"e EVENING LEDGEE-PJIUjAOELPHV, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917 EXPECT GEN. KtiHN TO JOIN PERSHING Commander of Little Penn Knows Much About Ger man Army Machine i VAS OBSERVER AT F R 0 N T Bu a Staff Correspondent CAMP MEADE, Admiral, Md Oct 30, Although official confirmation Is lack-in,- It W virtually certain that Major Gen eral Joseph E. Kuhn, commamlcr of tho Seventy-ninth Division, noon will go to franco nH nn active commander In the Pershing expedition. At I.Utle Penn, which today Is deluged In a heavy rain, the absorblns topic of conversation concerns tho transfer of tho camp's commander and tho Identity of his nuccessor. That Brigadier Cleneral W. J. Nicholson, senior brigadier, will succeed General Kuhn as commander of tho Seventy-ninth Division Is tho opinion shared by ranktnB officers. They make no secret of tho fact that Oencrnl Kuhn, owing to his experience ns an observer when attached to tho German army at the beginning of the war,. Is needed by General Pershing, and that ho can ren der more valuable service on the battle front than at nny of the American canton ments. Two ifeeks ago General Pershing, )n letters written to tho War Department and General Kuhn, expressed his desire for General Kuhn's services. General Kuhn ts eager to take a "fling" at the Boches, and In talks with newspaper men, has made tho stntement that ho would lather lead a division against tho Germans than be President of the United States. At tho beginning of tho war he was at tached to the Kaiser's army ns an Amer ican war observer and knows more about the methods of the German war machine than any otneer In. the American nrmy. TOO ACTIVE FOR KAISElt His activity during that period dns pleaFed the Kaiser to such an extent that General Kuhn was characterized ns a scheming American spy nnd forced to leave tho battlo fronts. As commander of tho Seventy-ninth Di vision, he has been very successful nnd, de spite tho late stnrt which the division ob tained, because of labor troubles Incident to tho building of the cantonment, General Kuhn has made wonderful strides In the development of the citizen soldiers. He feels that the big problems havo been mastered at Little Penn and that Gencrat Nicholson Is amply qualified to take over the work. General Nicholson has had forty two years' service In the army and, like his chief, Is rated as one of tho best Amer ican authorities on modern Infantry Uctlcs. He has made a special study of modern warfare and particularly tho trench prob lems that have nrlsen during tho war. General Nicholson's career during the , present year has been spectacular. In six months ho has risen from the rank of colonel to that of senior brigadier In tho army. As colonel, Nicholson was In com mand of tho officers' training school at Fort Sheridan, 111., from April to June. He camo to Camp Meade early In Sep tember ns brigadier general and so rapid have been the promotions because of tho war that he was the senior, although he has held tho position but a few weeks. General Nicholson Is exceptionally popu lar among officers and men. As General Kuhn Is a remakablo personality who em bodies the Idea of a strict disciplinarian with his own conduct as a real democrat, so does General Nicholson never relax for an Instant the discipline which, ho asserts, Is the basis of a. soldier's training. In his social relations with tho civilian world, General Nicholson Is the essence of affa bility. Tall and slender nnd as dapper as only a West Pointer can be, there Is no mistaking him he Is the real soldier. Owing to the severity of tho rainstorm, all drills were cut today. There were tho usual lectures, however. In the barracks, largely on hand grenade work and rllle practice at sighting. One hundred and fifty men left camp for a point of embarkation, preparatory to leaving for actual service In France. These were of the highly specialized grades in civilian life for whom General PcrBhlng has asked to aid In the work of his forces abroad. Twenty more Phlladelphlans were dis charged today for physical defects. HEAD OF CADORNA'S SECOND ARMY N, 1 ' If fir ta V '1 M Egtm H IN- ' V 'i ' " ' x Wl . -vvwvw!CriCIC -. mZwh&j-:Si "''"'MMiMi5iS3SBiSSwi8s NEW JERSEY MILITIAMEN MARK BALLOTS TODAY WALTER GEORGE SMITH SEES POLITICAL VICTORY m&iiu ,i General Capcllo is the commander of the Italian Second Army, which has been put to rout by Von Mackensen's Austro-German forces. He was hailed ns n hero only a couple of months ago when ho led his army through the Dainsizza Plateau to hard-won victories. Eight Commissioners Poll Sol diers' Vote in 113th and 114th Regiments at Anniston fly o Staff Corretpondenl CAMP McCL.KM.AN, Anniston. Ala. Oct. 30. The New Jersey soldier vote Is being systemlcally polled today. Eight of the ten special commissioners sent here aro wont ing In the HUH ana Him iniumrjr jvrsi ments And before night the entire vote from theso two organizations should be com pleted, Tho arrival last night of the of ficial ballots from every county In the Stato but Somerset, and the official lists of nom Inatlons. sent from tho ofllco of Secretary of State Thomas F. Martin, mado possible tho carrying out of the systematic vote as planned several days ago by somo of the commissioners William Hortman nnd William Truby, of Mercer and Monmouth Counties, re spectively, whose tactics stirred up a row nmong the commission, refused today to co operate with the other commissioners and are going It alone In other parts of tho camp. Holtmnn Is going to leave hre tomorrow morning for Trenton and ex- ..,....,1 tl.o nnlnlnn hnt It Will a Very gOOlt ' ... m .. 1... nkl. in fntfn rccommenuaiion lor mm i " " ,;" back "a big batch of Republican votes. The commissioners who arc taking the poll aro Peter A. Kane, of Jersey City; Judgo Kdmund Gasklll. Jr.. Atlantic City. Mayor Charles Kills, Water Superintendent James Long and Albert Asterm'ihl, t nm den Christopher llnml. Tucahoe; l-red-erlck Smith, Newark, nnd Charles H. Hob ertson, of Cnlon Hill. Tho eight are work lng In harmony. Tho Kssex County vote was taken first today Troops from other places. Including Camden, Gloucester, Urldgeton, Salem, Woodbury. Burlington, Jersey City. Ho boken. Paterson. Knglewood. Hnckensack. Uldgcwood, Trenton. Somcrvitlc. Mlzabctli. New Ilrunswlck. Atlantic City. Ocean City and nil other places tnai comnuu"-" '" "" original five Now Jersey Infantry regiments will vote today. i it,. ..ton nf vnllnir the two regiment's succeeds there Is danger of a shortage of tho affidavit blanks which must be mado out to accompany each ballot back homo. Hoffman and Truby ndmlt that they have n large number of tho 2000 that wcro taken from tho tent where they had been left by tho original three commissioners. Hand, Robertson and Long, when they first came here. William II. Manning, of Kssex County, attempted to tako votes of Ks-jex County men In the engineer regiment yesterday. Ho was barred from tho camp after he, llko Hoffman, admitted that ho had no lists of Democratic candidates. Town Meeting Candidate Out lines Conditions That People Will Correct at Polls Speaking before the Women's League for Good Government nt the llroart Street Theatre this . afternoon, Walter George Smith, Town Meeting candidate for He aelver of Taxes, outlined the history and purposes of his party, predicted Its suc cess at tho polls, but said that socialism and anarchy could plant seeds In no mora fertile soil than In the breasts of citizens who thought they had been "done" out of nn election. In Introducing Mr. Smith, Mrs. Samuel Ilyron Scott said: "We nil know that conditions under which the Fifth AVnrd tragedy happened are not new to Phila delphia, but wo feel that the people of this city hac acquired n new sensitive ness to theno conditions. This sensitive ness has brought men of the type of tho present candidates Into tho fight nnd this is a blessing." "Of course," said Mr. Smith, "wo havo had election brawls In this city before. Hut they havo been of sudden passion In the minds of political partisans. The Fifth Ward case was. on the other hand, care fully prepared for. nnd for this reason was all the more reprehensible." Mr. Smith said he felt alarmed for the monetary credit of the city if Its citizens should fall to stem the tide of brigandage. The Ilultltt bill, he said, was beautiful in theory, but It was unfortunate; so far that partisan feeling had not been separated from national politics. Ho told of tho running 6f the Pennsyl vania Hallroad affairs ; said It was the most famous corporation In the world, and assured his hearers that It was run fof- the benefit of Its stockholders nnd that graft In Its organization would not bo tolerated for n. moment. Then lie outlined briefly the system of contractor government In Philadelphia. "It has come to pass," continued Mr, Smith, "that we have n condition to face and not n theory. We find that the name of n grent national party Is being used by unscrupulous men led by contractors becnuso those contractors love the millions In their contracts. "I know not how far the police will go In Interfering with elections," continued Mr. Smith, "but 1 know thnt th9 chairman of our pnrty has felt no alarmed over condi tions thnt ho has sent to Harrlsburg for help from the State police on election day "It Is unfortunately n fact that thousands of citizens In Philadelphia Wero so dis couraged with conditions Inst summer thnt they felt thnt It was futile for them to register to vote. This Is too bad, but I feel thnt wp on spnro their votes In our cause. This is going to bo a enso where public opinion will bo so oerwhe!mlng that It will sweep us to victory "Many reformers make the mlstako by entering the light with the Impression thnt they are going up against u political foo who will use the ethics of u gentleman. This Is not so. Miss Imogens onkley compared Mayor Smith with the KnlM-r. She said that tho Kaiser Invaded ilclglum from military necessity nnd that tho Mayor was In somo such necessity with regard to tho Fifth AVnrd case. MARINE LdSES HJS XUttfOfM Army Private Who EnktUiht r Makes Exchange Overn Sergeant I. C, Cell. United rlne corns, attached to the battlestiuk Carolina, went Into a Market MMM "movie" theatre yesterday. UesIdS Ma.! it man In the Uniform of a private HBlr' of the United States army. The tw tl&l Into conversation. The marina coAMI J0 th soldier that he was In search of a. IMH li g room, The soldier Invited the iMfWI to share his room at a house cm ,1m street near Thirteenth until the . Mitt TounS quarters mora to his llkln. 'flW Intltatlon was accepted, When Sergeant Bell awoke this lng his comrade In arms had dlMMsaafcM. Bo also had Sergeant Hell's moiteV pup! which, ana nis orana new ouve-arsn 1 form which had been worn onlr m&i twice. In Its place was the unlforw; the soldier, which Is too tight for count Hell nnd which Isn't the of his branch of (tho service nnylvqw. some rcilRun me ncrKeani b vvarcoBX SKUVi no special appeal for his erstwhile' JHwb and It wiu left behind. The result to Mat Uell Is going around today In a unlfe, one branch of the service and an overeofei of another. The fact that Sergeant M! neglected to learn tho name of his vMn taty benefactor makes It more difficult fr the police to get on the trait of thajMt property than It otherwise would' be. Want 12 Manual Training Teaeliwr Twelve manual training teachers uatoa of high, technical or trade chs4W are wanted by the Board of Education,.,, ninlnntlona for the positions, which emrrt J8OO-IH0O salary, will be held November ty MYSTERY SHROUDS PILE OF CLOTHING ON BEACH MEATLESS TUESDAY NOW RULE AT HOTELS Approval of Managers' Associa tion Accorded Hoover's Plan for Conservation EMBRACED HIS WIFE, THEN SHOT HER DEAD Meatless Tuesday became an established fact among the hotels of Philadelphia today. A few of tho hotels had tried It out In nn experimental way before, but not until this week dlcTthe Hotel Men's Association as a body Inaugurate the campaign suggested by Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover come time ago. Tomorrow will bo wheatless Wednesday, and all tho hotels will serve "war bread," made from flour containing not more than 85 per cent of wheat content. Meatless Tuesday and wheatless Wednesday will contlnuo among tho hotels and restaurants of the city until the food situation Is re lieved and there Is no longer any need to conservo tho food supply. J. M. Frazler, manager of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel and president of the Penn sylvania Hotel Association, said this morn ing that, so far as he had been able to Judge, the food conservation plan of tho hotel men Is meeting with the entire ap proval of the public and bids fair to bo an unqualified success. "The Dubllc ts in a frame of mind to help us out In what we are trying to do," said Mr. Frazler, "and while It Is too' early yet to give any definite reports, I do not an ticipate any complaints nt all. From let ters that I have received from hotel men all over Pennsylvania I nm satisfied that the support of the hotel patrons generally will be accorded to the food conservation plans that wo have undertaken. Meatless Tuesday of Food Pledge Week, finds every force. In Philadelphia's clvlo life exerted toward tho one object of n more complete and sytsematlo saving of the food supply of the nation. All along tho line, from the little tot Just beginning school to the hard-headed business man who If ac customed to dining well and dining on what ever kind of food might please his fancy, the people of the city are making a con certed effort to help Hoover; and through hi mto help Uncle Sam beat the Boches. Dr, J, Itussell Smith, professor of the Wharton School of the University of Penn sylvania, who Is In charge of tho local cam paign for Food Pledge Week, reports that he is meeting with a ready response fronr ail classes of citizens in the work tnat he ts doing. Much good Is being accomplished through the school children of the city, who are being furnished with pledge cards to take home to their parents and who are being Instructed carefully by their teachers as to the meaning and purpose of. food conserva tion at this time. The cards being used are Identical with those distributed In the early stages of the food conservation cam paign at the time the food administration was being organized. Stricter Concentra tion on the necessity of food conservation, however, Is being accomplished r.ow than then. The women's organizations of the city and State are rendering valuable aid In the work of food pledge week, and It Is felt that In thla way the'real objects of the campaign will be most directly accom plished. When the housewives p( the coun try become fully alive to the necessity of food conservation, say those In charge of the work, and learn the simple methods by Jhlch It may be brought about, the rest will Policeman's Find Recalls Atlan tic City Disappearance of Mrs. Westcott ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 30. Feminine clothing, complete with tho ex ception of shoes, was found upon tho beach front this morning and police olllclals be lieve tho owner la In tho ocean or has ndopted a daring species of camouflage to lose her Identity nnd escape an unhappy existence. Vndcr tho Boardwalk near the ltvirpl!i tiool. I.eek. a policeman, found a woman's waist of Georgette crepe, a pair' of white cotton stockings, a black wool sweater and a black mohair skirt. On tho sea end of a Jetty .about 100 feet from where the other garments were found neat ly piled together. Leek, whilo casting about for something 10 sirenuineii i"e ou..uu theory, discovered an imitation fur coat with a collar of Imitation fox fur. It is trfe opinion of Harry Wilson, acting captain of detectives, that tho owner of tho clothing disrobed under tho Boardwalk and, wrapping herself In tho coit. walked to tho end of the Jetty to Jump Into tho sea. There wnx tin mark of any kind upon any of the garments to lighten the mystery confront-J lng tho police, several marisa uuu ctn torn off. apparently to conceal tho Identity of the woman. What may serve, however, to point the way to discovery Is a section of a French public itlon torn out of a book with Interpretations In pencil between tho printed lines. Detectives found a woman on Hygela nvc nue who saw the supposed suicide walking to tho beach about 8 o'clock last night. Tho unknown averted her faco and hurried under the Boardwalk. The caso recalls that of Mrs. Westcott, of Philadelphia, who disappeared here last spring, leaving a pile of clothing under the Boardwalk nt Miss issippi avenue. No traco of her ever was found. ALL-NIGHT RAINSTORM DAMAGING TO RAILROADS Destroys Much Property of Delaware nnd Hudson and Eric and Closes Mines SCKANTON. Ta., Oct. 30. Last night's all-night rainstorm, which was still In progress early this afternoon, has caused untold damago to tho Delaware and Hud son Railroad and the Krle Hallroad and has resulted In a number of mines being thrown Idle. Up to noon two Inches of rain had fallen since 11:46 laBt night. Two bridges crossing tho Lackawanna River at Mayfleld and at Olyphant went out early A number of workmen on their way to the mines had narrow escapes from drown ing. Tho river Is over Its banks at a num ber Of points along mo w i.e.. Testimony of Daughter of Man on Trial for Murder at Woodbury IJu n Staff Correspondent WOODHUIIV, N. J.. Oct. 30. Before William T. Blair, of Woodbury Heights, killed his nttractivo wife, Sarah A. Blair, ho embraced her and spoke of his love for her. He then sat down nlnngslde of her nnd helped her to clean somo peas. This was tho testimony of Florence Blair, clghteon years old, daughter of Blair, at the trial, which began today in tho Gloucester County Courthouse The courtroom wns packed. The Jury, which is composed oi many married men. wns obtained as tho hell In the tower of tho courthouso tolled twelve. Insanity Induced by excessive drinking will be the defense of Blair, who Is being tried before Supremo Court Justice Garrison. As Blair's daughter took the stand the defendant looked at her. At first he ap peared to be nervous. Several times he leaned forward to hear her testimony. Tho daughter recited what happened at the house on the day of the murder. She testi fied that her father camo home nnd sat down near her mother and helped her to clean some peas. Then he told his wife how he loved her. "I went out to another room," testified tho daughter, "when I heard two shots. My mother was on the floor nnd my father held a revolver In his hand." Much difficulty in selecting the Jury was experienced because of the opinions formed by the talesmen. The twelve men finally selected wero Matthew C. Miller, of New field ; Lewis W. Freyberger and John Han nold, Jr.. Westvllle; Shertey Wlltz, Henry Astle. Horatio F. Herltago ana ueorge s. Bennlnger, Glassboro ; Thomas Wallace. Woodbury J Frank C. Price, Turncrvillo : I'dgar A. Lyster, Thorofare; William H. Huber. Wllllamstown, and Walter J. Titus, Swedesboro. Tho courtroom was crowded. The pris oner was dressed In somber clothing. In court was his eighteen-year-old daughter F.mmn, who witnessed tho shooting nt the Blair home June 20, In which Blntr tried to commit suicide. Prosecutor Oscar B. Redrow conducted tho case for the State, with Assemblyman Charles A. Wolverton nnd ex-State Sena tor J. Boyd Avis as counsel for the de fense. The Commonwealth will attempt to show that the prisoner planned tho crlmo be cause of Jealousy, and has sixty witnesses, many of them women. About fifty witness es havo been called for the defense. Blair, who Is forty-live years old, re turned homo after a three-day debauch, It Is Bald, nnd found his wife shelling peas on the back porch. He Is nccused of firing twice and killing her with a pistol pur chased In Camden. SEEK FUNDS TO HELP CONSERVE ARMY MORALS Campaign for $4,000,000 to Fight Camp Vices Will Start Next Week WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. Four million dollars Is needed to drive the devil away from America's soldiers In training nnd keep him away. To get tho money the war camp community service of tho War and Navy Commission on Training Camp Activities will go before tho people of the United States next week and ask for It. The Government, seeing signs of tho cloven hoof In certain quarters. Is de termined to stamp them out. "Wo must," said Sccretnry of War Baker, "send our boys home with nn other scars than those received In honorable warfare. This can be done only by offering whole somo Inducement, by the successful compe tition of good with evil." It Is to this end that the community Fervlce'wlll spend the $4,000,000 establish ing places of clean amusement nnd sport In cities near camps and In educating the public to take tho soldiers Into their clubs and homes and make them welcome. Colonel Roosevelt has enlisted ns a gen eral for the duration of this campaign. A telegram from him today declared ho would fight his plutonlo majscty Just ns hard ns he would If ho had a ehanco at his Teu tonic Majesty, 3R.VONSiiiTQW7 XttV-g&SP' Ttrj?jje& IBS' . 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