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The Detroit times., 1915-08-12
HOPELESSLY ILL,
ROLLS FROM BED
TO HANG HIMSELF

Unable to work, for the last SEVEN
years. on account OF Illness, and
helpless In bed with locomotor atax-
la during the last Ave months, 10
seph A. Wood. 81 years old. Of No.
1o7 Greeley-ave.. ended his life.
Wednesday morning by tearing his
blanket in two, making a moose for
his neck, and then rolling out Of
bed. after fastening one end Of the
blanket 10 the post.
lie was dead when his daughter,
Mrs. Norman Ransom, discovered
him.
Coroner Burgess decided that no
inquest was necessary.
Wood was q painter. He was
widower. making his home with his
daughter.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-12

sci Dingeman are members. naming
the Detroit Trust Co. as auditor. "a
examine the books Of the Michigan
State Telephone Co.. and appointinS
Edward p. Burch to check W the
company's appraisal figures.
Corporation Counsel Dingeman has
communicated with the state rail-
road commission asking that meet
ing with the telephone company's
engineers be arranged for early next
week SO that work may be started
by the city's experts.
Mr.. Burch. according to the esti-
mate he furnished the sub-commit-
tee. will receive $500 for his share
The Detroit times., 1915-08-12
OVERLOOK A BET;
SGT ON DESK IN
UNLOCKED STORE

While armed bandits were stick
ing up" saloonkeepsrs in the west
side Of the city. doing two Jobs for
total Of 5000. the style craft shop
at No. GOT woodwar'i-ave. was wide
open oil night. with Ss7.s5 lying In
plain view on q desk. while the safe
door stood ajar.
Pntrolman Charles r. Smith dis
covered the tempting invitation
which was overlooked BY the powers
that prey. and ne secured the place.
and notified the managers.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-12
OSBORNE IS
GIVEN SHOW
Governor Will Allow
Him Chance to Prove
Theories

ALBANY. N. Y. Aug. 12.-Thomas
Mott Osborne. millionaire warden OF
Sing Sing prison. Il to remain In
ONCE until his theories on prison
reform have had q workout.
Gov. Whitman set at rest today
reports that the Golden Rule War
den" was to be ousted.
Warden Osborne Is trying out q
new plan OF prison management, and
he will not be removed until his the.
cries have received fair test" the
governor said.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-12
Satisfactory
Workmanship

Reasonable
Prices
The Detroit times., 1915-08-12
BLOWS OUT THE
GAS; NEARLY DIES

Barney Panic. q years old, blew
out the gas when he retired at No.
230 Alfred-st., Tuesday night, and
he was unconscious when found.
early Wednesday morning.
A pulmotor revived him.
Police did not learn what neck OF
the woods Barney came from.
The earliest shorthand was com.
piled in England In 1898 by DR..
Timothy Bright.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
REVIVAL HARMS CITY,
PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY
DR.. j. Madison Taylor and DR..
James Hendrie Lloyd Predict
an Aftermath.

Billy" Sundays soul saving campaign
in Philadelphia will have an aftermath
that will make his visitation here one
of scarcely mltigated harm, and the main
benefit of his vociferous revlvals will be
about s50,000-to BILLY" Sunday, accord
ing to two of Phladelphia's prominent
psychologists.
Dr. j. Madison Taylor, professor of non
pharmaceutical therapeutics in Temple
University, man of national reputation,
considers the evangelist's campaign will
prove of incalculable evil, and DR.. James
Hendrle Lloyd, 116 South 21st street, wide
ly known as an alienist, believes the re-
vivalist has worked upon the emotional
to the ultimate disadvantage generally
of the converts, although he admits some
OF the conversions may take"
Doctor Taylor said there was bound to
be n reaction, and that the pendelum of
easily stirred emotionalism would swing
back and make conditions worse than be-
fore the devil chasing here.
THE fuetuating emotion OF the moJ
and its vacilating opinion" he said, us
a thing easily swayed by the eXhorter,
but 1t cannot be kept loyal to anything,
through the very weakness with which it
is converted / am convinced that this
campaign of cheap rcvllng and ballyhoo
Christianity must inevitably result in n
reaction of harm. and l foresee a crime
wave, the natural return of the tide of
emotionallsm. Billy Sunday is many
things, but he is no Canute. The sea Of
evll-doing has not receded at his arm
waving and questionable incantations Of
abuse; 1t has ebbed only, and 1t Is GER
tain to return-very likely in high tide
because he stirred up the emotional
storm"
Doctor Tayors comment carries more
than usual cogency because he was n re-
vivalst himself. although of considerably
milder sort than Sunday when he was
youth. From his experience in evangcl-
ism and from his scientific attitude in APP
praisng the effect of Sundays methods
on the crowds, he is unequivocally con-
demnatory of the 'sawdust trail as
M tn q aalNntlnn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20

Italy has entered the war and won a
victory in the first battle, staged last
night in the very centre OF the long,
strong German battle line which stretched
from Sd and Poplar streets dlagonally
across the city TO s5th street and Cobb's
Creek.
It's musical battle line. II is in
dicated by the route taken once every
"a hours by five men with caps OF an un-
mistalable cut and armed to tho teeth
with much dented and battered, but
much loved horns. If we had a may there
would be a series OF dots indicating divers
saloons where the picking is pretty good
on 'Dle Wacht am Rhine" and further
down the line stately residences from
which the young people have quarter dol
lars passed out, because the Germans do
such queer things to "Tipperary," and
In which the elders say you ought never
have started 1t; they'll expect 1t every
night"
II was pretty soft for the band all
winter. Collections varied from cents
half hour from appreciative audiences
on Poplar street to the high point OF 50
cents for five minutes outside the benev-
olent old lady's house at 18th and Spruce
she is Just deaf enough to be SYM
pathetic and Just sentimental enough to
associate the German musicians with her
German cousin In Munich, who for all
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
ITALY ENTERS WAR, 1 TO5
AGAINST THAT GERMAN BAND
Ripping Garrulous, Chattering Piano-organ Breaks
Through Long, Strong Line of Battle That Stretched
From Sd and Poplar to 85th and Cobb's Creek.

she knows, may be hungry in these bad
war times
The receipts fall off again as the line
zigzags off TO the saloons ON the way
to the Neck
Well, these airs of spring, that strange.
erhaps-half-imagined fragrance, have
begun to fill the benches in the square,
and the children find II warm enough to
come out Mt night to skip and scamper
about In much wider play than that OF
the others who are there by day, and
dance right In the line OF fire of the mu-
sical Germans. And all the nations come
because all nations love the spring and
are lovers and, to come to the point be-
fore we forget II. something more seemed
needed last night tnan the German band
something not solemnly unharmonious,
but preferably flppantly unme'odious.
And that need was supplied.
A piano organ, straight from Sth and
Fitzwater and first of the season, sent
n cataract Of jubilant and chatterlng mu-
sic right across the path of The Last
Rose of Summer" as rendered by Hans,
Fritz. Johann. Karl and Heinrich.
Johann piled the trombone WITH vicious
thrusts and puffs. but "Finiculi, Finlcula"
snapped Its melodious fingers at him
from across the street and n ring Of
ragged little folk danced to the dipping
Italian tinkling. full of the warm South
as Keats beaker.
1t was n battle Of one to flve, but the
one man at the piano organs handle soon
drove the Ave bandsmen from the field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
TEACHERS DISCUSS
"PART-TTEIE" EVIL
Doctor Wheeler Outlines Plan
to Provide Greater Educa-
tional Facilities.

Plans to provide more adequate edu-
cational facilities to children residing In
the congested sections OF the city where
the "part-tlme" evil exists. were outlined
today before many high school teachers
by DR.. George Wheeler, associate super
intendont of schools. The occasion was
the annual conference OF members of the
Penn High School. 18th and Wallace
streets, which opened at 10 o'clock,
Doctor Wheeler proposed plan for
the reorganization of the grading system
in the schools by which two years would
be deducted from the elementary division
and two years added to the high school
course. Quoting statistics TO show how
well the plan has operated in other cities,
Doctor Wheeler said that. in addition
to solving important pedagogical prob
'ems, II would mean an annual saving of
many thousands of dollars to the Board
of Education. The latter has had the
plan under consideration for more than
year. but has not yet approved or re-
jected it.
The Federal Bureau of Education. how
ever, has openly indorsed it, while 1t has
obtained the favorable comment of re-
search workers in pedagogy in the prin-
cipal American universities.
Charles w. Meadowcroft, professor of
economies in the Frankford annex of the
Central High School, urged the study Of
newspapers in the economies classroom
He stated that the reading of accurate
accounts of developments in the industrial
and political world was far more effective
for instructive purposes than the study
of dry theory eXpounded in text books.
He also advocated trips to industrial
plants as regular feature OF economic
courses.
When the conference was opened the
teachers divided themselves into T. diff
ferent groups, according to the subjects
in which they specialize. While means of
teaching music were under discussion in
one room in the adjoining chamber n
group of men and women scientists were
considering improvements desirable in the
teaching of chemistry. There were at
least a hundred speakers on topics of
wide diversity.
The program included a luncheon at
noon in the room where a thousand girl
students of the William Penn High School
are daily served with healthful lO-cent
meals, The speakers at the luncheon
were ex-Judge Dinner Beeber. DIR. Will
liam C. Jacobs, superintendent of public
schools, and DIR. David Snedden, Massa-
chusetts Commissioner of Education. Mr.
Beeber spoke on behalf of the Board of
Education.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Philadelphians Married at EIktOn

ELKTON, Md. March 2O-The morning
trains to Elkton landed eight couples in
town, today, who applied for marriage
licenses. Truman S, schmehl and Anna
l.. Keiser. of Kurtztown, Pa, brought
their preacher with them, the Rev. George
w. Dawson, of Wilmington, Del Their
ceremony was performed in the private
office of the Clerk OF the court. Ihe
other applicants were: Isaac III. Hoffman
and Dora l.. Payne, Laurence j. Conn
and Elizabeth NJ. James, William J,
Campbell and Josephine ID. Venable, and
Bernard G. Berke and Edna r. Seheehan,
an of Philadelphia; Albert j. McFall and
Frances V. Evans, of Media; Maurice A.
Ziegler and Ruth Webb, OF Wayne; AL
fred D. Carnaghy and Ida M. HOFFMAN,
Of Trenton, N. j.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
MAN ESSENTIALLY GOOD
Lenten Preacher Says Trade Is Con-
Quoted on That Basis.

Newspapers deal with the abnormal
rather than with the normal The hum
drum life of the masses Is unnoticed,
but the rare murder or scandal covers
column after column. 1t leaves us with
a sense of human wickedness almost
overwhelming"
This statement was made today by the
Rev. w. Arthur Warner in the course OF
an address on HE Came to Himself
at the Lenten MONDAY services in Christ
Church. The speaker also held that or
thodox religion speaks too often of man
i'm terms of contempt" and declared the
human race Is better than much of its
theology because the workings OF trade
and business show that man goes along
with his neigbbOr on the assumption that
man is essentially good.
THE Gospel Is the most daring OF all
optimisms. he said. ITO address its ap-
peal TO those essentially bad would be
absurd. Jesus came to seek and TO
save and because men We're worth saw
ing"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
"BTLLY" SUNDAY DEBIGHTBD
WITH mrs CAMPAIGN HERE


Billy Sunday, before leaving for
the tabernacle this afternoon, err
pressed himself as delighted iDith
the Philadelphia campaign.
II hare had the greatest time Of
MI hJe here" he said ~ don't
bnow OF am city tohere I haze en-
joyed tcorking more. Philadelphia
certainly is one of the greatest
cities IN the 1Corid. Every feature
and phase IN the campaign has been
pleasant. There has not been a SIN
Ole ddtC.
Words fail me tchen it comes to
expressing mn gratitude to the peo-
pie of Philadelphia. tods specially
impressed by the large attendance IN
the tabernacle. tCdS deeply i'm
pressed by the spirit Of hberdlitU and
charity Ohich PhilddolphidnS haze
shoiCn. Believe me, this has been
the greatest time of mn NE, aud I
neUer crpect to hUe TO see another
like it.
Another important feature Of the
Philadelphia campaign has been the
loyal support haze received from
the local newspapers aud newspaper
men"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Old Adams Employe Honored

Employees OF the Adams Express Conn
pany, at 18th and Market streets. pre-
sented many gifts to Charles Brown, 70
years old, OF sO35 North 18th street, who
celebrated his 5Oth anniversary in the
Adams service today. Mr. Brown, who
is now chief clerk in the accounting de-
partment, entered the service as tag
boy" on March 20. 1866 two days after
he had been mustered out of a Penn
sylvania regiment which fought through
the Civil War.
He was 20 years old at the time, Among
the gifts presented to him this morning
were a chest OF silver a large armchair
and number OF personal articles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
46O NEW CASES IN MEASLES
EPIDEMIC; 5 CHILDREN DIE
Chickenpox and Mumps Also Show
Great Increase.

Measles, chlckenpox and mumps in
creased greatly in number of new cases
during the last seven days over the pre-
ceding week, according to the reports
made to the Health Department
There were 460 new cases of measles
and five deaths from that cause reported
from all sections of the city this week,
15l new cases over the record OF last
week. This weeks record for chicken
pox was 399 new cases; last week. 24O:
mumps. 2SS this week; 266 last week. The
juvenile maladies are assuming the pro-
portions of n spring epidemic. The only
wards in which new cases of chickenpox
did not develop this week are the 9th,
l1th and S5th. The Germantown section
22d Ward, led in number of new cases of
chlckenpox this week, 10 being reported.
There were $50 deaths from all causes
during the last seven days. 1888 OF which
were due to transmssible diseases.
The list of deaths from all causes this
waak follows.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
STEEL CARS TO BE USED
IN NEW YORK SUBWAY
Company Agrees to Install Long
Sought Reform.

NEW YORK, March 2O.-Theodore p.
Shonts yesterday informed the Public
Service Commission that the INTERIOR
ough Company will accept without fur
ther objection the order to install In the
subway all steel cars in place OF the
wooden and composite cars now in use.
In his letter to the commission Mr..
Shonts states that the Interborough COM
pany has worked out the necessary legal
procedure which will enable us 20 COM
ply with the terms OF the order. and you
are hereby notified that 1t is the inten-
tion of this company to remove the COM
posite cars from operation in the sub
way subject to our rights and the city's
90"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
CHILDREN FIGHT FIRE
Boy and Girl Show Remarkable Pres.
ence of Mind.

ence of Mind.
Two children, a girl years old and a
poy years old, displayed unusual pres
ei'ce OF mind today and were found hard
at work throwing buckets or water on a
iire when pedestrians rushed in TO escue
them at their home, 1879 South 9Th ,tree.
Ihe young frefighters are Rose sbo
and her brother Philip. who were
awakened to find their escape from Tho
thlrd story cut Off by flames which were
hall '''' ''s' '"e
The children were found at their heroic
work by Thomas Carson and Tbon,a a
Dimperie, both of 10 Earn street. who
rushed into the 9Th street house when
they saw smoke pouring from the third
noor windows. When they reached The
top floor they found Rose and ber
brother busy quenching the fire without
having gone to the trouble or arousine
tnelr parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hvman
Shore' who were asleep and unaware of
the danger Carson and Dimperie finished
the work begun by the children. and
when the firemen arrived there was little
$500 was dDou'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
BATTLE IN CELLARS UNDER
BED OF BELGIAN RIVER
Subterranean Passages of Ancient
Monastery Scene of Conflict.

DuDlcIIdllCull
Monastery Scene of Conflict.
LONDON, March 2O,-The Chronicle
publishes the following from northern
France:
''At this very moment some companies
Of Belgians are engaged with the Ger
mans in circumstances that would have
appealed to the genius of Edgar Allan
Poe. Just in front OF Ramscapelle is an
ancient Premonstratensian monastery
the walls of which have been battered
to pieces, but whose cellars and under
ground passages form the background OF
a perilous yet picturesque struggle
1.-THE vast cellars pass underneath the
beds OF two affluents of the User, called.
respectively, the Great and Idttle
Resmes. The Germans have discovered
the northern outlet to this subterranean
world and the Belgians occupy the OPP
posite exit.
For several days both sides have been
advancing step by step through these
dark. damp and slimy underground
passages"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Whitney Is SQUASH Tennis Leader

NEW YORK. March 2O.-George Whitney
the individual champion OF 1913 was elected
clation at its annual meeting, succeeding D.
RAYMOND Noyes. who declined denomination,
Charles NJ. Bull, Jr,, OF the Crescent Athletic
club was elected vice presldenti NJ L. Cor
nell, secretary; and W, b, Chamberlain, OF the
Princeton Club, treasurer. Mr.. Whitney an
nounced that the national ranking OF players
would be Issued In April next. instead OF wait
ing until late in the winter. as was the case
last year The Yale Club was admAted to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Bow Run over By Wagon, Dies

Joseph Sheridan. II years old. 22S5 Whar-
ton street, died at the Jefferson Hospital
this morning after lingering since sat
urday with a fractured skull and internal
injuries. The lad was run over By
wagon at 10th and Locust streets ANA
never recovered consciousness,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
ELECT YALE CREW CAPTAIN
Dillon Sturtevant, of Washington,
d. c., Succeeds Denegre.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. March 2O-Albert Eli
lon Sturtevant, OF Washington, ID. c..
elected captain OF the Yale crew yesterday
afternoon and immediately, took charge of all
crew matters. He succeeds Thomas Il. De-
negre, of New Orleans, whom the doctors for
bid rowing because OF his health.
The election OF Sturtevant, while surprise,
meets with approval. II was not believed that
Shelf man could be elected at this time, ms
dates
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Unitarian
Christianity

On Monday next the Unitarian
Bookroom will be transferred from
1915 North Logan Square to the First
Unitarian Church. There IL will be
open a short time at the close of
each Sunday service and on week
days from 3 to p. m. To secure
free Unitarian pamphlets by mail.
address Unitarian Bookroom, 21z5
Chestnut street. This literature
may also be found at the Gifard
Avenue and Germantown Unitarian
Churches.
The First Unitarian Church ex-
tends TO all readers a cordial inYi-
tation 70 attend its services tOmor-
row. The subjects upon which Rev,
Charles q. st. John viii preach Will
be found in the column OF religious
notices in another part OF this paper.
IL, like Galsworthy you think that
the orthodox creeds need a drastic
revision; If, like Lincoln, you GEEK
church that takes as its sole cfite-
rion love TO God and love 10 man
IL you desire freedom TO associate
with the best thought OF today and
common sense in the weighing Of
what men formerly believed; II YOU
would like to believe that simple
goodness will outlive all creeds. con-
quer all hells and be the glory Of
heaven, then come TO the Unitarian
Churchl
Unitarian Christianity appears Ia
this paper Saturdays and Wednes-
days. Every day In some paper
Ask Mr. 81. John for the list)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Nat Pendleton Injured

Captain Nat Pendleton. OF the Columbia
TTrestliHgg H.,, team; was ordered yesterday az
George Meylan, head OF the department OF
physical education, An X-ray examination
OF Pendleton's injured right shoulder revealed
several torn llgaments, A dlslocation would
be almost certain even under a slight strain.
Doctor Meylan said. Pendeton was entered
In the wrestling try-outs to be held at the
Garden today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
n... pl.uinr Mith Matches Fires Barn

NORRISTOWN, Pa, March ga boy
nlaying with matches set hre TO the large
barn Of Charles Thomas, VINO owns SIN. the
-. Vallev Railroad, near King OF Prus-
sIa The barn and contents We're de-
stroved' Loss 5000 partly insured.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
$4,000 Loss WHEN BARN BURNS

Fire destroyed a large barn on the prop
erty of Joseph w. Thomas & Sons,
nurserymen, at King of Prussia, early this
morning. Fire companies from Wayne.
Bryn Mawr and Ardmore were called and
prevented the destruction OF the valuable
Thomas home. Valuable farming ma
chlnery and nursery products were de-
stroyed. The loss is given at $4,000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
National Bank Receivers Named

WASHINGTON. March 2o-William l.,
wilson of Baltimore. today was named
receiver for the German National Bank Of
pittsburgh, Pa, and w. NJ. Dudley, OF
ArosrIcus Ga, was named receiver for
the Americus National Gank Of Americus,
Ga. ca by Comptroller Of the Currency Will
Jams.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
shugrue's EyesIght Improved

Joe Shugrue, the lightweight boxer returned
to his home In Jersey City yesterday after
being In sanitarium for the last two weeks
undergoing a,treatment for his eyes. Shugrue's
eyes are In such good condition that he does
not think an operation will be necessary. His
right eve Is still weak having been strained
when he received blow from Johnny Griffith,
There Is tiny cataract on the left eye, but
II Is not serious enough TO necessitate an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Germantown F. S. Holds Meet

The annual gymnastic exhibition and color
contests OF the Germantown Friends Shool
were held last night and enjoyed by a large
crowd. The contests were divided into three
classes and the events resulted as follows: The
Spiders defeated the Crlckets, is 10 /: the Reds
beat the Puppies, 80 TO 2, and the Blues de-
feated the Whites. IL 20 o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
- M N. Parker speaks

The Rev. William y. Parker spoke
80, on Dependence Upon God" at the
Noon I.snten service at Old 81 Faufs
Church, Sd street below Walnut
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
Hold Soccer Referee Conference

d. NJ White. OF the American Association
soccer referees, OF New York, was In confer
encr with the local officials OF the Referees
Association regarding the formation OF a ma
uonal organization, az a meeting held In the
Contlnental Hotel last night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-20
White and Gross Matched

Articles were signed forfelts posted for
weight and appearance and the refeEee decided
tor match between Charley White and
Leach Cross yesterday afternoon IN New York
The men wall meet at Madison Square Garden
next Thursday March 25 and have agreed
20 make 1855 pounds at 2 O'Clock the day OF