Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, August 28, 1915, Night Extra, Page 3, Image 3

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    EVENISTG1 EEDGHR-PHIEDKEPHi:&, SMLTRDftY, 'AUGUST 28, 1915;
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HIGH REPUBLICANS,
IN MONSTER BANQUET,
CRITICISE OPPONENTS
lounty Meeting, Largest in
years, Charges Democrats
With Neglect and
Mismanagement
PENROSE HONOR GUEST
Resolutions Demanding Protcctlvo
Tariff Adopted Roosevelt Party
Members Return to Fold
M.t.itNTOWN. Pa.. Autr. 28. Ono of
the largest political gatherings In years
til tho Republican county meeting at
Ievin. ten miles north of this city
ty. The star of tho meeting was
tjnlted States Senator Boles Penroso nnd
lUe feature ivaa an explosion by tho
tehlgh Republicans ngalnst tho nllegcd
Wrtravagance and mismanagement of
county affairs by tho Democratic
tdmlnlstratlon of Lehigh county.
' The resolutions adopted opposo tho
Whine of taxes and assessments by tho
Simocrats and charges of neglect and
competency In building an addition to
iSf a million dollars. Tho Republicans
vSl for a halt on tho plans of tho
rwmocrats to tear down tho whole of tho
M courthouse and erect a now struc
ture on plans calling for tho expenditure
rfrnore than a million dollars additional.
The restoration it a protcctlvo tariff la
lilso demanded.
B Praise for Governor Brumbaugh and ln
'ior.emcnt of Senator Penrose aro fea
Jeres of the resolutions.
i MUCH LIKE l'iv,iIC.
I There was much tho air of a picnic to
. .! tVin lipndnunrlprn of which
'Ins one of tho oldest madhouses in Lo-
.trolley cars mm i.o onu . -
ere there early for ttjo county meet-
tag dinner, ior which iwiuhjiu . "h
routed turkeys and 368 chickens, be
Jrr iiii.o nt Vinof nnd VAfil. There
were seven kinds of pies, custards and
i-Senator Penrose came from Phlladel-
M-30 In his honor thero was a short
"'..l.i .i Mm T.lvlncston Club, where
feewas greeted by a committee. Includ
ing State senator iioraco . ouinum
rt. Ti.i,n.nn rvmntv chairman: Edwin
A Donecker. candidate for County Com-
Blssloner; x ""'Ji,..:. . S
George U. mumer, Jiun"i V. . z
Titzenberg. Otto Suthcr, Amos D. Hutch
r .i mnnv nthcrs. Senator Pen
rose enjoyed the Lehigh County dinner.
and made mmseii uereeuuie i" " "-
'dreds that crowuca aruuna 10 uo iur
'daced.
k BULL MOOSEHS T111SK1S.
fe It was noticeable that the Bull iloos
rs were back at tho Republican county
sieetlng, headed by former Congressman-
- t.n vrAH : umiH. wild Lum ilia
llriends that ho was back as a registered.
Republican.
The formal meeting was called to order
fter dinner by County Chairman
Bchantz. who Introduced, ns chairman
former District Attorney Fred B. Gern
erd. The list of vice presidents was
headed by Thomas O. Ginklnger, 94 years
eld, the oldest Republican In Lehigh
County. John IS. liarizen, a raerauw w
the Lehigh County bar, was named
-Li.Mn nf 1ia Pnmmtit(fi nn ResOlU-
, CIULUUiaii wfc ..v ww --
I tlons.
Tha .speakers were Senator Penrose,
State Senator Charles A. Snyder, or
iBaatown: Burgrss George J. A. Miller,
U9l illlllHluil. uiiu Jiuu. nn -
irtrina itaapn. o.nanu, 01 n-iuuvin, v
csndlaatea ior iJistnci Aiiurncy.
SOLDIERS SHOT IN NEW
REVOLT IN PORTUGAL
Royalists Loot Military Bar
racks and Put the Guards
There to Death
LISBON, Aug. 28. Another Royalist
Revolution has broken out In Portugal.
LThe revolt has resulted In bloodshed, but
the Republican uovernmeni ciaims iu
have the situation well In hand.
I This revolt, like the former, appears to
centre in tho nortnern provinces, -me
military barracks at Braga and Gulma
raes were attacked Friday and looted
of all the arms and munitions there.
after the soldiers on guard had been shot
to death.
! Other revolutionists blew up the rail
road bridge at Trofa to prevent the gov
ernment sending troops from Oporto Into
the north, but soldiers were dispatched
b) automobiles. Tho minister of the In
terior announced today that the disturb
ance had teen quelled.
(POLK APPOINTMENT CERTAIN
Son-in-Law of James Potter to Suc
ceed Lansing
m Appointment of Frank L. Polk, Corpor
ation Counsel of New York City, as Coun
rtor of tho State Department at Wash
ftacton to succeed Robert Lansing, who
Lcame Secretary of State, is today re-
ftraea as certain, although omciai con
krmation has not been Issued. In accept
,J the new placo Mr. Polk will relln
Weh a post paying $15,000 a year for one
f half that salary.
pMr. Polk's position In New York is one
III social as well as official prominence.
wire was Miss KilzaDetn biurgis ioi-
er. daughter of Mrs. James Potter, or
FhiladelDhla. The wedding of Miss Pottei
I nd Mr. Polk in 1008 was one of the prin
cipal events of the social season of that
year. Cornelius Vanderbllt was one of
the ushers,
E Mr Polk In tha son of Dr. William
Mecklenburg Polk, dean of the Cornell
weoicai Hdiool lie was graduated jrom
iiale University In 18M and from Columbia
JAW School In 1897. He attained the rank
.ef captain by service in the Spanish
'American war He has served as a mem
Sr of the Board of Education in New
ork city and also as president of the
Ktw York Civil Service Commission.
ITWO LARGE BARNS BURNED
Uve Stock Saved, but Crops and Im
plements Destroyed
fjfjfrFlTMAN. N J., Aug. 28. Two large
BBirn, filled with summer crops and lm-
lywnenta. were burped on James uaru-
iurm on the Hurrtvllle ana uross
v road, near here, early this morn-
Gardner ,and hlfe neighbors suc
d Id saving the live stock. The
.had gained too much headway
tile bulldlnra to be saved by
time scores of volunteer firemen
i nearby towns reached the scene.
Are was caused by upsetting t a
tern,
Records Commissleiter Renamed
f..ffman V Ames, dean of the Qradu-
r ocnooi pr the University or I'ennsyi
; John W Jnrrian. librarian of the
HJjJ'orlcal Society of Pennsylvania, and
f the Masonic 'order, all of this cityj
" vrumrine, of Washington. Ethan
t'1 Wevr. of Norrlstown, nn3 I'rank
t'uicoqerifr. or Lancaster, were re-
fPrmted. trulau hi' nnvarimr rtriirnhnuirh
Jf '1''mbs pf the admlsory commission
w tw preservation of UU records.
-4PejT T.HL BPW VwJvMl
JENNIE WALLACE
GIRL STRANGELY MISSING
Disappeared From Her Homo a Week
Ago
Sevcntecn-ycar-old Jcnnto Wallace has
been missing from her home. 2307 East
Somerset street, for a week. Her mother
today asked tho pollco of tho Trenton
avenue and Dauphin streets station to
aid her In her search.
Until last Friday Miss Wollaco lived
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Wallace. Sho was employed at tho Nota
seme Hosiery Company, Oxford and
Mascher streets. She came homo at noon
last Friday cumplalnlng that sho was ill.
After resting until 3 o'clock she dressed
and told her mother sho was going for
her pay. Her mother has not seen her
sinco. Inquiry at the hosiery factory
disclosed tho fact that sho has not been
employed there sinco August 11, and had
no pay duo her.
Max Grcenberg, of Frankford, a friend
of Miss Wallaco's, has been at the houso
several times to Inqulro If thero has been
any news of her, and ho too is aiding In
tho search.
PORTER TO RUN; ALCORN
FOR CITY SOLICITOR
Continued from Page One
Sheriff; for Thomas F. Armstrong,
Sheriff, and for William West Coroner.
The independents today took steps to
complete tho ticket with which they will
light the election of tho Republican Or
ganization candidates for Mayor and the
"Row" offices.
No deflnito ticket has been decided upon
as yet, but leading members of tho Public
Service Committee of 100, following tho
meeting last night at which plans wero
made for forming a new political party
with which to carry on their light, tho
names of high-class men aro being con
sidered for every office.
THE TICKET DISCUSSED.
The ticket as discussed follows:
Mayor
GEOnGE D. POIlTBIl
City Solicitor
SAMUEL D. SCOTT
Sheriff
GKOIIGE D. COX or POWELL EVANS
Recorder of Deeds
WILLIAM F. DEAKYNE or
POWELL EVANS
Coroner
DIl. PHILIP II MOORE
City Controller
JOHN M. WALTON
Clerk of the Courts
IJENJAMIN rtENSIIAW
A majority of the members of the Com
mittee of One Hundred favor the candi
dacy of Porter, but he has not been in
dorsed by tho committee as yet. This
action probably will bo takei, howevpr,
nt the meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of tho Committee of One Hundred
next Wednesday.
Nono of the names connected with any
of tho "Row" offices has been definitely
determined upon. Members of the com
mltee today made It clear that the ticket
named abovo has only been put forth as a
suggeshtlon, and that changes may be
made before the independents' ticket
Is finally Indorsed.
SCOTT'S RECORD.
Samuel B. Scott, mentioned as the Inde
pendents' candidate for City Solicitor,
was a Washington party candidate for
the Legislature of 1913 from the Ger
mantown district. He was defeated for
re-election by a narrow margin In the
Republican landslldo last fall.
George D. Cox has been indorsed for
Sheriff by tho Washington Party City
Committee. Ho Is Select Councilman
from the 41d Word. Powell Evans was
chairman of the body of business men.
who brought about a reorganization of
tho Committee of 100 and who took the
first step In tho campaign of the Inde
pendents this year.
William F. Deakyne Is a former Wash
ington party leaCer. He was treasurer
of tho Washington Party City Commltteo
in 1912 and 1913.
There is apparently no Indication of
any plan of tlie independents to oppose
the re-election of Captain Walton, and
it is probable that he will be Indorsed
by tho Committee of 100.
Dr. Philip H. Moore, who Is being
urged by the independents to enter the
contest for Coroner, Is a powerful "in
dependent leader In West Philadelphia.
He lost a seat in the present Common
Council to which his friends thought he
had been elected two years ago, when
the coutts decided in an election contest
In favor of Dr. William D. Bacon, an Or
ganization lieutenant. Magistrate Ben
jamin Rcnshaw, who will most probably
make the fight against Thomas W. Cun
ningham for Clerk of the Courts, is a
Washington Party man and was formerly
committing Magistrate at City Hall.
NEW NAME SECRET.
Plans for putting the new municipal
party In the field for the campaign thla
fall were made at tho meeting last night,
which was attended by the Campaign
Committee pf the Committee of 1000 and
by workers and prominent citizens from
nearly every ward In the city, The nam
of the new party will be kept a secret
until the title has been pre-empted.
Tho committee has until October 12 In
which to pre-empt the title for the new
party. Some time before that date five
men In each ward and 15 at large In the
city will visit the Independent headquai
ters at 213 South Broad street and will
sign the pre-emption papers together.
Then the papers will be taken to the
County Commissioners' office and the
new party name filled In just beforo
filing.
The purpose of the new party. It was
explained at the meeting last night, is
to provide a means to gain the support
of electors who do not want to be
identified with any of the three national
parties. The new party wl'l be purely
municipal In Its scope
A special Porter campaign club was
organized In the 22d Ward last night.
Friends of the Director last Thursday
night failed in an effort to have the Di
rector's home Ward Committee Indorse
him. so last night the Porter men on
the Ward Committee met and formed a.
separate organization. John Baatord is
chairman and James II, Carmlnt sec
retary of the new club
Director Porter was Indorsed for
Mayor by the Washington party com.
rnttteea of the 2d. 8th, 10th and 2th
Wards last night.
Quells Mob's Fury to Lynch
EABTON. Md. Aug. 21 Danger that a.
mob would seize and lynch Robert Smith,
a negro, accused of assaulting a 13-year-old
girl, probably was averted today by
prompt action of State's Attorney Butler,
He secured an order to conven the
Grand Jury In a special session xt
week, satisfying crowds who mande u
apaody trl.
VARE CANDIDACY TAKES
AWAY M'NICHOL SMILE
Congressman Mooro Visits Col
league, to Find Out If
Ho "Will Run.
Terso comment on the candidacy of
Congressman William S. Vare Is being
made In tho Pcnrose-McNlchol faction of
the Republican Organization, following
tho filing of nomination papers for the
Mayoralty by Vare,
Senator McNIchol lost his usual smile.
Tho suggestion was made that the filing
of Vare'a papers "knocked McNlchol'8
harmony talk to smithereens."
His anwer was, "So that's your only In
terpretation." Congressman J. Hampton Moore, fo
whom a clty-wlde boom was launched
several weeks ago by manufacturers, vis
ited Congressman Varo In tho latter'a
ofllco lato yesterday. After his confer
ence with Vare Mooro gave out tho fol
lowing statement:
"1 called on my colleague, Mr. Vare,
nnd his brother, the Senator, to discuss
the Mayoralty situation, not as a candi
date, but ns one Interested In tho success
of the Republican ticket In 1916. I also
sought to nnd out whether the Congress
man Intended to run for Mayor, since
both he nnd I have been mentioned In
that connection.
KNOWS VARE POSITION.
"Inasmuch as wo have been In Con
gress together for several years and
have worked In common for tho develop
ment of tho city. It seemed appropriate
and timely that I should havo this talk
wun mm. wnat the Congressman said
as to his attitude, I am not free to dis
cuss, but I think I know where he
stands."
R. Lincoln McNeil, chairman of tho
Board of Directors of the Kensington
Board of Trade, also issued a state
ment. In which ho asserted that the
Board, as a body, had not Indorsed
Thomas B. Smith or ay one clso for
'Mayor. Ho denied that tho meeting of
tho "northwest business men," presided
over by A. C. Keelcy, president of the
Board, was a meeting of Board members.
The meeting was bald several days ago,
and Smith was Indorsed by the men who
attended.
No new candidates for Mayor havo
appeared today. Director of City Transit
A. Merrltt Taylor today amplified his
statement announcing that he Is not a
candidate. Ills statement follows;
"During tho campaign for adequate
rapid transit facilities in Philadelphia,
many earnest and enthusiastic citizens
have rallied to the support of tho depart
ment of city transit regardless of their
political affiliations. I am informed that
certain of these Individuals who have ac
corded me their friendship and support,
which I value most highly, aro now cir
culating nomination papers in various
sections of tho city, with a view of hav
ing mo become a candidate for tho
mayoralty. It would be unfair on mv
part to permit them to thus expend their
tlmo and efforts when It is my firm de
cision that under no conditions will I
become a candidate for the mayoralty.
PAPERS AIDED TRANSIT.
"TWa aiinaaa nf mV ffnHjl tft Rtabllsh
the much-needed high-speed lines In
Philadelphia has been due to the gener
ous support which has been accorded
the department by the newspapers re
gardless of their political tendencies, and
by the citizens of every political party.
"Last winter when a relentless public
campaign was being waged for the Im
mediate establishment of the high-speed
lines. It will be remembered that certain
Individuals attributed my activities to a
desire for political preferment. In order
to correct this misapprehension, I took
the opportunity to define my position at
the public mass-meeting, held In the
Academy of Mnslc. on February 21, and
there made the following public state
ment: 'I have no desire to be Mayor of
Philadelphia or to hold any other puo
office.'
"As a result, the newspapers and citi
zens, regardless of political affiliations,
rallied to the support of tho Department
of Cltv Transit, which support was per
sistently carried to a successful conclu
sion. "It would bo Impossible for me to disre
gard these facts and to permit politics to
become a factor In Important work which
still remains to be performed by the De
partment of City Transit, with the aid of
a united press and a united citizenship, to
the end that Philadelphia may have not
only adequate transit facilities, but the
best transit facilities obtainable, operated
In n manner calculated to best serve the
public.
"1 am very grateful for the support and
confidence which has been accorded the
Department and me personally."
Tho Building Trades Council of Phila
delphia met at 1312 Filbert street last
night, nnd demanded a "harmony" candi
date for Mayor. Resolutions were adopt
ed and sent to City Chairman David II.
Lane, asking for absolute haimony in
the Republican ranks, '-'In order to se
cure a return of general prosperity."
The resolution asserted that It repre
sented the sentiment of 65,000 voters.
NEW POLLING PLACES
Locations in 28 Now Divisions and
Changes in Old Announced
Announcement has been made of the
location of the polling places In the 2S
new divisions In the city, and of changes
in polling places in many of the old di
visions. The new polling places, including
both those In the new divisions and the
changes, are:
Wrd. Dlv.
I i) 1123 South Oth t.
2 14 J Ml South Mil st.
II tt 007 Market it.
10 R 1030 Itaco it.
11 8 21 Kalrmount ave.
13 1 Si1 North Eth tt.
1.1 12 03.1 Mflon it.
13 1H 841 North 25th t.
1.1 2i 1022 Huttonwood st.
18 n l.tuo Marlborough at.
1!) 13 144A Km Columbia, ave.
20 10 N. W. Cor. Franklin and Matter t.
A 41 6020 Chew nt.
23 25 8. E. Cor. Krankford ave. and Dyre
t.
21 4 Mil North SSth it.
21 2.1 T.13 North 41st at. ,
21 HI mil North 3Mh at.
2H 12 1200 North Itroad at.
27 1-1 4107 Oiiaga ave.
!!) in 111 OS Wharton at.
:i7 If 2301 North 12th at.
38 12 N. W. Cor Sydenham and Ontario
SS 34 ni2!i' North 18th st.
80 n 1011 eouth fith at.
99 T H. K, Cor. Philip at, and Snyder ave.
40 17 iCIt! Woodland ave.
42 27 1114 Louden at.
44 IS MI2II Aapen at.
tS T 2411 Kat Allrfhcny avs,
45 17 inj7 Kaat Venango at.
5 1.1 HSllS Krankford ave.
45 in lU2t Kaat Ontario at.
45 111 1001 Kaat Tiora at.
45 12 8. K. Cor. Kmwald and Paclno alt.
45 15 20.11 Madlaon at.
45 IS a00 Arcadia at.
4U 21 324 South f.-'d st.
1(1 25 S South 47th at.
4rt 27 H. E Cor, nuth and Pambarton ata.
4rt 20 (CIS South 63th at.
4 31 N. K. Cor. both and Carpenter ata.
48 33 6.130 Market at.
46 an 4H.M Ilcaent at.
4& 87 416 South Mill at.
40 .18 S. IS Cor. 68th and Larchwood ave,
40 30 833 South 07th at.
48 41 B. W. Cor, tfflth and Catherioa ata.
WOMAN ENDS LIFE W1TO GAS
Believed to Have Become Deranged by
Illness
Temporarily deranged because of 111
health, Mrs. Mary I. Albelser, 44 years
old, of UK Marston street, committed
suicide .last night by inhaling illuminat
ing gas.
According to the husband, Mr. Albel
ser had been 111 for some, time, He be
lieves that h became temporarily -e-
i ranged through worry,
PEPPER AS CITIZEN SOLDIER
X Will """v
Snapshot of George Wharton Pepper at Plnttsburg, where ho ex
changed his familiar civilian's garb for uniform and rifle.
ALL SELF-RESPECTING BUGS
RESENT ADS FOR BABY-BITER
Legions Storm City in Effort to Regain Their Lost Pres
tigeQuest of the Dooley Bug Goes on With
Vigor That Is Unabated
Legions of Indignant Philadelphia
mosquitoes, fleas, bedbugs, roaches, house
files and other bugs. Insects, spiders or
animals aro storming all parts of the city
today In an effort to regain tho prestige
they lost when a bug, Insect, spider or
animal made Henry Dooley famous.
Dr. Herman llornlg, city entomologist,
commandcr-ln-chlef of tho forces laying
siege to the mysterious baby biter In tho
Dooley, armed and grim-faced, has been
has been compelled to desert this work
to stem tho tide of tho advancing mos
quitoes, fleas, bedbugs, roaches and
houscflics.
Not only tho bugs. Insects, spiders and
animals aro Jealous of the nlco, bright
glow of tho publicity spotlight In which
Dooley , armed and grim-faced, has been
basking. Residents of all parts of the
city also want some of that illumina
tion. "'
Apparently the only man In tho city
who doesn't want It Is Doctor llornlg.
He Is kept so constantly In its glare now
that all his moves must be made In the
open, and the enemy can find out all
about them. It is Impossible for him to
use strategy.
Kenslngtonlans were the first to rise up
and protest against the favoritism In the
matter of publicity being glye,n to Weet
Philadelphia and to 'Dooley. Their first
move was a surprise attack, consisting
of more than 100 telephone calls to the
office of Doctor llornlg beseeching him
to hurry up and slay millions of
mosquitoes, fleas, bugs, spiders and
roaches in Kensington.
In tho meantime Dooley is still on
GUARDSMEN LEAVE
TO OMCIATE AT FAIR
Battalion of Second Regiment
Entrains Will Escort Gov
ernor Brumbaugh
A provisional battalion of the 2d Regi
ment of Infantry, N. CJ. P., left the
Reading Terminal at 2:30 today for the
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Fran
cisco to act as the official escort for
Governor Brumbaugh on Pennsylvania
Day, September 4.
The battalion consisted of four com
panies, totaling 180 men and officers,
who were picked for their attendance and
rlfle-practlce records. They wore new
olive drab uniforms and moved In full
marching order.
Colonel Hamilton D. Turner headed
tho battalion, with Lieutenant Colonel
Charles J. noss, Major M. J. Pickering
nnd Lieutenant Joseph Moorehead, bat
talion adjutant. The companies were
commanded by Captains James M. John
son, George A. Morrison, Frank P. Rud
dat and J, G. Cranage.
The funds for the trip were raised by
the men through public subscription and
by an appropriation of 5000 by Councils.
The guardsmen assembled at the Id
Regiment Armory at 1:30 and marched
to the Reading Terminal, where they
entrained, the baggage was loaded at
Iiroad and Huntington streets.
The entire trip will take 21 days. The
westward itinerary includes Buffalo, De
troit, Chicago, Denver and Salt Lake
City. In San Francisco the command
will encamp on the Presidio, the United
States Military Reservation adjoining the
exposition Grounds and overlooking the
Golden Gnte. The return trip will be
made over the southern route with brief
stops at San Jose, Big Trees, Santa
Cruz, Del Monte, Santa Barbara, Los An
geles and San Diego, where a full day
will be spent at the Panama-California
Exposltirn.
The meals for the trip will be furnished
by the Commissary Department under
the direction of Commissary Sergeant
Harry Rich and Captain George W, In
gram, regimental commissary. The men
will be obliged to pay for their own
nieals at the rate of 2S cents per meal.
LABOR DAY
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guard for tho bug that bit the baby, who
is now nt the home of a relative. Dooley
Is conscientiously writing dow;i all sug
gestions given him for catching the ani
mal or bug or whatever it is. He now
tins C74 Buch Ideas on hand, and ho In
tends to try them out on that bug If It
takes tho rest of the year to do It.
Ono man called up Dooley and said:
"D'ye wanna know how to kill that
bug?"
"I. do," said Dooley, hoarsely.
"Step on It," said tho voice, earnestly.
"Step on It good and hard." Then tho
speaker hung up.
A bunch of bananas will be hung In the
room whoro tho bug was last seen today.
If It Is a scorpion, which Is not a bug,
but an animal. It will come out to eat the
banar.as. Dooley will then creep stealth
ily up on It, his eyes glittering with
frenzy, rage and determination, nnd
break Its spinal column with a blow from
a baseball bat.
No bug with a broken spinal column can
put up much of a fight. The bug, or
animal, will wallow around on the floor
biting the carpet and the floor board nails,
while Dooley hastens to get a sharpened
poker. With this he will dash up nnd
pierce tho bug or animal through tho
heart, thus killing it.
AN INTERESTING and illuminine article entitled "Alcohol
ism and Crime" (now in its second edition) has been
written by Thomas Speed Mosby, member of American Insti
tute Criminal Law and Criminology and former Pardon Attor
ney of Missouri. Some extracts from this analytic and thought
ful treatise follow. Says Mr. Mosby:
"HT HE STATEMENT has been freely made that 75 per cent
A of the crime of the United States is due to the use of
alcoholic drinks. That statement is not true of any State in the
American union, nor is it true of the United States, nor of any
foreign nation. Penal statistics do indicate that from 20 per cent,
to 60 per cent of the population of the various American state
prisons have been addicted in some degree to the use of intoxi
cating liquors, but in all my professional reading and omciai
experience I haoe never learned of any penitentiary contain
ing a total inebriate population of at much at 20 per cent. .
---i rs fH.--
auEa Essa: EaVterS??
fl m
21 MANY r
CROOKS
are a
WON ,
DRINKERS !
JcaJfeai TO'.J.'gt-i.ltrS ( jjd WE sometimes forget that millions of men have fre
EE3Ep3E2S3l " quented the drink shops without the slightest taint of
'f'.Ayaire7i R? criminality having been developed in them or their nosteritv.
aaffiaresarsaiasjTS
""" and that many notorious crooks have been men of abstemious
lives. If a defaulting bank cashier was a drinking man, 'Booze
got him,' but if he was a model temperance man, 'It's a pity to
see such a good man go wrong I I personally never knew of a
great criminal who was a great drunkard either by reason of
heredity, or otherwise, but nave
"P) R. AUSTIN O'MALLEY, of Philadelphia, in an interest-
-' ing study of this subject, published in March, 1913, says: J.
A man mbv K fin slrnnnllf- hanaj. nj. nrlmiMln rrlmln.l T
as well as a criminal because he is an alcoholic; yet a drunken
criminal and the statistician both are inclined to make alcohol
ism the cause.'
UCZ IVE AN Inordinate quantity of alcoholic drink in equal
portions to each of a half dozet. men, and the effect will
be the same upon no two of them. Ope may become merry,
arother sad, another hostile, another indifferent, while others
nay exhibit no effects at all. Physiology may explain these
differences, but sodolory does not Certainly they cannot be
altered by the statues of any State. Individual characteristics '
are the determining factors in each case. You cannot get some
men drunk enough to induce them to commit a crime, nor can yau
auTVVV w niff ? wuivt mv wh , ward
IS IT NOT a FALLACY to say that drink causes crime, when it is a FACT, vettclt w ly a
authority on Criminology, that U per cent of the ijHMtM of prisons arc not ah4Ws?
PhiUdelphi Lstger Mr Mrifrs' Asmcitimn
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The nt
PRESIDEiYr AGAINST
CHANGES IN TARIFF
BY NEXT CONGRESS
Unalterably Opposed to Any
Revision With Possible Ex
ception of the Sugar
Schedule
LAW NOT YET TESTED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-'Wlth the pos
sible exception of tho sugar schedule,
President Wilson Is expected unalterably
to opposo any revision of the tariff at
the coming session of Congress. He has
told Senator Simmons, Representative
Kltchln and other Congressional leaders
that tho present tariff law has not had
a fair chance to Bhow what it can do.
And ho believes thnt It should bo retained
with only minor changes.
Kvcn on tho question of sugar the Pres
ident has not yet taken a positive stand.
Ho Is waiting investigations of cost of
production now being made by the Agri
cultural Department.
Tho President has ndmlttcd to thoso
who havo discussed the matter with him
that much money will have to be provided
by the next Congress for extraordinary
expenses, and especially for the national
defense. But this money, he believes,
should bo raised by the Issuance of short
term notes or short-term bonds.
Such an Issue the President believes
would bo very popular throughout the
country.
It also Is the Intention of the Admin
istration to ask that tho war taxes now
In force, which automatically expire in
December, bo renewed for nnothcr year.
It Is possible that revisions will be made
In tho existing taxable nrtlclcs, but thla
has not yet been determined,
PEACHES GLUT CITY MARKET
Dealers Attempt to Check Influx of
Rccord-Brcaking Crop
Commission merchants on Dock street
aro trying today to chock shipments of
peaches from Delaware and New Jersey.
Kn creat has been tho Influx of the fruit
during tho Inst few days that a glut on
tho market resulted nnd prices camo
down lower thnn nt any tlmo In the
memory of tho local merchants.
Teaches todny are selling for as llttlo
as five cents a basket In some cases.
It Is said that more peaches are coming
Into this city than nt any other time dur
ing the Inst 10 years. Not In years hat
the New Jersey and Delaware crop been
so good. The oversupply of peaches
will seriously affect tho farmers and pllo
thousands of dollars loss on the losses
already sustained by inability to dispose
of vegetables this year. Tons of peaches
aro lying In the fields unpicked and un
less the demand Increases It Is likely the
farmer will not troublo to pick them.
COSTS HER $25,000 TO WED
Father's Will Reveals Punishment for
Secret Marriage
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. Because she
married without her father's consent, as
his will states, Mrs. Annie Schrlvcr Mc
Elroy, of New City, loses $23,000. accord
ing to tho document. Just probated by
Surrogate McCaulcy, of Rockland County.
In his will John Schrlver made It clear
that had his daughter married with his
approval he would have left one-half of
his estate, which Is valued at J50.000, to
her. Instead she gets only 30. The rest
goes to his son.
JT CtS Versus
Fallacies
FACT is a real state of things. FALLACY is an appar
ently genuine but really illogical statement or argument.
OpcRTY per cent of the inmates of this penitentiary are
a victims of intemperance,' says a prison warden. He
would have said substantially the same thtng had he declared
that CO per cent of his convicts were men of temperate habits
and sober lives. But the fact that 60 per cent of 'il rison popula
tion are men of temperate habits is no argument' against tem
perance, nor is the fact that 40 per cent of-them have used alco
holic drinks an argument against intemperance. It would be
just as rational to attack the Prohibitionists because a sober man
commits a crime as it is to assail the practice of drinking alco
holic beverages when a drunken man commits a crime of similar
nature. .....
known many who were not
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TUT,TUT,C0U3NELr
GARRISON'S ANSWER
TO ROOSEVELT THRUST
"When You Stub Your To,
Now, You Aro Too Old to
Cry," War Secretary
Telia Him
SAYS CASE IS CLOSED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-"Tut, tut.
Colonel." Is Secretary of War Garrison's
reply to former President Roosevelt's at
tack of last night. The Secretary pre
pared a statement In answer to Roose
velt which. he gave out today. It followo'
"The enso Is closed and the verdict
must stand.
"Thero la nothing In Mr. Roosevelt'a
pica to reopen the case that would make
It proper to do so. The personal and of
ficial relations between General Wood
and myself concern us nnd do not prop
erly concern Mr. Roosevelt I do not
require Mr. Roosevelt's assistance to de
termine what I should do and I seriously
doubt If tho General does.
"The Administration (outside of my
relf) hna had nothing whatever to do
with this matter, and Mr. Roosevelt,
therefore, could not have obtained nny
authentic knowledge of the views of the
Administration concerning his speech or
his conduct from anything that I have
said or do now,
"As to his assumption that I object to
the making of strong speeches for proper
military preparedness, it would be Im
possible for him to entertain a more un
warranted one. I have gone to the limit
of my vocabulary In an endeavor to
make such pleas Just as strong as words
cculd mako them. If he has found some
stronger than I wns able to rind, he run
tho risk that I will borrow them.
"Ho will, I feel sure, permit me to do
so much, without requiring also to bor
row hln Idea that our present state of
unprcparedncss makes it desirable to en
gage In war with four or Ave other na
tions. "As to 'buffoonery' tutl tut! Colonel!
Remember that when you stub your toe,
now, you are too old to cry, even If It
hurts too much to laugh."
Auto Thieves Blow Postofllce Safe
ELDRED, Pa., Aug. 23. Robbers short
ly before daylight today blew the safe
of the postofllce hero and escaped with
between $200 and 1300 in stamps and a
bag of mall. Tracks led officials to think
tho bandits escaped by automobile to the
south.
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