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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

ough bridge cost eight and one-half MIL
lions less than the Manhattan bridge
which has a much greater span. These
were the two most recent OF the New
York bridges The Queensborough bridge
Is recently completed, while the Manhat-
tan bridge Is about ten years old.
The report on the time required to
build the bridges also Is interesting, in
that It gives us some basis for compari-
son in considering our problem here.
This varied from sixteen years for the
Brooklyn bridge to eight years for the
Williamsburg bridge.
Ten and q Half Yeats to Build
THE average time was about ten and
one-half years. The last three bridges
built took between eight and nine years
This time estimate is from the very
beginnings of the work until the bridges
were thrown open for traffic
Doctor Laird recommended that wash
ington Square be chosen as the Philadel-
phia terminus of the bridge rather than
the alternative site at Race street be-
cause, he explained, the greater cost of
the real estate in the vicinity of Wash
ington Square would be more than COM
pensated by other advantages of loca-
tion.
DR.. Laird explained the details of his
plan last night at meeting OF the
Philadelphia Real Estate Board.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
NORTHEAST TROLLEY
SERVICE IMPROVES
'Toonerville" Conditions Be.
ing Eliminated, Frankford
Patrons Tell Commissioner

Improvement in the service of the
Traction Company was admitted by
Frankford citizens today at hearing
before Commissioner Samuel NJ. Clement
Jr., in Room 496. City Hall. A
Howard Jones. engineer of the Pennsyl-
vania Commission. who was delegated
to look into the situation, declared at
the hearing that the service was helped,
though by no means perfected.
The hearing was the second resulting
from numerous complaints by residents
of the northeast on the poor service
furnished, and the dirty. slow and poorly
ventilated cars of this company. At
the former hearing. Commissioner
Clement ordered the companS to look
into the matter of obtaining power from
the Philadelphia Electric Company in
place of their inadequate and old-fash-
ioned plant. W. w. Montgomery, coun-
sci for the company, declared today that
such negotiations have been entered into.
Representative James A. Dunn and
Robert r Corson. an attorney. repre-
sentng Frankford citizens, agreed with
Mr.. Jones that an improvement had
been effected in the car service in the
last two weeks. but insisted that bigger
Improvement was possible. Thirty
four cars for sixteen miles of track are
not sufficient" declared Mr.. Jones.
The companys attorney agreed that
more equipment is still necessary, but
declared that 1t was being secured as
rapidly as time and a poor financial
condition permitted.
The city has a claim of 100000
against the company, which will be de-
cided in the near future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
CAMDEN HONORS
FALLEN HEROES
Court Costing $l75,OOO
Perpetuates Memories of
lis Men Dead in War
WOMAN'S NAME ON LIST
; Elizabeth Weimann, of Had.
don Heights, Red Cross
Nurse, Has Gold Wreath

A series Of seven victory arches. COM
memorating the sacrifices made by
Camden County men in the war, have
been erected in Camden. Each of the
principal entrances to the city Is
watched over by one Of the triumphant
spans.
The main court has been erected on
Broadway between Federal and Market
streets. The names of the 115 Camden
County men WHO made the supreme sac
rifice in Francefwill be inscribed in gold
letters on the pillars of the arch. Each
name will be surrounded by a gold
wreath.
Above, on an arch connecting the
pillars, will be written in large letters:
Camden County's Heroic Dead
A memorial building in the court Is
proposed This building when completed
will bring the cost 70 the memorial UP
10 s175,ooo.
The organization of the victory jubilee
committee and the warm welcome the
returned soldiers have received are re-
SUITS OIL TIC uHllIlhs eiloi 70 VI pi"s VI
Ellis and of Frank Sheridan, chairman
OF the Camden County jubilee committee.
Mr.. Sheridan is preparing a history
with complete details of the part that
Camden County soldiers played in the
war.
The name Of one woman, a Red Cross
worker who lost her life in France, is
to appear on one pillar. She was Miss
Elizabeth Wemann, of Haddon Heights,
who died in Paris during the influenza
epidemic. She contracted the disease
while nursing soldiers.
Most of the dead were members of the
famous 109th and 10th Infartries that
were so badly cut up in the last days
Of the war in the drive before Sedan.
In four days fighting more than 400
from these units were killed in action
and more than 1000 were wounded The
10th was formerly the Old Third Regi-
ment of New Jersey. The names Of the
men to be inscribed on the pillars fol.
- low:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
FRENCH PLAY DATE NAMED
Cercle Francais of U. Of p. An.
nual Production April IL

Announcement was made at the Uni
versity today of the presentation of the
annual play given by the Cercle Fran
cais there and which this year will
take place on April IL in the Bellevue
Stratford Ball Room.
: The play this year will be the modern
"Miquette ct Sa Mere" and rehearsals
have been going on for a month or
more. The leading roles will be taken
~ Carlos Berquido, a senior in the
college, and Miss Dorothy Buckley, who
is remembered for her performance of
he leading lady's part in the play given
by the Philomathean Society at the
University last year.
The play is given jointly by the Cercle
Francois an dthe Salon Francais OF
this city. The proceeds will be turned
over to the French war relief COM
mittee of the Emergency Aid, Mrs.
Cornelius Stevenson is chairman of the
committee. She is active in co-opera-
ton with L. b. Wright. senior in the
college, who is publicity manager for
clubs. Posters advertising the play will
be ready and distributed around the
campus in the near future. The pal
troness list Is expected to include-a large
number of Philadelphia society women.
There will be dancing after the pre-
sentation of the play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
William Culbertson

After effects of influenza. from which
he was a sufferer during the epidemic,
caused the death of William Culbertson,
turnkey of the Richmond and Kirkbride
streets police station. early yesterday
at his home, 20S2 Pickwick street.
Culbertson was member of the police
force for the last ifteen years, during
which he was several times the central
figure in heroic rescues along the river
front and during fires in the northeast
section of the city.
Culbertson, formor physical in
structor of the Polio bureau. never fully
recovered from an attack of influenza
some months ago. He had been in i'll
health since, but refused to remain away
from duty.
He is survived by a widow and sew
cral children
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
HINT BLACK HAND
SLEW POLICEMAN
Patrolman Swierczinski Be.
lieved Victim of Italian
Vendetta
HELD AS WITNESSES
Murdered Man Found on Sa.
loon Steps With Body
Bullet.Riddled

Mystery surrounding the murder Of
Patrolman Joseph Swierczmski twenty
seven years old 12O Kenilworth street,
who was found shot to death at Ninth
and Christian streets last night, has
not been solved
Two men arrested on suspicion were
held under 5000 bail for further hearing
March 2s as material witnesses by Mag
istrate Coward in the Seventh and Car
penter streets station today. A third
man was discharged.
Srhe police believe. however, that
Swierczmski was killed either members
of Black Hand" organizat ton or drug
f1ends whom he had attempted to ap-
prehend after the men had quarreled
among themselves.
The body of the patrolman WAS found
in the doorway of the saloon of. William
j. Beine, by Sergeant Harry Gallagher
and Detective Rago. They were sum-
moned TO the scene by an unknown wo-
man who called the police station on the
telephone and excitedy told of the mur-
der.
Body RiddIed with Bullets
The body was taken to the Penn
sylvania Hospital, where physicians said
death had been almost instantaneous.
Five bullet wounds were found in his
arm, chest. leg, knee, shoulder and back,
Six shots in all were fired.
According to the fragmentary facts
obtained by Detective Hardman. Rago
and Pagliotti. the dead patrolman was
attracted by three shots fired on Ninth
street between Fitzwater and e.. ',ar.ne.
He gave chase to the four or fix. men
among whom the shots wore fired
Inc puiSui. eiueu 1T tne NORWAY Oh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Alexander Harding

Alexander Harding. commander of the
Germantown Knights Templar, died of
pneumonia Wednesday at his home, 5115
Germantown avenue. He had been i'll
only week. He was forty-siX years
old.
Mr.. Harding was a dealer in antiques
and had been In Germantown for the
last twenty-five years. He was born
in Ireland. He is survived by a widow
and two daughters.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at the First Presbyterian Church,
Chelten and Germantown avenues. In
ternment will be in Market Square, Ger.
matown avenue and School lane.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Daniel Riggs

Daniel Riggs, of the firm of. Riggs
& Bros, clock manufacturers, 0f $40
Market street, died yesterday at his
home, 3412 Spring Garden street. He
was eighty-one years old. Death was
due TO old age. He had retired from
active business life several years ago
Two daughters, Mrs. E.avid Woelpper
and Mrs. Harry l. Trainer, and two sons.
Robert s. and Clarence Riggs, survive
him.
Funeral services will be held at his
home on Monday, at 2 D. M. and in
ternment will be made at West Laurel
Hill Cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
RICHARD CLINE Is DEAD

News was received in this city today
Of the death of Richard Cline, forty-one
years old. in San Francisco. Mr. Cline
was the husband of a Philadelphia girl.
Miss Blanche Crump. who lived in West
Philadelphia until the time Of her mar
riage several years ago. He had been
i'll more than a year.
Mrs. Cline's mother. Mrs. Mary A.
Brines. and her sister, Mrs. william
j: brana' i've w hhoaon @ fteignts, n. j.;
children will return to live there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Asphyxiation Kills Aged Man

August Dittrich, seventy-nine years
old. was found dead in bed last night
at his home, 2932 West Dauphin street.
Death was due to asphyxiation. Other
members of the family traced an odor
OF escaping gas TO the room occupied
by the aged man, and. on Investigating,
found him dead. They were unable to
give any reason for what appeared like
a case of suicide. The police are said
to oppose the suicide theory.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

New York, Marchs21.-Decorati
awarded members of the Twenty-seventh
Division by the American and French
Governments for extraordinary gailantry
under fire will be presented to the
formerly New York National Cuardsmen
by their commander. Major General
John F. Organ. following battalion
review IN Central Park next Sunday
afternoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Mrs. Elizabeth Bald

Mrs. Elizabeth Bald, widow of Daniel
Bald, died yesterday at the age Of
ninety-one years. Mrs. Bald was a
member of the Ladies' Aid Society of
st. Johns Evangelical Church, Sixth and
Dauphin streets. The funeral will be
held Monday at noon from her home.
2517 North Mascher street, with further
services at ! D. m. at the, church. The
interment will be made in Greenmount
cemetery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

Carey, n Port Rich
mond boy in the
Fifty-second Pio-
n er Regiment.
Corporal Carey
wants his Philadel-
phia friends to know
that pleasure goes
hand in hand with
soldering, and to
prove II he has
written a letter to
n friend in this city
In which he de-
scribes a ten-days'
outing at AK Les
3ains.
~ am living In
the hotel where
fINl. - "a, .,.aa 4,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
DIR LAIRD FAVORS
SUSPENSION SPAN
Penn Architectural Profes.
sor Wants River Bridge
of Brooklyn Type
COST NOT ESTIMATED
Would Have Approach Ter.
minal in City at Wash.
ington Square

Dr. Warren p. Laird, professor OF
architecture at the University of Penn
syivania' said today that 1t would he
impossible at this time to estimate
either the cost or the time required for
building the proposed bridge between
this city and Camden.
Doctor Laird favors bridge of the
suspension type, WITH span of 1850
feet between the towers. and with an
proaches at Washington Square in this
cry ana the Court House plaza in Cam
osn, re made study of the problem
ol pinelng thegbridge and its approaches
for the PENNSYLVANIA and Eaw Iarsa,,
bridge commissioners.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Frederick Augustus Schermerhorn

New York. March g1.-Frederick Au-
gustus Schermerhorn, a capitalist and a
former trustee Of Columbia University,
was stricken with apoplexy last night
while delivering an address at din
ner at the Union Club to the clubs
board of governors. He died few
minutes later
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

KoBERT CAREY Harry Thaw was a
guest many years ago." says the SOL
dier 80 you can imagine that 1t Is a
mighty fine place. AK Les Bains Is
health resort and twenty boys from
Company A, my outfit. are with me.
We are having a great time"
Carey was promoted recently. II am
now a corporal" he says, land getting
along splendidly"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Deaths of a Day
NELSON H. COOKE
Clock Manufacturer Dies at His
Home in HaddonfieId

Nelson II Cooke, of the firm of B.
J. Cooke & Sons, on North Third street,
died yesterday at his home in Haddon-
field, n. j. He had been prominently
identified with the clock and watch trade
for many years. The business with
which he was associated was founded
by his father in 1853. He was a trustee
Of the First Presbyterian Church of
Haddonfield
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
SLEEPS WHERE THAW DWELT
War Not All Hard Work, Writes
PHILADELPHIA Soldier

1t Is not all hard work for the boys
IN the army of occupation.
such ts the opinion of Coporal Robert
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
Compares New York Cost.

heports have been published, said
ooctor Laird Showing the costs of the
lour bridges built by New York, Thes,
a1ord an interesting basis of compar,.
son; Inc average cost of these four
Drlages was $22.625,o 900. The greatest
variation in cost was eight and one-haIt
miilions OF dollars. The Queensbor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21

Cansda's Bill Billion and Half
Paris, March 21.--Capada has COM
pleted her war cost estimates for sub.
mission to the reparations commission.
1t Is understood, according to the
Reuter- correspondent, that the amount
will exceed $500, 100000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
OUR FALLEN HEROES
AMERICAN DEAD GATHERED INTO
HUGE CEMETERY NEAR
VERDUN.

Americas largest military cemetery
in France stands at Romagne Sous
Montfaucon, thirty kilometers north
of Verdun. There $4,000 of our dead
are being assembled, writes a CORE
spondent. The work is being done
by 10000 Negro troops laboring at
top speed to complete the task by July
l. after which no bodies may be
moved under the provisions of French
law.
1t is natural that the biggest Gene
terry of Americas fallen be in the Ar
come sector. for there we had the
hardest battle and lost the most men.
II was on the long line running just
north of Romagne that the American
First Army fought the heart-testins
battle in the last two weeks OF Octo-
Der. when no ground was gained, no
cities won, but when the strength was
sapped out OF the crack German divl-
sions that Ludendorff sent to teach a
lesson to the audacious Americans.
In an area OF ten square kilometers
in the region of the Freidastelllng,
II 900 American dead were buried, by
far the heaviest losses we had in the
war. Those men fell before Landres
and Landres-St George about Chantll-
Ion Hill and in Bartheville Woods.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
TO PEK|NG
GOES FATHER O'GORMAN TO MIN
ISTER TO ENGL!SH-SPEAkING
CATHOLICS.

A long felt need will soon be met,
to some extent at least, in the Eng
disappearing Catholic body at Picking,
China. The Bishop of that city, the
capital of the Chinese Republic, has
invited the Irish Vincentian Fathers
to take charge of st. Joseph Church,
and also to establish school within
the precincts of the city, and the Vim
centian Provincial in Ireland has con-
scented. AS result, Rev. Patrick
O'Gorman, G.. NJ, recently arrived in
America enroute for his new mission.
Father O'Gorman, before leaving for
San Francisco, visited the American
Foreign Mission Seminary at Mary
knoll, n. Y, whose superior is familiar
with conditions in the Far East, and
who has frequently expressed the
hope that English-speaking Lazarists
could be found for this important
work
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
THE CHAPLAINS.

The lilies Of the field weave
not, neither do they spin, yet
Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed as one Of these. The
Chaplains fought not, neither did
they bear arms, yet the most
gaudily .bedecked man-at-arms
was not more glorious than they.
The Chaplains went to war, not
as soldiers to carry CONSERVATION
and defeat into the ranks of the
enemy, but as ministering angels
to gather up the souls Of the
fighters, to purify them, and make
them presentable before the court
OF the Great Sovereign.
The annals of warfare the
world over contain no accounts
comparable to the magnificent
efforts, the bountiful results
achieved by the men Of God on
battlefield and in trench, in hos
pital. camp, on shipboard; in a
word, wherever fighting men con
gregated. Going forth simply as
ministers Of God, the Chaplains
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
THE POLISH DIET
SOLEMN C MONY MARKS
OPENING SESSION AT WARSAW
-CEREMONIES IN CATHEDRAL
MINISTERS OF STATE ARE
PRESENT.

Warsaw has solemnly celebrated
the opening of the first Polish diet
There were two ceremonies the first of
which took place at the Cathedral of
st. John; and the other at the Pal
ace of Lectures. The Cathedral was
besieged, the deputies occupied places
in the nave, and behind them sat the
officers of state. In the nave were
coupled the banners of various pa
triotic societies. The public occupied
the aisles. In the choir were grouped
the high functionaries, the represent
atives of the Allies, the Duchy of Po-
land, Polish Silesia, also the Prime
Minister Radziwill. The Papal Nun
clio, Mgr. Ratti, occupied a small
throne on the right of the altar.
The Archbishop of Warsaw officiat-
ed at the solemn religious ceremony,
assisted by five Bishops; and, as he
entered the sanctuary, a procession,
consisting of Gen. Pilsudski, Mr..
Paderewski and the minister's, passed
up the nave to the strains of the Ma
tional Polish Hymn, which was taken
up by those present
After the Gospel, the sermon was
preached by Mgr. Teodorowicz, who
drew a picture of their great fore
fathers and of the generations who
the lost country in that very Cathe-
dral, making the sacrifice of their
lives and fortunes for the resurrec-
ton of Poland.
The second religious ceremony of
the day was the conservation of the
| lament. The Session Hall was ar
ranged for the occasion. Above the
Presidents seat appeared the inscrip-
ton, 'Salus Reipublicae Supreme
Lex The welfare of the country is
the highest law. At 100 the Presi-
dent, the general, the ministers,
clergy and Representatives of the Al
lies arrived. Mgr. DalbOr presided at
the act of conservation; and the Able
Groulewski, deputy of the first duma
was the first to speak from the trib.
une. His speech, which was greeted
with applause, may thus be summar
lied:
I'VE believe that we shall know
how to defend and protect our resus
citated country, that she may exist
forever for the greater glory of God
for the good of her people, and fol
the honor of humanity in work and in
peace
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
ARCHBISHOP HAYES
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN TO
RECEIVE PALLIUM ON MAY 8.

A cablegram received by Monsig-
nor John J. Dunn, chancellor of the
New York Archdiocese, from Rome
announced that the Right Rev. Mon
sisnor Charles A. O'Hern, president
of the North American College, Rome,
had been chosen by Pope Benedict XIV
to bring to Archbishop Hayes the Pal
lium and the Papal Brief officially an
nouncing the Archbishop's appoint
ment to the See of New York.
The date for the elaborate cere-
mony of investiture with the Pallium
has been set for Thursday, May g..
This ceremony will be one of the
most elaborate ever held at st.
Patrick's Cathedral. Every member
of the American hierarchy, including
the two Cardinals, is to be invited to
come to New York for the occasion.
The Pallium will be placed on the
shoulders of the new Archbishop by
the Pope's representative in America,
the Most Rev. Archbishop Bonzano.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
PLACING RETURNED SOL
DIERS.

A strange problem has arisen
since the signing of the armistice
last November. Several million
young men went forth to do
battle for democracy, and to safe
guard those who remained at
home. The citizens who stayed
within the confines of this coun-
try and pursued their civilian oc-
equations were enabled to pass
their days and nights peacefully
and without fear by reason OF the
men who took upon themselves
the defence of the country.
That our soldiers did we'll the
allotted task is proven by the vic
tories they speedily rolled up, the
force they threw into the fray, the
quickness with which the enemy
sued for peace after witnessing
the proWess Of our heroes.
Now these heroic battIers re
turn to their homes and to their
former employers. Surely do the
soldiers and sailors deserve all
that a grateful nation can bestoW
upon them. Oratory, flowers,
pageants, professions, banquets
and fulsome praise are the order
of the day. But disloyalty still
survives, and it shows itself no.
where more plainly than i'll the
persons of certain employers who
refuse to reinstate their former
employees-the present heroes-in
their old or better positions,
While an exception here and there
may be found, it is monstrous and
dastardly on the part of those
who deny the soldier his right to
the employment which he left at
the call of his country's need.
In Australia the Defence of the
Realm Act provides that an en-
ployer, refusing to reinstate a re.
turned soldier, may be fined two
thousand dollars and this amount
be turned over to the soldier
This may sound drastic: it is as
nothing, however, compared to the
base and ungrateful conduct OF
recreant employers who prove
themselves unworthy the safety
assured them by the very mel
whom now they reject.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-26
BEER NOT HARMLESS.

The Scientific American says: The
most dangerous class of ruffians in
our large cities are beer drinkers. In
tellectually stupor amounting almost
to paralysis arrests the reason,
changing all the higher faculties into
a mere animalism, sensual, selfish,
sluggish, varied only with paroxysms
of anger, senseless and brutal.
In appearance the beer drinker
may be the picture Of health, but in
reality he is most incapable of resist
ing disease. A slight injury, a severe
cold, or a shock to the body or mind
will commonly provoke acute disease,
ending fatally. Compared with other
inebriates who use different kinds of
alcohol, he is more incurable and more
generally diseased. 1t is our observa-
ton that beer drinking in this country
produces the very lowest kind of
inebriety, closely allied to criminal in
sanity