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SONS OF AMERICA
IN HUGE PAGEANT
IMPRESS READING
Patriotic Society's Seven
Mile Parade Viewed by
50,000 Visitors
11,000 IN BIG COLUMN
Civil Service Bill Indorsed.
Resolution to Guard Betsy
Ross House
READING, Pa.. Aug. r.-Before the
huge parade this afternoon resolutions
urging the passage of (he llammll btll
, RUthorirlnR a pension system for civil
' service employes of the Government were
Adopted Rt thin morning's tendon of the
fOth annual encnmpmenL of the Patriotic
Order Bona of America. A resolution
also waa adopted urging the State and
Federal authorltlei to purchase tho prop
erty adjoining the former home of Betsy
Boss, Philadelphia, so a to Insure It
against destruction by Are.
9 SEVEN-MIL!: PAP.ADE.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon some 11,000
Patriotic Order Sons of America mem
bers, delegates' and officials of city,
county and State organizations congre
gated at the Penn street bridge and In
the lower section of the city. One hour
later from the arch of frlumph, at 4th
, and Penn streets, they marched In a
solid line with bands and floats for three
hours and made n seven-mile loop of the
I city In the largest street demonstration
5 that Beading haa ever seen. This ended
the SOth annual session of the State body.
Reading U holt today to fully 0,009
1 strangers, representing all portions of the
State, who came to witness today's page
ant. O. D. Wetherhold, prominent bank
official, was chief marshal, and was as
sisted by the following aides from local
camps: Elmer Moore. 8J; E. It. Balt
I haser, Ut; Herbert Ilollenbach. 66t; Paul
Knoll, Sft; Peter Lorah, S32; Oscar Pot
telger. Z30; John IV. Bauch, id.. 16S; I. J.
Miller, 330; J. Earl Hickman. 61; John
Whitehead, 670, J. H. Sponagle Zll; Hoi
oce Marcks, 163; William Lutx. 8. The
veteran association, composed of mem
bers for 15 years or more, held Its an
nual banquet In Masonic Temple. Their
distinguished guests, the retiring officers
and the officers-elect, were among the
speakers.
PE.VnOSE A" SPEAKER.
Senator Penrose occupied a prominent
seat and delivered a short address. Other
hrfl!!iiWe 'OK'Cnnrlfs W. Brutnm.
Schuylkill County; Vice President-elect
,j;l;rt'. Pittsburgh; Past President
i7e.d'k a lopc' Summer ille. N. J.;
State Master of Forms Gabriel H. Moyer,
Pnlmvra. !
' n,H!l'!e,i Stn,tes s"r Penrose remained
Pier today for the parade and held a re
ception at the -Mansion House. Many
fim '""""ei'ubllcan leaders In this sec
iT. 12 ' ? i ,bV ,h0 Bmator said politics
was a dead issue this trip." He visited
SrSCP nf ,hp F,Mt mit. Penn
' a , """ves, arid presented an
AmcrlcjnUlag arid stafUo tho .troop.
MA YOIi URGES SUPPORT
FOR PORTER CAMPAIGN
t Continued from l'ajte One
' terZ nfWU.h lhi" moven,e"t 'n the In
rn?VJ lr.oc,or. Porter- '" estimated.
consrvntlvcU-. that tho membership of
this committee nil) aggregate M00 per-
. ?o? pSii ' Th?,m,are de" that Dlrcc
i ., rdrt" ha become an active candl-
are wl ling to nllst at once In a vigorous
.mP"IPn to elect him to this high office.
fhfin,, urt1tn"8an. of other citlrens In
i Philadelphia who feel this same war. and
who will lend their Influcnco to this move
ment as soon as Director Porter an-
nouneei his Intention to lead the fight
? ni ' mniUteo understands that
i '"ST 10rter "aB ben Indorsed by a
long list of word committees, that a writ
ten canvass of the Public Service Commlt-
i .?!I!.,I,I7? "h0Ws on overwhelm-
, ng majority for him as their choice, that
there Is a more sweeping sentiment
.i.V. w. V ' or iawr nan for any
other man whose namo has been men
ttcJc"? mayoralty on any party
Jill'! 5f'l?.Ve thnt Dlr:tor Porter pos
?h? ?,i".h I'm ncce?fy ".unllacatlons for
this high office. We believe that from
the standpoint nf character, capacity,
training and personal honesty, he Is pre
eminently fitted to direct the affairs of
this municipality We believe that he will
EH., B'w hr ucce"or to Mayor Blonken
ff lkDW th" he ' ln "tlre sym
pathy with the plans for the future devel
opment of this city, which have been con-
uXfLV ,?. under wny bv thl" "min
istration. We are confldeht that If
?ef.nM'.Ppi:ter wl" conBent ,0 om.
a candidate for Mayor his election In
November will be assured.
"The following letter was sent by this
committee to Director George D Porter
formally requesting him to announce hlml
self b. a candidate for Mayor to succeed
Mayor Wankenburg- "ucceeo
' "Hon. George V Porter,
"Director of Public Safety, city Hall
"Philadelphia. Pa. r ""
uear wr
"W ..Itlw.l. - !-- ... .
f "- . u nimiieipnia, who ara
S!?C01cerned ln """ring as' Mayo?
man by character and capacity fitted to
occupy that high office, earnestly "eques?
., Mate at lne eora'ng primary.
We are convinced that your long-teated
character, your consistent fidelity to the
Ideal of Independent publlp service, and
your pioVen executive capacity In th Im
portant ofBc which you now hold mark
you as the man best fitted to render the
proper service to your fellow cltliens in
the arduous position of the city's chief
WBluate.
"Sincerely yours,
-a Wc'oTrf"' Ch'lrm8n'
-a W. JENNINGS.
"G, B. CARPREY,
"WILUAM WUNDER,
"JOHN MABSDCN.
-D. PRANK BLACK.
"ANDnEW J. PPAP-B-
WILLIAM P. BIEOKI1T
X-"
"WILLIAM K DEAKVN11
"Executive Committee."
the members of tha rmaniitu
sa uw ynowsana are; r
Mayor Btansteaburg Will toaue another
UWment t week, in Which his posi
tion In tha mayoralty will be mort fully
xptalned.
Nomination bHIobs for Dtractar Par.
Ur hava ba circulate. Thay weo
started a eererc MM at the
Mayor's summer honwi In the Pca
last Monday, At that conferenca tho
UMjor place hi name at the head of
jts list df signer. John O. Wlton
. hairman of the Cowmlttea of T9. also has
MKd PM-ter's paper.
At Monday night's MateronM Myr
Klankenbura tola t4 fMfmkm H th
fonuiiitte uf 1M that he was la fvr of
kwuw ruwwr aa ma aoaasasar. M UMt
actively auBpajt Um DtfaoUci
Ato- -i j
GERMANY WILL
! DISAVOW ACTS
Conllnnrd frm I'sge fw
slrely cleared up by Germany as quickly
as possible.
WILL NOT SEE W1IJK)N.
It was explained that he had not asked
for any Interview with President Wilson,
ns ho believrd that ho nnd Secretary ot
State landing would be able to reach
a common understanding.
Tho AmtaMndnr la -umlemtood to hare
told ft fellow diplomat that If newspaper
iTporta from llerlln quoting tho Imperial
Chancellor as Indicating a willingness to
pl.KAte tho t'rrtted Htntia were accurate
and ho bellevei Ihey arc he will probably
coemy uemiany'a apoloKlrs to tn l mien
Hates for the Arabic sinking, If Germany
finally asnimes tho blame, within the
next few ilnjs
Prom sources dose to the German Em
bassy. It was learned that the following
Is the German viewpoint at the present
time.
"When the British blockade was pro
claimed Germany was compelled to direct
the indiscriminate torpedoing and sink
ing of all enemy's vmse! regardless of
Die rlghU of neutrals. That policy wns
maintained until the Itusslan first line
of resistance was crushed and Warsaw
was taken. With the successes In the
East to buoy up the German spirits, II
was felt advlsablo to tako steps which
would absolutely prevent any further
complications with neutral nations and
especially with the I'tilted Stntcs. In
pursuance of this plan orders were sent
out to every submarine commander thnt
the requirements of International law
were to be rigidly adhered to in the de
struction of all passenger-carrj Ing mer
chant ships. Germany thus is in position
In HUnvnu thn slnklm- nf the Arabic, if
she accepts responsibility, and to clalm
that tho commander responsimc cxcccucu
onlcrs.
"This chnnge Is specifically attributed to
the German successes In the East, which
will make possible, tho Germans claim, an
Independent Poland under German pro
tection and will enable Germany to tecuro
there the foodstuffs that have been cut
off by the British blockade."
neporta from Berlin that the German
Foreign Ofllcc has told Ambassador Ger
ard that It Is prepared to "make conces
sions" to the United States found no con
firmation at tho hands of the Secretary.
lfe state. that he had received no word
from Ambassador Gerard dealing with
the Arabic situation, and said if any mes
sages has been started toward Wash
ington they have not nrrlvcd.
GERARD CA11LES GERMAN
STATEMENT TO WASHINGTON
By CARL W. ACKERMAN
BERLIN. Aug. W.
Germany's position regarding the sink
ing of the Arabic, on tho facts obtainable,
was laid before tho State Department at
Washington today. It is believed to pave
the way for a peaceful settlement.
Ambassador Gerard last night cabled to
Washington a long code message. He
refuged to discuss the contents ot this
communication, but expressed the convic
tion that the Arabic matter will be set
tled without a break between tho United
States and Germany.
Gerard's cable went forward after two
conferences which marked the beginning
of the Informal discussions through which
It Is believed the situation will be ad.
Justed satisfactorily. At 1:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon tho American Ambas
sador conferred with Foreign Secretary
von Jagow. At 5 o'clock an official of
the Foreign Office called at the embassy
for a second conference. It was after
this last conference that the cable mes
sage was sent to Washington.
The Admiralty today had not yet re
ceived reports from German subma
rines operating In the region In
which the Arabjc wns torpedoed nnd was
unable to state officially whether the
liner was submarined or mined.
If the commander of a German sub
marine exceeded his Instructions In sink
ing the Arabic, the German Government
will glvo full satisfaction to tho United
Slates, Chancellor ion Bethmnnn-Hollwcg
Informed n correspondent ln nn Interview
last evening.
Tho Imperial Chnhcellor mndo the fol
lowing statement of Germany' position
on tho sinking of the Arabic:
"As lone us tho circumstances sur
rounding the sinking of the Arabic have
not been fully cleared up it Is Impossible
for me to make a definite statement
Thus far wo havo received no report
about It. Now wo do not even know
whether the sinking of the shin wns
caused by mine or by a torpedo fired from
a German submarine, nor do we know
whether In this latter case the Arabic
herself may not by her actions, perhaps,
have Justified the proceedings of the com
mander of tho submarine.
"Only after all these circumstances have
been dented up will it be posslblo to say
whether the commander of one of our
submarines went bejond his Instructions,
In which case tho imperial Government
vould not hesitate to give such complete
satisfaction to the United States at would
conform to the friendly relations exist
ing between both Governments."
"WOMEN'S ST. GEORGE ORDERS
ABANDON PLAN FOR MERGER
One Body Insists on Limiting Mem
berships to Englishwomen
Plana for the amalgamation of the Order
of Daughters of St. George and the In
dependent Order of Daughters of St.
Oeorge were abandoned today when thu
latter voted unanimously against the pro
posed union.
Tho action followed a meeting of com
mittees representing the two organiza
tions at the Hotel Windsor last night,
when a committee of tho Sons of Bt.
George endeavored to facilitate the merg
ing of tho orders so that the resulting or
ganisation might be recbgnlzed an an aux
iliary to the men's order.
It Is understood that the point upon
which the women's committees differed
was one Involving tho right of tha Order
of Daughters of St, Georgo to udmlt to
membership women not of English de
scent. It Is said that they refused to
Consider merging with the Independent
Order unlees this privilege be retained.
Both organisations held business meet
ings this morning to hear and consider
the reports of the committees. The meet
Ing of the Independent Order of Daugh
ter of Bt. Oeorge, at the Hotel Bitten
house, was an unusually long one, but
the unanimous vote against the amalga
mation of the orders was speedily cast,
to tha undisguised satisfaction of all
present. The order, In session at Eagle
Temple, Is understood to have commend
ed Its committee for the stand taken on
the membership question.
It was decided to hold the next con
yentlbn of this body at Chicago In 1917,
It was not thought probable that further
attempts to mtrgts order will be made.
The Order of Daughters of St. George vl.
Ited Wow areve, this afternoon. They
will have upper there and will attend a
!Pc,ciul0ncrt.t0 b'Ven by Bousa'
Band this evening.
MOSQUITO CAUSES PKATII
Wsman ScraUbas Bite and me& Pet-
Setting Kaautti
SELLKRYH4.K7Pa., Au. s.-Inf.c.
tlop by scratching a mosquito bfta on
her faco last Saturday caused th death
last leM of Mr. Jaiin Crewman from
blood potsrui .:
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children
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SERVIA TAKES FIRST
STEP TO GET AID OF
BALKANS FOR ALLIES
Important Concessions Made in
Note to Italian Government.
Bulgarian Demands to
Be Met
ROME WELL SATISFIED
Rights of Italians in Albania to Be
Given Due Consideration,
Reported
LONDON, Aug. 26.
Servia has taken an Important step to
ward obtaining tho aid of tho other
Bulknn countries for an attack on Con
stantinople, it was persistently reported
In diplomatic circles today.
The nolo from the Servian Government,
handed to the Italian Foreign Office by
the Servian Minister Blstlc jeslerday,
does not lontnln hn unqualified agree
ment that Servia will cede Macedonia to
Bulgaria, according to Information from
sources usually well informed. But it
does'placater-Italy, thus paving tho way
for the second step In the Balkan ne
gotiations, by which the Allies hope to
gain Bulgaria's aid, It Is reported hero.
At the same time Bervla, It is under
stood. Indicates to the Allies that she
b not averse to making concessions to
Bulgaria If she receives some assurances
ln return.
The fact that the Servian note was pre
sented to the Italian Foreign, Office and
not to the representatives of the quad
ruple entente at Nlsh, gaVo these reports
much credence here. It was pointed out
that had Servia made definite answer to
the requests of the Allies her reply prob
ably would have been handed simulta
neously to the representatives of each of
the Powers at her capital,
Rome dispatches today said that neither
the Servian Minister nor Bnron Sonnino,
Italian Foreign Minister, would discuss
tho Sen Ian note until after It has been
delivered ln London. It was understood
In Home that Servia Is not disposed to
combat Italy's claim In Albania. A sat
isfactory agreement between Servia and
Italy with respect to Albania heightens
tho prospects that Bulgaria nnd Servia
will come to terms that will Insure the
former's entrance Into the war.
No confirmation wns obtainable from
Sofia today of the London Times report
that Austria and Germany havo notified
Bulgaria they Intend to traverse Bul
garian soil In a new Invasion of Servia.
CHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
FACING SERIOUS PROBLEM
Authorities Fear Present Force Inad
equate to Cope With New Situation
CHESTER, Pn Aug. M.-The Chester
police department Is facing a problem
that promises to become a grave one.
Every Indication Is that within a few
weeks the 30 members of the department
will bo unable to cope with the situation
here. The war between Italy and Austria
has taken many ot tho citizens of both
of those countries from this city, and to
replace them as laborers Southern
negroes ate being brought here, there
being as many as 12S In one railroad
gang. Borne of these negroes have al
ready appeared ln tho Police Court on
chntges ranging from fighting to raiding
a store with Intent to steal.
Exclusive of the chief, sergeant, house
and patrolmen, there are 23 or 27 men
available for street duty in Chester, a
city of 40,0 j Inhabitant. Moat cities
have one patrolman for every 100Q In
habitants. Tha population of Cheater
will alao be Increased when operations
arc begun at the plants of tha HemlnKton
Arms Company, the Kddystone Munitions
Company, the Chester Shipbuilding Com
pany, the Benzol Products Company near
Marcus Hook, and at the other new In
dustries now preparing to begin buslnrss.
Already scores of workers are belDg at
tracted to this city by these new plants,
SCOTT MAY (30 TO CARRANZA
TO URGE PEACE CONFERENCE
U. S. Amy Staff Chief on Way to
Washington to Report
WASHINGTON. Aug! .-General Hugh
U BCott, army chief of staff, Is oh his
way to Washington today from northern
Mexico, where he wsnt to seek General
Villa's co-operation In a psace program,
It la baUeveJ he will be sent to Vera
Crus or Mexico City ta sea Oeneral CarT
raHaa. U was successful ,wlth Villa, but
h rwct,ed appeal to Carranza la deemed
a te-rlern he.
A komerenre oo Mexico was htld at tha
State Department today following the call
ot German Ambassador von BernatOflt
with secretary of Htate Lansing.
Minister Mendec, of Guatemala, and
Minister to Mexico OrUgs, of Guatemala.
who w deported from, Mexico by Car
jansa, called to sa Secretary Lansing.
It was Mleraa that plan to ea.II another
srenca of the, Lt(n-Asaariea say
were to be taken up. A "
H. Ktclly, A. V. Ruwcll, J. F. Llob, Jr.,
wage war on the ordinunce which
ROTAN NOW UP
AS "HARMONY'
HOPE
Continued from l'age One
delaying the open break with McNIchol
and Penrose until all the plans for tho
campaign of Congressman Vare for the
Mayoralty had been perfected, the scheme
being to prevent McN'Ichol and Penroso
from looking too close to their ward fences
until a llmo too late for them to repair
the damage done by the Vares in their
qulto quiet movement to build up a
strong organization In wards heretofoto
held securely In the McNIchol-Pcnroso
grasp.
TALK OF IIOTAN'S SUCCESSOR.
Senator Vare said :
"1 cannot discuss nny other man's name
until Congressman Vare has given his
decision."
Added weight was given tho Botan
candidacy report, however, by rumors
that William Flndlay Brown, first As
sistant District Attorney, was this after
noon mentioned as a candidate to suc
ceed Mr. Itotiin as District Attorney.
Mr. Brown is a brother to Francis Shunk
Brown, Attorney General of Pennsyl
vania, and attorney for the Vares.
At Mr. Itotan's offlcr. It wns said he
was In Virginia attending to business (
iiiuiieiB. jib inic as iwo weeKB ago .Mr.
Rotan said he would not be a candidate
for Mayor unless he had the undivided
support of all factions. ,
SERIES OF ANTI-VARE MOVES.
During the last 24 hours a,, series of
antl-Vare moves has been made, with
the result that the Organization followers
aro uioro at sea than ever. Thcee moves
were tho circulation of nomtnntlon papers
for Georg H. Earle, Jr., nnd Director
Taylor. Tho elimination of J. Hampton
Mooro from the contest by the Kensing
ton Board of Trade, which shifted to
the support of former Postmaster Thomas
B
Smith, wns another factor ln tho
swiftly moving dramas of tho campaign.
The Earle and Taylor papers had scarce
ly appeared on tho street late yesterday
afternoon when nomination petitions for
Congressman AVllllam 8. Varo were put
In circulation. The Vares plan to gain
the largest posslblo number of Blgnaturas
and file tho Congressman's papers before
he makes nny announcement ns to
whether or not he will be a candidate.
Many still profess to bellevo that Vare'S
candidacy Is "staged" and thot Smith Is
really the jiurmony candidate of the
Vare and McNIchol factions. It was de
clared today that Congressman Vare went
to Maine several weeks ago with Smith
und saw Governor Brumbaugh before the
latter appointed Smith a Public Servlco
Commissioner.
According to this story the Congressman
was a party to preparing the letters
which were to pass between the Governor
and Smith In icgard to the tatter's Ac
ceptance of tho appointment, which made
him nppear the favored harmony candi
date of the Governor for the Mayoralty.
Congressman Vare would not discuss
the matter today, on his return from At
lantic City, and Commissioner Smith re
fused to answer any questions about the
history of his appointment.
SENATOR VARE DEFENDS COURSE
State Senator Vare was more approach
able. He said that his brother had not
been out ot town more than three days
St n, time for the last six months. Even
If It was true that he nnd his brother
had urged the; appointment of Smith,
what wrong was there In that, he wanted
to know. It was just as proper for a
State Senator to advise and recommend
nn appointment to tho Governor as It was
for a United States Senator to recommend
an appointment to the President, which
was done openly, and without criticism,
Whether the Vares ate really supporting
Smith's boom, with no Intention ot hav
ing the Congressman run for Mayor, their
followers really seem to believe that
"Bill" Vare will make a fight for the
office himself. This belief was strength
ened by a letter received by the Vares
from Alexander Lldberman, who, four
years ago, waq chairman of tha United
Citizens' League which supported Earle.
In his letter, Lleberman pledged tha sup.
port ot his organization to Vare this
year.
HAITIANS FIRE ON U. S.
PATROL INTHU CAPITAL
Admiral Cnperton Reports an
Attack on Marines at
Port au Prince
WASHINGTON, Aug. a4.-HaltUns fired
on Ih American patrol In Port au Prince
last night. Admiral Caperton today noti
fied th Navy Department. No mention
was made of casualties. Officials here
believe that the trsubla was quickly put
down or Caperton would hve advised
further, A band of Caces, the northern
Haitian tribesmen, who ara giving the
American authorities trouble, Inyaded,
Port Pepalx JM night. Tjy did not
Start any trauble.
The gunboat Naahvllla. with several
companies ot marines aa4 feur machine
guns, has arrived at that port. The
Ttteh eruiaar 0aWI Ma takaa lie b4c4
"1 trttnok ertssMf Deacsrtas at Port
aft iNrlnea.
RAISING FUNDS FOR
J. E. Burt nnd J. .1. Foley, who nrc
put the majority of jitney owners out
MOTHER STEALS OWN CHILDREN
Takes Her Four From Orphanago on
Visit Disappears
The police are still searching for four
small children. Inmates of the Odd Fel
lows' Orphan Asylum, at Che ten and
Ogontz avenues, who havo mysteriously
disappeared, along with their mother,
Mrs. Alvcrta Nacc, formerly of 111 Wash
ington lane, Gcrmnntown.
The children are Ruth, 11 years old:
Robert, 9: May, 7, and Esther, 5 years
old. Thoy have been In the orphanage
for the past four years nnd were taken
out by the mother on August 4, who
wanted to take them on a visit to friends
nt York, Pa. So far no clue as to their
wherenbouts has been found In cither this
city or York.
Mrs. Naco was employed as housekeep
er ut tho home of William J. Barstow,
one ot the directors of the orphanage,
who lives at 111 Washington lane. He
said today he had no knowledge of tho
woman's whereabouts nnd had not heard
from her since she disappeared.
KILLS HIS YOUNG WIFE
FOR BEING OUT LATE
Shoots Her and Himself to
Death When She and Girl
, , riendRetqrri,;,.,
,CORRY, Pa., Aug. 26 Fred. Brnedon,
14 years old. Junior partner of Weeks &
Braedon, printers, nnd a prosperous
merchant, shot his wife. Opal, 24 years
old, on the porch of their home, on
Wright street, at 12:30 o'clock this morn
ing. He then shot himself through the
head. Both were dead when neighbors
and the police reached tho scene.
MrB. Braedon and a girl guest had been
out for tho evening. As they were walk
ing; homeward through the stree Braedon
came up to them and spoke. He then
took his wife by tho arm and they pro
ceeded toward their home. As they
reached the door of the house the hus
band whipped a revolver from his pocket,
placed It behind the woman's ear and
shot her. An Instant later a second shot
rang out and Braedon was dead.
BREST LITOVSK FALLS;
NEW SLAV LINE LOST
Continued from Page One
portant part In the capture of Brest
Lllovsk.
Cav'alry nrmlcs under General Von
Koevess and General Pulhallo drove north
ward ftont the Lublln-Cholm-Kovel line
and In tile rear of Brest Lltovsk.
Finally, when only one railway lino
remained In possession of the Russians,
Slid their defenses on the western side
of tho city were smashed by tho Ger
manic forces, the order was given to re
treat, i
RUSSIANS PURSUED.
The pursuit of the Russians cast of
Brest Lltovsk Is going on vigorously.
Brest Lltovsk was defended by two
girdles of forts. The mnln chsln of fotti
flcatlons consisted of 12 strong works,
built by tho best military engineering
genius in the Russian Empire. The forts
mounted e, 8, 10 and 1! Inch guns. There
were also long lines of redoubts and
strong bridgehead positions.
The fortress, unlike Novo Georalevsk,
defended a city of 60,000 Inhabitants. Brest
Lltovsk Is 163 miles south of Grodno, with
which It Is connected by rail. It Is the
seat of nn Armenian bishop, who Is head
of tho Catholic Armenians In Russia,
Capture of Brest Lltovsk deprives the
Russians of a field base of sufficient size
to servo for the operations of the huge
Russian field armies. Deprived of ihelr
base at Warsaw, the Slavs counted uhon
Brest Lltovsk, No other Russian city
possesses the railway an(1 hatursi aU
vantages necessary for an Important mil
Itary base nearer than Moscow or Petro.
Brad.
FELIX ISMAN SUED
Former Phtladelphlan Defendant in
Now York Case
ri?, TJ?VaJ?. ,0er!' a real estate man
n Philadelphia. Is on of five defendant
n a suit brought by Andrew L. Bte" e
In the Nev York Supreme Court for an
accounting of the funds and property of
the Jamaica Estates. The other defend,
ant. are Michael J. Degnon. held of ?hs
Degnon Contracting Company; Geora-e K1
Barnes, former Controller Edward M
Grout and the Jamaica Estates
Among other counts mads In Hia i
Plaint j na which sirt, H.at I.maV
was Indebted to Wolf v5lheri I Coi
this city, In wo. holding ccJlstal'cuV
Ity In the form ot !, worthof bonrt.
of the Jamaica Eatat cZVany. wh"ch
Hmur. owned. It is erted that he
Jamaica KaUtes Cawpany borrowed
E?8 r?f XaJ"!!!l fr Wolf MnSSi
Co. It U further allesad that thaWoif
coaetra bought ths Jamaica jLtifil
borkU irora iman at ftT.itiotiu i!
callaUral to back up th. i turcha ?LV
26, 1015.
LEGAL FIGHT
members of the joint committee
of business.
POLICE HUNT INTRUDER
AFTER HE ATTACKS GIRL
16-Year-Old Beaten and Left
Unconscious House Ran
sacked Nothing Taken
The pollco of tho Branchtown station
are making i search of the suburban
sections of the city today ln nn effort to
find tho man who .entered the home of
Caspar Broomall, 1101 LoUden street, Lo
gan, nnd attacked Irene Bryan, the 16-
car-Old daughter-in-law of Broomall,
after she discovered htm In the bouse.
The yoUng woman wns In tho houso
alone, according to n icport submitted
to Superintendent of Police Robinson by
the police of tho Branchtown station.
Miss Bryan has not been ablg to furnish
the pollco a very good description of tha
Intruder, owing to tho fact that the hall
way ln which she met tho man was
dark. She remembered that he was a
man of medium height and wore dark,
clothes.
Broomall and his wife were out visiting
friends last night and left the young
woman In the Logan house with two men.
Later m the evening they left the house
and told Miss Bryan that they were soin
'flftenasome lco cream at a neighboring
istoraiJThe young woman says she got
.tlreoT'of waiting for them to return and
went to bed. A short time nfter she had
gone to sleep she was awakened by noises
outside of her room and got up to In
vestigate. As she walked Into the hall
she was grabbed by strong hands and
thrown to the floor. In the struggle that
followed, tho yoUng woman screamed for
help. .
The Intruder struck her head on tho
forehead with a blunt Instrument and
she fell to the floor In a dazeli condi
tion. Tho Instrument made a gosh In
her head about the size of a half dollar,
and, weak from the loss of blood, Miss
Bryan lapsed Into Unconsciousness.
When tho men returned to tho house
they found tho young woman on the
floor In a pool of blood nnd summoned
the police. The police went through the
house and found that the Intruder had
broken Into every rpom and thrown the
contents of the bureau drawers on the
floor In his search for loot. Following
the arrival of the police members of the
family said that nothing of value had
bocn taken. .
Tho muh gained entrance to tho Louden
street house, the pollco say, by climbing
over tho back fenco and climbing Into a
back window, after ho was able to reach
It from a back shed. roof.
LONG BANANA FAMINE
PREDICTED BY SHIPMASTER
Hurricane's Damage Will Be Felt for
Nine Months, He Says
A banana famine for at least nine
monthB was predicted today by Captain
Robert Juel upon his arrival here from
Tort Antoplo, Jamaica, on the Norwegian
steamship Oregon. The recent hurricane
vthlch swept through Jamaica and thence
on to Galveston and St Louis la tho
cause of tho shortage.
Tho Oregon brought 10,000 bunches of
bananas, nbout half Its usual cargo
Theso had been left on the ground after
tho hurricane had blown down more than
80 per cent, of tha trees. Captain Juel
said that It would take fully nlno months
to bring the supply up to normal araln
Conditions In Jamaica? he declared, were
chaotic. Railroads were either blocked
or washed away, telegraph lines were
down, and communication and tranipor
tatlon on the Inland wer h, -i!i vf.
impossible. """ ,"'"U01
Rcptcsentatlve of the "West India Im.
Porting Company and the United irJuJt
r1nyhnr1 tno caP"'n' views con
tuning the shortage pf fruit oh the
island. These firms are undecided as to
wiiether they will nd their ship" fo?
CITY ESCAPES COLD WAVE
Just a Mere Touch Hit Early Ri8erB.
Forecast Today Is for Fair '
Weather
Philadelphia cscaped-or surfarrt -.
you wlll-wlth a Were touch ot the 'cold
wave that swept tho 'Mlsilsslnni v.f M
yesterday and was said ", Wi Jfcl,ley
Weather sharps to be Vu. wav a?
Normal temperature for todayu'Vi
degrees, and at $ o'clock this rrwrl,!i .u
&rar moMed - p"" ..t
The real cold snap In thl eitv -
At Hcranton and Harrlsburg the .!.'
was down to eO Uegreel. whiu i?eu,,r,r
hamton K degrees , T M 't,',,n
recorded. ' th ,owe
The forecast todav in .. . .
'"."A wltn. "erate west wind. ."?
trhTUrvlcnK a&rii r
hauled aW ?
INJUNCTION PETITION
FILED BY JITNEYMEN
WITH JUDGE 0RLADTJ
Regulating Ordinance Dcclarifl
uniair, unrcnsonaoie and IL1
legal by Union Motor
Bus Company
ALLEGE DISCRIMINATION
Machines Charging Five-cent FaW
Alone Dealt with Taxlcabs
nnd Others Exomptod
A petition for an Injunction rrtraJ"
Ing Director Porter from cnforclne ik?
Jitney ordlnnnco was filed by Harry vl
uerKowuz, representing the Union Moh
Bus Company, with Judge Orlady, n"f
common neas uouri no. i, this afW
noon.
me petition alleges that the llin
ordlnnnco Is discriminatory In that '&
regulates only tno cars which nsk a, fivp
ceni xnre, out rails to deal with taxtcaW
and other vehicles for hire. It chata
tnat tno passago ot tno bill by Coundlt
constituted nn "unfair, unreasonable iij
uicgni regulation ot tne public highway
Tho Union Motor lius Company 9
organization of jltneymcn rormed recent.'
ly. Alt of tho members are supposed le
own their own enrs. The petition ttm'
signed by Paul .Randolph, president, and
Charles Sheldrake, treasurer.
Tho court Is nslted to declare the Jitn'
ordlnnnco unconstitutional nnd void, jV
tho preliminary Injunction Is granted, tl
court will bo nsked to mako it perm,
ent.
Jltneymen scored nnother victory today
The two drivers arrested last night when
nauung navy yarn employes tree oi chatM
to Broad and Shunk streets were dli.
chrtrged by Magistrate Beaton ln Central
sinuon. ;
John Cornell, of 123 EaBt Wyoming
sueei, wua vuuiHcu viwi violating tot
Jitney ordinance, Frank Robertson, pf
709 fcouth 8th street, was charged with
tho same offense, nnd. In addition, wu
accused of having opetated without
license mid overloading his nutotpobtle, J
iiuu wie kwu men uecu neia, it .
thought tha a test case would have, been
based on their arrest.
Many of the Jitney men, indignant bt.
cause of tho arrest of Robertson and Cor.
nell because, they say. Director Forttt
had notified them they would not be In.
terforcd with, were In court today.
Michael Francis Doyle, attorney for-
Joint committee of the Philadelphia Jltiiw "i
Association, nnd, tho South Philadelphia
Jitney owners' Association, insists that
neither of tho men arrested last nlghthjt
violated an ordinance, and that the po)lc S
had no authority to Interferes with thfm. !
Tho men, with about 60 others, -were git- H
ing iie worKixicn ai uie iavy mra xrte
rides to create public sentiment ln their
favor."
The Navy Yard employes are Incensd
bccnlise of tho enforcement of tho Jitriijr
ordinance, which has driven the cin
from tho street. For tevorat days th
Jitney men have been hauling the em
ployes up town free of cnarge. It U'
said that tho Rapid Transit Company'
has had inspectors at League Islands
keeping 'account of the number of men 1
rldlnx In these free enrs and obtaining
urn uujnuiTs vi uiu curs givjnK xree ridei.
Another Bill jnt equity Is planned to
day by the Joint committee, which At
torney Doyle represents. Ho Is hoping
to have the bourt sot Monday as-tne day
for a. heating on the application, foran
injunction. ,.,
A mass-meeting for all owners ana driv
ers of Jitneys wllf be held at 8 o'docktWs
nftorno&n In the- hcadriuartcrs of lh
Bouth Philadelphia Jttnov Owners' Asso
ciation, at IS04 South Broai street, when
definite plans for tho 'flght-to-a-flnUb"
will be made.
The Joint Committee, ln charge of th
fight for tho South Philadelphia and
Philadelphia Jitney Associations, is com
posed of John F. Lleb, Jr.. Thomas Mac
Farland, Harry Ttuwell, H. Roodes and
H. Oste, of tho Philadelphia Jitney As
sociation, nnd James Foley, M. J. Buh,
John E. Burt, William Kelley and Will
iam Alexander, of the South PhiladelnhU
Jitney Owners' Association. The prtll- j
dents of the respective associations, will
lam McQUl and Joseph & Tallman, ut
ex-omclo members of the committee.
Since Pennsgrovc, N, J., has become sa
'busy and has been growing so rapidly
because of war orders for du Pont powjtr,
many Jltneymen who had been driven
from the streets of Philadelphia by tia
stringent ordinance, aro operating can
In that place. The' report that business
Is excellent and is growing each day,
TELEGRAM MYSTIFIES THEE
Employes of Morgue Do Not KnowJ
Addressed
The coroner's office and employes of tl
morgue were mystified today by a ttlt-j
gram from Baltimore addressed to George.
W. Brown, at the Philadelphia Morgue.'
The message read as follows:
"Come at once. Mother Is dead. Don'tl
delay.
(Signed) "W, Robinson
' ,
A man named Oeorge W. Brown Is cbi
pioyca at the Coroner's Office, but he sayi
his mother died 16 years ago, nd Jn
doesn't know any nobnson in Baltimore,
The message was received at the Morgue
today. Kmplayes there havo two 'us
identified bodies of men. They think
Oeorge W. Brown was on his way U tWl
city from Baltimore to attempt Identic"!
iion ot one oi me Dome.
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ftandays until October Jtlilnc, 7)20 A,
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