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PHANTOM VOTERS
MAN WITH MONEY
SATCHEL SHOT AND
ROBBED ON STREET
WHITE-HAIRED MAN
TRIED FOR HIS LIFE
FOR KILLING RABBI
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BRYAN MAKES PLEA
FOR PEACE BEFORE
AUDIENCE OF 12,000
Impressive Demonstration in
Which Secretary of State
and Oscar S. Straus De
plore Evils of War.
BOARD OF INQUIRY PROBING POLICE TICKET SCANDAL
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Four Highwaymen Attack
Officer of Building and
Loan Association Suspect
Held Without Bail.
Four hlshwnymen, early today, held up,
robbed anil ncrlously wounded Audrey
'. Pettier, treasurer of the General Oitsl
in pi- UttlUll npr and Loan Association, as
he wus walking on Cambridge, near Orth
odox street, cnrrylng n, satchel contain
ing considerable money. Petner In In the
Frntikforil Hospital. Tile robbers escaped,
Following tlir hold-up J ,1011 tenant Harry
mid a squad of police from tin- FriuiU
ford district arrested one man on cUs
pliion. lie Is Stanley Kuteckl, of Ber
mucin street.
Rutocki was arraigned before Magistrate
Boric In the Ft'nnKftud Polto Station
nnd liold without ball for a further hear
ing October 22. After bis arrest be wus
taken to the bee1ldn of Petner In the
1 hospital, but the tienurer snld he could
not positively Identify the man. He said
Ruterlsi "looks lllo one of the assailants."
The prisoner denies he Is olio of tbo
wen who help tip Fetner. He told the
pollre he whs nt the home of a friend,
2d and Oxford streets, until near 10
o'clock. He sis he was home in bed
nt b1 o'clock.
Petner Is founder of the association
whof money was stolen Inst night, nnd
has been treasurer of the organization
for li years. He and Ctif-ner Kelzlorn,
secretary of the association, who lives on
Cambrldse street, near Pettier, stayed In
tho hall used by the building and loan
association last night after all others had
gone home. They wero busy bnlanclng
the books.
The money was placed In a satchel. Pet
ner Intending to take It home nnd de
posit It In a bnnts todn. When the men
left the hall they walked noith on Cam
bridge street, and as they passed an alley
just above Orthodox stieet four men at
tacked them.
To of the men pinioned Kelzlora's
nrms back of him. while others seized
Petner. 'When ho refused to hand over
the funds of the association one of the
men shot him. The bullet took effect In
his forehead.
Tho shot awakened Petner's son. Stan
lslaw, and two daughters, Helen and
"Wanda. They dressed and came down
stairs to find their fnther lying on the
c.-avement. He was then sent to tho hos
pital with ICelzlora. who had been
knocked unconscious In the fight, anil tha
police were notified.
George Kowockl. president of the build
ing and loan association, told the police
that ho had frequently warned Petner
not to leave the hall without a body
guard. Dctectlvo Anclrw Kmmanuel. of Cap
tain Cnmeron's staff, Is nt work on the
case and this morning be located a boy
who found the satchel which had con
tained tho money near the Frnnkford
Creek.
DETECTIVE SERVES WARRANT
AS FRIEND SEEKS ADVICE
Wasili Leohy Greatly Surprised j
When Pacing Arrest. (
Wasill Lcohv, who. aroordlng to his
wife, Marie, has for seve-inl months been
trying to evade paving hei a weekl
cum of monev, by order of the Domestic
Relation Court, sought the friendly ad
vice of Joo O'Leynevak. a Central Sta
tion detective, today.
Wasill did not for a minute think that
his old friend Joe would arrest him. Ho
was mistaken.
Two months ago Wasill was ordered
to support his wife, who lives at 5T5
North Front street. He smiled and bowed
to Judge Brown when he heard the order,
went homo, packid his s.iitciute and dis
appeared. He was trailed by the police
through up-State town, and finally Wit
hill, tired of his flight, returned here this
roormn?.
He remembered his old friend O'Lenyne
VHk and went to see him nnd seek his
advice Whereupon O'Lf nynevnk showed
Wasill a nan-ant for his arrest. Wasill
collapsed at- the wairant was served on
him. wondeitng how it was pofcblo for
a friend nnd countryman to do such a
thins-
STREET CLEANING AND
GARBAGE FINES ONLY S533
n f '"
Penalties for Derelictions In Septem
ber Unusually Small.
Fines ImixT-eil on stin-t ileanlne, ah
collecting and raiheiec disposal eon.
tractors during September amounted to j
the comparatively mul! sum of $JW,i
The hifc'hest peiultv was Inflicted on I
.Tames It. Dnrney, who a pRnallZF'i
JIW60 for derelli-tlnna in street cieanlntl
in the nortiii-asterp section of th city.
Kdnln If. are stood second with !
of penalties for neglect in the central see.
tlon of the city
The Penn Itedu'-tlon Company was pen
nllred ?1S1 for failure tci observe all spevi.
tlcatlotia of the garbage collection and
disposal contracts. The amount paid the
Peintt Company was $3,855.
Distribution of penalties and amounts
paid the street cleaning contiastors were:
Amounta
plitrlct. Contractor. t maa.
1A Jss. A. Mullia ... IUi
1H Timothy CJltsfcr. 3.80
I r. Eiirfte Bi 00
Pall
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JL-.-4TO.S3
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p.TT'n
n.amer,
I0.4T9HO
it re ''si a
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6
E4tn II. Vara . SSfti
Jan. D. Dorny .... 11 JOT
Honard E. Rueh... SBO
Jae I l)orny. ... inaM
McUabon Eiute.
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10.3TJUI '
Total 3;.un INJ.ST8 81
MAN STABBED KEEPS MUM
Emanuel Mascluttn, of B? North Front
Street, a sailor on the steamship Ala
twioa, which u. now at Marcus Hook, U
at tbe IvnnsIvonia Hospital today, with
p knife wound In the thigh and will not
tell the police tbt name of th man who
, tabbed him. Mawlutto and several other
Muuberw of the Alabama's crew came, to
the city when their ship anchored to Mle
Ixutv t'olumbus Day. They got into a,
fujht t Front and Lombard streets and
Slasclutto as slabbed
BANK CLEARINGS
Bank icann t u compare w tic th enr
xeLuUiuic 0v las, to arto
' l'H ma. iai2
l'h.ia. . . 2l K ,7-. $2U,ait4i, .U.vlU,263
liantoa ..... li..S:-.uU Jt.itjklJ S9.U3.lil3
Woman, Who Recovered
From Wound, the Princi
pal Witness Against 64-year-old
Peddler.
A GI- eiir-old peddle!, Ills h.ili and
mustache whitened by the tnis. Is mi
trial tmla before Judge Utile, In the
Colltt of (Iyer nnd Terminer, on n charge
of murder. He Is Thomas Uttrtis. who
shot mid kilted Unhid Louis Krschunsk,
of (M3 North .Marshall stieot, on June S
of tills ear.
C, Mtunrt Patterson Is counsel for the
defendunt. Assltnnt District Attorney
T.tul.ine Is hnndlltm tile case for the Com
monwealth. in his address to the jury hi
asked thiit nfter the tints to ho bronchi
out are eonldretl a verdict of mutch r In
the llrsl ilenreu he mulcted.
The principal witness against Murn
wilt he Mrs. Fannie Klsenbnitin. Sin
has recovered fiuin a bullet wound Iti
lllcted by llurns u few minute ht-fon
he shot the rnbW. The nmn Is said to
have been Infatunted with Mrs 13lse.ii
batim. Alter he shot her the r.ibbl went
to her ass I Unci-, and Mum. Infuriated.
Ilred the fatal shot.
BOARD OF SURVEYORS STUDY
PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS
Conditions in South Philadelphia
Viewed Prom Autos.
Members of the Hoard of Sutvewiri ate
touring South Philadelphia In automo
biles today to study nt first hand the pro
jects for the elimination of certain
streets, changes of srade and other
changes In the Improvement plans de
signed to do away with congestion In
building up the section.
The party left City Hall nt 2 o'clock
this afternoon. They went first to the
district between 12th street. League Inland
road, Curtln and Geary street. This
ttuct Is owwd by a development com
pany, which has sold many small build
in? lots.
Tor the last month tho hoard has been
holding public hearings on the elimina
tion plant There has been considerable
opposition from holders of lots whose
frontages would he wiped out and quite
a lot of commendation from othets.
After visiting the section described, the
party started for the tract that will he
used for the big tollroad freight yards
in the grnde-crossing elimination, and
also visited the west side of South Phila
delphia, where propcity Is owned exten
sively by the Glrard and Stocker estates.
FORMER ACTRESS HELD
Pawnbroker Prefers Charge Against
Anna G. Stewart.
A '"September morn" watch fob made of
less gold than repreented by Its owner,
and pawned In thi city, resulted In the
arrest of Anna G. Stuart, a former show
girl, of New York. She wns held In $100
bail by Magistrate Pennock at his Ger
mantown olllcc.
The heating wns enlivened by n tilt be.
twoen Frederick S. Drake, who repre
sented the prosecution, and Ephrnlm Lip
shultz, counsel for the girl.
Miss Stuart was arrestee! yesterday
afternoon while leaving n pawnbroker's
oilice on Mniket street above 5th. She j
was arraigned today on a warrant sworn
out by Walton P Nlckerson. S012 Rambrey
street, who Is connected with a loan so
ciety on Arch street near 12th.
He testified that Miss Stuart called at
his office recently with n genuine gold fob
nnd obtained a loan on It. In a few days
she returned and redeemed It. Subse
quently, he nlleged, she returned with a
golel-platod fob with the pawnbroker's
-e.-ret file marks of identification on it
and obtained nnother loan.
Y. M. C. A. NOON SERVICE
Will Be Held in Shops of .Motor Car
Company.
Noonday services for employes of the
Packard Motorcar Company, Droad and
Wood t.treets. were li-k'un today, under
the direction of V. I. Lewis, of the serv
ii't department of the Central Kronen of
the V. 51. C A This lb the first of a
aeriKS to be held each Tuesday noon in
the shop of the Packard plant, through
the courtesy of F. B. Jackson, tho gen
eral mnnaser The sneaker at today's
meeting was 51. A. Titchnell, known as
the automobile evangelist.
The Y. XJ. O. A, Is planning to ex lend
th noondav meetings to all the Industrial
establishments In the city, and already
services are conducted once a week tt
many of the big pUnts. This is the first
time, however, that meetings ha'-e been
held in any of the automobile company's
plants. When the new Ford Building,
Broad street and Lehigh avenue, is fin
ished, it is hoped to conduct services
there.
A CALM AUTUMN SMOKE
Policeman Rutlely Interrupts Peace
ful Siesta of Edward Tobin.
A peaceful alesta being enjoyed by Ed
word Tobtn. of 2H61 North 2d street, as
he lay buried in a pito of smoldering
leaves at the Htdge avepue and Hunt
ingdon street entrance to Falrmount Park
was interrupted when Policeman Goff, of
the SSth and York streets police station,
investigated the unusual sight of seeing
leaves burning at this point.
Me discovered Tobin calmly ssiokir,g
a pipe. whUh had alread ignited the
dry leave The man said ha was com
fortable and would not like to be lls
turhed. Ooff. however, thought difter
ently, and escorted Tobin to tho Elation
house. The man was released with a
reprimand, being told that he must con
fine his smoking to less dangerous quar
ters. HER IDEA OF ECONOMY
General W. I Alexander was discuss
ing the European war.
'This war," he said, "will affect even
us. We mut economize to weather it.
An4 our economy must be general, too.
"We mustn't be like Gayboy, whom a
friend asked over a bottle of champagne
on a roof garden:
" 'Will, apropos of the war. old man
did ou give our wile th4t lecture ori
economy?"
' 'Yes. I did." Gaboy answered, 'and
she went rlht out and bought me a
safety razor.'" -Pittsbur0-h Chronicle
Telegraph,
Reading from left to right William
Mahlon J.
FANS FAIL TO APPEAR AT
TICKET SCANDAL INQUIRY
Bnskct Filled With Letters of Com
plaint Received.
The commission appointed by Director
of Public S,ifct Porter to hear tho com
plaints of citizens who said that ticket
scalper got all tho choice scats at Shlbe
Park by bribing policemen for good
places In the line e-at today for two hours.
Tneie was not a complaint mado In
person. Ilesldo tho commission, however,
was a clothesbresket filled with letters
signed "Aggtlevtd One," "Falrplny" and
other anonymous titles, and each of the
letters accused the police of favoring
ticket speculntots in tho line which
stoimed Glmbcls.
William .1. Cooley, couiuet of the com
mission, suggeste-d that its lack of busi
ness wns probably duo to tho fact that
the funs ate now glad they did not see
the game. They saved moiwy, wild
Major 51. Joseph Picketing, chief clerk
in the Bureau of Police, who Ih olio of
the commissioners. The fans apparently
ale glad they did not see the defeat of
their Idol. Police Captain llatiy C.
Davis, the other commissioner, had no
comments to make.
The commission was on hand from 10
a. in. until noon. 5IaJor Pickering rolled
cigarettes with gloom In his eye because
ho was not busy. Mr. Cooley rend a
magazine and Captain Davis spent his
time In chatting with pollco reporters.
At closing time, when the books were
shut, tho session adjourned nnd the
clothesbnskct was taken away, 5faJor
Pickering announced that Director Porter
was a llttlo disappointed. The Director,
he snld, would change tho hour to suit
tho fans If that would help. Anonymous
communication'", however, will not bo
considered. Tho complainants must ap
pear In person.
FALLS FROM WATER WAGON
Driver of City Sprinkler Drowns
Chagrin But Not in Water.
James Lavins figuratively and literally
fell off the water wagon today. The third
defeat of the Athletics was too much for
hltr,, s-o he gave vent to his woes in no
uncertain way. Lavins, who drives one
of the city's water wagons, did not realize
that his local option position and his
phjfclcal condition were Inconsistent.
He was trjlng to figure out his case on
the sidewalk at 15th and York streets,
when Policeman Mnrtln appeared and
took him to the Park anil Lehigh ave
nues station. At a hearing before 5tag
istrate L'mely today, Lavins promised to
stick more closely to his water wagon in
the future.
IRON MERCHANTS BANKRUPT
George L. and Howard M. Plitt Had
Filed Their Okn Petition.
By their own petition, George L, and
Howard 51. PUtt, trading as Plltt & Co.,
Iron nnd steel merchants, of 13fl Ileal
nstate Trust Bmldiig, were adjudged
bankrupts today in the United States
District Court. Edward F. Hoffman was
appointed referee.
In the schedule attached to the petition
the liabilities of the bankrupts are set at
Sll,iiX.iSi, while tho assets lire fixed at
3oT,'iJ3.97. The latter consist of real
estnte, notes and securities, olllcc furni
ture, stocks and bonds and debts clue on
open accounts, the latter estimated to be.
worth only one-third of their face value.
Tho unsecured claims of tho Insolvent
company amount to ISB.ttX). The petition
was filed by Plltt & Co. 'a lawyer, L. U.
Smith.
LITTLE GIRL BITTEN BY DOG
Animal. Shot by Policeman, Ex
amined for Traces of Rabies.
A savage dog today bit Anna Cham
fer. 11 years old, 663 Cresson street,
while she was on her way to school in
Manayunk The animal was later shot
by a policeman nnd the sirl sent to
St Timothy's H.spltal.
Anna Is a pupil at the Shurr's Lane
School, on Walnut lane, Sianayunk. This
mornlns. when she was only a short dis
tance frran home, she was attacked by
the dog and bitten on the wrist.
Policeman Loftus of the Sianayunk sta
tlnn, shot the dos- its head will be sent
t the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, where
an examination will be made to ascer
tarn whether or not it was suffering
with the rabies.
A Fashion Note
"One blessing at least will come to us
from this dreadful war. We shan't be
Inundated vith shocking French fashions."
The speaker was 51rs. Ethel Hums Wil
kinson, one of the leudlng clubwoman uf
Cleveland. She resumed:
"At a club dinner the other evening a
man fashion writer men fashion writers
are the best said to me:
'A truce to these foreign modes! They
are caricatures '
Caricatures" said I. 'Caricatures?
Yes, perhaps. But wouldn't It be. more
accurate to call them take-offs?" '
J. Cooley, counsel fot the Police Department; Captain Harry C. Davis, Major
Pickering, chief clerk of the Department of Public Safety.
PARENTS LOSE 5000-MILE RACE
TO DYING SON'S BEDSIDE
Journey From Alaska By Chartered Steamship and Special
Trains, But Arrive Too Late.
Death defeated the efforts of 5Ir. and
.Mrs. Cl.de A. Heller, of C471 Overbrook
avenue, to reach the bedside of their
nlno-ycar-old son. John P. Heller, de
spite the fact that two special trains anil
a chartetcd steamship wore employed In
a 5000-mile Journey homo. 5Ir. and 51rs.
Heller reached their homo In Overbrook
at T o'clock this morning, 15 hours too
late.
Tho boy was Injured in a football game
September Hi). An abscess developed on
hl.s knee and latet blood poisoning set
in. Tho family physicians realized that
the child's condition wns dangerous, and
a few days after the Injury telegraphed
to the parents, who were In Alaska In
specting gold mines owned by 5Ir. Hcl
ler.
The lntter Immediately telegraphed a
request that the boy be kept nllvc until
GIGANTIC POSTAL CLERK
FALLS AND DIES ON STREET
George W. Zoll, Who Weighed 350
Pounds, Victim of Apoplexy.
George W. Zoll, a SuO-pound postoflico
clerk, H29 North .Marshall street, and
well known because of his tremendous
stature, collapsed at Franklin street nnd
Glrard avenue today and died while be
ing taken to the Children's Homeopathic
Hospital.
Znll had lust left tho National Security
Hank, at Franklin street and Gltard ave
nue, when he became 111. Not knowing
what was tho matter he started to walk
to the hospital, but had only cro-sed the
street when ho again fell to the pave
ment. 5Iaglstinte Call, who chanced to
be coming from his office on Girard ave
nue near 12th stn-et, rushed the man to
the hospital In bin automobile. Zoll died
before reachln? the Institution. Physicians
pah! his death was due to apoplexy.
Zoll was employed as a clerk in the
Poitolllce and had served at his work
for -0 years, llo was a veteran of tho
Civil War, and served under Admiral
Farragut In the battle of New Orleans.
He was one of throe hi others whoso com
bined weight was 1000 pounds. Ho was
the last of the three to die, and Is sur
vived by a fourth brother, whoso statute
Is not unusual, unci three daughters.
FIRE DESTROYS COFFINS
AND ROUTS BANQUETERS
Physicians and Nurses In Samaritan
Hospital Alarmed by Blaze.
Twelve coffins were destroyed In a fire
at the undertaking establishment of Tit
low mothers, 3127-29 North Broad street,
late last night The fire Interrupted a
banquet that was going on in the build
ing, and for a time caused uneaslnesb
among the authorities at the Samaritan
Hospital near by.
The blaze started In the rear of the
second floor, which Is used as a work
shop. A dozen colllns were stored here.
As the smoke found Its way Into the
room where the banquet was being held
men left the tablo nnd attempted to
fight the fire, but It had already too good
u Mart.
An alarm brought several flro companies
and the sound of tho tiro belli caused ex
citement among the physlcian-i and nursea
at the Samaritan Hospital, who at first
thought tho tire was close by.
When they learned that the fire was in
the undertaking establishment they went
through the wards and assured patients
there was no danger. The loss will
amount to JIOjO.
Eire Damages "Varnish Plant
Tire caused a los3 of Jiooo this after
noon at the varnish plant of Joseph Stulb,
Haddon avenue and White Horse pike,
Camden. There was no furnace fire In
the building at the time, and tho origin
of the blaze has not been determined.
The plant is several blocks away from
dwellings. Firemen confined the blaze to
the filtering tank room.
Cleared of Robbery Charge
Joseph Carmen, of 65th and Christian
streets, who-was arrested last 5Ionday
on the charge of having robbed the of
fice of T. n. Guber. 617 South Broad
street, was cleared today when a Negro,
who hud ivn the robbers at work, tes
tified that Carmen was not one of them.
Jack Johnson Fined $10 In London
LONDON. Oct 13. Jack Johnson, the
Negto heavywelKbt champion, was fined
tio today for obstructing the roadway and
refusing to mow his automobile when
ordered.
his parents reached home. Then began
the long Journey to this city, 5Ir. and
Mrs. Heller chartered n fast steamship
that hnd Just reached one of the Alaskan
ports, and the ship carried them to Seattle
under forced draught.
A specinl train then was hired to take
the pair to San Francisco. From there
nnother specinl train wns engaged. On
this 5fr. and 5Irs. Heller l cached Pitts
burgh yesterday afternoon and learned
by telegram that their boy died at 4
o'clock. They continued tho Journej- on
an express and through the courtesy of
the Pennsylvania Itallroad the train was
stopped this morning at Overbrook sta
tion. 51rs. Heller Is prostrated today, as iho
result of her hoy's death nnd the strain
of traveling at high speed for so many
days.
FAN SURPRISED TO LEARN
HE MAY WIN $500 WAGER
Finds Bet Recorded Differently Than
He Had Intended.
An Athletic rooter who thought his
tram looked good enough to risk $500 of
his money before the world's series be
gan, switched his sympathies to the Bos
ton Braves today In the twinkling of an
eye. Ho came to his decision suddenly,
without the slightest premedltntlon, and
although he was slightly dazed when he
announced the change, there va3 no
doubt of his meaning.
The man In question would not give his
name. He bet ?500 on even monoy In a
cafe near 12th and Walnut streets the
day before tho first game that the Ath
letics would win four straight games.
Today ho went Aofik to tho same cafo
to hunt sympathy.
Some one happened to be looking over
tho bets registered and the rooter who
did the wagering also took a glance at
the sheet. Then, without warning, ha
switched to Boston, for on the sheet
he saw his bet had been recorded as $500
even that tho .scries would be won Ur
four straight games. He wns not sched
uled as picking the winner. If Boston
wins today ho takes $500.
Odds on today's game about the vari
ous hotels In the city are being quoted
at two to ono on Boston. There Is lit
tle money In sight, even nt lower odds.
The figures for the series are four to
one, hut few bets are being made. There
s considerable talk of wagers being
offered on Boston at six, seven and
eight to one, but the money Itself Is not
In evidence. 5Iany Athletic fans are
looking for the man willing to lay at
these odds. What beta are being of
fered for todny's games at the two-to-oue
odds are being snapped up.
ARRESTED AS LEADER
OF AUTO THIEVES'
GANG
Driver of "Gunmen's" Car in Gar
ment Workers' Strike Accused.
Arthur Callen, 2t jears old, of 1S30 South
Eth street, who drove the "gunmen's au
tomobile" in the garment workers' strike
last year. In which one of the strike
breakers w as killed, was arrested today,
charged with being the leader of a gang
of automobile thieves. Callen was ar
rested with Samuel Kamlnskl, of 931
South Eth street, by Detective Andrew
Sullivan.
According to Sullivan, the two, men
have been using a garage, at 20th and
Snyder avenuo as their headquarters for
selling cars they stole. The owner of
tho garage, known only as "Izzy," was
said to have left town upon hearing of
his friends' arrest.
Several cars, said to have been stolen
by this band, have been recovered and
claimed by their towners. The touring
car of George Harding, HIE Walnut street,
which was taken In front of a Chestnut
street hotel several weeks ago, was
found with all numbers tiled off. The
ear of Haivy Max, of Salem, N. J., was
also tound In the same garage.
in the arrest of Callen, who has been
woikms as a taxi driver for some time,
the loa! detectives believe they have
ohcd the theft of man automobiles In
front of downtown hotels. Magistrate
Hcnshaw held both men In $100 ball for
a further hearing next week.
Wind an Observer Deduced
At Big Peace Meeting
That Jlr. Bryan la a great deal
stouter.
That 5lr. Iirynn observed strict
"neutrality" In his speech.
That 51r. Bryan's allusions to prc
imreelnos for war as a means of pre
venting war were clearly directed
against 5Ir. Itonsevelt. The question
Is, how did Oscar S. Strnus feel about
It?
That 5Ir. Btynn preached a sermon,
thereby strengthening the Impression
that he would have mado a great
bishop. '
That In spite of this, he showed qual
ities of tho nftuto politician which,
combined with his frequent quotations
from the Bible, give him the Just nnd
appropriate title of Christian States
man. That In referring to his 27 peace
treaties he betrayed a considerable
amount of faith In "scraps of paper."
That 5Ir. Bryan relies too much on
abstract phraseology and vague Ideas,
and not enough on material facts.
That 5Ir. Bryan did not get paid for
hi spacch.
If the warring armies of Europe and
the men responsible for the war could
have observed the peace demonstration
In Convention Hall last night they would
at once have quit fighting.
Twelve thousand men and women, all
thrilled with a sincere desire for peace
and n deep hatred for war, filled the big
Convention Hall, Broad street nnd Alle
gheny avenue, and cheered to the echo
tho passionate and eloquent nppenls
made by two orators, William Jennings
Bryan, Secretary of State, and Oscar S.
Straus, ex-Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, ex-Ambassador of the United
States to the Sublime Porte and repre
sentative of the United States on the
Hague Peace Tribunal.
Ah Mayor Blankenburg, who presided,
expressed It In his Introduotory remarks,
the meeting was "not political, pattlsan
or sectarian, but distinctly humanitarian."
Jlr. Brynn based his plea for peace as
against war upon the cardlnnl principle
that "Thou shalt not kill" should be ap
plied not enly tor.the Individual but to
nations nnd groups of nations as well,
5Ir. Bryan tore to shreds the case of war
as It Is presonted by Its advocates ns a
necessary process In the growth of civ
ilization. He riddled the theory that
only by preparation for war In time of
peace can war be averted,
"You cannot prepare for war without hat
ing somebody," thundered 5Ir. Bryan ah
he let loose his hand with a heavy knock
upon the speaking stand beforo him.
"Preparation for war Is a' good thing It
you get into It, but no one herenfter will
sny that It Is a preventive of war. For
If prepaiedness for war Is the guarantee
of peace the nations of Europe should
not bo fighting today, for they were all
thoroughly prepnred."
TLEA FOR NEUTRALITY.
5Ir. Bryan then made an appeal that tho
people of the United States remain neu
tral In the present war, that they ex
press no preference for any of tb con
tending camps, and said that In doing
so they will greatly help the Government
of the United States to step In at the
proper moment with an offer of Its good
olllces for mediation.
"These nations are our friends," said
5Ir. 7Jryan. "It Is for this reason that
wo should be careful about voicing our
prejudices and the newspapers who help
our people to air their prejudices are
doing a great deal toward frustrating
any possibilities of peace that may arise
in the near future.
"There Is nothing good about war. The
regiment marching down the street In
itt- uniform to the strain of martial
music la not war. To find war you must
go to the battlefield, where the soldier
has his few hours of anguish and to the
home of the widow and the orphan,
where the anguish laste as long as life.
It Is a fallacy that war is necessary. It
is as though a man had to exercise him
self In blood-letting in order to keep
from degeneration. AH human civiliza
tion Is based on peace. I plant myself
upon the old Israelite prophecy, 'And
their b words shall be beaten Into plough
eha'res,' and to the attainment of that
Ideal we mUBt all consecrate our lives.
Human brotherhood la the only basis for
an entluring peace among the nations."
"SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES."
5Ir. Bryan's announcement that he has
given to each of the representatives of
the 27 nations who have signed peace
treaties with the United StateB, a
souvenir in the form of a ploughshare
which, Mr. Bryan said, he ordered made
out of sword blades, was received with
great enthusiasm and applause. This
was perhaps the supreme moment of Mr.
Bryan's address, for in breaking this
"news," as he called It, to the audience,
Mr. Bran's eloquence and demeanor
reached nothing short of classic stature
and the highest political acumen.
Mr. Straus denied that the doctrines of
the peace advocates were on trial In the
present war aud said that It was mili
tarism that was being tried and which
was bound to die In tho end. He paid
great tribute to President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan for their work In be
half of peace.
Improvement on Nature.
At the orphan asylum the childless
MrB. Hathaway, who had selected an In
fant for adoption, suddenly showed trep.
Idatton.
"Will I have to keep the baby f e
doesn't suit my husband?" she asked
hesitatingly-
"Of course you won't have to keep It
responded the accommodating matron
"You can bring the kid back and ex
change It any time. We're not arbitrary
like the Btork."-Judse. r'
OF TWENTY WARDS
TO BE REVEALED
Committee of Seventy Begins
House to House Canvass
Based on Registry Lists of
Last Fall.
Vigorous Efforts in Progress to
Prevent Pollution of Ballot in
Ways Familiar to Machine.
Action ngalnst fraudulent registration
In 20 of the city's ii wards Is being taken
today under tho supervision of the Com
mittee of Seventy In a house-to-house
canvass by tho police department. 'He
fore midnight 13 wards will have been
covered, nnd tomorrow work will bo
started on the remaining seven wards.
Part of six wards have been covered
since the work began after pollco lieu
tenants had received their Instructions
yesterday by Superintendent Robinson,
nnd patrolmen worked late, going from
door to door and Inquiring about voters
whose names appeared on the reglstra
Mon lists compiled by the County Com
missioners. Twenty wards have been chosen by the
Committee of Seventy as being most
likely to contain evidence of fraudulent
registration, 5Iost of them lie along the
river front, but five Varo wards In
South Philadelphia are being rigidly In
vestigated. Special attention Is given to
river-front lodging houses and tenements.
For this work tho Commltteo of Seventy
hns selected a squad of picked men as In
vestigators. It Is In such houses that
"phantom voters' " names have been
found In the past.
WORK THOROUGH IN CHARACTER,
This year the police canvass Is likely to
bo the most efficient ever conducted, as
the work Is being based on names cn
tored as those of voters on the voting
lists of last fall. The work has been
done before from assessors' Hats, which
nro time-worn and far from accurate. It
seemed this yenr that assessors lists
would be the only ones available, as the
County Commissioners declared they
could not furnish the names of thoso who
registered until October 19, or ono day
after the date set for tiling petitions
with the Board of Registration Commls
sioners to strike off fraudulent names.
But a way was found out of the dim
culty. Tho police station at 10th and
Buttonwood streets was taken as head
quarters for the canvassing work, and
the registry books containing the most
recent Information were turned over to
a corps of men at City Hall, who copied
the names Into new books.
VOTING LISTS USED.
The names were sent to the 10th and
Buttonwood streets station, where 51
girls nro at work on the second floor,
nnd there In turn tho names were "taken
off" on the canvassing slips. This work
la still going on. As soon as tho slips
for one ward are completed they nro
turned over to the lieutenant, who deals
them out to his men, and the canvassing
begins.
Today at 4 o'clock 60 men will be at
work in the Registration Commissioners'
Room on the Bixth Hoor of City Hall tak
ing tho names from the registry books.
The work Is delayed until the day Is
over for the Registration Commissioners,'
but ai soon as they are out of their"
oHlces the books are turned over to the
workers for the Committee of Seventy.
FEARED HE WOULD INHERIT
A sad story Is told of a Pennsylvania
man of a lad In his town who, like many
nnother boy, has been obliged to wear
tho cast-off clothing of his father. One
afternoon this lad was discovered In
tears.
"What's the trouble, my boy?" said
the man who tells the story.
"Why," explained the ypungster, be
tween sobs, "pop has gon6 and shaved
his face clean, and now I s'poso I'll have
to wear all them red whiskers." Harper's
Weekly.
THE "WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey: Unsettled tonight and Wednesday,
with probable local rains; moderate north
east winds.
Fair weather has prevailed In the At
lantlc States during tlie last 21 hours ex
cept for a few scattered showers aloni
the coast of the Carolines. Rnln has been
quite general In the 5!lssisslppl Valley
and the lake region and light rains are re
ported from the North Pncifio coast. The
temperatures have continued to fall In
the Northeastern districts, amounting to
from 10 to 18 degrees In New York and
tew Rneland. A considerable drop Is also
reported from the Southern plains, while
fr"",,01-, ref.I1,"' has been general In
the Rocky Mountains. Western Canada
and the Mates along the Northern border.
U, S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
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