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The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-04-18


can shipping experts here In Paris and Inv estimates
maze by the British chamber of shipping in Lon
don' OF which Lord Inchcape is the head
In I92l the British will be in the lead America
WIN then have 100000 tons of boats while the
British viii have 100000 or 2OOOOOOO Amer
lea expects to maintain her shipbuilding plants
until she eventually has 100000 tons of boats
good' substantial boats. That will require five
years perhaps. Much will be heard about friction
between our government and the British over this
question OF shipping, but it may be taken for
granted that America is maintaining pretty fair
kind of an understanding with her British friends
on the proposition
from the British shipping interests there prob
ably will come long series of protests over the
fact that America is branching out as powerful
FACTOR IN the shipping business. But these howls
even though they be long and loud and very sin
eere, Will not mean that America and Great Brit
ain are at daggers points the matter of ships
America will, without doubt have her arguments
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-04-18
Merchant Fleets Will Ue
Nearly ON Par Within
Five Years, Peace Com
gress Experts Believe.
BY LLOYD ALLEN,
special Staff Correspondent

5n1, gls western Newspaper Union.)
AhiS.-America IS starting out to be
come big maritime power. With
Iher great shipyards just coming into
IoO per cent production, Americans
can expect, within five years or so, to
see their flag flying over a fleet of
merchant carriers nearly as large as
the British fleet of merchant boats.
This prediction is made from figures
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13

ance, under mysterious circumstances,
recalls the celebrated Dorothy Arnold
mystery in New York.
The anxious parents have offered a
reward of $500 for information lead
ing to the recovery of their daughter.
Scores of persons are confident they
saw the girl in Philadelphia and in At
lantir City at different times last week.
Until yesterday the parents were in
Atlantic City directing the search for
their daughter. They returned to Ion-
kers in the hope that Constance would
get in touch with them when she
learned they had left the resort.
please do not arrest her, but place
her under strict observation until you
can call me at Murray Hill 1868, New
York. or Yonkers 247-J," was the last
message of her father to the police.
The New York number is his place of
business, the other being his home.
Among the leads on which the police
and detectives are working is the
thought expressed by her father that
Constance may be earning her living in
this city by dancing. She is a skill
full dancer, he says, and often said
she could earn her living in that way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
Deaths of a Day
]. J. DE KINDER DIES
Was Widely Known Consulting En-
qIneer and LAWYER

Was Widely Known Consulting En-
glneer and Lawyer
Joseph ]. DeKinder. an attorney
and engineer. died last Thursday night,
at the Corinthian Yacht Club, at Es-
sington, where he had lived for nearly
a year. Prior to hat time his home
was at the Union League. He had
been ill six months. He was seventy
four years old.
Mr.. DeKinder came to this country
in 1873, as chief engineer of the old
American line between Philadelphia and
Liverpool. Prior to that he had been
an engineer in the Dutch navy, in
which he began his apprenticeship when
a boy.
He was born in Holland, October s,
1916. His father was a lifelong follow
err of the sea, was benighted by two
European governments and held thirteen
medals for heroism in saving lives at
sea.
The inspiration to study law came to
him in his, practice as an engineer. He
read law with George Stuart Patterson
and was admitted to the bar in Vir-
ginia.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. J. Hector McNeal, wife of a Phil
adelphia lawyer, whose home is at Hick
DRY Hill Farm, Devon, and Mrs. Ro-
berta NJ. Keen, wife of Charles Barton
Keen, an architect, who lives at 1872
Pine street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
PROWLER IN CATHEDRAL
Man Found Hiding Behind Pulpit by
Priest Escapes

The Rev. Joseph NJ. O'Hara, as
%sistant rector of the Cathedral, at
Eighteenth and Race streets, dis
covered a man hiding behind the
pulpit when he was about to conduct
religious services last night.
The priest gave chase to the in
truder, who ran to the street and es
caped in a motorcar. The police were
notified.
The automobile went north on Eigh-
teenth street, and the prowhr and
the other two men in the machine have
not since been heard of.
The police hold to the possibility OF
three causes for the mans hiding in the
cathedral. They believe he may have
been a terrorist designing destruction
of the church and bodily harm to the
priests; that he may have been intent
on stealing valuable church jewels, OF
that he merely may have been intoxi
Gated and wandered innoceutly into the
editicc. The finding of the man and
his escape created great excitement in
the church, and worshipers Joined in
the vain chase.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
ASKED BY PERSHING
TO HOLD HIS GLOVES
Miss Charlotte Cherry, Ex-
cited, Didn't Hear Him
Thank Her

"No, not to keep! He just gave
they were al inspiration, anyway
Miss Charlotte Cherry, of 325 Car
penter street, Germantown, was talking
about General Pershing',s tan-colored
gloves. AT the planting of the memorial
tree, in Independence Square yesterday,
General Pershing handed Miss Cherry,
who is an Emergency Aid aide, his
gloves, while he shoveled n hole for the
tree shoot.
"We aides were standing around the
spot where the tree was to be planted
said Miss Cherry, when the general
approached.
Just as somebody was handing him
n shovel he stood about an arms
length from me. Suddenly, with
a great smile on his face, he reached
his hand out toward me-of all per-
sons! And in his hand were the
gloves.
Would you kindly hold my gloves
for me?' he asked.
"Well! l was so thrilled I didn't
know what to do. Those gloves made
my arm tingle. I held them until
he was finished planting the tree. What
he said when he took his gloves back
again l don't know. / was too excited .
But / know he must have thanked me
~graciously. And I'm worried to know
whether I acknowledged his thanks as
g~raciously as he made them.
Anyway, he's wonderful, and I'll
never forget it as long as I live.
II would have treasured those gloves
if he had given them to me-. But it
was an inspiration just to hold them for
a few minutes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
Francis L. Hand

Francis l.. Hand, former chief of the
Water Bureau, died yesterday. He will
be buried in the West Laurel Hill Gem
etery next Monday following services at
his home. 1913 North Eighteenth
street, at 2 o'clock.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Thomas V. Ledyard and Mrs.
Samuel G. Van Derherchen, both of
Philadelphia, and n son., H. w. Hand.
Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine
Building Company up until a year ago.
Mr.. Hand was a member of an old
shipping family which settled in Den
nisville, N. j., in 1922, where he was
born eighty-two years ago. He was
one of the oldest marine engineers in
the country, and for many years was
a member of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
MYSTERIOUS MISSING GIRL
IS MISS CONSTANCE MINNTCK
Daughter of Wealthy Yonkers, ". Y, Family Is Being Looked
for Here-Search Is Made Nation-Vide

The mysterious Constance" has
been identified.
She Is Miss Constance Minnick,
daughter Of n wealthy family of that
name living at Yonkers, n. Y.
Miss Minnick is the young woman for
whom n nationwide search has been
conducted for several weeks.
The mysterious girl in blue has
been the subject of newspaper advertis-
ing and police searches throughout the
country, but so far she has managed to
evade detection.
Miss Minnick is thought to have been
in Philadelphia n day or so after she
ran away from her home. and the fol
lowing advertisement was inserted in the
newspapers here by her father:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
MYSTIC 10 ~PREDOMINATES
Number Figures Largely In Rockdale
WeIcome.Home Fete

The mystic number thirteen is fgur-
ing today in the welcome home celebra-
ton to service men at Rockdale, a
manufacturing town in the suburban
district of Chester.
The program includes the dedica-
ton of a soldiers memorial, and the
date is September 10. All the flags
displayed will have thirteen stripes ;
thirteen organizations will take part in
the affair there are thirteen villages in
Aston and Middletown townships from
which the service men were enrolled !;
the committee has been preparing for
the affair for thirteen weeks, and
thirteen months ago the boys started in
to win the war. There are thirteen
letters in the name of Woodrow Wilson,
thirteen in the name Of John J. Per
shing and thirteen in the name of
Thomas S. Butler, who will lead the
parade, and thirteen letters in the
memorial tablet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
BIG ROOF GARDEN
FOR NEW CHURCH
Seventh Street M. E. Congrega-
ton Plans Novel Feature for
Reconstructed Building
FIRE WRECKED OLD EDlFICE

A well equipped and up-to-da roof
garden with a kitchen attached is one
Of the novel features in the,new Seventh
Street Methodist Episcopal Church,
Seventh and Norris streets, according
to the announcement of the architects,
Charles Bolton & Son.
The church building, which will cost
$50, 900, will be one of the most com :
plete and at the same time one of the
most beautiful in the city, it is said. 1t
will differ radically from the old build
ing, which burned down a few months
ago, in that it has only a single story,
except in the tower. A parsonage will
be Joined to the church on the Norris
street side.
The pews in the regular churchroom
will hold 500 people and the Sunday
school department will accommodate
600. They open into each other, and
over the latter is the roof garden, 7C
by 80 feet, and capable of being turned
into a gymnasium or playground or
need. Showers and up-to date dressing
rooms will add to the completeness o
this recreational feature of the new
church. A perfectly equipped kitchen
is included in the plans in order that
banquets can be held on the roof gar
den.
The church has a frontage Of 100 feet
on Norris street and 10 feet on Seventh
street. 1t is old English Gothic in it'
style of architecture, and is made o.
gray sandstone, trimmed with brown
stone and artificial limestone. Two larg'
choir sections and many beautiful
stained glass windows will be other at
tractive points in the new church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
PERSHING KISSES
LIKE DAD,' GIRL SAYS
Knew Her Feelings, but
Couldn't Put Them Into Words,
She Tells Interviewer

Il know what I want to say, but I
just can't say It," is the way Miss
Marie Is. Weiser expressed her feelings
today on being kissed by General PERISH
ing. The latter showed his appreciation
of the gift of a silk American flag
presented to him yesterday by Miss
Weiser. on behalf of the girl scouts of
Gimbel Brothers store.
Miss Wciser was one of three girls on
whom the kissing honor was bestowed.
The other two, nine-ycar-Old girls, were
made equally proud when they presented
the general with a bouquet Of more than
n hundred pink Columbia roses. Both
of these little girls speak in hushed tones
of the occasion. Like Marie, they feel
it in their hearts they say, but cit just
won't come out
These girls are Miss Marie Audele,
2719 West Settler street and Miss
Hazel Matthews, Broad and Cumber-
land streets.
1t was mean though, Marie Weiser
thought, to ask her whom she preferred
to be kissed by-her daddy" or Gen
cral Pershing.
Gee" she said. as a puzzled ex-
preston came over her round face.
that's n funny question. My daddy
is very dear to me and ! like to be
kissed by him, but-to have been kissed
by General Pershing is something /
had never dreamed Of. thought it q
great honor to stand in line when he
went past. But when he kissed me
10000!
You know" and she scratched her
pretty head knowingly, "hc reminded
me in some ways of my 'daddy'-he
kissed lust like him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
PERSH|NG HAS HOPES
OF RETURNING EVERY
YEAR TO SEE FRANCE
Mayor Tells Of Generals In
tention-Wants to Again
Come to Philadelphia

General Pcrshing hopes to return to
France once n year as long as he lives
Mayor Smith said today in discussing
the generals visit to Philadelnhia.
This intention Of General Pcrshlng
was expressed in n talk with severa
army officers at the Union League.
"In France said General Pershing.
''the ground is so consecrated by Amer
lean blood and the gallantry of tho
American soldiers is so impressed upon
my mind that | hope to return to
France every year"
General Pcrshing also expressed a
wish to return to Philadelphia, said
Mayor Smith. "He spoke of a desire
to study Philadclphia's places of his
toric interest with more leisure and
meet again the people who had given
him such n warm reception.
"Whilc the general was here l was
impressed first by the humanness of the
man. He was kindness ]personiied. His
self poise remained mistaken under all
conditions.
mo situation could alter that calm
self possession. He was always willing
to Oblige those around him, and every
action showed the kindness which ruled
his attitude toward others.
This kindness was shown to every
one. When some man in the CROWD
would shout out, Hello, Jack. il
seemed to amuse and interest him ant
he would return such n greeting with
a courteous salute.
And his smile, which helped tC
win his way ia thp hcartS Of philadel
phia's thousands, vas with him al
ways"
Governor Sproul joined with thu
Mayor in praising the magnetic per
~sonality of the great soldier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
TRIES TO END FIGHT; SHOT
Would-Be Peaeemaker Wounded
After Hitting One B%elIlaerent

Following an attempt to restore
friendly relations between two men,
Charles Mace, 1920 Manton street, was
shot through the stomach last night at
Twelfth and Catharine streets. At the
Howard Hospital his condition Is con-
sidered serious.
Patrick Kelly, 1902 Federal street,
is said to have fred at Mace after the
latter had knocked him to the ground.
He was arrested by Patrolman Donate.
The dispute which led up. to the
shooting started with a disagreement
between John Kelly, Twelfth street
near Chestnut, and Patrick Kelly.
earlier in the evening. The two men
were standing on Twelfth street near
Chestnut engaged in an argument. John
Kelly left and entered a saloon.
He met Mace, who inquired into the
trouble. Mace offered to act as peace
mailer, and returned with John Kelly
to the sidewalk, where Patrick Kelly
was still standing.
But Mace failed to pacify Patrick
Kelly, and finally knocked him down.
The latter, while still on the ground,
is said to have pulled a Jul from his
pocket and fired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
FERRY RATES INCREASED
Gloucester Directors Say Boost Is
Warranted BY Operation Cost

Gloucester ferry rates have been
raised. The new rates go into effect
Tuesday.
This announcement was made after a
meeting Of the board of directors of the
ferry, which runs from South street to
Gloucester. The rate boost is said to
result from an increase in cost of
operation.
The present seven-ccn one-way fare
is increased to ten cents one way and
sixteen cents round trip. The price of
the communication book has been raised
from So to $3.50.
Auto rates are increased ten cents.
The toll beginning Tuesday will be
thirty five cents for a runabout and
forty cents for a turing car. the mum
Der of passengers in either type car to
be unlimited.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
lNDICT RESERVE BANK MEN
Clerks Again Accused Of ManIpu-
Iating Liberty Bonds

For the second time within a year
the federal grand jury has indicted
Charles n. jerks and Elmer +. Pat
ton, clerks in the Federal Reserve
Bank, on charges of manipulating
Liberty Bonds OF the institution for
the purpose of making a profit for
themselves. jerks was also indicted
for the emhr2zlemcnt Of a $500 Lib
erty Bond from the bank.
The first indictment was QuaShed by
Judge Thompson because of defective
p%leadings. According to the govern
ment, the defendants took $50 900
worth Of Az per cent Liberty Bonds
out of the bank, sold them to n
brokerage firm in this city, and with
the proceeds purchased 1 per tent bonds
which were selling below par, to re
place the Ais. That transaction. the
government charges. Noted the two
clerks a considerable profit, which they
Docketed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
VACCINATION ROW ENDS
Gloucester Citizens Hear That Board
Has Rioht to Exclude Children

Gloucester Citizens Hear ] hat Soard
Has Right to Exclude Children
The row between parents in GlOuccs-
ter and the school board, over the mat
ter of the vaccination of school chill
dren, is officially and legally ended.
Harry Evans, a Gloucester attorney,
engaged by the citizens to investigate
whether the law sustains the school
boards recent decision to exclude from
schools pupils who have not been vac
cinated, rendered today the opinion that
the board has such right under the vac
cination law passed by the state Leg
islature in 1906.
The law is not mandatory. it merely
gives the various school boards of New
Jersey the right to prohibit or not, as
they please, unvaccinated children en-
tering schools. Up until this year the
Gloucester board permitted children
who were not vaccinated to attend ses-
siOns.
Many citizens protested their recent
decision to make vaccination compul-
sorry. Among them are Chester Pan
coast, president of city councils; Allen
Redfeld, city clerk, and Edward White,
member of the Board of Health.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
Money, Money Everywhere,
but Not a Gent for Shave

Pittsburgh, Sept. 13.-The most
paradoxical thing in the world is
to be worth $3.50, 900, 900 and be
broke" Charlie" Schwab, steel
magnate, will tell you that it Is,
for he had to sit virtually in hook
in the barber shop of the Duquesne
Club waiting for some one who
knew him to come in and pay for
his shave.
Nobody I knew came in for
nearly an hour" Mr.. Schwab said
in telling the story. "Then l saw
Willis l.. King, vice president of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company,
and Willis loaned me n quarter. l
paid the barber and got out of hook"
Mr.. Schwab explained that he had
left his home in Loretta without a
sou. Jim Flannery had been treat
ing me all day." he added, land
that's why 1 did not notice it until
l went to get my shave"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
PERSH|NG REPORTS
JOB ACCOMPLISHED
General Forced to Make Foot
ball Rush to Gain
Bakers Office
WATCHMAN F0lLS CROWD
Gen. Pershing 50 Today;
Life Filled With Var

Washington, Sept. 13.--(By A.
P.)-This is General Perish
ing's fifty ninth birthday. He was
born September 10, 1860, when the
war clouds of the struggle between
the states we're about to break and
when the first calls for volunteers
would soon be heard in the Missouri
town where he was born. From
that day his life's history has been
filled with the things of war.
General Pershing will dine tonight
with his father in law, Senator
Warren, Of Wyoming, II will be a
private dinner with only n few
guests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
MASONIC COUNCIL
OPENS SESSION
33d Degree Delegates Convene
for Fist Time Since Con-
vention Of 1913
MEETING ENDS THURSDAY

Five hundred thirty third degree
Masons Of the Northern Masonic Juris-
diction today opened the sessions of the
supreme council. The Masons came
from the New England states, New
York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin.
The opening session. held in Corin-
THAN Hall. Masonic Temple. Broad
and Hilbert streets, convened at 10
o'clock and marked the first time that
the supreme council has met in this
city in six years.
Barton Smith, sovereign grand
commander, of Toledo, presided at the
meeting. James II. Codding. of New
York, is secretary general. At 2 O'Clock
this afternoon the officers will meet at
their headquarters in the Bellevue
StratfOrd.
. Tomorrow afternoon at 8 80 o'clock
the members of the grand council and
the grand princes and their wives
Will meet at the Bellevue and proceed
to Holy Trinity Church. Nineteenth
and Walnut streets, where a sermon
will be delivered by the Right Reverend
Robert l.. Harris, bishop coadjutor Of
northern Michigan. Music will be given
by the Masonic COnsistory choir. There
will be a reception Monday night at
the Bellevue.
The business session will bc resumed
Tuesday morning at Corinthian Hall.
Tuesday night the thirty third degree
will be conferred on new members, at
the hall. The degree is conferred but
once a year. the recipient being obliged
to rome to tle supreme council for the
ceremony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
BOOZE PROSECUTIONS START
Information Filed Against As Brew
ers. SO Saloon Men

Active criminal prosecution by the
United States Government of forty five
brewers and fifty saloonkeepers and
b%artenders in eastern Pennsylvania for
alleged violations of the wartime pro-
hibition act has begun.
Twenty two of the brewers have their
plants in this city. All the s%aloonkeep-
ers and bartenders are located here.
United States Attorney Kane filed
criminal information against the ac-
cused before Judge Dickinson.
Virtually all the ~saloonkeepers against
whom criminal action was taken have
already been arrested and held in bail
for trial by a United States commits
sioner. Usually the bail fixed was
$4,000, but in some of the aggravated
cases the bail was raised to $25O0.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13
Major HIddIe to Address Rally

A. j. Drexel Biddle will deliver the
principal address at a rally of the
Drexel Biddle Bible Glasses next Mon
day night at the Inasmuch Mission.
Directors and class leaders will take a
prominent part in the rally, which will
inaugurate the fall campaign. Martial
music viii be provided by the drum,
FIFE and bugle bands Of the Philadel-
phia Military Training Corps, Of which
Major Biddls Is commandaAk.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-13

Rather small, with slopinE shoulders. dark
brown. eyes and hair: was dressed in pea
cock-hlue tailored suit. dark blue cape. black
sailor hat and high-hecled slippers. ls six
teen wears old. bu. looks about twenty.
Come home, Constance, and every
thing will be forgiven" is the latest
word sent to the missing girl in adver-
tisements by the girls parents.
Constance was traced to Atlantic City
through n letter mailed to a friend by
her and bearing a postmark of the re-
sort dated September ). Her disappear