Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-24

tne ueatn OF FRANK Flnley, seventy years
old, Of 3031 Aramingo street. He was clean
ing machinery i'm the engine room when a
moving belt whrled him to the floor.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION is be-
lieved to have caused a fire in the rag
shop of Joseph Dixon, 33t State street,
early today. The fire started on the first
floor of the structure, which is used as a
sorting room. Policeman Hendricks, of
the Thirty-eighth street and Lancaster ave-
nue. station, who was passing, saw smoke
and turned in the alarm. The loss is es-
timated at 800.
GIRL CAMPAIGNERS have raised S1O,-
900 for the Business Womens Chrstian
League. The campaign lasted ten days.
The workers solicited contributions only
during their lunch hour each day. They
were heartily congratulated for their work.
PATRIOTIC SPEECHES featured the an
nual meeting of the Philadelphia Alumni
Association of Colgate University in the
Hotel Walton. Elmer B. Bryan, president
of the university, and Prof. Harold o.
Whitehall, of the faculty, were guests of
honor. Impromptu responses were made
FLOWER PEDDLING in the central Sec
ton of the city has been forbidden by Di-
rector of Public Safety Wilson The for
hidden zone is bounded by Tenth, Sixteenth,
Walnut and Arch streets.
MANY TONS or BEEF, held in cold
storage here longer than the legal limit of
four months. have been tagged by Robert
NJ. SINNERS, special agent of the State
Dairy and Food Commission. 1t was said
that the meat was held here owing to the
activity of German submarines. The beef
II lI,yi Nvl ~ ~ a 70
being tagged. The usual procedure, how
ever, Is to ship it outside the State for sale.
DESERT OF SAHARA and scenes Of
the Garden Of Allah were pictured by
Dwight Emendorf, artist and traveller, who
lectured at the Academy or Music. Mr.
F,lmendorf announced that he would not
lecture next year, but would rest. He does
not expect to lecture again in Philadelphia
for nearly two years, he said
MN CROSS RECRUITS are wanted by
tbs Ogontz and Huntingdon Valley Branch
of the American Red Cross, with head
quarters at Jenkintown. The organization
has enrolled more than 425 members since
February 25 An active campaign will be
Immediately be started to increase this
number to 1000.
GERMANTOWN Y. VI. c. A. will support
14O children under seventeen years or age,
the entire juvenile population of Poppel,
near Antwerp. Mrs. Bayard Henry, chair
man of the Belgian Relief Committee, said
the Germantown association was the first
v NJ c. A. in the country to assume the
support of the children in an entire Belgian
town.
mn IRA $, POPE, 5541 Angora avenue.
| has been appointed chlei meat anu catlle
insnector Director Krusen said he selected
noctor Pone because of his efficiency as milk
insnector for three years in the city's
service. He will receive $3.50 year.
College PROFESSORS take more in
| ,arast in their students than university pro-
sessors. according to Provost Smith, VINO
| snolre at the meeting of the alumni of
| Ohio WESLEYAN College held In Hamilton
| Court .,rhe university professors interest
| often is spent in writing book when Is
| onIv used to fiji bookcase room, he SAID
| Among the other speakers were H. l.. Shaw
and dwight M. Lowry The Rev. Frank
Parkin was POSTMASTER
| rpaNKIIN BENTON ELLIS. former
| rrniversjtv of Pennsylvania football star and
ethIete has sent pictures to friends In this
! c,tv from France showing small sugar re-
| 6neries which are being run pehlnu the
| battle line They are manned .! uer,na ,s.n
nrisoners and supply the troops Nir' fiis
| Is with the American Ambulance Corps'
L CAMDEN
MEN ELIGIBLE for battalion engineers