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EPISCOPALIANS ARE
STIRRED BY CHARGES
AGAINST RICHMOND
Rector Accused of Breach of
Ordination Vows and
Conduct Unbecoming
Minister Prepares Defense.
The charges that Ttfive been made
Against tho nev. Dr. rjcorgo Chalmers
Wchmoml. rector of Old St. John's Prot
estant Episcopal Church, Northern Lib
erties, nt 3d and Drown streets, wlio
has been summoned to oppcar before
tho Ecclesiastic Court of the Protestant
Kpiscopnl Diocese of Pcnnsjhnnla to
stand trial, wns tho chief topic of dis
cussion In Episcopal Church clrclo to
day. Tho rector Is charged with breach
of ordination vows and conduct unbe
coming a minister.
That Doctor lllchmond openly disre
garded the authority of his bishop, the
Ht. Uev. Dr. Philip M. Ithlnelander, Is
considered tho most serious charge. He
Is to make answer on January IS, 1915,
t SMS o'clock, at T27 Walnut street,
before tho chancellor, Henry Uudd. Tho
evidence Includes n number of letters
written by Doctor lllchmond to Ulshop
Ithlnelander and to Charles A. Drown, a
vestryman of St. John's Chivch, charg
ing tho sending of "ecclesiastical spies"
to his church.
"Personal discriminations" Is tho term
Used In rogard to tho letters sent Mr.
Brown. These letters nro deemed by the
churchmen making. Ihu mcscntmenl
against Doctor ni"hmonU In violation of
his vow to make himself "a wholesome
example and pattern" to his communl
'cants. These charges were preferred by tho
Itev. Dr. Carl E. Orammcr. tho Row Dr.
J. B. Hnlsey, Krancls A. Lewis, Edward
8. Buckley, Jr., A. J. D. Dixon and MorrN
Earle. The respondent will bo permitted
to employ counsel. Tho presentation
papers set forth that should Doctor Well
mond fall to appear for trial at the give.)
time he will be llablo to be "proceeded
against In absentia and ex parte."
"CAN'T HOPE FOR JUSTICE."
"I can not hope for Justice In an
Kccb-slastlcal Court. I am sorry to say
there Is neither state nor morality In the
Trotcstant Episcopal Church and yet I
love It. It is my church and 1 shall fight
to the end."
In these words Doctor lllchmond sum
med up his position today.
If his case comes to a trial Doctor
Richmond says ho will havo his vestry
In back of him to help him out and
should the court decide agalnit him ho
will be just as much a minister of the
Gospel as though he had not been un
frocked. "Tho Episcopal Church says It Is behind
'Billy' Sunday and his work. I say the
church Isn't competent to do tho work
that man Is doing. It Is a churoh of de
celt. I remain with it because I iovo It
and I want to do all In my power to help
right these wrongs. If Jesus were to
como on this earth today he would not
rccognlzo George Wharton Pepper and
he would refuse to enter such a house as
Bishop Rhlnelander's."
Tonight the vestry of old St. John's
Church will meet ,ond a majority will
vote to support him, says Dr. Richmond.
There are 11 members In the vestry, four
or whom will be absent. Charles A.
Brown, to whom some of the "obnoxious"
letters aru said to havo becn"'addresscd;
his father, John Brown, and William T.
Hamilton, will vote against Dr. Rich
mond, he says.
On tho other hand, Robert L. Kcauc.
George Chandler Paul, Sr.. and George
Chandler Paul Jr.. and William A. Kelly
will vote for him. Another member who
Is to be elected tonight, but whose namo
Im being withheld, will also vote favor
ably to the accused pastor, ho says.
The charges against Doctor Richmond
are tho chief topic of conversation In
Episcopal Church circles today. That
there will be a division of opinion I
shown In several Invitations Doctor Rich
mond received this morning for him to
speak before well-known church societies.
The Ohio Society will hear Doctor Rich
mond at their luncheon at the Adelphla
Hotel on December 30. Ho accepted tho
Invitation this morning.
Mr. Brown, tho former rector's warden,
when asked If he had any comment to
make or any statement for publication
regarding the letters wiitten by Doctor
Richmond or about his statements, said;
"No. for the present I have nothing to
ay. The things he has been saying and
writing are perfect nonsense ,and I don't
think they are 'worthy of replj"
"VESTRY NOT WITH HIM."
A moment later as the reporter was
leaving the office, he called back:
"You might, however, deny his state
ment about the vestry being with him.
There is absolutely no tiuth Iriwhat ha
has said about the vestry."
Mr. Hamilton, the former lay-ieader In
the church, said he would, make no
statement for publication for the pres
ent. Doctor Richmond will letaln an attor
ney to defend him at the coming trial.
He says that he will contest "every inch
of the ground," and that, while he can
jiot hope to be exonerated, lie will "give
them a run for their money."
He openly called the action an en
deavor to suppress freedom of speech In
the pulpit and a conspiracy on the part
f "reactionary members of the elerry"
to oust him.
"While I am charged with violation o(
my ordination vows," he said, "there Is
nothing Involving my character In the
charges. It Is a good fight and I welcome
the opportunity to show up the Protestant
Episcopal Church to the public. In tho
hope that it will bring about a needed
reform. It is a deceitful plot "
That the entire case is "a frame-up and
plot" to disfrock him, is the defense of
Poctor Richmond. He readily acknowl.
dg.es having written all at the fetters and
ays he has "nothing to conceal."
"I will fight them to the nd," he said,
"and. If I art unfrocked, I shall continue
preaching and doing what good I can for
humanity, regardless of what a set of
wen do."
Doctor Richmond openly called the ac
tion an endeavor to suppress freedom of
ppeech in the pulpit and a eonsplraey on
the part of tho reactionary members of
the clergy to oust him.
Doctor Richmond claims he will have
the solid support of his vestry wjien he
appears for trial. A meeting of the Pru
dential Committee of St. John's Vestry
was held yesterday at the dMft ot Um
morning service and. h H was
unanimously decided tc "ypjjelg be rgetpr
in his fight for freedom at peh.7apd
common support " Zr
JOBS FOB POLIQE
IjfaT
QtnSTS
Captain Cameroa Hanks First Mem
ber of "Foraiu Sq,udV'
Pujlctmau Jacob Qemteiaw detailed to
th chief club's oMlce of the Uctirtiueat
of Public Safety was auyomitii tuvUj
by Captain Caaaeron it intuit ui the
"foreign sm&d ' Guiuutium m-taks fcitg
Itah. RuMdan, JfWdUh o.iU few uiher
languages
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SNOW ALARMI OFFICIALS'
LATEST EMERGENCY CALL
Just tot n Fdw Flakes Full nnd Re
moval Work Will Begin,
Snow nlarm!
That's the latest emergency call posted
in the Electrical Bureau. At the fall of
the first few flakes that may portend ft
blizzard of tramc-paralyslng proportion,
(he bureau's switchboard operators In
the City ltnll send the alarm to Chief
Conned, of the Htghwny Bureau, and
every executive engineer concerned In
keeping Philadelphia's cenlral section
highways clear of snow.
Tho alarms are sertt out only after
office hours ot the bureau eliglneeis, on
Sundays and at night. The calls are
made direct to the homes of the engi
neers, who in turn notify all their sub
ordinate squad Inspectors and the con
tractors who must remove the snow.
Itnder tho "nlarm" plan, evolved by
Chief Connell. the snow-flghllng forces
will bo on the streets before the big
whlto drifts fonn to check the removal
work.
First test of tho snow alarm ,wns
made yesterday afternoon when prospects
wire for n. heavy snowfall. Every Hlgh
v.ny Bureau ofllclat wmwon the Job. The
39 now Bnow plows of the contractors
werp In readiness to bo taken to the
streets nnd laborers were assembled.
Two new atcot plow attachments to be
placed on the front of motortrucks will
bo received next wcok by Paul J. Sny
der, one of tho snow removal contractors.
These attachments will bo placed on two
motortrucks owned by Snyder nnd will
be the first automobile snow pjows ever
used In Philadelphia.
CARRANZA DEFIES U. S.
ORDER TO QUIT FIRING
"Will Regard Interference In Behalf
of Americans ns Hostile Act.
WASHINGTON. Oee. H.-Detlance was
contained In a. dispatch to the Stnto De
partment from General Carranza, flrit
chief of the Constitutionalists, who vir
tually challenged tho United Stntcs to
attempt forco In protecting American citi
zens from .Mexican illle fire.
Tho first chief declared ho would re
gard any action by this country ns an
act of hostility nnd Intended to glvo aid
to the A'lllalstas.
A repcrt from General HIIss. on the
border, reached the War Department to
day that another victim to Mexican bul
lets had fallen. A Mexican woman was
shot while pssslne nlontf the street nn
the American side and was seriously
wounded.
AIM TO BRING BUYERS HERE
Central and South American Delega
tions Coming1 to New York.
Hvcry effort will bo mado by ofllclals of
tho Philadelphia Commercial Museums to
havo the 12 Central nnd South American
buyers, who wilt arrlvo lu Now York
within the next few days nnd Investigate
what can be done is establishing a now
credit basis between the Americas, to In
clude Philadelphia In their tour.
Dudley Bartlett, head ot tho foreign
trade bureau of the Muescum. said this
mornitiR ho would do all lu his .power to
brlnfr the members of tho delegation to
this city and give them a hoarty recep
tion. IIo was enthusiastic about the plan
nnd thought their visit would undoubtedly
add fresh stimulus to tho "Unit the
Americas" campaign.
Among other things, the delegates hope
to establish a credit of eight or nine
months, similar to that they have been
receiving In Europe. The first delegate
will arrive from Chllo and the Arcfntlno
Republic. Last Saturday a representative
of the Commercial Union of Buenos Ayres
nrlvud In Now York bearing credentials
from the Secretary of State of the Argen
tine Republic,
BEQUESTS TO CHARITY
Missions and Dispensary Receive
Gifts From Mrs. McLean's Estate.
The Home nnd Foreign Missionary So
cieties of the First Presbyterian Church
of Geimantown will each receive $1500
from the 5114,000 estate of Margaret Mc
Lean, who died December 4 at Creshelm
road and Carpenter street. The will was
admitted to probate today. Realty com
prises $90,000 of tho estate.
The Gcrmantown Dispensary will re
ceive a bequest of 52000, and the Home
and Foreign Missionary Societies of the
Presbyterian Church of America, will each
recclvo bequests of 11003. Tho residue of
the estate Is bequeathed principally to a
nephew. William McLean, and two nieces,
Mary F. Stuart and Margaret McL.
Sharp. The executors named In the will
are Edward L. Flss and Walter T, Lee.
Colonel Robert D, Death, past com
mander of the a rami Army of the Re
public, who died at 717 North 40111 street
November 23. left his 115,000 estate to his
widow, Margaret E. Heath, who Is named
executrix In the will.
Other wills probated, today are those of
Eliza Hemphill, late of Philadelphia, who
died at Atlantla City, leaving an estate
of SU.000; Elizabeth P. Peeler, who died
at the Polyclinic Hospital. UM0; Patrick
Carroll, 1713 South 17th street, J3000.
Personal property of Maria A. Whit
ma ro has been appraised at 31719.(3;
Charles II. Pey, Sr., J221US.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS
Appointments In Consular Service and
Land Office,
WASHINGTON. Dec H.-Tho President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate;
Consuls General Edwin 8. Cunning
ham, of Tennessee (now Consul General
at Singapore), at Hankow, China; Fred
erick M. Ryder (now Consul at Rl
mouskl), at Slng-apore.
"Register of Land Office at Lincoln, Neb,
Henry A. Melr.
To be Consuls Lucien N, Sullivan, of
Pennsylvania, at Newcastle, New South
Wales, Australia: Thomas D. Bowman, of
Missouri, at Femle. B. C; Jose de Ollva
resjr of Missouri, at Hamilton, Ont.:
James H. Goodler, New York, at Niagara
Palls, Ont , Milton B. KIrfc. Illinois, at
Orlllia, Ont ; Frank C. Dennlson, of Ver
mont, at Prescott, Ont.; John Fowler, of
'Massachusetts, at Itlmouskl. Quebec;
Nelson T. Johnson. Oklahoma! at Chung
king, China; Albert W. Pontius, Monne
sota, at Fooehow. China; Albro L. -Hnr-nell,
Maine, at Rouen. Franse; Thomas
W L. Layson, Louisiana, at Tahiti. So
ciety Islands; John Wood. of Hawaii, at
Chemnlts. Germany; Carl F. Pelebman.
Missouri, at Bambay, Indiana; Luclen
Memrolnger, Boot!) Oarollna, at Madras,
Indiana; B. Carteton. paker. California,
at Nagasaki, Japan.
BOY'S WHISTIiE TRAPS DTJNMAN
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Objld Tolls Hold-up In Ken York
Eestaurant.
NEW YORK. P H.-A 6-yar-old
child. eo.u!pd with a $d)( whistle,
proved the medium that resulted in the
arrest of on man on a charge at rob
bery last alibt, after two wunea ba4
aodaavored to bold up a doxen person in
ta rejtauraat "Mlk" Ijlwoss. at 6M
Jcjt UtU stUMfc The child. SaauMl. want
io the dtfr mi epe at U mmmn drew
a icvoivw, a we wiwpue, -mm-Boaed cua
polite
The two sunmaa awroi-lil the iiau- i
raut, pietirieior Willi ttie suggestion that I
i uu-uliase tickets tu a evolaJ, n'X
i imyittlni vk.i be insured One
sWoed a elvr b4 called on ewi .
ba4 i ttw fNtoee tv tsuvw j bis tu4
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SOME AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS
OF AN ENGLISH SUFFRAGIST
Militancy Misunderstood in This Country Hated by
Nobody More Than by the Militants Themselves, Ycl
Should be an Inspiration to Suffragists Here.
By MRS. PETHICK IAWBENCE
TOI1AV,. more than etcr perhaps,
America Is for the Old World tho
land of hope. During my stay In this
country I have found myself again and
n&aln formulating silently the praj er that
America will keep her eyes toward the
future nnd not toward the past; that she
will Initiate and not Imitate; lead and
not follow. There Is, Indeed, hope for
humanity If the New World can lead the
whole world out of some of Its wdrst en
tanglements. As an English suffragist I
cannot but be Impressed by the way In
which American had provldod against tho
kind of Impasse that has brought the
woman'smovement In England to revo
lution. As one who believes In the literal truth
of those words uttered by tho greatest
of American statesmen, namely, "that
government Bhould bo of tho people, by
the people nnd for tho people," I am
naturally In a condition ot chronic amaze
ment at the denial of the right of self-
government to half the people on the
part of this liberty-loving nation. I am
staggered at the audacity of the claim
mado by the male half of the people to
rulo"tho other half by tho divine right
of sex. I am astonished also at the ex
traordinary labors and sacrifices exacted
from women ns the price ot their ransom
from political subjection. Since man did
not seek from woman permission to be
politically free, it Is on the very face
of things absurd that the fundamental
and elementary right of self-government
In a country that professes democracy
should bo withheld from woman until
men by a majority have voted the abdi
cation of their self-assumed sex autoc
racy. It Is In my opinion a monstrous
claim that woman suffrage should be the
only political question In this country
from which the vote of those directly
concerned In tho measure Is excluded.
Tho Btntemcnt that It Is Impossible to
raise the question In the Congress of
this country and settle It there as a mat
ter of elementary right appears to me to
be childish. Tho ralson dctre of Amer
ica and of her Constitution was tho claim
that thoso who pay taxes have a right
to a vote In levying them, nnd that thoso
who obey laws have a right to a voice In
mnking them, and that this right Is In
alienable to a free people. The pretense
that the demand for this right on tho
part of women, because It has becTi In
abeyance for over a century, is, there
fore, a new principle, and that It must
bo subjected to every possible test and
difficulty before It is ndmlttcd into the
Constitution Is, In my opinion, unworthy
of the splendor of tho American Idea.
A Sdfety Valve
And yet. In splto of these reservations,
I havo to recognize the fact that Ameri
can statesmanship has provided a safety
valve against revolution by allowing to
tho woman-suffrage movement In the
country a legitimate outlet In the way
of constitutional agitation. By setting
before It nt the end of Infinite labors and
sacrifices the hope and the possibility of
success. It haB avoided the worst errors
of British statecraft
Had the political conditions been the
same In. the United ICingdom as they are
In America there would never havo been
a militant suffrage mavement In my
country. And, by the same token, wore
political conditions In America the same
as they are today In England, I have
enough faith In our common ancestry and
our common traditions of liberty to be
lieve that there would have been a sec
ond American revolution on this soil a
bloodless one like ours, I hope In which
American women, refusing to submit to
political subjection, would have wrung
from their countrymen the recognition of
their inalienable right of self-government
I find that an almost total misunder
standing with regard to the militant suf
frage movement In England exists in
America. This Is duo to a quite natural
Ignorance of the political situation that
prevails In my country. There are two
main causes of this misapprehension. The
American public believes, first, that In
the United Kingdom women are trying
to convert men by violent action rather
than by argument and reason, and, sec
ond, that In England the people, that Is
the male people Included In the electorate,
rule.
Let me say with tegard to the first point,
that the women In Great Britain are not
trying to convert the men to woman suf
frage. That has been accomplished for
a lonr time. Let facta, not opinions of
mine, speak. Over ISO public bodies of
men; that Is, County Councils, City Coun
cils, London Borough Councils and Rural
Councils, have petitioned Parliament to
give women equal suffrage with men.
Among the City Councils are included
all the great cities of England, Scotland,
Ireland and Wales. Let me name a
dozen Manchester. Birmingham, Hull,
Leeds, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bradford, Car
difr, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin and
Cork. These Councils have never before
passed resolutions or presented petitions
nn any other political or constitutional
question whatsoever. Not a single Coun
cil in the United Kingdom has passed a
resolution or presented a petition in the
opposite sense. On a small scale It Is
as though all the greater States of Amer
ica, not possessing themselves the right
to confer the franchise, had petitioned
the Federal Government to enfranchise
the women of this country, and that no
single dissenting voice had been raised,
and the Federal Government, being the
only power that could effect this reform,
had turned a deaf ear to the demand.
I could, had I space, giro a number of
collateral proofs Just as convincing as the
facts and statistics with regard to the
Municipal Councils, but this one Illustra
tion must suffice.
Party Autocrats
Those to whom I have told these facta
are overwhelmed with astonishment, and
they fall back upon their second misap
prehension that England, being a demo
cratically governed country, the wll of
the people must necessarily prevail. But
this Is not so. From one point of view
the Government of the United Kingdom
Is a democratic Government Year by
year democratic measures are being
passed. Both the Liberal and Conserva
tive partita have to compete for the labor
vote. But it cannot be sufficiently
realized that the Liberal and Conserva
tive parties are controlled at the top by
a little group of men who possess
enormous power so long as they aet In
concert with efte another. It la these
men, belonging to both parties, who de-
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cldo what questions shall be submitted
to the electorate for tticlt decision, and
what question shall be withheld from
the people nnd never submitted to them
for their Judgment. In other words, these
men decide what the two parties shall
quarrel about and upon what BUbJects
they shall ngrec.
There are two questions which they
have never nlloned to come In any way
before the electorate of the United King
dom. One Ii the question of foreign
policy and the other Is the question of
woman suffrage, So long ns they stand
together In agreement, they can keep
these two questions forever ftom belntr
decided bi' the electorate. The nutocrats
tif these two parlies nro desperately afiald
of woman suffrage. They know that men
have learned to play tho political game,
ind they arc exceedingly anxious to avoid
the complications that might result if
women entered tho political nrcna and
began to put principle before party In
terest. For over 60, years they havo
snowed under the women's agitation. Tho
political newspapers are In their handfc
and are ready to do their bidding, and
unless nn agitation Is carried on through
out the country of a, nature to make Gov
ernment dlfilcult, they will persist In their
safe nnd comfortable policy df excluding
woman suffrage from tho political arena
Altogether.
It is against this policy and this only
that the militant movement U directed.
It Is the only expedient left to woman
by which they can put pressure upon tho
Government. When it is realized that It
every man and woman In Englnnd wcro
converted to the principle tho movement
would not necessarily be any nearer lo
attainment than It was 60 years ago, then
It can be understood why It Is that con
stitutional agitation provides no hope
whatever of tho attainment by women
ot their enfranchisement.
MEN A3 MILITANTS.
Everything hat can bo done In the
way of constitutional agitation has been
done and all records in educational and
political propaganda have been broken.
The only political result of the agitation
Is a sequence ot Parliamentary tricks nnd
betrayals, which, In the words of Lord
Robert Cecil, "xvould havo driven men to
Insurrection." Ministers of the present
cabinet have not failed to remind women
that It was never by constitutional agita
tion that men in the past won their vote.
Sir Herbert Gladstone, speaking In a
franchise debate in Parliament, said
"political dynamics are far more Import
ant than political argument. Men have
learned their lesson and know the neces
sity for establishing that 'force majoure'
which nctuates and arms a Government
for effective work. This Is the task be
foro tho supporters of this great move
ment" Women have been Jeered at by
Lord Haldano for their "policy of pin
pricks" and have been advised to adopt
"sterner measures." They have boon
taunted by John Burns with "scratch
ing at tho door which men forced open."
Thoy were told by Mr. Hobhouse. In
Bristol In 1912. "that in the caso of the
suffrage demand there has not been the
kind of public sentimental uprising which
accounted for the Nottingham Castle in
1S32 or the Hyde Park Railings In 1K67."
I should Itko my American readers to
understand that Nottingham Castle was
burnt to the ground In 1832 and that tho
Hyde Park Railings were torn up In 1S67
in connection with men's agitation for
the franchise. The advice to go and do
likewise was given to women by a mem
ber of the present Cabinet before a single
act of destruction had been committed
by the woman's militant movement.
Historical precedent, political necessity,
and tho closing of every other avenue are
the sole causes of militancy In England,
and until this Is understood the move
ment cannot be rightly apprehended by
the American public. The strength of
militancy lies entirely In the Justice of
the cause behind It. But for that it
would have stamped out long ago. Wnrm
congratulations to the American women
that they have not been forced Into these
methods of agitation.
No one fn the world hates militancy
half so much as those upon whom the
suffering. Inconceivable In Its weight and
Intensity, falls. I mean the militants
themselves. Theirs has been a long and
awful martyrdom of which glimpses can
bo obtained In Lady Constance Lytton's
book, "Prison and Prisoners." One day
It will be universally recognized that they
havo been crucified for a new redemption
o'f humanity. To them belongs the re
nown of having carried on a new kind of
civil war for liberty, a war In which no
human being, except the soldiers of lib
erty themselves, has ever been Injured
In limb or life. When they are dead they
will be honored. But today they are mis
judged even by those of their own sex
in America for whom, as for all woman
hood, they have suffered unspeakable
tribulation. I say deliberately, that those
who misjudge them, unless they do so In
unavoidable, inexcusable Ignorance, are
not worthy of them, and that those who
deny them shame their own honor.
Rather let American women, while
thanking their good fortune that there Is
no need to adopt similar political meth
ods here, later fire from their devotion
and put Into their campaign for winning
the vote of constitutional agitation In
Pennsylvania and other States the same
conviction amounting to religious faith,
the same political acumen, the same (sac
rifice, the same courage and the same
self-regardless devotion. In that case
their victory Is assured. "When a 'great
moral Issue is at stake," said Garibaldi.
60 years ago, "victory never yet failed
those who were determined to have it."
Publle Work for Idle Men
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. H.-lf the
weather permits about 200 men who are
now unemployed will be put to work by
the Street and Sewer Department to
morrow on new street and sewer work
which has been started especially for
that purpose. More than 200 have already
applied for places.
Damages for Loss of Cotton
WASHINGTON. Dec. H.-The United
States Supreme Court affirmed today a
decree for $39,000 damages against the
Texas and Pacific Railroad won by Wyatt
X Rosborough, of Marshall, Tex., for loss
of cotton set on fire by locomotive sparks.
"Jusi Say"
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Tdi Ned-drink far All Age.
More healthful than Tea or Coffee.
AgieM With the we-aW digetioa,
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Rkh roJk. malted grain, powder fora,
A ejmkk kacli prqurej m a bumU,
Tkm irtittotft. AAteHOXliCgS.
Others mrm imliatfom
GIBL SCOUTS FEEL FINE
AFTER "HIKE" IN THE RAIN
Seventeen Took Seven-mile Walk In
Yesterday's Storm,
There are 17 girls In this city today
who report that they "never felt better,"
despite (he drenching they underwent
yesterday when taking n seven-mile
"hike" through the snow, sleet nnd rain
storm which swept the city and suburbs.
No, they were not caught by the storm,
They went out Intentionally, they liked
It, nnd they would do It again any day,
because It's lots of fun when you're c
Girl Scout.
They are members of Troop A, and al
though they tramped through the storm
until they i cached Nn. berth ' nnd then
tramped back to the city again, nono
seemed to think the feat noteworthy.
Frank Golddeld scoutmaster, executle
nnd founder of the Girl Scouts of Amer
ica, said today;
"Why, they do things like that all the
time, That is such a fundamental fen
tilte of the organisation, keeping good,
hardy, first-class health, that a tramp
like that does not seem worth talking
about."
Although the Girl Scouts of America
were organized In this city a year and
a halt ago and havo progressed remark
ably In every department, the movement
has not had widespread recognition nnd
support that It deserves. There are few
that know thnt this organization hnn 700
members In Philadelphia composing 21
troops.
t!ltln from 10 J cats of age up Are ad
mitted to the scout ranks. The cardinal
principle Instilled Is "to make a friend
of tho other girl." There are laws com
pelling each to be trustworthy, helpful,
loal, friendly, kind, cheerful, thrifty,
pure, punctual and observant. There are
"tenderfoot" tests, second class and
first class tests leading to merit badges
nnd offices ranging from captaincy to
patrol leadership,
In nddltlon to this there are uniforms
and an official badge bearing the In
scription, "Ich Dlen" "I serve."
The headquarters of the organization Is
In tho Young Women's Union Bulldlngj,
Eth and Balnbrldge streets. The general
assembly hall of the William Penn High
School has been secured for all general
meetings of the scouts and lectures on
scout work have been arranged for the
coming year.
CITY'S HEALTH CENTRES
AID IV10THERS AND BABIES
Social Workers nnd Physicians Teach
Disease Preventives.
The value of Philadelphia's Health Cen
tres for the care of tho sick Is shown In a
bulletin Issued by the Babies' Welfare As
sociation. Health centres, it Is pointed
out, form tho most formidable weapon
for combating tho evils of densely popu
lated sections,
The Health Centre established at Uth
and Carpenter streets last July has done
much to stamp out disease and Improve
the hygienic conditions of the neighbor
hood, says the bulletin.
Duties of social workers connected with
the centre are primarily educational
teaching mothers the proper way to clean
their homes, ventilate living rooms and
carry out physicians' orders.
Physicians connected with the centre
are required to record the physical and
laboratory examinations they maker and
tell expectant mothers how to take care
of themselves In order to remain well and
suggest the necessary steps to Insure the
Intuitu of their babies.
"Of 283 babies registered at the centre
during the period from June 15 to October
15, inclusive," says the report, "but five
hae died. Threo of these lived far out
of the district of the health centre and
were not brought to It before their final
Illness."
BISHOP PRAISES SUNDAY
Says Every M. E. Church In City
Will Aid Evangelist.
" 'Billy' Sunday Is the Instrument
sounding the voice of God In Philadel
phia. He is Paul and Isaiah combined.
Every Methodist Episcopal Church in the
city will support him in his work here."
With these words Bishop Joseph E.
Barry, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
opened his address today at the meet
ing of Methodist ministers of Philadel
phia and Camden, In Wesley Hall, 1013
Arch street.
For more than an hour Bishop Barry
analyzed and eulogized the work of Mr.
Sunday, declaring he was confident that
the success which has attended the evan
gelist's campaigns in other cities would
be eclipsed by the triumph to be achieved
In Philadelphia.
Asks $500,000 for Projectile Plant
WASHINGTON, Dec. H.-Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, at a meeting of the
House Naval Committee today, urged the
appropriation of 1500,000 for the estab
lishment of a Gdvernment projectile plant.
Silverware
For Christmas
You will be surprised to
beautiful articles of sterling silver that can be had at moderate
prices. Our silverware is of the heavy, substantial kind that is
made for service. The engraving, which adds so much to the
appearance of silverware, is executed in our own shop -vvith
greatest care and attention. -
Suggestions in Gifts of Sterling Silver
For Women
Hair Brushes $25Q to $12.00
Combs 1.00" 5.25
MJrrqy ,,, ,.,, 5.2a "
Toilet.Set 14.00"
Manc,ure Sets ,.....,.,, 4.50 "
Mesh Bags ., ,,.. 14.00 "
Vanity Cases ,. 4,50 "
Powder Bxes 3.00"
Jewel Boxes 1.50 -
Bouquet Holders 1.0Q '
Napkin 'Rings 1.00"
Picture Fram , 1.00"
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COURT OF HONOR TO LIGHT
NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION
i-ii i i
It Will Be Illuminated Every Night
In Christmas Week.
The Court of Honor erected on Broad
street for the convention of tho Ameri
can Federation of Labor wilt be utilized
as a feature In ushering In the new year.
It will be brilliantly lllumlnttcd every
night from Christmas Eve until midnight
January 1. Chairman John Balzley, of
tho Bpeclal committee committee of Coun
cils In chnrgo of the New Year's cele
bration, mado this announcement today.
Three parade permits for New Year's
clubs were issued today, making a total
of 01 permits Issued. Last year 87 per
mits were Issued, nlthougli only 13 of the
clubs took part In tho New Year's pa-rteant,
At a meetlnz of the committeemen nf
Councils and representatives of tho mum
mers' organizations, to be held early next
week, the positions of the various clubs
In the line will be determined.
DECISION FAVORS ALIENS
Non-resldent3 of V. 3. Admitted to
Benefits of Liability Law.
Non-resident aliens may rccelvo bene
flto under the Federal employers' liability
act, according to decisions of tho Su
premo Court In Washington today In n
case appealed from the Federal Courta
of Pennsylvania, which held that such
aliens could not receive these benefits.
The case was that of Peter McGovern,
a section hand of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway, killed In an accident
In this city. Next of kin who claimed
benefits under the not were his father
and mother. Palrlck and Bridget Mc
Govern. residents of Ireland. Tho Mc
Governs claimed such a construction ot
tho law conflicted with tho provisions of
treaties between the United States and
Grcnt Britain,
Justice Holmes, reading the opinion ot
the court, ruled that tho lower court
had erred In its decision ngalnst the
McGoverns nnd the case must be retried.
SCRAMBLE FOR AN OFFICE
Many Seek Appointment of Secretary
of State for Delaware.
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. H. - Dr.
George W. Marshall, of Mllford. a nmml.
nent Republican and a personal friend
of Governor Miller, Is the latest candi
date for Secretary of State, and has the
backing of a largo number of Kent
County men.
Charles S. Richards, of Sussex County,
nlso has many Indorsements from Kent
and Sussex, his partisans holding they
should have the placo because a large
number of offices have gone to the upper
county of New Castle.
The Republican Organization Is declared
to be backing II. H. Blllany, a former
City Auditor ot this city, while Thomas
W. Miller, tho present Secretary of State,
who has been elected to Congress, Is
believed to favor the selection of ex
Congressman William H. Hcald, his per
sonal friend, who was largely responsible
for nominating him for Congress.
It Is not likely tho Governor will an
nounce an appointment until the Legis
lature meets.
JAMES P. BEELET LEPT 3107,104
Estate Bequeathed to Relatives Who
Get $01,000.
The estate of James F. Berlet', who died
In September, 1913, amounted to 1103,104.31.
according to the final account filed today
by Margaret C. Berlet, administratrix,
for adjudication by the Orphans' Court.
Disbursement made by the administra
trix in settling affairs of the estate
amounted to 317,103.10, leaving a balance
of f31.000.SJ for distribution among rela
tives of the deceased.
Among the Investments Included In this
balance are 101 shares of Philadelphia
Traction Company, appraised at t$t:i; 103
shares of Cambria Steel, 33010; 175 shares
United Gas Improvement Company,
(181,700; 211 shares Union Traction Com
pany, 3H.3M, and mortgages appraised at
319.M0.
Time Extended on War Tax Penalties
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. The Senate to
day adopted Senator Pomerene's bill sus
pending the penalties for failure to make
returns on the war tax to the Internal
revenue collectors throughout the country
until January 1. These returns were le
gally duo December 1, but the supply of
stamps was Inadequate at that time and
a suspension was deemed necessary.
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M2B Walnut St.
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discover the wide variety of artistic and
For Men
Military Brushes
1-lr.M, Rnuh..
Cloth Brushes
19.00
100.00
50.00
48.00
32,00
11.00
58.00
3J0O
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45.00
Hat Brushe .,
Cigarette Cases
Match Boxes ..
CJear Lighter
Eyeglass Cases ......... 4,
Flasks
Clear Cutters '.,,.,,,.., 1
Cork Screws 1
Desk ArtUles ,.,,
ypu have a copy of our nw eataloeue.
WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
TWICE WITHIN TWO DAYS
Slashes Throat With Razor After Oag
Had Failed Her,
A woman who tried to end her life by
Inhaling Illuminating gas Saturday morn
ing and was discovered In time made
another attempt today by slashing her
throat so seriously with a razor physi
cians at Mount Slnal Hospital ea she
will probably die. A letter written b
the woman says she intended to end her
life becauso she feared friends were go
ing to kill her nnd take away her hus
band. Tho woman Is Mrs. Sarah Palonsky, t&i
Reed street. She has three children and
lifts been married eight years. The po
lice believe her mind has been affected
ror some time.
The letter, written in Yiddish, Is In part
as follows:
"You ore riding around in automobiles
with other women. You don't want me
any mora. I have killed myself to keep
you from killing me. I am afraid."
Palonsky Is at his wife's bedside at the
hospital today. He told physicians rela
tives have been trying to get him to
leave her, but he never had any inten
tion of doing It, and pleaded with them to
save her life.
Mrs. PutoiiBky was found unconscious
In her room on Saturday with the gas
turned on. Her husband, who discovered
her, notified the police and she was taken
to Mount Slnal Hospital.
Sunday morning she was discharged
from the hospital and had a hearing be-
foro Magistrate MaoFnrland In tho 2d
and Christian streets station. Her hus
band Insisted that tho case was acci
dental and asked that his wife be dis
charged. Magistrate MacFarland finally decided
to release her and she went home with
her husband. All day yesterday she read
and reread many times the newspaper
accounts of her exporlenoe.
Shortly beforo 8 o'clock this morning
tho husband became suspicious when his
wife remained In her room some time
after he had called her. He went to
Investigate nnd found her lying on the
floor with her throat cut. A razor was
In her hand.
NAVY YARD TO BE GREAT
SHIPBUILDING CENTRE
Officials Enthusiastic Over Secretary
Daniels' Plans.
Navy Yard officials were enthusiasms
today over the news from Washington
that Secretary Daniels had declared It
was his settled policy to make tho Phil
adelphia Navy Yard tho Important plaoe
It should be In Government affairs. The
officials look to the establishment Of the
Philadelphia yard as ono of the greatest
Government shipbuilding centres of the
country.
Secretary Daniels will recommend to
the next Congress an appropriation of
3500,000 to enlarge the building slip and
otherwise fit the plant for shipbuilding
on a large scale. The Frankord Ar
senal Is expected to bo provided for by
an appropriation and will be required to
supply the State militia with equipment
and ammunition. The purchase of ad
ditional land will be necessary in order
to Increase the capacity of the plant.
The marine depot here will In all prob
ability receive a large appropriation.
Commandant Barnett has asked for one,
declaring that marine supplies can be
mado more economically In Philadelphia
than elsewhere.
KENSINGTON MTXIi DESTROYED
Plre Sweeps Through Building at
Moscher Street and Lehigh Avenue.
Spontaneous combustion Is believed to
have caused a fire that swept the build
ing at Mascher street and Lehigh ave
nue, occuplel bythe Unit goods plant of
Elsllng Brothers and the firm of John
W. Gottschalk. tinsel thread manufac
turers. The loss of the Elstllng firm
alone is 33,000.
The fire was discovered yesterday af
ternoon. Tho high winds that visited
the -city swept tho flames through the
building, which bunted like kindling
wood.
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Holiday Gifts.
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