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SHALL WOMEN BE MINISTERS?
QUESTION FOR PRESB YTERIANS
Committee Will Obtain Opinions on All Phases of Issue and
Report Findings to Assembly I
Funeral Services Held for Fouri
of Mummers' Party Killed
by Train
DEATH TOLL NOW SIXTEEN
HOG ISLAND SHIPS
L
UDED IN SALE
Fifty Hulls, Now in Wet Basin.
Among the 200 to Be Dis- j
posed of
itmiilro'l of person"", main of thorn
friends nnd neighbors of the (lend men,
crowded the "(reels toilny In the neigh
borhood of churches .from which fun
eral-, of peicrul victims of the f'lnrks
boro tragedy were held.
The dentil toll in the nceiileut was
mi leased to sixteen early todn when
1 rnnK AVermuth. twenty-three eaisold,
21S West (Hcnwood nvenue, succumbed
to iniuriea Mr. AVermutli. whose sltull
was fin' lined, died in the Cooper IIos
pitnl, ('nindcii
In St. Veronica's Catholic Church.
Sixth and Tioga streets, nt ten o'clock,
u solemn requiem mass was celebrated
f,,r I.oius Hunter, twenty-six years old,
'Mis North Philip street. The church
I was tlumiKCil nnd in the street nearly
1000 persons usseiiibled.
Club .Members In Croud I
In the crowd were members of the
Glen Social Club, to which belonged
passengers on the motor tnuk which
was struck b a tram at Clnihsboro
Suluiilnx night. Friends of the dead
- , man. fellow workmen mm neignuors,
ddipc io ciYcn at 7K nnn ii;nny of ,l'cm sl,1),,inK.' !iatl,,oml 'V ''n,v
PRICE IS rlAtU A I $0,UUU ,,,m n ,,, tribute as bis body was borne
. , nt of the church for burial.
Similar scene were euneicu mix
nfternoon, heli three more victims of
the accident were buried. Last night
moie than HKM) poisons lewed the
body of William II. IvWitt, MIS Fast
Cor'nwnlls street, who was buried to
l'l runcral sen ices were cotullK ted
at'b'is home by the Itev (iomer It. Mat
thews, of St. John's i'lotestnut l.pis
copal Church, Ilmernhl and Stella
streets. Interment was in .Nortliwood
Cemetery. .
Six friends of the dead man, who bad
known him since boyhood, were pnll
bearerh. Friends and neighbors com
posed a crowd in front of the home.
Hunter is survived by his mother, n
brother nnd two sisteis with one of
whom, Mrs. Lester Stradllug, he hud
lived. . , , . ,
A. . Friend Is Iiuricd
From nn undertaking establishment
the body of August .1. Fi lend. In n
closed ensket, was taken to Ins home,
;U0 North Third stieet, nt noon.
l.ntcr seniccs were i onuucicu uj i
tj.. t v.' Kllnuer. Pastor of tlie
(iermnn Iteformed Chuicli, louilh
street nnd Fairmoiint avenue. Inter
ment was in (ircuim'ount Cemeter. He
is survived by his parents and n
brother and sister. , , . ,
The fourtli victim 10 oe um-n-u "-
Andrew Moore. SI 2 West lWlis street.
A solemn retpiiem mass was cehbiateil
for him in St. Miilaehj's Catholic
Church, Eleventh and Master streets.
The church was tilled nnd " crowd
gatheied in the street, partly impel led
In interest in his twin four- ear-old
daughteis, his sole muvvoi.
Six more f uncials ot victims 01 un-
Shall women hnic eininl rights with
men or be classed ns inerc women?
Thnt Is the question I'resbjterinns of
the country will soon be nsked to de
cide. The questions to be decided arc
whether women shall be ordnincd to the
eldership; whether women shall he or
dained to the ministry of the church,
and whether women shnll have the same
rights ns men in the sessions, presby
teries, synods nnd assemblies of the
elm rcb.
Those niiostlnns wore propounded to
the general assomhl of the I'rcsbytrrian
Church by three prestiyterles nnd were
referred to n special committee on offi
cial lelntions of women In the church.
This committee consists of the Rev. S.
Hnll Yonng, chnlrmnn. New York! the
Itev. Fdgnr W. Work. New York ; the
Itev. William li. Itanett. llellefnn
talnoj O. ; ' John T. Mnnsnn, New
Hnven, Conn., nnd Hush Tnggart, New
York. Named by Moderator
The committee was appointed by V)r.
John Willis liner, moderator of the
I'reshvteriiin Church, in ncoordnnec
with the action of the last general ns
isembly. The Itev. W. 11. Roberts, of
I tins city, stated clerk of the general
l assembly, Is c.x-otllcio clerk of the om-
mittee.
I The committee has delegated to Doc
tor Young the task of obtaining opin
ions from the men nnd women of the
church nnd the general nrgument pro
nnd con. It hns nlno instructed Doctor
Work to report nn lllblc deliverances on
the subject, and Doctor Ilnrrett to as
semble the facts ns to the usages of I
other churches, Mr. Mnnsnn is to re-
port on enses icgnrding women's places
In the church which have been decided
or are now pending, while Mr. Tnggnrt
Is to look up Presbyterian law and also
the equity in the case.
Would Ifclny Discussion
The committee's policy is not to pic
cipltnte any open discussion of the ques
tion bofoic it makes Its report to the
nsscmbl , Inasmuch ns It anticipates
thnt overtures will be ent down to
the presbyteries, and when this i done
it will be proper time for open discus
sion of the question.
The committee announces thnt it
wishes to receive freely from men nnd'
women of the Presb tcilnn church their
opinions on this matter In order thnt
the committee may make n complete nnd
intelligent report to the Presbyterinn
general assembly. The committee hopes
h canvassing the church membership
for opinion to rcielve n large number
of communications to guide them during
their forthcoming sessions as n prelim
Innrj to their report nnd recommenda
tions to the general assembly.
COULDN'T GEI JAG
ON 2.75 BEER HERE
Professors Hare and Marshall
File Affidavits in St. Louis
Test Case
EXPERIMENTS ON STUDENTS
Fifty hulls, which have boon lying in
the wet basin at Hog Island for months,
are included in 1M0 wooden hulls that
the government will bdl, according to
announcement by C. II. S Rollnsou,
manager of the supply nnd sales division
of the United States Shipping Hoard,
Emergency Fleet.
Snlo of the ships will mark the end
of the wooden ship construction pro
gram of the government. Tt will bf
the largest single sale of ships in his
tory. The hulls at Hog Island are all of
the Ferris type, and of .'l.'OO tons. Al
most all of the U00 hulls nre of the some
typo as those which will be sold here.
Sales will begin immedlatelj nt eight
different ards in the United States.
The statement issued by Mr. JlulMson
says: . , .,
"After a thorough stud of the rori
,i:i;nc hntl, from the viewpoint of the
United' States Shipping Hoard, Finer-
-ency Fleet Corporation, nnd that ot the
possible buyer of ship tonnage, the ship
aales committee of the corporation has
recommended, nnd Vice PrcsidentAek
erman has approved, the jnce of !iu.0uU
each for Ferris hulls, the type of which
i we have the most available for sale. This
price applies to the hulls now in the
mooring basins in their present state of
completion, and it is ou the bare boat
basis. Any equipment now on the bulls
will be paid lor in nccoruauce u ""
appraisal under our standard bill of
materials for such equipment.
"To purchasers of hulls, who so de
sire, wo will sell equipment nt such
prices that we estimate Ferris bus can
be finished ns steamers for 1S50,000, or
05.71 per deadweight ton, which should
be attractive, in view of the present
prices for complete vessclt."
SKULL FRACTURED BY CAR
Woman Unconscious Ten Hours Be
fore Being Identified In Hospital
Sophie Gabunska, thirty-four years
old, Thompson street nour Lehigh are
uue, in unconscious in the Samaritan
Hospital after being struck by a trolle
car on Twenty-second btreet near In
diana avenue last night.
She was taken to the hospital, where
S she remnincd for more than ton hours
before the foreman in the tnetory in
Svhieh she was employed identified her.
Her skull is fractured.
Frederick fiordon, twenty -two yenrs
old, 2815 Kirkbride street, motormnn
of the car, was released by the police
on his own recognizance, after wit
nesses told Magistrate Price thnt the
woman walked directly in front of the
car and Gordon had made every effort
to stop tho vehicle.
JEWS ORGANIZE CAMPAIGN
War Relief Canvass Among Profes
sional Men to Be Planned
The part to be taken in the Jewish
war relief campaign among medicnl nnd
the allied professions will be discussed
tomorrow night nt campaign headquar
ters, 1410 Spruce street. . It has been
called by Dr. S. Solis-Cohen.
Under the direction of Mrs. Jerome
H. T.oucheim. chairman of the commit
tee on women's activities, the various
organizations of women workers arc
being completed. Tietween 200 nnd 230
women are expected to meet tomorrow
afternoon nt campaign headquarters at
the request of Mrs. Augustus A. Fshner.
"general" for the South Phi'adclphia
district. . , . , L
Similar progress is being reported bi
all the other organizations nffilinted with
the campaign.
ACCUSE THREE OF ROBBERY
Captured After Attempt to Loot
Downtown Warehouse
Two of four men, s-nid to have been
detected on the roof of n warehouse
early toda , were cnptuied in nil nllej
after police had searched the neighbor
hood in n heavy lain. A third man
was arrested nt his home.
An investigation, the police assert,
showed thnt entrance hnd been forced
into the warehouse ot the Pcnn Pur
chasing nnd Sales Co., Catharine street
nboie Front. Merchandise inlued nt
Rs.00 hud been bundled up nnd prepa
rations had been made to lower it from
the loof. , , , , .
The same warehouse was robbed last
Sunday of goods uilueil at ..suwu
I'he three prisoners.
chnrged with
Three False Alarms In Same Quarter
.Firemen lcsponded to three false
alarms within an hour enilv this morn
ing, each within n few blocks of each
other, nnd believed to have been the I
work of the snme person The lirst was
sounded from Fifth and Lombard
stieets at H:10 a. m Nineteen minutes
inter the second came from Sixth nnd
South streets. The third fame nt 4:11
n. m. from Seicnth and Pine streets.
Affidavits ot two college professors of
this city contending thnt 2.7," per cenf
beer Is not intoxicating were among
those filed in the United States District
Court in St. Louis today, when five
suits brought by brewing interests of
that city were called for trial before
Judge Pollock. The brewers nre seek
ing to restrain federal agents from en
forcing. the wnrtlmc prohibition net.
Dr. Hnbnrt Amory Hare, professor
In (ho .Tnlfm-ann Afedlrnl College, and
Dr. Jqhn Marshall, of the University of
Pennsylvania, are the Philadclphians
whose affidavits were filed.
, Laboratory experiments nnd pro-
fosslnnnl observations of Doctor Mnr-
shnll nnd Doctor Hnrc. mnde In this
city last May, nimed to show it is not
possible to become intoxlcnteil ny (irinu
Ing beer having nn alcoholic content of
2.7fi per cent, even though one drinks
nil the stomnch can hold.
The most interesting of the tests were
performed by Doctor Marshall in the
Hare laboratory nt the University of
Peiinsvlvnnhi. The professor selected
three students from the university medi
cnl school nnd hud tliciu drink, for the
purpose of the experiment, the maximum
quantity of the 2.7". per cent beer their
stomachs would hold.
in f.,.,!;,, f fulness of the stomach
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was experienced niter iiiiim.hi); "'
beer," Doctor Marshall's affidavit
,iai "Tim siibiects experienced no
nnusra or dizziness, and their mental
fnniiliins were nerfectlv clear through
out the experiment They showed no
unsteadiness of gait when they walk-
o,l "
After the tests tlie three students
wnlkcd a chalk line, went to their
classes and acted llko normal humnn
beings In every respect.
Tests taken of their blood were an
alyzed to determine its nlcoholic con
tent. None of the blood showed nn al
coholic content of more than 7-200tliK
of 1 per cent. The fact has been es
tablished that blood must contain n
pcrccntngn of slightly less than one
sixth of 1 per cent to produce intoxi
cation. Doctor Hare expressed the opinion In
his nflidnvit thnt a man ennnot drink
enough 2.75 per cent beer to have in
his system nt any one moment any more
nlcohol than the body can dispose of
normally.
CLEAR SKIES AND COOLER
Weatherman Predicts Seasonable
Elements After Freak Thunderstorm
Clenr skies nnd low temperature
greeted Philadelphia today after the
freak midsummer thunderstorm Inst
evening. The prospect for today is fine
weather, with seasonable temperatures
just cold enough ,to mnkc overcoats
nnd n fire in the licnter popular.
Thousands of persons who went
downtown Inst evening to get the elec
tion icturns were drenched hj tlie rnln.
It came unexpectedly and the snlio of
heavy thunderpeals was followed by n
cold, drenching rnln. The storm broke
so suddenly thnt innny persons hnd not
time to rench shelter before the rnlnfiill
begnn.
SHIP LINE GAINS MARKET
Houses In South America Handle
Philadelphia Goods
F.stnblishmont of direct steamship
communication between Philadelphia
and Arcentinn. through the instrumen
tality of the Chninber of Commerce, has
been the direct cause of the opening
in Hucnos Aires nnd Montevideo of
commission houses to hnndlo Philadelphia-made
goods in that country. One
of the lnrgost of these concerns, which
heretofore has handled Uurnpcan goods
exclusively, hns asked the foreign
trndu bureau of the Chamber of Coin
mercc to put it in touch with Phil
adelphia manufacturers who want to
obtain representation in the Argentine
Tiopuhlic.
l West Wishurt street ; Mrs. Martha
li. Adams, :i071 North Oikue stieet
hand Miss Lmily llonth, 2iUI .North
Hancock street.
accident will be held tomoirow. I hose
of Joseph O. Fieger. 22:i North Sixth
street; Fdwurd 11. (Mile, :USo North
Seventh street; Cornelius ltagaii. .'!I0
Vnrili Third street: William T. Weber,
MICE BLAMED FOR FIRE
Damage of $400 Caused When Pests
Gnaw Matches In Closet
Mice are blamed for u tire which
started this morning in the home of
Mrs. Charles Felff. 1.140 North Nine
teenth street. Coining valued nt S400
was debtrojed.
Mrs. Felff discolored the blaze in a
closet in n seeofld-tloor room. She
telephoned an uluim and firemen le
spondod. Mrs. Felff believes mice
gnnw ing on matches cnilsed the blaze.
Fire which started in the cellar of
the five and ten cent store of Samuel
Itodncr, T-20 Columbia nvenue, this
morning did SS00 damage. Mr. Dod
nor cannot account for the origin of
the fire.
Schweinltz to Address Teachers
Karl do Schweinitz. secretary of the
Orgunizod Charities of Philadelphia,
will deliver nn address on "Other Pen
pie," nt the November meeting of rno
Tcnchers' Club tomorrow evening in the
Wideuer branch of the Vrea Library, at
TJrnnd street and Giraid nvenue
forcing entry into the Petin place, said
thov were IMward Dalura, Swnnson
street near Catharine ; Michael anion -i.i
,i ,i,.i, street above Second, and
John Miller. Pemheiton stieet ubove
TThe'v were held in SI 000 bail ench b
Magistrate lmher. A fourth mini cs-
taped. I
35 WORKMEN HELD UP ;
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Witness Notifies Sheriff, Who Nabs!
Four Phlladelphlans
Four Philadclphians held up thirty
live workmen engaged in building n
-tute roan in Cuil -omit. Mnrjland.
and robbed them ot $40:!. aeemdiug to
liari-es. While they wcie robbing their
ictims another workman saw the hold
up and telephoned for the sheriff, who
lili n number of deputies hurried to
the scene and arrested the four.
ti. mblm took nluee at Libert
I n, llit The bandits an ived there
on u train Monday night, walked into
a house on tho edge on the town whore (
the wiiiknion are quartered and, n- ,
voliers in hand, lined the men against
a wnll nnd robbed them.
The accused men, who nro in the j
Flkton jail awaiting trial, are John
Pell. Pnrrish. street near Second; Nick
Cnrl'y Seventh street near Itninbrldge :
Sebastian IV-cia. Thirtieth street near i
Allegheny avenue, nnd Suveriro Telo, I
F.li'veiith' street near South. The work-
men', mono was found concealed in
their clothes,
THREE THIEVES LOOT HOME
Husband and Wife Held at Bay.
$235 and Jewels Taken
Answering n ring of the doorbell I
earlv today. Mrs. Louis Roberts. U121 .
Noith Mervine stieet. was cniifiontcd
bv thiee men, who forced their way i
into the house. One threatened her
with a revolver. The others went to
n loom on the third floor, where one
forced Mrs. Kobeits's husband to bold
nn his hands, threatening him with a
icinlver.
' The third man ransacked the room,
(ok S23.". n ring worth .."O, n scarf
inn valued nt S200 and other jewelry.
1 norm ding to a stor.i told police of the
I Fighth nnd Jefferson streets stntiou by
I Huberts. The three then hurried awu)
I in nn automobile, he said.
Absolute
Roof Protection
At Lowest Cltlmnta Cant
Makes Dad Roofs Good and Good
Roofs lletter
HO REPAIRS NO RE-PAINT1NC
Faiked In 5-GalIon ani
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LUIGI RIENZI
CORRECT APPAREL FOR WOMEN
1714 Walnut Street
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Women's Tailleur Suits
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DARLINGTON'S
1 1 26-28 Chestnut Street
How Do You Judge Value in the
Hats You Buy?
Style Is tlie Paramount Factor, But One
Must Also Take Into Consideration the
Quality of the Materials Used
and the Workmanship
DARLINGTON Hats have an enviable prestige,
not only because of their charm of design and
style distinctiveness, but because they are in
trinsically good as well made of the finest of
materials and carefully finished in every detail.
We do not sell nor wish to sell the hastily
stitched-together "copies" which so lavishly adorn
the bargain tables. Sometimes we buy one or two
of such Hats for the purpose of comparison and
have actually had them fall apart while examining.
There is undoubtedly a sale for such Millinery, but
not at Darlington's.
Please bear in mind another point, too we nre a one
price store; no other patron can buy the Hat you are look
ing at for a lower price than you. There are some shops
where the saleswoman is authorized to sell at $22.50 if she
cannot p;ct the marked price of $25.00, and if the customer
is s-Hll obdurate nn appeal to some one higher in authority
ofttimes brings tho cost down to $20.00 or $18.00. It is the
ohl principle of catgut emptor, "let the buyer beware."
Our prices are based on tho actual cost of materials and
workmanship plus a fair merchandising profit.
We sell many HigVprice Hatp, but we also have
A Splendid Assortment of Hats From
$8.50 to $25.00
At $8.."i0, for example,
are chic little Velvet Tur
bans trimmed with wings
nnd flowers.
At $10.50, Roll-brim
Sailors of felt in all colors.
At $12.00, Plain Silk
bcuver Sailors, distin
guished by their severe
simplicity.
At $15.00, Hand-stitcl)ed
Felt Hats as- nearly in
destructible as any Mil
linery can be; instantly re
verting to their pristine
smartness from the rough
est of handling or most
ruthless packing; also
Plain Velour Outing Hats.
At $18.00, many styles
two models we particu
larly wish to mention ; one
a Stitched Velvet Hat
which is given a final touch
by the large pin thrust
ji until v through the brim;
the othr, a Close-fitting
Silk Beaver with blondine
feather in flame color.
At $20.00, wonderful va
riety; we have space to
speak of only one a
Draped Velvet Hat in
taupe with glycerine os
trich feather in sand color.
At $22.50, a Brown Silk
Beaver Tricorne with
sand-color wings many
others, of course.
(THIRD FLOOR
DARLINGTON'S
I 1 26-28 Chestnut Street
High-neck Night Gowns
Made of Soft Cambric; Always a Demand
for Them as Cold Weather Comes On
HIGH neck, long sleeves, and the materia is
an excellent quality of soft yet sturdy cam
bric; some have trimming of embroidery, others
with tucks and hemstitching ; prices $2.00, $2.50,
$3.50 and $4.50.
And not only will you find a good assort
ment of High-neck Gowns here, but other Lingerie
as well, both the staple kinds and the "frilly"
kinds.
Flttnnelette Pajamas for women, misses and
children in plain white and smart stripes at $2.00,
$3.00 and $1.00. '
SECOND FLOOR
Specially Good Values in Blankets,
Comforts and Spread
An Ample Supply of Good Bedfumishings Is
Certainly a Most Necessary Adjunct
to Winter Comfort and Health
WHITE Wool-finish Blankets, pink or blue
borders, silk bindings, size 66x80 inches
$6.75 pair.
White Wool Blankets
with colored borders, size
70x82 inches for double
beds $9.00 pair.
Other grades of Wool
Blankets at $10.50, $12.00,
$15.00 and $18.00 pair.
Cotton-filled Comforts,
silkoline coverings in Per
sian designs $4.50, $6.50.
$8.00, $12.00 and $16.00
eacn.
FOURTH FLOOR
. Wool - filled Comforts,
silk damask and noplin
coverings $25.00, $35.00.
$45.00 and $48.00 each.
Crinkled Dimity Spreads
$3.25 for single - bed
size; $3.85 for double-bed
size.
Scalloped Satin Bed
Spreads $6.65 for single
bed size; $6.85 for double-
bed size.
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