Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-19
CITY News in Brief

"a BROKEN TOE may prove fatal to
Henry c. Brauer, sixty years old, of 1923
Nslng Sun lane. An automobile ran over
lis foot on February 90. He was treated
It the Samaritan Hospital and then went
hme Bloodpoisoning developed. He had
lh leg amputated at the hospital three days
ge His condition was said to be serious
bday ~
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS exhi-
kdon had record-breaking attendance
Yesterday, when 5644 persons passed in and
mt Of the building between the hours Of
and p. m. The average Sunday attend
ance is 1000, but this number has been
reaty reduced by the inclement weather of
the last month. The exhibition will close
izt Sunday afternoon.
u HOUSE COMMITTEE on Health and
hnitation, at Harrisburg, will hold hear
hss tomorrow on a bill to limit the working
tme Of power-plant employees to ten hours
0ily and fifty-six hours weekly. The bill
Va drawn by DR.. william Draper Lewis,
snd introduced by Representative Frederick
Ssyer Of this city.
STRUCK BY . trolley car, John Maw-
on slxty-fve years old, of 1900 Meadow
.leet, died in an ambulance on his way
y tne Frankford Hospital The accident
Mppened at Frankford avenue and Meadow
SNet The motorman, Martin Einhorn, of
'scony Will be given hearing today.
rLAfs AND PLAYERS, at q musicale,
.ue told of the purchase of ground for
new clubhouse to be started May and
@npleted probably in November. The lot
yucnased Is on the south side of Ludlow
%set between Nineteenth and Twentieth
y :'ees, s not far from the present rooms at
"soutn Eighteenth street.
CLARENCE GIBBONEY, president of
y lay and Order Society of this city,
-. 'eM ma an open letter to the Rev. Clarence
~ wilson, secretary of the Board of
sssps,ance. Prohibition and Morals of the
n. Ma'st n9.n Episcopal Church. challenging
% clergyman to a debate. Doctor Wilson
a. NVsea s Gibboney at Saturdays session of
~. Metnodist Episcopal Conference, de-
~, M%s lne reformer was the best friend
- liquor has in the United States"
vnN SYKES, fifteen years old. Of b0I2
Il. ssenue' and Harvard Rooney, four
~, years old. Of 22 South Fifty-third
q ~ ~, were arrested last night after they
y ,i,r i,so ns the automobile Of H. E. Cittell,
fk6v',s,NNo Norris street, from Fifty-fourth to
4 ~ ch.. streets on Locust street. They
with the larceny of the car.
Ehs OF 4 LOADED REVOLVER
/ Yosv S~ued S. Chestnut Hill trolley car sent
|RNact pser' thirty-six years old, of ~
hult :, wel sx avenue. to jail today in de-
hmors..s soVo bail. When the conductor
asv with I III. wi.h ~;. him, he threatened the
II J.m. .Sp4Y sTABBING resulted today
sscors neish, , of Greenwich street, west
| tnts ~ peins held without bali by Mag
tkriss 80 10 await the outcome of the
Sse,d nsa JACOB Lips, whose chest was
~ sear near the heart by a knife. He is
. NJ, sr,ous condition at Mount sinai Hos
! taeht ,...' .ps' who lives at Merchantville,
/ Viii v,r..a kelsh, according to the police,
Nhost h,uhg friends on South American
below Wharton.
III n. 81 NEARING, In an address be-
&tlf IN r Literary Society. asserted
o2m a. ~ government carries out its pro-,
~ pAss..ary preparedness, at the end of
y real wa war the United States will be
- - ,h.ae hnace to the world peace. He
94n-inch 'nld prepare ourselves to meet
suns with higher ideals"
~ -. FALLING DOWN stsirs .t hsr
~ a. Esther Lift. thirty-three years
lAe fsms szIs Yelland street, was taken
- Il ,tan = Hospital In serious con-
reared that her skull is frac-
fs1s vutEkrO0k John Kane in his
south Second street today. ne
~ n,s roommatc. who notified
Ht poey was taNen 70 Mount
ss s'las; sa:1 Ss'sss :. =.