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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919
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Dealers in Suburbs Unable to
Fill Orders Placed as Early
as April
LATE ORDERING IS CAUSE
There is a shortage in domestic size
of anthracite, especially stove and egg
Dealers big and little are feeling the
shortage. It is tnoit marked In the sub
urban districts, where It has been im
possible to fill some orders plnccd as
early as last April.
Experts blame the shortage on failure
of consumers generally to orccr their
coal in the early spring.
C. E. Lesher, of the Federal geo
logical survey, testified before the House
rules committee at Washington that lack
of demand had kept production down in
the spring months, and expressed the
opinion that unlcs n remedy were
found, coal might go up ?." or ?0 a ton
this winter to the householder.
In conflict with the statement that
production was kept down by lack of
demand, Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor, told
tnc joint session of the House and
Senate labor committee that between 30
and 40 per rent of the coal miners are
now out of work because of large ac
cumulated stocks of co.il.
Dealers Don't Foreseo I'rice Riso
Dealers here do not foresee the great
increase in price indicated by Mr.
Lesher. They agree with him. how
ever, that consumers have not ordered ,
their coal as early thN year as they
did a year ago, and believe that it
njay become very difficult to supply nil
demands later in the summer and fall
if people fail to get in their orders im
mediately. In the suburbs, however, dealers com
plain that at no time have they been
able to get sufficient coal to (ill early
orders.
In the suburbs 7." per cent of cus
tomers order their coal in April and
May, according to dealers. Through
out the suburban distritts it has been
hard to get coal to fill these orders.
The result in some cases is heavy
loss to the coal man. who feds bound
to fill "orders at April or May prices,
although he is himself paying more for
the oal he sells than he did in the
spring.
William P. Rrandreth. of the Crowdcr
Coal Company, operating yards in Ger
mantown and Oak Lane, explained the
situation today.
This City Can Wait, Is, View
"We have n fair supply in the Gcr
mantown yard," said Mr. Drandretli.
hut not so much in Oak Lane. Iu
fact we have nothing but pea coal in
the Oak Lane yard today. The ex
planation is that the shippers arc send
ing their coal to other points. They
say they want to fill the faraway or
ders first. This city is so close to the
mines that it ran wait until later.
"The situation is not so bad for the
downtown dalers. They do not fill so
large a proportion of their orders in the
rpring and summer as we do in the
suburbs. Our busy season is from April
until September, when 7." per rent of
our trade always fill their bins. Last
month w e had to close both yards for a
few days because of lack of coal. We
have an avalanche of orders waiting to
be filled. If we get all the coal we need
from now on it will be impossible to
make the last of our deliveries before
September. We get no satisfaction out
of the shippers when we complain.
"The worst feature of it, from the
dealer's standpoint, is that many of
these orders w ere taken at April prices.
Coal is costing us mote every month.
I have placed one order for stove coal
at S7.10 a ton nt the mine. Freight
is $1.1)0 a ton, which with the war tax
brings the cost up to ?- 1tn
Handling and delivery cost us ?-.lo a
ton. That makes the total cost to us
Sll 2" a ton. The April price for
stove coal was $10.r.."5 so wc are losing
money on every ton. Fortunately, of
, course, wc are not paying this price
at the mine for all our coal. Tie are
getting some of it as low as JjG.-iU,
' which gives us- a small profit.'
Same Conditions in Central Part
Conditions in the central part of the
city are somewhat similar to those reported-from
thovsuburbs.
There is a shortage in the pre
pared" sizes of coal, used lor do
- mestic purposes. Stove coal especially
is hard to get. Even the largest local
dealers report difficulty in obtaining this
size of coal.
' Some dealers arc refusing to guar
antee immediate delivery of stove coal,
although they expect to get sufficient
to meet the needs of their trade n little
later. They emphasize the need of
ordering immediately, however.
Renters Hesitating
A complicating factor is the housing
situation. Reuters who have only a
monthly lease and these are now in
the majority hesitate to buy their
winter's coal when there is always the
possibility of being ordered out of their
houses,
i One coal dealer told of an instance
where a customefcof years' standing or
dered his customary twenty-five tons.
Twenty tons had been put in his cellar
when he was ordered to get out. Every
pound of the coal had to be moved.
John A. Gcrety, Thirtieth and Wal
nut streets, said that he had cleaned
up most of his orders except on stove
coal.
"The time to place orders is past,
1 said Mr. Gercty today. "People would
not believe us last April when we ad
vised them to get their coal in. They
thought wo were playing some kind of
a game. Many waited for lower prices.
We could not get customers to buy
the first weeks of April, The coal op
erators wcto begging us to buy coal.
"Full production at tne mines was
retarded because of the failure of in
dividuals to order coal. During Febru
ary, March and April the mines were on
part production. They did not even get
on full time in May. June 1 they
started working to capacity. Orders
began to come in briskly in May.
"I understand the present difficulty
, is that the mines cannot get n suffi-
i cient working force. The actual miners
ot the, coal cau turn out only as much
''ns the laborers who follow them are
.,Die to- mpe Mine labor1 Is scarce
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TwMijngtiiiBt, auwdinary labors la'
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a mine. lie must be trained and he
must have a certificate to do mine work.
A Decreased Demand
"I am afraid that the situation may
become difficult when the small buyer
begins to order his coal. Of course
you never cau tell. Wc may got
through the winter nil right. I do not
anticipate as heavy a demand for coal
this year ns n year ago.
"For one thing, the industries will
not be doing as much. The very small
sizes of coal, thoo used in Industry,
arc quite plentiful. It is in the pre
pared sizes that there Is a scarcity.
However, it is good advice to buy your
coal now if you con."
CONGRESSMEN HEAR
OF COAL PROBLEMS
Frclinghuyscn Asks Senate to
Probe Situation
Washington. July 18. (Hy A. P.)
Coal cars piling up everywhere wait
ing repairs, while the country faces, a
fuel shortage and the railroad admin
istration nnd the car owners nrgue over
the damages, were pictured to the House
rules committee today by George II.
rushing, managing director of the
American Wholesale ConI Association.
The committee was considering con
gressional investigation of the possi
bility of a coal shortage this winter.
Meanwhile Senator Frclinghuyscn.
Republican, of New Jersey, introduced
in tne honatc a resolution calling for armistice, and also the arrival and de
invcstlgatlon. jparturc of President Wilson on the
FIGHT WITH KNIVES
AND PISTOL SENDS
TWO TO HOSPITAL':'
Revolver Aimed at Patrolman
Wrenched From Owner One
Arrested, Later Released
A fight with knives, in which a pistol
was fired, sent both combntnnts to the
West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pital cnrly today.
They nre John Webb, thirty-three
years old, 4112 Reno street, nnd l!d
wnrd Chisel, fifty-three years old, col
ored, 711 Lex street. Webb's left nrm
and chin arc cut. and Chisel has wounds
on the scalp and chest. The cause of
the fight wns not learned.
Michael Kelly, of Aspen street neaer
Fiftieth, heard the fighting in front of
his home nnd interfered in time, ac
cording to the police, to wrench a pistol
from Chisel's hand ns the latter aimed
it at Patrolmen Schad and Viscardi, of
the Fifty-third nnd Media streets sta
tion. Kelly was arrested, but was re
leased on his own bail by Magistrate
Harris, at the Thirty-second street nud
Woodland nvenue station,- for further
hearing July 24.
MULLER LEAVES $5000
Wife, Son and Daughter Get Estate
of U. of P. Professor
Professor W. Max Mullcr, professor
of Orientnl lnngunges at the University
of Pennsylvania, who was drovvned nt
Wildwood Saturday, left a $,"i000 es
tate to his wife, son and daughter,
who are now, living at 8 North Fiftieth
street. His will was probated today.
Other wills permitted were : Kmily
R. Acker. 184.1) J'enango street, wife
of A. Lincoln Acker, Sn0."2 estate,
private bequests; Margaretta M. Rob
ertson, 3G15 Raring street, $27,000;
Mnry P. Oreen, S11.SO0; Archibald
Mitchell. 4500; Mary C. Dough.rty,
$4000; Johnson Hcnaman. of Palmyra,
N. J.. $41fi0; Anna K. Railey, $4000.
Letters of administration were grant
ed for the .?22,n00 estate of. Hannah Cr.
A. Cooper. The personalty of the
estates of the following were appraised
Charles W. Irwin, $00,032.33; Henry
Fost, $8411.03; and Elizabeth Zook,
S320S.03.
SAMARITANS IN TROLLEY
Riders Contribute $18 to Poor
Mother With Sick Child
Passengers on an Eighteenth street
trolley car plaj-ed the good Samaritan
for n middle-aged woman carrying n
two-year-old baby girl yesterday and
raised almost $18 for the weeping
mother.
The woman, who was poorly but
neatly dressed, boarded the car at
Lombard Street. In her arms was the
baby, pale and suffering. An elderly
man, who saw the woman crying, held
a whispered conversation vjlith her and
then nsked his fellow passengers to
join him in aiding the mother, who
needed money for medicine. Rj the
time Fifteenth nnd Market Btrects had
been reached almost $1S was col
lected. The mother nnd child then were
assisted from the car and in a few min
utes were on their way to a hospital.
BREAD-WEIGHT BILL VETOED
No Law Should Regulate Quantity on
Article, Declares1 Sproul
"No Inw should be nnssed snecificnllv
stating thnt quantity of an article of
merchandise which can or cannot be
sold," sajs Governor Sproul in vetoing
the-bill making it unlawful to make or
sell a loaf of bread weighing less than
a pound.
"There nre thousands of people who
do not want to purchase a loaf of bread
weighing a pound ns they may not use
that quantity within rertain time and
the unused portion will become stale,"
says the Governor.
"If a small loaf of bread is obtain
able it gives an opportunity to the pur
chaser to obtain p loaf of fresh bread
oftener. There are many bakers who
are awaiting the opportunity to make
a good small loaf of bread that can be
sold for five cents, but if this bill wero
nnnnvAfl If wniild nrprpnfr thp mnnn.
facturo of n five-cent loaf, thereby
taking oway from the very poor people
the opportunity to obtain a fresh loaf
of bread at frequent Intervals."
Ambassador Gives Up Post
Washington, July 18. Announce
ment has been made at the Peruvian
embassy that Dr. Francisco Tuleda,
the Peruvian ambassador, had handed
over the archives of the embassy to the
first secretary, Doctor Carlos Gibson,
The ambassador's action resulted from
the overthrow of the Tardo government
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CRUISER ST, LOUIS
SI HARD SERVICE
Warship Arrives at Navy Yard
After Travoling 40,000 Miles
in Six Months
PROUD OF HER WAR RECORD
The first-class cruiser St. Louis, -w ltli
a war record which typifies the work of
the American navy, steamed In through
the rain and mist to League Island nud
lies nt dock today for her first real rest
in over two years.
The St. Louis hns the remarkable rcc
ord of--10,000 miles covered in the Inst
six months. Seventy-two hours nfter
the declaration of war by this country,
the St. Louis steamed from Honolulu,
where slip bad been stationed, for Mex
ico. Since that time, between convoy
dutj nnd cruising in many sons, she!
hns seen no rest. Indeed, so fine Is her
record, that a book, "The War Log of j -... ...... ... 'incut implied that the Philadelphia
the St. Louis" is now being printed sltJe'-- Long Missing, Succumbed In ,,,,, Trnn,it rompanv wouW be jus
In New York city. She made six trips France to Wounds tifird in introducing a zone-fare system.
on rnmny duty.
On the voyage just ended she sailed
from Ilrest, where she witnessed the
'celebration following the signing of the
iiicorge vv asinngton.
Dverxhnih- nhn.inl tin. St. I.nnis
'seemed in a good humor this morning.
I from 8 he officers down to the ship's
I mascot, a cnt. whirl, nhsolntelv refused I
1 to show itself when suggestions were
mnde to take his picture. An enlisting '
inimigu nas .msi MnrtPti on mo cruiser
nnd great exultation is felt because so
many of the old crew have signed up
ngnin.
tin the lain-sonked decks, hnlf m
distinrt in the mist, the crew worked to
put the St. Louis in shape for her jmrt I
stay. I
t aptain (!. S. Lincoln commands the
St. Louis, and the lieutenant com-
inander is.John ('. Latham.
Other distinguished visitors nrricd
nt the na jnrd thi. morning in the
form of fic destrojers, which docked
nt Pier ('. They nre the first of a
flotilla of twenty essels due in this
port. Three more will dock later to-
un.v. u wruuirr mm imrs jH-riiiii. i
The destrojers already in nre the
Rcale. Rurrows Patterson. Amnion
111U1 III HI,, il llll II IIIIIMll Jll-l un'iii
noon. The Patterson nnd Rcale were
the flagships of the Fifth Hunt Squad- ,
ron during the war. None of the '
destroyers so fnr arrived has the
offirial record of having sunk a "sub
but most of them are almost certain
of at least one.
The Wclkc. which lias not yet ar
rived, also saw duty off the coast last
summer in the memorable I-boat hunt.
Rcccntlj after convoy duty erased-
thev have been cruising, some in Cuban
waters and some off the southern
const. Most of them arc proceeding
here from Charleston n. nnd they will
be put out of commission nt the navy
vnrd in due course of time. All the
destroyers nre of the oil-burning tjpe
nnd have 742 tons displacement. They
have crews of about ninety men each.
flPPRATFn flM EVEN TIMES'
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Lt. Sayres's Family Refused Per
mission to Send Specialists
Wounded in the nrm a week before
the armistice was signed in the fighting
in the Argonne region. First Lieutenant
Arthur Richard Sayres, of Havcrford,
has undergone seven operntions nnd is ' adequate housing facilities for the em
still at the armv hospital at Railway, ' plojcs and their fnmilies will be pro
N. J. When members of his family j vided in the vicinity,
tried to obtain government permission
to send niiiancipmo specialises ami
surgeons to attend Lieutenant Sayres
they were refused.
A piece of shrapnel, entering Lieu-
tennnt Sayres's right arm above the,
Llhmv. nnssed out below and it was
necessary tn amputate the arm. Sin
cepding complications, extending over
many months, have caused six more
operations.
Lieutenant Sayres was a member of
Companv I. 31Cth Regiment, Seventy
ninth Division.
SHIP COMPANY CHARTERED
Said to Pe First Step Toward Cramp
Kerr Merger
Charter was issued today at Dover
to the American Ship and Commerce
Corporation, with a capital of $150,000.
000, to own and'bpcrjtc boats, build nud
renair shins, wharves, docks, harbors.
piers, etc., and to own real estate m
nnd out of Delaware.
The incorporators are James K. Man
ner, of Portland, Me.. Herbert 1.. lat
tpr nnd Howell H. l-.nc and. Ol vni -
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mington. '
The capital is divided into l.uOO.OOtl,
shares, without par value.
The charter docs not rcvrai '".
definite purpose to take over any par
tipnlnr shlnvnrds or othpr establish
ments but it is authorized to do this.
The main office is given ns 7 West
m . i a It'll u in til ft rtffirrt
! 7n; Vc IA on Trust c;mn.n7o
America.
T1ip incorporation of the American
Shin nnd Commerce Corporation is a
step in enrrjing out the Cramp Ship
building-Kcrr Navigation
Corporation
merger.
Camden Servant Jailed
Mvrtle Tubman, a domestic formerly
emplojed nt the home of Mrs. Nora
Wallace, Twentieth and Arlington
streefis, Camden, went to jail in default
of bail this morning. She was charged
with having left her job without warn
ing, although she did not leave any of
the family jewelry that was obtainable.
Mrs. Wallace testified.
$10,000 Suit Echoes Camden Murder!
Jacob Epstein, a ' -
merchant, was made defendant in a
damage suit in the Camden County Cir-
cuit Court today, as the result of the
killing of William C. Gaidner, three and
one-half years old, near Eleventh nnd
Federal streets, last ."November, ine
suit was brought by Mrs. Mary Gard
ncr, the child's mother, and $10,000
damages arc asked.
To Rebuild French City
MacArthur Rrothers, who built the
bag loading plant, near Woodbury, dur
ing the vyar, have contracted to rebuild
the city of Nancy, France. A number
of former employes from New Jersey
have been asked to go to 'Europe to do
like ytetii.
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ALIIKRT . Hl'CKNEIt
SERGEANT RIlfiKNPR llPAn
Jir, Tnvlor was asked If his state
.s finnllv rnnfirmlnr tlicSr n-nnt'or increasing the general rate of fare.
fears hns reached the parents of Ser- I
geant Albert W. Buokner. 7117 Tulln
street, lacony. He is reported as hav-
ing died of wounds sustained in Frnnce
on September 0, 1017. No ofiirinl word I
j of his having been wounded was rerciv-
ed until May 11, although he had been '
Rivon "I1 for lost nfter a long period
when no response came to their letteis
raT?1. I'urh.u-r, wiinc miner is
Joseph lluckner. wns well known in the
Tncony district. He leaves a widow,
M
rs. .Margaret HUCKIlcr, nnd a son, I
Albeit, '' j underljing stock of the P. It. T. Thc
Sergeant Ijuckner enlisted In the Na-iUn(;orvinK companipS receive interest
tional (.iiard in February. 1010. sen- m thplr ?to(,k at pari .,ithtmR the
ing mi the Mexican border, and wasls(nck wns npvpr fu,lv paj(, in From
called into service ngnin in July. Hli-,mp to time Mr. Tavlor hns ndvocated
Aitcr a monin wmi inc om r irsi negi-
mrnt at Lansdnwne ho was transferred i
to Camp Hnncock in the newly organ- '
ized 100th 1 nited States Infantry
It
sailed for France in Maj. 101S. No
Iword was received from him between
September 1. 101S. nnd May 1.", 1910.
SEARS PLANT HERE
TO COST $3,000,000
' $4Q 000 Q00 Worth of Business
Expected to Be Handled An
nually by Firm's Branch
The plant Senrs. Roebuck & Co.
proposes to erect here will cost ?.",
0Q0.000 It is to be used ns nn eastern
' distribution center for the companv 's
1 mnil order business. The new plant
ill handle SlO.ono.OOO worth of busi-
i ness nnnually. acrording to word rc-
; ceived from Chicago,
i A couple of weeks ngo thirty to forty
acres of land wpre purchaser bv Sears,
Roebuck & Co. nloug the Roosevelt
i Boulevard and opposite the Friends'
, Asylum for the Insane. Roth the Read
ing nud Pennsylvania Railroads
I through the property.
pass
Approimntclj S200.0no.nno worth
of business is handled nnnuallv by the
cmnpanv in jts Chicago r)nnt whirh
has 18,000 employes. The l'nilnrtelphia'
branch will probably employ several
thousnnd people.
It is planned to beautify the sur
roundings of the new plant and estab
lish recreationnl facilities for the ein
plojes. Housing conditions nre being
looked into and with city co-operatiou
R ATC.M AK NG R GHT UPHELD
' c mHMriu niun ui u
Service Commission Has Power,
Superior Court Judges Say
The right of the Public Service Com-
mission to fix the rates of fare for pas-
sengcr rnilvvay companies throughout
the state nas nee., ."l1"'''1'" - ' -
penor Court in opinions hied by Judges
Trexler and illlams.
The court rules that contracts en-
tered into by any municipality with.
such companies or locnl ordinances can -
not interiere wun vn in.m- imi-i m
uH .n.n ..acfsl In tlin ,'ntnnii ssinnprs
1 IIIK BlUIC .,3I.,. ... - ;
1 C.,l. nn., irnc rlrtimpfl bv thp Pllhlic
Service Commission when it refused to
sanction the lease between the city of
Philadelphia and the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company.
Judge Trexler's opinion dealt with
the appeals taken by railway compa
nies in Pittsburgh. Rending. .Mcuccs
i port, borough of North llraddocK ond
Wilkinsbure and Harbor Creek town
ship. Judge Williams's decision wns
nieu in tne case ot i uurm nnu.
'hn rnmnlnined ot tie increase oi
....u ,
street-car iares in i.i.maMC.. a., .......
five to sx cents.
In the latter case the commission
i held that tne raise was ma uuh-u-uh-
able and dismissed the complaint made
against it.
THIEF SPURNS BOOZE
Camden Saloon Entered Whisky flight by the undercurrent and drawn
'far out into the surf. She was rescued
Stock lioes unioucnco
Money, not Honor, was what
hurelar was after when he entered the
Fnoon 0f William Corliss, ."17 Arch
street. Camden, last night He spurned
rows or condemned wiusrj "" " i
e.ycn touch the fountains from which
flowed 2 per cent beer all day yes
terday. Instead he tiptoed upstairs to tor
liss's room, found his trousers and
grabbed 5125 in bills, then fled.
heading Iron Company Resumes
Reading, Pa., July 18. In" pursu
ance of nn agreement with puddlers and
other emnloyes on the new- hs's of
sio.7.1 for puddling, all the plants of
ta f. Kded "on full
ne Q on han(, givr afmTancc
j tnnt operations will continue for a long
) tjmp to come. The new wage rate is
1 based on a sixty-day sliding scale,
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CHARLES
COMPANY '
G17-619 Arch St.
MILLWRIGHTING
Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys
Belting
SAYS TROLLEY LINES
1ST HAVE PROEIT
Taylor Declines to Elaborate
on Rato Memorandum for
Electric Roads
EXPLAINS ITSELF, HE SAYS
!
A. Merritt Tnvlnr. former director of
the Department of City Trnnsit, did
not have the Philadelphia Rapid Trnn-
sit Companj In mind when he offered hi ' Detective Oswald, of the New York which will make them work fifteen mln
memorandum on rate fixing to the fed-, cltv district attorney's stnff. brought the "tcs more a day at no increase in pay.
'ral electric railways commission nt suitcase to this city nnd located the nnd which will necessitate the dropping
Washington.
Mr. Taylor's memorandum expressed
., iiil'l nun tin- puui ii-,f nn-i mane Ov
I the opinion that cities would not be able1,, i . . . ft . h ,
to get capital for street railways if the
latter were prevented from taking a fair made that particular hng died that year about to put Into effect a new schedule, 'Salit hns n fractured skull and lacera
return on their investment. I A' h 'l'7 "I?,,"?' ",1! '"''I"' J"""'" Panned to cut expenses by reducing the tions of the body. The driver was
"' did Ilot rrfor '" '" ' f'om-
pany, said Mr. Ta.Mor.
"My memo-
i randum spenks for itself. As to tup
IP. R. T. I hno nothing to sny."
Mr. Taylor added with a smile. "You
will notice that I said in my memo-
randum that 'an electric railway enter-
prise is entitled to charge such rates as
nre required to protect the capital legiti-
matPlJ invested therein
jr. Tnlor in the past has made it
.,inr ,'.. .(,,,,. thnt he onnoses the
,.,,. f ,,.v dividends on the
,, ,ic ,i-rivlnff stork in full,
r".""h "i .....--.. n -
arguing that this cour-r wouki whvp
- f l. .. i...nl.1 .llfCntilftnc? nt tlin
Illilll.t IM IIH" lllliim lilt Ulimiimv-" Wl ill'
tion.
SMILES AS DEATH LOOMS
! In Constant Pain as Result of Shoot
ing, Victim Is Cheerful
Reruard Holtzhauspd, forty years old
is in the Cooper. Hospital
hopclesslv
down and
,e innocent
narubzed from the waist do
Si. iinncfnnt nain Tin Sl tlin
victim of a bullet fired bv P.isqnnle
Homalno. The bulet severed his sninal
III 1 Ilkl-IUIIl I' ft til. V. t HIV Hi 111" V IU
i cord, causing paraljsis. The doctors
j at the hospital are unable to do anv -I
thing for the patient because his in
jury cannot be corrected by nn opern
, tion. Holtzhnuser knows he must soon
die.
He is brnvely resigned to his fate.
As a pnticnt he is one of the best ever
I admitted to the hospital. He hns won
the admiration of the doctors and nurses
'by his wonderful optimism nnd everj -thing
is done to make him ns comfort
'able as possible. Several times Holtz
hauser has been expected to die. but
he bravely rallies. However, each dav
he grows weaker, and death will be
the only relief to his sufferings nnd tor-
i tured mind.
Holtzhniiscr was in a snloon nt Sec-
on( and Clinton streets when Romaino
' entered and opened fire, wounding him1
and Herbert Crane
EX-SERVICE MAN ACCUSED
, Harry Rheingold Held for Attacking
and Robbing Stranger
Accused of being one of four sup-
posed soldiers to whom a stranger
i plnyed good fellow onlv to be left,
robbed and beaten, in Fairmount Park,
Harrv Rheingold. Mercy street near
Fourth, was held without bail today by
I(.nnock f)r a furthpr hoar.
inc on Julv 2.T
Storandt. 127 North Nine-
tepnth street, wns tho romnlninl,, -it.
nrss, the stranger whom the font mas-
ketecers took in. On June 27
he saj'S.
he came to Philadelphia with lots of
'"?''. a watch some pawn tickets cov-
enng jewelry he had pledged, and.
moreover, a disposition to honor the
army uniform.
At a hotel he met four soldiers, all
of whom wore two or three service
stripes ana discharge chevrons. Thev
proposed an excursion to the rark i.v-p-ning
came, and Storandt found himself
spafpd on a Park bench. It grew dark.
A blackjack descended with a sudden
:i
crash upon his head. When he came
to he was aware he had lost his money
and valuables.
SIX RESCUED FROM SURF
Beach Guards Save Phlladelphians,
Caught by Undertow
. uia & iiuuiii:iiiiiuii
Six Philndelphinns were rescued from
cIro.,,inK by guards vesterdav while
'bathing at Atlantic Citv after thev had
been t.aup,nt j tho undertow. which was
,erv treacherous. Thev were Mrs F
A J(,t,pli stophpn iinrri.nn. Andrew!
Young, J. C. Rerrj, Judson Harmon and
'J. C. Susleck. I
' Mrs. Jettel was bathing jesterdaji
on Virginia avenue vvnen sup as
I u.v viuurus imjniu aim .loncs, .vir. nils
a leek was overcome off Mnrjland avenue
! nnd Mr. Harmon was saved off South
Carolina avenue, only after the guards ,
had struggled desperately with the surf. I
No Rubbing
No Scrubbinq
Will Mot-
Hands
"At all Orwr ami Dsnniits"
Gnarnt1 free
rrom acids
A
ESSEX LABORATORIES, NEWARK, N. J.
NATIONAL .PRODUCTS SALES COMPANY
DUtributori
Philadelphia. Penna.
SKELETON MYSTERY
IN NEW YORK POINTS
TO PHILADELPHIA
Man of This City Believed Mur
dered and Body Taken to
Gotham for Disposal
Detectives of the local "murder
squad" are co-operating with the New
York city police In nn effort to solve
the mystery surrounding n suitcase
found nt the Mills lintel. New York(
cltv. containing the skeleton of a mnn. I
manufacturer, a leather company here. ,
- "Tr; mv 01 me learner nrm
ufnetured prior to 101.1. as the mnn whoint
hppn titfid. pirpnt fnr thp nnfl niirimGi,
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detectives believe thnt the skeleton must '""'P-
be thnt of some Philndelphinn, who was "Where our hours used to be from
murdered here and his body taken tn ! ( . m. to .1 :30 p. m. or from 0 n m
New Wk for disposal ' to 7 p. m.," explained one of the girls.
At the Mills Hotel. In New York,,., ,, ,, , , ,
there is no record of when the bac was' "c would' nr(-or,ling to thenewsched-
left there. It wns stored in a cellar along
ujth a lot of lumber nnd junk and was
discovered only by nccldent.
FLIER'S FUNERAL HELD
Friends Pav Tribute to Man Killed
In Seaplane Fall
The funeral of Coxswain Herbert L.
Souder, one of the young men killed In
the sennlnnp ahirh rlrnnnrrl in thp Del
nwnre river Monday afternoon nfter
leaving Philadelphia nnvy jard. took
place this afternoon at the home of
his fnther-in-law Harry L. ITlrich. Sec-
ond street and Monument avenue, Na-
timml Pni-b
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Services cro lirld bv tho Hrv. C
L Sotithwick. pastor of the National
Park M F, Church, and interment was
mnde in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, this
citv The bodj was on view- last night
nnd several hundred persons passed by
the casket, which wns surrounded with
flornl tributes sent by orgnnizations and
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popular in the camp meeting town.
Abrnham Council. Junior Mechanics
iMinMii -. viiii inn it f m nn it in n a ,
of Camden, held sen icrs over the body.
Th' 'n,'""''rs of """ National Park
branch of the I'nitcd States Volunteer
T II t f t'lV.
1,1IP TlnB ' "n'-1- " wmin inr jnjinR
mn "as nnP f the nrPt members and
obtained the first rescue on July 0, i
ninii i-irl tli A Krtfli mul nrn fi11nt-wl Vtv '
V It n II inr virw.i iiiivi "I u iiiiiirii ill u
the officials of the borough. Much
s-wnpathy is felt for thp pightecn-year-old
wife and thrce-month-old child of
the deceased.
1 SEVEN CITY CASUALTIES
, Five Dead of Wounds or Accidents,
i Two Others Injured
Seven Philndelphinns arc named in
casualty lists containing a total of 13R
. names, released by the War Depart
I ment today.
I Corporal William Fleming. 1012 West
Ontario street, and Privates James A.
i Maeuire. 2354 Wopkin street, nnd
W:
die
ilbert Mercer. 3024' Aspen street, have
ed of wounds.
Private Samuel Cnnn, 34S Wolf
street, hns died from accident or other
cause. Lieutenant Harry M. Fo.-s,
373S North Carlisle street, has been
wounded severely. Private Lrwin C.
fiarrett. Land Title Ruilding. has been
i wounded slichtlv. Private A illinm C.
Thompson, (0V Reechwood street, has
died of disease.
OPIUM POISONING FATAL
Three Arrests Follow Death of Sea
ford, Del., Man
William Carter, who came to this
city from Seaford. Del., died earlv this
mArnini. In ihft T'nnni.v lrn nifl Trnfrnitnl
,.( ., i,-f i.ft Hnptnrs dinrnnsprl oc 'nrlt..
!.
r Carter. nPRro. was follnd ut , ht
bv rntrolmnn Rnrron ljing in an alley'
nff nodmnn street nbove Tenth. He
was unconscious. Two men and a worn -
nn wprP arrested ns witnesses in the
rasp. Thev were nrrnigned before Mag- j
utratc O'Rrien this morning.
Think of Whitman' not
onlj- for candlft, but atao for
lunrhron anil Ire rrram of
the hame hlffh quality.
Open in the rvrntna till eleven
thirty for soda and for
candies
D16 Chestnut St.
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ETC OF P.M.
May Be Required to Work Fifty
Minutes Longer Daily at
Same Pay
SOME WILL BE LAID OFF
The girl cashiers of the P
R. T.
"P i" nrms !
They object to the "new schedule"
of forty or more of their co-workers.
According to the cashiers, Charles
... -.
Weston, the manager, whose offices nre
tn" Sixty-ninth street termlnnl
is i
"'f- work fifteen minutes longer, that
is, till .1:4." p. m. or 7:1." p. m. We
I, , working nrtimlli riirlit nnd
three-qiyirters hours a day and we were
paid for nine hours at the rate of thirty- '
two cents an hour. According to the1
new schedule we will work the full nine
i hours nnd receive no increased pay.
"On one run. that nt the Fifteenth
i street station, whirh is regarded as
one of the hardest nnd busiest, the new
schedule will make the cashier work
from (1 a. m. to 2:."0 p. m. before she
is relieved. We think that is too stren
uous. Heretofore the shifts at such
busy places have been shorter." (
The girls hnd planned a mnss-meeting i
to arrange for a protest to the manager i
at the Sixty-ninth street termln.il last '
night, but nt .1 o'clock members of their
executive committee railed off the meet- ,
ing. saying they were ordered to meet j
the company's department heads at
4 o'clock.
"The committeemen came out of thnt
mpeting with their mouths gagged, '
. . . . . . . .
sam ,mp 0( tno rasi,,prF, "Thev upre
EWOrll t0 frcrrrv. The onlv thing thev
,n,j - ,,.. .i... frk. Mnrrell. h.nd
'( thp pfnrp department, whom we
had counted on nt our meeting, was
gning to make a flung trip to Chi-
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i cago to stlirlv railway methods there.
P think. Hut how can we girls do
Lenox
end
CASHI
, FIGHT
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DrlSfN
English China
Service - Soup -Entrdc- Game
S alad-Terrapin-Dcsseri-Fruit
Bread-Luncheon aJ Cereal PJatcs
w"h Cups ar-d Saucens to Match
Extraordinary Values In
MEN'S OXFORDS
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s. ''Dfc.r1 k. Of V"n a w Bv Ml
( X. VW fell SJrwJ
fc i-?iWk. np BN Cv 5 r JV
lii-JTJfci J s.ff
English Lost
Dark Ten or Blcck Calf
Broad Toe
Dark Ten or
$8 VALUES ALL SIZES AND WIDTHS
J It's a good investment to buy a pair at $5.75 a
remarkably low price. They are $8 values even now,
next season you will pay $10 for equal quality.
J You may find elsewhere a few short lines of
such values, but here only is a complete assortment
of all sizes and widths.
J And we fit you correctly.
OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 5 P. M. DURING JULY
'TIS A FEAT TO FIT FEET
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anything without Mrs, Morrell around?
And there was no meeting last night,"
"I didn't know the girls were dis
satisfied," said Mr. Weston today.
"There is n new schedule we've been
thinking over, but we're not certain
when it will be put into effect. Rut
the new arrangement will not affect
the welfare of the cashiers In any way.
"They will work for nine hours and
they will get paid for nine hours. Of
course, a few of the extras will be laid
off the girls at League Island, for
Instance, and nt Hog Island. Now that
the war rush Is over the conductors can
very easily collect the fares themselves.
Perhaps in rush hours wo may need a
couple girls at the gates. .
"Hut if we don't need all of the
girls now. certainly we can't use them. J
The change is a perfectly natural eco
nomical change."
Old Man Injured by Truck
Mjcr Salit. sixty-two years old, of
.".H Dp Lnncey street, wns struck down
today by nn autotruck when he tried
to cross South street between Fourth
and Fifth. John Tees, driver of the
fmrk. lifted the mnn into thp car and
tnnr Mm tn the IVnnsv lvnnin Hosnitnl.
arrested.
FIELD DAY
UNITED AMERICAN
WAR VETERANS
T. It. It. Y. M. C. A. FIELD
44th 4 rnrk.ldr Ar.
Saturday, July 19th, 2 P. M.
How's your
Bathing Suit?
The better grade
Worsted Jerseys, $2.25, $3.
Fast Color Bathing
Pants, $4.50
Belts, 50c
Rubber Caps, 25c
Suits
That add a comfortable
Climax to a perfect bath.
Yours for
Service
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Btuchtr
Ctach Calf
Medium Toe Blather
Dark Tan Calf
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