I t rjll Arrest-Mayor GUNMAN TELLS POLICE HE HAD SCORE OF PALS All Herded Into Republican Clubhouse Night Be fore Primary I CAME FROM JERSEY CITY Costcllo Says Band Was Im- V ported by 'Little Neck' and ST Told There Was 'Work to Do' The confession of John Costcllo to the ...h.. last nleht declares that ho and pmb- I ibhr twentjv others were Imported from block on South Front street by "Little Neck," a go-between, where the men re malned all night ... "Then In tlio morning wo were taken to a Republican club In Pine street, near Sixth, where we met a man with glasseB whom we did not know." Costcllo a statement de clares. This man told us to malto our selves comfortable, as there was work for us to do." The Republican Club that Costello refers to l probably the Fifth Ward Republican League, at 531 Pine street, which Is the nlr organization In that Immediate vicinity The officers of the club nra Isaac Deutsch president, John C Doyle, vice president Max Deutsch. treasurer, and Michael Bag donoff, secretary Isaac Deutsch, who Is accredited with being the Vare leader of tho "Bloody Fifth," Is described as about 5 feet 10 inches tall, light compleloned, well built, and Inclined to bo slightly bald. Max Deutsch, who Is his brother. Is dark, medium built, gray hair, gray mustache and ' wears glasses. Doyle, the vice president of the organl gatlon, Is a man of possibly fifty-nvo years, ahort, stout, light mustache and slightly ball Bagdonoff Is short, heavy set, light halo Ttry thin on the top of his head, smooth face. When a reporter called at the clubhouo this morning, the door vvai opened by a negro. Isaac Hazznrd, of 420 South Sixth street, who Is known ns "Red Ox" because ef his slightly "red" hair, and who it tho steward of the club Hatzard could supply no Information as ta the personnel of tho club beyond the four above-mentioned olllcers He could not dc scribe them Asked for a list of standing committees, he refeirod his Inquirer to Bag donoff At the latter's home, 419 Pine street, a Jewish woman who answered the door said that R igdonoft was asleep and she could not disturb him The other olllcera of the club could not be located at their homes Their descrip tions were furnished by a business man In the district who Is personally acquainted with the contending factions In the ward. The club Is a thrcc-story brick house which has been repainted and decorated with bunting and flags There Is a lawe . parlor which la apparently used as a meet Ing room and contains about a dozen chairs, a table and some old ulcturcs on tho wall. Tho doors arc covered by small rugs Large doors open Into a back parlor, which Is a'so utilized when the full mosnlserthlp cf the club turns out A hallway leads back to the dining room, but tho reporter was not permitted to go theru, where three or foui members were loudly discussing the olectinn returns. DEMOCRATS PLAN STATEJMPAIGN Secretary of Labor Wilson, a Gubernatorial Candidate Possibility, Attends MORRIS DINNER TONIGHT The Democratic campaign for next year, when a Governor, Congressmen and a legislature are to be elected, Is being planned at a lengthy conference held In the iielleue-Stratford Hotel late this after noon Secretary of Labor William II Wilson nt tended,tho meeting He hascen mentioned as a possibility for the Democratic guber natorial nomination blnce Vance C McCor mlck, chairman of tho Democratic National Committee, declined to run several months ago. While the conference was In progress Secretary Wilson declined to coriimlt him self on a possibility of becoming a candi date. "Oh, I can't talk about that niw," he said, TUt I am Tint nsntrlnrr tn tliA flnvprnnrshlll 'Thave my hands full now " Among those attending the conference In addition to Secretary Wilson were A. Mitch jl Palmer National Committeeman from Pennsylvania acting State Chairman Jo seph F Guffcy Surveyor of tho Port Charles It Kurtz and the Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania, who tame here from Washington to discuss the 1918 camplagn They are Representative Guy i: Cnmgbell, W Pittsburgh , A II Rrodbcck, of Hanover , J V, Lesher of Sunbury ; Druee F Ster ling, of I'nlontown; A. K Dew alt, of Allen town, and II A Steele, of Easton. All of those attending the conference will M present at the dlnper to be given tonight to Roland S Morris,, thcnowly-appolnted Ambassador to Japan. SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE 1 CQMPROMISE REACHED Conferees on Bond Bill Agree to Modi fied Form of Zone System WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. The conferees " the J2.500 000,000 war revenue bill this modified form of the tone system for leVying Mcond-class postal rates. The compromise, according to report, Is to be based upon the Provision adopted by the House and the icKellar amendment. with this troublesome question disposed Jf. the conferees afan endeavored t get "Mtliu- or thowtfr profits tax. They re still disposed, It was reported, to '.mlnate the pre-war basis of the Senate ana adopt tho flat exemption of S per cent capital B.ocj- nrovided by the House. , , V 3500 Steel Workers Become Idle PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 20. With only n of the seven furnaces of the Jones and J-uihlln Steel Company In operation to. 'f'i duo to Inability of the company to fv a SUDPly ' materials, S000 employes 01 the company have been forced Into Idle 5, making total of 3S00 men now not rklng. Suspicious Craft Seized rarr west, riar sept aoi suspicious SSyw y the four-masted sfnooner Gold- lisfis, flf VnhllA MiixnrT iij(iia nt tha vM- SM l.rf ' . i" V -r-r -r"T - "' v. . I . rf pj vii nam jxtirei .rw nere. v)jl as ''Murder Conspirator," Say Fifth FIFTH WARD GUNMEN TN CENTRAL Jack MaSCin (left), alias "Butch." Costcllo (right), also of Jersey City, who confessed that ho and a number of others were "imported for election purposes." START PROBE FOR "MEN HIGHER UP" IN KILLING OF DETECTIVE Continued from race On (t membcred that half an hour, before some ' one had warned me to cb on the lookout, because some thugs were hiding In an alley waiting to beat mo up 1 hid foi gotten It, but saw an aalley on De Lancey street, aand then remembered what had been told me "I stepped Into the curb to get a look up tho alle. Tho thugs Jumped out of another allev They hit us from behind 1 got a terrible beating and so did Carey. I saw him go down nnd then I saw two men grab Costello "I heard two shots. I think this is tho man who fired them (pointing tc Ma"cln) be cauo I got a side view of him ijnd noticed his liull' neck " "Why did jou go down there If jou wero warned''" asked Scott "Foolishness and confidence n the po lice" lepllcd Maurer. After tho hearing Scott was asked who retained him ns counsel for the two. "That Is a private affair," he replied "Were jou retained by Samuel Q Ma loney, head of tho Val-O'Farrcll Detective Agency here?" he was askd. "No, that Is not true You can deny that emphatically " A mild sensation was caused In City Hall late this afternoon, when two Italians speaking English fluently abked to seo Muscla and Costello, nnd added that they had heard that n price cf 81000 had been pet on Carej's head The men were di rected to Mojwmenslng Prison, where the prisoners are being held UOTAN STAIITS PROnE Witnesses nre being examined 'today In the District Attorney's olBce. Included In the ovldonce are aflldavlts that "will damn the Mayor forever." iccordlng to the Hev D I McDermott,' u Catholic priest of the Fifth Ward District Attorney notan announced that he has positive evidence that the New York gunmen were Imported to this city for the purpose of voting and saving tho "Bloody Fifth" for Deutsch In strango contrast was Director of Pub lic Safety Wilton He preserved a sphinx like silence on the murder of his subordi nate Likewise with Major Smith Absent from the city nt his home at Atlantic City, he was not ceitaln when he left his seaside resi dence this afternoon as to what course ho will pursue In relation to the murder orgy of political corruption. vt lonKt Mavor Smith was not ready to dibcuss his plans for publication "Not a word, lie repnea, wncn ubkuu iu make a replj to charges that tho New York gunmen who slew Eppley and beat up Carey wcro brought to Philadelphia at least with his knowledge and consent. MAYOIl WON'T TALK Asked if he had seen n morning news paper which openly charged him with "conspiring" to bring aboht tho. carnival ef bloodshed and corruption, the Mayor said . . "1 have not seen that newspaper and I do not want to see It. I do not want to dUcuss the matter in any way at this time "I do not know what I Intend to do now until I get to my Philadelphia office this ufternoon and am fully apprised of all the facts In the matter." "Will J'ou Issue a statement this after noon defining the position of yourself and the administration?" was then asked. "I cannot tell what I will do until I reach Philadelphia, " the Mayor reiterated. Tho demeanor of the Mayor was that of Hon, numbering 3000 policemen, fighting -against political assessments, will take up Hppley's murder The election, which resulted In the defeat of Isaac Deutsch, Vare-Smlth candidate for the Republican nomination for Select Councilman, will be contested, according to a statement made today by Deutsch." who HOW POLITICS 1 MJfSfg 5 1 H ,'iiUN I . L j S . . I O-tl-DDIf-I (tU - ll .. WHhK Lrtk'H II 'TV . I - jhi' -.-- ,t T i . ... .. Br-s-wi f - SHOT 'iiT1- AND M-qUER.. p' ' I Sir 1 WEEE VT7rttKbL ' . .n"'-; ' i DiaBTommadc drawing showing; Scene of murder Jn Fifth W?rd. Eppley was shot by imported. Eimmn as; ha wai.runnW to rescue. Mercantile a Llr Jt aTcW and AsaUURt Dfatrief Attorney Murr r.rr. t-- - o. am Wt&jMA- EVENING LEDGER-PHILADEIHIA, THURSDAY, .SEPTEMBER 20, of Jersev Cllv. whn l rVmrPT,l with tho asserted that he was "double-crossed" Ho denied any knowledge of the Importtlon of "strong-arm" men and r"pf.itrdly faVl that he was jorry that Kpplev had been killed. After a conference this afternoon with former Cnptnln of Detectives Souder, head of nn antl-gambllng squad organized by tho Major, District Attorney Itotan said: We are doing our utmost to establish tho Identity of the person or persons who financed the trip of the two de'endiiits and their companions to this cltj , brsidim that, we aro fathering evidence against the two men under arrest It Is cetlaln that tho two defendants and their associates did not come here to seek reel ration If the rams here to vote for Deutsch nnd wero promlsil pnjmtnt for It, we want to find the man or men who financed tho trip " "Have witnesses furnished j-ou with clues tint would lead to such Identity?" he was asked .-.. Hut as soon as his or their Identity Is established ho or they will be arrested at nnce nnd then vvc vv 111 decide what charges to prefer" Mr Itotnn Fnld that n spec ol Clrand Jury ma j be called, but that such action i-tlll was undetermined. STERN 'NAMED CAPTAIN KENNY In making his charges, 'Representative Stern this afternoon mid that he holds Captain Kenny responsible for tho raid on the Flnletter Club day before jesterday and for tho attack on Carey and Mauier jesterdaj". "Five weeks ago Captain Konney was overheard bj' me in a e.ife at Atlantic City telling n f i lend that they would 'cany that ward If they had to send E00 policemen down there' and I also heard him discuss plans to beat up Carey and me. There is no question that the thugs mistook Maurer fcr me "I havo direct evidence to show that a downtown constable distributed there gun men at tho various polling places, and that the s-amo man four jears ago lmpoitcd New York gunmen to kill Thomas W MacFar land; also tint Vare money paid for their transportation and expenses A number of Deutsch w dehors aro now running to cover to tell what they know about tho orders Issued to the police " "if jou nre In possession of heso facts why don't jou swear out a warrant for tho Mayor's arrest" Mr Stern waif asked "That Is out of my hands," ha replied. District Attorney llotnn promised n thorough Investigation leading to tho man who had hired the thugs to come to the city. Denouncing Fifth Watd conditions as outrageous, ho said bu had posltlvo proof that gunmen wcie brought to this city. "What steps will jou take to arrest tho Major?" he was asked. NOT TIUNKINO OF MAYOR'S ARRKST "I do not contemplate any such nctlon," ho said "We aro confining ourselves at present merely to an Investigation. How long It will take I do not know I exam ined witnesses up to 2 o'clock this morn ing with my assistants, Joseph Taulane and James (lay Gordon, Jr. We are examining them today A persistent report. that Major Smith had conferred last night with Attorney CJen cral Francis Shunk Drown, a political friend of the Varcs, was denied today by Mr. Brown "I held no conference with the Miyor last night," he said . ... . "Do you expect to today?" ho was asked. "No, not that I kpow of." "If tho Mayor Is arrested will you de fend him?" "I don't think so " DIRECTOR WILSON UNMOVHD Director of Public Safety Wilson, a Vare Smlth appointee, was, asked today what he had to say about the killing. "I have nothing To say." Director Wilson KILLED EPPLEY tOAtBOXlNVJUICU GUNMEN WE'RE .HIDING rvv 5 JV ill ii trfcairiraa "ir- V li .Ward Lawyers : STATION DOCK mnnlnr nt llrtnftivn Fnnlov .Tnhn replied starting ono of his characteristic Intervlcwi! 'Were tho conditions j-esterdny duo to the work of the police for the Varcs?" he was askid "I have no comment to make," he coun tered with another stock replj-. "Will jou transfer Lieutenant Dennett"" (Ilentiett l the commander of the Third nnd Do Lancey streets station, whoso police aro nrcuivd of thuggery in Intimidating nntl Vnre voters "No ' mid the Director. "Will ltpiinett and the other policemen bo brought before the police board on charges growing out of this?" ' No-o AbMilutely no " "What do jou think of the police falling to stop tho trouble?' "I havo no comment whatever to make I Imvo nothing to say " I.ntcr Director Wilson was "Interviewed" again Ho said- "Tho police hue been out of politics since the third day of Jaminrj', 101C " iii:nni:tt sits in judomknt At the same time Director Wilson was being "Interviewed ' Lieutenant Dennett was sitting as a member of tlfo court In the polico board's hearings of charges against policemen OltDHRS TO polici: In the evidence that will be submitted to District Attorney Itotan aro positive charges that the plain clothes policemen pent to tho I'lfth Ward yesterdaj- received, In substanrc the following Instructions from a police official "You are to pieserve order Of course, you know that the Major Is friendly to Ike Deut-eh " Koine of the policemen with more honesty than icgnrd for their Jobs, balkesl nt the instructions, which Intimated that if there was .my disorder thej were to "lay for" tho Carey men; many surreptitiously de clined to "nfix In" for tho "Major's friends," beiaue they were strangers In tho ward and had no Interest Tfi the factional feud , but the majority, either "becauso thej wero afraid their Jobs were In danger, or be cause they wero djed-ln-the-wool "Organi zation" men, obeyed orders Other charges aro that a standing precedent In the Detective Bureau was broken In the caso of the two prisoners According to the charges, tho two alleged gunmen were permitted by Captain of De tectives Tate to see, their lawjer, Henry .1 Scott, beforo they wero "sweated" by detective Inquisitors nt City Hall nnd that tho lawjer Instructed them to "keep mum " Tho usual procedure Is that no one Is allowed to talk with a man nrrestcd for murder until ho has been put through tho "third degree" by detectives SCOUT HKAL PHOIin Veterans In the Detective Ilureau today scouted the Idea that the police Investigation of tho murder would bo any more than a perfunctory "railroading" of the two pris oners, without any regard for their em plojers I'pon conviction the matter would drop, It was said. An unverified report today was that, be sides the confession which wnw given uui by the police as coming from Costello, the alleged gunman had made another ono In writing, naming men In tho Hepubllcan "Organlzition" as having financed the bring ing of "floaters" to Philadelphia There was little excitement In the ward today, but tho people were still on edge A watermelon man appeared In Spruce street nenr Sixth. He was calling his wares in a characteristic, loud, vender's voice Immediately crowds collected at both ends of the block Many crowds went through the streets Bhoutlng for Carey with n boldness which they would not have exhibited any time be fore tho cloctlon nnd school children openly" shouted approval of both candidates Many voters, who have been seen with the Deutsch faction throughout tho fight, were openly, offering congratulations to Carey workers. Carey workers characterised this as an -effort on their part to "get under cover In view of a Deutsch defeat. ASKS PltnSIDENT FOR AID A little daughter of Isadoie Stern wrote a letter to President Wilson, In which she said' "We are In a terrible condition down here jvlth people being beaten and hurt and shot The police aro aga nst us. and the Mayor and Governor refuse to listen to our pleas for help Please help ux ' Stern said he did not know his daut,htur was writ ing the letter and that he did not see It. but the child told him what she had writ ten, and that she had sent the letter to the White House last night DHUTSCH ULAMHS MCItDRR FOR DHFHAT iBaac Detsch, the defeated candidate for Select Councilman from the turbulent ward, admitted today that the killing contributed to his defeat, adding that ho would contest the election. - Told that there was talk of arresting him as responsible for the presence of the thugs, he replied "Ves", I know. People have told me that I may be arrested I am prepared for that If they want me I'll bo down here. Dut I had, nothing to do with It and knew nothing about It. "I am sorry It happened It Is a n flection on the ward and, In my estimation, caused my defeat. 'I am certainly sorry that a man like Eppley was killed, because he was doing his duty and I always heard tha't ha was a decent fellow." Deutsch declared that when Police Cap tain Mills, of the police traific squad, asked htm yesterday about a report that gunmen were being recruited In the Fifth Ward Republican Club and that he had given the keys of the cfub to the police official The Fifth "Ward, which Is bounded by the Delaware River And Seventh, Chestnut and South streets, leeludes Independence Hallh "$W sf U$fty," Deutsch to Contest POLICE WILL DEMAND RIGID PROBE OFJDETECTIVE EPPLEY'S MURDER A special meeting to dlcus the murder of George Eppley and to take action on conditions In the Fifth Ward will bo held tonight in the Parkway Hulldlng by the 1 ollce Ilcnovolent Association John Simpson, a patrolman, from the Twenty-ninth District, to which Eppley was attached and founder of the association, intimated that a resolution would be pre sented to the District Attorney demanding ij. , lnR """ligation Into conditions In the Mfth Ward, especially In so far as they concern members of the police department. The public Is entitled to know the facts In this case nnd all the facts," said Simp son "If this Investigation hits the Mayor, the Mayor ought to be hit. Personally, I criticize him for being out of town at such n time " Another policeman declared that rollt leal assessments w,n levied on them so i ..I1 ;(r,ey r"y gunmen could bo hired to kill them as was "Ducky' Uppity. At the meeting tonight a scathing Indict- SENATOR McNICHOL, CAREY WON IN Senator' James I McNIchol, although III In bed, welcomed the news of Carey's vic tory In tho Fifth Ward today with "one grand smile." according to members of his family "Carey deserves all the credit." the Sen ator said "I'm mighty glad to hear ho won out Mr McNIchol followed the startling de velopments of jesterday with great Interest His threo sons were In constant touch with him nnd kept him welt Informed By en DEUTSCH, DEFEATED, TO CONTEST; . CAREY HAPPY, THOUGH SUFFERING The primary election In tho "Hloody Fifth" Ward, which resulted, on the face of returns In a victory for the Pcnrosc-McNlehol-Carej' faction, will be contested by the Vnre-Smltli Deutsch taction. It was announced todaj by Isaac Deutsch, defeat ed Hepubllcan candidate for Select Council man "I feel thnt the ballot-boxes wero packed on me," ho said "If they were opened jou'd find thnt we won" Admitting that ke was doubtful If he could obtain an opening of tho boxes, ho said that tho first division alone, the ballot box of which was spirited away, would turn the tide In his favor He claimed the sec ond, 'seventh, eighth, tenth, twelfth, four teenth, tlfteonth and sixteenth divisions. DOl'ULH-CROSSHD. SAYS DHL'TSCII "I wns double-crossed In tho thirteenth," declared Deutsch "There were 167 voters registered and 161 votes officially cast These were recorded 48 for mo and 97 for Carey, while Hasson, my running mate f5r Common Council, got 40 nnd Hlumberg, his opponent, 129 Add 40 and 129 and jou have two more votes than registered voters nnd seventeen more than nctually were cast In the fourth division five votes for mo wero thrown out because they were marked with pencil " Asked whether or not he and Carey would "male up " Deutsch replied by saying that he would be a candidate for Select Council nn an independent ticket If a new party Is organised In the city Tho Inference was that he would support Carey In tho Novem--ber election. If necessarj. CARCY PAINDD. HUT HAPPY Deutsch nnd his followers freely admitted that the murder of Detective Eppley and the blackjacking of Carey by thugs hurt their cause. Carej. bruised and battered, sent a Start Fund to Aid Eppley's Mother Continued from Vat One of the depths to which an apathetic munici pality can sink. Mrs Dppley has not yet seen tho body of her son It will be brought homo this after noon from the Pennsylvania Hospital The funeral will be held on Monday, with n high mass at St Gregory's Roman Catholic Church. Interment will be at St. Denis's Cemetery nt Ardmoro "I want to see every man punished, no matter how high his position, who had an j thing to do with this crime." was the tight-lipped comment of John Dpplej the murdered man's brother "Why, they took my George without even giving him n chance to have tho last sacra ments," the mother Is quoted as saying "Hut, then, George was a good boy. He lived a clean life, he did, I know It He went to communion regularly and was a regular communicant at St. Gregory's Church, Fifty-second street and Lancaster avenue." ' Mrs Kppley camo to America from Ire land when a girl She hns lived In Phila delphia for many years AH her children were born here One son, John, Is all that she has left "Eppley was a good, efficient officer," "ARISE, OVERTHROW HOHENZOLLERNS OF CITY' CRIES BLANKENBURG To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: POCONO SUMMIT, Pa Sept. 20. YOUR telegram advising me of the killing of a policeman at today's primary election and the blackjacking of Assistant District Attorney Maurer and n dozen others until rendered unconscious surpasses events in Russia. We have boasted of a republic for nearly a century and a half; thev established one but a few months afro. Can we of tho citv of the Liberty noil noia up our neaas ana presume to teach the people of tho infant republic what really constitutes democracy? Shame upon the perpetrator of this crime and double shame upon those in authority, who either directly or indirectly must be held responsible for its perpetration. Is this a sample of a political ad ministration that openly boasts of plaving politics to accomplish results? What a wao commentary on the effect of gang politics and how the father's and abettors of these condi tions will fed when tho finger of scorn is pointed upon our city by the country at large. And what will the voters do at tho coming election? Will they again allow themselves to be hoodwinked, cajoled or terrorized into voting for the perpetuation of these conditions, or will they assert their manhood and independence? Overthrow Edwin, the Hohenzolletii, and his brother Bill and all the junk ers, especially on the other Bide, but really part of the phipderbund. President Wilson's stern attempt to make the world safe for democracy meets universal acclaim and will suc ceed in spite of Hohenzollem and innVer. Let me earnestly sueirest that It is not only important to make the world safe for democracy, but that it is of equal importance to make "democracy safe for the world." That means we must have real democracy and not only its faint shadow. This can be accomplished only by the overthrow of sham democracy, of the wicked agencies that have infested our city. Politics flaunts itself in many injurious ways at the hands ot men whose chief a(m in life setms to be to exploit their unsuspecting fellow men while waving the flag and singing the, "Star Spangled Banner.'7 . HUDOLPH JILANJOCNSUM. 7! 1D17S Election Won ment of the Mayor Is expected, and a vote will bo taken to expel from tho Police Hen evolent Association all Third District police men connected with the atrocities In the Fifth Ward A movement to commemorate the slain detective is to bo acted upon, although no definite suggestions have been made as yet. Hnrry K. Johns, president of the bbso elation, said today that tho policemen of most of the wards of the cHrjJh. that they are simply regarded as cannon, fodder nnd scapegoats for the political philters He declared they are determined to rhange conditions. At tonight's meeting Herbert Sh ". " president of the association, who Is attached to the Slxty-thlrd nnd Thompson streets stntlon will preside. jh No time will be wasted in the adoption of resolutions, but every man wl 1 make a personat resolution. Johns said, to help those who nto designated to Investigate the l.p pley murder ILL, GLAD FIFTH WARD FIGHT treating physjclnns nt his bedside the Sen ator was allowed to read all tho papers, both today and yesterdaj-. They w 111 allow him to talk but little, however. It Is expected that tho Senator will be able to leave his sick-bed tomorrow. Ills condition Is much Improved today Ho had been nt the home of his son, William J Mc NIchol Jr. 1G37 Race street, since he was taken III whlio on his way to Atlantic City last Saturdaj. cheerful message to his followers from his home, 323 Pino street, today. "I am going to leave all matters of prose cution In tho hands of Judgo Uordon nnd. his associates," said the victorious Mc NIchol leader, as he lay In bed "I nm happy this morning, but how my head hurts 1 am thankful for two things. One Is that I nm alive nnd tho other is that despite rovolvers. clubs, blackjacks nnd tho police I am returned n winner This has bn the bloodiest battle that has been known in this city in many jears Wo do not know yet how many of our peoplo wcro beaten nnd sent to hospitals and phj'slclans for treatment " His workers hailed with delight Indica tions that ho would carrj- tho ward de spite tho combined and lawless attacks against him The vote by divisions In the Fifth Ward Is as follows, with the first missing. Caroy Deutsch Scronil 40 nn Third Ml nil Tnurth vn 40 riftn 3ii 83 Pllth 47 14 Seventh 24 IIS I'.lthth , S2 71 Ninth S3 M Trnth ' .VI HI ' Elcvonth DO .',1 TwMftll 21) m Thirteenth H7 4S l'mirteenth 10 IU Fifteenth .I-' n2 Sixteenth 31 fl Seventeenth tO 17 i:ishtetnth S3 18 Totals nil) S2S The Cnrcy majority Is 112 votes Tw cntj'-seven men, among whom wero supporters of both Carey and Deutsch, ap peared at the court of Magistrate Persch, 1016 Pino street, today to nnswer various charges of assault and battery and disor der conduct In connection with j'ester day's election In tho Fifth Ward. No one was on hand to prosecute and all were dis missed. said Lieutenant Ellis, of tho Sixty-first nnd Thompson streets station, who started the young man as a policeman In 1910 "He was not afraid to do his duty, and the polico department will miss him While under mo int this station he always got along fine with everybody. He was one of those 'quiet fellows' every one likes " According t n niece, who Is looklng-nftcr nffalrs at the disrupted little home at D116 Merlon avenue, thn"jgrlef-strlcken mother Is bitter against the gang politics which caused the death of her son When sho heard of the formation of a new Indepen dent party today, organized for the hercu lean task of cleaning up Philadelphia, sho expressed the desire to be allowed to attend tho meetings of that party, or, at least to send a representative to remind those present of her son, who died because of con. dltlons prevalent here "My aunt," the niece said, "will never get over this. When she heard the news from a policeman she went out of her head, and alt last night had to be kept quiet with hypodermlo Injections, She Is qulter now, but la under the physician's care and can see no one. "It was a disgrace that Georgle, who would never have anything to do with poll tics, had to be taken off by a gang like that. Ho never mentioned Vnro or McNIchol all he thought about was doing his duty. When my nunt Is better, I know she will want to do anything she can to help make this city a better place to live In. She Is a good woman and sho had a good son " RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG p p . by Slugged -Carey HARD-FOUGHT BATTLES FOR MAGISTRATE Four Places on G. 0. P. Ticket Won by Organiza tion Candidates DEMOCRATIC VOTE SOLID Eisenbrown, Boric, Grelis and Boyle Given Support of All Wings of Party The primary light for the nominations for magistrate centerolbfiround the minor ity places, with six Democratic candidates getting a close vote for the four nomina tions. f With the first division of the Fifth Ward missing, ex-Magistrate William F. Camp bell, who was placed on the slate after he had made political peace with the &fct ad ministration, led with a vote of 121,710, Frank W. -Neff polled 108.861; Atkinson Costcllo, 112,949, and CharleK"L Itooney, 91482 k Magistrate William J. Tracy, wWSwaj turned dowifor reKomlnatlon by the Or ganization leAjern In favor of Campbell, waged a v Igorous campaign, especially going after the labor vote He polled only lf.BOS votes, however, and In no ward did he re ceive a higher vote than the four slated candidates. Tho four winning candidate In the Dem ocr Dcrntlc primary wero WIlisTm Eisenbrown. i: IMvvln KDorie, John J Xlrells and Joseph H Iloyle Chcnbrown and Dorle were given the support of nil wings of the Dem ocratic partj". The fight for the other two nominations was open for all of the other candidates Klsenbrown polled 9547 votes and Uorle 7484 Tho strength shown by Qrelts surprised tho Democratic lei dors. He received a vote of 840D Tho contest for the other noml nation was close, with Boyle receiving 5748 votes as against B265 for John J. McQuald. who had the personal support of City Chairman Kdgir W. Lank. Doyle received 447 votes In the Forty sixth Ward, McQuald's home ward, while McQuald polled only SOS In that ward. The vote given the other aspirants who polled anything like a substantial vote was as follows: Republican Charles A. Gill. 5376; J. M. R Jermon, 5363; T. W. MacFarland, 62.73; Milton II Ilecdmoyer, 4669. Democratic Richard V. Farley, 3278; Charles E. GUI, 1014; J. M. R. Jermon, 97. Anti-Contractors Party Organized Contlnned from rase One empted the party title In the wards they now control. Tapers pre-empting the party name and slogan. "Antl Contractors," were filed with the Prothonotary of tho Common Fleas Court by J Lout Tireltlnger, former chair man of the State Hoard of Motion Picture Cenmrs. who acted as the legal represen tative of the meeting. The five men who signed the city and county pre-emption papers were Ernest Rtephan, 1439 North Rlfteenth street, a real estate operajor; John A. Millar, 2815 N'orth Twenty-sixth street ; Robert W. Read, 5045 Brown street, a clerk; John W. Daa ford, 4920 Knox street, a real estate opera tor, and Frederick It Maclntlre, 5219 Ches ter nvenue, a real estate assessor. Within the next few daj-s the five pre emptors will meet nnd discuss the ticket that will be placed In the field by nomina tion petition A lnrge committee of repre sentative business men and men who have been leading Independent movements In Philadelphia for years also will be appointed to direct the campaign. Tho title wns pre-empted for the city, count j. State nndfor most of the wards. Tapers were filed "at noon, only fpr the thlrtj'-one largest wards In 'the city, but It will bo pre-empted, according to the spon sors of the nntl-Varc-Smlth movement, for nil of the other wards, except possibly the smaller wards In the central part of the city DIscusilon of the probable selections of the "Anti-Contractors" party after the meeting centered around the following ment Receiver of Taxes, Oeorge D Porter, Ern est I. Tustln. or James A. Flaherty. District Attorney, Samuel P Rotan. Register of Wills, Edgar W. I-ank. City Treasurer. A Lincoln Acker. Torter was Director of Public Safey under Mayor Rlankenburg. Tustln was formerly Recorder of Deeds. Flaherty has been prominent In Independent politics for years. Rotan Is at present the District Attorney and won the Republican nomination for re-election. The wards for which the Anti-Con tractors" title was pre-empted were the .'allowing: First. Third. Eighth. Fifteenth. Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twen tieth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, Twen-tv-flfth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth. Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, Thirty-first, Thirty-second. Thirty-third. Thirty-fourth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth. Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty first. Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-flfth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty eighth. Later In the afternoon papers were filed pre-empting the, title In the Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Thirty-eighth and Forty fourth Wards Included In this list Is every ward con trolled by Penrose and McNIchol, with the exception of several small wards In the central section of the city. They list also Includes all of the South Philadelphia wards, e-xcept the Second, Fourth and Fifth. The title will be pre-empted for these wards later. The title was pre-empted also for the Mayor's home ward, the Twenty-eighth. The launching of the "Antl-Contracton flghl was dramatic Five men from each ward and from Bristol township, the On mantown poor district and Oxford signed the papers behind locked doors. Guards stood at the doors and windows to prevent signaling. After tho papers for the various wards and districts had been signed U name of the party was selected and then nnea in. It was suggested at the meeting that the new party be called the "Eppley" party. In order to arouse the antl-Vare-Smlth voters under the battle cry of the Fifth Ward murder. The suggestion was favor ably received, but It was finally decided to wage the fight under the contractora Issue, K. Ju. D. Roach, secretary of the Com mittee of Seventy, presided. Oeorge Sterr. who led the fight against Mayor Smith In the Twenty-eighth Ward yesterday, vu present but was not one of the pre-emptera. Some ot the men, from various wards seat tered throughout the city who signed thtr names to the pre-emption papers were: Frederick S Drake and Frank a ray. Thirty-fourth Ward; Frank A. Kameraad, Forty-sixth; Dr. James Irwin, Thisty nlnthi Robert F Bonner, who was de feated for nomination for the Orphans Court yesterday. Forty-third; Wllthw Wunder and Charlea M Thompson, Twenty second; Charlos Wtfhrton and exrCounejt man William Houston, Thirty-sixth! Har ris Dllworth and James 11, Paul, yfertr secondj ex-Councilman William ji Horn. Twenty-third 5 X Slrmund Lurln, Twentieth; Oeorge II WJlson. Forty-rr John Finney, Thirty-first ; "Walter Caeaell, Thirty-seventh! Frank Itau. FortY-aevwtih. i.na cniriea n. Bconeia. thjuyj weorge r, im ph swtter-ruuri ' i Mi J 4 '. -wt t: a f.u .i
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