r W'jjl jjfj, rf,"l'iA I ' IV . va'; r, .-" h") iifiwA''' , r7 i-"V. '- .-.V X . T'".J '' ' 'V ww'-- v , President's Golf Halted by Farmer CtlBoefl from r. On, v.rr no waved his hand, and the l'rcsliient waved bnck ns tho fnrracr drTh0ar8roaldcnt played tho right . ..1" i n nrin. The score wns ecn not Ilvn out, but admiring club officials said f"t.. mluhty good ouc. After In i.rf greeted Mr. Matthews the Frcsi w Sore off ns flawlessly as, If there fid be no Interruption, and played the ;?it ot round wllh s,'c,t Club Gnest at Luncheon The Kmo over, ho was n guest of the 1 .1, with his party, nt n luncheon In 3? 'clubhouse. W Harding and the Jin of tho party drove over in time r"the luncficon. No rain fell, though III skies were threatening. rc, den Harding left the R1U- Carlton Hotel t 8:45 o'clock for tho 8"lew Club, giving the lln to a largo .ndonthuBlastlc crowd which waited to cet him at the main entrance on the The Tutomobllep which were to lake Mi nnrty to the golf links were waiting . he Jdc door and Mr. Harding "lipped out nuietlr, seen by compnra- tlvrfffl President appcored clad in n kown molinlr golf suit, with cap to match, and gray golf stockings. He ,,, smoking n cigarette. A group of perhaps forty persons, Indiidinir guests, bellboys and chant e MMcrBb. collected within a few sec ends The President beamed on thorn nil and stopped to shake hands, while the' S'crct Sorvlco men hovered around ""After tiio President had shaken every outstretched hand ho stepped Into his r.utomobllc. and with the other curs following, was whirled off to Scnvlcw. He Lilies Giiddlo Cakes Beforo setting out tho President par- took nf a hearty breakfast, consisting of two medium ponched eggs, griddle cokes number undisclosed and n bit Ho had expected to take a quiet dip In the ocean, but tho prcis of his ingngcmentx prevented this. Two score hnthcti who wore watching hopefully for him were disappointed. Ileiides those who, played golf with tho President, his party Included Secre tory Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorgo A. Van Fleet, of Marlon, O., and George H. Christian. Jr., the President's pri vnte scpretnrj. Mr. Harding was up before 7 o'clock this morning, and went to bin window on tho fifth floor of the hojel to enjoy the brlik sen nlr. His appearance was the signal for cheers from a number of early morning strollers. He io riled with a gracious wnvc of his hand. Despite tho strenuous program ho has followed since his arrival hero on Saturday, Mr. Harding looked pbysicnl Ir fit this morning. His eyes sparkled and his skin had a healthy tannish glow which bespoke sound health. , He did not retire last night untif nearly an hour after midnight. The hut entertainment arranged in his honor was a movie show. In which 'The Affairs of Anatol" vnn present ed through tho courtesy of .lulcs E. Mastbaum, of thn tStanIey tympany of America. The picture ran for fully nnc hour and a half, and Mr. Harding paid lie enjoyed It lmmenboly. Frank W. Buhler, of the Stanley Company, and two movie operators went to the ititz last night with the picture They nlo showed a picture taken nt midnight. Snturday. at Atlan tic City, depicting the arrival of President Ilnrding nt the seashore. Attends Chelsea C'hurcli Yesterday the President and Mrs. Ilaidlng wont to the Chelsea .Baptist Church No one knew that tho President of lie Fnlted States was coming to nttend ervlce. When Mr. and Mrs. Harding, .ntered thoj only attracted tho casual attention which is given to strangers. J'he Itev H. A MacLeod, of Pleasant -;illc, who ofllciated in tho nbence of the regular pastor, prcaehod a timely sermon But bofoto the service was half over the news leaked nut in sumo unknown manner that tho President was there. '. In n few minutes the police, who torn- porarily missed the President, were on tbe joh. .Motorejolp policemen, mounted policemen nnd just plain walking police men mobilized nround the church in wious important attitudes. Pedestrians uerc told to keep moving, chauffeurs were requested to he careful, but no body seemed to know the cause of the precaution And then tho people learned that Mr. Harding was within the church. When Mr nnd .Mrs Hnrding emerged from the chinch tho street looked like u con vention After a brief luncheon yesterday Mr. Harding got a few minutes' rest nnd then went through another hand-shaking session with the soldiers o( the Fifth Division. When tbe President Rtrolled along the Honrdwalk at 5 o'clock crowds in the hotel balconies pelted him with nnwers. and ho responded frequently bj -Allying his walking stick or doffing Mi) hat l.ato this afternoon Mr. Harding will leave hv motor for New York, where lie will hoard the Mayflower, HARDING AND WILSON DISAPPOINT "GRAYS" Chattanooga, Tenii., Sept. 12. (Rv A P ) President Hni'dlng, in a tele f'om to Mayor Chnmbcrliss expressing "Is regret nt not being able to attend He reunion nf the United Confederate I'lcrans here in October, declared: 'It Is good to know tflnt tho time V come when n President might ut tnd tho encampments of the Illue nnd Gray alike." Former Piesident Wilson nlso wired 8 regrets, saying that tho "state of ' convalescence" would not permit of ti'is acceptance of the Invitation. I he President's reply to tho com ? in chnrKe f the reunion said In . "H is with the utmost regret that I Za ,n ? , l'Ply t .vour cordial nn greatly appreciated invitation that ti J?J?Bfmc,,,s wll no' permit me to ,! rhttaii(iogn for thn encampment or)(tnc Confederate veterans. , "In view of the fact that there will b. Lmole 8roat gatherings for the n!L,i ?ro ,ho niue nm' those who h,'h(,jM!y- ' llft(l ,l "ontlmentnl tie!i i nitoml 1,0,h encampments. In f on, .,fim,1, m,b'11' ,1,ltloa prevent me .I "on,lnR either. Please express lnri.?l7a,,K ,,IP nurance of my and fi l in Qr(",t nml ''oncem for them ier. Ki0.01,1 Vhca for tll(,'r remnlnlng "". "hleh I hope miiy he happy." . (''apel lllll, N."c Hept IS -The nt?? ,'" rel-v 0M the Federal Gov- ri.h f,?u f'!'', Performance of functions ritt y ,no,nBliig to local adminls 'atlve iinliu iu ,i.,i.i i... ti i.i . "srilln? In a u,. ....in.... i eoun i t,h, ron'oreneo on town and eeWy.,'l,.1,min,i,R,rnt,nn ,0 ' 1'flU "t liaa. ' tl10 ulversity of North Caro- MnTm.Vc',i,.lr,nt' '" ' Mifr which WW nl"lWp,ivc,cflln'v l,y I)r' Unw' r. ... .. Ulll-I Ulllll'II II, I'llIITl.' I'tibl e v ii ' ' u,",Ior ot t"e Hchool or Kori s'orih p.. ii ,u gl "10 i-nivereity or vlP. Carol na. savs; ,,,. --"i, aaxi dmJ. i "aB be" " inevitable ten- )'. import manT func M'hlCh "icauen or the overwhelmingly KiH.i ' wim:u tumrunieu me ffl ? B, Qovernmont, to rely unduly rFV) It for nerfnrmur,.. .f .- .. ." can only bt djiicbarnd Gold, Platter Meals Not Wanted by the President President Harding isn't given to gold plnte And such. They had a beautiful gold service .for him In Atlantic City, but ho declined to make use of it. Tho President sold ho preferred to nsa the tools to which ho was accustomed. properly by local administrative enti tles. This, together with the further fact of our country's rapid growth, and tho consequent difficulty of ade quately planning local governmental machineries, hos resulted in a certain incfficicncy-fif the minor administrative organisms which greatly needs to be corrected. It will lin rnrreofwl !,.,. ever tho attention of the people is fully aroused and the national genius for umuiuisiruuon is citecttvely npplled." Probe Is Started in Bridge Disaster Continued from Tne One mourning be lielil hv nil )nir,i,0. ,. ganlzations and associations during this week. "The Council of the cky of Chester will collaborate In every way possible to relieve distress attending the catas trophe. , "WILLIAM T. "RAMSAY. .Mayor." Split Plato Bolted Interest today, despite the pathetic frequency of crepe on the doors of houses, centers on the fixing of the rcsponslbllltj for the horror. All re ports si-cm to agree that the real cause was a split plate that had been bolted instead of riveted, after a canal boat had crashed Into the structure, about ten years ugo. The plate was straightened, cold, and replaced, causing a crack. It is doubt ful, however. If the plate would have broken for yeais if it had not been for the unusual and sudden strain that was put upon it." Apostolus Apustale, five years old, HO Edgemont street, fell Into the river and drovned. A crowd collected on the bridge to see th rolloc grapple for the body, and suddenly the span gave way, throwing those on it into the water. Today Chester presents two faces. One the bitter expression of mourning and the otnei the grim fighting face of a people that intends to fix respon sibility and punish. II. H. Quimby, ehipf engineer of. the Philadelphia Itapld Transit Company, nnd Kdwnrd Templcr inspected the bridg'c to determine the cause of the accident. After n long examination of the structure they Issued the following ilniemeut, through Thomas J. Fcclcy, a member of the County Commissioners: "Tho gusset plate which supports one of the sidenrms, which in turn supports tho footpath, wns made of wrought iron. The bridge was faulty in con struction. Tho grain in tho plate wns penpendicular instcnil of being horizon tal, and wo found n crack in the plate nearly eight inches in length. The length of the gusset plate was fifteen irehes. and the old crack in the plate vas eight inches long nnu had been iiior,) ioi- in years. ji is wiini wc cnll a progressive break." Hoat Bent Plate When the plnte was unboiled from the bridge it was seen that tho plate was nearly crystallized and the piece of gusset piate mum almost dp hroken with one's lingers. It was said, that about ton years ago a canal boat laden with coal broke loose from its moorings n hundred feet up the river and jammed ngainst the bridge. A rising tlidc forced the canal boat further against tho bridge, bending the gusset plate. The morning following the canal boat accident an inspection of the bridge wus mode and tho bent plate was lo coteiU The rivets were out out of it, and workmen took the plate to the Mreet. Instead of putting in a new plate they attempted to straighten out tho pine while It was cold, wltli tho lesult that the plate was cracked. De spite that crack, however, the plate W'flH nllt linpU- intr, nlilf A nntl liiltnrl Director of Public Safctv Trainer nnd Jnmes Hamilton mndo no bones of sajing that "rotten Delaware Coun- ty pollcs" is directly to blame for the crcpo that is hanging on so many Chester doors today. Director Trainer said his office was not lesponBible for the condition of the span nnd laid the blame nt the door of the County Commissioners who served prior to tbe election of the present in cumbents two jears ago. "AH bridges within the county nre built and maintained by the County Commissioners' office." said the Di icctor. "Coder the laws of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, tho Di rector of Public Safety and the city of Chester have no power on the regula tion of bridges." Hamilton said the bridge had been a subject to consideration for some time, but every time funds were abont to bo appropriated to repair it something would Interfere. Hamilton is one of the commissioners appointed two years ago. "The bridge is one of the legacies of tho rottPii political machine of the last twenty-five jcais and should not hnve existed in a town ns big ns Chester," Hamilton said. "The bridge was ex umlued last jeiir b Alonzo Yocuin, en gineer for tho County Commissioners, and pronounced sate. "t'ntil that time 1 always thought tho bridge to be in a dnngeious con dition, but when the report of the engi neer wns submitted I felt that perhaps the bridge was not in as bad shape as I mi spotted." Director Trainer said "In my judgment the accident was due, directly or indirectly, to lottcn politics. By that I mean the bridges in Chester, mostly all pf them, are from 100 to 31Q years old, and some of them have gone" twenty yeurs without being repaired." The present County Commissioners besides Hamilton arc Fceiey and Robert Hurley. These men have succeeded in having touio repairs made tf tho bridges, but have been handi capped by the amount of work that had to be done without the necessary I'linds. J. A, Devlin, u Chester building In spector, sold thnt he has known the bridge was unsafe for a jcar or more. He said he had denounced tho bridge at the time he had ninde a discovery of its weakness, but made no official report bemuse the structure wns not uudcr his jurisdiction, being in contiol of the County Commissioners. Freeley said: "The county engineer inspected the bridge ten months ago mid pionounccd it safe for traffic Under these cir cumstances I caunot see how any blame attaches to the Hoard of Com missioners. We will see that this affuir Is Investigated most thoroughly. "I have never heard of any one con demning the bridge," snld Commissioner Hurley. "I am informed that the bridge still is sound, with tho exception of the small portion which gave way, and It Is our intention to repair the footwnlb for the entire length of tho bridge on tho side which gave way. Police Chief Davenport, who was an cjewltness to the tragedy, said that onlv two of the fivo bolts supposed to sustain tho foolwalk at the point whero tho accident occurred were capable of eupportlng any appreciable weight. It. J. Aydiette, engineer of Dclowaro County, after an examination of the broken bridge, Bald: "There were to panels utipportcil br a cantilever uai. Une oi mem K &nS$N& Vttiild? urn I'MPKXiBm. fJ Kl,! KT, Hk - fw la ' 'Jj&" 'jIBSBwiiWBBfBk.''- ''fMgKH r' JfBftl' --'''''-' gfBtB ML-'i i iW '' ---"- '' "-' W:itvilBBKCMlBMBBBBM ,S&-(i''ZS&'' J awmmmmi ImiWiwrfiwiMi'ii II IWWI IWMII IIWI Five victims of the huge disaster and V. Jackson , (2) Apostolus Apustale, (") Huth CAPTAIN TELLS VIVID STORY OF CHESTER BRIDGE HORROR Harry Robinson Gives Realistic Picture" of Heroic Rescues and Acts of Self-Sacrifice Following Collapse of Span The dismal giny of today's down of Moose, also risked his life in the wns Ilko the pall of sorrow that lies j waters filled with struggling fcar-mnd over Chester. Something of the people. Ho dived three times and daze -aused by Saturday's bridge trng- I brought three little girls to safety, edy. in which twenty-tive lost their j pPriinps the most outstanding figure lives, has cleared nway, and the citl- of nll i(f Ocorge (Soapy) Pearce. a fish zens minds are near normnl again nnd orman Iiving nt 118 Venn street, dies keen to the pain of tho task of burying , tcl. is KPttlng used to "Sonpy" in the the VtCtimS. rnlo nf II VftaniiO). ntwl n flnrln. nf IumIIos ip me mi'ir wenr on nnci ine irun a.. .u i .1 .L. i. edy gets n little failher In the past i more connected and perfected nccoirit of the accident is ivnllable. Police Captain Harry Robinson, who .s the night man ind in charge from o'clock on. tells the dearest story. Up was In charge of the police detail that illi! such wonderful work in the rescue nnd aided most in '.he task of caring for th dead bodies. . Captain Robinson said "It vas just' after 0 :.'." when T first got a call from the Edgmont theatre, ' tolling me that a boy had fallen in the cicok nnd drowned. They explained ho hnd been running to see n trnlned benr when he slipped and fell into tho water. I immediately gave orders for the grap pling crew 1o sot to the rlvei nnd try1 to recover tho bod v. It did not seem like more than thiec or four minutes after I hnd given the orders when the phone rang again ami I wns informed that the bridge had colloDsed. I shouted to the officers who were in the station nn unusually large ,,.(... hcnnon Vin,. mm tvnifi fnr 7 o'clock rollcall and with fifteen of them I ran nround to the scene. We got there in time to see many people still bobbing up and down in the water and hear the shrieks of the dying. Twenty -nine Men on Duty i "We got to work nt once with ropes and hooks and succeeded in saving sev eral. Chief Davenport was on the scene nnd he ordered tho traffic squad off the streets nnd had them report at the, bridge. There nre eight of them and with four detectives who henrd of ! the disaster nnd hurried to tho scene we had twenty-seven men on duty be- sides the chief and myself. "T -hnnld iudce there were about a hundred people in the water altogether. I counted sixteen who were pulled upon the banks and at least that many more, swam ashore unassisted. There were twenty-si, taken to the hospital, twenty-five dead, and L nm sure there '.,i, niimn nulled nn nn the Third and Second streets bridges to I make up the hundred. Icm Miller, the j diver, deserves n lot of credit. Ho was passing on the Second street bridge , when he saw the crowd and the excite-, ment lie ulVCU in mm um wiiul ho i could at the work of rescue, then went homo ami goi iu- " n -'i worked like a hero until all tho bodies were recovered. The police department is not without its personal tragedy. Mrs. Maud Mnrtha, one of the dead. Is the mother of Mounted Officer Ells worth Murtha." .Many Kinds of Heroes Heioes in tho tragedy were of the most oddly contrasting types. When ho s eken lie crasu i-uiuc, so soon UW'l i echoed bv the wild screams nnH trio tllill 1111 nnnA nf HllrCV rikln" task is pioved in the death of at least one man. ' Richard Vu - .11 birrlerV of caste were snfot'' n, slow-moving boat was the St Fvcrv one who was ear rh,,, ,10U(11 ba,'k to thVstriigllng mass swept nway . crj one w no was ilea nf ,mnmnity Toome , , (h S'1 B 'porters ami' 'wV Ukmrnn , -J"''' '"" oat saw the two How buTne'ss ran nllko stripped themMlvt ' kins ,Ih,,dre n,."i lr mother. He of their shoes ami coats and dived into J ""Ped ovciboaid and swam to them as the '. creek on their lifo-rlsklng , J0"?' ? ? llftPl1 . That It was a life- "" """- "" ""- ui. Gordy. thirty-five yeais'"."n'cr'ng nDout in nld a Necro, 31!- fultou btrcet, wns stnndine near the bridge when the i ernsb ciime. He throw off his coat and leaped in An excellent swimmer nnd I n man ot cum ruiniigi-, m-- nuKceeucu i . i -.. 1.- ,-., i in drugging tnrce victims to saicty. fter ho had handed up the third per son to willing hands on tho banks he turned and started niter ins iourtn. Four peoplo in the water, seeing his powerful ability as a swimmer, grasped him in a panic. Unable to extricate himself from their frenzied grip, he, with nil four, tank below tbe surface never to come up nllve. . Man Saved Three Girls Alexander McCloskcy, GOO West Ninth street, head of the Chester lodgo dropped entirely and the other dropped to an angle of forty-five degrees. The accident, in my judgment, was due to a progressive break which has been goltyf on for years, but which could not have been detected by Inspection," In constructing the bridge the engi b(ERtmLABEriPHIA, MONDAY, VICTIMS OF CHESTER TRAGEDY -. Vj.-"' tlio child whoso drowning was tho indirect cause of the tragedy: (t) Jesse fivo jcars old, tho drowned child; (.1) Josephine Lyshl, (4) JNIary Ilaliia, Anna Hawkins, and (0) Beatrice Sapovlts " .. ..-. ...... .. ....t.b. v. There has hardly boon a drowning in the last thirty years in which ho lias not nppeared as the rescuer or as thoi man who found tho body. Ho prob ably brought more persons to safety Saturday than any other one man. "Soapy" has n hofrt nnd grappling hooks. Hfl rowed to the scone on tho instant nnd started In on his work of rescue. He got five persons in tho boat anil then, despite his slxty-nvo years, jumped over the side and pushed others into the boat from tho water. He plunged into lh" dark and murky wntors among tho fighting mass of liu- mnnlty, mnkinj? fescue nfter rescue, ( never realizing the danger ho wns plac ing himself in. With strength borne of desire to snvo the lifp of his fellow beings, ho brought IiIk total of rescued to fourteen, then he dived In time nfter1 time again, but was unnulc to bring another body to tho surface s Q , , IIosl,iu, .... , , , , , , After nbout four hours of plunging Into the water he collapsed, but refused to co to the liostutnl, and wns taken home by friends. lie could not sleep. ; thinking of the bodies that might still ho in the river, and returned to tho scene of the accident despite tho entreaties of lils friends and wife. With the nid of his brother, Kdwatd he brought an other body to the surface, that of ia child about four jeurs. Pearce has had during his fift-odd years' experience along the river more, than 100 rescues to his credit. There wero many heroes who will nl-1 ways have to be nameless due to the fact that In the excitement they mod estly slipped away without giving their names. Not all tho rescuers leaped from the bridge, many of them were n nio group mat went uown in nic crash Among those whoso names nre rising on Chester people's llpa today are: Morris Bavlln. sixteen jears old. 10 West Third streel. This boy dived through tho hole n few seconds nfter the collapse came nnd dragced thiee to life and safety. He worked until he collapsed from exhaustion, Foster C, Webster, 120 Penn street, Ho was working nearby and hnd his boat In the river almost slmulntncously wiui me crami. no uiiii uih fou i.u wood worheu an nignt, nrst rescuing and afterward grappling for bodies. ( Nell Tooinev. 144 West Third street. I who served during the World Wnr with the Forty-ninth Division, wns rowing on the Chester River with three friends, Oeorgo Mngnes, 238 West Fifth street; Samuel McKennon, 200 Ivy street, and William Donnelly, Tenth and Upland streets. Toomey and his friends saw the bridge fall and hnstencd to the spot W A AM A I AvbAfeM linlil 4-n t. fl- - 1 ! 1.1.1 i it . . . orv-rni iirruun nnu un u iuq crnir Onil ..Art tnlmti ..K-nM,1 .1 1 t . rt v Itliu M (( I -. (Mill UIUUKHI It! Dennis Kapurelos. 1,11 West Third street, wast watching tho victims floundering about In the water. The) ,.,,,. nU0ut JCni- ago heavily loaded sight of a little boy who looked very li,oat Kave the bridge a particularly hard much like his small brother, was too j knock rmcn iiko ins sinnu orqtlicr. wns too 'n"c i ior wio oig, loiKier-lienrted Creek. " tK on nis snocs and jumped Into the l-lrnr frnm Mm liri.li.A pnl1l TT.. ' - ", , ,, '" "k. """"i""' ' ,,!' , " "V ""v- uul "ns used for n life buoy by a fat woman nnd a colored man," thus being unable ,'" " uu- nuj, who bbuk irom view- ,ni. -k- -i - . .. ; . - ' un oirrn - .., unr. nimnni, n .. .. ..... -...w ..vA... w.bv, .iiiu-iviL illlll 1I1HI rclos swam to safety with the woman. nnrry Cirifiin, 10 1 Penn street, grap pled for bodies for several hours and recovered one. Ho nlso Uftcd six peo ple into his small boat. Abraham Asnes, 121 West Third street, dived from the bridge and res cued three women and a mnn. He also brought in three dend bodies. neers had attached tho walk for pedes trians to the main structure by means of wrought Iron supports. All but one of these supports were riveted, whllo the one that broke wa bolted. Not more than fffiteonect 0( ,,, n))c roj. lapsed and tl.e vlcttnn wer thrown one Toll of Dead and Injured in Chester Bridge Tragedy The Dead FRANK TKimONI, thirty-four, S10 West Sixth street. MORRIS KNOPF, forty-eight, West Second street. DOROTHY WIIITTINOTON, 10- West Second street. ANTHONY D'DIPACOMA, 810 West Sixth street. MRS. MAUDK MURTHA, forty five, TM West Second street, MRS. MAMIFJ DIET., thirty four, Ashland. Pa. MAIIY BAKIA. six, 314 West Second street. Ill'TII ANNA HAWKINS, three, 71f PennHl street. ROY SCOTT HAWKINS. JR., four, 71." Pcnnoll street. CEORGE KUHO, thirty-seven, llil' West Third street. ANNA MIM.INGKR. twenty five. 222 West Second street. JESSE W. JACKSON, forty two. 80-1 West Second street. JOSEPHINE I.YSKI, twelve, 111 West Third street. EUGENE MoBRIDE, seventy, 2S Bccklev Place. MRS. MARY E. STRINGFEL LOW. fifty-four. .",51 Parker street. RICHARD GORDY (colored), thirtv-five. ,TJ2 Fulton street. BEATRICE SAPOVITS, fifteen, 22 West Third street. FRED KNIGHT, sixty, 1129 Butler street. THOMAS MARTIN, thirty-five, 100S West Fifth street. PRESTON SEIPLE. thirty three. 100S West Fifth street. ANDREW DUNLAP, forty-four, ."G.'i Kerlln street. ANTONIO FOLINO, thirty-six S10 West Sixth street. ANTONIO FAI..IA, thirty-five, 722 West Fifth street. JOHN E BAKER ( colored), thirt,-two, (iarden Cltv, N. Y. APOSTOLUS APUSTALE, three, 410 Edgmont avenue. Tho Injured MRS. BERTHA HAWKINS. 7lfi Pennell street, ner two chil dren wore drowned. MISS MARY MEEHAN. OKi West Third stieet .MRS ETHEL LEVIN. I2::.' West Thild street MRS FLORENCE WHITTiNG TON. 102 West Serond street. MRS TRAVIS FARRELL (col ondi. 2.10 Market street. on ton of another down this chute into the water. Discussion among Chester residents ns to the age of tho bridge was settled by a police inspection just after day light, which showed a steel plate upon the structure stating thnt it was built in "1SSS by (lodov " the remainder of the plate being torn off. Two other bridges in Delaware County have recently been closed to traffic as a result of Inspections, but commissioners state that they have been unable ns yet to obtain the money for new stiueturos. One of those bridges is the Carlton street bridge, in Chester, and the other Is the Pine street bridge, in Darby. Both hnve been clWd to traffic for moic thnn file months. One ihcurj rcgiiiding the defect in the bridge wns advanced by several members of the police force who arc ciinsiaiitl.v on duty In that vlclnitv. They assert that on several occasions canal boats have bumped into the bridge nt almost precisely thi ;iot where me urenK occurred, nnu mar in one kll0t.k. These hammer blows bv the ennl l.onts. Chief Davenport said, may have -iueeii tue caue ot starting what The . '.. . . .. ----.. ..- . . engineers state was progressive crack in the steel worK. CHESTER VICTIMS ARE LAID TO REST The melancholy task of burying the ictlms of Chester's tragedy has filled the streets with corteges accntunting the size of the disaster better than words could. The first victims were hurled .vestctda) mid several were in terred today. Ruth Hawkins, two years old, and I ner iirumer, uoy acott unwKlns, four years old. will bo burled from their grandmother's home, Mrs. Kendall Scott, 418 West Fifth street, at 2 P. M. tomorrow In a double funeral. Frederick Percy 'Knight, bUty one J SEPTEJIBEE 12, 1921 years old, will bo burled from his for mer residence, 1120 Butler street, at 2 P. M. tomorrow. Interment vlll bo In the Chester Rural Cemetery. Josephine LinskI, twelve yearn old, will bo burled from the homo of a rel ative, nt 222 Dock street, at 8 A. M. tomorrow. There will bo a solemn high mnss sung nt tho St. Francis dc Sales Church nt 10 A. M. Interment will bo In the St. Francis Cemetery. Dorothy E. Whlttlngton. nine years old, will be burled from her pnrcnts home nt 402 West Second street nt 3 :30 P. M. Interment will bo private. Andrew W. Dunlap, forty-four years old will h hurled from his late resi dence at 333 Kerlln street nt 12.80 P. LnCWanesda "Int rment wlH be tol Lawncroft CeLtcry. . . I .",.. ;"?'", VV.V"r.' .i.:. . a i.' 1 1 iniiiHMMH ttAirr.otr rnnrii old, will be burled from her coth nt' 'wj)l' residence, 222 West Second street 804 West Second street nt 2:30 P. M. Wednesday. Interment will be In Lawn 1 tt, -.,. Eugene McBrldo, seventy years old, will be burled from his late residence nt' 128 BIckley street nt 3 P. M. Wodnes- day. Interment will be In Chester Rural Cemetery. Mrs. Maud M. Murtah will be burled from her late residence. 731 West Sec ?ll!"5: V- Jl-.y.?d5!dn7v,J"' imiicui wm ue m bncaicr nurai win- cterv. Preston Slple. thirty-three years old. will be buried from nls Into residence nt 1008 West Fifth street at 2 P. M. Wednesday. Interment will be in Me dia Cemetery, Media. THREE ACCUSED OF ARSON Two Men and a Woman Caught' After a Chase Reading, Pa., Sept, 12. After a hard chne leading Into two counties State po''re have arrested David Stcffey and Tils wife and Herbert Folwciler, charged with arson In burning the house oc- cupled by the Steqoys at Sinking Snrmirs. two weeks nco. It Is alleged tho furniture found after the lire was removed for the purpose of defrauding insurance companies of v-uut :'- .w. .. ..... n.u ....u .. hold moods were insured. Stcffey wns arrested at Ephrata, R. Davis, aged fort -seven, a veteran Lancaster County, nnd Folwciler was I)cnwar( -fiay nnd River pilot, took fUtn.S',lt intJInmf'"rfJ,i ,w"'i,W0,""Y1 ? Hs own life here last Saturday niglit said to have confessed that her husband; in bathrooln of his homo by shoot forced her to set fire to tho home. ' ,n llinHelf in the head with a re- i nlrnt Leaps Before Train Hits Truck Captain Davis had been in ill health Apartment Robbed During Vacation An autotruck owned by the Wawa for th last six months from a nervous A Lewis and family nrrivpd nt their Dairy and dilven b Robert Bile, was i breakdown. He wai a member of the apartment, 4017 Chestnut street, lat! struck by n Pennsylvania train thisll'enn Pilots' Association up until ni night nfter n summer nt. the shore to morning nt? Burmont. n station just the ' few months ago, when ho retired from find that $300 worth of c'othlng 811(1 other side of Lansdow no. Bile saw the I the rive.. Davis was the son of n jewelry had been stolon. The apart train coming and jumped before the famous Delaware Ray and River pilot ment had been entered by forcing the crash. ' who died n year ago door with n penknife. Quicker in Action Greater in Power Better than Ever 'M-fxWt. 5IEf Jh W&W &&'. 3r -fefi wsr svirxmrmmMM" mm. WmiJomM (ffffWW That' I'-'JIf fi'l'p' Gasoli lH ' And Kill a j-w.h jl m. GAI Puts' " ,1 l 4 MAY BUYfGERMAN WOOLENS American Company Contemplates Importing Manufactured Goods Boston, Sept. 12. (By A. P ) The American Woolen Compacny may Im port manufactured goods from Germany nnd other European countries where costs are lower than in the mills here. -mini,. fm ri, (, r.. nriine. nre.sident of the American Woolen Products Com- ,. n .,,hct,iini.r. wiin han lust rnm- Pl " J-dcpd.nt investigation of ndltton abroad. "" - , -":----.-.-----,: Exportation of manufactured wool- maiiuihhv ..,,,.......--.- ..-,- onR from the T'liited States Is out of the nuestlon under existing economic coudi- tions," Mr, Wood said. "With this Lurope, especially ""many Is miking goods at costs for below ours. Irade follows tho nrlco. not the llae. I hose products i arc going to come to this coun- try anyhow. We want to find out to what extent It is practical nnd desirnble thnt we take part In this trade. -- HOSPITAL-TO CARE FOR 220 ""u' "vu "" .h m-., i- i..t..fl.n for Vet. - --...- -- --- erans Opens November B Harrtsburg, Sept. 12. The new imsniint nn the in,, nf South Mountain. r. .. . ...... i non fite miles from Mont Alto, where 220 disnnieit soldiers nnu snnors win do given a "chance to live." will be in operation bv November 15, according to the State Commissioner of Health. Tho Veterans' Bureau hns token over the hospital building and stnff house on the driveway, a mile from tlie main camp of the Mont Alto Sanatorium. Tho men will have the use of the recrc- ation hnll and grounds near tho hos- pltal and the model craftshop will he used. There is room for small truck ,patche. PILOT GOES TO LAST PORT Captain H, B , Davis Takes His Own' , ,. ,f u.m, in c-in Mav Capo May, N. !., Sept. 1 tT- ..an., l&gSF' Wjh l w s the storv ne! behind it is William M. Wood, president ot tne , j iiompsoii Hirccis siniion. jip is """); i company, returned from n trip to Eu- West Philndclph n Homeopathic ITA rope, sold today he expected n report pltal, nnd upon discharge wlU answer to - j i within n dnv or two coverinc this pos- the charge of resisting nn officer. .. ' research, of improved refining methods, and of innumerable operating tests that bespeak the unremitting labors of a whole corps of refining engineers. Atlantic Gasoline moves with the progress of automotive construction, highway im provement and operating requirements in general. It is made for conditions as they exist today. It is a better gasoline because it is not only higher in calorific units, but is a more finely balanced combination of the volatile elements (needed for quick ignition and com plete combustion) and the heavier power producing fractions. Atlantic is both lively and determined. It all burns leaving little carbon and trans muting to the fullest possible extent into active wheel-turning power. "There's an Atlantic Pump on the road you are traveling " NTIC OLINE Pep in ?v,ur Moto ii NIGHT SINGER SHpY Patrolman Wanted to. Scare V Ists at 2 A. M. C; David Gallagher, eighteen yearaf" of 357 North JWtyscvonth street, shot In the leg early yesterday raori at Fifty-eighth, and Arch streets I Patrolman Ice. of the Sixtjr-flrsf: Gnllnclicr. with n number of other! HI, , oung vocalists, wns singing on thcX 6treet nt 2 A. M. Telephone complaints'! , '., . .,. k;,i. .i.i.U ...i. ; were f -trolm iiciveti ui inn iiuuvi: ninuoii, qutr mm Leo was detailed to break up the nuisance. Tliey rebuked hlin for his ... lacK. ot npprea.itlon una lie. n red M revolver to scare them. The bullet Mruck Gallagher In the leg. ) MINERS ON OUTING .; Sports Proaram Features at Wlllowj, Grove Thousands of visitors from the. mill- lnK rPgions of eastern Pennsylvania inefc )l(ro tdny( t10n wcnt to willow Grove' pnrk fpie gntherlng wns nrrnnged by (1(, Anthracite Frntcrnnl Association ot Philadelphia. The entertainment Include ! 'I sports, family gatherings nnd In 1m i iho afternoon n mnss meeting wart held I" ."' '"uslc pavilion at Wllow (Jrpvc Amonc the (lolcrntlons wero tliosc fr0ni Willlnmsport. Milton, Scinnton, Wjlkcs-Barre, Shnmokln. Ashland. r.nenaiKioan, tnion, rot svinc. acnuyi- Mil Haven, )(10i yk, Mnhonoy City. Mahanoy kens. Tower City, Hnrrlsburg. Lebanon, Port Clinton nnd points n far south In thn Schuylkill valley ns Rending. CAR DROPS 10 FEET: 7 HURT i I Philadelphia Campers Injured In Fall M . - k,i,, ver N J- Embankment Seven Philadolphians, members of n ' pumping colony near Manunkn Chunk. were injured yesterday when nn nil to- mobile in which they were riding I plunged over a ten-foot embankment 'and turned turtle In a field nenr Bclvl- Here. .V .1. William Patterson, of ROt North Iwontieth street, is in tho Enston Hos , l". ; " " ""..'."""!' pital suffering from Internal injuries and , MUrl nuout the head. Mrs. w tuiam Urlm is confined to her cottnge with several fractured ribs. The Misses Patterson.' Brown nnd Johnson, with two children, of Mrs, Grim, are suffering from shook and body bruhes. of today's Atlantic a story of laboratory JwJj,, JM ii JVJ , M 1 fl 'r .,tffl tf1' I .tefjlte',1, -; ltt&bji ti ifeiygi 'i.tM. .VgL.V - . V..t j4iiB,j;
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