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EVENING t-TSDGBB-I'HrtAtlELPHIA-. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, lOll.
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FINANCIAL TANGLE
HALTS DEPARTURE
FROM VERA CRUZ
France Lays Claim to a Por- J
tion of Customs Receipts to
Satisfy Loan to the Huerta '
Government. '
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. - Representa
tions made hy the ricnch Government
regarding customs collections made hj
U,S. REVENUE CUTTER
WRECKED IN PAGIFIG
SENDS CALL FOR AID
Vessel, With 72 Aboard,
Lands on Bering Sea
Shoal Steamships Rush
ing to Her.
PEATTLK, Whsh., ?ept. 22 Two ships
are rushing to """ rescue of the crew
di" tho United State revenue cutter Tn
homa, Milch went nshoro and was OetiPMl Funston ut Vera Cruz. It wns
wrecked on a teef between AlKn nnd Pnl.MOrj today, mo postponing Atncrlcnn r
Attu Islands, In the Behrlng Sea. Thd Uxncuntlon of the Mexican poit. t'ntil
tin- llnnuclnl tangle Is utiirtvoltd Funston
will not move Ills tmops.
l'mt of tho collection nie claimed In
French flnnnclets ns security for n loan
to til" Iturrtn government. That these
claims should be satisfied by Funston out
of Mexican funds he has collected, with- (
out bing paid to a constitutionalist rep
resentative, Is tho contention of tho
Trench Government.
Officials today disclaimed knowledge,
nml trotted nt reports of a Villa "up
rising" In Sonorn. All consular advices,
It was statoil, point to cumpletc hnimon.
between Villa nnd Carranza, It was
polntetl out that Villa personally tele
graphed such nssuinin.es to President
Wilson only a few days ago. It was also .
pointed uit that the succession of rumors
of tumble between Villa nnd Carrnnza I
oilgln.ited at 111 Paso, where n Iluertlsta ,
Junta Is and Ins been In operntlon. ec- I
rotary of State ltryan leucnlly Issued n
public warning against placing ctedenco I
In the 111 Paso leports. ,
vessels, which were about ICO miles dis
tant when they picked up the "3. O.
6." wireless call, arc tho Japanese liner
Tncoma-Miuu and tho Noma Btoamcr
Senator.
A wireless dispatch from Captain
niehatd O. Crisp, of the Tnhouia. picked
up at sea nnd relayed to headquarters
fiom Sltkn, Alaska, says the cutter Is
In Imminent danger, hut It Is believed
the nine otllccrs and crew of C3 on the
ship can take to tho small boats with
which the cutter is well supplied nnd
seek safety on one ot the smnll Islands
which dot tho sea In tho vicinity ot tin
wreck. Tho Tnhoma Is a cutter of the first
class. She was built nt Wilmington.
Del.. In 190S nnd Is of S57 tons, with
1215 tons displacement and IK! feet In
length. Tho vessel Is of steel con
struction. Tho ofliccrs are: Captain I'.lehard O.
Crisp, commanding. Flrt Lieutenant
Thomas M. Malloy, executive olllcer;
Second Lieutenant .lohtt .T. llutson, Sec
ond Lieutenant Willi, im K Seimmel.
Third Lieutenant Stephen P. Yeandle, who
received n gold medal for heroism dur
ing a hurricane off the Georgia coast
three years ngo: Second Lieutenant of
Enginceis Thomas H. Vcnger. Third
Lieutenant of Engineers Francis C Allen;
Third Lieutenant of Knglneers Walter
Jt. Troll, and Assistant Smgeon H. M.
Thomas, of the Public Health Service.
WASHINGTON", Sent. 22 Messages to
the revenue cutter service hen- todav. an
nouncing the wreck of the cutter Tahoma
in the Aleutian Islands, contained nssui
ances that tho entire crew of nine otll
ccrs nnd 63 men would be saved.
"S. O. S." calls from the Tahoma were
picked up by ships and wholes station
along the Alaskan coast, and thf Japa
nese liner Tnkoma Mam nnd the steamer
Senator nre speeding to her rescue
The Tnhoma Is one of the newest and
best cutters in the service and fcai is
felt that she will he pounded to pieces
on the reef where she Is fnst.
OFFICER GIVES HIMSELF UP
AFTER SHOOTING TRAIN RIDER
Man Falls With Bullet in Hip During
Struggle.
After voluntarily surrendering to the
rollee Department, Special Officer Michael
Curson. living at 2211 Eaht Clearfield
street, employed b. the Heading Hallway
Company, was hold in M5-0 ball at the
Eelsrade and Clearfield streets police sta
tion this morning by Magistrate Camp
bell to await the recovery of .lames Mc
Ginley, 20 years old, of Mil Fast Jluy
fleld street, from a revolver shot In the
Episcopal Hospital.
On the night of September 17. McGlnley
and a companion, Kaymond Sieger, of 30,13
East Thompson street, weio sighted In
tho Allegheny avenue vards of the rail
road riding the bumpers of a fast freight
train loaded with valuable freight billed
for New York citv. Corson, who was
nccompanied by Special Olllcer Slcer.
-were watching this trnln. which had been
subject to hoboes and thieving train
riders, who stole thousands of dollais of
valuable freight Tho officers called on
thp pair to surrender.
McGlnlev nnd Sieger jumped, and a
chase through the nrds began, the flee
ing men separating nnd grlng In opposite
directions. Curson nnd McGlnlev strug
gled among n lot of boxes, and In the
melee McGlnlev Ml with a bullet from
Curson's revolver lodged In bis hip At
the hearing Curson chared the revolver
was accidentally discharged, and alleged
that MoGinley attacked him with a
blackjack
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MKXICtl CITY, Sept 22. Plans are
bplrg completed today for a monster re
ception to bo tendered to General Villa
v hen he enters the city on Thursdav
with 00 of his delegates, who will sit In i
the convention that will choose a Pro-
visional President.
One bundled and thirty million dollars
In new Constitutionalist currency was put
Into circulation today.
READING OFFICIALS
PLANKING TO RID
TUNNEL OF GASES
Working Now on Project to
Blow Deadly Fumes Out
to Prevent Repetition of
Phoenixville Accident.
MRS. BRIDGET CAREY SPARE
ACQUITTED OF THEFT CHARGE
Accused Seven Years Ago of Poison
ing Her Two Children.
Without leaving the box: a Jury before
Judge I3onnlwe.ll In the Munbipal Court
today acquitted Mrs Bridget Carey
Spare of a larceny charge Seven years
ago she. was found not guilty of having
poisoned her two children.
The woman, through aid glvon her,
lived quletlv until h"r arrest several
months ago on the larceuy charge, This,
her attorney declared, was trumped up
by her husband so he could obtain a
divorce.
Mrs Spare was charged with steal
ing JS.27 from Mrs L W. Uenkel of
JTorth 40th street, and with the larceny
of a gold locket from a boarder in Mrs
Henkel's house
Special o'tcers testified Mrii Spare ad
mitted stealing the money and hud told
them where she had arreted the locket
Thoy stated she offered to pay bark the
money. The woman a counsel showed
that the policeman did not make a search
for the trinket.
Mrs. Spare acknowledged that she
sought to make a. ttliment in the amount
of the cash alleged n have hem stMtn,
-'but explained that she had xrlcncet
to much notoriftv In her trial on the
charge of miirdtrtng her two children
that she offered to pay the small amount
to escape further pabUcit gha also
testified to the enmltv of her husband.
She denied omphatu ally that n ntd
taken the monev or Jewelry Srom Mrs.
Honkers house, where sue had t,ueu m
ployed.
INSANE WOMAN CAUSES
EXCITEMENT IN STREETS
Threatens Lives of Fassersby Until
Arrested by Two Policemen,
Her mind suddenly j,lvmj :-, Sji,.,
Jcsophlno Acuff. of 331 Itedm-r street,
ran through the streets In hr uetghbui
hood this morning threatening the life
of every one she met. until anested by
Special Policeman WigUim und Policeman
Wegy, of tht 25th and oxford streets itu
tlon. She was amsted on a uairant
mvqrn out b her brother. Joseph Acuff.
and his wife. Elizabeth Acuff, of J15
liedner street
After a protracted struggle the oflkers
took the woman to Magistrate Morris'
cqurt at M0 1 Hidge avenue, who had an
-jamination of Miss Acuff made by Ur
Leonard Fres' "In. of 3'in Aspen street
The latter said the woman was insane
bhe was held under 00 ball for a further
hearing and in the meantime ivmmitted
to the Pennsylvania Hospital for Insane,
at ma. and Market sirceUM
nillcial.s of tho Philadelphia and Read
ing UaUwav, when asked today what
action would be taken by the munngi
ment to prrvtnt a recurrence of the acci
dent In the Black Kock tunnel, near
Phoi-nl.willo, yesterday, In which three
persons were killed, two being n'sphyxl
ntd by coal gas in the tunnel, would
make no repl.v. It was learned from
other sources, however, that experts of
the company are making an Investigation
into moans which can bo adopted so that
neclditits of this sort will be Impossible
in the future.
other railroads- thioughout the country
which have long tunnels on their right-of-way
hove placed largo blowers In them
which kt-p them clear of all gas, or nt
least keep It down to a minimum, to that
If a train becomes stalled in the tunnel
passengers will be In no danger of as
phyxiation. The dead are Charles T. fhnmbough, of
111', Courtlond street, Philadelphia, con
ductor; Jumis V. Harlt-y, engineer, of
Pottsvllle, and an unidentified woman,
about 60 joars of age, believed to be Mrs.
Moyep, of Heading. Those who were
overcome and who aro In the Phoenix
ville Hospital, where they are recovering,
nre n. N'ewton Moll, fireman , George Bill
man, Kast Hamburg, passenger; Burden
Lisher. Muhrsville, passenger. Mis. Kd
ward r, Lnvvler, of Tower City, wus also
overcome. She was removed to a hotel In
Heading, and has fully recovered.
The accident wns tho result of train
No. 37, the Wllllamsport express, strik
ing nnd killing the nged, unidentified
woman south of the Phoenixville sta
tion. The onglneer, Jumes F, Harley,
b tore tn train struck the woman, ap
plied the brakes and the train stopped
In th tunnel, the rear end of the trnln
being at the south end. The train
effr bing assHted by a switch englno
pioceeded a short distance Into tho
tunnel and again came to-a stop Engi
neer Harley having been overrom"
Fireman Muil went to the engineers
assistance and was also overcome.
WOMEN FIGHT PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Fence erected and end of building torn down by railroad employes.
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WOMEN STAND FAST
IN POST HOLES IN
BATTLE OF CAMDEN
Attack by Workmen on En
trenched Position of B.
PellicofT Resisted by
Aroused Garrison.
All of the vvnr news does not como
fiom Europe, some of It comes from
I Camden, whcio the clan of Pelllcoff Is
, staunchly leslstlng the overwhelming
( foiccs of the Pennsylvania Rullroad In
1 war over property rights. Latest acr
i vices fiom the fiont show that the
; inllio.id achieved a slight advantage
last night when they stormed the Pelll
offs lutiunched position In a s-eiics of
postholes captuted it and elected a
strong fottlllcatlon of posts In tho
enemv's tciritory. Thoy did not follow
up their ndvuntagc. however, and it Is
said that although both sides nre guard
In against olfonslve movements, media
tion by the courts will llnully bo re
sorted to to settle the battle.
The Pelllcoff foiccs are under the com
mand of B Pelllcoff. He Is ably as
sisted bj H. Pelllcoff, .It.; Mrs. Pnnnv
Hell nnd Miss Hthol Pelllcoff, daughters
i ot B. Pelllcoff, while effective scout duty
, Is being done by the commandct's son-
in-law and nephew. The rank and file of
Mrs. Fannie Bell, who established herself in a post-hole to hinder the ' tllp Pelllcoff forces Is composed of cm-
in the defense of their father's property-
railroad men in their work, and Miss Ethel Pelllcoff, who assisted her sister Twoim. ,.rt ,?,,,. a.,00'! y. ' at
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DUKE MUNY0N SETTLES S30 WATERWAYS DELEGATES
WEEKLY ON WIFE HE LEFT i LEAVE FOR NEW YORK
Son of Medicine Manufacturer j Notables to Address Five-day Con-
Brousht Back From New York
Duke Munvon, tn of Jumes J. Jinn
yon. patent rncdh Ine ni.inufactuier, set-
v. iiicn wus imncKen ny a Host of X'enn
slvanla Bnllroad workmen, who stole
it march on their opponent at 4 o'clock
vcslird'iy morning, attacked the Pelll
coff olllce and tore nway some two or
thico feet from tho end othc building,
which, they said, encroachrd on the tall
load property. Tho concrete blocks were
replaced with n wooden partition by the
attacking party.
Tho first warning of the enemy's ad
vance received by the clan of Telllcoff
wns when Mrs. Fanny Bell, who lives
vention, Opening Todny.
Phllidelphin'H repiom ntatives to tho
seventh annual convention of the Atlantic
tied n weekly allowance of JIM on his wife. ' Hooper Watciwnys Assoclutlon left Broad
Alice Glllmnn Munjon, and their child In Stitet .Station this moining on a special i next to tho coal yard, was nwkacned by
the non-fcupport piocecdlng for vvhUh tinin for .ew York, inoie than :i hundred the sound of the walls ot the forlress
he was brought back heie fiom New strong. B.v the time the ttaln leached tailing under the violent bombaulment
York. Trial wn 1,,'foro Judge Brown. N, vv York It had picked up nearU )
In the Domestic Relations L'ouit. I additional dob-gntcs fiom New .lirse.v
After a mniried life of moie than ' cities and towns,
twelve vears, Munvon left his wife on ' i'011" "l "" llvo -lays of the convention
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PHILA. MASONS ASSIST
AT MEMORIAL DEDICATION
Several Thousand Persons Witness
Exercises nt Elizabethtown.
CUZAniJTHTOW.S. Pa, Spt
The dtduatiun exercises of the John
Il my I ),iiuan Memorial building ut the
E uabethtown Masonic Home were con
4 . t, 1 ,.t u.ion K.day b tne Grand J-odrfc
of the Pennsjlvanla Masonic Fraternity.
Several thoutand persons wltnesbed the
dedication including about 100 Masons
A jirocfcsslon formed in the Grand
Lodge Hall and matched around the oval
lying t" the north of the building, parsing
throwgh a double line of members of the
order proceeding then to pavilion
which had been erected over tho founda
tions of the new building Here the exer
cisis took place under the direction of
Oram Mnsttr J. Henry Wllllami, of
Philadelphia, who was assisted by all
nftU'vrs of the Grand Lodge who were
present.
A feature of the exercises was the vocal
music of the Philadelphia lodges, under
the direction of Joseph Revnolds Combs,
aud Instrumental music by the I.u I.u
Temple Hand, of Philadelphia, directed
b A Howard Thomafc. Following the
exercises, dinner was served In the Grand
ldse Hall
The money for the new building, which
is to be erected at a cot of $33,000, was
willed to the Grand Iodgo b John Henry
Paman, who was a member of the Wash
ington Lodge, No 9. of Philadelphia. The
structure will cover an area of d7 by SI
feet and will be a three story granite
cottage.
Theie are at present 17 guests In the
Maontc Home of ElUabethtown Since
the institution was first established it
has housed JU inmates, coming from 33
out of the 87 .counties of this State, Of
that numbe. 33 have died.
June it, 10t2. and foi several months she Heikshlro. ' The delouatis will view the
was unable to obtain the slightest Inkling ;nst ami Hniloni Illvcrs, .Nuv York Bay
ot his wheieabouts. Through u letter . and Hmbnr, the Staten island Sound and
from a woman living on the ,ame p.em- n Bar w Perth AmbnXJ. They
Ues Munyon was traced to an apartment inipPQi t)ie scenery nlong the historic
hoiioe In New Vork. A detective armed i lludton by daylight and stops will bo
with lequlsitlon papers from Governor made at West Point, Hudson, New burgh,
Tener btought Munyon back to this city, i Kingston, l Poughkcepsle, Albany and
For a short time Munjon wns kept In Troy Addies&es will be mnde at Albany
Jail, awaiting entry of ball I iv seeietary Uanlels. ot tho Navy, and
After his arrest negotiations were Secretary Lane, ot the Department of the
started to adjust llnanc-lnl matters with interior, with the Governors nnd former
Mrs. Munvon. When the cae was, colled Governors of a number of States,
todav (ountol on both sides Informed -j-he Hist session of the convention wns
Judge Urown that the wire had agreed iwM ,lis Hfternoon In tho Hotel Majestic,
to accept $20 a week from her hus-band for N-tw ynik, nnd tomorrow the delrgatm
the ipp,.rt of herselC and child This i 'vm boaid the lioat foi the rest of their
arrangement was sanctioned b the court. Pnnentlnn. Members of the association
I from nil tho Atlantic coast States will nt-
BOY PLUNGES TO DEATH ,,nd
IN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT ' P00R HEALTH CAUSES
Skull Fractured In Fall Through! WOMAN TO TAKE POISON
Aperture Hidden From View. I
Falling through an open elevator shaft Heard Her Children's Lessons Before
in the Toon Building. V- North Sixth I Her Bash Act.
street, where he had been employed, Al- nosP pPi,inman. 13 South Tenth street,
beit Oivvev, 15 venrs old, of SSOS South tmmitted biilclde last night by taking
Sixth strvit. was fatally injured tla , poison, iler hunhand. who Is employed
nnd dhii shortly after being tnUn to at nB,( nt the Spreckle Sugar Ilellnery,
tho pennsjlvanla Hospital Buffering fruni i r,.turned fiom work at 6 o'clock this
a fracture of the skull. morning and found his wife missing.
Ac cm ding to several witnesses to the ' u, asked his two children. Jo.-cph, 13
accident, t'uvvey, who was tnrrylng i-ev- Pars old, and Katherlne, 11 years old.
eral extra laige packages befor, his face, i svnere he could Hnd their mother. They
could not eo that tho elevator had Ijcen replied that she had taught them their
suent up tu the floor obovo Just before ( school lessons and put them to bed Just
he stepped into ine open Bpace. v tin ub usual insi ihbiu n v hm not
a scream Covvey fell headfirst into the
Pit.
When his limp form was lifted from
tho bottom of the shaft he was still living,
and n record run was mado to tho hos
pital in the hope of saving his life. At
tho hospital the physicians saw at a
glance that their services were pructlcally
of no use, but made preparations for an
Immediate operation Heforo the physic
ians had time to operate the patient died.
The voung boy wns the son of Oscar
(' A t'ovvtv, assistant cashier of tho
Pvolic Lbimieu Company
Ken her since.
Feldnmun went out In the back yard
and found his wife lying dead Dr. It.
P. Wllkinhon. 133S South Tenth street,
was called, and pronounced death due
to poison Mrs. Fetdnman had not been
In good health for some time paBt and
had been moloncholy over her Illness,
but had teemed in good tplrlts last
evemng.
GIRL HORSEWHIPS MASHER
Stoned Poodle When She Refused to
Flirt, Spectators Hear,
BOSTON. Sept U- Because Leo Smoke,
custodian of the City Hall at Lynn, threw
stones at her French poodle Cutey, Miss
Nellie Ovid. 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
ilenry C. Ovid, horsewhipped Smoke to
day before a large and delighted assem
blage on tho 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 refused to have anything to
do with him and he threw stones at
i utey to get even with me "
day of prayer and feasting, the only one ' (.'utey is trained to no many tricks and
of the fall ccle of Jewish holidas l has won several prizes Miss Ovid say
which is given over to constant prayer ' Vincent Astor baa offered her J2000 for
ad centempUUoo. tta iog.
R0SH HASHANA ENDS TODAY
Preparations Begin for Yom Kippus,
Day of Atonement,
Rosh Hashana. the holiday piarklng
the beginning of the Jewish Now Year,
will come to a cloe at sunset today
Final services will be celebrated In all
sjnagogues and preparations will be be
gun for Yom Klppur, the Day of Atone
ment, which will be marked a week
hence
In contrast to the Jojous festivities of
Itosh Hashana Yom Klppur will be a
or the lallroad's sledges She quickly
notified lr-i' husband of the attack nnd
then telephoned to B. Pelllcoff, whoso
headcpiarteis nie nt 1134 Princess avenue.
Tho latter effected a rapid mobilization
of his forces, but arrlve-d on the iceno
too late to save tho main fortress, tho
olllce. He then deployed his forces on
what he alleges to bo the frontier of his
teultory, nnd prepared to resist tho
enemy's Invasion.
Mrs. Fanny Bell was assigned to occupy
ono post-holo which had been dug 1-y tho
enemy preparatory to the erection of a
large fence, whllo her sister, Miss Kthel
iPelllcoff, was placed In nnother. From
these stronglv Intrenched positions the
women tuccessfully resisted tho .-.ttac,k
of tho Invaders all day long. Their lino
of supply wns kept open by privates of
tho Pelllcoff forces, who brought mcnls
to them at noon and again at night.
Finally, however, the attack became too
heavy, and, after an nil-day vigil. In
which il. Pelllcoff and the other mem
bers of his staff allege they received
M-ugh handling, the railroad's forces dls
lodged them from their position nnd
erected the posts and ft portion of a ten
foot fence.
NURSE DENIES SHE TURNED
CHILD FROM HOSPITAL
Corner Told Bnby Burned With
Matches Had Received Treatment.
Slater t'lantelln, of the St Agues Hos.
pital, denied before the Coroner today
that Mary Pelllcome, an ll-months-old
baby. who. the parents assert, died after
being refused admittance to the St. Agnes
Hospital, won turned away from that
Institution
The child had been hurtled while play
ing with matches, and the father claimed
be curried the baby to St. Agnes' Hos
pital, but was told to take her to an
Institution nearer his homo Ho took
the child away, and she died several
hours later. He did not deny the state
ment made by the sister to the effect
that the child had alreadv received medi
cal attention when he brought her to
the hospital.
The nurse asserts that, knowing the
child had been treated, she did not hesi
tate In ndvislng her being taken to a
hospital more convenient to tho Pelll
come home, while other witnesses testi
fied that the baby was carried about
jo much when It should have been rest
ing that death was to be expected. Others
testified that the mother had taken the
child to a police station and then to
the Mount Sinai Hospital, but would not
leave It there
KEEPS LEG AND DIES
MIDDLETOWN, N Y Sept. 21-Ro-malne
Bcnseley, of Montague township,
N J , is dead, because he refused to let
doctors amputate one of his legs. Ilen
selev's leg was hurt by a log that rolled
on It
When informed by surgeons that am
putation would be necessary in order to
cave his life, he refused to consider the
4vlea and diefl a. inert time alter.
NEW EPOCH HERE AS
ARMY OF MEN BEGIN
WORK OM SHIPWAYS
Impetus Already Felt in In
dustrial Fields Drydock
at League Island Now
Nearer Realization.
An army of men were put to work to
day at the Philadelphia Nnvy Yard- to
erect the tdilpways for which Secietary of
tho Navy Daniels and Dliector of the
Ucpartmcnt of Wharves, Docks and Fer
tles broke ground yesterday. It Is ex
pected tho shlpwnya will ho completed In
several months, nnd then tho keel of tho
new transport will be laid Immediately.
The stnrt of the fdilpwnys has given an
Impetus to Industrial fields. It means tho
employment of carpenters, machinists,
shipwrights and a host of other skilled
Inborn s, to say nothing of tho unskilled
laborers benefiting hy tho decision of tho
Navy Department to build Fedornt ships
at the League Island ynid. All were
Jubilant today, nnd those employed on the
work struggled manfully under a glaring
sun to prove Hint Secretary Daniels was
not wrong when ho said tho best skilled
Inborors of the country could be found in
this city.
Shipping men also expressed their
unanimous approval of tho project and
enld that In addition to tho work given
workmen of this city the navy yard
has received a wonderful boom In the
transition from a repair to n shipbuild
ing yard. This Is regarded ns an open
ing wedge In the fight for the 1700-foot
drydock, since a shipyard without a
drydock Is greatly handicapped. After
ft ship Is completed on tho ways and
launched It Is cssentlnl that sho bo
placed III a drydock for a complete over
hauling. Philadelphia 1ms numerous advantages
over any other port on the Atlantic
coast. Thnt of being tho only fresh
water station Is expected to convince
Congress that the drydock should be
located here.
"JOE" CALL AT LAST
DISMISSES HIS THREE
STRAW BAIL ALLIES
Tell
ant
Magistrate Forced to
Gillman, Fishman
Gross to Get Out Aron's
Clean Bill of Health.
.Magistrate "Joe" Coll today notified
District Attorney P.otnn that ho had dis
missed from his olllce Joseph Fishman,
"Juke" Gillman, hla former Constable,
and Samuel Grrws. The dismissals aro
tho result of pressure brought to bear
on Call by the District Attorney follow
ing the latest ttraw-ball scandal origin
ating In the Gliaid avenue Maglbtinte's
ofllcc.
This ends the active Investigation Into
the chaige of Isaac Friedman, of 1120
C Irani avenue, thnt his name had been
forged to a ball bond. Tho District At
torney fold today, however, that ho In
tends to keep si careful eye on Call's
olllce In tho futuio and will hold open
tho present ense for further Investigation
should there appear a good chance tu get
further evidence.
Call, who Is n close friend nnd fre
quent poker companion of Senator James
P McNIchol, through whom he secuies
his political iticngth, will bo requlicd to
show that tho new stoff of assihtnnts he
lilies in place of Gillman, Fishman nnd
Gross .iie not of tho same .stamp, ac
cording to tho District Attornc),
CLUAX BILL roil ArtON.
Another phase of tho fake ball scandal
was reviewed today by Mr. Itotan, and
Max Aron, the attorney for Friedman,
received a clean hill of health. Aron pre
sented to tho Municipal Court u letter
from New York purporting to show thnt
Frank Bohrer, n defendant charged with
keeping a dlsoiderly house, who had dis
appeared, had enlisted nnd gone to Vera
Cruz. It was testified by Mrs. Friedman
that this letter wns "fixed up" by at
taches of Call's olllce so that her hus
band would escape forfeit of the ball
bond of JUJO for Bohrer to which Fried
man's name wus signed. Friedman can
not lead or wrlto F.ngllsh except his
name, nnd this explains, why he did not
discover until latei that the signature
to the ball bond was a forgery.
"Mr. Aron explained In detail his con
nection with tho case,' said Mr. Itotan,
"and I believe what he told me. I con
sider that his part In the case was en
tirely ethical and that no criticism can
be directed against him In any way."
Mr. Itotan was asked to explain why It
was necessary for tho District Attorney's
office to do the housecleaning for Magis
trate. Call. It was pointed out to him
that other Magistrates manage to keep
their offices In order and he was asked if
Call had made any explanation.
The District Attorney catd It was a
source of constant surprise to him that
ho had to watch Call so closely, nnd
that the Magistrate failed to clean out
his office without orders to that effect.
Mr Itotan also explained that, whllo he
could use his Influence to bring about
the barring from Call's olllce of Gillman,
Fishman and Gross, ho could not take
any steps directly against Call without
evidence Implicating the Magistrate.
IIOMR OF STRAW BAIL CASES
fctrnw ball scandals have been emanat
ing from Call's olllce for years, but It
was not until a comparatively recent date
that any success was had In breaking up
the practice. Gillman now is under in
dictment nnd awaiting trial on the charge
of extortion. A new trial was granted
to Fishman after he had been found
guilty on the same chaige, and this re
trial Is pending. Several other former
attaches of the office have been found
guilty and sentenced or are awaiting trial
on various charges connected with struw
bail cases
The order to Call to dismiss Gillman.
Fishman and Gross was issued by Mr
Itotan at the conference they held last
Saturday. Previously Call had promised
to keep Fishman out of his office, but
had failed to do so. He tried to defend
himself by declaring that he simply per
mitted Fishman to use the office in his
real estate business, but the District At
torney insisted that the man be kept out
in the future. Today Call notified the
District Attorney that the connection of
the threo had been severed.
BOYBRAVELYWAITS.fi
END OF LONG BATTLE !j
TO SAVE BDRNED LEG 1
. j
Little Hero Hopeful That j
Removal of Bandages To- ,
day Will Show He Is Not
to Be a Cripple.
KENNETH REDAMAR
A wide-eyed and hopeful little hoy sits
on an Invalid's chair In the sunlight at
tho Frankford Hospltnl today. With a
toy dog clasped tightly In hln arms h
mutely watches white-clad Burgeons and
nurses as they go from cot to cot com
forting nnd relieving. Willi Impatience
ho Is waiting until they come to him
nnd unwind bandages from his legs; for
what Is found beneath will determine
whether or not tho little boy will ever
wnlk and play llko other boys or be a
hopeless cripple with ono leg cruelly
bent.
Tho child's namo Is Kenneth Redamar
and ho Is only six years old. Ho lived
with his pnionts nt C031 Torresdnle ave
nue until e.iily last Fcbruarywhen he was
carried into tho hospital with ono les
chnrrcd and burned nnd swathed In
soft stuffs. Playing with schoolmates
about a bonfire, Kenneth had either
fallen or been accidentally pushed Into
tho blazing pile. Frightened, his little
comrades ran away ctylng, and Kenneth
was left alono In terrible agony until
policeman cairlcd him home.
For a long time physicians feared Ken
neth would not get well. The child lay
still nnd white among tho covers.
Nurses sometimes cried because he suf
fered so much pain. Persons maivclcd
at the bravery and patience dlsplnycd by
so small a boy under such trjlng cir
cumstances. BltAVDUY WINS BOY'S BATTLE.
It wns this biavory and patience which
finally tinned the tldo In favor of the
child's recovery.
Kenneth began to convalesce. Ills laugh
of glco over gifts of fruit or flowers
bi ought cheer to other little patients In
tho wnrd. His sunny smile wus a lesson
In fortitude. Ho became a great favor
ite of all persons nt tho hospital. Sick
folk raised their heads and spoke to him
n stho boy was wheeled by on his way
to the sun parlor.
Then came tho day when Kenneth tried
to walk. What was expected to be for
him the dawn of happiness was turned
Into it day of despair, when tho watching
doctois saw tho child's leg wns bent.
Skin had continclcd underneath the knee
and Kenneth wus unablo to stretch his
leg out sti night.
Then tho surgeons took counsel to
gether, and tlecldcd as a last lesort a
rare and delicate operation would bo
performed In nn endeavor to straighten
tho bent leg. Kenneth wus told he still
had another chance His mother, who
huel been almost a dally visitor to the
hospital, and whoso grief was even great
er than that of her son when It was
feared he would bo permanently lame,
silt by the child's cot and held his hand
while the two talked of the new chance
for complete iccovery. The small pa
tient onco more took an Interest In his
toys. Again his childish laugh rang
through tho ward.
At last the day for the operation ar
rived. "It is true that I nm going to
run and piny again, Isn't it doctor?"
tremulously asked the child. And the
smgeon who had heard so many ques
tions just like Kenneth's smiled at the
boy and said, "We'll see."
CHILD'S SACRIFICE.
So they wrapped tho littlo sufferer In
blankets and wheeled him to the operat
ing room. Thero In tho presence of men
of science small pieces of skin were cut
from tho good leg of the unconscious
child nnd grafted where tho skin was
drawn and contracted, underneath the
knee of the leg which had been burned.
This wus last week.
Today the bandages will be removed
nnd both Kenneth and thoso who have
token such nn Interest In him will know
whether or not ho will ever be able to
run and play again If tho condition of
his leg shows the operation to have been
n success, the boy will be out of the
hospital In two or three weeks.
DANCER HURT IN A FALL
Falls to the Stage nnd Is Taken to
Hospital.
Jessie KennlEon. a fenture dnnrer. per
forming lat,t night with n partner at the
People's Theatre, lost her balance and
fell heavily to the stage She was re
moved to the wings, where nn effort was
made to restore her to consciousness.
Sho was removea to tne episcopal "
pltnl. whcie physicians pronnumed her
Iniuiy concussion of the brain, but after
tho dancer hail recovered consciousness
this morning a further examination re
vealed that this was not so The Injured
actress was jtmoved from the hospital to
her boarding place.
C0MMSSSI0NERS APPOINTED
Members of Philadelphia Presbytery
Will Attend Meeting of Synod.
The Presbytery of Philadelphia, at Its
meeting late yesterday afternoon, P"
pointed the following commissioners to
tho meeting of the Synod of Pennsyl
vania to bo held in Krie, on October M
Clcrgmen-Thu Revs. William P "
ton. George P. Horst. II Preston c
Henry, II Clay Ferguson. Edward
Bowman. Henry E. Jones, Frank AUrner.
J B. Raymond, Robert Hunter ana
David Kerr Kldcrs-Alexandcr Henrj'
Benjamin Daniels, Charles A "''!
Captain W. W. Wallace lll'"a,
Graham, Frederick Troxol William a
Crozler, Marshall S. Collingvvood, I "
Huckins and John Lamon
The meeting adjourned to reconvene
next Monday afternoon for the furpo
of taking action on dissolving the V"
toral relations between the R'v,h.y
Robert E. L. Jarvis and Betew
Church. i
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