R&d sVl MWK ibjg! tm' ,i' 'r,t EVENING' PUBLIC ' LEDGER-PHIL'ADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1919 i i y h i i I I Xi f t I i '1 1-2 OF 1 PER CENT ALCOHOL LLEGAL U ' j&LKane Receives Instructions to Prosecute Beer Cases of Brewers and Dealers WHOLESALE ARRESTS SOON Prosecution of all brewer who make, nnd dealers who sell beer containing as Much as one-half of 1 per cent alco holic content has been authorized by 'Washington. Proceeding on these instructions. Pis trict Attorney Prancis V, Kane is get ting ready to issue warrants by the wholesale. As soon as one hundred of the sam ples of beer taken by Department of Justice agents) since July 1 have been nn&lyzed, arrests will bo made on the story told by their chemical contents In other words, the test report of the chemist will bo the principal witness against the dealers, as well as against tho brewers. The authorization to go ahead and prosecute was received this mnrning in n letter from Assistant Attorney General 'William I'rieiscm, who nigucd the demurrer for the government in the Ilergner & I'ngcl Itirwing ('ninpniiv " test case. lie has been placed in charge of the liquor law enforcement campaign. Near-Ilccr Illegal A quotation from the letter reads: "You may publicly Mute that vnii are instructed to prosecute all persons who manufacture nnd sell beer contain ing ns much as one-naif of 1 per i cut of alcohol." This, it is contended. Knocks the legality of tale of even nc.ir-bcer. Evidently with n view of ofTciing the public and the federal authorities mne explanation of the dctctniinntinn if the beer sellers of the citv to Haunt their defiance of the law in the fai e of recog nized authority. Neil Homier, in pulh tion of the ation of the riiilndelphi.i Retail Liquor Dcaleis' Assoc intinn. de clares the government should divmi tinue the Kale of revenue stamps if it desired to stop the brewing of be r liars Poorly Patronized Judging from the small sales made bj Philadelphia saloonkeepers on hatm day, when it is estimated there w.i. luOO saloons open offering - T" per ( mi beer for tale, the tending of the interim product will not appeal indi'tiuitclv t the masses. On Kridnv the official rmnil of saloons open in the citv was ll!7."i Saturdaynight most of the saloons we ic strangely empty or lacking in the num ber of customers nnd bartenders, wear ing bored expressions, leaned across the bars and had little occasion to use the, cash registers. ! ANOTHER CITY SOLDIER ! RECEIVES WAR CROSS Pershing Honors John E. Eige- nauer for Taking Gun Nest Single Handed How Second Lieutenant John V. ' Elgenauer, of Philadelphia, advanced ahead of his platoon, engaged two enemv machine gun nests single-handed and killing all the gunners, is set out bv I General Pershing in nwanling the Pliila- l Clelphian the Distinguished Service! j Cross. I Lieutenant Iigenaner who was then I a "top sergeant." led his platoon for- ! wnrd after cleaning up the enemv ma- ' t chine gunners, who were impeding the advance. His father is August lligo- i iiauer, of 2fl.'!7 ("nbot street ' KIgennuer insisted on being given n commission and got it without any J "training" by officers behind the lines, ' result of bis exploit He was a 1 sergeant when, leaving men of his J compnnj- H, Sixtieth Infantry. Pifth Division be wormed his way forward ( one day last September nnd wiped out i two machine-gun nests whuh were ' holding up his platoon's progress. He i killed three of four bodies. The other. who had surrendered, tried to pull a pistol, nnd was Mint abo. Elgenauer was twice wounded and fought on for eight hours, bleeding fioui the chest nnd leg. befoie he finally walked back to get fiist aid. lie ie fused an offer t go to officers' train ing school, eajiug that if his vvoik hud not earned n commission he did not want one Hn got Ins commission and citation at the same time. t Other Pcnnsjlvniiin ami New Jersin i soldiers distinguished tlicmsnlw. as I sfnted in General Pershing's cabled f communication as follows j, "Corporal llenjainin I). Klpern. Com-, j, pany E, Thirtieth Infantry, at Jnul- gonne, France, .lulv 2.1-20, l'MS, miI uuteered and carried messages under hazardous circumstances when who communication had heen entirely elo t stroyed by the intense shell fire! He . also rendered timelj aid in guiding pnr ', tics bringing up food and ammunition. (Home address, Mrs. Sarah Elpern (mother), 300 Ludwig street, Greens burg, Pa. "Private James Ackley, in action near Chateau-Thierry, Prance. June li, 1018, entn nffer Iia l.no l.enn nn!..f..ll.. -J , -. ...... -,II1IIUII,1 i wounded, remained on dutj during the t uttaclc. nerfnrmim? his mission ns im .1 ner, until ordered to the dressing stn- Tion uy ins coinninnuuig ouieer. Home address, Annie Ackley (mother), Siegel. 1 Pa. "Private, first class, Itussell, A. Brown, near St. Souplet, France, Oc tober IS, 101S, when the advance of his battalion was checked by heavy machine cun fire, Privnte Rrown, with two other (voldiers, went forward under heavy fire to xeconnoiter the enemy positions. Uv rrtlectlve rltie Dre they drove the guu- fers from two inacinue gun nests Into a dugout nearby, which they captured, to gether with thirty-five prisoners, in Vltietinr three officers. Next of kin S Cfcarle A. Ilrown (father). 44 Harri- VT . fva HCi-V wueiioivim, ,-,, u. I Airmen Hit Flagpole; Ono Dead Bloomlncton, 111., July 21. Ily A. JSP,) Michael T. Sero, of Chanute field, t'JUutoul, 'vyaa killed and lieutenant tUUm T.lade, also of Chanute 'XMti, was Injured when an airplane in ,rfcmt ther T? riding crashed into a M,tK)k in (be town of Fishtfr, ijear - mm.-1.; . A CLOTHING ON BRIDGE STARTS POLICE HUNT FOR WOMAN SUICIDE Schuylkill Is Searched All Day. Milliners May Identify Owner of Hat The police are puzzled as to the iden titv of a woman who is supposed to have leaped into the SihuvlkiU river from the Walnut street bridge after discarding her clothing. The clothing found upon the bridge yestenlav consisted of a picture lint, n pair of rubbers nnd n woman's tailor made coat The onlv clew lending to the possiMc Identification of the owner of the garment is tlm trademark of tho milliner, which Is that of the Putter son Milliner Shop. .rill2." Chester ave nue In the cont pocket wis found a small bag of almonds that had been pnr chased in a downtown store The m.Wcn was further complicated bv n fruitless twenty-hour search for the bodv bv the crew of the police boat Rcjhurn. Lieutenant .lames P,nr ty, in command of the police hoit, ex pressed the belief that the whole thing is a hoax Detectives nv they are working on the thenrj that the wnmin drove up near the eastern end of the bridge H a t.TUCah and after dismissing the chauffeur, made her wnj unnoticed In the centre of (lie bridge in the heavy nun. ami tumped into the rier The effects were discovered lev James T.oi le. u private watchman, who makes his headquarters at tin. l",f tconth and Locust streets police stn tion. lie ii. .titled (lie police of t lint distiiet. who in turn, informed Lieu tenant Unitv All da jcstrrrhiv the oicw of tl.e Io!it in n small launch giappled for the hnilv. Thei will re sume the sen rch toilnj . An iffoit will be made today bv de tectives to haxe clerks of the millini'ij store ldentifj the owner through their sales record. FAIL TO FIND LOST CHILD Ethel McCleave Still Missing From Home In Highland Park, N.'J. Mis .nines Ie( leave is piostrntc ill gri.f. ami Highland Paik. N. J lollstilcvci tin iivstern.lisilis.ippe.il- eld Lthel Me ("le.ive, for whoi.i a s 'Mi ii has b e c n c .ic 'noted since Suiiicl.iv night. The lake at Ili.'hl.ind Park wn ' .'gitod .igniu to cl iv w itlioiit nvnil. i imI authorities nic i c f tin opinion till c h I I c w.ls kill s-j n.ippetl The police of Philadelphia, Camden and (ilou- f sn Mf,iim 1.1 III t. Mec I f i: ci'ster have' been asked to join in the search Tin child's father ,s .lames McCleave. foreman of e.irpentcrs nt the lVniisvlvauia j.iid ot the Piimv Jones Cimp.iu.v. Gloucester Citv. (in Saturday afternoon Onutlj after I ." o't lock the child lift her home to attend a picnic. When she did not , i till n home bj 0 o'clock the patents became frightened and began a 'enroll. The mother of the child coll'ipsed shoitlv I.efore midnight. The posse It .11 ned that a woman saw n man talk ing to a child shortly after It o'clock and offering it inndj It is feared that slit hns been eat I loci off bv some one who was at tin picnic ITALIAN MACHINERY MARKET U. S. Agent Who Studied Needs to Tell Results Here Philadelphia manufacturers interested in the ui.i I ut t tor inipstii,i iiricliiuei J I in Itnl.v will have an oppoituuitv to e- cure first hand information cm that sub- I ieit from a trade commissioner of tin bureau of f rei'Mi ami domestic rnni- . 1 . -11 !. .1 t . M, merce. who win visn imis en .ugusi is and 111. He is V C Marshall. Mr. Mai shall has jut returneil from ltulv. vvhi'ie he made an et) ndeel stud.v of the subject. While in Philadelphia he will make bis heinlipiai ters at the eo -operative office s of the bureau of foteign and domestic commerce in the foieigti trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Marshall is eager to meet manufacturers of paper making textile, piinting. ship.vnrd. sugar, rope making, hoisting and onnvc.ving, refrig erating and wood-working machitierv unci machine tools. SEES WORLD DRY LEAGUE Doctor Tope, Anti-Saloon Leader. Makes Prediction Formation id a "Wot Id Anti Alco holic League, ' with hcadepiai tors at Washington, whose activities will sweep to the most remote parts of the globe, is lueelieted by the llev Dr. Homer W Tope, Philadelphia distuct sutler- , . i .i . t i 1. .),.,., lnnl- of (Ice A nti -Knlooo l.en'riie Doctor Tope spoke jesterday at the Seventh I'lilted Presbjtcnan Church. Prankfonl. "We wnnt a league of drj nations." said Doctor Tope, "tli.it the world may be safe. It never can be secure while its greatest foe, the saloon, remains. The 'Woild Anti-Alcoholic League,' with headquarters nt our national cap ital, will wage a vigorous campaign until this is ni complisheil." Doctor Tope said in part I have just returned from Ohio and' finil that most of the people are pleased with prohibition, nnd if the vote were taken todttj we would carry the state by 10(1.000. Mirny drinking men with whom I talked were gltiil the temptation hud been removed. The snme will be said of this state after a few months of pro hibition." BOYCOTT BAD SODA MEN City Health Chief Wants Public to Refuse to Buy Dr. Wllmer Krusen, director of pub lic health and charities, lias Issued the following statement on cleaning up the soda fountains : "One of the most effective wnys of obtaining prompt correction of insani tary conditions in places which manu facture soda wnter and use coal tar dyes in guise of natural fruit flavoring ex tracts is to platd the offenders on trial before the public. The loss of patronage which promptly results when the public learns that soda water and flavoring extracts are liurmful and prejudicial tcj health does more to bring about a cor rection pf conditions than would the Arrest and tine ot toe careless and un- dealer,"l. ' !? . iHs- V . Si, .. S' V-1A f-S f. ' New Corporation Will Take Ovor , Building Plant and Kerr Navigation Company FIVE SHARES FOR ONE I Details of the big merger bv which ' the business of the ("rump shipjnrd will I be absorbed bv the new.lv vrgnnicd American Ship and Commerce Cnrporn i tion hne been oflic iallv maclc public. A I statement snjs : "The new cmnpnni has been incor porated nuclei- the laws of Delaware with n oatutalintion (all of one class) of l.r.oo.tliiil shares or no par value. i Vot less than ,"1(10 0110 shares are to be .Immediateh swiiliciiti'd and offered for sale at S 1(1 a share The ompau will 'nccpiite not less thin n maioiitv of the capital stock of the William Cramp k cons ,nip niiil l.iiKine r.uilciing (oin panj . or oting tiust c eitificntcs there for. .10 1.000 shares being available for the immeclntc acquisition of the majoriy intciest nnd fui ther exilinnge of the remaining Cinmp shares or other cor pointe purposes ns nun be determined. the pnscnt basis being lue shares of new conipanj stock for e;u h share of Cinmp. The iciii.iiinng sli.ucs will be issti'tblo for tiiasuri pntposcs. "The company will also acquire a controlling inteirst in r.O.OOO tons ilcail Iweijht enpneitv ocean steamships of the new Keir Navigation Corpoi.ition, rep leseiiting a irc,ipit.ili7ation of the old xnnpniiv of the snnic mime, which com 'p-uiv will have outstiiiiilnig ,4. 000,000 t'liss A stock, i.u c.imnlcnt no iinr shares i, limited to 7 pot cent dividends unci cirrving no voting power unci $10, .".(KMiiio ("'ass li sto.k ioi equivalent no par shares! enirving voting power, of which latter stock the American Ship and Conimeice Corporation will own S7 00O oOO (or ccpiiv nlent no par Snres), cash being paid by the holding i company into the ticisinv of the Keir nipanj for that pmposc. Moyer Visits Penn Bank Under Guard ( ontlnurcl I'rom Peine One lulnies. nssrto and all. hnve been made I to (Soveinor Sproul, it is snid. Thein- ' tinticm. it was stated fnun first-hand isoiiiies. is to put the bank on its feet 'and operate it as an uptown branch of the centrnll.v located concern which is allowed to take it over If either of the offers proves aciiptable in every wnv and is closed with, the depositors will get eveiy cent of the moiie.v they have :.......... ... .i.e.. l , i. .. ..,.-, si eic i -e ii, us mis hi- ci., u;is 1 osii ui'll ' lit II II I ( 111 I .lit- ill L.,..!!.... I .1 t ) n ., .... In which banks which had been closed i I" ' '' ' -lllltllll I ll-l llll' . s in wire f.ikt n over bv other cone erns. While the turn f the banks that made the propositions were not revealeel line oilers nre unoiiest moee if is re polled. The president of one of the banks, hearing of the difficulties of the Ninth Penn, wired while he wins on "1 vacation to Governor Sproul re M'lesring nun in grant permission I take it over, it is said I T..ll .... . nt!.... ... .1. ........ :: ,t. r . 'in " (' "ii in .1 isi-iic.e ccc ICIK tilt- ' affairs of the bank nnd a complete e I iihinatinn of the oveienteiisinn of loans which caused the state authorities to close the bank on Fridnv morning, vvele piomiseel vosteTdnv bv Mr. Mover. No statement was made this morning as to wheie the monev which had caused what John S. I'isher. state com missioner of hanking, called "an over extension of loans, which made the hank unable to meet demands being made." had gone. P. G. Cameron, deputj bank commissioner, said, how ever, that there were quite n few big loans that could not be met. nnd that these were the ones which bad i.uisee) the difficulty. Will Take Few Dajs "It will take thri'c or four davs to' find out just what the exact status of the bank is," ,ucl Mr. Cameron. "We shall hive to get .Mr. Mojer anil ask mm to ten us all uiioiit the loans hi mad. The affiiis of the bank. Mr. Cam. eron said, have been under the sm jedUme of the state ever since Mr Fisher was appointed banking onnnis L.l ,11... r-., ... . I ' 1 Lings did not Ionic nil together as t lie v should " saiel Mr. Cameron When epiostinneil as to whv William T Gabell. n diieetnr of the bank was. emplnved about a year ago as a clerk in the I. .ink. Mr. Ciuneion nt tu-st s.-ml thit no pnrfii ulnr siiniilicnni'" was nt-i tin hed to the fact. When pressed fur ther, however, Mr. Cameron said thatl Mr Gabell had been emplojetl with a pill pose. I "Did j on not have some one to kceni ,n Ins k on Mr. Mojer?" Mr. Caiueiou was iiskeel "That was what Mr. Gabell was for, hul he failed in his task," was the I leplv. I" j Mr Pislier said that the investigation' of the bank up to the present tune had I disclosed nothing except that the monev , was tied up with loans bevoncl the reach of 0 bunk of the sie of the North Penn. A considerable sum of nicne which had been 111, the bank had been' taken out for safekeeping. Mr. I'isher said. LUXURY TAX RETURNS DUE . .. This Is Last Day and many Dea er: "' " " J J --.i. Are Slow is the Inst duv for making This is the Inst dav for making re turns to the gnvornmi nt of the liixurj ' tnx received since this new form of, federal levenue was instituted on May 1 Normally the tnx ntuins must be made within thiity days after the month for which they nie tabulated. How ever, according to I'phiann I.ederer. the forms not being rcadv. the depait nient has made an evteiision of nhotir twentv dnjs to file the icturns, nt the Sales Tax Division, l'uited States Itev- enue Office. 110 Mutual Life P.uildiug, 1001 Chestnut street Itestaurants serving ice cream with I meals are exempt from the pit) ment of , this tax, but are not permitted to serve portions of ice cream alone without any acconipun.ving food. One bundled mem bers of the fii'ltl force of the district of the internal revenue office met Satur day in the offices of Collector Lederer nnd were ordered to Investigate the, sales of ice cream in this district. The tax returns, Collector I.ederer snid, do not come up to the calculated estimate, and it is believed some dealers arc evading payment. Collector I.ederer suitl the total re ceipts from this new luxury tax from the time of its institution up to the first week in July lias amounted to approx imately $45,000. The greater part of this, he explained, was from the tax on jewelry. One City Man Wounded One Philadelphian is named in a casualty list containing a total of 03 names made public by the War' De partment today, lie is private James J. Sullivan. 2110 North Third street, He has been wounded, degree undeterr mitfed. i nn. , ,n tKht?L INJURED IN FALL J&F jr- . ?3IHfV JNHtSJv't Hl uPviiBiiH'B ' jCjBBiBiiKiiiKV a: sScjifcSUilitttaliWteto . iB- tlHliiiHKBMD'iiBl i tKtumKSBsTHyf . ' e?ioc .. 3tvv7?t3sdlOcSfijtSBdBbBHil Ell ''' '1 ' 'yMmMMmmSm c. ) K O ltoppe Hiipi ipcI l. I eilper Ptioto Service I,AI)Y DIANA COOI'KK While wateliing the Victory llrevviuks in Ixindnn from a roof slio fell through a glass shj light and broke her thigh. I.efore her marriage to Captain DulY Cooper she was I.ady Diana Manners, .she has been drsriibcd as tho most pliotngraphcd woman in Kngland SEVENTEEN-YEAR LOCUSTS "CUT CITY COLD" THIS YEAR r 7 " I f r uanasvapv Tiiracncr s vjjice Spray for the Slaughter, but Wary Peats, At hirst for Better Feeding Grounds, Didn't Pause Here Whj did the seventeen-jear locusts I steer clear of Philadelphia tins jearV The personnel of the landscape gnrdener's office. ( "it Hall, lias been been I this scratching its cogitating clonic over m.vsteiy ever since the month of June. 'fhe .seventeen -j ear locust were to hold t licit- convention here early in j locusts this jear would kill them. , June. u June 2(1 the weie expected I "Wisslnonnug Paik it's about forty '""tlmi'il Prom Taico One to drop their shells and begin their i-am- acres, at Porty-eighth ami Comly tions expired nt midnight last night, paign ngniiist tices in the scpiaies ind,st!cct has alwajs been a harbor fnrl"fter the lommissjon had sat all day parks of the eutv (locusts. This jear. there wasn't n Sunday, but additional time was grant- Hut not a .single locust showed its single one settled even there. j eel for the filing todnj upon appeals of fn(p I "Of ooiiiso. it's a tine thing thej.the Democrats. And the lauds) ape gardener's office 1...1 i..:.i ... .. t....-e,,,, wiinnU nf niseiMiie of lead for sprajing purposes. "There haMi't been one complaint MISSING SALOON MAN FOUND DEAD ON GRAVE Thomas Scully, Despondent Over Prohibition and Financial Loss, Called Victim of Worry Thomas Scully, a saloonkeeper, of 1070 Lancaster avenue, was found dead on a grave in Holv Cross Cemotcrv . Yendnn. He was fiftv three jears old. and had been absent fiom his home for nenrlv a week. Scullv had been de spondent for several weeks. There was no sign of violence upon the bodv, which was taken in charge bv the police of the Peach anil Media streets station house. The ilend man was discovered jesterdav bv one of the earetakers at the oemetorv. The police weie notified imme dialed). Ilusiness troubles are said bv the police of the Thil ty-ninth street nnd Loncnster avenue station house to have been the direct cause of Scull) 's death. When wartime piohihition became ef fective he vvorrietl considerably, it is said. Tt is also declared that a busi ness deal involving a large hotel at Wildvvond, which he purchased some five .vcars ago. worried him. Scully returned from u meeting of the Philadelphia Hetail Liquor Dealers" Association a weed; ago and shortly afterwnnl disappeared and was not seen again until his body was found jesterday. Mrs. Scullj, widow of the eleail man, declared today there was no reason why her husband should have woriied over the state of business in the saloon trade. He was in i dullness to open his saloon, she said, as soon as authoriza tion icne-hed him from the liquor deal ers' association. Her husband. Mrs. Si till) said, car ried a large sum of moue) about with him. He had sufficient uinuej to live upon if the saloon business was closed permunentlj ; she said. The investigation of the death of the saloonkeeper is largely in the hands of the police of Delaware couutv, where Holv Cross Cemrtery is situated. The West Philadelphia police are aidiug in tho inquirj . "SLIPPERY EDDIE" IN AGAIN Man Who Is Always Escaping "Held" on New Charge "Slippery Fddie" is in jail again. He must have lost his pep, for he has been in custody four successive days. The slippery one, whose regular nniiie lis Edwin II. Clark, and who burst into notoriety some months ago when he effected n sensational escape from the third floor of the Federal Iluihllng, where he was being held as a deserter fiom Camp Dlx. wus caught last Wednesday night, acccieling to the police of the Fourth nnd York streets station, in the act of forcing entrance to the Aineiieni. store at fiermantown avenue ami Ox ford street. He was held jesterday by Magisfrnto CoUello in ?2"i00 bail for court. Stranger Slays Farmer Vnlon, Conn., July 21. While seated in front of his home with his wife and children, Lory Wells, a farmer, vas shot and killed here yesterday bj a man, who,- walking down the road, suddenly unsfuDg a rifle and 9pem?d, Are,- i"1 iWkti vi-, eys ?iH-i:Lii22HmmM:tr THROUGH SKYLIGHT ir n I . , n . ' n auoa ratirnuy H'ltli t'oison Isold, because of the recent fuither from iinj see Hem of the citj," said reduction in the number of offices of the llariy Gehuian. of the landscape gar- 'emploj ment service. doner'-, office . The loe-usts settled nil! ni mind Philadelphia, but not in it. Wei were looking for a big fight, too. and I Iwe didn't plant unj saplings in the city last vear. because we feared the 'didn't come to Philadelphia, but it s a v crv nu7iing thing, too." It is suspected that prohibition may j have a little bit to do with it. SALE OF 1600 HOUSES U ,....,' ' icgisirniiein commission is ex S STARTS TODAY I I"""'1 ' d",,,p tnorrn whether the . o. o i ni i o i uuni ainos of Im,n nhn nr(i nnt nnUirilllml Homes Wore Built in Elmwood Section for Workers at Hog island Definite orders to sell the houses in the L-lmwood section built for Dog Island workers during the war bj tho government have been received from Washingttin by local officials of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Sale of the houses, which number about UiOO, will be starteil toda) Hog j Island woikers will be given preference, according to nnnniinccm,cnt by II. W. Wihnoth. a housing official of the Emergency fleet Corporation, who is in charge of the Hlmwood housing pro- jei't. Houses thnt are not purchased bj the workeis will be for snle to the public. The houses will be disposed ot tiv lows. Several weks ago it was anneiitneed that the houses were for sale. After a number of them hud been solel, the hous ing corporation nt Washington put a stop to the sale to consider plans to count, it is anticipated that a small prevent the houses from falling into the ' minority will show, as the supremacy of hands of real estate piofitrers. Renters the downtown representation in Coun will not be elispossessed in older to sclllcils still holds. Tomorrow is the daj an) of the houses. i which was set aside for personal ap- The initial pa) ment requi.nl will be I l",nrrInm;.1"' " !"1(anI'' , . 10 per cent of the value, and the hul- ' e "'" ll f" cmhraces vvar.ls .,, I !.. .i.i,. i)ii,,,is a i,...n''. 10, 11. 12. 1.1. H. Id and IS. Only Uliv: ill im, in, ii., .i.1.. ""i . imoitgage oi on per ceiu en me seiuug value will be taken at (1 per cent inter est. A second mortgage may be ob tained for the remainder of the sum, pa.vable in 1-S! monthly installments. In this city the fleet corporation con struotcd l.'iSJI houses, of whuh 1000 weie fitiishcd and occupied on .June 14. Work still is under way on 1 l.l houses, which will be completed August 1. He- sides these house's, the fleet olheinls i i.niinnndeorcd dl'.fl houses, all of which nie occupied ut present. v.ji unse, more than 300 have been bold. Frederick Montague, Actor, Dead New York, July 21. The death of ricderick Montague, n well-known ac tor on the American stage, occurred re cently in Los Angeles, Calif., according to information received here jesterday. Mr. Moutagui wns born in Fuglnnd fifty-two j ears ago. Shortly after a successful debut on the dramatic stage there he came to America nnd for many jears was" seen in repertoire and in support of the elder Keene. At the time of his death Mr. .Montague was wnrkiug ou n picturo for the Fox Film Corporation. His wife, known ns Mnurinc Has mussen before her marriage, is the girl whose great beauty wus immor talized by Harrison Fisher, famous painter of American women, when he termed her "slashingly haudsome." Transport Due Here July 25 Another troopship is due to arrive at this port July 2.1. The American steam- er Hauta Ilarbara, which brought troops to Philadelphia last month, left St. NaT-aire, France. July 12 with 1005 . Va,iiiiiwrv -n ' RED CROSS HELPING Dependents of 500,000 Service Men Get $6,636,760 Relief in 14 Months HOME BRANCH BIG AID Ily tho Associated Press Washington, .Inly 21. Ileports from ome service sections of American Ited Cross chapters throughout the country Indicate that more than fiOO.OOO l families of soldiers nnd sniiors still are being assisted financially and otherwise through these ngencies, it was an nounced jesterday at Hed Cross head quarters. The report showed that, In the last fourteen months, a total of $C,G30,7f0 has seen contributed to the financial relief of needy families of service men, while for n single month recently the amount reached $."00,0GO, this money being derived from membership dues and contributions to war funds. It was pointed out, however, that direct financial niil constitutes but a com parative! small part of home service, which concerns itself with the general welfare of families. "I'hn milnlier of (nmilinu n..l.t..l t... j - " " ........ ,.--3 in.-ciru u the Keel Cross home service at one time reached 700,000, it was said, the work being cnrrieel on by more thnn .10.000 home service vvoikers, 20.000 of whom were volunteers. Mote than 1800 per sons have been trained in Ited Cross home service institutes. Of the more thnn 11700 home service organizations created during the war, it is purposed, it was said, to continue many of them independently of the Hed Cross ns permanent social agencies in small communities where no such or ganisations now exist. The federal government service an nounced jesterday thnt assurances bad been received fiom the war camn serv- tee- e ice and the lVderal Council of Churches of Christ in America of continued co- operation m securing employment for discharged soldiers and sniiors through out the demobilization period. The co-operation was sought, it was fJti0f f1Jrv',o Tnl ,Li "' IslCl K S JOD Given, Penrose Man i E. T.. I, Itoaeh, of the committee ofi 'seventv. conferral vein. Tlicim. if..,.. I burn White todnj , and then announced thnt the committee would meet tomor row to eleciele whether any action will be taken on the 2000 individual strike off petitions already filed. i no icgistration loinmissinn but who have declared their intention I ot becoming citizens shall be stricken fiom the assessment lists. The Ite- publican city e'onimittep insists that the names be kept on the lists. Content with having gotten the omni- "" si leiicii-oui petition ot the com - littee of seventy ruled out by the new Registration Hoard, and believing that ,1'1,,''.,",ri?1,,Dlil'e'""", 'a T' Tr."1 the lirst district, the Kepublicnn citv fonunittrp will not make n particularly strenuous fight to ndil another represen- "" nn ine iinni uistuct. i ne law is, under tne new charter. that there shall be one councilman to each 'JO, 000 nssesscd voters, and one for each ndilitionnl number of more than ,t() per cent of L'0.000, i. e., 10,001 or more. The Third district wus, for a time, the Republican committee's "ace in the hole." Ilnd the fight against the omni bus "scratch out" failed, it was plan ned, so it was reported in political cir cles, to register enough ftceholders to bring the Third district up one. thus keeping the couucilmanic total at twen Itv - oue. Only Few Are Expected Of the thousands who might have come forward tomorrow to register on this ne- ',-1i.. ,.rt . . ... 1 t nnd 10 nre of any si?e. Twent) -eight thousand eligibles are now claimed, but it had been planned to produce from t."i00 to 2000 more if necessary. The fight by rival political organi sations over the selection of division registrars will begin duly 2(1 when the board of registration commissioners starts to hold hearings on petitions, Xo such u scramble for places as registrais has been witnessed in recent I get voters to serve ns registrars venrB, Formerly it was narei worn, to During the war it was almost im possible to get men to serve. Now the Republican city committee, Republican Alliance, Town Meeting party and Democratic city committee nil have applicants in the field. No Republican Alliance petitions were filed in the Eleventh, Twelfth nnd Nineteenth wards. These wards nre led by City Solicitor Connelly, Reg ister Sheelian and Senator Martin, re spectively. Failure to file petitions in these wards gave rise to reports that the Penrose forces were trying to dent the Vare machine by winning the three leaders away from the Vare forces. niCATIlH HMITII. July 2, r 2"iat the Tracy, 3flth and MAhOAnET TAYl-On (n uneninuL bib. jtteiiiueinDi i a i i.uil (nee Stuekert). wife of Charlee) V Smith. .Votlco ot funeral later. Fni.DSTEAN July 20, at Atlantic City. N J , SYtiVKSTllR. huaband of Helma. Felcli toan (nee Ixivvenateln). Duo notice of fu, neral will be liven. IAER. July IB. OKORGR SI , huaband of Marian V. Paer Itelatlvea and frleneta, also L'reacent Lodge, No. 4113, F, and A. M . Invited to funeral aervlcea, Tuea . 2 t. m at 5140 Havel ave. Int. private. Krlenela may rail Monday eve. KKRIOAN. At Wayne. Pa., July 18. 1919. MILDRED ANDERSON POST, wife of j.ieutenani a, -m, iteriKan, Jr.. and daughter ot Mr and Mr William Poat, Servlcea and Int. private at parents' real dnrA at convenience of the famllv VVEIDMANN. July 18. In New York rltyt HMII.tE. widow of Fred Weldmann. aged 06 jteiaiivvB iw .,,1-iiub invitea to. tunarai h rirrn.flftli'.fi 'i DELAWARE CONSTABLE HELD UNDER ARREST FOR SHOOTING CYCLIST Assault, With Murderous Intent, Charged After Philadol- phian Is Wounded Edward (lam, county constable at St. ficorgrs, Del., in under nrrest In Wil mington, Del,, on n charge of assault with Intent to commit murder. At n henrlng he was rclensed under $."000 bail for further hearing tomorrow morning. (Jam was nrrestcd by State Detective McCoy. The arrest was made on a warrant sworn out by Charles . (itiyer, secre tary of the Delaware Automobile Asso ciation upon the advice of Attorney General Ilcinhnrdt. The arrest is the outcome of the shooting of (ieorge Henle. of this city, by Constnble (Jam, nt St. Georges n week ago yesterday, when llenlo en deavored to drive away In his motor cycle from the officer after he had been arrested on a chnrge of speeding. The constable contends that Henle was driv ing his car nt tho rate of twenty-four miles an hour while the town of St. Georges sets the speed limit nt fifteen miles an hour. Henle, who resides nt .1231 Xorth Seventeenth street, Philadelphia, was accompanied by a young womnn, nnd he asked for a hearing nt once. While waiting for the magistrate to arrive, it is alleged, he drove off in his machine. Gam fired five times, he says, to frighten the man, but one bullet struck Henle In the hip. lie was brought to a hospital here for treatment. Henle will be able to leave the hospital this week. EVANGELIST OBSERVES CONVERT ANNIVERSARY Mrs. George Long Tells How Husband Predicted She Would Become His Wife "This is my tenth birthday as n Christian mnn,"-ssertesl (Ieorge Long, the evangelist, at n service commem orating that anniversary last evening in the Presbyterian tent. Twenty fourth nnd Heed street. Friends of the evangelist from all pnits of the city attended the exercises. More than 1000 peisons participated in the after noon nnd evening services. Mrs. Long, who vvns chiefly respon sible for her husband's conversion, told her story in the nfternoou. She visited the Wafer Street Mission with a friend, she said, nnd there met Mr. Long, who was in a wretched ph.vsical condition. "He said that when he saw- me sit ting in the visitors' section, he turned to n friend said said: 'Iludily, that girl is going to become my wife,' " Mrs. Long informed the audience. Mr. Long, nt the evening service, spoke on "The Lily nnd the Rose." "I became so low and vile that my former friends in vice would have nothing to do with me," he snitl. "T nine into this city on a freight train. For some weeks I slept on the floor in n whisky place on Callow hill street. I obtained a little money by panhandling on Mar ket street. Then, one night, the bar tender kicked me out and I drifted into the (lalilee Mission." A few years later Mr. Long founded the Inasimnih Mission. The Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Tomkins, the Rev. Dr. A. J. Rowland and other clergjineu sent letters congratulating the evangelist upon his nnuiversary. VALLEY TRACK WASHED OUT Mahanoy Division Hit by Cloudburst That Floods Weatherly Streets llazleton. Pa.. July 21. (Ily A. P.) Sections of the llazleton and Ma hanoy division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad were washed out jesterday afternoon between this city anil Weath erly when a cloudburst swept that sec tion. At Weatherly the streets were under from eighteen to twenty -four inches of water, a heavy rainfall earlier in the elny having filled drains anil streams. Several properties in the town were badly wrecked by the rush of water anil gardens nud streets were washed out. Traffic on the railroad was delajed three to four hours by the detours ne cessitated bj' the washouts. During the storm lightning struck a tank containing 72,000 gallons of oil at the Hudsuudnle station of the Tide water Pipeline Oil Company near Weatherly. causing a fire that resulted in a $30,000 loss. J . E CftPPWELL 8f . JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS FINE LAMPS Designed With Intelligent Regard To The Technical Requirements Of Lighting, Each Lamp Is A Practical As Well As An Artistic Asset in The Decoration OfTheModernApartment. rTHfeiirfnil iirVirw llr -iifrvnn. "r", : SCHUYLKILL FLOOD i WARNINGSSENT OUT. River Is Rising Rapidly at Read ing, Monacing Mill Prop erties on Banks CLEARING OUT BASEMENTS "Warn mill ownos along the lower Schuylkill river in Philadelphia to gunrd against flood." Thh was the message received by the police here today from the au thorities nt Reading, Pn., who declared the, Schuylkill river will soon reach the flood stage, unless the storms abate. The Rending authorities declared the river there is nearing the flood stage with every indication that it will reach a higher level. Mill owners immediately set their em ployes to removing thousands of dollars worth of goods stored in the basements of their plnnts along the Schuylkill. The Schuylkill nt noon today was thirty-eight inches above normal at Flat Rock Dam. Lock Tender. Winfield Giles declared the rivex had reached an almost unprecedented heighth for this time of the year. He was inclined to minimize, however, nny impending dan ger to factories along the river. "I think the lower Schu.vlkill will have to rise two feet higher before the mills will be in peril," he snid. lleavy rains of yesterday and today did considerable damage throughout the cif.v. Many creeks nre swollen, thousands of cellars are flooded, street cavclns and washouts are numerous and in several sections of the city water mains havo hurst. Automobiles and street enrs are hav ing all sorts of trouble ploughing through flooded streets. I'ven the wood blocks on Market street are buckling under the strain. At several points the blocks have sunk, causing huge pools of water to form. Street cave-ins, flooded cellars, e lajed trolley cars, broken water-pipes and telephone conduits are n few of the lesults of the steadv rain that has been falling here since Tuesday, St. Swlth in's day. The rainfall last night reach ed the unusual total of C..TT inches for Hie week, within a fraction of the rainfall for the entire month of July last year. Poultry Houses Flooded Fvcn ducks are victims of the storm. At one place near the Shtj -ninth street terminal several poultry houses were flooded and ducks and bens drowned. An artificial Niagnra Falls was cre ated by the storm nt the art museum site on the Parkway. Water poured over the rocky face of the stone bluff above which the home of the city's art treasures will appear some day. Considerable havoc was wrought along the Main Line towns. The tracks of the Philadelphia and Western and the Philadelphia and West Chester Traction Companies were deluged with water from sW to eighteen inches deep, and several crews were engaged in keeping the rondwa)s in repair. Train schedules were affected. Quantities of debris, sand nnd mud were washed upon the tracks to a depth of nenrly a foot in several places. Railroad Tracks Inundated The hollows at Oakmont, South Ardniore anil county line resembled a vast pond. At count', ime, directly in back of the Lower Merlon police sta tion, a lake of several feet in depth wns formed, affording children great bathing and rafting possibilities. Tlie country club nt Millbournc wns deluged nnd the clubhouse wns filled with several feet of water. Railroad tracks at Sixtj -ninth Street Terminal also were flooded. Scores of chickens, ducks nud other fowl were drowned when the wnter choked the henneries. Serious impairment of telephone serv ice wns reported by the Hell Telephone Compan.v. Many trolleys from Sixty ninth stteet were from five minutes to half an hour lnte as a result of the washouts and obstructions on the track. WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE That's Why Attendance at Swim ming Pools Dropped About 35,000 Folks had enough water in their own back jards lust week and didn't seem to see the need of frequenting the citj's swimming pools. That's why the attendance at the pools for the week ending July 10 dropped about .l.'.OOO from the attend ance of the week before. According to statistics, 212,028 men. women and children splashed in the bath houses last week. There were 41.302 men, 12.-i.IM boys. 12.4R2 women nnd 20,1)10 girls. The week before the total exceeded 2,"i0,000. ' s ., l . f T - W- "
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