,v T m 35 JljL 1 HZ " & 'carbonated in bottles EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIEADELPHIA, TUESDAY AUGUST 26, 1919 3 tor Iht horn HIRES Aromatic Ginger Ale is really made from the pure ginger root while the purity and wholesomeness t o f Hires have been a recognized standard formanyyears. Order from your dealer, in 'pint bpttles or"By the case. JJires Ginger Ale .BOYS OF 8 AND 13 HELD WITH YOUTH OF 19 FOR DAYLIGHT BURGLARIES U. S. CKIORES TO COT FOOD PIE Government Will Establish Re tall Sales Depots in Fourteen Cities, Including Philadelphia TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 25 "TAFFY" BEAT IT Thousands of Dollars In Jewelry Taken From West Philadel phia Homes Eiglit-year-61d Herbert Lennox, his brother, Chester, thirteen, both of Forty-second street jind Woodland ave nue, and Eber Ovcrdorf, nineteen years 'old, of Forty-first street nnd Baltimore avenue, hovo been arrested, accused of a series of daylight robberies in houses in West Philadelphia whose oc- cupants are away for the summer. Over dorf will be arraigned for a hearing trate Harris, and held in$1500 bail for a further hearing. The Lennox brothers were Bent to the House of Detention. Detectives Baiter and Thornton, of th Thirty-second street and Woodland avenue station, arrested the boys yes terday afternoon after a twelve-hour search. The police Bay the three havo confessed to robbing ,the homes of Dr, Frank Itcad, 4105 Pine street; David P. Ltas, 400 South Fortieth street; Miss Stella Pcnclmey 4100 Spruce street; Felix Spatola, 4004 Baltimore avenue, and M. K. Herr, 4213 Ches ter avenue. The detectives concluded the rob beries had been committed by amateurs when they found the houses in con fusion, with toys and household articles Bcattercd about. Many valuables were left. Only jewelry was taken. One of the rings which was stolen, valued at $150, was sold for $1.50. The houses were all entered by cellar windows. Loot valued at several thou sand dollars was found under a bush at the Woodlands Cemetery, near Thirty-ninth street nnd Woodland ave nue. In n lot at Fiftieth street and Kingscsslng avenue were found a re . volvcr, a ratchet brace and a Boy Scout , hatchet. ROUTS ROBBERS WITH GUN Roosevelt Boulevard Man Surprises Intruders, but Bullets Miss Five shots were fifr'd by Morris Weln seld at two' unidentified men who were attempting early today to rob his home at 240 North Roosevelt boulevard. It 1b thought that none of the bullets took effect and the men succeeded in es canincr through ajiack door. Wcinseld was aroused bylthe noise of a chair upsetting, lie heard Borne one moving about on the floor below. He got a revolver and went downstairs. He saw two men trying to open a closet in which money and other valuables were kept. Weinseld opened fire upon them and they fled, leaving several articles which they had accumulated lying on the floor. They succeeded in getting away with a small amount of money and $10 in thrift stamps. The" men got into the house by opening a window on Uie lower floor. "BOY MISSING FROM-HOME L. Widowed Mother Distracted Son Gone Since Saturday Twelve-year-old Harry Cherry has been missing from his home at 810 South Fourth street, since last Satur- Anv TTIfl trlilowpfl mnthpr. Mrs. fnT Cherry, who keeps a little store there, is distracted. Saturday morning she asked Harry to sweep out the store-while she went up stairs to do housework. When she re turned to the store she found that only half of the floor had been cleaned and that Harry had departed. Harry was wearing knee breeches and black shoes and stockings. He wore no outer Bhlrt. He has dark eyes and hair. DEFACE HISTORIC TOMB Vandals Scribble Names on "Mad Anthony" Wayno Monument The stone over the last resting place of Major General Anthony Wayne, the famous "Mad Anthony" of Revolution ary days, at Old St. David's Church, Radnor, is being desecrated by persons who have been scribbling their names in pencil and-sharp instruments upon it. Visitors have called attention to this form of desecration to the church au thorities, who are threatening to take action against owners of the tell tale names. Few persons know that "Mad An thony" is buried in the ancient churchyard, near his old home in Chester county, where a number of his descendants still live. Retail Btorcs for the sale of house hold commodities included in the sur plus stocks of the War Department will be established September 25, it was an nounced today. The stores will be located in depot ppntora nml other lnren cities., and they will accept nnd fill mail orders. Uric oi the stores ylll be opened in this city. Continued purrhase'by the department of certain necessities so that these stores mny be continued indefinitely at a part of the government against yie nign cost of living is understood to bo under consideration. Mail Orders Filled Prices on nil commodities offered for sale will be bo fixed as to prevent dis crimination between the purchasers who buy over the counter and those who mirrlinxo tlirnueh the mail. All mnll orders will be delivered by parcel post, but the policy of maklrfg these Rales through the rostofneo De- nartment is to bo -discontinued. All nimli nrilpra will go directly to tllC stores. To expedite the mail-order sales, the Postoflicc Department has been nsked to establish substations in each store. Catalogues quoting prices and giving the location of all stores arc being pre pared and will be available at every postoflicc in the United States. The present plan is to open stores in the fourteen zone supply cities Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Bal timore, Atlanta, .Teftcrsonville, Chi cago, St. Louis, New Orleans, San Antonio, Omaha, El Toko, San Fran cisco nnd Washington. The chain will be extended to additional cities ns rap idly as possible. Warrants for Hoarders With twenty-three warrants to be nerved today nnd twenty-eight more to be Issued for alleged violations of the state cold-storage law. the state au thorities here began in earnest their fight against food hoarders and food profiteers. Robert M. Simmers, gcnernl agent of the State Bureau of Foods here, has charge of the prosecution of the meat dealers said to have defied the state law prohibiting the sale of meats stored for more than one year. Heprom!ses quick and drastic action when the first twenty-three tcfendonta nro called before Magistrate Beaton for hearing on Friday. In addition to the penalty provided by the state laws, the defendants, some of whom are nfcents for the "Big Five' group of packers of Chicago, will faee federal charges, as Mr. Simmers has turned over all the evidence he hns ob tained to the government authorities. In addition to federal prosecutions under the Lever law, Mr. Simmers said the government authorities i plan prosecutions along n novel line, one which he was not at liberty to disclose, but which is scheduled to ge into op eration today. MAN SHOT IN FIGHT DIES Three Held After One of Two In jured Succumbs Antonio Mangini, who was shot last Sunday in n fight nt Nineteenth street nnd Indiann avenue, died today in the Samaritan Hospital. Mangini wns thirty-five years old and lived in Wilkes -Barre. Lulgi Amici, of Indiana nvenue and Eighteenth street, who wns also shot during the fight, is in a serious condi-. tlon in the hospital and may die. Three men were arrested by the police on the charge of having taken part in the affray and held by Magistrate Price under $SO0 bail for examination. There is an clement of mystery in the shooting affair. The trouble started among a number of Italians in a club at Twenty-sixth and Claarfield streets and ended in the fight in the street. Police Seek Huge Angora With Al x blno Complexion The police of Philadelphia, Allen town, Hazlcton, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Manayunk, Conshohocken and Norristown and way stations are look ing for "Taffy." "Taffy" is a cat an angora of al bino .complexion and exclusive de meanor. She wns born in the historic house of Joseph Bonaparte, 200 South, Ninth street. Aware of a dc luxe ancestry, "Taffy" doesn't associate with ordinary neigh borhood cats that give midnight sym phonies in backyards. "Taffy" is eight years old and weighs twenty pounds, cvcniy nisiriDwcu. one belongs to Mrs. Walter M. James, who lives at the Ninth street address. The cat disappeared several days ago. 1000 BRICKLAYERS STRIKE FOR PAY RISE Inventor Hero Says 1,000,000 Chinese Laborers Would Re duce Cost of Living Employers Say They Demand $1.25 an Hour Contracts Tied Up More than 1000 bricklayers went on strike todny, completely tying up the work of bricklaying contractors in Philadelphia, according to a statement on behalf of the employes, by 'l. h Kelly, n contractor. "No warning of the strike was given tp employers," said Mr. Kelly. "The bricklayers held n meeting Inst night nt Brleklavers Hall. 707 North Broad street. This meeting lasted until J o'clock this morning. It was decided to strike for $1.25 an hour The first employers knew of what had been done wns when they learned that the brick layers did not report for work this morning. "The action of the bricklayers is in violation of their agreement with em plojers. It is the second violation of ngrcement within a few months. On hTunc 15, they broke their ngrcement by suddenly demanding nn Increase from eighty cents nn hour to eighty seven and one-hnlf cents nn hour. They got the raise and now they make this new demand. It means a jlimp from $7 a day to $10 n day. It is more than contractors can pay. Contracts were made on the basis of the agree ment of brieklnycrs with employers, nnd these Budden demands upset nil cal culations. "The situation presented is so se rious that nil employers' associations will hold a meeting next Thursday night at the Builders' Exchange to consider what shall be done. sEvery branch of building will be represented." Mr. Kelly said that the strike had tied up bricklaying work for the gov ernment, including work at the Hog Island shipynrd nnd at the docks at Front and Mifflin streets. TROOPS GUARD CHARLOTTE Four Men Killed, 13 Injured, During Street Car Strike Rioting Charlotte, N. O., Aug. 20. (By A. P.) State troops and deputies patrolled the principal streets ot this city today in an effort to prevent a renewal of rioting In connection with the street car strike, which resulted last night In the deatn of four men nnd the Injury of thirteen others. Additional troops have been ordered to Charlotte and should arrive during the day. Last night s rioting followed efforts to operate cars. PLAN MOVE IN FAVOR ' OF DAYLIGHT SAVING 'HUMAN TRACTORS,' HE SAYS Hudson Mnxlm, internationally fa mous as an inventor of guns, believes he has a solution for the high cost of living problem. Importation of 1,000,000 Chinese coolies, under government supervision, and their use as farm laborers nnd household servants, will be declared today at the Bcllevue-Stratford, in crease production of foodstuffs twofold nnd inevitably decrease food costa. "Through the use of coolie labor," paid Mr. Maxim, "the state of Louis iana nlone could within n few yenrs' time produce more sugar than is now produced in Cuba and the United States. The Chinese would, of course, be restricted from marriage and could not become land owners. They would have a dally wage of fifty cents nnd two suits of clothes a yenr and their keep. They could return to their coun try at any time they desired, pro vided they paid their own transporta tion, nnd the government could also do port them at any time it chose. "The Chinese coolie," continued Mr. Maxim, enthusiastically, "is in renlity a human tractor, possessed of truly dynamic energy. He is nn indefntigable worker and he gets results. Toil is his birthright. Today ..in China, millions of coolies die of slow starvation, unable to nether the little Tice they need for nourishment. And Here Is Labor Shortage "And here in the United States there is a scarcity of laborers. We cannot even get household Rcrvnnts, no mntter what price is offered for their services. "Were coolies to be brought into this country to do menial Work, not only would American labor ,be elevated," but the wife of every laborer could well afford to keep and pay for a coolie to do her household tasks. And coolies make faithful nnd intelligent servnnts, too. They love to work. And think of the drudgery of farmers' wives, nnd how they would be relieved. "The coolies should be permitted to work only as laborers and household scrvancc. We cannot today get Ameri cans to perform menial work. H must be done. What else are we going to do about it? "During the world war the French Imported 250,000 coollies, nnd the heavy work they did, helping to construct roads, railroad bridges and nil sorts of things, saved the Allies from disaster. "True, the labor unions oppose the suggestion that the United States em ploy coolie labor. This is largely owing to their misunderstanding of the situa tion. Not Slavery, He Contends "What a man docs voluntarily is not slavery by any means, nnd what we do for a man thnt tends toward giving him a better life, better pay and to improve his condition in life is certainly not enslavement. "Production is the great thing in this country. What is it that mnkes the cost of living hlgh? The output of the land. If you double tho output nnd without increasing the acreage of the land, then the cost of living in America must certainly come down. "Not only, ns. I have snld, Is n Chi nese coolie a human tractor, but he is a labor-saving machine, and we nil know what good labor-saving machines have done for the people of this coun try. Think of it, 1,000,000 coolies working to reduce the high cost of liv ing, nnd one tractor accomplishes these days the work of six ploughs, six horses and three men. WOMAN IS CANDIDATE Mrs. H. J. Qlbbont Would Direct Lower Merlon Schools Mrs. Henry J. Gibbons, of 330 Bryn Mawr ovenue, Cynwyd, has filed the usual petition with tho Montgomery county clerk to have her name placed on the Republican primary ballot next month as a Republican aspirant for school director in Lower Merlon town ship, nnd gives her occupation as "housewife." Mrs. Gibbons will actually be an op ponent of Thomas Corson Yocom, of the same community, who is coming up for another term this year, and a large section of Bnla nnd Cynwyd residents Uho bitterly opposed the recent demo tion of Mi.s Sarah Fite as principal of the Unln school may rally to Mrs. Gib lions's support. CITY FOOD SALE THURSDAY The first municipal sale of surplus army foodstuffs in Philadelphia will take place in the Gimbcl Brothers store, Ninth and Chestnut streets, Thursday. The doors of the store will be thrown open for the municipal sale promptly nt 10 o'clock in the morning, Joseph S. MacLaughlin, director of supplies, who has chnrgc of the sale, announces. uau mou) &o ifte Qwest feSdonJUaL sec ZUuid &fcafce$ ? c (1 ' ' Chamber of Commerce Meets Today to Consider Fight for Present Program BABBITT METALS Practicability of action to secure day light-saving for Philadelphia and the vicinity, which was legally killed by Congress last week, will be discussed this afternoon nt a meeting of the exec utive committeo of the local Chnmber of Commerce. This movo is in con formity with similar action taken by tho Pittsburgh Chnmber of Commerce and various institutions in New York. The sentiment of the local chamber and the Philadelphia Board of Trade :s strongly in favor of the daylight saving schedule. But, according to Earnest T. Trigg, president of the Chamber of Commerce, airy plan to nnopt a local daylight-saving program, without consideration of the conditions prevailing in adjacent sections of the country, would not be likely to meet with favor here. He said: "I nm heartily in favor oLdayllght Baving, but I cannot say that I favor ac tion by separate communities, for much confusion would be caused by such a move. Several states might get to gether and effect a program, or a uni form change In a time zone would be all right." N Mr. Trigg advocated a conference of governors of all states on the subject Failing In a national conference, he continued, nil of the governors of the eastern time zono should meet to dis cuss the ltubject. MAGNOLIA CHARLES Jl"T!J COMPANY 617-019 Arch St. IfV Silversmiths l 1 J Stationers j Distinctive Mo dcrn Jewelry produced," old discarded Jewelry Sketches submitted Qreenwood Appointed Draughtsman Walter B. Greenwood, 2202 Amber street, was today appointed a drafts man in the Bureau of Surveys at a salary ofT1200 a year. mxmymnTYTiqir is A m It Is Your Duty , to Register Today This Is Good Citizens' Day I Don't postpone your dutyl 1 You may be, busy or away from the city on subsequent registration days. 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