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TtANSIT AGREEMENT
'WILLBEREAQIEDBY
JANUARY, SAYS MAYOR
Board of Three Experts to Scttlo
Lm Issue, Suggestion by
Parsons at Confcrcnco
With Offidials
JfrAKES THREE PROPOSALS
A prediction by Mayor flmllh that the
wn transit agreement between the mu
nicipality and the I'hlladelphla Itapld Tran
tt Company -will be ratified by January 1.
1S1T, and suggestion that the agreement
may be worked out by a commission of three
eirtrla, are the direct results, o fr as
the publlo In concerned, of the visit Here
yesterday of W. llerclay Parsons, of New
York city, the transit tipert whom the
Mayor I planning- to engage.
The Mayor rave no reasons for hla pre
diction that the transit leass will lie signed
by the beginning of next year, but de
clared he would be very much surprised
and disappointed If It were not approved
by all Interested partlee by Hint time
TimKn rnorosiTiONS
The Mayor alro announced that It was
not certain whether Mr Parsons. If ho
acta at all, will act alone ns the city's
engineering counselor or as the member
of a commission of three engineer. At
any rate, the Neyor made It plain that
all he wanted from engineers In the present
Ituatlon l an expert Investigation of tho
transit plana and an advisory report
aiming at the conservation of the Interest
of the city nnd of the people In the agree
ment with the company
Tim Ma)-or said the engineer made him
three propositions. The tlrsl named a nguro
at which the engineer Is willing to make
,n Indlvldunl rtport. the seoond, a um
for which hn will net as chairman of a.
jKjsallila engineering commission toj be an
notated by the Mayor, and the third, the
figure at which he will serve as a member
of such a commission. Ills compensation
would be the highest In the first Instance
and lowest In the last.
The Mayor virtually admitted that tho
only question under consideration In con
nection with the employment of Mr. I'arsona
waa the nmount of compensation for hi
"work. While declining to name the figure
asked by Mr. Parsons, he Intimated the
question of cost would determine largely
whether or not a transit commission should
be formed.
Members of the Fnlrmount Business
Men's Association will nsk Mayor Hmlth
to Invite A. Merrltt Taylor to be one of
the participants In the transit conference.
A resolution railing for such nctlon was
adopted at the regular monthly meeting
of the organization held last night at Mer
rell Hall, Nineteenth street and Falrmount
venue.
PAItSONS' VIUWS
Those who nre not In accord with the plan
of the Mayor to empluy Mr. Parsons point
with concern to nn nddress made by the
New Vorlc expert before the City Club here
In 1011. At that time he voiced some Ideas
directly at variance with the Taylor plan.
He said that rush-hour trulllc during the
morning and evening would positively not
pay for the construction of subways, nnd
strongly opposed the building of subways
where competition of surface system Is keen
and effective, lie characterised as folly
the extension of tubes Into unpopulated
arras to build them up or through sections
of "tenement dwellers." lie Huld at that
time that he doubled the practicability of
municipalities tying up public funds In
transportation properties, and ho also said
that public iifllolnls under no circumstances
should operate lines.
He praised very highly the Paris system,
wher the municipality built subways nnd
leased them, exclusive of cUlpniaiit, to a
private corporation, on. the bnsls of thirty
five per rent to the city snd slxty-Ilve per
cent to the corporation.
inns von wow?
Transit Director Twining todoy began ad
vertising for bids for additional work on
the City Hall fetation section nf the llroad
1 atreet subway The bids will bo opened at
noon on Thursday, November 2 Tho new
work, which will be known as Contract No.
1,02, Included part of the work originally
comprehended under Contract No, lul, held
by the Keystone Stato Construction Com
pany. 1
Soon after the work under City Hall was
begun It was found that tho foundation
walls of tho building would havo to be re
built In part, and for this reason tho con
tract limit of 11,000,000 for the first work
waa found Insufficient. Upon the advice of
City Solicitor Connelly, Director Twining
shortened the original contract from 700 to
400 linear feet so thut It could be completed
with the j:, 000,000. The new contract will
cover the remainder of the work.
News at a Glance
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EVJ3H1NG LEDGER-I'HITjADEU'HIA, WKDNKSDAX.' OCTOBER i. 118
f irv News in Brief
FHIGAR FIRST DEflKEK SLAYER,
SAYS ROTAN; FlflHTS RELEASE
District Attorney Will Not Concede
Miss Sykes Witnessed Shooting
Kills P. Krlgar, self-confessed slayer of
J-Jdward IJoland In Katrmount Park August
11, Is guilty jt first-degree murder, accord
ing to District Attorney Ilotan, ' who
answered the petition of John It. 1C Bcott
and Francis H. Edmonds, counsel for 1TI
gar, for a writ of habeas corpus from the
Huprcme Court at Pittsburgh'. For that
reason, the formal reply says, Krlgar should
not be given liberty under ball.
TintSn did not concede that Miss Amanda
Dykes waa an eyewitness, asserting that
the Anly person who ever said she had seen
the iragedy was Detective Belshaw, Frlgur's
defense la that hs shot to protect the girl,
who Is his fiancee.
Instead of protecting himself from Bo
land and hla friends. Ilotan, In his answer,
alleges that Krlgar brutally shot Iloland aa
he waa running away. He further declares
that It la untrue that Miss Sykes waa nn
eyewitness to the shooting, and to call
her aa a witness for the Commonwealth
wotted be against the Interest of the Com
monwealth. The confession that Krlgar made after
hts arrest Is sufficient In Itself, the Dis
trict Attorney alleges, to establish his guilt
f murder In I lie' first degree, and hla
own statements do not cxculpuU him. The
District Attorney alleges that under all the
facta In the rase It would not be justice
to release the prisoner.
DENVER MAlTlNI'JSTOL FRAY
MKMrtll. Ten., Otl is One men was
killed nnd Six were Injured here early to
day when a show train leaving Memphis
for Illrmtngham, Als , waa wrecked In the
railroad yards, Tho dead man has not
been Identified. C. A Ward, of Pittsburgh,
wan slightly Injured.
BHIOnr.rORT, Csnn., Oct. 4. Oss man
waa killed and another narrowly escaped
death here when tho engine of a New
Haven Ilallrond passenger train wrecked h
dump cart at a grade crossing, mounted
the viaduct and breaking from the train
toppled to the street
IlKADIXd, la., rL 4. At the snnusl
meeting of the Board of Msnsgera of the
T. M V. A here today the following officers
werrt elected: President, Frank 8. I.lvln
good ; vice president. l,nule V. Krsemer
snd J. r Hilar : secretary. Joseph V. It.
lelmhach: treasurer. Joseph W Itsslek.
lli:.l)I.N((, Pa, Met, 4. Daniel llatld
hslser. Infant child of David Davldheleer.
of Kulptown. below Heading, strangled to
death on a pen today.
HliADIX), Pa., Otl 4. Her Hulking lie
coming Ignited na she uae prriwrlng break
fast nt her horns In West Heading today,
Mrs. Kdwaril Morten, sixty yetrs old, was
perhaps fn Lilly burned nnd Is In a critical
condition nt the Homeopathic Hospital
here.
WAKIIIMJTOV. Oct. 4. A apeelal een
ferenoe ef Internal revenue agents and rot-
lectors, which was to havo been held nt
Washington next week to devise means for
defeating Incomo tax frnudi, has been post
poned by order of Hccretnry of the Treasury
McAdoo,
TIIUNTON, lift. 4. The International
Power Company has been dissolved and Its
charter ordered forfeited by Chancellor
Walkr In the Court of Chancery Some time
ago tho Dominion Copper and Mining Com
pany made an application that the com
pany's property be restored, but In handing
down his decision. Chancellor "Walker denied
Ihe request.
tVATlitlTOWN, Oct. 4. After being held
a prisoner In Fort Henry, Kingston, Ont,
for a year on susptclon of being " Oerman
spy. It. W. Illpton, of Johnstown. N. T., has
been released. Illpton waa a student at Al
bany Medical School and enlisted In tho
medical department of a Canadian regi
ment In June, 191 C. He was nrreatrd In
September, 19 IB.
lli:ill,IN, Oct. 4, UnolTlrlsl force. t rf
the amount of subscriptions to the fifth
German war loan Indicate that It will ex
ceed the total of the preceding losn, In
vestigation by the Relchnbanlt some daya
ago showed subscriptions at that time nf
more than 9,000,000,000 matks,
LONDON, Oct. 4. Drill. Ii natsl scro
pltpes msde another attack on tho Citrinnn
airship shwla In the vicinity of Ilrusscts, nc
cnrdlng to a Ilrltlsh oltlclnl slntement One
of the Ilrltlsh neroplanes was lost
llltll(!i:i'OllT, Conn., Orl. 4. Tlic New
Mltford accommodation trail!, running at
high speed, stii ck nnd Inrtantty killed IM
ward (Irren and u toiim of horses, hurling
the horses fifty feet and tossing the wagon
on tn the signal arm of a n Itch, The sw.tch
wan turned by the uelght of tho nngon
and the truin i an on a side track, ploughed
Into a freight train and finally fell Into
Housatonlc avenue, six feet below.
DtmilA.M, V. (' Oct. 4. Announcements
of gifts totaling 150,000 were made by
President W. P. Few, of Trinity College.
J. II, and II, N. Duke, mllllonnjre tobacco
mngnntcs, were the donors.
POTThVII.l.t:, fa, Oct. t. The PolU
Mllo Cnlon Traction Company, nn old-established
corporation. Is about to absorb
the Puttsvllle nnd Kt. Clair Klectrlc Hall
way, the building of which waa only ie
ccntly completed. Tho Public Service Coitl
mlsslon has been asked to approve pur
chase of the stock of tho new company.
WAHIIINOTOV, Oct. 4. The lije.lufT
consus prepared by tho Bureau of Foreign
nnd Domestic Commerce has been sub
mitted to the experts of the Treas
ury Department to determine how much
of the technical Information collected from
the customs houses can be made public.
Homo of tlio material, under the statute, is
classed as confidential.
hT. I.OU1H. Oct- 4. !nrr.e In nages
amounting approximately to 500,000 a year
havo been granted by Swift & Co., Armour
A Co. and Morris & Co. to employes In their
plants In the St. lxinln districts. The ad
vance is two nnd onn-half cents an hour.
Armour & Co. ofllclaln estimate that tho
Increase. In Mages will cost from 1150,
000 to 1175,000 a year; Swift & Co. esti
mate $170,000, nnd the other company less
than $100,000 a jear.
A MIAN V, N. Y Oct. 4. Nearly 150,000
persons In six cities and a score of villages
In the capital district are without local
traction facilities today. The strike of the
unionised employes of the United Traction
Company, which began In Albany and
Rensselaer, spread to Troy, Cohoos, AVuter
llet and Green Island There was no
disorder,
AS ftUSSIA, SEES IT
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Prom l.akomorro. Pttrosrsd. In Csrtoons Missttne.
The Kniscr to Frnnz Josef Don't you tlnre to romo into this bont!
It is leaking enough nlrendy.
WILSON SPEEDING WEST;
CHEERED IN OHIO TOWNS
President Refrains From Spccch-
muking, but Is Grntiucd by
Greetings
Al.UANCi:. O.. ON HOARD PRHSI
HHNT WILSON'S TRAIN, Oct. 4. Presi
dent Wilson appeared on the trnln plat
form here ns he sped through Ohio today
en route tn Omaha, but lio made no speech.
He was creeled by a cheering throng,
which clamored Impatiently for n speech,
but tho Pre-ddent smilingly declined.
When the train passed through Canton,
Ohio, ho was given such a routing recep
tion that ho wnllted tn the edge of the plat
form nnd, holding up his hand, said:
"I mil not mulling speeches, but It Is
extremely cheering to be greeted In such a
way nnd so unexpectedly It Is tho kind
of hospitality that mukes a man's heart
witrm, 1 appreciate It and I wish you ull
sorts of good luck."
Then. Just as tho lialn started to pull
out, the President added:
"(llo my regards to the Senator"
.Senator Atleo Pomeieno lives nt Canton.
MAY0RMITCHEL TRIES
TO SETTLE MILK STRIKE
Dairymeu Make Proposal to
New York Dealers Famine
Grows
PUT MEXICO TO WORK,
PLAN OF COMMISSION
Conferees Discuss Scheme to
End Lawlessness by Keep
ing People Busy
Aitar Revolver Cattle With three Po
licemen Ie Sent to Hospital
After a revsjyer battle wlu a detective
ejst twe yolUtmen. Joseph Trimble, a young
MMi freoi Deaver, who la alleged to have
eeji tuetr 14m hsUnsnt ef Houer, was takes
t Malmsmann MMpHal last nrfrhf and later
7 leaked up.
..AeeoraHftar to the police, TrltnMs, who is
twealy-Uure year obi, waa walking along
atVenth atreet aeer HuUoawmeU, wtten Uott
trlata Eaeraan, twenty-nfoe yeera M, uahed
Mas ! "awe MHU farier," TrlmWtt's re
tOf la allies te kaye beea a Ww evar the
MM wtth a revolver aa4.a atsH ta the
HAaHllHTOW.V, -Mtl Oct. 4. The nn
nual convention of tho Pennsylvania Con
ference of the United Brethren In Christ
waa opened here today by nishop Weekley,
of Parkersburg, W. Va who came here
from Philadelphia, where he presided last
week at a conference session. Tho Itev i'r.
W, It. Washlngsr, of Chambersburg, la
superintendent of tin conference which haa
a membership of 23,000, lying between the
Potomac and tiusquehanna itlvers. Them
nro 120 ministers and ISO churches In the
conference, The meeting Mill continue Until
Sunday.
IIAltUIHIltltll, Oct. 4, The Hait Penn
sylvania Eldership of the Church of God
met Here toua, ior us annusi session, u
continue until next Wednesday. The llev.
I''. W. McQuIre, of X,lsburn, president of the
eldership, will preach his annual sermon
tonight The eldership board of education
exumlned candidates for the ministry this
afternoon,
NUW YOllK. Oct. 4. While the effects
of tho milk famlno began to bo felt on '.lie
Hast Hide today Mayor Mltchcl. as medlary.
tried to stop tho upstate milk strike. 1(1
had h proposal from the Dairymen's league
the producers to deal with the big three
distributors without league recognition, but
with the demanded Increases In prices under
a six months' contract.
From statementa of distributors, however,
It seemed thero must be rejection or modi
fication of this plan If the strike Is to end.
Thev have contended that they cannot deal
with tiio league that they must do business
as In the past with the farmers them
selves. The string tied to the fanners' pro
posals, however, appeared also to be a
stumbling block,
Meantime the mint supply owinaieu rap
Idly, though some additional came. In from
new nna aisiam sourcen.
On the Kast Side, where Increased prices
or shortage first nre felt. It was a common
sceuo today to see little children, with palls
grasped tight In emaciated hands, begging
at delicatessen stores nnd mills depots for
Just a little milk so that baby Able or
Hebecca wouldn't suffer. Hut, for tho mot
part, the appeals fell on deaf ears, for the
dealers had nothing to Rive.
Farther uptown the quick lunches, too,
were short of milk.
That was the situation all over town. The
distributors still looked after hospitals and
families with children, but the portion at
each home was in most cases diminished.
LUTHERANS to TRAIN PASTORS
Eastern Ponnsylvnnln hynoa Hears
Fund of ?3503 Is Available
The ltastern Pennsylvania Synod of the
Lutheran nvangellcal Church, which Is
holding Its seventy-fifth nnnual session In
the Messiah Lutheran Church, Sixteenth
and Jefferson streets, has a balance of
12503.03 In Ita treasury, which It will use
for tho education of ministers. The llev.
h. K. M- Myers, treasurer of the synod,
made this announcement In his nnnual re
port this morning. The receipts for the
year, ho reported, had been $81,890.17 and
the Ulsoursemenis, ua,io.uu.
The Itev, Harry Anstadt, In n report on
the condition of the Home for the Aged In
Washington. D. C. said the Eastern Penn
sylvania Synod had done mora for the home
than any other synod of tho Church, Hu ap
pealed for provisions for the home. The
llev. Dr. August Pohlman, president of the
synod, presided.
HiunQUAnTnns amhrican-mici-
-av .tniNT COMMISSION. Hotel Tray-
more, Atlantic City. Oct. 4. It may be i un
welcome news to certain bandits and Mexi
cans who have been living oft the fight
rather than Ihe fat of the lond, but there
Is a plan being considered to put Mexico
to work
The committee of mining men, who con
ferred with the Amcrlcnti-Mexlcm Peace
Commissioners the last two days, saw the
Mexican group again today. Theso ees
sloiis are tho basis for the work Iden, The
mining men are going over the tax situa
tion of Mexico, tho railroad problem and
gencrni plans for putting Moxlco's working
machinery back Into order and for substi
tuting use of tho pick and shot el for the
rlllo and saliro oh h national pasume.
The American commissioners have served
notice that the I'nltpd Slules cannot en
courage return of Americans to tho mining
districts until the safety of llfo nnd property
Is assured which may be Interpreted to
mean that while Carranza Is complnlnlng
about withdrawal of American troops It Is
up to him to get control In the Interior
districts where Idle mines nro located.
While Carranttt Is still Insisting on early
withdrawal of tho Pershing forces In any
discussion of border patrol, It Is donled that
he has made any threat to recall his com
missioners! If there Is not compliance.
Arrangement of a border patrol Is still'
a matter of discussion between the two com
missions, but tho Americana nre now greatly
Interested In the progress being mndo by
the Mexicans and the mining men, Inas
much as reopening the mines will bring n
revival of general Industry. How affected
tho mines are la reealed I" the fuct that
fewer than 6000 men are now employed
ns against (10,000 a few years ago,
mvau PRoirr.ntTV in ,rJl",i?''
phta district will not jvl the ar,
according to the report of the rhlladelphla
Hrserie Hank on business conditions In ine
district October I Of the 371 In""1"!
which replied, 184 ald that the end of the
war will not reduce the volume of tneir
business
Tllinn.tr.As PILOTS' lleen.es fr Pel
aware Ilay hae been granted to four men
by the Commissioner of Navigation InUie
llourse nulldlng. The men are A,lr
Stevens I.udlsm, Haymond C J-WJJ. Al
bert Cotton Itutherford and Oeorgo Edward
Chambers. Permit were granted the Ches
ter Shipbuilding Company for the con
struction of bu'khead and pier and tne
anchoring of two buoys and anchor in
front of Ita property at Chester.
i.ot wincr: opt wai.kino, ";
11 Morsh. seenty-flve yearn old. of 314
Ilrown street, wandered about all day and
Was not found until late last night. The
aged man. without money, was at Twen
tieth street nnd aray's Ferry rosd when a
policeman found him.
MANOI-KD riNOKRH are equlCalent te
the loss of the hand, the Workmen's Com
pensation Hoard decided In granting to
Charles Qraber St.21, one-half of his
weekly wage, for a pnlod of GOO weeks.
David I.upton's Bona company, uraucri
employer, must pay the compensation.
ril'TV-FIVn WARRANTS wers sworn
out for tho owners of stables at the Instance
of the llureau of Housing nnd Sanitation.
Tho charges to be preferred Include Im
proper storage of manure. Insufficient un
derdralnage nnd Insurtlclent light and venti
lation. Tho proposed arrests form a new
element In the campaign for the protection
of tho public health. Warning have been
sent to offending stable owners. They con
stitute n small proportion of the proprietors
of the cllya 51U stables. Tho other places
nre well conducted
civil, sinivirr. hxamikations rr
the portion of Junior structural engineer
nnd laboratory assistant In ceramics were
held In the Poslofflco Building today by
the United States Civil Service Commls
alon, TIIH TRANSIT COMMITTEE ef the Cen
tral Gerniantown Avenue Duslness Men's
Association will nresent a petition to the
Public Service Commission demanding that
tho Philadelphia Itapld Transit Company re
store the car lines on Oermantown avenue,
Somerset nnd Huntingdon streets.
Tills action was decided upon last night
at the regular meeting of the association at
2S09 Ucrmantonn avenue.
AT Till: XKXT MI:i:tI.VO of Council!
the Hunting Park Improvement Association
will ask that $100,000 bo appropriated to Im
prove Hunting Park. This waa decided last
night nt n meeting of the organization at
4001 Old York road.
J?i-rVvr and ClfAftntl
Meet and Speak and Shake
land William H. Ta(t-t 8:45
lust night. Three hours later they
were Mill untltr the same roof, tn
of the UniJn Leairue Club of New
York, both as halo and hearty as
"THEY SPOKE Colonel I Roose
velt and Mr. Taft-spoVe to each
other, and the languaw they used
was all that Jt should have been on
euch an occasion.
THEY SHOOK HANDS one.
with the other, politely or cordially.
A little later they shoplc hands with
about 1200 men who attended the re
tention for Charles p. iiugir.,
which was the occasion for
meeting'.
the
imEHUNTVKm
OF MARRIAGE FRAl
Michigan Man KMcd One "Willi
to uct JfcW-t-iuay Be
Others
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL
ADDITION DEDICATED
Institution Is CO Years Old and
Occupies Entire Square.
Chapel Consecrated
Impressive ceremonies, attended by
forty priests, marked the dedication of the
addition to St. Mary'a Hospital at Talmer
street and Frankfort avenue, iouy.
OftAND IlAriDS, Mich.. Oct 4 ri 1
A iv heran tending out letters inji i'?
grams to determine If any of the huijrI;l
SUPERIOR REFUSES
TO TELL. WAR PROFITS
DEMAND TO WITHDRAW II. S.
TROOPS DENIED BY CARRANZA
False, Sny Mexican Offlciuls of Reports
Here
MIl.YICO C1TT, Oct.' 4. reports pub
lished In American newspapers that General
Carranza has demanded the Immediate
withdrawal of American troops from
Mexico were declared "absolutely false" by
i,ii, nfflHnlfl here today. They also denied
that Carrnnra had threatened to recall the
Mexican commissioners at Atlantic City
unless the troops are withdrawn at once.
Colonel Juan Barragan. Chief of Btaff to
General Carrama, will accompany Am
bassador Arredondo bade to Washington,
on n thirty-day leae of absence, It was
omclally announced. It Is generally be
lleed that lUrragan Is making more than
a vacation trip and that he will copfcr with
United States military officers over an
arrangement for a military patrol of the
border.
DAWSON HOOPES SUED
FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
No Alimony Asked of Clubman
Who Shot Charles A. New
hall Nine Years Ago
Ctfutinued from l'sce One
tho Mur might end noon cast more of a
damper on the meeting.
"We must not be carried away by the
false prosperity of the present day," said
3Ir. Taylor.
All through his talk he dwelt upon the
necessity "for speaking frankly."
Some of the stockholders appeared par
ticularly unsympathetic with the policy pur
sued by the management, especially by the
enormous Increase In the sinking fund, the
Increase In the depreciation Item, and no
forth. Thin was what brought directly the
suggestion that a vote of confidence bo
grunted Mr. Taylor. He elected, howover,
to consider the adoption of his report as
his "voto of confidence."
nt. ih.Hfuiinn ! nftv ears
and the opening of the aaamon """"
the hospital one of tho largest and best
equipped In the city,
A chapel, which will accommodate 200
persons, was consecrated by Bishop Mc
Cort. assisted by Bishop McDcUtt. of
llarrlsburg, formerly superintendent of
parochial schools here. Tho Itev. Chris
tian Olert was master of ceremonies. Hlg.i
masa nas celebrated by the Itev. J. M.
nelerschmldt. with the Itev. U Aollmer
as deacon nnd the Her. O. LorlU sub
deacon. The s&rmori was preached by the
Itev. Francis Auth.
Tho hospital now occupies an entire
square bounded by Frankfort avsnue,
ptm.r nenviva and Tvra streets. It can
accommodate S60 patients. Independent of
the dispensary A stair or loo nursss win
k. .mnlnv.it and the hosnttal Conducted
under the supervision of Sister Fulfentla, of
the Order of St. Frnncls.
On Sunday the Institution will be open
for Inspection of the public and visitors will
be requested to enter by the main door on
Palmer street. The chapel Is of the early
Italian Renaissance type, and Is a copy of a
Cenoeie church.
a & wilt. vt,rtm Tmmah . ...
OI wvnicii .... ......... --..,., v All(rta.l
alxty-four years old, corresponded after SI
rnmlnar acaualnted through matrinwjy
taperr are missing. Allerton last ntat, l
Bt Johns, sixty-five, of Mayfleld, N v.. test!
Thursoay ana siura inr rnuir alter rVl
blnr her of I0. 1
Letters found In Allerton'i rooms sho,jj
that he had corresponded with women. A
vsry Part of the country, and that to nu.J
of them he had proposed marriage, it wS
was learned that Allerton had used tnti
names as his own. ,1
These names were James Curtis wnlekl
he now says i mo unp, ameg AUes
William Allerton and John A. tarton. 1
received his mall at two addresses here seil
at a third In Coopersville. Mich, fftemri
Kerry says that most of the letters," Mti
,ientlv In reply to those written by Allen.. 7
referred to women who specifically detasxi
their nnanciai cunuiuvii. a
it Is believed that Allerton posed tt ii
wealthy farmer seeking a wife with met. 3
Ot ner wrtu, .,..;. .. imu auiiv. as)
the a-ame systematically, for a notebook i
found containing names and addresses i
women ana a synopsis ot me inform
which they had written about them
Altorton'a confession saya that he
." .
old toaay, i .. , Johns wore married soon rt.
arrival. Then they went to the country
buy a rarm." wnne eating a picnic loaasl
In the woods she admitted she bad f
wmi ner. enc reiuocu m bitc ii up m'
Allerton snoi ner.
SEES PUBLIC AT MERCY j
OF RAILROAD UNIONTO
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Santa Fe Chairman Tells InveM-!
ment Bankers Laws Must
Curb Labor
ITALIAN MAGNATE HELD
FOR FARMER'S DEATH
Antonio Cappuccio, New Jersey,
Fruit Dealer, Arrested in Con
nection with Murder of
Joseph Denefo
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sewr ad there waa aa beternVanm ot hU
malftlM seWssam yassrie te Maeltyaetgi,
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Of rTVBLAKD. 6t. 4rrTW live were
taet if the uUkiu late yeMeeday e ike
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OTTAWA, Met. 4, Lieutenant V, 11.
Oakea, of the 156th Brockvllle Battalion,
waa Instantly kilted by a bullet accidentally
fired from a rifle In the hands ot a fellow
officer while at firing practice with dummy
ammunition.
IIAMRISUUKfl. Orl. 4, Klnulorei ef the
Department of I,abor and Industry, which
In four years has grown to be one ot the
biggest at the Capitol, will hold a dance to
night, confined to employee It Is the first
"family party or sucn a sport gen oy n
State department
NEW YORK, 04, it Vasssagers ef the
Steamship Helllg Olav, Just arrived from
Copenhagen, via Kirkwall, said Kirkwall Is
guarded by numerous war craft and that
armed aeroplanes now act as escort to
stMMthlps leaving that port, one of these
aecempanyliw the liner for a distance of
twenty-Ate miles, apparently searching for
submarines. Htporta, or .this aerial guard
were conHrmod by Captain A. a. Kaekaaaon,
oomtnandlnar the aHeamsalp tKookboba.
whMt arrlvM frem OXhenberg.
ITALIAN PRINCE AVINS HEIRESS
Andrea Boncompagnl to Wed "Richest
Girl in Massachusetts'
rtftRTOV. Oct 4. Announcement is
made today of the engagement yt Miss
Margaret Preston Hraper, of Washington,
to I'rlnce Andrea lloncompagnl. ot Home.
Her marriage to the Italian nobleman will
take place (n Washington on October 25.
' Miss Draper Is the daughter of the late
William Y Draper, former Vnlted States
Ambassador to Italy, who made a fortune
with his brother, the late Hben 8. Draper.
In textile machinery. On the death of her
father Miss Draper became the richest
girl In Massachusetts.
Prince Andrea lloncompagnl Is of an old
Italian family and waa born tn Home In
HJ4. He haa nerved in the army In the
present war, receiving Injuries which inter
rupted his service.
Suit for an absolute dlvorco from Dawson
Hoopes, clubman, who shot Charles A.
Newhall nine years ago for alleged attention
to her, has been brougni in uouri or torn,
mon llean by Katlo Klennore Hoopes,
No alimony and no counsel fees ure asked
In the pica, which names cruel and barbs,
reus treatment and Indignities as the basis
for divorce.
"ft Mr, Hoopes offers alimony It will be
thrown In the street," said Harry V. Keller.
Mrs, Hoopts's counsel. "The trouble has
been going on for thirteen years, Mrs.
Hoopea'a life has been a misery during that
time."
Hoopes. who. like his wife. Is Independent
ly wealthy, shot Newhall, who was a
cricket player of International renown and
his neighbor at Chestnut Hill In February,
1(07, Newhall recovered.
Hoopes brought suit for & divorce In
190$. Among his accusations were miscon
duct with Newhall and attempts to drug
Hoopes. Mra Hoopes, who Is her husband's
senior, has spent most ot the last several
years in England.
PHILADRLPHIAN I'.I.nCTKD
Wilfred It. Cunningham, a member of
the firm of Gurtz Brothers, members Of the
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, was elected
to the board of directors. This makes two'
members of the board from this city, the
other member being Frederick McOwen.
Tho other membera elected, mostly from
Canada and representing Ilrltlsh capital,
ar-; Walter It Whlgham, J. Frater Taylor1.
Herbert Coppell, Joseph f. Dale, James
Hanson. Thomas Gibson, Alex Taylor, Har
vey r. Underbill, W. C. Franz and A. H.
Chilly.
That the financial district was disap
pointed over the fact that no statement was
given out with regard to earnings was
ehown In tho action of the company's stock
on the Philadelphia Stock. Exchange. Tho
stock declined l',i points and It waa the
most active In the trading, more than 7000
snares having changed bands by 2 o clock.
Throughout the morning It also was the
most active, but the price until midday
was unchanged.
Tho following officers were elected:
President J. Frater Taylor.
Vice presidents Herbert Coppell, W. C.
Frans and James llawson.
Secretary Alexander Taylor
Treasurer James llawson.
Chairman Walter IC Wlgham.
Mr. Taylor succeeds W. K. Staert as
president, the latter being now In .Europe,
The number of shares voted at the stock
holders' meeting was 265,000.
KATtl.T I.OSSKS
The Lake Superior Corporation Is well
known In Philadelphia and many Philadel-
phlana havo good reason to remember It,
ns thousands ot dollars were lout hv n.
vestors hero sqme twelve years ago when I
the company went to the wall. Tho orig
inal company was formed by Phlladclphlans 1
WUWM. .q.,1 I1U UUUni'U UJT UlCHl i.l lOOK
years for some of the persons who lost
money in int. company to recover. It "car
ried away'1 many persons financially whose
names have never become public.
After this failure a syndicate from Lon
don appeared tn Philadelphia and bought
much of the stock. This resulted in an
upward niovo In the stock to around 140
a share, and then It went off, Tho stock
has boen largely held abroad, particularly
In London, since that time, but since the
Kuropean war started It has been liquidated
In large blocks. It was largely because
of this fact that the stock has been taken
here that- an additional director was placed
un the board front this city.
Tug months of quiet ln estimation that
followed the mysterious death of Joseph
Defeno. a prosperous truck farmer of Wins
low, X. J., who was attacked and beaten
almost beyond recognition In a field near
his home last August, ended today with
the arrest of Antonio Cappuccio. a wealthy
fruit and provision dealer of Folsom, N. J.
Both towns are near Hammonton, N. J.,
thirty miles from Camden.
Cappuccio Is accused In the warrant of
"Instigating and procuring Denefo's death."
He was arrested early today by Detectve
J. W. Ilrennan, of Hammonton, and taken
to the Camden County Jail. It was not un
til yesterday that detectives, who worked
on the case were sufficiently sure Den to
had been murdered to make the arrest.
Then Thomas Torrado, another Italian
truck farmer, who lived near Denefo, was
prevailed on. the police allege, by his
friends to Bay that ho saw a murder com
mitted. He had been afraid to tell until
he knew the police had about reached him
In thejr Investigation.
Torrado, In the affidavit on which the
provision dealer was arrested, said he was
working In a field near Denefo on August
8. He saw a carriage carrying Cappuclo
and two strangers drive up along the road.
It stopped and tho two men alighted. Both'
ran to Denefo and attacked him with black
jacks, Torrado swore. .
Cappuccio sat In the carriage and
watched, Torrado said. Then he ran away
without seeing any more. The victim was
found later In the field and taken to the
Cooper Hospital at Camden. It was gen
erally believed he had been kicked to death
by a horse, but neighbors later began say
ing that Denefo and Cappuccio had been
In a violent fight only two days before the
murder, Cappuccio refused to make any
statement after his arrest
CINCINNATI, Oct. 4. The people
Hie. railroad companies have been fend
Into a "defenseless position with referessf
to organised labor," Walker D. Hynes. elaW
man and general counsel of the Santa W
Railroad, told delegates to the nrth am
convention of the Investment Bankers' Ai-tv
soclatlon here today. ..
nalAln n,,l-,..,1. 1 wl1 (If. e.WM.Lllu
,hc,,vn,i aiiu-Miii,. .k..uuv.. .nivntm
to the railroad unions and alluding to tk3
recent threat of a national railroad strite,
he urged use of "your Influence and tht bt-J
flucnce of your customers" for a solutlens
"which will relievo the public from It pref-j
ent defenselessness."
"Under the law as It seems to be cenS
strurd by the Government," Hynes stMU
"the country has no voice whatever In pr-l
venting or postponing a railroad strike, e
matter how widespread It may be otybe
arbitrary the leaders of railroad labor mf
be. The result Is that until there shall trt
some general remedial legislation the nil-
roauo are icn u fjusiiiuu wiuni is ,u,i ,
danger to the public and full ot discount-!
ment to prospective Investors."
Incidentally, he came out strongly for n4
tlonal control of security issues, holdlsf
that State Interference makes the sltuttke
uncertain.
REJOICES AT WIFE'S DEATH
J
She Left Him for Another Man Give
Feast When She Dies
MRwnnnGir. Oct. 4. Standing before
his dinner guests Joseph Krlll, of CornwilU
said:
"Ladles and gentlemen: Several of TtntJ
havo asked me for the occasion ot W
sDread. but I told you to wait The Um
has now come for pie to tell you. Tiventjy
three years ago my wire elected to r
away with another man. leaving me wl
three small children. I tried to locate her
but never succeeded until last week, wM
through relatives I learned she was dett,
The greatest joy or my lire was to, ru
that she had gono forever and that 1 1
now free. To celebrate this I have, caller
you together and I want you to rtjess
with me."
Meat Dealers Sent to Sing Sing
NEW YOnK, Oct 4. Heavy prison sen
tences were given Today to two men con
victed of bribing health Inspectors to pass
diseased meat
TOO TJkTR TOH CLABSmClATlOX
l'EHSONAU
ROBERT U. . SHIELDS
mointr worneo.
PLEABp VTRl
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omLB, to octr,
state exp. a s
nontl.llnw f-AlmtftHnr tnackj
salary cxpeqieq. m dj, i.q.
COOK, to tMlat with lltht Jiauaaworki now
iiti ew, rnon, uermaniown xif. o.
Magnolia ana wooaiawn aves.
DRESSMAKER wants xperlanctd stwlni 01
ruin op.rator. lom Ij&cmii tl.
HKI.P WAyrro mau
LABORERS
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WANTED. APPLT 20!2 PA
AUTOS MB BAtJB
OAKLAND, 1014 9 60 1 Deloo (tarter. Ujj
ji.muru ai4oi
rood condition.
Jlarttora atiaorbtra. extra shoes price
sis, lAOttr ornce.
Merion Cricket Club 51 Years Old
The Merlon Cricket Club Is fifty-one years
old today. The fiftieth antversary of the
club was celebrated last year In a series ot
sporting and social events, ending In an
anniversary dinner. The club was founded
In ltd by W. W Montgomery and Maskell
Ewlng, For nearly twenty years It was at
Ardmore and then purchased Its home near
Havtrford Station, on the Main Line. The
club haw a membership of more than SOOO.
Cottage ef Osteopathy Optus
Tfee eighteenth annual opUK exercises
ot the Philadelphia Ceitege ot Osteopathy
were held teday In the oM bulMlag ef the
college at lit Pine street. The new Quar
ters at Nineteenth and Spring Garden
streets will not be completed tor several
weeks, Mere than 194) student- were en
rethsa. pt. Arthur K. FkMtt. Ihe sUsa, pre
aided. A4dr asses ware sua by Hasans! W.
Meek. JV, a D, Brtsehiser, Dr. J. I, Dttfwr,
Br. M. W. Ktchnlle, Or. Peter H. Isrearloy,
Ds. ytearty. tar. V, V, KrtUee aa
Albany Car Strike Called Off
ALHANV, N. Y Oct ,4r The carmen'a
strike, which has atopjaed street car trafto
I Alba ay, IUelaer, Troy, Ceheea, Water
vHet. areen Island and Waterford for two
day, -was settled at neon today, the union
rbeft and the United Traetlon CametBy
agreetag te submit to arbitration ot the
points at rawe. It Is expected that tke car
service will be resumed at once,
U, ef P. Fraternity Ktiys Heme
The Unkreretty of Pewnsytvahta chapter
ef the Saiewa. Phi afcistlnn FnUrUy haa
mareJaaeei the oiretfjrJMek hawse at
it latiisi street, awl wOl iMHay H aa
a ehajster hissae aiter K has hee tmUtUi,
$j4r. whieh te as e4m.ee
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&ne 2)fafioner&
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