Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-06
City News in Brief

ETRE UNDER BOILING VAT % oil
IN the Atlantic Refining Company plant ~
Point Brccze ignitcd the clothing Of John
Roach. thlrty-threc years old. a workman.
of i2f2 Van fcit street today. and 20 dan
rerously burned him that he may die He
WAS taken % 81 Agnes Hospital Roach
was working over the vat when the flames
sct hro 20 his trousers. tfis clothing al
ready stained With OIL quickly burned.
VERDICT or ssoIs - damage. for
false arrest and malicious prosecution was
returned today BY jury before Judge
Martin. IN Common Pleas Court No. 8. In
favor of Isaac Gross. dealer In general
merchandise, against Isaac. Samuel. Alex
ander and Arthur Llchtenstcin, trading as
I.chtenateln Brothers Sons. Third and
Market streets.
SOCIAL TRIUMPHs were abandoned for
career behind the footllghts by Miss
Frances watts. daughter of Ethelbert
Watts. United States Consul General TO
belgium. Miss watts is now on the road
and living at second-clnss hotels like the
other members OF her company. She tried
acting for a motion-plcture company In
the spring and later appeared In stock"
FORMAL REsIGNATIoS or his seat
In Common Council was handed In by C.
c. a. Bald. Jr.. son OF chevalier c. G. A.
Bald. n prominent Italian banker. The
resignation followed the disclosure Of two
attempts Edwin X. Adams. an attorney, is
alleged 90 have made 20 obtain the admls-
sion OF c. c. A. Bald. Jr.. to the local
bar by impersonating Bald before the State
Board OF Law Examiners
NEARLY 10000 AWARDS have been
made in the nine months that the work.
mems compensation law has been effective
according TO the workmens Compensation
Board The total number OF awards that
either side was 1880. and the referees de-
cided 1900 additional cases. while III ap-
peals were made 10 the board from the
decisions OF the referees only ~ cases
were taken TO the courts.
NATIONAL TRAFFIC SERVICE Bureau
will open tonight the fall term OF its
practical course In traffic instruction at
the offices OF the bureau. Thirteenth and
Spring Garden streets. The course ~ con-
Quoted under the direction OF Emory II.
Johnson, professor OF transportation and
commerce, Wharton School University OF
Pennsylvania
A GAS LEAK and n lighted match were
responsible for an explosion In the home Of
Thomas Mcdonald. 504 North Vogdes street.
Mcdonald struck n match I'm dark hall
and an explosion blew on the kitchen door.
The man was injured
n NNuOOL FOh INC " hfF-
man immigrants in the requirements for
American citzenship was reopened last
night in the rooms Of the German Society,
Spring Garden and Marshall streets. The
institution is under the auspices OF the
German-American Alliance. and is in charge
Of John b. Mayer, president OF the German
American Alliance.
STEALING A RIDE ON n trolley ear sent
Lawrence Kern. sixteen years old, OF 2ii4
South Clarion street, TO St Agnes's Hos
pital with a fractured leg. The lad was
brushed from his perch and rear wheel
OF wagon passed over his leg.
CITY HALL COURTYARD IL TO he the
central distributing station OF food for at
least $1,000 persons on Christmas Day.
DR.. Wilmer krusen, Director OF the De-
partment OF Public Health and Charities. is
supervising the preliminary work, and Miss
Matilda Silverman, who conducts Sunday
afternoon services in city Hall. is assisting.