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Suggestion as to
(" Resignation
LDS ILLNESS TODAY
M! Colonel Mills Promises a
irfie and Hints at Broad
P' Street Parade
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a'lrief series of articles the Etc-
'XftT'M.lc Ledger, has endeavored to
before the public the peculiar
Of the Philadelphia home de-
reeerve with especial relation to
. ..leadership. In Interviews It has
I'disciowu mat Arno i mowhz, u
Mn-born and German-educated law-'
; though naturalized, claims authority
f'the reserve, and that 1'ollco Cap-I-William
B. Mills, acting colonel of
i reaene, also seta up the claim to Its
rshlp. Investigation has runner
Bed that the Mayor of rhlladel-
!) attended few of the meeting
I, by a committee having In charge
4ln routine matters connected with
- ..... .... 1 1 t a ..a,! 111.1a ln
-. Jttreat In the organization.
.Yesterday a number of pertinent
'iMMlon were nut In tvnewrltten form
?t ,J, before Mr. Mowltx and he promised an
.? answer today. This morning no saia
' Si. thai Mln nrinfil film from Answer-
F lt. nw th nntlnn mn ftr1v. find added
L ti"-!,. he wished to supplement his answer
n . T wilt. a mawa iI.IbIIuI .(nlmnanl TM
B, A" Mr, Mowltz promised to have prepared
S- o ion Monday, and In deference to his
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V wlnC9 m queBMUIlB inwrniru lu iiiiii
. 1,4 will do wnnneiu until mat tune.
." Jn response to the question as to
S .. 'whether under the circumstances ho was
j.' iCY considering or would consider the matter
7AM. or resigning tne position ot civilian tu-
BJ.yf 4, rector of the P. II. D. R. It was Intl.
RilT mated that Mr. Mowltx would only act
ijS'.S'l Tier consulting wun menus.
,' ' Meantime Captain Mills declares that
f'M. the military section of the reserves Is
py jfc IS" iroTessing nneiy ana inai ne mm
fi. 7.." llMiaHlu'l aa TAltAAAl.t,lA,l. It... u.liat
I mutyilBV ml xininu:ifiiiuiio. uu. .,..
r ,K,tw Ikan aA n lu An.ltrA,1 t, llrfnrnl.
lC&WV61 be required to ptrform under
itttH? m. imm n ikalu n-AUmnf iraivrl lilt
'l,br Mr, Mowltr. Colonel Mills did not
'i-j'atale. New uniforms are now being
made, however, at a cost to the Lily
of $2Z,S00, and a parade on Uroa.l street
was strongly hinted at by Colonel MIIR
InCldentaly Civilian Director Mowltz de
clares that he paid for his own uniform
$60,000 BEQUEATHED
OLD SWEDES' CHURCH
W1U of Benjamin R. Simes
Provides Large Fund Other
Testaments Probated
More than $CO,00 Is bequeathed to
Old Swedes Protestant Episcopal Church
fl'S j-by the will of Dcnjamln IL Mmes,
rTWrty-nlnth and Chestnut streets, which
,1ras probated today. The entire HImes
tWitM U vntitAfl nt 179.900. sont of
w&wMch goes to relatives.
. Vf-iJt Beauests of $65,500, made by tho late
';' Junes Brannen to the Little Sisters of
rtefca yoar RL JoseDh's House for Home
V , w -
-leas Industrious Boys, tho Home for In
i annblea and other charities become In
" jKie)eratlvo because tho vvlll, probated
i' tetey. was executed February 18, or
&t,t leas than one month before the death of
B?'j!tt' testator, February 24. Mr. urnn
WA fnen. who was head of the Cunningham
sTtr,'?iM Company and tho Horn & Bran
' W. am Manufacturing Company, left 93-
WJL'h M In realty and more than $200,000
KTA. -i ?'t. ..AMI nvnnartv Ilia U I fn 1-0rtVeS
Kw'iTfMO.OOO In trust for life nnd the house
fi? & held effects, and the following bequests
E' .-2V- . .... -,-. . 1.A.1 1 IRA
1 iAJiJj1,,t' matte tu vuw viiin.iv... ,....v.. .. , ---S5Vhs,rs
of stock In the Horn & Brannen
Sf Arm: Leon V $5000 and tho Income on
ir US.000 for life : Hllen M Cunningham.
YjcJtj'J swere maae lo me ciiuuren, m" -
,' ISO shares of Cunningham piano stout
,j na the income on ou uuu, ttnu ncucn
"J $60 000 in trust nnd money bequests.
$& " The Slraes will leaves $5000 In trust.
t the Income to go to Gloria Del (Old
! V Swedes) Churcn lor me cnurcn una nun
'V day school and creates a trust fund of
h'J ,,rtlonment for tho Foreign and Do-
u mestlc Missionary of tne l'roiesiani
I H Btscopal Church. To the Domestic and
i.SWj reln Missionary nocieiy is kuch
,.K. tttOO and a like sum to the Home of
! .M"iTttst for the Aged. The remainder of
. .VtstlM estate goes to Old Swedes. It Is
'in provided in the will that In the event
! 'church Is abandoned ail the bequests
f.J , Wthe church shall revert to tho Home
Sj V( -no" v, ww i.
t ."iiOther wills probated today Include
i, '', ItiioM of Bsrah J. Oaley, 6338 Drexel
F 'A-lwad, which. In private bequests dla-
. C'Speees of property lalued at more than
" M0.000 : Charles Benton. 600 houth
fV '?, yorty-second street, $120,000: Umlly L.
"Brous, 2319 Norm Kairnui sireei.
'(HJT.OOO: Eleanor I). B. McCook, 119
et0lKll Tweniy-secona street, iiu,,
m u. naaier, xtta tvter r.icrt.
1,000: Marie I De Zecknwcr, 10G
h Thirty-fourth street, S6uu; Har
ts. V. Hanauer. 1(32 Oxford street,
:-T" W90: Cordelia S. EverU, 4623 Leshcr
jLVliirtet, $S200: William L. Wadlelgh,
LjJvt-.T North Brosd street, $4600; A.
iu&' Jvttets Aioser, uanKenati iiospunt, -uuu,
ifP 4.Ann Swift, 4557 Lancaster avenue.
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fe ''JDAXLS TRADITION CLOG
'TO MODERN EDUCATION
'Otttinbus School Superintendent Ar-
mllrns Faulty Methods, Useless
(".,' "" "-
ee-fourths, of the ability of our
, men is ansoiuiciy wasiea
I faulty methods of education,"
charge made by John A. Francis.
tondent of schools .for Columbus.
the second '"Greater Philadelphia"
at the cnamoer or commerce
it.
i- men reach only one-nuarter
normal capacity from being taught
1SJ vi useless iruts in vne ttcnoots.
ucator Insisted. "Being made to
tin Ideals ot teaching from obso-ixt-books.
they are never uble to
itsor. their own real talents."
KjU E. WInshlp. of Boston, agreed
main wun uocior vrancis in
ilng, the tyranny of tradition.
r. wldetawake pupil snouia learn
I MltsldS the schoolroom than In it,"
."-apa'Bii tnese ouisiae aciivines
DO 1.TVUIVCU u J1IB BUIIUIttOtiC
MLSON GIFT OF GOD"
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atnr Tannon Compares the
,t With Abraham Lincoln
ui'ltall.!) Olsl.a CahaIah VaaaIv
r UJllbVU MfcV HUWIUI Cllll
b of Utah, rpokf last night at
t and reception of the Sons of
i or Philadelphia at the Ultten-
I cx-nvniftiur vuiPKitvu reaA
.T'Mr.w Wilson Is a gift of
l.'v lie is seir-contalned as
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lOTH'WARD RESIDENTS
TO FLY SERVICE FLAG
Parade and Speeches to Mark Rais
ing of 475-Stnrrcd
Emblem
Ttestdents of the Nineteenth Wnril
will ralso a rervlce flag containing ns
stars this nfternoon in fourth street
above York. It will be strung on a cattle
stretching from the Klfthteenth district
pollco station to a building niiKislte.
nk. nn.ril,ln will tii nrprpileil Itv a
parade In which will march the mounted
police, the Police Hand, the policemen
of the Eighteenth awinci, unec iwihi
No. J8. the Hons of Veterans, Spanlsli
American War Veterans nml tho Stet
son Uniformed Urlgade. Addresses will
h. made by City Treasurer 1-rederlck J. I
Hhoier. the He. Alexander II. I-eit. Jins
tor of the Norr's Hipiare Methodist l.pls
conal Church, rind Jnmes Hennett,
TweUe of the stars In tho nag repre.
sent txtllcimen from the I.lghteentli dis
trict station. Ile of theee arc now In
France.
NAVY BEGINS INQUIRY
INTO CHEROKEE LOSS
Preliminary Survey Board Ap
pointed and Survivors Arc
Interrogated
Tl. X Denartment Is proceeding
with the Investigation of clnrges that,
the naval tug Cherokee, wnicn iounu
ered with twentj-elght of Its irew In n
nfty-mlle gale off the Delaware cApea
early Tuisday morning, was iinscn-
worthy.
A preliminary survey hoard of in-'
qulry to conduct the probe has been an-,
polt.ted It Is composed of naval odlccrs J
on duty at League Island Thcv haw
already begun Intcrrosatlon of come of
tho survivors and the information ob
tained will bo turned over to the bo ml
of investigation which has been ordered
by Secretary of the Navy Daniels
Although Mrs Kslher Newell, tho wife I
of Lieutenant 'award it een. i i'
commander of the Ill-fated cncroKce. me
naval tug which foundered In the storm
flfteon miles below tho capes on Monday
night, has charged that her husband
had repeatedly roported to the Nnvj
Department that the craft waR a meruit e
to every pcrton who went to eea aboard
It, she has not been called to testlfv at
the naval Inquiry of her ch.irge. Mrs
Newell last night also declared her bus
band Inslstod to her that there were a
tiumhxp of int.il rrafl ettually ns bad
as the Cherokee, and tint the lives of
their crews were In constant jcoparu).
In contrast to the many rt ports of the
poor condition of the tug, John It llld
dle, of 21 North Robinson street, father
of Quartermaster Herbert Martin Riddle,
who went down with the tug, expressed
his complete lonndence In the Navy De
partment and his belief that the lug was
seaworthy. Riddle also denied reports
that he had not been tourteously treat
ed at the nav) nrd when he went there
to Inquire about his son
SPEEDING TROLLEYS
KILL2, INJURE THIRD
Boy Crushed to Death Apainst Pole
in City Man Killed in
Audubon, N. J,
Speeding trolley cant caused the death
of two persons early toda and serious
Injuries to another. Those whose In
juries resulted fatally were Thomas
Brooks, fourteen ye.irs old, of 041 North
Forty-third street, und Frederick Frtu
dicer, slxty-nlno years old, of Audubon,
N.J.
Brooks, while, standing at Twenty
second street and rolumbla avenue,
was crushed against a telegraph polo
by on automobile which In turn was'
strut k. ny n iroiierar going uoutli on
Twenty-second street. Tho trollov
car struck tlio uutomoblle with terrific
force, spinning It inmplctely nrountl
The end of the aulo pinned the boy
against the polo before he could Jump
to save his life
I'assersby cnrrled him to n neitrbv
storo nnd did all that wait possible to
allay his suffering until the arrival of
ar. ambulant e which took him to the
Women's Homeopathic Hospital He
died shortly after being admitted
Freinllcer was struck and lntantl
killed by a trolley car nt tlray's avenue
ano: nast Atlantic avenue, Audubon
Frequent complnlnts littvo been made
uy irnuniin uKMuifu too lerr'nc speeu
nf tllA nPUV'a Ut AntIA nnAU AAnnnlnll.. n
" .im ...u rt HivtIUTi vtlin, ,-ol,i:villllJ HI
this point Them hive been numerous
fatal accidents at this InlerseLtlon of
the road 1 reudker leavc-i a widow, two
daughters nnd a son
VIGILANTES AT U. OF P.
rTTA1JT. irttivcs miuiiirnci
GUARD AGAINST THEFTS
Enraged Students Adopt Drastic
Measure to End Epidemic of
Pilfering in Dormitories
An epidemic of thefts at the University
of I'ennslvanla, bringing a warning
from the University that students guard
their belongings, resulted In the forma
tion of a students' vigilance committee
today.
Strangers In the grounds, dormitories
and other buildings are being suhjtcxrd
to survclllanco by bands of the vigi
lantes and rough treatment Is promised
should a culprit be captured. Football
men and members of tho University ml.
tary training corps and gymnasium
teams are members of the committee
Many raiors, books, ornaments and
other articles have been reported stolen
by raiding sneak thieves, who have
made the student dormitories their espe
cial hunting grounds University au
thorities Instructed tho Btudents to re
port all suspicious-looking strangers nnd
not to leave their properly unprotected
DAYLIGHT-SAVING PLAN
IS INDORSED BY BODINE
U. G. I. President Declares It Will
Increase Business Efficiency
and Improve Health
The daylight saving plan has received
the cordial Indorsement of Samuel T,
Bodlne, president of the United (las Im
provement Company, who estimates that
under this plan the average household
will ssve about one hour's consumption
of gas dally,
'The plan has a most rational basis
In improving the health of the com
munity," said Mr. Uodlne, "and prob
ably would be reflected In Increased
efficiency from a business standpoint,
CORONER'S CLERK RESIGNS
Vare Follower May Replace Hugh
McVeigh, Campbell Supporter
Hugh MoVelgh. 2603 East Lehigh ave
nue, a clerk In the Coroner's ofllce for
the last fifteen years, ha resigned. It
Is understood hi resignation was re-
?iuested by Coroner Knight to make room
or a Vare follower,
McVeigh is a stanch sUDUorter of
JMagistrate Campbell In the Twenty-fifth
AVara. ana, aitnougn nis place is still
scant today. It Is understood a Twenty,
fifth Ward varello will soon be nt Mc
Veigh's desk.
D. M. Folsom Federal Oil Director
"WASHINGTON. March .. D. M. Fot-
lom. of Ban Francisco, has been, appoint
mt Vsttnl oil director for the rsclfla
trv-tuttsr Jrn, IC
JaM&SJMJP WO tk
EVENING PUBLIC
HARBINGERS
WEAVERS MAY CALL
OFF STRIKE TODAY
Kensington Workers to Hold
IIass-TIeeting to Discuss
Future Course
Tho five-month strike of 4000 Ken
sington Until wcawrs will be tailed off,
actordlng to a statement totlu by I.ouls
1 tlergots, ihalrmnn uf the strike tom
mlttee, who suld that tho mass-meeting
ut tiie Kensington Labor Lyceum, Second
and Cambria htrects, this ufternoon
would bo unanimous in voting for an end
of tho strike nnd a return lo work.
Tho inanufactuiera will not re-employ
the strikers, said Ilcnrj Morgan, t-ecre-tary
of tho I 'loth .lan!lfuutlrers Asso
ciation "I feel I'onlltlent that tho implovers
will take the workcrtt batk," said Chair
man Uergots
".Vo." said Secretary Moigan "It Ik a
matter for the emplojer to detltle, of
course, but It Is n t'crtalnty tint no one
will ho dlHiharged to make room for n
striker"
He was emphallt in declaring that the
6 to IB per lent int rcaso Ihnt tho manu
facturers granted Febrimy 21 wns In
tended solely for the workers who had
stuck to their posts
fiergols, rcnline to Mr. Morgan's
' thargo that ho w is n member of tho
Industrial Workers of the World, sani'
1 iy
f
I am but no I V W tactlts
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used 111 this strike I have as
' .,ai. .ini,i i,i,. ,,. n, i,i.i,vii
i workers of the World us Mr Morgan
haH t0 i,e,0ng to the I'nlon League '
(Jcrgots show til u telegram ho r-
I re It oil tncluv from Joseph M Tumulty,
.President Wllbim's vretaij. haying
' thllt tho f,,rlKc "airman 8 ti legrain of
Kehruao -S, appealing fni fair plv,
would be brtiught to the I'ssAiqent s "t
tentlon.
DRAFT BOARD STARTS
SEARCH FOR SLACKERS
Publishes List of Men Who Failed
to Turn in Their
Questionnaires
Local Hoard No 15, Chestnut Hill,
has begun Its seirch for men who fnlled
to turn In their questionnaires In malt,
ing public a list of the delinquents
Oeorgo n Linns rd secretary, an
nounced Mvernl dnjs' grace will be
given the men to renort before iinsv nra
classed aB army deserters.
Tho list follows:
Msrlln It Ansenv 0760 Chew stret
i,1!";1"! 'ekhurrheit t-iie.tnut Hill.
Mlchnel Uurke, .1 Vet BprlngneM inn.
nu
Henry Cooke. Moun' Airy Avenue (inrs.e
John J tie I.s toeir, 109 Wester stre-t,
Josrph A Djuon, JH nt SharniACk
MtehaI Do an MINI Lincoln ilrve
Patrick Cllhboni 27 Nippon utr-H.
Juror- J (lerrotv, 4.7 Kuit .Mount I'leas.
ant avenue
James Holmra, Iirthlehem pike. Chestnut
Carl C. Henri. 8311 Hemlnoln nvnu-
Spnrer A. Jones, Hlshliind uvmue. Chest
nut Hill
Kdtvftrd Lewli 00J Waine atrnue,
Oeorse n Le Mitlre, Eeneral deliver). New
Orleans I.a
Paltatoro La llua-a, 7715 Norwood
avenue
Carroll n Jljera ..'I Writ Mount na.
ant avenue
Cbarlrs MrClaftVrty, S501 Ocrmantown
avnue
Frank MaMny 133 Plravant atre-L
Itobert U. Martin, sJJO Grrmantotvn ave
nu Ambrose Maalne, 1171S Chew itreet
William r. Noll 21 M-ehan atreet.
Joaeph Pera SHOd Shawnee street.
Clar-nee Tartln. Itethlehem pike, Chest
nut It 111
Charles .1 Park-r H127 Anderson street,
Pislro Ituspa. fi'iOt Oermantotvn avenue.
.Marlaro Ilocco, Mower and Hedgvvlck
slrt
Alexander A, Smith, 42 West Hharpnack
str-et
James White, 1810 North Woodstock
street
rtobut L. Wise. 7J1R Oermantown avenue
Husb Mason, lllshland and bemln&lf
av-nu-a k
Thomas I. Foster. 302 Hr-rlneflrM avenue,
Hsmllton Johnson, 10 vt Hharrnack,
William Peare-, 3ft Hartwell avenue
Frank II, Shepherdson, 37 Mrrhan strest.
Kdward K. Showaker, U653 Cronson
strAt.
Fdwarrf n Smith, S20 Kllet street.
Fred White, 72s Oermantown avenue.
Klaar Uvans. 0703 Lincoln drive.
Carmelo Loctirto. R130 Norwood avenue.
HE'S NO "SCHMUTZFINKEN"
Blar.kenburt? Resents German News
paper's Term "Dirty Pigs'
Former Mayor Iludolph IHankenburg
was rousefv to wrath when told last
night that the Cologne Gazette, n semi
ofllcial German paper, had termed mem
bers of the Friends of Herman Democ
racy "schmutxflnken," otherwise "dirty
pigs,"
-Tn article was Inspired by the Junk-
liT otnewny. . n saia. .'.-J nere is no
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LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
OF SPRING ON THE FIRST SATURDAY
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MISS MILLER INCENSED
OVER HER ARREST
Denounces Police and Magis
trate, Who Scolded and Had
Her Locked Up
DENIES OFFENDING LAW
Miss 1'ikdi S Mills I . recullve mi
rttaiy of the Uumeiis Ti.nle I'nlon
League of I'lillmlclphla, was still full
of Indignation tut! i it h Mil toltl how
sho hail been irrtsteil ami tleuouutitl
us a traltm bj the polite .mil betittd
iib If she bad been a. criminal by .Mitgls,
tralc UatMin in City Hall, all hciatiM
she. hud trkd tu help i-nnit Milking
vvaltnssCK in tlieli fight for btttei wink
ing conditions
Miss Miller ilid not I nit She dots
not itpptur to be tbo ranting kind Mie
tllil not ileclaie our boasted llbert) .t
farte antl our fighting for tleiuot rac.v a
Jokt Mio simply said calmly but em
ph ttluill) and with some fetling tli tt
she linrt been unfilrl trcattd anil wtnt
on to tell Ju.t how
Miss Mlllei was anested when reiving
In the striking waitit -sp t pit ket line
outsltlo the 1'llin llxthungc llestitiiraut,
neat IhlrKcntli and Mue tint's, estu
dav antl held for more th m two hnuis in
,t tell before Maglsti ite Walt,. hi si nidi d
her antl pluVd liei under a $400 icato
bonil
UH.Vr 'IO hTHIKHIW Itl.Lli:!'
"Wo hid beird the btrlklng wnltrihf.es
wtrc btMng liiMultttl nnd airtlnl wllli
out vvuriant" nld Miss Mlllei, 'en we
went In an autoritoblie lo t-ee for our
selves and Hopped on the othtl sldn of
the ttreet Ou of the plt.kt.tH had to
leave and I took her plat e In tho line,
tmnhlng In front nf the pluip
'Twit men (.tnrted tow aid the ttxtaur
ant and one slid to tho other 'nu don t
want to go in Ihirc, jouru a union
;r,,cn tho looked flcfc,lon,g,
'vrn vou t union mm'" I iibketl
nnd -bofor't he -c,mld ''.nsw.i-i-alniolt
before tho woitls vttro out of my moulli
the policeman steniied forward and
arrested nie
"I vv.lt. taken lo the Tenth and Hut
tonwood streets stitlou nnd after being
searched by the matron was allowed
to telephone to friends members of the
league that I was airested nnd would
be taken to Central htntlon
POLICH CALL1.D HI.it THAl.OH
"In the patrol on the wa to Clt Hall
the patrol sergeant I supposo he wns
the patrol sergeant and another police
man, who had been asleep In tho pitrol
when wo got In, denounced me ns a
traitor for Interesting mself in the
strike. They vvero very Indignant nnd
rcpe itedly assailed me foi 'being against
the Government.' as the said though
I had nevei said or done uti thing
against the Government
They paid I had no business or right
to picket
"I vvas locked In a tell at Cltv Hall
from 1 until about 3 oVIoc Then the
turnkey came rind let mc out. siylng he
had forgotten about me M friends
met me and went with me before the
Maglstrnt The arresting policeman,
prompted by the restaurant keeper, tes
tilled that I had told people there vvas a
strike going on and had Interfered with
customers of tho icstnurant all of
which wtiB untrue
'The magistrate berated ma severely,
and all tho more severely whin he Icarn
eel I lived In Brn Mnwr He said I
had no business Interfering lu strikes
or an thing of the kind Then he put
mfe under the $400 peace bond."
BERRY NOW PORT DIRECTOR
Collector's Duties nnd Authority
Broadened by Appointment
With the approval of PreslcVnt Wil
son, William 11. Herry. collector of the
port. haB been appointed director of the
port of Philadelphia by Secretary Mo-
This appointment vvlll give added
power to Collector Herry In addition to
his authority over customs and will
make him superior even to the naval
authorities. He will have control of the
enforcement of all rules nnd regulations
governing anchorages and movements of
vessels.
' Man Struck by Automobile
John. Kreehafer, 65 years old. of
Grape and Main streets, was struck by
an auto driven by Thomas Mooney, of
2141 North Lelthgow street, this morn
Inr at Main street and Roxborough ave
,mw. .aiid, sett-tow-ty tatorteU .He was
MtkT( io.ir. TtHse-nr's notpn, f i .1 f
WOMEN PITCH STRAW
AND CLEAN STALLS
First Volunteers in "Back lo
the Farm" Movement Dis
play Earnestness
The til -st icil ' hack-tn-thf-fai m
inovciiuiit for women lu Anitrlca began
today In Philadelphia
ruuitccii tamest women volunteer
farmhands went to the Wjjncvvnoil
training fitim of tlie Woman's League
for National Seivlto for Ihelr first Ics
Ntn In piaUltal farming prepirntoiy In
aiding In ttliilng out the war shortage
of ngrlt'iillurnl labor.
Mothers nntl 1 tugblers woiked Mde bv
side 111 the nll-tlnv tasks that wcro set
for the women workeis by the agricul
tural etiieit in i h trgo of tho training
touri-f. Miss llnuoi.i Whalen, graduate
of State t'nllege.
'I hert vvas fun a-plenlv as tho volun
tiers Invatiitl the faun Hut under
neath the spirit of adventure was a
Inslo feeling of pttriotlc tletermlnatloii
tint was not dimmed by real manual
l.ihnl
' I suppose some of us Just slmpl I
hive to woik for the slickers.' said one
of the feminine faun workers pausing
n liniment to tattli her breath as sin
pltthtd' stinw Into th cow stable
No hanging back from tontact with
dlitv tools and Hit) soil Itstlf marked
the llrst expei Imetit with woman labor.
'I consider this work it pitnotlc diitv
second to nomi except niiiklng surgical
dressings. ' suld Miss Whalen, and this
was the spur that tliovo the pupils on
Arriving at the farm which is the
property of Miss Marv K tllbsou, the
volunteers exchanged fuis foi sweaters
and some put on goloshes Theli first
la's duties conslstea 111 cieainnir tne
WJZ?Zt
Ing flower beds for trinspianthiR ; Kprout-
!". x Wtnbltl,eellme.r Pl-nts to
their new beds In wheelbarinws and
iriiixiilniitliic them and the thousand
and ono odd jobs that occupy fatmeis
during tho fag-end of winter. Most of
tho work vvas Indoors
The ltssons vvlll bo rcpeateti ever
Kilurday until April 1, when, accord
ing to plans, lift volunteer women
workers will be Installed on the fa.rni
tt altiing (amii, living In tho bam loft,
which will bo remodeled for sleeping
tiuarteis. and eating In the can Inge
houses, vvhh h also will be altered This
camp, which In reallt la an 'officers'
training Limp," will turn out captains
for tho units of women workeis that
vvlll he sent to the fnims of Peniis
vunla for the big 118 war harvest that
the State must raise I Inch unit will
consist of between twenty and slNty
women
J W Joee, superintendent or the
farm for tvventy-threo enrs, vaa an
Interested onlooker and helper
"It Is a line idei," he said "And,
what Is more.'1 ho continued, with a
twinkle In bis eye, "It means a good deal
of help for me this spring."
Thoso taking the flrstMesson Included
Mts. Jnmes J Moore nnd her daughter,
Miss Jenn T Moore: Mrs B 11 Sar
gent nnd het daughter. Miss Louise Sar
gent: Miss Mllllu Lombarao, juss .Mar
lon Chandler, Miss H. V. Harp, Miss P
Ash, Miss A Daly, Miss K II Nichols,
Mrs II S. Kinney, Miss II. Kspen and
Miss H i;spen
BEHIND GERMAN LINES
Hoover's Aid in Belgium Tells of
Hun Atrocities
Kxperlcnces behind the German lines
In Franco nnd nelglum and the condi
tions he met with while there were the
tnplo discussed lost night by Vernon I
Kellog, a food administration aid of
Washington, at the American Philosophi
cal Society, 104 South Fifth street
Mr, Kellog was first assistant to Her
bert Hoover In the Itellglan Relief
Commission and had every opportunity
to see and hear conditions abroad dur
ing the war,
"Atrocities continue In Belgium nnd
France," he sold, "and Miss Cavell was
not the only woman shot. People who
have the Idta that the Germans have
that war Is good as well an the methods
they use In carrying on the war must
be put out of power for the good of the
Woman Nameti to Health Clerkship
Mary M. Bradley, 28.6 Aramlnco
.venue, was sajpolnted a clerk In tat.
iSBttW. !f MS & f 'Jrr of
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1918
IN MARCH
Paraphernalia Confiscated by
City in Year's Raitls to Do
Burned Soon
Philadelphia Is prepstlng foi Its an
nual bonfire in which gambling tlevbts,
poolroom equipment and the like, that
I have been toiillsuited during Hit' lift
J car, will bo ilcstinvcd Inn liotiliro
this vetr, according lo Alfied 1 Sunder,
tleteetlvo In charge of gtiiibllng Invts
tlgatlonH, will lie n record blaze During
he last six months ninio gambling para-
nlieriiilla has been ttmllst ilcd Hi. hi In
I any veai lu the hlstorv ot tho police
department
Tho tbitc of the hlazo has nol been set,
but will be within tho next thlitv davs,
ns the mnni In Hie t'ltv Hull b ibimeiit
avallablo foi the stoiage of tlilH t tult
ment Is being taxed to its tapatlli
Hcspite inntlmious inlds and arrets,
Ihe polite ay .tint tju gambling ma
chines nnd pool tnblos II ed fin i-iap
fields me more tostlv thin thev have
ever been, thus the value of tin lot to
i bo toiisunietl bv lire vvlll run liiln lliou
sauds of dollar-
Captain Soudcr ndmlts tint Iherc will
be many more slot machines itdiletl to
tlin already Isrge list taplilied in his
tampalRii to rid Philadelplil t of gam
bling dcii
MASHER AT MOVIE WINS
BLACK EVE AND FINE
Attempted Flirtation With Wife of
"Hobo Kiiik" Has Sequel in
Police Court
A blink eso and it J1J fill line were
all that Leo Mlt helottl bad to show
today for ,i speaking ittriu tiiitauio lu a
"movie" with Mis ('lain IHvK wife
of "Jeff" Davis. Internatlonil represen
tative of tho Itinerant Hoboes unci
Workmen's Association, ami founder nf
the famous Hotel do (.Ink
Mrs Davis, sitting beside Mkhelottl
lu it Market street niotloii-plctuio thea
tre list night, hit him lu the eve with
her fist when he nttemnteil to sti ike in-
an acquaintance with her. It was testl
lled todav btfoie Maglstiatc Watson,
at tilt' fontl. il station .Mlilielottt was
ill rested bv Ileseivo Pollttmau Linelj
on mmpliliit of the maingti 'Ihe Da
vlses am living nt 1j2J Vine stteet
Mlclielottl Is twtntv-four vtars old nnd
lives (ill I.lgmli street below Halnbrlclge
MARCH 2,
' ro2r?',w- ;ls tvV-.7i';
mK
iff
MMh
Exclusive Bonwit Teller & Co. origi
nations in hats of hair, lace, maline
and crin with ribbon and flower gar
nitureshort back pokes and sailor
hats with distinctive ostrich feather
treatments transparent and quilted
hats of Georgette crepe in old blue,
pink, white and beaver shades
rough straw hats in turbans, close
fitting toques, the cloche and flare
t
types.
Introduce
SPRING
for Women and Misses
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nl.r..H,
mMki
i ssssm.-
EKS'Sfc:.
URGES RED CROSS CARE
FOR SAMMBES' HOMES
iiMtiMinrs nt Shore Told Amcucnns
n.t t.'L.l.t Woll I
"Over 'inero-win ii'iBi-ti "-
K wouicil
H MULISH
ATLANTIC MTV. March 2.-A Sn
....l ...' im fnr ills ntiintrv f he Is
vvoirled about his family bit K home. ,
This was the substance m mi "":
hv Pnink W I'eri-ons, director of tlie
llvlllan relkf of the lied 0.h. ho
tnllied at hang-over meeting of tnc
Speaking before the Home l-conni ikj
Association In n llual session of the vviir
convention at the Tiavmoie, Mr. Icr
sons pointed out that the Amerltnn sol
dier when ho leaves .r lie walY""
lu a transport. In nil likelihood, leaves
homo for the entire dinatiiui of the
wnr, whereas tho men of our Allies get
lKiinlsslon home two weeks ""'"J ,e,cr.
three inntiths and arc thus enabled to see
their bivtil ones He npl'enled to tho as
snclallon to help in keeping the Sammees
cheerfiil bv giving tbeni tho nssuratico
that thdr fnmllles ate well r-ircU foi.
"Itlght home conditions," he said
Van lniinenelv Imptove the morale of
mil bos at the front It Is iittercl Use
less to uxiiect it man to tight when he is
won led about Ills loved ones t.rr' home
It Is just ns essential that home
stntiilinls be maintained ns that victory
should come t ir armies The sncil-
flees of the home are- iilvvnjs nine 11
Kliater thin the tiatrlotle Aiiitilcm
realizes but he Is entitled to the com.
fortlug chcei us he goes Into battle tint
bis fiimliv is not suffeilng
l'mtv lluee cimplirH of the lied n"s
It ,. k.l.n l.nln ImAII ( t abl ClieU . M V
Natlonnl i;tiiuuiion ,nnnuni
Person's said, to see that the homo life
Is not menaced In the fighting mnn's ah-
spni e
PRINCES OF CHURCH
COMING TO FUNERAL
Apostolic Delegate and Two
Cardinals Will Attend Arch
bishop's Funeral
Word was iei cited from Washington
today that Apostolic Delegate John Hon
z.ino will attend the hnpiesslve funeral
si i vices fur Anhblshop Piemlcignbt at
tho Cathttlinl on Tuesdav morning ut
H (i thick Ciiillnal tllbbotis and i ar
tl'iial 1'arIt'V vvlll alt be pieent
(Ithers to (omo heie Include Hlshop
Momh.in, of Wilmington, Illshop (luiin,
of Natchez, Miss !llhnp Harklns, of
Piovldence It I, antl Ulshop Walrh, of
Portland, Me In fuel, it Is believed that
tho funeral will bring foith one of the
gient'st uiitpoiiiiiigs of leaders of the
hleraichv ever seen In till t put of the
count r.v
The P.ev William .1 Walsh secretary
to the Archbishop, announced the clerg
nien who vvlll lecltn the divine ofllce for
tho dead In the Cathedral on Monda.v
night 'I ho nocturnes will be icclted as
follows Ills! rattier riizp-uncK, oi
St Malaeh's Church, where the Arch
bishop was It i e movable rector for jears;
second, Father Cough, of t'l Columba'e
Church, third, Cither Donovan, of St.
Agathi's Church, fourth rather Nash,
of the Chinch of tho Hplphany ; tlfth
Pnther D.tlley, of the Church of Our
Lady of tlie Ilnsaiv , sixth, rather Uuld
ner, S .1 Church of the tlesu seventh,
Monslgnor lsnl.ii I, of the Church of St
Mary Mngdalcno cle Pazzl ; eighth, Mon
slgnor Klernan, of St. Patrick's Church,
and ninth. Bishop McCort rather
Thompson, of ht. Patrick's, and Fa titer
tlarrlgan, of the Cathedral, vvlll thunt
tho responses
Resolutions regietting the death of
Archbishop Piendergast were adopted
Inst night by tho Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, meeting at 1605 North Broad
sfreet.
Hulogles nf the Archbishop were de
livered b tho Ttev. John J. Wheeler,
pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Church: Congressman Mclaughlin, pres
ident of tho order, nnd Judge Uugenc
Honnluell A guard of honor to guard
the prelate's body as It lay In tho Cathe
dral was nnined.
BONWIT TELLER.
CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET
For Monday
FORMAL MILLINERY
OPENING
Simultaneous with Paris Models
the Mode in
FASHIONS
In the various types of apparel imported and created hv thi,
shop for Spring, simplicity in silhouette and treat
ment is emnhas r1ls.. ..- r ; dna Veat
.n ,.,. " "." " 5UCA"r.clcBant a.m-
wTf t.Ti Tn aiurer-establlshed by Bon
wit Teller & Co. is cont nued for th .-."
I season.
ffiSSSSfeil!rSS'
IV
WAVE OF DEM0CRA(
TO HIT U. S. SCH(
' (
. i.
Teachers to Spread Broadcjt
laeais uieanea at Shore
Convention
.
TAKEN FOR GRANTED
t
Too Little Attention Heretofore Psto?
io r iinuumcniai rrinciplcs
of America
By M'LISS
ATLANTIC C1TV, .March
, conventloii which was epochal n,. 5
history ot education lias adjourned, tijfi
ft 1 a. ftAA 1.AM tlAleeralAri si . m Jm"
tin- eciiciici uvitb'urn to me Tvatlontl"
i.eiucation .xssocinuon are returning br
cuo uiuusuhus tutitty io cneir Homes ill
over the country .
When they get back, democracy '
A-t.,.r (,. lilt ll.n ...ImntLn.... ..,.,. ' l
h.,.,. .- ....wuinuufle wun avril.
lop
That vvas the paramount lesson ofitk,
tun wiiuuii time tut: scnoois ar.rf.
democratic. enough: that democrat! hi
taken for granted ro much that It Isn't!
taught f,
Tho entire rjcnnan school syett.m.T
leaders at the convention pointed outT
was oiganlzed for the purpose of te.cdit
lug the Teutonic philosophy that "mlrtt't
Is right," and tho Herman nntlon today,
demonstrates with what effecthenessthi '
schools tan put over u phllosonhv. ?
"Illght Is might Is our phllosonlvf "A'
1,.. Ill.h... ... T'l. .A .-I., - ' t
im .nuiii.in . iiihiii, j'lrsiucni or th i
Depattmcnt of Supcilntetidcnce. them.i.i
body of tlie e onventlon, said "Wcflimti
not take It fur granted, vvc must tetti
i j
The clcniociatlatloii started at thi
top with the plan submitted for the 1
reorganisation of the association's by.J
l.itts .nut . unin i lerht itmi. n .1... .. . Ti
V , "" .,.,,, ,,lc nne, y
g.itlierlng up the negro and the Illiterate
Immigrant and even ther little four-year.1
old child whom the klndergartners want!
to begin work on. J
Out of the mass of meetings that hart
been held dallv nnd which make the olli
simile about the circus with Its thretf
lings going nt' once seem Inadequate-.';!
meetings dealing with cvervthlnr fiy.J
school-gardening to tho re-education etl
.. .. . .... ...bn oiiiua; ,
' That Ihe teachers arc eletimlned (a
have more money,
'I hat the war curricula, though ren.
nUeil ns necessary, shall not be ptr-1
mlttetl to crowd out those studies atwl'"1
.irtltltles i nnsidpreil mnnnllal in a
,. ....... .I v..a,
times
That, therefore the all-thc-ear-routil
school, Including Saturdavs, is deslrabl.)
That a more comprehensive health u
progiam is necessary, hut that the min.l
tar authorities should keep handB off, at
least off those pupils In tho primary led
secondary schools. ;
Ihtt vocational education is need
sar.v nnd practical, but that to teach
that education Is means to a livelihood
Instead of a means to light and enjoj-
uir mm; is urwneai.
That Hie future happiness nnd tims.
perlty of the nation depends on the i
schools and colleges running at full
stiength in wartime.
As u toncrete outcome of tho meet-"
ing here, a rlrlvo on Washington will be
made next week, with l)r. George IV
htraver, of Columbia University, at Its
lm. 1,1 un rlinli-min A nnmrntllaa Ml ..J
.... .... .....l...i .... ., v .,,.,,(, , .re , 1 1 lAill-j
fer with the big departmental heads o?,
th subject of n minister of educatlcm
In the President's Cabinet. A
The President," Dr. Mary C. ft
iiiituicirei, (iresiucitt. ut cue .National a1U
cation Association said, "Is not exactly
In favor of the new ministry, hut I be-'
Hove he Is amenable to persuasion to'
tho matter.'
' 'U
Doctor Ttrartforrl has ilriittn un an
cluborato and statistical scheme hj$
wnicn tno iinan"it problems of ttiji
teacners can ne soiveu vvitn tne uovern-"
ment contributing $10,000,000 in ten
years and the States contributing an.
other ten.
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