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EVENING LEOGEB-PHttADELPHIA, .WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 11
AVY OPENS BIDS
FOR BIGGEST SEA
FIGHTERS AFLOAT
Newport News Company
Lowest on Proposals for
Four Dreadnoughts
OTHERS NAME CONDITIONS
WAgHINOTOSf. Oct 2. The final pre
Mmtaary steps were taken today toward
completion for the United Stalee ot one of
the world's moat comfirhnlve natal-build-In
program. Bide were opened for four
new dreadnought battleships and twenty
torpedoboat destroyer. . .... , .
The Newport Newe Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company waa the lowest of four
bidders on four ships, lta bid o n one
electrlo-drlven battleship waa 10."'J?'
anil on two electrlo-drlven battleships
UO.m.OOO each. ... ...
On steam-driven battleships It bid
10,0.000 for one and 110,190,000 each on
two. The one battleship la to be completed
In thlrty-nlno months, and where two are
bid for the Second la to bo completed in
forty-five month.
Conditional figures of the Fore River
Company were lower, but they depended
on a provision that the bids be Increased
or decreased as the price of labor nnd ma
terial pose or fell. The company proposed
that the Federal Trade Commission ad
judicate claim which would arlso under
this proposal. Under the Hat bid, such as
the others made, the Fore Iilver Company
bid J10.S75.000 for electric-driven nnd 111,
476,000 for steam-driven battleships.
The Cramp Company, Philadelphia, In a
letter said In view of the abnormal labor
and material conditions they wore unable to
' bid for ships to be delivered at a specified
ttm or price. They proposed to bid for
a vessel to be completed as soon as possible,
the Government to pay all costs and over
head charges and ten per cent commission.
Tho proposal la to remain open forty-five
days.
The Now York Shipbuilding Company, of
Camden, N. J., bid $11,250,000 on one steam
driven ship, In forty-six months, and 111,
160,000 on one battleship In forty months.
Alt the bidders guaranteed twenty-one knots
speed.
One week from today bids will be opened
for construction of four scout cruisers nnd
twenty submarines. It had been planned to
open the bids for the latter today, but an
extension of time was granted at tho last
moment on appeal from contractors, who
said they could not fill out the necessary
bids for all classes of vessels wanted at ono
time. On December 6, blda for tho four
proposed battle cruisers will be opened. Tho
contractors had made an Ineffective at
tempt to get a postponement of todays
opening on the ground that they had not
had enough time.
Under the terms of the naval bill np
proved August 29 last, all tho 1917 ships
must bo contracted for or work on their
construction In government yards begun
before February 1 of that year Construc
tion of a hospital ship, fuel ship and a
gunboat has already been started nt the
navy yards at Philadelphia, Boston and
Charleston respectively.
WILL CAIUIT MIOHTY OUN3
The four battleships will be tho first
. vessels of the United States navy to carry
slxteen-lnch guns In their main batteries.
Each will be equipped with eight guns of
this caliber, which are heavier than any
known to havo been placed aboard war
craft, although It- was recently reported
that Great Urltalrx.waa mounting elghteen
lnch rifles on her new battleships.
These battleships will be known aa the
Colorado, Washington, Maryland and west
Virginia, the department having selected
these 8tates to be honored. In appearance
i and general design they will bo similar to
the Tennessee and California, now under
construction, but will be of 00 tons heavier
displacement, or J2.800 tons. The addl
' tlonal tonnage Is due to added torpedo pro
tection and side armor.
According to plans and specifications, the
ships are expected to have a cruising radlUB
of nearly 7000 nautical miles without refuel
ing. They will have the steam electric drive
which was first successfully tried out on
the naval collier Jupiter and which has
since been selected for all new battleships
and battle cruisers provided for In the
present program. They will have a max
imum speed of at least twenty-one knots, an
Increase of half a, knot over recent require
ments. ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
' In addition to the 16-Inch rifles, the new
ships will carry eighteen 5-lnch torpedo de
fense guns; four of the new high-range
-lnch anti-aircraft guns and the usual
equipment of torpedo tubes. Their main
batteries will be mounted two guns to a tur
ret, departing from the three-gun turret
construction on the Pennsylvania and later
ships. . M ,
The twenty now destroyers, numbered 75
to 94 Inclusive, will be virtually the name
in design as the latest craft of that type
laid down, except that they will have a
maximum speed, under full load, of thirty
five knots an hour, an Increase of nearly
five knots over he present speed mark of
the American flotilla. The boats are ex
pected to be aa fast as any destroyers
afloat lluropean figures give speed made
on trial befoie the boats are equipped with
their guns.
Tho destroyers will carry four four
Inch guns each, two three-Inch anti-aircraft
guns and four triple torpedo tubes, giving
each boat a broadside Ore of twelve twenty-one-inch
torpedoes, the most deadly naval
weapon' ever devised.
"HUGHES TRAIN" AGENT
HERE TO PLAN APPEAL
Continued from race One
the State of New York one-third ot all
the labor legislation that has been enacted
than ever was put through before
"This trip 1 no junket Women pol
iticians do not approve of Junkets. It la
financed by suffragists and antl-suffraglsta
like, by voluntary contributions some of
the contributors could afford to give only a
dollar. The women who are making the
trip want to see Hughes elected for the good
et the country. Aa women to women, their
aim la to point out the weaknesses of the
present administration, to show that ws
, have been living our Uvea for the last four
years In an Inflated, abnormal condition
that cannot last; that Wilson has not kept
, u out of war, but that we are actually In a
tat of war with Mexico, more Americans
already- having been killed than were killed
ts) the PpantstuAmeHoaB fray,
"The worn oM tMs train represent the
fctahaat type at woman politician. They
"' am not hidebound by ancient party tradi
tions. They ooaeMer only the man and his
prinolplaa. They are unafraid: they don't
uae subtle ward methods; they go direct
to the voter and say Ueir swy. They are
ttNMinah. Primarily, they ty not want
- eWce and are not actuated by any thoughts
'tor their own a-wrandiaaBiaM. Beeauee
they are women' they are mors Ma-hly en-
altlsed to pobUe isorals than the majority
r men. and thay are siviag something
aura ureoioua Mian money .their wvIh."
i li. Nawtoa, in a, diraUiuttve wmmr for
fa bi task ah uirievtoafc tfes H ear
fMk m atoatfaT eftut and MkUla Wee tor
' ' sn lay, of til woss-aj. anwpai ire for
fiflMa. A rt her polttteWT ifoieteaiMi,
Ctllito Asked in Help
Republican Campaign Fund
VOTERS are cbhUojw1 to look into
the future by the Hushes and
Fairbanks National Committee and
prcparo the country for tho strcnu-.
ous times after the war by tho elec
tion of tho Republican nominees.
The committee asks contributions
In tho following letter which was
sent out in this city today:
Dear Sir You doubtless feel
that tho election of HUGHES
and FAIRBANKS will give tho
nation a broad-vlsloncd,' experi
enced nnd intrepid administra
tion during tho strenuous years
that will follow tho close of tho
present war.
If you have not nlrcndy con
tributed for this cause, will you
not do so NOW and favor us
with a check toward tho ex
penses of tho national cam
paign; rctrarding it as a privi
lege as well as n duty to help
toward tho common good.
Very respectfully yours,
E. T. STOTESBURY,
Chairman.
Checks should be drawn to the or
der of Mr. Stotcsbury, chairman, and
mailed to him, caro of tho Hughes
nnd Fairbanks National Committee,
421 Chestnut street.
YOUNG WIFE DEFENDS
ASIffiRIDGE, CONFESSED
CHORUS GIRL'S SLAYER
Testifies In Trial at Camden
That Father of Dead Woman,
Her Rival, Had Threat
ened Her Husband
SELF-DEFENSE THE PLEA
NERVE PLANTING MAY BE
REMEDY FOR PARALYSIS
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aMfew ass aomethiua- of a
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Continued from Fete One
persons has been Improved through dancing.
But he questioned tho moral effect
Perlodlo examinations by physicians
would decrease operations nlnety-nlno per
cent, according to Dr. II. Lauderman, ot
Montreal, who said tho day would come
whom governments would pay doctors
salaries to keep the publlo In health and
reduco tho remuneration when public health
became bad.
BAD EFFECT ON MORALS
The modern dance, with Its many
twists, wiggles, turns, curves nnd bends,
has lured the languid woman from the soft
divan of her boudoir nnd helped her diges
tion," sold Doctor Foil. "The dances
strengthen tho muscles, joggle the spleen,
liven up tho circulatory system and serve
as a cerebral stimulant Tho general health
Is jrreatly Improved.
"Hut I question if tho hyglenla benefits
offset the Influonco on tho moals.
"The dance also serves as a leveler of so
cial lines and distinctions," continued the
Burgeon. "It creates mixed crowds, bring
ing1 together persons of vastly different
characters and temperaments. Some are ot
superior mental typo, others Inferior, but
tho luro of tho modern nance eaiamisnes a
community feeling between them."
Dr. Truman Drophy, of Chicago, a noted
surgeon, agread that dancing was healthful,
but took Issue on the moral question with
Doctor Foltz.
"I believe that tho modern dances fur
nish n most beneficial form of exercise,"
he Bald. "They bring Into action all of
the muscles. I advise old men nnd elderly
women particularly, who do not get much
kwmk..,m . n .In n II. ,1a 1l,.r.tln n.nllllll' ffl.
an hour or so eery evening. The exer
cise will do them good and stir up tncir
sluggish dlgestlvo apparatus.
"There Is nothing immoral about these
dances. You can find Immorality anywhere
if you will look for It"
MOVIES MENACE EYESIOHT
Doctor Brophy said that molng pictures
of our cities and towns are menacing tho
eyesight of the nation. "Movies" and elec
tric lights, he said, were rapidly transform
ing the United States Into a nation of
spectacled men, women and children.
Speaking of the future of medicine, he
said that the doctors of the future would
servo simply In an advisory capacity.
"Wo will never wholly eliminate disease
and death," he said. "But tho people will
become so well educated in preventive medi
cine that physicians will have to serve only
in an advisory capacity. The problems of
cancer and Infantile paralysis will be solved.
We will be able to trace cancer to Its source
and remove tho cause ot the malady."
How arms and legs suffering from com
pound fracture are saved in the war zone
from amputation was shown by Dr. Edward
Martin in a series of experiments today
at tiio University Hospital. Prior to' the
war, In most cases of compound, fracture,
Doctor Martin said, it was usually cus
tomary to amputate; but the war sur
geons have found a method of removing
blood and tissue from between the broken
bone particles so that these particles would
mend. After they are mended, for several
days a salt solution is kept running through
the fracture, thus keeping the parts clean
and accelerating1 the mending process.
. TUMOIIS FAVOR CERTAIN FOODS
That tumors thrive on certain foods, such
as meat, vegetables and milk, was demon
strated at tho Oncological Hospital by Dr.
Ellen White. She exhibited rats, some
of which had been subjected to a normal
diet, such as Is given patients In hospitals.
and to tho Mendel-Osborne diet which con
sists of gelatin, lard and augar. Under the
normal diet the tumors in the rats grow
to great sizes, while under the Mendel-
Osborne diet they ceased to grow. Doctor
White said that the experiments had not
as yet been tried on human beings.
At the Methodist Hospital Dr. J. T.
Rugh performed an operation1 for tuber
culosis of the spine. Instead of removing
the diseased portion ot the spine he placed
a piece of health bone beside the diseased
section and welded them together. Under
this treatment, he said that the diseased
portion would become healthy.
A new method of blood transfusion. In
which the blood may be kept In jam for
two or three days, was demonstrated at the
Hahnemann Hospital todaV by Dr. S. W.
Bapplngton. The new typesof operation.
called tho citrate meinoa, was wrtnessea
by many surgeons, who saw the blood of a
normal man transferred from a jar Into the
elns ot an anemlo glrL
PROTECTS BLOOD-GIVER
The new method, which obviates personal
contact between the persons giving and
receiving the blood, Doctor Sapplngton
pointed out excludes the possibility of the
blood-giver receiving any germs from the
patient He told his hearers that It was
possible to retain mi uioou in receptacles
for two or three days without coagulation.
Thorough physical examination every six
months as a means of retaining health was
urged by Doctor Lauderman. The Cana
dian surgeon said that It man used half the
precautions with his anatomy that he uses
with the elevator In his factory, his auto
mobile or his furnace, the general health
of the world would be vastly Improved.
"People would not get cancer and tuber
culosis In dangerous forms If they were
examined at regular Intervals, because
physical examinations would dttect them
In their very nrai stages ana mere wouia
be no danger of their developing to a
serious stage," he said.
"The queer part about man Is that he
takes caro ot his business, his home, his
plant, but he neglects the malnsprtna of
the entire works of his body, Why Is It
that man, with his atfloleney In all other
things, teta his own system goT
"Men and women should have their reg
ular physletns and should visit them reg
utoriv. aa they go to a dentist
The time Is aomigg when the eare of,
tiu nauaoai ttwnM m m J
Government, Dwetors wUI be, rswavWted to
tenet moeegr, They wW be put ) salaries
la kMfi Um psapls weU -wttfc pay s tapping
Wt um Oto-ehTSeea! Dr. Brneet
La Place tq4 the autaaoM asswnMed there
that 'ty per oenitor m oaawis irswi op
erations wars not due to tha osarattona
UmbmmIvm but to the procraetlaaWoM of
,.tiAntfl.
in operations," ha said, " early dtagaMU
to of UM utMoat (smxtrtanoa, If wa oaa
uwia kmma at tun, wa wtu out 4ow
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DR. MAYO, FAMOUS SURGEON,
EATS HEARTILY AND LONG
Noted Minnesotan Docs. Not
Balk at Meats and Drinks
Ice Water at all His
MealsPicture of Health
Mrs. Marlon Ashbrldge, young wife of
Wilson Ashbrldge, today took the witness
stand In defense of her husband, who Is on
trlnl before Supreme Court Justice Gar
rison In Camden for tho murder of Eliza
beth Dunbar, a chorus girl, and the alleged
rival of Mrs. Ashbrldgo in her husband's
affections.
Mrs. Ashbrldge withstood the ordeal well
and her testimony. In the opinion of per
sons In the crowded courtroom, materially
aided her husband. She betrayed some ner
vousness at the outset but steadily gated at
the prisoner, who sat beside his counsel,
Assemblyman Charles A. Wolverton.
Once Ashbrldge looked nt his wife, then
dropped his eyes. Mrs. Ashbrldge told hor
story with directness and frankness, nnd
corroborated the argument of self-defense
that earlier In the day had been outlined
as the prisoner's plea to justify the shoot
ing. ALLEGED THREATS
According to Mrs. Ashbrldge, Charles
Dunbar, father of the young woman, called
nt her homo enrly In the fall and asked
to see her husband, who was living with her
nt the time. Ashbrldgo was not at home.
"It's lucky for him ho Isn't here. If ho
was I'd have got him," Mrs. Ashbrldge
testified, was Dunbar's comment When her
husband returned, she told him of Dunbar's
visit Ashbrldge replied, "I have had noth
ing to do with tho girl. I will go nnd tell
him so now."
Mrs. Ashbrldge said she and her husband
went to tho house of Mrs. Meredith, a
daughter of Dunbar, with wohm the latter
lived. There her husband repeated his dis
avowal of any wrong In his conduct to
ward the chorus girl.
In tho presence of herself nnd Mrs.
Meredith, tho witness said, Dunbar re
marked, "I'm n night watchman nnd carry
a gun. It's luqky he makes this plain, for
I'd have fixed him. I'd havo fixed him this
morning If I had seen him nt the house."
Dunbar then showed the party a revolver
which was lying on a couch In another
room.
Prior to the testimony of Mrs. Ashbrldge
Assemblyman Wolverton opened the defense
by disclaiming any Intention to show In
sanity. He said he would attempt to proo
tho shooting was the result of Impulse nnd
neither premeditated nor wilful as charged
In tho indictment
RELATIONS WITH GIRL
Ashbrldge nnd his wife, who had been
married two years, had separated nt times
because of his acquaintance with Elizabeth
Dunbar, whom he met from time to time.
Whon told by Ashbrldge that he was mar
ried, the young woman went to the wlfo
and promised to leave Ashbrldge, although
their acquaintance continued.
On the day before tho shooting, counsel
said, Uie elder Dunbar had threatened to
shoot Ashbrldge, although Mrs. Ashbrldgo
had gone to Dunbar and had explained that
there was nothing wrong In her husband's
relations with the girl. The father was not
satisfied and "again produced a revolver
nnd fhreatened to shoot Ashbrldge. On tho
night of the murder, the attorney argued,
Ashbrldge had arranged to escort the girl
to her father's homo.
Because of the threats, nnd fearing an
encounter with the elder Dunbar, he pur
chased and carried a revolver to protect
himself. As ho left the girl at the car,
Ashbrldge contends, her father again ac
cused him ot Improper conduct An argu
ment ensued and Ashbrldge drew his Re
volver. He did not Intend to kill the girl,
but to protect his own life, fearing the
father also was armed and would shoot
How the woman was shot he could not
explain.
Then He Uses the Deadly
Finger Bowl, Only It Is
Not Deadly at Bellevue
Stratford Any More
The problem of food nnd lta relation to
health, the great question of "what to eat"
and "what not to eat," which la agitating
physicians, nurses and laymen alike, took
on added Interest In Philadelphia today,
when the publlo found out what Dr. Charles
II. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., one of the
world's famous surgeons, eats.
In the first place, it took Doctor Mayo,
the outgoing president of the Clinical Con
gress of Surgeons of North America, almost
an hour to eat his breakfast nt the Belle-vue-Stratford,
where he' Is a guest during
the seventh annual session of the congress
here.
He eats slowly and he does not eat
heavily.
He started his breakfast with Concord
gropes, and it will be of special Interest
to the "eating" publlo to know that he
takes the seeds out of tho grapes and does
not swallow them as many people do.
Probably he has seen and removed too
many grape seeds lodged In the human
nppendlx to enjoy the sensation of swal
lowing his grapes whole, aa he does not
cat the skins either.
After the fruit course. Doctor Mayo had
coffee, with cream. Ho Is particular about
his coffee; in fact, so much so that Mrs.
Mayo served It with her own hands, not
What a Great Surgeon
Eats for Ills Breakfast
A BUNCH of jrrapes.
Several slices of crisp bacon.
Cup of coffee.
Toast, -wrell buttered.
Water with meals.
allowing- the willer to attend to that
service. .....
"I always fix his coffee for him, Bhe
said, as she deftly poured the cream in
tho steaming cup of brown liquid, and
then gave her famous husband a caressing
pat on the left hand that hand which has
wrought auch miracles of repairing human
systems. In operations which have put
thousands back In the class of "live ones.
Doctor Mayo sips his coffee In a leisurely
mftnnjit. ita fin nnt seem in a hurry,
yet he gbes about the mere act of sipping'
coffee Just as seriously ana careiuiiy
he goes about an operation.
He Is not a vegetarian, for he ate a num
ber of crisp slices of bacon for break
fast. Toast, well buttered, completed his
bieakfast And he drank Ice water with
his meal, a thing taboo by many dietitians,
Tet he Is the picture of health.
But the astonishing point of the break
fast, which made the onlooklng reporter
fairly gasp, was the fact that he used a
finger bowl. Some years ao there was
an agitation, headed by the United States
Bureau of Health, aiming to do away with
tho finger bowl for sanitary reasons. With
out a qualm this famous surgeon, who
knows all the theories of germs, dipped his
fingers Into a finger bowl, just like any
ordinary mortal.
It is understood that the Bellevue-8trat-ford
management uses a special steaming
process, which sterilizes all finger bowls,
thu making nil Infection Impossible. Per
haps that Is the reason Doctor Mayo did
not hesitate.
Pennsylvania Farmers
$13flMflOQ Richer This Year
WS
ITAWMIHRtmO. Oct 25.
it v Pamuvlvanla's trrain crop
t. amalUr than last year, the
-.,. iti m,t ti3.O0O.O00 more
because of the increase In prices.
The value of wheat, corn, ryo and
oats ts $104,9690, against $91,
014,220 for the four crops last year.
Tho hay crop, which broko the rec
ord this year, stands the farmers a
value of $68,136,510, while the po
tato crop, although very short com
pared to that of last year, Is esti
mated as worth $10,400,000 In round
numbers. , ,
Valuo of tho crops is as follows: I
Wheat, $40,112,800, against $20)-.
174,000, production being about the
same as last year.
Hay, $68,136,510, against $56,-
Ryc, $4,720,170, against $2,971,200.
Oats, $10,936,200, against $19,
823 720
Corn,' $43,200,000, against $41,
641,920. Buckwheat and potato crops arc
below the average, but tho prices po
tatoes arc bringing promise to hold
tho crop close to the $10,401,000
value of last year.
City News in'Brief
WOMEN'S CLUBS FEARED CENSURE
OF AN ADDRESS ON BIRTH CONTROL
If Mrs. Margaret Sanger Had Spoken on Subject Public
Might Have Believed Federation Had Indorsed
Her Teachings, Convention Leaders Say
BRITISH STRIKE TO KILL
CITY'S NEW SHIP LINE
Continued from I'nie One
lines, and stress Is laid on the more fre
quent sailings from New York city. In
none of the attempts to get business
through cut rates have the British shipping
Interests offered contracts extending over
thirty days, and It Is believed at the
Chamber of Commerce that If It Is possi
ble for the British ship combination to
wreck the Philadelphia and South Ameri
can project rates will be advanced beyond
old figures after the wreck.
Efforts are being made by New York
connections of the British shipping Inter
ests to divert from tho Philadelphia line
shipments which have been ordered from
the Enterprise Manufacturing Co; the Mil
ler Lock Co.! the Logan Iron & Steel Co.;
Plowman & Co., and Webb & Co., Philadel
phia exporters, who have orders aggrega
ting 1000 tons for shipment to South Amer
ica, All these firms have need for direct
service to Buenos Aires, but It has not been
possible for those Interested In the sue-
cess of tne lino running; uui ui ""
phla to gain the contracts for the new
Philadelphia, line.
MERCHANTS UROB LOYALTY
In an effort to defeat the efforts of those
who would ruin the new line, Instructions
have been Issued by David Klrschbaum.
acting chairman of the members' council of
the Chamber of Commerce, to the group
chairmen of this body, to call meetings of
the groups tor the purpose of appealing to
shippers to be loyal to the new project.
Following Is a cepy of the appeal which
was mailed this afternoon:
When tho first steamer In direct
freight liner service between this port
and the East Coast of Bouth America
sailed on the Initial voyage, she carried
6600 tons of freight Ot this, less than
tOO tons originated In Philadelphia.
When negotiating with the men who
financed the organization ot the Philadelphia-South
American Steamship Line,
members of the Chamber of Commerce
pledged to this company 1200 tons ot
freight a month. In return, the company
pledged a monthly sailing wun a
promise of sailings every two weeks,
if sutnclent freight could be gathered
here and from adjacent cities to fill the
steamers.
The steamship company has done Its
own part to develop the business In
spite ot the lack of support by Phila
delphia manufacturers and exporters.
It appears that Philadelphia business
men have listened to the wiles ot those
who would put this line out of business,
with the result that even those who
promised heavy shipments by this line
have not delivered the cargoes.
It Is the urgent request of the advis
ory committee of the Members' Council
that each group chairman call a
meeting of his association for the pur
pose of at once making a canvass for
freight shipments to IKouth America.
It Is most important that this line be
maintained, a roup chairmen to whom
this letter Is addressed could easily
round up a full oarge far shipment to
South Amerloa without any freight
being rwwlved from the West it a
preper sanvaaa were made.
It la most Important that you oall
yewr group at wise and paint out to
It the nissss'.ty of shipping via the
port ot Philadelphia.
Unless this ts done, and there la re
sponse to redeem the pledges ot the olty,
direct steamship sarvle to South Amer
Umi will c4ssa.
Plaaaa Jet the forel trade bureau
have a report of the raeult of yow
roup ,oommitte meeting at onoa.
It U aapeetaai tbM the ufao4Mrif
ad aBlpploa? Interests of oUy a4 Cttta wUI
us saJiy t tka meft tt Um Mt Um.
Women high In tho councils of the Penn
sylvania State Federation of Women's
Clubs explained today why the address
ncheduled by the program committee Intro
ducing Mrs. Margaret Sanger, New York
advocate, of birth control, was canceled last
night and many women left the hall during
the address by Dr. It Tnit MacKenila at
the Drexel Institute.
Scores of women, unawaro that Mrs.
Sanger's tnlk had been canceled, went
from nil jiarts of Philadelphia last night
to Drexel Institute to find on the plat
form In her stead a Philadelphlan. Doctor
Maclfenzie, who had filled in to prevent em
barrassment for the hostesses' who are en
tertaining hundreds of delegntes to the
convention.
Mrs. Edgar Marburg, president of the
Phllomuslan Club, this morning at the fed
eration meeting, gao tho women "a little
lecturo" for leaving the hall last night with
out mentioning the nbsence of the scheduled
speaker nnd praised Doctor MacKenzIo for
substituting, saying, "Ho did it because he
was such n perfect gentleman."
NOT READY TO TAKE STAND
Mrs. Ronald P. Oleason, state president
of the organization, who nttended the ex
ecute e sesston of tho executive board which
sent the ultimatum to Mrs. Sanger that
she must not talk on birth control If she
appeared on the program, explained tne ac
tion offlhe board.
"We felt that if we allowed Mrs. Sanger
to speak.' on birth control It would give
the laity nnd the public In general the
Idea that we sanctioned her teachings. We
feel we are not ready to take any stand.
Wo did not want to go on record Jn such
a manner. Consequently, when we found
that she wan not going to talk on the
subject of 'Immigration,' that scheduled
for the woman whoso plnce she was to fill.
Dr. Katherlne Bemcnt Davis, New York,
we asked her what the subject of her talk
was to be. We asked her to omit all ref
erence to birth control. She refused and
the talk was canceled."
Mrs. Oleason had nothing to say about
the opinions of the members of the board,
who canceled the speech, for It was done
in executive Besslon. Sho will not say If
the matter caused discussion or ay split In
tho board.
Mrs. II. C. Boden, cx-presldent of the
PhllomUBlan Club, nnd a member of the
present executive board of the State Fed
eration, said that when the board dis
covered the BUbJect of the lecture which
Mrs Sanger planned to give "Moral and
Social Welfare," It received the first
intimation that Bhe intonded to speak on
birth control. Accordingly she was asked
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD
IN BUSINESS SESSION
Meeting Held at Easton Hears
Report on Home Mission
Work ,
HASTON, Pa,, Oct, !5. The Presbyter
ian Synod of Pennsylvania opened Its busi
ness session here today.
After a devotional service the Rev. James
W, Ollland, of Shamokln, the newly elected
moderator, ppolnted E. J. Fox, leading
lawyer and banker of Easton, vlco mod
erator. The Rev. Dr. Robert Hunter, stated
clerk of the synod, announced the standing
committees for the ensuing year.
Dr. C, C. Hayes, of Johnstown, reported
for the standing committee of synoaio
home missions. He announced that 130,
012.19 had been expended by the committee
for home mission work during the year In
the Bute ot Pennsylvania, and that there
had been an Increase In the membership
of the home mission ohurches amounting
to 36.5 per cent In the last five years, as
against 1.S per cent gain In all Presbyter
tan churches in the snyod.
The Rev. John B, Laird, reported for
the executive commission and recommended
that this body exist no longer, as there waa
no need for It The motion was laid on
the table. The reports of the various lit
erary Institutions under the care of the
Synod were made and the Besslon concluded
with an address by the Rev. John Fox,
D.D., ot New York, on behalf of the Ameri
can Bible Society.
STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS
WRECKATOLLEYCAR
to give her pledge that she would not talk
on that subject
"She refused and the nddrcsn wns can
celed. That is all," said Mrs. Boden.
Mrs. George P. Rose, or Sewlckle, sec
retary of the State Federation and a mem
ber of the executive board, refused to say If
there was a split or any unpleasantness
concerning .the final decision to refuse Mrs.
Sanger the right to choose her own sub
ject HINT OF PRESSURE
Mrs. Horace Brock, Philadelphia antl
suffraglst, first president of the Pennsyl
vania State Federation and honorary presi
dent of the organization, Injected a new
angle Into the controversy, when she told
this afternoon that pressure had been
brought to bear upon the executive board
by "certain members" of the Federation,
who threatened to bring the matter to the
floor of the convention If tho executive
board did not take action to prevent Mrs.
Sanger from appearing on the federation
program.
"I do not know who tho women were,"
Mrs. Brock said, "but I can tell you
there certainly was Borne fluttering
throughout the convention when Mrs. San
ger's name was seen on the program for
tho first time by many of tho delegates.
The subject does not make so much dif
ference. Why the woman herself, who
teaches such things as she teaches, never
should be allowed on the platform of a
convention of tlje State Federation. Even
permitting her to talk would have given
the Impression to the rest of the country
that the Pennsylvania Federation women
were In sympathy with her teachings. If
the executive board had not taken some
action I know that the delegates them
selves would have done so. What wo
cannot understand la how her name ever
appeared on the program In the first place.
It had to pass the program committee,
of which Mrs. Charles C. Huff is chair
man, first Then It had to get the ap
proval of the executive board before It was
printed. That Is a rule of the federation.
So you can sea the federation executive
beard only acted on the suggestion of the
delegates when It decided to change Its
plans."
TALK OF SUFFRAGISTS
Mrs. Brock hinted that the suffragists
might have been responsible for the appear
ance of the name, saying that the suffra
gists of New York had tendered the ban
quet to Mrs. Sanger after her release from
Jail last winter, and said that many suffra
gists were leaving the cause because of the
stand taken on the birth control question by
Borne of their members.
Many other women discussed the matter
at the federation meeting today, but feareJ
to give their names on account of making
enemies with "the powers that be." Some
ot them declared they thought the action
of the executive board arbitrary. Others
said they were glad Mrs. Sanger had not
been brought to Philadelphia, and others
did not know that the address had been
canceled, but thought Mrs. Sanger had been
detained and a substitute had been obtained
because of her unexpected absence.
OSTRICH-LIKE," SAYS SPECIALIST
A famous Georgia specialist attending
the annual session of the Clinical Congress
of Surgeons meeting here this week, typified
the action of the women as "ostrich-like,"
because they hid from knowledge of which
they know little or nothing. This doctor,
who has specialized in a branch of surgery,
said the question of birth control was one
upon which surgeons themselves did not as
yet agree. He Bald some doctors thought
it would be wise for the knowledge to be
given to mankind, others felt that crime
would Increase and sfltl others believed It
was necessary to prevent the bringing Into
the world of helpless babies, for whom there
Ise no place In homes which .cannot afford
them.
"The whole question," said Mr, Medical
Ethics, for he says he could not possibly
allow his name to be used, "ta one much
discussed at this time. I know the doctors
themselves do not know Just what stand
to take on It"
M118. 1IMA n. 8TOBK, the oldest wo
man In Philadelphia, celebrated her 101st
birthday anniversary yesterday at the home
of her son, T. B. Stork. 600 Church lane.
Mrs. Stork Is still active and Is Interested In
the coming presidential election and the
rUFIXS OP THE Asa Parker Sehoel
were presented with a silver cup won in
tho Fourth of July parade held by the
Hunting Park safe and sane rthomf'
mlttee. Tho cup was presented by W. w.
Orimth, a member of the civil service com
mission, and was received by eight-year-old
Rachael Griffith, a pupil In the school.
Dr. Thomas L. MacDowclV nn associate
superintendent, was a speaker.
TOUNCJ MRS AllE anxtons to Join the
mllltla. according to Captain William Mc
Ciay, who Is recruiting for the Second Regi
ment Field Artillery at the Armory, Broad
and Diamond streets. The reason given is
that many young men of Philadelphia nae
seen, since the return of the First and
Third Regiments, what a K"at,JPh?"a,1
benefit is derived from service In the army.
THE MYBTEIHOUB firebug "
operating In tho northeast section of Phila
delphia is believed by the police to have
been responsible for the blazo which de
stroyed the rear portion of nn unoccupied
dwelling at Third and Birch streets, early
today. The damage amounted to moro than
3300.
JAMES EBVINE, negro. Pine street
above Sixth, entered the Jewelry store of
Morris Rosenblum. 618 South Fifth street
and negotiated for the purchase of a fifty
cent ring. The negro put a gold watch In
his pocket and made for the door, but
Rosenblum yelled so loudly he was heard by
Policeman Harmond four blocks away.
Ervlno was arrestee.
THE FIFTIETH weddlnr anniversary
was celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. AdamiMc
Cully last night at 1837 Pemberton street
the house which has been their home ever
since they were married. A second wedding
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.
J. C. Scouller, pastor of the Fourth United
Presbyterian Church, Nineteenth nnd Fits
water streets, where they were married.
niUGIIESJIAS KNOCKED
CRIES OF 'HYPHENATE
INTO A COCKED HA1
Tntit. 111
jvujui;i.ujm ui vny unn Whit ii
Interest Superior to Unlt
ouiiea a winner, Hfg
Managers Say
SPENDS DAY IN NEW YO !
By ROBERT B. SMITH
NEW YORK. Oct 15 Chsrlea
Hughes has knocked .,.
SckS'hat" 'hTOhent H'tloTEir
Such was the verdict of his friends aJ9
campaign managers today of the luL&l
In each of which he went emntia3!!!!'
record as rejecting the support ot "i
one who has any Interest suMrifa. l. ,
United 8tates." Moreover, it was 21
clear toriav nt Tlcnnhll,.... .i- .'"MJ
quarters that Mr. Hughes plans to ImL I
homa this notnt with ,.l '. .".""j
vlctlon In every utteranm h t. ..J
i!?tTn..now nd Nvember 7 In behalf!
his election. '
By making "anti-hyphen" the domtaaskJ
palgn, his friends assert he Is explodlnr i
:.." iTJ ."""' '-."'""" ,n? ccuth
....... no , iicKuuuuiiK wun nTDtien'
via b,,w DWVIC1KH uuuieu n
A. O'Leary. and Is turning th... .i?l
Into boomerangs for his accusers. II. ad 1
not Intend to use the word '-hrteawi
directly to name any of the leaders of ttZti
German-American and Irlsh-Amerlcan 2.
Ilances In refutlnic the hmimn. LTl
palgn committee's assertions of his nitl
Hon with lhm wa
He wants tho support ot "all true in
.,. niucuuuii, Ila saia, ana ne win ia3
here to this position "unmncatwfc-l
throughout the remainder of the cameaW
regardless of further developments. IslSt
speech at the Brooklyn Academy of Wnk '
tonight he Is expected to renew hlz &JZA
Tho candidate encnt th ri i -$
York. RAttlnc himself In nehllntr trtai Z
,::i .? ,-"Y.V25 ""npaifTl.
i .. . """' w'm v-nairran wil
and ether Republican leaders.
Mr.. Hughes will leave enrlv iinin. .JS
a day's stumptna- trln thrnn.h v. o.. ?
land. Ha wilt speak at Hartford. Pre'!
Uv-..v .,u .uvnivii. ucpuDiican leaders eeaw
alder his new declaration on American
are especially fitted for vot wiriTi
Ne wEngland, nnd that one day's cansalai '
will ka aii-I.I.H, - -.. v i ' J
.;...:: "-:?"" iu Mr- "un j
News at a Glance
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct IS. Kmbtrrm
against freight for American and Canutfea"
destinations which have been enforced ter'j
several monins oy me Morgan stearnsM
line will be lifted November t. accordlw
to notices glveil out today by H. II. Wllktay!
..a.iavw.1 Mfva... .. ,I.A tins Ynal... a. .
foreign destinations other . than Canadlaa I
win not do accepiea wncn moving on -
through bins ot lading.
TRENTON, N. J.. Oet STiti-,Si
was taken by the Board of Public UUHtf
Commissioners In the Investlgatloa of 4
rates cnargea py tne New lorK Tciephest '
Company, it consisted mainly of as t.;
pert analysis of an Inventory ot the a
pany's property, an appraisal of which wUi
be submitted at a further hearing M.j
vcmber IS.
PITY THE POOR JAILBIRDS.
CAMDEN
HALF nuniED ALIVE by a eave-ln of
an embankment at a new real estate opera
tion at Parkslde, William McDanlel, forty
ono years old, of 958 Central avenue, suf
fered a sprained ankle and severe bruises on
the body. He was extricated from his
near-grave by fellow workmen and Is now
In tho Cooper Hospital.
THE HAltD FACE of a "friend," at
which ho had taken a punch while paying
him a call, was responsible for a fractured
rirht hand for George Wilson, of 209 Ben
son street When Wilson walked Into the
Ccoper Hospital this morning and showed
the swollen member the dispensary physi
cian told him the bones had been broken
by a forcible Impact with something very
hard. "Oh, doctor," shouted Wilson as he
narrated the account of the visit to his
friend, "you should have seen his face after
I punched him." The name of the friend
was not disclosed.
IT HAH COST the city of Camden to date
Just $18,927.37 to combat infantile paraly
sis, which has caused twenty-two deaths
there. This was reported at the regular
meeting ot the Board of Health yesterday
by Dr. J." F. Deavltt medical Inspector.
Bathed, Shaved and Put to Work Hack-
ing Corn
"iJEWLIBSON, N. X, Oct 25Th lt-1
famous "third degree" was made a BMrjJ
picnic In comparison to what Ave MmT
prisoners of the Burlington County Jail re
ceived todav. They were shared. btW.
and halr-trlmmed and put to work bvakiafj
corn on the county farm here, it was im
beginning of the county's application ot Um
system of forcing such prisoners to aua
their keep. Others are to be put to werk
on the roads later, but all will be obtKtei
to take the bath and the shave every day. rJ
Tho men nr allowed fifty cents a oar '
for their work and the cost of malnUlftleC
the county prison Is expected to be reaoeie -:
to a minimum.
Petroleum Firm Not on BUcklltt
WASHINGTON, Oct 25. The State D
partment was Informed today that ta
Potrnlaum Products ComDanv. of San Ifraa-
clsco, had been removed, from the SrKiaVlj
trade DiacKiisu 'ine anion was buwiuju-". ,
nr.a. a ann'.nivi fn thA KtntA DeDartBMSt 1
ha,.n (-"niinnAlnr Polk and Sir Rleaarti
Crawford, of the British Embassy, tfsa J
adviser.
Czar's Troops Rout Kurds (
PETROORAD, Oct 25, An ofl!ete
noiincement says: "On the Caucasian!
north of Dlzy, southeast of Lako-VsA, i
detachment disposed of a horde of nn
capturing various kinds of provuloM
Overpower Motorman and Im
peril Live of Terrified
Passengers
NEW YORK, Oct JB-Traotlon strikers
or sympathisers today wreshed a surfaoe
ear cm Lexington aveous, Injuring four
paraons. Two mo laapa4 aboard the ear,
while It was In mote. overpowered the
motorman, turned on full spaed and then
leap off, oarryln" the ooatrolter with
TOO LATE FPU CLABBinnATlQN
HEATHS
.Hamilton
nnnriu-Oct. 34 at 891a
'JEAN C, daushtar of the late John and Mar.'
sarat Oratum, asd SO. Funaral and lot, prl-
yau.
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H.TPAT.OX8 WANTED TFMAIX
CHAWBKHMX1D wlahaa twsltlon. la city: It
w(tk beat rot. M. N 1110 Watroorlanq at,
COOK Colored StrH cooking .aBddowiatalra
work. Aplr weaaat plaea. S&O N. 1Mb at.
paiwean v wm ..
HHI.P WANTUD FBMAT.K
OIIIU luat 1SV io'maka hrelf ueafuL AwIy
HMJ WANTMD MALK
toOV. oyer alsteen yaara et aaa. tor advartla
l lrt,nBy PW oeeertuaftjr, Awly
SOTS for errand.
Ap. daUrery. HI N. Stta at.
lulrv
Tfca ear was wall Alto with passengers
at the Um and all bisam Hmte-BtrlekeR.
OatnariB- top ad. the r rapidly over
biMJa ajtotlMr ami Wo It Tfc.
irrr-u - ware thief U1m jatfk
auwa and tour smm tabtUir tart.
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