Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-08

AUTOMOBILE THIEVES made on WIN
six ears within twcnty-four houtN lilg ""
tomobilc belonging to J. V. higgins OF I-
North Twcnty-soCOnd street was S,''.'
iron, in front Of 1906 Brown street llntIS
whose cars were taken are y. y. Wtl'',i,
1898 Spruce street; Bcford o. lusWttG
ao3o Warrington avenue A. Hcrstein, IoVo
Diamond street 4. Madison Riley, ArdmoIr'
Pa. and John =. Badcnhouser, 1870 Sp'"''
street.
RAID oN \ CHINATowN gambling
den resulted In the arrest OF twenty nv
Chinese hut they were all dschaTEeu wy
Magistrate Mccleary In Central station t"-
dnv when il was disclosed that the police
of tho Eleventh and Winter streets STATION
had entered the buldinE without "a war
rant Poker chips. cards and fan tan equip,
ment were conAscated by the police as wen
MS several opium layouts'
RENDERED UNCONsCIOUs by an nt-
tack of heart disease while riding IN II
Woodland avenue trolley car at forty.n,hln
street and Woodland avenue today, Nn.I
Pearcc, nfty-cjght years old. bNlS NIc'
street. was taken to the University hospi-
tall where his condition Is reported 'flli'"'
pOLICEMNN FREDERICK r. LNSH,
Sos Wit street today was appointed SU'tt
sergeant ON the mounted traffic Sluau 10
Rll the place made vacant by the prom9ii"h
last week 10 lieutenant VI ' N'''''.
Lash has been for year messenger In
the office OF Director wilson
MAS ANp MS WIFE were today
appointed to positions on the citE paIroll,
The new appointces are Ernest q. iapEoou
and Louise NJ tlabEood, 1906 craig street
They will serve as class leaders Tor lhe
Board Of Recreation at 81 a day. Ano'her
city appointcc today is william j. Krone
bach, j&l2 Grcenway avenue. cIerh' Do-
e FaFW lea
ROBBED AND nEATES in n saloon
at Seventh and Race streets \ &. 'onr"u
OF 1855 North Seventeenth street was "pie
to furnish 80 good a description "I ms
assailants that two men wer" arrested anu anu
held without bail today by hhElSI'''S
Tracy. conrad Is now In the llhhnehuIlI
Hospital Michael Burke. ot leH," "..t. ~
Ritner streets and Robert Baron, OF S.Nlm ,r,Nl!
and jackson streets are under arrest lney
will have another hearing when Conrad ls
able to testify.
DEATH FOLLOWED when anthony
RIylcg fiftv wears old Of 1872 Tasker street
,v1s strirlsen' with an attack of heart dis
ease while working on the EeeH STREE
wharf of the Franklin Sugar KehherE
He was taken to the Mt SINAI iiosp''aI'
where physicians pronounced nm ue"u'
THE REV. JAMES u. GIBsoN' rector
of the Protestant Episcopal Church oil tht
Redccmer. Bryn Mawr has accepted ca
to st. stephens Episcopal Church, West
Hampton. suburb Of Richmond va il'
will begin his duties February l.
J. r. SNOW. IA prominent foxhunter OF
New York, whose back was injured during
a hunt near West Chester, has recovered
sufficiently to leave the Bryn Mawr HOS
pital.
WATER METERS should be installed at
the earliest possible date in an effort TO
conserve the water supply Of Philadelphia.
according to a letter issued by the board OF
directors; Of the Chamber of Commerce to
its members. The members are urged 10
write TO their respective Councilmen in sup
port of a request made to the Mayor and
councils for S3,OOOOOO appropriation for
| the Improvement Of the water service IN
the central section of the city.
A MOVING PICTURE THEATRE ON the