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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Capt. Kearns Loses
Life Fighting Blaze

Captain Thomas F. Kesrns Of En-
sine Company No. 207. with quarters
at "a Pearl Street, Brooklyn. lost his
life Yesterday while leading his men
in fghting a fire in the J. y. Nendes
Dye Works. on the fourth floor az lS1
Pearl Street, that borough. He and
six of his men were forcing a door on
the third Hoor OF the building when
they were suddenly enveloped by
escaping chemical fumes.
Captain Kesrns dropped 70 the floor
unconscious and was carried 70 the
street BY his men. DR.. Fields, Of
Brooklyn Hospital. attempted 20 revive
him with the aid OF pulmotor, but his
efforts were unsvailing.
Captain Kesrns. who resided a. "a
Second Street. Brooklyn. had been a
member OF the Fire Department for
twenty years and few years ago was
the recipient OF gold service medal.
He was forty-hve years old. He was
appointed on July !, 1895. and was
elevated 70 the rank OF captain five
years ago. He formerly was in COM
mAnd OF Engine Company No. ls, Man
haitian, having been transferred 20 the
Brooklyn command in October. 1915.
He is survived by a wifi. and six
children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Billy Sunday Speaks
At Pastors Reception

reception TO pastors cooperating
in the Billy Sunday campaign and their
wives, members Of the executive COM
mittee Of the evangelical association
and officers Of the Y. VI. G. \. and
Y. W G. A.. was given at the home Of
DR.. V. C.. Palermo. ls2 Northern Ave
rue, yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sunday and members
Of the Sunday party received the
guests. DIR. Paterno's home was offered
for ,hc occasion, as the house occu-
pied by the evangelist is too small TO
hold all those invited.
- am highly delighted with the out
look for the campaign and everything
which has been done so far said Mr.
Sunday IN his short speech of well
come. 81 see nothing but what is en-
couraCing, and ! thank an 81 YOU for
your hearty co't' ration and good
WORK
MA" Sunday spoke briefly. "It just
~taggcrs me 10 think that God has 20
depend upon u 20 forward His King
dom. Here We are. only "a small num-
Der, yet God is depending upou Us for
the tremendous force which is 20 ad-
vance His work. she said. when |
think, however. OF Gods promises. j.
buoys me up ard puts force and energy
IN me to do His work. Let Us do our
best and look TO Him for the result
have yet 10 find one among those aid
ing in the revival work who has not
gained a blessing from 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13

trcity by rubbing two pieces Of amber
together, and he put il IN a piEeonhole
and IL slept for thousands OF years
until one morning il awakened ~ the
brain of Nalvanna and Volta.
What did all that? Work, work.
work. / don't know. would not be
surprised TO wake up some morning and
read in thc paper where some fellow
had seized the laws of nature and
forced them into compliance with his
ever active fancy, like Edison and Mar
conf, and until some day We would have
a GRAPHIC loye-o, kiss-o telephone, that
would make it possible for some fellow
in Boston to stand in front of the in
strument and love his girl in New
York with all the delightful sensations
that are manifested and accompany IT..
and maybe some one will invent a
cigar-shapcd clectro-shOoter, IN which
a fellow can sit down, close the doors
and get to Los Angeles TWO hours be-
fore he started.
"And maybe some society belle WI!
be able 20 jump into her aeroplane and
go up and make love 10 the man IN the
moon ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Hampton Head Calls
Negroes to Service
Urges Graduates of Institute
to Show Their
Loyalty

Hampton, Va. April l2.-Dr II. b.
Frissell, principal Of Hampton lnsti-
tute. is sending a letter 10 graduates
of Hampton. calling on them TO mob
ilize all their forces in the national
crisis. The letter, in part, follows:
1T is for you who have seen the
light TO do all in your power to inspire
your people with patriotism. and 20
arouse that deep sense Of loyalty to
our country whicn has always been
one Of the noblest characteristics Of
the negro people.
The country needs all that you can
do. II needs larger food supply. II
YOU have any land. no matter how
small piece, raise and can vegetables,
increase your crops. and teach others
how 20 DO the same.
"If you hear threats OF danger or see
signs OF dissatisfaction. see that the
matter is brought 20 the attention of
the proper Authorities and stamped out
az once
do not allow yourself TO be dis
turbed b. a few mischief makers. The
great mass o. your countrymen. North
and South, believe in you and trust
your loyalty absolutely
we are all Americans together and
must stand shoulder 20 shoulder in
this crisis. Not only is 10 our duty
and privilege &c help cur own coun-
try. hu. let us remember those war.
stricken countries across the sea,
England, France. Belgium and the 9TH
ers, which have been so bravely fight
ing and suffering these many months
FOR the cause OF right we have now
champ!oned. Let US try 20 help them
also in every way in our power by
wnrH ord deed and nraver"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Summing Parties
Put End to Night
Court for Women
Attracts Morbidly Curious
Says Chief Magistrate
Abolishing Sessions

The Women's Night Court - 20 be
abolished. According to a statement
issued last night by Chief Magistrate
McAdoo the court. which was opened IN
August. 1907. to emancipate women OF
the street from the straw bondsman
has brought into existence another evll
which il the cause for abolishlng the
tribunal. The Women's Night Court
Magistrate McAdoo says, has been
"slummed" out Of existence.
might sessions" he says, "engendei
undue publicity. The evening is the
leisure time for most people, high and
low, and to the morbidly curious the
court presents all the attractions Of
prurent drama, or to some, simply an
obscene vaudeville show. This objec
ton, to my mind. is the greatest of all
and one which a quietly conducted day
court would largely obvate. ms j.
the sentiment of all the magistrates
who preside in this court
Magistrate McAdoo issued his state
ment upon receiving word from state
Senator Mills and Assemblyman Meyer
that a bill which left the holding OF
night court TO the discretion OF the
magistrates had been passed. The bill
had the support of the Board of Mag
istrates A day court 10 take the place
of the Women's Night Court viii be
established as soon IA a suitable loca'
tion can be found.
Although Magistrate McAdoo asserts
in his statement that the cash bail Sc
often furnished" under the present con.
ditions is a phase of the old straw bond
evil. he expresses confidence that when
the court is abolished STRAW bonds
need not reappear if station house bal
is strictly regulated
Those unable TO obtain bail, he
thinks. could be housed in some central
detention place overnight IN order "a
avoid being locked up in a police sta
ton.
As secondary reason for doing away
with the Women's Night Court, he says
that the sessions are 90 much shorter
than those Of the day courts that more
extended and individual treatment" is
possible in the latter. The magistrate
and court staff who work at night, hC
says. perform their duties under "arti-
fetal and unnatural conditions" which
are not conducive 10 the most intelll-
gent and effective service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Sunday Attacks Booze
And Talks to Members
OF the Junior League

Booze Billy Sundays arch enemy,
was the chief topic Of his afternoon
sermon, but he found ample oppor-
tunitics to sandwich in several scath-
ing remarks about the Stacker
In discussing drink, dancing, card
PLAYING and theatres. the evangelist
showed all the fire that has charac-
terized his denuncistion of these vices
elsewhere. Incidentally, he drew upon
his own experiences ia plcturIng most
of them.
81 used to play cards, and lie and
cheat. lust like many Of you, and I've
Just Is good right 20 play cards, but
if / did YOU wouldn't walk across me
street to hear me preach he SAID.
"I've got just as much rlght 20 put my
arm around "A woman and waltz over a
dancing floor as you have, but if ! dld
YOU wouldn't think much Of me, and |
wouldn't give three whOops in perdl-
tion for you if you did.
"Once. when my wife was ili. the
doctor said she should have beer !
ordered n case, then thought about it
and said: Wife, I'll see you in your
coffin before I'll give you beer ]
think the doctor was liar, and the
doctor who prescrbes beer IS nothing
but Jackass.
81 used to go TO the theatres. some
shows arc rotten, some only half bad
and some good; some actors arc as
good "a you or ! But I haven't been
inside a theatre for twenty-five years,
except to preach the Gospel. ] don't
want to go. And ] can go into any
theatre i'm the country and not pay one
cent
On the summer time "a ballplayer
Is flush and lends money 20 the actor;
IN the winter time the actor has cash,
while the ballplayer is hitting the free
lunch counters; and some OF them cat
so much bologna sausage they come
near having hydrophcb.a. They lend
money to each other.
81 used 20 hit the booze, but don't
any more. ! haven't touched q drop
for more than a quarter Of a century.
! haven't any desire. God has taken
the desire away, and he'll do the same
for you if you give Him chance
In the morning Billy spoke TO 300
young women Of the Junior League in
the home Of Mrs. {. b. Alexander :
West Fifty-eighth Street. lie seized
upon this opportunity 10 warn young
women against going 10 questionable
places lie pointed 90 the work being
accomplished by the women of Eng
land and France. and said that I'M this
day and age there was no place for the
frivolous young woman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
SIackers of Religion and War Times
Called "Near Traitors" by Billy Sunday
To-day's Programme
In the Sunday Revival

p " Service IN the Tabernacle by Billy Sunday
NJ Conference Of all neghborood meeting WORKERS on
M choir rlatfor in the Tabernacle. Miss Grace SAKE Bible
study director Will meeting and outline new plans
for PRAYER meeting during Chairman prayer
meetings committee William l. Amernan West Ninety fourth
Street; telephone, Riverside 1897.
Gas P M-Servce Tabernacle with special sermon by Billy
Sunday forh high schoo students O. Forces That Win
Blu Sundays residence Northern Aronne; telephone
st. Nicholas SC25.
Chairman Of the crccpre committee Of the William A. S"-
dan Etanqesc Association James W. Spcrs ST South Noun
tain Arcnuc Moncqir, y. d.; telephone, Montclar III.
The Tabernacle Broodray and 1eh street, ccpdo'c
Audubon 1OOS<.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Du Point Stock Suit Decided
Federal Judge Holds Company
ACQUIRED Securities Illegally

Wilmington. Del, April i. Judge j.
Whitaker Thompson. of Philadelphia.
uled an opinion IN the United States
District Court here TO-DAY deciding
i'm favor of the plaintiffs IN the Sj7,-
900. 900 Du Point stock suit.
The court holds that the acquisition
of the stock by the Du Point Securities
Company was Illegal. and that the
board of directors was disqualified from
passing on IL. The stock was purchased
By the Securities Company from Gen
eral T. Coleman du Point for $4,000
600. and ia now said TO have a value OF
S57. 900 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Coal Men Confer
Here on Increase
In Pay of Miners
Unions Ask Voluntary Raise
to Meet High Costs; No
Strike to Hamper War

Reimbursement OF the wage scales or
225.o0o coal miners in the central bi-
luminous fields TO meet the increase IN
the cost Of living is being considered
bv tbirty-two representatives of the
United Mine Workers Of America and
q Ike number Of operators, who opened
conference yesterday at the Hotel
McAlpln.
John =. White, international presi-
dent Of tho United Mine Workers of
America. who called the conference,
characterized t. as "a measure of ma
'lonal defence" and operators concede
that II sets n new landmark in the re
lstlons between employer and employe
I'm the coal Industry. The workers are
not demanding" a wage increase. They
arc not threatening 20 strike. Their
agreement, made last year has another
wear 70 run. There is plenty Of coal
mined and there is no danger Of a
shortage.
Ask "NOiuntary Increase
Tie miners are simply requesting the
mine owners 70 grant voluntarily wage
increases Of from 20 to 33 ID per cent
TO meet tho enormous increases in food
stufs IN the last year, and the oper-
ntors have agreed TO treat with them
I'm the same "man-to-msn' spirit.
I'm introducing j. c. Kolsen, of the
Jackson Hill Coal Company, who pre-
sided at yesterdays session, Mr.. White
said:
1--WE wish TO put our house IN order
SO that the nation will have no occa-
sion TO complain that its local pro-
ducers are not performing satisfac-
torily the tremendously important task
assigned TO them.
The miners arc anxious TO do thei.
bit. They will mine all the coal that
is needed and do II ungrudgingly.
They Will not take advantage of the
nations necessities, but they want to
do their bit on full stomachs. The
miners are not seeking for luxur:es.
mind YOU; they are asking only ;or
what they need.
Some Operators OFFER Raise
lie went on TO point out that sor1e
operators have taken the initiative by
proposing higher wages. and that the
union has won the good will of many
mine owners by preventing sporadic
strikes.
The sections Of the country repre-
scented at the conference are Illinois,
with 10000 miners; Indiana, with 90
GOO; Ohio. with 10000, and Western
PENNSYLVANIA. with $1,000 II the high
est increase asked were granted II
would mean raise IN wage Of 81 10Y
each Of the $4,000 represented, and
based on 80 working days a year, this
would mean S56,0OO.000 q year IN add
tional outlay.
4 decision is not looked for before
next Weeh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Council Girls Hold
First Sunday Rail,

Council girls from rhe central and
extension divisions Of the Business
Women's Committee Of the Billy Sun
day campaign held their first meeting
last night. In the Fort Washington
Presbyterian Church. Broadway and
l74th Street. More than five hundred
delegates from representative stores.
Office buildings, factories and telephone
exchanges were present.
Mrs. Simeon y. Chaplin, chairman 81
the central division. and Mrs. Warner
". Leeds. chairman Of the extension
division. were hostesses a. picnic
supper q sandwiches and apples. over
which the committee chairmen dis
cUssed with the council girls future
rallies and more permanent form o.
Christian organization for the bust
ness women Of this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Commander Wait Not Married

The Tribune committed an error in its
story Of the departure Of the LIST Bat
TALON, New York Naval Militia. pub
lished last Sunday. when it said that
Commander william Bell Wait. jr.,
made out several checks 20 his wife
few minutes before the battalion s
special train pulled out. Commander
Wait Is not nor has he ever been mar
ried. The young lady who was mistaken
for his wife was notary public before
whom certain documents, brought 70
the train by his attorney, were acknowl-
edged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Frank Rockefeller
Dying, Doctors Say
Brother of John D. Rockefeller
Suffers Relapse After Operation

lbs Telegraph fo Tho Trbunel
Cleveland April l2.-Thc family of
Frank Rockefeller, brother OF John d.
was called to his bedside in his Hollen-
den apartments to-day. He was re-
ported to be dying.
Mr.. Rockefeller apparently had re-
covered from an operation for intes-
final trouble. Since his return from
the hospital he had been able TO be
about the hotel. He suffered a relapse
the first of the week.
On two occasions within the last
year doctors had told Mr.. Rockefeller
that he could not live.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
Montclair Man Killed
In Canadians Attack

Mr and Mrs. William Ramsay. Of
UndcrchG Road. Montclsir. y. j., re-
Lieutenant Lyle Ramsay. of the ED
Canadian Highlanders. had been killed
iu action in France Monday. He joined
the army two years ago.
William and Clyde Ramsay, his
brothers. enlisted las, summer during
a visit 20 their former home in Mon
tresl. They are now lieutenants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13

a dreamer saw, imprisoned in the
TApor. a power from which a locomo-
I've came out Of his mind, and we have
she putting. fiery. steel-bound carrier
which hurries across our land on che
steel rails like a midnight messenger
sailing through the sky
-Four hundred years before Christ
was born an old Greek discovered cleo
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-28
YOUNG BANKERS SEEK
PLEASURE IN VIRGINIA
Two Young Men Spending Vacations
GA an Automobile Trip Through
Maryland And Virginia.

McSsrs. Luke Ruark, OF the East
crn shore Trust Company, and Her
bert TraNcrS, Of the People Loan,
Savings y Deposit Bank, left the first
ut tins week for an automobile trip
through portion of Maryland and
Virginia. expecting to be gone about
. ten days. When asked Is to how
they would apportiOn the expenses,
. both OF the young gentlemen stated
/ that there would not be any eX-
! penses, although how such thing
/ is possible no one has been aDfe 70
! explain. for while both are young,
/ handsome and entertaining, all OF
which are most excellent qualities.i:
! is not believed that these Will pur-
chase gasoline, tires. inner tubes,
meals or lodging.
W hen 1t was suggested to HerblG
that Luke would expect him TO pay
for the gasoline and tires on the trip,
he declared that he was HooveriZing
on all expenses, and that there would
not be amy gasoline or tire eeXpenses
so far as he was concerned. Luke,
likewise. discIaimed of any intention
to permit the trip to cost him any
thing for gasoline, oil, tires. etc but
II the DGNS can get by Win tndt lQed
they have got most of the public beat
so far aS TO not even be iii the run
ming. Each one claims that the 9TH
CT has friends along the intended
route, with whom they Will stay. but
it was a noticeable fact that each of
them took the precaution OF taking
along Il good-siZed ''wad" of the nee
essary. to be prepared in the even,
anything should happen that would
require some small change.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-28

a London curate asked after a
mans health and received this re-
ply: Well, sir, sometimes | feels
anyhow, sometimes | don't feel no
how, and the rest of the time l feels
as stiff as a himmedge. M r. Ed
wards. West Virginia.
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Brief Local News



Miss Eva Haggett left yesterday
for Maine, where she viii spend three
weeks with relatives.
Mrs. Henry Kolb has returned TO
her home at Baltimore, after a visit
TO Miss Nellie Christopher. Maryland
avenue.
MI and Mrs Guy Handley. of
Philadelphia. are visiting Mr.. anu
Mrs. James p. Handley, at their
home near town.
Mr. John H. Burgess i former
resident of this city. who has been
spending the summer in PennsylVa-
MIA. is in town for several days.
Miss katherine Elizabeth McMa-
! han and Master Ross McMahan have
i returned to their home in this city.
after a visit to relatives in Talbot
! county.
/ Mr. HazeIton A Brannock, of
| Wilmington, is spending week with
| his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. BayIy
| Brannock. at their home on Aurora
street.
! Mr. and Mrs Oscar Sherman have
returned to their home at Baltimore,
after spending several days with Mr..
and Mrs. William r. Richardson,
/ Maryland avenue.
Mrs Elmer Glenn, who has been
visiting her parents, Mir. ana Mrs.
Oliver Spedden, at their home on
/ Oakley street, has returned to her
home in Philadelphia.
/
! and family, who have been The guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Twllley,
left on the afternoon train yesterday
/ for their home at Washington.
Mrs. w L. Seabury, wife of Dr.
! William l.. Seabury, of Baltimore,
and Mrs. Albert Smith and little dau-
ghter, Alice Lee, are visiting Mr.anu
Mrs. Herbert Orr, at their beautiful
! home on Handbook Boulevard.
! Miss Nora Lee Whaples and MI.
! Clarence Henry Mills, both of this
city, were married yesterday after
noon at , O'Clock, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. W. \. Pritchard, on Henry
street Rev. George +. Brown. of
! Washington, former pastor of ST.
| Paul's NJ. 2. Church. performed the
| celtluonA.
! No rush Of unemployed persons to
register, as required by the Compul
! sorry Work Law, passed at the recent
| session of the Legislature, has been
reported as yet. There are d consid
cradle number of such persons in
| Cambridge and the county, and I'M
| less they register in a very short time
| the sheriff will likely be directed to
round them up.
! Persons who glanced at the big
clocks on Poplar street last Sunday
night, with any expectation of find
| ing out the time, We're certainly dis
! appointed. The clock in front of
Evans jewelry store was out of com
mission, one of the parts being brok-
en-, necessitating sending 20 the fac
tory for it; the one in front of
| Tschantre's jewelry store had run
| down, and the one in front of the
Peoples Bank seemed TO be about
! ten minutes out of the way
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Advertise in The Daily Banner.
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CHURCH LOCALS.

There will be a meeting in the
pastors study of Zion NJ. Il. Church
Wednesday afternoon, from TO
O'Clock. TO do Red Cross work.-Adv.
There will be an important
meeting of the congregation of the
First Baptist Church, of this city, on
Wednesday evening. Aug. goth, i'm
mediately following prayer meeting.
A full attendance of the membership
is earnestly desired.
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DEBT LEADS TO SHOOTING
One Man Wounds Another on Street
At fredericksburg.

fredericksburg, Md, Aug. 27.-
Frank c. Hickman, foreman of the
John c. Foster Crate and Basket fac
tory, was shot last night by John w.
Worthers, night Waterman at the
Brown Package Company. The
shooting occurred on the main stree,,
and is said to have been the result
OF an alleged debt which Worthers
claimed Hickman owed him, and
which the latter claimed he had paid.
The revolver bullet entered Hick-
mans throat and is thought to have
lodged in the fleshy part of his neck.
The bullet has not been located
and physicians have but little hope
Of his recovery.
Worthers was arrested by Con
stable Charles \. Noble and taken to
Denton Jail Hickman was rushed
to the Cambridge Maryland Hospital.
Hickman has d wife and five chill
dren. Worthers is about 55 years
old and Hickman 40.
M
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Communication

Taylor's Island, Md, Aug. l6, II.
L. Philip Skinner, Agent,
Cambridge, Md.
Dear Mr.. Skinner:
| want to thank you for Your kind
ness in settling my loss, and to also
thank your Company. All of my
property was destroyed by fire about
three weeks ago, and if l had not
had it insured | would have been in
bad way. You have not only paid
me every dollar of the insurance, but
have also treated me with every con
sideration, and | will always speak
a good word for you and hope all
my friends and relatives Will insure
their property with you.
Sincerely yours,
MRS. SARAH a. AARON
Adv 1t. r. 29-1t
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The BANNER
Published Daily Except Sunday.

CAMBRIDGE. MD. AUG. IS. 1871
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-08-28

Miss Eva Haggett left yesterday
for Maine, where she Will spend three
weeks with relatives.
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"RODY"SINCSFOR SOLDIERS
Brightens The Corner For Men of
Signal Corps ut Long Branch.

(LOng Branch, \. j., Dispatch in the
New York Herald
Homer \. Rodeheaver, of Billy
Sunday fame, stirred the boys of the
Signal Corps camp here today.
"Rody" drove up from Ocean Grove
with DR.. c. NJ. Boswell, of Phila-
delphia.
'Rody' sang brighten the Cor
ner' and If Your Heart Keeps
Right and the Signal Corps boys
joined Justify. They had signs post
ed at the camp reading: Brighten
the corner by attending the services
at half-past and hearing Rode
HEAVIER"