jjfwwij'rr vrpL7r $&j0tM y ' ' ' '"' "t""' ' rrrWfW'J "V? ' if-- ,! , ). j "tyr?? ' V' - rrtrtmaffimp''' ''''''ww! - -'x,4"' JJ 1 ' --1 Hf ' "51 W . Njtw 11KJ EVENING lUtfLIO LEDGBKr-PHILDBLPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921 15 0 NAPHTHA WRECK LAY DEATH AND ILLS 1 Residents of Roelofs Stirred Up by What They Consider Men ace to Health RAILWAY CO. SCOUTS CHARGE nV pcpio t noj' Va- fc!yh ': ,r 'ffn,on '1nction' nrC "Ur,rpd Z v,hnt tliT conn'dar the after feet of h rwk of n naP''n,n car fn he consent draining ot 8000 Jallon. of nnpbtbn Into pit Mrest of tlio "Air'tnanncr of ills re 1W to the riDhtha-the death of ft man, the 111 Z of n woman, the illncM of cows. SS'l" off of wallpaper and the Elllni apart of furniture. "St tlie Heading Hallway, on whoso tint the naphtha ear wan wrecked No Kli, govs tin naphtha could not ' n-rlvab y "run- caused death or II -ST 2nd n prominent Vhiladolphla jbTsician says the him thine Say Drinking Water Affiled . 4i,Alnua fnrmerfi find others ,,r Iloclof declare their dr jnklns ttr has been affected by burled ;.htha. and their protests have S In climax with the. death of Alfred Hlettle. nn eighteen-year-old Sllrcad worker of South I.nng home. The "naphtha dump." a pit went of notlofa Ktatlon, in near a creek and in 'i the vicinity of artesian wells which qpplr nearby "Mdents with water. A i is located rft ltoelofs Station Ulch is near Trenton Junction. Bleltle. who was assistant fn the ,titloamatcr nt ltoelofs, became ill Jinuary .TO and died last Monday. Mrs. Freda Hlettle. nt her home on Kistbrook avenue, South Lnnghoine, ""Alfred 'complained of not feeling well on January 80. We called in Dr. Edwin S. Huntsman, of Hulmevllle, Vho treated him. Alfred died Monday tiiht Dr. Iluntsman Bald ho bad been Mlioned by drinking the water from be pump at ltoelofs Station." Vapors Permcato House . r. .I. f.,,liwl nnnhthn. If in tild permeated the houso of flobert 1'be fumes )oocncd tho wall paper nnd bw" a. ,0.. "n.?B .""""'';.." ,vv-: fines, rmany uio wic '" ' ril penetrated the foundations nnd hewell left tho house. Th station master is now living nt 100 HillcrcMt avenue, Trenton, in a Joune leased for him by tho railroad aapany for WO n month. "So claims, ko far an I know, bate '.in entered mralnst the railroad," uH Mr. Clew ell today. "A good many inrsons around hero nrn gottlng hick. tSouh. Mrs. frank .1. Jackson, n former's wife, who lives near the stn r'en. is ick with stomach trouble. There it n well in the cellar of tho Mition agent's house nt ltoelofs. Hall tsiil workmen have capped the well with .v.... fnl nf mnrretr in nrevent the implilha fumes from spreading. Cows Ston Glvlnj; MilU r.ants .T .1flpl:nnn. liushand of the .woman who Is 111 with f-tomach trouble. ind uhoie farm is soutn ot nie ran- .!.J l..fli nlmnut nn n HIrprt Hnp itith the "naphtha dump." said that tvielre nays nner inc rnurouu ucci dnt Ids cows "went dry." "I first noticed tuo trouble anout . irekc (IftyH after the wreck," Mr. ,laon i-aUI. Jiy cowh nnii oeen lArlnVIm from the creek nt the foot of tie slope wncre nicy uuriru uie ti'pMSa wuen live oi my cowa i cive no milk I went to Ir. ' Jm') yoter, nt Newtown. i "Cr Voster nald the dumping of1 i.hk. nrtii ,n.p rlflnffAfni,u ti'linn ui I n 1um1 nt .L'ntrii (ml tiinf if- ii'milfl i ai ili lining from the stomach of any irttMie (Irinkinp water affected in that W (' Hrist"!. cenernl claim agent of the Heading Hnilwuy. discussed the tin- ' i.rui cae today. The naphtha was I "ifiid he fnld. to prevent n fire or 'iplosion when it was learned the tank ur ai linking. I Waiting for Kvaporatloii "W ill have to wnlt until it all. Tjporates." he said. "W'n are hoping1 or ninny weather to aid in the cvapor- ' aticn ' Qiifstioneii about the pump at the mtinn nml lonnrln (tint Ttlnttln ilivil from naphtha permeated water, Mr.' urisipr replied : inntisutternonscn.se. T wlco since tee time of tho accident we have .had fire engine come over from Yardlcy on pump the we'l dry at the station. t.ih time after being pumped dry nam ;'M of wster wero (tent to Reading, 'fcere tested, and found to bo free from "J naphtha or gasoline." A Philadelphia phyoician of promi "tee was asked todnv foe his views I' 'he case. I I do not fee how naphtha, ihe ordi ?ttr nroilu t rnnlil Imw i-nil u pth win us deccribed." he said. "It t , V. V; V0anle product, nnd 1 can- " iuinK it fould have fmiicd wall ;Pr to leave the walls and v.ood fur 'hfe o fall apart." BRIDE GONE; STUDENT ILL W Word From Wife Who Dlsap- rred F've Hours After Wedding I war Schenderoff. Teaiplo l'nie--if .tudont of dentistry, whose bride I'MPCeared Urn !.,..., ..... .v.. i,.L.j "" ..",, n nun- nii-v n ui .?,rr'cnd ." i'hiladelphia, IVbruaiy 0. .., '",;."?, n:H room tn a boarding 1121 South liroad street today MKtMRr 'vv9j w I JAIL ESCAPE THWARTED Man Feigning illness Identified Hospital by Man He Shot The Htrntegy employed by Snm 1'erry to get out of Jail bioitght him more trou ble Instead of fresh air, l'crry. who gave his address: as for tieth Htrcet and Illdge avenue, was ar rested Inst night on suspicion of being one of the men who fhot l'ntrolinan William I'artlow, of the Tenth nnd Hut tonwood streets station, I'artlow was nhot on Wednesday by two alleged rob liors when he stopped them to examine packages In their possession. After Perry hnd been placed In a cf 11 nt the Tenth nnil Uuttonwood streets ntntlon he "threw n tit," according to the turnkey, nnd was taken to tlic Hahnemann IIoiplt.nl. It happened that ho was placed tem porarily on a hed next that occupied hi 1'nrtlow The form of l'crry weemed famllinr. I'artlow looked closer. "That's the fellow who shot me," ho said, l'erry whs sent back to the Uutton wood sltcet station. DR. YOUNG BEFORE FORUM Harvard Man Speaks Here Tonight on Peace Conference -IHFT OF $500,000 FOR ARCHBISHOP Archdiocese Will Presont Purse When Prolate Returns as Cardinal McNlchol, M. J. Blattery. M. V. Doyle, Joseph P. Donovan, Jobn A. XJaty, James A. Dougherty nnd John A. Gal lagher. Marchers in the parade from tho archbishop's residence to the station will assemble nt Seventeenth nnd Ilace streets at 7 o'clock, nnd, aside from members of uniformed units, will wear frock coats, silk hats, gray gloves and grny ties. In line will be representa-1 tlons from the Knights of Columbus of l.- r .1. .1 m.H ,-,.. -,.. .. . . inu luurio m-gii-v, '-uiiui'iuriiin nociciy, . otner organizations. The nr St. lnrcnt de Pnul'N (,, inference, T the station will begin precisely at 7:80" A. H. Union, ioung Men's t nion and , o'eloek The Imat will sail at noon. IE30C aoraoi 30C30C XOE30I soni COSTS OF ROME TRIP PAID The gift of the Philadelphia archdio cese to Archbishop Dennis ,T. Dough erty In honor of his elevation to the rardinalate will be a purse of S500.000, It was stated authoritatively today. This will be presented to him on his return from Home, where he Is to receive the red hat nt a public consistory March 7. Ho leaves l'hlladelphlu for Italy Saturday morning. It was said todnv n smaller nursi- containing sufficient money to allow the carainai-cicct to travel ns becomes a. prlneo of the Roman Catholic Church will bo given the cardinal-elect here. A MISS SARAH C. WHITK RELIEF WORKER RETURNS Miss Sarah C. White Was With Mount Sln.al Hospital Unit Miss Sarah ('. White. phiirmacUt with the Mount Sinul Hospital unit dolus relief work in Serble mid the JlalkaiiH after the war, has recently returned to her linme. ."I2J2 Columbia avenue, after n fifteen months' absence abroad. Mis AVIilte. who wits sta tioned ut Krusenae. Serbia, ond pre vioubly at Clmchlack, told of the dlfll cultlert which confronted them in giving nllef to the jicasants of that countrv. She described ns pitiful and dreadful the plight of the Wrimgel nriuv and 1.10,000 Russian refugees driven to the Rlnck sea by the IloWievists when she vlslte.1 that section. Slu- said that hhlps designiil to carry 2000 pcrsonn were loaded with from 10.000 to 12.000, so that there wns literally "standing room onlv." H.v way of contrast she described the election of King Constantino and the Intense enthusiasm bhuwn by the popu lace nt Soloniijuo on the day that the (ireek king was voted into power. Dr in.n v.mt.rf nf TTnrvnvd delegation of 200 laymen will nccom Alljn A. oung, ot iinrvnuii .. . TTni,v.4 i.m i.tm n,i. s' STUDIES SCHOOLS' HERE Massachucstts Man With Frankford Fathers' Association IMwln T. Miller, from the schools of Westtown, Mass.. n suburb of Itoston. is in Philadelphia to study the school system, It was learned today. ll at tended a meeting of the Fathers' As sociation of the Frankford High School. "We are forming similar associa tions," he snid. "I had heard of this wonderful Philadelphia organization and wanted to view it closer. I'nivcrsitv.' will bo the sneaker nt the eleventh session of the Punt.IO LKDOKtl j Forum on tho Pence Conference tonight ' In the foyer of the Academy of Mjisic. I Dr. Young, who wns economic adviser I to the American Pearo Commission, will peak on "The licouomic Settlement.'' Few persons know that half of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles consisted of economic chum's. It fol lows that thi' lepresentatlves of the various nations, Including the United States, assembled at the Peace Confer ence faced u multitude of economic problems. N'nturnlly, many of those problems weic of the most intricate nnture nnd Involved Ihsucs thnt wero vigorously contested by the pence, dclegntes. Dr. Young will toll In what way tho Pcaco Conference sitc'ceeded in finding" a way out of the labyrinth of troubicsomo questions and how some of the settle ments were renched. MARCUS HOOK AMBITIOUS Chester Suburb Urges Recognition as Port of Entry Residents of Marcus Hook lire urging presentation of a petition to Congress man Ilutlor to have their borough inado a port of entry. Statistics have been compiled to thow that this suburb of Chester handles more tonnnge, foreign and domestic, than any other point along the Dela ware river with the exception nf Phila delphia. More than 1,000.000 tons of imports puss through the town each j car, according to these figures. Years ago Marcus Hook had a cus toms ofllccr, before even CIiphUt had one. It was later abolished. Rev. Dr. Jennings to Visit Africa The Rev. Dr. W. Reattv Jennings, of the l-irst Presbyterian liurcli, Gcr- panr him to Hnhnken to bid him end speed on the Holland-American liner Mew Amsterdam. Passports for His Grace and six prle.sU of his diocese were issued yes terday lu New York. Cable reports from Rome described Pono Benedict ns being undecided whether he would nsslgn to the new cardinal ns titular church the little Church of St. Pancreas or the Church of the Quattro Santi Coronatl. Roth hold historic interest. Among those who will escort the arch bishop to Hobokcn are James J. Ryari, Judge John Monaghan. Aloyslus Fitz Patrick, Thomas F. Slattery, Joseph Trainer, Joseph Durkln, P. F. Kernau, Samuel J. Castner, Daniel Murphr. William J. McCloskcy, Jr., George Mc. Crockett, Jnmei A. Flaherty, Dr. r-eter Moylun. Dr. Krnest IaPlnco, Francis Cnrr, Joseph McLaughlin, Patrick O'Neill. John F. Skcllv. Peter Horgan. John Rea, 1). J. DuMce, Dr. A. S. Doyle. John E. Loncrgan, J. V. Lough -ney, James D. Dougherty. Richard II. Hughes, Michael Mellody, Daniel Mur phy, Joseph P. Gnffncy, Judge T. J. If There s Any Question whether coffee causes sleepless nights follow ed uf drowsy days change to InsimtPostom This table drink isrure and wholesome thas a flavor that pleases , and is made instantly in the cup. Yoticanmakfi Instant Fostum strong or mild to suit indkridual taste, there is no waste, and whether you need one cup or ten it's always ready. "There s a Reason for Jbstmn Katie y BxounCetealCotQpanj.Iac Battle Creek, Michigan. II February Furniture Offers II BEDROOM SUITE Open Saturday Kvenlncs D o flffffW fsrnrl . Kxceptlonal opportunity- In n iiearvom mm American wnlnnt, vrf msl. Iirsatlfullr d lrnd ntirl linmlnnrnflr flnliilird. Valu 2A0.0O. Slinafnctoreri' prlt , 164 UV1NG-ROOM SUITE ltnndrtd of ether II td room flalt nt other prte. Al complfte Itne of ntntnr nd I.trtic Room Hultri. Open Saturday ICvcninga o D o u. Torulertal Tln In la TVoom HoltMi, bra lllally oplioutrrrd extra qnnlltr tapeatrr of many pattern, f.arc pleee lifwut tleilKnn Valne 1330. JInofi tnrer' prlfo . 1.1. - jh try 169 TCIien looking fer I'nrnltnre of any bind It will fr. talnljr be to yonr ndrnntete te vlitt u flrit. u O I! Ktmtmbtr, we 4 ell direct to contumcr from factory. By to ioKng irg oi t"M over half. Come n; ton am under no obligation to but. Dtrrrl rttory RBTll- Ufte FURNITURE MFR'S SHOW ROOMS 138 South 8th St. rarehadnr Atenti' lOEXOl 30QOE 30E30C 301 weorge v. tartwrignt. rormer sen-1 nmntown, yesterday ns selected out of ntor from t allfornia, addressed tlni seven clergymen by the Prvsbvtorlun fathers on the subject of capital and J Hoard of Foreign Mission to leave In lnbor. O. Alvin Snook, principal of the June for n six months' visit to missions school, also spoke. In Africa. Greatest bargain in Phila. LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS 1 1 AMR fflEwfli'v llwlBii. mn ilarltt JiSK5SSV&s' Hi or Jiiln i'; Sfe? II It Costs Less on Arch Street n Corduroy bind ing, red back nnd "orners. 200 shoets nrt Index com plelo, 94xlli. REGULAR $g.50 AR PIUCE, JU.75 BLANK BOOKS 1 c to $30 each XeadQnAt-ttza tor COMMERCIAL STATIONERY Wood it Steel FILING DEVICES Immediate Delivery HARRY B. LEVIS STATIONER 702 Arch St. VJfto 12 ELGIN 1 J a nrvUU8 collapse. He hns ro'- 'ftr "t(l tin wnnl .... Sf... M i.. i:tin a-u' ..'-.. riu"' ""V '' iUi '"""croir nor trom Iter ,,?,', llwho'n Schenderoff accuses of .!m. Joung woman to leave ii li ; , lniiuinn was bam not 'l!wfd (,, ?.V n,ltll0uRh no one nas o lif .. .i l I""- ocnciiuerolt went -me ,. ',"Vr' H'rctl uoarutng eft tho i L , brldo and her father :rouW i'!"eof chenderofPu sister and i J i V Mr- B"d Irs. J, " ilock In the morning. 895 VACANT LOTS TILLED "lllvation Allsoeat,on Sflys Sonie Yielded as Mnrh ,. imc '.finalS"") aml. "inetyfivo per wtnt 1 ,1 ! ?,s.?f tllf I'hiladelphia " st iM. ""S" "snociauon in Jftterd,; "c0f(ltnB the icport ititiif. :.,"'? "fternoon at the annuul 1 TfJ,000 u "'c V,'yns ,N"K estimated titrt ""a ' Mh ns ?M5; it was "IM mini ltlm,nB t,le lots repre lW ef.5rcupft,0M- Tbt W"0 'fs. liK' ,anP'l8htrH. shoo ;" Fiv.h!i?nd "veneen "old tl foutiMn " fftrmfd lota for more tf Mriod J?"' i,m.1 mr than 100 I nf .i becamn "fsrmera1' for It mH t1,'' nand 127 completed their - ft? Wrd iBJ. arJc'irlst. r. fll"' !hlfS'ri,.rec,?,,S of th0 ' 'JM.ht,5,Iurt s- reU Is preiN Buy yours nov while Standard American- made Watches are at their lowest ebb in prices. Pay only 50c a week until paid for. EIGIN5-WALTHAMS-JLLINOIS, ETC. lonest Folks Sale Pure White Perfect Diamonds COM I STOC in! maki: , hi:i.i:(tion on hi: hhuii:ht ami iiandsosikst :u or I'i'iii: wiiiti: i'iuiii:t diamonds is riuimxriiiA tjo . Sffl i I'rrfrct illnmoiiil. ! I'ure title 1 1 Ut . cnhl fiiotlnllnr. B,)"S31.U5 eek sOTn THOMAS CLOCKS Aiiiclrm Clilinri Wlp i:r,K I.Kdlra' prrfrrt rut ttune. pure nhllr. S27.50 5l)c n Week Your Money Refunded if You Can Buy Cheaper for Cash Open Saturday Evenings ROGERS SILVER 'ia rieieit (lunrun Itfil. SOr u AerU. I OUR. ONLY STORE I 4 IMONtlO. Ljsnaesr exclusive cj?edit- JEWELRY HOUSE IN PHILADEIPHM 39North 13th Street f i: IS I JII I1! VinMU.or -H'u iuiv !.. w t n 'i.wmii ood 7ood, eonomy effnd Common Sense Do you select your week-end desserts with a view to food value, economy, variety of mcfiu and flavor? If so, you will be delighted with the announcement that for this week-end more than 2000 Supplee Ice Cream Dealers are again prepared to supply you with BLACK WALNUT ICE CREAM Everybody knows that milk is our most essential food, but few of us have ever stopped to think that Ice Cream is the purest and richest form of milk. One pound of old-fashioned Black ff'ahiut meats (the kind of Wal nuts that on those fall holidays so many years ago, left their stain on your fingers and clothes when you mauled them from their hulls with a piece of fence rail) equals in food value ten pounds of broiling:, chicken, five pounds of eggs or thirteen pounds of oysters. Combine Supplee's incomparable Ice Cieam and Black ll'alnut meats into SUPPLEE PRIVATE BRAND BRICKS and you have one of the greatest vigor-producing, most delicious and very cheapest desserts ever prepared. I. S. There is BUT ONE PRIVATE BRAND BRICK SUPPLEE'S SUPPLEE- wills-jone: Locate the Supplee Dealer nearest your home and order Black Walnut Tec Cream for this week-end. If you do not know where to find him, just call Baring 140. jfvyit-yCfcPjlBr Mi9flf Mgss5gSi n A -., Ly ..ajEaiBfea Ai- , ii.hKwj AitO.. 'ffi'-vK--itiJt A .:,
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