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Evening journal., 1916-04-27
BETHANY PICks PLAYCROrND.

The Church League game between
Bethany and Madeley on Saturday will
be played on the Second and dupont
streets grounds. All Bethany home
games will be played at Second and
DUPONT unless otherwise ordered.
Manager Blansfield wants all Bethany
players to report at 215 o'clock. Poole
will be on the mound for Bethany,
while Webb will do the catching.
Evening journal., 1916-04-27
SOTTHSIDF OFT.

Southside would like to get names
with any 15-year-old team in or out
OF the city Send challenges TO Gerald
Reedcr, No. SOB Heald street
Evening journal., 1916-04-27
RED VIEWS LEAGUE.

The second game in the series he
tween Manitou. Lenape and hlopOcko-
hacking was played last night he
tween Hopockohackiug and lenape.
The scores:
Ienape .......... "a II rs "a t6-3
lopockohacking n H. "a 20 i6--l
Players: Lenape David GRAY, can
tain. made one ringer: Al Miller. WI
liam Love. Frank liainsworth. io-
pockohackng e. Young. G. Young J.
Guinea +. Donnelly
Referee II. A. Dempsey Scorer
lack Woavor
Evening journal., 1916-04-27
PFNNSY OTOIT LFlGTT.

The following IS the official stand
ing e she quot league OF tho p, b.
A. ~. r. r. Athletic Association 10
date.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
NEW YORK TRACTION
OFFICIALS CONFIDENT
MEN WON'T STRIKE
Believe Their Hesitation, After
Flat Refusal Of All De-
mands, Indicates
Weakness
UNION MEETING TONIGHT

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Traction officials
today expressed their belief that there
would be no strike on the elevated and
subway lines of New York. They said that
the hesitation of the carmens union lead
ers, after Interborough officials had fatty
turned down their demands and refused to
make any concessions whatever, indicated
weakness
The fact that William i. Fitzgerald, or
ganizer of the union, had called another
strike mass-meeting of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Railway
Employees for tonight, after a similar meet
ing last Friday had voted to strike, was
pointed out as evidence that tho union men
were not sure of their ground.
The no-strllSe prediction of the railway
officials was answered by Organizer Fitz-
gerald. who said the men would go out
between l and o'clock tomorrow morning
unless there was immediate Intervention by
Mayor Mitchell and the Public Service Com
mission.
There will be two meetings of the ee-
waited and subway employees at 8 and IL
o'clock tonight, when n strike vote will be
taken.
81 am sure the men will vote unanimously
for a strike and that they will want to
go out at once" said Fitzgherald II am
trying to keep faith with Mayor Mitchell.
whom L assured during the traction trou-
bles last August that | would give him a
chance to act in the event of future
trouble"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
AGED MAN ENDS LIFE
ABOVE GRAVE OF WIFE
Hangs Himself From Tree in
Cemetery-Was Lonely
After Her Death

At first It seemed nothing more than a
dangling from rope tied to bough in the
Northwood Cemetery. But after the dew
covered form was cut down early today a
pitlful story unfolded itself.
Michael Streb waited for death for four
years. ever since his wife died and left
him as he was entering upon the threshold
of threescore years and ten 1t did not come.
Therefore he went to meet It, lie hanged
himself from a tree. the limbs of which
shelter the grave of his wife from storm
and the roots of which entwine her casket,
Streb, who lived on Walnut lane east of
Germantown avenue, made preparations for
his act just as carefully as he had daily
trimmed the grass and watered the flowers
on the grave of his wife ever since she
died. Yesterday he visited August p.
Kunzlg, of S31 FaIrmount avenue, the
undertaken who had buried his wife, and
made arrangements to be buried beside
her.
Then ne went to his attorney, Frederick
W. Breitinger, in the Franklin Building,
wound up his modest affairs and secured
a note of Identification That was the last
seen of the aged shoemaker.
The body was found by Jacob Geger, n
cemetery cmploye, and was sent to st.
Luke's Hospital by Mounted Policeman
Fannin of the Branchtown station. A
wedding ring, an old Swiss watch and S32 in
cash were found in his clothing. The police
are seeking relatives of Streb, who was born
in Germany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06

Bowed down by grief, Laura cannot for
get the loss of the baby of the family"
for such was the term applied to Florence,
although she achieved higher recognition
in the theatrical field than any other of her
seven brothers and sisters, with the ex-
CeptiCn Of her brother Roland. All of the
family Clara. Virginia, Adelaide, Emily,
William, George, Laura and Roland, started
their stage career when six weeks old.
Clara and Roland made names that were
hstronlc for themselves the others forced
themselves above the average.
Although Laura is Frustrated, she con-
tlnually reiterdtes the good qualities OF
her siSter--her fixed adherence to old ideals
Cthey would not move from their home, al
though frequent opportunities presented
themselves for better modes of living as
It would seem to the rest of us), her true
conception of the duties of sister and
other things. Laura herself was in the
ballet of the Walnut street Theater some
four decades ago. Now. while her span
Itself IL reaching the allotted time of three
score and ten years, she looks not. as is
tho custom with many old folks, to the
future but to the past and her brown eyes
mosten and her gray hair crinliles in SYM
pathy as she relates, as last survivor, the
glorious deeds of the theatrical Reed fam
y, now reduced by the death of one of its
brilliant members to an old woman whose
trelke spirit burns forth now and then TO
burnish tho family shield
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
WESTERN UNION FORGIVEN
BY PENNSY AFTER LONG FEUD
Railroad to Resume Relations Broken
in Anger by Cassatt

After Is years exclusion from the
patronage of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company the Western Union Telegraph
Company is once again TO do business
with the great railroad corporation. This
became known yesterday, when it was dis
covered that the present exclusive contract
between the Pennsylvania and tho Postal
Telegraph Company. which expires on June
% next. will not be renewed.
The Western Union, which once did all
the telegraph business for the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad, lost the contract during the
presidency of the late Alexander j. Cas-
satt, who, after an angry difference with
the Western Union officials, ordered that all
the corporations poles along the lines of
the Pennsylvania be cut down. A long
term contract was then entered into
with the Postal Company. The Western
Union did no PENNSYLVANIA Railroad busi-
ness from that day until this.
Although no official of the Pennsylvania
would discuss the matter, It was never
theless learned upon high authority that
there will be no exclusive telegraph con-
tracts after the current Postal contract
expires on June 25." II was also said that
the effect Of such a policy would be to divide
the business between the two companies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
FREDERICK w. MORRIS DIES
Business Man and Merton Cricket Club
Member Succumbs

Frederick Wlstar Morris, prominent Rhil-
adelphian and former memhsr of Morris.
Wheeler G Co, iron Dealers 1908 Mar
lSet street. died at his summer home 140
South Bartram avenue. Chelsea, Atlantic
City, at o'clock last night of a complica-
tion of diseases. He was in his seventy
fifth year.
Mr. Morris had been i'll for some time
Early during the summer he left his home
at Villanova, Pa. and went to the sea-
shore. hoping that a change would benefit
him. He had been critically Ill. however,
at his Chelsea home for several days. Mem
bers of Mr., Morriss family, who were at
his bedside when he died last night, in
cluded his wife, his two sons Samuel w.
and Frederick W., Jr. his four daughters,
Mrs, John B. Thayer, Jr, Miss Margaret
Morris, Mrs Thomas E. Baird and Mrs.
Walter Janney.
Mr. Morris was member of the Merton
Cricket Club. He retired from the firm of
Morris. Wheeler & Co. several years ago.
Plans for the funeral have not yet been an
nounced. The funeral. 1t was said at the
Morris home in Villa Nova will be held
from the Morris residence there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06

Last year It had the largest enrolment in
its history and this year even that is
eclipsed
Eleven old students Of the Bordentown
Mlhtary Academy are on the Mexican
border, together with one of last years
men. This institution says the outlook for
the coming year is better than for last
year.
The Wenonah Military Academy draws
It's students from a radius of ZOO miles
Inc enrolment up to the present Is 20
per cent more than year ago. They con-
template adding a new laboratory for the
study Of chemistry and physics the coming
term
The enrolment at st. LuSe's School,
Wayne, Pa, is a little more than that of a
year ago. This school iI largely patronized
by the officers of the army and navy, who
send their sons here.
FOREIGN STUDENTS
A 10 per cent increase in the enrolment
over year ago is the report of Haver-
ford College.
Japanese and Spanish students can be
found here as we'll as students from almost
every State. The total enrolment Is 200.
Virtually all Of the above stated they
had been receiving letters from parents
making inquiries about infantile paralysis
and what effect IL might have on the dates
set for opening. None of these letters ex-
pressed any alarm, but hoped the cold
weather would set in before the opening
days
The various school authorities are going
ahead with their arrangements as though
infantlle paralysis did not exist, but will be
guided In their actions by future develop
ments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
HER SISTER, ONCE NOTED ACTRESS TAKEN
BY DEATH, SHE ALSO AWAITS LAST CALL
F Florence Reeds CHEEKY
Spirit Sadly Missed by
Sole Survivor of Family
Eyes Moisten as She Tells
of Loved One Whose Place
Is Vacant

In dlngy house on Wood street. right
In the heart of the Tenderloin, n gray
haired woman, aged a score of years In the
last "a hours, stares vacantly at a place
occupied but that time ago by her sister.
The house In the Tenderloin, 907 Wood
street, is in itself but shell of the affection
bestowed by one sister on the other; IL
represents the ideals of n past generation
Despite the fact that the sisters came
from a family above the average in both
ability and culture, their nineteenth century
ideals would not permit them TO break up
their old family home in the Tenderloln,
but scant half century ago the Ritten-
house Square of the City of Brotherly Love.
1t was death after all-the death of
Florence Reed once an actress Of as high
a repute as is her namesake Florence Reed
Williams, heroine of "The Yellow Ticket
now-that shattered at once the ideals of
the past and will force her surviving sister
to quit the old house and seek the shelter
OF her niece, Mrs. Virginia Sulger, 2529
North Ninth street.
Florence Reed died yesterday morning /;
dropsy, say some but in the official diagno-
sis Of precise physicians are missing some
of the minor effects that might have to do
with the dread reaper. 1t might have been
the fact that thoughts of days of the past,
of the days when her father Hooded the his
toric old Walnut Street Theater with the
glow of oil and flickerng gas lamps. Of the
days when she plrouetted before the smoking
lOolilBuNs 10 the tune Oh IaptuIeu applause
from the darkened galleries, of the mellow
days in the autumn of her life, when her
brother, the renowned Roland Reed, left her
money which she thought. with the un-
buslnesslike spirit Of the nineteenth century.
would last her till she died, that fastened
her departure from the Wood street house.
Glorious days of the past Memories to be
sure, but memories that often prove to be
n staff to lean through the dismal time
that prefaces the march to the grave.
Bound up by tie that they thought
could never be broken until the hour
glass of time called Florence yesterday
morning, the sisters lived in the Wood
street house--even made 1t CHEEKY by their
optimistic spirit Now, while the body of
her beloved sister Is away, Miss Laura Reed
sits by the fire and stares fxedly at the
place once held by her sister.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
OLD GUARD DEMOCRATS
LOSE REGISTRARS FIGHT
Court Dismisses Their Petition
to Gust officials in Four
Wards

The old Guard Democrats through a
technicality, today lost fight to supplant
about thirty division registrars in the
Forty-sixth, Forty-thlrd, Twenty-ffth and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
WIVES FIGHT FOR HUSBAND:
POLICE ARREST ALL THREE
Russians Stir Neighborhood When
Women Meet by Chance

Following an argument as to which was
the lawful wife of Gregoro Salchamino, AZ
years old, 206 Wharton street. Policeman
McKenna. of the Sixty-ffth street and
Woodland avenue police station. placed
Salchamno and his two wives" Albno SAL
chamino and Stephano Ivano, under arrest.
According to the story told at hearing
today before Magistrate Harris, Stephano
Ivano. a young Russian girl. came to this
city Saturday and took up her residence at
6125 Woodland avenue. Sachamino heard
that the young woman had arrived, and.
having known her in Russia, the acquaint-
ancc was renewed.
Mrs. Salchamino met the pair on the
street last night at Sixty-second street and
Woodland avenue. and an alteration en-
sued Both women claimed to be the wife
of Salchamino. Patrolman McKenna ar
rested all three.
At a hearing this morning before Magis-
trate Harris Mrs. Salchamino failed to ap-
pear. Salchamino and Stephano Ivano. the
young woman, were each held under $500
bail for a further hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06

Fourteenth Wards from the ranks Of the
so-called reorganization faction by the
Board Of Registration Commissioners,
Proceedings started by the Democratic
city Committee, Of which f. w. Lank is
chairman, were dismissed by Judges Bar
ratt. vessel and Rogers because the writs
of quo warranto, whereby the successful
applicants were to be ousted, were filed In
the name OF the Commonwealth without
the necessary consent of the District At
torney or the Attorney General The petit
tions named the successful applicants as
defendants.
l. A. Quinn and A, S. Morgan, attorneys
representing the Democratic City Com
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
CAR HITS WAGON; SIX HURT
Darby Trolley Upsets Vehicle-oecu-
pants Thrown Out on Street

Six men were injured today in collision
between trolley car of the Darby division
and wagon, in which they were riding
at Twenty-seventh street and Gray's Ferry
avenue. The men We're all taken TO the
Polytechnic Hospital where three of their
number are considered TO be in serious
condition
The injured men are Patrick J. Welsh, a
tin roofer, of 1121 South Twentieth street
and owner OF the wagon; Frank Cowell
45 years, of AIT South Twentieth street
Hugh Carr. 40 years. of 141O Rlnggold street
and William Penny, II years, of 1886 South
Hollywood street, The other two men re-
ceiyed only slight cuts and bruises and
refused to give their names.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
Noted Electrician Will Wed at 70

ATLANTIC CITY. ". J., Sept G.-Colonel
Edwin j. Greenfield, 10 years old, of New
York who was the first superintendent of
the Bell Telephone Company and held the
same office with the first Edison Electric
Light Company, will marry Mrs. May r.
st. John, also of New York, here today
She is 61 Colonel Greenfield was the first
man to install electricity In a theater.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
PENNsY MAIL MEN COMPLAIN
Railroad Postal Clerks Want Six Days
OFF Out of Twelve

HARRISBURG. Sept s.-Ehorts to OBJ
tain similar treatment 20 that accorded
Government postal employees are being made
by the New York and Pittsburgh Assoela-
tion, an organization OF railway postal
clerks OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
They say that for so years they had
been compelled TO work for six days At
a time and then be idle for six days. but
that the present administration changed
the method Of their runs So that at one
period OF the month now they are required
10 run IL days out Of IA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06
State Bank Call Issued

HARRISBURG. Sept e.--state Banking
Commissioner Smith has made a call for
statements as of August 81 from trust COM
panes, banks and savings institutions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-06

mittee, explained their efforts 70 see Din
trict Attorney Rotan, who was out of the
city. The court, on motion OF Cornelius
Haggerty, Jr., and O. G. Ladner, represents
ing the successful candidates, dismissed the
petitions. 1t was alleged in the petitions
that the reorganization applications were
ignored, although they complied with the
registration act and that appointments
were made from applications that did not
fulfill the conditions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-18
'sCIVILIZATION' is
PEACE SERMON

Never has a more powerful SER
mon in favor of worldwide peace
been preached than that which
Thomas II. Ince delivered to a ca
pacity audience at the Tacoma
theater last night.
For Civilization" aside from
being a massive, spectacular film,
is nothing more than a vivid and
scathing argument against war.
The mind OF the master film pro-
Queer has given sill its strength to
give this picture a punch" that
cannot be forgotten, and to say
that Ince has succeeded, is to put
II mildly.
Contrasts between beautiful
pastoral scenes and pictures of
terrific, deadly conflicts on the
battlefields, are shown in rapid
succession. Ali the modern in
struments OF death, on land. in
the air, on the water, and under
sea, are enumerated In pictures
that are a marvel OF film creation.
The photography OF this big
picture is alone worth praise. But
the thread of story through the
scenes created by the famous pro-
Queer, In which a submarine COM
mander realizes the horror of war
n time to offer himself as q mod
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-18
SINGLE GAMEWOULD
CHANGE THE DOPE

The Red S0x took second place
yesterday when they engaged the
Chicagoans in the Comiskey
stronghold and won.
II the Red Sox succeeded today
in Chicago and the Tigers lose,
the worlds champions again will
be In their pet position at the
head Of the percentage column.
However, the Tigers are due for
clash with the Athletics and
Comic Mack having sent his best,
Joe Bush, to sacrifice yesterday,
il is hardly probable Jennings
jungle terrors will slip.
The National league clubs were
all idle yesterday, all teams be-
ing in the east, but today they
will resume where they left off
Saturday.
Brooklyn, leading the process
sion VIII take on the Reds In a
double bill and ut Philadelphia
the Phillies will engage the CUBS.
The Cardinals ana Braves will
battle at Boston.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-18
Famous Umps
Work Together

Newspaper Enterprise Association
Billy Evans and Silk O'Loughlin
are teaming it again as American
league umpires after a lapse of
nine seasons. The reunion was
held in Detroit and neither Is able
to understand how the umpire
schedule threw them together for
the Tiger-Athletic series unless
Ban Johnson wanted them to see
Mack's team tie the American
league record for consecutive de-
feats.
O'Loughlin was a veteran arbi-
ter and Evans youngster just
breaking in back in 1907 when
Johnson paired them the first
time. Hughey Jennings blossomed
out the same year as an American
league manager, and Tyrus Cobb
really started his meteoric career
in that campaign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-18

while he went into the box and
defeated Walter Johnson in a
pitching duel.
Babe Ruth, Bill Carrigan's star
southpaw, triumphed over Urban
Faber, Rowland's marvel.
Detroit's victory over the Ath-
letic gave the. Tigers a few more
points lead. Cobb's great work
was too much for the Philadel-
phians. He singled, took third on
a sacrifice and scored on a long
fly.
It was Joe Bush, Comics no.
hit hero, who bit the dust before
the Tiger onslaught.
Six runs in one inning were not
enough for the Yanks to win
from the Indians, who took the
game, 8 to z. Speaker fattened
his average with three hits out of
the same number of trips to the
plate. while Cobb only had one
out of two.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-18
SPORTS
'SMELTER TEAM DEFEATS
PROFESSIONAL BATTERY

Despite the fact that the Fort
6teilacoom club of the City league
was loaded for bear" with pro-
fesslonal and ineligible players,
the fast Smelter team Sunday aft
ernoon defeated the asylum club
and captured the leagues cham
pionship. 1t was scrappy game,
running into 10 innings and TAX
ing nearly three hours to play.
Steilacoom did some of the
things that President Jim Cor
coran of the City league promised
faithfully last week would not be
done. Dutch Schroeder. profess
sional ball player, who worked
with the Butte Miners this sea-
son, was brought all the way from
Montana, arriving Saturday, and
was given fat purse to pitch in
the championship game. Hayes,
who caught Schroeder, is a pro-
fessional. Wilkowski lost his
amateur rating by playing with
the Tigers this season, and Allan
Browne is ineligible to play with
Steilacoom.
When Manager Hans Johnson
Of the Smelter and Capt. Don
Grant saw that their team was up
against professional battery,
they refused to play the title
game. After more than an hours
argument, in which the fans bois-
terously sided with the Smelter
and hooted the Steilacoom team,
Russ Hall prevailed upon john
son to play game simply to
please the fans, If nothing else.
johnson entered formal pro-
test and the game started. IL
might be added that the Smelter
had only one outsider on its team
---Bonato-and that Johnson Of
fered to replace him by another
player If the Steilacoom team
would take out all ineligibles.
Since the Smelter team won the
game, the protest is Cancelled, and
the Guggenheim employees are
holders of the pennant.
Schroeder pitched sensational
game until the 10th, when the
vicious slugging of the Smelter
weakened him. In the last inning
a walk, two singles, two doubles
and an error cooked Schroeder's
goose. The Shelter team had
tied the score to 4 in the
eighth inning, when they put
over three runs by desperate Ell
fort. Careful requirements in the
lineup, for which Capt. Grant was
responsible, were largely respon-
sible for the series of safeties in
the tenth inning.
Players on both tens, who re-
belled last week against the man
agement of the City league, TOOK
over the finances yesterday.
Arno Redlich, secretary of the
Tacoma Tigers, handled all cash
at the gate.
The score follows:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-18
japanese Have
Leading Roles

Played by cast practically ALL
Oriental, and featuring one of the
best Japanese players in the
world. THE Honorable Friend"
at the Colonial this week, is regis
tering big. Sessue Hayakawa is
starred at Maxine, a gardener,
and he proves both a comedian
and splendid dramatic actor.
Tsuru Aoki, his pretty wife, plays
the leading feminine role, and
proves a very charming picture
bride.
"The Honorable Friend" tells
an interesting story of the trials
of young Japanese whose BRIDE
to-be is desired by his rascally
old employer. The latter is muir
dered. and the latter half of the
picture is devoted to the clearing
up of the suspicion that naturally
falls upon Maxine.