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MOVIE SCKWAKIUS KINDS
LIFE IN MANIACAL FIT
"John Bradlett, His Imagi
nfinn "Fired bv Phantom
Crimes, Hangs Himself
in Expiation of Supposed
"Acts."
The story of a suicidal mania Induced
r constant writing of "thriller" sce
narios for motion pictures has been dis
posed by friends of John Bradlett, the
man who hanged himself early last Sun
day at the Windsor tiotet, niter writing
t, series of letters telling or a long life
fof crime. Today, tno friends, led by F.
p. Bloomflcld, of tho Pittsburgh Thcatro
Supply Company, cnacu tneir investiga
tion and announced that the dead man
tab John Bradlett, for seven years man-
Iter of the Moving Tleturo World, ono
f the largest trado publications In tho
; country, and was well known ns tho au
thor of many popular "blood and thun
der" scenarios.
f Bradlett, tho friends say, never com-
jnltted a crime In his llfo. Ho had taken
lis plots of his stories and lived them,
'4 -..Mn1r1 hallnvna. MlrniT with nthnt
P'nild tales relating to his past life, which
fI . n It ,-Mr In ..-I..... u.1
lnCluuCu mrcu iciuiw in j,. ibuii hum cum-
f pUclty In many swindles, ns described In
the notes rouna in tno notci room, urnd
Jett had evidently thought of tho oniclnl
bunging of a murderer, for In ono of
the letters ho referred to his suicide ns
'the execution."
Bradlett will bo burled tomorrow after
noon. Services will bo conducted by tho
VReV. Zcrt li. uopp, at tno uoi.oci.suiK
? fresbytcrlati Church, Franklin street and
e . kin ot.nmiin Tlnpln" Pnnn It, nnn1
I, )lUlilUlt tl.WIUVI nUW.wn VU.,. ,n ..U...V.
f i (9 "the director of tho sulcldo clinic,"
' -jrhlch he operated last winter for per
il tons contemplating suicide. Doctor Copp
I endeavored to persuade them from end
P jng their lives and to direct their con
I temptations Into other channels.
$ Bradlett, his friends estimate, had
P. written thrco scenarios a week for tho
fr east seven years. This was high speed
itork, and most or tno plots were sen
sational. It Js this, his friends believe,
' that unbalanced his mind. Until two
years ago ho managed tho Moving Plc-s-'ture
World, while ho continued to wrlto
jcenarios as fast as no couia run a ij-pe-
vvrlter. Ills scenarios wero nigmy suc-
'I cesstui.
Jjrauieiis Buiuuie, mai ijuiiuii, mm
characteristic. Before he climbed to tho
radiator from which ho Jumped Bradlett
iuled his feet tightly, and, after adjusting
the rope about nis nccK, no Dounci ins
hands. Both restraints wero unnecessary,
the police say, but added to tho horror of
the scene that confronted those who
l troko Into his room.
1,1. FT II ANT NOTES.
Bradlett left copious notes anil Instruc
tions. Tho ropo was to bo left about
his neck and no ono was to remove the
bonds from his feet. Ho had picked out
I the grave In potter's field bo desired to
be burled In. This was "Lot HIV Per-
t
li' . . .,, .1 - ,-. T..l- I-..1
- naps a uisiuriiuu ul uiuui uuiu a hcuu
story qf tno reincarnated mummy.
All tho, notca wore so dramatic, and
the crimes ho "confessed" to wero of
luch an amazing character, that the
s police were vexed for falling to account
for the ptcsenco of so noted a criminal
In tho city without .their knowledge.
Bradlett, his notes said, had been
whipped at the Wilmington workhouse
post: ho had spent a term in a Now
York prison and another In Indiana.
Three times ho had been Implicated in
swindles, and his "aliases" wero many.
Ho wrote tho llfo story of a criminal,
hounded and striving for reform, but
",; always succumbing to evil influences.
ine notes, howover, wero all tno prod
uct of a feverish imagination. Bradlett
has been known to Bloomficld and other
W friends ever since his arrival In this
country from Switzerland. Ho had never
been in prison, they said; ho had no
auiases aim nnu commuted no Bwmu.es.
f According tr his nntns. Bradlett was
:!born In New York in 18C5, whereas ho
U was really born In Switzerland In 1853.
tThe villain Bradlett began his career in
pan Immigrant's hotel in New York, whero
tj. no nan commuted roDDcnes ana aiuca in
K swindling tho hotel manager. But tno
If real Bradlett was In Chicago, getting
f-hls start in a theatre. Shoplifting was
S5R,-I- , ...
it.-uu"., accoraing to ino notes.
iH After that- ho Rtnln tvrwiwritflrs find
ain went to JauT Tho villain Bradlett
always went to tall, thn lettprs said: and
L Always, after serving his term, was faced
jjyUh detectives, who dragged him down
feapaln by telling employers of his record.
W Bradlett, of the Moving Picture World,
6never spent a day In Jail, his friends say.
U VJUXlAl JSU UUIJUINAU.
Thfl MTtflnrlo nt th I'mnitla." aitn.TT,Ar1
iMlalnly through all tho letters found In
t-Bradlett's room. Ho told it having been
j, partner to a fraudulent mining-scheme,
t, " termination to face tho music
tq save a woman's name," tho letters
? Mid.
P When Blnnmflnll Innm. thn, V.A TIr.a-
m ett Who hflnrrprl hltnnolf urn a tila nrmftr.
frlend, lie began an Investigation to see
uw iar jiraaiett's mind had wandered.
took all week, and today Bloomfleld
.luuunced tnat Bradlett was not known
t any of tho prisons ho alluded to. Thq
fith-- Bn,AI . n. n
iVi "'ii were aisprovea oy
, -aloomfleld's knowledirs of his friend's
Rwavements.
ri a subscription to keep Bradlett's body
I- Si' lnB otter's Field was taken up.
tT ".. ,unefa will be held on Sunday,
b. . "- " m..v tu HMD 11UU IIU lUIUblVCS
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
Vessels Arriving Today
-ni.fn..i;ri1:''. "?x"rf,...r in
J'fevfc 2?"ejy- Clyde. Norfolk, roerchandlte,
i.,-3rt tjteamthip Company.
Steamships to Arrive
isrjomirr:. rom. Sailed,
Fwauolon .r.iirvi Mr a
i0w FHEiailT.
l,tiKi" wopennagen ...Jan. 10
teia.S"w ,,,.,., ...Algiers Jan. vu
iiniCUQ .....Napltal Feb. 4
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.notterdam Feb. 14
ionini. a,, Aeua Amarga...Feti, 18
&i? ."..'.Iluelva ... '....Feb. 1?
Atair. iu.cu.ta ,teu. zj
, DhLY80 Hllo .Feb. i
' rom.i, ,,,Chrlstlanla , ,,..JIar. 3
sKSS " ,,,,... Hotterdam .....Mar. 4
rrIS? ,...,,, '...Algler Mar. 6
ChSf,1 ..!-.. I.liuelva Mar. S
ifflih1;1. M-el-aeUen... Hartlepool .....'ar. 5
"ancWer Shipper,. ..Manchester ....Mar. II
IftM ,..,,,... Shield Mar. O
oEiS?.' ,,,,.. .Burnt Island,., Mar. 0
BJ"1 Grange....;',',,,(Ull.oa ,,,.,. ..Mar. 7
BcTwn 'iif:-tI..i...J-sbon , ,,Jiar, a
,vn-?i -... ,..t,.. .Hotterdam",, ..Mar. 11
aSlll"s.n. .,..,."";..lialboa .,.,,,,,.Mar, 10
(.Juchendal. ..".'."I.Sanllago ...... .Mar. 12
Win-i., 1" ...Sandeflord ,.,..Mar. IS
ftteeu'uaa ..,',. .Methel '...Mar. 13
-a, -. -.Miaer, , , .aiaui.-ue.er , ,,. -
PCiEJ, ..".Shield ........Mar. 13
hstaford . . Vln.nfii.irn. Mar. 11
"ffl? , "........ HaTa5a.:.V..Mar: 16
Blj1 .- ...........Calbarlen Mar. IS
&lSlylt J... Rotterdam Mar. lg
linfSl?'a ....Bermuda Mar. 16
! Port Antonio... Mar. IT
Steamships to Leave
PASSENGER.
For. Dt,-M
Liverpool Mar. 3T
FREIGHT.
'ape.
n Point ,. ..London Mar. 27
".western Miller. . ..London war. ey
w useirjilnA ....t.eun Mir. o
CHILDnEN FIGHT FIRE
Boy and Girl Show Remarkable Pres
ence or Mind.
v,n chl,aren' i Blrl 7 years old and a
? Li") "d t?(,ay.' aM wcro found hard
5L - tk ihrTlns uue'ets f water on a
them at their home, 1319 South 6th Mreet.
J'1? J'ouns flrenshtcrs aro Ito,e sho o
and her brother. Thlllp, who were
thlrt'."10 ""!"" W 'om ?1
Hn M"1 ,n,hy nnmeS Wl"ch M
hall. alnvay and through tho
Jiru iv"11 W're ound ftt thelr herole
n?m.,E ,rh..mas. .Carson nnJ Thomas
Dlmperle, both of 710 Enrp street, who
rushed Into the fill, street house h
they saw smoke pouring from tho third
floor windows. When they reached tho
.. r th"y found Itose and her
brother busy quenching tho fire without
laving gone to tho trouble or arousing
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hymnn
bhore, who were asleep and unaware of
the danger. Carson and Dlmperlo finished
the work begun by tho children, and
when tho firemen arrived there was little
J3M t0 ' Tl' damnB0 wns "'""it
'BLACK BILLY SUNDAY'
TO GET REVIVAL TENT,
IF NOT TABERNACLE
Will Start Campaign for
Funds to Give Shelter to
10,000 Worshippers Un
less Assured Request
Will Be Granted.
A campaign for fundB to purchase a
tent large enough to hold 10,000 persons
will ho started todny by tho ltcv. 'Alexan
der AVIltbnnks-"Hlack Ullly Sundny"
unlcs definite nssurnncc Is given that thn
Sunday tabcrunclo will bo turned over to
tho evungellst for a negro revival at the
conclusion of the Sunday campaign to
monow night.
A committee headed by Wlltbanks nnd
the Hov. Sylvester li. Con others, pastor
of Vnrlclc Tctnplo African .Methodist Hpls
copal Church, at 19th and Cnthnrlno
streets, will reck a conference today with
John AVnnnmnkcr and ask him to use his
Influence to get the tabernacle for the
revival.
VaTlck Temple, whero Wlltbanks has
boon preaching every night for a week,
Is not lnrgc enough to nccommodato thoso
who will como to hear him after Sunday
leaves Philadelphia. Moro than 1700 per
sons attended tho services Inst night In
spite of tho rain, filling tho cdlllce to
capacity.
The sermon last night was ono of tho
big negro revivalist's best. It wns enti
tled "The Ten Lepers," As usual, ho took
his own time swinging Into tho1 rapid-fire,
hnlf-chantcd utterance that has made him
the favorite evangelist of his rnce.
GRAPHIC TALE OP LEPERS.
Tho revivalist again brought Into play
his deep knowledge of negro crowd psy
chology. Owing to the presence of mnny
whito persons, tho Negroes wcro some
what 111 at enso at first. They seemed
t feel that their white visitors came to
bo amused, and they resented it. Wilt
bank held himself In reservo until by
quaint yarns of tho Southland ho bad
overcome this feeling. When ho raw
that his people had forgotten the pres
enco of visitors, ho suddenly got clown to
tho real work of his rovlval.
The picture ho drew of tho lepers, out
casts from society, sitting half starved
by tho roadside, waiting for Christ to
como and heal them, his description of
their conversation, soon began to havo Its
clfcct on his audience. As the droning,
penetrating voice speeded up. the revival
ist, trotting back and forth across tho
platform, also began to hasten his steps.
One by one and then In little groups his
pcoplo camo under Willbnnks' sway. They
began to roek gently back and forth In
their scats, hands that had been folded
quietly began to wave about and overy
moment tho ejaculations of "Hallelujnh!"
Increased,
Women sobbed when tho revivalist went
through the motions of tho head of a
family notified by an officer of tho law
that ho had tho leprosy. Tho big mnn
danced backward across tho platform, his
hands over his head, Imploring his Imagi
nary children not to touch hint. Ho did
tho talking for everybody, tho wife and
the children and tho leper.
Suddenly ho turned on tho nudlence.
"You nil got the leprosy," ho cried, "tho
gambling leprosy, tho ballroom leprosy,
tho gin and whisky leprosy."
MEN AND WOMEN SWOON.
They leaned forward In their benches
and gasped while ho towered over tho
pulpit and thrust his big list out In their
faces. Somewhere In tho back of tho
church a woman screnmed. Tho preacher
resumed his trot back and forth over
tho platform, resumed his throaty, dron
ing tale of tho ten lepers. Thus, grad
ually, with many digressions to hit at
tho whisky traffic and other evils, ho
worked up to his climax.
There was tho usual number of faint
Ings and near falntlngs. Men and wom
en leaned back ns on previous nights
over tho benches and shrieked. Tho re
vivalist ran down through the aisles.
Ho stood on benches. He Jumped Into
tho air and waved his arms wildly.
After a throng of trail hitters had
greeted him, tears streaming down their
cheeks, the revivalist explained to news
paper men that nobody takes a Negro
seriously If ho walks up tho trail calmly.
IIo declared that In old camp meeting
days a Negro who was not dancing nnd
singing as ho professed religion was sent
back to his bench. Tho revivalists refused
to accept them.
Philadclphiana Married at Elkton
ELKTON. Md March M. The morning
trains to Elkton landed eight couples In
town, today, who applied for marriage
licenses. Truman S. Schmehl and Anna
L. Kelser, of Kurtitown. Pa., brought
their preacher with them, the Rev. George
W. Dawson, of Wilmington, Del. Their
ceremony was performed In the private
olBce of the Clerk of the Court. The
other applicants were: Isaac II, Hoffman
and Dora L. Payne, Laurence J. Conn
and Elizabeth M. James, William J.
Campbell and Josephine D. Venable, and
Bernard G. Berke and Edna It, Scheehan.
oil of Philadelphia; Albert J. McFall and
Frances V. Evans, of Media; Maurice A.
Zlegler and Ruth Webb, of Wayne; Al
fred D. Carnaghy and Ida M, Hoffman,
of Trenton, N. J.
National Hank Receivers Named
WASHINGTON, March 20. William L.
Wilson, of Baltimore, today was named
..pc-elver for the Oerman National Bank of
PlUsbureh. Pa., and W. M. Dudley of
Atnerlcus. Oa., was named receiver for
the Amerlcus National Gank of Amerlcus,
Ga, by Comptroller of the Currency Will
iams. Boy Playing With Matches Fires Barn
NORRISTOWN. Pa.. March 20.-A boy
Dlaylng with matches set fire to the large
barn of Charles Thomas, who owns the
Nurseries at Maple station, on the Ches
?er Valley Railroad, near King of Prus
ill The barn and contents were de
'troyea. Un &, partly Insured.
Rev, W. N, Parker Speaks
The Rev. WJHIam N. Parker spoke
todav on "Dependence Upon God" at tha
noon iSnten service at Old St Paul'.
ITALY ENTERS WAR, 1 TO 5
AGAINST THAT GERMAN BAND
Rippling, Garrulous, Chattering Piano-organ Breaks
Through Long, Strong Line of Battle That Stretched
From 3d and Poplar to 85th and Cobb's Creek.
Italy has entered tho war nnd won ft
victory In tho first battle, staged last
night In the very centre of tho long,
strong German battlo lino which stretched
from 3d and Poplar streets diagonally
across the city to 85th street nnd Cobb's
Creek.
It's a musical battle lino. It Is In
dicated by the route taken once every
H hours by five men with caps of on tin
mlstal.nblo cut and armed to tho teeth
with much dented and battered, but
much loved horns. If wo had a may thoro
would be a series of dots Indicating divers
saloons whero the picking Is pretty good
on "Din Wncht nm llhlnc," nnd further
down tho line stately residences from
which the young people have quarter dol
lars passed out, because the Oermnns do
such queer things to "Tlppernry," nnd
In which tho ciders say "you ought never
have started 1t; they'll expect It overy
night."
It was pretty soft for tho band all
winter. Collections varied from 7 cents
n half hour from appreciative audiences
on Poplar street to tho high point of GO
cents for five minutes outside tho benev
olent old lady's houso nt 17th and Bpruco
sho Is Just denf enough to be sym
pathetic and Just sentimental enough to
associate the Gorman muslclnns with her
German cousin In Munich, who, for alt
REVIVAL HARMS CITY,
PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY
Dr. J. Madison Taylor and Dr.
James Hendrie Lloyd Predict
an Aftermath.
"Billy" Sunday's soul saving cnmpnlgn
In Philadelphia will havo an nftcrm.ith
that will mnko his visitation here one
of senrcely mitigated harm, and tho main
benefit of his vociferous revivals will be
nbout 150,000 to "Billy" Sunday, accord
lug to two of Philadelphia's prominent
psychologists.
Dr. 3. Mndlson Taylor, professor of non
pharmaceutical therapeutics In Temple
University, a man of national reputation,
considers tho evangelist's campaign will
prove of Incalculable evil, and Dr. James
Hendrie Lloyd, 116 South 21st street, wide
ly known ns nn alienist, believes tho re
vivalist has worked upon the omotlonnl
to the ultimate disadvantage generally
of the converts, although he admits some
of tho conversions may "take."
Doctor Taylor said thero was bound to
bo a reaction, nnd that tho pendclum of
easily stirred emotionalism would swing
back nnd mnko conditions worse than be- I
foro tho devil chasing here. I
"The fluctuating emotion of tho mo!
nnd Its vacillating opinion." he said, "Is
a thing easily swayed by tho oxhorter,
but it cannot bo kept loyal to anything,
through tho very weakness with which It
Is 'converted.' I nm convinced that this
campaign of cheap reviling and ballyhoo
Christianity must Inevitably rcnult In n
reaction of harm, and I foreseo a crlmo
wave, tho natural return of tho tide of
emotionalism. 'Billy' Sunday Is many
things, but ho Is no Canute. Tho sea ot
evil-doing has not receded nt his nrm
wnvlng nnd questionable Incantations ot
abuse; It has ebbed only, nnd It In cer
tain to return very likely In a high tide
because ho stirred up tho emotional
storm."
Doctor Taylor's comment carries more
than usual cogency becauso he was a re
vivalist himself, although of considerably
milder sort thnn Sunday, when ho was a
youth, From his experience In evangel
ism and from his scientific attitude In ap
praising the effect of Sunday's methods
on tho crowds, ho Is unequivocally con
demnatory of the "sawdust trail" an a
path to salvation.
4C0 NEW CASES IN MEASLES
EPIDEMIC; 5 CHILDREN DIE
Chickenpox nnd Mumps Also Show
Great Increase.
Measles, chickenpox and mumps In
creased greatly In number of now cases
during the last seven days over the pre
ceding week, nccordlng to tho reports
mnde to the Health Department.
There wero 460 new cases of measles
nnd flvo deaths from that cause reported
from all sections of tho city this week,
151 new cases over tho record of last
week. This week's record for ohlckcn
pox was 339 "new cases; last week. 210;
mumps, 2S8 this week; 266 last week. Tho
Juvenile maladies aro assuming tho pro
portions of n spring epidemic. The only
wards In which new coses of chickenpox
did not develop this week nro tho 9th,
11th ond 35th. Tho Gcrmnntown section,
22d Ward, led In number of now cases of
chickenpox this week. 19 being reported.
There were 589 deaths from nil causes
during tho last seven days, 183 of which
wero duo to transmissible diseases.
Tho list of deaths from all causes this
week follows:
Typhoid fever S Dispaies of stem-
Measles rlach.: -J '
Hcarlot fover 1 Dlarrtta ana cn-
Wphtherla & croup fl terltlM 17
Influenza a uXnpendljltls ana
Mpldemlo diseaao. 5 lphlltl ........ 6
Tuberculosis of tho Hernia. Intestinal
lungs 73 obstruction 3
Tuberculous men- Cirrhosis of lUer. .. 4
Ingltls 0 Acute nepnrltls ana
Forms of tubercu- UrUht'n dleae. . 63
loala 8 Noncancerous tu-
Cancer and mallg- mors ............ 2
rant tumora S( Puerperal septlrae-
Simple meningitis.. 2 mla 3
Apoplexy and soft- Accidents of pre;.
enlng of brain... K nancy ........... S
Orennlo dlreases of Congenital debility
the heart f)2 & malformations. 30
Acute bronchitis .. g Old ago J
Chronic bronchltla.. 2 Violent deaths 2B
Pneumonia nil Sulcldoo fl
Ilronchopneumonla. 27 All other diseases. 73
IMMasea of th res-
plratory system.. 0 Totsl oso
MAN ESSENTIALLY GOOD
Lenten Preacher Says Trade Is Con
ducted on That Basis.
"Newspapers deal with the abnormal
rather than with the normal. Tho hum
drum life of the masses Is unnoticed,
but tho rare murder or scandal covers
column after column. It leaves us with
a Benso of human wickedness almost
overwhelming."
This statement was made today by the
nev, W. Arthur Warper In the course of
an addreBS on "Ha Camo to Himself
at the Lenten noonday services In Christ
Church, The speaker also held that "or
thodox religion speaks too often of man
In terms of contempt," and declared the
human race is better than much of Its
theology, because the workings of tirade
and business Bhow that man goes along
with his neighbor on the assumption that
man Is essentially good.
"The Gospel Is the most daring of all
optimisms.' ho said, "To address Its ap
peal to those essentially bad would be
absurd. Jesus came 'to seek' and 'to
save" and because men vere worth sav
ing." Boy' Run Oyer By Wagon, Dies
Joseph Sheridan. 11 years old, 2235 Whar
ton street, died at tho Jefferson Hospital
this morning after lingering since Sat
urday with a fractured skull and Internal
Injuries. The lad was run over by a
wagon at 15th and Locust streets and
never recovered consciousness.
sho knows, may be hungry In these bad
war times.
The receipts fall off again ns the line
zigzags off to tho saloons on tho wny
to the Neck.
Well, these airs of spring, thnt strange,
pcrhaps-hnlf-lmnRlncd fragrance, hnve
begun to fill the benches In tho square,
nnd t'ne children find It warm enough to
como out nt night to skip and scamper
about In much wider play than that of
tho others who ore thero by day, and
dance right In tho line of fire of tho inu
slcal Germans. And nil the nations como
becauso all nntlons lovo the spring and
aro lovers, and, to como to the point be
foro we forget It. something more seemed
nedcd Inst night t'nnn tho German band,
eomcthlng not solemnly nnhnrmonlous,
but preferably lllppnntty unmrJodtotis.
And thnt ncd wns supplied.
A piano organ, straight from 8th nnd
Fltzwnter, and first of the senson, sent
a cntnrnct of Jubilant and chntterlng inn.
sic right nrross the path of "The Last
Hoso of Summer." ns rendered by linns,
Fritz, .lohnnn, Karl and llelnrleh
Johnnn piled the trombone wll'n vicious
thrusts and puffs, but "Flnlcull, Finlcula"
snnppcd Its melodious fingers nt him
from across the street nnd n ring of
rngged little folk ilnnced to tho dlppllng
Italian tinkling, full of the warm South
ns ICeats' booker.
It wns a battle of one to five, but tho
one man nt tho piano organ's handle soon
drove tho flvo bandsmen from tho Held.
TEACHERS DISCUSS
"PART-TIME" EVIL
Doctor Wheeler Outlines Plan
to Provide Greater Educa
tional Facilities.
Plans to provldo more adequate edu
cational facilities to children residing In
tho congested sections of tho city, whero
tho "part-time" evil exists, wcro outlined
today before many high school tenchers
by Dr. George Wheeler, assoclato super
intendent of schools. Tho occasion wns
the nnnu.il conference of members of tho
high school fncultlcs, held In tho Wllllnm
Pcnn High School, 15th nnd Wallace
streets, which opened nt 10 o'clock.
Doctor Wheeler proposed n plan for
tho reorganization of the grading system
In tho schools by which two years would
bo deducted from tho elementary division
nnd two years added to tho high school
course. Quoting statistics to show how
well the plan hns opcrntcd In other cities,
Doctor Wheeler snld that. In addition
to solving Important pedagogical prob
lems, It would mean an annual saving ot
mnny thousands ot dollars to the Hoard
of .education. The latter has had the
plan under consideration for more thnn
it yenr, but has not yet approved or re
jected it.
Tho Federal Bureau of Education, how
ever, hns openly Indorsed It. while It has
obtained tho fnvor.iblo comment of re
search workers In pedagogy In the prin
cipal .mcilcan universities.
Charles W. Mcndowcroft, professor of
economics In tho Frnnkford annex of the
Central High School, urged tho study ot
newspapers In tho economics classroom.
IIo stated that tho reading of nccumte
accounts of developments In tho Industrial
and political world was far moro effective
for Instinctive purposes than tho study
of dry theory expounded In text books.
Ho ulso advocated trips to Industrial
plants as a regular feature of economic
courses.
When the conference was opened the
teachers divided themselves Into 12 dif
ferent groups, nccordlng to tho subjects
In which they specialize. While means of
teaching music wcro under discussion In
ono room In tho adjoining chamber a
group of mon nnd women scientists were
consId"ilng Improvements desirable In tho
teaching of chemistry. There were nt
least a hundred speakers on topics of
wide diversity.
The program Included a luncheon nt
noon In tho room whero a thousand girl
students of tho Wllllnm Ponn High School
are dnlly served with healthful 10-cent
meals. Tho speakers at the luncheon
wero ex-Judgo Dlmnor Beeber, Dr. Wil
liam C. Jarobs, superintendent of public
schools, nnd Dr. David Snedden, Massa
chusetts Commissioner of Kducatlon. Mr.
Beeber spoke on behalf of the Board of
Kducatlon.
ELECT YALE CREW CAPTAIN
Dillon Sturtevnnt, of Washington,
D. C, Succeeds Denegre.
NEW IIAYI.N, Conn., March 20. Albert til
Ion Sturtevant, of Washington, D. C. was
elected captain of tho Yalo crew yesterday
nfternoon. and Immediately took charge of all
crew matters. IIo uucceeds Thomas II, Do
negre. of New Orleans, whom tho doctors for
bid towing because of his health.
Tho election of Kturteunt, while n surprise,
meets with approval. It woa not believed that
a Sheff mnn could be elected nt this time, its
thero wcro two Shelf men who were candi
dates. 'hitney Is Squash Tennis Leader
XRW YORK. March 20. Qeorge Whltnev,
the Individual champion o( 11111, was clectej
president of ths
nuuonai nnuasn icnnis abso.
nnuAt meetlnir. nucceeitlnc n.
tamnnd XnyeK, who declined renomlnullon.
Charles M. Hull, Jr., of the Crescent Athletic
uiuu, was eieciea Mce president; at. I,. Cor
nell, tecretnry. and W. u. Chamberlain, of tho
Princeton Club, treasurer Sir. Whitney an
nounced that the national ranking of players
would b Issued In April next, Instead of wait
In until late In the winter, as was ths rase
last year. Tho Yale Club was admUted to
membership.
Nat Pendleton Injured
Captain Nat Pendleton, of tha Columbia
wreitllng team, wns ordered yesterday at
New York to retire for tho season by Dr
(leorco MryUn. bead of the department of
physical education. An X-ray examination
of Pendleton's Injured right shoulder reralel
secral torn Ilk-amenta, a dislocation would
ha almost certain even under a slight strain.
Doctor Meylan said. Pendleton was entered
In tho wrestling try-outs to ba held at the
Garden today.
Compulsory Athletics for Soldiers
Compulsory athletics Is tho theme of gen
eral orders Just Issued by Colonel John H.
Foote. of the 14th lloglment. New York city,
with the object of having the men of the
regiment become moro proficient and physically
nt for field service, Tha llrst trial lot tha
new plan will be on March 27. whin tho
regimen: Is ordered to assembla fori wall
scaling, manual of armi and a four-mile
hike.
Shugrue's Eyesight Improved
Joe Shugrue, ths lightweight boier returned
to his home In Jersey City yesterday after
being In a aantlarlum for the last two week's
undergoing arrestment for his eyes, Shugrue's
eyes are In such good condition that he does
not Think an operation will be necessary. His
right ee Is still weak, having been strained
when he recel.ed a blow from Johnny Griffith.
There Is a tiny cataract on the left eye. but
It Is not serious enough to necessitate an
operation.
White and Cross Matched
Articles were signed, forfeits posted for
weight and appearance and the refersa decided
on lor a match between Charley White and
Leach Crosa yesterday afternoon In New York.
The men will meet at Madison Square Garden
next Thursday. March 'J and have agreed
to make 13a pounds at 2 o'clock the day of
the contest.
Fordham Tossera Out Today
The Fordham baseball candidate will have
their last general practice today before Coach
Warner forma a third aouad from tho two
present teams.
Columbian"! to Row Today
Unlets It blows a hurricane or a billiard
rues across tho Hudson, the Columbia varsity
ad freshman crews will have their first work
on real water today.
"BILLY" SUNDAY VULlOltTED
WITH JUB OAWAION 1IEHE
"Billv" Sunday, bcltiro leaving tor
the tabernacle this afternoon, ex
pressed himself as delighted with
the Philadelphia campaign.
"1 have had the greatest time of
mv life here," he said. "I don't
know of any city where I have en
joyed working more. Philadelphia
certainly Is one of the greatest
cities In the icorM. Every feature
and phase In the campaign has been,
pleasant. There has not been a sin
gle flaw.
"Words fall me when It comes to
expressing my gratitude to tha peo
ple of Philadelphia. I was specially
Impressed by the large attendance In
the tabernacle. I was deeply Im
pressed by the spirit of liberality and
charity which Phlladclphlans have
shown. Believe me, this hns been
the greatest time of my life, and 1
never expect to live to sec another
like It.
"Another Important feature of the
Philadelphia campaign has been tho
loyal support I havo received from
the local newspapers and newspaper
men."
RECORD THRONGS IN
RUSH TO HEAR SUNDAY
Continued from Tnge One
ten In they will answer. 'Yes ' And It
ou turn to Job II, 9 you will find theso
words: 'Curso Ood nnd die'
JOB A PEnFKCT MAN.
"Job Is a great Illustration of tho fact
thnt a man can be rich and yet bo good
not only rich, but possessed of great
riches. It Is an Illustration of the fact
thnt Clod can look upon a rich man nnd
say good things. Mar.. God's testimony
nbout Job 'Behold the porfect mnn.' It
Is nn Illustration ot the fact that a man
may be good, yet sorely tempted. Tempta
tion Is not sin It Is yielding to temptation
that Is sin. Temptation Is tlio devil look
ing in tho key-hole yielding Is opening
tho door nnd bidding him to enter. Job
Is nn Illustration of n mnn burdened with
great trials nnd yet emerging with great
lctory. Notice what he said when his
children wcro dend, his camels slain nnd
all his property gone 'Though IIo slay
mo, yet will I trust Him.'
"If I had tlmo I would spenk of two
classes. Tho first ono says, 'Oood-by,
Ood' for a seoon, but because of His ln
flnlto mercy he later returns. The other
ono says 'Oood-by, Ood,' and forever
closes tho door of hope. Some of you
have been saying It, and ono of these
days Ood Is going to tnko you nt your
w ord.
"Look at Lot. If ever a man had nn
opportunity to Bo great good, It was Lot.
Ho had tho right ancestry, the right en
vironment, tho right Influence, fellow
ship. "When you find a man growing world
ly, forgetting his Bible nnd forsaking
tho church, ho Is pitching his tent toward
Sodom.
"Look nt Jacob. Ho deceived his
father; enmo stealing In nnd snld, 'I nm
Ksnlt.' But ho paid the pennlty. See
how his own sons deceived "him about
Joseph. He deceived Esau he deceived
I.nbnn nnd Lnbnn deceived him. for he
substituted Leah for Itachel. He tried
to decelvo Ood with tho streaked cattle
ho was a party to the deception his
wife practiced on his fnther. Wo learn
that ono sin follows nnot.ier. Grace
comes to us with linked hands so do
sins. Every grace Is a link In the chain
Hint hinds us to God every sin Is a
link In tho chain thnt binds us to hell.
"Jacob parted company with Ood nt
Bethel. Ho snld, 'If God will. 1 will.'
God would, but ho wouldn't. When you
wero sick you snld 'I will'; when your
wlfo or your child died you said 'I will.'
When you cntorcd tho church you said
'I will.' I am looking today Into tho
fncos of thoso who havo broken their
vows to God. But you have paid for
overy vow thnt you hnvo broken, Man
never sins without paying for It.
"Ono thing more. Did these men re
turn to God? Not sure nbout Lot. Jacob
camo back; became the priest of. Israel.
If you havo parted company with tho
pence nnd the experience you onco "had,
como bnck to God."
FOUR SERMONS TOMORROW.
Tomorrow, when for tho last tlmo tho
strains of "Brighten tho Corner Whero
You Are" nnd "If Your Heart Keeps
Right" will rouso the thousands In tho
tabornncle. "Billy" plans to preach four
times. Even with four services, It Is an
ticipated, that many thousands will bo
unable to hear him.
Sunday plans to repeat 'nls first sermon
tomorrow, which he will deliver at 9:30
o'clock In tho morning, before a second
nudlence of "men only." Following this,
ho expects to preach to a "women-only"
audience, and In the evening to "men
only."
Tho subjects of tho sermons nro In
definite, but ' Billy" expects to preach
on "Look to Yourselves That We Lose
Not Those Things Which Wo Have
Wrought, But That We Receive a Full
Reward" In the forenoon, nnd In the aft
ernoon nnd evening, he will spenk on tho
topic, "And He Said Tomorrow."
BATTLE IN CELLARS UNDER
BED OF BELOIAN RIVER
Subterrnnean Passages of Ancient
Monastery Scene of Conflict.
LONDON, March 20. Tho Chronlclo
publishes the following from northern
Franco:
"At this very moment some companies
of Belgians are engaged with tho Oer
mnns In circumstances that would have
appealed to the genius of Edgar Allan
Poe. Just In front of Ramscapello Is an
ancient Premonstratenslan monastery,
tho walls of which have been battered
to pieces, but whose cellars and under
ground passages form tho background of
a perilous yet plcturesnuo struggle.
"The vust cellnrs pass underneath tho
beds of two affluents of tho Yser, called,
lespectlvely, tho Great and Uttte
Resmes. The aermnns havo discovered
tho northern outlet to this subterranean
world and the Belgians occupy the op
posite exit.
"For several days both sides have been
advancing step by step through theso
dark, damp and slimy underground
passages."
$15,000 LOSS WHEN BARN BURNS
Fire destroyed a large barn on the prop
erty of Joseph W. Thomas & Sons,
nurserymen, at King of Prussia, early this
morning. Fire companies from Wayne,
Bryn Mawr and Ardmoro were called and
prevented the destruction ot the valuable
Thomas home. Valuable farming ma
chinery and nursery products wero de
stroyed. The loss Is given at J15.0CO.
Germantown F. S. Holds Meet
Tho annual gymnastic exhibition and color
contests of the Germantown Friends' Shoot
wero held last night and enjoyed by a large
crowd. The contests wero divided Into three
classes and the events resulted as follows: Ths
Spiders defeated the Crickets. 18. to I, the Iteds
beat the Purples. 30 to , and the Blues de
feated ths Whiles. It to Q.
Hold Soccer Referee Conference
P. M. White, of the American Association
soccer referees, ot New York, was in confer
ence with the local officials of ths IlefereeV
Association regarding the formation ot a na
tional organisation, at a meeting held in tha
Continental Hotel last night.
La Mor Knocked Out
At the New Polo A. A.. Now York city, list
night Johnny Baker stopped Ilanjr La if or
In two rounds and Eddlo Eelgel whJppod Joe
Stanley In 10 rounds.
Young Wagner Gets Knockout
Young Wagner knocked out Eddie Forbes
with a right, hook to tbslaw to .the Orst
round at tnt Longacre A. C, New York city,
last night.
Sunday's Sermon Last Night
"EXCUSES"
John v, 40: "And will not como to
Me that yo might have life."
"I think of all the words that ever
fell from tho lips of Jesus of which
we havo Vccord, to my mind, these nro
among tho saddest
"I have often wished I could have
sat nnd looked Into His face nnd honrd
His voice. I havo often wished somj
body had reproduced upon canvas tho
sad expression of His face; I wish thnt
I could have sat thero and listened to
the colloquy that was wrung from His
lips In Ills nddress to tho men that
tagged nnd dogged His footsteps.
"From every evidence thnt God could
bring! raising the dend, cleansing tho
lepers and everything that Ho did, they
turned a deaf ear and a blind eye. They
mado excuso why they did not nccept
Him, and flnnlly Jesus summed It up
In this:
" 'Yo will not como unto Mo thnt jo
might havo llfo.'
FOOL, EXCUSES.
"Well, I hopo tonight, with the help
of God, to answer a fow tool excuses
peoplo offer. I don't know whether God
himself would nnswer them all or would
try, but; 1 will try to answer a fow of
them.
"Thoro Is many a man chooses a larger
Incomo nnd turns Jesus Christ down.
Many a mnn would havo to glvo tip his
situation.
"Suppose that you get 11000 a year nnd
live for 20 years; that would bo M,000,
nnd you would Belt your soul to the
devil for JIO.000.
"If I Bhould tell you you nre not worth
thnt, you would be offended, yet you sell
your soul for less thnn that.
"Thnt Is what Is tho mntter with tho
whisky business. I know of men that
havo taken their stand for Jesus Christ
In this town, and the whisky gang thoso
miserable, good-for-nothing, low-down,
scoundrels have said that they on't buy
a dollar's worth from them. By the
l'tcrnnl God, I am going to slap some
thing on them beforo I leave here. If I
don't make somo cf those cussed, old,
bull-necked degenerates In this town siz
zle, you don't know me.
"I will tell you I would rather walk to
heaven over a rough and stony road with
bare and bleeding feet than rldo to hell
on dirty money.
"I said to two girls ono night In West
Pullman:
" "Why don't you clvo your henrts to
Christ?'
"They snld:
" 'Mr. Sundny, we clerk In a department
store, and on special days we aro com
pelled to stand behind tho counter and
misreiircscnt goods, nnd wo cannot do
thnt nnd bo Christians.'
"Say, God will damn In tho hottest
fire nny merchant thnt will make his
clerks He to sell a fow dirty goods from
his shelves. In order to put money In his
till. Ho will damn yon, whoever you
aro.
"There Is mnny a man grows rich by
overreaching his neighbor. He robs tho
widow and tho orphan. Ho does it by
legal means; ho Is too slick to get caught
In tho meshes of tho law. Ho lives in a
magnificent home, nnd ho rolls down the
streets In a faultiest) equipage, and some
old fellow with a child stnnds on tho
streets and says:
" 'There goes Mr. So-and-So! And his
name Is known nnd honored, and It's only
necessary to attach hl namo to any proj
ect to Insure bucccss. I wish you to do
nothing more thnn to grow to emulate
his exnmplc'
"By nntl by he dies, and thero Is nn up
roar and n fuss nnd a powwow over his
old enrenss nt tho funeral, and they pass
resolutions ns long ns from hero to tho
back dhor, ond send a copy to his wlfo
and members of the club, nnd tho lodgeB,
and nil tho other things he was a member
nf. Htntlne whereases and whereases nnd
resolves, etc., while tho bones of his vic
tims lie rotting yonuer in tno potter u
Held.
"Toll mo thnt thoro is no hell for a
scoundrel like that?
"Some man says:
" 'You glvo mo present possession; I
don't caro anything nbout future hope.'
"Supposing tonight thnt you wcro worth
n.OOO.OOO nnd hnd a beautiful home, and
wero surrounded with a retinue of serv
ants, but knew thnt tomorrow morning
when tho sun rose and the banks opened
and tho court convened, that you would
bo proved to bo a defaulter and an em
bezzler, and spend tlw rest of your days
In tho penitentiary. '
"Or suppose thnt tonight you aro a
hobo and a Weary Willie, and have not
enough clothes to flag an Ico wagon, and
haven't tho prlco of a sinker, and have
to crawl Into a hoglot or straw stack
to sleep; but you know that tomorrow
morning when the Bun would rise nnd
tho bankfl open nnd tho courts convene
thnt you would bo proved to be heir to
a million dollars.
CHOOSE!
"Would you rather havo present happi
ness or would you rather be the hobo?
Would you rather have present posses
sion and hell at tho end or the other
way? , .
"Tho world can glvo you no hope. The
love of money Is keeping many n man
away from Jesus, I don't believe that
any man ever lost by bolng decent. If I
wns In business nnd could not serve God
In It I would get out of It. Nobody ever
lost by being decent and by being a man
nobody on Ood's dirt.
"Again somebody says:
" 'I would, but I want to have a good
"Well, so do I. God bless your heart,
you never looked Into anybody's face
who had a better time than I do.
"But I don't have to fill myself with
booze and go down tho street whooping
like a Comanche Indian or n maniac.
"What do you think constitutes a. good
time? Is It to crawl Into the arms ot
some prostitute nnd cussing and damning
nnd swearing?
"Now, supposing a fellow Is keeping
company with a girl, and sho was one
of those fool kind glrls-klnd of cold
storage propositions, You can pick them
out thero Is one less than 50 feet from
mo now. Supposing ho was keeping com
pany with a girl like this, and she was
ono that put on everything and overdid
everything, and she wore a great big
string of doughbeads around her neck,
and brass earrings with glass In them,
and thought that people Imagined that
they were diamonds and rubles, and she
put on all the ribbons and filagree busi
ness, and this young fellow was engaged
to her,
"No sensible fellow would get engaged
to a girl like that. But you can't tell
what a fellow would do. But suppose,
for tho argument, that ho was.
"He said to her:
" 'Look here, everybody Is talking about
you, and making fun of you and your
old brass Jewelry, Give it up.'
" 'Look here, I lovo you, and If any
thing is needed to demonstrate that fact
It Is that I have promised to marry you.
But It It comes to giving up the Jewelry
or you, I will Just have to give you up.'
"He feels disgusted with her. You old
men and women here probably think
that after a while, when you get tired of
this old world, you will turn to Jesus.
"Tha longer you live the less you get
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out of Indulgence, and the tighter the
grip of tho world. Many a young man
knows that ho ought to be a Christian,
nnd knows If he does that he will hato
to give Up certain things. Matty girls
know thnt they will havo to turn from
some things.
"Then It Is hard for you to glvo up On
devil to get Jesus Christ; If you become
a Christian think of what you get
"Thnt Is what the student thinks. He
will put In four or eight years' study,
and what ho gels pays for what he gave.
"Then look nt religion from a sensible
standpoint. For no good thing will bo
withheld frjjm them that walk uprightly.
"Whatever may bo your views about
the Inspiration of the Bible, If I ever
found a veree that was especially writ
ten for Philadelphia It Is that one.
" 'The fenr of man brlngeth a snare."
"And when tho Invitation Is given, mul
titudes know thnt they ought to ba Chris,
tlans, but they get cold feet right there,
nnd Bit glued to the seat, and all heaven
could not Induce them to tnko a atand
for Jesus. They aro nfrlad that dome
body will laugh. Thoy are afraid that
somo members of the lodge would laugh
at them, or thnt some old whisky soak
will glvo them the horse laugh,
"Say, 1 would rather be bravo and
decent, and bravo enough to walk on tha
side of Jesus Christ and live for Him,
and let somo old dovltB here In Philadel
phia laugh nt mo becauso I did It, than
to refunc to do It, and let the devils
laugh at mo through eternity, because I
was not mon enough to tako a stand.
"I tell you this Is a God-hating, a
Bible-hating, end a Christ-hating world,
nnd It takes grit and manhood to live for
Jesus. It docs not tnko any manhood to
live for tho devil, but every spark to bo
a Christian.
"Another snys:
" 'Well, my troublo Is that I am wait
ing to be convinced.' You have been
listening for weeks and nro still waiting
to bo convinced? You say: 'Just as soon
as I am convinced thnt Jeuus Christ Is the
Son of God nnd tho Bible tho Word vt
God, I nm going to take my stand.'
"Thero Is no sort of a Unltnrlnn-Chrls-tlan
Science dogmatic doctrlno that hell
enn belch nnd puko out nnd concoct that
man will not be led Into.
"If you want to know God let Him
floo'' you with evidence until you cannot
get away from It. You nre waiting to bo
convinced In your wny, but not God's
WRi:
" 'Well,' a man says, 'I am a pretty
good sort of a fellow. I don't profess
to bo perfect.'
"If you did you would lie. 'I am not
perfect, but the good overbalances tho
evil.'
"Don't talk to mo about being a good
man when you turn Jesus Christ downl
Does It meet tho highest demands of
your conBdcnco? Does' It stand the test?
Not much It won't.
"When the devil wants to show his
handiwork, that of which ho Is proud,
he brings out the best moral man In
Philadelphia. When he wants to show
a specimen of a Christian ho will draw
out that little, miserable mildewed runt
of a hypocrite. He does not draw out a
specimen of tho work ho does.
"You are fool enough to bo hood
winked in tho proposition, but It Is an
absurd proposition. I am not going to
slap God In the face becauso somebody
else Is slapping Him In tho face. Never
mind nbout the hypocrite you give your
heart to God and you will have all that
you can do to tako caro of yourself.
"Somebody says: 'I will tell you what
tho trouble Is with me.
" 'I am waiting for my friends. I am
waiting for my husband.
"Tho husband is waiting for tho wife.
Somo girl Is waiting for her companion.
Probably there Is a semblance of reason
about that excuse.
"You take tho stand for Jesus and they
that lovo you will follow, If they lovo you
as much as you love them. You take
your stand for Jesus Christ and put It up
to them what they ought to do. You
let them follow you, don't 'you follow
them to hell.
"If you wero In a building that was
burning, and should say to the ono with
you, 'Are you going?- and that ono should
say. 'No,' would you stay for that rea
son? "If that one should say, 'I will go If
you will' what a fool! You get out.
"You want to get from under the wrath
of God Just ns quick as you know how.
"Jesus will save you from tho power
of tho devil In this world and from dam
nation In tho world to come and you
ought to accept for tho sake of your
Influence.
STEEL CARS TO BE USED,
IN NEW YORK SDBWAY
Company Agrees to Install Loijg
Sought Reform.
NEW YOIUC, March 20.-Theodoro P.
Shonts yesterday Informed tho Pub)lo
Service Commission that tho Interbor
ough Company will accept without fur
ther objection tho order to install In the
subway all steel cars In place of the
wooden and composlto cars now In use.
In his letter to the commission Mr.
Shonts states that the Interborough com
pany has worked qut "tho necessary legal
procedure which will enable us $o com
ply with tho terms of the order, and you
nro hereby notified that it Is the inten
tion of this company to removo tho com
poslto cars from operation in the sub
way, subject to our rights and tho city's
obligations under contracts Nos. 1 and
20."
Old Adams Employe Ilonored
Employes of the Adams Express Com
pany, at ISth and Market streets, pre
sented many gifts to Charles Brown, 70
yeara old, of 5035 North 15th street, who
celebrated his 50th anniversary in ther
Adams Bervlce today. Mr. Brown, who
is now chief clerk In the accounting de
partment, entered the service as a "tag
boy" on March 20. 1865, two days after
he had been mustered out of a Penn
sylvania regiment which fought through
the civil war.
He was 20 years old at the time, Among
the gifts presented to him this morning
were a chest ot silver, a large armchair
and a number of personal articles.
Unitarian
Christianity
On Monday next tho Unitarian
Bookroom will be transferred from
1816 North L-ogan Square to the First
Unitarian Church. There It will be
open a Bhort time at the close of
each Sunday service and on week
days from 3 to 6 p. m. To secure
free Unitarian pamphlets by mall,
address Unitarian Bookroom, 2125
Chestnut street. This literature
may also be found at the Glrard
Avenue and Germantown Unitarian
Churches.
The First Unitarian Church ex
tends to all readers a cordial Invi
tation to attend its Bervlce tomor
row. The subjects upon which Rev,
Charles E. St. John will preach will
be found In the column of Teliploutt
notices in another part of this paper
If, like Galsworthy, you think tnat
the orthodox creeds need a drastic
revision: If. like Lincoln, you veek a
church that takes as Its sole crite
rion "love to God and love to man".
If you desire freedom to associate
with the best thought of today and
common sense in the weighing of
what men formerly believed; If you
would like to believe that simple
goodness will outlive all creeds, con
quer all hells and be the glory ot
heaven, then come to the Unitarian
Church I
(Unitarian Christianity appears iq
this paper Saturdays and Wednes
days. Every day in aome paper.
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