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NOMINATIONS
.Judge Davis Speeds Up Tes-
-v timony on validity oi
Petitions
WOMEN AS WITNESSES
Rpqiimnt.inn of Henrinira on
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?, 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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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