Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-19
2BOY SCOUTS48

p Roy Scouts for a local council
so-piece brass band.
sppropriation by the city to help
Tho movement is not unlikely.
,.,r,i officials, as we'll as private cit
have entered the. campaign for
and by January 25. the date set
close Of the campaign, the Boy
orpanlzatlon expects to have been
nm a firm financial basis The
4 appropriation asked from the city is
.sasntly expected
s,vor Ellis is enthusiastic over the
ADVANCED by the Boy Scouts and Is
a, ali IN his power to further them.
.roposal of the leaders OF the move
"a have the Boy Scouts officially
..,,,sd as adjuncts TO the city govern
met with his instant approval.
~ poy Scouts are valuable asset
!. ,,o city and the movement should be
'sr,se he said. ut keeps the boys off
4. streets and makes good citizens out
s.hon thus proving beneficial both to
ana 10 lllt tlNNs iiiNll EtlN VICE III
..,.,ns police the streets during parades
,.gpi lsg oiher celebrations is splendid They
lun VA he OF much more value II the or
sl,ation were helped to extend It's
l,rbershlp and placed on a strong foun-
sstion"
~rlve thousand Boy Scouts in Camden"
!, ,bs slogan of the Campaign Committee,
ss,ob Is composed of DR.. John @. Doran,
's,lrman; City Treasurer Frey, treas
sr.r. and the Rev William Stone, pastor
!, ,hn Kaighn Avenue Methodist Epis-
npal Church.
aWe want to take the boys off the
street," said the Rev. Mr. Stone, There
4. between 5000 and 10000 boys in Cam
i,n who can be of service to the city,
iih now and in the future when they
ttsrpseyes will be citizens"
The campaign was inaugurated Satur-
AZ night when Mayor Ellis was escorted
through the streets at the head of a pa
ude He made rouslng address to n
nass.meetng assembled at the Broad
vay Methodist Episcopal Church, and
vas cheered for more than minute by
he Boy Scouts.
another demonstration will be made
bmorrow night, which has been named
Philadelphia Night" Deputy Scout
Commissioner Patton, of Philadelphia, at
IA head of tne brass band of Troop 2l,
ypl be met at the Market street ferry
n Camden at 1880 p. m. by the Is troops
II Camden scouts. The parade will march
b the Public Library for a mass
melting, which will be addressed by Dep
uty Commissioner Patton and other
tpeakers Moving pictures and lantern
ildes showing scouts in action will be
thrown on the screen.
A Joseph Kanevsky, senior patrol
hader in Troop 90, was seriously bruised
n the fire at 703 South street early Sun
DAY morning. in which the lives of Fritz,
Hslen, Rachel and Bella Strubinsky were
huifed out and the other four members
q the family were seriously, perhaps
fatally injured in jumping from the third
story window.
broke the fall of 19-year- Edith
strublnsky, was thrown to the ground
and almost knocked unconscious. The
Eifl Is the least injured of the members
q the family in the Pennsylvania Hos
pIial, and it is believed she may recover.
Il she does 1t will be partly through the
tsorts OF the Boy Scout to save her.
Kanevsky was awakened In his home
q sth and Pine streets by revolver shots
lnd. running to the scene, he turned In
As alarm, He knows the family well,
and had danced with Helen Strubinsky
he night before. When he saw the
lsTrOr-stricken mother and children at
Inc window above he Joined the police
lor their lives. Edith was the first to
leap from the smoking window. She fell
where Kanevsky and Policeman Fiken-
ltecher stood and both received the fun
Impact OF her fall. Kavensky crumpled
Up under the force of the blow. his right
shoulder receiving bruises and lacera-
uons Fikenstecher was also injured, but
Between the two the girl was probably
tysd from death.
Pulling down news out of the clouds
bat Is what a Boy Scout is doing out at
Oak Lane, He sits In his room and reads
Wat Is flashing across the sky almost
daily. Whenever he feels like he would
ielsh a bit OF war news ne goes to his
wireless instrument, adjusts II and sits
taek TO learn what is happening In tho
rsnehes over In France and Poland.
William Mcintyre is his name and he
hlIyears old. He is leader of the Cobra
patrol OF the Ashborune Boy Scout troop
s1d an Eagle Scout, the highest honor
y seoutdom. He is the only Boy Scout
y Philadelphia who has a professional
Wireless operators license-hrst CONNER
ca wireless license, 1t is called. For
SCOUT hve years he mas been interested
y wireless telegraphy.
Aelntyro constructed most of the parts
q MS Instrument which he put up him
~ The aerialg poking its tips 30 feet
mo the air, is on the roof OF his home
= oak and WINS avenues; the wires be-
sssen the poles are 100 feet long.
me Boy Scout knows all the restric7
l.ena which the Government places on
y use OF wireless. For instance, his
sAse length must not be more than 200
Z sse'sFs long. whatever that means. Nc
-ayre can tell you exactly, and he has
I MS nngertips all the details which go
e1aFd making a perfect knowledge or
= workings OF the wireless instrument.
~ camp belmont, the summer rendez-
sgas OF the Delaware and Montgomery
.sosny Boy Scouts, near Trenton, N.
: Aclntyre erected his wireless and be-
~ me most popular person IN camp.
NV on from the outside world the
..lapers crowded around the young
.pasAtoF at night to learn the baseball
sefea. which were flashed to ships at
=, II was during the outbreak OF the
-alVpean war, too, and the campers
~ aware OF the rapid succession Of
i. l..nAue events before the reading pub
! earned OF them. The regular press
~ was received at 0 p. m. and at 10
y and at noon every day the camp
- and watches were set to the COR
ume received from the sky.
s1ntyre's instrument receives mes
rrom a great distance. The most
.nt message he ever recorded was
nom Colon, Panama, some 20O0 miles
- Most OF the messages he receives
Flayed from the station at Sayville.
81, - ana ne picks up a good many Gov