El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-22
No PINK TEAS
At MARINE CAMP
Life in Camp Will Not Be a
Social Whirl Says Com
handing Officer.

! company. through its counsel. john c.
| Bell. mas filed 4 bill in equity in the
I common pleas court against Abner II.
! MershOm and Roger ByrneS, former
president and vice president. respec-
lively Of the complainant company ask
ing for an accounting of an alleged
secret profit of s42.S50 made by the
defendants in a real estate transact
ton.
Car Company increases Pay.
The Philadelphia and West Chester
/ Traction company. Of which A Merritt
Taylor. former director of city transit.
is president. has granted TO its en-
ployes 4 second increase in wages dur
ing this year. TO take effect on August
l. Announcement was made today that
all mOtOrmen and conductors will re-
with an increase Of ( per cent to all
other employees
Light on the Speeders.
Six automobile speeders were fined so
and costs each by magistrate Wrigley
in the motorcycle station at Tenth AMI
Buttonwood streets late yesterday al
ternOOn- one charged with speeding.
who proved an alibi, was discharged.
cases Of three others. who were as
sessed only the costs.
One Death. One New Case.
One more death from infantile par
alysis occurred in Philadelphia yester-
day Il was the second since the cpl
demic Of the disease started in New
York The day also was marked by
the discovery of another case Of the
child malady. making a total Of II who
have been attacked with the disease
here since July. The death was that
Of Rose NernOchiO. 70s Clymer street.
l6 months old, who had been I'll only
two days Clayton Spangler. 414 North
5sth street. who was found yester
day 20 be suffering from the disease,
is eight years old.
Get Parkway or Another Mayor"
II the Parkway is not completed
during my administration. then Phila-
delphia should have another mayor
In these words mayor Smith an
nounced his intention TO press the work
by ordinances passed Thursday in
councils. The appropriation of IS.
100000 is believed to be sufficient 10
take over the 255 properties which still
The appropriation OF $4,000. 900 viii %
long way toward the Identification
and Improvement OF the highway it
To Ignore Politicians
Ward leaders and politicians will
not be recognized by acting captain
John Ewing. the new car Of the Ten
derloin- He said today that he and
tne 200 policemen under his command
were determined to drive the Lizards
of Philadelphia from this city. Should
persecution follow faithful perform
ance Of duty. Ewing said he would
uFbtAu upon the support OF the public. J
Kills One, shoots Another, Ends Life
After probably fatally wounding
Mrs Mollie Rehm. a widow. IS years
Old OF Gibbstown. y. J.. of whom he ,
was Jealous. and shooting at her sis /
ter, Mrs Augusta Ponto. Augustus |
Stroeber. IS years old. butcher. who !
lived in the rear of 1921 CadwaIlade-
street this city. committed suicide BY !
shooting himself in the head while he /
was in clump OF bushes. about 200 4
Yards distant from Mrs Rehm's home. |
Inc tragedy took place at Gibbstowr,. {
gloucester county. Mrs. Rehm was /
taken 10 Cooper hospital. Camden. SUI
IerlnE from bullet wound in her head |
and another in her right lung.
AshbridGe Resumes Eating
wilson Ashbridge held as a double \
murderer in the Camden county Jail.
broke his fast today and partoolc ~
.ood for the first time since his can (,
-ure IN Chester last Tuesday. Afrer
4 night OF sound sleep Ashbrfdge-s an /
petite returned and he lost no time this
morning IN eating the prison fare set 1
md coffee.