WW"" "' "9"- M-"v- TMf'-s-'Wrwr ' v"rr!'f,i"?'t!i J --ft ' & wwinanHBaar t v HeNHHHraaMw7 jti ' f' : " "PrJS' - "u - EVENING PUBLIC . LEDGER- IHILADELHI A, FRIDAY, AUGtJS 8, 1919 V- f- i I . H Hire s j carbonated inbottles .' tor the horn rfN EVER let the pure and whole some Hires be miss ing from your ice box. Hires made from 16 roots, barks, herbs and berries. Nature's own drink. In pint bottles, or by the case at your dealer's. Also es Ginger Ale The Finest Ever HiJ J9DUL WDIM ORE OF Wilhelmlna C. Jaggard Credited With Being One of Charles Wilson's Spouses "RELIGIOUS WOOING" TOLD Ill'S 8 ItS A young woman in this city Wil helmlna C. Jaggard is credited with being one of tha eight wives ot Charles Hugh Wilson, of Barnesville, Mo., known as "the most married man In the world." Wilson will bo brought to New York to answer bigamy charges. "Religious Wooer" Ho has como to bo known as the "re ligious wooer," because of nlways se lecting his wife from church circles and courtship by means of frequent , quotations from the scriptures. The man who married Wilhelmlna Jaggard was known as J. Henry Davis " and said ho lived at the Central branch of the Y. M. 0. A., 1421 Arch street. There it was said today that Davis might have had a room for a time in the Y. M. C. A. building, but that he was not remembered now. Records of the Marriage License Bu reau show that Davis took out a li cense on August 28, 1015, and was married on tho same day to Mrs. Jag gard by the Rev. M. F. Dunstrcy, of St. Luke's Reformed Church. When he got tho license Davis said he was a salesman, born in Missouri on April 12, 1875, and that he had never been married before. His par ents, Henry Davis and Eva Braincrd Davis, ho said, wero dead. Born Fourth of July Mrs. Jaggard, when the license was obtained, said she was born on July 4, 1884, and that she lived in Myrtlewood .street near Master. She was a widow, her husband having died on September 2, 1014, a little less than a year be fore. She was doing housework at the time tho marriage license was taken out. When Mrs. Jaggard married Davis she was living at the home of Mrs. Hen rietta Bakof, who said today that Mrs Jaggard was deserted soon after she became Davis s wife. Davis, Mrs. Bakof said, took Mrs. , Jaggard to Pittsburgh and lived with Jher until Thanksgiving Day, 1015, when he sent her back to Philadelphia, ex plaining that he would follow and take her to New iork to live. But he did not reappear at the house, and Mrs 'Jaggard, as she was still called, found a position as saleswoman in a store In February, 1016, Mrs. Jaggard learned, according to Mrs. Bakof, that - .Davis was in Philadelphia, and had him arrested on a charge of desertion and nonsupport. So far as Mrs. Bakof 'knows, the case was never brought to trial. Davis left Philadelphia without taking the woman he married with him i. Mrs. Jaggard continued to board with Mrs. Bakof for a time; then moved away. Mrs. Bakof does not know where Mrs. Jaggard is now living. Wilson Is a son of a Canadian mln inter. He was born in Barnesville, Mo., forty-eight years ago. Names of the young women he has .married, with the dates and places Wilson gives as follows: Elizabeth May Stanton, Davenport, la., January 22, 1000. Mary L. Bailey, Lynchburg, Va., jrt'July 18, 1008. Ethel a Moore, Huntsville, Ala., 7 March 20, 1000. Louise F. Davis, Detroit, August 20, 1018. Frances Davis, Pittsburgh, October 24, 1014. Katherine Morrison, Mount Vernon. ' N. Y., July 7, 1015. Wilhelmlna 0. Jaggard, Philadel phia, August 28, 1015. Fay Zaff, New York city, November .13, 1010. Every woman Wilson married, how ever, did not become Mrs. Wilson. ' Among his aliases, 'some of which he married under, are Carl Wilson Hughes, Edwin C. Moore, James Henry Davis and W. C. Hugbson, Serving Time for Larceny All his wives are living and more than half of the hymenial octette are expected to face him when he appears before Judge Wadhams in General Ses sions in New York. Information has reached the New York authorities from Waupun, Wis., where Wilson is serv lng a two-year term for grand larceny, that he will base his plea for mercy on the ground that he has reformed and Intends to become a blessing to men," and that, having been a temporary hus band to so many women, he has suffered t enough, anyhow, Wilson's religious turn of mind Is shown in the following excerpts from his letter to the New York police : "I have laid my life on God's altar, and He has given me a new heart. My prayer for months has been that I might become a channel of blessing to men. The Holy Ghost is doing the rest, to -which not a few in Wampun are living witnesses," It was explained that the reference to persons In Wampun is based on bis organization and conduct of a Bible telua in the prison, which also was at 'fended by tk number of resident ot the BOY OF DICKS Funeral of Philadolphian Who Rose From Poverty to Million aire Set for Tomorrow MADE HIS FORTUNE IN GAS The body of J. Edward Addieks, once a PhiladcIpMa otlicc ooy, who made millions through operations In gas companies, and who died in compara tive poverty yesterday in New York, will be brought to this city today. In terment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery tomorrow. Mr. Addlcks was born in Philadel phia. Up to a decade ago he was one of the most widely known men in finance and politics in the country. He once served a jail sentenco for debt. Heart failure is said to have caused his death, which occurred in a private sanatorium in New York. He had been ill a month. . Ran for Senate The most famous of Mr. Addlcks's gas company deals, out of which he made $4,000,000, was the Bay State pas Company. Later, in his thirteen years of effort to be elected to a seat In the United States Senate, he became known as the man who bought n state." He sought election from Dela ware. His millions enabled him to build up a personal political machino which made some of the most fantastic history in the political life of Delaware. Mr. Addicks was born about fifty-five years ago and was graduated from the high school at the age of fifteen years. He then become a drygoods clerk and later was employed in the store ot Levi Knowles, a prominent flour merchant. In a few years he was successfully es tablished in business for himself. In 1877 he moved to Claymont, Del., where he interctcd himself in the manufacture of water gar and became an expert in the manufacture of gas generating plants. He became known as Gas Addicks. While a successful man of affairs, he always found time to take an active interest in politics and soon after his removal to Delaware he became a leader in the Republican party of that state. He sought to succeed EH Saulsbury in tho United States Senate, but the nomination in January, 18S0 went to Anthony Higgins. Beaten By Judge Gray In 1802 he again began a vigorous campaign looking to his election to the Senate but former Judge George Gray, Democrat, was elected. Another unsuc cessful attempt was made by him In 1804, when Mr. Higgins's term was about to expire, but after a deadlock, Colonel Henry a du Pont was declared elected, although not admitted to the Senate. A split in the party into two factions ensued tho Union nnd Regu lar Republicans. Each put a ticket in the field in 1800, with the result that Richard It. Kenney, Democrat, went to the Senate. In SOS Addicks mnde another at tempt for the Senate, but thero was another deadlock, lasting till the ad journment of the Legislature in March, 1800. In 1007 he was living in a dingy, se cluded flat in Hoboken, where process servers sought bim. Accusations that he had tried to "hypnotize" his Hoboken landlady out of her fortune brought reporters to Philadelphia after Addicks about this time from New lork. Addicks married as his first wife the eldest daughter of Washington Butcher. One daughter was born to them. Miss Florence Addicks, who later became estranged from him. Mrs, Rosalie Butcher Addicks, his second wife, was his first wife's sister-. She sued him for divorce, naming her former friend, Mrs. Ida Carr Wilson, a widow, as corespondept. Addicks was determined to clear Mrs. Wilson, and spent twenty-nine months in the effort, defeating Mrs. Addicks' efforts to gain a divorce. Later Mrs. Addicks was given a sum of money and again sued for divorce on the grounds of desertion. This suit was successful and Addicks married for a third time, this time taking Mrs. Wil son as his bride. Trains to Run Despite Strike Strike of the New Haven Railroad's shopmen, It was announced today, will not Interrupt express train service to New England. The Bar Harbor express will run regularly from Washington to' Bar Harbor, Maine, and other New England resort cities. The Federal and the Colonial express trains will also run regularly from Washington to Boston. Try Fireworks to Win Recruits A novel method of obtaining 'recruits for the United States army will be adopted tonight by the recruiting au thorities in this city when a series of fireworks will be set off at Woodside Park, which will Illustrate the method used by the American Expeditionary Forces in the European war. UNITED STATES GRAIN CORPORATION WILL SELL FLOUR TO WHOLESALERS AND JOBBERS The United States Grain Corporation is prepared to divert from its flour purchases and to sell and deliver to wholesalers and Jobbers straight wheat flour in 1401b juto sacks, basis $10.25 per barrel delivered In carload lots on track in territory east of to Illinois and Indiana Line, and east of the Mississippi River from Cairo to the Gulf. Wholesalers and jobbers in purchasing flour from tho United States Grain Corporation must' guarantee not to sell at more than 76c per barrel additional, and tho wholesaler and jobber in turn must require a guarantee that the retailer will not sell at more than $1.25 per barrel over the wholesaler's price, In original packages, and at a price not higher than 7c a pound for broken packages of any size. All applications originating iu New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and the lower peninsula of Michigan must be sent to the undersigned. UNITED STATES GRAIN CORPORATION H. D. IRWIN, 2nd Vice President 272 Bourse, Philadelphia, Pa. H V V- JsHi ROBERT J. KEEGAN Recently appointed Census super lsor for the Philadelphia district. He Is awaiting offlclal announce ment of his appointment to begin work in preparation for the 1020 census. His home Is 1443 Cayuga street U. S. FOOD INQUIRY ON COLD STORAGE Enormous Amount of Supplies Held in Warehouses Causes Prices to Soar SEE LARGE INCREASES Cold-storage warehouses are to be a starting point of the federal govern ment's investigation of high food prices. Warehouse data from the country at large shows that there is a vastly great er quantity of food in storage this year, on the whole, than there was a year ago, In spite of an increased food reserve, as Indicated by the warehouse figures, prices are higher than ever before. A conference was held today between Assistant United States Attorney Ernst Harvey and Todd Daniel, head of the local Department of Justice, to discuss tho methods to be followed in making the investigations. One of the first moves, according to Mr. Harvey, will be that of running down evidence submitted to the federal authorities from several, sources. When thi'idata is in hand the goverr.rcent will take action. Where hoarded goods are found, the goods themselves may be li beled or criminal prosecutions started, or both. Though tho excess of foods held In cold storage throughout the country is by far greater than it was a year ago, this is true to a less extent in Philadel phia, as shown by the reports of the bureau of markets maintaiued here by the United States Department of Ag riculture. Tho amounts here are in excess of last year, but not to so large a degree as in some other cities, notably Chicago, where exists the heaviest con centration of foods. Butter figures for Philadelphia are Interesting, with butter bringing its present high prices. Current storage figures show" that there are more than G8,.r)00 tubs of butter stored here. This is .1000 tubs more than last year at the same time. Comparative figures show that Chi cago leads the country in the quantity of butter stored. There arc in all 483, 20S tubs in storage iu Chicago. This exceeds the quantity stored a year ago bj 208,000 tubs. New York's excess is not large 00,000 tubs more than last year with a total of 405,665 tubs in storage. In Boston the excess is 50,000 tubs, with a total of 205,305. Philadelphians cat a little more than 4000 cases of eggs every day there are thirty dozen to the case. The eggs stored in Philadelphia cold storage warehouses total 287,065 cases, an excess of 29,800 cases over last year for this time. Chicago Again Leads In Chicago likewise egg storage runs away over last year's figures. There Ihc total number of cases ot eggs in cold storage this year is 1,871,725, which Is 348,600 cases more than they had a j ear ago. Egg storage in Boston comes to a total of 404,212 case3, which is 8000 cases more than a year ago. New York has a heavy egg storage a total of 1,210,630 cases. This exceeds the number of cases stored at this time last year by 223,000. Philadelphia stores less quantities I than other cities, it Is said, because of the dtastic nature of the cold storage laws in Pennsylvania. I 8 MIEN 6 Alleged Violators of Wartime Prohibition Held in $1000 and $500 Bail ONE SOLD WHISKY, CHARGE Eight more proprietors and six bar tenders were arrested today on a charge of violation of the wartime prohibition act. The proprietors were held in $1000 hall and the bartenders in ?,"00 bail. All waived their hearings. They are : i John MoMcnamin, Twenty-third street and Fairmount avenue, nnd his onricncier, iiaipn .ucuennniin. I Daniel Cochran, Twenty -seventh nnil t Illrown streets, and his bartender, James Iloouey. ' Jolin I,. Aker, fitteentli street . nun j uiuge avenue, ana ins oaricrucr, rreu. , ". r..!... c,......, .., ! .Hilt llll lU'St OUlVtlUU BlllTl IIIIU I Ridge avenue, and his bartender, Jamw . Dnnlont-v ln.!..t' TnC!l.n. Vln.l..H,l. nn.l Parrlsh streets.'and his bartender, Mark Brown. Peter Mikonis, Sixteenth and AVood streets, and his bartender, Ignatz Ial- kauslas. Fred. Seifert, Twenty-third and As- pen streets. Michael Kraus. Twentv-fourth street , and Ridge aeuue. Krause was arrested agents of the I Thomas Yardley, Jr., was educated Department of Justice on n charge of1 at Haverfnrd School and Haverford selling whisky. He was later arraigned College. He was well known in Wayne, before United States Commissioner i where he lived for many years. Manley, in the Federal Building and! tj0 i, survived by his wife. Louise held under $1000 bail for further hear- i u fjpi,i, by two sisters. Miss leather ing on August 13. jnc n0,J 'mi Mrs. Cahrlcs N. Buck, Requests have been made to Wash- nn(1 onc brother, the Rev. Elliot Field, ington by the local Department of Jus- pastor 0 tlc Bolton Presbyterian ticc for additional men to aid in the i,,,-, i, ri,.ion,1 I U.l , I .. -11 .1 i:uiuiiiiiu ut'iiiK wngeu ngainsi itiiccu violators of the wartime prohibition law. Todd Daniel, in charge of the local office of the Department of Justice, said the need of ndditionnl men has increased through the government's arrangement to have the Department of Justice take charge of that work. Several agents from Washington were' sent here recently to aid In getting evi- ocme against saioonKcepers. n. u Clark, in charge of the liquor prosecu tions said hc has a force of sixteen men now but with the increased work, will need several more. NEWSBOY ACCUSES OFFICER Lad Says Navy Man Hit Him for Eagerness to Sell Thomas Dolan, 1514 South Broad street, a petty officer of the Philadel phia Navy Yard, was arrested by the police of the Twenty-sixth and York streets police station on a charge of having hit a newsboy on the head. The newsie. Morris Lazarowitz, twelve years old, 202 Arizona street, offered the man an afternoon paper for sale at Thirty-third and Dauphin streets. It seeihs, the police say, that Morris, eager to dispose of his wares, was in sistent and the petty officer, angered, struck him on the head, hurting the boy badly. 22 BIBLE SCHOOLS CLOSE Commencement Exercises Mark End of Summer Sessions Commencement exercises today mark ed the close of twenty-two of the ninety-seven D.iily Vacation Bible Schools of the city. Verses, learned by the children during the summer sessions, singing, nnd tableaux or playlets dram atized from stories of the Bible, consti tuted the programs of the various schools. An exhibition of the work done by the children is on display at each school. Toys made from pasteboard, animals whose legs are detachable, airplanes that will fly, and more useful articles, in cluding tables, clothes-horses and chairs, are some of the objects on display in the boys' section. Straw hats. simple garments, such as aprons, and garments for Belgian children, sewed by the girls are also on exhibition. Homeless Man Found Dead Harry Ryan, nlias Joe Haig, who had no home, was found dead this morning nn the doorsten of 1008 Mt. Vernon street by Frank O'Brien who lives', there. At first foul play was suspected I because of a scar on Rynn's neck, but j UIiIr was found to be of old infliction. He was taken to the morgue, where it was announced his death was due to nat ural causes. Ryan has n police record. He was a brother-in-law of "Baltimore Red." Lj ull of natural leaf-sweetness. I , I have a wonderful i I DOWERED with the efficient Knight motor 4 VI ' Cry 8ent'6 'n aVOn H I o , i -luxuriantly appointed in body detail A Jf V Especially delightful after dining. H I Stock of bathinS suits , and finUhmotor car vajue far in excess of Vj j Personally blended by us contain' I White worsted jerseys, the scllins Price- Demonstrations arranged. -jl l A ing five precious tobaccos: Yaka, Seres, i immediate Deliveries MahaichnaandSamsoua Fast-color pants; MANYPENNYSCOn MOTOR JO. ' 'i lliUJsi "Lik Honey on Olympus" m Yours fpr . j ftr?!vK' ! H9H 10 for 35c(Ext?a Size) I f'OtifhSW ' rHJL ":1 , (aWV. "' ' , " - , "" , "' , ' ; -? -r'r' "h V 1 Dcatlis of a Day FUNERAL SERVICES OF FIELD TOMORROW Son of Late Colonel Field Was Active in Military Organizations Funeral services for Thomas Yardley Field, Jr.. who died last night at his home, 1.1-12 Pine street, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be made in Woodland Cemetery. Mr. Field, who was born In Decem ber, 187.1, was noted for Ids interest iu military organizations. He was n member of the Veterans' Corps of the First Infnntrv. X. (J. P.. Sons of Veterans, Second City Troop, the Aztec Club, and was interested in the orgnn- izntlon of the Naval Reserve. Hoforc the war he had been an nr- dent exponent of preparedness and only the fa(,t t,mt hc ,ms bccu an invnll(1 for p(,vcral ycars k(ipt Mm from nctvp sv. lee. He had ninny medals for marks- . i . ,.,. 11.,n ma"'h,J! "ml "'' itar.y """'"v' ,Iis father, Colonel Thomas in rdley United stntcs Ml,rie CorIs. and when he died , wns ranking officer with the rank ot brigadier general brevet. He was one I of ll'c guards of honor at 1 resident , Lincoln's funeral and was one of the .Americans who entered Mexico City in 'the Mexican war. This entitled him to membership in the Aztec Club, wlucli honor his son inherited. I -"" ..- Funeral of F. J. Conlon The funeral services of Frank .T. Con lon. (1022 Van Djfce street, Tocony. who died jccrday, were held in St. Leo's Catholic Church this morning. Inter ment was made in St. Dominic's Cem- cterj. M T ln ...I.a ..'no (irnnfi.ntiii ',., ' ,,,, f .,, t,U,, ', ' ,, ' ,.' mpmi,Pr of saw works. Uc was Court Friendship, No. 1)0, F. of A., and Tncoin Nest. No. 100S, O. of O. lie is survived by his widow and onc child. FIVE INJURED BY AUTOS Man and Boy In Hospital as Result of Accidents A man nnd a boy are in hospitnls here today as a result of two automobile ac cidents that occurred last night, injur ing five persons. The boy is David Engel, four years old. of 0.1.1 North Seventh street. He received n fracture of the skull when hi father's machine, in which he was riding, was struck by another auto at Bioad nnd Huntingdon streets. The boy's sister, GIads, nine years old, was tut about the head and body in the r.ceidmt. The machine that struck them raced away following the collision. Roth children were taken to the Sa maritan Hospital. John Fley, S21 Vine street, is in the Hahnemann Hospital suffering from in ternal injuries. He wns struck last night by an auto at Seventh and Mar ket streets. The car that injured him was driven by A. M. MoKnight. of Highland Park, who was accompanied by Howard Evans, of the Ilartrnm Apartments. Iu an attempt to avoid striking Fley the driver swerved his car to one side, striking a trolley car. In this collision both occupants of the ma chine were cut nnd bruised. BANK CRASH HITS WIDOW Woman and Seven Children Penni less Deposited Insurance Money Out of the pathos and suffering at tendant upon the failure of the North I'cnn Bank comes the story today of the Oogel family. A widow and seven children are suf- fnrine ns flip result of tho work of thn sxuttlers of the institution at Twenty- ninth and Dauphin streets. More than a month ago Charles J. Oogel, Twenty-fourth and Sergeant streets, died. His life insurance amount ed to $500. His widow took this money to the North Penn Bank and deposited it on the Tuesday before the failure. Not knowing of the collapse she went tho banl. on Friday, the day after 'ie bank nad dosed, to obtain suffi cient money 10 pay uic uncieriaKcr. Without money the woman has been compelled to seek employment while five of the children play the streets during the day. Two of the older boys one served in the army are employed and contribute to the family subsistence. RENT PROFITEERS FACE PROSECUTION Federal Agents Here Expect Order From Washington to End Gouging WOMAN MAKES COMPLAINT United States Department of Justice agents here expect to be authorized to go after rent profiteers In this citv within the next two weeks, a cent ding to a statement made bv Webster Achey, assistant United States district attor ney. Mr. Achey mnde the statement iu speaking of a case in which n tenant was made subject to a "0 per cent in crease in rent on the 1st of this month. The tenant is Mrs. Frank Darling, of 50(1.' Lansdowne avenue. August 1 Mrs. Darling's rent was raised from $40 a month to $00 a iiioutli When she refused to pay the increase. Constable Zimmerman was in structea to levy for the rent. The landlord is Andrew F. CJallagher, nf 1 ifty-second and Warren streets. He ii both owner and agent for proper- tt Wlnn VT,. T), .!:.... ....... ...no taken up with him by the Thirtv-fourth Ward Tenants' Protective Association, hc irftiscd to say anything regarding th' matter. The association then nppcaled to the Department of Justice on the grounds thnt Mr. (Jallaghcr was rent profiteer ing, and asked that the case bo inves tigated. In reply to the request, Mr. Achey snid that while the department could do nothing at the present time, it ex pected a ruling within the next two weeks thnt would enable it to cover the situation. Meanwhile, he said, the .10.000 members of the Tenants' Pio toctive Association would do well to prepare evidence against gouging land lords and rent profiteers iu this eit. CAMDET0SELL FOOD First Consignment Goes to Public Tomorrow Two tons of hams and one ton of bacon have been bought by Camden from the government nnd will be sold at arious stations in the cit tomonow morning starting at 10 o'clock. The main station will be in Post No. 5 hall. Fifth street and Taj lor ave nue. Ham will be sold nt thirty-two i cuts a pound, bacon nt thirty-six cents a pound. Major Charles H. Ellis and other citj officials will assist in the sale at the main station. Only one hnm and one parcel of bacon will be sold to each person and n warning has been given that this first supply will not last long, even with rationing. Other stations which will sell hams and bacon tomorrow are: No. 2 en giiu house, Broadway and Ferry ave nue: Second district police station. S'p.th nnd Chestnut Btrcets : No. 4 en gine house, Fourth nnd Vine ; Kast j Camden engine house No. 1, Twentv sucnth and Federal streets, and No. 2. Twenty-seventh nnd llajrs. Next week a carload of mixed canned goods, which have been bought in New York from the government, will be placed on sale. GO TO HOUSE OF DETENTION Four Boys, Found In Auto, Said to Have Stolen It Four bojs were sent to the nouse of Detention today after they had been taken from an automobile said by the I police to have been stolen by them. I The boys are William Hardett, four I teen years old, of Albion street ; James i Bnrnett, fourteen jcars old, of Arizona I street; Leonard Fisher, fourteen years old, of Beecliwood street, and luissen Brown, thirteen jears old, of Gordon street. The automobile is the property of B. Lorilard. a tobacco dealer. 247 North Twelfth street. According to Patrolman Combs he found the boys sitting in the machine at Broad and Westmoreland streets this morning. He questioned them. They admitted to him, he said, they had taken the auto mobile from in front of a place at Twenty-first and Diamond streets. More Water for Gloucester Gloucester is growing so rapidly it hasn't enough water for its increasing population. City council decided today to spend $45,000 for driving two new artesinn wells for the water works and to build a concrete filter basin. Because I of pressing need for water, Gloucester is getting pait of its supply from Ncw , ton creek. MOTOR TRUCK AGENCY The returning wae of truck pur chasing by the bUBlntsn public of. fr ununual profits to dealers Th Philadelphia t-ency for our most exceptional trucks is open we In vite Inquiries from business men. Onlv modest cnrl'al 'eoulrd Address C JO. LEDGER OFFICE. I ' ' I Stole Man's False Arm to Pawn It, Says Charge When Jerry Castro went to bed at his rooming house, 151 North Ninth street, hc removed his wooden arm nnd placed it on the top of his bureau. Detectives Lavery nnd Leary, of the SJxth district, arrested Michael Szaret, eighteen years old, and Joseph Cuttner, nineteen years old, who live In the same rooming house, charged with the theft of the arm. The police say the two men needed money and stole the arm for the purpose of pawning it. They haven't recovered the arm and Castro is being seriously inconvenienced. CONTRACTORS FINED $575 Negligence Assessments Against Cleaners Are Small Penalties amounting to S575.75 have been Imposed upon the street-cleaning, nsh and rubbish-collectiug contractors for failing to fulfill the specifications of their contracts for July. This is the smallest amount in fines imposed upon the contractors by Director Datesman in anj one month for more than a jear. The amount of the penalties imposed, and the sum paid each of the contractors for the work performed last mouth, follow : Amount Contractors Fines paid runnlnRtmm & Murray. 11.12.10 17.,0i 83 James Irvln . . . R2 7." 2 r,s.1 111 i:jin H Vam ... 21' .in ri7.r.no .13 Kduln H. Vare . . . 42 SD (W S40.S3 Thomas I. Flanlsan . On (in 31.3211 SB Peoples A Rueh. Inc 1 00 20 541 nS 11 J A H Peoples 104 no 20 snn.00 frank Curran . HI SO 20,13r,.3S David Jlr.vianon. Ksl. lr, uo 3D.318.33 The I'cnn Reduction Company, which', ' ,, . . holds the contract for collecting the from n mnn on tl,c Rtrcot garbage of the entire citj . was lined McDonald and several companions $.100 and was paid $r7,0:i.. j,N(,rp accosted on the street by a boot- MDQ ICAAP HARDCTT niCO , lcggfr, who offered n rpiart bottle of al- MRS. ISAAC BARRETT DIES UgfA wMsky nt (nbtimin prlce The Mother-ln-Law of Mayor Succumbs oung men pooled their money and pur- at Reading Home chased the stuff. They gathered inan Mrs Isaac Barrett, seienty-one jears allp.v Ilc,nr McDonald's home and downed old, widow of a well-known confer- the supposed whisky, tioner, died at Reading late last night. A short time later McDonald was She was the mother-in-law of Major eciz(1(1 ,, ronvulsions, nnd wns taken Smith. During her illness her dangh- , ,. ... ....... A .. ter. r.liznbeth. wife of the Mayor. ' bjr ,lol"',, f t,1P TcDth dlStrlCt to accompanied by her husband, made Boosevelt Hospital. numerous trips to Reading to be at The police are today trying to locate her bedside. The Major left for Read- the "bootlegger" who sold the whisky, ing to attend the funeral. Mrs. Barrett is survived by nine chil dren, tin co of whom, in addition to Mrs. Smith, live in this city. Thej are Mrs. C. R. Keffcr. Mrs. John .1. Lansing and Mrs. Daisj K. Bloomer. LAUNCHING IS POSTPONED Daniel Webster, Cargo Carrier, Will, Take Water Next Week j The launching of the 12,500-ton cargo steamship Daniel Webster at the Penn- sjlvania shipnrd of the Pusey & Jones Company, filoucester City, has been ! postponed. It is likely that it will take I place the latter part of next week. There has been a delay in lajing the! keels for the three new ships nt the Pusey & Jones plant. Tho keel blocks f had been put in place nnd the keels were to have been laid last Monday, but the i ..(loin nf fl.o nnltnnliflmpnt pnwnnl Vn ' learned, as General Manager William O. Coxo is away on a trip. Another lot of employes will be laid off tomorrow. Reading Drug Addicts Rounded Up Reading. Pa., Aug. S. A flying! squadron of federal revenue agents made a sensational raid in Reading's under world last night on places thnt harbor addicts to narcotics and dealers in these illegal drugs. No arrests were made. but a large number of persons were placed under surveillance. VtlXIl Jcwalcrs tji I A ! 9 SuVjrsmilks 4 1 I I Slahonors J owclod Dads Green All Diamonds Sapphires a Diamonds Emaralris and Diamonds Distinctive Styles - Exclusive. T WO ARE POISONED .r. n BY BOOTLEG WHiSKY Sailor and Youth Near Death Believe Liquor Was Wood Alcohol SERVICE MAN UNCONSCIOUS A sailor and n seventeen-year-old boy are reported dying today from the effects of whisky they purchased from "bootleggers." Norman Thatcher, 'tntioned nt Phil adelphia Navy Yard, is in a crltica condition in the Woman's Homcpathic Hospital. James McDonald, seventeen years old, of Orinnna street near Noble,- Is seriously ill in the Boosevelt Hospi tal. 1'hysicians nt the hospitals are today analj-ziug some of the whisky. They be lieve it contained wood alcohol and was home-made. Thatcher was found unconscious in the stheet nt Sixteenth street and Susquehanna avenue iast night. Fass ersby tried to awaken him from his npparent stupor, but without result, A policeman was called and Thatcher was hurried to the hospital. Later he tnlrl n storv of hnvinsr hoticht whlskv GOVERNMENT SALE OF (NEW) RAILROAD PICK HANDLES 147,60036 inches long. Sealed bids will be opened 10 A. M., September 2, 1919, at Zone Sup ply Office, Jeffersonville, Ind. Particulars: Special bid forma can be obtained at above office or one ouppiy uince, attention s E Surplus Property Officer, Phila- - ' delphia, Pa. Refer to S. P. D. No. 277 GS. GALVANIZED, COPPER AND ZINC SHEETS L. D. Berger Co., 59 N. 2d St. Bell, ilarket 054. Keystone, Main 4000. Go Id JYcsh I i ITT86?',..,. 7hl iiUEomoDiie uiass I We repair broken windshield, JI j j ana winaowa wun oesc qukud cjj 4 Plate xlavn and fmou iftM3 I I iJlanH while you Trait. Ill v JbX 326 N. Broad St. ; WVB'tssassaai-JEs: ; W ff V InV K ., ta 1 m rg rS" i"fAtlr-$M-?i fHr i U f "if ll' ' ; .71 n " ."'ii 'W K, !i s J! ' . f!f14 sh Si vr ' r A if- ttr. &- r J. n " . ''
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