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New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
Debaucbin6 Boys tn Business Calls for q Remedy

carry the handbook back to his employer
showing that the correct amount had been
deposited. Then he would get the good
checks cashed through some confederate
who had good bank account, and pocket
ing his share OF the money would disappear
before the Western banks could report on
the bogus checks. Fortunately. this plan
failed, because the boy was unable to finu
a confederate with large enough bank
account.
Some Of the boys who have made money
in the stamp trickery have made enough
To save sums Of considerable amount
one boy whose salary from his employer
was SO 4 month had saved $500 when
examined by lhe Controllers office. Ar
other owned block of houses in Brook
lyn and one had been speculating in real
estate IN Jersey. One boy had bank
account exceeding $1,000.
Dishonesty in the Use Of tax stamps
seems 10 have appealed to boys with a
peculiar insiGiousness which does not be-
long to ali forms of cheating. For this
reason alone the law relating to the sale
and use OF stamps should be made most
stringent.
Inspectors in the Controllers Office found
that there had Deen d dishonest use Of
brokerage houses All the transfer slips
bearing stamps were carefully scrutinized
by the inspectors and it was discovered
that about $25 worth Of STAMPS showed
previous use. That i 10 say, they had
been used before, then taken off and put
on to new slips in place Of new stamps.
There were TWO boys in this Office who
had handled the stamps and made
the cancellations. One Of these was d
consumptiSe who had gone to sanato-
rum before the fraud was discovered.
The other bright young rIan Of twenty
one, was earning d salary of $1,000 a year
and had recently received be4ueSt Of
$4,000, which hc had put in bank. 1t
scarcely seemed tnat this y0ung man
would feel a desire to graft TO the tune
of S25.
He was interroSated b. Deputy Con-
troiler Hallett and steadfastly denied all
knowledge Of any illegal transaction with
stamps, but two days later he went to
the Controllers office and admitted that
he had put tie money given him by his
employer for the purchase OF stamps into
mis- own pocket and that he had pulled OFF
cancelled stamps from sale slips that had
been thrown away and had affixed these
To the sale slips upon which they were
detected.
Not only are certain stamp dealers In
league to pull down the honesty of the
brokers' boys. but with them Is force
of janitors. teamsters and junk dealers
an army Of crooks, ali seeking 60 make
the boys as crooked as themselves
According 10 the confession OF one boy,
d stamp dealer suggested the particular
method by which he collected cancelled
stanns TnI. 10y IND lost his place In 4
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other places even in large cities. IF ye do
the will the doctrine will ne shown The
churches to-day could all find a common
meeting point in trying to do the will of
Christ
II do favor church unity. and have for
many years" replied +. ". Hinrichs, the
lawyer and member of Plymouth Church,
in response to a query as to his attitude on
the subject Il do not believe it can be
brought about by resolutions or by consu-
tutions. | do believe il is being brought
about by subtle influences the origin of
which we cannot trace to any human in
stitution. This church unity has been the
dream of many good and great men 1t
should in my Judgment, extend beyond
Professionalism and Roman Catholicism
Real church unity should not exclude Juda-
ism, for this is the parent of Christianity
and contains within it the genesis of all
that Christians regard most sacred. ]
have talked with friends who are Jews
upon this very subject. / have heard them
claim Jesus as a Jewish prophet, as, in
deed He was. One of my Jewish friends
said He may even have been d greater
prophet than our own Moses
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24

~ YOU scratch a Russian you'll find
Tartar is an old saving. and it is equally
true that if you scratch an Episcopaiian,
he his churchmanship ever so high or low,
you'll find firm believer in the efficacy
and desirability Of the apostolic success
sion That will be found the chief STUN
bling block in the way Of the incorpo-
rators of the foundation. If in the coming
centuries the Episcopalian and the Greek
and Roman Catholic can shed their helief
in the essentially of outward things there
viii be reasonable hope for the success
Of the foundations worthy object
THE people are ready for church
,snity." declared Hamilton Holt, managing
editor of The Independent. There is
no trouble on that score The stumoi1ns
blocks are the bishops and ciericals and
editors of the denominational papers. for
whom there would be fewer positions
They are opposed to it II is in this just
as il has been in other movements IN
tended for the benefit of the people. These
who are in official position, who have
something TO lose. are the ones who OBJ
iect to change in the existing order OF
things. who cling TO and insist upon such
things as divine rights and theological
doctrines OF so 2hStruSe a CnalaFltf thdI
10 one who has not spent from three TO
four wears in d theological seminary can
bv any means understand their relation TO
reliZion-or lack of it The average man
who believes in accomplishments by the
shortest route does not recognize any
change in his religion when ne transfers
from church of one denomination to that
Of another The people are ready.
In response 10 question as to the atti-
tude of his denomination toward church
unity Congressman William 5. Bennet,
who is an elder IN the Fourth Presbyte-
rian Church of this city and a member OF
the Presbyterian Board Of Home Missions
and of the Moderator's Council Of the
Presbytery of New York. replied:
The Presbyterian Church is not op-
posed TO church unity. Our people have
gone into the Church of Christ in China
union church-and into union churches
IN Japan and Corea We are leaders in
every church federation movement in this
country Within our own denomination
we have recently united with the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, and. apparent
~, are soon to combine with the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodists. while union with
the Southern Presbyterians and United
Presbyterians would be welcomed. We
have standing committee of our General
Assembly on closer relations with other
churches. Contrary 10 the impression In
some quarters, our theology is liberal. and
NE could, and / am sure would, discuss
church unity with ether denominations
with neither embarrassment incum-
lTar.Ce -
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= on1 V1ifu Among the Protestant Churches Possible?
InferxiesOs for and Against the Idea o.
tanned from Prominent Metz yorkers.

navian modern romantic etc. Among tina
COMPOSERS represented were Franck. q
Debussy chabrfer. fsavef. y idOr SibelIus
Brahms Strauss and others Of the extreme
modern schools with the classic snt. carrier
romantic composers. There were eight
concerts in all. including special recitags
by Misses Gertrude Savage and Wilrnetsa
Perrine pianists. Mrs. Jessie Marshall
soprano. Among the pianists were aiso
Misses Alma Holm. Whitfield Potter Ella
HenJrfckson Erhel Pursel and Willard
Bradenburgh. and some Of the prominent
singers were Miss Alice Anthony. OF this
cftv: Miss Elizabeth CHnkenbearG and Miss
Florence Brunson also of New York: Mss
Rosada Taylor of Kansas City: Miss Mar
jorie Mott. of Newark. and Ernest Van
NaitS of Orange.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
Clark 6Ciifiams Depfores
the Exfenf TO Which Lads
Are Taught DisboneSty.

The disclosures recently made by State
Controller Clark Williams that two thou
sand boys in Wall Street had been partles
to robbinG the state Treasury OF not less
than s. ec9 90 d year for the last five years
through dishonesty in the use OF STOCK
transfer stamps has opened The eyes OF
not only the business men in the fnanclal
district but OF the general pubhc as wen
TO the dangers that beset the boy VINO mas
10 become a wage Garner at an early age
While il is a matter OF general knowledge
that ternpt2tions 10 be dishonest lie IN the
nat, of any boy or girl who starts out to
be seIf-supporting. there are few OF the
citizens of New York who realize to what
2 degree these temptations surround the
boys in certain lines OF business and how
easy i the transition from honest acts TO
dishonest ones
The revelations made by Controller Will
Jams show that those boys who are the
keenest and most alert and who give the
fullest promise of business abllty are 'ie
ones most likely TO be made the OBJECT OF
Influences which tend TO break down thelT
sense of personal responsibility ana o.
honesty
The degree 10 which boys are deoaucheo
in business life is enough, Controiier W III
Jams declares. TO make amy man WIN leu
Hood in his VEINS dcludAiS Se~1iN "S
a. be realizes the effect such dishonesty
among youth must have in the NE Oh the
business man of the future.
Il started on this crusade saiu MI
Williams. for the very practical reason
that IL was nay duty TO collect the fun tax
for The state but / am free TO confess that
the sentimental aspect Of the matter-tlat
is TO say what il may mean in saving
havs and pulling them out of their dishon-
,9st gavs-Trakes far stronger appeal to
me"
Tie grating principle which mas besh
learned with such aptness by the boys VINO
have dealt in stamps has likewise been
disc minated widely among many other
bove who have had no opportunities 40
handle stamps and make money thereby
hey who Was formerly messenger
recently confessed the following wrong
doing
al Christmas time big candy 1irm sent
10 me Office for about fifty messengers 10.
deliver candy Me fellows knew how TO
,,,..lza something out of that We arranged
4. seil ali the candy that could get bold
al and to buy a lot of cheap candy. Then
when We were given a lot Of bundles to de-
ts,sr We opened each box, took out the
,-ooa candy end substituted cheap stuff
p,- sserc always careful 20 save the cards
aul but them back in the right boxes.
About al tie fellows Gio ;As same thing,
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tentatively suggested by the dealer at first,
and that 1t was not until after two or three
hints that he began 10 think it over and
finally agreed to pocket the graft money.
This boy says that many messengers have
found means of putting into their own
pockets money that belongs either to the
company for which they work or 10 the
person by whom they are temporarily hired.
Another messenger declared that very
common practice among boys in the mes
senger service was TO graft on kilograms of
congratulation.
"A message of congratulation or good
wishes said the boy, does not always
reach its destination as il was originally
worded. When the boys rung up to go
10 some office they count up the words of
the message given them to send and collect
payment on the spot. Sometimes these are
pretty wordy In that case make them
much shorter. and. of course we pocket
the difference in price. Sometimes the mes
sage doesn't get sent at all, and the boy
reports back TO the manager that the call
was rung in by mistake or that the ringer
couldn't be found. This depends on how
important the messag sc is and how likely
TO get found out the boy is in case it isn't
sent"
Boys do not dare to treat business mes
sages with the same freedom, because they
knew 1t would be unsafe to do So as in
quiry would be raised by the sender.
So callous to the appeal of honesty have
some Of the boys in Wall Street become
that they are open to almost any PROPOSE
ton that means quick money. One of the
boys questioned by Controller Williams said
that he had been acting receiver OF
stolen merchandise, and that he had been
selling this, accepting a commission for
doing so, and with the full knowledge that
the goods were stolen.
Still another boy confessed to a deep lad
plot TO rob his employer. A good many
boys who would shut their eyes and be will
ing enough to rob The state of a few dol
lars here and there by affixins cancelled
stamps to memoranda of stock sales might
hesitate long before they would get to
place where they would put UP job" de-
liberately to fleece Their employers, but 80
corrupting the influence of the stamp
Fagins this boy that he formulated
plot To rob his employer
He stood well in the regard of the broker
for whom he was working and fire.
quently sent to the bank with large amounts
for deposit Indeed the broker did not
hesitate to give him checks 10 the amount
of slo.et5 10 bank.
This boy. Ike many others who become
inoculated with the get rich quick germ.
had Z distaste for anything Ike honest
work and he schemed to get possession
of the money represented, in the cneckA.
His plan to deposit bogus checks in
place OF the good ones. These were TO be
drawn banks III Pacific Coast cities, 50
that IL would take eight or ten days for
returns To DC made Oh them. He could
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
WHERE ALL WORK TOGETHER.

Here at the settlement we have more
than thirty residents, including Jews, Cath
clics Protestants of all denominations and
persons not protesting any creed at all.
living and working together. We feel that
our work is deeply religious, and yet there
is no consciousness of religious differences.
no propaganda of any particular creed If
any one has a decided denOminational bias
no other resident is aware of ft-at least
Is not made uncomfortably conscious of it
For persons who feel that there are un-
happy divisions to be united organic
church unity would be good thing. I
not in favor of 1t, however, unless the
basis OF union Is made broad enough to
admit Catholics. ProteStants, Jews and
those persons who make no particular pro-
fession of any faith. for there is much re-
ligion found outside the churches
1T seems to all religious societies and
other organizations working for the well
fare of the people could all unite upon the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of
man. At least this furnishes common
working basis, and union in effort for the
common good is the great thing Even a
united. organized faith without works
would not accomplish much toward the up
lift OF humanity"
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
WoJLD SAVE WASTED ENERGY

Rival denomina tons will build little
churches and try to maintain their par
ticular form of worship, in some small
place which is able to support only one
church while other fields neglected"
he said. IF the churches could all get to-
gether on some broad basis and intelligent-
ly direct their efforts and conserve their
energies. 1t would be good thing
IF the denominations would cease their
petty rivalries and concentrate their eff
forts upon impressing people with high
sense of personal morality, of individual
responsibility, the church would be
greater force In society than 1t is to-day
4 love for the Saviour and desire to lead
the Christ life and an earnest effort to do
SO ought TO make person acceptable to
any church. Every church should be more
concerned about what a person practises
in his daily life than about the doctrine he
processes. Right living is a good founda-
ton plank for platform upon which all
churches may unite
"a great stride toward church unity
would be made if every church would have
placed over its portal in big letters, This
is the Church of Christ and then in small
letters underneath, If 1t wishes, its par
ticular denomination
DR.. Gilman thinks it is better to work
along existing lines of cooperation among
the churches than to attempt to bring about
a contract of unity between the different
denominations
In the sparsely settled districts of the
West they aIe getting together and appor-
tioning the fields of missionary effort. They
divide the districts among the different de-
nominat tions in a way to cover as large a
field as possible and not neglect any place
or overlap each other in their religious
labors.
There is no reason why in time this
principle could not be made to work in
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24

What church do you belong to? or, Wha'
is your belief? They were all united in
finding out the best way to go about their
common work and laying plans to achie"e
the greatest success in that work
IF all the churches aim at the greatest
efficiency i'm their Iabors, utilizing the best
of the present methods of endeavor. they
will find themselves closely united Dy the
strong bond of common effort
The Rev Dr. Frank Mason North, cor
responding secretary of. the New YORK
Church Extension and Missionary Society
and also of the National city t-vanseilcii
Union of the Methodist Church. said that
while the Methodist Church was In hearu
est sympathy with all efforts TOWARD CO.
operation of the churches its ecciesiastlca'
system was so carefully organized that IL
often seemed sufficient in itself.
1T has heartily co-operated with others
In developing the federal Councn or lhe
churches and the National Federation OF
Churches which represents more than
thirty of the denominations and is maze
IN of four hundred delegates from the Tui-
ing bodies of the different churches. on
definite basis of delegation. said Dr'
Ncrth This is a movement toward CO.
operation without any attempt 10 destroy
the individuality of any church. and sought
unity of churches not so much on Il coih-
mon creed as upon common purpose
whatever ideals we may have Tor nut
1,re rnity" he continued. we look upon
this as a good working basis for the pres
ami II effects a common presentation OF
the truth and eliminates overlapping In our
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
SATISFIED WITH FEDERATION.

"Some of us feel that this is as far as
cbhrch unfty can go at the present time
There may be something better than fed
grafton hut I do not see how We can get
on beyond that now. There will have 10
be many radical changes before it can be
done. The present religious bodies did not
come into existence haphazard 1ney
are the outgrowth of decisive historical
movements and stand for something DEN
mite.
The first movement toward church uhl'S
sbouId begin in those religious bodies
which are divided among themselves Inc
line of division in most cases is so narrow
that they could easily unite for their COM
mon good Every one. of whatever de-
nomination, must respect the earnest pur-
lose of any body desiring church unity
No subject was more discussed at the
Edinburgh Missionary Conference, just
closed Great hopes were held out. not so
much for a universal organic union among
the churches. at least not in this genera
ton, as for hearty cooperation among all
denominations for religious propaganda
for carrying the Gospel to all people
Miss Lillian Wald head worker at the
Henry Street Settlement said she was not
aware of any great difference existing In
the large religious bodies to-day which re-
uuired adjustment. You cannot go deeEiy
into any religion without finding some
universal truth which any person could
accept" she said. The differences are
man made and have been accentuated.
while In reality creed differences are
minor and the funda amentals of various
religious organizations are identical.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
UNION AGAINST SOCIAL EVILS.

1t is summed UP in the words, whose
ever doeth the will of my Father. the same
is my brother Even those who make eX-
elusive claims as to truth or valid ordf-
nance. who exclude us from their heaven
and refuse to us the Christian name ano
the right hand of fellowship, if they are
doing the will of the Father as 1t is re-
vealed TO them. the same are our brethren.
Though they and we differ in belief and IN
forms of worship. may we not have the
fellowship of consciousness Of oneness OF
purpose? If We differ radically as to the
meaning and the method of salvation, ne
cannot unite in our efforts to save indi-
viduaIs. but all. of whatever name. VINO
acknowledge Gods right to reign In the
earth should be able to strike hands in be-
half of social righteousness When the
saloon. the brothel and the gambling hell
triumph because good men will not unite.
there is high treason to the Kingdom of
God.
Let me urge federation at the bottom
/. e.. the active cooperation OF local
churches. The churches of the same COM
nunity have much more in common with
each other than with churches hundreds or
thousands of miles away, with which the
only distinctive bond is a denomination
name a non-essential doctrine. common
form of government or of ritual
I'VE read of the Seven Churches of Asa.
but of only one Church in Ephesus. one in
SMYRNA and the like. There may have
been several worshipping congregations IN
each city. but there was only one Church
in each / foresee the time when the
churches of the city will become the Church
of London, or the Church of New York,
and then will the day be FASTENED when
the city will become the City of the New
jerusalem
Robbins Gilman. headworker of the Uni
versty Settlement frankly declared: II
the Episcopalians want all the rest of us
to come and join them and call that unity,
I'm not going" He believed, however. that
much energy was misdirected and wasted
through overlapping and overlooking In
the fields of Christian endeavor among the
different denominations.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
LIBERALISM OF BEECHER.

L am a member of Plymouth Church,
the Episcopal Church, in which ] was con-
firmed. 1t was the Church of my mother
and is still. in much my own Church |
was early attracted by the genius of Henry
Ward Beecher. l shall never forget the
impression he made upon me by one of his
sermons when he was preaching of the di-
visions among Christians due to differences
in creed. l recall how he paused for a
moment and said, al time when liberalism
was not as general as it is to-day. If | had
may way, I would write over the portal of
Plymouth Church, "All are invited to Join
this church who wish to become like Jesus
whom they cali the Christ.
This, after all, expressed the essence of
religion to me and did much as any
thing to recall me from the doubts and
skepticisms which seized upon me, as they
are likely to seize upon young men who in
quire into and test all dogmas.
II believe this new movement will not
only find echoes in all denominations and
branches of Christianity and Judaism. and
even in Mahometanism, but l think we
shall be surprised to find in different parts
of the earth, under diffel ent skies. kindred
movements rising spontaneously, the pro-
moters of which Will have no knowledge
whatever of the action of Bishop Greer
and his associates in this country.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
NetU Society Has JUST Been Incorpo-
rafed TO Bring II Ab0uf.

ence. 1t cannot come by federation at the
top II must come by federation at the
bottom We do not ali agree in doctrine,
but we all do agree that there is work to
be done 1t is on this basis that We can
come together
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
UNION ONLY BY GROWTH.

The Rev c. l.. Rhoades, district secre-
tary of the American Baptist Missionary
Union, was not very hopeful of any sue
cessfui artificial attempts at union of the
churches. He said: IF all the denOmina-
tions camped at different places around
mountain, separated by considerable dis
tances, We're suddenly resolved to get to
gether. and the Episcopalians started afte
the Lutherans the COngreg gationalists after
the Baptists and so on, every denomina-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-07
SIX YEARS OF GROWTH.
Anniversary Exercises Held in Beth
any Baptist Church.

Although there are nearly twice as
many young women as men in WASH
ington. the ratio is not maintained i'm
the Sunday school OF Bethany Baptist
Church, at Rhode Island avenue and
I'd street northwest. Only five times
IN the last six years has the num-
Der Of young women at its weekly ses-
sions exceeded the number of young
men.
This condition was disclosed at the
services held in the church yesterday
morning, In observance of the sixth an
niversary of the congregal.on's founda-
ton Rev.. Hugh T. Stevenson. the
pastor, preached for the first time in
some weeks. having been absent as
result of painful injuries received while
boarding a street car.
During the service announcement was
made That painting of the town of
bethany, in Palestine, made by Lucian
Powell during a recent visit to the
Holy Land, will be soon presented to
the church. The sum Of $500 was given
to various benevolences during the past
year. reports read yesterday showed
and nearly $1,000 was raised for ali
purposes.
The membership Of the congregation
now numbers 322, 4S having joined
in the past year.