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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917
ONLY 1,750,000 PEOPLE
IN CITY, SAYS CATTELL
Snilor's Suicide by Plunge From
Battleship Attributed to
Melancholia
OTHER CIT NEWS BRIEFS
Open Examination for Assistant Plant
PnthoIoRiat Will Up Held
August 7
WOMEN WILL ROUND UP
FOOD ARMY SLACKERS
One Hundred and Fifty "Sworn
in" to Follow Up Police
Work
MANY REFUSING TO SIGN
NATIVES OF INDIA ACTIVE
IN MISSIONARY WORK
Rev. Dr. C. T. Bonze Tells Lu
therans of Growth of Chris
tianity in Ancient Land
PREPARING QUARTERS FOR NEW NATIONAL ARMY
HEINZ URGES WOMEN
TO JOIN H00VEKS ARMY
State Conservator Pleads ftr
Every Housewife to Help In ' -Food-Saving
Work
E .1 rutted, i ,t) statistician, takes ex-
cr'inn '" """ '-'"loral census which credits
I'liltodetp'ila Uli ii pniuiliitlnn of J.flflo nil.
He i k1.iv innoiim-od thai after many hours
ef tigiiriiig h line enmo It. the conclusion
that l 7V Mini Is a liberal estimate of the
en s population
In 1 ' I "i according o the census bu
reau figures t ll- oily had n population nf
l57Jlft Mr I'-ittetl snltl. "nnd noi-onl-Inr
to tin- calculations; Ii.ikciI on natural
growth Indic-ited by past performHnies. j
th poptil.itlnn now xvnuld be 1 Tfi"."' ) on u
ni ,ci nb't.Tl oitimnlo Wo couldn't renoii I
ih nurei i tlguris unless xvc had im-reHscd '
cur population during the lat year fifteen
time n inui'h as xxo do In n average
year
Sailor's Suicide Due to Melancholia
1. V Wingoiter. rblnf xxnter tender f
battleship xho committed suicide Inst
Tuesd.-ix b leaping from his Milp Into the
xxnter it 0" learned today, maintained a
homo at 'H7 South Klcxenth street, this
Cltx Meln'H liolln I" believed to have been
the cause f ' Wlngerter's deed
Hoys Killing Caterpillars
Caterpillars which are now menacing
trees in many sections of the rltv arc being
killed todav bv sexoral hundred x-ountrers
ef the Hovs' Tree Sentinel Society Sonn
et thec caterpillars haxe also Infected
trees in K.ilrmotint Park
U. S. Wants Plant Pathologist
An open rompctitlxe examination for as
sistant plant pathologist, for hoth men and
omen will be held In tho Keiler.il Hulld
Ing August 7 The position pin s from
flSOO to $.'010 a year
Enlisted Men Guests of Club
Sailors and marines of the nay yard and
members of the Ninth Keglmcxit of
Engineers last nlKht were the Clients of tho
New I'entury flub The program consisted
ef singing and piano selections The pn
tertnlnment was In charge of Mrs II S
pientisi .N'ichols and Mrs. I.nuls II
Hutchler who headed the rocolxliig line
Minister to Drill Home Defenders
The Itex tieorge J Wnlenta, rector of the
Protestant Kplscopal Church of St Simoon,
has begun a movement to conduct drills
ef the Home liefense llesorxc two nights
each week In thn North Ilrnnrli of the
Young Men's Christian Association. The
first drill will be held next Monday evening
BABY HOKN IX PATHOL WAGON
Bouncing Roy Comes ns Mother Is
Hcing Taken to Hospital
The life of a policeman Is a arlegated
one. as proxed today by the case nf Police
man lirnome. Camden Central police sta
tion Karly this mottling, a liuriv call was
recelxed for the patrol fiom Sill I Kossuth
trcet Mrs K.innle Morris was hustled
aboard and the patrol xtngnn headed for
Cooper Hospital.
Howexer the call hail been turned In a
llltlo too late, and Policeman ilronmo was
required to otllclate at the birth of n hntinc
Ing baby boy In the pattol. Itepotts fiom
the hospital say that both mother and son
re doing well
Appointments at City Hall
City appointments todav include otto
Mayer, 5208 North Carlisle street, nsslstant
engineer. Iiureau of Highways, salary
$18u0. James J. rty.tn, 213; Slgel street,
caretaker. Hoard of llccreiitlnn, SStci;
Charles Hlaker. 5103 Hldgc axenue. trntmlt
man Iiureau of Surveys, $tnn , Cornelius
Kagan. lCnr, North Kiont stieet. watchman.
Uureau of Water, 84o; Sara .1. Crone. 521
North lllghteenth street, iltx nuie, Iiureau
of Health, $75 a month; IIi-inx II (lanlson.
loo" Turner Mrcet, attendant, lluicuu of
Clt rropertx. $720; lta.Mnond Kaust, 4611
xNorth Hroad street, rodmaii, Iiureau nf
Surxexs. $8no, and Mary McCauley, at
tendant. 827 lixst Locust axenue, $2 B0 a
day.
Negro Holds Up .Man in Camden
With a rexolxer In his hand mid a mask
oxer his face, a ileum held up Anion
Moss 109 I'nwelton HXciuie. Woodlyniip, nt
Mt Kphralm and Knrr nxrmiet.. Cam
den, earl today. Moss was lellexid of
his watch and fob and small change. Tho
police of Camden are of the opinion that
the negro I. longH to a gang Impoited
from the s i to work In Camden.
TODAY'S MARHIAGE LICENSES
Hrry Mnnh.iff 2.VJH s nth st . anJ Hnnnnh
Ileniumln l'.'OS Jacknon st.
Wllhm I) Srrhencr. S01."i Comly t., nu IMn.i
M Smith. 31015 Comix st
John J I,etts. Went Chi-fter, Pa , and Hstelle
E JamlBon. West Thenter 11
Wallnre Ilarkudale, 550(1 Sprasue st , and Cath-
;rln I'obbn ,110(1 Hnrasui- l
,0Sn Jf Warner, 1030 llrlilen st . nnd nmllla
T Frank .'II3H lliirklus t
Frank lifrtohno. 414 nhlimtnn axe., nnd
Anllna Mlele, 11)18 s rnniae st
Clarfm. XV Slckels B24 Mnrkoe st , nnd Mar
sarel F Mi CulloUKh. S.'l N 40lh st
Guy XX Dorman. 4312 VnluslnK ttxe.. nnd
bllzalivih I. I'nmlx, 1130 N Jlarkne st
Iwnjamln lull, as Sloan st . and flortnre
hmall .'734 XIanlon at
Ilarr. Milni-. 30 N. llutrhlnson st , and (lr--trude
XX..nfr. 1701 S. 4th st.
V. .n l''rr ,34S Thompson st. and Ida I.
Hflxln, 1.14.1 Thompson st
Kandolph Srntt, 1324 -Mole st . and Mnruaret
Johnson 1324 Mole st
Unatz Harilowski. 1112 llermantntvn ave , and
Josjfa Skwarjkowska 514 H 2d st
rrjnk F Kimons 11117 llrown at., and Clara
A XXharton. till SprUiB st
John T Hartnev. Hill) Murrls st , snd Anna
Butler 20.111 McKean st
Curtln K Turnbach, Fallsburg. Pa . snd Fannie
c-roxie Phlllpaburg. Pa
HESTAimANT Si
r Cclilns unsurpassed, ironist srlc,
Cfr7thlns sDlck and span
1211 FILBERT STREET
FOUNTAIN'PEN?
VTJ" We fit the Point
1 &! tovour Hand
ma. maki;.-. iir.i'Aii(i:i
Allowanre on old pens
iniRForWaterman's Pens
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FOOT and LEG
TROUBLES
Quickly rllxed by
our special nrrh sup
ports fitted and ad-
Justed by eiperts
Our
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Elastic
most
support
vslns.
Hosiery the
comfortable
for varicose
ea- ulcers.
wolleti
limbs, weak
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f-PP0ers of all kinds.
"ViMSBElrjiari'lM!
Trusses, abdominal ana a-nnum
kinds. mrieai ni.nui.u-
nces in uw -"
tHoi'Enia co.
Cfirds Will Not All Have Keen Col-1
looted Hcforo Momlny, Is
Outlook Now
inn hundred and fifty xt-ntnen who win '
round up the women stackers in this cltx i
who refused to sign up xvilli Hoox-er were I
"sxvorn In" today by tir. J. Uuifell Smith, j
head of the Mayor's food commission. In i
charge of the -registration '
The ceremonies took placo In the No v
Centurx I'luh, 124 South Txvelftll street I
The xvonv n wore Instructed to go to the i
police stations m their wards and to obtain '
list of all homos from xvhlch no signed food '
cards n forthcoming They xxere thin
armed xxith aroumentii xvhlch It Is hoped I
will be effectual In bringing Philadelphia x
record number of fond recruits. ,
That there xxlll be nmple work for the
slacker iidlce's xx-as proxed today, the
fourth that the blueconts or the city haxe '
been xvorldng to mobilize the entire woman
P iptilntloii of the city Into n regiment f"i '
Hooxer i
In minx- of the districts the poppers are
meet 'ng u If li much opposition At the
Nineteenth and oxford streets station It was
reported that only one In cx-ery txx-ent-tlo
would consent to sign Various reasons
xvero glxen. the main Iwlng "Wo don t want
to tie up nun the (lovernment "
In the Tu cut) -ninth District, In West
Philadelphia. It Is reported that a housewife
of Teutonic or'gln routed ii bluecont xvlth a
broom aft-r liaxlnc chased him all ox-er her
parlor and nttneked him. mostly In her
natlxe ti ngxic
At Tenth and Duttomxood streets sev
eral per-ons signed Kr.-lhofcr ' to the iue
tlon that nks the onipatlon of the bread
xx Inner of the house
At the henitquarter- of the commission In
the Wldener Itulldlng it N predlited that
final collect ! n will not he r- ide until Mon-
dav In Mime of tin lui- r districts all
cards iirc not vet ili-.li ihui.-d
PLAN BETTER TRANSIT
TO ADMIRAL CAMP
Railways to Provide Increased
Facilities for Heavy
Traffic
HAj.TiMom:. Md Juiv 12
nxtenstx'o preparations are being made
by the railroads to handle the henxy traxel
to thn rump nt Admiral. Anno Arundel
county, Mil
The Washington. Ilaltlmore nnd Annap
olis l:lectrlp Itillwny has purchased flftx
fotir cars to add to Its ernilnmont here, utid
has nlso olitained flx-e largo electric Inpo
tnotlxoa for heavy duty At present thlrtv-llx-o
carloads of material dnllv are pouring
Into tho camp. Irrespective of the jKisssnger
traffic
Company 11. Klrst Pennylxnnln engi
neers, under Cnptnln Hi-adford, Is making
rapid progress xvth Its survey of the camp
site They hax-o recelxed x-lrtuallx- all their
equipment now, and are in good shape to
do effect Ixo xx-oik
Thn problem of getting lumber for the
cantonments, although not so noutn ns It
seemed a foxx- days ago, still Is causing con
uldernblo xxorry There Is u sufficient sup
ply of labor on hand to take rare of n
great deal more construction than Is being
done. All of tho construction xx-ork Is being
done by union labor, and oat pernors xvho
nro xvllllng to xx-ork ten hours n day and
Fcxen days a xxcek enn make $57 a w-eek
there
KEPUKLICAN COMMITTEE
INDORSES CANDIDATES
Gives Approval to II. O. Hcchtel and
C. K. IierRer for Judges of Court
of Common Pleas
POTTSVILMJ. Pa.. July 12 At n meet
Ing nf tho Republican party exccutlxo com
mittee today, tho candldnuy for the nom
inations of -Hon II. O. Ilechtel and Hon
C K Ilergcr for Judges of the Court of
Common Pleas were Indorsed William S
I.elh, the chairman, presided. Up was
elected treasurer, nnd Thomas J Kxnns. of
Pottsxlllo ilnh to tho Count.x Commission
ers, nnd C. T. Stiatighnt of Shenandoah,
I)eput,x Controller, wero elected secretaries.
HOY KILLED HY TRUCK
i Wnlkinp; on Street With Woman When
Struck by Motor
.1-l I OaI.I L.n. An ..HAWa aT.1 nt
1'rCIICIHIV Alll"IT-, r.-. UVl.. . '" I
' 210' AOrin i.eungoxv sircei, xvas inpiaiiuv
killed this nfternoon by a motortruck at
iirkney and York streets
Tho boy was on his way home xvlth Mrs
Mary Thompson, n relative. He xvns xvalk
Ing a few feet behind tho xx-oman xx-hen ho
was struck by the truck, xvhlch Is oxvnod by
n Matket street department store
He xia tnken to St Christopher's Hos
pital but efforts to revive him prox-ed futile
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TflPONICfl
Gardens
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The music played by
the Royal Marimba
Band sounds like
the joyous tinkle of
ice in a thin glass.
Odd, isn't it, to think
of music making you
cooler? Most mid
summer music
makes you boill
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No time ts being wasted in the crpition of luinacks at the cantonment at Vlmunl, Ml . xxhero n part of the
noxx fmccs to be conscripted bv the Fedeial (inxprnment is to be trained. Some of thp builitng. .ilreinlv com
pleted nro '.linxxii iilmve.
ORANGEMEN CELEBRATE
BATTLE OF THE B0YNE !
Woodside Park the Scene of Fes
tive Commemoration of
Anniversary
Orangemen of Philadelphia and nearby
places toda are cerebrating the 227th nn
nlxersar of the IJattle of the lloj ne nt
Woodside Pnik.
The festlx'tles began at to o'clock xxhen
de-plte tin rs n. the member" of the nri"ii"
district lodge met In former jeais It win
thciiistom to parade from a point In Phila
delphia to the scene of the celebration, but
oxxlng to the entrance of tho I'nlted Ktates
Into the world war. It xx-as decided to follow
the exnmple of the nrnnge lodges In the
llritlsh Isles There the annual parades xvero
dWiontlnued when Ilngland entered the xvar,
as leaders fell Hint parades of fraternal or
.TanlriitloiiK txere uncalled for during xxnr
times
The oin.-ers of the Ixiynl Orange Institu
tion of Philadelphia, under whose nusplces
the lelebiation Is glx-en, follow .
(irnnil Mater. Wllllnm H Poole, grand
secretnrx. John Mx-Cllntock: deputj grand
secretin. John II Thompson, and grand
treasurer. William Hold,
Anothet 1 nange iclobration xxns held at
Willow liroxe
MISSIXC. YOUTH FOUND;
EiN'l.lSTI.1) WITH KI.CUI.ARK
Son of District Detective, in Letter to
Mother, Hopes to Ho in
Franco Soon
That the lure of army life nnd the pros
peet of Immediate sen-Ice In I-'rnnco xx-ere
tho causes of Harry Weiss. Jr. eighteen
xenrs old. list Hart lane, running axxay
"fiom home, was dlsi losed In a letter re-ii-lxed
by bis mother
Young Weiss Is the son of District Iielep
tlve Hnrrv Wel'.j Itelgrade nnd Clearfield
streets pollen station, and a nephew of Cor
poral tleorge Wel"s. twenty years old of
the I'nlted Htntes mailne corps, mux- sta
tioned nt Fort Slocuin On May B he drew
his pax from the l.unton Iron Works, where
he xvns employed, and disappeared Ills
mother has sttn-e been In a state bmderlng
on nervous collapse, and the police xx-ere
rrciutstpil to find the joung man
Ills letter, dated at Oettysburg, says that
he has enlisted In Company H. Kourth In
fantry and that he hopes to go to Trance
xvlth the next lontlngent. "The army life
Is the life for me " he xvrltes," and the
sooner I see not Ixo serxlce the linppler I
will be "
ANOTHER KIDNAPPING
CASE FOR SPRINGFIELD
Parents "Grapple" With Intruders nnd
Happily Save Life of Precious
Little One
SPHINdl-'IllI.P. Mo Julx 12 Aii iii
tempt to kidnap foiir-xenr-old Maxbilb
llilglicn. daughter of l.loxd Hughes ,, xoung
business man. was frustrated earl.x todav
by the axxakenlng of the parents
They saw- three men standing over the
baby'H crib Mrs Hughes screamed md
Hughes grappled xvlth one of thn men. xxbiio
the others ran out of the house Mi'
Hughes got the child and ran up-.tnu-Mr
Hughes xxn.s (.truck on the head aid
tolled under the men; then the third man
escaped.
Tho i.nso Is parallel to the Kidnapping ami
murder of Ilaby Keet here sexernl xxceks
ago. and thn authorities bellex-e the nu n
xx-ere members of the mine gang.
JUST eighteen years ago at the cor
ner of Fourth and Walnut streets
there was planted this little acorn
the first Home Office of the General
Accident in the United States. Its aim
then was, and still is, to provide "Serv
ice that Excels." Today, just across the
street, stands the mighty oak the
General Building erected to meet the
growing demands of its business.
Over 17 million dollar paid
In rlnlinn In tho I'nlted 8tntes.
We respectfully suggest if you want reliable
Automobile, Burglary, Accident and Health, Com
pensation or other casualty insurance that you
request your broker to place it wtth the
CENELRM MCSLDENT
, Oeneral Building-, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Branch, 421 V2 Walnut St.
Mpol
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SATURDAYS,
Auguit 4-11-18.251
$12.00
BOUND
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Special Train Iravra Head
lor Terminal 8.30 A, M.
Colombia Are. .80A.M.
Watnt Jilnctlon 8.41 A. M
tfenRinioxrn
PHILADELPHIA &
CHEER UP, HOOVER
WILL SEND PATTERNS
Women Who Paid Ten Cents for
Food Uniform Will Get
Thorn By and By
Perhaps xou s,ixv the plituro of tho natty
uniform designed ns a wmklng costume for
the woman patriot- of the Hoover fod
army, published recent Iv In the HxKMiNO
l.noonn
Perhaps xon decided lint being n food
patriot, having signed m c uiserxation
card nnd remitted It to tho police, the uni
form xx-ould suit j our stylo of pulchritude
t.i a T.
Perhaps you wrote to tho Food Commis
sion, Washington, T c , Inclosing tPn cents,
ns tho article ndvised. nnd requesting that
a pattern for said costume be sent to you
Immediately, If not sooner
And porhniM oii did not get that pattern
Herbert C Hooxer H xery sorry about it
all Hut though there has been an unavoid
able delay In the dellxery of the patterns
thev nro to bo sent out shortly.
Here Is n telrgruni that the food admin
istrator, himself, sent to the KvnmMO)
l.nnonn In answer to this newspaper's query
about tho delay
Hnxc been unaxoldahlv dolaved In de
llxery of patterns . xvlll recelxe and dis
tribute them shortlx , ndxlso patrons that
requests and nrdi rs xvlll bo tilled ns soon
ns possible tlKltltKMT ' ItOOVKIt.
And so. If xou nam to bo among tho
ndxancp guard xvhlch Is preparing to make
Its costumps. send the dime to Washington
anxxvny Hooxer as the patterns xxlll lw
dellx-ered
LUTHERANS TO CELEHRATE
Qiindrlcentonninl of Reformation to
I!o Observed nt Fort Washington
KOItT WXSIMNilTDN'. Pa. July 1J
I.amen of the laitliornn chen lies from
Qunkertoxx n to Cll.x Line ate planning for
xx hat promises to be the most notable gath
ering oxer held In this section of the State
next Saturday, In llodenstlne's grnx-e, nt
this place The celebration xvlll bo In ob
ennnie of the qundrl-centennlal nf tho
Itefoimnlion At tho some time tho third
nniiixcrsai.x of the organization of the
Vx Issahlckon Valley Hrotherhood. n union
of men's societies of the laitheran ohurches
of l-'ort Washington. Ambler, North Wale
1'pper Pulilln. Oroland Whltimarsh and
Harren X I til. will be celebrated
The program xvlll Include sports of nil
kinds, to be followed by addresses by men and
women prominent In church xx-ork The Hex
Kdxvln llovl Helk, nf Philadelphia, xvlll
speak on "laither the Itpxolutlonlst " Tho
Hiv di n II M'lnto'h, of Norrlstoxxn, bns
for his topic "llrothers In Aims" Mr
Charles I- Wiles of Philadelphia, xvlll ad
dres the meeting on "Taking It 1'pnn Our--.
Ives "
Foot Comfort nn 25c Each
Removed '
HANNA
S. E. Cor. 13th & Snnsom,
over t ranes; also 1201
Chestnut
MANICritlM,. 23r
ANCHORED AT LAST!
If ion find It hard to Ret dependable
111.11 me supplies nnd helpful (.erxice tr
x .iniierlierchen p You II
anchor hero for life
F. Vanderhcrchen's
Sons
7 N. Water St.. Phila.
"At thm Ktffn of thm Boll"
"Anjtliln for a Unit"
ftp m, ivii7
NIAGARA FALLS
Daylight Toutm via Pictureiqae
Reading-Lehigh Valley Route
JULY 14 and 28
September 1 and IS
Tickets
Good
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8.5J A. M,
READING
RAILWAY
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DOCTOR SHOT WHILE
FIGHTING WITH BURGLAR
Intruder Uses Revolver in Escap
ing From Physician Who
Interrupted Him
In nti effort to capture a burglar ungle
hn tided toilav. I)r Mam Wlesen. twenty
two years old, of 1933 ruiiith Kighth street,
was shot In the right breast He Is In Rt
Xgnes's llopitnl. but Is not thought to bo
In .1 serious condition
Tho .xoung physician w-ns Ivlng on n bed
In his room reading. His xvlfo xx-as out or
tho house shopping. The burglar jimmied
a kitchen window nnd barricaded the front
door with n chair and then started to
rllle the house Ho evidently did not see
Potior Wiesen xxhen he reached for the
which 1 no uocior sprang rrom the bed
and in the tussle tho burglar tired his re-x-olxer,
the shot entering the physicinn's
breast. The burglnr'then broke loose and
ran downstairs und out the back of the
houso.
Hootor Wlcson followed tho burglar a
short distance nnd then gax-e up the chnso
and xx-ent to the drug store of Harry Klm
molmnn, eighth and McKonn streets, nnd
had his wound treated He xvns then taken
to tho hospital The watch xvns still on the
tnblo xvhen the policeman senrplipd the
houso xxlth Mrs Wipspn
Two Hit by Autos in Cnmtlen
Two xlctims of iiutomohiles nre In the
Cooper Hospital, Camden, today. Illmer
iJiirner. elexen xeais o,l, of us Hindi
itieet, Camdpii, was knocked down by n
machine In front of his home nnd sustained
a pinhablo frnctuic of the skull Ills con
ditlon Is serious James Pierce. thlrtv-sK
years old. of West nnd Washington streets
Cnniden. was run oxer bx an auto nt Hron.il-xx-ay
nnd Washington ftteet
J E- Oldwell 8f Q.
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iiiiiiiii
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i Tllli III"
The war Is haxlng nn nmazing effect
upon the foreign missionary field, paitlcu
larlx in India, xvhere the natives haxe
ibem.elxes assumed the leadership and
wmI of mrryliig on tho xnrlnus missions.
! rding to the Hex-. C T Ilotizo, I' l.
f Mo Plilladelphln Theological Seminary
of tin i.uthetni. Church at Mount Airy
i-t . .t, sMoi- Ilenze xxas one of the speakers
ni tli. summer Institulo for Lutheran pas
ii -eiichers and church workers being
h. -I 1 his xveek. concluding xvlth n grand
mill .ii Saturday afternoon on the grounds
of ih nrphans Home nt (leriunntoxxn.
when ijeorge M Jones of Upndlhg, xx ill
kpe ik on "Christian Social Order ' and
Irvxin p Knlpc, of Notrlstowu. on 'The
Child and tho Itepubllc " v
"After tho xvar Marled." Professor Uenze
said thn IlrltUh cither Interned or sent
heme linn dermnti mlsslnnnrlos xvho w-ere
xx-otkicg throughout southern India Those
nbi.- Hie mllltnr.x ago xvero sent honv- nnd
tho e within xxere kept In India, xxlth the
- xi . ptioii hnxx-exer. of one Herman xxho was
lit Id in Mich esteem foi his gratid xxork
among the natlxe population by the KnglMt
niitlionties that thex sent him to the Philip,
pin-- Islands
"ll of these liermnns taught llngll-h
In tlielt tiilsstons. as required bx- the tlnv
rrninent If thex xxoro to recelvo lilinncl.il
aid When these Herman lenders xxere
taken nwax the tintlxcs xvho had become
conxerted to Christianity took their places
and 1 .11 1 led nn the xx-ork In the same way
th it it had proceeded before tho change "
In i.'lntlon to n nexvspnppr dispatch con
lomlng charges of the Nebraska State
Council of defense thut lenders of tho
Lutheran Church wore engaged in nntl-wnr
nctlxitles. the Hex- C. M Jacobs, dean of
the graduate school of tho Philadelphia
Theological Seminary of the Lutheran
Church, at Mount Airy, snid todnx
'It Is too xngue. There Is nothing in
tho statement ihal name either lenders or
la.xmen Tho Lutherans referred to In the
dispatch are In nil probability people of
Herman birth whose Luthernnlsm has noth
ing whntever to do xxlth their political atllll
atlon The Lutherans nf this country xvho
nre American nre absolutely lonl to the
American Hoxernment.
The Mlnlstorliim of Pcniisylxnnla. the
pilnclpnl Lutheran body In this State, xx-as
organized twontx -eight years before the
xxrltlng of the Heclnrntlon of Independence
nnd 122 years before tho present Prussian
Herman Lmplre
"It may be said that tho Lutheran Church
In Its xxoik In connection xvlth the xxar has
been ns nctlx-e as nnv other Christian body.
Wo haxe special committees for taking up
tho work as It comes along"
MYSTICS PLAN PICNIC
AT VALLEY FORGE TODAY
Will Hold It Indoors if Weather Is
Unfavorable Convention Is
Ended
Tho Order of Christian Mystics xvlll con
clude their Intel national conx-ention today
with n picnic nt Valley Koige Although
gloomv xx-eather has prevailed during tho
convention here, tho meetings nevertheless
xxere xvell attended nnd tho membership of
the organization considerably boosted
The Mx sties aro higldy optimistic and
nre nf the opinion that everything In na
ture happens for tho best Should It still
be raining nt noon their picnic will be held
Indoors at their rooms Instead of xlslttng
places of rexolutlonary memory there xvlll
he a program of songs and stories followed
by a general feast.
Patterns
N.XOK illli'
Txx-o hundred Philadelphia xvomen ft.
einliled In the N'exir Century Club, at 1J4
South Txx-elfth Rtreet, today heard Howard
Heinz, head of tho Stato Food Conservation.
Department, make an urgent plea for the
xvrltlen registration of every housewife In
tho country In Herbert Hoover's gljantlo
food nrmy.
Fresh from a txxo days' conference with
tho lnlted States Food Administrator In
Washington. Mr. Heinz said that Mr.
Hooxer xjould brook no obstacles In the
xinj- of As nrmy. Immediately upon the.
compilation of tho first official returns ot
tho enrollment national xx-ays and means
xxlll bo dexl.sed to round up xromen slackers.
Mr Heinz said f
Present nt the meeting were repre
eentntlxo of tho forty xxards In the city
xvho had been previously mobilized by Prof.
.1 Itussell smith In tho clubhouse and InJ
structed to see to It that not an unsigned
i nrd remained In tho city '
A feature of the meeting xvas the dls
i usslon of retail KrocerH and housewives of
the noxx- company dellxery system. Oliver
Stout, president of tho Krankford Ilelait
Irocers' Association, represented the tro
icrs The plan Is to do axvay xvlth free de.
livery nnd the charge system, except with
n fee for credit. It xxas shoxvn that If thla
system xxere put Into general practice In
the city t2u.oon.non n year might be saved
that Is noxx- being spent.
The meeting, xxhlch xx-as called by Mrs.
.1 VI1Hh Mnrtln, chairman of tho Pennsyl
xnnla Women's SUxto Committee of the
National Defense Council, was held with an
Idea to devise xvnys and means of reducing
food prices and of assisting the nation In
general conservation.
Cuba Doesn't Want Stowaway Generals
Cuba Isn't Interested In. those txvo brig
adier generals xxho sexeral weeks ago
stoned axvay with four other Cubans on a
ship bound for this country. They are dla
coxered In the hold of a ship xvhen It docked
hero. The Cuban Goxernment notified the
Immigration authorities at Gloucester City
that the stoxvaxvays needn't be returned to
Cuban shores The six Cubans were then,
discharged
The Price Cuts
in this
Perry
Reduction
Sale
do not show
the full measure
of the Values!
I The merchandise
was worth more than
our original prices be
fore we made these
season-end reductions!
$15 & $18 Suits... j $13.50
$20 and $22.50 j $16.50
Suits for J $17,50
$19.00
$20.00
$25 Suits for....
$28 and S30 j $23.00
Suits for J $24.00
3 Good buying is the
keystone of good sell
ing. We bought the
fabrics for these Sum
mer Suits early in'the
game, in enormous
quantities, and at prices
away below the market
today!
q Stock up! Forestall
the market! Buy two
or three Suits and save
money
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Store closes daily 5 P. M.
1 P. M. Saturdays during
July and August
PERRY &CQH
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