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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
GIRLS FROM HERE AID
YIN. c. A. IN GERMANY
Two Philadelphians With
Army of Occupation and
Others on Canteen Staff

Two Philadelphia girls are doing Y.
M. c. A. work with the American army
Of occupation in Germany. They are
Miss Lucy Bryant Duhring. of Chestnut
Hill, and Miss Anna Merritt East, of the
Montevista Apartments Miss Duhring
has charge of the soldiers leave work at
Coblenz, while Miss East is librarian.
Miss Eliza J. Clevenger, Of this city,
Is working at the Paris headquarters Of
the Y. NJ. c. A.. 12 Rue d'Aguesseau. and
Miss Mary Barbara MacIntyre, of Chest
nut Hill ademy, Is devoting her time
to the department of hut decorating.
Miss Dorothy Truitt Is worker in the
mailing department.
Among the canteen girls from Phila-
delphia are:
Miss Mary Walker Colket, 25s South
Eighteenth street, who works at Bor-
deaux Miss Aida Gardner, 21s DeKalb
square, who has chcrge of the canteen
at St Aignam; Miss Mary Ella Hanna
4934 North Twelfth street, stationed at
lie Mans; Miss Mabel Lind, 1921 West
Tioga street. who Ia assigned to the
Thirty-fifth Division, and is stationed
at Commercy; Miss Louise H. Snowden
1905 Walnut street, Bordeaux Miss
Mariana McCauley, $500 Wayne avenue
Tours
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
SENATOR FRANCE HECKLED
Dodges Comment on Debs After
Address in New York

New York, March 17.--Senator Joseph
l. France, of Maryland, was heckled last
night when in an address at the weekly
forum of the Church of the Messiah he
urged repeal of the espionage act. but
declined to state, without studying the
decision, whether he believed conviction
Of Eugene Debs just.
Members of Congress were termed
PARASITES" by persons In the audience.
who participated in the general discus
sion which followed Senator Frances ad-
Dress In reply 70 question by the
Senator relative to What better govern
ment do you want than that our fathers
wrought?" several men and women
shouted, "Soviet! Soviet!' One speaker
was appauded when he declared that
people were made revolutionists, not by
words but by conditions.
Asserting that I'VE already have had
one revolution and violence Is not neces-
sary in the reconstruction period" Sena-
tor France suggested as a remedy for
social unrest a nation wide census which
would index and tabuate every griev-
ance Of the people.
TIE country is divided into three
groups, the Senator said-reactonari ries,
extreme radicals and constructive lib
erals. The last class. he said. was de
termined in an orderly manner to- obtain
radical changes SO every man will have
equal opportunity with every other
man."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
POLICEMEN, FREED
OF KILLING, WEEP
Shooting of Comrade in Tioga
Station Justified. Coroner
Holds

Sergeant Frank Mahoney and Patrol
man John McAntee. of the Hunting
Park avenue and Schuyler street sta
tion, wept today when Coroner's jury
eNonerated them from blame in connec-
ton with the death of Patrolman Charles
Danowitz.
Danowitz was shot and killed on
March at Tioga station, on the Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway, by a bull
let fired either from the revolver of
Mahoney or McAntee
They were sent to investigate a re-
port that two men were seen inside the
station after 1t had been closed for the
night. When Mahoney and McAntee
reached the station they saw a man
crawling under a bench. Both shouted
who's there" according to McAntee, and
in reply, some one in the station shouted
hands up
McAntee and Mahoney fired and a
few moments later McAntee struck a
match and found the body of Danowitz.
He had been shot through the heart.
Danowitz and Patrolman Kelly had
gone into the waiting room for a few
moments to seek shelter from a heavy
rain. They were detailed on plain
clothes duty to look for suspicious char
acters. Kelly was uninjured
The jury returned the following YER
dict:
Charles Danowitz died of a gunshot
wound of the heart We exonerate Ser
geant Mahoney and Patrolman McAntee
from all blaine, as the shooting was
done In performance of their duty"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
PLAN CARRIERS SESSION
$4,000 Postoffice Employees Ex-
pected Here for Fall Convention

What Is expected to prove the largest
convention in the history Of Philadelphia
will be held here during the first week
In September when letter carriers from
all sections of the country will assemble
to discuss their problems, It is esti-
mated that about $4,000 will attend, in
ciuding delegates from the Philippines,
the Virgin Islands, and other United
States possessions,
President Wilson and other leading
men of the nation will be invited to adj
dress the convention, and one Of the
features will be big parade In Broad
street -
will be discussed. One OF the principal
questions will be a pension fund for re-
tired carriers.
Plans for the convention win be dis
cilssed tomorrow at a meeting Of local
representatives at the Eagle Head
quarters, Spring Garden street below
Broad.
riers held their convention in this city,
and since that time the number. of men
in this branch of the government service
has increased three-fold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
CHURCH MUST WAKE
TO RESPONSIBILITIES
Camden Pastor Says Return
ing Soldiers Have Just Com
plant Of ''Isms''

The church is doomed unless 1t quickly
awakens to new responsibilities Gre
ated by the war. the Rev. DR.. Homer
j. Vosburgh declared last night in an
appeal for Protestant unity in ser
mon at North Baptist Church, Cam
den. Of which he is pastor.
Investigation has disclosed that COM
plants Of returning soldiers and sailors
of positive selfishness on the part OF
church workers are not unjustif1ed," Doc
tor Vosburgh said, land facts cannot
be longer evaded.
Service men contend that there were
too many isms' and not enough real
religious teaching In the trenches, Doc
tor Vosburgh explained. Each denomi-
nation seemed to make its principal eff
fort to impress its own Importance,
while the fatherhood of God and other
vital subjects were left more or less
untouched.
Another thing of which the boys COM
plain is that there are too many 'antis'
and thgeats included in our teachings
we tell them not to do this and not to
do that, while we, ourselves, make no
effort to show them by practical illus-
tration the better way to live"
Doctor Vosburgh expressed the opin-
lon that Protestant churches should dis
regard petty denominations differences
and unite upon basic religious principles
to spread the doctrine to the best ad-
vantage. He also suggested that Chris
tian people show by their lives, not in
theory the advantages of a godly life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
MUSIC CURES WAR SHOCKS,
PARALYSIS AND NELIROSIS
Value Treating Varos Nerve Disorders Out
lined at Nec Century Club by Mrs A. j. Ro.Uland,
OF Columbia University

She'll shock and war neurosis are
being cured by the use of musical in
struments and by carefully selected
musical programs.
So important a part has music played
IN restoring memories, in the cure of
paralysis. that the government has made
provision for Its use in the cure Of spe-
cial nerve cases.
The value OF music In such cases was
described today by Mrs. A. J. Rowland
who addressed the Monday Morning
Glass at the New Century Club on the
new course of musical therapy at Co.
lumbia University.
It has been found, however, that
music can be harmful and that the
greatest care must be used in selecting
the kind of music to which a patient
listens and the Kind Of instrument which
he uses as a "toy" in his cure. The
teachers must have not only musical
education, but must also understand
physics, psychology and physiology.
Mrs. James Monaghan told OF the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
WILL RECEIVE BIDS
FOR 18th WARD LINE
Director Twining to Advertise
Tomorrow for Byberry
Trolley Route

Director Twining. of the Department
of Transit. will. advertise tomorrow for
proposals for the construction Of the
Thirty-fifth ward surface trolley line.
Bids will be opened April 8.
In the s87,o00,000 transit and port
loan authorization there Is an item of
$1,000, 900 for the line to Byberry and
the Director plans letting the contract
at once II the estimates submitted by
contracting firms prove satisfactory.
The Thirty-ffth Ward surface line,
when In operation. will provide transit
facilities to the largest area In Phila-
delphia. The section through which the
line will pass is more than three times
the size of the next largest OF the forty
eight wards of the city. Its area is as
large as the compined area of the whole
of West Philadelphia and South Phila-
delphia, south Of Washington avenue.
The Thirty-ffth Ward contains more
than thirty three square miles. or more
than a quarter of the total area OF the
whole OF Philadelphia. which is 129
square miles. The ward contains more
than 1900 acres out of a total OF
&c, 600 acres which are available for resi-
Dental purposes alone in the city OF
philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
MEN OF WEALTH EASIEST
TO PLEASE IN BIG HOTELS
Retiring Manager Of BeeUueSattord Who Mures Rich Wido
Says Little BgWigs' Are Most Esacting in Demands
Tells OF Whins OF Rich and Near.Rch

"You cant step right in and manage
n hotel" said Mr.. Frazier. You have
to learn to do 1t and It takes years,
It was as private secretary to George
C. Bodt, in the waldorf that I got my
opportunity ten years ago. / worked
for him and I studied the business. And
let me give a word of ADVICE to the
young man who hopes to succeed quickly.
II cant be done. 1t takes long work and
study TO succeed in any difficult bust
ness. There are no short cuts. The
Bellevue -Stratford Is like a great house
with n family OF many members and
many guests More than thousand per-
sons are required to operate 1t and all
must work In harmony. The organiza-
tion must be kept working smoothly.
And we must always cater to the pleas
ure and convenience Of the guests. We
must learn to know them as well as we
can.
Here comes Mrs. Jones. The clock
in her room must not strike 1t annoys
her. Pictures on the walls must not be
in colors, but in black and white. She
detests oil paintings. She likes the way
certain waiter serves. She can have
no other
Mr. Smith is n connoisseur Of food
and cooking. His dishes must be specially
cooked for him, for he has his own
peculiar notions-which he, at least, con-
siders better than the chefs. He is the
one TO be satiStied-not the chef.
And above all, we must make the
casual visitor the infrequent guest. feel
happy The man in modest circum.
stances must not feel that he Is being
neglected for the multi-miIionaire who
has a suit of rooms and never asks
the price of anything He must feel
that he is welcome and that his comfort
Ia as much our concern as that of the
millionaire guest. We make him feel
that by making 1t true"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
PLAN LUSITANIA HEARING
Jurists Appointed to Hear Evidence
' Concerning Claims

New York, March 17.--By agreement
among the admiralty proctors repre-
senting the claimants who suffered
losses when the steamship Lusitania was
sunk by German submarine In May.
1915, two judges and one, former Judge
Of United states courts have been ap-
pointed members OF a board to hear
evidence from American citizens. II was
announced last night. ~
The members OF the board, who will
serve without compensation, are Judge
Julius M. Mayer. OF the United States
District Court; Judge Charlee M. HouEh.
OF the Circuit Court OF Appeals. and %.
Henri Lacombe, formerly pfesidins
Judge OF the Circuit Court Of hppeals.
Tho action was taken. the announces
ment said, iu hops Of expeditinS ths
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
AYERS WAR BLOCKED
FIGHTS OF WOMEN
Recent Probe Shows Lost
Ground, National Consumers
League Official States

women lost ground during the war
IN their fight for better and CHEAPER
living conditions, Mrs. Florence Kelley.
executive secretary of the National Con-.
sumers' League, announced today,
MRS. Kelley made this statement as
a result of an Investigation made by
'he Consumers' League into Industrial
conditions In the middle Atlantic and
ne" england states, where women BY
thousands were drafted into industry
because of the war.
Not only did women lose gains made
IN employment conditions, Mrs. Kelley
aeciared, but the ten years fight made
ny her organization to reduce high liy-
ing costs was blocked. The fight must
now begin all over again, she declares.
Ihe Big Five Meat Combine" she
oeciared this morning, has extended it's
nold on foodstuffs until 1t Is CARRYING
its control into the meat substitute field
breakfast foods, we find, are coming
into their control and the combine is
getting a grip on the corner grocery
store that is fastening it's hold on the
food supply of the average household. -
women did not get fabulous wages
during the war, she contends except in
dangerous industries, where many lost
their lives. A survey Of eastern in
dustries disclosed this fact, she said,
and exposed serious relaxation of
~ell-establish principles surrounding
women in industry.
There is little outlook for better leg
islation now" she added. 1.-THE pass
age of an eight-hour law in Pennsyl-
vania would be a miracle"
Just now the league is going to start
all over in It's fight for lower living
costs. THE burden of after-war high
living will be borne by the average
family, and 1t Is for the relief of this
average family that we are working"
she concluded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17

IT isn't the men OF big affairs and
the women of great achievements who
make Hfe miserable for the director of
a great hotel, according to J. Miller
FRAZIER manager of the Bellevue STRAIT
FORD, who has resigned and, after his
marriage to Mrs. NJ. f. Posey will go
into business in Philadelphia
Most of managers worry Is caused
by the little big-wigs," as Mr.. Frazier
calls them.
1t will be pretty generally agreed
that Mr. Frazier knows what he is talk
ing about, for most of the great and
many of the near-great and a host OF
the imaginary great have at some time
or other been members of his ever
changing family.
president Wilson, Mr.. Taft, Colonel
Roosevelt, Marshal Joffre, Mime. Bern
hardt and hundreds OF other nota bles
and celebrities have been under this
roof" said Mr.. Frazier today. II have
known most of the great who visited
Philadelphia as guests. And they are
the ones easiest to please You would
hardly know they were in the house
They go to their rooms and stay
there, or they go out and come back.
The service is satisfactory to them.
Their requirements are reasonable. They
seem to realize the limitations of hotel
service. They know what can be done
and expect it to be done-which 1t Is.
But they also know that all the personal
whlms and fancies of thousands of in
divlduals cannot be satisfied.
But the little big-wigs-ah, they
are awfully hard to please. They are
supersensitive. Their nerves are deli
cate. They have temperament Some
thing Is always wrong-if only the color
of the bellboys hair
Mr.. Frazier likened big hotel to
small city and said the management of
it is as difficult as that of a great in
dustrial plant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17

amusements in early Philadelphia and
from the number that were introduced
and later suppressed by act OF Assembly,
the residents OF Philadelphia must have
had a more varied entertainment then
than they have today.
Doorstep gossip was the earliest
amusement indulged In and to this were
added riding, swimming, skating and
going to church--which was the chief
entertainment up to 1898.
A dancing teacher appeared in 1898
and a dancing class was formed soon
afterward. BY the middle of the CEN
tury, society was in deplorabe
state" from too much theatre, dancing
and convivial entertainment
Cock-fighting was enjoyed by the best
citizens until the beginning of the nine
teenth century, when 1t lost favor and
finally had to be stopped in 1920.
Circuses. boat rides. fireworks and
masquerades were all very popular until
the Assembly found some Of them harm
ful to the morals and passed acts
against them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
CALDER THREATENS PEACE"
New York Senator's Knife Out if
League Is Included

New York, March 17.-Senator Calder,
OF New York, said in a statement last
night IF the plan for the league Of
nations is so tied up with the peace
treaty that the peace treaty cannot be
separately considered" as announced In
Paris yesterday by President Wilson,
ne would do all in his power 'to reject
the entire proposition"
Senator Calder asserted, even though
the President had not called an extra
session OF Congress- he thought Senators
and Representatives SHOULD return to
washington at once and go into ses-
sion" He added ito deny that Congress-
can meet whensoever a majority of Con.
gress sees At is to deny that the people
car, meet" since all the power OF the
people Is vested in Congress,
Asking If I'VE are ready to mako thu
proposed constitution of the league of
nations law of our land" the Senator
continued:
The people must decide after bsinx
FULLY informed ir justice to our gallant
allies, who held the tide of barbarian
while our slower conscience awoke
Their representatives at Paris shorId
know just what we In America believe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
SHOW ART IN ADVERTISING
Poor Richard Club Displays Pho
tographic Exhibits

An exhibit of Photographic art In ad-
yertising was opened today at a luncheon
In the Poor Richard Club
The exhibit today was private, but
on Wednesday the examples of this in
teresting phase of the technique OF ad-
vertising may be viewed by persons hold
ing cards of admission.
The hours on Wednesday will be from
10 a. m. to noon, and from 2 to 4 D. m.
To-day, at the luncheon. William Sheweil
Ellis spoke on modern commercial
photography. Mr.. Ellis is known In
the Photographic world as the photog-
rapher of presidents" having Officially
recorded the likenesses of the last four
incumbents of the White House. He
is also a large Photographic prize win
ner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
MANY PAPERS FOR LEAGUE
Poll of Press Indicates Sentiment
Supports Presidents Idea

New York. March 17.--Herbert 8.
Houston, Of the League to Enforce Peace,
announces he, had made poll Of
the leading newspapers of the country
and had found 144 supporting the Presi-
dents plan for the league of nations.
Others favored amendments, he said, but
approved the main points of the
covenant. The Portland. Ore, journal
has completed a referendum among its
subscribers showing 1885 in favor of
the league and 100 opposed
Mr.. Houston cited number Of papers
In the home districts of Senators Knox,
Reed, Poindexter and Frelinghuysen
which are indorsing the league. and made
the statement that "if the leading news
papers Of the country can be considered
as fair interpreters Of public sentiment
in their constituencies 1t Ia clear that the
sentiment in favor of the league OF
nations is overwhelmingly favorable
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
COATESVILLE LICENSE
BATTLE Is ON AGAIN
Hundreds to T e stify-204
Montgomery Renewals Grant
ed in Two Minutes

West Chester, Pa. March 17.-License
Court opened here today, but it is not
expected any decisions will be handed
down until later in the week. There
are no remonstrances filed except against
the four applicants in the city of Coates
VILE, where James Taylor wants license
for the Taylor House, Morris katz, for
the Hotel Smith, John Klink. for the
Speakman House, and Calvin B. Cmsted
for the Coatesville Hotel. none of which
have had license for three years, the
town being dry.
The no-license forces will try to prove
there is no necessity for the licenses
and are here in force. No remonstrances
were filed against any of the country
applications, the fight being directed
solely against those at Coatesville. Sew
eral hundred residents of Coatesville are
here to testify in the cases and the ses-
sion is likely to consume several days In
the taking of testimony. 1t has been
the rule of the court to hand down no
opinion until all have been heard.
The session opened late this forenoon
and testimony began at the afternoon
session.
Sorristown. Pa, March 17.--All the
old applications for liquor licenses, num-
berng 2O4, in Montgomery County were
renewed today by Judge Swartz.
The facts that nothing was said by
the court with reference to the payment
of license fee puzzled the attorneys and
efforts were at once made to secure
information from Harrisburg as to the
passage Of the law providing for the
rayment of the license fee in install
ments.
Five places for which renewal of
license was not asked today were those
Of George P. Willauer, Green Tree Ho-
tel, Zionville: Katie Keller, wholesale,
Pottstown; George H. Stauffer, Drovers'
Hotel, Sassamansville Reuben Smith
Green Tree Hotel, Lower Merton, and
Veranda Hotel, Norristown. The appli-
cation of Charles r. Schichter for a
license for the Palm Hotel at Palm Sta
ton, was withdrawn. There were no
remonstrances filed and the licenses were
granted in two minutes.
The Veranda House, Ncrrstown was
purchased by the local Y. NJ. C. A. and
is now occupied by that organization
Reuben Smith sold the Green Tree Hotel
in Lower Merton some months ago, and
went to California This hotel one of
the oldest in Montgomery County, has
been converted into home for ch.ld. en-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
ORGANIZE FOR FREE SPEECH
Unionists Will Defy Town Off.
cials WhS Banned Meetings

Pittsburgh March ia contest for
the right OF free speech and free
assembly" was launched yesterday by
delegates representing sixty-seven unions
affi lated with the American Federation
of Labor. The movement Is part of a
campaign to organize ircn and steel
workers of the country. Recently the
Mayor of McKeesport, according to union
organizers. refused to permit meeting
In that city.
1t was announced at yesterdays ses-
sion that when 5000 pleas of support
to the right of free speech and free
assembly campaign are secured, meet
ings will be held In communities where
permits to launch gatherings have been
refused.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
SWEDEN BACKS WILSON
League Of Nations Delegates
Warm Supporters of Plan

Stockholm, March 17.-(By A. P.)-
In response to an invitation of the Peace
Conference at Paris to neutral countries
for an unofficial discussion or the league
of nations the Swedish Government has
appointed several delegates They are
Count de Wrange and NJ Ehrensvaerd,
respectively. ministers to London and
Paris: Deputy Brarsing and Deputy
Baron Adelsvaerd and former Judge
Baron Won Wuertemburg.
It Is asserted here the delegates are
enthusiastic supporters of league of
nations along the lines proposed ny
President Wilson and are friends of the
idea of a speedy general disarmament
and the abolition Of corscription.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-17
PARIS CARDINAL SEES POPE
Meeting Regarded as Significant in
Diplomatic Circles

Rome. March 17.-(By A. P.)-
Pope Benedict has received In private
audience Cardinal Annette, arch
bishop Of Parts. The Pontiff and the
cardinal had lengthy conference, dur
ing which Cardinal Annette related. to
Pope Benedict a conversation he had
had with Premier Clemenceau on the
eve Of the cardinals departure for
Rome. +.
In diplomatic circles here the meeting
between the Pontiff and the cardinal is
considered Significant.