Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
,rrp. MISS HELEN REcKARD,

MISS HELEN RECKARD.
M eCs Years old, of 2S4 West Ritten-
es ssreet. Germantown, died shortly after
po sdmitted to the Germantown Hospital.
esnts s.m into a pan of boiling water during
~ attack Of vertigo.
,ouv n. McFADDEN, IR.. speaking at
.deinbia Cricket Club, announced
me .,su,bers of the New York Cotton Elk.
M. .. had given $4,000. sum sufficient
en. enn,,rchase and maintain for one year full
~. NJ ambulances in the Field Serv-
secto". .hs American Ambulance In France.
~ oascFadden, who is treasurer OF the
sls NJ service, is seeking fund of s135,o00
= srurchase more ambulances.
.pIEs y, SCOTT, who has served
century in the Farmers National
nans ns cf Bucks County. Bristol Pa, was a
ps ~ honor at a dipner rendered him by
~. hoard Of directors of the bank at the
mr,.r M League. Prominent bankers from
vnv,,v and state and from New York par
ticipsted'
.vuADEJPHIA BAPTIsTs' campaign
IT,. s50. 900 for advance work came to
s,o.e I'm Grace Baptist Temple. with
-, soo pledged by delegations representing
w. than fifty churches. When Walter s.
vsrsy chairman of the campaign commit
=. called the roll 1t was found that the
r..s lacked $1,000 of $4,000 Subscrip-
49,. were called for to make up the deficit
!. srd within thirty minutes the $4,000 mark
was reached. -|
.uusuNEss wOMEN's Christian League
~ raised $4,000 toward the expenses of its
~ork. with another day for the campaign
~ M $4,000 is necessary to bring the fund
"a he $4,000 mark set by the league
FELLOWSHIP OF THE Pennsylvania
academy of the Fine Arts has appointed
s.rrmttee to convey to President Wilson
~. svmpathy and support Of the fellow
.h,, and the offer of it's services In case
Al war. The members of the committee
ara Joseph T. Pearson Jr., chairman; Her
s.rt welsh, president of the fellowship s.
r Iomas, Lyman Sayen and Miss Mary
Butler.
PHILADELPHIA LIVE STOCK ASSOCI-
.,on members have signed a pledge pre-
,snted TO them by Assistant Director Mace
N the Department of Public Health and
Charities, agreeing to get rid of the pig
series within sixty days. The pledge was
sirned by thirty-seven of the eighty-seven
members.
VIGILANCE OF A wATCHMAN pre-
vented serious loss Wnen VI ulutttI-
mined origin started in the drafting room
on the second floor of the plant of Smith.
Drum Co., Park and Allegheny avenues.
The loss was about SIS.
TWO swINDLERS, unauthorized to col
lect funds for the Southwark League" a
Actitious organization, and the Pennsyl-
yania Firemen's Association, have been re-
ported to,the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce, which issued a warning today
against fraudulent charity collectors. Judge
Eugene c. Bonniwell, president of the
riremen's Association, said it employed no
collectors.
HEART DISEASE caused the death last
night Of william Callahan, a member of
the crew of the supply ship Kansas, in a
restaurant at Thirteenth and Skunk streets.
0STEOPATHS WILL serve the United
States In the event of war. Resolutions to
this effect were adopted at a meeting of
the County Osteopathic Society.
EXECUTIVE CLUB Of Philadelphia was
organized last night at the Bellevue for the
exchange of ideas between industrial estab-
lshments. II. A. Poth presided as tempo
rsry chairman.
INJURIES THAT may turn out TO be
natal were received by Charles Mckinney,
sixteen years old, of 5622 North Second
street, when he was struck by a street car
near Fifth and Olney. He is in the Epsco-
pal Hospital.
EFFICIENCY OF Merton police on duty
at the wedding of Miss Eleanor De Graft
Cuyler to Joseph Walker pleased the brides
father, 7. De Witt Cuyler. and he has an
nounced he will give $1,000 to start a PEN
sion fund for the Merton Police Depart
nent.
DARKNESS COVERED THE city last