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I'pollce Grappling for Chester
j Man Killed in Accident
Off Essington
PILOT IN CHESTER HOSPITAL
Police vll'i RrnimliiiB iron ntr
Kirehlnj? off "XMnstnn today (or flic-
bedr of Lfe SrhlniPrkH . tvvcntv-enr
,, 0i,l, of Chester, nlie vvn Killed
1 ,hw a hjilreplunc In vvlileh lie wns
riding plinif:e1 into the river yesterdny
ifternoen.
SchlmecUv did net vvcnr n life pre
S ,cr n did liis rempanlnn. .lese t'nr-
Jl. of Is.lnetnn. tlie pilot of the plane.
imi he therefore sunk Imnirdlntel.v when
Ji, n0e of the iilrernft lilt the inud
it the rirer bottom nnd it turned ever.
' Garcia ns flung rlenr, bill Is In n
critical condition nt the Chester lles-
Fe'r scvernl hours ycstcnln.v Gnreln
nd Schmleekly flew lr-i nnd down the
rlrer and ever Chester. 'When nt n
icljbt of WOO feel tliev decided te
derend. and Gnrcin turned the nose
of the machine downwind. The descent
Van made nt the rate of ei?Iitj miles
m hour, nnd It Is believed that the
reflection of the sun en the water
blinded the pilot nnd caused him te
mWudjte the dlstnnce he hnd te re".
Before a tafer course could be taken
the machine struck the water novo "en.
nd the propeller, pontoons nnd bot
tom of the craft were tern out The
machine frank, but seen reappeared.
Garcia nnd bis compnnien had been
thrown out nnd rendered iinceiiseiuiis.
Garcia alone were n life preserver nnd
me he floated. SclnnlccMy'n body was
aet recovered.
The accident was witnessed b. crew de
en both the I'enns.vlviinin nnd New .Ter
y phercB nttenedlng football Raines. A
Kere of small beats hastened te the
scene of the nccldent. and while one
ricked up the unconscious form of
Garcia the ethers tried te find Scbinicck
Jt's bndv. The wrecked machine was
jet ashore en Tinlcuni Island.
Garciu Is n (rraduatc of the fl.ving
school established In l"siii(ten in war
time. He received his international
pllet'r. license only last .Monday.
SchnilccKI). employed as a painter nt u
iWpjnrd at Chester, wns net n pilot. He.
nd Garcia beilRht the hjdreiilrplune
neveral months age. Knrller in the day
Gircla made a lone fllsht with a girl.
FIRE ROUTS FAMILY
Weman Hears Crash of Glass and
Finds Heme Ablaze
Four membcrR of n famih had n nar
row escape from dentlj enrlj this morn
Ins, when fire dnnuiKcd the home of
James Carbarn at 1510 PprltiR street.
The less In est tainted nt MOO.
The famil had retired early last
flight, after attending te the fire. Short
ly after midnight Mr. Cnrbarrv heard
a crash of glnss, nnd upon investiga
tion found the dlning-rneni nbhie.
Hastening upstairs ngaln she nwekf her
husband and their two children. Mnrle,
fifteen jears old. nnd Jeseph, nged tliir
teen Then the fnmllv hnstened te the
ttrret
Neighbors. In this time, hnd formed n
bucket brigade nnd vvcip fighting the
dsmes when firemen nt rived. The blaze
Is attributed te n defective Mile The
crash of glass that nw-eke Mrs Car
barry came from a mirror whiih was
fluttered bv the Intense heat
READING HAS 25,202 HOME
46 Pei Cent of Total Owned" by
Occupants
Washington. Oct "1 A ptrlimmnrv
census ii pert made public teda shown
that ".",".02 homes were enumerated in
Heading in .laniinn . Ifi'JO, of v. Inch
40 pep (pnl were owned bv the ihtii
pants and ,"i2.7 per cnt were rented
Of the homes owned It!, I per font weir
free from ciicumhcnim e nnd ."1.1 pei
cent were merlgnged. (If ihe .V.Hi:!
mertgagrd hemeH enumernted In tin
rensus icperts were reeured from "(i S
ffr rent
The aierage niaiket nliie of the
rnertgageil homes was ? I 111 I and tin.
average mortgage ?I7!I. The estimated
market vjilup of the mortgaged homes in
Jleading was S'.Ti.one.fHlO and tin-
mortgiige iieht sii.noe.nno
NEW SCHOOL OPENED
$100,000 Structure for Use of Chil
dren of Upper Merlen Township
The new $100 0(1(1 public sclioel of
upper Morien township was opened te
Mudcnts this morning nt Surdelnnd
Although opened ninth work en the
wounds surrounding Ihe building must
b completed before the formal dedlea
tmn.
Last November ."811)0.000 vvh- voted
at the rleetien te pay fertius siruiture
a modern two sterj affair, built en th
highest ground ill the township The
Alan Weed Iren and Steel tVimpnnv de- I
natrd three iutcs of gieiind upon whim!
It Is built An nlhlelic held ami rdiiv I
rounds will be laid out in the ion
5t Andrew's Society Meets Tonight
St. Andrew ,s Society of I'lul.idi Iphin
ill held its iiuiiiierl.i meeting at li
f clock this eieniug in the IttttiMilieu .-
Hetel tneng the speakers will h j
Kenr Admiral W. C HrnMed, feri, 1
Surgeon tirnernl of (he N.nv , (.rerge '
J Uess and the Iie Di Net man
Maclean, of Scotland
FINE FRAMING i
PAINTINGS CLEANED I
AND RESTORED
IHE ROSENBAl'II GALLERIES
w 3j .limit Mrrrt i
Mastprpiri'p of Modern 1 ic
tien." Bosten Triuinn,))
IF Winter Cemes
I'll ',
A. S.M. HUTCHINSON
"Onn of the beat books of our
times." Nev Yerk Tni.cx
'An nmavtiriBly lire cunlrihu
tllll In .....,1 l !. ..
- ,u niuui'i ii uuvci viiiing-
i I'lcutit I riinii.
TENTH PRINTING
82ND THOUSAND
2.O0 whtrcver boehs arc told
UTILE, BROWN & COMPANY
e
Publliher, Boten
ABINGT0N SCHOOL TAX RISE
SEEN IF LOAN BILL FAILS
Increase te Ten Mills Predicted If
$450,000 Measure Leses
failure nt it,,. ...i ;. i-,.
.,,,. , , - '" in"iiusvii ,?i,ii.uini
?U.? Imn,.l.",n"f nl ,1", rn,n,"K fl1'"
ten. will Hkelj tneati nn lnerene In
I He school lar of Ablngten Township,
next tear nf imi ln. ,!... ,. m'
ri'i.! e . I , ""'' ,,-1, niuii tun mum,
this fact Is helm; emphasized byjire-
inn ei inc lean in the cducatTennl
campaign being nnged.
Sentiment nt this time npparentlv
fuera approval of the efforts of the
Heard of I'.dneatlen te better school
conditions Development of the town
ship has been consistently stcadv and
actioel accommodations under existing
conditions de net meet rripilirmcnts.
wnii i ncrenseii congestion certain each
succeeding jear.
The $150,000 lean would provide all
facilities required for tunnx jenrs. saj
Fchnel efTielnls. These Include nn addi
tion te the High Scheel, enlargements
of the Weldnn Scheel, the MeKltibn
Scheel, the North (llensldn Scheel, the
building of a new school nt a point be
tween Jteslyn nnd Willow (ireve. and
nil pluvgieund requirements
ARGUE HAGAN-BIDDLE CASE
Judges Tnke Matter of Suit for
Fees Under Advisement
pl he case of Airs. A. Flercnrn Yereer
Ilagan. wife of "1'hilndelphln .lack"
OMtricu. against Majer A. ,t. Dtcxel
Hiddle for counsel fees amounting te
$20,000 aine up for argument before
.fudges Aiidenricd and rititctter lu
Court of Common Pleas Ne. 4 today.
Neither the plaintiff nor defendant
were heard, the proceedings being con
fined In a legal argument between cenn
el. The Middle domestic affairs, which
were supposed te be inveHed in the
services for which Mrs. Hiignn alleges
she has net been paid, were net men
tinned. The argument centered en the legal
wording of the Middle affidavit of de
feti'e and the plautlff's averments. The
court took the case under advisement.
WATCHMAN DIES IN MILL
Jeseph C. Barger, Victim of Apo
plexy, Found by Engineer
.loseph C Itarger. fiftj-five tears old.
1D20 V.ast Atlantic street. ' n night
wntchtnan etnpleved In the carpet mill of
Ilenrv Melmer Sens, Trenten nvenuc
and William street, died there of apo ape
ulevv during the nicht
Max Peet7.sch, (he engineer, entering,
the boiler room at (!:.'!0 o'clock this
morning, found Itnrger silting en a
bejc. iipparcnll.v asleep. When the en-'
gineer touched the vntchmnti's shoulder'
Ifarger's bedv toppled ever. '
Me was taken a quickly as possible I
te the I'piscepnl Hospital, but it wnsi
loe late j
MOTHER AND SON HURT I
Mrs. William Miller, of Gloucester,
In Aute Crash Near Mount Helly
Mr-. William Miller nnd seu. Jehn,
of Oil Mntket stiptf (ileiicestei , were
slichtl.v inpneil jesterdny when the
automobile in which tlie.v wcie tiding
with Mr. Miller and Mr. and Mrs Jehn
Conever. was struck near Mount
Ilellv. .1.. Iij the uutoniehilc of Wil
liain "Vns.li . of iladden Heights
The Miller pnrlv was Mopped be
side the read repairing a tire when
Nash's car alleiuptlng te pass it.
skidded and uished into (he Millci
automobile. Meth auloniebiles were
censidernbl.v damaged
Netice this delicious
flavor when you
smoke Lucky Strike
it's scaled in by
the toasting process
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JACO'B REEDS SONS
M24-142 CliestouiltSteffiell
EVENING PUBLIC
CHILDREN
JOINI
IUNI
Care of Youngsters Here and
Abroad Is Object of
Organization
ENROLL AT SCHOOLS
Thousands of pub'le srhoel children
nte te be enrobed this week. beginning
trdny. In thr Junier Tied ("toss, an
organisatien "by children for chil
dren." The pupils can join by con
tributlng from one cent upwnrd.
The activities) of the Junier Ked
Cress arc vnrid. There are boys and
girls In every school who nre thin nnd
undernourished nnd llkelv te get tuber tuber
(ulesis. The school doctors nnd nurses
pick out thrrf children nnd put them
In special clnst.es. Tims" children who
can pny for the milk served them and
Ihe r-st are given it fire. There arc
thirU-ninc of these classes in Phila
delphia where a thousand children have
been made net only liealthiei. but
wiser in the wnxp of geed henllh Last
jear the Junier lied Cress gnve $4000
that this work could be cnrrleil en
In seventy-cue schools girls In the
domestic nrl cliiss-p Jmvc tnken tmn
from their own spring te make Hid
Cress garments with which the spring
teachers hnvc verv penerenslv helped
them. Tour thousand nnd six plecpR of
i.nderwenr, baby clothes and pi city lit
tie dresses were n.nde this car.
Although the World AV.ir has long
been ever, there nre thousands of chit
dren in Scrbin, IJumnnln. Poland nnd
ethers of the .Middle nmepi nn conn cenn
tiles who nre suffering from cold, hun
ger nnd sicklies, The Junier Red
Cress gathers together many of these
children in homes nuil sihoels, feeds
NG
OR
RED
CROSS
r Silverware m
Better Grade
at Moderate Prices
.Salad Bowls - Fruit Baskets
.Sandwich and Bread Trays
f:.c(uai'e i(cs and l'ei hmaitehip
ile( found clscnliCJ c
Dividends from die SeaseiisS
By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER
"What income have vc net from the flower, and hew un
failing aic the dividends 'from the -season," wietc James
Kusscll J.evvell.
"This h tlic season of the year when contemplated changes
in the burial place of a clear departed arc carried out," said
Mr. Asher in response te an inquiry, "and. like a funeral
service, these changes are made in a quiet, dignified way."
"Is it necessary te come te the Bread Street Chapel, ia00
North Bread Street 7" asked the visitor.
,.T, "Your P'-f,scnce is net required," nnsweted Mi. Aslici.
Rut, should ou come, bring a flower and a piayrr."
"And leave with a 'Thank Yeu' for your admirable anil
consoling service," concluded the visitor.
At the Heur of Dentil,
DKEFA
FINE STATIONERS
INDIVIDUAL CHRISTMAS CARDS
SHOWING PICTURES OF COUNTRY HOUSES
INTERIORS, FAMILY GROUPS, OR PETS
THIS BEAUTIFUL IDEA FAMOUS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
WAS ORIGINATED BY THE DREKA COMPANY.
1121 CHESTNUT STREET
Valu
V
Bring Big Business
J Since flic days have become colder and we
arc gelling inle our regular swing en Fall
business, the store presents such a scene
of activity lhat our patrons frequently re
mark upon it.
J Our iii.in u.intccl te knew tl ve uric li.tvinp ,t
"S.ilc." Well, wc ate having ;rt all the time but
ilirv .it r net of the sensational tpc hut just our
icmil.n tr.i(l active meiiliatitlisiii; giving people
tlit hrsi iletliinp that it is possible te produce at
putt's fli.it teprescnt cost of in.inulactuic plus, the
I in pmlit te vvIikIi everv merchant is entitled.
jj Tan 1'iices. Honest Meuliaiitlisc, l.cadriship m
( ioed Stvlrs. Couitceii's and Ellicicnt Set vice, thce
aic the lcueiis that nc arc busv and the "win" of
hew we keep en beating sales records while many
lemplain of dull bu-iiiicjs.
(j I all hints and Tep Coats arc pi iced $M) and upuaid,
with rspcciallj siieng "Reed" values at $40, $1",
ami ,M).
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LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,
ENROLL IN JUNIOR RED CROSS
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America needs
trained gifls and boys -
l&ady for
I.cUr Phele ,Srvke
Here am two Philadelphia jeungsters who have ansvveiTil the call le
join the org.iiiintieti that Is liclplug needy children at home anil abroad
them and takes caie of them until they
nre sluing enough te unl.e loom for
c there
Call: Poplar 7890
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dCTOBtfR 31, 1921
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Majer and Mrs. A, J. Drexel
Biddle Among These Hurt
in One Mishap
MOTORCYCLE IN CRASH
Tight fcrsens were injured In auto
mobile accidents in the citv vesterdnv.
Majer A J. Drerel Middle, his wife
nnll evcrnl ether persons in his nuto nute nuto
mebile pnity vvern hurt when their
motorcar skidded and "truck an cm
bnnkinent near Mordenlewn. N. J.
1i r persons were injured as the re
sult of i collision between nn automo
bile nnd n sidecar tnolercvf'e nt Mread
nnd Thompson rtrrels. All the occu
pants of the smaller machine sustained
Injuries, which were treated ai Ht
Jeseph's Hospital.
The iniured nie: Phibp Lewer. Jr
thirty-one ,cnrn old. of Wemllyn. N.
1.. abrasion ei left eje: Philip Lewer,
lid. live. Woedlv tt. . J., brui-cd foie feie
liead. his sen: Philip lower seventv
seven. Kigbth and Vine trcts tbl'
oily, laceratien1 nf the mr: David
Lewer, t wentv even. lc-0:i 'nrlten
avenue, pessib'" frnilure nf skull, n
brether: James P.radlev. twenty-seven,
isli) Carlten treel. possible tiacturc
of nnkK
Mrndley. who was 'irivitiB the motor metor moter
c.vcle north en Mread street, ittetnptcil
te turn west nt Thompson street nnd
struck nn automobile driven by Dr.
Jeseph Itninvllle. 21 It Seuth Mread
street, upsetting bin evmi machine and
throwing its occupants against the
larger machine. Dr Ttninvillc escaped
injury.
I'nllewing die accident Dr. U.iinvtlle
TIME
and
I HI ARE
NJURED
N AUTO ACCIDENTS
SUPER -VALUES
Expensive-Leeking
WINTER OVERCOATS
J28 $33 $38 &
JUST A MINUTE it is important
that we pause here while you consider
the lowness of these Super - Value
prices. Why, when you remember
War Days, these prices aren't even
knee-high te a grasshopper.
BUT JUST as seen as yeiu
have Assimilated this happy
Fact (and it's se obvious it
won't take you an eye-flash te
grasp it) consider an equally
important peint:
WE NEVER had a broader
gauged variety of Overcoats
from which te cheese. A
meter show with a thousand
booths could net provide mere
body designs than our army of
tables. An international
Weavers' Congress could de no
mere than duplicate out range
p e R
Perry
16th & Chestnut
SUPER -VALUES
in Clethes for Men
was arrested. This morning he wan held
under MOO ball for further lienrlne en
v-n....l.M A Tlraillev tu still til Ihe
.OV,'llllUI ' " - -:--
hospital nnd the police state Hint he
nlBO will DC arrcsicci.
Twe women were struck b,v meter-
i.. Ml.. Ail.tln Dnllnt. tlftv -three
yenrH old, of 1 157 North Twentieth
street, was crossing nt Seventeenth and !
r-. ..Ik..... .. Iw..i l.ll lt fl milln. !
nyugn nm-um nin-,i '. "';,.
evele driven by James Martin, of 4 lilt
v'.n, firnt-f .tree! SUie ufls taken te
Rt. Luke'K Hospital, suffrrlug from a
fractured leg.
Mrs. Carrie Simen, flftv years old. of
LTIS AVingobeeklng street, wns hit by a
M1lMi ' Minrtfltt ...linBlnf." sole cfl r U'htle
crossing' Mread street nt Diamond. rlie
siistnlned brui'es. wnicii were treated
at St. Luke's Hospital. The driver is
(ttarhed te the Melgrade and Clear
field streets station.
Oeerge Mrady. feuiteen yearn old. of
0447 I'plnnil street, is In the Meth
odist Hospital, suffering with cuts nnd
bruises received .vesterday afternoon
when his motorcycle wnn struck by nn
automobile en the League Island boule
vard. The driver of the automobile
escaped.
' DIPHTHERIA SPREADING
23 Cases In Barrlngten, N. J. Mere
Smallpox In Haddenfleld
Twcnl.v -three cases of diphtheria are
reported in Harrington N J . and the
schools and Sunday schools have been
cloned When the first cases appeared
sevcrnl weeks age the health authorities
thought thev had the situation under
control, but there hns been a fresh out.
break. Light new caes appeared Kri
da.v night and three deaths from diph
theria occurred last week
Mern cases of smallpox harp been re
pnHed at Hnddenfipld. bringing thr to
tal up le eighteen. The IJev. William
T'nene. pastor of the N'egre church of
Hnddenfieid. who was reported te have
broken quarantine last week was found
in his home yestprdnv after authorities
had been looking for htm with a war
rant He declared he had never left
bis home since it wns quarantined
the PLACE
the
Time-Enduring
of fabrics drawn from every
where. TO PUT the matter bluntly -wc
arc at Tep Ferm for these
Sparkling Mid-Autumn days
when Father Penn buys Over
coats for all his boys. And we
have provided almost every
kind of an overcoat that any of
his boys could want.
SUPER-VALUES. $28, $33,
$38 and $43. The best exhibi
tion of through and through
quality you or we have seen for
many a day.
R y s
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CITY TO "DOLL UP7
STREET CLEANERS
Russian Military Caps Ordered
for Men Who Will Take Over
Contractors' Werk
.
NEW UNIFORMS AS WELL
City street cleaners, drlrers and
chauffeurs of the Street -Cleaning Uu
reau neit year will wear snappy mill
tary caps similar te these worn by
Ituwlan army officers when there ?s n
Kuntlen Army.
Meglnnlng January 1, the city will de
all Its own street cleaning. Then the
city will hare caps for block men, gnuf
men nnd drivers, which will hare a
three-quarter-Inch slope. In ether
words, the cap will be three nnd three
quarter inches high In front and three
Inches high in back
The city will order 1,V)0 caps. They
will be white or brown.
Te Rtld further te the dolled-up ap
pearance of the white wings, the caps
will be adorned with half-inch black
potent leather strnps In front, which
will be fastened te the sides with nickel
buttons.
The city also (s arranging te order
J000 uniforms, consisting of coats and
trousers, for drivers and helper
These v ill be of brown duck, Mingle
breasted, loose fitting. The block and
gnng men will be given blue denim
uniforms, single-breasted, with metal
buttons. The uniforms nre the same as
these being used this vear
Mids will be opened for theM mip
pllcs nct Monday.
$43
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