1fUKltyl"'-'&ffiVW l! f EYENiyg LEDGEB-PHIflAPEKPHIA', .ffHUBSPAY, EBKUARJ-J0- BOOZE' AND FtN, THE SALVATION OF ATLANTIC CITY, NOT REFORM, ARGUE OPEN-TOWN ADVOCATES Stough Campaign Rouses New Protests From Shore Contingent Who Wish "Playground of World" to Be Real Playground Mayor Riddle's Stand "BEEF TRUST" 'GOP, ORDERED BACK TO HIS BEAT, WILLING TO "WALK OFF FEW OF 200 POUNDS" la the "open lid" necessary to the successful development of Atlantic Cityl, This much'discusscd question litis been revived at the New Jersey resort as a result of the revival campaign now being concluded there by Evangelist Dr. Henry W. Stough. The Evening Ledgfji has conducted a careful investigation of the situation and has brought to light some in teresting facts and opinions. These are presented in a series of three articles. The first, printed herewith, presents the arguments of those who believe that to reform Atlantic City w to ruin it. Dy HENRY B. LOOS ARTICLE I Atlantic City had Its first rent taste of reform on AURiist 27. IMS, when Governor Fort ordered the enforcement of the law prohibiting tho selling of liquor on Sun ' day and n general "clean-up" of the vice traffic From time to time the "lid" nt the resort has popped open momentarily, but ttt present there Is virtually no viola tion of the Sunday selling law and the disorderly house nuisance has been great ly reduced. Now, na tho result of the evangelistic campaign conducted by the rtev. IJr. Henry "W. Stough, there Is much tnlk of further reform, nnd many citizens of At lantic City bollov.o that. If these efforts to clap tho "lid" dowtf tlfihter nro suc cessful, the resort will be ruined nnd millions of dollars Invested In hotels .11 id other real estate will ho lost. THE SjlSlP BLOW. Tljoso who fear for ho future of At lantic City hnvo one fact upon which to base their arguments. Bfpco the enforce ment of the law prohibiting Sunday sell Ine of liquor, saloon properties nt tho resort have depreciated In vatuo from 20 to 33 per cent. Tho week-end business has always 4 been heavy at this resort. Thousands of excursionists from Pcnnslvniiln. Now York nnd other nearby States have como to regard Atlantic City as "their" resort, nnd every Friday nnd Saturday during tho summer season have seen a hasty inlgtn tlon to this "playground of tho world." ' Sunday has always been the outstanding day of the week, with hotels nnd boarding t houses filled to capacity nnd .tho Board walk a seething mass of humnnlty In bygone days) tho saloons of Atlantic City did a greater business on Sunday than on any other four days of the week. Cafes of tho leading hotels wcro lllled from morning until late at night. Tho closing of tho saloons and cafc on Sun day suddenly cut oft thousands of dollars from tho rovenucs of theso establish ments. Saloonkeepers nnd pessimistic citizens said that Atlantic Clt was doomed there would be no moro Sunday crowds, no money spenders, nothing to attract people to. the shore, Those who predicted such an outcomo based their assertions on what they had seen dally for years and years especially on Sundays. They recalled tho cafes, Jammed to tho doors with merrymakers, the dance halls with their coterie of men and young women, who paid their re spects to the shrine of Ilacchus nt Infre quent Intervals; tho gambling establish ments, where weolthy visitors "dtopped" thousands of dollars with a laugh, and last, but not least, mey recalled the nightly migrations toward the red lights of Atlantic City. "Iteform will never do anything but bring ruin on our liendn," business men of the city said. "People from every quarter of the I'nlted States have come to look upon this resort as the ono epot In America where they can frolic to their hearts' content. They hnvo come to know that here they can mtx In n Bohemian atmosphere which smacks strongly and dellclously of i Ickednesa." Nor were saloonkeepers, proprietor of disorderly houses and politicians the only persons who believed these assertions true. Church members, -even ministers, had become so Inured to the Idea that Atlantic City must necessarily remain wicked If It were to develop 'that they maintained a passive attitude toward the conditions they saw about them. , IT DIDN'T "I3UST" CITY. These people were engaged In legitimate business enterprises which depended largely upon the transient population of the resort. They were told that reform would turn this population away. "Very well," said these church people, "we dls- approve of these conditions, but we will tolerate them. Wo ate not In favor of reform." But the Sunday closing law did not deal a deathblow to prosperous Atlantic City. The crowds continued to come, the wealth nnd popularity of tho resort continued to Increase. The rnfes and saloons had lost their best business dnv of the week but they continued to thrive remarkably Tho crtbciet was Introduced nt the cafes and "song pushers" contributed to tho gnlety of the scenes enacted nightly among the bright lights. There wcro stilt a host of amusements which were allowed to open on Sunday and the visitors seemed satislled, Those who had forecast dire results to fflllnlv tli iiiifrtirnhinnt nf tlin Himdnv closing law Were nonplussed. It had hurt I the saloon Interests without question, but It was dllllrull to show whero tho city ni n whole or any other legitimate business had suffered Sincere church members nnd ministers breathed n sigh of relief. "That bit of reform didn't seem to hurt much," they said Hut In the meantime tho "Interests" were growling again, de claring: "Atlantic City lias such wonderful nat ural advantages and so many attractions that oven the removal of Its best feature could not kill It Hut If Miey remove the saloons entirely ntirt close up the nmuc ments on Sunday they will sec. Atlantic City will be ruined." Mayor William lllddle, chief exponent nf tho liberal faction, voices his opinion of the situation as follows' "If these reformers get what they want tho ocean will engulf Atlantic City. We would be hi good people would want to wipe us off the face of the earth. "The Sunday closing law enforcement depreciated tho nlue of every licensed saloon In Atlantic City by 3.1 1-3 per cent , and the only difference is this: The peoplo who come down here for Sunday now bring their whisky with them, and on Monday morning the city gathers tho bottles up by the bushel. "It they close up the 'movies,' vaude ville houses nnd a few other Innocent nmuscments on Sunday there will be nothing left for the visitors to do but pray Hut what Is tho uso of talking about their putting the saloons and these other thlngn out of business? These reformers can't put such legislation through. You can't cliango human nature by siying 'you must do thli and you mustn't do that.' " Jacob Ilothwell, one of the proprietors oftho Hotel Ilothwell and manngcr of the Steel Pier, when asked to give his opinion of effoits to put Atlantic City saloons out of business, replied: "It is pretty hard to sa what effect tho permanent closing of saloons would have. The Sunday closing law had no 111 effects on the hotel business, but If an attempt should he made to close the movies and vaudeville houses on Sunday. I believe the reform movement would lie nurled too fnr. Such amusements are absolutely harmless, and to lomnve them would be merely to bar our visitors from some things which they enjoy and which have their place among the attractions of the resort." The saloonkeepers of Atlantic Clt.v nnd the proprietors of amusements now al lowed to operate on Sunday are of course, unanimous In asserting that the present talk of reform Is bejond tho bounds of reason. As 0110 saloonkeeper put It- "Thej pretty near ruined us be fore, and now they want to finish up the Job and finish up Atlantic City as a live resort at the same time. Tho people who come hen- now don't spend monev, and prcttv soon they won't een come." Others assert that the reform move ment Is inerelv being taken up as .a po litical club to defeat Mayor Kiddle nnd other City Commissioners at the election next May. In the meantime, the thou sands of people attending Doctor Stough's tabernacle services dally are becoming more thoroughly convinced that It Is "up to them" to carry the reform movement to a successful conclusion. . -p - '- - GvvJE MC S rrs. ALL UP". THE BENEFIT) t yyO f PET 100 I of any. 2. r's1 lamer?, y v owvuv.y" ra :- t v wtsifaN. GOnrKAP , 3I3W5UCTIN' T? SJ ' dUTv?AvTME- Tne.TOne t-A -V) ( wr with that ygBb a"cy V 55-. f wilHwViHxIVy it-iiifi I mmmmm is: IrCi.r? f """- r "TOE MOTOft. . GOPSGOME UNDER THE 13 AH (nun emit sae'.VMs I L 6&0ii. .n ) SOME. OF THE TRAFFIC HIPPOS MUST GO, OP. ELE THE STREETS rwjvr BE vAiOENE.D. 'NEvOOtfDER.'CaP poSllOGr WEHIND TRDUEf tlE Some of Trie. INELIG-IGUES ,Glad He Has Returned to Post He Says Standing Up and'Waving Arms for Hours at a Time on Chestnut Street Is Tiring, Even to a Big Reserve By WILLIAM T. ROONEY PntiolmHn of the llftli pollie illstrlct. I'onni rlv a rrscrvo Motioned nt ,th nnd Llinlnut itteets Yes, I wns one of the leserves sent bnck to do n beat In a district, one of the four memlieis of the "beef trust" who had become too fat, but before I go any further I want to sny for once nnd for all that I urn perfectly satislled with the change. The hundreds of iiutomoblllsts who hike down Chestnut street every day nnd tho thousands and thousands of men and women who scoot over the street cross ings probnblv think thut It Is a cinch fnr 11 reserve to stand there nil day waving his urms back and foith. I'm not u le serve any longer, so I am free to say that such an opinion Is not only dead wtong but that handling downtown traffic has come to be one of the most difficult 'nnd tiresome jobs a man on the force can get. In the flint place, Just you try stand ing still In one spot for a day and see how you like It. You'll tind the scenery gets piett monotonous and you'll be gin to envy the .people walking past you they seem to be regular globe trotters nnd 11 walk of ID squares looks ns good to you ns a trip to Palm Beach would to tho ordinary person. And ns for wav ing our arms! After you have given about ten million automobiles and ten billion pedestilons the "go ahead" sig nal, you begin to think you never want to move your arm ngaln at all. Now I may tip the scales at something better than pounds, but, take It from me, I am willing enough to get a chance to walk a few of them off as a patrol man. Now I've got my regular beat, get a change of scenery right along, mnbe n little excitement once In a whllo, and I'm In with a line bunch of bos up hero In the 12th District at Sth nnd Jeffer son stieets. I've been In the service now about a half dozen years, and I only spent ono of them as a patrolman, but I had enough to know that I'm going to take It. It mny be Just as well, too, to take a man of my size off Chestnut sticct That thoroughfare Isn't nny too wide, you know, and sometimes It looked ds though with me there In the street thcie wasn't much chance for tho automobiles nnd ti alley cars. I don't know how tho other memben of the "beef trust" liked going back to the districts, but as for me well, I'm not figuring on losing nny of my weight over discontent and worry. PUPILS' STRIKE PROTEST SPREADS RITUAL RENDS CHURCH AT NQRRISTOWN Continued from Vaite tine church rolls liavo taken a divided stand in the matter. Three new vestrymen have been se lected to fill the vacancies, but to far they have not accepted, nccording to Thaddeui S. Adel, who Is church warden and treasurer of the parish. Tho whole trouble, according to members of tho vestry nnd congregation, has arisen from the fact that In the last year many forma and symbols which are found In what Is called tho "high" Kplscopal service havo been Introduced Into the service of All Saints'. Most of the congregation nre "low" In their tendencies, and, nccording to tho members of tha yestry who have re signed, Mr. Noble, the rgctor, was called five years ago on the 'distinct . under standing that he would not Introduce any ritual. The Itev Mr. Noble, in n recent statement to one of them, said that he had not "changed his Ideas he had only grown." The disgruntled members of tha congregation have threatened to cut down the Balary of their rector, but say It will not do much good, slnco he has won the support of Hiss Klizabeth Swift, 433 East Marshall street, a wealthy woman, who. It la admitted, does mora than her share In financing tho church. Mt Swift said today tput she favored ritual, If It was In moderation. "Tha resignation or those vestrymen -was the best thlrlg that could havo hap pened," said Miss Swift, "They were lasy and they didn't do their part. Now, perhaps, we can get some. new .vestrymen who will wortc for the -church. I have never heard any intimation at all that Mr Noble's salary would be cut off." HIGH CHURCH SYMBOLS. Members of the vestry say that the main thing- that gave ritual any hold on the parish was the visit of Father Duffy and Father Nkholls, said to be of the Order of Reconciliation, who came to AH Salnta In December during the "Preach In? Mission." They were particularly "high" churchmen and it is said lhat they made It a point to try to make the children "crosa" themselves, to call Mr, Noble "Father." and to Instill other "high" notions In their childish minds. Members of the vestry who resigned say that each new thing asueh as the "processional cross," veils, and several silver aymbols, have been announced by Mr Noble as gift memorials and he uses this as his excuse to introduce them, with out consulting the vestry Members of tha congregation had always prided them sieves on their "low" service as against the "high" ceremonies held at fct John's i'hurch. the other NorrUtown Episcopal church. "There isn't room for two churches like that lu Norrlstown, asserted David H llallnian. 728 Ueorge street, resigned bee retary of the vestry. "I won't gp to All faints' and take part la a service In which t ilun t oc Hove. There are other churches i;twr her Tbares thcone at Valley i-wire ttut'a only four miU-n away ' '1T. tort's unahofcacksu and others. j rtiarti j:ia fuutjtr uwa 1 don 1 ! ..m -hum ! hn wont 40 ba u lu ill 1 fej.as ile air Natrf la itiere la Wr years about all I've lived for Is that church I've gono there In rnln and snow and Hall. I've been there when 1 nnd my family were the only ones In tho con gregation." The Sunday school li now called the "cnurch school" anil the Ladles' Auxll iaiy of their forefathois Is now refened to as the "parochial auxiliary." "We've had enough of these new fan dangles," said n gray-haired parishioner. The "striking" vestry say that their hands nio tied on account of Miss Swift, who, they sa.. supports the rector in a financial wnv In nil his projects. She also asked permission to build a garage In back of tho rectory and then presented the rector with two automobiles, cue a six-cylinder car. She Is said to have al most built the church, to have contrib uted largely towaid the organ, font and much of the church furniture. The Itev Mr. Noble has asked permission to set In n now altar, but this has been refused by the vestij, who want to see the de sign of the altar tirst. "entry the '.'ling right to the polls," said a (Icrmnntown politician In regard to this todii', refusing to have his name quoted. "If this thing gets Into politics it will upset the status of political parties in the wind. In some sections like Oei man tow 11. when- there nre many homes and people of intelligence, such matters as sihool 'kicks' are taken seriously, nnd I can tell you that politicians are watching this light with trepidation." In regnul to the threat of fines or Im prisonment by the Bureau of Compulsory education. Mi. Lynch said this was a matter of 110 importance. The question of punishment would not put down the rising tide of inquiry Into school methods. The mere public asking of these questions was of fnr deeper significance than would he the spectacle of 11 few parents brought befoio a magistrate, he claimed. If he was fined for not sending his two children back to school, he said he would appeal the line to the higher court. "Wo may have to go after some of these ilngleadcrs." said Dr. John P. Onrber, superintendent of schools, today. "Hut It Is not llkelv that we will piosecute tho lank nnd tile of the strikers." Henry J Qldeon, chief or the Bureau of Compulsory education. Issued a state ment ndvlslin; the parents or sinners to Ciintlnurd from I'nsr One actions to be taken bv the Patents' Com mittee, which is to meet toinonow night. MEETING TOMORROW NIllliT. This meeting will be called at 8 o'clock tomorrow night at the (ieimantowu 1)oh' Club, Penn street WPst of (leiinnntown avenue. Just which patriotic societies will be lepiesented has not hern an nounced, but It Is undeistood that the Patriotic Older, Sons of America, Is tak ing an Interest In the movement. Some startling developments nre ex pected when the speeches begin tomonow night, even such developments as person al criticism or Individual members of the Hoard or Education and school otllclols. William C Lynch Is chairman or the parents' committee. lie said, nt his home, r016 Newlinll street, today, that he bad received communications expressing sympathy from parents or pupils In West Philadelphia and other sections of the city and complaining of actions of the Hoard of Education sbnllar to the action of removing Doctor Sdwden. !.. .. lliAi.li.llliApntn I i In ul I ml tn 11- uA,.i ,..,.1 thai 11... ,.iio.,i 1,0.1. ,1 1 mako them leturn to school has it in tor Him," I 11 in told that the board only last week tevcrsed Itself In the case of tho McClure School, which was Identical with that or Filler." he s.ild. "Tho school was raised to a higher rating, but the principal was letnlned, 1 am Informed, although not making the necessary peicuntage. The will do this with their pets. They don't dare to e plaln how they nirlvo at their 'peicent ages.' "DOGS OF WAR" TO HARK. "The cause has reached far bejond the mere local Issue In regard to Mr. Snow den," continued Mr. Lr.cn. "This cause has to do with the general question ot arbltrnn action by tho Hoard or educa tion In all matteis; they have had a free hand In everything and it Is time to put the brnl.o on and to 111 ge the parents to look more closelj to tho interests of their own children. 1 "We're going to turn loose the dogs of war. We are going to raise a popular uprising and It may come to tho point 1 wheie we may challenge tho Hoard of 1 Education In many other actions. It has been carrying on things In a high-handed manner Some of the actions or the Su perintendent of Schools have been se verely criticised." 1 There Is also a political side to the "school strike." Some of the patents ' have expressed themselves us ready to "If they feel that a wrong has been done the community by the removnl or .Mr. Sow den. the will not coirect that vviimg by keeping their children away from school. Tho effect of having the children defy the law Is a bad one morall.v. The law Is clear but I should extremely 1 egret tho necessity or prosecu tion. I should much rather see the chil dren return voluntailly." That the case would "go the usual loutlne" was tho only comment made by Arthur Whltaker. district superintendent ot Germanlown for tho Bureau of Com pulsory Education. The usual routine is to send letters to patents advising them that their children ate guilty of truancv, with piosecntlon as 11 lust resort. The annual report or Chief Gideon, made sev eial days ago, shows very few cases on lecord of police power being resorted to. HANS SCHMIDT MUST DIE Governor Whitman Refuses to Inter fere With Execution ALBANY. N. Y Feb. 10. Hans Schmidt, the foimer priest convicted of the mutiler of Anna Aumuller In New York In Sep tember, 1513, must pay the penalty for his crime In the electric chair In Sing Sing prison during the week of February 13, Governor Whitman Inst night de clined to Interfcio with the execution Governor Whitman In his stntement last night said he had reviewed the medical testimony at Schmidt's til.il and ilso hnd had two physicians examine poitlons of Miss Aumullcr's body that had been preserved at 1 ornell Medical College. I Frozen in Sunny South MOBILE. Ala., Feb 10. Mystety sur rounding tho disappearance last Wednes day of A. V. Sceals. a wealthy banker oT Fountalnblenu, Miss . was cleared up yesterday when searching parties round his bodv in the woods near here. Death wns due to Treezing. Sceals wns piominent in Masonic and Elks circles. The body was round lying In 11 shallow ditch. Into which Sceals nppaiently had rallen. So far ns known this is the fiist death, due to extreme cold. 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Remember that our Lighting Service Department is at your disposal, without charge or obligation, in planning the illumi nation of 'your home or any building in which you are interested. V0Ur hout h not wittd for EUftilcity, you will btinttnttid in cur dtftiitd fau. mint wiling tian. otna jot in attain PHIlJU)ELPH!AfmlELOTI?IC&MPAIJY TILLMAN ATTACKS ARMOR PLATE MEN Likens Them to Highway Rob bers and Urges Passage of Government Plant Bill WASHINGTON. Ft. 10 -Senator Till man, chairman of the Senntc NavMAf fnlrs Committee, today delivered n vitriolic denunciation of the armor pinto manu fncturers In a report tirfflnK Immediate nnnsiiKC of the nrmor plato plant bill. "There are only three manufacturer! or nrmor plate In this country, anil the re sult In either a monopoly or a combine or the wor.it type." declared Senator Till man. "The Government li compelled to Intv their products hrcauso the law docs not allow the Secretary of tho Navy to so out nf the country to buy It. Tho manufacturers linve no fear of private competition, for there h not surilclent demand for nrmor to Justify the entrance of other pal ties. "As Ioiib n the present conditions con tinue the armor manufacturers are In a position to force the United Stntes Gov ernment In the liinRtiaKc of tho lilgh wavmnti to 'stand and deliver'. "It stllllces to say," concludes the re port, "that the committee Is nf the opinion that the Government hnd been churned unreasonable prices for Its minor plate and that the only lemcdy lies In the Government mvnliiR mid operatliiR a plant. Should the Government build It and then loclt It up, nnd It never be used, It would be wise to erect It. as It would servo ni a wnrnltm to private manufac turers that there Is a point beyond which the Government will not be driven nnd where patience censes to be a virtue." $1800 Fire in Eifilith Street Store Klro of unknown orlwln swept the women's ilothltiK store of Harry Hnss, nt 301 Noith Mil Mrcel, shortly before 2 o'clock Ibis morning. The store la on the first floor of the Imllillmr owned by tho Salvation Army, which has Its hcndiiuar ter.i on tho second floor The blaze was discovered b Policeman Condon, of tho 10th and Huttonwood streets station, who lieiuil tho crash of plate glnss caused by the heat. The dnm.iKo amounted to J1800. The lire was confined to the stoic U.S. NEEDS MERCHAif irmiuiMttjUMASBADil ASMVY,SAYSDAi "Freight Carriers Must Be(J oiuuxcu uy congress With: i-repareuness," H0 Tells National Tradesmen PLANS ARE DISCUSSE? WASHINGTON. Kh tn ,.. , the Navy Daniels today declared thin? iiuiiuiiiK "i ni mi nucquato tnM,. marlno Is such n nres.tlnn- m-ni,. ..""i cannot wisely bo sepnrated by rwl from the proRrnm for cnlnrRtnK th il"1 In an nddrcss before tho United Vu! t'lininiicr oi commerce at Its eloilni 13 Minn. "The present Congress will t ,il1 upon to give most of its time iiS parednesn nflont," Secretary DjJm said. "This embraces ships for th3 ItiR of frclRhts ns well an ship, SJi Ins tho blRRcst Rims nnd carrilnr ifi most implements of war. mi "A merchant mnrlne nnd an ademJ navy are our two chief needs," hj mj tinned. "They nre one nnd lniernrS and we renlly cannot discuss th without finding It Interlinked ulthffi' other." "J- Not only by the nddltlon of new jtai Is the unvy Becking to be prepared ni! the Secietniy, but the department hi summoned to Its old the counsel e( ill foiemost Inventors and scientists ot S, country In tho Government's plan to kl nblc to draw upon tho nation's genltii! time of crisis. The ilRlit of America to feed the norU was emphasized by tho Secretary, u said: j "We do not pioposo to surrender thit right or permit It to be placed h Jeopardy." , Natlonnl defense discussion and acllut upon committee rcpoits arc occupjli the IniRcr part of the day Klcetlon officers was scheduled for the late Ift. criinon. to be followed tonight hy a uh quiet, at which President Wilson wllljk llveh nil address. Lincoln's Birthday at the Shore The Saturday Holiday affords an excellent opportunity to spend a delightful week-end in recrea tion and recuperation. The Reading is Shorter by Miles and Minutes And offers the best service to the Seashore Direct Line "to the Shore" ($1.00 Excursions Every Sunday) $' MMMMMM JarV'-'H 1 iu -iLt S . VJ r fBCl:. , rz Wi . V. " --.'i ''-i i : .'V-t!-r'''f '.'J,! mm 'JS , The Association ofPhiladetohia tAdverfisin4Aenfe What Does "Advertising" Mean to You? 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