(." .t '-' 1 t ,. H EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-rPHtDADELPHLA:, FRIDAY, JTOIJ ; 6,-U919 L 2 frL - A. 1 " e I ' r r-t 4 LAWYERS PROD CITY FOR FEE PAYWIENTS KCIaims Aggregating $119,590, Lbng Ignored, Include One William Draper Lewis &. J V? iUIPrcct ncMAMnc ftcnnnn ,..r,. ... uunmiiug "l ft, Claims for professional services by ' ttornejs and law firms aggregating K-, $110,1)00 have been entirely Ignored or l - overlooked by Councils. Yesterday an pjMU. Dlu for $50,000 for Deputy At torney General William II. Hargest i was reintroduced by Chairman (Jnff- j't aey of Councils' finance committee. r3' The appearance of the Hargest bill, m i - despite the fact that there is little or no "money that could be diverted for its payment, gave rise to the assertion that the disgruntled attornejs having claims against the city mean to press for pay ment or settlement before the end of the Smith administration. Mr. Hardest was onirncpd when Michael J. Uyan was city solicitor to argue the city's suit against the 1'rovi dent Life and Trust Company to recover personal property taxes In the lower court. For this service lie received $250. Ilefore the appeal nas talten to the Supreme Court Mr. Hyan retired and Mr. Connelly succeeded him. When the case came up in the higher court Mr. Hargest was again retained to re peat the argument. The Supreme Court found in favor of the city, causing the company to pay into the City Treasury nearly $1,000,000 iu back taxes. Mr. Hargest has made several requests to Councils for $."0,000 for his ser ices bo fore the higher court. The last Is now in the hauds of the finance committee. Au even more recent claim that is being Ignored is that of William Draper Lewis, who asks $25,500 for drawing np the transit lease. Incidental work to the main claim approximates $5000 more. So far the finance committee and Councils have failed to provide even for the costs of the undertaking. The claim of the former law firm of Pierson & Shertz for $84,500 for win ning a reduction of $1,500,000 a year In coal freight rates is another of the neglected Items that is being brought to light by renewed deWnds for scttle--ment on a smaller scale. One of the Jaw partners was killed during the war and his widow is now a claimant for the fund. Ilcgularly as these requests for payment make their appearance they are buried in the finance committee. OBTAIN LUSITANIA MEDAL Was Struck Off by Germani After Sinking by U-Boat Coblenz, June 0. (By A. P.) The ZiUsitnnla medal, which was issued, it Is said, with the consent of the flerman Government, just after the ninkimr of - the Lusitania, is in the hands of Amer icans and can be brought out of the un occupied sections of Germany by Amer ican officials. Official photographs of tne meuai are to te sent to ashing ton. The Lusitania medal, which has been variously described, is of bronze, about two and a half inches in diameter. On one side. In relief, Is depicted the sink ing of the ship, with the following in scription in German t ''Lusitania, sunk On the reverse side Js depicted ft line of people at a booking office, the figure within the ticket office window being a skeleton, handing out steamship transportation to those awaiting their turn. The German inscription is trans lated here as "anything for money." Picket Keystone Telephone The National Women's Trade Union League, which is meeting in this city. Is supporting the strike called among employes of the Keystone Telephone Company. The delegates late yesterday after noon picketed a telephone exchange at Sixteenth and Summer streets. Strike leaders maintain that a large propor tion.of the company's employes are out. This the company denies, asserting that the service is unimpaired. Deaths of a Day JOSEPH I. MEANY Fifth Street Shoe Dealer Dies of Pneumonia Joseph 1. Meany, president of the Joseph I. Meany Company, Inc., shoe store, nt 10 North Fifth street, died yesterday at his home, 1843 North Sev enteenth street, of pneumonia. Mr. Meany, who was sixty-one years old, was taken sick two weeks ago. Starting at the age of twenty -four In a small wholesale shoe store, oc cupying only one room on the. second floor o 504 Market street, Mr. Meany rose quickly to become a leader in the business. Ills .expansion caused him to mote from the room at 504 Market street to 420 Market street and from there to 523 Market street. He moved into the present site of his business ten jears ngo. Mr. Meany was borA in this city and graduated from the Central High School nt the age of eighteen. Two jears later he married Kathcrine Gertrude Logan. He is survhed by his widow nnd son, Francis I. Mean, secretary nnd treas urer of the Joseph I. Meany A. Co., Inc. Funeral sen ices will take place Monday nt Our Lady of Sorrows' Church. Interment,is to be mode in the Holy Sepulchre Cemcterj. Ritnlflmln E? Clavu Benjamin F. Slnw, retirid engineer, died jotcrday at his home, Wajnc, Pa., at the age of eight three years. For ninny ears, in the enrlier part of his life, he was nn engineer at the Philadelphia Water Works, and after that was thirty -the jears superintend ent of the water works nt New Castle, Del. For the past thirty -five jears he has been superintendent of the Wnjne estate. He retired one jear ago on account of general debilitv. Ho was a member of Wayne Lodge, No. 5S1, F. nnd A. M , nnd Washington Camp, No. 408, P. O. S of A. He is survived by his widow, Mis. Margaret Slaw, three sons nnd n daughter. The funeral will he held Sundaj, 7 :.'!() p. in., from his home, 245 Conestoga rond, Wayne, Pa. Interment will be Monday at New port, Del. Mrs. Rufus King Lennlg Mrs. Rufus King Lennig died Wed nesday nfternoon nt her home, Chel wood, Andalusia, Bucks taunt. The funeral sen ices will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow in the All Saints' Church, Torresdale. Before her marriage Mrs. Lennig was Miss Millicent Gnw John son, of this city, nnd Crojdon, Bucks county. She was a granddaughter of Lawrence Johnson nnd of Henry L. Gaw, both of Philadelphia. Mrs. Sarah Johnstone Mrs. Sarah Johnstone, ninetj -five years, the oldest resident of the Baptist Home, Seventeenth nnd Norris sheets, died yesterday at the home. She was born in Scotland nnd has lived in the home for twenty-three jears. John McCullough John McCullough, thirty-five years old, 3201 South Twentj -second street. ted last night at Hamburg, Pa. He had been n member of the police force of Philadelphia for the past eight jears and was attached to the Twentj -eighth nnd Bitner streets station. He had been in poor health for some time and had goue to Hamburg to recuperate. Mr. McCullough leases a widow qnd four children. The funeral arrangements have not been completed as yet. WIC ACCIDENTS L Five Other Persons Injured in Automobile and Trolley Car Mishaps Two persons were killed nnd fnc n.... i n ff j i 4" t-ii- i jumi-rs uiuuy injured in uuiomuuue uuu j other trnfilc accidents yesterday. The dead arc: Amalda linnet, four years old, 013 North American street. Helen It. Walsh, twenty-five years old, 2412 North Colorado street. The little girl was run down while she was plajlng in the street near her home yesterday noon. Sho darted into the path of a motortruck, nnd the driver, John Brooks, colored, Bolton street near Twenty-first, drove his ma chine on the sidewalk in a vain effort to noid striking the little girl. The child was knocked down nnd the rear wheel passed oer her body. Brooks placed the child in his truck and drove to Hooscclt Hospital, but she was dead before he reached the institution. Miss Wnlsli died in the Pennsylvania Hospital after being struck by n wagon when she was crossing Second nnd Walnut streets. The wagon wns driven by IMwnrd Winkle, of 700 South Fourth street. He will hnp a hearing today, A mnn and two children were injured last night when a mnchine in which they were riding collided with nnother car at Fifth street and Green lane, 01 nej. They were treated nt the Jewish Hospital for face and bodv lacerations. The injured arc Itobcrt Beatty, of 1117 West Ontario street; his four-year-old son, Itobert, Jr., and Harold Thomas, four years old, of 1112 West Ontario street. Louis Rappnport, five years old, of 409 South Oriaima street, was struck by a motorcar at Fourth and Willow strcctR yesterday afternoon. He had five toes amputated at the Itoosevclt Hospital. The police have failed to lo cate the driver of the machine. Hvmnn Kesler, eight years old, of 530 Spruce street, was run down by nn nutomobile early last evening on the street in front of his home, where he was playing bill with other boys. His skull was fractured, and at the Penn snhnniu Hospital it wns said his con dition is critical. The driver of the automobile, Dr. J. II. Christ, of 305 West Seventh street, Chester, was arrested. WOMEN TOLD LOAN. PROVIDES SEWEfcS Director Krusen Says Recom mendations Will Be Mado Where Relief Is Needed Director Krusen, of the Department of Health nnd Charities, yesterday for w aided a response to the lcttcrof Mrs. Hdwin C. Grlce, acting chairman of the churchwomen'8 housing committee. The letter inquired ns to the amount of money to be set aside in, the pro posed municipal loan for street sewers and the streets to be affected. After urging that the members of the committee exert their influence to secure the passage in Councils of the loan bill and also nn ordinance making an ap propriation to the Bureau of Health for the abatement of nuisance, Director Krusen incloses the copy of a letter rvMwivl hv Mm frnm Phlef AlhrlTit. i of the Bureau of Surveys, In which he says: "Referring to your request during n personal visit to my office as to that portion of the letter of Mrs. E. C. Grlce, acting chairman of the churchwomen's housing committee, ns follows: "First. What amounts are set aside by the loan bill for the sewering ot streets in, the closely built-up section of the city? "Second. What streets will be sew ered in caso the bill goes through? "In answer to the first paragraph, j loan bills provide n certain sum for certain specific purposes, which sums are usually appropriated to the various bureaus. Subsequent legislation defines the streets on which work is to be per formed, payable from any funds appro priated for that purpose. "In reply to the second paragraph: In advance of any action by Councils it is impracticable to determine what streets will be sewered in case the bill goes through. Councils usually are gtiidcd by the recommendation of the department, which in every case favors the building ot sewers in streets which will benefit the health nnd sanitation of the city. Certain requirements as to the streets being upon the plan le gally opened and assessed at full city rates are esscnttnl in advance of nny Improvement being made. Westchester Burgess Resigns J. Paul MacElrce has resigned us burgess of West Chester. He was as sociated with William A. Gray, of this city, in the defense of Isaac Dcutsch and other Fifth Ward defendants at West Chester last summer. Mr. MacEl rce plans to practice law at Sharon, Pa. Small Fire In Tenement House Fire and smoke chased the folks who live in the tenement house owned by Albert Croski, 044 New Market street, out into the streets enrly today, out did little damage to the three-story, brick building. The origin of the fire hns not been determined. Band Concert Tonight The Municipal Band will give a con cert tonight nt Twenty-fifth street and Allegheny avenue at S o'clock. IShmGrownAVrapRcig jo fljrS . .- . .yfMm iher thaPe. a.nJ HI y0tjjp$fFi jiaykfeje? "' beginning mm-mwiwtfax;m$ Pianos and Players 4.W. HUVER CO. HHHlKi- 3illlalllWl mim-XM misar L wssss&mmmmssmm& I Prices Reduced-Tempordrily r X R' i lBs8r I I III i s wr onQtx C One of 4.000 "Y and E" J1 rroducts , ' A still (at mil &utlt Mi a taftand fa til iai pint 9j ' 7 ft ufiinrt. Hat dtubli ivatli, aitii E m?inttrtinint all areuxd, sajity K jlwwvr latthn anJtkifumiui t "Y WSr mmJ Ky Mrtttmtm JrAnuir tlidtl j, rf. ,....... - Filing Cabinets Take advantage of sub stantial reductions to re-j equip your office with files and desks that will improve appearance arid raise efficiency. Visit our store or call in our representative let us show you how "Y and E" can help perfect your fil ing and record-keeping, at reduced prices. But you must act now for prices are certain to be raised to normal very soon. It will pay you to ask for our New Booklet. fi v 1013 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa. WalRut 167 Telephone Race 1710 Filing Devices and Office Systems 90r - 'V ana E, Specially Staged for The Boys of the 79th and their buddies who backed 'em up Tomorrow An Unusual Sale f Men's Suits $23.75 THESE Suits are a decided acquisition to our stocks, varied as they are, and we delight to offer the extraordinary value. Men of the 79th will welcome the event, which is so mightily opportune to their needs. The purchase includes every wanted style from the youthful waist-line models which so well dis play the soldierly figure to the hand some single and double breasted mod els of conventional cut. Fabrics of positive durability, in the browns, greens, blues and grays that every body likes. Come in! and see them! Other prices frpm $17.50 to $45.00. Sale of Trousers You can't beat 'em the famous "Superior Brand" Trousers! The Best in the Land! Guaranteed not to rip Union made. Of strong, durable material; fashionably shaped and in the desired 6triped patterns. All sizes available. Regular $3.50 Regular $5.50 Grade, Grade, $2-00 $3.50 Regular $6.50 Grade, $4.50 I Jill WW' PLEA FOR SERB CHILDREN Dr. Caroline M. Purnell Chows Need of Money In War-Ravaged Natlonv Dr. Caroline M. Purnell made a plea for help for the starving children oM Serbia yesterday afternoon in her talk to the "Lovers of Children" at the tenth annual ncctlns of that Boclety at the Stenton mansion, Eighteenth and Courtland streets. Doctor Purnell said that the plctnre of the little children of Serbia was har ronlng, that they were homeless, starv ing, friendless, apathetic and with the faces of wearied, wornout old people. She urged her hearers to give' nil they could in the way of money and clothes (clothes in good condition, not worn to tatters), so that the work of restoring these children to health might go on ns quickly as possible. "These children,' she said, "have no homes; their parents have long since been killed, and with no one to look ntter them they have undergone grad ual starvation, until their tissues bo- come swollen as thoso of people about to die. In many cases, our aid is too late. "Our attention has been turned so much to the suffering Belgians and French children that we have thought little or nothing of the Serbs. The Serbian Government has now made an appeal to us through the Serbian min ister to establish mobile tent hospitals nnd to send doctors and nurses with them." Doctor Purnell has spent some time tn RftrhlA. atnh1I.Mn Tfltm Af !. lng personal hygiene and Introducing5. children who como, under their charge Cr for treatment are kept on the hospital -J records and brought back from time to timo for examination and treatment V nftpr hrlnc dlnehnrved. I .. Tlie Coolest Place In Town to . Eat Broiled Lebiter Baked Oyttert, Crab Meat au Gratln,Stuffed Baked Potatoee and Salad, flJS. Fish Instead of Lobster, $1.00 Special Cold Shore Platters Lobster, $1.25 Fish, $1.00 Wt may bt a littlt hard to (orate, hut joa'U bt glci yea hunt M. THOS. HUBER, Mir. HflOCffl lfS SECOND FLOOR! Open Every Evening r Bl " MM 'II ill Opposite k Broad St, QUnlityCloihes; Station 1514-16 Market Street JA&tmF Street's) m 'n i i- " - II.. II jJestJPiace June Demonstration Sale Come to Darlington's to morrow expecting to find many other reduced-price lots than the ones mentioned in this advertisement. Every department will have some thing of interest and at less-than-regular cost. Hosiery Broken lines of Men's Silk Hos iery, both plain and fancy, prac tically all sizes are represented: Hosiery which formerly sola for fl5c and ?1.00, CQ for FTKST TLOOR , Neckwear Pretty styles in Organdie Collars and Sets, trimmed with net and lace, flat effects QP for summer; special at .. ilC FIRST FLOOR. Chemise Crepo de Chine and Washable Satin Envelope Chemise, lace trimmed or tailored, ribbon shoul. der straps; $3.60 values (JJO CC for ... PUJ SECOND FLOOR Camisoles Washable Satin Camisoles, plain or trimmed; indispensable for summer; ?l.ZB values QP for SECOND FLOOR Night Gowns Nainsook Gowns in white or flesh color, round neck, kimono sleeve, trimmed with hem stitching; special (J1 or SECOND FLOOR Knitting Worsted Four-ply Knitting Worsted, khaki color; regularly FIRST FLOOR 95c hank, for Handkerchiefs Women's Pure Linen Hem stitched Handkerchiefs of nn 26c grade for wv Women's Hemstitched and Hand-embroidered Handkerchiefs of the 86c grade OC FnisT FLOOR Hair Nets Human Hair Nets, straight or cap shape; regularly 90c CCn dozen, for UiJL FTRST FLOOR A Sample Line of Fine Waists at Savings of Yz These Waists come from one of the best makers in New York- a concarn who handle only High-grade Waists and from whom we buy largely for our regular line3. They have been used as show-room samples and come to us at one third le38 than the regular prices; this saving, in turn, we i pass on to you. Included are both Silk and fine Cotton Waists, white and in colors. We have divided them into six . groups : Waists for $2.50, Average Regular Price $4.00 Waists for $3.50, Average Regular Price $5.00 Waists for $4.50, Average Regular Price $6.00 Waists for $5.50, Average Regular Price $7.50 Waists for $6.50, Average Regular Price $8.50 Waists for $8.00, Average Regular Price $10.00 THIRD FLOOR $2.50 Cotton Waists for $1.85 Bought specially for the JUNE DEMONSTRATION SALE; part of them come from a Philadelphia maker and the others from New York. White Waists of cotton mat erials in several good styles; same grade which would usual ly sell for $2.50 tomorrow $1.85. THIRD FLOOR ft ft (21 V Women's $3.50 Sldrte for $2.85 White .Washable Skirts of pique and gabardine reduced to $2.85 tomorrow. Just the kind of skirt of which every woman wants several for the surrrmer. Two good practical styles, as the illustration shows. THIRD--FLOOR Special Values in Millinery Three groups for tomorrow which represent unusual value. These Hats are reduced from our regular stock and are not only stylish, but well finished throughout quite a contrast to the hastily-thrown-together Millinery one usu ally finds at low prices. At $3.00 Dark Flower-trimmed Hats. At $5.00 Tailored and Sport Hats. At $6.50 White Milan, ribbon trimmed. THIRD FLOOR Lowered Prices on Girls' Dresses Gloves . Women's Two-clasp Fabric Gloves, -white and pongee CC special at ... UUC Women's 2-clasp Real Kid Gloves in white only; 3 rows of embroidery; an unusual opportu nity to buy Real Kid Gloves at a decided saving, as we have re duced them in the JUNE DEM ONSTRATION SALE ifrl AXt .- PX ' FIRST FLOOR, to On the Fourth -Floor. Many very exceptional values in Summer Furniture, Curtains, Cretonnes and Bedfurnishings will be found on the Fourth Floor. Be sure to viBit this sec tion tomorrow. Silks and , Cotton Goods In -the JUNE DEMONSTRA TION SALE are thousands of yards of desirable Silks and Cot ton Dress Goods at greatly low ered prices. If you are planning to get material for a new JOura mer Frock, you can buy it here tomorrow at a decided saving. FIRST .FLOOR Wfif. SDecial at $3.95 JiPS.7 yrK' V3 A.g7S form middies, but a dear little,, W mUmMm Special at $3.95 Jack Tar Frocks, not the uni form middles, but a dear little,, Dress in chambray with white pique trimming; rose, green, Copen; alee ( to 12 years. Special at $3.75 Girls' Dresses of check voiles, chambray, organdie and gingham; organdie collars; some are embroidered and trimmed with ribbon; Blzes 8 to 12 years. Special at $3.45 Gincham and Chambray Play Dresses. short sleeves, some with bloomers; sizes 8 to 12. Special at $4.95 For intermediate girls of 12, 14 and 16 years. Gingham and Voile Dresses iu various styles, sleeves, fancy collars and cuffs. , SECOND FLOOR V .A jTtipjz Si y . . b4Ler fjw, Lfffst Jfs &$jm . i , (Jr . " r'V26& n "l- T P","iCMHW(tx SmA ' --v" ,'' .j '- -rv-ft . , ,. mmmmiS1 "IS eSvfr & ' . .a. ..A
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