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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
GEN. PERSHING WRITES
HIS THANKS TO CITY
Expresses Appreciation Of Re-
captions by Philadelphia
and Union League

Two letters were received here to-
day from General Pprshing in which he
warmly expresses his appreciation for
Philadclphia's enthusiastic welcome to
him. lie modcstly gives credit for the
city's cordially 70 the American sol
dicrs. lie also praises the troops sent
to France by Philadelphia.
One of the letters was written to Ed
win s. Stuart. president Of the Union
League. The other was received by
Mayor Smith. In his letter to Mr..
Stuart, General Pershing says:
please convey to the members of
the Union League my sincere thanks
for the distinguished courtesy with
which they welcomed me in Philadel J.
phia. and express to them my deep ap-
probation of this evidence of their good :
will and high regard for the accomplish d.
ments Of the American e1peditionary
forces
General Pershing. in his letter to
Mayor Smith. says:
81 am quite nj n loss for appropriate
words with which to ex press my thanks
for the wonderful and inspiring wei.
come accorded mt ane my associates by
the city of Philadelphia. accept their
enthusiastic greeting as IN evidence of
their approval of the achievements of
the American rxpeditionHry forces. and
in so doing ! am not unmindful of the
splendid contribution to the success Of
II efforts in France made by the sol
dicrs Of Philadelphia "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
ART-SCHOOL PUPILS
REGISTER THURSDAY
Directors Expect Record En-
Made
for out-of-Town Students

The first registration day for the
fall term of the Pennsylvania Museum
and School Of Industrial Art, Broad and
Pine streets. is Thursday. Pupils for
both the art school and the Philadel-
phia Textile School will make their
formal registration which is necessary
before enrolment.
The directors aud the registrar state
that there is every prospect for the
largest enrolment in the history OF the
school. attributable in. some degree to
the fact that many Of the students
who had temporarily severed their con e
n~ectiou with the schools to enter the
service OF the United States have now
returned and will take up their studies.
Plans have been made to take care
Of the students who reside outside of
the city and are obliged to find living
quarters or special places for residence.
For this purpose a representative OF the
Y. NJ. C.. A. will be in attendance al
the school for the three registration
days. October IS, 10 and 20.
The Students League House. 2310
Delaney street. which is a boarding
house for the women students Of the
school. will be under the charge OF
Miss Cornelia J.. Ewing. of the associate
committee of women to the board OF
trustees. The present indication is that
this adjunct to the school will be full
to OVERLOOKING. but every effort is be
ing made to find accommodations for
out of pupils. Lists OF boarding
houses have also been prepared where
pupils can secure suitable accommoda :
ton and a lunch room will be main
tanned in the school building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Deaths Of a Day
DR.. R. P. BENNETT DIES
Germantown Minister 10 Stricken
While on Vacation at Bar Harbor


The Rev. DR.. Robinson Potter Dunn
Bennett. for more than eighteen years
pastor Of the Summit Presbyterian
Church. Germantown, died yesterday at
Bar Harbor. Ne. where he was taken
ill while on his vacation. He was
forty nine years old.
Doctor Bennett was born at Newport.
Il. l.. in 1870. He was graduated from
Princeton University in 1892 and pre-
pared for the ministry at the Princeton
Theological Seminary. He was or
dained by the Presbytery Of Newark, y.
J.. in 1895. His first p%aStorate was al
Lyons Farms. y. j.. where he remained
until he wnS called to the Summit Pres e
byterian Church in 1900. In 1918 DIR.
Bennett received his degree Of doctor
of divinity from Lafayette College.
Doctor Bennett was cnairman OF the
judicial commission of the P~resbytcry
Of North Philadelphia, in which he at
one time served as moderator. He was
commissioner to the general assembly
which met at Atlanta. Ga. He was a
frequent contributor to The Presbyterian
and other periodicals and published two
volumes of sermons to children, entitled
What I Tell My Junior Congregation v
and The Pew and the Pupil In the
juvenile department Of religious activity
Doctor Bennett was known as an expert,
in which capacity he was much IN de-
mand at schools and conferences.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
POSTPONE LEGION MEETING
Post 81 viii Gather Tomorrow;
Plan Fiaht on Pre-. Germans

Meeting Of Post ct. American Legion
has been postponed to tomorrow even =
ing in Difference to the municipal cleo
lions. This meeting will be called al
$50 p. m. at their headquarters at
FOrtieth street and Lancaster avenue.
and a number Of important affairs will
he passed upon, including the election
of delegates to the coming state con
~ycntion in October.
The fight on the pro Germans and
slackers which this post has been SC
forcibly carrying on is scheduled for a
further hearing before the state con
yention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
tECTRO.THERAPEUTIC
PHYSICIANS MEET
American Association Opens
Sessions at Rittenhouse Hotel,
Leaders Attend Meetings

Five hundred distinguished surgeons.
members OF the American Association
OF Electro = Therapeutic R%adiology,
opened their twenty ninth annual ma
tional convention at the Rittenhouse
Hotel this morning.
Special clinics will be held daily in
Jefferson Hospital and the private hos
pital Of Or. G.. II. Massey, at Seven.
teenth aud Wallace streets. Three ses-
sious will be held daily and exhibits Of
electrical apparatus OF the medical and
surgical profession will be on display.
DR.. William johnson. Of this city.
and Chalmers Da Costa will deliver
lectures on the work Of electrical ap.
p nrntus in bone cases. Other prominent
physicians and surgeons who are at.
tending are: Major j.. D. Morgan.
Canadian army; DR.. Fred Kraft. of
New York: Major Frank Granger.
Washington. D. c.: DIR. J. F. Sham
berg. of this city DIR. !. NJ. f. Provost.
Of Montreal: Colonel Robert w. Will
son Of Toronto. both OF the Canadian
forces DR.. Fovcau de Courmellcs aud
~ bcStpu hlNlfTts pIuLnIh'h'
Of France; DR.. Mary IT, II. Arnold
Snow. DIR. Z. W. Wright. OF New
York. and DR.. Cora Smith King. OF
Washington. D. c.. will also attend.
There will be moving pictures daily
showing the progress Of electrical equip
mcnt in treating fractures. diseases aud
other work Of the medical profession.
Many cases Of fractures and wounds
Of the American e1peditionary forces
we're treated with electrical apparatus.
Wounds were N.rayed and the location
Of bullets ascertained,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
rooAY's MARRIAGE LICENSES

Charles n, Saul. High Point \ G and
LG snd Mar n NS 9 w al; Sis N. " fist 1T, ave.
Hi 8 i Z; SSPk' g. aslS 1 ~ His5S It. and Edna
JOIN s.nR p; r R.9 &sl,s e.! s.s 8 SSf sgstiyn t., St. and
Florence Messlck 1913 Day st. 49,,
John N. Cannon. 1905 South st. and Harriet
Dock ccF Bullock rS'I $3.50 sSo cT,hbsrt St. and Arollte
Gillian. 1920 Ludlow st.
HsESsr, j. GoSh: 222s crawford ave. and
ave-. and Margaret, NJ. Losue. Soi5 Fit,
and Elizabeth F.. Pennock. 1929 n. Ban
Ernest /; ssssrho,m 1929 s Broad st; and
cpE''s a Dsn1s. 5 cS.. s tn Hi,I ST p, and E''sl!e
cha iSEH smith. iSos Batnbrisse st.. and
cb MT. e so' Kite. i ss9s P =. Hm.Tie.s st. St, and
Grace n. EsttocT. 21o .i.noir ave.
Frsnk Msrlino, Atlantis City N. J., snd
o' siIs. i sSs'T 3. TssrS tss' ,l H;'?s j. 'a s,, n; :: :n'
John p 3 -, a5% Z s.r 4s ..oo Kk.1}s ss. ave
Leon w.insr. 2oso S. Juniper st., and Iren.
%Pose KRrpiak 1924 N. 4th st.
Ii Ms s2E I /. En- EN- y sssi r F.4Rsss5d .s sy'.' and
Efke Lsndstra, 1917 Ridge ave-, and Cath
sriRe Welsh. 1917 RldSe ave.
Samuel Alexander. 1921 Morton st. am
Bertha NJ. Robinson. $3.50. \. Marshall 81.
Alsx,nSsr Kowsl; 2St \ P2srieR ST. ane
Frederick A.. Ccrneny. i209 Snyder ave. ant
MARY Hagsmtn. 1909 SNYDER ave.
Evelyn Rogers 1928 Melon st.
Israel SimoWitz. Augusta Ga. and Berthe
RAbinowit8. GirR rdvllle. Pa.
Chs rles J. Re!tenbach.. al Il, Clsarne ld. st.
and Anna Kenny. 8o4i. Kensinston ave.
Edith G. sehWenk!! soS5 =. Broad st.
George J. SchwA rts. AS Krams ave. an,
wel;sHetta NJ, GodshHll. 400 Dupont at.
Harry s. HilGer. 3S03 n. I'd ST.. and Ann
p. Abbott. 1858 wister ct.
John Green. Jr.. 4o2i Upland St. and Ellie
J. H!."' hs HFS%S'' Isl E:nq.a.le ave. an
Anthony wsEschelder. e3B n. Butler st.
and MARY r. Shine. Doylestown. Pa.
Mallo Bald. 84l0 Remington st.. and Mar
ouadonheld. 84I0 Remington st.
Alfred BozZi. 1910 S. 10th St, and Rose II
shannon, 1881 \. Lambert st,
Welsen. 500 Dickinson at.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
u. S. FACES HUGE DEFICIT
Treasury Short Three Billions by
Next July, House 10 Warned

Washington. Sept. 16.-CBy A. P.l
A deficit of more than three billion
dollars by July |. 1920. is facing the
treasury. even should Congress not ap-
propriate another penny" before that
date, Chairman Good. Of the appropria =
tons committee. today informed the
House. warning it that greater o
omy than ever exhibited before must
be practiced by government depart
ments.
Already the government is commit
ted to expenses for the year ending next
June 80. of $40. S31 POI .5S5. while the
total revenues are estimated at $T.c39.-
OBS. 24O.
The price of living may be reduced
somewhat by a vigorous enforcement of
laws, said Mr.. Good. but no renl
benefit will be felt until the cost of
production is reduced. and it may be
necessary to reduce materially our cir
culating medium"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Jersey Freenolder Disguised

B%ridseboro. n. j., Sept. 16.--A mem.
Der of the Burlington County Board of
Freeholders less than one month. Free
holder w. D. Gennett. of Bridgeboro,
who was appointed to fill a vacancy, has
stirred county politicians with. a pub
lished charge that already he has dis
covered enough to disgust him with a
miserable highway system that has
burdeDed residents with high taxes and
left the roads without substantial i'm
proyement. He charges that the road
supervisor and members Of the large
Board of Freeholders, which is legis-
lated out Of Office at the end Of the year,
make no effort to compel contractors
TO live up to their agreements, while
the repair methods he styles as like
throwing money into the fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
PRESBYTERY MEETS TODAY
Commissioners to Session Of Synod
Of Pennsylvania to Be Elected

The Presbytery of Philadelphia
North. composed Of the seventy one
Presbyterian churches in the city north
of Erie and Hunting Park avenue and
of those in the counties OF Montgom-
cry. Berks. Bucks, and the eastern
section Of Delaware. is meeting today
in BIZ monthly session in the Market
Square Church. Germantown.
The principal business will be the
hearing of reports on home missions.
foreign missions. publication and Sab
bath school work. every member eau
vass. and the election OF commissioners
to the thirty eighth annual session Of
the Snyod Of Pennsylvania TO meet in
the First Church of Germantown, Oc-
tober 81.
The Rev. William X. Foster. Of .Jen
kintown. is the moderator and the Rev.
Richard Montgomery. s. T. D.. Of
Ashbourne. the stated clerk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Halls PROHIBITION
FOE TO DISEASE
Greatest Advancement Of Gen.
fury, Says Homeopathic So
ciety Convention Speaker
FIVE INFLUENZA REMEDIES

National prohibition must be hailed
by all who are interested in the pre-
~vcntion of disease and in the improve
ment of public health as the greatest
advancement of the present century
according to DR.. G.. Harlan Wells, elm
ical professor Of medicine at Hahne-
mann Medical College. In a paper
read before the annual convention of
the Homeopathic Medical Society this
afternoon Doctor Wells declared that
social diseases were closely connected
with the alcohol problem and that 10
per cent of the mono expended by the
taxpayers in the support Of asylums
aud similar institutions goes to care for
the victims of these two enemies of the
health and life of our citizens
Decries Influenza Come. Back"
Advising the public that there is no
need for hysteria about influenza. Doc
tor Bartlett declared that lin all prob
ability there would be a recurrence Of
influenza in a much milder form than
last year
The experience Of last year." de
clarcd Doctor Bartlett. Showed that
influenza of itself was not a serious dis
ease Neglect and carelcssness were
responsible for virtually all Of the
deaths. according to the doctors inves-
legations. Self -drugging. defiance Of the
principles of rest and the overcrowding
Of physicians reception rooms were
responsible for the spread Of the
disease and its fatal results.
Five remedies were recommended by
DIR. Bartlett Early rest in bed. fresh
air and plenty Of it, an easy mind.
good food. properly cooked. proper
homeopathic medication. which should
always be left to the physician
Opposes Indiscriminate Tonsil Removal
1t was DR.. William NJ. Hillcgas
who stooG up for tho fast disappear
ing tonsils and blamed school doctors
and hospital clinics for the present in
discriminate removal of tonsils.
Tho morning session of the conven .
tion was given over to reports of com
mittees and general business. Presi =
dent Harry s. Viewers address Of
welcome covered in general the war
work of homeopathic physicians and the
present condition of the profession. par
ticularly in this state. In order to fill
the proportionally decreasing ranks in
the profession. Doctor Weaver offered
the suggestion that men and women
graduates from standardized high
schools be admitted to well -regulated
medical colleges. The prohibitive cost
of college education previous to medical
training. according to Doctor Weaver,
has much to do with the present lack oil
general practicing physicians in rura
districts. He also .dPcried the tendency
to specialize. and urged that special
ization be left for post graduate work.
A business session and election o.
officers will be held Thursday morning
following which will be sessions OF
pathology and pathological anatomy.
The reception and entertainment com
mittees is composed of DR.. William G.
Hunsicker. chairman. and DR.. w. w
Speaker. DIR. John ID. Elliott and DR..
w. A. Pearson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16

Proposals will be opened today for
the construction of brick. steel and
concrete passenger stations, at the
southeast corner of Kensington avenue
and Tioga street. northwest corner Of
Tioga and h streets. southeast corner
of Kensington avenue and Huntingdon
street and at Kensington avenue and
B street. Plans for six more passenger
stations are being drafted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
P~ostoffice Clerks Organize

Clerks OF the Camden. y. j.. post
office have organized into q federated
union with these officers: A. e. Dildine.
serenty-tw years old. claimed to be the
oldest postoffcc clerk in New Jersey.
president Martin Farrell. vice prcsi-
dent +. {. Shelter. secretary Frank
Records. treasurer. Action was taken
for launching a campaign for an in
crease in salary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
MEMORIAL TO SOLDIER
Friend Of Canadian Sergeant to un,
veil Stone In Cemetery Here

A memorial stone to Sergeant
Malcolm MacFarlane. of the Ninth
Royal. Scots, will be unveiled tomorrow
afternoon at his grave in the United
States marine corps plot, Mount Moriah
Cemetery.
Sergeant MscFarlane was a member
of the Canadian and British recruiting
mission in this city. The memorial is
sponsored by his comrades and friends
in this city.
The members of the memorial com
mittpe are Ernest W. Kelsey. W. F.
Wells. Miss Mary Adair, Miss Sophie
Delany. Colonel John s. Muckle. DR..
G. D. B. Balbirnie. George r. Flint
and II. Charles Rawlins. who is secre-
tsry and treasurer Of the committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
o h L. luckenbach

John l.. Lu"kenbach. seventy seven
years old. a Civil War veteran. died
Sunday night at his home. 1925 North
Sixteenth street. after n years illness.
Mr.. Luckenbsch fir. served with the
Seventy second Regiment. Second Army
corps. and after two years was made
! captain Of Company +. 10th Regiment.
one Of the units equipped by the MON
League. He was q past commander Of
st. Paul's Lodge. No. 4S1. F. and A.
NJ: a member Of Mary C~ommandery
Knights Templar. Palestine Chapter.
Royal Arch Masons aud Birney Post.
G. A. r. He is survived by a widow.
who was his second wife. and four
song. C. Edwin. william F.. Robert
II. and Frank l.. L~uCkenbach.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
U. s. Food on Sale In Camden

C%amdenites have an opportunity to-
day to obtain government foodstuifs.
More than 5000 cans of peas, at ten
cents a. can, and 500 can Of pineapple
at sixteen cents a ran, are being sold at
the Twenty seventh and Federal streets
frehouse, the Fifth and Arch streets
6rehouse and the Sixth and Chestnut
streets patrol house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
MORE HOLD-UPS IN N. Y.
Armed Men In Touring Car Rob Ex.
press Wagons

New York. Sept. 16.-IRy A. ~
Notwithstanding increased vigilance of
the police the series of hold.ups which
have taken place during the last few
weeks continued today.
Six armed men in a touring car held
up the drivers of two American Rail
way Express Company wagons in the
downtown section early this morning.
but the amount Of their thefts was not
made public. Four men were arrested
not far from the scene Of the hold-up.
but denied knowledge Of the crime.
Insurance agents report an unprece-
dented demand for burglary insurance
here since the hold ups became 50 nu-
merous..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
BANQUET FOR NUGENT
sonniwelI TO Speak at Reception for
New jersey Candidate

James II. Nugent. Democratic and .
date for governor Of New Jersey. will be
the guest Of honor tonight at a bn uquet
Of the Andrew Jackson Club. Camden
Judge Eugene c. Bonuiwcll. Municipa
Court, this city, will be one OF the
speakers.
A committee composed Of DR.. John 7.
Haley, William c. Cleary. Anthony J.
Oberst, William Tecks, John Miller,
Walter Muir, William ID. Kenucy. Al
bert Netuze. lsaac Matthews, John
O'Kecfe. Peter Wallace aud George
Brown has charge Of the arrangements.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
GOLF CLUB HIT JUDGES JAW
Drive by His caddie Put Player Out
Of Game

Sorristown. Pa. Sept. 16.-Judge
Miller. of the Montgomery County
Common Pleas Court. is suffering from
a wounded jaw. While playing golf on
the golf links Of the Plymouth Country
Club. just outside Of Norristown. he
was hit hard in the side Of the face
by q golf stick. carelessly handled by r
caddie.
Fears of lockisw from the injury. al
first entertained, have been dispelled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
AMERICAN GIRL SLAIN
Naples Police Report Confession by
Man Under Arrest

Naples. Sept. 16.-(By A. ~
Arrest by the police here of a man
named Luxembourg. thirty years old,
has developed au alleged murder case
in which an American girl was the vic
tim, according to the authorities.
The police say the prisoner has con-
fesscd that in 1909 he elopcd with a
Miss Ellis. an American girl, then liv.
ing in Geneva. and that shortly after.
ward he murdered her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Stock Exchange Runners Strike

New York. Sept. 16.-Stock ex-
cha nge runners and messengers en-
ploycd by n number of large firms here
quit work today when their deman ds
for increases of from $40 and S12 a
week to S14 to $40 were refused. Other
runners and messengers are being en-.
gagged.
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Mrs. Rebecea N. colfeit

Mrs. Rebecca McNIanes Colfelt died
Yesterday at Saratoga Springs, y. Y.
She was a daughter of the late James
McManes. a leader Of the Republican
city organization a generation ago. gas
trustee and banker. Her husband was
the Rev. DR.. Lawrence NJ. tOlfclt. a
prominent Presbyterian minister of this
city. Major Lewis Worthington Col
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Robert c. Heyi

Robert G. Hcyl. president and direc-
Tor Of the firm Of Hcyl Brothers. 1O3
South Front street. dealers in sirupS.
died Yesterday in his home in Wynrc-
wood. on the Main Line.
Funeral services will be conducted
at " o'clock in his home. MOutgom
cry avenue and Cherry lane. Thurs o.
day afternoon,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16
Or. A. A.

Carlisle, Pa. Sept. 1G.-Dr. 4. A.
THOMPSON. for many years ono Of Cum O.
herland %county's most prominent Re.
publicans. died here yesterday. in his
seventy ninth year. He was a grad
uatc of Jefferson Medical College.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-16

felt. who is on duty in Washington, and
James Cclfclt. who was a famous
sprinter at Princeton and later served
with Battery A in the Spanish -Ampri.
can War. arc sons Of Mrs. Colfclt.