WP,rf)yii1ijL,
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i Mtvtmkfm fiirtwiros
WILL BLOOM SOON
W Large Consignment of Seeds
Received to Carry State-wide
Plan Into Realization.
I
"The (lowers Hint bloom In the spring"
promise to bo of particular suffrage vn
tety this year, If pinna of suffragists
In this city nro successful. A largo con
signment of seeds for vnrlous plants nnd
flowers have been received by the I'qtlat
Fianchleo Society, 35 South Dtli street.
These will produce dowers of the suffrngo
color jellow Gardens Hint will be filled
vi Kli them this year will bo exclusively
: ''otcs for women" Hardens. Suffragists
tre urging nil flower lovers to glow them.
Those who wish to nil their gardens
with such and ndvcrtlso "tho cnuso" can
procuro seeds and plants at the bazaar
telng held today nt the headquarters of
tho Equal Franchise Society. The main
reason for the bazaar K to sell the arti
cles left over from tho Kejstono Stnto
Mzaar, held recently by tho combined
tuffrage organizations of tho city. A
" large number of new nnd attractive arti
cles, however, nie on hand. Tlio tables
nnd counters nre filled with dainties for
the home, seedlings, cuttings nnd garden
nd farm implements. Candles nnd
jwecte make up n largo part of tho
"tock."
Mrs. Wilfred Lewis, Mrs. ltarrv Lowen
burg, Miss Sophln II, Dulles, Miss Mary
If. Ingham nnd Miss Caroline Katzenstcln
have arranged the nffnlr. They wore ns
ilstcd by n number of others prominent
In the Hodet s work.
Members of the Womnn Suffrage party,
11 Chestnut street, nro busily engaged
In their campaign now.
Tonight Fcrdlnniul S. Grascr, who has
been active tluoughout tho winter In the
cause of suffrngc, will address the Inde
pendent Order of Americans, 122S South
Broad sltcet, nt D:30 o'clock. On Satin -day
Miss Lldn Stokes Adams will speak
tinder the auspices of the Woman Suf
frage parts, before the Southwest
Philadelphia Woman Christian Temper
unco t nlon, B203 Whitby avenue, at 3
o'clock In the afternoon.
Miss Adella Potter, a prominent suffra
cht and organizer of suffrage centres,
nil! address the Horsham Friends' Asso
ciation of Montgomery Countv on Sun
day nt 2.43 o'clock. They will meot at
the Friends' Sleeting House. Mrs, Isaac
Tarry will preside.
N. J. PREPARING FOR
SUFFRAGE ELECTION
Voters Will Vote on "Votes for
Women" Either in August or
July.
TftENTO.V, March SI. Speaker God
frcj, of tho Assembly, and President
Kdse, of tho Senate, linvo ngrced with
party leaders to rush through thu net
determining how tho peoplo of the Stnto
fliall vote upon woman suffrage. Tho
election will ptobably bo held In August
and possibly In July.
Asscmbl) mini rtobert Fencock, of I3ur
lllngton County, has charge of the work
f drawing up tho act. IIo believes the
election should bo held In September, but
under the Constitution an election mu&t
bo held within four months after tho
Legislature adjourns.
Tho Legislature Is expected to adjourn
about April 20. This would moke It
mandatory to hold tho election before
August 20, nt a time when many persons
are out of the Stnto on vacations. It Is
expected that it will require almost three
months to perfect the machinery for hold
ing the election. Much depends upon how
the respective party lenders decide to
light suiftage at tile polls.
.PARCEL POST RATES OFFER
NO CLAIM TO CONTRABAND
Officials Believe They Will Not Per
mit Food Shipments Abroad.
Philadelphia postal officials are con
vinced that tho parcel post cannot be usea
effectively by German sympathizers In
this country to nullity tho blockade de
clared by tho Allies ngalnstiGermany and
Austria-Hungary. They base their opin
ions on tho lates of postage and on the
high pi ices of various commodities.
For Instance, the postage, rate on par
eels In tho foreign malls is 12 cents a
pcino. This would make the transporta
tion of a bushel of wheat, about 60
pounds, cost something like $7.20, which,
with tlie original cost of wheat, would
bring tho cost of each bushel something
like JS.50, far more than starvation prices.
The postal treaties of the United States
provide for International parcel post only
with countries that can be reached dl
redly by sea communication. Tho out
break of the war and 'the consequent ty
ing up of the ships that regularly piled
between this country nnd Germany
brought tho parcel post business with tho
latter country to a standstill for several
months. An arrangement was effected
whereby parcel post was forwarded by
way of Holland.
Under this arrangement parcel post
matter to Germany was shipped by the
Holland-American Line. Most of It,
however; was made up of Red CroBS sup
plies, which postal officials say continue
to make up tho majority of tho parcel
post mall sent to Germany.
Aside from the prohibitive cost, those
In authority say the facilities for carry
ing the malls aro not large enough to
permit the victualling of Germany by
the correspondence method.
1 STICK TO CHEESE
IT HAS PLENTY OF "CALORIES"
Clam Chowder Has Been Tickling Palates Under False
Pretense, Reports School Lunch Committee
of New York.
Our actual strength depends on the
calories In our food, according to the
Health Department of New York city,
which, Issued the report today of the New
York School Lunch Committee, This
body of Investigators had an analysis
wade of many kinds of food In order to
decide upon model 3-cent lunches for
school children. The experiments were
made at Cornell "University and the result
ent to the Board of Education In this
CJy and elsewhere,
The test shows that beet salad and
t Vanilla cakes are the worst things In the
world for school children, to eat, while
bean soup and prunes get a diploma and
'"' highest riima tnf l.onltl.
K. . But everything la based on calories.
w wder that the children may not be
rme3, " ls we to mention here that
CaiOneS Ure tint ilnmrdpniT. Tn Wh.
'thr they wU "nd t1" a calorie "is
,-i. "luun or neat required to raise tno
j-r.iiure oi one gram of water one
centigrade "
-Ml our fad i tl of ralorles. and
. HnQW u- l must not be con-
i wiw caiotaei, which la an entirely
BANKER WHO KILLED WIFE
AND HIMSELF INSANE
Friends Believe Mind Was Unbal
anced by Fonr of Cancer.
NKW YOnif, March U. -No other
conclusion was voiced yesterday by the
relatives, friends nnd business associates
of Howard Hoocock, treasurer of tho
Aslor Trust Company, than that he was
temporarily Insane Monday night when he
shot and killed hla wife and himself In
their homo nt 36 Kast 74th street.
Tho unbalancing of hlB mind, It -a as
said by those who knew him best, wis
caused by his belief that he had cancer
and was doomed to long suffering. He
underwent a slight Intestinal operation
two months ago, nnd at that llmo was
assured bv his surgeon that he did not
have cancer Hut tho ftar lemalned and
those close to him In his business notlccJ
Iatelj his moodiness and In liability
question of finance was Imohcd
TERRE HAUTE MAYOR
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Court Orders Prosecutor to
Charge Attempt to Tamper
With Witnesses.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 24.-As a cli
max to a sensational day In the Torro
Haute election conspiracy trial, Judgo
Anderson, of the United States District
Court, todny Instructed tho United States
Marshal to take charge of Mayor Donn
M. Huberts, of Tcrre Haute, the t'lilcf
defendant.
"I Instruct you to tnkc Ilobcrts Into
custody," ho said, "nnd I Insttuct tho
District Attorney to prefer against Donn
Itoberts nddltlonnl charges of attempting
to tamper with Gocrnmont witnesses
and of conspiring to tnmpcr with them."
INDIANAPOLIS Mnrch 21 -Sheriff
Dennis Shea. City Judgo Thomas Smith
nnd Street Inspector Alexander Aczel,
alias Steel, defendants In tho Tcrre
Haute election cases, have been ordered
Into the custody of the United Stntes
Marshal by Judgo Anderson for nllcged
tampering with Government witnesses.
Ad Itogcrs. who has pleaded guilty, tes
tified that ho made out an nnnllcatlni,
for registration In the namo of a dog,
that It was placed on tho registration
books and was voted by a Negro.
Adolph Gngg, confidential ngent of
Crawford Fairbanks, millionaire brewer
nnd Indiana Democratic leader, admitted
under oath today that Fnlrbnnks ordered
him to give $1100 to Maurice Walsn,
trensurerof tho Democratic Ccntial Com
mittee of Vigo County.
Gage Is secrctaiy-trcaiurer of the
Wabash rtcalty and Loan Company,
which Is controlled by Fairbanks. He de
nies that tho company donated $000. Gogg
admitted that last icglstration day he
was In Peoria. His namo was not on t ho
registration hook. He admitted that
though he was challenged he voted, sav
ing he hnd filled out nn absentee blank
and thought It hnd been taken to the
polls.
NO LOWER COST OF LIVING
BECAUSE OF BLOCKADE
Exports Decrease But Surplus Wheat
Is Nearly Gone, Says Vrooman.
WASHINGTON. March 2I.-Epcct.i-tlon
that the Allies' blockade against
foodstuffs will bilng down prices In this
country Is likely to meet disappointment,
according to Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture Vrooman.
While the exports have begun to Icsnen
the average amount of wheat for this
week being n little more than 000,000
bushels a dny bb against 1,200.000 a day
last week, he said this was not traceable
to the operation of the blnckade since
wheat had not been reaching Germany
or Austria from this country to nny ex
tent for months.
Tho Increasing exportation fiom Argen
tine is one reason, nnd the fact that tills
country's Burplus Is now ptctty well used
up Is the other reason, Vrooman believes.
AUTO THIEVES ACTIVE
Two Cars Stolen in Street and One
Taken From Garage.
Automobiles were stolen by "Joy
riders" nnd later abandoned In tho streets,
nnd another automoble was stolen from n
Kainge, nccordlng to reports submitted to
Superintendent lloblnson today.
The nutomobllo of Dr. T. G. Miller, 1803
Pine street, was left standing In front of
the Houston Club, at the University of
Pennsylvania, and was stolen nnd later
found at 2.'d nnd Walnut streets. Another
automobile, belonging to A. Korobov, 6112
Parkslde avenue, was taken from In front
of a building at 23d nnd Arch stieets, and
later recovered by the police of the C5th
and Woodland avenue police station.
Thieves broke Into tho garage at 702 Do
Lancey street, nnd took an automobile,
the property of Dr. Louis Chodoff, 705
Pino street, nnd somo automobile tires
and supplies of Dr. Morris A. Wclnstcln,
638 Pine street.
PRIEST'S WIFE ASKS DIVORCE
PlTTSBUftGH, March 21. Attorney J.
H. Simpson, master In tho divorce case
of Mrs, Mary C. Sweeney Moran against
tho Itev. Father Michael M. Sweeney,
formerly rector of the St. James Itoman
Catholic Church, Sewlckley, today tiled
his report recommending an unnulmcnt
of the marriage, which took placo at
WellsburK. W. Va., January 28, 19H.
Tho priest and his wife testified that
they were taken by force In an automo
bile from this city to WellBburs by three
brothers of Mrs. Sweeney and there
forced to become man and wife.
FOR LUNCH;
different affair. We are nil happy or
unhappy, according to the calories within
us. This can be proved at Cornell Unl
verslty, , ,, .,
For Instance, If you are feeling blue
as a result of eatlns beet salad, which
has only 5T.66 calories, you can greatly
Improve your condition by a cheese sand
wich, which, according to science, has
260.17 calories.
In regard to soups, If you eat clam
chowder and Jelly tarts, It will give you
but 413 calories. Even these may not im
prove your condition. Then along comes
bean soup and prunes, wth 451.27 calories,
which Is surely enough to spread a smile
over any one's face.
But a horrible combination Is an Ice
cream soda and baked beans. This puU
you on the straight route for tho morgue,
unless you can get the doctor by phone.
It has the same effect as though you
would try to a separately the component
parta 1 salt, which is sodium chloride.
You can't eat the sodium or the chloride,
but you can eat them both, together
It was announced that the health of
to 000 school children In New York was
impaired by malnutrition. A lengthy Ust
of foods contalnta the most calories was
issued .awl the children will follow these
menus for their aichool lunches.
EVENING IJEDGER-PHIL'AfiELPHlX WEDNESDAY, MARCH
I . i",iltl. 1 1 i i n i I. 1 1 i
DICK GALLANT
DICK GALLANT, NOBLE
STEED, TELLS OF HIS
LIFE AND EXPLOITS
Thoroughbred, 40 Years
Old, Remembers Blizzard
of '88 and Still Works
Hard Every Day of His
Life.
"ll-r-r-r-r! Cvery time March 12 comes
atound It makes mo shiver through nnd
through. You know It was my first win
ter In Philadelphia nnd the first jcar I
ccr saw snow. And let me tell ou,
oung fellow, that thnt bllizard back In
'S3, 27 years ago, was ono grand little
snowfnll. My cam are still frost-bitten.
I was pretty old then, more than U
years old. That makes me 40 now Quito
n venerable old age for a horse, eh,
what?"
Thu s spoko Dick Gallant, a thorough
bred, prophet of tho Centaurs. Surely he
spoktl He Is tho most soclablo nnd
garrulous steed ou ever want to meet.
It makes little difference whether you
call upon him In his throne room. In the
pnlnco adjoining his valet's hovel, at 2S73
East Victoria ntrcet. or while ho Is taking
his dally exercise pulling his keeper's
pinnut wagon thro.igli the streets of
Frankford. Mr. Gallant will nlwns have
tlmo for nt least n half hour's chat.
"Yes, es. That was n grant blizzard.
I remember that Market street flro 20
jenrs ago, too. Come up a little nearer,
my boy. Don't bo bashful. You know I
can't see ou way over there. That's
better. When ou get to bo my ngo your
eyes will go back on you a bit. Let's
see, oti can't be more than 25 or so. I'm
old enough to be your father."
And here he laughed at his llttlo jest.
Then, sududenly becoming grave:
"But I want to tell you one thing.
oung man, I'm not old Why, unless I
do my few miles a day 1 begin to worry.
I can't stand Idle. Here, look at my
feet You see the hoofs arc Juust as good
ns a colt's, and although rather rough,
the'rc mighty strong. Look nt my teeth.
I've got a full mouth, and can bltu
through a bushel measure without any
trouble. Yes, those two teeth jou seo
broken off I knocked out when I ran Into
a Inmppost.
"It makes me laugh whenever I think
of It. The old man over here, who drives
me, wns uozing in me wagon wnen i
started off at a gallop all of a sudden.
Before he knew whore ho was at I hnd
gone hnlf a mile ond was Just getting
my wind. This was only a few years
ago. Well, I ran Into that lamp-post,
broke tho old rig and then galloped four
miles home.
"I guess I'm the oldest In years of any
horse alive now, I was born In Missouri
back In 18,5. Some peoplo say In October
of '74. I used to do u lot of racing nit
through those parts. Then when I was
U my keeper swapped me to old Johnnie
Larkln. He's dead now; and the same
year he sold mo to William Cliff for J100.
I've been with Cliff ever since, and I'm
Just like one of the family. I play with
the boys and girls, and all thut. Noth
ing 'up stage' about me.
"For more than 26 years I pulled Cliff's
huckster wagon about town, doing from
5 to 20 miles a day. Then last year
he hitched me to this little peanut cart,
nnd I'm out every night from 6 to 1
o'clock in tho morning. I go down to
town during the day sometimes, too, Yon
wouldn't bellovo It, brut I can get to
2d and Dock streets from nichmond and
Victoria before the car, and I make It
with a load, too.
"I haven't done much running In the
last few years, but Ave years ngo I rnn
In races at Brldgeton, Merchantvlllo and
Pitman. N. J.; Milton, Del,; Hatboro and
Point Breeze About the same time I
beat Al Shrubb, the great English dls
tance runner, by two laps, or more than
five minutes. In a four-mile race at tho
Central Park course. There were 48
laps In the whole thing, nnd I guess I
covered about a mile and a half more
thun he did.
"Well, I'm sorry you must be going.
Call around somo day when you're In
this neighborhood, I guess you've got
all about me now. Glad to have met
you. And say, any time you need any
fatherly ndvlco, why, Just come around
and seo me. Don't be bashful. Good
lurk t) you, young fellow."
Warship Sent to Porto Rico
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Secretary of
the Ixavy Daniels announced today that
Admiral Fletcher had sent the destroyer
Warrington from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
to San Juan, P. B., to preserve neutrality
there.
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cuts down your coal bills. No smoke
or dirt or clinkers. Burns slow and
even with intense heat and always
stays hot. The small ash residue is
proof of its economy. Any dealer
will deliver Reading Anthracite,
Mined by
The Philadelphia 8c Reading
Coal & Iron Company
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AND HIS OWNER
FATHER AND CHILDREN
RESCUED IN FIRE
Baker Overcome by Smoke
Found in Pushcart Blaze
Begins as He Sleeps.
Two otitis children, overcome with
smoke, werr tescued from an Iron awning
and their father found half suffocated In
his bakciy shop during n fire which dam
aged the two-story house used ns a dwell
ing and bnkcr by Wllllnm Kothmnu, nt
2J2l) South 3d street, eaily lodtw The
tlamcs gnlned headway so rapidly that
rescue! s had to drop the baker's oungeit
chlldien, Hose, lle jears old, and Max,
four ears old, on a narrow Iron frame
woik outside of their sleeping quarters,
In the renr of the second stoiy, where
they were later discovered after the fire
men arrived and carried down ladders
to the sidewalk. Kothninn was revived
after being carried to safety.
The lire wns discovered sliorth after
2 o'clock this morning b Samuel Anuner
man, who, with his thicc sous, Mhaies the
second tloor of the South 3d street house
with the Itotliman fnmlh
Ammerm.in's oldest son, Nathaniel, 19
jenrs old, made a hurried seutcli of tho
basement bakeshop, but returned unsuc
cessful. He wns prevailed upon to risk
a second trip into tho nmoUo-Mlled cellar,
and found Ammeiui.inn In his pushcart
covered with a hcct.
Rothmnn, nccoidlng lo the police, en
tered tho cellar about 2 o'clock this morn
ing, and after mixing bis dough ictlreil
to the pushcart, according to his custom,
to wnlt for tlie bread to rise. A gust of
wind blew his sleeping covering over the
flro nnd Ignited Jho bread nnd bakery.
The loss was about JMO.
N.
.1. SENATE PULLS TEETH
OF "SEVEN SISTERS" LAWS
Read Bills, Passed By Body, Favor
able to Corporations.
THHNTON, Match 21 -The New Jersey
Senate has passed the Head bill elimi
nating from the "Seven Sisters" anti
trust Incorporation laws passed at the
behfflt of Governor Wilson, features
which aro said to have made New Jersey
poor Instead of rich. The Head measures
wero Introduced by Senator Bead, of
Camden, majority leader In tho Senate,
to correct the new Incorporation laws
which, It Is declared, hae driven many nf
the largest New Jersev corporations lo
Delaware nnd other States, thus curtail
ing the Incunie of this State.
The first of the hcrlcs of tlnee bills deal
ing with the subject makes It compulsory
thnt "Intent" be shown when the Attor
ney Gcneial moves to forfeit the charter
of n monopoly for lessening competition.
The second bill allows corporations to
fix prices "for the purposes of meeting
competition." Under the "Seven Sisters"
acts the fixing of prices for any purpose
Is not allowed. Tho third bill allows the
public utility commissioners to take testi
mony and glvo approval to tho merging
of companies in tho same line of business.
It Is uollevod by tho Republicans that
with theso changes in the "Seven Sisters"
the big trusts will return to New Jersey.
SPUING FLOWER SHOW
Horticultural Hall a Fairyland
of
Beautiful Displays,
Horticultural Hall Is n spring flower
garden today. Ilaclnths, lilacs, lilies of
tho valley, narcissus and scores of other
flowers mingle their colors nnd scents In
the spring exhibition of the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society, which opened yes
terday. Tulips present tho greatest variety of
colors. Crimson, deep purple, orange,
lavender, vermilion, pink and lustrous
white aro blended In beautiful combina
tions. The first Easter lilies of the season
make their appearance In the huge floral
display. Klllarney roses, tea roses, wall
flowers, rhododendrona, fresla, crocuses,
calla lilies and sweet peas help to com
plete the fairyland gurden picture.
Prizes were awarded to P. A B.
AVIdener, Mrs. Thomas P. Hunter, George
H. McFndden and the Countess Santa
Eulalla for flowers exhibited by them.
IIOBBERS ENTER GARAGES
Steal Auto and a Dozen Tires and
Inner Tubes.
ALLENTOWN. Pa March 24. Thieves
at mttertivltle last night stole the new
touring car of Dr. Robert B. Klotz, presi
dent of tho Lehigh Valley Motor Club,
from the Klotz garage. They also broke
Into the garages of Herman Hildebrand
and Edward Bregenzer, nearby, where
they stole a dozen tires and Inner tubes,
It Is believed the robbers came from
Philadelphia.
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NEGRO REVIVALIST
WRESTLES WITH DEVIL
AND WOMEN FAINT
"Black Billy Sunday"
Charges Down Aisles of
Church His Fervor Per
suades 29 Men and Wom
en to "Strike the Pike."
The Rev. Alexander Willbanks
Administers Verbal Lashing
to Those Who Disregard
Call Three Cities Seek His
Services. "
"BLACK BtLlA"' BVXBAYIBMB.
"It some of loti people nrd the
lights of the church, Ood help the
darks."
"II cvcrylodu had a mmal jonn
rfoUoii 1ok wouldn't need nn) cops
tn Philadelphia; thcu could no to
work."
"Clod's got no up-to-date church."
"If your pravers are not nn
sweicd, maubc the devil's cut your
telle, or you haven't paid the phone
bill to heaven."
A new name for New York wns coined
bj tho Bev. Alexander Willbanks, the
"Black Billy Sunday," last night at the
Varlck A. M. E. Zlon Church, 19th and
Catharine streets, In the course of his
sermon on "Bultding on the Sand."
"When jou get Into that big town," ho
said, "peoplo tell sou "this Is New York."
They say you have to do different In
New York; It's up to dnte. Kerbodj's
different. Tlint's not New York It's
New Dovll."
Two women fainted when Willbanks
charged down the aisles of the church
last night, and when he finished his
fcrnion nnd called for "pike strikers,"
29 men nnd women came up nnd shook
hnuds with him. Several others who
stood up when the rovlvnllst asked all
to stand who did not belong to any
church came In for a verbal lashlnrf
when they sat down again without
"striking the pike."
Tho evangelist has receded calls from
threo other cities to hold revivals. They
nre from Houston, Tex.; Jersey City nnd
Stcelton, Pn. Houston, nccordlng to a
letter lie received, Is especially anxious
to hear him. A pastor In tho Texas town
promises, If Willbanks agrees to hold a
icvlvnl there, to see that all the public
schools aro closed twice n week to give
tho children opportunity to hear him.
Tho two committees appointed last
Monday to consider a big revival may
meet todnv A movement will bo started
tn ritUo funds to purchase a tent that
' may be erected on a vacant lot In which
1,1 HHU UIU HClVllCH. 11 11 ! IUUI1I1 lllipun
slblr to get the "Blll" Sunday taber
nacle. The most sensational part of the ser
Daring "Movie" Men Risked
Their Lives for These Pictures
You can see a photographer with his outfit, in advance of a charging column, dodging
across an open field raked with shrapnel and bullets. Armed only with cameras, these brave
photo-soldiers chanced their lives in a hundred ways to give you real action pictures of the
great war. 7500 feet of the most vivid, startling and accurate war scenes ever shown
3000 feet just arrived.
The big 42-Centimeter Guns in Action
Bombardment of Ghent
Attacks of British Warships on German Land Fortifications
German Army Entering Brussels
Battle Between Field Guns Outside of Antwerp
Infantry Shelled Out of Their Positions
And many other thrilling scenes with the British, German, French and Belgian armies.
Shown exclusively at the
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afternoons at 2 :30 evenings at 8 :30, Admission 25c arid 50c,
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mon Jast nUht, nsldo from the climax.
Came When Willbanks demonstrated how
the Mrong foundation of his faith would
prevent the devil from overcoming him
IIo wrestled around tho etnge with an
Imaginary devil, shouting, "Ho can't get
mo below my knees."
Slowly, as though struggling ilepernlcly,
he settled down on one kneo nnd showed
how ho would shout lo Heaven for help.
About half the audience stood up, shriek
ing nnd praying.
Tho evangelist started up tho front of
tho organ on another occasion to dem
onstrata to his hearers how to climb to
Heaven. As usual, his sermon was In
terspersed with stories of the South
that ho told In a. soft, drawling voice to
the Infinite delight of his audience.
Ono of theso was nn Imitation of n
man who went to church and began pra"
Ing to Ood nnd the devil alternately.
Tho church people tried for some time
to stop him, nnd when finally they suc
ceeded be said he didn't know where lie
wns going to land when ho dropped off
this cnrlh, nnd ho wanted to bo "In
right'' both places.
CALLED TO STMKn THE PIKE.
Willbanks adopted n new method of
calling for pike-strikers last night After
he got" the nudlcnce standing by his flnnl
dnsh nround tho church, he asked nil tho
Christians nnd church members to sit
down. Then he called on all those who
did not expect to go to hell to come for
ward and shnkc his hand.
Two or threo non-church members In
the gallery failed to respond to his call,
nnd the evangelist started up nfter them
before they "struck the pike "
A womnn evnngellst, tho new' Mrs.
Mary Williams, made her appearance fol
lowing the sermon when the congregation
gathered nround the sinners on the peni
tents' bench to convert them. She
started n prayer a. few minutes nfter 10
o'clock that did not halt onco until an
hour later Her utternnco was even
moro rapid than that of Willbanks at his
best. She will preach at 4 o clock this
afternoon In Vnrlck Temple.
Tho Ilflv, Sylvester I. Corrothcrs, pas
tor of the Temple, announced that the
collections Thursday nnd Frldny night
would be for the evangelist.
PREDICTS LOWER FOOD COST
THIS SPBIX0 AND SUMMER
Mrs. Julian Heath Tolls of "House
wife's Golden Opportunity."
NEW YOItK. March 21 That tho spring
and summer of 1'Jl'i will be mat lied by ex
ceptionally low food prices with an un
doubtedly fnornble effect on the cost
of living wns advanced by Mrs. Julian
Heath, of New York, president of the
Housewives' League
Mic Heath piedlcts:
A bigger nickel loaf of biead, duo to
a MO.OOO.OOO-bushel wheat crop In 1015.
Low meat prices cnused by heavy Im
portations of Argentine beef, suspension
of foreign exports nnd heavy, spring pro
duction. '
Extraordinarily cheap eggs, due to tho
same causes,
A heavy fruit crop and resulting low
prices.
A heavy cotton crop, llttlo foreign ex
portation and cheap cotton fabric.
"The spring and summer of 1015," Mrs.
Heath said, "will be the American house
wife's golden opportunity. It has been
yp.il a since she had such n. chance to
lower tho cost of living "
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One Gent
"COUNT' ' ARRESI1D BY
MEANS OF TELEPHONE
Frank Conway, Noted Grook
Falfs Victim to Detectives'
Clever Ruse,
Frank Conway, alias the "Count," nnd
known as one of Hie "smoothest custom
era" In tho Tenderloin, mistook the vole
of Detective Darron over the telephotm
for the deep bass of a "pal" nrtd today
was arraigned nt City Halt, accused of
burglary, conspiracy, assault nnd bat
tery, Impersonating a Federal official nnd
carrying concealed deadly weapons.
Ho was held without ball for n. further
hearing Mnrch M, because tho detectives
were Unable to bo present nt the hearing.
Barron nnd Detective Sleeker say the
prisoner confessed to beln? Implicated In
the hold-Up of John Montanl, the jewelry
broker, at his home, 43 North Salfofd
street, last week. Conway gained en
trance to tho Jeweler's homo on the rep
resentntlon thnt ho nndNhls accomplices
were Government Inspectors. WhcixMou
tnnl's suspicions were aroused tho melt
coered him with a revolver and rati'
sacked the house.
Tho detectives have been trjInK to
locate tho "Count" since the robbery
without much success, They were unable
to find him nt his home, 021 Spring street,
and taet night decided to try to trap
him by means of n fake telephone call,
Unrron had no trouble In convincing tho
"Count" that he wan a Now York eropk
known to Conway. He kept him In con
versation while Stoeker hurried around
to tho Winter street house. Ho caught
his man ns he was talking to. the de
tcctlvo on tho who nnd tho confession
resulted.
Suspect Murder of Mother and Child
COVINGTON. Ky., Mnrch 2l. What
may prove a double murder was discov
ered todny when the bodies of Mrs, Lil
lian Mnpcs and her 6-week-old baby wero
found In a cistern In tho rear of their
homo In West Covington.
UNITARIAN
CHRISTIANITY
Deity docs not need to worship,
cannot worship Hlmsolf. Thorofore
Jesus In the net of prayer proved
that ho was puioly human. Unita
rians stand with .TesuB in this mat
ter nnd worship, not Jesus, but the
Father,
The First Unitarian Church Invites'
tho public to nnother week of Spe
cial Endeavor. From March 28 to
Easter, omlttlnp Saturday, meetings
will bo held dally at 8 p. in. Able
preachers "will be secured to assist
Itov. C. K. St. John. Tho gencrn
subject will be "A Week With Jesus
and tho Father." The full list of
topics and speakers will bo an
nounced In this pnper on Saturday,
(Unitarian Chrlstlnnlty appears
daily In one or nnother paper. Ask
Mr. St John for tho list.)
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