WARNS BAD RULE
WOULD CORRUPT
POLICE OF CITY
,
Third "Lest We Forget"
Article States Issue for
Voters to Decide
LEWIS ADDS HIS NAME
Eight Signatures Now Affixed
to Expose Scries Registra
tion Frauds Brought to
Light
The necessity for eternal vigilance nt
Mm polls U emphasized In the third of
the scries of articles. "Lest we forget,
which was Issued today.
"Citizens may Judce for themselves
whether the Improved condition win con
tinue should the contractors' organization
resume control of the police and use
It, not for Investigating and prosecuting
registration crooks, but for blackjacking
Independent citizens, as In former days.
The leadlpg Independents who are Issu
ing the articles gave this as their sum
mary of the third article, which Is a
review of the registration frauds of a few
eara ago .,,.,
William Draper Lewis has added his
ft name to the list of prominent men wno
are signing; ins ar.ic.c-. " '"""
Mm at his summer home at Northeast
Harbor, Me., he heartily Indorsed the
articles, and asked that his name be
signed to the remaining articles. The
list now contains eight names. These In
clude nichard L Austin, Samuel 8. Fels,
Charles P. Jenkins, Theodore J. Lewis,
Francis B. Ileeves. Charles 7.. Tryon,
John C. Winston and AVIUIam Draper
Lewis.
TEXT OF THIRD ARTICLE.
Today's article follows;
"It Is a matter of common knowledge
that In the good old days before the up-
fheaval or 1SQS ana me passage ui mo
resistraUon law of 1904 bands of repeat
ers went from polling place to polling
place on election day in the Interests
of the Organisation. Citizens, however,
have not realized to how dangerous an
extent frauds against the ballot have
been practiced even under the personal
registration law.
"Since Its passage. It Is no longer pos
sible for an unknown man to be brought
Into the polling place on an election day :
vouched for by an Irresponsible 'straw'
man for him to be 'voted,' and then
spirited away before a warrant can be
obtained for his arrest. Since 1906 the
registration law hns enabled citizens to
have comparatively clean elections, if
they will take trio trouble to watch the
work bf the division registrars and, fall
ing to obtain honest results there, to ap
peal to the Registration Commissioners
and the courts.
"Yet 'eternal vigilance" by independent
citizens Is still necessary Fraudulent
registrations have occurred In wholesale
numbers since the passage of tho law on
occasions or In localities where repie
tentatlvea of the contractors' organiza
tion felt that their work was not being
watched by citizens.
ONE NOTORIOUS CASE IN COURT.
"One notorious case that was brought
;we into court in iStfJ will serve as nn illus
tration; The previous year had yeen ono
of complete political apathy following tho
election of the contractors' candidate for
Mayor, and registration frauds flourished.
in the 16th division of the ICth Ward,
bounded by Arch, Rnce, 19th and 21st
streets, citizens noticed, at the Novem
ber, 1908, ejection, a great number of
.'r t -rr mmi hj Btiausc luuKinb vuicib. ouma
i '! of these recited thalr names nnd ail.
dresses to election officers from little
slips of paper carried In the palms of
their hands. Tho Election Board was
unanimously Organization Republican:
challenges -were disregarded, and a total
Vote was polled far beyond the possible
voting population of tho division.
"This stirred decent people of the neigh
borhood to make an Investigation. They
canvassed every house. What they found
far exceeded their worst fears. First
rage newspaper stories published the re
sults as the facts were developed from
day to day before the Board of Registra
tion Commissioners and the Court of
Quarter Sessions
"The registration of the division had
giown that year from a normal 2G0 to
863. On appeal to the Registration Com
missioners, 123 names were stricken from
the list, nnd of these more than 100 were
proved to have been not Innocent re
movals, but fraudulent at the time of
registration.
'A. B., said on the register to hnvo
lived one year In the division, had dltd
three years before.
"C D.. said to have lived there nine
months, had died three years before.
"E. F said to have Jived there two
years, had moved from the division four
years before
"Q, II.. said to have lived there six
months, had moved from the division six
years before.
"X. Y. Z registered twice on the same
day, from the same house, though there
V only one of him there and yet both
of Wor had voted In the November, 1903,
election!
"TW duplication of names was one of
the Mat vicious features of the case.
In 17 cases, the same, or almost precisely
mnn, name naa Been registered
twice. One repeater came In giving the
name of O, L. Bmlth, HI North Lambert
street (the last name is altered so as not
to disclose the identity of the real and
honest citizen whose name was thus
Mused), but when the bogus a. L. Smith
M answered falsely all the questions
given, to hlpi and cams to sign the reg
ieter, he had forgotten his name, was
apparently confused by the name of the
" street, end signed 'd. L. Lambert.'
"Yet the registrars saw nothing strange
In this, and only a little later on the
same day thought nothing of It when the
real O. I. Smith came In and registered
ne lines below on the same page. Nor
was there anything to arouse their sus
picions when two men, at different times,
camo In and registered at street numbers
which had no existence and whirl. nt...!
their homes, somewhere on the green J
...., uMvuiiuing Dl viemenrs Church,
at S6th nod Appletree streets!
"The Registration Commlsloners struck
ore the fraudulent names, dismissed the
lour registrars from office and r.tuhu.h.A
a precedent, at the Iml.l.nt A.m..
the. Independent and Democratic Com-'J
""'"i y swearing out warrants
-tor ttM registrars' arrest and rnrwnrrt.
rjf-wi to ins utstrlet Attorneys
lerr prosecution. Th trial r k.
itrr la the Quarter Session's Court
wv m jiuuwrr us aays, ana OQ vvlt-
irjr culled by the Commonwealth
MM In detail the enormous fr.iM
Jk M fraudulent names, 69 vrere
vsuq on at the Presidential
i f Met, a aprs from the offl-
TK feMowlnir talnilitlnn
it iHWct us the vote In the
Mm ssT esUa --- ' whl,.h h.,r.
fty la fbrur-, tm;
HKPOm TM canvas;.
Organisation. Indeuendent.
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POLICE AID BOY TO SNATCH
DOG FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR
Tears of Young Owner of Teddy Changed to Smiles
When Price of Ransom From Death Is Col-
lected by Big-Hearted Officers
Police Captain George Tempest thrust
a generous hand Into his cont pocket to
day and nodded, reassuringly, at 11-year-old
Frank Costello, of 2SK Waverly street,
who drooped despairing beside him.
"All right, sonny," said Tempest, "I
guess we can pay that dog's ransom and
get him oul."
Captain Brown, Sergeant James Crcc
land, Samuel Roop and John Sneed, clerks
In the Department of Public Safety, and
Fr.ink Rodman, the department's physical
Instructor, had gathered about the weep
ing boy In the department ofllees at City
Hall. They likewise reached for their
change pockets and dropped chinking
coins Into Captain Tempest's extended
palm.
All the while the dog's owner walled,
hysterically: "His name Is Teddy nnd
ho's a big Newfoundland, nnd they're
goln' to 'lectrocute him at 10 o'clock. Oh,
what'll I do?"
RISK COMPANY TO SELL
CONTROLLING INTEREST
Impairment in American As
surance Concern Will Be
Made Up in This Way
A controlling Interest In the American
Assurance Company is to be sold to cover
the Impulrment of J62.O0O discovered by
State Insurance Inspector Roney. The
directors of tho company, meeting in the
oinces at 13th and Spring Garden streets
today, decided on this step.
Announcement of the plan was made by
John C. Bell, attorney for the stock
holders, who said this controlling In
terest will be taken over by a company
Incorporated under the laws of Pennsyl
vania. It is said two companies have of
fered to buy out tho assurance com
pany, The sale Is dependent on the recovery
of 9217 shares of stock deposited as se
curity In Indianapolis by the president,
A. J. Simpson, and not recovered. Ber
tram Rearlck, an attorney. Is now In
Indianapolis trying to regain possession
of theso shares.
Mr. Simpson, vho has not attended any
of the meetings since the Impairment was
discovered, was likewise absent from the
treating today. The directors announced
before entering the conference that his
absence would not deter them from tak
ing any action they saw lit. The decision
to sell at least part Interest In the comt
pany was predicted before tho meeting
It Is hoped by the sale to prevent losses
that would occur by any other method of
settling the affairs. No trouble In com
pleting the transaction Is expected, and
It Is considered certain the approval of
the State Insurance Department will be
obtained.
POSTMEN OFF TO CONVENTION
Retirement of Aged Carriers Among
Questions for Debate
Philadelphia delegates to the annual
convention of the National Association of
Letter Carriers will leave this city today
for Omaha, Neb., where the meeting will
be held.
Mutual benefit or Insurance rates, na
tional sick and accident policies, and the
retirement of aged employes are some of
the Important questions to be discussed.
The Philadelphia delegation Includes
Robert Stocker, Arthur C. Uryan, Joseph
Duckworth, Amoa Kggleton, Edward Hy.
land, Charles Smith, Arthur Rothgarten,
Hugh J Carlln, Frank J. MoManus. Al
bert Ilenman, Paul J. Powers, Mathlas
J. Brady, Norrii Jones, John U. Elsen
Inger Michael J Dormer, George D. Aus
tin, Daniel McPherson, Richard F. Quiiin,
Charles Mnucher, Charles Zimmerman,
George 8. Detson and M. J. Naughton.
Oyst
erettes
The'Oyiter Crckr
Not only in the " R" months,
but every day, every week
nnd every month, Oyster.
tie are seasonable and
enjoyabfe.
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EVENING LEDGBR-r-PHILAlJELrmA. FRIDAY. S jpTEMBBB
IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST
"What happened to him, sonny?"
Tempest nsked
"Oh," said the bov, "he ran Into tho
street without his muzzle nnd the dog
catcher got him. They're goln' to kill
him at 10 o'clock."
Cnptaln Tempest was counting the
change.
"One dollar, one fifty, one seventy-five,
two dollars," he announced, "and a dime
for jour carfare. Now jou'd better hurry
up. If jou want that dog."
The beneflclmy stoppod rubbing his cjes
long enough to clasp the money, thanked
tho pollco mcers, and ran hastily through
the door. Mill weeping.
Captain Tempest reached for a tele
phone nnd talked with the death chamber
of the dos pound, nt 31st and Clearfleld
streets.
"This is the Department of Public
Safety," he Bald. "You've got a New
foundland dog for the death chair nt 10
o'clock this morning. Nothing doing on
the execution. The owner Is on his way
with J2."
PICNICKING FARMERS
Grangers' Two-Day Outing
Opens With Unusual Ex
hibits of Products
QUAKERTOWN. Sept. 3.-The 10th an
nual Richland Grangers' picnic opened in
Lulu Park today. The exhibits of farm
products are more extensive than those
of former jears. In the main building
the handiwork of the thrifty Pennsylvar
nla German housewife is on display. The
exhibit of live stock Is creditable, show
ing that the average farmer Is devoting
more attention to breeding good stock
than did the farmer of a decade ago.
Tho picnic will continue tomorrow.
Farmers from caBtern Pennsylvania,
representing more than n score of
granges, are in attendance. The town Is
gaily decorated, and the park has the
appearance of a fair. Ilooths are lined
up at every available spot.
The attendance this year establishes a
new record and the program Is the most
lumpioie in me nistory of the event.
John A. McKarran, of Furniff, president
of the, State Grange, lu n attendance.
The picnic Is under the auspices of the
Farmers' Picnic Association, of which
Harry S. Johnson, near Quakcrtown, is
president, nnd Jnmea Clark, master of
the Richland Grange, secretary.
CARKANZA FREES WRITER
First Chief, After Controversy With
Washington, Liberates Francis
WASHINGTON, "seTt. 3.-H. w. Fran
els. nn American newspaperman, Impris
oned nt t e,ra Cruz for articles he cabled
home, over whoso case there lms been a
prolonged contioversy between the Btate
Department and Oeneral Carranza. has
been released, the Department was notl-
PmiadelpLf""0'" frmerl' Worked '
t When in Atlantic
invitca to inspect oi
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Advance Exliitit
of the
Models of 1915-1916
in
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Now being
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OF REGULATED FAMILIES
FIVE MURDERERS DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Wholesale Execution Effected
in Quick Time One Hoped
for Reprieve
OSSIN1NG, N. Y., Sept. 3.-Flve mur
derers. In the early dawn of today, were
put to death In the electric chair at Sing
Sing prison The wholesale electrocution
was put through In iiulck time and was
without especial incident.
One of t.ie men. Lewis Roach, of Mont-
convlctcd of the murder oi Jonn
llarrct.'of Palallnc. lived In hope In the
Honth hn. until the last moment. A
mysterious telenhono cnll to fatner
Cashln, chaplain of the prison, caused an
appeal to bo made to Governor Whitman
at midnight to give the doomed man a
reprieve. Tho effort was unavailing.
Resides Roach, the men executed were
Alessandro Sallem, of Monroe County;
William Perry, of New York; Pasquale
Vendette, of Kings County, and Thomas
Ilarpcy, of Kings County.
MIMED FROM THE BALLOT
Commissioners Reject Pleas of Sev
eral Would-be Candidates for
' Magistrate
At a meeting of tho Board of County
Commissioners held today petitions to
plnco on the primary ballot the names of
candidates for Magistrate were rejected
as follows: John Mulhollund, 1907 Man
ton street. Republican and Washington,
because the date of signing and the occu
pations of signers were omitted In some
caseB, nnd Democratic, for the same rea
son and becnuse of Insufficient number of
signatures.
Harry Koehler, 3005 North 2ith street,
Washington nnd Democratic, because of
Insufficient number of signatures.
John J. Bergen, 3S12 North 15th street.
Republican, because of insufficient num
ber of signatures.
Herman Becker. 1312 North 10th street,
Washington, because of Insufficient num
ber of signatures.
Peaches Plentiful in North Penn
LANSDALE, Pa., Sept. 3.-Peaches have
not been bo plentiful In the North Penn
section for years, The finest of tho crop
Is sold at from 25 to 40 cents a basket
and hucksters are peddling them at 20 and
25 cents a basket.
5t AND 10?
TtrADE of finest selected
LVJ' flour baked in tho
National Biscuit Company
way that brings out tho good
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SWISS PAY $200,000 A DAY
FOR ARMY, U. OF P. MAX SAYS
Dr. Gretzner, Here to Study Dentistry,
Tells of Wnr
It costs the Swiss Government $200,000
a day to maintain Its standing army of
S0C.000 men, an! for a long time the nn
tlonal expense wae twice this amount
for an army of 600,000 men, according tn
Dr. Paul Gretener, of Lausanne, Swlt
rerland, who arrived In this city today.
Doctor Gretener Is a practicing dentist
nnd came to Philadelphia, to get a de
giee in the dental school of tho Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
Doctor Gretener expressed surprise nt
the small standing army of the United
States. He said that soon after war was
declared In Europe last year, 600,000 men
were moouizea, oui mai inn naa since
hrcn cut In half. Switzerland, he said.
Is determined to keep out of the war and
to enforce respect for her neutrality.
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The Chalmers Six-40 seven -passenger touring car has the won
derful valve-in-head motor with overhead camshaft which is taking
the public by storm just as the same type of motor swept everything
before it at this year's speedway races.
The Labor Day holiday offers you the opportunity to drive this
car yourself.
t Arrange with us for demonstra
tion on that day and take the ladies
of your family along.
After all, they are the real judges
of style, beauty and comfort in a
motor car and will be interested in
its artistic "coach" finish.aristocratic
fenders and smart wheels.
You're the best judge of its me
chanical features.
Step on the Accelerator
Notice the "trigger quick" re
sponse. Feel the thrill as it leaps away with
the strength of its 20 more power.
You will realize that you have a
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Listen to the Motor
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When you get behind the wheel of
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ROVERETOETCADUTA
ED E' 0RA 0CCUPATA
DA F0RZE ITALIANE
Gli Austrinci Hnnno Fntto Sal-
tare i Forti, Distrutto c 1
Monument! cd Incendiato
le Case degli Italiani
LA MARCIA VERSO TRENTO
ItOMA, 3 Settembre
Abblamo dunquo una grnnde notlzla:
Ilovcreto, la cllta' forllficnta austrlaca
nella vallo deH'Adlge, fra Trcnto ed Ala,
Importante per tuttl I rlspettl, e' caduta
nclle manl tlegll Itnllanl die la occupano.
ora lentamcnle,
l,o opere dl fortlficazlone ill Hovereto,
the sberrnvano la etrnda nll'nvanzntn.
dogll Itallnni crso Tielito, che no ulstn
tippena U mlglla, furono fatto saltnre
nella glornatn dl lerl o sublto dopo RII
.tustrlacl comlticlarono ad cvacuarla,
rlllrnndosl vcro nord, doe' verso la
concn dl Trcnto. Prima dl rltlrarsl, le
truppo nustrlache, obbedendo al loro ben
notl Istlntl vniulnlicl, dlstrusscro tuttl i
monument! storlcl Itallnni ed npplccarono
II fuoco alio resldcnzo del plu noil
Italian!.
La prcsa della forlezza dl npvereto e'
li plu' grnnde vlttorla che nbblano otte
nuto flnora le truppe Italinne nella loro
gucrin contro l'Austrln, ed o un note
volls'lmo pnsso In nvnntl nella mnrcin
vciso Trento.
Scbbene gll austrlacl avesscro costrulto
barrlcnte nella vallata tra Hovereto e
Trcnto, le nulorlta' inllliarl Italinne
rltengono die le forze del genomic C-ilni-im
plmiuernimn In Vista dello fortl-
licazlonl dl Trcnto prima che l'lnverno
fnccia sospendere le opcrnzlonl dl guerra.
Le opore dl Hovereto crano gla' da
pnrccchl glorni sotto II fuoco del cannonl
Italiani dl lunga portata.
IL COMUN1CATO UFFICIALE.
Kcco II tcsto del comunlcato ufflclnle
pubbllcato lerl sera dal Mlnlstero delta
Guerra In base al rapporto, del generate
Cadorna.
"Nella Val Sugana II nemlco ha con
tlnuato a bombardare le case dl Borgo, e
ha comunlcato a bombardare anche quelle
dl Honcogno, che e' a circa duo chllomcrtl
e mezzo ad ovesta dl Borgo, pure sul
Hume Brenta. A Ronccgno II fuoco del
cannonl nemlcl ha provooato Incendtl.
"Nella vnllata del Scxten noi abblamo
bombardato e fatto csplodere un maga
zlno dl munlzlonl del nemlco ad Andcr
teralpe. "Mentro rlspondevanno al fuoco dcll'artl
glierla nemlcn. controbombardando le
batterlo nustrlnche nella vallata dl See
bach, al dl sopra della fortlilcazlonl del
Passo di Predll, una delle nostre granate
colpi' una ello cupole del forte Hermann.
"11 nemlco ha bombardato la stazlone dl
Cormons, senza pero' rlusclro a danneg
fiarla. 'Durante una ricognlztone fatta dal
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rassenger i
9.p. ,.u. Ea ri' t&evm .n
this car you experience a sensation of
having surplus power.
You will gain a genuine affection
for both the sound and feel of this
motor.
There is nothing like it in any
other American stock car.
Ask the Ladies About '
Comfort
We believe that this is the easiest
ndmg motor car ever built but we
are willing to abide by the decision
of the ladies after they sit in it, or
better still, ride in it.
We already have many demon
strations booked ahead. See us to
day or telephone for a demonstration
appointment.
Then you will understand why the
Chalmers Company shipped more
cars ui July and August than in any
two previous months in its history.
The only compinioni ever mule
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noslrl nella sona dl Pal Grand, nol ab
blamo conslalato che nemlco aveva
lascUto 103 cadaver! nella sue trlneee In
quellft locallta".
"Sul fronte det t'arso II nemlco ha
evneuato parecchle trlncee, bbandonan.
dov! nrml e munlzlonl."
(La poslzlone ill Itovercto, e conscun
temente anche quclla dl niva o dl m.i
tutto locallta fortincnte nella zona com
prcsa tra tn tcatata del Lago dl Garda
la valle dcll'Adlge, crn da qualche ttmtm
dlvcnutn prccarla. Mentro una cotonnn
Itallann avnnzava lungo la Val Sugana .
supcinndo la reslstenza del nemlco trln
cerato In eccellentl poslzlonl dl dlfess
glungcva slno alio tnontngne n nord ill
Borgo, mettendo le fortlflcaxlonl dl Pans!
rottn sotto II fuoco dello sue balterl
un'nltrn colonna nvnnzava dalla vn
Gludlcarla per dlfflclll mUlattlere e L.
i " ".., iinvtianuo dl
prendcro n rovcsclo le opera fortlncate dl
niva. Nel tempo medcslmo le batterls
Italinne montate Bulla clma deU'Altissinift'
battono la strada clio da Mori porta a'
Torbolo e niva ed una buona parte dell1
vallata dell'Adlge clio del resto era occu I
patn daglt Itnllanl. Sugll nltlptanl dl p0.
garla e dl Lavarono le batterle itallase
rlduccvnno lentamento ma alcuramente W
fortlflcnzlonl nustrlache In quelle reglonij
nnrendo n noco n poco una nuova via .uH
attaccaro le opere dl Bovcreto dall'tiul
In tall condlzlonl In gunrnlgtone dl n5l
vcreto el vedova nlla Vlgllla dl ttnti
tncllata dello suo comunlcazlonl rn1
Trento, a nd essa non restava cho evacua
nrn In forezz6 o rltlrnrsl su Trentn. n.
dobblnmo nttendcro anche l'evncuazlonJ
dl Mori o dl Rlva, gtacche' quests dm'
cltta' dopo la caduta dl novereto no
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