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VOL. I NO. 13
rillLADELPIIIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, liHJ
P1UOE ONE CENT
MYSTERY SHROUDS
METHODS OF MEN
IN LAND GRAB DEAL
DOMINION REFUGEES HERE WITH WAR TALES
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.
Mvsterlous to" by rmatcrlous men on it bv those who want to build a new one
property owners In the vicinity of 21st "0nc-,u,rt,lIas'" sho said, "the halls
.' . . .. . ,- m nro. nre i row ded so that It Is almost lin.
nd Kace streets, the site for the pro IIOIbIe t0 pa,.t AmJ the Jnage ,m9 on,y
posed 2.0X,000 "matblc hall' srnb of om. small room lo himself. If people
the Municipal Court, havo taken a new eome to see him he ling only that smad
me.ni to those who entertu.ned the Jf",
men since the plans of MeMcnol-i en- Wedf, ..coigc Q. Horwltz. T-oulse Jurist,
rose forces have been revoaled. anil others are members, complnln be.
For months before it was oven wills- ,au" , their meetings aie Interrupted, tlioy
....... ,-. . .t - ,,. , o.i,i ln"i y the nole of street c-irs pasjlng
pered that the Detention House at d Mong Uch FtJVt nm turnnJ noth
and Arch streets, built only six v ears ago, ;j,i stnet. Their meeting room is at
wa-, to be abandoned persons who owned the side facing 2.M street, but thev have
. ,..f.. in ,h ,,-th nf th.t Tab have t0 ffo ,ucr lnt0 tho Prol-otlon olllcers'
property In the path of th.) rab navo roum tMr meotjn(, bccu,e the cm,
been asked to tell what they would sen make so much noise, according to Mr.
for. faometimca the "agents" have said Honvltis
they rep. rented the cltv. but more often ni1pe"!r,"1ilnI"nlclpal Court iM "!
they have come from "persons, who did othor organization men are con-iderably
tucy nave come irom p llpt bv th(, pal)1t,lt ,ven the)r ,nn!,
not want to figure in the transaction Thf.ro ,3 Jn lmprf.ss,0 thttt the plun3
until It was closed." I for buving the rest of the propertv may
No one knows who these men are. But be submerged for .1 tim- in the hope that
they have been unsuceessiul In most the .slyp nf the grab and the methods
cases, as the nelghboihood is made up of , chosen to muke it may be forgotten,
thilftj people wli.i saved until they had
ZAV't FENCIBLES MUST SURRENDER
cell.
Xo one connected with the land crab
will admit having thought of the Jisl i
and Itace stieets propertj lWoie the end ' Dilatory Tactics of Councils Force
ef last Mav Uut tin. visits of the m.vs- irj t, , ,.. ,. ..
tcrious men began a long time befjra Vacation of Broad Street Site.
that. I Owing to the dt'atoriness of Citv I'mm-
Vri-V MI'THODS OF AGENTS. IUIS ,0 Ilct on un "'Unince irnvtdln,.- tor
Mcst of the propeity owners along ( lYncbles Annorv building at Uioail .n l
Winter street tell tho same story. They ' Catlo.. hill streets, that milltarv oieant.-i-have
been upp.oaehed very warily and I!??.t;'!11belX""",1W Immedlate-lv t.
. , ... . , .. ihi- ! , ate a,,J ''"'Her up possession to t .
questioned vauuety us to wnat tney i ctJ.
thought about selling and how much I The leaso of the armory building epir d
thev would wnnt for their lots. They j on March 1 last, and the clt.v decllnM f
Knew nothing o" tl'i' Muni'lp.il Court's i renew it, lor the leason, according t
plans, and thn-e who suspeited there Kmanuel Furth who represents the r. n
v.as anv thing pf'uliar in the vUlts fiom "; '""' that tlu establishment of tl -agents
"put it down to the Parkway con- .Munklp.il Touit made it necessary for t'u
demnatlons. ?, ,1 nml r'unnLrs outside of the i'lt
Some propertv owners "topped talking , "'l r'- some nf Its d.-partments in oid r
cry riukHy when asked if any one na.J i " iiw room ior tno new court.
ARMORY TO THE CITY
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tried to bay option on their land. Op
tions, lilk do id nvn. tell no tales, it J
has been pointed out Records at City
Hall are Innm ent rnough. There is one
exception, however.
It Is 'tnown that one of the properties ,
owned by Mr? Jnmcs V McNkhol. a i
four-stoiv brick house at S2 Hare -.treet,
dlrectlv unoss th street fiom the ' Mar
ble. Ila'l' j.nrtt.ity site, would be en
hanced in Miliu- in the even; of the grab
being perfre.Ud. It is valued now at
Astonishment t the land gra Is being ,
followed b- sharpest criticism among .
thoio fdmili.ir with thu scheme of the j
Municipal Court. I
It was pn'nteel out tndiy that the gang
'"wr juuirment had been entered f.-i
the has.., Mi fnrtn gtaveel Imtnedia. '
ejection bv taking a rule to show eau-
whj the Judgment bhould not be opene l
Meantime- a bill was Introduced in th
J- int Committee of Councils on Ot
Prop. rr. -.rovldlng for an extension .f I
the oriK'iHl Wane to the Stat Krm il, H I
f.i Hi i. i-s Imge- This was fan-.i!,!v '
ir t 1 fium I'immlttee. hut no action '
tiK'n n e-oiinciis as d body on th
prop jm d ml n. iH-o.
SQUIRREL PLAYS'PART
OF ''BULL IN CHINA SHOP"
J4k Hill W REFUGEES ABOARD
P Ifl 11111 LINER DOMINION
Jiflil til Bill TELL TROUBLES
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ROTTEN HOSE BALKS .
FIREMEN IN FIGHT '
AT $50,000 BLAZE
Could Not Carry High
Pressure Streams to Burn
ing Plant of E. J. Spangler
& Co. Prediction Upheld.
REFORM MEMBER
OF COUNCILS RESIGNS
TO BALK MACHINE
Simmington Retires in Order
to Permit Election of Suc
cessor in November Who
Will Uphold Mayor's
Hands.
Steamship Docks at Wash
ington Avenue Wharf Af
ter Uneventful Voyage
From Liverpool.
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! , majority In enunells was willlnB enounh . Huine-i Tnimly Preserves, Serjeant
,vtL ' to spend mll'lons to house .i Munlelpnl -vinllrm Tln1. AfQ- e- i?
if Court less tnun a year old. but that plans , -Million Finds After a Search.
wmen uouio ne or invn:cuuui. ui v " ,r";" i-i.uh-is jiaiirn, or the
persons In ivny part of Philadelphia in . F!,,1,t 'lrti '-"tmoreiand streets station,
the new subAay and other tram, t im- ' mourn. n the loss of a S'lulnel todie
provements were being held up nd , ' a'"50 "ev. ral dollars' worth of pn -blocked
at every turn I''nv" B,", tup his wife had prepared.
Councils pranied Jieo.OOO of the loan bill ' Tho Ffiuirrel ran into the elar of the
money for tlu Municipal ourt plans, but I sergeant's houso, 3,3 West Leii'jfh ave
reluctantlv allovved $".oft,"W for preliminary J nue- W escape a Bane of boys.
worl: to Improve transit only under the , Aiier me sorneant chased the boys he
Passengerswho a.' rived in port on the American liner Dominion touay.
Nearly all had some .var experience to tell, eager to make it known and glad
to be home again. Reading from left to right are Miss Elizabeth Doerr, of
this city, who left Brussels a day after the German occupation of the city;
John Vroorr.-.n, an American Boy Scout, who lived in England for three
years and had a change to see what war activity is like: Captain Frank V.
Avery, U. S. A. retired, who spoke highly of the German army and mobiliza
tion; De Forrest Hart, of Chicago, who arrived from South Africa and spoke
of the sentiment among England's erstwhile enemies and present loyal sub
jects, the Boers, and in the lower picture Mrs. K. Gabel and her son, Milton,
who were in Berlin at the height of the warlike enthusiasm.
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heaviest pressure of public opinion, It
vvus pointed out.
After the revelation Saturday of ths
plans to buy nearly an entiia city square
at.d put up buildings worth tson.cttt, of
lulals connected with the Municipal Court
admitted the truth of toe idea as set
forth after investigations.
njy THK "BXTBRIVO WEPQE "
Executive lerlt Fred C Simon, of thf
Municipal I'omt, admitted that the tVto.W)
item In the loan bill and the ordinance
Tusked over the Mavor's veto to acquire
a small plot at 21st and Itace street were
only tho "entering wdses" in the scheme
t.i hour i hi- Munt-ipal fnitrt In miR
nitt.wnt builditiKs on nn expTsslv tract,
"We preipi se-d 'o add ffirn time to time
to the SlaKdiilen nome pro rty." s.ild
Simon, "The H0f(i In t'm oin bill was
tn he the b is .a ruiiwins runa, .vrter
BettlnS thf (list projjf rty e nitenelnl
eiosoel all th Windows to the MUnr oh
decided to malto a pet out of the animal
fcarly this mornintr he was aroused from
sleep by the noho of breaking Blass in
the cellar. SeUIni? his revolver, the ser
geant went to Inv. stieatu, thinklne he
had bren viMted bv bur'ars,
Jnntt-ad he found about half h' winter's
!uiiuy os ipinfs SM.eum-el a'lout the
!oor The euinW was jimnins about
from jar to jar. and vuy ti ne the am
T.il meivvd he wrou,'i,i niori1 havoc Be.
for. On ..ru-tnt eould '.,ge the Cf-JUr
Unor tn- biuii.tl s t Into the upper Hours
and tsi-.iped throuh a uiidow.
POLICE SEER BODY NEWS-POST QUITS:
OF MAN WHOSE WIFE RADICAL PAPER HAD
SCOUTS SUICIDE IDEA EXCITING CAREER
CART CRUSHES MAN TO DEATH
I William Tltjney instantly Killed ns
Wheels Go Oyer uim,
, The ului-U of a ',rick t irt he was driv.
Jnjf ludaj end-rt the lif.- of Wfllllm
urPxxt Ulin Iililt Vtitt hol,in. . ,. "
Carr's Coat Found on Bridge, Scripps-McRae Publication,
But Mrs. Carr Savs He Says President Clark, Was
Didn't Have Enough
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Not a Paying Proposition.
Two Years Old.
kcmrlni mme b m-w ordinance, unti. , J-- ThT han WraneU tenei t ?& au4W hTVrled 'to kill V nUh "seom
the plans m i-W out Vihele 41 .'!th rt and IWn ttenrt theory. NlnK hr hubM
The House of riote-nflon at Sf I and av,.!ll((.. "HJ '"ssiunk , d , mi have ,wrvB onQXiah.- to taWt. fc
Aieh sti-ei-l would ne ft' laoneei u tn
land erab plans went throush. ThU was
admitted by piomotcia of the grab
Echenu .
lie-fore the liofses enulrt he stonn.,i ...
had drawn this lieavy brick.iart.n ..
iosd the chest of Its driver. Mf,u, h.!
ri.lv six ve-nrs airo, anu w is still in
fcood eonilitloti. aecord'ne to Mrs Henry
V nlchtrdon, ifp " tlie (Hipefintenrt.
cat and aststant to him. j
"The Ualls are very crowded duiHn h ,
court eJuys " '"id Mrs. Rli-hardson, "an I
tlm rtoUo nf pilns street e-rs mkes Jt '
hard to h"r 'n ,hB courtroom If It wero
ni t for the i urt tor, wo would ho ai-te
. . manase ver w ' j
When the Juv-tiie fourt wi moved
t" Hue H"e n' Petentlon many of the
nfn s on the 'Irs n0"' ? the buildh
wi-ie turned over to probation ifnri-s and
other offtelals and pla rooms snd other
miarters for the children had to be tatn j
to the second Hoar. j
'e use-el to be prsiMMl fo MOID to ,
ii commodate tlw children," said Urn.
WchareUon. but situs? Juet.-e (iormao
Jias been holdlni,' cewrt even day instead
of one each vveek tlur is not so uiuclj
conuestlon "
IItU81JNT Ql'ARTKnS AVPUn.
A trip through the houe fjjls to show
am sl.ns of erovvdiii' or serious defects
in the lUn of eont ruction Chlldrtn mt
lu'lint tlieii le-Ksuiis in c-lafcn room and
cverthltie avmeit In eseeltent order.
There ar divlsons for first offender
and seoud e.n mli is. mid the sanitary
parransjeim-'ies and iPtitllation vt,inii
U.ro faultle-!5!. smntilin, to Mrs i.Uheid
uon But joa are rmt )iere on a i irt d , '
. ii Ht'tr e -v rr f na" insr, - rut
t tl- II- - nrptorJ I , t
th-
the
hla
Whfthet Harry C4rr 5io North Te-nth
utree t, Camde-n, Is a iutclde. or not Is f x
pel tell to be dett-rmlued by u etevy from
tl.e- irfiliee boat He) burn today. Th"
man's teiat wax found m thi Jlaikit
sirttt bridne ov--p ih- tMiuylklll Hiver
early toeUy, out hit vlfe, whom It 18
scouts
and
hla
life.
Thin theoo l also shared by John
Levin, a ("anieie-ii il-teotlve, veho le to-
The News-Post has suspended. Tho
Lett Ivsue appe-nred Saturday, but tho
mmi uti -finpiit that the newspaper hael
teuned publication was wltliliohl until
this inornlns. The .'( w.-l'ost. a mcm
btr of the Sci iiins-Mi Itao leacuo of
new.4i'eri. was publikhea at Tenth and I r,''orm measuies,
iianuitoii streets, in the heart of tho old
Ti-miei-iuln with two aftornoon editions
'Ihr tlrt IsfcUt appcureil Apiil 10, VJVi
Since ttin It appealed without Interrup
tion until this morning I'or u tiinu dur-
i fr.pe&iiril unit r,.;il- u-h.felu .,...... . .. :
rho House of Detention was completed rnan n.a ctiest W4s cruahtd anrt V ,Z b'i d ' wa, "" '""' for him. I a Sunday edition was publisheej.
lay "arr w- wanted In Cumele-n for rob- 1 ln the outbreak of the Uuropean ar
tlA.ilr KmitldH
roltecman Prowert. of the Seventh and
f'an-entrr streets polli e .Utieen. took the
man to the Howard Hospital in ft patroi
HHKejn, lt physicians aid death had
be-e-n HiitantaneOus The body Wtta tauZ7.
Ivi tho Mureue B,M
Spanish Course to Aid Business
I'rompteil b th suggestion of export
in firm m8seel in the Stouth American
tiiidn a couiw in Spanish aud Sjwnlsh.
Aiiiciiin buin3s laws and custoirm
opfjis tonight in the West Hi aaeh ?7 it
A (n.altniri man tee-ntly met on tho
nivnuav an aed darkey of his acouainu
nee with his aim In 4 sling. "
MIs your aim broken" asked the Chat
tan ijtfu mn -oln tously,
The old Ml"w rfiuuifd- "No, boss it
ain't brokwi mil- un sor."
"Ah, oen hunting?"
"Xo, suh. a'n't been
tlujotin' at tea "
Target practice, phf"
"So, suit ain't target
shuotla' at tree "
"I don t ui derstand "
" 1 11 -uh it , jest like dls I goes out
I it 1 0. v.j. d un i sile'ts m tiees an"
I shoot, bult inn era In a littl- whila
.i.1ia tin, fAPt neruons teitilipil tn ua.
iuj the man Jump from lha bridge today.
I I.i-vlilS s-ajs he bellev the eat left on
th bridge was put there for a "bluff."
I Can was out on probation under a
'suspended sentence for pievijus theft
when a new wairant was sworn out for
I his ariest. cli.en.lne him tt.th laiceny
, frorp II M. Uolilnsshcad, it soap roafcer
of Camden. . m
Ace-oidltig to the police of tho d street
aril V.o41and avenue- preiimt. 4 small
The ladical tone whieh predominated In
the Ncws.ot made- it a suurco of curl
oslty and wonder to the man In the htreet.
Its publishers dtnieu an.i connection with
any party, but the- paper Bonerallj was
regarded as dominated t Soel.ilisls.
Tho Ni-s-lost had an oxcitlmr e-areer.
At one time the staff was arrested op a
t-harae of eilminal libel niofeirrd hv
j JJagis-trate Thomas W, Jte-Fdrland, and
I last Hay the publishers were reprimanded
I W-- tf-4Mw ,,.., ui mi- 1 uiifinon i'leas
buatla; been
prgctlce; Jest
Vuy came to Hum this morning, -lailni; 1 r1i for their tominent 1111 u damage
p4 had en a maa jump nra me Maritet ur uuhtokmh inu oerore mm.
Street bridge and that his toat was left . The suspeiiKion this 11101 nln(; ua a cum
on the ledge The cent was found and Plet surpilse to those In touch with tho
the poa-e boat lle mm sent to grapple, newspaper Maid in I'lillad-Iphia Three
tor the supposed bfidy. ' months ago the eis of t, vaptr waa
Id the pockeits of the coat found on . inereased from four to eifc-nt pages und
Market street bridge was a tettesr ad a moi ambitious tone ptrvadsd Us ac
drewird to Hurry i utt, IM fjraen street, , Uvlties- Tliie wjs muh wonder as to
Ezrzr&. sss ui aThZS rrr zz r;:0,r .. iUh? fner? : ?. th Dmoctin party n.a nv. from
IiTJ. .t... n, f ih ,. u ih. r.I I .. ,, i.. .,.,.. 7 , " ."" vunuca , the Washington party
jAMbb SIJV1M1HGTON
James Slmmlni-ton. f'ommoii ."'oiineil
man fium the 2sth Waul, and i-.iudld'ito
for tho I.egislutuio from the lyth District
on the Uemociullp and Wkisliliib'ton ticK-c-t.s,
resigned, from Councils at noon to
day. Mr. Slmmlir.ton e-umo to t'lty Hall
with Alexia J. J.imi-buniei, also Count II
man from tho iith Wind, mid handed nls
formal jesignatlon to I'lomdont JUCmdy.
Back of .Mr. riiinmliigion'a leslgnation
Is the llfht of tho adimni-'tiatlon UaduiH
III Coiiralls to iiiiistei i-iioukIi ots to
citanel behind .Maor lilanUeuburg in his
Legally, Ml. nimmlng- '
ton, ovun If elected to the Logisilatuiu.
might have remained in Count ils until '
January 1, 1915. U luslgning then, how-
ever, the ttnt of one reform Councilman '
would have been vat-ant until tho No
vember elee tlon neM jtar. '
Tho resignation of Mr Simmington at j
this time gives an oppoitunit) fur his
sutetsor to he elected on November i,
this year, Mr. rjlmmlngtou intomls to co
operate with tho 1 "lot in leaders in his
ward to hnvo olerted a man who will '
stind by the Maor in ordir that tho 1
numerical ratio of administration anil or.
giuiUatiun Couneilmen will remain as It
now is.
Several men have been considered by
the adminlstiation leaelrrs to (111 the
Count-ilmanlc vacancy. Amony theto
Jaco'j Uothkuglo. who Uvea at the south
east corner of ;;M and Dauphin stiitt.i,
is the most favored Mr. ilothkuglu rt
signul as nominee for the I.etrls'ature
011 the Washington party ticket in order
to ptifect fusion in the 1'Jtli District.
His sacrifice In icsignlng, his friends say,
makes htm the logical candidate tq take
tho place made vacant by Mr. Him
minston,
that thu owner of the e-oat was the same
Carr wante.d in I iaid-n for larceny.
Other poiwrs found In tho coat pockets
strengthened this idea.
a-
vlesme all the r-arj-1 ,iBs sclH of (
md de. 1 illets Den I
il tr, pr -j.nl ifff -
" 'i b-mi-- ot L'
vit pns iiat-s.
V. J, McGABVEY RE-ELEPTED Y
Patrick J Meiiarvey was ie-etecteel
countv president of the Ane lent Order of
Ilibcrnlaiifc Jt tli- tlutlng sti-si in ot their
convention held list night in Apollo Hull
Thomas r. ti. ill was elt. trd vi t pith
ident John t Hji-hi, retv ,im- ne re
tary Brysn J Tansey finam lal ot re
nrv Patn- k J I I'zgerald -t,i r-mjipg
r"T J'e'i M' Uinpr'!"i ,-po na-
(q iit leant tuo yeai& longer.
-lite n tision to suspend h.eame known
here att-r the- leturn of II. U. Clark, tho
president of the eompuuy, from I 03
An.' lea last Friday.
"Philadelphia Im a good town .' m.i vr.
Clark this morning, "but we didn't nut
up the paper in the way to make people
ou It This was not a failure All 0111
tuve. m-t quit, that
a 'ill Pfi-.Me llao n.ir.er
lt.i' r"-" t"' MiMiifrr'n,-
i tivnal w '!""!. attended the r"
ting.
hills art paid
1 all When
i sn't pa it ju.t si- 01 vvlthout anv fuss
Wo came here withu it any preliminary
.innouif ment. and v . are. going out tba
r - fii It H r- 1 ir.3 fccrlpps-McKae
pvlKy to sell Us papers,"-
will meet tonight
to determine upon tt- candidate Pro
vided they agree upon a name the Wali.
iugUm paity Ward Cornmitteu -vs III meet
tomorrow night to indorse theii choice.
The JJcmocratlc Ward Committee will
mitt on Thuisday nlyht to takv similar
action.
Mr. Simmington was elected to Com
mon Council In 19U at tht timo Itudolplt
lilankenburg was dee ted Mayor Last
r.tr ho was re-elected with little oppo
sition Two othi-r C'c nown Couneilmen
teprcsent the Twenty-eighth Ward. Alexis
J I.nnpburncr and Charles J McKlnney
In Hlect Council willlarn j, quigley rei
resents mo vraru.
With hundreds of passengers from nil
parts of tho Kuinpcan war yone on board
the American Line fcteampshlp Dominion
landed at the Washington avenue wharf
from Liverpool, this nioinlng. Tho liner
ii rived after an uneventful voyage, on
which no obstacles were encountered,
"not even a On man cruiser," as Captain
W n. Ingham put It.
Uut If the voyage of the ship was un
eventful th" experiences enc&untcrcd by
many of the passengers on tho continent
were different. Many or tho passengers,
nnd pai Ocularly the women, havo ex
periences of nil sorts to relate.
A graphic story of the occupation ot
Iirusbels by the German foices was told
by Mliis Ull.tboth Doorr, of this city,
who luft Ilrusscls a day after the aniva!
of tho German army there.
"I shall never forget tho sight," said
MIs Doo-r. "One million men, like a
great lolling cloud, pafesed through tho
city. It took them three days and three
nights to do it, and when they got through
Urust-els wuh foraged. Thcro vviia hardly
a bit of food In tho city. Not a drop of
milk could bo gotten. All tho food atorcs
and warehouses were emptied by tho
Germans and tho palaco and public
houses wero occupied by U- now Ger
imu gauison left behind by the main
army.
"It was on Augii't 20 cnily In the morn
ing when wo lecc-Iv-t-d oid!fi that all Hags
but tho Ocimnn nnd the Ameilcan Hags
imifct bo lomovcd fiom sight. A short
time nftcr the receipt of this older tho
111 st German olllcer, riding on a blcjcle,
entered tho city. Wo saw him, for, en
couraged by the report from tho American
legation that tho city would bo sur
icndered without resistance, wo took a
chance and went out for a promenade.
Behind tho olllcer came 40 cavalry men
with llflcs ready to shoot If any sign of
sniping should nppar. And then camo
the renl sight. Ono million men, one huge,
endless oloiid of humanity entered tho
city. It .seems strange, but all of them
loo't.-d tiled Munv of thorn seemed to
he d'-zlm; on their hordes, nnd every now
nnd then, miibcd by some nolso und sound,
would lmriiedly open their eyes and look
fibrin them.
pAisi: fop. nit.sND wntTi.ocic.
'Gient credit is duo to Hrund Whitlnck,
tho Amoilt'in Minister to Belgium. I don't
know what tho Americans in Brussels
would havo dono without his valuable
nld. Hut thnt is not all. Tho fact that
Brussels was baved from tho fate of
I.ouvaln is duo dlroctly to tho e fruits of
Mr. Whitlnck. On tho ovo of tho anlval
of tho German army n meeting, at which
tho city authorities and Mr. Whlllock
wero present, was hold In tho city Hall,
It was at first suggested that tho Bel
gians elufe-nd the city to the Miry lust
man, but Mr Whitlnck piovaited upon tho
civil nnd military nutlioiltie-s to iirieu
dcr the- lly, saying that it would bo uso
los to 101 i.i- any rcislatico. since It
would bo overcame and would only re
sult In great loss of life nnd property.
"I am glad to tay," contlnue-il Miss
Doerr, "that nil the art treasures of
Hrusj-C'ls have lesn saved from seUuro
by tho Germans, because they had all
been previously lemoved to Kngland."
Miss Doerr said that after leaving llrus-
ti-ls It took her 13 hours to got to Ostein),
whereas tho trip should not take more
than two hours She left Philadelphia In
1 July and unit to Hrussc-U to complete ft
CQUrso in music.
POAISKS flRRMAN METHODS
Great admiration for tho, elllclonoy of
pOermsn mobilization was expressed i,y
Captain Fi-tnlt P. A very, V S. A. re
tired, who. arrived from VIchikv and
Munich.
Captain Avery, who resldts In Wash
ington, and Is a veteran of the Spanish-
American war, utild that the speed, effi
ciency and marvelous precision of the
German mobilUatinn was the admiration
of eve-ty man who knew anything about
milltarv science "The people m Vienna
and In Munich and oil Austrian and !e-r-tnan
towns we pissed are simplv crazy
for war The 1 atrotlc frenzj that has
been aroused arn'-ng the population is
nothing sort of religious enthusiasm, in'
Vienna hundreds of women wero clamor
ing to to wur and wanted to Join thy
Itottcn hose, which burst when attached
to the hlgh-prcssuro flro main, a thing
rredlucd lecently by Dlicctor of Tublia
Safety Torter, held tip firemen early thl.
morning at a. $"0,000 flro in tho envelop
and paper plant of 13. J. Spangler & Co.,
1207 to 12 North Howard street. A girl
who dlscoveted tho blnzo fainted after
rousing neighbors, and n, policeman,
whoi-s homo Is ncross tho street from tho
burned building, ran eight blocks in his
bare feet to turn In two alarms.
Tho bursting hoso this morning Is the
second experience of that kind llrcmcn
have had in less than 43 hours. Lato
Saturday nftcrnoon three scparnto lines
.... 1 1 . ....... .... . . ..
i iiusu utirsi vviiiic iircmcn vvcroMlgluliig
a big blnzo at tho Itoosch packing plant,
Second and Brown streets, and In one
Instance spectators were drenched.
The ilro this morning was discovered a
few minutes after 4 o'clock by Miss Irene
Yale, 12T1 Howard sttoct, two doors from
tho burning building. Sho was aroused
by tho crackling of llnmes and when she
saw tho blaze sho screamed "lire" an;
then foil back In her r6om In a fnlnt.
Her mother, Mis. May Yale, aroused
neighbors, including Policeman Bender, of
tho Front nnd Master streets station.
Huirylng out to send In an alarm, Ben
der fell down stairs, but was not hurt.
The bluecoat, In his pajamas nnd without
shoos or stockings, ran two blocks to
Glrard nvenue nnd sent In an nlarm.
When he returned tho envelope plant was
blazing so fiorccly that he ran back
again and turned In a second nlarm.
By tho time policemen nnd firemen
arrived the tluee floois of the plant
were abl.izo and the flames wero thient
enlng adjoining dwellings. The family
of James Schreincr, 1233 Howard street,
had pcislstently iefuied to heed tho'
culls of neighbors to flco to tho street.
Policemen Cooper and Casper finally ran
into tho house and carried out three
children, after which tho parents fol
lowed. Several firemen wero pattlally over
come by the thick smoke, but after being
treated by ambulance surgeons from
three hospitals who camo to the scene
they returned to work. No ono was ln-Juied.
FIREMAN OVERCOME
Dense Smoke at Blaze Causes Him to
Fnlnt.
One fireman was oveicomo early today
nnd .several mado III liy smoko at a Ilro
which paitlally destrojed tho home ot
P. J. Bonnhan, C0.'3 Market street. Tho
loss was JIOcO.
Tho Injuied man is William MncNeal,
hotemnn, of Hnglne Company No. 41,
.l.st street and Haverford avenue. Ho
was takou to the Picsbyterlan Hospital,
Heated nnd sent home.
Ciackling flames awakened Mrs. Bona
han early todav. KI10 aroused her hus
band, who found tho lower part of their
n!.T ''e'.",',C- Mv- ll0,1!l,'n and his wife
m.ido their cscupo to the street. Tho
husband then turned in un alarm.
I h- lire proved stubborn. Hoseman Mnc
iscul was oveicome in the hallway. His
" E?oMtEwo fu"' a,,d
Dcnbo clouds of smoko which penetrated
nnmenPll n the hou" 5! r!3
h.nm.n " Thoy "treated from tho
surjeons.a WCr trCated b' aml!anc!
GIRL, 7 YEARS, HIT BY AUTO
Steps in Front of Machine and Has
Hibs Broken.
Mnrgnre't Nohow, 7 years old, SS2 North
at 10th ind Parish streets shortlv after
noon today. She Is l st Josep 'a uoZ
I'ltal with two broken ribs.
THE WEATHER
Ollieia! Forecast
WASHINGTON. Kept. 21.
I-or eastern Ptmiisjhnnla and New J. r
n 1 ,l"' ,0"lK,,t "'" 'i'lie-sdaj. with
nmthwisr;;inds.pmc(aton,KI,t:ma,,u'-'i,i
l,lB' ""ornttjlc pressure has continued
s ineo Satin day nve-r the east.-m half of
tho country attended by generally fair
weather uml tempt-i attires somewhat be.
ow normal The cicst of the high area
is noun of iAke l:iie thlB IIlorilI nn,J
light to lie-avv frosts are- icpoit.-el from
in. lowei I.uko region, New York, New
i.iigland and noitlic-ni and central Peon
bjlvnula. A disturbance, of slight Int. 11.
sitv covers the Itocky Mont ilu slopo, but
It has caused but little precipitation thus
far. Ihoie are indications that a trophal
storm Is developing off the I.oulsiant
coast, and utonn warnings ato ellsplavcd
along the inlddlu Gulf toast.
U. S. AVtMlher Huiean Hullcliu
OUcrvattons madei rjt t u. ,n , Eastern tlrasr
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