Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-21
ersons of Prominence Pay
Epidernic Toll. Her
bert Schall Succumbs
MRS. JOHN PLATT DEAD
Priest and Hardware Mer-
chant Also Listed Among
Grip Victims


North America.
The Rev. jeremiah !. Mahon. assistant
rector of Catholic church of Assump- /
tion.
Prank virgins HUI, prominent hard /
ware merchant.
Mrs. Jsmard Zeckw-r. whose husband /
Ensign zeekwer. L. :. y. died last
week. r
Counciiman Lawrence Il. Reader. OF }
Camden.
Henry c. Butcher. Jr.. well known
socially
j. Herbert Schall, president Of stacy /
Reeves & Son, one of the oldest huiid- .
isr firms in the city. died at his home I
45B2 Rubicam street, Germantown. a
victim of Influenza. after an Illness OF !
ten days MIR Schal was tifty-seNen F.
years old and a native of Germantown .
He is survived by his widow, Mrs Mary
Catherine Schal and a daughter MISS
Edith L. Sehall He was a member OF
the University Lodge of the Masons.
and of the knights Tempiar, Shriners
and othei' Masonic orders.
Mr. Schall entered the Reeves hrm
as a bookkeeper in 1884 and upon the 4
deaths of different mmebers of the
Reeves family he purchased their iu-
terests In the firm until he became sole
proprietor, Ine only SURVIVING lntHl-
ber Of the original Reeves Arm Is Mark
B. Reeves, of Wildwood. y. j., who re-
tired from the business nearly ten years
ago.
Mrs. John O. PIatt - Victim
Mrs. Katherine Biddle Leonard Plat.
wife OF John O. Platt was another
prominent victim of the disease on
Saturday. SHE died AT her summer
y home. "Fair1elds," al Paoli, after an
illness of two weeks. She is survived
by young son. and by Mrs. Philip II.
Brice. of 220s DE Lancey street, a sister.
Mr.. and Mrs Patt, whose city home
Is 2312 Spruce street, were married
July 26, 1917. in ST. Thomas's Church
whitemarsh She was Miss Katherine
BiddIe Leonard. youngest daughter Of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. James Biddle
Leonard Upon her fathers sida she
was a descendant of the Leonard fam
iIy OF Taunton. Mass. being also a
descendant through her paternal grand
inother who was Miss Bidd'e the
wife = Samuel Leonard. Of Philadel-
phia. OF Charles Biddle. the elder.
on 1er mothers side she was a grand
daugk.sr of the firs- Dr. William Pep
per. whose son. the late Or. william
Pepper. was provost of the University
Of Pennsylvania. pr. William Pepper.
present dean of tte Medical School of
the University Of Pennsylvania and a
major in the United States army. and
his brother. Major oliver Hazard Perry
Pepper medical corps. United States
army. who is in France, are Mrs, Platts
>hrst cousins. Another cousin. Major
Benjamin Franklin Pepper, was killed
IN action in France few weeks ago
Gtorge, Wharton Pepper also is q
cousin.
Romeo C. Rizzo. manager of the
wholesale department of II. A. Wey-
mann 4 Son. Inc died Saturday At
his fathers home. 1891 Girard avenue.
He was eighteen years old. and had
been in but few days.
Csaden Councilman Dies
After an Illness of less than week.
Councilman Lawrence B. Reader, thirty
three years old who was renominated
by the Republicans at the recent primary
election for the fourth term. died yes
terday at the Cooper Hospital, Camden,
OF pneumonia. His wife left the hos
pital cured of influenza just after he was
admitted. Mr. Reader was a member
cf the law firm of Miller a Reader He
Ia survived by widow and four chill
dren. His father is a sergeant Of police
and he has brother. who is physician.
The Rev. jeremiah J. Mahon. for the
last year curate in the Church of the
Assumption. Twelfth and Spring Garden
streets, died Saturday at the parish
house of the church of pneumonia.
Father Mahon was born in Shenan-
doah, Pa. in April, 1885 He studied at
the Oyerbrook Seminary and was or
dained May IL. 1918 His first mission
was in Downingtown. whence he was
called to Ivy Mills. Allentown. and then
10 Sa. Mary's. in this city, which he left
TO serve at the Church OF the Assump-
tion Father Mahon is survived by FIVE
brothers, three sisters and his parents,
who are living In Shenandoah.
Henry C. Butcher. Jr.. veteran of
the Spanish-Amerlcan War will he
buried today from the home Of his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clay Butcher.
Friday of pneumonia a the age of forty
six years. after an Illness of ten days.
Mr.. Butcher was a graduate of the
University Of Pennsylvania In the class
OF 1898. He was a member Of the Rad
nor Hunt. Rittenhouse. st. Anthony's
and st. David's Golf Clubs.
Mr. Butcher married Miss Constance
Deyereux In 1905 Mrs Butcher was a
sister Of Captain A. j. Antelo Devereux
who is in France. and Of Alfred Plum
sted Deyereux. She died in July last
Mr. Butchers father is a Civil War
veteran His mother before her mar
riage. was Miss Ellen Page. Besides his
parents Mr.. Butcher Is survived by his
three children. who are living at their
home in Haverford three siiTers, Mrs
q. Brinton Roberts OF Llanengan, Bala !;
Mrs. H. Radcliffe Roberts, Green Bank
Farm, Rosemont, and Mrs. Alfred
Thornton Baker OF Castle Howard
Farm. Princeton, ~ j.
Lieutenant Hobart A. H. Baker L. :
A.--Hobey" Baker. Of football fame.
who has been in the aviation service
several years and has an official record
Of four Hun planes and at least a dozen
'1 uuo0icial or the western battlefront.
ls q nephew of Henry c. Butcher, Jr
Frank Virgins Hum. one OF the oldest
( hardware merchants in the city and at
one time president OF the Merchants aud
Trayeiers' Association. died Of pneu-
nonia after a brief illness at his home,
100 West Phil-Ellena street. German
s town. yesterday. MIR. Hun was seventy
years old and had been In falling health
for several years. HE is survived by
hls widow and one son.
Mr.. Hun was a thirty-third degree
Mason, member OF Lu Lu Temple and
8 Knight Templar He was for a long
4 <fme m business AT sos Market street
~ was prominent Ia reform movements
~ fhs Germantown section
m. JAnard Zeckwer. whose husband.
@nkGn zeekwer. A. y y. died last week
inGoenxa. died yesterday OF the same
g. ~. Mrs zeckwer. who was for
~ Agnes McDonogh. was mar
1&<aI months ago 10 the Young