mmzm v K .'--itw PICTCtelAL SECTION PAGES 22,23,2-1' VSTRA7.. iMtittr Cvietimg SPORTS EX'PRA VOL. IV. NO. 17 PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1917 Comjicbt, 191T, si tub Fciuo LtDoii Coun.it PRicr two cm tSS5 N fc-ftsftv ar D M'NICHOL'S SON WARNED f RAME-UF OF MASTER MINDS TO BE DEFENSE Wilson Told He Could Prevent Bloodshed by Removing Bennett BUT DIRECTOR SAID 'NO POWER DO THAT' Defendants Searched for Guns Following Tip They Were Armed 'USE CLUB,' COP TOLD Policeman Testifies Bcnrfdtt Told Him 'Sky Is Limit, Mayor Behind Us' Seven big .developments stood out to day in the second day's hearing of the "Bloody Fifth" Ward murder conspiracy charges against Mayor Thomas B. Smith and eight co-defendants result .Jug from the killing of Acting Detective .George' A. Eppley by imported New York gunmen in the primary election of September 10. They were that: The defense of Mayor Smith and his associates will be that the charges constitute a "frame-up" engineered by "master minds" the highest po litical leaders of the. opposing Pen-rose-McNichol faction. Harry McNichol, son of Senator James I'. McNichol, Uso begged Mayor Smith before the election to "call off" tlie political figlit against James A. Care, and warned him, as did Isadorc Stem, of the thuggery ihnt developed. Harry McNichol testified that Di rector of Public S.fety Wilson, when tofd Jic could remedy' Fifth Ward con ditions, said in the presence of the Mayor that he ,would not remove Lieutenant Bennett for anybody in Philadelphia and that the Mayor up held Wilson. A clerk and a telephone operator at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel testified Select Councilman William E. Finley, alleged paymaster of the gunmen, lived at the hotel September 17 to 21, in clusive, aim telephone calls were made to the offices of Samuel G. Maloney (the Val O'Farrell Detective Agency), as testified, by Maloney. Records were presented to prove this. All of the defendants except Mayor Smith and Select Councilman William E. Finley were searched for pistols in the courtroom a'ftcr it was re ported that one of the accused police men was armed vand had been ap proached by a mysterious stranger offering to help him escape. ft . Policeman Calhoun, of the Third and Dc Lancey streets station, testi fied Lieutenant Bennett told him "the Mayor a.nd the Director was with us and to go ahead and club the Carey crowd and the sky was the limit." James I. Clark, the "man with eye glasses," rehearsed in detail how he guided the thuga in the Fifth Ward and declared that Isaac Deutsch, Vare leader in the Fifth Ward, had knowl edge that the "strong-arm" men were armed. A rumor that Senator Vare an3 his brother, Congressman Vare, vfero to be , arr,ested as a result of their being ,ame4 as "men higher up" in the plot Lras denied ioday by former Judge IJames Gay Gordon, in charge of the f prosecution's- examination of witnesses. "There is no truth in lhat report." he Ifcaid. ""Neither Senator Vare nor . his mother has been arrested; nor have Wrarrnnts for their arrest been issued." HEARING RESUMED The 'SAnBflttntlnl hcirlnir tvnit rsiim(V at jW:30 o'clock this morning before President Continued pn 1'ate Tun, Column One I THE WEATHER FOIIEQABT fcPpr Philadelphia and vicinity: fair ?y u.ui7iicr tuiiyni. u.iuifccu py UllSCi' feather Thursday andLptglablv te light rain; penile 'Hinds, nostlu ihxeest, f ". , ffot eastern Pennsylvania Fai.and frrtier tontiiht: Thursday ptohaolv f tenters; gentle southwest Kinds. r.v.vrtTM dp n.iv Stool. ji.sS'b.'m. rMout...5;tlt. m. "'! "goww, -.--,. L: , -MMPVT fMH.ilj, MAYOR OF THUGGERY THE MYSTERIOUS "MR. SMITH" J ?; && --., Wmm i -'-'''' -i j Mr mJ i 2fP maBBaVBau.T' ssbmsssBsmEjssm KHmsWBtsmssissmtBssssBsTsBsWsWissssM William E. Finley, Mercantile Appraiser, Select Councilman and Vare leader1 in tho Thirty-ninth Ward, as he sat in the courtroom during the "Bloody Fifth" murder conspiracy proceedings, in which, ho was accused of acting up a "go-between" in the hiring of tho New York gunmen. TYPHOON SWEEPS . JAPANJMI1ES Flood Follows Frightful Storm at Tokio and Yoko hama 100,000 Homeless AT LEAST 188 ARE DEAD -By RALPH H.TURNER TOKIO, Oct. 3. The moat destructive typhoon und flood in twenty years today had destroyed thou sands of holdings, rendered 100,000 home less, paralyzed railroads and shipping and done J3,000,000 damage In the city of Toklo alone. At least 138 are dead. The storm broke Monday. It struck first in the vicinity of Toklo Bay and over the eastern Pacific. The whole shore line was inundated, A. small tidal wave accom panied the wind and rain. At Yokohama harbor four cargo boats were swept, under by this wave of water. , A complete estimate of (he damage or of the loss of life will be impossible for sev eral days. The official estimate Is at least elgfcty dead in Toklo alone. Newspapers predict this figure will be doubled. The telegraph system Is utterly demoral ized and reports of loss of llfo or damage In other parts of the empire are lacking. The" Bumida lllver Is still rising, and It was predicted today that 30,000 additional homes would be flooded In the Toklo district'. The hurricane stripped roofs off buildings, whipped 'ships from their moorings and beat the downpour of rain into a veritable flood of water In the streets. The Imperial palace Gulldlngs suffered considerably. So did many other beautiful structures In the city. Train Kervlce Is virtually at a, standstill. The Stock Exchange was closed all day today. NOISY MEETING OF LAKE SUPERIOR Stockholders Grow -Excited and President Threatens to Call Police DEMAND FOR DIVIDENDS Jl ' Stormy scenes attended the annual meet lug of stockholders of, Hie Lake Superior Corporation, a f 50,000,000 Bteel and Iron concern, held today In the Guaranty Trust Company building, 419 Market street, Cam den. About' lOOv 'stockholders, the largest attendance In year)), gathered for the annual election of directors, and expressions of dis satisfaction were voiced so loudly that the presiding officerWilfred H. Cunningham, the president, threatened to call In the po lice. After spirited debate, the 614 board was re-elected and n. II. Smith, a supporter of the president, was chosen to All a va- One elderly stockholder shouted that the corporation had bn "robbing" Its stock holders for years, and that he had reoelved no dividends. He became so noisy that Mr Cunningham threatened to tall a police man. Shouts for recognition came from all parts of the room, aud order was restored with dltncuKy- . nciu-fisentlng a group1 Of. stockholdtra n Kew Hngand, and. New York. Y. B. tfolan. ,-y; wr-:Hj:"..i' .. .t i,nlunW mum: rrttnii. nutveu mai, mo jbc. tin . ,vtw- - "v- rr- '- PENN TEAM4MS WJTH ALBRIGHT Bell, Berry and Wray Go Over for Touchdowns in First Period SMALL CROWD ATTENDS Venn ' Allirlzht Munard If fi end Iliinfclr r Drltrr rlcht turkle Ilrlxlrr IrrauUI left Kimrd SthrrfTIrr Vt'rur. ; t. . rrntrr Opllneer Wolfe V. right citurtl Krmun Nfjlor ,r. . . right tarkle Nhlrlejr II. Miller ' rlclit end McKlwren Hell ,i'. uuurtrrbark Hull IiiIIcj-,j. A 1 1 halfback I. Mllhrr l.lnlit.i rllht halfback Homer Ilirry fullback , Yaje Kefc rce iiiarlrMi Alrt'arty. KiiIkcophI. Umpire -licorice A. Slxnian, I.ttfairtte. Ilrail ltnrHman Henry ', Merrill. Yale. Teii:mlnute periods. FltANKLIX FIELD, Oct. 3. Pennsyl vania's war-wrecked fastball team found the representatives of Albright Collcgo woe fully weak In the opening gridiron battle of tho season, and in the first period tallied three touchdowns with ease, llerry kicked three goals from touchdowns. Score, I'entl, 2 ; Albright, 0. Ono of the smallest crowds for a first game turned out to see the work which Bob Folwell has accomplished with a few veterans and a flock of Inexperienced men. The band of the U. S, S. Iowa was-on hand with several companies of bluejackets from Uncle Sam's dreadnaught. There were about 3000 persons present. Berry, Bell and Wray wero the three Penn men to tally touchdowns In the first period. Bell started the scoring shortly after tho game opened. After another steady march up the field, Berry got away for a 12-yard run. Wray's score was by an In tercepted forward pass and a run of 25 yards. At the end of the first period Penn had the inn on Albright's 12-yard line and it took only two plays to carry the ball over when the second period got under way. Bell tore off 7 yards and then Light made the additional B for the fourth touchdown. Later op. Howard Berry snatched a fol ward pass from Bell and ran 35 yards for Penn's fifth touchdown. K1HST PERIOD . Venn won the toss and Yates kicked off for Albright to Hobey TLIght on Penn's 25 yard line. ''The Red and Uluo halfback ran back 10 yards and then advances by Bell and Qulglcy on tlireo plays brought first Continued on l'sce Retenteen, Column One REV. DR. WEIGLE FOUND AT BROTHER-IN-LAW'S Missing Pastor in Seclusion at Minister's Residence in Haitover While police were scouring the city of Baltimore for the Rey. Daniel F. .Welgle. former pastor of the Messiah Lutheran Church, Sixteenth and Jefferson streets Philadelphia, who was supposed to be miss ing today. Doctor, Weighs was. enjoying a visit at the home of his brother-in-law, the Rev. George XIoely( In Hanove'r, Pa, Doctor Welgle was "foupd" as his brother-in-law's house by the KvrjNi.sq lkuocr and was sqntewhat amused to Lrn of the "nensatlon" of which, he and Doctor Nicely were , ''""SSw.tKufrw. .,, -v Or. Wc'V:ftr?'of-t-r rV" BRITISH TO BOMB GERMANS CITIES "Will Give Them Compound Interest," Says Premier, Declaring for Reprisals PUBLIC CLAMOR HEEDED PA IUS, Oct. 3. liaden,. capital of the grand duchy of Uadcn, has been bombed by French aviators, today's official statement an nounced. It is approximately ninety five miles from the French battle front. LONDON. Oct. 3. Knglaud has finally decided to make air reprisals against German cities i'ov the at tacks on London. Newspapers today quoted the Premier as saying r "We will not only bomb Germany, but will glvo them compound Interest." The proponents of a strict eye-for-eyc and tooth-for-tooth reprisal plan have pointed out forcefully that for weeks early In the war Kngland and the other Allies endured the German (rightfulness of poison Baa be fore it was reluctantly determined that the Inventors of thlt ghastly form of warfare must be fought with their own weapon. The tamo was truo of the German revival of Greek liquid fire. Tho Northcllffe newspapers, In particu lar, have thunderingly demanded action. The press as n whole points out that tho Germans soldoni raid Paris or other Frcnclt cities because they know If they do the retaliation will be prompt and tho damage repaid fourfold to German cities. In the meantime, London awaits each night with the belief that the raiders will again come on their baby-kllllng expedi tions. The city confidently expected a raid last night. The streets were almost deserted, and cellars had been made ready for occupancy. But tho Germans did not appear. Chicago Airman Abroad 'Missing PARIS, Oct. 3. Sergeant Andrew C. Campbell, of Chicago, a member of the Lafayette Kscadrllle, is missing. Ho was last seen while inakng a- scouting -flight over the German llnea on 'Jlonday. fe j.- 1 ' FORTfflERICHENS U. S. Attorney Yields to Ob jections Against Reading Pull Contents of Letters CAPTAIN ON THE STAND The Introduction of three letters In court today which seemed tb point to a close re lationship existing between Max Thicrlchcns, interned captain of that daring yea raider "the Prince Kltcl Friedrlch," and Sir. and Mrs. Adalbert Fischer, of Philadelphia, were tho high lights In the case of the Government against the German navI of ficer, accused of smuggling nineteen chro nometers Into the country. The letters addressed to 3Irs. Fischer were taken from the Fischer home bj Frank L. Garbarlno, special agent for the Department of Justice, when ho went there on March 0 to confiscate the chronometers. William A, Qray. attorney for the defense objected to the full contents being read, nnd Francis Fisher Kane, United States At torney, yielded the point. Only portions of them were admitted as evidence. GIFTS FROM THE FISCHERS They were written on board the Eltel Friedrlch nt League Island. One of them was undated and the others bore the dates of February 16 and 23, 1917. Sirs. Fischer was addressed as "Sly Stost Gracious and Esteemed Lady," and "Slost Gracious Madam." In the undated letter Captain Thlerlchens thanked Sirs. Fischer for send ing him newspapers and "beautiful roses," and told of how they were distributed among his men. "Every one gets a share of the kind Fischer's gifts," he phrased It. In the letter of February S3 Captain Thle- Contlnued en I'nre EUbt. Column Three WAGE EARNERS BUY NEW LIBERTY LOAN Hold Center of Stage in Market for Bonds Which Will Win War SCOUTS .AT BALL PARK A hundred Hoy Scouts from various troops, all pupils of the West Philadelphia High School, marched out upon tho base ball Held at the Phillies' ball park this aft ernoon during the Intermission between the two games and distributed application blanks for Liberty Bond subscriptions to the ball players, the "ump" and the men on the bench. They carried flags and banners,' and, when they had canvassed the hall players. went among the "fans" to distribute the application blanks. A goodly sum was raised. Although the hlg banks of Philadelphia began subscribing .to the new Liberty Loan yesterday In mUllon-dcllaf chunk, show ing how highly they themselves regard a Liberty Bond as an investment. It was the ordinary man, the low-salaried man, who held the center of the stsgo and who will continue, to hold It today. The man who can save -up anywhere from 5 to f&00 tu the tiext three months out of his wiefcly y rvlw. a4 wlth- MBM'C !"!' H HmmmtmH'!" VfootbAll SCORES 21 28 PENN r ALBRIGHT .... 0 BASEBALL SCORES NEW YORK.... 0 0 2 4 0 12 0 21110 0 PHILLI'S, l8te-..0 0000010 0 2. 7 1 Schupp and McCnrty; Lavender and Xlllcfer. flyrou nnd EmsHc. iflSW YORK....0 12 0 10 1 PHILLI'S, 2de-...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson tmd Gibson; Oeschger and Adams. Uyron and Emalle. YANKEES WIN LAST GAME ATHLETICS ab r h o a e Jc-nieson, rf . . 3 1 1 0 0 0 V itt,3b 4 0 12 2 0 Sharman, ci.. . 4 0 13 0 0 Bodie.lf 3 0 0 3 0 0 Mclnnia, lb.. . 3 o 0 13 1 0 Shannon, ss.. . 3 1 10 4 1 Grover,2b 4 0 l o 2 0 Perkins, c...... 3 0021 0 Mycrjp ' 3 0 114 0 i Totals...... 30 2 C 24 14 1 ATHLETICS... 0 "0 0 6 ,.N'W Y'RK, lst&.0 000 bl" Uaylor.and JPiclnlcli; Elorcey md:Httel. MorJarity nnd Dlneen. ' :; Tjf " Wry tBMWpt I ATHLETICS ...0 1 0 N'W Y'RK, 2d&-.l 0 0 Myers nnd Perkins jSIcGraw nnd NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON (lste.) .... 0 3 0 1 0.4 0 1 0 0 10 1 BRROOKLYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2- 3 VI 5 Kudolph aud Trngcssor; Cheney and Miller. BOSTON (2dg.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BRROOKLYN 0 1 0 01 1 0 0 Tyler and Meyers; Hnrquard nnd Kruegcr. AMERICAN LEAGUE WASHINGTON ..'..0003000 s BOSTON ................ 0000000 Johnson and Ainsinith; ltath aud Thomas. SUGAR TO DROP ONE CENT WITHIN FIFTEivi'j'ju,... WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.' The Pood Administration U . nounced tJiat retail sugar prices have fallen one cent a pouuJ .. . Pacific coast and that the same drop .will be felt here within fiiuc- .R.V!.-,...!.,-. , -' -- . a;,i SAW MALONEY' vi James H. Bandnll, a. private Investigator for State Senator McNichol, testified in tlie Fifth Ward murder case that he bjw Moloney' and Finley on September 17 and 18 speaking outside of State Senator Vare's office in the ilncoln Building. "I also saw Mi. Maloney-comlnff. out of Mr. Vare's office on tliose days,' he added. ; f JIERECHENS ACQUITTED OF SMUGGLING Hsx. V. Thiericheus, captain ol the German raider l'riuz Kit a Frfedllch, was 'acquitted of the charge of smugjjTTug' nineteen ciuo lioiattars ashore by a jury .before Judge Thompson. The verdict was .returned''in.twenty-flve minutes, . , POPP SENDS NEW PEACE NOTE TO ENGLAND GENEVA, Oct. 3.Pope Benedict XV haa addressed a new note to England, said a dispatch from Rome today. It accompanied the replies of the Central Powers to the original Papal note, which have been transmitted to the British Foreign Office. The new peace note is brief and Is understood to express only the wish of the Pontiff that the answers of the Central Powers be elves deep coMMerati. ONLY ti 3 OF SEKIES FROM ATHLETICS NEW YORK ab r h o ..- c Miller, cf 4 0 0 O C n Ward.ss 4 0 0 2 3 0 Baker,3b 3 1 0 1 : 1 Tipp.lb 1 1 2 12 1 0 Lamar, If 4 1110 0 Vick,rf 4 0 2 1. 0 0 Fewstcr,2b.... 2 0. 0 3 3 0 Nunamaker, c 3 Q 1 5 3 0 Mogridge.p... 3 0 2 0 10 Totals. 31 3 8 27 16 1 1 0 02 0- 8 1000 01 r t ..A-A ,'' Tj3mm 0 0 1 000-2 61 0 0 0,0 2 X 3 81 If unamoker. Dineen and Morinrity. AND VARE TALKING DISCERN PLOT; iivt nnnirctnvnTRstfaM m Luuiaimmm TERRIFIC EASf Explosion That Killed 133 Last April Leads to Three Arrests ONE MAN CAUGHT HER Attempt to Break Jail at Med'tf V . " Follows Incarceration There. fM,, Two Prisoners Escape j-WW . - w A. mass ot ovldenco tending to show that -! mo rcceiu iaaysiono explosion, in wlilcft 123 persons lost their lives, was the result of a plot, was unearthed today by Federal l and other Investigators following the arrest ot three men on suspicion of being Impl). cated In tlie cause of the dlsastor. ' Frank L,. Garbarlno, spoclal agent la charge of the Philadelphia bureau of tlt Department of Justice, Bald tho case-Wat of such Importance that absolutely no Ib' formation could bo given out at this .time. ' It was learned that Federal authorities ' havo spread a dragnet for other men an ono woman, at least, said to have been Implicated. Tho woman In the case now Is living la Chicago. It was -said that she was a stenographer In the employ of the Eddjr stone corporatlton when tho explosion oc curred. ATtniSST IN THIS CITT Of the arrests, one was made In Phila delphia late last night. The otiier tw wero made In Media. They wero the result of a widespread but secret investigation which has been going on unceasingly since the explosion occurred, on April 10 last, with a toll of 133 dead and moro than 100 Injured. 4 Tho arrest here was made late, last night In a raid on a room at 3228 Sansom street by Sheriff John K. Heyburn, of Delaware County, and City Detective McGinn) wh' Beized a batch of papers and later foUfrti . four time fuses and a formula for miking high explosives In a room at 112 South Thirty-third Btreet All of the men .under arrest are said fey the nollce to be Russian Socialists and or .suspected of being connected with the J. W. w. They arc: VINCENT SW'IPH. 112 South Thlrtr-thlrd' v trtet. until recently itn ammunition' lnDf-ct. for tho KuHian Uovernmtnt; held luipcot. M1CHAKL, I.AOODA. another ammunition In .sector; arretted t Media and accused of murder. , . NIOUOI-VS KIXKNlin. anotter'Sirfmunlllon In- ,1,, (pn:iV,'fH.. ..l..p!.),uii. .tjuiea oc. j. Javlsh was arrested last night w'irtit " J' .Sheriff Heyburn and petcctlVe.Mcalnh-.Wet X searching a rocin ,at asjnSfdftsSra-streeCj, ;ald to havi been" occupied by the twd iri A -under arrest at Jtedla. He Was held by Jlaglstrate Pennock In N'lght Court for fur. , ther' hearing on a technical charge, of lar ceny. of the time fuses. Arraigned before Magistrate WaUon In the" Central Police .Station today, Javlsh was turned over to Deputy Sheriff William Glenn and taken to Media for trial with the other ", two defendants. JAIL BMEAKEIVS BOLD DASH A bold attempt to break Media jail, In which two prisoners escaped. Is being In vestigated by Sheriff Heyburn today to see whether Lagoda and.KleKner lyid any thing to do with 1L The attempted dellyr ery took place shortly after noon as th -i men were being permitted to take a, little recreation In the yard. i Several of the prisoners worked their way to the twenty-foot wall without the guard noticing them, hoisted a plank and rushed, L for the top. One of the guards fired sev. . '" oral shots and several officers arrived In a few seconds, but not until Edward VehltskL an Italian awaiting trial for larceny, an Everett Patterson, a negro", recently sen tenced for burglary, escaped. . Guards hurried Immediately to the cells .. occupied by Lagoda and Klekner. whleh were close to the cells of the escaped pris oners, and found them beating wildly on tlio bars. SEARCH REVEALS DATA By a thorough search of the rooms o4v the three prisoners much valuable data was found, It was said. Additional e vldence ot the greatest Im portance has been discovered by the Gov ernment officials, according to word re ceived by Sheriff Heyburn late today. In terpreters are now going over the thre bags of correspondence and literature taken In last nlght'-s raids, and the maps ot the ; Kddystone plant, also taken, are being ex "amlned by experts. News that the arrests had been mad caused great commotion In Chester. Thtc was noticeable especially among many of the men and women who lost relatives or friends In the recent disaster. It was said that every measure will be taken to protect the prisoners In case of trouble. They have all been lodged In the Media Jail. A hearing on the habeas corpui proceed ings brought in behalf of Klekner and La goda has been set for Monday morning at 9 o'clock by Judge Isaac Jolirfson, president judge of the Delaware County courts. The county officials will not permit the prisoners io have visitors. It is believed they may be able to shed Important light upon al leged I.."W. "W. activities throughout th country. Sheriff Heyburn, who la co-operating wltk, the Department of Justice officials, -decline, to make further comment on the 'case, to day except to say uiat it js growing strong every minute. y, EXPLOSION' FOLLOWED MEBTINd On Sunday,. April 1. last, a Socialists Vp M.ttllnip ..vna lifOil In r?hfatfi. anil lb. '-2 principal speaker was William Derman, a t Thirty-fourth and Walnut streets. Fhtitv-ii, delphla. The chairman was Lagoda. Eh-Wtfr Heyburn attended, the meeting with aw Interpreter, and when Derman adyoos ; an uprising ot the laboring class the aeasstjt , broke up the meeting and arrested Lnaatale y Ten days later the Eddyetone exaloalM took place. Lagoda and Derman, wfa . i . ployed at the plant as inspectors, reestvicv f their commission from the Russian 4Wal - They were not at Me plant at Ihe time of ' , the explosion. Tbelr trial bean ywtc-dar. iqekner went to Cl.lcao, front PWrladtu nhla after the explosion. After tb rVnat ", of two men, Halek iasued orders tu mid 'house In Chicago ; bf It to bell Rn- s!ah. nare ai n wm pi n txpmtn, a.r hiaUaai - . - T.. T .J t ... .. -I AtB&K-f ;i '"iM'j ' ,:.'T MHBh JbWRllk" ) tlf WW jQPf i ' ;
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