pmn.wwp.1 r7!$"W : v -i ,' W ; v ' - V iv v' -inA S . Ml JNJ ?yY. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY , 1010, t i i i i i, ii , , TJ Ej fcvt TARESAYS MAYOR WAS PLOT VICTIM f j&nator Calls Ex-Judge Gor ' ' 'don and "One Stern" Prime Movers Pmi. LAWii? PROVIDING CHEER FOR MEN OVERSEAS is X1 y - tx I !- r& F.ORMER MAKES DENIAL Declares Contractor-Politician Lucky He Was Not Ar- il rested Also 8tte Senator Edwin II Vate iliarge that a ilot, planned hero and approved In. "WMhlnston, led to tlie arrest and prptecmlon of 3laor Smith on tho Fifth Ward conspiracy charges Tha Senator made his accusations In at statement Issued last light .it the Manufacturers' Club. Senator Vare's Slateinenl Tha Senator's statement, in full follows: "It took a common sense Miil.idclphia Jury under the guldanco of a fearless and Independent Judge less than ten minutes to clear Mayor Smith and to amash a. plan that nn started In tho Ttyrth American Bullduip at a eon frnc between Judge Gordon, one Stern and others, when tho letter that figured In the Mayor's trial was written bv Jydce Gordon, signed by James Carey and delivered to the Mayor by Stern. "This plan was then submitted at a conference In "Washington and approved. V warrant for the arrest of tho Major was Issued by Judge Brown, who sat ax a committing magistrate at the pre liminary hearing, and at that hearing the District Attorney, who had been elected by the peopto of Phliatie'phi.i, was superseded and set aside by Judge Gprdon, ho acted as prosecuting at torney. "Afterward certain newspaper proprie tors were consulted, and In order to do ao.much harm as possible to the Major the Municipal Court room was turned Into a show house by the Installation of calcium lights and cameras for the pur. pose of reproducing pictures In tho newspapers and of sending them broad cast throughout the country "It must be remembered that these farcical proceedings continued for three "weeks Just before an election, and that since that time the plan has been so to poison the public mind against the Mayor by the publication of falsehoods as to himself and the police department that a fair trial would bo impossible rralfe Jury for erdlit "They failed, however, to rcaih the fountain head of Justice Our Jtirj " tem met the crucial test and has vindi cated Its existence. "Those who planned the arrest of the Mayor also decided to arrest that upright young man. Select Councilman William H, FinlfT. becauso ho happened to bo the executive director of the Ilepubllcan Central Campaign Committee and in very close relationship to me It h.u taken fifteen months for the District At torney to make up Ms mind to plare ithe Mayor's case before a Jury, and al jthough his counsel nnd I have frequently Ireouerted a trial for Mr. Flnlcy, this f Innocent soung man must still go about kls,liu-.lnesslth an untried indictment rnnninR oer 1111 ue.u ja . naun jiin kid father, a respected omcer or the l.'Ttr. died nf a broken heart and his nwttrtr has become prostrated with grief. ."It Is time that the people of Phila delphia' stopped to analyze, the motives behind these prosecutions, and to realize the harm that has been done the city of Philadelphia. jfjt am glad tx note that the real estate boards In different parts of tho city, the business nnd Improvement associations, as well as the operative builders, arc be ginning, to protest against the great financial damage that the city has suf fered and Is suffering as a result of those .unfounded attacks upon Its officials by men who do not hesitate to assas sinate character, to cause anguish and pain to women and children whoso hus bands, fathers and sons they assault, and to paint .their own city blaik for political purpot.es In the hope of cap turing the government of this city, "AH good Phlladelphlans should now forget the past. Oreat problems 'aro at ou doors. No good citizen has a right to or would defame or bellttlo Ills citj'. .Returning soldiers should meet Philadel phia proud of their city and willing to assist-In making it greater "This city has been Improved by leaps and bounds during the last twenty-thu years. Us present assets arc over threo Ired million, while its liabilities are than one hundred and tliirty-tlvo .mtjtn nnrf ltn tax rate is lownr than Bli"' large city In this country, Bnd tho V,h 'city Reserves better than constant ii asuaa What Judge Gordon Says Pormer Judge James Gay Gordon and "no Stern" were named by Senator "Vare as the prime movers In the plot acalnat the Mayor. Judge Gordon, when shown the statement, made tho following J xjy. "The testimony of the trial BUfncl ently answers Vare as to the crimes committed by Mayor Smith's adminls tratlon. I do not wish any controversy with him over the facts They aro writ ten in history, and his audacious words will not efface them. "So far aa his remarks concern me they are false In their entirety. Every thing he utters or Implies respecting my self Is false. "He should be gralefdl that he was not Included In the prosecution. Silence would, best become him I know of no . oao who has less Justification for Bwag ! . r or braseadoclo." A ' VV M'KENTY RAPS LIQUOR . T. T ,, ..warden says it is ncsponsiuio ior unmiiiuis mu uauiitt-13 T.tnonr Is resDonslble for the making of i-u 'erliplnals and the cabaret Is a prolific UIOSUHU Ol WlJir-lUliras ttlllUMlt yuuil. . . .UBII.M I A SI a.4a. ItKhsrl 1 nv. of the KaXern Penitentiary, poVe yesterday at a meeting of the 8MUrs at 1628 Arch street. tne ciiv is an naa as rami-a. ana it say that it Is. then there must (somebody to Ioek after the joung KVaroen mcivemy Bam. -ir ly don't look after them and them rlcht there are nlentv of who'wlll guide them to Places irti inev can no wronr. it something Is not done to keen the I -Out 01 tiusrcio UL Jllglll II1PII It t be long before the city will bo atj witn vice, rou want to rirla that will rock cradles and shuffle decks. AVe've got to make place a sate place to raise chll Franklin Spvnccr KdmontU "Oo-( Bit" in Milking Yanh Still Abroad Happy fc Ar ranging Trips nnd Erecting Best Centers TnitANKM.V SI'UNCIJI. UDMONDS. : - Philadelphia lawjer Is "doing his hit" In emphatic manner toward making things cheerful for the Tanks In Trance, according to Y. Sf. C. A. dispatches s supervisor for the leavo area sjs tem for the "Y ' he has taken a promi nent part In establishing recreation ccn lets In minj' of the picturesque spots In Trance The moment thev tomh Trench soil 1 nearlj all the Tnlt.d States soldiers deslro ty co Paris. Should they all be permitted to go there (luring their seven divs' k.ive transportation lines woiiM he clogged, and thcro would be all kinds of problems for tho mllltirv police. Mr IMnionds reallred that other at ttactlve spo 3 vvould hav to be estab lished, and after a tour through southern name, he with other "V wor',ers. es tablished rest and rei reatinn centers In the Jettv Casino at Nice, the Munici pal Cu.slno at Cannes nnd ut oil ' show places in tha Riviera, which w commo dates 8500 men Golf tennis, boating and bathlm and oilier healthful pastimes tiny be en Joved at these placi s ! 'he soldie.s looking for real sport Another excellent hcidrpwi lers i erected at lx les Italns On hearing of this place the Yanks at first wern dis satisfied nnd named the plices "Aches and Tains" A trip to 'Aches and Pains" houever, showed that tho nick name did not applj and the men agreed that It was one of tho best iccreatlon spots In France. Mr Ldmonds. in addition to doing rcnuous work during tho w ir tight at th scene of ncllon has also taken a prominent part in spic ullng cheer among tho Yanks since hostlltles have ceased Incidentally, he met many of the bojs whom he had taught while a professor at Central High School and was glad to find that they toook a big part In pushing tha Allied lino toward Germany X0f I c 1 j2,w a m L L',' "" ifeL. Br ,' m lk V 4 i!PilfsW " "OVER TOP" 13 TIMES AND WOUNDED TWICE rriANKLIN SPENCEn EDMONDS TI10 Plitladelrhla lanjer li Miner. vi'or of llio leave-are j svtcni for llie "Y" in Trance, establishing rerreation renters ill many of the jucturcque jpots in France for the Yanks serving abro,iil jersey; sailohman dies Carl Uulrhcr, xif tlaililon Heights, Hail Exciting Life at Sea lrl Ituteher, twentj-one jeais old, son of Charles M Butcher 1.J1 Tourth aenu, Iladdon Heights, V .1, after a. varied and dangerous experience 011 the oce-in as a. fireman on the oil tanker Hiko. died In tho Wlllard Parker Hos pital, New York On hi first trip the Hlsko hit :i fruit boat 100 miles off Atlantic Cltj res cued all but five of tho crew nnd took them to New York On another trip th ship lost its rudder nnd drifted about for two days On tho fifth trip Butcher was taken sick and landed in New York, where he was taken to a hos pital v gold star has been placed In tho Haddon Heights High Sthool which ho used to attend. Hazlcton, Pa., Boy, Now in Hospital, One of Six Mem bcrs of His Company Left Going over the top thirteen times during- the war, Sergeant Harry l,eo Mulhall, of Harlelon, Ta , achleveAa dis tinction held by few other boys from this reetlon of the State He lias been wounded twice and Is now in a Trench baso hospital with gun shot holes In each hip. Sergeant Mulhall Is one of the six men left of his company. Word was received that Tlrst Ser geant Thomas O. Madci, of Audenrled, member of Bittcry A 105th Field Artil lery winner of the Distinguished Serv ice Cros for bravery under fire, lost his left leg He Is the son of Sir. and Mrs. Henry O. Mailer. Sergeant SIcler re ceived his decoration on October 2, when ho displayed great coolness and nerve in helping to guide sections of his bat tery over a road swept by enemy shells, during which eight men were wounded and ten horses killed, Including one which ho himself rode Captain W. W Hlnshaw of the Sal vation Arm Kisleton, will bo an ac (onipllsl)ed cook when he gets back from Trance, where he is a war worker. Ite rVntly he made, rolled nnd baked 465 doughnuts in 0110 day lor tho boys at Vlllers-en-llae. to which point ho has been transferred from Toul Private James T Black of sales com missary unit No 31, writes to his sis ter. Mrs John T. Gallagher of llarwood. that he is at Cochem, In Germany, and while this placo was a noted summer rcsoit, ho cannot see anj thing attractive about It The sun only shines In Ger many when no other countrj' wants It, sais Black, who states that all it has been doing slnco tho Yanks got Into the Ilhlneland Is to lain. Michael Kastura, an I'ckley boy, has had a remarkable record while serving in the American cxpedltlonarj force and llcs to tell tho thle. In t letter to friends ho states that ho went over the top sixteen times, and although many of his comrades fell bj' his side, fortuno favored him, for ho escaped injur'. He has been twice cited by his commander for braverj- In f.to of tho cnemj f I rc j. ., rt" it 0PPENHEIM.gLLINS&(g Chestnut and 12th Sts. Very Extraordinary Sale Tomorrow Al 1 n $7.05 Final Price Reduction 1000 Hudson Seal Muffs Dyed Muskrat Smart Muffs of specially selected skins of Hudson Seal (Dyed Muskrat) in the fashionable ball shape. Regular Values to $15.00 7.95 None Sent C. O. D. 'All Sates Must Be Final ni !L lb. i F SBF ,-'-?- CTtGK FREE HAND FOR IRISH MMtlphl Counts' Antrim Society A Seacli Resolutions to Wilson neaslutlons "congratulating the free i of Ireland, In tpe great decision ftiiivA made to rule themselveB" '&9sUng "the withdrawal of the army or occupation jrom ireianu that the new Irish Government 4 free to attend to the worK for C was esisousnea were agopma Covnty Antrim iies eociety ot Ala at its regular monthly in tho Grand Fraternity Hall tutUit (!! k . 9 a i iwr' r m - j ,tw-My,IM II r t . ' -vSSk-w-v H-L TC I ALI UP! TO BE SOLD BYTHB ALIEN PROPERTY USTODIAN i THE EISEMANN MAGNETO COMPANY Brooklyn, New York v 1500 shares of common stock of The Eisemann Magneto Company. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, A. Mitchell, Palmer, Alien Property Custodian, will offer for sale at public sale to the highest bidder on the premises of The Eisemann Magneto Company, No. 32 Thirty-third Street (Bush Terminal Building No. 8), Borough of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, at eleven o'clock A. M. on the 11th day of February, 1919. 1,500 shares of the common stock out of an authorized and issued capital stock of 2,000 shares, of the par value of $100 per share, of The Eisemann Mag neto Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York. Copies of the Order of Sale, a full description of, and information concerning, the property to be sold, and the terms and condi tions of inspection and sale, may, be obtained by application to JOSEPH F. GUFFEY, DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF SALES, J 10 West 42nd Street, New York, N. Y. A. MITCHELL PALMER, ' Alien Property Custodian. ' ' . f i 3 i- -r-'Jta-i, 1" H- wwn The Van Sciver Sale is the Event of the Furniture World gEKjE prophesied that it would be thegreatest in the History of this Store WSnmA anc alrea(y oul Prophesy, has shown 'definite' promise of fulfillment. InWJW$ Home-lovers from far and near, connoisseurs of beautiful furniture,' seekers after artistic furnishings at moderate cost, are daily thronging our. spacious floors and taxing our sales-force .to the utmost. Never before have we been able to present such a marvelous collection of the liner kind o furniture, such an unequalled and all-inclus ive variety, such a complete price range, such incomparable values. The requirements of every kind of home have been' carefully con sidered and provided for, likewise the limita tions or "unlimitations" of every pocketbook. Yet, no matter how low the price, construc tion, durability and correctness of style are assured ; no matter how high the cost, it is lower than elsewhere the lowest consistent with the quality offered. We do not pretend to number the suites and pieces presented in this Sale for such figures are meaningless. But the fact the irrefragable fact is, that here you will see more furniture, finer furniture, in more charm ing and exclusive designs, at lower prices than in any other store in the United States. 1 V- V For this- is America's Largest Store and we welcome, you within i-r 4isir 4-c 1 1 vk i sj -i -sW-rfttsf-rt wsti co ujujr it, uji.ijui; auvautaua. Kl nlllll 1 Rk fllill IPJlliElHUn Furniture ll "iillfflK flifl 111 ill its portals, M '! IK iffllliHffl IS7 I '' 1 I 111 ll , " "i iitt Hfflll ItiHl IP S in Ji 'Bli IdrlSa9&--i&SlSillfI I H -,- 111 I fl Ah 1! mf-HIul I -1 PWfc- P 11 ygsSS' tIiI 1 U m I HiillSA lillliiiiMiMMii Sri np III l!R-iHJ Whb wSflmSl iTiTiTTTTrii n '11?Tiiiiii S5i5iiMS?t------sS,l--,H fk'f " l!iJ '-3-Z P"' A Dining Suite in Antique-finished Walnut After the Style of the Early Italian Renaissance'; - a Style Inimitable in Us Wonderful Admixture of Ecclesiastical Dignity, Harmony of Proportion, Charm of Design and Perfection of Artistry. ' Enormous Stpck of Rugs & Carpets From Vs to Below Present Day Cost , The lifting of war restrictions upon the mills finds us with a, heavy stock of standard, perfect goods, but largely in choice designstiiat we cannot duplicate. -The February Sale, in this important Department of our business, is practically a Ke-adjustment Sale;for the closing out of incomplete lines, and, in spite of tho fact, that some of the leading manufacturers have but lately announced further advancesdn cost, we have reduced our prices substantially. As a matter of factmany of our Sale pfferings are easily frpm 33 to 50 below the1 average retail prices of today. We quote a few representative items: $116.00 Anglo-Persian Wilton, 8.3x10.6 $81.50. $127.50 Anglo-Persian WHton, 9x1-2 . .$87.50 $98.50 Choice Royal Wilton, 9x12 V $68.50' $58.00 Royal Wilton, 6x9.' .'.$36.00' $84.00 Royal Wilton, 8.3x10.6.. V '. '.$56.00! $89.00 Royal Wilton, 9x12 : . . .$59.75 $159.00 Royal Wilton, .1 1 .3x1 5, $98.50 , $62.00 Best Axmimter, 9x12 $45.00 $56.00 Seamless Velvet, 9x1 2 I $39.75 $52.00 Seamless Velvet, 8.3x10.6 $36.50 $36 to $42,SejMnIess Tap: Brussels, 9x12. $27.50 $32 to $38 'Seamless Tap.-Brussels, 8.3x10.6. $26.00 $54.00 High-pile Axmimter, 9"xl2. .' $39.75 $18.75 High-pile Axmuister, 4.6x6.6.' $9.75 to $12.75 -mi In aJdilion'.to the above lilt, all.other lize rugt havi been proportionately reduced." Hall Runners at 'Half Price $13.752.3x9 ft '. $6.85 $22.502.3x15 ft $11,25 $18.503x9 ft, $9.25 $22.853x10.6 ...-.'.. .'. . r.$I1.50 $24.503x12 ft $12.25 '$31.003x15 ft., , .'.... $16.00 StDford, Blcelow, Smltb, hlghtil. srtd xmlnti DRAPERIES" In tho Drapery Saloh there are many unusual' February Sale values in 'Luca Curtains, Portieres, Materials, ,tBcd Spreads, Blankets, Comfortables, etc. You will find it well worth while' to visit -this interesting department ,and take advantage of the savings offered. ., CARPET SPECIALS . , Htilf Price and Less $2.75 Best 10-wire Tapeslry Brussels, $1.35 yard Itoibut,. Sttniofi. Sinford SmliH. $4 Highest Grade Body Brussels, .35 lo $2.25 yd. WMtUII A Blitlow. ' $45'Besl Wilton Velvet, $2.25 yard .. r flmlth - SpKndld oriment frittemi la srhlth our Jlat Incooiplfle. 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