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5 VOL, IV. NO. 12
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917
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5TH WARD PLOT HATCHED
IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE
UNMAN TALKS
TO SAVE SELF;
NAMES SLEUTH
Admits Thugs Were
Taken to Deutsch
Clubhouse
3AYS DETECTIVE
GAVE OUT WEAPONS
Confession, Held Secret
Here, Is Made Public in
New York
another link in CHAJN
Declare "Little Nick" Hired
Gang for $30 Each for'
t "Election Job"
f The "Bloody Fifth" Ward murder
conspiracy was perfected in Inde
pendence Square, in the shadow of
the Liberty Bell, symbol of American
political liberties, according to a con
fession by Fred ("Whitey") Burkhart,
one of tho hired New York gunmen,
made public today.
In Independence Square, the confes
sion declare, the blackjacks intended to
lilence the votes of the anti-Vare-Rmith-Deutsch
supporters were dis
tributed by "Mike" Sullivan, or O'Sulli
van, a private detective of the Val
O'Farrcll Detective Agency, who gave
the gunmen their instructions.
TELLS PLANS IN DETAIL
t Tho document describes how the gun-
Ken registered at the Keystone Hotel;
how they wore taken to the Fifth Ward
Republican League clubhouse (the,
Deutsch club) and met the "man with
lllglasses"; hjw they raided tho Fin-
tetter Hcpubllcan jiud tine iarey neaa
quarters) on election eve, and cor-
joboratcs many other bits of testimony
mai nave oeen presjiuuu iu onuw uwi
a plot existed.
The gunmen, a band of eighteen
Frog Hollow Musketeers," were re-
cruueu in new xort. uy rutuuius
.("Little Nick") Ritt and were met hero
by Sullivan. They were promised ?15
to $30 each for two days' work.
A copy of the confession, made public
in New York today by District Attorney
Francis Martin, of the Bronx, where
Burkhart is under arrest, is in the hand3
of District Attorney Rotan, who refused
to make it public. The version given
Jit in the Bronx today was telegraphed
to this city by an Evening Ledger staff
correspondent.
,v THE CONFESSION
Statement by Frederick Burkhart. made
Monday, September 24, 1917. in the presence
(f Seymour lMork, Assistant District At
torney, of the Bronx; Joseph H. Taulane
and Joseph McClaln, of tho District At
torney's office, Philadelphia: '
( This statement Is made voluntarily with
out any promise of immunity. I make this
statement in order that the truthful story
f my connection with the matters I tell
shall be set forth for the benefit of the DIs
'rlct Attorney of Philadelphia.
If my story proves to bo true and I am
ot Implicated with tho murder of Police
man Eppjey or the assault upon any one
!, nor am I mixed up In any of the as
Hulls which occurred In Philadelphia Tues-
y. September 18, and Wednesday Sep
tember 19 that my story, If true, shall re
lte due consideration In the final disposi
tion of my case If I am found guilty.
Monday night Nick Illtt came over to the
corner of 18th street and Brook avenue,
utsiae the saloon and he asxea me ana
ottwr felldw they eU Mug- Smith his
'iht name Is Christie Smith Nick says to
a, "Do you want to so to rhlladelphlaT"
I says. "No. T don't want to ffo to Philadel
phia. What do f. want to go to Phlladel
W fort"' He says, "Sou only got to bo out
and watch the polling place" I thought
H was a place where you stand around
matching barrets with pictures? stand
round the polls and hang around. I says
to Nick. "What's In ItT" Nick says. "Fifteen
K thirty dollars for two days."
"MIKE" SULLIVAN THfcRE.
Qutlon What days were you to got
What twq days?
Answer We ware to stay there Tuesday
and Wednesday, so wo says, "Where will
meet you?" He says, "Over In Kenny's."
We went over to Mike's saloon. We says.
TVhat time do you want us to meet you?"
says, "Get there at 1 or. 0 o'clock."
Well, we meet about elahteen of us. so
nt there, Mike Sullivan waa In there.
lth Nick. That was only the night before
Monday njght. In Kenny's I shys, "What
o you have to do?" Ho says. "Just hane,
-una me pons. Keen oraer. i says, "Ail
lht, I'll go,"
TutSday HlOrnlnr w, knot Anil Nlrk mi
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If. "- -vu vuiUlD aim iUU Putin, UMT
I wre. He savs. "I'll meet vou at Thirty.
mlrd street at the terminal So we met
Mm at Thtrty-thlrd atreet t the terminal.
jttfphla. He gays. "When vou in In the
et7 """' wi ail u -rogsuier. we says.
MURDER PLOT DEVELOPMENTS
GUNMAN arrested in New York makes confession in hope of saving
himself.
, This confession says the gang of New "York gunmen were hired by
"Little Nick."
They were promised $30, for two days' services for "a Philadelphia
election job."
Confession says the Rang was brought to Independence Square, where,
within a few yards of the Liberty Bell, symbol of American political freedom,
the Fifth Wnrd murder plot Dions were perfected.
0'Sullivan, private detective connected with the Val O'Fnrrcll Detective
'Agency, was the man who distributed blackjacks to the thugs at tho Inde
pendence Square meeting, nccording to tho confession.
Clark, the "man with eye-glasses," has confessed everything to District
Attorney Rotan, it is reported.
His confession, held secret by Mr. Rotan, is rumored to implicate men
of that "higher-up" type who nre called "influential politicians."
WILSON DEFIED
BY PRESIDENT
OF REICHSTAG
"Bites on Granite" in Trying
to Alienate People From
Kaiser
MICHAELIS MARKS TIME
AMbTCRDAM. Sept. IT
"He who attempt-) to drive a wedge be
tween the Kaiser and his people bites on
granite," declared President Kaempff, of th
German Reichstag, In the opening of that
body's sessions today.
Dispatches from Berlin quoted him also
ns sarcastically demanding to know how
President Wilson could "continue to talk
the protection of small nations in the face
of the fact that he left Greece In the
lurch "
The Reichstag's presiding officer quoted
Von Buelow's phrase ns to '-biting granate"
In lauding the "common sense of the Ger
man people." who would refuse any such
separation from the Knlser ni"that desired
by tho American President.
Berlin dispatches said Chancellor Michac
lls's speech, originally scheduled for today,
had been postponed. It was declared the
Chancellor would not make nny additional
public statements as to Germany's peace
hlm3, but might address a rccret.mee.tlng of
the main committee of the Reichstag.
RETURN OF RUSSIAN
LANDS ASKED BY POPE
rtOMK. Sept 27.
Restoration of Riga "and nil other Rus
sian territory" now held by the Germans
was "explicitly and Implicitly" suggested
In he Pope's appeal, nccording to a Vati
can announcement today.
The announcement was taken to mean
that Germany must relinquish her piano
for a kingdom of Poland, with a German
regency, to meet the Pope's conditions of
peace. . ,
It was also reported today that the Holy
See had advised German that the Pope
would Mew with active displeasure nny at
tempt In Ge.rm.any to restrict the liberties
of Matthias Erzberger, the Clerical (Catho
lic) liberal leader, or tho Catholic preis,
which is firmly supporting a nonannexa
tlonlst program.
RYAN SUGGESTED
. TO OPPOSE ROTAN
Nonpartisan League, How-
evre, Fails to indorse ram
de Moll's, Plea
AGAINST THE VARE, TICKET
Paul de Moll, a political satellite of Tub
Ko Sen Ice Commissioner Michael J. Ilyan.
this afternoon proposed tho name ot tho
former City Solicitor and former Democratic
candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania,
as the candidate of tha Independents for
District Attorney. Rjan was not indorsed.
The sutKcstlon that Hyan. who -was ap
pointed to the Puljllc Sen Ice Commission
through the Influence of the Vares. be placed
at the head of the ticket that will oppose
the Vare-Smlth city Administration at the
ceneral election on-No ember 6. was made
.i.. f iho Non-Partisan league
of PMUdelphta. held In Dooner's Hotel, on
Tr.oSnB'tts called for the purpose
f rtiwusslnB the new .Independent move
of ?hr was launched against the city
Tdmlnlstraton whet, the Anti-Contractors'
narTy was formed lastweefc. Independents.
rnta and Itcpubl cans were present
De JiHt for the "row" offices and the
Candidates for -w i Councils
wUl no' t dominated br'th. Vare
!Tr.i.i.iii.iiMte discussed at length
""Tto meet Sd to indorse all candl
daTe. tor Councils who will really represent
SH -.Vr0 FSi
f-Tbrnlnl -owr .the suggestion that
Mr. Byan head the tlcKet.
db mouv rnopo3ES nvAK
. .i. M611 acted as secretary of the
Mn and when the discussion of tha
meeting, ana wn wh(r8
ne.CiV L wew "to be discussed, he sug.
candidates !, nyaa wr DBirich
head tne ne ,tt, to a vote of themen
Th;queUonwasiJ wag
attendinr the wi n nt. JL pres.
not P,r;.lyVofed thf indorsement of
S.USr'h1; withdrew from the Or-
f "hcnVr aKsed th, exlsdng pol.t.
,?;WS5 W ta-tlj, and decided t, con-
LA FOLLETTE
DENOUNCED
BY BANKERS
Convention of Financial Men
Thrown Into Frenzy on
Suggestion to Oust Him
PLEAS FOR THRIFT
ItV o SfajJT ( orrmpnndFvt
ATLANTIC (MTV. Sept 2"
Hanker attending the convention nf the
American HaTiktrs' Ansoclatlon hero wpio
stirred this afternoon b two cpecchos, onp
by Lord NurthclJITc, nho made, un urgent
plea for thrift to end tho war. ami a de
nunclatlon of .Senator I .a Kollctte, which
was launched by Dr. Nlihol.iH Murray Hut
lcr Tho 3000 bankers Jumped tn their feet
Btlrrcd Into n frenzy of excitement, mul
cheered their approval of tho (-corn which
Doctor Duller poured on "fomentcra ot
sedition" and roared their nppronl of his
demand that Congress oust La.rollette Im
mediately. Lord Xorthcliffp inado nn urgent appeal
for a "pull-together" policy.
"That Is our motto," he declared "Kicry
man, ocry woman putting their very souls
Into tho war. The Htm must bo crushed
Tho evil thing ho has reared must bo driven
out of our Uvea nnd the way to do It Ih
with ft eel on the battlefield and with silver
bullet fli tho world's marts Let us glvn the
people to )inJeritnnil li tn vital fact nml
victory a oanureil.
"We find u rem.trkablo unanimity of
thought awlnurpHa between vhp'GtUc"
Til J-nkirn'iiiTrl'ftii.in6 rff'Uin h.mtl, t
flnd the fond ullimllon In (Irrmany nnd
Auitrln diatlnrlly lirttrr than It wns a 3 ear
go. The capture of supplies In Rumania,
no less than tho extension of cultivable
areas throughout the lands of the Central
Powers, has relieved the tension In cerealH
and garden produce.
"H Is money that makes tho wheels go
round," he added. "In this matter we row
tho same boat and should pull together with
our most capable Secretary of tho Treasury
acting as tho stroke I have complete and
unbounded faith In the A'merlcan people,
I am sure when they rrallte that any tlgn
ot iinlllInKne to hear the monetary har
den of tl vrnr will be regarded nn quite mm
nrrluuj as the loan of a big battle In France,
they will give of their reaourcea freely and
unallntlngly.
'There lr 11 distinct misapprehension Jn
this country as to the destination ot loans
made to the Allies by the United States
There h an Impression oyen among well-
Contlnard on rata Tour. Column One
20,000 see boston
tackle All-stars
Mclnnis Plays First Base.
Shocker, of Yanks, Pitches.
Cobb in Center
RUTH HURLS FOR 'SOX
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FENWAY PARK, Boston, Sept. 27.
Thousands of Boston and New Kngland
fans trooped here, this afternoon for a ball
game between the Red Sox and the All
Stars, which was arranged as a memorial
to Tlmothy If Murnane,;who, back in the
seventies, plajed both for tho Athletics ind
th,e Phillies In Philadelphia, nnd who forty
one years ago was a member of the Boston
Natlonnls. .
Befoio the game some of tasehaU'n great
est stars competed In field events. Mc
Xally, of Boston, won the bunt-and-run-to-flrst
ecnt; Joe Jackson, of tho White Sox,
made the longest throw; Dutch Leonard, of
the Red Sox, the moit accurate one, while
Chapman, of Cleveland, showed the way to
the base chclers , r
The game started with Shocker on the
mound for the All-Stars and Ruth doing
the Red "Sox sharpshootlng.
Mr. Murnane, who for nearly thirty years
Continued on rase Thirteen, Column Four
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GREAT MEETING
WILL PROTEST
'MURDERRULE'
50,000 Persons Expected
at Gathering at Acad
emy of Music Tonight
POLITICAL THUGGERY
WILL BE DENOUNCED
Philadelphians to Declare
Their Independence of
Gunmen Government
DOORS OPEN AT 7 O'CLOCK
Facts About Huge
Mass-Meeting fonight
PLACE:
Academy of Music.
TIME:
EiRht p. m. sharp. Door3 open
at 7.
SUBJECT:
Protest ncainst "Governmcnt-by-Murdcr."
SPEAKERS:
Ex-Mayor Blankcnburp;, Father
McDcrmott, Jude Bonnivvcll, Rabbi
Krnuskopf, MaRistrato Carson, Al
bert H. Coccins, Frank L. Kamernar,
John H. R. McLean, Jr., Samuel Mc
Reynolds, James J. Brccn.
ATTENDANCE:
Fifty thousand persons nre
expected.
Overflow meetings to bo held on
Broad street und Locust street; if
necessary.
A city's voice raised in a mighty
protest ngaimt "government by mur
der" will be henrd tonight,
. Vast
throngs of,rftcn,1nnfL Jvom.cn a
eBtWrdift-GO;uOQ-wTll': press
ciwd es
to tho Academy of MuBic.for tho town
meeting called to plan emancipation
from the rule of gang politicians and
hired gunmen that resulted in tho
killing of Acting Detective George A.
Eppley fn the "Bloody Fifth" Ward
primary election,
Tho greatest protest mass-meeting
in the history of Philadelphia is ox
pectcd. A revolutionary demand for
a rebirth of clean government is em
bodied in n set of resolutions to be
presented ns the city'ri "Declaration of
Independence."
Rudolph Dlankenburg, former Mayor
of Philadelphia, will bo tho principal
speaker. Unconquered by illness, the
white-haired "war-horse of reform'? do-
clnred that ho would address the meet
ing if in doing so he uttered his last
spoken word.
Filling up of the big auditorium will
begin at 7 o'clock, when the doors will
be opened. Those who rCach tho
Acuden:y t early will obtain tho best
seats, which arc oxpectid to bo occu
pied rapkfty.
Jj overtEow mcetixg
"But we will take caro of everybody who
'falls to I. obtain a sent," Judge Uonnlwell
said, "provision naying already been muoe
for seral encrnqw meetings, If necessary.
The principal speakers will address these
meetings."
Resolutions condemning tne conditions
(onllnurd nn I'ale Keren, Column lire
KILLED BY TOADSTOOLS
One Man Died, Another Family Mado
111, Testimony Shows
A ferdict of death from poisoning due, to
eating toadstools was eh en by a ooroner's
Jury today In tho case of PeterDe Angells,
thirty-seven jcars old, of 1909 North
Telthgow street, who died In the Episcopal
Hospital on September IS.
Michael Wise, of 409 Berks street, testi
fied he gathered the toadstools at "Wynne
wood. believing them to be mushrooms.
They were prepared for dinner by Mrs. De
Angells, and Wise and his wife aided In
eating them. All -were, taken sick
Orders JMwl, Then Falls Dead
AnN unidentified man, about Ifty-flve
years old, fll doad In the Rldgway res.
taurant, 1SS3 Ridge acnue, today after
ordering a meal Believing that a spark
of life might remain, 'the, police sent the
body to the Hahnemann Hospital. Efforts
to revive Jhe man proved futile He was
flyo feet eleven Inches In height, weighed
17S pounds and wore a blue coat, brown
trousers and black shoes.
Th? Continuation of the Story,
"Germany, the Next
Republic?"
by
Qarl W, Ackerman
v is printed on Page 18
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Not tin up nud Gobsett; Leach nnd Lnlouge.
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN'S CONDITION HOPEFUL
WASHINGTON,' Sept. 27. A consultation will be held tonight
to (IptPimino whether it will be necessary to opeinte upon Senator
Chnmbcilaiu, of Oiegon, who Is suffeilng fiom appendicitis nt his
hotel heie. Kls condition todny wns hopeful.
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WAoUiMuiuw, suiji. i- wimiuiicuuyit justice lias ac
cepted the leslgnntlon of District Attoiney-Albeit' B. Sclioouover.
of X,os Angeles, who will b3 nsslgued to special Investigation woik
by the depnittnent. H-
CROWDER DENIES FIXING SECOND DRAFT"" DATE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Fcrsibtent rumoia thnt u .date heel
been set for the -second draft were flatly denied by Piovost Mntshnl
Oeneinl Ciowder this afternoon.
EIGHT ACCUSED IN DRAF1
ADILENE, Tex,, Sept. 27. Eight'of the foity-nine defendntits
chargeu" "rtlffi conspiracy against the Government to msUt the se
lective service law were discharged here today. Judge "Jack, In
Federal Couit, Instituted the jury to render a verdict of not guilty
beenuso tho evidence, he said, failed to establish the charges.
KERENSKY QUITS WORKMEN AND SOLDIERS BUREAU
PETRbGRAD, Sept. 27. Premier Keronsky today resigned as a member of the
Central Council of the Workmen and Soldlors' Bureau. Ilp also announced his re
tirement from the governing boards of other similar organizations.
BRITISH AIRMEN MAKE BOMBING RAID
LONDON. Sept. 27. British Admiralty reports that pn tho nights of tho fttn
and SCth British urmcn dropped many tons of bombs on Thouroit', Llchterveldo
a,hd Cortemark Junct'ons, making direct hits on all the lines observed. All machines
returned safely. ,
LANSING DENIES HOUSE IS TO HEAD PEACE MISSION ,
WASIIINGTONi Tcpl. 27,' Secretary of Stato Lansing today denied reports that
Colonel E. M.-House Li to bo sent to Europe on a peace mission by President Wilson,
or that a so-called "Peace Intelligence Bureau" Is to be established by tho United
States In Entente countries. Administration officials take the ground that It Is
premature to discuss peace or to laythe basis for peace negotiations In the. near
futuro. , , ,
SAN FRANCISCO SHIPYARD STRIKE AT END
.SA.N FRANCISCO, Sopt.' :7, Faralysls of San Francisco Bay shlpbrul)dlpg, which
has been tied up for ten days, will qnd tomorrow, when 25,000 members of the
Iron Trades Council will resume work. The decision to end the strike came after a'
five-hour eesslon tf tlc Iron Trades Council Thg council annouhcedhowever. that
It was not satlsfled with the temporary agreement and would, accept purely for
patriotic reasons, '
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Tirin'iairjiiiD aimivf ATMi7ri. Art. nv nriAnrk t ncn
XJin jw.ihj&4 mui jjjuiAfmjMj f 4lij uii uuxiiMi uuoi
AN ATtiANTIC PORT, Sept. 27- A
the British steamship Wentworth, from an Atlantic port tda lrfench port, had beerr
sunk by a submarine on September 8, -All on board were Io7t, it was stated. '
TWO EXPELLED FROM' N. V. STOCK EXCHANGE- '
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 AnnouncemenUwas made front the rostrum r)f the New
Tork Stock Kxchange this mornlntr that J. W. Cornwell and Jl Taylor "had been
expelled from membership In the exchange. If. p, Lewis it also was announced, had
been susDended from memberahln In. the exchanse far twa years. Mr. rnrnun
joined the Stock Exchange oq petocr 27,
Xewli w elected a Member uaa U H
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BRITISH FORCED
BACK SLIGHTLY
AT ZONNEBEKE
Heavy Shelling Compels
Retirement After As
saults Fail
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BATTLiJli KAliUS - a
UN 6-MILE LINE ,
Haig Holds Nearly All VS 'I
Taken
FRENCH STOP THRUSTS
Two Counter-Blows North of
Aiane Fail to Bend
Potain's Line
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN"
THE FIELD, Sept. 27.
Very heavy German shelling this aft
ernoon had apparently forced tho Brit
ish to retire slightly in the area of '
Hill No. 40, immediately north of
Zonncbckc. Tho Zonncbckc railway
station, in consequence, is .again in
German hands.
However, outside the town and north
eastward the major portion of the ad
ances remain in control of the British.
Further counter-attacks lato today
won the Germans local posts in the re
gion of Winzig ,1'arm and Valehouse,
but British troops, in desperate fight
ing, wrested back some of these points.
The same iolent combat brought re
lief today to a detachment of Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, who had
been cut off twenty-four hours from
their lines and who, despite the fact
that they were without water, food or
aaaiuonai supplies, nevertheless re
fused to surrender and kept the Ger
mans at bay.
, - LONDON, Sept. 27.
Pour ncparate and distinct German counter-blows,
delivered with terrific force and
strength against Hatg's newly wort posi
tions In the Tfpres sector, "were rlung back
asffisafeK? xt4
The enemy struck .jit .the British line
east of Tower Hamlets and the St Jullen
Gravenstafel road between and 7 O'clock:
last evening. All of the assaults were de
feated. FIGHTING "MOST SEVERE"
"Later accounts of the fighting yesterday
afternoon and evening show It was most
severe," Hals continued. ''The enemy
epared no effort to regain the Important
ground captured by our forces. The strug
gle was most severe In the area southi of
Polygon wood, where English,, Scottish,
Welsh and Australians defeated repeated
attempts tp break in
"Artillery and Infantry Are was ex
tremely heavy. Later In the evening the)
h-flghttng gradually died down, we being la
possession ot 'f he ground captured during
the day," NnJ
Battlefront dispatches today Indicated ths
righting was almost continuous along all
tho six-mile froijl:,oer which the British
registered their successes yesterday. The
most determinant resistance! was encoun- ,
tercd" from the Germans, and when the Brit
ish drove them out pf positions yie enemy ''
sought In violent counter-attacks to regain,
the lost ground,
Zonnebcke was held firm against strong;
enemy attacks. At several places the Oer-,
mana succeeded ln-rekachlng the British.
lines, but-were latesgUected. tj
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IMPORTANT ATTAINMENTS
Theso Important results" bid been
talned by the British: t
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' The British line has been advanced
,from one halt ot a mile to a mile over
a front six miles wide east of Ypres.
The newly won ground, la being con
solidated '
About 2000 Oerman prisoners have been
captured.
The fortified village of Zonnebeke Is now
In tha hands of the British.
TJhe Oerman front has been beaten
back until If. Is now only seven mlle
from the. greht aermsn base of Roulers,
where Oerman headquarters on the' west
"Flanders front Is maintained.
Important hlgl ground, commanding -the
Flanders- plains. Is now menaced by
Field Marshal H.n!gyarmy.
Australian troops took an Important part
In he latest British thrust, but tile glqry
of storming the strongly fortified village
of Konnebeke fell to English. Welsh and
Scottish soldiers.
Prisoners pouring back of the llnfcs were
heartily glad to emerge from the fighting
alive. Bavarian and Baden troops who
opposed part of the British advance jde
clured they were sick of war TheJ com-
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