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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
EDUCATORS STAND
ON 4TH ASSAILED
Recreation Heads Charge Au-
thorities Refused to Aid Safe
CeIebr alton Plans

Alleged fnilurc Of the school authori-
ties I" operate with them in pro
notimg safe and sane" celebrations
Of the Fourth of July is the subject of
complaint on the part of heads of rec
rcation crntprS of this city.
Some of the playground supervisors
charged that the school principals had
obStructcd tho nciGhborhOod parade ar
ranged by the Board of Recreation and
intended to divert children from the use
"t dangerous fireworks.
These complaints were made at a
meeting in Room 5S7. City Hall. head
quarters of the Board of Recreation
last night. Select Councilman Frank
Willard announced that he had several
conferences with DIR. John =. CARRIER.
superintendent of schools. and other
cduration officials. but that. after much
talk. no operation was received from
the school authorities.
T.. r. Gud"huS. supervisor of play
grounds. announced that 5000 boys and
girls would participate in n parade on
July 4 which viii terminate at lnde-
pcndcnc" Square. where the youngsters
will witness tho ceremonies arranged
ny Councils and at which men of ma .
tiOnal reputation will speak. The pro
reSsion will be headed by II detachment
Of 200 marines from League Island.
Cadets from the John WanamakPr Com
morcial Institute also will be in line.
The Liberty Bell will he taken from
independence Hall into the square, and
the children will dance around the relic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
TROLLEY FARE HEARING
SET FOR NEXT WEEK
northwest Business Men Charge
Discrimination Regarding
Transfers and Exchanges

The hearing of tho Northwest Busi-
ness Mems Associations complaint
against the T. r r. for alleged dis
elimination in the naming of transfer
and exchange points will be held here
by the Public Service Commission next
Saturday.
The complaint. Charles l.. Fluck
president of the association. said today.
is based upon the free transfer and
three cent exchange ticket system now
prevailing.
''Thc older sections of the city. such
as the northwestern district. are dis
criminated against" he said. There
are 416 points in the city where three
cent ticket must be used to exchange
cars and 1J5 places where free transfers
are issued.
Our complaint is based on the fact
that the majority of these free transfer
points are so situated as to benefit the
citizens of the outlying sections. who
get long ride for their money any
how. and not to benefit those who livs
near the central section. and who are
really entitled to any free pass privi
| legrS that may be in vogue
An amendment to the original com
plant is being made. he said. and will
be presented early next week.
The commission has issued a biz
schedule of cases for Pittsburgh or
Thursday and has fixed Wednesday 70,
hearing at Wilkes Barre of complaints
filed against the Wilkes Barre Railway
by the boroughs Of Plymouth. Eaurc
Run. Luzerne, Suga" Notch. Edwards
vile. Ashley. NauticCke. Miners Mills
and Iughstown. the city of Wilkes
Barre. Hanover township and Plains
township. and Anthony Love Lynch
Other hearings will be held in Harris
burg.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
GERS0N MEMORIAL FARM
viii Be Dedicated Tomorrow-Led ID
erer to Make Address

The Emily G. GprSon Farm. on Skin
pack Greek. near ColIegevillc. will be
dedicated tomorrow and the public is
invited to attend the exercises. which
are scheduled for 3 80 p. m. Internal
Revenue Collector Lcdcrpr will deliver
a brief address The house has been
fully equipped aud will be open for in
spection.
The farm has been founded as a
memorial to the late Emily Goldsmith
GersoD and to perpetuate her interest
in the Children's Country Week Asso
citation, in support of which she sue
ceeded during her lifetime in collecting
considerable sums of money.
The farm covers two acres of ground,
1t comprises three buildings-thp house
proper, with dining room, reading room
and sleeping accommodations for the
house mother. a large dormitOry with
sleeping quarters for thirty girls. and
a playhouse converted from a carmen o.
ter shop), TO be used in rainy weather.
II will be open during July and August
of each year, and it will be conducted
under the auspices of the Children s
Country Week Association, by whom
the running expenses will be borne.
Automobiles will leave the Chestnut
Hill terminus of Eleventh street trolley
cars at 2 80 p. m. and follow the Ger :
mantown and Reading pike to Skippack
creek, where, after crossing n small
bridge, they will turn to the right at
an old mill and continue for three
quarters of mile to the first house
on the right.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
SCHOOL MERGER FAVORED
Judges Expense Measure Also Meets
With Sprouts Approval

Harrisburg, June 1.-t;ovurnnr Will
liam G. Srroul has approved logiSla
tion which will permit school districts
to consolidate schools where il is ad
risabIe because of small attendance.
under the supervision of the state board
of education.
Under tn" terms Of tn" hill the >Ilprr-
intendent of public instruction is made
executive officer for the purpose and the
agricultural division Of the Burcnu Of
Vocational Education will furnish the
administrative process. One district
may consolidate schools or two districts,
or more may unite in consolidated
school, furnish the transportation and
share the costs. State aid for cunsoli
dated schools is limitrd to $1,000 to one
district annually. and au appropriation
of $3.50. 900 is carried by til" bin.
The Governor has also approved bills
increasing the allowance for expenses
of Superior Court Judges from S2JNU
to $1,000 year and providing for town .
ship assessors and assistants in first
class townships for the valuation prop-
critics for the trienniul assessment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
DEAD OFFICER HONORED
Crolx de Guerre Conferred Posthum.
ously on Lieutenant Of PhiIadeIphia

The French CroiX de Guprrc has been
conferred po>thumouslv upon Second
Lieutenant ThurStOn Elmer Wood. of
the Twelfth Artillery. T.. $. \. Ito
died Of wounds received July u. 1918.
in battle few miles southeast of
SOiSsonS. Lieutenant Wood. who lived
with his parents, Captain Albert y.
Wood. L. S. A.. and Mrs Wood. 1906
Skunk street. had previously been dec
GRATED by the United States Government
for bravery.
Word of the awarding Of the decora
ton was received from the War Depart
ment yesterday by Captain Wood, who
is in charge Of the branch photographic
office in the Bourse.
Lieutenant WooG was twenty -onc
wears old He was graduate of the
| West Point Military Academy He
was adjutant of the First battalion of
the Twelfth Artillery and received IT,,
French award for his bravery in rush p
ing out of his dugout at Nerdun under
heavy shell fire and rcscuing a French
machine gunner who had been shot
down. He left for France with the
Twelfth Artillery in January, 1918.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
Y. W. C. A. AIDS FRENCH GIRLS
Opens RecuperatIon Camp for Those
Whom Germans Mistreated

New York. June 21.-By A. PD-
A rrcupcration camp has been opened
by the American Y. W. G. A. at Bou-
lognn. France. for French girls returned
from captivity in Germany, the War
Work Council announced here last
night.
Girls from the devastated districts of
northern France also will be sent to
this camp. There are hundreds Of
Young women from these districts in u
serious physical condition from under
nourishment. nervous strain due to
fright and torture at the time of the
German occupation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
HONORS FOR WAR HEROES
Two Pennsylvania in List of D.
S. C.'s Awarded

Washington. June CBy A. Pl-
General PershinG has made the follow
ing awards Of the Distinguished Service
Cross
Lieutenants Donald s Mckay. st.
Albans. Vt: William T.. Erkcl ldc-
cehsed), Knoxville. Tenn; Richard Il.
lockwood (dccrased), Wurtsboro. ~
Y. James Cross, Hemwood, Tenn
Sprgeants Charlie +. Lennon, An
gusta, Ga; William J. Ingodd. Al
toona. Pa; Edward ] McNerney,
Lowell, Mass. ; Lotus \. MObley, Cedar
Rapids, la.
Corporals Rerte l.. Kinkadc, St 10
seph, Mo. William b. Aylward. Wat .
erbury, Conn. Archie J. Finley. Win
ter, Mich.
Privates Claude A. Coran, Knoxville
Tenn. Basil f.. Duncan. Joncsboro
Tenn. William S. Yockey. Neward
o.; George NJ. Thompson, Springdale
Pa: Bronislaw Kackreycki, 800 East
l3Gth street New York city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
GIRL SCOUT RALLY
More Than 1000 Took Part in Affair
Today in Moose Hall

ITO introduce your chum to scout
ing was the object of the girl scout
rally at Moose Hall, Broad and Master
streets. held this afternoon at 80.
More than 1000 girl scouts from Ken
sington had five tickets apiece, and
many brought their fathers and mothers
and their Boy Scout friends.
The program, which was in charge of
Miss Leona MaXim. assistant director of
the girl scouts. included minstrel
show by Troop 50, hospital stunt by
Troop 15i, knot tying by Jessie Stott
and Helen Kilbridc, of Troop 81 (the
prize knot -tyers of all Philadelphia
girl scouts) and an address by Sergeant
Victor Lavell, of the Seventy ninth Di-
vision, who has just returned from over
seas.
The Boy Scout Band of Troop 81
furnished music for the occasion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
OLD SWEOES' ANNIVERSARY
219th Celebration to Be Held at
Gloria Del Tomorrow

Tn" 2lgth anniversary Servir" of
Gloria Del (Old SwcdcsD Church. at
929 South Water street. will be held
tomorrow. the first Sunday after Trim
ity. In tn" morning service the rector
will preach a special sermon. There
will also be special service in honor 0i
the memory Of Mrs. Ida Y. Ma"Fur-
lnnd who was associated with the Sun
day school work of the church for more
than fifty years. \ pew which Mrs
NacFarund orrupicd will he Dedicated
in her memory. Mrs. MarFarland died
last March.
At > 80 O'Clock in the afternoon there
will be IA brief conference IN tn" main
welfare of the church. At = o'clock
tn" usual organ recital will be held. and
at I o'clock a special sermon will be de
ivercd by Rev Frederick NJ Kirkus
Of Trinity Church. Wilmington. the
parish in which is tho Swedish church
built one yrar previous to Gloria D"i.
Resides the organ recital the after
noon program of music will include So
lections by Miss Clara N6cum Joyce,
contralto soIoiSt at the Second Presby-
trrian Church. The following numbers
will be rendered:
Organ-'' Second SONATA ...... ..... .NI"rkeI
ContraIto solo--''Tho Cross' Harriet Ware
urgan-"Oh. the Lifting Srru-ume.'
OrEan-"Minuet" ......... ...... Beethoven
Contralto solo-"Miriam'- Song Of
Organ! !Hrarch from Lc01ore
symphony Ran
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
ART MUSEUM PLANS
BLOCKED BY COURT
Suit Started to Make Park
Board to Surrender Contract
for 1921, 900 Work
TWO BIDS LOWER, is CHARGE

new obstacle in the path OF the
Fairmount Park Commission with rela
ton to the planned 81 900 900 art mu-
scum results from suit started in
Common Pleas Court No. 4 to force
the members to surrender the contract
awarded to the Frank Mark Construc-
ton Company for S621 900 for basement
walls and preliminary work.
The suit which may cause an indefi
; mite delay in construction work on the
long contemplated building at the Green
street entrance to the park is brought
in the interest of the Standard Con
struction Company which is said to have
submitted the low lump sum bid. on
June 4 for S45O,5OO.
! The proceeding names as taxpayer
complainant Wilder K. Haines. of 1927
Vine street. and sets out the fact that
Edward Fay & Sons were also lower
bidders than the Mark Company, their
estimate being ,$4T4 600.
The bids were opened and read BY Eli
Kirk Price. vice president of the Park
Commission Sydney W. Keith. the
I an" 'i'l u'' iTUIllDhUPr, Inp
architect. No unit bids were read. II
now develops that bidders were required
to submit lump sum prices for the OK
cavation, grading and construction of a
tunnel and basement for the museum,
and in addition to bid a price for rock
excavation, should rock be found.
| The Standard Company. of which p.
II. Kelly. the bricklaysr and contractor.
is the principal. bid low on the spcciti =
cations. which indicated that gravel prc
! dominated whore the excavations were
to be made. Its price for rock was not
n factor. But the Mark Company bid
low on the excavation. in the event that
rock is to be removed. 1t is contcnded
that to eliminate not only the Standard
Construction Company. but Fay & Son.
rock must be removed in excess of
! 10000 cubic yards. and that to figure
the Mark Company the low bidder, there
must be 10000 cubic yards of rock re .
moved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21

ceremony had been present st the first
marriage and they had kept the secret
for nearly two years. Even the parents
of the bride were surprised at the min
istcr's announcement
Mrs. Andrews was divorced from her
first husband July 2, 1917. The day OF
her second wedding Mr.. Andrews en-
listed and left for Fort Socum. He
sailed June I, 1918, for overseas. He
returned May Is of this year and has
since been paying court to his wife.
At the wedding Wednesday the brits
wore a white satin gown with an over
dress of beaded white georgette crepe.
She was attended by her sister, Mrs.
Walter ID. Forbes, who wore gown
of pink taffeta, and by her seven year
old daughter, Kathryn Edwards, as
flower girl
The couple left Thursday for q trip
which includes Washington. the home
Of the groom. and points along the North
Atlantic coast. A
Mr.. Andrews is connected with the
Franklin Sugar Refining Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
HELD AS FREIGHT THIEF
Reading Railway Detectives Arrest
Man Accused of Stealing Ginehams

Arrested by detectives of the Phila =
dcIphia and Reading Railway. in con
ncction with the disposal of $12O0 worth
of ginghams. Harry Chambers, of
Twelfth and Filbcrt streets. was held
in $1,000 bail for a further hearing by
Magistrate Mcclcary. at City Hall. Eu
gene Ward. of Sixteenth and Poplar
streets. brakeman of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, has already been held
foi a further hearing in connection with
the robbcrios.
Two other men arrested in the iuves
tigation of the thefts were held in
$500 bail each for Il further hearing,
although Ward refused to testify in their
case. The prisoners gave their names
and addresses as Howard +. Wolcott
of Pitmun, y. j., and William Mat
thewS. of South Eighth street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
HELD IN COIN FRAUD
Man Alleged to Have Used Stolen
Store Identification Metal

Samu" Hoffman. twenty years
old, Of Inrrhwood avenue near Fifty
seventh street. was held in $1,000 bail
before Magistrate Baker today on II
rhnrgr Of s1>p"rtrd larceny.
Hoffman vas arrested yesterday while
using stolen coin in n Market street
department store The roin and
i,wclry had been stolen from the home
Of Adolph MarRoli@. IA South Sixth
street. last week.. Nor" than 500
wortl, Of merchandise is said to hav,
been boucht ON the coin since its theft.
Hoffman says the coin was given to
him by 4 stranger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
BUILD MORE SHIPS,
SAYS SENATOR EDGE
Launching Postponed Because
Vessel Was Too Light-Cere-
monies Are Held Anyway
URGES MERCHANT MARINE

~, 4, ,....
"7 ''v"'''i'' '''' ""' WV
nght to slide on tho ways NJ IN" New
York Shipbuildiug Company yards at
Camden today hut thC rc.t Of TN. rro
oror, i,oI,,di,, ,bo rr,rho,r ,,...,,
r;od ort
Tho f,ct +bo. ,bo ..cor, v.o. ,Io..,.l
bofora ,be bnrso' .rd +r, bpn,,,c, ccrc
hra,ipo the 1ouncbirc took ul,.c b,f,,c
tbe cvcnt it.nIC did not L,nrcr tho
ardor of rho diners
Senator Walter + Edrc former roy.
error IF New Jrrsr, r,yl. ,h main
address lie r9ijrJ attention tn tnc
need of great mcrci,gr, marine nv
the United States and said that the law
making bodies pf Wa,hiu,inn yyrrr dc
terminod tO foster y,Ii.b Am nr.HuIzgtinr
bnt that th. funu, ra1 rIao> nu>r ,TII
he decided rJnr
Thc Sea Girj viii lp iHuurn,d Il,
2 80 tomorrow morning
senator Edg, ~uid. i'm part
During the war tunes. or ~ ica~t
when our country WIS engaged i'm tho
war. one Of the first. earliest and most
necessary problems we tried Do <oivr
was the shipping problem. In ordrr to
get supplies abroad lu our iruou~. md.
OF course. in order t" help transport "gr
troops. Now Jersey mas had most i'm
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
BOY SLAIN FOR SANDWICH
Ten-Year.old Boy and Chum Ao-
cused of Fatal Hold-Up

Scranton. Pa, June 21.-(By A. P.)
While on the mountain near Blakely
yesterday. looking after the family COW,
Peter Knapp. seven years old. sat down
to eat sandwich. Oliver Deider, aged
ten. and John Dell, aged fourteen, came
upon him, commanding him to hold up
his hands. it is alleged. According TO
the police Dcidcr pointed a revolver
at Knapp and it was discharged as
Dell took the sandwich. Knapp falling
over dead.
The revolver was stolen early in the
week from the room of State Trooper
Mortified. at Mahon's Hotel. Oliphant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
Oakman Back From War

Wheeler Oakman. leading mor to
Mabel Normand in "Mickey." at the
Forrest. not long ago returned from
France. where he saw some hard fight
ing with San Francisco regiment the
144th Artillery. known as the "Gri2 .
lilies. Fighting is Oakman's S particular
forte and all who see him as one of the
principals in the spectacular combat in
Mickey with Louis Cody will not be
surprised at his brilliant war record
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
STOP WARCRAFT TRANSPORT
5attIeships and Cruisers viii 81
Withdrawn by JuIy is

Washington, June 21.-(By A. P.D-
Battleships and cruisers now used in
transporting American soldiers from
France will be withdrawn from that
service zy July 10.
Those now in Atlantic ports will not
return to France, but those overseas or
eli route will complete present trips.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21

Trade between Greece and Japan has
greatly increased in the last two years.
japanese manufacturers have care
fully studied Greek requirements and
quote their goods against documents at
Port. Said banks. which is an i'm
portant consideration. since regular
steamers run between Port Said anG
Piraeus, Greece.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
To Probate Papers

Owen + Rohorte. attorney for 'h; rios
& Smith, administrator Of the Smith
estate. In, gour to Vancouver to pro
bate the ualrrs. which inrlud" thr will
of Captain Alexander and th" king :
grant.
These documents and other papers
said to- have been found on tn" hoLy "f
CAPTAIN Alexander when it WAS raised
from tn" sen ar" expected t" establish
the ownership of the mine in favor "i
the heirs Of Mr.. Smith.
One Of the most interesting legal
eases Of rcc"nt times was indicat"d
when. first. Captain Alexander. who
WAS drowned when the steamer Princess
SOPHIA. Of the Canadian Pacific Line.
broke to hits on tn" rocks. and then Mr..
Smith. the sol" remaining person who
had an interest. diod. Reuben Q. Moan,
counsel for Mr.. Smith. mad" a visit
to Vancouver. whore several claims wore
pending against tn" property In the
ahScnrc of evidence. all of which went
down with Captain Alexander. an in
tcrminabIr legal contest over tho owner
shin of the property seemed imminent
It was only when ihT papers w"r" dis
covered on tn" body that light began
to dawn Th" case now is said BY Nom
hors Of Mr. Rob"rtS'~ law firm to BE-
clearing iutU rumuHrativcly simple
one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-21
WASHINGTON GREETS
DR.. PESSOA TODAY
Wilson Gables Message Of Graft
fications on Safe Trans
fer at Sea

New York. June 21.-'hy A. ro-
I'r. fnItarl" I"SN"a' president nt-'I'rr oi
brazil. who arrived here yesterday
aboard the steamer Impcrator. left fol
v...,..... - .,;., -. -
"''''"7, ,''' VII
crock 'LlS morning lle Will DC 'h'
guest Of the American Government ir
Washington for several days.
Washington, June 2l.-I'ron hlS ar.
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VICKERS-YIMY WAS
BUILT FOR BOMBING
Like Hawker's Sopwith Is
Land Machine but Has
Two Engines.
ITS RANGE 2,450 MILES
VIII Fly at 80 Miles-Crew's
Safety Lies Only in
Success.
ITS RANGE 2,45O MILES

Both the vickers-vimy and the Hand
ley-Page machines were constructed in
England during the war with a single
object in view. to rain bombs upon Ber-
lin with the frequency and, terrific de-
struction that the Germans had hoped
to reach in their Zeppelin raids on the
British capital
Their outstanding characteristics as
bombing planes. great cruising range
heavy weight carrying capacity, relia-
bilty and swift speed. made them almos,
ideal machines for the transatlantic
flight, toward which the eyes of British
flying men turned when the necessity
for bombing Berlin was past.
The Vickers-Vimy, although over
Swallowed by the huge Handley- Page. in
turn dwarfs The little Sopw.eh in which
Harry Hawker set out to blaze the
North Atlantic trail. The Vickers-Vlmy
wing spread Is 81 feet, while that OF
the Sopwith was 46 feet inches. The
plane, like the Australians, is a land
machine. Capt. Alcock and Lieut.
Brown are taking the same chance al
did Hawker, with the exception that In
their case they have two engines to rely
upon and will not drop their landing
carriage and wheels as he did. On the
other hand, they will carry no collapsible
boat.
Capt Alcock and Lieut.. Brown eli
side by side in the rounded nose of the
machine. with an instrument board con-
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R-34 WILL LAND
AT MINEOLA FIELD
CROWDS to View Big British
Dirigible.

Roosevelt Flying Field, adjoining
Camp Mills. at Mlneola, was selected
yesterday as the landing spot for the
big British dirigible, R,34. which is
scheduled soon to undertake a trans
atlantic flight from England. Roose-
Welt field was selected after numerous
other landing places along the Atlantic
coast had been inspected by the British
officers.
Work on the field will begin immedi-
ately. so that everything will be in read
iHess to receive the dirigible, which, 1t Is
understood. will start the cross ocean
air jaunt just as soon as arrangements
fol her reception here are completed.
All that needs to be done at Roosevelt
Field Is to sink a series OF anchors to
hold the dirigible once she lands. Every
thing else Is waiting for her. since gas
and all other supplies are easily obtain
able at the big Mlneola flying field.
Among the other advantages which
prompted the inspecting British officers
to settle upon Roosevelt Field was the
fact that she can be viewed In the air
there by as many thousands~of persons
as want to get a look at her. and the
field is big enough also to let all the
thousands who want to inspect her after
sho Is tied to her anchors. The R-34 Is
63i feet long and carries three boats be-
'ow the gas bag.