55B55H5i5fci3B553i up- nnptpW"'""-' t f iCrtiner NIGHT EXTRA NIGHT EXTRA izxtmxntt PRICJS ONE CENT VOL. I-XO. 2 J) PHILADELPHIA, 1TIUDAY, OCTOBER 1G, 103 J. Coriuam, 1B14, t in rcsr.ro Ledbbs CoMHiifr ' T'nfWjj ..!' ' MWPH11 -'" '"" ' BRUMBAUGH'S HANDS TOUGH NO RUM FUND Nominee for Governor Tells Republican State Commit tee He Will Not Accept a Penny From It. Personal Friends Provide His Campaign Expenses "My Hands Clean," Ho "ays, "Of the Liquor Backers' Taint." PALMER NOT TO WITHDRAW Dr. Martin O. Brumbaugh, Republi can nominee for Governor, has Informed the Republican State Committee that lie will accept no money from the Repub lican State Committee's campaign fund. The expenses of hl3 personal campaign, ho Bald today, have been paid and are being paid by tho Brumbaugh Citizens' Committee, by himself and by personal friends. "My hands are clean," said Doctor Brumbaugh, "When tho campaign Is over no man can question the source of the funds used In placing my candidacy be fore the people of Pennsylvania. "I have asked tho State Committee to furnish no funds for my pergonal cam paign, and they have granted my ro quest. Personal friends provided tho funds for my campaign before tho Brum baugh Citizens' Coinmlteo was formed, and that committee Is now paying the ex penses of my campaign." Pergonal friends of tho candldato today raid that before Doctor Brumbaugh an nounced his candidacy last spring they offered to pay the expense of thu "scliool moHtct'b" campaign themselves. Ho acfi ceiui'ii men- uncr, ami u was ills own money and that furnished by those per sonal friends, among whom was Louis J. Knlb, tho treasurer of the Brumbaugh Citizens Committee, that paid the ex penses of the Brumbaugh headquarters nnd the cost of printing and distributing Doctor Brumbaugh's platform and all of tho other Btumbaugh campaign literature that was Issued during tho primary cam paign. committhk's dxpdnsijs heavy. The Republican State Committee, on tho other hand, went to u heavy expense dur ing tho primary campaign for Penrose Whit ellouse Bays Candidate In Fight to Finish. WASHINGTON. Oct, 16.-Dcnlal was made at tho Whlto House today ' that Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, Dem ocratic candidate for tho United States Eennto front Pennsylvania, Is to with draw from the lace. Ho far ris the Whlto House knows, theie has never been the remotest sugges tion that Mr. Palmer would withdraw, and Piesldent Wilson Is Lonlldent that be will win his tlRht. DEFEAT OF KAISER DEMAND OF LABOR PARTY OF BRITAIN Dropping Class Strife Lead ers in Parliament Pledge Government Support in War Policy." Concluded on I'nce Two HUGE INSURANCE SWINDLE REVEALED; FIVE ARRESTS MADE State Department Says Sen sational Discoveries Will Soon Be Announced. Women Used as Tools. WASHINGTON', Oct. lC.-That the de feat of the Kaiser Is necessary to the maintenance of democracy In Kurope Is the subMnnce of manifestoes Issued by tht labor party group In the British Parlia ment as reported to the British Kmbassy ncio today In a cablegram from flic For eign Ofllco nt London. The labor party announces Its determination to .support the Government during the war. Tho dispatch reads: "A manifesto has been Issued, entitled 'Thu British Labor Movement nnd the War,' which has been signed by labor members of Paillamcnt and leaders of the labor movement. It declares false sti foments have been made In various counttlcs regarding the attitude of labor towards the war. "The labor leaders say that they always hoped for peace, but their hope has been destroyed by the Kaiser. Concerning Ger many's wanton violation of Belgian neu trality they recognize that Britain after exhausting the resources of peaceful diplomacy, was bound In honor and by treaty to resist German aggression. The victory of Germany would mean the death of democracy In Kurope. Conse quently the labor party supports the Brit ish Government. Until Germany Is beaten there can be no peace. "Tho president of the local govern ment board states that fears of wide spread dislocation of trade have proved unfounded and with fow exceptions, un employment Is very much less Berlous than was anticipated. Many districts re port trade experiencing a distinct revival. "Tho German paper, A'oerwnrta, states that hundreds of thousands In Germany nre without work and dependent upon charity. Winter will Increase enormously tho number and misery of the un employed. ' '' . . '' A,.-1 'P. . r'WM'W'Bw''!-' "& 't?$-iSwf4k-:A THE MAN WHO WONT SPLIT IHS TICKET 1 1 r i GERMAN RESERVES CHARGE AS ALLIES FIGHT WAY TO SEA CARSON COLLEGE FOR ORPHAN GIRLS TO BE A REALITY Long Delayed by Litigation, Plans for Institution Take Shape With Naming of Board of Trustees. "THE HANDS OF ESAU" In this issue of the Evening Ledger, on the Editorial Page, is printed the sixth article of the series dealing with political condi tions in Philadelphia. Today's topic is THE MAGISTRATES It shows how ward leaders, as members of the minor judiciary, bring their courts into disrepute; and it points out the remedy for a deplorable condition of affairs. The remarkable workings of tho hand of "deathbed Insurance" swindlers, who have been operating extensively In Phil- dclphla, Pittsburgh and other large cities, aro slowly being cleared up, ac cording to George II. Calveit, an attor ney, who Is handling the ease for tho State Insurance Department, and Inspec tor D. 'B. Huiilhan, who returned to this city today after several days spent In Investigating tho ramifications of the ronsplincy In Pittsburgh. Important ar rests here may bo mude within the net 4S hours. "Tho whole cojispliacy Is gradually be ing brought to light," Mr. Calvin t said. "Wo have been forced to gather evidence by piecemeal, but have progiessed far enough to say that a most gigantic insur ance dwindle was well under way before It was discovered. Tor the present we must withhold from the public the mass of evidence we have secured, otherwise tho ends of Justice might bo defeated In seveiul waa." Mrs. Bertha Epstein, of Pittsburgh, one of those nnt'sted in connection with the case, has beun ill for years, has not been able to leave her home for two yeurs and jet has been Insured for $10,000 In two companies. Other applications were unsuccessful, It was said. The woman, who siMks mi llngllsh and who never signs her name, Is believed to have no knowledge that she was being Insured, und they say she was blng used nb one of the dupes. Applications In htr name to tho amount of JI0O.0W had been nude to 12 different companies, 1' lb stated. Accoidlng to Mr. Hunlhan, Harry L. Epstein, i son of the old womun. Is among those who i-avo befn ai rested In this iltj and released on ball Ho said the cusea would some before the Xov em ber tlraud Jury upon charges of con fcpirary and attempt to defraud. The in spector added that a woman weighing Ifcl pounds and in perfect health was ex amined as Bertha Kpsteln In an applica tion for .it .W.ono policy. The Kpsteln worn 'n weighs only SO pounds. GERMANS FORCED TO QUIT TOWN TAKEN NEAR WARSAW Invaders Loe Ground in Poland Be fore Czar's Advance. LONDON, Oct. 10. A Iteutcr telegram from Petrograd says that Grojec, a town 23 miles southeast of Warsaw, has been captured from the Germans. Hundreds of persons who fled from Warsaw at the approach of the Germans aro returning to their homes, the mes sage adds. There has been heavy fighting all week from 10 to 23 miles from Warsaw. MANILA, BASE FOR FOES, BRITAIN CHARGES TO U. S. Germans Use Philippine Port for Supplies, Is Complaint. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. The nrltlsh Ambassador, Sir Cecil Sprlng-Itlce, to day complained to the State Department that ships of neutral nations aro using the poit of Manila as a base for sup pling German cruisers. The State Department promised to make an Investigation. Sir Cecil Informed the State Depart ment that he had documentary evidence that American vessels, which cleared from Manila some days ago loaded with coal, had transferred their cargoes to German cruisers either on tho high seas or at some obscure Island, ruder the proclamation Issued by the State Department a short time ago this constitutes a violation of neutrality. FLA I N THE WEATHER For Philadelphia and vioinily Rain tonight and probably Saturday; cooler Saturday afternoon; moderate easterly winds. ' For details, zee last pagex VARE CANDIDATE CUTS $15,000 OFF GARBAGE BID Penn Reduction Company Price Still Higher Than Other Cities Pay, The Penn Reduction Company, whose superintendent. Fred B. Wlllard, Is a candidate for the Legislature from a Vare district, submitted today a bid of 323.5SS for the removal of gaibage In Philadel phia for tho year 1315. It was the only bid received. The bid Is $15,001 less than the July bid which was made by the same company for the same contract. Director Cooke took tho bid under advisement. The July bid was (333,592. Because of the high price tne urn was ignored ana new bids were advertised for. Comparing the present bid with the eost of removal and disposal of garbage in Pittsburgh and Washington, this city Is peylng higher prices. The present rate for the removal of garbage per ton in Pittsburgh Is 12.20. In Washington the rate Is 42 a ton. It is estimated that about 100,000 tons of garbage Is being removed yearly in Phil adelphia. Under the present contract the city is paying 3.25 a ton for the removal of garbage. SEARS LEFT $17,000,000 Will Filed for Probate The Testator Sled in Sanitorium. CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-The will of Robert W. Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck & Co.. filed here for probate today, dis poses of an estate estimate at JlT.000,000. He died at a sanatorium in Waukesha, Wis , on September 2S The entire estate is left to hi widow, who la the sole executrix. With the selection of a Board of Trus tees of the Carson College for Orphan Girls, In accordance with tho will of Rob ert N, Carson, tho execution of which has been delayed because of litigation until a few days ago, the Institution will become a reality. In a statement issued today the trus tees give In detail the plans on which the Institution Is to be established. Its scoe and the opportunities It will offer to orphaned glrh to take a place In the struggle of life. I" According to the statement, the will directs that the trustees of the estate, tho toal of which amouns to $3,000,000, shall administer the afrnlrs of the char ity. The trustees are directed to set aside a building fund of $1,000,000. The entire Income of tho fund Is to bo used In the maintenance of the college. The will stipulates that the girls to be admitted to tho Institution nro to be "poor, white, healthy girls, both of whosu parents shall be deceased." Preference Is lo be given, first, equally to those born In Philadelphia and those born in Mont gomery County; secondly, to those bonv in the state of Pennsylvania, nnd, lastly, to those born In the United States. The girls must not bo under 6 nor more than 10 years of age, and they are to be graduated at the age of 18, or earlier, if the board deem It for their Interest and advantage. None will be admitted from other Institutions. The girls will be given tho benefit of a good, moral training and will have all the usual elementary courses. Those ca pable will be taught the elements of vocal or instrumental music. Most im portant of all, the girls nie to be taught thoroughly and practical! all the domes tic arts and, as far as possible, the do mestic sciences, In order that they may be prepared to tnxe up successfully housekeeping and nursing. They will also be made familiar with the use of tools. They will bo taught gardening, Including vegetable gardening, and, If practicable, they will be given an opportunity to acquire some knowledge In milking, poultry raising, etc. Mr. Carson, in his will, recommends that the dormitory Idea be done away with; that the buildings to bo erected be an administration building, a school butldlng, power house a cottage for the superintendent and his family, a cottage for every 25 girts, with dormitories, study room and recreation room, and a chape; for religious services or lectures. An Interesting recommendation on the religious training of the girls is made to the effect that no religious sect, denoml patlon or church should have control of the Institution or Its funds, nor should any religious service peculiar to any church be held All the girls are tp huve a sound, mural education and are to be carefully instructed In the fundamental doctrines of Christianity. TEACHER FOR EVERY 25 GIRLS. The oillcers of the Institution are to he a superintendent, a senior matron, a gov erness or house matron, in charge of each cottage, and one teacher for every 25 girls. All legal objections now being swept away by the recent decision of the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania, it Is now merely a matter of detail to arrange for the establishment of the Institution. In accordance with Mr. Carson's directions, the college will be located upon his coun try estate, known as "Erdenhelm," at Chestnut Hill, on a tract to contain no fewer than 50 or more than 100 acres. The trustees have already set aside a tract of 8' acres on the estate, and will as soon as possible proceed with the execution of the trust. Mr. Carson's estate is ample to provide a sufficient In come for the maintenance of the college. The trustees of the Institution are John Grlbbel, Thomas M Thompson. Otto T Mallery, George Vaux Jr., Theron I. Crane. Walter W. Perkins ana Jamea P. rsoa ONE KILLED, FIVE HURT; TRAIN HITS CAMPAIGN AUTO BRITISH WARSHIP VICTIM OF GERMAN TERROR; 500 LOST Submarine Darts Past North Sea Patrol, Attacks Sister Ship and Sends Hawke to Bottom. Fred Simons, Norristown Newspaperman, Dies Soon After Arthur McFar land, Assembly Candidate, Fatally Injured. NORRISTOWN, l'a.. Oct. Jfi. Returning to Norristown from a political meeting nt Souderton nnd Telford last night, an automobile containing Washington party candidates for Congress, Senate and As sembly was struck by an express on tho Rending Railway a Souderton crossing. Fred SimonB, of Norristown. a reporter on the NoTlstown Times nnd correspond ent for Philadelphia newspaper, was nlmost Instantly killed; Aithur McFnr lanil, "f Gulf Mills, nominee for As sembly In the Third District, N dying in the hospital at South Bethlehem, and John Dido and Bernard Shefter, both of Norristown, are badly liljured. though not serh uslv. are at the Grand View Hob pltal, Scllersville. John Rex, of Norristown, who repte sented the NnrrlMown dlstilrt In the Inst Assembly and Is now the Washing ton Party nominee for State Senator from Montgomery County, oscaped with out a scratch, although he Is suffering from severe nervous shock. Harold G. Knight, of Ambler. Washington party nominee for Congress In tho .Eighth Dis trict, was only slightly bruised. Shefter, who wns running the machine, wns cut about the face. DIclo is suffer. Ing from bruises. He Is employed In the office of Maxwell Stravvbrldge, Norrls. town, n member of the Washington Party State Committee Simons, who died 15 minutes after the accident, leaves a widow and three chil dren in Norristown. He came here sev eral years ago from Philadelphia. McFarland Is one of the oldest Magis trates In Montgomery County. Simons and McFarland sat together in the rear seat of the machine. According to Information obtained Ix-re, Shefter was running tho automobllo Mow- ly and did not eee tho approaching train until too late to avoid the accident. The gates were up at the crossing. w LONDON, Oct. 16. Tho British cruiser Havvko has been sunk In the North Sea by a German sub marine In a daring raid from the German coast. Tho Admiralty, In mnklng Its announce ment of the sinking of the Hawke, mid: "His Majesty's ship Theseus, Captain Hugh Edward, wns attacked by a sub marine In tho northern waters of the North Sen yesterday afternoon, but was missed. Ills Majesty's ship Hawke, Cap tain M. P. Williams, was attacked about tho same time and sunk. The following otlicers, with Vj men of the crew, have been landed at Aberdeen from u trawler: Boatswain, Sydney Austin: gunner, Jnmes Dennis, and acting gunner, Harry Evltt." The loss of tho Hawke makes a totnl of six British warships sunk In the North Sea since the war began. All of those who were rescued have been landed nt Aberdeen. It is reported that main of thu mare in n aorinii -n. union as mo result of exposure. The Hnwke, Theseus and Gibraltar, sis ter cruisers, were engaged on the patrol when the attack was made Tho fltst torpedo was launched against the The seus, but it Is reported that It missed Ita mark. The submarine Immediately dived, and the cruisers, with their guns manned, stood by watching for her to rise. It Is not yet known whether the crew of tho Hawko saw the destroyer rise to tho xurface, but she must have been In close, because her torpedo simply stint- imvu me. uonmeu cruiser. Recuuse of Admiralty orders that com- manners oj warsnips. In cases of sub marine attacks, must consider that their first duty is to their own ship, no at tempt wns made by the other cruisers to go to the rescue of the crew of the Hawke. and to this Is nttilbuted the great loss of life among the complement of the sunken vestel. Instead thev pa trol cruisers Inci eased their speed away, while their look-outs were posted to watch for the German craft. It was not until It was absolutely certain that there was no danger of further attack that tho Theseus steamed to where the wreck age from tho Hawke was drifting on the surface. Most of the crow Kaiser's Army Sweeps Down Along Channel in Effort to Break Foe's New Battle Line Extending Westward From Ypres to Coast. French Take Offensive Along Meuse and Invade Alsace Metz Threatened and Siege Is Believed Imminent Uhlans Reported in Ostend. Allied forces liave fought their way from Ypres, in Belgium, to tho coast. The extension of this line blocks any sudden flanking move by tho Germans along the Channel coast. A German submarine sank the British light cruiser Hawtfe in the North Sea and the reported loss of its complement is 500 men. The British Admiralty admits the loss of the Hawke, which was doing patrol duty, guarding the German warships anchored in ports along the German coast. The Hawke was of the older type of cruiser. German armies in Belgium and northwestern France are fighting des perately to stop the advance of the Allies. The Germans have lost some ground along the line from Arras to Ypres, but they withdrew to stronger positions where fighting has been resumed. The Allies are on the offensive along the entire line, except at the centre, and arc reported to have occupied Alkirch, in Alsace, and to be moving on Mulhauscn again. Dispatches from London state that when the last refugee ship left Ostend yesterday, Uhlans were seen in the outskirts of the city. The general belief is that Ostend has been taken by the Germans. Reports from Paris say the French and British have taken 50,000 pris oners in the last week. German forces have been hurled back from Warsaw after reaching outposts seven miles from the city, according to the Russian War Office, The Czar's troops forced the enemy back to Kielce d Lodz by a fresh offensive. In Galicia Russian arms are meeting constant success, and the fall of Przemyst is declared imminent. In East Prussia the Russian advance continues. Berlin contradicts all reports of Russiali success in Poland and East Prussia, and states that the forward movement of the Kaiser's force is progressing actively. Lyck has been retaken in the north, according to German official advices. The United States ordered the Marconi wireless station closed pending a satisfactory explanation of alleged unneutral messages. It is stated that the station aided the Allies' ships by disclosing the whereabouts of a German warship. Japanese and British warships continued a fierce bombardment of tho Tsing-Tao fortresses. Aeroplanes dropped bombs m the litis fort and silenced some of its batteries. One British seaman was killed by the fire from the German fort. British loyalists met and defeated a small band of Boer revolutionist! in South Africa in the first encounter of the new movement. Eighty pris oners among the rebels were taken. German residents of Portugal continue in flight from that country fearing a declaration of war. CHANNEL COAST REACHED BY ONRUSHING ALLIES WATER MAIN BURSTS 700 Telephones Put Out of Commis sion Damage Repaired, A high-pressure water main hurst at th and Market streets this morning, and for u tlmo 700 telephones were out of commission The water flooded the basement of the Bell Telephone Company exchange, nnd the underground telephonic communica tions of subscribers east of 1th street were cut off. Company workmen, assisted by fire en gines, pumped the water out and within a few hours communication was restored. The cause for the bursting of the main is unknown. The Water Bureau had a large force of men at work making re pairs. SECTJHITIES BILL SHELVED WASHINGTON Oct X6.-The Railroad Securitle bill has been shelved Indefinite. Of tho HhwIip hnH Diiijit..ii wiien me crasn came In an effort to swim until help arrived All of tho movable ilxturcs, wardroom tables und the Ilki w-ro thrown overboard to furnish something to cling to while Mvlm ming. Hut became of the length of time that of necessity elapsed between the sinking of the cruiser and the arrival of help most of the crew sunk. The water was Intensely cold, and It was almost Impossible fur the swimmers to remain to an official nnnniin.m.. Issued' later by the Admiralty, three of tho Ilawke's oillcers and 43 men have been saved. The total loss is estimated at nearly XO. While a comparatively old vestal, the Hawke was especially suited for the work assigned to her patrol duty. She is the warship which Just missed send ing the eiant White Star liner Olympic to the bottom of the English Channel wnen sue rammed the passenger liner during a fo In 1911. At that time tha OImpic was leaving port en route to America, with every cabin filled with passengers, and she was in grave danger of sinking for some hours. The Hawke was unraeed in maneuvers in the Chan nel at the time. The Hawke. build in 1S93, was a war craft of T3S0 tons, and her ordinary com plemfnt was 5U men. Sho was 3m feet loiiff. fio ftet in the beam and was capable of a, speed if 10 knots. Htr ariimments consisted of two 9 S-inch ( 30 calibre) suns In shields, ten 6-Inih nuns, four in case ments and six in shklds: 12 bix-poumkr, five three-pounders, two machine guns and two IS-inch torpedo tubes The lattrdt naval loss has brought about a feeling of lo m for It is felt now that none of the bis warships o' England is safe from the deadlj, prowling ubma rln?3 of Germany 1 I PARIS. Oct. 16. Germany is planning the sacrifice of her new reserve nrmy In a Anal des perate attempt to crush France, Real ization of this enme this afternoon, when the War Office announced that the Allies' line now extends from Ypres to the sea. This new line. In cluding Britain's new forces nntl the French reserves from the south of France, was created to prevent a gen eral outflanking: operation ny enormous numbers of German reserves reported traversing Germany en route to tho battle front One report reaching hera placed tho number of these troops at not less than IMQ.OOO men, with all branches of the service Included. When they arrive they will lint the Allies ready for them. Strongly In trenched positions have been taken up and the line of battle, extending east ward from a point on the North Sea between Dunkirk and the Helglan frontier to Ypres and then in a curv ing formation southward across the Somme to the Oise and the Alsne, and again eastward across France, is one that the military experts say can ba held indefinitely. It is no secret in military circles that Important developments are taking place on the right of the centre and on the French right. The French are making a desperate effort to break the German line' here and there is a grow. Ing belief thut they will succeed. The Germans have been driven back by the French troops that have assumed the offensive from the Toul p d Nancy garrison centres, and there is a strong possibility that German communlca,- tions between Metz and the Meuse will be interrupted. The official statement follows: "The progress Indicated In yester day's communication is confirmed "On our left wing the action of tha allied forces now extends from tho region of Ypres to the sea." Heavy rainstorms have broken over northeastern France and northwestern. Delgium, drenching the soldiers, filling the trenches with water and turning tho roads to deeprutted bwamps uf mire. Although the Germans have lost ground along tho Albert-Arras-Es-tntres. Ypres line, their retirement has not developed into a retreat. The in vaders have fallen back into strong po sitions where defensive works had been prepared previously. Reports say tha Allies have retaken Lille, The Allies seem to be on the offen sive all along the mighty battle line, with the exception of the centre, whera the German lines are x strong to ba taken by storm. On the eastern end of tho line fighting of furious character Is In progress, especially In the vicinity of Verdun. From Basel comes the report that tho French have reoccupled Altklrch and are moving on Mutlhausen again. That the fighting in this region liasj been of a violent character is revealed In the statement that the Germans left many dead and were obliged to use 150 automobiles to carry off their wounded. A desultory artillery Uuel la lw prog ress near Rheims. The Germans, at intervals, are throwing shells over tha city and the French guns are replying, In Northern Belgium, according fa II Concluded ca !' JTaiu i