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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10

already at the Governments disposal
II was widely believed that the lesser
neutral Powers would be guided largely
by Americas action.
Addressing an audience OF 1000 newly
naturalized aliens. 450O members Of their
families and thousands of special guests
In huge gathering In Convention
Hall. the President will take the chief
part in usherng in a unique expert
ment. 1t Is Philadelphia's plan to make
America more than ever a melting pot
Of the races'-to welcome the foreign
born man and woman into a citizenship
filled with patriotism and surcharged
with understanding of what the United
States Of America means and stands for.
Besides the speech the President will
make. addresses by william B Wilson,
Secretary OF Labor; JosephuJ Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy. and Judge Joseph
Burlington, Of the United Staten Circuit
Court will be heard.
Mayor Bankenburg will preside. The
Rev. Henry NJ. Couden, chaplain Of the
United states Senate, will pronounce AL
Invocation. Governor Goldsborough, OF
Maryland. will sit with the speakers as n
guest Of honor.
Preparations. which have been In
progress for months, will eliminate to-
night in the great public reception. The
form, win be occupied by citizens
chorus, numbering nearly 1000 voices.
The Police Band will have place before
the platform rendering a program OF
patriotic airs and leading the singing of
the massed chorus
President Wilson will arrive In this city
shortly before the opening Of the meeting.
The First city Troop will act as mounted
escort to the President upon his arrival
in the city, in accordance with their
ancient and honorable custom. For the
45th time this famous Troop will act as
guard OF honor to President of the
United states, They have escorted 90
Presidents and for the last 65 years have
been almost without exception the Pres
dents' sole escort In this city. The or
RnnIzations that participated with the
Troop as escort to the President prior
to 1850 had all gone out OF existence by
that time.
The party to be seated on the platform
with the President will include the Mayor
and other city officials, members of the
citizens committee In charge Of arrange
ments for the meeting and others.
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When a man cares more for his dog
than he does for his wife he has no
chance with Magistrate Boyle. Such was
the case with Walter Craig, the police
say, He kicked his wife. Mary, out OF her
home at s5th and Mount Vernon streets,
according TO Policeman Reedy. and then
slipped beer contentedly In the kitchen
when she begged him TO let her In.
To emphasize his contempt for the
woman, whom he once thought was the
best in the world. Craig ignored her and
went TO a corner saloon. Persons in the
neighborhood, who heard Of his attack.
denounced him. and the wife-beateF skunk
away TO his home, the dog following at
his heels.
He seated the animal at the table and
they shared a can OF beer and hasty
lunch. Craig came to the window to de-
nounce those who assembled about the
house, when Reedy arrived. The cop"
pushed through the crowd and subdued
the Jaw Then he took him before
Judge" Boyle. Mrs Craig said her life
was one long series Of quarrels and
hardships,
I'VE have no time to waste on brutes
ike you" said the Magistrate 70 Craig.
Thirty days In the House Of CoTse-
Ana even then the woman looked sorry
for her husband when he vas taken back
70 4 cell.
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QUEENSTOWN CITY OF PATH0S
AS VICTIMS ARE LAID TO REST
QUEENSTOWN. MAY 10


Throughout the long hours OF Sunday
and last night cparutions were pushed
for the largest funeral In the history of
this little Irish coast city. Dawn found
the large squad of soldiers and marines
still busy with their shovels in the old
church graveyard on the outskirts of the
city. The burial ground is one of the
prettiest spots in all picturesque Ireland.
Covered with flowers, its rolling green
sward lies on the side of a hill COM
mandinE the city on one side and the
harbor on the other The harbor today
presented wonderously beautiful pic
ture. Dotted with small boats tossing
UP and down on the waves, with the sun
shimmering from the whitecaps as they
broke, it was picture of peace that
gave no hint of the tragedy that was
being consummated.
on the other side, the red-topped white
houses cleaned in the sun. and among
them, most conspicuous. was the big red
rooted military hospital where many suf-
ferinE survivors were being carefully
cared for. Fourteen of the injured died
on Sunday and their burial also took
place today.
Three distinct funeral professions
wended their way from the temporary
morgues through the narrow streets and
up over the hill to the cemetery Each
Mas IHdNe up III lllo Sdilb FllbA
came a police escort, then the troop
escort-approprlate for victims who, as
noncomhatants, had fallen as sacrifices
of war-then ten coffln-laden horse lor-
ries, next wagons with the weeping
mourners, and finally the general public.
Tho citizens of Queenstown and hundreds
who had fiocked here from the outlying
territory did everything possible to show
their respect. Hats were carried in the
hand, houses along the route of the pro-
CesEion We're Crepe-draped and all flags
were at half-staff as an outward show OF
sorrow.
one of the graves prepared was more
sCrrowful. more pathetic, than the others,
for in II were placed 50 unidentifed-men
women and children-whose loved ones
had either been unable to distinguish
their features or who were strangers even
to those who had been rescued and who
had Vainly gaZed at the swollen bodies.
At the suggestion of the American Con-
sulate all were photographed early today
and each was buried so that IL necessary
they can be recovered.
Bodies OF Americans which have been
ordered sent home have been prepared
for shipment and will be sent back to the
United States on the first available
steamship, All of the undertakers in Cork
were brought here last night TO assist in
preparing the bodies for burial. On the
same train was one entire car filled with
collins for the dead.
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Things are reversed somewhat in the
home or Nose Murray. While his wife
goes out 10 work, he prepares the meals
and does the housework at their humble
abode, 4O0S Warren street. Nose Is a
quiet Negro and he doesn't mind doing
the cooking. the scrubbing, the bedmak-
Ing and other things; but he objects TO
being ordered about by Lou Mercer. a
boaTder, OF the same hue. Nose didn't
mind doing all the odds and ends. but
when Mercer paid too much attention to
Mrs. Murray he thought 1t time to call
a halt. Then, 1t appears. the star boarder
laughed In the face OF Nose and punched
him. Furthermore. he reminded him that
he was merely Nose, the husband OF Mrs.
Murray.
II was then that Nose called MeNallv.
the cop" and unfolded his domestic
woes McNally took Mercer to the 3sth
street and Lancaster avenue station ana
Mrs. Murray, in wrathhIl mood. went
along, too.
Nose told a long tale of trouble to
Magistrate Boyle.
dis man heah jes tole me wuz wuss
when kicked bout him fussin' roun' my
wife he tole me mind ma own biznlss."
The Judge said he was sorry, but when
Mrs. Murray declared that Mereer's pres
enee In the house was very welcome, that
settled It for Nose.
Mercer was discharged. But Nose an
nouneed that he would git squar" II
do de eookin', you know" he said quietly,
Then he gave his wife ana the boardeE
the hiackest kind o. = black look.
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KESSLER SUGGESTED BOAT
DRILL ON LUSITANIA
Told Captain Passengers Should Be
Told What To Do in Emergencies.

LONDON. May 10-"Laet Wednesday,"
George A. Kessler. the New York wine
merchant said yesterday. 81 saw the
crew taking the tarpaulns from the boats,
and l went UP to the purser and said,
Its all right drilling your crew, but
why don't you drill your passengers?
THE purser said he thought that was
n good idea, and added, Why not tell
Captain Turner. slr?' SO the next day l
had a conversation with Captain Turner,
and to him I suggested that the passeu.
gers should be given tickets with num-
her denoting the number of the boat they
should make for in case anything un-
toward happened, and that it seemed to
me this detail would minimize the diff
cultles in the event of trouble.
THE captain replied that this sugges-
ton was made after the Titanic disaster.
but that the Cunard officials had thought
It over and considered 1t impracticabie-
He added that OF course he could not act
on the advice given, because he must first
have the authority of the Board OF
Trade
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1l49 MISSING, LATEST LIST,
115 OF THEM AMERICANS

LcN DOANi may Az
with 764 survivors of the destroyed Gun
ard liner Lusitanla safe on land and IA
bodies OF victims recovered, the work OF
searching the seas for the missing, set at
ll49 In number, was carried on vigorously
today by fleet of warshps, tugs and
trawlers off the south coast OF Ireland.
While survivors, now recovered from
the daze into which the frst shock and
horror of tho disaster had plunged them,
spoke bitterly of the way the Lusitana
had been handled Immediately before and
at the time OF the calamity, the British
Government was setting in motion the Of
fetal machinery for a drastic and far
reaching investigation. This inquiry will
he conducted under the auspices of the
Board of Trade and will be directed by
Lord Mersey. of the Admiralty Court,
who probed the sinking OF the Titanic.
Confusion at Queenstown, which pre-
vailed In spite OF the energy and eff
cheney of oflicialdom, still prevented early
today the compilation of an exact and
definite list of dead, but the figure was
generally believed to be in the number of
1850.
The liner st. Paul. which passed the
scene OF the disaster yesterday. reported
by wireless that she had sighted manv
Corpscs about 20 miles west OF Kinsale
1t is believed that the st. Paul did not
pick up any OF the bodies, leaving them
to the rescue fleet that was cruising in
the vicinity.
OF the IA bodies recovered at the time
this dispatch was written 81 had been
Identified. OF the identified 65 were pas
sengers and % were seamen. So far as
known now 115 American lives were lost.
Survivors, both American and British,
who have arrived in London, severely
criticised the manner in which the Lusl-
tania was handled, both by the Admir-
atty and officials of the Cunard Line
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+. VAN RODEN, JR., ASKS
CUSTODY OF CHILD
Overbrook Resident Tells Court
Wife Is Unfit to Take Care of
Girl.

Startling and sensational testimony
brought by vast array Of legal talent
featured the habeas corpus proceedings
brought in the New Jersey Chancery
Court in Camden today by Frank Van
Roden, Jr., Of $500 Drexel road, Over
brook. against his wife, Julia Van Roden,
Jr., TO obtain possession OF their two
yeaf-old daughter Eleanor. whom tho
mother Kidnapped from the Van Roden
home in Overlook on the night OF March
H.
Represented by Congressman George s.
Graham and Robert McCarter. former
Attorney General of New Jersey. Mr.
Van Roden, Jr., in his petition. main
talns that Mrs. Van Roden. Jr., 'is not
nj person to have possession Of his daueh-
ter. and that her life OF Eayety makes
her unfit to be a mother to any child"
The petition says further that Mrs.
Van Roden is n member OF the smart
set at Atlantic City and that she has
been in the habit of receiving men guests
In her apartments there where little
Eleanor is now under the care of Negro
servant
Mrs. Van Roden was represented by
John Handy Hall first United States Dis
trlct Attorney In Philadelphia, and the
firm of Gaskill e Gaskll, OF Camden.
The proceedings were brought this morn
DeIOT6 vice NnbnCellOT lJeHIuuE'
who. after hearing the testimony, said
the Chancery Court has the general guar
dianship OF all children in New Jersey,
and that he would Issue an order TO have
Mrs. Julia Van Roden appear with the
child in court next Monday, and that If
she refused to come he would order the
child brought into court.
Detectives have been unable 10 serve
papers on Mrs. Van Roden and It Is be-
lieved that she is In New York. That is
also the belief OF Sheriff Bartlett. of At
lantic City, who has been searching for
her for moro than a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Roden, Jr,
were married in November 1910. in Ard
more. They separated In May, 1918. and
the father, by agreement, was given
custody Of their daughter, Eleanor. on
March IL, last, Mrs. Van Roden called
10 see her child at the Van Roden home
in Overbrook, and. her husband says,
managed to smuggle the child aboard a
train for Atlantic City.
The child has been sickly since birth
Detectives were put on the trail Of the
mother and daughter at once. and soon
located the child In the Galbraith apart
ments, New York and Pacific avenues
Atlantic City. The child was first found
at the Presbyterian Hospital in New
York. and later in st. Mary's Hospital on
Frankford. road. 1t is now in Atlantic
City.
One of the objects of the petition, IL is
said. is to place the child in an institu-
ton where It would be "gven proper
care and treatment"
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LORD MERSEY TO BEGIN
OFFICIAL PROBE AT ONCE
LONDON. NAV 1

@'DoAN' NAY ~ .
The Board of Trade inquiry into IN,
loss OF the Cunard liner Lusltann will b..
gin at once. After a conference with IN.
officers of the Board of Trade and Lord
Mersey, who presided over the Titanic
and Empress of Ireland inquiries, the Ad.
miralty decided to call the investigation
Immediately.
That the Government is being severely
criticised for its failure to send destroyers
TO safeguard the Lusitania into port and
ular course at slow speed. is just being
appreciated by the Cabinet. The officials
at the Admiralty said there was good
reason for acting as they did, but made
no explanation.
Tho criticism is not by Americana
alone, A leader Is D. A. Thomas, the
Welsh coal millionaire, who was rescued
''It is puzzlng at time like this" he
said, when speed means everything to
safety to understand why the Lusitanis
went so slow. She was running at least
20 per cent below her regular speed. The
price OF American coal is no more than
1t was a year ago, but even though il
was under any consideration prices ought
not to carry the slightest weight.
"Rumors that the Lusitania was slowed
down SO that she would not reach Liver
pool too soon are being circulated, but u
that is so, why did not a couple OF de-
stroyers convoy the steamer, as was the
case when the Pennsylvania went in?'
Many passengers openly assert that the
officers OF the Lusitania were too certain
that the liner would float. Althoughsehs
listed greatly with the first torpedo they
took the position that she would right
herself and there was no system In the
hurried attempts either to have the pas
sengers put on their liftbelts or 10 get the
boats and RATS overside Many Of the
boats and RATS, It Is nov known, went
down with the steamer.
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Agnes Smith, his eister said her protnes
was on his way to be married, She b%slu %
he knew 10 was dangerous TO san OF VIZ
Lusitania, but that he was not atIalu aI,.,., oi
n submarine attack. Miss Jessie martin
OF Chester. who accompanied Nicoll on
tba dnv Tho shin sailed, told of the scene
on the deck of the stricken vessel on tne
day OF departure. She saw Altred ".
Vanderbilt tear up the telegram Wathlns
him of the intended submarine et'ach;
She also saw the Crompton family anu
the other prominent persons VINO took
massage she said Nicoll was to join the
army when he reached England.
william Kane, Of Camden, who was AZ
first thought TO be among the dead is
safe He had been booked on the
Cameronia, and his relatives believed that
he was among the passengers transferred
TO the Busitanla. He saGed on the Tran
sylvanla after he reached the pier 100
late to catch the Lusitana.
Alexander Harkins, of 2ist street near
Race, a waiter in the private dining
rooms OF Broad Street Station, VINO Is
believed lost was on his way to England
on vlsit. -o,,
Mrs. James T. Holmes. Of 81 y. 5Oth
street, has not heard from her mother,
Mrs John Francis Varcoe, 40 years old,
formerly Of Kansas City Mrs, Narcoe
removed to Birmingham, England, about
Is years ngo, and was IN TINS country on
a visit to her four daughters, three of
whom live I'm Kansas city. She came to
this city only n few days before sailing
on tho Lusitania
Davis Todd. among the missing Is an
Engllshman, and has lived In this city
fer about four years lie sailed to visit
his mother. who Is III. On his return he
was TO have married Miss Mary Davis,
Of $40 Chester avenue.
H. Ig-In Is q " n
girl. who has been employed ms n nurse
in the family of James I. Dineaweaver,
0f Haverford. She was returning to her
home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
BEGINS RIGID PROBE
LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES
or LUSTTANIA DISASTER
Continued from Psse One

Continued from PaEe One
you learned that an attempt was to be
made to sink your vessel7" asked the
Coroner.
I'VE swung out boats out as we came
within the danger zone, between Fastnet
and the time Of the accident" replied
the captain.
Captain Turner declared that there
was not the slightest doubt that the
Lusitania was torpedoed, and said that
she had been struck the first time
forward, between the first and second
tunnels.
"Wilful and Wholesale murder was
returned by the Coroner's jury this aft
err1oon against tho Kaiser the German
Government and the officers and Grew OF
the submarine which sunk the Lusitanla.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, May 10.

WASHINGTON May w.
For eastern Pennsylvania; Fair and
continued cool tonight; Tuesday fair and
warmer; gentle shifting winds.
Showers occurred In the ST. Lawrenes
valley, along the south Atlantic coast 10
central Texas. and in the north Paclne
States during the last "a hours, while faf
weather and generally clear skies hAss
prevailed over the remainder of the eoun'
try. Seasonable temperatures are re-
ported generally from the Atlantic stais
and from the cotton belt while i was
moderately cool in the Lake region ISL
night, with light frost in some places
warm area covers the Missouri basin
and the far northwest and moderate tenn
peratures prevail in the plateau resi'h
u. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
ObaerYa tIonA taken at s a m EaslsIn llma
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10

sohGbls fares, instead of at the
present eEorbitdnt rates.
The DIFFICULTIES IN the t0ay Of get
ting to and from the NdVv Yard
hare dstrdoted from the interest the
iHhabitants Of the city naturally hdps
Ia it, an interest l0hieh the compile
tiOn of the BoEIeUard has greatly
stimulated, hotoeUer. and tUhioh has
erteHded throughout the country.
One Of the chief caasss tending
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
ASQUITH WILL NOT SEEK
TO INFLUENCE NEUTRALS
British Premier Says Enforcement of
Hague Rules Calls for Action.

British Premier Says enforcement OF
Hague Rules Calls for Action.
LONDON, May 1O.-In the House OF
Commons today, Premier Asquith, dis
cussing the suggestion that neutral ma
tions be called on to act Jointly in stop
ping the German submarine wafare,
which eliminated in the sinking of the
Lusitania, said:
There is no object in approaching neu-
trails regarding German breaches or The
Hague Convention, unless they are pre-
pared to take action"
Bonar Law. the Conservative leader,
In discussing the Lusitanla, said:
'I wouldn't presume to say what should
be the action of the United States. whose
citizens have been so barbarously mur-
dered, but / am sure that they will be
guided not merely by their monetary
interests. but by their feelings of what
is due to a great nation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10

Is that transit
facilities I o r
reaching u haUs
been poor be-
ing q constant
source OF dis
courdOement to
both officers aud
employees. I'M
proved trGnspor-
tatioH toould re-
suit IN greatly
Increased vdlue
OF the yard, as.
for eIample, IN
providing t0ork-
men liviHg IN
all parts Of
p hi a delphid
toith rapid and
EFFICIENT c a r
service to and
from { h g IT
homes at req
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
1000 NEW Z. s. CITIZENS
TO GET WILSON'S WELCOME
Mayor and President to Be Heard at
Reception Tonight.

Four thousand recently naturalized
aliens will be welcomed into United States
citizenship tonight at Convention Hall.
Broad street and Allegheny avenue. by
President Wilson. The new citizens will
be accompanied by members of their
families and there will be room In addI
tion for about 5000 others in tho galleries
of the big hall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10
PASS CIVIL SERVICE TESTS
List of Eligibles for City Jobs An

List of Eligibles for City Jobs An
nounced by Board.
Three applicants passed the Civil
Service examination for the $500 a year
position OF assistant engineer in the
Survey Bureau. The two men holding
first and second places are already em-
poyed In the Survey Bureau. The
elgibles are
Arthur c. Singer. 1861 Leiper street
Silas c. Grifith. 2l3l West Erie avenue
Charles Elcock, 1925 North 18th street
Sixty-seven applicants qualified as
sewer inspectors at salary OF IS a day
Appointees will work principally on
sewer relocation in connection with tran
sit construction.
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at large t0iH undoubtedly reeeiUe
proper Gttentso" at the proper time.
1 6sHsve that as time goes on the
question Of decreasing the depth OF
the Delat0ars channel ana uddsn-
ing IT, particularly at the bends.
totH be properly looked out FOR
and that the netGyaI Development
of events tCiH make this ons
Of the beat HaU0l stations on ne
eoast.
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WARNED LINER.
FIRST LORD DECLARES

LONDON May 10.
The British Admiralty warned the Lu-
sitanla or the presenceof hostile German
submarines the Irish coast and also
directed her course by wireless. First
Lord OF the edmlralty Churchill so told
the House Of Commons this afternoon.
The First Lord stated that the re-
sources Of the Admiralty would not en-
able it to furnish an escort to merchant
or passenger ships.
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10000 Hear DIR. Anderson

MILLVILLE, n. j.. May 1O-More than
1900 persons crowded into the Rev, Dr.
George Wood Anderson's tabernacle 81
the three services yesterday and 2lS biz,
the sawdust trail making the total a2.
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tentiOn that the
ShipI0dys tOiH be
extended SUM-
GENTLY to make
p Stole tile
building of bat
ueShipS of the
largest size at
this yard.
The strategic
Importance of
Philadelphia Is
tosH understood
and recognized
by those loho
hare to deal
toith such mat
ters, and the
question as to
just 11hat de-
pelopmehts are
to the best IN
terests Of the
CitU aud coslafr.,
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Intruder Starts Farm Fire

LANCASTER, Pa, May 1O,-FIre this
morning destroyed the house and barn on
Kinzer Bender's farm near Mechanics
burg. The loss was 5000. The fire is be-
lieved TO have been started by a stranger,
who was seen leaving the barn,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-10

totodrd future development has been
the building OF the ShiploGvs and of
transport No. 1 here, 10 being the in
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ADMIRAL BENSON, IN FAREWELL MESSAGE
PUTS TRANSIT FIRST IN NAVY YARDS NEEDS

Rear Admiral William of
OF the Philadelphia
the olowing statement:
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One OF the principal reasons that
the advantages of the Navy Yard
haze not been more fully developed