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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
SHIP SAILS IN WEEK
TO GET PRESIDENT
Leaves for Brest Next Monday,
Says Navigator on George
Washington
MAY START HOME MAY

Lieutenant Commander Charles II.
Learfoss, navigating officer of the
George Washington. says orders have
been received for that vessel to leave
for Brest next Monday, to bring Prcsi
dent Wilson home.
report from Washington. however.
says the liner will leave for Brest Tues
day, April 10. but that the sailing
orders have not yet been issued. In
either case the ship will be in Brest
IN time to start back with the presi-
dental party by May l
Commander Zearfoss, who was n
visitor here and who is Philadelphian
speaking of the first voyage President
Wilson took on the George Washington.
said
That voyage saved him from a prob
able physical breakdown. / was stand
ing at the side when the President
came abroad, and was astonished tc
see how worn and emaciated he ap-
peared. He seemed utterly fatigued
But what n difference when he left
the ship at Brest. The color had re
turned to his cheeks. his eye was bright
and he walked with firm, confident
step. Rest and healthful exercise had
worked wonders"
Commander Zcarfoss is n great nd
mirer Of both the President and Mrs
Wilson, both of whom he calls "fine
Sailors
They were on deck great deal o
the time he said. The President
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
IRISH DID 1T, OF COURSE,
SAYS CARTOONLST VETERAN
fT'Uate Hugh Deeney Back From Var With "reminiscences
while Officer Got Decoration Won After Being
Forced Into Position of Danger

F 1T hadn't been for the Irish"
L Private Hugh Deeney. 3703 Brown
street. who quit drawing sport cartoons
Tor the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER to
chase "Heine" across the Rhine Is back
from France.
Private Deeney "just blew" into the
oince today to see if his old job still re-
NAMED for him. He found It did. and
tnereupon promptly decided to take a
siV months'-at least he says that long
vacation to get the soldier out of him.
and sure. Hugh has whole lot OF
praise for the Irish. In fact. the COM
raoes he talked about were OSullivans
flvnns. OBriens and s-something-
or-otner. and none of the least was
naJor llmothy Monaghan. who COM
manded the battalion of which Comnanv
u, l37th Infantry, was n part.
say he was the finest of them ALL"
said Private Deeney to n friend "J
can see him yet walking ,p and down
the combat line in the Argonne with
,ne machine-gun bullets whistling around
MN and the shells breaking nearby. He
i,ao n cigar In one hand and n cane In
tne other, and he held himself erect, and
talked with n brogue.
get Up and Get In"
on ne SAID, prodding lieu
tenant with his cane. The lieutenant
was down on the ground ducking the
bullets. Get up and get in the fight
We were going so fast at the time
that the artillery was lost in the rear,
A runner rushed back and told the ma
Jor tnat his companys ammunition was
gone and they were in danger Of an
initiation.
Keep up the bluff, them said the
major. Well hold the hill IL the whole
battalion Is blown to bits And the bows
held 1t. Believe me. that's the kind of
boss to work for"
Private Deeney is modest about his
own achievements. He says war is
mechanical after one has been in the
game for while, and the men say and
do things like machines. which strikes
one as being very funny-after it is all
over.
I'VE were pushing across the Escau
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
ARTILLERY HORSES
ON AUCTION BLOCK
Many Fine Animals Not Sent
Overseas offered Today at
Bulls Head Bazaar
"SILENT HEROES" OF WAR

That the world war Is actually over
will be demonstrated very clearly today
when 146 artillery horses are demob-
ilized at the Bulls Head Bazaar, Thirty
eighth and Market streets.
Uncle Sam is discharging his valiant
doughboys. signal corps men. medical
attendants and big gun handlers at
rapid rate. but not so fast that he has
forgotten the equine side of his army.
Much has been written concerning the
role played in the war by motortrucks.
but nobody will deny that the faithful
horse still occupies first place in the
hearts of soldiers.
Before America got into the struggle
the Allies made many raids on the horse
marts here. and only a few of the ami
mails shipped to the war zones in those
days are now alive. Thirty days was
the average life at the front of the
silent fighters and thousands went down
to death in battles.
When the United States decided to
end the war the country was again
combed for horses The army needed
them in great numbers for artillery.
medical. supply and ordnance units.
Where the army buyers gathered so many
is something of n mystery. but they got
them and distributed the animals among
the various CantOnmentS. GTauualiy tneS
made their way across the ocean and
then into the Argonne. Nerdun and
other sectors with the boys In khaki.
Horses that were not sent overseas
are now being sold by the government
and 146 of them from Camp Shelby. Ala
bama, have been sent to the West Phila'
delphia market They are to be auc'
toned today. Each one. according tc
the dealers, is as sound physically az
the human fighting machine that downeo
Kaiserism.
Men who buy these animals should
keep in mind the words Of Brigadiel
General William J. Nicholson. the
bronzed veteran of Indian wars. who leo
n brigade of Pennsylvanians through the
deluge of German shells in the Argonne
I'm my forty-two years army serV'
ice" says General Nicholson. i have
formed an attachment for horses that Is
almost equal to my attachment for men
In war the horse cannot be replaced D!
the engines of science. They are sen,
into the fighting zones like soldiers ano
NAV their silent parts like real heroes
One of the glowing chapters in the his.
tory of my war concerns the role playec
by the mute partners of the men peh'no
the guns. Don't forget them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
RoBs MARINE-IN DREAMS
Alleged "Roush. Lad" From Lafferty
Row Wakes In "Orspita"

Thou shalt not hold up marine.
Lawrence Reed, twenty EIGHT years
old, . Lafferty row, has promised to
incorporate this into his list of com
mandments following an alleged at
tempt to rob one of "the- first to :
fight men yesterday.
The attempted holdup occurred
near the Navy Y. NJ. G. A, Thir-
teenth street and Moyamensing ave-
nue.. Reed had revolver and de-
manded that the marine turn over all
his valuables. The marine was evasive
and Reed persistent. Then ten more
marines turned nearby corner.
Reeds injuries were treated at the
Methodist Hospital. Later he was
given hearing before Magistrate
Baker in the Fourth street and Snyder
avenue station and held in $500 bail
for court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
ALL-YEAR TOURIST RATES
Round.Trip Tickets to Four Resorts
Now on Sale

Cape May, Wildwood, Wildwood
Crest and Anglesea now have year.
round tourist rates of $3.50 round
trip.
Prior to today Atlantic City was the
only resort enjoying year round tour
ist rate, and the other places suffered
accordingly. The decision to allow the
other resorts the same privilege was
made after committees of representa- :
tive business men from the various re-
sorts carried their complaint to the
railroad administration.
Ocean City, Sea Isle City and Stone
Harbor are also fighting for the year
round rate, but no decision has been
announced on their cases.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
DEVIL CHASERS ON EXHIBIT
Skulls and Other chronological Ma
terlaI at Penn Museum

An exhibition Of chronological specl-
mems from the colonies held by Ger
many at the opening of the war was
onened this morning at the University
Museum.
The greatest number as we'll as the
most spectacular of the exhibits come
from German New Guinea, where
the natives had an astonishing tendency
to make grotesque masks ana otner
ceremonial objects. which were highly
colored for the purpose of driving away
OWL spirits. They also had the habit
of taking the skulls of thcG dead,
covering them with clay and painting
them so as to represent life.
For the purposes of comparison there
are exhibits from both German and
British Guinea. The natives of British
Guinea show evidences of greater cul-
ture than those of the German colony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
SHOT IN CARD GAME
Victim in Hospital and May Live
Nine Players In Jail

One man was shot and wounded Sc
verely, and nine others were arrested,
as the result OF quarrel in card
game last night in the home of Jo-
seph Fiallo, 51S Christian street.
Joseph Trocolla, $50 Christian street,
is in the Mt. Sinai Hospital, wounded
in the head and left hand. There is
a chance for his recovery.
Fiallo is accused of the shooting. and
is being held in the Seventh and Car
penter streets police station. Eight
other men, who were in the game, are
being held as witnesses, pending hear
ing by Magistrate Coward.
The police say the trouble began wher
Trocolla made an insulting remark
about Fiallo's brother.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
Oppose Military Training

The Minute Men Association of Penn =
sylvania has expressed its absolute dis
approval of military training of the
youths of the country and has asked
the government to pass legislation which
will place all military training directly
under control of the government, and
prevent the formation of military units
by any group of persons or organiza =
tions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

did not show the slightest sign of being
seasck, and Mrs. Wilson appeared to
enjoy the voyage every moment.
They were very popular among the
men because of their democratic man
ner. The President and his wife spoke
to the officers whenever they chanced
to meet.
Mrs. Wilson is certainly an ad-
mirable woman, and she had an mir
about her which lends grace to any
thing which she is doing"
Lieutenant Iearfoss received his
naval training on the old school ships
Adams and Saratoga. lie was commits
stoned in the reserve at the outbreak of
war. and was sent from San Francisco
to New York to make this first trip on
the George Washington when it con-
veycd President Wilson to Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
FIRE AT NATIONAL PARK
Postoffice and General Store Saved
From Destruction

A lamp set fire to window curtains
in the second story front room of the
postoffice and general store managed by
Robert Lentz, of National Park, and
for time the flames threatened to de-
stroy the entire building Mrs. Lentz,
mother of the manager, was sitting in
the room at the time and first noticed
the fire. The fire occurred last night.
The fire department was notified and
succeeded in extinguishing the flames
after 5000 worth Of property had been
destroyed. Many visitors who were in
the park at the time gathered to watch
the fire.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

river" he said land the four-foot bridge
which spanned IL was being swept for
about twenty yards by German machine
gun fire. I crawled down the embank-
ment and across the bridge and. believe
me, I was glad to get on the other side.
Just as I was getting fixed in a nice
little protected embankment, the captain
appears and says: 'Deeney. go back and
tell Lieutenant - to bring the auto
matte squad across
Invitation" Is Repeated
81 took one look at the nice little EN-
bankment and crawled back across the
bridge. When delivered the message the
lieutenant says, Well, 60 tell the captain
I can't get across: the fire is too heavy.
Il went back on my hands and knees
and delivered the reply.
The captain takes a look at me and
says. Well, how in the hell did you get
across? Go back and ask him II nc
wants a written invitation
II took another slant at the nice little
protected embanltment. IN tell you righ'
now ! preferred the embankment. But
well. I went and when I came back the
lieutenant followed n few minutes later.
Deeney paused, his face Redeemed. he
suddenly realized that he had forgotten
his modesty.
well, where's your Croix de Guerre
or n. s. c." asked the friend.
oh" came the startling reply, the
lieutenant got IT."
Private Deeney, in serious vein. de-
clares that war Is not all that some
people would lead you to believe 1t Is
and that the fellow who was in the
trenches was "just out Of luck"
His own face. however, failed to show
where he had been "out of luck" for he
has gained thirty-ive pounds. and ad'
mits that his own brother failed to rec.
ognze him when he stepped Off the boat
Neither did many of his friends, for that
matter.
Deeney was called in the draft and
sent to Camp Lee in the early par
of 1918. His division sailed for France
April, last year. They were in offensives
at Verdun and the Argonne and later
participated in two offensives in Belgium
fighting until the last minute before
the armistice was declared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
LOST UNIFORM; WOULD DIE
Fear Of Army "Justice" Drives
Youth to Take Poison

Because he lost his military uniform
and feared punishment by the army
authorities, John Dunn, eighteen years
old, 210 South Fourth street, Camden
swallowed poison early this morning
according to the story he told the
Camden police.
Dunn was declared out of danger in
the Cooper Hospital, after physicians
had used a stomach pump. He was
locked up and will be arraigned before
Recorder StackhOuse. Police are in
vestigating to learn if the young man
had been in the army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
BEARY TO CL|NCH
PLANS FOR PARADE
State Adjutant to Take Up
Transport Question at
Washington
PENNSYLVANIANS TO MARCH

To clinch the city's plan for the re-
ception and parade of the famous Iron
Division" which is scheduled to ar
rive home late next month, Adjutant
General Frank d. Beary will confer
with officials of the War Department
tomorrow.
The states military chief leaves for
Washington tonight, and will confer
with General March tomorrow morn :
ing.
"We have been assured that the
War Department will aid us in the
: parade plans" said j. Jarden Guen-
ther, secretary of the welcome home
committee, today, ''but to insure
against eleventh hour. difficulties Mr..
Beary has decided to visit Washington
and clinch the plans"
Transport problems are giving the
War Department chiefs considerable
anxiety and situation developed on
Saturday that threatened to upset Phil
adelphia's great reception plans.
Problems Faced
at is merely a question of getting
the division over at one time ex-
planned Mr.. Guenthcr. ''If that can
be accomplished the War Department
will hold the Pcnnsylvanians in the di
vision for the parade, as they have
promised, but if the divisional units
drag across the ocean and spread the
movement of the division over a period
of two or three weeks it will seriously
cripple our plans. General March has
made it plain that returning soldiers
will not be held at Camp Dix more than
forty eight hours after their arriva
from overseas. 1t is plain to see that
if the transportation of the division is
spread over an extended period it will
be impossible to hold the men,
1.-THE 1OSth Field Artillery and the
Tooth and 10th Infantry regiments are
to land at this port, and we want other
units placed on big steamships so that
they will arrive in New York at ap-
proximately the same time as our units.
General Beary will endeavor to
have that scheme adopted, and, if he is
successful, there will be no more doubt
. about the parade. Such scheme would
insure the arrival of the divisional units
about the same time, and the War De-
partment would have no difficulty in
making arrangements for the parade.
Petition From Mothers
Mrs. Eugene s. Newbold announced
today that more than 1900 mothers an(
sisters of Philadelphia soldiers in tho
! Iron Division had signed a petition
urging the debarkation of these ",aen nj
this port.
II shall present the petition t.
Senator Penrose," said Mrs. Newbold
''and he will present it to tn,
War Department tomorrow. Their
must be no change in the reception
: plans. Mothers of the heroes in tn
10Sth Field Artilley and 10Sth ant
10th Infantry regiments want thei
boys landed here, and their wishes mus
be respected"
Mrs. Newbold said that she wal
working independently Of the welcome
home committee.
The welcome home committee assured
Mrs. Newbold that the units named il
her petition will land here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07
4. C. Fritsch Justice In Narberth

H. C. Fritsch, a real estate man of
Narberth, has been appointed justice
of the peace in the borough to fill the
vacancy created by the death of w.
s. Mcclellan, and will assume his new
position today. He has been resident
of the Main Line borough for more than
twelve years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-07

INTRODUCING
the Big New Easter
Demonstration & Display
PERRY SPRING SUITS
and SPRING TOPCOATS
Shouting the NelO Fabrics, the NeU
Cotors, the NeU WeaUes, and the NeU
Patterns, the NelD Models drafted on
Nelo Lines-au the NelU Ideas in Mems
Spring Clothes that haze sprung into
Belng since the signing Of the Armi-
sflce, and since both Mills and Work.
rooms began again to cater to ciuiIian
Needs! s.
" SPRINGTIME was never more ;nsn;r;po
than it is in our Store today There's the breath
OF new season and of new era from the front
doors to the dressing rooms. Almost everv-
where your eye falls it finds an Easter freshness
that SIX months ago could not have been fore
seen. New and numerous assortrnents of plain
solid colors that just jump up and say-"We're
NEW" New blues, new browns, new grays
from shimrnerng Oxfords through the
various transitions of gray down to an almost
cream-whlte beauty of gray that's kept from
being too conspicuous by sprinkling of star
dust all through.
u Then there are stripes of dozen differ
ent combinations among which our brand-new
Victory Stripes the newest of the new
Victory Stripes are lines of red, white and blue
brown hannels and on blue hannels and
they're already walking out so fast that we
wonder shall we be able to keep up the supply
for long? But they're coming in all the time,
and we have reserves of them!
q Then there are the new rnodels-the new welt
seam waists and flare skirts in new single
breasters and double breasters, some of them
one-button sack coats some two and some
three, with outstanding soft rolling lapels, some
of them with their pointed peaks touching the
top of the shoulder. Then there are rope shoul-
ders, meaning ridge of cloth rising out of the
sleeve where it fits into the coat-and new snug
waist lines both high set and natural. And
pockets-slashed on the perpendicular slashed
on vertical lines, cut crescent shape; tapped,
hapless, patched outside, beowsed inside, and
regulation pockets-all of them showing the in
Auence of our careful tailoring. New bell
sleeves new button arrangements, new cuff
effects-everywhere the influence of origination
born since the world laid down it's arms.
q Altogether, it's storefM of neW
Spring Clothes that deserves a uisit
from, every man in the market for a r.
change of costume on the occasion of
the first Easter in some years that has
found US free to celebrate and enjoy its
significance. R
Special Bargains
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-03

Nine. Emil Hugh, of. Berne, Swift
zerIafld, who as Ethel Camp was. well
known in Washington musical cir
cles, isVhv on her way to the United
States & visit her mother in Wash
ington- She sailed on the Roma,
from Marseilles, on June &c. coming
the Southern route that will probably
bring her to Washington in about
week.
Nine. Hugh has not been home"
since the war. She has been prom
inent figure in the music life Of the
Swiss city. and throughout the war
this neutral land has been the scene
of ~fnomentous groups Of celebrated
people, with whom she hasSbee as
ISOLATED in her artistic and social
life.
Washington will welcome one OF
her daughters" who has achieved
success abroad, and there are many
tales" of her experiences through
out the war that will be interesting
to her many friends here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-03
no ReHtHe sImphony.

Rumor has it that the Washington
Symphony Orchestra will reassemole
next season, under the direction OF
Heinrich Hammer. 1t will be made
ND of fifty-five musicians OF wash
ington, and plans are under way Tor
frequent concerts.
Professional players or the city
have been utilized in increasing mum
bers in symphonic work in WASH
ington, through the orchestras in the
various playhouses, and the reor-
ganization of the Washington Sym
phony Orchestra will find them pre-
pared, probably as never before to
bring a home orchestra into its right
full place in the music life OF Ihe
community.
In the past. the Washington sym,
phony Orchestra has been a Vita
part OF our musical culture. It's re-
turn should be welcomed by al
music lovers. Visiting orchestras are
for the concertgoers, the home or
cbestra is for a broader public &c
whom afternoon concerts are impos'
sible because of the hour.
Washington will find itself again
adequately represented in music
through the rehabilitation OF It's or,
chestra, and the musicianship oi
Heinrich Hammer will be an asset IL
its development
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-03
wnnrh Pupils, Recital

Miss Pearl Waugh presented her
pupils in a piano recital last Monday
evening at the Guild Hall, Calvary NJ.
+. Church, when they were assisted by
the Philharmonic Trio, composed or
Ruby Stanford. Ruth Jones and Helene
Williams Affeck.
The program was most interesting
and significant one. Bach's "Bourree,
q minor, was played by Frances LLOYD
'Pondo" (Beethoven), Lillian Robin;
The Warriors Song" (Heller), Helen
Gregg; "Matin Bell" tBurgmuller),
Anne Blanton: The Fountain
COehme), Elizabeth Young; "kamen-
rois-Ostrow" (Rubinstein), Dona Pol
lock: "In the Forest (AilbouD. kath-
crime Buynitzky: "Barcarolle Napoli-
tainc" UeschetiZky), Josephine
Thompson: "Saltarello" (Nendelssohn-
Heller). Priscilla Ilsley.
The Philharmonic Trio gave the first
movement Of the Gade trio, opus AZ.
The second half Of the program in
cIuded "En AutOmne" (Moszkowsl<D
and "Czardas" CMacDOwelD, Winifred
Michaelson: Fourth BarcarOlle" (GO-
dardJ, DOna Pollock; Eighth Hunga-
rian Rhapsody" Hiszt). Frances
Lloyd: GrieR "Sotturno" and Sibelius
"Romancc." Herminia Ellis; two Cho-
pin numbers and the MacDowell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-03
70 DISTRICT BOYS
BACK FROM FRANCE

HoBoKEN. N. ]. July 3.-The fol-
lowing Washington men are report
ed to have arrived from overseas:
Major Joseph H. Wheat. us Second
street northeast: Lieut.. Col William
r. Blair, 1920 Porter street; Col Rob
ert c. Mcdonald, 3114 Sixteenth
street; Major Hugh Smith. Ward
man Park Inn; Sergt. Ezra ]. Lef-
ferts, 2010 Hagle place northwest;
Private Watson P. Newton, AZ Irving
street northwest; Corp. John NJ. Far
rer, $50 Seaton place; Corp, Sidney
A. Graves, room 2O5 Y building.
Government Hotel: Sergt. Clarence
w. Mccormick, 1924 University place
northwest; Battalion Sergeant Major
Jake B. Clegg, 9O7 North street north
west; Sergt Howard English. 1901
California street northwest; Lieut.
Jake B. Slegg, GOT North street north
west; Private Samuel NJ. Clayman,
1925 Seventh street northeast; Capt
James c. Hill, 1907 Shepherd street
northwest: Sergt Andrew S. Ed
wards, 1901 Third street northwest;
Corp. Percy A. Kar, 1922 Eleventh
street northwest: Lieut.. John w.
Mammalian, 629 Upshur street north
west: Sergt. John D. Holiday, 621
Newton place northwest; Private Will
liam L King, 492 Maryland avenue
southwest: Corp. William R Stewart
2913 Georgia avenue northwest.