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ETAILER LOSES
EVEN WHEN FOOD
IS IN qVERSUPPLY
feaks m MarKet So
Disorganizing That
His Profits Are Swept
Away.
fspected by His Customers to
Keep His Boning rrices at a
StAndard Figure, Evfcn if Ho
A3 to Sell His Goods at a
S3.
jtf RETAILER DOES NOT
I GAIN FROM MARKET GLUT
(utomers eipect price always to ho
iwtm(, whether the goods cost the
Sfr more rr Its than normal.
BfnJlljtrr or proauce, moor, rem, sin-ffijr-
and other charges cut down
Si .ill f irnnilH TAfleM tttt&tlr In flin
'funis baskets, the best specimen being
rffl,l t n"rnl1 price and the Inferior
fcttlmens at a oss.
Gw mu,t " reP'acf" when custom
... Mimnlaln
! trt.t.-aters' speculations nut prices at
fSjItrsry figures when ilenlers Bet "cor-
'nt."
shipments contain poor Roods which
ihntd never hare left the farm.
housewife said she, couldn't net
iwceUblea and fruits more cheaply oven
k".i. nf a dut In tho market, mtrh
S the dty experienced so strikingly the
(L nav. She wns Inclined to think
flu retailers, Bhould havo lowered prices.
S., retatlr was asked today why ho
Wt lower ym-vo, - ". .mi ui
Spdace tfent down.
file said that such breaks In tho mnr
Itt were so disorganizing that In the
.'..- n nf nrleen his nrofltn worn
f?i.. iwav. And what was morn, hn
5i that these fluctuations. In what ho
kji to piy 'or Produce, which the public
wi of only onco In a while, were, In
h'l exaggerated way, his dally ex-
Hflcnce, ana inai ne wub, expeneu uy
Ijili customers to Keep ms selling price at
Fl standard flguro even if he had to sell
vit a Joss.
,That Is the great big problem of the
irtUtl men," ho said. "Wo havo to sell
fthtajs 8 cheaply as possible whether
.i , rnltlnrr them cheat) or dear. If
ifoa.came In here yesterday and got a
euarter-pecK ot buuib ucuno ui u uciua,
lira come loaay unu J. uaiv yuu o uuuiu,
iou're going to kick, and Pvo got to let
jou have It for 5 cents. In the long run."
A TYPICALi VEATiJSll
It.was a typical dealer who spoke, John
I'olf. who has n. market on 10th street
few Locust. Itlch and poor live near
iluifte, all kinds of people, and therefore
fUbc prices are pretty well standardized.
lAiso, It Is central and nn old stand with
piperlenccd management. ,
jjtf"You speak of this glut. "Well, I
"thought I'd get some of this cheap stuff,
jxow going to waste. Call It charity. I
'.took Is Basxeis oi tomatoes, paying only
or the packlngVand hauling; and for
each basket we must put down 5 cents,
remember. I figured on some of It going
for, say, 10 cents a basket. What hap
pened 'was that we were soon marking It
Takh' all rou rlease for 5 cents.' And
fwhen that didn't get It out of the way wo
s It away. So you seo where wo get
ittja th glut.
eopte wnnt the 'best Btuff, nnd they
Kjjwani anyinins eise. very well.
'aKea. basket of tomatoes. Are all the
CyjfMtiies the snmo quality? Not a bit qf
yKfjcty range an me way irora lomaioes
yPOTli 15 cents to tomatoes worth 75
ftiod Take that basket there. Look nt
K& one and that one; any woman that
ipiotta, a tomato won t pick out those, will
nhe? go what It will boll down to is that
Uylll be lucky to get 75 cents on It, If
Ifget tint. I will be lucky to get two
halt-pecks out of It. Tho first linif-
ick say. picked carefully by the pur
ler, win bring a normal price. So,
;a?be, with the second. And tho other
o half-pecks may be at a loss; perhaps
ough of a loss to cut down the 10 cents
Troftt tq 5 on the basket."
"Btii that only accounts for four half-
ilecki to the basket," It was suggested.
tiA't a basket five-eighths of a bushel,
t imt to .Isn't It twn and a half pecks Ave
IhaU-pecks?"
. WORKS DOWN TO TWO PECKS.
It works out to less than that," ho
oV -"If the basket was always packed
11. with something close fitting like
i and wo could sell at exact meas
there would be Just five half-pecks.
it when It comes to things that lump
;uke tomatoes or potatoes and shipped
:h not a nartlcularlv cenerous measure.
ai icld always, of course, with' gener-
meMiire, as people naturally want it,
i It comes to not much oyer two
is.
wjtiere are somo things that are almost
fays sold at a loss. Take lettuce. I
ua L for this qrato of 2 heads or
ttuce. I don't know whnt they cost the
stealer, but I've heard that It's somo-
le a cent a head. At least 13 oc
U came to mo In Inferior condition.
Uy first-class head ought to sell for
cents. But they go for 6 cents, most
these, and some of them won't sell at
I You can flcurn out the -steady loss
jfhave to suffer. Dut the wholesaler's
U sure nnd vck. lnree; our loss
irmqus In lettuce.
'Ana can we refuse to buy the lettucer
we cant say we don't keep It wnen
aiK for It."
say vou could make 10 to 15 cents
tUh, basket in, other 'produce, would
a rair prom?"
p, out that la not counting the cost
Lttlne the frnnrin 1ntn thn. handH of the
tuner. You may say, If you like, that
casnt hard on us to lose a dollar on
t eneep ard Iamb we turned over in
Week But It wtin mnrM ihntl n dol-
,4oat There was the waees of the
utter Good meat cutters get from
w a week. Employes In general
irom Ilj to (30 a week, and neonlo
to be waited on In a hurry. They
want to stand about Ind wait to be
t"1- Then there Is Jhe auto for
Y An auto looks ble to some nee-
ootaj as thought we had money to
But an auto Is oheaoer than a
'a. The Wntrnn i-nata na iTVWl thn
. the harness l5-that Is tS
The auto costs ll'll. hut In nheaner
'MP up Then there Is the wages of a
jur. i a week, and nearly as much
"son anver. These are things we
IQ have to deliver ervwln sml thev
money and must be taken out o the
n;n mere ib stationery, book-
la addition to all the labor and
dehverv ti ... ..l.in A.i
'ues on poor (roods hfllnir shinned
P with the BQod). and which
be sold
W, just latnlu kA-A I.. ... ...
wen my profits are out. Say I pay
w a oaaket of potatoes, say 1
1 XOr h Cents n n(nafA.na. I Cat
i"1? a P614 tor selected potatoes-
WOKS lika u IE .... u.. v.
m. l .""Mill yivill, mil fc
nat basket U sold tn from 1 to 10
" uii- not In one 1ubij, m I get
' '"mm me vot pf labor in mate-
sales Pertwna t will com to
CeiltS n nnuranf nrnMr An aaiti
out the baskeu, thy cost i teut
1 hac to uut that dawn, to iutua
'd hu Iretuxnlism
XSAr cents
pay for nf nil -il flSKe, tney Won't
times rv m Whf.n thftt happens five
kct nnd hJ2 id.Sr t,U) wholesaler's has-
no on yhatnatn0butnBT 'X B,,0W ,for " An
have that pi'. ti J h,ave R,So ,(!t him
Not onlv H.J. VW.e.tak6 nU th risks,
m havlL t' b,Ut tak6 th cual loss
6rt.i in . replaco eooi, that are tf
II M Lnr BS bclnB ba1' Say I pay
Tl'ireo ami ?f.'f ?nd B'11 that lo1 at -
hit It ?,n1i,h,rit l'cr cenl- I"-0"1? Not n
will Jt rJ,hC,ro W1U ho oranges that wo
Md wn r! Cd ".Pu on tho "hone about,
"a Ml ouS? W em' lhU8h lh0 fftult
SOMETHINO HAD1CALLY WnONQ.
wllhheth." rmo,h'ns radically wrorig
Jlin t u Sy.,,cm. of wholesale dlstrlhu
firm . "h0uM.th nk lhcte m'Bht bo good
J.6.; ""Delations formed. The goods
?n h... 1 brou8ht direct from the farmer
L!L 5nvement. And there should be
aako of the farmer, for the sake of the
retailer and for the sake of the customer.
Tho customer wants tho prlccs to bo al
ways the same. Well, then let the farmer
and tho retailer have their coats always
tho same, as much as that can be done.
They seem to have done something of
.I. lort ln CBBB- why not In every
thing? "I'm not blaming the farmers, but they
are shortsighted In not trying to stand
ardlzo their kind of goods In their ship
ments. Take n thing like corn. Often I
split oven on n basket, with r.c prollt.
Say I paid S5 cents the basket.
"There will bo 42 cars to tho basket. Of
these aboout 21 may bo good ones. Tho
rest havo to be got rid of nt tho rnln
of $1 for the hundred. Suppose I got 30
or 35 cents n dozon for tho good enrs.
ou Bee, thcro would bo no profit on the
basket. Of course, corn Is cheaper than
that now 20 to 25 cents.
"Ilemcmber, that retailers have to fnco
corners In tho market, too. Suppose there
are only four cars of peaches, and one
man owns them nil. You can see how
wo have to pay big prices for them; but
we are expected to sell them Just us
cheaply ns when peaches are In greater
supply. Thcro Is speculation among the
wholesalers, from place to place. A man
has n lot of peaches. "Give you $1 for
them,' says his neighbor; nnd ho gets
them all. Then ho sells them for $1.23,
nnd, perhaps, they change, hnnds again,
nt 1.50 nnd $1.75 before they come to us.
Who makes tho proflt7"
Professor Laird Chosen Adviser d
Professor Warren P. Laird, of this city,
head of tho architectural department of
tho Towno Sclcntlllc School, of tho Unl
vcislty of Pennsylvania, was selected ad
viser today of the Pennsylvania 3Icade
Monument Commission at Hnrrisburg.
The commission wns created by tho Leg
islature to havo charge of the erection
of a monument tu the hero of Gettys
burg nt Washington, D. C. A sculptor
will be chosen early In the fall. In the
meantime ProfeBsor Laird will attompt
to procure a site.
PREVALENCE OF LOUD SILK SHIRTS
CAUSES ARREST OF ROBBERS
Detectives Unearth Den Where Goods Stolen From Chestnut
Street Store Are Peddled Off at Cheap Prices Raid
Discloses Hard Luck Story.
Usually the habitues of tho Tenderloin
don't wear silk shirts. So one day when
three observant. City Hall detectives
ptrolled through'that section they were
surprised to notice that almost every
crook, dope-tlcnd and confidence man
they passed on tho street wore one.
Detectives know thnt for every effect
there Is a cause, especially In the Ten
derloin. And because of their training
they aro wont to presume that the cause
Is a criminal one. It Ib their skill in
ferreting out this reason and sustaining
their presumption with facts that stamp3
them as good detectives.
These gumshoe men wondered about
tho silk shirts, utid they began to make
some guarded Inquiries. In every under
world district there ale always men who
are willing to tell. These are the "stool
pigeons," despised of their fellows and
the police alike. But they are some
times useful to the latter.
There wcxe so many men wearing silk
shirts that It was not very difficult for
the detectives to find out from some ot
them where they came from. From otio
of the "squealers" they learned that it
was known throughout the Tenderloin
that any one who wanted to buy cheap
fine silk ahlrts, with an assortment of
some of the very loudest colors, could
get them nt 018 Winter Btreet.
Tho detectives bore in mind that there
had been a robbery at tho Btore of Wal
ter G. Becker, 1018 Chestnut street, and
that 500 silk shirts had been stolen. So
they raided the Winter street house. As
a result of the raid they arrested three
men. George Wilson. 27 years old; Harry
Walton, 22 years old, and Harry Davis,
who lives at 831 Vine street.
This story was told today by Detective
Doyle, who was accompanied on the
round-un by Detectives Benz and Le
Strange,
Today Wilson told Doyle his story. He
said that for three years he has been
employed in a paper-box factory at Stn
and Willow streets. There he was a
trusted employe and a steady worker.
His downfall, he said, began a month
ago. He told Detective Doyle that he
had a wife and family living up-town who
believe ln his honesty. He Is said to
ii,.. .,,... "lot nnil Muster streets.
Wilson says he wanted to be near his
place of employment, so lie took a room
at 318 Winter street. ' Frequently he vis
ited his family, He saya he did not know
much about the Winter street neighbor
hood, but soon he became acquainted with
Borne of the other roomers In the house.
Two of them were burglars, he declares.
"You're a fool to work so hard," he
says they told him. "Look at us. We
take It easy, don't work, have a good time
and always have enough money to see
us tin ough. We go out every now and
then and pull a good Job. Then we're
flxed for awhile. It's soft. You como
with us sometime and see for yourseir."
, Wilson had a vision of "easy money,"
and he thought he would be enabled to
provldo better- for his family. After
a while he consented. They told him he
could bo the outside man. When they
decided lo lob the Becker store they told
him to watoh the entrance, and they
passed out packages to him through the
transom. It was a risky Job, for there
was a great chance qf dlaery by the
police and by night workers, who are In
the habit of passing the building at that
time, between ? and 3 o'elock.
LEG SUPPORTS
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tkjf AKE EVBNI.V 8UITOUTJ5U
BY THB UB " a
Corliss laced .Stacking
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HUhtd or balled.
Comfortable, made to measure.
NO ELASTIC! sdJotaMi Ueea
Ilk a Uaalmi llsht and durable.
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or two lot the mow limb, 13.09,
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gVEjnyarEDaiR-PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY. 'ATOTTBT
118 BABIES DIE IN
WEEK FROM HEAT
Total Number of Deaths During
Same Period Is 508, Report
Shows.
Of 508 deaths recorded In this city dur
Ing tho week ending today, 118 wero ba
bies less than 1 year of nge and 23 were
babies between 1 nnd 2 years old, Tho
high percentage of Infant mortality Is at
tributed by health authorities to excessive
heat of Inst week.
Although only seven adult and four In
fant deaths are attributed dlrcctjy to tho
heat In tho weekly report of the Bureau
of Health, the Indirect Influence Is seen
In tho large number of babies dying from
summer complaint,
Tho total deaths this week exceeded
those of last week by 64, and those of
ine corresponding week of August, 1914,
by B. Tho cnuscs of death according to
tho health report were as follows:
Tyrhnlil feier .... I Diarrhea and enter-
Measles 2 III 82
JVhonptnic coush .. 2 Appendicitis nnd ty
Diphtheria nnd ohlltls
eroun 21lcmln, Intestinal
Cholera nostras .. 1 obstruction T
Other epidemic dls- Cirrhosis of llcr .. S
eases 2 Acute nephritis and
Tuberculosis of llrlcht's illseaio. 42
lungs 5.1 Noncancerous tu-
Tuberculosis men- mors and diseases
IWtltls 2 of itenltnl ontans. S
Forma of tubercu Puerperal eeptl-
Insls H caemln. 2
Cancer and mallg- Puerperal accidents 3
nnnt tumors .... SOCouaenttnl debility
Apoplexy and soft- nnd malformations 32
enlnp of brain 11 Old sire a
Organic diseases of Kftects of heat ... 11
heart Bl Homicide 2
Chronla bronchitis.. 2 Violent deaths 21
rncumoma n other diseases 7B
Ilrpnchopneumonia .
Diseases of resplr-
nlory system ....
Diseases of the
stomach
8 Coroner's cases
pending 2
Total MS
nRIDGE CONTRACTS AWARDED
Two City Structures Will Be Built
From Steel nnd Concrete.
Director Cooke, of tho Department of
Public Works, awarded contracts today
for tho building of two steel nnd con
crete bridges. Tho first Is to continue
Whitby nvenue over tho Philadelphia nnd
Baltimore Central Itnllrond and wns
awarded to F. S. Boas for $40,000. Tho
other Is on tho line of Front street nnd
Bpans the roadway of tho Philadelphia
Hospital for Contagious Diseases. It was
auarded to the Philadelphia Paving Com
pany for $12,000.
A contract for test borings wns awarded
to the T. B. Harper Company for J1200.
Wills Admitted to Probate
The following wills wero admitted to
probate today:
Robert Brlggs, 1700 South 13th street,
(23,000; Gilbert II. Slalght, Bossvllle,
N. Y., ,$24,560; Henrietta A. HaBslnger,
2730 North 8th street, $15,000, nnd Sarah
Harklns, Upland, Pa., J2S00.
But they got awny with $2000 worth of
merchandise without detection.
There were line neckties and silk shirts
nnd silk socks. Shirts thnt wero worth
14 and 13 upleco were peddled for $1 and
$1.50. Tho police do not know how many
agents there were, but Davis Is 'charged
with being" one of them.
Tho police nre Investigating Wilson's
story, for It docs not coincide with their
threory. They say that Wilson wns the
leader of the gang. The detectives learned
that Wilson was very proud about his
reputation for honesty. His employer was
astonished at his arrest and offered to
testify before Magistrate Beaton as to
his good character.
The police say that Wilson had also
planned to assist In the robbery of thn
George B. Evans" drug- store, at 1105
Chestnut street, from which 40 silver
vanity cases, valued at $33, were stolen
on the night of July 21, but that he did
not share in this adventure becauso of
a mistake In the arrangements. Walton
is accused of having been one of the rob
bers then.
Wilson is being held under $1500 ball for
a further hearing next Thursday. Davis
was held under $S00 ball for court: Wal
ton Is under $1500 ball on the Becker
robbery charge, and an additional $$00
for the Evans' burglary. The police say
Walton also was led astray by bad com
panions, and turned to a life of crime
In order to support his widowed mother.
BBBLslv..Ju
WILDWi
Real Estate will be held at the Casino Bandstand be
ginning at 10 A. M.
Monday and Tuesday,
August 16th & 17th ,
In this sale will be sold the largest individual ocean front lot with
riparian rights on the boardwalk; "The Hotel Colonial and Cafe," the
best and biggest licensed hotel in Wildwood; the Goodall business block
and apartment house situate corner Pacific and Andrew avenues; cor
ner lot at Pacific and Wildwood avenues, opposite Marine National
Bank; the office building and entire printing plant of The Sun will be
sold to settle the estate of the, late T, C. Hamilton, deceased,
T, have in this sale some ot the best investment opportunities on the
island, including choice cottages, artistic summer homes, elegant lots
suitable for business and cottage sites, bungalow and boathouse lots.
This is the year for the man who wants to invest either a few
hundred or a few thousand dollars in the cream of the island.
Write now for catalog containing descriptions and terms of the
properties to be sold, or better, call at the office and get full particulars
on each property to be sold.
JOHN A. ACKLEY, Auctioneer
Magnolia ave. an Boardwalk, Wildwood, New Jersey
Sli.HBBBiHPi?TVA ,Mte
GEN. MAURICE SERRAIL
New commnnder of the French
forces nt the Dardanelles, suc
ceeding General Gouraud.
NAVY YARD PREPARING
FOR TENNESSEE SAILING
Island Hive'of Activity in' Prep
aration for Dispatch of 800
Men to Haiti.
Tho Philadelphia, navyyard Is a hive of
activity today.
Supplies aro being quickly assembled
for transporting 800 marines nnd a field
commnnder to Haiti, Into Tuesday night
or early Wednesday morning, to strength
en tho expeditionary forecs thcro under
Hear Admiral Caporton.
Tho armored cruiser Tennessee, which
will carry tho men, Is now coaling and
receiving a few minor repairs ot tho
Brooklyn navyyard, nnd will nrrlvo at the
Philadelphia navyyard on Sunday.
Lieutenant Colonel L. W. T, Wallers
will be In command of the marines and
upon his arrival nt Haiti will assume
charge of all tho land forces, succeeding
Lieutenant Colonel Cole. Ills Btnff will
bo composed of Major McQIll, adjutant,
and Lieutenant Ostcrman, aid.
Colonel T. P. Kane has been ordered
from tho War College at Washington to
assume charge of tho 1st Tteglmcnt,
known ns tho advance huso regiment, at
the Philadelphia Navy Yard. This regi
ment, composed of 270 marines, Is nil
that Is left to guard tho yard and tho
warships stationed there.
Seventy-live marines from Norfolk ar
rived nt the ynrd4today, and 25 more re
ported froni tho Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The second company of the first regiment,
known ns the "mining company," which
has been lit camp at Lovo's Point, Md.,
for summer maneuvers, has been ordered
to return, nnd Is expected to nrrlvo to
night or early tomorrow morning.
Trom the extent of the preparations,
the general belief is thnt the men nro In
for a long campaign, nnd many of them
believe that after tho trouble In Haiti
Is settled they will bo sent Into Mexico.
Materials for bridge building, barbed
wire, 40 machine guns, 7000 yards of sub
marine cable, narrow-gauge railroad
tracks, great cases of rifles, ammunition
and canned-food supplies are already
plied on the dock . ready to be placed
aboard tho Tennessee on her arrival.
The exact destination of tho Tennessee
was not revealed In the hurried orders
from Washington yesterdny. It is be
lieved, however, that it will proceed di
rect to Port au Prince, the centro of the
revolution in Haiti.
When tho marines under Lieutenant Col
onel Waller land nt Haiti the United
Stntcs will have u lighting force of almost
1900 men on the Island, Including a bat
talion of 300 bluejackets.
"Boy Dies Trying to Save Brother
"Ho met death ln an endeavor to savo
the life of Ills brother."
This tribute, unusual In tho procedure
of tho Coroner's Court, was today Incor
porated In tho official report of the In
quest over tho death of nine-year-old
Louis Sontag, of 2631 Oxford street, who
died a hero white trying to rescue his
sevcn- ear-old brother William, who also
was drowned. Tho brothers were chns
Ing butterflies on the west bank of tho
Echuylldll Itlver nt the Falrmount lock,
when William fell Into the swollen river.
Louis plunged In after him without hesi
tation, and tho yellow waters closed over
both of them.
"If you buy ofAckley
it's a Bargain"
ACKLEY'S
Next Annual Auction Sale of
00D
CALEDONIANS TO SEE
FAST FIVE-MILE RACE
7
Famous Professionals of Phila
delphia and Other Clubs -at
56th Outing.
Ono of the greatest fields of dlatsneo
runners ever seen In this city will toe
the mark this afternoon In the five-mile
professional rnco nt the 56th annual Scot
tish games of the Caledonian Clu"b, at
Point Breeze Park. The stars Include
Jimmy Lee and Eddie MacQuIre, famous
uosion distance men; Abble Woods, of
England; Jimmy Fltzgornld, of Aus
tralia, and Johnnie Gallagher, famous
track man of this city, who will become
a professional. Henri St. Yves, the
Frenchman thnt won tho 110,000 Derby
nt New York some years ago, also will
bo a starter.
Every feature of the celebration will
represent the traditions and customs of
the "Land of the Heather." There will
be Scotch games nnd Scotch dancing, and
tho music will be furnished by a band
of bagpipers. Even the food will be pre
pared by cooks whose training was pro
cured In tho kitchens of Glasgow nnd
Edinburgh.
Tho program of games started at 1
o'clock.
Walter Scott, of New York, prominent
In Scotch-American activities, has offered
nvo gold medals for the winners of va
rious contests. They will be nwarded to
tho best performer on the bagpipe, to the
woman scurlng the greatest numbor of
points In tho broadsword dance, nnd high
land fling, to tho girl who nttnlns the
snmc record, to tho man who wears tho
best full highland costume nml to thn
I boy who gives tho best exhibition of
, dancing.
ai a o oiock mere will do an association
football match. Tho Bethlehem team,
national chnmplons, will compete with tho
pick of Philadelphia.
Tho Commltteo on Arrangements In
cludes Alexander Graham, Adam Simp
Min, Joseph Ferguson, Alexander Tulloch,
Alcxnnder Nlcol, P. W. Malcolm, Duncan
Cnrmlchael, Gcorgo Plcndcrlclth, David
Patterson, llobert Gilchrist, John Master
son, Wlllinm Morgan, William Morton nnd
John Gould.
WOMAN DYING FROM
A KICK IN STOMACH
Police Accuse Man of Causing
Fatal Injury to 70-Year-Old
Neighbor.
A 70-year-old woman Is dying at tho
Woman's Homeopathic Hospital as tho
result of being kicked, tho police Bay, by
George Daniels, 1521 Oakdale street. She
Is Mrs. Mary Coleman, 25Mi Oakdale
street.
3Irs. Coleman. Mrs. Daniels and the let
ter's daughter, Mrs. Bella Gelgcr, got Into
an argument ln the rear of Mrs. Cole
man's home today, according to tho
neighbors. Several other relatives and
friends of each sldo became Interested
and llnally the women began to exchange
blows.
While. the struggle was at Its height
Daniels Is said to havo jumped tho fence
separating two houses and kicked tho
aged woman In the stomach. Sho fell to
the ground and when a bluccoat reached
the sceno sho wns unconscious. Physi
cians say she cannot recover.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Daniels wero nrrcsted and
will have a hearing nt City Hall.
MACHINISTS THREATEN STRIKE
Metnl Workers' Union to Wnit Month
for 8-Hour Day.
Machinists engaged In making of war
munitions in shops In this city and vicin
ity have said that they aro. prepared to
strike unless employers grnnt their de
mands for an S-hour day and a minimum
wago of Jl. Members of tho Motal Work
ers' Union met In tho Parkway Building
last night and ratified this program.
They selected September 1 as the date
when their threat will become effective.
A letter from John J. Keppler, who pro
moted the Bridgeport strike, was read to
tho members. He commended their stand
nnd Indorsed the campaign.
It was announced that tho Itcmlngton
Arms Company has promised machinists
an eight-hour day and a $4 minimum
dally wago at Its Eddystone plant.
DURING the recent convention of the National Anti
Saloon League at Atlantic City several of the
speakers made admissions that were not on the pro
gram, and which caused no little embarrassment.
EUGENE H. FOSS, three times Governor of Massa
chusetts, declared that Boston, the "Atheris of
America," was responsible for the corruption of "theo
retically" dry' Maine. Governor Foss alleged that this
was accomplished by smuggling oceans pf intoxicants
into the Pine Tree State, which singularly had been
under Prohibition law for nearly three-score-and-ten
years. And Governor Foss added to this declaration the
year in trying to foist a Local Option law upon the Key
stone State.
WHEN a man like Governor Foss, invited to address
a Prohibition assembly, declares that Lqcal
Option (which is merely Local Prohibition) is ao
"absurd enactment," and quotes FACTS to support.th'at
contention--thcn the FALLACY of Prohibition is even
more apparent. For Governor Foss speaks with author
ity born of experience,
Philadelphia Lager fieeemsrs As$ociat ion
(ThTntxt arttah utill appear VdHtiday, Augutt Jllhl
7. 1915?
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MAN CUTS AHTEMES, THEN
HANGS HIMSELF IN HOTEL
B<imofcan Takes Triple Precautions
to Commit Suicide.
Triple precautions to end his life were
taken today by Paul Band when he de
cided to commit suicide In his room In
the Hotel Kernan, nt 16th n& Pllbart
streets. He opened tho arteries In Ma
wrists and ankles, turned on the gft and
then hanged himself by his belt to the
gas Jet. a bell boy who detected .th
odor of gas discovered Band's body.
The dead man Was about M years o'd
He registered nt the hotel yesterday from
Baltimore, navlnir hl ronm rent fnr twn
Onys. There was nothing ln the room
or his pockets to serve as a further clue
to his identity. Sixty cents In change
was found In his pockets.
A nail file lying on the floor revealed
how Band had opened his arteries. It
Is believed that after he had stnrted In
bleed from theso Injuries he opened tho
gas Jet nnd then climbed on wnshstand
directly under tho bracket. Despite the
pain from his wounds he placed his head
In a nooso formed by tying his belt over
the arm of the bracket and allowed his
Ibody to swing out.
Policeman Harold, of the 14th nnd Vine
streets station, and rtcserve Policeman
phowcr took charge of tho body.
Conductor Killed by Ills Own Train
ALTOON'A. Pa., Aug. 7.-John McGre
gor, a conductor ln the Pennsylvania
yards here, fell under his train this morn
ing nnd had both logs cut off at the hips
and died on the way to the hospital.
BUSINESS MEN TO BOOM
MOORE FOR MAYOR
Kensingtonians td Organize
Chain of Clubs for Support
of Congressman.
Political circles heard nn echo from the
Kensington Board 6f Trade's- testimonial
dinner lo Congressman J. Hampton
Mooro today, when It was announced that
tho buslnesa men of tho Kenslngtqn dis
trict will father a. movement to give tho
Hcpubtlcan nomination for Mayor to Mr.
Moore, as "the business men's candi
date." A. C. Kccloy. president of the Kensing
ton Board of Trade, who was toastmastcr
nt the dinner, said that flans aro being
perfected for a chain of business mciVa
clubs throughout the "city to urgo tho
candidacy of Mr, Moore. Tho movement,
ho said, was not a dJoard of Trade affair,
but was spontaneous on tho partjof tho
business men of Kensington nnd fol
lowed a conference with several promi
nent manufacturers and business men
In other sections of the city.
"Wo believe that Mr. Moore Is the
proper candldato for the' business men
to Indqrso and havo consulted with others
outsldo of Kensington who nre ln accord
with us," Ko said.
"This movement will bo In the form
of an individual appeal from one business
man to another nnd we plan, to form a
chain of business men's clubs throughout
tho city to further the candidacy ot the
man of our choice. The movement Is
spontaneous among business men through
out the city.
"Mr. Moore has not given us his com
plete sanction of the movement, but wo
will lay our case before him next Tues
day and nppeal to him to announce his
candidacy as tho business man's candi
date. Wo feel sure ho will answer the
call."
Mr. Kceley, said that there were many
business men Identified with the move
ment. Including Robert McNeil, William
Weir, Jr., and James JohnBon.
FIFTEEN BRAVE WAR ZONE
Large Number of Philadelphlans
Leave1 for Liverpool on tho St. Louis.
Fifteen Philadelphlans braved the dan
gers of the War ono nnd submarine
warfare today when they embarked at
New York on the American Line steam
ship St. Louis, for Liverpool. The Bhlp
will probably avoid tho dangerous Irish
Sea route, and will make n detour around
the northern const of Ireland.
Those from this city having reserva
tions on tho steamer nre:
n. J. White
Mrs. Blanche Iter
Master Alan Ker
Miss Mary Ker
Miss Carroll Dempster
Mrs. Harriet Ilawley
Mlis Julio Q. Connay
Arthur Henry Lynn
IV. It. Ilandall
T. W. Mantell
miss Annie wan
j. -. coruy
Miss Caroline J. Milne Mrs. Thomsa Dunlop
Mlsa Ellen llliley
F & C t S Versus
Fallacies
FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar
ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument..'
statement that his experience in Maine and Massachu
setts had convinced him that Local Option f? an absurd
enactment.
v
N VIEV of the FACT that
contends that Prohibition
denial of Governor Foss in reference to Maine fell like a
wet blanket over the League's convention, , The Gov
ernor's further declaration that hi& experience wth
Local Option in two States had shown such law to be
absurd likewise cooled the ardor of Pennsylvanians in
particular who co-operated with this League the past
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OFSCHOOLPROPftSU
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Mrs. E. W. Biddle Wattt
Them on Educatioh
Board, but Says Sox
Should Not Entor Super
intendoncy Problem.
An entirely hew Issue regarding the jW
posal of a woman superintendent t
schools was raised today by Mrs. Bdwa.nl
W. Diddle, president of the Clvlo Club.
Disposing of the question of the suprr
Inleridency, which she 'characterised a
one not of sex, but ,cf .ability, she pro
posed women members of! tho Board of
Education, the body which wilt elect the
.superintendent In September. It Is her
firm conviction, sho said, that wcmeji
ore necessary on educational boards. ,
Judge Charles Y. Audenrled, secretatpr
of the Board of Judges, which In October
will fill six vacancies on the Board Of
Education caused by expiration of term
and the death of William T. Tlldch, said
today that tho Board of Judges lias n'o
objection to women' ori the Board of Edu
cation, as precedent, he oald, has estab
lished that fact
Tho board, he said, la open to Informal
nominations for members on the educa
tlonal board. This statement Is taken by
women as an- invitation to present thejr
cause. i
BOTH SESES I.EEDBD.
"I have had a fongtlme conviction,'
said Mrs. Blddle, "whlcTi strengthens ns
the years pass, thnt fdr the good Of the
schools every Board of Education Should
bo composed ot both men nnd fUtalen.
There can be no 'question that ln evefy
school district there may be found wom
en as -well fitted 'for "sUch service ns are
the men of the same district. Co-opera'-tlon
ln the administration of school' af
fairs is as natural nnd as necessary as
it is ln the heme."
"I am not In sympathy with any crtort
to secure office for a woman because she
Is a woman, nor fdr a man because he
Is a man," sho continued, discussing the
question of a successor to the late Dr.
William C. Jacobs, superintendent dr.
schools. "Consequently. I foil keenly
that the election Of so Important an bf
riclal ob superintendent of schools should
not be Influenced by sex. Aa I Interpret
the feminist movement. U expresses tho
earnest wish xt women to bo judged
fairly. A spirit of loyalty to the schools
nnd or fairness toward the candidates Is
what I trust will actuate the members
of the Board of Education In their ,di
clslon. The ono point that I wish, to ac
centuate is that no woman should be
discriminated against because she is A
woman."
JUDGE IS RECEPTIVE.
Tho board, of judges, said Judge Aliden
rled, obviously Cannot discuss publicly
whom it will 'appoint to "b members Of
tho Board of Education.
"Wo shall bo glad to hear from the
friends of candidates," ie said. "It Is
our duty to select the most competent
persons nnd also to endeavor to please
ths people. There fs no objection to rt
woman, for there have been women on
the board. Since Mrs, Owen Wlster was
a member, the membership, of the bdafti
wns made smaller arid, as It was desir
able lo have as members persons' we'll
known to the entire population,. It so
happened that no woman has been eleclejl
since that time. "Woman's normal place
Is ln the home and no woman has fctoi'd
out prominently for that reason." '
Asked. If he considered Dr. Anna How.
ard Shaw a suffragist 'leader, a rcprs
sentatlveMypc of -woman, Judge Auden
rled said tha the had never heard Ot her
"I do not recall ever having heard of
Doctor Shaw befdre,'" fto declared. "I
nm kept too busy."
Miss 'Catherine Puncheon, head of t)f
High School for Girls: Dr. Lucy L. W.
Wilson, head of the biological depart-1
ment of the Girls' Normal School, and
Miss Margaret T, Magulre, principal ot
the George Washington 'Public Schotrf.
will certainly not be considered as pos
sible appointees by the board.
"We would not appoint any persons In.
the employ ot tha Boacd of Education,."
he explained. "Thnt would be a. case of
the tall wagging the dog. Thoywouldn't
be considered unless they resigned. ,
"Tho election wjlt be held the first
Friday ln October, At that time th
board will have several persons in mind,
no doubt. We haven't heard the will ot
the people as yet"
the Anti-Saloon League
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