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WELCOME RETURNING PENNSYLVANIA VETERANS ON HAVERFORD
RED CROSS FUrlDS ETW-RMiHJS
Report $400,000,000 llwoi-ii if
Cash and Supplies
The American fled Cross has reoi.v-i
$400,000,000 In cash and supplies during
the last twenty-one months, afreordlns
to a statement made by Henry P. Dav
ison, Just received here. '
This amount does not Include the
value of volunteer services given by
8,000,000 women throughout the coun
try or the work of 8,000,000 school
children.
During the war the lied Cross had
9000 workers In France, and, at the
time of the armistice, this forco num
bered 7000 workers. There are 6000
still In France, but this number will
be withdrawn as soon as the French
are able to take over the work,
Mr. Davlson"s state.ii.cnt was made
on his retirement from the chairman
ship of the war council and the return
of the Red Cross to peacetime organ
ization, with Dr. Livingston Farrand as
head of the central committee.
PR0BEHT0 COAL '
MAY HALT RISE
IIWUTOMlWiiWWiM
IAERO STATION
,' 4 i It f IT.
if
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JiA
fticils Asked to Desig
Governor to Continue Par
leys With Anthracite
Operators Today
BARONS FEAR INQUIRY
Don't Want Investigation, but
Sny Inquiry Would Show
Justification
ei
nate and Fully Equip
yLeague I8land Plot
Jf JtlUJf U&liU U I t.L,UB
Feuld Be to Airplane Traffic i
W What Broad Street Is 1
1 .Vi
I II1 ii " F'llill 'ii'iiliiwininii 11 1 11 1 iiii 1 111 in in 1 nun in 1
to Railways
The city of Philadelphia will be. asked
by tho Aero Club of Pennsylvania on
'Monday, to set aside a part of League
tfoiand Parle as an ofllcial nlrplane
rul'tag field anil to eieot one of the
fJV 1 ii u....uln AatitMlahmiinla
fhe United States ,
This announcement an made a' a
lm.Aflni 4hA Afrt flllU Ifl t ll ( I .I 1
I MaEtaWf "a. IHO "V " -- --- - -
I sheers Club last night nv Joseph A. '
rlelnmetz, president of the organization. I
5?Th6 i-eauest to bo presented to Coumilil
i.r - ...
ill n part of a natlon-wlue movtmrai in ,
I,: Which the Aero Club f Pennsylvania
'has taken the leading- part for the eiec-
'rttlon of municipal landing fields and alr-
dromes throughout the country
77 The scheme Is to further the develop
Kto. e naaM.htna (ftmrrerMnl aviation
InflMCMb w. ,,...,-.. -
tS a Vital necassit anil aavamugc- m
progressive commercial activity
Each member of tne Committee" of
IClty Property and Commerce and Vavi-
Ration of Council" 1 he apre.il"d to
rV UulViaUaH IO IH"I Lin !UK(.rniiiii ,i (
J Um. A.n rMidH Me Meinmetz s.iid that I
Viboilt ten years ago. when the money i
!fw9fl annroprinieu ny me cnv ivi jz-nsue
f Island Park, a portion of the park wag
tnen ser, asiuo as a lamuuK u"iu.
Official I.nndlnc station
Wj no C4UU will ttoi ' uuiilii? uu ..ivnurtt
IwlOPiaceno parK improvements upon mis
L.plot. but to smootn it oir and cover 11
i formally designate this field as the'ofll-
:clal aviation landing rtatlon In Phila-1
ftdelphia. It will become ,to airplane -.traf-l
.riic, inciaeiiiii. wl me inuau oireei I
SStatlon )s to raliroaa tramc !
The club will present, at the same 1
(vtinle, a comprehense scheme, which it
win tater aslc tne city to carrv cut at .
rth moment the moement for such fields I
lThas nationally been approved. Already
V nearly a oozen iarKe cities nave taken
i rt..flnlte steps towards the erection of a
l' municipal airdrome and field
i If the city will not favor such a
..'proposition, then an attempt will be
'.made to have It carried out through
-private enterprise. The clubs plan In-
'Mudea hangars for tne machines, sup-
;'ply statons, repair shops, sleeping quar
ters for the pilots and mechanics, a
'restaurant, an auditorium, a system of
h'llrhta and signals which will make
'.landing as easy at night as during the
day. and many other features
r l ... .....
The erection or a municipal airdrome .-","" ., " . ., ;
'by the city may raise an Interesting who "'"' '0,npo'-p ,np Mty-sltli fon
t i .....nnn . tn h. vio-i,. ,u I gress will be llled hv a delegation of
?cltr'to condemn private property to be I
t . . - ..... . .
MOSCd. tO private inaiViauaiS ror COm- i
merclal purposes, but It is expected that '
htfSe matters will reautiy De anjusted u '
'-ny such drawback 1b found to be ap- t
pucablo to tnis niiuauon.
Tnirty ouicr cities nae been written l
io by Ralph T Folwell. the chairman of '
thhe committee which has the matter In
IjS'eharg, and replies from the nuthorl-
ji.'tles have been most enthusiastic In their
iruluisness to co-operate In their respec-
& 1 1 Wcommunl ties.
7tVi Co-Operation Promised
As an example of the value of such
fjimunlcipal airdromes, the club reieled a
IS letter from tho I'ackard Motor Oompanv
ln lyhlch officials of that company as ;
"for'all Information concerning the plans'
?6t Philadelphia for such a field and
.".whatever progress had thus far been
tjjnlBde. Mr. Stelnmetz said that It looked
as inougn me -acnaru company was
tSy"SInc "to start something.
Mr. Stelnmetz and other speakers last
c&iinlfht suggested that Ilylng fields first he
reestablished, at country ciuds ana goir
i rlubs as the opening wedge for larger
ivirrtanfilnn. These would he used, uiini-
EtarUy, by men of sporting Inclinations
I.fO yiOUDUI r, UUL ' in c,mvici iw ,;-
KVeal the feasibility of general coinmer-
i clal aerial actl iti
i Tue Baiciy ot mr uuvci wu iiouueii 1
out by several of the speakets at the
r.meetlng, all of whom liae scred as
I i-airmen In the war Among the speuk-
fiers were Lieutenant IJ Holland 11
IwAi F who was shot donti and badlj I
Iv'jrcounded by two Oermati Fokkers and i
ie a. year; George S. Ireland, of the Curtis ,
, Eastern Aeroplane uompany, ami l.leu
liitenant Ilalph T. Folwell. of the naal '
aviation.
TWENTY INJURED ,
? IN CAMDEN CRASH,
OF TROLLEY CARS!
iSTwo Victims of Itriiaflwnv nnil
. , . . ......
Pi .. KaicTltl AvPIlliey Arcidnnl
fm aeriousiy nurt
tf' Two men were hurt seerely and at
aai eisateeii omerr, an snipworkers,
received minor cuts and bruises, when
'two trolley cars collided this morning at
Broadway and Kalghn aenue, Camden.
WUMm Krlblet, thirty-one years old,
;MEoutt Holly, a shlpworker, had his nose
'fraeturedl
Eu j.
Bf DaTld JT. McGuIre, forty-soven, a mo-
'trman. "West and Benson streets, Cam-
h, den, severely cut about the head and
Mouuire ana iuiDiec wero taken to the
-ffW.na TTnflrLtnl fl. . ... . ,,... .
pf? " wo.v,, aii. uuier injivea
Kg men were treated at the scene by police
El;iBWeons and other physicians.
feTbo; accident occurred when a north-
Haddon Heights cur lumped a
.and ldewtned a trolley, crowded
a workmen, bound for the New York
I? Shipbuilding; Company's plant
The ,worwnn fought to et out of the
Mhipyard car when th other trolley
)sbd into Ha side. A few were In-
??tMLd, atlfflrhtlv m the rush fn .eon.
h ' u
LLWTftAT SWEET " THPV QAV
p.vv. r"""M y"s uni
ladclphia Soldiers "Want to
'?f';Come Home Quick!
, px our boys home toot-sweet "
gjfcljiwdln' to Private Joseph Gilbert,
l States marine corps, who lives
fXost Falrmount avenue, this Is
M, desire of eery man In the A.
fcert Is stationed at nresent In her.
r.,wlUt the army of occupation. lie
fyjw R'spoa bit or nthting on the front
' KeCare the signing of the armistice.
wnie iubi im uim ituouier i'mia-
n.. private ti. ii. Aicnrotn, 3276
j; avenue, wno is stationed with
live a copy oi the evening
cdqkr eyery two weeks. They
io, oe sent io inia country
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'BHilIilir uZJF X M i A. -l
SUFFRAGISTS BLAME
WILSON FOR DELAY
Ml? Mice mil. at LtlllCllOOn
Sns President Can't Es
cape Responsibility
Pi evident Wilson has not escaped ie
Fporfibilttj for the passage of the fed
era! amendment h the adjournment of,
rnntrress or the elt nf the Demorratu
from ronRroonll pow,r." said
"" 'M"- i'"n " " "-" " "'
National Woman s Tarn at the Iloose-
Kelt this afternoon
The lunrheon. .tt which Miss Marv
1,11.1 fim ,,rr,i,i,.,i .,.,. nttenrie.1 t, 1 no
prominent suffragMs Mifs Paul said
in p.irt
"Through his power to call or to re
fuse to call an ixtra session of Con
gress, the Pres dent holds ( oinplete con
trol of tho suftiage situation According
to present polls, enough otcs are readj
and waiting in the new I'ongress to en
franehisp American women. So long .is
I the President refuses to call this new
li'ongies" into being, he 1 postponing
! action on suffrage
i ... . . .i, i ., ,.
. ""'irag.- m not J ;
' ongress i nery one oi me ,o i-p-
- ,cbnlnlima qui thi. tiineti-s.lv Wenntors
suffragists In their home towns before
II,,. . I n i ni-I mil I, I nllnil
yiiV owl"" "' i.itr-u
"ut of tnp thirtv-iwo Itepublican ;
ujiimiuivr iiianui-.i m mc i..-... w.-
f tlie -niinff oncrrrss, onl two, u is
saiu, xvv ujipu-cu lu mc iru--iu ,.,..v.. (
nieiu, iiwe, uuuci ui-ni'iaaut wmh-j.,
the heads of tpnty-tuo tommittecs 1
ie 1 Med among llie rntis,
Among ihove who attended the lunch
eon weie Mr. l'tnlej Acker, Miss Mary
A Burnliam, Mrs Albert Uolln, Mrs
K il Halllgan. Dr. D Challls Faust,
Mrs Henrv Justli e, lir Sara II. L.ookres .
Dr Mh lam M. Htitt. Or Ituth Webster
Lathrop, l-i vnne H Hull. Miss Cecelia
P B,ihs. Mr and Mrs Ketson W Jen
nings. MNs Sus.m P Wharton, Mrs
Reuben Fowler. Miss Martha W
,r,,.r.t"Sl..,a'iN POLICEMAN SLAYING
and Mrs lllwin Shumaker. Miss Cath- "' VfiJkVuiilfi.11 UUnilMU
erlne B'. wlev. of Br n Mawr, headed a
dtlegatton of Hrn Mawr students
FORMER PENN ATHLETE
DECORATED FOR VALOR
14.
Private Richard L. Tovrnseml
Awarded Distinguished
Service Cross
Prlaie Richard I, Townteiid. mem
ber of a well-known Philadelphia fam
ily and a formet Penn athlete, has been
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
for estraordinary heroism In action. He
Is a ran of John W. TownFend. 2228
I.oc ust street
Togethei with Unce othei members
of P S. I', 554, Prhate Tovnsend was
publicly honored at the base camp In
France by Coloenl Percy Ij. Jones
Townsend won his reward for bravery
near Somme-Pye, France, October 2 and
3. The citation reads :
"Prlate Townsend dro an ambu
lance night and dav to an advanced
dieBslng station under heavy shell flre.
On the night of October o he volun
tarily drove a machine to a place near
the lines, over a road raked by ma
chine gun and shell flre, to evacuate a
number of wounded' whom the litter
bearers were unable to bring In lm
inediatels." Private Townsend enlisted In the am
bulance servlco May, 1917, and trained
at Allentown. He was a student at the
Vnlverslty of Pennsylvania, and was
developing Into an oarsman when he
laid aside his studies In response to the
call to the colors.
611 DEATHS DURING WEEK
Mortality Report SHowh Decline
From Previous Period
Deaths throughout the city during the
week numbered (111 as compared with
042 last week and 796 during the cor
responding week last year. They were
divided as follows, males, 312 ; females,
299 : boys, 76, and girls, 80.
The causes of death were :
Meale 3
Bcrlt fver I
Dlphtbe.-la and rroup 12
Influenza S-
Epidemic dlseasta . fi
Tuberculoma of the lunii M
Tuberculous menlnsllle 3
Other forms of tuberculoala 5
Cancer ... 3
Simple menlnsitla . . . I
Apopleir and aoftenlns of brain ... .21
Orsanio dtieaaea of trie heart 77
Acute bronchltla It
Jhronlo bronchltla .., 3
Pneumonia "II
Bronchopneumonia . . 09
Dleeaaea of the reaplratory ejelem ... 11
Dlieaaea of the atoinach ft
Diarrhea and enterltle 9
Appendicltla and tjphlltla ... .... 5
Hernia 5
Clrrhoala of the llrer 2
Acute nephrltla and Brlsht'a dlataae.,.. 43
Noncancrroue rumors 4
Puerperal accldi-rta 4
Congenital debllil
and malforrhattoni,. 21
nuai oeouiiy
Homicide
Menllliy
All other violent deaths
Hulclde ,
All other dlaeaaes
Unanown or Ul-deflned dlaeasea ...
1 Total ,.,........-.,....'. ,.
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.811)
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City Officials Greet
Yanks on Haverford
Continued from Tuiee Orif
Sydney Uoberrs, of Now Yoi k, will he
met bv Ins siitr .Miss Jlarj Tlobrrts.
Serjeant i' U T ilzpatlrlck. nf I'ort
Clinton. li , will be welcomed b hi1"
mother Martin II Horwltz, of Ww
Vork. will mppT his bi other, ICdwIn.
attached to htvdn.UHrters company of the
318th Field Slfrnnl Hattallon
Thiee Of the Philadelphia soldiei.-
tne H.-uet-ford will he greeted from the
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lu-tus i me iinm-e nnai uy iiapp rnia-
th?s They are lllchard Handschuli.
on .mhih ruirnui pxiet'i, u nohp sikipi.
jils Clara Handschtih. wu ainuntr the
Mi-tuuimnK inroiiK. .ionn i ureennaigji.
.0u; .-ouui iceianu axenue, w no win
-jij.i - uuui it,'fianu avenue, nno w i ,
be met l his father and fcister. and!
:. '' .. ,'.."'.. ., '",K", ,ree '
I whose ' Ife
I wnose lie aH on me tug
Mrs .1
. juuei i;i, ransom urtet
who haij
a son In I'asual Company N'o 1430,
was among the honored guests, as veie
telatKes of K J MiCoimlok. of Pitts
burgh FOUR MEN ARRESTED
DeiiYtivee viv P.iiur V;l. R
UtUimts 3.1 Irdllg LUgllt lie-
sponsible for Murder of Pa
trolman Swierczniski
Heienne Helshaw , of the murder
today to ,
squad, went to Atlantic
bring back a man suspected of being
linp'n ated m the murder of Patrolman
Joseph S lerciunski, who was shot to
death at Ninth and christian stiects
Thursday night.
The suspect is William M.'irtino. alias
Anthonj Zlnghl He wan arrested by
the Atlantic t police on a description
furnished bj Captain of Detectives
Souder's office
'
With the airest of four Iil nb said to
be members of a gang that staged a
running irun-llght at Ninth and Christian I
street on Thursday night, tho police
believe they have partly cleared tho
Patrolman Swlerczmski
Zlnghl, nineteen years old, S38 Mont
rose street, was arreBted by detectives,
acting on a clue furnished by James
Hunghes and John Cooper, employes In
the saloon of William J. Blene, In the
doorway of which the body of the mur
dered patrolman was found.
The detectives arrested Frank Scoriza,
nineteen years old, South Eleventh
street , Anthony Genovesl, twenty-one
years old, South Delhi street, and Mike
Cuneo, twenty-two years old, League
street Tney are all held as material
witnesses.
Zlnghi Is believed to be the principal
involved In the shooting, but the other
men are said to have been present,
either helping Zlnghl or hie opponents
in the fight being waged when the
patrolman arrived on the scene.
TOAST TO DEAD HEROES
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Members
Who Died in Service
A silent toast to two members who
gave their lives In the service of their
country In the last year was drunk last
night at the annual dinner of the Phi
Beta Kappa Honorary Fraternity of the
University of Pennsylvania held In
Houston Hall.
Tho two members who lost their lives
were Lieutenant Paris Townsend Car
Hale, of the class of 1917, and Benjamin
Coulter Dlsharoon, lT, S. N. R. F., class
of 1919.
The dinner was In honor of the newly
elected members. Guests of honor In
cluded Prof W. W, Comfort, provident
of Haverford College ; Prof. II. C. God
dard, Swaithmore; Prof. Felix U Shell
Ing, of the University of Pennsylvania,
and Prof. Lane Cooper, of Coinell. Dean
Arthur Hobson Quinn, of the Wharton
School, was toastmaster,
William Rex Crawford and Edward
S. Bradley were the spokesmen of tht
undergraduate members and voiced the
appreciation of the Initiates. The gen
eral, theme of their remarks was "The
Undergraduate Point of View."
Three New City Appointees
City appointments today Include Nor
man Wood 218 Jamestown street, clerk.
Bureau of Surveys. 81000: Charles W.
Kerwoou, 024 Webster street, assistant
teacher, Board of Recreation, 8900. and
Edwin M. Berkenstock. 24 vfitC.
jnour street clerk Bureau of Health,
T I
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&&! - . ids ;( J.--; aft.
Lpper left is Mrs. Ilarrj Srhiefer, 2231 North Waterloo street, on the uy to meet her nephew, Prhatc
William Lunipp, returtiinp on the Haerford. At right is a welcoming group on the policeboat Ahlibridge.
Itelow at left are Mi-s Krancec J. (Jreenlialph and Mr. J. Greenhalgh, 2509 South Cloeland avenue, to meet
her .on, Priate John H. Greenhalgh. Rclow at right are Miss Isabel HolI, 31 South Farragut terrace, to
meet, her nephew, Louis P. Muller, -1247 San pom street, and Mrs. Edgar D. Fraunfeldcr, of Heading, Pa.
THREE TUGS CARR Y GA Y KJN j
TO GREET HEROES OF WAR
i . -.. . .
'U5tC Of roltCV liana and Shouts
Boats in Contrast to Tears Sited on Departure I
for Overseas
'I'lie thiee tugn bearing the official
welcoming pait and friends and rela
tives of etpr.ms returning aboard the
Hiuerfonl presented a striking picture
as they moved down the Delaware Itlver
with American Hags and many colored
pennants blending with the brilliant at
tire of the women on deck.
The music of the nollre band, aboard
the Ashbrldge, and the shouts and cheers
of those aboard that boat and the
"tokley and Neptune, accompanying
tugs, gave a jovous atmosphere to the
trip
The general all of gavety was in
murked COntlMSt In the tbnra .vltVi iuV,i,.li
a few of those aboard the tugs viewed
me mea or reunion with loved ones
Several of the women whr were mnct I
Joyful at the outset of the trip lapsed
lnt0 ,ears aa thb b
Race street wharf, about half-past nine
o'clock, and the prospect of again seeing
the 'dear ones came closer.
The appearance of the tugs today wa3
in marked contrast to tho tugs which
made the down river trip to meet for-
mer transports The boats today were
alive with color. For the first time.
American flairs nnil nther amhlnma wera
procurable at the pier and as a result
le natonal colors were to he seen every-
where about the decks.
I Then, too, the day, although some-
what cool, was one which allowed of the
. lady passengers aboard to blossom forth
in spring colorings. Adiantaue waH
taken of this by the women, and soldiers
yearning for their first sight of Ameri-
can womanhood since going abroad are
sure of a feast for the eyes. There were
Just enough women attired In the Bober
blue uniforms of relief organizations to
net as a nttlng backfleld for thoso In
lighter dress.
Originally it was planned to have
only the city tugs Ashbrldge and Stok
ley make the trip to meet the Haver
ford, but so many applications for ac
commodations were received that last
night a hurry call for another tug was
sent out. The Independent Pier Com
pany volunteered the use of Its tug, the
QUICK ARRESTS IN ROBBERY
Two Suspects Held Twenty Min-
utes After Store Is Looted
A record was established by the police
by the arrest by Detective Leary of
two alleged robbers, twenty minutes
after the crime was repotted.
When Joseph F, Edwards returned
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iu.oc nieiu. tu .,,0 ,,w,..a.u ..
establishment of Edwards & Troth Com
pany, 122 North Thirteenth street, he
found that approximately 8500 worth
of the stock had been removed.
Mr. Edwards telephoned the police,
and Detective Leary was sent over. The
latter found neckties and the straps used
to bind necktie boxeB in the back yard
of the plant, and traced the, flight of
the robbers to a house near Thirteenth
and Cherry streets.
There tho detective found William
Jones and Matthew Murphy, both ne
groes, burning the boxes in a furnace,
The neckties were packed In suitcases
ready to be taken away. ,
Detective Le9xy arrested the two men,
took them before Magistrate Oralis,
who held them each In 81200 ball, Mr,
Edwards praised the rapid work of De
tective Leary.
IMicilla Street Lad Hurt by Motor
Walter Kawallca, nine years old, of
3925 Prlscljla street, was severely . In
jured by an automobile at Hunting Park
and Pulaski avenues last night. The
...ii.! -ao tatrnn n ttiA Hnmnrttan Hos
'pltal suffering from a broken le and
Pa., driver of the machine, gave nlm
belf up to the police and, was allov""
to go on his own recognizance.-., Wit
nerses.state that the affair was an acci
dent. '
lill-? '-'$$&fi$
,. . in .1
and iJicers O StriKingty UCCOMlca
N'eptune, and the, olTer was R'atefully
accepted by the wVlconilng committee.
Relatives aboard tho tugs villi not
have to wait for the big ship to dock
before getting In communication with
meir soiaiers. A navy sibiihi man
aboard the StoMey and Neptune, the
aucmni tile f-iuiie unci ..ci'iuiiti ,n- .
boats carrying the relatives and friends,
and as soon as the tugs get within
sight of the transport will begin to wig
wag messages from relatives aboard tho
tugs to the soldlerr.
Camera fiends In great numbers were
noticed among the passengers, and sol
diers who have hardened to having com
rades "clicked oft" on the other side
w II undergo that eiperience today, with
'e ralal Jesuits, nowever.
In addition to relatives and friends of
soldiers aboard tho tugs, representatives
of tllc Kmergency Aid, the Emergency
Aid Aides, the National League for o-
men's Service, the Junior league of that
organization and the Red Cross made
the trip. All wore the uniforms of their
respective organizations,
Mrs. Thomas Cochran wife of Com-
mander Thomas Cochran, U. S N, who
Is returning aboard the Haverfotd, after
nn ulan.il Innr nf ntitc- in the North
Sea, where he directed mine laying op-
orations, mnde the trip on the Stokley.
Mis. Edgar I). Fraunfelder, wife of
Private Edgar D. Fraunfelder, of Read-
Ing, made the trip to greet her husband,
Private Edwin Horwitz. of New York,
historian of the 318th Field Signal
Battalion, will receive a message from
his brother, Martin, who is on the Nep-
tune. Four persons made the trip to
gleet Private William Lumpp, Company
r. 315th Infantry. They were his aunt,
Mrs. Emily Shaw, 2010 East Dauphin
!.treet; his sister, Mrs. Harry Schlefer,
2231 North Waterloo street; his father,
John Lumpp, 2010 East Dauphin street,
and his brother Albert, 1244 North Tront
street.
Miss Bella Holly, CI South Farragut
Terrace, and Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Mul
ler, 4227 Sansom street, were aboard to
greet Corporal Louis Theodore Muller,
Company F, 301lh Engineers.
! BROAD STREET THEATRE SOLD
j Playhouse and Stcnton Hotel in
$1,000,000 Realty Transfer
An agreement of sale has been en
tered Into between tho Pennsylvania
Company for Insurances on Lives and
Granting Annuities and Alexander Kerr
lor the sale to mm or the liroau street
Theatre and the. Hotel Stenton. adjoin
r lnrr. at the northeast corner or
ing. at the northeast corner of Broad
and Spruce streets. The price agreed
upon is reported to be close to $1,000,
000. The properties are nssessed at a
total of $810,000. The agreement. It Is
reported, Is for ninety days, with the
privilege of extension for sixty days.
The real purchasers'have not been dis
closed nor has any announcement been
made of the use to be made of the prop
erties, though It Is Intimated that they
have been acquired by theatrical in
terests anxious to purchase the Broad
Street Theatre as tt Is known that the
Fox estate refused to sell the proper
ties separately. Thomas M. Love, man
ager; of the Broad Street Theatre, said
yesterday that the present management
of the theatre was in no way Interested
In the reported sale.
TOWN HONORS SOLDIER
Shenandoah Business Ceases as Homage
Is Paid Private
nhenendoah. P March 22, Private
Frank Bavlckl. said to be the first
American doughboy who escaped from
a German prison camp, arrived at his
home here today, having been honorably
discharged from the service,
He came here unannounced, but waa
recognized as he walked along the
streets, and was tendered a waim re
ception. Business was at a standstill
while the town paid him homage.
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WEST PHILADELPHIA
GETS WAR MEDAL
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to Lieut, Albert Shartle,
Local Athlete
Fort McHenry. at Baltlinoie. was the
scene of a most interesting event this
afternoon when Lieutenant Albert J.
,sl ., . ,, , ,.,
h"arl'e. r " bouth
Fort -seventh
s,treet- a member of the 315th Machine
cun Battalion of the Eeghtleth Division
was awarded tho Distinguished Service
Cross for bravery In action. The pres
entation was made by General Lloyd
Brett. A group of hlcrh mllltnr,. nf.
flclals from Washington was In attend-!
tince.
The young officer is the son of Mr.
and Mrs A. B. Slmrtle, of this city.
Ho was formerly a student at Wash
ington College nt Chestertown, Md.
It was on September 26, J918, in front
of the famous Dead Man's Hill, Just
north of Verdun, that two detachments
of Americans weie firing at each other
through the smoke and fog. Lieutenant
Shartle passed the spot on his way to
Join the machine gunners a little fur
ther along the line. Reorganizing them,
he led them against the Germans and
took the position they had Been sent out
to capture near the hill. As he reached
the objective, a Boche sniper shot him
in the hip with an explosive bullet and
for 13 weeks he was In a hospital. The
report of his deed was slow In reaching
General Pershing and the decoration was
awarded the officer while lie was on his
way back to this country.
Lieutenant Shartle, who Is 23 years
old, was the only person to perform tjie
feat of swimming between Betterton and
Tolchester, a distance of 23,i miles. In
the summer of 1916 he swam this dis
tance; in six and three-quarter hours.
He began his athletic career In 1913
when he was a star football player at
the West Philadelphia High School,
which team he later coached.
P. 0. S. OF A. SLAMS RADICALS
Fraternal Order Wants All Bol
shevist Agitators Banished
Deportation of aliens who nrennh nni.
shevlsm or spread its propaganda Is
asked of the Attorney General of the
United States In a resolution adopted
by the executive committee of the Penn
sylvanla State Camp, Patriotic Order
Sons of America,
The action was taken after the com
mittee had listened for nearly an hour
to an investigator, wno Has made a
survey of the situation In Philadel
phia. The P. O. S. of A. has 12B.000 mem
bers in Pennsylvania. The eicecutive
committee Is composed of John W. Har.
per, Chester, stnto president ; Claude
T. Reno, Allentown, state vice presi
dent; Fred W. Magrady, Mount Car
mel, state master of forms; Irvvln S.
Smith, Reading, state treasurer, and
Chnrles Brumm Helm, Philadelphia,
state secretary.
Training for War Wounded
Members of the Bureau of Police were
Instructed In a general order by Super
intendent Robinson yesterday to send
to the Federal Board for Vocational
Education at 1000 Penn Square Building
all wounded or disabled soldiers, sailors
and marines whom they meet who have
been discharged from the service in or
der that they may receive training in
special trades, and when necessary be
sent to college.
For twelve years the Kissel
has built cars of only tho
finest quality.
W. CLARKE OBIEB
Klttrl and Briscoe Automobiles
300 NORTH BROAD ST.
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PHILA. SOLDIER'S FATE
CANNOT BE LEARNED
Joseph F. Quinn Reported at
Various Times Dead, In
jured and Alive
Although toported dead and' hurled
through official and unofficial channels,
later said to be safe, then again de
clared to be dead, Private Joseph F.
Quinn, Fifth Regiment Marines, Is be
lieved by relatives at 244 South Forty
fourth street, to bo alive. No letters
have been received from the soldier
since September.
Becoming anxious over the fact that
his son did not write home, the boy's
father wrote to the commanding officer
of his company, and had an advertise
ment Inserted In the Paris newspapers
for Information of the missing boy. He
also made Inquiries at Base Hospital 86,
where he waa reported to have been
sent to recover from wounds.
At last a letter from Lieutenant
Colonel Florida, of the Fifth Regiment
Marines, told the parents that Quinn
was released from the hospital early In
January and had sailed for home. No
record of his return can be found.
Then came an answer to the news
paper advertisement saying that Quinn
had been killed In action. The soldier
who wrote said he had been one of the
burial party. Later another man, who
claimed to have been confined to the
samo hospital as Quuln, who. also had
seen the advertisement, believed tho
mysterious soldier to be alive.
The latest news of Quinn came last
week In a letter from Major General
Barnett, In Washington. It was his
opinion that Quinn Is alive, either in a
hospital or recovered from wounds re
ceived at the Champagne October 3
The major general Is asking General
Pershing the fate of this soldier, he said.
ROBBED ON CITY HALL PLAZA
Shipworkcr Beaten Unconscious
Without Police Interfering
The police are at a loss to explain
I thlr absence from the vicinity of City
rHall when a' shlpworker was held up nnd
i beaten Into unconsciousness and left
I lying on tho pavement of the plaza.
! Thomas Coyle, a Chester shlpworker,
was accosted by two men I on South
Penn Square about 3 o'clock ;esterday
morning. He ran across the street to
ward City Hall, calling loudly for help
as he ran. Tho two thieves apparently
had no fear that his cries would be
answered, for tliey folldwed him Mil his
flight anil caught him on the pavement
of City Hall plaza.
They beat Coyle Into unconsciousness
and then lobbed him of $25. Coyle re
covered his senses some time later and
staggered to the Hahnemann Hospital,
still without seeing a patrolman, and i,
had his wounds dressed. He suffered a
broken nose and other Injuries.
The hold-up was reported to the po-
'B nf ! TTiftUonrli nnrl Vina .,,.
llce of he Fifteenth nnd Vine streets
station, but they say they know nothing hnnnar. yired f4. Relative! and friends In
of the matter. J"' ? "U'Vount1 Pefc..m
WANT BROADWAY WIDENED
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Plan Camden Street Improve -
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ment to meet nty Progress ' n'gftniNkBR.-Mirried m pwi-
Broadway. Camden's busiest thorough-' J'WWi'hureh. b'v the" nCtamS.
fare, is due to undergo marked changes. I Me?rtney. BZnARj nowEN to CATII
To keep step with the city's advance- . '-wnAVTCR March in. at('orHanna; Pa
ment. In the opinion of the bushiest' men fflA.??EnuehnoHf" offuneral will be slven
and city officials, Broadway will have to
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be materially Improved. . ' , . .
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Property values along the thorough- N,hCtween 47th st. and I.rchwood ave. and
fare In the last ten years have Increased I Wm. I,ne,,Rrr",rr'V,turned rttna,4642 ?'"'
tremendously. As an Illustration a hotel Bw, Phone Woodland nHt.
property at Broadway and Chestnut , . ,,.,, -p at r.
street recently told for $32,500. Ten HKT.P n'ANTKD-rKMAIJi
years ago the same site and property I M,ip Competent white maid as chamber
sold for 7600. "VHenlK'SmS. "SiSfc 88?
Street Commissioner Alfred L. Sayers Ln 'm i08 N. Broadat. .
favors widening the street and said I lin I "" " ..,.. . iimim
11 ran ho ilnna hv p.tflnn- l,n, .1,. ....,. ny.VT rUK?W,.li
lines. Councilman Frank S. Vnnhart, , InTsH 3-H.nd.ome.t furnUhedroom
chairman of the Street Committee of Ir-K hoy" '".5$ 'phone: mahosany furnl
City Council, also favors widening the ftr,e.r Yenned" People only; reasonable, also
street, ir tne Camden terminus of the
proposed bridge touches at Broadway
and Federnl street, as proposed, It will
compel the city to widen Broadway and
adjacent streets.
J-EClPWELLfr.
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
Pearls
Pearl Necklaces
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Precious Stones'
ABSOLUTE
PERMANENT
Conferences between leading anthra
cite coal operators and Governor Sproul
nre expected to be continued today.
The coat situation Is being threshed
out by the Governor, and as a result of
his talks with the operators the sched
uled fifty cents a ton rise on May 1
may not become effective.
Disturbed over the thought of a leg
islative Investigation, with all the ac
companying delays and misunderstand
ings, some of tho operators are said to
have agreed not to advance their prices
until a "friendly" examination of their
books can be made by tho Governor.
This, they claim, wlI show that 'the
proposed advance is Justifiable.
Governor Sproul. was In Philadelphia
yesterday conferring with representative
operators. E. T. Stotesbury, president
of the Reading Company, holdlne com
pany for both the Reading Railway and
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company, 1b one of the men with
whom the Governor Is said to have been
In conference.
Attorney General Schaffer Is In close
touch with the executive at all timer
and Is planning any legal end of the
steps that might tend to hold- the coal
barons In check.
The operators are loud In their pro
tests against the threat of a legislative
Investigation. In reply the Governor
says that if they have nothing to con
ceal and the rises are justified, they
need have no fear of the activities o"f
an Investigating commission.
A definite decision Is expected to re
sult from the conferences within a few
days.
"STRIKE IS NOT A STRIKE"
Railway Clerks' President Calls N. C
and St. L. Walk-out Unlawful
Atlanta, Ob March 22. President ,T
J. Forrester, of the Brotherhood of Rail,
way fclerks, today Bald tho strike of be-
een 900' and 1000 clerks of tho Nash
ville, Chattanooga, nnd St. Louis rail
way was Irregular In Its call, unauthor
'aed and, therefore, unlawful.
"So far as tho Brotherhood of Rail
way Clerks Is concerned," he said,
"there Is no strike on the Nashville,
Chattanooga and Ht. Louis."
After an all-night meeting of tho
striking clerks, the leaders met todav
to reach a decision for submission to a
vote of the strikers.
Mass for Returned Soldier
A solemn mass of thanksgiving was
celebrated In St. Agatha's Roman
Catholic Church, Thirty-eighth and
Spring Garden streets, at 8 o'clock this
morning to offer thanks for the safe
leturn from overseas of Robert Wright,
who has fought tho Germans for many
months as a member of the Aviation
Corps. Young Wright Is the son of
Thomas F. Wright, of 3303 Spring
Garden street.
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HERnSI.KB March 17, on U. S. Dako
tnn Corporal GEORGE II.. hueband of Orate
Hrr'bsleb (nee MacMoeters). Relatives and
frlende Invited to funeral services. Mon.. U
p m . from his brother-in-law a reeldenee.
maStin -March sANNIhB.0'wlSow,,ot
Th'omae E. Martin. Relative and friends are
invited to tho aervlce. Tu.. 1 p. m.. 3114
''nANNAR.' lurch 2
...n.. Pnnanni url
h 21. MARY E. BAJJ-
VAR(nee Caraon). widow of Monteqmeir
Baltl
lSHOia,Bafcai:
Sin Funeral service, will b. held from
' Setf. .. ms ami wwt
pjeae enp'y.
Mon , 2 p. m.
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