IMrger final
VOL. II NO. 0
PlIIIiADELPIIIA, THURSDAY, SEPTJEatBEtt 23, 1915.
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CorimaiiT, 1013, it thi Fcsmo Lt doss CouriKT.
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iPHILS WIN FIRST, LEAD SECOND;
DETROIT BEATS ATHLETICS, 6-5
REFORM BODY
FOR PORTER;
SEES VICTORY
l00 Committee to Launch
Campaign' Against Or
ganization Nominee
IS M I T H VOTE 116,747
.Analysis of he prlmnrr Tole rnndt
I odr !""" hn ' total vote of 330,-
,j00 at, the Krneral election Troulil elect
'George .p. Porter Mayor of Phllndelpbla.
The Organization polled nearlr It
, ..full, utrennth at tlie primary, n ilia
alio Its aalmldlnrjr, the Old Guard
Democracy! Ilnned on unofllclnl totals
far the primary, n Tote of 250,000 on
November 2 would give,, the folloTtlnu
results!
" Total regUtereit electors entitled to
Vote In .November npproxlmntely200,000.
' Estimated total vote In No
vember . 250,000
Combined Smith and Ilrom-
ley Tote at primary 123,7-12
Estimated Porter vote In
November . . 127,530
This would be a sltnntlon similar to
that of 3011, when ninnkenburK wnn
elected, ninnkenhure's majority wns
8960 over Earle. Porter's majority over
Smith, based on the above estimate.
would be 4000.
' Latest unofllclnl returns from all 48
wards today, with n few scattering
divisions missing. Rivet
IlKPUIIlACAN
Smith 117,010
! Porter 28,233
$ .Potter 4,784
' AVASniNGTON
'' Porter ...,....... ,
0,870
1,091
514
Potter i
Gorman
DEMOCRATIC
W Bromley
6,723
4,280
3,784
Gorman ....,... A.
r Porter
-;!& w .. ! j vr&'Vtt
-i
TOTAI vote.
With four wards mtaalttRi ' t
Smith. It 117,010
Porter, n, D., W. 41,024.
Potter, n,, D "V. 7.000
Bromley, I) t 0.723
Gorman, D., W. ... 4,704
Total .,,.,..,............ 178,150
This total does not Include the scnt
lerlne Keystone, Socialist, Hull Moose,
Fersonnl Liberty and Prohibition vote.
Scattering divisions nre still missing
from the 22d, 28tb, 34th, 35th, SOtti, 40th,
41st, 44th and 48th Wards.
A vigorous campaign for the election of
George D. Porter as Slayor and an un
bossed Councils will bo launched Immedi
ately by the Public Service Committee of
One Hundred.
Independent leaders see encouragement
In the. figures on the vote cast In the pri
mary election last Tuesday, and will start
t once to arouse the .citizens .who did
not vote at the primary, so they will
Continued on Pace Four, Column Two
B:.
MRS. VANDERBECK
WINS GOLF CONTEST
It. UN NOBLE GREENS
National Champion Was in
Splendid Form Mrs. Bar
'' loiy Defeats Mrs. G. S.
;' Muncon
pCLOSE MATCHES 'PREVAIL
NODUE, Ta.. Sent. 23-If yesterday's
I watches 1n the flrst round of tha match
Hiay for the Berthellyn Cup at the Hunt-
Fmsaoij valley Country Club were -tame..
Whey were quite the reverse In the secpnd
pound thla morning. Mrs. Vanderbeclc
land Mrs. Harlow won their matches
r Mslly, Jt la true, but tho matches be-
i.in Mrs. galeb f, Fox and Jlr. O.
Henry Stetson and Miss Eleanor T.
ihaudler and Mrs. A. K, Wllsteln weo
j t a exciting as they could well be.
Jl, rox and Mr Stetson played a
Hparkable match. andlra. Stetson oncu
win proved that she Is a great uphill
KS..r Mr"' Vox wa vo UP t th"
Kii '."r'- mm. n m n CUSO 1UOKCU
ZS, gh "OP1"8, but ahe stuck to her
- sauieiF ana won the ninth, tenth.
tTi,.u "l" no!B.. nna usivea the
, "'"'n. maklne bet nly two down.
tWSSd DUttltir IKKnnnUd . 1,J ..
iWd Six flirli lm.,,. I, ..',.. ---
fttt'h hoJe!mrteWrth' fUneenlh 8nd
nil TiTmT ,rV rl,ro. ' na,uitr
K ,,.,. v coo peiween. tlien a
Vway rouM. MiM Clhandler atarted
Ci rmK"S K?. .T.Wli'
sin. tw;7.(.v"rer,? iour .. ""
JIm. ?Urn' VanOerbeck5 won her
uKm. .?." wln J- Flt,er the
!. I! p' ,u;lB comigrtably. t
m, rSii r " up' ana houeh
.....r nun, me tn hole, Mrs,
CwUUtMd Vm Two, Ci4uu Six
THE'WEATHEJt
FOHEOAST
PhUadelulilm mJ vimSltm,
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" toulyht and FriHmyt fot
timing ewucralure: lit kl U uitraK
ftAiia,
PENN IS PREPARING
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The Quaker coaches are putting the .squad through strenuous practice
preparatory 'to the clash with West ' Virginia on Saturday. In the
picture above is shown Mike Dorizas, "Penn's strong man," attempting
to get a fumble. He was beaten to it by Henning, of the line. The
other picture is. the latest of Captain Ned Harris.
CHILL WINDS PUT
RED BLOOD INTO
yVEjNS OF TRADE
Merchants Report Prom 40
to 100 Per Cent! Increase
in Business
WAR'S EFFECTS TRIFLING
The sharp wind that makes you feel
foolish 'and exposed as a shorn lamb to
Indifferent nature In a summer suit with
out a vest, has far deeper effects than
that upon your Immediate comfort. The
symbol of these far-reaching effects can
very well be recognized, however, In the
fact that you went Into a shop and came
This was a superficial Impression this
mornlne. which later In the day was veri
fied with startling emphasis by every
business man whose opinion was asked
about the increase of trade activity In
the city's Jlfe with tho coming, of. the
first touch of fall weather. These In
creases were from 40 to 100 per cent, and
In at least one case the almost Jncredlblo
belief was expressed that the business
done In that line waB double that done
at this season last year. ......
And everywhere the wordwarhashad
noeffect was uttered with confidence. It
is spelled and pronounced as one, wort
Continued on ra Two, Column Three
PARPMSHAIR SINGED
IN ME FROM GASOLINE
i
Customer's Match Ignites
Fumes nd Lathered Men
Flee From Flames
.... ... it. a ..d r.f Mm liArbers In
Edward J. Townsond'n no-tlp barber shop
at 21 North Juniper "treet tKM afternoon
as he flnUhed shaving a customer. Tho
next" man was lighting his cigar. As
he rose to take his place Jn tho chair lie
threw (ho match In the corner where a
man was uslm gasoline to clean tho
linoleum. There was a flash of fire and in
a monient the place, was In. flames.
aA..ui initial,.! mail were In the chairs
at the time and all of them fled to tl
street., Two pf the barbers' hair was
singed by the .explosion. ,
In the excitement which followed a
large crowd collected and policeman Wal
ter Burgess, of the Uth and Winter
streets station, was hurt when the patrol
wagon from that district backed Into htm,
injuring his leg. He was taken to the
Hahnemann liospltal.
M. II Dtcksteln, who -was In a res
tuarant adjoining the barber shop, rushed
In when the flame starled and assisted
u 4)vtinguishin them Kith the aid of a
snruy urtl l afcainpoolnf
Harry U tttM 4 Arh ,streti,
and Joi CMiiiliy, (m Havorford ve
nu, wftre tho tellers who wr, iod
by Uw Misi
FOR FIRST GAME OF
GANG THUGGERY
AT POLLS FOUND
BY INDEPENDENTS
Organization HenchmenDe-
clared to Have Intimi
dated Voters
l
SCORES OF COMPLAINTS
,. Scores of complaints of election frauds
and. attempted, 'Illegal voting that ate
pouring Into tpt ofllcfg of the Committee
of Seventy today show that the Repub
lican Organization' at the primary elec
tion attempted to. return to gang methods
that prevailed at. elections held prior to
the Blankenburg administration.
The Organization henchman, believing
that the Organization will return to power
this fall, "overstepped the limit," accord
ing to otllcers of the Committee of
Seventy, and In all parts of the city re
sorted to every known' method to prevent
.Independents from casting their ballots.
Among thp complaints that have been
received by the commltteo and which will
be prosecuted, -are many for making falsa
returns, assisting voters withput aflldavlt
at the prlmarlen,. Intimidation of watchers
and Intimidation' of voters.
In divisions in the northeast und In the
northwest, complaints made to the com
mittee say that crowds of Organization
followers were placed In' back rooms and
In rooms op the floor above the polling
place, and that the men were voted
during- the dosing hour, while other
voters could not get Into ihe. polllntr
places,, At one place, a complaint says,
45 men were voted In thla way.
Most of the complaints come from
South Philadelphia, the northeast and the
northwest. Among the complaint are
some from Porter's own ward, the S2d,
and from the 28th, Smith's home ward,
Warrants were Issued today for the ar
rest of six men whose names are on the
voting llttt of the 1st division of the Sth
Ward, charging them with false registra
tion and perjury. These men regUtered,
but did not vote.
Andrew A. Q'Rourkei the Democratic
registrar In this division, has been held
under 100u ball for a hearing at Centra
Station tomorrow- mdrnlng at 10 o'clock.
The Border Line
Earn folks find boardtr a paring
proposition. Qthers don't, ffit reason
It tmpi.
Tb on set tb cliu of ptrmannt
toarders who Vp bom. atov.. too
libby bokrdlnx fcoUM lwy.1; w.J'anil
nomen of the Utttr sort who. apprscl.
urrs.'Sr o? ess!
i contribute to nottser purse norwVl.
tu.
To bs wr to attract rwlly otslr.
U. boaidsr If throutb ju iJ,r ..
nnd wosnabl VosgMr, xvet to and
yju. rMt tws WH yenmx . Pheae
CaU WtLHulJor Mmin 3000
SEASON SATURDAY
BALLOT FRAUD
FOUND 1 VOTE
FOR JUDGESHIPS
"Discarded Nonpartisan
BalldtSvXJsed by Organi
zation to Stuff. Boxes
COMMITTEE
PROBE
The present primary system of having
voters use two ballots, a party ballot and
a non-partisan Judicial ballot, resulted In
so much contusion at the polls Tuesday
that It iwas. condemned In many quarters
touayT.ns" o, step back toward the old
ballotbox.sutffln8r practices.
Enrolled voters vho. wsnt to the polls
on Tuesday received two ballots, one of
the party In which, they enrolled and tho
other, tho non-partisan Judicial ballot.
There, wcr 13 oflices to be voted for on
tho party ballots and 12 on the non
partisan ballot.
The Republican ballot, for Instance, car
ried more than ISO names, and It was de
Claicd a physical hardship for n voter to
pick out the 29 candidate with any re
gard for their personal merits. It would
take nearly 20 minutes to cover this bal
lot alone, and then the nonpartisan ballot
had to be voted. The businessman anx
ious to get to his odlce and. the working
man facing a loss In pay If he was late
for work neglected to mark the nonparti
san ballot and many of them were left
in the booths In every division In the
city.
Unscrupulous voters, who followed these
men into the booths, picked up tho non
partisan ballots, marked them, and voted
fhem with their own ballots. It Is said
thut this was done In many of the wards
where tho Organization Is In control.
The ballots were folded up with the
ballots of the unscrupulous tinders and
pushed Into the box either without the
Continued on Tore Two. Column Seven
CAVE-IN HOUSES CROWDS
Electric Wire Trouble Below Street
Level Causes Ex
citement Smoke Issuing from the cracked asphalt
of a cave-In on the east side, of 9th street,
north of Chestnut, caused considerable
excitement and attracted .the attention of.
several hundred persons late this after
noon. According to the police, the cave-In was
caused by an electric supply pipe, which
supplies power to run a heating appara
tus. It Is believed that several of the
wires became crossed and burned the
Insulation, which dried 'out'' the earth
below the street and caused the asphalt
to sag.
MYSTERY OF A BODY
MAY CONCEAL CRIME
Two Men Tell Police They Saw
Limp Form Carried Into West
ConshohocHen Woods
The mystery of a body, which two men
say was carried from an automobile into
a lonely strip of woods near West Con
shobocken, la facing the Montgomery
County officials.
The police of Norrlstown, Conshohocken
and the surrounding towns are following
several clues which ' may lead to the
discovery of the body and, perhaps, of a
crime. The -woods near West Consho
hocken are. being1 searched by posses of
men and a sharp lookout for an auto
mobile of the! description seen on the
lonely roadside Is being maintained.
The vole of, a woman Inquiring over
the telephone about the disposition of f,
body, coming coincident with the report
of a body carried by night Into a forest
la spurring the offlclala on to greater
efforts to clear up the mystery. Before
night they hope to have a definite clue
to work on
James Powers, of Conshohocken. noti
fied the police of that town today that
he had seen four men carry what P
peared to be (he body of a man from
an automobile Into tho woods bprderlng
a road on the outskirts o West Con
tehocktn nlW, The object thty
ra.rricd ww IMnp, but the darkness pre-
r CuMnisX est Me tmt, rmlama "
, T. ... . m , - r.,1 1 VAT
PHILS SCORE
EARLY ON CUBS
IN SECOND GAME
League Leaders-Tally Lone
Runs in First and
. Second Innings
RIXEY FACES DOUGLAS
CUBS PARK. Chicago, Sept. Z3.-Thc
riiltlloB lost no tlmo In getting n. lead In
tho second gamo today, after they had
won tho first.
Kppa Illxey Btartcd to pitch for tho
Phils. This was tho flrst game In which
Hlxey .has been used since tho team left
home.
Douglas wns Brcshnahnn's choice to
do tho hurling. Roger himself went be
hind the bat. The Cub line-up was
switched, Murray going to right field and
Keating replacing Mulligan at phoit.
Stock opened the game with a double
down the Wt field line, advanced to third
on mi Intlcld out, and scored when
PasUcrt wns thrown out.
FIRST INNING.
Stock opened with a double to left,
and advanced to third on Bancroft's out,
Keating to Saler. MCl'anny .mrew oui.
Paskcrt, Stock scoring. Cravath lifted
to Keating. Ono run, one hit. no errors.
Murray beat out a Blow one to Rlxey.
Keating fanned and Murray was doubled
stealing. Burns to Bancroft. Shulto
drove a triple over Wbiueirs neaa.
Phelun fouled to Ludcrus. No runa, two
hits, no errors.
SECOND INNING.
I.udcrus was safe on Kcattng's wide
throw. WhiHed forced Ludtrus. Phclan to
Keating. Whltted stole second and con
tinued to third on Bresnahan's wild
throw. Williams booted tho ball In cen
tre Held nnd Whltted Bprlntcd homo with,
the second ru Nlehoff hit n long fly to
Schulte. Burr popped to Phelan. One
run, no hits, three errors.
Saler walked. Williams nlso walked.
McCarthy fanned. Whltted made a spec
tacular one-hand stab of Bresnahan's
drive to deep left. Douglas filed to Pas
kcrt. No runs, no hits, no errors.
TTTTTln TVNNfS'
"t?h A"-sfta,TteiH:5- 'tnrSiJf
through Douglas. Bancroft flled to Mur
ray. Bresnahan threw out Paskert, No
runs, ono hit, no errors.
Rlxey threw out Murray. Keating filed
to Luderus. Schulte fanned. No runs, no'
hits, no errors.
VEACH'S SINGLE WINS
GAME FOR TIGERS IN
NINTH-INNING RALLY
After Mackmen Take Lead in
Eighth, Detroit Comes Back
in Ninth and Annexes
Fray
LOUDERMILK WINS GAME
SIUBB PARK, Sep. 23. Afcr he Ath
letics had taken tho lead by staging a
great rally In the eighth inning of to
day's game Detroit came back in the
ninth and batted out a 6 to 5 victory at
the expense of Knowlson, who relieved
Shechan.
For seven Innings Lowdermllk baffled
the Mackmen, but two bases on balls
and two "Texas Leaguers" enabled the
Athletics to make three runs which put
them In the lead, but the Tigers came
back In the ninth nnd won.
Grover Loudermllk. who was driven
from the mound yesterday, went back
against the Mackmen again today.
FIRST INNING.
Bush went out to Mclnnls, unassisted.
Vltt hit Into tho left-field bleachers for
Continued on Vsse Tno, Column Two
W00DIUDGE TENNIS VICTOR
Old York Road Player Wins Match
at Fairmount Park
Donald Woodrldge, Old York Road, de..
feated II. 8. Heine. Ovcrbrook, In the
singles match on 'jjie courts at Straw
berry Mansion this afternoon. The scores
wero 6-1 and 6-3.
The summary:
BlNafcBS.
Second Hound.
Dbnsld Woodbrldee, Old York Road, de
feated If, 8. Heine. Overbrook, tJ-X and 0-3,
nounuss. '
First Round.
Jordan snd Jordan won from Tayno and
Dsvts by default.
Cravls and Harris. C. II. a. won by default
from Sheets and Holland, Oreenpolnt.
The KensinKtonian Says; ,'
'Jack Thompson, of the Frankfort
Artenal, expect to take q vacation fo the
Thoutand (land shortly, where he will
spent! one hour on each Island. ' .
LOST AND SOUND
WHAT DID YOU LOSS?
WHAT DID TOU FINDT
AU lost articles advertised In the
Lcdser will be listed: in a permanent
me at Ledger Central, where tbe tmd.r
o,n locate h owner at any time, jj '
you have found nn article that baa .not
Lecn advertised aa lost tbe Ledser will
alo record your name and address and
aTslst In finding the lishttul owutr,
who will be. placed In touch, with you.
This Use all other servloe at Ledcer
Central Is free.
KaDV'B C01.DrVATriIuST. "oulcih U.l
between Arch and Market, huntlns case,
can see time with and wltbout waning- the
case. Liberal reward, 1018 Arch st y
ljOOK contalou:g pbotoa lost on 1', it. 'J'.,
roil No. s, on 3d et . 'desday uornlnx.
liinoir return to sjw (jfesci tiioa. ivswara.
T1HE Utft gaturdar. on While Horse tJke. be
n Pfatla, and Atlantic City, Union ulu
tire, H, owunttd on rim. Klibeit m.
FLYING PHILS TAME CUBS IN SECOND GAME
PHILLIES r h o a c CHICAGO r h o a
Stook, 3b 1 ,3 1 1 0 Murray, rf .02319
Bancroft, 83 0 0 2 2b Keating, m 00331
Paskert, cf 0 0 10 0 Schulte, If 0 12 10
Crnvath, rfi 0 110 0 Pholan, 2b 113 3 1
Luderus, lb 0 18 0-0 Saler, lb . 1 1 10 0 0
Whltted, If io300 .WllitSm4,of 001 0 1
Niohoff, 2b 0 0 2 4 0 McCarthy, 3b 0 10 10
Burn.8, c 10 9 10 Bresnahaii, c . 0 0 5 2 1
Rlxey, p . 0 0 0 10 Douglae, p 0 0 0 1
Mulligan, 83 0 0 0 0
Knialoy, If 0 0 0 0 6
-..
-., . , '
" v ' '. ' '
' Totals 3 -5 27 910 Totals , 2 6 27 12 4
. '-
TIGERS AGAINf TROUNCE MACKMEN
ATHLETICS-. r h o a e DETROIT v r lf'o a e
Schang, c'f 2 0 0 0 l' Bush, ss '00248
Strunk,rf ..'2 1 1 0' 0, Vltt, 3b 112 10
Oldrlng.lf -12 1 0 0. Cobb, cf l' 1 3 0 0
Lajole, 2b 02 13 0' Vcaoh, If 1 1 1 0 0
Mclnnls, lb 010,18 0 0. Crawford, rf 1 1 0 0 0
Danner, ss.' 0 11'.3 0 Burns, lb 0 0 12 0 0
Demrau, 3b 0 ' 1 I ' ,0 Young, 2b 0 2 240
McAvoy, c 0 0 1 0 ' ' Stallage, c 0 0 5 q -
Sheehan, p 0 0 0 5 0 Loudoriuilk, p 0 10 3 0
Lapp, c 0 0 3 0 0 ; KavanhugU 110 0 0
Knowlson, p ' 0 0 0 10 McKee 1 0 6 0 0
Oldham, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ,
5 7 27 17
TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES
DETROIT 2 O O 2 O O O O 2 S
ATHLETICS 1 OOOOl 03 05
Loudermllk and Stanagc; Sheehan and McAvoy.
PHILLIES, 1st gO 2000200 1-511 3
CHICAGO . OIOOOOOOO-I 54
Alexander and Burns;. Adams and Archer.
..e-w.."V-t?,ra"-'-"' "&' ' 'HwJ-.eewei'e.':w'6ir
PHILLIES, 2d B 1 10 0; 1000 0-3 SO
CHICAGO 00020 0 0 00-2 4
Bixey and Burns; Douglas. nnd Bresnahan.
NATIONAL LE'AGUE
BOSTON 0020 2 000 0-4 5 O
PITTSBURGH O. 00 0. 3320 x- 3122
Euddlph and Whaling; MamuxT'and Glbsoa.
BROOKLYN O.Vf 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-3 91
CINCINNATI Jl.-Q) O 6 O'l 0 0 0-2 5 1
Pfeffer and McCarty; Toney and'wingo.
NEW YORK 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 O- .7 13v0.
ST. LOUIS 00000300 O 3 32
Tesreau and Mayers; Salleo and Snydor.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CHICAGO 0 10 0 0 10 0
WASHINGTON 01 OOOOOO
Scott and Schalk;' Harper and Williams.
ST. LOUIS,lstg o 0; O
NEW YOKK O O 1 O 1 2 3 0
Phillips and.Buel; Mogridge and Alexander.
ST. LOUIS, 2dgOOOOOOOO
NEW YOBK 0 10 3 0 0 10
Hoff and Agnew; Markle and Sqhwart.
CLEVEL'D, 1st g 0001 0021 0-4
BOSTON 00301 Ol O X 5
Klepfor and Egan; Wood and Thomas.
CLEVEL'D, 2d g O O 0 1 O O 1 0 0 2
BOSTON 2 2 1 O O O O 1 X- 6
- -Brenlon and Egan; Shore and Cady.
FEDERAL LEAGUE
BUUPEALO v O' O 1 2 ,6 1 id
mmmiiniinir v 'T v
Schulz and Allen; Knetzer
..
Newark. 1st e- n n n
,
. . - ""
CHICAGO O 2 O
O 2 O
Moseley and Rariden; Brown and Wilson." --v
r 5
NEWARK, 2d g ft 00 OOP 1 O.t
CHICAGO OO1OO.OO0 1
BeutQn and 'Huhn; Mcpdnnell and IfluHer; " '
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ST. LOUIS? 0X030 OVO -fO ,14 t
Johnson and Owens; ?lak and mfvtitf. ''
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