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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
.LOTHOLDERS RECEIVE
LONGSTREET ADDRESS
Unable to Deliver Speech Last
Sunday Sends Copies
Through Mails

Springfield Manor lot buyers today
received through the mails copies of the
undclivcrcd address ,hy John II. Long
street. business representative Of Mrs.
MARY Il. Hill. owner of one of the tracts
in the operation.
LongStrcct was to have made tho
speech last Sunday at II meeting of the
lot buyers held at Springfield Manor.
He went there, but was unable to obtain
an audience. William -. Moran. 300
South Fifty third street. chairman of
the Lot Buyers Association. induced
MIR. I.ongStrcct to leave the premises.
Another meeting of tho Lot BuvcrS'
Association is to be held SUNDAY after.
noon at the Colonnadc Hotel. Whether
or not I.ongstrcct plans to attend could
not be learned today. The offices Of
Company. in the Otis Bnilding. now IN
LougStrcct possession, were closed.
Moran and Sidney +. Smith. counsel
for the lotbuycrS, were in consultation
today. Rcports favorable to the de
cision to stick together and raise a fund
sufficient TO buy w the outstanding
judgment held by John NJ. Broomall.
of Media. were discussed. An engineer
has been engaged to 60 over the tract
and to make report of the cost of in
staling water. lights and other i'm
provcmcuts This is part of the lot
holders plan for reconstruction.
Efforts arc still going forward look
ing to II stay of the sheriff sale No
vembcr | on the Broomall Judgment
This matter also will be discussed at
Sunday $ meeting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
CITY DEPARTMENTS
ASK FOR S272,9D9
Need That Sum to Garry on
Work During Remainder of
Year, Councils Hear
PAYROLLS A BIG ITEM

Requests for appropriations totallIng
afternoon by various city departments
in order that they may be properly
during the remainder of the
present year.
The largest request was that of the
Fairm6unt Park Commission which in
formed Councils that it required S122,
800 for hire of labor and other work
in the park during the remaining
months of 1919. The commission said
that through transfer it could find
S13 800. and that il would be ncces-
sary for Councils TO provide the re-
mainder.
The City Commissioners in..nduccd n
BILL through Chairman Gatfney, asking
an appropriation of 500 900 for the
support of dependent children until the
end of the present year. These children
have been placed in various city and
state institutions by the city. which is
responsible for their maintenance.
Asks Increase in Salaries
TO meet increased salaries in his
Office Recorder of Deeds lIazlctt asked
for $50 100. The new places in his de-
partment were created in accordance
with an act of Legislature.
Director Wilson, of the Department
of Public Safety. asked for $20, 900 for
repair of fire motor apparatus
Mayor Smith requested $4,000 for
the municipal market commission. He
suggested that this sum be provided by
taking $500 from the original appro-
priation for the proposed Philadelphia
Camden bridge and smaller amounts by
transfer from appropriations to his of
flee. The Mayor also requested that
Councils increase the salary of Herbert
Dram, his chief clerk. from $4,000 to
$500. This money could be provided.
he said, from that allotted to incidcntuls
in his office.
Other funds were found by transfers
from items that later will have to be
cnrcd for till the end of the Smith ad-
ministration. Tho transfer bill provid-
ed $4,000 for the attendants pay
roll in the Philadelphia General Hos
pital 100000 for the insane depart
mcnt, $1,000 for the Hospital for Con-
tagious Diseases and $50 900 must be
found for the Bureau of Water payroll.
Water Bureau Needs $50. 900
Chief Davis. Of the Bureau of Water
at this time finds it necessary to raise
S139 900 for payroll needs. Tho ma
ior portion of this hc is able to trans
fer from items with balances. but $50.
600 will have to be raised by direct APP
preparation,
If Councils adopt the 10 per cent
bonus plan for the 10 men in the city
employ whose salary is fixed at $1,000
it will be necessary also to raise an
additional $50 900 TO meet this OK
pensc. At present all under $1,000 get
the bonus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
HANDCLASP WEDDING
TARGET IN WILL FIGHT
widow Seeking Junkman's
Wealth. Tells Court Care
She Took Of Him

The So-callcd "handcIaSp marriage
ceremony between Isaac RoscnthaI,
the millionaire junk dculcr.' aud the
woman who was known ms Mary Drum,
Mrs. David Link. Mrs. Frank aud AIrs.
Roscnthal will be attacked by the
forces opposing her claim to the widow $
share. or Onc-half of the SSOO.OOO cs =
tate.
This is forecast by the cross exam
inatiOn of the claimant and the wit
ncsScS called in her behalf. I'upcrturb
ed by the admission of her story, the
claimant. appearing in deep mourning.
resumed the stand for cross cXamiua
tion before Judge Gummey in tho Or
phanS' Court today.
The witness referred TO uuarrcls she
had with Rosenthal.
AT times he was a hard man TO
got along with, she said. "lou had
to humor him. I ddn like to fuss
in Dad temper or in n violent quarrel
to be very careful. as he might have n
stroke.
She was asked if she took this uu-
usual care of him before Christmas
Eve. 1905. when tho handcIasp mar
ringc was said to have been held.
"NeS: knew him for nearly twenty
five years. she said. II helped him
always. As he grew older he got more
helpless
RoscnthaI was about sixty three
years old when he died from the in
tlucnza October >. 1918.
In will made the day before he
died Roscnthal left the claimant 500 ,0OC
outright and the income of $4,000 for
life. He made liberal boquests tc
brothers. sisters. uicccs and ncphcws.
During the cross examination OF the
witness il developed that fosenthal
made three wills, one ii long time ago
and the others shortly before his death.
In his second will he left the witness
$4,000 and the income from $50 900.
"ITe first spoke of giving me 5000, =
the witness said She added she
thought she was entitled to ono half
of the estate, which she said she be
icycd was worth 81 .00O, 900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
HOSPITAL BENEFIT OPENS
Rummaec Sale to Aid Bryn Mawr
Hospital Fund

\ vacuum cleaner and ready made
clothes for the winter season and some
for the early spring arc being offered to
day at Il rummagc sale in the Ardmorc
Hotel for the Bryn Mawr Hospital
fund.
All sorts of contributions have come
in from along the Main Line for the
one day sale. which will be expected
to net Ia least $1,000.
Mrs. Stacy Il. Lloyd is in charge
Of the sale and will be assisted by Mrs.
Burrows Sloan. Mrs. Campbell Rob
insou. Mrs. John NJ. Dcnisou. Miss
Emily Smith, Mrs Edwin s. Dixon,
Mrs. William r. Phillcr. Miss Marga
ret Evans, Mrs. G. s. Stout and Mrs.
Henry Thouron.
\ special movie performance at the
Palace Theatre in Ardmore. this after
noon. also for the hospital fund, was
in charge Of Mrs. Charles i. Nc
Illvainc and Mrs. Matthew Baird ,Ir
Au Austrian helmet. picked up in the
front line trenches Of Italy, was on
exhibition and sale at the movies.
Taf'y and other refreshments are being
sold by girls dressed in hospital aid
uniforms
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By the Associated Press

<u. "a, ~ ;o,,,o,,,,l I, ~.
N"'caso' '',' '"''''"nu' ~ W.
Maynard. the dying parson, leader in
thc orn,v transcontincntal air derby
,,aa,,.1 ,,:' a..,,.or1 sinh, rron, ,ho
'''ui''' "'H '"''"",D - '''' ~.
control station at SIDNEY Ncp., at 10
II. m. (mountain timcl today. lie
roacbod North Platte \cb.. ono hour
a',, er,. ...r, .,t.,,,oz ,o,or A,,o.I-
""" n''E ''S"' "''',"''> ,"',' ',' " -
he alightcd at St Paul. Ncb,
Snow was falling when Lieutenant
,r,,.,rd ..l,,,,od ,H.' from S;dpo,
I"' "'.'" "''P," W" 90,
Jiis time from 'hoN'nu'' NSo" TO
Sidney, reported at thirty three min
MOS today wns placcd mt forty min
,', :, ~. m.;,I .,an,ol -, ,Lo g.,
u''S ny I"c o'"''"' n,"''''i at ''' STU
ncy air station. Ih' distance from
Cheyenne to Sidney is ninety three
,;los
IlEinS III l", iranS'ouCIn'u'a, h'r
derby over the hnllaI" section OF me
course was "''I ~ ny rou;. ii,n,9lapie h
weather todhH' ha,u was 'an,nE hedE
ny at I urtlTt l'id ana ,''ePnone, L ad
TlrpS T from IRON N"rmrS,'' J mJ.r tn"' ~, ,naJoi
'ari tSpatH' Pr'SVnt 'au'r 9n thc re-
'urh hlshl from MlnrtIIa W oan ran
eiSGo, CISCO Woi!a pr ] unup," !" ''aNe un''i
hg,ng ronH''lonS llI'Iro,nu; Inniitor r,r.,;,
win ms n'HtES' rV'"n,t',J of 49, o'p,ain ,,,
iIoM'', -. D''i''m, rm' liz, ,,Io u"
n,ng by lnt burning ~ h'S p,ane nt
pulla'o' IoS' h,su,, p"JT, Hp"'H' Mno
Sncnt IN" ulgh, II, NocneS.'ni , nt.u
-in- niue l'ad ON '"r WrSaWuru lrip;
NapIaih Slnlln 5 ntarn'nr s ne was ue-
s'roEed a'riuenIhl.! hl'rr W. nau mate
a Saic landlhg' Du, lI' !ul.ns mage was
that il,aSInuch as t"e u'kn. M"s 10 t'st
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
STATE LEAVES AMID CHEERS
Large Crowd of Students Gathers as
Team Starts for Dartmouth

State College. Oct. l6.-Peun state
gave its football team a real send off
this morning for the Dartmouth game
Mt Hanover on Saturday. The team
left the campus at s oriocK nut not
before each man had been chPered by
the large crowd of students who gath
cred to see the men of aud to instil into
tn team the old State spirit.
The squad will arrive Al Windsor,
VT. where State viii have its quarters,
Friday morning. giving Coach Bczdek
an opportunity TO run his men through
signal drill in the afternoon, Twenty
two men are taking the trip besides the
coaches, Graduate Manager Fleming,
Manager Bud Brown and Assistant
Manager Kenneth Stark,
While no one is overconfidcut of vie
tory. State has faith in its team to
come out ahead. This viii be the first
real test of the season, as the game with
Bueknell last Saturday offered no com
parison due to the nature of the field
on that day, Dartmouth has vet
eraD team capable of giving any college
I'm the country a battle. The last State
Dartmouth game was played in 1917
when the Hanover eleven came through
with 10 tor victory in the final three
minutes of play
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
HIGH SCHOOL CADET CORPS
Boy Students Of West Philadelphia
Institution Hear Colonel Thayer

A military cadet corps by boy stu
dents of the West Philadelphia High
School will he formed this afternoon.
A rally at which tho entire student
body was present took place this
morning in the auditorium.
Colonel Arthur Thayer. in charge of
the third district K. O. T. c., spoke
TO the students on the benefits of mill
tary training, William s.. Roweu, a
member of the Board of Education, who
has continually argued for the institu-
tion of military course at the schools.
also spoke, Colonel Thaycr gave pins
to fifteen students who have shown pro
iciency in military manual.
Other speakers were lieutenant Fl.
e., Nilsson, said to be one Of the sur
viyors of the original princess Pat ="
who was wounded three times, and
Reuben j. Shaw, faculty adviser on
military matters at the school.
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City Must Make Up
S2,3IS,587 Deficit

Continued From Page One
a,o,o e,-o, ...,,..., .,.l.
men from SLOW" 10 Hl'""' S''"'" E,"u'
men from $1,000 to Sll0O. and third
grade men from $1,000 to $1,000.
,.,,1-ot ,,1-, ,,,,,;,,o. r,r ono ,,,,.
o '''" ,.,o
men IN the flre Bureau OF Nhl'h l'o
men are needed to fill out the two
rIotoon svsicm and scvcnty-siy arc
, a.. ll;,;ouoI Gro oo,,
nanirs that are to be established in
different sections oG the cItH.
no.os,u,,, r-;cures Estimated
'"'e''"
director i'at'SinaM nd III, W. IuG 80 %
originally given S"'''o''"".'' 10, ~
onoratlon OF the pepert'hent ol / IulIr
Works. lilS Ilsuree i"' IVA. wa, '''VM 1,,,
an increase. but IN one respect Arc
merely IN eStltnh,e. ~ hHIar.r NY r' VI ,n'
rrcelpt OF Str'et cleanIus pIuH @ I'm TVn I,
ator Naro ana tne otmc' rSu'a,
street riPanIhs '"n', ,l, o,st of III III, ~,
lals can or nuu; az 700 ha, to bc m ,,',t
lortaut WIN ~ ,Iir,nto
"oWn mercy aS a. e. ''a'r ,'trnot ,.,c,r;rc ,ro
Hl'' s,.;,oI ,.'ru.;L'T and nrnnosaIs viii bc
sinI I,ring tho roi,rsc of tho ucxt
nsheu ""' tor ns Iore Ins ;mcronscd
!ou'n, ro, stroet cloonin~ In
. H.. trn
tho In ,it'. he. loans and bounds, and if is
unt cors;Gored unlikely that The 1870
ns,imates for this work will establish
now higb records
street cleaning now costs the city two
times more than during the Blnnkpn
burg administration and what tho fig
uros will be under the first year Of u
new administration is Il matter of con
lecture only.
r.,a r,,,;I no,o,,,h,. :.
""' "o"'
The question of street cleaning and
garbage collection Is usually the last
important matter az year = "nu ana
TINS year thG Eolu'S ulug n"' Pe ur
clded ,mucn petore p'ce,horr ~: NE
date SET lor tue ""'i "N'uE " tue
new taA rae, ,o,,od S14o oon o, III,
senator arc l"tht" 90 '"'""u u" ulS
indiVldHal nsureS ,aa'' Sr"' , m"ru s'r &c.,,
tlohS ol Strrr'S "r,r o"'i ',',om nt,', IVY
or iour ,lHes VIZ, ui I'porl'"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
GREAT SHIPS TRANSFERRED
s Of the Former German Passenger
Craft Go to Shipping Board

New York. Oct. 16.-Formal custody
of five of the eight former German pas
senger ships. title to which is now a
subject of diplomatic discussion be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. was transferred yesterday
from the War Department through off
cials of the port of embarkation here to
the United States Shipping Board. The
ships transferred are tho 1mperator,
the Mobile formerly the Cleveland).
Pretoria, Prinz Friedrich Wilhelnrs and
HeppeIip, aggregating 1l1,@3 gross
tons.
1t is probable they will remain at
the army piers until the question as
to their disposition is settled.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
HELD UP TWICE; is ARRESTED
After Second Tilt Returns to Police
Station and Scores pepartment

Patrick McGeehan, fifty five years
old. Fifteenth street above Columbia
avenue, was held up on the street twice
last night and then arrested. Magis
trate Greis discharged him today.
When he was passing under the rail
road bridge at Tenth and Willow
streets at II o'clock last night, three
men stopped him. He offered no resist
ance. They took $45 from him.
Then he walked around the corner
and reported the case TO the Tenth and
Buttonwood streets police. He left
the station house and walked half a
square when the same three men stopped
him. This time they wanted his watch.
He resisted them and they fed, but
only after he had been beaten.
McGcchan returned to the station
house and attacked the departments s
inactivity. The police held him for
'disordcrly conduct
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
1l-YEAR-OLD HOMICIDE
Boy Sent to Reformatory for II
Years for Killing Companion

Lock Haven, Pa, Oct. -lBy 4.
P.)--Alfred Cozzi, eleven years old. of
Remove. was found guilty of homicide
in Juvenile Court here this morning,
and was sentenced by Judge Il, b. Me
Cormiek 20 undergo imprisonment in
Glen Mills Rcrormatory for aterm Of
sixteen years
Cozzi caused the death of Lewis Mac
Z Gill aged twelve years, also Of Remove,
when he hit him with a stone at Far
we'll on July ~ last during quarrel.
! eYoung Cozzi denied on the stand that
Il was in Farwel on July 10, claiming
1I5baf he was home during the day aud
members of his family gave similar tes
timony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
GOMPERS REPORTED BETTER
Physician Notes Improvement, but
Patient Must Stay In Bed

Washington, Oct. 16.-(By \. P.)
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, who is
suffering from nervous exhaustion, was
reported somewhat improved today, but
his physician has ordered him to re-
main in bed. Last night Mr.. Com
pers $ temperature rose to zoos de-
grees. but it had rcceded this morning
80 9S.4
The following statement was issued
today at American Federation of Labor
headquarters
doctor Henry Porter states that
MIR. Gompers' temperature is 9S.4. He
seems considerably rested and appeared
better. but must still remain in bed {"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
STATE RULING ON BANKS
Attorney General Explains Applica'
tion Of Law on Trust Business

Harrisburg. Ocr. 16.--(By A. =. -
In an opinion given to John II. Fisher,
commissioner of banking, Attorney
General Schaffer says he should require
national banks in Pennsylvania before
commencing the business of executor,
trustee. administrator and similar
duties under state laws. including reg
istrar Of stocks and bonds, to comply
with the state laws relating to these
subjects.
The inquiry related specifically. TO
action under the law Of 1919 and II
is held that national banks engaging
in trust business must comply with the
laws relating TO trust companies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
PLAN TO AVOID STRIKES
Wilmington Manufacturers to Form
Industrial Cooperative Association

V"'n''9ton manufacturers to FORM
Industrial Cooperative Association
Wilmington. Del. Oct. 16.-The
fifty three members of the Manufac-
turers' Association of Wilmington have
called meeting for next Wednesday
evening to consider the forming of the
Delaware Industrial Co operative AS
sociation. the object of which is to set
tic labor troubles here without strikes.
The association. which is 60 be char
tered, will be made up Of two repre-
scntatives Of each establishment that
decides TO become member. one to be
tho head OF the concern and the other
an employe elected by the employees.
The business of tho association. in
Guiding adjustment to labor troubles. Is
to be in the hands of board of four
teen directors, equally divided between
employers and employees. II there is
tie vote over n labor dispute. a disin
tercsted person is TO be called in, and
his vote will decide.
The association will maintain n
bureau that will keep in touch with
conditions at all plants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
WARE WATCHERS PROMISED
Senator Declares Moore Committee
viii Get All to Which II Is Entitled

campaign committee would get ali the
watchers al the coming election ITO
which il is entitled.
THE Moore campaign committee will
got watchers in every ward where the
urinary election returns show they are
entitled t" them. the senator contin-
ucd
John \. Voorhees,, secretary Of the
Republican Alliance. when told of Sen
ator Wares statement. iptmated that if
the right number of watchers were not
furnished by the Republican city com
mittep, his party would go TO some other
faction for them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
Thief Suspects Held Without Bail

Tony Constantine, twenty sevon years
old. aud William Rosso, twenty four,
charged with having attempted to rob
the tailor shop of Dominic Sebastian,
at Juniper and Federal streets, were
held today for further hearing on
October 90. Magistrate Baker refused
them bail following statement of the
police that Rosso had been out of the
county prison only few days, and
that Constantine had an iron bar and
9f'barp knife on him when arrested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
ELECTRIC COMPANY OPPOSED
No Need for New Concern in Della.
ware County. Present Firm Cnntnnhs

The Glen Mills Electric Company.
which seeks to. operate in the section
opposed today by the Delaware County
Electric Company, which told public
service commissioners there is no need
for new concern in that territory.
The Glen Mills company applied for
certificate of public convenience, the
application being made to Commission
ers Clement and Benn, sitting in City
Hall.
The applicant set forth its desire TO
furnish heat, light and power in Thorn
bury township, Delaware county.
The commissioners reserved decision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
NeO York Budget for 1920
Is Increased SOB, 1876, ,922

The city budget for 1920. to be
presented to Councils today, will
probably be greater than the budget
T36,31275.
New York city's budget for 1920
shows an increase over this years
figures greater than Philadelpbis'
total budget for 1919,
The increase over last wear in
New York is $6S. .495. .922. 70 and
the budget shows the enormous total
of $316, ,52t ,42T go. 1V
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
PARSON, IN SNOW,
LEADS AIR PACK
Storm Greets Lieutenant May
nard When He Hops Of
This Morning
REACHES ST. PAUL, NEB.
Seucn Forfeit Lires
in Army dir Race

Death toll in the army reliability
and endurance aerial race across the
continent reached total Of seven
when Lieutenant French Kirby,
pilot. and Lieutenant Stanley g.
Miller. observer, fell at Castle Rock,
Utah.
Other deaths during the race have
BEEN Major II. y. Crissey. Lieu
tenant +. v Wales, Scrgcants Viz
gle Thomas and W. II, hewitt and
Observer Worth ID. Mcclure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
Stern Seeks Seat in Congress

Former State Representative lsadorc
Stern announced today that he will be
" candidate for Congress from the Sec
ond district This district is at pres
ont represented by Congressman
George S. Graham. There is consider
able donbt as TO whether Mr. Graham
will be candidate for re election.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
Y
TO HONOR PHlLAOELPHIANS
DR.. Hollis Godfrey and Provost
Smith VIII Get Canadian Degrees

Queen University. Canada. will hon
or two Philadelphians at special install
lation ceremonies this week
DR.. Hollis Godfrey. hcad of Drexel
Institute. aud Provost Edgar Fahs
Smith, of the University of Pcnnsyl-
vania, will be- among twenty three re
cipients of the honorary degree of
LII. u.
Distinguished men and women from
the United States and Canada are Mt
tending the Queens University ccre
monies, which opened last night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
Noted German Electrician Dies

Berlin. Oct. 1G-tBy A. Pl--Wil-
helm Won Sicmeus active directing head
IL the Siempns Ilalske companies, is
dead Ut Aroma, Switzerland. Dispatches
state that he died suddenly. Herr Won
SiemeDs was one of the leaders IN the
elcctrical Industry of Germany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
City's annual Expenses
Gain SI7,5OO, 900 in 8 Years

Comparative figures showing the
increase in the tax rate, city cX-
penditures and municipal loan au.
thorizations since 1912 arc:
mo-. Rata
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
n1alher sueeeeds pr. Kuno Meyer

ii 10. Oct. 10, by A. P.l-Dr.
f,3stn Altser. historian, brother of
.isf l,T Nano Meyer. was today IN
iassfatsd rscbpr q Berlin University,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16

Last night Doctor Grayson was able
to report that rather persistent head
ache that had bothered the President
had disappeared. During the day also
the President was enabled to demon
strate his remembrance of Mrs. Wilson $
birthday, and presented her with a gift
which he had a member of the White
House staff purchase several days ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16

New Counselor for italian Envoy
Rome, Oct. 16.-Giuseppe Bran
biedla, counselor of the Italian en-
bassy in London, has been appointed
counselor of the embassy at Washing
ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
DEATHS

GRAHAM-At Point Pleasant, n L.,
Tues. Oct. IL. THOMAS, husband Of Re
becca Jane Graham, aged 20 Funeral sery-
Ices at Point Pleasant ~ j., Sat, Oct. IS, at
10 o o'clock.