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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
CAR HITS TRUCK; TWO HURT
Machine Loaded With Iron Girders
Overturned In Collision

A motortruck, loaded to capacity with
iron girders. was struck by trolley
car at the skip stop. Third aud Noble
streets, at 9:45 o'clock this morning
and overturned. The trolley was de-
rallied. The driver of the truck,
the motorman .of the trolley and Il
patrolman riding on the front plat
form were injured and taken to the
Roosevelt Hospital. Other passengers
on the trolley, shaken up by the force
of the collision, refused medical trent-
ment.
The motorman was arrested.
James Jones. thirty four years old.
negro, 660 North Camac street, the
driver of the truck. is the most seriously
injured. He received severe cuts on the
left side of his head and ear and numer =
Gus cuts and bruises of the arms aud
body. Patrolman James Daley, of the
Third street and Fairmount avenue
station, received sprained ankle. G.
Bruce, 81 years old. 26SS Bridge
street, the motorman, was cut on the
left leg and arm.
The truck was being driven east Oh
Noble street. The trolley, northbounh
on Third street is said to have at
tempted to pass the street intersection
without slowing up. The collision vir 10
mally ruined the truck and damaged the
front of the trolley. The motor is
owned by Robert De Cou, contractor
of Twelfth and Noble streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
MRS. WILSON COOKS
AT ARMY BAZAAR
Evening Public Ledger Expert to
Demonstrate and Discuss
Economical Recipes
WILL APPEAR EVERY DAY

Cheap cooking. the use of substitutes
and the elimination of waste, will be
discussed and demonstrated by Mrs.
Mary \. Wilson. food expert for the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER.at the bazaar
in the First Regiment Armory at Broad
and Callowhill streets, every afternoon
and evening this week.
The problem of turning the present
food shortage into surplus and lower
ing the cost of living will be taken VI
and new economy recipes including All
cggless, sugarless fruit cake will be
given.
The bazaar is being held to raise
funds to incorporate the survivors OF
the 100th Infantry with the Veteran
Corps, First Infantry. n. G.. 7. Spe
cial features are scheduled for each day,
and the 100 booths displaying Christ :
mas gifts and household necessities are
in charge of number of prominent or
ganizations.
The Alumnae Association of the Girls
High and Normal Schools have taken
u booth. which is in charge of com
mttee headed by Mrs. u. NJ X. Full
ton, and including Miss Helen Ierkes
Minnie Long. Martha Simler, Amelia
Robinson. Anna Lewars and NJ. MGR
ris.
The Northeast High School Orchestra
led by Professor Michcncr, will furnisl
the music for this evenings dancing.
The women yeomen, under tn,
supervision of Miss Margaret G.
Thomas, have charge of booth, ant
the auxiliary of the First Regiment
under Mrs. 7. F. Mcchau, have au-
other booth.
Colonel j. G. Gilmore is chairman o
the committee in charge of the bazaar
and his committee includes Mr.. Franl
| b. Irwin. secretary; Major Harry III
Croft, Major Alonzo J.. Parson, Ser
geant r. A. Whitley, Captain joni
| Allen. Captain II. II. Bannister, Cap
tain William II. Suttcr. Sergeant Mich
olas j. Moody, Captain Clarence !
Kensil and Lieutenant Colonel II. +
Meehan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
SHOOTS WIFE ON
WAyFR0M Church
Camden Man Then Turns Gun
on Himself-Both in Serious
Condition
SEPARATED ON LABOR DAY

Mrs. Mary 1dler, fifty years old, S13
Walnut street. Camden, who was shot
by her husband as she left church yes
terday morning, is in critical con
dition in the Cooper Hospital.
John Idler, the husband, who then
turned the gun on himself, is in q seri e
Gus condition at the same institution
The shooting occurred few minutes
after Mrs. Idler left the Church of
Saints Peter and Paul. st. John and
Spruce streets, and within sight of
scores of other persons leaving the
chulSh.
As Mrs. 1dler turned into Walnut
street near Newton avenue. her hus
band approached She had been sepa
rated from him since Labor Day and she
began to hurry away. lie caught ur
to her. Pedestrians heard two shots
First the woman fell to the ground
then the man, his body resting over
that of his victim.
They were taken to the Cooper Hos
pital. Mrs. Idler was shot in the back
Her spine was injured. She is partially
pGralyzed. Her husband was shot il
the groin.
The couple have three children, tive
daughters and son. The son, 10.
Sph, twenty five years old. said hi,
fathers act was prompted by jealousy
Idler is already under bail for threat
cning his wife's life.
Mrs. ldler went to church ycstcr.
day morning with Katherine and Helen
her daughters, twenty two and nineteet
years old. respectively. They left thu
services early and she was going hom'
alone when the shooting occurred
During the night, the woman KEEP
begging the doctors at the hospital t,
save her life. She kept repeating tina
her husband had no reason to shoe
her.
The man maintained silence. He die
not evnce any interest in the serious
ness of his wound, nor inquire into th
condition of his wife. He will be ar
rested If he RECEIVERS sufficiently tt
leave the institution.
Since separating from his wife, ldler
who is watchWan at II railroad cross
ing. has been living with friends nca
Fourth and Jasper streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
DRExEL HILL WOMEN
PLAN CHRISTMAS SALE
Bazaar to Be Held Two Days
Next Week to Raise Club
house Fund

A Christmas bazaar will be held in
the Craftsmen's Clubhouse, Drexel Hill,
Wednesday and Thursday of next week,
TO start fund to erect clubhouse for
the Women's Club of Drexel HILL
Mrs. 9. b. Webb is chairman of the
committee in charge, and George Wat
son, vice chairman. Others on the com :
mittee are Mrs. Thomas Barnhill, Mrs.
Thomas Meloy, Mrs. Howard Aldurd
Mrs. Charles Oselbach. Mrs. B. J.. Pal
mer, Mrs. Marcus Schumacher, Edwin
Bowden, F. II. Blcyler. Mrs. Samuel
johnson, Mrs r. Il. Uhlrick. Mrs. Will
liam Fulmer, Mrs Earl Milutte. Mrs.
r.. Lovekin. Mrs. G. Whitman, f.
Jacquet, Miss Marian Jackson. Mrs. S.
Wimball, Mrs. e. Groves, Mrs. w
Carter, Mrs. w. Munroe, Mrs. W
Allison, Mrs J. Jacoby, Mrs. Cobb. P
Sparter, Mrs. r. Wanamaker, Mrs
Pugh, Mrs. r. w. Atmore. Mrs.
Thomas Smith. Miss Gano, Mrs. J
Cory, 9. S. Osenbach, Mrs w. II
White, Mrs. Howard Collins, Mrs. A
Fritsch, Mrs. j. L. Widmyer. Mrs. A
Kennedy, Mrs. Lafayette Gates, Mrs
Evans, Mrs. George Burke. Mrs. w. B
Stohpoiu, pllS. II. Nlttu' 4tlo' = i'op
inson, Mrs. S. NJ. Gibson, Mrs. Y
Alexander, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Webb
Mrs. f. Copeland, Mrs. w. Nees, Mrs
G. Dakin, Mrs. o. Wagner, Mrs. B
Wainwright, Mrs. Robert Miller, Mrs
Clarence Thomas, Mrs. G. Waite, Mrs
w. Lybolt, Miss Session, Henry Miller
Mrs. H. Uphome, T. Woodihg, Mrs. u
Fay, Mrs. F. Mccain, Mrs. e. Stock
Mrs. Edgar Thomas, Mrs. #. Reens
Mrs. McCorkle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
"HAMlLTON" STILL MYSTERY
kerdrick Says He Is Not Donor ot
$4,000 to last Campaign

Samuel Hamilton" who is credited
with SIS, 900 contribution to the lte-
publican central campaign committee
the day before the last election, may
not know himself.
Murdoch Kendrick. who managed the
Moore United Republican campaign com
mittcc. denied today he made any con
tribution in the name of Samuel Ham,
ilton, And in that denial can be found
u hint that the man who gave tue
$15, 900 may have been kept in ignor-
ance of the name selected to put oppo.
site the amount on the committee
records of collections and expenses.
"No. / don't know ANYTHING about
Samuel Hamilton" Mr.. Kendrick said
when questioned. "No checks made in
the form of contribution from the
Moore United Republican campaign
committee or from me bear that name.
1t was then suggested that the $40,
900 may have been cash.
'I made no contribution in the name
of Samuel Hamilton" Mr.. Kpndrick
said. And then he laughed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
GIBSON, BleAMIST, JAILED
Man Who Had Five Wives Gets
Four Years and Three Months

Frank II. Gibson, Philadelphia s
self confessed bigamist, who calmly ad-
mitted before County Judge Young in
White Plains, n. Y, that he had five
wives, was sentenced Saturday to four
years and three months at hard labor
in Sing Sing prison.
Gibson. who is fifty two years old,
was found guilty last Thursday after
just five minutes Of deliberation by the
jury 1t was his second conviction on
the same charge, as he had been SEN
fenced to prison in 1916 after an elope.-
ment with Addline Robinson, Eortieth
street and Girard avenue. Miss Bessie
Dehart, wife No. 3. was also a Phila-
delphia girl. Fort Wayne, Ind. Rich
mond. Va. and Ossining, n, w., sup
piled the other three wives.
Asked il he thought he had good
code of morals, Gibson replied: -.
ooh. yes just as good as ANYBODY "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
HARE BROTHERS BETTER
PhiIadelphians Recovering From APP
pendicitis Operations In Baltimore

G. Willing Hare aud his brother.
Horace Binney Hare, each of whom was
operated upon in the Johns Hopkins
Hospital. Baltimore, several weeks ago.
are doing we'll and will be discharged
in n short time. it was announced to-
day.
c. Willing Hare, who was director
of sales for the War Department,
returned home in i'll health November
from Europe, where he was active in
disposing of millions of dollars worth
OF government property. lie entered
the hospital for treatment, and an
operation was found necessary.
His brother was operated upon for
appendicitis after he became ill Thanks
giving Day.
Their mother, Mrs. Horace B. Hare
and their sister, Miss Esther B. Hare,
of Radnor, have been in Baltimore fol
the last several weeks to be near the
patients.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
William Reid

William Reid, of 4354 Dexter street,
lioxborough, veteran Loyal Orange
man, will be buried at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon from the Fourth Re
formed Church, Roxborough.
Mr.. Reid, who died of kidney trouble,
Thursday, was born in County Down,
Ireland, September 0, 1910, came to
this country in 1868 and settled in
Manayunk, where he engaged in the
coal and ice business. He was after
wand employed in the Manayunk Gas
Works, and later in the Roxborough
pumping station at Shawmont.
He was member of Keystone Loyal
Orange Lodge, No. 6, and for many
years treasurer of the State Grand
Lodge and a member of the Supreme
Grand Lodge of Orangemen. He was
also Mason, an Odd Fellow and mem
ber of Talmage Reformed Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
PENN NIGHT IN ROCHESTER
Or. johnson to Represent University
at Hlah. School Event

DR.. Emory Ar. johnson. dean of the
Wharton School, has been selected by
Provost Edgar Fahs Smith to represent
the University of Pennsylvania ut the
"Pcnnsylvania College Night at the
Fast High School. Rochester, n. y,
December IS, it was announced today.
The University of Pennsylvania was
given this opportunity of expressing it
self in its best light to the high school
students. Cornell and Syracuse Uni
pcrsities will be represented at two other
suppers to be given by the high school.
With Pennsylvania they are the favorite
schools of the high school boys.
DR.. II. r. Williams, a Penn alumnus,
of Rochester. assisted in completing ar
engagements for the supper and meeting.
His son. Edward Williams, also Penn
man, will be speaker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
MUMMERS HARD AT WORK
Tour of Clubs Shows Close Rivalry
Is Under Way

"Biggcr, better, brighter and more
entertaining than ever" is the slogan
of the clubs planning for the annual
mummers parade on New Years Day.
Councilman John II. Baizley. chair :,
man of the committee, made a round
of the various clubs yesterday to see
what has been accomplished in the way
clubs reported that their displays would
he more original and more entertaining
than ever. All are striving hard to get
some of the $15 900 prize money offered
by Councils and the various neighbor
hood prizes by business organizations. -,
All the old and well known clubs Will
be in line, as we'll as some new organi-
cations. whose members will compete for
prizes for the first time this year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
URGE PENN PRESS BUILDING
University Publications AsItate
Canpalun for Headquarters

A University press building, with
equipment for printing the University
of Pennsylvania publications, is being
agitated.
The Punch Bowl the monthly hu-
morous magazine, has proposed that
permanent quarters be assigned now to
all University publications. The base
ment of the Houston Club or some other
suitable place should be arranged for
by the graduate and undergraduate
authorities, says tho publication.
Three undergraduate publications,
the Punch Bowl, the Red aud Blue,
which is the monthly editorial and lit
erary magazine, and the annual Record
Book of the senior class were housed
in the basement of Logan Hall this fall
until the fire in that building made Il
necessary for them to scatter to varl-
GUS parts of the campus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
DR.. 8. A. SANDS NAMED

Word was received from Harrisburg
today of the appointment of DR.. Sid
ney A. Sands, of Philadelphia, as
dental consultant to the department Of
bcnlth. The appointment was made
by Commissioner of Health Edward
Martin. Doctor Sands's professional
offices are al 1881 Chestnut street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
RETIRES SENIOR EMPLOYE
P. r. r. Pensions Man in Service
for Sc Years and Nine Months

Numa Il. Tourtelot. chief clerk OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad ticket of
flee ut the Broad Street Station. has
been retired on pension. having
reached seventy years. He holds the
record for the longest continuous service
for the railroad. II took him fifty six
years and nine months TO win this
record.
Mr.. Tourtelot lives in llammonton,
\. j. lie was born in Camden, n, j.,
on October ., 1910. He entered the
service of the railroad as a messenger
boy.
Ills closest rival for the record of
long service is Clark Didcock, who re
tired in 1916 with record of fifty six
years and three months with the Penn
YNlYnnin Railroad.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
George D. Fahrenbach

Reading, Pa, Dec. S.-George d.
hahrenbach, former sheriff of Berks
county. and native of Germany, with
died yesterday of stroke of apoplexy,
received while presiding at the annual
reunion of the 151st Regimental Asso
citation on Thanksgiving Day. He was
aged seventy three years.
At the battle of Charlottesville he
was taken prisoner, but escaped shortly
afterward. AT the battle of Gettys-
burg he was wounded three times, in
the arm, the abdomen and the head, but
continued in active service. Later, ir
a Confederate uniform, he penetrated
the enemy lines between Petersburg ant
Richmond, finding out their number
plan of campaign and other details Of
importance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
GOMPERS HERE TONIGHT
Vauclaln Also VIII Speak Before
Contemporary Club

Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor; Samuel
NJ. Vauclain, president of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, aud llenPg =. Prit-
chett. president of the Carnegie Founda
tion, will speak tonight before the Con
temporary Club.
Industrial Relations" will be the
general topic. The meeting, which will
mark the opening of the clubs thirty
fourth season, will be held in the Belle
vue Stratford. and the first address will
begin at 3 10 o'clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
FOUND DEAD; THROAT CUT
Police Believe Dependency Caused
Man to End Life

Dependency and i'll health are be
lieved by the Germantown police to have
caused the suicide of Howard Helms,
100 East Dutal street.
Helms, who was forty five years old,
was found Yesterday afternoon lying
beside the Reading Railway tracks
above johnson street. His throat was
cut. A razor lay near the body.
At the Germantown Hospital Helms
was pronounced dead.
Police investigation showed the man
had been i'll for several months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
DO "LITTLE TASKS OF LIFE
ohm Wanamake- Urges Sunday
School to Master EVIL

The Importance of attending care
fully to the "litte tasks" of life was
discussed by John Wanamaker yester,
day in addressing the Sunday school of
the Bethany Presby terian Church,
Twenty second and Bainbridge streets.
Mr.. Wanamaker also said there was
good and evil in every one and that
effort should be made to strengthen the
good and master the evil.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
CORRECTION BY CAPT. GALE
Respondent in Divorce Action Is Not
His Daughter

Captain George Il. Gale. harbor mas
ter at Atlantic City, corrects an mae
curacy which occurred in dispatch
published Monday of last week con
Plum against Mrs. Ethel Gale Plum.
The dispatch said that Mrs. Plum
was the daughter of Captain Gale. This
statement was not correct.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
APPEAL FOR BLIND RELIEF
Secretary Issues Plea to Make
ChrIstmas Cheer Possible

Funds are urgently needed by the
blind relief fund of Philadelphia. which
is used to alleviate the condition of the
needy blind of the city, according to a
statement issued by its executive sec
retary. Isabel w. Kennedy.
Last year, according to the report of
the fund, it received nearly $1,000 in
contributions. 1t has no collectors, and
all contributions should be sent to its
headquarters in the Witherspoon Build
ing. Funds are especially needed now
to distribute groceries and warm cloth q
ing at Christmas time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Hubert to Speak on Far East

''The Far Eastern Triangle, Russia.
China and Japan will be the theme
tonight of Homer Il. Hubert in Asso-
citation Hall. Germantown, under thu
auspices of the University Extension
Society.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Deaths OF a Day
SIR EDWIN PEARS

London. Dec. S.-(By A. PAN
nouncement is made of the death of Sir
Edwin Pears, at Malta, November 27.
Sir Edwin Pears, lawyer, editor and
author, was responsible for revelations
of Moslem atrocities in Bulgaria which
caused Gladstone to lead popular dem
onstrations against Turkish rule in Eu-
rope,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Louis H. kInsIey Dies

Louis H. Kinsley, former Philadel-
phian and member of City Councils, is
dead at his home, 42S South Broadway,
Gloucester. His funeral will be held
Wednesday afternoon. Mr.. Kinsley
was member of the South Second
Street Butchers and Business Men
Association and of keystone Assembly,
No. 2, A. o. M. P. He is survived by
his wife.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08
Hunter Dies From Wounds

Walter s. Pierson. Clayton. y. j..
died yesterday in the Jefferson Hospital
from wounds received when a gun he
was carrying while hunting near that
town was accidentally discharged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-08

our VaIueS
in Overcoats
and Suits are
remarkable
at the prices!
q The other d a y a
Pittsburgher bought an
Overcoat here and told
his salesman that he
tried to get what he
wanted out home, but
failed.
A friend said to hin,-
q "Why don't you ,Uait
till yoW go to Philddel-
phia and visit Perry'ss
YoatU get it there, all
right, and it aOoN't
cost a fortune, either"
g The fact is, Ue huUe
been and are fighting
the high prices!
q We drove many a
close bargain in getting
t h e S e woolens, and
we're doing the same
thing whenever we can.
q You'll say that's so
when you look at these
handsome u listers S,
Ulsterettes and other
Winter Overcoats at
$35, $40, $45
and upward
Suit values to
match at $35 up
Leather Coats
Fur Collar and
Furlined OvercOats
PERRY & CO.
IN. B. T."
18th & Chestnut SITS,
| slsEMsE The best
| Xmas bargain
| m is this penny sss
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-03-19

speak Ill of Tuscaloosa, as this was
always world Of contrasts. Its
chief hotel, the McLester, is a gem
of stopping places. Here only the
best class register and, only the
most chaste language is heard, the
most elegant manners observed.
Porters in spotless linen and but
lers in evening dress cater to your
every within. The old-fashioned
South is personified in the faces of
the guests, for they gather from the
best cities and sections of the most
southern Of states. Withal, Tus-
caloosa, with her magnolias, her
pines, her flowers and her sun
shine, can be called the queen city
of the sunny south.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-03-19
PROBLEM FOA ART EXPERTS
How to Save Masterpieces OF Painting
is Matter Which Puzzles Author
tiles in Italy.

A heating apparatus powerful
enough to force heat through pile Of
sandbags II feet thick and to dry
without scorching the wall behind is
needed to preserve one of the worlds
masterpieces, "Thc Last Supper" OF
Leonardo da Vinci, which is painted
on the wall of the Church of Santa
Maria dele Grazic at Milan, Italy,
The dampness which accumulates In
the sand necessary as a protection
from air raids is fast fading the colCrs
of the picture, already damaged by
time. The restoration necessary for
LeonardO's picture is unSuited to the
frescnes of IAuini and other masters
painted on the same wall. How 10
give each set of masterpieces the
treatment required is the problem. So
far the experts of the italian ministry
of the arts have been unable to find
a solution.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1919-03-19
SOME REMARKS.

A recent attempt to raise sum
of money for a charitable purpose
brought forth the following heart
breaking reply:
81 have your letter requesting a
donation for what you consider a
very worthy cause. / flatter my
self that l have spirit of loyalty
and generosity. l have contribut-
ed to each and every object that
has been presented to me, but
have to decline helping your cause
along for the following reasons:
IT have been held up, held down,
sandbagged, walked on, sat on,
rolled over, fattened out, and
squeezed; first by the United States
Government for the Federal war
tax, the excess profits tax, the
Liberty Loan Bonds and the bonds
of matrimony; in New Jersey for
the State tax, the highway tax, the
income tax, the auto tax, school tax,
cat tax, and syntax, and every So
ciety and organization the inven-
tive mind of man can invent to ex-
tract what you may or may not
possess, from the Society of John
the Baptist, the G. A. r., the wom-
ems relief corps, the mems relief,
the stomach relief, the wifeless,
the husbandless, the. childless, the
constituencies, the navy league, the
Red Cross, the green cross, the
double cross, and every other cross
OF all colors, and by the children's
home, the Dorcas society, and the
hospital.
lone of my mills burned down,
the henhouse and board walk blew
away and, because l will not. sell
all that Ihave to go beg, borrow,
and steal, l have been cussed and
discussed, boycotted, talked to and
talked about, lied to and lied about
held up, hung up, robbed and near
ly ruined, and the only reason l
am clinging to life is to see what
in his coming next.