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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
CHARGE NEGRESS SOLD
LIQUOR TO SAILORS
Prisoner Declares She Gave So to
Policeman to &c
Protected

Martha Moore. negresS, South street
above TWenty-tirst street. and Lebrou
Goodson, of tho same address. were ar
raigned before L.. $. Commissioner
Long this morning, the former charged
with selling liquor 10 sailors and the
latter as a material witness i'll the "a sc.
The house on South street was raided
last night by Detectives Lc Strange,
Whitworth and Vaughn. who found the
Moore woman with two sailors and some
beer on tho table She admitted selling
the liquor to the men and said she had
given u policeman named Knox, or the
Nineteenth District, 50 to be protected.
She said that she had never sold II
before until it was suggested to her by
this policeman. ...,
She was held in $1,000 bail for. court
and Goodson who says I've is just a
hoarder at her home. was held III $GOOO
bail. 49,,
The same detectives also raided a
house at 1888 Naudain street, where
they. arrested Fannie Craven. a neEress.
with Fred Williams, "A sailor OF inc
l. < S. Oklahoma, Some Deer WAS III
the room with them. . ,-,.
Sho was arraigncd before l. =. Com.
missioner Long, who said that Shn could
,nt he held for selling liquor TO sailors,
as there was not enough evidence 20 that
eject, but that lie would hold her. In
SiOoO bail ON charge of using her
home for improper purposes. she sald
she had been arrested several tllileS
before.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
LANDLADY WOUNDED,
BOARDER IS ACCUSED
Police Capture Man Several
Hours After Shooting of
Germantown Woman

Mrs. Almedia Lindcr. ffty-nro years
old, 40 Bringhurst street, Germantown.
was shot and seriously wounded shortly
before z o'clock today. According 10 a
statement made 20 the police by Mrs
Linder. Herman Kistcr, forty-seven
years old, who boarded with her for
several years, did the shooting.
Tho police arrested Klster this after
noon as he left a saloon at Sheldon ana
Ashmead streets. 1Ie was taken TO the
Germantown police station. When qucs-
toned ho appeared dased and insisted
that he didn't recall thing concerning
tho shooting.
Tho wounded woman is In tho Ger
mantown Hospital She has two bullets
in her breast, and although her cam
dition Is serious, 1t Is expected eho Will
recover
liiStcr, sho told tho police. returned
10 tho house this morning srter being
away all night. lie was intoxicated
and camo into tho kitchen, where she
was getting breakfast. There was no
argument, but kister suddenly drew two
rcvolvers. and began to brandish them.
Mrs. Marian Unruh. IL daughter OF the
wounded woman, attempted to phono
the police, but was prevented by Kister's
threat to kill her IL sho TOOK the re-
cCiver Oft tho hook
Mrs. Kister then undertook TO calm
the excited man and offered to cook
him a breakfast. As sho turned from
the stove, liistcr fred twice. Ho then
ran from the house. Mrs. Unruh tele-
phoncd the police, who removed tho In
tprCd a tho hOgnitat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
TIVWARE PLANT FIRE
CAUSES $4,000 LOSS
Seven Firemen Overcome,
Two Suffer Burns, at Bread
Street Factory

Seven hrcmen wcro overcome by
smoke, two of thcm were seriously
burned about tho face and hands and
damage estimated in excess OF $4,000
was done when the tnware manufacture
ing plant of IIaslet, Flanagan 6; Co,
l3l-135 Bread street. was swept by
flames carly this morning
Tho fire, probably OF incendary ori-
GIN, was discovered in the basement nv
the night watchman. No ono had any
authority TO be In tho basement at the
| time.
or the seven injured fircmcn, Lieutcn-
ant Joseph Russell. Of Truck Company
NO :, Fourth and Race streets. and
Hariy Bockelman. ladderman OF this
| truck company, arc in the Pennsylvania
Hospital with serious burns. 1t Is feared
that Lieutenant Russell will bo pcrma-
nently dlsfgurcd about the face, as a
result of the burns he received when
blazing timber fell upon him as he
was trying to take an Unconscious COM
rado from the building
Tho other injured arc Captain William
Grof, Truck No. 4, Second and Race
! streets; John NJ McCormici, Engine
Company No. s, Second and Quarry
hstreets: Becker Il hoscman OF E,npino
Company No. s; David White and James
Kilson.
Captain Croft was overcome while on
the fifth floor Of the burning building.
He was rescued by Geiger and Steward,
laddcrmen of Truck No. ., who carried
him to place of safety. lie was treated
| by police surgeons.
The fro engines experienced some
trouble In getting 20 the fire, the flames
gaining headway on the street floor be-
fore the first fire engine arrived.
The flames spread with startling ra .
pidity and reached the third floor before
enough water could be played upon them.
Tho building is an cight-story brick
structure. Every floor was damascd
either by flames or by water.
Tho district where the blazo occurred
is known as the fire hole" because,
| 1t Is said, tho peculiar construction of
tile buildings in the area arc such that
fire fighting is u matter Of great difIl-
Guilty. II was boastcd recently by mcm-
bers OF the firm. that this was tho only
| plant in tho nciGhborhood which had not
been visited by Il serious fire in tho last
thirty years.
The firm employs scycuty-iiyc mon,
none of whom excepting tho watchrnan
was in the building when the fire was
discovered as far as known.
! The authorities arc investigating the
origin OF tho fire, Much Of the tinware
stock on hand, which was being manu-
| featured for tho soldiers and sailors Of
the United States, was ruined. Tho tin.
ware was to be sent to several canton.
mcnts through subcontractors. Much OF
! tho damage, however, was caused in the
destruction of certain dies used In
| stamping the tin. II was said that tho
machinery destroyed could not be re.
placed at this time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
BJISINESS MEN BACK
DAYLIGHT-SAVING BILL
United Association. With $4,000
Members, Expected to Sup
port Economy Measure

Action looking to securing the indorsc-
ment Of the United Business Mems AS
ISOLATION. composed of seventy associa-
tIons with combined membership of
$4,000 In Philadelphia and it's suburbs,
Tor the daylight saving bill is being
taken by leading members of tho or
ranlzaton and it is expected that this
association will line up with the other
business interests of the city within the
next few days.
Charles II. Won Tagen, secretary cf
the association, is authority for the
statement that a large majority of the
Individual members are strongly in favor
OF the bill as measure to promote elii-
cheney and benefit the health CT the
community.
Most Of us sleep too much, anyhow"
said Mr.. Won Tagen. "The saving of
coal and light certainly recommends the
move from an economical standpci int,
The fact that the plan has been tried
out successfully i'll England and France
during the war should take it ont of the
class Of experimental ideas and recon-
mend it as one of our own war meas
urcg"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
"BLACK LOUIE" JAILED
ON BOGUS BAIL CHARGE
Tcnderloin Character Sentenced for
Perjury in Case of Woman
From Notorious House

A plea of guilty to an Indictment
charging perjury was entered today BY
Black Louie" Smith, of Franklin street
near Callowhil, the charges arising
from an affidavit he made in entering
bogus bail before Magistrate Yates about
two months ago. Judge Ryan, specially
presiding i'll the Court of Quarter Scs-
slons, sentenced Smith to n term of not
less than one year nor moro than
eighteen months in the Eastern Pcniten-
tlary
Smith was arrested when an invcsti-
CATION was made by the District At
torney's office into the entering of fraud %
ulent bail. \ woman inmate of house
Of ill-repute in tho Tcnderloin had been
arrested and held under $500 bail for
court. Smith went her bail, giving as
security the house ii- which lie lived, at
40S North Franklin street. II was
shown, however, that ho was merely the
tenant In the house and had never even
made an attempt to buy that or any
other property.
The defendant had been arrested scy-
eral times for being tho proprietor of
nouses of ill-fame. Most of the cases.
however, were abandoned for some un-
Known reason
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
SHOULD LAY in HALF
OF COAL SUPPLY SOON
Potter Advises Citizens to Buy
SO Per Cent of Winter Fuel
Before October 1

"Citizcns of Pennsylvania should pur'
chase so per cent OF their winter coa'
supply before october L.
This statement, made this morning by
state Fuel Administrator William Pot
ter, was included in Il general observa'
ton on the coal situation as II affects
next winters supplies, in which the
state fuel administrator reiterated his
request to tho public to purchase as
much as possible OF the winters Goa
supply before next fall.
"If this state buys 80 per cent OF It's
coal before october 1, it will amount
TO moro than l,25O,OOO tons" lie said
AS a rule there Is not more than IS
per cent purchased before that time"
ITo also called attention to tho rate
decrease which goes into effect April 1
and which gradually increases ten cents
a month, effective the first OF cacl
month until September I, when tho old
rate is automatically reached.
"Your own cellar is the best storage.
diu, llc duuCu III NOiiNluSlpll
Pennsylvania coal operators will con.
tinuo to givo preference Ia fuel ship
mcnts to railroads, domestic consumers
army and navy cantonmentS and other
preferred consumers under the fuel adj
ministration's odct of January II, as
the order rcvoking the priority rcgula-
tions announced at Washington does not
apply TO this State.
In addition TO Pennsylvania, Mary.
land, West Virginia, ohio and eastern
kentucky are not included in the order
suspcnding the regulation i'll the States
east of the Mississippi.
William Potter, administrator foi
Pennsylvania, is still conducting the
campaign to insure deliveries OF 'clcan'
coal Several operators have been sum
moncd 70 his office and told what they
must do to remain in the coal business
An error in the Interpretation of al
order of the Federal fuel administration
led to tho publication in the ENENiNl
PUBLIC LEDGER March = that the coal.
yard of J. j.. Kunkcl SiXty-thlrd aud
Market streets, had been closed, The
yard was not closed, 1t was learned
today, and Federal agents, after inspec
ton of the yard have given n clean bill
of health to large proportion of kunkc
coal
"'rhe order as issued TO tho COMPANY
was not to deliver any coal from the
yard that day unless the coal dealer
and all his employees were reasonably
certain that every pound of fuel was
up to tho standard of this administra'
ton" 1t was explained at the Office ol
Francis \. Lewis, chairman of tbs
Philadelphia coal committee. 1T wa'
inferred that the instructions were sucl
that there would be no alternative bu
to close the yard for period
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
SWlNDLED OUT OF $500
Chestnut Street Man Victimized by
y Variation Of Film -Flam Game

John Char 1910 Chestnut street, was
.cpped OF $500 last night by two
strangers. He was accosted by o
Csuanger and asked where the Spanish
yonsll could be found. Char told him
anu the stranger produced a roll of bills
snd ana promised Char 800 if he would d-
rect him. The two men met another
rng naanger who said he also had a lot OF
They finally pursuaded Char to get
wn wast no had at home. All the money
was put in n handkerchief and CiyeI,
70 Shar to hold. The strangers departed
sno promised to meet Char in the morn
,ng When the handkerchief was opened
was round to contain newspapers.
Inc police say that these crooks have
secured thousands of dollars in the last
clue INV '"e' 'ei' io
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
fOOKE OPENS Big DRIVE
AGAINST FOOD GOUGERS
nealers Who Demand High
Profits to Feel Power of
Administration

war on unpatrlotlc grocers and regc-
IL dealers, who are gouging the pub
~. nv demanding from 100 to 200 per
w ", nroit for potatoes, onions. cabbage
~ snnIes is being wagcd by County
Tood Administrator Jay Cooke.
Tho first step in this campaign was
-, n,hen the food administrator ruled
.sot scyenty-hye cents for half bushel
,,o, of POTATOES was sufficient to al
,.., ,be dealer a profit of at least
.V,o,y.fye ~" cents. Mr.. Cooke contends
~, the whole plan of saving wheat
.rs Wy, oour itself lie said that. this con-
u",eors who have placed tho price OF
souT substitutes AS high or higher than
~. oour itself He said that this con-
s,,,on n allowed to 20 on would rir-
.na,ly result in "a decrease In tho saving
y, Tho grain and tend to increase its use
greatly. - r.. A., e.,
,,ufs was made by the authorities, dur
lng the last three weeks, In which IL
mss found that the dealers have been
deliberately opposing the food admins
tra,lons plea for fair profits and have
Nscn proftecring to an extent undrcam-
"A of. The plan of Cooke was TO save
tho wheat -four by substituting in its
Mace potatoes but lie feels that his prof.
sct. for which many people praised him,
was being spoiled by these dealers.
The division of opinion as to how
things ought TO be done in the increa sed
nroductlon department of the state food
administration came to a climax yester-
dav. when w. Il. Therkildson. general
manager Of the Burpee Seed Company,
onered his resignation. 1t has been
known for weeks that Therlsildson. who
held one of the major posts in the de-
nartn,ent, had been dissatisfied with the
tardiness in tho formulation of plans to
Increase production on Pennsylvania
farms this year In his letter of resigna-
tlon Mr.. Therkildson assigned his many
other duties, however as the reason for
his wishing TO be removed.
Today is wheatless Wednesday. Wheat
Is to he cut from all meals; the food
administration suggests that 75,o00.00O
bushels may be sent to tho Allies in the
next few months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
FRANKFORT PIONEER DEAD
William B. Dixon, of Long-Livcd
Family, Expires at Ninety

William Bartlett Dixon, ono Of tho
oldest aud best known residents of
t'ranlford. died yesterday at his home.
1914 Penn street Mr.. Dixon, who was
past ninety years old. was tho youngest
of twelve children, all Of whom lived
to more than scVcnty-flve and threo ot
them past eighty. lie Is survived by
his wife, who was Miss Mary MerkinS,
aud thrcO daughters and two sons, all
of whom are married. Last September
he and his wife celebrated their sixty
seventh wedding anniversary. His widow
Is eighty-SeVen and hiS mother died
when she was uiuoty-two
Mr.. Dixon was born in Pine Greek,
Lycomng County, November so. 1921.
His father was one of the pioneer iron
manufacturers of PENNSYLVANIA. lie
was direct deSCendent of Robert Dixon,
who settled in Talbot County, Md, in
1885. of whom il was said he was the
first man i'll America to liberate his
slaves. Mr. Dixon was q member of
the Frankford Historical Society.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
BOY FIGHTS FOR CAR
Owner and Two Policemen Battle to
Recover II

William r. Towers, of Ridley Park,
has his motorCar again today, but 1t
required three men fierce fight to take
it away from flfteen-year-old James
Taggart, South t'orty-iifth street, near
Lnmore avenue.
81 lust wanted to learn TO run the
machine said the youth.
Towers seeing the boy make Off with
the car at l'ifty-siXth street and Chester
avenue late last night, jumped OH the
running board. The boy put up "a
battle. but Towers, clnginS desperately
to the moving automobile, turned off
the gas and stopped the car. The struE-
gle attracted Reserve Policeman RcddinS
and Special Policeman Prinl. who came
10 the rescue. The young prisoner was
taken to the SiXty-iifth street and Wood
land avenue station and later to the
HousS of Detention for Il hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
FIRE AT SCHUETZEN PARK
Stables and GrandstandS Damaged
by FLAMES

Firo that started early today In tho
stables OF the Philadelphia Schuetzen
Vorein. at Schuctacn Park. Tabor road
near Seventh street. destroyed part Of
tho stables, part of tho park grandstand
and part &C tho adjacent grandstand of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Athletic Association.
The total damage Is about $500. Tho
cause of the fire is unknown. Schuctzen
Vercin Is German for rifle club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06
Need Manual Training Teachers

Oliver +. Cornman, associate superin-
tondent of Philadelphia schools, says
that if there sro any women I'm Phila-
deIphia who can qualify as teachers of
manual training. he wishes they would
come forward at once. Tho schools of
tho city arc in need of just such
teachers. Already there are several
woIhcn who are showing the male youth
of the city how TO WELD hammer and
saw. especially in tho seventh and eighth
grades of the Wolsh-Calhoun, the Lea,
the MCINTYRE and the Hancock Schools.
The salaries range from $500 TO $liO0
per year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-06

Tic decision Of Municipal Courl
Judge Crane that subscribers to stock III
the Philadelphia. Motor Speedway As
sociation are liable for their member.
ship subscription in the association,
which was formed TO build and operate
a motor racing track at Hatboro, was
affirmed by Judge Henderson in the Su.
pcrior Court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06
WHEELING NEAR TOP
IN PERCENTAGE OF
VER-SUBSCR|PTION

Special piSputrh Ia The lnt",llS"n"rr.
WNSIlINl;TpN. -. c.. May "r--Wh""l-
ing ranks high near the '"p in HI. i'"r-
rrnIacc of is "vcr-suhsCrip'!"n Ia the
Liberty I"an---:wcnty- ninth III III per
cent.
The Relieving table shows lmriIn'
list as ia" riii"~ that hay" ov"rSuh>'rih-
cd their quotas with their percentages
s,andingS. including nnl! Il portion "I
Saturdays returns:
Topeka. Kni$.,>. I?l: Hartford. conn.
1H9: Cincinnati. ~: Youngstown. tnl".
lGT: 81. .I"Scph. Mo-. 1Gl: Washington.
j.. -. l6n: Toledo. - pnlt"n. i"4:
Sioux Guy. In: Milwaukee, I"": d.
rruit. IFS Lincoln. N"h.. 1i6; lies
M"Ilr%. Iowa. i4i; omaha. la1: Nash
willie. l35: Portland. Maine. l%%: kanSmS
city. Mo. 1$l: nklah",na tfty. l%l: Erie.
Pa. l%2: Lexington. Ky. l%l; Full Hv"r
~: TULSA I2f: Atlanta l2H: thatta-
nroea. 125: Pueblo. l35; lowell !2%:
Portland, Oregon. l2@: Tar"m". III:
W~h""ling ". Va. l2l: Columbus. uhI".
lis; Chicago. 1l;: S"aiil" w: ClcE"-
land. III: Kansas ti';. Kansas. III;
PITTSBURGH. 10: Los .\ugrir$. l'": SaiI
Francisco. In.; i.awr"nr" 100. !ni'hn-
np"lrS lnI: Sal, LAX" city lnf; -.
Louis l9o.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06
BISHOP FRANKLIN E.E. HAM|[T TON
DIES SUDDENLY At PITTSBURGH
CONTRACTED COLD
ONLY LAST MONDAY
His Brother, Also a Bishop,
Preaching in Nearby Church
When Death Angel Came

pITTSBU May 5.--'rhn Right
Reverend Franklin +. T.. ltAmrlt"n.
bishop ~ ths Pittsburgh diS;'"'t az The
Methodist Episcopal church. dt"i ~ his
horn" here th:$ afternoon NJ : O'Clock.
peath was dur To pneumonia.
Bisho.I Hamilton contracted cold
whil, ON his wa !" deliver II lecture
las, Monday right. Inenmonta tie
yciop,d hu; /; WAS nnl thought his con
ditinn WAS serious.
Mrs. Mary Mclay Fierce Hamilton. MS
WIFE WAS =. tn" l"'dsidc when n" 6i"d
Bishop John Hamilton. = brother wis
prsa'hIuG ~ sermon iii =. tIilShNrSh
church when notified nf the death of the
Pittsburgh bishop. y S"h overseas III
the army survives.
Bishup Hamilton was - years or age
and was ,hs son uf Il Methodist cl"-gY-
rngr He received his "atiy cdurailun III
the EnStnn Latin school and N 'SS'
was graduated from, Harvard uniy"r-
Sity. lie studied thrr" %'HrS al III" M
verSily at Berlin. t'nii"wIES ms Rd-
mission 10 tA' Nv~ EnElan" conference
Of tn" M".t."TISt Episr"p"l "hurch IN
1Sa, H.. held charges IL E"St"n ana
n,her New England rjil'S, IN 1901 he
mad, q trip around she world :" study
missionary work.
AT the 1916 general conference N'' "'*'
elected and rnnsrcrated Il bishop ANA
was appointed resident bishop -' me
Pittsburgh district. He was Il trustee
OF TN. American university and prrsi-
dent nt the Old South Boston historical
society.
pn,. Of tho last public Appearances ~
RjStnp Hamilton Was AZ Nhc"hHE' W.
Va. u w.el; ago. when h" prcath"" q
sermon ru Sunday evening" ahd o'''Ne
a lecture on Monday "H"H:nS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06

He rarely exercised the vast power re-
posed in his office. but was courageous
20 tlo SO when the circumstances tie
manded.
Bishop Hamilton had a wor!a
vision. He was Il master builder. he
was BY nature constructive. HIS III
terances touching the war were PR"
found and authoritative. Educated IN
Germany. betting the globe IN study
and personal contact. true American,
he had a rare insight into the fea'
meaning and issues Of the coufiict
More than this. he gave son, now on
the high seas. bound for I'll" trenches
II; was in his spirit of brother!innsS
howe, that Bishop Hamilton shone
His hear' was great, and II beat true
10 tho interests CT his brethren. nc
mutrer how obscure. He was loved
In the homes Of ministers and laTme1
alike he was wnlCOmnd aS true friend
and many nf us feel that v" have lost
a brurhnr. Th" loss is great. We Il!
not now SEQ low It can be retrieved.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06
GREATER AERIAL ACTIVITY BY
ALLIES ON THE ITALIAN 'FRONT.'

uf the hostile harassing hrc In the
G.agarIna and Astico valleys and In the
1EuSS- Alta sector.
Our artillery dispersed carrying par
lies il: The st. Elvo area: fired with good
effect on the Roverelo station obtained
direct hits on trains in the ConeEllano
station and caused a heavy explosion
on the left bank OF the Piave. opposite
Ncrvcsa- .
"'rherc were patrol actions on both
sides. between tho Brenta and the pIaTe.
The activity OF our aircraft has been
intense. Caproni md British alrplancs,
protected by numbers OF chasJcrs.
dropped about nine tons OF bombs OIL
tho hydro-- electric works nj Caredin.
north OF Mori While this operation
was in progress other machines re-
nrwcd the bombing of the aviation
ground nj Campo Maggiors. south OF
l.cnicn.
Last night our airships. reaching by
surpris.. lh,' railway stations atNprimh-
lann and Bozano. dropped their loads
of bombs with good effects. At the
same time an :,irship Of the royal navy
"rgag"cd enemy columns on the Harch
beyond the Tavlianirnto.
Flight enemy uachn"s were reported
dcstrnycd twn "i which fell in NameS
within onr lines"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06

pHII.A pk.LpfIA. May all rec
orls for rapid construction OF ii snip
We're broken to-day wh"n IN" '.ots'to:l
steel collier Turka!iu" WAS launclIru
at th. ward Of tn" New York SHIP
building Corporation III tandeu. " J..
The keel Of this wonder ship was Iaid
on April =. and only - working days
we're required :" prepare III" null Tor
launching The boa waS =" per cent.
completes when it Slid mo ~" va
r..rs of tho Delaware. and in 10 iayS
more i wiil lak,4 its pt;tC" in The con
mcrcr u: H. wuri. cOmpI'ie AMI
ready for a cargo.
\ distinguished company witnessed
The launching. including i'har!"S NJ.
Schwab. director general Of ship con-
Strucfion: Chairman Edward NJ. i!ur-
ley. OF the shipping Board: Vic" Pres
idnnt Charles Piez. Francis 7. Bowles
and Senator Fletcher chairman uf the
Senate commerce. commission. Miss
Helen Hurley. Chairman HurseyS IL
vear-olG daughter, chrtstsnnd the ship.
Mr.. Wilson's Letter.
Speeches were made ~ great
crowd OF wOrkmen and rlembrrS OF
their families b. Chairman Hurley.