Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-07
CONGRESSMAN MooRE'S
LETTER
Gossip About. George srodbeck, the
Rev. Edward M. Jefferys, Reuben
Fink, Robert n. Hepburn,
Charles e. Schermerhorn
and Others


l. Court clerk, particularly in the various
eastern jurisdictions, is no idle ono in these
days of war and transportation. The actual
court duties that fall upon our own George
Brodbeck at Ninth and Chestnut streets,
are sufficient to keep the average mind busy,
but Mr.. Brodbeck has to deal as we'll with
immigration and naturalization problems and
variety of things which come up at Wash
ington for the usual course Of red tape In
the list Of special matters due largely to the
war are those arising from thc issuance of
passports. The Circuit Court clerk finds
himself up against the stern necessity some
times of asking his best personal friend some
very delicate questions. Just now the gov
crnment is not issuing many passports. al
though the demand is very heavy, and to
have to ask man whom you know well
whether his intentions are patriotic or mcr-
cenary. or to be obliged to inquire of the
lady who seeks passport as TO the date and
place of her birth and as to other matters
which take tho joy out of the travellers life,
does not tend to popularize the official whose
duty it is to put n good American citizen
through such an ordeal. But war is war,
oven until the President shall make procla
nation that peace has been restored.
NTEN like Hampton l.. Carson who still
AN1 retain their interest in old st. Peters
of the service being performed by their rec
tor, tho Rev. Edward NJ. Jcffcrys. who has
been in the war since the earlier stages and
has been chaplain in Base Hospital No. 10
in Belgium. the hospital of which DR.. Rich
ard II. Hartc was the major. Doctor
.Icffcrys, who is still abroad. had
son in the service who experienced the thrills
of the fighting near Nerdun. Another son,
who was born in Philadelphia and who is
now at st. Paul's School. Concord \. H., is
| hoping to match tho military careers of his
| father and brother by entering tho navy.
| OUR old friend Howard VI. IIcstOn who
" comes to Washington once in u while
with chip on his shoulder about tho tariff
| rates wall paper and kindred subjects. is
| president of the Rotary Club of Buffalo.
| Howard has been an active spirit in the
| Lake City for a good many years. but keeps
| in close touch with his old Philadelphia
| friends. and particularly with the Lincoln
| Club. He belongs to that group Of young
! Republicans who are gradually growing gray
in the belief that protection and prosperity
| go hand in hand. lie is one of the big fellows
| now in the NJ. II. Birge & Sons Company.
| TNHE committee of delegates to the Amcr-
L can Jewish Congress, under the direction
| of their energetic executive secretary. RCu-
! ben Fink. are pushing into all sections of the
country the 'bl of rights" adopted by the
First American jewish Congress in philadcl-
| phia in December. 1918, which the executive
secretary calls IAN appeal to the non Jewish
| world to relieve Israel from the injustice
| Intolerance and persecution that he has been
| suffering in many lands The executive
! headquarters of the new organization are in
| Washington.
~ n Wy MI
~ dclpha. is n keen observer Of South
| American conditions. His son is interested
| in the production of tungsten in Bolivia. al
though the elder Hepburn has been studying
| trade expansion from other points of view
| In letter to the Speaker elect Mr.. Gillctt
| of Massachusetts. Mr.. Hepburn inclines to
| the belief that American citizens working in
the Andes should have every opportunity to
compete with those who operate in the
| Rockies. He says there are not so many of
them that it would have any serious effect
on tho quantity of importations. He sug-
| gCStS n government charter license for
| these American operators abroad, and thinks
reciprocity should prevail.
| rTIlE folks down about Barncgat City have
been drawing the attention of Washing
ton to tho erosion of the point on which the
famous lighthouse stands to warn vessels at
sea of the shoals at Barnegat. The borough
collector William ii. Bailey. recently indi-
Gated that there had been a loss of 115 feet
in three weeks. which has started Editor
Fischer. of Toms River after the Depart
ment of Commerce. Commissioner Putnam
has taken the matter up and is said to be
considering the establishment of a light
vessel off Barnegat, which he believes will be
of great benefit to the maritime interests
Apparently. the Barnegatters do not want to
lose their light. which is one of the best
along the Atlantic seaboard. Every yachts
man along the Jersey coast knows of the
vagares of the Barnegat inlet and prepares
himself accordingly But they would cor
tanly miss that light.
0NE might we'll look askance at the sug-
" gestion that an architect has any place
in warfare, but Judging from the farewell
given by Edmund Leigh chief of the plant
production section of the military intelli
gence division, to Charles u. Schermerhorn
who quit his Office. somewhere on Walnut
street. to engage in war work, he is rather
an important adjunct to the army. Charlie S
| friends among the veteran "Young Repub-
licans" will be pleased to know that he comes
out of the service with splendid indorse
, ment for Intelligence and ability along the
, lines of plant production. Apparently there
was place for every man while the service
lasted from putting castor bean seed in the
soil to the operation of motors utilizing the
oil of the bean thousands Of feet above the
carth's surface.
TIME boys of the John Wanamaker Com
1 mercial Institute. 131 of whom enlisted
in the navy for the war. have put it into tn,
head of their commandant, Colonel Scott, t.
establish a naval unit in connection will
their summer encampments. Under certain
circumstances the secretary of the navy i
' authorized TO set aside fully equipped man
of wars cutter for every twenty five cadet
in actual attendance upon an encampmen
, adeouate for instruction in elementary sea
t manship but such authority is usually de
rived through the governor of state hahn