These are miscellaneous articles from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday,
October 19, 1918:
DEATHS IN CAMDEN 615, TOTAL OF CASES 6990
Deaths from pneumonia in Camden yesterday reached 615 and the total number of influenza cases reported thus far is 6990. With a view of keeping the epidemic from gaining a fresh foothold, Dr. H. H. DAVIS, president of the Board of Health, yesterday urged convalescents to use every care in seeing that there is no spreading of the germs still lurking in their system. A Camden nurse yesterday gave her life in the battle against the disease. She was Mrs. Catherine BOLING, a member of the staff at Cooper Hospital. She was a graduate of the Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, and was a native of Bethlehem, Pa. Another notable death yesterday was that of Rev. Walter ELLIS, nephew of Mayor ELLIS, and pastor of the M. E. Church at Westmont.
6 PENNA. MEN GERMAN CAPTIVES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—Names of two officers and fifty-seven enlisted men held prisoners in Germany were announced today by the War Department.
The Philadelphians were:
At Camp Casses: Agatino DESTEFOUR, 4364 West Thompson street (believed to be Antonio Salvator DESTEFANO).
Arthur E. BOYER, 2343 North Darien street.
At unknown camp: Fred G. WADDLE, 2639 Kensington avenue.
The other Pennsylvanians were:
At Camp Rastatt: Lieutenants Milford W. FREDENBURG, Ridgway, and Alfred YOUNG, Pittsburgh, and William EVANS, Scranton.
At unknown camp: James BELL, McDonald
Reported to be in good health at unknown camp: Charles P. MARCAVAGE, St. Clair.
These next three are "Birthday Bulletins".
GEORGE S. WEBSTER
The Inquirer extends birthday greetings to the Director of the Wharves, Docks and Ferries of Philadelphia.
Ruby R. VALE
The Inquirer felicitates a prominent lawyer on the occasion of his birthday anniversary.
CHARLES C. BEYER
The Inquirer congratulates a well-known merchant on the anniversary of his natal day.
ARREST GERMAN BANKER
UPMANN, of Havana, Held Incommunicado by Cuban Police
HAVANA, Oct. 18—Henry UPMANN, prominent German banker of Havana, president of the German Club and one of the richest men in Cuba, is being held incommunicado in his residence here in connection with the general rounding up by the Cuban Secret Service Department of enemy subjects whose names have figured in the trading-with-the-enemy blacklists.
A careful search of UPMANN’s residence for evidence to connect him with German propaganda failed so far as can be learned to produce any evidence of a seriously incriminating nature. Two maps of the western front, an autograph letter from the German Kaiser and caricatures of the Belgian King are said, however, to have been found among his effects.
Admiral MAYO Inspects
PARIS, Oct. 18—Admiral Henry T. MAYO, commander of the Atlantic fleet, was received today by Georges LEYGUES, the Minister of Marine. The Admiral will visit the front and in particular the brigades of marines with the American forces. On his return from the front he will make a tour of inspection of the various ports.
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL OF CAPT. H. J. KLAER
Son-In-Law of Senator SPROUL Buried at Chester With Military Honors
CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 18—Captain Henry J. KLAER, who died of pneumonia on Tuesday last, was buried with military honors here today, eight members of Company G, First Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserve Militia, acting as pall bearers for their late commander. The casket was draped with a large American flag of pure silk.
Captain KLAER was a son-in-law of State Senator William C. SPROUL, Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania and among the many who gathered to pay their last tribute of esteem to the memory of the dear were man prominent in the business, social and political life of Pennsylvania and other States.
The floral tributes were numerous and magnificent, the flowers being conveyed to the cemetery in four large automobiles. The pieces bore the cards of some of the most prominent persons in the country. Notably among the collection of flowers were several large pieces from the workmen of the Penn-Seaboard Steel Corporation, of which Captain KLAER was vice president. The Rotary Club, of which Captain KLAER was a charter member, sent a handsome design.
Interment was made in the SPROUL family vault in Chester Rural Cemetery. The burial services for the dead were read by Dean TAITT, rector of St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church.
DARAM TO LEAVE WAYS
Cargo Carrier Will Be Launched At Traylor Yard Today
Special to The Inquirer
CORNWELLS, Pa., Oct. 18—The Traylor Shipyard will launch its fifth ship tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 when the "Daram" will leave the ways. Mrs. J. O. HEYWORTH, of Philadelphia, wife of the manager of the wood ship division of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will be the sponsor. Addresses will be made by Mr. HEYWORTH and Samuel W. TRAYLOR, president of the Shipyard Corporation.
In connection with the ceremonies the "Buhisan," third of the Traylor fleet to be completed will be given her dock trial during the afternoon. If accepted she will go down the river early next week.
Well-known Singers are Wed
Special to the Inquirer
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 18—Announcement was made today of the marriage of Lieutenant John W. NOBLE, son of Joseph C. NOBLE, of this city, and Miss Kathryn McGINLEY, of Philadelphia, in the latter city. The romance began nearly two years ago when Lieutenant NOBLE, then a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania and Miss McGINLEY sang the principal parts in a "Robin Hood" production at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia. Since that time they have appeared together in concert and oratorio work. Miss McGINLEY is a daughter of Captain William McGINLEY of Wildwood, N.J., in charge of the Atlantic coast guards. Lieutenant NOBLE is a member of the Student Army Training Corps. They will reside at 3228 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
POTTSTOWN PERSIFLAGE
Special to the Inquirer
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POTTSTOWN, Pa., Oct. 18—Christian H. DORANG today received a letter from Lieutenant WATERS telling how his son, Corporal Charles E. DORANG was killed on September 28. "The town was being heavily shelled with air bombs and he took refuge in the doorway of our hospital just as a bomb dropped. He was struck in the chest, above the heart. He never regained consciousness," wrote Lieutenant WATERS.
Noel B. WITTMAN, of the firm of N. B. WITTMAN, iron and steel brokers with offices in Philadelphia, died last night at his home. (Print is gone for part of next line)…from pneumonia. He was aged about 55.
In Order to relieve conditions at the Pottstown Hospital, where a number of the nurses are ill, Rev. J. Max LONGSDORF, a retired preacher, and Ensign William B. BLACK are helping treat the patients.
ALLENTOWN NEWS NOTES
Special to The Inquirer
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In behalf of May BURNS, 8 years old, sole survivor of a family of four that was nearly wiped out last summer when an automobile occupied by her and her parents and sister was struck at an unprotected grade crossing by a Lehigh Valley express train, suit has been brought in the Lehigh county courts for $30,000 damages.
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Myron P. FREY and Theodore MISSIMER, 18 years old (print of almost entire line missing)…..police on charges of wholesale automobile theft.
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Only five days after the death of her husband, who fell a victim to influenza, Mrs. Oscar J. STIEGERWALT, 25 years old, of Palmerton, died from the disease.
HAZLETON HAPPENINGS
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JEDDO, Pa., Oct. 18—Calvin LEICHTMAN, Jr., Hazleton musician and associated with his father in business before called in the war service, has been wounded in France, according to a message received by his parents today from the War Department. He went over with one of the draft contingents in May.
Miss Helen Lee PARDEE, daughter of I. P. PARDEE, president of the Hazleton National Bank, accompanied the directors of the Hazleton banks to the valleys adjoining that city and acted as a solicitor for Liberty Loan Bonds among the farmers of Conyngham.
LEWISTOWN VETERAN HOME ON SICK LEAVE
Member of the 112th Has High Praise for Men and Contempt for Boche
Special to The Inquirer
LEWISTOWN, Pa., Oct. 18—Private William Baker KEARNS, the first native son of Mifflin county to return from the battle-scarred fields of Europe, arrived this morning. "Bake," as he is familiarly known among his immediate friends, bears the honorable marks of battle. He came from a rest camp in New Jersey and will spend thirty days at home.
Private KEARNS is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward KEARNS, 19 years old, and enlisted with Company M in June, 1917. It was in the attack of Hill No. 204, Chateau-Thierry, on July 15, that he sustained shrapnel wound on the right ankle which caused the removal of the bone and about one-half of the foot.
Private KEARNS says Company M, 112th U.S. Infantry, recruited here, was in shell range for a month, never saw a training camp in Europe, and went over the top on the night of July 14 under command of Lieutenant "Mike" MATEER. It was during the early morning of the 15th, when he was returning to the battle lines after taking a corporal with both hips shot away to the field hospital, that he got his. Private KEARNS brings good news to the parents of Mifflin county boys in saying that, so far as he could learn, not a native son lost his life and none had lost limbs or been made cripples for life. The company was badly shot up, handed gas, liquid fire and about every other devilish contrivance to cause death, but when he left the hospital they were all cheerful and doing fine.
He has the highest praise for Lieutenant MATEER and says his interest does not lag when he takes them over the top, but continues to every spare moment, which he spends in the hospitals encouraging and taking care of the wounded. Private KEARNS says the Boche is a rotten fighter and is on the run in the direction of Berlin, and that he is going to keep on moving, his gait being fixed by the ability of the Allies to follow in his wake.
TWO PINNED UNDER AUTO
Mr. and Mrs. Horace SINCLAIR Seriously Injured in Collision
Special to The Inquirer
(The surname in this article is written as "SinClair")
CHESTER, Pa., Oct. 18—Horace SINCLAIR, of Birmingham, accompanied by his wife, was driving a big touring car near Painter’s Crossroads late last night when a truck owned by James SKELLY, a contractor, collided with the touring car, turning it completely over and pinning Mr. and Mrs. SINCLAIR beneath.
James THOMAS, driver of the truck, hurried a half-mile to get some one to help him extricate the couple, the task being accomplished after they had been held prisoners for fully thirty minutes. Both were seriously injured, Mrs. SINCLAIR suffering from shock in addition to numerous bruises and lacerations. The touring car is a total wreck.
SUBURBAN JOTTINGS
Special to The Inquirer
Ok, ok, the next one has no names, but is still going to make you smile.
AMBLER—A nearby hotel was recently the scene of quite an exciting affair. Three local young men took two North Ambler girls and one residing near Fort Washington out for a night of jollification. The wives of the men got on the trail with the result that a horsewhip was used freely and the girls returned to their homes considerably messed up.
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AMBLER—Miss Estella, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob PERRY, was married at the home of her parents to Russell CADWALLADER, of Warrington, by Rev. Paul YOH. Mrs. CADWALLADER was a teacher in the Montgomery County public schools for several years prior to her marriage.
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AMBLER—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Francis ATKINSON announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss May ATKINSON, and Warren Wilson KLOSTERMAN, of Fort Washington, on September 25. The wedding took place in the manse of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, N.Y. The groom is in the United States Army.
LANCASTER LOCALS
LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 18—Learning that C. K. SHENBERGER, a farmer residing near Landisville, and all the members of his family as well as the servants had been stricken with influenza, neighbors organized a relief party. Fifty-five volunteers assembled and in less than three hours cut and shocked a twenty-acre field of corn to save the crop from spoiling. Precisely the same thing was done by twenty neighbors of Lory LOGAN, of near Quarryville, when they discovered that he and his family were sick in bed, and cut his twenty-five acres of corn and prepared it for husking.
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At Trinity Lutheran Church the pastor, Rev. Dr. J. E. WHITTEKER, married Miss Barbara Marie READING and Arthur C. GANT, both of this city.
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Rev. Henry G. LUDES, for the past five years chaplain of St. Joseph’s Catholic Hospital, this city, and rector of the charges at Quarryville and Holtwood, died yesterday from pneumonia. He was 34 years old and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthias LUDES, of Steelton. He was formerly rector of a church at Shamokin.
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Mrs. Mary Zwally HAYES, wife of Rev. Paul G. HAYES, pastor of the Ross Street M. E. Church, this city, died in Boston from an attack of pneumonia. Both she and her husband were attending college preparatory to entering the foreign missionary field. She was 28 years old and a native of this city.
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Miss Elizabeth LEINBACH, daughter of the late Richard LEINBACH, of Denver borough, and Frank K. ROYER, of Elgin, Ill., formerly of Euphrata, this county, were married at the home of the bride, at Richland, by Rev. Michael KURTZ. Mr. and Mrs. ROYER will reside at Elgin.
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Lieutenant DERNIER, commandant of the S.A.T.C. of Franklin and Marshall College, has issued an order quarantining the members in the college barracks for a period of twenty-eight days.
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Richard A. KEPPEL, vice president and treasurer of R. F. KEPPEL & Bro., candy manufacturers, of this city died last night, following a short illness. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank KEPPEL, this city, and is survived by his wife.
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Miss Alice S. HUSSON and George J. DOERSOM, both of this city, were married at Grace Lutheran Church by Rev. De. C. E. HAUPT.
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Friends in Marietta have been informed of the death at Landenburg of Rev. H. H. POTICHER, former pastor of the First M. E. Church, Marietta. His widow and six children survive.
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Two more Lancaster soldiers have succumbed to influenza. Chester A. WEITZEL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. WEITZEL, of this city, died at Camp Meade. Before enlisting he was employed as a chauffeur. Corporal B. Frank SCHLOUGH, son of Samuel SCHLOUGH, Mechanicsburg, died at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
DOUBLE INFANTICIDE BY CRAZED GRANDMOTHER
Aged Woman Loses Reason When Daughter Dies, Kills Children, Tries Suicide
Supposed to have lost her reason through grief over the death of her daughter, the mother of her two little victims, Mrs. Mary GASKILL yesterday at noon killed Royden and Ronald MUFF, brothers, aged 3 and 6 years, by drowning them in the lake at Atco, a short distance from their home. Mrs. GASKILL made a vain effort to end her own life in the same manner. She was rescued and is now in a critical condition at Cooper Hospital.
The children’s father is Louis MUFF. Their mother died a week ago from influenza, and since that time Mrs. MUFF’s mother, Mrs. GASKILL, has been looking after the home and the children. She was deeply grieved over the death of her daughter and very melancholy.
Shortly before noon yesterday Mrs. GASKILL and her two grandchildren were seen walking in the direction of the lake with Hazel TREICK, the little six-year-old daughter of a neighbor. When they started across a concrete bridge which spans the little stream Mrs. GASKILL threw her two little grandchildren into the water and then jumped in herself.
The screams of the TRIECK [sic] child attracted the attention of George SCHEMBACH, a farmer, at work in a nearby field. Hurrying to the bridge, he leaped over after Mrs. GASKILL. The bodies of the children had disappeared, but he dragged Mrs. GASKILL to the shore. She was unconscious and in that condition was hurried to Camden in an automobile.
William SHEMBACH, a brother of George, and John STAKE soon had the bodies of the children on the bank. Both were dead. Coroner PRATT, who hurried down to Atco from Camden took the bodies to the Morgue in his automobile, which also carried Mrs. GASKILL to the hospital.
Honors for Dead School Director
Members of the Board of Education, Elks and four other orders were pallbearers yesterday afternoon at the funeral of Charles H. MILLS, who was a member of the School Board and who was the Republican candidate for City Council in the Eighth ward. He died a week ago from pneumonia. At a meeting of the Board of Education yesterday resolutions were passed regretting the death of Mr. MILLS and praising his services as a school director.
GLOUCESTER CITY GLEANINGS
Special to The Inquirer
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GLOUCESTER CITY, N.J., Oct. 18—Joseph S. STULL has been appointed Assistant General Superintendent of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Shipyards by General Manager Mr. E. DAVIS.
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Two children and one woman, Mrs. Bella HEWITT, died from Spanish influenza in this city today, making the total deaths 115.
PAULSBORO PARAGRAPHS
Special to The Inquirer
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PAULSBORO, Oct. 18—A new service flag was raised at Broad and Delaware streets here yesterday which shows that this borough has 125 young men defending Old Glory. The flag also contains three gold stars in memory of William CARSON, Chester BENNETT and Harry YEEDS.
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Leaving his bicycle standing in front of a store on Broad and Delaware streets here last evening, while he went inside to make some purchases, Horace ARMSTRONG came out to find that a sneak thief had made off with it.
Charles S. WARE Dead
Special to The Inquirer
SWEDESBORO, N.J., Oct. 18—Charles S. WARE, secretary and treasurer of the Swededsboro Trust Company, died yesterday from pneumonia. The deceased leaves a widow and two children.
DRAFTEE’S BODY FOUND
Order of Board Believed to have Unbalanced Man’s Mind
Special to The Inquirer
PITMAN, N.J.—The body of Walter LANGLEY was found in Alcyon Lake last evening.
The young man has been missing since Tuesday night when he got his questionnaire, and previous to that time the fact that he was drafted preyed so on his mind that it is believed he became temporarily unbalanced.
It was supposed he had wandered away and the family has been making diligent search.
Former Philadelphians Die at Shore
Special to The Inquirer
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 18—Among the victims here today of the influenza epidemic is Mrs. Rosalie Marcus, wife of Dr. Joseph Marcus, who died early this morning. Mrs. Marcus was the daughter of B. LIPSCHUTZ of Philadelphia. She was an ardent Red Cross worker and a member of the Council of Jewish Women. Another death was that of Dorothy Alice DILG, eighteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lane DILG, formerly of Philadelphia. Miss Alice LEEDS, the eighteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. LEDS [sic], also died today.
Dr. BESSERT off to CHICKAMAUGA
Special to The Inquirer
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 18—Dr. Charles BOSSERT, head of the Municipal Life Guards, who enlisted in the United States Medical Corps, has been assigned to the 20th Company, Fifth Batallion, Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga, Ga. He writes that he expects to go overseas within three months, and to be in at the finish in time to return next summer and resume his duties on the beach. Chief Surgeon BOSSERT is known to hundreds of Philadelphians, who bathe in the summer in the vicinity of the South Carolina Avenue beach tent.
CAR SMASHES HEARSE, BODIES FALL ON STREET
Undertaker and Driver Hurt
Neighbors Resume Direction of Funeral
Special to The Inquirer
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 18—While proceeding to the Cathedral Cemetery with the body of Mrs. Madeline CHESTNUT, of 405 Tatnall street, and her newly-born child, the hearse upon which were Undertakers William F. LYNN and William CAMPBELL, the driver, was struck by a trolley car on Lancaster ave. The hearse was demolished, the bodies were thrown into the street. LYNN was sent to his home and CAMPBELL was sent to the Delaware Hospital, where it is believed that he is seriously injured.
Though the caskets were smashed and overturned, the bodies rested upon the lids as though placed there.
John DONOVAN and others took charge of the bodies, secured suitable covering for them, and another vehicle was secured and the funeral proceeded.
Burglars Steal Jewels and Bonds
Special to The Inquirer
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 18—While Mr. and Mrs. F. B. MASSEY were absent from their home at 2003 Delaware avenue, thieves broke into the house. The stole a considerable quantity of jewelry and also stole Liberty Bonds to the value of $400.
EASTON ECHOES
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EASTON, Md., Oct. 18—A call has been extended to Rev. W. T. REYNOLDS, of Baltimore, by the trustees of Trinity Cathedral, Protestant Episcopal Church, to become Dean of the Cathedral at Easton, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. J. Harry CHESLEY, who has accepted a call to Christ, P. E. Church, St. Michaels.
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Colonel James C. MULLIKIN and Mr. Charles W. BAKER, of Easton, have formed a partnership for the practice of law in Easton.
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Word has been received in Easton that David Warfield PATTERSON, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. PATTERSON, of Brookline, Mass., former residents of Talbot county, had been decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French Government for bravery under fire. They have another son in France, Campbell PATTERSON, who is a second lieutenant in the infantry.
NORTHEAST MARYLAND NOTES
Special to The Inquirer
ELKTON, Md., Oct. 18—Rev. George LENKEL, pastor of Little Britain Presbyterian Church for the past three years will leave during the coming week to enter the U.S. Army as chaplain.
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Rev. J. H. BICKFORD, pastor of North East M. E. Church, has resigned and will accept a call in the Pittsburgh Conference.
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Aaron BROWN and Otis BEEBE, were each assessed $10 and cost by Magistrate NICHOLS, of Rising Sun, for their part in a scrap in a local pool room.
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While waiting for a train at Chester, Miss Grace PAXTON, of Port Deposit, had her pocketbook containing $20 stolen.
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John M. CLARK, of Elkton, has been appointed a deputy game warden for the Elkton district of Cecil county.
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Arthur BUTLER, a young farmer, of Galena section, sustained a fractured arm and a number of bruises when he fell in front of a land roller which dragged him some distance on a plowed field.
CAUGHT AFTER SIX YEARS
Charles E. COLLINS, Bail Jumper, Captured by Postal Inspector
Dodging the Federal authorities for six years, after he had jumped his bail bond of $2500, Charles E. COLLINS, who is also known as J. Merrill STEWART, was arrested yesterday at Twelfth and Wallace streets fy Postal Inspector FURNESS, on a charge of using the mails to defraud.
STEWART was indicted in 1912, with James Burton SCOTT, whose real name is said to be FRENCH, on a charge of operating a marine and fire insurance fraud. SCOTT and his associates in the scheme posed as agents for Lloyd’s of London, and placed marine and other insurance at reduced rates. The scheme had not progressed far before it was blocked by Chief Postal Inspector Jas. T. CORTELYON and Inspector FURNESS.
After their arrest SCOTT furnished $10,000 bail and COLLINS $2500 bail, but upon their release both jumped their bonds and the bails were forfeited. SCOTT was captured in Chicago about two years ago by Inspector FURNESS, was brought back to this city, and on pleading guilty was fined $1000 and sentenced to three months in jail. COLLINS managed to keep out of the clutches of the authorities until yesterday, when Inspector FURNESS arrested him in a hoarding house. He will be arraigned within a short time.
Prove Slayer’s Sanity
New York, Oct. 18—George W. WICKERSHAM, former Attorney General of the United States: Lamar HARDY, former corporation counsel of New York, and Dr. Smith F. JELLIFFE today were appointed a commission to examine into the mental state of Charles E. CHAPIN, former city editor of the New York Evening World, who killed his wife in their apartments here last month. The appointments were made by Judge MALONE after he had granted a motion for a lunacy inquiry by counsel for the indicted man.
THIEF HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Nearly Killed By Auto Which He Attempted To Steal
Hundreds of shoppers in the vicinity of Seventh and Market streets yesterday afternoon saw a would-be auto thief narrowly escape death, when a light touring car, which he had attempted to steal, plunged into five machines parked in front of it.
The man, who described himself as David McDONALD, 28 years old, of 5920 Girard avenue, waited until the owner of the car, Norman D. STEWART, of 1938 Newkirk street, left the machine outside of 726 Market street. When the owner disappeared into the store, McDONALD ran into the street and began cranking the car. With a chug the auto started, hurling McDONALD to the street.
Before it could be stopped it crashed into a row of five cars in front of it. McDONALD was arrested.
In a Social Way
Mr. and Mrs. James Francis SULLIVAN, of "The Woods," Radnor, will entertain over the week-end, Captain and Mrs. De GERY, Lieutenant Count de VILLIAMES, of Washington, and Lieutenant Albert Lincoln HOFFMAN and Mrs. HOFFMAN.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pratt McKEAN, of Pine Run Farm, Penllyn, have returned from Bay Head, N. J., where they spent the summer.
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Mrs. Radcliffe CHESTON, Jr., who has been spending the past year with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Struthers ELLIS, at Hill Farm, Bryn Mawr, has taken a house for the winter at Chestnut Hill, it being the former home of Mrs. Frederick A. PACKARD.
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Mrs. Robert Kelso CASSATT, who is spending a few days in New York, will return to this city tomorrow. Mrs. CASSATT will go to Washington about December 1, where she will spend the winter, as Mr. CASSATT is on duty there.
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Mr. and Mrs. Angier B. DUKE, who spent the summer at Long Beach, Long Island, have now opened their home at 1006 Fifth avenue, New York city.
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Mrs. J. R. Evans ROBERTS will have as her guest for a few days her brother, Mr. William Lovells TIERS, U. S. A., Intelligence Bureau. Mrs. TIERS and her children will remain at Narragansett Pier for several weeks.
HELD FOR SON’S DEATH
Victim of Revolver Shot Succumbs In Hospital
Charged with killing his son on Wednesday following a family quarrel, Hugh PARKS, 62 years old, of 4116 Ridge avenue, was held without bail to await the action of the Coroner by Magistrate McCLEARY, at the Central Police Station yesterday.
Parks’ son, Clarence, 42 years old, died early yesterday in the Samaritan Hospital from a gunshot wound in the right lung. The two men fought in a stable in the rear of their home.
The father went to the house and secured a revolver. He said he only wished to frighten Clarence and aimed over his head.
WOMAN BALKS BURGLARS ATTEMPTING DRUG COUP
Blows Whistle Summoning Policemen, But Invaders Hasten to Escape
Burglars were thwarted early yesterday in a daring haul of $3000 worth of drugs through the heroism of a woman, who heard them carrying the loot away from the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, at 158 North Sixth street. The thieves, forcing an entrance with a "jimmy," let themselves in through a rear window on the second floor.
For more than an hour they worked in the building, gathering all kinds of drugs. They were discovered by Mrs. Helen GARDINER, of 608 Race street, who spied them from a window of her home. She blew a whistle, attracting Street Sergeant GENOE and Policeman WEST of the Fourth and Race streets station. The burglars made their escape, leaving the drugs and a set of burglaring equipment behind.
Three highwaymen, after one of them walked into the Monogram Restaurant, at 258 North Thirteenth street, early yesterday and carried a cash register to the street, overpowered a clerk, who tried to recover it. After beating the man into insensibility, they made their escape with $50, taken from the register.
Other thefts reported to the police at City Hall yesterday included jewelry, valued at $50, taken from the home of Walter KELLERT, of 1861 East Tioga street. A motor car belonging to Dr. G. W. MITCHELL, of 503 Green street, was taken by three young men, who were later arrested at a garage at 615 North Fifth street.
