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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
MRS. C. J. BIDDLE DIES;
CAME OF OLD FAMILY
Widow of Colonel Passes
Away at De Lancey St. Home.
Eighty-eight Years Old

Mrs. Charles J. Biddle, a member of
one of Philadelpha's oldest families. died
last night at her home, 2t10 De Lancey
street.
She had been Ill only a few days.
Several of her children were at her
bedside during her last moments.
Mrs. Bddle, who was eighty.eight
years old, was the widow of Colonel
Charles ]. Biddle, who received distin.
guished honors during the Mexics and
Civil wars. He also served several terms
in Congress.
Captain Charles J. Biddle. of the avia-
ton section of the signal officers reserve
corps of the United States army, who
was made an ace and levated to the
captaincy as result of his numerous
aerial victories in France, is her grand
son.
Mrs. Biddle was born In Nottingham,
England Her maiden name was Emma
Mather. Mrs. Biddle is survived by
seven children. They are Miss kath-
crime Biddle. Mrs. Samuel Hines Thomas
Mrs Thomas +. Dixon, Charles Biddle,
John Biddle, Dillon Biddle and Alexan-
der NJ. Biddle.
The funeral will take place Wednes-
day at noon from the Biddle home. Serv-
ices will be conducted at Old st. Peter 8
Church, Third and Pine streets, and in
terment will be In the Biddle family
vault in st. Peters Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
UNION LEAGUE NAMES
NEW OFFICERS TODAY
Presidency Seems Assured
Ex-Governor Stuart-Schwab
Runs for Vice President

Union League members this afternoon
voted for a president four vice presi-
dents and fifteen directors for the COM
Ing year. The polls opened at O'Clock,
and will close at tonight.
Former Governor Edwin S. Stuart Is
believed certain of election as president
Sproul. Three others nominated have
withdrawn in Mr.. Stuart's favor, 1t Is
said.
There are eight candidates for the four
vice presidencies-T Ellis Barnes, Mers
Busch, Horace c. Jones, Charles e. Cat
tell, Charles r. Miller, former Governor
of Delaware f. Pusey Passmore, gov
ernor Of the Federal Reserve Bank Of
Philadelphia Charles A. Forter and
Charles NJ schwab.
Three Of the eight candidates for vice
president arc now vice presidents. They
are Mr.. Busch, Mr. Miller and Mr.
Porter.
There are nineteen candidates for the
board Of directors, with fifteen to be
chosen. The contestants are u. j.. An
derson, Francis Murphy Brooks Samuel
NJ. Clement, Jr., Joseph w. Cooper, J.
Howell Cummings, Edward Caleb Dixon,
Percival Z. Foerderer, David Halstead.
.Ichn W. Hamer. Herman Haupt. Edwin
+. Keen, William r. Lyman, James e.
s Mitchell, J. L. Cope Morton, John T.
Riley, Joseph NJ. Steele. Harry T. Stod-
dart. George A. Walker and Henry F..
Walton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
,MANAYUNK BANK HEAD DIES
Edward H. Preston, Well-known
Financier. Was 90 Years Old

Edward H. Preston. president of the
Manayunk National Bank, died today
at his home, LOG Rochelle avenue, Wissa-
hlckon. He had been i'll more than a
year.
Mr.. Preston, who was about sixty
years old entered the service of the
Manayunk National Bank as a 10y.
When still a youth. he was advanced
to the post of assistant teller and grad
ually rose through all the important
offices. He was elected president in
1901.
Mr. Preston was born IN Philadelphia.
He was educated in the public schools
here, including the Central High School.
II was after he left the latter institu-
ton he entered the employ of the Mana
yunk bank. Mr.. Preston was chairman
Of the finance committee of st. Tiri-
othy's Hospital. At one time he vas
president of the Manayunk Business
Mems Association.
He is survived by a widow and four
children.
Mr.. Preston is survived by a widow
and four children. The children are
Mrs. Paul Lum and Mrs. Fl. Tudor Nor.
sell, both of Washington; Lieutenant
| of the University OF Pennsylvania, where
| he was coxswain of TIE varsity crew
| and Edward II. Preston, Jr.. a studen
| at the Penn Charter School.
| Lieutenant Preston is now on the
U. S. S. Wyoming in foreign waters. HI
| was commissioned an ensign at thu
| Annapolis training school and recently
promoted to lieutenant. The funera
services will be held Thursday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
POLICEMAN KILLS
MANDURNNG FIGHT
Feldman, Eppley Case De-
fendant, Shoots Alleged
Wife.Beater
ACTED in SELF-DEFENSE
Victim, Fatally Wounded,
Yields Hatchet and Crap.
pies With Patrolman
ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE

Patrolman Louis Feldman, of the Sec
ond and Christian streets station, shot
and killed Joseph Buroski, 237 Balm.
bridge street. today after entering the
latter's home in response to cries of mur
der.
Feldman is now under indictment with
several other policemen on charges
growing out of the. murder of Acting
Detective George A. Eppley at the
primary election of September, 1917.
Fights in the Buroski home were fire.
quent, according to the police. Buros-
ki was armed with hatchet, it is said,
when Feldman forced entrance to the
house.
When the policeman attempted to dis
arm him. Mrs. Burosk also turned on
Feldman, and husband and wife forced
him into a corner. Feldman finally
fought his way out after firing several
shots, and took Mrs Buroski to n patrol
box. He placed the woman in charge
of Sergeant Felin and then returned
to arrest her husband.
Although suffering from bullet
wound in the abdomen, Buroski, It Is
man attempted to arrest him. The men
grappled and rolled down the front
steps to a cellar opening. They were
still fighting when the partolmen sep
arated them and sent both to the Penn
sylvania Hospital. Buroski died about
two hours after being admitted.
Feldman was badly cut and bruised
during the fight. After having his in
juries attended he was detained at the
Second and Christian streets station.
Mrs. Buroski had a hearing before
Magistrate Imber at the Second ant
Christian streets station and was held II
$1,000 bail for a further hearing. She
said she and her husband quarreled owe
a glass of beer and that Patrolman Field
man entered when she shouted for help
Buroski. she said. attacked the police
man with a stovelifter and also with {
hatchet. 1t was not until he was attacked
with the Ratchet. Mrs Rnroski said, tina
| Feldman drew his revolver.
Feldman had a hearing before Magis
trate Mecleary at the Central police
| court and was held without bail for the
| coroner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
FIGHTING PASTOR WOUNDED
Lieutenant John F. Allan Falls
While Leading Command

First Lieutenant John +. Allan, Of
2406 North Third street, who in private
life is the Rev. John +. Allan, pastor
OF the Ammon Heights Baptist Church.
Camden, fell wounded while fighting
with his command Company f. Seventh
Infantry, at Chateau-Thierry. on July ls
Lieutenant Allan also was gassed.
After spending some time at n base hos
pital in France he returned to his COM
pany and was with II wTcn tho armi-
stice was signed Notification OF mis-
having been wounded did not reach the
fighting preachers father until last week.
Lieutenant Allan has a brother in the
British army and another in the Ameri-
can army.
mission at the second officers training
camp at Camp Mclean, Fort Oglethorpe.
Ga, and sailed for France April IS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
BOY HELD AS BOOTLECCER
Guided Customers to Woman
Who Sold Liquor. Is Charge

Charged with aiding a woman in n
'bootlegging" business, Horace Gotlicb
thirteen years old, Perth street, near
Green, was arrested by agents Of the
Department of Justice.
with the woman, Mamie Reese,
Eleventh street near Poplar, the boy was
arraigned today before United States
Commissioner Long, Federal Building
The boy was sent to the House OF Deten-
tion and the woman held in bail for
court.
According to the agents the boy would
approach sailors and soldiers and ask IL
they wanted to buy whisky. on getting
a customer the boy would take them to
the home of the woman. who would sell
the whisky to the men in uniform for
50 a quart.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
WOMAN EXTOLS ARMENIA
Red Gross Auxiliary Workers Told of
Country's Woes

Mrs. Bertha Papazian, worker for
Armenian relief. addressed the Red Cross
Auxiliary, 608 Chestnut street. this
afternoon. and told of the misfortunes
and woes of Armenia.
Despite those troubles, however, ac-
cording to the speaker Armenia viii
come to the peace table as a cobellig-
erent and not as a suppliant, since she is
recognized as having been for many
months the defender of the gateway to
India She fought alone, the only ma
ton without practical assistance. and she
Paid terrible price of one million dead,
said the speaker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
COL. HARTE OPERATED ON
Head of American Base Hospital
Is Recovering

Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Harte.
head of Base Hospital Unit No. 10. of
Philadelphia. one Of tho first American
hospital unifs to Arrive in France, Is
in the Pennsylvania Hospital recover
ing from a serious operation.
Colonel Harte was operated on Sun
day. At the hospital this afternoon, it
was said he was well on the way to
complete recovery.
Doctor Harte returned from France
several weeks ago and reported the unit
in good shape and told of the work ac-
complished by the adelphians. His
work in France was SO strenuous that it
aggravated an old affliction and an
operation was necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
NEW NIGHT MESSAGE RATE
Western Union Manager Announces Re.
ductions, Effective January

4. B. Kingsburg. manager of the
Western Union office in Philadelphia,
announces reduced rates for short over
night messages, effective January /.
The rates are calculated to develop
new class of telegraphic correspondence
consisting of short communications
which should not suffer the delays in
separable from physical transportation
In the mails but which will not stand
the higher rates necessarily charged for
the longer night letters The new service
known as night messages. is designed to
supplement and round out the night let
ter service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
BRITISH TROOPS REACH RHINE
Haig Reports Arrival of Advance
Forces Below COLOGNE

London, Dec. 9.-(By A. P.)-British
advanced troops reached the River
Rhine yesterday, between Godesberg
and Cologne, Field Marshal Haig an
nounced today in reporting the progress
of the British army of occupation.
Godesburg is about twenty miles
southeast of Cologne, near the Rhine
AK la Chapellc. Dec. 6, delayed
(By A. P.)-British troops have been
hurried to Cologne to maintain order.
but what the nature of the trouble
there has been or how serious it Is is
not stated in the brief unofficial an
nouncement. 1t Is reported that Red
forces and their opponents have been
rioting and that the situation demands
armed British forces.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
CHOSE DEATH TO SCHOOL
Boy Hanged Himself Rather Than Obe,
Fathers Order

Williamsport, Pa. Dec. 9-(By A.
P)-Preferring death to going to school.
En- son Trick. the twelve-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Trick, who
reside on farm in Moreland township,
near here, went into the barn today and
hanged himself. His body was found
by q younger brother, while still warm.
but life was extinct.
The lad had been ordered by his father
TO attend school. but did not go.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09

John B. Black, of 1909 Pine street,
Darby, q second-class gunner's mate of
the battleship Utah, was one of the
victims of the I.einster, the British ship
torpedoed off the Irish coast on October
10. Word of his death has Just been
received at his home. The Young sailor
was on seven days leave and was on
his way to London on the Leinster. His
body has not been recovered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
OF'LOVE PIRACY
r. H. Mockewitz Says Olcott Payne Stole
Wife's Love

Suit has been entered in Common
Pleas Court No. 4 by Francis II. Mocke-
colt Payne to recover $4,000 damages
for the alleged alienation Of the affec-
tons of the plaintiffs wife, Ruby w.
Mockewitz
Mr.. Payne is said to have bachelor
apartments at 1872 South Seventeenth
street. Counsel for the plaintiff OBJ
tained capias for Payne and President
Judge Audenried fired the latter's bail
in the sum of $1,000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
BONFIRE DAMAGES HOMES
Children Start Blaze Against Sheds of
Residence

bonfire built by children against a
frame shed in the rear of the home of
Alick Ducaett, 342s Randolph street,
ignited the shed and caused damage esti-
mated at $1,000 when the flames spread
to the house this afternoon
The children's cries brought a patrol
man who summoned the engines. The
home of Dominick Anytime at 3426 Ran
;dolph street was damaged also.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
MORE OF THE BOYS HOME SOON
General March Announces Va.
rious Units on Early Convoy

Washington, Dec. 9.-(By A. P)-
General March, chief of staff, announced
today that these additional organiza-
tions have been assigned by General
Pershing for early convoy home:
One hundred and forty-first anti-air-
craft machine gun battalion, Tenth anti =,
aircraft sector headquarters and theN
Sixth, Seventh. Eighth and Ninth anti
aircraft batteries The total personnel
is thirty-seven officers and 999 men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
Firemen Carried Water $500 Feet

Firemen fighting blaze In the factory
of the Flexible Metallic Company, Sew
enty-second street and Powers lane were
hindered by the distance from the fire.
plugs. The water had to be carried $500
feet from Elmwood avenue The damage
was confined to an outbuilding.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
Offers Mail Tubes Free

Free use Of the mail tubes in Phila-
delphia to solve the problem of deliver
ing the avalanche of small Christmas
parcels as we'll as other mail matter
has been offered by the Pneumatic Tube
Companies, which operates the tubes,
in a letter to the postoffice authorities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-09
all of which are of $35, S38,
$40 and S45 quality

G So far as the prices of Suits and Over
coats for this season are concerned, mar
ket conditions are sewed up tight. Wool
had to be diverted to meet urgent Govern
ment requirements, and mills had to
manufacture fabrics for military clothes,
creating high prices for both merchandise
and manufacturing costs on this Winters
Suits and Overcoats.
l Therefore, even month ago it seemed
utterly impossible to us to be able to
swing an Intensified Value Sale this sea-
son. But we resolved to do it anyway, and
we did it. By taking fabrics that we had
purchased to advantage over two years
ago; by securing exceptional price con-
cessions from manufacturers; and by sac
rifcing almost all our own legitimate
profits, we have been able to hold spec
tacular Intensified Value Sale of over
three thousand Suits and nearly two
thousand Overcoats of unquestionable
and unqualified SIS, $38, $40 and $45
quality
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
WHILE "GEoRGE" LOOKED ON
Party Of Tourists Helped Pretty
American Woman to Kiss the
Real Blarney Stone.

Three or four of us made up little
party to so to Blarney castle to I'M
prove our ability in the art of talking
by kissing the Blarney stone, says
Capt. albert II. Wonham in "Spun
Yarns @; a Naval Officer" The say
Ing that an roads lead to Rome applies
somewhat tn Blarney, too, but the
Irish mlles-1 cannot think how they
reconcile them with the miles record
ed by the taxican indicators!
However, we GOV there. and, bound
Ing up the stone stairs, reached the
top of the tower. Two persons were
already there, an old Man and one Of
the loveliest women l ever saw. We
were rather pressed for time, and so
proceeded to kiss the stone.
The Blarney stone faces the outside
of the tower. about three fee. down.
II you wish really to kiss it YOU must
be let down heautirst, do the trick, and
be hauled up. All round the top of
the tower is hanging parapet project
ing about Il foot from the line of the
tower wall, built to enable the defend
ers, when the castle was attacked, to
pour boiling water or melted lead on
top of the enemy operating on the
front door.
Having let one another down, we
finished under the wondering gaze OF
the lovely woman. "Excuse me. gem
tlemen," she said, ''but what have you
been doing?"
We told her.
With dsdainful look she turned to
the old fellow and said. "rhere.
George. I told you that" pointing
to Il meck-lookins stone inside, "was
not the Elarncy stone, and have not
kissed the Blnrncy stone! have not
come all the way from America to go
away without doing it," AS she said
that she looked nppealingly ut us. for
to the occasion.
The end of it was that we lasled
her dress round her ankles. lowered
her. and pulled her up triumphant
"Tllere, George now l c;h go back
TO America and say that have kissed
the Blarney stone!" she cried.
am bound to say that George. who
proved to he her husband. did not look
happy or pleased. His reputation for
telling the truth had suffered, and |
am pretty sure that he wished we
never had come.
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
"Boys" Got Good American Food.

II the American mother could come
face to face with some of the women
cooking meals for her soldier boy at
the y. NJ. G. A. hut over here it
would gladden. her heart. says Il Lon
don (Eng.) correspondent.
They would prove to the American
mother that her boy While here is get
ling real good old yankee Doodle"
meals. cooked by real American moth
erS JUST like herself.
These wOncn--lnOSt of them Amer
lean volunteer workers--supply about
2,5nO meals a day, besides hundreds
of teas" Eyes, mothers, he's got the
English tea habit now; you'll have to
give him tea every afternoon when he
gets back). luncheons and night meals.
The "chief cook is Hon. Mrs. Ar.
thur Coke and her speciality is grid
die cakes "iit for i, king" One month
recently she turned out 10000 of them,
six of which We're eaten by no less a
parsonage than King George himself
The king and queen recently visited
Eagle hut. They gave the king three of
the cakes. He cleaned mis- plate and
came back for Il "refill."
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
Not So Very Sudden.

Her little brother was entertaining
in the front room the young man who
had just called.
Look here" he said suddenly, "urt
you going to propose to my sister to
niGht?"
why. 1-er-er-what do VOL
mcan?" asked the youth with some
agitation.
"Oh. nothin'; only if you are 20,
aren't going to surprise her. She.
bribed me to so to b@d at half-pus1
seven She's hung fou. Cupid picture.
on the drawing-room wall. moved the
sofa over In the darkest corner, 90,
pa and ma to promise to go cullin mex,
door. and has shut the dog In the eel
lar. You'll get her All right; only II
she starts talkin' bout its be,n' sudden
tell her 1t don't work with you. See T.
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
An Allied Uniform,

In n vaudeville theater at one Of the
French ports there was comedian
who had an act which he called lie
NOuvel CnifOrme." He wore French
steel helmet topped with the cock
feathers of the Italians. His coat and
breeches were of khaki. About his
waist was slung Scotch sporran. He
wore golf stockings. The top Of one
was the pattern of the French flag and
the other of the American flag. And
he sang a song about the beach at
Waikiki-a Frenchman's interpreta.
tion Of an American idea of Hawaiian
harmony! Certainly nothing could
have been more allied.-Itoy S. Dur
stine, III Scrbner's Magazine.
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
Real "SkY PiIot.n

A preacher literally comes down out
of the heavens to preach the Gospel
to American aviators in England.
He is Rev. Reginald Crew, American
Y. NJ. &. A. rastOr-aviatOr, who flies
from one aviation camp to another,
holding religious services for the
boys" lie has no long-dstancc rec
ord, but he has flown as far as thirty
miles between camps for a prayer
meeting.
Arriving at camp, he frequently
gives his Yank birdmcn congregation,
thousands Of feet below, Il preliminary
exhibition in the "cOrkscrew," "lOOp-
the-loop," "apple-turnover" and other
fancy stunts. That insures their at
tention.
Then he volplanes to earth. climbs
ont of his chariot, removes his foot
ball headgenr and starts Church" The
boys call him the "sky pilot" He is Il
great favorite and they eagerly flock
to se-vices.-Exchange.
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
No Co.Operation.

II always try to make the best Of
a bad situation" remarked Mr.. Glith-
cry.
"What do you do when your water
pipes freeze and then burst?"
"Oh, sing little song just to show
that I'm not worrying"
"Thnt's highly cOmmendable."
"But when the water begins to leak
on the people who occupy the fiat be.
meath mine to save my life I can't per.
suade them to Join me in singing."-
ple~>tc rGnr, ~o.uo~osl
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
From lnnermost eeino,

The things which come to us are
not unreiated to us. but grow out from
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26
General Order Mo. l.

1t has been given as binding order
to every man worthy of the name and
who respects the stamp put upon his
being by God, his Father and Creator,
never 10 become the slave Of men.
Bondage is the supreme shame and sr.
preme misery for man conscious Of
his nobility and divine origin.-Charles
Wagner IN Christian Herald.
The Hope pioneer., 1918-12-26

LESSON TEXT-Genesis 47;l-12.
GOLDEN TlIXT-Honor thy father and
mother.-Ephesians So
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-08-08
SUDAN GRASS
GIVES BIG PROFIT
ONE FARMER REPORTS THREE
CUTTINGS LAST SEASON
SEED PRICE HIGH
Demand Far Exceeds Supply; Acre.
age Comparatively Small.

Kansas has new crop, Sudan
grass, which is producing some amaz-
ing yields and profits. On the farm
CT Harmon Hobart, in Allen county.
it gave three cuttings last season,
with a total yield of rs tons of hay
The part of the field that was left for
seed average 7S1 pounds an acre. The
seed of this grass is selling for 81 q
pound; the reason for this abnormal
price of course is that there is n
demand for the seed, which is much
larger than the limited acreage of
last year can supply. says Floyd B.
Nichols in the Illustrated World.
Sudan grass js an annual crop.
which is planted in rows usually, and
cultivated two or three times during
the season. When it is handled In
this way it requires from two. to thu &c
pounds to plant an acre. 1t may be
cut several times for hay, or seed
crop and also hay crop can be OH
tanned. At the present high prices,
the most profit is In the seed OF
course:
The astonishing drouth resisting
ability of Sudan grass is the main
thisg that gives 1t value.
| 1t resists drouth much more read
| lily than the standard crops for the
drier regions, such as kafi,. milo and
feterita. Sudan Grass is LShg pushed
! ly the demonstration agents and cx
tension men for the Kansas State AS
ricultural college. Lee II. Gould. the
demonstrating agent for southwestern
ss:s-Sansas. where thorpainfalI. Is very FIN
| tied said;