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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
FLOWERS NOW COVER
BATTLE SCARED VIMY
Nature Works a Miracle on Ridge
Battered a Few Months Ago
by Artillery.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
TILE FIELD. July 10 Thy MaiD.-vimy
Ridge is covered with flowers. A few
weeks ago the writer watched this hill
explode and blaze like the Day of
Judgment while the Canadians Win
their artillery and mines turned It into
a seethins, boiling mound Of nre.
Popples. cowslips. cornnowers. purple
thistle -mops. daisies and belated speed-
wells to-day dash the battlefield with
color. while rank grass hides the small
er shell-craters. But one explanation
is possible for this change. for all man
ner OF vegetation and seed were burned
| TO ashes and buried many feet deep In
tho mud during the storming OF Why's
heights In April Nature has worked
some wonders as II ashamed Of the ugly
hill and wanted TO cover II over and
hide II out Of sight
Now there arc flowers everywhere.
| Al times grass reached almost to the
waist Now and then one trips over
hidden entanglements OF barbed wire, or
kicks a skull accidentally with the toe
OF ones boot. or treads on some fol-
gotten soldiers pack. or rifle or bayoneL
Under rank growths OF daisies one
comes across strips OF German uniforms
with whitening bones lying about and
German boots with everything from the
knee down still In them. CanteenS.
battered and pierced, iron ration tine,
hand grenades. shrapnelI cases. cart
ridge clips. unexploded shells, all man
ner OF equipment arc still there-only
they are now hidden under . tAngle OF
wild flowers.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
WOULD CHECK DISLOYAL
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Bills in Senate to Stop Criticism of
U. S. War Policies by Foreign
Language Press.

WASHINGTON. Aug, i9.--senator
King. Utah. to-day introduced two bills
to prevent criticism of the President or
OF the Governments war policies by for
eign language newspapers.
one provides that any paper printed
in German or any other foreign Ian
guago which. prints such a criticism
must print a translation In English in
n parallel column. Failure to do this Is
to bar the publication from the malls
and is further punishable by a fine Of
$500. a years imprisonment. or both.
The other measure provides for cam
collation. OF the naturalization papers
and deportation OF any person who
writes, prints or speaks criticism OF the
Government In a foreign language.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
GRAIN MEN AGREE
/. ONHOOvER'SPLAN
TODUY WHEAT CROP
Chicago Boari q Trade Wires
That Dealers Win Give
Full Cooperation.

CtT'Apo. Aur i1agrain msn -
'hs nation have already ADJUSTED
Themselves e. meet conditions cot.
lined iu lic~h-rt Hoovcrs announes-
msut that the U0y'fnmcnt is ready
o. take over the 1917 wheat crvp.
Th.s was the statoment to-day q a
Caicsro Hosri of Trade onlclai who
sald The announcement would have
but little. n any cnoct On the markef.
C1lncident with this statemont. the
wheat market opened a. t7.it, but ons
cent lover than Saturdays closs.
Corn was down "a fraction.
Grain men have been collaborating
with Hoover for weeks and are fa-
miliar with the conditions he outlines,
tho oniclal said.
J. r. Grimm. President OF the Board
OF Trade. wired Hoover to-day that
the Board would give him It's eo-op-
eratlon.
u. w. Snow, crop expert. bore out
the statement OF the official that grain
men generally had anticipated Hoov-
er's contemplated action and had not
spCCulated IN wheat for several weeks.
Thousands of grain elevators will
be affected by the proposed grain
license, he said.
Grain men, Snow believes, are In
full accord with Hoover.
Those who went TO tho visitors
gallery OF the Board OF Trade to-day
turned instructive eyes toward the
wheat pit.
Here, where a tumultuous mob. nor
mally is vocferously responsive to
scraps OF Information concerning ex-
ports from Argentine, or even the APP
pearanCe OF rain cloud over some
dry area in Kansas, there was only
silence.
Two or three idle traders were
seated in chairs near the pit. No one
was IN Il. The clerk who ordinarily
sits cnthroned in cage above the
pit recording quotations, rested his
chin on one hand. At the opening he
chalked up "S2 IA as the sole bid
for September wheat. and resumed
his reflections. There was no longer
a string OF messenger boys scurry-
ing between his cage and the tele-
graph wires. One boy Is retained.
| but at the moment he was down In
the street listening TO a brass band
| The whole scene suggested dust and
cobwebs.
There was little doing. OF course
| but the few drifters who came on the
floor OF the Board during the day
| managed to beat down the price o'
! September from 2.l4 to 2.0S, u loss
Of IL cents net.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
LERS TO AID HOOVER IN PURCHASE OF THE WHEAT CROI
BERLIN TRIES 70 DtkY
KAISER WROTE WILSON
,tmOmdai organ SAYS ~ susf
Tc.tram "a. gtp'l Quotes
tkItt.

lAINt
ntutIN. Auf IF tote AusfsftsrI
TIE ssu. .tT...aI Nufa iisafr.I.s A
I.fsufus TrHIHf asuFr ths rsfs
srHs uf ths ts.rrfam hitfsd ~ Iaai,f
W Gerard th, f4fmrf Ausflran 40.
t.aasaisf 90 isUn. e. hate bafa i,ut
10 tG.Issraf NIuinm ta prfsIlsut
wuf1n Iu Aur iHit in which enc ti.I.
man Irlpsrof iH quoted as hsvins o..
serted tlat U.Irium's Neutrality had
10 no violated I'D utFmany un Hifatt.
FlOai groands
we are in q position 10 declare. .
the Nord D,utsrus Alsgrmeine Zci-
tunE says. "fha' no such frIrFrau
frsin the Emperor sNistH" n would
b. matter % record destined TO as.
sist Mr. osfatd's memory but % would
not be- communication from tho
Emperor 20 President wilson"
The ColoFne Gazette says there is
no apparent reason 60 doubt tho gen
uinencss 81 the Emperor's telegram 40
published by Mr. Gerard Tho news
paper says II cannot sce how lts con-
tents can serve az fresh proof Of Ger
fnany's guilt. as u only gives new
evidence Of the cunning ana ambi.
tious policy followed by Great britain
in the days prior to the outbreak of
the war.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
PHRSRIkG kkn SHARP
OFFER PRIZES TO TROOPS
ss.u ur im Winning Squad,
lids DAY ~ WU
Mufk

trIHrAN tTr.p HI tfgrAn-
4rls as 90 Msiaf us. isfsh.as
trd 49,. 80 Arusssafaf rHsp tg.
.sr assHsa sHssf aapa f. Hs 80 aH
- rrtss fsf ne sinnIns 'ampang
,sssis ih fgsi hsid dsy - r'ns
fhaouur bsFenstiius trsnais thfoH
ius u.arhIns Eun hunr snd rins fr'n'
80 vsfs. thst ~ili g. be hsid ~ in"
Amsnean soiaisfa
TIE contests vin ~ STAGED unarr
go m1rt realistic uar s1nfiuons. TIE
elimination contests viH start soon,
and Do 10 probable uha' zen r'rshins
aud cen sifsn viii attend the hnais
sunday wssa great day 81 rect Tor hs
Americans wooded lanes and hast-
covered hul-tops we're dotted by Am
srican boys IN khah on o. holiday
Little sroups q Yankees vent o..
pI,n.,inr parties With pretty FfenoA
avis from nearby Villages. Yankees
donnsd boHing Tioves and engaged IN
friendly bouts. while the Poiius fenced
ani had grenade throwing contests.
Thousands witnessed the regimental
sports while IN tho meantime there
came the rumble - explosions from
regions where others were engaged IN
tho more serious business u mine and
grenade practice. The Americans and
French Joined In singing the star
spangled Banner and the Marseillalse.
The entire first American contingent,
which included many rockies. having
been IN training since July ~. Is now
rapidly mastering tho work Of modern
warfare.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
AMENDED FOOD BILL
TO LEGISLATURE TONIGHT
Power of State to Buy and Sell in
Emergency Only Point OF
Difference.

ALBANY. Aug, iS.-Gov, Whitman.
Senator Elon r. Brown. Speaker Sweet
and the Legislative leaders Will meet
in conference this afternoon TO consider
the State food control measure. which
viii be presented In amended form to
the Legislature tonight,
Gov, Whitman said to-day that the
tentative bill viii be before the confer
cnce and that minor changes may be
made.
1t is understood that the only point
on which there still Is a difference OF
opinion is the power OF the State to
buy and sell provisions In case of an
emergency.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
wind BIew Him Into NutIeyJ Cost
Him R2b,

TRENTON. AUG, lS.-Fined s26 for
alightlng In Nutley In balloon ascen-
sion, Henry wrenslng to-day obtained
a writ OF certiorari from the Supreme
Court 10 review the proceedings. He
maintains that lac was entitled to n
trial by a jury, Wrensing Is employed
at pleasure park. Ho alleges that the
wind carried his parachute over Nutley.
forcing him 20 land there in violation
of a city ordinance.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
TOTO 20 YEARS FOR ROBBERY
FIaErant First offenSe, Says Judge
Imposing Maximum Penalty,

The maximum penalty-ten TO twenty
years at Sing Sing-was imposed by
Judge Mcintyre to-day on Hyman
Rubin. twenty-five years old, of No 40
orchard street. for robbery in the first
degree.
So far as the records show Il was
Rubin's first offense. but II was a
fisgrant one, the Court held, and the
fiagrancy was emphasized by the al
legged perjury OF Rubin at his first trial.
Rubin's victim was John r. OConnor,
, seventy.two years old No. l0S Bowery.
He lost his life savings, 1l72.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
DIED..
CHARLES ARENDT.
.RENDT

AnENDT. CHARLES ARENDT.
Services at THE FUNERAL CHURCH,
1870 Broadway (campben'st. Monday,
n o'clock.
.-..ss;.--..-. -, .S.-. --~~~"'""
JOSEPH. aged 10. beloved son OF Mrs.
Jennie NASh.
Funeral from h!I iato residence. OIL
G5th ST., Brooklyn Tuesday, AUG ~,
At D.8O A. Nj thence 10 Bt. Michasla q
n q. Church, Abth II. and 4th ay.,
DFooklyn. where a solemn requiem mass
gal be offered Tor tho reposS OF his
nnaA Intsrment Holy Cross Osmstsry.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
President Gibson Not 10 Quit Lib
erty National.

Harvey d. Gibson. President Of the
Liberty National Bank and General
Manager OF the American Red Cross,
denied to-day that he had resigned as
president Of the bank or would do so
shortly
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
Soldiers Debts May Go on UntiI
After the War.

WASHINGTON, Aug. ia bill to
t,os. .vVno D.a..-s y: ~"y ~" su.,
against a soldier or sailor until after
his term OF service was introduced to-
day by Senator overmRn and referred
to the judiciary Committee,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
TWENTY GERMANS TOOK PART
IN Essex RAID.

About twenty German machines
approached Fslixstowe. In Suffolk, at
Sis o'clock yesterday afternoon. They
sl<irted the coast to Clacton, In Is
sex. where they divided. a part going
south TO Margate. In Kent, where four
bombs we're dropped on an uninhablt-
ed house, which was demolished. but
there were no casualties. q
The other flyers went southwest
toward Wexford, near which place
they turned southeast and dropped
bombs on Southond. in Essex. where
they caused great damage. killing
twenty-three persons and injurlng
nfty. At Rockford. two men were
wounded. but there was no property
damage.
''Our own aircraft were very quickly
in the air and they pursued the enemy
out to sea-" the British official report
asserts. The Germans were driven
on and failed to reach London.
Southend and Margate are bathins
resorts highly popular with London
ers. especially Southend at the mouth
of the Thames. TO which excursion
boats on Sunday take capacity crowds
down the river. This probably ao
counts for the large number Of cas-
ualties,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
American Ambulance Ior tine
ITALIAN Front.

MILAN, Aug. 1S.--Arrangements arc
beirr made for the sending to the ItAl'
ian front Of several American anbu
lance units similar to those which have
been in operation In france since ths
beginning OF the war. inc nrst unit 10
expected in october.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
MANY WERE KILLED IN THE
PICNIC CROWDS.

Unofficial dispatches from South
end say the dead there consisted
mostly OF women and children. Two
asroplanes lowered over the resort
ten minutes. firing aerial torpedoes
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
MANY DISTRICTS HAVE FILLED
THEIR QUOTAS.

Reports were received at headquar-
ters OF the Selective Draft, Thirty
seventh Street and Seventh Avenue,
to-day from all over the city indi-
eating many boards have filled their
quotas and are awaiting the compile
ton OF examinations OF men called
before certifying the names TO the
Adjutant General.
board 20 in Brooklyn. sitting at
Navy and Concord Streets, has
passed 236 men, or 81 over the quota
OF 1874. Board as. In Brooklyn, sit
ing in the Y. NJ, c, A. Bullrlng in
Hanson Place, has passed 222 men.
although the quota calls for but 2ll.
Board 25, at York ana Jay Streets,
Brooklyn, Is having hard time filling
its quota OF 1T men. The district is
almost exclusively allen, or 900 men
already examined only a few have
been accepted. A call for 400 more
registrants has been sent out. AL
most rs per cent, OF the men notified
TO hppear for examination in this
district failed TO respond,
Four Fillpinos have qualified for
military service in this district, but
| the board doesn't know whether &c
| take them or not, and has asked fol-
"A ruling from Washington,
Julius Nicholas, twenty-five years
| old, born in Hamburg and only tive
years a resident OF this country, tried
hard TO get into the army at Yorl
and Navy Streets to day. He wal
told he could not serve, as enemy
aIenB are Darreu.
~ may be an allen" said Julius
'Ebut Amt an enemy. am an Amer
lean and this Is my country"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13

Swift n COmpany's sales Of Beef In New
York City for the week ending Saturday,
Aug II, averaged as follows: Domestic
beef. 1t.tt cents per Dound,-Adyt
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13
ACCUSED
OF DRAFT BRIBERY
RELEASED ON BAIL
Continued from First Page)

DR.. otto II. Schultze OF the District
Attorneys Office. and the data OBJ
tained held at the service OF the Fed
eral authorities. who are overwhelmed
WITH unrL
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13

Government Buys Entire Crop OF
Egyptian Cotton seed.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt. Aug. i3.-The
Government has purchased the 1917
10 crop OF Egyptian cotton seed.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-08-13

LONDON. AuE. ia,--Two ~ me
German machines which yesterday
sysnlnE raldsd the English southwest
cesst watering places we're destroyed
by British naval airplanes. The ON
cisi statement issued by the Govern
msnt to-day says that one Of tho ina
chimes was a uo,ha alrplane and the
other a seapiane.
The machines were brought
down OF the eoast ef FlandsrL
Indloatina that the British planes
chased the raiders back 10 their
base.
The German raiders killed twenty
three persons and seriously injured
fifty-two. tho dead including eight
men. nine women and six children.
Demands for reprisals are being re-
newed.
The demand for reprtsal was
strengthened by the news that two
French alrmen. Lieut.. MeEergues and
Sub.-Lieut. Beaumont, have winged
their way 10 Frankfort on r the Main,
the capital OF Hesse. a city OF 100000
and the leading financial centre OF
Germany. and dropped bombs In re-
Nancy and In vicinity north OF Paris
Both the French machines returned
undamaged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
LICENSES TO MARRY
ISSUED TO DIVORCES
Mrs. May NJ. Wyeth to Wed I. C. Fit
croft, and Howard Coward
Eleanor c. Morrow

Among the marriage licenses granted to-
day were two to Divorces.
Mrs. May NJ. Wyeth, 2O2 North Thirty
third street will wed Ivan G. Flitcroft,
121 North Thirty-third street She is thirty
one years old he is twenty-nne Mrs.
Wyeth was divorced by the Chancery Court
of New Jersey March 1, 1915 Fltcroft is
a bookkceper
The other divorcee TO get license was
Howard Coward forty-one years old, of
d935 North Broad street He will wed
Eleanor Caroline Morrow, twenty-seven
years old, of 2G52 Jasper street. Cowards $
first wife was granted a divorce March 4
1909. He is a shipping clerk.
Other licenses granted we're:
David Bedlow. 33G Cantrell ST.. and Jennie c.
Dougherty, 1886 Cantrcll st.
Howard Dowell ia S. i2d st. and Annie MIL
bourn 37i7 Warren st.
Robert stein: Wilmington. Del, and Sara Doull.
della Fenton. 17l3 Addison St
Ethel 4. yoEt $4$2 \. Hug,,insdon st. t,n.n m
Meyer Lewitas, Baltimore, Md, and Bertha
Lloyd Si1s; s. 1eth' 'e ISL s 4th st. and Genevevo
De E,crnaa. ioi ChcGsstnqt st., -. 49,, rn.,
NJ Lee, 2637 y. 17th st.
William l. Deans, i623 Newhall St, and Mildred
c. FOLSOM. Oak Lane. ,.,, , ,,,,. ,
Anthony Brown, 1871 Dover St, and Jose
phne schmpdt aos2 SnR RsdRer ST. -, France.
beth Kessler. @052 south st.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
Police Court Chronicles

The suggestions which various persons in
che northeast made recently to reduce the
high cost of living bored Tom Radsky.
He decided that the best way to solve
the problem was to go out and get the food,
without bothering about such a little thing
as price. Tom proceeded to carry out this
plan, but his action was a little slow 4; other
wise he would have been successful
He saw a large bag of beans resting in
nocently on the floor of a Clearfield street
grocery. Knowing that beans possess
large number of calories, he embraced the
bag and coaxed 1t to the door.
The beans reciprocated, and everything
was going well until Radsky attempted to
pass through the doorway. His aim was
bad and he knocked a number of things
over in trying to swing clear. The pro-
prietor heard the commotion, caught Tom
on the sidewalk and turned him over to a
policeman.
Il jist wanted to cut down der high cost
of Twin" said Tom. when he faced Magis-
trate Wrigley at the Belgrade and Clear
Held streets station.
It's not a bad idea to reduce the cost
OF living" said the Judge, but weIl have
to do it along straight lines. Five hundred
bail for court"
AS there was no great rush of friends
70 go Toms bail, he was sent to Jail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
HUDSON MARUrS CAPTAIN
FAVORS SHIPS ARMING
Declares His Vessel Could Have
Escaped Capture if She
Had Carried Guns

The arming of all merchant vessels was
advocated today by Captain Takeshlma' OF
the Japanese steamship Hudson Maru'
which arrived here yesterday after having
been captured and released by German
raider in the South Atlantic.
Captain Takeshima said that the capture
of his ship could have been prevented II his
vessel had carried guns. He said that 1t
was not question os speed or relative
strength Of the crews OF the raider and of
the Hudson Maru which resulted i'm the
capture OF his ship. but the fact that the
raider had guns and he had none.
lie said also that the conveying OF mer-
chantmen would prevent the capture of
many vessels and said that such measures
should be adopted II possible.
The Hudson Maru was captured off the
coast of Argentina on January and was
held prize by the raider for seven days.
At the end of that time 235 prisoners were
placed on board and orders were given the
captain TO make the nearest port, which
was Pernambuco, Brazil.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
GRADE-CROSSING CRASH
MAY BE FATAL TO ONE
Three Injured When Atlantic City Rail.
road Train Strikes Truck
Near, Glassboro

Three men were injured, two Of them
probably fatally. when a train on the Will
Jamestown branch of the Atlantic City Rail
road struck a delivery truck at grade
crossing near Glassboro, y. j. The truck
was hurled fifty feet.
Those injured were William Scharnagie,
twenty-six years old of Glassboro; will
liam lkley, twenty-seven years old. OF Pit
man, and Charles Devaul, thirty-eight
years old, of Pitman
Both Scharnagie and Ikley were brought
70 the jefferson Hospital in this city. suf-
ferng from concussion of the brain and
other injuries. Their condition today was
said to be critical.
The scene of the accident Is said to be
one of the most dangerous spots on the
Glassboro-Clayton pike. The men are en-
ployes of the Electric Company of New
Jersey.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
BROTHERHOODS. MEET
TO CONSIDER STRIKE
Chiefs of "Big Four" Resent De-
lay in Supreme Court Ruling
on Adamson Act
CLEVELAND, o.. March s.

GLEN EslIAND, u, March y.
Plans for nm Inuediate strilso ~ tho
Tinted states sunrenc Court bo,ds Tho
Adan,son eight bour Iav unconstitutioroI
were discussed today at n meeting here NJ
tho heads of tho hIg four brotherhooda with
500 district cbairmen from the Fast and
West
A, C. o., , ,,,,,,
% cn'et Oh ,ne n,ot.,ei i.oou oi
-, rlIc'nen "',u ''"s "vV >, ",'u
90 u m pp',u VI, ac,'I,s iu ot ."S .1'
ora i 'O,uuS.o,S, , y. 49,. 80 - ~. .' uas
ar a., 80 u! .onsu,,o'tu' , w. W. tue bit"e p". M
p.,Le n.e',' M'tn W w. 80 o,..t ot ny ~.
6 S,a "opu 1i fl"as ,,'5 ,a!,,.e" S'p "
,,t,,.n urau ol '''e pro'"e' 'oou VI i'oNo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
NEGROES NEAR DEATH
IN FIGHT OVER TRIFLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Laborer at Sea-
ford Slashed as He Beats His
Assailant

SEAFORD, Del, March S.--Following a
fight between laborcrs living in n Pennsyl-
vania Railroad construction camp near here
last night two negroes are dying in the
Salisbury Hospital. George Graham, known
as Bright Eyes" is suffering from razor
slashes on the body. Garfield Graham. his
assailant, was injured by a shovel in the
hands OF Bright Eyes"
The fight followed a trivial dispute Both
men closed in combat and only dropped
when too weak to continue. Two other
negroes have been arrested as material
witnesses. Both Grahams are under arrest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
ElktOn Marriage Licenses

ELKTON. Nd March S.--The following
obtained marriage licenses IL, Ekton today:
+. Frank Donovan and Grace Lyman Har-
old L. Wilson and Charlotte Hogelogler.
Clifford Souder and Irene c. Benson and
William Wright and Elizabeth Glynn. all Of
Philadelphia william Brown, Lansdowne,
Pa, and Blanche Doak, Darby, Pa. Harold
Eveland and Elsie Weer. Atlantic City,
n. j.; Mart Maley and Edith Mcmillan,
Shenandoah, Pa. Joseph r. Heinricks, Arc.
more, Pa, and Christine Calderwood, Will
mington, Del
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
TOM, THE GATEKEEPER, DIES
Well-Known Figure in the Bourse Was
Ill Short Time

Thomas Harris, fifty-six, 1915 Wallace
street, died today after short illness. For
twenty-five years he has been in charge of
the gate at the Maritime Exchange and
was known in that capacity to scores OF
men who are in the Bourse every day He
was familiarly known as Tom.
About a year ago he was operated on for
kidney trouble and never has been quite
we'll since He is survived by widow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
ORDER GUNS TO AVIATORS
Pennsylvania Guard Equipment Will Be
Sent to Buffalo

HARRISBURG. March S.-Adjutant Cen
eral Stewart was directed by the War De-
partment at Washington today to send
some of the machine guns of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guard to Buffalo for use by
the Government aviation squad there.
These weapons. of which there are thirty
six in the Pennsylvania militia, will be re-
placed by others now being turned out
under Government contract
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-08
Girl Lodger Commits Suicide

Plugged crevlces about doors and win
dows prevented gas escaping from the room
of Miss Mary McCaffrey, twenty-five years
old, who committed suicide early today in
lodging house at 24OS North Fourth street
Miss McCaffrey engaged a room in the
house seven weeks ago and was little known
to the other lodgers. Her body was taken
TO the Morgue, while police endeavored to
find relatives The reason Of the suicide is
unknown.