i1p?Sww; i- ,' n rr ir n J6 i Gwr Pit f I I t H Si m I "' fe ll F hJ m i i 12 E GIVES CilY LIGHT v Downtown Section. Must Econ omize, However, After Yes terday's Accident TRANSFORMER IS WRECKED TJy drawing upon reserve reonrees of lcctric power, the riiilaclelnliia nioctrlp Co. U able today to suppb light aud power to the downtown section In which "the lights went out" yesterday after noon. Kconomy in the use of electric energy has been made necessary, however, as the accident in the supply station in Sanoom street near Ninth rc-ulted in the wrecking of one of the largest rotary transformers of the company. Setting a good example to other users of electricity, the Philadelphia Electric Co. is running only one of its five ele vators in its headquarters building at Tenth and Chestnut streets. There is a great deal of curiosity to day us to the exact cause of the sudden Shutting off of light and many explana tions have been offered. Klcctricitj is too mysterious n slave of industry for even its masters to dis russ with absolute certainty. When it Is submissive, it is abjectly submissive. But when it goes off on a tantrum it gives no warning and raises high jinks. For fiftee,n or twenty seconds yes terday afternoon in the Snnsora street Bupply station there was oue of the most brilliant pyrotechnic displays pos sible. Fire and sparks Hew everywhere from a great revoHing wheel. The situation might have been serious had not electrical engineers provided for just such au emergency and made it possible to shut off the energ: . Hut in that fifteen or twenty seconds the great new rotary transformer was wrecked. Thick pieces of copper were melted and twisted and some, heated hot, were flung to all parts of the sta tion. Some of these .fragments, torn from the machine, struck and damaged another large rotad? transformer, but the injury was not serious enough to put It out of use. This machine and others held in reserve at the station are sup plying most of the energy used today. The Sansom street station is one of four suhstations which furnish elec tricity for the district between the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers and Spruce and Vine streets. Wires from these stations run through the Edison underground system. The district sup plied by the Sansom street station is between Broad arid Fifth streets and Market and Spruce streets. The accident yesterday was one of the raoft serious that has ever hap pened in a power plant here. It was also entirely unexpected. The ma chinery at the plant was new aud of the most modern design, and it was not thought that an accident of that sort was possible. The only warning given the men in charge of the statiou was a flicker of light just before the display of fire- I works began. Boys' Glee Club to Give Concert j The Boys' Glee" Club of the lVun- , sylvania Institution for the Blind, of Ovebrook, will give a concert in the Church of the Mediator. Fifty-lirt and Sprue streets, tonight, for the benelit of the Chapin Home. T.ouis Boecelli, an old graduate of the school, will be one of the soloists. The concert will be given under the direction of Oscar Ilil-gram. RESERV POWER MEMBERS OF THE Pennsylvania and Atlantic Seaboard Hardware Association I t Philadelphia I Make Our Store Your Headquarters While iu the City We are showing at the Commercial Museum our Grand Prize World's Fair Exhibit, containing over 10,000 separate pieces of hardware. Bell Phone Market 3786 4' 4 WOUNDED PIGEON A PUZZLE Bird at Hog Island May Have Flown From South America Employes at Hog Island, who found and attended to the wounds of u carrier pigeon that appeared there yesterday, are wondering today if the bird dew all the way from South America, An aluminum hand on its left leg bore the number OIHSSo, and the bird has been traced as one formerly owned by John B. McCafferty. of 57-1 Ger mantown nxenuc. Mr. McCntlerty ex plained today he went out of the pigeou carrler business eight jears ago nnd sent nil his birds to South America. "If this is the bird 1 used to huve it is ten years old," said Mr, Mc Caffcrt.. "I can't understand how it got back here again. I shall trj to trace its movements just from curlosit. It is unusuul for a pigeon to live so long." NAME-SIGNS FOR STREETS Mayor Orders Plates to Be Posted on All Thoroughfares Street name plates ate to be posted at all intersections in this clt . The need for this improvement was seen by Mayor Moore on several of his inspection trips nbotit the city. He 1 noticed that at many corners there are I no street names posted, an omission sometimes annoying to visitors, or to residents unfamiliar with certain sec tions. Not onlj have small streets in nu merous instances been neglected in that respect but long stretches of important thoroughfares likewise lnck the guide sign's. BOY HELD IN KILLING 10-Ycar-Old Playmate Was' Fatally Shot in Store Edwanl Saneo, seventeen years old, of Eleventh street near Carpenter, was held by Deputy Coroner Sellers today to await the action of the grand jury in the fatal shoovtlng of ten-ear-old William Colenzo, 705 South Warnock street. The boy was shot while playing in, the store of John Meeks, 'M7 South Twelfth street, about two weeks ago. The Sanco boy, who is a negro, had been left in charge of the store. The boys hud been playing with a shotgun, which went off by accident. Pleads Guilty to Medical Charge William ,1. Looker, 1IM.0. North Six tieth street, an alleged physician prac- I ticing drugless therapeutics, toda be- I fore Judge Itogers in Quarter Sessions Court pleaded guilty to uu indictment charging him with practicing medicine without a certificate of licensure. Judge Itogers suspended sentence on the de fendant, but instructed him that lie must cease the practice of medicine and confine himself to the science of curing by manipulation. Auto Stolen From Garage A. G. C.arbcr, 3247 North Philip street, reported to the police today -that his motor car, wluen lie valued at $)bO, hud been stolen during the night from ' his garage. Stammering j Don't bo hnnfllrupiKMl by iikfkctivi; si'i:i:cn II r. M. I. Hot, lit-ad of our M'HOOL roil STAMMKRBKS Iiuh curfil hundreds of men and nnmen, ' New afternoon and etenlnjr chinas start Mnmluy,. rVbruury lfi Call for I'artit uhirs Interviews Gladly Ghen Cl-NTUMi nnNCII. 1421 Arch St. gfrwAtfAj.- ... jj.ji-i!gi"tiy" Simmons Hardware Co- 425 Arch St. EVENING PTJ3LI0 FOLLY FARMS mypsoN I York Road Estate Purchased by Wool Man fdr About $250,000 4 OTHER FARMS ARE SOLD Folly Fnrms. the famous Old York road estate nt Ablngton, founded by tnc Into William L. Elkins, of Philadelphia and Ogontz, nnd occupied by George W. Elkins, Sr., for some months prior to his death recently, has been sold. The purchnser is William G. Davison, AJIT 1 V 8 r Do you pay your employees: by cheque ? A CHECK Is a grlevnnco to em " ploves because It means n trip to the bank and often a. tlreaomo wait In line. (JettlnK It cashed olsowhern generally leads to un Tceeswiry ixpend tares. There are disadvantages from the employer's point of view also, but tho difficulties of handling cash In the old way kept many firms from changing to a cash basis. '. ij! t--ejy jy'cfcig . ifff "k LEDGERr - PHILAt)ELPHIA, TUESDAY, In the woolen business on North Front street. He ncnulrcfrnll of the 175 ncrcs lying east of the Old York road, for n figure said to bo In the neighborhood of S2."0,000". The sale was made by II. Calvin Williams, for many years super intendent of the Folly Farms, actlug for the trustees of -the estate of William I.. Slklns. That portion of Folly Farms lying west of the York road and comprising an equal acreage has not yet been sold. Mr. Davisou, it is understood, will continue Folly B'arms na a stock nnd breeding fnrm, The passing of the estate was predicted several weeks ago, Hlmrtlv after Mr. Elklns's death, when it wns announced that Superintendent Williams himself had purchased on eleven-acre tract of lnnd on the west side of the Old. York road, south of the site otthc Ablngton Memorial Hospital, for development purposes, nt n figure said to bo in the neighborhood of .$50. 000, nnd in the more recent announce ment that the horses and equipment of The International Taj-roll Ma chine will sdlvo tho whole prob lem of satisfactory cash payment. It computes tho payroll, counts out tho monoy, checks payroll, balances cash and keeps a printed record of the amount put into each cn elope. If you employ more than 00 people send for our folder "Cash Versus Check." -iL,lmiimimmi.-.m,...f Reading, Pa. Manufacturers of Payroll and Visible Adding and Listing AfacMnes Philadelphia Office 125 S. 12th St. Phone, Walnut 5782 Offices in all principal cities SiiEETRgCK WALL BOARD Shectrock is not only cheaper than lath and plaster, but saves time and labor. It's made of pure gypsum rock, can be papered or painted as well as plaster, is stronger than wood, and won't burn, warp or shrink. Ask for a sample and you'll see for yourself why the Government has used over 6,000,000 feet of Shcetrock. JAMES E. TAGlE & CO. 10th & Columbia Ave. Diamond boho Keystone Phone Main 3966 .? - :j,, tho E"olly Farms would be offered for sale early In March. The sale of four other large farms In the northern district, Involving a total acreage of nearly 1000. nnd nn estimated outlay of at least $100,000, Is also announced. William Hohcnsack, of Ivyland, has purchased the Tomlln son farms, of cighty-flvo acres; 8. Carl Oarner. of Hatboro. has pur chased the 100-acrc farms of John Dnrrnli nnd the 230. acre farms known as the Kngart Estate. Wharton SinUlcr, promincjit Phlladclphlan, who -a a In Cases of J Neuritis, Lumbago, I Neuralgia, Etc. f 1 WIRT ELECTRIC 1 b HEATING PAD rTordtt prompt a m rt ana jcreutl.v faclll J tic r r ' te me ar- nn nf other e m e d I p ii i b ft nrea fabric lmef, intiN in wnifr f 1! nemnira- tfon, Wnfth- anie mid-on Standard Electric 223 N. 13th Street. Supply Co. ) riiiia.. m. i .. ixcon.oa JlSfB 3 Ki?25 'ty .i m E FEBRUARY 10, 1920 hRB made, extensive land purchases In tho northern section in recent months, has added to his holdings by the pur choBo of the U. I W. Ilogcrs fj". located on the state road, in War- m;MM ntirup 'i f FRESH PAINTl lBeeve flte r, Industries! Good painting is an inyest jnent not an expense; especially to owners of business buildings: mills, factories, garages, etc. ' "Save the Surface" Kuehnla PAINTER llS.l6thSt,EK'; Get our ettimate no obligation HzlMflMjW Trying is knowing We can tell you a lot of interesting 4 & m L aJ .a. 1 d. - p m m m a iav.it, rtuuui uie lord oalisburv lurkish cigarette. We can tell you the tobacco is the tenderest and finest type of Turkish; that the paper around it is of purest French quality; that the cigarette is made in the cleanest factory in the world. But what of that? You can't know the cigarette until you try it. All this information is useless unless you test Lord Salisbury for yourself. Your taste is the infallible guide-the only one. It telegraphs your brain either approval or disapproval. But you've got to give it a chance to operate. There's only one way. Try Lord Salisbury. Lord Salisbury is packed in an inexpensive machine made paper package instead of a cardboard box.' YOU CAN'T SMOKE THE BOX. WHY BUY IT? Lord atio "' which means that if you don't like LORD SALISBURY Cigarettes you can set your money back from the dealer minister, uellnlto lieu to each of theso sales arc withheld, '.' ""' " ' I TJJ'.'IJ-! 1-".' ", ' ". .-.-. ' t ' -SSS5g I 30 Years of "Bond" Service I Hero Is a .Bona Patent Univer sal Drop Hanger, with KlnK Oiling Ball nnd Socket BoarlnK. Ilasy to erect, easy to align and best of all, easy to HEAIjION. Details on Request EM B I )trs rtM J7inffriof I i ....o .. ......., , Catalogue 1 Salisbury TURKISH CIGARETTE is inevitable but. It is estimated that the total is n... close to $100,000. . Wr' The name "Bond" for more than a quarter of a century has given a feeling of last ing satisfaction to hundreds of manufacturers who have installed "Bond" Power Transmitting Specialties. For 30 years the name "Bond" has stood for Double Sure Quality and Performance. Write for Information and Catalogue D ) d
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers