EVENING LEDGER 1II1LAI)MLPHTA, WEDNESDAY, APKIL 31, 14)115.
LADIES OF MACCABEES
OPEN CONVENTION HERE
WITH PLEA FOR BALLOT
Mrs. Blankenburg Sounds
Ke ynote for Suffrage
Amid Beautiful Scene
Which Marks Gathering
al the Hotel Walton.
I.ncllei of tlio Mnccnbeci ot the World
heard a pica for woman sulYrngo by Mm
Rudolph Blnnkenburs unm tlio two days'
convention of the Great ttivo of rcnns.!
vanli opened nt the Hotel Walton, lodnv
Mm Hlankcnburff was hcnrtllv npplmul
cd She Raid equality of opportunity for
Women could bo Rained only through
woman tjutTrngo.
"I Itavo no-ambition to bo major," Mrs
UlnuHcnburg said, "but I want to see
men placed on Iho uamo basis politicals
with me. Women am engaged In Indus
try, but Iho one prent Itului-trv, as great
as tlio IrotfintiklnK or any other. Is homo
industry.
"This Is one of the fields women are
engaged In Homo of the opponents of
surfrago contend that woman s place I
on a pedestal, but a pedestal Is n. very
Inconvenient place for working women.
They need the ballot, and tlio women In
tlio homo need tlio ballot most "
During his nddrcs of welcome Max or
Blankenburg announced ho had been In
formed that $23,000 or the funds of the
order were to be Invested In l'hlHdcl
phla municipal sceuiltlcs
Alth the hall one ni.t-n of toil mso
and the, walls covered with hundred of
pennontH. and the Stars and stripes Intci
twined with the blnck, red anil white
the colors of the organisation, Miss Mini
M West, supremo commnnder of the
order, mounted the platform nnd an
nounced thnt tlio dav which hid been
looked fortvaiil to for tlio past four jciim
"was here nt last" Ilovlows aro held
every four near
PralHCH of PhlHclc-lpliin. nnd T'ennxvl
vnnla, nnd especially ot tlio "order, the
first and one of the finest of Its kind,
which since its organization 21 cnrs ago
has paid nearly I12,0C0,W) In death and
disability claims," featured the opening
address.
Thero arc 1CO0 members of the I.nciloi
of tho Maccabees of tho World In Phila
delphia; there are 176,716 In tho United
States. A great mauv of the members
aro known to bo dccldcdlv pro-suffrage.
Miss Nellie n. Loiinsbury, grcit coin
mandorior Pcnnsjlvanla, presided nt this
morning's session The Commander's
Committee on All Arrangements Includes
Mrs. Ada Goisuch, commander, Philadel
phia Hive, the oldest In the cll. Mis
JYnnc.cs M Helms, commander, Ke
stono Hive; Mis Georglnna Hnglnnd,
commander, Betsy nos Hive. Mrs. Mary
Morrlcse), commander, Quaker City Hive;
Mrs Emma Tlerney, commander, Olivet
Hle; Mrs Anna Duckworth commander,
Llbeity Bell Hle. Mrs Anna It llavtns,
commander, Penii Trentv IIlvo, Mrs Mln
lllj tivans, commander, Uartrnni llivn
Miss T.aura Mlcbener. commnnder, West
Philadelphia IIlvo Mrs l.oulsa .lones.
commander. Opus Hle, and Mis Sarin
I.argcmnn, commntider. Mnnslon lllvc
supnnMr: opfickhs puksgnt
Among tho Supreme nnd Great IIlvo
olTlccrfl present this morning were Miss
Blna'M. Wcst supiemo communder, who
founded tho first hives In Pennsjlanla
nnd New York. Mrs Elizabeth R Brown,
past supiemo commnnder. Miss Nellie E.
I.omisburj, great commander for Penn
sylvania; Miss Minnie E Iturgln, great
record keeper for rennsjhanln, who has
been a member for twcnO-one years, and
Mls3 Frances D. Partridge; supremo rec
ord keeper of tho order
Tonight's session will include, an exem
pirricatlori of tlio 'Tirst Degree" by tho
Philadelphia lilyo staff nsslsted bj tho
unlfonn rank of Philadelphia. The feat
ure of the evening will undoubtedly bo
tho milltnry and dlsplnj diill by oung
womou In whlto uniforms, armed with,
spears. Tho oillcers currj swords. All
wear tho regulation military cap. Miss
Burgln will be drill-master, Mrs Mary
Couch Is captain. Other oillcers are:
Jlrs. Ada Gorsuch. first lieutenant: Miss
Lillian Evans, second lieutenant, Mrs.
Alfrlda Olson und Mrs. Augusta I.ash,
sergeants.
MARRIED AT ELKTON
Six Philadelphia Couples Pilgrims at
Gretna Green.
TJLKTO.V. Mil . April 21 -Six couples
from Philadelphia and ono pnlr from
Washington were mairied in Elkton tills
morning". Thev were
Walter Matj: and Agnes M Voclker,
William .1 Brnclrll and Violet Powell,
Itobert P Kcphart nnd Laura A Brill,
Charles II Bclfleld nnd Lillian Wellen
bacli, Mcjrrctt Hall and Mary 12. Mullen,
Clifford C, Carver and Kale Schwlnger,
all of Philadelphia, Edgar r Grant and
Sarah V. Cnffrey, Washington, I). C.
Girl Locked Out on Roof
Wearied bv tho exertions of Job-huntlnn
in New York, .and almost overcome ay
tno neat, ansi sally Manvera went up to
the roof of her rooming house for a breath
of nlr Hho fell asleep, und a too-careful
caretaker locked the trap door. Miss Man
vera was awakened by a storm which hail
come on, nnd. seeking refuge, entered tha
house of nichnrd Savage, on Lexington
avenue. Her adventures there, and later,
are told In masterlj fashion by Loula
Joseph Vance In his great novel, "An
Outsider," which begins in the KvKNl.so
Ledger next Saturday
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON. April 21.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
sey. Fair tonight and Thursday; fresh
northeast and east winds
The area of high barometer that ap
peared over Manitoba, Minnesota and
Wisconsin yesterday has moved south
eastward to Ontario and covers all of the
northeastern portion of the country this
morning' The temperatures have fallen
i considerably under Its Influence The
cooling was preceded by thunderstorm
and very light rains yesterday In western
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and last evening
occurred over a narrow strip extending
from Philadelphia to Washington Show
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CHAMPION RANK OP TPIE LADIES
(hnmpion untfoim innk No. 1,
1). A. It. FiOCKKI) IX (JHAPIMjB
OVHIl lMtBSIDKXCY CHOKX
Contest Between Mrs. W. C. Story
and Mrs. G. T. Guernsey Bitter.
WASHINGTON. Apill 21 Willi Memo
rial Continental Hall burring like a hor
net's nest and tho Daughters of the
American devolution loehed in a grapple
over the choice of tliclr next president
general, Mrs John Miller Horton, of Buf
falo, at ease In hei room nt the Now 11
lard, was believed to hold the balance of
power
That Is, so close was tlio division be
twrcn tho forces of Mrs Wllllnm Cum
tiling Storv, who -ecUs ie-elcctlon, and
Mis. Gcoikp Thatcher Ctiiernsov. who
wants to succeed her, thai the Indications
were the deciding votes would lie cist
bv tho Buffalo chapter, of which Mis
Horton Is icgeiit. and bv (Iiomp Ii Is be
lieved Mio controls among ntliei New
York Stntc delcgatea
Tvvo-thltds of the argument, which wns
at times so vehement lis to veico on tears,
wns as to who would got thop vote
'llio KtoivlteB wcio loud In their praise
of Ml- Horton foi throning hei Htiiinttli
to their candidate, despite tho fact that
they vveu-. rivals at tho last election foi
the presidency general, when Mm Stoi
won
Mrs fiucrney said she had Mis Hoi
ton's personal promise ot suppoit. Her
ft lends Intimnted broadly that, In return
for It. Mrs. Guernsey, who wants but ono
term, would help Mrs. Horton nt thf next
election, and If the latter wants ever In
bo president general she would bettor
"como through" now
A tluernscv report that Mrs. Mors,
while picsldlng. was wearing u Inst i.u s
gown was nngiily and emphatically de
filed by tlio Stoiyltis
COLONIAL DAMES OBJECT
Betsy Ros3 Didn't Make First Flap;,
They Declate.
The Pcnnsvlvnnln Society of 'oloiil.il
Dames of America met todav In Inde
pendence Hall to discuss the framing of
a resolution protesting against tho honor
given to Betsy Boss as the maker of tlio
first American flag. This honor, many of
the Dames think. Is not justly heis, ns
other American flag3, thev m,, were
made beforo hers A similar resolution
has been passed bv othci patilotlc so
cieties lr James V Slan tlio nenlv i looted
president, pieniilccl It was announced
that several new i coord", iccently col
lected by the hocl'tv, will bo on cAlilbl
tlon within the next two weeks at the
headquarters of tho Historical Society of
Pennsylvania The Colonial Dames' Day
celebration will bo May 20, at Stenton
Tho record tea was held this afternoon
at the homo of Mrs. Charles W. Wurtz.
93R Spruce street Members brought
original records nnd copies to be certi
fied. GOOD OLD BARNUM HERE
Small Boy Smiles Admiration and
Anticipation Into Kindly Face.
r T Bn-mim Is in town
'I rue. ho was gathered to his fathers
half a generation ago, but he Is hero
today looking from the billboards upon
the passing crouds with his shrend,
kindly face, the eyes of which seem to
take on a merry twinkle when tlio small
boy -walks by slowly and often backward
The old face is familiar. It was once
said of Barnum that then, was no othet
face which the American people Knew as
well as his, with the possible exception of
George Washington's This may or may
not be true, hut. at any tnte, it Is a fa
miliar harbinger ot spring as It smiles
(beside the flaming letters saying that
Barnum & Bailey circus Is coming
"Freedom hlc Is the bulwark of Amer
ican bulwertlesi I mean hlc liberties
Shall wr have liberty' Sure' Bunches
liberty le's tako liberties by tho foie
lock. Slocal option liberty? Naw Any
que3htlons?"
The orator was no other than "Jim"
Scrogglns himself, secretary of the Amal
gamated Association of Stable Sleepers,
and he was holding forth at the loruer of
Sepvlva and Ambler streets beforo a de
lighted group of children uniyu number
of adults. A little man vvltlr spectacles
that magnified his eyes like those of omo
deep-sea fish heckled the speaker.
"Yes, I have a question to ask, sir." he
shouted "Is or Is not your present con
dition the very proof that we should have
locil option as oon as possible for your
soul's welfare?"
"Aw, I been to college m'setf," replied
the orator ' You prove too much. For
If, being Intoshleated, I can talk as well
as 1 m doing now and hold crowd s 'ten
don doesn't that speak well for reouper-t-ratlve
qualities of booze? If you, being
cold sober, can t draw crowd on local
option talk and I. being drunk, ran draw
crowd, wbassaprova but that 'smoro in
heaven and earth. Horatio, n g dreamt ot
in hie philosophy Any qeftionst"
t"Ye. HU1 you clap lilkiugV TflU
fuw a wan Itt lh crowd.
Ladies of the M.iuMbeos of the World of Pennsylvania. Organized nnii ciifcti
Rccoid Keeper of Pennsylvania.
ROOSEVELT TESTIFIES
IN DISOWN WAY
(ontlminl from I'iikp One
for Haines, and William It an llen-
KChotrn, for the Colonel,
Tho biggest ciowd of tho trial stormed
tho Couit House Evcrv sent w.is filled
kng boforo coutt convened Many women
were piescnt
Barnes' "good morning" to Boosovelt
was a quick, Hot y glance, unseen bv
Ilooscvill, who had Ills bold tinned awny
and did not notice Ills foo H entrance
lames tloselv obsoivcd I!ooovelt a
few minutes, but the IVonel Ignored tho
Itepuhlicnu lendoi
Iho Colonel thPn lostimed tho stand for
further direct c xtiminntlon Ho was
nunc like Ills old self than at utiy tlnio
since bis return from the liver of Doubt
and the mnn-cntlUo lisli in Soulft
AmeiiLit His tcotli glistened in his old
"inllo 'Iho onlv prepaintlnn ho made to
undergo tho expected qui- was to ro
pHcp n pnlr or Ihlck-lensed eye glasses
bv the golil-buvveil spcetai los he woro
Into court
Bowers lit oil tho opening gun bv ask
ing I'olonel Itcioievolt when he had any
couvcisntlon with Mi. Barnes
Ivlns objected, but was overruled
' was cailcel on by Ml Bninoa at
Oysloi Bin " said tho Colonel. "In 1S3S.
between tho time I was elected governor
ot New loik nnd tho time 1 assumed tho
office. Mr. Barnes gave ino tho impres
sion that he believed in tho lightcousncss
of boss rule "
TELLS OF PIATT'S "CONTROL"
' I told Mr. Barnes," continued Iloose-
voit with .c bro.id giln, "that Mr Piatt
had told mo when I was elected that ho
contiollccl the Leglslatuio, and that any-
tliliu I n anted that tho busses did not
want would bo defeated Ml Piatt said
the Oiganlzatlon had tho control "
"Did Mr Piatt say bos&os?' " Inter
rupted Ivlns
"I am not certain," aald Roosevelt, "but
ho icfericd to the machine leaders"
"I told Mr Biines, ' ho went on. "that
I had been sent for by Piatt in 1SDS, who
nsKcd mo to call on him at tho fifth
Avenue Hotel "
llnusovelt then said ho saw Piatt, who
again told him the Oiganlzatlon must
rule
people "not pit" to num.
Against tho -vigorous nnd repealed
piotestH of Ivlns. Iloosevclt then told ot
Humes' cull on him nnd of his telling
Barnes of his talk with Piatt
"Mr Baltics told ine, ' resumed Roose
velt, "thnt the organization must rule
llu said It was m ccsiaiy to havo boos
Tlio people lie said, were not lit In
govern. They wcie better oft with
bosses "
Roosevelt then was allowed to detail
several conversations with Barnes. Ono
of them dealt with former Governor
Charles G Hughes
"I told him (Barnes) that Hughes was
a boss," said Roosevelt. "My sym
pathies und friendship at that tlmo wero
nil with Mr. Barnes and against Mr.
Hughes."
The witness then told of other conver
sations with Barnes from 15D3 to 1907,
In nil of which, ho said, Barnes upheld
bosslsm nnd said ho tould handle tho
Legislature
KAUNAS' LLTTP.R INTRODUCED.
The defense then was allowed to read
a letter from Haines to Roosevelt In
1910, during the Hughes .idmlulstiatlon,
when tho Hart-Agncw nntl-iaclng bill
was pending.
This was the letter referred to yes
terday, mentioning August Belmont, In
which Barnes told Roosevelt that he had
changed his mind, and was In favor of
the bill to abolidh horse racing, despite
his friendship for Belmont.
In this letter, Barnes reiterated his
belief that the organization must rule,
and referred to himself as not being "a
machine-made politician or a patronage
broker "
Naw I won't" Hut the questioner was
Policeman Levy, who dragged Scrogglns
away llagisliato McCrcary discharged
the man at the Trenton avenue station,
with the advice that ho use his argu
mentative potters hereafter with his worst
enemy.
It looked like a plain case of "D and
D" when Charles Khly faced the Mana
yunk station desk. Magistrate Orelts
was writing down, "30 days; drunk and
disorderly." when
"It's worse than that, Judge," a
woman's shrill oice rang out from the
rear of the room, and Mrs Ehly elbowed
her way to the dock, "Judse.lf he'd beat
tno up I'd forgive him In a minute,
wouldn't IV
"Oh, madam, of course, you would."
groaned QrelU. "You all do that; it's
enough to make the Magistrate so on
strike."
"But when he goes and beats up my
boy, Aloyslus he's 10 years old, Judgo,
and aa good a boy as ever "
"Five hundred dollars ball for court.
Next1"
It'a a case of mother-in-law. Judge,"
walled Khly "Round at our home, 113
East street, her mother "
"Com on," Mid the policeman. "Why
can't you beat your wife liKe a man in
iead ot takiflg it oat on a, kWI"
HOIiaES
OF THE MACCABEES,
PATRIOT WHO TRIED TO
END LIFE LOCKED UP
Magistrate Decides to Send
Austrian, Frantic in Zeal to
Enlist, to House of Correction
When tho war got under wnv In the dog
days, last August, and the headlines In
the newspapers proclaimed "Russians
Pour Ovoi l'lontlci DO.COO Austtlans
Killed" Prank Kosvlc made frantic ef
forts to get back homo and dlo for hit
country, If need be.
Tbcrci was no w.iv of getting him and
thousands of other loval Austrlann In
this ronntry to the front So K'osjK,
when this was made plain to him. decider"
In despair to dlo hole He shot himself
hi tho bead.
Tho bullet did not kill The voting man
-bo Is not in vesrs old was sent to tlio
I'plFCOpil Hospital Ho recovered nnd
c.iuie out of hohpll.tl to leturn to woik
But be couldn't work. Tho pain In his
bend started In agiln and ho was tieated
at the FhlKdolphin and then at the Uni
versity Hospital nnd discharged "cuied "
"Cured," said the doctors, of the physical
wound, but if Prank would only stop
thinking nbout Austria nnd her wrongs
he would got well so much Eooner.
This ho would not, could not, do. Ho
had como to this countiy a yonr ngo, got
a Job In an Iron foundry at 0-ld and Lud
low sheets, ond lost It Just befoie tho
war broko out Ho was always sony bo
left Austria, nnd almost drove bis uncle,
also named Prank Koszyk, cra?i reading
out the war stories In the papers In angry
shouts, and with tears Ills mother and
fnthor over there, and those brute Cos
sacks rushing down on their farm In
Gnllcia' "Gallcla endangered by Russian
hordes" So icad tho headlines, and
Prank could not stnnd It
The attempted suicide took place nt his
unclo'a home, 2150 North .Id street Ho
even got tho llttlo boy stlried up with
patriotism. The lad, 11 years old, Is
named Frank Koszyk, too, tho third of
thnt name In the family
"Let us nil go back, let tho rathcr
land havo the lives of" three Prank
Koszyks Would to Cod there were .10
of us to give!" ho cried, nnd then brood
ing because no Trank Kosryks at nil
tould go ho went upstairs nnd fired, not
however, at the Cossacks
After his "recovery." Koszvk wandered
around the countiv doing odd Jobs He
went to Chicago to get sympathy from
his brother Joseph But Joseph, ho found,
had none of this tenihlo deslie to got
to the front and die. Business wns too
good In Chicago Prank came back
Then came the news, when he returned
to Philadelphia, that another brother,
Ludvvlg, had fallen In battlo before
Przemsyl. But Trank must tlll live. Ills
uncle could not stand tho man's brood
ing about the house and told him to go
somowhere else
This morning the H-y car-old rrnnlt
Koszy k took the man to the 4th and York
streets station Ho asked the pollco to
"do B-mcthlng" for the patriot.
"Well," said Magistrate Cllenn, as he
surveyed the trembling nnd muttering
man beforo him, "I don't like to send you
to the House of Correction for what
really has beon a great virtue In you,
but wouldn't you bo able to rest up there,
away from the temptation to go to the
front? Maybe tho war will be over In
three months. Thrco months In the House
of Correction "
CITY DISCUSSES "JITNEYS"
All Department Heads Like Them,
But "Want Regulation.
"Jitneys," their benefits and their
dangers, were discussed at the monthly
meet Ingof the directors of municipal
departments and heads of county of
flees at the office of Mayor Blankenburg
today
Sentiment for tho "Jitneys" was unani
mous They were declared a boon and a
benefit from a traffic standpoint The
only Jarring note was sounded over tno
danger possible from overcrowding the
little motor cars competing with the
transit lines
Mayor Blankenburg thought that tegu
lutions should prevent patrons of the little
buwsea from standing on the running
boards In the flights up and down Broad
street. Danger of more than one person'
occupying the front seat beside the driver
also was discussed
Director Porter, of the Department of
Publlo Safety, Is the municipal official
upon whom the weight of responsibility
for the regulation of the "Jitneys" Is rest
ing The other cabinet officials assure 1
him that he Is privileged to solve the
problem. It is expected that police rules
may appear in a few days prohibiting
riding on the running" boards and forbid
ding more than one pereon to ride beside
the driver.
HORLICK'S
The Original
MALTED rVHLK
VnlammymiaayHOnuotCS"
you way get m SuhtUtuIss
IN SESSION HERE
I'll tr b I I ans
by Miss Minnie E. ntii-Rin, Great
AUTO AMTIF LIMITS OUT
CAUSES DRIVER'S ARREST
Mysterious Looking Car Piompts Po
liceman to Tnko Man to Station.
A .submarine automobile gliding through
the darkness HUo a shadow passed sud-
1 denly In front of Policeman Smiley this
morning nt ""d and Chestnut streets.
I.iko a (tush, tho cop thought of tho ic
cont hold-ups by bandits, and ordered the
car to stop
Tlio driver period over tlio top ot tho
windshield and demanded to know the
t.iuso of tho blockade, "ou haven't got
a slnRlo light on your whole boat," t-ald
tho policeman, "nnd If It's your machine
you ought to know the law"
When tho dilver lighted tho lamps on
bow nnd htern the glow showed two
big rovolvoiH protruding from his hip
pockets 'I lie policeman took ,i friendly
grip on his own sl-shnotcr and then
brought tho nivstcrioim chiiiirrcui to the
3:d and Woodbind avenue station
'Iho pilsoner gnvo his name its C'hnrlcs
Masslnn, and f-al'l ho lived .it 77th nnd
Holstcln avenue He said ho c.irrlod Iho
rovolvcis becnuso ho was a night watch
man Michael .lariity. M.issIiiu'h employer,
said that ho took the car out without
permission, but outsldo of ,lhat ho was
nil right Maglstrato Ilurils honlcnced
the prisoner to 10 day s
Given Ofliccs by (he President
WXSIIIVGTON, April 21 Tho follow
ing recess appointments wero announced
todav . Joseph L Ashbrldgo, Iloundup,
Mont , to he United States Marshal for
Montana; John C. Moitow, Scott's Bluff,
Neb, to be receiver of public moneys at
Alliance, Neb , and Thomas J O'Kccfo
Alliance, Neb, to bo loglslrur of tho land
nfllco nt Alliance.
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DIDDLE INVITATIONS
ASTRAY IN MAILS
Continued from 1'nge One
when It was noticed that. In Bplto of tc
qucsta for replies, very few had been re
ceived in proportion to Iho number of
catds sent out.
Inquiry brought to light tho Tact that
many of those who, becnuso of relation
ship or long-cslabllshed friendship with
tho bilde, would have been first on Iho
list of thoso to whom cards would be
sent had not tecclvcd them. Mr, nnd
Mrs William Kills Scull, of Overbrook,
parents of Miss Mnrgot Scull, ono of
tho bridesmaids, wero among those In
advertently "slighted," becauso of In
efllclcncy nnd negligence of tho postof
flee fltVi: INVITATIONS VCIttULLY
Mr niddlo iciu.irkcd tn n friend to
dav "1 am ufrnld to look lint T the people
1 know In tho faco for fenr they hail
been nmong tho great number of thoso
apparently offended " All tho members
of the Blddla family havo tried to lem
rdv tho ncgllgcnco ot tho lioslofllco
authorities as far na possible bv porsonnl
woid of mouth, hut when a day or so
ago It becamo clear Just how widespread
as the estent of tho loss of tlio uiids,
nnd that It would Im Impossible to lem
rdv It In that fashion, tho formal o
plniiallou was scut In all thoso to whom
It wns Intended cards ahould go orlgln-
nllv, but ft om whom no reply had been
received
Tho lllddlo family cannot imdeistnnd
how such n largo pcrccnlngo of tho In
vltnllons mailed could have hern losl
In the linticlllncr of so nst im amount of
mnil nn allow mice can bo iiiado for tho
loss oi inlsdollveiy of a few
poh rMAHTim oitonits inquiry
Jnsimaster John A Thornton wns
asked nbout It today. Ilo said an Inves
tigation under tho direction of Superin
tendent ot Malls Ryan wna under vvav
nnd that trncrin wcio nt work In an
cndenvni in locale the lost Invitations.
Iho loss of the rinds was brought to his
iitlentlon on Mondnv, when Ml. Itlddln
railed on him ill poison nnd eplalnccl tlio
hitmttlon. The Invitations hnrl nil been
mailed In pasleboatil hoses nt the sub
nliitlon nn Kill stioct below Market, be
foio fl.."0 p m, April 2, ho said Mr.
Blcldlo had told him.
"Wo hive been unablo to locate any of
tho lost mall as vet," said Mi. Thornton,
"but wo am doing nil wo can to rectify
tho ci rot, if ono occurred Wo nie nl
vvavs glad to get complaints, nnd this
matter will ccitnlnly not go unnoticed.
Supoilntcndont Itviiu will sift the matter
to Iho bottom dcllnltelv to ilctnimlno It
cnrelessnesH on the part ot postofllee cm
plovos was lesponslblo "'
While the gcnci.il InofTlclcnoy ot tho
postofllee lias long boon a subject of
pintest bv a disgruntled public, which
has stifTcicd fiom tlio Inadequate meth
ods, this Is considered the most glaring
Indication of the wretched system that
obtnlns under tho present management.
Not long ago a Ronot.il leoigaiilratlou
of tlio poitodlco was announced as con
templated by tho bends of the postal cle
pai tinonl hi Washington, and Inspectors
weio -.out bole to m ike a tlioiough in
vestigation of tlio svsteni hero It was
then nnnnuiKCd tint tlio postofllee svstcm
had been ieorgatil7od An economy pio
ginni was also put in rffret.
On top of tills Klines the present ml-iip
ovoi the Middle wedding Invitations,
which. In creating nil oinbari isslng situa
tion .mil general confusion, Is inipicco
ilcntcd Bv tests conducted Inst winter It was
doflnltclv proved that It wns virtually
Impnsslblo to havo mail delivered tlio
saitio day It was posted In one instance)
it was found that n. letter posted In tho
central pnit of tho cltv arrived nt nn
nddiess In West Philadelphia approxi
mately nt the same time another similar
ly posted ni rived in Jcnklntown, 10 mile3
out In tho mihtiihi
Anothei great e.iiiho of complaint Is Iho
cutting off eutliclv of the 5 10 p nt cle
llveiy In tho continl losldentinl section
No mall Is tecclvcd there after 1 o'clock
in tho afternoon. As a general nilc, de
livery slow ond out of proportion with
tho distance to go has been the bnso of
tho innjoilty of previous complr.mts, but
tho blunder In the caso of tho wedding
liivltntlons ndds nnnthci giound to a
general objection to tho picsent system.
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FRAUD TESTIMONY
RULED FROM RECORD!
INCLAYGRAFTCASi
Judge Ferguson Grant!
Clay's Plea to Strike 0u
jrmiiugrapns and RfJ
ports of Bath House Conl
m
biaub o uggnng.
After recelvliiB nn adverse rulln-f f '' I
Jtidgo lerguson on the ndmUjk,, 1
photographs ot certain municipal tmiu
lugs, Assistant District Attorney T,
lane tested tho enso of tho Com
wealth ngnlnst Henry Clay, former 3
lector ot Public Safety, J0lm Jri
gins and Wlllnrd If. Walls, charge', Jl
conspltacy to defraud tho city bv ."
tract Juggling. '
Congressman deoigo H arnham ,.ri
counsel for tho dofense, Im-iSiuS?
moved that nil testimony i.,i'l,t?l
tho plane, specification--, contracli ..!
pioposnl for bids for tho btiblla .,J
11CIISO lit ,TC Cillfl 7.T". r.nMil.ne.t .1 ".
nil testimony iclntlng to tho work rioMi:
tho Cltv Tieasurcra ortlco and o?S
fourth floor of Cits Hall bo iHn,..Vl!
tho iccordB Tho Judgo sustained theija
' Tho Jury must have a contused J?
of what this caso Is about" ContnYTi
man uinhntu said
iiMisn nil', inn i 'nmmnnti j.ni.1. . ,".
tested, 'after IMcnlng to the mate ot InJ
tlniony. technical nnd often confujli'
which has been presented to tliem
"Inst vvhnt Is the point nt Issue, in hf
case.' It Is simply mid solely thls-mJ
von gentlemen must keep this single m
ever heforo von It is to deter-ritai
vvhelhcr or not llenrv Cloy, former Ditw"
toi of Publlo Safetv lohn R. milu
and Wlll.ir.l H Walls enteicrt Into
conspiracy to chont nnd defraud the tu,
of Philadelphia by tlio unlawful manloS
Intlon of rontractn for work for the caV
"Vow. oven If the cltv of PhllatWuhtV
lost money ni wos cheated by this tU
leged contrnct Juggling, It docs not it'
nil prove any conspiracy existed to de
fr.tud Conspiracy Is n. rnmhlnaii.. ..
two or more poisons, nctlnc In .j
or ns one mind, to nccompllsh tho f-iui:
You must find direct or Indirect proof tf
this in tho caso now beforo you, and
thorn has not been ono scintilla of etl-"i
"""" iMuuiii-eu uy mo c ommonivttUh
heio In connect these defendants wttA
nnv such combination " j
While the attorneys for the defense booif
to bo nblo to present their side in ihreij
cuoh, mis win ocpena upon whether ttitj
decide met civ to show alleged jltj
cropnncles in tlio testimony of ih .(!
nespcs for tho Commonwealth or to u-i
iiouucc expert, testimony ns well.
Utitlcr AV.iiven He.trint; in GroceCasV
W-P.ST CIIHSTKR. Pa . Anrll 21.-TW'
will bo no healing todav as was e-vtii
In tho sensational chaigcs brought bfS
Prank Clrnce, son of Mrs Prances Groct 'I
ug.ilnst R. JI Htitlni. the llveriminjl
whom bo h.nged with nn offense asalnitj
in imitncr uuuoi lociav waived a hKa
ing and gnvo
ciimliial couit.
ball foi .ljipcarance af
J'litir Horses ISurn With Ilarn
NORRlsiow N, Pa . prll :t -The bara'f
of llcoigo lioldhpiir was dentrovei" hrSI
flro Pour horses peiishcd Loss $&,
,111. i L'U
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