EVENING LEDGERr-PHILiU)ELPHIiV. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 191tt.
HI
f the, narcotic drwgs Known "to the medical
wrid.
A former chlf deputy In th Internal
"'WW Department said that It dIMioneat
"" 11 w1tr or mnger ot h In rue pill concern
ould throw largo quantities of narcotla
ruga Into Illegal channel! by very slm
Jh subterfuge.
"aiippoeing a crUln brand of pllU manu
factured by the million are alleged to con-
one-elghth of A grain ot morphine.
Two minmw of the factory cnn very easily
arrana to put In less than one-elghth of
train and have a, large balance of mor-
?"lM left over each week for Illicit tramc.
hla subterfuge It often practised.
QinLS LED INTO HABIT
Many of the employee of drug-manufacturer
concerns are drug addicts, made so
by conetant association with "dope." In
one plant devoted to the manufacture of
pill containing morphine many of the
Kins employed there are either morphine or
heroin "fiends," These unfortunates have
become such devotees of the drug that
when they atop work on Saturday they ar
obliged to take home enough dope to last
them over Sunday.
Foremen of tlio plant have taken advan
tage of the plight of the young women to
prey upon their morals. Theie foremen
tefused to dolo out to the girls their Hunday
-ppIy of drugs until they have consented
r ,M departure from the moral path.
vupiain v j .Norton, or. me voiuniers
ef America told the writer Mat ho believed
that Philadelphia was the greatest "dope"
distributing center In the Kant.
"In our Refuge for O rla. at 91 1 Spring
street, hardiy a day passes but what we see
the effect of the 'dope tramc upon the
young wmen of the city. Cvlts are using
lierqln and cocaine to eiislo young women
for the white slave frame Thy keep th
girls who nre worklnir for them naMaded
with dally distribution of 'dope."
Mrs Jane Itlppln, supervising probation
officer ot Quarter Sessions Court. She told
the writer that sho had found that fully
two-thirds of these women were drug ad
dicts. This testimony Is further strength
ened by condition disclosed borore the July
Grand Jury, which Investigated the July IE
raid In the Tenderloin Witnesses testified
that large quantities of narcotic drugs were,
found In disorderly htuses raided by the
police.
Doctors Joseph Melver and Oeorge K.
Price, who treated 147 "fiends" at the
Philadelphia Hospital, make the following
report In regard to these cases:
"Forty-three of the cases were females
and the majority of these were unfortunate
women , some few of the men were or had
been cadet. A number were notorious
crooks and thieves."
D. Clarence Olbboncy, of the Law and
Order Society, who conducted the July 15
raid, told the writer of the part Chinatown
Is playing In spreading the drug scourge
In Philadelphia.
"purine the Investigation prior to the
raid," he said, "two of my Investigators
found J7 young girls In a Chinese opium
den la Chinatown. All were under the in
fluence of opium. Not one of these girls
appeared to be over 21 years old.
"it has become a common sight now to
ea young girls fish in their handbags on
the street and sniff heroin or cocaine. I be
lieve that the Harrison act should be per
fected so as to nip In the bud this frightful
drug scourge. If fathers and mothers could
aee conditions as they are they would rise
up and demand that something be done. It
Is frightful -to see these young men and
women with bloodless faces and shaking
hands creeping about our streets."
Social workers, who have a closer view
of the secret worklngB of Chinatown than
either the policeman or Internal revenue offi
cer, say the lure of opium smoking attracts
men and womea of higher walks of life to
Chinatown. A social worker said he knew
that women of social standing made regular
vlsts to obscure dens In Chinatown to "hit
the pipe."
"Some of them," he said, "ride to the
edge of the Tenderloin In their automobiles.
Then, heavily veiled, they walk into China
town. A number of women of humbler sta
tion In life are virtually slaves of China
men. Many ot the Chinamen In Chinatown
have white wives, and It was the lure of
the opium pipe that degraded these women."
CASK OF TlTHEk WILSON
In a small rural community near Potts
rllle. Pa., lived a 17-year-old girl whom we
will call Ethel Wilson. Ethel was a pretty
girl and had all of the freshness and vigor
of the country- She was the oldest of eight
children. Her father was injured while
working In the fields, and the family Income
stopped. Ethel bravely responded to the
crisis. She volunteered to go to Philadel
phia and seek a Job,
She made the rounds ot the stores, but
soon found her lack of experience barred
her. When evening came she Was a tired,
discouraged girl. She was racked with
-V
homesickness, and she wished from the
bottom of her heart that she was back
home The hols and bustle ot the un
sympathetlo city wearied and bewildered
her
Her stock of money was small, and she
was faced with th necessity of seeking
cheap lodging for the night She unwit
tingly took lodgings in the Tenderloin. The
next day she mado the rounds of th em
ployment offices, seeking work as a domes
tic. Her lack of references proved a seri
ous handicap. No one had any work for
her. Worn out and footsore, h again
wandered Into the Tenderloin 8he went
Into a cheap restnurant for a cup of coffee
and a sandwich. This restaurant was a
favorite meeting place for "dope1' fiends,
who Included cadet and women bf the
underworld.
The bloom and freshness of the Country
girt quickly attracted the attention of the
wolves. Seated at a table near Ethel was
a woman, flashily dressed. She saw that
the girl was discouraged She flashed
Kthel a friendly smile. It was the first
sign of rlendllness that Ethel had seen since
She arrived In l'hllailelnhl Inn riav hrnr
It brought a great lump Into her throat
and tears Into her eyes.
"Now, little kid, tell me all about It;
jou'ie had some hard knocks, I know, and
maybe It will mske you 'eel better If you
tell me all about It. Perhaps I csn help
you"
i Elliel, bctm-een sobs, poured out her story,
Tito woman was quick to apply the rem
edy" of the Tenderloin to the case.
"Here, kid," she said: "you stop crying
nnd tako thli; It will mnke you feel better"
Sho gae Ethel a little package of heroin
powder and told her how to sniff It up
he-noa E'hl followed Instructions. The
effect was magical, Her depression was
swept nway, The worla became bright
again.
"Now, come with me," said the woman.
Trustfully Ethel went. She was taken
to a "heroin party," In n short time heroin
murdered the morals of this little girl from
the country. It made her nn easy prey
for the cadets who attended the party. A
few days later Colonel Alice V. Hcrron, of
the Volunteers of America, found the girl
wandering, dated Sho took her to the
Ilerugo for Cllrh at 911 Spring street.
Ethel remained at the Ttefus-a for two
h weeks, where she was under the especial
care or amjor Hattle Hopkins, who has
saved scores of young women who have been
caught In the Rnarcs of the Tenderloin. At
the end of the two weeks Ethel nil re
turned to her mother. On her soul was left
a scar which a llfetlmo will not erase.
The heroin, or "snow party." w hlch pushed
Ethel Wilson down tho moral ladder Is a
recent ltinoatlon of the drug evil In this
City. It has proved a great boon to the
"dope syndicate" In creating hundreds or
new customers among young men and
women, according (o Internal revenue
officers.
The "heroin party" has made the call of
tho vice district doubly Insistent during the
past few months. It Is but n "social phase"
of the Philadelphia drug scourge. After the
manner of alcohol addicts, heroin fiends
hae discovered that there Is a. strong ele
ment o( enjoyment In sitting about tables In
the rear of cheap restaUfrfrfn and saloons
sniffing heroin In company. Social workers
ray that many young men of good families
who have gone, Into the Tenderloin on "slum
ming trips" have taken their first sniff of
heroin at a "snow party." Physicians unite
in saying that one sniff of heroin Is sum
dent to upset the morals of the aerage
person.
CASE OF JENNY BROWN
Jennie Ilrown, 18. worked In a 'laundry,
Her wages amounted to 18 a week. She was
the solo support of a widowed mother. She
was not a cry strong girl. The hours were
long In the laundry and the work would
hae taxed the strength of a stronger wo
man. Jonnle began to hae seere head
aches and backaches. It was misery for
her to work In the hot, Bteamlng atmos
phere. Then one day another girl In the laundry
said to Jenn'e: "Why don't you try some
of this powder? I used to suffer like you
do. but I got rid of It by using this stuff."
It was heroin powder, but Jennie had
never heard of It before. She, thought that
It was harmless because her fellow-worker
was using It. So she sniffed th.e powder
and the effect was so swift that sho tried
It again. She soon became a confirmed
addict and becamo a regular customer of
narcotic drug peddlers. A few weeks later
Jennie lost her Job and drifted to the Ten
derloin. She was picked up by Major Hattle
Hopkins. Major Hopkins reclaimed the girl
after many weeks of careful work.
Tomorrow' article urtll deal wtth the con
duct of unscrupulous doctors in atdtnn the
narcotto drug tv'L
REGISTRATION HEAVY
AS MANV QUALIFY FOR
VOTC! NEXT NOVEMBER
Presidential Year Lures Thou-
sands Who Want to
Cast Ballots in
"Rig Race
TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES
PRINCIPALS IN ROMANTIC ELOPEMENT
FEDERAL BUREAUS COMBINE .
TO STAMP OUT "DOPE" TRADE
Internal Revenue Bureau and Investigators Join to Halt
Growing Traffic Say White Slavers Are in It
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. In a new effort
to stamp out commercialized vice, the Bu
reau of Internal Revenue and the Federal
Bureau of Imestlgatlon have Joined forces
and ore launching a sweeping Investigation,
natlon-wfde In scope, It was announced here
today. The experience of both bureaus
working Independently has shown that the
white slave traffic and dealing In forbidden
habit-forming drugs are businesses almost
Invariably carried on by the same coteries
of criminals.
White sUvers are drug addicts to a large
extent, anil, furthermore, they use hahlt-
tormlng drugs In obtaining victims for their
tramc, the Independent Imestlgatlons of the
two bureau have conclusively shown.
The campaign against white slavers In
New York city was largely responsible for
bringing about the new concerted ictlon
of the Federal bureaus. Taking valuable
clues from Prosecutor Swann's Investiga
tions in New York, the Federal agents plan
to scour the country In an effort to reduce
the vicious traffic.
Contrary to popular belief, the white
slave traffic throughout the country hos not
fallen off, but. If anything, has Increased
during recent years, according to the Bui
reau of Investigation. An average of one
new case a day la reported, It is stated.
ISot all of these turn out to be cases In
volving commercialized vice, but many of
them do, according to the officials.
Evidence gathered by the two bureaus
will be compared, and If the facts procured
on one charge are Insufficient to bring
about conviction the other set of facts will
be used. By Joining forces In this manner
t Is believed a long step will be taken
In suppressing vice.
CHARLES F. WEBER DEAD
Noted Watchmaker and Old Resident
Succumbs
Charles F. Weber, a noted watchmaker
ot Philadelphia, whose business was one
ef the oldest establishments In the city,
dried at the Hahnemann Hospital today fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis which he suf
fere at his home, SOI Race street, last
Tuesday.
Mr. Weber was born In Philadelphia on
August 1, net, and was educated In the pub
Ik) school of the city. Among his wide
circle ot friend be enjoyed a reputation as
a naturalist of extensive Information.
A widow and three children survive hlmi
Lijid Weber, a department head at the
WilH- H. Wahamaker store ; Bay Weber
aa4 Mis Emma Weber.
Tk fuairal. probably will be held on Mon
4y tram lb' undertaking room ot Oliver
H. Half. larij t will be made privately
l lsuM,hc Cemetery,
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HUGHES BEGINS TOUR
OF NEW ENGLAND CITIES
Candidate Arrives at Ports
mouth, N. H., Ready to Fol
low Route in Maine
POIIT8MOUTH, N, H., Sept. 7. Itepubll
can candidate Hughes carried his fight for
votes Into New Kngland today. For Ihe
next four days he will be campaigning
strenuously In Maine, His program for this
wind-up of hla transcontinental trip Ib one
of the busiest he has been called on to
follow since leaving New York more than a
month ago.
Arriving hern the nominee and Mrs.
Hughes motored to Hampton Beach, where
a brief noon speech was scheduled, Iteturn.
ing to Portsmouth Hughes was to speak
here and later at York Harbor, Me. He
planned to, motor from York Harbor t6
Portland for a nlgbt meeting A brief stop
was planned for rear-end platform speech
at Beverly. Mass, on tho return trip.
Hughes la looking forward with consider
aMe aetlopatlon to hla Invasion of New
fcnglund, and particularly Maine. His "day
of rar yesterday en routs from Cincinnati
was eeeupled principally rearranging date
f t a new series f assaults on the, Demo
rata. He zsts to duweet seme recent
DMtecraUq lglUt!on In pursuance with
Ma Hm of attaek on hi opponent flrt an
JMsoyd at Nartvllle, Te., and jJxBg".
?eWeaB, Fee ef Depe Men, Dies
Ptdla email Themaa Alexander, for many
yaai a terror to "dope" traflDekers In thi
tsndtetn. died last nlgbt of turculU
In Hcrantoa, Pa, Alexander was attach
? "?Hli and WlBUr tra4e U.
tton. He boaw III Aunit ?, and hla case
wtf tou4 as had Hihisenliatay AlaoiuWUr
litSpilie M the TsSrlBtaaiiV iSI
nufir fi opium wk! TSrsSm rseorts.
Register Today
TODAY Is the first reRlstrntlon
dny. Registrars sit from, 7 to 10
a. m. and from 4 to 10 p. m.
Second registration day Tues
day, September 19.
Last day for fillnrf nomination
pnnrrs for independent bodies of
citizens Tuesday, October 3.
Last registration day Saturday,
October 7.
All voters, irrespective of former
registration, must register upon one
of the three registration days in
order to qualify for thu presidential
election.
Today Is the first registration day, and
from the tlm the" (lolling viae en opened at
7 o'clock this morning voters turned out
by thousands to qualify for tho presidential
election this. faL
Tho polling places tcre open this morn
ing from 7 to 10 o'clock nnd will reopen
at I o'clock this aft-rnoon and remain opei
until 10 o'clock tonight,
livery Aotcr who wishes tb cast a ballot
.in uie presidential contest next Noxember
must register on one 6f the three registra
tion das this fall' In order to qualify.
Previous registrations do not qualify elec
tors to vote this year. The other two
registration days are Tuesday, September
IS, and Saturday, October 7.
No loter can register unless his namo Is
on tho assessor's Jlsttr. Yesterday was the
last day for placing names on these lists.
Voters also must have, lived In their dlvi
slons for at leaBt 60 days before election
day, which occurs on November 7 this
year.
Congressman John R K. Scott last night
continued the Vare campaign K purge the
registration lists In Stntfe Senator James P.
McSlchol'sdlstrJct ot "phahtoms." Address
ing a meeting of the'Thtrteenth Ward com
mittee, he told his followers that he and
Councilman William H. Jones, Vare leader
In the ward, who qverthrew John F. Fla
herty In the election last spring, would not
countenance fraudulent registration, es
peclolly from houses of III repute In the
ward.
Tho Republican campaign In West Phila
delphia was opened last night In the Forty,
sixth Ward. State Senator Kdwln H. Vare,
Receher ot Taxes W. Freeland Kendrlclt
and Harry A. Mackey, chairman of the
Workmen's Compensation Board and leader
In the Forty-sixth Ward, were the speak
ers at a meeting held In the new head
quarters of the Forty-sixth Ward Repub
lican committee. FJfty-sccond and Sansom
streets. More than three hundred attended
the meeting. '
HplJ M if! 'v?3' il 111
$ ,.? KK irSw"' &' s
Olive Irene Burns, 17, of 1052 Cherry street, nnd George Englc, Jr.,
18, a chauiTcur, of 01 East Penn street, were the principal actors in
n real, live elopement that rivaled the most thrilling motion-picture
romance. Thrills wr re added by n chase on the part of the bridegroom s
father, with the subsequent arrest of the young Lochinvar, followed
by a paternal blessing and marriage in Norristown.
City News in Brief
COAL USERS INVITED
BY STATE COMMISSION
TOlAKE THEIR PLEA
i
Else They Must Be Content fo
Bear' Increase l In Price
Without Hope of .
. Eelief , .
DEALERS DEFEND RAISE
Cltzens or representatives of the Coal
consumlng public generally have been In
lted by the Pennsyhanla Coal Commission,
appointed to Invest gate the Increase In
price of the fuel, to make their complaints
at the hearing which is being held In
Finance Committee chamber of City Ha,ll.
It 's that, or for this winter, at least, they
must hold their peace.
Dealers gave their side of the question
to the commission today, They are "going
Drone, mey say, unaer tno present condl
tlons surrounding the purchase and sale
of coal. Witnesses testified so today.
Among other things which have brought
Increases in 'coal prices during the last
three years they oitd: Higher price of
feed for horses, increased prices of gaso
line for trucks, Increased-cost of steel and
mine machinery, Increased wages to em
ployes. Shrinkage of coal during transit from
mine to dealr, bad accounts with debtors,
higher prices that mun be paid for draft
horses and many other such things were
also cited as having Influence upon the
dealer and necessitating his raising the
price ot coal.
PRICK OF DRAFT HORSES DOUBLED
"Why," said Edwin J. Cummlngs, retail
coal dealer, "It Is the poorest retail busi
ness there Is; there la small profit In it."
To Illustrate one reason why prices should
be advanced, Mr. Cummlngs told of an old
horse his company bought 20 jears ago.
It was then Blx years old, he said. The
company paid JfO for it. Now Its useful
ness gone, the old animal Is "on a pen
sion," being kept for Its past services.
"We paid 190 for that horse," said Mr.
Cummlngs. 'and now, after only four gen
eratlons of horses, we pay from 1200 to IIQQ
tor Buch as It."
Witnesses testified that the SM per cent
State tax on coal was borne by the dealers,
and the consumers were not charged for It
Tho ope re tors, they said, charged the tax
to them.
Samuel B. Crawell, vice-president of the
Oeorge B, Newton Coal Company, was on
the stand for several hours. Under oath,
and under constant grilling by Robert F
Oawthrop, of West Cheater, the chairman,
and James P. McKlree, counsel for the
commission, the Witness maintained that
the Increases In retail prices were justified.
He produced Involved tables of figures, sta
tistics and various facts to prove his con
tentions. Beside Mr. Oawthrop on the commission
was John Uingdon, a bituminous coal
operator of Huntington, th former home of
Ooyemor Brumbaugh, who appointed the
commission In .April.
DI3NIES DISCRIMINATION
Mr, Crpwell denied knowledge of Any dls
crimination .U.,the relation of, railroad com
P4nles to, coal dealers and operators. Ills
company, he testified, 'absorbed 11 ether
ones In 1J1J. At that time the Newton
company owped H yards, leasing eight
from th Reading Railway and four from
the Pennsylvania,
Sine- that tune, -however, several yards
have bn abandased. At every yard, he
said, wage are higher, tb.aotLoi; yard
malntenaaea la greater and the ct4 itself
costs more.
Ibor that In, 191 cost 19 a week now
coat tit.' Trlverwho then received U
are now. paid J; the east ofshoveU ha
rlA li per cent. and i eene ha bee added
to the det ef hews feed. ,
Th labor Hem of (k Newton Cometay
aproxlmat f f0,00 a year, he aM. When
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r"i;KI)I.N(l OAltnAflK to her children re
sulted in tho arrest today of Mrs Cannela
Ksposltn, 53 ears old, of 423 Monroo street.
The woman had made a prnctlco of collect
ing refuse from the rUer front, nnd. Inking
It home! cooked It for her children. On being
brought before Muglstrato Coward she ad
mitted to be true the testimony of William
J Wahl, Inspector for the Bureau of Health.
The Magistrate fined her S7.G0 and costs
u.iW a recent act of Assembly forbidding
Karb.n? to remain In uncovered recep
tacles.
FAI.Hi; ,nili:ST alleged to lisre'been
brought by Policeman John Kraux, of tho
Front and Master streets station, against
Abraham Horowitz, resulted today In a
Milt being Instituted against the policeman
for (6000 damages. Kraus Is said to lime
nttneked Horowitz with a rlub
Tin: CITY TKK.HUIIi;ir eeUI- state
ment shows that the recolpts during the
week ended last night nmounted to $2,983,
389. IS and the payments $607iHt 14, which,
with the sums on hand last week, not In
cluding the sinking fund, left a balance of
816,681,860.98.
WIIIPI'IMI A HOItSi: drawing n two
ton load of Ice cost Howard Brooks, a
driver of the American Ice Company, $10
and costs this morning before Magistrate
Pennock. AgcntB for tho Society for the
Preentlon of Cruelty to Animals testified
that the driver had beaten his horse while
the animal was struggl ng to climb a steep
hill.
MH'IIAIM. TOOnCIIUK, 21 years old.
Second nnd Fulton streets, was held In
$1600 ball by Magistrate Collins, accused
of robbing the saloon of John Aspert, south
wcbI corner of Front and Federal streets,
of $383 and $600 worth of Jewelry. Toor
chuk was arrested last June on suspicion
of complicity In the murder of a paymaster
In a factory at D street ana inaiana avenue,
but was later released.
IT COST TItn COUNTY of Philadelphia
Just $67,684 to place the names of electors
on the assessors' lists In preparation for
this fall's election.
The assessors of the 1311 election divisions
today made their returns to the County
Commissioners and each assessor was given
a warrant for $44 for his services.
CHIKF MriM.IAM H. CONNEIX. of the
Bureau of Highways, left this morning for
on automobile trip through Massachusetts
and Maine. Clarence Pollock, consulting
engineer of the Granite Block Manufac
turers' Association of the United States,
accompanied him. They will Inspect gran
ite quarries from which Philadelphia re
ceives Its street paving- blocks.
ritAYEHS FOR Till! public schools will
be said throughout the United States Sep
tember l Tho organized effort for a
national prayer has been promoted by the
National Reform Association ahd Is in
Philadelphia under the leadership of the
Rev. R. H. Shirley, of Frankford, and the
Rev. C. B. Alspach, 1538 Wlnghocklng
street.
T1IK CITIZENS' BOLIHEBB' AW com
mittee has received contributions aggregat
ing $36,996 and has expended $22,322 since
It was organized, according to the latest
figures announced.
SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS will
go to charity through the Buccess of the
forty-third annual harvest festival of the
Canstatter Volksfest Vercln, which ended
yesterday at Central Park, 4400 North Fifth
street. The colossal fruit column. was tori
down today and the. eight tons of fruit were
given to the poor.
CICAIlLEMACfNi; TOWER, former Am
bassador to Germany, may succeed the late
cx-Oovernor Samuel W. Pennypacker as
president of the Pennsylvania Historical
Society. As senior .vice president he is first
in succession to the office. Should he de
cline the place, Hampton I Carson, former
Attorney General of Pennsyhanln.: will be
the president during the unexpired portion
ot the term.
JOHN noSKMIAUN, n rtone mason
living at 2107 East Huntingdon street, Is
expected to die from falling two stories
when he missed his footing late yesterday.
He was working on a building at Granite
and Dltman streets. He Is In the Frank
ford Hospital with a fractured skull and
Internal Injuries.
BTKEKT.I'AVIJTO CONTRACTU, undtr
the $3S.0U0 loan bill recently passed In
Ilddystone. have been awarded by Borough
Council. The Union Paving Company, "of
Philadelphia, will pae Simpson and Ninth
streets, and the Eastern Construction Com
pany, of Philadelphia, will do the work on
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Lei per
streets.
ri.AN8 AVKllli MADD a( meeting of
the congregation of Adath Zlon Synagogue
laat night to raise money tor the children
suffering from infantile paralysis. A cam
paign will bo opened on the Jewish New
Year, wth an appeal for contributions.
THE MOTOR1IOAT pageant nnd river
demonstration to be held on, the night of
September 13, In connection with the ninth
annual convention ot the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association, will far surpass
any similar function ever held on the Delt
aware River, according to the committee
which made final arrangement publlo at
the convention headquarters In the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel, last night, Revenue cut
ters', torpedoboats, pollceboats and hundreds
of motorboats and yachts, gaily decorated
and lighted by thousands of Incandescent
lamps and searchlights, will participate .In
the demonstration, which will be held for six
miles along the river, following the arrival
ot the steamer Queen Anne, the official con
vention boat at the Delaware River bridge
from Trenton.
TI113 POI.1CI, MATKQNn' commute, of
publlo safety presented a request to Harry
C. Davis, Assistant Director of Public
Safety, for an Increase of 20 per cent in
wages. The matrons, at a conference, pre
eented the argument that they should be
given the same consideration as policemen,
A MA.VQUET WILL be tendered tonlrht
to Dr, Toby A. Greco who was an honor
graduate at Jefferson feiMcal College last
year and who ha Just computed the year's
hospital practice required by Uw. Th ban
juet will be U!d at th Continental Hotel
and Will be attended by about 200 persons
John fvatr will br toastmaster and the
speaksrs laclud Cballfr C. C A, Baldl.
Judge John M. Patterson and Colonel
Thorn Sdward Murphy, The lather of th
young doctor. Anthony Greco, will rrak
the BfMntatlo snar aad will present
his aoa with . full ht of surglcll lntru.
JI " MfssJ fr
iw aassjuaa mrmur sa i
tons f
Ltl
billets, the British steamship Anglo
Patngnnlnn will sail from this port today
for Bordeaux.
FOK ABOUT TEN minutes lst night It
looked as though a fire In the plant of the
Unit Construction Company. Ill South
Thirty-first street, would get bejond control
of the firemen and cause heavy damage
A quantity of vnrnlsh caught fire and, lg-J
nltlng a pile of wood boxes, causea names
to shoot more than one hundred feet In the
air.
MBH. CAIIOLINE EAItl.i: WIIITrt, pren
Went of the Women's Pennsvlvan'a Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Is so seriously 111 at her summer homo In
Nantucket, Mass , from nn attack of heart
trouble that death Is believed to be near,
A CONTRACT ron another link In the
Frankford Intercepting sewer, extending
form V .ngohocklng Creek to the Delaware
River, will be let by Director Dalesman
this week. It will mean tho beginning of
work to carry the big concrete sewer an
other 1400 feet eastward toward tho Dela
ware Hler to stop pollution of Wlngohock
Ing and Frankford Creeks and deliver the
cntlro sewage of this district at the disposal
plant about to be established east ot Rich
mond street. The work when completed
will put an end to pollution of the waters of
the Delawaro In this section of the city.
CHAItnnn WITH IHlIVI.Vn her hus
band's car without a license when It col
lided with a taxlcab on Radnor road on
August 6, Mrs. Mary .B. Dillon, of South
Forty-ninth street, has been fined $36.73
by Magistrate Buckland at Bryn Mawr.
AS A RESULT of being run down by a
motorcycle, Norman McQueen, 8 years old,
of Twenty-second and Curtln streets. Is In
tho Methodist Hospital suffering from con
cussion of the brain, a fractured arm and
possible Internal Injuries. Fred W. Johnson,
ot upland, Pa., the driver of tho motor
cycle, was arrested.
MltS. HUGH SMITH, of fillO Torrendale
avenue, wife of a Philadelphia policeman,
Is In the Easton Hospital recovering from
Injuries received when an automobile oc
cupied by a party of Phlladelphlans over
turned along the Delaware River road at
Lohnensburg yesterday.
. MART F. OAI'FEV, 2S years old, of 1S27
North Twenty-fourth street. Is recovering
from Injuries received when knocked down
by nn automobile driven by Dr. A. W.
White, a negro prysiclan, of 2123 Jefferson
street, at Twenty-first nnd Berks streets
last night. The young woman was taken to
the Woman's Homeopathic Hospital, where
her injuries were treated, but wbb Inter al
lowed to go home.
TIIIJ POLICE ARK SEARCHING for the
crow of a trolley car who ran down Charles
Tooey, 10 years old. of 2641 South Sartaln
street, JAst night, at Broad and Oregon ave
tj)ie. Tip boy is In the Methodist Hosp'tal
suffcrlng-from a fractured skull and possi
ble Internal injuries.
QUICK ACTION and presenre of mind of
Mrs. D. B. -Tomllnson saved her four chil
dren from probable suffocation In a fire
today at her home, 1255 East Chclten ave
nue. The woman, who occupied the second
floor, was awakened by the cries of her one-year-old
bo Edward. Sho found the bed
room filled with smoke. After opening the
windows quickly she carried the children
one nt a time to the street. The fire started
on the first- floor, which is occupied as a
fruit store by Morris Rosenberg, and caused
about $1500 damage.
THE noiY OF WARKEN HALL, evl-
dently dead for several days, was found
n bed at his home. 146 Palmer street, to
pay. Neighbors, who had'nnttrori that h.
house was strangely silent since Saturday,
"""'" " invito oi me fourta and York
streets station, who broke Into the house.
Hall, who was 48 years old. was found ap
parently dead, of heart failure. Ills wife
left for a week's stay at Atlantic City last
Saturday. Hall's body was taken by the
Coroner for an Investigation.
CAMDEN
News at a Glance
THE JOINT COMMITTEE representing
the city of Camden, the Board of Trade and
the Camden County Board of Freeholders
has completed the arrangements for the
entertainment of the delegates to the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Association, who
w II visit Camden on September 15. The
visitors will assemble on the plaza at Mar
ket street ferries, where Mayor Charles H,
Ellis will deliver on address of welcome
The response will be made by Congressman
J. Hampton Moore, president of the aBsoda
tlon. They will then Inspect the plant of
the Vctor Talking Machine Company and
proceed from there by automobile on a tour
of the city and county. Following an In
spectlon of the lew water works at Morris
Station, tho delegates will be'eptertalned at
a luncheon nt the Mohican Club, and then
returned to Cooper's Point ferry by auto
mobile, where they will board the steamer
"" Anna Proceed to tho Phlladel
phla Navy Yard.
AUTOBIOIIILKS CAUSED two minor
accidents In .Camden today. Joseph Delasso.
7 years old, of 18Q Mlckle street, was struck
though the mschlno nikit ., hi. ',".
he suffered nothing worso than sever j
brultes. Harry Robbina i .... .if": i
i.. Lh ? '?."' Tom Berlin';
attemptlnVt, tWjffSr T "" W""9
FAILURE OF A Jack to work Dron.tlv
cost Harold Kline, ' AT"!d."H.I
Una street, tree fingers. Kline Was Jacking
up a car on the West Jersey and Seashore
Railroad when the Jack Upped and hi,
hand was caught. Phjslclans at the CoW
tWflnSSif t1-" amputate Uw
CAMDEN HUMIDITY qded .uUln.
..vuu imw Wm-n Vliliam .Barrett, it
year 'old. was prostratd whue working 111
fireman on-th.Vtug .JtodeJU-dliT
?f0rt .'"&& .'nlance.to thVpe'optJ
Hospital. WJllam P. Kane,- of si Noth.
Klehth Itrul nnl.l. .. . i "It. iff f..:"T ln '
returned been' falling .InceHhe heat V.v2
MKB. NAOMI AKJISTHOXU. I ,..,.
old, and Mra, Kthej Howland. 27 year, old
both negroes, of Baltlmori. Ma. ".r
arrested today on the accusation er'jssVta
stolen waists and dresses valued aTim
from the store pf Morris Handli m
fc'Xin av""e' Camden. They were held
house ' ?r CUrt by K01'- &tackt
JOHN HKHU.V, J years oM. ttT A,
KitWlbbona on the accusatfoZ of
ipien )wo iwrsei frpn John Bil
miwmmr vi jirumor. h u. l.
Reorder HUtakkoiu to , TJLTSmZ
paper from FMwyivajrtaT ri0j,
r ,
TORT WAYNE. Ind.. '-Zof
Wayne bakers today nlwOVt Ice of
bread to six cents a loaf. A city ra'"a"
fixing 1 ounces as the weight of a loaf
prevented the bakers from reducng the
size of the nve-cent loaf The Price or
rolls also was raised from 10 to 12 cents a
dozen, .
. -..-t.t...t tin.
WARIIINOTO.V, MPt. !'";": "a"
son today nominated Char lei M.h.n.,
Portland, ore., m oe khu
terlor Department.
WASHINGTON, fepl. T.As "x totf
runner of congressional action to fore stall
the closing of the "open door In China,
.. ... .i.. cf.iti. Mf nnrfrla. Introduced
a resolution In the Senate this afternoon to
create a Joint congressional commission of.
four Senators and t Representatives to
Alslt ChlnA and Investigate American com
tiierclal opportunities there.
TRENTON, N. J., "ept. 7. Reports of
48 additional cases of Infant le paralysis
made to the State Department of Health
this morning brought tbe total to 2995 since
the epidemic was discovered In July.
NEW lonk, Kept. 7. An Inerrane of
eight In the number of new cases of In
fantlle paralysis and six In the number of
deaths were reported today. The figures
were 61 new cases snd 28 deaths,
ROTTERDAM, Sept. 7. The Norwegian
steamship Rllda has been sunk by a mine
or torpedo boat. The crew as saved. The
Rllda displaced 313 tons nnd hailed from
Chrlstlanla.
ZURICH, Sept. 7. Prolongation of the
life of the Reichstag for one year will be
considered when that body meets on the
28th, says a Berlin dispatch.
BUNnUIlY. Ta., Bept. 7. Master bakers
have raised the price of bread. For many
years six 14-ounce loaves cost 25 cents.
Now they are fle cents straight The raise
In flour costs Is given as the reason. B. F.
Bastaln declared the higher cost of ma
terlals has Increased his expenses $5000 a
year.
SOMERVILLE, N. 1.. Sept. 7. Frederick
A. Pope, former prosecutor, and who re
cently withdrew from the congressional race
In favor ot Congressman Hutchinson, has
Just returned from a trip through the South
Jersey counties, and says he found n strong
sentiment for the nomination of former
State Senator Joseph S. rrrellnghuysen, ot
this rlty, for United States Senator at the
Republican primaries. Ho says that many
former Progressives will support Frellni
huysen. HUNBURY, Ta.. Sept. 7. The Wash
ton party will not be reorganised In North
umberland County, according to William
H. Unger, Shamokin, a party leader. He
said he believed from the talk of his for
mer political associates that they will turn
In for Hughes.
ATLANTA, Ga Sept. 7. Iro W. Partln,
a former guard at the Federal prison here,
has filed a $10,000 damage suit, charging
deramatlon of character, against Thomas J.
White, a prisoner at the penitentiary, and
formerly a New York provision dealer.
Partln charged that White caused his
suspension as guard by making false state
ments about him.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 7. A man
damus directing the State election board to
show cause, September 8, why there should
not be a recount of tho Democratic primary
ballots on which Sidney J. Catts was de
clared nominee for Governor of Florida was
Issued today by the State Supreme Court.
W. V. Knott Is contesting the nomination.
BERLIN, Sept. 7. Delegates represent
ing Germany. Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
and Turkey hae met at Budapest for a
conference, ln regard to extension of traffic
on the Danube, The Danube has been used
extensl)ety for the forwarding .of war ma
terials from ' Germany to Bulgaria and
Turkey and the return of foodstuffs, but
the entrance of Rumania Into the war has
crippled seriously this means of com
munication. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Senator Fall,
of New Mexico, heads an .unofficial bureau
here to receive and investigate complaints
of Americans and others regarding loss ot
life and property ln Mexico during the
revolutions.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7. At the age of
105 years f months and 24 days, Mr.
Margaret' A. Dalzell, Pittsburgh's oldest
resident, died last night at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. T. H. Botce.
NEWPORT. B. I., Sept, 7. Flag and
code signal work marked the maneuvers
of the volunteer powerboat squadron of
the second naval district In "Block Island
Sound. Last nlgbt the patrol boats defend
ed the battleship Virginia against a sub
marine attack.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. A quarter ot
a billion acres of public land remain in the
United States to be taken over by home
seekers. Secretary of the Interior Lane an
nounced today,
COLUMBUS, O., Sept, 7. Hoys at the
Ohio Institutions for the Blind' are to learn
to swim and the g rls are to take up roller
skating. Both these pastimes are new ad
ditions to tho tarlety bf outdoor sporU at
the school.
COLUMBUS, V Ret. T. , For every
three marriages In Ohio last year at least
one divorce salt was started. For every
slx marriages one divorce was granted by
Oh:o courts and .one marriage annulled.
These figures will be cited In th forthcom
ing report of Secretary of State Qharles.p.
Hlldetrant. sopn tp' ba filed with Governor
Willis It was learned here today.
MOTORIST'S SKULL BROKEN
Two Companions Also Hurt When Car.
Is Wrecked on Main Mne
, Curve
Ore. man was probably fatally Injured
and .wo of his friends were cwt and bruised
whe an automobile turned upside down
early today as the driver attempted to make
a cirve at Parksld and Bryn Mawr ave
nue at what the police say was a hls;h
rati of speed,
Charles Hauptle, 41 year old, a sales.
man. owner nf th ma.hL. ...... .., .
ur.tr tho car. Through th efTort of a
fel.ow-motorist, Patrick McMahon. of 4(81
Wilde street, and Policeman Smith, of
U Slxty-flrst and Thompson street U
t on. .he was extricated from the damaged
tar and taken to the West Philadelphia
Homeopathlo Hospital, where, an operatfon
was performed to reduce a skull fracture.
The salesman had Invited F. I Kelly
whose omce is In the Real Estate Trust
Building, and p. L. Morgan, of 5333 Larch
wood avenue, for a ride when ha met them
shortly before midnight on Fifty-second
the MIn Lin and proceeded without mis
hap until they retched the curve. Kelly
and, Morgan were treated at the hopltal
.ana sent home. Hauptle lived at 5018 Wal.
nut street.
WIDOW FIGHTS HUSBAND'S WILL
Langhorne Woman jAgi, Ipquiry Into
Legality of Pocument
Mr. Frederick Rumpf, Sr widow of a
manufacturer, of LangborM, will ndavor
t0?Ifyt l5 of .her husbaad'a
w"i "'J' a ,hir.Yh lytlf.tlm u wtl
and th document la proved genuine."
"I :all not M,rndr my rlghu la ttu
eaUta until Jh. rtaot.ltht f
no other altarnatvt ',, mm. fAy!
letnpt io probat th w will b owod "
TJ will was tied for probata ymttSly
It sjra ataM th .nitre MUU, v7hirft
gfctlna; Um clabas of hi lUpw&tr.
BOARD ACTS TO SE.TILK,
NEW YORK CAR STRIKE
TWO SIDES IN MEETINg
State Public Service CommiV
sion Calls Leaders and Com
pany Ofllcers Into ',
Conference
UNION SAYS 9000 STRUCK
t
NI5W YORK, Sect 7. The Publle n.-i..
Commission took Its first step at noon toaarS
io pcmc mo biicc luuwtty BiriKe, when aa
meeting was held with represents! iv.. .i
tho Intcrborough Rapid Transit CompanV
sna re juri imiinnjo company and th
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""' "t""" ...! . Hireling, Pf(,,;
itient snoms, oi me mieroorough, Issued
statement declaring that the strike hadi
been broken on the elevated. suW .J
surface lines. This was denied by unlen-1
leaaers, wno aeciarefi mai mey had JJ '
started to fight.
William B. Fitzgerald, general organiser,
of the union, said he bellevril ih.t .r!T
9000 men had struck. Officials of uuuS
(tnmnaMl flirt tliat i(nl t ..'J
50ftn mn hnd milt. "VmI
n-nanltr tlt f-ttfa 14 hUm . il - S
"hn"1" - , nnv nan me flrMi.
hearing charged tho Interboroueh wml
It liad refused tho men's offar to arbitrated
Thousands of men and women, feiiW
trouble on the subway and elevatri tmS
went to work this morning In Jltnejvti
Which appeared In droves overnight, ? '
moving surface cars of such lines as wen
Bllll ill vciniviii 7
The Interborough Rapid Transit Cora.i
pany. operating the subway and elevtMA
lln -olrl ilrlnolH- nil tV.l l.-t ...'"'"
....Ur- .-.- ....u.., .. ...vi, .lama ten xncs
barns on schedule this morning. The cm.-
pany took advantage of the release ah
strike-breakers In various cities by the alKil
Ing oft of the railroad strike last wrt4
If i,nrirHa nt man w.r tiiivlJ I - 41
were held ready to take the places of ttatm
lar cmDloves who walked out. B
:.. -v. -. . r:r . t
uisoraer at eoverai points was reportta1''
today, but no one was reported Injured.
An atvnli-rl Irnln wan nttanti.j .. -
roofs of tenements at Eighth avenue ui3
lElst street, renorts from th ini..i.,J
ough ass-ted. Bricks were hurled froaT&l
the roofs, but missed their mark. Slralial
lar -attacks were declared in ho.-. .. (II
made at other points, but no damage wul
reported. J
rive mousano. ponce are on strike duty,!
From two to six uniformed men were u-'fJ
i-iKiicu iu every suoway ana elevated stt
tlon. On the subway a policeman was on 4
guard at the underground stations on bottif!
the UDtown nnd dnwnlnwn ,M i.i..-'
others stood guard at the entrances to thtfi
All subway and elevated trains werf-i
equipped with special wire guards to BrtfAJII
tect motormen from Injury In case of attack.5!
The protectors were made of wh-e nettlaSlli
i u i. o.wjj any inissie lest
uiiKiii. uu uiruwn. ine netting was set In
a frame, covering the exposed side ot ihi
inuiuiiiiaii B vesilDUie.
tAlilmitaV . IH N AT
FIGHT ON 8-HOUR ACTl
w
Believes Plan of SanA Fe RaiM
road Head Will HjvtS Few If
Imitators )
WASHINGTON. Sept. T.CorWssionsi(j
leaders were not greatly concerned todtyj
over the announcement hv Preslciant w p a
Ripley, of the Santa Ve, nillwav. thai ht1
company would not comnlv with lh Aitim.J
son e'ght-hour act "unless compelled to br;9
tne supreme Court of th Unlteji states."J
Thev flfwlar. thai InoaiAtirh nf- -1.. i.m
doeS not m Inln ftrt .mtll rTfinil-A.. - Mav.T
there will bo plenty of time toj meet anjr
lsstlA that iiple.. I i '1
"I don't think the railroad A generallfi
will follow the Intention of the 'Santa Vt.'d
said Senator Cummins, of Iojwa. "Ihti
penalty clause Is too s'lft, I the law?il
xnouia De aeciarea constltuiionai the rail-'
mnill vlnlallnn ,!. ... MmtilA ft t,Jli
to such an enormous aggregate 0f fines 1e,j
... wuiap ui ix icw monini inv mey wouia i
be bankrupt." t 'J
'Of course the railroads have; a perfeeYl
right to take their case Into cf,urt," saW?
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, '-as a law"!
jo, my upmion is mai ine iawj g uncon-F
stltutlonal because It Is h wage-nxing law.ff
"While It Is possible, that thi jaw mj
mi ue lecnnicany constn.ui.ijnaf, t let ri
tain that ihN ftta .irr iTi .i , i, i 1
. ... ... v..u wm. .D ,.,,, 1IVIU UIUI IU1 ByUliJ
Is in harmony with the spirit of the.dsfj
'" "ec.are u vana," said Senatsrl
"w iuiuion i,ewig.
MnTIIDn rn nn Ol-iw mnr
Mwiiiiiiv n.i uu ornva uinu,
CO, AVED SWEETHEART OF
Granddaughter as Bridesmaid
Grandson as Best Man
lIIt.I.VIT.T.n' V T B.nt 1 r l.
Facemeyer, within a year of' the centur
mark, last night gaye her "girl," Wrs. Mr
cj. i-eiers, o, in marr age. ,
Tha hinnw Kvl.vMAn v. 11.
-" vv3 itii uuiii was ainva pivm
lNfeal. a Vrell.tn.rin lr.Bl AMlHMtnK ...I.H Itf
only 68. The romance began several yearsl
asm and nmarr-mmmntt .ip-,11 If.. n.t. Mdl
--- r-. v.,u nvi. . 4-cicia ui-fTafj
a home at Kns Mrt Ufa In -,.. ...v.... ks
- - - " . .. ,,ok, nriicfv ,"
ceremony was performed In the preset)!
nt a lfl& Ann..... .. , n h.. .. 4
.uiujiiy vy me i.ev, ineoo?
.. uu,.., t"-avur vi mo iueinoaisi J'-piscop
Church. ,
Miss Blanche Hughes, a granddaUfhtwii
Was the bridesmaid and IT.mlu Ilio-Kafl!
grandson, wa best man. Mr. Facemeysrj
..v w. .,110 juiucoi. m nt party
READING BUYS "WAREHOUSE
Road Pays $425,000 for Property :
jueiawaro Avenue
The Heading Itallway Company ha pui
chased throueh lt bnidin. -.... i- ikaj
S va Ilf ' EitaU Company, from Oeortfl
--, ..,u, ujaurer oi me rideltty ttui
in mhanyJ ne elhl-"tory warehouse at tlw
--...nvv wumar oi ueiaware avenue "3
ureen Btriat. fnv fiac nna s
Thl Is one of tho highest price paid (JM
VHn-l unaware avenue pfowa
j-" uo waxenouso occupies , lot wlln "
Z..Jjt, .. . n na oepm io ine m
warden line ln tha Delaware River. s
is assessed for taxation at $150,000. It w
i i i. . ,,n anticipation ot lnorw
rreisnt buslnaa du. tn .. j,...1i ..i .
me DOrL Tha ula la at., t-- -a uua
-- ,- r"- - a- a.iv o.(aa rwviav-
on Delaware avenue for 8i number of year
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