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I I 2 "fHE STANDARD-EXAMINER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920 1 I: FEWER PERSONS ! ! JOIN GHURGHES Small Increase in Protestant Membership Takes Place in i i 5 1919, Figures Show ' - NEW YORK, April 7. The smallest! increase in Protestant membership lu 'Ibirty years is recorded for 1910 in! statistics compiled by Dr. H. K. Car-j roll, who prepared the first official t t'ensus of religions, and made public' The Christian Herald. The increase Cor 1919 was only 56.000 as compared! with the average increase for the ten jtrars .previous of 771,947. The slump) parted, he said, in 1918, which show-: tl an increase of only 155,000 mem-J hjrs. Tho hitherto most prosperous de 1 nominations in the United Stales ; Showed the following decreases for the year: Methodist Episcopal C9,9in, Presbyterian (U. S. A. Northern) 32," OS: Disciples of Christ 17,6lo; Mc'.h- odist Episcopal (south) 1B.010; North An Baptist convention .0156; National i Baptist convention 35,007; Prcsbylc-; rjan (LT. S. A. southern) 8S11; United i : Presbyterian 29S6; Cumberland Pres I byterlan 1645; Welsh Calvlnlstic I'rfM i lyterians 992; Norwegian Linn era n 201 0. Among the reasons assigned for' tho! decrease were the interruption by sud-. pension of regular work of many par ishes by ihe war. calling of pastors' from their pulpits by the concent '"a-' Mon of efforts in centenary and other Sigantic drives for funds and a giva: . increase In deaths, due partly to MiC' Influenza cpidonilc. ' s nn I Germany to Levy Tax on ! 'Telephone Subscribers f , BERLIN, April 7. The German i ocrnment hopes to raise 1,000.000.- 000 marks by unusual levy on tele Phone subscribers. It Is announced that they will be assessed a special one-time tax of 1000 marks whiuh will bear Interest and be returned when the subscription Is cancelled, dharges for .the use of telephone will be more than doubled and postage ivites increased 100 per cent 'in April., Telegraph rales will be heavily ad-1 anccd. i oo Panama Drink Gaining ) Favor With Americans PANAMA. April 7 The Panama drink called "pipa ' which Js made of the- niilk of a oung green cocoa- nut,' enlivened with a generous dash it sherry, is finding much favor among people who come here froni 'h? states, since national prohibition' tpok effect. Owing In part, perhaps, to prohibition, the isthmus is cxpe-l nencing the greatest rush of tour-1 Ists In its history j nn I Consolidated Wagon Store Broken Into Burglars en'ered the Consolidated Wagon & Machine company store at Twenty-third street and Washington avenue early yesterday and stole a magneto and several hundred feet of rubber belting. The burglars took 500 feet of belting in assorted widths. Noj trace of the robbers has been round Ii REED OPPOSES PACT. 1 KANSAS CITY. April 6. United' 1 Slates Senator .lames A. Reed, of j ' Missouri in a statement, given out heroj 1 i tonight, announced that ho would not; j accept election ae a delegate at lare. J from Missouri to the Democratic na- j tional if he is bound by instructions to j support the league of nations covenant. AFTER GRIP WINTER COLDS BAD BLOOD You are pale, thin, weak with little vitality. Your liver in slug gish and the bad blood causes your stomach muscles to lose Ihcir elas ticity and become flabby and weak then indigestion. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, made from wild roots and barks, and free from alcohol or narcotics, is the jrreat and powerful blood purifier of to-day. Ingredi ents printed on wrapper. This tonic, in liquid or tablet form, is just what you need to give you vim, vigor and vitality. Take the 'Discovery' as directed and it will search out impure and poisonous matter throughout the system and eliminate il through the natural channels. You can procure a trial package of the tablets by sending 10c. to the Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Sanui a kk, Orecon'. " I want, to write a statement, telling what Dr. Flerco's SL'iSCrsv nnnliciiiR has done VJtffr bothered with nn (foy '"ii&ifc&ia "I"1" for a Tear. T wont 10 a doctor' Vh f' ffiwnpre k"1 his wcdl (fY " ' " c i ii o did mo no Si, f" g0ni. The sore got J I worse rijjht along, -i v so I tried another i i Ss'TJw doctor and his V' X" inorlli-lno did me nv vT"' ftvKnd for h while, Vmo1 IK Hi'ii I J e sore V N smod o be sect ting worse. o I tried Dr. Plerco's. medt cltu. I took tn-o ai'd a half bottles of Dr. Pierce': Golden Morileal Discovery and u?ed Dr. Piorro1? All-FIeallng Salvn and the n.'ir was all well before T had ilia ini'dlciii all used. and I recommend those medii'inr.i to otlior sufferers. " y " IP THIS FGHGEi PROPERTY SALESj Increasing Burden Compels j English Nobility to Sell Parts of Great Estates j i LONDON, April 7. England's war taxes continue to force many of her nobility to soil parts of their great estates. One of the greatest of these which recently has passed under the auctioneer's hammer Is that of the duke of Rutland, which in known as Belvoir. Thi? duke owns about 53,000 acres of which he ia selling about 13.000 acres located in the best part of the Lincolnshire hunting district, lie e xplained at a public mooting that Ihe wile was made necessary by the Increasing burden of taxation result ing from the war. Goad by Hall, one of the duke's properties of 230 acres, was sold pri vately in the advance of the public sale and 100 tenants hnVe bought 'from the duke the farms he had rented to them. Ear .Manver's estate, known as "Holme Pierropont" at RadcllfCe-on-Trenl. has bron sold at auction for 12.050 pound. It covers 320 acres. U Is reported that part of the' estate of the earl of Londcsborough comprising Raincliffe Woods and Racecourse has been bought by a Scarborough financier. oo KRAMER SAYS "WETS" MUST ACT AT ONCE BALTIMORE. April 6. "I don't know whai you have up your sleeves," said Federal Prohibition Officer Krn-j tonight, "but v, hatover, you are think- j Ins of do ii quick. For if prohibition; slays in t'e United Statu- foi two; years, it will lu-ver bo uproo'en ' ! "Don't -.'.link I am foolish enough to believe that there are no violations of the prohibition law," said the nation.'.-, official enforcer of ihe eighteenth amendment. "You can go to New York City right now and set a drink if you want it. I don't know that I ought to par you on to ihat," he added amid! lr.ughter. I I Kg y HALF POUNPjj, OFFICER DENIES"7 GRUELTYGHAHGE No Bloodthirsty Police Swept ; Streets of Paris General Harts Says WASHINGTON, April 7. -Charges that "strong armed, blood thirsty po lice companies swept the streets of Paris, making- wholesale arrests of American soldiers," were denied before a house war Investigating com mittee by Brigadier General William W. Harts, former commander of Amor ican troops in the Paris district. General Harts, who was ordered home from Germany, where he Is chief of staff of the American forces, to to3 tify. nlso denied that his forces put ar rested soldier tlhrough "a third de gree to obtain confessions of crime" or that they were "bealon, threatened and inhumanely treated." Representative Bland, Republican, Indiana, who questioned the witness read reports of specific cases in which! officors were said to havo assaulted1 soldiers and asked whether General Harts took action in these cases. j RUSSIAN WIFE SUPPORTS il Required to Provide for Hus- band if He is Unable to j Work and Needs Help I LONDON. April 7. A Russian 'wife Is required to support her hus , band if she be ublo to do so and he is unable to work and in need of, her support, under the marriage laws of soviet, Russia. A copy of thl eode, translated into English ban i'j.si reached London from the Rus sian people's commissariat of justice. It provides lhat married .persons! shall be expected to support each ; other. Should one refuse and the other bo what Is classed as a "need-1 ful." unfit to work, the latter has. the right to apply to the department j of social accural to compel the hus band or wife, s the case may be. ' to pay support. Grounds for Divorce ' Mutual consent of husband and j wife or merely the desire of one of them to be freed from the other mayj be considered as grounds for di vorce. Local Judges are authorized io hear divorce cases but their de oislons are subject to appeal. The matrimonial age is fixed at lSj for men and 1G for girls. 13oth musti me of sound mind and mutually do-' serious of marriage. Differences of religion or vows of celibacy are no I Impediment. Married persons may! choose to bear tlo surname of ih'o bride or of the brldgroom or. their Joint names. Marriages contracted in accordance with religious forms are not binding unless the union is regis tered under the prescribed form of civil, or soviotlst marriages. Old forms of marriage law or, as it is termed, "the- legalized forging togeth er of men and women" are abolished. 1-nws of Succession , Under the laws of succession in ' the soviet code, nono but the "need-: ful" and the state may inherit prop--erty. The estates of emigrants and' of rebels are subject lo confiscation' by lh suite. WIllFfSHJI i That isn't as funny as It sounds or looks, rather. It simply means that James L. Crane, who as Eob Merrick in "Sinners," the Realart picture play-; ir,g at the Alhambra theater tomorrow, I succeeds in inducing little "Marv Hor-1 ton" to pronounce the fateful "yes. " ' Oh. and by the way. we forgot to "men tion that "Mary Horton" is really, Miss Alice Brady, who is Mrs. Crane In private life. Sinners," which was directed, by Kenneth Webb, is one of the most compelling stories ever screened. As a play u had a phenomenal run in ' i New York. Mary Morton loaves her sheltered , homo In the New Hampshire nllls and. goes to the city tcuscok emplovment and thus support lfcr invalid mother. Through the intervention of fate, Mary meets Hilda West, formerly from her home town but now a blase woman , of the world. A etranso sentiment compels Hilda to befriend Mary, the innocent, and she Introduces her to the worldly element which makes up Hilda's coterie. Mary's charming in-1 nocence and naivette make friends for.1 her immediately. Through the story 1 1 runs the marvelous Instinct of tho( mother who instinctively feels thatM danger is hoverjng over her little girl' But over hor is spread the guiding in- flunnce of Bob Merrick, who finally t wins Mary in suite of the baleful t j You are the whole audience ! ' 1 J Sit down before the Victrola and your home becomes I an opera-house, with all the great singers of the world to 7; 1 1 entertain you. The whole performance is in your hands ; M You select the artists. You choose what they shall sing. ; ; 1 .V i Caruso and all the famous stars of opera answer your H summons to the stage. They give as many encores as . H you demand. With the Victrola you enjoy privileges and : : ill pleasures which not even the opera itself can offer you jH Any Victor dealer will gladly play any music you .. J T ' v I j . wish to hear. Victrolas in great variety $25 to $1500. T f H j New Victor Records are on sale at all dealers on the 1st f j.: ifl j of each month. ' B arc. ti ; pit our 3,-.uudi:::..'.li!nrim;::fci iH s. pat, off, U 'MIS MASTERS VOICE . proclaims flnt quality ar.J Ic'caflfw $ oil products of th; $ VlCTOn.TAttl.VG MACIIINX CO. srfy L Victor Talking Machine Company ;v. I " pi Camden, New Jersey j 1 shadow of suspicion that rested on j him. "Sinners" is based on the play of the same name written by Owen Da vis, who is also responsible for "For ever After." th.o play In which Miss Brady Is now touring. j oo Vocational Training Offered M. C. Recruits j A course in vocational training to learn a mechanical trado that is high- ly paid Is offered young mon of Og den by a new recruiting ordor of the Pnitcd States Marine corps, according to Sergeant James D. Cole, of the lo-l cal Marine recruiting station. Oppoi' tunity is also given for the applicant1 to Join the Fifth regiment of Marines, j ! ASPIRIN-A Talk j I Take Aspirin only as told by "Bayer" i h $ f The name "Bayer" identifies the lacho, Toothache, Earache, Xcural- ? j. true, world-famous Aspirin pre- gia, Lumbago, Pheumatism, Xou- ' acribed bj physicians for over ritis and for I'ain. ? eighteen yenrs. The name "Bayer" Always say "Bayer" when buy- means genuine Aspirin proved safe ing Aspirin. Then look for the ? by millions of people. aafoty "Bayer Cross" on the pack- 5 Tn each unbroken package of age and on the tablets. "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" you Handy tin boxes of twelve tab- are told how to safely take this lets cost but a few cents, Drug- genuine Aspirin for Colds, Head- gLsts also sell larger packages. ? -J . Aiplrin II mil milk cl Ktjtr Mir.uliclurc MoneiCflleicidtMer ef SilltylitttU t ? I one of the moat famous regiments ol the war. which helped save Paris at the Chateau-Thierry sector actions. The order specifics that for a period of ono month beginning April 1, a spe clal class of recruits will be accepted, for duty with the Fifth regiment only, which is now stationed at Quantico, Virginia where a school providing for vocational and technical trainng for Marines is located. Recruits accepted in this class must be of the highest type and hove the best qualifications as to physique and 'character. They are to bo attached i to the expeditionary brigade, stationed lat Quantico, of which the Fifth regi ment is a part. Exceptional opportunities will be of fered recruits in educational features at Quantico, and they are eligible for enrollfent in the marine corps school i without charge. Additional informa tion regarding the new order may be received from Sergeant Coles athe lo ical recruiting station. ! nr Discharged Reserve Men Get Concessions Discharged members of the United States naval reserve force -who were formerly national naval volunteers and who performed active duty during' the war may enroll within four months of the date of their discharge, provid lug such enrollment is made prior lo the signing of peace, announces G, S. Pugh, navy recruiting officer. They will then be eligible for transfer to the regular navy, with all the benefits of such transfer. The announcement does not apply to Class 1 men. oo POLITICAL NOTES MINNEAPOLIS, April 6. Fred B. Lynch of St. Paul, Democratic nation al compiitteeman, was elected a dele gate at large to the national conven- tion of the party after a lengthy and active session of the Democratic state convention here today. Chosen with him were A. C. Weiss, Duluth; D. D. Daly, Minneapolis, chairman of the state central committee, and Mrs. Pet er Olcson. of Cloquet. They and tho twenty district delegates will go unin structed to the San Francisco conven tion. NEW YORK, April C First re- turns from the New York .primary olec-1 gales at large to the Republican na-! tion tonight gave the "big four" dele-1 tional convention, who are unlnstruct-1 ed. a lead of nearly throe to one over1 William M. Dennett, running against1 the regular organization ticket as an' announced advocate of the nomination ' of Senator Johnson of California. j ATLANTA, Ga . April (5. Attorney ! General Palmer was forced to cancel1 a speaking engagement here lonight! because of an attack of acute Indiges-' lion with which he was stricken atl Gainesville, affcr delivering a cam paign address today. AS BURY PARK, N. J April . . Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of Califor nia, in an address here tonight in the I interest of his candidacy for the Re publican presidential nomination, reii cratcd that he was supporting "the principles of free speech, free press and the rights of free assemblage" JOlilMEEjlT 1 ORPUEUM LAST TIE I Chance remarks arc often tho cause i of momentous happenings. A remark H j made by a guide who was taking 'a ! party through the slums of New York, JBi ' in ono of the most notorious resorts in the underworld, changod tne entire H ; career of tho daughter of tho owner. 'H .Tho guide doclared to his party that it was no wonder that children raised H in such surroundings became croukd;, - 'H land criminals. Tho fathorboliovod him and the way ,ho took to got his daughter away from her world, and the result of his action makes tho fascinating story which is HP told by the First National production iHu of X'orma Talmadge In "A Daughter of Two Worlds," which will be tho at- H&sj tract.ion at tho Orphoum theatre the Kgi lust time today. BJ REMOVE WAR TROPHIES. Hl ' BELFAST. April The .police vjs. . 'Hod The Belfast museum today and rc fll ) moved tho trench mortars, machine' tH guns und other war trophies on oxlii- ll I bttion there. j jtferlHFAHTSandlHVMJDS I Forlnfants.InvalidsandQrowingChildrcn I Rich milk, malted grain extractin Powder Tho Original Food-Drink for All Ages No Cooking Nourishinj Discjtiblet '