-pqyiy ffqwrif i-ijWy-ma?ftn -VV" EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, APRIL1 17, 1916. , r '. WARD LEADERS CHARGE COERCION OF M'NICHOL AND PENROSE FRIENDS Definite Accusations of Intimi dation of Small Shopkeep ers Into Supporting Vares Made HAZLETT MAKES DENIAL Definite charges that ttio police nre be ing used to Intimidate Penrose nnd Mc NIchol folowera nnd that they arn coerc ing small shopkeepers Into supporting the Vnres, have been made by McNIchol ward leaders. ' Albert 8. Henry, McNIchol follower, nnd Rcnjlbllcan City Committeeman from the 43d Ward, Is threatening to tnko legal action- ngalnst Police I,leutrnnnt Johnston on a charge ot Intimidating small mer chants. Ho also openly accuses Hccorder of Deeds James M, Itnzlett, Vnre lieuten ant, of' coercion. Followers of County Commissioner nob ert J, Moore, leader of the 4th Ward, who Is aligned politically with aicxicnoi anu Tenrose, have also charged Lieutenant Echtcrmeycr, a Varo follower1, with In timidation. They havb alleged thnt Kch tcrmoyer yesterday placed policemen In front of tho stores of Jewish merchants along South, Balnbrldgc and connecting streots, nnd refused to permit them to make sales until they agreed to support State Senntor Samuel W. Salus, who Is being backed by tho Vnrcs for City Com mittee, against Moore. City Committeeman Henry Is a candi date for ro-eloctloh to tho committee His opponents for the ward leadership nre State Senntor William Wallace Smith and Maglstrato Byron K. Wrlglcy. Ono employe ofthe Hecnrtlcr of Deeds office was discharged by ttecorder Har. lett and another naked to resign, accord ing to Henry, becnuso they declined to "turn In" for tho Vares. "I chargo Hazlctt with coercion," said Mr. Henry' last night, "and am prepared to back my statements by' tho testimony of James P. Moran, who lives In tho 4th Ward, and Gustnvo F. Rclnlckc, who sits on tho Ward Committee from tho 3d division. "I chargo that Hazlctt last Tuesday sent Itclnlcko and totd him that he must stand' with Smith nnd Wrlgley ngalnst me. 'Gus' said that he would not align him self with theso Varo leaders, but that ho ,wns going with his friends. Hazlctt then demanded that ho resign, but llelnlckc re fused. 'Clus' Is going to report tomorrow, but Is satisfied that ho will bo 'fired.' This Is direct coercion, and X am going to make a fight to have It stopped. "Moran's case Is even moro flagrant. Ho Is a supporter of 'Dob' Moore. Hazlctt, I charge called him Into his oftlco nnd told him that ho would havu to turn In for Salus. As Moran refused ho was 'flrcd' by a registered letter that arrived nt Ills hqmo, nt Knter nnd Randolph streets, a few minutes after midnight yesterday morning. Ho was charged with neglectof duty." Recorder Hazlctt denied Inst night that he had demanded tho resignation of em ployes. "Any man who says that I am coercing employes In any manner Is a Har," said tho -Recorder. "That Is plain enough; I guess." "I discharged ono man, Mornn, because ho hnd'not beer) Insldo tho ofllco for three or four days and was doing no work. That's all about his case, f discuss these cases nny time, too." Irt tho 4th Ward the Mporo lieutenants chargo that tho llttlo merchants nre per mitted to opsn Sundays If thoy do as they are told. """ Several charges will bo lodged with Di rector Wilson ngalnst Lieutenant Kchtcr rnoycr, tho Mooro followers say, but they do not expect to nccompl,lflh anything ex cept to get the complalntH on record. Mooro lieutenants assert, too, thnt se cret shifts of policemen nnd firemen were made last week by Director Wilson on the recommendation of Uchtcrmeyer. All of these men shifted were charged by tho "police czar" of tho ward with having been In sympathy with tho Pen-rose-McNIchol faction. In this alleged secret shift the following changes were made: James Nealon, Falls of Schuylkill: James Mclntyre, 65th street nnd Wood land avenue; ThomaH Hasson, Olnoy; Benjamin Schad, street sergeant, to the patrol wagon of the 2d division; Sergeant Charles J. Roney, sent to street duty from tho patrol wagon: Special Officer Harry Walker, to street duty, replaced by Will iam Bozarth ; Daniel Connors, turnkey, to street duty. BREAKS WILSON'S PLEDGE. The open selling yesterday was a vlola , tlon "of a pledge made last week by Di rector Wilson to the Rev. T. T. Mutchler, president of the Philadelphia Sabbath ssoclntlon, according to the minister, 'x i -director promised Doctor Mutchler thav any violation of the "bluo" laws wotfld not bo tolerated by the police. Director Wilson said, when his atten tion was called to the situation, that "there must hava been n violation of or ders," and added that "ho would look Into It." Every police ofllclal In the Vare dis trict said that he had Instructed his men to be on the lookout for violations ot the law. VITT0RI0S0 ATTACCO FKANCESE A VERDUN Trincee Tolte ai Tedeschi nel Settore del Demolito,,Forte di Douaumont I frances hanno contrattaccato sabato nella zona d Verdun ed hanno conqulstato 200 metrt d trincee tenute dat tedeschi nel settore dell'ormal demollto forte dl Douaumont. Sembra che l francesl va dano a poco a poco allenandosl all'offen slva, probabllmente per lanclarsl ad un'aztone declslva non appena e' evldente che 1'attacco tedesco va perdendo dl ln tenslta. Da Sabato sera pero' non si e' avuto altro che'azlonl dl nrtlglierla nella zona delta battaglla dl Verdun, cd 1 te deschi Bono rlmastl nelle poslzlonl da cul non potettero avanzare nel loro ultimo attacco. ' II generate Cadorna annuncla una nuova plccola avanzata delle forze Itali ans nella zona merldlonale del Car so, e' preclsamente ad est dl Selz verso )e trincee nemlche del Monte Coalch, la bassa col llna di appena 113 metrl che domlna buona parte del basso corso dell'Isonzo. Nel suo rapporto di' sabato II generate Cadorna aveva gla nnnunclato la con qulsta dl un'ultra poalzlone, quella dl Sant'Qsvaldo, nella Val Sugana. Un telegramma da Roma dice che gll austrlacl hanno abbandonato II loro piano dl attacco delta cltta' dl Valona, che e' dlfesa da. un esercltp Itallano, a causa della nuova attlvlta' che si va sviluppando suite front! delU Russia e dell'Italla. Gll austrlacl stavano trasportanda truppe verso 1'Albanla merldlonale quando 1 russt e Bll Itallanl nttaccarouQ timultaneamento le llnea dl reaUtenia austrlache sull'Isonzo, sulle Alpi e In Gallila. I movlmentl delle forze auetrlachl In Albania cessarqno lm medlamente e parte furono mandate verso Hsonzo dove sono state vlste In ailone. J Generate Porro e' appena tornato da un lagglo dl lspezlone alle dlfese ltallane dl Valona. Observe 65th Wedding Anniversary NORRISTOWN. Pa. April 17 Jona than M. Khamllne and wife, of Upper Mer lon, are celebrating 'their 65th wedding anniversary today He Is 3S and his wife, one year younger The vcejved JlowSra and many other sifts. BASEBALL CHAMPION AT WELLESLEY Miss Dorothy Baldwin, of Philadelphia, hns been presented with a cup emblematic of her prowess. UNA NUOVA AVANZATA DEGLI FTALIANI VERSO LE ALTURE DI COSICH Gli Austriaci Cacciati dalle Loro Posizioni a Sud-Est di Levico, in Val Sugana NUOVO VOTO DI FIDUCIA ROMA, 17 Aprlle. II Mlnlstcro della Guerra pubbllcava lerl sera II seguento rapporto del gen omic Cadorna circa Iji sltuazlono nlla fronto Italo-austrlaca: "VI sono stntl considcrcvolo attlvlta' dl nrtlglierla o movlmentl dl truppo nemlche nella zona tra la ynl Lagarlna o la Val Sugana. Nol nbblamo resplnto plccoll nttacchl contro 1ft nostra posl zlonl dl Sogllo d'AspIo o dl Mlllogrobc. ncll'nlta vallo dell'Astlco. "Nella Val Sugana nol nbblamo obbll gato II nemlco nd evacunre lo suo posizioni del Monte Carbonllo, n sud-est dl Levico, P'ulzlonl che nol orn nbblamo avvolto In una cortlna di fuoco. "Nella Cnrnla st ,sono nvutl duolll dl nrtlglierla lungo una parte della fronto tra 1'alta vallo del Degano o l'nlta vallo del But. "VencrdP sera II menlco dircsse II suo fuoco dl mltragllatrlcl o di fucilorla con tro le nostro poslzlonl che esso aveva vanamento nssalllto nella glornata dl glovcdl'. "SutT'altopIano dol Carso un'nudaco avanzata delle nostro truppo dl fanterln cl ha dato 11 posscsso dl nuovo poslzlonl nvanzato ad est dl Selz e dl Monfalcone. Nol facemmo una vontlna dl prlglonlorl o prendemmo al nemlco una quantlta' dl munlzlonl, dl bombo o dl cassonl." Nel communlcato utllclalo pubbllcato sabato sera 11 Mlnlstero delta Guerra an nunclava che le truppo ltallane avevano conqulstato una poslzlono austriaca ad ovest del torrcnto Larganza, nella Vnl Sugana, poslzlono deslgn.ita col nomo dl Sant'Osevalda, che lo nrtlgllerlo Ital ians avevano demollto una ridotta aus triaca tra la terza o la quarta sommlta' del monte San MIchele. a sud dl Gojlzia. UN DISCORSO DI SONNINO. Ierl II mlnlstro degll Affarl Esterl, barone Sonnlno, pronunclo' l'atteso dls corso sulla polltlca estcra alia Camera del Deputatl, trattenendosl speclalnfente sul trnttamento fatto al prlglonlorl Itallanl In Austria. Egll dlsso cho I campl dl con centramento austrlacl crano statl rlpetu tamente visltatl dall'ambasclatore amer Icano o dngll ngentl della Croce Rossa. o sebbene gll lnternatl sentano dl essere prlglonlerl, pure essl non sono trattatl male. Per nuanto rlguarda I Balcanl, II mln lstro degll Esterl dlchlaro' formalmentet die roccupazlone dell'EpIro e- temporanea o che non si Intrattieno affatto alcuna Intenzfone dl conqulsta. Egll ammlse 11 prlnclplo adottato alia Conferenza dl Lon dra e dlsso che l'ammlsslone del deputatl dell'EpIro alia Camera greca era In ac cordo con questl prlnclpll. L'on)1 Sonnlno, trattando la qulstlone della parteclpaztone dlretta del Parla mento alia polltlcla estera. nel senso dl controllarla, dlchlaro' che 11 governo pub bllca ora tuttl I documentl che valgono a chlarlre la sltuazlone tnternazlonale, dando cost' al Farlamento II modo dl gludlcare la polltlca del governo, ma e' necessario rlservare al governo II gludlzlo dell'opportuntta' dl queste pubbllcazlonl per Impedlre che lnformazlonl utlll gjungano al nemlco, II mlnlstro dlsse che l'eserclto serbo e" Etato rlorganlzzato e che 11 prlncIpe Ales sandro ed II presldente del conslgllo serbo Paslch avevano fatto un vlagglo a Roma per ringrazlare la nazlone del grande aiuto dato si serbl. La Camera dlede ancora un nuovo voto dl flducla al Mlnlstero, approvando con 352 votl favorevoll e 38 contrarll una mo zlone dl flducla. Negro Held for Attack on Child Thomas "Alexander, a negro, living at 1433 Jtforth Warnock street, who, the police say, was released from the orris town Insane Asylum last December, after having been confined here for eight years, was committed to prison without ball by Magistrate Pennock, at the Central Sta tion this morning, charged with having attacked Edward Knowlea, a white child, 6 years old, 1501 North Alder street Have Your Oriental Rugs HeDalred. cleaned and tored If you wUh to earn for ,h"" properly. Our methtiSTr cBanlna- u purely uriejtai. BTAMJAB.H WflCK tlST WmMhc s Ait peeu, ft. Ntourlnc , 8 ctftU P1. f . Dry t'leanlni I ceiiB Mr J yd. We furnish eajftnltbr for oe repalrlo CsUprCCe 2l lemojan Co., TH HANSOM BIS. WELLESLEY GIRL WINS BASEBALL TROPHY Miss Dorothy Baldwin, of Phila delphia, Gets Medal as College Champion Rejoice, ye fans'. Another baseball championship has come to Philadelphia. Or, rather, to a Phllndclphlan. Miss Dorothy Baldwin, known to her friends nnd fellow students nt Welleslcy Coltego ns "Dot," hns been presented "with n beautiful cup emblematic of the title of collego champion," according' to a message received hero today from the Wel leslcy correspondent. This Ih another way of haying that Mlts Baldwin has been adjudged the best baseball player among all the girls nt tho college. Miss Baldwin, a resident of this city, was captain of the benlnr Indoor baseball team. Under her guidnnco the team won tho collego championship. Tho deciding game was played with tho juniors last Saturday, and "Cap" Baldwin wns one of tho stars of tin? contest. She fielded bril liantly and batted in a manner to arouse tremendous enthusiasm among tho fans who sat where ilia bleachers would liavo been had there been bleachers. Sho and three other inehibcrs of tho team were rewarded with tho varsity W, and ns a crowning glory for her sho was declared tho individual champion or the league. Tho correspondent did not Bay whether Miss Baldwin hns received any offers fp"i tho big lenguo manngcrs. It Is not b .(overt thnt she will accept them any way, for she has announced tier candidacy for the seen nil baso position on tho out door nlno, which Is being organized 'ho first team of tho sort In tho history Welleslcy. African Brown Kid Tan & Black Calf Sport Boot STRIKING, beautiful and aristocratic a boot that emphasizes tile daintiness and smart ness of its wearer's foot. A genuine English finHflKIS muil In n mini- that is immensely popular una Bcaai r .- Offerflrf? in iiifrf tint Irons 'I with the Jissifran,ee of long Kntiftfnrtnrv wraua-nnrl nns Bplute foot comfort. 1314 Chestnut Street "'"a; i i English Hose tgrrpitch b if dnnred. mm Hut FORD MAY MAKE RACE IN PRIMARY OF STATE Agent of Auto Builder Expected to File Papers at Harrisburg Theodore Dclavngne, pcrronal represen tative of Henry Pord will probably fllo nomination petitions for Ford ns a can didate for the Republican preferential In dorsement from Pennsylvania at Hnrrls burg, today, Dolavagno Is expected hero today, and wilt hold several conferences beforo going to Harrisburg to fllo tho pnpers. The first Intimation that Mr. Ford would file pnpers In Pennsylvania wns heard In Washington Saturday, nnd It became a pretty clearly established fact hero yes terday that tho nutomobllo magnate in tends lo do so. Ford carried tho Stnto of Michigan, nnd Its delegates nro Instructed to voto for him nt tho Chicago convention. I ihe ihiflker is the, flan ft ' N The bigger the man the closer he buys, for it is his business ability and brains that have made him big. Can you imagine a man who has made his money by hard work and sane business methods paying 25 to 30 more to a dealer for a commodity because the dealer must charge this extra amount to do business? "The thinker" knows that by purchasing from a reliable manufacturer he can save the in-between profits that add no value. Cunningham Pianos are made here in Philadelphia; they con tain more value, durability and musical effectiveness than any instrument sold in Philadelphia today at a price 25 to 30 more. Special Cunningham-Made P1ANO An instrument of ment and durability that dealers would have to get $600 ml . a m jM 0&-04!Z, Jj93 J-2b0 I J 1 If mMwjUIl JfJJti S J? i P'I'CAlSfCD llt'and CHESTNUT STREETS Factory, 50th and Parkside Avo. TBrTnch oza and thestnut 5ts. ""iSF 2835 Germantown Avenue i Open ETlJMt OUT-OF-TOWN STORES Sersalon, Rcadlnf, PotUviUe, Jotutown, Shamoldn GlrardvUU. WUUanuport, Loek Karen wmmmmmmmmmmmmm. t ' After capturing the Michigan delegates Mr. Ford declared ho had no Intontlon of using them, hut tho;.o back of the move ment In his favor naw an opportunity of nt least using his name to split tho voto of any Candida to of militaristic tendencies. 3hould Mr. Ford fllo here, tho presence of his nnmo on the ticket will glvo nhtl BrumbaugK voters an opportunity to enst their ballots for a candidate for tho presi dential preference for somo one other than tho Governor. Many friends uf Senator Penrose, It Is thought, probably will voto for Mr. Ford as a means of eliminating Brumbaugh. As It Is now tho Governor Is tho only candidato for tho Pennsylvania preference. Should Mr. Ford receivo the popular vote for President, and at tho same time not have nny dclegntcs from tho districts of at large, then those elected for Gov ernor Brumbnush would find themselves In tho dilemma of having promised to support tho popular choice. Thoso delegates, sup ported by Senator Pcnroso nnd his friends, who do not promise to support tho popu lar choice, of courso would not be nf fected by tho Ford vote. It wns learned yesterday thnt for some tlmo Mr Ford's business ngents In tho central part of tho Htato havo been circu lating petitions for him. U PL A YER- On Terms as Low as y for A IT PAYS TO THINK J J dp ar. i r:- . .u?-. DREICER&CO announce a Special Exhibition of Pearls Pearl Necjdaces and Jewels from tlv New York establishment . ' NOW AT RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL South West Salon PHILADELPHIA a from April 17th to April $2 Weekly KoV ' V S N? er" r & jpy y . .-y . . .' s r-v ,. - .? .o r S jr ... ? r"'1"""""" H" iiiwiiiiiiiiWiilliiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiffli'iiiiiiiiiiiiiitiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw Jm 0 J llllllfllllili'lllWIlJtlM I at w m i : ( 8 29th . r iifiii'iiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiwiiil
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