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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPMMBER 6, 1016.
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HUGHES SUFFRAGISTS
TO URGE DECLARATION
AT SHORE CONVENTION
Those 'Who Would Abandon
Neutrality and Follow Con
gressional union's Lead
Face Severe Opposition
SOUTHERNERS TO RESIST
iTt.AVTic CITY. Sent. I. Whether
administration leaders In the National
iHn suffrage Association, which begins
! jti committee sessions here today, will
be able to hold that body to Its time-honored
position of absolute neutrality toward
-11 nniitlcat nartlea and candidates, until
president Wilson addresses the national cok
ventlon Friday nignt, Decamo a grave
..inn when InsurgSnt delegations ro-
i nested their demands for radical action.
A strong unuercurrcni 01 irounK ioiiii
I .monc many of the eastern representatives
?mS?r.. ..f.nrtln li ntnnd which the
i ronirresslonal Unlcrn has already taken In
declaring tor nir. huihto uwimu "
cause of his unqualified approvat of the
Federal amendment.
southerners to oppose.
"-....- niii nf TfAiitiinit v. it frrnnfltlAUCnter
of Henry Clay, who 1b aggressively opposed
I to abandoning tuo oiaio logmauon puui,
i will flBht any attempt to bring partisanship
I Into the convention. Miss Clay and MIsb
I Kate Gordon, of Louisiana, will stand for
! States rights In a three-cornered debate
I on Wednesday nftcrnoon, whllo Mra. Ida
! Itusted Harper nnd Mrs. Olendowcr Evans,
.... nkltiionllA will lirm Mm jlKnnclntton
tb mobilize nil Its strength for the passage
of a Fooerai amenumcni. airs. iuimuuu
n, nt Mttg Vnrlt. nnd Miss Florence
i Allcfl. of Ohio, wllUnrgue for both State
' andJnatlonal action.
Submission ofNnltcrnatlvo amendments
will bring the whola, question of f uturo pol
icy beforo tlio convention.
MAY BAR MISS PAUL.
Miss Mary Q. Hay, chairman of the Nn
tlonal Committee, discredited reports
that Miss Alice J. Paul, head of the Con
gressional Union, Is coming here to lead In
person a movement to stampedo tho con
vention for Hughes and Federal amend
ment'nctlon. Miss Hay said that Miss Paul
no Knger la a member of the National
Suffrage Association, and questioned
whether Bho will bo permitted to appear
upon tho floor.
It wnn admitted that President Wilson
'had stolen a "strategic march bv deferring
his acceptance of an mutation to naaress
tho convention, nnd making his coming con
ditional upon bolng given a place upon tho
program Frday night. All tho candidates
had been Invited to speak Saturday night,
and Herbert Pnrsons nnd Raymond Robins,
chairman of tho Progressive National Con
vention, who aro to present Mr. Hughes's
cas. will bo heard at that time. President
Wlluon made It clenr that he must come
Frld-iy night or not nt all, and tho program
is being rearranged accordingly.
PECELLA'S HOUSE REPUTABLE
Proprietor of 1320 Vino Strcot Has No
1 Connection With "Arsonal"
Ina published account of the Inquest held
last Saturday Into tho death of Tony Dova,
who died at the "Arsenal." tho reBort at
Tenth and Winter streets. It was set forth
that 'Bova had lived at 1329 Vino street.
In tho same account Coroner Knight was
quoted as having addressed a seere repri
mand to John Qulgloy, described ns the
"manager" at 1329 Vine street.
The houso at 1S29 Vino atreet Is a room
ing house, of which Salvadoro Peoellfi Is
proprietor. Mr. Pecella says that he con
ducts a respectable house: that Bova. who
stopped thoro noma months ago, did not
llvo at his house nt tho time of his mys
terious death; that John Qulgley Is not
the manager of his hpuso and nover has
been; that he does not know Qulgley, who
was the manager of tho so-callod "Arsenal"
and who had nothing to do with tho room
ing house at 1S2? Vino street.
RUMPF WILL FOE GIVES BOND
Wealthy Manufacturer's Widow Guar
arantees Costs in Opposing Probate
Mrs. Frederick numpf, Sr.. of Langhorne,
who filed a caveat recently protesting
against the probating In tho office of the
Register of Wills of BucIcb County of any
document purporting to have been the will
of her Into husband, has appeared person
ally at the omce of the Register of Wills
and lias filed a bond to cover the costs of
the hearing of tho caveat.
The caveat flled by Mrs. Rumpf was fol
lowed by the tiling a few days later of a
second similar document, this time In be
half of William Rumpf, a son. When the
hearings will bo held Is problematical, al
though It is understood the date will be
determined upon the return to Bucks
County of an attorney who la now on a
vacation and who. It Is said, has the will
of Mr, Rumpf. During her stay at tho
ofttces In Doylestown Mrs. Rumpf made no
comment whatever as to her position in the
matter.
EXCLUSIVE HOTEL BURNED
Pequot Casino, Aristocratic New Lon
don Resort, Total Loss
NEW LONDON. Sept. 6. Pequot Casino,
at the mouth of tho harbor, north of New
London lighthouse, valued at $75,000, was
destroyed by Are yesterday, Tho Casino
was the rendesvous of the aristocratic sum
mer colony and many private dinners,
dances and functions have been held In It.
The nre started In a mysterious manner.
In tho west end of the building. Baroness
von asburg and Mrs. Junius S. Morgan
were, among the patrons of the Casino. Tho
latter had a close call from parting with her
expensive wardrobe, her trunks being tossed
out upon the lawn by the firemen Just in
tlmeljo gave them.
Widener Building Ticket Office
to more spacious quarters in the Widener
Building two doors above the present of
fice on Chestnut street.
With 1000 square feet additional floor
space and improved facilities, we may
"Better Serve the Public"
Philadelphia Reading Railway
15,00Q ENSLAVED BY DOPE
' HABIT IN PHILADELPHIA
Continued from rate One
the drugs concealed in Philadelphia today.
Safe deposit boxes In this city hold nearly
$100,000 worth of the stuff.
NOTED MEN IN INQUIRY.
' These facts were revealed by tho Inves
tigation of Internal revenue officers, leading
physicians and social workers. Francis
F.sher Kane, United Slates Attorney for
the Philadelphia district, becamo so alarmed
by tho rapidly piling up ovldcnco of the In
croaso In narcotlo drug usage as shown by
the records of his odlco that In tho fall of
1916 ho organized ft committee of promi
nent cltltens to consider the situation nnd
seek n remedy, This committee Included
Edward Bok, chairman ! Pierce Archer, Jr.,
a former chief deputy of tho Internal rev
enue servlco In this city; Samuel T. Bodlne,
Dr. Hlmer It, Funk, Dr. rrancis R. Pack
ard, Dr. John II. W. Rhcln, Dr. Horatio C.
Wood, Dr. Charles W. Burr, Henry LaBarre
Jftjnel C, II. Ludlngton ahd Otto T Mat
lery. This committee Investigated tho causes
of mora than 100 drug addicts and discov
ered a condition calculated to alarm the
most conservative citizen. It found that n6
class of Boctety, no nationality and no grade
of workers was escaping the scourge.
A widely-known lawyer has won some of
his most Important cases whllo under tho
Influence of cocaine. In ono or two cases
surgeons have performed operations nt 'hos
pitals while under the Influence of the drug,
although such cases arc Infrequent owing
to the vigilance of other physicians. A
Philadelphia man of letters tias written
soma of hla best articles under tho spur
of the hvpodermtc needle.
Tho writer has found tho drug blight In
nearly every Industrial plant In tho city
whoro moro than 200 employes were en
gaged. Where "speeding up" was required
of men .r girls the Inevitable perccntngo
kept Its level ono to tho hundred some
times two to the hundred small In Itself If
a sporadic symptom, but menacing when It
was found to be tho rule and not tho ex
ception. Menacing In that where one work
ing man or working girl had the habit, tho
chances were 10 to 1 that intimate friends
of the victim would "havo a try" at the
Insidious vlco.
Dr. Horatio C. Wood. Jr., 1003 Chestnut
street, said that the average life of drug ad
diets wna 10 years In explaining tho i'o
moralizing effects of hnblt-formlng drugB
ho said:
"Among the earliest signs of mental do
terloratlon are ralluro of memory. Tho vic
tim Is constantly breaking engagements HlB
promises, freely mnde, nro rarely kept.
Usually ho becomes extremely ogotlstle. At
tho same tlmo hlR Judgment Is greatly di
minished. Drugs lead the buslnoss num to
tho most extravagant schemcB, taken up
with enthusiasm, but quickly abandoned,
not because of lost confidence, but becauso
of flagging Interest.
"There may bo blurring of vision or fail
ure of hearing-, especially In noting dis
tinctions In musical notes.
MORAL NATURE IMPAIRED
"The mendacity of the drug victim Is no
torious and very commonly thero aro out
breaks of criminal tendencies. Tho unex
plained kleptomania of respectable women
Is very commonly duo to tho secret uso of
drugs.
' "Sooner or lator physical degeneration
occura; first, usually In tho digestive organs.
Tho appetite falls, or sometimes thero are
periods of excessive eating, alternating with
almost complete abstinence from food The
blood becomes Impoverished and thero Is
loss of weight and strength. Tho typical
morphlno fiend Is a Ballow, emaciated weak
nnd listless individual. Frequently also
thero nro uffeptlons of the kidney nnd
dropsy Is not uncommon In tho later stages.
USE OF THE "HYPO"
"A great deal of drug addiction Is due
to careless physicians and nurses, particu
larly to physicians who carry on a CO-ccnt
practice In tho poorer sections. These phy
sicians deal with Ignorant people, and It Is
easier and cheaper for them to stop pain
by giving drugs than It would bo to em
ploy Blower and safer methods.
"A man who has been drinking Is ex
tremely nervous following a debnuch. A
physician. Instead of using milder drugs,
mnv rpRort to mornhlno. The effect Is
Instantaneous and In succeeding debauches.
the man will demand a hypodermic imme
diately. "Persons who suffer from violent neu
ralgias or other excruciating pains soon
find that a hypodermlo Is almost magical
In Its effect. It Is not long before those
who depend upon hypodermics for relief
find themselves manufacturing excuses or
symptoms to obtain the efteots of tho drug.
Then some day the expected hypodermic
Is rotuecd and It Is not long before vic
tims aro trying to give themselves hypo
dermics." Of tho morphine users treated by Doc
tors Mclver and Price at tho Philadelphia
Hospital 28 learned of tho drug through
Injections by physicians. Seven resorted
A floor must withstand more wear and
tear than any other part of youriiome.
Logically, hardwood floors which are
more durable than the ordinary kind
are the best investment; also they are
more artistic and more easily kept
clean. Obvious reasons for consulting
P1NKERTON
3034 West York St.
Both
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ANNOUNCES
September Fifth
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to It to relieve the effects of nlcohollo ex
cesses. Insomnia, headache, etc
"DOPE" IN NOSTRUMS
Headachs cures, cough cures and other
patent medicines have sent many Into the
ranks of the drug nddlcts. Hundreds of
famlles In this city have their favorite
patent medletno or "paln-klller," reposing
In Its Innocenl'looklng wrapper. Havo you
over looked ubon the label of your favor
ite remedy ti seo If It contains opium?
You will probably flndMt Is marked "Guar
anteed under tho food and drug net." But
the net only protects you from taking
opium, unwittingly. So long ns tho dan
gerous drug Is marked on the label It can
bo purchased by any one. Instead of guar
anteeing thnt the drug Is harmless 11 sim
ply means that tho manufacturer guaran
tees the correctness of the label. "
THE "DOPE SYNDICATE"
The "dope sjndlcate" has perfected a
businesslike system for supplying unfor
tunates with drugs. It has stations In ntl
parts of tho city and peddlers go from these
station Into every section of Philadelphia,
The heads of the "dope syndicate" nro using
automobiles to mnko their system of Illicit
drug distribution work efficiently.
Tho nutoa nro known to drug addicts ns
"dope wagons." They mako tho rounds of
tho different sections of tho city nightly,
distributing largo quantities of drugs to
By
ord of
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"fiends" who await tho arrival of the cars
on street corners And In cheap restaurants,
saloons and pool rooms. Tho "wagons"
travel on regular schedule, nnd hundreds of
"fiends" know the exact tlmo the earn whirl
through a certain street or pass a certain
corner. For months n "wagon," loaded with
drugs, has paBscd tho Fifteenth atreet nnd
Snyder nvcnuo pollen station every night
between 8 nnd 9 o'clock. From It "dope"
packages nro sent skimming to men and
women on tho sldowalk.
A storekeeper In that neighborhood sild!
"Theso young fiends come Into my store and
threaten to get mo If I don't glvo them
money to patrontzo tho dope wagon."
THE HARRISON ACT
Tho Harrison net wont Into effect a llttlo
moro than n year ngo. Tho passage of this
law was a terrific blow at the "dope syndi
cate." Moro than 480 wcro arrested.
Among thcBO woro seven physicians, 40
women nnd seven Chlnamuii. In th Tondcr
loln the price of morphlno Jumped from
$1.60 to G an ounco Tho Harrison act
prohibits nil persons from selling or giving
away harmful drugs except on a physician's
prescription. Rut tho real teeth of tho law
wcro In Section 8, which mado It n crime
pnnlahabte by lire years In prlnon or n
$2000 fine or both o hare tho drugi In
one's poMenfttnn untM n llcenne lind been
taken out, nnd licenses wcro, of course, ob
tanahle only by physicians nnd druggists.
Section 8 gave rovenue ofllccra power to
arrest persons on suspicion Many wcro
taken from restaurants nnd lodging houses
nnd from the Btrects. Houses were raided,
ldnight
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Up to midnight August 15, a period
of IVz months, we sold and delivered more
United States Automobile Tires than we
sold during the entire twelve months of
1915 last year.
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By August 16, we had passed, by several thousand casings, the sales
total for 1915, itself a year of steady sales increases. N
And day by day these phenomenal 1916 increases are heaping up.
Besides there were still left of this year 115 selling days four and
one-half months.
This almost unbelievable feat of equalling, in IVz months, the sales rec-
last year, proves the unequalled merit and
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. 'Nobby' 'Chain' 'Usco' 'Royal Cord' Tlain'
.. Wise automobile owners demand
much of their tires.
What tires do you demand?
thousands of dollars' worth of drugs con
fiscated. As oon ns tho price of drugs Jumped
the sufferings of nddlcts began Hundreds
flocked to the omce of District Attorney
Kana and begged for tho relief which, the
workings of tho Harrison act kept from
them Thero were tho morphlno "fiends,'
trembling with tho spasms bf pain that
racked them, the heroin nddlcts, wlld-6yed
and erratic! the cocalno "fiends," Blinking1,
squirming bundles of nerves There were
mcro boys nnd girls In the dismal throng.
Mr, Kane was unnerved by tho spectacle!
horrified by tho sudden nnd awful nppear
nnco of tho victims of the drug world In the
light of day that world which had always
been surrounded by an Impenetrable wall of
silence nnd secrecy.
Tomorrow' article in the Evening
Ledger on tho drug evil tell! tell of
frantto efforts of the drit7-amihc!
addicts to tvado the low nnd of their
unexpected victory over the law
through the workings of the laio itel.
Kcrcns's Body Taken Home
Tho body of Richard C. Kerens, former
Ambasador to Austria-Hungary, who died
yesterday nt tho home of his daughtor, Mrs.
O. Hamilton Colket, In Merlon, was taken
to St. Louis this morning Mrs Colket,
Mrs. IMward C. Kennn, another daughter!
Vincent Kerens, n son, nnd Philip Hoethlo,
Mr. Kcrens's secretnry, accompanied the
body Interment will bo In tho family
vault In St I.ouln. Archbishop Olennon, of
St, Louis, will ofllclate at tho funeral
Demand that
United States
August
RECEPTIONS IN SOUTH
PLEASE WILSON AIDS
President Also Delighted by
People's Warm Greeting.
Plans Campaign Soon
By ROBERT J. BENDER
ON THH PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL, Hun
tlngton, W. Va., Sept 6 "These havo been
tho finest receptions I havo over received."
President Wilson todny thus referred to his
trip through West Virginia and Kentucky.
The President evidently was delighted
nt tho enthusiasm with which ho wes re
ceived oven when, late nt night, there was
,nothlng for small town communities to
encer uui me uurgencu iiritttLO war,
Tho President's Journoy Into Kentucky,
while characterized as nonpolltlcnl, has
proved gratifying to hl3 political aids. At
every stop crowds mot him with bands and
cheers. In many Instances thoy waited
until nftor midnight for a view of tho pres
idential train. Even though they didn't see
the President thoy cheered loudly enough
to woko every ono on the train,
Thursday night tho President leaves for
Atlantic City, wlicro he will nddress the
convention of tho National Women's Suf
frago Association, Saturday morning he
expects to motor to Long llrnnch. Probably
ho will tako up hli pre-election plans and
headquarters thero mmcdlatcly.
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OBSCURE ARTIST WINS
51000 POSTER PftEE
Harold Von Schmfdt, Of mf'
Francisco, Victor m Com
petition NEW TORir, Sept 6.Hatold ym
Schmidt, ot Sail Francisco, won the $10Wl
prUe In tha national poster competition ei
the Society for Electrical Development
against a field of 781 designs, some of them
from tho brushes of world-famous pester
painters, tt was announced hera today.
Von Schmidt was unknown to tho WorM "
of art until today. He works for a, San
Francisco architect.
Von Schmidt calls his poster "The Mod'
ern Aladdin." It represents Alaldlrl touch
ing a button Instead of rubbing his lamp,
nnd the herculean genla "Electricity" pops
forth and salaams to htm. The design, In
rIx colors, will bo reproduced mora t"n
200 million times to advertise "America's
Electrical Week," December 3 to 9,
Of tho 781 designs considered by tha art
committee, 362 of them were by women,
'William E. McKce, a high school boy at
Hollywood, Mass., Is winner of the sixth
prise, $60. High school students submitted
204 posters, many of which received honorV
able mention In the report. '
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