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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 14, 1016.
SCENE AT BALTIMORE'S MOST DISASTROUS1 FIRE SINCE 1904
.Trt lives were lost, 25 persons arc missing and more than 1,000 000
bushels of grain were destroyed In a $2,000,000 fire at the Canton
terminals of the Pennsylvania Railroad In Baltimore. The photo,
rrsph shows the burnfjiK grain elevator at the riBht and the raied
QOCN wit-- "- ". nvio uuiuuyea HI JUG lCft.
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; LUTHERAN MINISTERS
VOTE TO PAY LEADER
MiinrtVtfARTVSAT.ARV
, , (JUUU JlUXllJi KJIM.AJI,.
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"After Long Debate in Reading
469th Ministerium of Pennsyl-
vania ana iNeignuui- oiuwa
Changes Policy
'new PRESIDENT NAMED
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U READING, Pa... Juno 14. After pro
llonjed debate In which more than 150 mln
I Uters participated, the matter being finally
ft summed up by the Rev. Dr, C. W. Jacobs,
I of "Philadelphia, the 109th annual conven
ff Hop of the' Evangelical Lutheran minis
Sc terlum of Pennsylvania untl adjacent
1- Etatts. ,now In (session In Trinity Church
I) tin. made Its presidency a salaried posl-
t UOI Ql OUUU a. JC.ll anil tAicuutn mo ivmh
y of office to five years bcslnnlns with Sep-
i Kmoer. ine vote wj)h -ij u ou.
-he'Ilev. Dr. H. A. Weller. of OrwlRs-
:v bur; Pa., was elected president to succeed
the Hev. Dr. J. A. Haas, of Muhletiberfr
I. UMrcBe, WIIU wuuiu uiu iciiiiru u, una
k ifiislon. but who' will be retained until next
if September, Doctor Weller served for
many years as treasurer. The Rev. W. L.
'i tll.iiK1. ..., .1... tin... XT t UAlknM t.n.1. flf
Philadelphia, were, re-elected secretaries,
Doctor Haas In hla annual report marked
UIO Mill lll.l. UMIIKb IUO IllDk JVIll II1CIC
were but two deaths anions the clersy of
lh' mlnlfitftrtikm tha lTui. U H? U.,.1tli .if
kLehlgh(on. and the Rev. 1. B. Hitter, of
fp AUentown, There were 4"! pastoral chnugSH.
Wl xiuaiujn;n wcie IUIU, HKVCI1 new
Btanes" were consecrated and S3 rcconsc
Rtritbns and church Improvements were
fWlMH T.7cT,tt.ll I nvnltflflntlnn ...nci aI
:-T. .j.-,..,..... bttti(tii.miiiii ....t u-u
,-Jjiuenlly .with the rsnort of the consecra
jflraoi St. John's Swedish Church In South
'.V..II..II. AIID VC. III'. Vd. .. OlPIUtl
fi'the pastor This edifice, crecteil at n
costef .MI.OOO, of which SISIOOO was paid
, It dsdlcatlon. the remainder helne; paid at
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- -wt -v w vuvv t iiiuiuii. la nit- cnuiwll
, lorat of 1000 foreign-speaking people.
' SOME NOTAHMS ANN I VBHSAHIKS.
f. ented throughout the ministerium. Notable
h taong these was tho 175th anniversary of
i; ? "nn congregation, at Easton ; the
P"w iiiniverearjr or tne Brantlnji of Its
E tSirter, and the 125th anniversary of Ita
ft tchoenersvllle.
; E!ht ministers werei clIsmlBaed to other
!'. DOda. hilt tharo n-n ... .. 1
Wts than In former years. Kour mln
f'!!,'!1816 G- A' Oensemer. the" Hev.
fnk H. Ilelter, tho Hev. Cnrl F. V. Pfnt-
Ulhai n ,A l . . .
1) mi i t WIB uev- Hl'S0 Werdcl, are
J. rawing the teaching profession, and have
ft? i A certmi:ates of withdrawal. The
t ii. n '? " "iy- or AUentown, pnd
tse R,y, Theodore Zuber havo ashed that
Sf nil i rolf"" bB dropl?('(, from the' miniate
i'kl?'S the "enis recommended by Doctor
I ki.i . "lo tumpieuon or tne 500,qoo.
t Si?".al fund- th0 malt" f "'o -ate-N-itffiL
"sructloiiH tha caro of Lutheran
If tl 7h nn-L,umeran schoola and col-
taii... , "" " young men ror me
liri . .. i i ' ' '"'"i extension worK
j revised constitution for futuro nees3.
'"irfl rv?.. . i. !? waB' extended for the Uen-
silll, Jn Philadelphia In
iiS!i!?fv-.wW- J?" FaSley. of Trappe. was
tt it.- c-n"sh chaplain, and the
feS V?W. the Ger,
!, ., tlr ,,w -""UUI.-1 uevoiionai serv-
Th !,.. ...
."fee SvtT ;.' ,ren'e(t by the nrasurer of
JSLOE.1?. ?.. H. A, Wellen.of
fcJllni.Ii " tq,al re'PtB or ?S15,
ItaJ ' " !5nt M.?X. was for
itorr rviT:- ul lnB avnd. To Murilen
fUv aT,'" was Slven J9025.08, to Mt.
)!$". 3-". . t the gen:
MtiBMi. . ' U"a' r wnich a spec al
M?A. heId 1vllh Ereat au"ea3'
MERIQN WARNS 'MOTORISTS
gmbip Authorities Bound to )Stop
I - opeeqing
loc&S"" ,8?Hf ?y he Merlon
S? warning states that .the nollr ri..'
frt...'. """er Slerlon townshln ar
Ntetion V ?p au0"bll8 spewing in
ffe, "lon ..vhere the sneed iaw. hnio
Ibrflt. 5i"Vy violated,". Hereafter, mo-
WSfi m ! ifflr.aSJ. "nr!asona,51? J-'8 Djr
I'Mi M fln. ----"6 wo warning signs
WniSw.M0"""1 offeniers. reads
Ijaae., ' wl11 b deprived of their II-
nSk Ur neW- "PM
crack 'rf "I ,C0 " !'. W
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ull ?oulf thaw, make
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Neptune Laundry
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rf&rwsjeff
ROOSEVELT LOOKS LIKE SICK MAN
WHEN HE GOES TO MEET SON KERMIT
Colonel Falters in His
Steps, Puts Hand on Side
as if in Pain
NEW YOP.K, Juno 14. Colonel Roose
velt looked and acted like a very sick man
thl3 morning when he went to the plcr to
meet hla son, Kermlt, and the latter's wife,
who rwrlvod from Colon, Panama, on tho
transport ICllpatrlck, now In use as a pas
senger steamship.
ills old smile seemed to havo entirely
vanished. He walked about the pier with
halting steps and frequently placed his hand
on his left side, as though ho was In pain.
His fnco twitched nervously. Ho smiled
wanly at his son and daughter-in-law when
ho caught sight of them and walked slowly
up the gangplank to meet them.
Tho Colonel was accompanied (o tho pier
by Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Richard Derby, hl3
daughter; Dr. Derby, and Archy Roosevelt,
veil.
"I havo nothing to say." Colonel 'Roose
velt told reporters. "I am hero to meet
my son. Kermlt. (That Is all."
The Colonel expects later In the day to
meet Raymond Robins, chairman of tho
Progressive Convention, and Harold L.
lckes, national committeeman from Illinois.
Outstanding Symptoms
of RoosevcWs Illness
Old smile seems to havo vanished.
Walks with halting steps.
Places hand' against left side as
though in pain.
Face twitches nervously.
About half nn hour after tho boat docked,
n woman member of tho Roosevelt party
went to a telephone and called up a doctor.
The Colonel, sho said, was' felling badly,
had a stitch In his side and needed
treatment.
"My father's Illness Isof no consequence
whatever. He will keep his appointments
today," said Mrs. Richard Dorby,
"lie has been troubled with n cough and
may havo strained n musclo that caused him
to put his hand to his Bide. That Is all."
The Colonel was at the Derby homo when
Mrs. Derby made this statement. 'He 'was
due to leave within a short tlmo for his
oin.ee downtown.
Secretary McClrath said that Colonel
Roosevelt had strained a nerve during a
fit of coughing this morning nnd had de
cided to remain In town tonight and havo
an X-ray examination.
CRIME WAVE FEARED
.IN DOPE LID LIFT
Continued from rase One
lawyer, easily put up a defense that he
simply had the drug In his possession.
"Records on file In tho Detective Bureau
will bear me out that many murders; bur
glaries and other crimes In this city can
easily ho traced to tho free use of cocaine
and other drugs. We havo had many shoot
ings occurring In different parts of the city
especially In. the 6th District, which takes
in tho so-called Tenderloin, where the prin
cipals op being arrested were found to bo
suffering from cocaine.
"I havo seen some of thes persons I
mean prisoners brought before mo In my
office who were In a stupor or on tho verge
of collapse. Often we had to place them
under the care of physicians before we
could quest lop them about the crime In
which they were Implicated." i
'The detectives nttached to the vice Bquad
have been co-operating heartily with tho
Federal authorities In trying to stamp out
the drug evil. Rut with Section 8 of the
Harrison act declared unconstitutional tho
police as well as tho Government agents
havo lost their greatest asset In obtaining
a conviction.
"Something should e done by pybllc
splrlted men of this city In the way of
changing the present net from the way It
stands. Thero should be a law whereby
iiin i.niii.R nnd the Government agents can
go out and arrest persons who are found
to have drugs In their possession,"
There are pending fifty or more cases
similar to the one affected by Judge Thomp
son's ruling yesterday when he freed Robert
Martin and Thomas Rowan, accused of ped
dling morphine, cocaine and heroin. The
court absolved Martin and Rowan under a
recent ruling of the United States Supreme
Court which declares that mere possession
of drugs does not constitute a crime.
AWAIT OTHRR CASES.
Ma-y habitues of tho Tenderloin were
about the corridors of the Federal Building
th;a morning waiting for Judge Thompson s
court to convene. They expressed confi
dence that othe' persona accused of ped
dllng would be freed under the ruling made
yesterday.
Henry M. Stevenson, who Is counsel for
at least 20 of the" defendants, ealdi
"The ruling yesterday affects the cases
of nearly all of my .Clients. The case of
Martin and Rowan was the Governments
best case, and that has collapsed. I , ex
pect that mil of my clients will be freed.
Satisfaction was revealed In the depraved
faces of many of the dope users and dope'
venders before the opening of court. They
discussed the probable outcome of todays
events In little clannish groups. Some of
then were so securely In the clutches of the
dopo habit that they twitched like victims
of tho St. Vitus dance.
The cocaine nnd morphine users revealed
the characteristics of tho drugs which en
slaved . them. For example, the minds of
tho "coke" victims seemed to float In a
sort of ether of exhilaration. Their glassy
eyes, with ' distended pupils, rolled con
tinuously, nnd they frequently shook with
laughter.
In strnngo contVast. tho morphine users
were langufd and Indifferent. Their pale
faces twitched and their hands worked
nervously. They snuffled, as if afflicted
with severe colds. i '
"All of our buddies will get, off today,"
said a "coke" user. "Wo won't be bothered
much after tills." His companion, a mor
phine victim, nodded indifferently.
10 DEAD, $2,000,000 LOSS
IN BALTIMORE FIRE
Rebuilding of Pennsylvania
Railroad Grain Elevator Will
Begin at Once
BALTIMORE. June 14. Revised esti
mates of tho dead In the fire that wrecked
the Pennsylvania .Railroad Company's grain
elevator at Lower Canton ypstorday plncfr
the number nt ten. Mnny nro still missing
and this number may bo exceeded, but of
the half hundred unaccounted for Into yes
terday and believed to have lost their lives
in the blaze, so many were found later to
have escaped that'olllclals of tho company
think tho death list will be less than a
dozen.
Although tho condition of many of those
In hospitals Is serious, It Is not believed
thero will bo further deaths among the In
jured. Work was begun today to clear the
site. and. nccqrdlng to Division Superinten
dent Latrobe, work of rebuilding will go
forward at once.
Tho latest estimates place tho loss at
$2,000,000.
Camden Clubs to Indorse Hughes
All Camden Republican Clubs nro ex
pected soon to Indorso Hughes and Fair
banks. Tho Sixth Ward Republican Club
In Cnmden took such action last night, and
other organizations will follow. The Sev
enth Ward Club gave lta indorsement last
Mondny night.
INVITATION TO HUGHES
FOR FOURTH NOT SLAP
AT PRESIDENT WILSON
Mayor Explains Ho Invited Re
publican Candidate for Presi
dency Only After Being Told
Incumbent Declined
NO POLITICAL MEANING
The Invitation sent Charles K. "Hughes,
Republican candidate for President, to take
part In the Fourth of July celebration at
Independence Square was Issued by Mayor
Smith with tho understanding that Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson had definitely de
clined a previous Invitation to visit the
city. The Mayor today declared that thero
was nothing political In his move and that
he nnd Councils' Committee would bo very
glad, Indeed, to havo both candidates at tho
celebration.
In discussing the situation, Mayor Smith
today expressed thcdeslro that both gentle
men should be present nnd explained that
his Invitation to tho Republican nominee
was not meant ns a clap at the President
nnd had no political significance. "I cer
tainly understood Hint President Wilson
had declined," snid the Mayor, "and I'sent
the Invitation to Justice Hughes with that
thought In mind."
If tho President's declination was not
final, then my Information wan faulty. I
had ovcry reason to believe that President
Wilson would not find It possible to bo
hero nnd my second Invitation was with a
view to obtaining tho highest type or na
tional speaker for tho occasion. There was
nothing political In my action nnd ,1 be
licvo that tho peoplo of Philadelphia would
bo glad to receive both men and to ha'e
them present and taka part at tho celebration."
otorcycle Suits
Regular
$5 Value
$3fk
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(ieniilne
Olive
Drab
Klinkl
of
Bent
Quality
Thin outfit, exactly llko cut. Includes
Norfolk coat, trouflfr with double Beats.
fttrnUht or Inco bottoms,
LADIES' J3 DIVIDE!) 8KIUTS, $3
F4 Cowhide 2.S0 I 1 50 "tor 7r
l-iiiirn ,',... Can, oc
Srml money order and lzr If rnu ennnot
cull. I'nrcel pout prrpnld.
ABE. L. GREENBERG
801 Vine Street
lie Hurr nf Our Number, 801
PANAMA HATS
hlcat.hed, Hocked and trimmed
In nny stylo; wo use no acid to
Injure your nat.
JEFFERSON HAT CO.
125 S. 10th St.
GAS
APPLIANCES
Far Mechanical Purposes'
SEXD FOR CATALOGUE
L. D. RERGER CO.. 59 N. 2d Street
Bell Market SU. Keystone Main toot.
Hear the New
Hawaiian Orchestra
AT
the Garden on' the Roof
300 feet above the street
Hotel Adelphia
The gathering place for- men of af
fair and women of faihlon
Coxy and comfortable In any weather
DANSANT
Perfwt OuiMn ant Service
Open From Noon Till I A. it.
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
902 Chestnut Street
V"' Table Silver
in
Englisk Styles ,
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On your dealer's case
"LbD"cigars
Ma&& "EXCEEDINGLY BETTER"
Henry'. Clear Co., Philadelphia
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iMimMiMiiimMiiiinmi'MiiiiiniM.mwiii71TF1
An Office for the Shopper
ORGANIZED in J869, thb company has always made a
particular effort to perfect its service to the individual,
and it Is prepared to relieve its client of every detail connected
with the management, of their financial affairs, '
FOR the. convenience of those who .require banking facilities
in the shopping district we maintain a, fully equipped 'office 1
at 141S Chestnut Street, with Safe Deposit Vaults, well furnished
apartment for ladies, and accommodations for committee meetings
and business conferences ' -
Inspection of the cjpet welcomed ( "
Philadelphia Trust Company
; il5 Chestnut Street V, 1415 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
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fee America This Summer
TraOel the Cool, Scenic Highway of tho
em Pacific liway (
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Through the most interesting and
resourceful northwest to
owsmme Jr ar,
Tho Original and Greatest H?!ional Park ,
Enter nt Gardiner Gateway original, scenic nnd
nly Northern Entrcnce. Stops permitted on
tickets. CLContinue westward crossing three ranges
of mountains to North Pacific Coatt Points and
Ixlnier National Park. Wonderful Alaska with its,
as yet, almost untouched resources may be reached
with n short and delightful steamer rice from Puget
Sound.
LOW ROUND TRIP SUMMER TOURIST
FARES OH SALE DAILY
Go Northern Pacific this year get additional
scenery nt no additional e.tpense.
Personally escorted lours wecUy and through cars
daily to Yellowstone Park.
Great Northern Pacific S. S. Co. from Portland
Astoria, steamship lines from Puget Sound Points or
Shasta Rail Route to San Francisco.
jSmjJ for fret trmil literature, rata and information,
A,u.cixtAMn p. W.PUMFdILL.D.P.A.
Sl.riLi.r.jioa. ii,ii,iiniil. l'a.
CclvlUe Reservation. Wn., open for settlement
Jul 5 tc ii. Reenter ot Spokane or WU.
bur an Northern P.Uic Oct booklet.
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To get an outside insfght
into the
Intensified Values
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in this Sale of
PERRY SUMMER SUITS
at $15
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to have borne In upon you-the $25, $22.50 and
$20 character and quality of the fabrics in them,
" .Walk out to 16th and Chestnut, -!
Make an Inspection
of our ample Windows,
look at these scores of line substantial
100-per-cent serviceable patterns-
A Wonder Stock of Suits
and Every one of them
at the Uniform Price
$15. ' '
'for this Week Only
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J Starting with 1800 Suits, all told regular
$25-, $22.50 and $20 qualities in fabrics, in fit, in
style!
Cf Fine, soft, light-weight undressed worsteds
in the conservative, practical work-a-day styles
and patterns coveted by the rank and file
of Philadelphia men! Light-weight finished
worsteds and serges not novelty mixtures
that few men fancy, but the standard weaves,
designs and patterns most appealing to men of
dignity in dress and refined taste in what they
wear! Blue serges, pin:stripes, broad stripes,
plaid patterns, grays of every, persuasion,
brownsblues, blacks, in a word
q The high spots of $25, $22.50 and $20 fabrics
' such as constitute the stock at those prices in
the standard clothing stores of the land, but
This One Week
$15
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at Perry's
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