Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, March 03, 1919, Night Extra Closing Stock Prices, Page 2, Image 2

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TEOILE OWNERS
jprr BOLSHEVIKI
IX Organize to Protect Indus
try From Outside In
terference EXPLAIN CAPITAL'S PART
ft Dey That Labor of Itself Can
Develop Country's Re
sources In an effort effectually to combat out
ide Interference" with tho Induatrv. In
Philadelphia, representative of nil
branches of tho toxillo business Hero
have organized a Men anil "Managements
Textile Council, which will bo a permi
nent organisation. ( Ptanley llurlbut
wan elected president
"Ths Men and Managements Textile
Council was really formed ai a rrult of
clrto pride and local patriotlm for the
future of tho textile Industry In Phila
delphia, which Is menaced lv the Inter
ference from outsldo scourccs In Hie
snaps of Bolshovlk leaders, I TV W
leaders and other radlcalr. ' slid Mi
Hurlbut todaj ( I
"It Is tho purpose of this "counr 1 lo I
promote tho welfare and Inauro the
success of tho textilo Industry In rhili- j
delphla by promoting tho business lnlrr i
rets of both tho managements engaged '
and the men and women employed In It
"The council Is opposed to the slogan
of tho radicals the I W W , tlin Hoi
rhoviks, eto that 'all wealth Is pro
duced by labor, as that statement Is
not only misleading; but lontrarj to
facts. Tho council does stand however,
for tho truthful slogan, that natural
resources of tho I nltcd Mates of
America developed by the men and
women guided by tho managements pro
duce prosperity. Hach depends upon
tho other two '
Undeveloped Iteources Vot Wrnltlt
'Undeveloped natural resources are
not wealth. Management must have
tho natural resources at their disposal
ana can only develop there natural re ,
sources by tho help of labor Labor i N
cannot produce wealth unless they have Tormer f.n mnr ilrumhaugh will ic
ths natural resources to work up and! turn to Juniata i ollr,p hi Huntingdon
then only If Instructed and guided bv j Pa us ti president probably within a
ths managements as to how thos nat-lveir and tin- culln.1- vvil. be expanded
Ural resources should be developed and Into a university ac ordlng to an an
distributed
"Tho council lias alreadv appointed
various committees to take charge of
and conduct various beneficial lines rel
ative to the creation of harmonv and
co-operation between the men and man
ajementB, which will not only Insure
the success of the futile. Industry In
Philadelphia, but will Insure tho per
manent possession for ever man and
woman of his or her home, his propertv
jiis lamuy ana nis rigms an u uiiiirn
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of the city of rhlladelphla.
"The plan will be placed on a per
manent balls and villi be worked out
chiefly by an educational campaign In
formation, facts and figures will be cor-
lected and distributed among tho man- i
agements and among tho men anu wom
en engaged In this Industry, to that
thy will bo truthfully Informed and be
abla to draw the correct conclusions
ao that there will be confidence be
tween, tho men and managements and
consequently a fair distribution between
ttoth the men and ths managements ot
tever prosperity the Industry may
njoy."
Manr Slllla Aanorlated
Besides President llurlbut. other o!Tl-
cr of the council nre John W Snow
den, vice president. O W Jlasland
treasurer, and II. II Bo worth, eecre
ary. Among th mills and associations
affiliated are the following
Master Dvers' Association, Cloth 'Man
ufacturers' Association Yarn Associa
tion of. Philadelphia, the title mills of
Philadelphia, Turkish Towel Manufact
urers' Association, Wilton Carpets As
sociation, Tapestry and "irussels Man-
WManufacturers' Association Velour
"w XTnue!ietl1Pr AEnnMatlnn t-nlirilatttrv
Manufacturers Association, Seamless
Hosiery Association, Philadelphia Full-
jeasmonea Hosiery Jianuracturers' As-
de?nhla!nandthetaPCS,rynllll3Cf Phlla"
URGES U. S. WIRE CONTROL
i
Ex-Congreesraan Lewis Bcliccs
m -a-ij i .- vvr i i t i.
larinHetIuctlon Would Result
Former Congressman David J Lewis,
chairman of Postmaster General Burle
son's committer on telephone and tele-
iraph rate standardization, urged gov-
jijemment ovvnerthlp of railroads jester-
fl3 HI All UUUlCn-t Ull .tliUUIII 11113 V.I..-
vrnnaeiic iveium me iiuuroaus hl iiic
Main Line Forum meeting at ,Vrdmore
One of his jmlnts was that under gov
ernment ownership there should and
could be a radical reduction in passen
ger rates, for which great Increases" In
passenger traffic would compensate
"Present government control, not only
of the railroads, but of the wires. Is not
government ownership the government
Jaonly a guest In the houses of the rail
roads and telephone and Ulegraph com
panies." he said.
i h nnt v,n,-r. th. ... ruitrnaii
. ntnr Is onnosed to tho Idea of rov.'wnn mru.... iu.r "."V..""1"'.
rnment ownership of a government
cmaranteo of his Investment Th,a ob,
Jedtora are tho railroad managers
h "About 116,000,000.000, he Bald, Is
tyMnvested )n rallwajs, and there are
L 'about 250,000 miles of railroads. Vet
F?iCV ot the railroads have, at ono time
Rnn WICIkllvi, neon ill tun iiniiuo. juil ic
!!vers, and at least $8,000,000,009 has
Veen lavoivca in me uannruincy courts
Surely a government guarantee beats
that."
WANAMAKERJOINS PROTEST
Merchant Opposes Repeal of Day
light Saving Law
John Wanamaker has Joined In the
flartit aralnst the proposed repeal of the
daylight-saving law. and has sent a
telegram of protest to the national war
garden commission, tn Washington,
vJuch reads as follows.
Fe protest against movement to re-davllaht-savlng
law. beLlevlnir It
!ful In health and economy to mil-
nr woneers . -
atness concerns an over tne country
anDeaieci 10 mo uniicei Htates
nber of Commerce to helD In sav.
the davllcht-savlntr law for Ihn mlt.
bis of workers affected. Bombardment
'of lSenators with protests started a. few
'vitMt ago when It wmr discovered that a
ll3a.i Via A htn i a olAil rkfl 1 fi u tv nnnsnnrl.
',j AsW?l W t.vs.u V vv . "'J' UJJI )
atlon bill which would repeal the law.
ft Agricultural Interests are said to be
'HUpportlng the repeal movement
l? tUAtsJY VTrTnnY.nAnnr'Tvs
Par's End Doe Not Mean Relaxing
Food-Raiting Efforts
r gardens ot last year will bo vic,-
rdena this tprlng. School chll
are being organized to take care
i more garaens man oaiore. npec
rt will be made to raise nlants
imt the highest food v alue.
because the-,war Is over la no
re should relax our efforts,"
eiia warier, supervisor or
ns. - ivo mean to maae
ardeps the largest and best
1 Js essential as never be
rtend to encourage In every
nutxi cooieryaltlon ol
BABY
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1 $$&& ' Wk; v i""mLkP Suae
( I l mlenvf td A I'n Wuon J
I ln plinlnpr.ipli of I're.ident VS il-on' veek-olil praml" in ami tinine-ake. llie rlnlil of vlr. I'rjnrii 11. hajrc, va
taken at llie Jrffiton llii-pihil, tins mv l'romlont Mil on vmII visit llie voiing'ler loniorron afternoon, cm lii
vav from ,iliintoii lo Jyeu ork
BRUIVIBAUGH TO HEAD '
AN ENLARGED JUNIATA i
Former Governor Wll Return '
to Huntingdon Lniersily
Kxpanded From College
nmins.HAMt I., .i. i,. r n ,- ..,.. .
wcretarj .and treasurer of the College
Intension Association '
Idwln nrumbaugh, an nrthltect nf
this rltv, alrend Is engiged on plans
lor me ueveiopment of the unlversltv
I said Mr Passad., Const ruction of two
I now dormitories will begin in tho near
tuture
50 far, more than 187 000 of nn endow.
ment fuml nf si.in ono fnr .Timtfitn rr,t
. : - .-".. v.. .
ieKe i,as D,f.n rHv01 h tn, ef(or f
the head of the extension association
The present endow mint Is $J50 nod
it is purposed later to Increase the
endowment to f,ao ono and l.ij the-
foundation for an enl irged camiulcn
for a million-dollar endowment fund
BAPTISTS FOR NEW CHARTER
, I
LlcrgWHCIl Sponsor Clianpo oil .
"Civic ItMltOMUsnra. Siniilnv"'
Civic righteousness Sunday" was ob-
served In numerous Baptist churches
je'Jerday, with addresses 1 tlur pastors
calling attention to deplorable civio con-
Z::r:?::":iZ-
Baptut pastors said thev favored
charter revision, because ll promises to i
eradicate three of the worst' evils from
which Philadelphia, has mirrored Tho
three reforms demanded by tho D intlst
clergjmen are-
Jlemoval or tll police from politics ''riv summrr niiu prnac in innaaei
Jtevlslng tho method or awarding''111. The dlvlson Is dm to kavo I'ra.o
street-cleaning contracts, so ns to glvo
the iiy an opportunity to do Its own
work
A smaller and more compact City
Council
T1 .. .,,..,,. ,. . .t i Trivi
.MA. l H i VAL.jIAA1 U.IJ
Fpl,,cmir of mMW 'flirealcne.l at
Blades Del.
Seaford, nel . Man h 1
rearing an
epidemic of smallpox like th it which
swept their town several vears ago tht
fmiro pppuiation of n
'town across the Nantlci
ifeeaford, has been vacc
macles. a email
oke ltlver from
acclnatcd and the
town Is under strict mi ntlnc The
Itev Mr Mills pastor of iregg Metho
dist Uplscopal Church wj tlin llrst to
be btrlcken nnd as a precaution ngalnsi
anv further spnad of the disease, asked
that all members of his congregation ho
vaccinated There being onlv one
i hun h in town, ncarh eveiy citizen
complied with the pastor's roquet
Beiaue preventive measures vere
taken hn promptlv medical authorities
believe an epidemic will be averted dl
though additional cases have broken
our
Magistrate Collins Improving
Magistrate John Collins who has heen
confined to his home .119 North Ulght-
tenth street, for the last several weeks
"ni "Pf"" i", rf,?
resume hi duties at the
Twentieth nnd Buttonwood streets po -
nVe 'tat'0' ilnVfw-weeks
llce Btatl0M ,n -1 Iew wreKB
Market Guide
Prepared by the City Market Agent of the Bureau of Markets,
United States Department of Agriculture
ABUNDANT rotatocs, carrots, turnips, bents and parsnips.
NOKMAlr Grapefruit, bananas, sweet potatoes, lemons, cabbago nnd
spinach
SCARCE Tomatoes eggplant, peppers, beans, strawberries eclerj , apples,
oranges and onions
Tho fair prices to consumers given below cover tlioso charged by both
"Cash and Carry" and "Credit and Dollvcrv" retailers, "Cash and Carry"
retailer should sell nt tho lowest figures given, I'nlesa othenvtso stated
all prices aro for produce of good avcrngo qunlllv , ponrer grades should
sell for Jess,
Prnduit. Orjds I.tc
VEfinTAIILFS
BU Brrrl
carrots IMrrM .
Cubkasn f)ld Nw lork
New Klnrida
CaullRower c allfoniia
vier I Inrtd-t
Lettuce Florida . . .
imiioiiiiii iiii . .
Onlona No I
I aranlp Barrel
ellow . . .
p Harrei . . .
1'ota.toet rentiayliani. Jso i wnites
New Tork. N 1 whiten .
New Jerey, i banket .. .
flplnach Teiaa ... . .. .
heet polatoep .Sew Jeraej. i-tiaaliet
Delaware hampera ..
Turnlpa Whin, unwaalmt
' New Jeraey yellow .
Pennsylvania, Itutabataa ...
-nTTTrt
ArDlJa Sew Tcrk. BaMlna. A-2"a Ipchea.n ,o.in 11 bbl ( S. ' nk)
PP,C -.... V..l rl,..nln. A.I iL In O PllCin liA Kkl ,91 A . IT ITi
New TorW. (Ireenlnta. A-2'j In
Ken Liavia A-Z'a incnea
Poorer gradea
i W Ineaapa . ... . , .
Cranberrlea New Jeraey. barrel..,.
7moni CallfornU
arapefrult .Klorlda, Ursa
KlorMa, medium , . .
Klorldk, amall ... , ,
Oraniea Florida, large ,.,,
ur Florida, medium
Florida, amall
California, large .. . ...
i aiuornia, ineuiuui
California, small ,,
EVENING PUBLIC
WOODROW WILSON
GRANDSON OF
DOUBTS SA YRE 'INTERVIEW9
C- l'lc Moorv, Jr., Aped Four Months, Indignantly Cites Qua A-
pcrirme to Voir Babies Only Uat, Sleep and
Cry for First Tuo Months
I'ifo MfHiie lr the most letrnl
gr.indi.hlkl nf i ongresman J Hampton
Moore, ji.iii.tO duimg his aftertux n meal
to gaze nl his father, who hid Inter-
nititfii! Ihn tirn. iniMiifrii In ultillur- lilm
' ...v , .i. ..p.
wortro w,., h-d , puIl ,, llt i,,
Ml par leIUom,V, .ltt0r!,,R tr thH
i:tMiiIM nin l.rixiin silil his fond
p ipa, whitdovou think of It Junior?
Wuodrou Is Jut n week old
(' rife. Jr vvho is four mouths old.
F.tld ' 1 li (J i la and tooted fcr hlh
milk bottle the soun e of tin meal un
til he fou nl It again I lit l pairing, km
ho heli tight he gurgltil 7ha-.i-d
Meaning Whoevi r said he pulled nt his
car' Is straining llie truth
I3ut, Junior said his fond dad he '
slid goo when speaking of i-en Hoi
Ixidges speech and 'vurrop' and '.v.ahftuli I
It da too' And what s moie ! e reached ,
out with some eagerness for his right
foot and sorted out his tins' He also
clut-hed at tlin pit of hh
Mom nil
What do j on think of that '
Junior hy this time helug filled up
to tho neck, and unable to get another
rll" of m"kl "mll'"1
ARRANGING HEROES' PARADE i
M..nvori5ct..minS28t. .hI "Dili
Uivi.-ioii Men Uci'oidteil
, ,,,, .,.,, , ,,,- n-,,.,,,, ,i,,.,
,','& , ' 'IZVi ? 1' Ameriran ixnlh
ditlon'rv for."" will be wearing Pis.
tlngulshed Servlco ( rosses for v ilor in I
luitle when thev return hire In the
in Mav
Ihgl tv men of the Peventv ninth Divi
sion also have been mi decorated, hc
cording to an nnnciincement bv (gen
eral Bev ton " March, chief cf etaff
Both divisions are mado up largelv of
Pennsylvania and New Jersej troops
The Scventv.nlnth division Is expected
to sail for home In June and as jn the
case of the Twentv-elghth efforts .ire
telng made to have them landed here
Actlvn co-cperatlon of the state otll-
lals has been pledged to the PI lladel-
piila, i ouncu or National Derense In
plans for tho reception to the returning
veterana anu ineir paraae inrougn the
eltv before detraining for demobilization
camps
TAX HITS PERQUISITES
Salesmen Must Inrlutlc Certain
r i n
hxpenses and Allowances'
Salesmen and other emplojes re.
celving per diem allowances In nddlt.oi
to regulai salaries arn required to re
port these allowances In income tax re
turns, the Intern il Itevenut Bureau an -
nounced today
Lis lnu exigences are not allow able ,ie.
ductloii", even though Incurred In earn
ing on a business Amounts paid for
board and lodging bv persons who travel
In the course of their emplojment are
considered living expenses Any excess
of a per diem allowance over living ex
penses Is taxable Income
A salei-man who has to pay for tho
use of a sample room Is entitled lo de
duct sue h navment ns a hnslnesq pi.
I nense. and a traveling man is entitled
I to deduct railroad fares paid hj him In
i carrying on ins occupation
for Housewives
lair Tries
to i oneuiner
Today
2 4ivc lb
Km i, rk
1-4', c lb
12-18(1 head
-0 21o head
l.'-.Oe etalk
12-2le head
ir. '.la head.
4 Se lb
2V..5o lb
lo-ffin ', pic
10 l',o 'i pk
f-tte 1. pk
1 21o '1 pk
24 12o i pk
21 llo pk
4 o 'i pit
0 ke l pk
13o 'i pk
nn 2i0 k pk
tost to rtetaller
Today
. 1 "5 "J 21 bbl (HO lei lb
1 7V 2 2V tht (40-4-, i4 pkl
..' 7'.-1 00 bbl 11)1 1JV t)
.' 2 . ai hmp (IS 20 hd)
1 711 L 10 en (8 14 lirta)
I 2V I SO bch (13 Bulks)
ft J', 00 i bbl 1n Id hd)
II 00 fl nO limp (40 10 hda)
I 2V -. . hac (OS BK Ibel
1 71 .' 10 bbl (180 180 lha)
2 40 i 71 ct (.'I JB ', pkl
40 rwt 124 .A '. nUl
..a a w- V. -. I
- . (.11 IUI H . nn
SO baa (R ", pit
! 00 bus (1 i 1R l! .
1 n ,-. no piia J J
15 U pk)
.j i't-.-oo Daa ih u i pi
. mm . A T '.---". '-
nil
Sfll-2 80 hmp I1J.II ' rk)
ir..
21 baa ( 9 ' nk)
40-
i .
1 baa (S ' pk)
00 baa ( t pic)
0 r.0.10 00 hhl (Sa 4
S 21 9 2K bbl 8 42 i pk)
. 7 fO 8 60 bbl (1 4.' ' pk!
.! PHI
Pk)
lIDUO IIU DO IIP 11 11
.10 oo ji oi) bbl (M ns ni)
,.i 21-3 00 boa (100 300)
,3 21-4 00 bo i (10)
.4 21 1(10 box (141
. 4 r,0 1 21 box (ho)
. r. ons no hoi I12H)
.ft 10-7 21 box (170)
.11 71-7 n(l boa ('1l
.n 00 7 71 box (11.H)
o la ii mi nox llini
....0 00-7.00 box (31 8)
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
SAYRE
CONGRESSMAN
something .ifter the faslilnn of mon
kev and gulne i pies but no plain
Lngllsh words followed Hnwever. Ills I ns he re iched home where he had hur
father being a ttudent of habv Jargon I rled to get mor definite news of his
was iiblc to tr.intl.ttc his opinion as fol- bereavement
'"Tin persn with , g.aln of common1 ,r, ,S"''lr,"l, nlc Tro.n.le
ffiit.0 kn..s tint t babv one week old , " 1'M Intlmitlon that the ailment
dm snt do those things You know , l'" ' l,CK'" 'ant November might be
vnnrsetr ,1 i ihi riu..u i..,i'""T" ."" "Im '" v nn an went
and s(ep. and it was two months be-
rea.hng out for .mvthlng. whv Wood- trouble Mr Van Loan had established
low lioesnt have the brain hw home on Bent road, Wjncote
' Whv I dldn t knovy liovv to rent h out Prom that time ho was under tho
for mv tottle and nipple until Just thlsicare of phvsiclans. and on I'cbruarv 18
week and somehow or other I alwnvslas removed to the Ablngton Memorial
Kt '"' hand i losed before I get them
I" '"' band Uoodrow can crv all right ,
but he can t kid' like I can
"And nnvbodv knows tint If they I
ffd UK babies on time anil with the
right kind of milk whv we nlwavs will
be sunn, bee mso we onlv eat and Bleep
i . . -
and cry when hungry. I wonder what
tho rest of the mothers who leid that I
storv thlnlt' homo baby some babe'
Whereupon C r, Jr. having thus
exerted himself, closed his big blue eves
NEW MEDICAL INSPECTORS
IFhc School PostR Filled Anionn
Ullior iluiiK ln.il Appointments
t-,, . ,., . , ,, . .
, ' " school medkal Inspec
'ors urp "PP"'""'! todnJ bv Plrc-ctor
'vrusen, of the Health and Charities De-
partment Tlioso named are lira
f.eorgc r 0iiwers 160 Manhelm street,
i liarloltii Farrhigton 2130 West Pass.
link avenue, Fred an Gunter. 1132
North Twelfth street Benjamin Blown.
I10C North Twelfth street, and Wallir
M
uiiuir, uiuu npruco stieet
Director Krusen also appointed John
I P"
"hit
oo in vvayno avenue, as mes-
i Renger In the Bureau of Health at fTJO
' a vear. Joseph i' White, 1224 South
J'each street i hauffnir in the Buicaii
of Ilenlth it Jton a j ear J Nonnan
BIcktrt 3822 I.auriston street, Interim
in the Bureau of harltles without
salarv
Other cltv appointments are" Henry
Moore, 30.13 lloier street, guard in the
Bureau of Correction at $1200: George
Woolery 5&0b Angora terrace Inspector
m the Bureau ot Water at f 1280 , Georgo
hover, &33J Nortn j-ront street wateli
man In the Bureau of Water at $840.
and Perrv. H smith, 1116 bouth Flftv-
first atreit, rodman In the Bureau of
Survev at $soo a vear
DnAD TIMlc'CDlMP TH ENn
, IUAU IIHiVUuIIU lU CWU
Stale llii;livvas Illlinunc Five
, - i- ' i wr l
l cars l'rom Kcpdir Work
Ilnrrltburg, .March 3 (By A P)
Boroughs vi herein the state Is to con
struct street pavements ab parts of tho
Mate highway prlmarv road sjstem will
ho requlnd to enter Into agreements to
prevent centlnual tearing up of stteets,
HC-iiiluillK HI B. lUIIMHI ll"'"l"Cillieill
mail.- Here toclav t Illghua) commls- siveo i" '" """"' """-,,ri " iuh
s onei S idler sey periodicals and then six sears ago
'Once our na ntr is down It w 111 not
be disturbed u Intend to save the
stain hundreds of thousands of dollars"
kivs the commissioner "Per not less
tlan five jears after construction these
state hlghwavs shall not ho disturbed
except in casn of extraordinary emer
gencj Boroughs c-orporatlona and pri
vate propertv owners can lay their
sewers and mains of various sorts In
anticipation of paving I Know of no
reason whv old mains cannot bo renewed,
If necessarv
CALL 'FREE SPEECH' CONGRESS
Socialists Sock Release of All
'Political Prisoners'
(hlragn, March 3 (By A J) In
vitations for a mass-meeting hero on
May 1 have been sent to various parts
of tho countrj, from Socialist head
quarters In this city. According to the
Invitations, tho meeting Is to bo a "con
vention for amnesty and free speech,"
and lt purported objects are to bring
about the release of all "political pris
oners. ' suih aa William I) Haywood
and others of the Industrial Workera of
the World, convicted of disloyalty, causo
tho repeal of the espionage act, and
"tako such other steps an shall lie
found wlso to establish freedom of ac
tion and speech '
A number of the Invitations to the
mass-meellng, which have been sent
through the malls, havo been closely
Inspected and photographed, a govern
ment agent said today.
ESPIONAGE VERDICT STAND
U. S. Supreme Court Difmioses Appeal
Trom Three-Year Sentence
vraahlnalon, March 3 (J3y A. 'P.)
Without passing specifically on the con
stitutionality of the espionage net. tho
Supreme ( ourt today In effect sustained
1 ederal Court decrees convicting Abra
ham U Kugerman, of Minneapolis, un
der the hi t.
Hugorman was sentenced to threo
ears' Imprisonment because of state
ments made In a speech. In dismissing
the proceedings Justice Brandies, who
rendered the opinion, held that no con
stitutional questions were Involved In
the appeal and for that reason the court
had no jurisdiction.
VANLOAN'S DEATH
FATAL TO FATHER
Aged Parent Overcome
When Informed of Noted
Writer's End Here
NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA
i
Body Will Bo Cremated After
Funeral Next "Wed
nesday Charles j: Van Loan, noted short
story writer, died esteiday In the
Ablngton Memorial Hospital after nn
Illness of several weeks
Ulchard Van loan, father of the
writer, died In l.os Angeles a fow
minutes nfter news of his son's death
was brought to him In church
I'uneral services will be lit Id tomorrow
at noon hi tho Wjncoto Uplscopnl
Church Tho body will bo cremated.
Charles 1J. Van Loan was forty-two
cars old and had achieved wldo repu
tation aw a writer of fiction
Mr Van Loan began to fall shortly
nfter coming Hast last November, when
ho became associate editor of the Satur
day nvenlng Pot. At that time, how
over, lils rugged constitution gave no
warning of the breakdown vwilch was to
I come
The Immediate cause of death was
nephritis, but an automobile accident In
California, six veirs ago Is bellevtd to
have Impaired his vitality In such an
extent that recovery was Impossible.
Willi Mr. Van Loan nt tho time of
his death were his wife and children,
who had been summoned to his bedsldo
several dajs ago, when his recovery
became doubtful, and Oeorgo Horace,
Lorlmer. editor nf tho Saturday i:enlng
I'ost, all of whom .had maintained an
.ill-nlghl vigil at the bedside
Tho writers father lived but a few
minutes after receiving the news of his
pon's death Another son carried the
message to him nt church a short dls-
lame from his home, and he died lust
to the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital
find 4Viiint t Is r. 4- knilnr.1 1..a. 1 .
Hospital He was attended there by
r1" M H Pussell and Milton IC Ncirfer
Last Wednesday his condition showed
ll 'ntrlced change for the better Dut tho
"cu "a ,l r-laps followed, succeeded
h ,l mor. l'erl011'' one, during the night
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The death of Mr Van lxian removes
a tor-wrllr who, In the opinion of
critics, had the largest following among
men readers of anj magazine fiction
writer He was the first probably to
transcribe tho trials and tribulations of
the motion-picture actor to Hctlon Added
to this he had a thorough knowledge of
baseball, motoring, golf and other out
door sports, ami he wrote of these from
tho viewpoint of a man who had nc-
tuilly taken part in them and who loved
Bior,s
This love for the outdoors was Irre-
prM,,w, rrequently he made trips
, through tho Far West Ho knew that
country well Much of his fiction ma-
terlal was gathered there, nnd tho last
story ho wiote, which wll' appear In
the next Issue of tho Post, called ' The .
Hasher," Is n romance written ground
one of the lunchroom girls to be heen In
the famous Harvey ehalu of restaurants
along the Santa Fe
After the nutomobllo accident, which
happened In ban Bernardino ho learned
to play golf and to drive his motorcar
with his light hand and arm The
other hail been fractured nnd h id re
fused to set right He acquired consid
erable skill, and he was looking for
ward to tho wring, when he might get
out and p'ay again on the links near his
home
Knters Newspaper AV ork
Mr Van Iian started his career be-
li,ir,a n de-,! for the Standard Oil Corn-
ip, n Ij0a Angeles, Cnl The greater
,JBn ' l ... ... waa 8nent , tlmt 6tate
He was born In San Jose, June 23 1876
He was educated In tho public schools,
and his wife was a California girl, Miss
Kmma C. lenz, of Los Angeles, A jear
after hi mairlage, which was In 1002,
he quit business life and went Into news
paper work with the Los Angeles Times
He mado good from the start, as the
edltois sa, and the pungency of his
stylo soon attracted favornble attention
from New York, In the meantime, he
had tried his hand at short-storj writ
ing He wont to the New York Amer
ican as a baseball writer, continuing his
fiction writing ana contributing suces.
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began with a succession or Btories in the
Post that speedily won him a largo'hear-
Ing In the six ears ho wrote approxl
matclv sev ent -five short stories for the I
Post, nearly an wtien in tne tlrst per
son one of the peculiarities of his style
and all dealing with somo phaso of
out-of-doors or sports
Baseball was his forte Ho knew all
the ' kings of tho diamond ' by their
first names and their nicknames, and he
knew as only a baseball reporter can
know tho Intricacies of the game from
the plaers viewpoint. These he trans.,
muted Into tho tine gold of roro fiction.
Investing his kings with actions that
even the plaverw themselves enjoyed
sympathetically One series ho wrolo
dealt with "bones" stupid plas on the
diamond that proved most successful
and enjoyable once in on amateur
game with newspapermen he 'pulled a
bone" himself that he used for material.
This was stealing second base with the
bases full.
Ills collection of stories Included "The
Big League." "The Lucky Seventh,"
'Tho Ten Thousand Dollar Arm," "In
sldo the Ropes," 'Buck Parvln and the
Movies," "and his newest book, Just off
tho press, "Score hy Innings "
Mr, Van l4an was a member of tho
Los Angeles Athletic and Country CJubs
High Wages Up to Workers
'sLabor must make good, If It expects
to continue the high scale of wages
Labor must produce more than It did
during the war." declared Raymond F.
Perrott In an address on "Iiajture In
dustrla Relations and the Program of
the English Labor Party," yesterday
mornlni , before the First Day School
Confereice Class In the Friends' Meet
ing Ho ise. Fifteenth and Race streets
Mr, iterroti saia ine maintenance of
tho hlgliwage scale will deiiend on tho
3uallty ana quantity or tne work pro
uced. The old sstem of paternalism
nn thn iart of employer toward em
ploye wa declared to be a thing of the
pat.
Bryan Meeting In Camden Off
On account of the Illness of William
3. Ilrytn he will not address meetings
in Camden tonight or In Trenton today,
Jlr, Uijzn U at Baltimore, lid.
' MARCH 3, 1919
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CHARI.ES E. VAN LOAN
Noted author of niapazinc, lorlc5,
who died in Abington Horpilal yes
terday after several weeks' illness
WILLIAM F. M'CULLY,
OLD POLITICIAN, DIES
Real Estate Assessor and For
mer Fire Commissioner Sue
ciiinbs Suddenly
vVillidin I'recland Mcl'ullj, a real cs
tat assessor and former Pemocrnlic
politician of tho old school, died at his
holm, 2111 North Thirteenth street, last
night from complications duo to ad
vanced ngc. Mr. McCully was eighty
jenra old
Ho had heen nt his desk In Cltv Hall
until last Tuesday, when lie went homo
suffering from n chill. Ills condition
was not regarded as critical until list
night, when ho began to sink nnd died
within n fivv hours
His brother riinm.is "li( ull
Tuen'v -llrst and Diamond ttrccls, nnd
tlneo sisters, tho Misses Helen and
i:ilzileth McCullv and Mrs Jennie V.
(li.avis weio with him at the time
A giamldaughter, Miss lilniT J'.ira
iimu also survives lilm
rum i a! sei vires will be held from
his home on Thursday afternoon at two
o clock Interment will be mado In Mt. ,
Moriah Cemetery
Mr Mc( ullv created ti sensation In
18711 when aH a lire i ommlsslone r, hoi
stopped tho ringing of the bell In the i
St ite House which since llevolutlonarv
tlineH hid given warning of small tires
throughout the rltj Ho believed that It
savored ton muih of 'small town" life
and succeeded In having ,i lesolutlon.
passed doing nway with the indent cus
torn, despite a storm of protrbt
Mr MrScully was born In I'hlladel
1 lil i. His father was James McSiully,
a prominent Democratic citizen of tho
old Southwnrk district Tho i Mct Mc
Cullj was one of tho commissioners of
Southw'nrk. and also a member of the
School Boaid of IiIh ward, being greatly
Interested In tho public school system
of education The pnn was educated nt
tho Locust htrcit Clrnmmar School nnd
the Centril High School When slttieii
vears of nge hn w is apprentlml to 1311ms
Josiph Hindu n, one of the prciprletots
nf tho Siindnj Dispatch, to learn the
trade of pressman
Following tho footstips of his father
Mr Mr-Cull or! took an Interest In
tho management of tho public schools,
and nt tin nge of Itvventv-tvvo was
elei ted to and mado president of the
school hoard of the third section, u
position he hold for the term of thrcn
veirs, when, having ic moved out of
the ward, he was Ineligible for re-election
Mr Mtfullv'A .oiimctloii with the fire
department dolld bars, to the old volun
teer daH When but eighteen vears
old he beiame a member of the Hlbernl.i
Fire Lnglne Compaii), .mil was sub
striuuitlv elected recouler and treasurer
of that organization t'pon the forma
tion of tho honororv assoclition. called
the Old Guard, he was made president
Ho was also president of tho Hlbernla
Flro Company. ,
On December 31, 1870, when the pnid
fire department was established, Mr. Mc
Cully was elected by the Councils a
member of the Board of Fire Commis
sioners and served four jears and four
months In a most ellclent manner In
3Uay, 1881, ho was re-elected by Coun
cjla to fill an unexpired term, and In
February, 1883, ho was re-elected for
the full term Mr. McCullj was made
a ie.il estate assessor on April 7. 1912,
and was reappointed last jiar He was
connected with the office of the civil
service commission In the Blankenburg
administration.
Mr McCull was a chaiter member of
tho Amerlcus Club and Its secretaiy
for man ears He was a prominent
member of the Masonic ordei, being a
past master of Mount Moriah Lodge, No
Hi5, .i member of Harmon Chapter,
II A M , 'o ,fi2 a member of Philadel
phia Commander, No. 2, Knights Tem
plar, a past master of rhlladelphla
Council mid a meinbei of tho Consist
ory -KlSSEL-i
Tho upholstery of the Kissel
Custom Built car retains Us
appearance because its genuine
hand-buffed leather is fitted
over white curled hair.
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Klftsrl nnil tlrlneoe Automobiles
806 MIUTII HiUIVU AT.
TOSTAM1 FOUND
VVAieit ANDKV-UM 8undy, M.rch J,
goltf wutih anil pen Initial ti JS 0, so.
Ing from Bid snl Market at. to Ml. Holly, N.
J , via trolljys rowardi return to 1008 laid.
Inw t 8d door
Jrtxi lxt, vvirn halreil foi terrier dor, ur,
marklnKB. Hunilay March 2. In Ilarhv.
eadon or J.analownn borougha, ilawnro
i-ouniy, urenae ut .'t: rauaru iuiiku
Kninla Tel I aim Ine IS7. Inaflowna la.
. nriJU an rrt female
IlOtlMKnORK Uliltfi woman nrivats honv
three tn faintly, no ihlldreu: prlvata
hath, poaltlon alt ar, atato aset refer
ence, eirn jviaaon a m. uaviia 1'iace.
Atlantic City, N 1
nFATIIH
McVui.LiYi SUB N' isth sT.' JJue notice of
tuneral will be fflven
DOUOt.ASH March 2. at U2T Hprueo
at . JOHN, huaband of Lvdia D Douaiaaa
wai.iti f V i,u..u r, i tt r nil li.
nelitlvea and frle-nda are Invited to the
Mrvira. vveu at 10 a. ni , at too Oliver II.
Dalr llulldln 120 c'hratnut at Inl private,
KHKSCOI.V Suddenly. Feb 2. HAM,
UK!, VV. KIlBSfOLN, Further notice ot th
funeral will bo ulven
KISHtrK. March - nT C . wlfo of John
I, Klsalik Relative and friends are in-
vilen (o aervue, vveo , y n in , at tne reel
done tr her on-ln lau. Walter llawera. 101
N. lllshlunil ave.. Iatiadowna. J'a Int. pri
vate. Prlenda may cult Tues evening, 7.3U
to 0 .10 o'clock
CAUNAUITAN Marrh ,1 at 1052 Hproea
at , iiAUlici, mci.kat' widow oi jamea l,
Carnanhan. sard SO. nelattvea and friends.
ulao member of Covonant Preabyterlan
Church of (Jermantown. Philadelphia, aro
Invited to the wmlce, Wed , at 4 p. m , at
tho Oliver 11. Hair llulldlnr. 1820 Cbeitnut
l, .ai Aiiiavursu, ii,
LIQUOR LICENSES
SOUGHT BY 1824
One New Applicant and
Five Ask Court to Change
Location
FILE NICETOWN PROTEST
National Prohibition Makes
Present Session Probably
Last of Tribunal Here
Only ono application for n new retnil
license and thrcp for new vvholesalo
licenses were filed at tho nnnual sitting
of the License Court nt City Hall today.
."nio present session probably will bo
the last ot the Llcenso Court here, with
national prohibition going Into effect.
Tho total number of applications tor
retail licenses for tho car beginning
June 1, of this jear, was 1824, This Is
six more than wero granted last 3 car
Flvo of them are for changes In location
of present saloons,
Tho new applicant was Kdvvard Gal
lagher. He, however, held a retailer's
llcenso before Tho location of tho
snloon ho desires to open Is at I3lgh
tccnth street nnd Pulaski avenue. Gal-l.-ghera
application Is opposed by resi
dents of the neighborhood, and by tho
Law nnd Order .Society Vecnuso of the
alleged dlsorderl m inner In which his
snloon it Eleventh street nnd Itlslng
bun nvcnuo was conducted
Dr John Gordon, pastor of the I rank
ford Avenue Presbyterian Church, who
Uvea nt Llghtcmth street and. Pulaski
avenue, appeared and testllled that tho
residents did not want a siloon. Tho
Nlectovui Boys' Club, visited by 11,000
bos last month, and n public school
nro ncarb, ho Bald, nnd tho saloon
would have? a bad Inlluenco on tho
children.
Tho first petitioner to face the court
was John Verrecchln, applicant for the
license now held by Fllomeno Dl Stazlo,
ut 745 fcouth I3lghth street.
Michael Barbus, who has a saloon at
624 South Delawaro avenue, was per
mitted to take In tho adjoln'ng premises
on the south, No EJG The license of
tho lato Har Halbert, 100 Vine street,
was transferred to his widow. Emma C
Halbert
Tlje court held under consideration
the application for n transfer of the
St James Hotel license, held now by
John Stafford, bankrupt, to William B
Johnson and Milton B Kllle, who'wlll
lease the bai privilege ir the hotel from
the receiver If the application Is grant-
ed
The license of Matthew' Gourle,
35 South eighteenth street, was trans
ferred to Michael J Came : that In the
name of Ustella Wiber, since married to
Samuel S Talor, 1312-14 Ridge avenue,
was transferred to her husband The
General Wano AVano Hotel,, 8466
Frankford avenue, will also change
hands, the license held by Georgo
Wltard being transfered to John J
Brennan
The application ot Patilck Griffin for
a transfer of his llcenso from the south
east corner of Po'nt Breeze avenue nnd
Iteed street wns opposed by his pres
ent landlord. The court took the matter
under consideration.
Tho llienso of Kllzabeth Crlll, 2351
South IVont street, as transferred to
Jnmes O Kane, without objtctlon.
STEEL AGENT SEEKS WIFE
Mrs. Harry R. Jevvkcg May Re in
City, Husband Relieves
Circulars will be sent broadcast over
the country today by Harry B, Jewkes,
steel operator of this cltv and proprietor
of the Wnburn Inn, Berw.vn, In an ef
fort to locate his wife, Mrs. Kugenla
McKowan Jewkes. who has been miss
ing from her homo since February 19
Mr, Jewkes believes however, that his
wife may have sought employment In
this city, since two postcards mailed
here have been received by friends In
Pittsburgh she was seen at Ardmore
on February 21
Nervous trouble, following an opera
tion a car ago, and aggravated by a
recent attack of Influenza and overwork
because of the servant shortage, are be
lieved bv Mr. Jewkes to be responsible
for her disappearance.
Mrs Jewkes Is a nleco of Kdward
0'3cll, the steel magnate of Plttsbutgh
Jewkes Is In the steel business, and has
offlcea In the Real Estate Trust Building,
TAXI- MAN SKEPTICAL
Didn't Believe Chester Man's Tale of
$35,000 in City Treasury
t'Whv. I have $35,000 In the Cltv
Treasurer s office," Joseph Shle'da, of
Kast Ninth street, Chester, told a tnxl
chauffeur when tjie latter demanded
Ipavment for an hour's ride yestcrdav
The chauffeur waa unimpressionable
I Instead of going to the City Treanurcr's
office he drove to a police station And
from the police station Shields was
i taken to the Central Station today,
where h was fined 15 and costs by Mag
istrate Pennock.
Shields will not bother about his $35,.
I 000 until he has served his sentence
I
Clemenceau Heads Hoy Scouts
Paris, March 3 Piemlei Clemenceau
has accepted the presidency of the Boy
Scouts of France
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JEWELERS 'SILVERSMITHS
. CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
The Diamond Bar Pin
This Most Desirable
Combination Of Adorn,
ment With Varied Utility
May. Be Selected, in This
Establishment, From A
Collection Of Excep.
tional Interest, Extent
s And Range Of Price.
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The tremendous fire waste In
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on our manufacturers who are now
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The VDlverillv of MlnoraoU bulldiagt htv
CLODb protection.
VARE LOSES CONTROL
OF BIG JEWISH CLUB
Anli-Mackcy Men Elected by
Citizens' 46th Ward Re
publican Body
Hurry A. Mnckey, Vnro leader of the
Torty-slxth W.atd, esterday lost control
of tho Citizens' Republican Club, nn
organization of Jewish business men that
constitutes n large and Influential cle
ment In the ward.
Independent voters were elected to all
of the executive orfices. wlillo five of the
seven trustees selected were also antl
Mackey inon Several liundred residents
of tho ward wero Involved In the con
test, nnd a lino of motorcars two squares
long led up to the clubhouse at 6041
Pino street, Adhere tho members alighted
to cast their ballots.
Through Benjamin Solms, clerk In tho
office of tho County Commissioners and
Republican committeeman from tho
ward. Mackey had sought to maintain
i control of the election machinery of tho
club. It was this issue that prompted
the great opposition to the Vare-Mackey
I forces on the part of the Independents
Abraham Rose and Joseph Fischer
engineered tho fight against Henry
Gelb, hitherto president of the organiza
tion, who Is known In tho ward as "ono
ot Mackey's right-hand men " Hiram
J Maxmln, who ran against Gelb. de
feated him for the presidency by forty
votes Henry Grabowsky defeated Ab'a
ham Wcrnlck for vice president. Mau
rice Garflnkel was tho successful enn-
I dldato against Mimuel Velenchlk for
tho treasurershlp.
For the offices of recording secretary,
reporting secretary nnd financial secre-
. tary there was no contest and the men
elected to these places, respectively.
were Abraham Light, Joseph Fischer and
i Dr Morris Dutlch.
The seven trustees elected are Sam
uel Berger, Benjamin Ccllan, Harry
Kraft, Isadoro Sagorsky, Aaron Scvvartz.
J. I. Schwartz and Jacob Thlel By
agreement of both parties, two watchers
supervised tho election, Samuel Sllver
steln representing tho Independents, and
Aaron Gelb, brother of the defeated
president, working for the Mackey con
tingent. WARNS OF OVERHEATING
Keep Inside Temperature About
70 Degrees, Saj s Doctor Knisen
In his weeklv health bulletin Dr. Wll
mer Krusen, director of the Department
or Public Health and Charities or Phila
delphia, Issues a warning In which he
emphasizes tho fact that tho averago
, home and business house, is entirely too
warm Doctor Krusen s.is n factory or
home that maintains a high temperature
Is injurious to liealth His bulletin, in
part. sas
"A high temperature reduces moisture
of the- air, causing the parched atmos
pheio to Irritate the iiuoe and throat and
Increases evaporation from tho bod,
predisposing to catarrhal respliatory dis
eases common during the winter season
I ' The thermometer should be the guide
'of the amount of heat compatible with
a healthful nnd comfortable Indoor at-
Imosphcre A temperature of seventy de.
grees Fahrenheit and adelatlvehumldltv
of fiJxt-flvo are Ideal for comfort and
.ease
The use of pans filled with water and
placed In the heated room nnd similar
.measures to supply the requlied mois
ture have not proved effective Of all
I methods devised for adding moisture to
the heated loom, proper and effective
ventilation holds flist place."
WILL CONTINUE DANCING
Community Centers to Remain Open
Until Next Month for Purpose
Dancing Is as popular with parents
who live near the various recicatlon
centers of the city as children, and be
causo of numerous requests the board
of recreation will continue community
dances for adults n the centers until
tho second week In April.
Arrangements havo been made for
three police band orchestras to replace
the fifteen members of the hand who
originally volunteeted to furnish the
music. A schedule calling for longer
hours of dancing, has been arranged and
will last until April 9.
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