s v !$$ t, .t.a S. fr f jS If nrjfcfci 5 BMK! , a; V. mv2H i e;f i H If ' j BVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY SEPTEMBER, 28, 1914 THORNTON J. HAINS, STORY WRITER, GOES TO "BEACH-COMBING" MAYOR DONNELLY OFFICIALLY OPENS INTERSTATE FAIR Gathers Driftwood and j Peace Program, Horse Rac Catches Fish Magazines ing and Vaudeville Reject His Work and He Gets Threatening Letters. in Front of Grandstand Will Feature Week. TUtlNTO.V. Pept 2S.The Intcistnto Knlr, lookd foruurd to by New ,TeiON, Pennsylvania nnd New York becnuso nf Its ngrleulturnl, educational, horticultural, entile, tnuiiufiieturlrn; nmt other great NBV YOltK. Sept. 2.-Tliornton Jetrkini Hairs, writer or stories of ad Venture that save him eotwldoratJlo cele brity before he was thrown into the lime, light by the famous ttlal for the shoot- liiK of William E. Annid, which dent iii dlsplnys, was opened at the Interstate , brother. Captain Peter tlnlna, t S. A , to ' Fnlr tirouiuls tod.ty. llosldcs vaudeville ' Jail, but resultPd In hi own acrtulttnl us I attractions before the grandstand during Ml ncessory, s now making a llvlnu b f"lr w,pl there Is horse racliltf In 'lmtf;e benchccmblns and flshlnir at Port Humll- j of Horace H. Murphy, the Well-known ton, Brooklyn. It complain that he has I vnclnR man. 'Iodo Is "Chlldicn' Day" aim numireus or Ilttlo ones went cnily to been made the victim of persecution b persons who wrote threatening letters to Wm shortly after the trial ended, and also sent protests to the tmiftailnes against tho printing "f any morp stories from bis pen. He tiled writing under a nora tie plume. In- siiys. but that was soon detected and more letters of pro test wore sent to the maaaini's This bus ld. he snvs. to all of them refusing to buj nn more of his writings and bis beliiR riduced to tlie ftntherlnK of driftwood and tlhlnn for a llvins. Haines shows one of the letters writ ten to the editor of n mmfissliie In this city. It was slirnod "Thomas Duffy," camo from Phllade.phln and was as fol lows. Gentlemen t see that oii have pub lished another story of that near-murderer, T. Jenkins Mains. UN hrothor committed the crime, but this man Is surely the lnstlsator. and should have sot W years at hard labor. If you accept and publish any more stories written by this dirty coward. I will discontinue readlns your publica tions, althoupli I have done so for sev eral years; also, will use all my Inllu enco to prevent others dolnp so. He didn't have the nerve to face the crowd without a revolve!, .urd would not daro to ncbt. I nm no relation to the Annis fnm tly, and never saw them, but I urn very sorry that I wasn't on tho Jury. "I am not coinr? to tetreat under fire," Halns said to u visitor who found him fishing from a catboat in the bay, "but I wish they would leave me alone I am nearly 50 years old now, and I think I should be permitted to make a UvIiir for myself and my children. The Bang of beachcombers who frequent the shore have been trying to prevent this. I am down to hardpuu now. t caught four dozen crabs yesterday, and that is all we had to eat. The magazines are not tak ing my writings, and this war has tied up the English magazines so that I can not sell them anything. So I have to make what I can catihlng fish." Halns said be had been forced to apply to a magibtrato for permission to carry a gun on account of attacks that had been made upon him by other beach combers while he was gathering drift wood and on one occasion a gang came to his house and assaulted him. "I have had them In court," he added, "and one of them was placed under suspended sentence, but they arc waiting for a chance to frame me :p. and if the ran frame me up under the Sullivan law be cause I have this rifle they will do it." Ilalns made a dive Into the locker and fished out an old-fashioned rllle. He held it up. "It Isn't much to shoot with," he aid. "and I don't want to shoot at unybo(l, but if they know I have It maybe they will leave me alone. Hut If it isn't right for mo to hae the gun. I'll get rid of it." i..i , ..y? . , $ mm .. . .. . ,,WMm&v u r m. , t nvxWSksszM m &.JL m..: :: - !:. ss? n . .' ww &u. .u i ,r at- Jf -iS!- -SSi. " A SS3S1 . Jl SS &- " "" " &? M . " ' ffi'jfipjsm :? ; - mm. i- , - f : -, ;- EWt! .JK'fA;.,- J- " t IV as ; M J i.i the exhibition, sptclal nttruetlons being offered them. IJx-Senntor .lonuthan Ulackwell, presi dent of the fair association ; Hudolph V i Minister's Kusor, treasurer ; Colonel Mnhlon 11. Mnrgerum, secretary, and other fair oin clnls gntbered In the grand stand this morning when the American llag and the fair colors wcie run up on the llag j staff. .Mayor 1'red V. Donnelly opened the exposition. He sold In part: "In tho kaleidoscopic make-up of tlv Trenton Tnlr there Is one particular fea turo which Invariably draws from mo an unlimited nfentlon. That Is the boom It moans to agricultural development In this State. On the occasion of the opening of Inst year's fall, I asserted that the Trenton Interstate Fair Is entitled and should receive State aid to mnke It ,i greater benefit to the farmers. This I de tormin'dlv rlterate this year "There are numerous feiituirs worthy of especial commendation, such as tin- "Het ter lbibies" contest. This N, Indeed, a splendid Idea, deserving of unbounded support. Through Its realization a better race will be the outcome of the next gen eration; a race mentally, physically and morally suprlor. "I wint to refer to the universal peace movement tint Is to have dally recogni tion during this cat's fair. Notwith standing the principal countries of the old World the nations tqi which we havo been taught to look for excellence in art, culture, literature, music and all tho tlnor emotions of life notwithstanding these nations arc now engaged In a d vastutlng conflict a conflict thnt wilt al ways be a blood spot nn the pages of hlstorv th people of the United States h.ive succersfully continued tu enjoy the privileges f' sublime pence. And It must ho considered u self-Imposed duty on our part to foster peace. In accordance with this Idea symbolic xuicles have been arranged for this year's exposition. The Trenton Fair is to assume its part In America's great peace propaganda. Doves of peace will be relented each day, and the Woodrow Wilson dove, tho stand ard bearer of this nation's fidelity to "peace on earth," has bren brought to Trenton to stimulate Interest In the move ment. This is certainly in striking con trast to the distressing conditions In Hurope. Peace, happiness, tranquility and good will on the one side, misery, poverty, suffering and death on the other May we not only retain this much-to-to-deslred state, but may we b Instrumental In lesturing peace and prosperity In Europe. 0tfMrr7 MD T.O?WC; WSCMT0 OYWCCVTK Wr7 rV VArJtt?J, &?GV7Zy? ACWT&? RcscucdC 3DE2 t Home Open Girls. to 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. DIRECTORS OF POOR HOME ' HELD LIABLE FOR $37,500 ' Forced to Indorse Note Becnuse of County's Low Finances. CHESTER PA.. Sert 2 -That the finances of Delaware t'uunty are at low ebb Is shown b t w fact that the mem- i bers of the Board o! Directors of the County Poor Home nave been required to Indorse a note in the sum of 37,50ti In order to met the current expenses of that institution. Th directors of the board are: Clark B.ildw'n. of Concord. ! president; Arthur Mirtin of this cit. i secretary; William H Jones, of Darby, treasurer. I When the home's funds became : hausted several week." ago the directors appealed to the County Commissioners for tho necessary funds, but were In formed that nothing could be done be- , auso the county tax-is have not been received. The directors then appealed to ' tho court, where it was suggested that ; they negotiate a noto for the needed , amount. I The funds of the county have been de pleted by the mafirutneent Courthouse at I Sledla, which recently was finished ut a I cost of several hundred thousand dollars. ' Each of t'u- Poor Directors receives a ' salary of i3o a month. Although the re- ' muneration is nominal, they lu.ve not re- i Celved their saLv , s f jr several months because of the stringent financial condi tion of the cunty. The directors also liav found it necessary to curtail ex penses by terapoturtly cutting off outdoor r.liuf. STEFANSSON DIARY TELLS OF HARDSHIPS AND PERILS IN ARCTIC i" Just about every newspaper render knows Hob McICenty, old-time detective, former Director of Public Safety and now tho ruling power at the Eastern Penitentiary. The Tenderloin knows his brother, Thomas W. McKenty, a preacher, In charge of thu rescue department of the City Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, much better. Ask in the Tenderloin, "Do you know McKenty'" and the man with his trou sers rrnyed and his pockets full of holes because, thoy h.ie nothing to carry will reply, "W hlch one do you mean the one out at the Eastern 'Pen' or the one nt 21. North KUhth street?" On Eighth street Is a rescue mission, and many n kiddle has 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. Ho has a daughter of his own. His wife formerly taught school In Pittsburgh when her home town did not sport that "h" as a llnale. 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 1h nil don with, but he still carries the vvlde set ejes and tho heavy Jaws of one of those follows who doe.i not know when he' is whipped. There are no family names going to be u?ed In this narrative, and, although eacn of the girls attends a public school. It Is not necessary to name the school, dome misguided "kid" might Just try to "kid" one of these little "kids' In question. Alwe. and she ha.s a bully fine last name. too. If her father had not drowned it in hlsky glasr-es, Is a foster-daughter of the McKentys. She lived with the Mc- I Kentys for several years. Her sister Ethel, 14 years old. Is still living with MiKent's own daughter. Alice, by tho , way. is 1 years old. I Alice and Erhel. her sister, lived with I thflr parents In a court In the Tender loin during their Infancy. They were "ii ' - Kim-immMwmmmiiMimbx SPOTLIGHTS PLAY ON DROWNING GIRL AS CROWDS GASP Thrilling Scene on Riverside Drive, N. Y., When Heroic Attempt Is Made to Rescue Unfortunate Girl. ' r? ?Vyp tov?j w vc r&vry ? s wrT Year's Wanderings of Cana dian Expedition, Until I"7 I nil Tl Idicuatomed to see their fat lier come stag JjXpiOrerS rxeacneu r lax- gerlng into th house They were nccus- i and A'ho were later found homes. Some I tomed to seo their mother upbraid him i Just mentioned still board with the Mc- man s Island, Alaska, recounted. and get knocked down for talking just tho Until, but too much of It. One night the mother crumpled up under the tnblo from a blow and lay very still. Ethel thought she was dead. Her father knew better; he had put over ti knockout probably the first In tils career. He had never tried It against men In saloons. , Ethel and Alice had been going to McKentJ's Mission. To Mr. McKenty and his wife they sped. They had loft their mother, as they thought, lifeless. Their father was raving. Tho Itev. Mr. McKenty Eent the police around to tho ' ilttlo house In the court.. The mother i wns sent to the hospital,' the father to I the House of Correction nnd the gills I went into Mrs. McKenty's home. ' One of these days when you, reader, call Main or Walnut seventy-unipty-unr and the exchange gill says, "Please re peat," Just bet It Is Alice. She Is making good with a telephone compnny. She has not only left the McKenty home, hut she has a little house of her own. Sho has her mother. She has her father occasionally. Sho expects that he, too, will be a permanent boarder after he finds out how fine three meals a day aro compared to 5-cent 'whisky. Now for another. Myrtle Is 1 years old. Her stepfather was In the habit of twisting her by the chin and saying: "Whose brat are you?" Myrtle did not know the meaning of all this, but she knew tho meaning of a knife In her stepfather's hands when her mother wus on the floor. Just to show that she was made of the right stuff, whoever her father might be, sho stepped between the blow and her moth er. Her hand was gashed. At tho hospital while her hand was bplng drcsed Mr. McKentv met her. Sho wont home .sltir him and his wife. There arf mnnv other girls who have sat at the McKentys" small dinner table now making Christmas presents for their parents or their best friends; but, of course, the best friends include tho Itov. Mr. nnd Mrs. MoKcnty. Kentys nnd do nothing but study their lessons. Thnt Is wrong, for all of them are NBW YORK, Sept. 28,-Llke spotlights from tiro wlhgH of a stage, powerful searchlights plnyed from two steamboats last night upon a Btruggllng speck In the Hudson River off 130th street. Thrilled spectators on tho Riverside. Drive via duct followed the spotlights nnd saw a young woman fighting for her life. The audience saw the outline of the hero, John Condon, of 632 West 133th street, dive Into tho swirling tide, saw him grnsp al tho girl nnd catch a frag ment of her dress. Then they saw thu tide carry her nway. As she Bank Con don went down for her llko a submarine and searchlights swept (he river nerv ously until they found Condon again, as ho rose with ono hand holding to the young woman's hair. Hut tho tide cuts In strong about tho pierheads there, and Condon lost his hold as tho girl was carried out and then down, the spot lights vividly displaying her Inst ntrug glo while tho audience quivered. Miss Dcsse Armstrong, of 9 West 57th -,,,r.nd.l!lnm "' Cl8t- salesman, of JA -Wrest lS3d street, went for a canoe II ? ln tlle ftnoon. She and Mr. Cist were ongaged to bo married, lie and Archer Armstrong, her brother, were classmates at Yale. While trying to get Into tho slip nt 130th street pier the canoe was overturned by the current and their cries quickly at tracted the crowd. Hundreds of automobiles stopped on tho Riverside Drive viaduct, while tho Recrea tion and other piers soon filled. A big river steamboat trained its searchlight on tho water, while Its passengers lined tho rails. Another Bteninbont nt the pier added Its searchlight to the other. Mr. Clnt tried to reach Miss Armstrong, but failed becauno tho current carried her out so swiftly. But he was still ln tho water when she went down, nnd he and Condon Were pulled out with ropes. When Mr. Cist called for Miss Arm strong yesterday, she said sho was afraid to go canolng, an she had some Indescrib able fear thnt something would happen. Mrs. Armstrong, her mother, retired early last night and she was dreaming that she saw her daughter In the water and struggling to reach a boat, she said, when tho door bell rang. This nwakencd her nnd she found a policeman to tell her thnt her daughter was drowned. AMERICAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES CONVEHE IN ANNUAL SESSION Representatives of Churclv Bodies Throughout CotiiU try in Attendance PrelMe' Denounces Outrages. BALTIMORE, Sept. M.-The thirl,.,,,' tinual convention of the American S?' American rj. iT.w"?J2" the Cnthollti organisations throughout oration of Catholic Societies was ownl! tl.MttA.la II. e juim viittiivc5 trom all Bsnleatlons thrmi.,.. .VI ttnlfixl Rl'nlr r In iUlom1rf "uni w... ---.---. ..... ... ..v..u...c The rcllalous ceremonies w.r- .. t yesterday with a solemn high mats t a sermon preached by Blshoh J0'i! Sehrcmbs, of Toled6, O., Secretary Htftto Bryan wns donounced for his ui leged failure to prevent or stop Dera tion of Catholics In Mexico. Cardinal Gibbons, In greeting the dl,. gated, said ho was Impressed by Bliii Solirembs' snnnon, nnd that he approw the sentlmonts expresed by the BlehotV, "In Mexico," Bislrdp Sehrembs sifi, "thousands or Catholics, men nnd wdtaaj arp being outraged In their most i&crtj religious convictions. Churches have bij clofed and dceecrated, priests and TlUhOp robbed of tholr possessions and In nut Instances murdered." ' SB BELLAK'S $130 140 150 150 160 170 170 170 185 180 225 230 240 250 CLEARING SALE KROEGER BELLAK - Mahfiganr Co ' Mahogany Case CHICKERlKa BLASIUS EMERSON MARTIN ' ' KNABE ! MILLER FRANCE3CA MARION .' GABLER BLASIUS . HAZELTON LESTER . Player-Pianos $250 Upward 1129 Chestnut Street Mahogany Case Walnut Cane Small Case Mahogany Cass Mahogany Case Mahogany Case Slahogany Cape Bellak'i S3 -B SAN DIEGO. Sept. 28. Vivrd ami fas- ' cinuting sidelights on the privations nnd perils of Arctic .Oiplorutlon are contained ln a diary of tho Stefaruson expedition which has been made public here by Miss , Mary Alnalle, a fritnd of Burt McCon- ' nell, private secretary to nxplorer VI!- I Jamar Stefansson and meteorologist of the expeditions. This diary gives an nc- j count of the wanderings of this Canadian ' Arctic exploration expedition from the I time It left British Columbia In June. 1913, until June 16, of this year. The ' diary ends with the party at Flaxman's ' Island, Alaska. That the loss of tho KarluU occurred subsequent to this latter date Is Indicated by the fact that no mention Is made of that mishap, Mention Is made of the ' fact that tho Stefansson party crossed ' the trail of Krnest ile Koven Leffingwcll, uij j-as4uena explorer, wno jihs since turned from the Arctic and Is now on Head of Tobacco Company's Home J wy home. BOW by Servant, Police Believe, i mScT and a imminT.aay Ttx ' .he sept. z jewwiry ivuriuK Sunday. September n, 1913. while I TAMILY JEWELS GONE inVlNUTON. N. Y hsa been dls.tpwurintf for weeks from rooms tn the horn, of Perelval ti. Hill, president of the American Tobacco Com pany. Detectives jterdav confronted (Cath erine Ionian tiuBtid laundress for the family. She couf-sd so tni kb, that the vessel was stuck In the :co sixteen miles off shore, and because of the breaking up of the Ice and bad weather , were ui.able to reach her nsaln. j one uf the most strlKlns features of ! tlie diary is the off-hand and matter of f.ict way in which the hardships undrr- ehe pawned .i J.O) d amomi nut for 173, ' ione ire disposed of, as: and a STM bituih for Hm lioth were re. j;Bltmf! fetJ us fftW frr)Zen fjsj, Wtj, covered. Tic snl "a h. Id m (UW bul rautld wheat oil dressing, raw caribou for trial meat and the tallow, or fnt." 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