i
BUNKENBUR6REGME
SFnOENTANDOEAN,
MAYOR'S FRIENDS SAY
rfrery Campaign Pledge to Peo
ple Kept, t)cspito Huge Ob
stacles, Eminent Men
Declare
GREAT TASK PERFORMED
''Lt we forget."
' Under thin title, leadlhg Independent
cltliens of Philadelphia In a aeries of
articles have tcld the story of how Phlla-
aVInMa under the honest and fearless
business administration or Mayor Wank
wiburg hnx lived down the reputation o(
being "corrupt and contented."
Itlchnrd L Austin, Francis It. lteeves.
Cltatles Z. Tryon. John C. Winston,
Charles P. Jenkins and Theodore J. Lewis
are the prominent citizens who are lsu
Ilia; the artlejcs. They have mado a thor
bush study nf the work of Mayor Ulnnk
enburg and his directors and of the bus
Ihes administration they have given tho
City during tho Inst four years.
In an appeal to Independent voters,
they ask every citizen of Philadelphia who
I Interested lit a clean, business adminis
tration of municipal affairs to study the
facts which they are placing beforo them
fof their careful consideration. Tho ap
peal was mnde In the following letter:
To Our Fellow Citizens:
Four years ago the citizens of
Philadelphia tried the experiment
novel In our city of placing In the
1 Mayor's ofllec a. business man who
owed hs nomination and election to
an aroused public sentiment and not
in tlin Hiinnort of nrofesslonal Doll-
Re Melons. He was elected upon a plat
form In which he pledged mmseir to
administer the business of the city
Upon business principles, and not with
a view to the furtherance of political
ambitions of any party or group of
men. Ills administration has been
watched with Interest, not only by
I'hlladelplilnns, but by lovers of good
. government throughout the country.
As his administration now draws to
a close. It Is fitting that his fellow
cllltens should scrutinize his work,
review the achievements of the Ad
ministration for the last four years
and,. form an Intelligent estimate of
his success 'In the high oRlce with
which they honored him.
The undersigned have, therefore,
made a study of he work of Mayor
UUnkenburg and his directors dur
ing the last four years, and propose
to offer the result of their Investiga
tions In n series of newspaper articles.
" They nak the co-operation of the public-spirited
newspaper press of Phila
delphia in bringing beforo tho pcoplo
the results of these studies, and they
ask of their fellow-citizens a critlcnl
consideration of the facts they will
bring to their attention. A thorough
knowledge, of the changes that have
been brought to pass In the politics
and the government of the city can
not fail to help citizens to determine
wisely what course they wilt pursue
fn the approaching municipal cam-
Pftlro '
RICHARD L. AUSTIN,
FJIANCIS B. REEVEH,
CHARLES Z. TRYON,
JOHN C. WINSTON,
CHARLES F. JENKINS,
THEODORE J. LEWIS.
The first of the articles reviewing the
Work of the Blankenburg (administration
Jiuts It squarely up Jo.jhc voters whether
they shall return to the days of Organi
sation domination .or unite to continue
to give Philadelphia n business adminis
tration. ,
"LEST WE FORGET." "
tnder the heading "Lest We Forget,
four Years of Business Administration,"
the article says:
On the prat Monday of December, 1911,
la Jitw chapter waa opened In the history
pf- Philadelphia. After years of strug
gle, running back through the days of
the Committee of One Hundred, the Mu
nicipal League and tho City Party, un
Independent Mayor had been elected. As
r the executive board of tho city of Phila
delphia there at last stood a man who
owed none of his success to entangling
alllancea with tho contractor bosses who,
.from time Immemorial, had been the
rulers of the city
, A tremendous victory had been won. A
magazine writer a few years before had
characterized Philadelphia as being "cor
rupt and contented.'' The people had
risen and placed in office one whose ab
solute honesty has been admitted by even
his bitterest enemies. Phlladelphlans at
Jatt had shown that no longer were they
content with the old order of things that
were corrupt. Tho time had come to put
an end to graft in all Its forms, to politi
cal assessments and the "maclng" of
corporations and Individuals of high and
low degree, to the stuffing of ballot boxes,
fraudulent voting and the Intimidation of
Voters, to the framing of specifications
vor contracts in the interest of contractor
bosses, to the manipulation of police de
partments and the magistrates courts so
as to protect from criminal punishments
those who for the benefit of the bi
partisan machine disregarded and vio
lated tho law all these evils were to be
ended and the city was to be purged of
all criminals and especially those en
raged In gambling or maintaining disor
derly houses, vice resorts and spesk-cas-tea.
The people of Philadelphia heard much
of graft and fraudulent and supplemental
contracts, and the alliance between the
criminal rich and the criminal poor, of
white slavery, of the Intimidation of vol
era and the lllegul arrest of those who
dared to oppose the bi-partisan organiza
tion. They hod seen Dr. Walter M. James
prutally attacked on election day In the
try centre of the city, they had watched
ins x m i a boys being "beaten up"
at
me polling place near Broad and
Arch streets. They had learned of tha
plritlnj? away to "Siberia" of Independ
ent watcher In the 7th Ward and their
being hlddrn by police officials, so aa to
prevent their friends learning anything
of their whereabouts. ThW occurred In
th election of 1909, and the present Pres
ident Judge of Court of Common Pleas
No. 1. on June ?, Jll, In refusing a new
trial to some of the defendants In the
criminal prosecution resulting In thla
case, uaed the following solemn languages
"Tho defendants are charged with an
efUne that, strikes at the vtry root of
our free Jnatitutlon. Nothing can be
jnpre dangerous to the continuance of a
republican form of government than the
etlurt too frequently made by the police
offMal of our great cities to control
- HerMon through their pawer over those
' of. the population that, for varloua
rrasois, re peculiarly gubject to their
liilltMAo-t If rrora this case it become,
more aenerally understood that tho Hw
of Pennsylvania contemplate that voter
ml rleeiioii ofNcer shall nt be Inllmt
Uta Vy Iran Ih atrthttrky, kjmi vrMl not
toUmte, ? at the h4 t potto,
oucrM w4 vlolente, havltig fr their
utaject the iroventlon pf the fra ezpra.
ion at tho popular will through the bal
lot, iher will be nothing ot which any
tma n proBerly ceaaplaln," (Frwn the
IMniK Ju4-e Au4nio ki CMte.
w.nlih ytf, J,lutenart M'noli et at.)
it ki rmed In November, WD, as If the
I I'Ub'fcan form of government, a ip
t i i o a representative large American
.. t ni on trial Should the okler order
I thill, continue wHh the Intlmldatiiri
ml ai.imrs pevlut un4r Mm rule it
i i .mrartnr bo, w hHiW oh more
tjii u ii . t to prove that the Atarr-
t.u !.. in i ifovr!iment waa BttcU to
continue In the third largest Sity of the
United States?
Such were the conditions -under vhlrti
Mayor niankenburg waa elected to office,
A MAN'S JOB.
The work which lay before him was a
man's task. The city covered an area of
129 square miles. It had a population of
more than a million and a half, the equiv
alent of the entire combined population of
six State (Nevada, Wyoming, Arizona.
Idaho, Delaware and New Mexlc6), and
an addition of three nearby cities of con
siderable size (Camden, Trenton and At
lantic City).
The needs and requirements of a city of
this size are tremendous. Its 100 miles
of streets must be kept In a clean condi
tion for dally use. New streets must tyt
laid out and. old street repaved Its I
systems of water supply, garbage re- j
mnvfll nth runtnvnl nnrl anlVAtrr. rllanoaAl I
must be kept In jatlsfnetory running or- I
der. Nearly 700,x,XO gallons of filtered '
water must be furnished oany 10 over i
SM.OdI houses and establishments. Polite
protection and fire protection must bo '
given to the mnaoiinnia or. wis va
IhV" Thcy muJ, TcrdeT.g'alr!.?
...i... .ii .a.. .... bin. .Mo i
housea must be Inspected to see that they
nro safe for occupation. Elevators and
boilers In buildings of all sorts must
periodically be tested to see that thev
may bo used with safety. Fire npparntu?
must bo continually kept ready for em-:
dent Instant use. Transportation faclll-
lira must iiu iniYim-il lor nil wnu nu-u
pass from one part of tho city to another. I
It become apparent that It Is no ensy i
teak to mlmlnlstcr tho affairs of this
huge- city of Philadelphia. In many do-pnrtm-nts
mistakes would prove most
cortly. Inemdency In the lire department
might result In large conflagrations such
sa havo visited Chicago nnd 'JoRlmore.
Failure to ace to a proper enforcement
of tiro regulations might cnu-o n loss of
llfn such ns occurred In the Trlnngle
flro of New York city, when ecoics of
girls were trapped nnd burned or suf
focated to death. Failure to enforce tho
laws denllng with sanitation and housing
might J'npardlzo the general health of
largo sections of the community. Carc
Itfriiess In tho management of the nitra
tion planta might produce nn epidemic of
typhoid fever.
FAITH IN ONE MAN.
The people pinned their faith In one
man alone. Because of the pocket bor
ough method of electing Councltmen, the
blpprtlson machine retained complete
k control over Councils. At will they have
been able to paaa ordlnancca over hla
veto, to curtail and deny ncccs-ary ap
propriations to the departments of the
city government. For'cxample, they have
denied to the Department of Public Safety
tho appointment of even n slnglo new
patrolman or policeman, nlthough thero Is
an average annual Increase of 23,&5.i In tho
population of tho city, and the built-up
area of the city Is continually being ex
tended so ns to Include entire new dis
tricts and many miles of new streets and
thousands of new houses. Councils have
even deprived the Director of this de
partment of an assistant director.
Even friendly critics tend to become
hypercritical of a "reform" administra
tion In any community. Everything is
expected of one who avows nn Intontlon
to remedy prevalent abuse, and every
detail, In which tho full measure of de
sired suctcos has not been wholly
achieved, la magnllled Into a deplorable
failure of the rcformcra to make good
ami redeem their promises. The nature
nnd magnitude of the ditllcultlea which
have been encountered aro wholly loat
sight of.
A MORAL ISSUE.
Some critics have expressed a desire
that the Mayor ahoutd net In harmony
with Councils. There is a moral issue
Involved in the selection of a Mayor who
will ' work In harmony with Councils,
where Councils stand for the old order
of things, nnd a Mayor who, single
handed and alone, will carry on the fight
for the termination of the abuses which
existed under the old order wheie Mayors
and Councils worked together without In
any way Interfering with the continu
ance of theae abuses.
"Pan of the burden imposed upon
Mayor Rl.inkcnburt: was the ever in
creasing public debt of the city of Ph'in
delphl i. During tho hIx yearn preceding
the Hi st yenr of tho picsent administra
tion, a larger and vver larger aharo of
tho revenues annually raised by taxation
were required to pay Intrrost and charges
Incident to city .oans.
The Bureau of Municipal Research,
after a special study of the subject, re
ported that under a continuance of this
state of affairs the city would be com
pletely bankrupt In less than IS years,
when all of the revenues of the city
would be needed to pay Interest and sink
ing fund charges on tho city's public
debt.
This wns the financial situation which
confronted Mayor Blankenburg and led
htm to bring- tho question forcibly before
the community.
He called attention to nil the possible
means available to Increase the munici
pality's revenue; the modernizing of the
methods used In making assessments of
real estate, the establishment of a tax
on automobiles, as in Chicago, where, In
JSI1, that city derived from such a tax
the sum of JMO.OOO. and the fixing of a
tax on occupation similar to that In
force In nearly every county of this State
except Philadelphia. The Mayor did not
recommend the establishment of any par
ticular tax on any of these subjects, but
ever slnco that time he has been mis
quoted, and he has been charged with
having advocated a tax on all these pos
sible lines merely because he performed
his duty and stated that such matters
were (as In fact they unquestionably ore)
possible subjects for taxation.
Mayor Blankenburg n'tommended thi
reduction of the price of gas from II to
SO cents per thousand ioci piuvtded way
and means could bo id to havo the
city bea the exper lcldent to this
change in accordanci h the terma of
the lease with tho I d Gas Improve
ment Company Councils refused to meet
the financial situation, but passed the
Hardart ordinance which, If signed by
tho Mayor, or passed over his veto, would
Impose upon the city the loss In revenue
amounting to about tl.70O.O00 a year, duo
to the reduction In the price of gas.
Under the terma of tha gaa lease the
United Gas Improvement Company now
collects and pay over to the city this
amount su long as the gaa rate remains
at $1.
The Mayor vetoed the ordinance. The
Organization had complete control of
vounciia ana could have at once passed
the
uiuumiiiD uivr ii-j mayor veio.
However, they chose not to do o. but at,
tempted to make political capital put of
the incident by charging the Mayor with
a failure to keep an alleged promise to
reduce the price of gas. But Mayor
Blankenburg had never made any such
promise. Ills statement on the subject
had been that the pries should be reduoed
Provided the Council should at the same
time make provision fcr this loss in rev
ynue to the,clty by adopting measures for
Increasing It Income from other source,
Complete mattery of Council by the bi
partisan organization, an inheritance of
a debt burden of previous administration,
eating up almost a third of each year
current revenue. hypercritlcUm and ml,
representation of fact by those In favor
K m pici oraer oi things., when the con
tractor boea were In control of the
Mayor a well a CounclU-theje wore
jom of the hansMci which Mayor
blankenburg facet during hla four year
Of OfflGf.
The preaent time Mem; opportune to
review the cfcan which have been
made In tfc lt u4rlvw r the
JEl'tS'-litKr" 1-fiWwHi.Hva
extent the HeuK) wheh have been
encountered, to Vsarn the real meaning
of a "reform administration," and to de
termine whether after all It I worth
while for cltimns. Indlnant at the
abuses countenanced under the old order
c-f aovrnmnt iy contractor Wm. -
tHta
Of
t p4itkl MatUtiM t-f torsMr
yeari
EVENING LEDGfeR-THrLAPPHlAt aloffPAY, ATjaU3T'30r 1915
Mc-TAMMANY'S DONKEY TO CARRY
HAGAN TO POLY-TICAL VICTORY
Jftmes Joseph Hngan Will Use i
Baste In Magistrate
Campaign
The caubeen av James Joseph Hagan
Is In the ring, and the red hair av the
same do be flaunting defiance the day
to all Republicans, and Progressives, and
Washington, and Kaystoners and "other
breeds" ns Kipling might have said If
he'd been lucky enough to be an Irish
man, outside the Democracy.
Jsmea Joseph Hagan Is the or-rlglnnl
unmoral. He was ooorn a jjimicra., nnu
he's been a Dlmlcrat wld a capital D all
hla life Tho only other or-rlglnal Dlmi-
crnt m ,nc wnolc of u, n0rthea-t, lncliid.
t -" ort JMchmond. Is McTammany's
I donkey, which Is for sale, poor baste.
i having kicked the son ay his owner In
tho ribs, d'yrmolnd, Incurring tho dlsplca
shuro nv McTammany.
But If the Intlntlons nv James Joseph
Hagan nto correctly reported, tho Donkoy
.mi nnt h inntr win. mil nn nwnrr. at all.
Bt n)( fot. , hs plnn t0 buv tn0 baste (
ntu ll8Q ,. (nrnpnign ror 1110 uinu-
crn,c Mon.nat0 ,or Magistrate.
Iverybody In tho Northeast knows James
Joseph Hagan, of tho Jlst Ward, Ho will
hot be called "Jlmmlo." so he must bo
called James Joseph. 'TIs more fitting to
the dignity nv a Maglsthrate-to-be, d'ye
mol'd. Be that ns It may, his caubeen Is
In tho ring, and he'a out for the nomy
nation wld or wldout the support nv tho
party, nnd James Joseph Hagan has
friends, nnd hq's willing to bet a 110 bill
that he'll carry the war-rd, now. This,
thin, Is his platfoorm:
"I'll tnkc care av the wlfe-beatcrs my
self." Wld thla rcmar-rk Jlmmyr-James Jo
seph Hngrn, that Is doubled up his fists
and gtnred vtld hla eyes till the glasaca
trembled where he's a bartender, at
Frankford and Cumberland streets.
"The poor people will have a chance,"
he says, says he. "Sure It's tho mate av
the Job I want, and not the gravy. The
salary, d'ycmolnd. Is enough for anny
man. I want no pickings that come from
the pockets av the poor,"
Jimmy him that wns elected constable
In 1D11 and wouldn't serve bekasc thoy
would give him no ehop to do business In,
Jamef. Joseph saya ho will win, says
he, and he should know. He wants no
office wldout an office, which Is why he
STRIKE OF CARPENTERS
MAY HALT ARMS WORK
Leaders Allege Nonunion Labor
Is Employed at
Eddystone
A strike of carpentora that may effect
every union man working on tho big plant
under construction for tho Remington
Arms Company la threatened because of
the alleged employment of nonunion
workera In rough work. William Allen,
agent in this city of the I'nltcd Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, has
called conference of national leaders
to discuss the problem today.
Those nlrcady in the city for this meet
ing are John Flynn, chief organizer of
the National CarpenterB' Asoclatlon;
Daniel L. Featherstone. eenernl Now
York organizer for that organization, and
james a. frnni'iin, president of tho Na
tional Boilermakers' Union. Others havo
been sent for.
According to union men, If an agree
ment Is not made tonight the carpenters
will strike. This, they say, will result
In a walkout of other union men nt work
on the big Remington plant. Contrac
tors constructing the building aro llab'e
to fines If the work Is not completed on
schedule time, and It Is thought nil differ
ences will be adjusted amicably.
The Remington Company hopes to open
Its plant October 1. Thousands of work
men are available. Recruiting office
)lo,ye beep established In many cities nnd
everyimng is in readiness to start work
when tho building is completed.
TEUTONS TAKE LIPSK
IN DRIVE ON GRODNO
Continued from Page One
where for a long time they have been
merely holding their positions.
Tho Russian extreme left, which hith
erto has been unaffected by the general
defeat, now apparently Is shaken and in
volved In the general retirement.
Military experta express the belief that
the Invaders soon will be expelled from
that little corner In East Gallcla, where
alone they have been able to maintain a
foothold on Austrian soil.
This development, with the sharp ad
vance by the Austrlana northeast of
Kovel, Is believed here to Indicate the
opening of a campaign against the fort
ress triangle formed by the strongholds
of
L,uiBK, uuuno and Rowno (In Vol-
hynla), erected as a bar to access to
southern Russia.
The amazing of the Russian defense
along the Zlota Llpa River Is regarded
as opening the way to south Russia, If
the general staff elects to carry tho cam
paign Into that quarter.
Coming at a time when the Allies are
exerting every possible effort to gain the
support of the Balkan nations, tho re
opening of the campaign in Oallcla. par
ticularly, with a market victory, is ex
pected to have a vast political Influence.
Rumania, hesitant since the war began,
will undoubtedly refuse, German official
dom believes, to Join the Allies at the
moment when lurge Auetro-Oerman ar
mlea are massed near her borders.
With Russia' great fort In the hand
of the Teutons, It will bo possible for the
latter to hold their line with force much
smaller than are now active In the east
ern theatre and to detach great number
of men for operation In another theatre,
ir the next general offensive Is directed
against Bcrvla, the effect on Greece will
be marked, It Is believed in Berlin. With
sucera marking uch a campaign, Austro
German trpopa would be In a poaltlon to
strike and 'strike, hard at the small na
tions whose support the Allies are
seeking,
TEUTON SPIES SPREAD PANIC
IN RUSSIA, I'ETROGRAD CHARGE
More Than 200 Agents Already in
Cuat,ody
. PETnOORAD, Aug SO.
That agent of Germany are secretly
attempting to spread panic among the
Russian people In order to create a de
mand for peace is the charge made In an
official stattment Issued at the War Of
fice today. A a r'ault of discoveries
made hy Russian secret service offlcer.
It wa later learned, more than SB0 men
nprt women have been arrested, Though
posing a patriotic RUwlans, these per
. . .io hi icallty Herman citizens In
the ijuy of the Berlin Government, Rus
lul oWclala assert
The War OSc statement follow
"Among tha unworthy method to which
pur enemies are resorting are tho Jot.
lowlngt
"Attempt are made to spread through
neutral countries mtnsacloua revoltln
PI, torVlns; exaggerated vjctortea.
J e"y I endeavoring to linerta ju.
suW yaaoa,,
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JAMES JOSEPH HAGAN
refused to file a bond four years ago and
nlvir was sworn In oa a constable.
Hagan made himself famous In tho 1511
fight. On election night, when it became
certain that ho had been elected, ho ob
tained two mules from Clark, the lco
man, and paraded tho 31st ward wid wan
nv tho bastes on each aide av him.
"Fay no rent! Hngan now constable."
This was the sign upon the animals.
There was also anothor wan, ns follows:
"The three original Democrats."
"Down with the Inndlord," snys Jimmy
James Joseph Hagan says he. "Down
wld tho Inndloord. Dlvll a poor man wll
bo drivct to the street when Im magis
trate. And when n har-rd working man
that stands over a loom all day takes a
dhrop too much, I'll bo alsy on him, 'TIs
tho only recreation ho gets."
And whisper he's a good mixer. 'TIs
not n Joke, this, bekaso he's a barten
der; 'tis a fack nnnybody In Poort Rich
mond can verify, that Jimmy James
Joseph known also rr "Nut," Is a
fr-rlend to Ivlrybody. So here's notlco
to thlm thnt he'e toa.ied his caubeen Into
the ring, nnd that he's out for tho nomy.
nntlon nnd wants his friends to vote for
him. party or no party.
PRISON IN FUTURE FOR
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS
West Chester Judge Gives
Warning in Fining Phila
delphia Dealer
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Aug. SO.-Nicola
Petrclla, a wholesale liquor ileajer, of Wh
and South streets, Philadelphia, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of Illegal liquor
selling In tho eastern part of this country,
was sentenced today to pay a (lno of
1500 and coats, but tho prison sentence
was suspended.
Judgo Qawthrop gave public notlco that
after this term of court In none of the
liquor enses would the Jail sentence be
suspended, but all violators would bo Bent
to Jail as well as fined.
SUNDAY PARTY TOOK
' LIQUOR, SAYS KEEGAN
Continued from Page One l ' , ' "'.' ," '
worth of liquor and, wines. They, were, all
in tho house when he rented t, he says.
After six pages reciting damage -to fur
nlturo in the house "Billy" Sunday occu
pied, tho statement pf claim sets forth;
MISSING FJIOM WINIS IIOOM IN" UELUVR
8 quarts rye whisky, each
.'I jiuarts Scotch ulilsky, each ...........
i nunrts Itennessy :i-itar brandy, each,.
2 quarts Jamaica rum, each
1 quait H.inta Cruz rum .
II. 25
l.r.o
1.S0
l.2i
1 imait Deach braidy
S quarts DAtnlana 'Ionic, each..
3 quarts Cremu da Menthe, each
J laities Holland Gin, each
8 bottles wine, each
U botttia Hats ale, each
U bottles (lulnnrst Stout, each ..
1 bottle Moloney's bherry, each .
S.DO
J. 15
l.im
i'.nu
.:
.1'5
' 100.00
It had been hinted when the house was
vacated by the Sunday party that sev
eral bottles of liquor of some kind were
missing when Colonel Keegan re-entered
It, but Colonel Kecgau and his attorneys
refused to confirm the report. Surprise
that 60 worth of liquor should have dis
appeared from a house during the oc
cupancy of one of tho most vlgorpua of
the antl-"booxe" speakers was expressed
freely to'day. Tho Sunday Campaign
Committee hnd maintained that to their
knowledge all the liquor was removed
before the Sunday party took the house.
RUBBI8H LEFT.
Ono of the heaviest Items in the new
schedule of claims ia 2M for scraping and
rcflnlshlng floors In the Keegan homo. An
other Is a charge of 174 for carting away
rubbish found In the house when the
Sunday party left It. Four loads were re
moved, according to the claim.
Four rooms ,wore repapered after Col
onel Keegan re-entered his home, the
schedule shows. This cost lli. It was
necessary, Colonel Keegan asserts, be
cause the walls Were covered with grease
and many were spotted. One of the
rooms repapered la that "Billy" Sunday
occupied while In the house. There I a
charge for J100 to replace a marble dog
which graced the Keegan reception room.
This was missing, it la charged. It will
cost 11! to replace a too on the statue ol
a gin, me acneduie assorts.
Another marble figure missing is a
classic representation of "Mary and the
Lamb," as It Is listed In the statement of
claim. Whether thla Is Mary and tho
little lamb Is not known. The figure was
worth K0, the claim declares.
FRENCH NOVELS, TOO.
Twelve popular novels were gone when
Colonel Keegan took over hi house from
li. K""w J'riy. ne cnarge. Beside
thie, there wera volume missing from
set of Baliac and Flaubert.
"It was found," say the claim, "that
numerou article of houehold furniture
were mlsBing; that numerous articles
were broken; that a, large quantity of
glassware waa missing and destroyed;
the fixtures and walls of the house had
been abused and mistreated so aa to
necessitate numerous repair,"
The queatlon ha arisen s to whether
the claim ever could be collected In the
event that Colonel Keegan won a verdict
fJ?8-1.. tnnpa.lBn Committee Blnce
the Philadelphia KvangelUtlo Aooiatlon
la an incorporated organUatlon, the In
dividual members, George C. Shane. Ed.
ard Bonsall, Joseph M. Steele, Ben T
Welch and other are not liable, for any
claim agalntt It.
The laat time the Evangelistic Aocla.
tlot cdnaented to reveal the condition of
Sw.Mitr ' ? ,r.ta,urr hw wa "about
I300O" left. A the committee was tnil
powered to dispose of any balance a it
wanted to, within certain limit, u Is a
cjuUon whether there 1 any money re
malnlnjr to atlsfy Judgment against the
association. '
Ben T- Welch, who fou,nd the Keegan
house for the Sunday Campaign Commit
tee, of which he Is a member, usually ha
something to y about the Keegan claim.
Mia comment upon It has been consist,
ently deprecatory. Mr. Welch eloupt,
everything related to broken furnitwe
the Kean home. One day he dlaputea
IM wner-a right to V a Xl!
300,000 WELSH MINERS
MAY STRIKE TOMORROW
IF CONFERENCES FAIL
General Walk-out From Col
lieries Predicted Unless Brit
ish Government Yields to
Men's Demands
LLOYD-GEORGE AT WORK
LONDON, Aitg. SO.
A general strike of 900,000 South Walea
coal miner unless today' conference
ncro sottlo the.dlspute wns predicted by
miner' ofiiciils who conferred with
member of the Cnblnet today.
Mass-meetings wero held throughout
the Wales coal districts Sunday. Tho
spirit of the men waa ndnmant. They
cheered speakers who nccusefl the mine
owners of landing hugo wnr profit and
rofuslng to share them with tho worker
and denouncrd tho Oovern.ment'8 arbi
tration award. The majority of the
meeting adopted resolutions favoring a
walk-out on Wednesday If no agreement
Is reached today.
The only ray of hope to the Govern
ment today was news that 3000 strikers
in the Monmouthshire district have re
turned to work. It was said, however,
that theao men went back at the urging
of the miners' exccutfvo council, who
asked that all miners remain at work
pending attempts to reach a settlement.
Striker In other district remained out.
One thousand more miners struck in
South Wales today.
Representatives of tha operators mot
Minister of Munition Lleyd-Oeorgo this
forenoon and Immediately afterward con
ferred with President Walter Runclman,
of the Government Board of Trade. Four
representatives of the miners were
closeted with Lloyd-George after the
operators' committee left.
PENROSE GROOMS
MOORE FOR MAYOR
Continued from Page One
arrived. The nnture of the peremptory
message sent to Penrose by McNlchol wns
kept secret. Before Its receipt It wns
known the two leaders had been counting
on Thomns B. Smith as harmony May
oralty candidate until this morning, "When
they recolved positive Information that
Congressman Vnre will continue to be
a candidate.
A petition urging Congressman Moore
to be a candidate Is being rapidly circu
lated today among business men and
others. It will bo presented to him to
morrow. Nomination papers also aro be
ing circulated. It la believed they will
be filed tomorrow. Following Is the state
ment issued by Congressman Mooro after
the conference:
"Senator Ponroso, Senator McNlchol
and I conferred this morning on tho may
oralty situation. I had already talked
this matter over with David Martin and
with David H. Lane nt Atlantic City, and
with the Vnres on Friday last. The situa
tion is becoming acute, and what we had
to say this morning, as In the other con
versations, had to do with harmony
within tho pnrty.
"There was some talk about candidates
and nomination papers, but more about
the prospects of hnrmony. I think the
senators arc Inclined to believe harmony
will be brought about."
Referred to tho circulation of nomina
tion papers for himself, the congressman
then said:
"I hnve heard that papers aro out and
aro being numerously signed, but I am
not responsible for that. I understand
that a petition Is also being- circulated
Urging mo to run for Mayor, but I can
only repeat that, nt tho present writing,
I finntota candldHtw I axptict to have
morcr to any about" this later'on."
Rdvertlng ngaln to the conference Con
gressman Moore continued:
"1 saw them (Penrose and McNlchol)
for myself particularly, .but, becauso I
want, to seo harmony. I want tp sco the
leaders unlto behind a man who will not
bring about a destructive Internal strife."
In the Vare camp today there la a lull
The Vnro followers feel certain that the
Congresaman wilt not withdraw from
the raco he formally entered when he
filed his nomination pnpers, and are sim
ply waiting for -the word from the Pcn-rore-McNJchol
camp as td whether Pen
rose and McNlchol will bring about the
"harmony" they have been talking by
supporting Vnre for Mayor.
A movement to make Earle the antl
Vare candidate and thus duplicate the
1911 fight has tnken concrete form. A
petition, asking Earle to seek tho mayor
alty as a patriotic duty, Is being clr
culated and the signatures of many
prominent business men are being
attached to It. It will be presented to
Mr. Earle.
James J. Wray, head of the Earlo cam
paign committee, which opens headquar
ters In the Hotel Adelphla today, is In
charge of circulating the petition. It
reads aa follows:
We, the undersigned citizens and
business men of Philadelphia, realiz
ing the grave political situation that
confronts us In the necessity of so
curing a strong and worthy candidate
for the office of Mayor, hereby urge
upon George H. Earle, Jr., the
patriotic duty that calls him to be a
candidate for Mayor and hereby re
queat him to submit hla namo for the
coming primary election.
An four's conference between Congress
man Vare and Republican City Chairman
David II. Ijine, held at the Strand Hotel
In Atlantic City, yesterday, caused a re
vival of the talk of "harmony" on Public
Bervice Commissioner Thomas B. Smith
Congressman Vare refund n hi..,,..
the conference. Mr. Lane, however, waa
almoat "Joyoualy" optlmlsUo over the
i'"V", ur imrniony. At the con
elusion of the conference, Mr. Lane first
Indicated that he had no doubts whatever
"R8v 11,..th J"Bll'ty. or rather the
probability, of harmony." Then, In an
swer to a question a to whether or not
he thought harmony had been definitely
shelved, he said; '
"By ho mean. I am not a quitter 1
never give up until I am licked, and I
havo strong hope yet of a satisfactory
termination." '
Tho conference, caused a belief' to be
upread among Pcnrose-McNichol lieu
tenant that harmony on Smith -would
be brought about today.
John P. Connelly I ready to file hi petl.
Hon for the nom nation for City Solicitor
LWrt See? fl' d wUl'p'rob:
Jffl, At the CoJJntJ' Commission
er' ofllce tomorrow. Loul c. Michael,
son, of t Falrmouut avenue, hai been
agreed upon by the Organization leader
81 ?roTK0 C"
DETECTIVE ON SCENT OP 'DOPE'
Huhn Smells "Hop's" Pungent Odor
aid Raids House
t?l "jnarkabiy acute power of De
tective Huhn, of the 16th and Loeuii
Itreeta .tatlon, for acentlng "dope." ,7'
at ra .distance, led to the arieJt earl?
today of a neg-ro couple, who ar"accued
of having opium In their poM"alQn
Huh.n and Detective Dean were going'
home early v thi. morning when Huhq ud(
' topried near the hou" at JIT
5uth Bshell atreet. Ha declared that II
detected the odor of opluni and that it
came frpro. the house, He and Dean
war. hold ia N WUioh7 '
MISS PHYLLIS WALSH
MISS WALSH DEFENDS
HER "GO TO HADES"
So Sorry She Hit Bather and So
"Mad" at Beach Guard That
She Just "Told Him"
What will Beach Guard William Rob
inson do if pretty Miss Phyllis Walsh'
canoe, with a' stately Judge In It, goes
wild again and hit nnother batherT
Will the guard reprimand tho Judgo nnd
arrest hlm7 These aro quostlons thnt,
speaking In tho vernacular, have Vontnor
"up In tho nir."
Miss Walsh, tho granddaughter of
George A. Huhn, tho banker, of this city,
caused 'qulto a stir In Atlantic City when
sho was arrested for telling noblnsort, a
former friend, to go to "Hades," when
sho was reprimanded because her canoe,
forced In by a heavy sea, had struck a
bather. When tho details wero explained
at tho hearing tho Ventnor colony sym
pathized with the pretty defendant and,
to tho amazement of all, so did tho Jtldge.
Tho hearing 'Was conducted with all
dignity until Judgo Hand upset the court
decorum by saying: "Caso dismissed but
I'd like to take n rido with you." The
fashlonablo audience gasped.
"You mean In tho ocean in tho canoe,"
stammered Miss Wilsh
"Surc.'l said his Honor.
"It's a go," snld tiio girl, and, after the
rrdtnpo thnt characterizes all such hear
ings wns disposed of, the court adjourned.
When tho canoo In which Miss Walsh
was riding struck n woman bather on
tho arm, Beach Guard Robinson, a Uni
versity of Pennsylvania student, who
lives in Hnvcrford, reprimanded tho girl
beforo a. largo crowd and ordered her
from the beach. He also charged her,
according to Miss Walsh, with dcllber"1
ntely coming Into the crowd. The, girl,
becoming exasperated, told him aa "po
litely" ns possiblo "to go to hell." Sho
was Immediately nrrestcd by the guard,
who until that day was a good friend of
hers.
Miss Walsh says she paid Robinson a
smnll sum to tako caro of her canoe. Tho
other week tho payment dropped behind,
as she had forgotten to bring the money
to the bench. Robinson, sho says, later
took her to task In front of a crowd when
she took a paddle of his by mistake. Ho
told her, shn says, that It belonged to a
man "who had paid up," and attempted
to take It away from her. She tossed It
up on the boardwalk and the crowd
laughed. Robinson was furious, she de
clares, and, apparently nursing n grudge,
Jumped nt the chance to reprimand her
when her canoe got Into trouble Friday.
MIbs Walsh laughingly denied, tho re
ports that she had hit the guard with a
paddle. "Of course, they're; ridiculous,"
sho said today. "I didn't hit him." But
the whole affair began a week ago. "It's
this, way,' she went on. "I had an agree
ment with 'Billy' to watch my canoe If I
paid him U- It happened that I'd for
gotten to bring the money to the beach,
I meant to each day, but somehow I for
got, and besides Grandpa always gives
him a tip of 110 a year, nnd I thought he
wouldn't mind. Ono day I found one of?
my paddles missing from under the
canoo. So thinking 'Billy' probably was
keeping the other In the tent, I went over
and took one out. They all look alike, and
the first thing I knew 'Billy was yelling,
'Come back with thnt paddle.' If he'd
only acted decently nbout It, I would
havo ddne It, but thero wero a lot of
'chickens' looking at us and he was try
ing to be fresh. He added that it be
longed to a man who had paid h(m $5,
and that he wasn't going to bother look
ing after mine when I hadn't paid him
anything. Then he tried to pull It away
from me and I threw It on the boardwalk,
while everybody laughed at him. Ho was
furious.
"The day of the accident I wa shoot
ing my canoe away out from the bathers
when a big wave hit tho canoe and
knocked It broadside. The current did
tho rest. I steered Uhe thing the best I
could, for. I knew If I Jumped out it
would hit a lot of people. As It was It
did hit a woman on the arm. Our doctor
fixed her up. though, nnd she went In
bathing again. 'Billy' rushed out and
said I'd havo to get right off the beach.
Oh, golly! I was so sorry I'd done it,
nnd so mad at him for telling me that
I had deliberately come in among tho
bathers, that I said: 'Billy you go to
hell. Then he told me I was under ar
rest. The Judge was awfully fair, and
said he wanted to go out with me. But,
between you and mo, don't you think It
wa a pretty poor thing to do, telling a
Judge a girl swore at ou?"
DEFENSE POLICY
ADOPTED BY GOVERNOR
Continued from Page One ,
tratlon's legislative) prograrrt, according to
authoritative Information, are as follows;
1. Revenue legislation, Including the re
enactment of the "war revenue" bill, This
produces 480,000,000 annually, but the
prospective Treasury deficit Is likely to
enforce the inclusion of articles not now
taxed under thla measure.
It Is understood that legislators are al
ready considering a tax on denatured al
cohol, used In the manufacture of powder,
now rushed with war orders; bank checks,
gasoline, automobiles and theatre tickets
There is also proapect of Increases
on flie tax on tobacco dealers, bankers,
stock brokers and commerlal brokers,
The demand for an additional tax on
whisky s likely to be renewed, and the
lax on beer, now 11.60 t, barrel, may again
Second, Oonervalon bills. (Secretary
tf-w0?" tlhaV8 th" measures, most
of which went through one House last
ef.'.0ll alProve ty both Houses.
. ThJr,in,i?M ,CTedUi legislation, side
tracksd in the closing days of the 3d. Con.
.IX'"EconQmr:. by Parln down Of prdl
nary appropriation and the reduction of
"pork barrel" bills te the minimum
The revival of the shipping bill I. ex.
pected. The Senate al.o his pending ?he
ii ,ih nive a program, it iTb.
an Issue of bonda 'or short-term note
tnsure adequate national "efeVcT n2
ays such an.iMu would Z !'.,?
Secretary IU4ftfU if Uy H cu
WEATHER HAS SMALL
SUCCESS IN CURBING
VINELAND FETE SPIRI
Automobilo Parade Chief Eve
of Day's Schedule for Bor.'
rough's Yearly Carnival
and Fair
PLAN POULTRY DlSPLAl
V1NKLAND, N. J., Alls;. SU-Nol v
tho presence of onMnous clhiijg tea.
downed tho enthusiasm of motorist t
partidpato in mo automobile parade
scheduled as the chief event for the .
ond day in' tne nnnuni carnival and nu'
It was decided by the committee that
only a dfcwnpour of rain could, can..
postponement of th.e pageant until $m
morrow. 'm
Tho borough Is thronged with mui4
v.c.tu.o, ...v..,i .v.. w.iH .uuuer resu
dents who have responded to the call t
"come back to tho vine and niiiM Ti
Though today's ,aln Interfered seta.''
wnui wtui mt: uirvi'iiift vi tuq canvas clef
In Lundls Park, It Is a. foregone conchu
sion that tho carnival wlU Ije a gresi
success. In the park at many exhibit,
of locnl farmers, merchants and manurM
turers, the many products of "Beautihil
Vlncland" being displayed to an excellajrf
advantage. Today the.mldwav nf am,,
ments numbering many .attractions a ui 5
Inrr nrrtffl. nnH will hA In eiill .-!- . '
soon as the weather Is favorable.
Tomorrow will be "poultry day." whi '
iiiu .'iH cumuli vi luoii&im 10W1B wm
open In the park tent. Q'tcn referred U
as the 'Tetaluma of the East," this .
trlct, one of the greatest in America fer
Its production of fowls and eggs, Ku
breeders of national reputation whoM
birds have won In the leading shows sf
the country. Much Interest, therefor.
centres on the poultry show. Lectu'M
and cnponlzlng demonstrations will u'
featurea tomorrow and the show wRi j;
continue mrougnoui ma weeg, -
The Sunday School hosts paraded to,
Landis Park Beveral hundred strong, '
i..v ...u.w ..n. w..o.,Ui outmero;
yesterday. A great union meeting tm
held In the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. Tho Rev. Wilbur P. Crafbj, of
Washington, spoke on "That Boy aaj
Girl of Yours."
Tho banner for the school having the
largest per centage of Its membership la
the parade was awarded to the Wert
Vineland Union Sunday School, all bt
two of Its scholars being In line.
The handsome court, of honor, erccttd .1
for several modes on L,andls avenue,
Vlnoland's SO-foot business thoroughfare;
was Illuminated last evening for the Ant
time, and the white Columns contrajtlrtg
lUi IB unici UvWiftuuiio ITimuciCa t
SUBMARINE F-4 RAISED;
STUDY DISASTER CAUSE
Continued from )'age One
days later, and Diver John Agraz, of tW
navy, descended 215 feet, establishing a
new world's record, In an effort, to faelll
tato the work of bringing her to the sur
face. Her crew, it was said, might have
been alive at this time, but attempts it
rescue failed. i
Admiral C. T. Moore, commanding thi
Honolulu naval station, repotted en
March 20 that the F-i lay In 270 feet of
water and would have to be raised br
pontoons.
Secretary Daniels announced that the
boat will be raised at any cost In order to
determine the cause of the accident, afid
diving apparatus- and divers wfet
out,' leaving' Ban Prancleoo AprMsottit
cruiser Maryland. - . 1
One of the dlvera, Frank Crllly, M
down 228 feot, and found one of the com
partments of- the F-4 filled with watte.
Another, William Loughman, desctnaea ',?
220 feet the next day, and was seriously
injured by water pressure. These row
put lines on the F-4 by which the boat
was dragged slowly up the shelving bot
tom, but in the process the stern
wrecked and broken, and the wdrk "Wsj
halted to await the arrival of pontooni.
Six of these, capable of lifting 60 tons
each, were sent from Mare Island Nav
Yard carlv In August on the Maryland.
At the time of the accident reports '
gained circulation that the F-4 was net
In good shopo when she went below wa
ter. These wero officially denied.
' ACTRESS LOSES $750 VERDICT
"Pauline Hall" Not Entitled to
Amount Awarded Her, Judge Rules
Pauline , L. McLellan, tpe musical
comedy actress, whose name on the bill?
board and behind the footlights is Pftult
lne Hall, lost 7M today.
A verdict In her favor for that amount .
was set aside by Judge Martin, In the
Court of Common Pleas No. 6, on the
grounds that tho agent who Is .alleged
to have booked her for the opening pep
formance at' the Stanley Theatre had To
authority to engage her. The defendant,
the Pioneer Amusement Company, ofterM
no pvldenpn at h trial In Mav. Judg
Martin based his decision on the plain-'ii
tiff's affidavit. The oral agreement D
tween the scents of the plaintiff and e(
the defendant was restricted to ascertain- '
Ing If Miss Hall could appear on tiH;
dates specified and what the remuneratles 1
would be, he ruled.
i
169.04.1 Patrnnn nf Plfv Rath House! i
- i ,i
Attendance at the city bath house la0
i-ck aKtircBHieu iin.tuj. ui tins nvmni
62,518 were boys, 0,6 were girls, ,l,f
wtre men and 13,213 women. -
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ONE-DAY
OUTINGS
From Market Street Wharf
S I ftfi Atlantis Cltv. Tana Mar. HIM
I aVW wood, Ocean City. Hollr Beaefct
Angle, Htone Harbor, WUdvfiM j
Crest, Bra Isle Cltr. Aralun.
Uallr until BeDtember It. Inclulr jJ
T;00 A. M. dally t additional on Bundays, AM
lantle City T;80 A. M.j Wlldwood PrancB
OH8 A. M NpecUl late returning trataaj
j.uar nay, nepieinir u.
1 9K Barnsnt Tier, Bay Head, I'ossi ;
VliSaW Pleasant, Manaseuao
Bundais until Oc tuber si, lac. . THO A. Vi2
Thursday, September S - T'OOA-lM
STi I MB? Htatli Haven
VllCv Itanday, Heptember S, Till A, -j
C I Kfl Asbury Park, Ocean Orotr,
11 salt! Kriniih. Rulmir. fi. (llri
Le
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tfetadars UBtil Octettrr II. IC
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Thurwiay, Hnt ember Z
Prom Hroad eHTwt aKatlsa
I Kft Asburr Park, Ocean Grove,
I iWtl MMBctl. Sduir. 8m Girt
WsJnesdar, Hwtembsr 1 , 1-MiuH.,
rrtOay, Heptember 8 . . 7ii A. V
t AA HaJvlaw, ih Mwmwwttl OH
fffclVW TiM A. U.
tit 7i A. M.
', He. S, IS 1 Oct. f. 11 l
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