1 1 ;;-'! .;,'; ,'. 'ft-vtiWi??v'i(tji5sS3w" I'tv. 1- ' n" '" I Mr,; EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919 lv An iV ' smNKtms I FIREMEN EVERY TEN FEET I CORONER WILLPROBE In 1701 More than 200 years ago Phlladel- Jihlans who Tailed to have tho required our leather buckets and a 12-foot swab on hand to put out chimney fires were FINED. Toder the property owner who dotsnt hre QLODE Sprinkler protection pert IhtaTT fine In the form of higher Insurance 'premium!. GLOBE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO.' 2035 Wmihlncton Ave. DlcUmon 531 Ieca' JWalsfc-fc' The home ot Smith Brother Couth Drops it PouKhkeeptle -.N. Y."niLUBU proxectea. WAREHOUSE FIRE Official Report Made Character izing Building Where 6 Were Killed as Probably Unsafe LAST OF FUNERALS HELD WOODEN FOOTWEAR HERE? A NO, NOT YET, MAYME, DEAR Grass Sandals Possibly, and High Prices Surely, Follow Leather Scarcity Shredded Cedar Hose? Oh, Splinters! , PASTOR PENSION FUND MOTHER SAVES BABE FROM DEATH IN FIRE ATTACKED IN ilk i TRAGIC DROWNING ENDS VACATION WITH WIFE AND CHILDREN Engraver Was to Have Returned Today From Four-Day Outing on Woodbury Creek I-nwrenec II. Mnybln, for tvvelvo years n wood engraver with the Tenn Show Piinl Company, wns to have re turned to his work it tuft U UllMMliMMMllwiMWMrd Coroner Knight will visit the seenc of the Pottnsh Brothers' burlap bap; warehouse fire, 013 North Amer ican street, where six firemen were killed and forty-five Injured In the col lapse of n wall last Saturday. After his Investigation of the origin ot the fire he will compare notes with other Investigntors. The coroner will visit the scene today. Fire Marshal Elliott believes a lighted cigarette caused the fire. Km nloyes told Assistant 1 ire Marshals Gallagher and Christine that it was cus tomary for them to smoke in the build ing. An official report characterizing the warehouse ns proljnblv unsafe was made to .Tames F. McCrudden, chief of the division of housing and sanitation, four .vcars ago by William .T. Wnhl. an in spector, who visited the place to in -vestigatc complaints about objection able odors. lie reported as follows: Probe by Inspectors "There was absolutely nothing which would prompt n notice from this divi sion, but in view of ;he conditions ex isting on the premises I would respect fully request that ou refer the cn-o to the building inspectors in an effort to ascertain if the floors are being over loaded and to the fire marshal because, of the large amount of inflammable ma terial contulned in the buildiug without any apparent evidence of pioper pie cautions against fire." Harry and Max Pottash, proprietois of the warehouse, were arretted luc day on a minor charge of operating n rag shop without n license. The owner contended yesterday that the water WOODKN shoes? Shades of the Dutch ! Take It from me, Maymc, you can be the first to go to 'work in a pair of the new muffler cutout pedmoblles. I'll be n lady to the last leather last. Hut what's become of the man that's going to make shoes from panama hats? I might consider something nift.v in sandals. Wooden shoes nrc on the way, says Weldon Harrison, shoo manufacturer of New York, and will be woin by the first and last families on the best and woist streets of New York within twelve months. Not Here, My Child "Hut not in Philadelphia, " -n those who should know. "It's a ildiculous povsibilit.v , and hardly a possibility at that." "No wooden shoes in Philadelphia nert wintei, say others who won't prophesy fuither than seven months in advance. The scarcitv of mateiials and the consequent high price of shoes has led to the conjecture thnt substitutes for leather will have to be used. "Hut sub stitutes for sole leather," saymnnu factuiers. "aie almost ns expensive and not us seruccablc everybody knows what thnt type looks like will be sold for ?'.'0 a pair within nnother twelve months, sajs Mr. Har rison. "Sooner than that," ay the local dealers. "Shoes will reach that price this fall " If people aie lucky tlicj may get some last jrar stjles for R10 but the prices arc going up nnd up just ns fast as the heels are going down and down. And manufacturers refuse to till new orders nt the old prices! The panama lint Idea was a good one. for two days. Nobody over saw the panama shoes, but they were said to hnii been r?ood also for a little less than two days, before they ran into today Instrument of Harry L. Davis Opposes Presbyteritin Sus- tentation Fund ollne Used to Clean Floor Set Ablaze by Candle, Im periling Child MISSIONS MAY BENEFIT An attack on what Is known as the sustentntlon fund of tho Presbyterian Church, by which ministers contribute to their own pension fund, wns made in the will of Harry I,. Davis, -101 West Walnut lane which was made public I Oasoline used for cleaning purposes 'and n lighted cnndle nearly resulted in t the burning of n thlrteen-months-old bab tins morning in tbe home of Mrs. Lewis .1 Kohler. fOli South Conestoga street Last night Mrs Kohler spread gaso- I.. B MAYUI.N while swimming, was the cause of his death about 0 o'clock last night. Mnybiu, with his wife and their daughter Mary, aged seven, nnd son Lawrence, Jr., aged four, had gone to National Park for a short vacation. They spent a considerable time in the water. When last seen alive by his wife be was standing on the steps of their boat house. Mrs. Maybin entered the boat house to get him a towel. Hubbies eddy ing to the surface of the water were all that greeted her when she came out a half-minute later. She cried for help and a man from a neighboring boathouse came with a boathook and recovered Maj bin's bpdy. this morning from n four-days' va cation spent with his wife and two children nt Na tional Park, along Woodbury creek Instead, he lies dead at his home, JKii) North Gratz htreet. Heart dis- bT oSXxertion!PO"l on the .ire by the firemen soale. 1, The overweight, tnej line on the floor of a second-story bed room. In this room, her baby, Llew elyn, was asleep In his crib. This morning about 8 o'clock she came into the room with a lighted can dle nnd held It close to the floor, as she looked under a bed, In nu Instant the gasoline blared up nnd the entire floor of the room was a lake of fire. Tho flames spread about the crib, in which the child was sleeping. The mother rushed over and snatched the child from the crib, just ns the flames caught on to the rovers. Mrs. Kohler through a path of t'ne reached the door in safety. The fire was extinguished with n loss which Mrs Kohler estimates at $lii0. The baby and mother were unharmed. wet spoil Then a pair ot muiniis would have looked better,' as vandals go. The manufacturers ale not institut ing new methods to tnke care of the demand for wrfnden shoes They be lieve that the demand vlll he nrniliml tui,h,. Worl, enough for the market not t ou lnln Jin tifrwlnnr t fn It is believed that art collectors aie principal was to be divided between the alrcadv searching in attics for dis- Presbvterian Hoard of Foreign Missions carded leather shoes of the'jenr-beforc- , th( irttlbvtorinn Hoard of Hellef i last stvles, and museums will be ex- .i .. fn lino ..f tl,n dis for If'l '""I Disabled Ministers. in ini nt tin... n . urn - - -- appealing leather footwear. In his will. Mr. Davis, who died .Tune HO, left ?11S,000 to his son, Henry Lamont Davis, and his daughter, Tlea- j nor Cooke, wife of former Director of Morris L. Cooke. If they had no heirs one-fourth of the Lend me to the wood pile. Mavme 1 need a p-ilr of shoes'." Hut what I'd like to know is whether the.v will make shi eilded tooth -pick stockings to mulch Shoes of the onlinnrv t.vpe nnd the shoes O, splinters' WELCOME CORPORAL BRADY! OLDEST PARK GUARD QUITS Transportation Noncom Gets Home on George Washington Corporal Prancis P. Brady, of ."0-1(1 Chew street. (Jeimiuitown. was grven a Charles J. Rang Retires After Forty nine Years of Service Charles .1. Hang, known on the offi cial roster ns Park Guard No 1, has rousing welcome home last evening by resigned after forty-four years of faith - 111 c in u t- r s n mi fi semrc. Later In a codicil Mrs Davis (hanged this last provision nnd ubvti i tuti-d the Hoard of Home Missions for the latter board saving- "I make this change because the I'lesbvteiian Hoard of Belief has passed into the hands of trustees The m.r jnnty nie in favor of the si heme known as siistentntion, bv wlriilr it is pm posed to pension all 111 luinisteis in the chinch who are willing nnd able to p. iv SI00. and because such plan I incquitahle and unjust to a HTrge ma oi it of the ministers of the chunlr, who cannot, without additional haul ship, pav for such insurance and con tiniie stub pa.vment until sevent.v veals OCEAN CITY TAKES HOTEL Property Occupied When Negotla tlons With Woman Owner Here Fall Unable to effect a settlement with Mrs. Maiy J. Buchanan, of this city, who was the owner of the Chalfonte Hotel, Ocean City, it is said, the city has taken possession of the property. The- hotel stands on tbe camp grounds, nnd when these giounds were condemned by the New Jersey Supreme Court Com missioners a few months ago, Mis. Buchanan wns nwarded $6882. She asked for the return of the property, offering to move the hotel. The city was willing, provided she pay the mu nicipality the price it had cost and also several hundred dollars in back taxes. This she failed to do. The money was deposited in the Court of Chancery Tuesday with the request thnt it be distributed according to law. Notice was served Mrs. Buchanan at her home last night. The city commis tiopers today directed the solicitor's to take possession of the hotel. Mrs. S. A. Galligher, of Lansdowne, lessee of the hotel, nnd her guests will not be disturbed this summer. LAD CRUSHED BY ELEVATOR Boy Loses All His Teeth When Caught In Shaft With every tooth knocked out and otherwise seriously injured, Donald Batey, fifteen years old, of 1702 Oxford street, was found crushed between the floor of an elevator nnd the side of the shaft in the plant of a furniture factory at Itldge and Columbia avenues. Batcv. vjho wns nu employe of the company, is believed to have lost his bnlancc last night vhile running the elevator from the second floor to the third floor. His screams brought other workers In the plant to his aid, and he was extricated with difficulty and re moved to the Northwestern General Hospital. He sustained a fractured Jaw and severe cuts of the head, In addition to internal Injuries. His condition is critical. nelcht twofold. said, caused the collapse of the floors and wall. . Coroner Knight said that this would not help their case. "A building loaded to half its breaking point, ns their til leged test shows, is certainly dangerous, in my opinion," he said. The funeral of Hoseman John Green, of Engine Company No. 21, was held at the Catholic Church of the Immac ulate Conception, this morning. His funeral was the last of the six firemen who were killed. The funerals of Lieutenant Thomas Kelly, of Engine Company 21, and Fire man Harry Le Grand, Truck No. 2, were held yesterday. Solemn requiem masses were celebrated at the Immacu late Conception Church. Interment was made in noly Cross Cemetery. The Rev. Alexander McKny was the celebrant at the mass for Lieutenant Kelly nnd the Bcv. Henry McKnll offi ciated at the. services for Le Grand. Both priests were active at the lire on Saturday, administering the last sacra ment to injured firemen, often- nt the risk of their own lives. Stctslck Family Housed Members of the Stetsick family slept under their own roof again last night. The widowed mother and her three children, Katie, John nnd Mary, who have attrncted wide public interest since they were left homeless by the Pottnsh warehouse fire, established themselves In a new home yesterday two clean, rather bare rooms, third floor back, at 305 North Third street. The Stetslcks have been wards of tho Catholic Children's Bureau, of 1700 Summer street, since their home nt 017 North American street was wrecked by the debris and the flames from the Pot tash fire. As soon as her children were in safe keeping Monday, Mrs. Stetsick plucklly set about looking for a new home. The Stetslcks lost all their clothing and furniture when the walls of the home In North American street collapsed under the avalanche of bricks and ashes. sfcjgW jsar family nnd liun- il reds of his friends, after serv k that our church is too mm h , missionary church to be able and He is the oldest guard in both years , "'.JV5''; . I tlitn anil seivice on the force, nang was a i (lf ing nine months in familiar figure to those who trequcntiv1 willing to piovnle for even the Miuill i' .... I , ii, nnrt Mr. n-ns vtntlnned nt. i in onoi tion of ministers who have no 11 11 II... I...H,11H'.. ...... ...j.. .--- -----. Corporal Hradv (, Tinuphln stret entrance and he- need of it When Ihe church is readv in lived home with . . . i i .. i to cli) mi. It siiouicl nave a pi.m moie "."... . ... ! longed to the detachment whr.h has its rllri.nll .,,, more OIthy." I at-I Robert Hunter, secrelarv used to that t li e ( ninnV . .. - i. .. .i .. ci.nl headquarters in the Woodford (iiianl 'phe Uev 1'iesidcnt's shin, House lie was stationed nt the Pif- of the l'lesl.v teii.in Hoard of Minister ml the George Was,, j.y.ond sticct. entrance of the P.l' mgton, and had lurlng the centennial. Hang goes on ... nttltmi,. , ,,, new We are in . i ii y inii.ii.Mii.hi tiu pension nsr. incidents to relate concerning the' PRISON INQUIRY SOON fhanois t iiBADY , " " "" ! Sproul Will Decide McKenty Rule (, A M ll K 1 L A haS Trn.nn,tnt:n r,,m nn.l after train- ! Wtien State Bins rc oigncu iuc at Cnmn Hancock sailed for France j Governor Sproul, ns soon as he has A from Camp Merritt, N. .K He was on board ship when the armistice was signed, but on his in rival in France was kept busy transposing wounded nnd convalescent soldiers from the hos pitals to the embarkation points. AWAITS AID FROM WILSON Girl Hopes President Will Help Her Recover $4000 Hopeful that President Wilson will aid her to recover her small fortune, little Edith Bender, nine years old, i nnxiously awaiting an answer to her written request. Each visit of the postman Is eagerly awaited by the little crippled child at her home, JlS.'l Brown street. Eacli visit, she hopes, will be the one in which the President will show his in terest in her case by a reply, promising his help to secure the money lost through Frank B. Ellis, who held it in trust for her. But the little crippled girl's $4000 is not the only money the man now be lieved to be in Paris is accused of stealing. Others have come forward with similar claims, and if Ellis ever docs return to faco the American courts many nctions will be brought against him. A relative of Ellis said yesterday that he had seen Ellis in Paris last July, when Ellis was contemplting a business trip to Russia. The, relative claims he loaned Ellis the money to leave this country and go to Europe. come out of the cleared his desk of the 1,10 to fi00 bills ,1 ' left him by the recent Legislature, will1 War 8S the OVertOWenilg take up the question of the investiga-j commercial and industrial I tion of Warden McKenty 's ndministra- ,, .1 f I c rv . I tion ot the Eastern Penitentiary. j giant, Saj'S the U. b. Uept. ' Just what steps he will take have of LaDOl". notbeen determined by the Governor, I IIW.NlMI.U H1AMIAK1I S1IOI.S; m A Limited Number at this Special Low Price! because he has had little time while here, since the General Assembly ad journed last month, to consider nnj problem but tnat or rue disposition ot the measures before mm. And advertising must de-1 velop on the same scale, HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency Every Phase of Sates Promotion A 400 Chestnut Street Philadelphia! ( X 111 S. Vk v. fcsircv 1 Oi IA 'it 4h ''"!i't 'I vjji'1 fjjf Beautiful BrcrvOn PARTY PUMP A $6 Value , BrotOn Glace Kid Long Narrow Last Turn Sole Dainty French Hee BUCKLES and HOSIERY to match Smart and graceful in ever? line, just the staple and shade desired by fashionable xvomen for dress wear. j An opportunity to purchase apump that will be the vogue for autumn dances. 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VSik m ll 0 lilll Tropical-weight Coat and Trouser Suits, !j$fll'l'' j ' f M H made of Palm Beach Cloth, also Summer JjsA - u H Worsteds, Breez-weve, Aerpore, Mohair, J? R D Linen, $13.50 to $23. frSj' V ' H m Silks, $25 to $45. jj lulll Flannel Trousers, Plain White or Striped, D H $8, $11, $12. v 1 ID III Imported Cricket Flannel Trousers, $16. U H Summer Business Hours: 8:30 to 5; Saturdays 8:30 to 12 Noon j I IHHr0 FOUMIED 18S4 V JACOB ItEED (Hlll )!S 1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET jpgH Didn't you wish you had a good Raincoat Yesterday? Never can tell when you will need one and it will save your Sum mer Suit! C You can get one here today for a? little as $7.50 and-it will turn the rain! It's an Ox ford mixture with plaid back. Cfl Or, a variety of dark mixtures with faint check patterns or "pep per and salt" good values at $12. CflOr, a snappy gray cheviot finish with blue square pattern $12. fl Here's an extra-lightweight rubberized rain coat with additional shoulder lining $15. f$ Quite a good-looking brown cheviot outside rubberized raincoat with velvet collar $18. Or gabardine coats in black, blue, or tan at $25 and $28. I Most serviceable rain coats of all are our ex tra length cravenetted cloth coats of Oxford Gray something every motorist should carry $35. Any one of them is a safe investment for a rainy day! Closed at 5 P. M. Perry & Co. "N. B. T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. tf v.- m ; JWwJ r.SJrt - a. S.'H t,i r-l fs'l ,1 1 x n tfrj 'VI 1 'i $ l. fcT 7" llM,'".,,Ml,.niin M.MitinilPj','"1. nt iiniiniiMMii tiii iiii tti tiiMmi in MtrdtrrrTra ,, .-" dsV'? ?.: , & iMi&: j?i . - -1 ,Jm$f4 I I u -JU jiii nil im miii iw yMlMiwli " ' s. i V C T '" Vlrvr" ' t' -- rf L.1 U & 2 -f. O ' fa1" SPI c;&tigi
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