' -r' 1, V VI ' fy'" ; - t Ojjj" EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1919 Rrts Jft!9.p",'''i-vV'W"X"',.,'.,a'''v ff - F Seventh Street M. E. Congrega- tion Plans Novel Feature for, Reconstructed Building FIRE WRECKED OLD EDIFICE A well-equipped nml up-to-dntc roof garden with n kitchen attached is one of the novel feature in thcnev Seventh Street Mcthodiit Epiieopal Church, Seventh and Jsorris streets, according to the announcement of tho architects, Charles Bolton & Son. The church building, which will cost $30,000, will be one of the most com plete and at the same time one of tho most beautiful in the city, it is said. It will differ radically from the old build ing, which burned down'a few months ago, in that It has only a single story, except in the tower. Ajjflrsonagc will be joined to the church on the Norrls street side. The pews in the regular churchroom will hold 500 people and the Sunday school department will accommodate COO. They open into each othrr, and over the latter is the roof garden, 70 by 50 feet, and capable of being turned Into a gymnasium or playground on need. ShowcrB and up-to-date dressing rooms will add to the completeness of this recreational feature of the new church. A perfectly equipped kitchen is included in the plans in order that banquets can be held on the roof gar den. The church has a frontage of 1G0 feet on Xorrk street nnd 75 feet on Seventh street. Tt is old Knglih Gothic in its style of architecture, and is made of gray sandstone, trimmed with brown stone and artificial limestone. Two large choir sections and many beautiful stained-glass windows will be other at tractive points in the new church. MYSTIC 13 PREDOMINATES Number Figures Largely In Rockdale Welcome-Home Fete The mystic number thirteen is figur ing today in the welcome-home celebra tion to service men at Rockdale, a manufacturing town in the suburban district of Chester. The program includes the dedica tion of a soldiers' memorial, and the date is September IS. All the flags displayed will have thirteen stripes; thirteen organizations will take part in the affair; there are thirteen villages in Aston and Sliddlctown townships from which the service men were enrolled ; the committee has been preparing for the affair for thirteen weeks, nnd thirteen months ago the boys started in to win the war. There are thirteen letters in the name of Wuodrow Wilson, thirteen in the name of John J. Per illing nnd thirteen in the name of Thomas S. Butler, who will lend tho parade, and thirteen letters in the memorial tablet. TRIES TO END FIGHT; SHOTI Would-Be Peacemaker Wounded After Hitting One Belligerent following nn niiempt 10 restore ftAi11iT vAlnttnna hotvrepn tirA men I Charles Xace, 1020 Manton street, was hhot through the stomach last night at Twelfth and Catharine streets. At the Howard Hospital his condition is con bldered serious. Tatrlck Kelly, l."02 Federal street, is said to have fired at Nace after the latter had knocked him to the ground. He was arrested by Patrolman Donato. The dispute which led up to the shooting started with a disagreement between John Kelly, Twelfth street near Chestnut, and Patrick Kelly, earlier in the evening. The two men ivcrc standing on Twelfth street nenr Clicftniit engaged in an argument. John Kelly left nnd entered a saloon. He met Nace, who inquired into the trouble. Xnce offered to act as peace maker, nnd returned with John Kelly to the sidewalk, where Patrick Kelly wns still standing. But Nace failed to pacify Patrick ' Kelly, and finally knocked him down. The latter, while still on the ground, is said to have pulled a gun from his pocket and fired. BOOZE PROSECUTIONS START Information Filed Against 45 Brew ers, 50 Saloon Men Active criminal prosecution by the United States Government of forty-five brewers and fifty salooukcepcrs and bartenders in eastern Pennsylvania for alleged violations of the war-time pro hibition act has begun. Twenty-two of tho brewers have their plants in this city. All the saloonkeep ers nnd bartenders are located here. United States Attorney Kane filed criminal information against the ac cused before Judge Dickinson. Virtually all the saloonkeepers against whom criminal action was taken have already been arrested and held in bail for trial by a United States commis sioner. Usually the bail fried was $2000, but in some of the aggravated cases the ball was raised to $2500. WRECK DELAYS COMMUTERS Freight Blockade Below Fifty-second Street on Pennsylvania Road ' Hundreds of commuters along the main lino of the Pennsylvania Rail road were delayed nearly an hour in reaching the city this morning as the result of freight blockade below Fifty second street. Tho block was caused by the derail ing of several freight cars. Two cars were badly damaged and the ground was torn up for considerable distance. The wreckage was removed shortly before 0 o'clock and all trains, accord ing to officials at Hroad street station, are now running on schedule time. Major Blddle to Address Rally A. J, Drexel Blddle will deliver the principal address at a rally of the R00 GARDEN NEW CHURCH Drexel Blddle Bible Classes next Mon day night at tho Inasmuch Mission, Directors and class leaders will take a prominent jart,iu the rally, which will inaugurate the fall campaign. Martial music will be provided by the drum, fife and bugle bands of the Philadel phia "Military TiraWwc Can,, of whkb Jiajor iUt h'MHMpf ".;. . . I Money, Money Everywhere, but Not a Cent for Shave Pittsburgh, Sept. 1.1. The most paradoxical thing in the world is to bo worth $150,000,000 and be "broke." "Charlie" Schwab, steel magnate, will tell you that it is, for he had to sit virtually in hock in the barber shop of the Duquesnc Club waiting for some one who knew him to come in nnd pay for his shave. "Nobody I knew camo in for nearly an hour," Mr. Schwab said in telling the story. "Then I saw Willis L. King, vice president of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, nnd Willis loaned mo a quarter. I paid the barber and got out of hock." Mr. Schwab explained that ho had left his homo in Iiorottn without a sou. "Jim Flannery had been treat ing me all day," he added, "and that's why I did not notice it until I went to get my shave. ASKED BY PERSHING TO HOLD HIS GLOVES Miss Charlotte Cherry, Ex cited, Didn't Hear Him Thank Her "No, not to keep! He just gave them to me to hold for n minute. Hut they were an inspiration, anyway."' Miss Charlotte Cherry, of J12.T Car penter street, (iermantown, was talking about Oenernl I'ershing'.s tnn-colored gloves. At the planting" of the memorial tree, in Independence Square yesterday, General Pershing handed Miss Cherry, who is nn Emergency Aid aide, his gloves, while he shoveled n hole for the tree shoot. "We aides were standing nround the spot where the tree was to be planted," said Miss Cherry, "when the gcucrnl approached. "Just as somebody was handing him n (.hovel he stood about an nrm'R length from me. Suddenly, with a great smile on his face, ho reached his hand out toward me of all per sons ! And in his hand were the gloves. " 'Would you kindly hold my gloves for me?' he asked. "Well! I was so thrilled I didn't know what to do. Thosi gloves made my arm tingle. I held them until he was finished planting tho tree. AVhnt he said when he took his gloves back ngain I don't know. I was too excited ! Hut I know he must have thanked me graciously. And I'm woried to know whether I acknowledged his thanks as graciously as he made them. "Anyway, he's wonderful, and I'll never forget it as long as I live. "I would have treasured those gloves if he had given them to me. Hut it was nn inspiration just to hold them for a few minutes." Woman Hurt In Drop From Window Catherine Melchlnno, twenty-four years old, of 12U8 South Tenth street, is said to have jumped from n second story window of her home today. She received injuries nnd contusions of the body. She was taken to St. Agnes' Hospital. Despondency over prolonged ill henlth is said by the police to have caused the attempt at suicide. Deaths of a Day J. J. DE KINDER DIES Was Widely Known Consulting En- glneer and Lawyer Joseph J. DeKinder. nn nttofnev nnd engineer, died last Thursday night, at the Corinthian Yacht Club, at Ts- sington, where he had lived for nearly n year. Prior to that time his home was at the Union League. He had been ill six months. Ho was ieventy four years old. Mr. DeKinder came to this country in 187.1, as chief engineer of the old American line between Philadelphia and Liverpool. Prior to that ho had been an engineer in the Dutch navy, in which he began his apprenticeship when a boy. Ho was born in Holland, October S, 1845. His father was a lifelong follow er of the sea, was benighted by two European governments nnd held thirteen medals for heroism in saving lives at sea. The inspiration to 6tudy law came to him in his, practice ns an engineer. He read law with George Stuart Patterson nnd was admitted to the bar in Vir ginia. Ho is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. Hector McNeal, wife of a Phil adelphia lawyer, whose home is at Hick ory Hill Farm, Devon, nnd Mrs. Ro berta M. Keen, wife of Charles narton Keen, nn architect, who lives at 1812 Pine street. Francis U. Hand Francis L. Hand, former chief of the Water Bureau, died yesterday. He'will be buried in the West Laurel Hill Cem- eterv next Monday following services nt his home. 1048 North Eighteenth street, at 2 o clock. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Thomas V. Ledyard and Mrs. Samuel G. Van Derherchen. both of T'hilndelnhla. nnd one son. II. W. Hand The latter was president of the William Cramp & Sons' wiup and engine llnlldlnir Comnnnv un until a year neo. Mr. Hand was a member of nn old Khinnine familv which settled in Den nisvillc, N. J., in 1722, where he was born eighty-two years ago. He was ono of the oldest marine engineers in the country, and for many years was a member of the American Society of Mechnnlpal Engineers, VOTE SAMUEL A. WILSON X FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Primary Election September 16 SAMUEL A. WILSON is nn Independent Republican, having for years taken an active part in Independent politics, serving as delegate to the City -Party Convention and as Committeeman and Chairman of the Key stone and Washington Parties in tho 26th Ward. He is a resident of the 42d Ward and a member of the Presbyterian Church of Logan. He has been active in the Philadelphia Protestant Federation, having been Presi dent of, that organization for the past- five years and interested in many fraternal patriotic organizations. Iridpdent Republican . ACH RECEIVED A FiiHBiSftSMHK9E&dk?'?flKfi9fiMY fyrjJPfJJMlir s i"jJWi' m f V "U r-f '? ,c' '" 'wis PERSHING HAS HOPES -OF RETURNING 'EVERY YEAR TO SEE FRANCE Mayor 'Tells of General's In . tention Wants to Again Come to Philadelphia General Pershing hopes to return to France once n year ns long lis lie lives, Minor Smith said todav in discussing tlm iriMiii.ir islt to Philadelphia. This intention of General Peishing was evniessed in n talk with seernl nrm otliMTM nt tln I nioii i.eague. "In I'ranci-," t-nid Genernl Pershing, "the gtniitid is so consecrated b' Amer ican blood nnd the gallantry of the American soldiers is so impressed upon my mind thnt I hope to return to France eery jenr." "General Pershing nlso expressed n wish to return to Philadelphia," said Mayor Smith. "lie spoke of a desire tn study Philadelphia's places of his toric interest with more leisure and meet' ngain the people who had given him surh a warm reception. "While the general was here I was impressed first by the humnnnrss of the innu. lie was Murines personified. His self-poise remained unshaken under all conditions. "N'o situntion could alter that calm self-possession. He was alwajs willing to oblize those nround him, and every nctiou showed the kindness which ruled his attitude toward others. "This kindness was shown to every one. 'Mien borne man in me crown would shout out, 'Hello, .Tnck:' it seemed to amuse and interest hiin nnd he would return such a greeting with n courteous salute. "And his smile, which helped to win his way to the hearts of Philadel pliin'n thousands, was with him al ways." Governor Sproul joined with the Major in praising the magnetic per sonality of the great soldier. VACCINATION ROW ENDS Gloucester Citizens Hear That Board Has Right to Exclude Children The row between parents in Glouces ter nnd the school boaid, over the mat ter of the vaccination of school chil dren, is officially nnd legally ended. llarrv Evans, a (iloucester attorney, engaged bj the citizens to investigate whether the law sustains the school board's recent decision to exclude from schools pupils who have not been vac cinated, lendered today tho opinion that the board has sucli right under the vac cination luw passed bj the state Leg islature in 1!100. The law is not mandatory, it merel eives the various school boards of New Jersey the right to prohibit or not, as they plense, unvnccinntid children en tering schools. Up until this year the Gloucester board permitted children who were not vaccinated7 to attend ses sions. Many citizens protested their recent decision to make vaccination compul sory. Among them arc Chester Pan const, president of city councils; Allen Itcdfield, city clerk, and Jvlwanl hite, member of the Board of Health. PROWLER IN CATHEDRAL Man Found Hiding Behind Pulpit by Priest Escapes The Rev. Joseph M. O'Hara, as sistant rector of the Cathedral, at Eighteenth and Itace streets, dis covered a man hiding behind the pulpit when he wns about to conduct religious servicer' last night. The priest gave chase to the in truder, who rau to the st-ect and es caped in a motorcar. The police were notified. The nutomobile went north on Eigh teenth street, nnd the prowrer nnd tite other two men in the machine have not since been heard of. The police hold to the possibility of three causes for the man's hiding in the ' cathedral. They believe he may have been n terrorist designing destruction I of the church and bodily harm to tho, priests; that he may havo been intent on stealing valuable church jewels, or that lie merely may have been intoxi cated and wuiidcrcd innocently into the edifice. The tindiiig of the man and his escape crentcd great excitement in tho church, nud worshipers joined iu tho inin chnse. FOR PERSHING KISS 'X''wnuvmmivr'mpmyx'ir?Knt Above at tho left Is .Miss Mary II. Welscr, of .108 South Tenth street; at the right Is Miss Mario Auilele, of 271!) West Seltzer street. Itelnw is ."Miss Hazel Mat thews, of Broad and Cumberland streets PERSHING KISSES 'LIKE DAD,' GIRL SAYS jiew Her Feelings, but Couldn't Put Them Into Words, She Tells Interviewer "I know what T want to say, but I just cant say it, is the way Miss Marie 11. Weiser expressed her feelings today on being kissed by General Persh ing. J he latter showed his appreciation of the gift of a silk Ameiican flag presented to him yesterday by Miss Weiser. on behalf of the girl scouts of Gimhel Brothers' store. Miss Weiser was one of three girls on whom the kissing honor wns bestowed. The other two, nlne-. ear-old girls, were made equnlly proud when tliej presented the general with n bouquet of more thnn n hundred pink Columbia roses. Both of these lit lo girls speak in hushed tones of the occasion. Like Marie, thoy feel it in their heart they say, but "it just won't come out." These girls are Miss Mnrie Audelc, 2710 West Seltzer street and Miss Hazel Mntthcws, Hroad and Cumber land streets. It wus mean though, Mnrlc Weiser thought, to ask her whom she preferred to be kissed bj her "dnddj" or Gen eral Pershing. "Gee," she said, us a puzzled ex pression came over her round face, "tlint's a funny question! My duddy is very dear to me nnd I like to he ! kisseil by him, but to have been kissed by General Pershing is something 1 had never dreamed of. I thought it a great honor to stand in line when he went past. But when lie kissed me ooooo '. "You know," nnd she scratched her pretty head knowingly, "ho reminded me in some wnjs of my 'daddy' he kissed just like him." RESUME SAILINGS TO ITALY Arrival of Ship From Naples Tomor row Re-establishes Route Direct passenger service between Philadelphia nnd Italy will be resumed tnmoirow, with the arrival hero of th steamship Cascrta from Naples and Genoa. With the sailing September 23 of the Cascrtn, which hns accommodations for 2."0 cabin nnd 1300 third-class pas sengers, the Navigaziono Generalo Italiimn will inaugurate regular once-n-month passenger service between this port nnd Italy. tO i 5''', owio oua tn&dCcoKa. mmuzs 0 (md Odd. to meil.5.1 Preparatory School Classes Commence Sept. 15 Day and night classes for beginners. Rapid re view courses for advanced pupils. Algebra Geometry Trigonometry English Latin Arithmetic Griimmar Correspondence Spelling ' English for Foreigners Tutoring in All Branches Special day classes for junior boya from seventh grade up. CENTRAL BRANCH, 1421 Arch Street Y M C A E General Forced to Mako Foot ball Rush to Gain Baker's Office WATCHMAN FOILS CROWD Gen. Pershing 59 Today; Life Filled With War Washington, Sept. 13. -(tly A. P.) This is Genernl Persh ing's fifty-ninth birthday. He was born September 13, 1800, when the war clouds of the struggle between the states were about to break and when the first calls for volunteers would soon be heard in the Missouri town where he wns horn. From that day his life's history has been filled with the things of war. General Pershing will dine tonight with his fnther-ln-lnw, Senator Warren, of Wyoming. Iwlll be n private diuner witli only a few guests. By tho Avsoclated IVoss Washington, Sept. 13. Almost fight ing his way through hundreds of ad mirers gathered at the Wur Depart ment, General Pershing officially re ported to Secretary Baker today his return from Franco with his mission, "victory over Germany, accomplished." The cheering crowd had waited long to see the man thut captained the Amer ican armies in their greatest struggle nnd would not lie denied. By actual physical effort, aided by two of bis stnff officers and finally by guards of the building. General Pershing got through inttf"the secretary's room. General in Center Bush Tho finnl step wns the most difficult. Women nnd girl clerks of the depart ment, shrilly crying their greetings, closed in nbout the general and his aides at the door. He was for several minutes unable to force his wny through. Fin ally the watchman caught hint by the nrm nnd really hauled him out of the clutch of the irowd. The general got through almost like a football plajei:. and lie breathed a sign of relief. There were no lereinonies attending General Pershing's reception nt the War Department He came as any other hluli officer would conn- to report and tt wns oiilv the enthusiasm of the crowds who cheered und waved him along on the wnj from his hotel that ninrked nn unusual event. When General Pershing quietly and almost unnoticed left the department on Mnv 27. 1017. to go to France, he ex pected thnt the maximum strength of ttin nrmv to be under his coiiiiiiunn would be 500,000 men. As late us August or September 1017. the maximum monthly troop movement to France believed possible was 2.-1,000 men. Xet Genernl Per shing returned todny to report formally the disposition he had made ot more than 2,000,000 men. Shakes Hands on All Sides Genernl Pershing spent half nn hour ,ith thi secretary, nnd when he came out Mr. Baker bore the brunt of the crowd's attnek, while General Pershing seemed to enjoy the circtunstnncc, reach ing continuously on both sides to the hands thrust out to clnsp his. The general then went to his offices to begin the concluding work of the great nrmj . Bejond his conference with Secre tary Baker and possibly n conference with Genernl March, chief ot staff. Gen oral Pershing had few official duties m prospect for the doj. Secretary Lnne wns one of his early callers. In the nfternooii Genernl Pershing nnd his stnff were united as guests of honor to tin interservice track meet held in the stadium of one of the city's high schools Elaborate decorations were placed nbout the big field by the school boys in preparation for the event. J !- sommero iMMFRP7 PERSHING PORTS OB ACCOM PUSHED MYSTERIOUS MISSING GIRL IS MISS CONSTANCE MINNICK Daughter of Wealthy Yonhcrs, N. Y., Family Is Being Looked for Here Search Is Made Nation-Wide The mysterious "Constance" has been identified. She Is Miss Constance Minnlck, daughter of a wealthy family of that name living at Yonkers, N. Y. Miss Minnlck is tho young woman for whom a nationwide search has been conducted for several weeks. The mysterious "girl in blue" has been the subject of newspaper advertis ing nnd police searches throughout the country, but so far she has managed to evade detection. Miss Minnlck is thought to have been in Philadelphia a day or so nfter she ran away ficmi her home, and the fol lowing advertisement wns Inserted in the newspapers here by her father: AN ATTRACTIVE YOlWfi GIRL ran IIWIV frnm hr hr.mn tn !w Vnrlr frttip flfOs hko end la nnw IKInc nml wnrktnsr In jni eit iipt linrpnts. nrontrfttM with tnx tety, prn thnt hnrnf one will show thin to her nntl urs hfr tn riidp hr parent1' suffer Insr by telllnir tin in (it once of her where nboutft and plant nnsc iiii'TinN of Constance Rather umall nlth alopimc shoulitr dirk brown p)p, ami hair wan dretted In ph- -.. n-iuui iitnureii ,un our mue cape oiarK aauor nnl and high herled vllppprn. Is six- tctn venri old. bu- looks about tentv I Come home, Constance, and every- I Atlantic City directing the search for thing will be forgiven" is the latest ' tln-ir laiiKlitT. They returned to Yon word sent tn tho missing girl in ndver- kt.r the hope that Constance would tisements by the girl's parents. (t in tmlch itll' thom when uho Constance wns traced to Atlantic City through a letter mailed to n friend by her and henring n postmark of the re sort dnted September 5. Her disappear- INDICT RESERVE BANK MEN Clerks Again Accused of Manipu lating Liberty Bonds For the sctotid time within a year the federal ginnd jury has indicted Chnrles N. Jcnks ami Klmcr 13. Pat ton, ileiks in the Federal Hescrve Hank, on charges of manipulating I.ibertv Bonds of the institution for the purpose nf making a profit for themselves. Jenks was also indicted for the einhc77lemetit of a ?,i00 Lib erty Bond from the bank. The first indictment wns quashed by Judge Thompson because of defective pleadings According to the govern ment, the defendants took ij'Ci.OOO worth of -l'i per tent Liberty Bonds out of the bank, sold them to a brokerage firm in this city, and with the proiieils pun based t per cent bonds, which wetc selling below par, to re plnte the 4'iS. 'Flint transaction, the government i barges, netted the two clerks a considerable profit, which they pocketed. FERRY RATES" INCREASED Gloucester Directors Say Boost Is Warranted by Operation Cost ' Gloucester ferry rates haw been raised. The new rates go into effect Tuesdaj. This announcement wns made nfter a meeting of the bonrd of directors of the j ferry, which runs ftom South stieel to Gloucester The rate boost is said to ' result from an ihciease in cost of operation, . The present seven-cent one-way Inre i is increased to ten cents one way and sixteen cents round trip. The price of the commutation book hns been raised from $3 to S."...riO. Auto rates aie increased ten cents. The toll beginning Ttiei-daj will lie I thirty-five cents for a runabout and i forty cents foi a Hiring car. the mini her of passengei- m cither type car to1 be unlimited IPs lr 111 liPIPIIP and make yours both a summer and winter kitchen with one stove. In summer use the gas section and keep the kitchen fresh and cool. In fall and winter burn coal, and have a snug coal range fire in the kitchen and plenty of piping hot water all the time. The NOVELTY FORTUNE combination coal and gas range embodies every desirable feature of both the coal and gas range as developed during 72 years experience manufacturing heating and cooking apparatus. The YEAROUND NOVELTY is equipped with white enameled broiler pan ana burner tiay, gun metal top und permanent black finish. In addition this range has its own lighting fixture directly over tho cook ing top where it is most needed. Details of Both Ranges on Request W rmrlta all tjrpM of Heating and Coolant opparxOfsj, ro me can giom you unfmjadiead odvica a to tMck method i beit for your particular hotae or bmlJiag. Consult your dealer or write as, or come to oar attractive Factory Shew room, where fatt line it displayed. ABRAM COX STOVE COMPANY American and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia rnacet end Ranges in Philadelphia for 72 Years. Manufacturers of Boilers, Pipeless Heater. Fu VISIT OUR EXHIBIT AT PHII ADELPHFA-MADE GOODS EXHIBITION, FIRST REGIMENT ARMORY. DAILY AND EVENING THtt(WIJUC . rr vna Y7i ,"ll"rTTgTTCgy' !. ?i CONSTANCE MINNICK ance, under mysterious circumstances, recalls the celebrated Dorothy Arnold inj story in New York. The nnxiotis parents have offered n rewnnl of S.'OO for information lead ing to the recovery of their daughter. Scores of prisons are confident they saw the girl in Philadelphia and in At- , .. ,,.. . .. . .. . it .nnnt. moiic i uj- in onicrciiL iiutca Mini twii. rnti r ostorilnv tho nnrenls were in learned they had left the resort. "Please do not arrest her, but place her under strict observation until you can tall mo nt Murray Hill 3G03, New York, or Yonkers 247-J," was the last message of her father to the police. The New York number is his place of business, the other being his home. Among the leads on which tho police and detectires are working is the thought expressed by her father that Constance may be earning her living in this city by dancing. She is a skill ful dancer, lie sujs, nnd often said she could earn her living in that way. At the Primary Election, September 16th - Vote to Retain Judge McCuIIen HIGHLY by the Bench, the Bar, the Press and the citizens of Philadelphia generally, irrespective of party; tie, and regardless of faction. POSITION ON His name appears on ALL B 'ALLOTS ', in the Non-Partisan (or first) Column, being the FIRST NAME ON THE BALLOT for Court of Common Pleas No. 4. MARK YOUR Judge of Court of (Vote out Cooking JOSEPH V. MeCULLEN X Take the .p .; - BNIC COUNCIL OPENS SESSION 33d Degree Delegates Convene for Prst Timo Since Con vention of 1913 r MEETING ENDS THURSDAY, Five hundred thlrtv-third degree Mnsons of the Northern Masonic Juris diction todny opened thn sessions of the supreme council. The Masons came from the New Kngland states. New Y'ork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan nnd Wisconsin. The opening session, held in Corin thian Hnll. Masonic Temple. Broad nnd Filbert streets, convened nt 10 o'clock nnd marked the first time that the supreme council has met in this city in sir years. Barton Smith, sovereign grand commander, of 1'oledo, presided at the meeting, James H. Codding, of New Y'ork, is secretary genernl. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the officers will meet at their headquarters in the Bcllevue Stratford. . Tomorrow nfternoon nt 3 :30 o'clock the members of the grand council and the grand princes nnd their wives will meet nt the Bellevue und proceed to Holy Trinity Church, Nineteenth nnd Walnut streets, where n sermon will be delivered by the Bight Reverend Robert L. Hnrrls, bishop coadjutor of northern Michigan. Music will be given bv the Masonic Consistory choir. There will be a reception Monday night at the Bellevue. The business session will be resumed Tuesday morning at Corinthian Hall. Tuesday night the thirty-third degree will be conferred on new; members, at the hall. The degree Is conferred but once a jenr. the recipient being obliged to come to tlrb supreme council for the ceremony. ENDORSED ALL BALLOTS BALLOT THUS Common Pleas No. 4 for 1) f Jt . - w .... i ; jt JJ'Il. -jil ib if Jp3ESBE3j Tr VpffSiimMMr r 'nn n,t n f i 4 A & r & I - Ml ' Jet -i rTW - r " r.. 'I ft ., n
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