Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-13
City News in Brief

lily NEWS IN BRIEF
ALLEofNo uE was deprived Of his
wlfc's love through the wiles and effcrts
Of Warren H. Parsons, OF 240t North Cieve-
land avenue, Jacob 8. Clinton today brought
suit IN the Municipal Court TO recover $500.
THE APPOINTMENTS ~ Policeman
George Mcguire. OF the Nineteenth and OK
ford streets police station. rs patrol SER
geant, was announced to-day. Sergeant
Mcguire has sn excellent record.
DIVORCED BY HIS FIRST WIFE In
october 1914. Wilson r. Stevenson, fifty
years old, conductor. applied at city Hall
today Tor a marriage license 60 wed Ida
Cordery, Mty-three years. The bride-to-be
obtained a divorce from her first husband
last May Stevenson and his future wife
live at 25is North Hutchinson street
CHARLES r. HUGHES. Republican cam
didate for the presidency, will make his
hrst campaign speech In this state In
Pittsburgh on September 81. United
states Senator Penrose has announced
Senator Penrose added that MIR. Hughes
would speak In this city In October at n
meeting 10 be held under the auspices OF the
Union League. The date for this meeting
has not been set.
PROF. LOUIS LEWIS, one Of the oldest
living physical instructors In the country,
and for forty-three years physical director
at Girard College, is seriously III at the
home Of his daughter. Mrs c. y. Reichart
at 1859 North Marvine street. Professor
Lewis Ia eighty-slx years old. His illness
Is due TO complaints incident 20 his ad-
Nanced years. He was active as n physical
trainer for sixty-one years. having retired
only five years ago. Prior TO 1883 he main
tained a private gymnasium at Ninth and
Arch streets This he sold in 1888 His
SON. Philip q. Lewis now is head OF the
physical training department OF the Ger
mantown High School,
TWENTY-FIVE strike-breaklnr agents.
enlisting men TO operate trolley cars i'm New
York, made hasty exit from the CITY when
officers Of the State Department OF Labor
ana Industry were sent TO arrest them
None OF the agents has employment licenses
as required by law. Some were I'm such a
hurry to get out that they left clothing
and papers in their hotel rooms.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION for
assistant examiner in the United States
Patent Office for both men and women was
held today and another will be held tomor-
row in the Federal Building The position
pays $500 n year. The examination for
forest assistant for men only, scheduled to
be held today by the United States Civil
Service Commission, has been INCIDENTALLY
postponed because IL is found thai the
needs OF the service do not require an ex.
animation at this time.
SERIOUS INJURIES were suffered by
Charles Potts, fourteen years old of eli
North Randolph street, this afternoon, when
ne attempted to cross Arch street near
fourth IN front of an east bound car The
front wheels OF the car passed over his body
He was taken to the Jefferson Hospital
A THREE-MILE CHASE by Policeman
Miller, of the motorcycle squad resulted in
the arrest today Of Fred Brown, of AS
bury Park. who was accused of speeding
his automobile at thirty-eight miles an
hour on the Northeast Boulevard When
arraigned before Magistrate Pennocl,
Brown said an automobile in front was
teasing" him. He was fined $3.50
THE Loss OF LEG was the price that
Charles Potts, fourteen years old, paid for
n short ride on the back of truck carly
today. Potts was caught between the wag-
wagon upon which he was riding and a
trolley car, which colllded with the wagon
at Fourth and Arch streets. Potts is I'm the
Jefferson Hospital minus his right leg from
the knee down -.-.
AN AUToMOBILE-notorcy crash. in
which Charles Ward, 316S Cedar street, re-
ceived a fractured SKULL resulted today in
Joseph Donahue, 2434 East Hazard street
being held In $300 bail for further hearing
by Magistrate iDetz of the Trenton avenue
and Dauphin street station. Ward. who is
IN 81. Marys Hospital was riding a motor
cycle at Dauphin and Sepviva streets last
night when the collision occurred
FIVE CRAPsHOoTERs, who threw
rocks at a squad of Park guards. who later
placed them under arrest were hned az
and costs by Magistrate Stevenson TODAY.
The game was near the Strawberry Man
sion car depot last night The five were
Richard Dening sixteen. 2126 North Thir-
ty-hrst street; August Bulmer, twenty two.
SO2I Dakota street John Myers, eighteen,
8Ol2 Cumberland street; Walter Gorden
seventeen, 2505 North Stanley street and
Robert Meyer, seventeen, 25O2 North Stan
ley street.
SUIT FOR false arrest was berun by
Julia Flavior. 134s Grove street, in Munici-
pal Court today against Antonio Federico
and his wife, Louisa. 1904 Grove street IL
Is alleged that on July 20 Mr. and Mrs
Federico had Mrs Flavior arrested on the
charge of having stolen SIS. She was ac-
Quilted OF the charge by Magistrate Briggs
on September the defendants again had
Mrs Flavior arrested the same charge
She was kept in Jail for four days. ar
raigned before Magistrate Baker ana ac-
quilted.
CAMDEN