i T - ! v -j fci 1 R4 ' V. '-v., , ; to. .& n? i -9fct 4V X w ;"S f n s I"1 I. i! r il if 'V PH1LA.MANFIRST AIR TAXI PATRON s Urof P. Flior Enters for Initial Tryout at Atlantic City Today OVER-OCEAN EVENTS LISTED Special Dispatch to Evtnlno Publla I.cilatr Atlantic City, Mny.1. America's first I "air taxi" service xvas Inaugurated this morning. II. F. Ilnnscf, Jr., n Hill adelphln, bunker, nml J nek Hubbiir. 3J- . Pittsburgh mnnufnrturer, were the first patrons. They were carried to (lie Sen view Golt Club tills morning. The di tnncc Is nbout eight mtle nml the trip yvas reported made in seven minutes. It xvas nnnounccd today nt tbo Rolf luh tlint nn nvintion landing Held was plan ned and arrangements are nlreaih under way for its erection. Philadelphia, the Aero Federation ..officials announced today, U to lie upon route No. 1 of the lint aerial map i America ever officially issued. Uoiite No. 1 will extend from llostuii. on a direct line through New York ami Hill adelphln to 'Washington, and will be designated cs a main artery. There i to be a transcontinental loutc cither b. way of New York or Baltimore to Chi cago as the aerial center of thc nation and thence to Los Angeles on tin; south and Seattle on north Pacini- const. The main arteries will be joined with the future transatlantic nlr lanes through Atlantic City as the ihief At lantic senboard nirport. Natty Aviatrlx to Contend Marian Cassldy. of New York and Philadelphia, the first aviatrU, a unity figure this morning in French horizon Hue, will be a contestant in tiling events npTl want Cnn.n ti..i. n-n loughby, n University of Pennxxlviinin if2-00"-""0: "ri,,rl-v ,,0"b,p ,,, n,,,nll"t alumnus, is chief of the board (,r'"f ""V previous dny. . judges for the first tryout of interc.il- ,, As ri'l'ortnd nt noon by ictor.x Loan legiate events of the Pan-American "endqiiarterx bene, the total subscribed Aeronautical Comrress this nfternnnn. , for Vietorj notes in the Third IVdeial Philadelphia mny have another un expected entry in the events over the sea in tho person of Lieutenant J. P.. lluhn, who made good in Frauce. Ilulin wns out nt the air port this morning, 'uuota is about $1117. DUO. 0(H). while that begging for the loan of a machine. He1" """ district is SUS.I.nOO.OUO. hns not tried his hand, aloft since Iic I JJ.V subdivisions C the district the came home from France, but feels lleH0',1', "on subscrilicl to the Loan nie' never will lose the knack. If he flics I as follows: -with the collegians this afternoon, it Philadelphia. S,-,o, 001,000. will be ns a representntive of Hnver- Lnstern IJeimsjhanin (outside .if, ford. Philadelphia I $!7.17V.."0. Lieutenant Jeans Ors, the French in- Southern New .lersej, $S.ril2,"."tl. xentor of the pockctbook parachute for Delaware, $U,,!)7..'0O i plants, made his first descent this iniirn , jng xvitn ins octu coutnvauce. lie sailed Down irom Kddie Stinson's reeling boat -. - 1. !l.t .. brtn e-.L i it .i. , . il ii iiciiii. iii own icei, iiiniiing wiiiiinii snuxxn in iwo tnentres tomorrow eie- n .inr ' .'ling, the Poplar, at Sixth and Poplar ,1". of l Kilters In KIcxenth Hour 'streets, and the iroada, at Uroau The University of Pennsylvania jt and Siixdcraxcnue. "in." as an eleventh-hour contender. The nod and Blue banner will te'GERMANTOWN SCENE carried by h. uaymond Beckwitli in an exciting contest between seaplanes over I Or MANY GAY RALLIE, ftn 'ocean course of thirty-one miles around stakeboats, stationed off the steel pier, xvhere the aerial scientists ebuting all kinds of "sky-high" nie d topics dealing with the teehniuil side of uviation. AVhat promises to be the keenest bat tle for collegiate hpnors in this newest line'of sporting endeavor will hold par ticular interest for Philadelphinns be Vause Hcrkwith; the lied and Tllue delegate, is to match his skill with his brother. I'nsign Alfred A. Iteckwith, Hying under the blue banner of Yale, and each is determined to be the "high ace" of the Beckwitli clan. BOY'S CHEST PJERCED BY PENCIL IN POCKET AS WHEEL HITS TRUCK Bicyclist Seriously Injured in Peculiar Accident on Girard Avenue Two Others Hurt A sharp lead pencil wbr driven into the chest of Frank Preston. 1(5 years old, of ll.'Otl North Orlanna street, when his bicycle crashed into n, heavy, motortruck. He is in a serious condi tion nt the Children Homeopathic Hos pltpl. Tho boy was riding along Girard ave nue last nisht when he lost control of Ills wneei The collisrtou followed. As he toppled over xvith his bicycle he fell directly on the point of the pencil, which protruded from his pocket. When n motorcycle driven by Herbert Lewis tried to pass the automobile of Fred Ilurring, of Chestnut Hill, a xvheel of the motorcycle caught in the trolley trnpk. lmrlinr Lewis to the roadwnv in front of the motorcar. Lewis xvas Hlichtly injured by the front wheels of the machine, nnd was taken to the Jew- Ish Hospital. The accident happened yesterday in Ogontz. Troops Bach From War and Homeivard Bound ARRIVED Frederick (crulner). nt New Turk, from tirf't. with 113 troops. IncluitltiK Hfty flv olTlcerB and 1137 nvn, romprlvlns tho HDth Field Artillery complete (Thlrty-sec- nnn Division, former sjntlnnl ni.ir.1 nf Michigan and WUconiln). Also on tin, Fred erick were two orrirern and 111 men of the 404th Aerd Squ nitron and a few casuals from Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Mich igan. Ohio and New Torlt tleneral (loethals, at New York, from ytonleaux. with J4IT troopa, Includlns ten officer and 433 men. comprising a medical detachment and Companlea A. n and c of the. 2Sd' Field Slmal nattallon, the Nfne-.1 iiein. iuiai, sonn. f'.'tin ana 33tn Aero Knadronsl tha 630th Aern Suonlv Hn,iu.iMn pitTli d th 318th Replacement and Salvage i YJV Company of the Tank Corpa. ,f, XVeetem Hero, at Nevy York, from I.a, fit Palllce. with twelity.nlne casuals, tweniv. Egr iv " Mo California and Uie, other acat- Tr el -Canandaleua, at Poston. from Ilordeauz. J ,'b- vllh 134S" aoldlera. Included among- unlta r naa IvAiirrl tvara 7flll nfTrnAPa anil . a) i I 302d, Field Artillery, o fthe Sevenly-Rlxth JT t TlaflailAi rvmnna(1 lararutsr M. tit 7 land men. Other unlta were the Head .,. uuartera Company, Ordnance and Banltary il V t)AlarhnrentH and CamniniM 'A. n r n fi - n, 148th Machine Gun Ilattallon: First Army V",3-,t, A"'"ery i-aru juoior rtecnon. Headquarters t, r ana 4niw iurnpiinjr iti t'llolograpniO HeC- V'- tluna IT nnd '-'3, Air Service, and Caaual .. 'J'uTnmnv sj. 7ti. jiifRv : . '., " wuc wwn v m (rW . Airofo Am at way Torn from nor- pauy, Kdwwaru u. Jiuua Alapufactur- ultimately the decrcailng of dlstribu-I j Sfugarfl: 'twt i5 Tolfc, ?' lurae'iii-a. Ins Cfriipany, J, -& -Jf Dfdwn, Inc., I lions co.U, are announced by II. A. 0ZmiBr'i '"""""S" AVw'y Work, IJeta 4 Kovthrup, 'N, Daily, president of the association, 'j TO ENTERTAIN CAPE MAY WOUNDED iBiwB iKr- jH I A. MtaPaPaPaPaLaPaH tbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbIp LbbbbbbVi.'C aVaSssLII , Z COWLEY gUi- r4 ZJ i !$112,653,100 LOAN i TOTAL AS WEEK E District Shows Total Increase of $15,168,200 for Last Tventy-four Hours $50,064,900 TAKEN IN CITY Philadelphia added ..'!. C.1 .'J00 In it i total in the Vietorv Loan drive dm hit. tlie Inst tueiity-four hours. I lie in- 7rJ"r "'" "'" '1Nri,,t """ M'"'' I ,,.'," ,' vi . I 111. Itllll'lIM' I I'lll.I It'll IMi ,1111 IK'I come up to the total of the previous I twenty -four hours, liowever. which was Itesero ilistrf. t Is now Sll" fwtUOO. Tin- Jigiues given weie furnished 'n ' 0;?S imii of 10!U hanks i the district- which have reported Philadelphia's Loan hciidipinrterh nuunuiicrd todax , u..v... ........ , ihul the ictory Loan inotiou picfuie tilm, -"I lie Price oT Peace." won d be . t . IES ' Big Paradd Starts lit U)Sal Cl. ana liClinaniVWn lie. I phia Home Defense Reserves on Com- inunit.v Field after the parade. ' rrnteinnl organizations of the noiih C.oimantiivxii wns Bn,, hedecked for nst, in nddition to detachments from its gicat Victory Loan jiarade and j the regular armv. the Finukfnrd Ar demonstration this nfteumon nnd this I fcnnl and the Home Defense will march, exening with thousands nf men, women' " nnd children pniticipating. Mrs. W. It BANDS AND SINGERS Cluilcy is chairman of the district , y g pUfjADELPUlA James Is. Cnrjell served ns chief1 marshal nnd William II. Lmhardt ns chief nf staff. The parade started I W OlllCIt Plan NltllWIOUS Loail at "j-!." oVlni k this afternoon from I'psnl street and proceeded south on tlerinnntown avenue to Sejmour street, then west to (ireeno and north on Oreeuc t(i Vernor Park, xvhere it dis- banded There were seven ilivision, includ ing ivil War, Spanish war and world war veterans, several bands, members of patriotic orders, ihiirch and welfare oigunlzntinns, women's clubs, Oirl and l!oy Scouts and industrial workers. William T Ilroadhend xvas mar shal nf the Jirst division, which, in cluded: Lllis Post, i. A. II., in au tomobiles. Lllis Post Band, two com panies of I'r.ited States murines, one signal corps, one search light detach ment, one tank, Mutual Band, officers nnd enlisted men who served iu the late war xvitin $c,rmauy, home defense re serves, Spanish xvar xeteraus, Ellis Camp, S. of V. -In the second division were Thomas K. Clemens, mnrshnl, and nides; Le high Band, Junior Order United Amer ican Mechanics. Independent Order Odd Fellows, Order of Independent Americans, Improved Older of T(ed Men, Foresters of America, the Fra ternal Patiiotic Order of Americans, Knights of Golden Kaglc, .Stone men, Knights of Pjthias. Order of Owls, P. O. S. of A., Columbia Band, Holy Name societies, Italian societies, Wister Park Band, Fast (iermantown Improvement Association, Cliveden Im- provement Association, lleldeld Im- provelnent Association, Chestnut Hill Hosiness Mens Association, Gcrinan- lown ""smess .xicn s Association, Third division, Mrs. Frnest ToogOod, inursuui, imn uiues; jiDercy iianu, ex ecutive committee, churches, Light Star Colored Band, colored women's section. Permanent Kmergency Association of Gcrmantown, National League of Woman's Service, Italians, Chestnut Hill Y. W. C. A., suffragists, J. and J. Dobson Drum Corps, Falls of Schuylkill Fmergcncy Aid, Fmergency Aid of licrmantown, woman a Club, Motucrs-iii-tJounciI, Colonial Dames. D. A. It., house to house canvassers, Bed Cross, (amp Fire girls. Fourth Division, Holman White, marshal, and aides; Boy Scout Band. high bchool section, including private schools, Washington Band, elementary school section, Firemen's Band,- paro chial school section. Fifth division, WiTllam II, Belts, marshal; nnd aides. Boy 'Scout Band, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts. Sixth division, William: C. Wright, 1 marshal, and allies Logan Uute and drum corps, ministers of churches, Bible' classes, Sunday schools, Keystone Colored Band, colored churches xvlh J. II. Crump as marshal. Seventh division, Norman Mellor, marshal, and aides; band, Mldvale Steel Company. American Puller Com. pany, Liuk Belt Manufacturing Com, EVENING PUBLIC 'ZKV NDS i flSllMy BBMMP?'i-'H X. XBBBUBBBBBBBBSK? -aBBaa s f?UTH MUPMTV More than sKt.v wounded soldiris from Cape Maj will be the guests of .i gioiip of I'hll.idelpliin girls next Tuesday eening at a play and dame fur Iheir benefit ' lIlrn"" '"'"'"""t Company, Fox Uun 1 Company, Frnnkfoid Arsenal. 'I'heic will he a inlly nbout the Vic tor stHtuo in ernon Park at 7:30 ..-. ;.h k mis cMMimg i uited states ,..a- Hues signal corps and signal light de taihmcnts will put on exhibition drills, and there wjll be music and speeches. Thomns 1 1 MiCnrthv, of New York, will be principal speaker. irirr MAnrTi r-xl 10.000 If ILL MARCH I IS NORTHEAST PARADE Civic Organization Joins Serv r - ... , ICO MCH III IPmoiisiralions. Women Vii lorr Loan woikers in the nnitheast dislriit. headed hv Mrs. John W. .Mojer nnd a committee from the' Y. M. C A . lime lihiuned n sti eel ! , . , , parain- anil reception loieiurneu sailors ami soiuiers mis aiternonn in rrniu;- ford. Mine than 10,000 marchers will com pose the paiiidf, which will Mart ill ". o'clock from Vniuljke nnd Taul streets, t'nder the direction of Chief Marshal .1. II. Si'hiinini'ker, they will march up Pafil sticet to Oxford avenue, and on llvfnril l.i the Itmtlel'ill'fl 'Mm ,lnri. devils nnd marine circus arc expcitcd to tuke part tn the street demonstration on Harrison street between Cntor romf UUI' Horrocks stieet. There will he la regimentnl review of l.'OO Philadel- Rallies This Afternoon and iSight .iHith Philadelphia Victory Loan workcis, under the leadership of Mrs. Walter Jneksnii I'reeman, have donned their "gladdest lags" and their greatest show of "pep" fur loan demonstrations this afternoon nnd tonight. Snellenlmrg's band will play from 1 :no to (1 :.10 o'clock- this afternoon iu front of the Sigthern High School, Broad and Jackson streets. . The Cam den bund will plav at the statue, Broad and Wharton streets, tonight, nnd the boy soprano, Cher Williams, will sing. Judge Ilnymnnd MacS'eille xvill be the speaker. There will be a band nnd singers at most of the booths this eve ning. Il.ilph Diuikelherger. student nt the School of Industrinl Art, will nceom-. pany speakers on a Irurk that xvill tour the booths in South Philadelphia. He will make lightning sketches of people in the audience. Several big Victory sings arc planned in this distniet for tomorrow. One xvill bn in Fitler Sipinre, Twenty-third nnd Pine streets; another at Third and Washington avenue, and another nt Fifth and Bainbridge streets. They vill begin at 4 o'clock. ON WITH YOUR HAYLID! And if You Are Mule or Bolshevik, Stick Your Ears Through Mules and horses, boys nnd men! Put on your strnvv hats once again! Trot out your old hay "lizzie" today, frisk jour wife'B, your sister's or your motlier-iii law s toothbrush, buy a bot- t't- of dirt-chaser, roll up your jdecves and bravely tackle your annual job. Then wear the May-Day "kelly" ! If the mice havo been nt it nnd chawed the brim so that it looks llko the edce of a barber's razor feels, or if the last rain of last summer made tho two-inch circular awning sag and dip like the path of a scenic railway, wear It anyway. There's nothing that startles the neighbors o admiration llko the dimly xvhite, tried and true, sun-reflector of a forgotten day. ' I'iit a band around the crown -with a dssh of color Jn it. And if you are a horse or a mule or .n. Bolshevik, don't forget to stick your ears through. Brokers Expand'Anoclatlon Plans for the expansion of tho Na tional Canned Food3 and Dried Fruit Brokers' Association to Include every eligible broker iu the United States, for the betterment oi iraae conditions and LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 3, :i.919 ' BOMB SCA RR AT OVER MISSIVE TO STRIKE Psst-Plinh-Tr-r-cmblyMmic Tragedy Looms as Package From Lancaster Is Opened by "Strike, Klectrlcnl Ilureau,. Philadel phia."' Mystified, the clerk In the r'stofiicc, gingerly turned over the thin, short package with the strange Inscription and examined it closely. Visions of a bomb pnd a wrecked City Hall, filtered through his mind, as lip realized that the plain wrapper cov ered n tin box of approximately the same ns the bombs minlled a few days ago in New York city. With grent care ho laid down the packago and perused a newspaper clip ping describing the bombs. The wrap per and the she were the tame, only the forged department store mark was missing. It had been mailed in l.an- aster. Quick action followed the discovery. Ilomb expeits were rushed from the (inspector's oflue and the Department of Justice They decided to take no chances after examination. A bucket III wnter WHS nbtninn.l ami the process of putting the bomb' out of commission began. 'With fear and trembling the clerks kept nt n safe distance. The experts after more than nn hwir s careful work opened the package. US. AGENT RELEASES IBOMB PLOT SUSPECTS Hungarians Arrested on Sena- Ernest M. Berry to Face Magis tor Eyre's Estate Kept, How- trate After Alleged Forced ever, Under Surveillance , i EVIDENCE- IS INSUFFICIENT i Three lTungariims from Coatestllle. j ninsted iu AVest Chester jesterday on suspicion of heiiig lonuected wllli a ItoMicvist plot (o blow up the home ofjnn alleged attempt to force an entry Stale Senator T. La try Ljre. were to- jto the lime of Mis. Jfary M. Lewis, leased fiom custody today after they ,,f -II. It) Terraie street, ltoxboiough. bad been examined by Agent McPevitt, win, prospective purchasers for the of the Department nf Justice. I liouc iu whirl, she lives. I he men Olah Mlhlay, llenrge I tf.i i. i ,!,-..., ..... . .. '". -". .uicnae. w.au icit, xxesii,, nester in noon lor ( oatesville. Ihey will lie kept under surveillance hv the While the three supvts told n tt... ... i.- i ;.:.. ....f. ...... -it.'i,. u. un iiuiiiui uies iiiiinv nun xorleil considerably from ihnt they told .vestenlay in explanation of their pres ence in the xiiinlty of Senator Lvre's home. Agent McDevitt felt t lint the evidence was not sufficient to wairunt him in holding them longer. They were to have been given a hearing before I'nited States Commissioner Mnnley he're this morning. Senator K.vre was piesent at the ex amination of the thiee men. nnd ques tioned them. Guards placed about his home yesterday will remain on duty. The grounds about "K.vre A'icvv." his country estate, have been carefully searched for possibly concealed explo sives. The Hungniians, when arresled, said t lint they had been told Senator Ilyro'H .home had been blown up, and they came from Coatesvillc to see the ruins merely out of curiosity. They are emplo.xed by the Lukens Iron and Steel Compaliy, nt Coatesvillc. Senator Lyre declined to. make n statement today. "The matter is in the hands of the Department of .Inst il e," he said, "and I would not cy press nn opinion or make a statement unless nt the department's instance." Ffforts to locate the mysterious pack-. ngc carried yy the men at the tunc they were first seen in West Chester have been without mail. A thorough search of Fyreview, the estate of "Senator Lyre, hns likewise revealed nothing, according to the po lice officials. NO REDS IN'THIS BLOCK Square on 18th Street Boasts 100 Per Cent on Loanfc,Alsq 5 Heroes A block full of patriotic feeling Is Lightcenth street between Venango anif Pacific stroets. Having gone 100 per cent over the top in the Victory Loan, every bouse is now gayly decorated to welcome home the men of the Twenty- eighth Division, to which this block 1ms given five hrocs, as follows: Sergeant Joseph Mooney. 110th Regiment (the old Third of the National Guard) ; his brother, Sergeant illiam Mooney, 110th; Private Harry B. Herkinel, 109th (old First Ilegiment) ; Corporal Samuel Pollor-. 100th. and Private Iloy Brommer, lOSth (old Second). livery house has the red, xvhite nnd blue bunting with a red, xvhite and blue keystone, representing the division, over the door. Not content with decorations, this energetic block hns also collected a fund, through Mrs. Emma Wonder, Still) North' Eighteenth street, to which every house hns contributed, 'for th'e purpose of giving tho returning boys a reception and dance. "Dandy First" Boys Hold Chateau-Thierry Record Company L. of the 109th Infant try, Philadelphia's old "Dandy First," holds the record of having been the first American unit to enter the fighting nt Chateau -Thierry. Company M followed L compnny closely into action, and both suf fered severely from the machine-gun Are of the (iermanir. Compnny Tj is aboard the Maul, due to dock today, but Company M xvill not arrive in this country until nevt xveek, xvhen it will dock at New York. The heroism which marked the fighting of these two companies at Chateau -Thierry exemplifies the xvork of the entire regiment nt that point and elsewhere in France. The War Department replacement figures show that of the elghty.-four officers, and 3401 men aboard the Maul, 2407 are from other states than Pennsylvania, and will ct be gent to Camp Dlr for demobilization, lUt will be .sent lo campj nearer their homes, I' v X ,. I -rBTTZSr-SSSEE . -t..l.Ua.ai- .tKMSHSm.n .-1JU UaA,.alJ..,a-Aae-H - Tf.K jiaHtrVf 1 .,.-. JU-i I" CITY HA TJ. Experts Voila, Catnip! Horrors! It contained nothing bill catnip! The water was squeezed out of the swollen leaves, the .package rewVapped and marked "Inspected by the Post office" and deposited in the electrical bureau an hour later. There Is one- peeved cat In the City Hnll today nnd nn angry operator In tho fire operating room. The cat's name is "Strike." Its owner, "Jimmy" Hellly, is the operator. Strike, whose fame is known the state over, was used ns n brickbat by a woman during the trolley strike of r.Jiu. ine grey iiger cni was only n few days old when It was hurled nt a strike-breaking mofeorman at Tenth and (lirard avenue. Later It was "Exhibit A" in evidence which convicted the woman of inciting to riot, nnd Itcilly In kindness took "Strike" nfjer the trial, fed it milk with a fountain-pen dropper and brought it up to be the "boss" rntter of City Hall. Vhcn its fame was spread to the world through a magazine in IU4 a Lancaster womnn rewarded it with a nice fresh nnx of catnip. Each yenr she hns sent the weed and this "was Strike's annual treat. CHARGE REALTY T Entrance to, House VIP.TIM STILL IS BEDFAST Charges were made today against I'rnpst .M. Herr, n real estute agent of 01(1SS llidge inenue, as a result of Mrs. Lewis wns so bndlv henten. it " ' nlleged. when she resisted Herrj's asserted attempts to force himself into her home, that she was unable to ap pear at a hearing before Magistrate Price toda.v. Mr. Berry also failed to appear, and the hearing wns postponed until May 11. one day before the next month's lent on the house is due. ' "Mr. Berry came here about 11 o'cloi k iu his automobile," said Mrs. Lewis today. "He had two xvomeu nnd a man xvith him nnd asked to show them through the house. T was xvash ing at the time and the house wag in disorder, so 1 told him I could not let him go through today. He in sisted, however, nnd 1 stnrted to shut the door. "Then 'he1' wished past mo. throwlnc me against the door and rushed into the hall. I grabbed his arm nnd at tempted tor pull him back nnd he grab bed hold of me, forced mo into the pnrlor nnd threw me ngninst the piano. "'Our rent, which is S'JCi, has been paid up to May i". Berry tried to sel) us .tjb.6 house for $3800 on several occasions, out xc tnougnt lie xvas asK mg more than it xvas xvorth. So xve refused to buy it." Dr. Joseph Lehman, of 42,"7 Main street. Mnnayunk, testified before Magistrate Price that one bruise on the woman's nrm was -jix inches long by three xvidc ind that she xvas physically unnhle tn nttend the hearing. Mrs. Ida Berry, mother of the agent, snid iipr sou was "in town today to make n scttliment " She declined to state when be would be home. James Plaunigan, who is bookkeeper for -Mr. Berry, said Mrs. Lewis called .ur. iscrry names, "in nil or our leases," he said, "we have a clause which permits us to enter the houses nt any nnd all times. Mr. Berry had a perfect right to go Iu." VALLEY FORGE CELEBRATES Service There Tomorrow In Com- memoratlon of French Alliance Valley Forge, Pa., May 3. Valley Forge will celebrate the French Alli anco tomorrow afternoon, xvhen at 3.30 a patriotic service xxill be held in the Washington Memorial Chapel. Lieu tenant Harry Urovvnback, U. S. A., lately roMirned from France, nnd of French descent, xvill be the orator. fl, ,..'.. I. i 4, .- BEAT MAN TENAN 7 r.i. 77 S u ,.Pr "nt ho "lie for Philadelphia," great celebration oftho first French Al-lf,, accordance xvith the Statement of unncc wnicn xxas ceieoraieu at valley forgo oy wasnington.anu tils army on June 0, 1778, TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Charles Kortjlk. 1B11 Kltswater at Ilva DrumMond. HOT Naudaln nt and XYalter II. Filey. 0210 Carpenter at., and Allda J. Coudrlet, Alden. Pa. James 8. Olavroun, 247 H nth at., and Margaret Bjlllvan, 100s rine at. XVllllam P. Fetter. 4S30 Mitchell st., and Iluth E. Lameter, XV'ashlngton, D. C. " Ewen Blevlns, Pittsburgh, and Elsie Kurtller. 858 N 12th St. Qeorcs McNIcolI, 8824 N. Orkney a', and Mary Devlin. 8324 N Orkney at. Erin Stein, New York city, and r.thel Ax. New Torjc' city. " Edward Johnson 3757 Warren at , and Marv V. XVatUee. 3T18 XVarren st Sam Dashkas. IHIHN, Prapklln at., and Anna Halr-er. 173J 8. 4th t. L.eslle I,. Meslln, 37411 Market st.. and Cath- urine A. Rhellen. 1722 8 Fratler st. Edward J, Casey 20.1H Annln st v .-enson, 21-. reaeral at 22 Federal f Jose nodrlguse, 20n Oreen at . and Ortlla 'i nomas nine. lS.Xft Wnnntnal.. .. -... Ji1rv XVl.h. 1(134 Vln. .1 " ,m si) Joseph noltlnner, 101D Lawrence st and Harah Klrschenmftnr, 31S3 Miller at rawel Truss. 2083 N. Howard st and Marvo. Dzledry. 8144 Kucfd axe. iiarya. John Robb. I.a o, ra., and Jlary n Oorman, 21)10 Iltrks at Ty ', beraJmo Mastromatiel. Ambler, Ta.. and Katherlna Alflerl. Ambler. Anthony DISalMo. 8141 Crdrlck st.. and Josephine Rsccone, fiOflfl Krdrlck at ...to.., u, iiuii, .,, .... Iflh , Bn Kathryn Ernst. S42n Hncocli ,t ' Anion Dobmeler, 1431 W. 20ih st an , Anna Hendlct. U21 Hollywood it. " n Adolph SlgHs. 7.l N. 7th t.. and L-n William u. jiogan. sosn M, J7th at., and nd fV put' t,--u.,i,ii ., " " i-ena, ,0ffl?MS,St!fcj.SiluT.5L,re' ' & Georre J. Fox. 223 Faxon at., and lfannat. I C O'Connor. B200 Sansom st. "Ilnnl A:crr.tt.."v'ln...nd.,1i?"rn - Ba, Fellclano Permit. 338 E. MVchanlo ,t,. tnA Annlna X'entresea. S8 n. Methanlo at " A,rtHt,o,uO.,0l7"r,.!1..t?,r"1 "' " aore I. .Hiyll, mwh, JMh yt.. and JUr-' garetiyrme, 7210 .Woodland ave Cnarie Jt. Williams. New yorls city, knd -NIU A. Hell. New .York. ' 'f- rrara;i FRIENDS' CENTRAL i$ tLLLaLHLLLLLHa!iLL3Hi9HBHHHBHLLmlHiLLLLH ' ' ' ! i ii.VJLCftAjxHli-, ,. i " t At the fourth annual spring reunion nf Friends' Central School this afternoon in the school hulhllng, Fifteenth un! Cherry streets, the class of 1919 gave "Tho Twig of Thorn," n Irish fairy play 3 WOMEN HELD, MAN j SOUGHT IN MURDERi Camden Prosecutor Suspects Riverside Italian in Connection With Countryman's Slaying Police and detectives throughout New Jersey arc seekiug 1'iederick Dolce, twenty-seven years old, Itivrrslde. N. J., who is wanted by Charles A. AVol xeiton. Camden couuty prosecutor, in connection xvith the murder of Prank Bonaiido, 101(1 South Sixth street, this city. Three xvunien nrresled iu con nection xvith the case are held as ma terial witnesses. , Ilonando's body was found carlj Thursday morning on Hilton road, Pen sauken, outside Camden. For forty eight hours the county prosecutor and his detectives have been trying to solve the mystery. Mr. Wolverton said today that he believes circumstantial evidence points to Dolce as being concerned in Itoniiti do's death. Investigations by the de tectives, the prosecutor said, disclosed that Itonnndo had jilted Josephine Dolce, Frederick Dolce's nineteeu j ear-old sister, xvho lived in Philadel phia, at 1010 South Fnirhill street, with her sister, Sirs. George Lobianco. As the county prosecutor told the story this morning, it is believed that Oeorgc Lobianco, the brother-in-law, objected to the attentions which Honnii do was paying to the girl. The lost time Itonando was seen alive, according to Prosecutor Wolverton, was xvhen he left his home, on South Sixth street, with Dolce The prosecutor's theory U that Dolce was enticed to a lonely spot somewhere in Jersey nnd murdered, and his body taken by automobile to the place xvhere it xvas found. A description of Dolce has been sent broadcast. lie is an Italian. Early today Josephine Dolce, Itosinn Dolce, wife of Frederick, nnd Marjc, his niece, xverc taken into custody by the police ns material witnesses. Prose cutor Wolverton said that xvhen Josephine xvas arrested she said "lie got just what he deservei'," PASTORS URGE HUME RULE May 18 Designated Date for Civic Righteousness Sermons Kvcry minister in Philadelphia has been asked by the Philadelphia Cham berk of Commerce to set aside Sunday, May 18, for the discusslr-i of civic righteousness in the churches. A letter signed by Ernest T. Trigg, president of the Chamber of Commerce, accompanied by n copy of the "State ment of Principles," on xvhict the chamber is taking a referendum in its membership, has been sent to each clergyman, minister, priest and rabbi in the city, ns well as to the bishops of the various denominations. Not only are the clergymen urged to invite the attention of their congrega tions to the necessity for individual in terest ami effort to bring about "100 Principles" adopted hy the Chamoer of Commerce, but they are requested also to co-operate in the betterment nnvc ment by incorporating in their sermons on that day an indorsement of the prin ciples. GETS MEDAL SARGENT WORE Decoration Conferred on L. W. Mil ler Designed by Late John Boyle There is nn interesting Incident con nected with the Art' Club gold medal, nwrded.to Leslie W. Wilier, principal of the School of Industrial Art, Broad and Pine streets, xvhlch Is not known to the general public. During the time when the late John J. Boyle filled the chair at the School of Industrial Art as professor of sculp ture he xvas commissioned by tbe Art Club to dejgu the gold medal, xvhlch his been used tiuce. 1800 as an ac- knowleogmcnt of distinguished service ,io;uri. un v,cii uo iu us execution. J. lie first award of this medal xvas made to John 3. Sargent. Mr. Miller was one of the founders of the Art Club, Its first secretary and for many years Its artist vice nresi- "dent, lie has been secretary of the Falrmount -Park Art Association con tinuously for eighteen years, and has served as vice presitmt of the Art Jury.. The medal is of Un gold, one ah'd three-Quarter laches I diameter. The obrerse bears Hie heai of Minerva in relief,- with the in crlptlon "Ars. Opus." On the revene is a slttbe figure symbolizing tbeVenlus of fame. bearlnjf jn. her hsnds an 'open scroll .on wmen is inscriDea, -to 'siie W, Mil- 8i nav'-i IsMlsmiilkiiiif IN FAIRY PLAY CHARLES C. HARRISON ACTIVE AT 75 YEARS Birthday Finds Former Provost of University of Pennsyl vania at Office Chniles C'ustis Harrison, form'er pro vost of the Fnivei'slty of I'eunsjlvnnin in tlie davs when the fathers of the pres ent students wcie undergraduates there, celebrated n large part of his sex'cuty- fifth birthday anniversary today in his office, 400 Chestnut street. His hair is silvered, but lie still re tains the rosy vigor of an active man. Today he received a few callers and transacted the usual Satin day business. He said he had no special.aniiivcrsnry message for his fellow citizens. Hut he desired to spend the rest of the day quietly nt his farm near Devon, in Chester county. Mr. Harrison giuduated from the ruiversity of lcnns,tlvnnia Iu -IStlU. He served for sixteen jears as a trustee, and then succeeded Dr. William Pepper as provost, During his term in office he added eipiijnnent uud endowment t he L'nix-erslty to the amount of .$".0,000, 000. Since Ids retirement ns provost his interest lias centered in the Univer sity museum, wiiiili, under his charge. ItiiH expanded to a valuation cf ?.").000.000. Itecently resigning as manager of the Heading Company. Mr.'Harrison is now a director of the Tederal Reserve Jtank nnd hns other extensive interests. He hcnlled the movement xxliiih'riilminntcil in the erection of the Washington Me morial Chapel nt Valley Korge nt a cost of $1!00,000. which is considered otic of tlie most beautiful specimens of (Jothic architecture iu the world lie sent the first American (ommissioner to Hclgium after the invasion by the fiermnns to investigate conditions there, nnd raised large sums of money for relief. Mr. Harrison is a hdiolar deeply versed in Iinbylnninn and Sumerian lit erature. LAWMAKERS TO SEE PARADE Legislative Committee Plan Visit for Iron Division Turnout Klnbornte' prepaiiitions nio 'being nuido for the Legislature's participa tion in the celebration xxliich xxill mark the parade of the Iron Division this month. The House members of the legisla tive committee xvhlch lias ehaigc of the arrangements hnve their plans xvell un der xvn-. Members of the committee xvho represent the lower branch of tho Assembly arc Slgmuud .l! (inns and Benjamin Al. Colder, of Philadelphia, and Duncan Sinclair, of Fnyette. They plan to hnve a sVind built soincxvherc nlong the route of the pn rade xvhlch xvill seat 300ft persons'. Fol lowing the parade tlie legislators nnd members of their party xvill take din ner nt one of the local hotels before re turning to Ilarrisburg. , Governor Sproul, Lieutenant fiovcr nor Bcidicman, other state officials nnd employes nre expected to.accompany the 257 members of the Senate and llousc, together xvith the families of the sena tors and reprcsentitlves. ' ' The legislative party xvill come hero on n special train from Ilarrisburg over the Pcnnsylx'nnla-llailroad on the day of the parade pnd xviU return to the capital city that night. Originully it had been planned to have them remain hero over night. $100,000 FIRE IN CHESTER Flames Starting In Garage Spread to Adjoining Buildings Chester, Fa,, May 3. Da inn go esti mated nt 100,000 xvas xvrought hero xvhcir flames almost destroyed the Penn sylvania garage, 118 East Sixth street, this morning.' The, fire xvas extinguished after n txvo-hour Ijattlc. Four hours later the firemen xverc again summoned nnd succeeded In saving the xvarehouse of David Davis Company, xxholesnle no tlou dealers, xvhlch had been Ignited by sparks that are believed to linx'o ema nated from the first fire. Damage was al sustained to the stock of Frank, Tollln Company, xvhoso xvarehouse also adjoined the garage. Forty automobiles xverc stored in tho burned garage. 'lYie loss is partly cov ered by Insurance. -KISSEL" yVe don' nsk Jfiase ownera how they'liico theii; cars they tell us voluntarily, Bra Photograph (it BunSay't Ledocr rteforiol fliellon. xv. cr.AHKje ,pniKii. sos jf, nroit raeataaaaasaiaM iliM.ais,inni M ' ", -vAsA' .;.' 0,.. vtrt : ' yjfi'' f'-tdEW J.j.S.4Aaa. '951 CONSUL HERE MUZED BY SLAP AT BELGIUM K Territorial Claims Just and Peace. Conference Report . Doubted by Hagemans SEES HARD FEELING ARIE" ' "I was amazed and nonplussed," Isajd Faul Hagemans, Belgian consul general here, and president of the Phil adelphia Consular Association, In referring-today to the reports from Paris that Helgtum's territorial claims had been re- ' duced by the Peace Conference dele gates. "I cannot possibly believe the re-' port." he said. "Doctor Dillon said few days ago that the Belgian demands! "t jii'iineu ami woum ue grained oymq the conference. 1 am inclined to be- j( neve me fleeuracy and logic of DoctO! union s opinion rather than other re ports. I look to see the statemen repudiated. I cauuot iKissibly bring myself, b; nny reasoning, to find nnv lustlce I such nu attitude on the part of the othe: I'mvers represented at the Allied confer ence. If the news is correct then I can see no reason for it unless they desire t fnvor Holland nt the expense of Hel gllim. It looks to me ns thmi?li the desire a strong Holland and Intend ti maintain n wenk Helelum. "And xvhat wns Holland's nttitud. during the. war? Her primary nurnos was to make millions and tp trade xvlthj ui-iiiiuiiy at me cxpcnc or Helglura Belgium endured what it did for Hol land's sake. Had Holland not con- tatnlf A,l ll. '1 la. v-a ft .mm, til, me ncneiut finglanil could hav o-iiic in ami sax-eu the tlay nt Antwerp. Utterly Inconsistent "It is utterly inconsistent with th( protestations nnd former attitude of th Allies, l lie claims of Belgium are ab solutely jut and arc not open to aigu ment. They are unassailable and I cannot make injscif believe that they J have been refused. "Belgium asks for the territory to the south bank of the Scheldt river' and for J.lmhurg, xvhere the population arc fundamentally Belgium The Bel-'' gian simply cauilot llxc xvith the Hol lander. They are of a different race xvith a different language. They i-j lire. ; 'd-JVfij in th" uncKwaru, e are progressive. "The granting to us of Malmedy ail our claims, is only a dron ii bucket a territory about the size of Chester county. It xvas the great now ers after the Belgian revolution of 1830 which gave to Holland the territory tor tne south of the Scheldt nnd half otl I.imburg.' "There xvas a reason for that then. a reason utterly inconsistent with the ideals for xvhlch this war xvas fought. namely, to create a bulwark against the ' democratic dex-elopment which has sprung forth in Belgium and to main tain the dynastic powers in Kurope. Given Scheldt Territory i "After the treaty of Vienna, con4 eluding the Napoleonic xvnrs, the dy- nasties xvefe all united for each other's! "niiifnnl lieheHI Tho l-ittva all etnn xvith each other. After the Belgian i, revolution Holland wild given the I Scheldt territorv. xvhicb. hv everv riirhl. I was ours, and n part of I.imburg, which xxas for the purpose of placing a wedge into our country to attack I,iegc if they desired to do so for tbe maintenance r-' of the monarchical powers opposed tol real democratic ucvciopmeni. iscignimij xvns then and is noxv truly democratic". I' Uur king, Albert, Is the most dcmo-yi crntic innn in' the xx-orld. JV "If Belgium's demands arc refused tltere xvill bo much hard feeling ngnlnstl the Allied powers, but xve will never! associate ourselves xvith Germany, no matter xvhat happens. I am equally surprised at the failure to allot Bel gium the large sums of money which urc necessary to re-establish her del stroyed country. It xvas promised to her nnd she must have-it. ITowcver, I feel that this side of the question will he xvorked out all right." McReyn'olds Loan Rally Speaker Samuel Meltcyriolds xvas the principal speaker at a Victory Loan rally last night nt Broad street and Snyder ave-v line, in front, of the Southern High Schooi. A band' furnished music. Troop 180, Boy Scouts, under the leadership ' of Scoutmrstcr Charles E. Farley, con- J flneteil the loan snle.s nt the rnllv. Seashore n 1 M excursion! ATLANTIC C3TY OCEAN CITY WILDWOOD ' anil CAPE MAY EVERY SUNDAY 7.30 A. M. from Chestnut or Booth Street rerrx, Kotitrnlits: leavo Sm shore points 6.00 P. M. $1.2S ROUND TRIP War Tax lOo Additional DEATHS HOUTHXV1TH. May L'. UINEKVAt IS.. ivlla at Samuel D. Southwlth. Relatives and friends Invited to funeral services Hon., 8 n. m.. 1141 8. Illat st. Int. Newtonvllle. Mass. New York and Uoston papera pleas CfIE8. May B, MARIE, widow pf Kobert 1 Hies used 07. Ilelatlves and friends ln-,1 vlted to funeral services, iiion.. a p. m., hi nir daushter'i reslienco. 8318 Malta at. (Kenslnaton ave. and Westmoreland at.j. Int. . areenmouni uim. auiu r-,v,u ....,.. may be viewed Sun.. 7 to i 10 p. m., Coinella A and Ihe late John'H. Casssdy. Funeraf Tues . 11 a. m. 4101 brim dardn st Int. ptlvate nKi.itiioi'8 Tkntiiai. iirancii y. m. o. a. H21 Arch tt.. Sunday. May , Drop-In Bible cfaia for Awar- 3 p. m. Lobby International Lesson. Muilo.8 xlolln 'cellp and Piano, THOMAS L.UAXVTON, 1 IIIWAD lAWVITlUiliWe.".! Hpeclal Overseas Ppeakeri ifev. A. M. WITWtin. irAnA!- l'Th vovaa-a Horns. ' Leadir, 4 p. m. , Auditorium The story of a year'a aervleat .on the wcslirn front and thoi voyaro back to Home, Sweet 1 Home. M ... f MUSIC, oraan urn lortiiosir.. Kvtrybody welcome. 7:15 p. in. I.bby 'rn m BOnff eerYiiw. Tim story of a Famous Hymrj lusn sh V.'AAU leader, aEOROB ' W. SCHHOE4 Ilvenlns; Forum for Men and? XVomen,. , f nnbr. Jolin E. XVInstoh. ES4iV R p. m," Ibby Topic, ''Chartir Jtevlilon or?i Philadelphia " rooms ron nignr nVxtWUT. ' floSnVaKinclM Hondayi fln.11 "-riaSrluiilty.'W KfBjIim" SSM51'' Vv"r ! r.i5itinC..tTii .I'ffliViS!StJ, r ffl
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