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POLICEMEN SEEKING
'PHANTOM' VOTERS
IN CLOSE CANVASS
Honest Election in This City
Promised as Result of
Doorbell Ringing a nd
ACCUSERS NAME
BLUECOAT AS AID
OF SPECULATORS
Two Men Tell Board In
vestigating Ticket Scandal
That Policeman Johnston
Gave Scalpers Privileges.
IRON LAW CRUSHES
SCHOOLBOY SUITORS
OF ELUSIVE MAIDEN
DIRKCTOll POUTER'S WAY OF ASSURING HONEST ELECTION TO CITY
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Ready to Die Rather Than
Tell Last Name of the Un
attainable Dorothy, Four
Face Magistrate.
lovp's Juvenile dream, younger fhin
usual, wag shattered today at the P-irk
and IelilRh avenues station by a com
bination of a school principal ami the
majesty of the law, represented b-i i
llcemnn nnd Magistrate Emel. wlm he I
three 16-ye.ir-old boys In flf"' bail e.i' n
to keep the peaoe.
Another hoy, Just ono mot'th nml.-r l.
was sent to tho House of Detenti.-ui
be dealt with for flagrantly dlrega-'t ne
the rules of the Hoard of education h
falling In love. This lad In the i-n
culprit. Tho three others, wlm u ii-l
have known better, cuch being n tnntuh
older, simply accompanied him on a
mission to his charmer.
The older boys are William Hoff. of
S13I Almond street. JJen'amln 'Inula. "
till Eart Allegheny avenue, and Mix
rtosen, of 2381 Itlchmond street The ln. -lorn
youth Is James Iusolunn. ' 1.
Kdgemont stieet. All are pupil j.t the
Northeast High School.
Little Miss Dorothy Somebody Is me
Innocent causa of all the troub'e Not
even the grim visaed Magistrate with
his retinue of bluecoats could Induce anv
of the four lads to reveal her lost name.
They stood mute today when questioned.
In their youthful cyu the light of an
unalterable Intention to die at the stake
or on the rack rather than tell.
The four boys wont to the Cambria
Grammar School, at 32th and William
streets, etTday In the recess hour.
Passolano had wrltton out a note for
Miss Dorothy and ho gave It to another
girl. The note read:
"Dear Dorothy:
"Meet me at Germantown and Lehigh
avenues at 4 o'clock this afternoon "
As the bearer of the message was
speeding on her way to Dorothy, David
H. Stout principal of the school. Inter
cepted her.
"Wna't have you there?" he asked, in
approved schoolmaster tone,.
Coincident with the request, he took
tho note and read It. Then he had the
four boys arrested by the bluecoat on
duty near the school.
At the hearing this morning Stout de
clared, apropos of nothing, that the
principal of tho high school where the
boys are pupils had commended him for
hi action In having them arrested And
as a parting shot he declared the same
principal had promised to deal with tho
lads when the law gets thiougn with
them. Then the Magistrate imposed tho
KOO-to-keep-the-peare sentence.
Magistrate Hme'.v declared after the
hearing the cade against the boys was
really serious. H said they had been
annoying guls at the school for months
and the principal hod to talie some ac
tion to protect them.
Parents of tlie boys looked upon their
arrest somewhat in the light uf a Joke
and also set-moil to think It would b a
lesson to them. They declared they had
no objection to make about tho arrest.
BLUECOATS "SPRUCING UP"
FOR THEIR ANNUAL PARADE
Each District of City Will Enter 32
of Its Finest.
All arrangement for the annual police '
parade have been eompVied. and tlia
"cops" have sut their tt uniform 10.
the press shop and have purchaml brand
new cotton mlts. :
Bach district of the tuwn will parade
S3 of Its finest Muei'OAtv Two setgeanU
of each dlstrlet will net a guides and 1
the lieutenant as captain of th companv.
Every poll, eman In town has btnn
given his otders for the blif dv except
Lieutenant Ooorsfe Vt and his motor
squad. He la being held subject to ,
orders.
The parade will form at Broad and
Fltzwater streets and march north to 1
Poplar street, east to 13th street, where
trolley cars -will be waiting The cars
will carry' the pollre to 13th street and
Lehigh avenue and thence t , the ball
park, at Hth street and lhigh avenue. ,
Lieutenant N'eff will have charge of
the Had Cross outfit. It will consist of !
ambulances, tire marshal wagons, police
vans whu b. aie not working and cruelty
to animals ambulance;.
TRIBUTE TO A. J. D. BIDDLE
leaders of Inasroiich Hlsslon Will '
Hold Service In His Honor,
As a tribute to the work of A J. lre?el
Biddle, founder of the bresel Blddld
Bible Classes, In Ihe Interests of the in.
asmuch Mission, leaders of the latter or.
ganlzation will tonight hold a special '
service In his honor. A ttetlmonul is
to be presented Mr. Biddle on liuhalf of !
converts at the initon, who detie to .
show their Hppreclatlon oC bU aaaUtanoi j
and Interest- j
Bishop itbinelander will preside ami '
theie u ill be sddrewes by the Ulshop,
not live tiuperlntendBnt Ueorge V.
Imbk. Fret' 1
rather pi crick W. Xorcroan nd Mr. Diddle,
the worsyat muio will be j. feiure
Ame'ivin
Spa
WIDE SEARCH FOR WOMAN
Police and Friends of Mrs. All&e
Cumtnius Puzzled by Disappearance,
Tlie police of (iermautown are search
ing for Mm Alice ('ummliu. of 641 West
Bud wick avenue. wboe miud i said to
be uiibalauoed. Tbi- woman scpd froi
tbc idVwuk avenue home wirly tlild
moraine. Ueort. the rest of tbe family
wis awake, by clijublu tnrough a win
dow to the porch ioof and then sliding
to the ground
At the tune she kft the house Mru.
C'uramlos wore a sweater and a blue
dress. She wore no hat or y.at All
trtVrli of friends and relative to find her
U Ut hare failed.
vBP? k $W$ -QIl v m erassT i ,t?3S SlllPllll flt'
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WOMAN IS SOUGHT
AS ACCOMPLICE IN
INSURANCE FRAUD
State Agents Investigate
Charge That Robust Per
son Was Substituted for
Invalid in Examinations.
The State Insurance Department Is In
vestigating today a long chain of insur
ance frauds extending throughout tho
country, the principals In which are said
to be Louis Sieger, JS years old, of 8.11
Noith Marshall street, and a woman,
nhose identity th authorities havo not
as jet toeen nble to determine.
Sieger's alleged frauds are said to be
to the extent of JGOOW. He was held
undr 1SW) ball by Magistrate Tracy yes
terday. Sieger acted as general manager for
Pennsylvania for the Western Life In-dt-mnlty
Company, of Chicago. He was
also a representative of a number of other
corporations and had desk room In tho
real estate ottlee of A. Steinberg. Mar
shall stieet and Falrmount avenue
The InVratlButlon of the charge
nvaiust Sieger is being conducted In this
city lv State Detective Wilson, while
npecial Agent D. K lluuihuu. of the State
Insurance Department. Is tnUIng charge
of .he Investigation in Pittsburgh, where
ome of Sieger's victims are ald to be.
"We aie going to Investigate every one
of the hundreds of pollclos which Sieger
lias written for people all over the coun
tiy, tald Mr. Wilson this morning. "It
seems to me that we hae the goods on
this man Sieger."
James McAtferty. of fcTfl North 6th
street, said today that Sleuer sold him
a polloy of the Western Life Indomnltv
Company for PX10 tw.i years ago. but
thai ho had nver tinned oer to the
company the premiums he collected on
the policy. A short time ago, MoAtTertv
said, Sloger came to his house and otfered
to ssttle with him by giving him a paid
up policy 111 another company.
The apt-cine ivoe on whkh the authori
ties coneentialod their attention toda.
naa that of Mrs ilertlut Kpstciii, un
i.,vliri. whose home is In Pittsburgh,
and whom Sieger Is tald to hae
attempted to Insure fur tSO.U") with
the Western Life Indemnity Com
pany. Ho ! aald to havo succeeded
In jjettlnn ber ft policy for 3CGX Accord
ing to B. I. Peter, special agent for the
1 'onservative Life Insurance Company, of
Wheeling. W. Va , who caused Sieger 0
artest. It was. found that Mm Epstein
had been 111 In hei home In Pittsburgh
for two ywiM.
Through the applicant s son. IJnrry,
Slegr !a accused of having substituted
foi physical ekumlnation another woman
who was in ood condition. Thla woman,
according o those working- on the cuae,
has bn used s a tool by Sieger In a,
immlr of other cases.
Ths autliorltle; have as yet been un
able to team tho identity of this woman.
Pters said he saw her for the first time
last week, in New York, in the oltlce
of a New Turk Ufa insurance company.
At tbat time, he wid. ' the presenca
ot the woman, ulmsfcif and Sieger. Harry
Epstein endeavored to have a policy for
tiOWi wilt'en out for Mis. Kpnteln, his
raatiier. naming himse.f as beiielinan.
Biegcr'e nuest was biought about
through reports mibmlttetl b agents uf
Other companies, who Hied ft number of
complaints. The large amount of busi
ness, done by Sieger excited suspicion
tin investigation it was dUcovered that
he had Insured the ailing Mrs. Kpsuip In
the Western Life ludemnlt 'oinpan for
iUA. Sieger, upon enauituatlon, denied
thJit lie wae i an uy involved in a
fratiduUat transaction, nolng that at ths
time Mrs. Kpsteiu obtainfd her polioy
Harry Epstein swore that the woman wan
his mother. Epstein h himself under in
dlciment In Pituburgh
'fhf amount Involved In Stefer' trans
actions, according to the State Insurance
Department, ina even exceed J)l and
reach the sum of KJ.0.
HE DID BLAME THEM
The new baby had proved Itself the
possessor of extraordinary lung power.
Oo day baby'e brother, little Johnny,
said to bi mother.
Ma. Httle brother casae froai Heaven,
didn't her
"Yes, dear." answered the mother.
Johnny was silent for a moment, and
then he went on.
"1 say, m''
"What 18 it, Jobnnyr
-J don t blame the acjel for Bliurtn:
him out, do your -Exchange.
RABBI'S AGED SLAYER
GUILTY OF MURDER
IN SECOND DEGREE
Thomas Burns, 64 Years
Old, Who Killed Man
Defending Woman, Gets
Indeterminate Sentence.
A verdict of murder in the second de
Biee was rendeied h a jury before Judge
Little In the Coutt of Oyer and Terminer
today In tho case of Thomas Burns, a iV4-year-old
peddler, churged with UlllltiK
Rabbi Louis Erchansky In front of his
home. C13 North Marshall street, on June
I S. The court sentenced Hums to an In-
tertwdinte term of from ") to 20 years
in prison,
Burns, a peddler, Ct years old. was In.
fntuated with Mrs. Fannie Ulsenbaum, S3
years old, of COI North Marshall streot,
and In n Jealous rage, after the woman
I bad rebuffed hlin. sought to kill her. On
the evening of June S he called nt Mrs.
liisenbuum' home and was told by her
10- ear-old son that she had gone to
lit Mrs. Itebecca Krchnnsk) , wife of
I tho rubbi. at 613 North Marshall street.
I Burns cainu upon the women as they
I were sl'tlng in front of the rabbi's home,
uiid 'iuirhly drew his tnvolver.
Tne first shot struck Mrs. KUenbaura
' b hind the car, causing a wound which
' required her confinement in the hospital
for aen weeks. A second shot narrowly
missed Mm firschansky, and when Itabbl
1 Krsohansky ran from tho front door of
htH iimne and bent over the prostrate
jnrm of Mrs. Krschansky Burns turned
his revolver on the rabbi and indicted a.
mortal wound.
Assistant District Attorney Taulane, In
summing up the Commonwealth's unsn
befure the Jury, asserted that the testi
mony aOdJced icswnluy jiroved conclu
aloiy that Ilurod had murder in his
heart when he sought out Mrs. iSJsen
baum. and that the prisoner did not
hesitate in turning ills revoUer against
uny one whom Iw thought was trying w
protect the woman. The prosecuting at
torney declared the efforts uf the defmiee
to prove that Burns was In a weakened
mental condition at the time of tho crime
were without substance. The Jury was
also told that Its verdict should not be
Influenced by the advanced age of the
prisoner.
One of the chief arguments of C. Stuart
Patterson. Jr . counsel for tho prisoner,
was Bums' age. It was contended that a
man of Burns advanced ye-rs might
jiuve sulfered a temporary mental a-fflio-tlqu
which would make, him irresponsible
for the coimnUsion of a crime. Attorney
I'jttersou directed Ids efforts not so much
to obtaining an arxiultta) of Burns us to
ruatrivi 'he verdict to murder of the
second degree
TWO SHOT IN GANG FIGHT
More Thau 100 Shots Pass Between
"Duaters" and ''Gophers."
NBW YORK. Oct. 14. Two men were
Injured and more Jhan IM shots were
fired early today In a gang fight between
"Hudson Dusters" and "Gophers" on HtU
strtet near Sth avenue. Four members of
the aophers," two of them Injuied, wero
arrested.
The members of the 'Hudson Dusters"
escaped In an automobile. They started
the shooting.
Order Chinamen Deported
Seven Chinamen, arrested at At lent to
fiti rifoati Citv and other New Jersev
j coast towns, were ordered deported at a
I hearing before Judge Jollne In Camden
I today. The Orientals had been smuggled
Into tlie oountry and their arrest fol
lowed a lengthy Federal Irrestlgatlon.
BRIDE-TO-BE DIES
AFTER HEART ATTACK
Girl Who Was to bo Married Lnst
Week Succumbs.
After hovering between life and death
for a week, cherishing tho hope that
she would wed her swootheart tomor
row. Miss May Crlspcn. of -112 Stevens
street, Camden, died today of heart
failure. Joseph Armstrong, to whom she
was hethothrd, pat by her bedsido until
she breathed her lnst.
The wedding was to havo taken place
last Thursday. In her bridal gown Miss
Crlspen greeted friends, and while she
wns receiving their good wishes was
suddenly taken III. A physician who
was summoned advised that the cere
mony bo postponed. Against her will
the bride-to-be agreed. She rallied onco
or twice since the attack, but yester
day morning her condition became critical
and she grew steadily weaker until tho
end.
She will be burled on Saturday In tho
dress which wus to have been her bildal
gow n,
ROBBERS RANSACK HOUSE
THIRD TIME IN SIX MONTHS
Canned Goods and Jewelry Are Bur
glars' Booty.
Canned goods and Jewelry comprised
the loot obtained by burglars who robbed
the home of George II. Myers, Jr.. of
6703 Anderson streot, some time within
the last few dns tor the third time In
six months. The robbery wo discovered
thin morning.
.Mr. Mvcrs has bten moving to a house
nt IJnr-oln drive ami llorttcr street and
had left some things In the Anderson
street home. This morning he returned
to clear out the hous and found a cel
lar window opened.
"Thev've been here ngaln." he s,ald.
.lifter making an Inventory he found that
the thieves had obtain IC0 worth of Jew
elry, ennned goods, presorvea and cloth
ing The last time the houso was robbed
tho burglars got 1X0 worth of Jewelry
and silverware, but In the flrBt robbery
the lo? was trilling.
FOUR POLICE PROMOTIONS
Men Who Passed Examination Two
Years Ago Made Stret Sergeants.
Four members of the police force were
promoted to tho rank of street sergeant
by Director Poiter today and sworn In
In his ofllre. While all passed an exami
nation two years ago, there were no va
cancies then. The Director gained the
consent of the Civil Service Commission
and they weie appointed house and pa
trol sergeants and promised the posi
tions to which they weie entitled when
vacant-lea occurred without a further
examination.
Harry Hdwards, an acting drlllmaster
and captain of Company O, 2d Keglment.
N. O. P.; James Creelman. house ser
geant of the 81 bt and Thompson streets
station, who has been detailed In the
oltlce of the Superintendent of Police;
Robert H. Washing, a house sergeant,
who l-ractlng street sergeant in the 19th
snd Oxford streets station, and Itobert
Somervllle. of the 32d street and Wood
land avenue station, are the new street
sergeants.
"KING OF DOPES" ARRESTED
Police Find 240 Grains of Cocaine in
Man's Possession.
Stephen Martin, called by the police
'"ihe king ot dupes," was held In VM
b.ill for court today by Magistrate Tiacy
at the 11th and Winter streets station,
aharged with having cocaine in his pos
session. A report from City Hall, where
the stuff was analyzed, set forth that
2V grulcs of the drug had been found in
Martin's possession. The police cay this
Is the lurgut amount they have ever
found on one man.
Martin was arretted a week ago at 18th
and Kace streets and held for a further
hearing today. The police declare thev
found several packages of cocaine Tn his
pockets, labeled two bits"' and "four
bits,' slang for S cents and CO cents, re
spectively. Later they 6ay they found
more of the drug In bis room near Uth
and Wood streets.
RIGID SCRUTINY -OF
INSANE MAN'S
FATE UNDER WAY
Committee Appointed to In
vestigate Death of H. C.
Hummel 1 Attendants
Held Responsible.
Indignities Inflicted upon nn attendant
at tho Pennsylvania Hospitnl for the In
Bane, otherwise known ns Kirkbrldo's, nre,
according to members of the Board of
Managers of the Institution, responsible
for the attacks said to have been made
upon Henry C. Hummell, a civil engineer,
31 years old, 419 North B2d street, a former
patient in the hospital, who. Deputy Cor
oner Sellers declares, died on October 6 as
a result of Injuries received nt the hands
of attendants In tho institution. The
Board of Managers also announced today
that an Immedlato effort will be made to
obtain a moro responsible class of at
tendants at the hospital.
APPOINT INVESTIGATORS.
The board, on learning that Hummell
had died In the hospital on October 5,
appointed Charles Biddle, an attornoy,
COS Chestnut street, and Henry II. Collins,
two of their number, to mnke a thorough
Investigation of the death of the civil
engineer, on whose body bruises were
found when It was taken to his home.
Six attendants, who wero yesterday hold
to await the action of the Grand Jury,
and others nt the hospitnl, who came In
contact with Hummel, wero examined by
the two members of the board. Their
statements were taken by a stenographer
for Detective Paul, who wns assigned by
Coroner Knight to make a rigid Investiga
tion of the case.
ATTENDANTS IN PRISON.
The men held yesterday by Chief Deputy
Coroner Sellers wero Dennis Kelly, James
Dallas, Martin Glblen, Edward J. Breslln.
MUhnel Connelly and Arthur Greenwny,
all of whom are attendants at the hos
pital ind-make their homo there. They
are In Moyamenstng Prison nnd will re
main there until the next session of the
Grand Jury.
A member of the board of managers of
the Pennsylvania Hospital for the insane,
In speaking of tho death of Hummell to
day, said that the hospital authorities
were lending eery assistance to the de
tectives working on the case, that the
guilty man of the six who were sent to
Jail yesterday may he found and punished
for the crime.
"We certainly want to prevent another
fatality," said tho official of the hos
pital, "but our greatest difficulty lies In
obtaining high-class men as attendants."
He explained that only laboring men
would accept such positions, and that In
the Hummell case they were subjected
tn Indignities that a high-grade or low
olass man would not tolerate. Hummell,
he said, always got the best of treat
ment, but he believed he received the
lnlurles which caused his death on the
night of October 3. after the Inmate had
insulted the attendant to such an extent
that the man tost his temper and forced
htm hack Into bed.
A TROUBLESOME PATIENT.
Three attendants who had spoken In a
rough manner to Hummell were dis
missed from the hospital two weeks hgo,
but from the Investigation of the au
thorities there Is no evidence showing
that they subjected him to any rough
treatment- Hummell, is was said today,
was a troublesome and violent patient
and often walked up and down his room
and shouted at the top of his volet'. At
other times, while talking to attendants
ho would seem perfectly rational and
then shower abuse and intolerable In
dignities on the attendant without cause.
These acts on the part of the patient,
according to the detectives and hospital
authorities, unquestionably caubed the at
tendant to lose his temper and use force.
Tho attendants at the hospital ate
supervised day and night by an overseer,
who. from time to time, makes rounds
of tho wards of the hospital to ascertain
that the Inmates recelvo the best of treat
ment. Chief Deputy Coroner Bellera, who con
ducted the Inquest Into HummeU'a death
yesterday. In speaking to the accused
men after they had failed to give satis
factory Information, said
"This le murder. One of you men com
mltted this crime and until it is proven
which one 'a guilty all must be held ac
countable because you were bis attend.
nta.M r
" Questioning Householders.
Police nre busy today In fcevon vnriH
In Philadelphia ringing doorbells and
qulmlng householders an tho principal
agencies In the fight against "phantom
. voters" nnd registry frauds being waged
by Director Porter nno tne vomnmieu
of 70. Already tho police have covered
the biggest part of 13 wards, and their
work today will comploto tho canvass,
It Is expected. Tho result of tho canvass
will be the cleanest election In Philadel
phia, so far ns repeating li concerned,
those watching tho Investigations say.
Twenty wards were picked by tho Com
mlttco of 70 as needing determined In
vestigation to weed out "phantom
voters," It was In these 20 wards votes
nre Bald to have been cast Illegally In
(tin n,.l Tn.olMMHA, l,1.1 niif 1-iir 111
confusion on election day nnd tho In
ability to recognlzo voters, it Is said,
have been rolzed upon and put to good
use by the Penrose-McNIchol-Varo Or
ganization. In years before votes nre alleged to
have beon cast by -men who-oftcn nover
even saw the residence placed after their
names on the registry books.
But this year n dlfforent syntem Is In
use. A rush order was issued to copy
names put on the registry books at the
last registration day, and by employing
60 girls tho Committee of Seventy was
able to turn over to tho police names of
prospective voters as they were given two
weeks ago.
POLICEMEN SEEKING PHANTOMS.
So the policemen started out on their
canvass. None of them seems overly fond
of tho task, but a zealous spirit Is shown.
Every morning squads arc told oft by tho
lieutenant at the station house, and ft few
minutes later, by twos and threes, tho
patrolmen are out on tho street.
The squad of girls Is at work nt tho
10th and Buttonwood streets pollco Mn
tion on books sent from City Hall, trans
ferring names to small slips, which even
tually find their way into tho policemen's
hands. Each voter or presumptive voter
has a slip to himself. One man usually
carries the slips, while another checks
him to sec no mistake Is made. Two
policemen climb tho steps of a house and
ring tho hell.
Now, the sight of two policemen at tho
threshold Is a startling one to most
people. And In tho 20 wards picked out
by the Committee of Seventy ns being in
need of scrutiny, visiting policemen nro
viewed with suspicion, not to say dislike.
Down In tho 3d District householders part
ly opened their doors to policemen with
papers In their hands. A group of smnll
hoys nnd passerhoys by crowding tho slde
walk In front was not reassuring. So. In
many cases, the householders swung their
doors till only n modest two Inches re
mnlned or closed them entirely, according
to their regard for tho police and tho
stato of their consciences.
When this happened the policemen
knocked considerately nt the doors ngaln
and spoke embarrnssed hut soothing ex
planations of their mission. Whereupon
the householder tisuallv pluck?d up cour
age enough to open the door a little wider
nnd accept one of tho slips. Waving tho
slips was conceded to be a tactical error
on the part of ihe policemen, for white
papers savored of wnrronts nnd arrests
and Jail. Most of the time the house
holder accepted them gingerly, after the
manner of people taking a hot plate.
Then ihe policemen went on with their
parts. "Does John Jones llvo here?"
MR. JONES AT HOME.
If the anxlou person peering around
the door said he did. th nolicemen con
gratulated themselves nnd forced a slip
if they had not already dono so, upon him,
with the words, "Sign hero." Tlie house,
holder was known on the slip ns "signa
ture Informant" By this time ha had
begun to get an Idea of what it was all
about and the door was hospitably open.
Often this was accomplished by visible
feelings of rellof and a disposition to grow
chatty and talk about the world series.
The po.lcemen always looked pleneed
when told that John Jones did live there,
not only because It meant that clvlo right
eousness was in that house, but also be
cause there were only two places to sign
on the slip In such cases ngRlnst six op
seven In case John Joneis' address was a
fake. If John Jones did not live there,
these were the questions: "If removed.
where to?" and "Ward, tf known?" nnd
"Division, if known!" Besides this there
were three whole lines to be filled with
"Other remarks," and policemen are nota
bly laconic.
So the policemen looked relieved when
they found there really wns a John Jones
In the house, and after saying "Sign
here" and repossessing the tllps, they
wished the householder good morning and
passed on to the next house.
It was bad enough to be able to prog
ress only as far bb the next house after
doing nil that, but In the 3d District tho
canvassers had other troubles. Usually
the more astute policeman effected suine
sort of a compromise, such as writing the
householder's name and getting him to
make a mark after It, but during tho
canvass the policeman's lot was not a
happy one.
CHILDREN MAY GIVE RELIEF
Board of Education Sanctions Bed
Cross Collectrons In Schools.
Bd Cross aid from the school chil
dren of Philadelphia has been made pos
sible through the action of the Board of
Education in waiving the rule against
collections In publlo schools. This was
done at the request of Miss Mary A.
Carrulhero on behalf of the American
Red Cross Society.
Children who wish to help relieve dls
tress In Europe will be permitted to con
tribute one cent a week.
TALE FROM THE SEASIDE
"It waa a dreadful moment." said the
dentist. "I was bathing quietly, when
the great, cavernous Jawa of the shark
opened before roe."
"What did you do." aked one of the
ladles,
"I took my forceps out of the pocket
of my bathing suit end pulled his teeth
before he had a chance to seize me. It
vraa the quickest and neatest bit of work
I ever did." Exchange. i
The hoard appointed by Director of
Public Safety George D. Portor to In
vestigate tho baceball tlckcl scandal to
day summoned Reserve Policeman Ed
ward Johnston nccuscd of aiding specu
lators in obtaining- tickets.
Two men appeared before tho InvcstU
gating Commlttco this morning to tell
why they did not obtain tickets and how
they wero hindered by speculators and
tho pollco. They both accused Johnston
nf niillng speculators.
The accusers are Julln'n Haugwltz, of
Sluirnn Hill, representative of Stollwct
& Co., of New York, stock brokers, and
J. William Chow, of CM Markot street
Chester, ,i manufacturer.
Roth were 3urc that Johnston, who
stnnils at 11th nnd Murltet streets, but
who was d tailed during the ticket sale
before Glmbcl's More, was a grafter They
testified to seeing him wave n number of
bills In his hands nnd say "Who Is next?"
The witnesses nUo say ho was In con-,
versatlon with men who entered Glmbel's
before the doors wero open. Ono carried
a camera.
J. William Chow said that ho paid a
Negro $2 for his place. A few minutes
Inter he saw tho wimo Negro threo placos
nhcud of him. Ho said he remonstrated,
but when a policeman spoko gruflly lla
subsided. Ho got his tickets and he did
not U'io them. They wero offered as
Exhibit A. He Intends to cash them In.
Chow also thinks that he would not
havo been detained In lino so long If It
was not for Johnston thrusting men
ahead of him.
Ho said men who wero In front of him
after leaving Glmbels' came back to of
fer snlo of scats at exorbitant prices.
Haugwltz also condemned Johnston He
said a police. sergeant closed the side door
of a saloon wlioro ticket speculators col
lected and got plnco3 in line by going out
the side door and crowding out soma
other person.
It was not fur In the fan lino that Mr.
llntiRwitz tiavcled. lie said that he got
to a restaurant uuil then out for lunch.
When he returned tho salo was over
Ho testified while he was In Hue that
three young men ncrc taken out uf ths
crowu during u dispute. The young men
were accused of being Interlopers b those
behind them. Tho tcivcant hciud the
testimony of nil concenn d, hut s-ent the
jouiig men awny. the witness said.
Mr. Chew, who knows Johnston ns No.
YJ), says thnt he taw him accept several
lillls from a Negro. Mr. Iluugwltz sas
that No. ISO was vety olllcloiiH The
policeman won alio accused of talking to
"Pittsburgh Looey," who Is known to be
a speculator.
Johnson made no defense. Ho is drilling
nt tho ball pjrk in preparation for the
police carnival.
"I cannot bcllevo that tho Bnbo did any
thing wrong," wild Captain of Tollco
Tempest. "V will look Into tho matter
nnd may put him on trial "
NURSE, "GOOD ANGEL," ILL
St. Agnes Hospital Worried Over
Conditions of Sister Theollnda.
Phvslcinns, pntlnnts and attaches ot
St. Agnes Hospital are deeply worried
today over tho serious Illness of Sister
Theollnda, tho "good angel" of the In
stitution. Sister Georglnn. tho superior,
declined to divulgo the nature of tho
Illness, hut It Is understood to be the
result of a nervous breakdown due to
her unremitting labors among the pa
tients of tho hospital.
For yoats the nnmo of Sister Theollnda
has been ono to conjure with nt the big
downtown Institution.' (Vlrtuallv every
patient treated there In manv years has
Jsiiown tho touch of her hand and bus
been helped by her cheering words She
has been at the hospital for the last ten
years, nnd Is looked upon as one or the
most valuable of the nurses.
Today tho Institution Is permeated with
grief. Patients have forgotten their own
troubles nnd at every opportunity nnxlous
ly Inquiro ns to Sister Theollnda's condi
tion. THE WEATIIER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, Oct It.
For Eastern Pennsylvania Unsettled to.
night, with probably rain In southeast
portion; Thursday partly cloudy, moder
ate northeast .winds.
For New Jersey Unsettled tonight, with
probably local rain in fouth portion)
Thursday partly cloudy.
Light to moderate rains covered all of
Fennaylvanla except a few southeastern
counties, the rain area extending over
most of the country east of the Missis
sippi Blver. Scattered rains covored about
one-fourth ot the area of tho plains
States. Fair weather has prevailed from
the Rocky Mountains westward The
temperatures are lower along the norm
Atlantlo slope and In the central and
western Gulf region, and are rising in
the far Northwest. Frost or freezing was I
general In the northern plains States. In!
tne vicinity of Lake Superior, ana mj
Vermont last night.
U. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
Obtenatlona made at 8 a. m. Eastern tlnMI
Low
Ink, Rnln. VaIaa.
Btatlon. 8a.ro. n't. ralLWInd. lly Weauwf I
Lueue, rex, ii iu . . r clear
Atlantic City .. 6S 3S ,. H SO Cloudy
lllfclnarelc. V TV fill NO ..V 111 lear
Ikwton, Mass.... 4U Jll ., NB 6 rtlouJI
Iluttalo. N v.. '- 01 N'H 10 I'flouoyl
i nu-ago, in. , , m as .. NU 18 CI ujy
-Itvtland. O. ., MJ 6J .20 KE 31 CluuJjr
IXiner Col. ... :t2 S3 .08 sV Cleir
Dm MulaeH. I a... 4H iU .03 X 10 JUIn
Detroit. Mich. , 60 44 ,. E 23 Ucud
Duluth. Minn. . :l . - H 4 t loudy
Calvwrton, Tex., M fid Ml N 26 P ( '"U&YS
funeral, r,. v. , it .u . , a 4 viiuu ,B
Htlena, Mom... 40 10 . SW 8 I'Cl-uJI
Huron, S. I). , SS 36 .. NW il'ur I
Jacksonville .... T4 ., B 4 r('Jl
Kansas City Mo. 4S 41 .14 N IS Misi.cs
l.OUISMIl. HJ . l OH .10 N II IUll--
MeuiDhU. Trail. 4S 4K KB 4 clear
New Orleans ... ttt ni .OS N 13 clo-i i
New York 63 BO .. H U ui
North l'latte 31 31 .. N -4 Clou')
Oklahoma. OkU. 44 4 1 ., N IS (1 u1
I'h'uidelLihta ... M M .. NB 13 11-uoy
l'hoaclx' Aril., T2 01 .. U 10 1er
IHiUburgh. Pa.. SI SI 111 H 33 t "iHX
1'orilanJ, M..,, M SI .. N 4 .'Ifsr
Uuebii.- Can . . 33 2 W 4 V i ' '
HI I.uls, Mo.. 4S 4S .. NW i
ft I'aul, Minn H at . N S fT
alt 1-ake. Utah S3 49 .PI) 8 t '"
Han Freurtso.. 03 t3 N 4 T
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Tamtia tl tn . M i 1 ,M',I
Waihloxton ., BH M .14 MS U ""
Winnipeg ,,.,.. M (4 ., B SO els"
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