Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-04
City News in Brief

wALrER e. MERRICK. who was AZ
rested last March on a charge ot SWING
straw ball for clients ~ p lawyer. Tor
whom he said he was runner was
sentenced today by Judge Bregy. ~ Quar-
ter Sessions Court 10 three years In the
county prison from the date ~ b = com.
mitment. In March last Merrick hau
pleaded guilty 10 six bills of indictment
charging him with entering fraudu'snt baU'
sKLLiNu LIQUOR without - license was
the charge made against Thomas lulay'
tt29 North sixth street, and John O'Kane,
THIRD street and Rising sun lane. by. Police
man Brandley, Of the vice squad The
policeman teRtined that these two men were
NeilinR iauor yesterday in hotel at Thlrd
and Luzcrns streets the headquarters OF
the order of owls. and that he went IN
and bought some " II They were both
held In $1,000 bail Tor court by Magistra"
Beaton In Central station
THE POLICE arr searching for tho
assaliant Of Matteo Pscconl, twenty'slx
yeara old OF Christian street above
Eleventh who ~ In the Howard Hospital
aufferlng from stab wounds IN the right
shoulder, face and right breast. Pecconl
and an unknown man fought duel 10 de-
termlns the question Of patriotism.
cuRTsTMAs BOXES for soldiers In
Mexico will be obtalunble az the second
Made in America bazaar 10 be held IN
Horticultural Hall. beginning next Mon
day through an arrangement made this
r,ornlnR by the pennHylvRnia Womcn'B
DIvIsion for National Preparedness with
tho Emergency Aid General PershlnE, COM
mauder Of the United states forces In tho
field, has furnished the Penhsylvhnia diVi-
sion with list Of articles which are most
acceptable to tho working soldier, ana
these things viii be included In the boxes,
hp bought for A2.bO.
THE PHILADELPHIA RESCUE DAND
has moved It's Door Of Hope from 1875
North Twenty-alNth street. whore 1t has
been doing rescue work for glrls Tor more
than twenty-five yours, To n homo In the
NhiteTnarBh Valley on Bethlehem pike. The
new property was purchased largely through
gifts OF Mrs. William II punwoody OF
Minneapolis
THE CITIZEN ARMY and tho Euro
mean War: tho Problem and the Lesson"
will be discussed at tho meeting of tho
Contemporary club tonight at the Bellevue
Stratford. Tho speakers viii include Dr.
H. Tait Mckenzie Stevens Heckscher and
william c. Bulltt
BISHOP RHINELANDER dedicated n
memorial altar IN the Episcopal Church OF
the Incarnation, Broad and Jefferson streets,
The altar is memorial to Charles and
for many years.
THE FIRST "ChrIatmRs fIrc" this EenHon
occurred In the home Of Harry Carllu 2i26
South Bancroft street. starting from an
overheRted pipe that ran through a closet,
setting firo to Bomc Christmas ornaments
and an artificial tree stored there.
MRS. LEOSORA ACKLEY, daughter Of
Or Frederick H. Owslcy. OF Mnrrowdalc,
Rydal iH in the Abingdon Memorial Hos
pitnl suffering from concusslon OF the brain,
the result Of being thrown from her horse.
Physicians say that Mrs, Ackley spent a
good night and her condition lis improving
THE "COLORED SANTA CLAUS" Ia tho
name given 10 George Williams, city detec-
tive. who ~ preparing To make Christmas
happier for 500 poor children who live near
Fifteenth and cambridge streets. He Is
making an appeal for broken toys, warm
clothing, shoes and stockings.