irf iTF-- i ,rtmK- ATri -, -. ' ... , , y. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH! 8, 19JLS ir GET STOLEN AUTO IN LIVELY CHASE Throngs Cheer 'Whistling Cop' Who, at Pistol's - , Point. Captures Thief THREE OTHERS ESCAPE Five Alleged Gunmeu Held After Arrest by Lone Patrolman Prompt artlon lis deorge Hauptfuhrer Cambria nnd Orknej streets, In giving chase up Broad street to an automobile stolen from a friend. resulted In 'bo capture of one of four aliened thieves and the recovery of the machine, txxents Wlnutea after It was stolen "Matty" Curran, the whistling cop " who handler trnfflc at Hioad street and Lehlirh axenue. tniide the rapture at the point of a reoIer nu scores " ( nutolals and pedestrians looked mi ami cheered The alleged thief gaxe his name a .Samuel f!oldtcln and slid that he lixed on Hlgel str.et near Fifth He xxns arraigned before Magistrate Mecleur In the Central Station todnx The theft of the automobile occurred shortly before noon elerdax but the details xxere not given out bj the police The car belongs to l.co Balzrrelt a milk dealer, ":3 l'arrlah street It was stand Ing In front of his place of business xxhen four men teaped Into It and droxe off Mr Balzerelt had an appointment In miet Mr Hauptfuhrer and telfphnnrd lilin that he would lime to break the engagement be aue bis ui had been stolen Mr. Hauptfuhrer driving h's otxn car, proceeded ouc (umbra stieet to Uroid and doxxn Broad tieet. Intending to pick up Mr Balrcrcit s he turned oulh vxard from Cambria street he reiog nlred Mr Balzeiell s car xxhlch con tained four men To tarried lteiotxep. 'Mirsitiuri.li rdmui onMonilix .if He sxxuns the mnihlne around and , tenim n Internum xull be made in St Raa chase When xxlthln a fexx feet nf'Tauls I utheran i un.terx the car he commanded the men to halt but their ansxxer xxas to "step on the! iras" Txxo of th men accordlnK to Mt ' Hauptfuhrer flourished n xolxern At LehlKH axtnue ho iilckel up l'a trolman Currun Thty caught up xxlth i tho other michlne. Hnd t'urran leaped on the runnltK board and demanded that the men surrender Three of the men, xxnen .y tax mtv ee oxer- taken, leaped from the car and escaped ..i .. ai. Just as unan rxaihed the runnlntr ooara Ooldsteln xxho xxas at the xxheel xx-.is taken to tbu Tentx..ixth and Virk .- . . . fT-t. ti -.. -i . i- atreeta t-tatlon The pollie sax- th-it he has furnished them xx-llh the names of the three others and that artests arc expected to fotloxx Efforts are belnir made bx the police lo faiten the $1500 siIxerxxarB robberj at the home of Mrs KUixIn N lien-on ' Lynnexx-ood Bethlehem pike Chestnut Hill, on fixe nllcfted Neu ork Runmen They xxere arrested bx Mounted Patrolman Joseph Eckles of the Branch- town police station txxent-four hours after he had resumed his duties after eight months serxlce In France A xx nit exx ork Word The men xxere held lv Maglsttalei Meclearly lxendlne an ln estimation and to axxalt xxord from the Nexx York police regarding the ovxnershlp of the auto-1 njohlle XCXion n-almi..l a. 1 1 .t f ,.- anautiicu iui Hearing? inex gae their names as William and John i Alels. hrorliers, Frank satitalio, Ml- chael Curdo and Angelo Xatlllo Cur- , cios Drotner, John, Is said to haxe been sentenced to ten sears only n few xxeeks ago for haxlng held up a saloon In Nen York. Leaping from a Fouth bound Wash ington epress, txxo of a group of three alleged pickpockets xxho boarded the train at W'asne Junction esterda aft ernoon made their esoape from rail- road detectixett through a croxxd of travelers In the Btltlmore and Ohio nru..u aiauuii r.uun .tr miris- elclit Vi.irH ft hi iaa nrri(al ot 'Ptin. I eight years old was arrested at Txxen ty-second and Sansom streets xxhen Cits Hall Detective Morfartj took up the chase. WINS ITALIAN WAR HONOR Max Mason Write to Brother ir. ( T:,,1 r . Here ot 1 netl Decoration Max Mason 121G Wx-xhjslng axenue. I SB5'nThlSir,?.'Irj;Sf. .'"" 1'?.").. ?' ! has honor. to Jostph Arai-on. a ' te.unai i , '"uiiitr m i TtfCrTl MtA ' ' ctter Three dass ago I xxas iiecoratea hv the Italian Cloxern. mtnt the letter st-ites, xv th the Croce di liuerru ThiscorrespomH to h e much - prized i ai cross of Fiance It was dtiiSL aFKZLL r. to- Bisit. xwaruea lor merl- mRk jt tuun u II u u C I during the last drlxe You i an Im- lEine ho muih f ' think of It xxhen 1 ell ion that It 1b MAX MASON the same decora tion awarded to the King of Italj for tils erxtce.s at the war" Mason sas he xvas the first ambulance I man to cross the nave lie was a member of the rexentj-.thlrd American Division Ambulance Corps MORTALITY RATE DROPS Pneumonia und Attendant Dis eases Catie of Most Deaths Deaths throughout the OltV during lhA 7.?11. humher'd feJl as compared witliiull(j 4, as actixe and xlgotous as a 69Z last week and 6,u during the .or- jn nt fi. rennnnilln? xceelr lsr lenr 'Ih.c u-h."""'1 ol '"l aivlaert fniinxtM Mii.i .115 ;mui.o JH: boja eights-three, and rlrls. xi enty. The causes of death were Meailcs . ...! 8crlet feier , pinbtharia. anil rout Jnftuenca . . Other epidemic di. Tuberculoid, cf the lunxs . Tuberculoid tnenlnsltl Other form of tuberruluiti e"anrr and other nil!nnt liimori Hlmpl meiilnxltls , Apoplex sud tattenlDK ot brain . Oraanto dleeies ot the he.rt Acute broncbttu Pnvumonla . Iironcbopneuniunla . , , ZlMaMs of th reaplratorr frflem .. i)lteae of tba etoniach Diarrhoea and enterltK . ., Aopandlcltli lltrnla .. ' Ctrrhotla of tha llxsr Acuta neohrltla and ttrtaht a dlBtdie . Nruicanceroua tumora . . .. Puerpral arcldenta OoDKnltiil debility and m.lfnrrnMlon. if.nlUt . . . . . All othar violent dratha . Sulelda ... AH othar dlataiei ,, Total Founelrymen Get 5.64 a Day c &W York, March 8 A minimum tz. of 15.6 a day was awarded the aSmployea of the Kochester Founders, an association of Rochester. X. Y, foundry .' ewner. by Julian W. Mack, umpire for . at. national war labor board, hare va. "" rdnx. , ' tn the cases of emploses and the Union 1, Hallway Company and the Third Avenue Jtatlroad Company of New York city, the war tabor board recommended that both companies glxe full and free per mlaalon to Ita employes to organize Into unions. SAVED IN BATTLE TO DIE AT HOME Anlmore Hero, K eh cited From Argonne Shell Crater. Succumbs COMRADES PERISHED fler surxixlng three dais In a watet. tilled shell later Into xxlil.h be ranted after being wounded nt tbo rgonue Forest. I'rlate .tntcjili Ctith bert, thirty-one xeats old .41 Chestnut avenue .rdnmre died 'I huisilav nt I'ort Mcllenrx Baltimore Mil of pneumonia Fixe other American xxho took leftigc xxlth him In the "hell hole were drcinnrd, and Cuthlii rt wan found three dsxs later, Uhronsi Iimiw on top of the bod leu. Ills remarki.bte vitalitx m n sur firl.A Id 111 Miirt-wiiMM most nt xc tinin hail little hope of mixing him from tlie com. j hlntd ffti tK of nun b ne rim mid shtnp tie 1 wound bill iifur a period t mi ceitalntx In a Fi.tuh hnpital he ilmost full v itcoiered When his iMiiitiilou I.e. am iiuprnt.d he told a thrilling alon r h i expiti ,,,,, ,ile AiKniim II xxis firt wounded "iLoiIf n tn le tioin the plai e the stretcher-beaters found ! m. ho said I nable to xxall. oi mm statu! he criwltd hloxxlv towaid Ihe leir Purlng his sloxx ptss-iM ait! the bit letb td he xxa bit sexenl times b machine gun bullets nnd flxm hIiiiipikI mill xxhen le tin lll leached the shrllh.iln he iculil to no further un tew nine consi tou-ne."S he found hitnelf In the hopl"il Ills recoxerx xxaH so rapid in France that he xx is cettltlul for tiansportailon to tile fn'ted States He arrlxed here eeral xxeeks ago nnd had bten under golnc treutincni it the fort i uthbert xxa the Min of Mr inil trs anuiel I'uthbirt H xias xie.l knonn about Xidiunp nnd the xi itn! and e trunclx xxdl lilil lie xxa drafted unit Kent to I'imii Meade hi Inj, upslRiuil to Compttix of ttu lUth Jnfantu 1 1 r as a liul'iln I The bodx has been shipped north Funeral terxhes xiill be hehl at Ht URGES MEMORIAL TREES illi.un J I. Kms Koqurstn Kami-lii'- to Honor l..m-loune llrror To fin p Hi il tl nit morlt s of I iiim iou dp hv m wlin lui s i mI oi shjim li ui i in ii Nxaut ti iiit i iiiiauciuiuit ,-,, ,n, ,, an,l a r, tldellt of i..iiisduxx ne urnes ex.rx sirxice f.imilx in ihe toxxn to plant a red tloxxetinK .uosxxoou iret? mis epriiiK Vnd to emphaslzi the beautx md ip m' ,"'', "f ."rt"', J, ,;U"fS i idMi '',"" n.irded to exerx lestdetit of bis home ,,, u ,Hr, oll ,IM() , ,lllt). Kllllltl the xouthful Vnitruan itui t xxho xwis killed In action i fTM niTnf'I T!T nifl llCjll. DLILIYLEiI. Dill 7 MERCHANT IS DEAD Althougli Intimate With Po litical Leaders. Business -Man Spurned Oflices Friendship xxlth puxxeiful pullth.il t. ..I .. I 1.. ... . . . itatini-i .ire u-u iiv iiiuim us i iiiuuel to public nffli e hut not so xxHh fjiorce ' Uuckli) xxldelx knoxxn oulh I'hllidel- phlnn xxho dlnl todax nt his home. 13a. Itltner street For xars -Mr Bucklex- was an Intl. mate friend of thn late Israel W )ur- ham and the late senator lames r Mr- Mchol who xxere dominant politicals In Philadelphia Kxerx xeir. almost xxithout ex eptlon. Mr Bucklex accom- panltd Mr Durhini or Stnutor Mc- Mihol on their xacatioti trips South nn!t. fliAa. rrluiiHuMiw . ti.l uuatnal tle Wbhes of manx of his other friends, xIr Bucklex perslstentlx refused to seek . . i ofTlnw. II- TirHffirPi I , flint ha n. ' "- - -.-- ..,.,. .... ... tire time, he said, to his famll und his business Mr Bucklex xxas bom In Norfolk l.ng land. and eam to this countr.x in earlx' xouth He engaged fltst In the retail fchoe huBlncss and had stores on South l0'11' ftreet, North nighth street and I "south street lie broadened to the ',,,., n-M ,, .. f. vears and opened a v alehouse at tl Market "treeU xxlfciou. g.xing up his .etall 8tofJh ttt eiLiiiillnip iix.il-.. 4 i fi rx i nn-lrliili iiri pjyrlu"'h mwir .(!. a iunnri . 1- .1 - .. t,,.lo .1,. .....I .... I ellixir 111 (iir-,j .miuic-uic inn ii--.ni lines Mr Bucklex de. Med to close out his shoe Interests and to entei the dia mond business He xxas engaged In that line V. 1th offices ill the Heed Building, mi to his death Mr Bucklex was one of the earliest! .... .-.-. .. ft lb. nl.l WHIIniTi I 1 neits I Republican Association and the Penrore Republican . lub Alwass genial, and a confirmed optimist he had a rich stole of anecdotes lun.erning man, noted' ll.C.tt'.. w. .... .... .,. ...... figures in Philadelphia's political and bulness life He Is sutxixed by a widow. Mrs Ullra beth Bucklex, a son. Ceorge I Bucklex and four daughters. Mrs Daniel .1 I.onex, Mis William Malonex Miss i;ilzabelh Bucklex- ami Catheilne Bucklex The funeral xxlll be held Wednesdav with a solemn requiem mas, in til( . hurch of the l'plphanx. Eleventh and Jackson streets Burial will be made In Holv cross emelt-rs Fexx of Mr Hucklex s friends were axxare that he was sexentv-nine vears 1 of age He xxas six feet txxo lni heR In li.-li.hr uelifheil txxn tmndrell tiounds I On July of laft ear Mr and .Mrs Buckley celebiated the golden annlver- tarx of their wedding at their .ounlrx home in Sew ell J ! I aita. x 4'uMk tt larW '). H i K HHHHRaH rW.n T lfcjf Vv H . ! ML fstaV alJ H- GEORGE BUCKLEY GIRLS' I ' w u4 Htf VOvwIBBBU '- yBMSlBBWBBlBBHBBl i b " i m f-laBv 'IhhhWIjA K- . m ?-'MWm$am&im 1 l1iiujrri 'lmMHaHw- yHi IHiaHlBi In tlie Oriental ihx l.i.t cxcnini: ut the silionl lmililitiF, at Fcxenteentli anil anil Miirguerile (.rnliam. "lanilmg, llathel Doljon, "PHILADELPHIADAY" AT CAMP DIX SUNDAY Knights of Colutnbu? Arrange for Speeial Train to Carry Entertainers n i at I la Jieiidii; I'ulil r l-darr t imp Klx, N. J.. Mi.rili ! I'hlla- rtelphia lux xx 111 be obserxed nt inx toiiinrioxx bout 330 I'hllutlelphlnnR xx til make the trip to camp In a special tnln xxhlch has bun arranged for bx San s-j.uioi rouncll, Knights of Col umbus of Philadelphia V vnudexllle progrim xxill be glxen In the afternoon rt the main Knights of Columbus build ing md fifteen nuts xxlll be p-eMIitcd bx inntnirs .iml profession il The l'lnl m1 liihl.ins 111 the morning xx ill x isit xarious points of Interest In cluding the base hospital and com ales cent i.ntei and return after the afiei noon ehoxx 1 ounil guiltx of stealing i snpphlte ting lelnnglng to Mrs II Wooden of ."".4 North I'lftedith Htreet Phil id 1 pliln and of being absent xxlthout leaxe Horn September .'.until he was appre hended In that clt about Noxember 15. J' Ixnle Wllllim I Ilexk. of Cutnliaiiv SO has been sentenced to be ilislionor- ahls dslinrKd from the srxlie and to anend six months at Fort .Ins. N" V ft . . ... I t.. ..1l....l. i nree enin at i un iai iiuiuuih Ishonorabl" discharge, xxlll be s.erxd by Prlxate John I Fletiher i'ompan 1'. STlfh Infantrj xxho absented himself without lenxe while the unit xxas at Camp Pike about October 30. 1M7 and rtmalned awax .until he HUrienlered ut i Camp Ileauiegatd. I-i about August 17. 118 I Klghteen men were held up bx- mill- tarj policemen in the cruside against speeding In cimp and their names hnve been sent to their compinx comminderB for lmnlshmert l.eneral Scott has con- ferred with town officials of Pemberton nd other places xxho xxlll assist in .. rfWUllK Ulirnufiw ...... . m urr r icriintvc xccxil t X'T I lll.li o .ilitiL j jj.7 ii.i x i Police IWrain I'arrnU from Attacking ' " uiife.l Anlmore Man 'Ihe pollfe of the Thlrt -se ond sire, t and Woodland axenue station had dlf- flcults In jestralnlng Peter Hngan I an"l his xxlfe of 113? Rubs street from attacking Fdxxlti Knuckols xxho gixe an address In Ardmoie, when lie xxas ar raigne.l befoie Jlaglstrite Harris today accused of assaulting their four-sear-old daughter, rra Hagin The poll.e vix Knuckols took tho child to street 1 au emptx house on Peach le xxas arrested last night bs District Detectlxes Prince and Qulgglev near biftj -sixth and Maiket streets Knuckols was held without ball for courl '" -xniKisirHie iiurns 20 YEARS ON POLICE FORCE (Jeorge pillman, ctinrj Deleelivr, lteceixiui (.'onuratulalioiis Totlaj Ceorge Spilltnan acting detectlxe at ( Its Hull todax celebiatt.l the txxentleth annlxersirx of his appointment to the pome rorce Spilltnan xxho has manx friends at city HUH aim elaewhete was heaitllx xXtXSuXSX&f n"; I xxas appolnteil to the poll.', for.e Mar.h 1 8 lS'ii Ills first assignment xxas to tne i:ighlh District, nt i:u;htli and But . t totixxood Htie. ts. where he soon made good anil xxan made a dlstrh t detective 1 His eur .-ps there' xxon him his present rir. u. I'll. Hull IT. Ilia V.&.n . Iti. l.,lelc In 11111111,117 Hnu 11 rnritm thli.crt.. 1 ami hold-up men . n.L..n (;. v:.i,. it. n Members of the t.osal Orange Instl- tu'lon held a xictorx concert and ballr'"" last night In I.u l,u Temple Broad and i Judge 1 Spring iiarden streets Cltx Statistician I-; J estteii uenvereu a patriotic ad- dress ' The grand inarch was led bs Captain Howard M Kuehner and Mrs Kuehner and lohn Txrell xxas master , of ceiemonles Maiy soldiers and sailors Im uniform vxete present The commit tee in cliargn of the affali liic.uded Hoh ert A .illmore chairman, Harry F Ilhoads xlce chairman lohn B ilrnm tner secietar.x and Isabella Calhoun, Mtasuier Memorial Mun for John Diamnnil . solemn months imnd mass xxlll be lelebrated Mondav In St Agatha's i hurch Thlits -eWhth and earing Oar- den streets for the late John Diamond, tieasurer of the .St Agatha conference of the St lucent de l'aul Hoclets. The i.elebtam will be Mr Diamond's son, the Hex Juteph II Diamond, of the Scianton Diocese TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Thomas J Liars 2J 3 Colorado at , and Lillian Kiari. .n.u n .oioruaa ai Percy Kt John Hprlng ai, Uennantown. and Maraaratta. (' Fcit Rasboroush, laiuls Pretorlu 211 V Both at and Mabel Hill 211 X AOth tt riaren.e U staple, larony l'a and f-.liuna D Illcharda VVooniorl,at It I l.roy T Mitionouah Ilildohurg, Tu . and Dorla C Henry Iledln ! Charlta Adams, Vew Tork cllj, and Mary Hell 28 ii H Itottxcood at, III hard C Hammond. IIH farpentar at., and Ktil it. Harrla, 1314 t'arpentar at James K Paul I' M H Hijle, and Sadla MClOwau, 1430 Trankford axa David Danoott 3VS Koitberry it , and lleba Kamlniikr, 31S Queen at. Harry Paul 41S5 t'amhrldaa at , and Mary Toren 2J1 H Bth at. Samuel Meltzer. New Tork elty, and Minnie acnimmscK. w iui. nil. HIGH SCHOOL CAST P. r.r. EXPRESS" ANGERS jMAJ. WILMER HOME UNSUSPECTING PASSENGERS Dilapidated. Grim) and I int'titifatrd Com ha With Ltironifiirlable Wooden livnchvi. Designed jor Workingmon, Hun on Regular Sehedule Without licing Distinguished From Regular Train J nunnlng emh dix from t ilinlngtnn , to I'hlladelphla Is a l'ennnlxanla 1U1I road 'impress." xxhlch Is iernlnlscnt of those irl dajH xxhen a railroad Jour-nex- xxns an adxenturo to be undertaken xx Itli in mx doubts and ioiislderabl prnxer. Onie on the train and xx.tli Miur ticket In th conductors hand he xxill explain tint It Ih a xxorkmen's tnln IIo xx 111 also explain thtl the i-hlp builders xxx re so ioukIi on tin UKJhil coaches that this train had to 1l sub stltut'd ' Oii a trtii tnidc on this tialn ses- tenmx txxo tai s xxere noticeable at the I outlet 1 That the railroad loinpanx did not immune In adxame the kind of a train it xx is offerlnt to passengers J That the passengers numbered al most as manx huslness nnd professional men as workers from Matcus Hook und Chester The train leaxes VIlmlnKton eaih ft,r u, , , ,, '1 '","?' , .".'"" ""'l lo "e "' I'niiaueipnia u i ',",,'.,, r.,... ...i. .ii i . txxelxe to fourteen loaches xxhlch haxe the nppearanie of haxlng been left lxlng around on the scrap heap until the had become a little mildewed Thex ate till, painted the fixtures are dented and the aroma Inside has that peculiar rancid t ing that goes with lniiroper xentllatlon I-uutilng the length of the cars on either side are two wooden benches re- sembllng a park bench more than any- thing else The resemblance Is more In looks than comfort Thex nte not as i omfortable as park benches Along the center aisle Is row after roxx of seats like the bene lies In a countrx school These also are made of wooden slats Their bicks stop just below the shoulder blades of the mouerateiy xxeu-gtonn man ana wnen me nam aiurin on passenger Is xnnlied back ucrof.8 i.-.i. nM,t i.iq rtehrae creak under the strain For healing arrangements there Is, ......... In eTrh cui un old-fashioned, sott coal-. " " oui.-.v.. ... ,.r .. ... . ,nn......m.. -mc. nf the kind sacred to 'served for women How a woman xxas the memorx of the cross-roads grocers. Yesterdav, being a fairly good das, the stoxo was not at Ita worst In cold weathet, nccotdlng to the mun vxholine cars were luentl.ai ah ot mem, ministers to these rontrlxauces, they Bave one, were smokers Women seek help enrich the ulr of the coaches so Ing refuge from the smoke-filled ntmos that the passengers have their choice ofphere would have, to walk through the freezing and br.athlng pure air or keep- train until they found the one car where Ing warm and Inhaling coal gas there xxas no smoking. -riir. iifriittnf rmn -rripnta i nnHlsf. rf 'the tialn makes three stoiis. at Mar- , . ,amps j two of the cars Ihe lamps wern indulging tu an orgx- of smoking nnd the ntmoi.phere xxas that of an oil field a feu hours after 11 promising gushei has been tapped. vvhen this delapldated means of con- JUDGE GEST'S SON WINS FRENCH CROSS One nf City "Fighting Five"' Decorated for Valor May Also (let American Medal siitiin itesi son of Judge .lohn Mar shall fiest has been awaided the dolt, I ile (iuene for bravery in Bavlng a com nidi-u l fe under file Mi (lest was one of the famous Fighting Five,' chums who Joined the .ihU ,"I""1" Mo,e tn' HU"i W ... , , ,1 . c.,, , flett was notified of the honor 1 his son jesterdav lie l"l -seventh street and Ut -lenuJ- accorded at Flftx vounar iiest xxon tie nwaru uuuiit o, 1918 in the Mont Blanc rjg on. In the , ,)e Aiextttller Van Hensselaer. the Rev. same fighting In which MaJ6r ko r ,)r, ravld M Steele, lector of the I'rot U Penlg of this cits, won the Pistln- eHlsint j-.piscopal Church of s-t I.uke gulshed .Serxlce Ctoss ami tne l."pphan ; Dr Chatles H Harte He was adxanclng under henxv fire anj jr;dA'ard Bok when he stopped to aid Harry F Kohl- j speaker against the measure -will In morger who was xcounded. and helped ,,ude tne nev. Dr. T. T Mutchler. pres. catry the wounded marina to a place of ,(jent ot the I'hlladelphla Habbath Asso safetv elation, and nine other men. "Had Coiporal Kohlmorger been left ' Tne Philadelphia Orchestra has Issued In the exposed condition In which he i notke calling attention to the meet- was Islng he would probably have been killed In a vers short time," reads the citation For capturing a Oeiman machine, gun Oat has been recommended for a Distinguished Serxlce Crois. 'The Fighting Five" Included, In id dltlon to tlest, Percy Olendlntilntr, hoh of Lieutenant Colonel Robert aiendln nlng: Thomas H. Heath, who was killed In action, Ssdney Thayer and Henry I,. Oeyelln. All members of prominent families they xvere students at the Fnlxerslty of Pennsylvania, and were among the seventy-Blx who enlisted here to fill the ranks of the Fifth Reg! ment, marines, when It sailed for France Fire In Garage A Are slightly damaged an automo- l.lt In tlie lMtv Marc to .laraae. lyimbara Btreet east of Fifth, this morning?. The fire was extinguished before the arrival of the engines IN "A FLOWEfe OF YEDDO" Sprinp Garilen H reels, xiere, front rnxx. Nan Hue Silmll, Klcanorc Cra Katherine I'ields rann Dc Hilxer anil Leslie Kellcy xe.xancu ilrexx up at the Wilmington Htu tlon more than 100 passent,er xxer xxaltlnif to get nboird The) got on the trnln nnd fiom their expressions It xxas nppiretit thu suspected the railroad , comnanx was haxlinr a little toke with them Twentx-lxxo of the pissrngets were women a mnjorltj of them Phil- nis home, aua west uouitcr street, uer adelphlans who had men xisltlng Wll- manlown He returned to New York tnlngton There xxere sexen children, Just before the train pulled out, How ard Kills Oaklcx who is with tho Her cules Power Compili, In the dll Pont Building, Wilmington, sirimbled aboard the train earning a miltui-e. nnoxir- coat and an umbrella llelooltid i uo v diiix I ii ii iiiiniiri lit iir luu xi t ,.,, , ,.,,,, rj interior, anil he spoke . right up , ' ho wanted to Well, xx hats this" know The oihtr paseugtTs shook their hinds. Indicating that they xxeie all at sei xxlthout a rudder Mr Ualtlej thtn t elated the circum stances xxhlch ltd hlin to take this train He had to he In I'hlladelphla bx t ocloclt. It seems, and he hud telephoned the Wilmington stition inquiring xxhat train he should take Tin re xxas a local, he xxan told at 3 K5 1hn there xxiis another train at 4 -'8 "Is that -i local too? he asUctl the railroad man Wo " was the replj-, 'that Is an ex- Piess 'They didn't say n xxord about soft coal Htoxes and oil lamps and mourner's btiuhes for the passengers to sit on," concluded Mi Onkles Thex let me filing 11 .1 a u .. ....l... ..v.. ...!..' """ "- " " 'mshb nam The .xoungest pai-sengera on the trail xxere 8lx-senrold Flwood Boblnson and his three-x ear-old sister. Hleanor. xxho, with their mother, xxere returning lo , men nume in nun cit I s"de him off Into the aisle It xxas hald xxork for a bos six seara o d. Thai 11 1 uttdliAuml Irs. Ii.. s rt w fit- ' expected to find that car Knowing nolh ln of the train, is a 1113 -tcr" which the iaiixxay omciais are uest nuie 10 expiuin ous Hook, Chester and Rldlex Parlt At Chester a laige number of workmen got on These xxere the cushion tearera who had made this sort of train necessary, according to leport. Ihe Journes to Philadelphia occupied about an hour. HEARING HERE MONDAY ON SUNDAY CONCERTS P r o m i n e n t Pliiladelphians Will Urge Parage of Bill Per- mitting Sabhath Amusements Pioinlnent Pliiladelphians on Monday will uige suppoit Qf the Itorke bill, per mitting entertainments of an educa tional natma on Hunrtaxs In this cits. A hearing on the bill, glxlng an on- poitunlty to friends and foes of the) j measure to state their views, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock by 1 t ...win,.,, m,.,,...ui, .,b . uviLiun ill ,ne ,ubcornlr,ittfe of lht, j,ouse .Tu.tlciary .special Committee. The hearing win bo In Boom 4B3, Cits Hall . .- ,i,. . .-i . .... wm .,. Ing. It urgea music lovers, who cannot attend concerts on weekdass, but can on S'undaiF, to attend the hearing and speak In behalf of the bill Ihe or chestra will play at the hearing ONE MAN TO GIVE PLAY '"Damon and Pythias" aa Mono- drama at Lodge Entertainment "Damon and Pythias," Banlm's Im mortal plas. will be given In mono dramatlo form this evening, by Newton Beers, of Boston, at the Castle Hall of lntrrlty Lodge, K'o, 4J, Broad and Fed eral streets The entertainment Is In the Interest of a membership drive for 600 new members for Integrity Lodge and Is In charge of the lodge entertainment com mittee, of which Charles W. Skinner la chairman. The other members of the committee are Fred Tredlnnlcn, J. Louis fJelbman, John I.. Kolb, Carl Kolb, Joshua Wyatt and Iiaao U S. fmlnk. tne i rnaue me journey it, ner mothers i arms courage, winning the Croix de Ouerrel ,'"'"iiVl to xxnshhi about fifteen or tx en h.B!i:ixvooil clutch..! at the slats and man- wUll IMlni, ,.-,, ..... rare fl)r ...J to"nJ,1,LK,"b ''."f'""! f IVi'X i m ij lesisieu ine emu is oi tlie truui i" . iv..l. .l nr . h i, An i.. i ii., ...,. ...... ..;, i.i v.,,. i..,i.. WITH 2 WAR CROSSES Hero of Sixtieth Marines Had Many Thrilling Experi ences in France Decorated xxlth txxo CioIt de Ouerre bs the French Gox eminent for dlstln- gulshed braxery xxlth his troops xxhlle under tiro at the front Major IVreprlnc Wllmer, Sixtieth Mailne, has arrlxed nt xesterday on the transport Mexican, x'hlch silled from St Kazalrc Febru ary 20 Maojr Wllmer sailed for France In February, 1917, Inxlng enlisted shortly after wnr was declared He was first seht to a training station In the Vosges ro close lo the front that tho rumble or the (Jerman gunH could he heard, and after only a. month's prcpatatlou the troops xxent Into nctlon nt Verdun. Thes were In the trenches In that sectoi for six weeks, and xxere then xxlthdraxxn for further training. When the Hermans began their offen- stxe at the Mnrne Major Wllmer and his men were sent Into the thick of the fight. On July 19. the second das of the Al lied eounter-offenixe. Major Wllmer led the Second Battalion of the Sixtieth Murines Into the face of a wltheilng ftre of artlllcr und machine guns The ground was open and offered no places of protection, and bs the time the men hnd adxanced three kilometers only three iolIlcer, Including Major Wllmer, had Isurxlxcnl At this point thev dug thein- selxes In and maintained their position In the face of tepeated counter-attacks 1... ,1.. . n... . ....I.- .. ...-J I "- me cierniuns i ne major xxas luieu after this eniracemenl as haxlne Insnlred his men bs his braxerx I Prior to the Imttle of the Marne Ma. w Wllmer xxns cited twice bx the' one hero, the major being one of the fexx men i-o distinguished Duilng tho dilxe on the Homme front, when the marlnet had for their objectlxe tho toxxn of Bouresches, Major Wllmer was epioted in the citation ns 'haxlng proxed gieat personal courage while under fire and et a fine example to his men In their engagement and bhoxxed great dex'otion to his duties in the midst of gieat dangei " Six daxs latei he xxap again mentioned in the dispatches for sax lng his men fiom gas while lighting In the Bols de Belleau At the present Major Wllmer Is on a short furlough, nnd ut Its expiration he will be stationed at the Philadelphia Naxs Yard HOLD 5 BOYS FOR HOLD-UP '""Hi Police Kecoer S6J.000 Stolen From Sevv ork Messenger New tor!.. March 8 (By A. V ) Fixe bos, ranging In age from sixteen to txxents, ate under nrreBt todas. fol lowing the holding up sesterday In the financial district nf Milton Mtrolim, a broker's messenger, xxho was robbed of I.lbeil.x Bunds and other securities val ued tit JR3.000 The bojs are all mei-sengers for brokerage houses, Strohm wus htruck on the head und his bag. containing the Liberty Bonds and He.urltles. seUed He xx-as t-o sexerely Inlureii that he had to be taken to the hospital intormation given io ine ikjhcb uv .Strnhin leit tn the arrest lift night of Custave Mlgnone, twenty, and his broth- er Anthous. elgnteen, at ineir nomo in the Flatbush section of Brooklsn. An-nil.,- i.mMipr Theodore, txxentx'. was arrested early today In a lodging house I.ater the police arresiea iinsnni An dreas, twents. and Lester Ostertag i,ev inteen According to the police, Theo dore Mlgnono .xuifessed to the actual hold-up of Strohm, which, It was said, the bos planned three weeks ago The police found the bag contalnlng the securities In a suhway station and the H'J.OOO vxoith of Liberty Bonds un der, the lloor "if a paint shop oxxned by Andreas's father. , , , A somen hat similar robbery occurred this morning lit Hurlem when hlghwas men held up txxo employes of the Sin clair & Valentine Use Company, who wero on their way from a bank with the ronipans'H pas roll The robbers selied $3800 and escaped In an automo bile . rKlSSE-L-i The Kissel Custom Built car is fully equipped. Thero are no extras to buy, W. CLARKR GRIEI! Ulnel and Ilrlwoe Automobile! 304 MIKT1I UKO.lIt ST. DILITHS CAItK At ."heater, Pa . Mrch JOI1N f , nuaoana oi aiary xvniie. acta on. iiais Uvea and friends. alio all aoclettea of which he was a number, invltea io xunaral. tu.i . HJO a. m , from 1403 Wait 3d at.. Chta- tar. Pa. Holemn requiem roan at tba Ira- mtcuiau tietrt ucurcn, ju o ciock l.utie i.ieanor Krendi for manifesting extraordlnars "T. . ' " . '. . . .. .' Vi ,.... c,. i r. - siuviii- in irj a, i i- i. n n d iv ii ill win i ii ii ii iirv ri uuuiii. ijiii. r-i in im LAUNCH SHIP; BEGIN ANOTHER iS'cw Vessel Quickly Started After Christening at tlarrimau Within three minutes after the cteamshlD AVuticnnda. the sixth shin In be tillllt liv tliu Merplmnt Hhlnbtlild- Ing Companv'at Hatrjman, Pa, had elld . vviiifaiiT hi iini iiiiMii, I at lino bum Into the xxater this morning, workmen were busy on the xvajs, laying the foundations for another xessei. Nearly 10 000 people, many of thrm workmen, attended the launching of the Wauconila. Mrs. J, K. Nichols, of Tren- ton, the xx I fa of thu personal representa- Hi. r.e II.. Pma.i.,m. 1.-1... I '.rtinra . I -io vi, .tin i.i.i.i)riiv, rec. .v.u...- tlon at the shlpx-ards, was the sponsor, and the xessel left the was at 7:&8. The xvauconna is an snoo-ton ireign-ivj ier. hiiu in leet nxerau. imicinin hi the ships ard six the xesscl will be com pletely fitted out xxlthln a month and tiady to be turned oxer to the 1'nlted btalen shipping board. BISHOP TALBOT CALLS THESE GOLDEN DAYS Lenten Speaker Says, Amer ica's Ideals Compel Sacri fices for Humanity 'The nobility and Ideals of this coun try are so high that America cannot re fuse any demands xvhlch will lead to the betterment of humanity," said Bishop ' Ktlielbert Talbot at the noon T.enten i serxlce at tho Uarrlck Theatre todaj ' One Instance of this self-denial for the sake of humanltx1 xx-aa our protection of Cuba, xxlth our Uxes and our wealth A greater Instance Is the present xxar from which xe are Just emerging If It took our last dollar and our last life xxe xxould haxe fought against the forces of evil which sought to overrun the world 'Wo need not speak of the dajs, gone by as the golden dass, for the times In which we nro llxlng are the best the world hag exer known Idealism Is being teallzed, and one result of the war xxlll be the strengthening of religion. "The church must make the sitne np peal to men as xxas made to this country to enter the xxar, the; Bame appeal that Christ made to the apostles who xxlshed to folloxv him Into Jerusalem. We must not saj' that a man may enter the church and be liappx, but ho must enter the church to benr the cross, to take up the burdens of serxlce To such un ap peal only tho noble xxlll respond" Walker at Chrltt Church The Rex' John Walker Church of the Holx Comforter, xxas the noon speakei nt Old Chi 1st Church, Second street, aboxe Market. Ho spoke on ' Lent Kn thuslasts." ' Lent " said Vr Walker, "reminds me of a tidal xxaxe; people swarm In at the beginning xxlth the ferxor of a patriot going to xxar, and after Faster they gixo It up" Declaring that too many persons, like the priest and the I-exlto In the parable of the Good Samaritan, are Inclined to "pass by on tho other side." tfie Bex Fiederlcl; B Keable addressed the noon sen Ices at St Stephen's Church todas Doctor Keable took for his text the I ?," V."pf JU"F the Tlilitl Judicial phrase, "He left nothing undone." nd!LSS5TjBitt proceeded to show that the thlnga which we do not do and tho things we leaxo unsaid are often more to be blamed than the ex II things xxe sax or do 'It Is wrong not to do things," said the speaker, 'but we often forget that lart in our self-examination 'The axerage man max- be dlllaent and upright, but there are many things in ins lire exety clay xxhlch ho neglects' NOT DEPORTING NEGROES Coatesville Minor Suva Only Men R.... rt... re w? i. till (Jut Ol Section Were Kowtlies Dr J Max Barber, president of the National Association for the Adxance ment of Colored People, Philadelphia branch, has recelxed the- following let ter frevm Mas or A II hwlng, of Coatts vllle. In answer to a telegram of pro test oxer the nlleged deportation of ne gioes lrom Coateixllle. "Heplxlng to sour xxlre'' the letter states, ' In reference to the deporting of oIot,,. ,,, from .1,1, ,i... t hpe iin.e . .a., ..."., .1 ",lV ,.. !.. ?. "... not be a party to deporting any honest I lahorers from our citx "What xott no doubt refer to was lounged around, gambling, stealing and hold ng up people on the hlghxxnx 'We take cam of all honest laborers In this city whether vxoiklng oi not and without reference! to color You. nf course, ask no pioteetl'n for the crimi nal class ' HEAR FROM SOLDIER SOX Parents of Bugler Samuel StalFicri Re lieved of Anxiety i For the first time In sl months his I family has heard from Buglet .Samuel Stafflerl, 4129 Salem street. Ftankford. who Is with the American urinv of occupation In ilermany Stafflerl enlisted in the cavalry In April, 1917 He trained nt Camp Mer rltt after being transfeired to the nitll leiv branch of the service. He went Incross In Mav, 1918. In France he serxeu wiin tne eventv. seventh Field Artlllerx, of the Fourth Regular Division His batters sawseix. Ice at St Mlhlcl. Chateau-Thierry and the Argonne Forest. Staff erl la noxx In the toxxn of Kal sersesch where he sis the tiierlcnn soldier can obtain almost an thins In exchange for a cake of soap J E G-vLWELL (5. JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS Pearl Necklaces" PRESCRIBED LIMIT OP PRICE WILL NOT BE EXCEEDED SHIPYARDS BACK -i . TOOLDCONTROI ' v r..,,,,,,,,.,..! T?rl liininsliptt il - '0 CI IllllCIlL XClIIHlUl&lIv-3 Direct Supervision on A '1 1 il)lll X l - ininn nttivrr err AT WVLrlli vjllvntri JIjijii The shlpx-ards nf tho Fnltetl States will be returned to prlxate control on April 1. according to Charles Plez. di rector general of tho Kmeifconcy Fleet Corporation The Matey xxngo board, xxhlch has superxlslon oxer xnges paid In all shlpj ards xxlll cease to function on March 31 After that lime the only measure of goxernment superxlslon. over the J ards will he supplied hv the Dis trict managers xxho xxlll maintain a gen ital oxera'ght But tho shlpxards must run them selxes after Mitch 31, Mr. Plez de clares, and If there are to be nil) In creases n wages, the shipbuilding com pcnles themselxcs must pav them. ' From April 1 tho x arils will tun Mielr own affairs" said Mr. Pier 'We are not going to adjudicate ans thing from then on We xxlll pas no wage Increases, or allow for nn- reductions 'J he ques- tlon of wage's xxlll become entirely a mitter for settlement between tne J aru II till tliA men " Mr riez saw no reason fot any change, lioxxexer. In the xxage sched ules as maintained by the 'Macey xxage board for the next six months. He adxnnced the opinion that a reconsid eration of tho xxage; scale might be found adxlsable by October, but de clared he saw no Justification for a re. duction as set, since the cost of living Ins not shown any tendency to de cllne The shipbuilders of the Iast and of the (ireat Lakes district am still working on a scheme of organisation to take the place of the Macey xxage board, to xxhlch thes glxe much credit for maintaining good xxorklng condl. tions In the shipbuilding plants They will meet next xxeek In this city with James Connellj, president of the metal trades' depirtment of the American Federation of Labor, While thej haxe aske-d Mr. Plez to npproxe their sched ules, he has refused, on the ground that the mlnntft he renders a dtclslou It blndi the goxernment through tho fleet cor poration to a definite agreemint. Tlie fleet corporation xxlll retain Its sxstem of Inspection and superxlslon of construction of the ships xxhlch the Sards are building under contract to the goxernment These district supenlsota will not, hoxxexir, continue to exercise their prcsint judlcl.lt powers In seeing that th mandates of the Macey xvage board are equltabl carried out ELKTON JUDGE DIES SUDDENLY Albert Constable, of District Court, Victim of Heart Trouble I'IMon, Md.. March 8. Albert Consta- died suddenls' last night nt his home of heart trouble. Judge Constable together xxlth Judges Atkins and Hopper, xxere on the bench trsing a case last night In tho I'lkton court and xxhen court adjourned at 10 o'clock, he was In his usual good health On arriving home ho spent an hour talk. lug wlin ins xx tie, xxno unci just arrlxed homo from a visit to Roanoke. Va. A rexx minutes auer going io neu at ji o'clock, Mr. Constable gaxe ,i Blgh and xxas dead Judge Constable xxas about forts'-elght venrs of age, son of the late Albert Constable, one of this towns leading simpers', a Philadelphia highxxnsnmn, laxxvers, xno xxas muruereir lis John J'rexious to neing eiecieu auuge, .x;r Constable was Stales Attorney for Cecil counts for txxo terms lie leaves xxldoxx. xxho xxns Miss I'tnllj Hxnns, nnd four children, three sisters and four brothers The funeiil xxlll take place Tuesdav afternoon S5l CT Wheels that CompletetheGir DETROITPRESSEPSTEELCO. t846 $madioay,JX at6MStnxt AS? Tr7.H1 S a R NM 3 WMu. Assembled To The Order Of The imdi. VIDUAL PATRON. ,L 0 T.. h
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