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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
LEAVES $4,000 TO WIDOW
Auto Victim Bequeaths All to Wife.
Other Wills Probated

An estate of $4,000 is bequeathed
to his widow by the will of G. Albert
Smyth, which was admitted to probate
today. Mrs. Smyth also is named ex e.
ecutrix.
Mr.. Smyth, an attorney, was killed
last Sunday in an automobile accident
at Allenwood. y. ]. He lived at 241
Harvey street, Germantown.
Other wills probatcd were those of
John W. Westwood, 5O3S Chestnut
street, S3S .OO0 Harry W. Troth. 1850
North Eighteenth street, $4,000; Jo-
seph F. Kolb, who died in the Frank
ford Hospital. $4,000; Isaiah Bloch
1909 Wallace street. 100000 and
Charles +. Stewart, Pill Pine street,
5000.
Inventories of personal property were
filed in the estate of Albert J. Brown,
S31 .397 IS: Thomas b. Sims. $9567. % :
Eugene A. Kemper, $S506.G7; Anna
b. Townsend, $7437.T7; and Cyrus A,
Livezey, $7175.37.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
DEATHS FOR WEEK
IN CITY TOTAL 344
MortaIities for Same Time Last
Year Were 4o4--One
Case of Homicide

Contrasting with the corresponding
period of 191S--the hottest in the rec
ords of the Weather Bureau--the
deaths in the city for the week ending
today totaled 344. The seven days ter-4
minating August 8, 1918, caused NOR
tality of 494.
A substantial decrease from last week.
when 429 deaths were recorded, is also
noted.
Transmissible diseases caused sew
enty five deaths: one was due to homi-
eide. Three died from effects OF heat
and there were four suicides. Two
coroner's cases are pending.
Tuberculosis was fatal to 81 adults
and 8 minors; darrhea and enteritis to
80 minors and cancer to 81 adults.
Other causes of death were: Typhoid
fever, .; whooping cough, /; dibh
iberia and Group, 8; apoplexy, 10;
heart disease, %; acute bronchitis. 2;
pneumonia and bronchopneumonia, 20;
diseases of stomach, .; appendicitis, A;
hernia, 4 cirrhosis of liver, 2 nephri-
tis and Bright's disease. 30; puerperal
septicemia. ; congenital debility, 29;,
senilty, 3; violent deaths, II; other
diseases, 13.
OF the 344 deaths. 1S2 were males
and 1872 females; 20 boys. 5S girls, and
90 under two years of age.
Communicable diseases increased. 10
cases of typhoid fever and 10 of scarlet
fever being reported. as against s and
13 cases, respectively. last week. Diph-
liberia. with 50 cases, and III cases Of
consumption showed gains of 1 and 81
over the preceding seven days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
souTH PHILADELPHIA

Miss Emma Brynan, daughter OF Mr..
ord Mrs, Charles Brynan, of South
pb;la I delphia. is spending the summer
At Hotel Boscobel in Atlantic City, with
her family
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powers, of 1885
South Eighteenth street. are spending
the summer at Haddon Hall, in Allan
tic City.
Miss Grace Weaver will leave soon
for Alexandria Bay, where she will be
at the Thousand Island House. Miss
Weaver will return September 5.
Mr. Frank Clark, of 2225 South
sixtb street, has recently received his
honorable discharge after having given
twenty months service with the A. f. F.
Miss Mary Schano will spend the
month of August with her folks at their
summer home, the Bide a Wee, at Read :
inc Heights, Pa. Among the guests will
he Miss Bertha Sanders, Miss Claire
Gr;dley, Mr.. Edward Choice, of this
city' and Judge Hancock, of Texas City,
Tex.
Miss Josephine Donate, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. p. Donate, of 1901 Chris
tian street, leaves today to join her
family in Atlantic City, where she in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
HISTORIANS TOUR CHESTER
Society and Friends to Make Auto
Trip This Afternoon

The Chester County Historical So
ciety and friends this afternoon will
make an automobile tour of historic
Chester.
DR.. G. NJ. Philips and Prof Smith
Burnham, of the Chester Normal
School, and Principal Jesse f. Philips
OF st. Luke's School. will accompapv
the party and point out the places of
Revolutionary historic interest.
The tourists will take box luncheons
to be eaten at Valley Forge tonight
The committee of arrangements COM
prises j. Carol Hayes, Mary I. StilIo
people by motortruck, entirely indie
Prof. Smith Burnham, William p
Sharpless. Jesse f. Philips, Edward 8
Paxson, Charles r. Hopes and L. X
Stubs, chairman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
TooAYs MARRIAGE LICENSES

Sophie shapiro, 1927 n Fr4nkln St ST anu
william Busch SSG$ 2+a9 ParE and Cert
Horace 5H@s fnsRS #E 5a54 F9FEGd "a So and Ethel
b, Nash 20+4 Coral st
Paul Brown. 1912 Chestnut st and Mary
v. McMeHsmiGe Es eeS SaT9erth II Pa
Goodman J, .Wslpert, ,Richmond, Va. and
Hairy Hfe" HsrTis HsR!a" 81 81 'Nf6 6t6 st. st. and
Jeannette Nophsker 3s59 Lancaster ave,
Louis shayne. 5000 Columbia ave. and
Rose Rssy.SS, S95S00 PegnsTST"ys T st. .,
HEmaS Marrartt I'll L. Brown. West Chester, Pa N"1
William Stockman. 1927 Yocum st, and
Pauline sharp ia W SEYMOUR St
Harry Tessler, 2540 S Sd st, and Anna
p. Rubinstine 224l S; Darien st.
Emanuel NJ levin, 44i Brown st, and Edna
ckSsleg HseiSHs 5 k Ker. n" a3 " Ashmesd place, and
Elizabeth NJ. Herson. % w. Ashmead
Max ptS'S J shulman 2l2 n. ao.h st, and
GG Nae p NesadS gag SaT Snd Bsfna
''Ph P whitney. II Mayiand ave.
and Margaret =. Lloyd 1884 Coral st
Otto Fishman, 2l1G st; Albans st, and
Kathryn F MGMsnus GIs' ;ds Sns s. AleGns st snd
clSTsHfse MsTfe soASthwtct Ah @ ao5 LsithRow St.. e. anu
'ameds anderson. nrSM' So6 \, 9TH St,
Samuel NJ Tonik; 43sl DAILY ST.. and sa-
die r. Fox 1920 N sth st
Harris SSSsn 5sSSsi ass asss : sih drsd ed ST. snd ''"
George Sis WV W 'Woitstein 1850 Spruce st. and
p,Skss MsrsaNSfids Nideias aSesi is 4th st. and Annie
seitzer, ill5 State Ut.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
Wants the Army OverhauIed

To The Ednor Er"ninO Public Ledger:
Sir-.IuSt a few words in apprecia
tion of your editorial. entitled "Our
Ovcrdisciplinod Army" As a member
of tho \. f. f.. saw the system in
its dirticst aspect and it couldn't have
been much worse than it was.
Admiral Sims, in an address some
months ago, warned the public mot
to pay any attention" to what he char
aCtcrized as the "mouthings of few
diScontented ones with personal griev-
anCes.'
In your editorial you show a grasp
of the situation which few of our edit
ors seem to have. What the country is
hearing today through ''print. con-
grcssional inquiry and conversation" is
not the lOosa mOuthcd uttcrances of
men with personal grievances. but the
straightforward exposure of a system
which was so rotten, and it was made
more rotten by the absolute freedom
given to junior officers of the A. T.. f..
that practically every enlisted man who
has returned to this country, when
questioned, expresses the utmost con
tempt for the pPrnicious system under
which our army, particularly the A.
f. F.. is run.
1t may well be said that the enlisted
man of the A. +. +. was without any
rights or redress for wrongs. 1t never
increased the respect of the enlisted
man for the army to have such n sys
TEN in vogue that he was without the
most fundamental rights. while the man
with the commission assumed and got
away with privileges and other things
which would be denied even the most
powerful of our citizens in these United
States of America.
1t took n mighty strong man not to
fall in with the system once he had a
commission and ! have beard of cases
where men refused commissions for this
reason.
Facts have proved that our army
needs complete overhauling. and if
the men in chrsgc of its policieSrefusc
to see this. they will have to give way
to more enlightened and just men, such
as Colonel Amnesty.
w. r. NTREE, Jr.
Philadelphia, Aug. 8.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
REVIVAL MEETINGS END
Tent and Open-Alr
Evangelical Services Finished

Farewell services were conducted
last evening in the Presbyterian tents
and at four open air locations at the
conclusion of six weeks campaign
conducted by the Presbyterian evan
gelistic committee. Commencement ex-s
ercises were conducted in twenty one
Presbyterian daily vacation Bible
schools.
Children took a prominent part in
the commencement exercises, which
were attended by their parents and
friends. In every school there was an
exhibit of the work done by the boys
and girls. Hammocks and innumerable
little articles manufactured with the
aid of jig saws, toy furniture, minia-
ture airplanes and steam engines and
all sorts of useful articles made from
raffa were displayed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
READERS VIEWPOINT
Letters TO the Editor Oh
Current Topics
Defends Our Young officers

DeIenoS our Young ollSC'S
To the Editor Evcnino Public Ledger:
Sir-In an editorial in yesterday
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER. there is the
statement that ''one of the most sur
prising characteristics of almost every
returned soldier is Mis- frank dctestation
of the military regime as he encountered
it in the persons of younger officers in
France" l, being an member OF
the American expeditionary force my
self, take exception to any such broad
generalization. both in justice to the en-
listed men and to the officers.
In the first place. I do not believe
that almost every returned soldier has
been interviewed. or has even expressed
an opinion on discipline in our army,
In fact. only few of the men who did
the work over there are takers. On the
other hand, there is certain class.
happily a small minority. which car
red crouch through their army life,
finding fault and v6icing their com
plants continually-and doing as little
as they could in performance of their
duty
From this class. as n rule. comes the
fellow who will step off the boat and
tell YOU all about the war, and what
he thinks of the officers, etc. He will
continue on indefinitely and run into
tho ground everything and everybody
connected with the army.
| Discipline was new to Americans and
naturally, they chafcd under it. But
the majority were sports enough to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
HORSES ENTER PROTEST
AGAINST BONE-DRY CITY
Demand Return Water Trough That Used Adorn Outside
of Saloons-Tag Day Planned Tuesday

cial horses are uniformed. and are not
permitted to wear decorations of any
sort, but the support of the city will
be given when Miss Edna Hagerty tags
Director of Public Safety Wilson. This
ceremony will take place at noon on
Tuesday in the City Hall Office of the
director.
The celebration will extend all over
the city. and special reception will
be held in the afternoon at the head
quarters of the society, at 922 North
road street. Frank. the champion
work horse in Philadelphia, has con-
sented to be present and serve on the
reception committee. Frank has been
away on his vacation. and is expected
to return TO the city today. 1t has not
yet been decided whether he will work
on Monday or just rest up for his
party on Tuesday.
Children are especially invited to
visit headquarters on the National
Horse Day, have a talk with Frank
and receive story books that tell of the
heroism of dumb animals
So familiar has the society's water
wagon become that horses recognize il
and follow it. One horse in the town
is afraid of every other automobile
but the water wagon, and he allows
that one to'back into him.
Another horse has grown so accus-
toned to his drink. at II 80 to noon
every day in the week at the little
street beside st. Stephens Church. on
Tenth street above Chestnut, that he
follows the wagon if it happens tc
start off before he has been served
This horse remembered the driver ot
the water wagon after the man had
been absent for nine months in the
service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
ONE INTRODUCTION AT 5000
Concert Manager Who Brought
Caruso to Film Manager Sues

New York. Aug. 9.-Robcrt f. John I
ston, concert manager, wants S3o0o
from Julius Stcgcr. motion picture pro
motcr. for arranging matters so that al
he had to dc. was say Mr.. Stegcr. meet
my friend. Mr.. Caruso-Mr. Enrico
Caruso. the celebrated Metropolitan
Opera House tenor" The tenors
motion picture success. MY Cousin.
re 1lted from the foregoing few words.
al y Johnston demands his share of the
ptbfts.
According to the concert Managers
who filed papers demanding Judgment
against Steger yesterday. the defendant
approached him and asked him to use
his good offices to bring about meeting,
with the singer. Johnston said he did
as requested. Steger was then able to
book. rCaruso to apear in the movies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
GIRL SCOUTS PLAN BIG DAY
viii Give Exhibition Drills for Vlsl-
tors at Camp Odakota In Paoli

Tomorrow will be an interesting dav
at the Girl Scout Camp at Paoli. Each
of the 1OS girls camping there this wnck
expects at least two visitors. and there
will be exhibition work for the guests.
The Girl Scouts at Camp Odakota
are divided into four companies this
week, and each company will compete
in a drill contest tomorrow. Leaders
of the company are as follows: Company
A. Captain Louise Debus; Company
b. Captain Frances Barnes; Company
G.. Captain Olive Sinzheimer, Com
pany D, Captain Mabel koenig.
The companies will drill at 4 o'clock
on the hill in front of their tents.
Other exercises are in charge of Cap
tain Edwinna Ginder, the camp dir
rector.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
JUSTICE M'KENNA 76
Eminent Jurist to Celebrate Birth
day Tomorrow

Justice Joseph MCKcnna will be
seventy six years old tomorrow.
This eminent jurist. who was a con-
gresham, a circuit judge and an attor-
ney general of the United States before
he was appointed as associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court,
was born in Philadelphia, August 10,
1913.
Mr.. MCkcnna' parents moved to
California in 1855. and he graduated
from the Bcnicia Collegiate Institute
ten years later. Almost Immediately
after beginning the practice of law he
was elected district attorney for Solane
county. California. In 1875 and 1876
he was member of the State Legisla-
turc.
After being twice defeated for Con =
gress he was elected to the House in
1884. He resigned in 1892 to accept
an appointment by President Harrison
as United States Circuit Court judge in
the circuit embracing the Pacific coast
states.
While member of the House he be
came a close friend of William Nc
| Kinlcy. They sat side by side at the
House sessions for a number of years
And later. in making up his cabinet
President Mckinley invited Justice Nc
kcnna to become his attorney general
When Associate Justice stephen J
Field. of California, died in 1898 JUS
ticc McKenna was appointed to fiji
the vacancy on the bench.
Justice McKenna, among other
things. is noted for his enthusiasm
for fishing and early springtime strolls
and he is said to suffer percnnially from
bascballtis. In religion, he is Roman
Catholic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas L. Latta are
entertaining a house party over the
week end at their country home in
Devon in honor of their son, Mr..
Thomas Hood Latta, who has just been
mustered out of the service.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Holland Brown
back, Jr., of Polo road, Bryn Mawr,
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a daughter, Mary Virginia
Brownback. Mrs. Brownback will be
remembered as Miss Elizabeth Farrar
Kennedy.
Mrs. j. B. Hopkins chaperoned a
party given by her niece, Miss Virginia
Harris. when they motored to Atlantic
City from Cape May, spending sthe
night at the Traymore. The guests in
cluded Miss Leila Ingram, Mr.. Philip
Archer, Miss Emily Merriman, of Bal
timore, and Mr.. Hutchison.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Horace Lorimer
and their children have returned from
motor trip through the Yosemite and
the Sierrss. They will remain at
Kings Oak Farm, their country place,
until September /.
The wedding of Miss Sue Martin
Heberton, daughter of Mrs. Robert
Heberton, of Chestnut Hill, to Mr.
: Alexander NJ. Swain, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph w. Swain, of German
town, will take place on Wednesday
September "a.
. s.
The marriage is announced of Mrs
Helene Crocker Pew, of Springbrook
Farm. Bryn Mawr, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Walter Crocker, o.
Denver COL, and Major Charles p
O'Connor, U. s. A., on Wednesday, II
Estes Park, Col.
: The marriage of Miss Eleanor Du-
mesnil Grubb, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph H. Grubb, of the Belgravia, and
Major Thomas Hutchinson Winston, Of
Edenton, s. c., will take place this
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
TO WED TOMORROW
Miss Prints Marriage to Mr.. Brandt,
of Hoboken, to Be at Brides Home

A pretty wedding will take place to-
morrow evening at o'clock, when
Miss Lillian Printz. daughter of Mrs.
Bella .Printz. will be married to Mr..
Frank Brandt, of Hoboken, at her
home, 6032 Lansdowne avenue. The
ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. Marvin Nathan.
Miss Helen Printz. sisteE.of the bride
will be maid of honor. and the bride
groom will be attended by his brother.
Mr.. Solomon Brandt, of Newport
News, Va. Miss Evelyn Berkowitz,
niece of the bride, and Miss Gertrude
Lindenbaum. niece of the bridegroom,
will be the flower girls.
Following an extended wedding trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandt will live in Ho-
boken.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
ROxBOROUGH

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Struse, of
651O Ridge avenuc, will spend the week
end in Wildwood
Miss Sarah Staley. of Hermitage
street, has gone to Atlantic City for
several weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Foyle have re-
turned from their wedding trip and are
at home at 1926 Pechin street. The
bride was Miss Lillian NJ. Douie,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William J..
Douie, of RoXborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tagert. of
Lauriston street, have gone to Ocean
Grove to remain through the present
month.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
FALLS OF scHUYLkILL

Mr.. and Mrs. George Kyle. of 1919
Queen lane, with their son, MIR. Joseph
Kyle, are spending several weeks in
Atlantic City.
Mr., f. Gehring Hardness, of Queen
lane is recovering from his recent SER
IONS illness and with Mrs. Hardness
vii 90 to Bellefont, Pa, late in
Anaust, Mrs. Harkness's mother, Mrs.
Margaret Walton, has come up from
her @ Summer home in Atlantic City to
remain several weeks in the Falls.
Mr., and Mrs. Louis Roseman, of
piJae avenue. are receiving congratula- =
t;ons on the birth of son, Louis Rose
man. Jr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
LODGE REUNION HELD
10000 Sons and Daughters OF Lib.
ertY Lake Part

Sixteen thousand members of Phila
delphia councils of the Sons and
Daughters of Liberty are holding a re-
union this afternoon at Hunting Park.
There are athletic contests, in some
of which women are competing.
A competitive parade of the coun-
ellis was one of the features of the
day. There is prize for the council
having the largest number of members
in line and a prize for the council pre-
scnting the best appearance.
In the committee in charge of sports
are Joseph II. Jones, Hamilton Gray,
William Holiday and Floyd c. Bal
lard. Charles W. Faddis is chairman.
In the committee on parade are J.
NJ. Lavprty and William Poole. Mat :
thew Kcnney is chairman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
ROYAL HONOR FOR PERSHING
Belgian King viii Go to Brussels to
Welcome American General

Brussels, Aug. 9.--CBy A. PD-
King Albert will pay special honor to
General John J. Pcrshing. commander
Of the American forces in France, when
the later comes to Belgium today.
Instead of receiving the American
commander of Ardcnnes palace at Cir
ergnon the king will come to Brussels
to greet General Pershing. He will
give him an informal dinner at the
Bellevue palace on Saturday evening
and then personally conduct him back
to Ardenncs, where Sunday will be
spent.
General pcrshing will return to Paris
at midnight Sunday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09

TNHE ncighs have it.
l. Prohibition may be all right and
near beer very good thing for people
but there is such thing as carrying a
reform too far. and the horses of the
city of Philadelphia have filed peti-
ton for the return of the water, or near
water troughs that used to be in good
working condition outside saloons.
John F. Cozens, superintendent of
the Society for the Prevention of
cruelty to Animals. admits that he has
been beseiged by horses entering pro
test against the dry condition of this
town In summer.
Fully 800 troughs have gone dry
since July /, according to Mr.. Cozens' s
estimate, and the society has done it's
best to make up the lack by establishing
about 1I5 new watering stations. There
are now $50 stations against sixty as
the usual number and 200, more sta .
tions are needed.
Several philanthropc people inter-
ested in horses have offered to establish
permanent fountains but the Art Jury
has not permitted these fountains to be
placed. One location beyond the
crowded residential part of the city was
chosen as a place for a fountain be-
cause several thousand horses pass the
point daily, but this location was also
opposed by the Art Jury.
AS consequence, next Tuesday will
be Tag Day for the owners of horses
in Philadelphia, and whatever funds
accrue will be spent on establishing
and maintaining watering stations for
horses.
All horses with any pride will wear
yellow tags, to indicate that they are
in full sympathy with the wet move
ment; that is, all horses excepting
those in the employ of the city. Off
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-09
LANSDOWN N e

Mr.. and Mrs. William Turner, OF
A North Lansdowne avenue, leave to-
day to spend the week end in Seaside
Park.
The Lansdowne branch of the can
toon service has been called to serve the
returning troops going through Phila-
delphia this week.
The Rev. William Boyd, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian Church, is spending
the month of August in Maine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mercer Bailey,
of Owen avenue, have returned home
from Chelsea, where they spent the
month of July.