EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1916.
RIDDLE'S $100, SPURNED
BY STOUGH, WILL AID
i .THE POOR IN CHELSEA
Atlantic City Mayor Asserts He
POWDER FLARES THAT BROUGHT DEATH AND INJURY TO CARNEY'S POINT
72, HE TAKES A BRIDE
OF 22; SERENADERS
ARRIVE, COPS CALLED
"I'll Shoot Every. Person That
Does Not Get Out of This
Yard," Cries Bride's
Father
ASK "WHERE'S NELLIE?"
v
Will Show the Evangelist
n "Little Practical
Christianity"
CLASH OVER A BANNER
TakirtR Down of Itcvivnl Campaign
Signs Called "Insult", to the
Seashore Churchgoers
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1 ATLANTIC CITY. .Intl. 21). Mayor Itlil
die will give the $100 KvnngollRt Ktoiigh
irtochlfd I" return In til ill to the Chclsoa
Union League, mi organization which lust
'week Rnvo eonl ntul food to 21. i poor
'families ""' cntctl for 103 families Hip
week before.
"1 rnn't Miy positively I will do thlt "
the Mayor wild today, "bc,iiiio I have not
pot the I00 yet. Hut If I do Ret It I
shall certainly turn It over to the Chel
sea League. You know what I Raid he
fore. 'The hand thai Rlveth Is more blessed
tlinn the lips that ntn'y,' and now, shire
UvniiRellst KtoiiRh dooen't want my money
I Bhall show hlni a little practical Christianity-"
Mayor Itlddle now ipptets that he was,
a victim to the evangelist's personal maii
nctlim when he offerpd his friendship to
Doctor Htough upon his arrival In this
city. He even lilted the evangelist so
nctl he sent him a check for $I(X. As he
cxpiesscd It Inst itlfcht, tho Mayor "In
vested MOO In Slough, but Is now wIIUiir
to sell out for a cent."
At a tabernacle meotliiR held heie Inst
night GOOO persons voted that the Mayor's
J100 sift should he returned because a re
vlvnl campalRii bimuer which had been
Mrctched across Atlantic avenue from the
City Hall to the llell-ltlddle Hulldlng had
been taken down. Doctor .Slough nssert-
rd that the taking down of the banner
was an "Insult" to tho church people, of
Atlantic City.
To show Hint thoy-, too, considered
Mayor Kiddie's order to have tho banner
removed nn "Insult." those attending the
tabcrnaclo service last nlabt forced a
( rpcclal collection of JJJS on the evangelist
i to "make up" for the- leturn of the
Mayor's check. Doctor Stough then re
quested ever body to pray us often as pos
sible for the conversion or tho city's Chief
Executive.
Mayor ftldillp was dpllghted to learn
that his check Is to be ictiirned, as hu
has lindersone a change of heart slnco
sending It.
"As soon as I heard the news, be said,
"I prepared a letter to send Doctor Stoilgb
to show him where I stand on tho mnt
ter." LKTTKIl TO IOVANGHMST.
Tho letter Is as follows:
"Dear Mr. Evangelist:
"If I icceivc the $100 back, It Is more
than I could possibly have hoped for.
Usually one pays for mistakes, but In
this case I find out my cuor; I have
learned the lesson, and It has cost me
nothing. At our llrst meeting ynu Im
pressed me as nn earnest, feat less man,
I believed that you i cully had the In
terest of Atlantic City at heart, and I
wanted to help you In every way possible.
You have proven youiself llko others of
your Ilk. an agitator, and one who .does
not hesitate to pervert the tiutli fothls
own personal ends. Like thousandsXor
others, I was caught in the trap ot
personal magnetism, the snaie by which
'Billy' Sunday and his Imitators In
duce so many to Milt the sawdust tinll.'
Do these people think of Chi 1st and
his lovo for humanity as they announce
their Intention of leading a new life?
No. they "' enthused by personal mag
netlsm, and It tho lender wanted to In
fluence the oiowd to bum piopeity or
behead their nclghbois. as they did in
the French revolution, they would be
carried along with tho agitator's puipose
In tho saino way.
. ENTHUS13D BY MAGNETISM.
"Christ's seimons wcro for tho better
ment ot tho human race, and I never re
member healing that lie toukup collections
after them. On tho contrary. It was Ho
ho gavo to tho people, of His love, of
His kindness, of Ills healing, and even
on two occasions of tho more material
things of llfo tho day He gave wine to
the people at tho wedding feast, and tho
day He fed the multitude of four thousand.
It seems sacrllego for .1 present day
"Evangelist" (how Irkscmio .this claim
would appear to Peter and Paul) to dc
claro that this tearing down of all author
ity Is dono In tho uamo of religion. I
cannot help hut think of Christ and tho
money changers In tho Tcniplo (seo John
II, H.1C) and beliovo if Ho would come
to earth today, Ho would dilvc the Rieedy
agitators with tho scourge of Ills words
from Tabernacle and Temple alike, and
expose to tho audiences who have been
enthused by the magnetism of tho speak
'rs, how Uttlo of religion they represent,
"nd how much of human greed. When I
receive tho one hundred dollar check (If I
do) I will give It to tho Chelsea League,
which last week helped 219 families and
the week before 10!) families by giving
them food and coal.
"I hopo to hear of you doing somo of
this work Unit is, after all, moro Impor
tant than praying.
"Truly yours,
"WILLIAM U1DDLB."
NO INSULT INTENDED.
Mayor Rlddlo Bald that the taking down
of tho revival banner was not an Insult
to anybody, because the only person who
Gave permission for hanging tho emblem
was a city electrician.
"A petition signed by 17 men was pre
sented me," ho said today, "and they
remonstrated against tho changing of tho
banner. Yesterday tho City Commission
ers put tho matter In my hands, and I
thought It best to havo tho thing tnken
down. It was put up without proper au
thority and tnken down upon tho re-
quest of men of this city. Nobody was
Insulted."
"How do you llko being prayed for?"
the Mayor was asked.
"Oh, I nm used to It by this time," he
Kplled. "It certnlnlv Erntlllos me very
! micli to learn that tho pcoplo of Atlantic
i-y mime so much of mo." 'men aiujur
llWdle explained why ho had changed
jns mind about Doctor Slough and tho
littir's coworkers.
ACCUSED WOMAN FREED
Prisoner Charged With Bigamy Lib
erated Second Husband
Leaves U. S.
One if her two husbands sailed for
Englanl yesterday, bo pretty Mrs. Mary
Thurslo. 25 years old. who has been held
t City Hall since Wednesday, accused
of blgaily, was allowed to so to her
pother litPlltsrurgh. 'I he chaise against
ntr wa,a ilropp d by the Norfolk, a.,
Police, win had a warrant for her. After
her llrst iarrluge. Mrs. Thurston said,
her husbad went Insane and was put
hi an asylim. She then married William
Thurston, uncording to the police of Nor
folk, where she lived. Thurston beat her
until she nn, away, she asserted. He
got out a wirrnnt for her nnd she was
stopped In IMladelphU while on her way
'9 her motnVs home. When Thurston
sailed for England, the Norfolk police
refused to prsa the charge.
Miss Goldsmih to Flay in New York
Dorothy QouWuh, pianist, of Philadel
phia will give wo recitals in New York,
tin Sunday aftehoon, February 6. she will
J-WUM before th Cosmopolitan Club, and
in WinCa velui. t cbruar 7 before
''ie H.trraid t'li in its rooms at Cai-
ie Hull i i-n-l ! ih will also pla
-' svi it i . i'i4)ii,i ukj win1 in New
'SILENT SHOOTER' MAY
HAVE SOUGHT WHITMAN!
Albany Police Hunt Gunman
Who Shot Five With
Muffled Pistol
ALIJANY. N. Y., .Inn. 2.1,-Thnt the
gunman who with n silent pistol shot
four persons esterd,iy may have lmd
designs on Ciovprnor Whitman Is the be
lief of Chief of Police Hyatt. I
Detective lialn was sent to tho Capitol
today to Investigate the nppcaiancp there
yesterday of a man who nnswprs the dp-
scilptlon of the man the police arc now
seeking.
The guiimnn claimed a fifth victim to- I
day. Mary Schnup was accorlcd. Later i
she found a bullet In her muff. She was
not Injured, however. I
It Is said tho pistol used was equipped (
with kllenccr. In yesterday's Hhootlng
none of the four heard any report, nor
realized that they bad been shot until they '
f- It themselves growing wenkcr. I
The victims of the stiange criminal nrr
Mis. .). A. McICown, 70 years old. shot I
tbiough the body; dying nt the Albaio i
Hospital.
John Irwin, Cli years old. shot In tho
back; dying at tho Homeopathic Hospi
tal. 11 C. Kenny, shot In tho side; nt the
Homeopathic Hospital.
John McCormlck, shot in the back: hi
a setlou.i condition at the Albany Hos
pital. Mrs. McICown was on her way home,
when about a block fiom her house,
sbo Mild, she felt n stinging sensa
tion In her back. A few steps fiom
home, she felt herself growing weaker
and usked a pnsi-ptby to help her Into
the house. There a physician was called,
who found that a bullet had passed
through her body, perforating her right
lung.
About half nn hour luter, Irwin was
walking tlueo blocks fiom wheic Mis.
McICown was shot when, be said, a
young man wearing a slouch hat and a
dark ovcicoat, stopped blm nnd asked
for a match. He had pone and tuined
on his way, when ho felt a stinging sen
sation In his side. He looked back and
saw the young man standing with his
hands In his overcoat pockets. He said
he started after the man, when he fled.
Kenny was shot In the side a short
distance downtown from whero Irwin
was shot. Ills thick oveicoat saved him,
for baiely embedded beneath the skin was
found a .-J-cnlibrc levolvcr bullet.
MiCormlck was shot n hair hour later
about 10 blocks further downtown then
wheie Kenny was shot.
"DEFEND NATION'S
LIFr," SAYS WILSON
Coiltlniird from 1'ukp Oho
that tho American people aro back of
that army."
The President said that ho sometimes
felt that It was very awkwaid to wear a
frock coat, ride a horso and review troops,
becauso the bombro dress of the civilian Is
a symbol of tho fact that civil llfo Is
better than military life.
"I'm not going into details of the mili
tary program," ho went on. "Details mako
no difference 1 nm convinced of ono
thing, however, not that there should be
a great militant force hi tills country, but
a great reserve of citizens who will bo
glad to go to the service of their country.
"It Is a pity that this Is a campaign
year. I hopo that no one will mako this a
partisan Issue. Democrats do not differ
fiom lUpublicans on a question of nation
al safety. Men on the other side politi
cally aro Just as enthusiastic for this as
J am, and I fchnll feel ashamed of any
friend of mine who views It differently.
"WOULD IS ON FIltK."
"Tho world Is on lire. Sparks are likely
to drop anywhere. Tho influence of pas
Moil Is abroad. Wo are dependent now on
other nations for tho movement of our
coinmeico while those nations aro at war
nnd where there Is contact there Is danger
of friction, nnd whero nations are engaged
In war they aro likely to bo stubborn
ly steadfast In their convictions, though
they ho for the moment.
"New circumstances havo arisen for
which tho country must prepare Itself, not
for war, not for aggression, but for na
tional defense.
"What is really proposed? It Is aston
ishing how many men of straw are set
up only to bo knocked down. And this
nation will not he deceived with threats
of danger only Imagined. I believe I am
proposing u very business llko thing.
Along with Industrial and vocational edu
cation, It Is perfectly feasible to Instruct
the you he men of this country In the- use
of arms.
SPEAKS IN HISTORIC HALL.
Memorial Hull was a fitting place for
the President's plea for preparedness. It
was erected In honor of I'ensylvanla's
sons who gave their lives In the Civil War.
Scattered through the crowd wero men
who had grown rich from the great war
munitions industry. It seemed the Presi
dent fully realized that while talking.
As tho President nnd his wife entered
and wcio escorted to the front of the ros.
trum a hand In tho balcony played the
"Star-Spangled, Banner" and the crowd
ioc to Its feet.
Mrs Wilson was ushered in first, ac
companied by several Pittsburgh women
The crowd applauded vigorously. She
was dressed becomingly in black, wear
inir a black fur coat and a small black
hat. She smiled an acknowledgment of
the ciowd's greeting.
The President entered a minute later
nnd the applause was deafening. The
President smiled and tpoke a word in an
undertone to Mrs. Wilson.
The President's train arrived at the
Shadyslde station at 9:31 this morning.
A committee of prominent citizens met
ft. ii.i n..d escorted tho President, Mrs.
Wilson. Secretary Tumulty and Dr. Cary
'V Oral-son to the Hotel Schenley.
President Wilson did not show himself
after arriving at the hotel until he was
d veil to the hall Immediately after ftn
fshtiTsT his first address the president ad
rtresMd an oertlow meeting of 1500 in a
oh hall m the same buUdinfi.
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The upper picture shows Carney's
The glare in the sky was caused by
Carney's
TWO POWDER VICTIMS DIE;
PLOT AT DU PONTS SUSPECTED
Continued from l'ase Olio
charge of tho special police and detectives
emplo.ved to guard the du Pont plants.
C. D. I.andls, publicity agent of the
company, said that no explanation of the
tires bail us yet been found. Oieat speed
was icqulicd In getting out the quanti
ties of powder which tho company con
tracted to supply to the Allies, he said,
and theie were three eight-boui shifts of
woikmen constantly at work In every
hour of the 21. With this speed It was
hard to pi event some accidents. He said
ho did not believe the Hies had been In
eeiullnry in spito of the suspicious cir
cumstances ot their all happening at
uboi't tho wine time.
When asked If Jt were Hue, as was re
poited, that 100 men gave up their Jobs
today, ho said that among LIUW workmen
there would naturally lie some timid ones
anil that besides tho powdei makers were
as a rulo i oiling stones who went fiom
ono placo to another In tho country get
ting Jobs nnd soon abandoning them. "Wo
can soon till tho places of these timid ones
with red-blooded, bettor workmen who
will not loso their nerve," he added.
Tho ofllccrs of tho company have given
no idea ns to what, In .';lr belief, was
tho cause of tho
said Is that the
Ures. I tbev havo
(lie "oilglnntPil In a .
detention hotifco for riflo powder nt plant
No. 1, and spread to another detention
houso at plant No. 3. The detention
houses are magazines for powder await
ing shipment. All fivo of the destroyed
buildings were frame and sheet iron al
falrs and not difficult to replace.
Ounrds were doubled about tho plants
nt Carney's Point today, nnd every per
son who sought to leavo tho grounds was
questioned and searched.
It became known today that a small
quantity of powder exploded In a device
known ns a "hopper" in the Hagley mills
nlong tho Hrandywlne Into yesterday uft
ernoon. No ono was hurt, and nfter to
pairs were made tho "hopper" was again
placed in operation.
"LIST OF INJUHKD WnONCl."
l- C. Ileati, of Nashville, Tenn., former
secretary of tho Illinois Legislature, and
nn oxpert In powder mixing, who draws
a Iaigo salary for his work In Plant No.
2, made a statement In his apartments In
French's Hotel, Pennsgrove, which Is sig
nificant of n new point of view on the
part of employes of the llrst rank in du
Pont plants.
"I am (Irmly convinced that the list of
Injured is wrong," ho said. "I believe
there were moro than seven Injured and
that nt least four or live were killed. Of
course, the public will never hear about
it. Thoy were probably blown to pieces,
as In tires of this kind those- nearest the
blaze could not possibly escape, nnd I
know men were near the points where
theso (Ires stnrted.
"Men are killed and Injured dally at
theso plants and the news is kept from
the public. It does not matter to me If
I lose my position for having spoken in
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Foint as it npp eared last nifht from across the river at PennsKrove.
the huming buildings. The lower picture shows how houses on the
Point property were illuminated by the blaze.
this U-ay, for this Is tho truth. Tho truth
about conditions nt Cniney's Point has
never been told. If only a few of tho dp
tnils wero made public It would cieate
a tremendous sensation."
LOSS PLACHD AT $175,000.
Tho 'fivo fires caused tho greatest loss
Inclined by the company In ono day In Its
history. Involving a loss of llo buildings,
which were destroyed with 180,000 pounds
of lille powder, tho whole valued at $1"",
000. Tho Hist ot these II vo occurred at
ft o'clock cstetday afternoon, according
to workmen, nnd they declined tho news
of this was suppussed.
Two fires followed almost simultaneous
ly In plants N- 1 nnd 2 a few minutes
after l! o'clock. Two hours later two
nioio buildings wore destioyed In the
fouith and llfth fires of the day.
A huge ci ater Is left whero tho de
stroyed powder building in plant No. 2
stood, ami there Is nothing to tell the
tnle of tho tragedy. Several workmen
insi.st that they saw four iiipii crowding
against a wall In tho building when the
first llaio of tho explosion nppeared.
Theso men, they say, aio dead, but offi
cials have been unable to confirm tills.
.Pl.n ftn,..o nlml -ftA fnnf I . I n tl.n nln .n
(,n. k (0 witnesses. Several employes
at Carney's Point today say they saw
mi aeioplano In tho sky over the plant
Just )iefoio tho explosion, and that thoy
had seen the i.amo ajrcrnft over the plant
two n. ys ago.
All the enn oyes agree on tho fact
that the explosions were not caused by
carelessness, and, despite, the statements
to the contrary by tho company. Insist
they aro tho result of a wrll-organlzcd
plot. They sny that men are quitting
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their Jobs every day because they aro
at the mercy of theso plotters.
Secict service men on tho scene said
tnat the cxplorlons might bo tho woik
of "fanatics," but would not explain
further.
One eye-witness, who refused to give his
name, as he Kild lie valued his job, "for
his wife and child's sake," mado this
statement:
"Near tho two tires a little nfter fi
o'clock In Plant Nos. 1 and 2 there
were, in the llrst case, botwecn 2."i00 and
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destroyed, and In tho second case, about
J700 men In and near the building which
was blown up. The buildings wcro
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were a number of Italians. When wo
came on at 0 tho Italians prnyed, ns
usual, that no harm would befall them
at their dangerous work.
"Tho Americans wero whistling, tnlklng
and joking as they went to their work.
We all know that death Is mighty near
us all tho time down here, but wo try to
be ineiry. Hardly had the last Italian
pinyer stopped when suddenly there was
a big whlfllng soil of noise, then an ex
plosion, a roar, nnd then somo one at
the end of the room let out In a loud
voicj, 'Another one, boys, run!'
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smwicMSism
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llnme Wo hnd never seen a Hume Just
like Hint It was all blue and spread quick
as lightning. Men fell suffocated by the
fumes.
"We dragged out the men we stumbled
over whether we left nlty behind I don't
know. Tho tiro brigade arrived and we
I helped the men of It to try to put nut
i the flames, but could do little. All tho
, time we knew there was another flro
raging in the other plant. I um sure sev-
era! must have been killed In our building
I alone."
I Tho flare of the flrps could bo seen
many miles. Many In this city saw tho
I flash over the 30 miles to Carney's Point.
I Within that radius of tho plnnts on the
Delaware, In tlnee States, many believed
that scores of woikmen must havo lost
their lives.
Pcnnsgrovo and Hip communities ncaiby,
where thousands of tho workmen havo
their homes little flimsy houses thrown
up hastily by the company and rented to
Its employes weic pnulc-strlcken. Wo
men nnd little boys mid girls, tho wives
and children of the powder w;prkcrs,
waiacu uooiii me rouus weeping ami asi-
I lug every one they met for news of tho
J 'res who had been killed? There was
nothing to sny to them, and It was many
hours before their anxiety was relieved.
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A meeting of the Philadelphia bar wl'.
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lloom II of Common Pleas Court No. '
la memory of A. S. L. Shields, noted
criminal lawyer, who died last week.
President Judge Hicgy will preside nnd
eulogies will bo delivered by Congress
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NBW YOIUC. Jnir. 29. When It Was
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manufacturer, of Hast Orange, N J and
Miss Nellie Hlslo Miller. 22. of Caldwell
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men nnd women nf Calr.weJr gathered lit
the bride's homo with all kinds of noise
making Implements and licgntra hideous
charivari.
Frank W Miller, contracting builder,
the father of tho bride, appeared on ths
front porch whon the noise wns nt Its
height and called for silcncp. The crowd,
lipllevliig a pleasant announcement wns
to he mnilc, became still, and then Mr.
Miller Is said to have shouted:
"I'll shoot every person that docs not
get out of this yard In three minutes!"
This wns met by hoots fiom the crowd,
mid the uolsemnklng wns lestimcd with
greater energy. There wcie calls of:
"Where's Nellie? Itrlng her out!"
"Where's (Jrnndpa Vnndcrhoof? Oh, you
grandpa caveman!"
Mr. Miller Is snld to have cried that ha
would get n shotgun us he ran back Into
the house. However, ho did not return,
but telephoned to the police, olid soon
Chief John Ilurkey and three other po
licemen appeared nnd began to struggle
with the unwelcome sereniulerg. They
forced them off the Miller lawn, but for
eevcinl bonis the racket of banging cans
mado sleep for the Miller family and
neighbors Impossible.
A few days ngo Mr. Vnndcrhoof pur
chased n home owned by the gill's grand
mother, a few doors from the Miller
home, but the scrennders kept such a
close watch Inst night that he and his
hildc, trapped In her parents' house, wcro
unable to reach their own "dove cote."
Mr. Vnndcrhoof Is the father of fivo
children and tho grandfather of IS, His
youngest child Is 111 years older than his
bride. Despite the half century of time
separating the nges of Mr. Vanderh iof
nnd his bilde her parents said It vu. a
"true love match."
Friends of the family bud been Informed
early last week of the unusual engage
ment, and that the wedding would he on
Washington's birthday. Therefore tho
surprise was complete yesterday when ;er
parents announced that the couplo had
been secretly . married Wednesday night
by the Rev. T. Stuart Molyneux. of tho
First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell.
Miss Miller had been piomlncntly Iden
tified with the .social affairs of Caldwell
and was popular in the younger set. Many
of her girl friends were In the serenading
party that last night was driven off by
the police.
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