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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
HELEN p. IA FIT TO PRESIDE
AT MEETING TO URGE LEAGUE
Daughter of Former President and Dean OF Byn Ma College to
Take 4ctiue Part in Gathering of omen's
Organizations Next Sunday

Miss Helen p. Taft, daughter Of the
Mawr College, will preside next Sunday
afternoon over the mass-meeting to be
held In the ballroom Of the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel at 80 o'clock indorsing
the proposed league of nations.
Various women's organizations, repre-
senting the colleges, the professions and
the trades. will stand as sponsors for
the gathering, the purpose of which is
especially to enlist the influence of the
women Of Philadelphia in behalf of
world alliance for peace. Cooperating
in the arrangements are the Philadelphia
branch Of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae, the Women's Trade Union
League and the Pennsylvania League
Of Women Workers Clubs.
Miss Julia Lathrop, chief Of the chill
dren's bureau, and Judge George An
derson, of the United States Circuit
Court in Boston, have already been Sc
cured as speakers, and other speakers
Will be announced later. Miss Lathrop
has just returned from Paris and is in
position to give first-hand information
of the various currents of thought
abroad Judge Anderson, though not
known to Philadelphia, has been speak
ing for the league throughout New Eng
land. He Is one Of the board Of trus-
tees Of the World Peace Foundation,
OF which william II. p. FaunCe, presi-
dent OF Brown University, is president,
and was member OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission in 1917 and 1918.
Associated with Miss Elizabeth Kirk
bride, who as chairman of the local
alumnae council of the Association of
Collegiate Alumnae, is acting as chair
man Of the committee in charge of ar
, rangements, are the following: Miss
Vida Hunt Francis and Mrs. David Ries-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
ARDMORE PLANS
HALL OF HONOR
Memorial Tribute to Men
and Women Who Served
in War
ON AMBITIOUS SCROLL
Building to Be Not Only
Architecturally Beautiful,
but Also Useful
ON AMBITIOUS SCROLL

The memorial hail of honor which
Ardmore hopes to erect as tribute to
the men and women of It's community
who have served in the great war is
planned on most ambitious and IN
teresting scheme.
On the first floor will be an auditorium
which will provide a place for concerts,
patriotic gatherings, lectures and meet
ings OF all kinds. At eacn end there
will be a section for the use OF army
and navy organizations, respectively, TO
be used as a clubroom for veterans of
the war
There is to be a trophy hall on the
second floor for the housing Of memorial
features-relics. tablets. historical paint
ings. etc. To the right of this is a
room for Chamber of Commerce meet
ings and township organizations is
planned On the left the Red Cross
Emergency Aid and similar activities
may be sheltered.
The largest room on the ground floor
is intended for a drill hall, flower shows
automobile exhibits, etc, as we'll as for
dancing.
A handsome foyer raised above the
level Of the drill hall can be used as a
banquet hall, served from a kitchenette.
To the right will be a reception room
for the use of the visiting delegations
The clubroom on the left is set aside
for the different organizations using the
building, and can be equipped with bill
lard tables and other club features.
The Hall of Honor, which is to be
built of yellow limestone. Is to be placed
on grounds which comprise four acres.
There will be a playflel6. with locker
and dressing rooms, which will be en-
banked on four sides, 30 that it can be
flooded for skating. Beyond is located
q grandstand and outdoor swimming
pool.
Shaded walks with branches and trees
each in honor of one fallen hero from
the community, are dedicated to the
army and navy, respectively.
John s. Clarke, chairman of the war
service remembrance committee OF Ard
more, said today: Il trust the citizens
! of Ardmore will respond enthusiastically
| to the plan TO erect so magnificent
| memorial building in our midst Nhlle
| the committee has not yet accepted
the same. am personally greatly inter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24

without Il In ample measure for loans
TO business Of all hnds--retsil, whop
sale and industrial - business 10 hsm-
strung. 1t can no more go on than
horse whose leg muscle has been severed
All enterprise now confronts condi-
tions demanding every support that can
be legitimately brought to bear. Tnst
which is lmperatively required is ac-
commodation funds to the fun extent
of the banks resources.
II the workers of this great Industrial
community will employ the intelligence
inspired by their own self-interest; IL
they will invest in the safe and very
profitable Victory Liberty Loan the saw
ings from their pay envelopes. they will
make 1t needless for the banks to tie
up in securities the money so urgently
needed for accommodating the very en-
terprises that make the pay envelope
possible. Buying the loan is not mere
ly investment. 1t Is not only patriotism.
1t is insurance for the pay envelope,
and endowment insurance at that.
The banks cannot take the loan with
out tying up their funds. They cannot
tie UP their funds without denying to
business the credits on which, business
operates And business cannot earn
profits or produce pay envelopes unless
It las credit on which TO operate.
The Victory Liberty Loan is the pay
envelopes Indispensable insurance. The
pay envelope cannot afford to rely on
others to protect It now. It must pro-
tect itself by buying the loan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24

man, president and vice president of the
Pennsylvania League of Women Work.
ers Clubs Miss F'rieda Miller. eXecu-
tive secretary of the women's Trade
Union League; Miss Elizabeth Forrest
johnson, principal of the Baldwin School
and president Of the local Vassar club ;
Mrs Herbert L. Clarke, chairman Of the
Philadelphia branch Of the Bryn Mawr
Association Mrs. Horace Fleisher, presi-
dent OF the Wellesley Club Miss Eliza
beth Dinsmore. Of the Swarthmore Club :
Mrs Clinton A. Strong. of the Mount
HolyolSe Club Miss Edith Sprowles. of
the Goucher Club; Miss Margaret Croft,
for Bucknell; DR.. Martha Tracy, dean
of the Women's Medical College; Miss
Lillian Lacy, of the Wells Club Mrs
W. l.. Emory, for Cornell; Mrs. Robert
L. Hilles, for Radcliffe; Mrs. N A
Schlader, for Wilson; Mrs A. s. Cal
vert, for the alumnae OF the University
of Pennsylvania: Miss Emma Haigh, for
Teachers College: Miss Marion Reilly
and Miss Maude Burt Mccall, who will
be in charge of the community singing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24

Supplies began to run short but due
entirely TO the untiring efforts of Major
Edmundson. tho much needed supplies
arrived from Paris. With double per
sonnel and ample supplies. the situation
was well under control for the remainder
of our stay, which lasted until July -.
1918. our division being relieved on the
25th.
1886 Cases From Field
From the July IS to 25 there were
1865 admitted direct from the field 52s
from Field Hospital Company No 3,
3108 redressed and evacuated without
being picked up on our records About
1000 cases were operated upon of which
80 were jor operations. One hundred
and twenty-seven died and are buried at
Pierrefonds. u tribute to American gal
lantry and devotion TO democracy. These
wounded were mostly Americans from
the First and Second Divisions, with
others from the Sixteenth Moroccan
Foreign Legion. Algerian troops and a
few German prisoners. Evacuations
were made TO Field Hospital Company
No. 13, at Crepey. and Il large evacua-
tion hospital operated by the French at
Senlis. 1t was a G gantic task we'll per
formed. requiring the concentrated eff
forts of all.
The Twelfth Division Of Scottish
, Highanders took over the line held by
the First Division, July 20, 1918. Oper-
ations slackened to such an extent that
on the 25th. our attached doctors. nurses
and men bade us farewell. We con-
/ tinued III operation for two days more
for the Scotch for which We were cited
by the commanding general Of tine
I Twelfth Scottish Division. We We're
finally relieved by Il Scotch unit and
departed on July 81. It Is a week.
that none who were there will ever for
get, especially those who labored so UNI
tiringly, ministering 10 the brave lads
who fell around scissors. Our last sight
after leaving the town was the grim old
castle fading in the distance. We know
| il Is now the center of more pleasant
| things and the cannon, ammunition
trains and ambulances are, or soon will
be replaced by the touring cars OF
pleasure seekers, and the groans and
suffering of the wounded by merry
laughter and life once more safe for
democracy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
INJURY FOLLOWS RESCUE
Child Carried From Fire Has
Foot Crushed by Trolley

Jacob Gordon, three years old, 932
South Fourth street. is at Mt. Sinai Hos
pital with q crushed foot which may
have TO be amrutated. He was run
over yesterday by Fourth street trolley
car as he was playing opposite his home.
Last Wednesday fire damaged the
Gordon home and the child was trapped
on the second floor by the flames. He
was rescued by Patrolmen Baer and
Hrshman, OF the Seventh and Carpen-
ter streets station, who were forced to
jump from a second-story window.
Edward Scanlon, Of Arizona street,
motorman Of the car which struck the
child, was arrested by Patrolman
Phillips. Magistrate Coward, at the
Seventh and Carpenter streets station,
released him for further hearing under
$500 bail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
BUYING LOAN Is LIKE
INSURING ONES PAY
Purchases Aid National Credit
Which, in Turn, Helps Busi-
ness, Says Folwell
By NATHAN r. FOLWELL

Former President Manufacturers Club.
Composing one of the greatest indus
trial communities in the United States,
Philadelphians hold a relation toward
the Victory Liberty Loan OF peculiar
responsibility - to the nation and to
themselves.
As truly and as directly as we Phila-
delphans are earning our living by
our own exertions, so do we depend for
the opportunity to earn IL on the ma
tional credit. Far too many of us find
the meaning of these words, "the ma
tional credit" as nebulous as the nebu-
lar hypothesis. All we know Is the
pay envelope.
But the national credit rests largely
on business prosperity, and that in turn
rests on business credit, which. on the
whole, Is founded on the money avail
able for banking accommodation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
$4,000 FOR THREE VASES
University Museum Acquires Speci.
mems of Chun Pottery

Three vases OF the extremely rare and
far-famed Chun pottery have been pur-
chased by the University Museum at q
cost of $4,000.
According TO DR.. G. B. Gordon, di-
rector Of the University Museum, the
thick, heavy glass and the rich coloring
with which the vases are decorated are
among the most distinguishing charac-
teristics of the Chun ware, which was
at one time the most celebrated ware
mentioned in the annals of the old Chi
nese dynaSteS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
Bolshevist "Agents" Pay Fines

Two men accused OF distributing Boil
shevik literature were released today
on payment of fines OF $40 each and
costs. Magistrate Price in the Mama
yunk police station fined them for dis
orderly conduct. The defendants were
Harry Thomas and Floyd Tyson, both
of Wissahickon. They were arrested
March 13 at Main and Cotton streets,
Manayunk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24

ested in the plan, which is conceived on
a magnificent and at the same time
highly useful scheme, 80 as TO rebound
overlastingly to the honor of Ardmore
and the benefit of 1t, citizens"
The architects Of the Hall of Honor
are Drehrer, Churchman, Paul and Ford,
of this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-24
Bala.Cynwyd Red Cross to Go On

Members Of the Bala- -Cynwyd branch
of the Red Cross following the news
that their services will still be needed
in making garments for overseas use,
will turn a previously planned demo
bilization party for tomorrow evening
into a meeting for boosting future ac-
tiyities
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
Senior Class Honors For
Mercersburg Pupils

Mcrccrsburg, Pa, March 81
Honors of the senior class of the
Mercersburg Academy have been
announced and the following boys,
by reason of high scholarship, will
deliver orations on the morning OF
commencement day, "Wednesday,
June 4:
aledictory-Philip Ellsworth AL
len, Pittsburgh.
Salutotory - Samuel Winthrop
Webb, Lakewood. n. j.
The Schaff-Moorhead Cowell
Kennedy. Jr, Chambersburg, Pa.
The Nev;n-Francis Browning
Maysville, Ky.
The Higbee-F'rederick Boyer
Moss, Wakamatau, Iwashiro, Japan.
Honorary - Laurance beWright
Browning. MaysviMe, KY; George
Boulton Moreland, Jr., Pittsburgh,
Pa; Frederick William Bald, Jr,
Detroit, Mich; Ramon Justo Del
gado, San Juan, Porto Rico; James
Perry Adams, Batesville, Ark; Os-
car Wells, Platte City, Mo-; George
ngenfritz King, Jr., Middletown, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
Soldiers Setting High
Value on Army Discharges

If the recent order allowing for
mer soldiers to send certified copies
of their honorable discharges in
stead of the originals to obtain the
$50 bonus had not been issued, it is
probable that the government would
have saved millions of dollars, for
many soldiers would have preferred
to go without the bonus rather than
to risk their precious discharges. The
large number of former soldiers,
often as many as fifty a day that
have copies of their discharges made
in the local army recruiting station
at 325 Market street, proves how
much value these men place upon
their certificates of faithful service
in the army and how reluctant they
are to part with them. An honor
able discharge is valued in the same
way that a diploma from famous
university is, for it signifies that the
man to whom it is issued has sue
cessfully and honestly completed his
service to the satisfaction of those
under whom he has served. The
glorious record made by the army
during the war has set a new high
value upon honorable discharges,
for now every one recognizes the
value of service in any branch OF
our army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31

Common Law Wife Has
Him Extradited to Penna.

Lebanon, Pa, March 31.-Harry
). Scott, a clerk in Bowery savings
bank, New York City, has been
brought here on eXtradition pro-
ceedings to answer charge of fail
ing to support his common law wife,
Anna, and their two little boys. liv-
ing in Palmyra, this county. Scott
was accompanied here by wife No.
3, New York girl, and her mother,
and is at liberty under bond pend
ing arraignment before Alderman
SiegIlst, of this city.
According to Mrs. Scott No. 2,
Scott, who had divorced his first
wife, induced her to elope with him
from Perkiomen Seminary, where
she was senior, and he a junior in
1913.
In 1918, Scott entered the mill
tary service of the government and
was assigned to recruiting work in
Central Pennsylvania. He is alleged
to have first met Mrs. Scott No. 8
while she was visiting an aunt in
Chambersburg, and to have married
her following his convalescence
from an attack of influenza while
he was on duty at Garden City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
Cumberland Valley NeWs
TWO BOYS TRY
TO BREAK JAIL
While Sheriff Is Absent They
Dig Hole in Poorly-Con-
Structed Wall

Chambersburg, Pa, March 81. -
While Sheriff Enos H. Horst was alb
sent, taking Russell w. Potter. of
Waynesboro to the Eastern Peniten-
tiary to begin a six to eight months
sentence for killing his fourteen
year-old wife, Merrill Gall and Oscar
Smith, two eighteen-year-o old lads,
confined in the local jail decided to
make a break for liberty. With a
piece of iron which they broke from
the cot in their cell and with an old
spoon, they succeeded in digging a
large hole in the poorly constructed
wall. They had got the hole so large
that had they not been discovered
by a Jail attendant, they would have
been able to crawl through to free
dom in another hour.
Gall and Smith were arrested in
Baltimore several weeks ago, charged
with robbing summer cottages of
persons from Baltimore and Wash
ington and Monterey, this county.
In court here last Tuesday they
plead guilty to the charge of larceny
and were sentenced by Judge w.
Rush Gillian to the Huntingdon Re-
formatory. Calls brother; Charles.
who was arrested with them entered
plea of not guilty and was released
under bail for trial at the April term
of court. He helped to plan the de-
livery while he was confined in the
Jail with them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
HUNINIEL STOMN

Miss Mary Grove spent the past
week at Mount Gretna, the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Samuel Stroh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Baker, of
Harrisburg, spent yesterday with
Miss Mary Greenawalt.
Prowell Mack, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Darius Mack, recently returned
from overseas, arrived home Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hoover
visited relatives at Harrisburg yes
terday.
Simon Page, of Harrisburg, called
on friends in town yesterday.
John Horn, of Annville, spent yes
terday with his brother, Charles
Horn.
Miss Mary Hoover left on Sat
urday for Philadelphia, where she
will spend the week with Miss Mar
garet Dickinson.
Howard Holsberg, of League
Island, Philadelphia, spent Saturday
and Sunday in town.
Ira LentZ, who recently returned
from France, was discharged from
the service and arrived home Satur-
day.
Ralph Hawthorne and family left
to-day for Martinsburg, w. Va,
where they will make their future
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Curry, of
Union Deposit. spent yesterday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Ebersole.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
WEST SHORE NEWS
Social and Personal News
of Towns Along West Shore

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Sheely, sons
! Robert and Herbert Eugene Sheely,
! have returned to their home in Car
| lisle, after spending several days
with Mrs. Sheely's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin G. Baker, at Shire
manstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Kitner, of
Shiremanstown, have moved from
East Main street, Shiremanstown, TO
Il small country place at Big Head
woods.
Miss Martha Miller and Miss Dor
cas- Miller, of Penbrook, spent the
week end with their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles p. NebinSer, at
Shiremanstown.
Miss Sue Arnold, of Mechanics
burg, spent a day recently with Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Souders, at Shire
manstown.
Samuel Weaver. of Harrisburg,
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bentz and other rela-
tives at Shiremanstown.
The Misses Kate and Louise Noell,
of Shiremanstown, are home from
Penbrook, where they visited Mr..
and Mrs. Roy d. Hook and Mrs.
Martha Greenawalt.
Miss Charlotte Snyder, of Harris
burg, spent the week end with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
F. Snyder. at Shiremanstown.
Miss Myrtle Baum, of Mechanics
burg, visited friends at Shiremans-
town, on Sunday.
Mrs. c. II. Barlup. of Camp Hill,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Scott
Brinton, at Shiremanstown, on Sat
urday.
Lee Thornton, Frank Thornton,
Paul Thornton and John Eshleman,
of Shiremanstown, motored to Mid
dletown, on Sunday where they We're
guests of Sergeant knight, of the
aviation corps.
Miss Helen Bentz. of Mechanics
burg, was a recent visitor at the
home of Miss Lydia Grubb, at Shire
manstown.
Miss Jennie Kaufman and her
nephew, Howard Miller, of Shire
manstown, spent over Sunday with
friends at Beavertown.
Mrs. John Fisher and her daugh-
ter, Miss Helen Fisher, of Winding
Hill, visited Mrs. William German
and Mrs i. w. Parks, at Shiremans-
town, on Saturday.
Mrs. Wavie Miller has returned to
her home at Shiremanstown. after
spending several weeks with Mr.
and Mrs. Gramills Beamer at Har-
risburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Faust, son,
Cyril and daughter, Louise Faust. of
Shlremanstown, spent the week end
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Faust, at Williamson.
Miss Mary Deckard, of Marysville,
spent the week end with Miss Nina
Ruth, at Highspire.
Miss Ida Horton. preceptress at the
State Normal School. at ShIppensburg.
spent the weekend with Mrs II. d
Eisenberger's family in Water street
New Cumberland.
Jacob kinlev moved from Market
street, New Cumberland to Zarker
street, Harrisburg to-day.
Frank Bigler, of ,Mechanicsburg,
was at New Cumberland on Saturday
The official board will meet in
Baughman Methodist Church on
Wednesday evening at the close Of
prayer service.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Prichard
moved into their new home recently
purchased of L. c. Demsey in Third
street, New Cumberland, to-day,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
Question For Debate Was
United States Government
Control of the Railroads

Carlisle, Pa. March 31.-Uphold-
ing the principle of private owner
ship of railroads under Federal con-
troll, Dickinson College debaters
scored their first success of the sea-
son when they overwhelmed the
forensic representatives of Fayette
in one of the first of a series of
intercollegiate debates. The affair
was held here Friday evening and
resulted in a victory for Dickinson
The question was: Resolved
That the United States government
shall permanently own and operate
the railroads. Lafayette upheld
the affirmative and was represented
by ID. j. Spratt, leader; r. Short
lidge and S. McWilliams. Dickinson
defended the negative and was rep
resented by f. n. Talley, leader, f.
z. Lawrence and T. ID. Caldwell.
The judges were Il. E. Beidle-
man, Lieut.. Governor of Pennsyl-
vania: Prof. Walter r. Severance,
Principal of the Central High school,
Harrisburg and John j. Milleisen,
burgess of Mechanicsburg.
Dickinson has made a remarkable
record in recent years in debate and
the team is looked to to score a
number OF new victories.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
MRS. J. +. BLAN
CHRISTENS BOAT
Former Mechanicsburg Girl
Gives Name to Steamer
West Munham"

Mcchanicsburg, Pa, March 81
To q former Mechanicsburg girl
Mrs. John i. Blain, of Seattle,
Washington, belongs the honor of
christening the steamer West Mum
ham, the first boat of the Portland
Oriental line to be launched at the
building berth at the Columbia River
Shipbuilding corporations property.
Mrs. Blain, who is the wife of
Captain John i. Blain, manager of
the Northern Pacific district of the
emergency fleet corporation carried
a large bouquet of American beauty
roses. Among the group who Joined
Mrs. Blain on the platform was her
daughter, Miss Caroline Blain.
Following the launching, Mrs.
Blain was made the recipient of u
five-piece silver tea and coffee serv-
ice, made up of an odd pattern and
most attractive. Each piece was en-
graved on the bottom with the date
occasion and the name of the cor
poration.
Mrs. Blain will be remembered by
her friends here as Miss Helen Boy
er, before marriage, daughter of the
late DR.. j. II. Boyer, we'll known
druggist here, and Mrs. Boyer, who
now lives with her in Seattle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-31
WAR CLASS"
HOLDS REUNION
Charles Johnson, Scotsman,
Attended Phila. School and
Went to Union Army
Suburban Notes

Marietta, Pa, March 3l.-CharIes
johnson, of Marietta, the veteran
scotsman, representing Denaiffe &
Son, Carigan, France, is member
of the famous war class" of the
Philadelphia school at Philadelphia
and their anniversary was on We'd
nesday last. The entire school term
of this class embraced the civil
War period, and many enlisted IN
the service of Uncle Sam at that
time, Mr.. Johnson being one Oh
them. The class numbered 145 and
of this number thirty per cent.
served during the war. One of them
rose to major, another became cap
tain and one was commander in
the United States Navy. Four were
killed in battle and eight wounded
In civil life the majority became
noted. Another remarkable feature
of this class is the longevity Oh the
members, as more than forty per
cent. have attained the age oil sew
enty years or more.
Mr.. Johnson expects TO go 10
France in the near future where
he has visited before.