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EVMIKG LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1915.
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mLY' SUNDAY CALLS
TAFTA GOOD SCOUT,
THOUGH A UNITARIAN
Paterson Gives Evangelist
Enthusiastic Welcome,
and He Wins Cheers With
Vigorous Opening Sermons.
rnoM a Tvrp onnwrosnis.NT.I
TATKHSON, N. J.i April E. fnlcrson
rubhetl the sand from Its cyr-s Oil morning-,
nnd askeil: "Well; what (to yon
think of Hill?" In Hie city's 3J0 Bilk
mills men nntl women, wnn-faeed hoys
unit RlrU talked over "nilly" Sunday.
"ts there." tlicy demanded, "anything
In nil tliat talk of his nbout Christianity
settling nil difficulties between capital nnd
labor, masses nnd clnsacs? Well, we'll
wnlt nnd sec."
That I" Paterson's nttltnde, nn nttl
tude of watchful waiting. It litis been
warned by tbo 1. W. W. lenders, Eliza
beth Ourley Klynn nnd tbo rest, to "tako
Bill easv when be tnlks economic rlRbta."
The church members are for "Hilly."
They nro ontlumlnstlc over the first day
of his campaign. Hut It wasn't nn over
enthusiastic day. "nilly" Is a worn man.
Ho didn't "get Kolng" until last nlRlit
when he preached Ills slangy epigram
matic "Sins of Society."
Ho wns all on nro today. It's tire of
enthusiasm, burning tho wenrlness olit of
his system. Ho talked Unltnrlnnlstn ns
he was eating bis brenkfnst-nBalnst It.
of course. Mostly, ho talked ex-Prcsldent
Tnft. What he said was Inspired by tbo
possibility of prominent Unitarian speak
ers being brought here to wage a
COUIUvl -.., '-.
He Inuglied at tho suggestion that tho
ex-President tnlsht speak ngnlnst lilm.
"Why," said "Ma." "Mr. Wnnamnlccr
took us to seo Mr. Taft In Philadelphia,
and Mr. Tnft told us tho reason ho was
a Unitarian wns because bo wns born
that way. Ho said bo had nothing against
other churches. It ho'd been born Into
some other church be'd probably have
been n. member of It still."
"TAFTS A FINE SCOUT."
"Tako It from me," "Billy" nodded em
phatically, "Mr. Tuft's a lino scout."
Ho didn't say much for President
Emeritus Kllot, of Hnrvnrd, who tnlked
Unltarlanlsm In Philadelphia. before
"Billy" campaigned there.
It wns one of his typical days of ir.st.
Ho wanted to go to New York, hut "Ma"
wouldn't let him. So bo visited tho Mayor,
other city officials, leading bankers, and
manufacturers Instead. Mayor t'ordyce,
who Isn't back of his campaign to miy
great extent, Just talked baseball with
"Billy" and ngrccd with htm when lie
said:
"Paterson's n fine old town."
Sundny, wiry, muscular, boozo-flghtlng,
Bunday, wiry, musculnr, boozo-flghtlng,
Blang-throwlng and, yet, old-time prcaclier
of the old-tlmc religion, leaped to the top
Ul lilU ,,.,! I'IUVIU.,11 111 ,IU wirt ....-..-
il clo In this city yesterday for two ser
n mone, and began another battlo with
Eatan hefore numonccs mat crowueii un
building and overflowed into the streets.
Paterson didn't mind tho snow or nnv
thlng else. No person wns heard to mni
plaln a wee bit that Old King Winter had
Btolen nwny the glory of the spring dow
ers and tho Kaster fashion parade, for nit
thuoghts here were turned toward the
great wooden temple, and some 20,000 per
sons fixed their eyes on Sunday and felt
satisfied.
The audience went wild' when "Hilly"
was seen, cont collar high about Ills ears
and his gray hat In his hand, coming
down one of tho aisles back of tho pulpit
In the choir loft. Kor. half a mlnut,' the
audience applauded, and then a young
tiujnuii jumped iij hit ivvi jii me ut-iuic
of tho auditorium and. by waving her
handkerchief, gave the signal for a Chau
tauqua salute,
PUAISES PIIir,ADICL,PIirA.
Sunday paid Ills compliments to Phila
delphia when lib first started to speak.
"When you used to think abbut Phlla
""Belphla," he snid, "you thought nbout
tho Declaration of Independence; Frank
lin, walking through the streets with
loaves of bread under his arm: Franklin
flying his kite with a key on It. Now you
think of something else. Philadelphia
has started something. It hns started
the greatest religious awakening the
country has ever known. Tho city's
Jiamo has tnken on a new mcnnlng."
"Billy" warmed up to the people ox
Taterson immediately through his per
sonal words for the silk town. After ho
had shakon the hnnd of every ono of tho
clergymen who occupied a section beside
the cholr-loft, and had Introduced his co
workers, he told his attentive hearers that
he "had fired a Paterson Rogers locomo
tive in his early, harum-scarum days,"
and then he won over tho baseball crowd
by talking of tho famous old hero, Jim
McCormlck, of diamond fnme, whom he
mentioned as "my old sldo kick."
n'sht In tho beginning he spokje of
those persons who had been attacking
htm and who had declared that he had
demanded a guarantee in cash before ho
would consent to come to Paterson.
Tha same old liars have been going
found here," ho said, "distributing their
Jtorles that Bill wouldn't como unless ho
had a guarantee. That's n. black llo of
the devil's mvn mnln nr1 VtA nlln... ...i...
Wlw It Is a liar and knows he Is. I
...rcii i asKeo raterson for a penny. All
that has been asked has been for the
vvoi vu B ouiKiing, the money to pay
the electric lights, the coal bills and the
J..I-S..SO 01 conducting the campaign.
Jneres no such a thing as a guarantee
jor me. The money that you are asked
w contribute In tho collection now Is for
JMse expenses. So get busy and help
wipe out your debt,"
in the afternoon he gave one of his
!0PS, on "The Ho'y Ghost," and at
ins night service he preached on "The
Bins of Society." All tho towns near
. on turned out In force to hear
mm many persons facing difficulties to
get through the high-drifted Bnow. There
H.i,a also Bon'e New Yorkers In the
;""e. put the crowd from that city was
,.. . , ,urB0 as nau Been expected on the
openingday, -
J'Sunday Credited for Cummunions
K. Slore persons received communion In the
MHieran churches of the city yesterday
sjaan for man, .......... !.- t -,,i
b-. ...,, i cam ueiurVi ttlA-umiiis
EiniLrp?rt reart today at the Lutheran
Kf i rs """ "24 Arch street. Much
liinii cuu" " was a". was due to ma
""" " -uiuy - Sunday,
pUSINESS PliOSPEIilTY
NOW RETURNING
Continued from la. nn.
IM Obvlouslv imli.il. .n.l Ik... I. .!
Br Vh V n the cmposIte opinion.
flrfh ' pessimistic view that seemed
IS. i? n we'shed with care was that
SLTiJ , u?" s improving In an inflnt
1m,, , gr' and the return to normal
W&hL :?w unt11 there Is peace In Kurope,
gLUll there Will 1m n .nM Kf nmlnntrarl
iQd Dermanont ....... n-j .-. .. n
,Jtt-, " HlIM IllVVVUlCllfc III 44
UPWARD THEh'n VIHIBr.R.
T&tmost cheerf yl view that offered facts
4 tU JUItlflcatinn III that n i-.vlval nt
WMA$ Slid inHllRtlf.1 inli..llU Ih.l Hnt.llu
tf w5 headway has set In.
"" uiiuw of thin opinion is Wallace
JjaiiuBKKis, pigidsnt Q thu Siuimoiw
W8-e L'Dmm-m , 425 Arch street. a
confidently predicted n. gradual but nulto
evident forward movement locally ; ho
went further, nml predicted n llko ad
vnnco tnrouRhout the nation, though
somewhat flower In tho South. This
optimistic tono will distinguish tho next
statistical report of the National Cham
ber of Commerce, Washington, D. C, for
tho facts Upon which that body's reports
are based are gathered largely by tbo
approximately BOO rcpresentntlves of tho
Simmons Hardware Company.
"Our business was greater In volume
'last month than In any other month In
our history," Bald Mr. Simmons, "but,
understand, that does not necessarily
mean that tho general volume of hard
ware business Is greater than nt any
time sltico our organization. We are n
young concern, nnd our volume should
Increase even when that of long-oslab-llsbed
houses does not. Our ndvanco last
month, however, exceeded our most san
guine expectations. Our Increase was
considerably more than normal,
"t nm Informed Hint last month showed
a general increase In the business nil
over the country. It wns sllgluly above
tbo normal lncrcas In Phllndclnhla for ns.
nnd,
according to the luoM rellnb.r In-
iuii nil on i i nvr ni nnini iitnn ,v
f'lglit linprovetneiit for every one in the
business over tho Inst few months.
"Voslordny I returned from n Western
trip. I visited Toledo. St. Louis and other
cities nnd had considerable opportunity
to learn the feeling. The views given
mo varied ll'Me. A few men were In
clined to tt gloomy view, but their dis
satisfaction seemed to he over tho slow
ness of tho recovery they believed hnd
set In rather than over tbo actual de
pression. Hut the vast majority expressed
themselves well satslfled, and nil that they
sttltl justified my belief Hint thi move
ment toward hotter conditions will gain
both speed nnd power through the next
few months. I'ndetstnnd me, nobody
should expect to wake up some morning
nnd find the country from coast to coast
In tho full enjoyment of a senson of
unparalleled prosperity. We have had
bad times nnd wo nre not nt tbo end of
them, but right now they are not ns bad
as they were, nnd while the change for
the better that has set In will not be re
markably rapid, It will be far from slow.
"The Information I gleaned was con
vincing to me. but it Is continued by our
represcn lathes over the nation, the bends
of our six houses and about nni) men who
nro constantly 'covering' the country.
These have unusual opportunities for
studying conditions most Intimately. The
centin of Information In the small city
Is the hardware store, Just as tho hard
ware atoro Is tho centre of information
In tho town.
"Our men visit the hardwaro stores and
there they meet every one. The farmer
drives Into town and 'hitches' his team
In front of the hnrdwnro store, nnd It Is
In that atoru not In tho grocery that lie
does what tnlklng he docs before lie
drives home. Our men get nil this talk.
They Itnuvv how to weigh It. too. A man
who deals In S00O Items, ns they have to
do, Is n man of umisunl grasp and per
spicacity. This i.s so true that the Na
tlonnl Chamber of Commerce asked us
to permit our representatives to furnish
the statistics which, with Government le
ports, form the basis of the chamber's
trade bulletins,"
DRY GOODS TRADE.
"Things certainly do show Improve
ment." said Calvin M. Smyth, president
of tho Young, Smyth, Field Company,
drygoods wholesalers. "There Is plenty
of room for Improvement, but I feel
greatly encouraged with what has de
veloped already. Our collections last
month, March, wcie better than they
were a year ago nnd our sales were
nenrly equal to those of a year ngo."
H. M. Gwyn,, president nnd general
manager of the Oneida Hosiery Knitting
Company, 2d street nnd Allegheny nvc
uue, said that last mouth the Oneida
business tliowcil the first Increase it hnd
shown since last May. Orders nre In
creasing. William F. Taubel, known as
"tho hosiery king," lias announced that
he soon will build a new mill hi Rending.
Pa. Another hosiery manufacturer said
he wns worrying more over tho problem
of dyc&tuffB than thnt of sales.
"We are going to have plenty of pur
chasers," ho said, "hut we'ro nfrald we
may have tn give them natural-colored
stockings."
Morris U. T)annenbniim. president of 1,.
Doiinonbnum's Son .t Co., snld that last
month showed an npprcclablo Improve
ment In ids business, silks nnd millinery
supplies, though he deals In luxuries.
IN OTIII3R LINES.
Georgo T. Lnlug, of Lalng. Ilarror ,fc
Chamberlain. Bhoe findings and shoes, said
he notes a slight Improvement In condi
tions, but It is very slight and will be
slow in his opinion, though sure, until
tho end of the war.
W. P. Sharp, president and general
manager of tho AVIIIinm Whilmnn Com
pany, candy manufacturers, said:
"Tho business Is not as bad ns It has
been. We have been working harder, and
tho determination of men not to be beaten
has helped. It will continue to help. Tho
situation for the candy manufacturers Is
greatly Improved from tho East to Chi
cago, but still serious In tho South and
Southwest. But tho Improvement In the
section first named almost equals that in
tho South and tho Southwest."
N. T. Folwoll, of Foluell Brothers &
Co., spinners and dress goods manufac
turers, said sales last month showed an
encouraging Increase, and the dyestuff
problem Is the greatest now.
He said American capital would produco
the tlyentuffs If It could have any nssur
nnco that the Industry would bo protected
after the artificial protection of European
war should disappear. "Wo ought to have
a little activity to encourage that nnd
less 'watchful waitlpg,' " said Mr. Fol
well. William J. Eldrldgc. of Hnrdwlck &
Mngee, carpet manufacturers, said there
nro signs or general Improvement In con
ditions, though thero has been no strong
ly marked change as yet so far as the
carpet business la concerned.
BUILDING TRADES ARE RUSY;
OUTLOOK (MOD ijj RARUISRIIRG
HARRISBURCJ, April O.-The building
trades hero will have a fairly prosperous
summer, permits for the city during
March having exceeded those of the same
month last year.
The Pennsylvania Steel Company is
completing some of the new plants which
will enable it to extend Its activities
along new lines. Tho works are belrnr
operated at about 65 per cent, capacity.
The Central Iron and Steel Company
has had only moderate success this year,
but the Harrlsburg Pipe and Pipe Bend
ing Works, which has been turning out
great quantities of shrapnel by a now
and approved process, Is so busy that It
must Increase Its capacity at least one
third. PITTSBURGH DISTRICTS THROB
WITH NEW BUSINESS LIFE
u-
PITTSBURGH, April 5. Industry Is
steadily picking up throughout the Pitts
burgh district. Plants operating to the
extent of 0 per cent, of their capacity
In January are now operating 70 to SO
Our
Tile, Slate,
Metal and Slag
Roofs Are Standard
RESIDENTIAL WORK A
SPECIALTY
frMrmt Compound keeps roofs
watertight for fivo years, and Is
also guaranteed.
Real Estate Roofing Co,
2341-2343 Wallae St.
BqU Potior lUl Ktytimt Bat tin
Jf
per cent, of their capacity. While lead- '
crs of Industry are hot over enthusiastic
In their opinions, they admit that business
l slowly returning to normal.
Largo ordersvfor wnr materials nnd for ,
tho construction of munitions of war nro i
being received by many concerns. This,
In n measure, accounts for the boom In
Industry. Tho total of such orders In
tbo Pittsburgh district amounts to nbout '
$11,000.(00.
Carneslo Steel Company olllclaln rn
nonnced that big domestic Users nro
hurrying In orders for bars, rods and
tho like, fearing tho same effect on the
nation s supply of such materials ns
leccntly was feared In connection with
the bread supply, because of fast In
creasing demands from Europe.
STEAIIV BUSINESS INCREASE j
AT READING SINCE JANUARY !
READING, pn.. April B.-Wllb the ex
ception of tho text II.. mnnufrtcturlcs, local
HdUHtrles hnve shown a sternly Incrcns
In business since th hrst of tbo yenr
ine I'cnnsvivnii ;i nni tte.fc lint llnii-
j rends report n largo Increase In freight
lonnnge, the Pemiav's IiiisIiimh fur MnriM,
exceeding by n larWe figure flint of the
samo month in 1313. Stnrtlng with .Innu
nry 1. ,B Pennsy howcd nn Improve
ment each month until It reached tho
high mark Inst month.
Tho clear Industrv Is especially busy,
locum Brothers A Spntx Company oper
ating on regular schedule. Yocum
Brothers soon will begin tho erection
of a now plant, and 1015 Is expected to
prove a bannor :car for this Industry.
LANCASTER FACES BRIGHTEST
PROSPECT IN TWO YEARS
Building nnd Industries Feel Stimu
lus of Improved Trade.
LANCASTER, April B.-Unless threat
ened labor troubles Interfere, Lancaster,
dull In building operations tho last two
years, will experience n great building
boom Ibis senson, which will give employ
ment to hundrcdo of men. Tho demand Is
for houses that will rent from $10 to fl3
a month. An unusual amount of building
will be done nil over Lancaster Couutv.
One of the most Important Industrial
Plants In Lancaster, employing hundreds
of skilled mechanics. In the Chnmplon
Blower and Forge Company's plant.
Business there, until recently, wns slow,
but now the big plant In running full
handed and on full time. Their best
market Is abroad. Tho largest local cigar
factories report improved e-udltlons nnd
Increased numbers of ordJ i. The most
marked Improvement Is . ,ong tho Inn
wrrklng establishments, though the
Stehlo Silk Corporation's silk mill, one of
the InrgcHt in the world, and the two
barnum cotton mills, operated by Phll'i
delphla owners, are working steadily
oneo more.
YORK'S VARIED INDUSTRIES
REPORT-ACTIVE-OPERATIONS
Steady Increase in Every Branch of
Manufactures.
YORK, Pa.. April 5. The Industries of
this city nml county arc having a gradual
nnd stendy Incrcnso lit business. This Is
noticeable along all lines except perhaps
llio tobacco Interests, which have been
somewhat retnrded.
Robert Gcpbart. secretary of the York
Manufacturers' Association, says there
I- a revival of business. Mr. Gepbnrt is
tne purcuasing agent ror 30 per cent, of
tho manufacturing estnbilshments
throughout York nnd York County. There
are more than 300 Industries In York
alone, with a capital of morn than
$20,000,000. These employ lnoie than U!,000
persons.
Thero are few unemployed workmen
and the city has kept up Its shipping to n
point not Tar below normal.
The Martin Carriage Works has many
orders nnd the outlook Is promising.
INDUSTRY AND TRADE
IMPROVED IN ALTOONA
ALTOONA. April fl. Tile Industrial con
dition In Altoona Is slightly Improved.
Several departments of tho Pcnnsylvnn'n
Railroad shops are working full time.
Tho three silk mills, operated by
Schwarzenbnch. Hubcr & Co, and cm
ploying 1200 hands, have been running
full' time for scmie weeks, and there nro
so ninny orders, ahead that the manage
ment will be obliged to put on a night
force In tbo near future. The wnr has
cut oIT the supply of foreign silk and
created an Increased demand for domes
tic silk. Tho result baa been a boom to
the business .f the local mills.
Mnny of the limestone quarries in Blair
County Hint have been shut down or run
ning on part time for some months nro
resuming opcrntlons.
The prospects for a busy building year
aro very bright.
BALTIMORE MILLS GIVE
MANY IDLE MEN WORK
BALTIMORE, April B.-The Improve
meat In conditions In Baltimore Is dally
marked by changes for the better in all
lines of business. A striking fcaturo of
this Is the decrease In the number of tha
unemployed, as shown by tho official
statement of George A. Malone, In charge
of tho Federal Employment Bureau,
only 41G In March. J
Industrial plants near the city havo
begun to fill up their empty benches and
workshops, turning Into profitable wage
earners many who have heretofore been
looking for employment.
SHENANGO VALLEY PLANS
TO FILL BIG STEEL ORDERS
SHARON, Pa., April 5,-Steel mills are
resuming activity, all plants are being
hurriedly repaired and many orders aro
being booked, Indicating that prosperity
Is near for the Shenango Valley, from
Greenvlllo to New Castle. Within three
months It will be one of the busiest In
dustrial sections of the country.
Not only Is this true of Sharon, Farrell,
New Castle and Greenville In this valley,
but also of Homestead, Clalrton, Midland,
Woodlawn and other towns In the Pltts-
is. SOLITAIRE
Jutt hi the
remarkuble bav
ins that we, the
diamond cut
ten, make po.
tlble for jou on
any kite dia
mond you may
fcdtcL from the
carat Kcm to
the big S rarat
dandy. At these,
the diamond
cutters' prices,
buy Ins dia
mond becomes
an Investment
of posltltely In
cttiuilat yearly
taluq, I. t'reta
& Bon demon
strata the man
ifold adtantanea
of buylus dia
monds direct
from the cut
ters. Our guar
antee refunds
full purchasa
price within ono
cur. less 10ft,
Carat
$15
tt Carat
35
Carat
$50
1 Carat
$70
iH Carat
$85
4 Carat
$105
1; Carata
120
1 Carata
140
rfflnzwrs Vt
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JOSEI'H C. WALKER
JOSEPH C. WALKER DIES
Leading Figure in Financial Circles
of Lancaster County.
Joseph t. Walker, a leading figure In
the financial circles of Lancaster County,
nnd one of lis best-known lealdents, died
yesterday while celebrating the 83d anni
versary of his birth ot his home at Gap,
Pa.
Mr. Walker was president of the Gap
National Bank and the founder anil presi
dent of the .Joseph C. Walker & Sons
Lumber nnd Conl Company. He entered
mercantile life In ISM, nftcr being gradu
ated from the Unlonvllle Academy, Ches
ter County, with the firm of Baker & Hop
kins, grain and coal dealers. For mnny
years ho wns Postmaster and .lustlre of
tho Peace, and during tho Civil Wnr was
Inlernnl Revenue Collector. Ho was np
pednted n Commissioner from Pennsylva
nia to the Columbian Exposition nt Chi
cago In ISO!, nnd "wns n member of the
Board of Commissioners appointed to
oxnmlne the Atlantic co.ist defense during
thn Spanish-American Wnr. He was on
elder In the Hellevuo Presbyterian Church
nt Gap,
Surviving him nre his widow, who wns
Miss Lucy Hlester Elmnkcr; n son, Will
lam .1. I.atta Walker, secretary and
treasurer nf the Walker Company, and n
daughter. Miss Susan C. W. Walker. Mrs.
Wnlker, widow of a decensed son, K.
Enlleld Wnlker. at present resides at
5221 Walnut street.
burgh district. Thousands of men who
havo been working three and four days
i week during the winter are now em
ployed six nnd some seven days n week.
Fnrreil has mills that employ S0.)
hands nnd the pnyioll uiuoiiiitn to
tS.WO.000 annually.
.lust now the plants ate operating nt
virtually full capacity for the first time
In more than a year.
In .Sharon the Orlggs-Seabury ordnance
corporation Is running at about 7.'i per
cent, ot capacity. It turns nut automo
biles and the Vulcan nuto truck.
OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES
Man Found Unconscious by Fellow
Tenant of Building.
Francis S. Itafferty, publisher of the
Northeast News, a local city newspaper,
nearly lust his life early this morning
when Ids bedroom nt 2127 Columbia ave
nue filled with gas from a disconnected
radiator tube. Ho was saved from death
by Charles P. Richardson, who conducts
a Jewelry stoic on the first floor of the
building. When Itlchardaon opened his
store lie delected tho odor of gas ninl
tracing It upstairs to Itafferty's room
found Hid latter unconscious on the Hoof
and the disconnected stove nearby.
A patrolman, summomd by Richardson,
had ItalTcrty leiuoved to tho Women's
Homeopathic Hospital, where he Is in a
terlous condition. Under the Influence
of restoratives lie lovlvcd sufficiently to
say that he had got up during the night
to light tho gns stove, and it Is thought
he accidentally disconnected the tube.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
J. Harl Smith, files Kiiclld ne., nml KIb'o It
Wagner, 1701 N. Mh m.
Uharlru llarkliiB, .'ill'? .Muster rt nnd Ilrl.lRei
I oylr, 1117 N. Sid U.
Kutmicl Heel, .MS Si. I7lh 81.. nnd Idn llonnid,
1W)7 Syillio st.
James iMyle. Sii.lt) Oakfurd M., nnd lloae M.
Mriilnlry. Jrnklntnwn, i'.i.
Dm I J Silverman, Illcliinoiul, Vn.. and Funis
Mailer. S.M:t 8. ith st.
Fmoch Tumlliihon, Hit v. Clearfield St., nnd
JLargfirtL 'laflo. SUM 1?. I'learneM Ht.
Iiula Ostrowsky. J40 N. 7th St., and lajulso
Mnurlns, l'i)-':i H. Alder st.
John Itccd. ,'IISI I' st.. and Carrie 10. Rastatter,
17:11 N. 7tli tt.
Andrew While. SKKl S. Chad wick St., and Mary
K. ijweoney, MOH fs. 17th St.
Henrv Htcnliany, ::G.'17 U nt., und Lena Fauscr,
:.o:ir, u st.
Adamo Ouerrlno, 11.17 Oerrllt St., and Maria
I'lannlnl, 7111 Christian st.
MlkolaJ Korlowlcz, Uocknood, N, Y., and
Aksenla WaryczoM'n. loot a 3d st.
Alliert II. Hlch, .1117 Knox el., and Helen M.
llray, 200 W. Haines b1.
John Kovul. :II12.'I Scars at., nnd Mary Ilad-
narczuk. t?!;23 Sinrs st.
Thomas It. Lnuglirln. 2721 K. Clearfield st nnd
Mary J lloyle, Stcnton ave. and Ik-ll's Mill rd.
Thomas J. McMalion, tltli N. C2d st., und Clara
M. Slmmern C7 N. KM st.
Harry A. Koep. 225 Sansom st., nnd Kutherlne
A. kroeser, .ifo:i N. Darlen st.
Claud W. Fennor, HU7 1'onlar St.. and Mar
caret I.ourhren. 2101 llalnhrldce St.
Zarlmrlali Winston, (112 Moss st., and l.ury
Morris. 1212 Moss St.
Joseph Cloud. Camden, and Annie 1,. Cllne,
Camden.
J. Howard Stnrtt, Huston, Md., and Mary A.
Wlliner iluzhy, .120 E. Tulpehocki St., nnd
Mary H. Hamilton, Ambler, I'a.
Victor A. Hcncel. l.lancivh, I'a., and Ethel l.
MaeMullen, Llanereh, I'n.
Andrew M. Ilutherford, Harrlsburg;, Pa., and
Harriet Hunter, 10117 Chestnut st.
Cornellun C. Baker. 41)'!0 Lincoln ave., and
Mary Hisco, 1OT l'ansot st.
Cliarlet T. Jones, Greenwich, I'a., nnd Jose
phine Und, areenwlch. . I'a.
decree C. Seymour, :H20 Emerald St.. nnd
Elizabeth M. Jelttr. 115 E. Allegheny ae.
James I'. McCarthy. 12.14 S. !12d St.. and Kath-
erlno C. Fay, 2S2H Alter st.
Charles K. Kanimel, 2112 N. IDIh St.. and Hen-
sle M. Haymaker. SiafJ N. Camao st.
John E. Merry. 483 N. 4th St.. and Isabella M.
Htlne. 1442 K. 12th st.
Antonio Ouarrera, loon I,atona st., and Itosarla
Cavallaro, U'll B. 11th st.
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F0RSEEN AT LUNCHEON
j Alba B. Johnson Compli
j menls Reorganization
; Committee on Prospects
! of Movement.
I'rPtlicilons for a great Increase In the
membership of the Philadelphia Chamber
of C'omnieico were mndo today at the
opening lunehcon In the greater chamber
movement this afternoon nt the Hotel
Atlclphla. Alha t!. Johnson, president of
tho Haldwln Locomotive Works, who wns
tonslinnstcr, complimented the Heorgnni
rnllon Commltleo on the plans worked
out for membership cnmpnlgn.
The greatest trnde development cam
paign ever undertaken In Philadelphia
will be formally launched tonight. Nearly
1000 business men. representing every
phase ot this city's manifold Industries,
will marshal forces at that time nt the
"get-together" dinner arranged by the
Hcorgnnlzatlon Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce In the Bellevue-Strnt-ford.
The Greater Chamber of Commerce,
which Is to place Philadelphia In Its
fitting position as a world trade centre,
will there bo bom and the movement to
Increase the membership of the Chnmbcr
from 1700 to 12,000 will be Inaugurated.
After months of preparation to give
Philadelphia n central trade body, ag
gressive in chnracter, reprecntativo In
membership nnd efficient In finances nnd
management, the lenders In the move
ment tonight will present concrete plans
for n Greater Chamber of Commerce as
the champion of commercial. Industrial
and social Interest of this city.
Governor llrumbaugh. Mayor nlanken
burg nnd many other men of more than
local prominence have been Invited to
attend nml epenk. The Ttev. Dr. .1. Urny
Ttolton, pastor of the Hopo Presbyterian
Church. 33d and Wharton streets, will de
liver the Invocation.
Howard II. l'rench Harry Fl. French
Thomas II. Harbison Charles V. Vnuchan
Charles Z. Tryon Daniel Whitney
Alha It. Johnson, chairman.
Hundreds of letters signed by this
reorganization committee will Iks sent to
various business men throughout the city
today, announcing that they will be vis
ited In the course of the next four days
nnd Invited to Join In the movement for
n great Chnmbcr of Commerce. Hcjlu
nlng tomorrow morning nt 9:43 o'clock
ISO tennis of business nnd professional
then will begin their ennvnss.
The volunteer tennis will continue on
Weilncsdny.Thursdny nnd Friday between
!):!." a. m. and 12:13 p. m., making In
thnt time n personal canvass of more than
12,000 business men now on the eligible
lirt nf the Chamber of Commerce. The
committee lias made It clear that no ex
isting trade body or business associa
tion will be asked to lose Its Identity In
the new organization, but that tho greater
Chnmher nf Commerce will represent all
organizations instead of superseding any.
MARRIED IN ELKTON
Fourteen Couples Wed on Easier Day
at Gretna Green.
KI.KTON', Md., April 5. There was a
rush of Kasler brides and bridegrooms
thin morning. Fourteen couples- were
granted licenses to marry, as follows:
Wlllhtm II. Griffith nnd Helen Walton,
John It. DdvlH anil Jessie H. Hurgess,
Clarence Thnckrah and Anna l.cnton.
Paul It. Parr and Jcnnnctte 51. Malrney,
Georgo II. Royscn nnd Katharine M.
Traynor, nnd ftobert Pntterson nnd Edna
Mnclleth. nil of Philadelphia: George C.
Terrell, Oak View, Pa., and Uninia C.
Gnlvey, of Philadelphia; Itobert II, Dle
ner and Catharine M. Itoycr, I'ottstown;
Chester Pauley, Coatcsvllle, and I. a urn
M. Fortl, Honeybrook; John McClcan nnd
Agnes ICnln. I.ehlghton; Frank W. Alex
ander and Kdna Ft. Miller, Parkesburg;
James Hndlcy, Wilmington, nnd Anna
riummer, Pcrryvllle: Edward M. Bum
hart and I.avlnla A. Garmon, Heading,
nnd Rharplcss Worrall and Evn B. Mcy
ors, Kennett Square, Pa.
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HOLIDAYS Al' WILPWOOD
House Parties Not Interfered With
by Saturday's Storm.
WlIitlWOOD, N. ,T April 5.-Itnllroad
communication with Wlldwood was not
Interrupted by Saturday's storm. Scores
of house parties In Wlldwood nnd Wlld
wood Crest brought hundreds here for tho
week-end. Several of tho hotels were
tomfortably tilled. Tho band concerts on
tho ocean pier yesterday drew largo
crowds.
Frank G. English, president of the Holly
Peach Yacht Club entertained nt his
homo at Wlldwood Crest.
Mr. and Mrs. t S. Johnson, of ?03
Washington street. Camden, gave a house
party at their apartmenlK on tho board
walk for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orecr nnd
James Greer, Mr. nnd Mrs. Francis Wnl
leli, Earlo tlrewcr, Prof. Harry Itosclle,
Miss Wescott and Miss Laura Woodward,
nil of Camden and Philadelphia.
The Misses I.ea, daughters of Thomns
t.en. who has opened his summer resi
dence at Aster road, Wlldwood Crest,
will have n number of guests until
Wednesday. Mr. nnd Mrs. II. 8 .Ttob
crts, of Philadelphia, nro entertaining a
number of friends until Tuesday,
J. Walter Clark, of Philadelphia, who
has opened his cottage at Heather road
for the holidays, Is entertaining friends
from Illchmond. Vn., including Captain
Curtis, of the United States Army Corps,
and Colonel Hunt, VS. S. A.
Or. Karl Wleland, of Philadelphia, has
opened his summer homo nt Wlldwood
Crest,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Iltissoll E. Thompson, of
Philadelphia, aro guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Ilyan at their Pine nvenue home.
Mis. Christiana Young is at her Wild
wood Crest cottage, and will remain over
tho holldnys.
Prof. Frank Dechant had n party of
friend for llio week-end nt his home, fiSlO
Pacific avenue.
Mrs. Kdltli Fortncy. of Osage avenue,
Philadelphia, Is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs.
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OCEAN CITV HOAHBWAtK
TliilOXCtEP DESPITE STOllX
Visitors Defy Cold Weather nnd Tri
umph With Change in Temperature.
OCI5AN C1TV, K. ,t.. Afcrll B.-U was
difficult to Imagine that among the large
number of promonaders on the board
walk yesterday afternoon, when the suh
quickly dissipated the snow, there wero
not a few who had had an Afctlc-1lfca
experience here during the blizzard Satur
day. Many Phlladetphlans, comprising
house parties, made their quarters In airy
summer cottages, nnd they found It nec
essary to wrap themselves In blankets
and hug oil stoves during the height of
the storm.
While th? storm kept thousands from
tho city, thero were many guests at the
bl? hotels.
City TrenkUrer McCoach nnd Mrs. Mc
Coach, of Philadelphia, were among tho
visitors. They entertained David Mc
Coach, tho treasurer's special attorney,
nnd Mrs. McCoach, William McCoach,
Jr., Mrs. McCoach, Mrs, James V. Jet
ferson nnd Mrs. E. I.yte,
Police Captain David McCoach and
daughters wero nlso here.
J. Clark Moore, a Philadelphia banker,
and his wife opened their heV Wesley
nvcnuo cottage for the first time. They
had .an their guests Mr, and Mrs. XI. B.
Lathbury, Miss kathbury nnd Mr. and
Mrs. C. II. P. Howell and Leslie Howell,
of Philadelphia.
Hear Commodore Churchill Hungerford.
of the Ocean City Motorboat Club and
president of the Ocean City Fishing Club,
enme down from Philadelphia, for the
holidays. With him on the boardwalk
wero Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Brush, of
Germanlown.
Street Contractors Fined
Penalties aggregating 2H were Imposed
upon the street cleaning nnd nsh and
rubbish collecting contractors for derelic
tions during the month of March. The
ivM'ioiil" to t!i contractors for the)
month were f 147,S30.fS.
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