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41
a j . ' i
YF . t -
lfax
pve Out of 2000 Have Cut
Rent Recently, Canvass
of City Shows
BUT OTHER
SIDE OH-H!
i i
NetwIlliMiiiiilIn? tlie ncp-lnns mr
trajnl of tin- landlord n n lienrtVsi nion nien
tin nti'l H vlllnln of tlic llr-t wnter, lie
Is net nhM'.iH se l1nr! nt palntrd.
In fnrt. InmllnnN vary net only In
degree Imt In kl'i'l : " nrp l,1R ?n0('
in well ni tin bncl, mid n liuge sprlnk
llnir of IndlfTrrent olio".
Sucli li thp deduction of tlir 1'hl'n
(Jrfphln HeiikIiik As'.edntlnn nftcr re-(
ftylng from its nRenin roperi ua-rn en
jicrtenal interviews, with tennnts In
man.v cectlens of the city.
gn.vs eiiu weninn, ill for weeks nnd
iinnbie te earn sufflclent money te make
emls meet, "my landlord 1h the grand-
"""- 1
m i am irons -
HAVE KINDLY MIT PSI3SSP6B
t man." this hecatif-e he nad told lierwfci;
never te worry nbetit fiieh n thlnp n
the rent, nnd te nny when he could, ,
'although she wiih already in nrrears. ,
Frem another quarter, "The ciih man
hts te hang by his feet from the cellar
window when he conies te collect from
rii meter, because the cellar Is full of,
. n n...l ihn rnllnt I flilllu. thfl
limllerd in thecal refuse even te
come nnd leek the premises ever.
Tim refusal te InsDci t ills property
Mras te be one of the, commonest faults'
of the landlord, most in evidence when)
,tne nc(l OI repuirn id iiuihiiuii-i; v-.ii-
tlI. I" short, when u glance nt the
property surely menp money out of his
pocket, he plnys the ostrich trick and
refines te tae tnc giancc.
I V
Oblivious te Tenants' Wees
A tenant reports, "The reef leaks se
tedly. that we can't use the top fleer
of the house, nnd the water drips down
through en us. The furnace grate is
burnt out." Hut, the landlord isn't
Interested.
Cases of rent raising following the
lightest improvements are frequent,
hut into the front rank with the fellow ,
;.. i....ii i,.r.i ,.ou ti.n inn.i.
r;L..,uul.,. ,ent u hen Hie tetinnt
ders the improving.
In n West Phllndelphin house, n
.u... .lA.tlnin.1(linf ti n urtt'I II I n fit
T. i.nw. i. ..,;i,i ,,. vi,l timimincd. It had made censldernble head
dirt and drahness. she s tlekled the way before being discovered. A lien
landlord that the lent Jumped from .$IT ' m,(, '.v n pasM-rby flames were burst burst
te S:!''. and the selling pi lie of the Ing forth fiem the renf. An nliirin was
heue from SLWO In 1K0S te $4000 In turned in and the tiiemen innnnged te
1921. Premises of improvements te get it under control nftcr an hour k
Induce rental are common, nnd it may fight. The tlrst fleer of the bill ding
lip added are seen forgotten. In one . Is occupied by C.eergc h. C reutberg.
InKtnnce. extensive repairs upon ee- who Ims a cut cry manufacturing plant,
rupanev was thp consideration. The The third eeeupant of the building is
only repairs made, however, were te a J. Haten, who runs a printing estub
luiklng reef, under the guiding hand llshment.
of the Heard of Health. And the rent ,
went from $13 te !?U2..-.0.
Negroes Net Harassed
Charges that the Negro tenants have
tacit unduly mulcted In Philudclphlu
have hern proved untrue by the inves- I
ligatiens just completed. A chnrt of i
the entile city covering the cnrH 1014
1021. inclusive, shows that net only
have the rentals among the Negroes
net rl'cn se rapidly as these in henips
leased te the white population, but
that
even In tile district snutll of .Alar- I
.. .. .-.
ket street and west of Hread. Houses
occupied by the white element Jmve ad- ,
vanced mere than ,i0 per cent, xxhile
these of the Negro population have1
risen enlv .'111 per cent.
Detroit Is the one lnrce cltv in the
.... . ,. . . " .
iniiPii htntes thnt snows a rent de-
crease in JP21. nccerdlng te the study l
-made by the Department of Laber.
Seven ether cities have stayed en the
iin-erade. In Philadelphia, out of
2000 homes covered in the investigation,
five showed an actual decrease, usually
due tn leniency nr te pprsennl relation
ship betwepn lesser nnd lessee.
I tig Increases in 1 0J()
The greatest volume of increase took
place in lOUO. but sudden jumps In
icntals. with and without due enuse.
marked 11)21. The'iecerd is held by
West Philadelphia lundlerd. who ud
vnnied the lent from S24 in 10M, te
$7fi In V.Vi, after the installment of a
heating system and electric lights.
Fear of landlords Is present in ninnv
hetnex. net se much of being forced
Inte the street ns of pay ing un exorbi
tant lent. Many persons refused all
information te the Ilenslng Associa
tion, stating that were the house owner
te find out that they hud complained
he would raise their rent. Hut. as has
heeii snid. the bark of the villainous
landlord Is often worse thnn his bite,
vxitm-ss the case of the woman xvith
thru, children en UedficM street. Her
landlord demnnds each month $10. She
pays him thp usual !?2r., and no mere
te snid until the next installment Is
mie. It s always for S-10, but the land
lord is each lime Just !?1.-. mtTiiis, ac
cording te his ewu L-nlciilutieus.
MRS. MARY E. CONWAY
MADE BEQUESTS TO CHARITY
Three Institutions Get $100 Each.
$5200 Gees te Sister
In the will of Mrs. Mary E. Cenvxnx.
nr -J...!) Spruce street, vvliid, was filed
jur pn.lmie today. ,$(I0 was henueathed
te nipii ,,f the fe lowing InMltutieiis;
V "7,V!l's Sl'nip Asjhnn, Seminary
in, ,,n,'l,w Hoiremcn nt fivi'i-hroek
"nil Inbein.-ielp iecietj of Nelle Dame,
'jie leinninder of the estate of S.1200
"HI go te a daughter, .ll-s .Mary Cen-
Dtlier wills fiieil for probate xveie:
riih-iifl. T. Peleisen, ,',i i:ast
nionipsen street, Ml.'ilO, containing m
Hm-t of Sli(K) i the Piist llaptisti
ymreh et lliidesbuig and giving tin
Tfmalnihr te i datives; William Cun
iilngliiiin. 0014 Webster streit, Sll).e(h);
IV'III. 1 .v-- .. . '...' '
Micit, S.'U.iHHI: r.llen tvneehi ' 1 i--.,
'"' 1 1flllllll.'in. lllll Smith KKImtl,
'p.nr street, se.,0,1 . llniamiu It. Li.
I I j I
-'ie, "" ,m'l' nnd Jehnsen strict.
?'i : ''"" P. McMeiininln. 15;
lUiavvn stieet. MO.!)".": Mi'tun M.
Jlyr. 31:1 Neith Sixth must. SH.
! lneigi. W. Uoeksiool, Hi;;; Evre
rep. SI.'i.OIHI; LIMie E. eed. IleOS
jxertli I'lihtecuth street, WOOO. ami
'-euis .1. I ffi nlieluii-r. i:;m West Eri
jvemic. j?,-,(01. Inventeiies el per-
Onal estates were? I'm, it. 1 ll,,,i,..n..
i'Tre "" V1,,t"1'11"' ''
irine ... "..-. " '" .. in. ....
Hroeke,
piepared by 1.. Allen x llseu, nruu-
SHOT AND ROBBED OF $1500'tm
Bandits Held Up Moter Company
'Head and Steal Payroll
i ?'"Yeil(' ''cu- -"' (Hy A. P.I
Jenn P Smlih. ptcsldent of the Su
"""r 'Moter Company, wns shot and
Iirebaby fatallv wounded in Hroeklyn
nf .yi?iwe lmn,"t. w'ie mbbcil him
cf ?""" payroll.
i, n .v WUH "'"'" te rnt(''' 11(' "'bee.
ufnt U' lwe me" eonfreiited him with
e-eiuia
II!
HI1US. Smlil. nl.u.i ii.i i '.... nu ,,,.,t,.e ...nil. .I..i....l.,..l i-,..,,,, iln. l.ln xt. Ouliie ""e.n V..:Lr;'.,' ' l .i..." i.i . .. ... ..: ""." "" " , inniii i ih-i i?. .xsueneuen, siMy-eiiht ... .." ..1....1 .......... 1. -,---"""i a
...,, wiorive i mi in iiirevv nil iiiis ne i'-ni niiiui," iui, niv. iiiie i ,i,- en nn i .Airu e. -".vi win,,.,. Mt I.,,, i i.n. .in Heur iitiei- n inm kiinin .iU t i ..ii.. e if . , . ; . . Aeei:eii uniier ine icinier 01 nn ensri, ..i
Die h,,,l L " 1 ', . ,. ".T" .'.." ",..,,", " "'.ii - v U".l ThempH.uV.xim tie -I... s. j. ,i ,"7..,V.,..v,"',...,",,.l,",l" .. 'enrs old. of 1,'iOO Laiisdewne aven ... " ' ".",:" ' ,U..N' ' ",l'h'.v "" I
aem"' n,"J- """ letuiiKii hip an- "'. , , , .. , , .XilceO nus-h-i. Atl-.nti- Wit . N J. '" "" "'gnna, i,ee rc-setn 1 rs n lw. tnindpii an lusuriince collect,,,. ,.i 1 """1 '' r'e " vvuieis m,. eixvnrd , I A
"' . Thieves who feice.1 the rear vvlndevv chMi.., swiu.-.e lil v',, -mtw..' nnd slnn general - long coat, profusely mvs ,'r leus II,! V1' ','"1 of tl"' rl"' 1""1 '" I"1 J'l.l up befei, I A
-- -- -: . of the prevision store of Cenrad (itch. .iiiihlie M. c'hJ nhnn. Sim x ai .1, tilunucd with cnhl ImTimis ,, t. . .. , riuii iisap pen ed en 1 tu-sday . he was ideised lie was ln.li, .1 1 . ' I
O.JrKT'lVf S"" '"' Txven.y'-lh-M ami Federal s.reeis' last jT"h' yVW1'! r ' ''" '1 te nX tf S Jn i'iih fi 'euuVs'weH ' g.nd 'ih'-i ,,lh t'1" . '" "' " ' "' n" iluV r. " m' n h" I
t-wiwawAfficur lKusT&'Sr' "nd ABiw .: S n ",n ,en b uc!!i sMff '" hw" y''v.i aia;;,iea.h!n vlu,,;i;0; .
, , rv , i3 " uibBinn.un.il. tetieilsl UUU. ' "1"
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tswv&s- - -r :iror - :irer -
1
"SIXTEEN
.Mr, und Mrs.
mj ,yjwi;ii7 ,
i V' : ,,,..i ; i:y'??"-'-:! ,,-?A.,.-w.i. mpw vKi"'.v j :,s r h
H ". 4 Y , t bHJKtK'.I.A A ' .DHT Bmmmmmm "" . K " : .- .K4 ' '& Mm n M
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HtHjaaZjaa'"iaH! iMVim '" :' Ml'";! Bay:,;' as&rv!,J7'Y riaaaaai
alaBBBVKBBVBBaiiBHHf ?- : I !. L'IHa s aNr IR. IBBsSswa -' fcaaaV
naalaaBBBaBBBBHi;rBYl I 'J '! ; Mt Kam as SawHwL V?U iaBBal
M,HDH;l'i 'fill i 'Bi'i HBKl '' wi'"
.Samuel Cettrcll, of Celliers Mills, X. !., Imve been the proud parents of sixteen children, elecn
of them still living. Last Christmas a "flivver" was added te the menage
'
'SIXTH STREET FACTORY
DAMAGED BY FLAMES
Man and Weman Awakened by Fire-
men and Led te Safety I
Jehn Knficld nnd -Ills wife, who keep!
nn oyster saloon nt 117 North Sixth
street, were awakened by firemen'
climbing into the windows of their home
nt 2:30 o'clock this morning. '
The fire wns next deer in n fnctery
building nt 119 North Sixth street, and
the nrcmen insisted thnt the couple I
leave the house, assisting them tel
safety.
1 lie lire wns In the quarters of the
Quaker City Machine and Teel Works.
en the top.fleor of n four-story brick
building. The liremcn cnnOned the
I damage, te the two upper floors
The
, less is estimated at 820.000.
The etlgln of the fire is undeter-
ASK HELP TO FIND BOY
Philadelphia Lad, 15, May Be In
Camden Girl, 14, Reported Misting
Wlndvs'aw Minkewski, a fifteeli-
yeor-eld Philadelphia bej. wa- vetrt
pil mlssinc today te the Camden l
Hie. I
The father snid the boy left home. 7."0
Smith Frent street, two Nlnys age. He
believes lie went te visit friends In Cniu-
.I.... rllin lmv luiu ltflir linii' h!ite pvps.
..111. -&. uiJ - .. . . w.w-,
. 1 t me.lliiiii hullil. At the time tie,
Ipft i,nIP i, Was wearing n cloth cap, ,
M,t shin, knee breeches of dnrk color
nn, short overcoat. ,
Anna Hend. fourteen, of 207 Chest-
nut street. Camden, was reported miss.
Int. in the police of Hint cltv bv her
(111 I ........... . - - . --- .
i"'".'" .". ..... .. ... ,- -la
niethcr. The child disappeared xvhile en I
her xxay te school last Thursday. She
has dark bebbed hulr.
INFLUENZA DECREASES
Drep of Nearly 50 Per Cent In Cases
Reported This Week
Cases of iutliiPiiza In this city de
creased nearly 50 per cent during the
xx-eck ending yesterday, neeeiding te -a
' report Issued today by the Division of
Vital Statistics of the Huieuu of
Health. Seventy-two new- cases xvere
reported for the xxcek ending jester-
i day at 1) A. M. In the previous xveek
there xveie 12(1 new cases.
Denlhs ilurlliL' the l.lsl ueeh from
lulluena numbered twenty-one. fifteen
adults and six children. Deaths from
all causes xvere 018. as, compared with
5S1 during the previous week and 572
during the corresponding week Inst
year.
COAL CLOGS TRAFFIC
Street Is Blocked as Wheel Leaves
Wagen at 22d and Chestnut Sts.
Several hundred workers were de
layed in leaching their places of em
ployment and five trolley lines xvere
blocked for mere than half an hour
this morning xvlien a wheel came off a
Newton & Ce. coal wagon, nt Twenty-second
and Chestnut streets.
The xx heel left the vvliicle, xvhich
I bore the number A -02. without nny
warning nud statted down Tvvinty Tvvinty
secend stieet. A corner of the wagon
dropped suddenly, cexerlng the tracks
xvith coal. The driver managed te stay
aloft by gripping the brake lever.
A line of cars stretched for several
blocks en Chestnut nud Twenty-second
streets. A wrecking wagon seen re
moved the disabled vehicle.
TO BUILD SIXTY DWELLINGS
Permits Issued Call for Twe Big
Operations in West Philadelphia
Pet mils have been issued for the erec
tion of sixty dwellings. The lurgest
called for forty-two dwellings en both
sides of Stewart street west of Pift.v-
seventh. Each dwelling will he txve
str.v bi!ck. 10 by ". feet, en u let 1l
,V r,W l'l'l, I IIC Will IH
erected for
Klaus & Haxter, 1201 Seuth I'ifty
eighth street, at estimated cost of
.1151,000, The twenty houses 571(1 te
,"75-l Stewart stieet wJll have garages
and the house nt the -naithwit corner
of Fifty -seventh and Stevvnit streets
will have a store.
Anether operation called for erection
of eight dwellings at IS20 te 1SH2 Ilex
nxeniie for A. Mitchell ec Sen. 0.'122
Ormantuxxn avenue. This operation
will cost about SIS.000. Plain were
THIEVES RIP OUT GAS METER
Camden Barber Escapes Asphyxia-
tlon-Stere Safe Cracked
Thieves who hieke into the bailicr
shop of Jehn Itoffe, lu Cnuiden las)
night, and ripped the gas meter out,
nearly uiusisl the barber tube iisphxxln
led in bed. Heffe, who lives at 10 North
Second street, was nvvukened. He found
"'j "'j :Yw&Aw3ra&fflS!r
EVENING tPUBLIO LEDER-PHIUADELPBptA,
i.
TO ONE" THIS FAMILY'S MOTTO
JERSEY WOMAN
MOTHER OF 16
"Pa ' Cottrell Can't Keep Track
Breed by Name
''Viqrc itns nn old iremnn who
lived in a shoe tche had se many chil
dren she didn't knew what te de."'
.Except In this cne, she is only forty,
nnd she does decidedly knew whnt te de.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cottrell. of Col Cel
liers MIIN, N. .T.t hove had sixteen chil
dren, the youngest one born February
1". And of the sixteen, eleven are llv-In-r
nnd ten of them abide with their
parents In a weather-beaten three-room
heup en n muddy weed read three miles
from New Egypt.
Mr. Cott'ell was leaning en the gate
je-"teiday when a neighbor drove by.
"Hew nvny have you new. Sam?"
hp called.
Mr. Cottrell turned toward thp yard
where two-year-old Elsie, a red cap
nulled ever her eyes, was chasing a
i scrawny chicken ever the grnssless plot,
i "Let me see." Mr. Cettrcll rubbed his
iscnntv black beard. "There nrc four nt
school no. five nt school and one mar
ried. Aw, shucks, I'm all mixed up.
I'll go nnd nsk ma."
' "Ma" Knows Eiut Number
Mn smiled phicidb and came te the
doorway te greet the passes by, fur trav
elers are seaioe en the lead that ruin
liv their home.
"It's hard for some te ipmembpr. but
I knew," she said. "There's the txve I
eldest, that nren't living. Themas.
xvenlil hnx-e been tw-entv.Hiree im.i TV ,
hinth.i.in n'l.,... .l.nn. T ii.l... cjt... i
.,,,-, ..-.,,,.. I.I'.l ,,'.( l.l.M.V. .Illl H '
,,.. .l .,,..,..l.i , ii...i.' i
I1M 111 11 111! lillll 111 II III Hill II' V .111111" 1
nnd has txve line babies. Ceorge died I IlP ''nn K'"1- 'I'herc is always plenty of
IC would have been nineteen ami Clara ' "'e"'1 fr (le family one can see n
xveuhl have been' seventeen. Here's11'1-' ft"''k of the piled legs against the
Dnxid. he's sixtepn." living-dining room wall.
tnll. huskv-loeking chap sxxunit x"'1 Dnxid told of the tHiing and
....... .i i. .....- .. .i... i " limitim- "I e .f mhlilt sliiwitln,-
"Tlllv's fifteen, nml she nml sher
M.iuu i ii- viii u,i ,ii iiiv llilusi;.
tm'c i,..im. ,,, i.r., f ,.,i,..i ...
nt i
Prosiicrtewn. Ilnxmnnd would havp
been thirteen, if he'd lived. Wilsen he J
was named after the President is"
twelve. Clifferd e'even. And they'ic1
Leui ut sciioei. x iinence iiicii. t narlle '
he n sex en i
William's four.'
exer at the school. w
At thut moment William happened te
be pulling the tail of a Jurjc black deg,
which inched uwny a bit at William's
caresses,
Sam Is the Youngest .
Mrs.
Cottrell, undisturbed, pointed te j a cow and this newest possession i
"She S two years old. and this kent Inside the iviln.i, ,i .!,,.,! I,.,,,,
Elsie.
Is Samuel." She held up the youngest,
n miner rcu iiiem wrapped in n gray .
blanket
"It's prcttv full xvlien thej nil get
' here." Mrs. Cottrell said. "Seems
ns 'f l'"v '"eme pouring in like dreveu
'f shpep sometimes. Hut I get them all
'" somenexv
i
hew she docs it,
shoehorn. Hut she '
It is n puzkIc
though, without n
MISS PICKFORD'S EARNINGS
I $1,1 23,625 IN TWO YEARS
I Film Star's Income Put In Evidence 1
in $108,000 Suit Against Her
Xew Yerk. Pcb. 25. It is costing'
Mary Pickfertl and Douglas I'aii banks (
, $0000 .1 day in lest time te sit in the 1
I'Vilernl Court and hear Murv being
t 1 (... etixu mn 1 m r i-n
, '1!e?,i"!ieM?,,';,,C,TLC!!r,l
' the sum la dun r.ei- . her ) er re ni I
,.,.,n.issi,... .... -viisL i.i,.;f..... -. ......
' . .... ........ . ...... v.1,1 -j ...'.lllttlt
vvitli Ailelpli Xuker.
Evidence was admitted yesieiday be.
fore Pedcral Judge Julian Mack showing
I that Miss Plckferd collected .'?1,I2ol .'?1,I2el
025 for txve j ears' xverk.
1 Gerald P. Hneeii, a play broker,
tpstitied for the plaintiff in, an expert
en pay agents' commissions and meth
ods. He snid thnt he did net think 10
1 per tent commission en n million dollar
ceiftr.ict tee murh. Following the evi
dence of this witness the plaintiff restc-I
her case.
The first vvitne-s put en by the de
fense was Elck Jehn Ludvlgli, he tes
tified te the expansion of thf motion
picture industry, finding n parallel for
Its rapid rise In the enreer of Miss
Plckferd. whose first job paid .$.'() 11
xveek and who new gels .-jilO.000 a
week nnd 50 per cent of the tales el
her nletmcH.
Edward lleinmcr. peisennl represen
tative te Miss PUk-feid. s.iid that be
hud gene te the West Forty second
street efHec. of Mrs. Wllkennlng xvith
Mary and her mother te pietct xxheu a
newspaper story described Mrs. Wll
kennlng us arranging the engagements
of Miss Plckferd.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Nnslb lixiiial-r. ir.lil u inlnlil.i
niid ,
I.ijiiIku UnlilHtenH, Tju h. lfltli hi.
a-jsiHXB Klein, aa.li N, llreiul ,t.. nnj Iluttlc
,..1'r.1i,,1,i.un'-. ,V,IN -N- Cnmuu st
I'UclUe luci In lis 17 C os, t uml Mary
Htupliens. UtO Dlcklnneii at.
llnrrv Ahoemiilnn, I'levi-laml, n nml Ver-
enkii M iiiriiilliiii. 1705 XV Neirls st
dairies Ash till'l I'liinrnter t . nml Kllr
...nlw'th .Xillulni 0.10 XXVI stir st.
VUlllnm 1 1 verm.ui. linn .v -p.-j Kt nml
Jiiin ifrn-nli hi -.'tt.i N j'.ui'i si.
Jusnpli II. Ileinrlc) 'liniim, N J, .ma Mi
lluihl. Prciitim JC. J.
Robart J. PiJ.hlie. ni'l.X Orc-nv.n Ft., biiU
M.bcl A Hllnaer. mi-.' s N.-nltlrl. st.
JeHpph J. IJmisliertx, niiL'n i-hmip aw, una
Marr-iiret - K'ev n. I'lilllnsmlale. 1h.
Bd iv aril Rlnkir. nin Meuer st . nml llinina
.,(r, iu,.. ,i,i,u iinriviie
; y.vssKr ,. ' rv -.
. .
IS PROUD
AND A FLIVVER
of 'Em All, but "Ma" Knows ;
and Number Beth
says the cimdrcn nre evenly divided
between the two bedrooms.
David, as the eldest living son. nd
mlttpd thnt mere was rather n crowd
In the third, that is the dining nnd
Hlng room, nt dinner time, but he
ndded assuredly thnt all get in at 'the
same time. And the children's round,
pink cheeks would seem te vouch that
they cot what they came for.
Wouldn't Part Willi One
"It would be mighty hard te pint
with one of tliein. though It's, a big
fami'y for peer peepjp," Mrs. Cettrpll
remnrked. "Hut I was snjing te Sain
only yesterdaj thnt It would be nii-c if
we could have had twelve boys living."
All this without a truce of Irony.
Pox eity doesn't sepm te bother them,
although the mother says the children
lmx'e te take turns petting new clothes,
und she makes ever the clothes for the
younger ones.
Hut teh biggest preb'em of clothing
seems te be tile sliee one, llie eltrell
family xvear out from forty te fifty
I pnlrs of shoes ex-cry winter, for Mrs.
! Cottrell explained that Tilly alone
often needed si' pairs in one season.
I "Ex cry one of the chlldicu has te
work xv hen old enough." the mother
cxp'nlncd. "They all de something,
either strnxx berry. huckleberry or
cranlierrv picKlug. I m in tiie liclds
nijself nil day In the summer.
Mr. Cottrell works at flip saxvmill en
the pond back of the small -gray house
ntifl Inrire tinlnrless linni hnr lie tm ull
' l'i" ,..-..... --.... . . ..., .....
nu the hnvs. lines whatever fiirm wmlc
' - ........ -. ,.....,. .-. ....... .......
.........iw. .... ... ........v ....
We have them te at lu season.
Will,
llie berries nml nnlninls nml unml
.j...
tend almost around the doeistep. the
fnmllv life sugge-ts that of the Swiss
Eamlly Itnbiusen.
"Ij7le" latest of Fanillv
n,...,i I,,,- .(r..,.i t..i,.,i i.
te
xvlien he can gel it. but tiie mother
xviints nil the children te stay In school
ns Ien;; n.s they can inttt is until high
school.
Hut there Is u new inquisition en the
place besides the children, the dogs und
many chickens they no longer hax'c
It is nn automobile that Is used te
go te New Egypt, sometimes as often
us twice In one xveek en a journey te
get previsions,.
Mr. Cottiell bought the machine in
December se. as he explained te his
xvife, he could go te further fields xvlien
the huckleberiy spiiseil xvas en. nud
because an atrte didn't eit. like u horse,
xvlien It xvas standing still.
BELIEVE UPPER DARBY
FIRE WAS INCENDIARY
Structure Destroyed Was Owned by
Mrs. Bergdoll
Police of Upper Darby attiibute te
the xverk of nn arson squad the de-
structien by lire last night of a feed
st,er,?; ." l"" W'"-t Cluster pike, xvest
el "l.xtv-ninth street, cnnduied by V.
.vi ".l. township treasurer. S'lie
HH.1. a'"B' I? .o"s--Mery framP structure.
"il.N t"Ilc "J Jrs. 1.
Emma Hpririlnll
It is only u sheit distance from flu.
Mlllbmirue Hetel, te which Mrs. Heig.
dell also holds title. Seven suhiirlmi
fire companies responded te the alnrn..
Seeing that it xvas impossible te snve
the feed store the firemen turned their
intention te saving the hotel, endan
gered by sparks.
After nn Inspection of the burned
building Albert Newman, president of
the Cpper Darby Fire Company, said
that he wus convinced that it xvas of
Incendiary origin.
A huge crexvd wns nt the scene of
the fire and the ciexvd xvas increased at
I) e clock by patrons of the Sixty-ninth
Street Theatre coining fieiu the first
shexv. Members of the Cpper Darby
Fire Ceinpnny were enjoying them
selves ut n "Chicken Fair" when the
first alarm bounded.
RELIGIOUS LEADERHELD
FOR STRIKING A WOMAN
Elder Lee, Who Rules the "Feet
Washers," Spends Hours in Cell '
Elder James Lee, head of a religious
cult best known as "Feet Washers,"
who worship in the little village of
( restment. en the ()M Verlt r,,mi ...m
face a .Montgomery County jtuy en an
assault and battery chaige, at the ne.xt
term ei court in .Mu-rlsievvn.
The elder, who says he Is au ordained
minister. Is charged with striking
Martha llseu, a parishioner, because
dm disagreed with him en "church
pecies.'' Magistrate Williams fixed
bull at $500,
Lee xvas permitted by Chief Lever te
n xv-ii it the arrival of a bondsman In the
roll room nt the Ahingteii Station.
ulien no bondsman appeared after n
iwo-neur wan, i.pp was nut In n cell
' a
SATURDAY, ,
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Ben Candy, Dean of Pilots en
Delaware, Recalls the
Olden Days
"SAFETY FIRST" HIS MOTTO:
I iiic en me ocean wnve linn vnungcu
I greatly since Captain lien Gnndy. pilot
of the Delaware River Terries of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, .began the
first of his half million odd trips ncref. !
tnc hmeric stream.
" That was bark In '8S. the year of
the grentest blizzard that ever troubled
the waters of the De'nwnre. The latter,
l).v the way. were se Immoderately IIh
titrhed en this occasion, that they re
tired wmthwnrd en mnse, leaving the
ferry slips high und drv.
f'nptnln (Sandy w-s born in f'npe
May County In lStiri, Thirteen years
Inter he went te sen, and jjver since
has followed the water. In 1RNS he be be
enme n pilot en the. Camden -Philadel
phia run, and has continued In thnt
"rip cre. th, rim ,,,s d,f-
fcrent i nthese days.-he said. "Out In
me iiiiiKiic ei wie river were two lianiin
extending end te end from Seuth street
te Vine, with n narrow channel between
opposite Market street.
Had te Use Twe Channels
"This channel was used for the ea.t
ward trip from Philadelphia, but It
U'nu en linrrn,t tl.nf ,n .i.l.t w.i . i
bnck that way. se en the leturn trin
.... .... .....(,.,, ,.,,,,, ,.- i imiiii n,L u. '
. !. .-. .-I..
we had te go around the north end of
the island. Smith und Windmill Islands
were the tore spots of- every ferry pilot.
"Later they were removed, but while
"ft th tir caused ,m sorts
across the entrance te the chnnnel. and
everything xveuhl be held up.
"We hail the old Arctic, Hnltle and
Celtimbln xvlien wc xvere running en
the Market street line, nnd Inter the
Wenonah, Hcxcrly, Pennsylvania and
Delaware from Federal street. Often
xve xveuhl take the beats down te Deln- '
ware en excursions, nnd wIipii xve rnuip
back xve would lip se lended thnt wc
had te run gangplanks from the decks '
nnd let them off in small batches te
preserve the trim of the beats."
Contrary te the popular belief, pun
ticc does net necessarily mnku dock deck
ing a n ensy matter.
"Everv time xve deck wc de It dif
ferently." he explained, "because ev.-rv
time conditions are different. Wind and
tide sue (he ere-it factors In landilu'. '
xv Hi occasional fog and ice te LOiitend ,
XV lit!.
Tide Is Trith
"The tide Is tricky. It alwexs comes
first up both banks of the river. It
elten hnppens (hat wc le.ivc the s'ip
xvith flip fide hearing strongly in. nnd
nun ii miii runnniL' n-n n tie .,.,,!,,..
of the liver. All these things hn ve
to be watched.
"The change thnt mount most te the
ferry pilot, who steers continually all
day long, forty-eight trips a dnv.' wns
the introduction of the stc.iin stee-ing
gear, b.ick In the nineties. Ilefere thnt
we used te go home with our arms
a most paralyzed from tugging at the
wheel for twelve hours at a time."
Although loath te discuss it, Captain ,
Sandy ndmits jumping exerbimrd and
sining u xvemnn in P.I02. She wns an
escaped patient from nn ns.xlum here
and it xx-as enlv xvith the greatest difll- I
cu'tv thnt lie brought her te shore.
He has nexer had nn accident, and j
for this he thanks his xverkliit: rule,
te which exer.x geed pilot adheres ;
rreiect jour passengers safety first
riiin ecnn nnn in m,in
rmu OUU.UUU IIM LIUUUK
1 1 1X1 Ulinun cc 7Cn PUin '
Capture of Rum-Runner Biggest
Catch en Atlantic Coast
H11M011.. Feb. 25. (Pv A. P.) The
contraband enrge carried by the tint -
running Neva Scotia schooner Grace
and Ituby exceeded S50O.H0) nt boot
leggers' vnluntiens, customs niitlieii
ties dimmed tedav after discovering
that she had en biard ineie than twin
as much xvhiskv und gin as her mani
fest shewisl. When the feitner tlslurman
was brought here Thursday bv the cea-t
guard cutter Tmupn, which had h.i'ied
her outside the hoi het- xvith a shot
net ess, her bow, the catch was announce 1
as the biggest made en this coast siuie
preiitmtmn enforcement began.
Customs autheiities had nniieunceu I
uieir eeiiei mar tne lirnce and Ituliv
was te ait ns a sort 01' mother shin"
for local ruin-runners along the coast.
1 Captain Wylle ('toss, (, the schooner,
charged xvith (enspirncv in smuggle
liquor Inte the Cnited States, ileuii j
hc had transferred any of Ms cargo.
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P R T AT WPW MIRM MADU'
r. n. I. Ml mCW niUn mln
,
Stock Reaches 24?4 In Short Day
of Active Trarilnn
iheie was aitive buy Ins 01' lt.inl.l
i nuisii i enijiiinj- en tne I'hll.iilejplitn
Stock Exchange today which uirrhd
the quotation te 2H,. the high price
for the year. This i (-presented nn nd
vance of S1.V5 from hist night's clesm,'
and nearly ST above low price of the
J ear.
The trading in the stock was unus
ually heavy, aggregating 7V50 shares.
Im lulling n block of 25(10 whh h rh.inged
hands nt 21. There xveie sccral 100.
share blocks taken.
The xigoieus demand nttr.u ted ine.-i.
attention because the books of the com
I'.iuy eiescii i t-m-unry -I ler I he annua
meeting te ne lieni .xinn-h 15 Purchasers
of the stock today aie net entitled te
vote at the meeting. It is undersoed.
however, that the purchases were made
with the understanding that the delivery
of proxies aiietnpai.Ied the salt..
SWARTHM0RE BANS HAZING
Men's Student Government Bedy
Vetes Solidly for Abolition
Hazing at Swaithmere Cellese has
been officially abolished as the result
of a xete taken by the men's student
government body.
The vote, taken at n special meeting,
was almost umiiitmeus. in banning the
practice of physical violence upon
freshmen who nn- found guiltv of In
fractions of lilies laid down for the
first -year men.
The action fellows n week of agita
tion at the celb-jp following a "specl.il
party" which .iiuseil twis fieshmen te
quit the colic,;!'. The action icllcvcs u
tense siluatlen nt Svvutthnierc
Dr. Aydcletfe, president of the isd
lege, commenting en the net ion of the
student body , said: "It is a gient satis,
faction' te me that they have solved the
problem by themselves hi a wav vwuthv
of thp teal ami lasting irjditleus of
Swarthmore College."
Search for Insurance Man Futile
Ne trace has been found
HAS CROSSED RIVER :
ON 508,000 TRIPS,
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FEBRUARY 25, . 1922
Stumps Burglars
.IOIIN .I.WFK
and his wife, 28M Welhfl street,
slept in their clothes with X3IIII In
Jewelry in the pockets. Twe bur
glars get nothing, but tried te
.mother .taffc with quilt
REARING CLOTHES IN BED
' S STUMPER TO BURGLARS
Try te Smother Man, but Wife
Screams and Feils Intruders
Owlnir te the fact thnt Jehn .Inffi
slty-lie ears old. -"! Wcikel street.
ni.il l.l ...!fi f ....(.. L.. tit Ihitl, nInHin.1
.... i.. i.. i i .i :.. !,. ,.i,., viim.i t
. ' V. . .' .
v:mhi i.. i,..i ..(..tiiiiu in, i, iitu ' n
'""'' " ."... ...i.. -. .......... --
broke In ln-t nu'ht nnd tried te tinetth-
the muster of the lunise In
Is sleep,
get nothing'. ,
.Tuffe uvvekp at II o'clock te nnd txve
men standing fy his bed xxittching bun.
As seen as he stirred they seized tin
bed quilt nnd xv-rnpped it tightlj about
his head and thre it. He snuggled and.
awakened his xvife. who jumj i-d te the
xvindew nnd screamed, nietisiu,- mljli mljli
ber.s. Twenty ncniby househeldei - dnaheil
te the rescue, but the two nun ."
caped through the lear xx inflow.
TRANSFUSION SAVES GIRL
Friend Gives Bleed at Mount Slnal
Hospital and Effects Cure
The b'oed of one -if iicr fill nils ha
sux-ed thp life of Eva Wolf, thirteen
rears old. T.'Hi W-t Miuamcnsiiig nve
tine. trril:i Ev.i xva all but dying nt
.lt. Sinai Hospital. he has been thei.-s-veral
weeks -.uffciins from n disensi
of the bones cnllcil esteijm.xiditi", and
xcsteidn.x Dr. Itiibenstein. the hospital
pathologist, notified her parents thei
was a bare chance of saving her life by
bleed transfusion.
A young fileml veluiiteen-il and '
terdny afternoon 000 i ubic centimeter- or
ab-uit twn-thirils of n qu.nt. of Lis liloed
was tinnsfened te the litt e patient.
The doetr used ter the lirst time no
instrument of his own design, u mei-il
tube nttnehi,d te needle t li.it fitted into
the vein. The lube was litieil vvitli two
step ee ks allowing a saline solution
te be lntleduced. (
Dr. Itiibenstein announced this morn
ing that Eva's (lmiicc for i emplete ic ic
cevery nre virtually n-rtnin.
PENN CO-EDS TO DEBATE
But They Will Use Their Eloquence
I In Aid of Own Prenicms
, Instead ..f concerning liMdt with tin.
'destinv el nations or me luiisn ei the
spheres, the newly erganie.l girls' de
lulling lcnui in inc i niver-nx- ei i enii
sylvaul.i, xx ill give the
c'liiiueiice mid ideas te its
This is indicated in
that appean d en ihe
uuielit of its
own problem
.'inneiincciiieut
gills' bulletin
this ineinlug.
liii.nils el tin nimpiis
stating that I in- lirst of the dcbatis will
lie held Tuesilav nfti-i n-ieii and that the
question will be: "Ueselxed. thut I'l-n-tn
1 1 College xveuhl solve the situation
ler women at the i'nlver-itv "
This pmhh'lii, of eiut-i. is one th.it
bus been eNin'the ;;irl students, and
te some extent the f.iMi.iv Women .ire
.idiuittcd te the lull cnuisc only in tin
school of ediuntien and some of tin
courses of the school el the fine aits,
WILL GIVE SMOKER
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Feurtn Division Association of Penn
sylvania te Meet Tonight
1 The Fourth Division Asseclnt! 1
' Pcniiylxnnln will held 11 get-together
smeki r and I'liteitiiinnn in tonight at the
' Hpiu diet Service Club. 157 North l"If-
tcent'i street.
Tin lomiulttee .ti hnrge of enlett.un-
'ments has nnanged for an e'aberate
,u,ltil.im f twelve acts ,,f vaudeville.
A large attendance is loel.i il f.u-v.,111!
, te .unl besides the 51 mi deh-gnies living
till Plllllltlelphiil prevision has been ninile
ter a si eie ei
ie'tgntleiis Mem Hi-.nl
ing. Ailentevxu,
Wilkes-Harre, Si-rnn-
ten Lam-aster.
Ilarilsburit and ether
. . i . .' ..i
point- throughout tin- western
I'illL I' I
the Mate
This reunion xvill bi the hist of the
dixi-iens uieptings sm n tie November
m'kir. wh.ch w.i- laigi'iv atlcniled b,
ilib'gai'-s iiem all1, peinis of the State.
J'. Dudley Vitteilun, 1015 Sprue i
stu-ct. is (liaiimiu of the Arrangeinpu"
t'einniitti e.
ORDERS 47 LOCOMOTIVES
I C, B. and Q. Is $2,000,000 Pur- i
chaser Frem Baldwin's '
Au order for forty -seven locomotives,
the largest given bv n domestic railroad
tills year, has lw n received by thf
lialdwlii Loieiuntix-i' Works irem (lie
Chicago, Hiiilingteu ami ijuimv It.iil It.iil
lead. iiceerding te Samuel J, VaiP lain.
Tiie estimated value of the order xvlmh
il.cllldes engines of the Pa, uic. Mik.ide
and Snnta Fe type is ineie (ban .S2. -000.000.
With this order the business new nn
the books of the lenipnuv is 20 per u-nt
greater than hist Oi toiler, ami will keep
the idaiit husv an iudehnite time en
the ptesenl !!0 per cent pioductlen
basis, said Mr. V.iuclnin I'titilled
orders nte about SO.HHO.OIKl,
linlicatieus aie that the inilreiids
xx ill seen be in the uiniket ter largi
stocks te lephlii' depleted iqutpiucnt,
juilging fiem the liuili,-ft.s se tar an
uniiiiied for xniletis lines he savs.
PRIEST HURT BY TROLLEY
Father McDermott Wedged Under
Fender Only Slightly Injured
The Itev . Daniel I. McDermott. tec
ter of St Mai j 's ( 'him Ii. Court h nnd
Spruce si reels was bun in a street
accident vestiidnv. the second time he
has been injured leeeutly .
Fiither Mi Dermott was stmcL bv a
trolley car at Fourth and Maiket street
as ne was walking mum lie .
Hi iai
i-enine i
ill, il, il, sr .. , , , ., . r . , .
RESIDENT
S BRAND
I
Chestnut Hill
Mn.i, Mn4lniv
.. n..:U!.,
Demands New Building
for Section
ORGANIZATION IS FORMED;
I
Opnetinccd ns unnfp ami insnnltnrj
the Jeseph It. fJllbcrt Scheel, Twenty ;
ninth stieet and Highland avenue, red- '
'dents of Chestnut HIM met en mas-i
,t the New Iteereatien Center. Arllng- '
ten nenue nnd Andersen street. Tlcse-
I lutlens petltien'ns the Heard of IMu IMu
cntlen te inehide a iipw school for the
spctleii in the 1!)- building pregrum
were adopted.
Formation of n permanent organisa erganisa organisa
teon te In- known as the Chetnut Hill
I I'll blii' Scheel Association was effected,
with Jehn Mnrsden, president : the Ilev.
Heward K. Suvder, pastor of the Cliest
nut Hill Lutheran Church, vlen presi
dent; JI!s llessie Iereter, secret nrj . '
i nnd A. C, Curiner, trucurer. The
I second meet Ins will he held next I'll
i day nlsht. when the ipmiK of the pal-
Hen te the beard will be discu-seil.
I'lip resolution points out that a
centrally lemted site already lias liei n
purchased by the Heard of IMumtien
nt Southampton street nnd (Jeim.in (Jeim.in
tewn avenue With the school situated
as It is. some of the children ate re
(llllrrd te well; two miles. 'lie reuin
' has liftv iiitnil
in il. and mere tire
l...t , nil .
but two .mnll window-. Anethei reiiin
has no hall cut ranee, th" pupils being
SCHOOL AS UNFI
A Polished Girdle Diamond '
Its permanent 3eauy and intrinsic
value are wcrtty'cf careful consideration
Exclusive with this Establishment
BURNS
Copper Electric
Full cabinet, noiseless occillater. Slight
adxance when sold
ONLY 31.50 WEEKLY
Frce home trial. Phene for circulai ati.l
full particulars or call today.
JUOSON C. BURNS
1108-10 Walnut St.
riinnr
filbert
OI'I'N I.I. II V SATl'KII.W
30.X I N. Ilreiiil st. I'JU -e. :,A
r.innlrn fin IVilrrnl s(., XV ilmlnrten,
T. ..... IT'...UI,iirffl Vnr-Itm li.
m, mmm 0ptn
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ill 'ii 11 1! lib
"i .m i,,,ii,i.ih,uU.niiiii ,im iihU .,
ii i..d iiiii
L'Aiglen Annex
1604 Chestnut Street
K
Ohvrs
Chlcki-n Noedlr Soup
Hnlf Breilrd Chicken en Toast, or
Sirloin Steak Saute, Mushrooms .lulienne
Culilluiver au Gratln Glared Sweet I'etale-.
L'Aiglen Weffle, Maple by hi p
Renmlne Snl.id, Ruaslnn Dressini;
Choice of
ChoLeIale Cake, VhiiiIIh, Chocolate or Fresh Strawberry Ice Cream
Het Rell Coffee Tea or Milk
jriHv,
iiiiMi
-. niicim sunnay rumors ana
REAL ESTATE TITLES
INSURED
COMMONWEALTH
1
itle Insurance and Trust Company
N.W. Cor. 12th
t ipltil. l,enn, mm
ir.rnsn- urc ni i
- rr irritsn,'ii(iM
I kiublisliril IHXi.
f: lKi
i
Te the Wise Man the
Bridge Leads te Fortune
Public Sale of 12 Acres of Developing Land in
Wcstville, Ar. .., Friday, March .Id, at 2 P. M.
S Ul.UPll t'lCht III friP iicirf f I Intlthi' fr.mmtmlt. ai. tl. l- at. ...
A , eiisible li con
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unii.t. Imt'iwMj, plectrl'
Only 15 te 20 Minutes from Camden
With il.iiric.tj g.is nud xvntcr Immediutely .ivallalile thta development
l.flVrH ltl, .sttlli lit r.,i,i,,rt,i, ,11... ,......! .. I.. ..... . ? tiie.wit,wii
- - ,',..-.... ...ssi ..vvini
hull
Mortgage of
60 Can
Remain
I compelled te ue through another el
l room,
I Miss Ktliel Ilnrnnll, inatrqn at
ttnllipsdn HnliiP lit Willow (lrOV
iSUi'ntmi nvnilll'K. sold sixty cllll
from that institution iittend the'OIII
I wlmnl uliil lull Iikp rnnutetltlr of
'unsatisfactory ceinlitlntis. Other epek'
1 crs were Hgbert. Ainu
Scliech nnd A. Krleblcy.
crs were Itebcrt. Almnn, Arcllbap ,,fd
X--U...-I. n..iu rii. te IrrMaatt'n "H
I NemIm. Arli... Feb. .&-.-'$
i Nenln, Arli.. Feb. 2.. t)y A,
1'.) The death of Theodere Marbuff,,
.fe. vpHti'i-ilnv In Muirdn cnn. rtonerBi.Ti's
1 Mexico, wjii the result of nil nccldtnti'y!:
according t the verdict letlimed ttt W ;Jj
liieuest in .Mngduicin .vcniertier. ' lkj
McCLEES GALLERIES
.1. 12. McCr.KK.M ft TO,. Inc.
1507 Wiilntit, llewurd V. MnPNumf. Pf
Mezzotint:, Etching, Water Cln;
PAINTINGS h
TOA.MINO' AMI KK8TOKIN0
RAWS, STHWS, FRIES
A SI'IXIAt.TV. I.nnrliren, 40.
ZEISSE'S HOTEL
320 Walnut Street
IOIIN O. II. MKVI'.RH. I'rnp.
l-.X-Hl.llMr'i: MKX
Iliitf hclielursliliiH In t'ulteulnr C'eurtM
Au-niiieilv Meclimi't'M
I-rpiiHTHiery Uchoe:
iRiiltlen (iennrotem
mill S'tsrtliiu .M"
,ri, Sioncre Ilat
try ltfb'il.JliiB
I'r.e tknl Klccirlclty
Pl.m Il'iullns nnJ
Dnuvlnt;
llnelil.f-plnsr
s, ii.manslile
AJNHnted Su!i s
rr.ict'.te
I-uri'.aH.ni? iird
Sterelteiitiiff
r , ..illtu gr I il ri.,lnt .
Brtoening
Ileralr Uhep rmettea
KlnriinK Meters
V'lr, ....
' Pnrit Ufailln
'Inrlnci'rs' Llcant
creuntlnjr
"uli'ii- Siipnltlnr
Trail Msnimement
X.uhIi HrheaT
Jl ,i- r-nr.l XX'rlttn
i"emmrclal Art
Call nr write tit e c et- detail
DlrMter of tntruf Ien
YM g A 1131 ll'll STREET
If I. m fm .t( 1 ST -JS9Q
Washer
3l 5
4S-I0
81.
Chester.
Evening:,
im.i.ti I'm h tii.i'ui'H 'hi, ,. 1 ,. iitii .1 1. 1., 1 in . ,. .ir t -pi ,i itew Mt'lTS
ti.imu 1 mi' ii'iiiH 11, iidllullUiiiilil'iMllii tu llU'Hiimiltidaiiiij;iwi
SPECIAL
Sunday Dinner $1.50
Scrxcd from Noen te 8 P. M.
Salted Nut
Crcini
of Frsh Tomatoes
I new U llelv uellnr Uuinvr,, ,, uJiJTjj
and Chestnut Sts.
siirphi.. Vt ..'AO.imiii
ni.xi. t:si,TK nun
IRfsis lIM.tlxrii
v.iftiiuiiL (iii -ii fi iii.iiii f Fiimi i is rm
tinlri, steam tu.n, trolley und bus!
iu iiiiiiii in .sL-rt jnrncy real
estate.
iit'ni-naften can
be etxalnnt rem
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S. Huntley Beckett
Substituted ilmlni-itrater
428 Market St., Camden, fy J,
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