANTRY ' Emll Frltich ts. Jt I Klney at. ! William 1 DavU, 'M. 434(1 Joaophlne at I William Waahuma. 10 .110 N 53th at s QUABTERMAHTKK tOKIN, NATIONAL AKM E Jamra I.ouuhnty, 'Jt, Contfavlllr, Pa i Oore 1. Copt, 31, I'oAieavllle, I'a I William Ilodnera .I." -IMI." Illrhmond at liuch I. Ueana, S3. Glaagow, Scotland L'NIThI HTATKS ARMY Pamtifl Slullln. S2, Itlchmond, Va Ianlfl Colllna, SO, Fernwood, Pa. Jowph A Omrlla, '-'0, i'll E Madlaon at Domain I'lccinnl 2 UUil H Camac at I'hrlatopher A Temple, S4, Lincoln, N ir. )tom O. Coatrtlo 111, Hill Corinthian ave Emron f. McKlnny 1H 4s N S11 at. lluih J. MahaRey. SN SJ47 N Hope at Jamea H llddalr. J4. 1440 N l'rnrh at Edward P. W Inklmpecht Hi lllverallr, N. J, Harry H. Hower, SJ. 1H3U (llenwood ave. John K Fry. 2. S1J" H .Molo at Vlncant Kahy. 10 S4.'7 Wharton at. William Morse, 10, L'4'.'H H American at Hike McCartney. Attala. Ala Alexander I. Ituddock, ".'1 Cheater, Pa. nn5imlu II Olann. -0, 2U3 X nth at. Walter I. Yerkra, '.'(), Ilattoro, Pa 1'Vllx Alexander. 23, 4763 Mlllour at. Clarence W. Marka, 211 Cnnahohocken, Pa, Jamm Innox, 32, 1112 Tree at Arnold Kdwarda. 2f Camden N J Albert D Cnraon, 23 r.o.'ll Matter at 4720 neisrade at i vvinton at. Oaul at yK- nuriea nrnrauer, tn, 11111 jumaia at, S I David D Daly. 23 404H Uarrah at. Y Walter J. Welah 24 Perry a Hotel 5 Irvln B nodeback, lSWiwt Cheater, Ta flfT llg-ward W. Mulllna, 20, Cheater, Pa. K ' nenry h.nrnart, 21. lis N. 12th at 2?: frnnlr T lm.liu lit 'Jl M Tii.Im. .. Si Karl H. Dlemer. 27.' Pottatown. Pa. X. v' Kdward llevan. 2.i 100U Ixicuit at. i". ; Luther D. Wllaon, 22, New York. .-lJi-' " John W Cnaklav. 80 Haalnn ! .' vj. L. ,ri.r:. .n ":' -.. i -iniv Jit uninuinu, jir, unrnpr, l'a. .j avia r. t mil. ill, v;neier, 1'aj wm.cs ... ..lu.)'.,. u vnrati-r. Sit. Kdirar It. Uoldaborouah. 1H. Cheater ra 'William It. Cox. 22. IR N, Roblnaon at. i5S. Albert I) (.arson, sa r02 fti. Walter Caaper, 2J, 4720 I) if1 wi William J. Jordan. 22 041 EV.J1 Oter Odnakl. 18, 2070 Oa yLS' Charlea Schrader. 1H, 1740 , r js;' r ilif JJ Writ 4 IV 'vi!f. ??.blrtJJi, ,lro,l'n. 1". 7244 Gray'a ave. '-i Thomaa II. Uboada, 21, 2K38 Albert at. m STATES FIRM) ARTILLERY . Kelly. 10y 1800 Cabot at. vrenuerse, in, 2020 K. York at. llMJ, 20, S3 W, Pomona at. U. H. NAVY !i Samuel J. Neeiy, 21, 1817 C. Harold at. fy Norman Earl Cram, 10, Ilradlna;, Pa, V. Frederick II. Ilrooks. 28. Cheater. Pa. . 'Jlenry J. Smith. IV. 2411 Jefferson at Daniel M. lllnea. 21. 2168 E. Hnmra at V Albert WlnKfteld, 10. 187 W. Price at ftJOMpn L. Wauch. 13, S715 Ilrown at. '- UNITED HTATES lIARINex ioward Theodore Kcpner. 20. 5723 Won.iianrf lave. . eiAVAIlf IV VWtmiTtavivv -&m..vi .-.. - -.-. a-.aw.ma c unVAO W;, uri ivAiie"ir, 4ii via r uniBriO m. UUm Vrankltni 22. XZATi Vina t. Jotui Commom, i'S, JlHi Waterloo at. na.ni iwim, zi, 40a I'oweitort ilvlffbt. i Mououtnua, ',, 4401 Market at. ,,.Sl"f"WH tv "uria rm, .''JiBWPIP saaW aiaaaaaaH'aaVw saBBBK BJ "-. BRS 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiL Jtttt' ataafaattHalir.. ' iwHmg . 111 jms. it. h. sturdp:vent Prior to her romantic elopement and marriage, which took place at Klkton, JId , last Saturday, she was Miss Helen Hendricks, of U110 North Twentieth street, n stenoj; i cipher, employed by the Midvnlc Steel Oompm. MAINE KOAIANCE LEADS TO SECRET MARRIAGE Yarmouth -Man and Philadelphia Stenographer Pay Visit to Klkton A friendship vvhlih lies in In pktuufqup M lino and rapldlv rlnonid Into lnvr Is ti'sponslbtii for the sicitt iiiiirlaRc of Miss Hfhn Hinilrliks 211C Noith Tentleth vtictt .1 HtcnoKtiphir, and U 11 Sturde vant of Yarmouth, Me Miss llt.iidrli.ks who was unploviil In the clerical dcjiart niint nf the Mldvale Stci 1 Comp.inv and Mr bturdcv.int vvi-ro nurrltil I tht svtiu dij Tin. reieinonv v.ii performed at Klkton Md The vouriK worn in nnonipinlid hv her miriiid slsur went to ntinouth 1-ut June It wns thcro tint Mr Mudivnnt flrht met her Whin It cime time foi hir to leive for l'hlliililphl i Mr hturdevnnt .innounced that he vwis .iNn lomlng to this cltv Koon after his .trihal Ml Murdcvant oh talnid n position nt the plant of the Mld vale Steel Cornpmv List haturd i thej lin irded a train for Klkton litre they obtained a lliense and vere m irrkil Vows of tho widdliiK le.ikid out todaj MILITARY FUNERAL FOR NAVAL OFFICER Assistant Constructor Kendall Buried After Postponement of Original Services 3lllltnt f mitral Mrvlics foi Clurles S Kmdall, fort -one ears old, an assiitant nival constructor, who died last Tuesday at Portsmouth, X II , were held this afternoon at his home, 210'J North Patk .ivcnue. The Interment was at North Cedar Hill Cemetery. The fuiiei.il vi as orlKlmlly tet for f-al-urdiy and a lareo Kroup of mourneis as vsell as .1 detail of bailors and marines from the I.iaKUe Island .av Yard waited for several horns, hut tho hod failed to arrive The obseqults were fin ill Fit for this ufternoon. The Htv I)r l 11 Ilckln, ilnpHIn of the nnvj ard, ollli lated There was an es cort of fourteen hallors under a clhef pittv olllicr. as well as a flrltiK partj and pirt of the Marino Hand The honorarj pall bearers from tho navv vard Included W II. .Sampson, I' II Harle, P S Tavlor, I. A Masske, C. P Kerr J IJ Cleary, It. K Wilkinson and J. M pber Kendall, who hid been In the Government service for eighteen jears, received his ap pointment ns assistant naval tonstructor about sl months apo Previous to this appointment he had been a master carpen ter He vi as list btatloned at I.easue Is land dnrins the eatly part of l'UG, havlnu left there In Mav of that enr. He was attathtd to tho Kant is while In this city, Mr Kendall was a membe rof tho bhrln ers and the KIKs A widow and a daughter survlvt him BEREFT HUSBAND TURNS ON GAS; DIES WITH DAUGHTER IN ARMS Inconsolable Over Wife's Death, Falls of Schuylkill Weaver Commits Suicide on Day of Little Child's Birthday Party Frederick Thndwlck, a Pnllrt of Schuvl kill wcavtr, lost his wife last Mnrch lift was left nlone to mnke such n home as he could for their little girl, Ida, who was only elRht venrs old He brooded constantly over hl wife's di ath, the moie because of his little Rlrl's Inconsolable lonBlng for her mother Once Chndwlck told his father-in-law, David Mitchell, of Ornuntown, ho was nfrald he would never Ret over his vvlfes dfith "I wish Ida and I were with Kllraheth," he snld .Mitchell reproved him Bently for such wishes admonlshlnR him to be bravo and make the most of life for Ida's sike Tomorrow is Ida's blrthdav Prcderlek Chndwlck took her down town .Saturday and they boiiicht enkes and candles for a iittlc puty Just for tho two of them Chad Urk also liousht some gifts that Ida knew nothing about H( was going to surprise her with them The preparations for the blithdiy partv Hie effort to be giy, the mcnior of other p u ties thnt ho and Kllabtth had planned FATHER MISSING; BABY DIES; KIDDIES HUNGRY Five Youngbters Left Destitute by William Borman's Dis appearance At the height of Aineih is boisled wni properlt, when men I eiome millionaires 111 a day, little sevcn-month-old Willi mi Hormin died fiom starvation after the fam ily Income hid been cut off bv tha dlsap peiranie nf the father, Ciojge Itorm in, ttilrtv-flve jears old of .1017 North Orknej strtet Tho lub died after It hid bun taken to St Chrlstophei s Hospital There nio lift a wife and live little ihlldreu whose ages range fiom two to nine veiii. anx louslj waiting his leturn to the Votth Oik riej street address Ceorgi the nldtst Is nine jears old and anxious to take his father's plate is breadwinner for his mother and little slsteis Ho wanted to hell papers, but did not hive the monej to purchase a stock Kthel aged seven Is sure that hei fither will tome home and roh to the corner everv night to wait for him I.lttle tvvn- tar-old Violet the jounge-U child his forsiki n her tovs and keeps tailing I)a LU'" Thete ls also Waltir live jears old, and Mabel agid three 'I feel sure th it mj husband will loine bick" said Mrs Hormin tod ly "He was not a drinking mm and oni thought of his home and famllj When he left foi his work at a North Ilroad street bottling establishment on August Hi, he lom plalned of feeling sick. Ho said he was going to git soini monej and lomlng lTome I think he Is sick In some hospital and it not ablii to tell who he Is "When he dldn t return I was almost frantic There was no monej In the house and six hungrj little mouths to feed The neighbors were verj good to us and gave up soup and bread A week ago vcsteidiv I took William to the hospital, and he dlid yesterdaj 1 went to the pollee station nt Pront and Westmoreland mreets nnd told my storj Thej wile very like, and took up a collection to help us out. The rent was due todaj, and they had tho time extended ten dajs" Mrs Itornian Is not dlscouiagcd She Is going to try to get work and by her earn ings keep the little home logethei "1 wouldn't give my children up for anj thlng, ' she said "Kthel and (lenrge hivo to go to school, and I will put the others hi i day nuiseiy while I nm nt work I must have a home fot (leorge when he returns" A arih his been Instituted bj the police department for the missing mnu. lo is de scribed as about five fiet sU Inches In height, nnd as weighing about 145 pounds. When he disappeared he was wearing a daik blue coat, blue tiousers with a pin stripe, a white shirt, black high shoes and a black-and-white plild cap It. R. PLANS EXPANSION OF ITS FREIGHT YARDS .lUllar. M. .4X16 Wtatmlnatar ara. TA& BANKERS iMUST SERVE TERMS; LOSE APPEALS Judp;e YVoollcy Rejects Contentions Raised on Technical Grounds Judge Woolley, or tho Vnlted Stales Court of Appeals In n declson todaj lejetted tech nleal lontentlons raised In nil effort to save John Head Miner, formei president of tho First National II ink of Ambrldgo, Heaver Countj, I'a , and Christian V Kchaeffer, enshler of tho United States National n.ank, of Pittsburgh, from Imprisonment and up held sentences of live jears In the Federal Penltontlary at Atlanta, (Ja , upon each of them by the I'edcral Court for criminal Irregularities committed against their re spective Institutions Though Miner and Schacffer pleaded guilty to tho offenses charged against them. thej sought to escape imprisonment by con- lenuing inai mo wisinct Uourt of Pittsburgh had lost jurisdiction over their cases when It failed to sentence them during the term of court In which they had pleaded guilty Miner pleaded guilty on Mnrch 11, 1915, to a charge of making a false entry In a report to the Comptroller of tho Currency concerning the bank's financial condition, but sentence was not Imposed by Judge Orr until Januaiy 15 last, nearly two jears later Schaeffer pleaded guilty on May 3, 1915, to misapplying funds of tho United States National IJank and was sentenced on the same day ns Miner, or a jear and eight months after he had entered his plea. POLICE CANDIDATE KILLED IN ACCIDENT Preceptor's Revolver, Thought Un loaded, Explodes During ' Lesson Jacob Ilermanowltz, twenty-four years Mid, of 1100 North Second street, an ap plicant for a position as a policeman, was accidentally shot to death this afternoon bv Joseph Maler, of 114 Peel street, an Eleventh District policeman. In Maler's home. Maler was examining the revolver of Policeman Michael Smith, of the Seventh District, when It exploded. Smith Uvea at 336 Or sen street. The three men met at Maler's home, where Hermanowltx hoped to learn how to handle firearms. Maler, not knowing the revolvec1 was loaded, was handling? It freely and examining It, preparatory to ex Mf K meonanisw to , Hermanowltx. Augmented System Will Save One to Two Days in Delivery of Shipments S'avlng of one to two rtajs In the do llverj of freight shipments to the mer chants, business men and manufacturers of Philadelphia Is to bo gained through tho new arrangement of tho four-mile chain of jnrds stretching along the Main Line of the Pennsjlvania Railroad from West Philadelphia to Overbrook, Involved In the completion of tho J5 000,000 development at Overbrook Tne Main l.lnt fi eight capacity will be very nearly trebled, so that 15,000 cars may bt handled and clean d In a day of twentj-four hours, the present maximum ranging fiom 4000 to C000 cars Tho passenger tralllc ls to bo likewise augmented by the new arrangement PI ins nrc under way for double tracking the Columbia and Port Deposit route con necting tho Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Itallroad with the Main I.lno freight route to the West The company ls likewise considering widening tho Phila delphia, Baltimore and Washington road bed bet-ieen Philadelphia and Wilmington to six tracks, many bridges having already been lengthened and stations moved back to conform to such a lajout togither these were too niueh for Chnd wlck So nftei Ida had gone to sleep that night he got up and turned on tho gas Then ho lay don beside his little girl nnd gathered her Into his arms Today they wtro found dead from gas asphyxiation. Chadwlik had Just moved Into tho house at 174 Haywood street, purchased with his earnings In Dobson's Mills He nnd Ida were Inst seen alive Saturday, when they came homo with their purchases Mrs Kmmn Warrington of 3666 Queen lane, an old friend of tho Chndwlck famllj, noticed this afternoon that tho morning's milk had not been tnken from the doorstep Sho wondered If nnj thing had hnppened to Chadwick nnd Ida nnd tried to look through tho kejhole She smelled gns nnd called two men who were passing They cnllcd David (trill, tho grocer, nnd the three men broke down the door The house was full of gas Chadwick and his daughter were found dead, locked In each others arms, on tho bed In the second-story front room Dr Louis ltcc'e, of I1C5 Itldge nvenup slid thej had been dead nt leust thlrtj-sl hours APPLES REACH MARKET IN LIBERAL SUPPLY Lima Beans and Sweet Potatoes, Hard Hit by Drought, Are Scarce and High FIFTH WARD FACTIONS IN POLLING-PLACE FIGHT Vare and McNichol Men Clash Before County Commissioners. Control Gives Big Advantage The lluht of the aro and Prmotc-Slc-Mthol factions in the Tilth Ward wns i.airled before the County Commissioners todaj, vi hen the Vare fones of the wnid asked that the locations of eleven polling plnces be chmgeil The Vales are trjlng to oust Mercantile Appraiser James A Carej-, a Pcnnise-Mi Xhtml man, as1 leader of the ward In faveir of Common Council man Isaac Deutsrh State l!rprpsiitiitive Is.idore Stern np peirirt for Ctrij nnd the oilier Pciuoi-e-McNIihol men w'io told the Commission ers the Vhics had been offering Jobs to men In the wind to Induce them to wipport the pleas for thinglng of polling-plate lo cations, ThW was denied 1J- tho other faction, for which Daniel J. Shern ap peared. Shern contended and offered wit nesses to support his position that there wi re legitimate reasons for the proposed changes Men whose pi lies nrc used for voting ie ceivo about $05 a jear and the fattlons whoso members hnve such places have ad vantige over the "other factions. Tho fight was most bitter over the poll ing place In the thirteenth division of the ward which Is Stern's home division Altogether pitas foi i lunging of loca tions of about llftv polling pi ices were made, those of tho rifth Ward being among them All the petitions wero taken under adv Isemcnt ANOTHER INCREASE IN PEA COAL PRICE Burden of Consumer to Grow as Result of Regulation at Washington The tost of pea toil will be intuaseil ninety cents .a ton as a lesult of President Wilson's order fixing maximum anthra cite prltes It was geneially believed that the President's Intervention In the toal con trol ersj- would reHUlt In a decrease In price It has been discovered this will be Its effect except In the case of pea coal. Jtetatl dealers are selling pea toal at JG SO a ton shot in frpm the wagon, and $7 05 a ton when carried In With tho advance of nlnetj' cents in tho wholesale price this will naturally mean a boost In the retail price Kven at the $7 05 figure verj few retailers in Philadelphia have any pea coal whatever. CANDY FROM LANCASTER ENJOYED BY SAMMEES SHIPPERS HERE TO GET BETTER "L. C. L." RATES Consolidation of Less Than Carload Lots Will Cut Down Freight Costs An enormous advantage In slibmlm. n.aiu vhlch New York city shippers In "L C. L." (or less than carload) lots have heretofore enjojed, will hereafter be enjoyed by Phila delphia shippers without embargo penal ties through the Car Consolidation and Dis tribution Service organized and now being: operated by O. O. Hempstead & Son, 41 South Fourth street. Tho concern has es tablished a receiving station on Indepen dent Pier, 34 South street, foot of Bain-" bridge street, where shipments of less than carload lots are received, consolidated Into carloads nnd forwarded at carload rates, which are far below the rates railroads charge when shipments are made In less than carload lots. Shipments are made nil over the Balti more and OOhlo, Heading and Pennsylvania Railroads and connecting lines. Meyer Cohn, of Evening Ledger Staff, Writes of Receiving Gift From Mrs. Arnold Mejer Colin, of the Kvenino LhoaEtt staff, now bervlng In France with tha sup ply company of the Fifth Regiment, I'nlted States marine corps, has received a box of candy from a Mrs Arnold, of Lancaster, his home town In a letter received from Cohn today he vi rites1 "I nearlj' forgot to mention ono exceed ingly refreshing and Jojous episode Hut a few dajs ago, while I was devouring some real American chocolates, I was Informed that the donor was none other than Mrs Arnold, of Lancaster, Pa. To be thus re minded of the dear old town, thousands of miles away, and to see other uniformed men, some from tho same tow n, enjoj Ing the thoughtfulness and patriotism of this noble lady was enough to send me Into ecs tasy Could Mrs Arnold have seen the expression of delight on tho tanned faces of tho 'Sammees' as they munched tho deli cacies, sho most certainly would have been repaid manifold times for her philanthropic deed For the brave lad3 here and mvplf. I extend our most sincere and heartfelt tnaniis to Mrs. Arnold. Hueet potatoes nnd lima beans wero heavy sufferers from tho recent drought, ac cording to the food report Issued bv the Mnjor's food commission todaj'. Accord ingly these two vegetables have soared to top notch prices Sweet potatoes aro selling nt the rate of fourteen cents a. quarter of a peck wholesale t. Apples are arriving on tho market In fnlrlv liberal 0.1111 lit Itlec They arc selling wholtsale at 0 to 1- tents n quarter of a peck t The report follows Abundant I ggplant, cucumbers, peppers, sugar corn, cantaloupes, Bquash, cabbage. Normal Potatoes, turnips, npplcs. wn tcrmtlons, celerj', beets, carrots, garlic, onions, parsley, peaches, plums, oranges. Scarce Lima beans, huckleberries, black berries, raspberries, lettuce, sweet potatoes, htrlng beans, bananas, pineapples, lemons, tomatoes. Owing to the light receipts, fish Is scarco nnd high In price Because of this condi tion It Is especially necessary to use the cheapest fish on the market. Dreed weak (medium) Nn'FSfMl vsk (larBe) . Hound Iruut I'rnnkTfl ImHium) 'makers (In reel .. , I'nrsles Sea lianfl . . nutter 'mrdluml , llutter (Inrec) IlKllliUt . . . sftfsl. cod Mukes , ... ... Tnllork . . Itound mirkorel . Hnke (lirpp) . II ike fmrdtum) . Spanish mackerel . 11W Huh l.-ls (fir. xsd) Hnlmon (dressed! VVWte cBtnuh (drensed). Hed cattish (drrssed) Haddock ItnnltK niRPkr'rel larif) llonlta mackerel (small) Hound eli , . . a robins . , . Mhark . m am sBFoKh M .' . ,X - ,s? i ' , . 3 v mf. t'l t&mL. f Wi fi I , Jin-iT Qjolatlons S to !) cents .11 tn 14 cmts 7 to s cents . fi lo 7 cents n tn 7 tents n to 10 cents In to 12 crnts fi tn 11 cents R to n cents y. tn '' cents 14 to 11 icnts in to 11! rents IJ to 11 cents .'V to '.'s cnt . 11 tn 10 cents s to 11 cents J" to t!H 1 ents J, to is tents 1 1 cents .JJ to .'"i cents M cents IL' tents . 11 to 10 e-nts t'J tn 14 cents 10 to 11 cents in cents . 1 to I cents 3 to 4 cents BOILERMAKERS DEMAND U. S. PROBE OF CHARGES Want Allegation That German Influence Is Behind Strike Investigated Investigation by United States District Attorney Francis Klsher Kane Into accusa tions that the International Btotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Help ers of America was backed by Herman money In Its strikes nt Philadelphia ship repair jards and machine shops, as made bj Robert A Rutherford, general manager of the Balzley Iron Works. Is asked by the International Brotherhood officials " Thomas J CaVan and C F. Scott, dep utj organisers of the brotherhood, who nro nglstered at the Hotel Hanover, have terved formal notice on the District At toinej' thnt they want n Government as well ns a Grand .lurj' Investigation made, and Mr Rutherford be made to prove his accusations and tell where ho got Infor mation on which to base a statement that members of the btotherhood are taking Uerm.m monej . ' This Is no time for making bluff state ments," said Mr. Ca Van today, "and until Mr. Rutherfoid proves his charges, they will be looked upon ns a grand bluff" 'I he brothel hood ofllclals told Mr. K.ano that tvcr.v mm in tho union wns a true American and n patriot They offered tho books of the organization and cverj thing relating to the finances of the brotherhood. As proof of their sincerity In striking for higher wages these brotherhood organizers have distributed about 275 of their striking members timong tho plants where ship building for the F.mcrgencJ Fleet Corpora tion Is going on, so that Government work will not bo delajcd by their actions There are thus about seventj-flio Idle, they say. Mr Ca Van said that there wero plentj of funds on hand m that tho brotherhood could have continued to paj- wecklj bene fits to the men nnd kept them out on -strike, but tint they put patriotic ucivlcc for the Government ahead of other considerations. In relation to the organization of the new Tederal commission to settle strikes on all work tonncttcd with war supplies and manufactures, Mr. Ca Van said that the local lodge had leecived no notice from Washington as yet, and that It would con tinue Its campaign until It received official Information on tho subject. SUGAR REFINERS DECLINE TO DISCUSS BEET PRICES Dealers Here Not Likely Affected, ns They Work Only With Cane Products Philadelphia sugar refiners would not comment today on the National Food Ad ministration's announcement that beet sugar producers had agreed to reduce the price of their product a cent and a half a pound. It Is presumed, however, that the reduction will have no effect on refineries here, which work onlj- with cane sugar, ' The Food Administration sajs the beet sugar price reduction will save $300,000, 000 to the country In a year. Camden Child Burned While playing with matches In the jard of his home today, four-year-old Adam Fatlnsky, of 1456 Rose street, Camden, set fire to his clothing, and U In the Camden Homeopathic Hospital, where his condition is said to be serious. ,Mrs. Joseph Fatlnsky. the mother, hearing the child's screams. rushed 'out into the yard aggjww WB,mk ATTACKS MAN ON STREET Camdenito Beats Man Who Refuses Him Money for Drink 1 Refused the price of a drink, Andrew Nolan, thirty-nine years old. of Eleventh and Liberty streets, Camden, attacked Robert Carter, of Twenty-eighth and Thomp son streets, Camden, according to the police, Nolan was sentenced to three months In Jail todoy by Recorder Stack house, of Camden. Carter was standing on the l'avbnla bridge on the East 1 Side of Camden, the police say, whep Nolaij-approached and ., A 'ir- L.. ' ' if$ -V. M. , a. fsmamir. .4UCCUX. DROWNED SAILOR AND FIANCEE Ralph A. Rittcnhouse, G84 West Johnson street, Gcrmantovvn, car penter's mate of the U. S. Naval Reserve, who lost his life at Capo May, and Miss Florence Varney, 030 West Johnson street, whom Rittenhouso was to have wed next Saturduy. SAILOR'S BRIDE-TO-BE PROSTRATED BY DEATH Florence Varney and Ralph Rit tcnhouse Planned Wedding for Next Saturday Pathos was ndded to the dtownlng of Ralph Rittcnhouse. nineteen jears old, n carpenter's mate of the I'nlted States Xaval Reserve, at Cape May last Friday, when It was learned todaj that Rittenhouso was to have been married to Miss Florcnco Vai nej b'10 West Johnson street, net Satur day. All .arrangements for tho marriage had been made and Miss Varney was expecting joutig Rittenhouso homo last Saturday News of the death prostrated her and Mip Is under tho care of a phjslclan. Mr. and Mrs. David Rlttenhouse, 6SI Johnson street, received their son's body today Rittenhouso was drowned last Filday while swimming with .a number of com panions in Cold Spring Inlet It Is believed that he was seized with cramps. Every effort was made to save him Ho was nine teen jears old nnd was one of the first ar rivals at the Cape .May naval base, which was opened last Maj' Tho body of tho joung sailor was not re coveted until last night It was found about 2(10 j arils from where Rittenhouso was last seen by Joseph Thornton, a resident of Cape May, while sailing Rlttenhouse was tho son of George and Margaret Rlttenhouse and a dlreit descend ant of the famllj of David Rittcnhouse, one of Germantow n's earliest settlers His father ls water purvejor of the Fifth DIs tiict. The funoral, which will tako place on Wednesday afternoon, villi bo attended by a detachment of naval reserves In command of Lieutenant Tlllson, ono of tho ofllcers attached to the base at Cape Maj' .Services will be conducted at the Rltten house home by tho Rev John Hnrvey Lee, pastor of the Second l'resbjterlan Church' Interment will be In Ivy Hill Cemetcrj CHARLES SCOn, JUNIOR, NEW RED CROSS HEAD Will Have Headquarters Here as Chief of Lately Formed Penn sylvania Division PREDICT GAFFNEY MAY BE ORPHAN COURT JUDGE Councils' Finance Committee Chair man Slated for Appointment, Ac cording: to Politicians Joseph P. Oaffnej' chairman of Councils' Finance Committee, Is slated for appoint ment to tho Orphans' Court bench to suc ceed tho late Judge Morris Dallett, accord ing to political leaders today. The appointment of Oaffnej, It ls ex pected, will not he announced for some time Ills friends, however, who have been urging Governor Brumbaugh to appoint hhn to the bench, are apparently certain that he will land the place. Friends of George MtCurdj', formerly president of Common Council, who wns defeated for the Orphans' Court by Judge Dallett last jear, are bringing him forward as a possibility for the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Dallett last week. A peculiar constitutional snarl has de veloped over the nppojntment of Judge Dal lett's successor. The're aro two conflicting sections pf the State Constitution that gov ern the naming of a new Judge. One sec tion would requlro tho placing of candidates on the ticket for election this fail and the other would p.ermlt the Governor to name a new Judge, who would servo until Jan uary 1920. Judge Dallett died last Thursday, which was more than two months, but less than three months, before election day. One sec tion of the Constitution says that his sua cessor should bo elected this fall, because the vacancy occurred more than two months before election day. The other section sajs that since the vacancy did not occur within three months Judge Dallett's successor bhall not be elected until the next local election which would be In the fall of 1919 HELD UP BY BLOCKED TRACK Commuters Delayed an Hour by Rising Sun Avenue Accident Hundreds of trolley commuters n the RlBlng Sun avenue section from Oluev to .Fox Chase were held up for more than an hour this morning when a. north bound Route BO car Jumped the tracks 011 Rising Sun avenue north of Robblns avenue short. ly before 6 o'clock. snort At this point the tracks curve from th center of the roadway to each side Th. 1 ' A .i. . 1 ".' "" OI "peed. Jumped the, track on the curve, plowed across the roadway, struck a tree a clane. Ing blow and finally stopped with its front trucks hanging over a newly excavated cellar. The iriotorman and conductor were shaken up. but not Injured. No passenger, were In the car. . Many of the commuters, when tW'found duties Scott, Jr, of C070 Overbrook ave nue, has been named as manager of the newly formed Pennsylvania Division of the American Red Cross, which Is to include the States of Pennsjlvania and Delaware. Announcement of Mr. Scott's appointment was made by Harvey D. Gibson, general manager of the Red Cross. Mr. Scott is vice president of the Giant Portland Cement Compnnj'. Ho has been an active Red Cross worker and organized a naval base hospital in this city. T?lth headquarters In Philadelphia, ho will give his entire time to the direction of Red Cross work during tho war. Ho will have full chatge of Pcnnsjlvanla's 101 chapters of 350,000 members as well as Delaware's ono chapter of li515. When he assumes charge of his division Mr. Scott will find tho biggest task con-' fronting him to be tha direction of the pro duction of knitted nrtlcles. MaJ0, Grajon Murphy. M. P.. Red Cross commissioner to l.urope, has asked for ono ami a half mil lion each of knitted mufflers, sweaters, socks and wristlets to be shipped before cold weather sets in Tho quota of articles to be made by Mr. Scott's division Is 180 000 of each set. PRISONER SEIZES ELEVATOR Jumps in Car and Makes Partial Get away From Detectives James Hrltt, negro, of 20.M South street who is suspected of larceny from tho Adams Hxpress Company, temporarily escaped from detec Ives who were after him today to Jumping into an elevator on tho third floor of the companj's station at eighteenth and Market streets, and lowering the car in n ' 'floor Hrltt had sotntrouble gitt ng the elevator, door open, and the detect ves were soon at his heels They too c him m the company's office on the third lloor. where hey found a wrapper taken from a packaKe In his possession. Hero he tried to jump out of tho window. jump . Tut : '"'r irom tne company's establishment, nnd when they sav- Uritt , day with his shlrtfront bulging out n,.C searched him and found the w ra Fnlne !? Brut said he was Innocent of ong-doF Magistrate Watson held him to u0, a maker! 8'a?m,nBMon b' Dr' "n W Health Department Clerk Named Director Krusen. of the Denartm.ni Htalth and Charities, today nnnolnt A. Sullivan. 1934 .lefr?il?pP?int?d Mi clerkship in the Bureau of Heal h cirrvi a salary of 11000 a year. ""' carry' ng TOO LATK lflH CMSSinnATrnv' n??az:x:AH... 20... uavis i.WA,)t,,T-r road Ovtrbrook. Pa, fnt i.?i.T" J103" Dri MKRRILI-Aui. 28 ni;tPrwJ; 0m,5 n"w": POLICE SEIZE DRUGS IN TENDERLOIN RAID! Arrest Two Men and Two women ior Belling si Narcotics m A erltnMi storehouse of Illicit dru wns uncovered by the police of the Fifteenth nnd Vine streets station when they rald2 a house on Molo street' abovo RieB I nrrested two women mid two men. IlesM.i nat colic drugs valued at more thnn Jm tho raiders found n, Inrge array of utensils for preparing nnd packing dope for (vi tnntket An opium lav out was found In b uptown house In another raid All four of the prisoners will have a heating before United States Commissioner Iaiiir this afteinoon. They gave their names as William (lllmore, of Winter street nbove Ninth; Abraham De Pile, of vine street nbove Tenth : Anna (ilbson, of Winter t-treet nbove Ninth, ttnd (Irncc Martin, of Hlevenlh nnd Oreen streets They were first arraigned before .Magistrate Watnon. In tho Fifteenth nnd Vino streets station when the men were hold In $1000 ball each nnd the women In $300 ball each for tod tjV hearing Tho raid was made ns a result of a tin received fcveral dajs ngo bv Lieutenant Horusbj', of the I'lftcenth and Vine street! nation, to the effect thnt n dwelling on Mole street had been equipped as a clearing house for the sale of dopo to tenderloin fitiiuenters. With District Detectives Hag. girtv nnd Mnlono, tho lieutenant went to the 1 ouso nnd nftcr arresting the four occu limits, confiscated 11 large quantity of co culne. four large bottles of morphine, a et of apothecaries' wales and many other utcisllti used in preparing dope A compute lajout and a quantity of smoking opium v. ere found by Colonel Bench iiml Lieutenant Van IJorn, of the Twentieth ind Berks streets station, In a laid upon the apartments of L'dward Hoi hind, on Page street nbovo Seventeenth lata Satin dav night. Samuel Smith, of Third street above Fair mount avenue, will bo given a hearing this morning before Mnglstrnto Beaton In the Central Station, on the charge of Illegally having narcotic drugs In his possession Smith wns nuested several dajs aco at Hlghtli and Callow hill streets Aicused of selling dtugs to women In the vlilnlty of Klghtl, mi woo,, htroets s l Smith, of TL'G North Third stieet, was held in $.'500 bill foi court by Maglst, ,te Me . enson, sitting as I'nlted Slates Coinmls. slonei today In the 1'edeial Building Smith was at rested on the night of Au gust L'l by Van Wyck. a policeman of the Highlit District No dings were found on Smith at tho time, but a witness pointed out n sign behind which seven packages of dopo were concealed In a raid earh Sunday motnlng on the house at 1G2G Page street, made by the police of the Twentj -eighth District, three Jats of smoking opium and several pipes were found Complaints had been made by nelghbots, who said that thej could see men smoking In the rent part of the Taje street house. Hdward S Harlan, who was nrrested as the propi fetor of the house, was held In $1000 ball for tourt by Magistrate Steven. CfERMANY STARVING, SAYS PHILADELPHIAN, JUST BACK William Bartholomew Lost, Fifty Pounds Because of Food Lack, He Declares A 11eut1.1l vessel has arrived at an At lantic poit having among Its passengers William Bartholomew, of this city. Mr. Bartholomew has been general superinten dent of tho I'm 1 Oil Companj In Hamburg, Cermjiij, slnie 18S7. Ho was ncioin,anled bj ills wife. The I'ure Oil Companj occu pies a suite of rooms In the Lafajette Build ing at Fifth and Chestnut streets, and a daughter of Bnttliolomew Is emplojed there Mi Bartholomew dcclnied tint Oermanjr ls on the verge of a famine that will em brace the whole empire, and foi six wteki before he left Hamburg he was forced into constant confinement and was kept In Ig norance of everj thing going on In the city. He also said that It was Impossible to get a wholesome meal nnd that existing condi tions were prettj- bad. Other passcngeis from Germany agree with the statements of Mr Bartholomew As .1 testimonial to the truth of his state ments lie has lost more than flftj pounds within the last few months. Mr Bartholomew ls evpected to arrive In Philadelphia late todaj'. His daughter has left for New York to meet her father after his long absence. M CHILD CRUSHED UNDER CAR Dies When Released After 45 Minutes Beneath Wheels Foi fiTtj-flvo minutes seven-j ear-old Ro'omon Shaffion, of 1904 'South Fifth street, lemained tlghtlj' wedged between the fender and the rear wheels of a trolley car at Fifth and Mifflin stieets while the motor man, conductor and a score of persons tried to txtrlcate him. When the lad finally was released ho was so badly Injured that death occurred an hour and a half later In Mount Slnal Hos pital. Tho boj- was struck bj' the car north bound on rifth street nt Mifflin. John Wil li iiii, of 4771 Mantua nvenue, the motor man, and David Oaudj', of .2539 North Thltty-flrst stieet, tho conductor, were ar rested tl Your Soldier Mothers, sisters and Sweethearts, this ! Gift Week for tho Bojs In Khaki. Send your soldier a can of "Fantep 1'oot Powder" It ls cooling, soothing and antl boptlc. It brings quick relief from tired, snoolen. burning nnd aching feet. It Is a splendid deodorant, and heals broken blisters. Thousands of cans 01 Fasten aro In use In the ranks and In tnej trenches at present Before marching and drilling. lut rubbed well into the feet will brine ab solute foot comfort. What gift could be more acceptable? In Bprlnkler-top Cans, 25c All Druggists, or ! K. FOUOI1HA & CO.. Ine. 00-SJ Ileekmnn Street, Jvew York -- 11 11 ' . il :r sf
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