EVENING LEDGER VOL. 1-NO. 3D PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 114. PRICE ONE CENT CoprifaiiT, 1014, bi ins FcftLio Lr.no m CourAnr. x NIGHT EXTBfl R iuHT FYTRA I Ml imi i ' A PALMER ACCUSES PENROSE BEFORE ' SENATE PROBERS Asks Privileges and Elec tions Committee to Summon Officials of Liquor Dealers' Assbciation. Charges Largo Contributions in interest of Boss of Machine and Says "Protection" Label is a Blind. (FROM OUR BTArr CORnKM'OMhKST, WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-Rcprescnta-live A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic nominee for the Senate In Pennsylvania, appeared tills morning before the execu tive session of the Senate Privileges and Elections Commutes and repeated the charges that he hn made in his tpecclica In Pennsylvania of the large expenditures mnde In the primary elec tion In the Intel est of the candidacy of his Republican opponent, Boles Penrose. Mr. Palmer charged that the liquor dealers of Pennsylvania contributed large sums to the campaign of Penrose. He asked the committee to summon to Washington the officials of the Penn sylvania Protective t'nlon and the Penn sylvania Liquor Dealers' Association. Representative Palmer made a state rrent In relation to ccndltluns surround ing the Republican campaign fund, which occupied nearly two hours of tlif. tommlttee's time. He declared that tin Pennsylvania corrupt practices act and the Federal law worn both being vio lated In Pennsylvania, and if the spirit and Intent of those laws would b" ac complished the only way it could be done would bo by an investigation. Po litical committees In Pennsylvania have lefused to make public their receipts and disbursements and publicity can row only be gained by calling before a Senate committee the men who arc thus violating the law. PROTECTION USED AS BUND. Mr. Palmer produced letters from the Pennsylvania Protective Union and Its published literature, all of which showed that It Is a purely political committee or ganized for the purpose of promoting the candidacy of Senator Penrose. While It makes an appeal In the name of a pro tective tariff, It frankly declares that" It le operating for the purpose of re-electing Senator Penrose to the Senate. Mr. Palmer gave to the Committee the names of witnesses who would show that C W. Hill, ex-Collector of the Port at Philadelphia, had held himself out as the political campaign manager of Senator Penrose; that he was In constant con ference with Senator Penrose, both In Philadelphia and in Washington, and that the expenditures made by the Penn sylvania Protective TJnlon, under the direction of Hill and Richard Campion, as treasurer, were made by and with the advice and consent of Penrose himself. This being so, he said, Penrose, under the Federal law, should havo filed an account of the receipts and disbursements of his (cents Mr, Palmer also pioduced letters to manufacturers, showing what amounted to nn asfcssmont for campaign purposes and declared that Ills Information at Pittsburgh was that tho manufacturers of that city had been assessed at $150,000. He also produced letters from tne Pennsylvania Retail Liquor Dealers' As sociation, sent to the saloonkeepers an over the State, urging their co-operation In the plan to elect Penrose. PALMER NAMES WITNESSES. He urged the committee to call the following persons: Chester W. Hill, secretary Pennsyl vania Protective Union, Philadelphia; Richard Campion, treasurer Pennsylvania Protective Union, Philadelphia;; Joseph R Grundy, chief promoter Pennsylvania Protective Union, Bristol, Pa.; John Gardner, president Pennsylvania Brewers' Association, 1501 Land Title building, Philadelphia; Beaumont A. Mason, secre tary Brcweis' Association of western Pennsjlvanla, Mader building, Pitts burgh; Neil Bonner, president Pennsyl anla Federation of Liquor Dealers, 2d 'and Carpenter streets, Philadelphia. The committee has been Informed that rlnco the Norrls resolution was Introduced the books of tho Pennsylvania Protective Villon have ditjappciued, but It Is believed that thse can bo traced and that an Inves tigation will disclose the activities of both these special Interests on behalf of Pen rote's cundldacy. Mr Palmer strongly urged the Senate committee to adopt an amendment to the corrupt practices , act which would make It Impossible for great special Interests like the protected tralff manufacturers and the liquor Interests which have a large Make in legislation, to make any contri butions to the campaign funds of candi dates for either the Senate or the House. Vt hile tho commute meeting was not public. It Is understood that all of the Senators present, after hearing Mr. Palm er's statement, agreed that tho situation was such as to call for an investigation. The committee adjourned until 3 o'clock. Senators Walsh, of Montana; Reed, of Missouri, and Pomerene, of Ohio, an nounced their intention of voting for an immediate Investigation. Senator Clapp, of Minnesota, will also vote for a favor able report on the resolution. Representative Palmer is confident that the Inquiry will be oidered by the com mittee this afternoon. This belief does not prevail, however, among the friends of Penrose. Discussing the situation in Pennsyl vanla, Representative Palmer said: "I am confident that I will be elected to the Senate. It Is now simply a ques tion of counting the votes. Penrose Is already defeated." CLOUD WEATHER FORECAST For Philadelphia and vicinity Un tettled this afternoon; generally cloudy tonight and Tuesday: con tinued mild temperature; gentle east erly winds. For details, see last page. 5C---""D 1 CONTROL OF NEXT HOUSE CLAIMED BY BOTH PARTIES o . ii: . ra.. j i " ri rvepuDiicans .rreuici vjain 01 87 Representatives Chair man Doremus Declares Democrats Will Maintain Majority. mom oon statt connrspoNtiE.iT. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Republican lenders, appear to bo confident that their party will control the next House of Representatives by a safe margin. Their calculations are based upon reports re ceived from many congressional districts which were carried In 1310 and 1912 by the Democrats by pluralities of from 101 to 500 votes. On the other hand, Chairman Doremus. of the Democratic Congressional Commit tee, is 'quite optimistic as to the result of the November election. While he is prepared for a material reduction In tla present Democratic majority In the House, lie Is certaJn that his party will control the body by a Bafe working ma jority. It Is admitted by the leaders of both of the old political parties that the re sult "Will, to a large extent, depend upon the vote of the Progressive party. Dem ocrats aro begii.nlng to look upon Theo dore Roosevelt as second only to Presi dent Wilson as an asset of Democracy. Republicans contend, however, that the Progressives are returning to the Repub lican party, and as proof of their claim they point to the great reduction In the Bull Moose vote In Maine and to the fnct that the combined vote of the two candidates for the Progressive guber natorial nomination In New York, Daven port and Sulzer, was only 15.000, ns com pared with the vote of 390.000 received by Mr. Roosevelt in New York State in 1911. Republicans expect to make a gain of ST Representatives In the next House. Districts which are now Democratic or Progiesslve, but which the Republicans are counting upon carrying are as follows: California, three districts; Colorado, three; Delaware, one; Illinois, ten; Indi ana, four; Jowa, three; Kansas, live; Maryland, two; Massachusetts, four, Michigan, two; Minnesota, one; Missouri, one; Montana, two; Nebraska, two; New Hampshire, two; New Jersey, three; New York, fourteen: Ohio, nine; Pennsylva nia, nine; Rhode Island, two; Washing ton, two; west Virginia, one; Wiscon sin, two. Seventy-two districts would give the Republicans a majority In the next House, provided, of course, that they hold the districts now represented by Re publicans. Even the Democrats admit that the Republicans elected two years ago are pretty certain to come back to Washington. Republicans In every doubtful congres sional district In tho United States will use the emeigeney revenue measure as their chief campaign Issue. This legis lation, which already has passed the House, hub awakened a vigorous protest from all parts of the country, and the Stnute minority is prepared to light the meusure buth In the Finance Committee and on the floor of the Senate. Thieo candidates are already In the ileld,for the Republican presidential nom ination in 1916. The ale James R. Mann, of Illinois, minority leader In the House: Swiator W'llmiii E. lloruli. ol Idaho, and senator Robert M. J.Ji Follcttc. of Wis miurin llanj of the pan Itudera be lieve ili4t Charles S. Whitman, of New York, If lie U successful in the guber natorial contest In that State, will also enter the race lor the presidential nomination. THE MAIN BATTERY "THE HANDS OF ESAU" The first of a remarkable series of articles on Philadelphia's eco nomic and political conditions is printed on the editorial page of this issue of the Evening Ledger. FOR THE TAXPAYER no more instructive commentary on his own burdens and the meth ods necessary for his relief has ever been written. These articles will appear on alternate days in THE EVENING LEDGER REDMOND'S APPEALS FOR IRISH UNITY AID HOME RULE CAUSE Conciliatory Attitude Be lieved to Pave the Way for Peaceful Ending of Con troversy. BELFAST, Ireland, Oct. 5. As a re sult of the conciliatory attitude taken by John Redmond, leader of the Irish Na tionalists, In his recruiting speeches throughout Ireland, it is believed that after the war the Issue raised by home rule for Lreland will be settled without any armed conflict. Redmond In his speeches has appealed for a unity of nil parties on the home rule question. Speaking nt Wexford Sunday, he said: "I will meet Andrew Bonar Law (leader of the opposition in Parliament) by gen tleness and by reason. I pray with all my heart and soul that out of this tenl ble warne blessed result will come for Ireland, and that is that, as Irishmen go on fighting. Catholics alongside of Prot estants, the north of Ireland alongside the south of Ireland, it may prove to be a sign of the tutme unity of our Irish nation. "German domination would mean tho loss of all tho liberties we have won. I will put it quite plainly, as did General Botha, the South African Premier, in his I speech. Aro ou for Britain and her colonies, or are jou on tho side of Ger many? "Behove me, we cannot remain aloof. Tho war has come upon us and we must make our choice. The only choice of honor, of safety and of statesmanship, is to defend the empire's liberties against their declared enemy." GAS KILLS NINE IN MINE Twelve Others Injured in Explosion at Mulga, Ala. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 5. Nine dead and 12 Injured men have been taken out of the Mulga mine, at Mulga, Ala., where an explosion of gas occurred this morn ing, according to reports received heie. $122,359 Paid Out to Firemen September warrants for the pay of members of the Bureau of Fire, aggre gating l!2.359, were countersigned today by City Controller Walton and paid at the City Treasurer's oOioe. YILLA TROOPS MAKE FUTILE ATTACKS ON CARRANZA FORCES Driven Back Three Times With Heavy Losses in an Effort to Capture Posi tion. NACO, Ariz., Oct. 5. Fighting was in progress all night at Naco, Sonora, be tween Carranzalstas and Villlstas and continued today. Tho Villa troops sent by Governor Maytorcna, of Sonora, to cap ture tht forces led by General Benjamin Hill were repulsed In two attacks late In the night, with heavy losses, and were compellod to retire. They reformed again, however, and shortly before dawn began another advance under cover of machine gun fire. The third attack also was repulaed, and then the VUIaistas withdrew to a distance, still maintaining their artillery flrp. General Hill reported that six of his men had been killed and eight Injured. American officers watching1 the battle from the west said that the Carranzlstas' artillery fire was very effective and the TnquI Indians lost heavily. The Villalstls ulmed poorly and dropped shrapnel on their own lines, killing at least one man. At 10 o'clock General Hill's scouts re potted that Maytorena's troops were forming for a frontal attack, which would endanger the American town. In antlcl pation of such an attack Hill had planted several mines. Two American civilians who had ap pioaohed too close to the firing line were struck bv bullets that were fired Into United States territory. Private Wilson. Troop G. Tenth Cav alry, who was wounded, was taken td Fort Huachuaca. The Mexican bullet lodged in his thoraN. None of the injuries, it is believed, will piove serious. General Hill's agents on this side of Jhe border declared today that Car rnmsistas. led by Captain J. A. Camp bell, captured 25 V.ujuls last night and executed all of thc-m. Colonel C. A. P. Hatfield arrived at midnight from Douglas and took chnrge of tho American cavaliy guarding the border. He had orders to stop the fight ing If either side showed a disposition tn fire directly upon American territory. Most of the Americans tied from here, though a few venturesome ones remained. Tho greater paTt of the Mnstorena forces is composed of Vaqul Indians, who showed great bravery last night, charg ing directly In the face of the Carranzlsta machine gun fire. It is reported that more than 30) of them were killed, but Colonel Hatfield forbade correspondents to cross the border to ascertain the cas ualties. DUTCH FLAG ON GERMAN SHIPS BRINGS PROTEST State of Siege for Rotterdam May Follow, Figaro Says. PARIS. Oct. 5. The Figaro sas that Franca has protested to Holland that German merchant ships are using the Dutch flag in carrying contraband, and that Holland, after Investigating, has an nounced that the complaints are Justified It Is believed. sas the Figaro, that a tate of ilege will be proclaimed In Rot terdam to stop the practice. MACHINE STRIVING TO STRENGTHEN GRIP ON CITY COUNCILS Penrose - McNichol - Vare -Liquor Combine Fears It Will Lose Its Hold on Select Branch. Organization Hopes to Bolster Its Vote to Pass Ordinances Over the Mayor's Vetoes. Dual Officeholders' Fat Pay. The Pcnrosf-McNIchol-Vnre Republican Organization it planning to Juni handy machine constituents, who will vote nt the dictates of their leaders, Into eight va cancies In City Councils at the coming election. It Is the opinion of the bossed that the Organization foices must be bolstered In Select Council, where live vacancies exist, if further measures nio to be passed over Mayor Blnnkenburg's vetoes. That was demonsttated ten days ago, when the bare 2D votes worn with dlfil culty muttered by McNichol and the Vares In tho Select branch to open thp Municipal Court's land-condemning scheme nt 21st and Race streets. The three vacancies In Common Council are not causing the Pcnro'c-McNIchol-Vnre triumvirate the came apprehension ns those In the Select chamber, but the offort to till them with machine hench men will be vigorously made. Although this is not a regular Councll mantc election year, the committees of tho various parties in the wards whero vncanclcs exist will name their respective candidate, In lieu of the customary primary election. Republican machine leaders havo al ready chosen "safo" representatives to be named by the ward committees for plaees on the ballot Select Council vacancies nre In the First and Fifth Wards, where Vare influence rules; In McNIchol's own Tenth Ward, where the Tenderloin count looms large; In tho Eleventh Ward of McNIchol's man, John P. Connelly, chairman of the Fi nance Committee of Councils, and In tho Twelfth Ward. In those wards, where pictures of Pen rose hang In tho saloon and where his campaign literature prates of "personal liberty," the workers for the organiza tion on election day will work Jointly for Penrose and for Select Councllmen to support his policies. The Common Council vacancies are in the 2lst, 27th and 2Sth Wards. HOPE TO BEAT VETOES. An especially pleasing phase of the coming election, from tho Organization vlowpoint. Is that the successful candi dates -will take their scats In Councils Immediately after the courts pass on the election and will not be required to wait until the first of the year, as In ether elections. Tho Organization hopes to fatten Its votes In Select Council to make It possible to pass other Munici pal Court ordinances over the Mayor's veto this fall. One of the vacancies In Select Coun cil is due to the death of William If. Cooper, of the 32th Ward. The othor four vacancies were caused by resigna tions of dual ofilceholders, denounced by the Mayor and disapproved by the Judges of tho county courts. Objecting to anything like a landilide of resignations from the other dual office holders In Councils the organization leaders called a halt and ten members of the State and County payroll brigade remain In Select Council and seven are still In the Common branch. Two of the vacancies In Common Council were by resignation of dual office holders. SELECTMEN WHO RESIGNED. The four resignations In Select Council were: First Ward: Charles J. Pommer re signed at the request of Judge John M. Patterson when Pommer was appointed a tlpfltaff in Common Pleas Court No. 1. Fifth Ward: John J. Harrigan resign ed upon being appointed magistrate by Governor Tener to succeed Magistrate Carey. Tenth Ward: Dennis F. Fitzgerald re signed because of his appointment as stlpstaff In Municipal Court. Eleventh Ward: David F. Murphy re signed also because of appointment as tipstaff in Municipal Court. A vacancy will be caused in the C7th Ward, after election, if Edward W. Pat ton, of Select Council Is elected tn the State Senate In tho Fourth Dlstiict. Resignation'! In Common Council causing the three vacancies aro: Tenty-flrst Ward Levi C. Hart, re signed because of his position with the courts. Twenty-seventh Ward George J. Van Houten. resigned because of his post of tlpstave in Orphans' Court. Twenty-eighth Ward James Simmlng ton, resigned to become a candidate for the Legislature. Other vacancies will occur In Common Council after election if George P. Par row, of the 2Id Ward, is elected to Con. gress In the Sixth district, and if Petor H- Costello Is elected to Congress In the Fifth dlbtrict. In spite of the resignations of the dual o'llceholders from Councils, the ten mem bers stilt in the Select branch receive Ii3,5',0 annually from State and County payrolls. Tho seven dual Jobholders in Common Council receive JIS.IOO ach year. Presidents Ransley, of Select Council, end McCurdy of Common Council, are In. eluded among the dual Jobholders. A total of 115.700 Is dumped into the pockets of Councllmen each year for services to the State and County. GUARDING AGAINST CHOLERA Officials at Marcus Hook Ordered to Watch Incoming Passengers Fear that cholera and othe- deadly disease? v. hich have broken out among the troops engaged In the European war ma enter this country through the port of Philadelphia, has led Dr. Harry D. Heller. State quarantine physician, to order the officers at Marcus Hook that they exercise the utmost caution In searching for these diseases among the passengers of Incoming ships. Dr Heller feels that although cholera lus been confined in the main to German and Austrian troop, and no ship from those countries are entering this port, that reports of the spread of the dlcaa are alarming and that ever, precau tionary step possible should be taken by the quarantine officers of this country to protect the nation from th horrors of a plague GERMANS REPULSE ALLIES AND RESCUE IMPERILED RIGHT Invaders Force Foe to Retreat at Points on Western End of Line Von Kluk's Means of Communication Temporarily Are Safe Says Report Paris Official Statement Admits Reverse Along Oise The Battle Increases in Violence, With Result of Struggle Undetermined Berlin Claims Success. The War Today French and British forces havo mot with reverses In their attacks on tho German right wing, but it is stated this development merely delays the success of the enveloping movement. The bat tle north of the OIsc Is increasing in violence. Antwerp Boon must surrender, Lon don believes, unless the Allies succeed In raising the siege. Tho Germans have mada a breast In tho outer chain of forts on the south, it is thought cer tain, although tho Belgian General Staff insists all defenses arc Intact. British artillery Is reported posted tn the be leaguered city. Germans, defeated last week on the River Nlemen, reformed and took the offensive. Russian forces defeated them on the forest of Augustow. Along the northern Polish frontier the Rus slans have been continuously success ful In skirmishes. In Galicla the Austro-German army Ik on the defensive. Russians have cap tured the heights near Przemysl. In Hungary the Cossacks have moved forward and by cutting railway lines isolated a great part of the coun try. Austrian gunboats shelled Serb city of Shabats on the Save, but were re pulsed with loss. Servian-Montenegrin forces have taken outposts of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia. Austrian bombard ment of Belgrade has ceased. Austria announces the complete expulsion of Servians and Montenegrins from Bos nia. Germans were foiled in a surprise sortie from Tslng-Tao. Fires within nnd bombardment without forecast early fall of Kaiser's leasehold town. Italy has not modified Its neutral policy, though antl-Auatrian demon strations continue. Eight hundred thousand men are mobilized but un prepared for action on account of de fective equipment. PRINCE'S MOTHER-IN-LAW RENOUNCES GERMAN NAME Dowager Duchess, Cousin of Czar, Takes Russian Title. PARIS, "lt; 5. The Echo de Paris states that the Dowager Duchess of Mecklenburg Schwenn, mother-in-law of Crown Prince Frederick William of Uermany, has re nounced her German nationality and taken the name of Grand Duchess Mikailoviteh. She is a sister of the Czar and has numerous friends in the Amer ican colony of Paris ami the Riviera, The same newspaper says that, accord ins to the Wolff agency, General on Voirrhts.ReitK has been made head of the German General Staff, succeeding Gen eral .on Moltke. BIG COTTON OPERATOR DEAD W, P. Brown Was Indicted in 1910 for "Cornering" Market, NEW onijEAN'S, l-a., Ott. 5-William P. Crown, one of the most prominent cotton operators in the I nited States, died heio this morning after an Illness of jeveral weeks Mr. Hrown was a itiem ber of the New Orleans and New York Cotton Exchanges. He was one of the men indicted as a rvsult of the alleged "Cotton Corner" of 1910. Mr Hrown leaves an estate estimated at fJ0.0uO.000. Hrown y,on his tttle. In 1908, when for several days he made JH a sec ond on th New York Cotton Exchange in the bio'gest corner history records in the great Southern staple. Hrown vas credited with handling 6X.000 bales of cot ton with his own money, in addition to bringing tn friends who controlled the entire crop. He forced the price un to 13.50. BRITISH SEIZE GRAIN SHIPS Capture Two Austrian Cargoes Near Pola in Adriatic. CiHASSO. Sw.UerUnd. Oct 5 Two Austrian hij uromj cargo of grain for the Auttro-Hungaran armies have been captured, They were taken by BruUh warhipa in the Adriatic near Pola, according to advices received here. PARIS, Oct. 5. German armies under Generals von Kluk and von Boehn have driven back the Allies In terrific fighting north of the OHe, according to the French offi cial statement. The Germans for tho time being have lifted the danger to their line of com munication. They have driven the Al lies hack at the points where the French and British had strlved des perately to roach the railway line over which the German reinforcements and supplies are rushed. This line, ex tending northeast from Compeigne, through Tergnler, St. Quentin, Mau bougc, Liege to the German army cen tres at Aix-la-Chappelle nnd Cologne, Is the Germans' main artery in their present campaign. If the Allies could have cut It they would have delivered a death blow to Von Kluk and Von Boehn. But they have been forced back in the neighbor hood of St. Quentin and frc there south to the beginning of the "fish hook" curve of the German line The Allies, however, havo had one advantage in their movoment, which still remains with thctn and whlchTa" aiding In the general turning move ment. This is the railway line which parallels that held by the Germans and extending from Amions to Arras, at which point it turns to the east and finally pierces the German line at Valenciennes and Mons. The extreme French left is operating along this line in the direction of the last two named points. The official statement follows: On our left wing north of tho Oise the battle continues with the ut most violence, the enemy having again been heavily reinforced. The result of the action continues unde cided. We have been compelled to give ground at certain points. Along the remainder of the battle line there has been no change In the ge in tna :h lastecrv y. wh!ch he East , aiiuu-wun. In Russia In a battle which six days the German army. was operating betwt n the Prussian frontier and ' ho Nlemen River, has been defeated along its full line and forced to retreat, abandoning large quantities of sup plies. It has completely evacuated the governments of Sulwaki and Lomza. The Germans continue to drain their other fighting units to pour reinforce ments into the lines of Generals von Boehn and von Kluk. They are fight ing here to keep their offensive alive. When they are forced to retreat and every military official here from Gen eral Galllenl down declares that they eventually must give way or be an nihilatedthey will have to retire en tirely from France. If Von Boehn and Von Kluk have to give way tho absolutely Impregnable intrenched German centre immediately would be open to an attack from ths rear, and it must fall back along with the German right. Near Solssons, where the Allies got their first firm foothold on the north s.ldo of the Aisne River, the French and British are making vigorous ef forts to drive, a wedge between the German right and German centre, The Allies already havo captured se'I-erU. strong position, here, together with number of lines of trenches, ' The French are making violent counter attacks south of Roya and near Poual, and the French reaervea under General D'Amade are battling hard to smaah General von Kluk'a line of communications. The centra from the Oise to the Ar gonne has witnessed no change for more than a week. Here both armies remal'j in strong Intrenebments, their fate depending on the battles In the wMt and east. The army of the Crown Prince tl'l is being pressed backward in tht Woevre region while the French col V li il m& j- jwUx .. .-,l .,... - -- i L ea-g ..i
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