Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, May 10, 1918, Final, Image 3

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OPERATOR PROTECTED
Court Refuses to Vaeute
Thompson Restraining Order
as Asked by Mortgagors
The United Spates Circuit Court of
Appeals today efuied to vacate a re
straining order -and allow mortgage
rredllorn of Joalah V. Thompson, the
bankrupt tJiilontonn eonl operator and
banker, to dispose of portions! of hH
enonnoun coal lands by olicrlff'K sales to
NttWy their clnlni". In n per curiam
order the court nnnounccd thai It will
hold tho matter under advisement until
January 1, lfll'.i.
Tho ultimate effci.t of tho court's ac
tion Is to lcae the ay open to the mih
slblllty of unrecutcd creditors receiving
from a .New lork svndkuto of h. inkers
which Is negotiating for the purchase of
Thompson n Interests, an offer of 15,000,'
100 for their claim', which aggregate
morn than llfi.noo.ouo.
I-aat Saturday during a hearing be
forp the court on a petition by mortgagn
creditors to lift the Injunction. i-outiM-l
for Thompson m -trustee's In bankruptcy
declaird that dissolution of the rastraln-
Ing order at thin time would cause an
Immediate termination of tile pending
negotiations and that n calamity would
fall upon the undefined ciedltors, us
they would not receive a lent of their
clalmi If Thompson's property was sold
by tho .Sheriff.
If plant under way vveie consum
mated, nmre than flS.non.oun In secured
rlalms would be paid In full, it was
stated, while unsecured creditors would
tei-elvc about to per cent of the amounts
due them, or 3,000,0un for their claims
of J 1 6,000,000.
CONTRIBUTED NO SLUSH,
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SEEN IN CLUBS' ACTION
Tndorsqmcnt by Thirly-fomrtli
PENROSlTESTAfirTwW
Senator'a SiMer-lit-Law Wills $3000 to
Vaar Collrgn
An estate alued at morn than $100,
000 Is disposed nf by the w'll of Kath
arine Hrexel Penrose, wire or !r.
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Want Association ailtl UlllCrS .'enHtnr Holes Penrose, win died May 1
....... at l:o Spriic street, , I
Tlold Sifll (lentil The will, probated today, itsvlses $o0"o
I1CKI OlglllllUUU t Vnssar College and 10.000 to the,
t "Joseph W. Pre,tl Musical Fund." con
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Slgnlflcnnee Is nttnrncd In tlltiinl 1 i)rHr. The remainder of the estate goes
i.i . .1.. i...inr...,.iii rivrn ihiltn the husband of tho decedent, who i
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gubernatorial taitdldacy of
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SiiRtpr . 'iviirr uliu iirntintcrl lodHV wfTn thoHP !
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Kproul by the Itepubllcan Association of ' of Charles n. liunga n. i a i J i.eaui nom
. . .... . , .u iaetiue, which In private bequests dls.
th Thirty-fourth Ward, one of the are1 mrn 't ,,roI),rtj. xalued at JTS.noo,
organliatlons. The Indorsement was Anna Jt I'anroast. Wernersvllle. t'a .
. . i .. . . .i- i.. ii.. JH.000: Kdnrd tninger. Ti Aple
glxen last night lit n meeting In the J-, jjjnno; Sarah M Itlrhle, Pennf
clubliouse. nt Slt.-flrsl and Vine ,n Tex.. toooo "! .' 1'r-nen. 4:'o
, Willow street, $ooo: Margaret A
"feels tnnell. ISit.1 ortn I wi-uiv n.ui sireei
It follows the action taken ThurMla Jfinoo , Marv I'rnv TS! Mart'n slieet,
night b. the Twenty, -fourth Ward I'lub. isjjr., and tMnln't'. Vnter, 254 1 North
another Vnre organlintlon. and that last Twenty-ninth street, J2S5".
week of the Nineteenth Ward Club .
Neither Senator are nor Congress-
l'.erulic Council of the Philadelphia County Committee on Nationul Defiiue. Hark ro. left In riplit, ,MI M.
Khimis Mr. Arthur W. Scwull, Mr. Florenic WaMi; seatcil, Mr. I miU II. Tajlor, Mr. George . l'ierpol, ad.
itiK tliairitmn; Mrs. Henry T. Dccliert o
, City 11.111 l"niploc Sa,x Qbjerlion In
Political Tax Caupcil Hi
Difinisfnl
Wilkinson -Jones, members of whose
fainllv hno been fattltful messengers in
the Iluteau of Health since IR37, has
been "Hied" from his bumble cltv berth
becaiisii Ills' "lit art would not let him
pay iHillthal aHscsments," he sas,
"Wllkle." as he known, will fjult (it
the end of the month after twche jear'
net Ice Ills liours li.ive been lunger
than nluiost an other emploe In the
city sen Ice and has pay h.is been ?81A
a e.i r.
Jot.i s. who N n tiegio. Is tin giandson
nf IMld III o 11, who In 1837 w;ih ap
pointed n niHSgcnget bv tlie Hoard iTf
Health and who for nearlj seventy ,ears
held the position In his declining years
he brought his grandson to help him in
his work, and when he gave up "Wllkle"
succeeded him
"Wllkle" said this afternoon- "I had
epeeted to stn here, but I am old
fashioned and m heart would tint let
me pay any political assessment I
InougiiL ir 1 got neieiat ocioeK ami
worked falthfull until that would
MERION BOY SCOUTS CELEBRATE
LOAN SUCCESS AND BIRTHDAY
CHECK. ON VI'KIt WASTE
Chief l).ii lii-titnle. Iligiil tem of
1 Krononiic l'-c
I Chief lals. Water lliire.111, has In-
"ttluttd a rigid h stent of water enn-
Psirniln. nimior :il Ovprlirniik (.olf Chili ;unl Awaril if l'rizes 1 omy wlihh will result in a curtailment
' 1 of waste at nian tiotnts
Mark Troop's First Atinivcsnry and EITorts
in Liberty Drive
CKLKnitATINiS the raising of t500. loan lt gave the liys a cheek for
000 in the three Liberty Ijan drives. t."o after the ttat.ide and dinner ,
the Hoy Scouts of Merlon paraded this I William Pe Kraft, tre.-n.urer of the 1
afternoon. Later thev entertained visit- Hnldwln Locomotive Works, presented
lug Scouts at dinner nt thn Overbrook an especially finished Hnrleld rifle. II II .
ilolf (lub nnd received pi tzes ror tneir 1 i.inenwe.iver wns nonor 01 a regimental
woik In obtaining bond subscribers. To- silk flag, and Charles Hender contrlhuted
day is the first nnnlveisary of the a check for f 60
.Mellon troop. Daniel C Heard llnv Scout leailer.
The fourteen bo.vs who inlsd $301,. and Mr link made speeches and there
300 111 the last loan drive and a total vvas a demonstration of scout work The
of $500,000 In the three campaigns, are parade formation Included. Patrol lead
It. Llneaweaver. It H Wall, Alfred Me- era and standard-bearer of tho Merlon
Abee, James McAbee, W It Dohan. (loop. Andeisnn's Hos' Hand, W.vncote
Cnry Hok. K C Deardon, Jr. Howard Troop, under Scoutmaster Kdgar Nash J
D i'ancoast. Jr, Kdmond Smith, Ceorgo 1 officials of Delawale nnd Montgotncr.v
Pettlnos, William It Brooks. C H Hen- County Couni II ; Mr. Heard as iniuoh
der, Donald Darby and Winlluop Ca- ing guest. Merlon ttoop committee.
he all the lIiv could ask. but It i-eeins sanve. T. Dunn Helncld Is scoutmaster Merlon 1 roop, under .scoutmaster ncl-
I was wrong. I am only forty-five .veals I of tho troop. field; Hrovn Mawr Tremp, under Scout-
old nnd mean to start all over ngaln as Kdnnrd Hok had promised the Merlon 1 master H. K. Wilbur, nnd the Delaware
Scouts $500 to erect H pcouthouse for and Montgomery County Scout Ambu
each $100,000 they raised for the last lance ,
a laborer,
"I am forry to leave nil mv fi lends
In City Hall, but one of the gentlemen
In my bureau told me I would have to
go If 1 dIJ not pay up assessments. As
sistant Director of Health Mace told me
that 1 would have to resign,"
"Wllklo'i "resignation" has been ac
ceplcd. Director Krtisen denied that "Wllkle."
was fired because he would not pay po
litical assessments. "I would not dis
charge a man for that I might have
to no m.vself," be declared. "'Wllkle'
was probably elischarged for some
dereliction of duty. I will take the mat
ter up with Mr. Mace, who Is now out
of town "
DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS
UNITE FOR STATE FIGHT
U.S. MAY SEIZE WHEAT
Agree to Back Guffey, Wlio Makes
Plea for Unity in Guberna
torial Campaign
Local Democratic factions that have
been lighting each other since 1912 have
agreed to unite behind the candidacy of
Josepn I ituney tor me Liemocrauc
nomination for (lovernor
A pica for unity was made by Guffey
at a reception tendeied him last night
In Dooner's Hotel by lepresentatlves of
hntli tliA "old cuard" and "reorsaniza-
tlon" factions. Hdgar W. Uink. chair
man .of the Democratic city committee,
presided. Among the speakers were
Charles P. Donnelly, leader of tho "old
guard" wing; William H. Berry, col
lector of the port ; .1. Washington Logue,
candidate for Lieutenant Governor;
Samuel It. Tamer, candidate for COn-gressman-at-Large,
and Robert S.
Bright, leader of the reorganize.
A letter from Vance C. McCormlck
urged support for Guffey.
Guffey asked for unity, with the De
mocracy of President Wilson as the basis
He bald the Democratic party would
have 400,000 -votes to start with In the
gubernatorial fight and that it ought
10 Do aDio 10 gainer me idv,uvv houi
tional needed to win.
CRAMP MEN PRAISED
AT "LOYALTY" BANQUET
Directors Testify to Results in Speeding
Completion of United States
Shipbuilding(Project
Marking the loyal attitude of ship
yard employes toward, tho national Bhlp
butMIng program, marine directors of
the Cramp Shipyard gave them a testi
monial banquet at Moose Hall.
Edward Keenan. organizer of tho In
ternational Association of Machinists,
told the assemblage of 1000 men of the
"get-to-gcther" spirit at the shipyard.
The men were exhorted to help spread
this about other shipyards.
George Kochersperger. general super
intendent of Cramp's shipyard, cited the
Increased number of shins built and Bald
it was due to the splendid feeling exist
ing betw-oen employer and employe.
Others who spoke were Joseph Ilitchle,
organizer of the American Federation
of Labor; Charles Scott and Thomas
Van, of the International Boilermakers'
. Association. .
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FALL FATAL TO WOMAN
Hospital Palienl Had Suffered Broken
Hip
Mrs. Mery Grimes, sixty-five years
old, 1314 Harmony street, died today Tn
the Philadelphia Hospital from Injuries
she austalned In a fall there.
According to the superintendent of the
hospital, Mrs. Grimes lost her balance
and fell down the. steps Saturday, frac
turing her hip, when she collided with
another woman.
1 GRIEVING OVER WIFE,
1 i.'v.riTV wnnk'PR niirs
Heinz Makes Hint in Appeal to
Fnrtnnm In Alnrkft Nnw Death
Wheat may be commandeered by the j
United States food administration,
Howard Heinz, State food administrator.
Intimated today, in Issuing an appeal
to all farmers to market their wheat at
once.
"I appeal to you as loyal, patriotic
rennslvanlans to piarket all wheat
now." Mr. Helnz's appeal says, "so that
It may be said no commandeering vvas
necessary In this great State."
To delay the selling of wheat, even
for a day, at the present dearth, Is un
patriotic, Mr. Heinz nsserted, urging
that every farmer In tho State who has
already disposed of his own wheat con
stitute himself a "Minute Man" to Bee
that other farmers do likewise.
Mr. Heinz has notified every county
administrator In Pennsylvania of his
purpose to hold a series of group meet
ings as follows: Pittsburgh, today;
Wllllamsport. Tuesday; Philadelphia,
Wednesday, May ::
The food conditions In tho various
counties will be discussed at these meet
ings, which w"l start promptly at 5
a. m.
I The plan to pave w.itei for consumers
Includes Increased meter Installations.
ii-lectilc.il t'lUlpment at Shawmont and
patent iiiulpment for street Hushing In
stead of the enellnar ndzzle hose.
Meters have long been Installed In
large manufacturing plants and man.v
of the smaller business houses nnd
homrs ate- now follow lug "-lilt Meters
aie now In operation In many plant?
su'ipected. In the past, of wasting watei
under the old tlvtuie lates Ai curate
records are being kept fni meter ue.
and more1 than f.S.iHin nre now In service.
Itecent legislation provides that nil
new enimeiilfins shall be metereel Tht
r. an average- ve.ir would mean IJ.'hi"
new meters for homes and busluesn
pl.11 es.
Alit-.idv the effect of the Installation
of meters Is being notice! In the lessened
demand on the general dally suppl.v
fintn all the pumping stations. The
charge of $S for the first Sunn ruble feet
nf water lined with an additional ehatge
for all ueel in excess nf this amount
Is aitlng as .1 deterrent to old-time
wasters
The waste indention plan Includ.
.1 scheme tn use spray sprtnkcr In wash
ing down the stieets Thousands of
gallons of tlltetcfi water, have been wan
ed dally through (lushing with the nozzle
host-.
Week Ago Hastened End of
Michael Young, 10 Years in 'Water
Bureau
Hrai t-broken over the death of his
wife a week ago. Michael Voung died
at his home, 68 North Thirty-third
nreet. today He had resigned as pur
veyor In the Bureau of Water the first
of the year, after forty ears' service,
and was 70 enrs old Young was In
charge of water district number seven,
nnrt was known to thousands of nersons
In West Philadelphia. Ho was born
February 22, 1842. He Is survived by
a daughter.
man Vare has Indicated whom he will
support for the governorship, but It )
Is. generally believed that tho nctloti I
taken b.v the three Vare clubs means i
a line-up of the Vnre forces In tho city I
behind Senator Sprout.
No action Is expected bv the Itepub-llV-an
City Committee, nor Is any confer
ence of Vare leaileis nutli-ip.ited The
Vares will prnh.ihlv permit th In
iloreinent of Sproiil, through the n
dividual nrtlou of their wnrd leaders
Man of the lenders of the Vnro fote-es
bavo from time to time e-onte out for
Senator Sproul This Is rspcclnllv In- '
terestlng considering that the Vsres In-
tend. It Is believed to abide b.v the ac
tions of theli ward leaders In their se
lection for the gubernatorial pot
I , S. lltiiliN i'irr at Wa-liington Park
Tin. Government has started construc
tion of a pier nt the lowei end of the
ammunition bng-lo.iellng plant being
erected at Washington Park. N J It Is
almost opposite Hie luivj van! Boats
will receive eargoes ai tins pier
Warner Trailers
Mnde bv the ptri1nnirter Min
two and mrn wiir.Et, "lrr.s
", TON TO 7 TONS CArACITY
JOHN W. All WIS, Distributor
Sn3 Abbott llltlf.. tlrond i Rare Ala.
HnTUATPDALWAYGl
IV I liniiillBF.ADY
with a
LOVEKIN
automatic
Gas Water Heater
No copper colls or heating!
sections to clog up when ;
water is par.
Kndnred by IT. O.
Hundreds In Use
LOVEKIN w xrKH "KATi:itj
LU ILIUM S'llMIMNY f
41 Laurel Street
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Full and Plenty for Eir
Man to Chnnsp imm J
matter what his Preferei
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in a o u i l v i a u ill in-
Clothes! $20, $25, $
$35, $40!
HIT BY PHYSICIAN'S CAR
Bicyclist Badly Injured. Dr. Iaac
Buckman Held in Rail
Frank Shaefer.' twenty-four years old.
of 2063 North street. Is In a critical con
ditlon at the Pennsylvania Hospital after
being knocked from his bicycle by a
motorist at Third anil Arch streets. His
skull may be fractured.
The owner of the car. Dr. Isaac Buck".
man. 1813 North TMrty-second street.
took Shaefer to the nospitai. then sur
rendered to the nonce. Magistrate Hovln
In thn Fourth and ltace atf-Mtft notice
station held him In $1000 ball for trial.
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Business men find here
the genuinely sstlifs
tory solution of thr
luncheon problem.
randies
Afternoon Tea
Orm ttv the etenltiff till rteven-thtrty
tor soda and enndita.
nniiimn
Neglected Qiie-tiontiairp, Arrested
Artv Pavcbus, Cleveland, I)., wns ar
rested In Camden toelay charged Vvilh
having railed to till out his question,
nalte-. He was turned over to the He
partment of Justice
SINCE 183 2
FINE CHINA
Gifts that always please
plates," cups and saucers
in abundance
from the worlds Lest potters
FINE WOOL
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they ara beautiful.
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Cotton Tarade l-laas. 12x18-Inrh. on
30'lnrh spearhead stick, per btom S10
We Pay Pottage
Wool Srrtlre Flars Moderately rrtred
THE KENNEY COMPANY
1314 Arch Street, Philadelphia
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Will clean your rugs thoroughly by the com
bined operation of shaking, brushing and
suction. Let us demonstrate.
Everything that will lighten the house
work may be found at "The Houscfur-
nishing Store.
J.Franklin Miller
Incorporated
1612 'Chestnut Street
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GARBAGE CANS
DUSTERS
DALS1MER STANDARD SHOESi
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Sproul League Backi J. B. Taylor
Support for John. B. Taylor, former
Superintendent of police, who heeka the
Republican senatorial nomination In the
Fourth district, la asked by tha Will
iam C Sproul Independent Learue of
the Forty-alxth Ward. Senator
Fatton. -who aeeks a renomlnatlon, haa
the aupport of tha Vare orsanliatlon In
the dlatrlct
cSsWskj Saturday's Special
Very Important Event
Closing Out Capes
Were Higher Priced Style Leaders
Tomorrow's Price
$15
Super-values unrivaled
all season in their ex
treme modishness as well
as their intrinsic worth
"Avenue" Vestee Models
Full-Sweeping-Back
Capes
Paris Military Collars
Every new idea featur
ing the smartest Navy
Serge variations recently
noted around town.
There are very good
Coats from higher prices
also at $15.
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WHEEL
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ftifilataai'Hawilr ft. el FMa.
$4'90 Specially Low Prices for a $490 I
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"Fashionable Pump and Oxford
No Charge for Alterations
At the
New '
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Market Comer Twelfth Street
Fashion
Shop
'T1HE chic new militaire heel pump is
1 now wonderfully popular, and nowhere
else can you secure style, leather and work
manship, of the quality embodied in this
Dalsimer pump for such lov? prices.
Dull Calf, $4.90
Mahogany Tan Calf, $5.50
QTYLISH, serviceable oxfords, such as
fashionable young women demand, but
find difficult to secure, are here in great
Oariety. This model is a fitting example of
Dalsimer stylish footwear at moderate prices.
Dull Calf, $4.90
Brown Calf, $5.50
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COniMIIT
Keep in mind May 12th to iSth
Pledge Week for War Savings Stamps
Issued Ir? the U. S. Government
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'TIS A FEAT TO FIT FEET
inn in. i;-iiui:a.tm
"MILITAIIY" MODI'.I.
New Cnnrave .Military Mineil
ders; lonK lapeln; top povl.ela
flapped ; bottom pockets Flash
ed ; snuc vvulst lines; llii--KeHm
Imek.
VOU'0 MEN1
THRKE-llUTTOJf
For slim, athletloia
1 no new toncari
hlmulderal RlaBhtdaH
et& -a rloae.nttlnf
vvilh Irldeaeent allkV
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Cf At $20 a Siit of Cambridge
with a small thread stripe. At $2
a Suit like a soft morning mist witfl
novelty mixture in splashes of col
here and there.
J At $25 a dandy dark Oxford wit
small strioes soread out over an
apart. Another Oxford gray in!
worsted that is $25 at Perry's
know that WE can't match it to
for $25 today!
1$ At $20 and $25 Conservative
cut Suits and models up to the ticlft
the clock in quiet colors and in'i
eltv mixtures. :W.
J At $30 Suits with military bac
and snug waistlines, flap militi
pockets that button with
smartness and trimness of khaki.
Olive Drab combined with the civil
point of view.
IJ And so. on and so forth! You J
see dozens of models in our wine
cut on lines as smooth and clear
ever were wrought out of Cai
marble. t
CI And in actual wear they'll
good their promisel Come- in ari
for yourself Today! fi
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The Big Skoe Store
!204-o6:o8 Market Street
PERRY 8c CO. "N.
16th & Chestnut
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