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VOL. IV. NO. 5
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1917
CormonT, lOtT. it in rcslio I.tMH Conns
PRICE TWO CENTS
WO ARREST MAYOR IN
5TH WARD MURDER CASE
IfARRANT WILL
ACCUSE fflffl OF
CONSPIRACY
Ipal of Gunman Held for
Killing Detectives
Makes Admission
BOTH IMPORTED HERE
FOR THE ELECTION
.
Victim of Tragedy Shot
Gbing to Rescue of Leaders
They Blackjacked
("JIM" CAREY IN HOSPITAL
Anarchy Republican "Organization"'
anarchy broke out in the "Bloody
Fifth'1 Ward today during the primary
tlection.
Anarchy is defined by Webster's dic-
'. tionary as "absence of government; the
, itate of society where there is no law
cr supreme powo; nence a state ot
lawlessness or political disorder." A
synonym is chaos.
Special Policeman George A. Ep-
pley was shot and killed by alleged
New York gunmen when he bravely
went to the rescue of Assistant Dis-
L txlct Attorney John H. Maurer and
Mercantile Appraiser James A. Carey,
,who were being beaten into insensibil
ity by a gang of gunmen armed with
blackjacks and pistols.
Charges that the gunmen were "im
ported" into the ward for "election pur
poses" led to a crystallized demand
, that Mayor Smith be arrested because
'he paid no attention to appeals for
protection.
That Mayor Smith will be arrested
s a warrant accusing him of "con
spiring to commit murder" was an
nounced by Allen S. Morgan, former
t Registration Commissioner.
"I am ready for any warrant," was
the Mayor's comment.
Announcement that a warrant would
t sworn out for the Mayor's arrest
followed close upon demands from many
(garters, from clergymen' as well as
political leaders, that the Mayor be ar
rested as the man responsible for the
killing.
One of two men arrested in connec
tion with the shooting admitted, accord
ing to the police, that he had been
brought over from Jersey City to vote
for Deutsch. 1
Responsibility for the- bloodshed was
, laid directly at Mayor Smith's door by
.Father D. I. McDermott, rector of St.
Mary's Catholic Church; Representative
Isidore Stern, James A. Carey and
, many others.
The outbreak, they hold, was the re-
, ult of efforts by tho Vare-Smith fac
tion of the Republican "Organization"
to gain control of tho entire city.
This fight is reflected in the Fifth
Ward, which reached n disastrous cli
ax today in tho ward feud between
Mercantile Appraiser James A. Carey,
'Mcrlichol. leader, and Isaac Deutsch,
f "Vare-Smith leader, who are battling for
."the Republican nomination for Select
Councilman. '
Five men ons accused of murdering
-Bppley were arrested after the shooting-,
which occurred near the polling place of
Contlntwd on Far Sixteen, Column One
HOOVER, NATIONAL FOOD
ADMINISTRATOR, IN CITY
Man Who Is Expected to Solve High-
trnce Problem on way to
,, "War Conference"
WrMor. passed through this city late this
IfUrnnnn nn t.t- . Ia AtlnnilA PItV.
i ere he Is to address tonight the mem
Lbri of the Chamber of Commerce of the
Vaited Slates. The only consolation Jie
Feeula" offer Philadelphia housewives on
; Wtll-prlced foodstuffs was that the prob
?Irt li being worked out now; he asked" that
the housekeeper have "Just a little more pa-
W Mr, Hoover was on the train that pulled
!. Philadelphia at 4:19 p. m. from
Pwhlngton, and he went direct to Atlantic
r;CU 'lantfii
THE WEATHER
FQBEOABT
for Phttadelvhld and vicinUuFair
Wetier and moderate iempexatufeato
V9U and Thursday' Uahi,vat(able winds.
toJTT- -.
."Sllxt 6:44 a. ni. I Hun sets :0ln.m.
PElklYAItK RIVKK TIOK CH.tNOEH
CJU58TNUT 8TIfI?ET
Titer ftii n. i m.b u.i.. a.i.
'M,r.,10i5?;. 1 iwVat,r"M4?;S;
fMUTelM!. A'KACH HteCK
ITT?
iiMJififiif f
Mercantile Appraiser James .A. Carey, the bloody leader of the "Bloody Fifth" Ward, after he was assaulted
and blackjacked today while fighting to retain control of tho ward for McNichol against the onslaughts of
his .fellow Organization Republican, Ike Deutsdh, the Vare lender. Note blood on shirt, collar and tie. This
picture was taken by an Evening Ledger staff photographer at the Jefferson Hospital, where Carey's wounds
were dressed.
ASK CONGRESS
TO PROTECT R.R.
WARTIME NEEDS
Chicago Banker Voices De
mands Made by Phila
delphians EXPLAIN SHIPPING PLANS
Bv a Staff Correspondent
ATLANTIC CITi. Sept. 19.
A vigorous demand that the Government
and Congress take action deslened to elvo
the railroads of the United States an op-
i ,n nrovlde for much-needed equip-
Went without which tb..rndn? of his
con e ence'of th Chamber of Commerce K
the United States today.
Th situation that exists today In the
.nnrta.tlon tleld Is a situation full of
. P2tSi ? than despair." said Harry A.
Wheeled, o? ChlcaBo. a blsr banker and
cha'rman,of the railroad committee of the
ShnmbVr "It Is hopeful, because this war
wUUead to closer co-operation between tho
shipper and the carrier, lower rates n the
fonc run and more generous recognition of
the mutual needs of shippers and railroads.
"Federal Incorporation of railroads la a
recommendation made by this chamber's
raUroad. committee." he continued, "and
Federal incorporation on a mandatory, not
. nMonal basis, for all engaged in In
fersUte "transportation the first basis
;!?.n future dealings with the question.
flderai regulation of railway securities
s n?ne the leis Important. Where are the
inroads going to get their money for con
sfructlvl work after th.e war? Every day
sees a decrease In the efficiency, because Of
X oresent excess use of railroad equlp
the Pr""'," m happen If the war con
IV6. Mother jyearT What has already
tlnues anotner j; ' What would
h"Fnrmay rf". ?or I few hundred of our
To'coSotWhV would not. trade them
even for food.
UNIFOUM IUTES BADtA' NEEDED
nnot even add excess weight to
lhrrfln"ry load o" fr'ht car wlthou'
endanger H W. cannot risk stoppage ot
.Ubl ; 'uniform thr.ashont Jho eoun
Irt and nit .ubJeff to th. eontr.l of tho
'.: through wl'leh th.y P.. C..rV.
ftr!VrK.w.i
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PHILADELPHIA POLITICS
HOME DRAFTEES
.REACH ADMIRAL
West Philadelphians Get
Rousing Welcome Upon
Arrival at Camp
COMPLIMENTED BY KUIIN
Photographs illustrating departure
of Philadelphia's first contingent or
drafted men wfTl be found on page 20.
li a Staff Corrnvondrnt
CAMP MEADi:. Admiral, ltd., Sept. 10.
They're here and they're happy and oh,
boy, It was Home bunch and some reception '.
The West Philadelphia fiMftiocal draft
boards thirty-three, forty-eight and forty
nine, who were Klven the honor of opening
Camp Meade and putting the Seventh-ninth
army division on tho military map, rolled
Into Disney at 1:15.
Their reception was notable and pic
turesque and while It lacked the pomp and
ceremony of a military event It lacked noth
ing In spirit and patriotism. The band of
the Tenth New York Regiment, under Her
man Sllversteln. occuplet a rudely con
structed stand amid huge piles of lumber,
and as the train turned the bend above
Disney and made its way through clouds
of dust and smoke. It started to play. "I
May Be Gono for a Long, Long Time."
The men marched tolhclr barracks with
the spirit of regulars. They laughed and
sang and wending their way through the
maze of motortrucks and mule teams,
whistling "Tipperary,"
"They look mighty good and fit," was the
comment of Major General Joseph E. Kulin,
who was on hand to greet the boys, and
that typifies the remarks of other officers.
The boys did look good and they looked fit
for anything,
The train which brought the Phlladel
phlans to Little Penn was more than an
hour late In arriving, but that did not
dampen the ardor of the reception or break
the spirit of the new arrivals. As the train
came to a stop, Henry T. Harnett, a stock
lly built Chap, Jumped from the steps with,
the agility ot an athlete. He was the first
Continued on Tate Four. Column Two
I
Tho Continuation of the Story
"Germany, the Next
Republic?"
by
Crl W.Apkcrman
RUSSIAN MOBS
RULED CAPITAL
DURING REVOLT
Slav "Peace-at-Any-Price"
Fanatics in Saddle at
Petrograd
KERENSKY HELD PRISONER
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
(Conrloht. J)n. bu the Vnittd Press!
STOCKHOLM. Sfpt. 19.
At the moment when Korniloff's revolt
was at Its height Russia's "peace at any
price" fanatics were 'in the (saddle In Pe
trograd, Premier Kerensky was virtually
a prisoner In the Winter Palace and
armed mobs, delirious with, power, roamed
the streets.
This story ojwlld excesses, of the grow
ing power of the Bolshevlkl adherents and
ot Russia's perilous situation of last week
can now bo told for the flrft time from
this neutral port. A Bolshevlkl ccmor
was In control at Petrograd.
When Kornlloft's 'rebellion menaced
Petrograd, Premier Kerensky, searching for
defenders, released and armed the Kron
stadt sailors and workmen, who last July
terrorized tho city. He- lfopcd to snd these
men against tho rebels.
They instantly assumed control of the
city's streets. , Oreat motor trucks loaded
with the terrorists of July roamed about the
city unhampered. Kerensky, In the Winter
Palace, was to all Intents and purposes a
prisoner. Outside his door, on the streets
nearby and all through tile city, they re
joiced In the wildest excesses of Joy. They
sang and danced deliriously. All semblance
of order disappeared.
That was on Friday. On the same night
the same type of Bolshevlkl fanatics as
sumed control ot the Workmen and Sol
diers' Council at Petrograd.
They sought to Impose a resolution for
Instant peace on what remained of the Rus
sian governmental machinery. They demanded-
Kerensky's removal Immediately.
They Insisted th,at Tschernoff, the extreme
Radical, who was formerly Minister of
Agriculture, be made Premier.
.President Tscheldie. of the Council, alone
prevented nuch revolutionary action. He
counseled for adjustment.
Three times on Friday Kerensky ar
ranged new. ministries, 'Thrice- the' Bolkhe.
CjH.in--oi. .Iteimt'CoowoZSM,
EXTRA
HOT AN SUMMONS WITNESSES
IN FIFTH WARD MURDER INQUIRY
District Attorney Kotnn hns summoned all persons connected
with the Fifth Word factional fight to appear nt his office nt 8:30
o'clock tonight when he will begin n Hcnrchlng Inquiry Into the mm
un 'of Detective Oeorgo Eppley by gunmen Imported from Jersey
City for "election purposes." Councilman DeutHch, "Jim" Caiov,
'li-pi'cscntntivi Stein and Assistnnt District Attorney Mnuici- will be
um,onjj those questioned. All wltuesses to the shooting- also will be
quizzed. Henry J. Scott has been retnlned as counsel for the two nl
Vgetl gunmen under niTcst, niul it is considered doubtful if he will
l"'i-mlt them to testify at tonight's Jieiuliig-.
ATHLETICS TAKE MEASURE OF WHITE SOX
CHICAGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 42
ATHLETICS ...0 000 1000 1 2U1
Clcotto and Schalk; Johnson and McAvoy. O'Lougulin and Moriarlty.
DETAIL OF ATHLETICS-WHITE SOX GAME ON PAGE 13
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BOSTON (1st g.) 00000010 0-180
PITTSBURGH 00000000 2-203
Dnracs and Trngessorj Jacobs mid Fischer.
BOSTON (2dg.) 0 0 1 0 3 1 0
PITTSBURGH ? 0 13 00 0 0
Allen nnd Trngesf.oi'; Jacobs nnd Schmidt.
NEW YORK 0 0 1 0 0
CHICAGO '. 1 0 2 0 0
Salleo and Kariden; Vaughn nnd Elliott.
BROOKLYN
ST. LOUIS J .. .,.,, .
POSTPONED KAIN
AMERICAN
CLEVELAND 01 0
NEW YORK 00000 0.0 0 0-0 11
Covaleskie nnd O'Neillj Love and Nuuamakei'.
DETROIT ,. 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
BOSTON (lstg.) .... 10 0 10 0 0
James nnd Stnunge; Shore nnd duly.
DETROIT 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
BOSTON (2d g.) .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dauss and Stanage; Mays and Agnew.
ST. LOUIS 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
WASHINGTON 1 1 0 1 2 0 1
Groom and Severeld; Johnson nnd Alusiulth.
' ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Fifth Hnvro tits Grace race, milts and 70 yards Hesse, DO, Dono
huo, 102.70, 55.00, 15.20, won; Ambrose, 100, Walls, ?5.10, $3.20,
vjeoa-l; Stollnrlna, 103, Elisor, 2.00, third. Time, 1.45 3-5.
MAJOR CLARENCE S. RIDLEY TO KE PRESIDENT'S AID
WASHINGTON". Sept. 19. Major Clarence S. Itldley. of the engineer corps, will
be the new military aid to President Wilson it became known today, when lie wah
received by the President at the White House. Major itldley Is the successor of
Colonel W. W. Harts us superintendent of public buildings nnd grounds, by virtue
of which he becomes military aid. Colonel Harts has been assigned to Held service.
Major Itldley was horn In Indiana June 22, 1SS3, nnd was appointed to West Point
from that State In 1901. Ho bc:atne a second lieutenant of engineers In 1903
and was graduated from the engineers' school In 1908.
MAJOR'S COMMISSION OFFERED TO CHIEF DAVIS
Chief Carleton E. Davis, of the Bureau of Water, today received a request
from Washington to accept tho rank of major In the qunrtetma-iter corps of the
army and to take charge of the water, electric, sewage and other utility plants
of a large cantonment In the South.
U. S. SEEKS FURTHER DATA ON U-BOAT .SINKINGS
WASHINGTON, Sept. J9. Falling to get additional word of the massed suL
marlne at.tack upon American merchant vessels, including the steamship Westwego
and a convoy, the Navy Department today repeated its request to Naval Attache
Sales at Paris for further data.
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TRANSIT LEASE OPPONENTS INVITED TO HEARING
Chairman Joseph P. Gaffney, of Councils' finance Committee, today sent Invita
tions to ex-Director A. Merrltt Taylor and many other opponents of the Smith-
Mitten transit lease, to attend the hearing
City Hall Friday afternoon. Director Twining and William Draper Lewis, special
transit advisor to Mayor Smith, also will
a very full afternoon," sam unairman uarrney.
WILSON HOLDS CONFERENCE ON STEEL AND COPPER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, A final conference on the fixing of prices for steel
and copper was held by President Wilson today with the member of the War
Industries Board. Definite prices for steel and copper are believed to have been
recommended to the President by the board. It the President approve the recom.
.mendatlona ot th board the prices will be made known In a statement issued from
toer White Houe- wlthla wt time. , . . - .
LEAGUE
0 0 0 0
1 02 7 2
0-540
0-2 0 8
0 0-1 4 0
0 0-0 3 0
0 0-4 7 1
0 X- 0 12 2
on the proposed agreement to be hold in
be present. "The program should provide
U. S. TO SEND
ft ARM fHIPITC '?
TO WAR FRONT
Division Commanders to
Study Military Methods
in Prance
STAFFS TO GO WITH THEM
Same Plan to Be Followed Later
With National Army
Commanders
CAMP MTLKI.LA.V. Ala.. Sept. 19.
'Hriuadtcr General C. Rafferty
commander of the Fifty-fourth Field
Artillery Brigade, is now in command
of the Twenty-ninth army division at
Camp MeClellan during (lie temporary
absence of Major (Jcncral Charles G.
Morton, division commander. General
Morton, accompanied by his chief of
staff, Lieutenant Colonel George S.
tioodnlc, will leave tomorrow on of
ficial business." This brief statement
was issued at the division liqadquar
ters today.
Bu ti Staff Corr.'ipondcnt
WASHINGTON, Sept 19.
Commanders of the various National
fiuaid divisions throughout the country are
to ro to France In the near future for the
purpoi-e uf observing the methods of war
fare now In use o;i the western front.
A formal announcement to this effect, the
Kvc.N'iKO l.utiuEn conespondent was re
.jlabty Infoimed, may be expected shortly
Accoidlng to the pUn of the War De
partment, the remmanilers nt each ot the.
National l.'uard divisional training camps
will be nent witli members of their staffs
ami n few enlisted men. who will act as
ordeille.". Opportunity will be given them
by the Urtltli and French armies to ln
epept thoroughly the methods which these
armies have found. most effective In combat
ing the bodies.
On their return to thl-r country they will
use the Information thus obtained In ths
training of the Natlonnl Guard divisions
under them. Subsequently It Is the purpose
tn do the same with the rommandcrs of the
National Army division".
One dlfllculty which the American army
1.4 experiencing In the tialnlng ot Its force
lies In the fact that the methods of war
fnro ure changing so constantly a9 to make
It dimcult to keep the training In this
country up to the latest "wrinkles" abroad,
For that reason there are some army 'offi
cers who are Inclined to agree very strdng.
ly with the French suggestion that most of
the training of the Ameflcari'troop? be done
on the other side.
tl I- thoURht. however, that by sending
the dhlslonai commanders abroad they will
be able to appreciate better the general
character of the military problems to be
fnced. nnd that even It the detailed methods
of training will hae to be changed by
them after they get their commands abroad,
the Information they get will be useful.
Under tho voluntary cen-orshlp, It Is not
permitted to go Into details as to the date
of departure of the officers or as to how
Hinv ii-lll irn. mid. much else that Is under-
toocl concerning tne arrangements mun
he siipprcisen peuumg mo lormai announg
ment.
"INDEPENDENTS"
TO HAVE TICKET
Organization Candidates
Will Be Fought at Gen
eral Election
PENROSE -M'NICHOL AID
The Itepubllcan Organisation tlcket-'wjll
be -opposed at the general election by
ticket backed by tho I'enroae-llcNIchol ward
organizations and by one element of the
Independent of the city.
A new party name vill be pre-empted
tomorrow, and It will place In the field
candidates to oppose nenrly every one nom
Inated by the Republicans today.
All arrangements lujve been made for
launching the "Independent" party. The
sponsors of the movement have secured
275 pre-emptors Who will sign the neces
sary papers. They will meet 'In the As
renibly Room In the Parkway building to
morrow, and there sign the pre-emption,
papers. They will be filed with the
County Commissioners and the Prothono
tary Immediately after the meeting,
Tho name of the new party is being kept
t-eorct and will not be made public until
after It has been pre-empted. A commit
tee of five has been selecteU to choose th
name. After tho lftipers have all been
signed the committee will wrlto In the name
of the party and go to City Hall and Hie
the papers, while the other pre-emptors
remain locked up In the Parkway Bulldlng
The arrangements for launching the new
movement were concluded today, while tho
two factions of the Organization were riot
ing and battling In the Fifth Ward.
The Penrose-McNIchol ward organiza
tions and "runty" committees furnished
most of the pro-emptors for the new party,
and the active support of that wing ot the
Organization will-be given the new ticket
that Is to be placed In the field.
The fight Is directed against the Var-es
and Mayor Smith, and the inurement was
launched to unite the disgruntled Penrose'
McNichol followers .with an Independent)
element and the Democrats to oppose ths
so-called "60.50" harmony slae p' the
Organization. '
Candidate for necelver of Taxes. Cl-trlcf1 4
Attorney, uegisier oi wuiij, -uuy Treasuref;
aiagiirH ir. tiuumis, nu tvr minor ware,'
ottlcea will do selected and placed on th'
ticket of the new party. Some of the Re. '
publican candidate will find a place 'on ,'.:' A
tne giaic. 411a iuuvimhiuviii. $,-auaiuaiw w t
win today will be Indorsed, and. whereve
there I no candidate nominated at the
orlmary available, new Wen will be brought
out and their name? placed on tho balkK fche vrt;
The Penrose-McNIchol ward ldTj t4br j
r.fnwil to dlsctit the -new niMv himmk. j
meat, but admitted, tlnt-lhey fura)i4 mifc&fl
of tha ki,mmofj- JFtve ara. mu11mA luiSi-fm
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