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Revolt Afatnet Leader
"QTONEMKN xwt target! te res
Q fetwr before the last eketfen by
PMtor Stone. His lieutenants told
tMM they were supposed to support
tM eairdklaUs of the Franklin
HWrty("-.WiHIm P. Dcakyne.
Prrabrterian and Mcthedkt mln
men were invited today to loin
the United Protestant Fellowship.
organised by tke men who seceded
from the Stenemcn's Fellowship on
Saturday.
Seceding Stonemen objected to the
Third degree," which, they say,
made every Stonoman n member of
the Episcopal Church.
Doctor Stone, it is said, arrogated
to himself absolute authority in run
ning the organization.
Promisea m'ado by Doctor Stone,
it is said, were not kept.
Financial obligations of the or-
? animation augured ill for the
uture.
Prominent clergymen agree thnt
the seceding members have taken a
proper stand.
fee money taken In the Opera "House, I
asked (or an audit of hta accounts. A com
mtu ot three was appointed, but It never
get an opportunity to meet
"Fhe Fhlladelphlana made contribution!
t $1000 each. Three ot them were Mrs.
X T. Stotssbury, Samuel F. Houston and
Arthur E. Newbold. I joined the dissenters
, feeeaus I think they are unable to put the
organization on a business bails. Doctor
Stone accused me ot play Ins politics with
Senator Penrose, but there Is no truth
In it."
Before addressing the meeting;, Baxter
aid the tiw organization would have 5000
members to start with, and said there would
be no objection to publicity, as no movement
eeuld succeed without the support ot the
newspapers.
Doctor Stone barricaded his headquarters
today against Interviewers. Guards stood
around the omces adjoining 8t. James's
Church, Twenty-second and Walnut streets,
and no one was permitted to enter.
For one quick moment Doctor Stone put
his head out the door. On seeing a re
porter he slammed the door quickly.
The Rev. George Meyer was admitted to
Doctor Stone's headquarters after giving
thus secret knock. Later he announced that
Doctor Stone would Issue a statement next
Thursday at noon as to his position and
that taken by the secessionists.
One ot the guards, who said he was
Assistant General Manager Blrtl, said the
men who seceded from the Stonemen Fel
lowship did so because they could not In
troduce politics In the organization.
"They wanted to get the organization In
control of the politicians of this city." said
BlrlL "We would not stand for It, and
we're glad that they got out."
"We're glad to clean out the unscrupulous
politicians.
"Doctor Stone cares nothing for what the
public thinks. He knows he Is doing right
and Is satisfied."
Asked If It were true that an effort was
made to get the Stonemen Into national
politics, Blrll refused to make any com
ment '
Baxter was Introduced by the Itov. Dr.
"William II. Roberts. "I want to apologize
to your body for the actions of the Stone
men's Fellowship pertaining to ministers. I
assure you the cause was not the work of
the rank and file of the organization. A
number of us tried to correct conditions,
but exhausted ourselves.
"We found It Impossible to eliminate the
' highly objectionable third degree and ad
Just matters sc that ministers could attend
the meetings where they belonged.
"There has been dissension for the last
threo or four Aveeks. I came here In behalf
ef the United Protestant Fellowship and I
appeal to you'to get behind the movement.
It will not be favorable to any particular
denomination. Nothing In the ritual will be
objectionable.
"The rock on which the Stonemen'a or
ganization perished was the leaders, who
refused to give recognition We know wo
have been falsely led. Thousands of men
will now have no place to go. It Is your
duty to preserve the'je men. Tho United
t Protestant Fellowship will work hand In
hand with any Protestant denomination."
Motion was made to express the good
wishes ot the meeting for the new organiza
tion, but It was referred to an executive
committee.
The third degree employed by the Stone
men, In which the apostolic rite of laying
en of hands Is a prominent feature, Is the
ehlef cause of the revolt, according to nu
merous prominent ministers and members,
which has disrupted tho organization.
Those opposed to the degree said today
that it, together with the autocratic atti
tude ot the Rev. Dr. Stone, founder
ot the organization, was the basis of the
trouble.
' When hundreds of members bolted the
meeting at the Metropolitan Opera House
Doctor Stone said the mutiny was due to
politics. Tills Is denied today by the seces
sionist members and many prominent cler
gymen who have been Interested In tho or
ganisation. THIRD DEGREE OPPOSED
f" Among those who sharo thin opinion la
the Rev. Dr. Frank B. Lynch, pastor of
the Ebenezer Methodist Chmcli, Fifty-second
and Parrish streeti.
' "One. ot the objectionable features of tho
rrganlzatlon.9) he said, "w.u the third de
igree, which Included the laying on'ot hands,
which was virtually a confirmation into tho
Xplscopal Church. It was contended that
this was an Indirect method of increasing
the membership ot the KpWcjpal Church.
, Naturally It was sbJncUit to by members
cf other churches vho joined the Stone
men's organization.
"The secession was also due in a large
measure to the autocratic attitude of Doc
tor Stone. He refused to allow the finance
aommlttee to make a public report. He
refused to allow the committee on) con
stitution and bylaws to make a report. His
. assumption of the right to appoint and dis
charge all committees at will also aroused
great dissatisfaction. He assumed the
right to suspend or expel a member at will.
During a meeting he would recognize only
these whom he chose to. He frequently re
fu4 to hear those who roae to address the
Saaeting.
"The secession of so many members la
a, result of American against un-Amerlc4n
methoda. Whn the third-degree methods
aane to light the ministers of other de
nominations contended that It made every
member of the Stonemen'a organization vir
tually a member of the Protestant Epis
copal Church.
"Many believed that when this was ex
plained toCMr. stone he would see the Jus
Uca of such an objection. He was Invited
to a masting ot West Philadelphia mints-
tars ana tnere aMfea to mooiry the third de-
lor tae sane of narmony, its re-
"Laier a meeting was held by the mln-
Mars of alt the evangelical churches In
AMh Street Church for the aol purpose
t il MsslaaT this feature or the Mamn'a
HgMtaalHii. At this meating a aerHplt
. u nhM auiiwlnUd to call oh Mr. Stone and
4taW ataoeiatas and urge (haw to abetiab or
jbudity th third degree, up to the pres
ume mm nmty sta Been received r
v, .Mauris gaiMpaefi, pastor at
Reformed Church, said: 'The math-
of tfc Wcnemew were la direct varl-
wMh He purposes. J knew It wuW
n. Thacc has been twMstant dkwen-
ta Its ranks and there ecuM have been
eesitag. I prMtcx that the organ.
will he dlaeotvad, It Is a one-man
free I
fuceC
Jhrni From Cut in Mead
UMuftfcloua last night lying In the
f e Woo4 tract, Catharine Ue
out thirty-nine yeara old.wasraaiwed
Heatwtci. where it was
MC. Death to believed .to
teas due to the tea M blood front a
r gaj la her head Detective Timlin,
(T UUmttmOm tec sn, he ha-
aaclM ecat im e
EVENING LEDGBB-BmUADELPHlA', MONDAY,' SEPTEMBER 18, 1916
TRAIN HITS AIT0;
ONLY CHILD LEFT
OF TWO FAMILIES
-A
Girl Left at Home Sole Sur-
vivpr at Quakertown
Crossing-Tragedy
SIX KILLED BY SPECIAL
Bethlehem Pnrty Thought Track
Clear When Freight
Went to Siding
QUAKERTOWN. Pa.. Sept. 18. Two
families of Ilethlehem were wiped out.
with the exception ot a baby that had
been, left at home, when a Philadelphia
and 'Reading sptclnt train from Niagara
Falls for Philadelphia struck nn automobile
yesterday afternoon and Killed two men,
two women and two boys. The accident
occurred at the Kalrview road crossing, a
quarter ot a mile from tho station at
Quakertown, at 3:30 o'clock.
The victims were:
WILLIAM IIUK8ZIKER, forty-two tears eld.
MRS. WILLIAM HUNSZIKER. thlrtytnree
rears old.
ANDREW KNEFF forty ear old.
MRS. ANDREW KNEFF. thirty-six years old.
OEtman KNErF. twelve years old.
CHARLES KNEFF, alx vaara old
The Hunszlkers lived at 819 Prospect
avenue, Uethlehem, and the Knefl family on
Eighth nvenue. Hunszlker was foreman of
the drop forge department of the Detblchem
Steel Company's plant and Knelt was fore
man of tho die department.
Tho Hunsz'.kers' daughter. Gertrude, two
years old., had been left at the home of
neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Staufter.
The Kneff family was completely wiped out.
The families were on a pleasure ride and
left Bethlehem at noon. There Is a steep
embankment at tho crossing, and the tour
ing car in which they were riding was
struck in tho center by tho engine of the
Special. A freight train had just passed
on to a siding, and Mr. Kneff, who was
driving tho machine. Is said to have be
lieved he had a clear track.
The auto was wrecked and all of Its oc
cupants were killed instantly, except
Charles Kneff, who died In less than five
minutes after tho accident
The special halted., and its crew and
passengers helped to put the victims on
the freight train, which took them to
Quakertown.
A graduate nurse, whose name was not
learned, was on the special. Shi had young
Charles Kneff placed on the pilot of the
engine. Then she got on with him and
made a heroic effort to save his life. With
.the train moving at about 30 miles an
hour she ministered to the youth. Dut her
efforts were In vain. He was dead when
the freight train, which took them to
Quakertown.
The clothing ot all the victims was torn
off, oven to their shoes. Tho necks ot
both women were broken .and the skulls of
all were fractured.
The bodies were unloaded at the
Quakertown station and Dr. J, R. Umsted,
Deputy Coroner of Bucks County, was sum
moned. He appointed a Jury for the in
quest composed of Gordon Luckenblll,
Fred Krouse, William Krouse, A. J. Rob
erts, William Fitzgerald and Calvin
Heckler.
George I,. Cornwell. of Lansdale, Investi
gator for the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway, Is Investigating the cause of the
accident. At the crossing where the ac
cident occurred there are no safety gates or
warning bells, put merely a warning sign.
' Thomas Urunner, of Bethlehem, the con
ductor of the special, found a Masonic
mark on the watch chcln of one of the
victims. ,It was from a Worcester. Mass.,
Lodge. Dr. H. D. Heller, of Hellertown,
one of the railroad's surgeons, was on the
special and took charge ot the victims. The
names of the men were found on pay
envelopes from the Bethlenem Steel Works.
THREE WOMEN AND CHAUFFEUR
KILLED BY TRAIN NEAR ERIE
Pittsburgher's Auto Struck by New
York Central
CRIB, Pa., Sept. 18. Four persons were
killed at the grade crossing ot the tracks
of the New York Central Railroad north of
Glrard Depot today when the fast mall
train. No. 35, west bound, struck tho auto
mobile of Mrs. Percy Sieger, of Pittsburgh.
Those killed were Mrs. Percy Sieger.
Pittsburgh, wife of one of the members of
the firm of Sieger Brothers: Mrs. K. Ship
man, BSHImore, believed to be the daughter
ot Mrs. Sieger; Miss Maude E. R. Shlpman,
thirteen, daughter of Mrs. K. Shlpman, and
a negro chauffeur, name unknown.
The party stopped at a local hotel last
night and left for the West after breakfast
this morning.
The car was dashed Into a shapeless
mass. The negro chauffeur fell beneath the
wreckage and was dead when the train was
stopped. The three women were also dead
when reached. They had been entangled in
the wreckago of engine and automobile and
swept to one sldo.
At noon the bodies were still by the side
of the tracks awaiting the arrival ot Coro
ner Oardat from Erie.
Two Men Killed by Railroad Train
TITUSVILXJi:, Pa Sept. 18 John Pren
dorgast and Fred N. Matson, both residents
of this city, were killed last night when a
passenger train on the New York Central
backed over them as they were sitting on
the track. Both young men had been crack
ball players on local teams until the last
year.
City News in Brief
A KKYItOCKr.T HALUTK between pa-
Ing automobiles filled with picnickers from
a block party Is believed by the police to
hare been the cause of a fire at the resi
dence of Mrs. Minnie I-lttle. 2410 Spruce
street. Just before midnight last night, the
balls from ths rockets Igniting the awnings
of tho house The fire was discovered by
Mrs. John Rogers, 302 South Twenty-fifth
street, who turned in an alarm.
Tim HOLY NAMi: SOCIRTY ef Phila
delphia has decided to Join the Rig Brother
movement. Bishop McCort, spiritual di
rector of the union, brought a suggestion
from Archbishop Prendergast that the so
ciety organize a Big Brother movement.
The suggestion was at mice approved and
the society will work under tho direction
of Bishop McCort.
TIIR AtlTOMbllll.K of A, P. Herman,
422 Church lane, was stolen from Broad
street and Columbia avenue and aban
doned early today In the yard of the Ameri
can Ico Company, Kleventh and Dauphin
Btreels. The car was wrecked by driving
It Into a platform.
IMISCKII'TION' OK TIIK MAN who
caused the death of Catherine lileurlck, ot
908 Wood street, by beating her last night,
will lead to ths arrest today of Frank Buck,
a cripple, with whom she resided, tho pollco
say. John Kurrlck, twelve years old, of 912
Wood street, who was a witness to the af
fair, gave the police the story of the quarrel.
AI1SKNCK OF aiDKWAT.KB In certain
parts of the Fortieth Ward, residents of
that section said today, was responsible for
many accidents among children. Parents
and others nro at work preparing a peti
tion which will bo signed by residents and
later forwarded to Councils, which will be
asked to appropriate sufficient funds with
which to build sidewalks.
FOUIl L1TTLK girl llrlng In the vicinity
of Fourth and Spring Garden streets today
collected $3 for the Infantile paralysis fund
of the emergency aid. They aro Mary
SelebosUy, thirteen years old, and her sister
Elsie, ten years old, of 622 North Fourth
street! May Koenlg. eight years old. and
her s'.ster Marlon, ten years old, of 627
North Fourth street.
di:ti:ctivi:s or tiik cuntrai, ela
tion, who are Investigating how Russell
Cobb, three years old, ot 1407 Thompson,
street, obtained a bottle containing poison
on Saturday, feel that tho child's story Is
Improbable and are working on tho theory
that he picked It up In the street. Russell,
however, still says that It was given to him
by a man who said It contained candy and
that the man Instantly drovo away In an
automobile.
FOUR ENLI8TKD men In the army
were returned to West Point today, where
they are wanted for overstaying furloughs.
They are Collls Blgwood, twenty-four years
old, of Spencer, Mass.; Russel Barnes,
twenty-throe years old. of North Paterson,
N. J.J Walter Dexter, twenty-two years
old, of Springfield, Mass., and Andrew W.
Sorver, twenty-five years old, of Wilkes
Barrc. Pa. The men were brought here last
night from Wllllamsport. Pa., by oHIcers
from West Point, where they were arrested
on a chnrge of stealing food.
A CHOOK who apparently did not reallie
the value of real hand-made lace Ignored
$26,000 worth of the filmy stuff and took
(80 In cash from tho needle goods shop of
Albert Kayato, 1037 Chestnut street.
AN API'KAI. FOR FUNDS for the pro
posed 1300,000 memorial to Archbishop Ryan
has been made by James Ryan, nt the
quarterly meeting of tho Holy Name Society
of the archdiocese of Philadelphia, In the
parish school of the Church of the Ascen
slon, Westmoreland and G streets. The
memorial will be an Institution for tho deaf
and mute. Prollmlnary plans for a demon
stration of the Holy Name BTlety on Octo
ber 8 were made, lnstcai i one large
parade, as heretofore, there wll sectional
demonstrations.
IJATIIIIOU8E ATTKNDANCE at the
twenty-fle free bathhouses of city, during
last week was the lowest of the season. A
total of 88,709 persons used the baths and
this number was divided as follows: Men.
11,843; boys, 62,168; women, 3856, and
girls, 10,932.
WILLS ADMITTED to probate today
were those of Henry C. Stinger, who died
In the Oncological Hospital, leaving effects
valued at S4500; Caroline Rosenhardt, 2325
North Third street. J3800, and Julia Fitz
gerald 1310 Stiles street, $2050. The per
sonalty of the estate of James O'Sulllvan
has been appraised at $26,841.31.
WANT A 82000 JOIIT A Hie position?
Not a Phtladelphlan applied for the Job this
morning when the doors were thrown open
at 410 Chestnut street for the examination
as assistant surgeon In the United States
Public Health Service. In addition to the
above Inducements regular promotion is
assured and a commission is given In the
navy. Thirty-five vacancies are to bo filled,
but the response throughout the country
Is Just as unfavorable as It Is here,
TWO MEN, one of the two gangs of
highwaymen who held up two men In the
central section of the city last night, were
arrested today. Shortly after leaving the
Ninth Ward Republican Club at Seven
teenth and Filbert streets last night, Edgar
Penny, of 1711 Arch street, was robbed ot
his watch and $37 In cash. Two men, said
to have robbed the politician, were cap
tured by District Detective Malone and
Policeman Furey and held under $600 ball
by Magistrate Collins. They said they
were Robert and Charles Drpgan. ot Mere
dith street, near Twenty-second, Acting
Detective Burgess, of the Eleventh and
Winter 'streets station, la Investigating the
report of Frank Miller, of 401 Hlnkson
street, that four men attacked him near
Ninth and Vine streets and robbed him of
his watch, chain, stickpin and $25 In cash.
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Pcnn player, who was injured in
football practice nt LanRhornc
today.
LOUCKS DISLOCATES
SHOULDER IN PRACTICE
Red and Blue Backfield Star
Injured in Drill at Lang-
horne This Morning
LANGHORNE, Pa., Sept. 18. Shorty
Loucks, Penn's dlmlnutlvo hackfleld star.
Is Injured. Tho speedy athlete had liln
shoulder dislocated In practice this morn
ing, nnd probably wilt be out of the game
for at least a week.
Coach Folwcll had much confidence In
Loucks. He Is game, nervy nnd experi
enced, and Injuries nlono kept him off the
varsity squad last season. Ho Is u product
of the York High School, and later played
on tho Lafayette eleven. Ho was Ineligible
for the freshman team at Penn two years
ago, and last year made a hit by his dash
ing and fearless play.
This especially was noticeable and con
spicuous In the Cornell game on Thanks
giving Day. Ho was sent Into the fray
In the last nine minutes of play, nnd his
dazzling return of punts and his brilliant
end runs made him stand out as tho Indi
vidual luminary during his stay on the
field.
Coach Folwell sent Loucks to Philadel
phia shortly after tho accident to see Doc
tor Carnett, who attend to the crippled
Red nnd Blue athletes.
BREAD TO SELL BY THE POUND
So Says John Vivdin, if Bakers Put
Prices Up
Bread must be sold by tho pound In Phil
adelphia If the prlco of the present size of
loaf Is Increased by a concerted action of
the bakers of the city, according to John
Vlrdln, chief of the Bureau ot Weights and
Measures.
This ruling can bo enforced, Mr. Vlrdln
said, through an old law requiring that
bread be sold by the pound, though not
specifying tho price per pound. In addi
tion to this. Mr," Vlrdln will also recom
mend that Councils Immediately pass an
ordinance completely regulat.lng' the mat
ter. As a result of the high coat of flour
about forty small bakers of tho city have
been forced to go out ot business during
the last two months, according to Fred L.
Schllchenmayer. an pfllcer of Philadelphia
Master Bakers' Association. He predicts
that 200 more will be squeezed out' within a
year unless conditions are bettered. '
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25,000 DOPE VICTIMS 4 ,
IN CITY', SAYS CONVERT
Continued from. Pace One
smoking gave my body a pleasant numb
ness from head to toe. It gave me a de
lightful feeling of floating In lllmy, rosc
ttnted clouds. As I lay and smoked I used
to be afraid that somebody would kick me,
and scatter my dreams.
"I soon became a chronic 'hop.' I lost all
desire to work and adopted the easiest way
to obtain money to keep me supplied In
opium layouts. I was soon conducting an
opium Joint myself and Initiated others into
the mysteries of opium smoking. Toward
the last of my eighteen years of servitude to
the dope king I switched, to cocaine. The
drug fiend receives his grand diploma when
he gets the cocaine habit.
"A person cannot sleep with cocaine In his
system. When I used cocaine I was fre
quently on my feet for a week at a time
with hardly a wink of sleep. Sometimes I
became so overcharged with the drug that I
would spin around like a top.
July 20, 1909, I dropped oft a freight
train at Berks street and became a pan
handler In the Tenderloin. I was reduced
to almost nothing, physically and mentally.
My chest was caved In like a man in the
last stages of consumption. I shambled
along like a man In his dotage my weight
had shrunk to 118 pounds. At thnt stage It
required from two to three dollars per day
for my dally supply of dope, and I had to
get this money somehow. Then one day,
when all of the vital organs of my body
were about gone, I strayed Into the Galilee
Mission and was converted."
Henry Burger Dies
LANCASTER, Pa., Sept. 18. Henry
Burger, one of Lancaster's leading building
contractors, died today from a paralysis.
attack, aged seventy-seven years. He 'en
gaged In many Important building opera
tlons In Lancaster, Philadelphia and other
places.
News at a Glance
ltlRMINnilAM. Ala., Hepl. i. Sliortee
of unskilled labot In the Birmingham dis
trict is threatened because of ths exodus of
between 4000 and 'BOOO negroes drawn from
this section by prospects on the Tennsyl-
i vanla Railroad, West Virginia mines and
the coal fields ot Kentucky and Pennsyl
vania. INDIA NATO I. ft), Sept. 18. Charleo W.
Fairbanks, Republican ndmlnee for Vice
president, has arrived home. His physical
condition, which has been such that he had
to cancel speaking engagements after ap
pearing nt Atchison, Kan., was Improved,
'and after a few days' rest he expects to be
ab to resume campaigning.
I TOLEDO, O., fleptr IS. The Own Hot
.tin Machine, Company, of Toledo, has d
rclared h cash dividend amounting to $1,131,
142-2,S5 to stockholders of record on Sep
'tember 22. The regular quarterly dividends
'of t'J per cept on preferred and 3 per cent
on common were declared and also an extra
dividend of 8 pr cent on common. Surplus
after payment of the present dividend
amounts to $2,699,836.05, It was announced.
AM8TKIIOAM, Kept. 18. Aecordlna to
the Frankfurter Keltung. the commander of
the Fourteenth Germany Army Corps, Lieu
tenant General von Haenlsch, has been
placed on the retlccd list.
r.UUS, Kept. I. Official notice hat been
given that tho price of Issue ot the new
war loan will be 88 francs, 75 centimes.
NEW YORK, Hey. 18. The aehooner
Oeorgo Churchman, with a cargo of coal
from South Amboy, N. J., for Augusta,
Me., sprang a leak near City Island and
sank In ten feet of water.
MEXICO CITY, Hept. 18. Oeneral Car-
ranza has Issued n decree regulating banks
and tho lssuo of bank notes. The decree
provides banks shall Increase their resenes
until they nro sufficient to cover all paper
money already Issued. General Carranza
will appoint bank examiners, and It banks
do not comply with the decree they mus.
liquidate and dissolve. The decree also
takes away the monopoly of Issuing bank
bills from banks, as tho a lvernment Is pro
paring to open a bank for the Issuance ot
this form of money.
DENVER, Sept. 18. Five ampulei of
"cyancuprol,"" the new preparation for the
troatment of tuberculosis discovered by
Doctor Koga, of Japan, the first shipment to
America, aro in the possession of Dr.
Nobuya Kunltoma, a Japanese physician of
Denver and a member of the American
Medical Association. Ench ampule contains
six cubic centimeters of the Koga solution.
Tho contents of a sixth ampule have been
Injected into Nick Captain, a young Greek
patient of Doctor Kunltoma.
CHICAGO. Sept. 18. Ru-iilnn and Tnle
of tho West Side foreign quarter fought
their way yesterday Into a State bank nnd
started a run. The bank was that of
Schlff & Co., which has $2,600,000 In de
posits and in considered solvent. Failures
of another prlvato bank have caused panic
conditions. More than $50,000, mostly In
savings accounts, had been withdrawn
when the bank closed yesterday afternoon.
WcBt Side foreign banks are open for a few
hours on Sunday.
CHICAGO, Kept. 18. Plana for one of
tho largest railway passenger terminals In
the world have been proposed to the City
Council by President Markham. of the Illi
nois Central Railway. Tho station. It Is
proposed, -will bo granite and steel struc
ture, 400 by 700 feet, with a facado of mas
sive sculpturod columns. Tralnshcds 1400
feet long and covering forty tracks In two
"decks" are provided
PHOENIX, A''-. Pei't. 18. Hundred- of
delegates to the meeting ot the American
Institute of Mining Engineers began today
a weck'a tour of the mineral centers of this
State and New Mexico. They ure traveling
by train, and automobll4,an'd will hold dls
cusslonsof their work at different points.
THo principal places to be visited are Santa
Rita, and Hurley, N. M., nnd Douglas, BIs
bee. Globe and Phoenix. Arl. The party will
Inspect the great Roosevelt dam. '
BATON ROUflE, I.a., Sept. 18. .Word
ing to official figures, former Governor J. Y.
Sanders was nominated In Tuesday's Dem
ocratic primary to succeed Representative
Lewis L. Morgan from the Sixth District
by a majority of 324 over Amos L. Ponder.
NEW YORK, hept. 18, Statistics In the
Infantile paralysis epldemta for the latt
two days show further reductions. Fif
teen deaths are reported for the last forty
eight hours and thirty-four new cases.
NEW YORK, Hept. 18. V-nte C. Sle
Cormlck, Democratic national chairman,
was to. return to headquarters today from
his western trip, which Included 'Indian
apolis and Chlcugo, but It will be several
days before the chairman can aunounca
definite plans for the remainder of the
Democratic campaign, i
NEW YOUKf.;Sent. 18. Seven thouian.l
chandelier makers went on strike today for
a forty-eight-hour week and an Increase
In ray.
CAMDEN
A MOTORCYCLIST who ran over Arthur
Anderson, twelve -years old, of 1162 Lewis
street, is being sought today by the Cam
den police. The boy Is In Cooper Hoapltal,
Buffering from alight cuts on the scalp.
LONELINESS, according to. the police,
prompted Mrs. Carrlo Booth, twenty. five
years old, ot 63 Boulevard, Gloucester, to
drink poison today at her home. She was
removed to the Cooper Hospital. Her con
dition Is not serious. Mrs, Booth's hus
band is a commercial traveler.
DISCUSS BUDGET OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mayor and Vare Members of
Board Said to Desire to
Create New Jobs
Mayor Smith today conferred with
County Commissioners Harry Kuenzel and
George F. Ifolmes relative to the size of
the budget the commissioners should sub
mit to Councils for 1917. Robort J. Moore,
the MdNlchol member of the commission,
was not present.
, it hap been reported that the Mayor'.i
conferees, the Vare majority conmlMlone''
want Councils to authorize many new Jods
In the various divisions under their super
vision. Before the visit of the commis
sioners, the Mayor conferred wllh Fenator
Jamaa. V, McNIchol anO later with Con
gressman William H. Vare. Neither -would
dlacuus the object of Ills visit,
Chairman Joieph P. Uaffney, of Councils'
Finance Committee, who took part In the
conference with the commissioner. In
paaklHg of the dlzcusslon of the budget
ah! that owing to the change in fonn of
tfca appropriation! for next year many
waafteaf bad arisen In their cempllatlon.
TMa, lie Bald, wa the case with thp County
Cmmla)onera, w
Budgets of several of the larger depart
mattla'of tit oily goternment ! net been
completed, aarf. M h question f iw posi
tion eaiUra into a awbr o thaw, may not
b furaj It ill la time far Ceuaclla' maetlng
n TlumaVay.VAU tke bUdgU pay be in
ranm& t tt form of provrltln bill
t ( ess eat October ( aa4 (bay Uua
rW Jtgpjf , tJM rtMM CtnuittUi
DANIELS DENIES BLUFF
IN ARMOR PLANT PLAN
Navy Secretary Disavows Any.
Scheme to Force Manufac
turers to Cut Prices
Bu a Staff CorrttpondtHt
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18 "We are going
to, build an armor plant."
That was the unconditional announcement
made today by Secretary of tho Navy Dan
iels, when ho learned the Impression had
become general that n threat of Government
manufacture was being made to get satis
factory prices from the private plants now
In operation In Pennaylvan'a.
Following the public hearing last week
by the Secretary, nt which 12G cities pre
sented arguments Jot the location of the
plant, reports gained circulation that the
Administration was (Imply "blurting" and
that no Government armor plant would bo
bpllt.
"That Idea Is wholly wrong," said Secre
tary Daniels today, "Congress not only
authorized me to provide an $11,0000,000
armor plate plant, but 'as It directed me
to either build or buy, I would liaxe no
cho'lee in the matter. We are going to
liaie a Government armor factory. That
Is ceraln, Not one ot the three existing
armor Plato manufacturers has offered to
eell, and I hope ntne of them doe."'
Secretary Daniels aald another hearing
would be given Friday for cities daalroua
of preventing arguments for the plant. Cltlea
In New Jeisey and -Virginia have asked to
bo heard.
HUGHES TO SPEAK
15 TIMES A DAY
Plague Kill Child at Media
MKOfA. Pa., Hept, 1. Grace, the year
old dybtr of Jama Coopr, of War-
villa, J. I aie nare uum or
iwraijasaf at Mm bat of fc K.
wser Wm Cpr bar
a! l"
Schedule on Second Campaign
Trip Calls for That Left
New York 'Today
NEW YORK, Sept. 18, Invigorated, by a
five days' rest, Charles E. Hughes left New
York at 8 a. m. today on his second cam
paign tour, and from now on will be on the
road almost constantly until election day,
November 7.
Mrs. Hughes found at the last moment
that she could arrange her affairs so as to
accDinptiiy Iter husband and was with the
candidate when their train pulled out for
what will be one of the most energetic cam
paigns ejver attempted by a presidential
candidate Hughes will spread his doctrine
of Republicanism In Illinois, Wisconsin,
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and New York before he returns here Sep.
tember 29. The schedule calls for an aver
age ot fifteen speeches a day,
T,he Hughes party left In the car "Na
tional" attached to a speed! train. The en
lira train was made up of Ave cars to care
for the party of thlcty-flve, Including secre
tarlea and newspapermeji.
During lila.trht the nominee wll attend
throe State fairs and will wind up his trip
at the Informal State Republican conven
tion at Saratoga, N, Y., September 28.
Oyster Stew ScaWa Visitor
Nathan Lilaweakl, two yearB old, of S3(
North Third atraat. was scaldod v.
tarday wuaa, jam .ot milk, hat4 for an
PRESIDENT ATTENDS
FUNERAL OF SISTER
Body of Mrs. Howe Buried Be
side Parents in Column
bia, S. C.
MORE PAY, LESS WORK
IS FIREMEN'S PLEA TO
MEMBERS0FC0UNCILS
Committee From All Ranks in
Bureau of Fire Makes Re
quest in Formal
Letter
LABORERS BETTER OFF
A plea by city firemen for better pay and
working conditions was forwarded to mem
bers of both branches of Councils today.
The letter states that "few men cara to
enter the service now" and advances the ex
planation that young men would be glad to
enter tho Bureau of Flte If conditions ot
time and money were made more attractive.
The ordinary hose and ladderman." says
the letter, "receives $1100 annually, which,
considering the time put In, amounts to
fourteen and a half cents per hour. This
is much less than a laborer receives at
the present time, and offlcera of the bureau
receive less salary than officers In the same
lino of duty In other first and second class
cities."
The letter continues:
"All men In the service of the Phlla
delphla Fire Bureau are required to give
twenty-one hours out of twenty-four every
day to his duty. The other three hours aro
spent In getting his meals and this Is
continued for five conaecutlve daya when
ho Is off from duty for twenty-four hours.
Tho fireman sleeps In a hot, stuffy room
with his fellow firemen, fully clothed and
ready to respond to every alarm of fire
that goes over the wire; and no matter
how many alarms may be struck In a day
or night, every flrehouae In the city re
ceives the alarm and every fireman ort
duty In the city knows that some members
of the bureau have responded to the alarm
and others are ready to cover up and pro
tect adjoining territory.
'There Is nothing to Induce the young
men of the present day to enter the Fire
Bureau, -whereas It It was made a little
more attractive by giving the men better
conditions, both In time and money, the
bureau can be kept In Us proper condition,
the men be of an Intelligent class, they can
be Induced to remain and also can become
batter acquainted with their respective
families, and the Inclination to resign from
the service after twenty yeara will be elimi
nated and they will be satisfied to remain In
It until they nre required to give up by rea
son ot the normal condition of mankind,
(that ot old age). The pension fond of the
firemen will not be In danger of being de
ploted and exhausted by an abnormal drain,
upon It by men who could still give good
and valued service to the bureau for many
more years than Is done at the present time.
The pension fund Is primarily Intended to
protect men in their old age and In In
firmity not for young men less than forty
five years of age who have given twenty
years to tho Bervlce when they would gladly
give twenty yenrB more If conditions were
more attractive and more tolerable."
The committee is composed of Battalion
Chief John Meklll, Captain Eno, of Engine
Company 49, Fifteenth and Snyder avenue;
Lieutenant Wills, of Engine Company 66,
Marshall and Erie; Steam Engineer Wig
ncr. of Engine Company 60, Cambria street
nnd Park avenue, and Ladderman James
Slmlster, ot Truck 6, Haverford avenue and
Preston street,
U. OF P. CURATOR UNCOVER
POST-FLOOD CHRONICLE
COLUMBIA. S, C, Sept, 18. President
Wilson today brought to Columbia the body
of his sister, Mrs, Annie E, Howe, to be
burled In the churchyard where lie the
bodies of his father and mother. The
funeral party reached Columbia shortly
before noon,
The ?lty refrained from formal public
marks of sympathy, although there were
many persons at the train when the Presi
dent, Mrs. Wilson nnd others of the funeral
party arrived, The absence of ceremony
was In obedience to the wishes of the fam
ily. Long lines ot people thronged the streets
As the funeral party made Its way from
the station to the First Presbyterian Church
and hundred llorked about the edifice with
heads uncovered. A brief service wan con.
ducted by the pastor, the Rev. A, W. Black.
wood, asalated by tho Rev. Thornton Whal
ing, president of Columbia Seminary.
Interment Vvaa made In Jha family plot nt
the center ot the churchyard. The com
mittal service, brief and. simple, was pri
vate. Mrs. Howe rests beelda her late hus
band. Dr. George Howe, known here as "the
beloved phyalcjan of Columbia." The santa
modaet ahaft which marks hta grave will
Indicate that of the President's winter also.
The graves of tha If&aaldent'a fating an)
mother, thp Rev. Dr. Hajd.Mra. Joaayi) Ry'.
glea WJJaqn, aro'oaily few feet away.
The I'raaldeat am his party will ava at
MI p, m, for Linf strtUH. Ha wUI spend
Continued from race One
Pennsylvania expedition excavated at Nip
pur. In the Valley of the Euphrates, In
1888-1910.
The fragment. No. 4662, In the Nippur
collection, Is part ot a three-column tab
let. Doctor Langdon Bald.
Doctor Langdon also raid that since
his arrival In this country he has reWsed
his translation of the much-discussed Nip
pur tablet describing the flood. Hta first
translation, which established that tho sur
vivor of the Hood, the Noah ot the Bible,
-was the person tempted In the Garden of
Eden, was made from photographs ot the
tablet which was sent to him at Oxford
by the University Museum officials.
His translation from tho original, he said,
was substantially the same as that made
from photographs except for a few details.
The table does describe the flood and the
fall of man, he asserted. Recently Dr. Mor
ris Jastrow, librarian of tho University, an
eminent Babylonian scholar, disagreed with
the Langdon version, saying that mere
heavy rains, not the deluge, wero re
ferred to.
An Important addition to the story. Doc
tor Langdon said. Is that man, through eat
ing of the forbidden tree of fate, lost his
moral sense as well as his superior, Intelli
gence. The noted Assyrlologlst made this
discovery shortly after the same conclusion
was reached by Professor Schell, of the
French Academy, both men working inde
pendently. The clay fragment dates from about 2260
B. C, and Is part of (he literature of a
civilization that preceded that of the an
cient Chaldeans and Babvlnnlnnn.
I
FOUR TRY SUICIDE; TWO
SUCCEEDjJTVVO ARE DYING
Illness and Melancholy Responsible in
Every Instance
A man and a woman are In a serious con
dition In hospitals today as a result ot at
tempted suicide. Two others killed them
selves In this city yesterday.
The police ot the Slxty-flfth street and
Woodland avenue station believe that Mrs.
Mollle Felcher, forty, 8318 Eastwlck ave
nue, who attempted suicide yesterday after
noon by setting fire to her clothing, was de
mented. She Is In the University Hospital,
Because he had been 111, Howard Paul Hoff
man, thirty-eight, 6738 Ludlow street, at
tempted suicide by swallowing poison. He
Is In the West Philadelphia Homeopathic
Hospital.
While his wife went to a bakery, John D.
Cox, fifty-two years old, of 2424 North
Fourth street, committed suicide by hang
ing himself In the cellar ot his home yes
terday. Cox was a butcher and had been
despondent, do wan A. Brown, alxty.flvs
years old, of 1622 Weat Edgeley street, was
afraid of becoming blind, and committed sui
cide by Inhaling gas In the kitchen of his
home last night.
Potato Crop to 'Be Increased
WOODSTOWN, N. J Sept. 18. Potato
growers In South Jersey, who were caught
this year with a small acreage and at a
time when prices throughout the country
reached a high mark, are preparing for a
bigger Cr,op for 1917, with the expectation
that prices will continue high for another
year or longer.
InlsjaMsJ armtar a jtnU4 vftou Mm, Tha a- "? w'nitfM in Wa4nHoji Umvrnvtr
C1NC0 CIGARS
Now Five Cents Straight
Owing to the Increased COst 0f pro
duction, the manufacturers of CINCIO
Cigars, OTTO EISENLOHR & BROS
IlfcORPORATED, have advanced their
selling price to the dealers, and, in
future, this cigar will be sold to the
consumer absolutely at five cents
straight, Instead of six fpr a quarter
as heretofore. '
The CINCO Cigar has attained a
national reputation, and, through the
U. S. OPENS FIGHT
TO RIVAL JAPAN'S
TRAFFIC IN CHINA
Department of Commerce
T.nvH Pinna -Tnv Tj- Hi
Extension
. (
SFAIN ALSO NEW MARKET'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.-A compreW ,
taai famnalBTM tt Amam1a a a .
In China has been organized by the r
of Foreign and Domratln num.... .. .. .
nnaHm,mt fit rAmm.M- r . . fl
" "-,v" "-"mmerciai oHI.
clals believe that the Japanese aggreseloni
can be offset. In some degree at least, br "
Inducing American merchants and mit.
facturera to enter Chinese markets new'
largely monopolized by Japanese products. '
Preliminary work on the trade exlemloa
campaign already has been begun
Julian Arnold, commercial attache at'
Tekln, now isxin a tour of the Padfla .. N
States, explaining the possibilities of tb,J
uninese iraao to businessmen here. At-1
iacno Arnoia win spend several months In
this work, and when It Is completed he win '
como 10 tvDsmngion to organize the cam..
nnlan l,fnrM f,lii.nlnw tn r(.lH. m.
operation of Chinese merchants In the
United States, asjwell of Chinese diplomat!.?
officers here, will be sought In an effort t
Increase trade relations between the two 'ri
umi n melius oi strengthening tht
diplomatic bonds.
While tho commercial officials plan .
gretslve steps In China, the State Depart. "3
ment has determined to make no Immediata
protest of recent Japanese aggression In.
China. The diplomatic negotiations Inci."
dent to recent Japanese demands on China '
will wait until the end of the Europets
war. 4j
Spain, once the mlghtcst power In trad"'!
on tho Seven Seas, Is seeking to regain hrtJ
International prestige and Is looking to thv
United States for aid. King Alfonso, who '
throughout his reign has been known as anj
admirer of American progrcsslveness, hajTl
,. ... .. -...,,... , . . . . )m
iaiu uui n luciciiuuuu cuinpHiKn 10 ISKO ad- -
vantage ot the opportunities for expanded
trade the European war has given his nt-H
tlon. '
Prior to the war goods from Germany
filled tho Spanish market. The Spanish
people now are using American products'
and aro said to bo better satisfied with themj
King Alfonso Is planning to send trade cem-1
missions to this country to study Americas
business methods. He also will seek to
havo communication facilities established'
between his country and the United States,
plans being now afoot for a new direct';
steamship line and for Improved cable,!
wireless and mall facilities.
AUTO VICTLM IMPROVING
Representative P. C. Hicks Thrown i
From Running Board of Car
POTIT WASHINGTON. I I., Sept 11, j
Dr. Forbes Hawkes, who is attending RepJ
resentatlve Frederick C. Hicks, today said.
the latter's condition was auch that hr?
would be able to be about In. a few days. Dr. ?
Hawkes said he had been unable 'to find anr a
broken bones, and that there was no frac-1
ture of the skull or other bad head Injuries.";!
iiepreseiuauve jiicks was riding on tlw.j
running board of Dr. Hawkes s machines
yesterday afternoon, and was thrown oil
when the machine went around a turn, not-J
rur from tno nome of Dr, Hawkes.
yl
MARTLNDALE'S BODY WILL
ARRIVE HERE SATURDAY!
Will Be Brought to City by Dr. Warns'
Babcock
TOnrrl Tirna rAAli',1 inAnxr 41, at 4li twwltf '
of Thomas Martlndale, who died In noruyly
ern British Columbia last week while .on afl
hunting trip, will arrive In Philadelphia
next Saturday.
A telegram telling when the body would
arrive hero was received by Mrs, G, J Bab-ij
cock. 2033 Walnut street, from her aon.H
Dr. Wayne Babcock, who accompanied Mr.
Martlndale nn his trip. The telegram wJJ
sent from Juneau, Alaska. It stated that!
Doctor Babcock, with tho body ot Mr Mar-jl
tinaaie, would take a steamship at BkaC'i
way, arriving in Seattle Tuesday.
TOO LATH FOR CLASSIFICATION
HELP WANTKD TKMAI.K
HOUSKKKEPKR. WORKINO. OKR
MAN Oil HWKDISH PIIBKCRHBUI
MUHT UCS OOOD TOOK AND MAN.
AdEH, IN APAIITMKNT. XAMII.V
OF TWO OOOD IlBFEflUNCK UK
tJUinED. CALL -MIS WALNUT ST.
NUHHE aim. wanted to tako care of 8
cnnarrni must nava some experience, 4P
iuuw. jam si.
TECEPllDNK'OPERATOns, local and Ions l
iniitwi cKpenvni'ru, Apply nryaion .-,.
v.o., iqj ,. ,q si, L itoom Qd,
HELP WANTKD MAM!
MAN AND WIFB. WHITE. TO CLEAN
WOKKHOOM AND PAUIXIHS IN
I.A lUlU DHKR8MAKINO KHTAIIU81I
MENTl MAN MUST UNDERSTAND, J
1IOT - WATER HEATlNdl ONI.f
THOSE WITH JANITOR EXPERI
ENCE NEED APPLY I OWN APART
MENT BUPPMEIM PERMANENT PO
SITION TO IMOHT PERSONS. CAIA
2012 WALNUT HT.
YOUKfJ vrhlta m,n in aaalaf huffon mutt '
iiwrltnce and reference! permanent plo,S.
country, appix ova uraxai via.
QEXXX
XXXI
ONE DAY
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$9 fin aKImorV
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tllltjl HHI
$2 rtf) WmMkbU
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Braaq t. 7.M4J1 wt PWIi. 7.MB
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