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Troops at Camps Pershing
aftd Stewart Eager for
Action
PUSH PREPARATIONS
By CARL L. ZEISBERG
Evening Ledaet Staff Correspondent
The temperature at El Paso, Tex.,
is 72 at 8 o'clock this morning.
EL ASO, Tex., July 19. "Wo are going
Into Mexico." That phrase of nvo words,
with the accent on the second. Is coursing
through Camp Pershing and Camp Stewart,
tho homes of the Pennsylvania troops, and
the various other camps where mllltla arc
concentrated. It came from' high sources;
not from one, which might be mistaken,
but from more than two.
In brief, tho extensive preparations which
nro being made to equip tho large forces of
National Guardsmen now undergoing a
process of seasoning under this semltrop
leal sun presage nothing moro or less than
an entrance Into Mexico to "clean up."
That Is tho opinion of high odlccrs.
Pennsylvania's division, more nearly pre
pared than nny other largo body of troops
encamped hero, should recelvo a lion's share
of tho honor of untwisting the tangled mess
of Mexico. That Is another opinion of high
ofTlcers. Already three detachments. Major
Hall's battalion of tho 2d lleglment 'and
Captain Bradford's Company U, engineers,
both of Philadelphia, and Major Coulter's
battalion of tho 10th lleglment. of western
Pennsylvania, have been dispatched for
duty.
When tho troubled boundary lino will bo
crossed no one can say. But It Is now
known, according to tho sources from which
tho Information came, that tho drlbbtcs of
horses and mules, of wagons nnd tents, of
ammunition and uniforms that aro being Is
sued to the regiments aggregate nn enor
mous outlay. Regiment by regiment It looks
trivial. Taken In bulk It assumes warlike
proportions.
Six million dollars' worth of automobile
trucks, 60,000 horses, 30,000 mules, wagons,
tents and other equipment for nn army In
tho fleld nre being poured Into the concen
tration camps nlong tho border, tho best of
authority has It. Evidences of this lavish
preparation aro cropping out dally. Here a
regiment receives enough horses and wagons
to round out Its full complement, there an
engineering company receives 22 mules.
Hero new tents arc Issued, there new uni
forms. Presently, when tho Job of outfitting
tho army. Is finished, nothing will remain
but the action of which every soldier heart
In Camp Stewart and Camp Pershing longs.
Twolvo thousand horses will be Issued In
three weeks to the Pennsylvania cavalry,
which today Is In the same boat as It was
When It detrained nt Camp Stewart, If
speaking of boats and lack of water In the
samo breath Is not sacrilegious. The same
Bood humor characterizes tho waiting of the
hardy troopers for the approach of the
water plpei. They aro not "tin soldiers,"
and they laugh as they nibble a swallow
of warmish water out of -a canteen or drop
a bucketful of tho precious fluid over them
selvesi In an Impromptu shower bath or look
wVntero8t at tho blue-mlrago lakes shlm
merntf out on tho rim of tho mesa. "Sup
pose we were In Mexico," they think.
WATER SUPPLY DELAYED.
The protracted delay in providing a plpo
supply was explained today at General
Clement's headquarters.
The trouble was In tho Joints," It was
said. "There were plenty of pipes, but thoy
did not fit."
Nearly 12,000 three and four-Inch mains
and 4000 feet of smaller pipes have been
laid In Camp Stewart, but only half a mllo
of the system Is carrying- water. Before
sundown It Is expected that Ccneral O'Neill's
entire Third Brigade will bo supplied. Foot
by foot the missing Joints then will span the
remaining half mllo to division headquarters
and then the last halt mllei to the cavalry
-will be covered. Not another detachment
will bo moved to tho new site until the
water system is completed.
No harm has come to the Isolated troops
through lack of water. Their physical con
dition Is remarkable, considering the cir
cumstances, according to Major Crookston,
sanitary officer. This Is ascribed to the
fact that tho cavalrymen have marched
three miles to Fort Bliss for baths and
that every drop of, Jhe meagre supply of
water hauled In wagons has been utilized.
A really serious problem has developed
In the El Paso postolfice and in the regi
mental postofllces, where men labor con
scientiously for long hours over puzzling
stacks of mall. Hundreds of Utters to
Philadelphia soldiers are being sent to the
dead letter otllce because at insufficient
addresses.
POSTOFFICE UNPREPARED.
"The unpreparedness of the Postoffice
Department in this matter Is amazing."
declared one exasperated volunteer post
master for a Philadelphia. regtmnt. "Hero
no steps have been lanen to provide for an
Increased population of 25,000 to 30.000 per
sons, although therel has been ample op
portunity for Increasing tho mall facilities.
It is not the fault of the El Paso postof
fice. The men there work night and day
In an almost hopeless task."
To make matters worse, many letters nre
addressed Insufficiently, or too sufficiently.
Where there Is not sufficient address the
letter wanders disconsolately from regiment
to regiment; where there Is "too much"
address the letter generally goes to the
wrong regiment first.
The 1st Regiment Is to be paid this aft
ernoon for the nine days between muster
ing in and the last day of June. This will
complete the 1st Brigade's payment, the 3d
lleglment having been paid late yesterday
afternoon.
A message of commendation from Gen
eral Clement was transmitted today through
Captain R. W. Fulier, commander of the
TALL TIMBERS DESERTED AS HOSTS
OP PROHIBITION GATHER AT HALL
"Biled Shirt" and Galluses Worn to Convention Colonel
Ingersoll's Diamond Brightens the Hall.
Women'Bring Knitting
ST. PAUL. July IB, Hundreds of tho
same kind of "homo folks' who make up
the church boards, the Chautauqua crowds
and run the district schools In thousands
of towns and villages swarmed Into St Paul
today for the opening session of the Pro
hibition national convention.
Motherly old women, of th type that
attend tho homo and foreign missionary
society meetings back home and bake cake
and make jellies for the society picnics
wgre in tho crowd. So were white gray
haired old men la their black Sunday go-to-meeting
clothes, .soma of them with
collars and coma of them who never wore
gome of these delegates who came to St
Paul imbued with the thought of downing
the demou rum are as different from the
crowd that attended conventions of other
faJ.tUe!, parties, as the frock -coated polk
fiolaa la from the gnarly listed' home body
jot homejpun. The Prohibitionists seem
wn eanut and care less for show.
TW womea besought their tatting, their
knittls: and their patchwork.
it u fcrt day and coatlesa one. Col-
lajrtML i-ewJer-showtas shirts some of
1 ateaa uim fugle at th&ra "bolUd" dotted
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ftrifwati
i4ahn. a sr!ii!dr
engineer battalion, to Company II, engi
neers, now stationed at Nogales, Ariz. The
prnlso was for the quick manner In which
tho pleked company entrained after receiv
ing orders to leave. Tents were struck nnd
the company was entrained within eight
hours nfter the order was Issued.
A TRUE PATROT.
"Da mostn patrlotlo man" In camp Is not
n born nnd bred American, but an Italian.
Ha attracted considerable attention today
at the end of a. dusty company street by
"bawflng out" In round terms n pair of dis
gruntled recruits who were walling to
heaven on the quality of their mess food.
Tho sterling patriot, In whose breast
burns nn nmpr patriae not excelled In nil
this 7th Division, Is Joseph Pltelll, boIo
clarinetist In tho 2d Regiment Band.
Ho Is nlso the regimental barber, hav
ing erected a home-made barber chnlr un
der a tent flap. It was while acting In
his capacity as barber that he suddenly
blazed forth and did not mince words In
rebuking tho homesick lads, who were
watching a comrade having his hair
clipped. They had Just wiped their mesa
ltts and were grumbling about what they
had eaten.
"Ah, what you know 'bout bad chow?"
cried Plttelll. "Chow" Is the soldiers' term
for food, "You get good chow. What
moro you want, you soldiers? Corn, wlllle,
beans, bread, coffee what more? What
more you get at home, you bums7 You
feed better here. Jus' you wait when you
get In Mex. Ah, then you And what bad
food Is."
"Aw, gwan," mumbled one of tho mal
contents, a lnnky lad of some 10 or 20
years. "We didn't como here to starve
Wo camo here to fight. Glvo us u fight
with the Mexicans nnd wo don't caro what
wo cat I'm homesick, I nm. I wish I'd
.never enlisted."
"For shamo on you I" retorted Pltelll, tho
pntrlot, waving his shears dangerously near
his "victim's" car. "How you talk I What
kind patriotism Is this? Me, I am more
patriotic than you. My patriotism Is
stronger than tho both of yours nnd you
both bigger than me. This country. I love
It moro than you both nnd you both wcro
born here. For shnmo on you I Me, I am n
patriot And you you aro loafers!"
IJy this tlmo the little knot of soldiers
had Increased to almost a company full, nil
hanging on the words of the energetic llttlo
foreigner. Tlicy looked on him approvingly.
"Go It, Joe," they chorused. "Glvo 'cm
hell, boy!"
The two grumblers shamefacedly mur
mured something and shulllcd uwny crest
fallen, leaving the victor beaming over tho
pate, which ho wns fast making almost bald.
Plttelll, who Is musical Instructor at the
Pennsylvania State College, camo to this
country from southern Italy 20 years ago
and has been a naturalized citizen of tho
United States for eight years. When ho
talks of soldiering ho knows whereof ho
Bpcaks, for ho has served In both tho United
States army nnd navy. In 1897 ho saw
service In Philippine waters on tho battle
ship Olympla and was In the 6th United
States Infantry for three years. His wife
nnd children llvo nt G41G Cnllowhlll street,
Philadelphia.
COOLER TEMPERATURE
BRINGS SOME RELIEF
Drop of Several Degrees, Al
though Weather Experts
Hadn't Forecast It
Today's Temperatures
Todny Yesterday
6 a. m 68 73
7 a. m 69 74
8 a. m 71 75
9 a. m 75 77
10 a. m 77 79
11 a. m 80 82
Noon -....81 84
1 p. m 83 85
2p.m 81 85
3 p. m 79 86
4 p. m 86
5 p. m 85
Tho temperatures for tho early hours
this morning wero several degrees cooler
than those of tho samo time yesterday. At
S o'clock this morning the thermometer
recorded 71, as compared with 76 nt tho
samo hour yesterday.
At 8 o'clocV. this morning the humidity
was 90, which Is 30 per cent, higher than
normal, and C degrees higher than tho figure
of S o'clock yesterday morning, when It
was 81.
Two deaths from tho heat wero reported
to the Coroner yesterday. Anton Goldner,
9 months old, of 1213 North Sartaln street,
and James Boyd, 6 months old, of C04 Vine
street, were the victims.
KUEHNLE, BOSS AGAIN,
HONORED AT RECEPTION
Old-time Friends Gather at Ex
Leader's Home on Little
Beach Many There
ATLANTIC CITY, N. X, July 19 All
shore political trails today lead by water
to Little Beach, summer headquarters of
Louis Kuehnle. Atlantic City's old-time po
litical boss. Albert Baltz, a wealthy Phila
delphia brewer and well-wisher of the for
merly all-powerful "Commodore," Is giving
a big party there to celebrate the "return"
of Kuehnle to political power through the
defeat of ex-Mayor "BUI" Riddle In the May
election. The recrudescent leader, who one
time made Mayors and Councllmen and
ran every branch of the town machinery,
will be acclaimed by many of those who
were formerly his bitter enemies.
Many Phlladelphtans who came In morn
ing trains to take part In the big party
were conveyed to Little Beach In Mr. Baltz's
big yacht. Mayor Bacharach and Commis
sioners Beyer, Thompson, Sooy and White,
who owe their election very' largely to
Kuehnle's aid, went .o Little Beach in Com
missioner White's yacht
gray-mustached ranchman, who sat on the
platform- His boiled shirt was collarless;
he wore no coat, but. his diamond stud Il
luminated his shirt 'as no necktie could.
Ills gray socks earner 'down over the tops
of his square-toed black shoes and he twirled
the mustache, appearing like a, gruff, good
citizen, dressed up In his Sunday clothes
and dreading It.
Colonel Ingersolt, the only Progressive
leader attending the convention, was In
tbe limelight continually.
Mrs. Kata M. Hamilton, of Los Angeles,
CaL, who is 71 years old, and has been a
prohibitionist for 61 years, was "grand
mother" to many of the woman delegates
who greeted her- She sat near the platform,
dressed In prim white, with a bit of vanity
expressed In the earrings that bobbed as
shf nodded her gray hair.
This convention sings for amusement,
whera other parties shouted, marched and
yelled. The Prohibitionists Joined In tho
choruses when A. M. Thatcher, who posi
tively has the deepest voice In captivity,
rumbled hymn songs of the drys to the ac
companiment of a square piano
The delegates seemed religious and com
fortable.. There was no dressing- for style.
nut a lot l "amens" devoutly pronounced.
I wten the ministers prayed or whan hymns.
wara auQ2.
POLICE OFFICIALS SUSPENDED
ulJVOX. ULlU.tl.Ul!, OlllNUtilt
Of 10th nnd Uuttonwood streets
station,
CAPT. NICHOLAS J. KENNY
In charge of 2d Division.
These men, with Detective Chnrlcs
Lee, head of the Vice Squad, are
charged with neglect of duty in
failing to suppress vice in their
districts, and their suspension by
Director Wilson, following Satur
day night's raid, has been approved
by Mayor Smith.
JAIL BREAKER'S WIFE
HELD AS ACCOMPLICE
Continued from I'tiice One
has come to tho conclusion that ho
don't want to stay here any longer,
nnd as I don't caro much for the place
myself, I have decided to go with him.
Now I understand that In leaving
, this place In this manner I nm "flirting
with the undertaker." So I lcavo this
note- behind In caso such Is tho case.
In tho event of my being killed I
make tho following request that my
body bo turned over to tho University
of Pennsylvania for dissecting pur
poses, with this stipulation: That a
piece of skin be removed nnd tanned
of n sudlclcnt size to cover, a small copy
of tho Now Testament, have enrao made
up nnd presented to my latter," who
will havo instructions to present It to
my wife, who, although a Manchu by
birth nnd n Buddhist, Is Interested In
the New Testament. Also, my ring
and pin shall bo turned over to the
same attorney to be presented to my
wife. Yours,
GEORGE E. THOMPSON.
Monday. July 17, 1910.
Keeper Kills, who survived Ashbrldge's
revolver attack. Is better today, according
to Dr. John Nicholson, of Cooper Hospital.
The physician bald Ellis' ago was In hla
favor. Hills Is G8 years old, and the years
have toughened tho stomach wall. This re
sistance may conquer tho effects of the
bullet wound. The bullet In the stomach
region has been removed, but another still
Is in tho fleshy part of tho thigh.
Mr. Ellis was much Interested In today's
hearing and left directions that he was "to
be kept In touch."
Before the hearing Mrs. Ashbridge talked
a bit.
"I must have been crazy to glvo my
husband a revolver," sho said. "I helped
him to escape from prison because I felt
that thero was still a chance for him to
reform.
"I did It more for my two children. It
was our hope to get uway thousands of
miles from Camden and begin life all over
again. Once my husband and I had been
safe from the police wo had planned to
send for our children.
"I am sorry my hutiband killed the keeper.
I am not sorry for the part I have played,
but regret that I was persuaded to purchase
a revolver.
"For a long time my children have been
without a father now, I suppose, they will
become motherless, as, no doubt, I will be
sent to prison for a long term."
Mrs. Ashbridge was visited this morning
by Mrs. Panons, nn aunt, and 'Mrs. Anna
Dick, a friend, who has been taking care
of the two Ashbridge children. She came
to announce that she was leaving for sev
eral weeks and couldn't take the children
along. Mrs. Parsons didn't know whether
she could care for them or not. If no other
means is found Captain Schregler said the
city of Camden would Bee that the young
sters And a home.
The search for Georga E. Thompson,
former lawyer and forger, who escaped with
Ashbridge, is still going on. The police
believe Thompson, who, they say, was the
master mind In the jail delivery and mur
der, la heading for the South He separated
from Ashbridge and the latter's wife
at Market and 32d streets Monday evening,
about an hour after their escape from the
Camden Jail.
Thompson, the police believe, will put up
a desperate light In tho event of capture
facing him. He Is said td be armed. Before
leaving Ashbridge he Is believed to have
purchased a revolver In a pawnshop In
this city.
RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION
MAY GO TO MEDIATION BOARD
"Wilson Favors Consideration Before
Employes Complete Their Vote
WASHINGTON, July 19. That the country-wide
railroad strike, which is threaten
ing to tie up the business of the United
States, may be referred to the, United States
Board of Mediation and Conciliation before
tbe railroad men complete their strike vote
was indicated at the offices of the board to
day. (
Ordinarily this body does not Intervene
In strike situations until called upon by one
of the disputing parties after a strike Is
definitely ordered, but it is understood that
President Wilson favors the submission of
the difficulties between tbe companies and
the men to the board at once, thus prevent
ing an open break which would cost the
country millions as tbe result of interrupted
Industry
Commissioner Chambers, a member of the
board, said today that he was keeping in
close touch, with the strike situation and
was only awaiting tho proper moment to
make overtures.
p -
uituOi. JUBMM1 VAN HOKN
Of tho llth nnd Winter Btreets
station.
TENDERLOIN VISITORS
LAUGH AT RAID
Continued from Pace One
12th, which borders tho Reading Railway,
many women peered from the doors. They
didn't spent; to all who passed, but evi
dently wero waiting for those whom they
knew.
A pollccmnn seated comfortably on a
box which was backed up by the stone wall
edging the railroad chatted pleasantly with
a gaily dressed nnd hatlcss girl who croBBed
tho Btrect to help him while nway tho
tedious hours that ho wna on quarantine
duty.
Just around tho corner, on Spring stroot
below 12th, two other cops sat on comfort
nblo chairs whllo jjlrla ncross tho street
Joked with them. The conversation came to
a sudden halt when visitors passed, Tho
cops gave tho strangers tho "onco over," but
asked no questions.
After midnight taxis nnd automobiles be
gan to nppear and from three Bnloona In tho
neighborhood at least six couples emerged.
The men In tho pnrty seemed a llttlo
"leary," but tho girls laughed ns thoy
piloted them along toward Callowhllt
street.
Everything was quiet, of course, In the
Tenderloin police stations. Acting Captain
Ewlng, who had been summoned from tho
61st nnd Thompson streets police Btatlon, to
take chargo of tho 2d pollco division went
around tho district in plain clothes. Ewlng
was onco attached to tho 10th nnd Button
wood streets stntlon nnd was known na a
lieutenant who preserved order. He Is fill
ing, temporarily, tho place mado vacant by
tho suspension of Nicholas J. Konny.
. EVERYTHING'S QUIET.
"Everything's quiet," ho said. "I haven't
seen any disorder anywhere In tho dis
trict." Acting Lieutenant Koch said the samo
and tho sergeant on duty nt midnight said
that no women had been arrested for dis
orderly conduct.
Up In tho 10th nnd Buttonwood streets
station, which was tho storm centre of Sat
urday night's raid, a similar report was
made. "AH quiet," paid tho sergeant.
Tho restaurant known ns tho "Arsenal,"
nt 10th and Winter streets, was also quiet
on tho surface. Thero wcro a few men nnd
girls eating at tables.
Ex-cops and ,(iangers-oti In tho neighbor
hood smiled vfhen asked about the raid.
They expressed tho ' belief that the sus
pended officials will bo given a gruelllnff
nnd sent to some other district. "They
could have made tho samo kind of a raid
nt nny time during tho last six or, eight
months," said ono habitue, "and got as good
a crop."
No one would say anything against
Lieutenant Stinger, of tho 6th District, or
Lieutenant Georgo Van Horn, who havo
been suspended. "They did the best they
could," was the general opinion, "when a
feller has too many bosses."
CAPTAIN KENNY AROUSED.
Friends of Captain Nicholas J. Kenny,
who was suspended after the raid, saj- he
will havo a general "show down" when he
faces the Pollco Trial Board. Captain
Kenny Is an old Indian lighter and It Is
said his "fighting blood" has been roused.
Ho has been In the Pollco Department 21'
years and Is Bpoken of as a man who "can
not bo reached."
The fact that he was sent on an ostensible
"wild goose chaso" tp Detroit to "get a lino
on tho traffic regulations" there whllo the
raid was pulled oft during- his absence, has
aroused the ire of the Captain, It Is said.
Those who aro in touch with affairs at
C.ty Hall say Captain Kenny reminded Di
rector Wilson that Captain Mills, of the
traffic division, was better fitted to Investi
gate affairs dealing with that branch of the
department But tho Director, It is said,
told Captain Kenny that ho wanted him to
go.
Tho Captalp will not be the "goat," his
friends say, and will review a few details
In connection with his suspension.
SUSPENSIONS OF POLICE.
The statement of Director Wilson that he
found vlco rampant when he took office
caused many smiles In the Tenderloin. It
was the opinion of many that the suspen
sions of the police officials wcro brought
about to find a way for favorites of the
administration
That politics was the essential feature Is
the belief of those who have watched the
"Ins and outs" of the Tenderloin.
When the Smith administration went Into
office It found tho city tight from a vice
spandpolnt, with the lid clamped down
This was the causa of much regret M tho
Tenderloin. The word went forth with the
incoming of Mayor Smith that the lid was
to be torn wide open and everything would
be as of old.
MAYOR SMITH'S DENIALS,
This was denied by the Mayor In vigorous
statements. For a time the lid remained
down. Then it was gradually lifted. The
nails came off by degrees and finally the
hinges, until the lid flew oft completely. This
was evidenced by the large dope business
and the tact that the Btreets were frequented
by the gaily dressed women. They heard,
of course, that the lid was to remain down.
but the fact that they were not molested
and the quiet word from trusted politicians
reassured them.
In comparison the Tenderloin Is said to
be actually as bad as during the Ash
bridge administration whet, utter defiance
of the law and contempt for public opinion
was one of the features. In those days the
famous saying that "Philadelphia was cor
rupt and contented" went forth and little
was done to changp the opinion.
The Aahbridge regime paved the way for
wholesale political decapitations during the
Weaver reign. Disclosures at that time
brought out the fact that high officials
knew of the vice and worked hand-ln-glove
with it. Lieutenants and others who didn't
carry out political orders Svere quickly be
headed and there does not seem to be the
slightest difference now, many 'In the, Ten
derloin cay.
PORTER PASSES "THE BUCK" BACK.
Director Wilson "passed the buck" for
the vice conditions In the Tenderloin from
his shoulders to those of former Director
George D. Porter when lie forced the police
upheaval yesterday afternoon. Sorter to
day returned the compliment
"Director Wilson knows the conditions
there." ho said.
"The change In the Tenderloin was no
ticeable after the election of Mayor SmltbJ'
continued the former Director, who did not
make plain luit whi,t this change was. t
Inference, however, elpg that the city was
flooded with strong-arm men and crooks."
"CEASE SQUABBLING,"
HUGHES TELLS G. 0. P.
AND PROGRESSIVES
Hard Fight Ahead and "Wo
MUst Work Together," Nomi
nee Warns His
Followers
PLANS W E S T E R-N TRIP
NEW YORK. July 19. Charles Evans
Hughes, Republican nominee for the presi
dency, today served notice that potty squab
bling between Progressives nnd Republicans
"must cense at onco."
The former Supremo Court Justlco de
clared that the Republicans faced n hard
fight In tho campaign, and that victory
'would be nsBUrcd only by the complete uni
fication of all fnctlons.
"Wo -must work together," said Mr,
lluges.r
Tho nominee hnd n lengthy conference
with William Wlllcox, chairman of tho
Campaign Committee. At Its conclusion,
Mr. Hughes announced that tentative
dates had been selected for his Bwlng
through tho West, but that tho echedulo
would not bo made public for n llttlo while.
Ho added, however, that tho 'arrangements
for the trip would be mado In co-operntlon
with the plans of tho National Commltteo
In each State.
A Chicago delegation, headed by Mayor
Thompson, met Mr. Hughes nnd reiterated
Its protests against tho nnmlng of Harold
L. Ickes, former Progressive, ns the Illinois
member of tho campaign committee.
"We've got a hard campaign against ih,"
Thompson said. "Every State offico in
Illinois Is held by a Democrat. We will
have to fight hard to carry the State for
Mr. Hughes. Illinois, Indiana, nnd Michi
gan will bo tho crucial states this yenr.
"Maybo thero wos'nt room for a Re
publican on tho campaign committee, but
just tho same wo will fight hard for Mr.
Hughes. Wo wilt try our mightiest to save
tho state for him."
Corporation Counsel Samuel Ettelson,
United States Senator Shorman, Robert
Rathbonc, president of tho Hnmllton Club
of Chicago, and M, T. Krnssmlller, of
Chicago, wero tho othor members of tho
Illinois delegation.
Chairman Wlllcox Is arranging for n big
luncheon In honor of Mr. Hughes, to bo
given nt tho Hotel Astor tomorrow. Among
tho guests will bo 13 of tho 17 members of
the Campaign Committee, somo of tho
members of tho Senatorial nnd Congres
sional Campaign Committees and other
prominent Republicans.
BRITAIN IGNORED U. S.
IN TRADE BLACKLIST
fonttnurd from Tate One
slon will continue Its general Investigation
cf antidumping and retaliatory legislation.
Already Its agents abroad and the various
consular representatives havo furnished the
commission with details of tho manner In
which certain of tho warring nations hopo
to recoup their war losses when tho war
Bhall end South America will bo tho Ini
tial point of attack, bo far as general com
mercial rivalry Is concerned, but the United
States Itself Is to be a preferred field.
PLANS TO REGAIN TRADE.
Germany and England alike nro working
out plans to regain tho trado lost hero by
the war. And It Is admitted that upon how
successful they nro In completing their
plans will depend how drastic remedial
legislation by the Government will be.
It Is understood hero that President Wll
sdn plans to direct attention to this sub
ject when tho political campaign opens, seiz
ing upon It ns a medium to reply to tho
Republican allegations that tho present
enormous business of the United States s
unnatural and due entirely to tho wnr.
As a first step In the general plan, com
mercial representatives of the Government
havo begun a determined effort to obtain
Bpecdy action on the bill to exempt from
tho antitrust laws combinations of mer
chants and manufacturers organized for
the sole purpose of engaging In the export
trade. While tho representatives of the
Trado 'Commission and the Department of
Commerce have been unablo to have the bill
Included In tho administration legislative
program, they are pressing congressional
leaders to take the bill up as an emergency
measure.
"COMMERCIAL EMERGENCY."
"This is u commercial emergency," Bald
Chairman Hurley, of the Trado Commlalon,
today. "It Is Impossible for the Individual
American producer to competo with the pow
erful government-fostered combinations for
trade In the world markets. And now, In
addition to tho comblantlons in Individual
countries, we are to find ourselves con
fronted with combinations of the business
resources of several groups of nations. The
American should be allowed to gain all of
tho strength possible through combinations
In order to equalize his chances In the world
market."
Representatives of the Trade Commission
and of the United States Chamber of Com
merce will nppear beforo tho House JudU
clary Committee tomorrow to urge action
on the bill.
FIRMS HERE BLAME GERMAN
LEANINGS FOR BLACKLISTING
Officials Say They Wouldn't Deal With
Britain Anyway
Two Philadelphia firms nre In the list
of those blacklisted from trado dealings
with English firms by Great Britain, and
both say they are so decidedly Teutonic In
sympathy that they wouldn't deal with
England anyway.
Carl Grubnau, of Wyncote, who Is a woot
Importer on Arch Btreet, aid he has known
of the discrimination against him for some
time; In fact, he said, ever Blnce his bank
notified him his credit no longer was good.
The bank, he explained, Is controlled by tho
Allies. Mr. Grubnau thought his black
listing came because of his refusal to go
Into the association formed by Great Britain
to control the wool trade between her
possessions and this country. To have
joined It, he said, ho would have had to
give up his trade secrets to England any
time they were asked for. Mr. Grubnau
didn't feel able to express an opinion as
to whether his German lineage had any
thing to da with his being blacklisted,
though he was Inclined to doubt It, having
been naturalized hero 33 years ago.
The other concern, the Orensteln Arthur
Koppel Company, has offices In the Real
Estate Trust Building. It Is Incorporated
In this State but its high executive offices
are In Germany and main offices jn this
country in New York. It deals la motor
and railway supplies. Tho Philadelphia
jile.i airent. llarrv Roblczek. E512 Baltimore
avenue, said the blacklisting was needless,.
for no profit could jnuuee tnem to sen any
thing to England while the war lasts.
The English list also mentioned the Inter
national Import and Export Company, of
Philadelphia.
This concern, however, no longer exists
In this city Its Philadelphia office was
but a small branch of the New York
office. Its purpose here was to ship
packages to Germany through Holland. Now
the' New York office does all the business.
For a while the Philadelphia office was In
the Bullitt Building. Later it was moved
to JS6 South 4th street About three months
ago It closed Up altogether.
Woman Hurt by Collision
vHARRISBURG, July 19. Four persons
were Injured, one perhaps fatally, today
when a motorcycle with Antonio Cornells
and M(s May Sprout of Harrlsburg, as
passengers, ran into the rear of a farm
wagon in which Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith,
of Stumptown, were driving to tbe Harrls-purg-
markets. The Smiths were picked up
unconscious, and Mrs. Smith Is in the Har
rlsburg Hospital wltb several ribs broken
and Internal Injuries. She may die. The
others are less, seriously hurt
EDWARD J. LYNCH
Acting city detective, who died today.
3000 GERMANTOWNERS
REVEL IN GLORIOUS DAY
ATCITY-BY-THE-SEA
Eighth Annual Atlantic City Out
ing of Business Men's As
sociation Greatest in .
the Series
BADGES AND SOUVENIRS
ATLANTIC CITY, "N. J July 10. This
Is Germantown Day at tho shore More
than 3000 very happy people, representing
all of the Industries and fraternities nnd
many of tho leading families of that popu
lar nnd populous Philadelphia suburb, nr
rlved this morning ns participants In tho
eighth nnnual nnd largest shore outing of
tho Germantown Business Men's Associa
tion. With reinforcements from Oak Lane,
Tioga, Chestnut Hill and Queen Lano Manor,
who missed .tho nnnual Invasion of tho
Tioga cohorts last week, they camo Bhore
ward this morning In flvo big sections of
moro than 60 cars, making tho Journey over
the Delnwnro River brldgo right into tho
main station bore, whonce they paraded In
full company formation down South Carolina
avenuo to tho Boardwalk, a decided credit
to tho wideawake trado organization of
which Colonel Sheldon Potter Is tho head,
as well ns n decided credit to Germantown
Itself.
On tho Bonrdwnllc badges and souvenirs,
of which moro than n full carload were dis
tributed on tho way ncross Jersey, mado
them conspicuous In tho gny throngs.
Pretty nearly every merchant nnd Institu
tion In Germantown had contributed some
thing In the way of nn excursion novelty
for tho women nnd children. Hendquartcra
wero cstnbllslied nt tho Steeplechase, and
then tho big family party, for It was all of
that, mado a. break for tho bathing houses.
A deoldedly rough sea wns buffeting tho
beach, but that fact only contributed to tho
Joy of tho battalions In tho froth-covered
breakers. Everybody laughed when Con
gressman Georgo P. Darrow, who "camo
along" with his constituents, was picked up
nnd slapped down upon the hard sand by a
breaker which didn't know the dlffercnco
between a Congressman and a delivery boy.
Chairman A. C. Marplc, of the Execurslon
Committee, which wns highly complimented
upon tho able fashion in which It nttended
to Innum'crablo details, had a similar expe
rience nnd went back to get moro at, the,
samo kind. , . .
At the Steeplechase, Germantown wns
written all over tho place, Including tho
long slldeB, which seemed to have an lr
rcslstlblo attraction for all of the largo men
In tho party. Everybody yelled when Dr,
Adnm W. Ormlston turned over throo times
on tho Klondyko dream slldo .nnd landed
upon Captain C. Y. Ccully, of tho Llvo
Wires team.
Thero had been pinna for a baseball game
between tho rival ticket teams, but the
game was called off when the managers
found city officials yesterday condemned tho
grandstand In Atlantic City's only ball park,
putting a quietus upon a feeble and final
attempt to make professional ball pay at
tho shore.
The North Kensington Business Men's Ab
coclatlon also came to town this morning
upon its nnnual excursion, with somo 800
follow KenslngtoniteB, to prepare tho way
for tho Bwarms of Kenaingtonlans coming
tomorrow. They make their headquarters
ut tho Hotel Benton.
Police Renew Search for Missing Boy
Tho police havo renewed the search for
John Sykes, 14 years old, who has been
missing from his home. 5020 Locust street
since May 12. He left the house osten
sibly to attend school, but sent a note to his
mother saying he Intended to drown him
self. Three days later a boy resembling
him was seen at Floronce, N. J where he
tried, It Is said, to find work on a farm.
Nothing has been heard of him since.
Sazonoff Visiting Finland
LONDON, July 19. A Reuter dispatch
from Petrograd says that Serglus Sazo
noff, the Foreign Minister, has gone to
Finland for a fortnight to recuperate. The
Assistant Foreign Minister, M. Ncratoff,
will act as head of the Foreign Office.
BOYS FLEE HOME TO STUDY NATURE;
MOTHER WAILS 'COME BACK, COME BACK'
Brothers, Who Were Interested in Mysteries of Animals
and Insects, Are "Somewhere Between Philadelphia
and California" Parents Anxious for Them
Fenlmore C. Lawrence, 15 yeaia old, was
a naturalist and so was his younger .brother,
John D. They studied bugs nnd were Inter
ested In, rather than afraid of, wooly
worms. , They had learned Just how the
caterpillar" wrapped himself about In a
silken cocoon and came c-ut again a won
derful butterfly. They knew how a wasp
could embalm a bug, bow'the ant puts his
house In order, how the May fly lives but
an hour and how the spider shapes himself
as a bloom on a weed and waits for an un
suspecting victim.
But around their home, at 2110 West Alle
Blieny avenue, thero were few sucb wonder,
ful things as these.. And as far mountain
lions nnd (oyotes and raccoons 'and prairie
dogs and the other creatures of nature's
higher kingdom they cquldn't be found and
studied in West Allegheny avenue.
And so Fenlmore, who was named for the
man. who knew tho life of the Indian, and,
John his lt-year-old brother, have left home
in search of all tbe things that Interest
them. They left last Tuhrsday and are
spending their nights and days In the woods
"somewhere betwegn Philadelphia and Cali
fornia." J , J1. .
"Forglva us for what wo did, but I
couldn't stand it," Fenlmore has written to
his mother. "You needn't bother about us.
as we can get along. Wo didn't get wet
i. iht nvlt tha kid (their S-montha-oid
baby brother) he can play wth my camera.
No need to worry, and if you should try to
find us by the postmark you won't nna us.
Wo will be traveling."
U Is believed by their worried apd almost
prostrated mother that the boys are bound
for California. Knowing their boyish ro
manticism, she believes they are sleeping
nlgbts in the hollows of trees, eating herbs
and wild fruits and perhaps wandering per
ilously alow the banks of nvr and
thrkgh dense, snake-taf?te4 underbrush
la search tf their "specimens," It U real
MOTOR DEAD, BIG YACHT
IS THROWN ON SHOAL, ITS
CREW ABOARD; RESGUED
Mountainous Surf Tosses Vessel
on Sand Near Inlet Men
Taken Off in Thrilling
Fight
FEAR YACHT TOTAL LOSS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J July 19. Tho
yacht Sercnty, of 40 horsepower, caught In
n wicked sea that sent huge storm combers
crnshlng Into tho beach, owned by Arthur
Block, a member of the Snellenberg Com
pany, of Philadelphia, snagged on tho shoals
off the Hygelo Pool, between Rhode
Island and Vermont nvenucs, this morlng,
and It now In danger of being a total
wreck.
Tho taking off of'Captaln Billy Edwards
nnd Captain Billy Peters furnished the
boardwalk with tho season's first big rcscuo
scene, bringing hundreds to tho eccno in
n few minutes. Tho Federal cteW fro'm
tho Inlet stntlon and beach life guard.i
combined In n thrilling bnttto that almost
ended In several drownings.
Tho two skippers were taking the craft
to the Hay Shore, L. I., Yacht Club to S.
M. Goldberg, n Now York lawybr nnd part
owner of Sercnty, Sho carries tho flag of
tho Atlantic City Yacht Club. Tho craft
was tossed about dangerously na she beat
her way out of tho Inlet nnd started to
follow out the channel Into the ocean, llor
stubborn fight wns wntched by hundreds
of Interested visitors who lined tho Board
walk railings.
As sho camo opposite tho hygcnla pool,
In th6 Inst reach of the break beforo push
ing out Into tho ocean, tho cnglno suddenly
went dead. . , , . .
Potdrs and Edwards wero transferred to
tho Federal boat and she started back to
tho Inlet." Caught off keel for n second the
Fodcral craft was capsized nnd her crow
of .six with tho skippers tossed Into thu
break.
Lifeguards Broomo nnd ntcs, ot tno
bench patrol, ran up from their stntlon,
three blocks below, and put out In ono of
tho smnll city skiffs.
Tho Federal men got their vessel Into
Bhnllow water nnd righted her. They went
back to the stranded Sercnty nnd threw
out additional nnchors In nn effort to Have
her. When tho tide subsides they will try
n rtrnf- hrr Intn ilpon water.
Big crowds nro watching tho pounding fo
vessel. W
GERMANS REGAIN GROUND
IN COUNTER-ATTACKS
Continued from Toite One '
lery flro. Tho first assault was de
livered at 5:30 o'clock In tho evening
with denso maRscs of men. Tho fight- ,
ing lnstcd all night nnd was particularly
violent In Delvlllo wood.
Aftet the heaviest losses tho enemy
succeeded in recapturing n portion of
Delvlllo wood and ho nlso obtained
n foothold In tho northern outskirts of
Longuevnl. Tho Btrugglo is still very
violent Elsewhere nttneks. Including .' -thrco
scpnrato assaults nt Wnterlot
farm, broke down completely. Thero
wero no Important Incidents on the rest
of tho front.
KUROPATKIN'S ATTACKS
ON IIINDENBURG'S FRONT
, CRUSHED, BERLIN SAYS
" BERLIN July -13. V '
Jtepcated attacks by1 General Kuropat
kln's army on tho front of Field Mnrshal
von Hlndenburg, Bouthwest of Riga, broke
down with, heavy enemy losses, tho War, .
Office announced this afternoon.
In Volhynln nrtlllery combats continued
In the region west and southwest of tho
fortress of Lutsk.
South of Riga the Russians repeated
their attacks against tho forces of
Field Marshal von Hlndonburg, but
they broke down with high lossos for
tho enmy. ' Tho general situation on
this front Is unchanged.
Numerous bombs were dropped with
good success on tho railway stations 'at
Minsk, Horodzleja and Pogorjelry.
There was lively Kntltory firing by
the enerny against the positions held by
the forces of General von Llnsongen on
the Stokhod River and weo nnd south
west of Lutsk.
FRENCH -EXTEND GROUND
IN GRENADE ASSAULT ON
VERDUN LINE, PARIS SAYS
PARIS. July 19. An attack last night .
wlthhand grenades gained ground for the
French at Chapelle St. Fine, on the Verdun
front, the French War Office communlqua
stated today. " ' ,
Chapelle St. Fine lies on tho east Bide
of tho Meuso River, between Fleury and Hill
288.
Thero was d severe artillery duel on
the Verdun front, the bombardment being
particularly severe In the region of Fleury.
Two Burorlso raids by the Germans
against French trenches were repulsed.
One of the raids was made In tho district
of Pnschendaal, In Belgium, and pie other
north of the River Alsne, -'
and painful mother's worry, nevertheless.
Very HKciy tnose wno Know ine ooys say
av will 'thnw nn" In Coatesvlllo. where
their uncle, Frank Sklles, lives.
eg, or In 1
t, Mrs. J.
nlng In an L
b is pray- p
inn death! f
Ephrata, the home or their aunt,
Dlller Martin.
"Oh boys." sho wrote this morning :
"onen letter" to them, which she Is i
Ine their will read, "this Is a living death!
Come, oh, do come home, for I have cried
so much and call you both by name. Papa -
says he can't hold out any longer. Our
hearts are both breaking. Oh, I say again;
do come home. The door is always open t
and you will be forgiven by us both andn
welcome. Please do wrlto to papa and -.'
cheer him up. He has gone to all your
haunts tramped his feet off. Boys, listen '
to a mother's, pleading and do come home.'' ' '
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