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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
5iRTHWESF ASKS QUICK
WORK II ON TRANSIT LINES
nAeoation Calls Upon Mayor,
!. Urging Precedence of Com
munity's Claim
vr,Nps NOT ADEQUATE
..h Declines to Commit Himself Be-
fore Consulting With Direc-
tor Twining

,oorted move on the part OF the
Northwest wards, which will be
,od ny the Parkway-Tweh'y-h'h'h
o,.poxborough line. to have the con-
.o,,on work on this unit OF the hlgh-
.soed system begun Immediately was n'aoe
,,orpoon when delegation from the
-erst u'' Twenty-ninth and Thirty
yords presented their case to the
Mayor. ,.,.o,,o,, o,eorod
.rhs members of the delegation oHereu
= obiection to the present program OF
~. transit Department to construct the
, ~, "I," and the North Broad street SUD
- -, I'm order after the completion OF
we' ,srorkford "L" The claims ana the
sas w of the Northwest, they declareu'
ne,,id take precedence over these Two sec
.nns and the line to serve then shouiu pe
ssons,ructed Immediately aIter 'ne coihp'e
~ ~ the Frankford branch.
rSo delegation included Councilmen from
nv yards and members of the Falls
INC - Schuvlkiu Business Mems Associa-
,ha Twenty-first Ward Board or Trade
W." Manayunk Business Mems Association
Wv Northwest Business Mems Association
sne ,Se transportation committee of the
s,n,,ed BUSINESS Mems Association
Tho snokesmen for the delegation in
.,,ded charles Cox, former Councilman
sson, the Thirty-eighth Ward; }. w. ran
noyan and John S. Turner The Mayor
took their plea under CONSIDERATION pu'
.'o,A give them no definite promise today.
~ will take the matter up with Transit
Dlrector Twining in few days.
Tho Mavor promised the delegation to
,oL into their request at once and see what
.ould be done. Immediately after they ieit
No summoned Director Twinng. and the
.uo conferred upon the question OF the
northwest line. ~ ,,-,, ~.
TIL latest estimates of the Transit De-
nartment show the cost of the northwest hhe
= no $40 $4,000 irrespective of real estate
..soments A total of s7,500.0OO is avail
ahIe for the line, which the Director estl-
mates will be sufficient to carry the con-
,s,ruction work to Henry avenue ana Wissa-
hickon Greek,
II will be impossible to carry the line
bevond this point. at any rate. until the
nronosed Henry avenue bridge is construct
- An item of $500. 900 for this bridge was
Included in the SlO,0O0,000 municipal loan
recently abandoned for lack of suftclent
borrowing capacity No appropriation for
the bridge can be made until another loan
Is hoated.
The bridge. as planned. will cost about
s750 OOO The difference between this sum
and the $500, 900 in the municipal loan, II
was planned. would be taken from the tran
sit loan in consideration of the fact that
the high-speed line is to use portion OF
the bridge.
II was learned today that Mayor Smit1
intended to call the special session of Coun-
ellis on March % instead of March 90, pro-
yided the printers have by that time COM
pleted the report of Director Twining upon
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Cnmpanv's
proposed lease. The change would be made
in order to get the lease discussion before
the public as soon as possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
b BRINGS |! SUIT TO HALT
HARRISON PAINT SALE
Robert S. Perry, Ex-President,
Delays $5,700,0O0 Purchase
by du Points

simultaneously with the announcement
this afternoon Of the sale of the Harrison
RANT company to T. l. du Pont de Ne
mours & Co. for S5.7000O0, summons
IN equity against the paint company was
entered in Common Pleas Court by Robert
. Ferry, former president.
The suit will delay the consummation of
the deal with the du Pont company, 1t was
said later although Graham G. Woodward
counsel for Perry. stated that he could give
no information at present regarding the
facts on which the suit wAs based.
The suit was brought shortly after stock
holders of the paint company had ratified
the sale. Only 435 out of $4,000 votes were
recorded as being against the transaction,
but II. G. Kerr owner of 200 shares of pre-
ferred stock, filed a formal protest against
the deal through his attorney.
The sale of the paint company marks the
union of two of the Oldest and best-known
manufacturing firms in the country. Har-
risons having been established in 1898 and
the powder company in 1902. II was said
that no change in the conduct of the bus-
ness would he made. but that everything
would continue as usual. The purchase
price will pay to preferred stockholders par
and accrued dividends and to common stock
holders $500 per share after payment of
commissions and other expenses.
The business will he conducted by a new
Pennsylvania corporation known as "Har-
rison, Inc" for which a charter has been
asked. The inCorporators are LammOt du
Pont, Dr. Charles l.. Reese and Charles A.
Meade, of the powder company. and \. Il.
CLANCY and William PITCHER. secretary of
the Harrison Company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
PAUL PREACHED AGAINST
SCANDALS AND DIVORCES
Rev. j. B. Halsey, in Lenten Ser
mon, Tells of Apostles
Work in Corinth

Scandals and divorces in ancient Corinth
were fought by the Apostle Paul by means
Of fundamental principles of Christian life,
which are weapons that should be used
against modern evils according to the Rev.
James b. Halsey. of Roxborough, in today's s
Lenten sermon in Cid Christ church, Sec
ond street, above Market. Rules to govern
life suffice for children, he said, but adults
should govern their lives by the eternal
principles which Paul laid down in his First
Epistle to the Corinthians.
THE episte must be interpreted in the
Fight Of what Paul found when he went to
Corinth," said the speaker situated Oh an
isthmus with harbors fronting. east and
west II stood midway between the COM
merce of the Adriatic and the eastern
Mediterranean and the caravan route from
the East. Its population was the most cos
mopolitan of any city in the world. Pcopled
by foreigners. principally Romans and Jews
1t was city of peculiar activities and
temptations, Paul found the Christian
church at torinth.
The church in such close contact with
paganism had allowed paganism to intrude
itself. There were scandals and divorces
also. Paul. instead of laying down GER
tain rules which would only have corrected
the local conditions, tried to place before
the. Corif alians certain fundamental prin.
cip'es which are at the root of all Chris
tan life. and which for the most modern
life today are sufficient to meet our prob.
lens.
Thus he sums up this cpistlc And
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
GERMANTOWN SALOON
LICENSE ATTACKED
Mermaid Hotel Under Fire of
Militant Foes of the Liquor
.. Traffic .'~

The No-License League of Germantown
today began its fight against saloons in the
Twenty-second Ward by an attack in the
License Court upon the license held by
Adam Lot2, proprietor of the Mermaid
Hotel at Germantown avenus and Mermaid
lane
The Rev Charles W. Green, pastor OF the
Chestnut Hin Methodist Church said that
he had seen more whisky bottles "decorat-
ing hedges and lawns in Germantown in
the last few years that / saw in the forty
years | was away"
There are as many confirmed inebriates
in that residential section of the city as one
would expect to find In what is commonly
called the slums," added the clergyman.
Men whom | have known since boyhood
days and who withstood the battle for years
now seem to be soused' continuously"
The minister did not make any specific
reference to the Lott license, but others did
John Marsdon, II East Mermaid lane only
few houses distant from the saloon. told
the court that since Lott took the place
it has been source Of annoyance to the
neighborhood. lie has observed young girls
leaving the place staggering and using pro-
family in loud conversations with men es.
corts. Since last August Marsdon said his
sleep had been disturbed about six times
Oy parties leaving the cafe.
Does the singing annoy you?" asked
Judge Fnletter. There's a place near me
where they do a good bit of singing hat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15

they don't wake me up. The witness said
that he had never been annoyed BY sinsinE
In the cafe - Ft "
John Mccoy. 81 East Mermaid lane. an
other neighbor OF the saloonkeeper. deliv-
cred hot shot at Lotz and the iatter's wife.
declaring that they have no sense OF de-
cency and do not care a continental for
dollar" NJ
me case will be resumed tomorrow when
Lott VIII present his side of the case Judges
Maftln and Finetter tomorrow will also
near the renionstrances against sixteen
other saloons In the Germantown district.
MAX Schladensky, proprietor of a saloon
at ofo Callowhill street agreed To- remove
II partition in mis- saloon. against which n
remonstrance had been filed by the police
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15

now there renaineth these three: Faith.
Hope and Charity. And the greatest Of
these rs Charity which means $ove."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
100000 ESTATE IN PROBATE
"oman's Will Disposes of wealth
Private Beauests

wis probated today were those OF I.lil.s
- roxwell, 1901 North Broad street. wRlc' /.
in private bequests. disposes of an eseat /
valued at more than 100000; Chariea n
Barber. 1873 North Seventeenth street, t1f :
500 Jobst w. Hagemann 1922 North MAJ 4
street. $500; Louisa Armbruster, 12sO NJ
ner street $4,000: Annie C. Arbcto. ~;
North Broad street, $4,000 Walter IL. Bio- T.
ley. 22s0 Melville street. $4,000: Mary D.:
Lapp, 1895 North Paxson street. S5Son]
Jane Mckee. 1900 Columbia avenue. ss3( I,
and Margaret X. Hull, 30s North Foftiefn
street, $1,000 Tr&.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
City Appointments Announced

city appointments today include Albert
NJ. Levering. 1912 Stoliley street, junior as
slstant engineer, Department of Transit.
salary $1,000 year: DR. James c. Peden.
S,Oa Walnut street. clinical assistant ply
Joseph j. Greenblatt 203O North Thirty.
second street, assistant school medical in
spector. 5000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
$lO0,000 JU|l
STOCK THOUGHT C.
Settlement of Late Pennsy r.
dent Shows Holding Had
Been Worth 81

Stock valued at 81 two years -
oeniy turned out TO be worth SfOo.1
developed today when the estate OF
Mcorea, former president OF the Pen
wanna Railroad. was adjudicated to61
Norristown. The entire value OF the ~
was placed at s1.13s.3io. OF whio&
WIDOW receives the income for life AZ
sons and grandchiid. E&.'7
me stock In question was IAN int4t6
10 the Fariday Coal and Coke C.or1r1 x
After the estate was appraised two y.~1
ago one OF the sons visited II. C. Frick. &
IRON magnate In New York. and told ifi
aoou, the stock. '1'll give you Sf00.o q
Tor IT, said Frick. He did. 't'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15
Swinging Ladder Helps Thieves

Athlete thieves used a swinging ladder
to enter the home of John I.ongacre. himself
a former athlete at Harvard, and steal
jewelry worth $500. The thieves. according
to reports reaching the police today. de-
scended into the second story of Longacre's
home at 2O2l Pine street by means of
ropes swung from the house next door.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-15

HARRISBURG March Is. - The an.
nouncement that there would be a hearing
on the idiocy bill today was incorrect. Nc
date has been fixed for a hearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
HAS EASY PLAN TO
 BUY LIBERTY BOND
Morris Plan Bank Arranges to Sell Them to Small Investors for
 Weekly Payments

An important step was taken yester- day toward the general distribution of. the bonds of the liberty loan of 1917. among salaried people and wage earners. The directors of the Morris Plan company of Birmingham have approved plan by means of which any citizen may buy war bond on weekly payments, extending over 50 weeks.
 The plan provides for the Morris Plan company lending the full amount of the bond to any applicant. With these funds q bond is purchased from the government and is held by the company as security for the loan. On this class of loans the company will charge only per cent in- terest and this interest, discounted in advance, will be the only expense of any kind that the borrower will have to meet in making this loan. After the loan is made, the borrower pays per cent of the face value of this bond each week for 50 weeks, when the loan will be fully paid, and the bond will be turned over to it's owner.
 This plan, which will go into operation tomorrow, makes it possible for anyone to own war bond, even if he can spare only $l a week towards it's purchase. In this case a $50 bond would be subscribed for and a loan of $50 will be made. The borrower would have to make a first pay ment to the Morris Plan company of $3 and thereafter $1 a week for 50 weeks. At the end of this period his loan will have been fully paid, and he will receive the bond. which will have earned $1.75 in interest
 This system of industrial banking is represented by 80 Morris Plan companies, nxytA tr Coz, .otr in the industrial centers of 23 states and is expected that all of them will follow in this plan of bond distribution. The result will be an enormous sale of war bonds to people who would not be able to subscribe to them under ordinary con- d,tions
 The Birmingham company alone has a constant contact with 5000 people and the national system reaches millions of wage earners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Huntsville Citizens Are Still Very Hopeful They
 Will Get Military Camp

Huntsville, May 19.-(Special )-Joseph J. Bradley. Jr., son of Joseph J.. Bradley,
 general agent of the Merrimack mills
 here, and Miss Bess Hay, daughter of
 MT. and Mrs. John L. Hay, were mar
 ried at o'clock this afternoon at the home of Mrs Mary Struve, grandmother
 of the bride. The ceremony was per-
 formed in the presence of a few friends
 by Rev. Cary Gamble of the Episcopal
 church. after which MT. Bradley and
 bride left on honeymoon trip to the
 east.
 Huntsville people are still very hopeful
 that enc of the dozen permanent army
 camps to be placed in the southeastern department will be located near this
 city Inquiries relating to many things,
 including purity and quantity of water supply, location of lands available rail- road and macadam road facilities, condi- tion of all bridges, etc, have been re- ceived from the war department, and the answers are being given by the Cham ber of Commerce. The chamber has re- ceived a telegram stating that an of- ficer of the engineering corps will visit this city at an early date
 A car of cotton was practically de- stroyed at the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway depot yesterday afternoon, causing a loss of $2000. The cotton caught fire at Lilly Flag south of the city and was rushed here so the fire department could help save it. A considerable sum of money was realized for the Red Cross last night l by the presentation of '.Bulbul," comic opera, at the Elks' theatre under the direction of Mir and Mrs. J. s. vann. Lawr ence Cooper, Jr., Miss lone Clark Miss Emma Scholle Mollenlxamp and MT. 1 Carlyle Davis took the leading roles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
COLBERT FOUNTAINS
 RAISE FLAG WITH
 PATRIOTIC ZEAL

Sheffield, May 19.-(special) )-This after noon was the time and the county court house the place appointed for the rais- ing of the Stars and Stripes as a token of the patriotism and loyalty of Colbert county. People from every section of the county and from Florence Sheffield, Tus- cumbia Russellville and elsewhere were in attendance to take part in the patri- otic exercises. Shortly after noon the pressing throng assembled on the spacious courthouse yard in eager anticipation of the exercises of the occasion. Repairing to the circuit courtroom, Hon. John D. Rather of Tuscumbia, acting as master of ceremonies. after prayer had been of fered by Rev. L. A. Holmes. requested the assemblage to sing America" and then presented Mrs. G. H. Mathis, Alabama s most noted woman.
 Mrs Mathis proceeded to make one Of the best speeches ever delivered in the community. She minutely analysed the present conditions that confront not only the south, but the nation. She told what it meant for the south to raise food to
 feed itself this year and also she stressed
 what America had to do to win
 victory in the great world struggle it
 had entered.
 Her explanations were so plain and in such choice and effective words that even the children grasped her meaning. She
 was roundly applauded time after time, and the audience inclined toward en- thusiasm was seriously impressed and Mrs. Mathis own seriousness permeated the entire assemblage.
 At the conclusion of Mrs Mathis ad- dress Roland Turner, farm agent of the Southern railway. spoke, being followed by Mrs. Mary Rogan, county demonstra- tor.
 A number of patriotic songs were sung, the musical programme being under the l direction of Mrs. A. H. Carmichael and 1 II. B. Johnson. On the lawn an S0-foot 1 flag pole had been erected and just pre- ceding the hoisting of the large flag, Hon. 1 John D. Rather, in splendid and befitting words, paid tribute to the colors. When he had finished the "Star-Spangled Ban
 ner' was sung by the assemblage, and amid loud and long cheering and over flowing enthusiasm Old Glory was raised and unfurled to the breeze. Benediction was said by Rev. w. F. Trump.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
LIBERTY LOAN

Lon H. Baker, local representative of the German.a Life Insurance company, received a copy of the following letter which is explanatory:
 Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
 May 10, 1917. Dear Sir: We beg. to acknowledge the receipt under date of May .. 1917. of the subscription of the Germania Life h. surance company in the amount of $5O0- coo to the liberty loan. Permit me to ex- tend our congra tulations to you for being the first of the insurance companies to thus subscribe. Yours very truly.
 'R. H. FIREMAN.
 Deputy Governor Robert Gillis, Esq. President Germania Life Insurance company. 30 Union Square. New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
MILITARY NOTES
 AT LOCAL STATIONS

Nineteen men left Birmingham for Fort
 Ogelthorpe yesterday. The list of men
 follows: Oscar I.indberg, George M.
 Laughlin McKinnon, David II. Middleton,
 John s. Reynolds, James A. Powell, Hilary
 Parker, Orber L. Schmitz, Dwight NJ.
 Holmes, James H. Haywood George D.
 Turner, James B. Howard, Henry w.
 Weaver, Edward G. Duran, Charlie M. Harris, Albert B. Crosby, Paul J. Craw- ford.
 Captain McKenney has received tele- graphic communications, issuing notice of new conditions of enlistment, which were provided for in the army bill, which was passed Friday. No one under IS or over 40 will now be enlisted in any branch. Aliens, who are not subjects of the enemy country, are eligible for en- istment without declaration of intention of becoming citizens The only educa- tional qualification is the ability to speak English The oath of enlistment now
 reads: For the period of the emergency unless sooner discharged The pay has also been greatly increased.
 x.le new army bill has in no way af- fected volunteers enlistng in the regular army. The conditions now are the same as they were before the passage of the bill except that the need for men is even more pressing now than before. In addi- tion to vacancies in the cavalry, field artillery infantry and medical depart
 ment, there is very pressing demand for skilled men in the engineers corps and for clerks and bakers in the quartermas- ters' corps. Since the law says that en- listed men are not subject to the regis tration or selectve draft measures, it is expected to give a considerable impetus to enlisting.
 No men will be enlisted in the engi- neers regiment until Major SeweH arrives. l Even then, men will be accepted by Cap tain McKenney only at the written re- quest of Major Sewell or one of his repre- sentatives. Full information may be ob- tained at room 5S0 Brown-Marx build . ing.
 Two men were sent off by the naval authorities yesterday, Frank Berchfield and Thomas John Taylor. and two were held at home awaiting orders McCay Helton and Joseph Samuel Perry. Pos ters and literature, have been received by the officers, and they are planning to launch an extensive advertising cam 'paign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
YORK RITE MASONS
 MEET AT BESSEMER
Big Shipment of Cast Iron Pipe From Local Plant
 to Argentina

Bessemer. May 19.-(Special )-Interest continues to grow in the sixth annual York Rite reunion, which will be held in Bessemer on May 22, 23 and 24, and every Mason in the county is invited to attend the ceremonies. II. NJ. Sharp will
 be master of ceremonies and will be as- sisted by the following committee: w. c. Baty, H. C. Ozley, J. E. Golden, George Whitley, J. w. Leggett, Clyde H. Brown, Samuel Stein, J. T. McEniry, J. H. Bush and c. E. Hawkins.
 The reunion will be called to order
 Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and the welcome address will be made by Gard ner F. Goodwin. Judge W. w. Brandon will make the response and the invo- cation will be pronounced by the Rev. Ira F. Hawkins. A social session, with luncheon served at. the hall will follow
 The blude lodge will take up the work at o'clock with the following team: c. c. May, worshipful master; C. E. Hawkins, sennor warden; J. E. Golden, junior warden; W. E. Surratt, treasurer; W. c. Baty, secretary; T. o. Latham senior deacon; w. F. Ray, junior dea- con; George E. Brown, senior steward :; w. D. Maxwell, junior steward; J. H. Bush, tiler. The fellow craft degree will be conferred at 3:45 o'clock with the fol- lowing officers: T. G. Brabston, worship full master; Ira Thomasson, senior war den; D. o. Worthy, junior warden; w. D. Maxwell senior deacon; John W. McCon- nell junior deacon; L. A. Savage, senior steward; W. A. Coughlin, junior steward; T. J. Jones' tiler.
 At 7:30 o'clock, D. n, the master Mason degree will be conferred, with the fol- lowing officers: Willard Drake, worship ful master; Clyde H. Brown, senior war den; H. c. Ozley, junior warden; S. T. Clotfelter, senior deacon; J. T. McEniry, junior deacon John Phelps. senior stew ard; w. D. Surratt, junior stewart; A. c. Mitchell, treasurer; Sam Stein, secretary. The following will have charge of the fellow craft work: F. A. Tubb J. K Harless,' R. R. Portis, c. E. Duncan, William G. Emmil, George w Smith, s. S. May. spokesman; G. r. Denson, first assistant; J. F.. Golden, second as- sistant; Dave Trotter. A. Forst, w M Caffee, George Whitley. tiler.
 William McDougal will give a lecture, taking for his theme. Are You a Ma son?" At S:45 o'clocx John H. Phelps will deliver an interesting master Mason lec- ture, after which adjournment will be taken until o'clock Wednesday, when the chapter Masons will have charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
Pioneer Suffragist D;es

washington. May 1s.-Mrs. Belya. A. R. Lockwood. the first woman admitted to practice before the supreme court. a pioneer in the woman suffrage movement. and the only woman who ever was |. candidate for President of the United States, died here today after long ill., mess, aged S6 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20
w. J. Kirkpatrick Named
 Sheriff of Pickens County

Montgomery May 9.-(Special)-W. T. Kirkpatrick of Pickensville was appointed sheriff of Piclxens county by Governor Henderson Saturday afternoon as the successor of A. B. Coleman, who has an- nounced his resignation effective June l. MT Fitzpatrick received the indorsement of public men of Pickens county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-20

ly closed for the location in this city of a permanent training camp for artillery. machine gun and infantry target prac- tice. together with an army school Of aviation. It is said that artillery forces will begin to arrive here about July l. Col c. r. Summerall and Maj. G. A. Youngherg, who are in the south to in vestigate conditions regarding a mo- biiization camp. have gone 10 Birming- ham and Montgomery