Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-11
City NeIcs in Brief

Jacob Feitman, a builder, was arraigned
! today before Magistrate Harris, charged
| with defying the police and the Bureau OF
Building Inspection when they ordered him
TO comply with ordinances of Councils rel
ative to building operations. He was held
under $500 bail for a further hearing Ac.
cording to James McCabe, a municipal
building inspector, the defendant mixed ma.
terlals on the pavement and violated the
law In other respects. McCabe testified that
he disregarded several warnings A war
rant was subsequently sworn out for him
before Magistrate Harris. Feltnan lives
at 1917 jackson street and is well known
among contractors He is constructing
houses on Pine street between Fifty.ninth
nnd Sixtieth streets and It was this opera.
ton that caused the arrest
George Russell. Of 1890 Cedar street. ap-
peared today before Magistrate Wrigley, at
the Belgrade and Cieerfed streets station
house, and accused his brother John, Of
2514 East Dauphin street Of stealing
horse valued at $3.50. George Russell tes-
tiled that he interrupted a dicker between
his brother and Mrs. Helen Brown Of 22O4
East Venango street, by which John was
striving to trade the stolen animal for an
other horse, carriage and harness and 50
TO boot. Magistrate Wrigley held John
under $500 bail for further hearing
only 2S mca have been recruited into the
Philadelphia regiments since the recruiting
offices at the three armories were opened
July 3l. The regiments must obtain 5000
men before they are at full war strength.
Many physically unfit have been turned
away Major Hess, stationed at the First
Regiment armory, explains that high wages
paid by Philadelphia manufacturers is de-
laying recruiting. Tho fact that there has
been no fighting on the border, he says, Is
also against H.
Antonio Martino, also known as Antonio
Williams, OF Tenth street below Ellsworth
IS under arrest at the Jefferson HOSPITAL
charged with being the fourth member Of IA
gang of store burglars accused OF plunder.
ing central business establishments within
the last two years of merchandise valued
Mt $4,000. Martino was Identified as he
was about to undergo an operation for
abdominal trouble. The Identification was
made by Jacob Gimbel, of Eleventh and Pine
streets, who is under arrest. charged with
being a member Of the band. Martino will
be given hearing in the city Hall police
court upon his recovery from the opera.
ton.
The police OF the Fifty-hfth and Pine
streets station searched today for a work. |
man who was on duty yesterday at the |
nome OF T. G. Lewis, 5324 Catharine street, |
about the same time that jewelry valued Mt |
'iVVV disappeared Inc lseWlS family was |
lot home between 10 o'clock and noon. and |
Turing that time their house was ram
sacked. entrance being gained through a |
ear summer window The workman is be- |
teved to have known that the family would |
'e away between those hours
For the first time in the history OF this
'ort vessel has been chartered to load
'oal in this port for Greece. Many ship
ling men were much interested yesterday
When they learned that the Greek steamship
lily, which arrived here had been fixed to
Dad cargo of 1000 tons OF bitumlnous
oal in Philadelphia for Plraeus.
Robert Emmett Coll, 90 years old, of 25l1
outh Eighteenth street, who escaped from
he asylum fur the insane at Norrlstown
bout three W. eks ago. was returned to the
under the care OF an attendant
oday, after having been committed TO the
Hospital for creating n dis
urbance at his home last night. Coll has
cen living quietly with his parents for
everal dayE. Last evening ne became vIo-
ent and the rolce were called in,
While working on the steamship Georgia
It the fot Of Pier So, South WhRrves, today,
lax Levy. 80 years old, a carpenter. living
t 326 Carpenter street. fell down the hold
f the vesAel and was probably fatally in
ured He was sent to the Mt. Sinai Hos
ltal.