rii1 Wi.SMiffl -& Fvvi rtT A i ' J? I f. 7; u. PVV 'IK , V .'. . IIMAK A HTUII rVl IlumilllUlJ JU111 MN NEW PARTY NOMINATIONS .Judge Davis Speeds Up Tes- -v timony on validity oi Petitions WOMEN AS WITNESSES Rpqiimnt.inn of Henrinira on u-c r. " . . . " ?, Minor f oints set tor 'V ' Monday , The hearing to test the validity of nomination petition of Town Meeting Party cnndldntes for the row otllces ad journed at 6 o'clock this afternoon In Com mon Pleas Court No. 3. The proceeding VlH ho resumed on Monday for further investigation of the petitions for the minor o dices. .Following a request of Judge Ii.ivli. At torneys for both the Independents and the Vare-Smlth mnehlne sped the proceeding stfong as quickly as possible In order to cover all of he ground Announcement , that the hearing In connection with the nomination petition for the p-lmip-il o n would end at 5 o'cloc'.t was made by Judge Davis at 2 30 o'clock. He nlso snld that he would probably hand down an opinion regarding the petitions on Monday morn ing. The judge1 said the proceedings hid to terminate thl nfternoon In order thnt the ballots for the coming election might bo prepared. Thl action wa also neceary, he said, to protect the rights of electors. lie then asked counsel on both sides to act speedily. junai: mem-uns delays "The proceedings have continued since 10 o'clock Tueday." the Judge added. "There have been too many objections and likewise delays. I want counsel on both Ides to govern themselve In accordance . Tlth the Instructions I have handed down. X shall probably hand down an opinion on ,the case next Monday morning. Should . kny amendments be asked for they will bt acted upon by the Court without any testi mony. "There are some petition on wh'ch the Court will allow amendments, for the ren on that the evldance shows that the irregu larity was not due to any Intent to vlolati the law. I shall not at this time Indicate what pet tlons I am referring to " In concluding his lemarks. Judge Dal mid that the hearing In connection with the nomination petitions tor they smnller offices would be resumed on Monday morn ing In Common Pleas Court No. 2. before Judges Wessells and Carr. The Judge also said he would be glad to co-operate with these Judges In any way thnt he could. Desperation caused the Vare-Smlths to resort to brutal methods. In the concluding hours. Scores of gray-haired mothers, many o tliem frail and unnerved, were huddled lntr the courtroom and City Hall corridors, where they remained throughout the day. Even hidebound politicians, who are accustomed to the Inside "tricks of the tame." said this afternoon that never In all their experience had they ecn sush brutality as practiced by the sponsors ol the last straw investigation. WOMEN HAVE TO STAND A few of- the women summoned managed ita obtain seats In the courtroom, but scorei f hthera leaned nealnst the walls for sun- f . Pprt whllo Inside the courtroom numerous .- fawrlt hlrB with nnthlnc- Mnprlnt In An faquatted about and grinned as the wit nesses were put under fire. 'Very few of the women called could tell much about the names on the petitions. They were grilled by Attorney Connor, counsel for the Vare-Smlths. a to what they knew about the petitions, whether the names of men on numerous petitions lived at such addresses and so forth. It was plainly evident that the women were sun poenaed In the hope that they would he o era wed and finally coax whateer rela tives were Involved to withdraw or re pudiate their signatures. Prom the general Indignation of the women present there Is every indication that this extreme measure adopted by the Vare-Smlth forces will act as a boomerang. Director of Public Safetv Wilson may be arrested today, because of police intimida tion of witnesses In the Town Meeting party hearing, according 'o Kdward I. D. Roach, secretary of the Committee of Sev enty. Warrant have been Issued for 'he arrest ef three policeman, and evidence upon which to arrest Director Wilson is being collected today by attorneys it he Town Meeting party Mr Itoach declared "Director Wilson ordered the policemen .from their regular duties of protecting lives and property of citizens and sent them scurrying through the city to .-.an ass and ' hound electors who signed nomination papers of the Town Meeting party." said Mr. Itoach. "Director Wilson may be ar rested today. Three policemen also may "be taken Into custody Warrants for the arrest oX the three patrolmep have been Issued." The Town Meeting party has officially warned Mayor Smith to halt the use oj the city police for purposes of Intimidating Independent workers, As the "supremo commander" of the po lice foice, the Mayor wta, accused of de liberately threatening the entire city on lection day with the '-brutal and mur derous" conditions that prevailed In the "Bloody Fifth" Ward during the primary election and was reminded that a similar warning preceded the Fifth Ward murder and the consequent inurdiv conspiracy charges against him. The Town Meeting party's warning was sent by Max Herzberg, chairman. Victory for the Town Meeting-Democratic allies will mean Impeachment of the Mayor fey the fusion Councllmen. according to an announcement by Edgar W. Lank, chair man of the Democratic city committee Charges of police Intimidation were made today by James A. Coutts. of 1718 South Fifty-eighth street, when hearing of the charges of the Vare-Smlth Republican or ganisation against the validity of the In dependents nomination papers, was re 'umed. SAT POLICE DEVILED WIFE ' Elbowing his way through the biggest arowd that has yet Jammed the courtroom, Coutts walked to the bar of the court and. eclarlnr he was a witness, asked to be Allowed to make a statement. "I wish to Inform the court." he nlH Vi'hat I have been coming here every day " .in answer to a subpoena and waited until ' Mttalcht last night to be called. I have . f. y jaMR persecuted by the police In the same i ''caawner that other witnesses have been. UK nlgnt when l arrived home I found - twe men there who attempted to devil Me as well as tny wife, because I had stf'd the Town Meeting party petition." I "Tour statement Is out of order." Judge Vavls informed him. ,- "Perhaps so, your Honor.' Coults replied, H I read a statement last night In which x were quoted na saying that you would sr any charges of police Intimidation." These proceedings were not Instituted laeic Into police persecution," Judge Davis saM., "but I Will be glad to listen to your compuum at me urae wnea you are sworn a a wltr.css." Coutts (Hen thanked the court and stepped aok lot tfce crowd Iffithe courtroom. The kpsMna- waste twite's, stir. Coutts. who 92Vr.mm wm pr poeaing- ap. ,Met4 in a eS(r''"1 MIS' CITY TO APPEAL FOR MORE COAL Garfield Will Be Asked to Provide for Great In dustries Here TRADE BOARD TO ACT Fetlernl Commission Will Go Over Dealers' Books for Evi dence of Overcharging The KcJcrnl Government must suppl 'iiore coal to Philadelphia. The strongest ')nslble plea fo more coal It regulate the ire ent shoring will be made at once by Francis A. Lewi, c ty fuel administrator i Dr. Harry A. Garfield, national fuel 'dmln'strn'or. nl Washington, where even now WIH'nii Potter Is In conference wn.i he Fedeial Beard. "Shall Philadelphia, munlti-m renter of he country, bo permitted to run 28 per cent behind In her oal supplies, while s'orthwestern nnd New England points are 'laving their need supplied through Gov ernment aid, to help meet much lesser hortnge?" Mr Lewis asked The recom nendntlnn that a sulllclcnt amount of coal ' meet nil existing need nnd clear up the rltuatlon with the local dealers will "e made nt once by Mr. Lewis. TO (1(1 OVKIJ D ALI'KK' HOOKS In nddlt'on. the Federal Trade Commls lon will hae it expert accountants here 'n a few dn. . to go over the book of -verv coal do-r In Phrnde.phla. nnd ir any retailer shows a tendency to liierge up the nlr he breathe along w Ith paper hag rubber tire and other alleged Item nl' handling epene. that fact will soon be realized "The question of HUpplj nf coal l the big and nil-pressing one." Mr. Lewis said this afternoon. "Philadelphia deserves more coal at the present moment than any point in the country nnd Is not getting It This question take priority In my mind over eery other lnolved In getting n square lea', both for conumer nnd retailer." That fully 25 per cent les coal than the normal supp'y is being shipped into I'hlla rto'n'ila mdnv I the contention r Mr. Lewi, despite the fact that figures for Ml 7 show an Increas" of slightly above 4 0nn ton oer those quoted for September. Iftlfi. ind operator claim an Increase of 800.00(1 ton for thl yertr oxer the corresponding period last vcar Four million nine hun dred thouand tons of coal up to October 1. 1017, are the figures quoted by S. D. Warriner, president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, and these arc big figures. Hut they still lack a whole 100,000 from the hnlf-mllllon tons that Mr. Lewis estimates should be In the vards here now In order the meet the coming winter's de mand. While Mr. Lewis, from the stage he ha reached In hi Inwrtlgatlon. 1 Inc'lned to give the retail den'er a clean bill of henlth. the Federal Trade Commission 1 not going to take nn thing for granted, and will un dertake Its work In the "show me spirit" TO PROTECT CONSl'MKIt. Every e-msumer lu Philadelphia, whether bulng coal In large or small qmntllles, 1 thu assured of (ioernmont protection, for It Is the Intention of these Federal Trade Cominilon experts, not only to erlfy all figures quoted h re'ailers, but to see that retailers are not Including under handling cost nny Items warranted to make their profit appear less than they actually are. Petition to Washington for a standard ized rate will undoubtedly be presented bv Mr. Lewis, the present situation being ad mittedly unsatisfactory to consumer and denier alike. Two things retail dealers are beginning, "(live us more coal" and "fllve us a stand ardized rate," they urge with one voice. The substance of their claims Is that many of them under the piesent shortage arc doing business nt an actual Ios. being un able to keep up with their overhead on In sufficient supplies of coal DEALER REPORTS LOSS I'nder the present chaotic s stein, the dealer charging 18 may be making no more than the dealer charging 17. One Important dealer reports to the local committee a loss of two and nine-tenths cents per ton. baing his figures on amounts sold during the first two week of October The H. O. Chalfant 'ompan ouotes $1.42 as Its expense per ton from September 1 to Oi tober 1. The company declare It has been forced to pay no less than $6.40 for pea coal in order to get nny supplies whatever. Fifty cents per ton profit Is the amount claimed by most dealeis as Jut and equitable. The figures presented make It seem probable that few dealers are enjoying excecMic profit. at the present time. "P.ut there may be exceptional cases," Is the iew of ono (loveinment expert con sidering the dealers' claims. When nsked what he would call xceeptlonal he replied I wouldn't call It but the Oovearnmcnt will soon be teady to do so." Lehigh Valley II. R. Has Fire .Marshal John M Julian has been appointed fire marshal of the Lehigh Valley R-illroad svs tern, following the creation of that position by the railroad to co-ordinate It flre-fli-ht' Ing forces b VARE-SMITH JAIL HINT FOR TOWN MEETING MEN Threat of Bench Warrant Made Against Candidate Aroused in Wee Sma' Hours The latest move of the Vare followrn In the tntlmPlitlon war on the Town Meeting party Is to threaten with arrest new party members, nnd et'en c indicates, who refuse to talk. Accompanied by a policeman In uniform, a man who said he was from "headquar ters" said lie would have a bench warrant served on Louis Karstaedt, ot C86t Chest nut street, a candidate tor Common Council from the Forty-six li Ward on the new party ticket, when the latter refused to say what papem be had signed at 3-42 this, morning. Like the Germans, who are great believers In attacks before dawn, It wan at J MS a. m. the time mentioned above when the "visitors" nearly broke the bell at the Kar staedt home. To make matters worse, they bombarded the door with their lists, the candidate said. Several women thought (he house was on fire. With Mr. Karstaedt they rushed to the 'or, Before opening the latter nsked who was there. "I want to ask you If you signed Town Meeting papers." said a deep and powerful Voice. "you go 'somewhere,' " answered Mr. Karstaedt In less polite language. "I'll answer no questions at this time In the morning." "I come from h-headquarters," said the voice in amazement. "Open the door." "You go 'somewhere- and take your bosses along without," the Town Meeting candidate said, after which he heard the voice say he would be served with a bench warrant Mr. Karstaedt was served with a notice to appear as a witness at the hearing next Monday- Thin occurred at a reasonable time, 8:30 a. m. Ills mother also was called upon by a headquarter man who nsked her about the new party papers. "J. know nothing ebout them." she natd, "You'll, have to my son." At sIwki the bench warrant bail wft bee ntvisJBia. Jtr. Kanau.at.. . " j1. EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, RED CROSS COLLECTORS PARADE w - -- rrm'mrrsixvimmmim:,miimsss:i KSSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaft. WjKtr jaHHlH V aVsUSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaVaaaaaaWaaPlcRk; aaaaaaaaaaaaaiSlaaaaaaaaaaP 5 bsSaSaaaRSaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal S IKHB 1Swtk!& EtaaaaaaEoi' 5-9RHanl...........HI I Membeii of I rquhnrt Auxiliary of the American Red Cross in automo biles, accompanied bv buglers from the navy yard and Boy Scouts, toda". paraded on Chestnut and Broad streets in a general "drive" in aid of the soldiers. CAMILLE HOLDS BREATH PENDING COURT'S DECREE Literature and Morality Lock Horns in Contest Before Judge Patterson Literature nnd morality locked horns to day In Common Pleas Court No. 1. with Judge John M Patterson presiding oer the struggle, and dlcentangled themselves nl the end of n three-hrtur struggle without either side taking the count. MorallO was presented b. the State Motion Picture Board of Censors. Litera ture had for Its champion the Fox Film Corporation, which desires to produce on Monday a film, entitled "Camlllc." based on the famous noxel, "La Dame Au Cnmel 11 is," by AIenndrc Dumas, the younger. The II ard of Censors objects to certain snbtlf.es used In the film. The producers appealed from this decision. Nothing In the pictures themsol-e Is ob jected to by the board, Deputj Attorney General Joseph L. Kun assured the court. Its objection is to the subtitles proposed. Thus, the title of the reel showing I'amllle and her loicr, Armand Duval, living together at their country home. Is "Happiness Three Months of Perfect Hnpplnev " The board suggests as a substitute tho wnids, "It Is Now Three Months Since She Pioni lsed to Loe, Honor nnd'Obcj." This substitute worries the producers. They pointed out In court that to use It would spoil the whole plot of the story. The censors retorted that such a plot was the least of their troubles. What they wero thinking about, they said, was the morals of Philadelphia and the rest of Pennyl lanla The objected, too. to a subtitle which rend, "And I Must Tell You That Armand Is Conducting an Affair with Camllle. the Most Notorious Cocotto In Paris." Mr. Kun Mumbled over the pronunciation of the word "cocotte" as he read It. "1 never ran Into that word before," he con fessed. ' Judge Patterson came to his lescue a little later "I hao before me a Freud dictionary," ho said. "It gives the meaning of the word 'cocotte' as 'an Inflammation of the eye.' ' Professor Hugo Rennet t. head of the de partment of modern languages In the I'nl erslty of Pennylanla, who was present as a witness In the case, came to the lescue of Judge Pattetson. Ho said that the word had two shades of pronunciation. Ry ori It me.nt "an Inflammation of the eve." fly the other It nieant something else. Whether the story of Camllle, the most notorious Inflammation of the eye In Paris, is a "classic" In literature and a such deserves to be shown to patrons of motion picture theatres, next took up t?ie atten tion of the court Frank It. Shattuck. chairman of the censorship board, charac terized the storv, whether It be In the form of a novel, a play or a motion picture, as "obscene. Indecent nnd Immoral." "If I had my way about It." said he, In an interview preceding the hearing, "I would condemn not only the subtitle but the whole damn thing" ASK WILSON TO FAVOR SUFFRAGE IN MESSAGE Mrs. Hilles, White House Picket, Criticizes President's Speech to New York Women President Wilson wa urged to recom mend to Congress, in his coming message, the prompt passage of the Susan D. An thony suffrage amendment by Mrs. Florence flayard Hilles, who addressed members of the Sixth Congressional District, Pennsyl vania Itranch National Woman's party, this afternoon at the home of Mrs. James Graham, 54 Pastorlus street, Germantown Mrs. Hilles, who Is tho daughter of for mer Secretarj of State Thomas F- Bayard, was one of the suffrage prisoners recentlv pardoned by tho President. After com menting upon the President's speech before the women of the New York Suffrage party Mrs. Hilles said: "Our answer to President Wilson must be, 'until you do political justice to womer we will stand at your gate and ask for It, even though we must ahow that the democracy for which v fight In Kuropc Is nothing short of hypocrisy In this coun try.' Commenting further on the President's addreBS, Mrs. Hilles added: "He knew, as he spoke to the women of New York on political freedom that American women were serving long and unjust sentences In the Government workhouse eighteen of them lit solitary confinement because they had availed themselves of their constitu tional right to petition and their right to picket In the district under the Clayton act. He knew that officers of his Administration had sentenced these women to conditions as, bad as Siberia because they asked for the tame thing that he tells the Maine and New York women he believes they ought to have." School Janitor Heir to Big Estate OREEN8BURO. Oct 27 C. 'E. Ells worth. Janitor of a public school building here at a salary of $75 a month, is one of two benlflelsrlea to an enta'e valued at f.Q0,Qfln left by an uncle, Robert I. Ells worth, wnn; aiea in wasnington sever! mpnuia bnv. 4 ivti-' e" iriuwa- aaaaju I u?n j,gnBamff flf nas, r6"urci4al - "Has) I nor heard front Ms Uncle fer' bum stain I MA.--lJaaaat'aVyW(il44 a naavsk 'lm,LJ. I L .i4. R.'- . ,,HaSkm,i a ... .. '- I llll Illll III III I llaaaaaHll JWKFl 4 ' ' - h'- RED CROSS PARADE SHOWERED WITH CASH Girls and Sailors Gather in Money for Christmas Bags I'rquhart '"hapter. of the naval auil lar.v of the Red Cross, paraded Philadel phia streets today In the most serious and unique piooesloii of the war period The women of tho auxlllaiy. together with a lot of sailors from the Navy Yard, were out to get money for 10,000 Christina bags for sailor And they made good, too. Coin of nil denomination mined from the skies as girls and young women, dressed In white or blue nurses' costumes, dashed hither and thither about the street Inter mingled with bluejackets from the Navy Yard, gathering the rolling money Into cre tonne bags, and keeping In touch with the creeping line of twenty-thrco gall bedecked automobiles. More than $1000 bad been collected In nickels, dimes and quarters, and even tho pennv had Its place by noon The parade started at Twenty-third street and passed nlong I'hestnut street to Ilroad. where It turned north and gradually worked Its wa to Spring 'linden street, thence counter marching on Ilroad street to South street, where the turn was made to Franklin Field Lach automohllo was filled with young ladles In Red Cross attire, and the running board were occupied by bluejackets from the Navy Yard. Red Cros banners nnd the American (lag were profuse as decora tions, nnd buglers frequently sent out their clarion ealln nlong the loutc Every one, Including the sailors, had bags of some sort with which to collect contribu tions As the machines very slowly moved along the nurses and Jackles scattered on both sides of the line, holding out their bags and asking for "anything" from the people who crowded the sidewalks It was necessary for the automobiles to stop for a considerable length of time nt each street crossing In tho vlclnltv of Cltv Hall and from there down llrond street, where the high otllce buildings shelteied thousands 'it persons who were anxlou to contribute. Trafllc was held up to the dis traction of the tratllc policemen, but no one cared ubout that. The rosy-cheeked ladles and the tanned Jackie. were concerned In a much more serious business than commercial trans portation Just then, and the crowds that thickened Just ut luncheon time when the cavalcade reached Chestnut and Broad streets were bountiful In their appreciation Thl vantage point was also shared by one of the five young women artists from Mary land. Tennessee, '"olorado, New- Jersey and Virginia, whir were working on a large cartoon canvas on the front of the Liberty Building, sketching a Liberty Bond nppeal Licensed at Elkton to Wed ELKTON. Md. Oct. 27. Marriage li censes were Issued hehe today to Slgmund Llmpe and Rose Dillon, Francis J. Grill and Emma M. I'urrlck, Arthur G. Brand. Jr., and Mar Melster, George J. Richer and Florence Jackson, Robert Larr and Kath ryn Fldler. nnd Harold G. Emsley and Mildred Erb, all of Philadelphia; Roy N Barry and Anna Everson. Wilmington ; Leo V Rogers and Carrie Gllmore. Malvern, Pa.: John Acker, Jr. and Pauline E. Kpaar, Allentown; Clvde li Rles nnd Dotothy Wilhelm, Phllllpsburg, N J : James E. Johnson, Jr , and Ella Crossen, Chester ; Leroy Kenney nnd Mary Amy, Trenton; Leroy Hunsberger and Katie Miller. Read ing; George Turner and Harriet A. Cas sidy, Chester, and Cecil .Nabb and Anna M. Stareh. Earlesvllle, Md. TODAY'S MAKRIAGE LICENSES Eno K. P.vullln. Pitman. N r . urn! Annie II Ad.ll. SMI N. Ilroad t ' Morris W.Katsen. Sti.VI Wyalulnc nve . nnd Martha Halpern. 1(1.18 N. S3d t. xP ft.ii-'nVi?kn " ' J"tn " "id '" Xt Wilson. 8712 N. Sydenham . Hire Qrft. 2413 N Camac M . and Mary L. Scott. 2S12 Jf. I'llrun ( Morris ISrfinatrln ll'.'S .N. Mtate at Wldman, tit) N. Union st. Stanlny n. Asaon, B2U Loeuat at . V JUIIev. 5241 t.ombard at. Oavld N'rlaon. 2.HII S. Front st noflenicarten. 23.1a 8. Front at Mlrharl Olllnsky. Trenton. N" 7 Smith, Trenton, laaiw K. Kerry, 8340 Filbert ai Harkln. 10(14 Hotanlr nv. and Helen and llirtha nl Mary nd Annie n J Ksther vvilllnm H. Steever. Willow drove Mary S IlrovvnlnE-. 747 Xfarbn , Vi.. and Layman ir. Jones, 1214 N. Alrtar at', and Ta- trlro role. 2IUK Edxelry at. Joseph Y. Monahan. 1U7 Caiisa t and Uraale Currsn, 4403 Wayne ave. Thnmaa rullman. Jr. 4714 Hawthorne at., and 1'auHna (larber.. 4714 Hawthorne at FriFnrin;f"rJ" ,A,n'lo CUV. and nthal H. Allison 2H38 R Ynango at. Arthur L. Oaudr. Jr.. A.1S3 llaynton at and Loretta L. Hollls. 1507 N Ctaflin at ' . ll-njamln Oreenberg. 731 S. Sd t. and Via Hrhflman, 27 8. 8d at. William II. Flounders, nno Maater St.. and Julia V. Marrlson. 582.1 J Lanrey at Melville O. Pelrce. Olsn Limekiln pike, and Jennie A. Hutchinson, V31 VV. lllttenhmii. .1 David Goldstein. 2231 NV Wint " t ? and Qek trudo Simon, Jlrooklyn. N. Y. Lowell U Holmes.. Owatnma. Minn.. -nd Ma- belle L. Hint-am . Bt. Paul. Minn. Michael Keana, 2025 McClellan at. and Ce- cella Cawley, 2223 Pea-re ,i ' " Michael O'Neill. 1744 Partita at., and Ellia Phllbln, Rth and Jefferson iti. a t,l"a fohn W. H"jy. 1324 Hreen at., -and Ahlaall Keitlnr. 2813 limb. at. evi.inii 8U?anV.K.Ckn301inr.'nm.h,:r,nn "" "" Wa.'-B4C!SSr&,U,r& a?.1" "l" "d " O. Ed-?oYrU': ah.ssi2B-. .;: ""- T ThpomwV.I!,,237M8Udd24,rn-!,tf mh " "-1 ,',to'b?n.!,Toi,r8,.'2lJt6t.-'- "" ' William II Armatrnm. Ner York cliv , Madellna 8cott. 8JS li 23d I st Schoolboy Apple Harvesters Return The first contingent of hlsrh ar-hnni .nnt. orchard worker unier the Bohoo' Moblllia-, COPS ACCUSE SUPT. R0BINS,0N Say He Tried Bribe to Get Smith Administration Indorsed EASIER JOBS THE BAIT A flnnl effort to crush among the police their opposition to assessment gouges and their objection to being used in oilier po litical woiU hns been attempted by the heads of the Police Department, who, ac cording to Harry K. Johns, head of the Patrolmen's Denedclal and Protective Asso ciation, tried to in ike him railroad through his organization resolutions Indorsing Mnyor Smith nnd the present administration. Johns said that as a bribe for this action he was to be transferred from Tncony. whete he went because of his Heneflclnl activities, back to his old district In West Philadelphia, when he was successful In Jamming the resolution through Johns snid that the proposition broached to him would work both wnys. "Now that the.v have found that they can't bribe me to put the resolution through, ' he said, "they may try to discredit me In tho eyes of the association by pointing to the fact thnt I held secret negotiation with him. I call ou to witness thnt the negotiations were not secret nnd thnt I am telling you the whole thing today before It comes to you bv any other means "On Friday, October 10." said John. "I was called from Tacony to the office of our attorney. William A. (!ray, together with Harry M Dlrkerson, secretary of our asso ciation Superintendent lloblnron was there He said to us, 'I would advise you fellows to pay .vour political assessments for your ow n good You know the assessment money I ns-ed lo elect Councllmen. nnd Councils raise and lower the wages of policemen.' "I told him." said Johns, "that If the wage went any lower half of the men would resign from the force I then told him our grievances. There were many transfers to which I wanted to call his at tention, but two of them we wanted espe cially to hrlng to his notice." "I claimed," said Johns, "that 1 was transferred to Tacony for no other reason than that I was the head of the beneficial association and to accommodate Hnny Maelie. "I told them of the case of Dlckcrson, tried on trumped-up charges of disobedience of orders nnd hhlftcd from nil nctlng house sergeant In the Thirty-eighth District to tho street In the Sixteenth District "As I was leaving. Superintendent of Po lice Iloblnson mnde the reninrk to me that he thought both the Polleo Pension Fund and the Uencflclary Association were being conducted crookedly. He asked us to send the same men from the districts tti these associations, und 1 -told him that neither of li could go back and nsk our d'strlcts to do this, as wc were not stationed there any more. Robinson said he would take tho matter up nt City Hall. "On last Wednesday afternoon." said Johns, "I was telephoned to by Superin tendent Hoblnson's clerk and renuested to come again and see him the next day. I went " "'Well.' said Itnblnson. '.ou are to be transferred back again to our own dls tilet. This will take effect right nwny. And tho charge are to bo dropped ngalnst Dlckcrson. Hut he inn't be put back to his o'd district right nwav.' " Johns said that us he was going out of the room n piece of paper w.is thrust Into his hand, with the Injunction for him to read it and think nbout It. He says that Superintendent Itnblnson gave hlni to un derstand that if the "thing." meaning the paper, worked out all right, a committee of tho Beneficial Association would be received by the Director of Public Safety and the Mayor. Johns showed the tjpcwrltten paper, which read: Whereas, a campilgn of vilification has been Inaugurated for the obvious purpose of besmirching the honesty and ihnracter of the Hon Thn"in II mll'i and his administration, and whereas we have everv conlidence in the high pur pose of hi Honor the Mavnr nii his official family and believe that there Is no foundation In fact for sue.i a campaign. He It resolved that we. the members of the Patrolmen's Beneficial and Protective Association, de.slre to take thli oppor tunity to express our faith In the tntec i It v and honesty of Thomas H Smith, nnd we hereby pledge our undivided sup port to hlni and his administration. "A. I Was leaving tho office.-" said Johns. "I saw a police captain, and am sure thnt he was there to tell the association of mv presence closeted with the superintendent In order to weaken tny standing In the asso ciation "Hut Immediately I hent out word to the men of the association to meet me and hoar nbout the proposal. I was afraid to call a meeting of all the men of our or ganization, mid so I called merely a dele gate from each district as well as from the harbor and motorcycle nnd the traffic s'und. "If the police had Indorsed the methods of the present administration and then sent delegates secretlv to complain about those f-ame methods they would have looked very foolish. Superintendent Iloblnson wanted them to do this." THIS IS THE DAY OF THE DOG, JUST PLAIN MUTT Pedigrees and Blue Ribbons Have No Share in Exhibition at 922-24 N. Broad St. Every dog has his day, nnd thin I the day of the dog that hasn't been I avlng many days on the calendar that he could call his own. "Mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound and cur of low degree" In other words. Just plain mutt occupies the center of the fctage, for It Is the day of the third annual "Plain Dog" show, which Is being held under the nusplces of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, at 922-21 North Broad street. The Plain Dog show Is esentlally n Phil adelphia Institution, having originated In this city three years ago. The Idea has been taken up by other cities In all parts of the country and Is spreading every year. The purpose of the show Is primarily to cultivate kindness to unfortunate animals, and Incidentally to establish the fact that a dog may possess something else besides a pedigree) thnt will make him attractive to man. An Innovation In the show this year I Its extension to Include, besides dogs, nil varieties of pets, large and small, .leathered and four-footed There are bears, monkeyo, goats, cats Just plain cats ponies, horses, pigeons and chickens. The show will last from 1 o'clock this afternoon until 10- o'clock tonight Tlie Judges are Dr. Harry B, Cox, George P, Uber, Frank MrOrath, Harry O, Clear and W. Dayton Wegefarth. The contet for the grand champion mutt will be Judged by J. Gibson Mcllvaln. Jr.. president ot the Penn sylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Baptist Boys Honored Baptist boys In war service were honored at tv conference In the Memorial Baptist Church, Broad and Master streets. The name of each member of the Baptist Young People's Union was read aloud as several, hundred persons u mmr uun m sneni prayer for the soldiers. Engineers' Club Expands About $110,000 will be spent In Improve ments by the Engineers' Club, IX 17 Spruce street, which has bought the adjoining tour-story J'O.vOO property, IJI5 Spruce itraet. The CHWaioitswi mKSSKSr . "' IfttT. wlH,.. JjM fcfcj m - Mm 1917 SWARTHMORE MARKS ITS FOUNDERS DAY Alumni Gather to Pay Tribute. Isnac H. Clothier Plants Memorial Oak PROGRAM ENDS TONIGHT More than 3000 alumni and othess were In attendance upon Founders' Day exercises at Swarthmore College today, whero Ideal weather conditions lent nn ndded charm to a most Interesting program. The academic procession of 600 students and professors, headed by President Swnyne, of Swarthmore. and President William W. Comfort, of Haverford, formed at Parrlsh Hall nt 1 IS o'clock and marched to the great outdoor stadium on the west campus, where the exercises took p'ace. The meet ing was opened by the venerable Isaac II. Clothier, eighty yeTs old, persldent emeri tus of the board of managers, who also officiated In the planting of a memorial oak tree to commemorate hi long active connection with the college. Hobcrt M. Jnnney, president of the board of managers, acted na chairman of the meeting nnd Introduced the principal i.peak or. President Comfort of Haverford Col lego, who made the main address, the sub ject of which was "An Appeal to Ancestry." Mr Comfort snld In part: "We nil have ancestors. That Isan un deniable asset of every person. Now tho question Is vvhnt to do with them. Too much do wc think of tho present and the future. All of us, until we reach the age of fort or fifty, live hopelessly In the future. There nre many things In the pres ent which the past alone can explain Mako such use of the past nnd Its experiences that It will be a bulwark for us In our fight ngalnst sin and temptation. Loyalty to the spirit of the past and loynlty to the achieve ments nnd csnmples of our ancestors will help make a better future. "I am not thinking of ancestor worship as practiced In China and Japan. Such uncestrj' In a gathering like this would not stnnd the microscope of the social climber, but too often nro we complacently satis fied when wc realize that our forefathers came over In tho Welcome or fought In the battle of Bunker Hill. Wc nre nil, I think, conscious of the unbroken continuity of history culminating in ourselves. It Is up to us to take advantage of this fact. Kven in our national and college song loynlty to our ancestors Is expressed to make u bet ter men and women. Many men arc reach ed by an appeal to an honorable father or a sainted mother. "Therefore, let us be loyal to the spirit of the past, and we will have strength to do our duty If we can appeal to our an cestor for support." This evening there will he a progrnm consisting of three one-net plays produced under the supervision of Elizabeth B. Oli ver. Instructor In the department of public bpenklng. The chief piny will be "Tents ot tho Arabs," which will be acted by George Hayes. David Drlscoll, Harold Stubbs, Jo seph Slckler, Frank Fetter and Dorothy Young. The other two plays will be "Helen's Husband" nnd "Modesty." The cast of the first will be composed of Helen Atkins, Ituth Klstler, Opal Iloblnson, Knth erlne Price nnd Katherlne Fahncstock. The second will be acted by Janet Malcolm Hodge and Carl Pratt. SPILLS AND THRILLS AT ROSE TREE HUNT Two Riders Thrown in Second Race and One Horse Breaks Its Neck IlOSi: THEi:, Media. Pa., Oct. 27. Several bad spills marked the races this afternoon at the Hose Tree Hunt track. Two riders were thrown In the second race, the Hunting Illll steeplechase, nnd In the Agricultural Handicap, which started tho proceedings. Augustus Tnney's Sklrr fell and broke his neck. The rider, Harvey Nicholson, narrowly escaped Injury, In tho Agricultural Handicap J. I.ounes's Slsto won ; I C. I.yons's Chestmont was second, and Fred Nicholson's Jo John was third. A ncck-and-neck finish btlrred the spec tators In the third race. Scarcely two lengths separated the nnlmnls In the run ning ,nt the tape. The winner was Mr. Spec, ridden bv Clyde Oordon, In the fast time of 1.32. This establishes a new rec ord for tho seven furlongs over the Hose Tree course. Summer skies brought society en masse to the second day's jneet of the Hose Tree Fox Hunting Club. Among the prominent Phlladelphlans present were Mrs. K. T, Stotesbury and party, A B. and Charles Coxe, Major K. B. Cassatt and party. Wil liam du Pont and party, J. H: Upplncott, Mis, Walter M. Jeffords and M. Hoy Jack son weie among the early arrivals. Others Included F. Wnllls' Armstrong, Joseph P. Hodgers. Kdward F. Beale, Emanuel Hey, Henry Reed Hatfield, Charles K. Mather. Samuel D. Riddle, Oeorge W. Willing, W. Howard West, W. Stanley Reeves, I'dwnrd 'Dale. Samuel J. Henderson and Charles Leedom. , In the second race Braionose. entered by the Olen Riddle Farm, threw his lockey. Tommy Wright, at the first hurdle. Wright rolled out of danger arfd another Jockey leaped upon the steed. A moment later, while the crowd puzzled. J. O. Lelper Jr.'s Mlrs Oxford threw her Jockey, Kdward Chestman. I-elper. who was standing nenr the second turn, leaped upon the horse. Under tho prfc-sent rules the lockev who starts must finish the race, so both horses were ordered out when the Judges' Btand wan reached. , Hiimmarlea' First race, Arrleelturpl H"itllcap steenle. rhas. pure S100 of ivhieh Ho in the second hoeae and $50 to tho third and a blanket to all other horses that start, for three-year-oMa anil un. the Absolut pronerty of bona tide farmers owning nr leasing at least fifty nerea In Dela-.-. Theater or Montaomerv Counties, to ho ridden bv farmera or farm-ra' sons who have nevr ridden a wlnnee In a rwe other than one ronflned to farmera' horaea, alnrnt 2 miles over fair hnntlna- coun'ev. Mapket presnte1 i,y VVnlte- M Jefforrta Won by I.. I.ounea's Slsto) ernn". I., C. I.jors'a Ch-smonti third. Fred Nlcholaon'a John. Time, K:l(l. Reeonrt race, the HMnMncr Hill BteenWhaae. handicap, for huntera du'v reciate-nd i,v the hunts committee of the National Steeplechase snd Hunt Aasnelallon. puran -00, of which s7-, to the lerond horse anl 130 to the thl'd weights to be announced three das before the day set for the r"nnlnsr of the rare, to he rid. d-n In racing- rolora lv gentleman rldeea or ofreri of th United Hiates army In uniform, about 2i mllea over the bruah roursa, the ovner ot e winner to receiver a piece of nlnte, vue of '100. n-esented hv ,illlam da Pont Won by Hlen mMle "farm's Alderihot. Hlskl tone. Time, 7;nft, Only one horse finished, Third rice, the Service Plate, hluh-welsht hendlcan. for three-ear-oda and uo. nuese 1230, of which S0 to the second horse and 2!i to the third, vvlnnera after the publication of the welrhta to carry flva nnnnda additional, about T furlonsa. the rider ef tha winner to re ceive a mece of Dlate. presented by Simon Pelhert Won by West Hill Stable'! Mr. Snech, riyda Oordciu aecond. P-mnel PlnVerton'a lacklet. H. Williams; third, William n. Merlon's In and Out, Charles Gordon, Time, 1:32. JOHN C. YORSTON DEAD John C. Yorston. widely-known publisher, died at his home, 4 80S Regent Btreet, to day. He was seventy-three years n'd. Mr. Yorston, who came tQythls country In 1875, was birn In Chelsea, Rne.n, in 1844, nnd was the oldest son of Charles H. Yorston, of Virtue. & V'ston. s ".nnflnn. firm of art publishers. He wa for many years a publisher In this c'" brr,n, out such notable works as Gould's "Library of Freemasonry," "Great Opera" tnd he Shakespeare gallery. He was closely iden tified with Free Masonry, belonging tn nl. venal Lodge, F and A. M. . Kn'ehts Temp lar and the Shrine. Mr. Yorston In 18VS married Mla Margaret MacFarland. nr 01wr. JafalMie.-'dar M months WAR ON GERMANf BEGUN BY BRAd State of Hostilities Ex. i wi.wco vine, 149 to 1 TO SEIZE TEUTON SHIP mo on jANKtno. 0ct , By a vote of nr, . , ,. '."" ".' her of Deputies ha, ,,ecl li , .. "I"3" war exists i,.t,v.. """ R M The Senate foUowed with n unn..Br-J,l According to newspapers destrc.7 "' ' beer, ordered to Ilal.la to selzV ?? 'J? .o ur Af rT.& --.;; tunenesa nf .,i.i.i. """ "n.ms oon. - ..resident of' thT,di,m,rr,ttLi--r.ih; follows' ' ,aVr 0t ft B0lulln vrorCT claimed The ik.' ST." Pi authorised ,n ....: ''"W,B PUkl. i, elated in his ineago of th."TVr2 ber and to take all step, tending to' nat onal tlefen.A .. L'u.T."1 l Insun The VOL of lh. Mile, and"" was received with geSacc.apfa,' President Brnz has sanctioned the ... Umntlon of a state of war with a.J?' The war strength of th. nV..r''"- army Is 560.000 men. The . J of two dreadnoughts, two old battTeZ. five gunbonta. four ,,,.i . "le'IP"i stroyed, four torpedoboats a.'nd three" .Jt J mar ne. In ndduinn .i. .-,. ' ""tt iu.j Kber was ,n,e-rned ,' Brazil aT Z she nrohablv -m . ,i "wrs sua mted for m ,"":. "r" 'C' at MM. n . .v, , nvrmiic, U. S. PREPARES TO RID COUNTRY OF BARTHEL1 Atmosphere of Fatherland 1.1 DpptTIPfl Potion - TT.' TT- ... 1' .vi iui ma neaith Than America m . , WASHINGTON. Oct. !!. f .. . ., " "-"" ""ciimieni H about IJ rd Itself once finrf c. n .. v "1 nr, a.....!.. ' .-".." "" "l 'n PrestnciJ rh.r;,- " .l.,Lf. oI"r. .(e-e Bir.$ - '" u'"-ine nasnington cent. IV spondent of tho Cologne Gazette, IntovVhoii J hands Count von Bcrnstorff Is belleud tl .....D ,c.. to uiiccuun oi pro-uerman proa.' nganda In thl country after the breiktaf relat ons. Ik oi.niit in ... .. ... "'i congenial atmosphere of Germany. 1 """ u,e nssisinnce of tho Swedish Got. i ernment tho Americ. t.i. t-. ... i spurred on by the Department of JusIIm, f .... ..i.u.iHci. f..ll-tTnnillinr Tn. ,h J.. r throlll-h th Alllo.l ll ... .,, .."". .....w.. nun, ne win Ban (J, the .Scandinavian liner Bergensfjord wltMn the next few days, and will travel by w of Halifax, where the British authorities i Will SUbfect hlH efVcnta in lnaA. t. i tlon. and Stockholm, where Doctor Bar. "I",l" win nave opportunity to compan notes with the tireless German agents In i that capital. ' Doctor Barthelme Is now understood t ! be In New York, where, though under Km- tiny of the Secret Service, he will keep In " the background until his steamer sails. He started east October 2t from WlcblU, ( Kan., where he was recently arrested by ' the local authorities for having been faun" ' loitering In a section of the town from , which alien enemies were barred. It f on the occasion of thl nrrest and the el ", : ure nf a trunkful of papers which were 1 found In the German editor's .room at the hotel that n letter was found among hi effects, addressed to him nnd s gned with ' ; the name of former Congressman Frank 0. f Smith, of Maryland, In which suggestlope j wero made concerning tho cnrrlng on of ? German peace propaganda In this .country T The letter, which was (written on Houm; of J Representatives stationery, bore a date In Mnv. Iltin, arter Hepies"iitatlve Smith hid retired from Congress, and Just after the sinKing nr the l.usltnnla. Air .smltli nu since branded the letter as a forgery, Government ntllrlnl here seem frankly of the opinion that Ilnrthelme will do lex harm to the I'ulted Slates If permltedj c return to Germany with what ho knows Oi American war preparations than If alloaed to remain here. A the arrangement ap pears to suit tne doctor exneuy. me ,om u tntn..!... ...I I....1 I... I.An n'ltk ill! .1 .,,1,1,1,11., riiiuuitii ini li, in t'.rn ,,, ."- British and French, who nre understood to have been dubious over the wisdom nf ! lowing Hartlielme to pass through the lines. Rotan Seeks Crooks Among Magistrates Continued, from I'nise line that his "chief" absolutely did net Inter to surrender his bonks. Ahrams denied that he had been notified of the quiz. The reported theft of documents from Magistrate Baker's office, IBM ("until Fourth street, within a few hours nf th District Attorney's summons, caused Wics comment. The robbery was dlrcovered toll morning by Constable Dognlevky. who re ported It to Mr. Rotan. A window lead Ing Into the private office had been "Jim mied" nnd the desks of the magistrate m constable had been forced open, papers lit tering the floor, he said Dogoleveky'a first version was that t" ball bond and return dockets, together, w"n J5 In money and some other paper. been taken by the thieves, the police criminal dockets being undisturbed. MW he denied that anything had been taKer ib cept the money nnd unimportant pap nnd declared that he had n"t",ed1Mr;"0f: that the dockets wanted were In in ' flee .... r-nnnir " SAYS HOOC Magistrate Hogg refused to bring hl rec ords to the instr.ct yvi.or.. -"; ,rt I torn mem mm. n mw "-:, , lhiT my records they were at perfect WttV to come to my olllce and nspect them. said. "I am not n rn - ' 'eVl" .. .' .J IIe.- h Wl"' According to .viagisirr "".. dl, trlct Attorney's search , win. j .br ed i covering what iagisir.r .,... "-,, eni to prison on a charge of drunkenness Al" dlii not do It." he said "I " nothing about It. .,th w,rd J "Has this any bearing on the J inn ; r?'eiTdon' ee "how it could be connerled." Magistrate Coward was the "'' H i Pear at the District Attorney. ,jTJh.t declined to discuss what took P'e saying that any statement m' "eJUrri, ; Mr. Hotan. Magistrates Pnn ' ,, nnd Tracy also declined to i - :New Yorkt AND RETURN . Sunday, Oct. 28 8PKCIAI. TRAIN I.BAT1W . , neadlnl Termlnsl SJf'JI: llliniiniuon r;... ---:, . ., H-Hfl-e J.inetlon J.JJ A Jent nlawil ... W- VwlT ' Bftnmina.;"""- V so P. al "--y . .- a lal.aatV H-l. . ' " t"$5or Mli? I
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