Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, April 19, 1919, Night Extra, Page 2, Image 2

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PENROSE EXPECTED PARADE TODAY
MUMMERS PARADE DOWNTOWN TODAY
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Politicians Await Harrisburg, Wounded and Gassed Remnant
Visit of Senator Next Week of 109th Roeiment. 200 Stronc.
Irrepressible "Billy" Stops Here
on Way to Omaha a.nd
Boosts Victory Loan
Workers Stirred by Statistics
Showing 65,000 Forced .
to Live in Alleys
State Director Threatens to Ex
pose All Breaking Faith
With Service Men
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GOVERNOR ALSO FACTOR
Politicians over tlic State ale awnit
1ns with Keen Interest the proposed
visit ot Senator renroop to Ilnrri'burs
next week to direct the effort to pul
through the Assembly the Philadelphia
reform legislation.
The visit of the senator Is expected
to speed legislative machinery, vtlikh
tip td this time has moved slowly be-
cause of the delay over the inform!
measures, and to cause a lPsuinptinn
in the Legislature of tlie factional war- .
fare.
Governor Sprout's abenie fioui the
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Capitol because of a leeurrcnce of the
rheumatic attack which sent him to Hot
Springs, Vn., last week in senrch of
react, is Dclicvcii to tie tne mm ou-
stacle which may stand in the way
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the determination nu the part of the
Penrose forces to fo..e the i-u- ....
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The Goieruor will he n big factor in
determining the fate of the leform bills.
So far he has excited himself jn an ef-
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fort to Ming the wi.1 elements of he
republican party in tne city luccrncr
on an agreement b which a new rhoi
ter, satisfactory to nil hands, might l.p
drafted.
Is Up to dowTiior
It he should look with disfuvoi
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the plan to fight it out to a hnish in the
Assembly there is no doubt that a
sufficient number o the members ot the
Senate and House would heed his advice
to cause the threatened factional out-
; break to flivver.
1 Prospects ot action .m the .hatter
I bills are remote at the best because of
the' hearing which will be held Tues
; tlay morning before the sennte appro
; p'riutions committee on the paix bills
J " to increase District Attorney Hotan's.
t force ot assistants nnd defectives.,
Unless nil signs fail this hearing will
J ' be a long-drawn-out affnir and will be
J the start loft ot the factional fireworks
!i they an to be set off at all next
iVeek. District Attorney Rotnu Bays he
will appear beforo the committee and
; urge the passage of the bills, nnd Di
i rector Wilson threntcus to appear and
oppose them.
In addition to the threatened fac
tional outbreak, tlie Legislature faces
a fairly busy week when it reconvenes
Monday night after a ten -days' recess.
Suffrngists plan to have the Ramsey
resolution providing for a constitutional
nmondment made a special order of
business in the IIoue Tuesday.
Transit mils Reported
The. Daix transit bills, which arc
similar to the Salus bill of two jenrs
ago, will be reported to tlie SenatP.
These bills were reported out favorably
last week by u Senate committee after
n public hearing.
The liquor forces also plan to have
another bill introduced which will bring
about a line-up between the, "wet"
anil "dry" force. Heprehcntativp
William T. ltamse."s bill defining an
intoxicaut as a beerngc containing
more thun 2 per cent alcohol is nnf
! satisfactory to the "wets."
More trouble also is anticipated be-
- tween the "wets" and "lrys" when.
SV-r the latter attempt to put through the
Jt Vlckermau enforcement measure. A
It hearing was held on the ltm.ni- nr.,1 ,.,,i;
jj liquor measures last week, but bh the
"w-ptR" lir.il .- t,..nl : ,
1: t, , ; '1'""' ' proven a
:j field day for the "drjs."
; Intimations have been mnrln ronii
that local independents may introduce
n ripper bill in the House next week.
The. measure has been drafted, but the
decision to draft has not been reached.
The bill would remove Director Will
41" Ir- W ilon . of the Department of
Public Sufety. from office nnd supplant
him by a commissioner appointed by tlie
Goernor. Such a measure is certain
to arouse the bitter hostility of the
Vare forces.
Lad Shot With Own Gun
PollsUlle, Pa.. April If). John AV
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lleisler, fourteen jears old. ucciilentnllr Tui.rrui..sio .t tho tunes..
l.f .ml 1-1M...1 i.: , . ' . L;ulu",."y ' Tulrculoua meningitis
'"";;, ,"".,. """"'l ,i-"itruny with
n ilobert nUc. He ws out hunting
when the hummer of hi gun caught in
a bush. It is denied that he and boys
with him were trjiug to imitate a moving-picture
play.
Troops Back From War
and Homctvard Bound
ARRIVED
Von Steuben, jt TV- York fr.
with three units of Thlrlj nrth rMi7n,rrv.''
tlonsl Ouaiil troops from M lsm.ri i .1 l ,"a-
"iL1"".?" lflU .men V tlSei?iih0SX:
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ron; thrvo officers and U3 men of -the a" Vh
Ambulance Company easual eompanlea from
New York Ohio and Pennsylvania; JJSn
ttred casual, and 0o wounded soldiers.
alttr A Lojrkenli.irh. m w Voifc from
St. Naiare w-Jih -,j ,t) J uHils en
boaTd Included two ..ff leers ind 124 men of
Jlese Ilo.nltal SI. one ofTleer wid 113 men
of Uase Hospital a I. twq officers nnd 140
men of Uise Hosnltn) ill three oftlrers nnrt
lin Z1Z. ".Wh" ITSI "n-officer Snd
JBO men of the Second Trench .Mortar Bat
tery, one officer and MS men of the Rlith
Trench Storta Hint cry. two officers ind 17?
rnen ul th 117th Trench Mortar Hattery.
;d one oltlcer and 211 men of the SORth
Trench Mortar liatterv other units on Iwiard
were two nrflcers and 17.', men f hr 3M,
, ;Tr .lU'rilonv 32lt Field Slirnal liat
tallon. headquarters detachment, supply sec
tlon. rpedlcsl detach.nent and rntnpanlen A
10 C, nctuslie. six cfflcera nnd 208 men:
two officers and 1SI men of theylllth Com
'VfPT lnPortatlon Torps. nneT orflcer and
thtrtytwo men of the Flfteentli Photographic
ecticn of the air service, and casual com
Vinles from Oeorcla, New Vork and Ohio
DUE TODAY
Oisawa, at Nw Tork. from Nantes. April
,, with ten men (two officers and elebt en-
II tRom.n of the 110th Kntlnm friin othJ;
if VS'l.on '.V1 'nenmed three nm".r. ,!
li l?1,"1 0' tho tteneru headqusrters A P
Pershing's headquarter, ot rhaumnnt'TS"'
j 1 .mice 10 tuminrie. nnn iwtt r
lr 'Zeppelin, at New York, from Brest. April
V .wttq 1B50 army personnel, tncludine Penn
I srjYsnlR casuals.
!,- sfcsanle. At New York, from Tlresf. Anril
4is.su m-nj UL iirumnci .ompanv.
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1 1601 men
DUE TOMORROW
Ii' ' ILVtrrtnfmll nt Ww Vnflr from Q Vnelrs
V A'lt , with 4177 rnen. '
'unii urintrii,, i w .orK irom ureii.
apmi if wiin jtym imny personnel,
Hr?.ba, nt
Ner( yor)c from Brest.
WaiW
rt. .April 1, -ivith
auum Manilla,, xm B.
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WASHINGTON GRAYS' SONSl
The tiftj -eighth anniversary of the
"Dandy Klrst" Itegiincnt of the old
l'cnnivlvnnin National (innril. which
made an enviable record in the great
war -as the 109th Uegiment. will he
celebrated nt 5 o'clock this afternoon
, with a parade of 'JOO of Its wounded
I veterans and n like number ot its vet
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inc 0111 i irsi is me nucci ucsrrniiaiit
of (lip Washington (iiays. which was
orEuiii.pd on Apiil 10, ISL'J, as the re
suit nf recommendations made by both
1'rcsidcnts Washington nml .lefTcition
The parnile will thus also mnrk the
tiinnty-si'enth anuiversar of the rpal
founding nf the ipgimcnt.
When War Whoops Hang
'Clin U'nuliiniflnn llrillS frtlKrlli'
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, Mexican ffn
ir and became the tiray He
I serves, oi l-'irst ilegiment, on April 10,
'" JP'V'1? Pescnt war broke
out tin lirst ltcgiment went to ! ranee'
I as n federalized unit under tlie com
,, f jts colonel, Millard 1. Ilrown
Two hundred men will participate in
I I he patnile and the other festivities at
(.'inline the anniversary. All liae been
, aa mi(
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Miffcieil wounds or been gassed
i Thev will be led by t'olonel Uiown anil
Hi Police Hand.
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HI l1, UlL'Il 1H t Uiniiusril "I. ill rii ninn
hnie served at least one enlistment
in the old Tiist. will escort the bojs
'of th. 109th. They will be led hj
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Veteran Corps nml the Tnited Stntes
Nay Trumpet Hands.
I.lno of Miuib
The pniadc will luie the irniorj
at Hroail and Callow hill streets nt "
o'doek. and the line of march will be
down Uroad street to Locust, to Six
z1..!..,.! i r'nmnifi i:.n.nrp nnn I p
teenth, to Chestnut, to Twelfth, to
Walnut, to Fifteenth and thence to the
reviewing stand in troni oi ine i nion
League Club.
In the reviewing stand will be a
large number of arm, and nnvy of
ficers, including Major .lames W. Latta,
a Civil War veteran and former com
mander of the Veteran Corps, who will
act as the reviewing, officer: Colonel C.
Stuart Patterson, a former commander (
of the corps; Colonel Prentice Strong,
of the Second Artillery, New York Na
tional Guard ; General Oflly Shaw, of
the P.ritish nrmy ; Lieutenant David A.
Costantini, General Garibaldi, of Italy:
Hear Admiral Hughes, commnndant of
the Philadelphia Nnvy Yard ; Major
General L. W. T. Waller and Major
Charles .T. Hiddlc.
To Dlno at Union league
At the conclusion of the parade the
men will be the guests of the corps at
n dinner and entertainment nt the
1'uion League Club. The speakers will
be Judge Alba V. Johnson, Chaplain
Flojd W. Tomkins. Major Charlrs ,T.
niiidle and Colonel Millard D. Ilrown.
Colonel I5rov.ii will rplate the entire
record made by the lOflth in the fighting
in Prance.
A feature of thp entprtninment will
hi a representation of all the Allied
nations by officers from eacli of the
Allied countries. They will march into
the dining room to tin accompaniment
of their national air pln,ed by the
bands nnd carrying their national
emblem. Belgium will lead, then
France. England, Italy, Jnpan nnd the
lOllth itself. Edward T. Stotesbury
will lead tlie 100th representation into
the room, playing a drum, ns he did
when he assisted in recruiting boys nnd
men for the Civil War in 1S01 in In
dependence Sqnnre.
578 DEATHS THIS WEEK'
Diseases of Heart and Tuberculosis
Again Top List
Deaths throughout the city during
the week numberpd r.78, ns compared
with ."01 last week nnd 02S during the
corresponding week last enr. They were
diwded ns follows: Males, 30!) ; females
'JOD; boys, 71), and girls, 01. '
The causes of death were:
TxphoM fe.r
Hlphthflria ami croup
Influenza . . . .
3
11
7
3
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plilfmte rllpraseH
Other forma of tubtrculosla! !!!!!"" a
I'ancer . . . ''nn
lmpl" m'-nlneltis n
Apoulexy nnd poftpnlnr nf hratn i-
(Jriranic JlseaHftS of the heart i.n
Arute bronchltts " ' 7
Chronlr bronchitis ' r
Pneumonia ', . . " ' 'n
Jlronchopnumonla .... . . , '." " 30
Ifitavea of the reeplrntorv ntm. . ' ' ' 7
I"lfnftnps of the utomarh ' o
iiarrhpa and entrltta 7
Appendicitis and tphlltl "" 7
)lrnla " l
t'irrhoBls nf th lUer "" .V
Acute nephritis and Urlght's dtseasp..'. cT
Noncam nroiw tumors n
Vurprdl iptlcemla ,.'.''
Puerperal acclientH
ijonnenuai ueDinty . . ,
Senility
All othor violent deathi
Hulcld
All other utseasei
Total 578
TRY THAW CASE TODAY
Heavy Damages Asked for Assault
on Kansas City Boy
Harry K. Thaw faces trial before
Judge Finletter, Common Pleas Court
o. -4, toilay tor alleged assault on
Frederick Gump, eighteen years old,
of Kansas City. The case Is lielne
prosecuted by Frederick H. Gump, the
boy's father. Heavy damages arc
aM;cii.
Thaw has been confined in Kirk
bride's, West Philadelphia, since De
cember. It is -charged that Thaw en
ticedthe boy, who was attending school
in New York, to nn apartment' in
Thaw's hotel, where the alleged assault
ana unttery toou place.
To Resume Coal Trade
C. II. Mnrkhnm, regional director,
nnnounced today that effective Mnr 1
the Philadelphia nnd Reading Hallway
Company's coal fleet would be operated
from l'ort Jtichmond. During the
submarine activity along the Jersey
and New England coasts, the operations
of this fleet were transferred to Port
Heading. Mr. Markham said that after
May 3 the- fleet would be worked back U
Port Jtichmond. as rapidly as Its coal
contract and tamcI movement, would
lunil'r. -. '4. S A . r 'Vj
airara ana vewei movement, would
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New dear's clubs will tin it out this arternooii to Inaugurate South Philadelphia's Victory Loan opening.
In the line of marili will he costumed representatives of clubs which for jears have featured .January 1 festivities.
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1 Mummers March
Today for Loan
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(untlni.Ml from fait (in ' '
higher Club and the Silvpr Slipper. All
have made elaborate plans for the big,
show. Two Camden Xcw Year's,
. lubs have promised to join the parade, '
but will give no mtimatiou as to what
they will show until they land on Broad
street. .
1'Iip patade will be reviewed from the
I grand stnnd erected in front of the
Third Ilegiment armory.
Mrs. Walter .1. Freeman, chairman
of the women s lommittec of the South
Philadelphia district, will address the
big mass-meeting to be held after the,
Statue of Liberty in front of the armory' ,,.,, w,,t rMlnrclpbln celebration
is unveiled. b in, with pnrau nt -j.-o o'clock
The program for the meeting after ,,,, nflcrnoon 'Jt t.ontinups IB, atc
the parade is as follows : , . . ,
3:30 Jack Ward's Jazz Band. T' j.,nu i . i m -iv i.
4:o0-Liberty sings, C. H. Ehrea. rPadc will he led by Mrs. alter
if j . C. Hancock, costumed as Martha
zeller, conductor. ,n.-i,i. oi. ...in , -.- ...i i.
4:13 Ensemble (ns parade returns).
4:L'6 Presentation of Judge Pnttcr-
Mill II nun iiiuu.
1:25 Song, "Till Wo Meet Again,'
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.ins-) l.unuvil".
4 :30-Speech, Congressman William
e Vnrp
4:40 Unveiling, Abigail Vare, Helen
Patterson. As drapery drops Miss
Elva Hayes will siug "America."
4:,ri0 Speech, John II. Mnson.
4 :5ri Speech, Mrs. Walter Jackson
Freeman.
5:00 Italian National Anthem,
Miss Elvira Cavalerin.
5:03 Speech, Henry S. Drinker, Jr.
3:10 Speech, Eugene Alessandroni,
5:13 Speech, Jacob Ginsburg.
5:20 Speech, C. C. A. Baldi
5:25 "Star Spangled Banner,"
Miss Elva Hajes.
5:30 Jack Ward's Jazz Band.
(icorge F. Goldsmith is chairman of
the committeo for the South Philadel
phia district.
14 WARDS TO JOIN
' IN UPTOWN SHOW
Hardened Dance Fiends May
Cavort on Pavement
I'ourtPPn wards in North Philadelphia
will unite to make the exercises in that
section a success.
i:aeh of the wards will have a parado
tonight. The parades will comergc nt
the North Philadelphia Victory Statue,
liroad street between Uiamond street
nnd Stisnuchanna avenue, nnd the big
celebration and unveiling will be stnged.
rourteeiubands will be in attendance
and sufficient music to suit even the
hardened dance fiends, who will be given
a place near the btatuc on which to
dance, is promised.
The celebration in front of the statuB
will continue long into the night, with
the loan workers rounding up their first
batch of cligiblcs from nraong the crowds
sure to gather around the statue to
listen to the music nnd speeches or
dance.
KENSINGTON BANDS
TO PLAY FOR LOAN
Kensington's celebration will be of
the "cntch-as-catch-can" tpyc. The
parades will be formed on the principle
that tho Pied Piper of Hamlin had the
right idea.
Bands will leave loan headquarters
this evening with Bmall crowds o( loan
w'orkers. The bands will go In different
directions, nnd the loan workers will
importune all they meet to "follow the
crowd" and get In line for vlctory
Two statues will be unveiled, one
at Indiana avenue nnd Kensington ave
nue, and one at Gcrmantown avenue
and Lehigh avenue. The crowds for
both celebrations will be gathered in the
same manner.
Inspirational singing and speaking
will be features of the exercises nt each
of the statues.
ARSENAL GUNS OPEN
DRIVE IN FRANKFORD
The Frankford celebration will beein
at? 1! o'clock this afternoon with the
guns of the Frankford Arsenal firlne
the opening salute, church bells ringing
and factory wmstics mowing.
Delegations from Frankford, Brides
burg, 'Wisslnoming, Tacony, Holmes
burg, Richmond, Torresdale, Fox
Cbase, Lawndale, Burholme, Bustleton
and Somerton will march, Kach of
these sections will boast a band to
head it.
The parade will form at Kensington
ana Jrrankloru avenues. The route is
not ,n sranwera avenue to garrison
aAkjtM
riorth tn FranVford avenue to-HirrUon
and then to Krankford avenue and the
Oxford pike, where, tho loan statue will
be unveiled. .1. Harry Schumacher. I
treasurer ot the Hoard of Trade, will
lead the parade.
The drive for the districts represented j
" 1"' parade will bo directed from the
"""'"'" iienuijuurirrn, wan .lonn
Walton as diaitmati ot the committee in
charge.
PlRlDfi OPENS LOAN
DRIVE IN WEST PHIL'A.
J omcu Head the Celebration
Starting at 2:30 P. M.
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ten other women, clad in colonial gar-
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I One thousand women loan workers
will follow next in the line. They will
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IUL Mil L'UUll. . U.MU.1U...J Will JUUUW, 111
uniform. Home Defense Reserves, Boy
Scouts, negro nurse, a company of reg
ular marines and school children will
complete the parade.
The route ot the parade is from Six
ticth'and Arch streets, south on SixtK
eth street to Cedar avenue, to Fifty-
second street, to Arch street, to Fifty-,
fourth, to Chestnut, to the Victory
Statue at Fifty-second and Chestnut
streets. The stntue, however, will not
be un,eiled until 8 o'clock tonight.
A great iiiassiineeting will bo held
on Chestnut street nt Fifty-second fol
lowing the nnveiliug. AVnr veterans
will spenk. Doctor Clifford, chaplain
of the, famous Fifth Marines, will tell
what that regiment of "devil dogs" did
nt Chateau -Thierry, nnd Lieutenant
Chnrles AW Drew, an aviator who lost
his arm in combat, will tell how it feels
to fight a duel in the nir.
FREED IN MOVIE HOUSE
Patrolman Answers Wall of Camden
Lad Who Had Fallen Asleep
"Gosh, me mother will wallop mo for
this!"
Uleven-year-old Michael Ward was
moved to this conclusion after he was
freed from tho dark auditorium of a
movie house at Sixth and Market
streets, Camden, about 1 o'clock this
morning.
Martin "took in" the show last night.
He liked the first round, Btaycd for the
second, and fell asleep during the third.
And when the janitor locked up the
place he overlooked tho little fan who
was snuggled down in a seat over in n
shadowy corner.
Some time after midnight a pntrol-
man heard some lusty screaming and
pounding on the theatre door. He
called for re-enforcements and warily
pried the door. Out came tho weeping
youngster with his dire anticipation.
Tha youngster wbb sent home to his
distracted mother who lives at Friends'
avenue nnd Cooper street.
PEACE DELEGATE COMING
Chinese Envoy Will Be Guest
of
Countrymen Here
Wong Chung Wal, member of the
Chinese peace mission, will delay his
trip to Paris long enough to visit Phila
delphia's Chinatown tomorrow.
The Chinese stntesman, who is in
New Tork preparing to continue his
long trip to Europe, will be the guest
of Chinese merchants on Race street
tomorrow night. A committee, com
posed of Long Kin, 007 Race street,
secretary of the Chinese Merchants' As
sociation, and Mock Dal Sun, went to
New York today to greet their country
man, nnd will escort him here tomorrow
evening. A proccssloq of decorated auto
mobiles will meet them at Broad Street
Station and escort the visitor to China
town, where he will receive the city's
Chinese in the Far East .Tearoom.
Leviathan Bringing 10,000
Brest, France, April JD.The U. S.
Transport Leviathan Railed yesterday
with 10,000 American troops on board.
William 'G. Sharp, formerly ambassa
dor to France, was a passenger.
City Market Report
Abundant Potatoes, senlllons, tur
nips, beets., lemons, lettuce.
Normal Parsnips, onions, cauliflow
er, radishes, oranges, rhubvib,
Scarce Cabbage celery, carrots,
sweet, potttto,;Sjjnjy. trawberrle
"& ffil4Miirifc. -'-,4Vh.-tWi?fr"T"nPA
I British Flier Falls
Into the Irish Sea
('onilnncd from rum. One
o'clock yesterday afternoon traveling at
a great height over the Inland of
Anglesey, in the Irish Sea, off the Welsh
coast. But it was believed that Major
Wood could not haye made such a great
distance in such n shoit time after his
ascent at Eastchurch.
St. Johns, N. I. Apiil Jfl. -(By A.
P.) Weather conditions were slightly
Improved here this morning, but it was
considered Improbable that either Harry
Hawker, Australian pilot of the Sop
with plane, or Cnptnin Frederick P.
Bnynhnm, the Briton, who is to guide
the Mnrtynside machine, would attempt!
a stare toany on tliPlr proposed trans-
atlantic flight,
Hawker and Commander Grieve, his
navigator, took advantage of the con
tinued delays to have mechanicians in
stall a low-power wireless sending ap
paratus in the Sopwilh plane. It has
n radius of twenty miles.
Both the Sopwith nnd Mnrtynside
planes are enuinned with rpppivinr- Keto
with an estimated radius of 1!00 to ,'!.i()
miles, but Captain Rnynham carries no
sending apparatus.
Halifax, N. S., April l!).(p,y a.
P.) Captain Irvine, of the Cunnrd
liner Carmania, which has arrived here
from Liverpool, fenrs the signals of the
aviators who are to start from New
Foundland for tho transatlantic flieht
will be misunderstood by steamships'. He
said ho was instructed, on leaving Liv
erpool, the Mnrtynside nlrplnno would
display a white light nbking for its posi
tion nnd a red signnl to indicate dis
tress. Last Sunday he was advised by
wireless the Sopwith plane would use a
wnuo ngnc lor distress. Irvine said
thnt, owing to the conflicting orders,
there was grnc danger of the signals
being misunderstood.
Fljing From Chicago to New York
Chicago, April 10. Captain H. F.
White, nrmy aviator, left the groutid
nt 0:C0 o'clock this morning from Ash
burn field for o nonstop (light to New
York. Ho passed over Gary, Ind.,
about 10 o'clock when thousands of
persons saw him. Ho was flying high
above tho smoke clouds of the steel
mills. Evcii nt that altitude -it was
apparent thnt he was flying nt n ter
rific rate.
His machine is n De Ilnvilniul biplane
with n twelve-cylinder Liberty motor.
Its gasolino capneity is 104 gallons
which tlie captain believed was suffi
cient to land him nt tho Mincola field
this afternoon.
Severnl attempts at a nonstop Chi-cago-New
York flight have been made,
but nohe succeeded. Captain White was
sure ho would, hold out unless he lost his
way. He attempted to keep tho trial
secret, but it becamo known.
NEW MEDICAL INSPECTOR
Wllllamsport Man Succeeds Dr.
Adolph Koenlg In State Post
Dr. Edward Martin, commissioner
of health, today nnounced a number of
nppointments of health officers for vari
ous counties. The most importnnt of
the appointments wns that of Dr. J,
W. Ellenberger, of Willinmsport, as
nctlng medical inspector in place of
Dr. Adolph Koenlg, of Pittsburgh, re
signed. Announcement also was made that
Georgo W. Ramsey, of Philadelphia,
lately in the office of the executive con
troller, had been appointed nssistant
auditor to the Department of Health.
The changes announced In tio Health
Department nrc for tho purpose of Im
proving the service, it is sn)d.
The declaration was made here today
that factional politics played no part
In the selection of the newly appointed
health officers.
ATTORNEYS IN WAR SERVICE
Twelve Per Cent of Lawyers Here
' Served Country
Twelve per cenfof the 2300 attorneys
of the Philadelphia bar went into war
service, according to the records of
Luther E. Hewitt, librarian of the Law
Association. ,
"Of the 1300 members of the" Law
Association," he said, "125 entered war
service. The average age of the group
of lawyers belonging to the association,
is doubtlcs3 considerably more than that
of the 2500 attorneys in ' general, so
that the profession at large contributed
somewhat more fighters In proportion
ban the Law Association,
"The part lawyers played lu orcanl.
ration of urmlfs and loan campaign!
wan alio SMtt nod. probably, but it 'ail ti m June-
rJUMftiwftil., liMkMLx,i-L D ix .
SALE PLAN CONDEMNED
Two new features developed in tho
housing sltuntion today.
Churchwomcn throughout the city
in a "civic righteousness campaign"
declare that property owners arc evad
ing the lnw nnd becnuso ot crowded
conditions, 05,000 persons are Hying
in rear courts amid conditions which
I menace the health and life of the com
munity.
The Wes(, Philadelphia branch of the
Tenants' Protective Association has ap
pealed to labor unions in the ci(y
against the "Own-Tour-Ilomc"' cam
paign, declaring it to be "a ring of
speculators acting under the guise of
philanthropists."
The churchwotnen propose to carry
their protest to the City Hall aud de
mand enforcement o tho housing laws.
The movement originated with the
I churchwomcn'H association of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, of which
Mrs. Edwin C. Gricc is president. It
lias extended to all creeds nnd is Inter
denominational in character.
Keport From Women
Following a meeting ou Match 0, the
women began nn investigation of con-
i ditious, which will be reported in full
at n meeting to bo held in Holy Trinity
i parish house next Wednesday.
i Mrs. W. B. Abby, of 1000 Mifflin
street, chnirman of the housing com
tnittce, said today:
"The primary object of the church
women's movement is to arouse the
city to the desperate conditions iti the
housing sltuntion. Property owners
have been evading the law, and this
must be remedied. Sixty-five thousand
people in this city nrc living in rear
courts amid conditions which imperil
tin lives nnd health of nil who occupy
these houses.
In the letter of the West Philadelphia
branch of the Tenants' Protective Asso
ciation it is asserted that operative
btiildeis arc determined to build no more
homes until, rents arc advanced "at least
r0 per cent," nnd that capital is being
withheld from building enterprises until
tlie own-jour-home campaign has been
worked to the limit. ,
William II. Ball, who has leccntly
uccn appointed cunirman ot tne "own-your-home"
section, United Stntcs De
partment of Labor, said: "Operative
builders have stated that they will not
build until they can be assured of nn
adequate return on their investment. I
know nothing whatever of nny capital
which is being withheld from construc
tion for the benefit of tho backers of
he home-purchasing movemcut."
HORSE ROAD BILL HEARING
Subcommittee Wants Views of
Those Familiar With Problems
Tlie subcoiniuitlce on public roads of
the House of Representatives, to which
was referred the road bill recently in
troduced by Representative John It. K.
Scott, providing for the construction
nnd maintenance of roads nnd high
ways in a condition suitnblc for horse
travel, will hold open meetings to ob
tain information relative to the neces
sity nnd advisability of such legisla
tion. At these meetings nil those who ex
perienced in tlie subject matter 'of tlie
bill will Ik asked to present their views.
The subcommittee consists of Repre
sentative fccou, ncproseuintive llieucr-i
ncll, of Lebanon county, nnd Represen
tative Heyburn, of Delawure county.
The bill has been introduced nt the
instance nf the farmers, stock breeders
mid horsemen genernlly throughout the
state and provides for tho Construction
of roadwujs eight feet wide ou ehch side
of roads thirty-six feet or more wide.
The rondwnjs nrc to bo built of rough
material and nt n grade suitable for
the use nf the horse. Tho middle por
tion of the road is to be built of mate
rinV suitable for automobiles, and is
tp be reserved exclusively for niachines.
Ou roads twenty-seven to thirty-six
feet wide, u single roadway ou one side
of the road is to bo built and maintained
for horse travel. In this way provision
will be made for the needs of both
autoists and hor&umeu.
10,000 Children In Egg Hunt
WllUcs-Barre, Pa.. April 10. Ten
thousand children took part in Wilkes
Barre's third annual Easter egg mint.
Mayor John V.Kosek sent tho chil
dren off by firing a pistol and for three
hours every nook and cranny of the city
park along the river front was scoured
by tho children.
Hidden awny were C000 bnrd-boiled
eggs, 1000 chocolato eggs and 1000
chocolate bars. A ton of coal, cx
nrcss wagons, stockings, flashlights,
theatre tickets, dresses and various
other articles made up the prize list.
rKlSSELn
The Kissel Custom Built enr '
is fully equipped. There are no
extras to buy.
See Photooraph in Sunday's Ledger
Pictorial Section.
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S00 IjORTlI I1BOAD STREET
DEATHS
UISCHOK'. April IT. AlOWUS, husband
ut the lata Elizabeth Btschott (nee Ilauer).
Ilelativea and' friends, members of all so
cieties ot which be was ft member, Invited to
funernl nervines. Mnn... 12 m.. 127 ProSDect
road, lladdonfleld. N, J. Int. private. North-
woou im. nenas may view remains oun.
sfiep n p m.
HELP WANTEW MALE
BOOKKEErEIt
THE PUBLIC LEDGER, CO. ,
desires the services ot an experi
enced bookkeeper for permanent
iilght position: hours 8:30 to 12
p. m. Apply Btb and Chestnut ata.
Ask for Kr. Wlest,
ROOMS FOR RENT
WALNUT, AT 45TH ST. WelTf urnlshed
apartment, 0 rooms, bath and' porch, for
rent May 1. Phone Preston 68g J,
PINE. 1B08 Slnals room for ntle-
mant transient; meals served: excellent
table.
ions Locust 4410.
REAL ESTATE TOR BENT
felliam
PKLJIAAt Furnished houu. S
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Satoriolly correct for the Kastertide
and overflowing with optimism, "Billy"
Sunday, baseball player, evangelist and
promoter of good cheer, "blew" into the
Bcllevuc-Stratford today, boosted the
Victory Loan, shook hands and
"breezed" out again to catch a train.
Hilly said he jiut dropped In town
for n few moments'' chat with John
Vannmaker, K. T. Stotesbury and
other frlendi.
The effervescent oangcllst wore, n
gray overcoat with n hat lo match
and a well-tailored dark suit. He kept
his Kaster gloves In his pocket, for he
was busy slinking hands. He greeted
the heads of the hostelry, the bellboys,
scores of guests and leftvn word of cheer
with each.
Al Hroail Stteet Station Wily rnn
another gauntlet of handshakes, after a
fast hundred-yard dash, and hopped
aboard a train for Trenton.
Just before he boarded the train,
Billy said he was making n tour of the
country and was bound for Omaha, He
had to go to Trenton on business first.
Asked about tlie iclory I.onn, he
said :
"How much am I going to rnise for
tlie loan? Why, boy, nobody can tell
that," he said. "Hut I do knowjhnt
all the people need is n little alking to,
some one to give 'em the poker. Leave
it to inc.
"And just wnlch me when 1 hit some
of these towns with slackers nnd traitors
in them. They are all cowards, and a
talk straight from the shoulder will fix
iem up right."
Wheeler Is Guilty
on All Four Counts
1
Continued from Tare One
amount covering nil four indictments
that had been returned against him.
ffhe bail will not be incrensed, it wns
said.
Judge Johnson entered the courtroom
nt J0:1C o'clock. Court Crier James
McGIrr nsked the jury foreman if a
verdict had been reached. Ho wns
told it had been, and the sealed decision
was handed to the crier, who passed it
up to tlie trial judge.
lion Judge Johnson bioke the seal
Joseph II. Taulane, assistant district
attorney, in n low tone, nsked the ver
dict, not waiting for its formal an
nouncement. Tlie court, in an equally
low tone, replied, "Guilty."
The verdict then wns passed back to
McGIrr, who made (he announcement.
As n result of the motion for n
new trial, Judge Johnson will name a
date to hear argument. Should a new-
trial be refused, the next resource of
the defense is to file nn appeal with the
Sunorior Court.
Woman Preferred Charges
The accusations that resulted in the
conviction of tlie former Judge were'
brought by Mrs. Harriet It. Joyce, who
engnged Wheeler to act as attorney nnd
business agent for the estate. Wheeler
and his wife were close friends of Mrs. '
Joyce nnd the Wheelers called frc-1
quently at Mrs, Joyce's home in
Wynnewood. I
The charges of which Wheeler was1
declared guilty were that he had ap
propriated to his own use 100 shnres of
American Light nnd Traction Company
stock, valued at $38,100 and that he
"had unlawfully converted to his own i
use" $10,200 of n sum of 1?20,200 noid
to hai,e been entrusted to him for safe,
keeping.
Wheeler is forty-seven years old. '
His home is nt 1015 Itace street. He1
practiced in tho local, courts for seven- I
teen years before his election to the ,
Municipal Court in November, 101U,
for n ten-jear term.
He sent his resignation to Governor
Sproul Jnnunry 24 of this year. At
that time he stated the charges pending
against him had not influenced his
resignation.
Immortality to Be Topic
"If n Man Dies Shall He Llvo.
Again?" will be the subject of the Ilev,
George Lockett, pastor of the New
Berenn Baptist Church, Fifty-ninth nnd
Pine streets, at the Easter services to
morrow morning nt 11:45 o'clock. The
choir, under F. C. Haight, will sing:
"Radiant Easter Morning," "The
Saviour Victorious," "Behold There
Was a Great Earthquake" and "Halle
lujah Chorus." There will be special
services in the Sunday school.
JEWELERS
CHESTNUT AND
SILVERWARE
Dinner ttessERT
nj.c -j ..i, uU-
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LIST ALREADY PREPARED
An attack ou the policy of thc'fcderal
railroad administration toward .railroad
men reluming from military or naval
service to ctoim their o)d politiohs is
the opening gun lu a campaign, inaugu
rated by former Lieutenant -Governor
Frank B. McCIalu to force employers
to give jobs to returning soldiers.
Mr. McOlain is director of the State .
Kmployment Bureau as executive ill-,.
rector of the l'enusylvnnln Comuiissiois&1
of Public Safety nnd Defense.
"Unless the slacker employes of Phil- -adelphia
and Pennsylvania come across
nud make good their promises made to
the bojs when thrjr -went to war that'
their jobs would be waiting for them,
when they returned, I nm going to give
out for publication the long list of"
names of such concerns I now hav,e in
my possession," he said today.
The list, lie explained, had been pre
pared at great labor and had been
checked and rechecked, certified nnd i
verified, until there is no clinnce of any
error. The! employers represented on
tlie list, he said, either arc not offer
ing their former employes returning -
from the service their jobs back or Are
offering them work nt from $10 to ?15'1
n week.
The attitude of the railroad admin
istration toward the men is governed
by a hard and fast seniority rule, he
said, which should be disregarded in re
lation to former service men. ,
"The federal railroad administration,
I might state, is one o e worst of
fenders, Railroads of the country sent
their employes out by the thousands to
light for democracy. And these men
were given the promise that their jobs
would be waiting for them when they
tcturned.
"The railroads are ready to carry out
this promise, mode in good faith wheri
they were privately operated.
Decorate Elklno Park Man
A Croix de Guerre was awarded by1
the French Government to Captain
Charles J. Cole, Jr.. of IClkins Park,
who is attached to Field Hospital No,
23. Charles J. Cole, Sr., father ot the
brave army surgeon, was notified by
the American army headquarters that
Captain Cole held his hospital staff in
tact by rare presence of mind dur
ing heavy bombardment near Sommcpy. ,
(r'AN the rule
- of Samuel
Gbmpers survive
the coming La
bor ConventioniH
The growing po
litical, power 'of
the new labor
groups is discuss
ed by George P.
West in this
week's issue pf
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