'"IV if? If h,t u- Mf re :)W .?:W. rr "5.1 ft r AS. J ' ns I k ' V. r :f I " if . -if" "2 4, A. S ( '' n -V A FrfS KV4 J 2 BLUE LAW FIGHT ffifti M-U flNM h "M Sunday Night Screen Shows , by Campaigners Give Mr. Rorke Hope MUTCHLER TO FIGHT Believed People Will Educational Films- Support -May Be Entering Wedge Announcement that the Victory Loan rommlttee will show n moving picture on Sunday evenings in connection with. the last war loan drive, has nrnnsed both factions of the recent fight against Sunday blue laws. Hepresentative William Rorke, spon sor of the "open-Sunday bill," which 'wns recently defeated nt Ilnrrlshuig, declnrcil today that the fight for edu cational entertainments on Sundavs baa not been lost, and that further teps will be taken toward getting en tertainment on Sundays, should the fhowing of the Victory l.onn commit tee's picture meet with the nppioal of the people. The, Rev. Dr. T. T. Mutihler, chair man of the Lord's Day Alliance, de clines to believe the showing of the picture would be countenanced and in timated that his organization and the churches would strongly oppose the pro posal. The picture to be shown on SumI.it j evenings throughout the campaign is known at "The Price of Peace." It depicts the activities of this country iu the war, . , Permit (iranted A permit to show the picture has been obtained from the Departmcut of Public Safety by Frank W. Buhler, chaiunnn of the moving picture committee of the .Victory Loan committee. No admis sion will be charged so that the project may not run contrary to the city ordi nance, which prohibits exhibition entertainment for paid admission or on Sunday. "Sunday movies in support of the Victory Liberty Loan will demonstrate whether educational entertainment on the Sabbath is desired by Philadel phians," said Mr Rorke today, when told of the plans of the loan committee. "Such n showing ns this is just what the city need'." he continued. "It will offer a definite example to the people thnt such legislation as the "Open Sun day Bill" did not seek to break down any wicred observance on the Sabbath. Sunday movies and entertainments of the right nature are as essential in up holding the morale of the community as the church itself. I feel confident that had this picture been shown before the vote upon the "Open Rill" was taken', the public would have demanded thal.it be passed. "The fight along this line has not been lost yet. Should the presentation r.T 01 mis picture on Minnny evenings, tor . the benefit of the Victory Loan, meet ,," -with the approval of the people, further, steps will be taken toward getting re- spectnhle entertainment for the working I man 011 the Sabbath They are soldiers of peace, nnd it is as important to fur- nish them with the means nf getting needed recreation ns it was to divert 1 tbo minds of our soldiers from the hor- rors of war. "I don't know' how this prnjei t will be regarded by the various church hod ies of the city, but I do not think that they will approve of it. The reason is plain to be seen. A man goes to" church nnd later forgets the sermon : he goes to a moving-picture show or play nnd the' plot and moral remain in his mind for years afterward. In nying this, I am not pitting one against the other, for there is plenty of room for both, and ' I would like to ee them work hand in hand together." , Opposed by Chun lies Doctor Mutchler refused to believe , that such n plan would be countenanced when interviewed last night, and inti mated tnat it would be. strongly opposed . 4i Ai...Av.Aa ..n.i i,; D..r.nAH,A :r 1 " it was sanctioned by the authorities. j if "TheChristian men showed what they "'"" thought of the 'open Sunday' idea of " 5Ir. Rorke when the measure was "" brought up at Harrisburg very recent- " y," he said. "Why does he insist " upon renewing a losing fight V "All during the war the churches have loyally supported the administration in f the prosecutiou of the war, and they "J have liberally subscribed to all of the Joans anq other linaucml measures. They certainly deserve some recogni tion, and such a move as the showing of moving pictures on Sunday would be a direct 'slap in the face' to them. It would be a very great insult to the leligious organizations iu this city and state. "1 have made no plans as yet to rom bat this latest menace for I do not be lieve that it will be carried out, but I am very much opposed to it." The purpose of the "Price of Peace," according to Mr. Buhler, is to give the public n grnpbic account of America's part in the war. Secrets of the Stnte Department will be divulged for the first time, and nctlvities of the govern ment, both nt home and abroad, will be shown, bringing the gigantic history of the struggle up to date. Mr. Buhler asserts that the nicture is one of tho most spectacular ever pro duced, und shows such notable figures, be says, ns President Wilson, dele rates tb the Paris Peace Conferunen ;r it 7 ,. , ., ... : " ' V-r' -'if. lormer .secretary ni me jyeasury Mc- Adoo, Secretary of the Treasury Glass. f?J .Ueneral I'crsning, Admiral Sims and the vUj.boys of the American expeditionary ". -forces. Troops Back From War and Homeward Bound DUE TODAY Dut IVAoiU, t New York, from Geoni. feyJV .Mrch S, with 1749 army personnel Ji,i ' uapopir. ni new iorK. irpm .MvrxlllM, Oplc. ",..Ie?inIor',,-mr.A,-rfi"' jllarcn v. Wltn lua urrny pervonnfll. In. I'hiri nr as!M Infantry field nnH mtatr a- , ,'; isrmtienfca mi nruu,,p,. nuppiy .ana mi, i ) hlne cun companlea and Cqmpanlea K, 1. A V: O, K .and M, thlrty-nvo orfirera and UL 124S enllatrd men; S431at oiual company, V jir ,Jry, ont officer and fourteen en- i jlsteil men. '- f-rurrlalbk,, at New York, from Pt N Jl 'y.afr. , Marsh 28. with nlnety-aevcn army Vhj DUE TOMORROW rU Mareh 31. with JIST tnen, ' riattUurr, at New York, from tlrent. 1 1 ilT - I.....,-. .... .... . " imu av wlfb 22241 army nemonnel Ittrlurf- ' - .--". -. ,. J. M. . KOREAN AGENT HERE TOLD OF MASSACRES Japanese Soldiers Butcher Thousan dand Torture Women, Say3 Cablegram , Neve massacres of Koreans, in which more than n thousand people women nrnimn them Mere killed In Seoul In a three-hour fight with the Japanese, are reported la n cablegram received by Or. Syngmon Rhec, secretary of state of the Korean provisional government, now in Philadelphia. The message, originally from Shan ghai, sent to delegates of different pow- ers Ht the Peace Conference reads as follows: ".lapanese began massacring I- i leans. More than thousand innocent people killed in Seoul during three -hour tight March '2b. Japanese troops anil civilians have been ordered to shoot, beat, bavonet Koreans indis criminately throughout Korea. Thou sands hne been killed. Schools, churches and homes of leaders destro) ed. Women, especially of leaders' film- ilies. stripped and beaten before crowds, .' ' . the imprisoned being tortured, uoctors arc forbidden to tare for the wounded, We ask foreign Red Cross for help ur- i-imiHv Wn nro iletprinlned to fieht for ti loin until last Korean is killed, ,-..-. , .., .1 .1:... . a- r.niirc population HI uirr Ul-H"-,. ,m proleclois of humanity aie Importuned t.. holt, iih Scour delegate Kim Kyn- sic, now in Pans WILL START BRIDGE SOON Spanning of Delaware to Start This Summer, Says Commissioner Samuel T. 1'ienih, 11 member of the New Jersey bridge and tunnel commis sion, ammum cil today lie is confident the hiidge oer the IVaaie river, bc - ttteen Camden and Philadelphia, will be; begun early this summer. Mr French called attention to the, passage of a bill by the New Jersey Legislature proiding .$300,000 for it, .illmlna,-, tt orL- nf ,nnaf rni'tiiin I4e t,.,.i ti, jennrUnin,i I eirUIn lure tn pass a similar bill to coer its share of should receive careful consideration by the building operations on the Phil- those who shape the policies of the state adelphia side. 'and the nation. The public schools do "Things aie nipnllv shaping them- t belong to educators. They belong selves," said Mr. French, "to where the1 "lp POOP'""- " t,,p-T are Rood the pioject will no longer be .onlincd tn' public gets the benefit and. if they arc disi-nssion. but work is nrtunllv nhoiit to be .started.' SEEK BOY'S GUARDIAN Naval Hospital Treats Child Found Unconscious From Diphtheria Lfforts nre being made to locate the relatives or guardian of eleven-year-old Leslie Davis, of this city, who is recmering from diphtheria in the naval hospital at Annapolis. 1 According to a letter received b l)e- j I tective Charles Schwar. Vf the missing bureau, from Cnptniu .1 tunes H. Field, I in charge of the hospital, the hoy was I found lincousuliiuH outside of the iusti- I tiitiou mi April suffering from the ,1:,.,.,,, He said hi parents were dead and 11 Mrs. Heard, of Tenth nnd Chest ,,,t streets, was his cuardlau. The on ji,.,. lllV(. foxi uunble'-'td' locate the, ,, 'Che boj , Cnptniu Field's let - fei- snjs, lias i,cen following troops, aiounil the wiriou- enruiupnients. CLEAR FIRE MYSTERY West Cheeter Plant Blaze Caused by Spontaneous Combustion Spontaneous combustion caused the lire at the plant of the Sharpies Sep arn tor Company and Dai Works, at West Chester. Specialty This announcement wns made today by It. It Weiler. factory manager, fol lowing I lie report thnt tile bln!e was f mj-leriniiN mlgin. The lit o wns dis unered last night 11 few liouis after P. M. Sharpie, head of the firm, hnil announced the impending removal of the factory from West Chester because of 1 he antagonistic attitude of the bor ough (nuni'il and the citizens. The liie started, ni cording to Mr. Weiler, among some bnles of excelsior. stored in Hie cud of the shipping room The damage, which was mostly done bj water, does not exceed S.'OOO. JOIN BETTER CITY FIGHT Rotary Club and Many Other Bodies Join Movement to Cure Civic Ills The Rotary Club will enter the fight foi 11 "better Philadelphia" when it meets on Tuesday evening. Members announced today that better schools, clean streets, clean police and clean government is not politics, but common sense, nnd that the club has decided to swing into line with the other organizations in tho coming campaign. Schools will be tackled first. Forty -five business organizations will co-operate in the movement, which will be Inaugurated on Monday night, at the first meeting of the Congress of Club Presidents, to be held in the Hotel Adelphia. - , a PEPPER TO DEBATE AGAIN Will Meet Pomerene In West on Nation's League Issue George Wharton Pepper, lawjer nnd lender in the movement against the ratification nf the league of nations in its present form, will go to Indianapolis April 1(1 to appear in another joint de bate on the league. Mr. Pepper debated the question here Thursday evening with I'nited States Senator Hitchcock. In Indianapolis Mr. Pepper's oppo- nent will be Senator Pomerene, Demo cratic representative in the senate from Ohio. The debate will be held under I the iiusplcrs of the Indiana Manufac turers' Association. Announcement of the debate was made, in Washington this afternbou. Fire In Passyunk Avenue Apartment Fire in n closet In an apartment at 720 Pnssnyunk avenue drove the occu pants of the building to the street today, Thp fire was put out quickly and paused virtually no damage, but the smoke drew large crowds in the belief that it was n large fire. Drowned With Head In Mud Fred Hayfcs, fifty-eight years old, of Essex county, England, was drowned early lo'day when ho fell from n small boat nV,n,ttrl0 "trrft whsrf Into the Delawj river, Ills bead was Im. bedded fhe mud. ' v . ,. . v EVENING PUBLIC m HERS CALLED UNTRAINED Schoolmen's Convention Hears 30,000 Never Went Beyond Eighth Grade CRISIS IS NOW FACED "Thirty thousand school teachers in the United States have never gone be yond the eighth grade in the training for their profession: 200.000 have had I " "" " nlKu " education and 00.000 have gone no further than high school." This statement wan made by Dr. Hugh S. Magill. field secretary of the National Education Association, nt to day's session of the schoolman's week at the University of Pennsylvania. "As startling ss these figures nre," continued Doctor Magill. "when we I consider that the average salary paid to teachers In this country last year wag onlv, $0."0. we must tonclude that in this, the richest tountry in the world, our public schools nre being nein aown ' . . , 1 -...1 i,ft future of the to a low aianiiaiu i - -- - - leaching profession gravuj imperiled by inadequate suppoir "A careful stlld of the situation 1 throughout the countrj !. I.---. ..,,. I. April shows that good secured and kept In , inuuna inc., " - Mine the service when the people arc wimiiB In nav them reasonably good salaries, ,i thnt imor schools are nimosi In- variably the result of Inadequate sup nort. The situation is particularly seri ..... ;.. ,,irnl communities, vnere the salaries of teachers nre appallingly In adequate. Low Salaries Jov.cr Profession The outlook for the future is n matter of serious concern. Low salary ...nmlurils nre driving many good teach- or out of the profession, and the ranks jor hi-lncr filled with the immature, in experienced and untrained. Normal' schools nnd teacher-training schools, ; from which buoiiW come our mii.ijui teachers for the future, nae fallen off alarmingly in attendance. I'he problems to which 1 lia,ve called our attention are public problems and ' Poor, Hie pUDHc, particularly u.e . i.uB generation. must suner. inose pron lems should be considered in relation to the welfare of the more than 'Ji,000, 000 children in America who must get Iheir training anil equipment for life from the public schools. Confident of Public Support "1 believe that it is the particular duty of educators to bring rhese questions to public attention. If the situation Is fully understood and appreciated by the people we may expect that they will btitig about a satisfactory solution." Indorsement of the movement fop nn increase in teachers' salaries and ap proval of Governor Sproul's planto se I lect a man of highest qualifications for j the post of state superintendent of pub lic instruction was expressed in resolu tions ndopled. Approval of (he teachers' salary in I create was expressed in the following resolution. "That we indorse the movement for 1 . , , ,. ., an incieiise in teacners salaries in tne 1 state ns now embodied in the Woodruff hill and that we urge the support of the bill nn nil state legislators. We f,,,-- , tiier believe that the school men must urge that higher standards of teaching ' and teacher training should follow tliis!n,lon """d or twenty-five pieces, increase." " - In the resolution expressing approval of the Governor's demand for a good slate superintendent of public instruc- 1 tion, the association urged that the one selected should have untrommeled power of administration and'ns soon as possi ble arrange plans for a helpful survey of the schools of the state. ANNUAL PRESS LUNCHEON New Century Club -Hosts at Meet ing of Publicists One hundred nnd fifty members of the New Century Club nnd thir guests at tended the annual pi ess luncheon in the auditorium of the club today. The subject of the. day was "The Press, the Mouthpiece of the Nation." Following addresses made by represen tatives of the press, the meeting was thrown onen to discussion. I Mrs. Benjamin F. Richardson, chair - I man of the press committee, received the guests nnd was assisted by Mrs, George Smith, Mrs. A. J. Rowland, Mrs. George Donnehowcr, Mrs. Wil liam H. Hollar, Jr., Mrs. D. R. Harp er, Mrs. Frank Burpee, Miss Anna Flannignn, Miss Lytlia C, Lowry and Miss Jane Stewart. PLAN PILGRIM JUBILEE Mayflower Descendants' Society Will Observe Anniversary Plans for the celebration of the 300th nnniversary of the landing of the Pil grims to be held next year at Plymouth were explained at the annual luncheon of the Pennsylvania Society of May flower Descendants at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel today. The Rev, Dr. Harry St. Clair Hatha way, rector of St. John's Church, Norristown, told of the arrangements being made. Seventy-five memberb of the soriety nttended the luncheon. In the nbsence of George C Mnson, presi dent of the society, Ashbcl Welch pre sided, BEGG DENIES ACCUSATION Congressman-Elect Says He Didn't Say Colleagues Are Crooks Statements to the effect that he said "all congressmen are regarded as crooks," were denied today by Congressman-elect James T. Begg, of Ohio. Congressman Begg is alleged to have made the statement at an executive meeting of the Camden Chamber of Commerce, whose membership campaign he is conducting. Germantown Church Loan Meeting A patriotic serrlce in tbe interest of the Victory Loan will be held in tbe First Presbyterian Church in German town tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Addresses will be made by A. J. County, .vice president of tbe Penn sylvania Railroad Company, and others. There will be no selling of bonds. Pa trintic music will bo furnished by the. p holr, .at-comjiajjisd; bjr. the AJRKOUU,' LEDGEK-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIi; i 1919 BATTLE FLAG OF -tliL?' H -, H B r i'lsl ' illWKH H , -- -----k. B4I .rr . W ". 1 - - '.H " v V m -- 'v B-f -Br i--- ------ . - 'rl. 1 rT--B -H --B .w'.- J. Ii l VkTIH IH:i ' ' : ' -H---H B -----------------------l H pJi 4H K '! "H ' l ' . H .. v. - ! 'u vpm. .- v-'Xk ' WH 4 .fmiiiiiiH ' ' miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB" . - : ib &. B '' i : ' ' '" ' v J&A '"'-''! '. '-'' V' Bir tPtPB litMTT ! Xl-' UvAn ?, ' f illriH! E7- '-V tNvr vnwH M ' i PKTi &. "' ''s&-i!K ' ,. !;.;v - 'jm.hml . - , r 'K-t,t YCX ' 11'' i"'"- -,' -,' WW Willi parade and formal teremnnies. Commander Howard Hlnkle, of the Salvation Army, presrntrd (lie flag of .Met, which lie brought to this rountry, to the Victory Liberty Ixan commute this afternoon. METZ BATTLE FLAG I ESTATE OF WOMAN " GIVEN LOAN WORKERS' DEVISED TO PENN oaivaxion Army urricer rro- sents.Captured German Ban ner at Liberty Statue Here Commnudnnt Howard Hcnkle, of the Salvation Army, presented the battle flag of Metz to the war loan organiza tion this, afternoon. The presentation was made at fhe Victory Statue site in South Penn square. Commandant Hcnkle wns nt Metz when the old German stronghold was entered by the American troops. The battlefiag which floated over the fortress was presented to the Salvation Army officer, who brought it home an a prized war telic. He will make the presenta tion speech this afternoon and John H. Mason, director of the war loan organi sation, the speech of acceptance. The Snlavation Army turned out in force this afternoon to take part in the ceremony. Commandant Hcnkle will led 'he parade, which formed at he headuuarters of the organization nt Broad street and Fairmount avenue. He was nccompanied by Colonel Rich- nrd R. Holz. commandant of the At 'antic toast Division of the Salvation At'tii,- lln in. Yt!1l!... .- , . -j'i uwiuu rHwiorn, sec "tary. and .Major C. R CaniDbell. in I'ommand of the Western Pennsylvania! division. the min body of Salvation 1 Army workers was led by the Sal- ' u'tion Band of twenty-five pieces. The I W0 HELD FOR AUTO THEFT Ex-Soldler Hurt When Comman deered Taxi Hits Trolley A former soldier, three weeks back to have been the cause of the death of from France, who escaped injury over- Mrs. Mary A, Heathcote, lira Whnr seas, had his ihin badly gashed in n ton street, last night, collision between an nutomobile and a' Her ouly son, Joseph Heathcote, trolley car today. The police say the twenty years old, enlisted in Septem cteran and a companion stole the ma- ber, 1017, and went overseas with Com chine in which they were riding. ' pany M, 110th Infantry. He was re- Joseph McClinchy, twenty-one jears, ported missing and announcement of his old, is the discharged soldier. His death came shortly ater.. Funeral serv companion was Joseph McShea. twenty' lees will be held at St. Rita's Catholic jears old. Doth gave an address on .inm street. .Magistrate Wrigley, at the Germantown and Lycoming ave nues station, held the men in S1000 bail each for court. According to the police McClinchy and McShea last night telephoned for a taxicab from a saloon nt Eleventh street and Columbia avenue. Raymond slUHt- orvi, - .l . .. . ' . u'lu"i - -orm Eiignm street, a taxicab chauffeur, answered tho call, When Shriner inquired in the saloon for his "fares" he was told they had gone. The chauffeur entered a telephone booth to report to the taxi company that the call was a "blank." When he camo out the car had disappeared. About 11 half-hour later the missing machine collided with a trolley car at Seventh street and Erie avenue. Fle passengers on the trolley were slightlj injured. WINS RIGHT TO USE "LIFT Court Decides Tenant Must Not Be Forced to Climb Twelvp 8torles Herbert B. Wasserman and his fam ily, who occupy nppartments on the twelfth nnd thirteenth flnnra nt It,- Lenox, Thirteenth and Spruce streets, loaay are enjoying the use of the apart ment elevators and telephones nfter these conveniences had been denied tnem tor a week. A dispute arose between Mr. Wasser man, who is a wealthy manufacturer, and Max Levy, ownor of tbe apartment house, over the amount of rental the former was paying. Mr. Wasserman, TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES signed a three-year lease October 13, Ceone h. Trautwein. 718 n ijt ., an,t 1017, with a former owner of the apart - k?" &JZ'tfFvrV!J" raents. The manufacturer agreed to J "Jfin? feI,fiS?Si!,iJ7,AltA?,5v"-' ""i pay $11,400 for the three yturs. and paid ?uu m advance. Sir. Levy bought the apartment, at . .. ... ,. examined the leases of the tenant, and Some agreed to pay more, but Mr, Wasserman refused, Tbe apartment owner retaliated by refusing elevator and telephone service to Mr, Wasser man and bis family. Tbe manufacturer, in a court petition, alleged that he bad tb wait long periods tor an elevator, only being brought to tbe floor of bis apartment when some other tenant was going to the same floor. Food hsd to be smuggled into his apartments, he said. Judge Rogers, In Common Plus Court No. 2, yesterday granted a pre Ijnlnary Injunction against a denlsl nf service to the Wsrman, A a rwult 'Jit Stjrjflce wgs, rMter4 t bin tpdj. METZ SHOWN HERE JfKyaftW!? W? 1 V (t vf. . iitiVV J f4 -t Wf ta lO tft '. &?.)& JfM wa .; m ' u ,t Jewish Hospital and Other Charities Also Remembered by Miriam H. Wolf Requests of $.'000 to the Jewish Hos. pital and $230 ench to the Female He brew Charities Association and the He brew Kdurntion Society nre Included in the will of Miriam H. Wolf, 1530 Green street. The testatrix disposes of nn estate valued at $40,000, nnd after making a number of bequestsfto relntives. leaves the remainder of her estate to the' Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Bequests of $U."0 each to the Con vent of Perpetual Rosary, Camden, and St. Vincent's Home for Orphans, and $'.'00 each to the Holy Family Church, Seminary of St. Charles Rorromeo, Par ticular Council of St. Vincent de Paul Society, St, Joseph's House for Home less Boys, Catholic .Home for Crippled Children and Little Sisters nf the Poor are contained In the will of Michael Sf. Fox, Domino lane, Roxborough. The remainder of the estate, which is valued nt .$-14,100, goes to the widow and children of the testator. Other wills probated today were those of Ernest Law, St. Davids, Dela ware county, which in private bequests disposes of property valued at more than $250,000; Daniel Rlggs, !U1 Stirinc Garden street. S42.000: Isabella Harbison, who died in the Stetson Hos- pital. $10,000. and Anna Kelly, 1727 Master street, $0000. - - DIES AFTER HER HERO SON Grief Said to Have Killed Mother of Slain Joseph Heathcote Grief over the death of her son, who wns killed in France Inst July, is said Church, Broad and Ellsworth streets. Tuesday. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Mrs. Heathcote was the sister of Squire James Gray, of Swarthmorc. She is survived by her husband, George Heathcote, and two daughters. To Welcome Camden Italians in War The First Italian Republican Club, of Camden, has prepared to welcome thi; return of countrymen from thatcity who fought in tho war. They have erected an arch on Fourth street be tween Pine and Spruce streets. May 22 is the date set aside to honor the he roes. Italian army officers from Wash ington will be present as guests of the club. Elkton Marriage Licenses Elkton, Md., April 12. Only nine couples journeyed to Elkton today seek ing marriage certificates. They in clude William Bauder nnd Hanna Tay lor and Louis J. Abrusskl and Frances Lumbeck, Philadelphia ; George ' S. Moore nnd Mabel Sickler, Bridgeton, X. J, ; Richard Schlagel and Ellen Geiser, Lonsdale, Pa.; Leo A. Fox, EJ verson, and Violet K. Buekhnrt, Geigers Mill, Pa.: Hanson Morrison ! J??0"' and Jean A. Worth, Chester, Pa.: Richard Trotter and Agnes Crimmlngu, Red Lion, Pa.; Herman Bcrman and Anna Cook, Washington, D. ft, nud Harry L. Ramsey nnd Grace, V. Kratiss, Colore. Md. ."?.n..?7.-,tf""Fi...1.3 ?.w-,,r " ni Mary C. Jlauechlld. l& , Sharpnark at Waller fl. Mlehtner. OeiTnV0 lu&Va ".', and ''" inwmotin at.. ,,---"."-."-'r.-v" .-:... -V" ' ' '-.""ii innl. ' n.""V.Vc"u..r mW'.T'iJN,. lenra at Frederick A. Telhtirtt Mlllan II. Baker. 1 S03 rJnrura , tu.. r--..-. -' and iuiiiium, ia. ivaner m. r, unamtter JS1I N. Sid it.. an Ej.ia 1. neyDoia, 300" Emerald at. Jo.eph J Johnaon, 18IS Kater at., and Carrie Wrlaht. ISIS Kater it. Walter O. freeman, 1SS ti, voth at., and lUry B. HlMlne, J020 dllowhlll -at. Patrick J. Cn. I . Camae it" and Catherine A, Puffy, Germantown and Bun- et uvea Robert Y, Ilehrer. 22T Hydr.ay at., and JUlin Fred fla. vo rv nriarpnan el, 'red Klnser MA Conetteta it., and inl vlna Hoerlnr, 210 llarltm at, Daniel I,. Caldf Bleeltnn, Pa. Tufieey. 15U Swalna at. and Dora Walter Morrow, SIS B. sterner at,, Mamie Weelay, 3TS Flblni:n at. Cyril T Webb, Allena, ra,, and and Oily. Frank "aara Jnn Island. H. T and Doro ;uuiaon. swiooia. rm. ilir I'aakln, nil IWient tt Johu O I ever. rnv!n, llannla- -J64T M. Rm X. J., an lfl.n llennlr, S44T N, Rmo!d at. vM W. illllea. ISM Couth it., ana -it... Paeld W. Mllbov IMA j5rK JMhv Mi mH tt'.; j, . BACKWARD CHILDREN AIDED BY SCIENCE Penn Psychologist Gives View of Why Public Schools Fail EXAMPLES ARE PRESENTED Several children who failed to make nny progress in the public schools showed considerable development today when presented before the schoolmen's week I conference In the psychological clinic I of Dr. Mghtner Wltmer nt the I'nlver- , sity of Pennsylvania. Among the children presented nt the " """ oarnn, a ten-year-old girl! who had been promoted to the fourth , grade in a public school, despite the fact that she'could not read or write. Dr. Frank Twltmeycr. assistant to , iforior Ittner. said the child bad prob- fllllt linnn ,.. 1 . ...... ..tra uurnncea necause sue had an affectionate disposition or was well liked. ' After demonstrating the defects or a number of children, Doctor Wltmer said a child who is mentally defective learns more out of school than In school. Such a child, he declared, Is much better off ploying In the streets nnd would leorn more dodging automobiles or going to tne movies. Plan of Doctor Wltmer Doctor Witmer deplored the fact that !ki ""mm choaU compelled iineducn- table children to go to school until thev were sixteen ,. ,M .i . .i- ..!' ing which did them no good ,. .-. .uu.ia.iu., ,., i nc uniu "Many children who go to school nre not worth educating under the present system because they arc congenital illiterates." said Dr. Witmer. "Such children should have special attention." Speaking of older children, he said it was absolutely fatal to compel a boy of fourteen or sixteen to take the same studies as children of younger age. He said there was urgent need of a trade school for such children. Regardfng children who nre taken from school to work, Dr. Witmer said TiO per rent of the children who receive working certificates arc not really rnp nble nnd not adequately trained. Schoolmen Amazed by Results Educators from nil parts of the state who are attending the schoolmen's week in the University of Pennsylvania were amazed nt the results obtained by the methods employed by Doctor Witmer and his assistants. Dr. Gladys G. Ida, who Is in charge of social service work for the clinic, and Miss Alice Jones, nn assistant school worker, nlded Doctor Witmer in pre senting the children who have been helped by the clinic nfter they have failed to get along well in school. Here is Doctor Witmer's description of one of the rases: "A thirteen -year-old boy bent oyer 41 table trying to read a selection In the first reader. His brows were drawn to gether nnd his mouth puckered as he struggled with the complexities ot s-l-o-w and h-a-v-e. The next time he found these words he spelled them out again, and so It happened a third time. First-grade reading was no joke to S . At arithmetic S did much better, for he had acquired most of the combinations in his school career, but spelling S couldn't spell. He saw no reason for supposing that one let ter was preferable to another in any given instance. S was not good in school. ' Training of No Value "FT is graded 2A. He has re peated nt different times all of the classes below that grade, and one or two above, in nn effort to get a run ning start. His school life has been strenuous, but not valuable to him, nnd S I now 'going on' fourteen. It is time he was doing better. S thinks so himself, and is eager to quit school and go to work. He has lost all interest in things academic. "The psychological clinic was asked to try S out. No reason wns found for liis inability to read. He plans work well. He does tests well, and the metni equipment he uses in his social life seems to be fully adequate for his environment. In attempting to teach S , it was found that he lacked the very foundations 'of reading. Drill in tho use of phonics and in sistence on accuracy in reading, definite care in the study of his words tor spell ing and language have improved S 's work so much that there seems no, doubt that he could have been taught to read and spell properly years ago. Now that ho is almost ready to leave school, about the best that can be expected is that he may learn to read well enough to read the dslly psner. Tbe years of instruction S- has received have not given him as yet the most necessary tools to be used either in tbe acquire ment of knowledge or as means to the end that he may be self-supporting.",. J E ..CALDWELL & (b. JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS "r' The engagement rinq A Stone Of Supreme quality, Though small In Size. Remains A Source 6f Constant satisfac tion, COMPARING FAVOR ably With The Jewels, However Important, Which May be Acquired In Future Years; THE DESIGNING OP DISTINCTIVE' MOUNTINGS IS THE AIM OP CONSTANT ARTISTIC ENDEAVOR. tf i Only JVar-Trmncd M. D.'s Need Ash for State Jobs No "slackers" will get jobs -In the State Health Department. Dr. Kdwnrd Martin, state health I commissioner, has just Issued this uiumaiiim to prospective Job holders : , "There nre M00 physicians em ployed In my department, but I have no use for any man who did npt help bear the burden of the war. "The man who sat nnd fattened while his friends and colleagues worked nnd served, will find no berth in nny branch of the govern ment wjierc I hold nny authority." MORTAR BATTERY TO PARADE HERE Captain Knowles Promises to Reassemble pischarged Unit When "Iron Men" Come That the 103d Trench Mortar Rat tcry of the Iron Division will parade in this city when the doughboys and nrtil lerymen in the Iron Division return from ovciscas was assured today by Captain R. W., Knowles, commander of the unit. The battery returned home two weeks 1 ago and has been discharged from sen- , , . , . ,- , , , , ice, but Captain Knowles has promised , the welcome home committee that he will have the Pennsylvanlnns of this unit In the line of the parade. ,. , ., , ' , ,, . . " is another step toward the much desired divisional parnde," said J. Jar den Guenther, secretary of the welcome home committee. Mr. Guenther expressed confidence thnt other units in the famous Pennsyl vania division than those already an nounced would participate. I "We have been promised that the ilOSth Field Artillery, a machine-gun battalion and the 100th and 110th In fantry will be brought here for parade purposes. The KKtd Trench Mortar Batter has been atlded to that list, but Philadelphia will not be satisfied until assured by the War Department thnt the entire division will parade." Mrs. Peter McCaffrey, 2124 North hecoud street, bi one of the first women to appear at the committee head quarters this morning and nsk for tick ets for the reception boats and grand stand. "My boy James," said the pioud mother, "is In L Company of the 100th Infantry. On July 15 he wns taken prisoner by the Germans nnd would have starved hnd it not been for the Red Cross. Now he is coming back, and I am so happy that 1 want to go down the river nnd exteud a welcome." JULY LOOKS MOIST HERE Camden County Drink Dispensers Cheerfully Renew Licenses Camden County, N. J., saloonkeepers are little disturbed over flic dry meas ure which is to go into effect July 1, according to Judge John B. Kates, of he Camden License Court. "Not a liquor denier in the country," said the judge toduy, "has failed to renew his license. They all take a rosy view of the coming dry season." The following licenses were granted yesterday: Berlin, X. J., John A. White. Joshua P. Slirommer; Clemen ton, N. J., William R. Buckinham, nnd Corson R. Cleaver; .Magnolia, N. J., FriU Krrederieh, Pensnuk M. Comrud, I). Ripper, and Benjamin Sor res ; Voorhees, S". J,, George S. Kelly ; Witislow, N. J., Antonio Morizo nnd Margaret Sterling. INSPECT HOC ISLAND Electrical Students Here From Uni versity of Ohio MemberR of the departments of elec trical nnd mechanical engineering of the University of Ohio, who arc in Philadelphia on nn eastern inspection trip of the great industrial plants, in spected Hog Island this morning. The electrical students visited points of historical interest in the afternoon, nnd the whole group later left for New York, St. Joseph's Men's Mission to Close Closing services of the men's mission at St, Joseph's Church, Fourth street and Willing's alley, will be held tomor row night. The Rev, Father Mulry, S. J. will officiate. Father Mulry will preach on the "Holy Hour" at to night's s'ervlces. The men's mission has been conducted this week, while n mis sion for women was held In the church Inst week. The "Three Hours' Agony" will be recited nt St. Joseph's Church on Good Friday. ,-rf SAYSWILSONAIM S WORLD RULE Chief Executive Expects to Be League of Nations Head, De clares Senator Watson GOAL EXPLAINS ATTITUDE "President Wilson expects to becomt the first president of the world," United States .Senator James R Watson, of Indiana,, today gave that opinion ns his "confident belief," and snld it explains Fresident Wilson's no tlons abroad and the executive's great desire for the league of nations project ns now shaped. Senntor Watson enmc to this city to speak nt the Manufacturers' Club din ner last night tendered Senator Penrose, Tonight the Indiana Senntor will be present at n dinner In honor of Dnvld Ralrd, political leader of southern New Jersey, whose short term in the United States Senate expired with thfe last congress, . . Increases Living Cost At t)ie Manufacturers' Club thlsi morning. Senator Watson reviewed the railroad situation, said Congress should be reconvened nt once, declared the shipment nf foodstuffs to Germany I keeplug up the cost of living in thi country, and stated that not 25 per cent nt the American people favor the league of nations sponsored by Presi dent Wilson. "What the people want is a league ot nations," said Senator Watson. "A league of nations is almost universally demanded because everybody wants something to put nn end to war. I know of no man who has discussed the league as sponsored by President Wil son who does not want the pact amended, except President Wilson him self. . "The reason Mr. Wilson did not con vene Congress before lie sailed for France was that he didn't want'nn open forum for tho discussion of the league of nations while he was abroad dls cussjug'it himself. "The President is oyer there with out nny authority from Cougres or the people of the I'nited States. The con stitution merely commissions the Presi dent to make peace. There is nothing in the constitution that authorizes him to organize & league of nations. Demands Immediate Peace "Peace should he made with Ger many right away, then tbe President should come home and leave the league of nations until later. He should get our boys home, too,-and let Kuropc do it own police work. "Our boys in Russia, fur cinniple, should be withdrawn. The Russian situation is unthinkable. The Allies should either take their hands off or send a big force, large enough to cope with the situation." The Indiana senntor wns emphatic in his statement that Congress should he convened immediately. He said the railroad situation demands it. "Kxperiments in government owner ship," he continued, "have already cost the nation $1,600,000,000. The' rail, wsijr nre facing n financial crisis. Everybody is affected by the situntion, nnd everybody is interested in it. The telephone and telegraph system situation also is desperate and must be handled nt once, "There must he n session ipiickly or there won't be any money to support the government." Senator Wntson, while discussing lh telegraph situation, said the cables were taken over to permit a censorship of news of the Peace Conference. Seashore Excursion! fflp TO ATLANTIC CITY OCEAN CITY WILDWOOD and CAPE MAY EVERY SUNDAY 7.80 A. tt. 'rom Ctieetnut or Sooth Street Ferry, Ketnrnlne; Itare Sea hore points 6.00 I. M. $1.25 ROUND TRIP War Tax 10 Additional -KlSSELi The distinctive beauty of tho Custom Built Kissel car is not confined to the outside only. Bee Photograph in Buniau't Ledoir Pictorial Aeclton, TV. CI-AHKE CRIED 300 NOBfH DBOAD ST, DIUTHS HEATHCOTE. April 11, MART ANN fnA N'lvon). wlfs of Georffe Heathcote. and mother of Joseph A. Heathcote. killed in trance, juiy u. mis xtemuvaa ana friends Invited to funeral Tueiday, 9 a. in., from 1833 Wharton at. Solemn maaa ot requiem at Kt lllta's Church, 10 a. m. Int. Holy Cross Cem ' liAl IliCO. Aorll It. MAnCELUJfl W. iliusband ot Marv E. Carrlco. of 305 rt. iiroail el. ueiauvee ana inenuj inyiieu to funeral Mon.. 7:30 a. in., from the Oliver It. lr Jlulldlnr. 1J20 Chestnut at, Hequiem mass at the Cathedral. 9 a. m. Int private. Bemalna may be Wewed Sun- ""ilAKnn.-Aprll 12. ANN JANE. dawn, ter of the late Oeorte W and Ann Morrow (laker. .Ttolatlvea and friends Invited to services Tues . 2 P. ni., at the resident ,if her niece, Mrs. William carpenter, 40M Merlon e. ini. reymvuun wen,. BEAT, ESTATK.rOB 8AtE West Philadelphia BEAUTIFUL 0VERBR00K 1748 N. 59th St.. 8irooms."Kot-wster hest. K ii electricity, built-in bath, parquetry floors! """ a1508'n: 62D ST. 'i?vr.iBiva Overbrook section: 9 rooms. A bedrooms. Dutoii hall, steam heat, electricity) ' M960. , ..... .. 60U3 IN. WU lUncoln Highway)- ' 4' bedrooms, brcakfaat room, hbt water, electrlo lllht; possession May Jj I8B0O. ,, Main St., Modern Home, $8900 h 1 rooms: only on left In Overbrook section under 4rp, t- 1 rooms, new house, inclosed seretu'at! ' modern Improvements s. possession JUsy 81 1 A : ample no "i" urwnwijr sve,7 a sola a. ,!! t4Knn. r " ronwHcv . crwic , -' !Um.V.,mh t. . Belmwt HO 4s J V n n V A- j- (A? "V: !t 'i?.-,u 3 , Wf I U a- V ,-H.? Mi, 1 ",,SS- 0' . . W' ps? -fi M .ti 'I i.l i . " f. -V. II i - j r t ., - ': fV" ,r'.: .?-. V 1 I T a
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