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Other City New?
-CENT GAS DUE,
FERNLEY ASSERTS
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People Justice
WARNING TO POLITICIANS
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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"
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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
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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 !
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.j avia r. t mil. ill, v;neier, 1'aj
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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 ,
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'vi!f. ??.blrtJJi, ,lro,l'n. 1". 7244 Gray'a ave.
'-i Thomaa II. Uboada, 21, 2K38 Albert at.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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'makers (In reel .. ,
I'nrsles
Sea lianfl . .
nutter 'mrdluml ,
llutter (Inrec)
IlKllliUt . . .
sftfsl. cod
Mukes , ... ...
Tnllork . .
Itound mirkorel .
Hnke (lirpp) .
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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 .
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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
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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'
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road Ovtrbrook. Pa, fnt i.?i.T" J103" Dri
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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.
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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
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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
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K. FOUOI1HA & CO.. Ine.
00-SJ Ileekmnn Street, Jvew York
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