Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-11

Status Concrete "Reminiscences of the sTrat 1iaMahlon
Garland Big Moose Goes France Look After His FeLo,u
Moose-Tom Miller of Dela,cme Gen. Pershings Staff

| quanted with all the by-roads and cow
paths around Washington, and the assas
sin trusted to his leadership to make good
his escape. But avenging Justice was too
| swift for runner burdened with such
horrible load Of guilt"
NTAHLON M. GARLAND, of Pittsburgh
49, Congressmanat-La has gone to
France as a representative of the Supreme
Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose
Garland has been "a big Moose" from the
beginning and is still what they call Past
Supreme Dictator He is a member Of
the governing body, the executive commit
tee, of which our former coroner, John
w. Ford, of the Eighteenth Ward Is chair
man. Few people realize the tremendous
growth of the Order of Moose. John Ford
tells us that the membership now numbers
| 100000 in 1850 lodges. OF the total mum.
ber $4,000 were in the war service There
| are 10000 members in Pennsylvania, and
Philadelphia Lodge, No. "a, has member
ship of $1,000. The order maintains
"Mooseheart," home and school in Illi-
| nois where 600 children Of deceased men,
| bers are being educated, academically and
vocationally. Harry w. Mace, of Philadel-
phia> is supreme treasurer of the Moose
| and Ralph w. E. Donges, Of Camden, who
has been holding down lieutenant colo
| nels commission in Washington, is one Of
the "Mooseheart' governors. An effort is
| now being made to have passed by Con.
| gress a bill to incorporate the Moose
| WORD comes up from Camp Lee, Vir.
w ginia, that the medical veterans pro.
| pose to form a permanent organization to
preserve after-the-war friendships, and
that following demobilization they will
| probably have a reunion in PHILADELPHIA
Corporal James c. Purcell, of the medical
| department, is among those discussing this
| proposition. We hear great deal these
| days about what the boys" propose to do
| when they come back" and philadelphia
promises to be headquarters for many Of
their organizations.
| ENORMER CONGRESSMAN TOM MIL
l. LER, of Delaware, who Joined the army
and was attached to General Pershing's staff
| at the wind-up of the great world conflict
| has been heard from. He appears to have
| been where the losses were very severe,
but came out himself unscathed. Tom is
a big, husky fellow, son of former Cover
nor Miller, of Delaware, through whom he
has indicated his desire to keep in touch
with the congressional situation at Wash
| ington. Tho young Congressman was
member of the National Congressional Com
mttee before leaving Congress, and after
his departure his place upon the commit.
tee was taken by his father the then Gov
ernor. since the entire Delaware delegation
at that time was Democratic.
|
TNHE Philadelphia row over the Mayors
playground appointments comes into
view in connection with the national move
ment to incorporate "The Recreation Asso-
citation of America" There is strong
feeling here. backed up by civic associa-
tions, that child welfare is worthy Of this
new national consideration. Mrs. Edward
w. Biddle. president of the Civic Club Of
Philadelphia, has been taking lively in.
terest In the furtherance of the project.
The proposed incorporators of the national
association include Henry r. Dawson, Of
New York head of the Red Cross. and Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison. of West Orange, N. J.
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