T 1 13 EVENING LEDGER POSTSCRIPT EDITION VOL. INO. 1 PHILAD33LPniA, MONDAY SEPTEMBER, 14, 1914. PRICE ONE CENT 'ti. TAYLOR INSISTS ON $600,000 FOR TRANSIT WORK Director Points Out That Unless Councils Act Promptly a Year's Delay Will Be Inevitable. rlm A 1 "' . r ... J- ft OA f e FT i-r,. i y fv 2. X.U3 i ',- ,.? Tsri & -25 Ml X , 5 '.! aDiretor Tnylor, of the Department of City Transit, today urged upon Council1) tls vital necessity of ceasing obittuctlon to the growth of Philadelphia, He urged Councils to Include In the proposed Jli, TO0.COO loan an Item of $JOO,0OP, so that an Immediate start can bo mado In recon structing sewers In tlio central down town district, preliminary to the actual construction of the subway and elevated tines. If Councils refuse to Include the J500.M9 appropriation for rapid transit. Dliector Taylor pointed out that the transit pro gram worked out by his department and agreed to by the 1. It. T. Comp.-.ny, but which has been repcutcdl: blocked by Councils, will bo delayed another year. The city Bhould take the initiate e, ho ald. and start work Immediately, with out waiting for tho t'nlon Traction Com pany to ratify the program. Director Taylor also announced new surface lines In many parts of Phila delphia which are needed and will be In cluded In tho transit plan. They Include a croastown line on FIfty-elxth street, additional facilities above Frankford, a llrio on Chew street, extensions to the Eouth Philadelphia north and south lines, additional lines north of Glranl College, a direct line to Boxborough, a lino on North Ninth streot and a direct lino to Fox Chase. When Common Council holds a special meeting on Thursday to pass the ordi nance that will submit the loan to Phila delphia voters at the November elections, representative business men from all parta of Philadelphia will request that body to reconsider the action of Councils' Finance Committee, which pluced the latest bloclf In tho road of rapid transit development , last Thurrday, when It refused Dlretor Taylor's request for an appropriation. DIRECTOR TAYLOR'S STATEMENT "The people of Philadelphia are directly interested In securing prompt ratification of the program for transit development with free transfers which has grown out of the conference between the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company and tho De partment of City Transit." said Director Taylor In his statement ''This program has been submitted to -Qty- .Councils of Philadelphia and to T lne stockholders of the Union Traction Company for consideration and final ac tion. "The program provides, among other tilings, for tho elimination of the S-cent exchange tickets and the development of an adequate high-speed transportation system in the city, which will afford the free transfer of passengers between high speed lines and also between high-speed lines and Intersecting surface lines, so that It will be possible foi people to travel quickly and comfortably from every Im portant section of the city to every other important section of the city for one 5 cent fare, by the Joint use. when neces sary, of both surface and high-speed lines to make the Journey. 'The jjronram further nrnvlrlR n nlan oi rt,-.anclng the much needed extensions of the existing surface system. Thus the 'carrying out of the program will benefit every section of Philadelphia and every patron of the street railway svstem. "A very Important factor In th pro gram la the provision whleh Is m.ide for 'the financing of surface extensions whlen .will be requested from tune to time as -the city group. At present various sec tions of the city arc demanding such facilities. "In West Philadelphia a crosstown sur face line on E6th street Is greatly needed. "In the northenstorn section additional surface facilities are needed nboo Krinkford. 6 r ' "In Germantown the people are very a. line on Chew street, a section now tiullt up but Isolated. '"In South Philadelphia extensions of the existing north and south line further southward will lie n necessity. f "In the northwestern section there is K great demand for additional north and tKuth lines north of Glrard College and also- for a much needed direct line to Jloxbcrough. In the northern section of the city there Is an urgent demand for a surface line on North Ninth street and for a direct line to Fox Chase. "Tl.a transit program by Its terms makes provlilqn for the fundi which will be required to build the necessary surface extension, most of which are vitally Important to the welfare of the Copious sections of ho city. ZZ CITY MUST HAKE START fT There How seems to be a question as I ho shall make the first moe towar.1 I carrying out of the tra3lt program I jlj it be the city or shall the city 4 valt favorable action by the Unlo ' -action Company? " 'Unquestionably It Is the duty of the .y to take the Initiative and to take " ry step necessary to becure adequate pid transit facilities, with free trans- s and the necessary extensions of sur- e linos for the people of Philadelphia, ;. tout delay. have pointed out the fact that it idi,. take about one year longer to build the subway loop than the balance of the subway structure In Broad street, but before actual work can be effectively com tnenced on the construction of the sub way delivery loop In Walnut street. Eighth street, Arch street and West Penn Square riew sewer must be constructed In ad jacent streets to take the place of those which will be excavated In building the delivery lP- Thlg preliminary work will bo tedious, requiring about nine months, but the cost thereof will only 1 about toOO.OOO. $H,CK NEEDED NOW. ', it U this J500.000 item which I am onx Jous to have included In the loan bill. The enlargement and relocation of the sew $r in the- delivery district will be es sential tn any event in carrying out tho rsvUed drainage plan of tho city which toss be adopted. Th Jns and specifications for this work tn all prepared in harmony with th plans o m oureuu or surveys, and BURGLARS ROLL SAFE INTO REAR YARD AND THEN BL01 IT OPEN Delicatessen Storekeeper Loses $ 1 1 00 Proprietor of Saloon Finds Unwel come Guests at His Bar. of 31st White, at 412 Two burglaries downtown early this morning, In one of which thieves coolly carded a heavy safe Into a rear kitchen to blow it open, netted the operators nearly 511C0 In cash. Jewelry and ctgnrs. The victims are Daniel Baxtaln, a saloon keeper nt the southeast corner nnd Mifflin streets, and Morrl? who keeps a delicatessen store Eouth street. Tho robbery of the delicatessen stoie took place between 3 nnd 5 o'clock this morning. Burglars pried the shutters oft a side window. They calmly rolled th safe from the etcre, through the house to the rear room and blew off the door with nltro-glycerln. Apparently the thieves were experts. In vestigation of their work by City Hall de tectives showed that they had performed a cle?n Job. Only tho broken bolts showed that tho safe door had been blown open. The hinges still were Intact. From tho s.ifo the thieves got two diamond rings, two diamond necklaces. and $100 In cash. Tito jewelry, according to White, Ib worth $SoO. making hI- total loss $500. None of the occupants of the house was aroused while tho burglars worked. White and his family knew nothing of the burglary until this morn ing, when they found tho rliled safe in the yard. Three men operated at Baxtaln s paloon. He surprised them quenching -Their thirst at his bar ubout 9 o'clock last night, and when he rushed at them they dropped through a trap door to the cellar nnd escaped through a window. Police of the Twentieth and Federal streets station are searching for the men. Baxtaln spent yesterday with his family at Atlantic City. He saw .1 light in a small room at the rear of the bar when he returned, and found that the door of the safe had been pried open, the inner doors battered and J123 in cash lemoved. A box of old coins, valued at !JO, was overlooked. Burglar tools were strewn about the floor, and Baxtaln came to the conclusion that the men were still tn the house. He opened the door to the bar. hut the three men saw him bef're he could cut off their escape. The burglars left their tools. Later Baxtaln found that a large quan tity of fine cigars had been stolen. The combination handle of the safe had been taken off by a long-handled bar. with prongs like a claw hammer. The heavy end of the bar was used to batter in the small inside doors. The men entered the place with a fal.v key to a side door. DRIVER AVERTS COLLISION Fireman Risks Life in Preventing Auto From Striking Trolley Car. Deputv Fire Chief Barrett Usked Ms life to avert collision with a trolley car at Broad and Morris streets last night, swerving the big automobile chemical en gine he was driving into a tree and slightly Injuring Ceaser Corllerl, of 1633 South Rosewood street. Ph'stcinnB at St. Agnes' Hospital found thnt Corllerl had escaped with cuts and bruises. Chief Barrett was traveling routh on Broad street at .1 rapid pace when at Morris street a motorinan, who failed to note the approach of the chemical en gine, started to cross Broad street. Tho car was well filled with paf.engers. Bar rett swerved sharply to the left, nt the same time speeding up his motor. The chemical auto shot past the front of the trolley car, mlslng it by a few Inches. Its speed by this time was so greit that Chief Barrett found it Impos sible to turn back Into the roadway, and the left wheels struck a tree against which Corllerl w-as leaning. The man was thrown back on the sidewalk. With great difficulty Chief Barrett stuck to his seat and held on to the steering wheel, whllo the machine ca reened along for some dlstanc. two wheels on tho sidewalk and two in the street. Finally ho brought It to a stop. The front of the chemical engine was damaged. BlHHMHMHMsttBHBfiKvswsflBssflsssssiSHBiMH9HHInBMHHpsi c i .1 BsllK'vlVPSVRRIiHHHflHiBiHHIHK&yHsM F -sSbH SSSOTSSSSSSSSBWBMBaSMMBSasSBSaMBSMBMSBBSMMMMIiaBBMMSMSWMS SAFE WRECKED BY YEGGMEN AT 412 SOUTH STREET The photograph shows the heavy safe which was coolly dragged by burglars from a delicatessen store into a rear kitchen, when the door was blown off with nitroglycerine early this morning. MAYOR COMING HOME TOMORROW TO URGE COUNCILS TO DUTY Will Send Message Asking I Inclusion of Transit Loan j in the $11,700,000 Loan I Bill. WOULD NEED NEW SHIP Saratoga Unfit, if Nautical School Is He-established, If the Pennsylvania Nautical School Is re-established movement for tnat pur pose being afloat .1 new sehoolshlp will have to kj provided for the port of Phila delphia by the Government. Joteph C. Qaorlel, a director of tho former Penn sylvania Nautical School, said today .fiat the old schoolshlp. the Saratoga, Is un fit for this purpose, its equipment and gmeral plan rendering it obsolete A promising aspect has been given the bill, now awaiting the attention of the Ways and Means Committee of Congress, which provides for an appropriation of J23.COO for each EtatH nautical school, since Congressman J Washington I-ogtie has given representatives of tho alumni of the Philadelphia school assurance that he would use his Influence for the pas sage of the bill. the loan bl.l, the Ity will have failed to take advantage of an opportunity to ex pedite transit development by one year, for it Is extremely unlikely that a special transit loan will be created before the general election. November, 1915. unless the way be cleared for awarding of con tracts for a part of the main transit de velopment by the agreement of all parties to the program or otnerwls as a special election, costing the taxpayers about JlW.frA would be neretsary In order to se cure Its authorization. "Kquall impoitaiit U the fact that City Councils, by Including the $500,000 Item in the loan bill, will have ukeii a decisive step confirming the intention of the city to proceed with the traiult development without committing the city to the ex penditure of any money on the actual construction of transit facilities under existing abnormal financial conditions, they will have thus advanced the much needed improvement of the drainage sys tem of the city by such action in a man ner to clear the way for the construction of the delhery loop at the proper time in hcurl) oat ear leas than it would otherwise take to construct it U tb 50).000 Item be Included in tho loan "Prompt and favorable action by the MU, end thereby made available early ' l ,l t'ounci.'s at this time will, in my Sxt year, the way can dt cleared for I Plnl ''. f ons wy tovard, securing ib construction 01 the dtvery loop by 1 ratification of the transit program and ana 01 ui. ana nearly a year's del.v 1 Die early realization of the benefits which Ijbv bees avoided, . . I tfeo ttKapUUflB of th proVrsm will briar I -" ...... , ,;n' liFBug' H1.IU J, Mayor Blankenburg will return to his home on Logan square tomorrow from Atlantic City, where he and Mrs. Blank enburg have been spending the last two weeks, following the closing of their summer home at Pocono Plnos. The Mayor is not expected to be In his office tomorrow, but will go directly from the North Philadelphia Station to his home by automobile. The return of the Mayor has been prompted by tho definite as surance that Councils will meet In spe cial s-esblnn on Thursday to Institute legislation for submitting the 11,700,000 loan to tho voters In November. That assurance has come from Presi dent Bansley of Select Council In reply to the following letter from Mayor Blank enburg sent to President nanslcy, of Se lect Council, and McCurdy, of Common Council: I ni'tl f in tlio newspapers that jou fpeit to call a meeting of Select r.iunnl In the near future. You will if number that I wrote vou on this subject urly In July and urged thnt a nu-etlng should be held at a date sufficiently early to permit a loan to be authorized tn time for submission to populat vote at tho November elec tion. Will you please let me know as promptly as possible on Just what day the next meeting of Select Council will be held? Mr. Rnnsley's reply was: Vour Inter requesting to be Informed promptly on what day the next meet ing of Select Council will bi held received. I have notified the, Chief Clerk of Select Council to call a meeting of that body for Thursday, the 2lth of Sep tember. Common Council will meet on Thurs day, tho 17th of September. There could be nothing accomplished by Se lect Council meeting on that date, oa tlw ordinance can only be Intro duced and It will Iny over to be printed, and passed by both Common and Select Councils on Thursday, the ZHn of September. A reply from President McCurdy of Common Council.! has not been received at the Mayor's otllce. Councils wero spurred to cut short their vacation, which was Uxed to end Octuber 1, by the emphatic declaration for the loan made by the Mayor when passing through Philadelphia on his way to At lantic City, two weeks ago. He pointed out at that time that civic Improvements should be started now when the market for municipal bonds U excellent, -when many Idle men need em ployment, and when general Industrial and labor conditions warrant capital out lay bj the city. It is understood that he will send a message to Councils on Thursday urging the including of an item for transit de devi lopment tn the bl gloan. The Subcom mittee of Finance Ignored the request of Tran4lt Director Taylor for J&O.OjO for office maintenance and relocation of I sewers, in the central part of the city, preliminary to subway construction. Mayor niankenberg has not signed seven of S3 ordinances submitted to htm I when Councils adjourned In June lie Is j expected to deal with the remaining J oidlnances In a special message. 1 crua I I'oss, Jr., secretary to the Muor, tald today that Major Illanken bctg had ben greatly improved in health by his vacation. RESCUES SLEEPING CHILD FROM BURNING HOME Mnn Risks Life by Plunging1 Into Flame-filled House. At the risk of his life, Henry n. Silk. 1310 Sojth rourth street, plunged through the smoke and llnmo filled home of Lednr Orchow, 1313 South Fourth street, this morning and rescued seven-year-old Mor ris Orchow, who had been left In bed by other members of the family In their rush to escape from the burning houso. Silk discovered the fire and turned In an alarm. Then he tiled to awaken the Orchow family. Falling he burst open the door and plunging through choking clouds of smoke aroused the houehold. Orchow, his wife and two of their chil dren as well as three boarders In tho place ran screaming to tho street In their night clothing. Then they missed llttlo Morris. Silkd,!d not wait for further Information, j out uasiicu oacic into tnc ourning ouuuing 1 and brought the child to safety. The family was taken caro of by neighbors. About $1500 worth of dry goods which Orchow sold In a little store on the lirst llnor of hl.M house was destiojed. It Is nought rats nibbling matches started the fire. TWO LINERS BRING TOURISTS HOME FROM WAR-TORN EUROPE Haverford, From Liverpool, and America, From Naples, Arrive in Port With Many Passengers. BILLY SUNDAY'S WORK WOMEN APPEAR AGAINST MUCH-INDICTED MAN 1 Claim Bogus Plumbingr Agent In suited Them in Homes. Stories of the personal Indignities and humiliation heaped upon them by James Baker, of 1422 South 7t." street, were recited by three young women of West Phllsde'phla at Baker's trial towv be fore Judge Csrr In Quarter .'M-'lons Court. Tee defendant is accuv more .than. &ij ,JgjU&itnUic Presbyterian Ministers Told of Evan gelistic Crusade in Scrnnton. Hilly Sunday and his work in Scranton last winter were enthusiastically Indorsed by tho Rev. Asa J. Ferry at the first Monday morning meeting of the season of tlie Presbyterian ministers In Philadel phia, held toduy In Withe r&poou Hall. Mi. Ferry is the pastor of the Bethany Temple Presbyterian Church, ut Kd and Spiucc streets, but duilnc the hummer he ha been filling the pulpit of the First 1'resb) terlan Church In Scrnnton. "The church were I preached," said Mr. Ferry, "was always closed at lenst one month every summer and very often longer. Slnco Billy Sunday's visit here Inst winter It has witnessed a trcmondous upheaval and has become like a new In stitution, and the attendance became so large that all Idea of suspending services was out of consldoratlon." The minister greeted Sir. Ferry en thusiastically and much satisfaction was expressed on all sides In anticipation of Blllv Sunday's vstt to Philadelphia till winter. Ir Wlllla 111P. Fulton, head of the Prei.bii'ilfin evangelistic work In Phlla delphl. , made a report on the work of the summer, and praised highly tho auto mobile n.eetlng held ever night In vari ous sections of the city on street corners. Dr. Fulton said 46 such meetings had been held, an avcrago of four a night. The attendance at the meetings totaled I13.2S7. TO ARRIVE ON BALTIC Andrew Carnegie, Chauncey M, De pew and Mile. Geneo on Board. NEW YOltK, Sept. 14. The White star Line steamship Baltic, which Is returning from Liverpool with a. large liet of Americans aboard, is ex pected to arrive here late Thursday after noon, Asiong the prominent passengers are Baroness Von Andre. Andrew Carnegie, Chauncey M. Depew. Heniy Rlsston, V. II. IJoubleday. Mrs J. B Duer, Mi, and Mrs tf. 1". N Imu (Mme. Oenoei, D'liic.-in N. Stewart. I.f Sulzberger. IxjuIs Swift, Hon H. Thymic, the night Bev. W. V. Walker, Harrj Wnrdman and freighton Webb. FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE Wife Pound With Broken Boues and Numerous Lacerations, RBADINO. Pa. Sept. ll.-John L. Snyder. Tl jears old. a farmer of Rus comb Manor township, killed himself Sun day afternoon, near Blindou. The suicide occurred in a cornfield and Snyder had stuck a ttraw hat on a pole and laid it on the fence, to mark where his body lay. Domestic troubles and an alleged attack upon Ids wife, are believed to have un balanced him. Mrs. Snyder is 54 years old. Her right arm Is broken In threo places her left ear Is almost severed, and covering her head and neck are numerous lacerations. Fifty stitches were required to dress the wounds in her neck- Part of B. & O. Xumbtr Yard Burns Fire this morning destroyed a portion of the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroud Jtr'- br ysrd at Rsc street wharf, Schuyl- on l will Rivsr The crew of th police boat ,chJj I Reyburn extinguished the blsie after a I The American liner H.tvorford from Llvcipool and the Italian liner Ancona fiom Naples and Genoa, both filled with passengers and immigrants deserting wnr torn Europe, docked today within 11 half hour of each other. A strong wind nnd tide made landing dllllcult. Tho Ancona narrowly escaped lielng smashed ngalnst the Pennsylvania wharf nt tho foot of Itnco street. Two Phila delphia women and more than 100 immi grants were aboard tho Anconu, which had touched yesterday at New York. " The Haverford came direct from Liver pool and carried many Americans who had been caught In Kuropo by canceled sailings and demoralised transportation. Neither vcfscI was seriously delayed on tho trip across, though foreign cruWcrs wcro sighted. Two Philadelphia women who tibamion el pnnge they had engaged fiom war stricken countries weie abou'd the Ancona which docked nt tlio Vino street pier uftcr being swung ag.ilnst the Penn sylvania freight wharf a block south. A strong wind nnd powerful ebb tide caught the vessel nB she pointed west and drove her slowly broadsldo down the river. Just as It semed she would strike the Pennsylvania wharf the tug Rescue Jam med Its prow under the leeward sk'e and reduced tho Impact to a harmless bump. It took 15 minutes ramming by the Rescue and the Newc.isto to push the Ancona across to her bcith. She cj-rlcd eight cabin pusengei.s and 101 Italian Immigrants In tho steotago. The Ancona left Now York nt noon yes terday and spent tho night off Reedy Island. Six miles off Sandy Hook yesteiday the Ancona was halted by a British crulset, believtd to have been the Suffolk. She was allowed to continue ns soon as her nationality and destination had hcon given. Mrs CJura V. Culbertson, of S10S Chest nut btreet. and Miss S.iroh A. Kvaus, 1503 Oieen street, were tho two English-speaking tabln passengers. Both complained thut the Italian line had raised tho pas sage price nearly double for the trip home. "I sailed from Philadelphia n the Ancona May !2." said Miss Evans. "I paid JDO fot passage to Naples, hut when I wnit to engage my return tlio laics wei, nearly doubled. Finally I bought a. ucond cabin ticket. That lost mo 4115. Theie wasn't uny other way to ?et home, bo I hud to take it. The steamship olli clals offeted no explanation iI3, cul btrts.m'a experience w.ih the saint. Both women have left trunks in Europe Miss Evans sent her baggage to Liverpool expecting to sail September 10. Mrs. "ul birtson left trunks In Heidtlberg She Intended stopping there to pick them up on her way to Rotterdam for tlio sailing of tho Rotterdam on August 9. But while In Floience on August 1 both wcro warned by tho American consul that It wus un safe to try to reach either port. Tiie Ancona's trip ncross was unevent ful I'aptuin Ciiusigllerie allowed all IlKlits to burn, and took 110 precautious 1 against being seen by foreign warships. The people of Italy were In sympathy with the allies, he said. He believed Italy would remain neutral. ANTI-PENROSE WAVE ENGULFS MACHINE POLITICIANS OF STATE "Where Will It Lead Us?" the S t a r 1 1 e d Query of Workers High and Low. Doctor Brumbaugh Study ing Situation. PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14. Not In years have Pennsylvania politicians felt the dazing effects of such body blows as havo boon given them during the past 43 hours by two oj, tho nowspapors of Philadelphia tho Public Ledger and the North American. Stunned docs not begin to describe tho effects created by tho announcement of the former that henceforth It will throw Its support to A Mitchell Palmer, the Democratic nominee for United States Senator, and tho offer of tho North American to give Dr. Brumbaugh Its aid If ho will but break away from Pcnrosclsm. Republi can politician, from tho most high to tho lowly ward leader, talked of little else this morning and tho (1st of their agitated question was: "Whcie will alt this lend us?" Doctor Brumbaugh, before leaving tho Fort Pitt Hotel today for tho Carneglo School of Technology, whoro ho mndo nn Inspection of tho Institution, commented very brlclly on the offer of tho Philadel phia North American to tlnow lta sup port to him, If ho will break away from tho Penrose ting, Ho said: "I have read tho aitlclo in tmcstlon nnd am thinking It over. For tho pres ent 1 havo nothing to say. You will nt least grant mo tho privilege of studying out tho whole thing before I make a de cision." When asked if ho cared to comment on tho editorial published In the Public Lgdouii this morning, in which that pa per comes out llntly against Penrose and In .support of A. Mitchell Palmer for United States Senator,' Mr. Brumbaugh slowly shook his head nnd said: "Again I must beg your Indulgence. These things nru coming 11 little too fast for mo to doclilo offhand what I shall do, or what I shall say." "Some time during the day or evening I hope to read and digest both editorials thoroughly, nnd then I may havo some thing to bay. For tho present sparo me. I must give these sudden changes of front mature consideration beforo I declare my self." Accompanied by Senator Charles K. Kline and several local ofllclals, Brum baugh left the Foit Pitt Hotel at an early hour this morning and proceeded directly to tho Carnegie School of Technology, where he wns met by Director A. A. Hamcrschlag und members of the faculty, who warmly greeted him. Several hun dred students were also on hand to rhnk hands with the noted educator. After a tour of Inspection through tho schools, during which he commented free ly on their equipment nnd modern meth ods, Doctor Brumbaugh and his party wero driven In their nutos to the Schen loy Hotel, whero he delivered an ad dress before tho convention of Veterans of Torelgn Wars nnd United Spanish American War Veterans. Doctor Brumbaugh wns introduced by Commander-in-Chief Rice W. Means, of Denver. After a short address he re turned to the Fort Pitt Hotel to prcpaie for his trip through tho Allegheny valley this afternoon, whero ho will visit tho towns of Natrona, Tarentutn, Brncken rldge and Asplnwall. Shott speeches, hand-shaking and a tour of the indus trial Institutions of these towns will oc cupy the afternoon and evening. RED CROSS REPEATS ITS WARNING TO THE PUBLIC Society Employs No Agents to Solicit Punds on Street. The American Red Cross Society to day repeuted Its announcement that It employs no collectors to solicit on the street, and that those representing them selves as the society's agents In solicit ing war relief funds nre Impostors. Letters urging ministers In this city to work for contributions among their con gregations have been sent to all clergy men and church men by Francis B. Reeves, treasurer of tho Red Cross fund for Philadelphia. These letters call at tention to the deplorable conditions abroad and nsk for contributions to help the sufferers there Numerous requests havo been made from women in all parts of Philadelphia asking the Red Cross for patterns and other materials In order that they might sew and malto clothes to bo sent abroad to help the deslltutn families In the war zones. Tho churches In Philadelphia have been very active In this work. BRUSH PIRE CAUSES DAMAGE House Partly Destroyed Ly Blaze Started by Laborers CARDINAL MERCIER INVITES BRITONS TO BELGIUM Tells Them His Country Wants to Be Foremost in Celebrating Victory, LONDON. Sept H. Cardinal Mercler. prlmato of Belgium and archbishop of the devastated city of Mallnes, Invited Britons to attend the future celebration of tho dehabilltatlon of Brussels, Louvaln and Mallnes, at a pub lic meeting held here esterday. "Belgium, having sustained the first shock." he said, "will be the foremost In celeoratlng the final vlctoiy." TRAIN PASSES OVER HIM Taylor Resident Only Slightly Hurt, to Surprise of Spectators. The last eight cars of a moving train at Taylor, N. J-. passed over John L. Hunter. SI years old, today, and tho man escaped with nothing inoro than a few lacerations. Hunter, who resides at Taylor, ar rived at the station as a train he wished to board was leaving. He attempted to Jump on uno of tho cars and fell between the rails- Cries of horror went up from a store or more persons. Many turned their eyes f imu the train. Their surprise was gitat wliau the train pusfci-d the platform and Hunter was seen sitting on the track rubbing his lit-ail. Ho wbb taken to the Cooper Hospital Camden. ' Fire partly destroyed a three-story Vu- 'on t00'rTven l'b, Wllitam ,bh ' cant brick house owned by tho city at ' ,Wj?7' Hanson Street, at wmty nm!'' Slxty.tlrst and Uhsrtoii streets, this 1 "ifc-rd str?Uthi liZ'ti'V morning The blaze was caused by ,p.rta ; u7e0er and e driver from a fire s'artcd by laborers on th .,.. ..- i,.... :.. ,4 tr ' boulevard project to burn brush woUi pVeanA Kto of th. Tw.n.C uty Firemen tlnguLhed th, flames after &" &uA?"9&fc Cyclist Arrested, Though Hurt Harry Brenner, of 5131 Columbia avenue. muhui j .-,, -unru 111IO a cn'il of art A Oxford street th's morning. All ouch liijjred. Brenner nnd tie driver . the was 'H i'iTg unyer arreit JU ,iml sharn half hour's fig t lid In g stsnds alone and other iUtfiHlftWHiii iniiiiiiMtf freed on their wn VI era re -oxnizan, , ... ordered to. amxar at n ,..,., i " u 7.1 J. .. . . " - tva mi VI MOTHER AND CHILD FOUND LIFELESS IN ADIRONDACK BROOK Bodies of Delaware County1 Woman and Daughter Dis covered Near Summer Camp Tragedy Shroud ed in Mystery. i The bodies of Mrs. Sarah Qrnff Neltn, 53 years old, and her eight-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, of Chadd's Ford, Delaworo County, wore found In a brook threo miles from a summer camp In th Adirondack mountains lata last night. Word of tho tragedy was received today nt Chadd's Ford. Tho placo whero tho bodies were found Is In Essex County, but it could not b learned whether mother and daughter both wero murdered or whether th woman killed the girl and then committed, suicide. There are varied stories aa to the cauts of the deaths. Sheriff W. A. Ktiowlton, of Ellzabethtown, county seat of Essex, said ho had not seen tho bodies, but was! informed that the victims wero strangled. According to one of his doputles, both wore poisoned. Bullet wounds were, glvan as the cause of death in a tnes sage sent to Chadds Ford today. Tho result of the autopsy will be given later today. Tho woman was of a prominent family In Chadd's Ford, and had rolatlves In this city and also in Chester County. Sho went to the moun tains early in the summer for tho benefit of her health, according to a friend of tho family, and spent tho time at a camp belonging to nn nunt, Mrs. Qeorjrt Itcjcamor. The woman's husband, who la a traveling man, left Chadd's Ford about tho name, time. It Is said that he went to 'Texas and efforts nre now being made to get in touch with him. The woman and her daughter, accord Ing to Sheriff Knowlton, disappeared from tho camp on Saturday aftorrioort. They failed to return for supper and sev eral residents went to find them. Tha Sheriff snld that stockings were tied nround the throats of the mother nnd daughter and that they were Mrs. New lln's stockings. He anld the woman could havo easily strangled both herself and daughter. Th bodies were lying side by side In soms underbrush at the edge of tho brook. Among other reports circulated in Chadd's Ford was one that the woman hnd shot both herself nnd daughter, but thoso who knew Mrs. Newlln refused to believe this. The first to hear of tha tragedy was Mrs. Horace W. Sinclair, a sister of the dead woman. Sho sent word to Frank Grnff. a relative, of Kennett Square. Graff Informed Captain Har rison Blspham, the dead woman's brother-in-law, and both men left Imme diately for Cllzabethtown. Mrs. Newlln formerly lived on the Graft farm, at Chadd's Ford. CLOTHES AND JEWELS ARE MISSING; SO IS MAID Doctor Reports $800 Theft and Sus picions to Detectives. Tho theft of clothing and Jewelry val ued at more than $S00 was reported to tho Detective Bureau today by Dr. J. C. Hlgglns, of 554S Cedar avenue. A domestic employed by Dr. Hlgglns also disappeared last night and tho po lice are searching for her. Among the Btolen articles nre a dia mond brooch, containing 18 gems and valued at $500; a diamond ring valued at J60 and three gowns belonging to Mrs. Hlgglns worth J3CO. Dr. Hlgglns told the police that las night he wuh awakened by a maid lis had employed two days ngo. She was wandering about the house, and when ha questioned her sho said that sho had a toothache. He gav her medicine, and since then has not seen her. The sir! Is about 18 years. old, tall, with light blond hair, and gave the name of Alexandria Gormlnskl when employed, She said that sho was better known among her ac quaintances as Kelly. Five years ago the home of Dr. Hlg glns was rohbed of Jewelry worth 110OO by a domestic. The thief was not ap prehended. Dr. Hlgglns has an ofllc nt 225 North Twentieth street WATCH REPAIRER R0BBE0 Germantown Residences Lose Prop erty Xeft in Shop. Two watches, valued at $13, were stolen from the watch repair shop of Henry Cuspan, 7 East Price street last night. Caspnn told the Germantown police that the burglare gained entrance to his shop through tho rear door. The watches are the property of two Germantown resi dents, who had left them at the shop tf be repaired. FLETCHER'S NEW COMMAND Admiral Who Made History at Vr Cruz Will Hoist Flag on Wyoming. NEW YORK, Sept. H.-The superdread nought Wyoming flagship of the Ntrta Atluntlc Fleet, with near Admiral Bad ger, fleet commander, on board, tied up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday after noon on her first visit to this port since the occupation of Vera Cms by the Unit ed States forces last April. When ihe leaves next week. howeer, it will be with Bear Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher'! pennant at the main masthead. Tho foimal ceremonies of the transfer of flags hat been st for Thursday la the Brooklyn yard. Admiral Badger, who has been relieved of the licet command because his term of sea service has ter minated, will return to the general board at Washington, and his successor, whose post was tecured largely through hl success in handling the delicate Mexican situation, will tako his m,n tn h south ern drill grounds off the Virginia Cape "I und then on tt Win c-nir I. 1 PASTORS PRAY FOR PEACE Baptist Ministers Also Discuss Progress or European War, Prayers to I ring about peace anions the warring nathns of Europe weie of fered today by the Baptist ministers at their regular weekly mecilnjj In tho Firt lUptlst Church. Seventeenth and Saiis"!i streets, today An addrc.ii in cotniucn.ora.tliu of U" cne hundredth anniversary of penc be tween the I riled Strlta and Er-'iri was inaae . 1-stnbertYilU vine. N J I was a din. j" L mMLll m bi Htv Ueofce Boddis. cf Uptut Ihuitji, 14 s' -" wina his address the.' in of me 1, idivan v- W. B. SBUiiw V ui 1 ,mb 1 aiyan SUUl4WJ
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