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WAR SERVICE BUREAU
IS CLOSED BY MAYOR
"Hate lo Sec the House I
K Built Torn Down,," Says
Chief
Relatives of soldiers and sailors fall
ing to receive their allotments who vis
ited the Mayor's office today found the
personal service bureau out of commis
sion. For sixteen months this bureau, under
the management of Mrs. M. li. Wood
ruff, Etood between need families and
dlro want.
Mrs. Woodruff's work closed last night
as tho result of a new economy move
on the part of Mayor Smith. It will be
taken over In part by Councils Commit
tee on Sustenance and Relief, and by
other organizations Interested In depend
ents. The expenses of tho bureau were met
out of a special appropriation to "the
Mayor for expenses Incidental to the
preparation for war and defense of the
city.
During tho entire life of the bureau
its maintenance cost tho city less than
$10,000. Its records show that hundreds
of families have gotten In touch with
their coIdler or sailor heads after they
had been lost track of In the mass of
changes In tho service, that hundreds
of needy dependents ha.o been given
allotments that in somo Instances were
t?lx months In arrears, that roster mis
takes, due to misplaced initials, changed
names and addresses. Mere rectified, and
that long-overdue funds were paid by
the Washington bureaus. The bureau
also, In many cases, stood between land
lord and tenant and prevented evictions.
Tho bureau naa among its records a
roster of Philadelphia in tho army and
navy and even in other branches of
war work. This record will be put un
der lock and key. Its value for his
torical purposes la best shown by tho
fact that there is none other like It In
the city. It includea some 05,000 names.
In relinquishing her work Mrs. Wood
ruff said, "I hatu to seo tho house I
built torn down." Councils this year
appropriated $350,000 for war relief
work.
2 PHILADELPHIA
MEN NAMED ON
CHARITIES BOARD
Howard B. French and Dr. Peter
F. Moylan Are Appointed by
Governor Sproul
Two Phlladelphlans named by Gover
nor Sproul to membership In the Stato
Board of Public Charities aro Howard
13. French and Dr. Teter P. Moylan.
Mr. French was formerly a member,
but was dropped by former Governor
Brumbaugh to mako place for William
II. Ball.
Mr. Ball, who was Mr. Brumbaugh's
jtecietary, has been dropped from tho
new board and is succeeded by the man
lie replaced last summer. Judge Isaac
Johnson, of Media, will bo the new
head of the board, succeeding Francis
J. Torrance, of Pittsburgh, who died
lecently.
There ale ten members of tho board,
and at this time Goernor Sproul makes
appointments for six of tho places, as
fnllnWH!
ReanDolntmentfi Judgo Johnson, of
Media: Ieis Wolf, Elkins Park, and
Dr. Daniel J. McCarthy, Philadelphia.
Veur members William Price. Pitts
burgh, and Mr French and Dr. Peter
1.' in!in. PhlladelDhla.
Tlio holdover members of tho board,.
whose commissions nave not expiree,
are Patrick C. Boyle. Oil City : Dr. John
1 i.iohtv- I'lttsburrli : Norman Mac
Leod. Philadelphia, aid Lanlng Harvey,
Wilkes-Harre. iiromey mituiuii,
secretary, is a tnerawr ex-offlclo,
MARRIED FJTY YEARS
the
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3Ir. and 3Ir. E:eal Gcalt Cele
brate Aniivcrsary
Married at olghtcm, fifty years ago,
Mr. and Mrs. EzeaJ Gcalt, 1805 South
Fifth street, win iiwunue ineir goiaen
nnnUersary tonigni, uney are a very
happy, very active and, according to
jtriss Minnie Geait, their youngest
daughter, a very "young" couple.
"Papa is and alvays has jen ery
patriotic," said Mlsi Gealt tooay. "My
parents arrived In this country from
Klsliineff, Russia, In .181)1, and five years
later papa iook uui ms second papers,
which mado him, a cltjien of- this coun
try. "They arrived here on July 4, and his
blx child! en and fourteen grandchildren
Bather here that day, as many of them
!tn ran. and make a doubla rpfohrnHnn
of that date. In fact, we always say
that that Is why the Amorlcan people
rclebrato July 4, because rtry patrlotlo
latner lanaeu jiero un mat aay.
Ono of the grandsons, Jacob Gealt,
Bon of Harry I Gealt, of 521 Green
street. Ins made a notable record at
Central Hlgn acnooi. Ho waB not quite
rleen years of age when he entered
It, and now, at the age of fifteen, when
many boys Just conie u, he is looking
.forward to his graduation In June.
U-BOAT DECOY AT NAVY YARD
Robert II. McCurdy to Bo Be
puircd and -Then Sold
Ono of the two unarmed American'
l.boat decoys", tho four-maBted schooner
Tlobcrt II. McCurdy, which sailed from
lfwes, Del., at the beginning of the war,
- ... .L.a ll. lluilnlnl.1.. ... . n.1
undergoing repairs before being sold by
thn (?ovprilinent
"': Tho oddity and danger of its allotted
' iask was revealed today by John Bach.
awl south '" -Sju whowrvea
on the ship an quartermaster. The ves -
nel, accompanied by American tubma-,D
'fines, would sail up and down tho main
Bhlpplng lanes of the Atlantic, thus
in. tn Inrn lhn German IT.hnnts. which
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choice morsel easy to digest.
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It called through storm and stress
ready to offer Itself to destruction, If by
eo doing one of the y-boata could be
HVgpotted." The vessel was purposely
niade alluring for attack. The Robert
H, McCurdy. was under flret but sighted,
no submarines. It was utt rly defense?
late, not carrying even la bjmb.
LIEUT. SKILLERN
IS PRAISED AGAIN
Local Naval Officer Com
mended for Fighting In
fluenza on Ship
STAMPED OUT EPIDEMIC
Previously Won Approval
When Depth Charge Ex
ploded on Orizaba
Lieutenant P. O. Sklllcrn, Jr., 211
South Thirteenth street, again has been
commended by his commanding officer.
this time when acting as senior medical
officer on tho U. S. S. Orizaba.
"It appears pertinent," reads tho re
port, "to invite attention to tho devoted
work of the senior medical officer and
his entire force of assistants In their
constant efforts to restrict the Influenza
cp. domic. Tho measure of their success
appears to be Indicated by tho fact that
the sick list on the return trip has been
tho lowest that I have witnessed dur
ing my experience of five months in tho
transport service. Influenza is appar
ently stamped out on board for the
present."
Lieutenant Sklllern has Just returned
from Copenhagen, his ship being the first
American vessel to make that port since
tho outbreak of the war, as well as the
first to cross th0 North Sea mine fields
at night. Ho has been temporarily or
dered to duty at the United States Naval
Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y beforo return
ing permanently to Philadelphia.
Lieutenant Sklllern was previously
commended for duty when five Philadel
phia sailors and several from nearby
places wero Injured In tho explosion of
a depth charge on the U. S. S. Orizaba
last August 17.
Tho Phlladelphlans Injured at tho
time were John F. Jawers, quartermas.
ter, 3120 North Marston streef, Stanley
E. Daut, 623 Bockland street, Olney;
Robert H. McCracken, 66 North Thirty
fourth street; Karl O'Brien, 7621 Ridge
avenue, and Samuel Stewart, 4044 Pow.
elton avenue.
Commander White of tho Orizaba, at
tho ttmo of the exploslan said:
"I wish especially to Invito attention
to the work of Surgeons Wlmn, Sklllern
and Krepps. These officers worked In
cessantly from tho time of tho explosion
until daybreak the next morning. The
most modern methods wero employed,
and many men who might have suffered
serious consequences wero about the
decks tho next day, manning their guns."
Lieutenant Sklllern Is thtrty-slx years
old and a son of Dr. Penn Gaskell Skll
lern und Anna Dorsey Sklllern. He re
ceived his preparatory education at
Penn Charter School and graduated
from the medical department of tho
Unlveslty of Pennsylvania in 1903.
He la a membe of the Philadelphia
Academy of Surgery, County Medical
Society, Pathological Society of Phila
delphia, and tho American Medical Association.
SALVATION ARMY WORKERS
TELL OF ST. MIHIEL DRIVE
Praise Heroism of American Soldiers and Recount Story of Hoio
Girls Carried Three Hundred Wounded Dough'
boys to Safety
The story of the St. Mlhlel drive- and
of tha fighting1 at tho Argonne and
Cantlgny.waa told by Captain Violet Mc
Allister and Lieutenant Alice McAl
lister, sisters, of Los Angeles, Cat., mem
bers of the famous "doughnut brigade"
of the Salvation Army, who are In this
city for a few days before sailing for
France to Join tha army of occupation.
Tney served eight months In Prance,
almost under constant fire.
In describing the St. Mlhlel drive,
Captain McAUster said:
"Wo traveled for hours and hours.
Tho men had been hiking up for days.
Tho night of the drlvo was the blackest
I have ever seen. In little groups the
boys were singing. I shall always re
member that night.
"When tho division arrived In posi
tion," she went en, "my sister and I
laid down on our cots, determined to
get up when the barrage started. We
wero awakened by heavy guns. Only
the dead could sleep after those guns
began to speak. Wo donned our hel
CHARITIES TO SHARE $13,000
Will of Louisa H. Bullitt Benefits
Three Institutions
In disposing of an estate valued at
morej than 180,000 the will of' Louisa
II. Bullitt, 222 West RIttcnhouse Square,
leaves $5000 each to tho Door of Bless
ing and the Mignonette VIolett Wlielen
Home, 3611 Baring street, and $3000 to
tho children's medical ward of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. The bulk of the
estate goes to children of the testatrix.
Other wills probated today were those
of Joseph S. Potter, 22G West Tulpe
hocken street, which. In private be
quests, disposes of property valued at
$10,000; Jacob Kerler, 6265 Rising Sun
avenue, $30,000 ; Margaret Durkln, 1305
North Dover street, $5000, and Mary J,
McCoombs, who died In St. Mary's
Hospital, $3305.
INFLUENZA DEATHS GROW
121 Succumbed Last Week Against
95 in rreceuing beven Days
Deaths from Influenza during tho
week numbered 121 as compared with
95 last week. A total of 014 new cases
were reported, the number last week
being 792.
Deaths from all causes numbered 784
as compared with 762 last week and
766 during the corresponding week a
year ago. They were divided as fol
lows: Males, 402; females, 382; boys,
114. girls, 88.
The causes of death were;
Typhoid fever... . 2
ncari-i raver ...lu
Diphtheria and croup 10
Influenza 121
other epidemic dlaetiea 1
Tuberculoid of the lungs... 60
Tuberculous inenlncltts,., Q
Cancer and othr mallcnant tumors..., 82
ApiLAnd .oftrmfrVln.':::.':: id
'riminii. riliMSM nf tha heart 75
I Acute bronchlUa 1?
U - 'hronlo bronchitis ,
,TC!&.u&vii"::::::::::.::::::.: 'J?
DiMaes 0f the respiratory system P
leases of tha stomach, 8
I Diarrhea and enteritis.. 14
try-!APPn"cltls ua tJ-pnnua
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Acuta nephritis and Urlght'a dlfeaio... 4B
Noncancerous tumors S
1'uarperal aaptleemla 3
I-uerperal accident!.. .............. .., 1
Oonienital debility and malformations. 27
Homlrlda ....,..,,,.. 6
All other violent deaths ;.... 22
Suicide 7
All other diseases 8?
Unknown or Ill-denned diseases,.,..,.. S
Total ,.....,..,.,,.., 781
EVENING' PTJBI30
SELLERSVILtE
H.STANLEY RICKERT-
SIX IN ONE FAMILY
SERVING COUNTRY
War's Ending Brings Happi
ness to Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Rickcrt, Sellcrsvillc
The ending of tho war brought great
happiness to Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon II.
Itlckert, of Sellersvllle. Bucks County,
who have three sons, a son-in-law and a
daughter In the service of their country.
J. Lloyd RIckert, graduate of Frank
lin and Marshall College, enlisted De
cember, 1917, and was trained at Fort
Oglethorpe. Ho arrhed In Franco In the
sprang of 1018. Ho Is serving as an X
ray technician In a Held hospital.
II. Stanley Itickert, a senior at
Franklin and Marshall, enlisted In De
cember, 1917, received his training at
tho same camp and arrived In Franco
with his brother, Lloyd. Ho Is con
nected with Mobile Hospital No. 1 In
the same capacity as his brother. On
October 23 ho was cited for heroic work
at Chateau Thierry.
Corporal Alton G. RIckert. graduate
of Temple University. Is In the person
nel office of the Ordnanco Department
at Metuchcn, N. J. The youngest son,
James R, RIckert, was until recently
In the S. A. T. C. at Swarthmoro.
W. Russell Green, son-tn-law of Mr.
and Mrs. RIckert, of Trenton, N. J.,
graduate of Swarthmore College and
University of Pennsylvania Law School,
class of '16, was superintendent of Y.
M. C. A- entertainment nt Camp Dlx.
Later he trained at Camp Wndsworth,
S. C, and in early September sailed with
the Headquarters Company, of tho
Fourth Corps Artillery, for France.
Mrs. W. Russell Green Is a graduate
dietitian of Tcmplo University. Beforo
her marriage she was in charge of tho
dietitian department of tho Norwegian
Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Following tho departure of her hus
band for France sho again assumed the
same position
mets, raincoats and gas mabks and
went to a meadow where we got an
unobstructed view.
"Twenty-seven miles of Bholls exploding
thick and fast. I shall never forget It.
It looked like a huge volcano. Dawn
came. Wo went back feeling our work
was about to .begin. The roads wero
so torn up that the ambulances could
not bring the wounded In, so wo Jumped
on a truck that was carrying swpplles
and went to tho boys. That day wo
served not less than ten thousand sol
diers with doughnuts. Thero were two
lines of men, three or four blocks long.
We wero too busy to eat."
Captain McAllister told how a few
Salvation Army girls, with tho assist
anco of an army surgeon, carried 300
wounded Americans from their tents to
a safety dugout In twenty minutes dur
ing tho fighting at Argonne Forest. The
sisters wero standing with a few other
Salvation Army girls near the opening
of a tent, assisting Major Wilson, an
army surgeon, when an eight-Inch shell
etruck a few feet away. Because of
the deep mud, they wero uninjured.
2 CHILDREN HURT BY AUTOS
Girl Hit by Taxi, Boy Falls From
Car
Two children aro In hospitals today
suffering from injuries received In auto
mobile accidents.
Eight-year-old Elizabeth Doke, of
1408 North Nineteenth street, was run
down by a taxlcab nt Nineteenth and
Master btreets within a few doors of
her home. George F. Nowers, of San
som street near Forty-slsth, the driver
of the taxi, drove the Injured girl to St.
Joseph's Hospital, and then surrendered
to the police. Ho will be arranged be
fore Magistrate Collins. At St. Joseph's
Hospital, the girl's condition was said
to be serious.
A fall from tho tunning1 board of an
automobile on which ho was taking a
ride seriously Injured Nicholas George,
five years old, of 243 North Vincent
street. Lewis Dlmalo, Sixty-sixth street
near Haverford avenue, the driver of
the car, picked tho injured boy up and
took him to the West Philadelphia
Homeopathlo Hospital, Dimalo was ar
rested by the police of the Sixty-fifth
street and Woodland avenue station and
later released to appear at a hearlni?
before Magistrate Harris.
CAT'S DEATH SAVES FAMILY
Gloucester Household Believes
Canned Corn Contained Poison
The family of William Ammons, 14
North Sussex street, Gloucester City,
had a narrow escape from poisoning last
night. A can of corn was being heat
ed for dinner. Before putting it on
the table one of the members of tho
family cave some to a cat which wan
accustomed to being fed at the time the
lamiv iook us meal.
The cat dropped dead. The corn was
removed from the stove and turned over
to the police. The store whera the rnrn
was purchased was forbidden by the au
thorities to sell anv more until a thor
ough examination of Its remaining stock
can do maae.
FRANKFORD WAR MEMORIAL
Community building in North
wood Park Planned at Meeting
Frankford will erect a community
building In Northwood Park as a memo
rial to her sons who died In the Civil
War, the Spanish-American War and
tne war just enaea. in is was decided
last night at a meeting In the Frankford
Free Library, attended by representa
tives of different organizations.
William S. Gray, president of the Phil.
adelphla Sketch Club, showed plana for
a memorial of the type that the commu.
nlty will build. Another speaker was c:
I Lowis, airector or tne war camp
community service here.
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cJAMES RICKERT Con UEOand ALTOM G. RICKERT-
Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon H. Rickert, Sellcrsvillc, bucks County, Pa., liavo
four eons, a son-in-law anil a daughter in the service of their country
GROUNDHOG DA Y TOMORRO W;
STAKES ALL ON SHADOW
Animal Fails to See Its Reflection Winter If ill Be Over Before It& ot'tLVXkl
Really Began Forecaster Bliss Doesn't Want
to Malta Prediction
Tomorrow will bo groundhog day.
If that well-known animals falls to
see Its shadow when It makes his regu
lar visit to tho outside world, the win
ter of 1918-1!) will be over before It has
really begun.
At least, that's the popular hcllef.
UUUB11I1K LU il Bunt-rsLiiiuii 11IU1IJ nuit-
dreds of years old. Tho fact of tho
groundhog seeing his shadow or not
seeing It. as the caso may be. is a
posltlvo prediction of tho weather to
come, according to tho well-known
goose-bono prophets and others.
In staking his all on a "shadow" the
groundhog has a lot on George Bibs,
the local weather forecaster. With an
observatory filled with icientlflc Instru
ments and a corps or men to help him
operate them, he refuses to venture a
guess as to tho weather of tho coming
month.
"It might contlnuo to bo ml!d and
springlike," ho said.
"Then again, It might be tho coldest
February ca record," ho added ns an
afterthought.
"But won't you mako a posltlvo pre- s
After a half-hour period during which
all tho Instruments and the whole corpa
of assistants wero ery busy, ho return
ed and Bald:
"It might contlnuo to bo mild and
springlike.
"Then again. It might bo tho coldest
TO AID HOSPITAL FUND
Emergency Aid Team to Work
for Women Institution
Ono of the Emergency Aid teams, cap -
talned by Mrs. G. Upton Faiorite, which
Is worKing in tne campaign to raiee
$75,000 for tho West Philadelphia Hos
pital for Women, will bo in charge of
Mr. Joseph Gazzam's team in tho Jap
anese room of tho Hotel Walton all next
week. The proceeds of the teas will go,
through this team, to tho hospital.
Mrs. Upton's team Includes Miss Jean
Bochman, Miss Helen Moore, Miss Knth
crlno Lloyd, Miss Constance Van Bos
koerck and Miss Louise Caldwell. Pat-
mn.a, fnr- tho lfek will bft MrB. AN
' thur Newbold, Jr.. Mrs. John Thayer,
, "rs. Charleton Carnal 1.
Howard Pancoast. Mrs. Hcnrv Krinton
Coxe, Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Mrs. Nor
man Mclod, Mrs. Oliver Cromwell. Mrs.
lCdwln Brooke, Mrs. Georgn Horaco
I,orlmer, Mrs. Hutchinson Scott, Jr.,
Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills, Mrs. John
Lloyd, Mrs. Bowman Leaf, Mrs. Cor
nelius Stevenson, Mrs. Joseph Oazzam,
Mrs. John Mason and Miss Gretchen
Clay.
Princess White-deer, of New York;
MacCarton and Marone, dancers, who
will give typical Apacho dances, and
Chief Oskoman, a. Carlisle graduate, who
will sing dramatic Indian ballads, will
be features of the teas, which will be
given from 4 to 6:30 and 3 to 12:30
o'clock each day.
HOUSED 55,000 WORKERS
Shipping Board Recounts Results
Obtained by A. Mcrritt Taylor
Results obtained by A. Merrltt Taylor,
who has Just retired from the manage
metn of the passenger transportation
and housing division of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, wero reviewed today
In a statement issued by the United
States shipping board. Mr. Taylor was
presented with a traveling bag and a
gold eyeglass case by his associates.
Since Joining the Emergency Fleet
sast April, Mr, Taylor controlled the
building of twenty-four housing projects
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the
Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. The
bulldlne projects which he supervised
had housing capacities for more than
65.000 nersons. The allotment for the
projects aggregated $65,883,845. Mr.
Taylor also provided transportation for
167,000 shlpworkers dally.
Among other thlngp, he Improved
street railway schedules to forty yards
and Bteam railroad schedules to twelve
yards. Mr. Taylor has been succeeded
by J. Wllllson Smith, vice president of
the Land Title and Trust Company, for
merly assistant manager of the division.
TEACHERS' INCREASES URGED
H. H.
Hubbard Wants Salaries
Commensurate With Efficiency
The minimum salary of tho Philadel
phia school teacher, should start at a
liberal Increase over the present prevail,
ing rates, and the graded Increase per
annum should be so fixed as to be
more commensurate with Increased effi
ciency and personal responsibility.
II. II. Hubbard, a former member of
the Board of Education, advocates this
In an open letter In behalf of teachers
here. He and numerous other promi
nent men and women ore urging early
action In obtaining higher teachers' sal.
L arles.
So many opportunities nave opened to
the girl high-school graduates, Mr. Hub
bard points out. that there will be a
falling off In the number who study
to become teachers. There Is danger,
he said, of a collapse in the educational
system.
Buried .Loot in Cemetery
llrlstol, Feb. 1, Several recent mys
terious robberies at the home of Huston
Dunn, on the Bristol pike, were solved
when Chief Sackvllle. of the local notice
force, captured five small alien children
ns they were about to bury some of
their latest plunder under it tombstone In
St. Mark's 'churchyard.
February on record," ho added as an
afterthought.
Last month was tho waimest Jan
uary in twenty-nlno years Mr. Bliss
ventured this after a careful consulta
tion of the departmental records. The
same month last year was tho coldest'
Januury In twenty-recn years. In
comparing tho temperatures of tho two
, --.----.
I months, Mr. Bliss mado
' folIon 'g table
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IT ILS BEEN SOME WINTER
TO RAISE $150,000 FUND
i Mi
M... R. E. Strawbrid Honorary
Chairman of National Y. W. C. A.
, .. n.h ..
j Mrs- l0Dr
II Straw bridge, Mca-
dowbrook, Bryn Mawr, is tho honorary
clialnnan for tho drive to raise $150,000
for tho benefit of girls and women In
tho vicinity of Philadelphia, which will
be launched Monday and continue until
February 12, under tho auspices of the
east central field comm.ttco of the Na
tional Young Women's Christian Asso
ciation, tho Business Worien'n Christian
League and the V. W. C. A. of Ger
mantown. Tho vice chairman H Mrs. William
Boyd, of tho field (.ommlttee, Mrs W
Itejnolds Brown is vlco chairman In
chargo of Germantown, Dr. Ellis H
Everltt is vlco chairman In charge of
tho Business Woman's Christian League
nnd Mrs. William U McLean is vlco
chairman of tho field.
Members of the executive board of
tho Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania
voted to co-operato with tho three or
ganizations. Tho resolution stated ex
plicitly that "this has no connection
whatever with the association at Eigh
teenth and Arch streeta"
WANT DRAFT WORK RUSHED
Local Boards Asked to Speed
Completion of Certain Lists
Mayor W, G. Murdoch, State draft
offices, has issued a circular to local
boards calling upon them to complete
ui me earnest possanie lime tne work
aslgncd on certain lists. It Is also
stated that boards cannot glvo out
names of Inducted men to Individuals
or societies without the authorization
of the provost marshal general.
Attention Is called to tha fact that re
ports on delinquents and deserters must
be made up at once.
Local Board No. 15 of Philadelphia
has Informed the State headquarters
that of its registrants of June 6, 1917,
June 6, 1918 and August 24, 1918, 43
per cent were in various branches at
the close of tho fighting.
Chicken Waffle 7e
Full Dinner Sunday OC
112 S. 8th Ht.
14 X. 9th fit.
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OPKN ALL. MOIIT
WANTED
A downright capable. eanirst'yOQfijj man.
now.hoIdlDr a responsible ponltlpn, a pro en
executive und eRlrient RdmlnUtrator. I
seeklnjr a former tlon, IIha alt bandied
sale and advertlatnjr. Could make an In
vestment If mutually b a tin factory.
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FORGET THE WAR
AND AEROPLANE PRICES
National Restaurants regard the war as ancient history. Our
business is run on a peace basis nothing cut down in size except
the bill. Try ono of our
Special Luncheons, 50 to 75 Cents
Breakfasts and Dinners, equally reasonable in cost, with quality
of food and service equally attractive.
Special Sunday Dinners, 75 Cents and One Dollar
Noon to 8:30 P. M.
THE NATIONAL
102.114 South 15th Street
EDWIN B. RHODES, Mn.r
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FEBRTJAKT 1, 191!
schools of air
KEPT UP TO DATE
Many of Education Asso
ciation's Advices Already
in Practice
SUPT. GARBER EXPLAINS
Official in Smpatliy With
Recommendations Made
in Last Rcporl
Superintendent of Schools Garber
said today that for Fomo time ho had
been organizing tho school system here
on tho lines suggested In n report Just
made public by tho Nntlonnl lMucatlon
Association.
"For cxampte," he observed, "wo al
ready have severnl elementary and high
, schools In which the Jerm Is six years,
, as suggested for all schools In the report,
i with which I am heartily In sympathy.
"In tho elementary schools we try to
place In the hands of the pupils the tools
of knowledge, and In the slx-ear high
school term we endeavor to Inculcate In
I tho student tho proper way to use those
loois so as lo cnnnifi mm hi uiuk urn
proper and useful place In society
Wenching Applied I'.ilnrntlnn
''I've been preaching applied educa
tion for a long time I thoroughly be
lleve In a more comprehensle deelop
ment of tho school r stems and a more
emphatic emphas.zlng of tho uniting of
enable the oung person to lie In the
world around him with n better fciiso of
tho higher social values and obligations.
We have been lighting for understanding'
the ability to uso education, appreciation
and vision among (ho students of our
schools
"Such questions ns that of health will
undoubtedly play a larger part In the
schools than ever before A wider
curriculum will develop, ns It has al-
Thls
ready begun to bo worked out in our
I ow n schools.
"Tho student can find a wider range
than heretofore in our Junior high
schools. We arc trIng to put more
meaning into tho pupil's occupational
life. In tho latter years of tho senior
high school we want our boys and girls
to get training out under actual shop
conditions, and this is now In opera
tlon In some of our Fcliools.
"Such a thing as compulsory contln-
' nation school until tho child has reached
tho age of eighteen years will como In
public the "me, ir me age oi mmpuiBui j ruuuui
1 Ing Is ever raised from fourteen years,
t n mm "s Bt Present, to tlxtecn years. The
Itieh low continuation school ago limit now is
(. 4t ! rKteen. ro that we could look for a
corresponding Increase hero of two
' sears. But I do not think we aro ready
I for It at tho present time."
Kepresent M Wars' Work
The commission's report represents the
work of six jars devoted to the varied
problems In the elementary and second
ary educational fields. Tho central prob
lem of secondary education In America,
tho report states, can bo embodied In
this question: Can the American high
school offer tho many kinds of training
needed by different groups of joung peo-1
plo and at tho same tlmo Instill In them
those common Ideas, common Ideals and
common modes of thought, feeling und
action essential for national solidarity?
Tho report laid stress on tho impor
tance of health, citizenship and vocation
and preparation for tho use of the leisure
and tho ethical character of tho Indi
vidual. It advised changes which would
meet tho needs of all children under
eighteen yeara of age, urging compul
sory part-time education for those who
leave school beforo they nro eighteen.
It maintained that high schools nhou!d
! p'f ..n 'the
and that tho wider.
provide special Instruction for retarded
elementary schools
mora comprehensive
high school should supplant the school
of moro specialized tendencies. It would
shorten tho term of all elementary
schools to six cars and would divide a
six-year high school term Into two
periods corresponding to Junior and
tcnlor high schools.
EDUCATORS ELECT TODAY
School Doanh in New Jersey Meet to
Organize
Tho Boards of Education in each town
and city In New Jersey organize and
elect officers for tho jear today. In
Mmo towns the election was this after
noon. In otner", it win no tonignt.
The school directors in townships and
borouchs aro elected by a vote of the
people on the third Tuesday of this
month. Women can vote on school ap
nronrlatlons and can becomo candidates
for school directors, but they cannot vote
for themselves.
Tho Gloucester City Board of Educa.
tlon will meet to night and organize.
Tho retiring member, William J. How
arth, a Democrat, will be succeeded by
Dr. J. A. Beek. All of the members will
be Republican tnis year, ueorge c. Cub
bier will probably bo elected president :
Nason C. Laffcrty, secretary, and Harris
C. Powell, treasurer,
J COAL SERVICE
32 years ago we had the smallest
coal yard In Philadelphia, delivering
3,000 Tons a Year
Today wo have tho largest coal
yard In Philadelphia, delivering
150,000 Tons a Year
We have had Blizzards
We have had Strih-es
We have had War
And wo served you well.
No order too small cr too large.
One Price to All
Owen Letter's Sons
Coal Service Station
Trenton Ave. & Westmoreland St.
Hrll Phone. lVankford 3130
liej stone, Kast 23.1
MAN SHOT; DIDN'T KNOW IT
Victim, With Bullet in Lung, Col
lnpecg After Fifteen Hours
Unanaro that ho had been shot fifteen
hours beforo, Robert Duffy, twenty-seven
years old, collapsed at his home, 1622
North American street, and Is In St.
Mary's Hospital today with a bullet
wound In his right lung. His condition
is critical.
Tho pollco hao nrrcBted Domlnlck
Paris and a woman, who gavo the name
of Mary Smith, In connection with the
shooting.
puffy, according to the police, left a
t-aloon at Second mid Thompson streets
early yesterday. Ho had walked a short
distance, he wild, when he heard n shot
and felt 1L Ullnir In thn Khntil.lnr-. thrill.
Ing around, Duffy explained, lie saw a i
man Bhootlng after a woman who wbs
running up an alley.
Patrolman Muhoney v.a attracted by ,
the shots and arrested the man with
the revolver, who gao tho name of i
I arls. The woman escaped. The man
was arraigned on the charge of carrylu i
fon.cTR!e.'1 deadly weapons and was held
in $800 ball for court. I
DR. DEARDORFF RESIGNS ,
Secretary of Municipal Ilccarch
Hiirr.ni. AU r:.. TT rur
Htireau AIfo Gives Up OMlCO
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ii. .pa a. ucaraonr, nn nssiitant ,"" nowBinrm nnu nign seas that pre
dlrcctor in tho Bureau of Municipal Itc- , allea.
search, has resigned and will remain per-I Tho Narragansett was lent to th
manently with the lied Cross In Wash- "rltlsh to bring across the Channel
! .I1, where "i!8 J,,n" bfcn '" "rK dur- troops who have received loae. Amonc
SfTcNVs- tMre! ra; Vehs'ra ' Tr RbTa "e,r- s,x,y A '
and will Join the New York llureau of ere comlll&- to l-'ngland on furlourh.
Municipal Research. I Tho sixty American soldiers on board.
Both resignations were announced to- ?,,!f.r,i, ?- -n ;, ut Southampton from a
day. William (' Beyer has been ap- ,iA " B C:''t l'r0cieac'l toward Lon
pointed tomicceed Doctor Penrdorff and i... , ,
J.M.i-nr.1 Tl,.,.. K. ,.... ".. ".'.'. . . ' I I.Uter lllfOftnut On mrrMr1 nnrU.
P engineering and economic, will succeed
; Jn thVrPaxtoTf J? beei? ,XB sec"
"'. -i"" cipaniifs ana or the State coun-
ell of defense.
ASK FOR NEGRO EDUCATION
Necessity for .More Sflmols Is Lrged at
Meeting
"Protection by the law of eierv man
who keeps It und punishment bv tho
Viw ,of ""J" " "ho break it, is the
Ideal clvlllmtlon under a democratic
government," said Lesllo Plcknoy Hill,
principal of the Cheney Training
School for Teachers, Chcyney. Pa.. In
AMtherspoon Hall last eenlng The
meeting, held under the auspices of
ninety-four patronesses, was in tho in
terest of negro education.
Mr Hill bald that of the 12,nno,OOrt, no,in.. i.vh l riu- a ni Th.
negro residents of the United States. ' , """"""". ''Ob. 1 til) -A. I .) The
only 3,000,000 wero being educated In Am,rl neamshlp Narragansett was
fcchools and that the i-chools have less i assigned Deccnibtr 1, with tho steam
than half enough tinchers. i t-hlp Or zabj, to the work of repatriation
ino oiner speakers were Dr. V. P. !
Claxton, Lnltfd .Staten Commissioner of
lMucatlon, on "Tho Jilucatlon of tho No-
gro." who asserted the negro race must i
ino other speakers were Dr. V. P.
stand or fall by the negro teachers.
TURKS' ATROCITIES FILMED
"Ravished Armenia' Exhibited for Ar-
mcniaii and Relief fund
"Ravished Armenia," 'a film Illustrat
ing tho sufferings nf Christians In Ar
menia under Turkish and German op
presslon, was exhibited for the benefit
of tho Armenian and Syrian relief com
mittee at tho Bellevue-Stratford last
night. The committee In charge con
rlsted of Mrs. George Horaon Lorimer,
Mrs. J. A HlIi Martin, Mrs. George
vtnarion J'epper, .Mrs. uornelliMi Moven-
i bon
Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury
aiiir Mrs
Irs. Jo-
teph 1
Widcner.
Tho picture is tho story of Aurora
Mardlganlan, an Armenian girl, rescued1
by American missionaries at Tillls and
brought to this country. The scenario I
was vyrltten by Miss Nora Wain, of thlsl
Sttttf frttt 4 Vl n r norirl n t.n I -. 1. .- Ill . .
Mardiffnnlun.
SLAYER OF 3 IJY HOSPITAL
r!rtnm.. v r ...i.n T.t . 11 -t . i i
vrvv.gt. ,. 1.11UUU xaitl-11 IU i iiiiauej i
phid Institution for Ihmiio
George V. Lembo, the crazed man t
who shot and killed three persons on I
.vionaay ana wounuen uve others, Is now
nt tho Philadelphia Hospital for the In
sane He nad been In the Gnrietson
Hoxpital since he was wounded and cap
tured on Monday. His Injuries, a gun
shot wound of the left leg und bruises
on the head were improved to an extent
where his removal was possible, and
hospital authorities comnlalned thnt iii
continual screaming annoied other
patients.
J.ECXldwelucVQ.
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The Best
Sunday Dinner in Town
Tomorrow we head our menu with a
special Southern Planked-Shad Dinner.
Price, $1.50. And follow it up with n
3
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choice of other special dinners that is
sure to patisfy your taste and your purse.
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Service Is a Feature
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RESCUE IN SNOWSTORM
Another American Ship, the
Piavc, Breaks Up Near Deal
AH Believed Saved
.'nutlmmpton, l.'nglaml, Feb. J. (By
A. P.) All tho troops on board the
American transiort Narragansett. which
ran aground last night on the ledge off
Hembrldgo Point, at tho eastern end of
the Islo of Wight, Jiao been removed
bJ uss an'1 ho Iocal lifeboats.
, Tho rcmoval was cfTectcd wl:
Itteamer held fast on the ledge.
bile the
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ninm incru whi ne mucri dtnicuity in
Moating her when tho tide rises.
I Ileal, l.'ngland, Feb 1 The Ameri
can steamshj) Plaie. which went
ashoro near hero Wednesday night,
i parted amidships last night In a
ilerce storm, accompanied by a bllnd
. Ing snow, and is a total loss.
Two boats capsized while being low-
ercd, but their occupants wero rescued
by a lifeboat. Thirty of the crew havo
i been landed at Deal and twenty-nine
havo been landed at Dover, and It Is
1 believed tho remainder havo been picked
1 up by rcscuo boats that are still In
i tho Downs.
of Kivnpli iiHsnnm,.rni. vn. nr .
of French prlso
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hero do not show that
ithdr.iwn from that scrv-
ice, and thero is no report showing what
American troops bhe may havo had
nbuard.
Gloucester Ferry Co.
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intn tho T'ort nf
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