Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, September 10, 1915, Final, Page 2, Image 2

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WINERS DEMAND
BIG WAGE BOOST
AND 8-HOUR DAY
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Full Recognition of Unions
, and Two-year Contract
Al$o Asked
BETTER GRIEVANCE PLAN
wn.xEs-BAimB, r.. spt. to -Ten
4emaii4 were recommended by the scale
cwmmlttee and adopted today by the trl-
4ltrict convention of the United Mine
Worker or America.
The five mnlri proposals In brief are:
That the next contract shall be for a
perio of 'two ears'.
isffcaae of io per" cent, on all wage
Tires.
An eight-hour day.
Full and .complete recognition of the
-Miners' organisation.
A tnoro expedient system of adjusting
grievances to supplant the Conciliation
t jaonro.
t The committee's recommendations, in
fI. are a follows:
e. the undersigned Scale Committee,
which Was regularly selected by this con
vention, herewith submit the following
report
First. We demand that the next con
tract be for a period of two years, com
mencing Anrlt 1. 1315. and ending March
It, 1518, and that the making of Individual
a-trvementa and contracts In the mining
ot coat shall be prohibited,
Second. We demand an Increase of 3)
per cent, on all wage rates now being
paid i'rt the Hnthraclte coal fields.
Third, Wo demand an eight-hour work
day for all day tabor employed In and
around the mines, the present rates to bo
the basis upon which the advance above
demanded shall apply, with time and half
for ortlm6 and doublo time for Sun
days and holidays.
fourth. We demand full and complete
recognition of the United MlneWorkers of
America, Districts Nos. 1, 7 nnd 9,
anthracite.
Fifth. We demand a more simplified,
speedy and satisfactory method of ad
justing grievances.
Sixth. We demand that no contract
miners shall be permitted to have more
than one working place.
Seventh. We demand that the selling
price of mining supplies to miners be
fired on a more equitable and uniform
basis,
eighth. Wo- demand that wherever
practicable all coal shall be weighed and
paid for on a mine-run basis by the ton
f 2240 pounds.
Ninth, We demand a readjustment of
the machine mining scale to the extent
that equitable rat s and conditions shall
obtain as a basis for this system.
Tenth. We demand that tho arrange
mtmts of detailed wage scales and the
settlement of Internal questions, both as
regards prices and conditions, be referred
to the representatives of the operators
and miners of each district, to be ad
: judlcated on an equitable basis.
The miners adopted a resolution com
mending Dr, Scot' earing, who wan
dismissed from tin raculty of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. He Is lauded
as "an advocate of human rights. In
cluding the rights of labor,"
The resolution calls upon Governor
Brumbaugh to exercise his rower over
f. appropriations In such a manner that no
warmer state money shall go to the
university ot Pennsylvania until It Is
semiy representative ot the people of
enate.
VhAVATH HITS HOMER
WITH THREE MEN ON
Continued from rase One
Stocky Mnyers v,au purposely passed.
fittlntr tti ham. Timuti t!nar14 ...
r - "- .--. ..,.. .ltf..u iw wen-
r- ter, scoring Merkle and Fletcher, Burns
mw 10 i-awcri, two runs, two hits,
no error.
Tesreau threw out Whltted. Nlehoff
filed to Robertson, Burns lined to Becker.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
THIRD INNING,
Robertson walked. Doyle filed to
Whltted. Merklo went out to Luderus,
unassisted, Robertson taking second.
Stock threw out Fletcher. No runs, no
hits, no errors,
Doyle threw out McQuillan. Stock went
. out, Fletcher to Merkle. Bancroft fanned,
and, when Meyers dropped the third
strike, he was retired at first. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
FOURTH INNINfJ.
Becker fouled to Bums Nlehoff threw
"t,ou$ Bralnerd. Meyera lined to Whltted.
so runs, no nits, no errors.
.Bralnerd threw out Paskert. Cravath
iMked. Luderus went out to Merkle.
Liuelsted, Cravath Eolns to second.
I .titled went out to Merkle. unassisted.
m runs, no hits, no errors.
FIFTH INNING,
Uweau's hit bounded Into the bleach-
far m tinm rltn 'nTfullta. t.H.... no.
l.rnt. Robertson singled to left. Doyle
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1)4 to I'askert. Robertson died steal.
t, feurns to Nlehoff. One run. two hits.
j errors.
, .Fletcher threw out Nlehoff. Burns
jptl to Bralnerd, McQuillan fouled to
Beyers. No runs, no hits, no errors.
SIXTH INNING.
Merkle fouled to Burns. Fletcher hit
the right-field fence, but was out ttylng
to stretch the hit for a double, on Crav
tn's fine throw to Bancroft. Becker hit
Mw right-field fence for two bases. Nle
fcaff threw out Bralnerd. No runs, two
sits, no errors.
toclc filed to Burns, Merkle fumbled
Bancroft' grounder. Taskert filed to
Becker, Cravath was called out on
"?. no runs, no hits, one error,
SEVENTH INNING.
Meyers filed to Whltted, Tesreau filed
to Cravath. Burns went out, Bancroft to
Luderus. No runs, no hits, no errors,
Luaerue doubed to left. Whltted
oouokd against the right fleld fence, scor-,
Ing Lwserus. Nlehoff sacrificed. Tesreau
to Mefkle, Tesreau threw out Burns, but
Whltt4 scowl. McQuillan lined to Rob-
m.11. u mii, v iiil, nu errors.
ISfQHTH INNINO,
Raberston, lined to Whltted. Doyle dou
U4 aUvt the right field fence. Stock
vrrt Merkle, Doyle going to third.
wuri wrcw ouv r leicner, no runs,
e hit,- no errors.
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MtH. PaafcaK walked. lllng the bases.
- im wtt ins tcnire neia wail lor
run. acorUwtock, Bancroft and
tSM arrn iImv. 4t.
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Bsimron .thraw ,'t Bookor. McQw.
an tfervw out Bralnerd. Meyors Ii4 ta
, Wtteil jfq runs, no hits, no arraM.
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REBURIAL OF SOLDIERS'
BONES JOINS THE PAST
WITH ERA OF PROGRESS
Just as Mayor Starts Transit
Project Tomorrow the Re
mains of Seven Colonials
Will Be Reintorred
FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS
nn nt ilm Kimnirciit burials ever held
In Tki1ntnhln tviav h witnessed tO- !
morrow afternoon, at the northeast cor
ner of Washington Square, th and Wal
nut streets. A plain, pine coffin, contain-
Ing the bones of seven Colonial soldiers,
which were removed from their resting
place of more than a century In the J
course of the sewer excavations there,
will be lowered Into the ground for the
second time.
It has been decided to hold the burial
at S:30 o'clbck In the afternoon, for nt
that hour Mayor Blankenburg will push
a silver spade Into the ground at City
Hall to Inaugurate a new era of progress
for Philadelphia. The old and the new
In history will thus bo united by poctlo
symbolism. Traditions of a past, long
dead and dreams of greater future, soon
to be, will bo brought together on
grounds of present reality.
On the City Hall Plain the Municipal
Band will play to stir lnrplrlng visions of
the future greatness of Philadelphia, But
In Washington Square there will be no
music, not even n martial dirge. No
ceremony ot any kind will mark the
burial there. And' this will be ns It was
when tho men nero burled first, 13? or
11 years ago, for, according to historians,
they were American prisoners of war,
ho died In tho British prison, then lo
cated at the southeast corner of th and
Walnut streets.
It Is difficult to associate anr poetic
sentiment with tho building of a fewer.
Yet a visit to 6th and Walnut streets
and a vision of the veneration nnd respect
paid to theso mute remains of our ances
tral Revolutionary heroes, by even tho
day laborers there, will bring conviction
that patriotism Is a real and a vital thing.
It Is llktly that this will be the lost
time thnt thetie remains will cer be seen
again. The lapse of more than a century
baa left but few of tho bones Intact, nnd
when progress demands that the ground
again be turned at this spot. It Is prob
able tho last of the bones will have turned
to dust.
The spot whero the bones were uncov
ered Is near the tablet erected In 1900 oy
the Daughters of the Revolution as 'n
titbute to the Revolutionary soldiers
burled there. Tho tablet bears the fol
lowing Inscription; "In memory of tho
many American soldiers who, during the
war for Independence, died prisoners of
war In the Jails of Philadelphia and were
burled during tho ears 1777 and JJ7S."
The men who took charge of tho bones
when they were uncovered nre George
Jeffrey, the forman for Peoples Brothers,
who are building the new sewer there,
and M. F. Morgan, one of the engineers.
RED SOX POUND
OUT EARLY LEAD
Conttnaed from 1'aae One
Oldrlng threw out Bcott . Hooper sin
gled to right, scoring Henrlksen. Speaker
walked. Gardner singled through Ma
lone, scoring Hooper. When Htrunk boot
ed the ball, Hpcaker . made third and
Gardner second. Houlluell sent a sacri
fice fly to las,. scoring Speaker. Barry
walked. Thomas poped to I.ajole, Thrco
runs, three hits, one error,
SECOND INNING.
Speaker made a nice running catch of
Lajole's terrific clout. Barry tossed Mc
Innls out. Oldrlng filed to Speaker. No
runs, no Iilt, no errors.
Ruth struck out, McAvoy to Mclnnla.
Henrlksen walked, Scott was called out
on strikes. Henrlksen out stealing, Mc
Avoy to Malone. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
THIRD INNING.
Malone walked. McAvoy was tossed
out by Barry, Malone taking second.
Wyckoff filed out to Speaker. Malone
took third after the catch. Haas was
thrown out by Ruth. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
Hooper walked. Speaker grounded to
Lajole, who tossed to Malone for a
force out on Hooper, but the ball got
away from Malone and Hooper In trying
to reach third was out, Mclnnls to Old
ring, Speaker reaching second. Gardner
was tossed out by Lajole, Speaker taking
third. Hobby singled to center, scoring
Speaker, Barry fanned. One run, one
hit, one error,
FOURTH INNING.
Walsh filed to Speaker. Strunk fanned
Lajolo filed to Speaker. No runs, no hit!,
no errors,
Thomas popped to Lajole. Ruth struck
cut, Lajolo threw out Henrlksen. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
FIFTH INNING,
Mclnnls singled to left. Oldrlng tripled
to right centre, scoring Mclnnls. Ma
lone fouled to Thomas. McAvoy fanned.
Wyckoff walked, Oldrlng scored on a
wild pitch and Wyckoff took second.
Haas was called out on strikes. Two
runs, two hits, no errors.
Scott filed to Strunk. Hooper popped
near the pitcher's box. and Mclnnls,
Wyckoff and Oldrlng allowed it to drop
safe for a single. Speaker filed to Haas.
Hooper out stealing, McAvoy to Malone.
No runs, one hit, no errors.
SIXTH INNING.
Lewis now playing left field for Boston.
Walsh struck out. Strunk also fanned.
Lajole filed to Speaker. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
Gardner singled to centre. Gardner
took second on a wild pitch. Hobby
fanned. Barry singled to left, scoring
Gardner. Thomas forced Barry, Mclnnls
to Lajole. Wyckoff threw out Ruth.
One run, two hits, no errors.
8EVENTH INNING
Mclnnls popped to Barry. Gardner throw
out Oldrlng. Malone beat out a bunt
down tho third base line. McAvoy filed
to Speaker. No runs, one hit, no errors.
Lawls singled through Oldrlng. Scott
sacrificed to Mclnnls. Hooper beat out
a hit to Malone. Speaker sent a sacrifice
fly to Btrunk, Lewis scoring after the.
catch. Hooper Stole second. Gardner
bunted a alngle off Wyckoff, Hooper tali
ing third. Hoblltzell was thrown out by
Wyckorf. One run, three hits, no errors.
EIGHTH INNING.
Barry threw put Wyckoff. Haas fanned.
Walsh popped to Barry. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
Barry out, Lajolo to SlcInrUs. Thoroaa
singled to' right. Ruth forced Thomas,
MAlone to Lajole. Lewis singled to left,
Ruth holding up at second. Scott
doubled to right, scoring Ruth, but Wan
put, Walsh to, Mclnnls to Lajole, after
having turned the bag. One run, threa
hits, no errors,
NINTH INNING,
StruHk filed to Lewis. Scott threw out
Lajole. Mclnnla lngld to left. Oldrine
singled to centre. Ruth threw out Ma
lone. No' runs, two felt, no errors.
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Workmen t.ifjaged on the sewer relocation work at tho nbrthcast comer of Washington Square, unearthed
the remains of seven Colonial soldiera who died in tho British prison formerly at thnt place. Tho bones will
bo buried with honors tomorrow afternoon the instant that Mayor Blankenburg: turns the first spadeful of
earth on the subway construction at City Hall.
TWO KILLED BY HEAT;
TORRID WAVE WEAKENS
Humidity 14 Points Below Yes
terday Mercury Goes
Down Two Degrees
Heat Holds Grip Over Night
Temperature, midnight to II a. m.
tod ay I
12 midnight .... St 11 . m 8G
1 B.m 80 It a. m "9
S . m SO 1 p. m SO
S a. m 19 8 p. m SR
4 a.m 78 3 . m 8H
ft a m 70 4 p. m 87
0 n. m 7(1 S p. m 88
7 a. m 11 lam 78
8 a.m 78 7 a.m 77
9 a. m 60 S a. m 78
10 a.tn 83
Maximum humidity yeterdy 86 at
10 a. m.
Humidity at 8 a. m. today 71.
A drop of 14 points In tho humidity
caved l'hllndelphlans from suffering as
greatly today as they did under the ex
cessively torrid weather of yesterday.
Although the thermometer registered only
two points less than yesterday, the hu
midity reached but 71, as compared with
65 yesterday.
Cooler weather is predicted for tonight.
Two deaths have been reported as a
result of the heat wave, which has
brought the warmest September weather
that Philadelphia has experienced in five
years.
Joseph R. Baum, E( years old, of 55
Duval atrcet, a gardener on tho estate
of Harlan Page, Allen's lane, German
town, Is the latest victim. He died today
n the Germantown Hospital, where he
was taken last night after collapsing at
thu close of the day's work.
It Is also thought that heat was respon
sible for the death of an unidentified man
whoso body was found today on a bench
in Independence Square. Although it 'was
established that death was due to heart
failure. It was believed by physicians at
the Pennsylvania Hospital that this was
brought on by the heat.
At noon today the mercury was two
degrees lower than yesterday, when the
thermometer reached 91 at midday. It
was but S3 today.
The forecast of tho weather man for
tonight and tomorrow calls for more sea
sonable weather than that experienced
during the last few days. There Is no
rain In sight, but the wind has shifted
from tho south to tho northwest, and
this Is expected to bring some relief.
The weather forecaster did not venture
to say when the hot spell would end.
He contented himself with saying that
It should be cooler tonight.
It was predicted early In the day that
the temperature might reach St or
during tho day; but the shirting winds
caused the changed prediction.
George Henry, Carlisle and Wolf streets,
was overcome by the heat at 16th nnd Mc
Kean streets. He was removed to St,
Agnes Hospital.
Five months' old Mary D. Mlch)fri,
1010 South Reese street, died at her home
this afternoon from the heat.
"JUDGE STONE" REARRESTED
Storey Cotton Swindler, Paroled From
New York Prison, Held at Request
of Philadelphia Authorities
Frank C. Marrln, the "Judge Stone" of
the famous Storey Cotton Company
eulndja 4wns arrested today In Auburn,
N, Y us lie left the prison thero follow
ing the commutation of a long sentence
for forgery, at the request of Philadel
phia authorities. Marrln was convicted
In this State and Is under a sentence of
four years In the Eastern Penitentiary.
He said today when arrested that he
would fight removal from New York on
the ground that he was paroled In cus
tody of New York authorities and can
not be taken from their jurisdiction.
After Marrln was convicted hero he
was admitted to bail pending an appeal
to a higher court, lie went to New
York, and In a saloon on Broadway one
night, waa recognized by the District
Attorney of Kings County, who hod him
arrested on a charge of embezzlement
and forgery, to escape which charge he
had fled from Brooklyn. Ho was. sen
tenced to from IS to M years In Sing
Sing.
SCHOOL CONTRACTS AWARDED
Work in Connection With Mclntyre
Building1 Assigned
The Troperty Committee of the Board
of Education awarded 'contracts today In
connection with the addition to be built
to the Mclntyre School, 30th and Gordon
streets,
The Abel Bottoms and Bono Company
was awarded the, contract for erecting tho
new wing, The flrm'a bid for the work
was Kl.VW. The contract for h'atjng was
awarded to J. 3. Ntsblt on a bid of til .
0. Tha ventilating and plumbing con
tract wa awarded to the Walter I'erk ft
Mellon Company on a bid aggregating
WW, J. Buchannan & Company received
the electrical Installment contract on a
W of I.
Contracts also were awarded for work
on the South Philadelphia High Behool
Jer Girls and the Germantown High
Wm, M. P. XHMr
Mm. Mary Parke Picking, W yeM ou
mow of , Auatln DUkU, fiuadeif
f last nlrtt at JJ mUm TmiS
IrfJIWtUr avenue, Dowrta.- "
WAR PRISONERS DUG UP
QUICK
HUNGRY TURKS CLOSE TO RIOT
ROME, Sept. 10. DlHpatches from Constantinople say that gendnrmes sent
to the front luivo been replaced by middle-aged, discontented reservlstn. The
lntter aympathlze with tho hungry citizens of the Turkish capital and have
allowed a protest meeting- to take place nt the town hall which threatened to
degenerate into a riot. Tho meeting was addressed by Enver Pasha, who
calmed tho cltlzena, promising measures to prevent a famine and asserting that
nld from Germany was forthcoming.
GERMAN SUBMARINE BOWS TO AMERICAN LINER
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. All tho proof the officers of the steamship New
York want that the German submarine commanders are not going to attack an
American liner was afforded them on her last eastward voyago to Liverpool.
When she returned here yesterday they told how a eubmarlno bobbed up ahead
of her like a porpoise and then after a look disappeared ngaln beneath tho
surface. When 24 miles off Conning Bank Light, on the coast of Ireland, at 5:30
p. m. on August 28, one of the now type Germnn submerslbles loomed up out
of the sea on tho New York's port bow a mile nnd a half ahead of the liner.
The undersea craft skimmed along the surface until she had crossed the New
York's bow and then quickly submerged.
BRITISH MUNITIONS WORKERS FINED
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 10. The local Munitions Court has fined 245 workmen
at the Cnmmell Laird Company's works 5 each for refusing to work overtime.
The foregoing dispatch la the first Indication that the British Government
Is carrying out Its recent announcement that men who refuse to work over
time will be punished. This announcement was made bhortly after Lloyd-George
assumed the office of Minister of Munitions.
POPE'S MAIL HELD UP, GERMAN PAPER COMPLAINS
COLOGNE. Sept. 10. The Koplnlscho Volkszeltung, tho leading Catholic
organ ln.Gernmny, reports rthat official correspondence of Popo Benedict with
the Papal Nuncio of Munich, posted at Rome, has not arrived at its destina
tion In several instances. Letters containing the appointment of the Bishop
of Gnesen and Posen and also matters concerning the Ureslau diocese are
among those alleged to be missing. The newspaper invites the Italian Govern
ment to investigate the matter.
VON TIRPITZ'S RESIGNATION REFUSED, MILAN HEARS
LONDON, Sept. 10. A dispatch to the London Dally News from Milan
pays that according to information received by Corrier della Sera, the resigna
tion of Admiral von Tlrpltz, the German Minister of Marine, was followed by
resignations of Admirals -Bchnclte and Bachmann. It appears, however, tho
resignation of von Tirpltz was not accepted. He waa ordered to remain at his
post until the end of the war in order to preserve discipline In the navy. He
will, however, no longer have any part In shaping the naval policy. Admiral
Holzendorf, a cousin of Admiral Mueler, chief of the Naval Cabinet, has re
placed Bachmann. Holzendorf Is known as a vigorous opponent of von Tlrpltz
and his policy.
ALLIES READY FOR BIG ATTACK AT DARDANELLES
SOFIA, Sept. 10. The Allies, according to reliable Information, nre con
centrating large forces, including artillery, for a general attack on the Darda
nelles fortifications. Increased activity, Including a vigorous bombardment
of the outer forts of the Dardanelles, is foreshadowed by the presence of mine
sweepers at Scdd-el-Bahr, near tho entrance of the strait.
MURDER AND SUICIDE
TOLD OF IN LETTER
Estranged From Wife, Writes
He Will Kill Son and
Himself
A possible mutder and suicide case
somewhere In this city was revealed to
day by a letter mailed hera and turned
over to the Atlantic City police by a
relative of Frank Carman, of that place.
Carman has killed his 10-ycar-old son
Leon and himself, It Is feared.
Carman, who was once a prosperous
painting contractor, mailed the letter at
Station II, on the northwest corner of
Germantown avenue and Cambria street,
last night. This is the only address
known to the police on which to base a
clue, as relatives do not know where
Carman may be found.
The tetter stated that Carman would
have killed Leon and himself by the time
the letter was received. Because of past
actions of Carman the police' are con
vinced he has carried out his plan. Sev
eral months ago he became separated
from his wife. One night he trailed her
and viciously attacked the woman and a
man In whose apartment he found her.
Both were dangerously wounded, but re
covered. Bevsoteen-yearrold Isabella Carman left
her father after this episode and jolnod
her mother. Later she was spirited away
from the city at her mother's directions,
according tq Carman's charges. He left
Atlantic City a week ago to come to
Philadelphia and search for her. He had
been deeply attached to his children and
the disappearance of Isabella, coming on
top of his troubles with his wife, seemed
to mak Mm despondent.
When he left Atlantic City Carman
took Leon with hm, In tiis letter Cor.
man asks that the end of himself and
Leon be published In ordsr that Mrs.
Carman, who Is now employsd in a cloth
ing houss In Atlantic City, may coins to
this city and claim the bodies.
He forgives her for the troubles ha
claims h has caused him and expresses
a (Ualra to have hr alone takt charge
of the remains. Mrs, Carman has not
been notified of the receipt of the ktter.
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Clergymen Trwfwl
The Rev. Daniel Dunn, chaplain lro
tern, at the Seminary of nt, Charlet Br
rouvso, Overtroek, has bn trferr4
to i Ik MrMotM. Dpmroto, al taa v,
X4wra Gallagher goes from at, Poeai.
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BY TRANSIT WORKMEN
NEWS
BELIEVE WOMAN HIRED
BOAT TO END HER LIFE
Parft Guards Search in River
for Body After Mysterious
Disappearance
Considerable mystery surrounds the
disappearance of Mrs. George W. Edsall,
of fl3J Ludlow street, who hired a boat
nt the Public Doathouso In Falrmount
Park shortly before midnight. Park
guards ara grappling for her body.
She was last seen rowing near the
Columbia avenue bridge.
Today the boat was found near a scow
soma distance below the bridge. In the
boat were a pair of patent leather ox.
fords, two tortoise shell combs' orna
mented with stones, and a handkerchief.
The woman was tastefully dressed In
white and wore a white wh-e hat which
was trimmed with blue ribbon. She is
about five feet eight Inches In height and
has dark hair.
There was nothing In her manner to
arouse suspicion when she hired the boat
for an hour. She expressed some doubt
as to how she could tell when the hour
M up, as she had not brought her
watch,
The police believe eho committed aul
clde. Thty pointed to the fact that she
started out on the stream alone, near the
midnight hour. A little motorboat Tufflmr
a half-mile away was the only slirn of
life on the river, Kn ?f
Tha fact that her ahoea wre fouim i
the boat and laid near her ha? with vi!
dent care Indicate, the park guard, y
that the woman made deliberate nreoi:
rations to end her life, lii" . pSf
manner at the boathouae, u j, bjieveY
was to divert any suspicion which irS
bo aroused by hiring th. boat al STJ
lata hour. It was learned at the wobwB'
horn, that ahe suffered from mtuSehoU
and pn such occasions yearned to be near
the water. "wr
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10, 1915.
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'MAYOR INCONSISTENT,'
. COLONEL POTTER SAYS
"You Supported Mc During Ad
ministration You Now At
tack' He Charges
Colonel Sheldon Totter, who Is oppos
Ing Director Torter for the Independent
nomination for Mayor, has defended his
record a Director of public Safety and
protested against the "slating" of candi
dates In a Utter to Mayor -Blankenburg.
Colonel Totter's letter Is a reply to an
attack made upon him by tho Mayor In
an Interview .published yesterday. He
.. i i . i. frit Mi ffnn
rerora to tno interview ..-..
Mayor was qupted as saying that "Di
rector of rubllo Safety I'otter woa ns
bad In the usa of the police In politics
In 1903 as the gang ever was."
Colonel Totter says that at that tlmo
Mr. Blankenburg was one of tho Mayor's
advisers and was also a member of the
civic committee In chnrge of tho cam
paign. "In addition, you were a candidate for
public office." he writes. "I met with you
and your colleagues, Including sUch
respected names as John Converse, Mah
lon Kline, Doctor Musser, Charles Emory
Smith, Wayne MacVeagh, William T.
Tllden nnd perhnps others, who I cannot
now recall; you know every step taken
by the administration nnd Its ofrtcers at
that time, all of which were the suhject
of conferences with you and the other
advisers of the Mayor.
Colonel Totter tells Mayor Blankenburg
that "you never charged mo then, nor at
any time until now, with an Improper use
of the police. More than that, you were
elected at the only election held while I
was Director, nnd you accepted an elec
tion which you now intimate was obtained
by the usa of tho police."
Ho also says in his letter that on a
number of occasions Mayor Blankenburg
expressed tho hope that he might suc
ceed him as Mayor. "And yet you must
have known then, as you have charged
now," he states, "that I was as bad in
the use of the police In 1905 (when you
ran and were elected to office) as the
gang ever was."
Colonel Potter calls the Mayor's atten
tion to the fact that he "struck off from
the assjssors' list 72,000 fraudulent names
and caused tho arrest of nearly 1000 im
ported thugs, strong-arm rncn and re
peaters."' Colonel I'otter concludes his letter by
praising the BlankonbWg administration,
and polpts out the 'necessity of electing
an unbossod man aa Mayor to handle
the expenditure of the 200,000,000 to be
spent for Improvements during the next
administration.
PLANS READY FOR PARKWAY
WORK EAST OF LOGAN SQUARE
Bids Asked for Section Between Six
teenth and Seventeenth Streets
rians and specifications for Improving
that section of the Boulevard between
16th and 17th streets have been prepared
by tho Department of Public Works In
order to make a start on the Parkwny
east of Logan Square. Proposals were
advertised for today by the Bureau of
Highways. They will be opened at City
Man, September 21.
Mayor Blankenburg is anxious to have a
part of the Parkway between the City
Hall and Logan Square completed before
the end of his administration. There is
only J15.000 available for the .work, but It
Is stated In the specifications, "If the
money allotted to this contract Is not
RIlfTlrlent fnr tin rnmnlAHnH If at...1 i.-
understood and -agreed that such portion
ui im: wurn up 10 me limit oi tne con
tract as may be ordered by the Chief of
thn T?lirfnu rf Yllrrhwa vta aVtatl l... ..
pleted. And It is further understood and
afeicrru mm Mic Dcicciiuu ui me worK by
the chief of the bureau shall bo final and
binding to both parties to the contract."
Policeman Saves Boy From Drowning
Policeman Voltz. of the Belgrade ana
Clearfield streets station, saved the life of
13-ycar-old James, Morrow, of IM7 Ortho
dox street, by diving Into tho Delaware
River at Brldesburg yesterday after the
lad when the latter had struck his head
and was rendered unconscious. The blue
coat did not wait to remove his clothing.
He brought tho unconscious boy ashore
and hurried him to the Frankford Hos
pital, where he revived.
SmS88SS!S
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THE
lEuentng
will be one year old on
SEPTEMBER 14th, 1915
To mark fittingly its first birthday, a
BIG ANNIVERSARY NUMBER
will be issued. This special issue will con
tain aull-Pae Photogravure Portrait of
your Mayoralty Candidate, together with
other fine photographs of more than usual
interest.
A great new serial will begin in this
special issue
"the Broad Highway"
By Jeffery Farnol
-a good, rollicking story of the days of old.
It is a full-flavored tale of brave men and
worthy deeds, and as the title indicates, its:
action has to do with that broad highwavj
which bred so many fine old Englishmen".
Remember the story, "The Broad
Highway" Remember the date -the
livening Ledger's Anniversary Day-
SEPTEMBER 14th, 1915
SERVANTS' SCHEME'
TO ROB MISTRESS
SHOWN BY MURDER
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Police Lay Net for Leaders
of Fifth Avenue Gang
That Killed Widow
SIX HELD AS WITNESSES
NEW YOnK.Sept. 10.-Every railway
terminal, steamship and ferry In the
metropolitan district todny is being
watched for the three men named by
Onnle Talas, tho footman, As the rnur-'
derers of Mrs. Kllzabeth Orlgg Nlchbls,
wealthy widow, whbm they sought to
rob of half ft million dollars In Jewels.
Five youths, besides Talas, are In cut.
tody, but they are held only as wit
nesses, the police believing they know
of the whereabouts ana habits of the 'ii
gangsters named by tho Nichols servant "
Tho lost of tho trio, all of whom ars
known to tho police by name and adi
dress, had been In the employ of th
slain woman. I Jo is Arthur 'Walters, jr -l
Waiacmar, wno was recognized on tha
night of the murder of Edith Langfeldt,
the maid, and Ileona Tolvonen, "the Ni
chols cook.
The meshes of police dragnet today
wero complete, and Inspector "Faurot
hoped before nightfall to have In custody
all the principals In the most sensa
tional murder and robbery In the history
of 6th avenue.
LOOKS LIKE BIO PLOT
The confession of Talas, as given out
by Inspector Faurot, besides clearing
up the murder of Mrs. Nichols, led the,
police to believe that- the tragedy Is only
an Integral part of a plot for the whole
sale robbery of tho Fifth avenue rich.
.All of the men named by Tains are, or
have been, In the employ of wealthy
households, and the nttempt to get pos
session of Mrs. Nichols fortuno In rani
was under discussion by the youthful fhi
uniiu mr wet-no ueiuro me attempt Was '3:
made that resulted In the unexpected ,,A
Heath nf thn mllllnnnlm wMnw TIy
DID NOT MEAN TO KILL. M
Tnlas In all his talks with Inspector "l&l
faurot nas oeon rm in nis declaration '-T
tt.nt 4ha hha?a ni.Atit tin Vinfm In 11 -H Si
Nichols, and the police now believe, from l-
tUa nnlnlnnfi nt nh vntpliinH Hint u. ''?i4
woman may have died of fright or shock, j&l
rather thnn from violence. Other than M
the twisted dolly knotted about her neck ' A
there was no evidence of strangulation. ni
Mrs. Nichols' Inordinate love of gems, i,J"ln
...n,l. .. 4Aiifn1.tr I.. Il.n hnti.n In 1..I.1 l '..'
tVii. nnltnn In tin rpannnftlhln fni tVm I....... r
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truj . ib Y.i -u.iii.iuiji.,)' uciicvvu uy xns, ,
In xtrnnl? box 111 thn TC.iRt 73th ntr.l
house, where sho lived, and, accord!ngj!!?S
to tho alleged confession of Tnlas, thV"!';
robbery was planned by Walters, at One.JSjJ
time a second butler in tho employ of 3sa
Mrs. Nichols. Saj
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MAYOR INVOKES HARMONY
IN LETTER TO POTTEIl
Expresses Hone of 'United Action
A n......i4- PnnlwnnlAWt' 1 a Xt . .. n ?J
A united fight by the Independents
against the Organization was advocated
by Maydr Blankenburg, Jn a letter today
to Colonel Sheldon Potter, who' is in the
flelcj for the mayoralty nomination. The
Mayor's letter was" In reply- to one of
Colonel Potter, and he called attention
to tho fact that they had fought before
for tho same cause, and predicted victory.
The letter follows:
"Hon. Sheldon Potter,
"Philadelphia, ' Pa.
"My dear Colonel Potter Thanks for
your friendly letter and the sentiments
of good will therein expressed. While
wo may not agree on some points, wp
certainly are of one mind In the effort
to secure tho overthrow of the Contrac
tor's Combine that is making a desperate
effort to rega'n control of the city gov
ernment. Let nothing Interfere with our
working in full harmony after the prim.
ary election. We have fought shoulder
to shoulder before, and I am Hiiro a de
termine;,!, united effoit of all slnccie op
ponents of contractor rule wltt bring vic
tory to our cause, which is the people's
cause.
"With sincere regards, believe me,
"Very truly yours,
"nUDOLPH BLANKENBUBO."
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