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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
DAYLIGHT SAVING
REMAINS A LAW
House Votes 2O3 to III That Clocks
Are All Right the Way
They Are Running
Now.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, July 19-Advo-
Gates of daylight saving were jubi.
liant today.
By vote of 2O3 to III the house
yesterday eliminated the daylight
saving repeal from the new agricul-
tural appropriation bill, thus assur-
ing that the measure will remain a
law.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
High Winds Through Flame
Swept Woods Cause Blaze
to Get Beyond
Control.
MORE FIGHTERS NEEDED
Nothing But Rain Can Prevent HoIo-
caust In Northern Idaho
and Eastern Wash
ington.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
! KALISPEL, Mont, July 19.-High
winds through the f1ame-swept woods
have caused several forest fires in
western Montana and northern Idaho
to get beyond control again. Several
Montana towns are in serious dan
ger Of destruction.
Every available man is being rush.
ed to forest district number one from
all parts of the state Only cessa-
tion Of the wind can save further
destructive spread of the fires.
May Ask for Troops.
BOISE, Idaho, July 19.-Governor
Davis may today ask the war depart
fighting in northern and centrar
Washington as the only means of
preventing a disaster like the 1910
forest fires.
weather has somewhat lessened the
fire danger there over night, but the
Thunder Mountain fire in southern
Idaho is still resisting all control
efforts.
Holocaust Threatened.
SPOKANE, Washn., July 49,
Nothing in the world can prevent
a holocaust in northern Idaho and
eastern Washington forests unless
rain falls. Fire fighters can't hold
the fires, which are gaining steadily
Men are scarce"
This was the word today from
Forest Supervisor Flint, at Newport,
Washington. His fears were echoed
by fire chiefs, from half dozen
other points in government and state
forests.
Apparently lives are not in danger.
The fires are far back in the forests,
away from ranches and cities, al
though one fire is burning about two
miles from Newport.
Every fire, without exception, has
been traced to carelessness," Flint de.
clared. Every one could have been
prevented"
TIL fires on the Priest river are still
burning, practically unchecked Three
thousand acres of cut-over land hava
been burned and the fire is eating
into green timber belonging to the
state and federal government
Big blazes around Blue, Big and
Caribou creeks, east of Priest lake and
Priest river are still eating steadily
through the timber. There Is gigan
tic fire, covering thousands Of acres,
in the upper Priest river country near
the international boundary.
Several large blazes are sweeping
through near the boundary Of the
Kaniksu forest Another is in the
forest itself.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Fourteenth Day There
We're 81, 900 on Sea En-
route Home.

nmted Press Leased Wire Service.
mao.HlNGTON, July 19.-The
o aemsth aaa OF the army July IA was
Pa.ooO the war department esti
~ ~ today. OF these $4,000 were
lufopa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, July 19-It looked like a
bomb, it was marked bomb but
Tony Nero thought he'd make sure. 1t
felt like one, he admitted. Three fin.
gers gone.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Umbrella Makers Strike.

NEW YORK, July 19-New Workers
were scanning the weather reports
with more than customary interest
today. Five thousand umbrells
makers announced they were prepar
ing to strike.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Hidden In Umbrella.

PITTSBURGH, July 19-"Babe", a
big negress, didn't mind the heat, but
her umbrella excited suspicion.
Snow muttered the sleuth, as he
found cocaine concealed in the closed
rain stick
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Tire ThieFs Insult.

LAWRENCE, Mass, July 19-J. w
Goustin, after stealing quantity OF
tires here, added insult to injury wher
he attempted to sell them to two
policemen. He will retire" to the
Lawrence Jail for short period.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
To Overthrow Government.

NEW YORK, July 19-Finnish l. w
W., have it all figured out how to
overthrow the government They
planned. according to the Lusk com.
mittee to all get arrested, thus max
Ing taxes 80 heavy everybody would
get mad and quit paying.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Second Degree Murds
Is Vel
licf of Jury
Room After Being
Roy Emerson Led Sobbing From c.
Found Guilty

Press I
second degree murder
romth hecoutrom and ca o a
the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
Street Dancing,

NEW YORK, July 19-Four young
women were to be asked in court
today what caused them to dance
shimmy on street corner. Police
men testified they had quite an audi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19

Rood The naily Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19
TELEGRAPHIC TABLOIDS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
Big Eye Glasses.

NEW YORK, July 19-Dignity got
shock here today, when physicians
ruled its greatest aid-horn-rimmed
glasses Of the big round variety-off
the course. They tend to increase
eye-strain, said the docs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19

, The Telegraph Service Of The
noily Gate City and Constitu-
t;on.Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-19

THE WEATHER
Partly Cloudy Tonight and
Sunday. Local temp. z p. M,
S8; Ia. m, 6S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
PENN "SOPHS' GET REVENGE
AFTER "FRESH" HALT SMOKER
Secondle Men Storm Dornitories and Duch Enemies in
Historic Frog PondS-iauy "Bloody' Battles Wdged

was being enjoyed by first year men
somewhere in Chestnut Hill. All the
entertainment intended for the Houston
Hall smoker was delivered under in
flucncc of threats. to the other class.
All the Sophomorcs obtained was n part
of the refreshments.
Angcrcd by the insult of the telephone
message. the sophomores rallied to their
banners their strongest forces and
marched on the dormitories. whore all
freshmen are housed this year. The
retaliation was completely successful.
Although outnumbered. the second b
year mon were able to take their enemy
by surprise, and. with grim deter
mination to get revenge for their ruined
smoker, they showed no mercy. The
gatcways and buildings Of the dormi e
tories were scenes of bloody battles.
Seniors and juniors in the vicinity said
to be indignant Mt freshman indepcnd
cncc, helped the 800 sophomoreS.
Scores of first year men were ducked
in the historic frog ponds. some with
the opportunity Of removing outer
clothing first. but most of them. just
as they were.
The battle cbbcd and flowed: it ex-
tended out to Thirty seventh street ana
it echoed in the Botanica. Gardens
Members of both classes were captured
and tied up. often acquiring bloody
noses in their struggles to resist. II
was long after | o'clock before the
SophomoreS departed, satisfied with thcii
vengeance. They had scored the first
decisive class victory Of the year. ever
without the services of their president
/ Otto Geigcr, who was injured in al
automobile accident. and is confined {
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
HELD
IN TRAIL OF CRIME
Goes to Jail With Alleged Ac-
compIice in Default of
$4,000 Bail
SAID TO BE A DESERTER

Victor e. Bender, alias Irving Ber F.
der, alias Harry Thomas, twenty eight
years old, ex soldier, who has been
held responsible by the police for com
plicity in many of the recent hold ups
and fur and jewelry store robberies in
the city, was held in $4,000 bail 70:
court today by Magistrate Grelis IN
the Eleventh and Winter streets sta Z.
ton. About him has been woven an
alleged story of crime. capture and es-
cape which touches France, Spain and
Italy.
His alleged accomplice, Joe Cans,
thirty years old was held in $1,000 bail
Irving and Cans were arrested by
Policemen Winnie and Clarke, of the
Eleventh and Winter streets station.
November 10 at Juniper and Vine
streets. 1t was shortly after midnight
and the two men were seen changing
license tags on an auto parked there.
The policemen arrested the two me1
and Patrolman Clarke recognized Ben
der as a man who was in the sam,
overseas outfit with him, the Nineteenth
Engineers, Company &, and whom h,
arrested in Paris as a deserter and :
fugitive from detention camp.
Subsequent investigation by the po.
lice since the arrest has revealed evi
dence, it is alleged, which involves Ben
der and Cans in a tangle of erin,
throughout the city.
The technical charges against him are
carrying concealed deadly weapons
larceny of automobiles. and cnrryinl
burglar tools
A large number of witnesses were
called before Magistrate Grelis TO tes
tify against Bender.
Bender, who is alleged to have es.
capped from a detention camp at st. Ma.
zaire, and from Leavenworth, said il
his cell today:
'T'll be working in Baldwins in three
months"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
WOMEN MAKE PLEA
FOR CHURCH WORK
Speak From Chancel Steps in
Protestant Episcopal Edi-
fees Here Today
ASK BETTER ATTENDANCE

Women who took a prominent part in
war work and civic activities spoke to-
day at several of the meetings held in
Protestant Episcopal churches in con
nection with the nation wide campaign
for church membership.
The object of the campaign is to
bring about better attendance at
churches and convert the material en-
crgy which was used with such good
results during the war into spiritual
energy for the church.
The women spoke from the chancel
steps in each church. II was pointed
out by many that the man who at
tended his religious duties, regardless
of denomination. was always found to
be the best citizen.
Mrs. Henry billiard spoke at st.
Philips Church. Forty second street
and Baltimore avenue. at this morn
ing's meeting. She will also speak thi,
afternoon and evening.
Addresses were also made at this
meeting by the Rev. y. Il. Groton,
of Whitemarsh. and Allen Evans.
Mrs. Fred II. Howland will addrcs,
II meeting tonight at the Prince of Peace
Church, Twenty second and Morrf,
streets. Robert l.. Bradford. of tho
Lighthouse. kensington. will also speak
at this meeting. Mrs. j. Willis Martin
will address the meeting at ST. paul's
Church. Chestnut Hill. and Mrs.
Charles Biddlc will speak at st. Jane, <
Church, bristol. The Rev. Samuc
Booth will be among other speakers at
This meeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
SEEK RABIES IN DOG
THAT ATTACKEDB0Y
Collie Killed After Biting Child
and Pouncing Upon Patrol
man and Others
BLOOD WILL BE TESTED

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., its'S W II, ,' w 'l,uue 'o""H d. ,|t =" 1T -
N'rsl'E OF ienhsFlVahla ioSpl'al Iaoor-
atory to determine whether a collie dog
killed last night nv n detective was
e,nr,r;ro fron, nob;os por,no a., ,,,i
'"" '"1 ,'V,' i"o','' n''''' '"' an,
MAJ was Killed 1t had bitten ono child
and was reported to have attacked
others.
Tbo h;t,or ohil1 ,,s Chorlo, rross
''''u ""0 ""' '7'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18

The original program scheduled Gor
the smoker of the sophomore class at
the University to be held in Houston
Hall last night did not come off. And
as Il result strenuous warfare between
the sophomore and freshmen classes IS
again being wagcd.
When members of the second year
class arrived at Houston Club last eve
ming they found il barricadcd BY fresh =
men, and. what was worse, they learned
that their evenings program had been
Stolen
l.. Dagitt. an artist. listed TO en-
tcrtnn the "sophs"; musical talent of
various kinds and members of the sophie
more vigilance COMMITTEES, as well rs
different scheduled speakers of the eve
ming. had been kidnapped in automo e
blcs and taken out to Chestnut Hill.
The few sophomores who tried TO 20
on with the smoker received a telephone
message late in the evening from II.
McGivcrn. the freshman president. who
informed them that their program
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
ENGINEERS DISCUSS
CHARTER TONIGHT
Forty Organizations Will Be
Represented at Session in
Witherspoon Hall

Philadelphia new city charter will
be discussed tonight at meeting in
WitherspooG Hall under the auspices
OF the Engineers club Edward NJ.
Baskiu. counsel for the coming system
OF New York city, win BE- the principal
speaker.
Forty organizations will be repre-
scrted at the meeting. which win con
slider especially sections of the new city
charter relating to living and working
conditions.
Mr.. Bassett's paper will be discussed
by Albert $. Taught, representing the
civil Service Reform Association; Emil
Guenther, of the Board of Trade ; Cole
Commerce; Leslie W. Miller. of the
Fairmount Park Art Association |;
George :. Webster, of the department
of Wharves. Docks and Ferries; DIR. j.
\. MacCallum. of the Philadelphia
Housing Association: j. y. McGar-
vcy of the Philadelphia Operative
Builders Association; Albert Kelsey,
of the "1'' Square Club; Andrew
| Wright Crawford, of the Art Jury: i.
| 4. Nogclson, of the Bureau of Health,
| and +. :. Mccain. of the IOning Com
mission.
Delegates from many civic agencies
tllN. CITY NtIuIlUltulS anu uNl'uuN nav
been in conference for some time. con
sidering provisions of the new city
charter wherein it is optional with the
now administration to create commits
si"ns on city planning and coming.
| Following discussion of the urgent
necessity for the creation Of such bod
| ie" a resolution has been adopted in
which the assembled organizations urge
| the formation of these commissions.
| The conference has approved the rec
concentrations of the existing IOning
/ Commission. as expressed in the pro
/ posed Toning Ordinance now before
/ Councils, in so far as the administering
Of the coming regulations shall be vest
/ ed in division of coming uuder the
/ Bureau of Surveys. In regard to a
body 10 consider appeals and petitions
| frcm the administering of the division
of coming. it is deemed advisable that
this function should be vested in com
bined City Planning and Xoning Com
| mission. since there is an overlapping OF
city planning and coming functions.
The following are among the organ
i2ationS which will be represented by
| delegates:
Art Jury. Automobile Club of Phila
dclphia. Board of Education, Board OF
Trade. Buildings Trades Council, Bu
rcau of Municipal Research. Chamber
of Commerce. City Club. City Park:
Association. Civic Club, Department o
City Transit. Department of Pub
lie Health and Charities. Bureau o
Ruildiug Inspection, Bureau of Surveys
Department of WharveS. Docks an'
Ferries Engineers Club of Philadel'
phia and Affiliated Societies. Fairmoun
Park Art Association. Maritime FIX
change. Master Builders Exchange
Octavia Hill Association. Philadelphi;
Chapter American Institute of Archi'
tects. Philadelphia Real Estate Board
Philadelphia Housing Association. Phil
adclphia Fire Underwriters Associa
tion. Philadelphia Operative Builders
Association. Playground Association
~ Square Club. Whiting Center ant
Toning Commission.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
NEW RECRUITING CHIEF
Josepn M. Davis Heads Service for
Merchant Marine

Joseph NJ. Davis, of Atlantic City,
has been appointed by Judge Payne,
chairman of the United States shipping
board, as chief of the recruiting serv-
ice, Section 2, of the merchant marine.
Mr.. Davis succeeds John Frederick
Lewis, resigned, who organized the
work, to whom he was assistant.
Mr.. Davis has been active in poll
tics in southern New Jersey. He was
a law student in the University of
Pennsylvania and'was principal in the
New Jersey public schools before he be-
came connected with the shipping board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
WARE ESCAPES INCREASE
Assessment Rise Doesn't Apply to
Conoressman's Broad Street Home

Among owners of South Broad street
property who this year escaped in
creased assessments is Congressman
William :. Ware. Increases of from
10 to 20 per cent are general aH fan
down as Jackson street.
Assessor Claude &. MILESTONE, IN
charge of this district. explained the
failure 10 go below Jackson street by
SAYING that advances were made there
a few years ago. Ware is the owner oi
Il lot at the southwest corner of Hroat
nud Wolf streets. assessed at $4,000
and the houses .3u4 to 23lJ SoutI
Broad street adjoining. which are as
spsScd at $2l 900. lie also owns the
three story house nj 223G and 223>
South Broad street. assessed at 81 900
and the lot adjoining at the northwcS
corner of Broad and Wolf streets. as
SrsScd at $1,000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
so BUCKER WENT TO WORK
But sucker Happened to Be Police
Seroeant-Adviser Paws Fine

Thomas Landen. 40 years old. of 2350
North Reese street. asked House Ser
geant Bucker, of the Front and Mas
ter streets station. Who was in civilian
clothes, why don't you go to work 2"
And House Sergeant Buckcr did 90
to work. He pinched Landen.
For some time men near III" A..
j. Reach Co.. Kensington. have been
annoying young women who We're on
their way TO work there. Sergeant
Bucker's daughter works there and has
been troubled by the strikers on orca =
sions.,
Today the sergeant went to work with
his daughter. At Frankford avenue
and Palmer street, they approached a
group of men. one of whom muttercd
something as they passed.
Were you addressing u.s." the ser
gcant asked.
why don't you get to work. Ian
den is alleged to have asked. with an
intonation that meant. Go about your
own business and leave us alone.
And the sergeant straightway went
about his business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
BONNICK FUNERAL TODAY
Many Attend Services in Home OF
Former Councilman

Many persons attended the funeral of
William Edwin Bonnick, former mem
Der of City Councils, which was held
this afternoon from his home. 5lI
Moore street.
Mr.. Bonnick. who was forty eight
years old and unmarried, died in the
Jefferson Hospital last Friday after
being stricken with apopleXy two hours
earlier in n restaurant. lnterment was
made in Fernwood cemetery.
In attendance We're attaches of the
office of the register of wills, where Mr..
Bonnck was employed; members of the
Union Republican Club. of South
Philadelphia the executive committee
of the First ward. and members of the
various organizations to which he be-
longed.
Mr.. Bonnick served twelve years in
City Councils, being member at diff
ferant times of the Select and Com
mon branches. He was in the gold leaf
business at one time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
Or. Sylvan G. Bushey

DR.. Sylvan Graham Bushey. Il di-
rector Of the Broadway Trust Co.. and
for twenty four years member of the
Camden Board of Health. died suddenly
on Sunday of apoplexy at 50S l1addon
avenue. Camden, where he lived with
his mother, Mrs. Rebccca Bushcy, and
Il sister.
Doctor Bushcy was born in Wells
Vile. Pa. fifty three years ago, was
graduated from the Jefferson Medical
College in 1892 and practiced his pro e
fession in Camden until 1909. He was
n charter member of the Camden Lodge
of E,lks and a member of Ionic Lodge
of Masons. Interment will be held in
WellSNille.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
LOOK TO CITY FOR DRYD0CK
Joseph F. Hasskarl Believes Private
Capital viii Need Assistance

The city of Philadelphia may have
TO come to the assistance of private
capital in the establishment of the pro
posed $4,000. 900 drydock, in the opin-
ion of Joseph +. Hasskarl. assistant
director of the Department of Wharves,
Docks and Ferries.
'"The city certainly does need a new
drydock," said Mr.. Hasskarl today,
"and I'm strongly in favor of it. Be
fore the armistice was signed the gov
ernment had agreed to pay 20 per cent
of the costs. but after November II
1918, they said that on account of the
high cost of everything it couldn't &c
into the scheme now.
81 think that the city will have to
help out some time. and the matter will
be taken up with the incoming admin
istration. There should be a,wide dis
cussion of the problem by the shipping
and banking interests and the city,
They should get together
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
TO TAKE ENGINES TO DANZiG
Baldwin Locomotives to Be Shipped
on France and Canada Line Boat

The steamer West Humbard belong
ing TO the United States Shipping Board
will cary locomotives, made ut the
Baldwin plant, to Danzig, Germany,
according to an announcement made by
the board today.
The West Humbard will be turned
over to the France and Canada Steam
ship Corporation. and its new work
will commence rs soon as it arrives in
this port, which it is expected to do
next Saturday.
1t will load at Eddystonc. but just
how many locomotives the ship will
carry has not been ascertained. She
has Il tonnage of $500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
EMPLOYEES TO DINE
Bonwit- Teller Association to Pre-
sent Entertainment Tonight

The Bonwit Teller Employees Asso
citation will hold an entertainment and
dance in Mercantile Hall at S:l5 this
evening.
Tonight's gathering will be the elev
cnth annual affair of its kind to be
given by the association. The pro-
gram for the early part of the evening
will consist of vaudeville and moving
pictures. to be followed by a dance.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the event, which will be dis
tinguished by many unique features
The entertainers have been rehearsing
for months, and promise some pleasing
surprises.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
SAY HE THREATENED WILSON
Restaurant Employe Arrested, but
Is DISCHARGED by Magistrate

Charges that Edward Bell. thirty
eight years old, 4172 Germantown ave
nue.. employed in a restaurant near his
home, made threats against President
Wilson at go O'Clock this morning
were denied or affirmed when the man
was arraigned before Magistrate Wrig
ley five hours later. Bell said he didn t
remember what he said, but couldn' t
understand the charges because he had
even voted for Mr.. Wilson at the last
presidential election.
Bell was arrested by Lieutenant John
j. Sweeney. an army recruiting officer
at 134J Arch street Lieutenant
Sweeney did not appear at the hearing
in the Germantown police station. Ii
is said Bell criticized the President and
the government while riding on Ger
mantown avenue trolley car. He was
discharged
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
James T. Reber

Reading, Nov. .1S.--James T. Reber''
eighty five. president of the Reading
National Bank since its organization in
1898, hardware manufacturer and trus-
tee of Franklin and Marshall College.
Lancaster, since 1907, is dead here. He
formed Church Publication Board, of
PHILADELPHIA,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-18
Henry EIlenbera. Sr.

Henry Ellenberg, ST.. a retired mer-
chant tailor. died in his seventy eighth
year on Friday at the home of daugh-
ter in Lederach, Pa. Mr.. Ellenberg
was engaged in business at Tenth street
and Ridge avenue for forty two years,
retiring seven years ago. He was active
in a number of financial and business
organizations. He is survived by two
sons and one daughter.