EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, afONDA?, SEPTEMBER l:
1915.
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"OLD WART LOOKS
FOR GOOD BERTHS ON
HOUSE COMMITTEES
Representative Cnscy Has Ways
und Means, and Licbel, De
walt and Steele Confidently
Expect Appointments
SEE ECLIPSE OP PALMER
Four of Pennsylvania's Six Demo
cratic Congressmen Hostile to
National Committeeman
WASHINGTON, SopL li-As the time
for Congress to convene Approaches, much
talk U being lienrtl on tho question, How
wl Pennsylvania's six Democrats bo
treated In tho matter of commltteo as
signments? Under tho system now In
ogue, It Is expected that the House, In
electing; members to committees, will bo
guided to a very largo extent by the
recommendation of the Ways and Means
Committee, the membership of which was
decided by caucus action early last
spring;, John J. Casey, of Wllkcs-narre,
la the Pennsylvania member of the Ways
and Means Committee, and It Is taken for
granted here that he will have tho say In
placing the other rive . Pennsylvania
Democrats on House committees. It Is
thought hero by those who are best In
formed that M. Llebel, Jr of the Erlo-
Crawford district, Arthur CI. Dewalt, of
the Herk. Lehigh district, and Henry J.
Steele, president of the Pennsylvania
State Bar Association, who succeeded
A. Mitchell Palmer In the Pike-Monroe-Carbon-Northampton
district, will have
their choice of committees. These three
men, like Mr. Casey, nro credited to the
so-culled Old Guard, under the leader
hip of Representative Llebel, they led
tho fight to place Representative Casey
on tho Ways nnd Means Committee, when
ho was opposed for this plncc by Iteprc'
stntatlvo Palmer, who, with the co-opera-
nun ui tt.irrcu ,.un.u i.iw. "- ""
Cambrla-Dlatr-Uedford district, backed
John V Lesher. of the Columbln-Mon-
tour-Northumberland district.
M: T In .,inM .. hs AVaH hltr. tHRl Mf.
V Palmer. In his' role ns Democrntlc na-
tlonnl committeeman, will havo to do- j and snld nbout It during recent months
pend on Messrs. Lesher nnd Bailey. It has been highly Imaginative."
is declared that these two tan expect no ,t r-ninlned that the "modiflca-
support whatever from their four Old j tns.. rcrcrl.C(, to wcrc ,, exccpt for
Guard colleagues unless they agree to 10 cubsmution of nUkcl for Iend n ,ho
"go along." and If the do this they mnlul(wlr(, of batteries for submarines,
must desert Palmer. Should this happen. ,mis eliminating tho possibility that the
TSV?ZLavtt. ." mteW bo' generated
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congressional delegation. Mr. Palmer '-o Imcntur will be here on cdncs
never resigned his position as natfonal "' 'or the business and social sessions
committeeman despite the fact that he " tnnl day. nn.l Im expected to speak
was named for the Federal Court of ! briefly upon the part that the Kdlson in
Claims, which appointment he declined; ifesta may take In the new military and
so ho- still remains the titular Democratic , n.-.vi.l defensn program now being dc
Irader vcloped. to which he and other Inventors
It Is said here that Representative hmo been askod by Secretary Daniels to
Casey has asked Messrs. Llebel, Dewalt , Io"d thrlr genius.
nnd Steele what committees they wish, i Informal gatherings throughout today
but that no simllnr request had been I veie forerunners of a brilliant reception
mnde to Messrs. Hallcy nnd Lesher. I the first proginm function-tonight. Be-
Iteprescntntlvo Llebel, It Is said, la un- ; nldos tho delegates, more thnn 300 ladles
aecmea Devwecn ino Appropriation ana me
Post ltoads nnd Post Otllces Committees,
Representative Fltzgernld, the Tammany
leader, is said to be anxious to hnve Mr.
Llebel on the Appropriations Committee,
of which ho Is chairman. Next to the
Ways and Means Committee this Is con
sidered the most important of all House
committees. , Mr. Llebel, It Is reported
hero,, may take a membership on this com
mittee,, although he would like also to
be on the Post Roads nnd Post Offices
Committee, Some of his friends. It Is
said here, are urging him to take mem
bership on tho Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. There Is a vncancy In this
committee through the retirement of Rob
ert B. Dlfenderfer, of the Bucks-Montgomery
district, tho has been succeeded
by II. W, Watson, of Langhorne, a Re
publican. It is known here that Mr. Dewalt, tho
last Old Guard State chairman, had a per
sonal desire, as most lawyers do, to go on
the Judiciary Committee, but has given
up tha ambition because he thinks Mr.
Steele should havo this place. The lat
ter Is president of the Pennsylvania
late Bar Association, nnd. It Is under- t
stood, is desirous of searving on the 1
Judlclary Committee. It Is expected hero por'ant pin In disclosing whether nnv
that Mr Dewnlt wilt get a committee j of the three negroes, now In the Prov
chalrmanshlp, nnd It may be that of the Idence County Jail, had nnv part In the
v.ummnica on juueuge, or wnicn .r. i
Bailey is the head at the present time. !
If Mr Llebel goes on tho Appropriations
Committee, It Is believed here that Mr.
Dewalt will he put on the Commltteo on
Post Roads' and Postofflccs. If the Berks
Lehigh representative docs not get the
mileage chairmanship, whioh, through
nn understanding still to be reached, may
again be given Mr Bailey, It Is probable
that he will be given the chairmanship
of the Committee on Expenditures In the
Department of Commerce, which was
held by John II. Rothermel whom he
succeeded.
TO BUILD TWO SHIPWAYS
Cramps Order 2G00 Tons of Steel
Shapes for Work of Construction.
Boom Believed Permanent
In anticipation of the permanency of tho
boom now prevailing In ship building, the
William Cramp & SonB Ship and Engine
Building Company has ordered 2600 tons
of steel shapes from the American Bridge
Company, which It Is believed are for two
new Bhlpways, None of the officials of
the company would discuss the order to
day. Their refusal to deny that they had
placed such on order lends color to the
tory.
The shlpways, costing about 35O,0O0,
when completed, will be of sufficient size
to permit the construction of the largest
steamships. At the present time Cramps
have enough orders on hand to keep the
average working force busy for two years.
Among the vessels now under way are
torpedoboat destroyers for the United
States navr, oil tnnkers, a large freight
carrier for the Atlantic-Pacific coast
trade, two passenger and freight vessels
for the gulf trade and a palatial yacht for
JIarry Payne Whitney
Preparations are being made at the ship
yard to submit bids on the two new
battleships and fleet o submarines, sped
flcatlonf for which are now being sent out
from the Navy Department
MlttisUr Denounces Frank Lynching
The lynching of Le0 m. Frank was
declared to te a plot upon the entire
nation, as well nt a disgrace to tho State
of Georgia, by the Rev John B Kalorla.
'Matrina; at the first fall meeting of the
Presbyterian Ministers' Association in
Wltkwraseon Building today. Mr.
u tnst in shadow fell upon
!, and other States, tnr l.-
tat the worth of the Jews
iMdrsUmated. He said that
at the Hebrew r- ,..,.
W Bfasasrlty to everv .wmi..., i
Mek tssy iuvs Mve4, and cited Hpaln
m w'smsjis bfi country which be,
cams Jmaovsrisksd wh they left The
riort4 that attendance at religious
st vices In seashore resorts during the
.jiiinjer had been greater than In any
(rthf ysar,
Bfe mower Wr WMis G4vm
NBW "VORK. sH. JJ.-TlHse, robbers,
.. wore Mrh otMm Iovm to prevent
.er- lulS-HutS, Mew MM! HM HJv Jt
ti i. .! Mt W JPHilton srort. prooV
Ivn -,t torfsf, ssrapijrtr with uUxT, Th
I'.lUiik Lir, tiieir gloves, behind
DEAF FAMMKR RUN
OVER BY TROLLEY CAR
Fails to Hear Motorman's Signal and
His Dody Is Cut to Pieces
MOUNT MOt-LY, N. J., Sept. -George
O Morris, nbotit 60 years old, n
well-known farmer here, was struck nnd
killed by a trolley car on High street
this morning. Deafness prevented his
hearing the car, nnd when he attempted
to cross the track to deliver somo pro
duce he was looking In the direction op
posite tlmt from which tho ear was ap
proaching Tho inotorman applied bmke-s
and sounded warning Vhen he saw tho
man was not going to stop, but It was
too late.
Morris was hurled about 12 feet and
then run over and out to p'eccs. The
car had to be raised before the body
could ho removed. A widow and Mon sur
vivo Morris:
EDISON'S "SUBMARINE
BATTERY" A MYTH
So Designated by Man Close to
Inventor, Who Will Address
Spring Lake Convention
SPRI.VO LAKE, N. J., Sept. 13. Thomas
A. Edison's "new submarine battery" Is
a myth and reports that It was Invented
many years ago and has been developed
to a stnto of high efficiency by ycarB of
tireless endeavor arc gross exaggerations,
according to n man high In Kdlson circles
He had been asked If It were turc that
the Inventor would talk nbout the battery
to tho 480 delegates to the 36th convention
of the Kdlson Illuminating companies,
which opens today at the New Kssox nnd
Sussex nnd tho New Monmouth Hotels
here. His reply, which was supported by
another prominent man high In the official
...... .
l clrclcs ot " organization, was as follows:
'Mr. Kfltienn wit! nnt tnlt nlintit Vila
! ti i 1 " .." ..... ,.w.,
. nunmarine -ntlcry. for the simple reason r
, -" ""--v . .. .,c r...iii.,. i,,c uuncij, t
( he has merely token the old storage bat- j
, tery used In automobiles and elsewhere
' for years and modified It. In one or two
HIITI! C1I 111 I. IRnf ItOttfM m nti It frt diiK.
marine use Much that has been written
I u contact or salt water with the lead.
v;ho nccornpanlcd tl.cm. will attend.
The past presidents nnd their wives, to
gether with rrcldent Wnltcr F. Wells,
of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Wells, will re
ceive. Past President Alex Dow, chair
man, nnd Mrs. Dow will head the recep
tion line.
Business sessions will begin tomorrow.
Two Cannes at the New Essex and Sus
i - tu.d vein". Interesting golf contests
on tho links of tho Spring Lake Golf and
Country Club will be social features of
the assemblage.
FINGER PRINTS MAY SOLVE
310HR -MURDER MYSTERY
Police Seek Possession of Blood
stained Pay Envleope Found in
Doctor's Pocket
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Sept. 13.-A
bloodstained pay envclopo found on the
body of Dr. C. Franklin Mohr. who wan !
shot to death In his automobile, near
Wyatt. August 3L mav nlav an im-
inuroer. Test or tno nnger prints on
the envelope will be mndo by the police
authorities who, shortly nfter the tragedy.
arrested Brown, Healla nnd Snllmnu,
negroes, on statements made by tho men
whlch Involved Doctor Mohr's wife as
the Instigator of the crime.
Two letters, several pay envelopes. In
cluding the one stained with blood; about
$100 In currency, n ring and a golf knife
are now In possession of the custodians I
of Doctor Mohr's estate, George Hurley I
and Arthur CuBhlng, and a demand for
their production as evidence has been
made bv tho Attorney Generals Depart
ment. The letters, written to Cecil Vic
tor Brown, were Intercepted by Doctor
Mohr and some of his servants.
100 Saved From Burning Boat
ALBANY. Sept. 13. The excursion boat
M, II. Hill was burned to the water's edge
early today after her 100 passengers had
been safely landed. When fire started In
the englneroom tho vessel ruced to her
pier, where the passengers were dis
charged. Then tho boat was beached on
the other side of the Hudson.
Sixteen Couples Wed at Elkton
ELKTON, Md., Sept. 13.-The Marriage
License Bureau was kept open today, Old
Defenders' Day, and 16 couples wera
granted the legal permits to marry.
They were: The Rev. V. R. Cloud and
Elizabeth McDevttt, James J, Murnhy
and Elizabeth , Kohoe, Nathan Sautter
and Anna Cllnger, John McDevttt and
Lucy Sports, George K. Hunter and Jen
nie Mulholland, all of Philadelphia) Dr.
Wllter O. Hayden. Pittsburgh, and Delma
O. Scull, Philadelphia, Harry D. Sutton
and Florence 8. Grant, Wilmington. Del.;
Robert Crawford and Edith Carr, Bristol:
James I Frarler and Bertha V. Warner,
Clayton, Del.; Oscar 15. Frentham and
Mary A. Ooslln, Salem, N. J.; Raub Mur
phy. Wilmington, and Bessie M. Morley,
Chester; George W. Smith nnd Stella S
Miller, Marcus Hook; Edward J, Blckta
and Minnie M. Suber, Wilmington; Amos
R. Alexander, Parkesburg, and Orace V.
Moore, Coatcsville, Michael Antonln and
Anna Bush, Camden, N. J.: Donald E.
Clark, DeFord, Mich, and Carolina Ro
mano, New York.
TODAY'S MARIUAGE LICENSES
gamut! J. Illll, Jr.. l!X! N. 21t St., and
Helen . Mrrl. foil N Qratl .t.
Louu Krsvliwky, 311 Mifflin it., and Anns
Matin, .lit Mirtlln at.
Charles II Ma pp. lull I'anama t.. and Mlnnla
It. Htevenon, 1(113 ranama at.
Thomaa J. Damea. Jr.. JJIB Martin at., and
Anna P. Mclaughlin. .100 Laurllton at.
PV P'i,in!S- F .? .P" ' d Annla
Yankurh, MO Afrh at.
CfurlU II. IlulLy, Jteadlnc. pa and Rebecca
C. Duhrins. Chotnut Iini.
0rr Koppenhoefir, Jr.. Oak Una, Pa., and
(Sara Harriett. Ut N. loth aL
Frank K. Nunley, 411 H Quince at and at
true Va.eer JS' nalnhrldsa at.
JeM Vf ?". Wl Carlton at., and Amanda
neerr, 1W rarlton ar.
'!',ri,a i?'1KJJ .Do.vr-. pel" tti Florenra
OrMwell. MJ1 '. A
0t.' aiwri fsi a nicks at., and Helen
PMn IMS 8. Hick at.
H JifuI 0,n"r nd ,brta Bchults,
JO'
"n nrwer p-j" nan lane, ana Mabel
HOTra yii r. rifnnngnnn at.
y--r(I X Wnoa U. ttlh .1 and WUa,
N. k r m-lur HtM& ava, w m
lr '.fMe y a; k V. a4 Faau
MlMtkV 1B3 a. Jtb tC W
BLOT ON SLAIN HUSBAND'S NAME
TORTURES HEART OF MRS. CORD
Friend of Family Brands as Absurd Peterson's Charge
That Realty Man Loved Another Woman.
Neighbor Says Cords Had Few Friends
n
By M'Llls
The continued nesertlons of Olaf Peter-. womin, who lives nlthln a stone's throw
son. ulm i t,Muv i,.i,i In tho (Jamdcn i of tho hotiso of the murdered limn, have
Jail ns a "material witness" In the taso
of the murder of Samuel H. Cord, wealthy
real estate dealer, that the latter was n
man whose relations with women were
questionable, Is responsible for the phys
ical breakdown of Mrs. ford, nnd unless
tho mystery of her husband's death Is
cleared soon and this stigma removed
the friends nnd neighbors believe her
condition Is likely to becomo serious.
At tho Cord home In Laurel Springs,
N J., Instructions have been given to
ndmlt no stranger asking to see tho gilef
stricken widow, but when I called there
Saturday, after Peterson had reiterated
his statement thnt If a certain woman
ho heard Cord nddrcss In affectionate
terms over the telephone could be found
tho mvstery soon would be cleared, an
Intimate friend of Mrs. Cord, now stay
Ing with her, enme down to the porch
and consented to discuss tho mnttcr.
Koch day," she said, "as the realiza
tion of what has happened becomes moro
vivid and the lies that nro being printed
as tho result of Peterson's statements
pile up Mrs. Cord grows worse and
worse, until now we cannot even men
tion the matter to her,
"I have known tho Cords for a long
time," she continued, "and no man was
moro homo-loving thnn Mr Cotd. Ho
didn't even belong to a lodge, and It was
his custom to come here Immediately
after his business hours This talk of n
woman In the case Is absurd
"It Is our belief thnt Peterson has mnde
these statements In order to divert at
tention from himself or from anything
that lie may know about the terrible
muroei. The catastrophe wns so sharp
nnd sudden that wo have really had no
tlmi to think out any theories. If we
have one nt all It Is thnt Mr. Cord's
death must bo the result of some busi
ness nffalr."
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There are many attractive homes In
aurcl Springs, but the Cord house to one
C the lnpPHl nnil Hnnt TIm Imnlnl?
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imuimm wuii re plainly visinie irom wie
rnllrcnd. though It stands back somo llttlo
distance from the thoroughfare. A sign,
"Pamuel S Cord real estate dealer " has
not -et been removed "on the ent'rance
VB I"? """ ' ' , lwcnI1l r""rtc;
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Ing narrow footpnth, or by n broad car
riage road t'int lends to the porte-cochere,
nnd the placr presents an appearance of
comfortnblp nftl'miue.
Mrs. Cord, who hns so vigorously denied
Peterson's ntatements nnent her husband's
relations with other women. Is, according
to a neighbor's description, a woman of
about fifty, of large stature and dignified
bearing Her beautiful gray hair udds to
her distinguished nppearancc.
Tho Cords, however, uccordlng to this
j NEW CORD CASE CLUE;
WIDOW FILES HIS WILL
Continued from ToKe One
ho heard four shots In rapid succession.
He looked around and a moment later
heard a fifth shot. Then the carriage
shot out over tho diamond nnd whirled
past him.
Murphy had Just relieved Lacey In the
tower. He nlso heard the shots, he told
the prosecutor, nnd ran down to the
stntlon platform There he found the
other man. The two Baw the cnrrlage
crossing the baseball diamond In the dis
tance. None of the witnesses could fur
nish a very elear description of tho man
In tho carriage, however.
The only testimony to Interfere with
this story Is thnt furnished by tho three
witnesses who say the saw Cord allvo
Monday, August 30, as late ns 5 o'clock.
Cord's office boy has contended all nlong
that his employer did not leave his head
quarters In the Bullitt Building, this city,
until nearly 6 o'clock. A ticket taker and
a matron In the ferry station of the Read
ing Rnllroad, Cnmden side of the river,
and a ticket taker In tho subway nt tho
8th street station nil say they saw Cord
that afternoon Inter than 3 o'clock.
NOT CERTAIN OF TIME.
Prosecutor Kraft has felt all along that
these witnesses nro not BUre of the time
He believes they nro mistaken nlso as to
the day, In nil probability, and accord
ingly has not taken much stock In their
testimony.
The automobile theory has not been
given up, but tho prosecutor Immediately
put men at work questioning residents
along tho river rond nnd In that general
vicinity to seo If nny other witnesses enn
be found who saw tho rapidly driven car-
riage.
WILLS ALL TO WIFE.
The will of tho murdered man was filed
today for probate at the office of Surro-
&at0 'Harry Reeves, In Camden. It was
Presented by Mrs. Cord at the Camden
County Court House. She was iirmm
panled by her brpther-In-law, Harry Cord,
n Philadelphia policeman. Mrs. Cord was
dressed all In black. She leaned heavily
on tho arm of her escort.
Tho will iu dated December 31, 1S96. It
Is exceptionally short and furnishes elo
quent corroboration for Mrs. Cord's de
nial that thero was nny other woman In
her husband's life. Tho will follows;
"This Is my last will and testament,
I will and bequeath to my beloved wife,
Alice F. Cord, nil my earthly possessions,
real estate and personal Mui.ett, uueo
lutely. (Signed) "SAMUEL S. CORD."
No pxecutor was named In the docu
ment. Surrogate Reeves named Mrs.
Cord administratrix. She will be re
quired to file a bond of 0000, In her
estimate, she placed the valuo of her
husband'a estato at $2500. Witnesses to
the will are Edward M. Weynnt nnd
Mabel B. Cord, sister of the dead man,
who has since become the wife of Mr,
Weyant. John F. Harned, a partner of
Cord's, represented the widow.
After tiling tho document Mrs, Cord was
cloreted with one of Prosecutor Kraft's
nsststants. She would not talk to re
porters, nor would her brother or Harned,
Olaf Peterson, who la being held as a
"material witness" In the case, has been
told. It was learned today, that he will
he released within, a few days.
"As soon as I nm set free," he said,
"I'm going to get a stenographer and
George Luble, the office boy, into a room.
Then I'm going to ask the boy some
pointed questions about the woman with
whom Cord was infatuated. If I can
learn her name I'll be better pleased than
If I had a VA bill In my hand right now."
Peterson also learned today that all
his clothing In his home at Rlverton has
been taken away by the detectives and
is now at the State laboratory undergoing
a chemical examination.
"Let 'em go," he said, referring to
this, "They're welcome to anything they
can find. I'm not worried,"
GAVE NOTES TO DEFAULTER.
Peterson's story that he gave Lewis
Crozer Lewis, the defaulting Philadelphia
bank treasurer, (200 on notes that he had
never been able to collect, has been veri
fied. The notes were found among
1'eterson'a papers with other documents
relating to business deals. These are be
ing Investigated.
When tho name of Lewjs Crozer Lewis
was first mentioned to Peterson, the lat
ter said he had served 11 months In the
Essex County Jsll for the Pblladelphlan
who Is a member of the weaHhy and
socially prominent Crozer family of Up
land. Later Peterson said the man for
whom he nerved time In jail was Wilfred
Lewis, Lewis Crozer Lewis Is under
three Indictments in this city and has
been wanted lor five yean.
Ths tery of a woman n the ca,
Arst put forth by Psterion and than by
I not the reputation In Laurel Springs of
being especially friendly or hospitable.
"At tho polls whs nbout the only place
that my hiifbaiul cvor met Mr. Cotd," she
sain, 'nnd etcn then his distant manner
whs always the subject of remark. Nor
has Mrs. Ooid many friends here. They
did not seem to desire many friends, but
lived pretty much to themselves,
"Js'nturfllly," she continued, "the neigh
boihood Is curious, but we do not put
much Mock u thU womnn-ln-the-cnso'
talk. You could seo Mr. Cord come homo
virtually every evening, nnd often Is
wife would go to meet him. I have seen
them out together, too, many times, nt
places of entertainment, for Instnricc, nnd
when thev weren't out you could always
seo the light over In their living room nnd
( both of them there.
i "However, I will say that I havo heard
it whlsporcd thnt hecauso of certain real
estate deals In which It Is said Mr. Cord
always -got tho better of tho man with
whom he w-as doing business, he was
ufruld to come out after daik, and that
has been given as the reason ho has al
ways kept so close to homo. But, of
course, that Is only hearsay and the
neighborhood gossip, naturally, Is pretty
rampant at a time like this."
In tho menntlmc, Peterson, sometimes
gaiiulous, Kometlmea tnctlturn, some
times logical and sometimes contradic
tory, but at all times shrewd, continues
to bo held ns n "material witness,"
though tho contributions he has given
townrd the solution of one of the moil
myterlous murders the Cnmdcn authori
ties have ever been called upon to solve,
have bfcn baffling nnd Mini rather than
"material."
In an endeavor to chat a while with the
gentleman I hied me to the Camden Jail
nrmed with a pnss from tho Sheriff, but
I mlt;ht have been n wild animal of pre
historic species or the ghost of Samuel
Cord himself. Judging from the way the
"mnterlal witness" behaved. I am sure
he suspected mo of something deep, dark
and fearsome, for ho backed nwny from
tho grating of his cell, murmuring, "I
won't have anything to do with n woman:
I won't havo anything to do with n
woman."
Not to be discouraged, however, I asked
the newspapermen to take me up with
them for their morning confnb This they
did, but to no avail. Once more Peterson
ten nwny. "Come back when she's gone,"
he said In fright. And so. my feelings
sorely hurt, I departed, nnd even if the
gentleman Is a married man I feel cer
tain he's n misanthrope. Perhaps that's
one of tho reason's he's so sure there's
a woman In tho ense.
Doctor Shattuck In n letter to the "mate
rial witness," Is still being worked upon.
So far the detectives hnve been nble to
find no trace of tho Identity of the
mysterious woman with whom Cord wns
lnfatunted, according to Peterson.
The Idea that n Jealous husband shot
Cord Is offered for tho second time by
Doctor Shattuck in another letter to
Tetcrson, made public today. Tho letter
follows:
NEW YORK. Sept, 9, 1915.
Friend Olof,
I wrote you yesterday on my return
from the country nnd addressed the
letter In caro of tho Jail, but by to
day's papers I seo you aro domiciled
at- the courthouse. Get thnt letter
nnd answer at once If you want mo
to see tho York people. Time Im
portant. STAND YOUR GROUND.
If you are Innocent, and I bcllevo
you nre, stand your ground. Spec
tacular bluffs and third degrees do
not hurt a man conscious of the right
You have told your story, now keep
silent. But If you enn help tho proso
ecutor find the foul murderer of Cord
do so nnd stay where you aro until
you can secure an honorable release
Anything else will ruin your busi
ness carer. It la unfortunate for
you, but Mr. Kraft Is doing his duty
as he sees It. You of all others would
bo Insane to put Cord out when ho
was so necessary to your plans. Is
It not probable that he had a clan
destine meeting with a woman, was
surprised and shot by the husband
who owned a car. Tho many letters
he was writing to women from Florida
might have been business letters, of
course, but this murder looks to me
like tho work of a Jealous man or
woman.
I see tho prosecutor accuses you of
falsehoods. This Is Inexcusable In
such a case, except to shield the
honor of a woman. In your caso there
Is nothing to fear In telling the truth
strict!;" I hope tho prosecutor hns
been mlbquoted by the papers, which
nre not always correct.
In tho absence of positive proof
against you, I shall do all I can to
get a renewal of tho Florida contract,
but to do business successfully It Is
absolutely necessary for you not to
talk any more to reporters, but aid
tho prosecutor If you can. This let
ter Is confidential, and If It falls Into
the hands of the prosecutor It must
not bo published In the newspapers.
Yours truly,
L. A. S.
Tho only effort to get Shnttuck's story
first hand, nccordlng to the admission of
"roseoutor Kraft, was to eend a man to
New York. Shattuck has not been Been
tlnce shortly after the shooting. He left
tn office of a physician, where he gen
ertlly worked at this time, leaving n note
to employes about tho Cord case, In which
he pave tho opinion that Peterson had
noti'.lng to do with It, and then disap
peared. A detective may bo sent to Florida In
a few days to look Into tho land denl
there In which Cord, Peterson and Bhat
tuck were engaged.
TRUANCY EVIL DISCUSSED
Need of Parental School Regarded as
Imperative
Participants In a conference on truancy
held today In the office of Dr. John P.
Garber, Acting Superintendent of Schools,
were all In agreement that a parental
school Is badly needed In order tq cope
with the problem of truancy, which Is
gradually becoming of moro serious Im
port In the city schools.
Judge Raymond MacNellle, of the Ju
venile Court, said he had discharged
every boy brought before him for truancy
because there was no Institution equipped
to handle such cases. It was he who
most strongly urged the need of a pa
rental school.
Plans were formed some months ago to
purchase a tract of land In Byberry for
the erection of such a school,' but this
movement was delayed because the
owner had demanded a price considered
too high. It Is expected that when ths
Board of Education convenes tomorrow
for Its first meeting of the season con
demnation proceedings will bo started to
gain possession of this land.
Besides Doctor Garber and Judge Mac.
Nellie, Henry J. Gideon, chief of the Ilu
reau .of Compulsory Education, and
Thomas O. Parris. chief probation offi
cer, participated In ths conference.
Greater co-operation betwen ths Juvenile
Court and the school system was urged.
It was suggested In this connection that
there should be a probation oWcer, con.
nected vrlth tbe Juvenile Court, w every
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SIR WILLIAM VAN IIORNE
Builder of tho Cnnndinn Pacific
Rnilwny, whoso death removes
one of Canada's most prominent
citizens.
iIeavyregistration"
presages triumph
for mayor's friends
Figures Exceed Those of Any
Year in History Except
1911 Blankenburg
Pleased
SEES VICTORY CERTAIN
History Will Repeat Itself, IIo Says.
Republicans Will Vote for
Reform
A sweeping Independent victory nt tho
polls In Novemher Is presaged by tho
heavy registration of voters this year.
Independent leaders aro rejoicing over
tho slzo of the registration, ns It Is ovl
denco of the Interest tnken In tho cam
paign by the voters.
Unofficial figures Indicate that moro
citizens have qualified to vote than at
nny other election In tho city's history
except thnt of 1111. Official figures for
the first two days, with unofficial figures
for last Saturday, give n total of 2S7.416
voters who have qualified to vote at the
election this fall.
In 1011 the registration wne 6,536. in
1914, when Governor and n United States
Senator were, to be elected, tho registra
tion was 272.S71. Leaders of nil parties
expect that when official figures for tho
third day this year are available, tho
totnl will bo from 200.000 to 292,000.
Mayor Blankenburg, discussing tho
heavy registration, said that the Indica
tions aro that tho history of 1911 will bo
repeated. That year, ho pointed out, a
largo proportion of the voters had en
rolled themselves ns Republicans, nnd
took part In the Republican primaries,
but nt the general election voted for tho
Independent candidate.
HISTORY TO REPEAT.
"That Is exactly what will happen this
time," said tho Mayor. "I was talking
with n Republican yesterday who will
vote for us, nnd there are tens of thou
sands of others who will do tho same.
Four years ago tho Republicans hnd a
heavy registration, but they voted for us
nt the general election I feel more con
fident than ever before that wo will elect
our ticket by a great majority."
Organization leaders were surprised at
the large registration. The campaign
had been regarded as listless In Organiza
tion circles since the "harmony" deal on
Thomas B. Smith was completed.
The enrolment In the different parties,
ns compiled for the three registration
days, follows:
Republicans 211.43d
Democrats 24 ."(HI)
yVaihinuton party Xo'.710
Kej atone gg.)
Nonpartisan 21,0&S
Leaders of all parties credit tho heavy
Republican enrolment to tho fact that
a presidential election will bo held next
year. Registration this fnll entitles tho
voters to participate In tho primary next
spring without registering again, pro
vided, of course, they voto this fall for
a majority of tho candidates on the ticket
of tho party whoso ballot they ask for
next year.
At tho headquarters of the Public Ser
vice Committee of One Hundred the fol
lowing statement was Issued today:
Tho total registration for this year
Is the largest In the history of tho
registration law with tho eexceptlon
of 1911, tho year when Mayor
Blankenburg was elected.
A large registration is always favorable
to Independent movements, as Inde
pendent voters nre thoso who are re
miss If there la nny shortage In registra
tion. Tho most Interesting feature of
the figures returned Is the large increase
In tho registration In the most Inde
pendent wards of the city; for example,
tho 22d. 3tth, 43d and 46th. In fact, nil
of the markedly Independent wards of
West Philadelphia and the northern part
of the city show lnrge Increases, it was
In these wards that the independent
strength lay In 1911.
,.wh,,e tho t0,ul registration Is about
6000 less than the final registration In 1911,
the total In tho Independent wards shows
a lnrge Increase over that year.
The fight this year at the general elec
tlon will, as Is alwayB the caso In Phil
adelphia, be n fight fundamentally be
tween Republicans who aro opposed to the
domination Of their nnrlv h u.
tractor bosses and those nfllllated with
tho gang. The largo enrolment In the
Republican party Is, therefore, not Indica
tive In any case of the popular attitude
Not since 1911 has the same Interest been
nVln,1.BteA ,n. anY eI,c'lon. The citizens
of Philadelphia understand tho Immense
Importance of securing a competent and
honest administration during the next
four years. That la the reason for tho
large registration.
HUGE INDEPENDENT OAINS.
Tremendous gains In the Independent
wards, substantial gains In tho Varo
wards, and a big falling off In the Mc
Nlchol wards aro the outstanding fea
tures o the registration. The 26th Ward
was tho cr'y Vare ward to show a falling
off. All of t';e other South Philadelphia
wards showed a larger registration than
In the strlctlv McNIchol words, com
prising the 3d Senatorial District, which
Includes .the Sth, 6th, 10th, llth, i:th". 13th.
14th. 10th and JSth Wards, thero was a
big falling off except In two wards, the
llth nnd Uth. There was also a falling
off In the 28th Ward, the home ward of
Thomas B. Bmlth, the Organization can
didate for Mayor.
The gains In the Independent wards
wera greater In the 46th, 34th, 40th, 42d
and 43d Wards. The gains In these wards
of Vm n,re lhan ,he reeUtratIon
No Cotton Imports In Week
Announcement had been mado by tho
Treasury Department that thero was no
cotton yarn Imported Into Philadelphia
during the week ending September 4. No
?Stlnn XT1 w? w,"rwn from bond.
While It Is not unususj for cotton ysrn
V be drawn from band. It rarely happens
that a whole, week passes ln which no
cotton U Imported,
THE DAILY STORY
Tuesday at Eight
Molly Perrln shook her pretty head most
emphatically.
"It's quite Impossible, Bobby," she said.
The young man standing with her in
the vestibule shifted his position, getting
his broad back ngnlnst the Inner jloor,
thereby frustrating Molly's plan to open
It with her lntchkoy.
" 'Quite Impossible' Is no real reason,
said he. , , .,
"I'm going In now," said Molly with dig-
"Not until you have given me a better
reason for turning me down."
She faced him.
"Well, If you want all the horrible de
tnlK 1 don't care enough about you,"
andl ftViiV
Robert Bralnerd seemed not perturbed
nt this. Indeed, ho smiled.
"That's not the real reason." said he.
He looked nt her searchlngly. Tho girl
tried to loturn that fixed gne. but her
eyes suddenly fitltered.
"The rial reason." said, she. and this
time her tono seemed to enrry conviction
lo him. "Is that I won't marry nny man
unlesn I'm the most Important thing In his
life. I'm not the most Important thing In
yours, by nny means."
"Whv, Molly, of courso you are," said
he.
"No, I'm not ' eho tnld. "Why, you
can't even bother to keep your engage
ment with me. Dnv before yesterday
you were two hours lato in getting here!
yesterday you didn't como nt all, al
though you said you'd seo me at half-past
four. Today, after waiting some throe
hours for you and growing tired, I run
out for a hreath of air and happen to
meet you coming up the'streot; I'm very,
very Important, It would seem from nil
thnt."
"My dear, I've tried to explain I'm a
very busy man these dny. I've scarcely
a minute to brenthe. I "
She mndo a wry llttlo face. "Business,
business, always business," Bald nho, "I
see It comes before me, and that has
made me decide as I hnve. Now, please,
let mo go Into tho house."
But Bralnerd made no move to tnke
his back awny from tho door.
"You'rq not fair," said he.
She whirled on him wrathfully.
"It isn't ns If you had to do It," said
she. "You're not pressed for ready
money nnd you never will be. It would
seem that a llttlo of this highly Impor
tant business might he dropped onco In
a while eo that you could keep one ap
pointment with me. As It Is "
"Now, son here," said he, nnd his tone
wns that of n man who checked his Im
patience with nn effort, "you havo al
ways sold before that mero possession of
money Is no adequate excuse for n man's
not working nnd giving tho very best ho
hns ln him to his work. Well, thit's
what I'm doing, or trying to do work
not for tho Bako of working, but to accom
plish something. If I'm going to build
up a legnl practlco of my own I've got
to hustle early nnd lato. And when I do
I'm handed this little welt from you."
Her lips relaxed a little in their tense
ness at thnt.
"Prove it!" she said Bhortly.
"I will," ho declared. "IIow shall I do
lt7"
"This Is Friday, Isn't It?" sho said.
"Well, I'll give you until Tuesday to
think over whether or not It Is worth
whllo keeping your appointments with
me. Como to mo Tuesday evening at 8.
Wo will be out at the Lakevlllo house
then."
"I will," said ho.
"If business doesn't Interfere," she
mocked.
"It won't," said ho grimly.
Ho stepped away from tho door. Sho
opened It and slipped Inside. But before
she had closed It entirely sho said softly:
"Maybe, It you're on time It Isn't
much to ask you to bo on time Just onco.
Is It? I'll havo a different answer for
you."
"Watch me I" he cried Jubilantly as
the door closed.
At 4 o'clock that Tuesday afternoon
Bralnerd's stenographer called him to
thp phone. It was Holden, of tho Inter
city Company, on the wire. Ho and
Stone, he said, would like to see Mr.
Bralnerd.
Nor was he wrong ln his surmise. The
legal work was to be his hereafter. That
was made plain to him with no waste of
words. Then at once Stono and Holden
wanted him to go over .with them certain
outstanding contracts of subsidiary con
cerns and pass upon them as to their
validity.
The three locked themselves In Holden's
private ofllre, and, with the contracts
piled on his desk, they fell to work.
Bralnerd's first thought outside the
mooted contracts was that ho was hun
gry. How long he had been working ho
could not have told. Ho glanced at his
watch. He was horrified to find It was
7:30.
Tho sudden thought of his'appointment
with Molly at Lakewood brought a cold
perspiration to his forehead.
"Is your car down at the door?" he
asked, crisply.
"Mlno is," said Stone. "Why?"
"I'm going to use It," said Bralnerd,
and bolted for tho door.
"You bet you're not." howled Stono.
"You're going over the rest of theso con
tracts, and, besides, I've got to hustle
home at fl and meet some people the
madam Is entertaining."
He made an Ineffectual clutch at Braln
erd, who eluded him and sped down tho
hall for the elevators. Over his shoulder
ho shouted something half Intelligible.
To Stone It sounded like, "Take a taxi!"
He did not manage to catch the ele
vator Bralnerd did. When he reached the
street a red tail-light was rocking along
tho narrow thoroughfare, and a crossing
cop was waving his arms and shouting
something after It.
Tho big grandfather's clock In the hall
chimed 8. For a good half-hour Molly
Perrln had been peering out the front
wlndowB, ncross the veranda and down
the driveway.
Molly had been uneasy all the past half
hour, and with each passing minute her
nervousness had Increased, Now, as the
clock chimed the hour and still no signs
of Bralnerd, sho settled herself discon
solately on tho wldo window seat
"So he really didn't carol" she mut
tercdi ""' he had. nothing-nothing
tuuiu imvu ejn jum away tonight He
doesn't caro 'enough."
And then a splash of light cut the driv
ing rain. A motor, driven at a furious
pace, came down the road, It swung Into
the driveway.
It skidded frightfully, seemed to right
Itself for a moment, then crashed Into
one of the big stone gateposts. A dark
object shot ungracefully off the front seat
and whirled through the misty rain,
'A dRsh of water In his far. h.v,
Bwlnord struggling up on an elbow. A
man was bending over him, and close be
side the man was Molly Perrln.
''He'll be all right ln a little while
Mis. Perrln." the man was assuring ths
girl, and Bralnerd recognized him nowas
Doctor Lor n. "I don't see how he ever
hit 'era going as you say he was, and
got out of it alive. Feel better, don't we?"
This last to Bralnerd.
'Gee, Molly," said Bralnerd, contritely,
not seeming to notice the doctor. "I tried
to get here. Of course. It's all off now I'm
Moljy flushed,
"Oh, I don't know," said he. stooDlnir
to help the doctor lift tho irrsggy Brain!
erd to hi. feet, "you're n5t so aWfuBy
Int. n.l K...M. It . u-V "WtUliy
perhaps-:" ' "M
Doctor Lorln. grinning broadly, slipped
away, qulto unnoticed. Into tho mtsL
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Convict Wins $50 Prize
OBSIMNQ. N. Y., Sent is ' WiM
psborns yesterday called convkt 2M $!!
the omes of Bing, Sing, where the mai
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POLICE SERFDOM AND
BOSS RULE ENDED BY
BLANKENBURG REGIME
Employes of City Made Soldiers
of Common Good Instead
of Political Hirelings
SHERN LAW IS ENFORCED, 1
Accomplishments of Reform Admin
istration Shown in Another'
Scries of Articles
How policemen, firemen nnd other rmi.
nlclpat employes wcro freed from political
serfdom during the Blankenburg ndmlnti.
tratlon, Is told In another of the series of
nrtlcles reviewing tho achievements of,
tho administration.
Before the Blankenburg administration
camo Into power positions In the City uaj
were looked upon as public sinecures, and
city employes hnd short hours and 'wers
expected to do their full share of political
work ln their wards under pain of Incur
ring the displeasure of tho party bosses.
Tho article describing how the chans.
was brought about Is signed by Richard
L. Austin, Samuel S. Pels, Charles F, Jen
kins, Theodore J. Lewis, William Drapr
Lewli, Francis B. Reeves, Charlei Z.
Tryon and John C. Winston.
Tho enslavement of city employes, who
were organized In nn army of trained
political workers for the control of elec
tions, nccordlng to the article, was abol-'
Ished when Mayor Blankenburg and hit
directors enforced, for tho first time. th
provisions of the Shearn law of 1906 for
bidding political activity by officeholders.
Exacting political contributions from
office holders, requiring political asstsi
ments from officeholders and excluding
nil except political adherents from be
coming officeholders have been abolished
by the Blankenburg administration, tt
arttclo states.
"A restoration of tho Organization to
power means a restoration of this system
of treating public offices as private prop
erty, to be distributed only among politi
cally fnlthful to tho party ln control."
Permission of a ward leader or su
perlor officer, which was frequently re
quired before city employes could change
their residence, particularly policemen
nnd firemen, was completely done away
with when Mayor Blankenburg came Into
ofTlce.
Each policeman Is called upon for ac
tive duty for only 8 hours a day. Instead
of 12 hours under tho old regime. It la
pointed out, which -lias Increased the
efficiency of the department. Other em
ployes, outside of tho police and fire de
partments, who formerly finished their
day nt 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock, were com
pelled to work another hour longer.
Tho nrtlclo declares that prosecutions
were brought against 1059 persons under
tho Shearn law, of which 431 cases were
proven nnd 37 persons wcro allowed to
resign.
In mnny Instances of these prosecu
tions, which were brought by tho Com
mittee of Seventy, It was pointed out thnt
numerous cases Investigated brought to
light tho fact that they had already been
dropped from tho various departments. '
"Gross offenders nnd thoso guilty of
crimes In their political activity havo dis
appeared from tho public service," the
articles dcclnres. "Lesser offenders have,
been disciplined, are now divorced from
politics and under this administration are
at liberty to give undivided attention to
their pubic duties."
Thero has been n gradual weeding out
of Incompetent persons ln the city's serv
ice, which has taken the place of whole
sale dismissal of nil followers of tho
Organization ln the employ of tho city
on December 4, 1911, when the Blanken
burg forces came Into power, according
to the article.
After giving tables to show how this
hns been accomplished, the article con
cludes: "Henco during the last three years in
the competitive class tho number of ap
plications has Increased by over 50 per
cent, and the number of appointments by
moro thnn 55 per cent.
"For years public office In Philadelphia
had not been looked upon as a public
trust, but as a political perquisite. Men
had not been appointed upon the basis of
merit, but upon a calculation of how
many votes they could deliver In their
divisions.
"This whole deplorable condition had
been utterly changed In four short years;
the very ntmosphere of tho City Hall 1
changed, yet it has nil been done so
quietly nnd ln so business-like n way
that citizens are In dnngcr of forgetting
how grent Is the distinction between the
administration of a contractor-owned
Mayor and that of one elected by Inde
pendent citizens nnd recognizing nlle
glanca to them nlono.
"No wonder tho contractor lords have
been nt great pains to agree upon a 'har
mony candidate'!"
SMITH BUTTON WINS FREEDOM
Ardent Republican Discharged by
Magistrate at Hearing
A political button, on which was a
picture of tho Itepubllcan candldato for
Mayor, prominently displayed on the
necktie of Raymond Komlskey, 22 year.
old, of 1853 North 25th street, saved the
youth from a probable sentence when
he was arraigned before Magistrate Mor.
rls at tho 28th and Oxford streets police
station, accused of creating a disturb
ance at 24th street and Itldge avenue,
lost night
"What's the button for?" asked the
Magistrate, as Komlskey was brought
before him.
"Smith for Mayor and the whole Re
publican ticket" was the reply of the
youth,
"Well, you're not afraid to display your
colors In a prominent place," commented
the Magistrate. "I discharge you."
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