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Mothodists, Stirred .by Bishop
, Berry, Plan Reor
' ganization
DR. TOMKINS TO ASSIST
Krorganlzntlon plnns for the old
camp meeting grounds nt (Venn Ornvo.
N J.,- which Is to be mode n nectlonnl
cnter for Methodlut rellgioiis traclilnR,
xcre disclosed today by UNhop Herry
nt tho mertlnK of the Lnymen'M Aooin
tlon In at. Matthew's Church, llfty
thlnl nnd Chestnut streets.
Thn lny meeting wns held . coniMir
rently with the 1'lillndclphla Method st
conference in the Wharton Memorial
Church, Fifty-fourth and Catharine
utrects, and wn attended by IMu!) dele
gates representing -114 of the H.iO
churches In the conference.
At Illshop llcrry's appeal the lay
Members of the denomination pledged
their support to him for the reorganiza
tion of Ocean Orove and voted $.'00
toward tho expenses of the project, es
timated at $inoo.
The bishop said he has made arrange
ments to lmve Itishops McDowell.
Hughes and Leonard participate in the
Rummer Instruction work planned for
Ocean Grove. The Itev. Floyd Totn
klns, rector of Holy Trinity Upiscn
pal Church, he added, has promised to
cut short his vacation and assist in the
work.
Isaac C Yoeum, president of the
Laymen's Association, was in the chnlr
and made an address iu which he gave
"Methodism's messages to the world.'
Mr Yocum said the saloonkeepers
fear the Methodist church more than
any other religious body, because it
was that church which founded the first
Anti-Saloon I-engue. The principal
message to capital and labor nnd to the
gocial world, he declared, was that the
only solution to present problems "must
come through JesuB."
Mr. Yocum today named the follow
ing committees:
Credentials John M. Doran. il
llam Quayle, Edward W. Moflig, F. II.
Hofncr and Frank Mitchell.
Resolutions Hobert H. Heller. XV.
H. O. Ooiild. Harry Kerr, J. Maker
Tuttlc, Wll'iam h. Megary and J. S.
Fulton.
Program Charles F. nggleston. Mr.
Tuttle, Charles M. Kinsley. Mr. Doran.
H. B. Antrim and J. Frnnk Fox.
Fraternal relations John It. Sailor.
F. P. Glllendcr nnd George P. Cham
bers. Financial John Walton, Mr. Kins
ley. Samuel Shaw, Joseph G. Frnrris
and Mr. Antrin.
Auditing William Bender. John II.
Boyce and XV. S. Jones.
'Alien Propaganda
Hit by Methodists
Continued from Vme One
donkey can drown tne uiscord of the
world."
Some Told They're "Dead"
The speaker urged all clergymen to
"come to life" and face the present
crislB. He twitted the members of the
cloth, saying. "Many lme died at
thirty-five and arc walking around to
aave funeral expenses."
Criticism had been made of the tone
of church periodicals, he continued.
ome readers wanting the publications
"Jazzed up and made more readable.
"As for the Methodist Review," he
declared, "it is not for the man who
wears a No. f hnt nnd n No. 17 col
lar. Ministers should be at once more
highbrow and more human. One of the
difficulties of tha conference is taking
cmro of men who arc not alive."
Bishop Henderson Speaks
The situation focing the Methodist
"Episcopal Church because of the grow
ing scarcity of ministers was outlined
vividly by Bishop Theodore S. Hen
derson, of Detroit.
One reason he advanced for the small
number of ministerial candidates was
that high school boys are keeping nwny
from church nnd Bible school at n time
when the are deciding on their future
careers.
"There is a critical ituatlon in re
. gard to the supply of ministers in
American Protestantism." he said.
"We have come to the time when we
must face not only the need for more
ministers, but also more ministering nnd
affective purpose.
"There is too much working around
the circumference of spiritual tilings
without a clear conception of the center
of them. The work is inclined to be
too fragmentary. The Methodist Kpis
copal Church in America needs from
1000 to lfiOO men every ear in con
ference relations."
The bishop said that sections in the
East, South nnd Central West of this
country have been depleted of minis
terial material bcenue of the migration
of clergy to points west of Chicago.
The six conferences showing the biggest
gain of men in the Inst ten jeurs. he
said, are the conferences of Southern
California. Dakota. We?t Virginia.
Idaho. North Indiana und Oregon I In
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Maine. Michigan. North i arolinn. De
uiiin 1ft I..' - - I" -.....,...-
troit und north and south St. Louis.
Tells of Preacher Shortage
The ranks of the ministers in iictuai i
conference relations In the last ten
years, Ulshop Henderson declared, hue
been increai-ed by ouly tweutj -si ven
men throughout the entire countrj. The
Philadelphia Conference has ebven. less
men than it had nine jenrs ago, lie
said. The Philadelphia area, nicliid
ing the New Jersey, Philadelphia and
Wyoming ennferem , he continued, ha
been at a standstill in the last nine
years.
"The Philadelphia Conference would
have lost more than eleven men," he
said, "if it hadn't gained nine men
In transfers from other conferences to
this conference."
The bishop declared the Methodist
Church "is losing men nt the bottom as
well as at the top." In the last ten
years mnny stotes have received less
than sixty men us probationers in the
ministry.
"Wc must make the supplj of min
isters meet the demand." the bieliop
Condition of Highways
Throughout State Today
Lincoln highway (Trenton to
Chnmbershurg Fair in HucUh,
Lancaster nnd the eastern part of
Vranklln county; elsewhere good.
William Pcnn highwuy ( Enoton
to Chamberbburgi tiood except one
mile of road under construction in
Lehigh count near Allentown,
which is now Impassable.
Ilaltmioie pike (Philadelphia,
Media, Kcnnctt Square and Oxford)
tiood.
Philadelphia and Reading pike
Good. Lancaster and Harrisburg pike
Fair in Lancaster county, good In
Dauphjn
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OCEAN GROVE CAMP
Methodist Conference
Program for This Afternoon
ltli" p. m. Laymen's ' Associa
tion business session nt St. Mat
thew's Church.
12 p. m. Anniversary of Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society at Con
ference Church.
U p. m. Admission of class of
ministerial candidates to full mem
bership nt executive session In Beth
any Temple Presbyterian Sunday
School, Fifty-fourth and Spruce
streets.
4 p. m. Pentecostal service in
charge of Dr. Charles M. Bovell.
8 p. m. Anniversary of Laymen's
Association In Conference Church.
warned. He quoted figures indicating
how few families of ministries give sons
or daughters for church work.
"The weak point is In the 'teens,"
he continued. "In the old days the
normal time for a boy or girl to decide
tiKn his or her life work was In col
lege. Now it Is in high school. The
high school ho j s and girls arc the ones
who are absent from the Bible schools
and churches. It Is with the high school
boys and girls that wc should concen
trate our efforts."
Discussing students who enter col
lege with the ministry in mind, the
bishop declared "0 per cent of them
change from that Idea before gradua
tion. "How many Methodist students arc
nt the 1 niversity of 1'eiinsylvnnln?"
tie asKcd. informed the number wns
about !00. the bishop snld the question
of entering the ministry should be
placed before them.
"In the hist twenty-four months,"
ne concluded, now many young men
have you sat down with and presented
wic claims of ministry
New Hospital In Sight
The conference, which opened yester
day nnd continues until Tuesday next,
started at 1) o'clock this morning- with
prayers by the Rev. E. D. Decker, of
the nprinslicld Avenue Church, and the
Rev. A. P. Hodgson, of the Chelten
Avenue Church,
The annual report of the Methodist
Episcopal Hospital was read by the Rev.
C. M, Boswcll, corresponding secretary
of the hospital's bonrd of trustees, who
later was re-elected to that position.
Dr. Boswcll intimated that u new
hospital building will be built in the
next few years. One man, he said, has
pledged S.iO.000 by April, 11)22, and an
other, hearing of the first offer, imme
diately matched it.
A new building Is greatly needed. Dr.
Boswcll said, because at present every
bed in the institution is filled. Last
year, he said, was the most successful
year the hospital ever had.
Hospital Report Entered
Receipts from collections and contri
butions In 11120, he reported, totaled
$41,035 compared with $41,733 In 1010,
while the totul income lost year was
$21fi.S20, compared with $102,O0G the
yeur before.
Other figures presented for the hospi
tal were: Expenses on property, 1020,
$220,719; 1010, $201,072; patients ad
mitted. 1020. 4024: 1010. 3002
patients receiving one day's treatment,
1020, r1.700j 1010, 47.708; operations,
1U2U, aortu; ihih, 2110.1.
rue dally cost per patient is now
$4.20, Dr. Boswell said, compared with
n daily cost of $3.87 in 1010. He
praised the women's auxiliary of the
hospital, stating it had raised $13,078
last year.
A resolution admitting probationers
to the ordination services this afternoon
In Bethany Temple Presbyterian
Church, Fifty-third nnd Spruce streets,
wns presented by the Rev. David L.
McCartney. It was passed. Hereto
fore probationers have been excluded
from ordination .ervices.
Fund Administration Criticized
When the Rev. Joseph B. Hingley.
corresponding secretary of the board of
conference claimants, was introduced
by Bishop Berry, the presiding officer,
he criticized the administration of the
fund in some conferences.
Because of failure in the past to dis
criminate property between those seek
ing retirement nnd nn annuity grant.
Dr. Hingley said, many thousands of
dollars nrc being paid out now to men
who never performed ministerial service
for any conference.
in some lnstancen, ne continued, tract
sellers and men who did volunteer work
among railroud employes were given
places on the annuity rolls of the
thureh. The sum of $2,000,000 was
paid out last year to claimants, he said,
although another jiiilllon dollars would
have been necessary to meet all claims.
Of the $2,000,000 paid fully $2T0.000
was given to persons who never served
as ministiTS. Another defect in ad
ministration, he concluded, was that
sometimes u conference pays 00 per cei.t
of its iipportionment for work done iu
another conference.
Illshnp Henderson Speaks
Tiishnp Theodore S. Henderson, resi
dent bishop of Detroit, was one of the
principal speakers this morning.
Ills subject was "Recruiting for the
Ministrj." II"' laid emphasis' on the
alarming scarcity of applicants for tin
ministry, which has been brought out
bv the fact that there ore only six iiin-
itiilnrj.u ,Mh vpnrv nt fntitrnutpit tilth tlm
i i e. . - 1 . .-. 1 ..I. . I
iiriccn nun twenty iu oiimt.s year"
I t 1 ,! t 1 - .1. . t . t
..p n sn (llsf.tihHf.f. Miiuf.r r if fPfWf OI
the attraction of the ministry for young
men. tin necessity of increasing sal
aries, which is in line with the reports
made jestenlay by the four district su
perintendents who all gave figures on
the salnrv increases in their districts.
In tonne-tlon with todny's program
of the eonferen-e, nlthough In a differ
ent ihiirch, are the sessions of the Luy
nien's Association, which is holding its
twentv -ninth annual meeting in St
.Matthew's Church, Fifty-third nnd
Chestnut str-cts.
Hold Memorial Service
Another feature of todav's session
of the conference was the memorial
services conducted nt It o'clock for the
four members of conference who have
died during the Inst car. They are the
Revs. S. M. Vernon. J. II. Wood. W.
II. Shaffer und H E. Foss, nil of whom
were retired. Services were nlso held
for six wives and widows of ministers
who died during the jear The) are
Mrs. Mathiiii Harnhlll, Mrs Ilnbert
A Mclllwnin. Mrs. K. I I) Pepper,
Mrs J. S. McMnlay. Mrs. C. A. Wolf,
and Mrs. Oeorgc O. Dllworth.
In the afternoon nn executive session
was held in the Itethnny Temple
Presbjterian Sunday School building.
Fiftj -fourth anil Spruce streets, nt
which the ministerial candidates were
admitted into full membership They
are Amos Allen. Joseph Ashvvnrth,
Norman L. Davidson, Frank Dun
combe, Oeorge A. Luughend and J.
Milton Skeath. Hishop Rerry of
ficiated. The admission of new min
isters nt un executive session is un
innovation this year.
In the afternoon the anniversary
meeting of the Woman's Foreign Mis
sinnnrj Society was held in the
Wharton Memorial Church. MIsh
Weulthj Ilonsinger, of China , was
the principal speaker This was fol
lowed by the daily Pentecostal service,
in charge of the Rev. C. M. lloswcll.
ILVBTKIl SUNDAY KXClltMON
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13 VEXING' PUBLIC
UN
N POLITICS
WARNED OE GREED
Voters' League Members Told
They Need Not Rush In, as
Franchlso Lasts
STUDY OF SYSTEM URGED
That women In politics nre as jet
untrained, undiscip'lned and like greedy
children trying to grub all the good
things at once, seemed to be the con
census of opinion nt the openlnlg ses-
ion of the inter-count.v conference of
the League of Women Voters today.
The conference is nt Lmcrgency Aid
headquarters, 218 South Eighteenth
street, with Mrs, Lewis Smith, vice
chairman of the state League of Women
v oters, presldingg. Fifteen counties
are represented.
Most of the discussion showed the
women realize too extensive n program
would be suicide for them politically,
and that controversy among them Is
deadly.
Some of us act ns though we had
the vote only for this year," sntil Mrs.
J. O. Miller, of Pittsburgh, president
of the stute League of Women Voters.
"Wc have the vote until this nation
ends. We don't have to do everything
nt once, nor rush into things head
long. Because you don't tuko up n
question or u bill this year docs not
mean you oppose it. It may mean that
you feel tbero is other legislation that
is more Important."
Legislator Advises Conferees
Mrs, Jennie C. Van Ness, member
of the New Jersey Assembly, echoed
this sentiment when she said. "Women
should be wise ns serpents and harm
less os doves where legislation is con
cerned. They must take into consid
eration the legislator's standpoint.
When the icgislntor sees a group of
women coming with n bill, and wrong
ling among themselves, he is more npt
to throw up his hands und do nothing
except to express his thought 'too
much skirts.' '
Politlcul education for women Is the
point to be most stressed by the league
in the future if the feeling of this meet
ing is carried out. Training so that in
telligent nv well us conscicncious women
may take their place in governmental
duties is the chief aim,
"We will kill our organization," said
Mrs. J. O. Miller, "if wc take up too
broad u program, sponsor too many
bills that are controvcrsal. When our
state organization made up Its legis
lative program we Included mnny things
which we do not now expect to bpon
sor or push at this time.
"We have learned that some of these
things arc not wise at present. Tho
first thing ou our program was the
mandatory law providing for women on
the school bonrd. Now that we have
the vote wc feel that we huven't gump
tion enough to get women nppolnted
WlinOUL BUUU U IUM , BV ,; ull fc
deserve to have them on school boards.
Clcsed Mouth Is Urged
"Another thing on our program wns
a state budget system. Now wc don't
think we will push that. Wc believe
that it will be better to work for n
constitutional convention, then the
budget system will follow.
"We should not back too much legis
lation that calls for money. Rather. I
think tlie women should work toward
retrenchment. The Murshnll bill is an
examnle. All you women should study
It and learn what antiquated tux laws
we have In Pennsylvania. I would like
to see you women put your minds on
tho machinery of the government. Few
men know ntiv more nbout it than you
do. No wis the time to study it."
Other speakers stressed the fact that
women should walk most carefully along
legislative paths until they know exnctlj
where they arc going. One county rep
resentative said, "Women should lenrn
to keep their mouths closed until they
can intelligently open them,"
British Mission
Coming to America
Centlnunl from raire Ore
to abandon it nnd set up a new or
ganization or so to remodel the present
league that this country will be ready
to enter it.
England and France,, on the other
hand, nrc much in tho same position
with respect to Germany as thev were
at Paris. They have their Peace Treat ,
but they want this country to stand
with them in the enforcement of it.
Just as two yenrs ago they were will
ing to trade President Wilson the
Leugue of Nations for the kind of peace
they wanted, so today in effect they
are willing to trade Mr. Harding a new
association of nations for the sympnthy
and support of the I'nltcd States in
their attitude townrd (iermany.
The situation makes for President
Harding's success In obtnlninig the kind
of association of iintionv he desires.
There are endless difficulties becntisp
of the way Preidcnt Wilson had tied
the present IC;,ue of Nations into
til"- Versailles Treaty nnd the European
Allies lire unwilling to see an thing
.1
in' which will impolr that treaty.
I "
.Mr Harding may he forced to ac
cept that treaty, modified and amended
ns a preliminary to obtaining iis asso
ciation of nntlons. No doubt French
diplomacy, bucked b English diplo
macy, is moving in that direction.
The staging of theso international
conferences In Washington will help
President Hnrdlug in getting his new
association of nations, nnd whatever
treat) is decided upon, through the
Scout.. The negotiations will take
place before tlie American public it
will not nil seem so strange nnd tar
nwny ami corrupted with European in
trigue as the conference nt Paris,
Dinners Aid Diplomacy
Then there is til" Senate to be con
sidered. Dinner paitie.s anil social flat
tery are a wonderful halve for inter
national relations. The dinner parties
linve ulreud begun. And Washington
has never been so brilliant socially us
it will be when the Hritish, French nud
pt'iliapM other missions nrc here.
One difficulty in the way of Mr.
Hunting's new association of nations is
that the present league is charged with
certain obligations in earning out tne
Versailles treut.v, and tills treaty has
iinmenso sunctlty in the eyes of tho
French.
The direction in which French anil
Itritisli negotiations are working is to
ward securing tho early fulfillment of
the more important of these obligations.
When the present league has discharged
them it can be nbnndoncd for a new as
sociation of nations or converted into
one us seems best.
Here again close co-operntion by the
I'nited Stall's with France and Great
Britain in their relations with Germany
becomes important,
IIKATIIN
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KIN'NKV. Jr.. "ton of Dr. Wlllurd 11. nnd
Jan 1'urrv Klnne). ai.td 4 cara nnl d
month"" Jlrlativea a nil frlcnda aru Invited tn
lt,H ner-.lrr. nn .Saturday at 2 l. in . nt hla
1 li.iniilB' n-nldencc. 313 South 17lh al. Inter-.
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XJiSDGEll PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,
JURY OF FINANCIERS
GIVES $100 PRIZE TO
GERMANTOWN WOMAN
Mrs. Jane Flautt Is Awarded Highest Lim'rick
Honors by Financial Building and Loan
Association Members
One Hundred Dollars Daily
For the Beat Last Line Supplied by Any Reader of tho Evening Public
Ledger to the. Incomplete Limerick Which Appears Below
RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST
1. Contest tt own to any one. All that !
rquirta lor you 10 an is to ruo nnu
nd In your last lima to tho Llmrlck,
ualn for convenience lha coupon printed
lilowr. I'lrane write plainly, and be
aura to add your name and aadrein.
All anawera to tne Limerick which la
Printed below mut be received at the
office of the Erntmo I'cnua Lsnoia by
n o'e'nclj KnlunUy evening. Addreen
-ntomr iwi numnnr Riven on coupon.
THE WINNKIl OF TODAY'S CONTEST WJLL DE ANNOUNCED ONE
WEEK TOOM TODAY
Cut Out and Mail
nnnriwo Public Ledoer.
TO THE LIMERICK CONTEST
7. 0. llox ISS. Philadelphia.
LIMERICK NO. 82
An engineer said, "Well, let's go;
It's time and this old train is slow.
Wc won't get to the shore
For two hours or more
C " mi
(Writ your answer
Name
Street and No.
City and Stale ,
Today's winner was aelecled bv a iurv
of officer and directors of the Philadel
phia Flainrlal maiding nnd Loan As
sociation at a dinner In the Arcadia
Cafe. Photograph on back page.
lomorrow's winner was nlclirsl bv ex
ecutive heads of tho Itnlllncer Co. J
architects and engineers, :.2l) South
Broad street.
It all depends on tho kind ot jury you
get. Many a safe-cracker has been con
soled with thnt phrase, nnd many n lim
crlcker collects a cool hundred because It
is pretty nenrly true.
Today's winner, a chnrming Raltl
morrnn, who has wblled nwny her lonely
evenings writing for this contest, must
have had in mind "a lino of beauty"
when she submitted her coupon. She
didn't let her daughter's twitting in
fluence her just kept on.
Tho topic wns n photographer, his
model andnettles. The "line of
beauty idea suggested Venus de Milo,
who, as Popocatepetl remarks, if shock
ing was nt least excusable.
The, Jury, which foregathered at a
mighty nifty little dinner served in the
Arcadia's English room, was composed
of officers nnd directors of tho Philadel
phia Flnanclnl Untitling nnd Loan As
sociation. These arc supposed to be
stern business men, who tell you whether
you have nny chance of feathering your
nest within the next ten yenrs, nt your
present salary, or, rnther. whether you
will ever be able to build a nest to
feather
Somehow, It doesn't just occur that
this bunch would oppress widows and
orphans to any great extent, however.
Thev may think newspaper men nrc
shallow fellows who never become much,
because they don't save money, or
sumpin like that but, bless you. one
of their bunch carries a classy li'l hip
pocket flask, and even Mr. Rrubnker,
their genial president, will stnnd for n
man keeping a date and walking out nn
the spenkers. So we couldn't do other
than like that jury, even though they
did go to n "burley-cue" house nfter
dinner the same one where wc
lOSt
most of our top-thatch.
The winner is
SIRS. JANE i:. FLAUTT,
102 West Chelten Ave.,
Germantovvn
Her limerick reads :
,1 poor young photographer ehosc
Ilia a
luo'ref, Thr Heart 0 ric lie
OJf.
His model to id, "PctaU
Arc O. A"., but nettlci
Would make Venus de Milo
leant
clothes."
Twelve votes were cast for
this
g I
included :
Would caasc real moving,
pictures, dear knows. .Tosiah K. Du
Rois, 117 Federal street, Camden.
No. L'. I feel aro not scene In this
pose.
Donald H. Frev, 1017 North
Flftv.nlnth street.
No. .1. Well, nowadays anything
goes. Jciiuettc B. Shcpnrd, Chester,
Pa.
No. i. Stick your friends just ns well
as j our foes. R. M. Campbell, (11.1
Willow street. Norristown.
No. ii. Put "U" In tlie midst ni n
pose. Theodore II. Buckalcw,
Tatnall street, Wilmington, Del.
2107
Two
votes
v., it uv , nlm nrleklv near in
this pose. C. II. Wiltbank, 210 K'ast
Durhuin street, Mount Airy.
No. 7. I guess this Is wear, I must
rlothes. Carrie Sailer, 1010 Dudley
avenue, two vptcs
No. 8. Stung my nose; awful sneezes
I Miozc. F. D. Stow, 1101 IKiec street.
No. 10. Make me petulant, nettled.
morose. John M. Ward. ilSOl Locust
Str'','t rr. , I
Members of the jury were Tahlmon
I. Ilrubaker. Walter G. Patterson,
William R. Mundorf. Joseph S.ton-
oll llnlnl, A lb or SUnnlev H. llrUCP,
Frank XV. Crew, Otto J. ilebel, Frunk
A COAL TAX TO
PAY TEACHERS
Odell Hauser, in a special dis
patch to the Public Ledger this
morning, explained Governor
Sproul's latest plan to raise reve
nue to pay teachers and provide
for other necessary state expendi
tures by taxing anthracite coal
and not bituminous, a proceeding
that was thought impossible. The
"inside" politics of this latest
move was explained fully
In This
PUBLIC
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nawera left at the office of to)
KSI.su PUBLIC Lim mill ajia D
admlaclble. .
8. The winner of the ONE HUNDRED
OOI.UAH prize for the beat laet Una to
each I.lmerlck will be announced on
week after the I.lmerlck te printed.
4. In caae of tie, f 100 will be awarded to
ench pucceaaful contestant.
0. The decli'in or the Judges in aeh
i.imencK conjeat will lie nnal,
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on this line.)
W. Labold, Joseph Mallon, William
A. McCamy, Frank 0. Mcllhcnney, Jr.,
Powell Thatcher, Harold A. Thomas,
William F. Wattcrs, Herbert S. White.
Mrs. Flautt, who occupies nn apart
ment within ii square of the Chelten
nvciiuo railrond station on tho Pennsyl
vania, was glad enough to be a winner,
but was really very reluctant nbout the
photograph on the front page. What
reason for reluctance there mny be,
wc cannot say. It does not lie, surely,
In the personality of the winner.
"I am alone n great deal in the
evenings." she said, "and this Is the
way I have been passing my time, I
have a daughter, a young. lady who has
been twitting her mother n bit, but she
has nlso helped me sometimes. I suppose
that I have submitted fifteen nnswers
in all, and I sent this because it
seemed to suit the situation so well.
"We nre Raltimorcans, but we have
come to like Germantovvn nnd Philadel
phia very much. I feel I really ought
to thank that jury of gcntleiucu who,
you saj. selected my limerick us the
winner,"
VETERAN'S MEMORY GONE
Unidentified Man In Ablngton Hoo
pltal Thought Shell-Shock Victim
A man thought to be suffering from
shell shock to nn extent his memory Is
gone and ho cannot tell who he is,
where ho came from, or how he hap
pened to be in the York road section
neur Horsham, is in the Ablngton Hos
pital under treatment.
The young mnn was brought to the
institution by nn unidentified nutomo
liilist Tuesday afternoon. It was ut
first thought his ailment wns an epilep
tic fit, but according to the suburban
police, this theory has been discarded
and it is believed his condition is the
after-effect of severe shell shock.
There ure no markings on his cloth
ing to identify him. Thu few words he
lias spoken since admission hnve been
vague und Incoherent. He is about
I tti A,.tv-lu'ii nnl-ki ilfl lAi!t-liu fiKnnf 1 1tll
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pounds, is smooth-faced und hns dark
, luiir ami ejes. He wns dressed in u
blue suit and wore a coat similar to that
I worn by dellverymen employed by
department stores. According to Chief
l of Police Lever, tho youth wns found
I unconscious lying along the Old York
road.
SCHOOL HAS BIRTHDAY
Ambler Institution Has Instructed In
Horticulture Ten Years
A birthday party nt the Rltz-Carlton
today, In celebration of the tenth un
i niversnry of the founding of the School
j of Horticulture for Women nt Ambler.
I gathered together n group of women
interested not oniy in Horticulture, nut
in various other nctivltles in different
sections of the stute.
In addition to formal addresses by
Dr. John MncFurlane, of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Mrs, George V,
Crocker, vice president of tho Women's
National Garden Association ; Miss
Kmily Kxlpy nnd John L. Doan. dean
of the faculty at the Ambler school, n
few words were said by Mihs Eliza
beth Leighton Lee, director of the
! School of Horticulture, und Miss Mar
ion Reilly, formery dean of Rrjn Mawr
, College.
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DANGEROUS PLAY KILLS BOY
Abraham Ilolutiu, thirteen jears old,
.V.l.l Wharton street, died In the Poly
clinic Hospital todav from injuries re
eclved when he fell from a railroad
bridge at Thirty-fifth and Wharton
stris't.s last night. According to the
police the ho was playing on thu rnil
of the bridge when he lost his balance,
landing on the tracks twenty-five feet
below .
Morning's
LEDGER
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MAKOH 17, jL921
HARDING
APPROVES
RISH PARADE BAN
Prosidont, After Conference
With Hughta, Refuses to In
terfere in Military Orders
SENDS REPLY TO PROTEST
Ry the Associated Press
Washington, March 17. Acilon of
army and navy officers In refusing to
permit American troops to participate
in nn Evacuation Day parade, nt Uos.
ton, of which 'Irish freedom advocates
are In charge, wns formally approved
today by President Harding after n
conference with Secretary Hughes, of
the State Department, and Secretary
Weeks, of tho War Department.
Tho question of using federal troops
in the narndo came to flic I'reift.loni'o
attention through a telegram from -John
F. Hnrrlgan, of Uoston, state president
of the American Association for Rec
ognition of the Irish Republic, who
asked whether "autocratic" rulings by
the army and navy officers in command
of the troops were to be backed up by
the White House. In reply George R.
Chrlstlnn, Jr., the President's secre
tary, sent Mr. Ilnrrigon the following
telegram :
"Your telegram has been called to the
attention of the President and he di
rects mo to say In reply that nrmy and
nnvy commanders hnvo authority to di
rect the forces under their command.
The government raises no issue nbout
the fitness of your ceieDrntion of Evac
uation Day, nnd the spirit of St. Pat
rick's Day Is felt throughout our coun
try, but the naval and military forces
of the nation can have no part in any
demonstration which may be construed
as influencing the foreign relations of
the republic.
The message was sent after Secre
tary Hughes had been In conference with
Mr. Harding for nn hour. During the
dlscussiou secretary Weeks also wns
called in and the reports of the mili
tary and navnl officers: in direct chnrgc
of the troons at Roston nro understood
to nave neen rcviewcu in detail uetorc
n decision was reached.
In his telegram to the President Mr.
Harrlgan declarod the celebration was
"n local demonstration of loynlty and
patriotism that no devotee of Toryism,
no matter how exalted his position, can
stop."
Referring to tho adverse orders is
sued by Rrlgadier General Ritckmnn
nnd Rear Admiral Dunn, in command of
the military and navnl forcco nt Boston,
the message continued.
"Arc these officials Americnns or sat
ellites of foreign governments?
Are they autocrats or is this democracy?
They say no nuthority can revoke this
decree, it is for wnsmngton say
whether they nre supreme. As Ameri
cans wo demand nctlon in the name of
125.000 citizens of our stato nnd the re
vocation of orders from Ruckman and
Dunn."
BOSTON IRISH PARADE
WITHOUT V. S. TROOPS
Boston, Mnrch 17. (By A. P.)
Tho celebration of the 145th anniver
sary of the evacuation of Boston by the
British had its usual fringe of green
today, due to observance nt the same
time of St. Patrick's Dar. but it lacked
the customary presence of troops of tho
regular nrmy and navy.
Because Irish 'societies Identified with
the movement to make permanent the
nrov slonnl republic in Ireland' were
given n plnce in the pnrnde, nrmy und
nnvy commanders reiuseit to niiovv reg
ulaf forces to take part. Service uni
forms were not lacking, however, men
of the American Legion and of the So-
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CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET
Women's Smart
Coats, Capes and Wraps
a4n Exceptional Collection
at the Unusual 'Price of
Materials:
DUVETYN
MARVELLA
ORLANDO
VELDYNE
TWILL CORD
FILGURAND SATIN
DEAUVILLE
TRICOTINE
MARCEL
Colors :
LIDO
HINDUSTAN
CARAMEL
' SORENTO BLUB
SILVER PINE
BLACK
OSTRICH
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Linings:
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FOULARD
PEAU DE CYGNE
TAFFETA
WOMEN'S
Quits British Cabinet
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aaaL&;sSAMii VBR
- ANDREW BONAU ,LAV
Who has resigned from tho Lloyd
.(corro cabinet, ill health being
given ns the reason
clet.v of Foreign Wars marching in
ranks with their several posts. De
partment of Justice ngents were posted
along the line of march to report vio
lations of the law regarding tho wearing
of regulation uniforms.
New York, March 17. ("By A. P.)
Thousands of New York s Irish laid
nslde their workaday pursuits today
and gave their time wholly to celebrat
ing the annunl feast of St. Patrick,
the patron saint of Erin. City employes
were given a halt-holiday by Mayor
Hylan, whoso first uct on reaching his
office was to sign a resolution grantling
tills freedom from work.
Members of tho Sixty-ninth Guard
Regiment, New York's famous "Fight
ing Irish" unit, wroshiped at high
mass during the morning at t. Pat
rick's Cathedral and later attended a
St. Patrick's Day luncheon.
Shortly before midday scores of Irish
societies began mobilizing for a pa
rade un Fifth avenue fh which thou
sands were expected to march. Honor
seats in the reviewing Ktand in front
of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts
wcro reserved for Archbishop Patrick
,T. Hayes, former Governor Smith,
Mayor Hylnn nnd other public and ec
clesiastic notables.
Silver for Serving Tea
, Teapot, Sugar and Cream
Tea Kettle
Lemon Dish and Fork
Sandwich Tray
Tea Cake Basket
1 Cheese Dish
Tea Maker
Toast Rack
Large Waiter
Prices Adjusted to Current Values
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
Chestnut and Juniper
FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
77ic First Sale of the Season
yg.oo
HTHE SLENDER LINES of the mode
1 are emphasized in coats of slim sil
houette with just the slightest fullness
at sides, with generous convertible col
lars or full length Tuxedo shawls. Grace
ful straight -line capes and handsome
draped wraps have large crushed collars
and are trimmed with rows of stitchery
or effective corded pipings. Capes that
are patterned after the inverness" are
elaborated with bits of galloon. Narrow,
string belts predominate. Conservative
valuation would be up to 125.00.
.Quality the-Outstanding Feature
SECTION
MINGO PROSECUTOR
ASKS GUILT VERDICI
Conspiracy to m Murder Folta
Amply Proved, Captain Avis
Tells Jury
MENTIONS, MAYOR'S WIDOW
By the Associated Pm
Williamson. W. V., March 17.
Tho Matowan gun fight jury todav .. .
tencd to the prosecution's analjRls f
testimony given in the trial of seventeen
residents of the. mining town in con.
nectlon with tho death of Albert (
Kelts, a private detective, last Mar'
One of the defendants, J. C. McCoy
yesterday wns acquitted on motion of ''
counsel for the state, It being stated
that Insufficient evidence against him
had been adduced. Consequently th '
Jury will attempt to determine the guilt
or Innocence of but sixteen Mntewan.
Inns when It begins Its deliberations
probably Into Saturday afternoon.
When coiirt convened this morning
.Indue R. D. Bailey read tho Instruc
tlons to the jury and Immediately there
after Captain Avis, of Charleston
opened arguments for tho state. Ha
contended that tho prosecution had
proved that a conspiracy existed amons; '
tho defendants to bring about the death
of Felts. "We aro not here to prose
cute these men as members of th
United Mine Workers," he declared
"Wo nrc here to prosecuto them becausa
they foully murdered Albert C. Felts '
Wc have nothing against the union1
every man has o right to belong to a '
union, I am a member of one myself
although we call it an association oi
lawyers."
Felts met lcalh in a pistol nnd rifle '
fight in Mntewan's main street Mr
10, last. Before the firing ceased bIx 3
other private detectives and three resi
dents including the mayor, C. C. Tes-
tcrman, ten mortnuy wounded. The
engagement followed eviction of striking
miners' families from Stone Mountain
Coal Co. houses earlier in the day bj
a party of operatives headed by Fells
Chief of Police Sid Hatfield is one
of the defendants. There was a stir
In the courtroom when Captain Avis, m
discussing the contention of the defense,
that Felts shot Mayor Tcsterman, re
marked: "But tho fact remains that after
twclvo days tho widow of Testcrmaa
became Sid Hatfield's bride."
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