EVENING LEDGER PHILADEIiPHlA:iXLTE,SPAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1014.
BRITISH ON BATHING
PARADE SURPRISED
BY GERMAN CHARGE
Armed With Towels Instead
of Rifles, Hundreds Were
trill 1 ttn X M - 1
Killed Magic ards
Saved Two Wanderers.
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PAHtS, SopH 23.
A correspondent Just returned from
Rouen tells today how he found two
"lost" British soldiers nnd succeeded In
Bonding them hack to their base at St
Quentln.
"While dining at a hotel ! was sur
prised to see a British artilleryman nnd a
private of the Hedfords walk soiemhh
up to the manager, tako out a small
card and point silently to an Inscription
on It.
"Tho manager addressed them In volu
ble French, hut they only shook their
heads and said, "Parley pa.' A waiter
won then Instructed to give them a
cat and fetch them fowl.
"Thev told a strange tnle of adventure.
Both had fought at Xatmir, had taken
part In the gradual retirement from the
French frontier, and wore present ut the
battles of Mons and St. guentln.
"In tho latter engagement the Bed
fordshlrcs suffered terrible losses, nnd
my friend, became parted from his com
rades, his rule and his equipment. In an
unsuccessful effort to save a machine
gun. "In tho course of his subsequent wan
derings he met a gunner of the It. P. A.,
also lost. Tho two found that the British
forces had retreated to llam. and that
they were In the midst of Germans. The
gunner suddenly remembered that he hud
a card on which was written overy-day
phrases In English, with their Trench
equivalents Armed with this they went
to a farm, and on entering pointed to the
sentence, 'I am lost, the housewife hid
them in a loft and gave them food and
drink.
"When the Germans had left the dis
trict the 'Tommies' were placed In J cart
tindor some stiaw and drlscn 20 miles
further south. They were then set or. tho
road and given directions by the dilcr,
although as they undersood no P.cnch
they wero not much wiser. Peeling hun
gry they went to a wayside Inn and
pointed to the three items on the -ard:
I am lost.' 'I am hungry,' and 'I am
thirsty.""
"Again they received a substantial meal
for nothing, and this time they were
given a lift to a place they could not re
member, where they were put In a train,
after a free meal at the station hotel.
They had to change twice before anlvlng
at Rouen, but each time the magic card
was an open sesame to hotels, cafes nnd
first-class railway carriages.
"They reached Kouen at dinner time,
and, following their usual custom, en
tered the most imposing hotel they could
ee, which proved to be the one wheie
I was staying. I took them back to the
atatlon, and set them in a train for
J Havre.
"Before leaving, tho artilleryman said
that when he received a peerage he was
EOlng to make his arms out of the words,
'I ant lost.' 'I am hungry." "I am thirsty."
surrounded by the French and British
colors.
"This same man told me that almost
the whole of his battery the 124th of It.
F. A. was left dead at Nomur. While
the guns were in position, with gun pits
on the right, a greatly superior body of
German artillery came up and shelled
them from the left. They were obliged
to swing their guns round In the open
while under heavy lire. Knowing that but
few could escape, the gunners shook
hands and got to wcrk.
"The outstanding point of the German
advance is Its rapidity and suddenness.
Some of the West Kents were actunlly
on bathing parade when the Germans
surprised them. In this condition, with
towels and soap instead of rltles nnd bay
onets, they full an easy prey, and from
200 to 300 were killed or lying wounded
In tho space of a few minute.
"That the Germans had been commit
ting atrocities I am certain, having seen
and talked with Frenchmen whose left
ears were all cut oft on the battlefield ;
but there are other stories told by tho
wounded soldiers of which no first-hand
confirmation can be obtained.
"I saw some terrible scenes nt the sta
tion when a trainload of wounded arrived.
All the sufferers were smiling, howeer
except a few who were too weak ever
to do that.
"A British oftlKT lay with a number of
prlates In a truck minus his right arm
and left leg. He was quite happy, h
aald, but he wanted some coffee. Many
of the spectators at once rushed off and
returned soon afterward with Jugs and
even pnlls of roffee and cider, besides
fruit and cigarettes.
" 'I've done my bit,' said n soldier
without a left arm, 'and now I'm going
to lie in bed until they send for me to
be Kaiser of Germany.' "
TRENTON STATE FAIR IN FULL SWING
DOMINLON'S HOLD CROWDED
Steamship Brought Biggest Cargo of
General Merchandise During War.
Kve-v in'li of t.ie hold of the American
Line teum4'Up l'omlnmn were jammed
with cargo Working f disthaiging It
began today It was one l the biggest
cargoes of j,neri'. merchandise biou.ht
here since tio outhieak ol hostilities in
Europe i'hief among the gnds Impoited
are large nuanitUs ot .hue wool, goat
skins, yarn and cotton products.
I.ongbhort men ensa.'cd in unloading the
cargo w -re extremelv careful In handling
one large case. Its label wa marked
"itptlles." It contained heveral tine aped,
mens of snikfs, hut what will become
of them is not kiumn, as neither the
name uf the consignee or the consignor
is on the pa'Iwse.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSE
Michael J i 'off). SMI X Jlvriir-woM str'4t.
nJ Annie La -.el! 214.1 Orange strett
Uforse J. JKiJrath J.im! v . trlnr avnu.
anil Margaret M ilruth, tut., X. r,th ;mt.
Jdmes Iiunan Wllming n U., and
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Albert J riieilfr, ji. eitl alrctt. an J
Etta Tooniln ;'I.M K ("larft 1, rett.
John A- Uarlet UO K Allen iree. oik!
Marie K Hill.gan t.vi X Front tr,t.
Vtaltvr llr.iwn Arlington. Mas. ami
Florence I Darn ol Vrlinijtnn. Max
Herman II i ahen UYil vlnur street, and
Mll'treJ Ntrlh. liner l',.'l t.r'.e 4vnu
Alphnnku ("U l?Ut i'emlwrton ttrtet, anil
Ea uennn. trt Pa.
Charles It. linn, k. IVJ Karl nt , and ABMOife
Rl. Uter pit i: Columbia jv.
AlTnltam Klein juiT Lehigh live., and Ida 8.
WetiKiifel I v-l S tin at
George O II, t'onnrll. tfitatl lirenvity ave..
und Anna M M' tiuMrkk. UulH Utlnhart at
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ton la Cisnfran, .,.IU Kit water at
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Fioreiua A lleiaaerman. ','il'l N. Nawljlrfc
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Iiank tfchtuidt ;7U U'luaoh'i, Kin, atrrvt. a'td
T.lliateth O. N' : WliiKoho. king (trevt.
Albrt C Oarnar lioi N ilth tret, and
Wary E. Farley l5os V lith tret.
Gdrv J. Manuel Jr 2W S Hancock
treat, and Anuatta Bajuall. JIJ5 Arbor
trwt.
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POLICE DISCOVER
PLMT WHERE DRUG
FIENDS GET DOPE
Tenderloin Squad Run Into
Place Completely Equip
ped for Making Products.
Three Men Arrested.
LADIES' DAY ATTRACTS BIG
CROWD TO TRENTON FAIR
Innovation Proves Populnr Suffra
gists Presnt in Force.
TRENTON. Sept M.-"Lndlcs Day" at
the Inteistate Fair proved a great at
traction toda , nnd the fair grounds were
ciowded before !l o'clock. This was the
first time that the management has set
aside n special day for women, and the
Innovation proved popular. By chang
ing Children's Day from Tuesday to
Monday, as was done this year, the side
show men ami fakirs generally got them
selves established early so as to gain
tho patronage of the young visitors, and,
as n consequence, all the shows nnd
exhibitions had an early start and were
under way today. Those who know fair
work trallze that the children's money
virtually pa the expenses of the whole
week for the sideshow folks, and helps
out the cNpcui.es ot the refreshment and
other stands to a consldeiable e"tent.
A InrirA ,ln!tir.ltlnn nf Rtlft'r:ll7lflts rnmt
here to watch the meetings of the three I
State political conventions which are
being held In Trenton today, and to urge
that tho women's suffrage resolution
plank of the last conventions be re
adopted; but before the politicians wer"
through with their work many of the
suffragists had found their way to the I
fair grounds. That New Jersey was ready
to give the electorate of the State the
privilege of at least voting on the mat
ter was the talk on the grounds The
resolution giving women the ballot was
passed by the last Legislature. It must
be passed again next winter and then
it will go to a vote of the electorate be
fore the proposition can be adopted.
As a recognition to the large number
of women present. Secretary JIargcrum
improvised several horse races with
women riders, nnd this proved popular.
Everything was don-" for the comfort
and convenience of tho women and they
had a thoroughly enjoyable day.
Tomorrow will be "farmers' day" at
the fair and large crowds from the rural
sections are expected.
VETERANS OF R0ER WAR
RALLY TO AID ENGLAND
Patriotism Stirred by Appointment of
New Leader.
I'APETUWN, South Africa, Pept. 2!.
Veterans of the Boer War are rally
ing to the support of England. Patriotic
demonstrations were held toda. The
action of General Botha in accepting
the post of commender of the defense
forces of the t'nlon of South Africa has
caused much enthusiasm. A meeting of
the officer:, of the defense forco was held
today, when a number of generals spoke,
and all agreed to defend the Government
in nnv measure it should adODt.
The" inquest Into the death of General I
Jacobus De La Hey, who was snot ana
killed by a force of police on September
15 near Johannesburg, was held today.
Evidence tended to show that the shoot
ing was accidental.
General Beyers, who was with General
Pe La Hey at the time, declared that
ihn,- AA tint hi.nr tho nollre rhnllence. '
"General De La Rey knew that the
Government was suppressing his letter
of resignation." said General Beyers,
"but he did not anticipate an arrest."
Geiierul De La ISev had just resigned
as commander-in-chief of the defense
force of the Union of South Africa.
General Beyers said he and his com
panion were on their way home In nn
automobile and that they were travelling
openly.
BUTTER STAMP OF 0M R1DGS
NEW SUPPLY WILL
KEEP RUBBER PRICES
DOWN DESPITE WAR
Best Trees of Brazil Can
Now Be Grown in Ceylon
and Sumatra Quality Is
Just as Good.
One of the most exciting and mo
mentous changes In the world of com
merce, in some ways like that avhich ac
companied the rise of synthetic Indigo in
Germany, and the simultaneous ruin of
the Indigo Industry of India, is taking
place In the world's rubber maikets.
The price of rubber is falling, ami Is i as
certain to rail still more, until somo
famous trade currents with South Amer
ica are choked off, and manufacturers
will havo to devise new uses for rubber
to keep the price from going too low.
When tho European war broke out the
l rice of rubber jumped to $1.13. and
makers of auto tiies raised their prices;
but all thuse rlsr-s hae now disap
peared. A few ears ago everybody
began to worry about thu Increasing
price of rubber, says Benjamin Baker. In
mated as follows: For 1915, 110,000 tons;
V.U6, 133,000 tons, 1017. 153,000 tons; 1918, 173,
0OJ tons. This means that In 191S tho
world's production of rubber will havo
doubled, or more. The resulting effect
on the price of rubber Is quite clenr as
to tho direction of change. Tho price
may fall to less than 30 cents a pound
a chnnge that would be of decided prac
tical Interest to all civilized peoples. In
the midst of an era of steadily rising
general price levels such a change would
have a very peculiar Interest.
BRAZIL WORKS O.V CREDIT.
Tho superiority of the plantation pro
duction of lubber seems n very simple
n"d obvious tiling when its costs and
methods are contrasted with the Bra
zilian Industry.
In Brazil the whole business Is done on
credit, and It has so overshadowed all
other use of natural resources In North
ern Brazil that food supplies are extrava
gantly costly. The big exporting houses
ot Para and of Man.ios, halfway up the
Amazon, finance the patron, who has
from two to three hundred natives under
him as rubber gatherers. These gather
ire., or "seringuleros," with their fami
lies and supplies, go Into the forest for n
suison lasting from Jlay to October, and
establish a round of rubber trees, much
a New England country boy estab
lishes a round of maple trees III sap time.
A huntlieil and fifty tiees am about all
one gatherer can attend to. The trees
arc considerably scattered, and he has
to cut paths thiough the brush to con
nect them.
The trees are tapped by making In
cisions hi the outer bark and hanging a
small cup below each cut to collect the
"latex." or liquid rubber. The "laux" Is
not the sap or tho tree, nut a aiiTcrcnt
product formed In the outer baric, and
the New York Evening Post. The rapid , containing a varying percentage ot vegc-
increase in the use of automobiles seemed
to promise, through tho consumption of
rubber for tires, a rapid and burdensome
increase In the price of rubber. "Syn
thetic" rubber was talked of as the only
salvation from intolerably high prices.
Experimenters everj where sought for
ways to make an artificial rubber. Syn
thetic rubber was finally made by the
table resin. In best Para lubber till:
resin Is about one-half of one per rent.;
while in some other wild rubbers it may
reach SO per cent, tit Is inteiestlng to
note. In passing, that the presence of
some vegetable resin in natural inbbers
has fumls-hed a chock on the many al
leged "synthetic" rubb, is. In the numer
ous "snthetlc runnel. s proaucea oy unK-
DELAWARE LEGISLATORS
UNDER LEGAL SCRUTINY
Experts Considering Eligibility of
Six Members.
DOVER, Del. Sept 29 While Dela
ware's new code, a massive volume of
more than S') pages, reposed In a bronze
"coffin," locked In a vault In the State
House, Attorney General Joslah O. Wol
cott and "ode Commissioners Herbert H.
Ward and T. Baard Helsol today began
to consider the eligibility of six mem
bers to sit in the special session of tho
Legislature.
Republicans deny emphatically that I
partisan politics was injected into tr.i !
rftort to out the contested members, i
They point out that tney have ques- '
tlor,4 the right of two Republicans, us I
well as four Democrats, to vote on the
code. They announce t'lat their moo '
assailing the eligibility of the sextet may i
be construed only a being Influenced by
n determination to ,afeguard the new
code from technicalities.
Appearance of liquor lobbyists through
the State ar alarming to temperance
forces, who believe an effort will bo
made to "smuggle" a repealer tu the
Hazel anti-shipping 'aw during the spe
chil eesslon-
White ribbon leaders have assigned
watchers to attend the sessions and pre
pare to rornbat any legislation attacking
the shipping bill.
Tho two lobbies were represented here
today although the legislators took a
re, ' ss until tomorrow morning
Governor Miller, in his message and
lrlvtel. has declared that he wishes
no extraneous legislation introduce! dur
lr. the session, but desires the Assembly
men ti act sole.y on the code und ex.
ccutive appointments
TOOTHBRUSHES PLENTIFUL
Labor-saving Devices Make Manu-
facture Easy. '
Japanese toothbrush manufacturers are ,
the latest to join In the chorus of com
plaint of overproduction, according to the I
Kobe t'hronicle Labor-saving devices In
toothbrush manufacture have made it I
easy to start this work on a small scale. '
and the manufacturers have greatly in-
creastd in number The demand, how
eter. has not kept up with the increase '
in supply, and us a result the sacrifice
of stocks by the smaller producers hts
caused the market to collspse.
The finished goods are being sold at a '
price less than production cost, while I
the raw nuterlalj are idvandna la srlce.
chemists of n great .Massachusetts rubber t llsn c.xr rtr.ienters ,t Is said that Ametl
goons inctory, aim tno processes were ; t chemical analysis has always Co
patented, ine researen wnien leu to tins
victory has been of tho highest value to
that factory in a better knowledge of
how to manage natural rubbers. But tho
making of artificial rubber on a commer
cial scale will not be attempted for a
long time to come, if at all.
GROWN IN CnYLON NOW.
Tho impending change, which will cover
much more than mero rubber itself, is due
to the successful growing of the hevea,
the best rubber tree of Brazil, In planta
tions on the Mnlav peninsula. In Northern
Sumatra and In Ceylon. Tho best plan
tation rubber is the equal uf the ben Para
from Brazil. Best Para sells nt t5 to
W cents a pound. This Para rubber con
tains about two per cent, of dirt and six
teen to eighteen per cent, of water. Dry
and cle-in Para, therefore, costs the
manufacturer about 75 cents a pound.
Against this are tet the best plantation
smoked sheets, with no dirt, and letts than
two per cent, of water, at a price of S3
to 57 cents a pound The dlfferenco l
more than twenty cents a pound in favor
of the plantation rubber. Tho advantage
as against other Brazilian rubbers than
the best Para i even greator.
Where does this leave the rubber trade
and the solvency of Brazil? Apparently
at the opening of ,t large, dark hole,
whose aspect has already caused great
anxiety to holders of Brazilian securities.
The rubber trade Is the mainstay of Bra
zil's prosperity, along with that In coffee.
Both showpd Inst year an alarming fall
In price. In 1913 for the first time, the
total of the world's plantation rubber ex
ceeded the total of all wild rubber. It
has been an axiom of the rubber trade
that when the price nf rubber fell to
Js fid a nound the RraziHan industry
would meet a crisis. The price has now
roarhed and even gone below that figure,
nnd the crisis has come Brazilian finance
has been none too reliable at Its best.
This new blow at one of Its chief sup
ports affects not only the holders of nil
sorts of Brazilian securities, but heavily
clouds th prospects of an increased
American tradp with that country.
DISLIKE FALLING PRICES.
V somewhat amusing feature of the
plantation rubber situation Is the fear
that the increased prruluetion will lower
prices faster than will be agreeable to
those interested In the profits from the
plantations. About 15 per cent, of the
Malav and Ceylon rubher Is sold through
n committee In London, and this com
mittee evidently sees a further and great
fall In tho price of rubher which Is not
I tected the presence of a vcgetauie resin
this fact strongly suggesting that the
I '"synthf tic" rubber contained at least
1 some natural rubbcr.1 In collecting the
i latex from the rubber tree the best Para
comes from the hevea the Inclusion of
tap Is avoided as far as possible, since it
simply adds jndcelrablc moisture: some
does creep In.
Tho gatheied latex Is coagulated and
hardened by a slow and laborious process.
The serlngulero dips a wooden paddle Into
the latex, and then holds this over a fire
of special materials, the smoke from
which coarulates the rubber. Then he
makes another dip, and coagulates the
second coating of latex, and so on and so
on until he has bulit up n big ball or
"hlscult ' of rubber that may weigh all
the way from I to M pounds. Many of us
have stopped to gaze at these rubber
balls, split open, nnd displayed to urban
curiosity In stro windows.
TUP PLANTATION HUBBUB.
Quite different U tho story of planta
tion rubber. The trees are planted near
together, and while the rubber trees are
growing to producing size other and
t.uicker-growlns trft-s. mainly palms, art
planted among them, to be cut out
when the rubber trees begin to produce
later and to need more room for growth,
rheup and efficient coolie labor Is em
ployed, and It does not have to drag
families and supplies Into a wilderness
and thero chop lanes in a tropical tin
rfi ri."""wh to find the trees. The trees
are right there, near together. The latex
at, it is collected, Is poured into squarish
metal boxes, perhaps a foot square, and
coagulated with acetic acid, the latex
finally accumulating as a hardened cake
sr.me three or four Inches thick, at tho
bottom of the pan.
In this form the coagulated rubber Is
taken through the mills where It Is
heated, passed between corrugated rollers
which reduce It to a thlnntsh, porous
sheet, and washed with a stream of wa
ter. The washing takes out practically
all the dirt The resulting sheet, which
may be as much as a foot wide and two
or three feet long is called "crepe," he
cause It has the familiar wrinkled and
somewhat porous appearance that we as
sociate with that word. The crepe may
he also hardened to some extent by
cmoklni;.
A more advanced form Is the "smoked
sheets." which are made from the crepe
by special smoking to secure greater
hardening, and by further rolling. The
lines of the whole pattern. Some planta
tions mark their smoked sneets In length
wise bands or narrow ridges. A few have
very elaborate patterns, which give the
sbcet almost tho surface of a woven fab
ric. These patterns are well-known in
the markets, and carry any special repu
tation that a plantation may have. The
Importance attached to this branding Is
shown by the experience of the "High
lands and Lowlands" plantation sheets,
which nro ablo to command a premium of
two or three cents a pound In tho market.
Another plantation tried to "swipe" the
reputation of these sheets by Imitating
the roller pattern, and tho growers of the
preferred sheets llnally had to protect
themselves by stamping the name "High
lands and Lowlands" all over their sheets.
THE "CEYLON BISCUIT."
The best plantation smoked sheets are
considered as good as "up-rlvcr Para."
From Ceylon there comes another form of
rubber sheet that Is known as "Coylon
biscuit." These biscuits arc circular pats
of rubber, an eighth of an Inch or less
In thickness nnd about eight inches in
diameter. Some of these circular sheets,
light yellow In color, and of a crepy sur
face, are considered of especially fine
quality.
How far the price of rubber will fall, ai
the result of an Increased plantation pro
duction, will bo a matter of acute inter
est for some years to come. The limit will
be reached when the profits from the
plantations arc reduced to the lowest ac
ceptable profit. It tho predictions of some
economists are true, this limit mav be
leached with about 10 per cent. It Is a
matter of perhaps some future Interest
that ruber plantations of the castllloa
tree. In Mexico, have put a good grade
of rubber Into the market. Between
"watchful waiting" and the Malay compe
tition, however, there does not seem to be
much Immediate prospect that Mexican
rubber Is to play a large part in the
market.
A veritable hablt-formlng drug manu
facturing plant, with machinery, mixers,
vials, retorts nnd compressors, used, tho
police believe, In turning out morphine
and heroin pills, has been unearthed nt
m North Eighth street by spcclAl police
men of the Tenderloin. Three men sus
pected of operating the place wero ar
raigned today In the Tenth and Button
wood streets station before Magistrate
Belcher, who held them In H00 ball each
for a further hearing on Friday.
The men arrested nro James Shay, 2
North Tenth street, and George and Louis
Hansdcll. 431 North Eighth street, in
whoso apartments tho apparatus was
found.
As lato as yesterday afternoon Miss
Cope spoke to Joseph Lcmlng, the presi
dent of tho school, regarding her gradua
tion, which was to take place on next
Friday. "She was ono of the most en
thusiastic pupils that has ever attended
our school," tald Mr. Lemlng this nfter-
rmoon. The teacher who has had charge
of Miss Cope's class could not discuss tho
affair at all, so heartbroken was she at
4he news.
Miss Elizabeth Thompson, a neignDor
of the slnln slrl, who Is an Instructor nt
the sflhool, went up on the same train
with Miss Cope last evening, and she
spoko of getting an early train Into town
this morning to catch up with some of
her studies.
Tho girl's death has so upset the school
that graduation day In the college may
havo to be postponed until next week.
NIGHT SCHOOL ENROLMENT
2000 MORE THAN LAST YEAR
21,000 Children Attended Opening
Session Last Night.
It was announced today that more than
21, K; children attended the sessions of
night school which began last night.
This Is nearly 2000 greater than the open
ing enrollment last year, in the even
ing high schools several new courses
were inaugurated, Including book selling,
a course to train librarians and another
in machine work ond woodworking.
The following schools have been added
to those which conduct evening classes:
Wayne School, 2Sth and Morris streets;
Furnrfs School, Third and Mifflin streets;
Wilton School, Twelfth and Federal
streets, and tho George School, 63d street
and Ulrard avenue.
The night schools are under the direc
tion of Dr. Oliver H. Cornman, asso
ciate superintendent of schools.
GET THE SAFETY HABIT.
SLOGAN AT THE CARNIVAL
Crowds Hear the Advice Oft Re
peated at the Closing Sessions.
Get tho safety habit; practice it and
help others acquire the same habit. This
Is what the Carnival of Safety at the
Convention Hall, Broad street and Alle
gheny avenue, thin afternoon emphasized
an one of thu golden rules of safety to
ten thousand persons who crowded the
hall.
While tho carnival Is scheduled to close
today, Director Porter and a number
of city omclals are considering the ad
visability of prolonging the "safety first"
performances by the police and fire de
partments for the remainder of the week,
thus giving opportunity to many people
who are unable to leave their places of
business. Tickets to the number of 417,000
have been distributed.
CASTLES CANCEL DATES
Court Proceedings Stayed When
Dancers Plans Are Set Forth.
Final disposition of the motion of coun
sel for the Vernon Castles to dissolve
the Injunction obtained against them by
the Shubert Theatrical Company and the
asserted Intention of the lawyer for the
theatrical managers to Issue an attach
ment against Vernon Castle for contempt
of court was deferred by Judge Klnsey
In Common Pleas Court No. I today. The
holding of the matter In abeyance was
due to the cancellation of the engage
ment of the dancers to appear at Keith's
tho current week.
to its Itklng It will therefore give all i brnoked sheets come to the market, here
encouragement to the devising of new-
uses for rubber, so that an Increased
demand may counteraet to some extent
the effect of the Increasing production.
In 1910. only four year.s ago. the planta
tion production was less than 30 000 tons
aealnst Brazil's production for that year
of 35.517 tons, which is a fair average
for the Brazilian output for the past
eiht ytars For this ear however, the
estimated produ t of the plantations Is
80000 tons. whl-h Is to be set against 35,
500 of wet Braz'l, whlr-h Is only about
28,000 tons of dry Brazil The plantation
ngurc tor the next lour year are estl-
in the United States, for instance. In
small sheets varying from a sixteenth to
an eighth of an Inch In thickness The
color when the sheet is held up to tho
light, is of various shades of rather deep,
reddish amber Each plantation has its
own individual pattern In the corruga
tions of the rollers, which form the
t Hi' 'Red sheets Most of the sheets conw
Indented with patterns of diamond
shaped Indentations.
There are all sorts of variations in the
form of the separate Indentations, and va
riations In the angles of the crl-ci
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advantage to buy your coal
NOW, We handle only the
Best Coal
Our auto trucks deliver north of
Market street east of 30th street.
Eft, $7.00 Stove, $7.25
Chestnut. $7.50 Large RouiPci,t5.50
ttlO LBS. TO EVERY TON
Owen Letter's Sons
Lsrcest Cost Yard In Phil.
Trenton Aye. & WeatmoreJind SL
STATE DEMOCRATS FILL
VACANCIES ON LOCAL TICKETS
Washington Party Candidates Sub
stituted in Several Districts.
HARBISBURG, Pa., Sept. 29. Vacan
cies no Democratic local tickets through
out the Stale were filled today by the
"Democratic State Exccuivo Committco
at a meeting at State hcadquarcrs here.
The meeting, scheduled for noon, did not
get under way until some time after that
hour and continued all afternoon. Mem
bers of the committco denied absolutely
any idea of discussing fusion with the
Washington party on United States Sen
ator or any officer on tho State ticket.
Fusion already has been accomplished on
Governor by the Washington party sub
stituting Vance C. McCormlck for Dean
Lewis.
Secretary Warren Van Dyke said:
"We have no sort of a fusion proposi
tion to consider, regardless of any re
ports to the contrary. No such propo
sition has reached us from any source.
This committee has no authority to con
sider one if It did como before us. There
Is nothing to such talk."
Chairman Roland ?. Morris nnd tho
division chairmen here corroborated Van
Dyke.
Kleven of the fourteen members wero
here for the meeting. The absentees In
cluded Judge Kugene C. Bonn! well, of
Philadelphia, who telegraphed this morn
ing that Important court business had de
tained him. All other Eastern members
were here.
The committee filled vacancies on tho
Congressional ticket In tho Butler-Wset-moreland
district; on the Senatorial
ticket In the Fayette district, and on
tho Assembly ticket In several counties,
Thes vacancies In nlmost every case
were filled by naming tho Washington
candidates for the offices. Tho work was
largely perfunctory, as the committee
followed recommendations of local lead
ers already announced In news dis
patches. The rules ot the party provide
that "vacancies in nny Congressional.
Senatorial or Representative district
shall be filled by the Executive Committee."
GOOD-AND-GAY WON
NEW MARKET, Eng.. Sept. 20.-WaI-dorf
Astor's Good-and-Gay won the Buck
enham Stakes of $1500 today. Sea Eagle,
owned by Colonel Hall Walker, ran sec
ond, and Manikin third.
DR. HARTE REQUESTS
$79,000 TO FURTHER
CHILD-SAVING WORK
Plans Being Prepared for
Extension of Hygiene Di
vision to Benefit Children
in Congested Sections.
rlans for the extension of the child
hygienic division of tho Bureau of
Health ,to benefit poor children In con
tested sections, aro being prepared by
Doctor Harte, Director of the Depart
ment of Health and Charities.
If Councils can seo Its way clear to
appropriate $79,000 for the child hygienic
division the scope of that work will be
greatly Increased noxt year," Doctor
Harte stated today.
"Thero should be at least $7000 for tho
relief of children In tho congested sec
tions during the hot summer season.
Supplies ot food nnd medlclno could be
bought with that amount.
"The eight nurses aro now employed
In tho child hygiene division, and should
bo Increased to 40. They arc paid $900 a
year, and earn all of It.
"A salary of $3600 should be paid the
chief of the division nnd a supervising
nurse should receive $1800. There should
be four assistant supervising nurse's at
$1000 each, an ophthalmologist at $2000, an
assltant nt $900, a chief of tho dontal dis
pensary nt $2500 and lfl assistant dentists
at $700 each.
"Two women medical Inspectors ar
needed In the division. They could b
obtained for $1200 a year and could do
excellent work.
CUSTOM SERVICE EXPERTS
SCRUTINIZE METHODS HERE
Collector Berry and Assistants
Praised for Efficient System.
Methods of conducting business nt the
local Custom House were scrutinized
closely yesterday by a special commit
tee, recently appointed by Secretar of
thu Treasury McAdoo, with a view to
standardizing nnd Increasing the effi
clny of tho customs service of the coun
try. The committee consists of Special
Agent Connechle, Deputy Collector Grant,
of New York, nnd Deputy Collector. Far
ley, of San Francisco. All nro recognized
experts in Custom service.
Deputy Colector Durrell. of tho local
Custom' House, acted as a guide to the
committee. They congratulated Collector
Berrv and his helpers on the smooth,
easy-running system which makes the
cost of collecting customs for the Gov
ernment second lowest In the United
States. New York rnnks first, due prin
cipally to the heavy Import and export
trade of that port. The committee leaves
tonight for Baltimore and will then go
to New Oileans and Snn Francisco. Prior
to their nrrlvel hero the methods of do
ing business at Boston nnd Xew York
were examined.
PURCHASES OF CQTT0NURGE0
Carriage Builders' Association In
dorse Buy-n-bale Movement.
ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. 23. I na reso
lution bv C. O. Bnnnlster, of Muncle,
Ind., declaring that the uropcan War has
created nn unexampled condition In Amer
ica by closing tho customary channels
for the disposal of a very large part of
the cotton crop, tho Carriage Builders'
National Association today called on all
Its members to buy at least one bale of
ton cent cotton.
"Application of the Golden Rule to
business will help tho consumer nnd help
the producer by creating a higher stand
ard of confidence, thereby helping every
legitimate business enterprise In the coun
try," declared Adrian D. Joyce, of Cleve
land, discussing "modern business ten
dencies." A man might well forego a
few points In his dividends, he stated,
to be nble to look back at the close of
his active days and feel assured he had
given his fellow man a square deal. C.
O. Wrenn, Norfolk, Vn., was nominated
for president.
Bales ot cotton bearing the Inscription,
"Wo havo bought ours. Have you?" are
a striking feature of the carriage builders
1,1,- rtvlilhlt Onrt St T.ntlla firm hnnrrht
2000 bales just to "help business."
Garrison Will See Army Maneuvers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Secretary of
War Garrison will leave Washington to
night to witness the meaneuvers of the
Department nf the East, to be held at
Rouse's Point, N, Y., commencing tomorrow.
9Ut, If fNam
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