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J Nowadays, Says Vare
1 , M'entlnofd fnn re One
ia'fffctdh&t you can get a longer and bet-
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F?X for dolnc this the Comrrmamnn quail-
sjncti nn nn. expert oy Bnowms inm no
jajrmu ridden on earn in i-ameien, Wil
mington ana Atlantic city
New York, Chicago and efrnl other
point! where car lines are operated were
Tlot mentioned, either becatipe of time
limitation- or because they are not tech
nically within the confines of civiliza
tion. Danger In Smaller Council
Mr, Vare expressed great anxlet oer
the fate of representative government
and thedemocracy for which the world
has been fighting The great menace
which he described rising on the political
horizon like a funnel-nhaped cloud on
the edge of a wheat field In bleeding
Kansas was the movement for a single
City Council of small numbers or a com
5 mission to govern the cltv He criticised
the advocates of charter revision for not
having said more about It before the
last elecMn He thought they should
have made It a campaign issue then in
stead of waiting until e-verjbody had
been elected
O. O, r. rillartd on Truth
After explaining that polltlci Is now
".ibfolutelj free," since a candidate for
office doesn t even have to pav to flic
his petition, Ileprcscntatlvp Vare de
scribed the dlvl-lon, ward and city or
ganizations as the appear on the sur
face and as they are supposed to be
The whole sjstem he described as ob
solutcly a sstem of democracy In Its
ery, very general form '
The Republican organization, he said
is based on the same things that are
the foundation of a successful business
truthfulness and quality of Fervlce
With them, of course, go unlimited en
ergy, pere erence and activity
There ace times when the system
does not please the public press, said
Congressman Vare Fearful apparent y
that he would be misunderstood, he said
"I refer to the newspapers He th-n
ticnt on to note that while President W '
son waB more loudly cheered than Mr
Hughes whenever their pictur s were
flashed on the motlon-plcturo screens In
Philadelphia, the Republic-in orgnlza
Uon rolled up a majority of 100 000 m
Mr Hughes "New lork dldn t give
Hughes a mnjorlty neither did l hlcago
neither did lioston Why did l'hlladtl-
phlaT" asked the Ilepresentatlve
Wh Orjnnlmtlon Triumphs
There was an awkward pause No
body seemed to know You eoulel have
heard a knife or fork drop
"Because," he answered 'the organ
ization lit Philadelphia maintains the
jilghest standard of efficiency '
"Why a year ngo, when every piper
In the city was opposing the organlza-
tlon did It elect Its candidates?"
This was another poser Hverybody
turned to somebody els, each looking
for an answer in the others eyes
'"Because," said the Hepresentatlve
wlth slow emphasis, ' the party organlza-
' tlon was based on truth and Integrity
of purpose. No equivocation, no mental
reservation "
The Congressman then took up the
cudgels for the present couiicllmanle
and ward system 'It doesn't ap'peal to
the public press; It doesn't appeal to
men who want to see their names con
stantly In the papers; It doesn't "M"1
to the so-callid reformers," he said, but
It appeals to the man of common sense
Who wants his taxes kept down,
Defends "llrotlier l.d" on T.t Hnt
"Porno business men asked Senator
Vare If he would help keep the tax
rate dovn, and he said that, although no
had no vote in Councils, he would ad- i
vise and co-operate to tho best or. nis
ability to the end that the tax rate ue
kept down Yet not a newspapiT puD
hshed those facts without distorting
them They represented Senator are
as sitting as a czar and .saying "lel i
rato should not bo incriased Well, i
undtTUand that wo arc going -the
same tax rate
mmlW Keforni Cnmlhlule
Hcpresentatlvo Vare said the 'so
called reform candidate for Hicelver of
Taxes" a year ngo, being unqualified to
vote, made aindavlt that he had been
out of town on the thrte registration
days, but did not go back to mike the
second affidavit, realizing that to 'do so
might bring him nearer to 'plaies that
wtro undeslinble where fresh air and
sunshine would not bo so easy to secure
us on the puhllc highways
W I'reeland Kcndrlck, Itecnlver of
Tnxes followed Senntor Vare eulogizing
tho organization, criticizing all who crit
icize It and urging harmony among the
organization leaders, tho ' so-called re
formers, ' and the editors
Vrnntronc Offers i:pliinatlnn
Tlio man to whom HcnreM.ntnt.lw
Vare nlluded aa the r. form candidate
for Receiver of Taxes a year ngo Is
Thomns V Armstrong Mr Armstrong
to'il what Representative vare nan saw
of him, said
Tor years I have summeied at Oiin
City On Tuesdays I went to New York
on snturdavs I was never In town
Two of tho registration d ivs wire Tues
days, the other Saturday (m mcseiiiys
1 Rot Into town from Oain C Ity nt
twenty minutes of nine -mil took thp
nine oc'oek train to iw V.ork So 1
wis technically In the cltv on two regis
tration days
Howevti for vpars I hid made if
lldavlt tint I, was not In town on the
registration dnvs and was never que
Honed, though evervbodv kmw I had
been In town twenty minutes on two
registration divs Tho atlldavlt whs llko
eertieln mmp '0 44-100 per cent true
't wnb so nearh true tint nobodv was
snnll enough to question It But I
fought that gang of crooks ten v ears In
Councils and nothing was too "mill for
th.m to do against me a year ago I
dldnt go back to make another affidavit
hepatite I was told it was no ute. for
thev would deprive me of my vote on
the technicality You see how hard
pressed they were
$7,500,000 Spent
in German Plots
Continued from Tare One
messiRe In 1015 to the German consul at
St I.ouls, s-vylng that two agents for
the Brotherhood of Metal Workers in
New loik, Samuel Scollard and J. V
r f all had begun a movement to stop
tho shipment of munitions to the- Allies
Scollnrd was afterward InJIcted In the
Industrial Workeis of the World trial nt
Chicago
Tho witness told how, when Captain
rvanr von Rlntelen came to the United
S ates In 191D to erldcavor to stop ship
ments to Great Britain, he met David
I.amar, conv Icted afterward In New York
and eent to prison for Impersonating A.
Mitchell Palmer, then a member of Con
gress Von Rlntelen formed labor ifc
rarlzatlons In the Interest of keeping the
United States out of the war, lluougii
Lamar, he raid, and In connection with
that work (500,000 was collected.
Moner Used In Polities
The New York SUats Zdtung was
mentioned by Dlelaskl In connection with
the financing of a secret propiganda to
the cxten of 1495. A letter from Bern
storff to B H Bidder, of hat paper, said
'to my great regret I am unablo'to re
fund any money for political purposes,
as I feel that we must keep out of the
domestic politics of the United States "
"I think that letter must have been
written for publication," said Dlelaskl
' because tho money was paid."
Just what was the project referred to
was not disclosed by the correspondence,
but the witness said It might have been
In connection with the election of
Congressman Buchanan.
A letter from Theodoro Otto, (Jcrman
consul at Allentown, Pa , addressed to
the counsellor of the German embassy,
was read by tho witness, telling of a
conversation between Otto and an un
named person "Our conversation drift
ed fb tho military preparedness of the
United States." tho letter said. "And I
heard that a relative of this gentlnnnn
held a position In which he was able to
give Information In this regard. Per
haps It might be opportune to follow
out this clew."
Blelaskl was asked by Senator Over
man to put In the hearing an account
nt thp nntlvltleR of Bolo Pasha, executed
I In France as a spy, while he was In thl
country.
Gives Fnctn on Itolo
lolo wah brought to this country In n
rptirpseniattve of Hearst Blelaskl siltl '
and was taken to the German Umbasse
by Adnlph Pappnstndt, a weilthy Grr
man of New York who Is now Interned
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,ater tho witness said, B61o was intro
duced to Henrst, who Invltod him to
lunch and who later attended a number
of meetings with him Bolo's mission
In this country was ostensibly to obtain
print paper, the committee was told, but,
hi reality, it was to obtain money for
purchtslng a paper In France. After get
ting It, he returned to France,
"There Is one ftct about. Bolo wo have
which wbb ne'ver brought out before,"
Blelaskl said. "That Is that ho was
In touch with tho German embassy here
shortly after war began In 1914. In a
noto book of Ur Albert, which wo have
In our possession, this entry appears.
" 'Prepare telegram to Pasha. That
showB conclusively that tho embassy
knew Intimately of Bolo and probably
knew of his activities"
Couldn't Influence Negroes
Ufforts of the Qermans to create pro
nerman feeling among the negroes of the
South proved entirely unsuccessful,
Blelaskl stnted. Stories were clrculatedj
there to the effect thnt tho negroes were
desendants of tho Indlnns.Mnd that they
veero the rightful owners of tho land In
stead of tho white people. .Another
story, designed to crente feeling agnlnst
tho English, was a perverted account of
the aid given the South during the Civil
War
'The negroes tildn t tako to these
stor!es however," Utcliskl said, "as
they wero too loyal Money spent lntho
South for propaganda was thrown
away "
Activities of tho I.ibor's National
Pp'ice Council, organized In Chicago In
Miv 19JC, were discussed hv Blelaskl
The purpose of the organization was
'n demind that the shipment of mu
nitions to the Allies be stopped. Th"
council accomplished nothing, Blelaskl
slid Iirgely because Samuel Gompers
took a firm stand against It
Questioned about the attitude of WIN
im Itnndolph Hearst Tllclnkl ald:
'Of all tho newspapers published In
the United States those published by Mr.
Hearst were tho most pronounced In
favor of Qcrminy. There Is no other
man whoso attitude wa bo friendly to
Germany In the war"
"If this Inquiry were limited to psld
propagandists;" he added, "we could not
mention Mr. Henrst. Thero is no evi
dence that Mr. Hearst, received any
profits from the German Government or
from any one acting for It."
"What wn htn attltudo after the
United states entered the war?" asked
Chairman Overman
"'After we entered the war," said the
witness, "his attitude continued very
questionable. Many articles In hlB pnP
If published before the passage of the
espionage act, as amended, would have
subjected him to prosecution "
SEIZE SAXON KING'S FORTUNE
New Government Also Sequesters
Princes runda
(lenevn, Dec 9 (By A. P.) The en
tiro fortunes of former King Frederick
August of Saxony and his brother,
Prlnco John George, have been nlactd
under soquestratlon by tho new Saxon
Government, according to Swiss news
papers ,
I'he properties and estates of the for
nor S-xnny royal family have been
confiscated provisionally whllo payment
of the civil list has been stopped,
Joel G. Van Cise Dead
Summit, N. J Dec. 9. Joel G. Van
Clse, twice the Prohibition nominee for
Governor of New Jersey and for fortv
fie yenrs connected with the Hqultshle
Life Assurance Society, died Sunday
after n long Illness nt his home here
He was In his seventy-fifth year and
leaves a widow, four etaugnters and
three sons Mr. Van Clse was actuary
of the Hqultable eleven years, and for
twentv-slx years was assistant actuary
He retired nine years ago and had been
in Invalid seven years
BOY OF 17 RETURNS A HERO
Koystono Youtli Wounded and
Cited for Valor on Field
His name Is Private Joseph Rodkey,
but he Is no "rookie." Only seventeen
years old, wearing a citation cord
awarded by the French Government and
a red Keystone given members of the
Iron Division hv General Perahlnv
Rookey-lg back at his home with rela
lives, Mr, and Mrs J. ll Ward, at
Drexel Hill, recovering from wounds
and shell shock.
private nookey went to France with
the 109th Machlne-aun Battalion and
nw active service six straight days
u Chateau-Thierry. During that time
he had two canteens of water, four
pieces of hardtack and virtually no sleep.
When It was over his clothing was In
shreds.
One time he stood with two compan
ions hy a road. A shell killed both
his friends. At another time he was
with a detachment In which one man
was killed and two wounded by a shell.
On August 9 Rooltey was operating
his machine gun from the top of a cliff.
After firing 2000 rounds the gun broke
and he started to crawl back after, a
new part A German sniper saw him
nnei he received n bullet wound in the
leg. A minute Inter a high explosive
shell threw him ten feet In the air. He
was unconscious twenty-four hours on
the field before he was found and taken
to a hospital
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