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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
CITY MONEY LACKING
FOR STONE PILE LAW
Women Must Wait Until Fall for
Pay From Imprisoned
Husbands

The "stone pile law" signed only a few
weeks ago by Governor Brumbaugh, provid-
ing that deserted wives receive siNtN'hNe
cents day from the county for the labor
Of their husbands while in prison. is likely
TO encounter further trouble after a three
year fight TO have II passed.
Councils Finance Committee failed 10 act
in the matter at its meeting June Is and
unless 1t recommends an appropriation at
tho next meeting, tomorrow which is the
next to the last before the summer recess,
many needy families in the city must wait
until fall TO benefit under the act
The law provides that the institution to
which the prisoner is committed shall pay
his family. Should tho running expenses
OF the institution exceed the amount Of
| labor done, such sum shall be charged TO
and paid by the county from which the de-
| fendant was committed"
| The labor done at the House OF Correc-
/ tion does not pay the running expenses,
| SO the funds must come from the County
| Commissioners budget. They cannot be
| used. however, until the Finance Commit.
| tee acts.
At the offices Of Judge Brown, Of the
| Municipal Court. It was said today that
| Joseph =. Gafrney. chairman Of the Financ,
| Committee, had said he would try to find
| enough money to provide for the appro
! priation over the summer When Mr.. CAM
ney was asked TO verify this, he declared
! emphaticaly that he had mo such intcn
ton" and that the matter was CLOSED foi
| the present"
Logan w MacCoy. an attorney I'm thC
| Land Title and Trust Building. who drafted
the "stone pile act said today that tn,
bill had been fought consistently ever sine,
it was presented by Senator McNichol
Even after il was passed by both houses
II was thought the Governor would Vet,
1t. but such pressure was brought TO bea
by social workers all through the state tha
II finally was signed.
At the Society for Organizing Charity
It was said that an immediate appropriation
was needed since dcscrtion and nonsuppor
cases were increasing
There are many families in the city whic
now are entitled to allowances from tn
county, for the law has been in effect sine
b June 1.
one case was cited Of a woman wit
, children. the youngest three years old I'll
, father was committed to the House Of Coz
rcCtion in May and will not be discharg,
) ! until the middle Of September
The woman earns $555 n week. Durr
n the day her children are in day nurscr
e. The fee for this, her carfare and lunche
/, | take every cent Of her wages. The 8
n | cety is paying her Sll n week for rcr
$ food and clothes. Under the "stonc-pi
law" she would receive sixty-fvc cents
< day all summer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
Fridny-Chargc of an Architect.
TWENTY-EIGHT GRADUATE
FROM SWARTHMORE HIGH

Swarthmore High School will graduate
twenty-clght boys and girls tonight. Exer-
cises will he held in the auditorium Of the
school Samuel &. Mitchell, president OF
Delaware state College, viii deliver the
commencement Grafton A. Ainsworth pres
ldent of the board of Swarthmorc schools
will present the diplomas. n scholarship
to Swarthmore College will be awarded and
"A medal. donated by the Home and School
Association, will be conferred for excel
lcnCe.
The graduates are:
Joseph Ball Lillian Gratten, Beatrice
Brooks. George Casey, Eleanor Coates, Ed
ward Cobel, Susanne Cunningham, Delma
Crenshaw, Gladys Detweiler, Marian Dep
uty, David Dennison, Clara Ewes, Eugene
Farley Dorothy Haines, Myra Holman
Miriam Jenkins Harry Long, Everett Mac
C0nnell, Ruth McClung Donald Morgan
Stanton Moylan, Eleanor PaXon, George
Place, Clementine Pratt, Helen Samuel
Thornton Stockton, Wlmet Whittier and
Raymond Worrell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
SMITH COLLEGE AWARDS
DEGREES TO 353 STUDENTS

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. June 2O.-Smith
College gave Its bachelor of arts degree
to 353 students. DR.. George f.. Vincent,
president of the Rockefeller Foundation
was the speaker. It is as his successor as
president Of the University of Minnesota
that Doctor Burton will leave Smith in the
fall.
Mrs Elizabeth g. Morrow, of EnglewQod,
y. j., was elected president and DR.. Alice
Tallant. of Philadelphia, one Of the directors
of the Alumnae Association,
Among the graduates were Johanna c. d.
Hoist, Eleanor p. Hunsicker, Frances II.
Steen and Doris Van Du Zee, of Philadel-
phia Elizabeth n. Wilson, Wayne; Nir-
gnia Whittmore, Ridgewood; Elizabeth p.
Schencl and Sarah p Scott Princeton
Marion Morris and Lois r. ODonnel, Pitts
burgh Romaine A. Mum, Carbondale
Gladys L. Richards, Morristown; Ferne L.
Taylor, Greensburg; Dorothy V. Payne
Williamsport; Anna NJ. Campbell Warren
and Margaret NJ. Duff, Carnegie.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
TEACHER PENSIONBIIl
REPORTED FOR PASSAGE
Tompkins Gives Measure fo
House-Law Would Be Opef-
ative in 1919
By a star Correspondent
HARRrspTrpc r,,,1 :

JUN" &.|.
The teachers OF the state win rtt1iI.
State aid in their program for pensions Cor
teachers who have served all their Iitch n
the schools Of the State.
Representative Ramsey. Of DeIawat>
County, last night reported to the House
the Tompkins bill providing for stais.
wide teachers pension fund. The teachers
Of Philadelphia and several other school
districts in the State already have pension
system, but the new bill applies to the entire
State. and also changes the system IN
Philadelphia.
The bill will be on final passage today
II provides an appropriation OF $4,000 20
defray the expenses of the bureau which
will be established to administer the PEN
sion fund, but the law will not go into effect
until 1919. The bill provides that the
teachers shall pay so per cent OF the fund.
the various school districts rs Ger cent
and the State 25 per cent. The next Legis-
lature. it is estimated, must appropriata
100000 for the pensions. Sixty years Of
age is fixed for voluntary retirement aud
seventy years for compulsory retirement
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

TT is quite generally the case that the
L prospective house owner does not seem
to have the opportunity of choice. His
architect, so to speak, is thrust upon him,
and that with such force IL is difficult
to thrust him back. But however difficult
It may be, IT will pay to do so, and then
his choice should be made in a quiet and
reasonable way.
As soon as 1t Is learned that a man has
bought a piece Of property and intends to
improve It, he will he visited by a number
Of architects who come without an intro
duction of any kind, each seeking to intrigue
the owner into employing him as his arChi-
tect This they do by making sketches for
him. for which he has not asked, trying thus
10 cause him to feel under obligation to him,
by falsely telling the owner that he can
plan the work in such a way that It will
cost him less than IL some other architect
would do IT, or by cutting under the usual
fees and at the same time telling the owner
that his services will be complete and hon
est, both of which will prove TO be untrue.
These are the architects who thrust Them
selves on an inexperienced owner. Their
services" are merely means of defraud-
ing. II is safe to say that the owner should
place no confidence in the representations of
the architect who comes to seek his patron
age without introduction or personal rec
ommendation of any kind.
Now, how is the thoughtful owner to ar
rive at choice when there are many VINO
are reputable and capable? Is not one just
as good for his house as another? Not at
all. Architects, by reason Of the wide field
into which their services enter. have become
divided into groups who specialize, we might
say, in different kinds Of work, one group
doing business buildings. another factories
another institutional work, another hospi.
tails. still another doing house work, etc.
Then OF this last group Of architects
there are some who do only large houses
who would probably not be interested in a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
CLASS DAY EXERCISES
AT THE CHELTENHAM HIGH

Glass day exercises of the class Of 1911
Cheltenham High School, were held this
afternoon, at o'clock, in the High School
Auditorium Elkins Park. Ffty-siX stu
dents, who will receive their diplomas Fri
day night took part in the farewell testivi-
ties willard williams had been elected
bowman, and Edith Janison spoongirL as
the two most popular members of the class
The auditorium was decorated with the class
colors, Blue and White, and each member
wore the class cornnower The officers Of
1917 are Wayne Wilson, president; Lola
Needles, vice president; Elizabeth Barker,
secretary; Hammond Armstrong, treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

small one. There are also those who are
interested especially In the designing and
building Of small houses. Then by looking
further. we would find that the houses done
by some Of them pleased us, while the ones
done by others did not; we may not like the
style or manner Of the work Of certain archi-
tects while that Of another suits us better
So we see that our choice can be sifted down
to comparatively a very few, and whichever
we choose Of this last few we will make no
mistake.
From this procedure we gather that the
basis on which we should make a choice Is
nothing else than consideration OF the
work an architect has already done. This
Is the only safe way. often we feel we
would like to give a young architect a start
whom we know to be bright and industrious.
Perhaps friend Of ours Is an architect and
we would like to favor him. There are
many things which are liable 70 influence
us but II we wish TO do the best for our
selves. we will base our choice upon one
question, What has he already done?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
DRAFT DODGERS WILL
FORFEIT CITIZENSHIP
Old Law Provides EXpatriation
for Those Who Leave U. S. to
Avoid Conscription
BIZ a StdG Correspondent
WASHINGTON. June

WASHINGTON, June 20.
Any man registered on June 5 who leaves
the United States to escape the draft is
subject to expatriation, the Department of
Justice has found from an examination of
the laws on the subject.
The matter came up when Representa-
tive Taylor, Of Colorado, introduced a bill
providing that any man who leaves the
country to escape military service thereby
forfeits his citizenship. Several Congress-
men questioned the constitutionality Of the
proposal, and the Attorney General was
asked to give an informal opinion in the
matter
After digging into the statutes, an Assist.
ant Attorney General reported that there
was already a law almost exactly the same
as that proposed by Mr.. Taylor which has
stood on the statute books for more than
halt century. This law, approved March
q, 1865, provides as follows:
That every person who hereafter de-
serts the military service of the United
States o. who, being duly enrolled, de-
parts the jurisdiction of the district in
which he is enrolled, or goes beyond the
limits of the United States, with intent
TO avoid any draft into the military or
naval service, lawfully ordered, shall be
liable to all the penalties and forfeitures
OF Section 1896
Section 1895 prescribes a penalty of for
teiture of citizenship and of the right to
become citizen, and also the right TO hold
any office of trust or profit under the United
States, and all rights of citizenship.
By act Of August 49, 1912, Congress re-
enacted that section and provided that the
penalties named should not apply to one
who deserted in time of peace
The act was passed in the last session OF
Congress precedins the end Of the Civil
war 1t was not approved by President
Lincoln until a few days before his death
ana there were few cases Of its use witt
respect TO men drafted for the Union army
~ applies perfectly. however. to men who
desert from the current draft.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

The Music League Of Philadelphia, a new
organization Of musicians and lovers Of
music, has arranged for permanent quarters
in Room 1917, Pennsylvania Building. The
officers OF the league are Herbert j. Tily.
president; Arthur Judson, vice president
and Thomas q. Martindale, secretary and
treasurer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
PHILADELPHIA WOMAN INJURED
Jitneur Ignores Signal and Train Hits
Rear of Car

=, MOUNT HOLLY. June 2O-A woman. be-
heved to be Miss c. II. Ritter, of Philadel-
phla, and Bert Matthias a local jitneur,
We're seriously injured here today when the
automobile in which they were riding was
struck by a train at the Washington street
crossing, Both are in the local hospital.
Matthias disregarded the stop signal OF
the nagman and the rear of the automobile
was hit. The occupants were thrown out
against the fiaghouse and the machine was
hurled into the creek.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
STILL MORE MYSTERY
OVER GRIFFITH'S TRIP
Latest Rumor Is That Battle
front Scenes Are Not
"Shootable"
By the Photoplay Editor

Flicker Alley. at least the wise portion,
will hardly be thrilled to its marrow TO |
learn that d. w. Grifith's jaunt to the !
trenches has not been as productive as first |
reports led one 10 believe. Ever since he |
sailed for abroad the impresarios venture
has been covered with mystery. No one,
not even Aircraft seemed TO know Just
what Mr. Griffith was going to do whether
he was acting officially for the French or
American Governments, or merely whether
his prestige as a director had led the Allied
military authorities to grant him an uh-
usual privilege I'm shooting" war stun, TO
be used in film fiction
A London correspondent recently wrote
this department asking " George w.
Bitter. the Grihith rght-hand cameramsn
was with the expedition. This department
! rather thought II was up to Paris, or az
! least London. Then came the news that
| Mrs Gish. Lillian and Dorothy. and Robert
| Harron were either with d. w. or about
| TO Join him That sounded like n new
feature. Now, without any official backing
! but apparently with some source OF news
! Gordon Trent" writing in the \. Y, Morn
| ing Telegraph disCloSca the report that Mr.,
Grimth has found It impracticable to
| photograph scenes Of big battles" Isolated
! incidents may be "shct" and patched to-
| Ecther. but the filming Of an important
| struggle has been found TO be out OF the
| question.
while on the British front" the writer
| goes on, Griffith did not succeed In obtain
| ing any pictures, bat he snapped some
wonderful scenes on the French front and
| will incorporate them into big war film
which he has under consideration Which
sounds almost as mysterious as the identity
Of the latest serials villain Altogether,
an Illuminating statement from the director
or his releasing agents would be welcome
| incidentally, the Stanley Company has
| seen to Il that injurious distance" will
not "stop the way" Of Grfith films even
if he is abroad. The concern has on hand
prints Of "IIcr Condoned Sin," the new
9 and unabridged version of judith Of
= Bcthulia." II will be shown at the Arcadia
the first half Of next week. This photo
d play, based on Thomas Adrch's drama
o. and poem, was the first really spectacular
b. piece Grihth ever attempted. Originally 4
4 was in just "A few reels, but the Biograpf
| Company. before 1t sank into eternal ashes
6 picked up formerly discarded scenes, in
?: corporated them into the proper places an,
3, sold the enlarged feature, after tinting an,
y toning IT, Much Of Judith" is in the natur
l., Of a study" for the Babylonan part o
. Intolerance" For the equally heroi
a story, fine cast was used.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
Will Register All Housewives

be made I'm this city from July / TO July 10.
The plan IS to find out what every woman
is qualified for in time Of war. The regis.
tration campaign has been suggested by
Herbert q. Hoover and the civic club
has offered to Mr.. Hoover the cooperation
of its office in carrying out this work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

We should try to bring
our houses into close
harmony with the nature
which surrounds it, by the
color and texture of its
material, and by its plac-
ing and proportion it
should seem to be a nat
ural part of the landscape,
as if it had grown there
just the same as the frees
and flowers about it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
Club to Buy Big Tent for sailor.

A large tent for the use Of sailors At
the Philadelphia Navy Yard will be pur-
chased from the war fund of $500 raised
yesterday at the second war meeting OF the
Philadelphia Club. These war meetings
will continue every Tuesday in June and
July. The Philomusian Club is Cooperate
ing with the womans section Of the Council
Of National Defense
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

Donations for the purchase Of anesthetics
for the wounded and dying soldiers Of Eu-
rope are needed Immediately by the Emer-
gency Aid committee, 1928 Walnut street.
Contributions can he addressed to the treas
urer Of the anesthctic committee, Mrs. Nor
man Macleod
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20
Questions and Answers

The real estate man from whom I bought my
property wishes to build a house for mo. | like
the plan he has shown me. should | have
him do so2 MRS. B. Il. NJ.
This would be as good as any other way
provided that you are represented by some
one who could tell you whether or not the
plans and specifications are complete
whether the price given you is a fair one
or not, and TO see to it for you that the
house is well built and that the plans and
specifications are carried out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-20

+. IA bungalow will cost possibly ten
per cent more than a two-story house hav-
ing the same number and size of rooms
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09
Irish Not Coal Miners.

An Irish coal field Of importance is
that of Tyrone. Here exists a supply
which, if fully exploited, would az.
ford nearly sufficient coal for the i'm.
portant factories Of that prosperous
section Of Ireland; but unfortunately,
coal mining is q branch Of industry
which seems foreign to the habits OF
the people. The Tyrone coald field has
special advantages for working living
north of the nourishing town Of Dun.
cannon. The coal is bituminous there
are several thick seams about ten I'M
all-all workable, and the Ulster canal
places district Of Coal island III connec.
tion with Lough Neagh.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09
chIIdren wIn Raise chiekens.

Free chickens are TO be distributed
to boys and girls Of Lane county by
the Eugene chamber of commerce as
a part Of a statewide campaign launch
ed by the Oregon State Poultry assoc
citation 20 increase the meat produc-
tion in the state. President F.. J. Nc
Clanahan Of the state association Will
give the use Of incuhators necessary
for the project, poultry men will pro.
vide eggs and others will contribute
the oil necessary for operations A
penalty Of some sort viii be put on
each boy or girl receiving the birds.
as sort of guarantee of fulflment Of
the child's part Of the contract.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09
OZARK TRAIL NOTES

The Amarillo Ozark Trails conven.
tion was all that its promoters expect
ed Of it, In size it compared favorably
to the Oklahoma city convention; in
importance it surpassed the Oklahoma
City convention. The official route
from st. Louis to Amarillo was decided
and an ambitious program for the com
year mapped out Roads viii be
logged and promoted from the Cana
dian border to the Gulf through Okla
homa City; from point or the south
ern route, perhaps, Hollis Okla to El
Paso. Texas: from Amarillo to El Paso
BY Roswell and Almagordo New Mexi-
co, and from Oklahoma City to Mo
nett or some point on the Ozark
Trails, by Henryetta. Okmulgee and
Muskogee In addition to this pro
gram a number Of lesser projects viii
be undertaken President Coin Har-
vey viii have general supervision Of
the entire field OF work with a corps
Of managers for the various projects.
Floyd Thompson Of Oklahoma City viii
have general charge Of the projects in
oklahoma Texas, and New Mexico,
with the exception Of portion Of cast
ern Oklahoma
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09
No Rullct Holes There.

The state seal Of South Carolina
bears the figure of an erect palm tree.
This commentaries the rcpulsc of "a
British feet from Ft Mouuic on Jui
IS. 1776, by force of about SO meu
They We're behind a primitive fortiii-
cation made Of palmetto logs. The re-
sistance Of this wood is much like that
Of cork The wood does not split and
the perforatlon made by bullet closes
again.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09

The official Ozark Trail as finally
designated by the judges at the Anna
rillo convention starts at Union Mis-.
souri having alrady been designated
from ST. Louis to that point From
Onion to Springfield by way Of Wen.
pa and lebanon; Springfield 70 Jop-
lin via the CenUalMt, Vernon route;
Joplin to Tulsa via Galena Miami No
wata and CollinsvilIe; Tulsa to Okla.
homa City via sapulpa, Bristow and
ChandlerS Oklahoma CITY to Amarillo
via Chickasha. Hobart, Mangum and
wellington Texas From Amarillo to
Las Vegas New Mexico, via Vega and
Tucumcari
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09

Clay Hall of Mangun. driving a
BUICK six made the run from the Lee
Huckins hotel Oklahoma City to the
city hall in Amarillo, Texas over the
central route-now the Ozark Trail
in eight hours two minutes and 2s See.
onds Twenty-six minutes were con.
sumed in stops for gas and water and
because of a puncture The distance
is 3l2 miles. The run was made June
Is. The average speed is better than
~ miles per hour running time. The
day previous run was iaads over tho
southern route between the same
points a distance Of 375 miles. in nine
hours and seventeen minutes. running
time. The car used was stripped
Ford and driven by G. W. Caldwell Of
Altus.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-09

Jack dear. which would you rather
lose me or my money!"
"You, dearest"
'Oh, Jack :"
"But I would. Because vou see. dear
II ! lost you I would have the money
TO ofer q large reward and get you
back again 2"
You darling boyT 80