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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917
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POILUS ACHIEVE BIG VICTORY;
TAKE FORTS AND 2 VILLAGES;
3000 PRISONERS CAPTURED
Twenty Heavy Guns Fall Into Hands of
Petain's Triumphant Army Allemant
and Vandesson Occupied, as Well
as Fort Malmaison
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.
French and British re-enforcements are arriving daily at the Italian front,
official Rome cables stated today. The troops movement is being made by
train from France. Large quantities of munitions and many artillery battalions
accompany the Boldicrs.
PARIS, Oct. 23.
French troops achieved one of the most important victories of recent
months in savage fighting early today, when they swept forward for nearly
two miles over a front of two-thirds of a mile, capturing Allemant, Vaudesson
and Malmaison Fort.
Premier Painlevo announced the drive "as a most important success."
Three thousand German prisoners were taken in the drive, he stated, with
twenty cannon. French forces now havo reached the brickyard at Chavignon,
overlooking the Laon plains.
PARIS. Oct. 23.
French troops began a big drive In tho
Aline sector today with Initial victories.
"After several days' bombardment wo
ttUcked powerful enemy lines between Alle
nunt and Malmaison," tho Wir Ofllco an
nounced, "and progressed satisfactorily on
a wide front."
"Northwest of Rhetms artillery firing was
active," the statement declired, referring to
the flghtlng elsewhere. "On tho right bank
ef the Meuse, around Hill 344, artlllerylng
wu Violent toward tho latter part of the
nJlht" v
The Lafayette Escadrille of American
lljrcra participated In the attack.
LONDON. Oct 23.
All England now awaits news of "local
UMks" by Field Marshal Halg to the
jputb of the Passchendaelo wedge, Just as
ritrday's attacks were delivered north
of that wedge. When, by such nttacks, the
wtdfe has been sufficiently widened, tho
Iinera) assault will be begun.
This is the expectation of nil military
ttperte. despite the fact that German troops
mitt, a successful Counter-attack against
iFOne new British post In tho southern part
of Houthulat wood last night, forcing tne
BrltUh t6 fall back a short distance. Field
Wirihki Halg reported this assault today
It was the first counter-blow which the
inemr has made with any success In the
lait three British drives. In Hatg's two
previous drives the Germans either did not
llik a counter-attack or else delivered it
1th such feeble strength that it failed
completely to reach British positions.
Yesterday's local attackB by the Allies
were held to be the first of two preliminary
ateps to a concerted Anglo-French drive,
4jlgned to widen the edge of the wedge
which, Halg has been steadily pushing
through the German lines since July 31.
The point of the Brltlsn wedge now rests
tear Fasschendaele on the ridge.
Examination of prisoners today revealed
the fact that the Crown Prince Itupprecht
had ordered his picked men to hold tho
blockhouses, redoubts, fortified posts and
pillboxes throughout this territory "at any
wit." Furthermore, the orders had gone
eat that If positions were lost specially
Continued on Tare Fonr, Column Four
COAL MEN MUST
REFUND EXCESS
Consumers Overcharged in
Last Two Weeks Will Be
Compensated
DEALERS TO MAKE REPORT
Individual consumers who purchased coal
during the last two weeks will have refunds
i to them by the coal dealers In case
'hey were charged more than the price
fixed by the natlonaf fuel administrator.
Inch, action is. to be ordered by the Fuel
Commission for Philadelphia, according to
Francis ,A. Lewis, chairman.
MiyJUwIs said that he believed most
of the dealers are charging- fair prices now,
Including the reductions made during the
let two weeks, 'which range from twenty
flve cents to Jl a ton. But a considerable
Quantity of coal was sold before these
reductions werA marin effective, and It Is
to these purchasers that the dealers will
w forced to make a refund.
When all thsretallers make their reports
wis week Mr, Lewis will examine their
lUtements carefully. If they are still
Jhirjlnr too much gross margin they will
-notlfled Immediately.
This is "special conference week" with
the Philadelphia fuel administration com
mittee, A "get-together" meeting with
members of the American Ico Company la
cneduUd for this afternoon In the offices
t the committee, 10H Commonwealth
Bulldlnr. A special meeting for tomorrow
. Mternoon has been requested by President
John-Lloyd for the committee of the Coal
Retailers' .Exchange.
TVo wish It emphatically understood we
,ar' here to regulate, not to drive any one
the i belief of the committee if enly con
eit of business." Chairman Lewis said.
no occasion for panic exists at present,
""er will avoid attempts at hoarding and
je content with an amount of coal limited
J their Immediate needs. With tho limited
wpplr of anthracite In domestlo size ccul
W the embargo of the railroads it is im
Wwlble to fill orders of the size usual at
"uz stuon of the year.
No special price-setting has yet been nr
flTi but may be) lookad 'or next week
ouowlng the replies from mora than J00
rornj jner, gent out by Mr Lewis to the re
tail coal dealers of the city.
..ywrlty of claim in any case of doubt
jM0J awarded to the munition manu
jenirtng plants and to the .schools. If
77" to oe in actual need, it wm decided
mjv uonsumera- needs must, come
.taint cm;
SAYS MINES MUST
YIELD MORE COAL
Fuel Dictator Lays Down
War Law to Operators
at Pittsburgh
WON'T PERMIT SHORTAGE
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 23.
Declaring that Just so long as the power
of fuel dictator was bestowed on him he
would see that tho production of coal in
the United States was kept at a maximum
and een higher, Dr. Harry A. Garfield
addressed today ty, gathering here of more
than 2000 operators from all over the coun
try. "Coal shall be produced as It never wits
before," lie said, "mid factories and homes
will be plentifully supplied."
Doctor Garfield's address was brief. He
urged the coal men to forget their differ
ences and put themselves, as American citi
zens, solidly behind the Government in its
prosecution of tho war.
Warning tho operators of the Govern
ment's power to take charge of tho mines,
he said.
"Home persona reeent the Idea of Govern
ment confiscation, butt l It more ilrantlc to
take that action than for the Government
to take the nation' young men?"
It was expected that Doctor Garfield
would announce when tho higher wage scale
would go Into effect and also touch upon
some of the details of the coal business
This he did not do, saying he wished only
to Impress on the operators their duty to
the Government in this crisis.
DEUTSCH IS HELD
ON BALLOT CHARGE
Fifth Warder and Thirteen
Others Waive Hearing
Before Magistrate
BENNETT IS INDICTED
Common Councilman Isaac Deutsch and
thirteen political followers. Including police
men and election officials, were held In $1000
ball each for court today by Magistrate
Benjamin II. Renshaw on charges of con
spiring to prevent a free and fair elec
tion, forcibly taking n ballot box and
"stuffing" It, Intimidation and assault In
a prelude to the "Bloody Fifth" Ward mur
der during the primary election of Sep
tember 19.
The heavy ball camo as a surprise, after
Deutsch and his codefendants had waived
a hearing and counsel for the prosecution
had agreed to a suggestion of nominal ball.
"What can I say? I'm used to being ar
rested," was the only comment of Deutsch,
who also Is one of Mayor Smith's eight co
defendants held In heavy ball for court on
charges of murder conspiracy.
Hearing having been waived, William
Rorke, counsel for the defense, suggested
$600 for court. This was agreed to by the
prosecution W. J. Elliot, an attorney, and
II. W. Rellly. special Investigator for the
Committee of Seventy.
GRAVE OFFENSES CHARGED
"No " Ba'd Magistrate Renshaw, before
whom' the defendants were arraigned at
Broad and Balnbrldge streets. "I do not
aKree I find the charges contain a great
many grave allegations. The removal of a
ballot box strikes at the very foundation
of our constitutional rights. Threat of In
timidation to voters Is a very serious of
fense Election officials In Philadelphia
should and must know that they are ccn
:l..i nder the eyes of the law. Nominal
ball Is not sufficient, in view of the elec
Csntlnucd on rase Fle. Column On
Woman Badly Burned by Gas Heater
T ANCASTER, Pa-. Oct, ' Mr- Koe
wv wife of Dr. J. It. Roebuck, was Berl
SS& burned today when her cl6thlng
?.m?nt Are at a gas heater In her bedroom.
??er screams were heard by her husband,
wo J5SS ' 4 hwied ber to fcho.
jttal.
The Continuation of the Story
RASPUTIN
Devil or Saint?
by tho
Princess Catherine RadziwilL
is printed on Pngo 10
WOODS TELLS
HOW TO KEEP
POLICE CLEAN
Splitting of Sinister Alli
ance With Politics in New
York Described
TOUCHES LOCAL ABUSES
Wood's Recipe for Taking
Police Out of Politics
POLICE COMMISSIONER
WOODS, of New York, gives this
advice to Philadelphia:
First. Make it safo for the
policeman to do the thing ho
knows it is right to do.
Second. Do not do favors for
policemen at the instance of
outside interests.
Third. Give the policeman
mpre pay treat him as a man.
Fourth. Stand by the police
man who does his duty. Let no
outside influence counteract his
good work or condone his
blunders.
Fifth. Have n Mayor who has
complete confidence in his police
head nnd will give him a free
hand.
With this as an absolutely neces
sary foundation, points out Mr.
Woods, you will have
First, Self - respecting po
licemen. Second. Astonishing results
in crime prevention.
Third. Greater happiness
among the American people.
Fourth. Confidence of the
foreign born, to whom tho po
liceman epitomizes tho United
States Government and all in
cluded therein.
Arthur H. Woods, the commissioner of
the New York city polico who split tho
sinister polltlco-polico combination over
thcro not long ngo, told members of the
City Club at a luncheon today of how ho
had separated polico from politics.
"I am not acquainted with the police
situation here," aid Mr. Woods. And yet
In his category of remedies for tho evil he
touched unerringly by Inference those very
abuses which had their culmination In the
Fifth Ward on last primary election day.
"Who uttcred the Macedonian cry, I
wonder." grinned a man, ns Mr. Woods
went on with his talk.
"You havo asked mo to talk to you,"
commenced Mr. Woods, "about something
which should not exist. Police and poli
tics should hao no relation. Wo cannot
build a protective police force unless we
tell It to stand on Its own bottom. You
couldn't run any other business by tho
methods that are used in running the polico
departments of Homo cities."
POLITICS HAS NO PLACE
"A friend of mine Is writing a book about
the polico system of various cities." said
Mr. Woods. "He visited many cities in tho
West. Finally In a central city he camo
across a police head who said proudly,
'Just wait, I want to Bhow you what I have
done. Why, there ain't a d Republican
left on the forco any more!'
"There Is no reason." commented Mr.
Woods, "why a Democrat should not bo ns
good a cop as a Republican. Why Is It
that police and politics are mixed up? Why
do we talk so loosely about this thing?"
"I want to tell you that If you want any
body of men to be efficient you have to hold
them to their duty. If n policeman knows
that It Is In somebody's power to give him
the good things ho wants without particular
Tncrlt, he will spend more time In currying
Contlnurd on Taze Fifteen, Column Six
TAKES M0TTERN CASE
UNDER ADVISEMENT
Pardon Board Commutes Sen
tence of Last Man Decreed
to Be Hanged
HARRISBURO, Oct. 23.
The State Board of Tardons today held
under advisement tho application for a re
hearing filed by attorneys for Henry Ward
Mottern, the Jefferson County youth con
victed of murder nnd whose hanging wa
delayed by the Governor until he could get
his plea for a rehearing before the Pardon
Board.
The board granted commutation In th9
crse of Martin Leshauskl, Carbon County,
the last man sentenced to be hanged In
Pennsylvania. He was brought to Penn
sylvania after having escaped from prison
In this State to Arizona ten years ago. Hi)
would have been hanged October 30 but for
the action of the board today, which sen
tences him to prison for life.
The board refused tho application of
a one Ferrango, Philadelphia, enticement;
and refused rehearing to Louis Dl Berard
lno, Philadelphia, burglary. The case of
Joseph Mazur, Montgomery, manslaughter,
was held under advisement.
The board recommended pardon for
Henry Taggert. Chester, assault; Henry
Campbell, Philadelphia, robbery; Robert
IJktulf Bucter,. ftwnUfclng liquor
GERMANS PAY
HIGH PRICE FOR
RIGA SUCCESS
Sixteen of Kaiser's
Ships Put Out of
Action
BRITISH SUBMARINE
LENDS AID IN FIGHT
Russian Army Assumes Of
fensive and Wrests Posi
tions From Enemy
TEUTONS FALLING BACK
Slavs Foil Foe's Attempt
Land Troops in Verdcr
Sector
to
PETROGRAD, Oct. 23.
Suddenly assuming Uie offensive,
Russian troops on the Rica front swept
forward over enemy front-lino trenches
In the sectors of Skull, Hinzonberg
Manor,
Castle,
cupicd,
Allnzhl Manor nnd Lembcrg
nil of which places were oc
today's officinl statement as
Tho enemy evacuated Hin7en-
sertcd.
bcrjr after the engagement.
On the Verdcr sector Russian forces
repelled an enemy attempt to land
forces near Moisekull Manor, eight
miles north of Verdcr.
PETROORAD, Oct 23.
Two dreadnoughts, one cruiser, twelve
torpedoboats. a transport and numerous
mine sweepers put out of action or lost
Is tho total which Germany hai been forced
to pay for her occupation of Oesel, Moon
and Dago Inlands with the adjacent bit
of coast at Verder, according to a review of
Russian naval operations made public to-
day.
The ultimate fato of this big number of
ships Is unknown, according to tho state
ment, but the loss of six torpedoboats was
definitely established. The German naval
squadron suffered from mines, torpedoes
nnd the flro of Russian naval guns and
hore batteries.
Tho Marino Department warmly praised
the Russian fleet for Its successful opera
tions and tho bravery of Its crews against
a German fleet which outnumbered It and
outranged It heavily.
Tho statement covered tho entire activity
of tho Russian fleet from tho tlmo of tho
start of the German campaign In tho Gulf
of Riga to tho escapo through Moon Island
Sound of tho Russian fleet.
British submarines havo entered the Bal
tic and aro assisting the Russians. Spme
of the German naval losses were caused
by these submarines and at least ono trans
port was sunk by them and a German
dreadnought damaged.
In addition to tho largo number of Ger
man ships put out of action many German
soldiers and sailors were lost.
LONDON". Oct. 23.
British naval aid being lent the sorely
pressed Russian sea forces, perhaps helped
In tho remarkable escapo of the Russian
Riga Bay fleet from under the very guns
of the great German fleet In Moon Sound.
First Intimation of Brltsh vessels In action
with Russian ships was contained In the
official announcement from Petrograd that
a British submarine had fire two torpedoes
at two German dreadnoughts In the Gulf of
Riga, presumably Injuring or destroying
one nnd had sunk a transport which at
tacked It. . . . ,
Tho German fleet, comprising ten dread
noughts, ten cruisers, several score of tor-
Continued on Toze Hie, Column Three
FAVORITES WIN GOLF
PLAY AT WHITEMARSH
Mrs. Stetson and Mrs. Fox Reach
Second Round in Bumm Tour
neyMiss Caverly Advances
CHESTNUT HILL. Pa.. Oct. 23. Not a
single surprise marked the first round of
match pliy for the Belle Steelman Bumm
Memorial Cup at the TVhltemarsh Valley
Country Club today, and not a single match
In tho first flight went farther than the
fifteenth green, and two of (hem ended on
the short twelfth. As the result of today'
matches Mrs. Stetson will play Mro. Mun
son, Mrs. BUlstoln will play Miss Caverly,
Mrs. Fox will bo Mrs Price's opponent and
Miss Chandler and Mrs. Barlow -will fight
It out.
The last-named match s probably the
only of the four that will be closely con
tested, nlthough the Caverly-BIIIstetn
match should prove Interesting.
But to offset the one-sided matches In
the first flight there were two Interesting
matches in tho other eights. Mrs. Harri
son beat Mrs. E. IL Vare. wife of the State
Senator, on the last hole. In the second
eight Mrs. L. E. Adams won from Mrs.
Barton Keene on the nineteenth hole.
So far as the matches in the first six
teen were concerned it TM simply a ques
tion how far they would go before the
BfttaattM Saw ZUrteMW Cataa 5Q
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Seventh Laurel race, mile 20 yard. Amalgamator, 100. Eustoi.
97.10, $1.20, $3.70, wonpSeabench, 100, Doyle, .ffO.OO, ?4.20. scaona:
Plerio A. Feu, 104, W. Collins, ?3.DO, third. Time, 1.42 3-5.
Tifth Latonia race, 1 1-1G miles Midway, 118. Kelsay. $0.1,
?3.70, $2.80, won; Transitu, 103, Stearns, 10.30, SJ'l.GO. seeond;
Mntinfrer White, 116, Martin, ?3.40, third. Time, 1. -17 2-5.
Sixth Lutonia race, mile and 70 yards SosIuk. 102, Donobuc,
?35.-10, ?12.80, 96.40, won; Misb Tannic, 110, Hunt, 90.40, 91.10. sec
ond; Surpassing-, 100, ICederis, 93.30, third. Time, 3.30.
Seventh Latonia race, 1 1-10 miles Waterproof, 112, M. Gar
ner, $7.10, 91.20, 92.00, won; Safety 1'irat, 100, Barrett, 9&, 93-40.
second; Usecutot, 112, Connelly, 93.10, third. Time, 1.16 3-0.
EASTON BANK CASHIER ARRESTED aERE
William r. Horn, formerly cashier of thy l'trst National Uu'j.
of Easton, Pa., who la alleged to haVu absconded tcvtrul days t-o v. ....
3700 from the bonk, waa apprehended in u. ctntrul busings o:;;-'
today by United iitutea Deputy arthuls Kclley and SlcCaffr-. Uujj
ns traced to Altooua, Johnstown and then bach to fb.it ci'rfaccorJ
Ing to officials, of th Department of Justice, while 1ij wot, iethlut;
to obtt-in additional funds.
AMERICAN WOMEN DECORATED SY FRENCH
NEW YOBK, Oct. 23. MlEi Anns Ko.'e&x snd Wvk. Ann V.&c
-. the American Pund io Truich Wounded,. hiv fcsja (iejoris Vr
the Trench Mlnlst? of Agrisnlrsre, iz tK;s lewiii toir I-;7 s
aw working in tfco devastated rsjiscs cf tha Airit
BARUCII DISCUSSES STEEL RATES -WITH -.WILSON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Bernard M. Baruch, of the Council of National De
fono, who has assisted tho President In his prlco-flxlng program, this afternoon con
ferred with President Wilson on nn extension of steel prlco-flxlngr to Include nails
and other hardware.
REGULARS AT GETTYSBURG 'TAKE $'425,000 OF LOAN
GETTYSBURG, Pa., Oct. 23. Twelvo thousnnd regular army officers and men
oncampcil hero today subscribed for $426,000 worth of bonds In the second Liberty
Loan.
NEW YORK BANK TAKES $50,000,000 OF LOAN
' NEW YOniC, Oct. 23. Ono of tho biggest subscriptions to tho Liberty Loan
was niado today by the Guaranty Trust Company, which took an additional $33,500,
000 of the bonds, bringing Its total subscription up to $60,000,000. Tho new subscrip
tion from tho Guaranty Trust Company, together with an overnight Increase of
$10,000,000, brought tho total for tho New York district up to $761,810,000 at noon.
DRINKS LYE FOR MEDICINE AND DIES
Lye, taken In mistake for medicine, caused tho death today In tho Hahnemann
Hospital of James Darkls, sixty-eight years old, of 4327 Worth street. Darkls, ac
cording to tho physicians, went to tho bathroom of his homo last night to obtain
modlclno. In the dark ho obtained tho lyo and swallowed a quantity of It.
PAINLEVE SWITCHES MINISTERS IN FRENCH CRISIS
PARIS, Oct. 23. After twenty-four hours confusion Premier Painlevo had ap
parently readjusted his Cabinet thh afternoon by switching Former Premier Rlbot
from Foreign Minister to Minister of State and member of tho War Council. Rlbot
will succeed M. Uarthou. Choice of tho Foreign Minister was not announced, but
it was reported otherwise tho Cabinet would remain Intact. Tho Ministers attempted
twlco to resign In a body. In making a place for a new Foreign Minister It was be
lieved Palnleve would manago to survive tho shake-up, although several of tho Paris
newspapers this afternoon thought he would bo forced to make room for Socialist
representation.
POSTAL RECEIPTS HERE GAIN LARGELY -
A comparative statement of tho postal and money order business at tho post
office here for tho months of September, 1916, nnd September, 1917, 8hows an Increoso
of $67,190 in favor of this year. For 1916 the September receipts were $750,615 as
against $817,805 for tho same period this year. Tho money orders in September,
1910, totaled $1,832,809 as ngainst $2,ft25,88D for tho corresponding period this year.
STARVING AUSTRIANS BLOW UP MUNITIONS DEPOTS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Severnl Austrian munition depots havo recently been
blown up by civilians rendered desperate by food shortage, official Romo cables today
stated. News from Berne, relayed through Rome, stated that tho Austro-Swlss
frontier was closed on account of political disorders in Austria,
7-POUND LIMIT ON GIFTS MAILED U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Christmas parcels sent to American soldiers in France
should not weigh moro than seven pounds. The Postmaster General waa notified In
a cablegram from the French postal authorities today that tho postal service here
after would bo unable to carry packages In tho parcels post weighing more than
seven pounds.
ANOTHER $20,000,000 LOAN TO FRANCE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. The Treasury Department today announced another
loan of $20,000,000 to France. This brings France's total to $790,000,000, and the
grand total extended to all the Allies $2,776,400,000.
ARIZONA COPPER STRIKE ADJUSTED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Secretary of Labor Wilson today wired his ofllco from
Arizona that tho copper strike in tho Globe-Mlaml district has been settled. It is
understood that tho miners of tho Miami, Inspiration nnd Old Dominion mines have
already gone back to work, but the basis of the settlement was not revealed.
CARRANZA MOVES TO SUPPRESS PLOTTERS
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23. President Carranza today sent to Congress a bill ex
tending the suspension of constitutional guarantees to apply to plotters In general
and to foes of tho Government. The original measure suspending the constitutional
guarantees pertained only to outlaws that were holding up and robbing trains. .
MILTON SILK MILL EXPLOYES GET WAGE RAISE
MILTON, Pa., Oct. 23. Five hundred employes of the Milton Silk Mills were
today granted a 5 per cent Increase in wages. It will beebmo effective immediately.
BRITISH TANK TO AID IN LOAN CAMPAIGN
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 23, A British tank, one of, those Iron monsters
which has done such damage to tho Germans on the western fropt, was lashed to the
deck of a liner arriving from a British port today. It will bo token to New York and
placed on exhibition there to stimulate interest in the Llberty'Loan. An officer and
eight men accompanied tho land dreadnought,
REGULAR TUESDAY CABINET-MEETING POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Tho usual Tuesday Cabinet meeting wa canceled
today because of tha absence of four members. Secretary Daniels Is in Chicago;
Secmtary McAdoo touring for the Liberty Loan; Secretary Lane la 111, and Secre
tary Wilson Is on th coast tryJuc-to-eetUe. labor lUoublea.
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EFFORT TO KILL
MOVE A BOOMERANG
Crush in Court So Great
That Witnesses Cannot
Get In
70 AFTER "PHANTOMS'
File Request for Removal of 500
Names From Registra
tion Lits
The Committee of Seventy late this
afternoon filed protests with th
Board of Registration Commissioners
formally requesting them to strike
from the voting lists more than 5000
names that arc alleged to have been
placed on the lists by Varc-Smlth
workers.
The action of the Committee of Sev
enty, which has joined in the move
ment for good government and with
the Town Meeting party, followed aa
all-day conference of the members of
the committee.
The Committee of Seventy has can
vassed, without the usual assistance)
from the police, every ward In the city,
and the petition ns filed cites only the
names of alleged fraudulent registrants
that the field agents of the committee
unearthed.
The most flagrant offenses against
the personal registration act, accord
ing to the petitions filed by thp Com
mittee of Seventy, were committed la
the Fourth, Sixth, Thirteenth, Four
teenth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty
second, Twenty-fourth, Thirty-fourth,
Forty-fourth and Forty-sixth Wards.
The attack upon the validity of the In
dependents' nomination papers through,
proceedings today In Court of- Common
Pleas No. 3 was declared W be nothing; 1 '
more thin astibterfjige un the-tiart of th
Vare-Smlth-ma'chlne to 'block the working
of the Town Meeting party machinery. Hun
dreds of Independents, Including many of
the candidates, party officials and workerr
were obliged to waste the entire day la
the courtroom and thus lose valuable time
In working for the Interests of the Town
Meeting candidates.
Independent supporters from all parts
of Philadelphia were summoned only to
stand In the corridors nnd await the tedious
proceedings In court. It was pointed out
that the chief hope for success on the part
of the Organization managers lies In crip
pling or blocking the machinery of th
Independents.
The courtroom was so jammed wltk
humanity that the legal machinery iru
clogged, and scores of witnesses failed te
answer to their names witnesses whom the
prosecution had counted upon to bury the
Town Meeting party with massed evldenoe.
Dozens of attachments for the missing wit
nesses were issued by the court.
Thousands of witnesses apparently are
to bo called In the 110 Republican machine
cases against the nomination papers ot
Walter George Smith, for Register of Wills 1
William R. Nicholson, for City Treasurer
Thomas V. Armstrong, for Receiver o
Taxes; Samuel P. Rotan, for District At
torney, nnd scores upon scores of papers
filed for candidates for Councllmen, Mag
istrates and other minor offices. Even dis
trict Attorney Rotan, running on the Re
publican ticket. Is attacked in the Vare
Smith blast designed to blow the names of
the Town Meeting Party nominees from the
ballot
CROWD A HOPELESS TANGLE
A crush greater than that of Mayor
Smith's "Bloody Fifth" Ward murder con
spiracy hearing before Judge Brown greeted
the court when It opened this morning.
Witnesses, Bubpoena servers, court officials ( '
nnd spectators were Jammed in a hopeless"
tangle in tho mass of more than 2000 per
sons that crowded the courtroom and cor
ridor on the second floor.
The boomerang of too much thunder col
lected by the Vare-Smith Republicans
struck heavily. It was impossible 40 pro
ceed with tho testimony because ot the jam
of persons and the scarcity of witnesses,
who cither failed to appear or were unable
to hear thelrv names called .on account ot
the confusion No precautions were taken
by tho Vare-Rmlth police to control the
crowds, as was done In the murder con
spiracy hearing before Judge Brown.
Judge Davis rebuked William T. Connor, t
who conducted the case for the prosecution,
almost at tho outset of the hearing 'Con
nor, counsel for Isaac Deutsch and Police
Lieutenant Bennett In the "Bloody Fifth"
Ward murder conspiracy case, attempted to
make the charge that witnesses nad been led
to believe by the newspapers that it was
not necessary to attend the hearing, whea
ho was reprimanded by the court.
COURT REBUKES COUNSEL
"If your Honor please," said Connor,
"there have appeared In the publlo preie
the last several days "
"This case must be conducted la an '
orderly manner," cut in Judge Davis, wh"
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