Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, June 06, 1921, Night Extra, Page 18, Image 18

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,rf Cot3 Seven Subscriptions
in One Hour in Ledger
Contest
TO WIN NEW "BIH
F? WATCH YOUR STEP, BOYS!,
.
The boys can gn way hark nnd lt
own. That's what one little girl, who
hi ten .rears old nnd llvc in North
Twenty-fifth street, has decided, so far
'?? h.c 1,tnl'f t'Dor.u Hlnck t1eaut
bicycle contest Is concerned.
But we won't go quite thnt far. he.
cause, nfter she has won lier nu-n lil-
eycle. she is going to win nnolher fop
nor lour-ycar-old
hrnthpr .Tnrlf Slip I
such ner aunt int ntsnt. "What would ,
you do--win one for little brother, nnd of ,l0 strntton 1'nrk dam near Colorado
then get one for yourself or get one, to springs reaeheu Pueblo. In the middle
i.a0,!n1v"' "'"' so ,'"00t ",,",,,,,P of the afternoon breaking of the Skag
lions faster? . Hcexvoir and Heaver Dnin, near
uur uri-iiirii on me emneni'j nieinoii
First, tliis young lady, whose first
name is Margaret, went to lunch with
ner uncle. She got the subscription of
the chef, of the owner of the restau
rant, of the waitress and of a customer.
'They can all spare twelve cents a
week." she remarked, as she looked
Ter her slips.
Then she went to Fourth and Wnlnut
streets, where she met a man who was
waiting for a ear She aked him to
subscribe. He did. His paper will go
to Wilmington
Margaret has decreed the whole rit
hall be her territor Within nn lioiir
after she had received her tirt blanks
she had seven subscriptions. All were
from total strangers.
This is- the spirit that Is spreading
among girls and bos. voiine and old. in
his so verj eav contest, a contest that
KIn. 41... f. -.l .1... K-l.l .! ,!.,
isnnl null,. f thn .,ihipl. pvp npnr
te nnvement-bound joungster. Sub
I
criptions coft onlv twelve cents n week
nd are not hard to get. And thnt bi
cycle does mean so much !
Vacation time is verj iienr There
are so ninny things to do. Hut trolley
fares are higher than a year ago, and.
anyhow, you don t get the breeze In
.vour face ridinc In n stuff car. When
you have your own bike well, nil the,ill0tl ();t f commission since c.irl l'ri
tomboys nnd the he-boys and the rest ,jov pVCin(jnnd the unrelenting down
Of em are keen for the ownership of n j,0j,
Black Beaut v
Thore are always quiet streets where
tho
where
open
moss
brooks
Tan 1
ded
beaten
Suffering Rife
in Colorado Towns
Ctntlnard from Vast One
Governor Shoup took pnrt. lepalr of
the levees was decided upon as one of
the first problems to be met. It was
considered possible thnt aid of Ihe Fed
,eral Government would he sought.
The South Side of the city, which
was isolated from the remainder of the
elty by flood wnters, enrly today wns
taking stock of its losses nnd anxioiisl
awaiting restoration of communication
with tlie city proper thnt the full ex
tent of the disaster Pueblo hns suffered
may be renlizcd.
There was no official estimnte this
morning of the number of casualties or
tie property loss in this pnrt of town.
Among the bodies Identified were those
of Dorothy Met7.. Pueblo; T. Hull.
Pullman porter, Denver: Doris Seabor.
Pueblo; Frank F.rwin. Pueblo;
Evans. Kansas City. Mo.; John Fa -
reros. r.. i . names and Henry .Miller, i
all of Pueblo '
The problem of caring for refugees on
the South Side becnine serious yesterday.
uomes, scnoois nnu cnurcnes were used
to house the refugees nnd n soup line
Was established, while lunches were
served In the high school building.
Floods of lesser magnitude wcrp re
ported early today by several towns in
Kansas. All are along the course of
the Arkansas Itlver. which overflowed
Us banks here. Syracuse and Gardner,
Kansas, hnve reported sweeping floods
and nil towns in the Arkansas Valley
have been wnrned of the rising river.
I-as Animas Also Flooded
The Atchison. TopeKu nnd Sue '
nhops nt La Junta are under ti - i
of water, the railroad yards are wncncii
qnd two locomotives and 200 freight
cars were swept nwaj. A score of live
lire belipvpd to havp been lot
Two hundred residences In Las Ani
mas were under three feet of water last
night. Inhabitants fled to publn-vhuild-ings
and to the highlands, fearing the
residence section would be swept away.
Four persons were drowned when tha
American Heet Sugar Co.. Mexican
colony, MontPzuma, on the river bank.
auto menace does not fbreatPt.. i ,ns been held to n minimum. No one 1" .ii., ,, , ', r," ,:'... i-'
you can ride nt leisure out to i is 1M.rnltl.,, ,, Pntpr the itr -xcept i"""1;,.. T'flL' i " f.:, " . h
fields nnd flowers nnd springs ami ,10 mitnry. Hed Cross workers nnd '"' ,'"1t. ..riu- Win, Z -n.lnv
and picnic lunches beside running I Slnt(. mi oth, ..ffirinls '"nt ?cn3 .?.r" n((cr. Ton " . ,
Mo thp cirls nrp wel in t he i ., , , ,, nenv.v ruius werv niiorini wi"i in
. JSO I ill fcius un "n hi nn tl'il il, nvilnrnlinn of tplccrntihlc l-.i. i-ii
n this contest. 'Ihe lo will in- ,""., rntU. Sllllli11T ,,7. i,lf. """'
havp to careful to keep trom ueing , , : ",.,,, i:,,,i f,,,M,,t
out of the honors. .'MmwiakPn b,"' c.tlo, thro'ughou. FLOOD HAS NATURAL
was swept nwny. The company lost I
C000 bugs of sugar hi warehouses here.
' Bocky Ford, the Americnn Reet Su- I
fgar Co.'s farm nnd stock feeding yards '
wan destroyed Pens containing -001)
1 hogs and 300 cuttle were lost
All river bridges on the Snntn F"
Hallway and lines of trni k in n wore
of places between tlie Kansas line an j l
Pueblo werp washed out. The lus-es
will run into the million" (
Cao Hermit Drowns
Beports received from Lake Charles.
fifteen miles south, told of the probable
drowning of a hermit who lived In a
ravo near that place He had lived
for years in the cave, which wns on the
high lankn of the St Charles Iliver. It
was nenr the snnie spot, Lake Charles
reports said, thnt a woman and four
children were drowned.
. After two nights and moat of two ias
marooned on a s.mall island In the Ar
kansas Blver, four miles below I'm bio
Ed Harrison, of Denver, and F I.
Splcer. of Pueblo managed fo unmet
attention and were rescued by Colorado
guardsmen.
Harrison was a passenger on a Denver!
and Bio Grande train which was
wrecked by the flood in the railroad
yards early Friday night. He managed
fo escape from a coach and swam to a '
floating log to which he clung until lie
. 7s cast up on the island ,
f Knrly Frldny morning Spicer's home
ys torn fnun its foundation and the
cottage, with Spner riding on Its roof
vyns sent spinning down the torrent. It
lodged ngninst the same small Island
upon which iiuirisoii already luui in en
tha roo ned
PThe Platte liner broke its hai ks nt
Denver shortlv nftei midnight, inun-
. fitting seveial blocks of the west sj(.-
lesldentinl section, from which people
fled their homes, taking rpfuse ill the
(jity Hall. Hed Cross station cared i
for the homeless. Last lepmts fiom
Penver early this morning s-iid thnt
jtno river was withlr one foot of the
bridge structures in the luiNircss so i
tion and still rising.
g Three times yesterday eatce a r'tiew.il
i tho Hood here At ! u clock in the
. ni'ornin? wnter rose evernl t et iin
JUc crest of tht flood from ihe bn .ikiirj
li .. Bmer Co.. W N. til SiTb
JtlainitH Market ill
..,
rjfcytoatPuinps
Flood Area Residents
Laughed at Warning
1'iirblo, Col., .Tunc 0. (By A.
P.) Sergeant Wllloughby, of the
I'nlted States Army, here to train
National Guard troops, said warn
Ing of the Hood was given through
out the district Friday night and
that many persons laughed at it
and refused to leave.
Later in the night Sergeant Wil
lotighby aided In clearing back
crowds from the vicinity of the river
ns the water swept Into the bot
toms. Cries of persons trapped In
their homes could be heard, he aid,
but no one could assist them. lie
Mild men could bo seen running nheud
of the wnters, breaking windows and
looting. Many of the dead, he be
Hexed, represented persons who de
clined to heed the flood wnrnlngs or
who did not undcrMand the gravity
of the -iluntlon.
' -..inr riiin ei wllh n hnirv ilmninuir
of rain in the Arkansas Illver watershed
nnd In Peublo. caused another rise. I
Again In-t night followed another heavy ,
ininstoriu. In none of the floods of yes-J
tcrdav . however, did the waters leach '
flip level of Finlay night. '
Food Supplies Nearly Gone
The washout of railway lines Ipnding
I,, the stricken area created a menacing
situation to lie overcome today. Food
supplies i" Pueblo were estimated by
Hed Cioss officials as oeing less thnn
sufficient for three days, ltonds to the
i-itv are impassnble for miles nround.
F.fTorts aie being made to transport
f.,.l ri..,n, snri-oiitH ne towns hr n r.
nlunc Spvern mach nes IIIVP n remlr
been sent out with blankets nnd medl-l.of
. nl .mm es. A v rtun embari-o on n I
.1. :......;, l,,n!,ln lino hpon rl.,l
i. ,nJi nil rnllr.iaiU eiiterlnp the pllv
Tho onlv drinking water available to-
nay is from a lithm spring on ,i hill at
ihe uittsl'iits of tlie city
l, l,Mn, nr mil, ,.,,linp,l
nil thto'igli last
,, "".'""'""" "" ., "
nlghf nn I the en:iy
morning today.
Militnr iiiitrols wire hni die ipped by
the imriuisable streets, oitcli dnrkiieks
the I'ity's electric service Mntion nnving
Ml persons have been kept from the
treeis since Snturday evenins. Looting
the Middle West. A suppl of cots,
li'nnkets. lnntcrns. cnndleb nnd rwent
1 1 is arrived ycstenlny from the Bed
I Cross in Colorado Springs. Colonel F
I.T. Pierce, in charge of tlie Red Cro.ss.
snid that so far he hns been able to
feed nnd clothe every person npnlying
for nid
Hundiods of persons applied to the
Bed fVoss yesterday nnd Saturday for
food, clothing nnd medical relief. A
canteen supplied the food. A cnrload of
beef wns commandeered from the mil -lond
yards nnd cooked to prevent its
spoiling. Bed Cross officials expected
the meat to materially aid the food
situntion. Denver, Kansas City, St.
Louis nnd other large cities closest the
flooded nren have nfferpd material aid
immediately, but are unable to get their
efferings to the community because of
the lenioriilized transportation condi
tions. The bn'CMfM of every building in th
('owntown section is filled with water
and mud Wicdows of basements were
crushed in by the flood nnd military
c fficinls say that bodies mny be fouud
lure.
Doctors and Nurses Arrive
Fourteen doctors and tvventv-tive
i.iirscs arrived here Inst night from Col-
ora,o Sprin"
"
'
I ifteen enibai'iiers ar
This shop will close on
Tuesday at one o 'clock,
owing to the death of
Air. George C. Canfield
c5
toicreru)ali
tiZO
FIRE SALE
Our Entire Stock ol Furniture
OWING to our recent ffre we are compelled to offer
our entire stock of High-Grade Bedroom, Din-ing-Room
and Living-Room Furniture, Rugs, Car
pets, etc., at Special Sale until our stocks are ex
hausted. This is your opportunity to secure needed
Furnishings at your own price. Note carefully the
address
Peoples Supply Co.
1925-27-29 Columbia Avenue
Open Monday, Friday and Saturday Evenings
N'j-'''1 ' ' ''! '' t V-n' '" '.-'ii'i " i ".H'll'' liy.".r. . , ""'r'il!g
DIABETES
Why Suffer Longer? Drink
Mountain
Valley Water
tamoua eurnttve water from neur
Hot Springs, Ark.
HADIO.AfT! B KNDORSKD BY PHYSI IANS
Mountain Valley Water Co., 718 Chestnut St.
rhnnp Walnut 3401
Sf'i ?5 l'1".ir Clubs, Hoteli, rfea and V R H dining
ran bold by flrst run xrucora, drucrlata, etc., or direct by ui.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1921
tlvcd from Denver nnd sixteen from
Colorado Springs.
Officials attribute much of I ho flood
lo the blocking of the high waters by
railroad right of way In one i-cctlon
built entirely of slag. With the excep
tion of a small hole under the tracks,
(he slag withstood the onrush of the
flood and the waters bncked up to the
city, washing out the levees nnd leav
ing the lower part of Pueblo at the J
iiicrcy ot trio waters.
All the levees were washed mil In tha
flood and restoration of the river to iti
naturnl bed presents an engineering
problem of magnitude.
In the vicinity of the Htete Hospital
the natural bed of the river was ap
proximately a half mile. I'arts of tlie
railroad yards there had been washed
nway anil the river hud CHtnhlished a
new channel, virtuall coveting tho en
tire section of bottoms know ti as the
lirove.
St. IotiN. .limed.- (Uy A I'. I Vti
additional appropriation of $50,000,
bringing the total to $100,000, appro
priated for the Pueblo disaster, has Leon
announced nt the headquarters of the
Southwestern Division of the American
Hed Crosf.
RIVER FLOOD RUSHING
DOWN UPON KANSAS
ToNliii, linn.. June (1 i Ity A. P. i
The first wave of the Arkansas Itiver
Hood todaj was sweeping down froir
Eastern Colorado upon Kansas. The
river nt Syrncure was bank-full nt
nightfall last night and rising rapidly.
Farmers and ranchmen llviiij: in the
bottoms jpsterdny movid their stock to
the highlnhds. Men on horsebnrk are
patrolling the river west of Syracuse.
warnliiT the people to tie-
The Amitv dam, five miles we.it of thp
''ity. is reported to hnve given vvn.v.
The telephone operntor reports tho town
0I Am completely wn-jn e.i nvny. w tn
" "'""' - iurw ui me
a possible loss of life, tour petrous de
lH" l" Krvl ""iiwu'u i"' ""' Piers
.a W0T" Drlj'? "c reported
to
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1 llC isBlltll I' P fUUlWl.V lO. HOtlhCd
communities on its line ill the Ar
knnsas Valley of Knnsns that thp rush
cf Colorado Hood water had crossed thr
State lino. Local representatives of the
. .. !n.M. ..,., I . 1 Mn..nn.1
V""l"",, " " '"""" I" '' l"M'-'l"l
tor any emergency.
The warning has been ainnle. and
there need be no los-. of life in Knn
sns," snld F. f Fox. genes nl manager
of the rniiiond. "The Snntii Fe will
co-operate with the communities along
its line lo keep the propertj U.ss down
to the pilnlmum."
Prni,nrno ,, tI, flooded .lUtriet. nn-
CHANNEL TO PUEBLO
Incredibly swift is the rush of wntern
in the periodical floods that hnve he
come familiar to the older inhabitants
of Pueblo. Col., nnd dwellers in tin
lowlands overwhelmed by the flood ot
last Friday night, Saturday nnd Sun
duv .
This is due to the geographical con
tour of the region, in which the Arkan
sas River comes out of the mountains to
tho west of Pueblo by wny of Bojnl
Gorge, nnd splits the city in linlf, flow
ing eastward down through a teeming
valley famous for the Bocky Ford can
taloupes.
From the north, up beyond Colorado
Springs, the Fontaine de Ujiboulllci"""' """' "'" uMi.nri.T-.
Blver, shortened in locnl nnnienclntiin
to "Fountain." flows southward to meet
the Arkansas Iliver ju-t below the town. '
The original name of the Fountain1
menus "boiling wnter." At times in
I summer the bed of the river is almost
dry; at other times it is a roaring tor
rent, dangerous to surrounding property
and lives.
The Fountain and tlie Arkansas, too
nrc fed by scores of chnnnels which are
nothing more thnn powder-dry arroyns
most of flic year, but which carry tlie
llnnt S"mn
Ciosktut St.
Stxszv.'S'L'-'.
l!H!roilife
surface water to the rivers during the
springs rains,
A cloudburst In the moutalns, "water
spouts'' being ono of the local terms,
or along one of these nrroyns will swell
the main streams with Incredible rapid
ity and violence.
The water seems to gather in n mighty
wall and sweep down nil at once, It
advances with n ronr that cnn bp heard
for miles.
Generally there Is time to notify Hip
towns along the river of the appronch of
one ot these watery avalanches so thnt
people, in the lowlands can move to
safety.
Without other warning than the wall
of the town "siren," which woke sleep
ers in the dead of night, the torrent
came upon Pueblo Friday night, carry
ing death nnd destruction In its wnke.
It Is said even this warning was not
obeyed with the promptness that might
have saved many lives. f
REPORTERS BRAVE
DEATH TO' GET NEWS
Denver, June 0. (Ily A. P.) Infor-
mntion in regnrd to conditions in flood-
stricken
nnd Isolnteil P,..M ,.nu k.
'tallied and
forwarded to the outside
world under conditions tint werp as
trying nnd in some instances ns hnz
anions ns thosp which tli; suffering peo
ple of thnt city themselves underwent.
The first news of the disaster came
to Denver over (lie Awocinted Prtrs
leased wire am! n Western Union Tele
graph Co. wire almost simultaneously.
A few minutes nfter the Associated
Press wire lost .Pueblo the Inst Western
I'nlon operntor to brnvc the rush of the
wafers wired to the Denver office:
"I nm soing to bent It : the wnter is
nrnrnd mv feet." Thnt wns Fridnv
night.
After I lint it was hours before com
munication between Pueblo and the
lest of the rountry was restored, over
one Western Union wire. The first
outside newspaper men to reach the
Hooded city were two Denver corre
spondents. One of them wns nn Asso
(inted Press statTmnii and tho other a
staff correspondent of the Denver
Times They went together early Sat
urday morning in nn airplane from this
city.
Later two more Associated Press
correspondents nnd nn Associated Press
operntor went to Lolorndo Spiiugs from
Denver by train nnd from Colorado
Springs to Pueblo by automobile and on
foot. Trains could not get within miles
of the business section of the city nnd
automobiles that managed to get around
washouts on the roads had to stop at
the city limits.
News of thp conditions in Pueblo wns
obtninrd only under the greatest diffi
culties. Locnl newspapers, the police,
the fire department, flip militnry nnd
the Bed Cross were the first sources of
information, as the high water nnd tlie
strict vigilance of military guards made
It. impossible to get first-hniid informa
tion until the necessnry militnry passes
liid been obtained nnd provislcns made
for getting nround through the mud.
water nnd fires thnt overwhelmed the
city. Correspondents hnd to work in
t clays to keep in contact with the lone
wire nnd nn uncertain wire nt that
which connected Pueblo with Denver,
the dicirihtititig center for news which
dribbled out from the city.
Fi om tho tops of building.! nevvspnpir
men in Pueblo witnessed much of thr
I disaster. They also usnd boats. The
iniiitnry wigwaggcu information wiien
distance made It impossible to hear the I
human voice. Fire whistle" sci- ed ns I
signals for more urgent nmtteis. ('lunch
ceils uiso piayeu ineir pari in me irnns-
mission of emergency information. Half
uur sA"" J"1"'' .," '"'"" "V. J"""y ol
ohhovi:
"-i" mm- -s w
this is a
REAL vacation
ROAM over tlie great Rockies stand atop
the Continental Divide climb the gla
ciers around Boulder unexpectedly run into
a deer, an elk or mountain sheep nature at
its wildest but also at its safest.
Then a snug little log cabin set away up near the
timber line with a cozy fire place. That's Colorado 1
That's lifel You'll say that makes a real vacation I
Only a day's ride from Chicago.
SGolf and tennis too; large
X and small hotels and ranches.
Colorado pSfe?1)
Salt Lake City' and
lellowstoneNational
xfarK. on the Same Trip
and round out a truly wonderful vacation Include
Colorado Springs for the same money.
Three trains Chicago to Colorado; four .to Salt Lake City.
Through sleeping cars Chicago to Yellowstone.
Lww Summer Fares now in effect. Let us plan a trip for you.
'Iltutrated booklets "Colorado's Mountain Playgrounds" "Rocky
Mountain National Park" "Utah-Idaho Outings" "Yelloustone
National Park, " free on request.
For information, ask any Railroad Ticket Office, er
a Mc. &nRlyen, p u s A"r"-
344 Widener Bldg., I33J Chestnut St., J36 Com'l Trait lild
I'Wiaaeipnia
Chicago &NorthWestern
union racmc sysr
Passengers Died
Smiling at Flood
Conllnutd from rnce One
of a conch only to be washed down the
flood.
While Hands Above Water
"On .either side of us, houses and
barns nnd other buildings were swirling
down. Many people were clinging to
them. I saw two women on the top of
n house. The structure struck the bridge
and crumbled like nn eggshell. I saw
their white hands a moment on the
water.
"Morning enme. Tho waters had
been receding. Those of us who were
left about sixty were able to reach
the ground nnd walk nround in water
about our knees.
"Some of the unconscious women nnd
children were left In the enra. It was
a scene of devastation nnd death. It
wns awful
"I cannot my what the loss might
he. 1 know It must bj far over 100
lives, for at least that many I nni
mire u-pre lost off our tinin and the
Missouri Pacific train, though more from
i the Inst-nnmed train were tounti anve.
Pueblo's dNaster is one of the wort
In the history of the West."
HOUSES SWEPT OFF;
RESIDENTS PERISH
Pueblo. Col.. June 0. (Hy A. P.)
A graphic story of the flood was given
to the Associated Press by M. J. A'al
ley. of Denver, n Colorado and South
ern Hnllroad engineer.
Valley wns mnrooncd by the flood
with four other men for twelve hours.
At one time his companions hnd to rub
his limbs nnd body to keep his blood in
circulation so unit no could stand nione.
"I had been in n garage with a friend,
to get his car," Valley said, "when the
flood wnters swept into tho garage.
Wp climbed into the car, then on top
of it.
"Tlie Hood waters reached us even
there, nnd we climbed into the second
floor of the building nnd when that be
came flooded we smashed a hole in the
roof nnd stepped out on It.
"Tlie vatet crept on us the.-" nnd it
lool.cil as if the building nug'it go. so
wp btepped out on n pile of debris which
had been stopped by telephone wires.
For th:te houi.s we stood then1 in (lie
rain and darkness which was lighted
up only by scrotal fires,
"Within tluce hours the Improvised
raft gave way and we climbed back onto
the garage, cutting n cable from the
telephone wires, and with the aid of
this got on tn a higher building.
"From here, and with the aid of the
cable, we rescued three men who were
being swept past us by the current.
"Houses were being swept down the
street past us. ninny of them with peo
ple Inside crying for help. I don't know
how tunny of them there were, or how
many of them csenped.
"Wp were rescued by n boat crew at
0 o'clock Saturday morning."
In the Union Garage one man wns
rescued Snturday. He hnd floated with
the flood to the ceiling of the -building
nnd hnd then pounded a, hole through
the roof big enough so that he could
stick ills head through nnd get air. The
water cnine within three Inches of tho
second floor. Another mini with him
mlnht Imw saved his life if lie kent bin
(nce up His body was found jammed
between the inttcrs. mis name wns
Schoeble. He was the owner of n large
j,noe store.
c. L. Kerns wns t ought in the flood
nn,j swnm into n Dunning wnero lie
saw many tragedies. He savv three
buildings on union nnu nnnta i-e streets
I coved in by a string of bo cars which
m r,7'
''t-esO
lLt
uth and Mjrket Su.. Phiradilnhl.
JO-KS
MNMv?STai'f'
mlfr'wB
Hl as avar ti
- UU U 111 II
canto floating down the ulrcet. People
mipnrcntly were In the Upper floors, lie
said, as he heard cries nnd saw lifthts
thcro just before the building Rave wny.
He could not say whether nny were
saved.
1 Kerns swam from Ills first plnrc of
refuge along the stream to n hotel
building, which wns flooded almost to
the second floor,
"I had to turn my head sideways to
get under the top of the doorway. I
stayed there nil night."
Out In the railroad yards, near the
State Hospital, the correspondent found
n freight conductor who- had slept In n
caboose throughout the flood.
"I didn't know there had been n flood
until I woke up Snturday morning nnd
found the floor of the caboose covered
with mud," he said. "I had heard the
rnin once or twice during the night as
it beat on the roof, but I rolled over ami
went back to sleep.
"In the morning I got up and went
out into tho yards. People were taking
bodies out from under the freight cars.
1 don't know how many there were.
They were jammed in between the
trucks and cars so tight thnt we could
hardly get them out."
EXAMINED FOR ORDINATION
Committee of Lutheran Mlnlsterlum
Questions Candidates
Heading. Pa., June 0. (Hy A. P.)
Prcllmlnnry to the meeting of the Penn
sylvania Luthcrnn Mlnistcriuiii licrp to
morrow, the Kxnmlning Committee of
tlie Mlnistcrium met tlie candidates for
ordlnntlon today. The following young
men were cxnmincd as to their fitness to
become ministers of the gospel :
W. P. Cope, Perknsle: H. C. Tt.
Dressel, Philadelphia: F. .T. Kldler,
Scrnnton: G. (J. H.,(!etz, Sernnlon; B.
H. J. Hob. Philadelphia; .1. M. Klerk-
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I'hllntlclnhia : II. C. Kraft, west
Hnxleton; II. J. Pfliini, Iteudint; : A. P.
Schmitthemer, Tnmnqua ; Kdvvnrd
Schwcnk, IJoycrtown ; A. K. H Tap
per. Lnncaster, and A'. I-. Naugle,
Philadelphia.
Tlie four days' session will be n busy
one, as choice must be made of a suc
cessor to the Ilcv. Dr. H. A. Wcllor,
of Philadelphia, who is completing the
first flve-yenr term of office ns presi
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"CLASS DAY" AT URSINUS
Phlladelphian Is Elected Head
of
.Alumni Athletic Club
Collegovllle, Pn... June 0. Comrncnee
ment week nt Ursinus College opened
Inst night with n baccalaureate sermon
on practical Idenllsm ry the Itev. Br.
Andrew Mutch, pastor of Hryn Mnwr
Presbyterian Church.
Surprises are in store for the nnnunl
class day exercises this nfternoon. Ora
torical contests for botli men and
women will bo held tonight. Tomorrow
will bo Alumni Dny nnd Wednesday will
be the great commencement.
Harry . Mathlcit. of I'hilmlelphin.
was elected president of the Alumni
Athletic Club nt Its annual dinner nnd
business meeting, with W. It. Douth
ett, of Darbv. secretary, and It. B.
Miller, of Collcgeville, ti canrer.
The Ursiims Woman's Club, meeting
nt the same time, elected Mrs. J. T.
Bbcrt, of Collctrevillo. iw nrc.-Jdent ;
Mrs. i. Arnet Shiffert. of l'ottstovvn,
secrctnry, nnd Mrs. George i.. Om -wake,
trensur1!-.
You Can't Take Solid Steel Apart
The drawers in the GF Allstcel Cabinet fit into a frame of
steel welded into one solid piece no rivets or bolts being used.
I his means permanent rigidity. It is impossible for these
cabinets to get out of true in service. This construction of frame
means endurance.
Isn't that an astonishing price?
You will wonder even more when y
frictmnlcss rollers, every joint we
on
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nrcsent fi in rv . an' 8u,dcswiil sliP int0 Pcc in your
present filing system without the slightest jar.
Delivered from stock
a rJ!WcZu-nt:h r-any f -thG dca,crs listcd bcluw J
or Wcm Sn the 1 o? mmtt dctai,S abolIt this "
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Philadelphia, Pa.
R.L.FOORDFURNITURECO
Wilmington, Del.
SHANER & KNAUER
Atlantic City, N. J.
CHARLES H. KLINE
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w. h. McCartney
Aitoona, Pa. I
City to Do All Work
On Streets October 1
Continued from Tate One
It tnkes enre of nil the refuse of n city
of GOO.OOO people.
One of the heaviest Items of expense
to the contrnctor now Is the cartage
or hauling of ashes nnd rubbish to the
dumps. These distances nrc growing
longer every day ns the city expands.
Anyhow, dumps are obsolete.
The destructorlcs overcome this need
less expense. They do nway with the
long hauling. They abolish tho un
sightly dumps nnd they accomplish the
work.
Under tho contractor system the
mnlntcnnnce of these plantH was Im
possible. No contrnctor, bidding from
rear to year, could nfford to erect one.
The city nloue can do it.
Threo such planta are Included In the
department's plans for the future; ono
In West Philadelphia nnd two In the
northern part of the city. They will
not be ns costlv ns the Toronto plant,
however.
Two Interesting Features Develop
Two very Interesting features have
developed its the result of the city's
experiment In street cleaning nnd ash
collection. One Is that for short hnuls
liorse-drnwn vehicles arc more economi
cal thnn motortrucks. Tho second Is
that attempts at salvaging refuse from
the dumps for resale Ii unprofitable. It
1b cheaper to burn It.
A ccntrnl depot Is In contemplation
for the repair of wagons, trucks, sweep
pre, and varioui apparatus nnd tools.
Wheelwright and blacksmith shops and
n gcncrnl repnlr outfit nrc contem
plated. , ,
Such an establishment, it is esti
mated, will save the city thousands
annually.
Centralization will be the distinguish
ing feature of this new nnd improved
svstem of conducting the city's business.
PLUMBERS
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TINSMITHS
wanted in Utica, New York.
Open shop conditions.
Apply
2 1 0 Union Station
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rurniture
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BLEAKLEY BROS
Camden, N. J.
H. C. SHAABER
Reading, Pa.
DEEMER & COMPANY
Wilkes-Barre, Pa,
THE SARCO COMPANY
Trenton, N. J,
THER. H.GUTH BINDERY CO.
Allentown, Pa.
It is also obeying the mamtnt. A7 1
new City Charter. mandato 0f fl,'!
Under the present contrnefn, 'J
stnblcs nre scnttercd over the ei.,;iei &
two or threo to n district, wlri, ?"' 1
inenuent nnd nn assisant to mm. "W
All this will be rhnLj cnch one.
Instead of a multiplicity ,
stables there will, wherever pom MtH
one large one, thus concentriu,e W '
force and reducing tho exnon.tIai.ln th. .
bosses nnd foremen. or Jfrt
Ono Financial Advanta
Director Cavcn called mv nH.ii
o, financial feature of his plana mSm0? M
characteristic of every Tail" "Mfn li
business enterprise. gB Pnnti
The cost of extending the mni i
lty's work of street cleaning nnd "ty1'
rubbish collection .will not bo W4
In proportion to the extension crJM
wotk. This will be po,lbieV' th,
of the city's control of every SimS.11"
The mobility of the workln, 7 '
which will permit of the h ",? 't.
movement of men nnd machlr.,,18'
one district to another and fr '"'
class of work to another, which I. iH "n'
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sible under the present contrnr-in. Po''
tern, without additional cost t th 'V'
and i-unninnt uiCKrnng nnd
wlffi nnntrnclnrtt. will ...i,
Uickerine nn,t .i '.' c"J.t
with contractors, wil result t.. ."
saving to the city. nu'1 ,n M.
The showing thus far made H A '
Department of Street Cleaning fa Z
work In the central district is thVJJJft
est Indorsement the framers of th '(
Charter could desire. Their faS W
cdness In planning for the inunleinili iH
to be Its own street-clcanlng conta.,1 !"
Is n credit to their perspicSciM
good judgment. "'
To Repair Police Boat c "
The police boat Ashbrldge. WelwJ
out of commission for a week, will l.J.
today for Cooper's Point shipyard V
repolrs and general overhauling, tw
boiler, Is reported to be in bad iW,
being pitted In many places. Varln,,I
tinrts of the woodwork will lu i
he replaced before tlie vesicl will i,
tcady for service. oe
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SPENCER STATIONERY CO.
Chester, Pa.
NIXDORF & BARD
Lancaster, Pa.
THESMITHPRINTINGCO.
Williamsport, Pa.
H. L.HEYMANN COMPANY
Easton, Pa.
DEEMER & COMPANY
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