- 'v " fif ' ' r EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919 3 1 ' ft ft! F ffE KB J SI IE p3 HE . G il a a JDwiiBM H a'tf'-'itr-miii- tfojrr h ?TJ N. T Conolldntl Curd Co.. 1.011 island city, N. Y. Balllnjicr fc Ptrrol, rcfillrcfs "liirner for Concrete" In the paper and pub lishing industry we've built for American Paper Tube Co. Boorum & Peasd Co. Defiance Paper Co. Robert Gair Co. R. L. Greene Paper Co. N. Y. Consolidated Card Co. Phplps Publishing Co. a total of 32 contracts for 15 firms. TURNER Construction. Co 1713 Sanaom Stmt CAMDEN SLATE NAMED Ellis, Republican Mayoralty Candi date, to Oppose Wright, Democrat diaries II. Hills, Ki'iuiblii'ilu candi date for nno.thcr term ns innor of Camden, will be opposed by John 1 Wright, Democratic candidate. Uuth parties tiled nomination jietitious today. The Itcpublican slate is : For recorder, O. U. Stackhousc; rilyfj treasurer, William Fry; receiver of taxes, llcnjamiu Sparks. The Democratic slate is: For re corder, Nelson Cox ; city ti easurcr, O. D. Kline; received of taxes, F. S. tios Iln. There are rivals for the Republican nomination for freeholder and council man from the Fifth ward, (ieorge Krockcr and Joseph Maull are seeking nomination for the former office and Richard Karncy and Louis Hantimoglio want the couucilmanlc nomination. Other rival candidates for the Repub lican nomination for eouncilmeii arc: Third ward, Robert Garrison and "Wil liam K. Horay: Ninth ward, Welling ton Ilarto and George Render; Twelfth ward, Josephus Jennings nnd William Abbott. For freeholder from the Twelfth ward. George KirKbridc and William Gramms are candidates for the Republican nomi nation. WISH PEACE TREATY PASSED Loyal Orange Institute Convention Delegates Oppose Change A resolution urging the adoption of the peace treaty ns it stauds, with the league of nations covenrtnt, was adopted today by the State Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institute in the second day of their convention in the Parkway Building. Another .resolution was -passed op posing aVrTUcp the United States Sen ate might take at ail hostile to the present rclutlons of England nnd Ire land. Cables were sent to the Grand Lodge of Ireland and to Sir Kdvvard Carson, the Irish leader, declaring thnt the American lodges were strongly back of any fight to keep Ireland from being separated from Kngland. The meeting was held jointly by the men's and hidics' associations. Lorcnz Kipp, of Yernon, Pa., is state grand matter and Miss Mary Henry is grand ' mistress. COLONEL JVIEEHAN TO WED Brother of Candidate for Recorder of Deeds to Marry Welfare Worker Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Mcc- ian. formerly of the 109th Infantry and brother of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas 'F. Mcehan, candidate for recorder of deeds on tne Republican Moore ticket. has obtained a license to marry Miss Benedict E. Phillips, 1714 Tioga street. They will be married here on Sep tember 10. Colonel Median was decorated for bravery in July, 1P18T when he was captain of Company D, luSltli In fantry. He was severely wounded In a four-day battle with the Germans, but refused to leave his command. He is a former Third Regiment, N. G. P., man, having entered that regiment fourteen years ago. He was advanced to lieutenant colonel in April of this year, and was one of the first Amer ican's to win 'a Distinguished Service Cross. His first decoration was a Croix de Guerre. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Meehan, 1033 Ridge ave nue, afid is thirty-three years old. BRYNMAWR ANSWER TO SUIT CALLS STUDENT "LOW GRADE" College Drops Pittsburgh Girl From Roll and Noiv Defends Action in Proceedings Questions Court's Right to Interfere "Miss Margaret II. Stnmbaugh, daugh ter of S. P. Stnmbaugh, head of the Harrlsburg public schools, and 'who was dropped from the rutudent roll at Bryn Mawr Collego "for the best in terests qf the college," was a "very low-grade student, rather indifferent to her work," This is according to an answer filed by the, collego In the Montgomery county courts, at Norristown, to a mandamus suit brought by Miss Stambaugh, who wants herself reinstated so that she may receive her diploma. The heating which was scheduled today was post poned, by the court at Norristown. It ' yVill be held later probably within two weeks. When the proceedlugs began it was announced that a cablegram had been received from M. Carey Thomas, pres ident of Bryn Mawr College, request ing that the ease bo postponed pending the return to this country of Miss ' Helen Tuft, dean of the college. Miss Tflft is expected to return in Octo ber. The cablegram, however? did1 not in fluence the court, as it had been prevl cuuly decided to postpone the bearing. Miss Stambaugh was notified on June 13 by Miss Thomas, president 'that the senate of the college had decided' that sho should not be read' QMitttd stuot'Ia tk tjiift.rM CUNARDJO START E E Passenger Service Direct From This Port to Europe to Bo Opened, Say Officials HOLD CONFERENCE TODAY Air Mail "Picture Letters" at Cost of $1 Suggested Sir Afthlcv Spark would send "picture letters" abroad by nlrplnnc. He Miyx: "It will be linrdl.v possible to send ordiuary mail by n transatlantic air ship nnd run It ns n cnmmerrinl enterprise. It may be possible, bow rver, to send by Hip nir route phnto Krapbic copies of letters, which luivc been reduced to nbotit the size of n postage fitainp. After the reductions have been made tbry could bp wound on n whppl. With the arrival of the photographic copies in Kurope tlic.v I'oulil be enlarged for delivery. I figure the cost would be about $1 for each letter." Thc Cunuui Steamship iWpnny plans , Brcatiy increase the importance of the port of Philadelphia from a stand point of transatlantic passenger traffic. rjghtccn new steamships arc now be ing built for the company and It Is planned to use several of these in the Cunard service between this port and Kurope. The Cunard Company now op crates a freight service from Philadel phia, but transatlantic passengers are booked here for bailings through New York. These announcements were made to day by Sir Ashley Sparks, one of the directors of the company, who is here attending a conference of agents of the Cunard line. Sir Ashley was enthusiastic over the possibilities of the part of Philadelphia as a great transatlantic shipping center. To Develop Service Here "We nrc going to develop our service at the port of Philadelphia considera bly in the near future," saTd Sir Ash icy. "Wc now have two freight serv ices out of this port. We want, if possible, to provide a service out of Philadelphia to correspond with the best service out of New York. "Wp lire now building eighteen new ships of tlie type of the Fruncor.ia nnd expect the first to be ready for service early uext year. With the delivery of these new vessels we will have passen ger as well as freight ships operating out of the port of Philadelphia. "The freight traffic here is very sat isfactory. Wc have been given every facility and encouragement by the har bor authorities here to continue our enterprises." Sir Ashley, when asked to give his views relative to thp transatlantic air ship as a commercinl enterprise, said: "We have come to the conclusion that the transatlantic airship will not be a success commercially for the transpor tation of passongers or ordinary freight. The machines cannot bo made com fortable for any considerable number of pastengers, and the lifting capacity of tlie machines will be limited." Ship Wastage is Great lie said that the wastage of ships by tne sunmarinc campaign was enormous. The greatest number of saloon passen gers, after the lifting of passport re strictions on October 1. Sir Ashlrv sni,l would travel to London and Paris', while thp majority of third-class passeugcrs would proceed to .Mediterranean ports He also stated that his company did not have any plans relative to service to Germany next year. The meeting of officials is being held 'at the Racquet Club. Following -n luncheon at 1 o'clock, the party will proceed to the Cunard Line pier,' Dock street, where Director Webster, of the Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, will have a city tug in waiting to take tre party on an inspection of the riverfront. The party will nnd at Hog Island and rcturu to the city by automobile. Govprnor Sproul and other important pprsonages of the city nnd stntc have been invited to meet the Cunard officials at the meeting. Runaway Engine Wrecks Steps The front steps to the home of Clar ence Coxcy, SHU York street, Camden, were torn away this afternoon when No. 4 combination chemical and fire engine became uncontrollable and skidded, Daniel Leach, the driver, said the steer ing gcqr refused to work. Miss Stambaugh, in her legal action, declared she had made necessary prog ress in her studies and that the action of the senate is unfair. The reason given for the exclusion of Miss Stambaugh follows: "Sho has been excluded from the college under the automatic operation of rules which hnvo' been found very serviceable to the institution, and her case has been treated no differently from other cases arising' under the same or a similar stato of facts. She, as her records Dhow, was a very low-grade student, rather indifferent in her work, and, after the fairest opportunities that could be shown her, failed to conform with the .minimum requirements of the Institution, To confer degrees upon such studeuts would be hurtful to the reputation and aim of Bryn Mawr Col lege. "There was no ill will or .personal dislike either influencing the faculty or the senate In their actions. Both have acted sincerely In protecting nnd pro moting the best interests of the insti tution, find she, like all others of her class, has been refused further instruc tion or a diploma," GAS Soldering .Furnace and AfpIIbbcim "T-tMfri" NEW HIP LIN ER 1 1 'UW Ml Silt ASHLEY SI'AKKS One of the directors of the Cunard .Steamship Line, who announced to day that the company will Institute n direct passenger service between this port and Kurope. Sir Ashley is In this city to attend a conference of the officials of the company t nil ii v. POLICE SEEK CLOTH GANG More Than $250,000 Worth of Wool ens Stolen Since First of Year District Attorney Rotan has assigned a special detective to trace n band of wholesale cloth robbers who have stolen rol and Sunders, returning to the Sixty more than $250,000 worth of valuable I first and Thompson streets station, woolens from mills here since the first I heard the shot. They rounded the cor of the year. ' nrl a gallop in time to see tlie three The gang,, detectives say, invariably , men jump into the automobile, operates from one or more nutomo-1 They opened fire nnd gave chase, but biles. lost their men near Sixtj-fif-t street So cool and determined are its! mem bers that even when one of the band wns forced to kill a wntclunuu to avoid arrest the remainder stajed on the job until the mill in which they were operating wns "cleaned out." Acting on the request of Superinten dent of Police Robinson, Mr. Rotan will appoint one of his assistants to de vote all his time in nidiug tlie police. A modern "spider." who docs not subject himself to actual danger, is suspected of directing the crimes. The gang is known to make its head quarters here, but operations have been executed in Raltimore and New York. Stolen goods from here have been re covered in both cities. In each case the thieves drive up to the place to he robbed in one or more automobiles, break into the plant and then select nothing but the moat valuable woolen cloths. EMPLOYMENT AGENTS FINED Inspector Moran Begins Crusade Against Unlicensed Agepcles With the fining today by Magistiate MrC'leary of two employment agents for conducting their business without a license, James .1. Morun, nn inspector in the Pennsjlviiniu Department of Labor and Industries nnounced that he would commence a crusade against such persons. The two fine'd today were L. It. Fulmer and Miss Margaret Sliowcll, who have been conducting the "Knbiu O'Kindncss" at 1.111 Arch street. Each was tinded ?30 nnd costs. Fulmer lives at 1(121 Summer street and Miss Sliowcll at 1J50!) Summer street. It was assert ed that they charged n fee of fiftj cents nnd if." u jenr for registration. Of seventeen women'who went to them for positions as stenographers, it was stated only four found positions. TEACHING THRIFT IS URGED War Savings Director Proposes Campaign In All Schools Introduction of the teaching of thrift in nil educational Institutions, with the object of making thrift "a future great national nsset," is being advocated by E, McLain Wntters, director of war savings for the Philadelphia district. Mr. Walters said sensible economy, nvoidance of useless expenditures and the teaching of broad phases of thrift, advocated by Otto II. Kahn for con sideration of Congress, have already been incorporated here into the gov ernment thrift movement. Thrift and snvings stamps and treas ury baviqgs certificates, Mr. Watters said, have proved "valuable propa ganda" to encourage saving. MAYOR MAILS APPROVAL Signs Award of $400,000 Contract for Bulkheads Major Smith, by mail today, approved the award of n $400,000 contract for Schuylkill riycr bulkheads to the Mc Clean Construction Company. The bulkheads nrc to be built on the west side of the river, below -the Pen rose Ferry bridge. They are to be paid for out of the $10,000,000 Item for port improvements in the 1010 loan. The Major mailed his approval from a resort in the Poconos. IBANgsBlDD. )P , Silversmiths vl J r Stationer '-J ' r Diamonds Sapphires Emeralds ' JJngcttJitfjgs - JBar !ri " "" ' Platinum Mountings iT Thugs Make Escape in Automo bile After Chase Through Overbrook , GUARD MAY NOT RECOVER Martin Daly. 18 rar old. a private watchman employed by wealthy Over brook residents, is in a critical condi tion as the result of u bullet wound in flicted by one of three men whom he found acting suspiciously and placed under arrest this morning. The three prIoneis escaped when I Daly fell to the ground after having , been shot. The men jumped into an au tomobile. They were pursued for scv (crnl blocks bv three mounted patrolmcq, who emptied their revolvers t them. I Inly, whose home is nt (WIS Had 'dingtoii street, made a statement to the ' police in the West Philadelphia Homeo pathic Hospital, in which tie told ofi &":? HfiT-frVrtISt Woodbine avenue. He questioned them, he said, and after they gave evasive answers he placed them 'under nrrct. , He took them to the pntiol box at Sixty-fifth, street and Woodbine avenue. While calling for the wagon. Duly said, he noticed one of the men place his hand in a back pocket. A moment later lie Favv a revolver and simul taneously heard the report of the gun. He sank to the ground with a bullet wound in his right tide. Mounted Patrolmen Ieiguson, Car- and Mnrlyn avenup. In the meantime the patio which Duly had summoned to take his pris oners to the station house arrived. The police discovered the wounded watch man nnd carried him to the hospital. Djly was nble to give it good descrip tion of the men. The watchman has been employed id the Overbrook section foe several years. OFFICERS TO BE RE-ELECTED Auxiliary of Letter Carriers Nomi nate Present Incumbents All of the officers of the Nutioiinl Ladies' Auxiliary of tlie National As sociation of Letter Carriers will be re elected to office. They nrp Mis, Alice MrConncll, of Buffalo, president: Mrs. Mary MrCnrmick, St. Paul, vice presi dent; Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston, Colum bus, secretnry, and Mrs. Anna Gal lagher. Pittsburgh, treasurer, and were the only ones nominated for those of fices. The nominating committee of the con vention made its report today and the biennial election will be held Friday morning. Nominees for the executive board include Mrs. Mary Donnelly, Mrs. Annie Hovvnrd, Mrs. Margaret Knight. Mrs. Margaret Wnlters nnd Mrs. Mary Nutt. For the constitution nnd law committee: Mrs. Rose Moesleiue, Mrs. Dorn Carll and Mrs. Mnr.v Law son. No spssion of the convention was held this nfternoon. ns a sight -seeing tour had been planned for the women. They will ('oijvene for'further business this evening. PRISON BOARD FOR WARDEN All but W. A. Dunlap Join dorslng McKenty In ln Inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary have passed n vote of confidence in the administration of Warden McKenty. Acting uuder orders from Governor Sproul. Robert S. Gavvthrop, asswtnut1 attoruej general, will come here the latter part of this week to investigate the penitentiary mnnngemeut. The board of inspectors met yester day and adopted a resolution of confi dence iti Mr. McKenty. Only one mem ber of the- board, William A. Dunlap. opposed the indorsement. He didt not vote. ' Mr. Dunlap lias frequently attacked the penitentiary administration. Mr. Duulap said the members of the board were "very nice in their treat ment of the prisoners jestcrdny, thirty four applications for parole being passed without a single dissenting vote." FLEET MANAGER RESIGNS H. C. Higgins Will Retire on Sep tember 8 Pitts Succeeds Him II. C. Higgins, district manager for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, t'nit ed States shipping hoard, has resigned, it was announced today, and his place will be taken by T. D. Pitts, assistant manager of the shipyard plants in the Philadelphia district. Mr. Higgins will retire on September 8 to return to business. His successor, Mr. Pitts, has been with the shipping board for a -year nnd n half. He was formerly iu busi ness in Providence, II. I,, nnd Balti more, TVis - Zaco Pina ' v I WATCHMAN U MAKING ARREST mi 3 W . V 2tt5rt'2 '' MARTIN' DALY A watchman employed by Over hrooh residents, who Is In a criti cal rniulilion, the result of a liullel wound inflicted by one of three men whom he was endeavoring to an est BOYS CYCLE FROM SCRANTON Two Youngsters Reach City After Long and Hard Trip Two tired bojs are resting todaj at the home of Mis. W. W. Utter, 172:1 Noith Eighteenth Micct. lifter a bicjclc ride from Sciiiuton to Philadelphia. Mrs. Liter is a sister of one of thp hoys Frank Kaiser, fifteen jcars old, of Sl2 Hampton sticet, Scianton. Frank hadn't seen his sister for some lime and decided lo visit her. He was neenm pnnied by his chum, Joseph Lnngnii, fifteen. The bo.v. left Scrnntou at S :.".0 o'clock Inst Sunday morning, keeping on tlie "Kcj stone trail." Mnnda.v night the.v were so clove to Philadelphia that tlic.v could ee the City Hall, but did not enter, thinking the.v i-nuld not find then way in the maze or streets. So they again enjojeil the comfort of a farmer's hayloft. They will sinrt hack to Scianton on their-wheels tomorrow morning. Trolley Hits Auto; Three Hurt Thice persons were injured la-t night when the automobile in which they were riding was stiiuk hj a trollej cur at Fifteenth street and P.issjunk avenue. The injllied aie lcttti Solomon, f Sllfl Eastwick avenue; William Abron ovvitz. of (iTO.1 Woodland avenue, and A. Greenberg, of 7211 Pusclmll ave nue. The.v weie treated at the St. Agnes Hospital for cuts and bruises, then sent home. "Kansas (5$M mm a, tmk A'eir Brown Brogue H2 toacw. fyvnefr) A Wew Low'er Floor Shoe SKop For Young Men 1211 Chestnut St. at Opening Week 4N ENTIRELY different downstairs store that will cater entirely to the shoe needs of the young man who is particular about his footwear. Exceptional Values at $y.oojg.oojg.oo Our same policy of minimum profit for n larce volume of business will be adhered to, and the values will assuredly bo of the best, owing to our small overhead expense, The Downstairs Store for Men 121lChestttal: Street DELIVER ARMY FOOD I First of Many Orders Received Here Are Filled by Post- I office Officials OTHER SALES PLANNED Deliveries will be made this afternoon of surplus arin.v food sold by the govern ment through the postoffircs ill this clt . All of tlie Sl'2.'.000 worth of foodstuffs will not he filled nl once, but no district will be favored. Trucks started out nt i! o'clock with orders thut had been filled bj n (orps of clerks at the post office substation. Twenty-second nnd Mnrkct stieets (ieorge .Steininetz, assistant superin tendent of panel post, had charge of dclivcrj of tlie food. Twelve trucks weie used. About twentj -four truckloads of food have been unloaded nt Twenty-second and Mniket stieets for distribution here. Announcements of two more sales of ulrplus army foodstuffs nt prices be low those of the retnil markets was made today. One of the sales will be held Friday in the food stme of Gimbel Brothers, Ninth and Chestnut streets, and the other will he helil uext Tuesday in the police stating nt Twentieth nnd Fed eral streets Itoth will be under Hie supervision of the city mnrkct commis sion. Tlie Tuesday sale will be con ducted by the Emergency Aid. Among the articles to be placed on sale nt the (iimbel store, Friday, will he prunes at twelve cents a pound, and dried peat lies and npples at fifteen cents a pound. Other foodstuffs to be sold include .10.000 small cans of baked beans, at four cents a can ; 7'20 cans of corned beef, 700 bottles of vanila extract. !K() one-gallon cans of sirup, 570 cans of mock -turtle soup, U'M cans of tomato soup, 1 1 HI cans of ground mustard, 1020 cans of ground nutmeg, ;5.")50 .pounds of Lnglisli breakfast tea, 700 pounds of Oolong ten, and 750 pounds of Young I Ij son tea. Yirtuallv the same line of goods will be sold nt the Emergency Aid sale, Tuesdnj . LAST DAY TO BE ASSESSED Electors who are not assessed, but who desire to register September (i, may have their names placed ou asses sor's lists today. This is the last op portunity pior to the primary election. m&c&A&yorifazjL ? 21 $7 vy, W i. 1 'oC SOLD THUG! MAIL 1 . . Get fitted out in Comprehensive Round-Up Clearance Sale of Perry Suits Light-weight Topcoats and Winter formerly $30, now One Uniform Price 1$ Many of the Suits are a weight that men are wearing the best part of the year round. The Fall Topcoats and Winter Overcpats speak for themselves. They are remainders of last season that we carried over because we knew we could not replace them with anything so good to sell at their original prices. And we can't duplicate them now at what they cost us! IJ There are big size Suits here that are a windfall for large men. There are plenty of small sizes and youthful mod els just the thing for High School and Prep fellows in long trousers, and for young men going to college. Put a couple of them in your trunk and add an Overcoat they'll see you through .most of the year. All are remainders of our own regu lar stocks that we sold for $30, $35; $38, $40, now being closed out because they are two, three, four of a lot, at the One Uniform Price $25- Your size may be the finest of them! Open till 5.30 P. M. Perry & Co., "n.b.t." 16th & Chestnut Sts. for tlie Fall J this iiHGIfE: rr J Overcoats $35, $38, $40 at the . B 1 y.i 'l CI E1 ' 'S s-i v.w - TB n vl s . -K ?& tja . 1 .cv "torn jJL . HI r'it-mm'V.mmm s -' Ash ,. , pt u vm mm &r rMWeJ ". 1 'iti itkiMi V, .. .r a wHm-3StmtKW9fm CLbflBHRP VJBsJsnHflsSltllft 1NMIK Wi&mSBESSmmmMBHEmBBtB&
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