"M.'Tg'JUHI'IIUIilff. f?M ' ! . f - fc f SBJ.KLfm . ..v- .i fiVBKft&t PR0TEC1DN TO VOTERS ' Members of Association Pledged to Do No Partisan Work ?v V, Members of tha Patrolmen' Benevolent -. Protectlva Assoclatlbn. numbering mora tu,;lMn Moo, have pledged themselves to pro t . .tat voters tomorrow In all the city's wards r ,. also to suppress a'ny of the "rule by ; ; . :lw d r" tactics which characterised tha lj' fkJMt primary election day. v .r The pledge was announced by Harry it. .aXckerson. secretary of the association, followlne- lire trarnlnir Issued to City oftl- els by District Attorney notan and his A' to citizens to help bring' to Justice aevny violators of election laws. : 1 Mr.'Dlckerson promised the most hearty jto-operatlon of 3260 members of the asso , gelation to Mr, notan In enforcing; order. v 3?he association has a total membership of , ,?300. nrsolutlons vere passed at the last dieting of the association urglmr the mem AtT4 to do nthlng but police duty on elec tion y under threat of Immediate dis missal 'rom the organization. 4 "AVe Ml do nothing; but police business Lbn elect Im day," said Dlckerson, speaking -for tho 32S0 members of the association. The resolution passed by this association, i&traralng our superiors that we will take no jart In politics at the polls. Is backed up .absolutely by our members. 'I am glad that District Attdrney notan has made a clear statement of the require (.'ifnenta of the law. We shall nblde by that '" .'proclamation In bringing to Justlce'vlotators fof the law and In protecting the voters of ;thls city. Tha police of this city whd are members of. our association are determined Ihat there will be a clean election on -Tuesday." -. . Last Thursday night the association passed resolutions In which members were 'warned not to do anything Jut police duty txm election day. The penalty for any mem ber taking active part In politics or doing anything even under orders which Is not In Sccordancc "with his oath, will be followed y dismissal from tho association. -ff "Any member of this association who participates-' In any manner In the qomlng elec tion, except In the exercise of his franchise $As citizen or In the dlschutge of his pi iln fluty. Is unworthy of being a member of 'jihls association and should be expelled, "v "As police officers. It Is our duty to render to each citizen. Impartially and Irrespective ;6f factional politics, the full protection to -which the lawa of this State and our oaths of off.ee obligate us. Irrespective of nny i .orders which may be given by any superior ln violation of the law." i" He said that the members of the nssocla ,llon have absolutely refused to pay the iiolltlcnl assessments levied on them, al though the time for payment was extended ,,:by the "government-by-murder" agents Vuntll list Frldny night. ,; Former Directors of Public Safety' niter. TJDripps nnd Porter united in warning the , Vare-Smlth controlled police that their vote wlll bo watched by their "bosses." but itlirged them to enforce their rights as voters. JCThe statement reads: f ''Wo learn from thoroughly trustworthy 'Source that the employes -f the Depart ment of Public Safety have .been aBked to request assistance In marking their ballots. rTlie purpose of such action Is to make sure Jthat each employe will vote as the political pleader In control ot the, division wishes him .. tn vntfl. jS "In writing this letter we are'' not Inter ested In tho nominee for whom you vote, but t-we are deeply Interested that every man in . ha department should thoroughly nalntaln '.Ms right of citizenship nnd express It In n .free ballot. J.$ "We hope that you will not permit this :form of Interference and official tyranny . 'to be exercised upon you and that you will vvote as you choose, without enforced as aslstance from anybody belmr :.-eo citizens JJand exercising your legitimate rights. X "We venture to address vpu because nt Wdlfferent times we have beeh directly asso- tiated with the department ds directors 'ufhereof. :' "Khank sr. niTKa w "noBisnT n dbipps, "GijonoE d. ponTEn." '. ! Thousand Gunmen (natrwctlons may Sot ta final, but others may.be given tnern later. I shall hava my men mingle In tha crowd and ascertain just what Is on foot." District Attorney Swsnn promised that If any further Information comes to him during the day, showing definitely that It Is planned to send any of the men to Phila delphia, he would Immediately notify the authorities here. He his been co-operating with District Attorney notan In his Investi gations Into tha Fifth Ward murder con spiracy case. In which Samuel O. Maloney, or the vai O'Farrell Detective Agency, testified that he brought "gunmen" here from New York at the request of the Vare Smltli machine In order to Intimidate voters at the primary elections. Permission was granted today by Dis trict Attorney notan to Frederick A. Cooke, superintendent of Moyamenslng Prison, to put other prisoners In the same cells now occupied by the seven New York gunmen who were charged with complicity In the murder of Policeman George A. Ep plcy In the "Bloody Fifth" Ward on primary election day. Superintendent Cooke called on Mr, notan today and told him that the lack of cell room In "Moya" was such that he would like to put other prisoners, not connected with tha Fifth Ward murder, Into the guvrnen'a cells. Fp to this time each gunman has sad a cell to himself, as Is customary In the case of prisoners charged with murder or complicity In mur-dot, candidates Senator Penrose faint and has called on them for contributions to Pen ator Penrose's campaign fund. MacNellle's letter, In part, follows) , "You know as well an I do that the em ploye of the Municipal Court tfro being used at this present time for factional pur poses. You know that Colonel Wilson, your acting chief probation officer, has sent for each and every man, and In some Instances tha women, of tha court and has said to them that they should know that Judge Charles nrown Is a closo supporter of Sen ator Penrose and that they should do every thing that lay In their power In order to help Judge Brown In his tight to support Senator Penrose. "Further, that there linn been demanded of them and nccepted from' them political assessments for the purpose of aiding tho "nro" -ampaign runci. This has gone, on to such an extent that tho whole court has oecotno disorganized nnd demoralized " -IILADELPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1917 - MORE POLITICS BY BENNETT CHARGED , State representative Isadore Stern, active In political affairs' In the "Bloody Fifth" Ward, today sent a letter to District At torney notnn, protesting against the alleged political activity of Police Meutenant David Bennett, of the Third and Do l.anccy streets Rtntfnn U'hn. h filtered, nn the eve of alee- felon was soliciting votes for the Vare-Smlth forces. District Attorney notan, when Informed iat Jlr. Stern was; sending him this letter, mid that when he received It he might pos. slbly liter today send a short letter to Lieutenant Bennett, calling to his attention the Shern law relative to undue political activity of city olllclals and employes. He said, however, that he would not make his letter public, should he write one, as It would be an official net of his office. Hired in New York '4i'ontlnud from l'nre One plicae men to'd me, what pay they had- been ; offered. My detectives arc combing the city todoy for others .f "ilosj of tlie men .told mo that they had .JJbeen ofTered 10 n day for the work, but ' fine of them, who evidently considers him jself an artist in his line, wild that he de- , manded $20 a day. He assured me that ' need have no fear that nny murder 'would 'fie done, , " 'You've got nje wrong,' he said. 'I neve- killed a. man In" my life, nnd I never would. ft know Just how much Jazz to put Into a job. It wouldn't kill a man, ever; It Just puis mm in me nospiiai lor a Hay or two. GUNMEN TO KEPOIIT TONJQHT fAU the 1000 or more men who ara to ba .Khlred have' been told by the agencies to re. ;port tonight., between 6 and 9 o'clock, at a "jOiall In East Fourth street. They will there ,jpe given their Instructions and told where Dto go and what to do. Of course, even these ' VARE POSTER AROUSES VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION A storm of protect wsr aroused against the action of the Vae-Smlth faction In placing posters denouncing the "lying 'news papers" nnd calling for support for tho Organization ticket on the tame board that carried the Liberty Loan appeals and nil tho patriotic utterances that went with them. Ministers denounced It from their pulpits nnd citizens prominent In every walk made public comment upon It. The most conspicuous poster was that pasted on the big hoard n front of the Liberty Building on Broad street, where the city's best artistic talent had Inspired aid for the loan. A 'statement Issued by the Town Meeting party commented on tlUs ns follows: "It mattered not to the Frog Hollowltes that mothers, sisters and sweethearts wept nnd fathers and brothers stood with sad dened hearts, while husbands and sons and friend were leaving, some of them never to teturn. They, were goln; away to fight. Their lreittlew will be agplnrc a. dangerous and .unscrdpu'dus. autocrpcy, which has challenged the peace of thn world, but the autocracy equally dangerous hore took the occasion of their -departure to smear over ' the famous Liberty Loan, art board on Broad street a sample of its-Truth and pa triotism. "The sign was a request for the people of Philadelphia to 'defeat the lying news papers' by voting the blood-stnlned Frog Hollow ticket. It was hut a continuation and emphasis of the tactics which led mem bers nnd aids of the mime political combi nation to pass out their pistols' nnd black jacks within the vcr' shadow ot the Lib erty Bell. It was a desperate effort to gain in few unthinking votes, even at the ex pense of the very essence and spirit of patriotism." Among those who denounced the poster were Joseph Wayne, Jr.. member of the 'executive committee managing the second Issue of the Liberty Loan" In t..ls district; JJr. Charles S. Tumbull, of tho First Vet eran Corps, N. O. P. j Hcvard It. Shep pard, chairman of the Town Meeting cam paign committee; the Itev. J. Gray Bolton, pastor of the Hope Presbyterian Church ; Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf, George Went worth Carr, former chairman of the Citi zens' Soldiers' Belief Association and ot the Homo Defense Iteservo Corps. MacNEILLE CRITICIZES, , JUDGE CIIAS. L. BROWN . r Judge L.tymo'nd MauNellle. of the Mu nicipal Court, today criticized In u, letter President Judge f'harlcs L Brown, of that court, for "stepping down from the bench in Judicial. robes nnd ordering tha employes of. me court to join in roiling in the mile and mud gutlcr of political or factional strife" MncNeille, who a few monthsago engaged In a bitter controversy with JUdgo Brown over tho status in tho court of Mrs. Jane Dccter Itlppln and teslgncd from the Juvenllo division wnen he could not have his way, declares .the court Is. disorganized and demoralized by political activity and Its work has almost stopped. Some of tho Judges aro Indignant over tho situation, he says. Ho alleges that Acting Chief Probation Officer Wilson has told employes of the court to work for the MHlrTml TlfinJ l! BlTu! Hi llffllfl JKt "K " ai -'vA I mmmwmmwmmmmmwMWMMM -WAl iVevcoafcs- nne, rich, luxurious. $18, $20, r r - ' - and upward to ) $ 25- OfST Iff rar- VZ&- -- vjiyjea jor tne man who. wants distinction without irakrthns. -Our Bhowinrf is a complete and authentic xhibit 6i 'prevailing models and materials, particularly i.atunnrf the style and appearance. which well-dressed iWLt a?1,.;'"88' Aok to ee the Unajtiton and" the Mditaire''. they are distinguished Wotri, Jacob Reed's Sons 1434-1486 CHESTNUT STREET BONNIWELL CALLS JEWS TO HELP DEFEfAT VARES A Call tO tllp .Teua nt tHillnlnM., In lielp defeit the Vare-Smlth Administration tomorrow the Administration which he declares to be seeking to destroy freedom of thought nnd leading the city Into hank ruptcy by "gifts" to contractors was Is sued by Judge Eugene C. Bonnlivell In nn address before the Big Sisters at 1C20 North Broad street. He was warmly ap plauded. Pointing out that In two years the Smith regime had boosted the cost of city govern ment by $1, 800.000 In three Items. Judge .Bonnlwell pild In part: "Philadelphia's duty today Is clear. The Cltyi nnriRf If iito1 nittIinaitiA- i...-. -,.. uoned every sworn obligation which their paths of office and the laws of Pennsylvania iiiuiunru iinnn mam rna itnxn ami.ft .:. ."'- "vin, i nil tlC rtiiUMJll i(t ...i roy 'reeciom of thought and freedom of x:. " nnu . suDstuute a despotism for a government bv law. 'Nor has the misconduct of our rulers ceased with these outrnges. So wanton and wasteful has been the administration of our Government that the city stands on the verge of bankruptcy. Every taxpay er will be required to pay within the next year, under present estimates, nn lncreaso pf seventy-five cents a hundred dollars over his present tax rate. Every rent-payer knows that an Increase in. taxes means a double burden upon him, so that rich and poor alike are the victims ot this scandllous management. "Next Tuesday, tinder the Constitution, each qualified elector Is called upon to pass his Judgment upon the crimes nnd the outrages thnt have so besmirched Philadel phia. There can be one duty, and one alone, to be performed by each of us on that day, nnd that Is to lender through the ballot-box a rebuke as stern and ns final In Its menace nnd destruction as the rebuke which Samuel gave to Saul before the monu ment nt Gllgal. As Saul In his pride dis obeyed the commands of the prophet and went down to destruction, t-o these contemp tible contractor bossies. In their arrogance and wealth, have defied the law, betrayed their constituents, and they, too. Bhall meet the fate of the men who have disobeyed the law., of God nnd of man.'' SECRET SERVICE WATCH ON GOTHAM'S ELECTION WASHINGTON. Nov. G. Picked Government and Secret Sertv men will be scattered throughout New York and other local election centeis tomorrow. The denouement at points where anti-Government charges have 'been made against campaigners of various stripes may be thrilling. To avoid the slightest appearance ot In terference In these local elections nnd Is sues," the Government has Invoked an In tensified brand ot "watchful waiting." But It has been neither deaf nor blind to the campaign's hullaballoo. It Is known that the original documents from which certain New York campaign thunder has been developed are In the hands jf tho Cnlted States .Department of Justice. VICTORY FOR HILLQUI? IS SOCIALISTS' CLAIM Arithmetical Calculation Gives "Peace" Candidate 250,000 Votes in Gotham Race NEW YOniC, Nov. S. Morris Hlllqult, anti-war Socialist can candidate for Mayor of New York, today claimed he would poll nt least SB0.000 votes In tomorrow's election. Socialist head quarters nnnounced this was .based on a systematic canvass ot an norougns. If CB0.0C0 votes are casr. au.uuu wouiu elect Hlllqult on his "Immediate peace negotiation)" platform. Mayor Mitchel'B headquarters declared this afternoon the Mayor would bo elected by n margin of from 30,000 to 50.000. At Tammany Hall, while William M. Bennett, Republican candidate, denounced "Boss" Murphy from the sidewalk In front of the building. Murphy was In secret con ference! with his leaders this afternoon. Tammany workers predicted John F. Hyland's election, but refused to forecast his vote. It was admitted the Issue would be close. Mayor Mitchcl today carried his vote fight to the camp of the Now York Mifdlers at Yaphank. I I. That Tammany also Is out nfter th'e fighting men's support was evidenced by tko fact that many sailors were seen around Murphy's headquarters during the afternoon. HELD OX MISUSING MAILS Contractor Charges Prisoner With Send ing Threatening Letter , Threatening In n letter to tell abou: "something that was wrong" with the con struction of n building put up by Alexander Chandler, a contractor and builder, unless Chandler paid $70 alleged back pay, brought Charles II. Drawbaugh. of 841 South Fifty seventh street, before Fnlted States Com missioner Long today m the Federal Build Ing. Drawbaugh was held In $000 for further hearing on November 12, on the charge ot using the mall unlawfully. SCIHPTUItE FIGURES IN MURDER Dismembered Body of Man Is Found on Lot in Paterson PATKIISON. N. J.. Nov. 5. The body of & man, with tirms, legs and head cut off, was found In n vacant lot here today. Brown paper In which the torso was wrap ped bore fragmentary quotations from the Bible. Tho legs were found in bushes nearby. Coroner's Physician Armstrong believes the murder was committed within the last twenty-four hours. Vbte for Emanuel Kline For Magistrate Free to be just. E xpe rienced and trustworthy. Socialist Party candidate on Nov. 6th. .GEORGE ALLEN, Inc. 4 1214 Chestnut Street 1214 Announce an Important Sale of EXTRA VALUE HATS About two hundred hats of unusual charm and style in black and newest shades, the choice of our stock in sport, street and dress hats, and all showing the finest workmanship and materials. $6 $7 $8 $10 $12 We invite your inspection and comparison. They should go very quickly at these prices. The Future The War Will End and Then What?- Proceeding from that which we Know to that which we do not Know : WE KNOW That long time investments are steadily shrinking in Value.- The best bonds have declined, in the past year, more than the interest they have yielded. WE KNOW That taxation of corporations, socialistic legislation arid price control of commodi ties has deprived the stock' market pf spec tdalive interest. '! WE KNOWThat there, will be no inflation of the cur-, . . i rency, but a maintenance of the gold stan dard, and the purchasing power of money.' - Money qn deposit yields a certain income with no shrinkage of principal, andtwQl be. under control when" 'found investment conditions are restpred. " " v We pay the 'best rates. of interest on .checking ac counts and 3o interest on certificates .of deposit payable, on 30 days notice. " ..;,.... Information at any office or by mail, or a re'pret' sentative will call on request. ..,.,' ."" - m- - Guarantee Trust & Safe; Deposit Co. ,t ,.. Incorporated 1871 Capital & Surplus, $1,600,000.00 ' Main Office 316-18-20 Chestnut Street Uptown Office 1422 So. P.nn Sq. (OwmwU. City HaU) West Phila. Offic. SIR. CLOTHIER 80 YEARS OLD Retired Merchant nnd Philanthropist Receives Many Congratulations Consratulatlonn are bolnc received today by Isaac II, Clothier, one of the founder of the Arm of Strawbrldfe & Clothier and well known ea a philanthropist, who Is cele bratlnr his eightieth birthday. Mr. Clother Is a native of Philadelphia. He was educated at the Friends' School, and his first business venture Ws wade tfjtlv thf firm of deore O. I'arrls ft Co.. dry coods Importers. In 1881 he entered the cloth business under the firm name of Morris, Clothier & Lewis. It was In 1888 that Mr, Clothier founded the firm of Strawbrldge & Clothier with the lato Justus C. Strawbrldge. Mr. Clothier retired from active manage ment of the store in 1886, allowing his sons, Morris I. Waller, Isaac II., Jr.. and Wil liam J., to take up the burden. Ha devotes most of his time to philanthropic work and to the- Interests' of thevBrToSaTu ot which He ft dlrecjbrl ? He Is Identified with the W,.i-a -A gers of Hwaflhtn6ra Coll ...3 Vw management of the Williamson twLV"l of- Mechanical Trades, the Fre, t ,( 1 the school or industrial Art the m.7,:'". Kund and the Orandom Association ir a director ot tne Fourth Btre.l .'..7M Bank, cilrard Trust Company Alii. J?" land Cement Company and th 5'!i Hubber and Hose Company, of WIImjkC,fJ Lawyers' Non-Partisan Campaign Committee FOR THE ElectionofJudges,1917 A political advertisement has been inserted in the newspapers, giving the impression that certain candi dates for judicial office have the endorsement of the Town Meeting Party. This announcement is made to contradict any. such statement. ; THE TOWN MEETING PARTY, HAS NOT ENDORSED ANY CANDIDATES FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE. . The present Judges, however, have received the unqualified endorsement of the Lawyers' Non-Partisan 4 Committee and the Public Press. These Judges are: Judge of the Count of Common Pleas, No. 1, F. Amedee Bregy; Judge of the Court of. Common Pleas, No. 3, William C. Ferguson and Charles B. McMichael; Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, Charles Y. Audenried; Judge of the Court of Com mon Pleas, No. 5, John Monaghan and William H. Staake; Judge of the Orphans' Court, Edward A. Ander son and Joseph F. Lamorelle. A cross placed in the square opposite each of these names in the non-partisan column of the official ballot will insure their re-election. Protect Your Lives and Property by electing TownMeetingPartyGandidates PROTECT YOUR COURTS from Vare-Smith-Frog Hollow leaders by electing INDEPENDENT JUDGES Mark Your Ballot FIRST COLUMN TOWN MEET I'NG7 as Follows: NON-PARTISAN COLUMN juage or court of Common Pleai No. 1 Txl AMEDEE BREGY , X From Public Ledger, May t9, 1917 The Judges and "Politics" The political machine In Phllad.lnhi. ifc'.'JJHf f thBt machine. The he nub? llcan City Commlttea havlnr formally a. j2i?'Tn.f:? upo!J "'.nomination of eS?: tain Judos of the (ommon Pleas rVi.. a subcommittee of 'hSVhVa had fthV effrontery to hold public notincitlon meeting, choosing for Ih. o.rSr Z of the courtrooms In the City "Ml This ihV .lhe 'ionJ""'l bot at the primary and the election la nothlnr bui i E and. a delusion; that aim SmtlSS ,5d il'Sl Jfudgeo Court of Common Pleas No. 8 FREDERICK BEYER , . ,jx CHAS tMiinc. iide inn trmm . .-. . . , choice ot the. voters. Thlsl. bid enourH '- -but that a .roup of Judge. ,hoUU "havo in m xu flrrant & dtflAnc nt ..i-i - Vi!",?; hm"on and a lsVracal me. Judge pf Court of Common Pleas No. 4 .Y.AUDENRIED x Judge of Court of Common Pleas N. B : . (Vote for 2) EUGENE C. BONNIW-RtJL Tjxl IFREDERICKS. DRAKE jx . Judge of Orphans' Court I ROBERT F. BONNER" Ttjxl uFrmForih American, Oct. &9,'1S17 t.i t.iiut- ' S cotrolHrsar Influence, of the Vares oyer the !M' Resentment against tfils condition is not new; ' t'M0" Wrinr, and needs only such incidents as . wucssea recently to be fanned into a consuming The -xeuae Is offered that, the rfen. partisan ballot haying failed to take tbV bench out of "politics," the politician, propose to take, the matter Into tbelr own hand without the formality of legislative ' action. ,'Th.la la adding, Insult, to Injury''. Jehn.Rf K. Scott and Harry A. Maifcty tOere the ipoketmen for the Frog Hollow City Comnfittet. b.H.u?!"r,re m'ilrity t t" voters of Philadelphia have M! " ectlon of Judges who hare performed even ft. .t- i iC ";'"" juw nu jito verioimoa even ktpt 7f& ..n Jl-Sfr. !!iWT .hould b nterelta of t.!8 wr to the cause of Justice, and Uiatth" '"SdwS deSS.Je"? he -"t?tldn of the integrity lhi defeated and ?J ?)h!ttJuiBeJ fn e Vore tyand PH H m.rrndc!.tfeBv-e.dofJb, nower o .em their -eVieii " " ",B epe J of 'the community." 'V"r Votes for judges must SI mtimmm "iV , 9 So. B2nd St. (At Markat St. i (Of about 94. 1 PV ,fVs
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