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$240,000,000 OF REVENUE
AT STAKE IN FIGHT FOR
GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT
Voters of Philadelphia Called Upon to
Decide How Great Funds Should
Be Administered for People
or Contractors
Written Especially tor the Ermine Leder anil Tubtlc ledger.
What Is the sum of .true happiness? Swif says, "A true -Mend, a good
marriage' nnd a perfect form of government." Now, If anybody should
aim to come between the average man and his "truo friends," or plan to Inter
fere with his love affairs, there Is certain to bo tho liveliest sort of a row. His
roar Is as sure as acath, for these Intimate essentials of a well-ordered life are more,
from the dollar, the people get but n fraction of It, and the nrjla ta diverted I
Into rapncloua private pocket. The keeping of Breed? jern away from the
city property a "protection" In the fullest aenae protection of home rndnatrlea.
So much for those who cry out for the Kreat nntlonnl laaura la thla distinctly
local campaign.
Always keep in mind that Senator James r. MeNlchol and tho Vares want
to spend the city's $240,000,000, your money, your neljhbor'a money, our money.
Their sple reason for engaging In politics Is to come near to such public funds
and parcel our mohoy out among their friends and themselves. To get upon
speaking terms with this $240,000,000 was of sufficient moment for them to drop
all long-standing personal grievances and comblno to re-enter tho city's money
nulla.
Plan of McNichol nnd tho Varcs
Hero Is what McNichol and tho Varcs plan to do In the term of tho next
Mayor of Philadelphia:
First. Handle tho contracts for subway construction, amounting to $40,
000,000. Second, Restrict subway construction to (a) the Frankford elevated, and
(b) the Broad street subway. The Broad street line has distinctive value only
when It is made a part of a comprehensive transit system, while- that por
tion of the Frankford lino running through farm land, tacked on by Councils,
has no Immediate worth to tho city, and runs only In the benefit of land
speculators.
Third. Handle tho contracts for a sewage disposal Riant, amounting to
probably $20,000,000.
Fourth. Handlo the contract for a Convention Hall, amounting to $1,600,
C00 or more.
Fifth. Handlo tho contract for an Art Museum, amounting to $3,000,000
suillclcntly personal to nrouso the most
Jaded Intelligence to vigorous combat
for their possession.
But, when" a long-drawn struggle for
nttalnmcnt of the perfect In govern
ment Is suggested, tho thought some
how wearies tho average citizen; for
government is a collective proposition,
a contrivance of human wisdom to
provide for human wants bulked. Gov
ernment Is' a Jackpot, and as the game
of life goes on ono Is opt to lose count
of tho markers or chips of different
value dropped into the common pile in
the centre of the table women may
not understand this Illustration, but
men will get It, and Just now they do
all tho otlng In Pennsylvania.
Vnfortunntoly, realization of tho In
dividual concern In Jackpots cornea
only when one sits back and drops out
of tho game to count up personal
losses after other hands 'have raked in
the whole.. Too often wo And that the
winner has played with marked cards,
and then our victim consoles himself
with the reflection, "There were other
losers, so why whine about water that
has gone over the dam."
This fall Philadelphia has a $240,000,
000 "Jackpot" at Btake In the municipal
election. On a population basis, each white chip played represents $133.33 1-3,
on a property-owning basis each red chip represents $500, and on a registra
tion or voting basis each blue chip represents $666.66 2-3. Our city has a
population of moro than 1.500,000; its property owners number around 400,000
and Its voters aggregate about 300,000. It Is the voters who will dispose of
the great fund upon which the city shall tie run for tho forthcoming four
years; namely, tho $240,000,000 of revenue to be drawn from the pockets of
the entire public.
Although not equal In votes, all citizens are equal in the influence that
should determine how the votes aro cast, and it Is a duty to themselves to
exert this Influence to the utmost between now and election day.
Available for Expenditure in Next Four Years
Hero follows" a Summary of the lump sum that will be available for expendi
ture during the administration of the Mayor who takes olilce January 3, 1916:
Current receipts between $30,000,000 and $35,000,000, less
yearly sinking fund demands of ah,out $7,000,000, leaving
roughly;. $25,000,000 a year, for four years $100,000,000
Under legislative act making personal property a basis for
borrowing there is immediately available for transit pur
posca and other permanent Improvements 40.000.000
Constitutional amendment, which goes before the people this
November, Increasing borrowing capacity of city from 7 to
10 per cent, of rtho assessed valuation of taxable, property,
this' additional' 3 per 'cent, for transit and Harbor develop- '
ments only .:...'. ., 67.500.ooo
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assessments over a period of
four years will give an additional amount availahle for
any purpose of ,
Inasmuch as the Sinking Fund annually pays oft $3,000,000,
there will be available In the next four years an accretion of
Other sources of revenue not Included In the foregoing esti
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Total "Jackpot" ...-.:.., $239,500,000
Do tho people of Philadelphia want this $200,000,000 honestly and efficiently
expended? Two roads are open before voters. Ono insures the election to ofllce
of a Mayor who symbolizes honest government and guarantees an administration
nt least on a parity with the better government Philadelphia has enjoyed during
the last four years. This Is' the open road leading to better things in civic life,
improvements, progress, prudent expenditures, correction and economy. Facts,
as we shall show. Justify this optimistic outlook, provided the good works of
the officials of the Blankenburg Administration are permitted to live and pros
per In extensions.
Philadelphia Stands at the Cross-roads
The alternative offered the people of Philadelphia Is a return to the Beaten
Path of gang politics In municipal affairs, suggesting an almost certain rever
sion to former conditions, contractor bosses looting the City Treasury, deterio
ration, retrogression, degeneration and debasement of the public weal. Ah,
but those who argue for the Beaten Path say: "Give tho old croWd another
chance. The politicians have learned their lesson." LeoparHs do not change
their spots, neither do professional politicians their ways."
Philadelphia stands at the cross-roads. For years, our people had traveled
the Beaten Path, and looking back upon Its hideous sights graft, theft, plun
der and highway robbery It seems like a ghastly nightmare. Then came the
Open Road, which led out from- it all and a new day dawned. Shall all that
has been gained in four years' freedom from slavery to the contractor rule
be lost7 Is the lesson from years and years of trafficking In the spoils of
office to have btfen learned for naught? We shall see, for as wo travel In
the next few weeks some of us may look around and make Inquiries and the
majority may decide to keep tho city on the Open Road.
The chief purpose .of, this review Is to make wise in some few pertinent par
agraphs those readers who have had no time to follow In detail the difficult
day-to-day struggles of the members oft the Blankenburg Administration during
the past four years. To pen articles so illy written that nobody will read them,
and to discuss facts In terms so weak and Insipid upon portending evils that
they actually form an argument for those very evils; this Is held by many com
placent citizens as a proper use of the "liberty of the press." Our contractor
overlords applaud such a colorless and vapid discussion of municipal affairs in
Philadelphia, and the echo Is found among thin-blooded citizens.
To express an opinion boldly and attempt to arouse the attention of tho
public by vigorous uso of argumont and invective; this Is termed by many as
the "licentiousness of the press" and "sensationalism." Weak wording and
phrasing In an opponent, according to a distinguished authority, Is the delight
of practical politicians and their associates for self-interest. Fear of seeing
things practiced which guarantee benefits to the many brings standpatters to.
calling tho doing and hopes of reformers impracticable. More good men have
been stabbed, from the back than ever were slain In fair combat. The story
of Christianity Is a story of martyrs.
Accomplishments Under Blankenburg
A city man, upon buying a farm, when twitted with having commonplace
tendencies by a friend owning a collection of rare masterpieces, for putting
his surplus wealth into the gray, grim earth, replied: 'Thero Is this difference
between us5. You only look at your pictures; I walk over mine." Thus, We
can find under our very feet the accomplishments of tho Blankenburg Ad
ministration. Wo have "walked over" them, They are w(t,h us, They do not
hang from future promises In the gallery -of .repentance. . They aro today a
pTt of a well-ordered municipal life; books open for our Inspection.
Out of Kansas came a poet named Eugene Ware, who Bald:
"AH merit comes
From braving the unequal;
All glory comes from daring to begin.
Fame loves the State
That, reckless of the sequel,
i Fights long and well, whether It lose or win."
If government could be sliced Into Individual portions, then, nerhans. thn
proverbial "man in the street'' might realize tho important of holding fast to
ak that is good in our present municipal management. If we care to aonre.
4ate the benefits running to all citizens In tho last four years, we have only
Ui throw the mind uacK, to me concluding oay oi wio neynurn Administration,
jHtd, without imagination recontemplato the immoral dent n which tho city
-. hen weltering. Ing habit had accustomed PhSadelphia to the notion of
imU In control of city affairs. We know that jo such parade of criminal
tursactlo"! reflecting discredit upon the Blankenburg Administration, will
i,-9 In review before our eyes today ,
HMM KoirrxMruf errt m lellar'a wrth Um every ! PaU the
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Sixth. Handlo tho costract for the Philadelphia General Hospital, amount
ing to $5,000,000 at least, and put It in tho hands of Philip H. Johnson,
architect In perpetuity for tho city of Philadelphia by tho grace of a former
administration and present Councils,
Seventh. Handlo further Parkway expenditures, which will probably
amount In tho next four years to between $10,000,000 and $15,000,000.
Eighth. Stop all further attacks on tho rates charged by the Philadelphia
Electric Company for public and private lighting.
Ninth. Organize tho new Division of Housing and Sanitation, with an an
nual payroll of probably $100,000.
Tenth. Go back to the old system of having contractors who are political
bosses wrlto their own specifications and appoint the Inspectors who will
Inspect their work.
Eleventh. Restore the officeholders who have been dismissed by the Blank
enburg Administration for political activity, incompetence, dishonesty or drunk
enness. Twelfth. Get policemen and firemen and all other city officeholders back
Into politics, restoring tho old system of political assessments.
Thirteenth. Mako tho Civil Service Commission a farce, as it was In the
"good old days" before Mayor Blankenburg took office.
Fourteenth. Handle contracts for $8,000,000 or $10,000,000 of harbor Improve
ment, to be authorized under the new constitutional amendment.
Fifteenth. Handlo contracts for the South Philadelphia improvements,
amounting in the next four years to more than $10,000,000.
Might as well come down to brass tacks at tho start. If any of tho projects
of the political contractors have been missed they doubtless will loom up In the
course of tho campaign. James P. McNichol and the Vares, Edwin II. and
William S are sufficiently known from tho records of past investigations Into
tho wandering off of public funds to Justify this forecast of their Intentions once
they dynamite their way back Into City Hall. They come before the public with
unclean hands. Charity for these contractors ports company with moderation
when Truth walks the pavements under tho statue of Father Penn.
How City Contracts Were Divided
It has been shown again and again that in a slnglo decade more than
$20,000,000 of city contracts were awarded to Senator McNichol and his allied con
tracting companies. In the same period over $13,000,000 of municipal con
tracts went to tho Vares and their agents. For the three years previous to
1912 McNichol and tho Vares equally divided the contracts represented in the
outgo of municipal funds. McNichol took the work north of Market street,
and was paid $7,223,965.18, and tho Vares took the work south of Market
street and were paid $7,081,882.32.
Think of the great public Improvements which the city really needs and
the sort of men who should be In office to give an honest and proper steward
ship of the expenditures. There Is the building of the new high-speed traction
lines, the extension of the Parkway, the South Philadelphia Improvements,
various harbor Improvements, the sewage disposal plant, the erection of a
Convention Hall and Art Museum. Then, there are tho many current Improve
ments planned by the present city administration, Including the building of
flrehouses, tho purchase of fire apparatus, the opening of new streets, the lay
ing of sewers, the building of bridges, etc.
Handicapped from the outset by Councils, the Blankenburg Administration,
notwithstanding the many obstructions placed In Its path, has Achieved re
markable results. This we purpose showing In detail because much of Its
progress toward the goal of better administration of local affairs has escaped
the attention of the average citizen. Before discharging a faithful and tried
servant it might bo well for citizens to scan the accomp)i8hmepftijhe servant.
The direct savings In municipal management for four" 'years alona have
amounted to more than $5,000,000, while the Indirect savings," represented in
Improved service, greater effectiveness and general results, amount to a much
greater sum a worth In service that cannot be computed In terms of dollars
and cents.
At no time In the last four years has tho Blankenburg Administration pos
sessed full power to give Philadelphia Ideal government. The offices held by
McNichol and the Vares, or shared by them under arrangements with minority
factions, include: District Attorney, City Magistrates, councllmanlc majority,
Judges and court officials, City Commissioners, Mercantile Appraisers, City
Treasurer, Receiver of Taxes, Board of Revision of Taxes, City Controller, Cor
oner, Recorder of Deeds, Register of Wills, Sheriff, Prothonotary, officials of
County Prisons, States Inspectors, Board of Viewers, Board of Public Educa
tion, Assessors of Real Estate and Eastern State Penitentiary officials.
Our Mayor and His Cabinet Members
Our Mayor Is elected by the people every four years. He is not eligible to
a succeeding term. His personal responsibility lodges in the appointment of
the heads of six city departments. These heads form his Cabinet, and ure the
Director of Public Safety, Director of Public Works, Director of Supplies, Di
rector of Public Health and Charities, Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries
and Director of City Transit. It Is their work, accomplished In spite of the
unrelentllng obstructllvo tactics of Councils, that forms the results of tho
Blankenburg Administration. The Mayor also appoints the members of tho
Civil Service Commission, a body that passes upon the fitness of candidates
to hold minor public offices, and thereby afforded Important co-operation.
Councils has been the Instrument through which McNichol and the Varcs
have hobbled many good works planned by the Blankenburg Administration.
To control Councils the contractor bosses had only to be sure of 29 Select and
61 Common Councllmen, enough for a three-fifths vote, sufficient to legally carry
any measure over tho Mayor's veto. This ever-rldlng power of the old political
ring, NEVER ONCE LOST, has been tho chief checkmating contrivance of the
sinister foes of the public good. Applause for such unworthy tactics has long
been the stock-in-trade of the sycophants, hirelings, organs, knee-crookers and
mouthpieces of the contractor politicians.
Yet, In spite of the hindrances of Councils, tho six Blankenburg Directors
have managed to give Philadelphia an honest business administration; as tho
Mayor puts it, "For tho benefit, not of officeholders nor of politicians, but of the
multitude of men, women and children for whom we In public office administer
a sacred trust."
CHARLTON TELLS WHY
HE MURDERED WIFE
Continued from I'age One
his reason-the constant Intensity of his
wife's passions.
Next he described their trip to Italy
together, of his wife's Intemperance, her
persistent carousing and her savage abuse
of himself.
At last, he said, she declared she was
about to leave htm.
"She covered me with Insults," he told
the court "She swore like a woman of
the streets. I could not but think that
another man awaited her. Something
broke in my brain. Stooping I seized a
wooden mallet. What happened next I
do not remember.
"On waking up. I understood that
something terrible must rfiave happened.
I Jumped frqra bed and saw my wife ly
ing across the threshold. Immediately I
remembered tho .scene and threw myself
upon the prostrate form. Imploring her to
answer me.
"I understood what I had done. I was
filled with horror. I had destroyed the
woman "tor hom I would gladly have
shed every drop of my blood."
He thought at first of suicide, Charlton
said, but abandoned the idea out of fe
gatd for his family. Instead he packed
his Ylitim's body In a trunk, carried it
by nlft to 'Lake Como and sank it In
the ' r attached to a heavy atone,
Then led to Genoa on his way home.
At this point tha prisoner broke down
completely and at his broken-voiced re
quest the court allowed him to retire.
The Judge had under consideration the
defense's request for an adjournment un
til October ,
Charlton was a pathetto figure as m
told his story in Italian. Repeat!? N
win t vra pc iuh.
MAYOR BLANKENBURG
WILL SOUND CALL FOR
CIVIC DECENCY TONIGHT
Executive Will Address Big
Germantown Rally in Be
half of Franklin Party
Ticket
TWO OTHER MEETINGS
Mayor Blankenburg will assume the
leadership of the Independent campaign
tonight, when he will take the stump for
the nrst time during the campaign In be
half of the candidacy of George D. Por
ter, Franklin party candidate for Mayor.
Speaking to the biggest rally of Inde
pendent forces held thus far. Mayor
Blankenburg will sound a ringing call to
every citizen who Is Interested in clla
decency, and for every Independent Re
publican who has the Interests of his
party at heart, to vote for the overthrow
of the contraotor bosses by supporting
Porter for tbe mayoralty.
The Mayor's initial appearance on the
stump will bo made at a meeting to be
held In Town Hall, Oermantown. Mr.
Porter and his colleagues on the inde
pendent ticket will also speak. The
Mayor Is also scheduled to speak at the
meeting In the Academy Of Music, to bo,
held by tho Franklin party on Tuesday
night of next week. Other Independent
meetings will be held tonight In tho 42d
Ward, Logan Drawing Rooms, Broad and
Ruscomb streets, nnd In Tioga, Tioga
Hall, 30th and Tioga streets.
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
PREPARED TO INSTAL
ITS NEW PRESIDENT
Dr. John Henry McCracken's
Inauguration Will Be Occa
sion of Distinguished
Assembly
AN ELABORATE PROGRAM
EASTON, Pa., Oct. 18. Lafayette Col
lego Is prepared to greet tomorrow after
noon the largest and most distinguished
gathering of guests that has ever visited
the college since Its founding In 1832. The
occasion Is the inauguration of Dr. John
Henry MacCraeken as the ninth president
of the college.
The event Is notable In educational clr-
cles not only because Lafayette Is Install
ing a new administrative head, but be
cause that head Is Doctor MacCraeken,
whoso family Is the most distinguished In
America from the point of view of the
number of college presidents In It. Doc
tor MacCraeken's father, Henry Mitchell
MacCraeken, D. D.. LL. D., Is Chancellor
Emeritus of tho New York University,
and only one week ago the brother of the
president-elect of Lafayette was Inaugu
rated to the presidency of Vassar.
The number of delegates from the vari
ous universities and colleges of the coun
try and the proportion of presidents of
these Institutions who will be delegates
makes It safe to assert that tho gather
ing will Include the largest number of
college presidents that has ever been as
sembled In tho State of Pennsylvania.
One hundred and fifty Institutions will
send delegates and half of the delegates
will be presidents.
Divroccs Granted
Court of Common Pleas No 3 granted the
following divorces today.
Georgia C. Lundqulst from Samuel Lund
qultt. Mary Keller from Edward A. Keller.
Kmma Barbara I'rlitcr Fillip from Ferdinand
Fillip.
lxxbel Clayton from Ralph Monroe Clajton.
KlUabeth II Jackson from William Jsckson.
William O. Arnlvold from Anna Arnhold.
Fanny S. Isaacs from Isaac Itaacs.
Leona E. HalMon from Charles Francla
It MM on.
Marie Helen ShrUer from John Jay Shrher-
Kullle A. titnvena from Walter E, Stevens.
Ellt KntwlBlIe from K. King Entwlstle
Muriel Alma Gunnell from John Henry dun
nell. Anna l. Iturrls from Charles M. nurrls
Florence C. Heirs from John Wesley Helm.
Mary Isabella Topley from Corners Topley.
I.eona It. n Samson from Charles II. Sam
son. Oeorne K. Wolfe from Mary A. Wolfe.
Krttth P. Canflfld. from William Canfleld.
Kmma Mauthe from Charles A. Mauthe
Allio Hethel Manron from Jefno Mauion.
FrHni'lp 11 Clark from llarbaretta Clark.
John Von Aadl.-in from Anne Van Asdlan.
ltlnche (Ireen from Maurice C flrren.
Holer: McClaln Irnm I.llllnn McClaln.
I.ti.le A. Do irk from James O Rourk.
Bonlilu Freedman from Philip Treedman.
hutan Caatln K.an from John Claikron
K mi
Cnrol j n Taulano from George C. Toulane.
Klorenct Elizabeth Squires from John Sulll
an Squires.
Tekla Lewis from Frederick Lewlj.
LITTLE BOY'S MITE TO
$1,000,000 CHARITY
Ho Gives 16 Cents Toward Fund
for Erection of Chil
dren's Hospital
With a dinner tonight at the Hotel
Adelphla. which will be attended by the
full team membership of 100 women and
250 men, and at which B. T. Stotesbury,
general chairman, will preside, the 10-day
campaign for half a million dollars In aid
of tho Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
will be under full swing.
Everybody connected with campaign
headquarters was busily engaged this
morning In perfecting plans for the work.
A ragged little urchin about 10 years old
entered Parlor A of the Adelphla. He
was dressed In a faded tweed suit that
had evidently dono duty for on older
youth, and had his right hand tightly
ctenched In his coat pocket. Walking
fearlessly to the first desk, at which it
happened a stenographer was busily en
gaged, the lad said:
"Sny. lady, whero's the guy what takes
tin coin fer the hospital?"
ktatled, yet with a! smile, the stenog
rapher directed tho boy to a member of
the campaign committee, who gravely ln
vitod him to sit down.
THE LITTLE BOY'S MITE
Ignoring the suggestion, the little chap
said, blurting out his wordB In a hurry:
"Mister. I have a little sister what was
runned over In the street one time, and
tho guys up at the Children's Hospital
mado her well again, so's you'd never
know she'd been hurt.
"I'vo only got 15 cents, but I'd sure like
to have youse take It"
Before a reply could bo made the boy
had flapped a dime and a nickel upon the
slide of the rolltop desk before him and
disappeared out of the door.
That Is why an anonymous contrlbu--tlon
for 15 cents will be duly credited
with several checks running Into four
figures, and several pledges for greater
amounts when contributions and pledges
are listed beginning with noon tomor
row, Tho campaign will officially open with a
dinner tonight at the Adelphla, which
will be attended by the full team mem
bership of 100 women and 250 men, and
at which E. T. Stotesbury will preside. A
speedometer has been erected on tho
south side of City Hall, facing Broad
street, which beginning with noon Tues
day, will record the figures from nil to
the 00,000 required, and will without
doubt be contributed by that spontaneous
answer to a worthy charity for which
Philadelphia is Justly famous.
A DESERVING CHAKITY.
The fun Is necessary for tho completion
of the new hospital In course of erection
at 18th and Balnbridge streets, ono wing
of which Is practically ready for oc
cupancy. There Is no more worthy char
ity In Philadelphia than the Children's
Hospital. It has been In existence 59
years, devoted exclusively to tho care,
surgically and medically, of sick por chil
dren. Last year alone the hospital carA
for 6131 cases, every ono entirely free of
charge.
The hospital does not receive State nld.
and has never had other means of sup
port than prlvnte gifts. During Its ex
istence It has cared for 2S1.079 children
and babies, and has expended for main
tenance alone $1,099,242. For some years
Its present quarters on 22d street below
Walnut have been Inadequate. Tha
Board of Managers of the hospital, realiz
ing this, have been ablo to raise ane-half
of the sum necessary for the erection of
the million dollar group of buildings now
under way, and they now appeal through
a whirlwind campaign for the necessao
balance to "complete this 'worthy Institu
tion, confident In success for a deserving
cause.
MAKE PROTEST TO WILSON
TEUTONS PRESS
NEW OFFENSIVE
ON BALTIC B;
Throw Russians Back P
Positions Fifteen Milei
iast ot uzar's Port
SEEK WINTER QUARTeS
BERLIN. Oct :
The General Staff rennet, t......
r - mon Haw
cesses In the Eastern theatre. vwS
Marshat von Hlndenburg, contlnulnr
cover operations at rtvln.L. . . T
- ., 1-apuin, !
v..w w...v.c,s uouin ot th bim
Baltic base, took Russian position, 2
a front of three kilometers o m t
west of llluxt. and made pr,ontr J3j
officers and 175 men at 8morjonJ -
Tho following report on operation, -
,.... o ,, Biven 0tj j
"Forces of Field Marshal von Illnfcjl
burg have made progress in the stiiJ
. ... "un oraceri i
isu prisoners were captured.
in. ..-I ...
jiuisian nnucKS west of Jvn.ul1
were repulsed. West of llluxt",
tured an cnemv nosltinn ,- . T" "';
1.S6 miles. In the region of SiSSijM
rooeated attemrjts nf v, n.. .:r01S
advance were repelled. Two officers Ji
175 men were captured. Ti
a..Uw..D , .,,u ivuBBians against k
army of Prince Leopold of BaviritT!
both sides of the railway paslng thn2
Ljachowtchl and Baranovltch broke Z2
400 yards In front of our position ;2
"Local engagements developed in iS
Styr between Rafalowkn V 2R
kowlciy in which tho forces of tntHLiH
von Linsengen engaged the enentyJLM
LONDON, Oct H.5
By assaults on positions east of MMi
which It holds, the army of Otnrl w
Hlndenburg has begun a fresh drlel
the Slav Baltic naval base at Mml'
possession of which Is desirable as ;
embarkation centre for troops aad aw?
TEUTONS SEEK TO MASK
BIG PLUNGE AT DVKlgJ
PETROGRAD, Oct 18. The GraS
flcatlons In the Jacobstadt district, n
cast of Riga, giving them a charactw st'jj
pcrumneiiuy. inia leaas jiustlan MPS
tary observers' to conclude that a reP
of operations In the Riga district 1 fej
signed to divert attention from . bWH
Dvlnsk district and from the outitiKi
war theatre, which latter li imiiisM 'j
dailv frreater imnnrtflncA tactta j ,? kd
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unman Biiumioii.
FOUR HURT, 1500
HELD UP IN FOOl
Secretary of Labor Hears Objection
to Immigration Order
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Nearly 50 rep
resentatives of transatlantic steamship
companies protested to Secretary of Labor
Wilson here today against tho enforce
ment of the order requiring all second
class passengers to undergo Inspection
nt the Ellis Island Immigration station.
New York Immigration Commissioner
Frederick C. Howe spoke for the order.
Besides pointing out the added discom
fort to the passengers by such an order,
the steamship men alleged that the en
forcement of the order would mean the
shifting of transatlantic passenger traf
fic to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
other ports where there Is no such order.
Others appearing against the order were
representatives of the Merchants' Asso
ciation of New York and the Hotel Asso
ciation of New York, Representative John
J. Eagan, of New Jersey, nnd Postmaster
Adolph Lankerlng, of Hoboken.
Continued from rote One
arrested, accused of reckless driving, Mrfi
were discharged by Magistrate MecletrtfZ
at the Trenton avenue and Dauphin 'treeti
station.
All along the Atlantic coast and lnlc
over Pennsylvania and New Jersey ttr;
fog mado navigation on sea and UhhIV
hazardous. Early rlscrB were confront!
by a curtain of mist that was so tM3
that thn eye could penetrate it for tats
a -short "distance '" "",
Along the rivers conditions were'wwsrl
than on shore. The mist was tnicttM
Navlcatlon came to a standstill.
the ferryboats continued to ply backs
forth. It was Impossible for them ttl
maintain an even schedule. The llMs
on the ends of the piers kept nhinr3
the bells ringing, adding to -the dia tti
the sirens of the various anchored crfC3
Pilots of the ferries had to "feel" thete J
way Into the slips. Several were csrrkll
out of their courses and others burns
tho truard loss severely. Narrow icu
from collisions were not few. IntheJoWH
er section of the Delaware River and bsjj'
ble ocean steamshlDS Inward and Nloj
ward bound were forced to anchor j
avoid the danger of accidents.
-IS
Mistakes Acid for Whiskey
.Tnhn nrth. BO vears old. of 251 South I
street, took a hot drink in the dtflf
his homo this morning. He i now in i
Jefferson Hospital with his rrioutlr I
throat so badlv burned that the
clans had grave fears for his reccvM
when he was admitted. He told the (
tors he was very thirsty about i o'cHi
and getting up he reached for m
which he thought contained whlikjr.'
proved to be caroouo acia.
recover.
N. J. RATE FIGHT REOPENED
BEFORE UTILITIES BOARD
Attorney Discusses "Hidden Ele
ments of Cost in R. R. Building"
TRENTON, Oct. 18.-"Hldden elements
of cost which disappear In the construc
tion of a railroad" were discussed today
by Charles Hansen at the reopening of
the rate fight between the South Jersey
Commuters' Association and the West
Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company
before the Public Utilities Commission.
Hansen will be remembered as the man
who appraised West Jerey'a property
during .the administration of Governor
Fort,
Hansell wis the first witness called by
Henry W Blckle counsel for the Penn
sylvania Railroad, which manages the
West Jerey He Went IntV a ' discus
sion of tho physical valuation of a rail,
road, telling, how expenditures made for
construction or Improyement may not ap
pear In an appraisement. The Informa
tion was given the commission in re
sponse to inquiries of counsel which was
trying to show the amount of money
sunk- in the road In order to prove tha
reasonableness of the return expected In
the Increased rates to be charged.
W I -
Hllktrem KeseHtwtced to Be Shot
PALT LAKE QITV, Utah, Oct. J8.
Joseph Hlllstrom, a Swedish subject, was
today resentenced to be shot to death
on Noycmber 1 for murder, Hlllstrom
had been formerly sentenced to death,
but the Hwedish Minister asked fer a re
hearing of the case. The board of par
dons refuted to act.
HH HAIYHMOWK AND HKTCRN
ZM WASMIXOTON AND MHTUKN
lUltlinor sn4 Ohio, Sunday, Octolxr 2Jt,
special truln front 31th anil Cbtslnvt Ms, M.
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Ben Fraiklii The man
who started things in Philadelphia
When Benjamin Franklin, rain-soaked and hungry, landed at
High Street wharf, way back in 1723, and made his way up the
street with that famous loaf of bread under his arm, the real his
tory of Philadelphia began to unfold itself. Up to that time the
few small colonies believed there was such a place, but its
obscurity was almost as dense as a London fog. Simultaneously
with Franklin's coming there dawned a new era of municipal
activity and accomplishment.
T Franklin wasted no time in injecting his great person- .
I ality into the civic, social and political life of the then
- small hamlet of Philadelphia. He realized that somebody
had to shoulder the responsibility of boosting the; tnwn m.f r
the commonplace, s he began. After giving to this community
its first real newspaper, in which he promptly roasted all unfair
dealing and supported every honest endeavor, he turned his
attention to the improvement of civic methods, where he deliv
ered his most telling blows.
CIn those days the police force consisted of a decrepit,
bowlegged watchman, with a lantern in one handf a
cudgel m the other and a capacity for rum that would
shame an ordinary hogshead. The old watchman, when he was
able, would shout, "All's well!" but Franklin knew differently.
He realized that this sort of protection, was worse than none, so
he slipped Mr, Watchman his walkihg papers the following
week and installed Philadelphia's first cops (three of 'em)? g
jgy Such were tb conditions which invited Franklin's- earll
VL V itie, aBd thu opening the first chaptr f'PWU.
v M,klpl,a,L Pr and prosperity witk which the name
Franklin early became associated and will always he idcutifa,
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