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yl-NO. 300
PHIIiADELl'IHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1015.
CormonT, IBIS, at ma Fcbmo Ledoh Commni.
PRICE ONE CEXT
FINAL
PHILS LOSE, 7 -
W. M. JOHNSTON
BATTLE RAGES
AS SLAVS TURN
UPON INVADERS
Great Conflict on 45 Miles
Southeast of Grodno,
Berlin Admits
TEUTONSGAIN ON PRIPET
Jttwjans Fighting on Favorable
Ground, Petrograd Says
Semiofficially
. BEItLIN, Sept. 7.
... ....line armv has annnrently
k5roveHken by the pursuing Ger
Uind the former have turned and
' Sed battle upon the Invaders.
thV General Staff reported today that
.mat conflict Is rasing at Wolkowyak.
roUea toutheast of Grodno.
The dghtlne i Bolnit on In the city of
Wottotfjtsk; an Important railway Junc
HmL slid extends td a point 23 miles
mthwett of Slonlm. It Is through this
ittloi i that tho centre of the Russian
army W to retreat after Its abandon
Kent of the Grodno-Brest Lltovsk front.
Still farther to tho southeast, where
the German troops are advancing along
the edge of the Prlpet marshes, they
have driven the Russians out of their
leeitlons.
No Important progress In the fighting
to Rita was reported In this afternoon's
official etatement. The War Offlco men
tioned only the advance of German cav
alry JiBpn the village of Daudeewad.
aoutheast of Frledrlchstadt, where the
German) are held to the south bank of
the Dvtna. by Russian artillery.
,Eat and southeast of Grodno Hlnden
burg has re-formed his front On a line ex
tending weat of Skldel (20 miles southeast
of Grodno) to woikowvsk t mnes oouin
Met of Grodno), Said the official state"
feMftl: "In this region we have crossed
'tte Kotra and Pyra Rivers, fighting
tercely all the way.
General von Gallwltz, by night sur-
Vtwto1ank of the Kos niver. The army
jWff wiw ijjcgvuiu vi i)4vaiia its pnjfeiceo-
jWtnitSI. Ol UHUWyBK,
mWTOMEN-
M60LF MATCHES IN
MQNAL TOURNAMENT
Mrs. Vanderbeck Defeats Miss
Chahdler; Mrs. Barlow Eli-
it minates miss Hollins:
V. M..O r,.. 'iir:
j 1U40. 1'UA VV1I1B
MRS HURD A WINNER
UKp FOREST, III., Sept. 7.-One hard
m one easy match marked the passage
M the Philadelphia favorites Into tho sec
d championship round of the Women's
Muona! Golf Tournament on the links
JInwenUla Club today.
W Cricket Club, defeated Miss Eleanor
-...v, , iiunungaon valley, 7 up and
M 'play, but Mrs. Ronald H. V. Barlow,
Merlon,, had to go to the home green
.rati- to dispose of Miss Marlon Hol
iWest Brook.
K 1H also worthy pf mention that Mrs.
en h ' the Huntl"gdon Valley
4i. r r iua"nea yesterday
C Pwv-off. won her match without
SeDnf.f beat Mrs- Ma80n
WW, of Midlothian, 4 up and 3 to
W90d rfrH-li A .
I'Lm v.j v "-"" approaches
&ThirttJJChand,er' wh0 "eemedo
?KX,ria." 'Jl 8aw tne Eastern, cham-
Ka hi. ,u"ner ana further away.
i; ;;;.,"'!, "oi .?,aei. "ut had the
SSrh!Ieh,t "he could have been
keb!..?ar,Pj5r pUyed teadlly most of
ZJi- B011 " bd holes. Faulty
Mw was Ml,, Holllns chief fault.
aumniary.foUowi,;
. w, A. Gavin, Bhlrley Park,. Eng.
Coathintd .n !,. Two. Column Sli
l.Vil'mun. ,.i " '
rMUuujVJUUKKUS STItIKE
USe1ien EmP'yed on South
street Paving Job Demand In-
vtv" u wages
ifiatTLfi. Pi by the McNIchol
l.MrTtrkt Th ,ru.clion' Company went
12 Sid ; Ah "nd 8outh teti today
I ii?fc?:..Por hn n hour. New men
avlw. r"1. Paying blocks on Sohik .Vr..
Z.";rt to th ,hi,im i "'
"! Py th. m.n i ..'" '.i """
.. w ?.& "Wdlnj, to one of the
' ,ui! ' "ltaln that the com-
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A5!K?JS5 ?An1B.' ("re-
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i r- fier tnettlion (I
WEATHER
FOMKCASr
"fra'i' " -'1w '
LARRY
'4Art.3
Tho photograph shows Larry Lajoio being tagged out at tho plato in tho first game of today's double
header. Williams is the Washintrton rntrhpr. nnH TTmnirn TJnllin to Vtnliinrl tV.n nlnl
BROOKLYN MAKES
CLEAN SWEEP OF
SERIES WITH PHILS
McQuillan Easy for Dodgers,
While Douglas Is Effective
Throughout Locals Get
Three-Hits
TINCUP FINISHES GAME
EUBETTS FIELD, Brooklyn. N. T.,
Sept.' 7. tieorge McQuillan was Manager
Moran's choice, today In-an alt Import
ant game. Big Phil Douglas, righthanded
spltballer, carried Brooklyn's hopes.
Douglas has the shut-out habit, but he Is
even more erratic' than the average splt
baller and a few bunched hits take the
starch out of him.
The" practice of the Phils was sharp.
They appeared to have rid their systems
of tho bush stuff that afflicted them In
the afternoon, earn yesterday.
efewrocrlois't'Hrcatft-'rVSrrqrf
about SOOO fans were on hand to testify
to the fact that Brooklyn Is baseball
crazy.
FJBST INNING.
Stock fanned. Bancroft died, Getz to
,Daubert. Paskcrt lifted to Stengel. No
rims, no hits, no errors.
O'Mara beat out a bunt to Stock. Nle
hoff threw out Daubert. Stengel out the
Mime way, O'Mara taking" third. Nlehoff
also threw out Cutshaw. No rune, one
hit.'rfo errors. . -.
SECOND INNING.
Cravath was called out on strikes.
Luderus walked. Luderus out stealing,
Miller to O'Mara. Whltted walked., Whlt
ted stole second. Nlehoff fanned.. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
Burns now catching for the Phillies.
Myers filed to Paskert. Getz singled to
left. Smyth drove to Nlehoff, who tagged
Getz. Smyth died stealing, Burns to
NlehoffJ No runs; one hit, no errors.
THIItD INNING.
Burns fanned. McQuillan also fanned.
Cutshaw threw out Stock. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
Stock made a circus catch of Miller's
low line drive. Nlehoff threw out Doug
las. O'Mara filed to Cravath. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
FOUB.TH INNING.
Bancroft filed to Smyth. Paskert
popped to Cutshaw. Cravath was acaln
called out on strikes. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Bnncroft threw out Daubert. Stengel
tripled to right centre. Stengel scored
on Cutshaw's sacrifice fly to Paskcrt.
Myers bunted and was out, McQuillan to
Luderus. One run, one hit, no errors.
FIFTH INNING.
Luderus out. O'Mara to Daubert. Whlt
ted fanned. Nlehoff filed to Smyth. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
Nlehoff tossed out Getz. Smyth walked.
Miller singled to right. Smyth going to
third. Douglas drovo hard at Bancroft,
and Smyth beat the throw ,to the plate,
Miller taking second. O'Mara filed to
Cravath. Nlehoff made an excusable fum
ble of paubert'a vicious grounder, Miller
Scoring and Douglas taking second. Nle
hoff itbrew out Stengel. Two runs, one
hit, one error,
SIXTH INNING.
Burn PPPPd ' to Cutshaw. Douglas
threw out McQuillan. Stock .walked. Jlan-
Conttaued on race Two, Column Six
NEGRO LAWYER RAPS
FILM; TWO MEN HELD
"Birth of a Nation" Depicts
Race as "Brutal," Attorney
Shouts in Court
Two of the three, negroes arrested for
disorderly conduct at Uie Forrest Theatre
when the motion picture film, "The Birth
of a Nation." was shown, today were
held In a00 ball each to keep the peace
by Magistrate Pennock In Central Sta
tion. The other man was discharged.
O. Kaward Dlck,ron, a- negro lawyer,
enlivened the proceedings with a display
of verbal fireworks, that was something
new to the ordinarily humdrum Central
Utatton. The room was packed whilt
'Dlckerson talked. ,
This play Is nothing more than an Infa
mous, villainous und diabolical attempt to
depict the negro as a brute,' said Dlck
erson. "Men ho Ray It Is history know
nothing qf the yetM of reconstruction.
This Play la designed only to deprive the
nrd -of a good name arid to reduc him
to the coedlUpB in which he was before
the immortal -Lincoln loosened the shack
les that hed him fast."
The pflsonert were Lasarus Lewis,
v
CillsiiM ) Tmrsj CUaia Vtajr
1; A'S SPLIT, 6-5,
SLIDES, BUT HE'S TOO LATE
fTTs, 3
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PETERSON'S WIFE
DENIES HIS GUILT
IN CORD MURDER
Material Witness' Mate,
Near Collapse, Says He
Didn't Slay Partner
COULDN'T GAIN BY DEATH
Mrs. Olaf Peterson, wife of the man
being held In the Camden County Court
house as a material witness In the murder
of Samuel S. Cord, was discovered at the
home of friends in this city today. She
has been In Philadelphia since last Thurs
day, the dny after her husband was ar
rested by Prosecutor William J, Kraft. N
"My husband is absolutely Innocent of
any knowledge of this crime," said Mrs.
Peterson today. "He had nothing to gain
and everything to lose through tho death
of his partner. He and Mr. Cord were
working together on a great Florida land
.tfe-Ardpmcnl pKir (ffar'Olaf'-ejcpected 'to
make us wealthy."
Since the attest of Peterson his wife
has fainted 'three times. Her condition
has been so serious as the.result of shock
and worry that she has not gone fnr from
the home of a girlhood friend with whom
she Is staying, near Shlbe Park, and she
does not expect to visit her husband in
(he Camden County Jall(.
"I .avoided going to Camden," said Mrs.
Peterson, "because I wanted to avoid tho
publicity. Also, I do not think 1 could
bear the sight of Olaf In. a cell. Then
there Is Elsie. She must not know her
father Is under arrest."
Elsie is tho H-ycar-old daughter of Mr.
and, Mrs. PeUrson. The child believes
her father is away on a business trip.
From every newspaper that goes into
the house where they are staying the
murder story is clipped, so that sho will
not known her father Is In prison.
Mrs. Peterson was at Clayton, N. J.,
recuperating after a nervous breakdown,
the night Cord was murdered. When her
husband was arrested she went to her
friend's home In this city. She said to
day that sho has talked to her husband
over tho telephone several times.
Peterson never owned an automobile,
according to his wife, and could not oper
ate one. He never had a revolver, to her
Continued on Tags Two, Column Fire
Man Attempts Suicide by Poison
A man who the police say attempted
suicide thles afternoon by swallowing poi
son Is In a critical condition at the Ttoose.
velt Hospital. He Ib Harris Senator, 63
years old, of 726 North Front street. The
motive for the deed is said to have been
dtepondency caused by the falling off of
the man's business, which Is in buying
and Belling old clothes.
Tore Down Flag; Under Observation
John Colban, of 232 Carlisle court, who
was. .arrested on the City Hall Plaza on
Sunday night after pulljng a State flag
from! one of the windows of the City Hall,
was sent to the Philadelphia Hospital by
Magistrate Pennock today, for observa.
tlon.
August Circulation
Aucust . 1 Sunday
A.irriuf 9. 09f9fi
August 3 t 91,34b
August. 4. ., 03,926
August 6., i'... 94,130
August 6 .'. 93,190
August 7 02,093
August ' 8V. . . . . . ..' Sunday
August 9.. ,. ..;';"..'...,.... , 93,659
August 10...;,.,......,..,.. 93,692
August 11 ; '... 93,010
August 12 , 00,635
August 13. 95,220
August 14..... ,.... 93,638
August 16 Sunday
Daily Awraf for January . . .
Dally Average for February .
Daily Average for March . t '
Daily Average for April
Daily Average for May
Daily Average for June .
Daily Average for July .
Daily Average
The foregoing figures represent the actwl net -paid circula
tion of this newspaper, eliminating all returned and free copies.
TENNIS KING
.,
if. MVMfcAMiktWAaWbu Vrtte. .
JOHNSTON BEATS
M'LOUGHLIN AND
WINS TENNIS CROWN
Youthful Californian Takes
Measure of "Comet" in Four
Sets by Scores of 1-6,
6-0, 7-5, 10-8
THRILLING MATCH
NEW TENNIS CHAMPION1
FOREST HILLS, N. T., Sept. 7.-WHI-lam
M. Johnston, of California, is the
new tennis champion of tho United
States, by virtue of his unexpected vic
tory this afternoon over tho wonderful
Maurice E. McLoughlin, also of Cali
fornia. Th9 scores were 1-6, "6:0, 7-5, 10-8.
No more wonderful display of game
ness and tennis skill ever was shown in
a tennis tournament than that of Johns
ton's this afternoon. His volleying and
driving during tho last three sets was
terrific, and after the first set he placed
McLoughlin almost altogether on the de
fensive. Long before the hour set for the start
of the match' the grandstands were filled
and live minutes afterward their capac
ity of 7000 was taxed to the utmost.
Several Bids attractions helped the
crowd to while away tho long wait be
tween the opening of the gates and the
starting of tho match.
Tom Bundy, recently arrived from San
Francisco to dofend, with McLoughlin,
the national doubles title against John
ston and C. J. Griffin, practised with
Ward Dawson on one of the side courts,
and a gallery of perhaps 600 applauded
their efforts.
"Mack" called the turn of the racquet
and elected to serve. He served the first
well out of court and Johnston netted the
second. He captured the opener by means
of his fast breaking service, which car
ried Johnston out of court. The second
game went to McLoughlin just as easily,
and in the third Johnston got his first
point on" a finely placed volley.
Johnston, was visibly' nervous and
Continued on Fare Two, Column Sir
of Evening Ledger
August 10 , 94.858
August 17 108,032
August 18 04,672
August 10 06,481
August 20. . , . . . ., 07,698
August 21........ 95,976
August 22 Sunday
August 23. ... , , ... .101,015
August 24 ' 98,311
August 25 97,890
August 26.'..,. , 96,718
August 27 V 96,284
August 28 '. .'......., 97,036
August 20 Sunday
August 30 90.940
August ii ...:.
.... JO, 111
68,728
64,045
. 70,947
82,104
88,614
92,857
CiyOO
for Aug. 95,618
BBaaKHaHiBUfflM'jiaLiaLfl
saHaBLw -M?l4.&y, -J 9
4-7;
SMITH RESIGNS
STATE JOB; LOOKS
OUT FOR HIS PAY
"Harmony" Candidate for
Mayor Works Enough
to Claim Salary
APPOINTMENT ILLEGAL
Thomas B. Smith, Republican Organ
ization candidate for Mayor, slated by
Penrose, McNIchol and the Vnres and
Klvcn a certificate of character by Gover
nor Brumbaugh by means of a spectacu
lar appointment ns a member of the Pub
lic Service Commission, gave 'notice to
that body today that ho had resigned.
The candidate appeared before the com
mission In HnrrUburg before noon and
declared that ho had sent his resigna
tion to Governor Brumbaugh'and Chair
man Ainey on September 2,
Prior to making tho announcement.
Smith settled some matters which had
'been assigned him, thus insuring him
self at least ono month's salary. The
salary is at tho rate of $10,000 a year. Ho
was sworn In as a commissioner on Au
gust 12.
This gives Smith JS33.33 of tho pcoplo's
money for virtually no service In return.
Had the candidate not resigned today
he would have violated a provision of
a State law, which states that no public
service commissioner may bo a candidate
for a Stato or municipal office. Thcro Is,
hOwover, a probability that a move will
bo made to prevent tho Auditor General
from paying the candidate a month's
salary on tho ground that he was Ille
gally appointed by Governor Brumbaugh.
Section 12 of the Act of July 26, 1913,
creating tho commission, reads:
"Xo pernon nhnll lie appointed n mem
ber of the commission, or hold nny
plncc, position or onlce under It, irho
occuptea nnr omclnl relation to nny
public aervlce company doing liuslnr
In the CommonTrenHh, or who holdn
nny other nppolntlve or elective onlce
of the Commonwealth or any munici
pality thereof. No commlnaloner nlinll
during- hi term be a candidate for nny
inch oltlcc."
Tennlty for breaking; any provision
of the act Is removal by the Governor.
In the peusal ot the act a further
stipulation' was 'f ounft' .-wHlchl Invalidate
Continued on Pace Tiro, Column Seven
WASHINGTON WINS
THE SECOND GAME r
FROM ATHLETICS'
Fillingim Retires Early, in
Favor of Bruno Haas Rice
Pitches Well for the-
Nationals
A'S WIN FIRST, 6 TO 5
WASinNGTON.
AB. R. H. O..A. E.
Moeller, rf 5-2 0 10 0
Foster, 2b 3 12 5 3 0
Milan, cf 3 0 110 0
Shanks, 3b 2 0 0 110
Morgan, 3b 2 110 10
Gandll, lb 2 2 14 2 0
Mayer. If, lb 3 116 0 0
Williams, c 3 0 2 6 2 0
SIcBrlde, ss 4 0 0 2 2 0
Rice, p 4 0 2 0 4 1
Acosta, l.f 10 0 10 0
oTtals A 32 7 10 27 15 1
ATHLETICS.
AB. B, IL O. A. B.
Davles, rf - 3 1110 0
Walsh, If 3
Strunk, cf 3
0 0
0 1
1 2
0 10
2 2
Laiole, as 4
Mclnnls, lb M 3
Oldrlng, 3b ... 4
Malone, 2b 3
Lapp, c 3
Fillingim, p 2
uIaas, p ... 1
Totals 29 4 E 27 16 2
Three-baso hit Williams. Two-base
hit Lnjole. Sacrifice hits Malone. Will
lams, Milan. Stolen bases Moeller.
Struck out By Filllngtn, 3; Rice, 4; Haas,
2. Base on balls Off Rice, 4; Filllngtn, E.
Double plays Lapps to Oldrlng; Shanks
to Foster to Gandll; Malone to Lapp;
Malone to Molnnls to Lajole; McBride to
Foster to MayeV.
SJIIBB PAIIK, Sept. 7. ' Washington
won art easy victory over the Athletics
by, a score of 7 to 4, and earned an even
break In the aouble-header today,
Fillingim pitched fine ball for five In
nings, but careless fielding and his own
wlldnesa enabled the Senators to clinch,
the victory In one Inning. '
FIRST INNING.
Moeller went out, Oldrlng to Mclnnls.
Foster- fanned, Milan singled to centre.,
Continued on rie Two. Column Two
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&lght, Slat and Wharton to 83d and Cumber,
.nd. diamond tie claap: Initial "it. A. J."
Kaward, IBM Federal at p
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BROOKLYN. DODGERS
PHILLIES r h o n e
Klook,t3b 0-0111
Bancroft, m 0 "0 0 3 0
r.ikortjo 114 0 0
Cravath, if 0V3.O 0
. Luderus, lb 0 . 011 0 0
Wliitted, If 0 01 0 0
MlohofVsb 0 0 2 G 2
Xillcfcr, c o'OfO 0.0
Butria, c 0 1 2' .1 0
McQuillan, 11 ' 0 0 0 2 0
-'l,p 0 0 0 10
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' 1 ' 3 31 14 3
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
VASirGTN, 1st bo 00022 1 00-5.0
ATHLETICS 401-0 0001 x- 6 6 3
Gallia and Williams; Anckcr and McAvoy.
WASH'GT'N, 2dg0000 1500
ATHLETICS 1 1 000200
Itlce and Williams; fillingim nnd Lapp.
PHILLIES OOOOOOOO
' BROOKLYN 0 0 0 12 2 2 0
McQuillan and Killefor; Douglas and Miller.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NEW YORK 10500200 0-8122
BOSTON 00002010 0-3 34
Mogrldge and Kruger; Shore and Cady.
ST. LOOTS
CLEVELAND
OOO OIO
i 100 OOO
;0 O 1 O
. O 0 1 3
DETROIT
CHICAGO.
fcoSTbff "Y o-lTl61'l, 71 2" 1
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NEW, YORE 00001010 0-2114
CBHA1? 14000010 0-6 91
PITTSBURGH 1 O O ,0 O O 2.0 O- .3 12 1
Toney and Wingo; Kantlehner and Gibson.
CHICAGO
ST. LOOTS
OOO o
o o O 1
BROOKLYN
NEWARK
BALTIMORE
BUFFALO
Postponed
CHICAGO, 1st g Ov O O O O O 0 O O O 0 0
ST. lootsv 0 O O 2 O O 0 1 x- 3 3 1
Brennan nnd Wilson; Davenport and Hartley.
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CHICAGO, 2d-g
ST. LOUIS
O O 0
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PITTSB'GH, 1st e 0 020 1 0.0 O
KANSAS CITY 001 00001
Knotzer and Berry; Cullop and Easterly.
PITTSB'GH, 2djg O
KANSAS' CITY .
PASSENGERS ON ITALIAN- SHIPVHELD AT QUARANTINE
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NEW YORK; Sept.. 7. Ep.rty-sevenstrage passfncT rrjrtTFrt
Vay iVUie Italian Uur AaiKH-ieo totm Ge-no wer '.-
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c c.fa VJ. Tk Immlfrwjtfi were stutx -;' ?.
ACCUSED 0 DEFRAUDING GQYERIOJ,;
NEW YORK,. Sept. 7", James J. jCassldy, $'iv "
(the) Postal Transfer -Serylco Company, with the contrirr '
porting oil mails In Nw York below ,42d ttret, wa8.B.rrfn
3 afternoon oof ore U, S. CommUsJoner' Houghton, charged ytttii
I&tyK ? jSostoffico clerk In a conspiracy by which ,tkW. Cvmmsajf' le
It (Mlc? a have been defrauded out of $20,000, J u k14 U.
u fegO(0OO kail for hearing September 18.
DF.FFAT HILT.TFS
BROOKLYN r h o ' a c
CMnrn, sa 12 14 0
Daubert, lb 10 7 0 0
Stengel, rf 112 0 0
Cutshaw, ib 0 ,1 C 2 0
Myers, of 10 0 0 0
Getz,'3b 12 0 10
Srrfyth, If 1 0 3 0 0
Miller, c 12 8 10
Dotiglni, m 0 0 0 1 0
XBtfllS
Jo... -
1- 7 10 1
O- 4 5 2
1-1 3 3
x- 7 8 0
0 0 0 0 3-4
O O O O O- 1
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NATIONAL LEAGUE , . s C .
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FEDERAL LEAGUE
02 1 00003 0-6 100
OOOOOOOO 0-0 33
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