7" " u. IV. . EVENING PUBLIC LED&EEr-PHILADELPHIA,' SATUKDAY, DECEMBER 21, 191S -J ,JBENOHER NAMED 4FAKE ALARMS, 3 REAL BLAZES RACING CARS HIT NEAR NAVY YARD Autos Meet With Crash and Man's Skull Is Fractured SOLDIERISKILLEft ,1 ;c AIR SERVICE HEAD DRIVINGWOUNDED False Calls Keep Firemen j , JLsinuow Division .mci Shell Hits Ambulance at .Will Succeed Ryan, March Announces Busy in Kensington District Nichr. Rrinin'nir Dnntli to fl Philadelphia)! i 72 FROM HERE ON LIST V RELEASES DUE 900,000 FLAMES DAMAGE MILL ANOTHER BADLY HURT Demobilization of Army Be ing Rushed at Rate of 30,000 Daily Christmas Toys and Novelties Destroyed in Gcrmantown Store Home Burns j Other Passengers Sustnin Cuts Sketches of Men Who jfjj Made Sacrifice in War if h- NAVY HOUSE AIDS IN RED CROSS PARADE i IBSHW . THT V. - KMHIBBBBfB.&'W:. i' S -a-a-a-fe2-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-fc .?..' -.w":- "i V . ':. -.i--r-l ;- ''..-J, ?iV';-Ba 3 1 .LIsSMWsV.HsHWBfl&LBs)BMntnk IAAA:LkwllHRsKliB;tf& S !, . .i IVv HPSk. 4i t. t f I ii 1 l V. i I i By the Associated Press T tVnutdnitton, Dec 21 Appointment of Mnjor General Charles V. Menoher. who commamlcil the Forty second (Rainbow) Division" In Prance, a director of nlr service, succeeding John D, Ityan, was nnnounccd today by General Starch. Colonel James A Mars has been named uctlng director of aircraft pro duction, succeeding William C Po'tcr. General March explained that these two details brought the producing ma Chlnory of tho aviation servlco back Into the permanent military organization General Menoher li now on his way homo to take up his new duties, General March said Ills old division tho Italn- bow. Is attached to tho American nrmy of occupation on tho Rhine. General Menohcr's record as clhlslon commander during tho nctlo fighting, In which the Veteran Forty-second participated, led to his assignment as commander of the Sixth Army Corps some tlmo before tho feigning- of the armistice. Assignment of these regulnr nrmy officers to posts In the air service -previously held hy civilians of wide business experience Indicates that, In tho forthcoming btaff reorganization plans, the air service will be treated as n Integral part of the existing mili tary establishment and not as a sep arate service In any sense General Menoher may be appointed an assistant chief of tho general staff In order to complete this military co-ordination "With n total of 188 502 men discharged from the army during tho week ended December 14 General March announced today, the War Department has about reached the average of 30.000 discharges pally for which the demobilization plans I On a seven-day bases the average fpr that week was 27,000 men per clay, hut In many cases demobilization officers lid not operate on Sunday Additional units In this country designated for early demobilization brings the total of men so selected to 00,000, General March announced Up to date of the latest official reports, 26. 903 officers had been honorably dis charged. S210 Prisoners Repatriated General Pershing has reported that HO American prisoners of war were epatrlatea up .to December 16 Of these 2653 came through Switzerland ; 124 passed through the American front ijnes; 120 went through Holland and 113 through -Denmark. Those passing through Holland and Denmark are now all en ruote for England, the dispatch tld. General Pershing expressed tho opin ion that verv few American urlsonera wtUttemaln In Germany and believed these' " I "TnTilf mi InL-T-a At niiintAil Tin anl1 Tvu " mi.rtj! VIHVUHLVVI. jm Dam 4 continued search Is being made for Isolated prisoners, British and French dfflclals in Switzerland, HolMnd nnd Sweden and In Germany Itself aiding in mis search. I Not to j General Marc IVar Departme Control Harbor March stated today that the Department was not considering taking over New York harbor traffic in Connection with the threatened harbor Boat employes' strike there. Such a course has been suggested in Govern ment conferences on the situation As an Illustration of tho heavy flow Jfj troops returning from Franco on bourd the largest ships, Ueneral March announced that the steamer Leviathan, Making ten trips, had carried an aver age of 9418 men to France on each trip fyoven other ships of unusual tonnage averaged better than 2000 men per lA-ln. jf" i?very effort is being n -j to arrange ,sT or the delivery of mall consigned to units which have been designated for oarly return, the chief of staff said, in cases where a majority of tho members of any unit hac been ordered home tho mall Is held ir. the United Suites until the organisation arrives and a report Is made of tho men left In France. Tho mail addressed to these men then Is rted out and sent across. Mall Redirected In Franco In cases where only u small propor tion of a unit Is homeward bound the tall for the entire unit li shipped to lfranc4 and that consigned to the men jho have- been returned home is sorted Alt In ITrnnpfl anil rArflpDft(f1 I General March disclosed tho fact that the communication fucilltlcs -with the .American forces in Russia, particularly In tho Archangel area, have been cry unsatisfactory. The War Department Itself has had difficulty In communi cating?' Important military instructions a tho commander, and only meager dls- littchea have come through to this end. Ueneral March said ho felt sure that (be authorities in England and France, through whom these messages pass, are dblng everything possible to Improvo tho situation. In answer to a nuestlon General tir arch Bald that coast nrtlllerv nnltn T V blch Were being used for nrmv nmi e irps artillery are all being returned to I ii country, put those which wero serv JiiK'no divisional artillery probably will e y abroad for some time. SCALEMAKERS celebrate Henry Troemner Company's Era- .ploycs livc Victory supper "'ilA Victory supper was given bv the Independent Protective Association, MnrwDfl nt pmnlnvM nt (h n,nvu l rfrovmner Kcale Manufacturing Com. jjany, 911 Arch is'.reet I -Tho supper was followed by a vnude- tfCIL Vinw ThA Mti.ni nt Ihi MnAH ! ' thhles. were so arranged as to represent . large American nag, while those Cna it lormeu tne colors of the Allied tons. p-4ms Gunn acted as toastmaster, and t speaitern inciuaeu samuei Peterson. Herat manager of the Arm ; LouIb tnner, iienry Troemner, itarry stone Corporal Louis Kssjt). HELD AS LOOT RECEIVER Stolen Cloth Found in Potiession, It Charge )Mx Friedman, Franklin street uboVe wniu, was nia in ivup hall by traio Mccieiry inn morning ror a rhearlneon December 27. chirred Iv-racelvlng stolen goods. Aeflordlng to the police, the tailoring mm men i oi jostpn uasue, zjub Oer iwb vcnue. was robbed of roods woHtijMQt- These gocila are mid to r own iquna in tne possession of leNjiwan. nd Identified by Ctle. w r'isaLftWk ffl' Four false alarms kept firemen In Kensington on tho go up to a late hour this morning When tho firemen nnd horses were nlmost exhausted from answering fnlto ' calls an alarm summoned them to a real fire at 6 15 o'clock this morning. I Tile bla7o was discovered on the third floor of thn plant of Robert Rentty & Co, iarn nunufneturers, nt Coral and, Letterly streets It was at this spot thtt thlrtv vears ago one of the most disastrous fires In the hltory of Kensington started and destrojed an entlro block, burning for almost two das This morning (ho flre-flghters were given a hard two-hour battle before they got the flames under control They, managed to confine the flames to the' third floor of the six-story building but I the two lower floors nnd basement were badly damaged by water. Called to Fire Second Time The firemen had hardly reached tho fire houses after fighting .tho flames in tho Reatty &. Company yarn mills when when Are started there a second time. The second alarm was turned In short ly after S o'clock. A quantity of jam caught firo from some sparks Tho blazo was extinguished without much difficulty Tho Kensington firemen were routed out for tho first bf tho series of false alarms at 10 30 o'clock last night j J was sent In from a box at Cedar and Ann streets Three other fnko nlnrms followed , 3 45 a m. Emerald and Westmoreland streets, 4 30 a m. Cambria street and Trenton avenue; 0 a m. Trenton and Lehigh avenues. Several thousand dollars' worth of Christmas tojs, novelties, and Christ mas tree ornaments were destroyed when fire swept through the store of A. Swanfeld, 5427 Gcrmantown avenue The Swanfeld store occupies tho ground floor of tho 'Masonic temple building On tho ground floor In the rear of the store Is tho sweater manu facturing plant of Appel and Hall. The Masonic assembly rooms are on the sec ond floor of tho structure. Wute and Boxes Ignited A small driveway runs along one side of the building. Packing boxes and piles of waste in the driveway caught Are. Tha P.ames communicated to the shut ters' of the Swanfeld store and darted Into the Interior, finding plenty of high ly Infiammablo material to feed upon. , The flames raced through tho Christ mas stock, reducing much of It to ashes, and reached the oRlce of Appel & Hall. Desks and other fixtures were attacked by the flames and partly destroyed bo foro firemen conquered tho blaze. The flames also reached the Masonlo assembly rooms, burning a hugo hole In the second floor of tho building. Lead l'amlly to Safety A. 'William Fields, treasurer of tho Elite Laundry Company brought his wife and two children Into an adjoining house when he discovered a Are under the flooring in the kitchen of his home, C924 McCallum street. Fields was awakened by an odor of smoke lie traced tho odor to the kit chen and found flames eating through the flooring Ho telephoned an alarm and ran upstairs and aroused his wife and children They dressed partly and then wcro guided Into an adjoining house Firemen lept the flames confined to the kitchen Fields was unable to ac count for the blaze. There had been no firo In the kitchen range for several weeks, he said. EVENTFULWAR EXPERIENCE Philadelphia.! Back in Convales cent Hospital at Camp Meado Drafted and sent to Camp Meade In May of thin year, sent overseas, In sev eral battles and now back at Camp Meade again, all In less than seven months, constitute tho war experiences of Joseph Sgro, twenty-four years old, of 16 North Robinson street. Sgro, suffering from the effects of German cas. reached this countrv last I Monday, and was sent to a convalescent hospital at lamp .Meade, in a long dlstii nco telephone conversation with his uncle, Thomas Morlnelll, 18 North Fifty-ninth street, last night tho soldier said ho would bo homo tonight or to morrow morning The young man dented an official re port that he had been wounded and shell-shocked He said he was gassed. Ssrro was n Company C. 108th Machine Oun Battalion. He was rejected six times when he tried to enlist, but was accepted by u draft board. HELD ON SUSPICION Four Alleged Pickpockets Are Placed Under Ball Four pickpocket suspectB, one from this city and three from New Tork, had hearings before Magistrate Mecleary at Central Station today nnd were placed undjr Ii.avy ball to hold them in Jail during thn holiday season. Benjamin Gross. Arch street above Seventeenth street, was arrested late eterday In a crowd nt Thirteenth and Chestnut streets, during the Are In the Adelphla Hotel. He was held In 1(00 ball for court, on the charge of at tempted larceny. Three New York pickpockets were ar rested on suspicion at Sixteenth and Chestnut streets. They were held In 11000 ball for further hearings on Jan uary 3. HELD ON CHECK CHARGE Two New Yorkers Detained Here Awaiting Extradition Stephen and Charles Curry, brothers, who give n address In New York, were held without ball by Magistrate Me cleary to await extradition by New York authorities, on the charge of pass ing a bogus check for over 11200. They were arrested In Atlantla City a few days ago by Federal authorities, vviio beljeved that they might be Im plicated In the robbery of the New York bank In which two watchmen were killed. Freed of that charge they were brought to Philadelphia and turned over to local authorities on the other charge. It In altered that Rtnhen nraentri a check for 12I8 85 at the Colonial tl.nl. In A-k Wiwlf rtlhll. J9.lt Im AIba Tinntr In New York". Hindu ant In the, name of (bo Harrto, Jfiwrb t riJin iHTT 1 UTtiTi i ii iiiiirMrllT' WMBTOIiTiinMMWIWTffi iiil!HiTllfFTili.n BliKilMIIHHlwBl m." A, rffti.'" v..7. T ..?J.""WWS'ww,v w-wwV v f ., The Navy Auxiliary of the Kcil Cros, with headquarters at 221 South Eighteenth streot, stands high in the list of success of the membership drive. Nearly 1000 women representing the different women's war-work organizations Cross Christmas rollcall drive marched in parade today YULETIDE ICE CREAM FOR EASTERN PRISON Criminals Who Knitted for Soldiers Remembered by Logan Emergency Aid Tho Kmcrgency Aid of Logan, ns a mark of appreciation of the war relief work done by tho men at tho Eastern I'en'tcntlary, will Bupplv ice cream for every prisoner ns a special Christmas day trcnt' 'rnc society has received and dlstrlb- uted n ny socks knit nt the penitentiary. Tho eagerness of tho men to have their share In helping to win the war, In splto of many obstacles, Is In keep ing with the general spirit of the place, which Is felt by all who come in con tact, even for a short time, with Warden Robert McKenty. "The boys nro to havn a good feed this yenr," Warden McKenty said this afternoon, "and I think they will have a happy Christmas day Tho dinner will consist of roast beef, with potatoes, turnips, oranges, apples and an indi vidual mlnco pie for each one. "Then there will be the' Ice cream, and another of our kind friends has asked If ho might supply cigars, so that each of the 16,000 men may have a good smoke to top off w 1th " Warden McKenty wna Interrupted nt this point by tho entrance of n man from outside and Jumped up to greet him as he would an old friend. "Why, Jim, my boy, you are posi tively growing fat," he said Jocosely, taking a good look at him from top to toe "Jim Is one of our old bos," ho added, speaking In tho tono of pride which a college president might uso In telling of a graduate who bad "turned out well." Jim Is now driving a truck, and he managed somehow to make his route run up around Twenty-first street and Falrmount avenue, so ho could drop in for a word with the boys and to give them hia Christmas greetings. "They all try to come in to see us once in a while," the warden said. "Jim la getting along in fine shape." The old gray stone building was not a cheerful place, to bo sure. Yet the "boys" in their gray-bluo uniforms, a neat and well-kept set, did not wear that expression of gloom which tho uninitiated might well expect. In the woman's corridor stood a dec orated Christmas tree, indicating that tho spirit of Christmas was given full play within these gray walla. There was also un undercurrent of excitement In the air, and tho men showed, perhaps, a bit of extra eagernosa to do their work thoroughly and quickly, for today is Saturday Saturday for th men means but one thing: Tho weekly moving picture and -vaudeville show. V WINTER DUE TOMORROW First of Season May Arrive in Rainstorm, Says Weatherman Winter will arrive tomorrow, but with coal at $11 a ton few persons are in terested In Its coming. Incidentally, it may arrlo In a rainstorm, tno weamcr- man says. Accnrdlne to astronomical r.gures, it Is due hero at 10 42 a. m. Its arrlva will not Be maraeo wim -u; "i--' ........ .in-. ua manv rptiMzA that when winter co'mee It haB a habit of making many things increase in ih.-m. Many are glad that It Is coming on Sunday, for they will be able to remain In bed into and defy winter from cover lets, while they browse over the morning ""Tomorrow is the shortest day of the year, which, however, brings Christmas Still nearer aiiu jnan ; - ""? pers realise thnt they will have to stir themselves Into full activity. RAINY HOLIDAY WEATHER Forecast for Next Week Anything but Reatiuring Washington. Dec, 21 (By A. P ) nr.oih.r nredletlons for the week begin nlng Monday Issued by the Weather Bu- reau today are Vnrih nnd Middle Atlantla States Italny and warm weather Monday and rain again about the middle of the week. with temperawrea mums iu nuriimi. Probably fair closing dayti of the week. South Atlantlo and east Gulf States- - ...... nln nhnttf Tllennav f fm. peratures above normal; generally fair second half of the week. West Oulf States. Ttaln Monday nnd probably also on Tuesday In Arkansas ana wuiw". , , nhln Vallev and Tenns'see! Rain ...hiihiv Mnndnv nlirht or Tuesday, fol low'en hv generally fair weather the sec ond half of the week. Region of Great Lukes: Rain or snow quite frequently uurw vim i-ccn. CARMAN HELD IN DEATH Coronor to Conilder Woman'i Death Under Wheeh Theodore Constantlne, forty-seven yearn old, of East Morton street, Ger- mantown, a r, it. t. moiorman, was held wnnoui dsii mis morning ny Mag istrate Baker to await the action of the coroner Sn the death of an eighty-year, old woman yesterday under the wheels of Constantlne's car, . Mrs. Octavla Bchlavl, 1233 South Tnirwem11 mrcm, vruoovu lanin street near Wilder, to go, to o baker's ehon. Via walked in front of the trnll '"' Bhe u proMUAuetl a at 8t 1 "-- .- n ua, .vj.'rtwr.arti.wmi, tttntnu, a.va SLAYER USED SHOTGUN! IN WEICHMAN MURDER Police Find Shotgun in Home of Milo II. Piper, Accused of Slaying By the Associated Press Muskegon, Midi., Dec, 21. The girl Identified ns Freda Welch- man, for whoso death Mllo II Piper, local Insurance ngtnt. Is held here on a murder charge, was killed by a shot gun, according to announcement by the police this forenoon. Investigation shows, tho police say, that the weapon with w hlch the shot was fired wau held close to her head. In making this statement this morn ing, the police said also that In their search of nper's homo here they found a shotgun. The orlvln of what the police believe aro hoax letters, purporting to come from Freda Wclchman, aro being In vestigated In one of these letters, written re cently on tV stationery of a Chicago hotel nnd Inclosed In an envelope from another hostelry, tho writer, purporting to be Miss Wclchman, says she Is allvo and well. She adds thnt she was not married to Mllo II. Piper, but had be come the wlfo of Goldberg, and that she wilt not show herself unless It should be necessary to provo Piper's Innocence, Tho silent watch being kept over Piper was continued today, a deputy sheriff being placed beforo his cell with Instructions not to concrso with him In nny circumstances. 760 BIG GUNS SURRENDERED Germans Turn Over Artillery to Americans Near Cobleriz American Army of Occupation, Fri day, Dec, 20. (By A. P.) The German authorities toaay Degan turning over 10 tho American Third Army large quan tities of war material which will re quire several trains to transport. included In tne artillery given up Dy the Germans are 760 guns of largo cal iber and nearly 3000 mnchlne guns It will tage one train to carry the machine guns alone. Tho other guns, ranging from 150s to 210s, will require nt least three trains for their transportation. Mctternlch, Just outsldo of Coblenz, Is the assembling point for this material. Today American officers began checking up the guns as they came in. L"lght battalions of French soldiers assigned to duty In tho American bridge head sector were reviewed on their way through Coblenz today by Major Gen eral Dlckman. commander of tho Amor lean army of occupation. Tho French are taking positions on tho right of the Americans in the territory east of the Rhine HUNT JOBS FOR SOLDIERS Knights of Columbus Adopts System to Aid Heroes Knights of ColumbUH secretaries at all debarkation polntB are meeting trans ports on which are returnlny troops and giving them doublo postcards, one-half of which Is sent to their relatives and the other half of which contains ques tions regarding their employment. The cards containing answers regard ing training and chances for work are sent to Knights of rolumbus councils In the cities In which the men reside, with tho request that steps be Immediately taken to provide employment for those who expect to bo mustered out of serv ice. I SHIP FROM HERE IS WRECKED OFF FLORIDA COAST Bcdminstcr, Breaking Up on Shoal, but Crew Is Re ported Rescued The steamship Iledmlnster, from Phil adelphia for Jacksonville, Fla., has been reported wrecked oh a shoal off Sopelo Island, near the Florida coast. No details have been received of the accident, other than a flash that reached the Maritime Exchange this afternoon, stating that a heavy sea was running and that the vessel was breaking up. The boat Is a cargo carrier. It lo understood, however, that Cap tain Constantino and the crew have been rescued by a tender from a nearby lighthouse. It was the Bedmlnster's second trip between the two porta since she was completed In a southern nhlpyard, un der the supervision of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, some months ago. She left Philadelphia on her second voyage without cargo. On her first. trU to this port she carried ties for the railroad administration. The cargo way consigned to A. D, Cummins & Co., ship brokers, with offices In the llullltt Build lug. Tha vessel was operated by John A, Merrltt & Co., Pensacola, Fla. Tha steamship Houston bound from Oalveston to New Yofk, Is reported In trouble oft Tybee Island, according to a report to the Maritime Exchange, which received no further details, Lawyer-Preacher to Take Pulpit Gordon Gray, a. Philadelphia lawyer, who has been licensed as a preacher by Rlshop Joseph F. Berry, of Philadelphia, will occupy the pulpit of his new charge in tne wesimom jueinoaisi jjdisoopbi Church, tomonw. Ho will cen urMttwr ai tne cnurcn unwi pefltjMM. trhJou will be hld :3ffizrrre.isrTr.rU2& PORT KENNEDY FOLK FEAR DOOM OF TOWN Residents Believe Valley Forge Commission Will Add It to the Park Xorrlstown, Tn., Dec. 2,1. Tho razing of the former homo of the late Rev. Mr. Riddle, at Port Kennedy, by direction of the Valley Forgo Park Commission, by tho uc of dynnmlte, has caused the residents of tho village adjoining Valley Forgo to fear the "crack of doom." It Is understood In Port Kennedy that It will not be long beforo tho village will bo Included In Valley Forge Park, by condemnation proceedings, and many of tho old prop erties ho destroyed in clearing the ground. As to the two hotol buildings at Val ley Forge, It Is said that nothing will bo done until after the expiration of tho present licenses. They aro tho Wash ington Inn and tho Mansion House. In both cases there will bo no renewal of tho application for liquor licenses, It is said, in conformity, with a policy of tho Valley Forge Park Commission, and along park regulations of both State and nation, to omit tho salo of intoxi cants within the park areas. The Washington Inn will bo used as a res taurant. It Ih asserted that a part of tho Mansion House was used by the Continental army us a rosplta) and this portion Is to bo restored to Us o,'glnal condition. The two hotels have thus far not been Included in condemnation proceedings. Those" properties at Port Kennedy that have been ncqulred by tho State and not wanted will bo removed during tho winter in preparation for new work In tho spring. FOREIGN LABOR BARRED Mexicans nnd West Indians Can not Be Imported After Jan. 15 Washington, Dec. 21. (By A, P.) No moro ptrmlts for tho Importation of Mexican nnd West Indian labor will be granted, tho Department of Labor announced today, and permits already granted will bo void after January 1G. Allena permitted to enter temporarily for war work will bo repatriated gradu ally, without Interfering with agri cultural or other work now In progress. The admission of semi-skilled laborers from Canada will bo discontinued, but present arrangements whereby skilled laborers are admitted only when they cannot be employed In their own coun try, and when those countries have given consent to their departure, will bo continued for the present. Confer ences on this subject nro under yay be tween the United States nnd Canadian Governments. Child's Leg Crushed Under Train title "hooking" a ride on the Hog Islnnd train, Joseph Wishaofskl, six years old, slipped underneath the wheel nnd had his lift leg crushed, Sergeant Locsch mid Detective Hardtmon, of the Seventh and Cnrpentcr Btreets police sta tion, removed the boy from beneath tho trnln and hurried him to Mount Slnal Hospital, where It Is believed he Is In a serious condition. The boy's homo Is nt 121 AVashlngton avenue. fiONCERNS HERE ORDERED TO PAY U. S. WAGE SCALE Seven Plants Must Adopt Sclied- ules in Force at Frank- ford Arsenal Seven local machinery concerns to day were ordered by the war labor board at Washington to pay their em ployes the. same scale of wages as la In force at the Frankford arsenal. The arsenal's scale is considerably higher than those In effect at the plants anected. Several thousand men will benefit by the wage boost. The Increase In wages are to be retroactive to Rspteniber 7, making a substantial Christmas gift for the men. The concerns named are the Merchant & i-jans Company, Twenty.first street nnd Washington avenue ; Carlson-Wend-strom Company, Erie avenue nnd J5 street; the Fox Oun Company, J. B. Johnson, Kruse-Slattery Company, the Emerson Engineering Company. Erie awnue and U street, and the Standard Roller-Bearing Company, Fiftieth street and Lancaster avenue. "The decision Is unexpected," said Powell Evans of the Merchant & Evans Company, "Of course, we will da any thing that the Government orders and charge It up to the Government, The people will pay eventually, . That wag the agreement made with the Oovern T.'l' y firms taking war contracts. AKJ",l.tn8 PrP's " very small, und with fluctuating wage scale they were liable to be wiped out entirely. The Government did not Intend to buy mate rials at less than cost, so whero wages ere Increased the selling rrlce Is cor respondlnglyMncreaeed." .wl "-DetWolf, production manager of tho Standard Roller Bearing Com pany, said tho decision had not been oinauufot i miiKumira. jio inaicuiea tnat his corn BnttftjM M pnny would comply at onco wivtu th jju.Z)XSf. Red Cross organizations that made a which have heen boosting the Red 70,000 TO GET GIFTS OF SANTA CLAUS GIRL Mrs. Bircliall Hammer Started 'Distribution Today Boys' Toys Needed Children everyvvhero will bo happy to hear that Mrs. Blrchall Hammer, the original Santa Claus Girl, has completed her lists of Christmas presents nnd began distributing them this nfternoon. She has wrapped up approximately 70,000 packages to date, and every pack age contains Christmas cards, toys nnd candy tho toys all mado In tho U. S. A. Sho desires tho generous public to know that tho toys sho purchased this Christ mas season have cost considerably more than they did a year ago. Things she bought last year for thirty-five cents pho had ,to pay as much as J1.50 for this year. Presentation of tho toys, of course will not be mado till Christmas Day. They were carried to different dis tributing points from the homo of Mrs. Hammer's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Samuel H. Wilson, 6151 Morris street, German town, today In motorcars which friends offered her for tho service. Thence at tho proper tlmo they will go to or phanages of this State and pf New York, as well as to tho thousands and thou sands of young applicants for presents from all over this country und even out side. Mnny I,ot Parents A great many of the requects that came by mall stated that the little writers' fathers were overseas or else the father or mother had died of In fluenza. And 'to orphanages of this Stato or New York and, in fact, to any place In the world whenco sho has re ceived a request, a present will go. "Mrs. Santa Claus" haa but ono com plaint to .make. Many of the persons who aided her In handing out presents, sho says, seem to think that tho only children who want presents nro girls, for whom sho has a plentiful supply. She has enough games. But she can sho?' you a hat box full of letters from boy i asking for gifts. F r these she needs about 500 mechan ical toys. She hopes that somo kind per son! will come to hor rescue to make theso boys happy. She has run out of toys for boys. At Philadelphia llonpltal At tho Philadelphia HosVltal there are 200 presents to Ibo distributed, A great many will go to the Italian quar ter of Now York city, onp of the poorest districts In tho world. Notwithstanding tho shortago of sugar during the year, the candy manufacturers hnvo given to her as bountifully as in any previous year. There will bo no shortage of candy. Mrs. Hammer has received thousands nnd thousands of pounds of chocolate. Header, rich and grown-up, doesn't It almost make you wish you were n poor child? CHRISTMAS MAIL FLYER LOST Canadian, Who Left New York, Never Reached Bustlcton LoBt A United States mall nlnno n,i cargo of Christmas greetings. A fleet of nlrplunes, seaplanes and naval patrolboatB havo searched all tho territory adjacent to tho aviator's route. ISo trace of hll has been found so far. 'lho missing filer Is Irving Grneb, former lieutenant of the Canadian army, now an aerial postman. He left Now York yesterday In a big mall plane, carrying sacks of Christmas mlsslvea for Philadelphia and Wash ington, The first leg of his Journey should havo onded at tho aviation field at Uustleton. Ho never urrlvcd. When ho failed to come on schedule and the hours passed, tho postal au thorities mnde tho wires hot all along his way from New York, trying to flnii a clue to his whereabouts, but without result, It is believed the pilot met with onglna trouble and 'has landed In a woods, or ho may havo gone on to Washington by another course, JAPANESE VISIT HOG ISLAND Guests Say Their Country la Ruled by Business Men A business administration now prevails In Japan and war makers nro In the background. Statements to that effect Were made today by ?',eral Japanese merchants w"o made an Inspection of Hog Island. The vlsltorr, guests of the Phlladel- fihia Chamber of Commerce, wero great y Impressed by the magnitude of tho W'ork, 8 Hheba, secretary for, tho' visitors, said the business man today Is tho ruler In Japan and the Anglo-Saxon party, Which Is opposed to war, Is supreme. Late this afternoon the visitors went to New York city. TIIF, REV. t)R. CHAPMAN ILL ,Evangelitt lo Undergo Operation In New York Tomorrow The nev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, prominent evangelist, Js to undergo an operation tomorrow In New York. This win be the third operation for an old Illness. The Bev, Mr. Chapman formerly was pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Church, Twenty-second nnd Buliibrtdge jptteWtrr. WjiaSilkm: . TT and Bruises, hut Hurry Away From Wreck Two automobiles racing down Broad street nt high speed early this morning crashed together within a few hundred feet o( the Philadelphia Navy Yard gate, throwing their occupants Into tho street. Ono manwns Injured severely In the crnsh nnd several others received cuts and bruises. The machines wero headed directly for the closed gate of tho navy ardl nnd would havo catapulted against tho barrier had not tho collision oc curred. When the motorcars came together the nolso of tho Impact brought mnrlne sentries running to the battered cars. All of tho occupants of the racing ma chines wero able to rise except Joseph Do Planlo, 635 Washington avenue, who lay unconscious in tho street. Another man, Joseph Evans, Emily street above Twelfth, was bleeding profusely from deep gashes In tho head, De Planlo and Evans were hurried to the Methodist Hospital, where physicians said that De Planio's 'skull was frac tured, Evans left tho hospital nfter his Injuries were treated. De Planlo revived for a few minutes after reaching the hospital's receiving ward. Ho was able to give his name but could recall no details of the acci dent. He couldn't remember, ho said, whether or not ho had been driving ono of tho automobiles. Five hours after the accident occur red tho poljco of the Fourth street and Snyder avenue station had no details of tho accident. They explained that their district detectives were still Inves tigating. Several men who had been In the rac ing automobiles wero slightly injured, but refused to go to a hospital They hurried away as quickly as possible. BALTIC BRINGS 2042 MEN Liner Passes Sandy Hook With Big Contingent of Fighters New York. Dec. 21. (By A. P.) Bringing homo 2042 officers and men of tho American expeditionary force, the British steamship Baltic, of tho White Star line, passed Sandy Hook nt 0:40 a. m. today. Among the officers were Major Au gust Belmont. Captain Larry Water bury, tho famous American iolo player, and Major Percy D. Haughton, former Harvard coach. Lady Constanco Stewart Itlchardson, noted ns a big-game hunter, was one of moro than 200 civilians In tho first cabin. 'The army transport Mctapan, with thirty-seven officers and twelve enlisted men, discharged from tho American ex peditionary force and bound for their homes, docked here todny. Tne essei sailed from Paulllac, France. The Cunard liner Walmer Castle, with several hundred passengers. Including many Bed Cross, Y. M. C, A. and Knights of Columbus workers, also came Into port. Washington, Dec 21. By A. P.) Sailing of five transports bringing home troops from France was announced to day by tho War Department. Tin La France sailed December 17 with 368 ofllcers, 3337 men, twenty-one nurses, fifteen French mission officers and sev eral civilians. The TJIsondarl. Balled on the 18th with eighteen ofllcers and seventy en listed men, the Samlnnd on the 17th with eight ofllcers and four civilians and tho Terante on tjto 18th with one casual enlisted man. On tho 18th tho Acoluls sailed with 2029 sick and wounded, Including 105 ofllcers. BRIGHT FUTURE FOR SH1PMEN Foreign Orders Promise to Keep Workers Busy With tho Governments of France, Italy, Norway and Denmark eager to place orders with American shipyards for vessels thnt will guarantee many of them from failure and abandonment d to somo of 4hem prosperity, ship workers In this country will escapo n ncriou or idleness or employment ui low wages that otherwise would havo been Inevitable, Charles Plez, director general of thn Emergency Fleet Corporation, admitted todav that many foreign contracts with American yards from Bhlpplng InterestB overseas await only tho outcome of tho I'eace uonierenco in Versailles. Just how many of America's 165 ship yards will be permitted to accept foreign orders will be determined at the peace Conference, whero also will be settled tho question of whether the United States navy shall enter upon a great building program, unless at least a tactlcnl agreement Is reached between the Allies on tho proposed leaguo of free nations, and natlonnl disarmament to a limited extent, mnny of the country's shipyards probably will bo turned over lo navy worn cnuroiy. The Iter. Joseph Grimmelsman Dead Bt. Louis. Mo.. Dec. 21. (By A. IM Tl)o nev. Joseph Grimmelsman, former president of tho St. Louis University and widely known Jesuit educator, died here niMonTa norKT.KnoB. ita. Indian River and Rocltledgc UUUJtl.r.MMl'.. J J,UIU1J. Oolf. Tennis, lloatlnr. FUhlnc, Hunting, Dunclm?. eto. Write for, circular, W. w. IMOWK. mu-Carlton Itytel. llsdlion Ave and 4Uh Ht.f N. Y. City" Humrtwr eaaoni drnnllden Hotel. Lnko Sunapee, N. H, OBATIIB cvntell.I.Y. Use. 20. MAUD, htlnv.j ...i- of J4me T. O'Uellly. Jlltlvei and frhnj. Invlt'd to funeral Tues. 8.30 a. m , irom 4111 thedrni. 10 a, in, Int. Holy Cron. funeral, . ton, AUto MtTCIlKLlAj'-r-JC. 20. JIOQKIt HHRll. MAN, hut)nd of Margaret Mitchell (ne. Artimead), and son of Dr. Iienry and Bll abeth It. Ml'eh'U. Funeral aervlca at St, Payldi,r'l Won.. 2 p m. Int, private. MAKHIlALU-rieo.,2i. at tha realdence c ST. CAnrtlW LOUISE: youn.;. tti.'n-i.Va the lata Thomaa and Sarah Catharine Mar hall. Relatives and rrlnda Invltml t,. .,. rvic". Turn,. 11 a m . at the Oliver It,, Iinlr "Ids-. 1820 Cheatnut at. Int. 'Wood? iano" ginmrrr. I.QHT anh rntim WALI.KT Loat, black two-tola wallet, rent. reclamation rarrt. six In bill?, alx tl Mlla Return to SO N, Sth at. or call Cynwyd 7aJ Ml reward, II KM' WANTKW MAI.K, DOTS, 10. intaainrer and oftlc work) half Arch. aajr pit, f-'-.-TJ iviiy"w io., lUBj mr. Torpart. 12th floor. YOUNO MKN, to learn manufacturing work in arua ";. "i. . wuiiera vo,. 420. ft. 18th s. Bring this ad and apply (J. H. Service pnlce, IB 10 Arch at, or 3d and Waj. 0BOAN18T wanted. Apply HUMU.hanna Theatre, 1710 W. Su.QU-hanna aye., Sun. day. 2.30 P. m. MOOMH FOK RKNT EOAI ST., i08 N.r-peubli ajsi alaala rm, hnt-water heati roup afi el,tmr Just nfter midnight, In the dark hours of enrly morning, October 28, three am bulances sped through a rnln of shells to tho front to rescuo wounded soldiers J.ney nad loaded nnd started tho re- v turn trip when a big shell fell, making" W ""i a direct nit on tne car urjvetiuoi y i-rivato Thomas Webster, son of Mrs. Rheda Webster, 6067 Relnhart street. Private Webster was killed nnd his comrades In tho ether ambulances were wounded. , The story of his death la told in a letter to his mother from his command ing officer. Lieutenant F.' A, Seldler, who praised Webster as n brave soldier. Lieutenant Seldler Inclosed a French Croix do Guerre, with sllvor star, which was awarded to Private Webster last July for extraordinary bravery. "Well do I remember," the lieutenant writes, "the first time ho passed through a barrage fire and won tho respect of all by his courage and splendid example. The French called him an nee, meaninc tho best." . "I do not fear, a thing when I can helll thona ttrhn n,A lll. .. . i. Webster wrote home at the time ho was awarded the French decoration Lieutenant Thomas L. Bolster, of Ber wyn, was killed in action October IB according to word received by his wlfo from a brother ofllcer. Tho letter dew scribed how Lieutenant Bolster, mortally wounded, seized a rlflo dropped by a dead soldier and attempted to follow his command, Company B, 325th Infnn. try, to victory. Names of elghty-elght soldiers from Philadelphia and vicinity appear In the casunlty report for today. Three were killed in action, seven died of wounds three died of disease, fifteen were wounded severely, twenty-six wero hurt degree undetermined, and thirty-two wereinjured sjlghtly. SKETCHES OF THE HEROES Corporal Archie Ilunn escaped tha German shells only to be WoSnded by tho explosion of one of the Four Point t . , ., Nines of his own Injured When battery. The BiB Field Gun wM "onleS Exploded at Ypres passed "fn ' ri .Tft , , . . Man's Valley, near Fismes, In September, recovered and re tolned his unit. Battery F, 108th Field Artillery, in time to accompany it to the famous battlefield of Ypres. On the morn lng of October 31 Battery F Joined In laying down, a heavy barrage, covering the Infantry ndvanco on Itoulem, Bel gium. Two shots were fired, nnd then a high explosive shell burst Inside the gun, entirely destroying tho field piece and woundlnglevery member of the gun crew. By some miracle, however, not one was killed. Battery F hag three Dunns on Its roster. Including two uncles of Corporal Dunn, Sergeant Archie Dunn, 138 East Huntingdon street, Philadelphia, nnd Private Eben Dunn, 316 East Westmore land avenue. The uncles have) not been wounded. Corporal Dunn wrqte his father, William Dunn, 313 East West moreland street, on Dad's Letter day, that he had fully recovered, and was "serving the potatoes to the nick guys In the hospital at present," He hopes to como home soon, Private Oeorge Ilonad, died of pneu monia, was the recipient of n medal for distinguished service, nccordlng to a letter written by Clarenca Smith, a comrade, to somo relatives renldlng at Fifty-second street nnd Wyaluslnr ave nue, in wnjen no requeaiGu mem lo notify young Donald's parents. Mr. and Continued on Tate Seventeen, Column Four SEEK HERO'S HEIR Son of Joteph Montgomery Was Killed in Action . Joseph Jfonlgomery, who onco lived at 1614 South street, Is being sought by the police so that he may receive from tho Canadian: Government the estato of his son. It. Montgomery, killed In ac tion while fighting with the Canadians. The police department today received a request from the Director of Military Estates at Ottawa, Canada, to find the father. Former neighbors were unable to give a clue to Montgomery's present address. 1IKI.P WANTKH TKMAT.K WOMUN CIIAUITKUKS WAM.TED AT BOO ISLAND BIirPYAUD AS mtlVEHB ron FortD touhinq cahs DHD APPLT U, S, EMPLOYMENT OFFICE WOMEN'S DIVISION 1811 ArtClI 8T, ASIC KOU miss rurtv on noon 217 WOMEN'S EMPLOIMBNT DEPT. IIOO ISLAND, PA. WOMEN WANTED . AT IIOO ISLAND y EXPEIUENCED, BPEIJX AD ACCURATE TYriBTH AND BTEN- paiuriiEns APPLY U, S. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE (WOMEN'S DIVISION). 1311 ARCH STnEBT, ASK FOR MISS FURY OR ROOM 217 WOMEN'S EMPLOY- WENT DEFT,, I IIOO ISLAND. PA. OHO AN 18? wanted Apply Susquehanna , Theatre, 1710 w. Suiquthanna ave.i Sun- i ' day. a:o P. m. . - , ami .8, ovr I, to labal aud. wrap J amall wclur-ai llht, ettan,, v toTTO and am wqrki bfi VUAMkMftfl Mtaa had iLaitt! ifcOK; 0., -mi iwA.r, miif1 ?.,.- .r,-;,,',!fw,,-.-.,.isi.M,i,.v2i',.iii
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