I JAXIMUM LIBERTY LOAN MARK PASSED 'Gratifying Excess Assured for World's ureatest oud scription Feat FULL RESULTS THURSDAY 1 1 WASHINGTON', Oct. 29. rtn million persons were "oer the top" ,,"?,h the $6,000,000,000 Roal of America's SVnd Liberty Lonn. All cinnses nu hkcb .''.?. , on the subscription honor lists today. pjrly returns 10 mo ni) .:,.... i .nt still leave the grand total of Amer SIS i second response for dollars In doubt. L that the $6,000,000,000 maximum has J:,n passed by a comrortable margin Is Hsured at the Treasury Department. IS.' ,.rU nf education In the first two riherty Loans Is regarded by officials today w": .....i rrtnln success of future cam- "lIS The next loan will be floated In i Kbruary. It Is predicted. Meantime Liberty Bond buyers who do t obtain their full purchases because of .scaling down, due to oversubscription, t)H be asked to accept war palngs ccr- t". . '.. ---t. riictrtnt lenrln the. rniintrv kith Indications that Its $1,600,000,000 maximum was oversubscribed by nearly a l ouarter of a billion dollars. ' Chicago, Cleveland Aid San Francisco f districts showed Increasing strength in lat J..I returns Kvcry one of the twelve Fed- ral Jtesero uieniio r.vn.-c .,,,., ..,.... mum allotments The oversubscriptions In !..- .... HiiirirtR which nassed their high f ouotas bore out Secretary McAtloo'n lew 01 inO IWrti. no ... "- - $415,000,000 PROBABLE IN PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT n-fc. tnr.il Liberty Loan headquarters was I itlll busy today, despite the fact that the K .. v v.n wnn There is nil Immense mount of work yet to be done, and while It K J, an assured iaci mm me i-iiiinunimin. forces hao gone over win iuji m nuim tome fashion, exact figures arc yet to be complied The first official estimate of the amount tubscrlbed by the city of Philadelphia was riven out from headquarters today, and It ahaws that In this city nlone, approximately 1190,000.000 nai subscribed to the loan. In other words, the city of Philadelphia took up almost one-half nf the maximum amount of the loan apportioned to this entire dis trict. The maximum of $4ir.000,000 for the district Is believed to have been passed ' Another Interesting fact given out from keadquartera was the snowing made oy tno distillers' committee, which turned In sub scriptions amounting to moro than $S00.000. I The Germantown report says the week of camn-wng which was nnuertaKen ny me omen's committee resulted In the sale of K bonds to the amount of $768,650, making a B lomewhat remarkable record when It Is Kreallztd that every field In that territory Md nlreaay oeen covered ny uoy bcouih, postmen, churches and organization. The women's work was directed by Mrs. James Starr. Jr. who was appointed by Oeorge Wharton Tepper to hea'd that section. Mrs Barclay II Warburton. chairman of the women's Liberty Loan committee, Inst night said that $9,000,000 had been raised by the women's committees. At the close of business Saturday night the total for the Liberty Loan bank established by the women In front of the Union League Club was $616,000 A booth In the Uellevue Btratford in charge of Mrs Henry Dlsston. reallred $100,000, while ilmilar booth In various sections of the city were attended I with a like measure of success. GOV. TOWNSEND'S WIFE DIES AFTER AUTO CRASH Delaware Executive Also Hurl When Car Overturns on du Pont Boulevard WILMINGTON. Pel.. Oct.29. Governor John G. Townsend, Jr., was tightly huit and his wife, Mrs. Jennie L. Townsend. Is dead as the result of the owturnlng of their automobile while pro ceeding along the du Font boulevard, I bound for their home at Selbyvllle, between JO ana ll ociock naiurnay nigni. nirs. f Townsend's death 13 belleed to have been uue iu biiuiK, The accident occurred Just after they bid passed Dagsboro. Governor Town find, Mrs. Townsend, Julian 13. Townsend, 4)i1p tnn n,l 4t, lattar'n i'lf, l.arl at. p tended the anniversary celebration of the Woman's College at Newark and the cor- f- rerstone laying of the new dormitory, the uovernor making an address there. They left Newark late in the afternoon and the Governor, who was driving, and Mrs. Townsend, were the only oecupantsof the ear after Georgetown waa reached, for there they left Mr. and Mrs. Julian Town tend at their home. The Governor and Mrs. Townsend were K overtaken by a Btorm after passing Dags- ooro and, due to the darkness and rain, it was impossible to see far. Suddenly a I team without lights loomed up ahead. It "o piui-eeuing in wie name direction mai they were going. In order to avert a col lision. Governor Townsend clamped down the brakes of his big touring car, with the result that the machine skidded oft the tone roadway and Into the sand shoulder, the car turVijng over and landing on its right side. Strange as It may ecem, tho Governor was not thrown from the machine, but Vf. Townsend was pitched from her seat. Despite his Injuries, the Governor succeed d In extricating her. The car was not resting on her body In such a manner as 4- ...... ... 11 .. .. . . -. . fc nun 11, ana apparently ner only in- Jury was a fractured collarbone. About l time a motorist named Trultt, from Ullleboro, drove up and. learning of the accident, left his party along the road nnd itarted for Selbyvllle with tho Governor nd Mrs. Townsend. Mrs. Townsend only spoke one or two f-uiua aner me accident ana it is not be lieved that she lived more than ten mln- un. Alter arriving at tho Townsend homo ht Selbyvllle, Drs. II. T. Evans and George E. James-were summoned and. following an I examination, they expressed the opinion wat Mrs. Townsend died from shock. She bad been Comnlalnlnir nf lier lioart rfnrlnir the day, It Is said, and had not been In K,un 01 neaun lor some time. Kheld from the Governor's residence, Selby- !, weanesaay afternoon, wjth Interment a in nea Mens Cemetery. Mrs. Town Jnd was forty-four years old and known throughout the State for hep rhnrltnhl ,ort BEQUESTS TO CHARITY Bequests Of 1500 to St. Jnsenh'n Colter-a AM 1100 each to St. Joseph's Orphan Asy wl"; St Vncent's Home Maternity Hos WbM, St. Joseph's House for Industrious Jya, Seminary of St Charles Borromeo, Slaters of St- Joseph. Twenty-ninth street f."1 Allegheny avenue: Little Sisters of , Poor. Eighteenth and Jefferson streets. j conference of St. Vincent de Paul are jBduded In the will of Catherine McTag js't. ii Tnompson street, probated today. (Other wills probated were those of David i omun. Broad and Locust streets, which, yuvaie oequests, disposes or property dued nt lQsnm- inn., tp wnHj a..- twit Apartmants. J11D.O0O: Kenturah A. jbolt 1419 North Fifteenth tr..t J1.000; Annla L Drelsh. 2S32 North "irteenth street, J6Q00r: George S. Mo- We. 1107 Seventy-first avenue. Oak 15000: Marv Casey. Philadelphia firj1 Hospital, 1500; John Q. Brown. e opruce street, 14200, and Hobert Mo- m, tiiQ North Seventeenth street. KIDNAP PACIFIST AND BEAT HIM UP Ohio Pastor Found in Ken tucky Roughly Handled by Unidentified Men DIPPED HIS HEA'D IN OIL CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 2D. Stripped of his clothing and beaten un mercifully, Herbert S. Blgelow, pacifist leader nnd pastor of the People's Church here, was found at Florence, Ky., today. He had been kidnapped by a band of men In twenty-one automobiles who turned him loose after dipping his head In crude pelio leum. All evidence Indicates he was the victim of an oath-bound organization, sworn to wreak vengeance on pacifists and others not In accord with the Government's war policies. A blacksnake whip had been used on Blgelow. " Blgelow was president of the recent Ohio constitutional convention. He was kid napped at 8 p. in. Sunday, as he was about to enter a hall to address a meeting of Socialists. With him were Professor lMward J. Cantrell. Minneapolis, nnd Vernon nose, Kansas City. Two men approached Blge low, t-elzed him, handcuffed him Hnd thrust him Into a waiting automobile. Thoe with Blgelow supposed he had been taken by Federal officers. The kidnappers were traced to Latonla. where they had n rendezvous with another posse. Farmers saw a strange procession of automobiles winding through the Kentucky hills nnd counted twenty-one machines. The autos returned from the scene of the whltecnpplng singly. Automobile parties of searchers were unable to apprehend them. Blgelow had received vague threats re cently, but refused to heed them. There were rumors that a secret organization had been formed In Kentucky to "teach a lesson to pacifists." Sunday Blgelow's automobile was followed about Cincinnati by another machine. . Blgelow was able to tell of his experi ence. He had entered a physician's office In Kloranco at 1:30 a. m. and remained there till morning. His back nnd legs were lacerated and a portion of his hair had been cut off. After he had been stripped his hands were tied around n tree. Then the leader of tho Vigilantes said: "In the name of the women and children of Belgium nnd France strike'" Then tho first blow fell. Seven more lashes fell across his back Then there was a pause, said Blgelow "Apparently the man with the whip was waiting for orders," he said. "Then the whip came down on my back again. I believe there were ten or a dozen lashes" "The men were masked nnd wore white aprons They reminded me of the Ku-Klux figures I saw In 'The Birth of a Nation ' "After, I had been seized nnd handcuffed I was taken out Into the country. A sack was thrown over my head. My feet were tied. I had no notion of either time or distance. I could tell only that we were going over rough roads and smooth ones. Nothing was said " "At last we came to a stop I was lifted out of the nutomoblle and tho hack was taken off my head They led me up a hill to a schoolhouse and took me to a tree to which they tied me " 'Off w 1th his clothes '.' somebody ex claimed. "My clothes were taken off my back " Then follows Blgelow's description of the lashing. "They cut off some of my hair." said Blgelow, "and then poured something out of a bottle over my head. I Judged It was crude oil. The men then left me, except two, who remained to guard me. One had a revolver. "When the others were gone a consider able time, my guards also left me after telling me not to go away for ten minutes. "They Instructed me to go -to a certain house where I would get directions. "It occurred to me that the oil had been pourfd on my head so that 1 might be Identified nt the house to which I had been directed. 'I feared something more was In storo for me there, so I walked away In the opposite direction and finally reached Florence " Blgelow said that In parting his kid nappers tpld him he must leave Cincinnati within thirty-six hours nnd stay away from Cincinnati during the rest of the war. He said today ho would stay In Cin cinnati If glen proper protection by Federal authorities J Facts About the Sugar Situation Our Government has asked you to use sugar spar ingly. We believe that the people of this country will be glad to do their part to conserve the sugar supply when they know ihe facts. These facts are as follows : More than two-thirds of the source of Europe's sugar supply is within the present battle lines. This has resulted in greatly reducing the production of sugar in Europe. England and France and other countries have been -forced to go for sugar to Cuba. Ordinarily, nearly all of the Cuban raw sugar comes to the United States and is refined here, chiefly for home use. This is not the case now. In view of the exceptional world demand for sugar there is no surplus, and barely enough to tide us over until the new crop comes in. The people of the New England and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar sparingly. No one should hoard or waste it. This Company has, no surplus sugar to sell. It is working with the Government to conserve the supply, and to take carcof the Allies so far as possible. Do not pay an increased retail price. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company 'A Granulated, HSVEHIMG LEDOm-PHlLADELPHLV, MONDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1917 W. R. NICHOLSON A CLEAN CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER Choice of Town Meeting Party of Man to Handle City's Money Falls on Capable Shoulders XX7HEN the management of a big and wclUmanaged business concern finds J' itself in need of men to fill vacancies in important positions it goes into the market for men. liy neivspapertadvertisutn or other,mcans it makes its rmtlirvnttmta Nt,,,.. ff anIiito rt n 11 irn Itntla. Stnfettimttl rftlri the VeC0rd8 of all applicants are investigated and scrutinized. The bigger and better managed the concern is, the more jealous of its good name tntho business world, the more careful its inquiries. It docs not viind spending fii'o weeks of a fSOO-a'tnonth man's time to find out which of a half dozen applicants is the most desirable for a $60-a-month clcrk'ship. A city is a big business concern. Philadelphia is a big business concern. It is in the market for men and there arc many applicants. As the success of any other big business concern depends upon the care and success with which it picks its employes, so the, success of Philadelphia depends upon the care and success with which its chooses its. ) As a man employed for the purpose would investigate the records o applicants for position in a big commercial or industrial house ihf Evening Ledger has made, for the benefit of the city of Philadelphia, some investxga tions of the records of applicants for important city posts. 77. results of those inquiries will be published in a scries of articles, the first of which is printed herewith. 1TTILLIAM It. NICHOLSON, candidate Treasurer on the Town Meet VV for City ing party ticket, is a banker. Finance is his business nnd haw been his business for many years He Is presldeiil nnd a director of the Land Title nnd Trust Company, one of the largest nnd most Imnortnnt financial Institutions In Philadelphia. He has not been in politics, except as n citizen who believed In and subscribed to the principles and policies of the national Republican party and who wanted and worked for clean, lion est nnd competent government. He has been identified with Independent and le form movements, but never as a candidate until now He Is a member of the City Club, the t'nlon League anil Presbyterian Church organizations. Mr. Nicholson was bom In ISM, being of the foufh Philadelphia generation of his family. He was educated In the public schools nnd was graduated from the Central High School. As a boy of seventeen he entered the office of William Nelson West, lawjer and conveyancer. Ho grew up In Mr. West's ofTlce, character nnd ability making him first a morn than satisfactory and desirable student and later a more than satisfactory and desirable partner. In 1RS0 Mr Nicholson became associated with John M. Krlckson nnd Frederick L Mlchaelson In the real estate business. They built and operated many properties, the Rreater part of their business being In West Philadelphia. During the years of his greatest ac tivity In the real estnte business Mr Nichol son w-as In close business nnd personal as sociation with the late Peter A B. Wide ner. who considered him a man of unusually keen Judgment and business wisdom. In 1885 Mr Nicholson wns elecfd a di rector of the Land Title and Trust Com pany, which was established In that year Five years later he was elected president of tho West Philadelphia Title and Trust MORE LUXBURG LETTERS NOT TO BE AIRED NOW Held Up by Argentine President to Prevent Further Pub lic Excitement By CHARLES P. STEWART fiFfClal Cable Service of the United rrcss nnd Kvrntna Ledger. BURNOH AIUF.S, Oct. 23 Because Argentina's Congress Is now in recess, President Irlgoyen will probably be able to prevent any publicity for nddltlcnal Luxburg correspondence which, it Is gen erally believed here. Is In the Government's possession. So long as Congress cannot direct the making public of this data, and so long as the President chooses to hold It secret, thero Is no legal means to force Its production. This was the statement frojn authorita tive sources today answering dispatches from the Vnlted States that only Argen tina's consent prevented America revealing moTo of the German-Swedish correspon dence, the first Installment of which caused the German Minister's dismissal here Many circles here desire production of the additional documents. For the most part these are the pro-Ally ndherents President Irlgoyen has strongly persevered In a policy of complete neutinllty and Is presumibly holding back the documents be cause of a desire not to stir up public feel ing again Franklin Sugar for every Dainty Lumpj, Powdered. Confectioners. Brown Company. He resigned that position In 1891. when he was elected president nf the Iind Title and Trust Company Mr Nicholson leached his position In the financial world as every head of a largu financial concern reaches the top not by n pleasing personality (thougli Mr. Nichol son has tji.it). but bj sheer business nnd financial nblllty, strength of character and unquestionable Integrity. A man may sometimes gain a iiilltlc.il position by scheming and lying and promising Jobs to "heelers" who control votes, but a man has very rarely reached the presidency of a bank that way. A large part of Mr NlrhoNon'u luccess ns president of the Land Title and Trust Company has been due to his ability to find competent men tn nil Important places. Many nf the officers nf the bank began ns clerks and office boys, nnd Mr Nicholson has always Impressed It upon employes that the presidency of the company Is open to them If they have the ability to fill It. Mr. Nicholson was n leader In the cam paign to raise $1,000,000 for the Phllndel phla Young Men's Christian Ahsurlntlnti nnd aided with money and energy In the campaign for K'00.000 for the 1'oung Women's Christian AsMirlatton. When It was proposed that "Blll" Sundav conduct a series of tcvlval meetings In Phllndel phla the banker wns one nf the first to nppiove the suggestion. He devoted hlmcelt vigorously to the campaign, contributing materially to Us success and serving on the finance committee He was one of the City Club members who declared thnt there was no legitimate place for liquor In that organization and fought for the banishment of the bar a fight that wns won Although iilw.is a Ite publlcan In untioii.il politics, Mr. Nicholson was especially ardent ill Ills ntlmlr.lt Ion for Itoosevclt when the Colonel wan the part) 'a leader. LLOYD GEORGE LAUDS BRITISH NAVY'S WORK Declares Only 3500 of 13,000,000 Men Traversing Seas Dur ing War Lost LONDON. Oct. 23 Thirteen million men have crossed and ru crossed the seas during the three enrs nf the war and only 35011 of these have been lost Premier Llovd George told the House of Commons this afternoon In lauding t lie worqfthe navy. "The navy has also safeguarded th transportation of 25.000.000 tons of explo sives nnd 51.000.000 tons of coal,' the Premier continued "The nav Is the author of the Allied cause. If It loses its grip the hopes of the nllinnce uie shnttered ENLARGEMENTS "TUB IITTBIt, KIND SEND FOR PRICE LIST 8B3SS39Eal2 use' & COLONNADE HOTEL WILL REOPEN DOORS TONIGHT New Era for Old Hostelry Will Begin With a Dinner Dance The Colonnade Hotel, remodeled nnd re furnished throughout, will celebrate Its re opening under new management with a dinner-dance tonight, at which hundreds of Phlladelphlans prpmlnent In business and social life will be present. The hotel wns thrown open to public Inspection yes terday and It was thronged V1"1 visitors all day. The Interior of the bulldlrs has been en tirely transformed, refurnished and modern ised. The new management prides Itself particularly upon the rich nppolntments of the new Tap Boom, the Crstil Boom Htid the Bench Boom. In these thiee rooms there are 2500 square feet of dance floor space, nnd the new management announces that Coleman's Band, from WocJmansten Inn. New York, has been engaged for the entire sea son nt great expense. This band will play in the Crjstil and Bench rooms In the Tap Doom, which corresponds to what Is known ns the grill In other hostelrles Brown's (luffer Band, brought from Paul Smith's. In the Adlrondacks, will Jazz fox trots and one-steps. This rooms Is oblong In shape and has more than 1500 square feet of floor space. When Bnnwlt. Teller & Co. purchased the hotel propertysome months ago It was re ported that It was to become the site of a new Bonw it-Teller store. In accordance with a promise made to the former proprie tors, however, the hotel will bo rnntlnueil for a number of years The rooms and the suites have been mod ernized throughout. The Indirect sMem of lighting has been Installed nnd rich tapes tries, rugs and "period furniture have been substituted for old furnishings throughout the house. Special dishes have been prepared for tin opening tonight, nnd a distinct surprise Is In store for those who have made leserva tlons. The Colonnade kitchen, the management promises, will have only master hands pre pare Its viands, and guests are promised many gastronomic treatf. evolved b a chef whose reputation Is not confined tn this country Tho Colonnade Hotel has been a land mark In Philadelphia since Just before the Civil War. Its doors were first thrown open In 1860, nnd for n generation it was the social center of nld Philadelphia The new management lias announced its purpose to retain the fine old spirit so lyplrtil of social Philadelphia, adopting nt the same time all that Is most dcMratue In the modem con duct of u hotel. lav!V " 'tnyjEflMJuLjCir AtfcEyi3,'w f Women s Tailleiuir Suits Wornieim s Demi NO SLACKERS IN THIS FAMILY "With one on, lyio grandsons, two sons-in-law and two prospective sons-in-law en rolled tn various branches of the United Rtntes army nnd navy, Henry A Clem mens, of 241? South Twelfth street, him self a Civil War veteran nndthe son of a veteran of the War of 1812, has good cause to be proud of the family record for producing fighting men. The Clemmens family harbors no slack- M&MrPWii Hallowe'en ( . MMJmM Opens the k '' I p;f?ff " Hanover Wh feiW?jfe V'.'fc. Decoration and fflS ' . i Vw-.3M?&gySraTS Soloists, of course, but WM WSfl& r hcider'" ',C a "dUb,e' W ' W?MfV double-header in W " XWtWhS'-- quality, quantity alid f WS"NyS' rr P,ai". eery-day. ?Mfe'i Rood fiod-Rood music JW&&;frtyTl '""1 a B0fl time at HMih't& '"vrht&ffittSk W liy not try the Han- MWJX, s ANOVER Phone Your Reservations for Wednesday Night Locust 4300 BONW1T TELLER. &XQ cMe Specially Sltop cpOriainatiionti CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET FOR TO-DAY IJITS of SEVEPITV and SMARTNESS Very Attractively Priced Of gabardine, silvertone and plain volour, double-breasted, braid bound and belted effects, in all the seasonable on r- shades Zv.Oi) Costiume Siuits Tricotine, silvertone and plain volour. A diversity of smart, attractive fashions, in all the newest colorings. . . Women's TailBeor and For-Trimmed Broadcloth, gabardine, silvertone and plain velour the new rayner cloth and a few English cheviots. In strictly tailored and fur-trimmed models Women's Advance Model Suits Silvertone, soft velour, tricotine, broadcloth and English mixtures. Featured are novel pockets, belts and collars', -r ff long and short jackets '. ; . . . OO.UU Women's Frocks and Gowns Tailored serge and velveteen frocks, embroidery or braid on rY) trimmed , zDJ Afternoon gowns of satin, charmeuse ai velvet, dainty q r and attractive models OD.UU Special group of very handsome semi-dinner and dance xq (f gowns, attractively priced at : . QrZ.Di) Women's Pay Coats Fashioned in velour, Lapinfur collar and cuffs, distinct ive and unusual models; in all the newest shades Coats of wool velour, plaids and mixtures, very attractive models, many of which are trimmed with Hudson Seal. . More conservative coats are of silvertone and plain velour, richly trimmed with seal or nutria Women who aspire to be in the very vanguard of fdshion will view with interest this collection of amazingly clever hats, of gold and silver brocades, moleskin fur and duvetyne with hand embroidery. 18.50 to 35.00 -Afc,, 8eyaf"saW ens ma m: yrhm W po fMMK?Uv MM Jn-law enlisted a Doubt WMttftn wu peK- ponea uniu tn war ie ovr. MrK taetn mens, a son, twenty-two yew oW, J JW" at Camp Mead. The two rapdon am Baymond Miller, eighteen yean old, a m dler nt Camp Hancock, and John 8. MIHv twenty-one years old., a cook on the Trn port De Kalb. The sons-ln-.'aw are Ott Pohl. thirty-eight years old, gunnei'g mata on the l' H, H, O'Brien, and Tony Casting. thirty-five years old, chief water tendka on the V. S. S, Wybmlng. ,- A nviiill aim fniu kjLO. J. ( iHntrnnce on 12th SM - I: ILAlDi: M MOHIt, Mur. I- I 39.50 Soits 45.00 V Vbmct' M?' H w ,-.i, A IGua'yjH -fr'Wiife ? 1 a: ' ' fS .i "' ' uMrtBkll if. 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