tfVJ '' VA.V '' - ' fi EVENING PUBLIC LEDGDRPHITADELPHIA", FRIDAY, iSTJGTJST 20, IDIO ' r, ,-; f- ?nl?v3j "! J -fm It : BRICKUYERS QUIT All Work Ends Pending Out- como of Demands Made. by Men on Strike SCHOOL REPAIRS STOPPED "Work on nbout 2000 building In Philadelphia will bo suspended tonight in tho tie-up decided upon by the Mas ter Bricklayers' Association mid the Operative Builders' Association because of tho strike of the Bricklayers' Union for an Increase of pay to $1.25 an hour. It was said today that the building tie -op would bo complete. Employers dented the report from Bricklayers' IIn.lt, 707 North Broad street, that some contractors had granted the demands of the strikers, and that 800 men had gone lin.lr tn wnl of n t. nilrntinA (rntr RTlm V"cents an hour to SI. 2.1 an hour. Opening of nt least fifteen school rnnmst will n tlnlnrf.il linpnlieo nf the &' strike, according to John D. Casscll, fv' superintendent of public school build ings. "Wo will bo nbTTto open all of the buildings September 8," he said today, "but the repair work on four schools will bo incomplete. The Alexander Henry school, in Frankford. is the worst. Several rooms in the Ilcnry W. Brown school, Sergeant and Jasper streets; the. Totter school, Fourth a- street anu iiearnciu avenue ; eusier is school. Frnnkford avenue and Ontnrio T street, and the JIcDanicl school, at i rT7infv-ilrKf nn.l ATnnrn BfrrMfl. nnnnnfc be .used until the strife Is over and woikmen return to complete their jobs. gPWhile more than $300,000 wortli of lepalrs have been under way on more than 150 buildings tills summer, vir tually all of the work is now completed and the buildings arc ready for the opening of school." A meeting of the Mnstcr Bricklayers' Association was held last night at which It was decided to reject the de mands of the union and make a fight to tho finish. Similar action was taken by the Operative Builders' Association. This will stop work on nbout 1000 dwell ings not included in the ticup when the bricklayers went out on their btrike. The Master Carpenters and Build ers' organization has also taken action in support J)f the Master Bricklayers. According to the decision of the em ployers, work will stop nt C o'clock tonight on all buildings in Philadelphia where brick work is being done. RUNAWAY ELEVATOR CRASHES INTO ROOF; ONE KILLED, 2 HURT Bodies Crushed Between Car and Top, of Shaft in Camden Plant One man was killed and two others were seriously injured today when an elevator in tho plant of the Taylor White Extracting Company, at the head of Pine Btrcct, Camden, bycame un controllable and ascended to the roof 'of the building. The dead: Harry Carter, a uegro. forty, of Ellisberg, N. .T., fractured skull aud internal injuries ; died on way to Cooper Hospital. The Injured : Olto Tcske, twenty -nine, of Marlton, N. J., badly cut about the faceand body; Cooper Hospital. Thomas Asliton, thirty-eight, C52 Berkley street, Camden, cuts and con fusions of (he body ; Cooper Hospital. The three men were standing in the .elevator, which is used for hauling bottled extracts to other floors of the building, when some person started the elevator machinery. The elevator rushed to the roof of the building and Carter was pinned to the roof, his body being badly mangled by the chains of the car. It is stated by other workmen in the building who heard the screams of the men, that the only thing which saved Teske and Asliton from being killed was the body of Carter. WILL BENEFITS HOSPITAL West Philadelphia Institution to Get r. 1 Income From $30,000 Estate y 'Christ Church Hospital will cvcntunl 'Iy receive the estate of Mary Wright, 1328 Orthodox street, whoso will Avas filed for probate tpday. Mrs. Wright died on Aiigust 19, Jcaving property valued at J30.000. With tho exception of $1000, the -.estate is to bfl held in trust and'the in come is to go to a brother and sister until their death. The estate will then be placed, in control of Christ Epis copal Church and the income will be used in aiding the hospital at Forty eighth street and Belmont avenue. Tho $1000 otherwise disposed ot is to be held by the rector nnd vestry of All Saints' Church, in Torresdalc, and is to be used in caring for tho graves of tho decedent's parents Other wills filed were: James "W. Jerry, 2724 North Nevvklrk street, 1100 j Emma Nehr, 1830 Columbia avenue, $3000, and Henry Huesgen, 23G North Eleventh street, ?2500. Y. M. C. A. SCHOOL TO OPEN Hog Island Branch Starts New Year September" 1 The next term of.the evening school at the X- M- - A- Hogt Island, will open September 1. Preparations for a large enrollment arc bcin? made. The evening school is closet for the vacation period. Since its opening last December more than 800 shipbuilder students have enrolled, 525 of vvhom or 65 per cent, completed the different courses and passed examinations for di plomas. , Wires 8et Off Alarm A detail of police from fhc Fourth and Race streets station was hurried to the Model Jewelry store, at Secoudl and Market strccta in search of u burglar at 3;30 o'clock this morning., oUowlog on inycstlgatlon the pjtrol ,ien fouad that crossed wirca bad ue TO GKliUT MiTTEK OAltKIHKS Above is Benedict C. Snyder, clinir maii of (he committee to arrange the week's program for the National Ijctter Carriers' Convention, to' bo !:cld in I'hiladclphki beginning September 1. Below is Hairy I). Miller, who will bo chief marshal of tho postmen's parade Dcatlis of a Day WILLIAM EHINGER DIES Seventeenth Ward Political Leader Was Sick but Two Days William Ehlnger', a sealer of weights and measures, a real estate dealer and a lifelong resident of the Seventeenth ward, died Wcdnesdny night in St. Mary's Hospital. He had been ill only tvvo days, death resulting from a gas tric ulcer. Funeral services, conducted by the Bev. P. II. Dippel, pastor of Zion German Iteformcd Church, will be held' Sunday afternoon nt his home, 1327 North Fourth street. Interment will be made at Grecnmount Cemetery. Mr. Khingcr is survived by n widow, three sons and a daughter. One sou, William, served overseas in the Fifty sixth Searchlight Unginecrs. Another son, Harold, wag with the motor trans port corps. Mr. Khingcr was born October 22, .icui, at eounu and Master streets." lor twenty years he was constable, ' succeeding his father in thut office. Ac- tivc in politics, he wns vice president,, of the Seventeenth Ward Bepublican executive committee. He also was n. director in the Hercules Building As- sociation, a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and other fraternities As a breeder ot fancy pigeons Mr, Khingcr was widely known, nnd he was presiuenc ot ine nuiauciplilii j-lecon'i . , . .. . .. .... ... fanciers Association. I lis birds won w wiIb0Il cgainst his actIon 0tlier prizes in exhibitions in all parts of ths1 tPstH Nil, UB scnt him soon bv prom. Last and he frequently served ns judge inpnt Philadelphiaus interested in'mari in large poultry shows. He was to , matters have been judge of pigeons at the A1-, ,., r,Vrn trf f (, lentown Fair. DR. BENJAMIN R. Wll SON Pirst Am.riun Instruct nw nt Cm.,...., ""'"-'I to Women Dies n. ni! ii n!i n- t.:- i. jumiu . .uisuu, v,ivu vur veteran, and for sixteen years professor of surgery at the Woman's Medical College, died yesterday nt his home, 1003 Chestnut street. He was the first American instructor of surgery to women. , Doctor Wilson wns born in German-1 town on October 27, 1823, ou the estate of his Kreut-graudfntlier, Benjamin Buck, an English Quaker, who nmassed a large fortune in sugar plantations in the Barbados before coming to Phil adelphia. , ' His education was received at the Germantown Academy nnd he was the hmonor man in tho class of 1847, Cen tral High School. He received his de gree from the medical school of the University ot Pennsylvania in 18."0 nnd later stiidjad under Dr. Thomas Betton, of Germantown. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Doctor Wilson entered tho hervicc as a surgeon. Ho was made medicul di rector of New Orleans and later be came medical director of the Stuntou Hospital in Washington, the lt gov ernment hospital to close after the war. For moro than fifty years Doctor Wilson had been consulting physician nt tho Jewish Hospital and was on the staff of4the Howard Hospital. He was a companion of tho Loyal Legion, nn honorary member of tho Association of Military Surgeons, a member of tho G. A. B., and (other military organiza tions. William Ehlnger " William Ehinger, an inspector in the Bureau of Weights and Measures, and active in politics in the Seventeenth ward, died Wednesday night at his home, 1327 North Fourth strcet. Mr. Ehlnger died- from an attack of indi gestion. Ho was a member of tho Hercules Building and Loun Association and a member of the Loyol Order of Moose. I Mr. I'llifngcr, who was fiftv-foun yeas old, is survived H;y his wife and four children. Funeral services will be held Sunday ufternoon from lift home. Burial will be made in Greeumount Cemetery, James A, B. Melvln Ilollhlajsburg, I'a-., Aug. 2S. James A. B. Melvln, president of the Altoona Trust Company, died yesterday at his home in this city. He was sixty-nine years old. Mr. Melvln was one of the, foremost bankers Of this section. Appoint Returned Soldjer lr...)lBf ... is 1 4... nn rt.i.- ,.uiiiiiaiuu, .1, u., ilUfi, - - lie bourd of. education has appointed Dr. -jQan.e. vyonrpy, Jr a returned boI- 9 MOOTS BANDS Will March in Opening Parade Monday and Give Many Con certs Here TO DEDICATE TABLET Men in gray representing more than 2000 free delivery stations in the coun try will attend tiie convention of the national association of letter carriers which opens in this city on Monday and closes September 0. Keystone Branch, No. 157, the local of tho association, will act ns host f6r the visiting delegates. A committee of 107, of which Benedict C. Snyder is chairman, has arranged the program for the week. The sessions of the convention will open in Moose Hall at 9 a. m. There Kdward J. (,ainor, oCMunele, Ind., the national president, will address the first session At 2 o'clock on Monday the uniformed any 'subjects for which they- have the letter carriers will parade to the tune prerequisite, but they will not be can of nine letter carrier bunds. The naradc. iliil.ites for decrees the first vear. Later. marshalled by Harry D. Millerr of this if they wish, they may enter regularly j will n'slst tormcr service men to nu euu clty, begins at Broad and Master i as candidates for graduation." I cation by loan funds. The tuition fee streets, marches (south on Broad to, c . . .. ,,-., there is ?100 for nil the courses except l.n,,.f T,.cf .,. nnM,..i, ufrot ' Scholarships Offered tll(1 CI,einCerinK course, which Is $200. Eighteenth to the Parkway, Parkway to the Green street entrance to Fuir- I mount Tnrl- Thnrn tlin Tinmilpm u ill ...uuuw.. ... , -.,..v. .... j,........ .. ..... camp nnd be lunched. . i The public reception will take place on Monday evening in the Academy of by,si icUn:a:L7jivim named as aids Mayor; Postmaster John A. Ihomton ltobert S. Bright, Senator Boies Pen rose, Colonel George W. B. Hicks, field secretary of tho Chamber of Commerce , Edward .7. Giiinor. nnd tne concress men representing the six congres-, sional districts of Philadelphia. The dedication of u tableau in honor of the postincn-soldicrs who fought in the recent war will take place at the West Philadelphia postofficc, Thirty first and Market streets. During the week the letter carrier will meet to discuss matters ot postal ir;T totoST7-n.nd ImporUt attorneys granted him by the last questions which determine the welfare of the members of the organization and the general public. Alessandroni. ', Mr. Sehofield. who is twenty -six jears npTplMTIQIM HOUSE '''' Krmuia'eJ from tlic L'uivcrsity of Pennsylvania in 1010, and unlisted in HI OSINfi HIT P0RTll,'e army in May of the following year. Maritime interests estimate $100,000 as Loss Saves $1 2,000 to Government In Mippoit of efTorts being made to day to induce the government to with draw its order for the closing of the detention house at Gloucester, maritime imliiatriftu enh (fulfil flint tllia Dort would lose $100,000 through the order, while the government would make a jelmtablo saving of about $12,000. Xo steps have been taken there to move tl. sixt.v aliens held there to Hllis Istnml, N. Y. ' An orjCr to 'close the detention house .P.ivi.r1 lnr ntrht hv Klmr-i- v.. Greeuvvult, commissioner of immigra tion. Members of the Maritime L'xchango. .......ik..... ;jn,u,in!;ni.,rnn.l, Maritime Fxchange, denounced the tion us "the most asinine piece of false .MintTHi aiop tmpnnrrniflil in iuviinantinn UUUtllJ 1,11.1 IJVIIItllUllU lit LUUIIbV,llUll I ...:.i. i, ,.. t ni.iin.i.ini,i tJ .:ti. k -- e tH.ii.wi,.!-.,,:., il I Vl till 11C J'Ul V UI A. 11 ltd 111.1 I'll till A, ...ill -.V nn n,l,l,l ovnonun nf i,m..r,l """""" .. '' " -. .. "'".." of X1.IMKI.IHI nmiuallv to I'M inrleln ila, snippers, nc oeciurcu. shippers, he declared. tr ,.,, f ,f . ;no,imco Me stowaway or passenger arriving in this port and it is not uncommon to discover as many as fifteen at a time will have to be sent to New York at ""' expense of tho shipping company j which owns the vessel. 'l'll(" fare and expenses of attendants will also bo thrust upon the shippers, I who will have to pay for their return to Philadelphia when the ship is ready i to clear. LAUNCH HOG ISLAND TODAY; 32,000 EMPLOYES TO WATCH 7825-Ton Cargo Ship, Named After Yard. Will Take to Water at 5 o'Cloch Girl Worker to Christen Vessel This, the day of the launching of the good ship Hog Islnud, will be one of the biggest days tho world's greatest shipyard has ever witnessed. Thirty-two thousand employes of the American International Shipbuilding, Corporation, eager with expectancy anil pride of achievement, will watch the 7825-ton cargo ship slide down the ways and cheers will gVeet the starting of tho vessel, ns Its sponsor, Miss Beatrice MInnick, a clerk in Division No. 2, breaks the bottle of champagne over the vessel's bok and christens it Hog Island. The launching will occur nt 5 o'clock. Each of tho thirteen divisions of la cOa iKM fenoz of t&msas QJtu ? COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR EX SERVICE MEN Many Institutions of Learning in State Offer Inducements to Give Them Chance for Broader Education Easy entrance examinations, schol arships and various other inducements arc being offered former service men by the colleges and universities of the state to give these men a chance for the broader education they are seeking since their visions were widened in fighting for a new democracy. Wiillc no reduction in entrance fees nnd no special scholarships have been offered former service men by the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, that institution has made arrangements whereby former soldiers and sailors, honorably dis charged after nt least three, months' service, may enter on a different basis from others. "We have formed new rules for 'war specials'," explained George A. Nltshtc, university registrar, "which provides for a special Intelligence examination to be given former service men who cannot answer the usual entrance require ments. Wo will also give considera tion to business credentials or training! that may have bearing on subjects or courses the applicant wishes to take. "Those who satisfy these easy re quirements have the privilege of taking Temple University js offering twenty scholarships to former soldiers and sail- Ors. thr KI'linl.irsllltiK vnlnol lit S75 eilell. --. 1.. - ,..---- fcnnrthinore College has fifteen scholar ships valued at $150 each TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY ... . . . , ... Lieutenant Lemuel U. actionem I and Eugene V. Alessandroni Appointed Assistants District Attorney Ilotun bus an nounced tho appointments of the first to of the four additiotvul assistant dis-, ' ''Ogwaiure. u.c new npponuees u.e , ! Lemuel If. Schoticld and 1'ugene V. ' He attended the first officers' training 'camp at Foit Niagara and received commission as first lieutenant. He was assigned to the 312th Ma r.lit.tn-l Inn I " m n fl M I flf till SfVPIirV . ., T , . ,' . .i .-...' i ninth Infantry, and subsequently served , as aid-de-camp' to Brigadier General !.1 .1. kM IV miviifllnti liAnniiill . Kdward IL Hatch, commanding the l.lSth Infantry. By subsequent promo tions he was raided to the rank of mifjor, and was discharged June lli, this year. Mr. Alessandroni. who lives at 122 South Fortietli street, is a graduate of Central High School and the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his law course at the University in llMMt, aud has since been an active practitioner. He is thirty-eight years old. Mr. Alessandroni is solicitor for the Sons of Italy, and is prominently identi fied with many well-known Italian or ders in this section. During the Liberty Loan campaigns he was one of the four minute men. MURDER VICTIM'S FUNERAL ac-lfrs. Thompson, Killed by Husband, Bured Tomorrow I . x-mr T . i The funeral of Mrs. Henuettu The funeral of . 11'tl II Thompson, WllO WHS SilOt and Killed W .... 1.....I 1 l!ot Ml...,nnenr. last nei nu-.uu.ni, mi". .......,.-,... Wednesday night, will be held tomor row afternoon from the home of her father, ltobert Cardwcll, 2oS South Fifth street. The body of Thompson, who commit ted suicido after shooting his wife, was claimed at the morgue by his brother, Archibald Thompson, and Haken to Baltimore, his former home. The four Thompson children will be cared for by their grandfather, who is a patrolman attached to the Third and De Lancey streets station. bor ut the shipyard will have u fair representative in .the official launching party. They will uct us the guard of honor to the sponsor, and all will carry large bunches of roses whidrcontrastcd with the light bummer gowns, will make as charming n picture as Hog Hland has,' ever sVen. ,, Th.e Hog Island will be the fifty, first ship launched since August 5, 1018. The popularity campaign for a girl sponsor for the naming of the ship, designated in honor of the shipyard that has broken all records for the fast build ing of sea-sroing vessels, began last week. It closed yesterday. Candidates among the fair sex employed at the yard were chosen nt primary elections. "Tho directors feel," said the regis trar ht Swarthmorc today, "that every chance should be given these boys who gave part of their lives to Uncle Sam. Many of them nre eager to 'catch up' in the college work they missed last year and many who never before thought of college arc planning to take advan tage of any opportunities that may open for them." Loan Fund Established Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, has twelve scholarships valued at $100, twenty-five valued at $50, and thirty five valued nt ?.10 for award to service men. Albright College, Mycrstown, will give six scholarships to service men. Tho scholarships cover the full tuition charge. Pcnnsjlvania State College will nward twenty scholarships, valued at Jj;t5 each, to former service men. Ursiiins College, at Collegcville, has ten scholarships, valued at .$50 each, for award to former service men. Muhlenberg College, Allentowu, will l i .ye .I.- ....ni accept service men at half the annual tuition fee of ?0t) Lehigh University South Bethlehem, Carnegie Institute of Technology, nt j Pittsburgh, has a loan fund for the ben- j cflt of former SCrV ICC men. ,... :iii l.niuycue -oiicKc, hi. i.usmiu, m make loans to service men for tuition archbishop at home . OF SISTERS OF POOR !..!'. rr:r.. oi.l T mbuiuuon, rniy icma w.u . - day, Is Thrown Open to Many Friends Little Sifters of the Poor are 1ms tesc tod.iy at their home, KighteentU and .lefferson streets to the many friends of the institution, whie which is ti ft y i JCars old. The celebiation will open with sol emn high mass at 10 o'clock by Arch-1 chairman of the Inteivliurch Federation i bishop Dougherty. Later refreshments i unti -vice committee. j will be .served to priests and guests and Doctor Delk has just issued a state- to the old folks. -The home wilrbc opeul incut in which he calls ou Congressman 'all day to visitors. '.Moore and Judge PattersoUj opposing -" is the Iirst function ever given 1 ' " r "1 J '" " ",",?, . " V" was organized elchtv venrs- mm in s!i Servan, Brittany, by two French girls, .lone Jugan, a seamstress, and Muric Jamais, u washerwoman, who lealized ,hc ncc flf ,., permuncnt Ilomo fi ia lor indigent ngou men and women of I ranee. During its fifty years' work In Philadelphia the home has taken in more tliun HO0O old men and women. It usually accommodates about 270 in mates, all over sity years old. Mother 'Kolange, a French woman, who has hren in (hi. r-ntiiiniinilv t...n..,.. seven yours, has presided over the local, C0Urt t('al '"' ' lil'1'1 cllare preferred home for the last four years. There ''''-v Police Lieutenant Craig, whose ud are two auxiliary homes in the city, I ministration he bitterly assailed through out- in West Philadelphia and another I charges of "graft" and irregularities in in Germantown, each accommodating , the conduct of police business, the same number as the eighteenth ' strcet ''1 CAPTOR OF "SUB" HERE SOLDIER IN WELFARE ROLE Canadian Veteran Seeks Co-operation Between P. R. T. and Employes Lieutenant Hurry (J. Milsoin, veteran of the world war, architect and student of industrial co-operation, has been en gaged by the Philadelphia Itapid Tran sit Company to direct the company's Co-operative Welfare Association1!, ac tivities. When Great Britain entered the world war, Mr. Milsom enlisted as a private in the First Canadian Division. Serv ing with this division, he was wounded und gassed. In recognition uf his hero ism he was promoted to a first lieu tenancy. After twenty-seven months of serv- ice on the first line the lieutenant was invalided to Canadao Before being sent home. llOUPVOP tlin f'n.irwlinn nffin.. .. . ' . Mttlll. IJIUVM I'll- joyed the distinction of being one of the few Cunadian veterans to receive a decoration from the hands of the king. MAURER FEARS "PLANT Wants Public to Know in Advance If' Trickery Is Intended I Heading. Pa., Aug. 20. (By A. P.) "I nbsolve myself of ull responsibility for my baggage and what is found in ' it." Kfiiil Jnmru It Afntii.,..- ,.l. .,:... I I ... ...., ... .......,.,, ...uniiiuii ; of the Old Age Pension Commission I lot l'cnns.vlvanin, who was taken off n steamer sailing for Europe last Tues- I day by federal agents. "If tho statu iirpurinieni. liiienus io prove a case ( against me by trickery I want the public to know it in advance." Maurer returned home late lust night from Hurrisburg. "My last letter to un I. W. W. man wns to 'Big Bill' Haywood five years ago," he said. Ho fears some one will "plant" something in his baggage, now half- way across the Atlantic, - I Vvfeddind Invitations Wedding Announcements 7e name f tlu's House upon Stationery ia a mark of distinction. COL CLAY MOVED L Fortunes of Peace Rqclucc Pop ular Commandant at Frank ford to Major's Rank WORKERS PROTEST IN VAIN Lieutenant Colonel Wallace i. Clay, commandant of the Frankford arsenal, will be removed from his post as bead of that station next Tuesday, by or ders from the War Department. He will be succeeded by Colonel W. A. Phillips, commandant of the army proving grounds at Aberdeen, Mil. Lieutenant Colonel P. J. O'Shaugh nessy, who has been administrative of ficer at Frankford for several cars, leaves the army September 1, under the rilling on reserve officers, lie will en ter a private business. Uemoval of Lieutenant Colonel Clay from l.is present commund is made necessary by the army reorganization bill, now pending in Congress. This measure provides thut all army of- ""n "i ifiniMirary rnuiv iiiusl return ... .. ' ' ,,., ,.,, Clay was advanced temporarily from the rank of major on Jnnunry IS, 101H, and us n major he could not retain his present command, other officers of high er ranking being nt the arsenal. More than 201)0 workers nt the nr MMml i,vp spnt J0t it in to the War l tppurtiiietit asking that Colonel Clav be rft.'linorl lint etntnmnntc from Wnali. ,I1Rton hay (ilis ronUPSt cannot be ' -..- ........'...... . . . grunted. He will probably be named nn administrative officer or bead of the small arms department ntthe plant. i Lieutenant Colonel Clay, while sta tioned at the urscmil in 1111(1, invented ' one of the most powerful bullets used during the war. This projectile, when fired from an ordinary rilic, will pene trnte three-quarters of an inch of lirmor p,nte ,, km un one Ulliml it. VICE AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE Interchurch Federaltlon Leader Wants All Candidates Pledged ''Vice and the In enforcement of laws are n greater inemcc to the life of the community than ill-pavedstrects and fraudulent elections." in the opin ion of the llev. Dr. Edwin lleyl Delk, .candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination to declare themselves on the vice situation here. He says the can didate who can convince the "Christian citizens of Philadelphia" that the vice issue will become part of his major ulty program, will create an interest aud support that will sweep him into office. Doctor Delk. who is p.istoi of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Bioad nnd Mount Vernon street, is now awaiting y Fanning Only Allied Vessel to Cap I ture German Undersea Craft The 1'nitcd States destroyer Fanning, , the only ship of the allied navies thut captured a German submarine during the war, has arrived at the Philadelphia I Navy laid from Charlctown, where it I has been lying since its return from the war .one lust May, after serving twenty -one months in active duty. The capture of the German "sub" was made off Queenstuvvu, Irelaud, on November 1 1, 11)1 1. Thirty -seven men and four German , officers were taken aboard the Fanning as prisoners of war. lhey thanked i I their captors when they were taken I as,llore at Uueentovvu for the fine treat ment they had received. For the rapture of the German sub marine Lieutenant Commander Carpeu- , , I ,, ti' ., ,... tcr was awarded the Distiiiguished herv- ,cc- ,Jros,i" uml -Vn.BUISUCt' f""'1'' , JfcIals v,'r, 'Loonus and Li oonus and Lieutenant ocorge u. Ford, gunnery ofiicer. HIGH COST OF VOTING Isolated Districts in City Will Cost $17 a Vote City officials, in preparing for the primary, are facing the high cost of voting. This is due. it was explained today n-T ,nc County Commissioners, to the ,fact that a few divisions, especially aiong ine larswu.v. eoniuiu iew voiers. It was estimated that in four such small divisions, there were nbout fifty- eight votes. The cost of polling these will be. about ?1000, or approximately ,?17 u vote. ' Tho divisions are: Thirtieth, Thirty eighth and Thirty-seventh of the Fit- tcenth ward, and the Twenty-fourth of the Eighteenth ward. Fly Flag in Honor of "Star Spangled Banner" Saturday, September 18, will bo the 105th anniversary of the writ ing of our national anthem. The Knights Templar conclave, meeting in Philadelphia the city of the flag, the city in which the first Star Spangled Banner was made by a pa triotic woman of America will give special recognition to this greit an niversary, and I urn confident that every citizen will freely respond to my suggestion when, as chief magis trate of the city, I nsk a full and free display of "Old Glory" on all buildings nnd a heartfelt celebration of the day. This is an unusual occasion, cele brating an unusual event In the his tory of the nation. Let us throw our wholu heart into the great affair nnd make it testify the loyalty of Philadelphia in a manner which shall establish an absolutely new high rec ord for this city of great records in all things which have to do with the life of the American nation. THOMAS B. SMITH, Mnyor of Philadelphia. FOUR HURT AS CARS COLLIDE IN CAMDEN Many Men, Women and Chil dren Shaken Shipyard Trol ley Struck by Another Four men were injured and inunj niCJi, women nnd children weie severely shaken up today when two Camden trolley urs collided a( Broadway and Mickle htreet. ' The injured aie Ixiuis Griffin, forty -two. 2231 ituren avenue, Camden, lacerations of the head and right hip. Cooper Hospital. Joseph Heitiuun, twenty-five, Fifth and Grant streets, Camden, Incerutions of the right arm nnd body. Cooper Hospital. Clarence Ix-e, forty -three. Ninth anil Pear streets, Camden, bodily injuries. Cooper Hospital ltii'liard Koclier, twenty -four. 817 Grunt strcet, Cainden, contusions of the body. Cooper Hospital. The nicii were standing on the rear platform of u crowded New York Ship building Compimj 's car, bound for the shipyard, when a Fifth street and Hroadwuy car. uKo crowded, crashed into the rear end at Mickle street. According to the inotornian on the Broadway cur he was uuable to make the brakes hold. Two Boys Injured by Motor While playing nt Sixteenth street and Columbia avenue, two children were struck by o motortruck nnd severely injured. They arc Charles Stcnton, eleven years old, of 2211! North ClTad vvick street, whose skull was probably tractuied, and Herman Greenfield, four, of 1012 Susquehanna avenue, who sus tained lacerations of the head and body. Both were taken to the Women's Home opathic Hospital. mm f "Lile Honey on Olympus" gEll No other Turkish Cigarette we know of contains such natural leaf sweetness. You will find the flavor uncommonly gentle and aromatic. Made of five very rare Turkish Tobaccos: Yaka, Seres, Mahalla, Zichna and Samsoun. 5S5g JM J S MBt IVS T E . -3r i M Sj I mj , ty An old Time lP2yiiiiiliili ? fess . TWfcs M Turkish Cicarettc g&aga i HI 10 for 30c 1 fpfnflllllii -J SB 10for35c(ExtraSi:e) m Si J11S11I1I Plain 7 'iJ" A5 I Cork SMS!, -E? rTfeivA aII 'j '"KKBlt I iiiiV,.,r.. A Hw I. flHB:VOlllH MM, " .'- FlmiKi ir m, i ! UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Evening School of Accounts and Finance REGISTRATION DATES August 25 to 299 A. M. to 5 P. M Sept. 2 to 239 A. M. to 5 P.M. 7 P.M. to 9 P.M. Saturdays 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. Saturdays, Sept. 6, 13, 20, 2 P. M. to 4 P. M. The following NEW courses will be offered during the academic year 1919-20: Foreign Trade and Ocean Shipping Industrial Relations and Em ployment Management Other courses offered by the Evening School are Accounting Advertising Life1 and Property Is. llusincss Law Corporation surance ?,rokcrasn ,i , Mnrce, ssss- Money & Banking Investments Business Correspondenee Salesmanship Government Regulation of Industry Address all inquiries to THEODORE J. CRAYSON, Director Room 156, Logan Hall 36th Street and Woodland Avenus University of 'Pennsylvania " TC OBION M I Will Petition Councils for Money to Continue With Food v Survey WANT $20,000,000 BUILDING An appropriation of $10,000 to cover the expenses of a survey of food sales' from the farmer direct to the consumer in Philadelphia will be asked at the next meeting of Councils on September IS. A vote to this effect was taken, by the city market commission, of which Joseph S. MacLaugblln is chairman, and the move was unanimously favored. Following the successful sales of army stores nt the Gimbel store yes'" terduy, came word that Major Charles 12. Jones, in 'charge of the quarter master depot here, had just received thirty-six carloads of food. These pro visions will be unloaded and ready for distribution by next Tuesday. , Director MacLaughlin said Major Jones wns considering the advisability of holding the municipal sales on the Uity Hall I'laza,' in conjunction with the sales which are to bo continued , at the Gimbel store. It is also con sidered likely that several other stores in vnrious sections of the city will be utilized for public sales of government commodities. Clarence S. Kates,, secretary ot the city nrirkct commission, said that ibe possibility of Constructing a huge re- i gional market, at a cost estimated at , $20,000,000, wns being considered as one of the means of making Philadelphia one of the foremost market centers of t!.e country. Sucli a (terminal, accord ing to Mr. .Kates, would be cst.iUihf.-d in the vicinity of the proposed Camden -Philadelphia bridge site. R. R. CLERKS PRESS CLAIMS Committee In Washington to Appear Before Federal Board To further their efforts for increases in salaries ranging from S5 to 50 per cent, two weeks' vacation with pay and the establishment of a forty-eight-hour week, u committee representing the bonded clerks nnd ticket agents in rail ! rood offices nere arc in Washington to i lay their claims before the board of I wages and working conditions. j The committee will remain in Wash- I ingtnn until the wage board adjourns. 1 12. II . Morton, president of the Order j Of Railroad Station Agents, headed the body, which includes T. E. Hughes, Geoige Drcistndt, C. M. Shrum, C. 3V Mile, C. F. Miller, Balph W. S. Fergu son. C. A. Clinton nnd J. N. Edwards. C. F. Miller, who came from Wash ington to report, on the work of the committee, said that while no statement wns mane Dy tne wage board as to its probable action, the members of the committee felt encouraged. m mum Corporate Taxes, including Income Taxes Insurance Marine, Compear sation, Casualty f fJM m, ,i WfiJhSV fit -SSS " J fe. n 71 .1. I M m 4 'if if i Sf ,M 1 -J m i pji 'M : ? o m ii W Bell Phoue. Baring 1 00 St,o 245 hi n r 'in ii iii wwm , mmJ Wr 55 ?!" !Twr!V,T i?'!?l,,B,,!l $ fMAR' t3F - lTT MmMK XJM'M'aBfcaal'Aaastt. o T f-,'f ''if V""-a- " i n.'- V i f. a : '$ --v U l V .t & ,v .v , . -.
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