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!AX LINE BEATS
. V'CHOF RUSHING
yTJuck Private From "Over
There" Finds Jam Here
Too Strenuous
CROWD REVENUE OFFICE)
Income Levy Eligiblcs Storm i
Clerks and Deputies to .
Make Returns
lie was a biff buck private with Hip ,
two sold stripes of a ear overseas. He
, nij n 'Kni.biM" rhmr llnex uhen.
the mud I, lnche deep. Hut he balked!
at tho Income tax lines In tho federal ,
building this morning
"You might think they were handing
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out doughnut and cigarette." ho con-j
tided to a colonel who showed the com-l
radeshlp of A. 11 V. service by ex-
plaining that buck private nave no In-'
come tax-to pay
"Well, I was a-wonderln', ' he said
In hla gas-husky olce, "lf we had to
line up and hand out from our $33 a
month."
But the colonel had to get Into the
line as tho "buck" breezed out, for col
onels get more than the J3500 serlce
mntlnn nil...,....! TTI.. u rilln.
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men.
The crow da that Jammed tho corridor
of the Federal Building grasping Income
returns and checks were mostly of that i
Increasingly large class of citizen to I
whom tho year of our prosperllj 1918
brought more than $1000 but less
than J6000. The millionaires, for tho I
most part, send in their returns by
mall.
Ruh KvihiiiM- Itelurn Sheets
The last-wceK rush was so Heavy that
the-return sheets for this class of tax-
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payer were cxnausieu uy - o ciock yes-
terday afternoon, and Collector Ledcrer
frantically was wiring Washington for
additional forms. He said that several .
hundred thousand forms had already ' bill Is that .New lorK ci.y iim,i
been distributed in thla district, but i J7.UOO.000 worth of milk from I ennsM
that the high wapes of last ear had j anla annually. ' ,,,,-..,
Increased the number of taxpayers be- I Then Kdgar 11. Smith. Bedford, tne
vnnrl orlttln.il .stlmntes. ' liSbv member of the Iloil'-e. stepped
"We had 1H.00O Individual returns
last year, toliector Leucre.r baiu, uui
expect many more this year because of
the higher wages paid In 1918. The
shipyard employes, for example, began '
?o be numerous only at the beginning
of 1918. We may look for many thou- i
sand new taxpayers this year "
Under a new ruling oi me . ommis- ,
loner of Interna; lUvenue last jear's
bridegrooms who raid their taxes eanly I
have a refund coming to mem. inis
new ruling allows tho full exemption of
$2000 for married men for the entire
year, even though a man married on the
last day of 1918. This applies also to
children born during the year. The 5-00
exemption in full is given, though the
child was born on December 31. Bride
grooms anxiously crowded tho revenue
office this morning trying to get re-
funds in cases
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exemption for only the part of the year
following their marriage.
Worried-looking men and women oi
j.11 a sizes dress and present con-
J , '"3' "w'eltude" niled the second-1
floVr corridors and the rotte
Internal revenua collector a ornce. vviui
only four more days to get In tne return (
and pay one-fourth of tho tax, they j
crowded In by thousands yesterday and
thl niii heirin aealn this morning. i
thS,.r?,sh. ,e.e.?1igJ . 2i,5 Tn the corrl-
lames imu urc.. ,,... ---- .
'.. "";,;;. ,it,i be made out.
nurs, wucia ten,,.- ..-.- -
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xnen ions unci u.nm -.-,
...i.-. ,nnb- th, rnulred amuaviis.
Acrora the way another long line passed
tn a man who made out the checks for
the tax. then came tne line a. i
cashier's window.
Any man who tried to pass through
the corridors without a hat on was cer
tain to be pounced upon half a doien
times by anxious citizens of both sexes
trying to work out the puzzle of the tax
retdrn. Any man who disclaimed con
nection with the revenue office was at
once looked upon with eusplclon by
.,iirht Indies. WllO thought the
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dodging work,
Kovernment clerks wore dodging vvorw.
rim h ladle were wrong.
But the ladles were wroni,. j
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Back of the counter In the end rooms Mr Ta..on olso printed a hill for with great satisfaction to his cpngrega
of the collector's office thirty men strug- nl unciaime(i deposits to go to the .state tlon and ecclesiastical superiors.
Bled to work again this morning after
rpendlng all laBt evening Clearing up
E their jod. mere were lorKeuui unic
Eli Who Just at the moment of being sworn
to tneir return wouiu recau iimt iiiej
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that meant delay.
Then there were all sorts of puzzles
to work out fcr persons who couldn't
Homehow understand the Instructions
printed on the return.
"Now my husband gives me all his
salary except carfare, every week," one
aggresslve-looklng woman Informed a
clerk "He said he made the return, and
I think I iftVJld. Now do I?"
"You'll haVe to fight that out for your
selves, lady," said the harassed deputy.
The man who bore the brunt of at
tack from aggressive questioners with
worried looks was Felix Garlgrevvs, the
Unofficial floorwalker of the Internal
Itevenue Department. He had a smile all
the time somehow and a way of making
worried locks vanish when women were
old or men were not quite sure. He
waved them to this line or that; he
explained the law and the profits and
he managed thereby to keep the cor
ridors halfway clear and amiable.
The mad rush to pay taxes will con
tinue until Saturday night nt midnight,
when the time limit ends. In these last
days most of the taxes due from the dis
trict will come In. Althcugh the rubh
has been heavy every day this week, ex
perience has shown the collector that the
Jam will come In the last two days.
The revenue collection force has been
augumented twice and more aides may
be taken on for the last two days. Ef
forts to prevent the rush at the Federal
Building have been made by sending out
to Industrial plants and shipyards a
large part of the force of 111 special
deputies now at work collecting the
.tax. Persons are advised, If It Is pos
sible, to send their return accompanied
' " !ty checks.
At least one-fourth of the tax due
roust be paid when the return Is filed.
And It must all be paid by June 30 In
'Installments which can be arranged. But
the great majority of persons are pay-
lmr their tax In full as they file the
. return.
KISS AND MAKE UP
jVIfeTUs Militant Spouie Arrested for
.- H..tt- Mm- Thin iVnriiiiai
h Jehn Llswlewlc. flfty-two years old.
wunuiw atrer. camaen. lonay locaeu
i with hlH wire, xisseu ner una
ed out of the Camden police court,
ia tutu mui a nearinir on mo
of beatlnr the woman and puling
r hair.
Arorilor Btackhouae told the couple
Oust In view of the fact that they had
two children he could not Impose any
entenso and be begged them to make
p ane. live in peace in iug iuiuiv,
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JOKE BILLS GET
LAUGH IN HOUSE
Old Wallpaper Off Before
New h On, One Maes-
lire Provides
GRADE CROSSINGS BACK
Another Legislator Askb S3."i00
for State Milk Exhibit
in New York
II u a Staff Corropondeni
HnrrMiurir, March 13. Some
turned the lokcitnlth". loose In
'f.K j mohlold. Tau.l..
(n fount;, put in the llrst measure to
dr.ivv a laush from tho legislator. It
provide that In ru-papcrlnB the walls
f i dwe nn. Mote or any other habitat
th(, ()d wnI)np(.r lnu,t llP rented
Anjonn who slaps new wallpaper oer
the o'ld In rep.ipeilng, would be subjeti
J ''"" ,"f '50- lf ,h" ""'Hold '""
i-imiiir a. law
Next Ileiiroeiitnll!' Albert 1,1 Hmn
LelilKh. stepped forwunl with his bi
rntilnl measure to abolish all grade
ciosslngH In Pennsylvania It would
ciiKt the lallro.ids n few billion dollars
to carry sueh a program Into eft ct
A similar bill Introduced by lllnn four
VPHrH IITII. tlllSSeil the 110llO UllHni-
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motilv, but on a reconsideration the
members all Hsked to hae their xotes
changed to "nay."
Another bill. Introduced b Allan
Miller. Susquehanna. Would approprl-
ate $3r.uu to defray expenses for nn
exhibition in New York city hv the le-
partment of Agriculture and -State ( ol-
lege on April 21. when the National Ml'k
,, Hairy Farm Imposition Is held In.
that city. .
Why the slate should spend its money
on exhibitions In New wk . c y. wbe
I, l..u t1,d InrrA eltlps nf Philarit'ltinla
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and l'lttbburgh with n Its .onll es h
more than tho legislators can under-
stand. The argument in .enan oi ine
forward with a bill making theatres rn. ,
sponbiDie lor i-ejuiiinh " "- '."
ment salaries paid to actors as a means
of preparing tax assessments.
Legislators would like to know ir the
bill would compel actors to dhulgo
where they get their fur-lined over-
coats I
nepresemai.ve i.enjamm iv. wu.ue..
I'hlladelphla was appointed chairman1
of a sub-commlttec to consider the mean.
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HOUSE BILL PROVIDES
FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS
larrUliurg, March" 12 A bill ex -
I dlli'llll 11 Will il ViH-HJIl Ull fltllll ijivjji-
'erty used for public purposes, actual ,
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' c l r""1'""' wuimiip, umiiini
. nm lieiu lor plHie ur cuipuiaie Hum
aml )n,ttutlonH of purey public charity
'was presented at the opening of the I
House session today uy .vir. uans. i-nua-
delphla. I
Mr Bechtold. Dauphin, introduced a
omjenu. njy, ;-;'," .S"-".,'".!
Hrst be lcmove(1 from tno wa)ig.
An ncreare of penalties for any per-
gon 0pPrnting an automobile or truck
under a false number or without consent
of tho owner or running a car whose
license has been revoked Is provided in
HM1 i,,,,j h,. Mr p.. ii,iini1r.t.
riiilndel-
a ntu intro.tucea Dy -vir. i ox
nhla
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The maximum nena ties are ,
made 51000 fine or three ears In Jail,
or both.
Mr. Miller, Susquehanna, read a mil
appropriating J3D00 for the stuto De-
partment of Agriculture or State College
to make a siateu uifcpiay ni a naiionai
exhibition in Xew York In April.
Provision for doubling rtate nld for
fairs and an appropriation of 5200.000
for the purpose are contnlned In bills
presented by Mr. Hess, Lancaster.
Mr. Dawkon. cnairman -oi me ways
nnd Means. Committee, presented a bill
repealing tho act of 1013 devoting all
personal property tax to counties nnd a
companion measure providing that one-
nan
state
half of such revenue snail go to tne
state. This will mean over Jt.5ii0.000
more Income for the state. The repealer
)(lK8ef, to cnable Philadelphia to
--w .. aart tvnHpH III- AM nw1 alfrVvAt flll
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without escheat
VATI7 ACiflWr CICTI7DC
VUlLa-AOIlllMu OlolLliO
in i nmnmn nn ct i tret
rAUDlMo. oHCi oAlOlment will cause a readjustment of al-
f
Aged Pittshurgher Fires Oppo
nents' Opening Gun in Har
rishurg Campaign
By a Staff Vorrapondtnt
llarrlahurg, March 12. Antl-suffra-
I Sl'ts have begun their fight against the
i sunrage legislation wnien ii expectea to
i ho Introduced in the House next week
Dy ueprescniativo vv. t. itamsey, or
Chester. Mr. Itamsey will Kponsor a
resolution to amend the constitution to
permit woman suffrage.
The opening gun against suffrage hap
been fired by Miss Fllza D Armstrong,
of Pittsburgh, who leads the antl-suf-
frage forces.
For a number of sessions past Mlra
Armstrong has been a picturesque figure
on Capitol Hill, where she appears every
two years as an ardent onnonent of votes
ttir wnnipn Rh la vl. Ant v.frmr v,nra '
old and a member of one of Pittsburgh's
first families.
Miss Armstrong Is one of the most
active lobbyists around the Capitol.
Every day that the House Is In cession
she can be found at ,a post of vantage
In the lobby or along the side aisles,
where she corrals legislators, and aks
them to oppose suffrage.
"I have no fuult to nnd with Will
Ramsey," said Miss Armstrong today
in discussing the proposed constitutional
amendment to permit suffrage. "Pos-;
slbly he is acting at the behest of others.
I Insist that women do not want the
ballot.
"I am at a loss to understand the
words of women who want tho ballot.
To savy my life-1 cannot find sentiment
among wcjjien for this masculine privi
lege. They do not discuss the matter at
all and wjiat women do not discuss they
are not Interested In."
"Faddists" la the 'term applied by
Miss Armstrong to women who seek the
ballot Their type, she declares, can be
recognized at a glance.
"These faddists," she continued, "are
for suffrage, but the cradle-iocklng.
bread-baking typo Is not. 'The motherly
type, whc.o solo thought IS her husband,
her children and her home, 1ms no time
for such didoes,"
Mies Armstrong scored the women
who recently burned the President's
effigy.
"Personally, I think some of those
women have good sense and the others
are splendidly mannish, but I always
plctura them mentally as creatures who
must have muscular arms and 'square
Jaws." . .
. Mrs.. O. P, QllphanU vf Trenton, ,N. X,
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About a hundred pastoral changes will
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'" announced at the close of the Phlla-
dclphia Methodist Episcopal Conference,
w hole session began today In tho Spirit
Twentieth and Spring
,,afn ' nurcn. iwennem i
Garden streets
Two city churches ami two ups-iaio
'churches will be the pivotal points, it is (
'Paid, around which many of the trans-.
fers will revolve. One of the local
churches Is the Columbia Avenue Church,
Twenty-fifth street and Columbia ave-
n,,P. ... other, the Fletcher Church,
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Mfty-fourth and Master streets.
Killing tile PUIPUS OI lliu umnu i
,- ,, 111 1r.nH to a
Tottsv llle and Lancaster will lead to a
shifting 'of many pastors.
f , Columbla Avenue
lne PBwr DI l,1B ,'
church, the Itev. lr P. W. Hart, died
several months ago. The pu pit has
ibeen filled temporarily by the "ev. Dr.
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I ll to t'olumblu Avenue
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I A call to the Columbia Av eniie Cliurch
' will be extended to the Itev. Dr.
i .i ill h lnrteil to tne Itev. wr. ik. -.
Wells, now pastor of Tabernacle Churcn,
nieventh and Oxford htreets. Doctor
Wells Is assured at re-election as con
ference secretary.
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church In Philadelphia to be affected by
tr.e pastoral changes. With the .big
Methodist centenary drive on for funds,
J . , h t th beat re8Ults can be
"'- r;, -,, ,,, nreachers as
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1I1a rta nrthultlte.
Tho Central Church of Iloxborough
also will be u knotty point for the
bishop and his cabinet if the Itev. Dr.
S. M. Vernon persists In refusing to
withdraw his resignation because of
advnnolne vears Doctor Vernon haB
,.;... r-..,ni .i,h m.lnlt for vears
Bishop Berry and the five district bu-
perlntendcnts virtually have completed
a tentative draft of the appointments to
be made. But, clergymen point out, the
1 rtiaenverv that a single man will not
I be able to accept an intended appdlnt-
' mobl the entire "slate.
1 Other Chunge
I New pastors are to be assigned to the
' Dauphin and Lansford churches, and
the Itev. Charles Roads, of th Wll
illamstown Church, la to bo charged at
n request. The MllleriiburBC'iiireh'etne centenary committee, which like-
1 will get a new pastor.
The llev. A. F. Taylor will be moved
from the South unester cnurcn aim wir
i Kev. W A. Lewis from the Upland
church at their own reiiuest. Vacancies
ex8t jn the Landenburg and Flint Hall
i churches.
j:, c. Dahns, supply pabtor at the
West Grove church, sent mere on tne
death of the Itev. J. C. Wood, is likely
to be continued there, It la understood
'that the Itev. It. J. Garber, pastor at
Mariners' Bethel, Washington avenue
below Third street, will be given another
pastorate
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Continued from I'aae One
l- saw the thought behind the Bishop's
words Joy over tho nation's) victory In
the war and Joy because of the victory
of prohibition in the United States.
Blfehop Berry called the conference, to
order at 9:05 a. m. In the chancel was
displayed a service flag with forty-two
stars, six of them sliver. Behind tho
Bishon's desk were small flags of the
Allied nations. In front was a large
bratH vase filled with pink carnations.
The Rev, Dr. S. II, Vernon and the
Rev. Dr. J. R. T. Gray led the confer
enco In prayer, after the members had
sufle "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord, ur,
Vernon voiced the belief In his prayer
that the conference "opened a new era
for the Church In Philadelphia," while
Dr. Gray asked the Divine guidance for
the members of the Peace Conference
In Paris, "bo that never again would
the world know war." The prayers were
followed with the hymn, ';My Faith
Looks Up to Thee." ,
Members of the conference stood while
tile Rev. Robert C. Wells, secretary of
the conference, read the names of ten
members who hud died since the meet
ing of a year ago. There will be a
commemorative observance tcmorrow.
Committer" Confirmed
After rollcall, Bishop Berry confirmed
various standing committees, and named
the Sabbath committee, which was the
only committee to which new names
were added.
John If. Dungan, president of tils'
board of trustees cf the Spring Garden
Church, where the conference Is being
held, wan lo have pronounced' the ad-
drew, of welcome to. tne rorow.
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CONFERENCE OPENS SESSION
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The 132il Conference, of the Metho
dist l'piscopul Church opened last
night at Spring Garden Church,
Twentieth and Spring Gurden
streets. Bishop Joseph F, Ucrry is
president of the conference; Hishop
Tlinnias II, Neely, retired, U honor
ary member, unci the Itev. Dr. Linn
Bowman, pastor of Spring Gurden
Street Church, is host of the meet
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dent of the boat d. Mr. Dungnn occupies
In lho spring Garden Church the paw
which was rented by U. K. (Irani In the
carJj'tlOs. This isjw always Is occupied
by tho president of the board of 'trustees.
It U Jhq fourth frcm the (.hancel on the
leftjstde of the church, and beside the
nama plate of the preterit occupant.
bears the Original n.imeplnto of General
Urant.
Tho Hev It M Nelll, corresponding
reoretary of the Pennsylvania Seamen's
Friend Soc'ety, ami son of the llev.
James Nelll, llrst pastor of the confer-!
enco church, made a brief address In
which he recalled how, as a child, he had
crept through the crowd In the church
to hear his father preach on the Sunday
after Prescient Lincoln was assassinat
ed. Tho Hev- Mr Nelll referred to Mr.
Duncan, who la a chatter member of the
Spring Garden Church, as "that white
haired, ivhlte-souled man."
The IUv Dr. C. Kdgar Adamson mov
ed that a letter of sympathy be sent Mr
Duncan The speaker said that he had a
special tnterest In the Spring Garden
Church, as It was there he became a
married man ten years ago. "And," he
added with a touch of humor thn
brought a ripple of laughter to the con
ference, "I take; off my hat every tlmo
I pass this church that Is, If Mrs.
Adamson Is with me."
llnxpltul Iteport Tomorrow
On .motion of the Rev. Charles M.
Boswell, the annual report of ' the
Methodist Hospital of this city will be
presented tomorrow. Time was assigned
for reading reports of various commit
tees. One of the principal of thebe Is
the temperance committee, which will
report at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
Oji Friday a report will be heard on
i Aflse is now prominently before the con-
rerence. Great plans are being made
for the celebration of the Church
centenary, and a fund cf 80,000,000 Is
being raised throughout the United
States for commemorative church exten
sion work.
It became known today that one
of the best loved figures of Methodist
conferences was attending this session
for the last time as a member of the
active ministry.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel
' "'""i or tne i-enirai Jtoxborougn
cnurcn. the oldest member of the con-
ference, let It be known today that
,""r miy-iune years in ine ministry
he has determined to retire, He was
member of the class cf 180, and was
generally felicitated on his years of
service as a Methodist minister.
Another minister whose appearand
brought forth enthusiastic greeting was
the Itev. II W. Rushton, assistant treas.
urer of the conference, who attended
In the uniform of a T, M. C, A, secre
tary. Mr. Rushton Is .about to go
abroad to distribute testaments among
tho American soldiers In France and
occupied Germany. He made an address
add was given a hearty godspeed by
the members of the conference.
rrogremi In Outlined
Largo part of tha morning was oc
cupied with the reports of the five dis
trict superintendents. In an effort to
expedite the work of the conference,
these reports were made as brief as
practicable. The district superintend
ents all referred to the three salient
events of the 'year the Influenia epl
demlc. the victory over alcohol and tho
end of the world war. All spoke of ma
terial and spiritual progress In their
churches, growth In Sunday school ac
tivities, numerous conversions, mort
gages paid off.
The Hev. Dr. G. W. Uenson, superin
tendent of the South District. In the first
report, emphaslred the flourishing
finances of the' churches In his district,
and the conv (visions, wjilch showed that
spiritual growth was continuing.
The Rev Drr J, G. Wilson, superln
tendent of the Centra! District, men-i
tloned with pride that his dlt,rlqt 'has
1250 men In the servfee of their couni
try. The tound financial condition or
the churches of this district Is Indicated
by the fact that a total sum of 139,882
has been paid off the churcnes" indented
ness during the year, Cookman Memo
rial Church, at Twelfth street and Le
high avenue, led In.Bunday school offer
ings, having given "JI100- during' the
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FOR M. E. CONFERENCE
Bawden
Claims
Unique Distinction Among
Clerical Delegates
Three brothers will be present among
the delegates at the Philadelphia Con-
f.iTif nf thi Mpfhndlfit nn!pnTl
Church which opens today at Spring
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uiirufii niieti iiiuiuii, nucu u lepie-I
sentntion being unique on the records of i
the denomination In this state. ,
They nro the Itev. Kdvvard Bawden, 1
pastor of First Church, Lancaster; the j Strike Ties Up Traffic ill North
Itev. Krnest Bawden. pastor of Oak ' r.:i...... . I
Lane Church, and the Itev. William
Bawden, who la now connected with the
faculty of the Bangpr High School. An
other brother, Alfred, will be a lay dele
gate Friday evening.
ine new Edward Bawden,-the eldest
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seven V'h. 7,ZZVJ! ,ii '
ter.
Previous to that ha na Incited in
and near this city, each of his appoint
ments being over a number of years.
Tho Rev. Hrnest Bawden, who has
been preaching more than twenty years,
has been pastor of the Oak Lane church
for five years, coming there from Roy
ersford. The third brother, tho Rev. William
Bawden, left the pastorate at Fern Rock
church six years ngo niid became a pro
fessor of English at Bangor, but Is still
actively engaged In church work, and
each year coherence , d by the IlJuse" Judiciary Ix-cal May 1. But befoie I go, I am determined
Tha father nf thn l.rnth.r. i. ii... Committee after an extended discussion. I to have a contract Bigned for two dry
JoJlah Bawden died threoyea s go. Tho Volc Waa 10 t0 3' rtock.3 "r Philadelphia."
Ills last apiolntment was as pastor of
Clearfield .church. The three brothers
were ordained In this city. They are all
married.
GROCERS HEAR PLAN
OF CHARTER REVISION
i
i u T T A . v
t Ernest L. lUSUIl Asserts t OUT
Evils Holding Back City
Would Be Corrected
"Charter revision for Philadelphia as
proposed at present will prove a great
booi and wl" correct the four great
evils which have done more than any
th'ng else to hold back this city," said
Ernest L. Tustln, today.
Mr. Tustln. member of the Phlladel-
I phla Board of Trade, and vice president
f the Pennsylvania food commission.
made this assertion In his address of
welcome to the memoirs of the Whole-
i BaIo Grocers Association of Pennsyl-
vanla. New Jersey, and Delaware at the
Bellevue-Strutford Hotel, .
"First, chamber session will provide
a- smaller council," he said, and thus
eliminate the Inefficiency of the present
large body, A city is In reality nothing
but a huge corporation and should bo
governed as one, and no corporation
would have such a cumbersome advisory
body.
"Another municipal objection Is the
contract system, a curse which has been
handed down for generations. What the
city needs ,1s home rule, and let the
publlo work be carried on under a sys
tern of honest bidding, which does not
Insure the placing of the contracts In
the hands of the same 'men, year after
year. .
"Another good feature ot the revision
nlan Is the policy to remove the firemen
and police from politics. They should be
separated so far that they could not
see each other with a telescope.- No
man on the police force Is going to do
his best when he knows that advance
ment depends on pull rather than abil
ity and faithfulness.
"And the last of thb four evils which
the revision will correct Is the prctent
financial system. Nothing would so
handicap crooked politicians and- help
the financial standing of this city aa the
budget system which has keen pro-,
pofed."
JAIL INSTEAD OF GRAVE
Camden Judge Gives Would-Be
Suicide Three Months '
Townsend Dodd. flfty-one years old,
who on January 21 attempted suicide,
by cutting his wrists and throat, and
Jumping overboard at the Vine street
Ferry, Camden, was sentenced today to
inreo jnunwig in ine ttwnitTH uii-rrjii.
He told Kecofoer MHWWe.tl
wyr lewponjet, ;DJ
2"!!' J5 4FW 1
"SQUARE DEAL" AT HEARING
ON RORKEBILL PLANNED
.' i
Subcommittee of the. Legislature Lays Down Schedule for Meeting
at Pittsburgh on Sunday Amusements to Prevent
Further Charges of. Unfairness
No such disorders as marked the
publlo hearing Monday on tho Itorko
bill to permit Sunday evening movies,
lectures and concerts of an educational
thuracter will be tolerated when the
subcommittee, which Is considering the
bill, holds a second hearing next Mon
day In Pltlsburgh.
Steps to eliminate any further tin
pleasnnt features at the publlo hearings
on the Ilorko bill were taken at a meet
ing of the House Judiciary special com
mittee In Harrlsburg, The bill Is In
the hand? of this committee.
Charges of the opponents of the bill
i that they had been treated unfairly by
lleprcsentatlve William P. llorkc,
sponsor of the measure, stirred the com
mittee members to action. To prevent
.ft repetition oi cnarges mat me op
ponents of the bill bad not been given
a fair opportunity to present their argu
COMMISSION BIGGEST
BATTLESHIP FRIDAY
Idaho, Most Powerful Afloat,
to Be Turned Over to Gov
ernment by Builderp
Tho Idaho, greatest of all battleships.
will be placed in commission at 9:30
o'clock on b'rlday morning with short
but Impressive ceremonies'.
Tho "monarch of tho seas," under
command of Captain C. T. Vogelgesang,
' will tin InlfATi ft-iim ifie tdnnt nf the.
builders, tho New York .Shipbuilding
Company, Camden, to tho I'hlladelphla
I Navy Yard shortly after noon toindrrow
by a working crew of sailors and shlp
jard employes.
On Friday morning- tho vessel's com
plement of H00 men will be lined up In
mass formatloni on the deck whllo tho
Idaho's, band of twenty pieces plays
h.ai.
airs. This band was recently
trBB'fer,
fcrred to tho Idaho from tho naval
air ttatlon at 1'ens.icola, Kla.
Hear Admiral C K, Hughes, com
mandant of the I'hlladelphla Navy Yard,
will tecelve tho vessel on behalf of the
government from tho olllclals of tho
New York Shipbuilding Company. He
then will read the orders from the Navy
Department directing him to place Cap
tain Vogelgesang1 In command of the
vessel. Captain Vogelgesang will then
read orders from the Navy Department
djrectlng him to place the vessel In
commission. i
The ceremonies will close with the
raising of tho Stars and Stripes and the
Union Jnck on tho stern of the Idaho
th?. pW"f, 2 fnml ft' Mfin
Banner while the men stand at atten-
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UAIT PADC IM 111 M 1 TfiWnTC
nrtLI WUYvJ 111 111 11. J. iwmw
crn District
NVtt nrk
N. J March 12. (By A. r.J
Virtually all tho surface-car lines of
the Public Service Jtallvvay Company,
which operntes through 141 cities and
towns In northern New Jersey, were tied
up today by the strike of 4600 employes,
who ore ntn inteii wttn tne Atnaigamaicu i
Association of Street and Klectrlc Hall-
vvay Employe, of America
Tin, walkout beenn at 4 a. m. and af-
terrroon reports indicated few cars wera gency Floet Corporation, vvtnt to Wash
running. Union recognition Is the chief ington last night to begin the clearing
demand of the men, with a demand for up of his work before retiring from the
a nine-hour day, with pay fgr ten hours, fleet corporation, the latter part of the
Vownrlt nnd Its suburbs were without month.
trolley rervice.
.
. ft, n A 1 n'll
Affirmative lleport on Ail llill ,
llarrlcbiirg, March 12, rTlve Boland
bill, providing that legal advertisements
nnd omciai notices snail oo p uoiisiieu
fsirr ja'sss iAn
J.EOLDWELL8f(5.
JEWELERS-SILVERSMITHS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
PEARLS-
!Y
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USED AUTOMOBILES
(F
ANNOUNCEMENT
Second Annual PAIGE Used Gar Show
March 10th to 15th inclusive, at our Showrooms
304 NORTH BROAD STREET
A wonderful exhibit of Paige Used Cars and
other makes. Every .car has been thoroughly over
hauled and re'finished. We solicit your early
inspection. v
Bigeloiv-Willey' Motor Gar Co,
i Open Evtnjngs
, &ust lMy ., "
J-'jUtL-J A .isHSrti'-Tl&i'jJ'lMSjilklt 1 ..I.4-.JIB
ment a schedule was laid down for the
meeting In Pittsburgh.
A resolution wbb ndopted specifying
that the hearing Is to open at 9 o'clock
Monday morning, Advocates of the bill
will bo given the first opportunity to be
heard. ,They will be allotted one hou
to present their arguments.
Opponents of the bill will be given
a similar period to state their argument,
and then the advocates of the measure
will have twenty minutes for rebuttal
llepresentallvo John It, K. Scott,
chairman of the Judiciary" special com
mittee, announced today that when the
ctmmltlee holds Its final meeting on
tho bill to decide whether It shall be
reported to the House w'th an affirma
tive or negative recommendation, the
proceedings will be public. He said a
resolution would be presented next
week calling for a public vote erf tho
measure.
WOUNDED DOUGHBOYS
RELISH "EATS" HERE
Returned Veterans at Phila
delphia Hospital Respond
Vigorously to Mess Call
Mess call was answered with vigor
by two hundred and fifty wounded
veterans of the Argonne V'oreBt and
Chateau-Thierry, today nt the rehabilita
tion unit of the Philadelphia General
Hospital, Thirty-fourth and Spruce
btreets. Attendants were busy sirvlng
tho noisy soldiers, who contrasted break
fasts this morning with those eaten In
the trenches.
"French cooking may bo all right,"
said one husky doughboy," but give mo
American eats every time."
The men at the hospital constitute
Philadelphia's first contingent of
wounded. '
Two groups of men arrived yester
day, being taken direct to a Pennsyl
vania Railroad siding at the institu
tion. The first group of sixty-five
landed early In the uftcrrtoon, and tho
second, 180 strong, an hour or two
later.
Many of the men were on crutches,
many walked with canes, a great num
ber Wore bandages and many showed
the evidences of gas poisoning or of
shell shock. They came f-om every
state In the Union and Included men
of all branches of the service.
The men were taken In Immediate
charge by Ited Cross ambulances and
by the medical forces under Major
Bachmeyer, of the United States Medi
cal Corps, Cincinnati, O., who haa beep
placed In charge of lho rehabilitation
ho-ipltal. The new bibe is known us
I General Hospital No.
Ti
he men represented many of the fa
mous divisions the Twenty-eighth, the
Seventy-ninth, the Ninety-second nnd
the Seventy-seventh and each bore tho
peculiar symbol of his Individual serv
ice. TO PUSH DOCK CONTRACTS
Coonley Is Determined to Have
Them blgnetl Uclore He Retires
Howard M. Coonley, vice president
' In chnrge of administration of the Ltner-
M Coonley said, before leaving, that
he intends to make similar trips every
weetv uuwiiiu IIUS lUIIICII UHLn an JUS
w&rk to the executive bonrd of the
United States shipping board to have It
n readlness'for IiIh successor.
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,.5nra
Hi
lilr.
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For Improving The
Graduation And
hancing The
ort'ance Of
rl kje.ck.laces
NECKLACES IN WIDE
SIZE AND .PRICE.
USED AUTOMOBILES
fi., ;-l.vlto'fl
HOG ISLAND PLANS!
WERE IN GERMANY!
s
Maps and Other Informa- ?
tlon Found by Army t
and Navy Agents
SENT BY SPIES HERE ?
Arrests During War of 254 f oj
Enemy Aliens Working in J "&
Yard Announced Today ( 'fl
Complete plans of tho entire shin- jfl
bulldmg project .at llog Island, --with
valuable Information of the work being
accomplished and that to bo undertaken,
wpre found In Oermany by agents of the
army intelligence corps.
This was made known today attar
officials of the Fleet Corporation an
nounced that 254 men, classed as dan
derotis spies, who succeeded In getting
employment at Hog Island, were ar
rested and' prosecuted dufln the war,
Tho Hog Island guard and secret scrvi
Ic'o engineered the arrests, with tho help
of ncents of'tho Department of Justice
and members of the Intelligence corps of
tho army and navy.
The plans were obtained and forward
ed to Oermany despite the most efficient
work by the' guards and secret agents
at tho plant, but they did not gel
through In time to allow tho war
lords" to plan measures that would hin
der operation of the yard.
The plans wern detailed, but showed
by their errors that those who had
drawn them up had evidently been
forced to do their work away from tne
Inspiration and actualities of the yard by
lho vigilance of the guards. As a mat
ter of fact, a- high official of the com
pany said today, the plans served 'only
n, nln,nu nt laitinc (Vermany know
what was already suspepted that tne
United States was sparing no expensa
and no resource In Its determination t
overcome the central powers.
Tho 254 men arrested as spies were
Germans, Austrlans and Turks. Under
the guise of common laborers they
gained access to the plant and were un
discovered for some time.
An elaborate system of espionage was
established at the yard to keep R con
stant watch on the workmen In searcn
of dangerous, aliens or spies. In all 14,
893 arrests were made by1 the 645 mem
bers of the guard and detective force
at the Island during the war. Many of
these were for minor offenses, made more
to preserve the morale of the workmen
and to get suspected dangerous char
apters away from tho yard than with
any hope of ultimate conviction.
But In each case where a man waa
charged with being a spy It was shown
that he was an unnaturalized alien en-'
emy and substantial proof to back the
charge was produced. As u result of
the evidence many of the men are .rfow
serving benlences and 'others are await
ing trial. n
Some of tho best-known flnger-prlnt
experts In the country were employed
in the work at Hog Island. Every man
who applied for work was made to sub
mit to a full Bertlllon measurement
This record was compared later to po
lice records and In this manner many
Important arrests were made.
HOLDLY StEA'L AUTO
.Thieves Take Machine iii Norristown
j Husincs Section
orrllown, IM., March 12. The au
tomobile of Claton Alderfer, trust
officer for the Penn Trust Company,
was -stolen by two men last night from
In front of the bank building at Main
and Swede streets, one of the busiest
sec'ions of the borough.
Many machine? have been stolen orr
I the streets In Norristown recently
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rKlSSEL-
Kissel owners very rarely
change to cars of another
make.
V. CLAKUE CIKIKU
Klfl and llrlneo AutomobUti
SDK MIRTH I'.ROAII ST.
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Wheels that
DETROIT PRESSED STEttCO.
'ti6 Gfcroadu)ay,NX
at6Stmat
IlKVTHH
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imcilT. Marrh 11. at Anbury. Park. N. Si
J . MAHY CHAFKKU. wife of B. 11. Obert. JW
Kunrrnl aervlrei will be held at uorurntown merit
IlHVtUt Church, Krl.i 11 a. m. Int. private, 1jK'
VllAIH,-TJUIllll (SI JIIVl vw-s- KJjL I
CLAHK, tiuwbant. 01 Eliza I;. uiarK, uBfi .
ry, iteiaiivei ana menus uivufa to lunerxi z
Krl b.ho a- m., irom eian a.ereoun ,
Muss nt Ht
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a, m nit
Mount Morlah cm.
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Mivreh III, CilAIU.tSH n. .TOnPKV. hUiband
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f HiiphU Ihm rilttrnhouM). of 9344 .
t flue notice ot funeral will ! rlv
nan tu trini
vi.ii.
IIK1.I' WAXTKD MAI.K
UDOKKISHl'KUH. ACCOUNTANT3 VViUely !
known firm of Illlnola and Ohio certm
j.ubllo (ccountanti will require arvtriil rawjil
aipllcanta reiiulred to prrant tliemaelvfa tid
niuht ench wbk for Inatructlona; men will 4
In conillllonally hired, but while rrcalvlnc
Inatruirtlona atiouin lie vnipioa eiaewnnra.
.n. irf 'ni'i ..
rillllTIOI.'H MEM WANTED
to Itarn, ilrattlns bv almpla anit vomplft ;
muthodal hooka, blutprlnta, tr., fraa. Writ 1
or call for atalosu
Hrhool. Ilfr)t.rfl. DrKl
o Columbia Cor
Iilila-., l'hlla. j
HTKAM HIIOVEI. man wanted
to ooarata 1
Typ II Krli
on lona term contract near.).
Wllmlnaton
ill i nmniii iniii iiiuk.
MACU1N1HTS Wanted, experienced steady 1
machlnliti. alio hammermen) vwrlanoa',
In ahlp work preferred: steady emiJoyronl. 1
VPe
npjqy
anniv aivni r.. 1 1" '.
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