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Trestlework
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Greenwich Point Ts
Torn Away
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Grtenwlch col piers a landmar
for
Itinerations In South Philadelphia are
belne conntcd Into 5.000,000 feet of.
lumber.
For many years these masses of
wooden trestlework neie an Importanr j
factor In the commute of this port, i
Coal by the hundreds of thousands of i
Ions, for foreign and coastwise shipment, I
was shot from pierheads Into waiting j
bat-go or vessel. I
Tli. old coal Mers. with their forest ,
huge timbers. """b" ''PlaaJ' !
of
the Pennsylvania Railroads ne'w me
chanical car dumper, which can handle
S6.O0O tons of coal a day. Where the ,
coal piers now stand the city will (n the
future build a new and spacious munici
pal pier, while further south the railroad
company wl'l build (Alter and modern
t T' . u . u , ,
t)molltlon of the Greenwich coul piers,
arreed upon by the city and the rail-
road. Is part of the broad plan of port j
Improvement. I
Sklraclnr Valuable Timber
There are six piers at Ureemvlch.
Kventually all of them will be lemoved.
Two arc now In process of belnp picked j
apart beam by beam lor the fine and
hears- timbfers of long-leaf yellow pine i
of which they were built In a day when I
1 lumber was less expensive than it Is'
,now. '
Some Idea of the quantity of lumber I
employed In building the piers may be
mined from the fact that one of them.
Pier No. 6, which Is Su feet high and
1500 feet long. Is estimated to contain I
4,000,000 feet of lumber. This one pier I
Is estimated by the contractor who Is !
removing It to have cot nearly 5250,000.
The timbers salvaged from Tiers No.1
1 and No. G, will go into tho hulls of
wooden ships and Into the building and '
tepalr of wooden piers and docks. Mostj
of It Is prime wood, seasoned by the
winds of half a century. The shorter i
lengths will be cut up and furnish kind
there Is sufficient lumber In the piers
to stretch. If laid end on end, from Phil- .
adelphla to Chicago, Or If sawed UP .
Into Inch-square strips It would reach
half way around the globe. A force !
, of fifty expert wreckers, with two bit1
team cranes, have been at work three I
rfU I nsr enougii to start, every uiicnen range' " - m"i '" "" "V."-. " - -,-- meil nio v he ilml tin. nnnin n. n, m. nine ll tile army, n wouiu Hueiu
p? In Philadelphia some cold day next win-, "But what aro you here for," I ' mobbing or Co oiiel '"nR - "cession started, tho dead onicer's or- , Kornllov was willing to wivo Ke
k ter. .hnntnl nvnwlv. "tn lini.i .i,,weie negotiations between tne two . . ,....ri ,n ,,.,, ,., I qt-v. provided tho latter allowed
& .Folks fond of figures may find some- ! trenches or not?" I Snr"rende7 hv' the mob of Twenty agl- '''calling aloud the virtues of his W to "save the front.
iks thInP t0 PonJr VT In ' 'nall forest ..Veg to hold " thev answered tniIi- who were placed under arrest. tcl'- In our 'Ic'!tl- "kiiost the whole; But Kerensky evidontly saw tl
fo ' of lumber that Is being salvaged at the ..if, I ' ' , J- 1ZZ . ,'i i The ofllce," who had fled and the '' marched. Including the regiment an opportunity to restore his fa
tR' ..! Biers. The contractor estimates The" ho" 'could you leave them? "! ..rl'e., "c.?.'l.: !,! iiiiZi, i, coinmandetl by tho deceased. The rHt ; nnd secure his position.
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'-f months taking down the piers, and an-
t- othar ahc months will be needed to com-
l':! II th. nli I
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Kas Had Manj- Vitt
fjSf'J ,By!a curious coincidence the land on
-i"ii jonaxu lu dumi ,3. .iuiuiicii, Hruuiu-
father of H. A. MacMulien, general man-
I&i.' -agerof the Henry A. Hltner's Sons Com-
pany, the wrecumg nrm wnicn is talcing
th piers down. It was leased by the
owner in 18S4 for an annual rental of
1JS000 and was used for oil storage.
pi,p vo. 1 was built In 18TI-73 at a. cost
m, ''of JI0.000. No. (. used as a grain pier.
n, built In 1881 and cost $53,000.
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r 6 'While this country was at war the
piers were a real bonanza for the wreck
ing company. The wood In them was
the most wanted material for wooden
ships, and the wreckers could not tear
It down fast enough to meot the de
'mands of the shipbuilders. At the war
time price It was worth from $75 to $100
thousand feet.
Deaths of a Day
MRS. N.SCAMMON JONES
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lit" VW ell Known as a Singing Teacheh
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Mrs, aiargaret II. Elliot Jones, wife of
Ni Scammon Jones, died suddenly of
heart affection yesterday at her home,
412 South Twenty-second street. She
was stricken oh Monday. .
KM -lirOb UUtlCB M A3 UilO UI IIIC UL IU1UYVH ,
WfS ..an3 most' successful teachers of sing-1
, tn 4n tli r.Hv 1tf anrnn tt-n rltlM n
Tv (critic Eald today, to her happy com-
PA:VD1DBUOn " rare musical inieuiKeiicr,
.which she possessed, I
JtW, in the nearly two score years she
P .taught music here Mrs. Jones developed
many of the best amateur singers In the
city, and not a few who achieved fame
as. professionals.
mu 43U0 Biuuieu in ruuis uuuer iiiic Jir
KX v &tU the teacher of Melba, Qerster and
K -other great sinrers. wane Dotn were
B.J. .pupils in .the Marchesl school. Mme.
II:v (ir.il. ..I Tir.. T. !.. il -
rj-rv eiu niiu mi a. uuiica ucumo iiikiiliuic
a'-1 friends, and whenever the prima donna '
'fit eamo to Phlladelphlk she was the house '
tt'jf'Sv, irufjst or Airs. Jones, wnn often enter.
Ea. ts.lned In her home.
MW James McKee Barron
pSi 'James McKee Barron died on Monday '
SJSfc'lWMi born fifty-eight years ago. Ills
F-i&'ance3tors lived in the same Iiousa ur
&,?' back as 1S22. All his life was en-
( aed n the lion business, especially
$& ". related to southern pig Iron and '
'loiimi inuia. irriei uver injD aeain or
his wife four months ago, it la believed, I
TMiutenaa jir. narroaa aeain. iik i aur
?v vived by four sons and two daughters.
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BOTCHKAREVA'S ELOQUENCE MOVES MOB
TO CONTRITION AFTER MURDEROUS ACTS
Soldiers Make Coffin and
Hold Solemn Funeral
I Services for the Comman
der Th ey Bru tally Lyn ch -!
ed but a Few Short Hours
Before
THIS STARTS THE STORY
In the summer of 1917 Maria
Rotchkareva founded the Uultalioii
of Death, a woman's fighting unit in
the llusslan army, atM tlmi a pea
Mint girl stepped Into the Interna
tionul hall of fame. Thii Is her
story. In earlier Installments she
told of the hardships of her child
hood, the brutulltles of her married
life, and the realization of her wish
to become a soldier. She told of
battles fought and won and of tin
demoiallzatlon of the army follow
till? the overthrow of the czar, U
was to shame the men Into action
that the Battalion was founded. It
was only partially successful. Bol
shevism caused entire lack of disci-
rtllno wlilnli t'.itiin1!i- 1i .1...
Duelling of a previously well beloved
commander. At the risk of her life
Botchknreva jumps to the side of
the slain olllcer and addresses the
soldiers, at last gaining their ntteti
tion.
AND HERE IT CONTINUE?
'-"wn ' Mob lVvrliologv
"
""' : turned abruptly on a gaping
fellow, looked directly at him and
asked:
''Suppose tho rank and file were
to elect their own officers Now, what
would you do in the commander's
place, ,f . chosen'.' Vou are
, , ,,, . , , " .
a P'iin soldier, of the people. Tell
me what you would do! '" T thundered.
Tne ciat) looked stupid, makimr am
effort Ip laugh.
"Ha, 1 would see," he said, "once I
got there."
'This Is no answer. You tell me
what you would do If our corps were I
In the trenches and another one re- j
fused lp relieve it. What would you
do? What?" I demanded of the '
whole crowd.
"Would you hold tho trend
les in-,l
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hon-
definitely or leave? Answer me
' w ell. wo would leave, an;
1 fired back
There was silence.
"That would be tieason to
Free
Russia!" I continued.
The men bowed their heads in
shame. Nobody spoke.
"Then why did you kill him?" I
cried out in pain. "What did he want
you to do but hold the trenches?"
"lie wanted to shoot us!" several
suleln voices replied.
"He never said anything of tho 1 1 suggested next. Some soldiers of
sort. What he wanted to say was toif,.,i thole services as cravediegers.
explain that the general did not
threaten you either, but remarked that
i" ot.llpr circumstances your action
""iu pum-nru u suuuuhh. .no
sooner did Colonel Belonogov mention
the word when you threw yourselves
, "P' Max without even giving the'
hian an opportunity to finish his
I words."
' was reported to us otherwise,
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to shoot,
:d them-
Cm !
n B illuuKitL jic nil t:tiii:iit;u
us," the men weakly defended
selve
At this stage the orderlies
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and
rushed up.
wall when
.SB tlint nii
friends of the slain colonel
They raised .such a woeful
they saw the mutilated corpse that all
words were drowned out. Thev
oursed and wept and threatened the
mob, although they were few and the
crowd was of thousands.
i "ilurdcrcrs! Bloodsuckers! 'Whom beasts two hours ago. All the gentle
have Vou killed? Our little father! ' nesn now mirrored in their faces was
Did soldiers ever have a better friend then swept away by a hurricane of
1 than he'.' Was there ever a com- savage passion. These obedient chil
. mander who took greater care of his dnen had actually been inhuman n.
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and his nangmen. uive i you treeoom,
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You
devils!"
nd the mourners broke out even
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A cry went up that
In louder s(jb
shook tho air.
It gripped everybody's
throat. .Main
in the mob wept. As
the deceased's friends began to enu
merate the various favors they had
received from him, I could not choke
down my tears and descended from
the bench, convulsed with sob.
Meanwhile, m response to cans iur
r ...i. 1 1 J -.-. man i r:i 1 1 u T ni"
help, a division from u neighboring
., .i n .moll tlio tnnllm-.
Tho committee of the division came
forward nnd ""''" ''e";"
of the ringleaders of tho moement
that resulted In the .soldiers' refusal
nt-uiui utiiim .'j .,..,... ..... .. tf
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latter was still afraid to order the
I soldiers to rellovc the corps In the
' trenches. He asked mo to broach the
subject.
I I first adcircsseu tne men auoui me
funeral.
' "We must hae a coffin made. ho
' will do it?" 1 asked.
Several volunteered to get some lum
ber and construct one.
I "How about n grave'.' Wo want to
tbury him with full military honors."
An ofllcer Tent to lool; for a priest
T Hent a soldier to the woods to make
U-i-eatli. Then I turned nnd asked
"Now will you go to the trendies to
reIleve your comrades?"
,', answered meeklv.
les' th0 nin answeuu "'
It was an unforgettable scene. These
thousands of men, all so .docile anu
humble, some with tears sun ires n ui
their clie'eks. were like a forlorn flock
of sheep that had lost its shepherd.
One could never believe that these men
were capable of murder.
You could
I -. n..l-.1A n tnnto Af Vnll t'Cili
curse them now, you could even strike
'them, and they would bear It without
i..tt Tin- ro rnnscloua. deeulv
I protest.
-..-. nnn.innx riepnlv
I pnnseious. of a great crime. Quietly
' they stood, seldom exchanging a word
of regret, engrossed in mourning. And
i vet these very lambs were ferocious
while ago. It was lncreuiuie, anu iiui
lt waB the truth.
,,,,, to the character of the Russian
people.
The coffin, an oblong box of
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in characteristic poe
shaven boards, draped Inside and out
with a white sheet, was brought all
t o'clock.
The body had been washed,
but It was Impossible lo restore- the
face to its normal appearance. It wan
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wreaths made. The priest
ad the services, but could
himsel and broke out tob
general, the staff anu I
with candles in hand, sobbed too. Im
weeping was general and crew with
every step, so. that by tho time tne
procession reached the grave the wall
ins could be heard for versts u round.
As the body was laid to rest everybody
dropped a handful of, sand Into the
grave. Prayers were on all lips.
The order was giver, that by 7 o'clock
thr corps would be moved to relieve
the .soldiers nt the fighting; line. I
went to, my girls nnd gave the word
for them to be ready too, They had
heard of the disturbance and passed
some anxious moments, and thereroro
gave me a hearty welcome. The gen
eral had telephoned to the front lino
that the corps was a few hours lute
and nsked the soldiers there to remain
in the trenches for tho night. The dis
tance that we had to cover was about
llfteen versts and we arrived at tho
front before dawn.
The battalion, now consisting of
only some 200 gh Is. occupied a sma
, ?r to tself, opposite the town c
Krcra. There was no sign 0f actu
small
of
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tjio Germans nor the Russians
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tne Russians useu
as gen
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mal, truce. The men met every day,
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with Kerensky. when he appealed for
Tirhta nt Itinrtintt j'n f,,1 support against Kornllov, But this
llllllg Of inaction III le)lirl),Ca Btnte of mind did not last
mi j r 1 t ? lng. Kerensky, llttlo by llttld, lost
J readies, Leader Of tlie the suddenly acquired confidence of
T1 .. n T- the masses, as he did not bring them
Battalion Of UCalll t irCS tho much-desired peace.
. v , I The soldier or officer who sided with
Oil LrCrmanS Approach- Kornllov was nicknamed Kornllovetz.
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Russian Troops
Indulged In long arguments and drank
beer brought by tho Germans.
f could not tolerate such war and
ordered my glrk to conduct themselves
as If everything was as before.
The men became very Irritated by
our militant attitude toward tho
.enemy. A group of them, with thu
chairman of the regimental commit-
tee, came over to our irencn to ie-
bate the matter
"Who are our enemies'.'" began the
chairman. "Surely, not the Germans,
who want peace. It's the bourgeoisie,
the ruling class, that is the real enemy
of the people. It's against them that
we ought to wage war, for they would
not listen to the German peace pro
posals. Why does not, Kerensky ob
tain peace for us? "Because the Allies
will not let him. "Well, we will drive
Kerensky out of his office mighty
quick!"
' "But I am not of tho ruling class
I am a plain peasant woman," I ob
jected. "I havo been a soldier since
the beginning of the war and fought
in many battles. Don't agitate here
I against officers."
I "Oh. I don't mean you," he replied,
trying to win me over to the pacifists'
viewpoint. Several German soldiers
Joined the Russian group. The dis
cussion waxed hot. They repeated tho
old argument that the Germans had
nsked for peace and the Allies did not
accept It. I replied that the Germans
could have peace with Russia If they
withdrew from tho invaded parts of
our country.
So long as they kept
our land, it was the duty of every
I Russian to fight and drive them out.
I Thus life dragged on. Nights and
days passed in discussions. Kerensky
, a . w",.BJm"" L"",," , " ' "" ' ,
. . . . . ..II i I.I.. 1.-1.1 ... II, A
mpr(; toward Bolshevism. Finally, the
i foml between Kerensky and Kornllov
iiicii. n,,u ri ti ui. ., w., ......
' reached a crisis. Kerensky asked the
. mmmnnder.in-chlcf by telephone to
. a ...
send to Pctrograa some ioyai uoops,
apparently realizing that Ills days
were numbered. Kornllov replied with
a messngo .through Alcxelev, request
ing n written certificate from Keren
sky. clothing the commander-in-chief
with fun nuinority to restore umui-
mac
ren
hlm lero
fallen
He,
1 therefore, turned against Kornllov,
I mibllcitv declaring that the latter
hought sovereign power and appealed
to the workmen ana soicucrs 10 rc
against the commander of the army.
The result was the brief encounter
between the revolutionary masses nnd
Kornllov's savage division. Kornllov
was defeated. Kerensky triumphed,
and for the moment it looked as if ho
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as the saviour of the revolution' from
a counter-revolutionary assault, again
became the Idol of , tho soldiers and the
laboring class.
Tho larger part of the army sided
ter-revolutlonary, advocato of t,hn old
regime or enemy of the people.
The Inactivity of tho tvench life
became wearisome. One rnlny day I
Bent out a listening party Into Xo
Man's Land, with instructions to shoot
at the enemy In case of his approach.
I watched the party go forward. Sud- '
rienly u group ot Germans, numbering
about ten, came In tho direction cf
mil- tranches. 'Phev- wnlkivl linnnhnt.
alUiv, with hands In pocket, some
whlstllnc others slnelne. I aimed mv
i ,.ne at tho leg of one of the group
nmi wounded him.
The w'liole front was In nn uproar
In a second. It was scandalous. Who
dared do such a thing! The Germans
and tho Russians were seething with
rage. Several of my girls came run
ning, greatly alarmed.
"Natchalnlk, why did you do It?"
.they asked, seeing me with a smoking
rlflo In hand.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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MURDERED WOMAN BURIED:
Police Still Seek James Abruzzi
"Wife's Slajer
The muneral of Mrs. Anna Abruzzi,
twenty-four years old, 1407 South Mil
dred street, who was murdered last Fri
day, took place today from an under
taking establishment on ICIghth rtreet
below Carpenter. Interment was made
In Holy Cross Cemetery.
The police have not yet captured
.lames Abruzzi. who Is accused of hav
ing shot the woman. Before she died
In Mount Slnat Hospital, Mrs. Abruzzi
mlcl her husband shot her becauso she
leruseti to return and live with him
lt Ahfll7vl 1ft 1lOI lltlaHanrl c,A-n,nl
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Vrnctlcn) training In handling men and
In facton' and shop manairempnt. Clans
atnrta Thuraday, April 3.. 7:80 o'clock.
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CENTRAL BRANCH
Y. M. C. A.
1421 Arch St.
You Rrofit By
Our Bigness
Our size enables us to:
Furnish cash markets for all live-stock offered;
Operate at minimum costs;
Stay in business on a profit of only 2 cents on
the dollar of sales;
Eliminate waste;
Get the surplus live-stock products from the
West to the millions of consumers in the East.
There is Nq Menace in Size: (
As long as we are in keen competition with the
other packers; "
As long as there are hundreds of firms iri r
the business;
As long as we handle only about 12 percent of
the meat supply of the country and only about
22 per cent of the meat that is inspected by
' the United States Government;
As long as our bigness is used to your advantage
as it is nowand as it must be in the future
if we are to do a profitable business. The per
manence of a business depends on the good
will of those it serves. No large business can
prosper that is not recognized as giving in
exchange for its earnings a.n equivalent meas-
" ure of helpful service.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
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F. M. HALL, District Manager
Seven Wholesale Distributing Markets
Central Office, 9th St. and Girard Ave. .-. ;
AUGUSTUSW. NEWELL DEAD
Was I'ostmnUer Under Lincoln at Little-
.ton, Pa., Now niradford
llradfonl. !., jjaroh ac Augustus
William Newell, eighty-six years old,
one of the nioncem of this pmnmiinliv.
who served' as postmaster of Klttliton, i
now llradford. lindoi- T.tnpn1na artmlnta. '
tratlon, died last evening at -his home
in this city. He had served as, water
commissioner of the city, member of
llio school board and was one of the
largest real estate holders of the com
munity. He was a member of .the
American Association of Engineers' and
accompanied that body on a Visit to
Kurope In 1889, He was nlso a com- '
mlssloncr Irom Pennsylvania to the
Paris International Kxposltlon of 1900.
Mr. Newell was the father of Kred- I
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The Truly American Hat
is the sports liat. In no other country arc women so becomingly
ffarbed for summer outdoor life as in our 'own. Bccauso of this
it has become rather a hobbv with us to create sports millinery
that will especially interest 'the women of our own city.
.Models You'll Like
A soft, wide, straight-brimmed sailor in ;fcwo-lone or one-color
basket weave straw is tailor-banded and bowed in grosgrain i rib
bon rose and black is but one of the pleasing two-tone combina
tions. Rather an unusual. lint for $6.00.
Then at $11.50 there's an ultra sihart beauty of rich, soft, black
milan. The 4-inch brim slightly droops and the well-formed!
crown is banded and bowed in heavy black grosgrain it s
stunning! ' '
We have other attractive sports hats from $4.50 upwards.
George
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I 1214 Chestnut St.1214
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Bread and
Arc very popular and much
in fjemand for wedding gifts.
Plates of sterling silver, six
and one-quarter inches .in
diameter, plain thread edge
dozen $95-
S. Kind & Sons, 1110 chestnut st.
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