m IE GERMANISM ISSUE AT READING POLLS "American Party" Opposes Socialists on Clean-Cut Patriotic Program LOCAL MATTERS IGNORED By VAN VECHTEN HOSTETTER nHADINO, Pa.. Oct. 31. "The Imuo of Americanism ngnlnst pro Germanism lias been Injected Into Head ing'8 municipal cnmpalgn, the last and de cisive battle of which will bo fought at the polls November 6. Four Socialists are fighting two Demo crats and two Republicans for places In City Council, The pro-Qermans are de clared to bo behind the Soc-iilists Municipal elections In Heading are sup posed to bo nonpartisan Party designa tions do not appear on the municipal pri mary or election ballots, but the otcrs know tho politics of all the candidates and they vote according to their political be liefs and sentiments So It Is that while the Issues might hae been purely local, they are not Tho So cialists mado Americanism ngnlnst pro Oermanlsm tho Issue by Injecting the question of peace Into the campaign. "A Vote for Socialism Is a Voto for Pc.ice and Ileal Dcmocrncy' Is their slogan. So most cf the voters In Heading who want peace at whatever cost will vote for the Social ists, despite the fact that the Heading City Council has no power to bring peace And by the samo token, all the pro-Germans In Reading will vote for the Socialists Some reader may say, "Thafs theorizing I want to know the facts " Well, here Is a fact One of the leaders cf the Socialist party m Heading told n representative of the Hvcnino Ledoeii that hundreds of pro-aermans were going to vote for tho four 'Jcclallst candidates and that hundreds of men employed by pro Germans were going to do the samo thing. "Wc'ro going to elect all four of them," he said. "We might do It without the Ger mans, but we're sure to do It with them " The Issues hao been joined Tho line Is aharply drawn. The situation Is not com plicated, as It Is In New York city The candidates In Heading arc: bOCIAMST I'AKIV t. IIENItT STUMP, rl,irmak.T mrmber of tho Commc nwealth Co-operatlv Association, an Industrial and husln?tB enterprise comlucti d Bloncroclnllstta linen njirt president of the Federated Trades Council or Heading I MUCH WILSON jr.. member of the Berks County Anti-Conscrlptloil League, member of th nO'Called 1'eople'H Council which, nfter rflnnttiff afoi.l of the. authorities elsewhere, Anally was orgnnlzul in ChU-tco under the protection cf Major William Hnlo Thompson, and associate editor ot the Heading Labor Advocate. CIIARf.nS F SANDS machinist QbORCIl' W SNYDKU. nlano tuner and presi dent of the Musicians' Union of Heading. AMERICAN l'AHTY B. FRANK HUTU. Republican. Cits Councilman and Superintendent of tho Department of Accounts and Finance and litad of a paint msnufacturlne company JOHN K STAUFI-EH Republican, newspaper correspondent PKTER S HOI. I, Democrat, cooper, who for yearn has been In politics, holding office most of the time JACOU II McCONNKLL. Democrnt. dealer In lime and other building materials The'commlsslon form of government was adopted bj Heading four years ago. Under It a Major and four Commlbsloners or Councllmen arc elected. This jear tho four Councllmanlo poslsUre to be filled McConnell, Hoi! and Ruth were elected at the first eleotlon under the new form Mc Connell nnd Holl failed of re-election In the recent primaries Huth's three associates In Council were defeated, Huth. being re nominated and Holl, McConnell, Stauffer and the three Socialists being nominated At tho election November C each voter will vote for four men Socialists declare they will elect all their candidates and as sert tho pro-German support makes as suranto doubly sure John A. Merkel, treasurer and one of the managers of the American, party campaign, la franlc enough to admit that tho American party ticket Is In danger Mr Huth will have a particu larly hard fight, because ho has taken an Independent stand In many matters and man politicians are dissatisfied with him He and Stauffer are the men most likely to be beaten If tho Socialists succeed A,t the very beginning of their campaign before the primary the Socialists declared for early peace without annexations and without punitive Indemnities and through out the campaign they hae preached against war The local Issues have been almost forgot Tho answer to the Socialists was tho organization of the American part The Socialists seek to make much ot the fact that the first organization meeting of tho American party was held at "Waldhclm," tho summer home of tho Harmony Manner chor one of the German singing societies of Heading Their references to this fact gives tho Impression that tho American party Is not so American as it seems but the Impression Is false. The singing society Increases Its income by renting "Waldhelm" for at! sotts of meetings, and any person who has tho money may rent It, providing the purposo for which It Is wanted Is not Illegal Tho meeting that organized the American patty was not under tho auspices of the German society. Men ot German blood helped form the party, however. They are Reading men who are loyal to tho United States. The local Issues are little discussed. The principal one raised by the Socialists Is that of taxation They propose an entire re vision of the tax .assessment scheme and declare their plan is borrowed from the Single Taxers. The Socialists declare they would not bond the city for general Improvements, but would pay for such Improvements out of money raised by taxation, which they maintain would be sufficient If the assess ments were "scientifically" made. They also advocate union wages nnd Conditions and the eight-hour day on all publia work; more laws for protection of men, women and children In mercantile, domestic and Industrial pursuits, municipal factory Inspection, a free municipal em ployment bureau, the abolition of city con tract work and the performance of the Vvork by the city whenever possible, free legal advtco for all citizens, municipal own ership of all public utilities and no use of the police to break strikes, But tho Socialist speeches nro always about the war and the rich, and the Read- ing Labor Advocate, which is the Socialist organ, hammers away against war and against the rich. The Labor Advocate Is owned by Charles A. Maurer, brother of Representative James H. Maurer, boss of the Socialist party of eadlng. , Tho attitude of the Labor Advocate may be shown by reproducing a few headlines MAN'S judged by his appearance a firm by their station ery. Beck's Stability Bond implies integrity and character, Charles Beck Co. Papers for All Kinds ol bood rrlntlng 609 Chestnut Street Philadelphln Uk!:0"ihA!omlfc Paper-all --- ..win uiiq isbuq; ClmllllSwoVtoS1 ,0 Dre1, V" " nrSJI'LiHS1'1" Dr"w Itebuke." flo!d?e?s"!'mr"i"" A,k "" to Curb FeuerU rope"" S' Dread U clePer When 8cnl to Ku- "Ou'uiTi.!.11."? ?' Not Terrorlie." 8 Hert.'.li..Hr demands Free Speech." ins" Home Wanton, Has Bcott Near. V.BL".!fMJPM,l,Kn.,vl,lt Morrison to F.xplaln.' " ' Sprlwtfleld SJrlke Oalns Morn Recruits." In the samo Issue of the paper Is a lead ing editorial defending tho 1. W. W. and assailing the War Department for Its stern dealing with such organizations. This Is the American party's appeal for votes against Germany: Heading, Pn. Dear Sir Arc jou for America, first, last and all tho time? Are you for jour country nnd her flag? Are you for the principles of true Amer icanism, established by Washington, sus tained by Jefferson, Jackson nnd Lincoln, nnd reasserted today by Wilson? If you nre, Tuesday, No ember C, flec tion day. Is the tlmo to show It. Sustain the honor and loyal reputation of old Heaping, which has never been questioned since tho foundation of the Republic. That reputation Is threatened and chal lenged by a party which has opposed every patriotic effort and movement; which has sneered at nnd decried loyal demonstration; which has done all that It could to benumb and paraljze the na tion's arm and has been zealous and untiring In seconding the wishes of the country's enemies Under such circumstances you should place none but true, Ioal nnd patriotic Americans on guard, and give no powers, authority or countenance to those who openly advocate Increase of watcr'rotes and taxes The Americanism of Reading Is on trial, her reputation for lojaltv Is challenged. Stand up for America nnd straight Americanism at the coming election, and at the same tlmo Insure the highest com petency In the municipal government by voting for the four patriotic and etllclent candidates of the American party. John K Stauffer, D Frank Ruth, Jncob II. McConnell and Peter S Holl Tnko the Incosed card with jou to the polls nnd mark as Indicated Yours In patriotism nnd efflclencv Walter S Trees, printer, Is ono of tho leaders of tho American partj's fight. Ho Is a former Socialist and n former member of City Council, having been elected as a Socialist nnd having served when the city had the bicameral system Frees and the American party charge that the Socialist candidates. If elected, will not bo governed In their nctlons by the desires of tho wholo people, but by tho commands of the advisory hoard of the Reading So cialist local Tho Socialists have not squarely met this charge Frees declares he knows It Is true and cerbody knows what his experience was when ho wns u Soclnllst and a Councljman Frees, when he became a candidate, will ingly promised to be governed by his party's principles when they were concerned He wrote a resignation from Counrils, author izing the local to file It If he proved untrue to the Socialist principles After his elec tion, tho udvUory board, dominated by James II Maurer, was formed and calku upon him as a Socialist Councilman to fol low, the dictates of the advisory board This he refused to do and the Socialist local filed his resignation, but Frees got hold of It In City Hall nnd destroyed it. The filing of the resignation was the direct result of Frees telling tho board that If principles of socialism and union labor should ever conflict he would fetand for union labor. The population of Reading Is estimated at about 110 000 The registered voters num ber about 17,000, but only between 12,000 and 13,000 voted at the primary. The Socialist local has a membership of 700, but 1200 men are registered as So cialists and J Henry Stump, ono of tho candidates, hays many hundreds of Demo crats and Republicans In the factories and mills have socialistic sjmpathles and many others are Socialists, but will not call thtm selves bo for fear of losing their Jobs. COAL HAS FIRST CALL IN WAR VICTORY PLANS Garfield Acts to Supply Fuel to House holds nnd Martial Plants WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. So-called "lux ury Industries" are being cut off from their coal supply by I"uel Administrator Garfield. A silk manufacturer Is the first to feel the rule that Industries not essential to victory In the war shall receive no relief from coal shortage, even though the factories be forced to closo This fact was officially announced and It was further stated that all "luxury" plants which cannot obtain coal on the, open market shall receive no Government help It also shows, officials declared, tho futility of electric sign owners Beeklng to modify tho forthcoming order curtailing electric sign lighting Garfield's plan Is to give coal priority to railroads, army and navy, public utilities, munition works and plants essential to victory In the war. A EUfficlent supply of fuel vvlH bo distributed to private homes. "I. W. W. Leaders Must Stand Trial NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Carlo Tresca, Arturo Glovvannettl and John Baldazzl probably will start a return Journey to Chicago today, to face nn Indictment Jointly with Willi lm Haywood and other I W W leaders. United States Commissioner Hitchcock decided they must return and stand trial on charges of trying to paralyze the nation's Industries. Brakeman Decapitated by Train While attempting to extinguish a hot Journal on a freight car while It was In motion7, James .tumsey, forty-five years old, of Mulllca Hill, N J., a freight brake man on the Atlantic City Railroad, ,as killed last night at Third and Jefferson streets, Camden, when his head, striking a safety gate, was cut off. M Teople who appreciate the plain sever- I ity of refinement, or recognize the M thoroughbred in the horse when they H I see it, can easily discern in the Mercer I 1 a clear distinction from all other cars. A limited number for immediate delivery lm l SAMUEL EARLEY MOTCDR qo., yM MX 669. N. Broad St., Philadelphia W Mtnnfictorfd br fc IS XZSOEX AVT0U03ILE 00.. Jf Trtnton, JJ. 3, Ml illil fcHtjrgv--."- iffr ,.fV i fir i EVENING LETOER-PHHjADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OOTOBEB 31, u tHP i LIEUTENfNT WILLIAM THAW The Pittsburgh aviator, now serv injj in France, is reported to bo selected for the captaincy of tho Lafayette E3cndrille, the Amer ican section of France's flying corps. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER DEMAND MORE WAGES Insistently Voicing Need of In creased Salnries Committee Named to Handle Matter The public school teacher' In this city are becoming more Insistent In their de mand for an lncreaso In salary and "aro coming out Into tho opn," despite the ab sence of encouragement from the Board of Education, Harry S Levi, editor of the Grade Man's Journal, said today. This Journal wns started last April The October Issue appeared todaj, and voices In no uncertain ujnnne- the feelings of the tetcher on tho nlnry quertlon This Is the one topic of Interest to all teachers and the whole Issue Is given over to It One article,kby Goodman A Rose, of tho Rrldesburg public school says: "The Board of Education Is confronted with an advanced standard In Its pur chasing mrrket Materials and labor have gone up In price. Instead of readjusting Its finances, to meet the changed market conditions tho board consents' to tho pay ment of higher prices for materials, but cuts the purchasing power of Its employes In half Wcro the teachers not restrained by professional ethics the means employed by employes regularly In such cases would have righted the wrong But, situated as they are, tho teachers cheerfu'ly assumo the new tasks which the times Impose upon them, and trust that an awakened public appreciation will put them Into their rights." rights." Cafe La Riviere on tub Riven nmvE Halloween Festivities TONIGHT Two Orchestras and Two Dance Floors Including the famous Palm Beach Society Colored Orchestra Best Dance Music in Philadelphia Special Table d'Hoto Dinner Served from 5 to 9 P. M. Telephone Reservations: ' Manayunk 380, 633 LAUDER'S ART FUSES GAYETY WITH TEARS Comedian on Farowojl Visit Sparklci With Fun Then Pleads for Allies Tears ever lie close to the finest quality of humor, and great funmnkers have often been intensely, even tragically, serious of soul. Sometimes the mask of Punchinello wenrs very thin. It did, with Mark Twain, especially In his later years that produced "What Is Man7" nnd "The Mysterious Stranger." It was removed altogether by Harry Lauder at, tho Academy of Music yesterday afternoon, when the most populnr vaudeville artist In the world touchlngly recalled his recent visits to tho western front nnd pleaded potently for financial support of his fund for Scottish soldiers maimed In defense of civilization. Tho change from tho droll, magnetic and In his lino Inimitable entertainer to the fer vent pntrlot of the land of Scott, Burns, Stevenson nnd Bnrrle, was less startling than tho shallow minded might have ex pected, Mr Lauder had been dcllclously amusing for more than an hour His ten minutes of seriousness seemed merely the result of natural development It Is Incon testable, therefore, that true comedy Is the tenderest nnd most poignant of the nrts Mollore and Cervantes demonstrated this .n Immortal accents It's a long, long Jump to Harry Lauder, and yet he has long touched the hem of the comic spirit's exquisite robe "I Love a Lassie" nnd tho "Saftest of the Family" ns he Interprets them have pro voked laughter, aroused merriment and a rump In the throat Mr. Lauder sings gay, simple ditties with such Imaginative Intensity that a subtle "secondary Intention" of tenderness must be evident to nny acute nnd sensitive nudltor Comedy without such an attribute Is un worthy of Its glorious ancestry. It be comes mere buffoonery And Harry Lau der be It said for all his hilarious antics, Is never n clown Thnt's why he's so Irre sistible, so unrivaled In his Bphcro, to which Yvctte Gullbert, Albert Chevalier and very few other stage artists triumphantly be long All of his songs yesterday were new with the exception of tho unaccompanied, slightly ovcrsentlmentnl piece, "A Weo Hoos ' His character portrait of tho middle-aged, gar rulous seaman In "I Love to Be a Sailor" Is as finely etched ns any masterpiece In his repertory His other offerings Included tho sunny and Infectious, "I'm Going to Marry 'Arry on the Fifth of January," "The Wng glo of tho Kilt," which In comic ntmosphero recalls "She's My Daisy" ; "We a.' Go Hame the Samo Way" ad "The Lads That Fought and Won" A vaudeville bill pio ceded his contributions The current scries of appearances are Hnrrv Laudons last In Philadelphia The Comic Spirit, ns wise Georgo Meredith con ceived her, must smile and weep at the farewell. H T C U. S. POSITIONS OPEN Government Needs Men and Women in Various Branches of Work A number of vacancies for both men nnd women have recently occurred In various branches of the Government's work, ac cording to reports made public today by the Civil Service Commission Following Is a list of tho positions open, the date of examination and salary: December 4 Stenographlo clerk, Depart ment of Science, $1000 to $2000 a year December 6 Calculating machine op erator (malo and female), Treasury De partment, $900 to $1200 a year, assistant herdsman (male). Department of Agricul ture, $720 to $1200 a year; mcchnnlcal laboratorlan Xaval Academy $1 24 per day December fi-6 Manual training teacher (male), Indian service J720 to 51000 a j ear, domestic ncltmce teacher (female). Indlnn service, $009 to $720 a jear A A A 4jH; V.VJ Jistl-is ififfiaBBsS' Hill I yu-'-i & "iiSi3 , ffii W!LJWm 8 lrlfSi '&7&r v i menace City pavements blamed for many ailments Within the experience of us all, the side walk has changed from a soft to a hard one. Hard pavements have greatly improved our traffic conditions, but they have proved a seri ous menace to health and efficiency. The records of the Hospital for the Crippled in New York show that in the year 1890, just before the advent of stony streets, Arch Trouble claimed 2.6 per cent of the new patients treated. In 1906, the percentage had risen to 18,3, and in 1914 to over 30 per cent. Save your health You cannot have the streets unpaved, the sidewalks turned to turf but you can protect yourself from the pounding jars that shatter nerves and break down health. O'Sullivan's Heel3 act as easy, springy cushjons between your heels and hardwood floors and pavements. ,0'Sullivanize your step. Put the spring of these little shock-absorbers under your feet, and walk with the vig orous stride thatfgoes with real success. When you buy your new shoes, buy them O'Sullivanized. Good shoe dealers now sell latest style shoes with O'Sullivan's Heels already attached. In black, whlta or ran, for men, womon and children, Intlft on 0'SuUlrtn'9yold the dJaappoIntment of tubs tl tut ob, GvvWiiM. mi. tv 0"9R. Co. CITY'S AUTO MAKMS TO HELP U. S. IN WAR Stand Ready to Co-operato in Every Way Meeting in Wash ington Friday Important Following the receipt of a news dispatch from Washington to the effect thnt a meet ing Is to be held In tho national capital on Friday for the purpose of reorganizing the automobile Industry of the United Stntes with n view to diverting not more than 40 per cent of the productlvo capacity of all automobile factories to Government uses for war work, local manufacturers today wero unanimous In voicing the patrlotlo In tention of co-operating In every way possi ble In nny plan that might be evolved ns a result of that meeting. Virtually all the Philadelphia factories havo represontntlvcs now In Washington, nnd they aro being kept In close touch with all war developments that may affect the automobile Industry In nny vny It Is therefoVe, assured thnt each of theso com panies will bo represented at nny meeting that may bo held on the subject at nny time 'Tho automobile history of the entli country Is nlreadv on record In this mat ter," declared William B Head, secretary and treasurer of the Edward O. Budd Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of steel nutomobllo bodies 'Wo havo told the Government to consider our plants at Its disposal for any war work htnt might bo necessary I havo not re ceived offlclnl notice of the meeting to be held In Washington Friday, and I am not definitely ndvlscd, e-vcept through the news papers, of whnt the proposed plan Is, but I do not hesitate to say that we will bo gald to co-operate In every possible way to aid tho Government In Its war work " General Sales Manager Light of tho Vim Truck Company, spoko to the same effcot. "Tho proposition Is not n new one," said Real Russia Calf skin, or genuine Gun Metal Calf. Both have swagger wing tip both are $8 value. Our price is $8 judged either from the standpoint of style or wear there's nothing in town to touch them, even if you paid $8. . WJtt Sl 'LZ& rtSS Real Russia Calf- pK ?rSB'trnrt.ti -A 'VVX 1 1336 South Ponn Square j( lr- 0i Cltr 1U1I, Near Wldewr Iliac. a I i Southeast orner 8th and Knee HI I j int N. fttli st mul llranch 3J rW Tkl'if iK 3917 Mr Light, "And the Utltud of the auto mobile Industry all over the country it well known We are. not only willing but anxious to help In every way we can to win the war and we are willing to leave It to the Judgment of the authorities In Washington a to what Is neoesiary. We have no fear of unfair treatment." HONE RESERVATION it Hotel Colonnade Registers a Triumphal Re-Entry Into the Affections of Philadelphia's Diners-Out Tp HE splendid reception given to the efforts of the New Management of THE HOTEL COLONNADE to place it into the forefront of Philadelphia's notable hostelrics has been most gratifying. Thousands of congratulatory words have been received from those who participated in the Opening Dinner Dances Monday Night and Last Evening. Tonight will find every square foot of dancing space filled with devotees of Terpsichore and every table a picture of life and animation in all three dining rooms THE CRYSTAL ROOM, THE BENCH ROOM, THE TAP ROOM. Let us ask you to get your reservation in for tonight's dinner-dance, which begins at 6.30 promptly, as early as may be. RESERVATION CLERK, SPRUCE 5800. HI w II " Special programs of music, and-delectable Hallowe'en menus will make it a in aro 'TEL CHESTNUT I ft uj wi j mvmmrijHjmmxa Partnership The making of even the most ordinary tele phone call involves a partnership of at least three persons. The effectiveness of the service depends on the degree of team-play existing between these three partners the person calling, who co operates by consulting the directory and call ing by number always; the operator, by mak ing the connection .quickly, courteously and with the maximum degree of human accuracy; and the person called, by answering promptly, Greatest satisfaction of service is attained when the second partner, the operator, is ac corded the same consideration and courtesy which she is always anxious to show the other two members of the partnership. The Bell Telephone Company of Penriai 0lclal.et Ui Atttooar Oompafc? dW rn think, It poeerttf elvsjewt ar abatement In fedVatic ot action -fik'n1uTJTatn, but staled that the polluy ot the' etiiiipaB had always been and always w'ohM tm lend all the aid In its; Bower to Um,1It rrlent In war work. CLERK, SPRUCE 561 99 Hallowe 'en evening. Colonnad: E AT 15 STREET nMMnwnnaj J I r v. a ) t ii S M Si '"I Ji ",l r c.'M bwm i 'mi mrvr s Wi I - 'M &' KtM &J n Mi? t" js: i . . i t "A r
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