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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
LORIMER TELLS HARM
BY BROKERS OF LITERATURE
Curse of English Magazines Asserts Saturday Evening Pos
Editor, Revealing How Foremost American Short
Story Writers Were discovered"

got ahead of it and fell in with German
officers at headquarters. He was ar
rested and lanEuisheI in a lcckup for
several days. Subsequently. after living
for three days on two quarts of Bur
gundy. he succeeded in sending a per-
sonal note to the Kaiser and was re-
warded by the Kaiser's personal pass
through the German lines
Most of the writer's on the Post were
discovered through stories submitted
through the mails. Mr.. Lorimer said.
About 2j,OOO stories arc received and
examined yearly. he added. Some sto-
ries are received through literary bro
kers. but these are in the minority.
The literary broker is the curse OF
tho English magazines and Is the rea-
son why they are retrograding." Mr..
Lorimer said. For instance, when you
contract for twelve stories by Kipling it
is just like buying twelve herring"
Mr. IIorgeshemar. according to Mr..
Lorimer. Is now recognized in England
as the coming great American writer.
His stories have been printed in the
English Review. the Spectator and the
London Times.
Soon the New York papers will dis
cover Hergcsheimcr," said Mr.. Lormer.
and thaa Philadelphia will discover
him and will find that he lives in West
Chester. Pa. and is leading Philadcl-
phian'"
George Weston hc described as "a
farmer who raises fine turkeys and
writes splendid stories" Montague
Glass, h" said, has been turned away
from short-story writing by the desire to
be a playwright. "Perhaps the royalties
in playwritinG have attracted him" Mr..
Lorimer declared. but he got far too
little for his first play aud Mr. Cobb
aptly said that Mr., Glass has sold his
hirthright for d mess of Potash and
PCrlmutter.'
Jarvis \. Wood. Of ~ W. Aver Il
Co., also spoke.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
CARDINAL CONFERS
PRIESTHOOD ON 48
Six Philadelphians Included in Those
Distinguished at St.
Marv's

Baltimore, Md. May II. - Cardinal
Gibbons conferred the order of priest
hood upon forty-eight candidates at
the Cathedral yesterday. This years
class has the distinction of being the
largest in the 125 years of st. Mary's
Seminary's existence. and the largest
ever ordained by Cardinal Gibbons.
The Rev. Mr.. jeremiah d., Tagney
and the Rev. Mr.. Michael A. Horgan, of
st. Charles's Seminary, Philadelphia. re-
ceived the order of diaconate. They will
be ordained priests for the diocese of
Harrisburg
The following members of the congre-
CATION of the Mission of st. Vincent de
Paul, the Lazarists of st. Vincent Semi
nary, Germantown, Philadelphia, re-
ceived these orders in the general or
dihation:
Tonsure four minor orders, subdiacon-
ate and diaconate were conferred upon
the Rev. Messrs, Raphael Moll. c. NJ,
John Flynn. C. NJ, William O'Driscoll
C. M, John Sheahan, c, NJ, and Charles
Stouter, G, NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

FIGHTING SWAPS
ODESSA, REPORT
Anarchy Prevails and Martial
Law Is Rumcred Result of
Teuton Activity
Amsterdam. May u

Anarchy prevails in Odessa and bit
ter hand -to-hand lighting is taking place
there, according to reports received here
.oday. Martial law has been proclaimed
by the Austrians, it is said. and thou
sands of families are fleeing from kief
despite Austrian opposition.
state of siege has heeu declared at
Odessa, according to information from
a Swiss source.
German propagandist newspapers say
that Crimea is now being cleared of Red
Guards CBOlshevill trUOps) and tina, the
Central Empires. in accord with Turkey,
will re-establlsh the political and eco
nomic situation. The task. 1t was stated
in a Base dispatch, has been cOniidcd
to IAN eminent Mussulman.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

fe1ITERARY brokers are the curse
stitute the reason for their retrogres-
sion, according to George Horace Lori
mer editor OF the Saturday Evening
Post
Mr. Lormicr in reminiscent talk
to the members of the Franklin So
ciety in Houston Hall last night. gave
intimate sketches Of the foremost short
story writer's Of America. describing
their trials and tribulations in reach
ing the pinnacle Of fame" and telling
of their peCularities and how they ar
rived"
Many Of the most famous writer's be-
came 50 only after the hardest kind of
a struggle. Mr.. T.orimcr told his hearers.
Student editors. reporters and down
town newspaper correspondents are
members of the Franklin Society. which
has the uplift and coordination of jour-
nalStiC work AS its aim
Writers whose success has been due
to their stories in the Saturday Evening
Post were Mr.. l.orimcr's subjects. They
included Irwin S. Cobb, Samuel Blythe.
VIII Irwin. Montague Glass, Joseph
HerGesheimer. George Randolph Chester,
Ring Lardner. Cora Harris. Mary Rob
crts Rhinehart. George Patullo and
George Weston
Mr cobb was cited as an outstanding
example Of what hazardous chances a
newspaper man will undergo in search
of material for a story. When the
war broke out. Mr.. 1orimcr said he
Immediately sent Sam Blythe on the
first boat and wired Mr. Cobb to come
to this city. He came and. money or
drrs being uncertain abroad, received
$4,000 in gold. which waS strapped
around his waist.
THE humorist went off jingling like
a milk wagon" Mr. Lurimer said. He
arrived in London and then left for
Belgium In short time he caught up
with the German army. Once he even
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
PRESIDENT IN CITY
Passes Through Philadelphia on Way
to New York

President Wilson will pass through
Philadelphia this afternoon on his way
to New York, where he will take
weekend reSt-and boom the Red Cross
drive. He left Washington this morn
ing.
Tomorrow afternoon the President
will review the New York Red Cross
parade and in the evening officially
launch the Red Cross drive. on Sunday
he will confer with Colonel House. with
whom he will leave in the evening FOR
the capital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
CHANGE AT ST. JOSEPH'S
The Rev. Thomas ]. Campbell,
S. J.. Assumes Rectorshin

The Rev. Thomas ]. Campbell, S. ",
founder and first editor of America" :"
a Catholic weekly. has succeeded the
Rev Francis j. Lamb. s, ". as rector
Of historic st. Joseph's Catholic Church.
vikings alley.
/. Doctor Lamb, who has been rector of
the church for the last five years, has
been In poor health for some time and
las left for a sanitorium In Massachu-
settB 10 recuperate. Doctor Lamb came
70 thiS city from 81. Francis Xayier's
Church. New York city.
Doctor Campbell comes here from
Fordilam College He was twice presl-
dent OF the college, He Is the author
OF Pioneer Priests ef North Amsfica. 9
boetef CaWpeeli will preach his drst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
JEALOUS HUSBAND KILLS
RAILROAD MAN AT ANOCA
Slayer Surrenders TO Authorities After
Blowing OF Victims Head
With Shotgun

scranton. Pm. May l7.--James Howell,
nifty. Of Port Jervts. \. V. a conductor
on the Erie Railroad, was shot and killed
late last night by George Sanders At
Sanders's home in Avoca. IeIlouSIv is
thought to have caused the shooting.
Sanders went at once to the office OF
Burgess j. !. Hoban and confessed the
crime. He is now in the Luzerne County
prison at WilkeS-B Barre.
Sanders charges Howell with having
broken up his home. He used a shot
gun in committing the crime. blowing
Howell's head off Mrs. Sanders was
an eyewitness Of the murder
Howell has Il wife and four children at
Port Jervis. He roOmed at the Sanders's
home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
HADDONFIELD FLYER HURT
Had Narrow Escape From Death When
Plane Crashed on Canadian Field

HaddonheId, y. j, May 17.-Cleon
Krouse is home on an accident furlough.
Despite his injuries he expects to return
to the Canadian aviation field May rs
and complete his training as a part of
the E,ightieth Squadron, Royal Flying
Corps, Canada
The accident occurred when he was
2SOO feet IN the air. while he was trying
the spin" He was travelling so fast
that the control wire loOsened and be-
fore he and his instructor could regain
control the plane struck the earth so
hard that it was smashed to junk The
two men had to be cut out
Both escaped serious injury.
Krousa received a SpraIned right leg
and a sNrained left arm. with numerous
body bruises, and his companion had an
arm broken and several slight injuries
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
STATE POLICE, HOLD
ALOOF FROM POLITICS
Never Had ANY Connection With "Svs.
tenn and Never Will, Says Act.
ing Chief Lumb

Harrisburg. May l1.-"Thc State
Police are not in politics; they never
have been and they never will be so
lCng as | have anything to say about
it"
This was the reply today OF Captain
George F. Lumb. acting chief of the de.
Tartment in the absence of Major John
{, Groome. who Is in the national serv.
icC. to the published report that a repre-
sentative of his office had been sum
moned to attend political conference in
behalf OF J. Denny O'Neil at the Capitol
yesterday.
1t developed today that the only
representative Of the State police at the
conference was an irresponsible clerk
who did not know the nature Of the
meeting until he attended
Captain l.umb has been with tho de-
nartment since its creation. He has a
fine record both in the Philippines and
AZ an active member of the force,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
VINO win be transferred frcm washing

who viii be transferred frem washing
ton.
Frank w. Kidd, who heads this COM
mtttee, Is located in the North Broad
street building and has enlisted the
services of some of the leading Phila-
delphia real estate men to find houses
and rooms
The whole transfer from Washington
to Philadelphia Is in charge OF George
Oller, office manager for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, who supervised the
alterations TO the Philadelphia building
and has made all the arrangements for
the transfer of the Office equipment. the
employees and their effects, and the Sc
curing of accommodations for the army
OF emploNes when they reach here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
SCHOOLB0Y WINS PRIZE
Writes Best Essay on Temper.
ance" in Mccall School

Andrew Zackaria, of 726 Rodman
street received the first prize given by
the Temperance Society for having the
best essay on Temperance in the
George 4. Mccall Public School, Seventh
and De Lancey streets, where he is an
eighth year pupil.
Hackara was presented with a gold
piece by the Society and he is now
qualified TO write composition on
''Tt importance" with the pick of the best
writer's of the public school. He has
just passed his fourteenth birthday.
Sam Kaplan received second prize, and
Harry Bears received honorable mention
by the society.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
Only Raw Platinum Seized

The Council OF National Defense an
nounced today that the order COM
Wandering crude or raw platinum now
in the hands OF importers or refiners.
does not interfere with the purchase by
consumers of manufactured articles con-
tanning platinum The explanation was
made, the board said. that the public
might understand the purpose Of the
Governments action.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
LABOR FIELD AGENT NAMED
W. +. Harvey Appointed to Represent
L. s. Board

Washington, May l7.-William =.
Harvey. Kansas City. Mo, has been ap-
pointed by the national war labor board
to be one of the 'Ho field representatives
OF the board 1t was announced today
Harvey was formerly managing editor
OF a Kansas City newspaper and now
publishes the American oil Journal Tho
other representative will be appointed
later
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

NPTlON is not always OPTIONAL AYERS
OOld jeff, the sage Of shade fishers in
Gloucester. who adds that the English
language is truly Il terrihl" weapon in
the hands--or mouth-of the rrreSpon-
sible.
All Of which Is aprOpUs "f the groups
of Gloucester citizens hesitant b"for"
saloon doors. estimating the load they
eau carry homc-under their arms.
BY all the signs of the street cor
ners,' old Jeff said. "thCr" seems to be
sort of general desire among our re-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
IvAB'S FORCE
ARRIVES JUNE |
lnety Army Trucks to
Bring Shipping Board
Equipment Here
n lkflGUARD DUE MAY 25
Bxoad Street Headquarters to
Be Formally Opened
June 5
4NCUARD DUE MAY 25
Program for Remouing
Shipping Board Forces

The order in which the shipping
board and emergency fleet move.
n8ept will be made from Washing,
ton TO this city is as follows:
Office OF Charles NJ. Schwab, director
4 Eenersl. and his staff.
N offce OF the vice presidents with the
various sections and STATS Immediately
& Ettached thereto.
VI Executive and administrative division.
E Division of shipyard plants.
Il Division Of steel ship construction.
Contract division.
Legal division.
Auditing division
TRANSPORTATION division.
DIytsfon of wood ship construction.
N Industrial relations group
Production division.
Purcha sing division.
The movement will begin May
rs, with the arrival of the pas.
senger and housing division. The
main force leaves Washington
June 1.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
BOULeS Praises
Transit Service
Continued from Page One


company was in a concliatory mood It
was so much that way. Mr. Mitten said,
that he failed to see any issue at stake.
All the men need to do. he said. to be
restored, in the good graces of the COM
nany, which now has a petition before
City Councils asking for an increase in
fare to provide for fve-cent-an-hour
increase in wages. is to give up the
lockout. They could come back TO work
and be welcome, Mr.. Mitten said. "Ex-
ecutive clemenCy' is promised to all the
men.
TT is just personally conducted
affair" Mr.. Mtten said. "A little, one
man affair, with Clarence o. Pratt in
charge. He has a peace program which
demands that the men be unionized."
In addition heads of the company as
sert that many men on the reserve list
were being brought into the service ana
we're aiding in keeping the service rum
ming in several sections of the city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
POISON KILLS child

Charles Watson. two years old. of 1870
West Hilton street died today at the
samaritan Hospital from poisoning,
The child was playing in a room where
his mother was using the poison for
cleaning purposes and swallowed part Of
floor behind the mother. WV
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
SIX-CENT FARES
TO GET HEARING
Opposition Organized to
Fight P. r. T. Proposal
for Increase
TWlNING TO DECIDE

Tho Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany's siX-cent fare bill today was off,
Cially turned over 10 Charles Seger,
chairman Of Councils Street Railway
Committee, and a series of public hear
ings will be arranged in the near future
All sides Of the controversy will be
heard before any effort is made to frame
a report.
chairman Seger has not yet an
hounc"d n date for the first hearing.
wh'~h will take place Just as soon as
Director Of Transit Twining has an op-
portunity to complete n study of the
cotnnany's demand. The Director will
make a report to the Mayor and on this
report the Administration is expected to
paSe IT'S opposition or approval
Director Twining. whose report will
mark the next step in the effort to
raise the basic fare, worked on the estl-
mates today.
Opposition to the proposed advance.
as reflected in the protests filed with
councils by the Retail GroCers' Asso-
clatton and the North Philadelphia
Business Mems Association. is being
organized by business mems bodies,
which will be given full opportunity to
state their objections.
we are protesting against the six-
cent fare scheme because we believe that
five cents covers the kind of service we
are getting. said Edward l.. Zieglrr,
president Of the North Philadelphia
Business Mems Association. THE COM
panN, according TO It's own figures at
the rate hearing. has piled up "A surplus
Of $i.00O,oOO. # it wishes to raise the
wages of its employees let it take the
money out OF the surplus.
To Fight Exchanges
Ellis Amcs Ballard. counsel for the
7. Il. r. is expected TO present the
CompanN's side of the argument. while
Dr. William Draper Lewis, the Mayors
, legal advisor on transit. will. in all
probability. act for the city in conjunc-
ton with Director Twnins.
While no mention is made in the ordi-
nance relative to the abolition of ex-
change tickets. it is more than probable
. that demand will be made by the public
for the wipng out of the discriminatory
exchanges. at the public hearings on the
bill. which has been promised by the
Finance and Street Railways Committee.
to which the ordinance was referred.
Accompanying the ordinance was a pc
,,I.,, IS ~ ~ 200 vi ''e r'ia .,h
/ i,'o! I" Vi ,"e '"''PdnN, ASKING lot nat
I a'.., ''Se Vi wages Oh iiNe cents an hour'
thn ci,,i fo,. ,S,so,,. ~ ;,.s.,. 49,, ~
order to provide the revenue for the ad-
vance in wages.
Increased Profits
II is oy,ir,o+od ,,,o. ,,,o ;,o.o,,o L.,
reyan,,o hat ,yiI, bo ,rod,,ond h,, ,tn
: o,,o 49,. ,. w
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
Enen,y's Delay
FaUOrS Allies


Continued from Page C1c
should give time for this is good
enough evidence that they could take
no further risks in the first gamblers
throw, and had to cut their losses for
a time, or at least be satisfied with
smaller gains than they had hoped for.
Yesterday the German guns did some
violent COunter-battery work with gas
shells and others, trying to silence the
Allied guns which are still harassing
the German side of things in a very
deadly way. All this is the routine of
war between battles.
ldylliC Scenes in Rear
What is better to see is behind the
lines. 1t is enchanting now and puts
such spell upon ones senses at
these glintng woods of France
where every leaf is a jewel these
gardens of old ChateauX. where the
grass is Sprinkled with living gold;
these French villages where white
washed walls and tiled roofs are warm
in the sun and painted in piCturebook
Colors remind one of the old songs
which had not war butl owe for their
theme. Now they are all interviewer
with pictures of this war, but pleasant
pictures.
0O JOilg - II DtlllIlu lIlt JdllltlltluS
that war itself seems for Il while moth.
ing more than a pageant of fine men
under the sky. 1t is a moving and
marvellous pageant of blue and brown
where the English and French pass
along the roads with the fire of dust
behind them and about them the white
dust which powders them like millers
and bleaCheS the black boards of the
poiius ana makes a Chalky mask
/ the bronze faces Of the marching
British down which the sweat runs in
I little channels.
Men in the French lorries sit with
their heads out of the side flares. wink
! ing at Tommies on the way, casting
amorous eyes upon huXOm lasses in
the cottage doors and smoking end
! les cigarettes with a look of complete
/ Indifference to anything that may
happen at the journeys end.
They arc rough types. some of them
men of middle-age, hard-hi by
these years of war, with spade boards,
! like lclzabethan Englishmen or Henry
" Of France In their steel Casques
they have IL medieval look like their
own ancestors of the sixteenth cen.
fury. who crowded the tavernS of Ar
ras and tweaked the nose Of any Bur.
gundian or Austrian trooper if he
looked CrOsscyed at a gentleman Of
France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
Stole Bond Benefit Fund. Charged

Lancaster, Pa. May II, James a.
Miller, OF this city, is being brought
back today from Lebanon. where he was
arrested last night. to answer charges of
larcenv brought by women who staged
big Liberty Loan carnival Miller sold
with the money.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
Newfoundland Premier's New Post

London. May I7.-William Frederiek
Lloyd Premier OF Newfoundland. has
bsen named priyy councillor, II wai
stated todny,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
WANT u. s. SOLDIERS
ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
Believe American Flag Would
Destroy Effect of German
Propaganda

Washington. May lin AN m.
formal way. Italy has shown the United
States Government that the presence of
American troops on the Italian front
IS greatly TO be desired, \ few
thousand men under the American
flag. Italian officials feel. would hearten
the Italian civilian population and their
troops.
Italy has an abundance of man-pOwCr
but desires the inspiration that would
be afforded by the presence OF American
forces. In the face of a threatened Aus
tro-German offensive on the Italian
front the dispatch of american troops to
italy. it is declared. would convince the
Italian people that America stands be .
hind their country.
German propaganda is active in Italy
from Sicily to the Alps. telling the pc0-
pie they are left to their own resources.
that they are fighting hOprlcssly and
that America has been blutting. 1t is to
combat this propaganda that the ltal-
ian Government has suggested the pre-
sentation to Italians of the proof of
American determination in the shape of
American sdiers. under the American
flag, OH Italian soil.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

New York, May 17.-Thc Italy-Amer-
lean Society, OF which Charles $. Hughes
is president, announces that aCtivs
measures have been initiated to counter
act IN Italy German propaganda against
the United States, which has reached
such proportions that it is comparable
to IA serious military crisis. So alarming
have been the reports received by the
United States Government in the last
two days it was asserted, that i'm
mediate steps to meet the emergency
were necessary.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17

Campbell and Treadway then called
up Creers, past record. showing edi-
tor.als he had written before being Sc
Iectted to his present post.
He's against our constitution, our
judiciary and Congress, Treadway eX-
claimed In the name of heaven what,
in connection with our Government is
he for?"
Campbell introduced a letter condemn
ing the personnel of the Creel bureau
as a bunch of parlor socialists and
'ageregataton of freaks and men
formerly connected with the suppressed
Masses to which Creel was contribu-
tor"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-17
GERMANY SEEKS AID FOR DRIVE
Preparing West Front Agreement
With Austria and Bulgaria

Amsterdam, May 17.-Germany is pre-
naring an agreement with Austria and
bulgaria regarding assistance for the
German offensive on the western front.
according to the Vienna correspondent
of the Vossische Zeitung, of Berlin.
IL had previously been reported that
both Austrian and Bulgarian troops were
fighting on the western front, or at least
were being held in reserve behind the
first-line troops.