Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

HIS HEAD striking n bridge AZ pi,bop
street and the Reading Railway while he
Ws.,, va riding ON top Of a freight car. Harold
critic, n brakeman. was 70 badly Injured
ne may die. Tho blow Is believed TO have
l.aotured his skull. tie was removed 10
sue Sue samaritan Hospital Ills homo is in
Norristown.
STOLEN EvENINg Gowns and t,,.
valued at over $3.50. found In tho room
OF stella Brown. a twenty-ycar. .old neRress
az II North state street led 10 her arrest
TO-DAY. After tho goods were positlvety
s l1entihed by Mrs. Thomas w Sparks. wife
OF manufacturer at 12l Walnut street
tne girl was held In 5000 bail for court bv
Maslatrate Pennock. in tho Thirty second
street and Woodland avenue station Tho
klrl mad been employed as n maid in the
Sparks household.
THE HOWARD HOSPITAL. Broad and
Catharine streets. treated est accident
cases during the last month: 1923 prescrip-
tlohs we're put up, SIS now dispensnry pa
tents were accommodated and lO6 patients
were admitted to the hospital
THE uUAKER CITY MOTOR CLuB ha.
affiliated with the Overland Club The clubs
nave combined membership or more than
seven hundred Paul r., Huyettc Is presi
dent Of the organization.
port In the country. is without boarding
boat The Guthrie Is laid up for repairs,
while the revenue cutter wissahickon has
boen sent to Baltimore.
THE FoUNDRYNEN's ASSOCIATION
has nominated the following officers; Presi-
dent Thomas Devlin vice president, George
{. Davies; treasurer, Josiah Thompson
secretary, Howard Evans, and executive
committeeman. Walter Wood. Thomas NJ.
Eynon, H. l.. Haldcmnn. Walter T. Mac
donald and w. S. Dunnlng. OF Chester.
THE STEAMSHIP ELSwICK PARK.
out two months from Philadelphia. has been
posted as missing at t.loyd's. She sailed
with a cargo Of coal for Santos, Brazil.
AN AUToTRUCK crashed into the win
dows of clothing shop at $3.50 North
Thirteenth street when the driver lost con-
troll OF the machine. The truck was owned
by tho American Express Company and
driven by Thomas Muskeot, Of Thirteenth
street near Brown. Muskcet was arrested.
J. HOWARD BERRY. the Penn fullback
and national guardsman who found II im-
possible to attend the weekly drills of the
First Regiment, was excused by Captain
II. c. Hciscr. Investigation proved that
Berry's entire time was occupied In his
studes and work.
PEARL NECKLACE valued Mt 10000
Is among the gifts presented by New York
firms to the Permanent Blind Relief Com
mittec to be placed on sale In the second
"Made-ln America" bazaar next week, ac-
cording to an announcement made by Mrs.
Joseph H. Widenor OF Lynncwood Hail. Ell
kins Park Other pieces OF jewclry have
been given, including diamond ornament.
FRANK j. CUMNISKEY. chief Of the
Bureau OF city Property. for whom his
fellow workers in City Hall prayed when
he was taken seriously i'll several weeks
ago, 10 improving rapidly at ST. Mary'5
Hospital lie Is considered out OF danger by
tho physicians, although they do not say
when no will be permitted to leave the
hospital
HOT GOALS from the nre-box of n loco
motive set fire to the Pennsylvania Railroad
bridge Mt Eighteenth and Allegheny ave-
nue. early today. The blaze was discovered
by Policeman Mooney, OF Ridge and Mid
vale avenues police station, who summoned
Engine Company No. so to the scene, The
loss was about $50
JOHN II. McFADDES, the Philadelphia
art collector and philanthr. hst Is reported
to be steadily improving from his recent
Illness Mr. McFaddcn Is in Atlantic City.
PARDON FOR william II. Armstrong.
n real estate dealer of Philadelphia, who
was sentenced 10 Blk months IN tHe county
prison on charge of marital inhdelity.
has been applied for by his wife. The APP
plicaton filed before the Board OF Pardons
asks for Armstrong; release because Mrs.
Armstrong is in destitute circumstances.
THE AMOUNT PAID into the City
Treasury during the week was St75.S04.79,
and the expenditures amounted to $l,65l,-
43O6O. This, with the balance on hand
from last week. not including the sinking
fund account, leaves a balance OF S16,457,-
O15.35.
A FATHER AND SON. returning from
work in their wagon last night were run
into by an automobile at Cedar and Clear
field streets william Brown, forty-six
years old the father. received a cut over
the eye, and his son Raymond. twenty
years, was bruised In tho side They were
taken to the Episcopal Hospital and later
went to their home. 22Oi East Venango
street George Grleb. twenty-six years. OF
g6O4 East Dauphin street. the driver OF
the machine, was held on his own recog-
niZance,
CITY APPOINTMENTS today incIudedi
Rufus Choate. 5412 Market street, clerk,
Bureau OF Water. salary $500; James II,
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