M l MO AUTOS BURN IN GARAGE FIRE Adams Express Company Building on Twenty-second Street Destroyed 100 TRUCKS ARE SAVED A five-alarm tire destrojed the garage f the Adams nxprcs Company, ut Twentj second nnd Ludlow streets last night Nearly 100 large motortru.1:s were burned The lots has been estimated at mote than , $250,000 i It was the- fourth disastrous fire to oiteur tn that central section of the city In the !at few month ? ''The Are was discovered shortly after S o'clock. It booh assumed spectacular pro portions and within two hours the entire building, which coers more than an ucre uras bu,rned. v Iftunllj to the ground Thousands of person ere nttrncted to the scene. The flames could be seen for many miles. Traffic was tied up for more than nn hour and surface cars on both Market and Chestnut streets were tied up almost (or the night Flreihen responding to the first alnrm found the Interior of the blazing building a real Jnferno Four other nlarms were sounded In rnpld succession The blaze was started by a short fircult of electric wires on the second floor It was discovered by David Thompson the night watchman, who Is elghtj-even jears old Thompson tried to extinguish the flames I alone, but when his efforts prated futile I he ran to the window nnd cilled for help t Policeman Corcoran, of the Fifteenth nnd I Chancellor streets station heard hlH cries and rushed to his assistance vv hen ror coran reached the second floor the old watchman was oercome bj smoke The policeman carried him to the street where he was revived by ambulance attendants Quick action of the workmen In the gar age sated more than 100 automobile trucks which were driven Into the streets by the cmploes of the companj The patients of the Central Hospital nnd Nurses' Home, Twenty-fourth and Chestnut Btreets, were removed to the Uttenhouse Hotel by several soldiers and sailors who were near. The flames spread to the roof of the Automobile Club of Philadelphia. In the rear of the Adams garage nnd olgthj-Hevcn new automobiles were damaged b water nnd smoke. Many anxious owners moved their caFa from the club to the street and several thefts of blankets etc , from the Rev. Dr. J. A. W or den Victim of Paralysis Continued from l'axe One commission and served with the I nlon armv during the civil War. latci accepting the post of chaplain of the I.owil Legion nnd O conge Meade Post No 1 11 A II The degrees of II D and LL I) were conferred upon him h Lafajettc L'nlversitv Before coming trf Philadelphia to join the General Board his chief pastorates hud been In Steubeovlile. O and Oswego N' Y Doctor Worden una called to the (liner (I Board on the strength of n resolution Adopted bj 25ft ministers and Sundnj school teachers nt the Chautauqua held In August, 1S77. bringing him to the attention of the Board o' Publication Coming fresh f ro n ( hautauqua where he had been for four veirs one of the prominent teachers Doctor Worden brought with him an enthusiastic appreciation of the value of'teacher-tralnlng to the Sundij school along .modern lines During" these thirty-eight jcaW Doctor Worden has been the author of twelve books relating to the production of Kundaj school works In 18S3 Doctor Worden Introduced Into the Presbyterian churchc the celebration of Children's Daj on the second Sundav of June, and also originated the general ob servance of KjIIj Da which has also been u source of large financial revenue to the board The Itallj Da offerings are used for the spiritual uplift of foreign Immigrants coming to our shores For six jears Doctor Worden served ns h member of the International Lesson Com mittee, from 1878 to 1884 He was also the chairman of the committee on Sabbath school and joung people's work of the Pan-Presbjterlan Council for several jears pennSyannounces many promotions Men in P. R. R. Operating and Purchasing Departments Ad vanced to Higher Positions At a meeting of the board of ditectiirr of the Pennsylvania Railroad toda the .following changes In the organization of tho operating department were approted to be come effective tomorrow W. B. McCaleb, superintendent of the Philadelphia division, was advanced to gen eral superintendent of water companies, to succeed the late George S Chejnej J, IC Johnston, superintendent of the Tyrone division, will be superintendent of the Philadelphia division, to succeed Mr McCaleb. J. B. Hutchinson, Jr. assistant superin tendent' of the Pittsburgh division, was ad anced to superintendent of the Tyrone division. 11. II. Kussell. division engineer of the Pittsburgh division, will be promoted to assistant superintendent of the Pittsburgh division. It. IL Plnkham, division engineer of the Renovo division, will be division engineer of the Pittsburgh division. John Atlee, supervisor of the Pittsburgh dlvlson at Hast Liberty, will be prompted to division engineer of the Itenovo division George C. Koons. assistant engineer of 'way in charge of bridges and structures, Is promoted to assistant superintendent of the Nw York division. O, TV. Snyder, principal assistant engineer tot the Western Pennsvlvanta division. Is made assistant engineer of the maintenance of way, to succeed Mr. Koons, TV T. Covert, division engineer of the Philadelphia Terminal division, la promoted to principal assistant engineer of the west ern Pennsylvania division at Pittsburgh C. E. Brlnser, division engineer of the middle division. Is promoted to division en gineer of the Philadelphia Terminal division. A. W- McClellan, division engineer of the Ytlllamsport division. Is promoted to divi sion engineer of the Middle division. , Robert Farles, division engineer of the Efmlra. division, is promoted to division engineer of the Wllllamsport division. M. C. Wtsman, supervisor of the New York dvlslon at Trenton, is promoted to ivUt6n englneer'-of the Elmlra division, JT, O. Hackenberg, division engineer of lh Allegheny division, is promoted to divi sion engineer of the Maryland division at rWlmlngton, Del,, to succeed Division Engl. -pr j, ij. jjcuraw, vvno was granted a i , of absence. Ivjeton at Bowie. Md , Is promoted to dl- SejajtB. engineer of the Allegheny division as. A. Anderson Is promoted to assistant ICUprtuisluc' agent. Ills former position was t)ut of special agent in the purchasing de- rsatrtnienU n, r, Phillips, -who has been coal agent I the purchasing- department since 1513 i 4vacl to assistant to purchasing agent. : prwueud to owHstsnt to LIBERTY BELL, ON TRUCK, STANDS IN RAIN "ESfa jO 'CTKbbbISB wm tt l S 'ft rrtwrJ kfel rw&sii && i Keatly to take its place m line of the Libert;. Loan paiade scheduled for toda, the old Liberty Bell, mounted on a motortruck, stood outside Independence Hall When the piocession was officially postponed the relic lemained on the truck, exposed to Mew of Chestnut street pedestrians. PLEDGE SUPPORT TO '50-50' TICKET Agents of Various Labor Bodies Promise Votes to Kendrick and Sheehan INDEPENDENTS ASSAILED A dozen men representing various labor bodies allied with the Central Labor t'nion toda nut In tho olllie of V Freeland Kendrick, I'.ei elver of Taves nnd gave as suianccs of their support of the Itcpubllc.vn " Hft -flft tlikct Thev were led bv John A Phillips, flrtt vlco president of the Mite federation of Labor and vice president of the Philadelphia local of the Tjpugrnphl cal I nlon former State Senator Tvlchard V I'arlei and Patrick P Conwa.v a lavvjer, lepreseutlng the Hatters I'nlon The delegation was received bv Ilecelver of Taxes Kendrlcli Iteglster of Wills James II sheehan and Keglstratlon't'oinmlssloner Frederick J hhover candidate for Citv Treasurer on the the ' 50-50 ' ticket In giving their Indorsement of the "60-50" candidates the labor men were nt the same time seeking to repudlnte the action of Prank Keenev and his faction In the Central Labor I'nlon who recently Indorsed the Tovvn Meeting partv tleket Asseitlng that thev had nlvvavs been frlendlv toward labor Kendrhk, hechap and Shover'assured the delegation that thev would continue to be Iojal to labor's In terests Mr .Shojer attacked the local new s impers for supporting the Tovvn Meeting pnrt and declared that thc were actuated Lv ulterior motives Mr t onwa characterized the Town Meeting candldntes as ,i group of "million aire hat manufacturers An appeal to the labm men to support "candidates who had taken the trouble to register at the primaries, unlike the Town Meeting candidates" was voiced b Heg Ister of Wills Sheehan Mr Phillips ob jected, he raid to what he termed the li, ference drawn b tho Tovvn Meeting pa tint the labor vote could be "delivered" to nnbod Cornier Stnte Senator Farlev asserted that the rtepubllcans In the ftate Legisla ture Mioulil he given the credit for labor legislation enacted In this State, such as the child labor law, the workmen s cempensa tlon law and the eight-hour law for women Hint that proceedings arising from the Bloodi Fifth' Ward murder would be In stituted against State Senator Edwin H Vare was given toda b State Itepresenta tlve Isadore Stern, following the latter's charge that Senator Vare ftninced Isaac Deutsch i fight against Jams A. Carey In the rifth Ward Named as one of the "men higher up In the case in which Major Smith was held In heavy ball for court on murdei con splracj charges Senator Vare todav refused to make a formal reply to Stern's asser tion that $0000 or $8000 of Varo money went to Deutsch s "war chest ' Stern Is a cipher," said Senator Vare 'He Is too small I won't dignify his ravings with an answer I blmplv won't discuss it " Representative Stern, whoso nflldavlt re sulted In the Major's arrest, countered with a second statement In which ho Intimated that proceedings would be taken against Vare 'That Is the same attitude the Major took,' he said when told that Senator Vare ignored his challenge Subsequent pro ceedings showed that there Is a little more than zero in the statements I make If Senator Vare persists in assuming the same attitude, we maj have to start proceedings to show that there Is bomethlng In front of the cipher either n 0 or an 8 nnd several ciphers excluding the murder monei. which has three ciphers behind it It all goes to show Mr Vare's familiarity with ciphers ' Representative Stern refused to explain the nature of the reported proceedings against Senator Vare, but said a confer ence would be held today on that subject. The first statement of Stern, to which Vare declined to reply, was as follows P. and It. Yardmaster Dead READING Pa Oct 24 Francis J. Whelen, sixty-one jears. chief vardmaster for the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company here, died at his home today fol. lowing a stroke of apoplexy His widow and two children survive tjii '3 SUNDAY OUTINGS Fpom Market Smtcr Wharf A (Vn Atlantic City, Wild. Jl.UV wssd.CspeMsy.Oeesn Clty,Sa III City, Stsne Harbor Avalsn. AnsltMa Dundsre until Nor, 23, Inc., VVllawood, Ansltua nd Cape Vr 7.20 a. m . Atlaotlo City and othtr rtsorta 7 10 n. C1 Of Barntsat Pier, Day I Head, Point Plenant, Manasquan C1 Kfl Atbury Park, Ocean r Grove Long Branch, Belmsr, Sea C(rt, Spring Lake $ctrilierMt y 7MAj Pessiyrnua R. R, EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2i, HOOVER CUTS OFF 'LUXURY SUGAR' Supply Discontinued to Con fectioners and Syrup Manufacturers ORDER COMES BY WIRE t'nder orders lecelved from Washington todaj the snle of ' luxurj sugai ' In Phila delphia has been stopped, the supply to candv minufarturers has been rut off and unless- the order Is (hanged everv (nndy manufacturer in the clt will be forced to close down for lack of raw innterl.tl Tin order dime In the form of a telegram from National Food Administrator Herbert C Hoover to (leorge II Larle, ,1r Phila delphia representatives on the American re Ilners lommlttee appointed h Mi Hoover, Iho telegram was as follows Now consldei It ndvlstble to entlielj discontinue selling to confectioners gum, svrup and cordial manufacturers nnd other manufacturers of similar products It Is probable thev will be licensed shortlv nnd their production reduced to a minimum Will tiv to get icllef on car shortage ' (Jraduallv older Is coming out of chaos In the local food hltuitlon and a distlnctlj more cheerful tone was evident today In the talk of de tiers hnd otheis who have made u sttrUy of conditions in Philadelphia State Pood Administrator llein7 stated foday that he. Is having a thorough Investi gation made "of all facts hearing on food prices throughout Pennsjlvnnla, nnd that as soon as lie h id In his hinds the daf necevs irv to enable him to pioceed he will take such action as the circjinstances inav seem to demand A detailed statement on the subject from Mi Heinz will probtbl be forthcoming In the next diy or two t.ocallv, the situation may be ummed up about as follows The slump in the price of eggs Ins con tinued thinks to a determined raid bv the Independent grocers of tho city, and It is predicted that within u short time the housewife will be able to get good eggs for thlrtv cents a dozen It Is In sisted that the eggs which have been pliced on the market In this raid ' are of the verv best qualtt and that no complaints have been made of them bj purchasers 'There Is no need to get excited over the Christmas candv problem " said a dealer toda "VIrtualls all the Christmas candv was manufactured three months ago and Is now waiting to be placed on the mirket when the time arrives Smta Claus will have his usual supplj of goodies for the kiddles and there Is no reason win any higher prices for candv should prevail than Is usunllv the cise for the HUgar from which this candj was made was bought when conditions were virtually normnl " That there Is no chance for bread to go higher, but that on the oontrarv the staff of life will be obtainable at a substantlalli lower price In the near future is the cheer- iiik iiuorinuuun given xo me puuiu iv , President John Lagleson of the American Stores I ompanv, which operates 1200 retiil grocery stores In and around Philadelphia This i eduction will not take the form of n lovveilng of the price of the present-sized loaf, but an Increase In the size of the loaf "The people have no need to vvorij over the bread situation said Mr Faglcson "Just as soon as the flour made from the new (rop of wheat reichcs the market which will bo between now and the first of the vear there will be a gradual Increase In the size of the loaves we are selling and the price of bread will be lowered just as rapidly as conditions will Justlfv it ' Strangelj enough, the sales of tea and coffee have suffered no appreciable diminu tion owing to the shortage In sugar, and tho price of those commodities lias under gone no material fluctuation This would seem to indicate either that the coffee toper Is so deeply wedded to his favorite beverage ns to be willing let take It straight rather than cut It out entire!, or else that in spite of the scarcity of sugar he has managed to pinch out enough to provide sweetening for the morning cup Why Not Pay the Price you'rfc likely to pay it, anyhow why not pay it for the shapes and leathers that have made the reputation of this shop? Tans Blacks h SteigeraValt S 142a Chestnut Street Where, Onjy tfje lest la Qood Enough." SEASON'S WORST STORM HITS CITY Sunshine Succeeds Wind and Rain After Considerable Damage Is Done WILL BE COLDER TONIGHT The storm accompanied bj a gale, which swept over the city today subsided shortly before noon when Old fol put In nn ap peal anee Thero prohibit- will be no more rain to div, nccordlng to Forecaster Ullss, cf the Weather Hureau Tho wind, however, Is duo to Increase again this nfternoon late and tonight There nlso will bo a consid erable drop In temperature tonight, accord- 'Ing to tho Weather Hureau Much damage was cnused throughout the State and clt h the stcrm, which was by far the worst of the season With the wind inglng at thirty-six miles nn hour, and two Inches of rain, shipping from tho port virtually w is at n standstill. The citv Itself buffered heavllj Windows were blown in signs wcra scattered In cvers direction the streets were strewn with umbrella skeletons nnd man digs through out the dt have been torn down The gile also raged along the Atlnntlc coast Telegraph compinies leported serious trouble on account of wires being down The Hell Telephone Ccmpiti wires in the cistern pirt of tho State were hit hard The Ke stone Companj also reported wire tioubles on long-dlstnncc lines Darb Cieek roe several feet on account of the lieav rain but did not reach the danget mark In West Philadelphia the storm routed three companies of tho Fort j .seventh New York Regiment encamped at Thlrt -third and Spruco streets The had been there for several das nnd are scheduled to leave for a southern camp next Frlda'. In the earlj hours of the morning the gale struck the camp In cjclono fashion and swept twent three of tho twentj -seven tents from their pins When the tents went sailing with the wind the troops lushed hastllj from the camp through wet tind mud man of them clad only In their underclothes They took temporarj refuge at the powerhouse of the University of Pennsjlvania. Fires were built along the walls The shivering men wero nssembled In Welghtman Hall Inter In the morning The Schujlklll Arsenal was asked to furnish the soldiers with dry clothes The drop In temperature tonight probably will be considerable Forecaster Bliss said The forecast for tomorrow Is cloudj Your baby should have Ihe best BABY CARRIAGE and that is a Jdloc-h T5he J5abif Carriage fr3 .ojt trie '-nation en MADE IN PHILADELPHIA SOLD IN PHILADELPHIA'S LEADING FURNITURE and DEPARTMENT STORES If you want baby to be safe, comfortable and happy, be ure to get a v ni rir:n - rr, jf THIUJULttTBADEJrfARK ISYOaerCUARANTEE OF SUPERIOR QUAUtVAND wo K r rvwvrvj ry IT I I m I jf 9 J If9 J NO MORE "SHORT TONS" OF COAL Dealers Notified of Law Re quiring Weight of 2240 Pounds Avoirdupois STATE ATTORNEY'S EDICT Xo more "short tons" for Phllade'pliln ! Philadelphia coal dealers can no longer safely contlnuo their practice of giving short or "net" tons of 2000 pounds So states the definite mandate from Harris burg, given by Francis Hhunk Drown, At torney General, In response to a request from 'William Potter, State fuel admin istrator, for a legal ruling on this point. Dy act of June 26, 1805, the letter from tho Attorney General states the only legal ton authorised to be sold by retailers to consumers shall consist of 2240 pounds avoirdupois, nnd any dealer attempting to sell n ' ton" of lesser weight becomes liable to fine as penalty therefor There la no prohibition, however, tho act Young; men If s a double breasted sport suit No wonder it's a favorite. There are lively touches in every line. You see them from the notch of the lapel to the cuff of the trousers. Besides smart style, you vget all-wool fabrics and unequaled .value. Belt all-around models You'll see several 'variations of these belt all-around models at the store where our . clothes are sold. Our label is your guarantee. Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes Makers 1917 recites, on the aIo of nnthrnclte coM hy measure. Any dealer, for example. Is per mitted to Fell 100 bushels or 100 pounds of nnthraclto coal In lots so specified The only Intention of .the law Is to prohibit his still very common practice of selling "short tons" of 2000 pounds .Seventy-six pounds of anthracite coal per bushels Is the weight set by tho act of May 11. 191B, Sir. Ilrown recites As for bituminous coat, the lnw provides n standnrd weight of iJevcntj-sU pounds per bushel and 2000 pounds per ton Anj dealer attempting to evade this shnll be come subject to a fine of $600 to $1000, to be paid Into tho treasurj of the State The law spenkn for Itself," commented William Potter Representatives of four coal compinies, each with n yearly output aggregating 100, 000 tons, met In closed conference with the local Fuel Committee jesterdaj after noon The four companies were Tho Hell Coal Company, Letter's Sons, American Ice Company and Witllam Drjant Company Tho object of the meeting was to nld In the collection of data being gathered this week by Chairman Lewis as to loc'al coal prices and distribution N'o tabu lated conclusions from these data will bo attempted by Mr Lewis until next week when he will nlso be in possession of tho replies from tho 300 retail coal dealers he has reached by circular letter t V.V GAS KILLS GIRL; POLlcT: SUSPECT SUICIDE PACT Pugilist Known ns "Young Han Ion" OvercomePut Under Arrest in Hospital The possibility of a suicide nr. . . nthel Grace, n lounc .!..PCt ' found dead yesterday from . ft, n n room nt 327 North Tenth stS"1'"? her husband, Jack Grace, known i-' 4I llstlo circles ns Young Hanlon? I I'fcl""? vestlgnted today by tho Coroner'. dVi Hanlon was found at the Mine J J" conscious "ace im pending tho outcome of the Invest!,.,! Hanlon was placed under arrest .f".0,"' Hahnemann Hospital l " City Hall Detective. John ni,er vwt . . the Tenth street address vesterd , ' ' K rest Gertrude Cark, who i, awaiUnJ "?' for having narcotics in her H,aSd0 ' j' cently her bondsman withdrew his h.n . Detective rischcr was assigned to r her As he entered n room In the rlVv found the place filled vvllh gas if. iw, J n match, which caused an explosion t the glnre of gas flames he saw HanlL n a couch and his wife ljlng on a bed n,k,' M n ,i like it 1 1 i'vJ m J- JS, m v1 Strridge & OQthfeiran tj? iUadelphia Distributors mr. imm torn title 't sssmtoa Ki un
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