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The Denver star., 1917-03-24
cHuRcHmAE REPORTED I'LL.
Organiser For National Equal Rights
loaaue Suffer- Breakdown,

Organiser For National Equal Rights
League Suffers 0rsakdewn.
The illness Of the Rev. James E.
Churchman at his homo ON Oakwood
avenue. Orange, N. J.. 10 causing his
many friends and the institutions
which he % calamity serves much
cuhcen. The Rev. Mr.. Churchman is
the national organiser for the National
Equal Rights league. He was the ora
tor at The Boston celebration held in
Faneuil hall Feb. II ip honor OF the
one hundredth anniversary Of the birth
or Frederick Douglass.
The Rev. Mr.. Churchman was III
when he delivered his address in
Paneuil hall and has since been con-
nned to his home IN Orange from over
work. He II receiving many letters Of
sympathy from numerous sources.
which are being answered by Mrs.
Churchman a. time permits.
Mr.. Churchman has been an active
worker In movements for racial up
hit In tho north and south for q num-
ber Of yoars. As an orator and fear
less asitator for justice to the race he
holds foremost place. His condition
was reported still quite serious on
March II. Hope for his recovery u
the wish Of au who know Of h1a un-
seansA devotion to hls race.
The Denver star., 1917-03-24

March 10. DIR. Carroll is still one of
the most active ministers in the de-
nomination and is pastor at the Cen
tennial NJ. E. church. where Frederick
Douglass worshiped while living in
Baltimore
The laymen held their session on
Friday morning. and in the evening
anniversaries Of several boards were
observed The board OF home mis-
sions aud the Women's Home Mis-
sionary society will have charge Of
op Mcdowell will preach Sunday
morning, March 1s, and in the after
noon the ordination Of deacons and
elders Will take place, with the Rev.
J. W. Z. Bowen preaching the sermon.
The Rev. R. E. Jones, editor Of the
Southwestern Christian Advocate, and
DR. Lucas will be among the speakers
late In the afternoon. The appoint
ments will be announced Monday,
March 10.
The Rev. Albert J. Mitchell, the en-
tertaining pastor. is one Of the most
successful Of the younger members of
the conference Born in Jacksonville,
Fla. and reared in New York city, he
received his theological training at
Cannon Theological seminary, At
lanta, graduating therefrom in 1908.
He was in Atlanta during the riot
there and tells a thrilling story Of that
stormy period.
During his pastorate at Ames church
DR.. Mitchell has shown that he is i'm
bued with the community spirit He
has succeeded in getting more oppor-
tunities for young colored women to
get work IN factories and has shown a
deep interest in the welfare OF the
blind and deaf. He has instituted q
children's service at his church, the
young ones gathering there Friday
afternoons. Besides religious training,
the children are taught manual train
ing also.
The Denver star., 1917-03-24
IN wAsHINe1oH's MEMORY.
Many Netablss to Speak at Meeting
Scheduled For March 20.

Washington.-The postponed meeting
in memory Of the late DR.. Booker T.
Washington is now definitely set for
Tuesday evening, March 20, at which
time Dr. r. r. Motion and Mr.. Emmett
J. Scott, president and secretary re-
spectively OF Tuskegee institute, will
be the principal speakers.
Plans for the meeting were laid at
a session Of the local committee on
the Booker T. Washington memorial
fund Mt which Chairman Henry Las
sitter presided. The commodious John
Wesley A. NJ. e. Zion church, Four
teenth and Corcoran streets, northwest.
has been secured for the occasion. and
the outlook for a great meeting Is ex-
ceedingly bright.
Citizens representing every phase OF
Washington life are members OF the
committee. All of the churches, schools.
colleges, fraternal, benevolent and So
cial organizations and the federal gov
ernment viii turn out in force to hon
or DR. Washington and Tuskegee in
stitute in a fitting manner. President
Wilson and his cabinet. prominent
members Of both houses Of congress.
the judiciary and the diplomatic corps.
the District commissioners, the board
Of education and others OF national ip-
fiuence are invited to be present.
This meeting will mark The close of
the campaign for the Booker T. Wash
ington memorial fund, and 1t is expect
ed that the District Of Columbia, which
owes tfSn n tc founder of Tusk cCcS in
stitute large debt of gratitude, will
do its full duty toward rounding out
tho sum Into dignified proportions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
WE'D BE AT THE MERCY OF
CONTRACTORS, ANYWAY

WHETHER the streets should be
w cleaned, repaired and paved by con-
tract with private citizens or by public
bureaus is a question of expediency.
The Committee of Seventy and its as
sociates are committed to the city bureau
plan. The present custom is to have
the work done by private contract.
1t is not well done. The reason for this
however, lies not in the system, but In
the temper of the men in charge. The
contractors are politicians. The officials
charged with enforcing the contracts are
the creatures of these same politicians
The power that controls the Job controls
the judgment. Herein lies the whole
trouble with Philadelphia streets
1t is the result of contractor gov
ernment.
The creation of a street cleaning and
paving bureau or bureaus would trans
fer the men now doing the work from
the payrolls of the contractor to the
payrolls of the city. 1t would create
several hundred new Jobs TO be filed by
the politicians. The tenure of office
would depend on subservience to the
contractors who control patronage, and
would have little or no relation TO the
efficiency OF the jobholders.
- Whether the results under this system
would be any better than under the
system in vogue is an open question.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
CLEAR OUT THE DIVORCE
COLONY

UNLESS pressure is brought to bear, 1t
" is reported from Harrisburg, there
is little prospect of the repeal of the law
of 1918 permitting service by publication
OF papers In divorce suits.
The law, coupled with the other statute
which permits divorce after one years
residence in the State, has brought here
a multitude Of persons who would other
wise have gone to Nevada. This city has
acquired the title of the Reno of the East
among those who hold the marriage tie
lightly. The Law Association of this city
has demanded the repeal of the objection.
able statutes and the State Bar Associa-
ton has taken cognizance OF The scandals
that have arisen since they were passed.
The local custom of trying divorce cases
before a master or commissioner makes
Il easy for a man or woman to secure
freedom from his marital ties. Publica-
ton OF notice OF the divorce proceedings
In an obscure paper satisfies the law and
conceals knowledge of the suit from the
defendant. The taking of testimony in
private facilitates the process OF conceal.
ment and the first knowledge that a man
or woman may have of a divorce is when
he or she attempts to enforce marital
riGhts-
This condition ought not % Be tolerated
~ \ elvll1c1 conz1pplfy. Il 4 .s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR BRADY

To the Editor of the EUentn0 Ledger;
Sir-The Rev Cyrus Townsend Brady
eXhorted his hearers at the ionkers Y NJ
c. A., saying among other things: move
the ships. Shall the st. Louis, st PAU,
Philadelphia and New York be tied up,
their cargoes discharged, their crews let go
and their mail placed on foreign ships be-
cause we are afraid to move the ships?
Move the ships, If it takes the whole power
Of the United States navy to convoy them
across the ocean on their lawful errands,
I don't want war, but / have an idea that
this would not produce war. If anything
will produce war IL is to show that we are
afraid We don't want the world to think
that this Government Is afraid of any
nation
To this TRADE. I, an American citizen,
would like to reply. First of ALL Mr.. Brady,
what is your idea in moving the ships?
Do you know what those ships carry? Are
YOU in favor of the arrival of their deadly
cargo in the hands of the British that they
may sooner murder their brothers across
the trenches? And is this the gospel that
YOU preach? And do you think that your
Master approves of your idea? Has any
body branded the American nation as a
nation of towards because we do not move
these ships?
am thankful 10 God that the power of
moving those ships and conveying them by
the entire United States navy has not been
vested IN you. fuftner on IN your speech
you said that God was no pacifist, as He
had given His only Son to fight and die"
Will you please tell us where in the Bible
you read of Christ fighter? Such an
entirely new view of our Saviour at this
time is If proved true, deserving Of a
colossal statue to your memory. The fight
ing Christ would be among other concep-
tions the needed straw to break the back of
the camel of a dying faith,
And finally you said that you doubted If
the Son would have been a pacfist IL he had
stood on the fields of Belgium, When a
speaker resorts to such extremes to put the
required punch in his speech his end is de-
feated when he casts his eyes about for a
new missile to cast and, finding II not
takes the purest character In Christendom
to fling it at his hearers as he would a
stone one of two things Is certain; either
his God has bereft him of reason or he is
| insincere.
Come to the fore and tell us by way OF
apology that the enlightened present OF
| this nation of ours ought not to fall upon
| its knees a prey to the barbarc past By
| your faith we have been murdered before
! and we do not intend to be murdered again
| A CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES.
| Philadelphia, February 26.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. The Israelltes under Joshua felled the walls
OF Jericho tho seventh time they marched
around the city blowing their trumpets,
according TO the Bible story.
2. Delaware was named In honor Of Lord de la
War;, "a Governor of Virginia.
3. A nocent act Is n harmful act,
4. The Nobel peace prizes for 1914, 1915 and
1916 have not been awarded.
o. Biweekly means every two weeks; semi
weekly, twice week.
9. Downing street, London. has been the Of
hclal residence of the british Prime Min
lister since the time Of Sir Robert Walp0le
I. The "wIdOws mite Is estimated at about u
quarter Of a cent? she east in two. each
worth an eighth OF cent.
3. President Cleveland Is buried at Princeton,
y. J.
o. Archaeology Is pronounced ark-ee-ol-o-ji, the
accent being on the third SYLLABLE The
first "a' Is broad. the first 30" short.
10. The fifteenth wedding anniversary Is the
crystal wedding anniversary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
TO ONE WHO is BLIND
| said I had forgotten her,
THAT had ullt aWay

I said I had forgotten her.
That I had put away
Our memories of Paradise
Until the Judgment day;
That never more the laughing earth
should see us hand In hand.
That long since had shut the door
OF the old fairyland,
Then on a sudden came strange news
Upon the gossip wind
Ny love of those sweet years ago
Great God-my love was blind
I said-the news must be lie,
Cruel as are the years.
They could not be so merciless
Il To such great eyes as hers
O little child Of long ago,
God grant the news untrue
Except for one strong selfish thought
That may come to you.
And sit beside you In the dark.
And. as in Paradise
i gave you all my breaking heart,
Now bring 70 you--my eyes.
a f --Richard Il 0allisnne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
MIR. WILSON HAS A VOTE
OF CONFIDENCE

COME OF the congressional leaders seem
~ to think that the country cannot pass
safely through the present crisis unless
the national legislature remains In ses-
sion to advise the President.
II the present Congress will make an
adequate appropriation for emergencies
the President can be trusted to exercise
his constitutional functions for the pro-
lection OF our shipping on the seas. He
will exercise those functions anyway.
whether the new Congress Is called in
extraordinary session or not. Congress
cannot prevent him from exercising them,
and 1t cannot prod him on to exercise
them in a way which seems to him un-
wise.
But Congress can compllcate matters
by unwise and precipitate action. 1t can
make II difficult for him to keep the
peace, IL he sees the way. The .disposi.
ton to make partisan capital out of the
war crisis Is too manifest for 1t to be
encouraged by any one. Whether we
like It or not, we must trust the Presi-
dent and we must make 1t as easy as
possible for him to do his duty.
pettifogging congress IN session htter
March would do more harm than good.
Tf any emergency arises which calls for
the action Of that body it can be called
together. But to hold up appropriations
until after next Monday in order to com
pei the President to call an extraordinary
session on the ground that the Presi.
dent cannot be trusted would be to make
n m m nation
to Mr.. Wilson a vote of confidence last
November. If the nation can trust him,
Congress certainly ought to be able to-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
ARMED DEFENSE NOT EASY

THE President used his imagination in
l. regard to just what conduct an Amer
ican armed merchantmen would have to
observe in a way that his critics either
would not or could not Use theirs. A gun
on the deck of British or French mer-
chairman is chiefly OF value because II
can be fired as soon as the gunner sees
a submarine or its periscope. Our gun
ners would not have that privilege. They
would have TO wait until fired upon, and
II they waited it would probably be too
late to fire.
On the other hand, the conveying Of our
ships-if, indeed, the Germans would not
consider the appearance Of our warcraft
in the barred zone as an act Of war in
itself-is no simple matter. II it were al
ways easy to convoy ships, the Laconia
would have been properly conveyed from
the moment she entered the zone until
she docked.
The difficulty of the situation. as the
President has seen it, has been that, while
the country has wanted conveying or
armed defense without war, the practical
working out of such defense is almost in.
conceivable without the constant proba-
bility, daily imminent, that 1t would lead
some impulsive commander on either side
to commit an act of war. For example,
suppose an American captain saw ship
in the distance torpedoed, and then the
submarine bearing down upon his own
vessel. Would he be inclined to parley
with the marauder when any moment
might see his ship and passengers sent
to the bottom?
OF course, the ships should be protected;
but it must be remembered that this is
easier to say than to do.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
Tom Daly's Column
TILE PLAYAfATE

THE PLA YMATE
I barted beneath his ,oindo,c. goome a. \
PLAY"
scratched so lightly at his nursers
door.
I phimpered softly IN the pdssaoe,ooy---
He neper failed to ansioer me before.
Pve saved the ,oiilo,o ,ohtp his finger.
peeled;
The stick he used to throW is by th4
pool;
The butterflies are ,oditing IN the field
Beside the grassy path that led to
school
10 Is so long since last zoe romped and
ran.
Hop proud ,ous to guard his door Of
ldtei
Pve called to him In epery Ddy can
There's nothing left to do but ,oait--i
and acdit
BURGEs JOHNSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

There is n rumor-it Is scarcely more
than that--to the effect that President
Wilson will create coalition Cabinet to
meet the present great national emergency
members of the present Cabinet will be
dismissed so that places may be provided
for other men of wider experience and great
capacity for usefulness. Perhaps it is the
fact that this Is exactly what the President
should do that has started the rumor. The
wish among a great many patriotic Ameri-
cans is father to the thought.-Kansas City
Journal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
THE FOOD'CRISIs

To the Editor OF The Evening LEDGER
Sir--I want to- commend you on the
article which appeared In yesterdays EVE
NINo LEDGER headed the Food Crisis" 1t
is refreshing to read such a sensible article
after, reading so many other statements
and reasons why. especially, food products
are costing so much more now than twenty
Ave years ago II is all nonsense about
middleman and speculator rolling In wealth
made out of the exorbitant profits. You
have It positively correct. Give us more
goods and prices will automatically come
lower. Make the thousands Of acres with
In fifty miles OF Philadelphia become pro-
ducers instead of lying idle and YOU would
coon ses ohanss' Why don't W suggeS(
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter
LxxXvIII a

Each morn thousand Errands brings, you
say.
And yet left some undone yesterday
The Lady said. Some Coffee. Tea and
Soap"
1 quite forgot the Coffee, anyway
LxxXIx
Yet this know. that take II all around
The lovely little Cottage that is found
In backs Of Magaxines-for modest
Looks very different when It's on the
Ground.
xC
The shingle Roof set my Heart upon.
Turns out TO be but Thing And anon.
The chimneys vanish from the Contract.
( a ~ wv iraeau q shs oetasen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
QUIZ

l. What Is the pronunciation of Bapaume, the
center Of attack by the Allies the
western front?
2. DO the Germans call their submarine war
fare a blockade?
3. What are hylacteres?
T. What are star forts?
5. Why was the honor Of building the Temple
assigned to solomon instead of to David,
his father?
O. Explain the distinction between the alb
breviations "St." and este"
!. What President is buried at Canton. o.?
\. How did "moonshine" whisky get its name?
0. What substance gives color to the March
birthstone? Name the stone.
10. What Is the German Zollyerein?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
TOP o. THE MORNIN'

oh. Julius Caesar had 10 1chen
HIS le0tons ruled the tcorld,
And so did Kid Sdlome as
Before the King she t,cirled.
'Tis sure the Irish Kings possessed
A lot of II to shotC,
And Hkc,CtSe good Queen Bess," toho
1COre
A ruff and acted so.
While pictured angels dltcdys, aoell-
IN put IL up to yom
Should not an ordinary guy
Be proud OF red hair, too9
A. BEACON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

do imagine it merely, or is 1t fact"
writes Jinks, that since you began to
get two cents for it you haven't so often
spoken of it as our own dear paper'?'
Why, man alive, the pictures alone are
worth the price of admission! Maybe
you've missed 'em; the back page isn't
big enough to hold em all, you know.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

II should tend to bring Germany to
sr senses now and in the event of an
-neonclusive peace that America is fast
earning.to do without her products, from
drugs and dyes to toys. Imports Of
potash were worth s15.Ooo,oOO yearly be.
Tore the war. They were used as fer
ulizer, In the chemical Industries, in
making soap. matches and glass. But in
1915 our domestic production Of potash
- ten times that Of 1915. It is said
fnnt we are making now as much in dye
(uns as we used to import, What is true
qf these essentially German products can
~ much more forcibly demonstrated Of
repducts which we make as well as the
crmans. II we shall not make war on
Fmany we shall at least be in a frame
mind shortly to undermine her whole
}1re trade with the American cont.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
A PERTINENT QUESTION

To the Editor OF The EVenIn0 Ledger:
Sir-J. st. George Joyce says The sea is
mo mans land" Ignoring the Irish bull
Indicated in the phrase, may ask why. II
the sea is or should be- 80 absolutely free,
does England claim that she is mistress of
II?
britannia Rules the Waves is as much
the slogan of the Briton today It was
in the days of Drake or Nelson.
Philadelphia, February 28 f. J. COY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

Everything Is good or bad, helpful
or deadly, not in itself, but by its cir
cumstances For a few bright days in
England the hurricane must break
forth and the North Sea pay a toll Of
populous ships. -
The only thing noteworthy about the
above is that it was written in peace
full bower long before the world began
to realize how great the toll was to
grow. The quotation is from an early
essay of Robert Louis Stevenson's-
PANS Pipes" n...t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

"If were asked to classify Doctor
Lichtenberger," says one of your own dear
papers specialists, II should call him an
individualst with decided socialistic
tendencies" Also, one might observe, he
might be called at least six feet four, with
decided tendencies toward smallness, and
he has coal.black, with pronounced lean
ing toward yellow, hair. H. w.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

Senator Underwood must be In need
- a rest He says that unless Congress
eocs something to relieve the food situa-
ton the capital will resound with the cry
q the people demanding justice. right
and the lifting of the yoke of the great
interests from their necks." Bosh! Twad.
tiel Bunk! II no extra session Is called
- Senator will have an opportunity to
kSgain his composure and will stop seeing
1ines at night.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
Mrs. O. III. p. Belmont has ius,

Mrs. Q. II. P. Belmont has Just sub.
ecribed $4,000 toward pulling down the
walls Of Jericho" otherwise the fence
around the White House, next Monday,
and here are the authorities spending
About as much in putting up extra gates
and fences as precaution against in.
'Guders. The European war and its con-
oeuuences to the country don't count with
the Women's Congressional Union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

Mr.. Whitman. an Allentown poul-
Try expert. angrily predicts that the pub
No will be paying 81 a dozen for eggs
within year. He must be contemplating
lsgislation to force people to buy eggs,
but there is reason TO believe that this
would be unconstitutional.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

Dear Tom-I'm a general manager and
got this in my morning mail Your favor
of 18thI We have a car slated and beyond
a question of doubt will leave the mill
unless completely smbargoed on March !,
and our future shipments are SO arranged
that you will have no more nervewrecking
conditions. we do not think"
In the words of famous statesman.
whose name have forgotten. where am
att L. M. DAZED.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
Depth of Frost

]. P.--No records for depth of frost in
the ground have been kept by the Phla-
delpha or Boston offices of the Weather
Bureau. 1t is doubtful II there are any
such records that could be called authen-
tic The average depth of frost in the
ground in New York State is about ten feet !;
in Pennsylvania, about eight feet. An effort
is being made to obtain information for the
greatest depth of frost ever recorded In
the United States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01

he writss. = most useful training for
the practical work Of life" This Is the
reflection OF man Of seventy-seven on
the mistakes OF his youth. IL deserves
the Consideration Of the young men OF
today who are in danger of making the
same mistake.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-01
Location of Store

H. E.-Because the numbers on Ken
sington avenue make it a north-and- south
thoroughfare. the store on the west side
is, technically, between York and Cum
berland streets (east-and-west streets),
and not between Cumberland street and
Front street Ga north-and south street)
But, physically, one of the designations
seems as good as the other on account OF
the angle at which the intersections are
formed, Why not ask the store proprietor
which he prefers?