wvT "; it' C" t':' ikrfzi- v v-t,v K U,J .'. . t- w ;:,., ' - , V . . f f d.l; .( ' Wi HOE ROOM CLERK Umed Men First Register, Then "Cover" Windormoro i tendant With Pistol n. ROB OFFICE SAFE OF $JOO .- niim, who reentered n.i Jolui .... i. Klnn. of New York City, held up the room cleric nnd others In the ifficeof the Wimiemcrc noui m xjiuuu . i f ripii nf R :r5 o'clock yes- ,er,r mornlnR. Af er robbing the snfo if $100 they strolled out nnd nwoy. The hnld-up wns not mndc public until tM morning bjrthr poller. fftnth Mreet, the clerk on dutr nt the time, wfl working over his books. Scr frnl bfllhovs were In one corner of the office nnd "another clerk vn nt work J nenrby. The two men entered nnd walked to the desk. Discussed Price of Rooms jfr. Loekwood greeted them plen- ,nty, "I nhoved the reelster townrd them," he snid this morning. "One of thorn picked up the pen. nnd without nny trace of nervousness whatever, ' fltticd for himself nnd his friend. We fli'CUS'ed prices of various rooms, nnd I turned townrd my board to see what happened to be vncant and to get the kcv. I '"When I turned 'around, one of the men wns liniiiR acro.is the counter. He was ehovlnc something hnrd into my nidc. I looked down nnd snw n big blue pistol. 'Now j oil keep unlet,' the man Mid, 'nnd everything will bo over In a few minuto.' "I fcei mighty Mill, nnd the others In the office did not move either, for the other man looked them nil over, with u plrtnl in hie hand. The he came bf blwl the desk. I wns told to move nwlc. to give him room to work. He did not wnsto much time. He opened one of the little wooden drawers In the fflf nd took out some money. Another driiwcr wns locked, and tnking Mmctliiiig out of liN pocket, he soon forced thnt. He got some money out of that also. ".Meanwhile the mnn who wns holding the pltol to my side kept glnnclng to ward the door. Nobody entered, how ever, as that wns nn off hour in the morning. The men finished their work, took my watch nnd chiiin nnd departed. I was glad enough to see them go. Get About $100 In Cash "I cheeked up afterward nnd found the men had faken nbout $100 in cash. One wns quite tall, and was light com plexloned. The other wns short nnd wis dark. Both wore light suits nnd straw lints. Ah soon ns tho men left, MTeral cnlls enmc from rooms, nnd one or two persons entered the office. Those men certainly were lucky not to havo Jieen molested whi'c they worked." The matter wns reported to the pollco of the Fifteenth nnd Locust streets stn tlon. No trace of the bandits has yet been discovered. Deaths of a Day Harry Callahan's Funeral The funeral of Harry Callahan, nn in surance broker, with offices in the T.nnd Title Huilding, wns held yesterdnv from his late home, ISO South Fifty-fifth street. Mr. Callahan, who wns thirty three years old, succumbed on Thurs day to pneumonin nt the Miscrlcordln Hospital. Interment wns In Arlington Cemetery. Mr. Callnhnn is survived by his widow and olio daughter. Frank W. Armstrong, Sr. Frank W. Armstrong, Sr., lifty-tluce years old, of 4110 Rennantnwn avenue, died Saturday when suddenly stricken with heart trouble n short distance from mi home. .Mr. Armslrong had been for thirty years head of the Standard Ice Co. in Nlcetown. He is survived bv a widow nnd one on, Frank, Jr., anil Jfll be buried tomorrow in Chcltcn Hills Cemetery. John Fearn -Heart trouble caused the death In Camden yesterday of John Fearn. spv enty. three jears old. of aSO-i Westfield arenue, Knvt Side., Mr. Fearn wns a mired lfweler and formerly resided in Haddonfiold. - Coroner IIoll issued tho wath certificate. J. W. Boyen's Funeral Ftinernl sen-Ires for J. Wesley Bob en. ii Civil War veteran, will take Place from his home. 1018 South Sernnd "treet. on Wednesday afternoon nt 2 "rook. Mr. How en died Saturday nfter long illness. He wns seventy-nine jenrs old nnd had been nn undertaker In this. .!,.. .nnn,. ,1 net... a-- In the Civil War he served with the Anderson Cavalry in the Ifith Pennsyl vania Heglinfnt. He wns n thirty-second degree Mason. BAN CONCERT TONIGHT The Mi&lcipal Hand will piny tonight nt lrntr. nnd Itutler streets. JSL w.'" ...'; Shwrwmm. I Never Travel Without nf'.hf.r"' "ncy ""I" bottls for ,m "".If""1 I'l'iUrenr.abl Drorf, mn?r ..,lls w Hun Cholom .'". motor or on the train It "'Prompt relief from pain i. , y. s i-ii. uuc a Dottle. LLEWELLYN'S 1 nundflphln', Slandurd Slorp lol8 Cllfolnni C,Af z V&AuuuumZ., jJ$. A , The Marmon 31, under average driving condi tions, gives a consider W' higher mileage to the gallon of gasoline tjian other cars of its size and power. THE HATCH MOTORS C9' U klUlniiT.ina GIDEONS TAKE loiter Photo Srvlcfl Ten thousand Bibles Merc loaded on this trtirlc nt-a local printing firm on Saturday and until cstcrdav nfter noon were displayed on tho Boardwalk in Atlantic City. Then they were distributed to tho hotel rooms by tho Philadelphia, and Atlantic , City Gideons. Lycll M. Under, tho Chicago preacher-chemist (Inset), conducted meetings in connection with tho event at Keith's Theatre, Atlantic City JEAN SOTHERNS CONFUSED Movlng-Plcture Star Not Wife of Captain Chew Va... V..mI. t 1- I C.-.l n iuin, ,iuiii- i. .mm. nniucrii, ihu moviiig-piciurn ncircs, denies mo i statement by n witness in the military i court nt itovcrnors island that sue is tho wife of Cnptnin Hcverly Chew, now being tried In the court for numerous crimes. Mrs. Chew, incidentally, wns indicted last December on a chnrgc of grand Inrceny. The solution of tho mystery is simply thnt there are two Jean Sotherns nnd that both of them nre on tho stage. une is me icgni who ot captain Chew nnd, it is nllcgcd. the victim of another woman who pobos as the wife of her husband. The other is the blonde young Jean I Sothcrn known fnr nnd nenr as n mov- ! ing-plcturo nctrens. This one is barely j twenty nnd hns never been engaged. SLAYER IS REPRIEVED Governor Extends Clemency ,"Whltey" Morris Governor Sproul hns saved from tho death chair "Whitey" .Morris, who is in tho Western Penitentiary paralyzed from the waist down nnd whose death from natural causes is only n question of n few weeks. The Governor grunted a reprieve to Morris nt the Sproul hdme, Lnpldca Mnnor, Chester. Morris, whoe lenl nnme is Sidney A. Ithyne, wns convicted of murdering n Chester taxicab driver. He was to have been electrocuted at 7 o'clock this morn ing. Governor Sproul signed the order halting his electrocution tit 0 :.10 o'clock lust night. The reprieve is until Sep tember 10 and is tho second time the paralytic's execution has been stayed. HELD ONHOLDjiJP CHARGE Prisoner Was Nabbed as Suspect In Robbery Downtown George Itead fifty -t Ufili;) Smith Fifteenth two years old, of tacked by three men as lie left the saloon of Mark Cnderkoffer, at Fif teenth and Shunk streets, nt 11 :lo o'clock Saturday night. They robbed him of his wntch nnd $((. nnd then fled. Patrolman Ford, of the Fifteenth 6treet and Snyder nve nue station, heard Bend's shouts, pur sued the three men und captured one. IIo said he wns Robert .Tordun, of John son street nenr Eighteenth. Jordan lind u hearing todny before Mngistrnte Dougherty, nnd was held without bnll for the Grand Jury. MAN ROBBED OF $65 Hold-Up Occurs at Ninth and Bain- bridge 'Streets Pnul Peters. Thirteenth nnd Cath- nrine streets, wns held up and robbed of SO." by nn armed man nt Ninth and Bninbridgo streets, enrly today. Tho victim was able to give n com plete description of tho robber. FINE FRAMING PAINTINGS CLEANED AND RESTORED THE ROSENBACII GULFRIE,S 1830 Walnut Street "Wer-PIA05 (Aeolian-made) These excellent H. C. Scho- macker Player-Pianos are now being sold at the lowest prices quoted since 1914 $595 in stead of $725. We also give Prices guaranteed vm, fif. until 1922 cate of rebate in case of a reduction in price before 1922. Rental-payment settlement may be arranged. On II. C. Schomacker Up right Pianos we offer similar advantages with the price $350 instead of $550. Call, 'Phone or Write for Particulars C. J. Heppe & Son Downtown 1117-1119 Chestnut St Uptown 6th and Thompson Sts. HEPPE 1 lr , "' TTJJ jj)yiyd" ePUBic BIBLES TO ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS . V . ' . CHILDREN DUCKED IN RIVER T0 ENFORCE BIBLE STUDY , Massachusetts 8. P. C. A. to Prose- rnn If Art In Rrn.iit.H cuto If Act Is Repeated Boston, June 27 (By A. l.) Threats of a ducking in the river may be an effective method of compelling children to learn their Bible, but It does not meet the npprovn or the Massachusetts So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty tl) Children. Agents of the 'society linvc recently induced a Western Massa chusetts mother to ndopt more approved educational methods. Investigators sent out in response to protests from neighbors learned that it wns the womnn's custom when any of tho children fulled to clve strict ntten tlnn to Bible study, to plnce the offender In a burlap bng. throw it over her shoulder and march down to the river bank. the older children in the Inrge family were found to be nblo to recite long pas sagesi of Scripture without hesitation. It wns the application of the potnto bnc treatment to the youngest member of the fuinlly, n four-year-old, that re sulted In the system being brought to the attention of tho Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty. , U.S. "sA Purity Specialties Co. Charles L. Huff, Owner and Mgr. Denckln Huilding Philadelphia nnnclinrr tlm hni. nfnr thn enl.l ivntn,. II1 III luniru . ikii-i mi; with threats of immersion usually lf. ,,fni?ttuC,1, TAii ' Vm 2 n?P ! brought quick acquiescence In her d.- 1,ieh h.nU ' .T'1 l0, ?.' ttt,tho mnml for closer perusal of the com- SJT! t?i riMnDi' '-n,V.' nn,l i.l i ... i i... i u i e 1 edernl streets. Uetectlvcs Knl tz. nf 1U llltlIIUIIK'III.M 111111 lll-lllllUMl'a. 1UV11U ,'L mMmk-r phi SAY HE RAN OUTDOOR BAR Man AceUMd of"0atInB at Nlnth ' and Rodman Streets . . An onen-nr Sll oon. com lllcteil on a small scale nt Ninth nnd Uodrnnn streets by Joseph Ciohlslcg, according to the po lice, wns forced to close quickly Inst night by the arrest of the nlleged pro prietor. Coldslcg wns arrested by Constnble Johnson, of Magistrate O'Brien's office. Fifteen hnlf-piut bottles of liquor were found on the prisoner, according to Johnson. Goldslcc, it is alleged, sold several vials of whisky durini the week to prospective customers njid wns pre paring in uuuviT uifiu wncn nrrosieu. Held on Note-Raising Charge Clevp Howe, who gave no address, wnen it is nl the Fifteenth street nnd Snyder nvenue station, arrested Howe. Magistrate Dougherty today held him In S1000 bail for a hearing July i. Slavs Lift Tax on German Goods Belgrade, Juno 27. The Juco-SInv Government hns rescinded the 50 por cent impost on Gcrmnn goods. FAT, Of ft It is Safe Round. Sturdy. Sani tary.' That's a Lily. Used once and thrown away. Give your office the best rwiripr run. MSLPHIA, MOHBAY, JUNE 27, 1921 FEW TRAINING NOW FOR MJINISIRY Crisis Facing All Denomina tions, Baptist Convention Is Informod PHILA. MAN WARNS SYNOD By tho Associated Press Hes Moines, June '20. Dearth of candidates for the ministry nnd Amer ica's "scIous danger of rnlslng up n generation of men nnd women who know nothing of tho ideals or the snnctlons of religion" were emphasized here todny by the Rev. Frank W. Pndelford. D. D., nt the fourteenth nnnunl conven tion of Northern Baptists. Dr. Pndelford. who Is executive secre tary of tho Board of Kducation nnd ns such In closer touch with the denomina tional institutions ns n whole than nny other Northern Bnptlst In the .country, dcclnrcd nil sects nre suffering nlike from n dearth of candidates for tho ministry. "The situation needs tn be fneed seriously and Immediately," he said. "Not only U the nttendnnce In our seminaries at n low point, but there nre few ministerial students in our colleges. Not for n long time hns the number been so small. Institutions thnt have usunlly had large groups of mln lsterinl students have nt present scarcely nny nt all." Dr. Pndelford declared that the Church hnd "n very serious problem In educa tion here In America." Dr. Gilbert N.. Brink, of the Amer ican Baptist Publication Society, Phila delphia, sounded a similar warning. "I'nleis the Notion Is to pay dearly for neglect In developing character, ' lie said, "the Church must be as ef ficient in religious education as tin uim.. :n i ...... .trtM .i.. ..,:.. rri.A niuii in in fc-i-i uiiii i-uiii-iiiiwii. ah'; i nurcn must tnKe us part in solving old, who wns killed in actum in irnnce social unrest and acute industrial ones- I September fi, 1018, wns buried todnj . tions h expressing Christ's spirit of ! with funeral services nt the undertaking brotherhood nnd confidence." establishment of George B. Frnnken- Two billion pases of Sunday school I field, Cliflon Heights. The Rev. Wil liternture, in addition to Bibles printed I llnm Boyd, of Lnnsdowne, formpr pas nnd sent to sixteen foreign lands, were tor of tho soldier, conducted the ser- nmong the society's work for the yenr, Dr. r.rink reported. "Religious education rapidly," the report snys, Is gninln nenrly every U'ITeHS SlLVErtSMtTHa &r.T,AJl Xp Diamond Specializing in Polished Girdle Diamonds An inspection trill proyo instructive and interesting Store close all dqy Saturdtys daringjulf-and Auitust. sum PHILADELPHIA AND Summer Underwear an interesting variety of desirable styles Nainsook Shirts and Knee Drawers, 85c, $1.00, $1.75. Mull (extra light weightShirts and Drawers, $1.25. Mercerized Shirts and Drawers, $1.75. Gaue Athletic Shirts, 75c and $1.00. Gauze shiits and drawers (ankle lengtTi), $1.00. Lislc-Thrcad GauzefWcights, American, $1.75-$2.50. Imported, $3.00. Imported "Kish Net" Slut ts, 85c-$1.50. Imported Swiss Ribbed "pull-over" Shiits. Lisle thread, $3.00; silk, $5.00; American-made, $1.00 and $.1.50. Delpaik Union Suits in arious fabrics Jrom Nainsook to "Jap" silks $1.50, $2.50, $.?, $6.50. Dcnncl Linen Mesh $b.00 per garment. JACOB REED'S SONS Btnte In the Northern 'Bnptlst conven tion Is training workers in summer as semblies and Institutes. Through cor respondence courses, too. efficiency o! nil types of church workers linn been rnlsed nnd this will be extended." "In 1HU0 there wero -150 vncntion Blblo schools Jn Northern cities, tho enrollment being 40,000. Wcck-dny religious education is being undertaken In fifty cities nnd inoro trained worken nnd llnnncinl support are urged fo? Bnptists to keep pace with the move ment." Interest in mlsslonnry education tfnlned by leaps and bounds during JilL'd V. A. Hill. Secretary of Missionary Mdticntlon, reported today. This de velopment wns general, he said, other denominations having Joined In similar work through the Mlssfonry Kducntlon Movement. "Groups Included In this department showed marked gnln,:' the repot t slated The- World-Wide Guild, nn organiza tion of young women, IncrCnsed 10 1 chapters during the yenr. and has .127"! chapters now. These' Include hands organized nmong Amerlcnn Indians, Pofes, Hungarians, Ruman ian, Italians and Jnpancsc In America, also In tho Philippines nnd India. "Another junior organization, tin Children's World Crusade, hns 10.rsl bands, two being nmong Indian boys Knd girls nnd one among Chincso young people." LAMBDA SIGMAJMNVENES Fraternity Men From Many Cities Open Three-Day Meeting More than 2.0 men from nil parts of the country nre delegates to the thir teenth biannual convention of the Lambda Sigma, ' Fraternity. which opened today in the Bellevuc-Stratford Hotel. The convention closes Wednis day night with a banquet. OflicerH nre Gnrrett D. Brower, presi dent, nnd Francis P. Grtinningrr, vice president. loth of Hnrtford, Conn , Wallace Dodds. of Detroit, secretory, and Conrad Fnbcr, of Springfield, Atnv tmnkiircl. The frnterniti linh. lishes ft magazine, the Blue nnd White, : tlio editor-in-chief helng J-rank (, Chumplin. i Slain Soldier Burled Here i tvi i tiiiu.. ........ . I i.tnwiru milium, ti iii.i - iu , vi'jiri i vices. No military services were held nt the reouest of the pnrents, Mr, and Mrs. Thomas V. Williams, of Nor- worl ,UNfcns Merchants "America's Greatest Battlefield" $ KO Round TriP VJJKJo-Jr War Tax S8o Next Sunday, July 3 !)pcll train Uares Itsidlnr Tormlnil at A It A a. (BtanaaM iinif, 7 10 a. u. (uiyueni Tims). atosDtnx at Surlni Otrdta St.. Co- NK5sR . lumbia Ato.. Huntlnrlon St.. MMiirunk, Can rihohooken, NcrrUtown (De Kalb Bt.), Phoo nlxvllle. llaTerfford and Fottitown. Haturninr. leavea Oettrilurr 4 00 P. M (Standard Tltnt), 8,00 F. U. (DarlUht Tims). READING RAILWAY RAILWAY GIRLS HERE MODES$ AND NEED NO CURB ON DRESY i . . Unlike Chicago, Rules Against Peek-a-boo Waists, Short Skirts ' and Dare Knees Found The railway girls of Phllndelphla do not need to be legislated nwny from peck-a-boo waists, short skirts, bare knees nnd rouge, like their sisters in Chicago. ,,. In the windy city the Burlington Railway system hn just laid down n set of rules regulating the dress and deportment of girl employes. It wns snid certain styles ufreeted the mornlc of the office. Mrs. J. R. Wilson, supervisor of The refeicnce camo in the form of a set of resolutions drnwrn up bj the Pennsylvania Railroad Women's Club. The resolutions called for: First A mode of dress suitable for employe. Second. Conduct that is becoming nnd thnt commands the respect of fellow employes. Third. Cultivation of n spirit of courtesy and cheerfulness in nil busi ness relntions, ' Fourth. Co-operation with the higher officers ' In nny endeavor to promote efficiency. The resolutions were drawn tip tinder the rhairmnnohin of Misi Shirley Mr. Phnil nnd distributed through depart ment heads to nil women employed in the Hnstern region. " I Mrs. Wilson explained thnt unsuit nble dressing for business, could be' largely controlled when the girls made applications for positions. The penn sylnnln system, she snid, had no com plaint to moke about the dresu idopted by its girls except once in a mre while women employes of the Pennsylvania ' ". ""' " IO ,.," "'V1'"' lcl,Rl" r a Rnllrondln this city, says that the I ?,' ,1f;m""iVk r.r , , ... only reference to mntters of this sort In , Mt ..V' n V ", ", vf 'Tn?c , inter; tho PennsAhnnia sjstem wns made by ."i ,. . P-.w,,rk n,1(l nre' X l,cl,cvc' ot the girls themselves a ",RM l,J!'- Qi A Demonstration Big Men's Sizes in Summer Suits at Perry's Embracing Novelty Patterns from 42 to 56 inch chest measurements, not to be found in any other Store. Attractively priced, $28, $33, $38, up to $63 We are Philadelphia's Store of Stores for Big Men's Clothes. We carry and sell Big Sizes, not only in Blues and Blacks and neat conservative styles and mixtures, but Big Sizes in bright, novelty goods. For we have found that, because a man is broad in the blades is no reason why he shouldn't satisfy his taste for handsome clothes. We are making a Special Demonstration of Big and Extra Big Sizes in Summer Suits this Week to impress on the consciousness of the Community, and especially of the Big Men among us, that Perry's is the one place for the big man who wants Clothes, no matter what his chest and waist meas urements, up to 56 inches. Club checks, shepherd plaids, light gray herringbones and homespuns, light gray and Oxford overplaids; white, blue, brown, gray pencil stripes one-quarter inch, half inch, and three-quarter inch apart on back grounds of blue, brown and gray; novelty mixtures in light patterns a Wonderful Display to demonstrate that Perry's is the Store for Novelty Assortments in Big Men's Clothes! At Attractive Prices, $28, $33, $38 up to $63 Perry Go. Sixteenth and Chestnut Sts. w Electrical porkers h -- '3""- Unnecessary, Officials Say ' ns would be bound to happen in nn fciuii.uiiiMi ot sum proportions, "We have no baro knees," ho added' emphntlcnllv. 'Ihe girls employed by the Rendinf t 1 svs e,n are pood little girls, too. O. Hi 4 Iilks, in chnrgc of the bllfldlng, gave ' ' ii;-iiiiiuii hi llini. fiiio matter of tlio girls' dress has "PV(,r, Pw" brought to our nttentlon," '" Hn'11, """ ' nlM Nll,,, " must be ns It ?'"" ','" V" iVC "ini, i ininK it woiUrt TRAIN BIBLEJTEACHERS Conference Opens Today for Dally Vacation School Intructors Nearly 100 young teachers, who will be Instructors In the dnlly Vacation Bible Schools, nre attending n teachers training conference today in the First Baptist Church, Seventeenth nml San som streets. Rev. Dr. Floyd W Tom kln, in evident nf the Philadelphia Daily Vncntion Bible Schools, delivered the uddrcHs of welcome. John S. Wurt.. director of the Daily Vncntion Bible Schools, and Rev Wii llnm P. Fultmi, director of the Presby terian Hviingelistic Committee, deliv ered nddresses. The tcnehrrs' framing conferences begin nt 1 o'clock in the morn ing. nnd continue until Ji In the afternoon. On Wednesday morning 120 vjicntion I'.'ible schools will begin their slimmer cs.mis. Thirty -eight of theso schools will be conducted bv the Pres byterian nvnnRcllstir Commit! . of Experts Apprentices Helpers For a quick. "Iivr-wire" job read thd' Help Wanted columns in THE PUBLIC LEDGER C MORNING EVENING SUNDAY ,.!, tl n,ti .! i'i ! ' .4 ' v WfMi - MfS?) "7 ' i J. ' JUj Ui . 2. .tfMy&g , .). v . .. .. A & h.ft, . & t S rrnSffiTiTAnifi KBFVSVm t
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