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CAMDENHONORS
FALLEN HEROES
Cpurt Costing $175,000
Perpetuates Memories of
115 Men Dead in War
WOMAN'S NAME ON LIST
Elizabeth Weimann, of Had-
don Heights, Red Cross
Nurse, Has Gold Wreath
A scries of seven victory arches, com
memorating the sacrifices made by
Camden County men In the war, have
been erected In Camden. Kach of the
principal entrances to the city is
watched over by one of the triumphant
pans.
"fho main court has been erected on
Br6ndway between Federal and Market
streets. Tho names of the 115 Camden
County men who made the supreme sac
rifice In Francowill be Inscribed In gold
letters on the pillars of the arch. Each
name will be surrounded by a gold
weath.
Above, on an arch connecting the
pillars, will be written in largo letters:
"Camden County's Ilerolo Dead."
A memorial building in the court Is
proposed. This building when completed
will bring the cost fo the memorial up
to $176,000.
The organization of the victory jubilee
committee and the warm welcome the
returned soldiers h,ave received are re
sults of tho untiring efforts of Mayor
Ellis and of Frank Sheridan, chairman
of the Camden County jubilee committee.
Mr. Sheridan Is preparing a history
with complete details of the part that
Camden County soldiers played In the
war.
Tho name of one woman, a lied Cross
worker who lost her life In France, Is
to appear on one pillar. She was Miss
Kllzabeth Welmann, of Iladdon Heights,
who died In Paris during the influenza
epidemic. She contracted the disease
while nursing soldiers.
Most of the dead were members of the
famous 109th and 110th Infantries that
were so badly cut up In tho last days
of tho war In the drive before Sedan.
In four days' fighting more than 400
from these units were killed In action
and more than 1000 were wounded. The
110th was formerly the Old Third Regi
ment of New Jersey. The names of tho
men to ba Inscribed on tho pillars follow:
EVENJW PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, MARCH 21', 1919
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HINT BLACK HAND
SLEW POLICEMAN
Patrolman Swierczinski Be
lieved Victim of Italian
vendetta
FRENCH PLAY DATE NAMED
Ccrcjc Francnia of U. of P. An
nual Production April 11
Announcement was made at the Uni
versity today of tho presentation of the
annual play given by the Cercle Fran-
als thersr and which this year' will
tnke place on April 11 In tho Bellevue
Stratford Ball Itoom.
Tho play this year will be the modern
"Mtquette et Sa Mere" and rehearsals
have been going on for a month or
more. The leading roles will be taken
v Carlos Berquldo, a senior In the
college, and Miss Dorothy Buckley, who
Is remembered for her performance of
ho leading lady's nart In the nlay glen
tv the l'hllomathean Society at the I
University last year. i
The play Is given jointly by the Cercle I MnrcWprl ATnn Fnittwl .
Francals an dthe Salon Frarrcals of I i,il"ucretl 11 " I'OUIIU Oil 38"
this city. The proceeds will bo turned
over to the French war relief com
mittee of the Emergency Aid, Mrs.
Cornelius Stevenson Is chairman of the
committee. She Is active In co-operation
with E. B. Wright, a senior in the
college, who is publicity manager for
clubs. Posters advertising the play will
bo ready and distributed around the
campus In the near future. The pay
troness list Is expected to Include, large
number of Philadelphia society women.
There will be dancing after the pre
sentation of the play.
2 HELD AS WITNESSES
loon Steps With Body
Bullet-Riddled
Canada's Bill Billion and Half
Paris, March 21. Canada has com
pleted her war cost estimates for sub
mission to the reparations commission.
It Is understood, according to the
Mysteiy surrounding the muider of
Patrolman Joseph Hwlerczmxkl, twenty
seven years old 120 Kenllworth street,
who was found shot to death at Ninth
and Christian streets lRt night, has
not been solved.
Two men arrested on suspicion were
held under JG00 ball for further hearing
March 28 as material witnesses by Mag
istrate Coward In the Seventh and Car
penter streets station today. A third
man was discharged.
SLEEPS WHERE THAW DWELT
War Not All Hard Work, Writes
Philadelphia Soldier
It Is not all hard work for the boys
"1 the army of occupation.
oui-ii '" me opinion or coporni iioDeri
uarey, a Fort liicn
mond boy In the
Fifty-second Plo
n e o r Regiment.
Corporal Carey
wants Ills Philadel
phia friends to know
that pleasure goes
hand in hnnd with
soUllcrlng, and to
prove It he has
written a. letter to
a friend in this city
In which he de
scribes a ten-days'
nutlng at Alx Les
Bains.
"I am living In
Dm hotel whero
nonnitT CAltBY Harry Thaw was a
guest many years ago," says the sol
dier, "so you can Imagine that It Is a
mighty fine place. Alx Les Bains Is a
health resort and twenty bos from
Company A, my outfit, aro with me.
We are halng a great time."
Carey was promoted recently. "I am
now a corporal." ho sas, "and getting
along splendidly."
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NORTHEAST TROLLEY
SERVICE IMPROVES
DR LAIRD FAVORS
SUSPENSION SPAN
Perm Architectural Profes
sor Wants River Bridge
of Brooklyn Type
COST NOT ESTIMATED
Would Have Approach Ter
milial in City at Wash
ington Square
Dr.
Warren
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Router correspondent, that tho amount ' si ZZk .,,,. , ,?, el ' u
in i i ! r.nr nnn nin . o lerczmsKl was killed ether members,
will exceed $1,500,000,000.
Deaths of a Day
or a Black Hand" organization or drug
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prehend after the
among themselves
The body of tho patrolman vs found j
In the doorway of the saloon of-William
n I. i r . " i-,. . J- Heine, by Sergeant Harry Gallagher'
Clock jMaiHltactlircr Dies at His land Detective Itago. They were sum-,
Home in Hadtlonfield L'noned to the wene by an unknown wo-1
'""" "ti" milieu me injure Humun on me '
NELSON H. COOKE
"Toonerville"' Conditions Be-
men had quarreled i mc Eliminated. Frankfortl
Patrons Tell Commissioner
Nelson II Cooke, of the firm of B.
.1. Cooke & Sons, on North Third street,
died yesterday at his home In Hnddon
fleld, N. J. He had been prominently
Identified with the clock and watch trade
for many years. Tho business with
which he was associated was founded
by his father In 1853. He was a trustee
of the First Presbyterian Church of
Haddonfleld.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bald
Mrs. Kllzabeth Bald, widow of Daniel
Bald, died yesterday at the age of
ninety-one years. Mrs. Bald was a
member of the Ladles' Aid Society of
St. John's Evangelical Church, Sixth and
Dauphin streets. The funeral will be
held Monday at noon from her home,
2517 North Mnscher street, with further
services at 1 p. m. at the. church. Tho
Interment will be made In Grcenmount
cemetery.
illiam Culbertson
After effects of influenza, from which I other shots from the Ninth btrect side,
he was a sufferer durnir the en dem c. I
caused the death of William Culbertson,
turnkey of tho Richmond and Kirkbrlde
streets police station, early yesterday
at his home, 2082 Pickwick street.
uuibertson was a member of the police
telephone and cxcltedy told of the mur
der. Body lllddlrd nltli Bullets
The body was taken to the Penn
sylvania Hospital, here physicians said
dath had been nlmoit instantaneous.
Klve bullet wounds were found In his
arm, chest, leg, kilee. shoulder and back.
Six shots In all were fired.
According to the fragmentary fncts
obtained by Detective Hnrdman, Itago
and Pagliottl, the dead patrolman was
attracted by three shols fired om Ninth
street between Kltzwatcr and (' 'inr'ne.
He gave chase to the four or thu men
among whom the shots were llred.
The pursuit ended at the doorway of
the saloon, when one of the men turned
3nd flred.. The shot npparei'tly caused
the patrolman to turn, and the men
rushed through the saloon unl flrqd the
Lawrence S. Adams
Albert J. Ateer
Win. S. Ablett
John 11 ,H, IlaWer
Walter E. Butsch
John O. Hoyson
Wm. J. Burke
Jack Brody '
Gcorffo A. Bowpra
Walter J. llrhrer
Chaa. llehrendi
(Jarl G. Bicker
David T. Borland
;lwln Bccklev
David Barnaby
Benjamin Borateln
Arlington Baltimore
Joseph Brznnzklewlcz
Chester I.. Bennett
Otto H. Bean
AHenH. Hoaaert
John Cunnlnsham
Kobort H. Cnrr
I-'Yank'J. Carver
Howard Casaadv
Wm. Coonrod
Jlobert F. Christy
John Delirhan
OWo Preher
Alfred W. Dllks
Chaa. T. Daniels
Kdward H. Dorsey
Harry Diamond
Oeorse Davis
Hammltt K Elliott
Kalph B. Blder
Itaymond C. Freeh
Nicola Fanello
Anthony 3,1, Forathol-
ler
Silas S. Furbush
Wm. y. Farrell
Rowland H Cross
Fred F. Dries
Richard Oleat
Ptanlalau OontarszM
William Hoyle
Tercy irblllnshed
Howard W. Haines
Wm. H. Hftfkman
John T. Hvland
Rimer Hunt
Wm. S. Hey
Howard Jordan
Walter J. Kirk
ClarcncoK. KnnU
Knoa Kimble
Tsmerson J. Kane
Kdear II. L,lod
Ammoti Lanu
Wm. H. l,iiaknKkl
Irfon A. Lippinrntt '
James A. MrOucltln
Edward M. MeQouan
Charles A. Mathewa
Kilwln M. Matthews
Anthony Martin
ltobcrt E. Meroett
I7dward II. May
'itiomaa Moore
James li. Murray
Terrenco M, Miller
James Murtha
Norman Nicholson
John A. Overland
Bert Pennington
Noah J. Palmer
Oliver It. Purnell
John Howard Read
Stephen Richardson
imvld H. Ross.
Jamea Reynolds
Theodoro O. Scholler
John J. FSheldon
William Sehueker
Walter t,. Sattlpr
Kenneth I.. Steck
Kdw. J. Steigerwald
Fred D. Stlmnion
nobert M. Shields
Harry A. Steeple
Bben Stout
Robert Sealley
Charlea J. Shldo
Wm. E. Truxton
Chas. A. Thompson
naymond C. Thnlrs
William P. Totem
oseph Tlnsman
rank H. Valentine
cmetano Vlneljrnerra
Martin R. Waldvogel
John Woltknwlak
Ellzhth. H. Welmann
rnoraaa H. Wrleht
Barl C. Wlllett
Au,ustF. Walter
Norman W Wohlken
I.eroy J, Wood
Rlwood K. Younff
Townsend C. Younu
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Crosses for Twenty-seventh Sunday
New York, Marche21. Decorations
awarded members of the Twenty-Beventh
Division by the American and French
Governments for extraordinary gallantry
under Are will be presented to tho
formerly Xew Tork National' Guardsmen
by their commander. Major General
John P. O'Ryan, following' a battalion
review !n Central Park next Sunday
afternoon.
force" for the last fifteen years, during
Which he was se.crnl times the central
figure in heroic rescues nlong tho river
front and during fires in the northeast,
section of tho city. J
Culbertson, a forms'- phsical In
structor of the Pollc bureau, never fully
recovered from an attack of Influenza
I some months ago. Ho had been in 111
I health since, but refused to remain away
from duty.
He Is survhed by a widow and sev
eral children.
1 Daniel Itiggs
Daniel Biggs, of the firm
& Bros, clock manufacturers.
I Market street, died yesterday at his
home, 3412 Spring Garden Vitrcet. He
I was eighty-one years old. Death was
due to old age. He had retired from
1 actlvo business life several years ago.
Two daughters, Mrs. David Woclpper
1 and Mrs. Harry I. Trainer, and two sons,
I Robert S. and Clarence Illggs survive
! him.
4'uneral services will h helrl nt iii
home on Monday, nt 2 p. m and In
ternment will bo m.ide at West taurel
Hill Cemetery.
.. Alexander Harding
Alexander Harding, commander of the
Germantown Knights Templar, died of
pneumon'a Wednesday at his home, 5115
Germantown avenue. He had been ill
only a week. ' He was foity-six years
UIU.
r Mr. Harding was a dealer In antlnuea
and had been In Germantown for the
last twenty-two years. He was born
In Ireland. He Is survived by a widow
and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at the First Presbyterian Church,
Chelten and Germantown avenues. In
ternment will be in Market Square, Ger.
matown avenuo and School lane.
Frederick Augustus Schermerhorn
I New York. March 21. Frederick Au
I gustus Schermerhorn, a capitalist and a
former trustee of Columbia Unlversltv.
was stricken with apoplexy last night
while delivering an address at a din
ner nt tlie Union Club to the club's
board of governors. He died a few
minutes later.
WttnesN Contradicts Bnrtender
"James Hughes, bartender In the s.i
ioon, told Magistrate Coward today that
the men did not tun tlunugli the saloon.
Frank Cooper, n well-known ne'ghbor-
hood character, who was working In the
linpiovement in the sen ice of the
HoltnesburR, Tacony and Trankford
Traction Company was admitted by
Frankford citizens today nt a hearing
before Commissioner Samuel M. Clement,
Jr., in Boom 490. City Hall. A
Howard Jones, engineer of the Pennsyl
vania Commission, who was delegated
to look Into the situation, declnred at
I the hearing that the service was helped,
though by no means perfected.
Tho lienring was the second lesulting
from numerous complaints by residents
of the northeast on the poor sen Ice
furnished, and the dirty, slon and poorlv
entllated cats of this comp.inj. At
the formpr henring. Commissioner
Clement ordered the companj to look
Into the matter of obtaining power fiom
the Philadelphia Klectrlc Company In
place of their Inadequate and old-fashioned
plant. W. W. Montgomery coun
sel for the company, declared today that
such negotiations liae been entered into.
nepresentntle James A. Dunn and
Robert T. Corson, an attorney, repre
senting Frankford citizens, agiced with
Mr. Jones that an lmproenient had
been effected In the car set vice In the
Inst two weeks, but Insisted that bigger
Improvement as possible. "Thirty
P Laird, professor nt
architecture at the Unlversltv or r.,..
slvanln. said today that It would be
Impossible at this time to estimate!
either the con or the time required for I
I uuuuing the proposed bridge between '
I this cily and Camden.
Doctor I.alrd favors a i,ri,ir. ., .i.
suspension tpc, with- a span of 1750
eltj and the Court House plaza-In Cam
den. He n,n(ie a study of tl ,
for J" t,"Nlrld" "nd lts "PProachi"
ftiJ I'cnnsfJ-lvaiUn. and New Jersey
bridge commissioners.
Compare New York Costa
r3?Prr S . 1,,nvo bcetl Published,- sa1(l
Doctor Laird, "showing the costs of tl o
four bridges built by New York The.
afford an Interesting basis r m...
son. Tim . ----- .....
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ougn bridge cost eight and one-nnir mil
lions less than the Manhattan bridge,
which has a much greater span. These
were the two most lecent of tho New
York bridges. Tho Queensborough bridge
Is recently completed, while the Manhat
tan bridge Is about ten years old.
"Tlie report on tho time required to
build the bridges also Is Interesting, In
that It gives us tome basis for compari
son In considering our problem here.
This varied from sixteen years for the
Brooklyn brldgo to eight cnrs for the.
Williamsburg bridge.
Ten and n Half Years to Build
"The average time was about ten and
one-half jears. Tho last three bridges
built took between eight and nine years, i
This time estimate Is from the very ,
beginnings of the work until tho bridges i
were thrown open for trafllc." i
Doctor I.alrd recommended that Wash- j
ington Square be chosen as the Philadel
phia terminus of the bridge rather than
the alternative site at Race street be
cause, he explained, tho greater cost of!
tho real estate In the vicinity of Wash
ington -Square would be more than com
pensated by other advantages of loca
tion. Dr. I.alrd explained the details of his
plan last night nt a meeting of the
Philadelphia llenl Kstate Board
place at the time, said four or five men four cftrH for sixteen miles of track are
ran through the saloon after the first i not KUiik-ient." declared Mr. Jones,
'hot was fired. They were held as wit- Tne company's attorney agreed that
nesses. I m0T(, equipment Is still necessary, but
Emanuel T Dice, of Eleventh street declared that it was being secured as
near Wolf, who was arrested when he J rapidly as time and a poor financial
entered the saloon a short time after 1 condition permitted,
the shooting, was discharged. The city has a claim of $100,000
Tho den,l nntrolman wns nttnrlie.l tn . against tile coinpan) , w men win do tie
iicrnn"p rnci r .
bridges was $22.62S.nnn. t., L '"ur
variation In cost was eight and one-hair
millions of dollars. Tim n .,'
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truly yours, made to
order 'to fit your good
taste as well as voui
bodyfast color mailras
and master pieces of
snirtmaking, signed bv
the artist who creates
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11th and Chestnut
Aiplijxialion Kills Aged Man
August Dlttrich, seventy-nine jears
old, was found d,-ad In bed laat night
nt his home, 2932 West Dauphin street.
Death was due to asphyxiation. Other
members of the famllj traced an odor
nf escaping gas to the room occupied
by the aged man, and. on Investigating,
found him dead Thej were unable to
give any reason for what appeared like
a ease of suicide. The police are said
to oppose the Bulclde theorj
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South 16th
the Second and Christian streets station.
Tho shooting occurred just across the I
line. In the district covered by tlie i
Seventh and Carpenter streets station.
Swlerczmskl was married and had
three children. He was appointed to )
tho force April 25, 1917, and had al
ready gained a reputation for tho man
ner In which he had gone nfter Black i
Hand and other illegal organizations. I
elded In tlie near future.
RICHARD CLINE IS DEAD
News was received in this city today I
V 7E not only save the
time of busy execu
tives by relieving them of
all the details of their advei-
.vevra was received in tills city today I . . fl . .1 .
of the death of Richard Cllne, forty-one tlSlHg, DUt We 1'eHeCt the trU6
years old. In Snn Francisco-. Mr. Cllne "'"&" n .
was the husband of a Philadelphia Elrl. t-,r.f.v nf thf hnilQP in all ltd
Miss Blanche Crump, v. lib lived In West pOUCy Ol IIIC 11UU4C 111 ctll lit)
Philadelphia until the time of her mar- UKftr
riage several years ago. He had been pUDllClly.
111 more han a year. '
Mrs. Cllne'n mother, Mrs. Mnrv A HERBERT M. MORRIS
Brines, and her sister, Mrs. William Advertiiinir Aoencv
J. Brand live In Hnddon Heights. N. J.. ,, ?verl,in , Be2 y ..
and It Is expected she and her two small I Every rtutse of iale Promotion
children will return to live there. 400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia
PUBLIC SPEAKING
NEW CLASS
A Rliort toursn In Self-ConflOpnc. St If.
netclopnifnt. Public KpcnIJhc Ten I'riUav
Hvpnlnjis. Oppnn March lilst, at H o'clock
Floth fr-cxo" OjicninK lecture free to publk
Call, writ" nr phone Spruce 3118 for In
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NEFF COLLEGE c.ikstnSt st.
CHARLES jTJ
COMPANY
617-619 Arch St.
SHAFTING
Hangers, Pulleys, Belting
DALSIMER STANDARD S'HOES
THE BEAUX ARTS
DANCING
715 North Broad St.
Muslo by Percy Adams Florida Jazz Ban
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A real Oxford for any-wear
and everywhere.
Silk Sox One Dollar per pair and up
1500 pairs men's black and tan calf
skin oxfords in all toe shapes.
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The number is limited and the early oxford
buyer will reap the advantace of real calfskin
at aide and tplit leather prices.
NEOLIN $fi.0
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1204-06-08 Market Street
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for Siprinef
The kkMERCER,, model -
has a Kimono sleeve, full
swagger back and wide sweep to
the skirt. 42 inches in length.
Made of Fisken' Tweeds.
Especially smart. Price $40.00.
Jacob 'Reed's Sons
1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET
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ciate the sterling worth of this new
Oxford; to admire fully the manly, clean
ly lines; to recognize tlie welcome softness
of the genuine shell Cordovan it is de
sirable that they see the shoe at first hand.
It s on display at all our
three stores.
A smart feature, indi
cating newness, is the
severely plain toe.
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930 Chestnut Street
39 South Eighth 203 North Eighth
LAST SALE OF THE SEASON!
Two Big Days Today and
Tomorrow, in this Last and
Only Clearaway Sale of its
Kind at Perry's this Season !
Odd Lots, Broken Sizes
in
SPRING OVERCOATS
AND TOPCOATS
formerly $20, .$25, $30, $35, $38, $40
now to be closed out at
$15 $20 $25
Spring Overcoats and Topcoats
formerly $20 reduced to
$15
Spring Overcoats and Topcoats
formerly $25, $28, and some
$30 reduced to
$20'
Spring Overcoats and Topcoats
formerly $30, $35, $38 and
$40 reduced to
$25
Splendid variety of cloth patterns
and models, though only a few sizes of
each kind but every size in one style,
or another in the sale ! A good number
of staple blacks and staple Oxfords,
some of them full silk lined and some
silk faced to edge. Single-breasted and
double-breasted models, young men's
snug-waisted models, conservative mod
els suitable for formal wear blues, tans,
grays, heather mixtures in knitted fab
rics, beautiful herringbone patterns, fly
fronts and button through fronts; crav
enetted cloth raincoats Spring Over
coats for every taste, every need and
every size, at prices that are less
than we can reproduce them at today!
Bargains in Suits!
Medium-weight and Winter Suits
' at savings up to $10! Will pay you
to look them over!
$17.50, $19, $25
Winter Overcoats
At prices that they can't be dupli
cated for next Winter! You will be
ahead of the game if you buy one
and store it away !
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