RBSp"4 "l1iP'v yj"'tMpfi&. " wfvf s.p'Sfe'?' i-- ,-,B'f jKfAW9'r'? irassiftfpjfp R-wsnv i lx ' &?.;. lb u mr hi ' v ' SI EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919 ' V ' 5 i"! p , ., M r J m - u M Si KiffiBlL Iff kSIiiI IiiikIi Terminal Company, New York William lltnalMon, lltlmle & Corlrlt. Arctium "Turner for Concrete" The man who intrusts his building toYTurner can be sure that it will be well built, economi cally built and finished on time. TURNER Construction. Co 1713 Snnsom Street $190,149 AWARDED Total Amounts Sued for in Cam- den Courts Totals More Than $1,000,000 5 PER CENT WIN VERDICTS Damage awards made bv the Caiudeu courts since the first of the year to persons injured in railioad and tiolley accidents amount to 100,1-M).."."J. There were sixty-six awards by the Supreme and Circuit Courts and the Courts of Common Pleas. The total amounts sued for were more than ."51,000,000. The minority of the suits were brought ngalnst the 1'ennsjhnnia and Tlonilitiir Railroads and the- l'ublic Service Corporation. It is estimated by court officials that awards have been made in approximate 75 per cent of the cases. Of the $11)0.14!)..-;!, a di vision shows that the Supieme Court nvvnrded $09,102. the Circuit Court $32,830.03 nnd the Courts of Common Tleas ?38,101.o0. Lineman Gets $:!(.00e In one case n liiminan was aw aided $20,000 against the West .Jersey nnd Seashore Railroad Compan.v, a sub sidiary of the l'ennsjlvaniii sjstein. It was shown that the man had been in jured by falling fiom a height of twenty-live feet while making icpalrs to some of the coinpanj's ovethead work. The stand on vvhic.li he was working gave way. Suit was bi ought tor $50,000. Unusual testimonj in suppoit of heavy damages was biought out in tliei "case of Kmil Alverberg. a deep-sen diver, who MtM the l'ublic Service Cor poration for injuiies received during a trolley crash at the New York Ship building Company's plant last .lanuaiy. It was contended that with many ships of valuable cargo sunk dining the "nr to be salvaged, a diver could make a fortune, this, it was further contended, was denied the plaintiff. . Three awards were made to membeis ot one family in the case of Joseph Capaldo, driver of a bakery wagon, who together with his cousin Aljjert Ca paldo was thrown fiom his wugou when it was struck by n trolley car at Thirty-sixth and Federal stieets, last April. Joseph icceivecl $18,000, his father $500 and Albert $1200. Couple Get $1700 Mrs. Blanche llcuman, of Xew Yoik nnd formerly of Camden, wns given $1200 and her husband $300 for injuries sustained by Mrs. Heumau when a trunk fell from a baggage truck in one of the ferry houses of the Pennsyl vania Itotlroud Company. Cases on the calendar for the next tf'rrn of the Circuit Court, which be gins in September, show suits for dam ages totaling between three and four hundred thousand dollars to be biought up for hearing. Hit by Auto In Front of Home Maulln Kauffmnn, seventeen jeiui old, of Seventh street and Feiry nve nue, Camden, was run over by an auto truck today in front of his home. He was taken to the West Jersey Home-. i pathic Hospital, where he was found . to be suffering from contusions of the face and body and lacerations of the scalp. Joseph Vinson, of Ji.il J.ippin cott street, this city, was arrested, hut later released on his own recognizance. 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T - rjk, "; nVT 10 IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Four Persons Injured When Crowded Trolley Hits Truck MARINES ARE VICTIMS Four prions were injured today in n collision between n crowded trolley car and n lieavy motortruck in JelTcr son street, east of Seventeenth. Tn the last twentj-four hours two persons have been killed and ten Injured ns the lesult of auto accidents .Mrs. Marie I,. Hernardy. of 321 South Eleventh street, run down by a motor tniik owned by the Vare Contracting fltni. An iinlilmtlfleel man, stiuck bv an automobile in a collision at Third and Vine streets. Those injured today when a trolley and truck collided are: Mrs. Lulu Davis. tliirl -five yeais old, colored, of '-'018 Nidge avenue; cuts of the rijht foot and bruises of the legs. Mar Westall. foitj -three years old. of 1."20 North NMneteenth btreet: in- 1 ternal injuries. , Marv t'ronln. tneiit? -the years old. ,,' 272S West Thompson .ticet. cuts of I imp nriifi nna uuu.v. Kllwood Hartell, the motorman thirtv-one venrs old. 3108 North 'lwen' tv-eiglith street; fracture ot uie icn leg and shock. The accident occurred nt the inter section of Jefferson nnd vVillington streets, a small thoroughfare between Sixteenth nnd Seventeenth. It occurred about i) o'clock this morning. The driver of the truck was arrested. He is Harl J. Johnson, twenty-five venrs old. of 83," Locust avenue. Ger mnntovvn. lie is loloicd. Magistrate Grelis held him in S1000 bail for a further hearing today n week. He was ai rested by Patrolman Doughertj, of the Nineteenth nnd Oxford streets station. Hampered by Slippery Streets Accoiding to the police, tne tnuK,,f pioceeding south on vVillington street. , inn into Jefferson nt an excessive rate of speed. The driver apparently saw the trolley nppionchlng, but an attempt to stop the machine witli the brakes failed because of the slippery streets. The tiollcys do not stop nt Willington stiect. Johnson, the driver of the tiuik. attempted to turn east on Jeffer son in the same direc tion the trolley wns i mining. The wheels of the mn chine skidded, and the front of the truck clashed into the side of the trolley. Although virtually every window iu the tiolley wns hmnshed b.v the force of the collision.' whieji enved in the front and shle of the car. tlieie was little disonler. A i n-Ii made by the passengois for the doors was stopped by the conductor. The inlnii'd weie lemoved from the tiolley b.v other passengers, who were fmccd to lift the broken contiol box to free the motorman, who wns wedged under it. The injured were taken to the bos pita! iu the pntrol of the Nineteenth and Oxford streets station. Others injured were: Theodore Federvvltz, of -1012 Franklin stieet. Mrs. Anna Federvvitz, of 4012 North North Fianklin street. Mrs. SophU L'lilenberfier, of Ncitli Franklin street. 4050, Howard It. Lnbontc, n marine, of New Yoik. Joseph Thomas, a marine, of 1017 Chestnut streit. Frank Lies, n murine, of 1017 Chest nut street. Mrs. Iiernaidy. widow ot 11 r, Eugene P. Iteinarclv, and mother of Dr. Henry L. Hernardy , was fatally injured when struck b.v a motortruck nt Uroad and South streets yesterdav afternoon. She vvas sent to the Howard Hospital iu a passing automobile. She died last night. George Ilrown. of 742 Lombard street, driver of the tiuck, was arrested and will have a hearing today. Horn tn Paris Mis. Hernardy vvas born iu Paris seventy-two years ago. She is sur Sinn iu liip. vived by her son, Doctor Iternnrdy, and u ciuuKuivr, jxish x-.utriue .ci. iieriiurciy . The unidentified man died in the Hooscvelt Hospital last night after his I skull had been fractured When two automobiles collided at Third and Vine streets. i A truck driven by 'William Miles, of Phoeuixville, Pa., skidded while turn ing, the corner and ejrnshdel into a ma chine driven by John Clark, of (101 Wntkins street, Clark's truck vvas forced up on the sidewalk and struck the man. Both drivers were arrested who are doing similar work for L,uivt;si lift; tusurwivc iuics equipment of Automatic NewYork City i. i .J" . . jj :j.. rirp -' f ' TV -T-5 KVS.v jF ' ' "-3 MKl'TENANT J. V. KCTTI.K. V. S. M. C. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hutlle. of Glenside, l'a. Lieutenant Kuttle enlisted in the Leathernecks at the outbreak of the war. He sailed from Urest. France, July 2!, homevv.lid bound, and is exprvteil at Glenside today or tomorrow. Ills parents have planned a welcome home re ception. and will be ntiaigned foi a heiuing today . The dead man was about sixtv years old. He wns blind in the light eve. His bail nnd mustache were graj . On his left arm WCTc the tnttoocd letteis man t (Jioenhoiise for that purpose. I lice unit hie departments. P. -M. A., and underneath a pair of Thomas was found on the floor of "The coniinissloiii feels that to peimit Inspect bunds nnd nn nnchoi. The po- the ,.h (i1(. I1PXt ,inJ , nfter his two nnv organisation or boaul of u political lice of the Third stiect and I'airniount ' nssocintes had nbaiidoiied him. He was untiire, sucli as jour own. especinllv on avenue station believe the man was a' nroused and sent home, those who founilithc eve of an important municipal elec sailor. him believing he had been drunk nndtion, such ns now impends, to make a Kedeiwit, bis wife. Mis. I'hlen- ' Rom t0 soeI, 011 t,p door. ' Hst of citv emplojcs would be n viola bergcr, his wife's mother and three1 He collnvised as lie entered his liome, tion of their duties ns commissioneis mniincs were injured when two touring ,,, vvas sent to the Krankford Hospital. I under 'he restrictions recentlv enncted cms unshed in a liend-on collision yes- Tiip,,, jt as fom that in addition to I by Legislature " terclnj afternoon on the Noithenst tn(1 rpM,its nf the beating, be was Mif- j Itoulevarcl. They were taken to St. f(,rln(? from M1cr(1 illt(.,nal disorcleis WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Luke's Hospital for tieatment. ' that are evpei teil to result in his death. Lnllonte. ilnvei of the marine car. was held iiucler MOO bail and allowed, ... .!.... i.i i,..,wi t.v Mniriuiiiitp l vu kibii un "". .' ,.- - Pcnnoik in his otlicc lit ."i(!00 German- town avenue, todn.v, lor a lurinci neni - ing nt City Hall on Friclaj. Mrs. Mullenberger is said to be cuf- . , fmctuied skull nnd in Uirim, injllli(k a.is- ijCiwitz bns a fraitured skull and biuises of the body. Lee is siifleiing from a fraitured collar bone. Thomas sustained general biuis- I os. Lnbontc, who wns driving the I mniiiies cm, was nriesieu oy me po lice of the Iirnnehtown station after his injuiies were diesscd nt the hospi- ImI. Witnesses sav the accident oc r,.na l.i, n lni,r,. i, mi in,, ,-n t- .mini by the I'lilted States marine corps, tiav cling noithenst on the boulevard. crashed into a smnller vehicle, which vvas coming toward the city, when, it attempted to turn into Ninth street. The windshields of both miiihines were shatteied. HONORS TO SOLDIERS HERE Army Officers Receive Croix Guerre and D. S. C. Cross Two decointions for Ameiican sol diers hnve leached the nrmv reuniting station heie. The Croix ele Guerre, with the gold star, was received for Captain Felward J. Mechlin, Company D, lOflth Infantry, of liKFi Ilidge nvenue. I The citation showed that Captain Median, while leading his company, had heen seriously wounded, but that he had I -.....! ,.-. rnlliiiiiilsli bid imiiiiinn,! ,li.... ing the day anil had lemained in action at the bead of his men until night. The decoration will be deliveied to Captain Median todav. I A Distinguished Seivicc Cross wns 'ieceivel for Sergeant Fiancin J. Con- I iiollv. Company G. .'mist Ilnttalinn I Tank Coips, who lives nt ( onshohocken. I citation ntcampaiiifjijatlic decora Army Worms Invade Jersey Egg Harbor, X. J.. Aug. 0. Army l worms in immense hoides are doing tre mendous damage on farms in this vi cinity. County Agricultural Agent Musn and expel ts from the state cx- ,,eriment station aie co-operating with .. .1! ! .. Jttl,.. n .1 1.111 n, n formers in ciiiririiic cuicues anu Kilt - jng tne )PSts with coal oil. tion. - trf T'l-.r. wn.l iv-lvsl Entirely new and mWI tA 1 Oery striking J hi if I r Os. 11 QUR confidence in the merit iJjiinhc V I f our clthing this sea- 1 J i$IiU&s y, iii!J(KsJI HI son is fully endorsed by the 1 1 X Jrf nTDIiniTTTS, !ll!l'!i!!iIMW'll!1 7f 1 splendid volume of business 1 lmuSBfBHwf J which we are receiving. ' I III Vt IHl JEtinntlM tf IS Never in our long history have we had 1 L linfllLli, ' -- " fl ur c'thing sells readily,sells freely. Jpll 1 T y n sells largely, because the styles, quali- H De LliXe Katent l ties, tailoring and prices are right. R Satin Kid 1111 Suits of the Sunerior Sort. I "Delmai" value again is foremost! These extremely dressy pumps with long, taper ing, narrow vamps are not to be duplicated in any store at our recognized low price. The New Second-Floor Shop ietHar&Compamj lZUCftestmir 'drvqet s t I1- , , ii "m ,"., "t yS WPgi''''''''''''ir!! 1 If ft, , Mi ",. . L ONE DYING IN FIGHT AT CLUB; ONE ED Patrolman Suspended for Part He Is Said to Have Played in Affair VICTIM GOES UNDER KNIFE A iiinn is dying the l'lnnkfonl Hnsnltnl ns the result of n tight in the Young Republican Club, Krankford ave nue near Overinglon stieel. A patrolman has been suspended for the part he Is snld to have taken in the nffnir. Another man lias been held without ball, William Thomas, forty five years old, -1S10 (!iicom street, made n statement to Magistrate Costello, in which he ac cused Robert (ireenhoise, of TucKn wanna street near Orthodox, of the ac tual deed that resulted in severe in juries to Thomas, and I'ntrolmnn Wil- Mum IliiMineii of participation in the affair. The three men nie said to have taken part in a "pnrt.v" in the c lubrooms last r ruins night nnd to have stnvecf all, night. All tin po vveie drunk, accoiding 1 to Thonini. In his statement Thomas told Mng- istinte Costello that although' he had been di unk he i learlv recalled all that had linppenfd Greenhouse nnd Dren i1(. flrst ,,.at i,;,,,, he said, and then nhuscil him uitli Drmuien's club, which, ) Bniil. was hut i owed from the patrol- ,,(1 ufls lrrntP, upon on Monday . , ( b j . u)n(1ti011 wa, so ser'ous . ... ..i! .. - inst nigiil i lint tne pnjsiciuiii ,. j- ' llll)m.(i Mugisti.ite Costello to get a lat -tntiMnent from Thomas Greenhouse was arrested after Thomas's relatives notified the police, and was held without bail. The police s.iv Gteenhouse made a confession today which corrobntes the dying man's statement taken mst night. Diennen. whose home is nt 11)24 Margaret stieet, was held under S1300 ball bv Magistrate Costello iu the Friinktonl station today for n luitnei hearing Friday. Diennen was not implicated uiilil Tlioiiuis made bis statement last night lie was suspencieii ininieeuuieiy oy i.im- temiiit Huster. iLnxuML nihmiinil twitnlinlF tlfinilt 111 O I'll'IIUVII MV.IIIC 1' Cl ll"l'illv,l w.t ... .. I l. . I...L IT., -t.,.,. .. In.n I' 111 ' . "V -.is... ii..ii..,.i !., .. .,....( ,,rrol ITo uns niiestcelniidconvicteel, but later secured I n new tiinl and was dischaigeel. Holland' il.lllillMI ", T..1.. ii ii... . . i. -.. .-.- iocowicmI. MARINE PARADE HOPE ENDS Commandant Barnett Formally An nounces Men Will Not March Major General George Harnett, com mandant of the marine corps, has for mally announced there will be no pa rnde of marines in this city. "I am very soiry that a parade can not be arranged in Philadelphia," said General Hainett, "because we have al ways counted Philadelphia ns rather the IliaiiUeS home ; not only this, but my persona', associations in Philadelphia during my four-year tourtif duty theic were so delightful that I always have a soft spot in my heart for the city, and I am sure that you will Know tnat nothing would please me better than to see n marine parade there." rnele of marine in this city. I 1 k If "O I Automobile Glass collection f stcriir, j ,y w!X. '..ri'".!; i Silver America,. f piHie Klaas and fnmous fiifiln j ijinM shllo you wlt. V J, 326 N. Broad St. l I U store iiosea saturaays uunng iiugusi We L2A TIHil J- . t- A.i ,i-SHis- , ir-m, Z . t r' THr ., ... (- sme. vj. " ji . ! J i2ns : ! -1 I'Mj-ly AdkiVJiA ,. p . .. t . 'tM. liiTifiiiiir - ilBflMfi' -1 i -" -1 fit. - -iiTa-r hifrr-"fri-n x'f timiiaiii.'n r-trinii CIVIL SERVICE LIST IS DENIED 70' BODY Commission Bases Stand on New Charter, Which Restricts Political Activity The Civil Service Commission todn.v established precedeut by refusing to give the committee of seveut.v n list of the names, irsidenccs nnd distrii t assign ments of policemen and tlremen of the .cits. It based it refusal on the conviction that to give nnv political organization, on the eve of a municipal election, n list of citv employes vvhith might he used for campaign purposes, would be n violation of ilutj The letter i pi eived b.v the commission, and signed bv IMwnrel I.. D. Roach, chairman of the committee of seveut.v .! asked for the piivllege of correcting Its iccord of the names, residences and dis trkt assignments of police and tiiemen hi eomnnrUnri nidi tin. rntnr l.nni In- the commissioners. The replv of the commission, signed b.v the secretnr.v, William If. Kt elder, advised that the committee obtain the .. ' a.......... .if .1... tt ... . .. e it. .t.,;.. ... ... 'l'1 '" un cc-puriinem ch iiiunr n.lie- i.v . 111 part i lie commission s comniuiii cation states : "The reient c barter enacted on June 2.", the c ml set vice portion of which be came effei tne July 2.", was passed b.v the l.egisiatme anil signed b.v the Gov ci nor for 'he purpose of eliminating citv em p'lojcs from nnv connection with iiollti cnl organization, and especinll.v the po , Camden ' ,....., , rerry Dressmaker Walks Off Service Man Rescuer Passengers had just loft the ferryboat I Hnininoiiton late yesterday nfteinoon at It lie loot of .Mnihet street. camucu, when a woman dressed in black silk who1 had been on t lie boat walked leisurely up the bridge of the feirv slip and sud denlv turned to the end of the wharf j Then she walked overboard. Hmrv Metzler. iccently returned from France, was about to enter the ferry bridge nt j the time anil he climbed down n ladder iust in time to catch the woman's diess as she was about to sink. Deckhands hunieei to his assistance and carried the i wonin to a npnru aitinK room. ( ' The womnn wns taken to the Cooper I Hospital, where hei condition wns said f to he senous The woman desciibed herself ns Annie Kgan, twenty-five years old. "n chessmnker. of Camden. It wns stated Miss hgan had been under the care of a physician for nervousness for some time. I' Stationer a jb Place- Special Orders & Silver noA ( insure Fall deliverer 11 m to '' 75 111 II Tropical Weights. $15 to $45 1 H 1424-1426 Chestnut Street Si T Additional Warrants Expected to Be Served Today New Warnings Issued TWO HOTELS ARE ACCUSED Additional warrants for the arrest of saloonkeepers will pinhabh be serceil todnj. aicoidiiig to It. C Claik. special agent of the Depart ment of Justice, in charge of the licpioi investigations here N'o arrests weie made vesterday, but one snloonkecper, the hist to sub- j mil evidence against himself, took n pint of beer to the Department of .fustic e, nccompnn.viiig it with a svvoiu state ment to the effect that It was n Itiue -ample of beer being sold at his I I'I'K e of business The man is I'ntilck Slonu, Sec olid street hike and lOiicy sticet. I ot ( li.ise A (onfcruice between Assistntit I'nit eil States Attninev Walnut. Agent Clai and Neil llounei . president of the 1'hilndelpliia Itilnil Liipior Dealcis' Association, is ivpntpcl to take place todin fin further i.isuission of the luiiiol piiisecutions A special investigation is being nriile Uj tlic !) pnrtim ut of Justice, based on ( hinges that seveuil saloons inn! res- tunniiits an- selling liquors containing n high pen ullage of alcohol to custom eis vvhii are known to pioprictois of the places These ell inks an said to be sole! under false titles, gingi i ale. for instance, be ing the ginger ale highball with nil the "kiik" of the old fiisliioneel kind. Two prominent hotels me said to have been named in c oiini-i tion with this duugc. Mr. Walnut again hounded a wmn ing against the sale or use of meilli at preparations as n substitute for 1iiunrs. He said that vvheie the c ire umstances showed the picpnriiticms nic being sole! foi othei than theii legulail.v pi escribed uses, ptoses utieiii would be made MOTOR TRUCK AGENCY OPPORTUNITY The reluming whvp of trurK pur chRflnB b the hunlneics public nf-fri-K ununuat profits to dealers Th PhllmlelphlH Vffeney for our most exceptional trucks Is open We In die Inquiries from business men Onl modest cnpItHl required Address V IS, I.KDGKR (IFl'ICt!. Extra large Night Shirts and Pajamas. YourB for Service gS&fopi 'tftfl , " . r . urnrL. 1 1 llth and Chestnut I i ii i miii y Their Values at their Original Prices make this PERRY'S REDUCTION SALE of Spring and Summer Suits the place for men what is back of The Point is $65 Suits $.60 Suits $55 Suits $50 Suits $45 Suits $40 Suits $35 Suits $30 Suits $25 Suits l We bought our fabrics right and saved a dollar when we could. We marked their selling prices right and have had plenty of testimony besides our own knowledge that they had the edge on anything like them anywhere else. Of course, we're talking of GOOD all-wool clothes with workmanship in them. We're not able to replace them with equal quality that will sell next season for so little money! f So you can just guide yourself by those facts if you are thinking of getting a Suit a GOOD Suit of Clothes! Starting This Morning Special Close-Out Reduction Prices on Broken Lots of Perry Tropical Clothes Palm Beach Suits. $8, $13.50, $15 BreezweveSuits$10, $13,50, $15 Mohair Suits. . . $10, $12, $13.50 Flannel Suits$16.50,$18, $22.50 Sport Coats $6, $7, $8 These are Big Bargains! Their prices next season will be twice as much as they are now! It will pay you to buy two or three of them and store them away! CLOSED PERRY & CO. "N. B. T." 16th and Chestnut Sts. A. rsf "iiitt fst V who want to know printed figures! that Perry are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! are Reduced! AT 5 P. M. 1 : t3 y' e & 4h nm sr .-j l 1 Kl !I If! 4 .. ' f i t i h -9H 'Si .nl fcl . ?1 f. -W
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