m a Uvl 41 W ,J S' ' EVENIXG PTJBLI0 XiEDRPHILAfeHrA, . roSBls'r fajRWmoM1 , ' .-, . . . . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' " - " , yiJK "4 ' 1 ION WILL OPEN ICE F OR MAUD .p&lidal Aid to Bo Givon Dis- lAabl'od Soldiors in Down- fv4 town Buro;ui i".. pEMBERSHIP DRIVE APR. 16; An office in (lie rrntrnl iurt of 'ip . cttr for the benefit of dinblcil ca-civ- f ;ieo men nnd uoincn win ue oi".n-u i i. medical aid of the American I.ivion. , i This hiinoiincemeiit waM ni.uli' l.it k night by Dr. AVIIIlnm P.. Uaken. Imii- man of tliN committee, at the iii'IIiie , f the county committee in t.u V j.. Club. 313 South llroail street, i inimi-i-' Ph'n. .... i . .1 . Jlrp. 'Jnoma lioum pic r.i un" LMnKMnniHilrM rf tttn vprnt eizlil pos(ii of tlic I.eglon a reiiiet to as.it in rfno Movement lor tne pincnii-n m "lioi'Kq In which Theodore Itnoeeit r bom.r She paid It wns about to In i 11 ', for factory jiurpo-e.s. It i- prnpo'! to raisn Sl.000.000 in the count r for "RooscTclt Iloiic." the upportinumciit for renosylvanin brine .s:..i.wu. inn Autn. It is hoped, will be rnii'd tbrougli ,SI subcriptioni ' mi liCRiou urnc lor iiirmurn win - Intfnebed with n tnaxs-mcrtinc in the lArartcmv of Music Friday owninc. April 111. Sneakers will iuclude Theodore t'lloowyclt, .Ir.. of New York ; Franklin 1 D Ollcrv national cnniiuniiiler ot me i,e- f slon: Oovernor William r muoui. .5la)-pt.T. Hampton Mooie and other There will be tneclincs in an (iiirii-ii during the cuMiing ditjs of the minii the vnriou posts operating in the ' district rallief "One purpose of the central campaign committee," declared Thomas V. Mcc nan the chairman, "will be to create , n thorough understanding of what the T.eglon is and what It stands for., A "speakers' bureau has been organized, . Wltn iianaoipu M. iiucn ns eunuuiuu, to outline cosent reasons why every jttian should join the Legion." Vinerc was presenica 10 xuc rauui; committee last night a request from Mm. .Tohn C. Norrls. chairman of a cpccial comnilttcc of the nmergency ,Aid of T'ennsjlvania. to plap for the Construction in tlie American i niircn of the Holy Trinity of Pari a wni memorial. Tlie war nieinorial plan in dudes nn annual memorial and nrn.'s tico day scnice : two tablets to America's and Allies' ile.id ; fom tablet to the combat dliious naj. ambulance corps, uwatioii. ciigiueers, American Ited Cross nnd welfare or ganiztiUons ; standards and tlags: nun ' plcto- gold star records open to all mill li.Aiii,ilnl Mi.ilf.it mnnl Vi.i WOT ' .in, . IIIVIIII'I MM M1IU,1.I1'. .'- I--" petuate In vltnl tervlco In Franco the spirit of our hero dead and their master price." This proposal was recommended favorabl by tlie executive ' cominlttee of tlie Atnerlcmi legion .Mntiiijutik Pot No. U-11. of which , Dr. John .1. Foran In commander. Is planning a cauipalgn for the raising of n fund to pioWdc foi1 u community1 house to be used b. the comrades of the l.eglou in the tMana.witik district. 23 GRADUATE AS NURSES 3 Plilla. Girls In Large Class at Hospital Training School Twptj three girls will graduate from i the Pctius.ihuiiitt Hospital Training ' School for Nurses tonight. The exer- ' clses will be held in the assembly loom of the hospital. In Ihc graduating class are three I Pliiladelphlans. They" are Misses Mary ) I'omly, Mabel KaulTmnu and Harriet M. I Lucas. ' Dr. Frauds It. Packaid will make an address on the "Old Historical Hospl tal." He will tefer to the Peunslvn lila Hospital. MAY EXEMPT POSITIONS - Civil Service Commission to Hold Public Hearing on Jobs Tlie I'lul Sen ice fnmmis.sioti will hold a public hearing Weduesda. April '21, at 11 a. m. in lloom S70. t it Mall, to consider plucing tlie follow lug positions in the exempted class: Superintendent of police; salary, SI.-iOO: inciiiubeut, William 15. Mills. Asslstmit siipcrintemlcnt of police, salnrj, SlltUO; iucumbeut, George Tern pest. Phjsieian-in.clilcf Department of Public Welfare; salary. ?1000; luctim bent. Dr. Itlair Spencer. CITY SEEKS 69 DRAFTSMEN Tlie Department of Public Works plans an adxcitismg campaign to obtain sixtj nine draftsmen neiileil in the llu lean of Survejs, The pav of the posi t ion rouges from SI 100 to 2000 a year. It is difficult to obtain competent men. I it is said, because private employment offers higher wages. The decision to nd crtiso for meu was made at n confer ence between Director Winston and Chief Webster, of the Surveys Bureau. Sentenced for Assault George Lacatcs, Second nnd Pearl streets. Camden, was sentenced to from two to seen xears in state prison to I day by Judge Kates on n iharge of inur- . derous iiss.mlt on Cla.xtoii Hartman, a I foreman in the cabinet depnitinvnt nt ( the Victor Talking Machine Co.'s plnut. wheic I.aiates worked The assault i pine as (he result of an argument be tween 1-ncatcH and Hartman oxer tlie foriuri s woik Hart man was in tlie Cooper Hospital for scwral months. TALK CHEATS DEAIH AT U. OF P. HOSPITAL 'Bunny' Sorvais Rocovors From Illness After Incessant Conversation FRAT BROTHERS DO TRICK Fiatcinitj brothers of Lewis J. ("Itunnj") Servnls, n student nt the htm Into a rnmhlrtn teenverr from a I disease akin to the sleeping sickness. For three inonthi members of the Sigma Phi Fpsllon have been working In relays and have talked td their brother at least sixteen hours each day In the University Hospital. Pccdi of athletic prowess, long lec tures on studies, mouologues on pro hibition. loe-slck talk about their girls - all have helped keep Scrxals awake Todny the surgeons pronounced him out of danger and said the "talking cure" MUM the nniise. I It was the most tiresome sort of nnrk. Often uenrr frntil their stlldlc!! and athletic activities, the men kept cicrlastlngly at It. Scrvnls is the llfi-nouml Intcrcollc giato champion wrestler. At a dual match at Cornell last Jnnunry he was thrown heavily, but gamely resumed and won, Upou his return to Phlladel- ' . . - , pma nervals conipiuinru oi iiiuiuuaa uuu Fniversity of Pennsyhnnln, have talked ' soon lapsed lntb n state of coma, with symptoms similar (6 those of sleeping sickness. Siircenns dlacnoscd the nlltncnt nB paralysis of the twelve cranial nerves, forming n pus, condition at the base ot the ukull, , , , ,. rri. ....... l.i, ..nn linnti or snvini; tlie llll'H' 1111-1 Hill 1'"V ..",' ' ,7, oung athlete's life. It meant death If he were allowed to icninin m a omic coma. To keep Mils faculties working sixteen hours a day meant steady con crnatlnn. Surgeons nnd nurses noticed Hint when conversations were tnking plnee within his hearing he remained uwakc. Therefore, the problem ot pro ducing talk. 8crvals'n home is In Carney. Mich. Ho was coxswnin of the nrslty. eight in ll18, nnd wat to have graduated that xcar. but forsook college for nrmy serv ice, lie was given n commission. Upon returning to school lie ngnlu took up athletics and soon wou bis wrestling crown j TO HOLD JOB CONFERENCE C6uncll Expected to Agree on Num ber of Employes and Pay A conference for the purpose of teaching nu agreement on the number nnd salaries of cmploTca of City Council will be held on Monday nftcr- noon. , At that tlmo it Is probable that n compromise schedule ot cmplojcs will be presented. Kleliard Wcslelu, president ot Conn ell, Mill winUc known wnnl lils program will bo In the naming of men for the posts. It Is understood thnt the Vnrcs will be recognized by tlio retention of several of the less Imporlnnt cm liloycs. , , , . . A conference was held jesicnlay nftenioon lu the ofllce of Mr. Wcglcln, nnd wns attended by Francis F. Iturch, Independent; .Tunics A. Dcvelln, Inde pendent; Chnrles 13. Hnll nnd Joseph P. Onffney, friends of the, xnrcs. . jsL. AnlputatoQIrK Foot' Knty Gotdsnittltr six jcars 6ft), of 031) North Sixth street, who wns struck by n southbound Sixth street car, In frout of her home, ns she wns crossing the street, It In ii serious condition nt the RooscvcJUlIosiiltnl, anil Is not ex pected to live. She wns ho severely ln. jurcd that plijslclnns found It neccs sary to amputate her right foot last night lu nn effort to snvo her life. ALL THE BRAN YOU NEED combined with Ihe lxdy-imilding elements in the whole wheat cjrain and all prepared in a di- gestibfe form. 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