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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1936 12 A a Salem counties in New Jersey, and New Castle county, Delaware. car of Jenkins, of he returned to Philadelphia. II PARLEY PL IA MY NORTH CAROLINA TORNADO SCENE Police of the 19th and Sessions at Houston Hall County commissioners of all these and Pon-Pon Rivers in April, 1862. Later he commanded the Seneca, Keokuk, Paul Jones and the flagship Wabash of the same squadron. During the attack on the defenses of Charleston, 3.

April 7, 1863. the Keokuk, which he command sts. station arrested him last ni.u. at. his home nn 2-A a Blt jjr -17 SET FOR API IB HONORED BY IVY mond.

He will be held for it" Avondale authorities. lt counties, representatives of their townships and boroughs, and of all State and city departments con cerned are invited to attend the conference and to participate in the Destroyer Will Be Called Ellet After 5 Heroic discussions. The same Invitation is extended to engineers, architects, andall others who are interested in city, county, township and borough planning. All sessions of the conference, Kinsmen in Civil War By PAUL J. McGAIIAN from he Inquirer Bureau.

which will begin at 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, April 16, will be held in Houston Hall on the Pennsylvania campus. Morning, luncheon and afternoon sessions will be held on both days, and there also will be WASHINGTON, April the decision of the Navy Department to Tri-State Conference at U. of P. Will Attract Many Experts With men and women prominent in various fields co-operating in the arrangements, the University of Pennsylvania will conduct a conference for discussion of various phases of city, county, township and borough planning In the Philadelphia Tri-State District on April 16 and 17, it was announced yesterday. According to William H.

Connell, chairman of the executive committee for the conference and executive director of the Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District, the two-day confer tiani one of the new destroyers the rS. by neglecting I trrV. const'pation; Gentlr, yet lies I agjr cleans sij to ur intestine ljt withoutgripinitor unpleasant after Tra edects. Alslldni- aV tills. 25.

50 at?) and 75c. For SrjT lY. free sample X. write Ellet, nn unique compliment has been paid to the patriotic services of a widely known Philadelphia family of the Civil War period. And also It was the first time that the family name of a group of volunteers for naval service, and not ed, was struck 90 times in thirty minutes, nineteen shots piercing her through near the water line.

He withdrew from the action and managed to keep her afloat until 7.30 the next when she went down, but officers and crew were saved. From October 23. 1863, to June 6, 1865, he commanded the Steam Gunboat Agawam. Concerning his engagement with three batteries at Deep Bottom, August 13, 1834, Rear Admiral Lee reported: "I take great pleasure in calling the attention of the department lo the gallantry and endurance displayed by Commander Rhind of the Agawam. and the officers and men under his command." He received the thanks of the department in a letter dated September 7, 1864.

In December, 1864, he was detailed bv Admiral Porter to command the powder-boat Loulsianna, and on the night of December 23, that vessel was exploded within 350 yards of Fort Fisher, the officers and men being taken off by the steamer Wilderness. For this feat Admiral Porter recommended him for promotion, designating it was "the most perilous adventure that was perhaps ever undertaken." On December 25, 1864, during the bombardment of Fort Fisher, under orders from Admiral Porter to plant a buoy as near the fort as practicable in order that the fleet might bombard it at close range, he advanced the buoy 150 to 200 yards nearer the fort. a dinner session on Thursday night. PRIES WAYJROM JAIL Using an iron bar, James Pur-ncll, 27, Philadelphia Negro, yesterday afternoon pried his way out of the Jail at Avondale, where he had been imprisoned for a traffic violation. Then, stealing the officers of the regular establish ment, have thus been honored.

The Ellet Is being built at the yards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation at Kearny, N. and Is one of 15 destroyers now building which were authorized ence is designed to serve as a medium through which the most re by Congress In the act of March 27, 1934. cent developments in the field of planning may be made available to E)ENTrDSTlWor4 CciEBlS the various Governmental sub-divl slon in that district. Five Civil War officers of the United States Volunteers of the Civil War period, all members of the same family, are being honored Included in the Philadelphia Tri-State District are Philadelphia, Dr. Shor's credit dentistry must satisfy, for you pay while enjoying its benefits.

through naming the new destroyer Chester, Delaware, Bucks and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania; the city of Reading, Mercer, Bur lington, Camden, Gloucester and Kiiiix.i Pl.ATIS I XL AYS being constructed at the League Is mnnd, which Information had enabled them to fire upon a Federal transport. General Ellrt resigned land Navy Yard at Philadelphia on December 31, 1HC4. This scene, taken in Greensboro, North Carolina, shows part of the damage done when a tornado iwept through the South April 2, taking many lives and causing much property damage. ft will be named the Rhlnd in honor of Alexander Colden Rnlnd of the United States Navy. Rhind, a native of New York, born on October 31, 1821, died In New York City Brohtn Plain Repaired Whili Yon Walt KILLED IN WJNDOW FALL MICHIGAN CITY, April 4 (A.

E. B. Norbom ot Butler, died today in a fall from a Heroic Feat Described Lieutenant Colonel John A. was In command of the ram on November 8, 1897. He, began his OCTAGON Credit extended no matter where yon livi window of the sixth floor of a hotel i naval service as a midshipman on Lancaster when she attempted to GLASSES September 3, 1838.

run past Vicksburg batteries on March 25, 1863, and was sunk by In the Civil War he was order Hiii your eyri xaminct mw. Oir tvtimttrlit ha-vitt 25 yrt. ipirirnti. Wf hill fctlaetf I hoi tints dm ttttir tyr ilaht. Ni tfrofs iittf Pav little each wmi ed to command the U.

8. Crusader U5.95 the steamer Vicksburg lying under the batteries and to set fire to her the enemy. After saving his own of the South Atlantic Blockading crew, Colonel Ellet went In an open yawl thiough heavy shellfire and Squadron on December 14, 1861 here. The body was found on a second floor canpy. Coroner D.

G. Burnoske said a woman who witnessed the fall asserted Norbom climbed on a window ledge and jumped. Norbom had come to this city to inspect freight cars being built at the Pullman Company shops. 1231 Market St. 1023 Market St, Cor.

Tth and Market Sts. with turpentine balls. Forced to Abandon Ship Proceeding to the mouth of the and while commanding her received grape for nearly two miles to offer assistance to the crew of the disabled rain Switzerland. 69th St. f.

R. T. Terminal. Cor, Germantown and Chtltaa the thanks of Congress for the capture and destruction of works commanding the South Edlsto, Dawho Red River he captured three Confederate supply ships on February Edward C. Ellet was one of a party of four, commanded by the 3.

But while on a raid on February 14, the Queen of the West ran then Medical Cadet Charles R. Ellet, who volunteered to carry des aground while under fire, and he patches from A. W. Ellet. com-mand'ng the Monarch on June 25, had to abandon the ship.

The craft fell into the hands of the enemy. Colonel Ellet made his escape 18C3, from above Vicksburg to Commodore Farragut whose warship was below the batteries. on a bale of cotton and was rescued by the crew of the ram De Soto as he drifted down the river. Dur After a most arduous and danger ous march through sloughs and ing the siege of Vicksburg and afterwards he rendered valuable as sistance In keeping communications open. swamps, In some cases waist deep, and passing many of the enemy's pickets, the party reached the fleet and delivered Colonel Ellet's letter On March 25, 1863 he was In to Farragut and returned to the command of the ram Switzerland Monarch with the reply.

Charles when she ran past the Vicksburg batteries. The ram was hulled repeatedly and received two shots In R. Ellet also participated in the at uie tiiet. The five Included Colonel Charles Ellrt, U. 8.

Brigadier General Alfred Washington Ellet, S. brother of Charles Ellet, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Ellet, U. S. son of Colonel Charles Ellet.

Edward C. Ellet, son of Lieutenant Colonel A. W. Ellet, and Colonel Charles Rivers Ellet, U. 3.

son of Charles Ellet, Jr. Aided In Capture of Memphis It was Colonel Charles Ellet, of the U. 8. Volunteers, famous in Philadelphia as an engineer, who organized the Ellet Ram Fleet under orders from the Secretary of War In April, 1862, and who was appointed in command. In the ram Queen of the West, with the ram Monarch also under his command, h3 came with great dash nnd gallantry to the support of the gunboat flotilla under Commodore Davis In the attack upon Memphis on June 6, 18li2, which resulted In the surrendT of the city and the capture or destruction of seven out of eight Confederate vessels Colonel Ellet received a wound in his knee which r-sulted In his death on June 21, following.

Colonel Charles Ellet was born In Penn's Manor, Ducks county, January 1, 1810. He completed hie education In Ecole Polyteclinique In Paris. In 1842 he was chief engineer of the James and Kanawha Canal. He planned and built the wire suspension bridge across the Schuylkill at Philadelphia, the first In this country; designed and built the railroad suspension bridge across the Niagara River below the Falls In 1847, and afterward built a suspension bridge at W. Va.

He then engaged In many Important engineering works, constructed a remarkable temporary tracic across the Blue Ridge and Improved the navigation of the Kanawha River. Aided In Laying Out B. O. He aided In laying out the Baltimore Ohio Railroad, and in 1846-47 was president of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, He was among the first to advocate the use of steam rams, and suggested a plan to the Russian Government by which the Allied Fleet before Sebas-topol might be destroyed. At the outset of the Civil War In 1861 he became Interested In military matters, and devoted much attention to the use of rams In naval warfare.

He urged upon the Government the construction of steam rams, for large rivers of the West, and was commissioned colonel ol engineers and converted several powerful light-draught steamers on the Mississippi Into rams. With these he engaged In the naval battle off Memphis. Wrote Many Article Among nls most noteworthy la tack on the Confederate ram Arkansas. Served With His Father Colonel Charles Rivers Ellet. was her boiler room, but Colonel Ellet got her through to her destination.

Honor N. Y. Man Also It was alo announced that the destroyer in this group which is born In Philadelphia in 1841. He was studying medicine at the be ginning of the war and with the rank of medical cadet became an assistant surgeon on one of his father's vessels. He participated In the attack on the City of Memphis In command of one of his father's ships.

Alter his fathers death, on the organization of the Mississippi Bmaae by hi uncle. A. W. Ellet, iiwniBiiiHiiiMinw miaiiiaiiiRi iniiiiiniirfnu rwnf nniiiTiiiiiiiii mum nmni iriif iirjrmnrrr-Ti--rinirrfl 'inninrTrrwiiraTr'TjffinTwwJj Wf lift nm tift ttfllirfo 1 1 1 II III 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 TTT rr "rnnr Tin "tlfv nmmmr i ikMthvAthr. ksiflBwsiA-AearAw rWfniJ i i i I I i 1 i i 1 -r V' 1 1 IfflllllH III fl 1 5 i DENTISTRY he was appointed Colonel, and when his uncle was commissioned a Brigadier General, was placed In on.

CREDIT command of the Marine Brigade Thousands af ftm af? lliai liavs found tha I 1 Dr. Mallaa Cradit I I Flu tha iHa.l I I 1 He chose the ram Queen of the West for his headquarters and made many daring expeditions on the Mississippi River. On February tmn (a their dantal problann, Lat It halp 7ou tha lama wul s) j. 2, 1863, he was the first of Porter's fleet to run past the batteries at Vicksburg. His ship was struck 12 times, but this did not prevent him from obeying instructions to ram 1217 Market Sf 14 MEN'S EASTER OUTFITS Complete from Head to Toe 8 bors was his Investigation of the hydraulics of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the result of which he pub lished in a paper entitled the Phy sical Geography of the Mississippi Valley, With Suggestions as to the Improvement of the Navigation of the Ohio and other Rivers, printed $3 POWW) in the "Smithsonian Transactions" (Washington, 18S1).

His other publications are: "An Essay on the Laws of Trade" (1839); "The Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, PURE WOOL 2-PANTS SUIT containing Plans for the Protection of the Delta from Inundation (or Topcoat) a (Philadelphia, 1853); a pamphlet on "Coast and Harbor Defenses, or the uilt to Substitution of Steam Battering- give you years WO Rams for Ships of War" (Philadel phia, 1855), and many other sclen title papers. Succeeded by Brother Brigadier General Alfred Wash ington Ellet, originally he held commission under Colonel Ellet as of good service at low cost Lieutenant Colonel and was second In command of the ram fleet. He Complete with New Spring Hat Calfskin Shoes Broadcloth Shirt succeeded to the command when the fleet was reorganized and placed under the Navy Department in November 1862, under the designation of the Mississippi Marine Brigade, Pure Lisle Socks During the attack on Memphis he was In command of the ram Mon arch. On July 22. 1862, while In command of the ram Queen of the West.

Licutqnant Colonel Ellet aided Pullovers Shorts Necktie the U. S. S. Essex In command of Rear Admiral Porter In an attnek on the Confederate ram Arkansas under the batteries of Vicksburg, Tne Queen succeenea in ramming the Aikansas, but without Inflicting serious injury. For gallantry in this action A.

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