Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-19
City News in Brief

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| The personally OF the estate Of Susan ID.
| wise has been appraised at $4637bb'
THE RESIGNATION Of =. Conrad OFT,
a prominent attorney, as president OF the
| Andrew Baraca class OF the Linden baptist
| School was made last evening at the regu-
| lar meeting OF the organization The an
nouncement came a surprise as Mr OFT
| Us the organizer and founder ana mas peeh
the Official head Of the class since II began
years ago.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM t. BULL, seventy
years old. 6l3 Clinton street. who Tor
| twenty-five years has been captain or the
tugboat CS srles Toy, and for forty years
has been "A river mariner. died this morn
| ing at his home.
| CLARENCE sCHUI,KEy. four years old.
Eleventh and Mechanic streets, died To-Day
| I'm Cooper Hospital from injuries suffered
| a week ago when he was slruck by an au-
| tomobile truck.
EMBEZzLING was the charge against
| William ". Edwards. twenty-five years Old
| Ninth and Liberty streets on whlch ne was was
| held in 5000 bonds for court by Recorder
| stackhouse! Jessie seybold. 527 south
Fifth street accused Edwards OF absconding
| with $40 which he had collected.
| A NINETy-FoOT FALL from the top
| OF a scaffold on a crane at Cramps shipyaro
| this morning caused the death of John Mur-
| ply, twenty-one years. 2670 East Livingston
| street Murphy. who was employed IN the
| rlveting gang on the top deck of steam
| ship. intended TO reach the top OF the scar
| fold by catching an ascending hook attached
| to the crane, when he reached the helsht
| of ninety feet his foot slipped
DIRECTOR DATEsMAN, OF the Depart
ment Of Public Works. today awarded TO
| Ryan & Reilly a contract for the construc-
| tion OF a grit chamber 10 be used in con-
| nection with tho sewage disposal plant TO
be located at Bridesburg. The work Will
cost the city $4,000. contract for $bb'-
600 was also awarded by the Director 10
the Lock Joint Pipe Company, or Am
PEREZ n. Y. for furnishing reinforced con
| crete pipe for the sewage disposal plant
HEART FAILURE caused the death OF
| Mrs. Alice McGinty, of 1919 Mount vernon
| street, early today while she was visiting
| the home of a friend, Mrs Katherine Rohn'
of 6lO North Tenth street. Mrs. McGlnty
| visited the Rohn residence last evening and
complained of a slight illness. This morn
ing Mrs. Rohn entered her dining room and
found her friend lying apparently uncon-
scious on a couch. The woman was re-
moved to the Hahnemann Hospital, where
the physicians pronounced her dead.
PHILADELPHIA FRIENDS OF DIR. Jud-
son Daland. professor Of clinical medicine
| at the Medico-C Chirurgical College, and who
resides at 3l7 South Eighteenth street, are
| rejoicing at his remarkable escape from
| burning gasoline launch at Lock Port Bar
row, Alaska, on August 2S. One Of the
boathands lighted a match and an explo-
sion followed. Doctor Daland jumped over
board and aided the others in gaining
safety. The steering gear sent the boat
shoreward and Doctor Daland beat out the
flames with his coat. The boat was repaired
| and ha ,upftr n,f fhaf. fnttr
ACCORDING TO AN announcement in
New York by George Wattley, treasurer OF
the company, employees of the United Cigar
Stores Company are now eligible to pur-
chase common stock of the company under
a profit-sharing plan. All employees receiv-
ing less than $4,000 year are TO be allowed
to subscribe to an amount not less than
twanty-fivo per cent or more than fifty per
cent of their annual salaries. Each sub
scriber is to pay 81 month for each share.
At the end Of each year the company will
add credit of 81 a share toward payment
and also credit the employe with the usual
dividends.
POLICE OF the Thirty ninth and Lam
caster avenue station are investigating to
find out whether Warren Richards, eight
years old, of 1926 Fairmount avenue, was
struck by automobile and left in the
gutter at Fortleth street and Fairmount
avenue. The boy is in the Presbyterian
Hospital. suffering from fractured skull
and severe cuts and bruises. Two young
men took the unconscious boy to the hos
pital but left before the physicians learned
their names.
| WILLIAM r. sIEGERT. the newly ap-
pointed Recorder OF Deeds solicitor, will de-
liver an address at the first fall meeting
| of the Philadelphia Real Estate Board, to
be held at 1926 Walnut street on Thurs
| day. September 81. The boards commit
tee on Speakers has obtained the consent
| of well-known men TO address the mem
bers at the monthly meetings and weekly
luncheons during the fall and winter.
ONLY S31 IN contributions have
been received by the citizens soldiers aid
fund in answer 20 an appeal issued by
| Mayor Smith on Saturday urging the citi-
| zens of Philadelphia to come to the
sistance of the families Of the men who are
serving on the border. The total contribu-
tions TO date are s3ss77.l2. and the ex.
pendtures s26.63943, lleaving balance OF
only Si2.23769, from which weekly checks
are being sent out. Without generous con-
| tributions the work cannot continue many
| weeks.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made by Fred
| ericlk NJ Shepard president OF the Jovian
Electrical League, OF this city, that the
weekly luncheons Of the organization will
be resumed on Thursday OF this week at
the Hotel Adelphia. Ihe league comprises
500 members. and II Is expected that ma
iority OF the membership will attend the
first of the fall luncheons.
CONTRIBUTION Of $1,000 has been
received by the Emergency Aid for the fund
being raised by that organization for the
care OF children who are eonvalescing from
infantile paralysis at the country branch Of
the Childrens Hospital at Wynaehed. The
check was the gift OF Mrs. h. Eugene Dixon.
MOTOR THIEVES made their biggest
hauls of the year, according 10 police re-
ports yesterday In their forays on Satur-
day and Sunday. Eight cars OF a total value
Of SssSb were taken.
FIRE or USKNOwN ORIGIN In the
basement OF 5000 Arizona street early TO-
day caused a damage Of $50. The fire was
extinguished before the engines arrived.