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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
HOT WEATHER MAKES CITY
SoLONS' SESSION SHORT


City Council met in regular session
Monday evening, with President VIII
lis, Councilmen Anderson, Adams,
Blackman, Derr and Schmidt, Mayor
Adams, Solicitor Weeks and Clerk An
drews present.
A contract was awarded the Pleas
antville Ice & Coal Company for fur
nishing twenty-five gross tons of
stove coal at $7.15 a ton.
Ordinance No. 179, known as the
"Jitney7 Ordinance, passed second
reading. It will probably be finally
disposed of at the next regular meet
ing.
City Engineer Clark was authorized
to notify property owners on the
Shore Road, from Park avenue to De-
lilah Road that they must make ar
rangements at once for paving their
sidewalks.
The following bills were approved
and ordered paid:
Mark Fritsch, janitor, S42.50; VIM.
Biggs, driver, $50; Clarence Krewson,
auto hire, $3.50; street signs, $3.50;
Samuel Clark, Engineers services,
$106.5O; Police-Clarence Krewson,
$40; Robert Marshall, $42.5O; Arthur
Risley, $34; George Adams, $34;
Roads-Samuel Price, $3.50; Jesse L.
Risley, 50; Robert Groce, $3.50; N.
w. Coleman, $685.; James Goodwin, SIG.
Upon adjournment, the Mayor call
ed a special meeting for Thursday ev-
eninc.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
SALEM CHOIR SURPRISES
Mr.. JOHN S. WEAVER.

Mr.. John S. Weaver, proprietor of
the well known department store, was
quite surprised on Friday evening,
when the choir of Salem NJ. E. Church
marched into his home in a body and
proceeded to celebrate his recovery
from his recent illness in a right roy
al manner. To show their esteem for
him and their appreciation Of his
faithful service as choirmaster, they
presented him with a handsome bag
of golf sticks and a dozen balls. Mr..
Weaver has just joined the Atlantic
County Country Club, where accord
ing to his physicians orders, he must
assist his r%ecuperation by playing
golf.
The presentation speech was made
by Rev. Wright Eckersley, in his us
ual happy and witty ann
After a joyous evening the charm
ing hostess served a sumptuous repast
and while the organist, Hugh NJ. Col
Inns, presided at the piano, the choir
sang ''Blest Be the Tie and "Auld
Lang SS ne"
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur P. Ryon, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
NJ. Collins, Nh. and Mrs. George w.
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Race,
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Ryon, Mrs.
Roger Williams, Mrs. Timothy Mathis,
Mrs. Herman Risley, Mrs. Charles
Allen, Mrs. John G. Thomas, Miss
Lydia Magee, Miss Edna Eckersley,
Miss Helen Collins, Rev. Wright Eek
ersley, Mr.. A. j. Mudford, Fred
Smith, Everett Smith, Ward Weaver.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
ALL FACTIONS VISIT
THE WEST SIDE CLUB.

4 A rather unique political meeting
was held by the West Side Indepen-
dent Club on Tuesday evening last
when candidates of both factions of
the Republican party and those of the
Democratic party accepted invitations
to address the assemblage. Mayor
Adams and Freebooter Lewis R.
Smith spoke for their ticket while AL
bert E. James, candidate FOR COUNSEL
man-at-Large on the MunicipalLeague
ticket, spoke for himself and col
leagues. Edward H. Ennis present.
ed the Democratic side Of the case,
while Assemblyman Bertram E. Whit
man spoke along general lines. Pres
ident James Arlan vas in the chair
and there was a good attendance of the
Clubs members.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
AUTOMOBILE DAMAGED BY
COLLISION WITH TROLLEY

Walter G. Penhollow suffered an
accident to his automobile last Mon
day night on Atlantic avenue, below
Florida avenue, Atlantic City, when a
jitney crowded him into a trolley car,
badly damaging the front of his ma
chine. Mr.. Penhollow's recital of the
incident is to the effect that there is
a mortar box midway between the
block, which the jitney turned out for,
hitting with his machine the Penhol-
low car. The latter was pushed side
ways into a trolley car running in the
same direction and for a few minutes
there was only a grinding of wheels,
axles and shouts to be heard.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
PLEASANTvILLE PARTY
AT WATERMELON FEAST.

An automobile party from Pleasant
vile, composed of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Mason, Nj. and Mrs. Harry
E. Parsels, Mr.. and Mrs. John F. La
mar, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry OFT, Mrs.
Anna Frendlich, Mrs. Harry Kline,
Mrs. Augustus Keys, Miss Lula Ma
son, Miss Ida Wood, Mr.. Fred Fenton
and Mr.. Gideon Collins, went to Ham
monitor Thursday evening of last
week and were pleasantly entertained
at a watermelon party by Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Parker, former residents
Of Pleasantville. A little company Of
Hammonton residents was also pres
emit. Mr.. Parker is the popular man
ager of the Acme Tea Company store
at that place, and his Pleasantville
friends viii be gratified to know that
the company is highly pleased with
the way the stores business has IN
creased under the present manage
ment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
JOE BRADLEY'S CAR
SKIDS INTO DITCH,

The Studebaker car owned and
driven by Joe Bradley skidded on the
White Horse Pike near Egg Harbor
City on Tuesday morning while he and
a party of friends were homeward
bound from Egg Harbor. 1t was bad
'ly damaged by striking a telephone
pole. The a was dragged from the
ditch by Robert CRUDE, who towed it
with his car to an Egg Harbor gar
age. When CRUDE applied his brakes,
the brakes on the Studebaker refused
to work and it ran into Grube's car,
smashing the back panel, The oeeu-
pants of Bradley car all escaped mn
injured
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
A QUEER GAME OF BALL.

At the beginning of the game, Mo-
lasses was at the stick, SMALLPOX was
catching, Cigar was in the box with
lots of smoke. Horn played first
base, Fiddle played second base, back
ed up by Corn Field Fire made it
hot for Umpire Apple, who was rot
ten. Axe came to bat and chopped.
Cigar let Brick walk. Samdust filed
the bases. Song made a hit and 20
scored.
Cigar went out of the box and Bali
loon started to pitch but went up in
the air. Then Cherry started to pitch
but went wild. Old Ice kept cool till
he got hit with a pitched ball, then
YOU ought to have heard Ice (S)eream.
Cahabge had a good head and kept
quiet. Grass. covered lots of ground,
and the crowd cheered as Spider
caught a fly. Bread loafed on Srd
and pumped Organ, who played fast,
and put in Lightning. In the fifth in
ming Wind began to blow what he
could do. Hamer began to knock and
Breeze began to leave. The way they
roasted Peanuts was a fright. Knife
was out for cutting FIRST base. Light
ming finished pitching and struck out
six men. In the ninth inning Apple
told Fiddle to take first base. Then
~ E4 Hsa LZ1-- L--Io =.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
APPRECIATE KIND WISHES
OF THEIR MANY FRIENDS

Capt. and Mrs. Richard l. Risley
wish to thank the many friends who
assisted in making their fftieth we'd
ding anniversary such a pleasant oc-
casion. capt. Dick" as he Is af-
f~ectionately called by his many friends
said he felt more like twenty-five
years of age than the eighty-three
that he really is. The happy bride
and groom consider their anniversary
as one of "Pollyanna's glad days"
May they enjoy many more a%nniver-
saries.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
PLEASANT SURPRISE TO
MR.. AND MRS. sTEELMAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Steelman, Of
this city, were given a complete sur
prise Wednesday evening of last week.
The event was the celebration Of their
arrival home from an automobile trip
to Lake George and vicinity They
were accompanied BY Mrs. Emily
Fisher, of Reedville, Va, sister of Mr..
SteeEman. There was music and dam
i during the evening and refresh
mends were served. All had a very
pleasant time.A0cean City Sentinel.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
REGULARS DEFEAT THE
GIRARD FIELD CLUB. 7-2.
Dump Adams Lets Visitors Down with
Four Hits; Strikes Out Ten.

The Girard Field Club. of Philadel-
phia, was defeated here last Saturday
afternoon by the score of Z to 2.
Some of the locals fattened up their
batting averages, when twelve hits
were secured off Weston. Smith and
Williams each smashed three. Smith
also scored three of the runs. The
Regulars got right after the horse
hide in the first inning and kept it up
all during the contest.
Tho ccorn.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
M'NICHOLS TO PLAY
BACHARACH GIANTS
GAME TO BE STAGED AT ADAMS
PARK HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
BIG ATTENDANCE EXPECTED.


This Saturday. afternoon the Lo-
gan Square or McNiehol baseball team
will play the Bacharach Giants. of
Atlantic City. at Adams Park, on Adj
ans avenue. These two teams have
met in several contests this season and
have proven to be pretty evenly Mat
ched.
The contest this afternoon is expee-
ted to be of unusual interest and it
is likely that the seating capacity Of
the park will be taxed to its limit.
The PleasantviIle Regulars will
journey to Millville this afternoon and
lock horns with the team of that city.
There is some talk of a game be-
tween Toms River and Tuckerton be-
ing staged on the Pleasantville dia-
mond. These two teams have each
won three games in the series, and an
effort is being made to have the de-
Gliding game played here.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26

The infant department of the Sum
|day School Of Wesley " K. Church
will be closed for three weeks, begin-
ming this Sunday
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-08-26
GIRARD FIELD CLUB.
Pleasantville II 10121O1 x-7
Girard T. Club % 0 o l 0 0 0 0 IL

Two-base hits-Williams. Long.
Struck out-By Adams, 10;, by Wes-
ton, 5. Bases on balls-By Adams, 2;
by Weston, 4 Hit by pitched ball
BY Adams. /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
EDWARD PERRY ESTATE
GOES TO HIS FAMILY
win Places Value of Late
Clothing Mans Property at
100000 and Upward"

The will of Edward Perry, founder OF
the clothing firm of Perry & Co., ad-
ilitted to probate today. disposes of an
estate valued at "S2O0,O 900 and upwards.
The property is left to the widow, Ann
e. Perry, two daughters and three sons.
The major portion OF an estate. valued
at $4,000, is disposed Of in private be-
quests by the will OF Thomas Parker,
who died at the Hotel Hanover on De-
cember 6. A trust ts created for the
benefit of his widow and son, George
Parker Should the latter die before his
mother the principal Of the trust Is to
he equally divided between the Industrial
Home for the Blind and the Central,
Moyamensing, Northeastern and Western
Improvement Societies.
other wills probated were thosS of DR..
John Sibbald, Huntingdon pike and B
street, which disposes Of effects valued
at $4,000; Josephus II. Mccullough, 536
North 49th street. $4,000: James Dom
nelly, 12S North 43d street, s23, 1875; An
tonic Sans, wernersville. Pa, $4,000;
Mary @. Love. who died In the Homeo-
pathlc Hospital, $3.50; Maria 4. Weber,
1871 North Marvine street. $500; Dele u,
Montan, 20l6 Dickinson street, 5000;
Henry Herman. $50 North 3ith street,
5000; Charles Carter, Presbyterian Hos
ptal $500; Isabella Linton, 1927 South
Wilton street, $1,000; Robert II. Lloyd,
1919 Mitchell street, $1,000, and Matilda
Kohl, Goth and Diamond streets, $1,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13

number of boys trying to lynch a panic
stricken cat on telegraph pole near 2d
and York streets that he went to the
rescue. The boys managed to get the cat
10 the top OF the pole before Clarence
reached the scene. Pussy took a grip on
the cross arms and then managed to
shake from her head the moose with
which she had been raised. Fooled In their
attempt to have a lynohing party the
young desperadoes then brought bull
dog, which they knew was an avowed
enemy OF the cat, to wait for her when
she slid TO the bottom OF the pole.
Clarence told the dog there was '.nothin'
doin'," but the bull only gave him de-
iant yowl. He kicked the animal into
the street. The cat. which had been
watching from its safety first perch, then
took daredevil slide TO the ground. The
dos' made flank movement and got a
neck hold on the cat, There was a furry
OF legs and tails mingled with uneaTthly
yells. Mullen made matters worse by
roofing for the cat. When the feline got
Its second wind It elawed the bull un-
mercifully and the latter ran on in dis
grace. But Mullen declined to move, and
offered TO back the feline against all
comers. When Sergeant Little urged him
TO depart he became defiant and was
taken before Magistrate Glenn at the Ath
and York streets station.
Your interest In homeless cats Is to
be admired said the Judge ''but your
spirit Of peace was succeeded by com
bative policies which we cannot condone.
A rest OF Ave days in the county prison
VIII help to soothe your nerves"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
MAN CHEATS DEATH
CHAIR in SING SING
Prisoner, Sentenced to Be Elec-
trocuted, Hangs Himself
in Cell

ossINING. N. Y, Jan. 1S.-Cheating the
law of it's just toll. Angelo LegsIo.
sentenced to be electrocutcd for h'rir~ a
man to slay his rival, committed suicide
In the death house at S!dE Sing tuaay
by hanging himself. Two cells away was
William Flack, the man Leggio hired
to do the killing.
Leggio used the sheet from his cot to
take his life. He waited until the guard
had made preparations to give breakfast
TO all the inmates OF the death house,
and then tied the twisted sheet to the
upper tier. wrapped 1t at'ut his neck
He climbed up the cell bars and then
let his body suspend in the air.
Even II my appeal goes against me,
I'll never 90 to the death chair Leggio
told another prisoner several weeks aGo.
Last night he heard tine appeal had been
denied. Today he made good his threat.
Flack. Leggio's hireling in the murder
of Giuseppe Marino. will go to the chair
January 81. lie was brought down last
May TO give testimony, which resulted in
Leggios conviction. The killing resulted
over Morino supplanting Lcggio In Louisa
Macaluse's affections,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
Theatrical Baedeker

ADELPu "Androcles and the Lion" by @
Lion, Some Shaw, Some SHOW
LYRrCa"MIiald Ma in Americ.,, with Mile pa
ter Garden show of the usual stupendous di
menslons.
FoRREST-"Watch Your Step with Mrs
yie and Eli Elizabeth arife. Tlnney fun ti cas
tle grace, Berlin rags ana Dillingham; pro-
GARRIcB-''on Trial" with Frederick Perry
and good cast. An exciting Story, OF Grim?
written backward IN the form OF a trial.
Novel ana entertaining
BRoAD-"Tho Chief" with John Drew and
Laura Hope Crews. An elegant ;-plece ready
made: a little anug. but quite charming
PgoToPLAYs.
cHESrNuT STREET OPERA. HoUsE-All
~ n,s,e@ coC5cT GI!iS PRd hD2rot6S Green
s'rANLEY--Thursday Friday, and Saturday.
and "V wallace iStS'f Reid %""'o' VIII" Geo NdSely
ARGFEADI,A,;.ThgredGy FEd I, Friday agd saturaay
and Do Norma rini faimaGse itds VIII" ROBERT H@no"
PALA5GEChGTsdoy 155 ETdsy and Saturday,
VAUDEVILLE.
s'E %ya of the Sh orSra aaaP
company in The Luck OF Totem; Agnes
cree" coniR steel and PARKS oomeiia1s meal 1s;
tsy tsPTs he ehf two 11s5f Sisters John
GLoBE----Hny and comnaHy in The Piano
Mover; The IIIP EggPotti LlhlRutianss E9rher and
Kunen in The Terrible Judge: Scott and
Wilson, n acrob3ts; Henry and Henry, come
ters, De Arlno and Douglas, acrobats: George
Moore. tuggler
CROSS KEYS-"Kldland," Curtis and COM
pany in "on the Golf Links" Sampson ana
eqFa G aRG e MTl tie G95ss Fgr 9 The Ia
CoLoNIAL-'Ye oldG .Tyme Halloween" VIII
son Brothers, comedians; O'Connor and the
iedgett Sisters, Mile. Spellmans trained
comedians: Elizabeth Otto pianist: tho Fly
ing Ashmonts, the Angoras-Wernsr troupe
SON'S-RiEoletto Twins, Crossman's Eight
Entertainers, Monkey Hippodrome. Walters
and Clare in THAT Always Hapnens': Phil
brick and De Veau. Watson and Pagan
GRAND-Ten Moors, Rcrobats: Venie Henshay
and John Avery in "a Vaudeville Table
d'Hote': Margaret and William Guilty, mus
siCians: Simons and Curtis, skaters; sum
mers and Morse. comedlans Dorothy Muen-
ter comedienne.
STOCK
nautical drama in four acts. with the Arvlne
son.
KNICKERPocKER-" Natural Law" a
problem play. It's the first Philadelphia
performance presented by the Knickerbocker
AT POPULAR PRICES
Little Girl in Big CITY" a
melodTRma of New York city
BuRLEsQUE.
Mlnstrels. in topical
Winning wIdows' and
La Bailey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
FOES CANNOT STARvE
GERMANY, DIET TOLD
Chancellor Says Empire Is Sure
to Be victorious-Increase
Income Tax

BERLIN, Jan. 1S.-"Together with our
King and Emperor we march toward the
turning of the road sure of victory" de-
veg in his address opening the 1915 ses-
sion of the Prussian Diet.
Speaking in his official capacity as
Prime Minister of Prussia, Doctor Won
Bethmann-Hollweg declared that the
Prussian spirit is invincible and that
Germany is showing the world that she
cannot be starved out.
"As our enemies forced this war upon
us they may also bear the duties and
responsibility as the nations fight to in
flct wounds upon each other" said Doc
tor Won Bethmann-Hollweg.
"Our enemies planned to demorallze
Germany by cutting her off from the
transatlantic world, but this plan has
failed. our agricultural resources assure
the nation of sustenance. We are rely
ing upon the strength OF our industrials--
we are relying upon what we can produce
ourselves with which to defend our
selves
"Our factories and employees are rum
ming into the millions They maintain our
economic life despite of the stress of
war But above this achievement stands
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
FUNERAL OF DE LORENZ0S,
MOTHER AND son, SATURDAY
Prominent Italians Succumb to Pneu-
monia-Double Burial

a double funeral will be held Saturday
morning at o'clock for Angelo de Loren
20 and his mother, Mrs. Vincenza de
Lorenzo, who died yesterday within four
hours Of each other, at their home, v-j
South Sth street. They were both vic
Tins of pneumonia.
Mr.. De Lorenzo was mnpG,'acturing
confcctioner and one of the brFt-known
Italian citizens in Philadelphia. He
acquired considerable wealth, having had
a factory at 9Th and South streets for
the last 80 years. There he made candy
and conducted wholesale and retail
stores. He was ca years old. He had been
i'll for a week, and his mother. who was
50, helped to nurse her son and became
exhausted by overwork.
Mr. De Lorenzo, who came to this
country with his mother many years ago,
was leader in the Italian colony. He
was one of the men who assisted in col
lecting large sums to send to Italy Iol-
lowing the earthquakes of recent years
With his mother, he WIS a member of
the Church of ST. Mary MaEdalen de
Pazzi, 9Th and Montrose streets
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
WOMAN'S WIT SAVES
Is PERSONS TRAPPED
UPON BLAZING ROOF
Thrusts Ironing Board Into Po-
liceman's Hands and Thus
Stretches Bridge Across
Airshaft
CROWD CHEERS REscuEs

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-A woman's quick
wit saved 25 women and children trapped
on a blazing roof at sth avenue and 12sth
street shortly before 5 p. m. yesterday.
The police afterward made vain efforts to
learn her name
She thrust into the hands OF two po-
iicemen In the hallway OF the Biltmore
Apartment, No. 263 West 10th street, sep
arated from the burning house by a six
foot airshaft an ironing board.
They used, the board as a bridge from a
fifth-story window of the Biltmore to the
roof of the burning building, where
women and children were screaming In
panic or kneeiing in prayer, heavy clouds
Of smoke sweeping upon them and flames
getting nearer and nearer. .---..,.,.
One policeman crawled across the IRON
ing board and. steadying 1t on the edge OF
the burning building roof. guided women
and children over II to the policeman in
the Biltmore window. 1t wasn't many
minutes after all were safe when the roof,
with a great spout of fire and sparks.
crashed in.
Eight or ten other persons were car
ried down fire ladders. Scores used fire.
escapes
Chief Kenlon said last night he believed
the fire was incendiary. In the last 10
days, he said. In the upper West Side fires
had started in the cellars OF fiat houses
at about the same evening hour.
The reserves of three station houses
were called out to police the crowd OF
several thousands watching the fires and
rescues. Policeman Martin Delano and
Morris Mannisof manned the ironing
board bridge, and tremendous cheering
went up when they were seen carrying
to safety women, n man and n little
boy, too dazed to walk the bridge.
One OF the women, Miss Katherine
Lewis, %, and her aged mother, Anna,
were only half-conscious. Miss Lewis was
bedridden on the fourth floor and her
mother refused to desert her. Policeman
Hartwig aided them to the rear, where
Mannisof and Delano completed their
rescue.
Mrs. Bessie Flanagan, 81: Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Healey, both half-sufTocated, and
9-year-oid Victor Wilkins, who had been
found staggering along the fourth floor
hallway by Delano and carried to the
roof, were among those taken over the
bridge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-13
COAL BILLS WORRY COUNCILS:
NEW BIDS ARE REQUESTED
Funds Believed Inadequate Because of
Advanced Prices

New bids for the city's coal supply for
1916 have been asked by Director Nc
Laughlin.of the Department of Supplies,
who this time asks dealers to specify
how much fuel they can deliver before
April 1.
The new estimates will be received
January 20, and no awards will be made
until after they are compared with the
high prices asked when coal estimates
were received by former Director Loeb
at the close of the last administration.
The price Of coal has steadily increased
until II has become a problem for Coun-
ellis to find the necessary money. Ship
pers In this city have withdrawn all fu-
ture price quota tlons an- il5->-es now are
quoted only for spot delivery. The city
ts now paying from 20 to 90 cents n ton
excess on the coal used by the Water
Department during the last few months.
because Councils failed to appropriate
sufficient money to cover the year when
the 1915 contracts were, awarded in De-
cember, 1911.