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No Fatality' in City, However,
' Due to Fireworks Sev
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TRAIN
KILLS TWO MEN
Seven accidental dentin occurred In
and near this city yci.trr.lny. nlthotmh
L th- first time In ninny yenrs IMilla
Sdphln hwl nn absolutely white. page
" fftr nn fatalities fYom nrcworts nml
other explosives wero concerned.
Three men hnd a Rlrl were drowned
l,cre and In Hie Delaware. Hlver off Cam
drn one boy wan killed bv n compan
ies blow nnd two residents of this
were killed by n train about lifted
milM from New Castle.
"SS?. i;. inlnrt. directly trneenblc to
lh T Independence Uny celebration was
iE.t of Cnrl Whnrtdn. ten years old.
if 2 North Tweiityfifth street, who
ffitS dentnlly In the tfalcli by n
revolver from a
nlillised below tho surface. Knrrht
hnllooed to Dhkcrt to cue. for Oichel
whllo ha went to the lesciiu of the
Mergers,
llr reached the couple nnd nfter n
considerable Iciijth of time hod Mm.
He-parr free from hep husband. As
soon ns the woman hnd rr'cnscd her
liohl. rlic regained eonltol of her wlls
nnd obediently follov.nl the instructions
'jiu'ii by Knrrht.
"If yon go down njiilu," lie shouted,
"Iwld our noe nnd liccp it roverrd In
the water."
AIih. jccst olvyed nnd cautioned the
rrfener to tnkr his time, in; Mm wits
able t" Ho.'it ami wnn In mi Immediate
danger. Knci'lil imil tho hiHimid
brought Mrs. Seger nshore. wheic
willing hnniis helped her. Meanwhile
Mnnn and Hirkert tried to rendi (llebcl,
who weighed !!()() iMxindi. lloth men
b.ittleil to rescue the man tKtll both
weie cxlinuitoil. nnd in order to ave
themselves were forced ti rcllnqitlli
their hold on 'illil.
tilcbel, unable to jwlin, sank rniildly
and dhl not rc.ipnrar .ij.iin, Tlie spec
tators on (he sbire tiled In nld the
men In cveiv way. but wire unable tu
afford ini'eli he'p. After fllebel ill
appeared 11 hoy, seventeen yearn old.
who refused to cive his name, dived
nfter the body, but was unable to find
the di owned mm.
Mnn.iytmli Swimmer Drowns.
Another unii drowned yesterday was
Joseph MeMnbon, thirty-eight years
eld, -1121 Crrsson street. MiiniiytiuU.
who sank .while swimming in tlie
Mnnnyunk canal nt the foot of lock
street.
MeMnbon disrob.-d .on the bnnk of
the mnnl nnd dived overboard. He.
swam 11 few strokes and then went
down. About fifteen minutes later his
Lody eamr to the mrfneo. Futile ef
forts vvcie made to resuscitate, liim.
Another 1'hllndelphlnn drowned was
Hrnrv Strnnli. tvvcntv.one venrs old.
ilsOU'i 'North TtecM" street, who was In
a canoe In the I.olilgli Ttiver nenr Ai
Icntown, when the little boat capsized.
He hod gone to spend the dny with bis
patents. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ceorcv Htroub,
who were camping nt tlm MUpuh (Jrovo
Meeting of tho Knstrrn Mcnnonitcs.
Klcnnor 1'earee. fourteen years old,
colored, of l.S8." Mulford street. Cnm
drn, was drowned in the Delaware
Hlver nt the foot of Division street,
when pIip slipped from tlie grnsp of n
soldier who was teaching her to swim.
Two men, believed to be I'hllndel
phians, were killed jrntrrduy by n
train at 11 grade crossing at hnon
Volley, about fifteen miles from New
Cnstlc. From papers found on their
clothing, they ate believed to be Max
IMncus,
David I
this cltv.
Arthur O'Neill. .1212 Pearl street.
was in lured iiy a motorcar on tin1
tra nOC uh.iih.1""",
..i.hinr who fireil a
window of his heme.
Drownrd When Ho.it CnpfilzM
Ai!m II. tllebel. tift'-one yenrs old.
,&ttcr. of 1!M8 North Th Irt let,
.treet. was (frowned In the Hhuylklll
Titer when the niotorboat llcscue, con
tilning 1dm nnd live others, wns enp-
' In the boat with Olebel wero Louis
P Knccht. cnptnln of the Qtinker City
mm .OHilt. who lives nt :!02S (ilrartl
innnc: Cnrl Dlekert. vice captain, of
SlOO Oirard avenue: Mr. and Mrs.
rharlcV Seeger. 122.1 North Twenty
ninth street, nnd (). O. Mann. Master
ttrect above Rrteeuth.
The Rescue started nwav from the
club afloat about 1 tfO o'clock, bound
for the regnttn on the river, in which 11
Junior clght-oarcd. crew representing
the barge club had been entered. As
the little motorboat neared the IVnn
v!ninla rtnllroad bridge that spans the
Sehuvlklll nt C.lrnrd avenue, two large
BOtor craft passed, sending their back
wali In 'i('h volume thnt It dnshed
oyer the Rescue, nnd the sinnlicr ixiut
was filled.
Ienps Overboard
Wth the exception of the Heegers, wh
were fully dressed, the others were tl
tlred In jerseys nnd trunks. Knecht.
fearful thnt the boat might not be nblc
to reach the shore bciore it tipped, de
ckled to lighten the craft by leaping
nrprhfinril.
The captnin jumped Into the river. ; David 11. Allman, of the surgical staff
but this did not suture. Ho Dlcltcrt dr- f the At'nutic t'li Ilosiiltal. who was, tieoth
EVElNGr UBLIO LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA,
TIXESDAY, JULY
5,
1921
19
"SNOWBALL" MEN HAD A BUSY FOURTH
t.(Hmr l'hntn Srrvle
Down In "Little Italy." where many found It necessary to remain over the week-end and .Inly Fourth, the wagon
with (ho Iced drinks anil the "snowballs" wns a wclcomo visitor
while 1mv was playing with flrcworku
last night.
Injuries considered serious enough to
be reported by iiollco nn tlie result of
handling fireworks ntnnbored four. No
deuthfi from heat prostrations were re
ported. Scmnton. Pa.. July R. One life was
lost yesterday through fireworks, while
I half n doren suffered minor injuries.
1 Helen Mordnlck, seven yenrs old, of
Dickson City, died ns the result of
burns. suffered when her clothing Ignited
from a firecracker.
I Harrlshurg, July fi. I'lider city ordi
nances sparklers and red tire alone can
be sold. Only one accident was re- 1
ported nt the hospitnl, that of livelyn
Aungst. five jcars old, seriously burned,
by n sparkler.
I 'York. Ii Julv 5. Hoy Rhodes.
I eighteen years old. Is In York Hospital
with n bullet in his body us n result of
the first accident reported yesterday.
The bullet was from a revolver careless
ly handled by William Drayton. Rhode
may recover.
Pottsvlllr. Pa., July fi, Half a
dozen persons yestcrdnj - were reported
injured ip l'ottsvllle. Ifyvanilte, lire
, crackers and revolvers have' never been
1 allowed here and that was the only re
striction. Tho Injuries are not serious.
Great Conference
Now Up to Harding
Fireworks Casualties Hero
for the Last Fifteen Years
Year' Killed Injured,
11107 7 21S
WOS 0 12(1
1WK 0 fiOS
1110 1 .105
inn 0 2i)i
11112 a 127
join 1 2.-0
1011 1 2.17
mm 0 280
inio 0 2.10
1017 0 70
ini8 0 ns
1010 0 145
11120 I 111
1021 0 1
1
Lareuzon Is said to have punched the dale avenue above Cotlmon street. Roth and. In some
other boy over the heart.
Two boys were burned by firecrackers
yesterday In Camden. Henry Dzsn
howskl. six years old. of 12.1(1 Kverett
street, was holding n firecrneker when It
exploded nnd burned his fact1. Lewis
Itoleiice,' fourteen years old, of N20
South Fourth street, Camden, was
burned about the bonds by an exploding
firecracker.
way. Ht struck the car
men were taken the Frankford Dos- nhead with such force that Albert J.
1111111 111111 1 rent en lor severe cuts nnu wentsii. inotormnn of that car. wns
thrown to the street nnd badly hurt
Those token to the hospital were
8 PERSONS INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Kight persons were Injured In auto
mobile accidents in various parts of
the city jesterday.
William Itaekctt, a Negro, S02
1 I'flssyunu nvenue, while riding a bl
1 cycle at Ilrnnd and Spring Gnrdcn
thirty-eight years old. and 1. fleets, was strueK by an automobile
Pincus, forty years old. 0 driven by Leon Well. .A est ColllnSs-
wood, N. J.
Hacketts was taken to tho I Inline-
mnnn Hospitnl suffering from concus-
brulses. Hamilton inny linve a frac
Hire ot ;ne rislit arm.
Harry Itlitui, 122:t Wyoming avenue,
nnd his wife were cut by glnss when
their machine ran against n rope
slrctclutl between two trees nnd pulled
one of the Improvised posts down on
their heads.
The rope was stretched across Wash
ington nvenue nt Hlxty-third street,
where nn Independence Day celebration
was being h.'ld. The tree broke the
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uxioru Birei.
rnntlniied from I'nre One
disarmament call, that this question of
renewing the nllianee wns vital to dis
armament and was still pendln;. no
olngcr erists. This (Sovernment cannot
wnlt n year until the nllianee, 11s In
terpreted by Lord mrkrnhcnd, ceases to
be effective. It must move and move
finiMh !,, of 00 North Bevrnth I promptij to consider as one problem the
PhllniiiMiln. cut on henci uml ' relations of all three countries (rent
Rrltnln. Japan nnd the t'nlted States
to the open door In the Fast and disarmament.
Mm.
ntroft.
lirutRffl on boilv.
Mrn lUhrl Kelm 122.1 North Thirty third
stri-it, C'ntn.l"ii nld and Hrmii bruisnl.
Thomas IliMdy, of 42A Senatn street,
Camilon, buck hurt.
Thoman Ur.ily, Jr . Senate street, Cam
den, t 'ot 'njur"c,
Matthew Smith -113 Dickinson streot.
Philadelphia left lcir cut.
Albert I'. I)cuh. of l.'IIS North Hcenth
street, Phllsdrlphln. lacorviled scnlp,
William Kltafiuo. of Bao Cedar street.
Cnmilen. tirulpes on thn fare.
North Aineilean street, dashed across Mlllan Kent. 1211 Kast Oxi
thn ( highway In front of nn automobile. ''"Jffi1 iKh,?!!' 4T8 N
Inst night and was struck. street. Philadelphia, scalp cut.
,.". '".',' i, "" " .1 't 1 ; . 1 ""iin-1 i nanes t.ngie. nine years niu, um
Ahito Hoivc pike near Ahsecon when slon of the brain, a probuble fracture of ; FitKwntrr stieet. so effectively that an
John. Cooper. P.'tO North Seventh
street, drhcr of the- car, swerved his
machine In an effort to avoid striking
the child. His wife nnd children were
badly shn'ccn up by the subsequent
crash Into a wall. The car was heav
ily damagvl.
Smoke from a bin time tar barrel hid
Charles I'ngle. nine years old, (Jill
ave
forth Klfth
Anna Vclth, 13SO Uast Munteomory
nun, rniinuciimin. Knees injureu.
Albert J. Pnnlah. 1312 North Seventh
street. Philadelphia, left arm fractured.
)nob.il)lo frscturs of tho shoulder and cut
head.
.Matthew Arthur 721 North Twcn'y-fourth
street. Camden. Injured about th9 knnea.
tlie mac line struck liim and a com
naiiion. .lo-ioh Lawrence, of Abxcron
I.uwrence died several hours later. Dr.
dded to follow his superior's cxninple,
and he, too, went, over tnc suie. iiy
this time the boat appeared to bo baled
out enough to permit the Itcscuc to
reach the shore, hut just ns the other
r!Bengers were congrntulntlng thedi
Mkes another pair of larger motorboats
raced past, nnd the buckwnsh swept
oyer the little boot and she capsized In
stantly. ' Mr. Reegcr nnd (llebel wero tumble
to swim, nnd the former made a des
perate "hiteh for her husband. She
prabbed him nbount the waist, and both
driving the car, operated on Lawrence
in an ellort to save lus lire.
Francis Lee, fifteen years old. 8112
Norwood street, wns tlie boy killed,
police say, by a companion's blow. He
was In the playground nt Norwood
strcrt near the Philadelphia and Head
ing Hnilway nnd got into a dispute over
a busebnll game.
According to the police, Lee hod ob
tained n vnntnge point from which he
wns watching the game, nnd Ueno
the skull nnd n fractured shoulder
made, men was arrestejl.
William Matthews, ulnetei n years
old, 21."."i Tulip street, was thrown be-
a motortruck when is motor
cycle collided with It. At St. Mory'h
Hospitnl it was found his leg wns so
badly fractured that it may -have to be
amputated. Iiurkc Hrowbottom, giv
ing nn address on Warren street, was
arrested.
Two men were injured when the
touring car in which they were riding
wns struck nnd overturned by another
mnchlne which drove away after the
accident. They nro William Mahoney.
2127 Fast Clementine street, nnd Wll-
automlUl"t ran him down unknow
ingly. The boy was struck at Ninth
and Carpenter streets by 11 car driven
by Krnest Jenkins. .1002 Woodland
avenue, who was arrested.
DEATHS AND INJURIES
THROUGHOUT STATE
Iirenzon. of Fast ISriiczet street, sought Ham Hamilton. 3070 Amber street
to dislodge him. A fight followed and The accident happened on To
13 HURT IN TROLLEY
ACCIDENT IN CAMDEN
Thirteen persons were slightly hurt
la.it" night when n trolley cor on the
Cromer Hill line jumped the track be
tween State street bridge and Hlver ave.
nui Camden. The. were taken to
Cooper Hospital
It was 11 trailer tint left the trick
Pittsburgh. July "1. (Iiy A. P )
Accidents during the celebration of
Independence Doy in the Pittsburgh
district resulted In five deaths. One
man and two bojs were drowned while
bathing in the Allegheny nnd Monon
gahcla Rivers, nnd nnother mnn died
nfter being struck in the temple l 11
bullet, believed by authorities to hne
been fired at random from n pistol in
the hands of nn unknown peron celc
bratinc the day.
Mary (race Keirel, aged five, died
in n hospitnl today from burns received
Two Problems Inseparable
The two problems ennnot be sepa
rated. There can be no genuine ills
armament, no censing of preparations
for possible war, until tlie possibility of
n clnsh between the Powers Interested
in the Pacific is removed by mutual J
undcrstnnding nnd nn agreement to co- .
operate.
Jnpnn will doubtless wish to be as-I
sured as to our intentions in making i
the Pacific the future base for the con
centration of this country's naval ,
power, before she consents to nnv real
disarmament, nnd the United States
will wish to know what are Japan's
intentions icgarding Shantung and Si
beria and i-sicri.ilb whether (treat '
Ttritiiin Is going to lend some kind of
naval suppoit to Jnpnn in the Orient,
before there inn be any rea' disariun-j
niont.
1 ne iej to disarmament is the re
and what role Jnpnn should piny In
the Orient would only quicken nnva'
cMiipctitlnn, unless (rent Hritolu cut
hersel foff entirely from Japan by end
ing her iillinuce.
Itrltaiii Seeks I'ndcrstandiivg
The pait (treat Britain is playing is
thnt of seeking some triangular under
standing in tlie Fast in which this Gov
ernment w'ill take port with Jnpnn and
herself. For this reason she is re
lieved to find n legnl way to put off for
11 jear the decision whether or not to
1 renew the alliance. Before the year is
up she hopes to see ns 0 substitute for
the twn-nnt'ou trenU. a three-nation
, iinderstniidinz and nn exchange of notes
perhnps among this country. Jnpnn
and herself which will la the basis
of co-operation in the Fast, assure the
open door and the development of China
without cotitlii t.
1 Britain lias put pressure upon Japan
to settle all issuis between herself and
I the I'nitcd States As a result con
ferences hnve been going on for several
j weeks between Secretary Hughes nnd
Slildehara, the Japanese Ambassador.
These confercncis, like the imperial
) eonfereiK e in London, ore part of the
background of nimil disarmament. If
1 they eventuate in 11 better undei find-
I ing. the naval conference vvill start oft
with a better augury.
Confci ciiccs Explain Delay
The American public has not been
taken into the confidence of the State
Department regarding the Hughes
Shldchnrn conferences. They have been
conducted with the utmost secrec.v
About all one can see is that the
paitly explain the delaj in calling a ill'.
armament conference. The Admin
istration wishes to clear awnj all the
obstacles to such nn understiindiiig in
the Fast ns will moke u nnval agree
ment fenslble. Mr. Harding Is proceed
ing with thnt uiutloii whjeh is ilmr
fictcristie of him.
In these conferences Jnpan is undei
great pressmo to moke cum essious In
the first iila t has been mnd.- clear
fo her that the IJrltlsli colonies at least
tlon, And in tho second pb
prospective (onrrtitrntlon ot the
rati Meet in the Pacific leaves her
11 Power much stronger than b
with which It Is to her lntarcttcj
The American hope is nppftrently.'fct
such co-operation with the Ilrlllslv beHki
regarding tlie Orient nnd dlsnrmftraent
that Jnpnn will be forced to como Is
on terms made by the other two pOJ
crs. Great Britain. In taking refuge
in tho position that she may put off
for a year the decision whether or not
the uill runpiv tlm Piinii.nt wild. Jhnnn-
hns practically declined to coerce, hef- J
former ally nnd left the United Htat'i
and Japan to work out an underBtaM-f;-
Hues i ' ' 1
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OAK LANE UNVEILS TABLET
Memorial to Service Men Dedicated
as Part of Fourth Program
The unveiling of n bronze tablet (to
the 2KX men of Oak Lane who served
with the American forces during tho
war was the mnln event of the Inde
pendence Day celebration held yester
day under the auspices of the Old Xork
Road Improvement League.
Following a paride led by the Phila
delphia Firemen's Band, the tablet va
unveiled In the Oak Lane Library. It
was pre-enlcd bj George W. Stevvnrt
in beilillf of the association. Llctlten
nnt Governor IMunnl I Heidhman de
livered the oration of the day.
At noon piesents were distributed to
nil children under twelve years old.
In the ifteriioou athletic and field
sports were held in Lnwsou Field, nnd
in the evening nn open-air dance nnd
dlsplnv of fireworks on Broad street
at Sixt.v -eighth avenue.
Baby Abandoned In Station
For the second time In twenty-four
hours, n babj was found jesterday In
Brood Street Station. The infant, a
girl about eighteen months old, wns sent
to tho Philadelphia General Hospital.
Horry L. White living ut the Solvation
Army Social Club, Brood street nnd
I'alrmount avenue, who called at tho
hospital for the baby, was arrested.
r
tnovnl of possible sources of conflict.
It lies in co-operation upon the basis will object to an alliance of the mother
of n full understanding. A conference , countrv with her while she has dlfii
which revealed only n sharp disagree- cultics with the I'nited Stutes, nnd.
ment ns to whnt role the United States nbove all, Japan wishes to avoid lsola-
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