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FRIENDS1IERERECMVE
LETTERS FROM BODIES
! ALL OVER THE WORLD
Beading of Greetings Pre
cedes Consideration of
Last Four "Queries."
Answers Are Being
Drafted by Committee.
Reading of" letters from other bodies
of Friends In Australia, Japan, Knglnnd,
Ireland and Amorlcn proceeded consld
eratlon ot the Inst four "queries" deal
ing with. Friends' testimonies against
taking oaths, bearing arms, gnmbllnir,
dishonesty, business Integrity and cftro
of needy members, at the third session
of the Friends' Yearly Meeting, at tth
and Arch streets, this morning.
Tho letter from Friends in Austrnlla
acknowledged sympathy extended them
by tho Philadelphia Quakers last year
111 their opposition to the Australian de
fense act, making military training com
pulsory. They expressed abhorrence of
tho present Kuropean war. Tho letters
from Japanese Friends, worded In
broken English, expressed appreciation
of tho Interest of the Friends here. It
also condemned the present conflict.
A letter prepared by the meeting of
ministers and elders was sent to William
B. Harvey and William C. Allen and
his w'lfe, who -lire making a tour around
tho world, carrying the Christian mos
sago ot tho Friend The members op
pressed Hreat Interest and sympathy In
tho sending of this letter to Quakers who
are braving perils for ChrHt. as their
forefathers had done. Joseph Elklnton,
who, with his family. Is on a like mis
sion, sent a letter to the meeting, The
letters from England and Japan ac
knowledged with gratitude the visits ot
these Friends.
In answering tho letters from bodies
of Friends afiout the world, much con
cern was expressed by many memncra
that the old reserved attitude of tho
Orthodox Philadelphia Quakers should
be abandoned and thut warm and In
terested expressions should be sent In
spile of somo differences of viewpoint.
Special care will bo taken In preparing
the answer to the London Yearly Meeting,
In view ot tho difficulties the body there
Is experiencing because of the war.
A -committee composed of Edward O.
Tthoads, George M Warner, J. Henry
Scattergood and Isaac Sharpleas was ap
pointed to draft the answers to the Lon
don nnd Dublin Yearly Meeting. This
will ho submitted nt n late session of tho
meeting.
A new clerk entered the presiding scat
in the women's end of the meeting houoo
at tho morning seRilon, Lydla Wlstar
Rhonda replacing Mary Matlack. In tho
men's meeting, William 13. Evans has
succeeded Walter L. More as assistant
clerk.
FINE FISHING SEASON
PROMISED IN JERSEY
2,000,000 Trout and 1,000,000
Land-locked Salmon in the
Streams, Says Commission.
TRENTON, March 31. With 1.000,000
trout and 1,000,000 land-locked salmon,
all of the slx-inch'Megal size, swimming
In tneponds of New' Jersey, tho greatest
fishing season this State has ever seen
will" open tomorrow, accojra'liig" to the
State FJsh and dame Commission.
The commission has promised tho
fishermen of this State and nonresidents
who come Into It to angle perfect fishing
conditions within three years. If they
will support the move to compel a license
fee for fishing, so that the fish hatchery
at Hackettstawn may be built.
Thero are three kinds of licenses. Tho
first-class requires a fee of f 1.15 for resi
dents of the Stato; the second costs (10.16
nrfd la for nonresidents and aliens hunt
ing and fishing: the third fee Is 11.15 for
nonresidents" and aliens fishing In the
State.
Anglers are allowed to tnke 23 trout
In one day and 10 land-locked salmon.
They are warned to tako their licenses
wth them, as any person has the right
to" ask to see the cards
MANDAMUS FUND EXHAUSTED
No Money Available for That Purpose
Until Early Noxt Year.
All funds for the payment of manda
muses Issued by the courts against the
city are exhausted and there Is little
chance of any additional money being
available for such payments before early
In 191G. The J'00.000 item for mnnda
musea In the 111,300,000 loan was exhaust
ed today by payments made by City
Treasurer McCoach.
From this time until further funds nra
made available, all mandamus writs pre
sented to the City Treasurer will bo
stamped with the date of presentation
and will draw Interest at the rate of C
per cent, per annum until puld.
THE WEATHER
Oflicial Forecast
WASHINGTON, MARCH 31.
For - eastern Pennsylvania and New
Jersey: Fair tonight and Thursday;
moderate northwest winds.
A disturbance that was over Texas
yesterday morning has advanced east
ward to the east Florida coast this
morning, and has caused general rains
in the eastern cotton belt during the
ast 31 hours. It has been followed by
a C-idded drop In temperature, with light
to killing frosts In Texas and Arkansas,
There has been a alight but general re
action to warmer weather In the North
ern States from Montana eastward, but
temperatures remain generally below
normal In that region. To the westward
of the Rocky Mountains the readings are
somewhat above normal.
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COHEN'S PITY SAW TO
HAVE MADE HlM KILL
Conttnurit from Tune One
vent Buffering. He worried constantly
over his grandmother's condition, and
finally he decided the sacrifice of his life
was not too high a prlco to pay for her
release, according to members of tho
family,
Cohen knew he could not end hli
grandmother's life without putting his
own In Jeopardy. He did not caro so
much for this tie for the scandal that
would follow her killing, hence he de
cided to commit sulcldo nnd let those
left behind unearth the motive as best
they could. He nlways had been meth
odical and a bit fastidious. Having come
to this decision calmly, he was culm in
carrying It out. He went straight
through with his plan, swift and certnln
when he started to act.
Mo arose yesterday morning beforf
other members of the fnmlly. The night
before he had prepared a reason for this
in the story that ho was to return to
Chicago. He went Into tho bathroom,
making sure he was seen. Ho shaved as
ho would any other day. Ho went back
to his room.
To thatpolnt there had been noth
ing unusual In his actions. Therefore no
one uwnke In the house suspected any
thing unusual nnd he wan hardly no
ticed in what he did next.
Ho slipped the revolver under his dress
ing gown, n large revolver, well oiled,
with a hammer spring powerful enough
tn drive a hole through the brass enrt-
rlde and obviate the possibility of miss
ing fire. Then, unhurried, he walked up
to tho third flooi. held tho muzzle of the
heavy revolver n few Inches from hi
grandmother's head and fired.
Cohen did not even holtate before he
followed her Into death. Tho echo of tho
first shot was still sounding In the other
wise silent house when thero enme a
second. He never regained consciousness.
His sister sat by his bedside nt tho hos
pital nnd held his hand nnd waited, hut
his eyelids never lifted, nnd soon he died.
DOFIUjU rilNBIlAh FRIDAY.
Watchers eat In the rooms where the
bodies of Mrs. Cohen and her grandson
lay all last night, In accordance with an
ancient Jewish custom, They will bo
there until the funeral, nnd after burial
a special watcher will koep vigil for
threo nights over the graves In the Sit.
Slnal Cemetery nt Frankford, where
burial Is to be made.
A double funeral will be held Friday
morning from tho homo of Charles J.
Cohen, piealdent of the Chamber of Com
merce, where the shooting occurred. Ow
ing to tho circumstances nnd tho notori
ety, the services will bo private.
The rites for tho dend of the Jows pro
vide that a woman shall watch over tho
body of a woman and a mnn ocr tho
body of a man. Mrs. Cohen's body lay
nil night on an undertaker's table In
tho third floor room, where she was shot
yesterday morning while asleep. Uesldo
It sat a woman relatlvo of tho fnmlly.
Tho body of Henry Harnet Cohen Is In
a plain casket tn the first floor front room
of tho Cohen home. A man watcher sat
ticsldo It all night.
SCARCHIXCt FOR LCTTKHS.
A search for additional letters said to
have been written by Cohen to his friends
the night before he murdered his grand
mother was conducted today by Coro
ner's Deputy McKcevor.
Two of the letters have been discovered,
hut It Is believed Cohen wrote to several
other friends In addition to D. It. Newell,
who has offices In the Bourse Building,
and Captain Arthur C. Colnhan, com
mander of Battery A, National fiuard of
Pennsylvania, of which Cohen had been
a member and former treasurer.
So for Colahan nnd Newell have re
fused to give out the text of tho letters.
They admit tho missives were In tho
nature of farewells, and It Is snld that
to Captain Colahan, Cohen made a grim
Jest of the suggestion that Battery A
round taps over his grave. In this let
ter, It Is understood, Cohen said he did
not know whether tho battery would
wish to sound taps or fire n vollev.
New light on tho story that Cohen had
been treated for n mental disorder was
thrown today by his brother. Lieutenant
Cohen. Tho latter swore to tho following
etatement In the Coroner's oftlce:
"My brother had been In a hospital In
Chicago a month or more. He was a
nervous wreck, and to my mind not fully
recovered when he returned home."
The home, at 334 South 2lHt street, w.ih
deluged this morning with letters and
telegrams of condolence. They camo from
nil parts of the East, while friends nnd
business associates of Henry Barnet
Cohen In Chicago telegraphed their sym
pathy to tho family.
FEAR SISTER'S BREAKDOWN.
Miss Eleanor F. Cohen, who bore up so
well yesterday after the shooting and wit
by the bedside of ner brotner In the Jeffer
son Hospital for two hours, until he died,
la feeling the effect of the strain nnd it
Is fenred she will suiter a nervous break
down. Charles J. Cohen today made a vigor
ous denial of the story that thero had
been friction in his home some cars ago
nnd that Henry Barnet Cohen was forbid
den to enter the house. He said the re
lations between himself and his son al
ways had been amicable. At no time, ho
declared, did his son leave home except
voluntarily, on business or pleasure.
Coroner's Deputy McKeevcr probably
will Hubpoena several of Cohen's friends
to produce letters he Is thought to have
written them. The Inquest will be held
tomorrow. The news of the letters
was first obtained by Director of 1'ubllu
Safety Porter when Newell asked that a
search be mado for Cohen. Newell was
notlile-1 of the murder and suicide and
later held a conference with McKeever.
"OLIVER OSBORNE" REAL
BROADWAY BEAU B1H13.31KLL
Wardrobe Shows Him the "Glass of
Fashion and Mold of Form."
NEW YORK, March 31. The mysteri
ous "Oliver Osborne," mistaken by Miss
Rae Tanzer for James W. Osborne, today
was the envy of Broadway's Beau Brum
mells, literally the glass of fashion nnd
the mold of form. Disclosure of his
wardrobe used to bedazzle Mlsa Tanzer
and ten other New York girls and
brought a tinge of envy to men of fashion
about town.
Here's what detectives found In
"Lothario" Osborne's wagonload of
trunks and suitcases:
Fourteen suits of clothes, 00 pairs of
shoes, 20 silk shirts, 25 pairs of gloves, 50
pairs of silk socks, several overcoats. In
cluding a fur-lined ulster, a collection of
nobby, knobby c&nes and a complete
toilet set which would rival that ot a
professional beauty (hop.
Vale colors and smart shoes were ap
parently O'borne'a pet vogue. Spats ot
white and cream-color were numerous.
Pale yellow and blue was the color
scheme of shirts and socks.
Statements to the United States District
Attorney were predicted today from Miss
Tamer's two sisters, who are now de
clared to share her belief that they erred
In mistaking James V, Osborne for their
slater's suitor.
FOLWELL DEFEAT8 POTTER
IN COURT TENNIS SINGLES
Wins Semifinal Round of Racquet Club
Tourney, 3-Q.
CaRttnulsg to dUpUy the bt of form.
WltlUm II FolwU dijhiUd Jmo I'otur In
lh wnildaal round of Cltta B, tuodSiiu court
tennis (lugUs. t IB IUoquu Club toJjy, by
S Mt tq 0, I'otur wlsDioi but 3 iuwi Ja tutta
ffy'lf rti?4t",l7 eIorIU uual form, ami
M 1 uaXly th d, all to fcr.alu in luelt
ra w(U lb wlnntr.
In the tournament both pUjrr nr la t
tifii ot IS. and, ihirefw. pUed tven ts-vtf
NOTED MINISTERS OP CAMDEN
AND PHILADELPHIA DIE TODAY
Rev. Dr. Samuel Fred
erick Bacon, Oldest
Member of Phila.
Presbytery, Stricken
xat Age of 91.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel Frederick Bacon,
the oldest member of tho Presbytery of
Philadelphia, died about 1 o'clock this
afternoon At
his home,
1S3?
19th
North
street,
resulted
uremia.
Dr.
Death
from
Bacon
was taken sud
denly III Sun
d n y morning,
Just ns ho wo.1
nbout to leavo
for Heidelberg
Reformed
Church, 1 9 t h
nnd Oxford
streets, to de
llcr a sermon
l n dhservnnce
'f his 91st
birthday anni
versary. It had
been his cus
tom for several years to preach In Heidel
berg Church on the Sunday unit eel his
birthday anniversary, as the guest of tht
pastor, tho Rev. Dr. Rufus C. Zartmati.
nrar whom ho lived. Ho was 01 yearn
old last Saturday.
Moro than 1100 persons wero uniting In
tlir tlinri I) when Doctor Bacon wns
Rtrlrkun, nnd the aged man Wept blttrrly
when his ph.veldnn tuld him ho would
not dare attempt to preach. "It would
have been my last sermon, loo," he said.
Born of sturdy Scotch parents In the
Rerkshlro Hills. In Xew York State, on
March 27, 1SJI, Doctor Bacon came from
tho rarm to become ono of the most
prominent Presbyterian clergymen In tho
country. Ho entered Williams Collego
when 19 years old, nnd upon graduation
from thnt Institution, completed his
work In theology In tho Hartford Theo
logical Seminary.
Immediately after his graduation from
tho seminary, he taught school for four
years, and then was ordained ns a min
ister of tho Treshyterlnn Church by tho
Tioga Presbytery, In New York. After
serving nine Important charges In New
York, nnd lllllng many Important offi
cial positions tn the denomination, Doc
tor Bacon retired from the active min
istry In ISOj. Two years later he came
to this city to spend the rest of his
life among devoted friends.
Among tho closest to him was the Rev.
Dr. Joseph A Worden, secretary of the
rresbyterlan Sunday School Training
Work, and the Rev. Dr. William II. Rob
erts, stated clerk of the Presbyterian
General Assembly. Doctor Worden
preached in place of the stricken clergy
man at Heidelberg Church, Sunday.
Doctor Bacon wns aglant In physique.
He was more than six feet In height and
weighed 250 pounds. Until n year or two
ago ho had enjoyed excellent health, but
recently ho was not permitted to go out
sldo the house alone. Until the last hla
memory remained clear and strong, and
he often cntcrtHlned his friends with
stories of his boyhood. A widow, who
was his third wife, survives him.
Funeral se-v.cos will be held Saturday
nfternoon In Heidelberg Church.
LAWYER PAYS A BET
BY SHINING SHOES
David R. Griffith, Jr., Makes
Good His Wager With John
R. K. Scott.
It Isn't often that a lawyer shines shoes,
especially In public, nnd that Is how it
came nbout that David R. Griffith, Jr..
an attorney, startled persons by shining
shoes In City Hall today.
Ho shlned them well. In fact, he dis
played the bootblack's art no proficiently
that a largo croud of attorneys, court at
taches, witnesses and others gathered In
the south corridor on tho alxth floor to
see the exhibition. Consrcssmnn-elevt
John R. K. Scott was the lucky onu to
have his shoes shlned for nothing.
Scott bet Griffith thnt he would win a
certain verdict and Griffith accepted the
wager. The stake wns-a shocshlne. After
tho case was won by Scott. Griffith sought
a bootblack and could find none. Impa
tient nt the delay, Scott demanded pay
ment of the bet. Griffith called tho bluff
and, going into Clerk Mace's room,
brought out n chair, n towel nnd a brush.
Ho took off his coat, rollod up his sleeves
and Invited Scott to sit down on the Im
provised bootblack stand. Scott expressed
himself as satisfied with the Blilne, and
said he would keep the shoes us a sou
vonlrs. Gold Bridges and Silverware Stolen
Two bridges wen- stolen from tho office
ot Dr. William R. Webb, of 1701 Chestnut
street, when the doctor was nt lunch,
according to a report that reached tho
police today. Two of the doctor's patrons
must contlnuo Indefinitely a milk toast
diet. Doctor Webb Is n dentist. The
bridges ore solid gold. The thief, who
picked a lock, did not overlook somo gold
fillings. The stolen property Is worth $83.
An unbidden guest in the home of J. A.
Chapman, 122 South 17th street, last night,
remained long enough to take a fancy to
a silver tea Bet worth J200. Tho family
didn't know it had had company until the
disappearance ot the tea set Was noted
today.
POLICE!
COM
One cop Is equal to six prisoners up In
the northeast, and Policeman Heine
proved It. He likes music, but he does
not like to see a good piece of musk
mutilated. Therefore, when unearthb
yells and screeches came from a house
at Waterloo and Poplar streets, where
an eggnog party was In progress, he
knocked at the door and told the cele
brants to "cut It"
But in reply one fair singer said, "beat
It," while still another requested Heine
to "can the bull."
This brought a loud laugh and a rattle
Of pans and glasses. But Heine held bis
ground and a little more. He waded into
the party, which consisted of alx merry
makers, and told them to walk, as well as
they could, to the Front and Master
Streets police station.
The procession was somewhat wobbly,
but with considerable engineering the
policeman managed to set the crowd to
the station house.
They gave their names as John She.
Henry Conn, Mary HarUnan, Mttchtll
Smith, Henry Smith and Llxxle Jones.
None of the prisoners could sve ft clear
idea; of what happened- AU were sent to
I
MUWfoi
Rev. Dr. Sanford Mor
rell Nichols, Metho
dist District Superin
t e n d e n t, Passes
Away in Hospital
Here.
Tho Rev. Dr. Sanford Morrcll Nichols,
district superintendent of tho Methodist
churches of Camden, died shortly before
noon today In tho Methodist Hospital In
this city. Ho had been 111 slnco March C.
when ho wns suddenly stricken while at
tending tho New Jersey Conference of
Methodist clergymen In Atlantic City.
At hist deathbed were his widow, his son
Harvey, nnd his daughter Helen, n teacher
of music in the public schools of Pleasant
vllle, N. J. Doctor NlchoU was subjected
(n a surgical operntlon In the Methodist
Hospital a week ago following his re
moval to this city from the Methodist
Hnspltnl nt Atlantic City.
The decensed clergyman wns 63 years
old He was born In Olassboro, N, J
and received hi, elementary education In
the nubile fehools of Gloucester County.
In 188C he wns graduated from tho Drew
Seminary nt Madison, N. J. Provlous to
this. In lfcS3, he had been placed In chargo
of a church In iMorganvllle. At various
time he wns pastor of churches In Spots
wood, Imlaystown, Cnmdcn, Trenton,
ninsboro and Pennsgrovo. Ho was mado
district superintendent of Camden In 1909.
At tho recent conference In Atlantic
City, bo was assigned to tho pnntroatc of
the First .Methodist Episcopal Church of
thnt city. He was confined In tho Atlantic
City Hospital while the conferenco was
still In seHlon nnd his follow clergy
men visited him there to present him with
n hnmlsomo gold watch.
News that hs condition wa becoming
more perlous caused concern to tlio
Methodist clergy of the entire Stnte of
New Jersey. Doctor Nichols enjoyed an
unusual reputation among the ministers
as well as lay Methodists. His Camden
homo was nt &1 Haddon avenue.
FACE BURNED FIGHTING FIRE
Oil Stove, Out of Order, Starts BInzo
in Apartment House.
John Winchester, II years old. of 1723
North 22d street, is suffering from severe
burns nbout the head and shoulder to
ilny ns n result of his attempt to ex
tinguish an t-nrly morning blaze, which
threatened to destroy the apartment
house In which he llios.
Tho flro wns caused hv blazing oil from
n stove used by Mrs. John It. Quinn, who
occupies the Hist Moor of the building.
Tho clove becamo unmanageable and
was thrown from n window by Mrs.
Quinn, but tho burning oil splashed upon
woodwork of the building and tho flames
wero spreading rapidly when Winchester
attempted to check them. Firemen of
Knglne Company No. 27 extinguished the
blaze.
Playground for Frankford
Whitehall Commons, Torrofdalo avenue
nnd Wnkellng street, Frankford, will bo
Improved hy the Frankford Playground
Association. Plans for the proposed Im
irovementH were laid out by William D.
Champlin, secretary of the recreation
committee, nt a meeting ot tho play
giound association last night.
JAIL FOR TWO MORE
STOREY COTTON MEN
Riggs and Howard Sentenced
and Quinlan Expected to
Plead Guilty of Swindling.
Two of tho men -who helped engineer
tho great Storey cotton swlndlo were
sentenced to a year and a day each In
tho EaBtern Penitentiary today by J ml go
Dickinson, In United States District
Court. Ono man, Walter B. Rlggs, also
was sentenced to pay a lino of J2O0O, and
tho other, A. O. Howard, was fined JJ00.
Tho wlfo of Rlggs, fashionably dress
ed, occupied a chair among tho specta
tors when court was opened and her
husband und Howard came forward to
plead guilty and throw themselves on
tho mercy of the court. She leaned for
waid, hor handB clenched, when tho for
mal plea was entered.
When Judge Dickinson pronounced sen
tence Mrs. Riggs sat back in her chair
nnd began to weep silently. She wns led
away by friends. Riggs' sentenco Is to
begin nt ouco. That of Howard dates
fiom September 22. 19H, so that ho has
only six months to serve.
Another member of the group who
swung one of tho largest swindles of its
kind In the history of this country will
be cnlled for sentenco this nfternoon. He
Is Thomas Quinlan. It Is understood ho
also Is to plead guilty and nsk tho court
for mercy.
Twenty or CO of the men and women
swindled by Rlggs, Howard and their as
sociates wero in tho courtroom when sen
tenco was pronounced. When the case of
Qulnlun Is settled It will mark tho tlul
of the Government's prosecution. Tills has
extended over a period of 10 years, niM
nearly all those responsible for the fraud
are In Jail.
Darlymple Repealer Defeated
TRENTON, March 31.-The Dulrymple
repealer for tho Hennessy preferential
primary act was beaten In the Senato to
day, and those commission-governed
cities that are to hold elections In May
for new boards may now proceed without
making preparations for a primary In
the event of the passage of the Dalrymple
bill.
$
lOIQES
Jail for five days by Magistrate Ecott.
A mania for stealing nuts has brought
grief to Jimmy Booth. For many days
he has been sampling this sort of shell
food from a fruit stand near 2d and York
streets. Jimmy claims that he belong
to o, peculiar clan, which first came Intu
existence on the Island occupied by Rob
inson Crusoe. He contends that hi an
cestors got their living In the woods from
the trees and the bushes, and-believes
that hla appetite Is Inherited. Jimmy can
make a breakfast on butternut and al
monds, and he wouldn't care If he never
taw a cup of coffee or a fried egg. For
lunoh he often thrived on peanuts and
walnuts, white his dinner usually con
Blited of haselnuts and creamnuts. But,
a his appetite wrought havoo on the
stock of Joseph Drukl, tho latter caused
Jimmy's arrest becauae he always forgot
to pay his check.
Jimmy explalnsd hi fondness for nut
In. such detail that the sergeant declared
he waa- "nutty," and Magistrate Scott
aUp agreed that lie comam hip ju
Jimmy pn)rn(aed to jmy for hi, .b,tIi f0od
In the future and was discharged.
WSBKr X
BISHOP RUDOLPH DUBS
DIES AFTER 60 YEARS
TOIL FOR HIS CHURCH
Leader in United Evangeli
cal Faith, He Endured
Privations in Early Days
in West to Build Up Con
gregations. HARRISBURO, March 31,-Blshop Ru
dolph Dubs, of tho United Evangelical
Church, died at his home In Harrlsburg
! early this morning, nt the ago of 77,
after on Illness of several months.
Bishop Dubs Is survived by n widow and
five sons, tho Rov. Dr. C. Newton Dubs,
superintendent of the China Missions of
tho United Evangelical Church, of Huan,
China; Edwin A. Dubs, of Cleveland! Jesso
O. nnd Alfred W. Dubs, both of Los An
geles, Cnl., and Martin C. Dubs, a stu
dent at Albright College, Mycrstown.
Rudolph Dubs wns born near Worries,
Germany, May 31, 1837. Tho family's rec
ord goes back to the 14th century. At
that time tho ancestors of tho bishop were
among the followers of Huss. He camo
to this country with his father In 1S52.
His mother died the first night they were
on the vessel, sailing from Havre, Franco,
to New York.
Father and son went to Stephenson
County, Illinois, nbout 13 miles north of
Frecport, whero somo old acquaintances
had settled. A few weeks after tho fam
ily's arrival, Rudolph Btarted In school
and as ho had studied English, got along
well.
He wna brought up In the United Prot
estant Church, learned tho Heidelberg
Catechism nnd was confirmed In that
faith.
OOES INTO WILD COUNTRY.
In the faR of 1565 ho becamo a licentiate
ot the ministry nnd April 20. 1E35, ho was
received by the Illinois Conference Into
tho nctlvo ministry and nsslgncd to n
large chargo nenr Freeport. In tho spring
of 1S67 ho was sent across tho Mississippi
as n missionary to work among tho Ger
mans of Iowa. In 1S3S ho preached regu
larly nt Cedar Rapids, Lisbon, Otter
Creek, Brandon and Independence.
Under his supervision tho Evangelical
Church at Independence wns the second
of tho denomination In Iowa. Next year
ho was sent to Orandvlcw, tho oldest
and best charge In Iowa. The spring ot
1SC0 wns nn lmuortant epoch In his life.
All the missions west of tho Mississippi
In Iown, Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri
and Kansas were originated into n sepa
rate nnnual conference.
He wns sent to Kansas and with horse
nnd buggy he made his wny through
Iowa and Missouri to Humboldt, Kan.
No mlsslonnry had been sent there by
the church. The border war was raging.
Tho fight was on to mnko Kansas a free
State. Hero ho helped with General, af
tni vard Senator, Lane, Colonel Mont
gomery, the famouH John Brown nnd
others. This wns the year of the great
drought. A large sum of money and
provisions were sent, which he distributed
among the needy settlers regardless of
name or church fellowship.
KEPT OUT OF POLITICS.
lie could havo had a nomination to tho
Legislature: wns urged by General Lane
and others to enter the political field, but
remained a minister of the gospel. Ho
built the church nt Humboldt, tho first
qhurch of his denomination In Kansas.
Tho following year ho was stationed In
Leavenworth, Kan. Here ho erected tho
second church of his denomination In
Kansas.
In the spring ot 1S62 ho was elected
traveling agent by the trustees of tho
proposed collego at Plnlnlleld, 111. Tho
becond ear he was made general agent.
He labored successfully, so that tho col
lege was given a lino stnrt.
In lbSt ho resigned, after having been
unnnlmously elected general agent. He
was next chosen presiding cldor nnd sta
tioned In the Des Moines district. This
comprised a large territory, over which
he traveled by horso and buggy. His self
denial was -ery great. Ho had a number
of narrow escapes from death in that
wild country.
By hla literary productions ho attracted
the attention of the leading men of the
church, so that at tho General Confer
ence held In Pittsburgh in lk67 he was
elected sole editor of the Chrlstllcho
Botschnfter, tho German organ of the
church, tho oldest, largest and at thnt
time the most widely circulated Protest
nnt religious paper In the country. He
was re-elected In 1S71. Under his editor
ship the Botschnfter increased nbout &00O
in its circulation.
BISHOP AT THIRTY-EIGHT.
After eight years' literary servlco In his
position ns editor tho General Conferenco
In Philadelphia In 1S75 elected him bishop
nt the age of 38. A law of the church
prevented his re-election In 1502. Ho has
recently been editor of the Xeltschrlft Ho
wub a member of Generul Conference
since 1SC3 and Identified with missionary
and educational interests.
In connection with the Morrla Seminary
In IlllnolH and tho Hemlnary of tlin Cove
nanter Presbyterian at Orandvlew, la.,
ho enjoyed further educational advan
tages. By private arrangement ho took
thu theological courso of Lane Seminary.
His Intimate relations with the famous
Chrlstlleb of the University of Bonu and
other theological professors of the schools
of Germany greatly assisted him in his
work.
HOUSE CAUGHT AFTER RACE
ON HIGH K. R. EMBANKMENT
Policeman Shows Equestrian Talent
in Making Capture.
A horse race along the railroad tracks
at the top of an 50-foot ejnbankment was
Indulged In today by Policeman Boyce, of
the Frankford station. Then he per
formed a rare equestrian feat by leaping
from the back of his hone to another
which he was chasing near tho high
Pennsylvania bridge which spans the Del
aware. The runaway horse belonged to William
Mnul), of Wliiiiot and Richmond streets.
It had been out nit night, regardless of
the rules of the stable, and amused it
self by holding up trolley cars and pay
ing toclal calls in several Frankford
stores and startling the community gen
erally, LEFT $62,500 TO WIDOW
Frank Cloud Died From Injuries
When Hit by Trolley Car,
Frank Cloud, late of Pitman, N. J., who
died in the Hahnemann Hospital January
18 as a result of being- struck by a trolley
car at Broad and Arch streets, left an
estate of 16J.60Q to his widow. Ella V.
Cloud. An exemplified copy of hla will
was Hied with the Register ot Wills to
day and ancillary letters of administra
tion were granted, to W. Wallace Alex
ander, Other wills probated were those, of Wil
liam If. Fullerton. who left 116.500; Mary
A Dickson. 11500. John Lee, (3760; Alex
ander Dale, 3000) Htueh Murpby. (2500,
Personal property of Jamea McGulgan
has been MPpraUed 'at H7.W0.6S; Mary A.
KUy, tf.W7.H; Bella. Ward. U.U5; Car
oline M Miller. tSJIiOT. and Jameg Ward,
ESTATE OF JIAttCUS KAT8
AMOUNTED TO $102,450,84
Executors File Account With tho
Register of Wills.
Tho estate of Marcus KnU, Jfto'gj1
In February, 1914, amounted to Vftf
according to nn nccount filed w,,ll,..
Reclster of Wills by the executors, Julia
Kau Kmll Br nswlck nnd Blnion KaU.
Aflbaiance of $161,006.31 remalne Mr, I l-osses-slon
of tho executors for distribution
tt,DlsTur..!enfsado by the executors
Include $200 each to tho Jowlsli "sPHal
and to the Jowlsli rtrl.' mo
elation, and $100 to tho Federation of
Jewish Charities. t,Anco
Investments Included In th 'am:
on hand arc: 300 shnrcs of American
ime ltlng nnd Refining Company, ap
praised at $H,500! M0 shares United Gas
rZca'gen ffianff
URGES DRASTIC LAW
AGAINST "GUNMEN"
Detective Captain Cameron
Says Carrying of Concealed
Weapons is Common Here.
"Pennsylvania Is too lenient with per
sons who walk nbout tho Btrcels with
loaded revolvers. Over In Now Tork
when a man Is nrrested for carrying con
cealed weapons ho Is prosecuted under
tho Sullivan law. On conviction tho of
fender Is often sentenced to seven ycnr.i.
In Philadelphia I havo seen cases whero
a man received a Bontcnco of only 20 days
or a year nt tho most for carrying n
loaded revolver. Wo should havo a new
law governing the carrying of revolvers.
The shooting or two detectives Inst week
ought to he sufficient proof to our legis
lators that we need a stricter law,' said
Captain of Detection Robert D. Cameron,
The death of ono detective nnd tho
wounding of another bv Jacob Miller, ft
young roustabout, will probably result In
a bill being Introduced In tho present
Legislature, creating n law making tho
carrying ot loaded revolvers a serious
offense. Detective Captain Robert D.
Cnmoron today said ho was In favor of
having a law passed In Pennsylvania
similar to tho Sulllvnn law, which is
in force in tho Stato of New York.
Captain Cameron snld that thero are
many voting men walking tho streets of
Philadelphia with revolvers In their pock
ets defying tho present law. The present
sentence on conviction for carrying re
volvers and other concealed weapons Is
punishable by a sentenco or only nbout u
year. Cnptaln Cameron stated that many
offenders recently havo received sentences
of only nbout 20 days In Jail.
"If wo had a law llko the ono over In
New York I believe Philadelphia would be
better off," said tho captain. "A law
which would help to Inflict a stiff sentenco
on youths whoso hobby Is to mnrch
around with loaded revolvers would bo
Instrumental In eliminating many persona
who aro of the character of Jacob Miller.
"I hope the legislators of Pennsylvania
will glvo the recent shooting of two of my
detectives their careful attention. A bill
should be Introduced nnd passed boforo
the present Legislature adjourns making
tho carrvlng ot rovolvers a serious or
fensc. Instead of one-year sentences wo
should have a law giving a Judge tho
right to Inflict a sentence of at least seven
years. After the Sulllvnn lnw was en
acted In New York arrests fof carrying
loaded revolvers decreased. I strongly
urgo that Pennsylvania should also havo
n Sullivan law."
LONGS FOR FREEDOM
OF ACCUSED FATHER
Wife Slayer's Son Says Parent
Is Not Bad Man Drunk
When He Fired Shot.
"I hope they won't do anything to papa.
Ho ain't a bad man. Ho was good to us
boys, und he didn't mean to hurt mama
when ho killed her."
With this statement John Relloy, a
wide-eyed, 10-year-old lad. Insisted on
acting ns spokesman for his three
younger brothers and nged grandmother
today at the homo of Mrs. Kmma Rclley,
70S Dast Tioga street, mother ot James
Relley, who has Just been captured In
New York. Young John was tho only
eye-witness on November 21, 1912, whon
his father, then a street-car conductor In
this city, camo homo drunk, according
to the police, and shot his wife. IIo has
been a fugitive, since, nnd was caught
in New York through clover detective
work on tho part of Special Policeman
"Bob" Dunbar, of the Trenton avenue
and Dauphin street police station, this
city.
Young John wns eager to talk today.
IIo had read tho nowspaper accounts
of tho capture of his father. He ran to
tho door with his grandmother In re
sponso to a ring this morning. Behind
him trailed "Tommle," S years old; Jos
eph, C, and "Billy." The flftlf child
ot the alleged murderer, Joseph, a baby
9 months old, died ns a result of los
ing the care of his mother. Tho baby
was buried by Mrs. Relloy.
The child's loquaciousness wns check
ed by tho grandmother, who chldcd him
for his forward nature, nut she cried
a little at tho willingness of her little
grandson to forgive his father.
Mrs. Relloy ndniltted that It lind taken
all her savings to obtain n grave for
the dead baby of her son who Is charg
ed with murder. She has also taken
care of the other children since the day
of tho murder. She hopes the law will
bo charitable to her "boy."
"Jim was always a good hoy." sho
said, with tears starting from her eyes.
"He never meant to kill his -wife. Ho
was drunk. It is all due to a Mrs, Black
that go him In her power. After ho
met her thoro was troublo at his home.
Ho seemed to drink moro, but begged
hs wife to help him stop, When ha
was a mere lad he fell off tho roof ot u
building at Lehigh avenue and Cedar
street. Dr. John Lock, who is now a
Councilman, treated him then and said
he might havo trouble over the Injury
afterward. I think he Just went Insane
because of the power of that other worn,
an over him."
Mrs. Relley also mentioned that tho
sister of the daughter-in-law who -was
murdered has forgiven her son for
murdering his wife and making his chil
dren motherless. This sister Id Mrs.
Archie Smith, 2621 Memphis street. She
said today she had no desire to see the
alleged murderer punleh.ed for his crime.
"What good could it do?" she said, "He
lias probably suffered enough."
Four daughters also make their home
with Mrs. Relley at the Tioga street ad
drei. They have lived there since the
killing of the woman to help support an
cheer the motherless children of the Al
leged uxoricide. They also have forgiven
RIUy and blame "the other woman."
They say Rclley was fond of his wife.
One ot the daughters Is Mlas Margaret
Relley. She I a stenographer In an oftlce
butlalng in the centra of the city. The
other are Annie, Mrs. Elizabeth Lynn,
who also has a home at Lehigh avenue
and Memphis street, and Mr. Joseph
Lambert
'PLATFORM' PREPARE
INCAMPAIGNFORffl
COMMERCE CHAffli
Reorganizing Committee
&uDmic inroad Plan
Anf.1Vlf.1PH fr T..i .1
Men of City Urged tj
oum movement. m
Tho greatest trndo development tM
palgn over undertaken In Phit..,7rfil
will shortly bo started. Kor th
cnt tho movement has as li T ptty
establishment of n greater ChnmT1 '
Commerce, with a membership V 6?
6000 to 6000 leading buslnes, m'on
with powers commensurato with tl,. .te
portanco and commercial needs otti
With tho foundation of this ,. .J
tntlvo trnde body laid, It I orofljl
make It tho champion of Ph taSSrt,2
commercial, Industrial nnd eoelT'&l
terests. clal In3
Plnns for tho completo rcorMni...
of tho Chamber of Commerce! "hlM
make that body aggressive In tLlM
represontatlvo in membership, VrnZ.il
finances nnd management, and S"lm1
Place It on a parity with tho centra iJ"?
bodies of New York, Chicago ana&s
havo Just been made publlo by SJu
organization Committee, under thiJwrW
mnnshlp of Alba B. Johnson, nreilA jW
tho Baldwin Locomotive Work ' ?J
"PLATFORM" IS PREPARED 'i
After months of preparation a kff
form" ot organization has been ppir
At luncheons during the past two wwlu
this statement of principles hM been lifif
beforo about 400 business men of t" im
with tho request that they make conlS
upon It nnd offer suggestions. With S:
npprovnl ot this nucleus of business I,.'
era secured, tho platform has now V,V
mado public, and a whirlwind eamtS
announced which will marhal tho lead 5
representatives of Philadelphia's banldA?
transportation, manufacturing, merchin'
dlso and maritime Interests Into th
mighty trade body. mo ""J
. '"i,"1.1? In vlor- 'L10 ncllv. campilH
to treble tho membership of the ChanitK
of Commcrco will bo launched next Moni
day night nt tho "get-together" dluw
nt tho Beliovue-Stratford. Following iW
dinner, on Tuesday, Wednesday ThUr5
day and Friday mornings, between J'S
and 12:15 o'clock, a personal canvij.Vel
tho buslnoss men of tho city wDj u
made. 3
Committees composed of lawyers, bank?
ers, manufacturers nnd merchant, tthj
havo pledged tholr support, will vltli
12 000 Philadelphia firms on tho chamb ?,
eligibility list und talk mcmberihli) in
these four mornings. Every prominent
business and professional man In thi
city will bo urged to becomo a rnemWr'
of tho Reorganized Chamber of Cora
mercc. Tho annual dues will ba IB ind
dual membership will bo permitted V a
limited oxtent.
Tho four-duy campaign will bo tuioer
tho direct chargo of Mr. Johnson,, tfho
Is chairman of tho Reorganization Com
mittee, and William L. Finch, an expert'
... . .. .., .,u uiiivr locni-
Dors Of thu ltenrirniilvfttlnn nnmt..
nro Howard B. French. Thome B, Har-'
Me... eim.lAH rf m . V
trench, Charles P. Vaughn and Daniel
wwiney.
CHIEF FKATURES OF PLAN,
Tho commlttco has made It clear to all
that no present trade or bulnes' of!
gnnlzatlon In Philadelphia will bo aiked
to submerge Its Identity In tho newj
ciiamDcr or commerce. Thero will bi
no conflict with existing organization!"
nnd members of theso will ba umi IA
join tho Chamber of Commerce also, 4
The dominating features of the ormiiM
zatlon, ns .distinguished from the,jreMtiU
pinn or organization of tho Chainlet ot
Commerce, nro: , ,
(n) Direct nnd close relntlonihlp V
between tho membership and the or-lfl
(b) Opportunity for the Individual
members to express their preference
ns to which division of activity they;
would like to centre their Interest and
extend their energies. "M
(c) The work of tho organization
to bo distributed among bureau and
departments, each under the direction
of a commlttco designated for the putt
poso nnd each with a trained secretary
to carry out the Instructions of ttloee
In charge. '7
(d) Opportunity for active work onB
the part or the membership tnroow
special committees will be afforded,!
tho result being moro general distribu
tion of servlco and activity. "'
I (o) Complete co-ordlnntlon of alt
forces within the organization, and
centralization of administrative au
thority in tho board of director andj
executive committee. 4
(f) Provision for a public forum Br
the creation of a delegate Rpdy Known
ns the Meinherahln Council, and mad
up of representatives of the trade anill
professional subdivisions of the menva
bershlp. The council, ns it nanw
Implies, -would have no power "Btj
nntlnn hut mnv rprnnimeml to !h
board of directors subjects which, liffl
the opinion of tho council, shouio oj.
taken up by tho association ior iu
Vinnaflt nt pnmmnpPA nnd for 111 Vi'
run. nt llio rnmmmilt V. It Will M'd
meetings at stated Interval, whew,
short tnlks by representative men W,
II..,. hcln.,u InullAtt fiml tradft DrQU.
loms nro given. It Is Intended tji
stlmulato an Intelligent public jnierai
in matters affecting the trade
welfare of Philadelphia.
TO ORGANIZE BUREAUS
Tho covemlng nrlnclplo of the orewjj;
tion will be that there Is notblngJto.
small for It to do and nothing too JSj
for It to undertake if for thbe,t'"l,?,;S
of Philadelphia. Every phase of pnuaoojl
phla's community life will be coasltoM
In the equipment of the body, The ae"0
ties will be apportioned among, bureaia
each thoroughly capable and a WMUJI
tse,f' , . ,.S
Thp general outline of work r JMg
tiro chamber will be controlled YJZ
administrative bureau. Conducting ,i
will be an Industrial bureou, wNiffii
make a careful analysis of wnaiW
under which manufacturing wn.rUSj
conducted In this city; a convention uRS
renu equipped to adverlls fhltaWPg
nil over the United States, to brlwrja
many conventions hero as P'!3K
traffic bureau, designed tn deal WthBk
In reference to tho shipping nd.fS
clal Interests of tho city! a .trad tm
slon bureau, J.q fpster and lncr,s,.i5
here! a foreign trade bureau, to
the advantages ot dealing with JJUMg
Phia establishments: PMS,
to advertise the work of tht f?a.KhitS
a researcn oureau, , - - jr
a bureau of legislation ana .-3
civlo problems.
CHARGE CREEK IS POLMJTl
Steps have been taken by w?
Da Costa, solicitor for Radnor w,
n Btnn th nlleired. DOllutlon Ot tb Jffi
Creek by the Wayne Sewage CoHfl
The attorney, a?ting wltn me sa,
. ...- t. j f-nmmllKloner Ji
talned a rule on the sewage .corpora
to show cause wny a -. j s
brought Into the pew .. ,
on charge pt contempt-
Captain Harry Trout Hi,
BORDHNTOWN. W. J
steamboat Springfield, plviue W
Philadelphia and Bordeptow n. w i
itarrf -1 rnui. cauiBiu e - - , n
home here with peuumvan
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