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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
CHINESE TELLS OF SA WING
MEN ON BLAZING OIL SHIP
Mud Oserbyc of the NUah Y Nou Here. Reached Through
Flames for Man Of Scrcniy.tour Who Quit Scamcn's
Home to Aid u. S. in Var

knud ostcrbyc' Ihief officer of the
here. that picked up three survivors
from the wrecked schooner August Bah
cock. told of the rescue this afternoon.
"On the evening of January 49," he
said. " we received wireless message
from a British trCopshp i20 miles
away: American schooner ablazc. Au-
gust Babccck of Boston. We are stand
ing by. We see no survivors aboard.
We are bound TOR New York. The ship
is burning II any ship is coming this
way pass the schooner and lock out
for survivors. As far as we can make
out there are none on board
I'VE shaped our course for the place
and came up on my watch in the morn
ing Tho ship was blazing furiously.
She had burned down to four feet from
the water. AS we looked we saw some
one coming down the main rigging, fol-
lowed by two other men. They had
been sitting seventy feet up on the cross
stick
"It was fortunate for them that the
wind wasn't blowing their way or they'd
have been choked to death As It was
the flames leaped up 50 high as TO scorch
them. our gun crew is American: |
h'1 ipul vi Nll'll anu VIZ iONtltu a btHl l.
1t was dangerous as the swell was big.
The two negroes dived, and VIC pulled
them abroad
But an old man. an American. John
Baker called out to us that he couldn't
swim. I managed to, reach for him
| through the flames and pulled him into
| our boat. IL was just their luck that
| they came down from the main mast
when they did or we would have gone
away like the British troopship. thinking
there were no survivors"
Baker. who is seventy four years old.
had answered call made on the old
Sailors Home, New York for stewards
when America declared war. though he
| had retired from the sea.
I'VE we're carrying q cargo of gaso-
line and Kerosene" Baker said today.
some days before We reached tn Br-
| mudas the ship had become water
| logged and we were flying the American
! flag upside down in sign of distress But
no ships had come to our rescue. ON
the evening of the 18th. 200 miles of
the Bermudas, the captain said to me
| What do you think of it. Baker,
80 think we'd better take to the life
boat ! told him. and he agreed 4.
We were getting ready to lower II thcr,
was a great explosion aft Several %
the crew of ten were blown to pieces
The blazing oil was hurled in all dircc
tions and the lifeboat caught atire. !
minute later a second explosion cut th
deck into two pieces, and | saw tn
captain and the mate thrown into Tn
blazing hold. This chap here" sal
Baker. pointing to one of the tw
negroes saved with him, was blow
through the roof of the house. tn
crews quarters. don't know how
managed to get on deck
"'It's no use" ! thought. I'm don
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
PENN STUDENTS RELIGIOUS
Minister Praises Christianity
Shown at University

Students at the University Of Penn
sylvania are not irrelgious. according To
the Rev. ". W. Lampe, WHO spoke at the
meeting Of Presbyterian ministers in
Wtthcrspoon Hall today
Mr.. l.ampe discussed The Prcshy-
tcrian church and the University
He characterized Dr. Edgar Fans
Smith provost of the University, as tho
h .ghest Christian educator in the land.
Many professors at Penn, the sneaker
said. would not allow their students to
depart from their classes without giving
hem some religious education and 9th.
ers cNhorted their students to embrace
Il Christian life
one professor. according to Mr.. l.ampo
took his students to his home and. after
feeding them we'll argued with the
zeal Of an apostle" on religious pueS
tiOnS. There are some un-ChriStian in
iuenCcs working at the University" thu
| speaker declared. but these influences
| exist in every university"
! Mr.. Lampc is stationed at the tnivcr
| sity Of Pennsylvania a by the Presbyterian
| Church 20 look after the religious in
forests of more than 200 men of the sam,
| faith who are students there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
RUNS FUNERAL HELD
Ministerial Union of Camden Cele
brates Amendment Victory

Under the direction of the Ministerial
Union memorial services were held in
the auditorium of the Broadway Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Camden, yes
terday afternoon for John BarleyCorn.
He" was represented by "A broken
demijohn in box draped in black. One
of the features was the appearance in
the auditorium of II boy carrying a BAN
ncr containing the names of all the
states that have adopted the prohibit
tion amendment and the name of New
Jersey draped in black.
Many of the Camden Sunday schools
adjourned early to give the pupils IA
chance to attend the exercises. It was
estimated by the Rev. DR. Alexander
Corson, who presided at the services.
that more than 1000 persons were in
attendance. Addresses were made by
Or. Charles NJ. Levister, representing
the Anti Saloon League: the Rev. DR.
George H. Hemingway, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church Judge John
r Hates and Prosecutor Charles VOL
yertOn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27

for And then | saw the mainmast
standing. Life is sweet thought. and
scrambled mp on the crossstiCk. I saw
these two fellows sitting on top of the
foremast. Presently the mast caught
fire. and fell In my direction. It's a
wonder they wernt killed instead Of be
ing merely smashed up generally I
helped them climb up alongside me. and
there we sat, with the ship burning down
ever closer and closer to the water for
twenty-six hours, until we were rcscu-
cd
The Nwah Yih was lent to the United
states by the Chinese Government for
transport. u was one of the passeu-
ger ships belonging to Austria switch
China seized when she declared war on
Germany. The Nwah Yih was loaded
with foodstuffs and machinery from
Philadelphia while the war was still on.
When she reached Harve the armisticr
had been signed and the war material
was returned This was her last yov.
age. for the American EXpcditionary
Forces She 'wil now be turned over
TO the Belgian Relief Fund and will car.
ry food to Belgium.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
DONATE BONDS FOR SCHOOL
Bethany Temple Congregation
Gives Liberty Loan Investments

Approximately $4,000 In Liberty
bonds was contributed by members of
Bethany Temple Presbyterian Church,
Fifty-third and Spruce streets, toward
a fund for the erection of Sunday
school building as a memorial for the
l99 members of the church who saw
service during the war.
Ground for the memorial has already
been given the Bethany Temple Church
by John Wanamaker, and the new Sun
day school building Will be erected ad-
Joining the church editice.
novel method was employed in the
contribution of the fund. the members of
the church dropping their bonds yester-
day into n miniature sunday school
building erected in front of the church
altar, The miniature building was an
exact representation of the present Sun
day school auditorium adjoining, the
chIrch. and the contributions made at
the three services held during the day
Virtually filled the collection box.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
LOSES 65 POUNDS, WINS GLORY
Private James Benefits Heroism
Gains Citation by Pershing

Private James Bennett. son Of Mrs.
Sarah Bennett, 3i30 North Second street.
Just home from war. weighs l25 pounds.
When he went away he weighed 1870.
~ wound received in the only battle
which he fought cost him all that
but II won him recognition and
hrrun from General P,rshinC.
. Private Bennett went to France with
the other Philadelphia boys who were
members of the old Third Regiment, y.
q. =. They went over the top at the
Marne July Il. Wounded and gassed
Bennett fought until the Gcrmans had
been driven back, and then fell ex-
hausted into a shellhole. Twelve hours
later he was rescued nearly dead. Then
followed four months in Base Hospita
No. 80, until he finally recovered. lie
arrived in this country on transport
few days ago.
John Bennett is also in the American
army, and Anthony Bennett is with the
canadians They are his brothers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
PROTEST CLYDE Line CUT
Commerce Committee Will Ap.
peal to Railroad Administration

Representatives of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce will go before the
railroad admin stration to call the
attention of that body to the situation
which has been permitted to develop at
the port of Philadelphia since the return
of the Clyde Line to private ownership
This action was prompted by the re-
cent announcement of the Clyde Line
that its service to Norfolk would be
discontinued. The Chamber of Com
mcrce has already protested to the COM
pany against the contemplated curtail-
ment.
During the war the Clyde Steamship
Lines were operated by the railroad
administration. but were recently turned
back to private ownership. When this
occurred the Chamber of Commerce was
assured by the railroad administration
that the port OF Philadelphia would be
guaranteed against loss of sailings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
FORMER KAISER'S BIRTHDAY
Prominent Philadclphians Sug.
gest Appropriate Gifts

This is the former kaiScrs birthday
anniversary. Several well-known Phila-
delphans have suggested appropriate
gifts in recognition of the occasion.
Following are some good suggestions
General Lttleton W. r. waller. Unit
ed States Marine corps-'five him
hell"
DIR, Moses StearE--"Send him turkey
huzzard stuffed with poison gas with !,
little mercury gravy and let him have
some cartridge pie sprintled with ground
glass"
Nathan FoIwell, former president of
the Manufacturers Club-"Scnd him
a good stout piece of hemp What
think about him is not fit for print"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
U. S. MOVES TO TAKE CANAL
Court in Wilmington Asked to
Condemn Chcsapeakc 4 Del.

United States DiStr"< Nttoruc,
charles e. Iurley. Wilmington, today
petitioned the United States District
Court there to condemn the 'h,saprak
and Delaware Canal
This Is the first dcflnii" move mad,
toward the Government ownership oi
the waterway. The coudt set March ~
as time for return on the rule
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
.LOCKPORT BRIDGE BURNS
Wooden Span Built in 1853 Destroyed,
Probably by Arson

4 Lock Haven, Pa. Jan. 27.-(By 4. P)
Tho Lock Haven-Lockport bridge, a
wooden structure was destroyed BY fire
early this morning. There was evidence
oil had been spread over it. Several
members of the local fire department
had a narrow escape when one of the
arches on which they were fighting
the flames gave away.
.3s The bridge, built in 1853, had a span
of $40 feet
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
PR. R. AGREEMENT UNSIGNED
Government Approval Still Lack.
ing to Lines West" Contract

Tho government has not signed the
contract for the operation Of the Penn
sylNania lines west Of Pittsburgh, 1t
was learned at meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Broad Street station today.
There was one stockholdcr present. in
addition to the officials Of the company.
The Others were represented by proxy.
The meeting was presided over by
Samuel Rca, president Of tho corpora -
tion. An adjournment vas taken until
February 10.
The contract between the government
and the lines east Of Pittsburgh was
signed about two weeks ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27

I'm December. 1915. when grip and
pneumonia were prevalent in this city.
there were sos deaths from pneumonia
alone. our figures. therefore, compare
quite favorably with the winter months
Of other years
THE Health Department, however is
on the alert for any emergency Physi-
clans have been requested to isolate
every case and to caution the family
regarding the, infectousness Of the dis
ease. The public is well aware of its
seriousness after having survived the
epidemic of last october.
THE precautions which were outlined
and extensively published during the
height of the disease hold true today.
Promiscuous splitting is prohibited the
handkerchief must be used when cough
ing and sneezing. and overcrowded and
unventilated places must be avoided.
Warm clothing. discretion in diet and
regular habits all are essential TO create
an immunity against the respiratory
diseases
Immediate medical attention and iso-
lation will, in large measure. prevent a
return of the influenza epidemic"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
Returns to Find Wife Dead

Allentown. Pa. Jan. 27.--Former city
Traffic Officer Raymond Hunsberger,
who has been in the navy for nearly
year and who has just returned from
France, learned when he came home on
a short furlough that his wife had died
on December 20. a victim of influenza.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27
New PUBLIC SPEAKING Class

now formins \ short-'o course in self.
expression soif-rontd"uCo, cloyution and
sli-arouud sclf-d"vCopn"ut
Ton consecutive Wednesday evenings bc.
ginning At = O'Clock. For men and women.
Visitors welcome.
can. writc or phone spruce 32is for In.
,tvuriiSc literature.
NEFF COLLEGE ,ursTS1rsr Sp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-27

~
put q Sale tag |
on one of |
them!
q Don't buy a price
ticket! You'll find it |
altogether too dear if |
the OverCoat or Suit
it's on fails to give
you satisfaction!
C Buy an OverCoat
that you'll grow
fonder of the longer
you wear IT - an
OverCoat that will
grow old grace
fully, and that will be
all there in the essen
tial qualities of good
value, even when you
buy its successor!
q One of these hand
some dark f a b ric
Overcoats, ri c h ly
trimmed and ! in e d
with silk-a conserv-
ative Chesterfield
model that is young
with style; or a big
double-breasted Ul-
ster with Muff pock-
cts and a belted back;
or an Ulsterettc as
smart as smart can
be; or a box : back
OverCOat, or a sim
| gle-breaster in any
one of several snappy
models.
G Our Overcoats
drape and fit a bit
different from any
| others that we know
of; and they are tai
| lored by experts.
| q So, too, of our
| Suits.
q a Young Man who
| know $ what's w h a t
| bought one here a week
or so ago, and told some
friends since then that
| he is more and more in
love with it every day!
| OVERCOATS
From the finest $40
and SIS listers, right
down to our $40 Over
coats-Reduced!
| SUITS
From the $65 and S55
Suits, down to our $40
| Suits - Reductions all
along the line!
PERRY &CO
/ IN. B. T."
10th & Chestnut ST.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
COURT DISCUSSION
FAVORED MORTON

In the history Of legislative proceed
ings back In 1865, in the troubled days
after the civil war. Senator Oscar
Rats, OF Paoli. has found what he re-
CARDS as . good argument in support
of the joint resolution he has intro
duced requiring the supreme court
onn joint request from the general
assembly, approved by the governor,
to give opinions on important ques-
lions of constitutional law that arise
relating to pendingn legislation. Sem
ator Rats believes that had this pro
posal, made In the days after another
great conflict, been embodied in the
state constitution in '65, Governor
Morton might have been able to avoid
an extra session he Was forced to call
in that year to dispose Of some OF
the problems Of the after-war period.
Incidentally, Senator Rats found in
his investigation that In that year
Governor Morton did get an unofficial
opinion from four judges Of the su-
preme court on the question as to
Just when the sessions Of the general
assembly should end, matter that
had been much mooted. Under the
constitution adopted in 1851, 1t was
provided that no session except the
first one thereafter shall extend be-
yond the term Of sixty-one days"
While the question as to whether
sixty-one days meant working days.
excluding Sundays. or just sixty-one
days, including Sundays, had been dis
cussed somewhat, legislative prece.
dent up to the time Governor Morton
obtained an Interpretation, had been
that the sixty-one days specified, meant
all days, including Sundays.
Governor Morton realized that II
Sundays were excluded in the compu-
tation. enough days would be added
to the regular session, In 1865 to make
it possible to dispose Of important
matters that otherwise would make
necessary that otherwise would make
necessary the calling of an extra So
Sion He therefore. took the bold step
| of placing the matter before the judg.
es Of the supreme court. Very unus-
| ual thing to do. as the matter did not
come before the judges In their OIL
cial capacity in q regular proceeding.
On March 8. Governor Morton sent
| to the legislature his argument In fav-
or of interpreting the constitutional
provision to mean sixty-one working
days, excluding Sundays.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

BASS VIOLs-For sale. three-quarter.
Call evenings. 433 South 9th.
EXCHANOE-YouT piano for . Vic
trola or buy a used plano through me
and save the dealers profit. Walter
r. FulEhum. 1000 Main st.
PIANO TUNING. Been at It q years.
n. T. Roberts. Phone 41l0.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
CONTRIBUTED VERSE
MY WIFE

MY WIFE
Outlines when the day is ended. and
/ lay me down to rest,
There's a picture comes before me of
the girl l love the best.
Then / wander into Dreamland, just
as happy as can be,
With no earthly cares rejecting on
the past Of yesterday.
Even when the storms are raging. and
the world outside is dead,
With my mind in peaceful valley,
there's a picture overhead.
Always keeps my heart contented as
gaze into her face,
Then / find myself a.saying, mo one
else can take her place"
Now the picture that l mention is
girl I used to know;
In fact, she was my sweetheart, In
the days of long ago.
Now at present while I'm writing, she
is sitting by my side.
She shares my joys and sorrows, no
matter what betide.
Many years she's been my sweetheart,
always ready to defend,
And in trying times of trouble. she
helping hand would lend.
And l love her far more better through
the changing scenes Of life;
She is still the same old sweetheart,
though today she is my wife.
R E. MELDRUM.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
SPECIAL AT THE STORES 2

Bond Boxes to hold your Liberty Bends
and other valuable papers. Bartel &
Rohe 921 Main
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
MACHINERY a TOOLS

RICHMOND BOILER WORKS, n. W. Isl
4 Richmend Ave. Boiler Repairing and
Flue Welding. Phone 30o7. Jacob Kern
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED 2

All kinds OF good used Furniture and
Stoves bought ard sold at Townsend
623 Main. Phone 1895.
The Washington times., 1919-12-07
Society Has Waited
OH tho White House

Washington ought to be getting its
stride for the winter just about now
But the truth is it has waited so long
for the White House that 1t does not
seem to know just how to pcgin with
out 1t. Confident that Mrs. Wilson
was planning a brilliant and crowd
ed season. that would stretch pretty
well from Thanksgiving to Ash Wed
nesday. and shine with only slightly
subdued luster even through Lent, the
rest of the social world has hesitat ed
to make plans and set dates. until 1t
knew what the White House plans
and the White House dates were to
be. For. naturally the White House
has 1.-The pas"-and, even those who
profess to laugh at its social import
ance rarely have the hardihood 20 en-
ter into direct competition with it.
Little by little the realization has
been forced home that the White
House isn't going to do anything, So
cially-that by the time the President
is well enough for unessential effort.
the season will be so far past that
there will be no time left for a pro-
gram of "state functions" With so
many serious matters, both foreign
and domestic. clamoring for his at
tention as soon as he is sufficiently
recovered to be able TO give IL; with
long and strenuous Congressional
session and more or less hostile Con.
gress TO handle; and with Presi-
Dental campaign on the horizon, it
seems on the whole probable that the
White House season" necessa ri1y
postponed, will be entirely abandon
ed
The Washington times., 1919-12-07
SRuisburys May
Spend Winter Here.

I've been hearing again, by the
way. the rumor that Willard Sauls-
bury, sometime Senator from Della
ware, is to succeed Thomas Nelson
Page as Aincrcan Amba ssador to
Italy Mrs. Salisbury, who was in
Washington n week or ten days ago,
says there's nothing to It. But the
rumor persists. it apparently has au-
thoritative backing-and the Sauls-
burys seem loath to make definite
winter plans. However, they are
talking of coming to Washington for
January. February and March II they
can find a suitable furnished house
It's to be hoped they will come. for
they are very popular here and have
host Of friends who would make
them right royalty welco be.
And yesterdays mail brought an
nouncements from Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Henry b. Wilson of the marriage
of their daughter Ruth to Patrick Jay
Hurley. which took place on Friday
in Philadelphia. No. don't know
any of the details. I only know that
Miss Wilson's many friends in WASH
ington viii be disappointed that she
elected to be married away from
here. Her engagement was made
known few weeks ago and at the
time il was stated that Mr.. Hurley's
home is in Oklahoma. She was in
Washington for little while at the
time of the Prince of Wales visit. but
slipped away soon afterward and /
rather think told no one of her plans.
The Washington times., 1919-12-07
Alexandra PateruOtte
Also Has Bride.

Alexandra Paternotte. second secre-
tary of the, Belgian embassy. is
another young diplomat who is intro
uucins ms bride formerly Anne Cru
ger, to Washington. They are only
here temporarily however. as NJ
fatenotte expects to return to Bel
sium before long. Meanwhile they
have an apartment at the Gordon
Hotel and Nine. Psternotte. who is n
member OF the Cruger family of New
York, is being entertained a good
deal in quiet way. She Is a cousin
OF Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker and the
Wedding took place at the Wana-
maker home in New York.
hpropos of weddings-let me intro
duce to you the first of the January
brides. She is Elizabeth Swanson.
daughter OF John NJ. Swanson, and
her father today Is announcing her
engagement to Thonas<EdwardC Cath
cart, formerly of Philadelphia. but