,c,v-n.i jwiijjh 4VUVU1 wVBMlRfWiWBwWW1 1 W'BWfpJi' ' iiint-HyiHy EVENING- LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914. MWMWWiiaW Tufbwr w !pUJ1U ' It L SI If u f I PAY QUITS RANKS -OF PROGRESSIVES; i DENOUNCES FLINN C..7 Asserts Betrayal by Pitts- burgh Boss, Whom He Calls "Democratic Boss." J Returns to Republican Fold :. Richard h. Cjttny. nf ritMmrqli, son oi wie l.ltfl Rphrtlnr MnlMw.u Wfntilnl Tjuaj-. nntl a Wellington pnrty lender Bince the Inrpptlon of thn l'rorflvi movement In 191?, In a stiiloninnt l,vU 1 Ailffht nnnomireit tlitit he Itml i-Pltu licit "to the Mi-pulilUnn folil, nntl nrrnlgm'd '."Wnilnm Kllim, of I'ltfilmrRh. for lietmy inK' the I'rnci ccslvrn In cutler to become 'Stn'e Democratic Ijo." .lip hail 1'cen nioVel to renonnre hlf Hcslance to the Flltin Irmlrrslilp In the IVnshlhBton pnrty nml reloln tlit- prirtv In which hit father was ti lriuiPl-, he yiAld. after lunrtiltiitloii with I'eiinsylvn nlans who yencd as Hon.iovplt tU IcRitcs M 1St2. oml also with 'man;- other I'm. greqslves thruuRhoiit the State." "We arnlgn anil condemn William Fllnn and his traitor' us assoelateo for "ilransllnK the Progressive party almost ,M Its birth, and hall Mr. Fllnn as the riew boss of the Democratic party," he Jpnld, J DEN'OFNTKS 1TSIO.V D13AI. 1 Mr. Quay made public a letter he wrote Jto Colonel Hoisoiclt on September IT. In ithat letter yuny told Hoesevelt of tin jtecret politic at manipulations of Fllnn jtlial led to the withdrawal of William jDraper Lewis and the Democratic and Washington paity fusion on Vnnre C. JllcCormlck for Governor. Mr. Quay also denounced the candidacy Jof Glfford rinchot, Washington party Jr.omlnee for United States genu tor. He piad this to say of Plnchot's c.intlld.icy: "The real Progressives of IVnns.xlvanla jbelleve In Pentmylvanla-niade products. jThey are not in favor of candidates Im ported from tho Democracy, or New York, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, or jpny other Ptat-." ; Mr. Quay s.ild that It Is his opinion land that of his follower that the !! publico n ticket this fall will poll fotit Iflfths of the votes that were cast for Roosevelt In 1112. "Within the last few tweeks, imI since the consummation of Ithls Infamous deal with the Democracy lot Harrlsliurc." he said, "the expression Ifrom sincere Propres-lws In every county in the State, one and all. Is that wo are J'a pnrty betrayed.' " ! He said that his letter to folonel Kooo. Jrelt best explained the position of htm Jself anil his followers. The letter. In Tiart. follows: J "From the very bcdnnlnK In this State, Sand bv that I mean 1312. we Progres sives In Pennsylvania have fought a Howard's llcht. There are two men who pro responsible for this one fllnn and the father Van. (Hy "Van" he meant II. A. JVan ValUenburs ) In 1312 you forced ahem to make a square and honest fiKht tfor a stralKht Prorslve electoral ticket. Jrhey fousht a two-faced tlclit on every thing else, aifalnst my protest and against Jthe protest of every red-blooded Hoose-A-elt man In the party. "The light was made by Mr. Fllnn Jwltli an absolutely selfish purpose In vlcw. He thought more of securing a state Treasurer and the power of the Lvudltor General's olllce, which is an In Jciclent thereof, than he dlil of Progres . JJve prlncl)les. He Indorsed the nominees ;for Republican State Senate nnd House Sn Pennsylvania because he believed by .bo doing lie could place nimseir. in snnpe rto deal thereafter for position within the Republican party If the Progressive party failed. FLINN'S "COWARDLY" ACT. "In HarrUburg at the conference last SJanuary It was Mr. Fllnn's Intention to nominate Mr Creasy. th present Demo crotlc nominee for Lieutenant Governor. There was so much opposition to this ;that he was afraid to pull on the job. He ;then felt out the llnca a.i to his own tnomlnatlon for Governor and found fthere would be considerable opposition, and then again played coward and, ;fearlng to place any one In nomination Sat a full conference, adjourned and left Uhe matter In the hands of a star cham ber committee. ; ' It was charged when Mr. Lewis was ;put on that he would be withdrawn. Mr. iFUnn, at every meeting wo have had In !the last year, has harped on fusion, has said over and over again that he did not jknow but his next step would be the Democratic party. You know that the J were opposed to vour attacking the Wil Sgon Administration, nnd did all they could to persuade you not to do It In your speech at Exposition Hall. DISORGANIZRD AND AFRAID. J "I bellve that this recent act of Mr. sFllnn's has done more to disorganize and jembarrass the Progressive (ause In the 3 nation than all the acts of our enemies jput together since the Republican conven tlon in 1912. We have no organisation in Pennsylvania today, and our nominees ;are merely Flinn appointees. ! "To sum the matter up, the truth Is J just this' Mr. Fllnn has made the Pro gressive party In Pennsylvania 'a party afraid of Itself.' afraid to stand on its f own bottom, afraid of its own power, afraid to do good within Itself" i Reverting to the withdrawal of Doctor I Lewis, Mr. Quay said, "Following the J Philadelphia meeting, when Doctor Lewis announced his withdrawal, I wired "Vdo nel Roosevelt, telling him it was a cow J ardly deal for which wo would not stand, land I could not believe it met with his J approval. I am sorry I have not his per t mission to publish his answer." A. Nevln Detrich, chairman of the ; Washington party State Committee, In ; a statement on th action of Quay, to. I day said that Quay "never was a Pio Igressiie." i "The thorn In Quay's flesh." said Det- rich, "has been the publication of the j Standard OH correspondence, whit h in jvolves him as well as Penrose. The faet Jthat the famous plum tree' letter has also figured in the present campaign wor J Ties Quay. It is amusing to hear him Stalk of 'us Progressives.' He never was j a Progressive. Ho has attended a num Iber of Washington party conferences, but he has always been a carper His homa jBtrength in the Washington party was S proved laBt spring at the primaries, when Jhe was defeated for membership in the ; State Committee b a young man from t Natrona, who was elected by stickers." i medicIne habit bad I Extensive Use of Drugs Dangerous, ; Says Report. J WASHINGTON. Oct 16.-Amerlcans Shave tha "patent medicine habit" and tmany are victims of 'drug intoxications," j a warning bulletin Issued today by the 'United States Public Health Service de clared. Estimating that $.VX).j0,0f is spent an inually by Americans for medicines, the service report -eelared that most of this its for the unsupervised use of patent medicines How many serious diseases result from such unchecked use of drugs i pointed out In the bulletin, which also tstUfgastiMl that incrwaelng deaths from f senility ot Americans biwen 40 and (0 year ol a-e niaj be the result of the extensive "drug habit ' The amount of m'jnes expended aji jmally for drugs and medicines in this country la out of alt proportion to th-) "real via of the people, ' th report fstetexj, , WANT HUTCHINSON TO QUIT JERSEY RACE FOR CONGRESS Many Republicans Snld to Be Out of Sympathy With His Campaign. TimVTON. Oct. IS. -Politicians were busy iodnv wlih a report that the Re publican leaders were not satisfied with e--Spn.ttnr K. C. Hutchinson's candidacy igalnst .T. Wlggans Thorn, the Progres sive candidate for Congress In the 4th District. The turning over of the former Sena tor to the Progrcfsivo fold some time npo is nld In have been title to the fail ure of "Ross" C l'Mwnrd Murrnv to use his Influence to hnve him renamed as State tinad Commissioner. Later. Hutch inson teturnrd to the tegular fold, but slnre thnt tlhte there have been ninny disgruntled Republicans among the rank nnd tile Hutchinson did not show up well In the nrltuirlrn. while Thorn showed phe iiome.ial strength. Now tunny Repub licans are saMng Hutchinson should step out. They are dissatisfied with tactics employed In behnlf of Hutchinson, tho uttneka on President Wllnn being espe cially resented. A booklet lsued by the Republican County Committee, chatglng Hint the president's course In Mexico was that of n "natloiml bully with nn utter dl'retfnrd of htininn life, peace nnd or der." has prookrd a storm of criticism. Clinrlcs R t'pjohti, rhnlrmnn of the Progressive County Committee, In a statement Issued today, says thnt n sug gestion made that Thorn withdraw Is an nitmlt-slnn .f weakness on the pnrt of the Republican" nnd shows that "the party has outlived Its usefulness " He ndtls Hint it would be n graceful step on the p.itt of Hutchinson to get out of the race. KUEHNLE REJOICES OYER RESTORATION AND GIVES PLEDGE Commodore Centre of Jubi lant Demonstration When He Promises to Support Bacharach for Congress. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Oct. Ifi.-Solld business men, owners of hotels nnd apart ment house nnd lenders of some of the biggest bnnks nnd other enterprises In the city, threw perfectly good hats on the floor and walked on them In a near-frenzy of entlmslnsm last night, when "Commo dore" Louis Kuehnle, vindicated, ns he holds, hv eMotHy's verdict In the Fed eral Court nt Trenton, awaiding $03,712 13 to the lirm of Warren Brothers Company, water-mnln contractors, against the mu rilclp.illtv of Atlantic t'lty. celebrated Ills return to his old estate. Happier than any man has seen him since the palmy days when his word wn law, Kuehnle mnrched nearly 3v members of the Young Men's Republican Lengtie, staunch hench men, to the Morris Guards' Armory and pledgeil them to support Isaac Rachaiach, Republican nominee for Congress, whom Kuehnle fought at the primaries last month. Eight hundred men veiled "Commo dore" as Kuehnle and Ills cohorts entered the big nrmor.v where the Racharach r?t Iflcatlon wns In progress, and then went neailv wild with joy. Kuehnle made a speech of two minutes, which was long for him, and told all 'he bojs to "get Into line" for the ticket. He said he had never been able to reconcile himself to the fact that the four Repub lican counties, composing the Second District, hnd sent a Democrat to Well ington. Kmcrson L. Richards-, who was Kuchnle's choice for the Republican nomi nation, was made president of the new club which is to tight for his successful antagonist, and the crowd cheered itself hoarse when Kuehnle nnd Racharach grasped hands. Philippine Legislature Convenes MANILA, P. I, Oct 18 Governor fien eral Francis Rurton Harrison opened the sessions of the Legislature today by de claring that the present disturbed finan cial situation required all persons to ob serve rigid economy and urged that new sources of tnxntion be found for the relief of the (!n eminent vS Victrola IV, $15 Oak Dance Records and Dance Outfits We have over 3oo various dance records and every Victor dance outfit. We offer every pur chasing advantage offered by any Victor dealer anywhere and, in addition, we give Heppe Victor Service, a distinctive advantage which can be appre ciated most by a personal test, Suggestions for Dance Outfits v' etyle ot Machlnt. Victrola IV Victrola VI Victrola VIII Victrola IX Victrola X Victrola XI Victrola XIV Victrola XVI I I 1 Ik I Ask for booklet, "Three Modern Dances," with 293 illustrations of steps in One-Step, Hesitation and Tango. C. J. HEPPE & MACHINE IMPOSES BIG CAMPAIGN TOLL ON OFFICEHOLDERS Slim Treasury Requires Compulsory "Contribu tions" in Larger Amounts Than Ever Before. The Republican Organization managers In city nnd State, according to affected ofllceholders, are "squeezing out" the po litical assessments more rigidly and in larger amounts this year than ever be fore. Heretofore It has been the prac tice of the treasurer of the Organization to accept "voluntary" contributions. This year the amounts are llxed on a definite basis and no less assessments will be accepted, the ofllceholders report. This extraordinary situation, where of HceholdeiB are compelled to pay on tho percentage basis, Is explained b the Organization us caused by the urgent nccesslt for money nnd the scarcity of assessable men under the "machine." Before President Wilson's administration nnd before Mayor Ulankenburg ended the system among the municipal place holders the urbanization reaped a rich lcvj each eai from the Federal, State and city of ficeholders. Their mentis of toll Is now confined to State nnd county otllceholdcrs. As the result the Organization, forced to luivo n big amount for tin Penrose campaign, has made the usual "volun tary contribution" a compulsory one. One county ofllceholder, who has been accustomed to contribute JIO each year to the Republican City Committee, and the same amount to tho Ward Committee, nppenreil tho other day at the offices of the Republican City Committee to "swell the coffers." He laid down four J10 blUs. ' No, that Is net enough," said the re ceiver. "You receive J2000 a year, nnd your asessment Is t(f. We cannot take less." In cases where the ofllceholder pleads sickness In his family, or offers nnothcr excuse to lessen his burden he Is told that he must pay the full assessment now or Inter. A careful list Is kept of the ofllceholders who do not measuro up to the full assessment. The percentage being followed by the Republican City Committee Is; One per cent, on $1000. One and one-half per cent, on $1."00. Two per cent, on $1S(K1. Three per cent, on $2000. Four per cent, on over $2000. Per dlem men are expected to "con tribute" one day's pay. According to a dispatch from Harris burir the State officeholders who fall to send the full assessment rccelvo a recond letter. In the shape of a bill, Informing them that there Is still due the Republican State Committee the difference between the original contribution and the assess ment. Republican leaders say that the coffers are very empty this year. This Is ac counted for by them by reason of the manufacturers contributing to the Penn sylvania Protective I'nlon. They also say that the liquor men nre not aiding the Organization financially, but propose to spend their monev to elect legislators op posed to local option. KATZENBACH CORROBORATED Contention That Kuehnle Conviction Was Illegal Technically Upheld. TRENTON. Oct. IB. The contention of Frank K Katzenbnch. Jr.. to the effect that "Commodore" Kuehnle, of Atlantic City, wns illegally convicted of the crime foi which he served a sentence In the State Prison was un Interesting topic of I discussion here today in connection with the action of a jury In the t'nlted States I Court here yesterday In rendering a ver dict of 5,7.11 i3 In favor of the Warren i Brothers Company, of Philadelphia, against the city of Atlantic city. The verdict Is looked upon as n tech nical corroboration of this contention made by Mr. Katzcnbach through the tiial. ns counsel for the Warren Brothers, who sued for a balance claimed to be due them by Atlantic City for extra work on a big water main. the oi- JV Total nltta Price. Itecordj. $15 $19.50 25 29.50 40 45.00 50 55.00 75 85.00 100 110.00 150 160.00 200 210.00 Wood. Oak Oak Oak Mahorany Oak Mahogany Oak Mahogany Oak Mahogany Oak Mahogany LEGISLATIVE FUSION IN CHESTER COUNTY But No Union by Democrats and Washington Party on Congress Candidate. WF.RT CItESTBH, Pa., Oct. 18.-ln an effort to defent the Republican Legislative ticket In Chester County, the Progressives nnd Democrats of (he county have decided to place a fusion ticket of Legislative candidates In the field, of which two will tie members of the Democratic party nnd the other a Progressive. This mnvo has been quietly talked over nt a number of secret conferences held by tho lenders In Chester nnd this place. In Consideration of this combination the Washington pnrty men were asked to withdraw Arthur H. Tomllnson, as a candidate for tho con gressional sent to oppose Congressman Thomas S. Rutler, and name the Demo cratic candidate. County Chairman Norils B. Slack, In his place. Hoth parties h"ld conferences at their headquarters last evening, nnd tho Demo crats demanded that their candidate for Congress be accepted by the Progressives, but it the headquarters of the latter this was not accepted, hut nn agreement was made to" fuse on the Legislative ticket, the Washington men presenting the names of Samuel Ruekwalter and the Democrats those of Samuel P. Bosseit nnd J. Colli sion Reece. In the final agreement fusion wns reachtd upon the Leglslntlve ticket named, but no fusion was effected ngnlnst Congressmnn Butler. The papers will hfi filed nt Hnrtlsburg today hy n committee representing both parties. DELAWARE'S CAMPAIGN Two Parties Will Begin Speech-making Next Tuesday. WILMINGTON. Del., Oct. 16. The speechmnklng cimpalgn of the vatlous political parties opens In this city nct Tuesday, and from that time until the end of tho campaign It Is expected there will be a steady flow of oratory In all t arts of the State. Both Democrats nnd Progressives will meet In this city Tuesdny evening and It Is probable the Republicans may also get Into nctlon nt the same time. The Demo crats have obtained the playhouse for their meeting place. Thomas F. Bayard, Chairman of the Democratic State Com mittee, will open tho meeting nnd will Introduce Senator Wlllard Saulsbury as the presiding officer. Tho Senator will make n brief speech, his first at a public meeting In this campaign. Congressman Franklin Brockson, candidate for re election on the Democratic ticket, will nlso speak. Speakers of the evening will be Speaker Champ Clark nnd United States Senator OUIe Jnmes. The Progressives will hold two meet ings tho same evening. J. Hall Ander son, the Progressive candidato for Con gress, will speak In Eden Hall, the gen eral meeting place of the Progiesslves, nnd George L. Records, a State Tax Com missioner of New Jersey, will address an open-air meeting nt Fifth nnd Mnrkel streets. The Republlcnns have not decTCcd on the date for their opening meeting, but a number of prominent Republicans will be heard In Delaware before the cam paign ends. PERMANENT REGISTRATION OF JERSEY VOTERS PLANNED Legislature to Consider Bill in In terest of Men Who Harely Move. TRENTON, Oct. 16. One of the llrst bills to be considered by the next Legis lature Is a measure to provide for tho permnnent registration ot voters who do not move frequently from one residence to nnothcr. It Is Intended particularly to be an advantage to those residents who live In one place nearly all their lives, and will make it unnecessary for them to register year after year. The idea was originated by State Librar ian John P. Dullard, and Senator Unrton B. Hutchinson, of this county, Is con sidering the plan with a view to Incor porating It In a bill to be presented this winter. It Is proposed to provide for a permnnent registration of voters with election boards which will sit practically the year around In the court houses of the counties. The plan contemplates personal regis tration In the fullest sense. It would do away with registration by canvassing In tho country districts, but contemplates visits to the plnces of registry In cities the first year, and after that, unless a man moves from one section to nnothcr or is disqualified from voting, his voting place will always bo open to him with out the trouble of further resstratlon. On wi Victrola music. You can get a Victrola at Heppe's for Cash Price with Time Privilege. Write for Large Illustrated Catalogs. CT Uonno JP, O,, J. neppe Ot OOn Please send me (Check whichever you wish) NAME ADDRESS SON 1117-1119 Chestnut Street 6th and Thompson Streets BRUMBAUGH WILL . URGE LOCAL OPTION OH THE LEGISLATURE Believes People Want to Control Liquor Traffic and Promises Zealous Work for Passage of Bill. , OIL CITY, Pa Oct. 16. "I will not sit Idly by, If elected Governor, and wait for tha Legislature to pass n local option bill." said Dr. Martin O. Brumbaugh, Re publican nominee for Governor, on his arrival here at noon today. "I will do nil In my power to force the Legislature to pass a local option bill." This statement caused the Republicans of this community to think seriously, as nearly all tho followers of tho Republi can party here are "wets." "I believe the people of Pennsylvania wnnt local option," said Doctor Brum baugh, "and If 1 am elected Governor I believe that 1 will be ablo to persuade oven a 'wet' Legislature, to pass a local option oiii.' Doctor Brumbaugh was met here by a crowd ol 100 and he wns escorted to tho Arlington House. A reception was held for the Republican nominee for Gover nor, nnd ho wilt rest here until this excnlng, when he will go to Franklin for a large mass-meeting. This after noon Doctor Brumbaugh met the local school men, and after school hours made an address to about 200 educators from various parts of the county. The Republican meeting at Franklin to night will be held only a few blocks away from tho Democratic gathering. Speaking at New Castle last night. Doc tor Drumbaugh also discussed local op tion. There he said; "If we are to keep our homes and our schools and our churches as the dominant central power, then It follows that in no county In this State should Intoxicating liquors bo sold without the consent of the voters of that county. "I havo declared In my primary plat form nnd have spoken all over tho com monwealth for a local option law In Pennsylvania, but there are a few people who seem to think that I have not made myself clear on that question. I am al most constrained to ask them: 'Shall I spell It for you? Surely nfter a generation spent In training others to speak the English language, I should know how to make my thoughts clear on nny Issue tike thnt. "1 wnnt you to know that I Btand four square on that proposition, with nil my heart. I don't wnnt any voter or nny mother or child to be taught an untruth or to have a misrepresentation of myself on a moral Issue presented to them In this campaign. I xvlll not say a thing to get a voro that 1 xvlll not do after the vote Is given." Doctor Brumbaugh also renewed his pledge that good roads must be bull: under his administration nnd that any man or group of men xvho stood In the xvay of that realization would hax-e to go. DENVER VOTING ON RECALL City Commissioner Chnrged With In activity in Office. DENVER. Oct. 1G. The x-oters of Denver todny aro deciding whether Alexander Nlsbet, one of tho flx-e com ml sloners who govern Denver, shall continue as Commlslsoner of Public Safety or shall be retired. A special election ordered last month by tho City Council !s being held. The principal can didate against Nlsbet is Attorney W. C. Danks, xvho xvas put up by tho petition ers for Nlsbefs recall. Nlsbet Is chnrged with having failed to enforce tho laws forbidding gambling nnd regulating saloons and to furnish adequate police protection. The Council originally set today for the election, and then voted to change It to November 17. The petitioners went Into court, however, nnd got nn Injunction prevent ing the change, on the ground that it xvas Illegal. th th e is always Hesitation, Maxixe, One Step, Tango, and other dances and the Victrola plays as long as any one wants to dance. There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $200 at all Victor dealers. Victor Talking Machine Camden, N. J. 1U7-1U9 Chestnut Street, 6th and Thompson Streel Streets. Vtrtrnla ratalocrs and terms. Catalog of Pianola Pianos. Catalog of New Pianos. List ot Used Pianos. Ld. 10aa.lt. iiunmm wt,pw'ui.iiini.iii'wm"j.inu"i.iii,nHji All,t I ll PINCH0T CAMPAIGNING IN SOFT COAL DISTRICT Asks Miners of Jefferson County to Help Him Beat Penrose. PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., Oct 16.- Visiting- a county, Jefferson, which Roosevelt carried for tho Progressives by J500 In 1918, Glfford Pinchot, nominee for United States Senator; Lex N. Mitchell, a native of Punxsutawncy, who Is one of the nomlness for Congressmnn-at-Lnrgc, nnd a good-sized local recep tion committee nre making an nutomobllo tour of the county xvlth Stops half an hour apart today. This 'morning, before reaching Drock wayvllle, whore the campaigners paused for luncheon, they had visited seven towns. At Corsica, Mrs. Pinchot atong, the nominee for Senator met sex'eral hundred men on their way to work In the mines. At one or two of the stops the candi dates Invaded the mines, Pinchot and Mitchell emerging with their hands and clothes coated xvlth coal 'dust. "I am Mr, Pinchot; help me beat Pen rose," was Plnchot's Invariable greeting as he shook hands. Mrs. Pinchot or one of the others followed up by handing out .the Pinchot booklet. Ucfore noon Pinchot had met and shook hands xvlth 13K) to 1500 coal miners and expected to meet as many or more In the afternoon, before coming to Punxsutawncy for to night's mass-meeting. Congressman J. M. Langhnm's oppo nent on the Washington Party ticket In the 27th District. Charles Wolfe, of Apollo, accompanying he campaigners, xx'as well received, and his friends predict he will give Langham, who last time hnd the Bull Moose Indorsement, a warm Qsht. There were no set speeches by the can didates today. PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC HALTED FOR WEEK BY SLIDE Goothals Reports Channel Blocked for a Thousand Feet. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Traffle In the newly opened Panama Canal will be suspended for nt least one xxeek by reason of tho slide In Culcbra. Cut, This announcement was made by tho Isthmian Canal Commission today. Official con firmation of press dispatches announcing tho slide wero rccclx'cd early today from Colonel Goethals, but the engineers ex pressed tholr conviction that no further slides would occur. The dispatch from Colonel Gocthals rend: "There xx-as a break In the cast bank of the canal north of Gold Hill about 6 o'clock last evening, The channel xvas blocked for about 1000 fecf, but there are no further movements. It Is expected to have the chnnncl open In nbout one week." SHIPPERS FEAR LOSSES Prolonged Delay at Panama Will Up set Sailing Schedules. NEW YORK, Oct. 16. Shippers nnd bteamshlp agents of this city, In call ing attention to the recent landslide In the Panamn Canal, expressed the opin ion today that If the accident tits up navigation longer than a few days It will cause American steamship Inter ests an Immense nmount of inconxvj nlence and monetary loss. It xx-as point ed out that schedules for sailing"? liax'e Just been completed from Noxv Vork, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore and other ports on the Atlantic seaboard. The constant Increase In the trnfllc through the xx-atcrwny calls for exact schedules. Vessels already under way will bo de layed nt each entrance of the canal un til tho slide has been cleared xx-ay and the congestion of shipping reduced. BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT Attorney Faces Girl's Charge That He Palled to Marry Her. NEW YORK. Oct. 16. Walter L. Cahlll, an attorney, son of John II. Cahlll, gen eral counsel for the New York Tele phone Company, Is a defendant today In a breach of promise suit brought by Miss Dorothy James for $50,000. She alleges that the young man promised last month to wed her, but haft failed to keep his agreement. She recites that prepara tions had been made for the ceremony, but when the time came to carry out the arrangements the supposed bride groom could not be found. Miss James is 21 years old. She met Cahlll last November. Co. Mr, and Mrs. Vernon Castle, teachers and greatest expo nents of the modern dances, use the Victor exclusively and superintend the making of their Victor Dance Records, Mr, and Mm. Vernon Csitle dancing the One Step dance! The I ready with 1 n "PENROSE BEATJ Vf Mf lAf" BEFORE HE BE( SAYS M'CORMRt Democratic Candidate De clares. His Party's Success in November Is Assured, Defies Dr. Brumbaugh. CORRY, Pa., Oct. 16. Vance C. Mc. Cormlck, Washlngton-Dcmcratlc nominee fur Governor, In the Library Theatre her nt noon, declared Democratic success In November Is assured. "Penrose xvai beaten before ho began," he declared, "nnd nothing can stop us," McCormlck reviewed tho State Capitol graft, and, attacking "Blgcloxvlsm" In the administration of the State Highway Departnient,tald: "Newspaper nccounta credit Doctor Uiumbaugh xvlth declaring ho will see, If elected Governor, that the State roads xvlll be built and supervised by men skill ed In road building and not by politicians. They nro administered noxv by a Repub lican Hlghxvnys Commissioner, named by a Republican Gox-ernor, nnd the xvould.bt Republican successor of that Republican Governor Is apologizing for his party. Th 'State Hlghxvnys Department, from the Commissioner doxx'it to tho poorest pnld rond Inboicr, Is working now for the elec tion of Uiumbaugh. Do you Imagine they tire doing this xvlth any notion that Brumbaugh. If elected, will discharge them? "Brumbaugh xx-otild continue Commis sioner Blgcloxv" In charge of the State highways or he xvould make McAfee his successor, nnd we defy him to say that he would not." Lewis arranged tho Republican organi zation for Its record In the last Legla lature. Tonight, xvlth McCormlck and Lexvls ai tho headllners. Democrats and Progres slvcs xvlll Join In holding a mass-meeting, to be preceded by n parade, In Meadvlllo. Mr. Palmer sounded a note of assurance to Independent Republicans xvho have tired of the Penroso domination and he assured them that they had nothing to foar In supporting the Democratic party in their effort to defeat Penrose. Arriving hero from Bradford, xvhere he spoke last night, Mr. Palmer this morn ing began the tour of Warren, Venango and Forest counties. Vance C. McCor mlck, tho Democratic and Washington party nominee for Gox'ernor, left the Palmer pnrty last night at Bradford. Today with William Draper Lexvls, who withdrew from the Washington party ticket In his favor, ho xvlll tour Venango, Warren and Craxvford counties. U. S. ORDNANCE EXPERTS DOUBT BIG GUN STORIES Impossible for Germans to Use Olant Weapons on Ships. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. "It can't be done," xx-as the unanimous opinion among ordnance experts of the nrmy and navy today, with respect to tho report that Germany has manufact ured a number of 16-inch guns with a range of 28 miles for use on ships. "Slxtccn-lnch guns can't shoot that far," said one of the army ordnance officers, "In the second place they couldn't be mounted on ships for tho reason that they xvould tear the x'essel to pieces xvlth their concussion and recoil. The same reason xvould prex'ent their being mox'ed from place to place for use as siege guns. We havo txvo guns of this size, one nt Montauk Point and tho other guarding the Panama Canal, but they are mounted on solid concrete foun dations and even then their firing Jars the xvholc fort. We knoxv that the Ger mans have a few of these guns In fact xve know exactly hoxv many they have but they all are being used for coast defense." Miner Killed by Pall of Hock HUNTINGDON, Pa., Oct. 16. Edward Craxxford, 25 years old, Is dead, and Martin Brennen, 30 years old, will die as the result of a fall of rock in the Rid dlesburg Company mines at Deflanco this morning- j i mtBkmm . ys;m2MRSBBfffli 11