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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
WANAMAKER GIRLS
s AWARDED DIPLOMAS
y r#ssg4+-s,f .-.0....
Sixty Get Medal of Honor" for
Work in School, Store and
Military Duties

University Hall in the Wanamaker
store last night was crowded to the
doors with an audience that braved the
oppressive temperature to attend the
graduation exercises of the Cadet
Girls Branch, junior and senior schools,
Of the John Wanamaker Commercial
Institute.
Forty five girls received diplomas,
while the J. W. G. I. "Medal of Merit"
for distinctive progress in school, store
and military duties during the last six
months was awarded to sixty cadets,
and the Medal Of Merit bars were be-
slowed upon eighty-on members and
officers Of the cadet corps. Miss Bea
trice'G. Alexander won the first alum
nae prize for school average of 81
per cent, and the second prize was OBJ :
tanned by Miss Helen Lillian Robb for
an average Of SO per cent.
Mrs. I. II. O'Harra, vice president of
the Civic Club, presented the diplomas
and made the address Of the evening
The valedictory address on "Women
in the Industrial World" written BY
Pearl Green, was delivered by Edna
Anna West.
The program was completed by pic
turesaue pageant, '"The Voices of Our
Sister Nations: choruses, the pro
nouncing Of William Tyler Pages
Am 'ican Creed" drills and band
music. Colonel William r. Scott pre
sented the medals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
LENNON WILL BE LAST OF %
SELECT COUNCIL PRESIDENTS
Ne Charter Also Makes Gleason the Final Head of Common
Council-Serued as Leaders Since January, 1916

The Woodward charter bill, now
awaiting II scratch Of the Governor S
pen to give it all the dignity of law,
makes James II. Lennon the last Of
twenty two presidents of Select Coun-
ell since the city's consolidation in
1854.
1t also makes DIR. r. B. Gleason the
last of twenty presidents Of Common
Council since the same momentous oc-
cason in the history of Philadelphia s
development.
Both Mr.. Lennon and Doctor Gleason
assumed their offices as heads of the
two branches of Councils in January,
1916.
The Woodward bill leaves the organi-
cation Of the new council of twenty
one to the councilmen themselves when
they assume Office on the first Monday
in January next year.
A president of the council probably
will be elected at the first meeting.
The first president of Select Council
after the consolidation was John i.
Nerrec, who served from June, 1854, to
May, 1856.
Common Councils first president
after consolidation was John II. Diehl.
whose term was from June, 1854. to
May, 1855.
Two presidents of Select Council
later were elected to the Office Of Mayor
of Philadelphia. William S. Stoklcy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
Z RADICALS LINKED
IN BOMB OUTRAGES
Man and Woman Arrested for
Distributing Literature Fur
nish Clue to Explosions
NEW DEVELOPMENTS NEAR

The police have uncovered what
appears to be the first definite clue in
the bombings that occurred in Phila .
delphia and six others cities about two
weeks ago.
With the arrest Of man and woman
who were distributing radical literature
in kensington yesterday, supplies sim
liar to those used to encase the May
Day bombs. a plot frustrated by the
street near Fourth.
Lydia Nanacias, of Brooklyn. and
Samuel Miller, of the Miflin street
house. were arrested at Amber and
Ontario streets. patrolmen Godfrey
Strauss and James O'Brien, Of the
belgrade and Clearfield streets station,
saw the man and woman distributing
papers beneath doors and placed them
under arrest.
Soviet Bulletin
The papers proved to be copies Of the
third issue of "The Anarchist Soviet
Bulletin" issued by the American
Anarchist Federated Commune Soviet
The copies contained attacks on the
government. The prisoners were scnt
TO City Hall for examination by Lieu
tenant Andy Emanuel, head of the Local
bombing squad.
While the prisoners were being cues
toned, Miller's room on Mitfln street
was "iumpcd' and the contents rihod'
Envelopes bearing the forged insignia
of two big department stores. one III
New York and one in Richmond Va
were found. These envelopes. the ne
tcctivcs say. were, forged by tn" same
nersons who forged the containers Tor
tho May Day bombs with the name o'
Gimbcl Brothers. ,o.
The May Day bombcrs aud tho rlot
tcrs who set the bombs in six rltl'$
had previously been definitely connected
bv other clues. and the police hcll@v'
they now have two members ol 'n'
homh nlotters in captivity. Both VII
hc orraigned in City Hall today.
Not only do the police believe tha'
Miller and Lydia NanaciaS were
concerned in the former plots. but tha'
another one has been prepared ana tha'
the envelopes discovered wer" to play
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
TWO GIRLS ARE PICKETs
walk Before Western Union Offjc,
s...... Ask for a Fair Deal

Two girl strikers yesterday picketed
the Offices of the Western Union
Telegraph Company at Fifteenth and
Chestnut streets, walking son the side :
walk wearing banners with the inscrin :
tions, "Burleson, Give Us Fair Deal,
and Help Finish the Job
:, Although they kept within the vicin =
lty OF the headquarters of the comnanv
they obeyed the requirements Of The
law to keep moving" In consequence
there was no interference by the police.
A policeman was stationed on the prem -.
Uses, but he found no cause TO fake q
hand in the matter.
The girls, both of whom were nrettv
attracted marked attention from pedes ,
trians and passersby joked and chatted
with the pickets. Curious persons fre
qlently stopped to inquire into the cause
OF the demonstration.
although Postmaster General RurIe -
sons order granting the workers tbc
right of collective bargaining was AS
sumed to be victory, there was no
change of plans at the local strike head :
quarters. Officials there awaited word
from s.. J. Konenkamp, president of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union, as to
the future attitude Of the organization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
LINERS TO BE DRY
VIII Not Sell Liquor Within Three
Mile Limit After July

No Intoxicating liquors will be sold
on transatlantic liners when the
steamers get within the three mile limit
on and after July 1, and passengers
eastward bound will have to wait until
the land has disappeared from sight be-
fore the bars are opened.
Agents Of the liners and other foreign
craft claim that their vessels, when in
any port, are as much a part of the
country they hail from as the country
itself, and that any interference would
be breach of international law. 1t has
been decided to have a stated case sub
mitted to the federal courts for a de-
cision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

7. G. SPECK, JR. frOm ono OF tht
most influential families in Ponta Del
gada.
Godiva Pacheesa was all that the
poets say the model Spanish Beauty Is
dark eyes, curly black hair, sunny
disposition n verything-according tc
the younger Speck' letter to his par
ents and it Just seemed natural" tc
fall in love and marry her, he said.
Spcck is twenty six years old. He
is a pharmacists mate. first class, sta =
toned at Ponta Delgada. He met his
wife about eight months ago. just after
reaching the base. The acquaintance
was made through the Rev. HcrculanS
Ferreira, who later married them.
A big reception is being planned for
the cOuplc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

trained at FL Paso, Tex, and Camp
Macarthur, Texas, with the Thirty
fourth Infantry. He went overseas Au
gust 6, 1918, as sergeant of Company
{, Twenty first Machine Gun Battal-
ion. He was made sergeant major of
the headquarters detachment Then.
fearing he would not get in the firing
line, he asked to be reduced, and his
request was granted. He was made
corporal of Company b. Twenty first
Machine Gun Battalion, and was in
the sector opposite Metz when the fight :
ing ended.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18


writes his parents
that he is married
and will b r i II E
home his bride in
about two months.
Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. Spcck. 21S East
Gorgas street, Ger :
mantowu, are anx =
iously awaiting the
arrival Of their
daughter in law
who is but ffteer
years old and comes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
TEST FOR HANDLEY-PAGE
Machine viii Make Trial Flight Be
fore Flying Across

Harbor Grace, N. f.. June IS
Vice Admiral Mark Kerr, commanding
the Handlcy Page biplane assembled
here for transatlantic flight, an
nouncod last night that before the mn
chine took its final chop off" 1t would
make another trial trip to test new radi
ators which have Just been installed.
According to an unconfirmed report
this trial trip may consist of q flight
to some Canadian city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
MAN AND BOY MISSING
Camden Police Asked to Search for
Jas. FurIonq and Jos. Costello

The Camden police have been asked
to search for a missing man and II
boy.
The boy is Joseph Cavello, eleven
years old. 221 North Sixth street
Philadelphia, who disappeared from
his home last Sunday. He has light
hair, blue eyes, and was wearing Il
black and white check cap and brown
suit.
Mrs. Marion Furlong. Of Pensaukcn.
reported the disappearance of her hus -
band, James Furlong, to the Camden
police. The missing man is thirty
seven years old, light hair and was
wearing a black suit There is scar
on the left she of his face. Furlouc
left his home in Pensauken on Mon
day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
FLYING FIELD TO OPEN
Civilians and ex.Army Men to Be
at Warmlnster

A new flying field for civilian fliers
and ex army fliers will be opened at
Warminster, near Hatboro, on the Old
York road. It will be conducted under
the auspices of the Aero Club of Penn =
sylvania, Of which Joseph A. Steinmetz
is president.
Lieutenant Houscr. L. s. A.. will be
in charge of the opening program and
several prominent hicrs will perform.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

) 6 62 Matthew
S t re e t, German
town. succeeded in
having himself de-
NOTED fro m SER
geant major to cor =
poral His sacri =
fee. however, was
in vain, as he was
still awaiting Or
d c r. s to advance
when the armistice
was signed.
Mccarthy en-
listed April u,
1917. at the age Of
eighteen wears, JIt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
SPANISH WAYS ALLURlNG
American Sailor Marries Fifteen
Year.OId Girl at Ponta peIqada

Spanish characteristics proved too al
Turing for at least one Philadelphia
sailor on duty in the Azores, and James
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18

part in it. The envelopes were
forgeries of two firms names, one of
'Saks & Co., New York" and '"Thal-
hcimer & Bros, Richmond"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
SACRIFICED RANK IN VAIN
Germantown Soldier Didn't Get
"Crack at Kaiser" After All

Fearing he would not reach the front
line trenches and would fail to get
"crack at the kaiser" u. J. Mccarthy,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
Admit They Are Radicals

Tho prisoners were sullen and de q
fant when arraigned before the de-
tectives for cross examination. Both
freely admitted that they were radicals.
and Miller went on record as being in
favor of Soviet government in the
United States. Both have been in this
country for twelve years, and neither
has made any attempt toward natural
i2ation. Both are of Jewish ancestry.
Todd Daniel, chief local agent of the
Bureau of Investigation of the Depart
ment of Justice. says that the woman
has been under surveillance because OF
her red tendencies for some time.
Important developments are expected
to follow the arrests.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28
THE BOOK SHELF
By THE BIBLIoPHILE

collection of short stories. the great sr
part, if not the whole. of its contents
having been SO published in various
magazines. The tales are all con-
cerned with the sentimental adven-
lures and philanderings of one Shelley
Wlckett. a coffee merchant, over so.
lie is happily married, but he wants
romance and adventure, and finds do
mesticity plus two children somewhat
boring at times. SO he meanders after
different women. with each of whom
he imagines himself in love to "A
greater or less extent, while his fatu-
Gus vanity causes him easily to sup
pose them Hll more or less in love with
him. fairly decent. if conceited and
somewhat foolish person in the first
story, he becomes more and more of
cad as the book goes on. and one
cannot help feeling rather sorry for
Mollie, his amiable and long-suffering
wife.
The first episode in the book is verv
much the best. so very much the best
that it seems quite prohab BILE that it's
SUCCESS caused the others to be
modelled after it. There is truth as
well as humor and a touch of whims-
icality in the account of the meeting
of Shelley Wicket and Mrs. Rainay
both over 80. and bath trifle wear
gagemept which so troubled the con-
sciences of both of them, and the
fiascc in which it all ended 1t Is a
light, sophisticated bit of fiction, gay
and clever and amusing If the rest
of the books contents were nearly as
good as its opening episode it would
be an entertaining volume, instead OF
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28
MARE NosTRUM."

(OUR sea- BY Vicente Blasco Ibanez.
authorized translation from the
Spanish by Charlotte Brewster Jor-
dam E. P. Dutton & Co., publish
ers, New York city.
In Reviewing the latest novel from
the pen of the Spanish author, Vincente
Blasco Ibanez, the New York Times
says:
Announced by the publishers as
companion volume of the sensationaNy
successful -Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse" this new novel by Vicsnte
Blasco Ibanez is a book one opens With
very lively anticipation. And those an
ticipations are not doomed to disap-
pointment, for while THE Shadow of
the Cathedral remains the finest novel
which the noted Spanish author has yet
written, Mare Nostrum" is unquestion
ably a remarkable book. 1t c'satains
these qualities for which we have long
since learned to look in a Blasco 1banez
novel-a richness of background, col
orful as some wonderful old stained
glass window; sense of historical con-
tinuity, linking the present to the past
beautifully written descriptions; sew
eral striking and peculiar minor char
actors. But besides all this, which rep
resents the expected, the book also has
the full-length portrait of woman
carefully drawn and with wealth of
detail Most of Balasco Ibanez' wom-
en- are characters of only secondary in
terest, more or less slightly sketched,
but Freya Thalberg. the spy in German
pay, though not herself of German
blood, as she at the last frantically pro-
tested, striving to prove herself free
from what she had learned to regard as
a horrible faint, is an Accordingly inter
esting parsonage, second in Importance
only to Ulysses Ferragut himself, the
sea captain who is the pivot of the
book.
Nevertheless. one is about a quarter
of the way through the book before
Freya appears upon the scene and be-
fore the war has any real effect upon
Ferragut. AS the first part of "The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" was
dominated by the figure of the old Cen
taur. so is the first part of Mare
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28
By THE BIBIIOPHILE
AFTER THIRTY"

BY Julian Street. The Century com
pany, publishers. New York City.
The Julian Street who has delighted
thousands of Americans with his books
of travel appears now in his clever
story, After Thirty with the graces
of fiction added to the within sicaiity,
the soodnatured humor. the keen
eyed observation and the mellow
philosophy that have made his preyi-
Gus books so popular.
Wicket is the head of a great cof-
fee company and is just over 80. Mol
lie is a beauty, is his wife and the
mother of his children. She has spirit.
patience. she is just what she is and
no bluffing She is a dear, and the
reader will love her.
But Wickett-wel, he is over 30
He tells himself that Mollie has set
tied. that she does not stimulate him
as she once did, that he knows be-
forehand what she will say and do
So he yearns for new adventures Of
the heart. and he philanders.
after Thirty" is the charming
chronicle of his philandering-Jan
Vaughan, Mrs. Railey, Mrs Barton and
SO on and on.
And the end? Well, however much
the reader may love Mollie, he can
NOT love her half as much as Wicket
does. after Thirty is distinctly up-
usual fiction.
One of Mr.. Streets "reviewers' saws
Of hts after Thirty:
Although After Thirty is called a
novel and its various episodes are di.
yaded into chapters, it is in fact a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28

er's predominating theory in writing
these studies of Twelve Men" would
seem to have been simply this: if it is
we'll to say thing once, 1t is better to
say it 20 times. He Celebrates, and ex-
plains, and expounds. and describes
every detail of every one of these twelve
men. Illustrating his explanations and de-
scriptions with anecdotes and more or
less philosophical comments and when
he has finished, his characters have
about as much life in them as so many
waxen figures set up in the showcase
window of a department store. They are
carefully costumed and painted, and
harbered, and arranged in appropriate
attitudes: but the breath of life is en-
tirely absent And despite the natural
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28

Nostrum" dominated by that of the old
Triton, Ulysses Ferragut's uncle. and
the person who does most to direct the
currents of his life and thought Even
at the very end it is the long-age inspir-
alton Of the Triton which brings before
his eyes the vision of the white Am
phitrite, goddess of the seafoam and
Lady of the Mediterranean. The great
robust, pagan shape of the Triton. he
who seemed indeed n veritable part Of
the sea he SO dearly loved and Whose
history and legends he knew so we'll
surpasses in impressiveness that of tn 3,
Centaur. and we do not wonder that aft
er he had met his destined and most ap.
propriate fate the peasant women
looked for him to come again, rising out
of the sea in all his shaggy, primitive
might. 1t was he who taught Ulysses
the lore of the Mediterranean, he who
gave strength to the boys Unborn ana
inherited longing to become a sailor
For Ulysses Ferragut is but a boy wher
we first meet him. and the account o.
the wonderful summer he spent with
the Triton at his home on the seacoast
is one of the most fascinating parts of
the book.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28
THREE

irritation which results from being pro-
foundly bored. one cannot help feeling
sorry that this should be so. for in the
lives of these dozen men-severai of them
individuals easily recognized by the cir
cumstances surrounding them, and only
slightly disguised under an initial or an
altered name-there was evidently much
material which, had it been better han
died. would have proved very interest,"
ing. Indeed, there are moments in the
study of "Culhane." owner and manager
of a famous sanatorium in Westchester
hich afford hopes that now at last we
are to meet 4 real human being-hopes
quickly swamped beneath a flood OF
verbiage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-28

what it now is--a somewhat tiresome
one. despite occasional lively moments
and some deft phrasing. The episo1e
of which it is composed steadily de-
teriorate, both in interest and in clev-
erHess. while the variations of & single
make up for their underlying SINH
larity."
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR"
BY Elizabeth Jordan. The Century COM
pany, publishers. New York City.
The new novel is not a sequel to Miss
Jordan's 1918 novel; The Wings ef
Youth" though some Of the latter novels
characters appear in THE Girl in the
Mirror
The Girl in the Mirror is a love and
mystery story set in the New York theat-
rcal world. Young Lawrence Devon,
looking into his mirror. sees a beautiful
girl with a pistol at her head What he
sees is a cross reflection from a mirror
in an adjoining studio building. He has
seen the stranger before in his mirror
and has located her roo1f Now he dashes
downstairs, gets up to her floor and al
hut breaks into her room. She begs him
to go away, for mere association with
her means death But he will not leave
her, and at cnce he is struggling in a net
of mystifying intrigue which the girl can
not explain
The story moves with breathless speed.
and the conclusion is as astonishing as
it is pleasant.
Elizabeth Jordan, the author, was born
in Milwaukee, and was graduated from
the Convent of Notre Dame. She imme-
diately became the editor of a woman's
department of a magazine. She then went
into newspaper work, first in Chicago, on
the Tribune, and later in New York, on
The World. Her work was not the usual
woman's page stuff; she was star re-
porter doing general work. Her record OF
big stories and beats would make most
newspaper men green with envy.
Leaving newspaper work, she became
the editor OF Harper's Bazaar, remaining
with it until the Harper firm sold II to
Mr. HeHarst. She then began giving her
whole time to writing, though she hac
been writing fiction all along. She wrote
and produced two successful plays-"The
Lady From Oklahoma" and "The Beauty
Parlor" She has written eight books OF
short stories and two novels AT present
she is doing nationally syndicated news
paper work.