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NEW ORLEANS LINE
Methods Employed Similar
tn ThnM AitntH f-. Vhl j
adtlphik' Commerce
FORCED INTO BANKRUPTCY
Hetvrti Carreee Prevented and Ro
tates and Wharf FrivitKes
trfew tA recent exposure ef active
Worts on Mo part prrtfn'eMnplnff In
tore I. to block the cttabhthmcnt of a
tine sfetstn.Alp. ram (Mi cWy o Bouth
American port, o charged by the Cham
ber of Ctemmenex!, fe following narrative
0 a tfmlter ami successful attempt to
thwart such an enterprise at New 0r
leans hat timely and ttynlflcanCtntcrcit.
The methods adopted at the southern
port were Identical with hose which the
dumber of Commerce ihotpcd were
threatened by the foci of the proposed
Philadelphia-South American ship line.
These were:
Prevention of return cargoes.
Coercion by mtani of rebate. -
Hefusal of wharf privilege.
In every respect the three foregoing
taramplcj of foreign methods to throttle
American shipping at an American port
mre paralleled by the plan of campaign
adopted here with a view to discouraging
etnd, indeed, strangling an enterprise of
vast Importance to Philadelphia commer
cial interests.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. SI. The New Or-leans-Pan-American
Steamship Company
was organized during the early part o!
MIX, as. a matter of clvlo pride, by the
business Interests of the Mississippi VaUer
for th purpose of operating; a steamship
Hne between New Orleans and Brazilian
porta,
James W. Torch, of New Orleans, man
ager of the Lukens Iron and Steel Com
pany, succeeded In Betting the support Of
the commercial organizations of the val
ley and funds were obtained by popular
subscription. The Brazilian (Government
promised its undivided support to the line,
a It would sire Brazilian coffee merchants
a, competitive service with the older line
operating from Bouth American ports to
north Atlantic and Gulf ports, who for years
controlled the movement of coffee ship.
(Beats.
According to Mr. Torch, it was the Inten
tion of the orcanlzers first (o chapter ships,
and If they met with any decree of sue
eeea to build American vessels and estab
lish a regular service under the American
flag-. American shipbuilders became Inter
ested and partly agreed to build such ves
sels as were needed, .accepting In payment
part cash and part In bonds to be Issued by
the company.
FOREIGN INTERE3TS ACTIVE
Foreign steamship Interests did every
thing In their power to discourage those
who they thought would probably subscribe
to the new venture, pointing out that car
toes could not be secured from Gulf porta
to make it a paying Venture, and subscrib
ers who were over-zealous bf'the success of
the line -when attaching their signatures to
the subscription were found to haVo turned
cold toward It when called upon to donate
the actual cash., In the opinion of the or
sstnlxers, their final attitude was mainly
due to the efforts of the foreign shipping Interests.
Sufficient funds were obtained to charter
a, vessel, and the British steamship Inkum,
a vessel of about SOQO tons, was procured
to make the Initial voyage. An appeal for
cargo was sent throughout the Mississippi
Valley for freights and the response -was
the tender of more freight than could be
accommodated. It being necessary to leave
part of the cargo on the wharf at New
Orleans.
SHIPPING ORDERS CANCELED
About the time that the Inkum was ready
to sail from New Orleans the line had com
jnltmeats of coffee to make up more than
two-thirds of the tonnage of the vessel Xor
the return trip.
The activities of the foreign steamship
lines, or as was commonly known as the
trust, then became evident The New
Orleans office began to receive request
after request for the cancellation of com
mltments made by Brazilian coffee ship
ments, regardless of the support promised
by the Brazilian commission to the line,
wltli the result that not a bag of coffee
was brought to New Orleans on the return
voyage.
Investigation made by the officers of the
Hne brought out the fact that the older
steamship ltnes, which had controlled Uia
trade for years, had an agreement with the
coffee shippers, wherein they were to pay
full tariff rates on their shipments, and
if it was proved at the end of each year
that they had not made any shipments by
ether lines, they would be entitled to a
handsome rebato of the rates paid.
As those lines were holding substantia!
mm belonging to the coffee shippers, the
cents of the older lines pointed out that
should they make any shipments via the
new line they could consider these rebates
forfeited, and would hold out no assurance
that a sJmlllar proposition would bo made
should not the raa-American Steam-
Line survive.
This threat had the effect of the Pan-
American Line sending their vessels back
la New Orleans en-pty, and the amounts
earned on the downward trip wero lost1
la sending an empty vessel from Brazilian
ports to New Orleans at a great expense.
Again, It was assumed and the organizers
wero assured by shipping authorities that
their vessels could make the round trip In
thirty days. However, due to the failure
of the Brazilian port authorities to assign
thMr vessels berthing space with any rea
sonable amount of dispatch, It took from
forty to sixty days to make the trip. Mr.
Porch said yesterday that the shipping trust
e dovbt was responsible to a great extent
for this delay. a it 'was able to. Influence
patty officials with authority to assign berth
' space, to have their ships lie out la the
harbor awaiting room at the wharves to
load and unload their carve.
Mr, Porch said it tu Ms opinion that an
American Una eovld be permanently eatab
habed, provided It had euHWeet fund to
fcslul American veaette ad operate them at
a Um until such times a they oouM oon
otneo the Braslllata shippers ot the peon
ay 'at such an enterprise, as his expert
noo was that every- vessel, leaving New
Orlaaaa was eowipoUod to refuse freight
esystx trta on a see ant of took of freight" rosea.
u fhurfnnfl- wtlalnnl au ihnt etui uuuuu
eg asy Um entering this trade wHh ehoj-
red tt esjm vnssls was short of foilr. as
sm Ship C4ataha4 full Information
.L,.. . run If oil af Ute vessels to supply
nVsa owners the msmtmmCot freight, en
rk , waioa would wabM than to plane
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FRESH country egge -are tttns
now at wrenly-nve cent a
detferi, an advance of twenty-flvs
cents In "the last week and of more
than one hundred per cent since
October, 1916.
Dealers preset that K will be
selling at $1 h dozen beforo the end
of the winter, and perhaps higher.
LODGE WILI ANSWER
PRESIDENT ON DENIAL
' OF U-BOAT POSTSCRIPT
Senator Will' Not Reply "Off.
hand," but Plana Full Ex
planation Tonight Pro
duces More Facts
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OPENING SALE OF MUNICIPAL BONDS Atf CITY HALL
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BOSTON, Oct. 11. Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, today declined to enter a reply to the
President's denial of his Lusltanta note
postscript charges,
"I do not want to answer the President
of the United Slates offhand," ho said. "I
shall probably make a full reply tonight,
however."
Last night In his speech at Fltchburg
Senator Lodge submitted additional proof
of his charges that tho first Lusttnnla note
contained a nullifying poHtBcrlnt that was
withdrawn. At a Hepubllcan rally the
Senator read n letter from John Temple
Lloyd Jeffries, corroborating Trof. Charles
II. Bailey, of Tufts Medical School.
LODOETS SPEECH
Senator Lodge's speech follows:
"Sneaklncr at Somervllle nn Snturdav last
1 read a letter from Doctor Bailey, pro
fessor In Tufts Medical School, In which.
ho repeated a com ersatlon he had had
with Mr. Breckinridge, former Assistant
Secretary of 'War under tho Wilson ad
ministration. The one essential point In
the letter was that after the noto of May
IS In regard to the sinking of the Lusitanla
had been formulated and agreed upon the
President prepared a postscript, or second
note, to go with It, In which he declared.
In substance, that the note as published did
not mean anything, and that he would be
ready, if the German Government ob
jected, to put tho whole matter over for
arbitration until after the war.
"The one point of Importance. In Mr.
Breckinridge's statement to Doctor Bailey
was that this postscript, or additional note,
had been prepared by the President to go
-with the note of May 13. Mr. Breckinridge
has published one or two telegrams. In
-which he refers to Doctor Bailey and my
self In a ey angry manner, which Is not
Important, but ho characterizes his own
conversation, which Doctor Bailey reported,
as 'backstairs gossip.
"He does himself ft great InJuMIco by
this, becauso he was a member of tho Wil
son Administration and a most excellent
Assistant Secretary of War. Ho denies
that there was any threat of resignation
by Mr. Garrison or others, but he entirely
falls to deny the essential point, which was
that the postscript was written, and that
he and Mr. Garrison saw It. Mr. Garrison
said yesterday In Washington:
" 'I am not being interviewed on any sub
ject. I have no statement of any kind to
make,' so that he, also, refuses to deny the
existence of tho postscript, which ha cer
tainly iwould have done if it had been a
mere fabrication by Doctor Bailey, Doctor
Bailey Is a gentleman of the hlgheat.char
acler, standing and eracltv. "I hae no
doubt that he stated the conversation. In
substance, with absolute truth.
"But I have tonight additional evidence. If
It were needed, that Doctor Bailey spoke
truthfully, In the following letter:
105 Marlborough street,
Boston, Mass , Oct. 29, 1918.
Senator Henry C, Lodge,
Nohant, IJata.
Dear Senator Lodge 1 have noted
In Boston papers your remark con
necting President "Wilson with a post
script to one of the so-called Lusitanla
notes. According to the press accqunta
this postcrlpt was added rather surrep
titiously and under star chamber pro
ceedings, and was withdrawn only be
cause the few manly members of the
Cabinet happened to discover its exis
tence by luck and naturally threatened
to turn the Government upside down.
I assure you, air, I deeply regret be
ing drawn Into this affair, but I cannot
sit Idly by and see you callod a liar,
when I know your statements are true.
My friend. Major Breckinridge, sev
eral times made to ma remarks sim
ilar to those reported by Professor
Bailey. I cannot swear to every mi
nute detail, for my memory Is only hu
man; 'but tho general' substance of
your statement Is correct to my per
sonal knowledge.
Ah I hava telegraphed to Major
Breckinridge to tell him of my Pro
posed action, and as his remarks were
not correct, and as Professor Bailey
has already Involved the Mayor, I feel
obliged to state that 1 know your state
ment Is true. With regard to Major
Breckinridge, he Is one of the finest
examples of the American gentleman,
and his distinguished family has been
famous for Its chivalry In the Soith
for years. Ills statement also Is- un
questionably true beyond any possibil
ity of a doubt.
Believe me, dear Senator Lodge,
yours truly, '
JOHK TEMPLE LLOYD JEFFRIES.'
The writer of this letter, tMr, John Jeff
ries, Is a member of a "very well-known
family In Boston, a gentleman of honor and
the highest character, and .well known to
me personally. The evidence that Mr.
Breckinridge made Ilia statement attrib
uted to him about the postscript I therefore
think cannot be successfully controverted,
and If Mr. Breckinridge made the state
ment it can be absolutely believed.
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191D, the second note was written about the
l.uiitania incident, wnicn began the retreat
from the strong note of May It, and the
process of time has shown that (he 'strict
accountability' note meant nothing.
The Importance of this disclosure of the
preparation of this postscript to go with
the strong note of May 11 Is that it proves
that the note, at the very beginning, was
not Intended to mean anything ; that it was
composed and sent purely for purposes of
deception and merely to allay for the mo
want the Just Indignation which the coun
try felt at the destruction of so many
Aaterleaa (Ives on the Lusitanla."
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Tho sale of $10,000,000 of city of Philadelphia bonds was oversubscribed five times. The photograpb, taken in
Mayor Smith's office nt City Hnll today, .bows the Mayor, seated at the extreme right, and his brother
and secretary, Joseph Smith, offering the bonds for sale. One-fourth of the amount offered for Bale came
put of the transit loan. The rest was from the general improvements appropriation.
ASHBMDGE WAS SLAYER
OF CAMDEN JAILER, NOT
THOMPSON, JURY HEARS
Convicts Tell of Attack and
Escape, nnd Try to Put
Blame on Condemned
Man
MURDERER ON THE STAND
A dorcn on more witnesses In the trial
of George K. Thompson, charged with the
murder of Isaac Illbbs, turnkey nt the Cam
den county Jail, wstltled today that the bul
let which killed Hlhbs was flred by Wilson
ARhbrldge, Thompson's companion n tho
escape from the jail last July. i
All of the witnesses wero Inmates of the
Camden County Jail at the time of tho kill
ing of the Hibbs. Especially favorable to
Thompson was the testimony of Thomas
Green, who Is awaiting trial for the murder
of a man In Blackwood, N. J, '
Green said: "I saw Ashbrldge point his
rcNoher at Hibbs, nnd say to Thompson,
'Shall I drop hlm7' I heard Thompson
reply, 'Here there, don't do that.' "
Thompson's Bister, Mrs. Norman Massey,
waa In the courtroom, and she smiled when
she heard tho evidence favorable to her
brother.
Joseph Beck Tyler, counsel for the de
fense, told the Jury he Intended to produce
evldrnoo to show that Ashbrldge misrepre
sented to Thompson concerning tho method
that was to be pursued In making the es
cape from jail.
I will show." he said "that Ashbrldge
told Thompson that ho hail It all fired with
Hibbs for the escape. But Thompson knew
that tills vas n Ho when he saw HlbbB's
face when Anhbridge . pointed the revolt er
at him. ,
"I will also show that.Asljpridge threat
ened Thompson with his life If ho did not
participate in the .escape. I shall offer
testimony to establish that AshbrldgetBado
previous attempts to escape, and threatened
to kill other prisoners If they told about
his plans."
Ashbrldge was the first to take the stand.
He said Thompson told him he had better
procure a revolvert as they would havo more
of a chance to escape with a weapon Of
some kind.
He said that he procured the revolver,
but -when asked wher Jie had obtained It
he refused to nnswer.
"When Hibbs came Into the cell," lie
said, 'Thompson lilt tho turnkey on the
head with a piece of a broomhandlc. Hibbs
said 'Don't do that' nnd reached for nn
electric button to notify the oHlcc. Then
Thompson grabbed my hand and the pistol
I held wn discharged. It was an accident.
I had the pistol only as a bluff, an I had no
Intention of killing anybody."
Humbert De Medici, Lerory Overby. John
Sinclair, Levy Fletcher, who were Inmates
of the Jail at the time of the murder, testi
fied that they saw Ashbrldge flro the shot
that killed the turnkey, ,
Charles Smith, another inmate, said;
"Ashbrldge shot Hibbs with h loft hand.
I know he Is left handed because I played
cards with him."
Within an hour hftor thp. trial had been
cnleld the ,jvry h,ad Iwsen choen and As
sistant 'Prosecutor Wellington Butler had
opened the case. Two of the Jurors were
among those who convicted Ashbrldge of
the murder of Elizabeth .Dunbar, an ac
tress, last week. Butler, said the State,
would shqw thht the ' jail delivery was
prcmedlated and thut Thompson was the
head bf he pjot to escape.
He finished haplca with a demarid for
(he conviction ot Thompson for murder in
the first degree with the death penalty.
Thompson -was; calm .throughout the pro.
cesdlncs. choosing the Jurymen with the
laid of his mother and sister Just as though
he were an outsiaer caueo: tor tnap pur
pose. Distinguished by a black thread that
hung from hla eye-gla,ses to his ear, he
sat beside his counsel, Joseph B. Tyler.
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Elktoit Marriage Licenses "
EL1CT0N, Md., 'Oct, JJ, Marriage JU
censes Issued here today were ,to 'the follow
Ing Pennsylvania couples: William A.
Doyle And Mas Ludwtg. William T. Cald
well and Carrl B. WlJIard and Mordlca
Hfmer, all of" Philadelphia ; Benjamin V,
Merchelecoth and lu A. Byerly. Bain
bridge! Kll L. Thomas. Phoenlxyllle, and
Linda A- UWIsnome, west unester; James
E. Marong and Marls Karleln, Erie.; Arthur
W Bolts and rimms. C, Kejfer, Heading,
and John Arena, and Bona ontl, Korrls-tow.
ART CLASHES SHARPLY WITH HEALTH
IN RITTENHOUSE SQUARE LAWSUIT
Frank Mauran, Stock Broker, Who Sleeps on Roof of 1722
Walnut Street, Objects to Skylight Which Albert
Rosenthal Caused to Be Added to His Studio
Art nnd health hae come In conflict at
1722 Walnut street and tho -whole art
world waits for Judges Martin and Stntikc
to gho a decision.
-The medicnl world Is not no much con
cerned. It resoltcs Itself into n question of Albert
-Rosenthal's art or Frank Mnuran's health.
Nearly ccry one knows Mr. Rosenthal.
Mr. Mauran Is a stock broker who sleeps In
tho open air.
The case -was nlrrd In court yesterday
and further explained by Mr. Rosenthal
today. ,
It would Mam that the nrtlst wanted to
build a, skj light into his apartment and ob
tained permlsuion from tho house owner
Mrs. Anno W. IVnficld. wife of America's J
Ambassador to Austria to do It. It was
done, nnd tho result is that an obstruction
eight Inches high -and thirteen Inches deep
has been built nn the edge of the roof.
This roof has been the Bleeping npart
ment of Mr. Mnuntn. It measures 25 by 33
feet, and since Mr. Rosenthal had Ills
ekyllght built there Is only about 1000
square feet of sleeidng .space left. Hence
tho law suit. Mr. Mauran wants the court
to define his rights; he claims that the
porch was given over unreservedly to him.
The roof In directly over Mr. Rosenthal's i
one-story studio, nnd adjoins Mr. Mnuran's
rooms on tho second floor. Tho stock
broker asserts that his Jenso provided the
use of the porch for his sleeping quarters;
the artist cays this use was qualified by
the provision that It was only to be used
for a sleeping porch if the artjut below
wan not annoyed or Interfered with.
WITNESSES FOR ART
Mr. Rosenthal brought plenty of wit
nesses to court In his behalf. He had a
carpenter's nffloavit with. J, diagram to
prove that the building of his Bkyllght
merely took "away a bit 'of gutter space
from the roof; Hampton L. Carson, at.
torney for Mrs. Penfleld, was a witness for
the artist, and a number of others. Mr.
Mauran rested on his legal rights purely. '
Tho artist told today how kindly he had
welcomed Mr. Mauran -whon tho latter came
to live at 1722. "Tho garden which I con
trol 1 pave him the use of; the basement
which I control I gave- him the use of "
He sent tho reporters to tho roof to see for
themselves.
During the visit It was pointed out by
Mr. Rosenthal th there was plenty of
room left there to, hleep. lie held that ex
cept for the argument a casual -lsltor
would neiqr .know any ot the roof Iuxb been
taken away.
When tho reporters returned tho nrtlst
nnked, "Am I n reasonable man? What do
you think of a man who would do a thing
like thatT"
He discusned the facts of the affair In
detail and gave opinions without reserva
tion. The fact that art was concerned was
forgotten for the time being Mr. Rosenthal
wasn't angry as -an artist; he was mad as
a plain man.
JJTi. TJAUKAN CALM BUT RESOLUTE
3Ir Mauran -was very calm. Ho would
say absolutely nothing. He warf In his
brokerage bfflee In the Frnhklln Bank1 Build
ing nnd would -merely repeat his ono phrase,
"I would rather Say nothing." Mr. Mau
ran has not been living very long nt 1722.
He Is a member of the Philadelphia, Rlt
tenhouse and Huntingdon Valley clubs.
He obtained a divorce from his wife In
1915, having1 charged her with desertion.
She was, in Switzerland when he obtained
the decree. ,
The svhole Rlttenhouse Square section Is
Interested In the decision, which It Is ex
pected will be handed down shortly, for
while,' the house fronts on Walnut etreet,
the porch has Its t lew dlreptly out on the
Eighteenth street aldo or, the square, nnd
,tho Residents th,cre ore eagerly awaiting
the verldlc.
GHOST WITH COUGHGLASSY EYES
AND MOCKING LAUGH EVICTS TENANTS
Terrifying Experience of Downtown Family, Who Say
Visitor From Realms of Shade'Made His Appearance
on First Night and Kept It Up Three Weeks ,
7ft
Picture awakening at 2 a. m. and seeing
a coi Due-like looking individual -with long
hair and glassy eyes staring at his reflec
tion in tho mirror of the drenser with a
sardonic grin twisting his thin, bluish lips.
You arise from your bed shliering and
turn on the gas, and the ghastly looking
thing beside the dresser fades away with a
rattling cough that awakens the echoes of
tho bedroom.
Gee, but wouldn't It get your nerve, and
then someT Ml", and Mrs. Frank Ramagano,
and Mr, and Mrs. Salvatore Pascals think
eo, nnd that Is why they moved away In
haste today from 2008 South Fifteenth
tstreet. They had occupied the dwelling for
three weeks, and every night for three
weeks they declare that the aforesaid thing
with the grateyard face and sixty centi
meter cough has -visited their respective bed
rooms. Yesterday the nervous systems' of
Mrs. Ramagano and Mrs. Pascals Kue
away under h strain and they told their
hubands that Uiey couldn't stand it any
mora. Bq jt 7 o'clock this morning two big
moving vans backed up to the front door
and the business of, moving began.
Neighbors said today they were sur
prised that the R&maganos and the Pa)
calea stood It na long as they did. They
stated that no one stays at 2001 South
Fifteenth street very long becauso the
place has been haunted since a young man
died in the house several years pgo from
tuberculosis. Emmanuel C Kolb, the
agent In charge of the house, admitted to
day that two f aminos bad removed from
the place without giving any reasons, but
on the other hand, he said another family
had occupied the house over a period of
years without seeing ghosts.
Mrs. Pascals told the story of her ex
perience while movers were placing her
goods in a van.
"I am go glad to leave," she said, look
ing apprehensively at the house. "Both
my sister and myself are nervous .wrecks
from wliat jjr hava seen.
"The very first night wo slept there the
thing appeared. Jt looked JuBt as though
it hod stepped out of. a coffin. I awakened
about 3 a. m. I should say feeling very I
emity. Then I saw the awful thing stand
ing by the dresser. " I wns paralyzed with
terror and Jt was fully ten minutes before
I hod the Courage to nudge my husband,
He -woke up and saw it, too. He Jumped
out of bed ahd lit the gas. The thing
faded away, -coughing. We Hit up for the
rest of the night and so did my sister and
her husband, for they had seen It, too.
"After .that we saw the ghost every
night, and sometimes we could hear it
prowling around in the daytime, too. Often
when I -wsp working In f he kitchen I oould
hear a rattling cough In the. upper part
of tho hogse. J would knock on the wall
and the ghost would laugh at me mockingly.
Frequentlyjmy cutter and I could hear the
thing dragging his feet along tho upper
hallway. Both my sister and I became so
nervous that we started at every sound.
The ghost appeared 'more frequently as
Halloween'. approached, and -we shivered ut
the thought of what might happen on Hal
'loween Slight. We decided not U diance
staying In ,the house over Halloween."
BLACK CAT APPEARS AND VAN
ISHES Hearing of the ghost stories, Mr. Kolb
sent a matf to inspect the property. When
this man opened the cellar door a black
eat scurried through' the kitchen and out
oi the house. Mrs. i'ascale pearly had
hysterics when she saw the cat.
"I feared as Biuch," ana said. "How
could a cat have gotten Into that cellar
wltn an of the windows locked tight?"
, The appearaoo of the cat startled the
neighborhood, too
"I am net surprised," said the woman
next door, shaking her head knowingly.
"I tell you that place Is liaunted,"
WHAT BOOTS IT FOR A MAN TO WALK
IN PATH THAT SLEUTH CAN FOLLOW?
Bargain Price at Which Henry Lang Offers Three Pairs
of Senator Ed Vare's Mud Guards Excites Cop's Sus
picion and Lands .Footsore Merchant in Jail
Cven a thief tnust take notice of the
high cost, of, IJvngv When he sells hla loot
it's necessary to "exact market prices In
order to avoid' suspicion.
It was the bargain prises agreed upon
by Henry Iang whieb 4 to his undoing.
Hesaua he was on his uppers, the pellee
My, Lang offered boots, at twelve and a
hast, asota a feet. To make matters worse,
he iUf4,.,iUtUrl power and took the
b4. Jt M., alleged, from Htmlat HKd"
Yaw. 'Tkjey wars, t the tstt Wu length
Mesh, whMi enables ose to wade Into
thing and protect himself In the tveat ot
sodden mud'SUagiag.
Lang put one pair pi lbs boot- under his
trawMfa. another iiatr over lit, sad wrap
pa a tblrg pair stout fck be U Jlfe-pM,-
server feMo, "" ' "
Pstlftsma WcCulhtm saw JUag near
ntuaatk ajt Mtaaf -'- '- ' .---j
T.. . m ,i ijr;. awwst
jsssissk E? s'ssssssjr ssssss, sls9 awss
esjssjfna ssss.
Just as Lang was leaving a shop on
fifteenth street the blueeoat stopped him.
Lang tried to run, but Ms trdtii clogged
In the door,
"lie offered to sell me pair of rubber
boots for a quarter," said the aobbler, pr
prleter ef the shop. He sdded that sush
pris would put the boot and shea busi
ness In bad etandUg,
The ep tk U waaderle? toot mr
hast W the Fifteenth, street aa4 BwrAer
avMi atattaa. Usiits-t IsainK hd
learned In, advance that the past ware
stolen Item the Senator,
"When yeu'rs nwt w41 heeled," he UM
the prl saner, "you east besoms a whole.
uU festow by walklag Is ansOisr jRaa's
boots."
7 Tt- Minar said W hU .iMnsOiil to
waht la Um rial path, but w toils mied
m aw
bat lto tatotM mmtit suA4 Is
slssMtfisBB sw mM tssttsfVtttvsy' sat Wft
talSUiif sSE hssasML
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M0USE OF LORDS GRANTS
SLlJWSBY ABY MORE TIME
Extw4wi 7M DemrV. AllQAvcd
Chtrmmt C Yo'fHcstn4y Esfate -
LONDOX. Oct Si. The KoWse qf.Lords
today granted Charles Rugena Kdrfard
Bllngsby, prlnelparin the noteil "Sltngeby.
baby case.'' which 'Involves -vast Yorkshire
estates, adjournment until December 1
Through hte -rtrardlnn, Charini Ifrnry
Helnard Hllngsby, the boy had naked for
Adjournment for six months because of lack
at funds.
The appeal now landing Wfnro tho Houso
nf Lords was: taken After the court -of -Appeals
had unanhnouitly -volpd to,rcierse the
first court's, decision that the bojr was the
natural son nf Charles J5ltaspy try hit wife,
who prior to her laanrlasje Jo SHlngsby'was
n Mrs Warren, a Ke,n,tjVHi by birth.
4i iutB trwji (M omriTiKm ,ni inc oinex
side that the child itoewd lielf to ,tho
rich Yorkshire estates -was adopted by'
Mrs. Rltngsby through tho medium of Ad-
Ttotlsements 1n a Sin Francisco newspapM-,
where she was Irrtng vrlien he estW Ihe hiW
-wan born
The advertisement was nroduoed In court,
but Mrs. Kllngaby oom1nc-4 Mie first trio
unal In -which -the case came -op that she
knew nothing about It.
News at a Glance
CHICAGO, Oct. XL SUrh.rd Hatfield Is
dead and two men nerlonsly wounded as
a result of battles with hold-up men early
today. Tho bandits killed Hatfield nnd
wounded one man Jn a saloon hold-im. While
tholr victims were still lying on the floor
tbey held up another saloon, -wounded the
Becond man and escaped In the dark. The
loot obtained by the robbers -was teas
than 160.
WAfiHINGTOX, Oct. Si Fomt-flra pa
trols have been sent out In the southern
Appalachian national forests with the ar
rival of the "fire season" In this locality.
It -was announced by the forest servloo
today. The fire season In the western for
est reserves had Just come to an end.
City News in Brief
THK FAIMIOUM r.UK Commission,
ers are investigating the killing ot Mrs.
Anna Pnycvsky by the falling of a tree
on Whutahlckon drlvo last Sundny.' Tho
commissioners desire to ascertain the cause
of the fall. The tree -was examined from
time to time, as are all others In Fair
mount Park. Jt stood upon a rocky slope,
howler, and the ground may have- given
away beneath it
THE ANNUAL BANQUET of the rrlde
of Post Bclvlcw. No. 8G2. Lady Companions
of Foresters of America, was held last
night In Vkr Hall, KID nidge avenue. The
banquet this year was attended In .Taney
dress and short addresses marked the'oc
caslon. Mrs. Grace Uler was presented with
a beautiful bodsprcadby Mrs. John Pclster.
Among those who attended the banquet vftre
Mrs. William Shafer. Mrs. Fred Schuler,
Mrs. Ingram, Mrs. John Dehmcr. Mrs. John
Dehmcr, Jr.. Mrs. Grace Uler, Mrs. Harry
Hartmen, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Nnughton,
Mrs. J. W. Bangs, Mrs. Cavanaugh, Mre.
Huv-enmejer. Mrs. Saagg, Sirs., Scholster,
Mrs. Madden and Mrs. -Pelster.
A AHOXEIt IN honor or Jlrlgndler Gen
eral William G. Price. Jr., was held last
night at the home of A. J. Drexel Biddle,
2101 Walnut street. The affair was at
tended by many men of prominence In the
city administration and leaders Jn the
movement for national .preparedness.
XIOHT Mr.MtlKKS of the senior class at
the University of Penhsyliaula, hate lust
been elected by the college faculty to the
Phi Beta Kappa, the honorary scholarship
fraternity which has chapters in all the.
leading universities and colleges of the
country. They are Itoy Anderson, John
Francis Xaxler Cannon, Tomas , Uahn,
Joseph H Ward HlnjaorC OswoTfl" n.
.TUohne, Harold -J. Putnaia, Stanley Brllles
Bice and Frnnk Harry Mead Williams.
AN A1T1M.L FOR wheel chairs for the
use of children convalescing from Inrantlle
paralysis was issued yesterday by the
home relief division of the I2tnergency Aid
Committee. The chairs may be sent to tho
headquarters of the organization, 1428 Wal
nut street.
THE EV. J. HOWARD SMITH memo
rial organ wns formally opened Jast night
In the Reformed Rplscopal Church ot the
Intercession, Twenty-ninth nnd Fletcher
streets. The big organ was th gift of the
congregation and ecral hundred were
present -when tho Rev. Ernest J. Thomas,
of St. Timothy's Church, Roxborough,
played It for the first time. The church
was dedicated Sunday, and tonight there
will bo a formal opening of the recreation
room and the parish house.
THE BRITISH Mcamahlp Deenlioun, the
second of throe vessels chartered to carry
steel cars to France, began loading today.
She arrived yesterday from Middlesboro and
Is docked at Pier it, Bouth Wharteo. The
Dopnholm, which Is In command of Captain
Mankln, Is scheduled Jo sail from here
about November 10.
SIX-CENT BREAD TODAY
j
Largo Bakers Increase Prices, but
Chain Stores Hold to Fivo Cents
Blx-oent bread will be sold throughout
the city for the first time today, when the
new prices announces? by several of the
largest bakeries go Into effect.
The increase following tho advance In
the prices of rolls, buns and other so-called
"small bread products" about a month ago.
Includes ten-cent loaves ss well, which here
after will retail at twelve cents. Several
days ago public announcements of the pend
ing increase were made by the Kolb Bakery
Company and the Frelhofer Baking Com
pany, while yesterday similar announce,
menta were issued by the Parkway Baking
Company and Mees's Bakery,
So far none of the chain grocery con
cerns lias decided to follow suit, but Inde
pendent, bakers everywhere In the city will
advance their prices, according to an official
Mic wwicr uaaers- Jiusines Association.
HARMONY IN T0RN
COUNCILS, MAYOR'S)
HOPE FOR FUTURE
Factional Quarrels Block
City's Progress and
Hinder New Plans
COMPROMISE IS SOUGHT!
That nolltlcs and tint i4ii.. . . ,
questions covern the ncllons of CoW$ '
'Committee on Finance was gtiKralhf.l
mlttcd tWsjftemoon by ineiSSrg'iJ J
.'body. Who he unlit n- ... ..." . ""l .
' f.rtlon.1 lrnM. . nn ""."'. "" " '
kr-n7 " "m """ '
' The Vafe-titrkod Uln.,. - .. iJ
, Smith's cabinet blame the blockade of ? 1
t ary Increases and new Jobs on Penron Hj ' J
...... ,.w..u. .,. u mew. m turn. lmv. -rt
. ndonted as ttwtr n- .,. n. , "" i
heln th lit u .tio-:." '.""'"."Jr . Si
- - " niui saury is.
creases. ' ""
Owing to the millions of dollars lamt--i
In both projects and tho certainty:! t '
heavv Incrensn In !. it v.,i. . . . '.
successful, the Mayor nnd his advisers an .
nn raliv n.v.Ka&n ,w.. ., v
to Im Wl lln In m.L- .n 'rjT-.T
that do not directly entail a curtallsjesfv
Vara Infln-nrn If th. -rv.n. ...... .t
leaders will agree to abandon their block. '
That the M.tTnr In rnnt ...i.... . '
nurn anff n Krilnatnun . ,k. n . .
mlg-up was shown by. his conference kk
5t1pet rnunrtltnra rht,,u. -- - T ? '
--- , -- ".... v..n..n TRc:r am liarrr'
Trainer, tho Penrose-McNichol leaders wke 1
hSVl nff1nrjfl thn nnnnn.l,,. In. ,.- . "
ent predicament. Less than a year m.'
Mlvnr Smith v.,,.1- n.n . .. T"
.Hw. u.UMa. ......m uciMim hi inese too
roen by saying. "No set of politicians cas i J
nvl. .mk In, . tin. 1 . . - . . ' "" - .
uii.o oic imu nun ujr inrr-is. i aonTbe
lkvo any one. for political purposes, wowM '
rt B !. 1tVtru.il a. tha nfnirvu. n Tii.il. . . -
mlrMutratlon is nalnst It and rout lUH
MATOIt SEEKS PEACE
Now that the battle of the fartl-. W.
broken out again nnd even mora hitt-t. Mi
tlinn in tho past, the Mayor has called Into' 3
conference the very men he hranrt ..x. :
enemies of the administration In the hope: i
of effecting at least a surface peace with '
his political opponents. That "nithlng W -X
uie war vi narmony or a compromise DM "i
resulted is provea Dy the ract that boutJ
the l'enross-McNlchol. leaders are contlnu.'
lng their blocking tactics In going over ta
The administration Is face to face with 4
tne situation or eitner throwing down tn-o
ureiy me -iiiue leuow" ana running routtr."
shod, with working majority In Couaeas,
over the demands ot the I'cnrose-McNicaet
iiuuin, ui u& awuiuuuiii. many ol me n ?vx
places and salary Increase demanded tsrv
fear of exposures threatened by Its polities! -
All . U. n-l.l.. ..nil I.. I.. ... . T
rflll Ul UID IJIUUICIMB lll UB Kl UHU1 SltCf
election day for final open disposal, and t
a meeting scheduled for tomorrow after
noon efforts to "soft-pedal" the trouMe
will be made by preventing any diicuMles'
of the questions at Issue. j
i.
AUTO STRIKES BANK, KILLING
TWO AND INJURING F0UE
Man and Eight-year-old Boy Dead aad
Lad's Mother Will Die
SUNBUItV, ra., Oct 31, Two personi.
were killed, a third fatally hurt, and three, .ia
UUICtO eistit.gjr IIUI t( "IIC1I VtlCIl emUkVIIIUUIIS
ran acalnst an embankment near McCtelUn,
and jipsetow, Tho dead are John Donnellr, .
twenty-seven. years old, "Will lama town, and. t2
Tnlin W1f tr4if vrm Irl '. 'i
Mrs, John efah, mother o tlie deidoy.,!
voa fliohsJ n Hf-. Hf tln.l,.- tl..-l.t
(-as iuouc w tm .(j .,, tn-ttn aaucsyiuu4jj'j
John Welsh, Airs. John ponneJly and htft
tT&A crroo tlv frvtm hnyil That Fines noil
nr nrnrnlnnt rt-Mnta nf HfllltamilAWM ff1
" -"..-.- w-. vvssMuxsovwna. ,
U
-CutThisCoupon-
, AND 8AVK (S.O0
ood Ustll November 10, ttlt
WIIEN Health and Contentment re
fleet Happiness spon your fester!,
hare year pbetorrsph taken for the
ones who leve you, A photograph signed
E. BRUNEL is a guarantee of absolute
satisfaction. k Cut this coupon and use it
today.
raoporis finished Jn t liouri.
Photos for roprodnetlon or eat.
New or old photos copied or enlarged.
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PHOTOS
Rtondsrd Ctblntt 8lu.
Rrk jrroundi. yinUhed
i Folders ........
Ktchltur Photos. 11
each and up.
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With,
COO-
with
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1011 C1IE8TNUT HTKEET
or any of li Brunei Studios In Nwif
Boston, Brooklyn, Newark or Detroit;
"i
AND NOW THE TELEGRAPH
;)0YS QUIT THEIR JOBS
Seven
Humdred Wetrn Union
Postal Messengers Strike
and
NEW VORfcC Oct, .1 Everybody's strik
ing In New York thseo days, so the tele
graph messsager bo- concluded this Is
a good time to jofev ti band wagon. Seven
bundrsd boys In tlio employ of the Wo'.
rn Union wJ I"ohal Tolftgraph Companies
have formed a "becf(cla4 association," alias
union, and hae walked out.
Promotion, dignity and pay correspond
ing to their responsibilities are the Issue
lnolv4 ts h rtsmands thsy will put forth
to tlieJr asa)oysrs today. The boys ask
a ehaBos to become storks when yaeanoiea
oesur. .They pbioct to tho employment at
aeh;oI hoys as ostra msMMMiwoni and boiag
prssMd lata servles as portefs during I ho
boWday asbcmi
Wsoiam Vfim offlMals adwM(4 tpday
that "soflto" W tholr nmsengers wor n
strlko. Tho Jteotal oWssrs vM their
pony was ut affaatod, Thoro sro abteut
four Ihewiiiaii mtntr Vy In the oky.
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Growing fiirU' anA Rnw' ntV SLnoe
with all the Smartness and Style of the Day
Yi.Yii'1' I30 u'P''lMi,tOkM how attrgctive the new styles ure in
children's riioeBana tlfo -aurability is In no way impaired. We
tov wpaderfijl variety to select frem for the little tot or the
L lllO. tkftW Att nn.A.ln. & t t At .... .n n Mil
swhere. Every detail Jn, stylo ar
been brought up to its highest point. "
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V Sr
llftl
Cktldren, Hkm sad Growing f.lrU.
Bs and I.1UI OtMts
Aro Sited 'eorrooMr
fcy ossortt'la oar
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DptftMMMt
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.y " I
Vssssw!" r. i
Patant WaOwr ar .Dull Calf,
e..l..'S..'! $4,50
AIms htvrflsee me4el in Tjh or
Bkek Kel Csjf, $.
foaltiimel
the sty m m
Niriaj:. -GjMi-
fixaet ''tUt f the styles Uf
MWsan ara waariair. i-uw
metal ec wakegany'
taa . . . . ;
The new KafflWi ll "
laodel in CeteW Thn CJ, 9.
. ' Shorn mj Hotityy
lSXHWe MrW St-
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