rKw drY'a y .w rf'i ..i li,' , i " A? W ,,4 JtW ' '"; W EYEIING' PUBLIC LBJDOEKr-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1920 HlL " Lj) M H Itockwood & Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y. "lumer for Concrete Contracts for the Inrgest concrete building ort Manhat tan Island havo recently been closed by Turner also con tracts for 1C other buildings ranging in slzo from ono story to ten stories. TURNER Construction Co. 1713 Snniom fltrrtt Duane and Beeber Regret Post ponement of City D.oing Own Street Cloaning FEAR POLITICS IN WORK Postponement of street cleaning by the direct method authorized by the new city charter would be n matter of very great resret, according; to Russell Dunne, who was a member of the charter committee. Mr. Dunne and former .Tudsc Dimner i Bccber, who also was conspicuous in the new charter movement, vigorously ex pressed their views today on street cleaning under the contract system. Mayor Moore has announced he will ask for bids for street cleaning so the , figures may bo incorporated in the 1 budget for 1021. Ho also has asked a survey, however, to determine the firacticabllity of having- the city clean ts onn streets. The "contrnctor-in-polltics" Issue was the principal plank in the pint form that won the primary election Inst fall for the anti-organization forces. Important Feature "Members of the charter committee considered the provision for municipal street cleaning one of the most impor tant features of the new city charter," ! Mr. Duane asserted. "I think the proper method is to have the dty do the cleaning. Whether or not conditions exist now that would make municinnl street clconlne mulnlv expensive, I Jo not know, but it will be a source of very great rccret if th matter is postponed. "The cleaning of street bv tin. rUv directly is very important because if powerful contractors obtain the work it would tend to perpetuate contractor government, which this city has suffered from for some time." Opposed to Contractors "I would be onnosed tn n rantlnnonM I of street cleaning by private contrac tors, .Mr. Jjoo&cr declared, "unless it was very clearly shown, after the met searching investigation, that the city's finances were not in shape to have the work done directly. "I can rcndlly understand that street cenning by the city would be expen sive the first year because equipment would htive to be obtained. But I am heartily in favor of taking municipal contracts out of the hands of private contractors." ARREST 39 EAST INDIANS 8hlp Deserters Sent to Ellis Island for Deportation Insnpptnr ITnrnlrl TMmn.Inc, - il. Uliroau of Immlerntlon. filming,,,. i "jslit arrested thirty-nine East Indians piii.T ,ra t 3" nnVK them to Ellis Island, N. Y., for deportation. Ine Indians, who come from a part of India from which immigration is not allowed were cmplojed ns coolies on shins hie i mmn tn V... X'-l. .I." f-i , ; " it-,v j.uriv city. wy jT "'"l ?t various times and E. i J" . neicncm where they WorL" th Bethlcncm Steel Inspector Ttlinnrlnci .n.,1...l l "it'Mh'e1 ." ," COlV T ? W SVcS ahorrwk PtratnCn MOTORTRUCK CATCHES FIRE Driver Slightly Burned While Ex tlngulehtng the Flames Ilnn a A" o-ok '-J,"? "' Aoranam ,.,.- .'i1!35 York Rtret. caught Jesuit of nn overheated i.n.in. ...un.. n- motortruck ntrnil . At. i -.- ... ,. urciut'II theArticir 'i-pp.t ..--" -ft'u 1V111IU street and SedBie7nvenueV,,UUt, iCDtn fl ' "'e Ulllrm was turned in, but the d!mTtoMti!fUT,8h ' ""IS uamnge to the truck. Tho driver of moBn TLAntlrcwPn,lno' 2808 Kdge hands Mi Ta1 B,lEht,y ,iurned on the """ h" trying to put out the fire. MUNICIPAL BANn rnurcor night ,1mtmc,J",1 BBnd wl" p'ay to- avenue!' d 8treet nnd Duncannon I lip UIlU'WW IWHWHB iSiiRS, URGE CHARIER IN i Y)W SS smama 5 Pearl, Tassels Embellished with Diamonds I x , "''fa Tvf 4-fft $200,000 IN LUMBER DESTROYED AT FIRE $2,500,000 Worth Is Saved in All-Night Battlo at Yard at 955-79 N. Front St. FAMILIES MOVE FURNITURE Ilnrdwood flooring worth $200,000 was destroyed, other lumber: valued at $2,500,000, threatened nnd several families forced to move from their homes by a bln7c In the lumber yard of H. Iar, 055-70 North Front street. ihe blaze began shortly before 7 o clock last night. Three alarms were sent In, and fire companies from the entire northeast fought the blaze until early this morning before It was con quered. D. S. McICennoy, a watchman at the yard, discovered the fire in some piled hardwood at 0 :45 o'clock. He notified ruiroimnn uoyce, of tho Front and Master streets station, who si mmoncd the engines. Volunteers Chech Fire Ileforc tho engines arrived Doyce nnd McKctiny, re-enforced by men living near the yard, worked frantically tearing down the huge piles of lumber and guarding other nearby piles which were threatened They wore unable to hold the names In check, and when the firemen nrrived the entire Canal street siue of the big yards was in flames. Hut for the work of tho volunteers, however, the firemen say the entire supply of lumber would have been destroyed. The boards were starked In plies thir- ty-nve reet high. Flames from tho burning piles shot high In the air and spams ich on nearby houses, making it ureussury 10 maintain a constant guard on the rooftops to keep dwellings from destruction. the So fierce wns the heat from the fire and so menaced were some of tin ninr- by" homes that mnny fnmilies hurriedly carted their most cherished bits of fur niture nwav. Other families left their homcR without trylug to salvage nny thine. The hardwood destroyed was stored in twelve big piles. All were burned completely to the ground. For a time the Bremen tried to save them but turned their efforts to keeping the fire 'from spreading after it was evident that the names hnd too great a start on the hardwood. Rare Lumber Plies Working like stevedores the fire fighters razed other big piles of lumber to the ground and carted the heavy boards to a safe distance from the tlnmes. The burning piles were isolated and put under a heavy stream of water. Despite this it wbh long after 1 o'clock before some of the firemen were re lieved and others left to guard the still burning pyres. Sparks from a passing locomotive are Diamed tor the tire. It it had not been discovered in its infancy, the firemen said, nnd if Boyce and McKenncy had not stood with the nelehbors until thov arrived, the entire neighborhood would nave neon wiped out Charles Wilson, superintendent of the yard, made the $200,000 loss estimate alter a survey of tuo damage today, MEET TO PLAN FIRE PROBE Committee of Eight Will Investigate Apparatus of City Tho committee of eight, nppolnted last week by Director of Public Safety Cortelyou at the request of the Mayor following the breaking of the fire ladder at tho urc at 1010 Chestnut Street, held its first meeting this afternoon in the offices of Colonol Thomns Biddle Ellis, assistant: director oi puDiic satcty. The committee, which is to investi gate all fire apparatus throughout the city, will decide at this afternoon's meeting whero to go first. It is prob able that the inltinl investigation will be made in the central part of the city The committee consists, besides As sistant Director Ellis, who is acting as cnairman, oi ine louowing men : Chief Engineer William Murphy and his assistant. Ross Davis; Battalion Chief Harry Piper and Acting Battalion Chief John J. Brown. Fire Lieutenant Albert F. i'ettit and 1'eter Cavanaugh, manager of tho municipal repair shop. 7Ae "Inspected" Car Jtveejw iromg Motorltti who buy cart from u and take advantage of tha deflnlta amount of frea monthly Inspection we offer every pur chaser drive without thought of possible motor trouble. There Is little opportunity for the car that i regularly Inspected to go wrong. 306 N. EFROAD ST. nUtfCOB, QUANT, KIC6SL,nCNAUCr "HWWS and Motor Thick i ,.C t ' i.M iWMVHPHmamn GmES&THOMAC grantor (h v Ar leTeTaBBsBHleTaTaw i sm saavr H International. MISS TOLLY THAYER Enjoying the bathing at South ampton, Li. I., vtlicro many I'hlla dclphlans are visiting. Miss Thayer is tho daughter of Mrs. John D. Thayer, of Haerford HOSPITAL GETS $25,000 Estate of Simon I. Kohn la Valued at $300,000 Other Wills The Jewish Hospital Association re ceives a bequest of $25,000 by the terms of the will of Simon I. Kohn, of the Kohn-Adlcr Co., who died In Vcntuor on July 15. The estate Is valued at $300,000. The bnlance Is left to relatives. Mr. Kohn lived at 1525 North Sixteenth street. Other wills admitted to probate were those of Simon E. Wright, H2H North Fifty fifth street, $35,000, and Joseph h. Davidson, Atlnntlc City. $12,800. These inventories of estates were filed: Meyer Wcinstein, $3280; Joseph B. Eppes, $20,780.05; Harry F. Cole man, $75,001.00, and Harry L. Liggett, $15,514.03. FIRST DIVISION TO DIX New Jersey Camp to Be Used as Headquarters According to nn announcement today by the War Department, Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville. Ky., has been aban doned and the First Division, now stn tloned there, will be transferred to Camp Dlx, Wrightstown, N. J. At tho Camp Dlx headquarters de partment today It was stated that no orders to that effect had been received, although the military authorities at the camp had received an unofficial report that the First Division wa3 to be sta tioned there. Will iron get caught up! You're swamped by pencil shorthand. But you wouldn't be worrying with The Ediphone on the job. Getting the mail out is The Ediphone's job and it does the job right The easiest way to dictate a letter tdiphone Telephone The Ediphone Spruce 6303 Prove It on your own work Isuaranteed Jointly by 1627 Chestnut fumtcto CL. fn WOMAN IS KILLED AS TRAIN HIIS AUTO Motorcar Containing Fivo Catapulted Through Cam don Safety Gates Is BABY AMONG PASSENGERS One woman was killed and four other persons, including n four-months-old child, narrowly escaped death when their nutomobllo was struck bv a motor truck nnd rammed In front of n speeding electric train in Camden late yesterday. Mrs. Minnie Hock, fifty-eight years old of 778 North Twenty-sixth street, was the victim of tho accident. She re ceived a fracture of the skull nnd In ternal injuries, from which she died nt (1 o'clock Inst evening in Cooper Hoa- P The automobile party had been visit ing frlcuds nt Almoncsson, N. J., and were returning home. In the car with Mrs. Minnie Heck were her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Anna Heck, and the lattcr's four-month-old baby. John; Miss Lena Stuckenburgcr, of 1513 North Eighth street, nnd Fred Ititl ilngcr, of Norfolk, Vn. Ritizlnger's presence of mind and the heroism of Miss Stuckcnbcrger, who was driving, saved the others of the party. When the automobile reached the crossing of the West Jersey and Sea shore electric road at Morgan street a crossing watchman warned them of the approaching express. Thnv had halted their car at the approach to the crossing nnd were wait ing for the trnin to pass when a mo tortruck, loaded with workmen from the New York shipyard, rammed them from tho war. Their automobile shot out onto the crossing directly in the ..otv. nt thn rxnress. MIsh Struckenbcrger tried to start the engine, but failed. Rltlzingcr shout ed to her to save tho elder Mrs. Heck, while ho grasped Mrs. Annn Heck and held child nnd pulled them to safety. Tica Ktniekenbcreer had all but aided Mrs. Heck to safety when tho express struck the automobile, nurung tne older woman thirty feet. Tho Impact knocked Miss Struckenbcrger to one side. Sirs. Anna Heck said today that the occupants of the truck made no move to aid them. Camden authorities arc conducting an investigation. Baby Struck by Car Attempting to cross the street In front of his home at JC15 (Jcrmnntown nenuo Inst evening, Joseph Sorger, eighteen months old, was struck by a car and badly Injured. Dell Phone, Fox Chase 1400 W The Blue Line Auto TRANSPORTATION Service Philadelphia New York Baltimore We Insure Your Goods 923 PRINCETON AVE. Burholme, Phila. George M. Austin Street, Philadelphia tdvon.Snc. I SAY SPEEDERS STOLE CAR Two Men Held on New Cliargo After ' Auto Smash-Up At a henrlng this morning before Magistrate Price In the Twenty-second street nnd Hunting Park avenue sta tion, John W. Call, twenty-two years old, C021 Trinity street, nnd John Duane, 1008 Rltner street, being tried on a charge of reckless automobile driv ing, were held under $500 ball for a further hearing on an additional charge of the larceny of a touring enr, stolen September 0, 1010. The charge was made by Lieutenant Wagner, of the Fifteenth and Vino streets police stntion. The stolen au tomobile was tho property of Armand D. Pugh, of Allcntown, Pa. On Wednesday, July 21, Call and Duane figured in an nutomobllc acci dcut on the Northeast boulevard near the Roosevelt boulevard. Call had his wrist fractured In the nccident and Dunne was slightly Injured. Both were arrested nt the time by Policeman Caruthers for reckless driving. The automobile they were driving has been identified as the stolen car. Killed When Quarry Caves In Sllchael McEntec, forty-nine years old, of 2323 Jefferson street, died as the result of a cave-In in a quarry at Tabor road and Tacony creek where he wan working. He was taken to St. Luke's Hospital, where be succumbed shortly afterward. Auto Hits Woman Hit by a motorcar before her home at 210 Northeast boulevard, Mr. Anna Laws, forty-two years old, yesterday was taken to St. Lukcs's Homeopathic Hospital with both arms broken nnd cuts about the body. The automobile sped away and was not identified. i;er- $100 Buys $130 Worth in This Gigantic Linde August Furniture Sale Out of every three dollars you spend here, we save you a dollar. This is possible only because of our enormous location and expense saving, which we give to our customers in lowest prices. That is why we can guarantee you ACTUAL MONEY SAVINGS OF 20 TO 40 PER CENT BELOW EVERY OTHER SALE. Don't be dazzled by big talk. Let your own eyes and your own good sense protect you against high prices and inferior goods. See our big store, our, big assortments, our big savings. Compare them with the others. Then buy where you get the biggest values. Everything in our enormous stocks is reduced. Months and months of preparation have brought here the widest range of selection, the finest quality and the lowest prices you will find at any sale now going on. Look and see. Comparison will protect your pocketbook and at the same time insure you lasting satisfaction. We Will Hold Purchases for Future Delivery 1m iKii o ' I S 'I' $300, worth SflOO. Very handsome Queen Anno Bedroom Suit, in walnut or mahogany. Bow-foot bed, with artistic carvlnu. Full swell bureau. Dressing Table, with trlpll. cate mirror. 20, worth S25, nieces In handso Thla hlirh.irrnrto Did pieces In handsome Adam style, has fonler, Bed nnd Dressing Table. SIBVwortli S275. Adam riefclgn, four-pleco Dining Room &?' n oSa,cobc.an. oak- Buffet, 64 inches long. China Closet, G3 by 44 Inches. Serving Table, 38 Inches. Ex tension Table, 48-Inch top. $305, worth $360. Four-piece walnut Dining Itoom Set. Oblong or round Extension Table. 00-Inch Buffet. China l0Ael 13 Inches high, with arched top Inclosed Scning Table, 39 Inches long. f3flS. worth 00. Most elaborate Llbrarv Suit, with neatly hand-carved mahogany frameB, spring seats nnd loose cushions. Imported damask tapestry or vclour cov- $275. worth 350. This elaborato two cushions. - ...... w...uubuuui ino LINDE, PRICES 20 to 40 BELOW ALL OTHEB SALES BECAUSE QUO LOCATION NOW SAVES CUSTOMERS mn nnnoo YEARLY HENRY WILSON DEN HE BARRED KEEGAN Commercial Museum Head Says He and Newly Elected Trustee Are Best of Friends "Ridiculous." This was Dr. Wllllnm P. tVllson's comment today on a report that, ns principal of thp Commercial Museum, he had barred from that Institution Charles M. Keegnn, 1014 Spring Garden street, who was elected a museum trus tee yesterday by Council. According to the report, n disputes over decorating work in the institution on Thirty-fourth street below Spruce led Doctor Wilson to refuse ndmlttancc to Mr. Kcegan. The Incident wns said to havo occurred prior to Keegan's election. "That Is ridiculous," tho museum principal asserted emphatically. "It Is absolutely false. Mr. Kcegan nnd I have always been the best of friends and wo have not had the slightest trou ble over anything. "Mr. Kcegan came to the museum occasionally to do decorating work, but it wns for individuals who hnd booths here and who were decorating for ex hibits, such ns hnrdwnre, hosiery nnd automobile exhibits. Mr. Keegnn "1ms nlways done his work within the rules of the museum." Keegnn today also declared the report false. He denied that his friends ob tained his election ns trustee as a means of gaining him entrance there. Tvnrv Suit nt fniii- edroo"4!,ir- Mrse Dresser. Chlf- Chlfforobo, Bed and O. 64-lnch Buffet wrnJss.ii!Jr4?:Shdaru,! 3l"lnoh Serv1 57rt, worth J800. Four-piece Dining Room Set, Georgian period, In walnut Buffet. 66 inches long China Closet, 1L& 1 faor,ln5 Tablo. 48 In. Oblong Kxtenbion Table, 46x58 in. Elaborate carving. Splendidly made. M1S, worth 2S0. This handsome Louis XVI Library n i t l,!?0,0,111,' nockcr and Arm Char, with neatly lluted and molded frames und full spring biato fu -red In tapestry or volpdr. - piece Tapestry IfZrA'iril . Is ,thre-'Icce Library Suit Is uphol eA'", "ft"1 JUVStt?!. ".;.'.-Prln looSe-cusPhlon ery nest. Don't think of buying Furniture until you see how much we can save you SPECIAL NOTICE The Linde Store will be open Monday, Wednesday and Fridau evening until 10 o'clock for the convenience of those who .....u ci"'"i wnc uttrmy that we are so croivded with unless you come early we Khali prompt attention as we should LINDE; W5 &f Uass Til's? isirs ESS? IP 3c aVOS BU1LMNG BnCVITICS The p!etureof a completed structure ii evidence only that it hat been built. The all-important con sideration of how wtll it was built mutt be left to the imagination. -i Outward design ADEP.THAW it willing to leave to the taite of architect or own er, but the vital elementt of structure it insists upon controlling. A BERTH AW CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PHILADELPHIA WEST tUD TRUST ATIANTA attTON asJ,,AlO Man, 70, Inmate of Home, Ends Life Charles F. Klebcr, seventy years old, nn inmate of the (Sermnn Protestant Home at Lawndnlc, hanged himself in his room last night. He was pronounced dead by a neighboring physielnn. No reason is given for his net, which is be ing investignted by the police of the Tacony station. ' staVSaa.'f irAr Tr J: vA 1,1 II 8 Jl JJ Irffff u Ft ii , . I S325, worth HBO. Four-pleco Bedroom Suit. In walnut or mahogany. Largo hureau ; bow-foot bed. Chlfforobo inch1 HVAntranyH- VT',n5 TaubI wlth triplicate mirror, men design and Bplendld finish. U U jl I CJLjS II 1 " r JU LL- !hH nXl'l A"no. W de.s.'j-n ... Four-plece Vanity Dressing Table. """ TiYtllr.nlnnA ifnlnl.f Tlnl.. T) m . 42-lnrh pKln.." r 17t u ,"V ?'f""in.l- 5SS L'Mra-largo Davenpoit ate aay ; out I'LHASE NOTE ciuttomera i th .,.. ;.. be ....... ,,r itw I fLIIllIU LfUII. unable to show you as like, Open Saturdays Until 1 P. M. ?3d, Columbia and Ridge Avi This Week Only Sharp Sacrifice of$50,$55,$60 Suits at $35 for Quick Buyers only $105.00 buys Three Suits! r Really, a wise man will buy at least two of these suits. We'll tell you why. If he buys one he will probably blow in what he saves. But by buying two he is invest ing what he saves in an extra outfit like a man who reinvests his divi dends instead of spend ing them. But whether you buy one, two, or three, buy now! Time is slipping! Are You? The Largest Quantity is of $60 Quality Alterations at Cost Perry & Co. "N. B. T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. Sg5gsc2ggJSigsgaS Golf Suits $55 For Coat and Long Trousers Knickers of same fnb lics, $15 extra a total of $70 for the three-piece suit. They are made by Max ims of London and carry the characteristic Brit ish swine and smartness. The fabrics are Harris Tweeds Donegal Bannockbums Fisken Tweeds Shetlands Fleeces The coat and long trou sers combination is ad mirable for street wear and with knickers for Golf makes a moderately priced entire outfit for usual and Sports uses. Sports Department, 3rd floor JACOB REEtfS SONS GAS Soldering FurnftcM and Appliance bbnd roR oATXLoavn L. D. Berger Co., 59 N. 2d St. HUFFMAN I; r I fi A (4241426 CtoshntStted B jOfCoisfaRwl i IV'Sm1 Motor' 4 i i-v4: Ul tU . .u vf Zbti&t . mMMMki &Ai
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