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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-05
Seventy.two Events in Two Days

During the two days scvcnty-two
events will he run Off, of which thirty
two viii bc held on Friday. II Is ucces-
sary 90 state that these thirty-two events
are IN no sense preliminary to those con-
tested on Saturday. They are all COM
pctcd on Friday. and they form some Of
the finest features of the two days meet
The military and naval events the PEN
tathlou and the sprint and distance med
ey relay championships are all listed for
Friday. so that lovers Of athletics will
have to make up their minds tn attend
both days this year or they will miss one
Of the greatest afternoons games that
has ever been seen I'm this country.
In the one, two and four mile college
relay championships of America, the
freshman championship, the sprint med
ley and the distance medley champion
ships and the special events entries are
not yet all in, but Yale. Cornell Prince
ton. Chicago. Wisconsin. Indiana, Michi-
gan. state, Pittsburgh. University of the
South, Notrc Dame. Dartmouth. Massa-
chusctts Institute of Technology, SYRIA
cusc and other colleges will compete.
The ClasSifCatiOnS follow:
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EAMS WILL HOLD THE CENTER OF ATHLETIC ST.
PENN ATHLETES
HAVE BUSY DAY
Robertson Instructs Squad
of Thirty Candidates for
Track Team
FIRST GAME TOMORROW

Penu athletes had their first real day
OF the outdoor track drilling ycstcr-
daN and Franklin Field was crowded
with athletes. Coach Robertson was "a
huSE young man. giving instructions to
a squad Of about thirty candidates.
sherman Landcrs, the captain of the
track toam who has been confined to
the University Hospital with peuumoniu.
mas improved greatly, and it IS expected
that he viii be able to leave within
Il week or ten days
Coach Roy Thomas IL putting the
finishing touches to his varsity baseball
I team Tor the opening game Of the season
with SWarthmurc tomorrow The Quaker
Instructor has chosen Walter Boruhardt
the big right hand pitcher Of last year.
/ FOR duty on tn" mound and q great bat
tie should result
out Swarthmorc way.o Coach Bcttpcr
announces that Johnny ogden, the sem
sation Of the 1917 season. will per-
form for the Garnet Both these twirlcrs
have had plenty of experience aud a
pitchers battle should eusur
The diminutiNp lOng-distanCe runner.
who rivals Al Shrubb i'm the number Of
records standing iu the books opposite
his name, has joined the Ncadowhruoll
/ club ana will represent tn" WAuaWUkcr
organization in the Ncw York modified
| marathon race.
Hannes kolchmainen, the Famous fly
! ing Finn. is now a local athlete
The Finn has been training here for
/ some time and has taken permanent
residence in this city. lie is working AT
/ Hog Island. The little fellow has ar
! ranged his working hours So that hc
gets out to Franklin Field In time for
| a bit Of training I'm the afternoon.
Lawson Robertson. coach Of the Pcnu
track team. long has been the adviser
of the dving Finn The Red ana Biuc
/ tutor is putting him through his PAGES
for tn. New York engagement
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ECening Ledger Decisions
Of Ring Bouts Last Night

UNITED SERVICE CIIII--Euung rat
Bradley spTaincd his ankle in second
round in huut With Nl Morton; Eddie
Daly drew with Mickey Martin; Joe Au-
gHstiS and willie IIannun drew: Johnny
McHlrA won from Joe Phillips; Joe hut
Ter defeated Fred johnson; JOr Wagner
9uit TO battling Leonard In second;
JOhnny MalOneS boxed draw with Joe
Fisher.
ALIENT0N N-RnIph Schnpprrt de-
featrd Young Jack Oiirien In ten rounds:
George R"mnldN was stnpped in third
round hN Steve Cole; Bobby Williams
drew with Barney sullivan: Young Me-
farlaud knocked out JOhnnN Mandot.
CARE MAY N Murphy. League
Island. defeated Terry Mitchell. of Wis
snhickon BARRACKS; Young Nloyik,
SeNplls Point. won from stanley White.
League island: Danny Ferguson. LeaEue
Island, defeated Frank rcrrOn. Cane
May: Frankie Howell, MissnhickOn Bar-
racks, defeated GILLIAN. League Island;
Battling knnln, League Island. drew
with Tommy Ferguson. WisSahlckOn Bar
racks.
FORT SuFRIDNN-IAr ran DOwney
won referee, decision over Jack Malone
after ten rounds of fast lighting.
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NAME OFFICIALS
FOR BOXING BOUTS
Captain Ryan to Referee
Contests Between Camps
Gordon and Hancock
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. April .

Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga, April D.,
Acting on the wish OF ting powers that
h" at division headquarters, commission
ed officers will fiji all appointments to
handle the intercamp boxing tournament
that is to be held tomorrow at the Base
BAN Park betwaen the champions Of
Camp Gordon and the Camp Hancock
men
The referee appointed to handle all
four battles is Captain Ryan, of the
British Mission. Captain Ryan is not
only splendid boxer himself, but is also
"A member of the Board'uf Army Referees
Of Great Britain. lie won the champion
ship some time ago in the "skill-at-
arms tournament open to all comers in
the British army.
The timekecpers appointed are Cap
tain Walter Camp, Jr, the division
athletir director, and Captain Boyer. the
athletic director Of Camp Gordon. Cap
tain Hugh DOan, whose fine work helped
in a great measure to make such a bril-
. liant success OF the last boxing show
again has been appointed master of
ceremonies
The three Camp Gordon champions,
accompanied by Captain Boyer and a
number Of supporters, will leave Atlanta
early Saturday mOrnfng and are due to
arrive i'm Augusta about the noon hour
Jackie clark, who will represent
! Camp HancocR and Augusta in the main
event is training hard for the fight. as
he is well aware of the fact that in
Jimmy Fryer. the Camp Gordon cham
Dion, he will meet one of the hardest
lighting middleweights in the country
As the battle will be for a decision that
will carry with 1t the championship of
the southeastern army division, Clark
Is naturally ANXIOUS to beat the rugged
Camp Gordon man and is confident Of
his ability to withstand the rushes Of
the Gordon bearcat and win the cham
plonship honors of Camp Hancock.
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days pitched battle, as Captain Harry
Kid H. at present ineligible. The other
two are Birkby, who played second, and
kulp, a pitcher
The three regulars At the Main Line
institution are Colwyn Humphries, the
versatile athlete. who plays football
soccer. tennis and baseball: Graham, a
high-class center fielder. and Taylor
who last season held down the job a.
utility fielder. but who is now Il regular
St Joseph, Prep is down to open its
season this afternoon with Darby High
at Darby The local squad has been prac-
ticing at strawberry Mansion during tn,
last week, and although the majority
oc the men are new they are expected
to give a good account of themselves.
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miugfon. camden. Newark South Side New
ain.
ClasA 4-Rsdnur, Lower Merton, Norris.
town, DoWuluEtown. LNuSuuWuc, Coat "SNIle.
philadelphia Southcru. frankfgrd High,
Class Tape May court House. Phila.
d"lrhlu Trades Chester. AE'dia. Plaiuhcld,
NuGirlHir. Orange. White Plains.
Glass d--EaStuu. Altoona, Lancaster,
York bethlehem, Dunmurc. Allentown
Columbia
Class 7-Moorcstown. Niuoland. salem
HHddonhcld, Woodbury.. CuilugswOod. Nep.
Glass S-Mt HOLLY. Palmyra Hoddor
Heights. Leouiu. Pl,dsautvillc. Mllyilp.
liamnonton, Glasshoro. Wildwood.
GLASS N--Abiugtou. Trrdyhrin East town
LamhertviIn, NHvpTford. Upper DARBY, RID.
ley Park. Chaitlr. Port Norris
class lO--BuNCrtown, Amber. Spriug city,
Darby. SwarfAmOro. VoycrSfOrd. LanSdal lC
SchWcnksvilu, kcnuctt square. RoCkledge.
Glass ll--Du pOut. Avuudala, Mauch
Chunk. Sell.rSvllc. OuHkrrtoWn, West
Grove, Collcgcyillo. Mt. JOS, Cuuahoho,llcn.
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Grammar Schools

Philadclphis grammar school champion
ship HpdHLuEy Practice Belmont, Blaine,
willard Mitchell, k"ndortou. Steisun.
class Newton, Logan. Rache, Mcintyre.
Cleveland. HJCkDtt, Dr,Npl Durham.
Glass Meade. Whittier, RutledEo.
Sharswool Campbell. Lyons, kCarnry, Mt.
Vernon PhiHdplphia Trades. Widrupr
Glass --Robert Morris. Kelly. Reynolds,
Smgcrly. Mcclure" Hanna, Hestou, Marshall.
class William Welsh-C Cslhoun, Wilson.
Hancock. Hawthorne, LeNerins. HarritS-Lce,
class 5--E NJ stanton. Brldesburg. Diss.
ton. Lougfcllow. Martin, Poe. PeirCo. Mount
Airy.
Olu"y-bOwcN. ComcSys, sheridan Walton,
BauEh- Close.
Class 7-Hrnry. Inn Fox Chase. Chllds,
Morton. stowe. Ovcrbrook Read, jerks.
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Mrs. Jacobs Elected by Women

West Chester, Pa, April 5.--At the
annual meeting of the Woman Suffrage
party of chester County Mrs. Frances
B. Jacobs, of West Chester, was elected
president in place of Mrs. Lewis Law
renee smith, Of Strafford, who declined
Mrs Charles G. Highley, of West Ches-
ter was chosen secretary Mrs. Antoi-
uette Funk, Of Chicago. gave an address
on the Liberty Loan
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LOCAL ANGLERS HOOK
MANY TROUT IN n. j
Richard Wrighte and Party Catch
Sixty Rainbow Trout at
Cedarville

Several Philadelphia anglers caught
trout in New Jersey streams since the
season opened ON Monday. Big Lch-
anon. Hammontou Lake ana Cedaryille
We're the faNorite places for the men.
Richard Wrighter. Harry Miller and
NJ Smelt hooked sixty rainbow trout at
tCdarNille. The trio are members Of the
\dcphIa Fishing club. y party of four
Quaker anglers Captained by -.
WriEhtcr. Of West Philadelphia. visited
the IlammOnton stream and came back
with forty. The quartet landed all rain
how species. They measured from eight
to thirteen inches.
\ camden y. j., sportsman. Lewis
trcigor, caught ten rainbow in Big Leb-
Homer Of Audubon, tried his luck in the
same trout stream and managed TO land
fourteen, all of them brown trout
George II. LaddN, Of iO6 East Thomp-
son street. hooked an "ight-pound rock
fish in the Maurice River at Millville,
y. }.
FISHING NOTES
Fishermen around this city and viCin-
itN are cordially invited to attend -.
and Came Protective Association on
April 10 at the city club, 3l3 South
Broad street Churchill Hungertord and
=. stewart. noted anglers, win discuss
the new method of surf casting.
NunrcSideuts' license for fishing in
New Jersey costs $2.l6. This is a tip
for Philadclphians going across the ferry
to try their luck in the streams.
April IS is the date set for the
County Fish, Game and Forestry Assoc
Ciatiou NJ. Butler, one Of the pennsyl-
Vaniu state fish commissioners, will make
an address at the meeting.
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,INTERACADEMIC LEAGUE WILL
GET GOING THIS AFTERNOON
WITH FOUR TEAMS IN ACTION
Scholastic Games Today

Germantown Academy ". Eniscopal
Academy, at SiNty-seCOnd nnd Walnut
streets.
t}ermantOwn II. -, at Haverfor,l
school.
Penn Fresh W. Central II. -. at
Houston Field.
IIaddon Heights vs.. Camden High. at
Forest Hills Park.
81. Joseph'g Prem. at Darby ~. =.
Palmyra II, =, AT Woodbury. u. :.
HnddOnheld ~. :, nj Media II. =.
Friends Central, at Penn Charter.
Philadelphia Trudes, at Chestnut Iilll
Academy.
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PENN MANAGEMENT ANNOUNCES.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION FOR THE
RELAY CARNIVAL APRIL 26-27
Brothers of Brigham City
Comprise Basketball Team

Here's an unusual basketball team.
IL IN the Watson club, all Of Its mcm-
hers being brothers. II also il unusual
in that there there are two other
brothers who can he called on IN the
event Of IN Injury TO the regulars.
Brighnm city. an upstate town. sports
this outfit.
-Four Of the Watson BOYS have had eN.
pertenCe college and high school
squads. Two of the brothers now play
on the BONelder High school quintet.
Norman Watson j. the star basketball
nlaNer OF III" brOtherly love aggregation.
Last year he was chosen By ha sketball
critics AZ an all-star state forward.
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Eireirans Ordeed Raced

PottsvilIe, Pa, April 5.--W. L. Stew
enson. chief of the pottsvile fire de-
nartment has made tour of the city,
in company with officials from the State,
FIRE marshals office an dordered the
tearing down Of a dozen buildings which
were considered fretraps. Six property
owners who refused to obey the order
have been arrested.
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Scraps About ScrapperS
By BILL BELL

TNOR the first time i'm two weeks n
Il show will be held at Johnny Rurns's
Cambria A. c. tonight. Gus Lewis, one
Of the leading bantamwelght performers,
win engage the smuggling Dick Loadmau
Of Buffalo, In the wind-up. Lewis has
been showing in wonderful style during
the last year and should find the Buffalo
boy n good target for his accurate
punches.
Burns, who handles Lewis is seeking
n match with Pete Herman and Is send
ing his boy along rapidly. Lewis hasn't
suffered any kind of q reverse in a year
and does not expect to take anything
but a victory for his efforts against
LOadman.
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PreparatOry SCHOOLS

One-rnile Preparatory School champion
shiP-Mercersburg lllll. Exeter.
Interucadrmlc \. y. Of Philadelphla cham
pionshp--EpisCOpal, Penn Charter. GER
mantown, Friends Central.
Roman Catholic High. Id sale, St. Bcne-
diets Prep 81. Juseph's Prep.
Class l--TOme. Haverford, Brooklyn
Prep. Peddle pcrkiomcn, .Bethlehem Prep
Princeton Prep, Cleveland University school
Glass Germantown Academy, Swarth'
more Prep, Wenonah MIL. Friends Central,
Horace Mann. Barnard. Gilman Country
school
Class 3-Pennington. Williamson Ford.
ham Prep, Blair Academy, Elmra Free
Academy. George school
class 4--St. PeteT,s High. Newark Acad;
Crny Wilmington Friends, Franklin ant
Marshall Academy Allentown Prep. Eastor
Academy, Kingsley school.
class a--Friruds Select Pennsylvania In
stituta for Deaf. Brown Prep, Chsyney
Training school. York COLLEGIATE, Nazareth
Hall Harrisburg Academy, Glen Mills
Wesley Collegiate Institute.
Class G--Juhn Wanamalter Collegiate In
lcEiate Institute Of Philadelphia.
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High Schools

One mile high-Rchool ChampionBhip nf
AmerlCa-Ncwark Central baltimore Poly
trrhnic Institute Washington Central, phila-
delIhia Northeast. DE Witt Clinton Of New
York Lynne tMass.)
class morris. Dewitt Clinton. Harris
burg Technical. West Philadelphia, Phila-
dc'pNia central, Englewood, Mckinley Man
ual Training
Atlantic city. Trenton, Erasmus Han. Cir
ard College. Germantown High.
Class 8--Wcst Chester, Chelteuhdm. vii
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College Class

Glass II. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Penn
sylvaulu state. Pittsburgh. Holy Cross
Fordhum. columbia.
class l. Middle states Conference 4, a
champions nip--nic kinsuu. New York Uni
vcrsity. Stevens institute, Rutgers. Lafay
cite InhiEh Muhieuburs, Lebanon Valley
Franklin and Marshall. llavcrford SwHTth
more. Washington and Jefferson.
Class = South Atlantic INTERCOLLEGIATE A
A. rhampionship-Juhu Hopkins, George
town. Virginia Military Institute. ST. Johns
Of Annapolis.
Glass &c G. y. V. Rutgers, Carlisle
Indians Amherst. Massachusetts, Agri
cultural. Colgate. Tufts. Hobart.
Class st Johns OF Annapolis. Della
ware Lebanon Valley. Albright, West
minister. Burknell Washington and Jeffer
son, Buffalo University.
Glass New Jersey Law. New York Law
preXel Institute. Temple. New York Col
lego Of Dental and Aural Surgery. Ii
sale. Dubuque.
class 6--IIahnomaun Medical Philadcl
uhla COLLEGE uf Pharmacy, Art and Textile
school Of Pedagogy, West Chester Normal
Mansfield Normal Lincoln University, Tren
ton school Of Industrial Art.
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The Ukulele Artist

Lewis and Loadman are the head
liners, but something out Of the ordinary
will be put on In the semiwind-up. Pjudi
Lawrence, a Hawaiian, with headquar-
ters IN Washington, will be imported
20 entertain Eddie Mullen, the clever
Port Richmond boy, with his punches,
while the fans also will have chance
to listen to the soothing notes OF a
ukulele before the boys come together,
We have seen fighting songbirds Of
the Charles (Kid) Thomas type. but the
ukulele fight artists are rare II would
be sad If anything happened TO the mu-
sician.
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BILL TILDEN TOPLAY
IN SENlIFTNALS TODAY
PPhiladelphian Will Meet
Fred Alexander in Indoor
Tennis Match
ALSO PLAYS IN DOUBLES


New York, April :.
Two doubles matches were played in
the national iudDOr championship in the
~rNyu,h Regiment Armory yesterday.
and aS "a result Arthur ). Cragin and
W Dickinson Cunningham and g. Carl
ton Shafcr and Lieutenant King Smith
advanced to the somjhuals Cragin and
cunningham defeated Charles Chambers
ana g. A Anderson 6-l. 6-3, and Shafcr
ana Lieutenant Smith disposed Of :. Il.
NcAl'tstGr and H. l.. Bowman, 80 G-1.
Today all the s"miiiuuls will he de-
ridrd. Cragu and Cunningham will
play Shafer and Smith IN the upper
half Of the doubles. while Frederick e.
Alexander and Dr. William I}oscnhaur
will battle AGAINST Cecil Donaldson and
William T. Tildrn. I'd, In the lower halr
I'm the upper half of the singles Tildeu
will play Alexander and in the lower 5
Howard NoShcll, the titlcholder. will
meet Lieutenant Smith
Alexander, who wrrncrcd his ankle on
Wednesday, said yesterday that he viii
he able to play both matches. lie has
had the ankle treated and feels confident
that II will not trouble him sufficiently
to prevent him from finishing his
matches. summaries:
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National Bantam Card

A very attractive bantamweight show
will be staged at the National A. A.
tomorrow night. Joe Lynch, the boy
who stopped Kid Williams, and frankie
Burns will exhibit in the wind-up This
should prove a real test for Lynch, as
Burns has mingled with the best for
many years, He is veteran, but one
who still retains his fighting form.
Joe Tuber and Jack Sharkey are
down to clash I'm the semlwind-up. This
will give Herman Hindn another chance
to put in an active evening, for he
usually works harder and more indus
triously than his boy Tn the other
bouts Steve Flessner meets Young Nc
Govern *. O. EEgers takes on Frankie
Clark, and Battling Murray engages
Dave Astey.
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ceven Other Games on
Today's Scholastic
Bill - Penn Ere S h
Meet Central High
Rv PAUL PREP

u-,,,- weat,ter conditions permit the
,.,oden,ic Baseball League will
:, going this afternoon Two games
~ ,.d,,led - Germantown Academy
r,iscopal Academy at SiNty-second
walnut streets and Friends Central
M =, pam charter at Queen Lane, The
,Nu,..scbolastic League doesn't open It's
.sson until April l..
,.oh of the four schools participated
rsg1,lar game this season, Penn
a,.r defeating Central High, Eplsco-
onS' ,o,,ng the measure of Frankford
pa pn,own Academy bOwing to the
TEN na pedagogy nine. while Friends
s,asl suVnl nlayed South Philadelphia High
two weeks ago
Teams Evenly Matched
v%or, the advance reports issued from
ns various institutions the teams APP
.nsr 10 be evenly matched and close
- for the championship Is expected
r.sA N the teams he's one or two stars
- also fought Il out for premier hon
~ on the gridirou last fall.
rhs Tnteracademic League matches
.,on't the only ones on the bill for to-
aay. In all ten games are scheduled
NM leading attraction for the high
school youths is the game at Houston
r,sld between Doctor O'Brien's pupils
ann Central High and the nine repre-
s.rtng the University Of Pennsylvania
,rsshmen. II has been so many years
sipce the college men were trounccd by
local high school team that unless
n. tide turns in q short time 1t Is pos
sible that the game may he dropped, az
was the case in basketball.
Germantown at HaverfOrd
Germantown High School will assist
Hayerford School in opening its season
,oday at Haverford. This is also Ger
mantoyn's first scheduled contest. The
hye-Inning contest with Germantown
Academy was purely a practice match.
Each team has three members of last
seasons team back in school, but only
two Of the local veterans will be in to-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-05

Benny Leonard Is training faithfully for
ing Wop, which is billed for Monday night
al the Olympia A, A.. Young Jack Ohrien
wInd-up.
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NAVY RECREATION FUND
BOXESON BLOCK TODAY
Mrs. Stotesbury Will Be Among
Bidders at Auction at
Ritz in New York

Among those who will bid today for choice
boxes at the Navy Recreation League con-
cert to be given at the Metropolitan Opera
House Monday night In New York Is Mrs.
u. T. Stotesbury, chairman of the executive
committee of the league.
The boxes will be disposed of this after
noon at the Ritz-Carlton. New York by the
auction route Francis W. Crownnsheld act
ing as auctloneer.
The auction will In itself be a brilliant
event. incidental entertainment for which
was planned by Ben Ali Haggin. Tableaux
vivants will he presented during the in
terims between the arguments offered by the
auctionter. The boxes not disposed OF this
afternoon will be sold at the box Office.
The tableaux will symbolic the Spirit of
the Navy" The participants will pose in
dark gray costumes 10 suggest clay
Among those who will take part In this
feature are Mrs. Edward 7. Stotesbury. Mrs.
Walter Brooks, Baltimore, and the following
New York women: Mrs. Oliver Hartman
Mrs. Lydg Hoyt, Mrs Augustus Kountze
Mrs Charles Del. Oelrchs, Mrs. Oliver
Perrin, Mrs Marshall Russell. Mrs. Herbert
shlppman, Mrs. william Beverly Rogers
Mrs. Cornelius Tangeman. Mrs. Felix ID.
Doubleday, Mrs. J. Philip Denkard, Mrs
Alexander y. B Pratt. Mrs. Alan Gouveneur
Welman and Miss Susan Fish Dresser.
The concert will include such artists as
Enrco Caruso. John Mccormack, Hyppolite
Lasaro, Giovanni Martlnelli and Lucien Mu-
ratore.
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WOMEN WACEEARNE1lS
TO GATHER AT COLLEGE
Convention Of National League Of
Workers to Be Held at
Wellesley, June 20 to "a

Wellesley College will open its doors for
the first time in its history to a gathering
of working women when the convention Of
the National League of Women Workers
is held there from June 20 to a..
Though the women wage-earners who will
gather from many Of the eastern States viii
hold their convention after commencement
they will be the guests of the college and
will be entertained in Tower Court and
Clafiin. the two new dormitory buildings Of
the college
The college campus and buildings will be
open to the women workers. They will have
an opportunity for a few days to get inside
information on college life and will become
acquainted with the traditions OF wellesley.
The chief topic for discussion at the COM
Nention will be war work. The various clubs
of working girls which form the league will
report on the work they have done during
the last year and will plan for future activi.
ties.
From the Pennsylvania Association Of
Women Workers made UP of clubs in this
State. will come reports of war gardens,
Red Cross work and efforts made in Liberty
Bonds and war-savines stamps campaigns.
The New York State Association will re.-
count the varied patriotic activities of its
clubs. Massachusetts,. Rhode Island and
Connecticut will give similar reports. Many
of the clubs taking part in the land
army movement the girls giving up their va
cations TO raise food to help win the war.
Among the speakers at the convention will
be Miss Mary h. Drer, member OF the
executive committee of the Women's Trade
Union League; Mrs. Henry Ollesheimer,
president of the National League of Women
Workers. Miss Jean Hamilton, secretary of
the league; Mrs. Henry Muir president Of
the New York association. Felix Frankfur.
ter. OF the National Labor Board Mrs Eva