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VOL. II. NO. 35)
PORTER FIREsImTIALWoT
IN DETECTIVES' EXPOSE OF
POLITICAL CORRUPTION HERE
Franklin Party Candidate Replies to
John P. Connelly's Challenge With
Sensational Revelation of Elec
tion Crookedness
Th firtt instalment of the sensational report of the William J. Burnt
detective who invettigated Republican Organization election corruptioni.fi
i'n J'im city wat made public today by Ceorge D. Porter, Franklin party candi
date for Mayor. The publication, Mr. Porter make, it clear, it in retponte
to the "demand" of John P. Connelly, Organization candidate for City
Solicitor, that an accounting be given of a fund tubtcribed by citizen, to pay
the detective.
So many incontrovertible detail of thuggery, padding election roll and
other illegalitie were ditcovered in the Gang etronghold invettigated that
Mr. Porter found it necettary to divide the expoture into inttalmentt. The
firtt dealt almoit exclutively with the condition that obtained in McNichoV
netoriou 10th Ward. Other will follow. Following i the firtt section of
Mr. Porter' ttalement:
t"Jp speeches delivered nt several' po
Illicit meetings Inst nlRht John P. Con
nelly, Ot ionization candidate for City
Solicitor, saw lit to attack me, and as
the basis of Ills attack declared that
shortly after I was appointed Director of
the Depnrtment of Public Safety a certain
group of men had underwritten a fund
which, Connelly said, had been used to
hound members of the police and flro de
partments.' He demanded that I make
an accounting.
"As soon as I learned of the Connelly
statement I announced that It was true
that certain public-spirited citizens had
subscribed a fund not, however, to tho
ambunt that the erroneous 'financier' of
Councils had said and that it had been
used to engage the William J. Burns De
tec(le Agency upon some very lmDor
tant work.
"i, want to say right here that r had
not at any time considered making use
or talcing advantago of that report. As
a, candidate for Mayor, I hnd based in'
candidacy upon my record In public of
fice. Jt was not my intention of asking
(tie citizens of Philadelphia to judge me
or decide this election upon, any other
grounds.
"But Mr. Connelly has seen fit to put
demand. It Is generally accepted that
he speaks for the IlepubHcan, Organiza
tion and Its mayoralty candidate, Thomas
B. Smith, of Olenslde, Montgomery Coun
ty, Pa. It becomes my obligation, there
fore, to present to the citizens of Phila
delphia some facts, which otherwise I
should have withheld until after my elec
tion as Mayor.
"In so doing I shall not attempt to
embellish In any way, but shall merely
present, as space and occasion permit,
the verbatim) report of jlie WUlam J.
Burns .international Detective An.e.n,cy on
cerium pnases 91 municipal political una
perxonm me in i-uiiaueipnia.
"With the. consent of Mr. ConneMv flnrt
the politico,! organization ho represents,
I shall, therefore, .proceed immediately to
quote from the reports of the aforesaid
detective agency:
' DITTKCTIVES' REPORT.
"'I desire to give a resume of the work
carried on by my agency at Philadelphia,
Pa., and the action taken and the re
bulls obtained, covering a period from
the inception of the present administra
tion until July, 1913, a pcripd or 19 months
" 'This work was taken up by the Direc
tor of Public Safety, C'eorge D. Porter,
who ca pressed a determination nnd desire
to clean up Philadelphia and rid the city
of tho thieves, thugs, crooks, gamblers
and other undesirables that were infest
ing the city nnd who flourished under the
former administration.
' 'Another Important feature that Direc
tor Porttr desired thoroughly investi
gated was tho practice of the corrupt
machine to pad the icglstratlon rolls and
thereby fraudulently carry elections.
" 'In order to accomplish this it was
MAXWELL MARST0N
CAPTURES MEDAL
FOR LOW SCORE
Baltusrol Golfer Defeats His
Rival, R. M. Lewis, in Play
Off on Links at
I Northneld
GOOD CARDS MADE
NORTHFIELD. N. J., Oct. !8.-After
having tied with Reginald M. Lewis,
Rldsefleld, for low score In the qualifying
round of the. annual tournament of the
Country club of Atlantic City, Maxwell
11 Marston, Baltusrol, won the playoff
late today, capturing the medal. In their
first rounds Marston nnd Lewis turned In
cards of 75 each, but the latter was off in
the afternoon, and lost, 0 to 77.
Marston and LewU, playing' together,
returned cards of 75. Lewis went out In
S and came hom,e In 37, whllo Maraton
reversed the flsrures, going out In S7 and
returning In S8.
Of the first half hundred scores re
turned the pair of 75s turned In by Mar
ston and young Reginald M. Lewis, of
Rldgefleld, Cohn., were the beat These
two played together, and the Goddess of
Luck shifted from one to the other Indis
criminately. They were alike on the first
V; holes, but on the sixth Lewis holed
chl shot off the edge of the green
'or a four and Marston missed a. putt
for a Ave after being short with his
uahle approach. Max got a stroke back
M the eighth, when Lewis missed a short
jwtt for a three.
.On the ninth tho Connecticut youth
4 a f due to a topped drive which
to ree-t in a big bunker, Marsw,
wn In par i, had a 37 for the first ntae
w 1 N fir Lewis. Coming home these
r?s were reversed, Lewis gettlnif the
f and Marston the . The latter needed
two fours for a 3& coming home, which
1el4 have prebably won the medal, but
CenlsnesJ ea Paee Tea. CoUmm FITS
THE WEATHER
rOMKCAST
For PhUadslpkia u4 vkMtyFtir
lenight and FrUm, tftrnwlgt
mrmr fiekt; WW- w$Ms
necessary to plant a number of our oper
rnufS . vnrl.0U8 Portions of tho city and
.cultivate various members of the "ma
cmne who were engaged In padding the
rons and carrying on tho unlnwful work
complained of: and In this feature we
succeeded far beyond tho expectation of
Director Porter.
on',.ri.Mvi,e Cartlcular Instance, one of our
operatives became the soc.etary of one
01 tne most notorious crooks engaged
cMnVIH anrt "lcRnl votln 'or the ma
li i!" . I namo wns John Fcl"-. who
conducted n speakeasy at 1315 Race street,
ijo was under the supervision or Dr.
Edward Fnhcy, now deceased.
i'wnll?th;r ?,f ?u.r operatives became the
steward at Kohr's political club, called
tho 'Rundolph Club.' These operatives
were present when the election rolls were
padded nnd when falso registrations were
carried on.
" 'In one Instance. Fehr registered one
of my operatives twice. They also found
that they padded the nomination papers
of James P. McXIchol, who was a can
didate for State Senator; Dr. Fahey, w ho
was a candidate Tor tho Legislature, and
John R. K. Scott, who was a candidate
for the Legislature. About 300 names wcie
forged on these pnpets.
" 'Our operatives aUo discovered that
signatures on the charter of this club were
forged and sworn to before a Judge of
tho Supieme Court.
" 'When all this evidence was gathered.
Director Poiter caused the arrest of these
men. A profound sensation developed
when our operatives took th witn.
stand as defendants In the case, after
lying In Jail three days, and disclosed
that they were Burn detcetlvev
" "On this obcaslon .there were .present Jn
court-iSang leaders rrbmUfo entire city,
and when they heard ,tnef"Vldence of our
operatives frtfm tho Witness stand, and
found that they had occupied such confi
dential positions with Gang leadeis,. they
fled precipitately from the courtroom.
" 'There was also arrested on this oc
casion the entire Board of Registrars of
the 10th division, 10th Ward, and It Is
conceded, on all. hands that this has had
11 very salutary effect upon tho Machine
and Its henchmen.
" 'A police canvass of the registration
lists was then ordered by Director Porter,
who wu not at all satisfied with the
results, andrdercd our operatives to
make a camfilvj, which uncovered the
most gigantic frauds.
28,000 FKAUDl'LKNT VOTERS.
" 'They made a vigorous house-to-houso
canvass nhero fraudulent Voters were
registered, and our operatives openly an
nounced their Identity ns Burns detec
tives, with the result that 28,000 votes
less were cast than registered.
" 'As a matter of fact, our work Jn
the election reduced the votes 61,000, as
Continued on rage Tho, Column Four
BIDS $450 FOR GERMAN
SHELL TO AID FUND FOR
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Not Enough, Campaign Back
ers Say, and War Relic Will
Be Sold at Dinner
Tomorrow Night
DAY'S RECEIPTS $27,321
A young wpman stood under an Ameri
can flag at the Children's Hospital fund
headquarters at the Hotel Adelphla to
day and told how she had picked up an
unexploded German shell on the field of
Serills, tit France. Then bds were called
for by the auctioneer and the excitement
began.
"Twenty-flve dollars," some one called
out, and started to walk over to pick
up the shell and take It home. He had
five ii bills In -his hand. Nobody would
pay more than IIS for an old German
shell that hadn't done any harm, surely,
"Fifty dollars I" another man cried.'
"Seventy-flve!"
"Two- hundred!"
People began to cheer then and the
bidding went on, The man who had
dropped out after hi ?25 had been
snubbed came back Into the game again.
"Two hundred and fifty 'dollars!" he
yelled.
"Three hundred."
Then Benjamin Rush, the chairman,
said 10. to be followed by Dr. Robert
C. Le Conte lp a second with a bid or
!. Dr. Le Conte thought he had t,
for the bidding wavered. Then there
was a whispering between the 'auctioneer
nnd some pne who ruhed up In a hurry,
and It was announced that E. T. Stotee
bury, w.ho Is one of those in charge of
the campaign for a IMO.Geo building- tund
for the hospital, would continue the
auctioneering of the Oerman shell at the
dinner of the campaign workers tomor
row night, Rrally, HW) waa too little
for a German shell,
TPRT OF A WOIWDED CHILD.
The youmr woman who gave the shell
waa Ml TJlten Adair, bf the Hvjsninq
Lbdgku, She told hew she had found it
under a hedge tit Senlii while she was In
France uettlnir newt fr her newspaper.
"That day I met a flve-year-eld cljlld.
the eald, "such a child as mleht b treated
at the Children's HpUl here, phc tBM
PinULDBLPniA, TJIUKSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915.
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M. ARISTIDE BRIANU
Tho sensational collapse of tho
Vivian! Cabinet ns a result of
Balkan blundering has brought
back into prominence the Socialist
leader Briand. He was offered
the Premiership by President
Poincaro and immediately set to
work to form tho new Ministry.
Briand, who lias had a sensationnl
career in tho French Senate nnd
Cabinet, will retain for himself
the portfolio of Minister of For
eign Affairs.
FIRE IN SCHOOL
TRAPS PUPILS
AND MANY DIE
Mothers Driven Temporar
ily Insane as They See
Their Children Perish
27 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
Sisters of the Sacred Heart Risk
Lives to Save Little Ones
at Peabody, Mass.
PEAHODV, Mass., Oct. 2S.-While hun
dreds of little boys and girls nere nt their
morning prayers in St. John's parochial
school here today n Are started In the
basement nnd spread with such rapidity
tritit within 15 minutes' nil escapes by the
-doors and wlnaowsoftheflrstnoorAvef
cut o!T. So far as known the results of
the flrp are:
Twenty-seven known dead. Firemen
estimate the death list may exceed fifty.
Many known Injuied (twelve near
death).
Nine known missing.
Tho school destroyrd.
The loss (police estimate), $150,000.
Mothers were driven temporarily insane
by terror and grief, half-naked children
rushed wildly In the midst of crowds
crying for their parents. Such wns the
scene hero this afternoon as firemen
delved in the midst of charred timbers
In seurch of bodies of chlldien.
Kverj available ambulance answered the
call that followed the outbreak of he
(Ire. Primarily they were Intended to
carry away Injured children, but stores
of mothers required the attention of phy
sicians and nurses. The ambulances made
trip after trip, hurrying nway to thu
nearest hospital with raving mothers, who
had become almost Insano at llndlng
charred masses of Mesh that had once
been their little boys or girls.
The cause of the flro Is n mystery. The
State police began an immediate In
vestigation. That tho (lie was staited by
a boiler explosion was the llrst version;
tho second was that the lire started near
the boiler and caused an explosion which
spread the fire throughout tho building.
L-iter Investigations blaptcd both these
theories. Both the State boiler Inspector
nnd the head of the school said there was
no explosion of the boiler, while the jan
itor said that the Arcs were banked nnd
there was little or no steam In tho heat
In? apparatus. Xelgnbors said they hoard
no explosion. Others said they heard
one.
EXPECT TO FJND OTHERS.
That there nte others dead is considered
certain. Father Murphy, head of the
school, said he expected that bodies would
bo, found on tho third floor. Tho second
nnd third floors collapsed before the fire
was over, but It is held certain that from
six to fifteen bodies will bo discovered in
the ruins.
That the means for escape from the fire
were not adequate and that tho failure
of water supply contributed to the loss
of life were tho claims of those who wit
nessed the conflagration. There were no
Are escapes. There wore two stairways,
one leading to the front and one to the
back. The rear door. It Is asserted, was
Continued on I'age Two, Column Six
'SANDWICHWOMEN' SEEK VOTES
Carry Signs in Streets to Aid the
Suffrage Cause
"Sandwich women" were employed for
the ill st time In tho woman suffrage
campaign in this city this a'fternoon when
Miss Elizabeth McHhana and SIlss Louise
Hall, both members of the Equal Fran
chise Society, emerged from the head
quarters of that organization, on 9th
street, above Chestnut, and marched up
Chestnut street to Broad, up Broad to J
MarKCI, nnu uown unmet iu tun.
The advertising boaids carried hy the
"sandwIchWomen" bore the following
amonir other subscriptions:
"Do women want the votoT SU hun
dred thousand organizations, with W.OOO,
060 members, have indorsed woman suf
frage!" "The big parade shows how many
women want woman suffrage." '.
"Pennsylvania's last chance November
2 to be one of the 1J Original suffrage
Btates. Are you going to help!"
"If women vote, must they fUhtT Fifty
per cent, of the men who vote are not
nt for the army and navy, since wom
en bear soldiers, they should not be ex
pected to bear arms."
Tke KenslMgtonian Say:
Ur Wdlfam Corrjpati, of Memphis
street, H seen 7a( tiaturdav evening
demonstrating a new match trick at TuN?
eu4 LM& l'iM, Kctp it up, Mill, c
RESIGNATION OF VMANI
FORCES CRISIS IN ALLIES'
POLITICAL POLICY IN WAR
French Ministry Collapses on Issue of
Bsalkan Blundering Aristide
Briand. New Premier Military
Cabinet Being Formed
The War hat reached itt oolitical crisis with the collante of the Viviani
Cabinet in France and manifett dittatitfaction in England over the Atquith
j Minittry't conduct of military and diplomatic affair, evidenced in the
rctignatton or air .dwara Uanon at Attorney Ueneral. Uowntall or one or
the Allie' Cabinet and tottering of another are significant of a determina
tion on the part of the people of England and France to take control of the
war from statesmen and to entrutt command to men professionally skilled in
war. Succett or failure for the Allies will rett on the ability of the new
leadert.
The tudden Cabinet crisis in France, with the complementary attitude
of the English people, may be the beginning of the end of the war. It i an
acknowledgment of France' dittatitfaction with the progrett of eventt, and
it a final e.fort to put things to rights before the end it reached. If a new
Ministry cannot bring about radical improvements in the military and diplo
matic tituationt, France mutt then begin to contider termt of peace.
Meanwhile, the situation in Serbia hat improved, from the Allie' tand
point, deipite the junction of the Teuton and Bulgar troop in the northeatt
corner. The Anglo-French expedition it advancing on a 50-mile front in the
touth, where the Bulgart have met teriou reverie. The Italian attentive,
too, hat been vigoroutly renewed, with the obviout detign of lessening Aus
trian pressure in the Balkans.
PAHIS, Oct. IS.
rrcmler Itene Vlvlnnl, of France, re
signed today nnd his resignation was
followed by the collapse of the entire
Cublnct.
Arlstldi. r.rland, a Soclnlist, was of
fered tho premiership by President Poln
carc and Immediately took steps to form
n. new ministry.
Tho resignation of Premier Viviani Is
attributed to the Ualknn crisis. Ills was
tho second retirement from the Cabinet
for tho same reason, the flrst being that
of Foreign Minister Theophlle Delcasse,
who resigned on October II.
Premier Viviani took over his work. The
chonge proved insufficient to meet the
popular demind for a strengthened min
istry and today's offer by Vlvlanl to yield
tho premiership was tho seauel.
M. Briand offered tho portfolio of Min
ister of War to General Oalllenl, military
governor of Paris.
Deputy Paul Palnleve, president of the
Chamber of Deputies; M. DeFreyclnet,
I.eon Bourgeois and Emlle Combes were
summoned by M. 'Iliiand and offered place
In the new government. .
M. Cotnbes, who was formerly Premier
of France, accepted a place In the govern
ment, but he will be without any definite
portfolio.
Tho post of Minister of Marine was of
fered to Admiral Lacaze. According to
official circles. Vlvlanl resigned rather
than reorganize the Government.
M. llibot .Minister of Finance, prob-
'the noxt Cabinet. . f
juies uamuon, iormcny in me i ncn
diplomatic) service, has bewi offered the
post of general secretary.
If M. Brinnd Is able to form a new
Government ho will himself assume the
portfolio of Foreign Minister.
Consternation wns caused in French po
litical circles by thp resignation of the
Premier. It was outward evidence of
dissension in tho French Government over
affairs In the .Near East slmlar to that
C1H.S. AND NORTHEAST
WIN IN SOCCER GAMES
West Philly and Frankford Are
Beaten in First Scholastic
League Matches
M1IOI.ASTIC I.KAGUK hTAMHNU
Uoalu Goal
V.
I
I
0
0
for aiulnxt I'ts.
Central II. K ...
Xortheant Jt. H.
Went 1'liila. II. H.
Irankfurd II. 8.
Central High School and Northeast
High School soccer elevens wero vic
torious In their flrBt matches of the In
terscholastlc League this afternoon. Cen
tral defeated West Philadelphia High
School on Houston Field by a scoie of
1 to 0.
Outside left Crap, of the Central High,
broke the Ice after SO minutes of the first
half had been played. He kicked a beau
tiful goal from the 33-yard mark.
Frankford High School's representatives
wero the victims of Northeast at North
east Field. This match ended 6 to 0.
Went Philadelphia. Central H. 8.
I'heneger . ., goal , rilin
1'errlne right back,, Mauu
llrown, Hod a . ..left back. . , ..llerrltk
llaaler. Miller . .rlglit hulfbnek Harrier
Itruclder leapt. ).ceutie halfback . MoPennolt
Brecht left halfback Youimlry
Ijteombe rltht uuulde... White, Kberta
llerguiilo . . ...left liialde Ituawll
Mrarkle . . .lenlre forward Cleary
llaktr left Inside lllngham
TashJIan left nutalde Crap
lleferee W. K. Illrda Linesmen Wegman
and Llniay. Time of periods 4Q mlnutej.
Frankford
rohen . ... coal .
Ktern (Klllson) .. right back
Northeast
. . Lepley
Seaman
.. .. Hlgtr
White
,, Calhoun
Harry
.. Stewart
llarfoot (UittUsbarh) . left back
Schmidt .... right halfback
Kennedy left halfback
Tlorman centre halfback
I.uthsrman .... right outside
Woanrge ... lelt outside ..
iiinifham leant.) .. centre .. .
Campbell
. lllnnls
Asqulth tea nt.)
Tat
HeniV right Inside
CJruw) ... ., left Inside
lleieree irur?. i,inriiiicii
Stewart and
White. Time of hales 1. minutes. Coaches
Prunkford. Weynian. Northeast. Dunn.
FAVORS ClfANOK IN LAW
Attorney Urges Claim of Creditors of
Bankrupt on Personalty Left
to Widqw
A change in the bankruptcy laws,
which -would make It possible for credit
ors to obtain personal property left by
a man to his widow waa advocated to
day, by Alfred Aarons, a law partner
of Henry N Wessels, candidate for a
place on the bench of Common Pleas
Court No. 2, at u meeting of the creditors
of the late Frederick C. Mlchelson, the
real estate operator, whose lmdv v,as
found In the Darby Creek last July.
Under the terms of the will, the widow
Is made executtlx of the estate The
meeting was held In the office of Iluby It.
Vale, her counsel, In the Land Title build
ing. "We lawyers ought to go to the legis
lature net session and have the bank
ruptcy lawn cnanKed o that creditors
can set the power to appoint their own
representative," said Mr. Aarons,
A sharp dispute developed at the meet
ing between Mr Vale and Amos Lesher,
who Is the largest creditor, Althougn
Mr Mlchelson left an estate vaued At
W,6i, none of it is real profierty
which has been prevailing In the British
Cabinet.
For the past fortnight It was evident
that all has not been well In the min
istry. Tho first break was the resigna
tion of the foreign minister. However
when tho Chamber of Deputies gave the
cabinet a vote of confidence It wns hoped
that the factions in tho ministry could
get together and patch up their differ
ences. These hopes proved futile.
The Opposition Is criticising the Gov
ernment for allowing tho Teutonic Pow
ers to gain an ascendancy In the Near
East nnd to launch military operations
on a grand scale when they might have
been preented.
French diplomacy Is under Are as well
as the military policy of tho Government.
The Vlvlanl ministry was formed on
August 26, 1914, shortly after the out
break of the war.
Official announcement of n reconstruct
ed Cabinet was expected hourly. Uest ln
foimatlon was that It would be made up
as follows:
lirlnnd. Premier and Minister of For
eign Affairs.
Cambon, General Secretary.
De Freyclnet, Vice President of Cabinet
without portfolio.
Vlvlanl, Minister of Justice.
Galllcnl, Minister of "War.
Admiral Lacaze, Minister of Marine.
IMbot, Minister of Finance.
Ppumergue-;, Minister of' Colonies,
Paln,Veretlnlster-qr Kducatlort antljn
-vcntlon (the ratter newly' gleated."
President Folpcare held a conference
this morning with Urland and Cambon,
the latter .formerly French Ambassador
to Berlin.
The shake-up in France may be attrib
uted mainly to general dissatisfaction with
the Government's foreign policy, especially
In connection with the Gorman diplomatic
victory which brought Bulgaria Into the
war on the Teutonic Allies' side. Kng-
Contlnued on l'age Four, Column Tno
PENN ELEVEN GETS
LIGHT DRILL TODAY
Quaker Regulars Excused From
Practice No Change in Back
field for Lafayette Game
Believing that their team Is nt lust In
good physical condition, the University
of Pennsjlvanla football coaches gave the
first team nn unusually light practice this
afternoon In preparation for the Lafay
ette game on Saturday. The regulars
were excused from scrimmage, but thi
second team mixed It up with the scrubs.
The Idea of tho coaches Is to have every
man enter the Lafayette game In perfect
physical condition.
All of today's preliminary work was
devoted to the rudiments, with a long
drill In kicking and forward passing. Tho
coaches also gave the team a long dill
In breaking up forward passes, which, It
Is expected, the Lafayette team will uso
as Its stock In trade. The Quakers have
shown a weakness In defending against
the forward pass.
The Pennsylvania coaches have been
Impressed with the reports that Lafayette
has copied the forward pass play used by
Washington and Jefferson with such good
effect against them and against Yale. The
Quaker scouts saw W. and J. operate It
against Lafayette.
The fight for positions In Pennsylvania's
backfleld continues. The coaches plan
to start the tame quartet ns started
against Pittsburgh. This Includes Berry,
at quarterback; Tlghe and Boes at half
backs, and Williams, fullback. But the
second string of hacks are coming along
rapidly. Dell Is doing so wel', par
ticularly In running the team, that he is
likely to be used considerably more
against I.nfuetfe than he was against
Pittsburgh. Tho coaches still aie disap
pointed In the work of Welsh, whoso de
fensive play and tackling are far below
form.
Tomorrow's practice will be extremely
light and probably will be confined to a
signal drill. The Quaker management
expects a big crowd of rooters from
Lafaette. A special train will come
down Saturday morning, bringing neatly
1000 students and townspeople
Escapes White Slave Sentence
A verdict of not guilty was rendered
today by the jury trying Serafino JCucca
rlno, 25 years old. on charges of having
Inveigled Laura Bendetta. 15 years old.
S51 Karp street, Into white slavery. Zuc
carlno was allowed to marry the girl last
month, and was freed. The juvenile
court, however, caused him to be re
arrested, accused of pandering. It was
charged that he brought men to rooms
where the girl was. The Court refused to
uccept the testimony of witnesses who
turned 8tato'a evidence and ordered the
man's acquittal.
Warned to Keep Away From Wife
Judge Patterson, sitting In Quarter (Ses
sions Court today, warned William Wels
brod. of UlS "Westmoreland street, that
he must keep away from his wife, Mrs.
Lillian Wtlibrod. The couple have been,
married ten years, and have one child.
JudgePatterson suspended sentence for a
month after the Jury brought a verdict
convlctln Welsbrod of aMult ithd bat
tery, with a recommeniUUoii of mercy,
CortnoiiT, 1015, it mi Pcttio Lnxiit Commhi.
TODAY'S
GKRMANT'N FRIENDS. O
CHKST. HILL AC, 2D.. 0
WEST P1IILA. HIGH, 2D O
IMSNN CHARTER, 2D.... O
FINAL SOCCER RESULTS
CciiUstl HIsli. It West Philadelphia High, 0.
Nortltonst High, 0'; Frnnkford &lgh; 0."
WOMEN'S FINAL HOCKEY RESULTS .
, Phllatlelpjiln, 0; Mcrlou, 3. j , .
Genmuito1',, 0; Lnnsdowne, 2.
" SIXTH LAUREL It AGE RESULT ., . .
Soiling-tor 3-year-olds rind up, 1 mile "nnd 70'ynrds All Senilis,
110. SchuttliiKor. 310.80. S0.30. $4.40. won: Burwo'od. 99. 'Calift2l&.
?0.80, S5.30,- second; Miu-shon, 100, Bu'twell, S7.db,thinL iinju, I
i.MUi-u. urnvo uunaruui, . viuoi, itoyni meteor, stalwart xeltn,
Arcturus. Jfe, Jr., SeSmuu'itch niso'rnn.. ys ,
GERMAN RACING YACHTS CONDEMNED ASAR PRIZES 4
LONDON, Oct.
Ilorr Xrupp von; Bohlen,
great Gentian arms plant,
ivuuy u u jinr.-j ei war, uf
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GREECE NOT TO MOLESf .ALLIED TROOPS f
PARIS, Oct. 26. Assurances that Greece has no" hostile: in'tcit-
tiou .ignhibt the Auglo-Fieuch troops were ftlvcu to the Frecli.j
Forciun Office today by the
KAISEIt MAY HAVE DISCUSSED .PEACE WITH GERARD
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. Speculation In official quarters has been cause
by Ambassador Gerard's recent conference with Emperor "William. Secretarjf
of State Lansing sold today that the Ambassador had not been directed ta
visit the Emperor and that no report of the conference had been received.
It Is generally assumed that on the return of the Emperor to Potsdam
the Ambassador made an Informal visit In the Interest of German-American
relations.
The possibility that Emperor "William might. hiyve taken advantage jtL
ine opportunity to express to Amnassaaor uerara"uerman.v-B,'Ytews pn ,vfv
.was generally ttaikedo todav v .. - ,-.-
Reports that Prince von Buelow, former German Chnncellor .and AwJhus
sador to Italy, was To visit King Alforiso-of Spain and later the United 9fcUi
have attracted much attention because of the belief 'tliat he might be entrustedv
with the task of explaining Germany's viewpoint.
GERMAN ENVOY'S SUDDEN DEATH STIRS SUSPICION
LONDON, Oct. L'8. The sudden death of Baron von Wangenhotm, the Ger
man Ambassador to Turkey, In Constantinople, was attended with very mys
terious circumstances, according to Athens dispatches. Some statements
strongly hint nt foul play, and one dispatch from Athens says specifically that
there aro suspicions that the Baron was poisoned, and that German doctors. In
order to perform a post-mortem examination, were obliged to represent to the
Turks that they were embalming the body.
GERMAN OFFICERS REPORTED HIDING IN INLAND CITY
"WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. The search for tho five German officers whe
escaped from the Interned cruisers at Norfolk, Va., today turned Inland, It wm
learned at the Depnrtment of Justice. Information has been received that the
German officers fled to an Inland city to hide until the furore pver their
escape subsided, when they will attempt to return to Germany. Agents of
the Department of Justice are searching in St. LOuls, Cincinnati, Milwaukee
and other German centres. -
PRESIDENT RECEIVES PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
"WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. More than 200 delegates from the Presbyterian
Synod, now In session in Baltimore, were received by President Wilson Mm
afternoon. ' ,
BRITAIN BARS AMERICAN CARGOES AT ROTTERDAM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. The British Foreign Office haH declined to per
mil shipment to the United States from Rotterdam of goods contracted or
paid for in Germany or Austria between March 1 and Mnrch IB, AmlmsHHMkjr
Page today advised the State Government. The American importers held
pressed for this concession through the foreign trade advisers of, the SHlt
Department, because Ambassador Page wns not notified of the British embsurp
until March IB. This means that millions of dollars' worth of goods tnterxliij,
principally for the Christmas trade will not be brought to this country.
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FIVE MEXICAN BANDITS "SHOOT UP" RANCH
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 28. Five Mexican bandits "shpt up" the ranch
of W. B. Shore, eight miles west of Pharr, early today, wounding two Ameri
can cowboys.
GREEKS REINFORCE SALONICA TROOPS.
ROTTERDAM, Oct. 28. In political circles of Greece the situation ia looked
upon as very dangerous, according to dispatches received In Berlin. The, EntewU
Ambassadors have declared with emphasis that the allied troops will 4.ot b
withdrawn, and that, notwithstanding posslblo eventual threats, the (mulliUs
will be continued. The report is being circulated 'that the Government Is d-
i termined to hold to the standpoint which it took In its note to the: Entente, Tbt
I Greek army corps at Salonlea will be reinforced by two divisions.
ENDEAVOR TO BREAK $450,000
WILL OF WILLIAM It. WHITE
Contestants Allege Undue Influence
on Part of Sister-in-Law
The contest over the will of William R.
White, former president of the Ilobesonia
lion Company, Ltd., leaving an estate uf
about JIM.0O0 to his sister-in-law. Mrs.
Alice Hot Henry, was begun today be
foie Judge Anderson In the Orphans'
Court- The hearing probably will toko
several days, as there are numerous, wit
nesses to be heard.
It is alleged by the contestants that
after the death of Mrs, White, Mrs.
Henry exercised an undue lnfluencu over
Mr White, who was an invalid, and In
duced htm to destroy a will he had made
containing prpvlslons for all his relatives
and substitute the paper leaving every
thing to her.
Mr. Lillian Kwlng Dulles, of SI8 Lo.
cust street, a niece of both Mrs, Henry
and the testator. Is contesting the will,
Mrs. M. Clementine Borle, a slater o
Mrs. White, has made an assignment of
her Interest In the estate to Mr. Dulles,
who Is the wife of H. C Dulles, a stock
broker In this city.
Mrs. Henry is the daughter of the late
Bev Thomas A. Hoyt, for many years
pastor of the ChambersiWyllc, Memorial
Presbyterian Church, She. ! about
yen re old, and was twice Mtarried. Her
Hrrt huelwttd was Heeirt . Tnwihart, '
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