' ti ;(J0)RGEB,COX,EX.BOSS OF CINCINNATI, VICTIM h) Or rAKALniu smuiiK m former Republican Lender Says He Maae uooa in ruimcs xse causo He "Never Lied to Any One" GOT HIS START IN 1884 .j ' ii'" t i VSS''':n "BOSS" GEORGE B. COX I II m h 12 I CINCINNATI, O., May 20. Georso Barnsdalo Cox, long Republican Jeader In the city, county and State, died early to day. He" had been In n. critical condition for several days from pneumonia, follow ing a stroke of paralysis nbout four weeks ego. At his bcdsldo through the night were his lfo, his brothor, Alfred. Cox, and John Kinney, city sealer, who wns a llfe-loiiR friend. Bcsldo his brothor, he leaves a Bister. He had no children. Cox was born In Cincinnati, April 29, 1853. Cox had been Republican boss of Cincin nati 27 years when ho retired In 1913 and demoted himself to his theatrical interests. "I mado good in politics because I never lied to any ono and because L never went back on a. friend," said Mr. Cox at that time. "What is more, despite somo rrltl clsm to tho contrary, I always tried to tervo tho people." Cox took prido In his achievements. In t, rare moment of talkativeness ho onco aid: "I evolved Into a boss because of my peculiar fltness. I havo never mado a dollar out of politics. I havo seen to it to serve It. I have eliminated the use of-big turns In election purposes. A boss Is not necessarily a public enemy." Cox got his start In tho Clevclnnd-Blalno presidential campaign of 1884. "Ho was born In 1853. He was a pin boy In a Cin cinnati bowling nlley and later drove a de livery wagon. He was big and strong and forceful. Often ho knocked out his man, loth black and white. In tho turbulent dis trict of the city his reputntlon grow. His headquarters were In tho saloon ho opened it Central and Longworth avenues, called The Power House." Horo tho down-and-'enter could always Had a friend, a drink and a dime for a meal. Blalno came to Cincinnati In 1884 and de cided to mako theblg young saloonkeeper his campaign manager. Although Blaine was not successful, tho way Cox had man aged the local fight brought him prestige and from then on for many years few dis puted his leadership. He made and unmade Representatives, Mayors, Judges and Governors. He was the power behind tho throne of many a, pompous officeholder. Thcro were protests, but few Important Insurrections. But at last the forces against him proved too strong, and he had tho humiliation of seeing young Henry T. Hunt elected Mayor over his head. More serious trouble awaited him. He was Indicted with eight other directory on charges of illegally loaning the J115.00U of the funds of the Cincinnati Trust Company to the Ford-Johnson Chair Company, n con cern using convict labor of several States, In which Cox was Interested. Thetrlal resulted In an acquittal. " Cox was over with politics however. "All the other old fellows are out of It," ha declared. He purchased a substantial Interest In the Shubert theatrical business, and from then on had been out of the public ,ye. He was believed to be wealthy. WILL ARBITRATE CAR STRIKE Trenton Trolleymen Agree to Confab on Company's Terms TRENTON, N, J., Mny 20. After o torray meeting which lasted until nearly dawn this morning, the Trolleymen's Union, which yesterday tied up the Trenton and Mercer County Traction Company by strik ing thereby stopping every wheel of the lo cal .company, ratified the agreement of the exieuUve committee of the union with the company to arbitrate the differences leading up to the strike. Trolley service was resumed this morn ing after virtually all Trenton had walked during thex30 hours' strike. Jltnoys were driven out of Trenton In their Infancy by trolley competition and by stringent regulations. 3GVEHING LEDaBKlHILADELPHjCA; BiAUKDAY, MAY 20, 1016 y 0 VAltE REVERSE IN JERSEY Tom, Brother of Ed and Bill, Defeated in Fowl Primary Down at Hammpndtown lUAmhih'5 h.?d,. haPPen, It seems, to T? "" "dK" the Vara victory In this did It! Tuest,aya Primaries. Two dogs toTThnm.r- wvad n hen"5e belonging to Thomf-f W, Vare, a brother of Con- rSEXW',a,m a Vna State & lor Edwin H Vare, down nt nftnSmonton w;,..nn.d '" SBJprlie fowls. It Is the b ggest loss of Its kind over reported at Hammonton, eclipsing even the loss of Sff. "? cau?ed by tho transit vote In i ..kjne's own bailiwick. t-nJnm tXttr ls an authotllV on poultry raising. Ho Is as great an expert In his line as ''Brother Bill" nnd "Brother Ed" (kv..,h8lrs' nut, " must bo that they havo never undergone such a calamity ns this. ,wtt.nS.f th0 hens that died untimely death! had records of laying 2B0 to 300 eggs a year. The fowls had been cross-bred untl they represented virtually a now strain. They were worth $600, U.S. PROSPERITY TO CUT $25,000,000 OFF TAXES Special Levy on Tobacco, Tele grams and Other Emergencies May Be Dropped July 1 WASHINGTON May 20. Tho public will benefit from tho Treasury's recently announced prosperity to the extent of 125,000,000, between July 1 nnd December 31, If plans of Administration leaders work out. Tho Administration Is today consider ing striking out of tho emergency revenue law, beginning July 1, tho special taxes on cigars, cigarettes, nil brands of tobacco; bankers' taxes, stocks, pawnshop, commer cial and custom houso brokers' taxes; the atre, mtisto and concert hall, circus and other exhibition taxes; bowling nnd billiard hall taxes; taxes on commission merchants nnd, most Important of all, taxes on docu mentary papers. This tax nt present af fects telegrams, long distance telcphorib calls nnd all legal papers, Including notes. Tho present emergency law does not ex pire until December 31, but because of the prosperous condition of tho Treasury It Is planned not to enforce theso parts of tho law In Its last six months of operation. Tho decreased tax would total $26,000,000. Even with thlg reduction It was estimated today there will bo n balanco In tho Treas ury of $13,500,000. PIEDMONT SOCIAL DANCERS FROLIC IN A TROLLEY CAR After the Ball Half a. Dozen Continue Festivities Until Police Arrive The Piedmont Social Ball closed success fully early this morning. The lights in Gnrrlck Hall, 8th and Lombard streets, wcro dimmed and the dancers departed. Among those present were Charles Costcl lo, 2B2G Wavcrly street; John Clavln, 2625 Webster street; Joseph Connelly, 900 South 19th street; Joseph Durban, 1627 South Taylor strcot; Hugh McHugh, 2640 Cath arine street, and William Hawthorne, 2232 Kimball street. While the "many others" dispersed to their several homes, these six took possession of a westbound South street trolley car. Seventy other passengers re sented tholr efforts to convert tho already crowded aisles of tho car Into a dance floor, while A.SJ. Casnet, of 1217 Shunk street, tho conductor, failed to appreciate tho coners!on of tho register bell Into a musical accompaniment. At 16th street two negro women and their escort squezed Into tho car. The Pled montcso resented tho Incident and attempt ed to eject tho newcomers. Ono of the young women was pushed half-way through a wlndflw, whence sho was assisted to tho street by her companion. Half a dozen wtndowpanes had already been broken, the ventilation of the car proving unsuitable to tho ldens of tho Piedmont delegation. Policeman Edwards, of tho 12th and Pino streets stntlon, obtruded himself upon tho merry throng. Lucking formal Invitation, but deeming the presence of moro policemen Indispens able, he summoned Sergeant Kennedy of his district and Policeman Huber, of tho 20th nnd Fltzwntor streets station, by emptying his revolver." Their arrival put a damper on the festivities within the car and ro sulted In tho six members of the social com pleting tho night's revelry In tho police sta tion. Magistrate Pcrsch this morning de cided that tho merry-making would not end officially until next Saturday, holding the six prisoners under $400 ball each for fur ther hearing until that date. In the mean time, tho police are endeavoring to ascer tain tho names of tho other passengers, out side of whom "a pleasant tlmo was had by all." TWO TRIPLANES FOR AIR DERBY Transcontinental Entries to Fly 130 Miles an Hour NEW YORK, May 20. Two trlplanes have been entered In tho Pulitzer transcon tinental air derby which starts from New York September 2, bringing tho number of entries to date to 24. The two now entries are designed to fly 110 and 130 miles an hour. The Aero Club of America ls dickering with the. Columbus, O., Chamber of Com merce with a view to establishing a con trol In that city. Little Negro Girl Dies of Burns Four-year-old Julia Dade, a negro child, died in tho University Hospital early today, as the result of burns suffered In her home, 7237 Saybrook avenue, yesterday. The accident occurred when the child's dress caught Are while she was playing near the kitchen stove. PUNISHMENT' OF BISHOP CAUSES SPLIT AMONG NEGRO METHODISTS Minority Faction Demands Expulsion of Clergyman Found Guilty of Misappropriating Church Funds. Majority Report Favors Reprimand Only. Another split between delegates In at tendance at the African Methodist Epis copal General Conference, which Is being held, in the Bethel A. M. B. Church,6th nt Pine atrcetsT occurred this morning, when the Episcopal Committee submitted dissenting reports concerning the punish ment to be Inflicted upon-Blshop Joshua H. Jones, of Wilberforce, Ohio, presiding of ficer of tha 9th Episcopal district. Bishop Jones was convicted of maladministration and misappropriation of funds. Stxty-twp members of the Trial Committee recom mended that ha be given a public repri mand, while 16 members reported that the discipline of the chuwh called for expulsion. Immediately after the reading of the re ports, pandeiponlum broke loose. Dele gates yelled that efforts were being mada to let the Wilberforce clergyman off "easy" Imply because he was a bishop. In the Arkansas delegation two men nearly came Electric Fixtures Largest selection nl lowest priest. , Call at our bowroomj. RELIANCE GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURE CO. 131SArcfeS. ALUMNUS OP GH1ARD COLLEGE OF 68 YEARS ' AGO PRAISES FOUNDER William T. Miller, of Altoona, of First Class, Speaks at Observ ance of Stephen Glrard'a Birth . PROMINENT ALUMNI HERE Mayor, Ex-Governor Stuart nnd Gen eral Macomb Among Those Present ' "My deeds must bo my. life; when I am dead, my notions must speak for me." Stephen Girard.' In tho chapel of the Institution, which Is nt once tho tomb nnd thy living monu ment of Stephen Glrnrd, William T. Miller, of Altoona, n member of tho Class of 1848, niter a span of nearly 70 years, today re newed his expressions of gratitude to tho generous benevolence of the great philan thropist who had been foster-father to moro than 9009 orphaned boys In that, epochal threo scoro and ten years. Another member of that "first class" who survives and whoso presenco at "Founders' Dny" Is as regular ns tho re currenco of the date, Is Janics II. Windrlm, director of public works under Mayor Stuart. Tbo latter, since Governor of tho State, Is n trustco of tho Collcgo and nn active participant In tho observances which marked tho .commemoration of tho 180th nnnlvcrsary of the birth of Stephen Qlrnrd. FAMILY GATHEniNG. Theso pioneer nlumnt wcro nmong tho 3000 former students who foregathered with the present collego "family," th" trus'tees, faculty and present wards of tho Institution. Mayor Smith, members of the Board of City TniBti and many ladles were present, PROMINENT VISITOHS. Prominent among tho visitors was Briga dier General M. M. Macomb, president of the Army War Collego at Washington, who will review tho cadet battalion In tho drill and dress parado with which tho day's ex ercises will bo brought to n spectacular close. With General Macomb nro Mrs. Macomb, Major Andrew Moses, U. S. A., and Mrs. Moses, nnd Cnptaln M. OKcrth, U. S. A. Jnmcs E. Lennon, president of Select Council ; Dr. Henry Krenmer, of the faculty of tho Philadelphia Collcgo of Pharmacy; Franlc E. Northlmo, chief clerk of tho audits and accounts department. Bureau of Highways ; Police Captain Gcorgo .8. Tem pest, Chlof James I. Donnghy, of tho Lower Merlon police ! Lawrence Farroll, deputy collector of. delinquent taxes, were among tho nlumnl present. In keeping, with Founder's Day custom tho orator of tho occasion is a grnduntc of tho collego. Robert Radford, who Is secretary nnd assistant tronsuror of tho Standard Steel Works Company nnd an alumnus of tho class of December, 1804, delvereil the anniversary address. Mr. Radford Is also president of Girard Col lege Alumni. Another nlumnus, C. Dayton Carle, of tho class of January, 1906, conducted tho serv ices In tho chapel this morning. , TRIBUTE TO FOUNDER. Tho speaker compared the benevolence of Glrnrd to that of Cecil Rhodes, and de clared that the collcgo was not a charitable, but a purely educational Institution, free from mnny of tho drnwbacks which sec tarian nnd denominational Inlluenccs have caused In other such places. Ho cited Glrard's prohibition of religious teaching, and, confuting Its adversaries, pointed out the largo .number of his fellow-alumni who havo taken up ministerial careers. In Wllkes-Barre and Scrnnton alone, he s.-Ad, jlx members of tho Billy Sunday "boomers" were former students at Girard College. Following the chapel devotions new mem bers wero received Into the alumni. Tho Alumni House, nt 1D02 Poplar street, had previously been appropriately decorated In the collego colors, garnet and steel gray, and the portrait of tho founder tastefully draped In honor of tho ocenston. During the Intermission between tho exercises at the collego many former pupils nnd other visitors took occasion to Inspect the Alumni House. LUNCH AND RECEPTION. Luncheon was served to tho alumni In Building No. 7, and to the Invited guests In the nrmory, Building No. 8. At noon the invited guests and the alumni assembled In the library, whero a inception was held by tho board of directors of city trusts, the president and faculty. The Mechanical School building, at the west end of the grounds, v. as open to visitors during the afternoon. The moro formal observance of the day was held In the chapel, beginning at 2:30 o'clock. Tho college band opened tho pro gram with an overture, and Cheesman A. Herrlck, Ph. D, LL.D., president of the college, delivered the Invocation. Tho col lego chorus then sang Strauss' "The Bluo HIS 1GGTH BIRTHDAY Statue of Stephen Girard at City Hall decorated on "Founder's Day," which is bcinp observed by Girard College. Danube," nnd Thomas Mnrple, of the col lcgo band, played Kryl's "King Carnival" ns a cornet solo Former Governor Stuart, as president of tho Board of Directors of City Trusts, delivered nn Introductory nd dress and tho collogo chorus snng Dvorak's "Humorcske." Tho orator of tho day. Introduced by William Potter, chairman of the commlttco on arrangements, delivered the nnnlvcrsary address, and Donizetti's "Italia, Beloved," sung by tho collego chorus, closed tho program, Tho most plcturosquo foaturo of tho day took place on the parade ground north of the mnln building, at 4:30 o'clock. Com manded by Major Robert M. Brookfleld, their mllltnry Instructor, the college cadets passed In rovlew beforo General Macomb and his aides, after going through a drill and dress parado In the prosenco of tho guests of tho day. Tho tomb of Glrnrd, In tho main building, as well ns tho college buildings themsolvcs, were suitably marked In commemoration of tho occasion. NEW LOW MORTALITY RECORD 476 Deaths, Lowest Weekly List for 1916 Typhoid Subsiding Deaths from all causes throughout tho city during the week total 470, as com pared with 532 last week and 448 during tho corresponding week Inst yenr. This Is a now low weekly death rate for 1916. Tho mild epidemic of typhoid fever In the 22d Wnrd apparently Is on tho decline as but 4 of tho 21 now cases are reported from Gcrmnntown nnd Chestnut Hill. Deaths from typhoid fever total 4 for the woek, ' Deaths during the week wero divided ns follows: Males 208, females 218, boys 68 nnd girls 48. The causes of death wcro: Tj phold fever 4 Afpnslta a Krarlet fever 1 Whooping cough 3 Dlphtherin and rroup H Other epldomlc dtaeages 1 Tuberculosis of the lungs 07 Tuberculous meningitis 3 Other forms of tuberculosis 4 Cancer and mnlltmunt tumors 2H Apoplexy and softening st brain 13 Organic diseases of heart (11 Acute bronchitis 4 I'hronlo nroncnuis r. ;i Pneumonia. ... . . . Ilronchopneumonla .1. ninensrii nf resDiratory system Diseases of stomach . ., ., Diarrhea nnd enteritis Appendicitis and typhlitis Hernia .. Cirrhosis of liver Acute nephritis and Uright's disease Knnmnramui tumorfl and disomies of iren- Ital organs 1 Puerperal septlcema A Puerperal accidents 3 Congenital debility and malformations 1.1 Old. ago Violent deaths SO Hulclde 7 All other disease 08 Total 47S to blows, arguing over the alleged misap propriation of 150 between the two of them, but other members of the delega tion stepped In and quieted these particular debaters, although the general storm con tinued unabated. The motion to accept the minority report was Anally put to vote, but failed of passage. The majority report probably will be accepted. Bishop Jonea was convicted on charges preferred by the Rev. A. W, Atwater and the Rev. W, H. Ward, of Alabama. Thu charges by the Rev. E. W. Williams, of Mississippi, were not sustained. The charges arose out of the "40 per cent, of the 36 per cent, dollar money." Each member of the church contributes II yearly. Thlrty-slx per cent, of this ls set aside for maintenance, and 40 per cent. Of the 36 per cent, for pensions of super annuated ministers, their widows and orphans. This is the fund which the bishop was aroused of misappropriating. In Ills own defense, he eaid ha had applied It to the payment of other, pressing debts. Tba Investigating1 Commutes found that no one had a right to misappropriate any. money for any purpose, out tne memoer shlp split upon the question of what punish ment should be meted out Bishop Jones also was convicted of con duct unbecoming an officer, but the conven tion this afternoon was In Ignorance of what that conduct bad been. BUhop C. p Shaffer la presiding. P. H. Hawkins I f. Washington, u. u., was re-ett!ciea nnan clal clerk this afternoon, ' Where to get GLEAN COAL Pocket yard impossible to load coal on wafcons without passing' over screens, removing all refuse and dirt. PRICES EOR MAY Egg $7.25 Stove ;. $7.50 Nut Pea $7.75 $5.50 Where carrying or wheeling is necessary 25c additional per ton is charged. W& DISCOUNT 25c PER TON FOR CASH CASH MEANS) - Payment when placing order payment on delivery of order, WALTER T. BRADLEY CO. 9th and Thompson Streets Both phonsi, , wmmmmmmmmmmmmm Miss Lylian M. Doyle Who is Associated With MESSRS. JARVIS at 1431 Walnut Street i Announces the Opening of a STUDIO at the STRAND HOEL 1 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. on Saturday, May 20 Hiss Doyle and Her Assistants Will Specialize on Ball Room Dancing Commencing June 7 Miss Doyle Will Have "the-dansants every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, from 4 to 6:30 o'clock; also a DANCE every Wednesday and Saturday evening, from 9 to 12 o'clock, to which all cottagers and guests from other hotels are cor dially invited. Cards of admission can be procured from Miss Doyle or by applying (at the hotel desk. I PRESIDENT AND ST(JNE TO DEVISE PLATFORM, SAY PARTY'S LEADERS Bulk of Democrat Campaign Document to Be Written in White House, Not at St. Louis MISSOURIAN CHIEF AIDE WASHINGTON, Mny 29. Work on tho Democrftllo platform for tho forthcoming campaign Is under way In Washington. MoBt of It will bo done here, not In St. Louis, nnd If parly leaders are correct In their statements today, It wilt bo ehlelljr the work of President Wilson. It Is taken for granted by these lenders. Congressional and Cnhlnet, In frequent Informal consid erations of the possible platform, that Wil son will bo tho nctunl author. On questions of policy, It Is known, tho President will bo nldcd by Chnlrman Stone, of theSennto Foreign Relations Commit tee, an experienced platform builder. Stone's Influenco Is Bald to havo been shown in tho recently adopted declaration of Missouri Democrats nnd tho latter doc ument Is believed to forecast to consider ablo anient the rtatlonnl platform, so far ns foreign affairs are concerned, Tho Missouri platform Indorsed Wilson's foreign policies, saying' First Tho United States has been kept out of war. Second. America's rights havo been forcefully chnmploncd. Third A policy of nonintervention In Mexico has succeeded, while prompt notion followed raids across tho border. Fourth. Tho Monroo Doctrine has been upheld, fair dealing with sister American Republics Insisted upon nnd friendly feeling created Planks on domestlo Issues likewise will bo demoted largely to "pointing with pride." Pride wilt bo evinced over theso things do clared to be accomplished: Federal roservo Bystem. New currency act. Federal trado commission. Tariff reductions. Mural credits. nollof to labor unions from the anti-trust laws. The Alaska Government railroad. Increases In tho Army nnd Navy. What will be said of child labor legis lation, merchant marine, conscratlon and certain other auestlous depends on what Congress accomplishes in tho next three weeks. CHILDREN IN THE MOLD WILL PLAY "MELTING POT" Aliens Being Mado Into Americans to Portray Own Problems Ono of tho features of tho Historical Ite vlow to bo given tonight nt the South Phila delphia High School for Uoys, Uroad nnd Jackson streets, will ho tho presentation of "The Melting Pot" by students of the Mc. Call School, 7t'i and Do Lancey streets. Moro than a score of nationalities attend tho McCall School and tho teachers realize, better thnn those of other sections of tho city, the difficulties of molding the chil dren of foreign-born pnrents Into American men and women. Tho children, through their Instruction In American Ideals, speedily become at tached to tho country of their adoption and take the greatest of pleasuro In teaching their fathers and mothers to adapt them Bolves to Its manners and customs. At tonight's entertainment Minnie Feld man will Impersonate Columbia and Nathan Goldstein will bo Unclo Sam. Theso chil dren havo studied, both In school and at home, the characters they nro to portray, according to the aim of tho Homo and School Lenguo In arranging this form of cn tertalnment. By the ambitious; classes of tho foreign born a man who has not obtained natural ization papers is to n certain extent dis credited. On taking out his first papers he Is styled a "half man " Not until the United States District Court has granted him voting rights ls ho looked upon ns a credit to himself and tho nation. Dabcock, Blind Teacher, Dead NEW YOniC, May 20. Prof. Stephen Babcock, 84 years old, blind himself and an educator of the blind, who was for SO years connected with tho New York School for tho Blind, ls dead at his homo In Yonkcrs. Ho was born In Potter Hill, P.. I., and Injured his eyes at the age of IS so that ho became totally blind three years later Professor Babcock Invented tho system of maps used In teaching geography to tho blind and these nro used tho world oer Grover CIe eland, later President of tho United States, was his private secretary. fJOAL WAGON KILLS L1TT" LE Offlli Child Run Down in Soulh Philadelphia Section Playing on the Streets. Driver Held Josephine Vlslnggoldl, 2 years old, pf 1211 South 26tlv street, was run down by a coal wngon near her home last night, nnd died before admission to tho Polyclinic Hospl tnl. The driver of tho wagon, which la owned by the George B. Nowton Coat Com pnny, wns Henry Murphy, of S, 8 11 South street. Ho was jocked tip In the 20th and Federal streets police stntlon, and will bo arraigned for ft hearing today. Special policemen who Investigated the) child's death reported It was accidental. According to the police, tha child, with other children, was playing In tho street when the wagon approached. When the horses ran her down, Samuel McHcnry, who was passing In nn automobile, placed her In the car and took her to the hospital. Tha girl's mblhcr followed tho automobile to tho hospital, with the vain hope of giving aid to the child. "OFT IN STILLY NIGHT" But Man, Possible Purveyor of Scented Cigarettes, Interrupts Somnolent Chorus Uu a Staff Corretpondent CHHVT CHASE, May 20. All was quiet at the fcmlnlno rookies' camp last night. Tho stillness was emphasized by n throb bing, noise within tho tents. It told better than words that most women Rnore. Tho sound of a breaking twig was heard near tho tent of, Company C. Then camo tho sound of running feet. "A man t A man !" tho cry resounded throughout tho camp. Sentries searched every .oolc nnd corner nnd corporals and prlvWe1! Joined In tho hunt. Kcry foot of ground was covered, but no man was In sight. Again -nil lnpscd Into Bllcnce. But the soldlcrcncs declare that tho camp wns visit ed by a man, Humor also connects him with tho perfumed gold-tipped clgarctto which was found near ono of tho tents two nights ngo. Tho excitement was the climax of a rather Interesting day. In the afternoon Dr. Harvoy W. Wiley, a pure food expert, spoko on "Food Values" Ho told his hear ors they had a mistaken Idea about hospi tality. "If you loved your friends," he said, "you would starve them and not poison them when they como to dine with you, ns Is tho case when you order nn claborato meal for an expected guest. Give them plain fare, Just as you havo yourself." Doctor Wiley hnd his two llttlo sons with him. Ho put them before tho soldiers ns nxhlblts A and B. Neither of tho boys over tasted candy, he said, and therefore had no craving for It. Dr. Douglas Putnam Blrnlo spoko pn "Good Citizenship." Ho touched on tho sub ject of compulsory mllltnry trnlntng and said It was no moro un-American to com pel boys to undergo n certain nmount of military training than It was to compel them to attend school After tho Bpcechcs there was a ball game between Company B and Company C. Da vid, the llttlo bugler, was umpire. Tho game attracted a largo audience and was played while Old Sol was at his best. To day many girls nro struggling with sun burnt noses, which Becm to defy all kinds' of fancy cream concoctions. Many of tho rookies who livo In Wash ington will get homo over Sunday and will bo glad, ns thoy expressed It, to havo a chance of "taking tho old-fasjiloned weekly tub." LYIf m SEMfM NOT YET C0NHEIII U. S. Wll Endeavor to ObUftt Civil Trial for Amer ican In Ireland ' BELFAST, May 20. It is learned good authority that the resignation. nf Lord Wimbournc, as Lord Licutemmt of Ireland, is' effective immediately, says the Northern Whig. (It has been reported that tjord Wirt bourne's resignation was belntf held In a.beyv ance nnd that he- might reassumo odlce.) WASHINGTON, May 20- Secretary Lansing announced last nlpht tho receipt ot n message from Ambassador Page, at London, stating that the sentence of Jere miah C, Lynch, tho naturalized American convicted of complicity In tho Dublin up rising, had not been confirmed. The nature of the Bentenco ftllt la unknown here. In reply to 'Ambassador Page's repre sentations, the Foreign Oftlco Informed him that tho sentence would not be made public until It had been confirmed. On tho basis of this message, President Wilson last night assured Senator O'0or man, who appealed to tho President oh behalf of Lynch, that Lynch's sentence would bo held In abeyance Until Ambassa dor Pago can complete Investigations nnd report to tills Government. It Is believed that tho British Govern ment will nt least order a civil trial for Iynch, the most that tho United States can demand. Government ofllclals here are con vinced that President's Wilson's appeal, to gether with advices understood to haVo been forwarded by tho British Embassy, Wilt persuado tho British Government of tho folly of nn arbitrary course In the matter, In diplomatic circles friendly to tho Allies tho executions In connection with tha Sinn Fein disturbances are believed to bs nt an end. lleports sent from tho various allied embassies to their Governments havo emphasized tho revulsion ot fccllng'ln this country as a result 'of tho wholesale execu tions. Tho execution of an American, -whatever tho Justification. R Continuous Music at if "The Garden on the Roof" Hotel Adelphia Cozy nnd Comfortablo In 1 Any Weather Perfect Culslno and Service J I llcflned Environment M 8 DANSANT M I 300 feet aboVe i jJBm I the street A j&MJlM 1 Open from noon flB nflHIil I till 1 a. m .KfdgigHTll 5sa3MggIlWg'aSrjM ' v. . lv J. E. Calcktell & Co. 902 Chestnut Street Diamond and Platinum . Brooches S St Paul Road" Aain to the Fore Makes Mountain Travel Clean and Mountain Vistas Clear Achievements in the railroad world have been manifold and splendid. In this great work "The St. Paul Road" since its inception has been a leader. It is particularly fitting, therefore, that this railway sht tld accom plish the first extensive main line electrification in the world. For440-miles from Harlowton, Mont, to Avery, Idaho, across the Belt, Rocky and Bitter Root Mountains, this railway has electrified its main line. This colossal undertaking has claimed the attention of the nation. The giant locomotives, fed with the limitless energy of mountain streams, the marvel of regenerative braking on down grades, the increased efficiency and econ omy of operation and the notable increase in travel delights, appeal alike to engineers, scientists and the traveling public. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. On your next trip to the Pacific North Coast take either the all-steel "Olympian" or "Coltrnu Wan" over the great electrical highway. Equipment, roadbed, scenery and service all combine to make this the premier transcontinental route, between Chicago, Spokane, Seattle andTacoma. BotkftU glelng complete IttfomaUm aiwl thU tlttlrlficaiian pnjtd fue en ttquesL G. J? LINCOLN, General Agent 818 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. -
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