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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1916.
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CAMERON WILL RESIGN
AS CAPTAIN OF CITY'S
FORCE OF DETECTIVES
Refuses to Comment on Per
sistent Rumors About City
Hall That He Will Quit,
as Requested
ROBERT D. CAMERON
Resigned today as Captain
Detectives.
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Cnptaln of Detectives Robert D. Cam
eron will resign.
Persistent mmnrj to this effect have
been circulated around Cltv Hull for the
Inst few days. When iiuestloned roncem
lnu the subloct today, neither Ultertor
Wilson, Superintendent Hnblnson nor Cnp
taln Cameron would discuss the mutter.
There Is every reason to believe thnt
.Captain Cameron's successor will ho De
tective Frank O Connor, a sttntig Vare
man, or Detective Lieutenant .lames Tate,
Jr.
The tcslgnatlnn of Captain Cameron, It
Is said, was icipicsted some time iirci.
The chief oblection against him whs that
ho was appointed by Director I'oiter un
der the reform rearrnnKCincnt of the, de
tective department.
There, are many persons who bellove
"'that Alfred Soulier, former captain of
, detectives, who made tin ONoelleiit record
In exposing loan sharks and other crooks
In the city, may bo returned to the Im
portant po-t. Sotlder also Is a Vare ad
herent, although not so stions politically
as O'Connor.
In the summing up of general achieve
ments In the bureau. It Is ngroed that
James Tate. Jr., has the best all-around
record, and moie experience than any
Candidate now being eonsldcted.
Tato has a national reputation and Is
known as a "sticker." He was nover
known as a political detective and went
at the root of all rases, many persons
declare, regnrdlesi of the political af
filiations of those concerned.
There Is a possibility that Theodore F.
Wood, sldo partner of Tate, may get the
borth. Wood's eati.so Is championed by
David Lane, chairman of the Republican
City Committee.
CAMKRON HNTITLKD TO PENSION.
Captain Cameron Is 47 years old. Ac
cording to the rules governing the Police
Tension Fund, any member of the depart
ment who has been on the force 0 years.
I la eligible to benefit from the fund If he
.-Is 60 years old.
Should he have been .0 enrs on the
farce- without having reached his, SOtly-i
year he can benefit from the1 pension?
fund It his resignation has been request
ed. Although Captain Cameron Is but 4"
years old, he Is therefore eligible to the
benefits.
It Is said that Cameron has been en
gaged as head of the detective depart
ment of large Industrial concerns at an
attractive salarv.
CAMERON'S UNCORD.
Robert D. Cameron was appointed a
policeman In 1S91 and promoted to the
detective department on June 1, 1906. lie
was made Captain of Detectives August
26, 1012, He frequently was commended
by city officials for elllclent work, espec
ially in murder cases. Captain Cameron's
resignation is said to be the forerunner of
a general shake-up In the department.
MEMORY OF M'KINLKY
IS HONORED TODAY
Anniversary of Martyred President's
Birthday Observed
To William MrKliitru
(January to, 1916)
Out of the opalescent morning
Thy memory Is born anew,
Recalling- days of oilier eara
With the freshness of Uaiwi's first dew.
Into the golden noon nij pn
Within the courts of men.
Thy gifted tongue once more holds sway
Thy great heart beats ugaln.
And as you pass Into the night.
The great mass kneels to praj
Imploring liod to nil their lives
With your life of yesterday.
HENRY MALCOLM IIAKKR. ,
On this, the birthday anniversary of
President McKinley, the custom of wear
lug a carnation, the martyred Piesldent's
favorite flower, In his memory was oh
served for the 15th time McKinloy was
shot at Buffalo on September 6, 1901, six
months after beginning his second term
as President.
The Carnation Republican Club of the
4Gth Ward took Its name from that of
President McKlnley's flower The mem
bers of the club assembled at S o'clock
this morning and proceeded to the Mc
Kinley statue on the south plaza of City
Hall, upon which they placed a wreath
of (lowers
John Flnley, a tipstaff in the Court of
Quarter Sessions, retired president, of the
olub, presided at the ceremonies. It
lias been the custom of the dub since Its
origin 10 years ago to observe the unnl
versarj of McKlnley's birth.
Mrs. Marie Ulnty. 220.1 Oxford street,
marked the birthday of the late Presi
dent by placing a wreulh en the statue
of Mi" McKinley In the south corridor of
the Postoffice Building. Mrs. duty has
placed a wreath on the statue for the
last II years Mrs. Ginty as a little girl
jpet Mr McKinley op ono of his numer
ous Ults to the city, and has always
remembered the man who spoke to her.
A large painting of McKinley ha been
placed In the first floor hallway at the
Union League. It has been draped with
American Hags and set in a bower of
flowers. Similar honor has been done to
the memory of the late President the
Manufacturers' Club. There will be no
trial relelirati'Jii of McKinley Day at
either club
Salves Conscience by Paying a Quarter
tANCAKTBit, P . Jan. 29. - A well
dresyed stranger entered the butcher es
tablishment of Uroff llrotherfc, in KlUa
betbtovvn. and said he had come Into the
same place ten years ago and, on not
blnu served promptly, he picked up two
pounds 'if bef and walked out. Asking
Jlr UroJf the price ot meat at that time,
the stranger was told 1! cents a pound,
yv hoicijpi.ni he diew a quarter from Ills
hmti" end tiMiule.1 It to Mr Uroff. He
tktii it iu:te4 wkh a lightened tou-
f wtt In S Urjl injures E:ght
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"STRICTLY NEUTRAL" WARRIOR
CAUSES FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT
William Henry Badly Defeated and Is
Sent to Prison
A "strictly neutral" wnrrlnr attended
the ball ghon al the nrlllsh-Amerlcnn
Club, at Wdodlawn nvomie below Boyer
-fleet. He was given five tlnys In the
county prison today lie gave his name
ns Wllllnm Henry, ot "1 East Clnpler
street. There were S"0 other guests nt the
hall and William Henry snld he didn't
care whether they were Hrltlsh or Amer
icanshe rottld lick em all.
He started on the orchestra. He threw
the drummer behind the plnno nntl ham
mered on the drum for attention The
he Jumped on a dancer's hack and llv
fight was on. Henry was bndly defeated
nntl ousted fiotn the hall. Hut he tunic
back for more. Six men hit him nt on.-e
and he was dragged. out again. The Inst
time ho got In he ran to the middle of
the floor anil stniok out tight and loft
The music stopped, (llrls screamed und
their p.irtiieis dashed Into the bedlam in
the reiitte ot Hie floor. Policeman Rich
ardson flnnlly arrived on the scene. A
patrolful of hiulsed dancers and William
Henry were taken to the hospital, where
black eyet and broken noses were te
pnlreil. HEIR BOBS UP FOR
ESTATE OF FARMER
Man Declares He Is Son of For
mer Bucks County Resident,
Thought to Have Been
Bachelor
SCHANTON, Pa , Jan. 2!). Dnvld
Smith, W) years old, n fnim-r living in
Clifton township, this rcanty, litis
bobbed up as a rtnlmnnl for the nstnte
of Douglas Smith, former resident of
Waverly, this county, who died recently
at Ottsvllle, Ducks County. The ileccnscd
was believed to be a bachelor until the
Clifton township man appeared tin the
scene.
David Smith has produced a certificate,
showing that Douglns Smith mnrrled
Lucll.i Jamison at Johnstown, lit March,
IM5. He nlso has a birth certificate show
ing that n (.on was born to the couple
In December, iW. The child was bap
tised as David Smith, In Fobrmirv, UC7.
Smith says he received the certificates
by mall the other tiny In a letter sent him
by Jane Cullett, of .New York. She has
made an aflldttvlt, saying that Douglas
Smith gave her the certificates on his
deathbed, with the tomest that she find
his son.
Distant relatives of Douglas Smith here,
who were preparing to claim his estate,
which Is snld to be a large one, say they
know nothing of Dnvld Smith. They nl-
wn.vs thought Douglas was a bachelor.
Several had heard that the old man hud
a love affair many years ago
LIQUOK LICENSES REFUSED
Montour County Court Rejects Five
and Grants Nine Applications
WILLIAMSrORT. Pa.. Jan. 2!).-At the
annual scion of license court In Mon
tour County today. President Judge Ev
ans and his associates, Schram and
Hrannen. refused live licenses In Dan
ville and granted nine, tine was with
drawn. Anonymous letters threatening the
Judges for their proposed action had
been received during the week These
will be turned oxer to the 1'nited States
postal authorities
MADE MAN OF HUSBAND,
. MRS. MOHR TELLS JURY
Does Not Flinch Under Severe
Cross-Examination on
Charge of Murder
PROVIDENCE, Jan. 20. "I made a
man of my husband" was the final dec
laration in the witness box today of Mrs.
Elizabeth Frances Mohr, defending her
self against the charge that she hlted
negroes to kill Dr. Charles Franklin
Mohr.
Mrs. Mohr was on the stand exactly
threo court days. She left the box more
composed, more convincing than when she
first was called. Not once did she come
any way near a breakdown Through
out, she was "the woman with the Iron
nerve," admitting not one of the allega
tions made against her by the E7 wit
nesses for the prosecution.
Mrs. Mohr has declared over and over
again that she loved the physician with
a lasting and unieasoiilng love, despite
his cruelties, but her last words under
fire had been an admission that she of
fered to submit to absolute divorce In
return for the doctor's Newport tesldenco
nnd JIC.otO.
At court opening Mrs. Mohr stood as
denying nil complicity In and knowledge
of tho murder. Sho had denied nil of the
alleged accusations of threo negro gun
men, Oeorge Healls, Victor Drown nnd
Henry Spellman. She had given the llo
direct to all the police testimony against
her.
On redirect examination Mrs. Mohr's
rebuttal of the State's Insinuation that
Doctor Mohr never admitted their mar
riage whs a letter from her husband to
her brother-in-law, U. J. Sullivan, of Fall
River, Mass. Tho letter, dated March 5,
1003, In part, follows.
"I am rather surprised to learn you to
betrayed a trust. I am not In the mud
slinging business, but If you further fecau
dallzo Illizabetli you will have to settle
with me I find now we are really mar
ried. It was only religion that broke us
all up and tnade us do as we did. I write
this now In defense of a good woman "
The redirect examination lusted 45 min
utes "Was Doctor Mohr a mud-M!nglng
man?" Itlco demanded on tho re-cross, re
ferring to the Sullivan letter.
"He was not," said the witness.
"Did he not get more mud than he
threw?"
"Not after I got him. I made a man of
him, and everybody In Providence knows
it."
"What did he mean In that letter call
ing you a good woman? Were you ever
not a good woman?"
' Nobody who tells the truth can say
I eer was a bad womsn."
"And you made n man of him?"
"Ve, 1 made a man of him, mutaily
and financial!)."
'That's all." said Mr. Rice, and Mis.
Mohr walked from the box as calm as on
the llrjt day she entered court three
weeks ago.
WOMEN'S HKi CAMl'AKIN
FOR KBCKUiTS ENDS TODAY
Enlistments Will Be Received at Regu
lar Headquarters Hereafter
The enrolment campaign of the Pennsyl
vania Women's Division (or National
Preparedness for feminine recruits will
cloee today it the Wldener Building with
a rush. Enlistments hereafter will be re
ceived at the State Headquarters, 31 South
17th street.
Mlis Rebecca Jackson, a Spanish-Amer-lcaji
war veteran nurse, has enrolled and
offered ber famUT home, on Oulf road,
liryu lluwr, as au auxiliary hospital in
aae of cinrujiey.
"Some ol my friends have to.'d me that
preparedueas In -he woman's sense is.
i iduulou. ' sue said. Bin I have seen
uo muili iu.t to k.Jjw better
The advisability of forming night class
es In diet co-jklas and tlrst aid for women
-.u4eni t tain dlfcu8il by the ladxv
FORD PARTY NEARING
HOME IN GOOD VOICE
Tired After Futile Attempt to
Get Boys Out of Trenches,
but Still for Peace
AtlOARD 1.1NHR UOTTHRDAM (vln
wireless to Sla'Cont, Mnsfi), Jan. 29
Tho Ford peace delegates, returning from
the Job of bringing tho boyR out of the
trenehet are nporoaehlng New York tired,
hut still In good voice
The Rotterdam's captain discouraged
the holding of pence meetings en route
to New Vork. fearing somo of his belliger
ent p.Tietigers might make wnr on the
pacificists The most tireless speakers,
however, gathered knots of delegates
nlmut them and Inunrhcd further attacks
on the WIHon preparedness program nnd
a multitude of other matters They adopt
ed a resolution voting the pnco Joy ride
a great success and ndvocatlng nn organ I
ration to continue to spread pence propa
ganda. "fly all means let's have It " said Kenn
tor Helen Ring Robinson, of Colorado, sar
enstlrally, "nnd with n paid secretary and
biMlness staff."
Volumes of statements nre being pre
pared on the Port! typew titers to be hnnd
ed hi tli ship news reporters when the
Rotterdam reaches New York, probably
tomorrow They Include no statements
from the hlp's crew, who nre inclined to
believe the Ford delegates poor spenders
Ono Ford delcgnt?. It was rellahU re
ported today, propo'ed to three women
delegates en route from Rntterdnm and
was thrice rejected
Ford's business ng"tit. Crips, estimates
Hint the expenses thus far total $160,000
Of this amount $100,000 cornea under the
head "uils( ellancouo."
THREE WOMEN KILLED
AS TRAIN STRIKES
AUTO
Victims Were on Way to Bible Meet
ing nt Grantham, Pa.
HARRISRL'RCt. Jan 21. -Three women
were Instnntly killed nnd three other
persons Injured nt s no o'clock this morn
ing nt Qrnntham, Cumberland CounO.
ivlinn tlin nutnmnlittn In whlnh tlinv worn
riding was struck by a westbound milk I
trnln on the Philadelphia ami Reading
Railway at the Smith grade crossing.
The dead aie Mrs. Daniel Wlngeit,
Cbamhershurg; Mrs. Isaac CnrbnUgh,
Chamhersburs; Mrs. John Myers, Oieen
Castle,
Tho Injured: Daniel Wlngcrt, Cham
borsburg, owner nnd driver of the ma
chine. Norman Wlngcrt, young son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wlngert.
Anna Myers, 10-j ear-old daughter of
Mrs. Myers.
Tho six persons were coming from
C'lianibei-hbuig to attend n Illblc confer
ence at the Messiah Illblc School Mission
Training Homo at Ornnthnm.
JITNEV MEN OX OFFENSIVE
Mnss-Meetinp in Camden Tomorrow to
Decide Line of Attack on
Legislature
A mass-meeting will he held tnmonow
afternoon by the Camden Jitney owners
to decide on measures for the last stand
of the Jitney in New Jersey. The t till tl
reading of the Kates' Jitney bill will tnke
place at Trenton on Tuesday, and thcte i
will he a gteat demonstration by Jltneurs
all over the State. The meeting tomoi
iow will be held at 220 Arch street, Cam
den, at 3 o'clock. A hundred petitions
have been circulated by the Cuinden Jit
ney men, nntl It Is asserted that all these
have been filled up. -At least 2000 names
are attached.
The Jitney men will motor to Tienton
Monday morning fiom Atlantic City ami
many other points In New Jersey where
the nickel-bus flourishes. Mo&t of them
will he loaded with passengers, who will
help them root for the bill In return for
tho free ride. Tho Jltneurs will demand
a hearing In the Legislature before tho
bill comes up for the final reading on j
Tuesday.
"I have no objections to this." said John i
H. Kates today, who Is Speaker In the ,
Leglslatuie, and after whom the bill Is
named, "and I will personally request ;
Oliver J. White, chairman of tho com-
mlttee In charge of the bill, to give the ,
Jitney men a hearing before the bill Is
finally passed upon."
A demonstration will be staged In Tren- ,
ton in the form of a torchlight parnde by ,
all the Jitney men and their friends. j
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NAB DANDY ACCUSED !
OF BLACKMAIL HERE1
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Fashionably Dressed Man Al
leged to Have Extorted
$500 From Woman
A fashionably dressed young man, who
gave the name of Arthur Williams nntl
who Is Kild to he a member of n gang
of blackmailers which tins been using tho
Mnnu white slave act to victimize rich
Phllndelphlans and New Yorkers, was ar
rested In New York today, accused of ex
torting $500 from a prominent Philadel
phia woman. The woman's name was
withheld.
Williams was turned over to tho Federal
authorities and probably will be brought
to this city for trial. According to the
police, he is a member of tho mine ganu
as William Duller, who recently was held
In $13,000 bail for court, accused of at
tempting to blackmail Mrs J. Rolton
Wlnpenny, of 1122 North Rroad btrrct.
"Just a line, to let you know I am alive
and at liberty. I have spieled for two
saps to date. Tho first sap could only
raise about $2500, so I passed him ur.
The other wna so dumb that he didn't
know enough to bite."
This letter, Federal nmclnls In New
York wiy, wld figure In ua additional In
dictment brought against Arthur I David,
alias Robert A. Tourblllon. alias Don Col
lins, alias "Sir Robert," et al., of this city.
The letter figured, so the authorities say.
In an attempted swindle worked In con
junction with a subordinate ofllclal ot an
oil company. The mnlla were being used
"Saps" was the. favorite word used by
David, or Tourblllon, as he is more com
monly known, for his intended victims,
and the money he always called "filth."
Tovu billon's arrest was the first of the
sctles In the alleged scheme, and followed
an Investigation by Frank L. Garbailno.
head of the local bureau of the Depart
ment of Justice, The accused men, It U
charged, In each casa posed as Federal
agents. Tourblllon recently was held In
$30,000 ball for court and now la in the
Tombs.
YEGGS GET AWAY WITH 5100
Blow Safe at Glass Company's Store
at Minotola, N. J.
VINBLAND. N. J.. Jan. 39 Burglars
blew open the safe at the Minotola Class
Company's store atMlnotola early this
morning, and stole about $100 In caah and
come valuable papers. Entrance was ef
feetod by Jimmying a window- on the
lighted side of the building In full view
of the man in the railroad tower 60 feet
away
Though no attempt was made to muffle
the dynamite explosion. It was not heard
by persons In tho vl mlty The front of
the safe was clown into fragments and
the pieces were scattered about the large
tetofe. There. a no clue to the burglars.
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Following her custom of M years, Mrs. Marie Ginty placed a wreath
on the bust of President McKinley at tho Postoffice Building today
in honor of his birthday.
PRIEST LEADS EXCITED
DANCERS FROM A FIRE
He Calms 150 Merrymakers and
Guides Them Out of Sant
Paulo Hall
The priest who guides them In their
spiritual lives led 150 excited dancers
from a hall when fire was discovered In n
house two doors away.
He Is tho Rev. Daniel Dnllev. and tho
,l,....M.u ., nn ,i.,,ml.rU ttt Kt PnlllM fnthn.
i ;, rhurphi christian street above nth
I street,
and their friends Fire started
in tho lag shop of Jullano Marcus-Celll.
911 Carpenter street, while a dance and
eiitertnlnment, given ror the benefit of
the Madonna Home, was nt Its height in
Sant Paulo Hall, last night.
The fire, adjoining the tenement de
stroyed by lire two weeks ago when n
M'oro of fnmllles was made homeless,
caused excitement In the neighborhood
The cries from the street and the sound
of fire engines penetrated Into the hall.
The music stopped abruptly. In a .second
nil was confusion. Dscorts attempted to
nulet the alarm of the young women
nnd girls, but a near panic louoweu.
In tho confusion John Cunningham, of
1021 South 10th street. Jnnitor of tho hall,
slipped out of the dnnceroom nnd ran to
the first floor, where he begged Father
Dnllev to quiet the dancers, who were
rushing for the doors nnd windows.
Father Dalley hastened up tho steps and
onto the dance floor. His nppcarnnco nnd
wolds calmed the young women, nnd
when order had been restored ho lined
tho couples up and marched out of tho
building at their head,
TllP ,iancers went to another hall, at
SH South 10th street, and resumed their
affltt out th0
may confirm brandeis
BY A CLOSE BALLOT
Continued from rage One
of Hrandels Is Senator I.a Follette.
Against him are Senators Wejks, Sher
man and Smith, of Michigan. Non
committal ns yet nre Rorah, of Idaho, and
Cummins, of Iown, although friends of
Rrnndels er-pect both to be for the con
firmation finally.
Tho two parties will be split. Many
Democrats, especially Southern ones, do
not regaid Hrandels" Democracy as or
thodox, despite his si. port of Wilson the
last campaign, nnu his refusal to support
the Roosevelt campaign, despite repeated
requests. Broadly, the conservative
mostly Southern Democrats will ' te
against Rrandels, except where Piesldent
Wilson Is able to wield unusual Influ
ence. Northern and Western Democrats
will be for him. Most Republican sup
port, too, will be from the Middle West.
CLAIMS OF OPPONENTS.
Opponents of Rrandels Insisted that his
confirmation will be opposed on the fol
lowing grounds:
First. Hecause ho Is recognized ns a
radical reformer, with strongly partisan
views on Important Tederal questions.
Second. Ills appointment will weaken
tho Supreme Court because he will be
unable to sit In Judgment on some of the
most Important cases to come before It
on account of having served as counsel
for the Government In these cases. This
objection Is especially strong, Inasmuch
as Justice McReynolds already Is die
ounlltk'd ns a Judge In numerous cases
hci!!is of having served as Attorney
General.
Third. He has antagonized the railroad
Interests of the countr, hecause of his
activity In seeking- reductions in railroad
rates.
Fourth. He has antagonized the ship
ping Interests of the country by advo
cating 'bat the railroads be authorized
to Impose addltonal charges for free serv
ices, such us loading, unloading, ferrying,
lightering, etr.. that they have for years
performed. This was Mr. Brandeis' so
lution of tho problem of how to get more
net revenue for the railroads without In
creasing freight rates.
Fifth. He comes from Boston, whereas
many Senators believe a Supreme Court
Justice should have been chosen from the
Southeast, Inasmuch as Justice Lamar,
whose place Mr Brandeis Is nominated
to fill, hailed from that section.
Orphans to Entertain
Members and friends of the combined
I. O. O. F. lodges of the 10th district wjll
make their annual pilgrimage to the Home
for Orphans, Ogontz and Chelten avenues,
tomorrow afternoon. Special sen-Ices will
be held In the auditorium of the home at
J o'clock. Instructor George Hill has ar
ranged an Interesting program of exer
cises for the children and an address will
be made by the Rev S. B. Williams, of the
N'lcatown Baptist Church, who Is a. mem
ber of Mansfield Lodge, No. 11. 1. O. O. F-. j
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McKlNLEY BUST
CHICAGO PROBES PLOT
OF IMPORTED GUNMEN
Bank Robber Confesses Plan to
Terrorize New Police
Administration
CHICAOO, Jan. 20. - How New York
gunmen have been imported to Chicago
to terrorize n new police administration
wus told today In n signed confession by
Kddlc Mnck, debonalre lender of the auto
bandits who robbed JnUe Stnhl's Wash
ington Park National Rank Thursday of
S1G.BC0.
With n complete confes-'on from Mnck
nnd two others of the five 'j.iudlts in cus
tody. State Attorney Ho.v. Police Chlof
Healy nnd I ctectlve Chief ilu.it today he
,gan a piobe of police Intrigue that may
rival the Pecker case.
"It Is common knowledge," Mnck told
the State's attorney, "that a '(gang of gun
men nnd sllckiips hnvo been Imported
fiom New Yoik. The men behind the
gang are politicians and policemen."
Charles Kramer, one of the bandits who
confessed Is wenrlng a diamond stickpin
lie said was given to him by "Clip tho
I Hood" Just before the Rosenthnl murder.
Kramer, who operuted a saloon here, led
the police to the bandits' enche, where
moie thnn $5320 of tho bank robbery loot
was hidden. The cache, was a piano in
the lear of tho saloon. Police recovered
$TSM of the plunder when they first ar
rested the gang.
"They know how to die In New York."
ICiumer bald, but ull they know In Chi
cago Is how to squeal."
Mack was promised Immunity and con
fessed first.
ROW OVER PRINCIPAL.
IS WAXING WARM
Committee on Elementary
Schools May Grant Parents
Hearing to Voice Protests
William Row-en, chaliman of the Com
mittee on Klementary Schools of the
Board ot Kdticatlon, announced today
that this committee will willingly hear
tho case -f the 2000 residents of (Jer
mnntown who are protesting against the
removal of William 11 Sowden from the
prlnelpalshlp of the Filler School, Sey
mour and Knox streets.'
A delegation of parents called on Dr.
John P. Garber, superintendent of schools.
yesterday, and asked that Mr. Sowden ho
retained. Doctor Garber failed to prom
ise any notion In phalf of the German
town residents nnd the supporters of the
popular principal left his office Indig
nantly. Mr. Rowen, however, was emphatic In
taylng that the Elementary School Com
mittee would willingly consider the ques
tion if a body of citizens should ask for
a hearing.
"We are always ready to hear parents
on any educational question," he said.
"While our policy must be determined
by law and by the advice of experts ap
pointed to guldo us, we must consider
the side of the citizen."
Doctor Garber recently recommended to
the Committee on Elementary Schools the
transfer of the principal from the Fltler
School to the Sartaln School, 31st and
Oxford streets. As, Is usual In such cases,
the committee executed the transfer.
Residents of Germantown were aroused
by Doctor Gather's action and, when
they failed to obtain satisfaction yester
day, announced that a mass.-meeting
would be held tonight In the German
town Boys' Club. They Intimated, oifter
seeing Doctor Garber, that they Would
show at the meeting that the transfer
of Mr. Sowden was due to other than pro
fessional causes.
"Personal politics," one of the mothers
said, was the real reason for the change
Mr. Rowen said that the Fltler School
recently became a "second class" school.
Mr. Sowden holds a certificate entitling
him to the supervlsorehlp of only a "third
class" school and was consequently trans
ferred. The "class" of the school, he ex
plained, Is determined by the number of
pupils.
Ducknell Men Cheer Defense Speech
"A monarchy prepared to fight Is a
menace. A republic prepared to fight Is
a hope." Bucknell college alumni cheered
this epigram, which was part of an ad
dress for preparedness by State Senator
Owen B. Jenkins, of Germantown, at the
annual banquet In the Rlttenhouse Hotel
last ntxht. Senator Jenkins declared that
depending upon the exhaustion ot Euro
pean countries for the continuance of
peace here was ranacious and argued
that no money spent for preparedness
could equal the sum of property loss and
UJ?S)V IMlkl, MWl nu fJlVVJIfli
OKLAHOMA RETURNS
KnOJf TRIAL Tltll
Battleship's Voyage of 2250 Miles
Proves Successful
The tiHtlleshln Oklahoma returned to
the ynrd of the New York Shipbuilding
Company, Camden, loilny, nftcr a success
ful trlnl trip to RockMHe. Me The Okla
homa and her slsler ship Nevnda. now
at Qulncy, Mass.. nle tho last two dread
noughts on the nnvnl scjicthile lo use n
reciprocating typo of engine with oil ns
fuel. The newer type requires turbine en
gines nnd the Inst three that will be built
from the present appropriation will he
operated electrically
The Oklahoma enme tip to nil pec.
flcallons. nccordlng to Captain J. 1. Kent,
who was In command on tho trip. i The
Oklahoma's maximum speed was Sl.fi
knots an hour. In a fS-hutir trial test nlf
the const of Maine she made 20.53 knots
per hour The ship traveled n distance
of 27B0 knotn during the voyage. Good
weather was encountered, nllhottgli lite
thermometer registered r.ero during the
first part of the trip. Other officials on
the trip were M. A. Mngolin. vlco presi
dent of the New York Shipbuilding Com
pany, and Captain II. R Wilson, chairman
of the Naval Inspection Hoard. Tho lat
ter will command the Pennsylvania when
she m put in commission
20 ROEBLING MENQUIT;
6000 OUT OF WORK
Strike of Stokers Ties Up Big
Plant and Work on
War Contract
TRENTON. Jan. 89 -The entire plnnt
of the John A. Roebllng's Sons Company
here Ir Idle and nearly 6000 employes are
out of work ns the result of n strike of
a) stokers, who left their work hecause
the firm would not grant their demnndi
for nn eight -hour dny nnd Increased pay.
Tho Roebllng firm Is nt present engaged
on n largo wnr order of Iron rods for
rlfln barrels for the Mldvalo Steel Com
pany for the use of tho Allies. Tho
contract, which It will require a year
nnd n hnlf to complete, has been hold tip
by the strike.
The stokers tried to Induce tho firemen
nnd boiler workers of the plnnt to Join
the strike, but they -refused. One of tho
strikers struck William McLaughlin, n,
fireman, of fiOS South Clinton street, with
a sledge hammer hecnttse he would not
go out with the strikers. McLaughlin,
however, wbb not seriously Injured nnd
n warrant Is out for his nssnilnnt's ar
rest. When the strike stnrted It wns found
necessary to close the entire works, ow
ing to the lack of steam. F. W, Roobllng,
Sr., sertt'inry-treasiirer of tho company,
snld the plant would be In full operation
ngafn Monday. A squad of police Is
protecting tho works.
HONOR MEMORY OF CHARLES I
Society of St. Charles to Hold Even
song Services
Members of the Society of St. Chnrles,
King nnd Mnrt.r, will meet Sunday eve
ning In tho homo of William Francis
Smith nnd there hold an evensong serv
ice In memory of King Charles I, who
wns beheaded ut Whitehall 267 years ago
tomorrow.
Mr. Smith has a ptivato chapel in .his
home and every year holds this service.
There are about 70 members of tho so
ciety. Its nlm Is to have the unfortu
nate King recognized as a saint of tho
Anglican Church.
M'NICHOL VS. VARE
FIGHT, PORTER'S PLAN
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"Back to gN.O. P." Movement
for Reform Explained by
Independent Leader
The. "back to the G. u. P." movement
that was launched by the SO Independent
leaders for the purptso of reform within
the party was explained today by Oeorgo
D. Porter, who, with John C. Winston
nnd Frederick S. Diake, la at tho head
of the movement.
Porter declared that his personal part i
In the movement was to do nil he could !
to start a light between the Vnres and I
McNIchol. "And tho last card has not
been .played yet by any menns," he added.
"Tho purpose of tho Independents In
conferring with Penrose, was to find out
how ho stood on home rule," said Porter.
"We wont to him as the logical leader of
the Republican party In Pennsylvania, and
It was only natural that we should. He
assured us that ho would do all in his
power to see that tho Independents got a
squnre deal If they camo back to the
Republican party.
"My nctltltr In politic nt this time
In for the prlmnry purpime of stirring
up ii fight between McNIchol and the
Vnres.
"Wo havo aligned ourselves with Pen
roso because that Is the only way wo
enn successfully fight the contractors. 1
believe Penrose feels that the help he has
received from contractor In tho past has
been a millstone around his neck. Of
course, you can't bind a man to keep his
promise, hut Penrose has said frankly
nnd emphatically that he wns against con
tractor rule.
"However, It must be plainly under
stood thnt tho Independents are agulnst
nil political bosses, The only reason we
have seen Penroso Is because we aie
planning to re-enter the Republican party
for it national fight, und he Just happened
to bo the leader of the party."
Porter said ho was preparing a de
tailed statement fully explaining the
"back-to-the-party" movement. It prob
ably will bo Issued on Monday.
PosHe Seeks Child's Assailant
STROUDSRUnO. Pa., Jnn. 29. - A
posse, headed by Constable I.cs'i. l3
scouring Hamilton township, Monroe
County, In search of Emery Bellls, a
farm hand, about SO years old, accused ot
uttacklns Edna Shnfer, the 1-year-old
daughter of Howard Shafer, a prosperous
farmer and fruit grower of Hossurdsvllle,
yesterday aflernon, iu the absence of her
patents. The county officials fear h
lynching. The girl Is seriously hurt.
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EDWARD B0K BUYS
ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
REAL ESTATE RUMOR I
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Non-Paying Property "Repot led I
Sold New Owner Plans Honm
for Music and Literary In- .
teresls of City
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CHANGES TO BE MADE
The Academy of Music has been POifl
lo Edward rtok, vice piesldent or lhe
Curtis Publishing Company, according
to rumors In real cstnte nntl musical cir
cles. From one source It was learned that
Mr. Rok bought the pioperH for himself.
There wns nnothcr report that he wnn In.
tcprcscntntlve of n syndicate.
Mr. Rok la ono of tho board of rllrertnn
of the Philadelphia Orchiistra and It M
snld that the chief purpnee of the nur.
chnse wns lo make the Acatlrinv Its per.
inaneiit home ami nNo the i(llro (hr ...
literary, musical nliit civic Inteiests of
tho city.
tnfoimaljon was obtained II, , nlr ,,
owner or owners would liontnifi the !,.
tcrlor of the house ami make a number
of Improvements! In keeping with pros-cnt-dny
necessities. Improvements on
the stage nntl In the lighting nrrnn-e.
ments also will be made.
Or. Ocorgc Fnlcs Raker Is nt present
tho lnrge.it owner of stock In tho Acad
emy of Music nnd he represents nn ..
Into which nlso holds many shnres :
Is these holdings which represent the ma.
Jorlly of the stock that Is reported to
have been" sold.
It Is understood Hint the putchnse liai
been mnde with no thought- of financial
return. Since 1575 the present stock lm
not paid n dividend nnd It Is snld that tlis
building cannot be made to pnv. TliW
has been realized, It Is snld, by Mr. Moi
who bought tho Academy purely from a
civic standpoint.
U Is nlso his desire, It Is snld. to give a '
pennnnent home to the orchestra aa
recognition of Us merit ns one or Hit
foremost musical organizations In the
country.
As tho orchestras of Boston, Chicago
and New York have permanent halls In
those cities, It Is believed that Phllnrlol.
phln, It Is believed thnt Philadelphia
phlit, should be abreast of the times In
this respect.
When seen concerning the reported
sale Dr. linker said: "I have control
of the stock In the Acndemy but I A'i ,
not wish to discuss any reported transfer
of tho Acndemy now. When I d. I
will be very phid to Inform the pab'lc.
Mr. Rok, when questioned concerning
the subject, snld:
"I think such a report is pretty hard
on Doctor Raker, ns the largest owner
of tho Academy of Music. Here Is a man
who owns or controls a splendid piece
of property, and suddenly reports say he
doesn't own It and that another man s
does. Why don't you ask TVoctor Raker
whether ho owns the Acndemy or I dot
Ho ought to know.
"Tho Academy of Music Is, as I under
stand ltr a stock corporation, nnd any,
question of snle of tho property would
have to be submitted to the board of di
rectors. I think nny member of that
board will t-ay that no proportion from
me, cither directly or indirectly, has ever
been submitted to tho board. Then how
could 1 have bought it?
"I do not deny thnt It would be a snlen
dld thing If tho Philadelphia Orchestra
could have a permanent home. It should
have. The Hoston Symphony Orchestra
has; so has tho Chicago Symphony Or
chestra, nnd plans nro under way for a
home In Now York for the Plillhnrmonlo
Orchestra. It Is a shame that our own
oroiteKtra should be wlthn- w . ,
and I'll oe glad to be one of a number,
ot Philadelphia men to make this possi
ble. Rut as for my buying tho Academy
myself for tho orchestra, that's a dream."
CARGO OF HUGS LANDS HERE
Real Brazilinn Importation! They Ara;
Crew Are Happy
Immigrant Hrnzlllnn bugs and worms
today are landing in force from th
American schooner Northland, docking
hero from Ruenos Ayres with a cargo of
...... Via. .An n n .1 I. A lTII.Mf,Q" fX clfll
ng with relief ns they sleep In lodging
houses not on board ship.
I.lfo on the voyngo was miserable. It
was caused by tho green bones, In which
the bugs nnd worms made their homes.
Captnln nnd Mrs. Saunders were forced
to sleep In n lifeboat, nnd the members
of tho crew, driven from the forecastle,
mndo their beds on deck and even nmonl
tho masts of the vessel.
TOO LATE I'OR CLASSIFICATION
im.vriiB
INHIAN. On January 28. K AN.bpi.-,'.
d.iught-r of the lute Jurors I-anlcan, -HI M
Won.llawn ae.. CermaiitoHii. L'uo notice ot
the funeral will bo given later.
SMITH. On January !!!. lOlil. 'J"
husband of Husun H. Smith In Ills T wh e".
Ite lathes and friend- of the family. '"
Apollo I-idge. No. 3MI. K. HIA, M . lojt
No B. II. A. II., Apollo l.o,lge Jo. -T.
O.O. F . ami SI n-orge". Society, art.
respectfully Invited In sttend the funeral wry.
ceiS. on Tuesday afternoon, at J "ino rto,
precisely, at hla l.ito reai'lome 1! Norm
lltb st. Interment strictly prhate.
I.KKIWM On January i' '"IVa1!.!.
William (. and Hannah E. Frsf I !
and friends are hulled to attend the funeral
-prvlrfH on Tuesday afternoon, at w,
K&T'frSm the Trinity Memorial ChurcJ.
Ambler, I'.i. Interment prhste. fl
omit llowcrs.
JONKS. On Junuarv 28. 1010. at the rl',
lenre of her hrother. J- '""Jnh.Ju1.
katiikyn niTirit. l'u?h',;r,n'1irrtitSr
Heneral John Hl.lnoy and CattarlM Iw.
Jonea. In thu 'Mliyear of her .-. "!"."
unci friends nro nlted to attend ll
neral services, at ill"! Hpruie i --,.
diy morning, at 11 o'Uock. Interment iti
taic.
ItOOMS mil HKNT
"$ f-uis-ftisxi is,uArstf:$i
inn a linen.
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II Kl.l" WANTKH PKMAI.K j.
SSW'neVa. A JMJK-.'ftft.
by letter. Cox M 51.. Ledger umc-
IIKI.P VAN-TKI-MAJ'1? - -.r.
MACIlfNlSTrl-l)ay work. .Jf"l"l-p,,,,-T? need
l.TS 8. 10lh t.. I'hlla. ,
"No ship can run against
the title," said Napoleon,
Verily. Napoleon was in
error, as modem steam
doth prove. And yctj
many men these moden
days will not believe thf
the steam of advertisii
can overcome the tide pi
competition,
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