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GERMAN WARSHIPS
TO LOOK ELSEW.HERE
FOR THEIR SUPPLIES
Exposure of Distination of
Steamships Fram and
Sommerstand Cancels Sail
ings Captains Tell Their
Suspicions.
STEFANNSON DAIRY
TELLS OF HARDSHIPS
AND PERILS IN ARCTIC
German warships In South American
and West Indian waters which have been
coaled and provisioned by vessel out
of this port will have to seek othr
eourcos for supplies. The dictograph
exposuro of tho destinations of the Nor
wegian steamships Flam ami Sominei
ntad, now at anchor In the Delnwuf -River,
has disclosed the system which
made the violation of neutrality possi
ble. Owners, agents and others are
now rushing to cover. The expose was
due to the efforts of Christian Moo.
Norwegian Consul at this port, and
Ralph M. Bullow.i, a Ntw York attorney.
It was In Mr. Bullowa's ottlce the dic
tograph was Installed, prior to a con
ference between tile masters of the ves
sels, representatives of tho Hamburg-
American Line and otllclals of the liner- ,
American Company. Mr. Bullown du
clares that the Inter-Amer can Coin-
pany had chartered the vessels ond then .
rechartered them to the Hamburg
American Company. This Is denied by I
Julius P. Meyer, director of the lutter '
company, who asserts that his company I
has chartered vessels at various times I
to supply ships of the line, but never i
Gorman crulers. i
Upon the advice of Mr. Moe, Captain
Azelsen, of the Sommerstad, and Cap
tain Grlnhelm, of the Fram, consulted
Mr. Bullowa, after notifying their own
ers, the A. F. KlavernesM & Co., of '
Haugescnd, Norway, and 11. M. Wrangell i
& Co., of Chrlstlanla, Norway.
CONSUL, GETS SUSPICIOUS. i
Consul Moe's suspicion was first aroused j
Iiy Captain Axelsen and Captain Grlnhelm.
They told him they were to sail under
ecated orders and "things didn't look just
right." They bald that they were In duty
bound to tho steamship owners to carry
the cargoes to their destinations, but they
did not believe the owners knew anything
about the shipment of supplies to Ger
man warships.
A few days later the captains told Mr.
5too that agents of the Hamburg-American
Line had sent them offers of big
bonuses for Immediate sailings. This was
during the time the masters of the steam
ships were awaiting advice from home.
The advice camo and told them to con
eult an attorney. Then the conference
with tho dictograph as a witness was ar
ranged. Nothing could be learned of tho trans
action at the ofilee of William J. Grand
field and Company, 30S Walnut stret, to
day. They are the local agents for the
steamships. They declined to give tho
name or names of the persons for whom
they were acting and further refuted to
affirm or deny that thoy knew the car
Koes were meant foi German cruisers,
"ffc will not discuss the transaction In
.nyway," was all that was said.
The Sommerotad and Fram are two of
six vessels with similar cargoes on board
cleared from this port by the Grandtleld
Company. The first one was the Heina,
fhlch left on August 6 ostensibly for La
Guayra. It was reported that 'She had
been captured In the acts of delivering
her cargo to a German warship. The
Nepos sailed on August 22, the John Lud
wlg Nowlnckel on September 2 nnd the
Tlnlta on September S. On their clearance
papers their destinations were given as
fipanlsh or Brazilian ports.
CAItitlED COFFEE FOR BRAZIL.
Like "carrying coals to Newcastle" was
the carrying of coffee to Brazil by these
steamships. Another suspicious incident
was the large supply of fresh water
taken on board. Those aroused tho Nor
wegian skipper's fears. They did not
care to risk Imprisonment In English or
French prisons, but both emphatically
declared they feared most for the prop
erty of their employes. Dilticulty was
experienced in getting crews for these
vessels, despite the fact that hundreds
of sailors nre out of employment.
Arrangements are now being made for
the discharge of the cargoes of tho Fram
nnd Sommerstad, and In a few days
JSUCQ worth of coal and ship supplies
which were scheduled for German war.
ahlps will be dumped back on one of tho
pier s and later delivered to the um
clgnors.
Year's Wanderings of Cana
dian Expedition, Until
Explorers Reached Flax
man's Island, Alaska, Recounted.
SAN DIEGO. Sept. 2i. Vivid nnd fas
diluting sidelights on the pi Ivathms and
perils "f Arctic explointlon nte contained
In n dlar of the Stnfnnnson expedition
which liai been made public here by Miss
Mary Alnslie. n friend of Burt McCnn
nell, private secietary to Explorer VII
Jomar Stnfiiitnsoii and meteorologist of
the expeditions. This iliniy glvei an ac
count of the wanderings of this Canadian
Atotle exploration expedition from the
time It left British Columbia In June.
101.1. until June lii. of tills year. The
diary ends with the patty nt Flaxmnn's
Island, Alaska.
That the loss of the Karluk occurred
subsequent to this latter date Is Indicated
by the fact tlint no mention Is made of
that mishnp Mention I made of the
fact that the Stnfnnnson party crossed
the trail of Ernest tie Koven Lelllngwcll,
the Pasadena explorer, who has sln e
returned from the Arctic and Is now on
his way home.
The diary Indicates that Stefnnnson,
McConnell and a hunting patty left the
Karluk Sunday, September 21, 1313. while
the vessel wis stuck In the Ice sixteen
miles off shoie. and because of tho
breaking up of the Ice and bad weather
were unable to reach her again.
One of tlmmost striking fentures of
thedinty Is the oiT-hand and matter of
fact way in which thehnidshlps under
gone aredispo.-ed of. as:
"Eskimos fed us raw frozen llsh with
rancid wheat nil dressing, raw caiibou
meat nnd the tnllow, or fat "
ITALY HOLDS FIRM
IN NEUTRAL POLICY;
WAITS ON TURKEY
Overt Acts by Porte Will
Mean Rupture of Triple
Alliance as Mobilized
Army Joins Allies.
NEWSPAPERS BACK IN PARIS
Press Reassures Public of Ultimate
Victory of Allies.
PARIS, Sept. :
The Figaro says that in view of the
reassuring news from the front itg Bor
deaux edition the paper continued to
publish a full-size edition in Paris np
peara to day for the last time George
Clemencenu's r Homme Libra Is almost
the only important newspaper nhkh has
sot resumed publication in Pari
The Hotel Ritz will reopen tomorrow,
with the exception of Us new annex
facing the Rur Cambnn. which hits he.
come a Red Cross hospital. One guest
tuts already arrived.
In an editorial headed "The Diplomatic
Situation," the Temps vouchsafes an ex
planation of the numerous gaps which
have recently disfigured its most import
ant columns, saying:
"Let our readers be reassured, we have
committed no Indiscretion "
Then the censor again intervenes with
e. four-inch obligation.
EAT ICE CREAM; TAKEN ILL
Ptomaine Poisoning' Follows Lunch,
Bending Victims to Hospital.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2S -Mrs. Irene,
IGmelch, her children. Marian. 5, and
Alice, 7, together with a nunc. Miss
Catherine MeGlnley, took an Ice cream
lunch Saturday night at 919 DItmas ave
nue. Immediate! they became violently
Ul.
Conrad Gmelch. a druggist, arrived
home early yesterday morning, finding
the four unconscious on the floor. Doc
tor Coatello recognized It as ptomaine
poisoning. Mrs. finuAeh is still in th
Swedish Hospital, but will recover. The
others are already well.
P. J. McGARVEY RE-ELECTED
Patrick J M-ti.irey wan re-elected,
county president of tho Aixunt urder of
Hibernian tit ''' ' nt! esi n ol iheir
contention I'1'!'' 'J!,t night m Apollo Hall
Ttiorna K II Nelll was elected lets pres
cient. John. K IlTgan, recording secre
tary . Brvan J Tai'Sey. financial secre
tary Fatri.k J FlUgtrald correspond i tig
secretary Paflk M-1 I'lylm. the v
liwa&l J;s"1 ' n-,.tirK,
GENEVA. Sept. S.
The possibility that Italy will break Its
neutrality policy and enter the war on
the side of the Allies has been decreased
by the apparent eftect of the Greek-
Rumantan-Bulgarlan alliance on Turkey's
belligerent intentions, say dispatcher, from
Rome.
Dispatches from Vienna nnd Trieste tell
of preparations bv Austria to resist an
Italian Invasion. Magyar regiments have
been tent Into Trentlno to replace the
regiments ?ent to Setvia at the beginning
of tho war.
Vi spite the firm determination of the
government to maintain fetilet neutrality
It has been currently believed that any
overt act bv Turkey would mean a move
bv Italy, wi.lch has held both Its military
and naval forces mobilized for six weeks.
The pressure of the anti-neutrality fac
tion on the povernment has not decrease d.
although public demonstrations have been
curbed by the soldiers.
Despite the official denials by Austria
it is iisitivelv known that the Austrian
forctis on the Italian frontier are belns
strongly reinforced. All of the regiments
made up of troops of Italian birth or
from the frontier Itself, where Italian
sympathy Is trons. have been transferred
to Galicia.
While there Is no chance In the of
flilal Italian attitude, thfre is little doubt
an where thut the date for Italy to en
ter the war is raridly approaching. This
is believed not only bv the rp!eentattves
of th- A11I'. but also by the diplomatic
leprtsentativas hre of the German and
Austilon Governments. Thoy hav used
all of their Influence to Ueop Itnly neu
tral, but It Is noticeable that thoy have
not been seen about tho Foreign OHice
leeently.
Reports are circulated hero that Russia
:s preparing an ultimatum to Turkey de
manding demobilisation. It is stated that
the I'aar's ilovi-rmneiit hus now definitely
decided that, Its Austrian campaign be
ing successful, it Is In position to with
draw large numbers of men to hold Tur
ke in .-heck and that, as a result, the
Tnrte will ne giwn the choice of demob
ilizing fir flcluing.
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DOORS OF M'KENTY'S
OWN HOME ALWAYS
OPEN TO SLUM GIRLS
Mission Preacher Gives Best
He Has and His Daughter
Shares Her 'Bed With
Them.
AMERICAN CATHOLIC
SOCIETIES CONVENE
IN ANNUAL SESSION
Representatives of Church
Bodies Throughout Coun
try in Attendance Prelate
Denounces Outrages in
Mexico.
BALTIMORE. Sept. -The thirteenth
annual convention of the American Fed
eration of Catholic Societies was opened
here today. Representative from aH
the Catholic oi&niatiir thruiignuut the
I'nlted aitdts aie in attendance.
The religious leu'.iiniilea were begun
eteiday with a solemn high muss, in
a sermon preached by llishop Joseph
Scbremb. of To.edo, O., Srcretary of
State Rran was denounced for hia al
leged failure to prevent or stop persecu
tion of Catholics (u Mexico. Rlehop
Sihremb quoted phrases from, the fa
mous "cross of gold" speech.
Cardinal Gibbons, In greeting the dele
gate, said he .ins iiiiihw,! rj Hl-hop
tfihren bs' . nn n .nu that h. aj piuvej
tllB 5 litllll 1 . M 11., th. Uls.lulj
'In Mi xi f Hi-it.,, sn r iTiro -.lo
th.jiisandi uf tilth- i ; mf-n a d normn,
ure bnng outraged In th-!r most tarred
X-ii'.-lous crnvlctl-ns Ch-ir"bes havfi b' en
r''r.1 an.t ded. crated ffV.tj 1n 1 Ulsftops
i.oo d of thr r prss in!j ttlKj ia i A any
Ul 3 - im'fjf.istt
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Just about every newspaper reader
knows Dob McKcnty. old-time detective,
former Director of Public Safety and
now the ruling power at the Eastern
Penitential y.
The Tenderloin knows his brother,
Thomas V. McKenty, a preacher, In
charge of the rescue department of the
City Mlssionaty Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, much better.
Ask in tho Tenderloin, "Do you know
McKenty?" and the man with his trou
sers truyed and his pockets full of holes
becauso they hao nothing to carry will
reply, "Which one do you mean the one
out at the Eastern 'Pen' or the one at
2 North Eighth street?"
On Eighth street is a rescue mission,
and many a kiddle hns been rescued
through it, If rescue means taking a
child off the street and giving It a home.
The Rev. Thomas McKenty has only
a small house. He has a daughter of his
own. Ills wife formerly taught school In
Pittsburgh when her home town did not
sport that "h" as a llnale. She taught
school when old-time school teachers
were in fashion. She Is teaching school
the same old way today, and she is be
loved by a trroup of small girls.
Just not to slight Mr. McKenty, it is
well to say that before he entered the
ministry and put frivolous things be
hind him he was a fireman. That Is all
done with, but h still carries the wide
set oyes nnd the heavy Jaws of one of
those fellows who does not know when he
Is whipped.
There nre no family nnmes going to
be used In this narrative, and, although
each of the girls attends a public school.
It 1b not tifccsfcary to name the school.
Some misguided "kid" might Just tty
t.i "kid" one of these little 'kids" In
question.
Alifp. and she has a bully line last name
too. If her father had not drowned it in
whisky glasses, Is a foster-daughter of
the Jl.-Kent.vs. She lived with the Mc-Kf-ntys
for several years. Her sister
Ethel, 14 years old. Is Mill living with
McKenty's own daughter. Alice, by the
way. Is 16 years old.
Alice und Ethel, her sister, lived with
their puronts In a court In the Tender
loin during their Infancy. They were
ai'iistomed to see their father come stag
gering into the house. They were accus
tomed to see their mother upbraid him
and ;et knocked down for talking Just
the truth, but too much of It. One night
the mother crumpled up under the t-iblu
from a blow and lay very still. Ethel
thought she was dead. Her father knew
better; ho had put over a knockout
probublv the first In his career. He had
never tried it against men In saloons.
Ethel and AlUe had been going to
McKenty's MiPFlon. To Mr. JIcKenty
and his wife they sped. They had left
their mother, as thev thought, lifeless
Thilr father was raving. The Key. Mr.
McKenty sent the polite around to the
little house In the court. The mother
was ent to the hospital, the father to
the House of Correction and the glrH
went into Mrs. McKenty's home.
One of these days when you, reader,
rill Main or Walnut keventy-umpty-uni
and the oxehange girl says, "Please re
peat." lust bet it Is Alice. She Is making
pond with n telephone company.
She lias not only left tho McKenty
h.'iie. '"it she has a little houso of her
ov.n She has her mother. Sho has her
father occasionally She expects that he.
too. will be, a permanent boarder after he
finds out how fine three meals a day are
compared to 5-cent whisky.
No for another.
Myrtle ii U years old. Her stepfather
was In tho habit of twisting her by the
chin and saying: "Whose brat are you?"
Myrtle did not know the mcanin of all
this, but she knew the meaning of a
knife m her stepfather's hands when
her mother was on the floor. Just to
show that she .vas made of the right
stuff, whoever her father might be, she
stepped between the blow and her moth
er. Her hand -was gashed.
At the hospital while her hand was
toeing dressed Mr. McKenty met her. She
went home aith him and his wife.
There are many other girls who have
sat at the McKentys' small dinner table
and ttho were later found homes. Some
Just mentioned still board with the Me-Kt-its
and do nothing but study their
lessons.
That is .'.rons. for all of them are
no making Christmas presents for their
parents or their best friends: but, of
tour.ie, the best friends Include the Itev.
Mr. and Mrs. MeKenty.
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JEWISH EMPLOYES
EXCUSED FROM DUTY
OYER YOM KIPPUR
i NEWS-POST QUITS;
RADICAL PAPER HAD
EXCITING CAREER
150 Policemen and Helpers
in Department of Public
Safety Will Observe Day
of Atonement.
"BUY A BALE" CONFERENCE
Governors of Southern States Ex
pected to Meet Tonight.
WASHINGTON'. Sept S8 All Governors
of Soutn-rn States have been Invited to
a tonfer n. e h-re tonight on the 'buy a
bale' and other cotton and financial situ
ations of the South. Agitation for a di
rect Government loan to cotton producers
Is expected,
More than 130 Jewish policemen and
other Jewish employes In the Depart
ment of Public Safety will be excui-cd
from duty tomorrow at sundown until
Wednesday evening, that being Yom Klp
pur, the most solemn day In the Jewish
calendar. Director Porter will Issue u
notice to this effect In all the station
houses throughout the city some time to
day. Other Jewish employes in the de
partment will receive similar notices.
The Director will also Issue orders to
the lieutenants In all the Jewish dis
tricts to permit the Jewish storekeepers
to keep their stores open the next two
Sundays until eleven o'clock In the morn
ing Instead of nine, the regular closing
time on Sundays This, In view of the
fait that the Jewish housewife must
prepare on these Sundays for the two
holidays which come after, when ortho
dox Jews are not permitted to do any
lubor, marketing included.
Yom Klppur, or the day of Atonement,
will be uthered In at sundown tomorrow
by the Jews throughout tho whole world,
both orthodox and reform, as the day
of fasting and prayer. The orthodox
Jews will spend the entire day In the
synagogues, while tho reform Jews will
have several hours Intermission between
prayers. I
The day of atonement Is one of the
iycle of holidays, said to have been In
stituted by Moses. It Is one of the old
est and most solemn days In the Jew
'sh calendar. Together with the New
Year holiday observed last week It forms
what aie known as the holy days. Tho
10 days between Itosh Hashanna and
Yom Klppur are known as days of peni
tence, when special services are held In
11 the synagogues.
BANKER'S HOME BESIEGED
Landlords Tire of Answering: De
positors. NEW YORK, Sept. 18. The handsome
'urnlshlngs of the apartments of Meyer
Jarmulowsky, the fugitive East Side
banker, will be deposited on the side
walk today unle,sg called for. Such was
the announcement last night of the man
agement of the Ilellecourt, 305 Tort
Washington avenue.
"We are thud of being besieged by
hysterical depositors of the closed Jar
mulowsky batiK," haul n agent of the
building. "Tills place had become like
a fortress."
To what haven Jarmulowsky fled Sat
uiday night following an especially vig
orous assault of depositors could not be
learned.
The furniture includes many r.ire
pieces purchased when Sender Jarmu
lowsky, founder of the bank, was called
the "Croessus of Cnnal Street."
GENUINE RELICS
A Chattation.i mm rn-emiy nift on the
highway an aged dm key of his .ico.ualnt
ance with his aim in a sling.
"la your arm broken?" asked the Chat
tanooga man &olicitously.
Tho old' fellow grinned. "No, boss. It
ain't broken only gun tore."
"Ah, been hunting?"
"No, suh; ain't been Iiuntln'; been
shootln' at trees."
"Target practice, eh?"
"No. suh. ain't target practice; Jest
shootln' at trett. "
"I don t undeitand "
"Well, sub, it's lest like dis I goes out
Into de woods, an' I sileus m trees an'
I shoots bullets into 'em. In a little while
de trees growd 'found de bullets. Den I
cuts 'em down to sell to persons from de
PUIs Senators and Representatives North as relics of de tattle of Logout I dance, wilt be given in Crusaders' Hall,
l wilt attend. 4 Mountain. sw uiitmu omca, to uhuuwh iwj.
Scripps-McRae Publication,
Says President Clark, Was
Not a Paying Proposition.
Two Years Old.
The News-Post has suspended. The
last Issue appeared Satutday, hut the
announcement that the newspaper had
ceased publication was withheld until
this morning. The News-Post, n mem
ber of tho Scrlpps-JIcfluc league of
newspapers, was published at Tenth and
Hamilton streets, In the heart of the old
Tenderloin, with two afternoon editions.
The first Issue appeared April 10, 1012.
Since then it appeared without Interrup
tion until this morning. For n time dur
ing tho outbreak of the European war
a Sunday edition was published.
The radical tone which predominated In
tho News-Post made It a source of cutl
oslty and wonder to the man In the street.
Its publishers denied any connection with
any party, but the iapcr generally was
regarded as dominated by Socialists.
Tho News-Post had an exciting career.
At one time the staff was arrested on a
charge of criminal libel preferred by
Magistrate Thomas W. McFarlnnd, and
last May tho publishers were reprimanded
by Judge Martin, of tho Common Pleas
Couit, for their comment on a damage
suit for damages tried before him.
The suspension this motnlug was a com
plete Mirprlse to those in touch with the
newspaper field In Philadelphia. Three
months ago the size of the paper was
Increased from four to eight pages and
a mor ambitious tone pervaded Its ac
tivities. There was much wonder ns to
"how they kept It going." but uucstlonerh
wete told the paper would be continued
fo rat least two years longer.
The decision to suspend became known
here after tho return of II. I!. Clark, the
piesldtnt of the company, from Los
Angeles last Friday.
"Philadelphia iri a good town," said Mr.
Clark this morning, "but we didn't put
up the paper In the way to make people
buy it. This was not u failure. All our
bllis are paid. Wo have Just quit, that
la nil. When a Scrlpps-Mi-ltno papoi
dotsn't pay It Just stops without any fuss.
Wo came hero without any preliminary
announcement, and wcare going out the
same way. It Is not the Scrlpps-Mcltue
policy to sell its papers."
10,000 IN PEACE PAGEANT
TO TOMB OF GENERAL GRANT
New Yorkers, In Patriotic Parade,
Pray for War's End.
NEW YORK. Sept. 28. More than 10.-
000 men, women and children of various
denominations and nationalities took pan
In tho open air demonstiatlon for peaii
beneath the shadow of Grant's tomb on
Riverside drive.
patriotic and sacred muMc was rend
ered nnd 10,000 juce banners were dis
tributed to automobillsts throughout the
city by a committee of women. The huge
monument was draped with American
flags and the praer. "let us have peace,"
was the foundation of the ceremonies.
Many women's and girls' societies par
ticipated In the exercises, and on escort
of uniformed veterans of tho civil war.
placed floral tributes upon the tombs of
General Grant and his wife
WILL PRODUCE COLLEGE PLAY
"The Senior," a college play, will bo
produced tonight for tho benefit of Shan-
dakln Council. No. 291, Daughters of
Pocahontas, xne piay, toiiowea py a
MYSTERY SHROUDS
METHODS OF MEN
IN LAND GRAB DEAL
Visits to Property Owners in Vicinity of
21st and Race Streets and Vague Of
fers to Buy Assume New Significance
in Light of Municipal Court Project.
Proposed Purchase of the Magdalen Home
Admitted by Those in the Secret to
Be Only the "Entering Wedge" in
$2,000,000 Building Fund.
.-.
Mysterious calls by mysterious men on
property owners In the vicinity of 21st
and Race streets, the site for the pro
posed .t?,OW),UOO "nuublc hall" grab of
the Municipal Court, have taken a new
meaning to those who entertained tho
men since the plans of McNIchol-Pen-rose
forces have been revealed.
For months bcfoic It was even whis
pered that tho Detention House at 22d
and Arch streets, built only six years ago,
was to bo abandoned persons who owned
property In the path of the grab liavo
been asked to tell what thoy would sell
for. Sometimes the "asents" have said
they represented tho city, but more often
they have come from "persons who did
not want to figure In the transaction
until It was closed."
No one knows who these men are. But
they have been unsuccessful lit most
cases, ns the neighborhood Is made up of
thrifty people who saved until they had
enough to buy a home nnd who Intend
sticking to it despite ullurlns offers to
sell.
No ono connected with the land grab
will ndmlt having thought of the -1st
and liuce streets pioperty before the end
of last May. Uut the visits of the mys
terious men began a long tlmo before
that.
VAGUE METHODS OF AGENTS.
Most of the propei ly owners along
Winter street tell tha same story. Thoy
have been approached very warily and
questioned vaguely as to wnnt they
thought about selling and how much
they would wnnt for their lots. They
knew nothing of the Municipal Court's
pluns and those who suspected there
was anything peculiar In the visits from
ngents put it down to the Parkway con
demnations. Some property owners stopped talking
very quickly when asked If any ono hnd
tried to buy options on their land. Op
tions, llko dead man, toll no talcs, It
has been pointed out. Records at City
Hall are Innocent enough. There Is one
exception, how over.
It Is known that one of tho properties
owned by Mrs. James P. McNIchol. a
four-story brick house nt -02J llaco street,
directly across the street from tho "M.n
blc Hall' property site, would bo en
hanced In nlue In the event of the ginb
being perfected. Its Is valued now at
JC0O0.
Astonishment at the land grit bis being
followed by sharpest criticism among
those familiar with the scheme of the
.Municipal Court.
It was pointed out tod'iy that the gnng
majority in councils wns willing enough
to spend millions to houso a Municipal
Court less than n year old. but that plans
which would be of Incalculable benefit t-
persons in every part of Philadelphia In
tho new subwny and other transit Im
provements Mem being held up ond
blocked at eery turn.
Councils granted JIOo.OOO of the loan bill
money for the Municipal Court, but re
luctantly allowed J.10,riO for preliminary
work to Improve transit only under the
heaviest presstue of public opinion, It
was pointed out.
After the tevelatlon Saturday of the
plans to buy nearly an entile city square
nnd put up buildings worth $i,ron, ofr
flclals connected with the .Municipal Court
admitted the truth of tho Idea as bet
forth after Investigations.
ONI.V THR "UNTEHINO WKDOH."
Executive Clerk Fred C. Hlnloii, of the
Municipal Court, ndmlttid that tho JI00.OM
Item In the loan bill nnd the ordiiianeu
passed over the Major's veto to acquire
n small plot at 21st and Itnce streets were
only the "entering wedges" In tho scheme
to hour the Municipal Court In inng
nlflcent bulldlnKs on an expensive tract.
"We proposed to add from time to tlim
to the Mngdnlen homo proprty." said
Simon. "Tim JHO.fO In tho loan bin wn
to be the basis of it building fund. Alter
getting the llifct propel ty we Intended
acquiring more i new nrillnanre until
the plans wns en tried out"
Tho new House of Detention nt 'J2il nnd
Arch streets would be abandoned If the
land grab plans went through. This was
admitted by promoters of tho grab
Hrheme.
The House of Detention was completed
rnly six years ago, nnd It is still in
good condition, according to Mrs. Henry
P. Illchnidson. wife of the superintend
ent nnd nsbUtnnt to him.
"The hulls aro very crowdui during the
court days," sold Mrs. Itlehnrdsuii, "nd
the noise of passing street curs makes It
hard to hear In the comtronm. If It wero
not for the court hero, we would be able
to manage very well."
When the Juvenile Court was moved
to tho Houso of Detention many of the
offices on the first floor of tho building
were turned over to probation officers and
other offlctnls. nnd playrooms and other
quaitern for the children had to be taken
to the second floor.
"We used to bo pressed for room to
accommodate the children," said Mrs.
Klchardson. ' but since Judrio Gorman
has been holding court every day Instead
of once each week there Is not so much
congestion."
PRESENT QUARTERS AMPLE.
A trip through the house falls to show
any signs of crowding or serious defects
in the plan of construction. Children sat
studying their lessons in class rooms and
everything seemed In excellent order
Theie are divisions for first olfemlcia
and second offenders, and tho sanltari
arrangftients una vtritliat'fn lystcmi I
are faultless, aceorWiij to Mrs. IlichjrU
son. Uut you are not here on a court dty,'
she protected when It was pointed out
that the House of Detention did not Beetn
to deserv all tba hard tiunjs said of
-'-- rriiMtiii-"
It by those who want to build a new one
"Pn court days," bIio said, "the halls
nio crowded so that It Is almost Im!
possiblo to pass. And the Judge has only
one small room to himself. I people
come to sco him ho 1ms only that small
room to entertain them In."
,.?"h' 'ulvlsory board, of which Louis
Wolf, George Q. Horwltz, Loulso Jurist
nnd qthcrs nre members, complain be
cause their meetings are Interrupted, they
say, by the nolso of street cars passing
along Arch street nnd turning north on
I'M street. Their meeting room Is at
tho side facing 21'd street, but they have
to go over Into tho probation officers'
toom for their meeting because the cars
iiinko so much noise, according to Mr
Horwltz.
Meunwhlle Munlclpnl Court otllclals and
other organization men are considerably
upset by the publicity given their plans
There is an impression that tho plans
for buying tho rest of the property may
be submerged for a time In the hope that
the size of tho grab nnd the methods
chosen to make It may bo forgotten.
WHEAT OPENS QUIET,
BUYING POWER WEAK,
IN CHICAGO MARKET
Spring Markets- Still Full,
Although the Receipts Are
Smaller Than a Week
Ago. ,
CHICAGO, Sept. 2S.-Whoat opened
quiet and a ihiido easier today, with De
cember unchanged at $1.0S?4 und May off
,ac. at Jl.IuVi. Theic was a lack of buy
ing power. The spring wheat markets
weie lower, and while iccelpts were
somewhat smuller than a week ago, they
woio still lull. The trade expected an
other good iiicicnse In the vlslole sur
viy.
The cables wore lower. Wot Id's ship
ments for tho week were about tho same
as they were a your ago, excluslvo of
ltUKsia ond tho Danube. Shipments from
Not th America for tho week were S.in.OX)
buMiels or all but 1.50O.HOO bushels of Ii9
total. The United Kingdom received V
7M,w bushels of the American totul and
Ktnliclie TSI.OOti bushels. The maiket at
M vet pool hdidencd after the start on
un olllilal Ilusslau report ond un im
proved demand fiom, millers. The stock
nt Liverpool Is 1,700.00(1 bushels, an In
ci rase of IBI.000 bushels for the week.
The teeelpts nt Minneapolis and DulutJi
today were 1750 cars against 1MB cars a
year ago; at Winnipeg, ISM cars' against
i'-N.'i ciiiM, nt Chicago 311 cars against Ji
cars.
i 'urn wins easier und tho support rather
I nor. December opened off V ut KITc.
to tic. and May off c. at 72'sc. The
winthcr was favorable for the new crop.
North Ameilca shipped 325 WO bushels
for tho week. Totul woild shipments
weie larger than had been etpeetcd.
The stock at Liverpool Is U'16,(W
hnshols, ail Inciease of 31,000 bushels for
the week. Tho recelptb heio today were
M cms.
Oats were easier, with December im
changed nt IDUc at the outset and May
oil' ''ie. nt $2c. North America shipped
.MCS.ikju bushels for the week. The re
ceipts hero today were 150 cars,
THE WEATHEIl
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, Sept 28.
For eahtern Prnnylanla and New Jer-s-ey;
Fair tonight and Tuesday, with
fro.st in exposed places tonight; moderate
not thwest winds.
High barometric pressure has continued
since Saturday ovt r the cattern half of
the toiiutr, utUudcd by generally fair
weather and tt'inpcr.ituics somewhut be
low normal. The crest of the high area
Is north of I.Ike Erlo this morning, and
light to heavy frosts are reported from
the lower Lnko region, New Voik, New
Englund and northern and central Penn
sylvania. A disturbance of slight Inten
sity envois the Hooky Moutaln slope, but
It has caused but little precipitation thus
far. '1,'hore alu Indications that a tropical
btorm Is developing off the Louisiana
cuust and storm warnings are displayed
along tho middle Gulf coast.
U, S. Weather Hureau Hullelin
OUervatlons made at 8 a. m., Eaitern thn
I.OW
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Station 8 a.m. n't.
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Allan lo City... 3 t3 .IH
lllsmarik, N'. 1. SI J
IfuMon. Ala... HI 31
lluffalo. N y.
"lilca III....
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Ilenier. I'nl. . . .
11..4 Molnpn. Id. 51 51
Detroit, Atl.h... 50 4d
Dulutli. Minn... Ml in
Clalteiton, Texas M M
llntu ra. N. C. . yl I'l
IfeleiM, Mont... 41 -II
Huron. S. I.... W M
Jacksonville ...71 '-
Kau. city. Mo.. r.a m
l.oulvlIle, Ky.. M 53
llrini.liiJ. Tenn. .v Sfl
New Orlcani.... BS US
Nw York . ... 4 -'
N Platte, K'h . ot M
Oklahoma Okls. W M
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20 Clear
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