V I NSIDERING MAIL TUBES HERE TODAY Congressional Commission Hears Arguments of Business Men OTHER CITY NEWS BRIEFS The Congressional Commission which Is considering the question of retaining or ilsnenrlnff with the pneumatic mull tube itrvlco) In Phl'ndelphla nml other cities ) hearing arguments of tho Philadelphia Joint Committee on tho Retention of the rneumatlc Mall Tube Service for this city this afternoon In the rooms of the Hoard of Trade In tho Bourso Hultdlng. Upon the showing made by the committee 'will largely depend the flnnl decision as to th fate of the tubes whether the rjovernment will continue to use them and whether It Kill buy them. fSenrg" R. Uartol, presi dent of the Bourse . Kmil 1. Albreoht. tw retary of 'he Bourse. J. Allen 'Thompson, of tho First Votlonal Uuiili. lis the rejue sentatlve of the I'letiilt.K 'House AsMicin tlon. and others are amoi.g thespealters Goinp lo IlulTnlo Cunvcntlon Five members of tlie Commerc.al Kx Change In the Philadelphia Bourne left last night for Buffalo, where they will represent the exchange at tho aimu.il tmce day' con vention of the National (Sruln lienler' s soclatlon. The local delegation to the con vention, wjilch begins todaj, coiiBlsts of A, B. Clemmer. secretary of the exchange; Itobert Morris. .Inmes 1.. King. J. B. Pultz and Morris I Miller. Funeral of Gcorr;e W. Boyd Men who are prominent In railroad and business circles will attend the funeral to morrow of OecrRc V. Boyd, passenger trallle manager of the Pennsylvania Itallroad, who died at his home. Capo May, on Saturday. Services will be conducted jit noon at the f'hurch of the Advent by tno Itev. Paul S. Howe rector Tho Interment will bo In Philadelphia. Teach Treatment of Shell Shock An Intensive course In tho treatment of shell-shattered nerveo Is being given the members of the t'nlted States Medical He serve by Dr. Charles K. Mills and Dr. T. H. Welsenburp. at the Philadelphia and University Hospitals. Receiver to Operate Plant For the third time "Ithln four months tn effort has been made to Bell tho plant of the Camden Iron Works at n public sale. After a failures to receive bids, Attorney Joseph H. Oasklll. counsel for the receiver, announced that the plant, which has large number of contracts, would bo operated by the receiver. Three Autos in Mix-Up Three automobiles engaged In football tactics on Thirteenth street near Market early today. They came together In a grand rush. One tackled the other, while ,the third went through the store window of A. Beis. at S North Thirteenth. N'o one was Injured. One of the trio was coming south and two were rushing north, the police say. when the smash-up occurred. Two of the cars belonged to Harry lllslcy, of 1338 Brown street, and Kills Marks, of 2112 South Philip street. Operation on Fractured Spine An apparently successful operation for a fractured spluo and dislocated vertebrao has been performed In St. Agnes's Hospital by Dr O L. Collins, a naval surgeon, on Charles Thompson, thirty-three years old, of 2133 South Seventeenth street. Grave Diggers May Strike Again The grave diggert? of Holy Cross Ceme tery who returned to work nfter a strike, Issued an ultimatum demanding higher wages and shorter bourn under threat of another "walkout" on Thursday. GASTON MEANS ENTERS' PLEA OF NOT GUILTY Motion for Change of Venue Made and Granted as Mat ter of Law CONCOUD, N. C, Sept. 24. Gaston Bullock Means shortly after opening of his preliminary hearing hero this morning on tho charge of murdering Mrs. Maud A. King entered n plea of not runty Means' first move In his fight against the murder charge was n motion for n. change of venue to another Justice. Palmer was compelled by law to grant the motion. "Tho action Is ordered removed to Justice C. A. Pitts," nald Justlco Palmer. "I cer tainly appreciate tho motion. It relieves )ne of an unpleasant responsibility." The State scored Its first strong point against Means when -Coroner's Physician Burmelster. of Chicago, testified that Mrs. King's death wound was Inflicted on the left sldo of hen head, whereas "the autopsy Sroved that Mrs. King was right-handed." U A. Weddlngton, undertaker, who handled Mrs. Kings body, was the first wit ness called by tho State. Ho told of belne called by Afton Means to prepare Mrs. Klng'B body the night of the alleged murder and of shipping It In a hermetically sealed casket in a steel case to Ashevllle in com pany with Afton and Gaston Means, Au CUSt 30. "All he said was: 'We havo decided to take tho body to Cnicago," " Bald 'Wedding ton, Means went with the body to the grave yard In Chicago, sticking close by It, tho witness Bald. Means claims Mrs. Kins had on hlgh neeled slippers when she stumbled and fell, discharging the pistols, he says, acci dentally killing her. Weddlngton testified Mrs. King had on no slppcrs or anything but hose on her feet when he got tho body the night of her death. He remembered that because he examined her broken , ankle, Dr, William Burmelster, chief Coroner's Physician from Chicago, who has the bul let taken from Mrs. Klng'B head at the midnight autopsy In Chicago nfter the au thorities' suspicions wero aroused, then took the stand. ' His testimony Is expected to prove that Mrs. King could not have died accidentally or by her own hand, as Means says she did. He described tho autopsy. Dr, Burmelster testified that Mrs. King's angle was broken before sho died. He said tS hemprrhrige around .the fracture proved 't. This might strengthen Means's claim that Mrs. King broke her ankle In falling when, ha says, she accidentally killed her- self. k Burmelster. In describing the wound, told how the bullet entered two Inches above and two behind the left ear and described . a circle conforming to the contour of the skull as It raced through the millionaire wolnan's brain. Burmelster Bwore that Mrs. King's arms were not long enough for her to hold the KUh far en, ugh away to Inflict the death wound and leave no powder burns. "Besides.' said he, "she was right-handed nd wouldn't have shot herse.lt on the left x iae of the head, anyhow." Diver Recovers Lost Diamond A diamond ring valued at 1J00O. which - Jaa lost In twenty-four feet of water at s&Seadimont Pplnt by Mr, Alexander Middle, dgjft this clty-wak recovered twenty minutes this cltywab recovered twenty BfcV nv TSnl (kk. w .Mi.-. U.S.TR00PSUNDER ME;TW0W0UNDED One Contingent of Sammees in Camp Close Behind British Lines ANXIOUS TO "GO OVER TOP" By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS WITH THH BIUT1SH ARMIKS IN THK KIRt.D. Sept. 24. American troops for the fltst time arc under German fire In Prance. Two American soldiers have been slight I.v wounded. They were struck by frag, monts of a bursting thell, A certain contingent of the American nrmy Is now located dlrrctlv behind the British lines, well within range of the encm guns. Tho two wounded men nre tho proudest inrmuers 01 mis contingent, which I visited Sunday. The eyes of this American contingent are turned longingly t tho British line. The Sninmees work with the boom of can. j nnn always In their ears They are great Pills of the Tommies, nnd llrten envloUhly j lo stories of "going over tho top " I So eager are the KammeeM to tight that ' the strictest regulations Imposing severe j punishment, hnve been necessary to pre I vent them sneaking off to tho front, under haperonnge of Tommies. A group of officers sat today before n table on which reposed a great dish of Boston baked beans, roofed with browned bacon, and toasted In cocoa the dav when they should follow the Stars and Stripes then fluttering overhead behind the bar rage. This was their answer to the Kaiser's offer of nn Iron cross. 30(1 marks and a fortnight's leave for the first American, dead or nllve. And nfter the toast tho of fleers rolled cigarettes to ward off thelt Impatience to get Into action. It was the first performance of this kind seen In this part of the w-irld. American officers hugely admire the British achievements, especially after a gllmpso of the dllllcultles of their war making. Tho Americans admit they havo much to learn and many Illusions to bo shattered. They say no amount of pic tures or lectures or theoretical practice can prepare tho mind for the actual fighting. Officers must sco tho real thing to under stand the task. America had no Idea that fighting meth ods In the great war were continually changing, these officers explained. Kolks "back home" havo believed the present fighting strictly warfnro from trenches ; but as n matter of fact the actual fighting Is now over virtually n trenchless country, the enemy occupying conrreto re-enforced shell holes, with steel and concrete "pill boxes" scattered over an area two-thirds of a mllo wide. The trenches are onlv used to the rear of thcc defenses, and aro manned by reserve Instead of by contin uously lighting forces. Tho new British barrage Is the object of the Americans' profound admiration. They regard it as tho only safeguard by wlUch tho "pill-box zono" can bo navigated. EXPECT TO SEE SAMMEES IN ACTION BEFORE WINTER WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. First news that two Americans were In jured while their contingent was under Oer man fire In France was conveyed to tho War Department In United l'ress dispatches from William Philip Simms today. The news sent a thrill of anticipation through inlfltary officials today and was taken to indlcato that before snow files American forces, bearing the Stars and Stripes, will bo "going over the top" with the Tommies nnd pollus. Some days ago Slmms cabled tho first news of the bombing of American hospital forces, nnd It was explained at the War De partment then that these particular troops wero outside Pershing's Jurisdiction, henco tho delay In receiving ofilclal word here. ARGENTINA SIDETRACKS DECLARATION OF WAR Berlin's Disavowal of Luxburg's Acts Accepted as "Tempo rarily Satisfactory" Hy CHARLES P. STEWART Special Culls Srrvlee o ffce Vnlttd i'rrjj and Evening Lrdoer. BUUNOS AIK13S, Sept. 24. For the Immediate present at least Ar gentina's determination to declare war against Germany Is to bo held In abeyance. Government iHlcials today accepted as "temporarily satisfactory" a inessago from the German Government, transmitted through the Argcntlno Minister at Berlin, disavowing Count I.uxburg's utterances and denying that tho Kaiser approved of Lux burg personally. Tho fact was emphasized, however, that this disavowal does not constitute tho full, free and formal reply demanded In Argen tina's ultimatum. Its receipt, howevor, stops the Chamber of Deputies' Immediate consideration of the resolution supporting the Government's plea for declaring a state of war with Germany. Pu'bllo Interest was transferred from the German situation today to tho more press ing crisis of the nntlon-wlde strike. At 1 n. m. today all railway employes struck. Complete paralysis of all rail communica tion seemed certain. Tho situation Is ad mittedly of "the most serious character, as many cities lack largo supplies of fuel and food. Pottsville II. It. Man Goes to Haltimore POTTSVILLR. Pa., Sept. 24. U H. Pal mcr. manager of tho Hastern Pennsylvania Railway Company, resigned to accept the assistant management of tho United Hall ways and Electrlo Company, of Baltimore. Vandusen Hlckert also resigned as assistant manager. The resignations go Into effect on October 1. 55 Stay Good Looking Keep the complexion of youth by dally ue of our Skin Food. The cleaning-, .oftenlne. nouriihlni auaim of thin delhthtful prepara turn have made It famous among- air?i.Xmro..dyThhuro'utTi5.b's": LLEWELLYN'S I'blladrliihla'a Standard Mrur Store 1518 Chestnut Street For pearly teeth Ilo and Myrrh. 25c. T,,.,-irn." ' r1., a BRADBURN & NIGRO Corrt Tailor for Drew Men Made-to-measure garments for men who demand better i than average results. 13th & Sansom Sts. S2 Second ii . i.., ,,,. . . i ' isvjflyiaa iM)QmxwLAi)mAu.A, Monday, sjbpmmbisk 24, mmmr iHn 1SB wlf KOLDIbR.VTO-nE Two members of tho Evening Ledger "family" in the military service of tho nation. Joseph Hnl lnhan (upper), of tho engraving department, who is going to Camp Men do. Walter H. Deyhlo (lower), printer, who has joined tho Naval Coast Defense Reserve and is stationed at Brooklyn. WAR HASTENS WEDDING Major Andrew J. White Will Marry Miss Nelson nt Bcllevuc-Strat- fonl Tonight Another war marriage will be f-oleninlzed tonight at the Bellcvue-Strntfnrd when MIks Dema Tyrl Nelson, of Big Bock, 111., be comes tho bride of Major Alidrow .1. 'White. The marriage, which will be performed by tho ltev. 1-Mward S. Nlnde, pastor of the First Methodist Kplscopal Church, or Ger niantown. was hastened by the bridegroom's removal from Governor's Island to Camp Shelby. Harrls.burg, Miss., following ljls appointment ns divisional adjutant of the Thlrty-elshth Infantry, stationed at that place. Major "White, whoso home Is In Cham bersburg, Pa., Is a graduate of West Point, class of 1001. lie waa captain of the Twenty-second Infantry, stationed at Gover nor's Island, until his appointment ns major, which camo several days ngo with orders to go to Port Shelby. Miss Nelson was telegraphed to and camo lo Philadelphia, fcevcral clays ngo, stopping nt tho Bellevue. Major 'White arrived today and a marriage license was obtained Bhortly afternoon. Only a few friends and Fomo relatives qf the bridegroom will witness the ceremony. Mnjor While Is thlrty-sl.x j ears of ago and Ills brldo thirty. CAMP DIX MEN TO AID IN POLICING TRENTON Step Deemed Advisablo in View of the Number of Soldiers Visiting City TULNTON, Sept 24. Following n con ference today between Governor Kdge, Mnjor General Kennedy, commandant oi Camp Dix, acting Adjutant General Gilk soii, Quartermaster General Murray mul Mayor Frederick W. Donnell, of this city, It was decided to establish a military police forco hero with soldiers brought from Camp Dlx to assist tho Trenton police In main taining order. This step is believed to bo necessary, ow ing to the presence" of great numbers of soldiers from tho cantonment hero eveiy day and night. There has been very little disorder thus far. but the establishment of a military pollco Is a precaution to guard against contingencies. Tho rorcn will havo headquarters at tho Second Heglment ai mory. General Kennedy, It Is understood, Is dis posed to be generous In tho matter of leaves of absence to tho soldiers and will continue so unless tho prl liege Is abused. In that event leaves will bo limited. DIES ORIIMMNG BANK NOTES Clutching a roll of bills amounting to JSO In her hands, Miss Katherlne Dowllng. eighty years old, 1410 North Nineteenth street, was found dead In bed today. Ar cording to tho police, gas was (lowing from an open jet. The aged woman is said to havo been 111 for several weeks. AAtr tcfyrifkt 9tterfH ty the war in B a.JmM&S5MuK dream of Pan-Germanism." ReadHenry vanDyk "Fighting for Peace The Werewolf at Large" October SCRIBNERS CHAKLES SCR1BNEJVS SONS. NEW YORK At All f A NO PEACE POSSIBLE UNTIL WAilAMS WON Senator Lewis Makes Reply to German Acceptance of Pope's Proposal REBUKES PACIFISTS "BefoullnB Their Own Land, Betraying Their Own Fellow Citizens nnd Surrendering Country" WASHINGTON. Kept. 24. ltcplylng to tho German noto "accepting" tho Pope's peace proposal, Senator Lewis, of Illinois, tho Democratic whip of tho Senate, declared In n vigorous speech this afternoon that no penco Is posslblo until America lins nchleed all her war nlnis. Ho assailed German perfidy nnd delivered a stinging rebuko to the pacifist propa gandists, declaring they aro "befouling their own land, betraying their own fellow citizens, und surrendering their own 'country ' 'Who arc they In America that demand tho right to nrguo ngalnst this war of America'" ho Mnlrt. "Wllr, nrn thne.i wlm ask to debate tho righteousness of their own country? To dispute the honor of their own men and uuestlon tho vlrtuo of their own women? AVho arc thoso who demand to denounce their country's cnuso wlillo they praise tho purposo of her destroyers? Who aro thoso who cry for constitutional freo speech to befoul their own land, be tray their own citizens und surrender their own country? "Let us now reply lo all these, saying yes, your country gUarantees free speech to every American, but that man who uses freo .speech ngalnst America Is njt tho American to whom freo speech Is guaran teed. In this land thero can bo no freo pecch to any man to destroy the freedom of his fellow man. There can never bo liberty of speech to nn American citizen to destroy the liberty of tho American nation. Let this meaning of our Constitution bo now proclaimed ns fixed to nil mankind. "If tho excuse offers for theso laggards In patriotism organized to cry woo unto their own land and long llfo to tho destroy ers of their peoples bo that they cravo a land of jicaco and to ask for peace, wo reply by asking them: What terms of pcaco havo you asked for your America? What peace havo theso demanded of llussla? What terms havo they asked of their nation's en cmy whllo they arc asking their nation to surrender to Its enemy It every right and every hope? Where havo such demands of terms of peace for America even been stated by these misguided citizens who cry pcaco without reckoning with honor or measur ing with Justice tl.o rights of nn American?" Assailing tho Insincerity of tho German peace moves, Senator Ixiwls tald : ( "How can we, who would lovo to trust. J E- Caldwell fy(o. MILITARY WRIST ' WATCHES Unbreakable Crystals. nands and tNumcrnls in Darkness ooo Open Saturdays Until Five Henry van Dyke Recently American Minister to Holland, says: "I knew that the predatory Pots dam gang had chosen and forced order to realize in the ( Nmw:ilan4NOW forget that attain, when Mlchaells, the Oer man Chancellor, but a short while paat, de llvcred his epceeh or proposed peace to the Berlin Parliament, these Prussian maraud ers turned upon a helpless- little American bnrk then In Mediterranean waters, shot It to shatters, and with its poor, helpless sail ors sinking to the sea, seized tho lifeboats and broke them Into splinters, that the floating Amrelcnn seamen should die tho saddest of slow deaths, where wife and chil dren, then helpless nnd homeless, would haunt their dying eyes. Was there ever such Invention of cruelty In civilization's annals? Who nsks that such as thcBO America shall trust again? "Never until Prussia surrenders to American rights, makes Just restitution for her cruel wrongs nnd gives Inviolable guarantees of peace nnd Justlco for nil tho future, will America ever lay down her arms." EXPECT DEVELOPMENTS IN BINGHAM AUTOPSY $5,000,000 Husband of Flagler Widow Announces Readiness for Any Charge LOU1SV1LLH, Ky Sept. 24. Further sensational developments today aro expected to follow tho announcement hero thnt tho body of Mrs. Itobert Worth Bingham, widow of Henry Flagler, was exhumed at 3 o'clock last Tuesday morn ing nnd an nutopsy held In a cemetery at Wilmington, N. C. Judgo Bingham, who was not present when tho body of his wlfo was disinterred, has Intimated that he Is prepared when ever a definite chargo Is maae, to meet It with facts. Any further action by Judgo Bingham or his attorneys will bo taken, It Is believed, after tho results of the ex amination of tho vital organs, which, It Is alleged, wero removed from Mrs. Bing ham's body, nre nindo ktlown. Federal officials In the meantime are said to be Investigating tho robbery of the offices of Dr. M. L. Bavltch, one of the physicians who attended Mrs. Bingham just before her death. Doctor llavltch charges that records of orders for narcotics, letters nnd valuablo papers wero stolen. ELECTRICAL LABOR SAVERS ( WASHING IRONING SWEEPING 31719 Chestnut St. COME AND SEE Khaki Bands. Is Visible ES Distinctive Lighting Fixtures and Lamps There is no part of your house fur nishings that cause more annoyance and irritation than Inadequate or unsuitable Lighting Fixtures. Our display rooms arc stocked with a variety of exclusive Sheraton, Chip pendale and Adam designs. The Horn & Brannen Mfg. Co. Retail Salesrooms 427433 North Broad St. "A short walk Along Automobllo Bow" theiir robber es Undone! If a dolUr. Send CUobr,Mo Yember, Dcmbr, Jtauiry Scribner'a To.. 101V ' K , "'' " t .aaM'rj M'' "Over the Top"' at Perry's PERRY'S TRENCH OVERCOATS With belt nil around, Boms bncVled, some buttoned. Slanted ontild patch poefceti, or vertical Inelde bellow pocket 1 form-fUtlnc or loose) back. Sereral modell. Formal Fall Opening in Suits and Overcoats C Saturday at closing time the Reduction Artillery swept our counters clear of last season's last Suits and light-weight Overcoats. This morning the full formations of our Fall and Winter phalanxes come hurtling over the top, and the assault is on for a brand new season ! CJ "Some" season, too, it's going to be, for they're "some" Fall and Winter Suits, "some" Fall and Winter Overcoats lined up and ready to "carry . on ! J We're going to tell you about them from day to day in this newspaper. At this writing, we can say no more than that the soldierly swank of both Suits and Overcoats is the dominating style fea ture of many of the assortments. All of them conservative, moderately conservative, fashion able, ultra fashionable, Young Men's models and "Junior Special" styles constitute the finest stocks of all wool Fall and Winter clothes in any Philadelphia store today! Step in and Perry & Co. "N. B. T." 16th & Chestnut Sts. I , ,: - r-, mmnMKfflm& liiAlr dU fmrt ,' . 4 look 'em over! , "? ,.1 '. ,.', .wd .:. '"' I V 3 iiSsUSS fetfff,' ,p; K .' :.- ; 'a '?. K U . i ' k : ' Ten' .9T2M J S wffcCA'-i'! yjm' "aTtwa-V
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