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GRANGERS URGE
SENATORIAL PROBE
OF CORRUPTION
Unanimously Favor Official
Investigation of Charges of
Bribery in Recent Elec
tions. WILAIINSTON. Del., Nov. 21. With tha
passage of tho resolution asking tho
United F Mai Senate to Investigate cor
ruption nnil bribery the National Grango
has concluded Its annual convention.
There Was no discussion over tho pas
sago of tho resolution calling on the
tnltcd States Senate to Investigate all
charges of bribery and corruption In
connection with the election of United
Btntc8''Seriators In tho lost election and
calling upon Congress to pass a law
making It a criminal oltcnso to use money
In an, election. The resolution was In
troduced by Henry Ilarland, of Idaho,
and Is, regarded as the strongest measuro
on tho subject which has over passed
the national grango.
One action which Illustrated tho liberal
ity which pervaded tho meetings of tho
Orangowas the laying on the tnblo of a
resolution condomnlng tho opening of the
Panama Imposition en Sundays. It had
been generally expected this resolution
would bo adopted, fol the reason that tho
Grange Is ruthcr strict on tho observance
of Sujjdav,
Thosplea wan made by a number of tho
delegates that Sunday Is the only day
upon Milch a largo number of laboring
people can attend such an exposition and
that It was but right to glvo them an op
portunity to so do.
A featuio of tho final session was a
Bttrrjng speech on ship subsidies, mado by
Mr. Lalon, of Ohio. Tho Grange was
considering tho resolution by C. B. Keg
ley, of Washington, opposing Bhlp sub
sidies of all hlndi. Tho resolution was
adopted bncnuso It is the policy of tho
Grange, and alwajs has been, to. oppose
subsidies.
MANUFACTURERS WARNED
OF COMING PROSPERITY
Advised to Begin Building Operations
to Handle Increased Business.
OHICAGO, Nov. 21. An editorial arti
cle appearing In tho official organ of the
Illinois Manufacturers' Association urges
manufacturers who contemplate building
plants to begin operations at once.
The article says a great revival of
business Is just ahead, and adds that
manufacturing plants which have been
adqquate.for the reduced volume of busi
ness will be entirely Insufficient for tho
flood of orders bound to come.
POPE'S SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY
Benedict XV Receives Messages
Prom Heads of Nations.
HOME, Nov. 21. Pope Benedict XV
quietly celebrated his COth birthday to
day. Messages were received from all na
tions, some of the heads of nations ex
pressing the hope that the Pope's plea
for peace will coon be realized.
ZEPPELIN NEAR ENGLAND
War Craft Reported Off Suneness,
HotTftnd. -
LONDON. Nov. -21.-A dispatch td the
Central News from Dover says that an
Airship was seen this evening over Dun
rentes, a headland on the Kentish coast.
Another dispatch says that the airship
Is a Zeppelin heading toward London.
BOXLAB EXCURSIONS TO STAY
Winter Trips to Seashore Will Not
Bo Discontinued. '
ATLANTIC CITY, N,. J Nov. a.-Dollar
excursions from Philadelphia to Atlantlo
City are to remain In force.
An official announcement received th(j
morning states that Sunday excursions to
the shore In midwinter, Inaugurated a
year Ago at the Instance of business men,
'will be resumed the first Sunday In Janu
ary and continued until March 21.
MAN ACCUSED OF FORGERY
Tenner Employer Declares He "Used
letter Heads to Obtain Goods.
Frank Arnold, 25 years old, 119 North
8th street, was arrested this morning- on
a charge of forgery, made by John J.
Connelly, & former employer.
Amold -worked, in Connelly's drug store,
ISth and Vine streets, and when he left.
It Is said, he took some of his employer's
bill and letter heads with him. Since
then he Is accused of obtaining quan
tities of supplies from various drug
houses and cigar Arms and of re-selling
them.
Arnold was arrested this morning by
Policeman Webkeser, 10th and Button
wood streets police station, and is held
In 11000 pall for1 a further hearing.
Killed by Plunge- Prom Window
NBW YORK, Nov. St-Wllliam P. Bos
telmann. 45 years old, oashler of Fred
rick Probst & Co,, commission mer
chants, this morning accidentally fell or
threw himself from a fifth-story window
of the building at No. 83 Beaver street,
He died instantly.
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MASONS INSPECT HOME
Mora Thnn 200 Members of Phila
delphia Lodges Visit EltzaDethtown
LANCASTHU, Pn., Nov. 21. More than
200 Masons, members of Philadelphia's SO
lodges, nr rived at the ElUabcthtown Ma
sonic Home this morning on a tour of
Inspection, being the guests of Grand
Master J. Henry Williams, Philadelphia.
After dinner the estate of nearly 1000
acres was gone over in automobiles. The
party will leave for homo this evening.
The Philadelphia lodges have under con
sideration a. project for raising funds for
a hospital for tho Home, and this trip
was to show tho visitors what In thorc.
COMMUTERS PLAN
UNITED CAMPAIGN
IN FARE PROTEST
Business Improvement and
Civic Associations Will Be
Represented at Next Tues
day's Meeting.
Commuters In New Jersey are elated
today on account of paving won the first
advantage- In tho fight against Increased
passonger rates. Tho business organiza
tions in this State, which havo taken up
tho fight as a unit, bcllevo they have no
reason to bo discouraged because- tho
Public Borvlco Commission at Harrlsburg
failed to sot a data for a hearing. The
promise of tho Commission to tako up
tho matter as soon as properly drawn
petitions are filed. Is taken as proof that
the wholo matter Is to be Investigated
thoroughly.
MAT REQUIRE RECEIPTS.
It was said at Harrlsburg today the
Public- Service Commission, ' unlike the
Publlo Utilities Commission of Now Jer
sey, had no power to suspend tho pro
posed Increase In rates. The act creat
ing tho Commission provides, however.
'the Commission may. require the railroad
companies to issue to their patrons a
certificate or other evidence of payments
of fare made by them In excess of the
prior established rates.
It Is held probable that the Commission
will require the railroads to furnish evi
dence of tho lncrenso in order that In the
ovent of Its being held unreasonable each
passonger may be able to establish the
amount of reparation he Is entitled to
under the reparation clause of the statute.
Plans wore completed this morning for
tho publlo meeting of protest In the Gar
rlck Theatre next Tuesday afternoon, at
which every business, Improvement and
civic association within commuting dis
tance of Philadelphia will be represented.
Invitations were sent today to men
prominent in business, Industrial and mu
nicipal circles, asking them to be pres
ent at the meeting and act as vice- pres
idents. Letters were also sent to Sam
uel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company; Theodore Voorhees,
president of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway Company, and to Daniel
Wlllard, president of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, asking them to
be present or to have some ono repre
senting them, who can Btate the views
of the railroads on the question of the
rate increase.
PROMINENT COMMUTERS INVITED.
Letters of invitation wero signed by
Edward B. Martin, chairman of the
Transportation Committee of the United
Business Men's Association, and Edwin
M. Abbott, president of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Commuters' As
sociation. The meeting will be called to order by
Mr. Abbott, who will explain the purpose
Concluded onriie Two
FREEDOM FOR IRELAND
IS GERMANY'S DESIRE
Intention of Invading Country Offi
cially Denied In Berlin.
BERLIN. Nov. .
Assurances that Germany desires "only
national prosperity and freedom" for Ire
land have been given the Irish leader,
Sir Roger Casement, an official statement
from the Foreign' Office today declares
In telling of a visit of the Irish leader
here.
Reports published In Ireland that Ger
man vlotory would inflict great loss upon
Irish people are emphatically denied. The
Foreign Office also says Germany has no
Intention of Invading Ireland "with a
view to Its conquest."
WOMAN KILLS HUSBAND
"Never Mind Looking for Jim, I Shot
Him She Phones Police,
CHICAGO, Nov. 21. A newspaper clip
ping containing a list of 11 Chicago wom
en acquitted on murder charges and the
assertion, "Women oan't be convicted of
murder In Cook, County," was found In
Mrs. Belle F, Benson's purs today when
she was arrested after she had shot and
killed her husband.
On complaint of Mr. Benson, a -warrant
was Issued last night for tha arrent
of her husband, James J. JJeruon, oq tho
charge of disorderly oonduot. police
were starching for htm when the tele
phone rang:
"Never mind looking for Jim any
more," said Mrs. Benson, "X got him.
He started to beat me again and I shot
him."
"Consequently It was not without care
ful consideration that we made prepara
tion to marry. A man does not throw
away a fortune lightly and I had every
reason to believe that my father, who U
a very wealthy manufacturer with offices
at tXl Broadway, would leave me a con
siderable share of his millions.
"We had a Jolly wedding dinner at the
Knickerbocker Hotel that night and then
settled down to the old routine. I In my
w?k as a taadfL at Senders in WU street,
ajMl say husfeasm with tats father's arm on
Itroadway. W aeuac Indulged In a
boawwwon It seamed to? extravagant te
view of what we kaw was wire to earn
aku uv Hfafhfcar tmhari simnM mtttiiti
GOMPERS SUCCEEDS
IN LINING UP A. F. L.
AGAINST 8-HOUR BILL
Federation Opposes Enact
ment of Labor Time Law
After Spirited Early Morn
ing Debate.
Tho American Federation of Labor went
on record this morning ns opposed to tho
legal enactment of tho eight-hour day.
Tho principal defender of tho lesolutlon
and opponent of tho legal enactment of
tho eight-hour day was President Samuet
Gompcrs.
In nn address, directed upon "reds"
and radicals in general, Mr. Gompers
redlculcd the efforts of organized labor
In several States In endeavoring to es
tablish nn eight-hour day by legislation.
Mr. Gompcrs declared such legislation
would provo dangerous and fatal to the
Interests of tho labor movement.
Tho convention hold an extra session,
which adjourned early this morning, for
tho purposo of discussing tho eight-hour
day Issue. After' tho resolutions com
mittee had recommended non-concurrence
in tho two resolutions favoring the en
actment of an eight-hour day by law, the
dispute began.
Delegate Freyr secretary of the com
mittee, after reading the recommendation
of the committee opposed tho legal ennqt
ment of tho eight-hour day on the ertfund
tho samo law, as well as tho minimum
wage lay, proved unsatisfactory In Eng
land and In Australia. i
Tho report of tho committee was that
tho concntlon go on record ns declaring
that tho American Federation of Labor
reaffirm tho prlnclplo that tho solution
of tho question -of regulating hours and
wages bo undertaken by labor unions
and not bo legislation, except whero tho
question of hours and wages concorns
woman, children and city, State and
Fcdoral employes.
Delegates representing tho International
Association of Machinists and the United
Mine Workers of America voted unani
mously for the legal enactment of the
olght-hour day.
CALLS MEETING FARCE
Delegato Adolph Gcrmcr, of the United
Mine Workers, called the entire conven
tion a "farce."
"Thcro arc some people," he said,
"whose foot are In the 20th century but
Concluded on l'nro Two
EUROPE SPENT $40,000,000
IN NEW YORK IN MONTH
Vnst Outlay by Nations Involved In
Gigantic "War.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Army boots, uni
forms, etc., to the extent of $10,000,000
havo beon bought In this city during the
last month by representatives of the
belligerent powers. Ten thousand army
saddles and 6000 tons of barbed wire are
understood to have been ordered yester
day. Ono local firm hub Juflt completed
1,000,000 pairs of boots for the British
Government and has 2,000,000 pairs of bath
boots and shoes In process of manufac
ture, on the same order. They Include
both high and low shoes In tan and black,
at an average price of 2W per pair.
Another local concern has delivered
1,000,000 complete uniforms and overcoats
to the French Government, payment for
which was made In advance a month ago.
The same house has a large order for
army boots for France and has delivered,
approximately, 1,000,000 pairs of these.
PRUSSIAN GUARD WITHDRAWN
-
Bent to Bear to Best After Suffering
Heavy Losses.
PARIS, Nov. a.
Reports from the battle front In Bel
glum declare that the Prussian Guard
has suffered so severely In Its attack on
the British lines that It has been with
drawn from the fighting line and sent
to the rear to rest.
SHOW CASES ROBBED
Two Accused of Stealing Shoes' In
"West Philadelphia.
Alexander O'Donnell, 23th and Aspen
streets, and James Clark, 23d and Cal
lowhtll streets, were arrested today by
Policeman Taylor, of the S2d street and
Woodland avenue station.
In a suit case carried by the men were
more than a dozen pairs of new shoes.
After the arrest Taylor went over his
beat and fourth that the show cases
trf George Smith. SS0S Market street, and
Benjamin Cohen, J21S Market street, had
been robbed of shoes. Magistrate Harris
held the men under S0O each for a fur
ther hearing next Saturday.
CANADA TO BEND 00,000 MEN
Province Will Add to Porce of Troops
in Europe.
OTTAWA, Not. . The Canadian Gov
ernment today decided to add in all 10,000
men to the provincial force. This will
Include the 19,000 recruited In the last two
weeks. Canada, when this plan is car
ried out, will have raised a total force of
84,000 men, as follows:
Thirty-four thousand troops In Eng
land, 10.000 doing guard duty along the
United States border and the M,000 re
cruits. AGED MAN INJTJBED BY VA.UU
While going for coal today, Gottlieb
Krautter. 71 years old, 2812 Fernon street,
sustained severe bruises when be tripped
and fell down the cellar steps. He was
taken to St Agnes' Hospital, wbere It
Is said he suffers ffom Internal injuries.
Pire Destroys Battler Howe
HBAWN. Pa., Kvt. Jl.-Wrc, origina
ting from a spark ttum. the objnywy of
the rMat , imm Beitler, Laps
Swamp, naas bjUrfc aarijr Ws morMg
dastroyed a fsasrt foHpag tha BatUar
atemlssa and 3 ajtsa of timberlaitd
Ih a oearbr itrest- S -s la estimated
KILLED ON WAY TO WIFE
Head of Quarantined Family
May
Have Been Murdered.
LANCASTER, Pa., Nov. 21.-Elmer Mc
Klnney, 2S years old, of Quarryvllle, left
home last night to see his wife and two
children, quarantined for diphtheria In
the home of her father, Wllllnm Graham,
near Mt. Hope. Later his body was
found In Quarryvlllo by the Rov. Thomas
Crooks. Ills head was crushed and body
bruised. The authorities are Investigating
to determine whether or not ho was
beaten to death by thugs.
FOUR JOY RIDERS -.HURT
MEN STOLEN
AUTO OVERTURNS
One Victim of Accident
Probably Fatally Injured,
and Two Others Are Ar
rested. Ono man was probably fatally Injured
and three others wero hurt today when
a stolen automobile belonging to a phy
sician crashed Into tho curb at Frank
ford avonuo and Wheatshcaf lane.
The Injured are:
HAimY L.EW1TT. St years old, 7.14 TJant Hil
ton street. concuMlon or the brain, fracture
of the skull and internal injuries. rhslclans
my he will dlo.
THOMAS MACK. .1.1 M-nrs old, 2050 Ent Mon
mouth street; bruises of tho eg and contu
sions of tho back.
JAMK3 PAltBY, 20 jcars old. 8.10 East Hilton
ntrct, bruUca of tho face and head.
WILLIAM E KOnnY, 2U soars old, 3321
JInlta street; allzhtly Injured.
All woro taken to tho Frnnkford Hos
pital. With Kodcy, according to tho pollco,
operating the nutomobllo, which was rac
ing down Frankford avenue, nnd the oc
cupants shouting and singing, tho car
turned Into Wheatshcaf Lane at high
speed,
In tho middle of the street was a large
can which Kodey could not seo In the
glare of the street electric lights.
CAN CAUSED ACCIDENT.
"Look out for the can" shouted several
of occupants of tho machine. As Kodey
was about to steer the car toward tho
east sldo of tho street, tho car skidded
and dashed Into the curb at the opposite
corner.)
The automobile dashed up on the side
walk and turned turtle. Lewltt was
hurled from his seat and burled under
neath tho upset machine. Tho other men
wero also thrown out of tho automobllo
and rendered unconscious.
AIHIESTED FOR STEALING CAR.
Following nn Investigation by special
policemen of the Belgrade and Clearfield
streets station, Kodey and Cnrey were
arrested on the chnrgo of stealing an au
tomobile. The machine was later Identi
fied as belonging to Dr. L. Magee, of G
street and Allegheny avenue.
Kodey nnd Carey were nrralgned be
fore Magistrate Campbell In the Bel
grade and Clearfield streets station nnd
held under $400 ball each for a further
hearing on November 25.
DIRECTOR PORTER
MAYORALTY CHOICE
.OF INDEPENDENTS
Committee of Twenty-second
Ward Voters Circulates
Petition Requesting Use of
v His Name by Non-partisan
" Club.
George D, Porter, Director of Publlo
ri.u.
will be the candidate of the
wa&cv,
Washington party leaders and many In
dependent Republicans of the Kd Ward
and other Independent sections for the In
dependent nomination for Mayor In the
municipal election next year.
The first step In launching his candidacy
Is now being taken by a committee of
voters of the ttd Ward, Director Porter's
borne ward. This committee Is headed
by John W, Basford, an employe In the
Bureau of Building Inspection.
Petitions are being circulated through
out the ward requesting the Director to
permit the use of his name for a non
partisan club. More than 1000 voters of
all parties have already signed the peti
tions, Mr. Basford said today. Of this
number only 200 are Washington Party
men. Most of tho signers are Inde
pendent Republicans, who voted for Doc
tor Brumbaugh and George P, Darrow
on November 3.
Similar petitions will be circulated
among the voters of other Independent
wards within a few days. In an effort to
obtain 10,000 signatures before the Di
rector Is formally asked to be a candi
date. A committee will be appointed from
among the signers of the petitions to
present them formally tQ the Director and
request the use of his name for the club
that will work for him as a candidate for
Mayor.
The petitions will all be olrculated with
in the next two weeks. The plan Is to
havo the qommlttee visit Director Porter
about December 10. The Director has
not been approached upon the subject
as yet by any members of the committee
which Is In charge of this first step in
launching his candldaoy.
The George D. Porter olubs whlsh will
be formed will be the nueleus of the or
ganization, which will bftotn the Director's
candid aey.
The efforts of the aibers of tho eom-
Lmittae In ebargs of tbo peuueas are Be
ring directed toward obtaining the signa
tures of aa many BepubHean voters as
MxAiIe. Tto petitions are b4iu; oirou
latad among Independent Republicans af
well as among Washington party men, so
that the mayeweut to s)k Director
Porter tho iwUneskent atuHdata lor
Mayor will haekad by all of tha partita
ana Iacttow opcaswt t ni K
OrgsajMtfrM.
HALF-WIT ADMITS
STRANGLING BOY
AND HIDING BODY
Victor Eshelman Confesses
a
to Murder of Albert Kraft
After Assaulting H i m
Near Railroad.
Calmly admitting ho had murdered
8-ycar-old Albert Kraft, whoio body was
found In a railroad culcrt at 5Cth street
and Gibson avenue Wednesday morning.
Victor E. Eshelman, a half-wit, S3 years
old, In a confession to Captain of Defec
tives Cameron today, described some of
tho revolting details of his alleged crlmo.
Eshelman was nrrestcd as n suspicious
person In Gcrmantown. While tho police
man who took him Into custody was
waiting nt a patrol box with his prisoner,
tho man said ho wns tho murderer of
Albert Kraft Tho policeman did not
take tho statement seriously.
In tho patrol Eshelman ropcatcd his
declaration. Again In tho police station
he persisted ho was a murderer. Captain
of Detectives Cameron was notified and
tho prisoner Eent to City Hall for ex
amination. During an examination by detectives,
Eshelman made n formal confession. He
answered all questions freely and was
aware of several details of the crime not
brought to light until this morning.
Ills story of tho crlmo, as told to Cap
tain Cameron, follows:
THE PRISONER'S CONFESSION.
"On last Wednesday evening, at about
6 o'clock, I was at Bartram's Gardens
I don't Just know the street, but I think
It -was somewhero near 63th stroct. I
met a little boy at the railroad bridge.
Tho boy was about 10 years old. I took
him to tho culvert under tho railroad
brldgo and attacked him. I then stran
gled htm.
"I then took his clothing and walked
out of the culvert and throw tho cloth
ing on a dirt bank and went home. My
homo Is at the Inasmuch Mission. I
havo been worried very much ever since
this happened. On Friday evening I
went to Gcrmantown and got off at
Chelten avenue. While outsldo tho Or
pheum Thentre I saw the manager. He
passed mo In. After tho theatre the
manager gave me flvo nickels for car
fare, "I thon took a car on tho Germantown
avenue Una nnd got off at tho car barn.
I was standing nt the station when two
mounted policemen came up and wanted
to Know what I was doing there. They
Tfien took me to the station house and
put mo In a cell and thon brought me
down here."
Detectives said they were baffled after
working all day Thursday and Friday
near the scene of the murdor without
finding a clue that led to substantial In
formation. Eshelman was In the Detective Bureau
from 8 o'clock this morning until long
after noon. During all that time ho was
facing a battery of questioners. A few
minutes before noon ho dictated the con
fession. Before that ho had told many
conflicting stories, but throughout the
examination detectives were convinced
they had the murderer.
BEEN WITH CRAFT ROT.
A letter carrier Identified the captive
this morning as the man he had seen
with the Kraft boy late Wednesday after
noon, It was reported. The carrier, it was
said, came to the detective bureau this
morning saying he had seen a man and
a boy near the scene of the murder Just
before dark Wednesday afternoon He
was taken to the Fallon street home of
tho Krafts and there Identified the body.
Later, It was said, he declared Eshelman
was the man who had been with the boy
late Wednesday afternoon.
At first deteotlves were Inclined to be
lieve Eshelman was a crank who had de
luded himself Into thinking he was tho
murderer. This was caused by Eshel
man's statement that he had "pushed the
body Into a creek." There is no creek
Concluded on race Tiro
MOB THREATENS FATHER,
FEARED BY HIS CHILDREN
Scream 'When He Seeks TTietr Custody
i)as Court Orders.
REtAXMNG, Pa,, Nov. a.-Outsia the
courthouse was the setting for a mob
scene at noon today, when a crowd of
SOOenr aged men and women surrounded
Charles M. Boyer, a tinsmith, with
threats of violence, prevented him from
taking charge of his four children, fol
lowing an agreement with his wife, Ida
M. Boyer, In Desertion Court a short
time previous.
As the mother and four children, rang
ing from four to eight years, emerged
from the Court House, the father at
tempted to take charge of the little
ones. They screamed and refused to go
with him.
The mob gathered qulokly and when
Boyer attempted to selie the nearest of
the quartet, threats of violence were
made.
Fearing for his safety, Boyer desisted
and the children departed with the
mother,
NEW BANK'S INITIAL WEEK
Local Regional Reserve Institution
Makes Sirs Report,
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadel
phia sent its first report to the Treasury
Department at Washington today, cover
ing the Initial week's work of the new
Institution. The report showed that the
bank had on hand gold coin and bullion
to the amount of I17.9M.MfcK; silver notes,
legal tenders and spall ooln. Jl.Wi.WS.17;
expenses were mU.W. making a total
of JW.TM.WNH.
The capital paid into the bank by the
WS member banks In DUtrlct-Wo. 9 was
t2.&S9.Ui.I. and deixults, ttlt'mjW.W. mak
ing a total of t,TM,9H.U.
BiaGOEB NAV5T ELAN FAIX3
WASHINfraON, No. Ji. Tbew wW
be no teerease in the battaitiltt bartJiag
prostata of e totted State aa a result
sier TUlsaaa. ohatrmsa rf te
Naval AtfM Owunttte.
ITALIAN KING SUMMONS
ENVOYS FOR WAR PARLEY
Conference May Decide Future Pol
icy London Agent en Route.
LONDON, Nov. 21. A conference, the
result of which Is expected to determine
Italy's future position as to the Euro
pean war, Is soon to bo held In Rome.
The Italian Ambnssadors to the allied
countries nro now en route to Rome.
Ambassador Mnrchesl, the Imperial envoy
to England, left here today. Later It was
learned that the Italian Ambassadors at
Parlq and retrogrnd also had been sum
moned to the Italian capital by King
Victor Emmanuel.
SUFFRAGISTS RUSH
ROUTINE REPORTS
FOR VITAL ISSUES
Delegates Will Wipe Slate
Clean Before Taking Up
Raising of Money and
Members.
most a STArr consrsroNDKfT
SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 2L Determined
to put all of tho routine work out of tho
way before considering the two most
vital Issues In the suffrage campaign for
the coming year, the raUlng of money
and members, the second day of tho suf
fragn congress opened hero at 10 o'clock
this morning with reading of reports by
tha six vlco presidents of tho association.
Characterizing tha duties of a vlco
president ns a "mere performance of odd
Jobs," Miss Llda Stokes Adams, of Phil
adelphia, first vice president and one of
tho most ardent workers for the cause,
broko the record for the brevity of a
speech by a woman. That was all she
said.
Miss Maude Bassctt Gorham, of Bwarth
moro, president' of the Pennsylvania Col
lege Equal Suffrage League, announced
that at the request of the director of the
Pennsylvania Chatauqua Association,
Professor Harold C. Goddard, of the Eng
lish Department of Swarthmore College,
has written three one-act plays on suf
frage, one of which will be presented on
the Chautauqua circuit next year. It Is
expected that these playB will bo avail
able soon In printed form.
Tho first of these plays, "The Sisters,"
takes up the relation of suffrage to do
mestic life. The second play, "The
Voices," treats the political phase of the
question, especially bringing out Its
bearing on the problem of International
peace. Tho third play, "Three In White,"
Is ft morality play, which emphasizes tho
economic aspect of tho suffrage ques
tion. FRICTION WITH W. C. T. U.
Declaring that "faith without works
was dead," Mrs. II. Nceley Fleming, of
Erie, made an enthusiastic appeal to suf
fragists all over the State to Bpare
neither time, effort, nor money In their
endeavor to lead the cause to victory.
An undercurrent of friction between
the suffragists and W. C. T. U notice
able throughout the entire convention,
came to the surface when Mrs. Fleming,
of Erie, advised In no uncertain tones
that the question of prohibition be kept
out of the convention.
"I come from a district," she said,
"where almost half of our population la
German. They are good, law-abiding,
open-minded, progressive citizens, whom
we must needs convert.
"We believe In temperance, but we are
not out fighting for prohibition. We
suffragists are fighting for our rights
aa citizens to vote; wo are not fighting
as reformers,
"Women should not have to prove they
have qualifications to fit them for tho
ballot, nor should they have to Justify
their positions as citizens when they
have to vote. Is a man asked how he
stands on subjects before he votes? He
needs no personal qualifications to be
come a voter. It Is his right In a demo
cratic form of government as It Is yours,
so let's have done with harping on re
forms, let's fight along straight suffrage
lines."
Miss Mary E, Bakewell, of Pittsburgh!
Mrs. Maxwell K. Chapman, of Scranton,
and Mrs. Robert Mills Beach, of Belle
fonte, the other vice presidents, also
spoke.
MRS. YOUNG'S EFFICIENCY.
In her report of how the J,431 OS In
the suffrage exchequer was expended,
Mrs, Robert IC Young, the treasurer,
demonstrated, to the entire satisfaction
of the delegates her ability to handle the
funds of tho organization Intelligently,
efficiently and without any danger of
bankruptcy.
Mrs. Julia M. Cralgs, the only negro
delegate to the convention and president
of the Lucy Stone Woman Suffrage
League of Pittsburgh, reported great
progress In her band. The league she
said, which had but four members when
It started In 1912. now has 100 negro women
on Its list.
This afternoon the question of raising
the campaign fund of ttOO.OOO, which was
to have been deferred until Monday, will
be taken up.
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
will speak at the Century Club this eve
ning, Mrs Antoinette Funk will be un
able to attend the convention because
of the serious Illness of her daughter.
''JACKS" FOR STREET OARS
After tomorrow 136 street oars will be
equipped with "Jacks," It was announced
by the Rapid Transit Company today.
The nrt consignment of "Jacks" has
been received and will .be BjujtpUed to the
ears as fast as the maaafaetureM can
oonstruat them. For the arsnt about
every oar In Ave will be furnished, with
a "Jaek." Tbay will b distributed evenly
oa all the routes until the entire com
plement of 200 cars of the company has
been supplied.
84638,511,028 TJ. S. Total PapsJefts
NIn tha feeal year eooad ivm this
as sMSMULMt. TtM total t
country jsau oat in roafians m,itu.
The Brand cotftl of epMtns tar pm
atoaa from 1M6 up to and Vncludlun lt
pajMkinsra ol all classes on tha rolls was
mis. The uiunW of Civil War pas
te WJ. The kargeat number ever aa tfcs
iU was Ir IMS. wSan thara were NMM
GUNS OF ALLIES
ROUT GERMANS
FROM TRENCHES
French Artillery Fire Wins
Advantage on the Aisne.
Kaiser's Infantry Attacks
Beaten Back.
Berlin Reports Victory Near Vor
dun Invaders Proparo Firo
Barges for Uso In Belgium.
A series of gains, mostly resulting
from artillery attacks, south of DSx
mude, along the Aisne, in the Ar
gonnc forest and on the Verdun
slopes is claimed in the French of
ficial statement issued in Paris this
afternoon.
On the Aisne the terrific fire of
the French artillery drove the Ger
mans from,, the trenches that they
were constructing, evidently in ad
vance of their former lines.
On the Verdun slopes the French
have pushed forward until at some
points the two intrenched armies are
only about 100 feet apart The
French announce that they have
blown up some of the Germans'
trenches in the Argonne and have
repulsed attacks there.
On the other hand, the Germans
claim successes in the Verdun re
gion, and an official report, made pub
lic in Berlin, declares that a French
attack at Servon was repulsed with
severe losses.
Reports reaching Paris indicate
that the Germans, taking advantage of
the comparative lull in the battle in
West Flanders and elsewhere along
the lines, are preparing a new and
terrible weapon to be launched
against the Allies' lines a number of
blazing oil barges.
These, according to the report, are
to be launched in the Yser Canal and
in the inundated region from Dixmude
to the coast.
Sanguinary battle is reported by
Petrograd in the field between the
Warthe and Vistula Rivers, where
the defeat at Kutno by the Germans
has been retrieved by a determined
stand on the Bsura, a tributary en
tering the Vistula above Warsaw.
Caught in a trap, the Germans lost
3000 men in a cross-fire from the
Russian infantry. The Czar's centre
has stopped its retreat and apparently
is blocking the German ofTerisive, re
sumed earlier in the week.
Berlin is at high tension concern
ing the outcome of the general en
gagement in the Vistula-Warthe field,
into which 500,000 fresh troops have
been hurled fo aid Von Hindcnburg's
aggressive toward Warsaw. Berlin
reports attacks on the Russian centre
from Thorn and Posen by the Ger
mans and on the south by the Aus
trians. Contradictory reports come from
Cracow. Petrograd has announced
that the Galician capital is invested by
both Russian armies. Vienna, how
ever, states that only marauding
bands of Cossacks have reached the
vicinity of the city, that Tarnow has
been retaken from the Russian army
advancing through Galicia and that
the army moving through Southern
Poland has met with repulse. .
German reports of driving the Rus
sians 60 miles from Soidau, in East
Prussia, have not been confirmed, and
Petrograd claims holding its own in
this field and making slow but steady
Concluded en Fate Youx
HETTY GREEN, 79 TODAY,
WILL WORK AS USUAL!
"Very Busy," Ekeing Oat Xlying
While Son Is Away.
NEW YORK, Nov. a.-Mrs. Hetty
Green will celebrate her 79th birthday anni
versary today by hard work. That's what
Mrs. Green believes in. Her secretary,
who met reporters at the door of the little
house In West 90th street, where she lives,
yesterday said Mrs. Ureen was "very
tired" and could not see anybody from
the newspapers, but that she was feellnjj
Just as well and energetic as usual.
"Yes, she's coins to work tomorrow."
said the secretary. "You know while
Colonel Green, her son, is in Texas, she
has to carry on all this big; business by
herself, and It keeps her pretty busy."
The Interests formerly managed by Mrs,
Green and her son at 111 Broadway are
now superintended from their home, at
7 West Wth street
"MAD D0Q" ON CHESTNUT ST.
KILLED BY POLICEMAH
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Snapping at Pedestrians,
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and snapping at every one who. agp,
proaofaad it. was killed at Seventh tM
Chestnut streets at noon by tUrva
Policeman Roortoy
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