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"PRIMARY SPECIAL"
CARRIES WILSON TO
VOTE IN PRINCETON
WOMEN STAND FAST
IN POST HOLES IN
BATTLE OF CAMDEN
President Spent But a Bare
Hour at His Former Home.
Start Back Is Made Early
This Afternoon.
President Wilson passed through Phil
adelphia at 11:15 this morning on his
way to Princeton to vote In the New
Jersey primaries today. His private car,
attached to the 8 o'clock express from
Washington, was n sort of "primaries
special." Senator William Hughes, of
Patorson; Secretary Tumulty and four
other New Jersey residents attached to
the White House were In the car. Most
of them left at Ttenton on their way to
their homes to vote.
The trip will be a bilef one for the
President. His car was dropped off at
Princeton Junction and reached Prince
ton at 12'1S. The schedule gave hlni
hardly more than an hour to cast his
ballot and see his friends. The start
back to Washington will be made at
1:55.
Tha President would not even take
time to have luncheon In Princeton. It
will be served In his car on the return
trip.
The journey from Washington was a
busy ono for the President. Tomorrow
ho will meet a delegation of Colorado
coal operators and strikers to dlicuss
the labor situation there. He was work
ing all morning with Secretary Tumulty
on papers relating to the cise.
Through Secretary Tumulty, the Presi
dent pleadd business when asked to dis
cuss the New Jersey situation and thn
new phases of thn campaign in Pennsyl
vania. It was said that the Presldonfrf
party was optimistic as to th chances of
the Administration's candidates in the
New .Jersey primary fight today.
Talk In tho "Primaries Special" dwelt
on the report tha: the President was
pleased with the proposed rut In the riv
ers and harbors bill. It was said he
viewed Its return to tho committee as
gratifying. In view of the decline in reve
nue In this country arising from the Eu
ropean situation.
It was reported that the President would
vote for Representative Allen B. Walsh
for the Democratic nomination for Rep
resentative. Walsh was expected to meet
the President's special at Princeton Junc
tion to talk over the local candidates'
qualifications with the President.
Senator William Hughes was said to be
optimistic of a victory for Congressman
Eugene H. Klnkead In hit tight for the
nomination for Sheilff of Hudson Count v
against John H Crosby, supported b
the WIttpenn forces, who are regarded as
unfriendly to the Administration. Sec
retary Tumulty will go to Jersev Cftv
from Princeton to cast his vole for
Klnkend.
Prof. Stockton Axon, the President's
brother-in-law. was with the party going
home to vote today. Flo will vote In
Princeton with .-the President. Warren
Johnson, secretary to Perctaiv Tumult v.
Attack by Workmen on En
trenched Position of B.
Pellicoff Resisted by
Aroused Garrison.
All of the war news does not come
from Europe, some of It conies from
Camden, where the clan of Pellicoff Is
staunchly resisting the overwhelming
forces of the Pennsylvania Railroad la
a war over property rights. Latest ad
vices from the front show that the
railroad achieved a slight advantage
last night when they stormed the Telll- I
coff's Intrenched position In a series o'
postholes, captured It and creeled a
strong fortification of posts In the
enemy's territory. Thej did not follow
up their advantage, however, and It Is f
enld that although both sides arc guard
ing against offensive movements, media- ,
lion by tho courts will finally be re- .
sorted to to settle the battle. I
The Pellicoff forces arc under the com- j
mand of B. Pellicoff. He Is ably as
sisted by D. relllcoff, Jr.; Sirs. Fanny
Dell nnd Miss Ethel Pellicoff, daughters
or u Pellicoff, wlille ofrectfvo scout duty
i3 being done by the commander's son-in-law
and nephew. The rank and file of
the Pellicoff forces Is composed of cm
plo.vos of the Pellicoff coal yard, at
Twelfth street and Atlantic avenue,
which wns attacked by n host of Penn
slvanla Rniltoad workmen, who stole
a. mireh on their opponent at 4 o'clock
osterday morning, attacked tho Pelli
coff olliee and tore away some two or
three feet from the end of tho building,
which, they said, encroached on the rail
loatl property. The concrete blocks were
replaced with a wooden partition by tho
attacking party.
BOMBARDMENT AWAKENS
SLEEPER.
The first warning of the enemv's ad
vance received by the clan of Pellicoff
was when Mrs. Fanny Hell, who lives
net to the coal yard, was nwkaened by
the sound of the walls of the fortress
fnlling under the violent bombaidinent
of the lallroad's sledges She oulcklv
notified her husband of the attack and '
then telephoned to B. Pellicoff, whoso
headquarters are at 1134 Princess avenue
I The latter effected a rapid mobilization
I of his forces, but arrived on the teene
j too late to save the main fortress the
j office. He then deployed his forces on
' what ne alleges to be the frontier of his
I tcrritoiv, and prepared to resist the
I enemv's Invasion.
WOMEN HOLD THE POUT
i Mm Fanny Bell was assigned to occupi I
I one po3t-hole which had been dug !, the '
enemy pieparatory to the erection of a
I large fence, while her sister, .Miss Ethel ,
' Pellicoff. was placed In another. From ;
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at 6.10 tonight.
CHESTER CO. WOMAN HELD
TWO MONTHS IN WAR ZONE, h"' '"'" from their position
erectid the posts nnd a portion of a
WOMEN FIGHT PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Fence erected and end of building torn down by railroad employes.
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IDLE STEAMSHIPS HERE
BRING OWNERS NO RETURNS
Miss Anna M. Storey Reaches Home
After Mauy Difficulties,
WEST CHESTCR. Pa . Sept. 22 Miss
Anna M Storey, of New London, thl
countv. reached home Saturday after
BDendln nearlv two months In the
Kuronenn wai zone When the war i an
broke out she was in Lucerne, Swltzer- i
land, but her paitj was unablp to luave
because all tialns had been seized for
the transportation of troops. !
Miss Stores saw armies mobilizing at
many points In both German and
France. Her part was released In
Switzerland at the request of Secretary ,
of Stat Bryan Tho trip was a slow I
one. At several points the party was ,
compelled to leave the train which was
taken for use of the arm. They Anally ,
reached Liverpool and were able to secure i
neaw. and, after an all-da vigil, in
whUli B. Pellicoff and the other mem-. '
hers of his staff allege they received
KUgn handling, the rnllroaa's forces dls-
and I
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The Pellicoff?. honeer, were not dla- ' rauroaa men in ineir vvorK, ana iviiss litnci r-cuicon, vvno assistea ner sister
heartened by this temporary setback. , jn the defense of their father's property.
They lallied and put up such stiff oppo-
Hnaliv abandoned the attack, and It is , INVENTOR OF MAXIMITE
rumored that they will gratefully aicept
of "mediation maie'' by th, i UNTOUCHED BY EXPLOSION
tickets for a steamei home after some
trouble.
One member of the patt sot Into
trouble with the Germans becauto he had
a camera This, ami all his pictures and
supplies were seized and he was placed
under arrest as a spy, but finally was
released.
COMMSSSIONERS APPOINTED
Members of Philadelphia Piesbytery
Will Attend Meeting of Synod.
The Presbstei of Philadelphia, at Iti
meeting late vestenla aft. moon, ap
pointed the follow in,; rom'nisa oners to
the mrotlng of the Sv nnd of Pein' I
vanla to be held in Eile on uolii lb
Clergjmen The Rrs Wi lum p Ful
ton, !eorge p Horst. H. Prenou Me
Henn. II Cla Feijuson, IMwaid F.
Bowman. Henrj E Jones. Frank Wernet.
J n. Ramond. Ilobeit Hunter and
David Kerr. Elders Alexander Ifenry,
Benjamin Daniels, Charles A. Wiggins,
Captain V. W. Wallaee. William
Oraham. Frederick Tiovl. William A.
Crozlei, Marshall S Collingwood. I. W
Hucklns and John Lainon
The meeting adjourned 10 leconvene
next Monda afternoon for the purposr
of taking action on dissolving the pas.
toral relations between the Rv. pi
Robert E L Jarvi and U-tlianj
Church
offeis
courts.
BRAVERY OF DLFENDERP
Many little sturics of bravery at the
frunt are told. For instance, how Mis
Bell held her hand oer a partlculat
spot on a hoaid vs-hich had been put In
p,a e in the new fence, and defied the
enemy to drive the nail necessary to hold
It In place, through her hand. When
quotii'ieil about her part in the defense
of the fortros". she 'aid.
"Everv tune they put up a hoard, I tore
it down, and when they wanted to put
n post in a hole. I jumped into it I Kept
tlum bus.v . 'ill light, even though I did
get terrlblx bruised."
When aaked about the opening of the
hostilities she freely admitted thnt the
em my stole a march on thn Pellicoff
forces.
"You see." she said, "we had put out
n sign sQlng that the coal-yard would be
i luyed nn Monday and Tuesday, It being
t.v Jewish New Yenr. you see, so they
knew wo wouldn't be around to protect
mi" property. The men began tearing
the nid of the oillco down on Mondav
liornlng before it was light, but it didn't
1-iK.e us long to get out there and bhow
th'in that tnev couldn't do that sort of I
thing with us."
The troub'e Is said to have started when
the raili'idd notified the Pellleoffs about a
month ago that their building encroached
on the railroad propert' . but as B Pelli
coff believes that he erected his building
on the .ine sublished t surveyors of
tn fotnpnnv he jid not take anv steps
to teai it down
POLICE KILL GUNMAN IN
BROOKLYN STREET DUEL
Vermont Corporation Hns $2,000,
000 Investment Anchored.
An Investment representing $2,000,0tX)
In the steamships Narragansett nnd
Manhattan, bringing no return, la an
chored In the Delaware River off Wil
mington. Thesu vessels weie completed
a year ago by the Harlnn & HOlllngs
worth Coiporatlon, of AVilmlngton, for
the Central Vermont Transportation
Company, a subsidiary company of the
New York, New Haven and Hnrtfotd
Rullioad. Because of a difference of
opinion between the officials of the lat
ter company and members of tho Inter
state Commerce Commission these ves
sels have been compelled to He Idle.
uml It Is not expected that they will
, be uted until next spring.
The Manhattan and Narragansett, ad
I inlttedly lino cruft of their type, were
I constructed to ply between New York
i nnd Portland, Me., over the Long Island
' Sound route. The New York, New
I Haven and Hartford Company was to
I build a spur lino to bring freight and
passengeis Into Portland fiom interior
points. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission Interfered and the project was
held up.
Boats without passengers and freight
were useless, so the Central Vermont
, Transportation Company decided to keep
the craft hero Instead of at Portland,
, wheie the fresh water would be more
I beneficial to them than the salt water
, ol Portland harbor. The work of bulld
I Ing the spur line N now progressing
' nnd Is expected to be .completed early
In spring.
I The Nariagansett and Manhattan are
sister ships. Each is sumptuously fitted
for the accommodation of several hun
dred passengers. They are 332 feet In
length, 4S feet in width, 65 feet over
guaids and 21 feet fi Inches depth. Their
triple expansion engines can produce
4S0O horsepower.
Hudson Maxim Escapes Unhurt
When His Labratory Blows Up.
LAKE IKJPATVONO, X. J, Sept. 22
That Hudson Maxim, inventor of tnax
Imlte. who has passed safely through
many crines, hears u charmed life was
never more apparent than osteiday,
when hf emeiged unscathed from a ter
rific explosion that Jestrojcd the labo
intory (n the rear of his handsome home
on Elva Point.
Tlif explosion could be heard f-r
miles. Bits of stei and Iron wero
Inter found embedded In houses 500
jards away. A group of summer girls
in tho Durban Hotel, n couple of ban
died ynrds away, wore so frightened
that sevoral hud to be treated by a
physician.
The veteran inventor minimized his
own danger He said th explosion
was eiued by spontaneous combus
tion He would not say whether h.
was experimenting upon a new high
explosive.
When Mrs. Maxim, however, ap
pioached a hurnlng shed next to thn
Man Shot Down After a Wild Chase
in the Streets.
NKW YORK, Sept 22 -A levolvei duel
In a ciowded Brook! n stieot oaily today
between John Tuttj, u "gunman." and
three police olllcers i exulted in tho killing
of 'Putty ami tho accidental shooting of
Chniles Tanneit, a bystander.
The bullet entered Tunnert's cheek.
His wound is not serious.
Tutty -was walking along Ilioadwny In
Biookln, bonhtlng about lining a big
gun In his possession. Edward MefJuin,
who Is said to havo been tlneatened with
tho gun, told Policemen Finn nnd Nick
about It. Thoy reported to Detective
George Patten, who lecognized Tutty anil
walked up to hint.
"Let's see that gun," wild Patten.
"Surest thing you know," answered Tutty,
pulling out the revolvei and firing point
blank at Pattou. He mlsstd. Then he
started to run, filing as he went The
offlceis whipped out their revolvers and
shot at Tutty, who leloaded his ieoler
and continued to flio
Finally one of the ofil -er's bullet's
struck Tuttv and he dropped dead.
RICH MAN'S WIFE. BUT
WEST CHESTER GIRL SAE
A
Secretary Bryan Tells Father Daugh
ter Is Sailing for Home,
WEST CHESTER. Sept :i -Seen tai v
of Stute Bo an bus telegraphed W. W
MucEliee, of this place, advising him
that his daughter Miss Mao, who la
the sister of Biirt,esrf J Paul MaiKlree I
of this place, is safe and on her a to i
Liverpool, from which place she Hill sail ,
for home at the first opportumtx
Miss Macljhee was in SvUtjerland
when caught bv Hie war crisi anil noth
ing had been heard fiom her until ah.
was located nt the request of Sveratarv
Bran bv a Consul in Switzerland, who
cabled that she was safe anil on her way
to England to embaik at Liverpool
YOUNG GIRL AND LOVER
DIE IN SUICIDE PACT
Couple Dressed in Their Best Decide
to End it All.
NORTH TUNA WANDA. N V. Sept '(!
Mary Emerj, U, and William ialUia,
of Detroit. 29. carried out a suliUJe p4et
yeaterda The pact was disclosed In
letters left b both
"The onl) wa for us to be happy is
to die together and live in heaven to
gether,"' Uahzia wrote
The couple decided the other night to
die- Galizca went t net- home toda.
dressed In his tet, and was met by
the Si 1. attfed In her finest dress
liallica drew lis ivo!ver and, after
sUooUne th& girl, killed lilmseif.
. DR. BRUMBAUGH AT RENOVO
i Parade Escorts Him to Y, M. C. A.
Building For Address,
A I. 'I ito.V.X, Pa, ept '.i I'l. Maitin '
FhuiniMugh. Republican candidate for
Jovrnoi was eiv.n a cordial welcome at
Reno- iiu moimni; He arrived earl)
' and a nvt at the station by a reception
I i .iivnittee of leading cltisens, who es-
. eortrd him about Jhe city. He visited th
J ru'dic schools and made a brief speecn t,i
, the atuU'-nis Fallowing his usual us.
torn, he did not mention politics, but
spoke itlono 'ducationui lines. From 11
1 to i; a puUlh reception was held In the
j parlon. uf the Hotel Clinton, where he
I hook li'inds with several hundred people.
At n. inn o paiade was formed at the
hotel Ltd by the Pennsylvania Railroad
t.Mii.l 'lie gubei notorial candidate was
esrorud to the V. M C A Building,
where oh t,ook to a large, ciovvd He dls
ruscl S' id roffd and other State isstns
At I.Sj h. left foi Irfiek Haven, where im
l to speak to nigh I.
'Pii'nniolv oHrfr it -ki a vsitainrrfwl '!
l..K..e. "Vie Mnvlm eveltefllv nnll.d I I "";" ."""" " ' ' " ""'. '""""" "'J'
.,,..w,.., .... ..., - nr nfr j; an(1 tne o leers it.
out to her to keen awa.v. A moment
l.-.ter Ilobeit Dodge, nf Wostwood, went
into the shed nnd carried out it small
box of dynamite.
A thousand summer visitors and icsl
d'nts came In motor cars, in bonis and
nioot tu view the wreckage. The labo
ratory building nab worth 51500 or
J.ioi In addition n great deal of costly
maeninerv was totally destroed.
FARMERS' MARKET IN SIGHT
AT 69TH STREET TERMINAL
Stalls to Be Let to Producers Only
and Saving1 in Price Promised.
Pi Ices to the West Philadelphia con
sumer of farm products may be consid
erably reduced b the opening of a farm
ers' market In the CDth btrect terminal.
According to plans announced by tho
Philadelphia and Western Railway Com
pany and tho Lehigh Valley Transit Com
pany, tho market will be In opciatlon
before Thanksgiving,
By renting stnlls at a nominal figure
to producers only, the traction officials
hopo to encourage a laige number of funn
els from Montgomery, Bucks and other
nearby counties to sell their fruit, vegeta
bles and poultry direct to the consumer.
Tho middleman will be eliminated and his
pioflts divided between the pioducei nnd
consumer.
The farmers rpect to charge slightly
higher prices than would he paid for
commission houses, ns the expense of put
ting up their pioducts for the retail trade
and maintaining the stall must bo met,
but they hope to havo tho consumer icnp
the larger part of the direct sale t-aving.
The remodeling of u building of the
Philadelphia and Western Railway Com
pany, In which the new mmket will b
located, will be undertaken at once.
This action is the result of a recent
confeionte between Thomas Newhall.
president, nnd .1. L Adams, geneial man
aaor of the Philadelphia and Western.
CANNOT PAY CAR FARF a(l Hairlson Fehr, vpresldent. and C. u.
UMmMUl I-HI OHH rMHC t.o!lln,t tl.nffl0 manager, of the Lehigh.
Jersey City Woman's Charge in a
Divorce Action.
JERSLY CITY, Sept. 2.'.-Mrs. Frieda
Lincoln Blessing, whose father, the late
OCUCB RAC CUIAIFQ RflTHAM Stuart Lincoln, made a fortuno in the!
ouiyi.il urw wnnni-w uv. .. i nl;infacture of stuvejois' Instiunieiits,
Valley Transit Company
POOR HEALTH CAUSES
WOMAN TO TAKE POISON
Naval Bombardment Could Not Have ' tt-rday in her suit for divorce against
cttnrtleri Vnlk- TVTnre Harry llalui Blessing. Slio declares her
NKW YORK, Sopt. 22.-U a battle
fleet in the bay had been bombarding
presented testimony In Jersey City ea. , Heard Her Children's Lessons Before
GIRL HORSEWHIPS MASHER
Stoned Poodle When She Refused to
Flirt, Spectators Hear.
UOSTDN. Sept. 23. Because Leo Smoke,
cjsiodiap of the City Hall at Lvnn, threw
stones at hei French poodle I'utej, Miss
Nellie Ovid, ii. daugntar of Mr and Mrs.
Henry ' tvld, horsewhipped Smoka to
day before a large and delighted assem
blage on the lawn in front of the build
ing. The blows left welts on Smoke's
face.
"That man has been trying to flirt with
me two or three weeks," she told the
police. ' I refuted to have anything to
do with him and he tliiew stones at
. ut tu get even with me
lutev is tiatned to do many tricks and
has won sevtral prizes Miss uvid says
Vincent Aitor has ottered her J2C00 for
the do;,
New York, It coula l"avo caused little
mor alarm than did the crash of ex
plosions, the Hying of missiles and the
foiling Qf wounded men In the district
bounded by ISi street. 3d j-treet, Lex
ington avenue and East River.
SIun In th throngs upon the street
thought that firing was actually going
on But It was only the explosion of
sewer Esses. Tho missiles were piece
of asphalt pavement nnd manhole
covers.
Eight persons were struck and In
jured. Forty covers wero blown up
Hundreds of windows wero shattered
Thero was alarm among the patients
of two liospitals as huge pieces of
steel crashed tluouyh the panes. A
t-tieet car was lilt by a manhole cover
pud every window broken. Traffic on
th 12il street lino wbh tied up.
KEEPS LEG AND DIES
i husband begun to Hl-ti cat her shortly
I after their elopement In ISM; thnt he al
lowed hei only ? a week and spent
I most of his money on a srlendld racing
stable.
She says she could not afford to pay
ferry fare to Manhattan when tdie
wanted to see her parents and hud to
steal rides bv pretending she was a i all
road passengei
When she asked her husband for money
to bu a warm winter dress, she sujs, ho
threw t cents at her and said that was
all she was worth.
READING OFFICIALS
PLANNING TO RID
TUNNEL OF GASES
Working Now on Project to
Blow Deadly Fumes Out
to Prevent Repetition of
Phoenixville Accident.
Officials of tha Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway, when asked today what
nctk'ti would bo taken by the manage
ment to prevtnt a recurrence of the acci
dent in the Black Hock tunnel, near
Phoenixville, yesterday, In which three
persons were killed, two being asphyxi
ated bj coal gas In the tunnel, would
make no icpi.vv It w-as learned from
other sources, however, that exports of
the company are making an Investigation
Into means which can be adopted so that
accidents of this sort will be Impossible
In the future.
Other railroads thtoughout the country
which have long tunnels on their right-of-way
hove placed large blowers In them
which keep them clear of nil gas, or at
least keep It down to a minimum, so that
If a train becomes stalled In the tunnel
passengei h will be In no danger of as
phyxiation. The dead are Charles T. Bhnmbough, of
IS15 Courtland street. Philadelphia, con
ductor; James F. Harloy, engineer, of
Pottsvllle, and an unidentified woman,
about 60 years of age, believed to be Mis.
Moycr, of Reading. Those who were
ovrrcome nnd who nre In the Phoenix
ville Hospital, where they arc recovering,
arc H. Now ton Moll, fireman; George Bill
man, East Hnmburg, passenger: Burden
Lcsher, Mohrsvillc, passenger. Mis. Ed
ward F, Lnwler, of Tower City, wns hIso
overcome. She was temoved to a hotel In
Reading, and has fully recovered,
The nccldent was tho tcsult of train
No. 07, the Willlamspoit express, strik
ing nnd killing the aged, unidentified
woman south of the Phoenixville sta
tion. The engineer, James F. Hnrley,
before tho train struck the woman, ap
plied the brakes and the train stopped
In the tunnel, the tear end of the train
being nt the south end. The train,
after being assisted by a switch engine,
proceeded a short distance into the
tunnel and again came to a stop. Engi
neer Hurley having been overcome,
Fireman Mull went to the engineer's
assistance and was also overcome.
Conductor Shnmboiigh lost his life
when he went from tho rear end of the
train Into the tunnel to sea what as
sistance he could render. The train
wns finally pushed through the tunnel
by the switch engine after lematnlng
In the tunnel for about 20 mlnutos, dur
ing which time the passengers were en
dangered by tho gas fumes.
NEW EPOCH HERE AS
ARMY OF MEN BEGIN
WORK ON SHIPWAYS
Impetus Already Felt in In
dustrial Fields Drydock
at League Island Now
Nearer Realization.
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POLICEMEN ASK COURT
TO HAVE JOBS BACK
First Convicted, Then Exonerated,
Now Want Reinstatement.
A conflict of authority between Direc
tor of Public Safety Gcorgo D. Porter
and the Police Boatd of Inquiry on ono
side and the Civil Service Commission
ers was nlred In court today before
Judges Sulzberger. Bnrratt nnd Dough
erty In mandamus suits brought by Hugh
Gallagher and Thomas T. Jones for their
reinstatement as policemen.
Gallagher and Jones were found euilty
of intoxication and dereliction of duty
by the Polico Board at their first trial
and otdeied dismissed. At a sub.sen.uent
trial before the same board they were
exonerated and their reinstatement was
recommended. In spite of Director Por
tet's acqulesence the Civil Service Com
missioners declined to reinstate the men
nfter going over the testimony of both
trlnls.
The court reserved decision at the con
clusion of the urguincnt today. Assistant
City Solicitor Goidon defended the action
of the Civil Service Commissioners. In
tho midst of his argument that the recom
mendations of the Police Board and of
Director Porter are but advisory, and
that tho Commorsloners are not lequlred
to follow thorn. Judge Sulzberger Inter
rupted with the remark:
"Then policemen accused of derelictions
have a right to a fair tilnl, but all sub
sequent nppenls and lehcarlngs nnd
recommendations are In the natuie of ex
tended luxuiies."
SHIP HERE TO USE CANAL
First Vessel Sails October 8 for
Pacific Through Isthmus.
With the sailing from this port on
October S of the steamship HanyLuck
enbnch, of the Luckenbach Steamship
Company, the first direct outward serv
ice between hero nnd tho Pacific Coast
via the Panama Canal will be estab
lished. Terminal arrangements for the
new lino have been completed with the
Philadelphia and Heading Railway Com
pany. The vessels will load and dis
charge cargoes nt Pier A, Port Rich
mond, The ploneei vessel of the new
line will reach heic about September 30.
One week after the Harry Luckenbach
sails tho steamship Carolyn Is expected
to reach here with a cargo of canned
goods, wines nnd general merchandise j
irom raciuc iikixi pons, me now line
Intends to operate n monthly service, it
is expected that the tun between this
port ant( the Pacific will take about
19 days.
The new service will nugment the In
ward service recently established by tho
Anierlinn-Huw-aiinn Line, which is now
conducting a passenger and freight serv
ice from San Francisco to Philadelphia.
An army of men were put to work to.
day at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to
erect the shlpways for which Secretary of
the Navy Daniels nnd Director of th
Department of Wharves, Docks and frer '
rles broke ground yesterday, it 9 tx
pected tho shlpways will be completed In
several months, and then the keel of th
new transport will be laid Immediately '
The start of the shlpvvavs has given an
Impetus to Industrial fields. U means th
employment of carpenters, machinist!
shipwrights and a host of oilier skilled
laborers, to say nothing of the ui,i,im..
laborers benefiting by tho decision of th
Navy Department to build Federal ship
nt the League Island nrd. AH were
Jubilant today, and those employed on th
work struggled manfully under a glarlnr
sun to prove that Secretary Daniels wM
not wrong when he said the best skilled
laborers of tho country could be found In'
this city.
Shipping men also expressed their
unanimous approval of the project anj
sold that In addition to the work glvn
workmen of this city tho navy yarj
has received a wonderful boom In thi
transition from a repair to a shlpbulM. '
Ing yard. This Is regarded ns an open
ing wedge in the fight for the 1700-foot
drydock, since a shipyard without
drydock h greatly handicapped. After
a ship Is completed on the ways and
launched It Is essential that she b
placed In a drydock for n complete oyer
hauling. Philadelphia has numerous advantages
over any other port on tho Atlantlo '
coast. That or being the only freh
water station Is expected to convince
Congress that the drydock should t I
located here. j
CHARLES G.DAWES SEES ERA'
OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY
Maintenance of Equilibrium in Pres
ent Emergency Only Condition.
CHICAGO, Sopt. 22,-Buslness men of I
the middle west today expressed keen in-1
lerest in the rorecast of Charles 0.
Dawes, president of the Central Trust
Company, of Illinois, and Comptroller of
the Currency under President McKlnley,
that the nation's greatest era of pro
perity is aDout. to uawn. ,
Speaking at n banquet of tho Illinois j
Life Insurance Company last night, Dawes
pointed to tho great crops, the new fed-1
oral banking system, what he called &i
"natural leactlon from tho 1913 crisis,"'
and the accelerating force of tho Euro-1
pean war, as factors bound to make for
prosperity.
"There is no reason to doubt that ths
United States Is nt tho beginning of a
great era of prosperity," said Dawe,
"provided and I want to refer to that '
which is perhaps the most important
thing for all of us to consider that that
quiet, anxious, bereaved and great man, i
President Wilson, can hold this nation
upon an even keel of right In this .prei
ent emergency, as he did in that great
emergency he confronted In Mexico,"
$50,000 FLAGLER BROOCH
MYSTERIOUSLY RETURNED
Messenger Bringo It Back After Vairt
Search by Owner.
ASHEVILLE, N. C. Sept. 22-Th
?u0,000 pearl brooch which Mrs. Honr
II. Flagler wore when she entered thtl
dining room of Grove Park Inn Satur.
day evening was missing whon she left
the room and diligent search by hotel
employes at the time and two detectives
since then failed to locnto It until last
night, when It was returned mysteri.
ously by a messenger of whom no ques
tlons were asked.
In the brooch is a black pearl of
largo size, surrounded by diamonds. JH
was given to Mrs. Flagler years ag
by her husband, tho late Standard Oil
and East Coast magnate.
STEAMSHIPS SIGHT BERGS
Man Would Not Let Surgeons Ampu
tate Member.
MHJULKTOWN, N V. Sept. 2i-Ho-maiue
(leiuele, of Montague township,
X J . is dead, because he refustd to let
dotoib amputate one of his legs. Ben
selev s leg .n hun o a log tht rolled
on it
When Informed bj surgeons that am
putation would be neesaary in order to
save his life, he refused to consider the
j advice and died a whort time after
JEALOUS COLLIE DOG
NEARLY KILLS TWO WOMEN
Bites One Twenty-five Times and
Then Madly Attacks Policeman.
KKW YORK Sept. -Mra Delia
Werner, II jears old. of i'M West 131
street. Is In the Pol clinic Hospital In u
pitearl'ius condition. sintering fiom
about 2i bites she received from her pet
collie dog last evening In her home, ami
her friend, Mrs. Mary Board, -H years
eld, of D33 West l",th ttreet, is also con
fined In tho same place, hei baik hav
ing been badly lacerated b the tanine.
To save the two women from being
killed outright by the collie. Policeman
Mission had to shoot tb. biast Mrs
Werner was uttaiktd in a jiulous rage
while she was giving anuihei pel do.,'
a bath. Physicians sd they never saw
such a case as that of Mrs Werner
the savagery of the trute s attack being
shown in the depth of the tcrrlbio bites.
Her Rash Act.
Hose Feldnman. 1S29 South Tenth street,
committed suicide Inst night by taking
poison. Her husband, who is employed
at night nt the Spiecklo Sugar Itefinfrj,
returned from work at U o'clock this
morning and founll his wife missing.
He asked his two children, Joseph, 13
jears old, and Katherlne, 11 ears old,
wheie he could find their mother. They
replied that she had taught them theh
fcchool lessons and put tlum to bed Just '
as usual last night and they had not '
seen her since. j
Keldnman went out In the baik jar i
and found his wife lying dead Or. It. I
('. Wilkinson, 133S South Tenth street,
was called, and pronounced death due
to poison. Mrs. Feldnman had not bttn
in good health for some time pa&t and
had been melancholy over her Illness,
but had seemed In good spirits last
(.veiling.
DANCER HURT IN A FALL
Falls to the Stage and Is Taken to
Hospital,
Jessie Kenulson. u fuatuie dancer, pei
formlng last night with a paitner at tho
People's Theatre, lost her balance and
ftll heavily to the stage. She was re
moved to the wings, where an effoit was
made to restore her to consciousness
She was removed to the Episcopal Hos
pital, where physicians pronounced hej
Injury concussion of the brain, but after
ibe dancer had recovered consciousness
this morning a further examination re
vealed that this was not so The Injured
actress was removed from the hospital to
her boarding place.
INSANE WOMAN CAUSES
EXCITEMENT IN STREETS
Threatens Lives of Passersby Until
Arrested by Two Policemen.
Her mind suddenly giving away, Miss
Jcsenhlne AcufT, of 23H Itedner stieet,
I an through the streets In her neighbor
hood this morning threatening the life
of every one Hhe met, until arrested by
Special Pollieman Wiggins and Policeman
Begt, of tho JMh and Oxford streets sta
tion. Hue was anested on a warrant
sworn out bv her brother. Joseph AcufT,
and his wife. Elizabeth AcufT, of 2315
Itedner Mieei
After a proti acted struggle the offlceis
took the woman to Magisliate Mori Is'
couit nt 22A) Bldge avenue, who had an
examination of Miss Aeuff made by Di.
I eonard l-'iesioln. of Sail Aspen street
The !ater s,ald the woman was insane
nht was ,ield uudei fZO) bail for a further
m-m ms. and In the meantime committed
to tho Pennsjlvunia Hospital for Insane,
at Hth nnd Market streets
Nieuw Amsterdam Reports Seeing
Floe 200 Feet Long.
NEW YOP.K, Sept. 22 -An Iceberg SO
feet long and CO feet high was reportet
east of Cape Itaco by the steamship Nieuw
Amsterdam when It arrived hero Th
Nieuw Amsterdam also relayed from th
White Star liner Arabic Information to
mariners of icebergs In great numbers
between the 45th and ISth merldlanj
along the 49th parallel.
The Hydrographies Office also sent out
n notice yestetday that tho Danish sUam
ship Buss passed 33 bergs,
BEQUESTS MADE TO CHURCHE3
BRITISH STEAMSHIP SUNK
Russian Vessel Rescues Passengers
and Crew Off Trebizond.
TKEBIZONU, Turkey in Asia. Sept.
The Butish steamship Belgian king,
which left this poit esterday for Con
stantinople with a cargo of livestock on
board, has been sunk off Cape Kurell.
The 120 passengers and crew on board
wero rescued by the Russian steamship
Princess Eugenie.
Maria O. Dobyne's Will Provides
Gifts for Religious Work.
Tho will of Maria O. Dobyno, foi merly
of 2215 North Canute btreet, bequeath
J20 to the Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Park Avenue Melhodisa
Knlficonal Church. A sum of 110) and th
library of the decedent are bequeathed to
tho Old Ladles' Homo of the Method!"
Church. The residue of the estate, valued
at ?-'2TO, is dovised to relatives
Other willa admitted to probate today
are those of John H. Biadley, who dint
at Ocean Grove, N. J., leaving an estats
of $?',000. Julia J. Van Thuyne bton
Harbor. N. J.. 22.750; Henry T. ' er'
E15I Keyset stieet, $700). Mary fr"lv"'
102, Olive stieet, 12600; Elizabeth V J"'
lihew. 3JJ South Fifteenth street. J.-'"
IVl-onnl fffecto of the estate of '""
F. Strauh have t-etn appraised at Jl"97y
Charles E. Thcmas, 7CD0.69. Anna J.
Whltfsell. JVJJ7 87.
MEDICO-CHI ENROLMENT 750
Most Successful Year Began With
Opening Exercises ast Evening.
The opening exenises of the Medl
Chlrurghal College, held l-"'6","'"8 J
the cli.ih.ul amphltluatre. l01'"ttU,,,.wea
Cherry street, above Seventeenth.
that the enrollment ilguie fui tlw -"r
,ear is 750. which Is larger than"1"
of any previous year. Foui aJJU''3 J
the faculty vvcie announced -Dr " j,
A. Suydam. professor of phv'-
mathematlts. Or Herbert Howard ' us
Ing. piotessor of praetnal anatom r
fessor Charles K Vanderklc I "'"
of unalytical ihemlstrj. und 1" A"u,,tal
W Downs, piufi-snut of xpe unmw
pstiioloj pru.
Addresses wt-te given iat ' l "
fessor Joteplr MvKarland I sV"'t,,
Broouell. Julius, W Sten i- l,,c'
Meeker and Seneca Esbf"Vt
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