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EVENING LEDGERPHILADTgTPHTA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1916
.ATATom nACTOYDC
eraiallULuoi i noiuno
WREPARE TO ASSUME
m th NKW nirriES
Bkr District Superintendents
100 Ministers Are
Transferred
RANGES ANNOUNCED
tL., new district superintendents and
w iaa ministers, who nreto to in
H 2 of new churches rturlhgtho coming
;C arc making preiraruuuim lu
fi.TrnffW duties today. They wero
Pr.tt.ir assigned to their new charges
fetfaSBWiop Joseph F. Berry, at
IE doslnit session or the izutn nnnuni
luirtphla Methodist Kplscopal confer-
Kfitjt Ttev. Dr. John C. Wilson, pastor of
IfiffiS Church. Is to become superintendent
Tj the Central uisingi; mo v. ..
Irt.rl W. Straw, pastor of nchohoth
5!h Is to he superintendent of tho
IfflrViWrlct! the nev. Dr. G. Blckley
JS,rtS Is to bo n charge of tho West DIs
IJttSna the Bcv. Dr. George W. Hcnson
Itrlctanu i .,,ni.rlntniljnev of tho
,' rlct. Tho lW. Dr. deorge W.
SSViunerlnlendent of tho Northwest DIs-
5fct was uie oniy oui.cn. .,.;. ...;.... ,...uou
(jfrt aiu nui ti".v.
s-irt-ni.r retiring superintendents wero
(timed ns follows : Tho nev. Dr. Frank
Rfrafkln. to Grnce Church: tho Itev. Dr.
I'if'. nrimtha. to Jcnklntown: tho nev.
thstWP E. li Durrls, to the Church of tho
gft.KCJ.ns.nl. and tho llnv. Dr. Georgo H.
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I.7.I.I.V (n lho corresponding secretary'
Kmolthe City Missionary Society. Others
lrh &re to assumo new duties for tho
timing Venr nro!
II CBNTrtAT. DISTRtCT.
j- t'llann Ritnor Intinr1flnt.
KWPSa.i.r-V.i nvmnlfi. Chnrles Truax.
ntc "' ii .
, Harry iru. ... , , , ...
Ivn nml Cozens' Memorial, A. J. Kim-
V;wL w- " Sm,th'
Win."nM. ... ,-', "I
BEKSffitniair.: Fmnii P. Park.n.
lf!?:s're?., - i,?,!,,a,k0P-
pjUUIHl vim. - .....
, NOUTH DISTRICT.
f r v Strnw. Superintendent.
m..miiiiid. i:. W. Ilurkc,
TTHprnan. H. O. Pratnn.
1TL- itii... it it Itnhlnann.
!:"'"..! . 1 II nnnil.nJ
3ftSSrr Wa'rr Onp. O. II. O.
WuCrt Dunsor. (1. W. Humphreys.
IISmIi Chunk. W. 8. Fox.
iBIIiaelpnia iriupuuiB. , i. niui.
iiillutlfton, Ilertriim Hhny.
kSmnVford nehoboth. Qlndntono Holm.
'Llndlf y, . . a. Tyson.
' snth Ktrrct. OcorKe Uaul.
rirtluid. J. L. c5ucrncy. ....
i.iinctnn nnd Slntcil.ilo. Frank Mack.
Jumnilt, Hill. B. I. IIarhliurKer
NORTHWEST DISTRICT.
B.II..1 Hv 1? ltNf1fni.fl.
rtmno'n. and OrwlRburp. Uenjamln Scull.
fEnniburff, Halifax and Hummelstown, II. U.
t Slider. .
bida and 1'axinn. u. w. oiesrisi.
IMlttlown and Illveralde. Jnmpa runnlnahnm.
..4a,Auti.n'it( Street. W. It. nifUnnfnn.
I IFUiadclphla Church of. tho Advocate, fJer
! ! muitown,' I. P. Shook.
Him Avtnuc. RoxboroUBh, F. W. Z. Ilarrctt.
V ' Sinetuary. II. a. HarKinaon.
i! ' Tloca. Snmuel .McWllllann.
h ' nth Street, lv. B. Johnson and A. F. Dot-
r . terer;
; f union. J. u. uicKerion.
rma drove, jonn Kiiery.
'httiTllle, W. Q. Bennett.
fcSarlklH Haven, B. F. raraon.
Tremont and Donnldaon,. F. A. Tyaon.
Taller Forgo and Wlconlaco, W. II. Beyer..
SOUTH DISTRICT.
rttmnrrrm W tTnnmn flllnnrlnlnn nl .
Xnmdale and Chatham, T. It. Crooks,
finter Trinity. C. I.,. Oaul.
Elm and Itithlcliem. T. V. Bare,
rrlendablp. II. D. Rnblnaon.
Ijnft-nrw.ri? nnri fllnt Itlll. If. If. Potlcher.
Uirihallton. It. K. Jlor.N'eal.
Fhlladelphta Bethany, VS. B. Dixon.
uroaa eireet, a. au Jiuaer.
i Church of tho Covenant, B. E. Burrlaa.
uinnera' lininel, H. J. uamer.
AleConnell Memorial. I.. P. Zook.
SMrryvllle. William May.
foirthmore,' Luther Kettnls. supply.
tTnlon and youth Media, J. I'.. OiMlaEher.
UpUnd. W. A. Lewis,
wtn Orove, J. C. Wood.
' WEST DISTRICT.
i fi Tllffdnv Tlnrnn RiinArlntnrtint.
fjCkrtitlana nnd Onn. a. S. Kerr.
vsiomoia Mrsc unurcn, w. it. uray.
eleron. S. It. Dout.
Otonmoore. I.. It. Janney.
HTOwell and IIIlH-rnln. A. S. Morris.
Huletta. J. n. nmrnn.
ffuont Joy, Thomas Itolwrts.
Fklliclelphla Calvary. Elmer E. Helms.
I tpwortn. u. l,. iicuartney.
i'Satm Andrew. JI. II. Nichols.
. BlVera Mnmnrfnl. fl. f. ltrndhml.
fi 8, D. Cooiier Memorial, W. O. Jonea.
Bltrnburir. II. O. JIaln.
W. William Powlck. superintendent Anthraclto
I .tJeorae H nickley. corrcapondtm; secretary
Philadelphia City Missions and Church Ex
ttulon Society.
APPOINTMENTS DISPLEASE
METHODIST MINISTERS
Several Clergymen Object to New
)' rhnt-ffAD Anninnnil Kf T7ntir
Several of thn inlnlntfrR whn wpi- frnnn
fared' to new churches by Bishop Joseph
FBrry and his cabinet yesterday at the
closing session of the Methodist Epls-
VUDai UonrprnPA nn uiwnlv HlonnnnlntAn
'rer their prospects for the coming year.
Among thean In tllA T9v rhnrlon A Ttnn.
ftaijn, who has beeji transferred from
Mariners Rothel Church. Moyamenslng
JJ4 Washington avenues, to the First I
purch. of Pottstown.
The Rev. Mr. Benlamln nsserta his re-
MBoval from the Philadelphia charge was
weciea to give the place to tho Hew
III J. Garber, who has been In charge of
thurch at Mahanoy City, and that the
Mange followed a controversy between
w trustees of Mariners' Bethel Church
M the oinclals qf the conference. "I
wve been made the butt of this contro
versary," he said today. "If I was to be
liven another charge It should In all
Justice have been ona In thla ritv. My
H1 Is a student at the University of
!k?iBIUylvanla and y daughter Is also
--jug euucaiea Mere,"
Li? l"sakng of the matter Bishop Berry
loaay;
."The transfer was not effected by the
frastees 0f Mariners' Bethel or any ona
?"; There was no plot or controversy
Jail I know tt Tha TTKt, Xr TXan1ti-iln
1U. be taken care of in Pottstown, and
MafBure ha w'11 hava no causa for com
wntv Every one cannot serve In Phila-JfJRSf-
We have done our best to solve
SJWflcult problem In making the appolnt-
r "KAISER" CAPTURED nERE
Arrested for Fighting With Irish
man Over Verdun
m "P1 Kaiser" Bpent an hour In a City
--all Cell llBt Mini. ..1...-.....1 ..l,k Inn.
XfebtCn '"" liifci UJaifitU VW1I 11,1-
lEroJrt '"u uuu QisiurDing me peace in
utuHT '"""" wniis teuing now easuy mo
if1? 'orces could take Verdun when
h i Y wlshed- With 'The Kaiser,"
liS. u"erwise Charles K. Bendlg. ot
JJUl Bt rent n. ni........ -. - .
"rested George Carey, of Short Hills, N.
who declared that Irish soldiers, with
gWJp 9f King George of England, would
vSu tt German forces away from
3t a ",? m9a Cam8 to Dlows 'n front
faii.r '"' ooara ana causea muca
IKnSJ6!1 for a "n18- When they were
IKjIS obrr8 Magistrate Baker in tba
WUTaZ., -uu" uendlg and Carey decided
PS5 gf Peace and let the KaUer. tbe
DfJK"1 George and the rest take or
JSErtcana1111!, -without assistance from
STjrr to. i Mt j, -t.. ,-
v AM6cr uiacoargea uim wita.
iu doc mix yjua up in ueur
Bndis Is a well-known fUt-
oard," raere her to toowo M
r'1 and la ti tanfani Teiitonia
WINSTON CHURCHILL RAP ON NAVY
COSTS HIM REMNANTS OF PRESTIGE
Speech in Commons as He Returns From Trenches
Called His "Worst Blunder" Balfour Defends
' Sea Power of Great Britain
By HENRY SUYDAM
,. . YON March 8. Winston Church
Ills latest outbreak has destroyed the
remnants of his popularity and prestige In
tho British now. Ttia ',n,A,i. iM u
House of Commons yesterday, In which he
attacked tho efficiency of British sca
power, has caused tho British navy to dis
avow him unanimously.
Tho lato winter had been a period of ad
vertisement for the British fleet. Ameri
can correspondents had been charmingly
entertained aboard British flacshlns.
French Journalists had consumed cham
pngne nnd uttered specious platitudes In
North Sea wardrooms. Russian authors,
brought all the way from Petrograd, had
Interviewed ndmlrals nnd toasted King
nnd Czar. Whereupon tho world, In enso
It hnd any doubt, WftB Informed that tho
British navy was efficient. Tho Ameri
cana emphasized tho speed of tho new
British battle cruisers; the Frenchmen
described tho silhouette and outllnoi tho
Russians waxed sentimental over their
nlly's strength. Already supromcly con
fident In that cordon of flontlng steel
which guards tho United Kingdom from
Invasion, tho British publls was doubly
reassured. Kthot Lovoy went on singing
"Rule, Britannia !" with a German accent,
In tho musical halls, and Parliament con
tinued Its ponderous discussions of war
time economy.
Then Winston Churchill came homo
from tho front. Ho hnd qultcd tho army
ns subaltern, ho re-entered It a generation
laier ns n major; and ho turned up on a
bench In tho House of Commons on tho
afternoon of March 7 ns n colonel, In a
top-hat, will to gaiters and a morning
coat,
BALFOUR TEt,t,S OF FEATS.
Arthur James Balfour, who succeeded
Winston Churchill as First Sea Iord when
Mr. Churchill was banished after the
Dardanelles scandal, delivered to the
Houso an enlightening statement upon tho
Introduction of tho now navy estimates.
Ho said that tho British fleet was no
longer n. British fleet, but nn International
fleet; that 4,000,000 combatants had been
transported under Its guardianship,
1,000,000 horses, 2,500,000 tons of army
stores and 20,000,000 gallons of oil. Tho
British navy had been expanded enor
mously slnco tho outbreak of hostilities.
Its personnel had doubled; Its tonnago
had Increased by moro than 1,000,000; tho
stregnth of tho air scrvlco had grown
tenfold.
Mr. Balfour concluded; "Surely ho
must bo of somewhat poor spirit who.
after ho has measured the greatness of
tho fleet which Great Britain has at its
disposal, cannot faco tho futuro In a
spirit of cheerful serenity."
Whereupon Colonel Winston Churchill.
ex-First Sea Lord, arose nnd calmly told
the Houso of Commons that tho'aerman
navy had been "terribly strengthened";
that tho strategy of tho Admiralty was
mistaken; that tho shipbuilding program
was delayed ; that tho Intentions of tho
ifiemy wore most formidable,, and that,
should n German fleet attack the British
fleet, a part of tho British fleet would
be absent refitting. Ho concluded by de
manding tho return of Lord Fisher, whom
ho himself hnd discredited six months
previously. Lord Fisher, who was sit
ting in tho Peers' Gallery, smiled,
scratched his head and withdrew.
ATTACK GIVES A SENSATION.
When tho evening newspapers were
rushed Into the streets with screaming
ecareheads, the first Impression was com
bined astonishment nnd stupefaction. A
Dutch telegram had nnnounced on thnt
very morning that 25 German warships
wero In tho North Sea, and rumors of n
naval engagement wero everywhere to bo
neara, uoionei Churchill's remarks could
not havo been better timed. The confident
assurances of Mr. Balfour wero unnoticed.
At a period When tho Verdun bnltln nn
'Btlll fiercely undecided, Colonel Churchill's
nttncK upon tho Admiralty furnished a
war sensation. Ills pcrsonat appeal to
the British musses assured an nttcntlvo
audience. Winston Churchill was the first
man who dared question tho efficiency of
tho British navy.
But tho British public refused to bo
llevo III of Its fleet. Beyond causing
fitful questionings In tho editorial col
umns of tho newspapers, the substance
of Mr. Churchill's remarks were soon for
gotten. "Hands off tho British grand
fleet 1" becamo a popular cry. London
began to spcculato upon tho question:
uia Winston Churchill mnkc n bad politi
cal mlstnko In rushing back from tho
front to demand tho reinstatement of Lord
Flsher7
Tho general opinion Is that returning
from tho trenches was Winston Church
Ill's worst blunder. There Is a Btrong
suspicion In England nowndnys thnt tho
plnco of a soldier, oven when he happens
to bo n moinber of Parliament, Is at tho
front fighting tho enemy nnd not In Lon
don attempting to cmbnrrass tho Govern
ment. "Although Mr, Churchill hns been for
six months nt tho front." said one mem
ber of Parliament to me, "ho seems to
forget that England Is at war."
The troublo with Mr. Churchill's latest
performance seems to bo that It failed to
como off properly. His suggestion that
Mr. Balfour bo replaced as First Sea Lord
by Lord Fisher was regarded In many
quarters as rank Impudence.
Mr. Balfour made ft delicately sarcastic
reply, so cleverly delivered that the mem
bers of the, Houso held their sides for fear
of laughing outright nnd drowning out the
speaker. Col6nel Churchill offered rather
a weak defense. He could not answer Mr.
Balfour's reminders of the Dardanelles ex
pedition, for whoso "useless slaughter,
mismanagement, waste, loss of ships and
ultimate failure Mr, Churchill seems to
have no memory." He could not answer
Mr, Balfour's reminders of tho nlr service
which was "left In utter' confusion." Mr.
Churchill said that six months' absence
from England had "cleared his mind," To
which Mr. Balfour answered that It had
needed a European war for Its accom
plishment. Honors, on lho whole, were
all In Mr. Balfour's hand. Tho London
nowspapers hoped that Wlnstoh would go
back to tho front and stay there.
What effect Colonel Churchill's nttnek
upon tho Admiralty had on tho offlcora
and men of tho British fleet, who havo
been striving for nearly two years to
maintain tho highest nttalnnblo standard
of seamanship and bnttlo skill, may be
better Imagined than described,
I asked a friend, who Is n captain In
tho Brltlnh navy, what ho thought of Mr,
Churchill's speech. His reply was In
formal and not Intended for publication.
"Every dog has his fleas," ho said.
CROWLEY, PUGILIST, BURIED
Many nt Funeral of Young Man Killed
in Ring
Andrew Crowloy, tho 23-year-old pugi
list, who was killed by a blow on tho neck
from the fist of his opponent In tho ring
of tho Nonpareil Boxing Club, Kensing
ton nvonuo and Ontnrlo street, on Friday
night, was burled today In Holy Cross
Cemetery.
Funeral service's were held at his home,
233C Oxford street, nnd nt St. Elizabeth's
Roman Catholic Church, 23d and Berks
streets, whero Solemn High Mass was
celebrated. Slany friends of tho prize
fighter were present at the services. The
honorary pallbearers wero Chnrtcs Kelly,
John Hngcn, William Lelnhauscr, Charles
Jost, James Butler and Belmont White
side.
Forty Aged Persons Saved From Fire.
WILMINGTON, Del.. March 22. Forty
Inmates of tho Mlnqundalo Homo for Aged
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