Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

| bott, Philadelphia, chairman of the Com.
mission on Amendment and Revision Of the
Penal Laws; Robert j. McKentry. warden
| of the Eastern Penitentiary, Philadelphia
| John Francies warden of the Western
| Ponitentiary, Pittsburgh Samuel =. Rotan
Esq" District Attorney, Philadelphia
George w. Maxey, District Attorney, Scran-
ton; r. II. Jackson Esq, District Attorney,
| Pittsburgh.
The body of an unidentified boy about
| eight years old was found in the Delaware
| River off Noble street wharf by the crew of
the policeboat Ashbridge last night. 1t was
| only partially clothed in what the police say
| might have been a makeshift bathing COS
tune. The body is at the morgue.
Twenty mon, widely known in the auto
| mobile world, met at the Hotel Vendig last
| night and organized the knights of the
Motor World. The membership of the new
organi zation will be recruited from the
ranks of automobile owners and those in
terested in the industry. II is expected that
the order Will soon be carried to other
cities. -
Philadelphla's industries will have their
night in the West Philadelphia Jubilee of
Progress during the week beginning August
2S. wednesday night, August 30, has been
set aside for the industrial parade. Many
VI Illt lesuluB DuSlHeSS OIBaUlEdllOIS Oh
Philadelphia have entered floats in the
pageant. 1t will start at Sixty-second and
Market streets, and the line of march will
be over the principal thoroughfares of West
Philadelphia.
The United states Marine Band from the
Philadelphia Navy Yard and n large inter-
denomlnational chorus of the Drexel Biddle
Bible Glasses will be features of the mill
tary service tomorrow afternoon at 4:45
NJ
ing Corps encampment at Lansdowne. The
service will be preceded by a review Of the
citizen soldiers at 315 o'clock.
Twelve hundred poor children will be
taken to Willow Grove next Tuesday by
the American Rescue Workers, 2S27 Frank
ford avenue at their twenty-second annual
outing All amusements will be free to the
little visitors, who will receive ice cream
cake, lemonade, peanuts and candy.
A meeting of the committees arranging
for the convention of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association to be held here
September 1915 has been. called for the
Mayors office at o'clock next Wednesday
afternoon. The Camden committee said it's
plans would occupy the morning of Septem-
her Is. Mayor Donnelly, of Trenton, an
nounced that the exercises in Trenton would
include an inspection of the Delaware and
Raritan locks, at Bordentown The Della
ware River demonstration will include ex-
ercises at League Island Navy Yard on
Friday afternoon, September 15 when a
division Of submarines is expected to be in
the river.
Firemen rode two miles In an automobile,
got the key to a drugstore at Germantown
and Chelten avenues. dashed back and eX-
tinguished with chemicals an alcoholic flame
spouting from a defective cigar lighter.
The firemen considered the danger slight
and thought it unnecessary to break down
the door
Germantown Christian Scientists are con-
templatlng the erection of a church to cost
nearly 100000 1t will be built on the
east side of Greene street south of School
House lane. The large mansion now oc-
cupying the site was formerly the home |
of Franklin L. Sheppard. The auditorium |
will seat 1000 persons and there will be |
large rooms for the Sunday school and |
other church activities. The Christian |
Scientist congregation is known officially |
as the Second Church of Christ Scientist |
having been the second congregation OF that |
denomination organized in this city.
Anna Bemans, Is years old, 2344 Bouyier |
street, was thrown from the rear seat of |
motorcycle when II ran into an auto |
mobile at Second street and the Northeast |
Boulevard last night She was treated at |
st. Lukes Hospital for cuts and bruises.
Samuel JANE, 25 years old, ole Quarry
street, and Jack Murphy, SO years old of |
the same address, were arrested this morn |
ing on a charge of violating the Harrison |
anti-narcotic act by United States Deputy |
Marshal McDevitt and District Detectives |
Mcclure and Ernest. A large quantity of /
opium, the police say, was found in their
room and oonhscated. They will be ar
raigned today before United States COM
missioner
Members OF the congregation and officials
of the Philadelphia conference are express
ing opposition 10 the proposed sale of the
Mcconnell Memorial Methodist Church, at
Eighth and Porter streets. John McCon-
nell. of ths Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, in whose honor the church
was named, said; The foreign population
is the real missionary problem, and the
church should conserve every piece of prop
erty in that locality to meet the encroach-
ment Of the foreigner"
City Hall appointments today included
Samuel L. Schwartz, 514 West ls4th street,
New York, craftsman, Department of Tran
sit. salary S1400; William S. Muller 5223
Marion street clerk, Bureau OF Highways,
$500, and Anna p. Summers. 1927 North
street. assistant teacher
Board OF Recreation, salary $s5 a month.
Mrs. Robert ID. DFipps, B9O6 Wayne ave-
nue, Germantown, wife Of the former Di-
rector OF Public Safety. who Is spending
he summer at the DTlpps cottage at Bay
Head. was injured in an automobile coli
ision Thursday. according TO a report
which has reached Philadelphia She was
,nly slightly hurt. She was automobilfng
gith neighbor when her car eollided with
mother. throwing her out, the report SAYS
The right hand OF Pearson PSnnoel. NJ
l04s East Lippincott street was crushed
oday while he was operating a printing
,ress az the Twin Printing Company. IL
south OFianna street Physicians at ths
pennsylvania Hospital fear amputation Elll
= necessary