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DELAY CERTAIN,
OFFICIALS SAY
r Would Modify Ten-
ive Agreement Worked
Out by Taylor
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that tha actual ltatlna- of the nro-
Mfffcfpttd transit system to the Phil-
im. lupid Transit wtnnnry or to any
operating company a Mtft a matter
C the distant future was glreu at the first
Stub serlta f omc'V conrftrotices on tne
nltuatlon mid In Mayor smuna
late yesterday afternoon.
Mayor and the dlhsr -city rtnre-
Uvea on the r, IV, T directorate
I Sheldon Potter and William nan-
declared after the conference thit the
proposition has ai yet assumra no
rshantj Onllr the barest outlines
co-operative nirreement were marked
and many mora conferences must fol
', they aald. before any concrete propoat
an be worked out for submission to the
Transit Company for action.
"' The tentative agreement worked out be
tween the city and the transit company
tavm visvm n wn l. a r nl.. Pf-a-fln. wilin
Jwas then plrcctor of the Department of
City Transit, will be used as the basis for
uht reopened nssotlatlont, Mayor Smith an
nounced. At the tame time, ne indicated
that the orlctnat proposition would have
to be modified In some respects to meet
ehanred condition. Hut what will be the
ztent of tha modifications he would not
reveal,
The second of the series of conferences
fa will be held tomorrow afternoon. In addl
3tlon to tha city representatives on the P. It.
H-T. Board, the Mayor expects President
S Thomas E. Mitten, of the Transit Company,
.jft'and Kills Ames Ballard to bo present. The
4.? data which Is to form the basis of the
t renewed necottatlons will be none over and
kiH Is likely that the city authorities will
&L then continue to work out their proposition
y$: alone.
E-Jv So far ai the goneral public Is concerned,
its?' the most significant result of the conference
riwas a statement made by William Hancock.
Pk "The Interests of the public are belnir
safeguarded, said Mr. Hancock, and I
am confident the publlo will be satisfied with
the proposition which Is worked out."
The financial aspoct of the co-operative
amMnant la tha falnn whlh la lnlntf ftin
trnen the greatest dlfflculty, it won freely ad-
mltted. The possibility that the operation
f the new lines will result In a deflolt for
1 - a short period of years Is the problem de
manding attention of tha directors.
Such a deficit, colonel Potter said today,
can be mat In one of three waya have the
company bear It, have the people bear It
MthroURh an increase In the tax rate, have
the passengers themselves bear It through
a temporary Increase In the fares.
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YALLEGED BLACKMAILER'S
&- WIFE BLAMES ENEMIES
Centlnnrd from race One
charge of having Impersonated a Govern
tnant nmnlnl. n. Secret Servlca nft-nnt. .and
Wmn nnarntlvn nt thn TTnltarl Statpfl TVenftrt-
ment of Justice. A charge of ntt-mntlnc
Sto obstruot justtco also was made against
i film. Arftorrilnir to the Federal authorities.
he was instrumental In the alleged kid
naping of Mrs. Kllpper In order; to prevent
her from appearing at the hearing of an-
-ther alleged member of the gang. The
iwarrant for the arrest of Butler, however,
encloses the fact that Mrs. Kllpper was
only mulcted or soo, instead or ouo, as
; originally supposed.
Tha specific charges against Clears But.
Ia- Mlntail tn thn TVItinnfinv f-aaa nnlv AI.
f4' jthough Mrs. Wlnpenny died several weeks
ago there is aamtttea to De a great aeai or
DIAMONDS- WOltTII 0 were stolen
from the home of Mrs. Hannah Wolf, at
1737 North Fifteenth street, and a negress"
employed as a servant In the Wolf home
has been arretted In Baltimore hy Phila
delphia detectives Her husband, who Is
believed to liav assisted her, has also been
taken Into custody
ftiMXS VLYAMIA. ItAIMtOAl) employee
will be Informed ns to the modern develop
ments In the electrification of sleam roads
by an exhibition of specialty prepared
motion pictures to lo gln tonight at the
P. IV It. T. M C A., l'orty-nrrt street and
Westminster avenue. An extra exhibition
for the benefit of men on night duty will be
given tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
TKN riltl.ADKiritfAN sueeessfully
passed the xamlnaitonr before the Btato
PharmaesutleM Kk.unlnlng Board st WIN
llamsport. l'su, on tjoptember 1 and 1. Tho
successful Phlladelphlnns are Albert If. A
Bailey, Ada M. Uyntoll, Paul 11. Buoy
master, llrnjamln H f'nrnon, J,ipoU I ,
Ilelfand,, .lay A Kmlth, Jllchicl Si Inff and
Benjamin J. Wcxlnr; as'lM.int nharnnc sts.
Peter Crancr and Delia M t'ooper. The
next examination will be held In Philadel
phia and Pittsburgh, November 17 and Is.
PAYSII.XT WAS slopped on ran
tractor's bill for a paik Improvement pay
able to l.'dward Fay ft Sons, hy the City
Controller's olllco. on the ground that tho
contruct specification" had not been com
piled with. The warrant for final payment
was 1 1375. Tho Department of Public
Works let a contract for Improvement nnd
development of Cornelius Park, Frankford
avenue nnd Comly street, for J4B00, In Sep
tember, 1916. TliiJ specifications required
that the work be. finished In sixty days and
4 penalty of $10 a day was to be enforced
until the work was completed. The Job, It
was said, was finished only recently and
the penalty amounts apparently to $2400.
i'iciuni:s auk ow avaii.aiu.k for
the tonnage moved Into and out of Phila
delphia by tho Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
and Heading and Baltimore and Ohio ltall
roads for 191S. According to statistics
furnished the Chamber of Commerce hy
these railroads, the three Byatemshandled
14,642,741 tons of freight Into and out of
Philadelphia during 1-016. This U a gain
df moro than 2,000,000 tuns over the previ
ous year,
OKORGI! W. Oltltl lm rr.lsncd u
president of tho City Club becaufo of his
duties In connectton 'with the new Farm
Loan Commission The board of directors
accepted Mr. Norrls's resignation with a
resolution of appreciation nnd regret, and
decided to give a public dinner to him upon
his return from the West.
A TAU OP $30,000 hit-. Ii-en paid to I
1 .. ill -....-. Y?...!..lt t., .1.1. aa.nfn M K
AUUIIUT lieilfl. XUCI Jt m nnv ...
(Mward Bromley, of Philadelphia, vulued
at J1.000.000. Tho estate of D. T Watsorr,
the late Pittsburgh attorney, Is estimated
Of $2,500,000, all subject to collateral In
heritance tax. A checK tor iuuu was re
ceived yesterday from the estate of Lord
James W. Doughlass Compton, of Eng
land, who died last year, owning property
In McKcan county valued at $22,000.
TIIK Fi:ir.ltAI. trial of the ltet. Oeoricr
Chalmers Itlchtnond, suspended rector of
St. John's, Episcopal Church.'lms been post
toned until December, pending the, result
Of the clergyman's trial before the cccleslr
astlcnl board of tho Kplscopal Church, The
Criminal charges against the rector resulted
from letters he wrote to Knjoward Nu
mer, a former parishioner and ex-convict, In
which ho Is said to havo demanded money.
Before pressing Doctor Richmond to trial
on these charges Uplted States District
Attorney Kane said he desired the cccelcsl
"astlcal charges to bo adjusted.
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' given at preliminary hearings can be used
? In the case, the Federal authorities say
;, they have sufficient other witnesses to prove
the blackmail. The brothers are alleged
to be Implicated In this case. William But
ler Is alleged to have represented himself
tQ Mrs- Wlnpenny as a Federal agent, with
ra warrant for the arrest of ono of her sons
2J"for the violation of the Mann act. He of-
xereq v nave tne case aroppou, nowever,
If she would pay him $8000, Mrs. Wln
penny refused and caused his arrest.
fiP, ?. T. DECLARES ITS
FIRST DIVIDEND
A BKOITAI. rOIt (he benefit of Ilia chil
dren orphaned by tho war will be glen th,ls
afternoon in Kewport at the home .of Miss
Martha Cpdman, o.n Bellevue 'kVeniJe. The
comedy, "The First1 , Lady or tne j-apa,"
will tie given, after an ntroductlon''b'.tho
author and lecturer, Mrs, Ida Louise Olbbs.
The affair Is given linger' tho patronage of
Miss Codmin.'Mrs. William' Howard Taft,
Mrs. Georgo Peabody Wctmore, Mrs.
Livingston Beekman, Mrs. Samuel f. Mc
Call, Mrs. 'Perry Belmontf Mrs. John II.
Drexel, Mrs. Maude Howe, Elliot and Mrs.
Laps Anderson.
QUAItBKI.INO WITH his lfe, Frank
Shlnn, ' forty-five years Old, 40 North
Percy street, became violent, the police say
Mrs. Shlnn was taken to St. Joseph's Hos
pital today, Policeman Fox, of the Tenth
and Puttomvood streets station, seeing the
ambutapce drive away, inquired about the
trouble and then arrested Shlnn. He was
arraigned before Magistrate Beaton today
and held for court In ,$1000 bond.
EOKLEY B. COXE, JR.
ECKLEY B. C0XE, JR.,
DIES AT DRIFT0N
Millionaire-Scholar an Invalid
More Than a Year Student
of Archeology
Ccktcy Brlnton Coxc, Jr., millionaire
scholar, of this city, died today at his sum
mer home at Drlfton, Pa., after an Illness
of a year. Ho was forty-three years old.
News of his death was conveyed In a
dispatch to this city from Hagleton. Al
though he ond his aged mother, Mis
Charles B Coxe. with several relatives
had been on a motor trip to Maine recently,
his condition was known among his friends
to have been extremely serious and his
death vas not a complete surprise to the
society world.
His handsome homo at 104 Locust street
has been closod for the summer, and
although no word has been received here
conce.rnlpg funeral arrangements It Is ex
pected that 110 will oe ouriea in mis cny.
Mr Coxe was a nephew of the pioneer
anthracite coal operator, after whom he
was named. Ho waB not actively connected
with nny business and devoted most of his
lime to a study of archeology. He was a
liberal financial supporter of the Egyptian
explorations' carried oh by tho Univ'erslty
of Pennsylvania, from which Institution he
was graduated In 1893.
Many, of the exhibits collected by expedi
tions undertaken with Mr. Coxe's patronage
are on view at the University Museum.
To his liberality are duo many of the
Kgyptologlcal discoveries of foremost lm
Pharaohi. In July, 1915, was received the first re
port of the Kckley B Coxc, Jr. Hgyptlan
expedition of tho University Museum.
Through this undertaking, a party or ex
plorers unearthed tho ruins of an ancient
temple on the Bite of the city of Memphis.
The magnificent structure had been cov
ered with the mud of the Nile and by tre
mendous effort, with the money backing of
tho Philadelphia millionaire, the structure
was revealed to modern man. The temple
Is believed to have been tho house of wor
ship of Barneses II, greatest of the
Pharaohs.
This and other archeologlcal discoveries
will make Mr. Coxe's name nn Immortal one
In the history of archeologlcal research.
Although he did not usually participate
In the expeditions, he planned and financed
them and was a close student of Egyptology
from the library viewpoint.
Mr. Coxe was unmarried. He was a
member of -one of Philadelphia's foremost
families, but seldom took part In the gayer
side of society life. While his friends and
relative. of equal social standing were at
tending balls and dinners he was devoting
his time to his books,
He was a member of the Rlttenhouse,
Racquet and Philadelphia Clubs, the Qer
mantown Cricket Club and the Philadelphia
and Huntingdon Valley Country Clubs,
New York Primary Also Indi
cates Robert Bacon Loses
Senatorial Nomination
NEW Tonic. Sept. .0. Sixty per cent
of the 30,000 Progressives who voted In
yesterday' primaries cast their ballots for
Governor Charles S. Whitman, IterAibllcan,
Who won the Republican gubernatorial nom
ination. Forty per cent supported Justice
Samuel Ij. Seabury, the Democratlo nominee,
who will oppose Governor Whitman at the
pot la.
This much was Indicated In still Incom
plete returns this aftern'oon which Indi
cated also the possible defeat of Robert
Bacon, former Ambassador to Franco, who
had the support of Colonel Roosevelt, ex
Benator Root and William Barnes, of Al
bany, for tho Republican nomination to the
United States Senate.
Tho latest returns how William M. Cat
der, of Brooklyn, leading Bacon by 6567.
votes with 1146 district missing, but the
former Ambassador falling to show his
expected strength In delayed returns from
upstate.
FINISH FIGHT FOR VOTES
IN lriDDLB WESTERN SPATES
Both Sides Lino Up Best Speakers, In
cludinjj Women Campaigners
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. The presidential
battle will be fought to a finish In the Mid
dle West. Both Democratic and Republican
managers believe that Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri will
tilt the scale.
Candidate Hughes's drive through Illi
nois, Indiana and Wisconsin marks the
opening of the big battle.
Following Hughes, Theodore Roosevelt,
former Senator Beverldge, of Indiana;
Theodore Burton, of Ohio ; Vice Presidential
Candidate) Fairbanks, Senators Sherman, of
Illinois, and Harding, of Ohio, wtn a nosi
of others, will enter the debatable territory
and the battle will be uninterrupted until
election eve.
The Democrats, meanwhile, are prepar
ing a counter-attack of equal vigor. They
have arranged for the heaviest attack dur
ing October, although Benator J. Hamilton
Lewis, of Illinois, Is now on his way West
over the route taken by Candidate Mar
shall. W. J. Bryan, Senators Stone ond
Retd, of Missouri; Secretary of War Baker,
Governor Walsh, of Massachusetts; Sena
tors Shafroth, of Colorado, and Williams,
of Mississippi ; Charles A. Towne, once free
silver champion, and a great array of
Democratic field marshals will counter
charge the Republican ranks
DEMAREE PITCHES
IN FIRST GAME
PCeaUnoed from Iase One
j prodding the management with questions.
nnqulred as to whether the stockholders
were not entitled to some consideration.
Doctor Snyder called attention to the
..faet that "the publlo and tha employes are
now satisfied, now what about the stock
holders T Are they not entitled to some
consideration?" William J. O'Brien, another
5 stockholder, also Indulged In the dlscus-
aJon as to dividend prospects.
1
f Dofitor flnvder sain atan 4hAf nhe nMeM1
(0 tha company entering Into any long-
"term contracts with the city. She said
H that aha did not know A. Merrltt Taylor,
tithe former Director of the Department of
I City Transit, but from the circulars that
mm had received she had arrived at the
laeoeluslon that he was a "promoter." On,
jfK other hand, aha said. Director Twining
EM in engineer.
EARNINGS INCREASKD
The eomoanv'a earnlnas' statement for
If August, which was given out after tho' ad
journment of the annual meeting and the
,' dividend action, showed that the manage-
'mmi was lustinea in us action. Aumiat.
I which Is the second month of tbe new fiscal
Iiear, showed a continuation of tha good
SSwlnga.
rs passenger earnings for the month
allea 11,073,556, compared with 11, sib,.
1 hi the previous year, while the receipts
other sources brought the amount up
Rto IZ.HMift. against fl.S97.76S in 3,916.
Vkt net was 1926,363, against' $811,019. The
Mtpiua anowea a remaruaoie gain, being
$11, HZ. This compares with a. deficit of
I4M2 In 1116.
:' yr the two months the gross passenger
Amines were ,20i,3l, against $3,577,15;.
; drees, with receipts from other sources.
lMW4 $ 1,564,7 J 5, compared with f 3.137.080.
",. I1,1,I17, against $1,655,330, Bur-
?s,Djii. xnis compares with i::,69l
.year.
ELECTIONS
tha ennual meeting of the company
H. coates acted as chairman and
iWfrldfe was secretary. The annual
fer the fiscal year ending June 30
pved. J. J, Sullivan and William
hehnerdlne, whose terms as directors
were re-eieetea 10 r lour years, me
'cast for them amounting to 4.3,
fcarca out of a possible 600,000. The
were re-eleeted by the directors.
wlor to the meeting stockholders
Vnten Tracttwi Company met. Their
was a out and dried suslr, James
whMiki and wiuiam J, wsieias
secretary. The directors were re-
without owltlo, the only changes
the Latkn of Jam O, Balfour and
C Olteta. Thy sue4 Qeorgt W.
1 n ,! H. DUston, .awtased,
MiM W M. George
mmmto i being made today for
of Mia JSUen M. George, an
of Csauba who died suddenly
at the heene of her sister, Mrs.
Clark. H1 7 Hujh street, Cm4i.
r-nlna years 01a. im
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CAMDEN
' JOKING WITH men nt various bars by
pretending that ho was holding them up,
Alexander Iogan, 13! South Seventh
street, became sober today when Recorder
Stackhouse sentenced him to serve ninety
days Ip the Camden county Jail on a charge
of carrying concealed weapons. Policeman
Frank Wagner had arrested Logan while
the latter was playing his Joke last night.
FOB HTniKI.'O HIH WIFE during a
quarrel, William Brannln, 28 yearB old,
j23 North Front street, was held for court
In $300 bond by Recorder Stackhouse. Mrs.
Alice Brannln, the vvjfe, .testified that she
was holding her two months old baby In
her arms when her husband struck her.
KNOriCEI) INTO A BUSHBI, BANKET
when she remonstrated with a drunken
customer, Mrs. Itebfccah Ditch, owner of
a grocery at 325 Atlantic avenue, caused
the customer's arrest. Ho was Herman
jlorner, 323 Atlantic avenue, and Recorder
Stackhouse Imposed thirty days In the
Camden County Jail as his sentence.
'BEAST SAYS M'CLAIN;
DENIES O'BRIEN PARDON
t'ontlnoed from Pure One
right center. Demaree fanned Paskert
walked, Bancroft filed to Hinchman. Sn
runs, one hit, no errors.
THIRD INNING
Fischer sent a long fly to Paskert.
Cooper singled to right. Warner fouled to
Stock. Blgbco lifted to Paskert No runs,
one hit, no errors. ,
Stock was called out on strikes. Fischer's
throw retired Whltted. Cravath lined to
Smith. No runs, no hits, no errors.
FOURTH INNING
Carey went out to Luderus, unassisted.
Hinchman singled past Stock. Wagner
bounced a single off Demaree's glove.
Schulte hit into a double play, Nlchoff to
Bancroft to Luderus. No runs, two hits,
no errors.
InderuM out to Wagner, unassisted, Nie
hoft popped to Smith. Warner threw out
Burns, No runs, no hits, no errors. '
FIFTH INNING '
Smith sent a long fly to Whltted. Ban
croft and Luderus retired Fischer. Cooper
went out the same way. No rune, no
hits, no errors.
Demaree fanned. Paskert filed to
Schulte, Warner threw out Bancroft. No
rune, no hits, no errors.
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Philadelphian Meets Caustic Re
fusal Before State Pardon
Board
HARRISBURG, Ta., Sept 20. "That's
all I want to hear In this case; no murder
ous beast In human form should have the
advantage of any technicality of the law."
said Lloutenant Governor Frank B.
McClaln, when the application of J, W.
O'Brien, of Philadelphia, for commutation
of death sentence came before the State
Board of Pardons today.
No new evidence was presented and the
Lieutenant Governor objected to tho appli
cation on the ground that It did nothing
moro than review court testimony.
Similar objection was raised by Mr.
McClaln to an up-State application asking
pardon for a man represented by counsel
as having been given a term In the peni
tentiary "vvhen he should have received a
light Jail sentence,
"This board was not made to hear such
cases," said he; "this application should
never have come here. So far as I am con
cerned the pardon board will not sit as a
court to resentence prisoners."
Business Men Tell Chamber of
merce Opportunities
From Wilmington, Del., there comes to
the Industrial Bureau of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce, an appeal for ad
ditional workmen for whom employment
is reaay in tne Morocco factories. In the
ship yards, In the car foundries, ammunition
plants and In the building trades.
Special stress Is laid upon the fact that
the Municipal Paving Company of Wil
mington Is unable to make any progress
In the paving work on account of the In
ability to secure laborers, although the Is
$2.C0 a day.
The business men of Wilmington have
asked the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce to Bend all surplus labor to them.
land the Information Is passed along by
the Chamber.
rOTTSVILI-TI, P.. Kept. 0. The Un
coin colliery of th Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron Company, at Pine Grove,
resumed work with Its 1500 employes this
morning after a suspension of three weeks
A strike was declared then, because sev
eral of the employes reported for work
without the union button. At a mass-meet-Ing
last evening the men voted to return
to work. The Lincoln Is one of the largest
producers of the Rcsdlng.
INniAXArOMB, Hepl. . Allan I
Benson, Socialist candidate for President,
renewed his attack last night on the mili
tary appropriations for the present year,
which, he said, were the largest ever made
In time of peace by any nation and criticised
Section 79 of the Hay-Chamberlain army
reorganisation bill, which authorises the
President, In time of war, to draft Ameri
can citizens Into the army.
BOCK ISLAND, 111., Sept. 20. The small
arms plant at the Rock island arsenal Is
to be reopened next Monday to manu
facture rifles after lying Idle for four
years. I'lght hundred persons will be em
ployed. Plans for the $1,250,000 munitions
plant are being prepared, and It Is hoped
to begin actual work on the buildings this
year.
WASHINGTON, Sept. tO.--Th Amerl
can Red Cross has announced that, In be
half of tho war relief committee of New
York, It has started to prison camps of
Siberia, via Tientsin, China, a shipment of
211 cases of supplies for German prisoners.
The shipment, made from Brooklyn, Is con
signed to the American Consul General In
Tientsin. It weighs 31,900 pounds and Is
valued at $17,587.
IIKHMV. N.P(, to. Iteeelpls of (he Prus
sian state railroads for the transportation
of freight In the second year of the war ex
ceeded by five per 1 ent the former high rec
ord made in 1913.
WILKKS-IIARHK, r Kept. SO. The
Commissioners of Luzerne County ond the
Councllmen of Plttson, at a meeting here
decided to offer a reward of $ltOO for the
arrest and conviction of the dnamlters who
have been wrecking homes and endangering
lives In Plttson and vicinity.
1.AM1IEKTVILLB. . J., Sept. 20. The
voto on commission government here,
resulted In 150 majority for the new form
of government. Four hundred and seventy
eight votes were cast for and 328 against.
HAIUUSnUna, Kept. 20. Thirteen hun
dred and twenty-seven cases of Infantile
paralysis have been reported to the State
Department of Health since July 1. Seven
hundred and forty-three of these cases oc
curred In Philadelphia.
HAltUISnUnO, Brpt, 20. I. Howard
Swartley, of Bucks County, has filed an
Informal complaint with the Public Serv
ice Commission .against the Sprlnghouse
and Hllltown Turnpike alleging excessive
tolls. Attorney General Brown has
granted a writ of quo warranto against
the Johnstown, Indiana and Westmoreland
Turnpike Road Company to show cause
why lis charter should not be revoked be
cause of failure to properly construct and
maintain Its road,
BOSTON, Kept, 20. The greatest spread
of Infantile paralysis since the disease be
came epidemic In this State has been re
ported to tho Department of Health, Thirty
nine new cases developed In the last twenty
four hours, as compared with forty 'In the
previous forty-elght hours. Since the first
of the month 360 cases have been reported.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. The protest
filed with the State Department by the
Belgian legation against an enforced loan
of $200,000,000 said to have been Imposed
by German military authorities probably
will be forwarded to the German Gov
ernment without comment. Ambassador
Gerard may make Inquiries In behalf of M.
Carlier, director of tha National Bank of
Belgium, who was Imprisoned after ho re
fused to surrender the bank's assets.
KI, PASO, Tex., Sept. 20. Massachusetts
Field Hospital Number 1, Troop B, Rhode
Iteland Cavalry, and tho Rhode Island Am
bulance Company are to entrain for their
State camps at once. Troops from Tennes
seo have arrived to replace them.
DATTON. O., Sept. 20. Five hundred
members of the National League of Post
masters aro here today In annual conven
tion. The association includes postmasters
of the third and fourth class of tho country.
Fourth Assistant PoBtmaster General James
I. Blakslee, of Washington, D. C, will make
an address.
MISS DELLA COOPER
Philadelphia srirl, who ii among tho
winners in the examlntion before
the State Pharmacy Board
ACCUSED OF SENDING
THREATS TO PRESIDENT
Secret Service Captures. Alleged
Letter Writer After a
Year's Hunt
DJSLNHERrTSWIFE
WHO DESERTED lffl
Man Who Died in Hospital Be
queathes $2500 lo His
Nurse
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20. Accused of
sending threatening letters to President
Wilson, Morris Diamond, slxty-two years
old, who says his home Is In Bay City,
Mich , was arrested here by United States
Secret Service operatives after a man
hunt of mora than a year. Diamond, who
nets peculiarly, Is being detained until a
thorough examination can be made of his
mental condition.
Diamond told the Government agents that
mysterious voices have been calling him to
kilt the President. The prisoner says he
was born In Berlin and that his relatives
were granted property patents In Bay City.
He declares this property la now worth
$760,000 and It Is his equity in this prop
erty that he Is fighting for. The Govern
ment Is cheating him, he says. Two years
ago he attempted to obtain nn Interview
with the President, but was refused,
DIRECTORS MAY REORGANIZE
LEHIGH ROAD MANAGEMENT
New York Men Said to Be Dissatisfied
With Present Control
Important changes In tne management of
the Lehigh Valley Railroad are said to be
near at hand.
jnnuenuai ew lorn men, ii ih ueiiGveu, i
nva fnrrtlnir thA Irriia. Thv riemriml- It la I
said, better results, Inasmuch as the stock
of the corporation Is selling around eighty,
which bringB a return of six per cent, while
the dividends from the stock are ten per
cent.
While the changes In the management
may take place today at the meeting of
the board of directors, It Is believed that
they will confine business to declaring a
dividend and let the management remain
as It Is until the annual meeting of the com
pany, E. E. Loomls, vice-president of the Lacka
wanna Railroad, Is slated to succeed Presi
dent K. B. Thomas, whose age and 111 health
are given as reasons for his retirement from
active management of the properties.
Falling to provide any fund for "ri w)f
who he declared deserted 'him wlthouJ
cause, William J. Phillips, who died ,,,
cently at tho University Hospital, by v.
will probated today, left $3500 to Miss M
II, Wagner, a nuraa connected with tB,
hospltat. The major portion of th, ia,
estate Is left to Morris K. PhMip. .
brother of the decedent.
The clause making the bequest t tk
nurse reads l "I give, devise and beau-It.
tor Miss E. H. Wagner, a rfurse it the Um
verslty Hospital. $2600. This gift Ii mi;
to show my appreciation of her unbound!
kindness and close nnd loyal attention t
me during my confinement In the hosnii.t
with typhoid fever." "PltH
The concluding clause In the will r..n..
"No provision In this my will h. tZZL
for Mrs. Cordelia 1 rhllllns.
October, 1915, resided at my 7s i.
In or near Chestertown k...:.'
without legal or other cause, without m.
consent nnd against my wishes ih.
abandoned me and her home, and has from
that date continued In such abndor.m.M
She has, therefore, as I have been advit..
by my attorney, lost all her rights ail
claims as a wife and widow In my estate."
An estate valued at $12,710 Is disposed nt
In private bequests by the will of Cathan,,.
B. Hunger, 280 Ruth street. The personal
effects of the estate of Mary F. sural,
have been appraised at $3610.01,
made
until
homo
OPEN WAR ON AUTO THIEVES
Insurance Men Find ?600,000 Worth
Stolen Since January I
With a record of (10 automobiles stolen
In this city since January 1, Insurance eom.
panles that Issuo policies protecting owners
against theft are redoubling their efforts
to break up the thieving bands. The ag.
gregate value of the cars stolen here li
100,000.
To cope with the auto thieves, the In
surance companies have organised a centril
bureau. Detectives from this bureau search
the country for stolen cars. They have rua
down band after band, but no sooner Is ent
gang of auto thieves behind prison ban
than another takes its place.
Insurance men believe that If motorcar
manufacturers perforated the machine num
ber somewhere on the frame where It eouH
not bo removed or mutilated, the axsrenia
of recovered cars would be much greatsr.
As It Is, great difficulty Is experienced hi
Identifying a car vvhen the number has been
chiseled off or mutilated.
BOY BICYCLIST INJURED
HENRY R. EDMUNDS BETTER
DENIES BRIDE WAS IN TRANCE
Recovering Slowly After Being Struck
by Automobile
Henry R. Edmunds, president of the
Board of Education and dean of the Ad
miralty courts, Is slowly recovering from
Injuries received yesterday when struck by
an automobile, his condition having Im
proved from a comfortable night.
Charles Etter, of 2438 South Broad
street, the. driver of the car, will have a
further hearing today. Etter said he saw
Mr. Edmunds alight from the car at Sixth,
ana v,nesinui tureens itnu ummcu ina accr
dent on the failure of his brakes to work.
Messenger Accidentally Hit by Cr
Driven by Former Athletic Pitcher ,
Carroll Brown, former pltoher of the Ath
letics, now of the Wllkes-Barre baseball
team, who makes his home In Atlantis
City, while driving east on Market street
last night In his automobile, accidentally
knocked down Albert Weiss, fourteen years .
old, of 420 South Perth street, a bicycle
messenger employed at the Postoffice.
Accompanied by his wife, Brown was
driving toward the ferries, ' when young
Weiss suddenly swerved In front of the au
tomobile to enter the driveway Just above
Ninth street. A collision was unavoidable,
and after picking up the boy Brown took
him to the Jefferson Hospital, where his In
juries, onlyl slight contusions, were treated.
After satisfying himself young Weiss was
In no danger and reimbursing him for the
damaged wheel, Mr. and Mrs. Brown con
tinued their trip to the shore.
Small Boy Saves Brother's Life
niilrk- lirtlon on the nart of Thnmai TVat.
ton, ten years old, of 417 North Twentieth'?
street, proDaoiy savea tne lire or his7
brother, James, eight years old, who fell
Into a. bonfire near his home yesterday
afternoon. Thomas wrapped his coat about
the boy's flaming clothing and hurried him
In a toy express wagon to the Garretten
Hospital. The boy's burns vara treated at
the Institution and he was allowed to go
home. ,
EXPORT MANAGERS TO MEET
JEWELRY THEFTS STIR
BERKS COUNTY POLICE
POPE BENEDICT TO CALL
CONSISTORY THIS FALL
Diamonds" and Other ,Gema
Stolen From Boyertown Wom
an Kutztown Men Lose
Watches
BOYERTOWN, Pa Sept. 20, The theft
of more than $6000 worth of diamonds and
turquoises, together with two gold watches,
from residents of this neighborhood hss
aroused much suspicion ond set detectives
to work,
Mn Ramuel O. Bpotts, wife of the pro
prietor of the Union Hotel, Boyertown, Is
the heaviest loser. Mrs. Bpotts enjoyed an
automobile rde and after reaching Perklo
men bridge, near Collegevllle, the party
ei.hAri Murine the afternoon She Placed her
valuables In a handbag In the machine to
avoid possible loss while eflshlng along the
creek. After returning, she overlooked tha
bag.
Tha valuables, which consisted of three
triple, three single and one twin solitaire
diamond rings, all with Tiffany settings,
one triple solitaire diamond lavalllere with
a box setting and one necklace with Ave,
turqoulses, each surrounded with six small
diamonds, or a collection of thirty dla
raoads and five turquoises In the latter
neckpiece aro valued at more than $(009,
and while detectives are watching close, a
reward of $500 Is offered for their return
or apprehension, of the person who stole
them.
Ctweter Dlwlnger, son of the Rev'B. N.
Dtatlftger, of Kutstown, discovered the loss
of a gold wath and fob with a gold medal
Ma rh.it aad HY Horane. another guest
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Pontiff Will Make Important
' War Pronouncement Amer
ican May Be Made Cardinal
By JOHN HEARLEY
ROM IV Sept. 10. Pope Benedict will hold
another consistory In November, when he
will make an Important declaration regard
ing the war and the prospects of peace,
your correspondent was Informed by reliable
sources today.
His Holiness will create several foreign
Cardinals at this consistory. Archbhjhop
Hanna, of San Francisco, Is the only Amer
ican whose name Is being considered at
pressnt.
Papal couriers already are en route to
Vienna and Berlin to notify Austrian and
German cardinals of the tomlng conclave.
The Italian Government has advised the
Vatican that It does not object to the hold
ing of a consistory and will Interfere In
no way with the entrance of the Austro
German cardinals Into Italy,
Archbishop Edward J, Hanna, of San
Francisco, Is now In his fifty-seventh year
and was born In Rochester, N. Y.
Ha was ordained a priest In 1(16 and In
1807 was nominated coadjutor bishop of
San Francisco, but failed to receive confir
mation of Rome because of the charge of
modernism made against him. This charge
was later disproved. Pops Plus X ap
pointed him auxiliary bishop of San Fran
cisco October 21, 111, and on June 1, im,
lie was appointed archblahep of San Fran
Cisco by Pope Benedict. M was appe4t4
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Government Adviser to Address Them
Tuegday Night
There will be a meeting of export man
agers next Tuesday night In the assembly
room of the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce to plan ror tne general uplift of
the exporter and the general business of
the city and port. '
Dr. K. E. Pratt, ewer of the United
States Bureau of Foreign and Domestlo
Commerce, will address the meeting on "Cooperation."
It Is the pun of the foreign trade bureau
of the Chamber of Commerce to hold these
meetings regularly on the last Wednesday
night of each month during the winter.
They are open to all export managers.
whether their firms are members of the
Chamber of Commerce or not.
Husband Will Not Oppose Action for
Divorce Filed at Reading
STONI3 HARBOR. N. J., Sept, 20. The
allegations made by Mrs. Lottie F. Mead,
of Reading, Pa., in her petition for divorce
ngainsi ner nusoana, unanes r . kiebu, are
considered ridiculous among Mr. Mead's
friends here.
They were married at Cape May Court
House early In August, 1915, In the par
sonage of the Methodist Kplscopal church.
Among the witnesses to the wedding were
William Zook and Roy Mousley. and If the
bride was In a "trance" during the cere
mony these witnesses say they did not
know ft.
"I shall not contest the divorce pro
ceedings which are being brought on the
technical ground of cruelty," said Mr, Mead
today, "but I shall Instruct my counsel
to enter a vigorous denial of the many
statements which the papers filed In Read
ing contain."
TOO I.AT1S FOB CIAflSIFICATION
HKLP WANTED JIAI.K
BOY, brlsht. senlleroanly, IS years of ase, for
onMce work; permanent position, with advance
ment. Apply Main Belting Co;tJ24Carpntr.
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r.B rir.
Williams. Urown
M1H Chestnut st.
"-1" u v wipvr uimiTHllXW
FOU ltkNT from Nov. 1 for 6 months, dwtlllnr.
HaraSS aim alauia. nOl-WKiar ,,.-llll. (JI)
Meeting House road,
tloni 13 rooms) 'J
Office.
ns-t
K mil from itydal sta.
oains, i' i.b, imager
Sale Continued
AT OUR
TM Hark on ctooU
Ouaraslers the Slilf.
QsaUft umJ Values.
Juniper and Filbert St. Store Only
All our broken lots of Men's Furnishings are now on sale at our Juni
per and Filbert streets store, at tremendously reduced prices, regardless
of cost.
, Below are some of the typical bargains: N
$1.50, $2. $2.50 Sh.rU 75c
$1.00, $1.50 and $2,00 Union Suit. . ... . . Qc
Wiiai i ... i i . . i .. mangi.in.na -
Athletic Underwear, 2-piece garments . , , . . 35 c
In fact, all left-overs included in this sale.
Full line of Fall goods now on display at other
Beckers' stores;
,WiMr BuaUKng Arouk , .MS Cfegnul
t ' 52S!
TODAY, TOMORROW
and FRIDAY
arc
OPENING DAYS
IN OUR WOMAN'S SHOP
"DEADINESS In Coats, Suits, Dresses and Furs
- pervades the whole department.
AN earnest effort to present the most exclusive
- styles and the hest values in town at all prices has
been rewarded with the merchandise.
YOU are asked to verify this fact by personal
inspection.
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WonWa Stop Market at SixtK