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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.
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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.
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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. ,
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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
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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."
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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
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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-
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,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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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All Diamonds
Sapphires a Diamonds
Emaralris and Diamonds
Distinctive Styles - Exclusive.
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WO ARE POISONED
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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
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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.
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