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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
WAR INQUIRIES FOR YEARS
Investigations VIII Last for Century
Says r. S. Edmonds

1t will require fifty or one hundred
years to complete all the Investigations
in connection with America s participa =
tion in the world war. according to
Franklin Spencer Edmonds.
In an address before the members of
the Kiwanis Club yesterday at the
Bellevue Stratford Mr.. Edmonds said
that it required eighteen years to com :
pctc the investigations in connection
with the Civil War. Judging from the
time required for these investigations.
the speaker contended. from one half
to n full century is not an ovcrestima
of the time that may be required to
complete the investigations of the great
war
And when all these investigations
are over Mr.. Edmonds continued
"the result will be presentation of the
splendid record for morality and de =
pertinent, as well as for fighting quail
ties, which the American doughboy
made in France"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
ATLANTIC WANTS ROTARlANS
Delegates From City Going to Salt
Lake to Boost Shore Resort

A contest to have the 1920 conven-
ton of Rotarians meet in Atlantic City
will be made by the Philadelphia and
shore delegates now en- route to Salt Lake
City to attend the International associa-
ton meeting there from June 16 to June
20. The Rotarians from all points in
the fifth district make up the party.
The delegates left Philadelphia yes
tcrday. stopping over in Harrisburg
whore they were the guests of the Har
risburg Rotary Club. They left ,Har
risburg at midnight on four special
coaches for the long trip to Salt Lake
City.
Philadelphians in the party are
Frank G. Harris. secretary of Quaker
CITY Rotary Club Mrs. J. Burns Allen.
Mrs. William Il. Cooley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Gundaker. Mr.. and Mrs. William
!. Gerhab. Mr.. and Mrs. George a.
Heinrich. Miss Heinrich. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris J. Latta. Miss r. NJ. Murphy
Buel G.. Miller. Glenn G. Mead, Pau
II. Morrow. s Russell. Miss {. Snlter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore +. Seifert Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Stunrd, Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. White, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard W. YerkPs.
The Atlantic City party includes
DIR. and Mrs. Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank s. Citizens. William =. Houpt,
Charles p Stine. and J. II. TroeIler'
secretary of the shore Rotary club.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
PATROL MANS BULLET
ENDS MANS SATTEMPT
TO "SHOOT UP" TOWN
Citizen on Rampage Sends
Pedestrians Scurrying as He
Fires on Policeman

In n revolver fight with Patrolmcn
Wright and Marshall Of tho Eleventh
and Winter streets station, this morning
Robert Puccinelli was shot. He is said
to be in serious conditiin in the
Hahncmann Hospital.
Puccinclli. according to the police,
drew revolver while standing at
Twelfth and Vine streets and threatened
to "shot up the ncighborhood. Per
sons on their way to work scurriod in
doors and many, who were walking
down Twelfth street, quickly rrtraced
their steps.
The patrOlmcn were summoned to the
scene and ordered Puccinclli to put away
the revolver. Instead of Obeying tho
policemen, Puccinelli, it is said, fired
five shots at them.
Three bullets went wide. but the last
two just skinned Marshall'S cap. Two
score persons watched the duel from d
safe distance.
Puccinelli closed upon the policeman
and was about to fire again when Mar
shall brought him down with one shot
from his revolver.
Puccinelli fell to the sidewalk. while
blood flowed from wound in his arm
He was taken to the Hahnemann Hos
pital. On his recovery he will be PLACED
under arrest. PuccineIi said he LIVED
at Lehigh avenue and Franklin street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
BEREAN COMMENCEMENT
Five to Graduate Tomorrow In Dress
making and One In Millinery

Commencement exercises of the
Berean Manual Training School will
be held in the school tomorrow evening.
The Rev. Robert Hunter, secretary of
the board of ministerial relief, will pre-
side. DR.. Francis !. Grinke, of Wash e
Fington. will deliver the commencement
address.
Work of all the departments is on ex .
hibit in the trades building today and
will remain over tomorrow. Students
in the dressmaking, millinery and
tailoring departments appeared yester-
day in dresses, suits and hats they made
in class during fashion show at the
school Nellie Bolden Williams won
the prize offered by a. l.. Benjamin,
instructor in tailoring, for the best work
in that department. The graduates this
year are: Dressmaking. lea Mae
Coursey, Viola Mae Elliott. Nellie
Boldeu Williams, Dora V. Wilson and
Viola r. Schenck; plumbing, Justus
X. Rodgers; millinery, Estella y.
Whitaker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
MINISTER BREAKS RECORDS
AS SUNDAY SCHOOL MAKER
The Reu HiS b. Skman at Sirty-fue Has Organised Ser
enty,t,oo and win Soon Bring Total TO Seuentyfue

S26 as "back rent. This money the
energetic minister took to birmingham.
Ala. and laid the foundation for what
later became large Baptist Church.
The next settlement TO feel the weight
of Mr.. Skillmans goodness was in the
southwestern section of Missouri. among
the Ozark mountains. This. like the
others. showed great development in
tho years following.
Every year from 1896 to the present
at least one school has been started.
in some years as many as four or five.
and each one has its own peculiar his
tory.
In the coming month three more are
! t0 be established. making the total nun E
Der of Sunday Schools organized under
the personal guidance of Mr.. Skillman
seventy five. record probably un-
eQualcd by any other preacher in the
country.
He was born in Pennington, \. j.,
and graduated from Princeton Univer
sity in 1877. and from the Union Theo
logical Seminary in 1850. He is sixty
five years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
STATE LAWS URGED
REGULATING HOUSING
Pennsylvania Health Depart
ment Official Would Guard
Against Makeshift Houses
ADDRESSES CITY PLANNERS

Necessity of a state housing law to
regulate the building of homes in Penn
sylvania in the future was urged by
Jahn Molitor. chief of the bureau Of
housing of the State Department Of
Health. at the closing meeting of the
State Housing and City Planning As
sociation yesterday at the City Club.
He said the high price of building ma
terials would probably cause great
temptation to cheaper the construc-
tion of homes in the future. Many
necessary things might be slighted, he
said, and the need of regulation would be
urgent. Without regulation, he said,
many new homes may be extremely un-
healthful to live in. In conclusion, he
added:
''If ever there was a time in the
worlds history when we need construc-
| tive housing laws, it is now. The eco
nomic war we are now facing will have
| to be fought with new, Ito date
weapons of construction, just as the
war just ended was fought with modern
weapons of destruction. Comfortable,
healthy homes for workers will ,e the
truest economy
A resolution urging that the housing
bill now in committee at Harrisburg be
speedily brought into the Senate for
passage was adopted during the session
Chester f. Albright. chief of the
Philadelphia Bureau of Surveys, and
member of the coming commission, aud
William n. McNair, of Pittsburgh,
We're the principal speakers at the
morning session. .#
Discussing taxation. Chief Albright
said that the wealthy citizens of Phila
delphia who hold big estates in the
suburbs pay only small fraction OF
their just city taxes. while the poor man
bears the brunt of taxation.
''rhe major portion of Germantown"
he said, lis owned by three private
estates. The greater parts of these
estates are undeveloped. Meanwhile,
hundreds of owners of small homes,
who occupy in actual land a much
smaller territory bear the greater part
of the burden of taxation. The equit-
able plan would be to tax the large and
wealthy owners of estates for the land
they hold and fail to develop"
The graded tax law in operation in
Pittsburgh, by which vacant lots are
taxed more than houses, was explained
by Mr.. McNair. A vacant lot, he said.
is of no value to the community, there
! fore they are tuXcd heavily in order to
encourage building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
R0TARiANS BOOST SCOUTS
Helping City Boys Reach Thei
Happy Goal In "Quotaville"

Consideration of the needs of the Boy
Scouts in their big drive for associate
memberships was feature of the Ro-
tary Club luncheon at the Adelphia to-
day.
The Rotary Clubs committee on boys
work is unique among organizations of
commercial boosters. and it has always
interested itself especially in the work
of the scouts. AT the luncheon today
the Rotarians took up ways and means
for getting actively behind the cam =
paign with the hope of getting the local
drive through the hard places and over
the hill to "Quotaville" as soon as pos
sible.
Scout headquarters announced today
that data as to the status of the drive
to date would not be available this
afternoon, and that the campaign is
moving satisfactorily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
EAGLETS FOR GIRL SCOUTS
Hlah Awards for Those Who Have
Worked Hard for Movement

Four golden eaglrt badges. which rep
sespnt the highest honor Girl Scout
can win. will be presented by Mrs.
David s. Stern. chairman of the Court
Of Honor. at Room 29G, City Hall. to-
night to Captain Beatrice BriddeS, field
director of District No. 6: Lieutenant
Dorothy Avil. Troop No. IA; Naomi
Johnson. Troop No, 81. and Beatrice
Z. Tees. Troop No. 131.
Mrs. Stern will also award twelve
first class badges and 100 merit badges,
which represent the largest number Of
awards ever made at one time in the
records of the Philadelphia Girl Scouts.
Troop No. 143, of which Miss Eudora
Feaster is captain, received ! - badges,
the largest number awarded, and Grace
Hunter. scout of that troop. has
twenty to her credit.
Private Elliston Morris. of the 10Sth
Trench Mortar Battery, will make the
address.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
HE INTERRUPTS DINERS
Chase Follows-Shots Exchanged
and $40 Is Recovered

Morris Gross's restaurant. Ninth and
POPLAR streets. was doing fine eve
ning's business.
4, Customers were putting away food
and paying for it. and $SO,4o raposed
In the cash register. Morris was happy.
until. the police say. in walked Joseph
Green. thirty nine, of PHI South Sew
enteenth street.
Green. according to the story told by
the police, staggered back to the kit
chen, bumped through the swinging
doors to show how daring he was. and
staggered back into the dining room
and behind the counter, where he pulled
out a 3S-calibre revolver and COM
manded everybody to sit quiet and say
nothing while he collected
When the customers had crawled out
from remote seclusion, Joseph was on
his way, but a chase followed. Some =
body in the crowd opened fire with Il
revolver. Green replied in kind.
Al lively chase followed and, finally.
after several blocks of movie melodrama
had been reeled off in the general di
rertion OF Eighth and Girard avenue,
Patrolman Barr, of the Eighth and JEFF
lferson streets station, stepped in and
grabbed Mr.. Green.
Il ''Twenty FIVE hundred dollars bail for
court" said Magistrate Neff this morn
ing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11

The Rev. Willis Il. Skillman. for
thirty eight years pastor Of the Tabor
Presbyterian Church. has established
record by promoting more than
seventy Sunday schools in various parts
of tho country.
Mr.. Skillman has preached in twenty
two of the thirty two states in which
his Sunday schools are established and
has Travelled from Maine to Oregon in
his work. The first Sunday school
which was organized through his eff
forts was in tho little village of Hind .
man. Kentucky. in 1896. From this
tiny religious gathering grew n strong
congregation.
A year later, aud just n mile and II
half from the site of the first. was
established the second. in the open air
with fence rails for pews. Ont of this
primitive meeting came a chapel
On n certain Sunday morning in 1898,
Mr.. Skillmau preached sermon in his
own church with the subject. Pay
Your Back Rent to God The follow e
ing Tuesday an unknown woman stop
ped at the door of his mansc and left
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
VICTORY CONVENTION
OF DOCTORS At WORK
Twenty Sections Of American
Medical Association in Ses-
sion at Shore
DISCUSS ILLS OF MAN

Atlantic City. June 11.-Twcnty sec
tions. dealing with nearly every
imaginable ailmcnt of mankind. com
prised the make up of the American
Medical Association victory convention
when it got down to business here to e
day.
Sections and subdivisions of sections
met in various parts of the city. more
than fifty halls. church auditoriums
and hotel meeting places having been
rcQuistioned
More than score Of the leading
specialists of Philadelphia are to read
papers during the next three days be =
fore many of the most important of the
sectional meetings. Doctor Krusen.
director of public health and charities
is here taking an active part in the
proceedings as member of the aristo
cratic house Of delegates.
Prohibition and the probable physical
and mental effects of a "bone dry
nation are to have a large part in the
deliberations of the convention. Par
| ticular interest will be evinced in Il
paper to be read tomorrow by DR.. Lam
! bert OFT. of Philadelphia. upon forty
years" observation among beer, win,
and whisky drinkers. The points to be
outlined by the Philadelphian include
comparative consumption Of beverages
variable percentage of alcohol in each
prevailing adulteratious. constructive
and destructive results Of moderate and
excessive use. the physical character
stics peculiar to the consumption OF
each beverage. therapeutic indications
treatment of pathologir conditions, anG
effect upon the physical, moral and
mental status.
Doctor Clifford G.. Grulep. Of Chicago
! said the chief obstacle TO the develop
ment of childrcns work in communities
! in America would be the same as tha
/ which the American Red Cross en-
/ countered in France. the tendency o
/ each charitable organization to go "or
! its own" without much regard to tht
other organizations dealing with kindred
subjects. War exigencies made it pos
sible to compel co ordination in France
Anna F.. Rude. Of Washington
pleaded for the adoption of an lire
ducible minimum standard for th
health. education and work of th'
American child. DR.. l.. Unger pro
ducNd a new microscopic method fo
testing the compatibility of blood prep
aratory to TRANSMISSION.
DR.. a. w. Freeman presented Ohio
new model plan for a comprehensive
organization designed to give efficien
and adequate health protection to ever!
citizen Of the commonwealth. 1t pro
. vdps for the division of the state int,
, lO2 health districts. including fourteen
municipal and eighty eight genera
health districts, each heing required t.
appoint for whole time service healtl
officer, a nurse. clerk and such othe
employees as may be necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
SAYS WAR HIT PROFIT
ON OFFICE BUILDINGS
Widener Building Manager Tells
Convention That Returns Are
Cut to Two Per Cent
PREDICTS RECOVERY SOON

There are few Office buildings in the
east today bringing more than = per
cent return. as compared t" / per cent
before the war.
This statement was made today by
T.. NJ. Matthews. manager of the Wide
nor Building. one of the speakers at
the National Association of Building
Owners and Managers convention being
held at the Bellevue Stratford.
"Rcnts during the war. h" OK
pIainod. did not increase in proportion
with the cost of operation. hence the
decrease in returns. But office rents
arc rising some now aud it is possible
the owners will regain the old per-
ccntagc.
William Marshall Ellis. of Chicago,
president of the association. suggested
that investors be advised not to build
unless they were certain of returns. as
'gambling in the building game was
discouraging to the average investor.
1t was also suggested that the own
ers and managers 90 operate with the
architects during the erection of build
ings. This, in the opinion of f.. Nj
Matthews. would decrease the necessity
of tearing out partitions and making
other changes after the building was
complete.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
SUDDEN COMPROMISE
ENDS MUNYON SUIT
Self-Styled Widow of Wealthy
Patent Medicine Maker Gets
Share of Estate
DETAILS A R E WITHHELD

l. A compromise agreement today
abruptly ended the suit for approx
mately $4,000 brought by Miss Jane
+. Kane, who claims to be the widow
of James NJ. Munyon, wealthy patent
medicine manufacturer.
A millincr was testifying before Judge
Henderson in Orphans Court. City
Hall on this. the third day of the pro
ceedngs when the presiding judge called
conference of counsel in his chambers.
Miss Kane. in her statement of claim,
said she became the wife of the late
Doctor" Munyon September IL. 1916.
While at her parents home. Forty sixth
and Chester avenue, she said, and in
her parents presence, Doctor Nun
yon agreed that she was his wife.
On this was based her claim for a
widows dover rights in the Munyon
estate. estimated at 5000. 900
Mrs. Duke Munyon Represented
At the conference were Henry j.
Scott. the claimants attorney: former
Judge W. w. Porter. representing the
Muuyon estate, and William a. Gray
counsel for Mrs. Duke Munyou, dnugh %
ter in law of the doctor.
When the attorneys emerged from the
Judges chambers Mr.. Scott said.
"A question Of settlement has been
raised. Judge Henderson told counsel
that he had enough law to decide tn,
question either way and he suggestc ed
| that compromise be reached"
The compromise. Mr.. Scott said, will
not be on cash basis. There are out
standing claims against the Munyon cs
tate, he continued. aud it was agreed tc
give the claimant a share in the es
tate's assets. 1t is not regarded that
her ultimate share will reach the $50.
600 she demanded. because of the out
standing claims.
Because of the unsettled condition
of the assets an agreement has beer
reached Mr.. Scott asserted. that vii
permit the claimant to participate il
some degree in the settlement of tn,
estate
Miss Kane Satisfied
| Miss Kane was standing near Mr.
Scott as he explained the outcome o
the conference.
II am satisfied the claimant said
Mr.. Gray. attorney for Mrs. Duk,
! Muny6n. said the details of the compro
! mise had not been worked out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
Revenue Bills Get Right of Way

Harrisburg. june 11.-AppropriatiOn
and revenue bills will be given right of
way in the House of Representatives
commencing today and the rule limiting
postponed bills to five days will be
strictly enforced. 4 special calendar
of appropriate bills followed by rev
cnuc bills will be made up for today,
and ,it is the plan to hold morning ses
sion tomorrow to advance the calendar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
Patrolman Bertram Stevenson

Bcrtram Stevenson, forty five years
old. patrolman of the Thirty ninth
street and Lancaster avenue station,
dropped dead at his home. 512 North
Holly street. yesterday as the result of
a hemorrhage. He had been patrolman
on Lancaster avenue. between Thirty
eighth and Forty fifth streets, more
than eighteen years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
FOR WORLD LABOR MEETING
Plan VIII Be Submitted at Demon
straton In Chicago

Chicago. June 11.-(By \. PA
plan to call an international working
mems conference on peace here Sep
tember 6 and was announced today
by the speakers committee of the Chi
cago Labor party. which is arranging
IN demonstration of labor interests here
In September.
The plan will be presented TO the
Chicago Federation of Labor. and II
approved there to the American Fed =
era ton.
Belief that the Paris conference will
fail to maintain sufficient peace guar
antee was the reason announced for
the conference.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
HUNGARIANS ACCEPT TRUCE
Bella Kun Alleges Czechs Dlsre.
qarded Frontier Allies Marked

London, June 11.-Bela Kun. the
Hungarian communist foreign minister,
in reply to a message from Premier
Clemenceau, according to wireless
dispatch from Budapest, agrees to stop
hostilities with the Czecho :Slovaks, al.
though he claims the Czechs are to
blame for the fighting because they dis .
regarded the frontier fixed by the Allies.
The Hungarian leader suggests that q
commission be appointed to settle the
differences between the Czechs and the
Hungarians.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
Wallace Sees Verdun Ruins

Paris. June 11.-American Ambas
sador Wallace yesterday inspected the
ruins of Verdun. At luncheon in
his honor in the citadel, after recalling
the resistance of Verdun to the Ger
mans. the ambassador said: ''These
historic walls are no stronger than
the courage of France"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11

beginning with a 'ilive problem con
ference during the breakfast hour,
with Clarence r. Coley. New York. as
chairman, the delegates plunged early
into a busy program.
More than 800 members, their
wives. as well as other persoBs inter
ested in the operation of big buildings.
ere attending the spssiona A daily
paper. published during the convention,
serves to inform those who miss any
Of the proceedings just what important
business they have neglected
Many entertainment features punctu
ate the program. necessitating early
convocation. Today's session began at
Q 30 o'clock. William NJ. MacLachlan,
of Detroit. discussed ''T,: What. Who
and How of Service in Office Building. -
An instructive. if more technical paper
was read by James s. kemper, of
Chicago. It dealt with Tive Burning
Ratio of Office Building and Its Rela =
ton to the Fire Insurance Cost.
Conferences in Luncheon Hour
Conferences of the secretarial and
apartment house divisions, under the
respective chairmanships of +. b.
Bicknel.. Cleveland. and F. p. Arnold,
of the same city, shared the luncheon
hour arrangements.
This afternoon four speakers were
heard. They and their subjects were
Charles C. Nichols, New York,
Methods of Determining Values for
Retail Stores; Isaac r. Cook, St.
Louis. Financial Readjustments in
Office Buildinss"; William B. Drake,
Omaha, The Future of the Small
Apartment" and Reginald w. Muir
ray. New York. Apartment buildings
of the Better Glass"
Immediately after the close of bust
ness session the visitors were taken
to the Curtis Building and made II
tour of inspection of that structure
The annual banquet of the association
will follow this evening in the Rose
Garden of the hotel.
While the men We're discussing the
more serious problems of the convention
the women were the guests of the Phila
deIphia Association through its wo-
mems reception committee. A trip by
auto to Valley Forge, with luncheon
at the Whitemarsh Country Club was
made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
Troops Back From Var
and HOmeUard Bound
ARRIVED

Orizaba, at Newport News with 1000
troops. Units on board included the 3l2th
TALON, 3i5th Military Police, vetcrinar ry
Hospitals Nos. 1. ., 10 and 20; fourth
corps mobile veterinary section. Baker Com
pany No. 3i5, Veterinary Evacua tlon Sec
tion No, s, Base Hosnital 1l3, Evacuation
Ordnance Repair Shop and number OF
casuals.
dier General Andrew Moses and seven Of
hcers and sixty men of the l5Bth Field Ar
tlllery Brigade and headquarter of the
Eighty-hrst Division. Others included hve
Officers and seventy men of the Nain Re
construction Park Transportation Corps
Headquarters, thirty officers and 3s5 men of
the g0ist Motor Transport Repair Unit
twenty-siN officers and cal men Of the 5000
Motor Transport Repair Unit twenty officers
and 662 men Of the Twenty-third Engineer
Train ten onicers sho 80. men OF me Seath
ians and casuals,