Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-12
City News in Brief

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MISSING POSTAL SAVING FUNDS led
TO the arrest Of James r. Murphy OF los
North Fifty-fourth street, employed ten
years as q clerk in the middle city stauoh.
u is alleged that there was shoriase OF
S9002 In Murphy's ACCOUNTS, and Postal IN
spector Nichols placed him under arrest ne
was held under $500 bail for court by United
states Commissioner Long.
cry APPOINTMENT toHay include
william n. knight, son Of Coroner William
n. knight, 1852 Frankford avenue assist
ant engineer, Bureau Of Surveys. salary
S14OO; John SOnneCk, 2546 North Ninth
street tillcrman, Bureau OF Fire, Sl2OO
John A. Boycc 1866 Edgemont street, clerk
aud paymastcr Bureau of Charities 5000
Dr. Charles S. McGovcrn. 1880 North Eight
eenth street. assistant clinical physician,
Bureau Of Charities. 5000, and Edward
Flanncry 2f3l North Twcntv-ninth street,
climber Electrical Bureau So day
RITTENHoUsE SQUARE residents were
aroused when FIRE was discovered In the
home Of S. Ncgargce wright al p03 Wal
mt street late last night Mr.. Wright
who is widely known I'm local club circles,
aroused The servants and cNtingushed ihc
blaze before tho arrival of the hremen
The fire was caused by defective hue IN
a third-story bdrOom. The loss was tritiinE
GEORGE W. ELKINs has purchased
tract OF ground at Broad and Fishers ave
uuc through James A. Tsdal & co. from
John picky .Ir, for an undscIosed con
sidcrgtiOu u is assessed at $4,000. NO
immediate development is contemplated, ac-
cordtng to the brokers.
JAMES T.. KILPhTRICK has been ap-
pointed engineer Of the Boil Telephone Com
pany Of Pennsylvania. to succeed Nathan
Hayward who recently resigned to become
president of the American Dredging COM
pany Nlr EilpatriC, has been Identified
with tho engineering department OF the
company n Philadelphia tor twenty years
joins MCCORMACK. the tenor. desires
to- become u citizen Of the United States
Accompanied by his wife. he visited the
naturalization department Of the United
States District Court and declared his in
tenton Of becoming citizen Of this coun-
try.
HEART DISEASE proved fatal to Mrs.
Emma Hueftle. hfty years old of 30O4
Girard avenue while standing at Twenty
eighth street and Glrard avenue She was
taken to drug store on the corner, where
she died. The body was sent TO the Ger
man Hospital and then to the Hueftle home
home.
Dh. ~ - fuhlFmhn OF NnN
educational committee Of the County Sun
day School Association and director Of the
Philadelphia training school for religious
teachers was given n TESTIMONIAL dinner
and reception at the Curtis auditorium.
John Walton. president OF the association,
presided The speakers were 9. Walter
Borden. W. @ Landes, w. G. Easton, the
Rcv. Charles A. Oliver and Harry r. Pals
ley
FIFTEEN STITCHES were needed to
close the wounds in the head Of Walter
| Buck, 5O29 Aspen street. The man tripped
on a rug at the top Of the stairs In his
home and fell TO the bottom. He WAS taken
to the West Philadelphia Homeopathic Hos
pitaL
THE ANTI-TUBERCULoSIs ASSOCIA-
TIOS recently formed in Camden will hold
it's initial meeting at the Y. NJ. G. a. today.
RREwERYTOwN BUSINESS MEMS
Association held it's annual meeting in owl
Han, Twenty eighth street and Girard ave-
! nue.. Plans for the coming year were dis
| cusSed and officers were elected as follows:
| William A. Wahl, president Eugene j.
1 Magnim. vice president; f. r.. Stutz. record
| ing secretary: Leo Rogers financial secre-
| tary and John Grimes, treasurer There
were also elected seven directors,
wAR-RISK RATES on all transatlantic
| shipments have been raised within the last
week The rates ON shipments to the United
| Kingdom range from five to seven per cent
| on the west coast and from seven TO ten
| on the east coast. Shipments to the Med-
! tcrranean are covered at about ten per
! cent
PENN CLUB, 12O Locust street. has
elected the following directors Judge Will
| liam H. Stake, John J. Wilkinson, Neville
| II Tyson. Sussex u. Davis and Charlemagne
| Tower. who We're reelected, and Miers
| Bush. Dr. Thomas II, Fenton, president OF
the Art club Herbert l.. Kirk and vii
| liam H. Myers new members. Edward
| Randolph Wood retired from the board.