Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 26, 1917, Night Extra, Page 2, Image 2

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THESE MEN FEED
THE JOB HOUNDS
List Names Masters Who
,v Hold Open Sesame to ;
State Places
a-fm
AMBLER IN TWO REALMS
Montgomery and Bucks Men
Must "See" Him Before
Seeing Salary
llneters of Job hounds, tlie tneii wlio c-ih
get their friends nnd political creditors Inlo
H&te positions within (Ho nlft of lh.6 Clov
erhor, are Identified through papers mntla
public today There nra soventy-IHo of
them In Pennsylvania They lire tho men
toTuTmlist be seen1 by tho hungry hun
dreds perpetually searching for cany Com
monwealth work at short hours and long
pay.
The authenticity of tho list which came
from tho Governor's olHco it guaranteed by
the former head of a State department to
whom tho nuniei of the masters of job
bounds were Riven so that lip would know
whether a Job hound was being Introduced
properly when he applied for work and pre
sented an Indorsement
If tho applicant carried a letter from tho
lhaater of his county lilt chances of getting
A Job were good If the county master had
riot Indorsed the applicant's plea the chances
were 100 to nothing against his netting u
place.
State' department heads rceplveil thp
names of those who-se word was to carry
weight when positions in tltPlr departments
were to be filled The manner of their re
ceiving the lists was this
Early In October summonses were sent
for a number of department heads with the
word that the ioernor wanted to see them
In llarrlsburg The business was Important
The department head hurried to Hnrrlsbuig
and went to the cccutue olllces In the
Capitol.
There ho and the others were met by
James C. Dolnlngcr. the flovernoi's execu
tive clerk. Deinlnger told them the Gover
nor was away.
ENVULOI'i:S I'ASStJP OCT
Then he handed out envelopes. In caoh
envelope was a long typewritten list of
names Tho list was tint addressed to any
one, nor was it signed It d d not say what
tho names were for npi why they were
given to the department bends.
But tho department heads, knowing poll
tics, needed no explanations They recog
nized moBt of the names Generally speak
ing, the men on the list were count) leaders.
The paper was tabulated b i-oujitlei. with
ono name or moro after each count.v
A. Ncvln I'omeroy. of Chambersbuig.
former State printer, whose head fell when
the Governor "cleaned house" In the speak
ership fight, gut his Instructions for em
ploying his men In n. different way
Tho Governor used a less circumstantial
method of Insuring the cho'cp of the "right"
men for State olllces Word wenf out that
"the Governor's secretai was to lienr when
ever there were any ncnneles In the State
Printing Department.
"Early In the tall," s.ild Mr. I'omeroy,
"I was told to see Air Dull, tint (lovernor'B
ecrotary, about nnv vacancies In my de
partment There were only n few vacancies
fter that. There were two positions for
copyholders nnd. I believe, two proof
readers were needed I to'd Mr. Hall about
these and men were sent to me for the posi
tions. I learned later that tho men had
had "Yio experience In tho work before they
came to the olllce "
Masters of Job hounds, the list shows.
were not chosen because they were State
Senators or Representatives from their
counties The character of the work the
masters do is illpise In the extreme One
or the masters Is a Congressman. Ilepte-d-.itnfhfr
Edgar It ICiess. or Williumsport
Then there an- State ntllceholdurs and
people holding no olllce ut nil Some, ap
parently, are powers behind the county
thrones.
AMBLER'S Hit? .Il'IlISDICTIO.V
Charlei A. Ambler, defeated candidate for
Auditor General. Is Master of Job Hounds
In two counties, his own home, Montgomery
County, and the neighboring county of
Bucks. Chester County Job hounds must
see T Earry Eyre, of Chester Those In
Delnwnrs County pay homage to V. R
Mathues Philadelphia and Dauphin Coun
ties are mysteriously missing from the list
The moft prominent State officeholder
who Is a Master of Job Hounds Is J Denny
) O'Xell, Insurance Commissioner He shares
Alleghany County patronage with V. A.
Itagce, of Pittsburgh. Euncaster County
Applicants who are wise seek out XV. W
Grain before applying for work In a State
Department.
William I. Homniedlcii is another on tiro
list who holds sway in two counties. Ue
lias al! of Monroe nnd Pike Counties.
Another man the jobless' ought to know Is
O. D Bleakley Mr Ulcakloy Is authorised
to Intercede for applicants from Mercer,
Elk, Venango and Warren Counties. In all
four he shares honois with other masters.
After J. Denn O'Neil, who heads the
Alphabetical list of olllceholdtng mastors
by reason of his reprebenting Allegheny
County, comes, In tho olllceholdtng class,
Harry B Henderson, Assistant Master of
Job Hounds in Armstrong Cuunty and dork
In tho Economy and Eillcleucy Commission
ofllceB.
8. S. Illddle, of the Eabor and Industry
department, holds Columbia County In fee
simple. He Is sole agent for the entire
county, If tho list l accurate. Nost Is ".
V. Kline, of tho State Elbrury, who is In
charge of the Stato employment agency in
Cumberland County E. II. Wlble is In
the Department ol Agriculture. He Is like-wine-
diplomatic ugent for the jobless of
Fulton County
Grant Ilamse, of the Insurance Depart
ment, reprehents vacancies in Indiana
County Jefferson County is taken care ut
by E. U Means, of the Workmen's Cam
peheatloit Bureau It- A. Todd, also of tho
Insurance Department, dispenses Jobs In
Lfvwrenoa County on a llfty-llfty Inula with
(Jharles H Young
Thomas J Ench, of the Water Supply
Bureau, epl ts Northampton County with
Dr. Victor H Messlnger Other Stato
ortloeholdera with patronage rlghtu nra II.
1J. Hitter, of th Invurnnca Department,
holding Perry County , John T. Carpenter,
qf the. Treasury Department, holding Potter
County i Thomas A Crlchton, wiiiio depart
intnt. holding Tlogu County, nnd last on
the list, C U Crolhers, of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, holding Washington
County, share and share alike, with Walluce
J Barrtes.
DIES RESENTING WOMAN'S
QUESTION OF PATRIOTISM
Superintendent of St. Louis Schools
' Qverwrought When Attack Is Made
or Middle West
WASHINGTON', Jan S. Overwrought
n,Bil excited at what ha thought was a re
Htfitf"" "" the patrMbwu of the middle
Wirf. Benjamin UUwltt. superintendent of
(to- St. Louis schools, fall dead hare today
st, etm of the. niMtinga of to t'ongrewi of
dutptruitive Patriotism.
4. woman delegate in a committee int
' Jntf was speaking and said aomathlng wh ch
,. aft-. Blewitt ioostruad aa a re Beit Ion on the
btrtptUm of liU sactlon al tue country
fe iroca and la much exclteinant daciarad
bat tie would refute the Implication. Ills
ica bawinia suffused with blood, hU voice
icksmKi than he choked and rejl to tlie
vaftdauarters detective immediately took
atet$a ol tha body Ha was carried tu v
mini W t hole' woare ttw luugraMi U la
Ta mutmf Wu view tu wuty
WILSON'S MIND AND H. G. WELLS'S
SHOWN IN REMARKABLE HARMONY
I'ontlnnul from Pane One
In n state of open nnd manifest disorder, for tho protection of foreign travelers nnd
of persons nnd Interests localised In that countty but foreign to It,"
In the bringing nliout of such "nn iigreeinonl tlmt would at once lift Inin
nntlonnl politics out of the bloody nnd, hopeless squalor" of war. Atncrlrn, ileelnres
Mr. Wells, Is the answer. Tho United Stales, he writes, "must play tho tmtt of the
iinltnpassloned thhd pnrt It Is Amerlcu'n wuiireiile tiiptirtunit."
"It Is Inconceivable," snld Mr. Wilson, "tll.tl the lieople nf the fulled Htntr
shoilhl play no part In that great enterprise (the bringing nbout of a Listing world
peace).
"to take purl In audi a fccrvlce will bo Hiu opportunity for which tlm Iim
sought to prepare llicmseUcs by the ery principles nnd intrpoireB of their pnliu
Itotlt speak for ntt "nuloitoinous Pohinil."
The history of tho Wells article is Interesting. Accmdlng to tlcnrge H"i m
Loriuior. etlllor of the Sattinlay livening I'osi, It Wan written some time in Nnum
her, presumably, nml was In tlie pnslofllco on lleceiiibor A, two weekA before l'ni
(lent Wilson sent his peace note of December 1R to Hid flmrrnmcntu of Hie waiim
nations. Tho article was sent to the presses .Innuary S anil appeared on tin- :i
yesterday In tho Issue of the magazine tinted .Innunry 27.
The 1'ioshlent did not announce hl3 intention nf addressing the Senate on
momentous question of a world poare ttntil Hie iiiornlng of Jnttunry 28.
The outHlandlng simltnrittea nre:
till t'rtaidcnt, Witson:
Tiiey imply, urst or nil. tnnt it must oo
a peace without lclory It is not pleasant
to snj this 1 beg Hint I mny be permitted
to put m own Interpretation upon It and
that It may be understood that no other
Interpretation was In mt thought, t am
seeking tint) to face realities and tn face
them without concealment Victnr would
mpan pence forced upon the loser, a le
tor's terms Imposed upon the vanquished.
"It would be accepted In humiliation
tinder duress, nt nn Intolerable sacrifice
and would leae a sting, a resentment, n
hitter memory upon which terms of peace
would rest, not permanently, but onl ns
upon quicksand iinly n pence between
equals can Inst. Only n peace the er
principle of which is cqual!t and common
pnrtli'li ntlo.i In n common benefit. The
right stule of mind, the right feeling be
tween nations, is as necessary for lasting
pi ace as lu tho Just se.ilemeni or vexed
questions of territory or of racial and na
tional allegiance "
AMEIUCA'S PART
"I do not mean to s.iy that an American
Government would throw any obstacle In
the way of nn terms nf pence the Clovern
ments now at war might ngreo upon, or sock
to upset them when made, whatever the
might be 1 only take It for granted that
mere terms of peace between the belllger
enta vlll not satisfy even the belligerents
themsolves. Mere agreements may not make
peaco secure. It will be nhsolutely neces
sary that n force be created as a guarantor
of the permnnctic ol ;;ie settlement so
much grenler than the for e of nn nation
now engaged or any alliance heretofore
formed or projected that no nation, no prob
able combination of nations, could face or
withstand It.
"If tho peace preseiitl to be made l to
endure It must be a peace made secure by
the organised major force of mankind "
MON'ItOK
I nni piopoBiig, as it were, that the na
tions should with one accord adopt the
doctrine of President .Monroe as tho doc
trine of Mo world That no nation should
seek to extend Its policy ntcr any other
nation or people, but ' that every people
should be left free to determine Its own
pollt, Its own wn of development, unhin
dered, unthrentencd. unafraid, the little
along with the great and powerful
"I nni proposing that nil nations hence
forth avoid entangling alliances which
would draw them Into competitions of
power, cntth them In a net of lutriguo anil
selfish rivalry and disturb their own af
fairs with Influence Intruded from with
out There are no entangling alliances In
n concert of power When nil unite to
act tn the same sense and with the same
purpose, all act in the common interest and
are fiec to llvo their own lives unajr a com-
win ntnt Alt Inn.
NEUTRAL
"No covenant of co-opeiatle peace that
does not include the pilnclples of the New
World can stilllce to keep t.ie future safe
ngolnst war: and vet there Is only one sort
of peace that the people of America could
Join In guaranteeing The elements of that
neaie must b elements that engage tho
confidence nnd sutlsfy tho principles of the
American Governments, eienionm l-uiihuiciii
with tholr political faith and the practical
convictions which the peoples of America
have once for all embraced and undei taken
to defend
POLAND
I take it for granted, for instance. It
I nia) venture upon a single example, that
statesmen everywhere nre agreed that there
should bo a united. Independent and au
tonomous Poland nnd that henceforth In
violable security of life, of worship, and
of Industrial and socinl development should
be guaranteed to all peoples who have lived
hitherto under the power of governments
devoted to a faith nnd purpose hostile to
theirOV,n- FREEDOM
"And the paths of the sea must nlilto in
law and in fact bu freo. Tho freedom of
the Bens is tho slno qna non of a pence,
equality nnd co-operation No doubt a
somewhat radical reconsideration of many
of tho rules of International practice hither
to thought to bo established may bo neces
sary in order to make the seas indeed free
and common In practically all circum
stances for tho use of mankind, but the
motive for such changes Is convincing and
compelling There can bo no trust or inti
macy between tho peoples of tho world
without them. Tho frco, constant, unthreat-t-ned
Intercourse of nations is nn essential
part of the process of peace and of de
velopment it need not be dilllcult either
to define or to secure the freedom of the
seas If the governments of the world sin
cerely deslro tq come to an agreement con
cerning it.
By special permission of The Suturday Inciting. Po-it, thy Evening Ledger
will publish on iU editorial page tomorrow the salient parts of the article hy
H. G, Wells on America', part in tlie ending of the war.
WOMAN SEEKS TO SET
ASIDE FATHER'S WILL
Mrs. Anna E. Schudewald Alleges Un
due Influence Kstate Involved
Valued ut Hetween $500,000
and ?ti00,000
Alleging undue lulluvnce, Mrs Anna 15.
Rliudevvuld today uttuoked the validity of
th will of her father, John M. Schwahm,
who died ut 10 j Manhelm street on Janu
ary t, leaving propert) valued ut between
J50U.UOO and JGUO.OOO
According to the will datvd August 31.
lUlS. Mrs. Mchwehm gU UB.QOu. while
ttve remainder of the estate goes to two
sons and the daughter, with the dlrtmtlon
that her share is to he held In trust for
bar children.
It was to this clause that exception was
taken. The wltneasM examined at u hear,
ing held today before IlegUter of Wills
Sbeehan agreed that Mr Schwehm was of
sound mind and had atHrmad the will after
It had bn written- The three witneaaa
who signed the document were Julius O
1avI. David Maadal. Jr. und Anna, McAran.
Tbay told In detail of the writing of the
document lu the law olHces of Attorneys
Levi and Mawll In thbj city Tlta liear
uag in in wuto will be eoutluued next
eek
I tin Mr. Wells:
' "In eierv country at nrfMflt at w.u
desire nf the majority of people Is t
nottcotitentlous solution thnt IH muii '
crystallise n triumph nor prop!ti.u i
enemy, but which will embody the n
nomle nnd ethnologic mid geographic m
mon sen'e of tho matter MM. though tin-formula--
of national belligerence ntc c.i--v.
fiimillni. blatant and Inslstentl.v pii'S.-nt. lb
gentler, greater formulas of tlutt wider and
newer world paclllsm have still to he gen
erally understood. It Is so inuc'i rnslei io
hate nnd suspect t'.inn negotiate gener
ously and patiently: It Is so much hardei
to think tlmn to let go In tt shrill storm of
hostility.
"In the enso of America doing nothing
so magnificent, then I do not renllv see
limn' than n nominal end io the war There
inns be a sort of peine, tho peace desired
I'j witless pacifists. It will mean merely
that there will be a lemporar.v cessation
of gunfire nnd n t.atis.er of the belligerent
energies to a trade struggle, n shipping
struggle, tind a vast new nrmiiment com
petition which will etitliely dwarf that mod
est 'race of aimaments" that toddled along
before 10 U.
DOCTKINR
"That they should set up an International
tribunal for tho discussion and settle
ment of International rt.spu.es. I'hiit thc
should mulntnln land and spa fences only
till to a limit agreed upon, nnd for Interna
tional police use. only, in for the purpose of
enforcing the decisions of the tribunal. Thai
they should all he bound to attack nnd sup
press uny Power umnug them which lo
ci cases Us war equipment beyond its de
fined limits.
JUSTICE
It U Inevitable that u settlement made
In a conference of belligerents atone will
be shortsighted, harsh, limited by merclv
iuciileiitul necessities, and obsessed b the
Idea of hostilities and rivalries continuing
perennially '
"It will be a Hading of advantages for
subsequent attneks. It will be n settlement
altogether different In effect as well as hi
spirit from a world settlement inn do pri
marily to establish a new phase in the his
tory of mankind.
"What right and icusoi. and the welfare
of coming generations demand In Poland Is
n unified and autonomous Poland, with
Cracow, Danzig und P'osen brought into
the same Polish-speaking ring-fence with
Warsaw
OK SEAS
"It lias been tho peiulini bourn of ilient
Britain that her shipping has been unpa
triotic. Bhe has been the impartial curler
of the whole world, tier shippers inn) ha
served their own profit . they have nc-vei
served her The fluctuations of fieight
chnrgps may have been n univusal
nuisance, but tliov have certuiul.v not been
an aggressive national conspiracy It Is
Itritain's case against am Herman iifccud
uniy at son. an entjit-l) convincing case
that such nn hmmiiIuhcv would lie used
ruthelessly for tho advancement of tiermau
world power The long-standing fieedom
of the hous vanishes ut the i Set man touch
So beyond the present war there opens the
agreeable prospect of a mercantile i 'ugsrlc.
a blttor freight war and a war f naviga
tion acts for the ultimate loutrol, in the
Interests of ilerniany or the untUJeiniun
ullics, of the world'n trade
"Now how. In uny of these thiee cases,
cun the bargaining und trickery of dlplu
mutlsts and the udvuiituge-huntlng of the
belligerents produce any stable and gener
ally benefle'al solution'." What nil the neu
trals want, what ever nttlomil and far
sighted man in the belligerent cnintrU-s
wants, what tho common sense of the whole
world demands, Is neither the "uscenduncy '
of Uermany nor tho ascendancy of It u tt
llritnln. nnr the ascendancy of uny ritule
or people or interest in the shipping of tin
world The plain, right thing is a world
shipping control us impui.utl us the 1'o.nul
Union."
DAIRY PRODUCE IJUYERS
TAKE FUTURE SUPPLIES
Foreign Purchasers' Activities in Chi.
cugq Indicate 1 Err and Huttcr
Cornor Next Winter
Ci!lf.UU, Jan. ib. l-'oreign bucis who
fur inure limn a weak h,ve been pUcimj
orders witli loial trudeta un tho butter
and egg board, confining their purihaae
fur daliteriea between April and tirveinhpr,
hive laid the groundwork of another cor
ner that may kend eggs to about 1 a
do3tu und butnr to 1 a pound next win
ter, dealers say
It Is s'ated that ireamerlaa in Wisconsin
und Illinois have algned contractu with for
eign bu)wra for thalr entire output during
the summer ami full montha. The pur
chases ui i ba ng made in carload Iota at
I rices ranging around twenty-live cauls a
dozen for egg and fifteen to eighteen cents
a pound for butter
The shortage of thaaa oojnmodiile in
Kuropa has driven foreign dealera to Ameri
can markets While these buyers have b?en
active all winter, the latest drive was not
revealed unt I traiut'iortatlon u: rung inn
ware made with refrigerator cuiipaula to
rajuov the product to the seaboard
CROWD BESIEGES
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'I hi ones, bclonnini; tn opposing factions, jostled nnd surged about the licadqunrters of the Women's Penn-
1nnin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals today while the so-cnlled conservatives nnd pro
gressives fought out their battle of ballots .for control of the organization. 'V squrttl of police and nn nmliu-
lnnee were on hand
COLD KJLLS'BABY AFTER
FATHER KILLS HIMSELF
'isttr Cuddles Beside Dmid Par
ent's Body and Is Found
Alive
nn Saturday night naval l-'ox's twenty-fotir-
ear-old wife left him alone with their
two children In theli small frame home at
UGIM Kast Adams street Vestciday I-'ox.
who was nrtv-tlve -ears old. went upstnlis
nnd killed himself by Inhaling Illuminating
gu Tlieie is evidence that thiec-vi-iii-old
CI.iiIvm and Uiiviiiiind. bub of clglileen
inunlhs. wandered around the tiny ba iron
home foi many horn-- innhuhl) hand In
hand Then (lliul.vs (limbed the- stalls and
cuddled under n ingged blanket beside her
dead rather. Tin- gas from the qtiartei meter
wii" dissipated as wan about everv thing else
lu the house and UIhiIvh Ml III lives, though
In the Kplsiopnl Hospital silffei Ing fiom ex
posure The hah). It mtioiid. vv.is found
scantilv clml anil frozen to death even as
he hair tried to mount the stairs, which arc
much too sleep tor little feet
About Id o'clock this morning .Mrs Mollle
ItobertM. a iimsin of In's wife, came to the
house to sei- tin- children Theie me but
two rooms In the house, nnu tin lop of tho
other, nnd u.i Mrs Itoberls peered into
the daik of tin- lower chamber she saw
what appealed to be n white bundle nt
the stair's Imsc It nits Ihiymoud. who
lay ns a. wu imnge. dcud for soveial
bonis.
Mis rtoberls climbed the stairs tn an
other sight The father was Ijlnff under a
blanket on the bed, which was the otilv
furniture in the mom. Itcside him was
Cludyn, her bodv still win in. Mrs Uobctts
rushed out to the street nnd told nelgh
bois of the trngiilv A half do?en woiiihu
came In and wanted to cam for tho llttlo
gill, whom thev hail known when slm
pbted on llui sttect in better da)s Mis.
Thomas Town-end. J4o Adams stioi-t, bito
the child Io Jut hinne bill shorll.v afterward
tiladys was iciuivcd to th Kpiscnpal Hos
pital because the police of the Ticnton uve
nue and rmtiphln street station said she
was in a serious londitinn
A crowd, tomposed mostly of women
and children, guthered around the place
as the patrid wugon vnmo up There was
muih talk about the famllv
"His wife came back Mnud.i to sec the
children " said a woman with an apiou.
"Thin site b-ft again and wo haven't seen
her sliitc, l-'ox was a weaver out of em
ployment and was ill inking after his wife
left him lie kept this up, and I heuid the
clUlilii.ii uiiig A'ednesdii). Then cvtty
tiling vv.ij. quiet "
The chlldieii wanted to gi; Into Mis
Townsend's house to seo their little friend,
but the police were thero and they said.
"Hun along now she can't see you she's
tired, that's all "
The father and the son were taUen to
the mnrgin The little fellow's face is calm
and piniid -x-iiuitp as If he hud never suf
fci.d. j City News in Brief
Vt. f'. T, I. will wage a vlennnm iter
caiiipaluii against lliiuoi This was detided
at Hull- semiannual coufeiencu lu the
Woodland Avenue Methodist episcopal
Church. Fiftieth and Woodland avenue.
Mlllceis elu-ted for tho coming vear aie
Mis It II. Hubbert, picsldent; Mrs.
Kutherine Wisler, treasurer, and .Mrs S U.
Mucl-'urlunil, secretary.
Ttt ,M.itKi:t' STiti:i;r in., nii'.
and 1044, und four houses, 7 to 13 South
.Seventeenth street, have been puichused by
Murdoih Kcndrlck from i cui.iicij I'cu
uiuglon. The usscsscd valuation Is $110,001).
iho imi.vr i.ii'i; ami tiii t com.
pany emplojes and their guests attended
the unmial dinner of thut organization lu
the llellevilu-Ktnitfonl Joseph II. Town
xenil Jr., a director of tho company, pie
sided Tlie uddress of welcome was matlo
by Asu H. Viug, president
nilllTY.SIH'OMI .ltl Itill'l Itl.l.
cun Club bus opened its new headquarters,
UJ.t North Twentieth street. Senator 1M
win II. Vuro and llecordc-r of Iiccdi llazlett
were the guests of honor. The organization
liu u inemberkhip of j'-u Councilman Jo
seph ll. i-'uy is picsldent.
(KMVIMH.N ('(H.i.Uii; Al.l-.MM held
annual dinner at it Chestisit htrcet cafe
Myrtun A. Ilrjaui. fuimcr president of
the alumni, presided Tlie question wheth
er the college should open u vocational de
partment for tin. guidance of tho studnts
wus discussed Frederick U Smith was
elected pruaideiit nnd Juhn V. l,ybou sec
retary. TIN! Iti;. lilt. I.IN.N ll( M.MAN, mtur
of the Spring Harden Street MethcdUt
Chqrch. bus ict-eived a call to become pus
tur of tlie I-'Irst Churuli of .lohustown. e
is holding tho iiitlmtlun. under aiblieinent.
tr. Ilowm.tn lnlted Johnsiuwn this week to
confer with officials of that church.
WAI.M'T hTHClIT IIIMMiKK ASh().
elation will uwaul silver cups for the fluent
displays in the ohuervuue of Municipal
Flag Pay. March :7. Due will ba uwarded
to thu Luklncks uiganlatlou vvhose me.n
btrs make the flueot d splay of city colurs,
anil the otbtr to the firm making the best
Individual dupla Major Smith will head
the committee of Judge.
INVriTI Ti: OF flUXTAI. TIJACIIIIIlrt
run closed its thiee-day convention m this
clt The twent) -fifth annual meatlng of
the 'institute will b held In Chicago next
Juuuarj DWcvrs eleited were: Ir. John
F BlCdle, I'ltti burgh , u de.H . Ir A. W.
Thorutun Montreal vico piaaldant, and Pr.
Abiam I luff man, llutfalu, sv.crv.tary and
ti ..aaurcr
S. R C, A. OFFICES
srarr-sr-- mt-Bsag$i&
t" -iJ
S. P.C. A. Factions Line
Up in Fight for Control
t'onllniiril from I'nce One
that he had better move caiefullv l.scniisc
the election sureiy would be contested In
court Mi llreen meant, of tourso, If tho
M.-is niddle tiiket lost, and It looked from
the temper of tho meeting that II surely
would Ho said very plainly thnt no ea
nnd u,i, voting should be peimltted, und
nskeil for bnllnl voting even on the tem
poral y fiignnlratloii, hinting that tlie meet
ing was packed with nonnicmbeis who had
no tight Io vole
After the meeting was adjourned Io nl
low foi ballot ing. Joseph 1 nuffuey, t-hali-man
of Councils' Fiu.inco Committee lushed
up lo Mr. Lewis He came thieatenlngly
ni.d told him that the whole procedure had
been shameftillv Illegal and tliat Mr. Lewis
would tcriulnly have to answer for It.
For a iroimiit the nlmosphcro was ills
tlnctlv pugnnc'ous, but Mr. Levvh i-aid lie
would answer for it in court If necessary:
that the organization of tho meeting would
not be disturbed today.
"Yon (eitalnlv will nnv"or foi It In
couit," Ml liaffney lepllcd.
i nivn:iicii.m:i:s ma'ui:
Tiotible nt the meeting was not tiimi
pectcd nnd a heavy detail of police was on
hand headed by Captain Mills. I .'null s'de
nccustd tho other nf summoning the police
und t'nptaiu Mills said nothing, lint slmplv
smiled il'ploinatltall.v. There weio a No
sevei.il nmbuliinics on hand to caie for
any onu who rn.glit get hurt, also a dog
iiiubulauce
The crowd h.nl gathetid long before tho
time ict for the mieting 11 v 10 o'cloik.
when it wus to have begun, it was impos
sible to get near tho door of the building,
much less tho room of the meeting, which
wus mound a long hallway. I'pstnlrs there
was an executive committee meeting in
Mllll,,' luillltiuti'' invi;,,,,,, ,,.
piogreis,
women am
en the Cottier" and "If Your Heart Keeps
Itlght" und some other u.inip nuetliig songs.
It wan peaceable enough while tho evecii
live lominittee was upstnlis When the
irowd tiled of singing, one -veiy comely
.voiing woman standing cnished up against
a wall sang the "Hosary" and nn lilsli
meloilv that was so beautiful that tho tin
i illy croud was as still us could be
Shoitly afteiwatd the olllclals came
downstaiis, and when the) had pushed thulr
way to tho finnt the trouble Blurted It
was all in the tear of the room Men
stalled to wiangle, and two of them threat
ened to put onu disturber lu the collar
"It'll lake two of jot! '" ho snapped bail,-,
while women Interpolated with "You should
he ashamed." nnd so on. Suddenly tlie ui
gument was stopped when a tall, laukv man
hauled off and punched a small man lu tho
nose Ho truck back; a woman fainted,
and two men shoved the tall assailant into
n crowd of women.
From still fnither lu the rear camo a
voice of piatest :
This Is the Ninth Ward, not tlie Fifth."
It said
11 was absolutely Impossible to carry the
fuintlng women to fresh air; ono could not
move In uny direction, so ciowdrd was tho
loom and hall, anil so the fainting women
simply had to revive of tholr own accoid.
Then Interest was tinusferrcd to the
fiout again, wheio persons were trying to
oigaulze the meeting.
Mr. Lewis moved the nomination nnd
ilcction of Mrs. Mai) F I.ovell as chaii-
F'-
BONWIT TELLER. 5.CQ
ie SjbedaJfa$iopOtwinafion6
CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET
ANNOUNCE FOR TOMORROW (SATURDAY)
Important Fur Event
An
Every Untrimmed Hudson Sea! Coat
(Dyed Muskrat)
In our stock, to be marked in three groups for quick clearance, Former Prices $ I 1 0,00
to $193.00
35 Coats 42 Coats 37 Coats
65-o 85-oo llO-oo
All sizes and fourteen different models
N. B, If it afforda convenience purchases made during this sale will be placed on
March account.
ONE DAY
tk
DURING ELECTION
inan of the moiling ,li Lovell is tho
ionervntlves due, hm; gcnernl nnd cham
pion of Miss Ashbrnlge fm picsldent There
camo erica of Indignant piotest from the
Middle adheients und it dct Idcd legal pio
test from Mr. llreen. who said the laws
of the society demanded that when thcio
is no actual picsldent the llrrt vice presi
dent should preside The (list vice president
is Mrs. llrndbury llcdell. of 101 South
Twenty-second street, nnd a supporter of
JIN Htiltllo.
It was put to a vote, nnd Mis. Lovell,
who has been m ting president, was over
whelmingly elected The conservatives
laughed lit their decided majorlt) ; they
tll.ln t know- thev were f-o stiong Mr'
Lovell took the chair. The hnnip perform
ance was gone ovei In choosing Mrs. IMwIn
ti. Lewis over Mrs s M. M. H.'tlsey. 107
Soutli Tv.eiil-sreond "atieet, as secretary of
tho niccllti'r
Cn motion of a i onsen ntlve. the leading
nf tho minutes wan dispensed with, and
Mr. Lewis moved that they let the chair
mnn appoint the judge and secietary of
election. Some lllddlo followeis simply
Mic.iiui'd llielr opposition tn this, but with
out .Willi The meeting decided Mis Lovell
should name tho election bonid, and she
did lu lens I hue than she could hnve thought
i . mi mi the spur of the moment Illd
dle supporters said every ono was unfav u--iiiiii
i .nis llliidle's cause This was the
election Imaid us named.
Judge L'dwln ( Lewis
Tellers : W Adler. fl. i: fiillingham.
I, A llcir.v and II. Hlddcough.
Aflei .thev vvei named Mrs Lovell ex
plained the) were all men 1causo the
"wotk will be so haul" Heictofoic they
have nil been women
The meeting was then adjourned until
la I e today and Hie balloting wus prcpated
for It look a long while to dear the room
of 1 1 ic paillv ti huuphnnt, partly Indignant
liven and women, and Mr Lewis was busy
warding off congratulations and attacks
which i .Hue in foice Mi. I l.lffnc) 's piotes:
w-ns the most severe he got from the men;
, ,, , , ,
isuie he got
GIRL, ARMED WITH SHOTGUN
AND PISTOL, HOLDS POSSE
lIooiishini!i',b Daughter Stands Off Rev
enue Officers Seeking to Ar
rest Family
III l.t iX I. Miss ..Ian 2fi Foi two hours
today a fotuteeii-) ear-old gill, S.iinlt t Joins,
aimed with shotgun and icvolvei, stood off a
posse of revenue officers seeking to u I rest
Inn- famllv on i bulges of "moousliiniug."
I'uw-lllliig to Inn t the girl and feat Ing to
llsk theli on ii lives, the posse surioiiuded
the pIiili- und suipi'i-ed her fiom the ie.tr
While slie was uttraited 1 a demou.stni
tlou nf the offU ers in fiout
I'edeinl orflceis ikcl.'iro that ("Joins nnd
his family have been making illicit whisky
for )cars and that the glil Is ono-of tho
most persistent "moonshiners" of the lot.
OPPOSES CAPITAL PENALTY
The movement to abolish t. iplt.il punish
mint in Pennsylvania has been hidoised
by llisbop Joseph F lleiiy, of tho Methodist
L'plscopal Church Aftei having made a
caieful study of tho subject In Michigan,
where; ho lived for a number of ycats. the
UlLhnp is convinced that rapltal punish
ment fulls to pit-vent crime
"I have always felt that capital punish,
inent in tills country did not tit Into our
Ideals or inlo the genius of our tlovoru
insnt ' said lllshop Ileiry
FOR SATURDAY ONLY
Unrestricted Choice
Ol-'
ONLY
NO APPROVALS
GERMANY DENJES
LOSS IN SEA FIGHT
One Ship Heavily Damaged
in North Sea Destroyer
Battle
BRITISH VESSEL RAMMED
UKMiIN'. -Inn 26 The (Jermaii otTloial
version of the recent North Sea destroyer
battle was Issued todny by the olllcl.il prcjs
bureau.
It read:
"Immediately beginning tlys engagement,
which took place In the darkness, tho com
mander of the V-Gs. which received a full
hit by which the bridge wns struck, was
killed. He was Cnptaln of Flotilla Corvette
Max Schultz, who since the beginning nl
wavs had commanded his flotilla with cour
age and success. The lilt also killed some
dther officers nnd ranks nnd damnged tho
steering gear, causing a collision with other
boats
Tho V-69, then In a heavily damaged
condillon. entered tho Dutch port of
V iniudeli. unmolested by the enemy.
The boat rammed by the V-Gt continued
to purtlclpato In tho combat, despite dam
ages, and In the further course of the
struggle heavily damaged an Ihigllsh de
'strovcr by ramming It The vessel inmmed
was in a sinking condition.
' lthough Its speed wur diminished bv
the double ramming the German torpedo
boat (destroyer?) succeeded lu leaching lis
(Jerman support unhindered by the enemv
"A third Ocrman boat, which had a long
contact wltli tho others, encountered num
erous hostile lorpedoboat deslrovers it
lmmed'atelv entered inlo nctlou and sank
one large hostile destroyer by a torpedo hit
at tlie shortest range
"The hostile forces being superior, the
boat slopped fighting and uriived in poit
unmolested by our ndvcrsarv and undam
aged." MANUFACTURERS' CLUB
WAITERS STILL OUT
Grins and Gloom Indicate Suc
cess or Failure of Patrons
to Obtain Lunch
The flftv-slx waiters who went on strike
ut tho Manufacturers' Club on Wednesdav
nre still out. Most of them spent tho time
this afternoon in picketing tho railroad
stations It was ru moled Hint a number
of wultcis would be Imported from New
York, but It Is fcald that none of these has
cached heie up to the present.
.lohn Fisler, chalrmnn of the House Com
mittee of the Manufacturers' Club, said
this nfleinoon thnt fifty luncheons wen
served nnd that fifteen waiters had been
employed o far to take the place of the
strikers, lie said that several girls had
been engaged, but as yet none had stnrled to
w oi k
ARREST ENDS SCHEME
TO EVADE "DRY" LAWS
Shipping of Liquor Into Virginia, as.
"Potk" Causes Twain to
13c Held
HALTIMOm:, Jnn. 26 Tn the arrest here
today of two men. Jess IN. .
and Wlllluni Pcrvls, Till Hading -t ,
city, many Virginians will be -I. '
favorite Indoor sport paitiLlpnting in an
up-io-lhe-inlntita 'pork barrel t-ommc
itoblns and Penis were tnl.cn into cus
tody for an alleged attempt to evade the
dty" laws of Vhglnln bv shipping wliJskv
Into that State as snt pork The accused
went each held lu bonds of J20UO.
TOO l,Tr,I'OItt,l,ASSI-C'ATI(IX
IIKATIIS
IIAHBHAW Jan. JV nt hli parents' reil
ili-iue. '.-J1J rilzn.Uer st. AIIIKHT IJ , on uf
Kilusril nml I' Lll7abctli llarxtmu Hf-lntlvi-K
auu frit-udii. i-mplovi-R uf thn I'ullniun Co., In
il(pl to Horvlies .Men. "30 p. in. Oliver 11
llnlr IlKls , ISL'ii Clifstnut l tit private
rrl-mls miy view rcmaltiH hun . n to s p m
WAHN'P.lt Jnn Mil, lit ll.'7 N Hltll st ,
IJLIKAIIKTII M . widow- nf Levi N. Wueiiei
lleil hn Oue Until e will ba alvuii
I'OR-I Clt Smldenly, Jan , JOHN', hun
Imifl of Ji-iin llainlil Porter It'lnlives nntl
frl-iula Invited tn funi-rnl. Mon TJlli u m
Oliver II. M.llr lll.lK . 1:0 I'llrNlllllt st Mil
t'dttieilral Cliurch I) a in bit private. Trlendn
uuv etill Hun evir
Itlliailt.Y Jan 'Jl nt nivenlite Md
P.l.SIA MKIIKtirril OOltnO.S'. vvlfo uf Pranldln
Itldnelv Services rfiliPnii of lllice, Itn
Inliil W uutersan, tli'tll N l'nrl. ave . Sst,, '-'
p in in! private. Knlrlilll llurlal tlruund.
Hlll.l' WANT nil KLMAI.I!
tllltl.S uantril fur sciaon III n need nousr
c :ui, Irfdur Oflieii
lll'l'lfi; ASSISTANT, one fauiilUr with Kiln.
ulther anno KenaliiBlon uvr
111:1,1 WANTKIt MALK
IIUY wanted In office of laren mfe inineiii
lirlslu and energetic: good salary and 1111
indent ilianee for ndvanc-nient 11 1 Uood
rlih i'h llrii.nl nnd Mprlnu (Inrdi-n
rVI'IST, ejperlenceil. Ill ofllcn nf IBXlile ml I
Waltte-r. II'IOO KettblllKtnll uv'e
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