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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST l.D, 1919
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4 INDICTW1ENT BILLS
State May Ask Additional
' Counts Against Accused ,
North Penn Collier '
PROBE LAFEAN'S ACTIONS
Four bill of indictment nnd iom
bly more are to be akcd against Knlph
T. Moyer, former cashier of the wicked
North Penn Bnnk. liv Assistant Ills
trlct Attorney Tsulonc. of the tirnnd
Jury, on Thursdav
Moyer nt lihertv under ."J.-.n00 bail.
will be obliged to ronovv hi- had bond o reformer. True. I am not a relorme. .
lihoulcl bills of indictment tie found, j in the technical ene of the word, but
It Is not believed. hovvoicr. that the!! nm tb.it kind of n llopuhli-nn that
authorities will demand increased bail. icscnt.s iiulnctntie domination bj n con
The four bills of indictment. vv hid. tractor combine. I have been lighting
bate been prepnred. charge Mojer with , for Hi. nation in Washington fo. vcar-. j
pwjury alteration of the book" and oi 1 might have been fighting fm tin
records of the hank with having know
lugl received deposit- when he hnd
knowledge of the hank - innlvoncv. and
he "fourth charge the conversion of n
$t000 I.ibertv bond of one of the North
I'enn Hank's, depositors
One of the bank s depositors, n busi
ness man of the neighborhood, sub
scribed for a SfiOOO l.ibertv bond and
paid cash for it lie requested one da.
shortly before the hank was foned
by the Hanking Department to i lose us
floors, th.it Miner Hike the ."'000 bond
and in its stead procure for him hu
Liberty bond? of XI 000 ea.h.
S.VW0 Ilond Cone
Investigation hi the state probers.
who are trying to clear nwaj the linan
rial debris of the bank. s)v that Mover
hypothecated the S.'OnO I.iboitv ltond.
with other securities, to obtain .i loan
of $13,000 from the futon National
Itnuk. This loan, through forfeiture
in payment, since the North I'enn
Bank is closed, will be repaid the
Union National Hank bv the sale of
the $."000 I,ibert Bond and the other j
securities, all gilt-edged collateral. I
which Mojer Mas obliged to deposit in'
order tn secure the SL". 00(1 hull ftomi
that institution i
For the first time since then ap '
nnUtmAMl s!nmul U ltnrL.M- mrl
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vvaltcr K llnrdt. the two appraise
PI '
appointed ns the State Bunking He
partment act requires. b Banking
Commissioner Kishor. to nppnuse the
assets of the North Penn Bank, met
today In the office of ''ninnel Kr.-d
Taylor l'usej special deput attorney
general. ,
Some of the foiincr bnnk clerks
and offieinls of the wrecked institution
are expected to be summoned b the
appraisers to give testimony ns to cer
tain accounts nnd items listed in the
preliminary schedule of assets.
It Is believed that Mover and his
brother Tloy. who held a clerkship
vnno nis nronrr was no , ,er .-
hv bank, w-ill be cnl e, to tell what
they know of xhe listed assets.
To Press Ambler
rvOnnol Puser will see Hum S.
Ambler, brother of Charles A. Ambler
Ia..f jnuiipmifn ..nmmissinner. tn-
f.day, and who appeared for him when
he was admitted to .fir.H)(l bail cs
terday, with a view of learning what.
it any. arrangements linvj1 ben made
or the repayment of Ambler's indebt
edness to the bank The discovery bus
been made that while it wan reported
that Ambler some days ngu hnd repaid
$10,000 on account of hi indebtedness
he actually onlv paid, in the words of
Colonel Ptisev . "a few thousand dol
lars," Hope was expressed today,
however, by Colonel Pusey thnt he
would be able to wrest from the Ambler
Davin Company, contractors, from his
own holdings, and from the stnte of
Maryland, which still owes the Ambler
Davis firm $20.00(1 on a contract which
is now pending, suthcicnt .money to re
pay Ambler's indehtedness Ambler
owes the North Penn Bank about ,2tl,
000, but with the iininuutK owed other
banks connected with bis deals the
total charged against him is S147.000.
Arrests Impending
Attorney General Schnffcr. upo
whom devolves the decision of deter
mining the question of jurisdictional
authority in
the event of the nrrest and
prosecution of "a former state ofhcial,"
Is said to have decided the question.
Philadelphia county Is unuerHtoo.i io
have authority to issue n w-nrrnnt.
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Other arrests nnd prosecutions ill-
volving politicians nnd promoters con-
rerned in the transaction that resulted
in the crash of the bank are expected
to follow.
iieauy 111 no .mr.m
Mr Taulane. assistant di-lriot
attorney, speaking of future develop
ments. declared :
"We nre readv now to go ahead with
nn investigation that will probe the
depths of the North Penn muddle. If
It appears that others are criminally
Involved in the scandal thev will be i
prosecuted regardless of who they mny
be."
Jnterest centers in the visit of I)rp
Uty Attorney General B .1. Myers to
this city today, the first since he visited .
Attorney General Schnffcr at White i
Face Inn, Lake Placid. N V . for n
conference on the jurisdictional ques- ,
tlon anil on other mutters of importance
in connection with the bank probe
District Attornei Itotnn will leturn
to the city tomoirc.vv to go over the
case.
MAY END PITTSBURGH STRIK
Carmen Will Meet Thursday to Con
sider Compromise Offer
Pittsburgh, Aug. I'.i -i By A P. I
T1)C first Strfp toward ending the strike
of 3000 motormen and conductors of the
Pittsburgh Railways Company, which
hnv tied up traffic here since last Thuis
day midnight, was taken today by the
exceptive committee of the local division
of the Amalgamated Association of
'I'JUctric and Street ltuilnaj Kiuplo.ves
wblrli cnlled a meeting of strikeis In
vote on calling off the strike
The meeting will be held Thuisday at
Jff m'plock, at which time the men will
be nsked to accept the lationul war
labor board award of a hve-cent nn
Jjour' tvage, increase.
lOeputy I'nlted RtntCK marshals today
MCYCd summons ontbe local car men's
t'f lirtlop. its officers and men in connected
' wjth the fiction against the strikers jes-
trrdciy, tbr rallvvuy company asking
ff0.000 damages, charging the men
wM prepcu or contract in pot accept -tefTtli?.
war board' decision.
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If You Would Vote
You Must Register
One vvcck from today you must
register August 20.
Do not delay, you mny be absent
nn succeeding registration tlav".
You must have n property or poll
tux foil tax in sold nt nil polling
places, which will be open next
Tucsdn.v from 7 n in to t p. m
nnd from A to 10 p. m.
It is flood Citizens Day. Don't
forget the date !
, Soldier Support
Asked by Moore
Continued lYom rase One I
the shackles that have hound it to the
"ontrartor miichine i
"Senator Vare lni said that I nm not
city here
"dung into this campaign was not
of mi choosing I rebelled and ieisted
This is not mj personal tight. But it
is the light "f the llepubllciins who nic
united to tediem tins i itj and to purifv
the Uepiiblican part v.
In Washington wo heiml strange
rumors of Now Wk thugs brought into
t!)i lit to bint and murder good fit I
ens who had dared to oppose the polit
ieiil bosses four venrs ago we were
told by Major Smith that the city police
were to be taken out of politics. Were
they? Smith aid he was a 'man of
high ideals ' They elected Smilh Then
it became a case of
" l.et Vnre do it.'
"That is to be the slogan of this
i niiipnign. I.et this slognn be diiected
lo the good citizens, to the men with
ideals, to the men who know that this
is the first and best city in the I'nitcd
States
"I, et the man who refuses to register
put over the door of his home
"Let Vare do it."
(iles Kiftb Ward Murder
"Uccontl.i tin- state had a most un
Cutunnte gub.rnnt.u ml experience, nnd
11 lioUTnnl VW1S elected to whom good.
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llotll'SI nii'll i aine HUH smiliil nwviri-.
i Tbcv wanted to help linn ami to Help
their gieat stnte. hut they found that
'tlic votcinn professional politicians ai
romh hud his car. and in mrrow and
in shame ihov turned away, saying:
" 'I. el Vnre do it
"And he did
"Mnnj men who profess todnv to he
I goixl iiticns and who talk mosl elo
Iquently and i ontiniiiill of the high
hilcals of good citi.enslnp are nol theie
on tin- one important dny of the your
they saj
'What's the us.'
I.et Vnre
do it.'
This
was the disc
on that fair
, ,,,,,. ,,, ,, mpn from
I Npw York wpro ,,r0IIgIll
j . a mr ,,., .,
I born that ward most outrageously de-
nominated the liloouy ruin
Tliere thev b lick acXert ami mur -
dered.
" 'Let Vare do it,' was the fry that
prevailed. If Vnre did not do it tlien
the mute evidence lies behind tlie bars
of the West Chester jail Virtsehaftor
anil tlie r'si nave goue m ju. i ..v.
would not have been involved in this
. . , . :...i TU.....
monstrous crime if it had not been for
the system of power nggiHiiilizement and
of contracts that ruled our citj nt that
time, and that seeks to rule It now.
"These men who now wear convict's
clothes could have been guided m I lie
right wn.v Instead they were tlie vic
tims of a sjstem thnt has it" founda
tion on the number of good people who
are totnllv indifferent to tlie meiiaii
"
of the contractor bosses, nnd who are
willing to dismiss the matter vvitn 'I.et
Vnre do it.'
'Shafts of criticism nre going to
launched against this candidate They
I Cnil libn tl,A tt'nlwp thnt fnlln on nl
(link's baik. because he is not scared'
now and he will not be scared hy elev-
enth hour rumors. He is not to be
I frightened by mountains of post curd at-
n . , . . it .......I... ..e .!... .Ir,
CI1CKS, l. Jlvrnil.H.e I HUH ft- hi uruiiiM-iu
tlnn. " I
"Do .vou think it was a dining thing!
to enter this campaign ?
"I was led to believe that this was a,
i .,....-. i in, mln ili.it in fli
i . ' ""'
, ,-llit(.(, states the lowest might nspli
I f, i.i.iiest nine
..i . p..(,r understood that I must be,
mnic. IO i.n,l the knee to the dictates,
f ( incliviclni.il . ontrolling the system.
I Register and Knroll
"If vou aie going to support this
movement and sti ike a blow nt the
iiintriietors ion must see to it that A committee lepresenting men who
vou nnd vour friendic nnd neighbois served it. the arm nnd navy dining
legister and enroll ns Republicans on the wi.r and who are opposed lo the
August 2(1. No matter what your pre- Vnres in politics has opened hendquai -vious
politic al nllcgianoe if you are ters in the Libeity Building with the
pinlitiid h birth or citizenship or resi-
dence vou have n right to ask
for a
thing
Republican ballot. The whole
rests on legistrntion day which is also
, ... , . .in
good utiens day. August tt
"If vou
(lie that k 111 of good citUen
. ,. .
who finds it necessary lo i ide through
the mountains or lie on the beach or
stick to his desk on August 'J(l, then
ilon I blame me and the men who nsked
me to run if this time next venr you
Kendrich Hands One
Hack to Senator Vare
Miirdoi h Kendrick, head of tlm
Moore campaign committee, dropped
ii padded brick, figuratively speak
ing, on the head of Senator Vare
during a fhort passage of repartee
between tlie two men lost night.
The incident, which occurred ii
Kugler's restaurant, was the re
suit of nn iiccidentnl meeting of the
Mooie and Vnre campaign forces
prior to their stump-speaking ac
tivities. The Moore parly was already
seated ut dinner when the otners,
headed bv Senator Vnre. entered the
dining room. Stepping up to Mr.
Kendrick. Senator Vnre slapped him
on the shoulder, saying :
"Kendrick, we're going to give
you the worst licking you ever
had."
"That's rather discouraging.'' re
"torted Mr Kendrick, with a mock
expression of sorrow, aud then lidd
ed "But I suppose )ou mean when
Bill' becomes chairman of the ap
propriations committee."
REPRESENTATIVE MOORE SPEAKS
Wrio picked
Ampler, for.
find on your house in letters of bla.ing t
red I
" 'Let Vare do it
Soldier Support Ashed (
Soldieis who attended the formal
opening of the. Mooie campaign liend
iiiaiters In Ihe Liberty Building this
afternoon, were uiged by Congressman
Mooie to tight for civic betterment as
th' did tor the nation.
The appeal brought piolougod ,ap
plause and cheers from the sevenil bun
dred persons, including a large number
of women, who thionged the hcnduuni
ters A b'".'i add"d In the general en
thusiasm ' f
j "I.et us hope " said VoBgressnian
Moore. ' tli.it when the hoiV still oxer
there letuni thei will linA thnt the
I Vnres nnd thnr whole orgnniAiton hale
I left for Cnnailn oi elsewhere. '
Aftei loiirhing on (onditiAns con
fronting the soldiers on their return
here. Congri ssnuin Moore saiiffc
I "If 1 had been mayor 1 wnjild have
been light on hand to welcome y$u back.
i While vou were awav lour refits weie
inisod, and in a number of cases
soldiers' families were throw nl out of
their homes without any redrels from
the city authorities
Cm on Stunip, lie frgpsj
"You hois should go on the stump
It won't hurt jou, and will help a lot
toward cleaning the tit. The contrnc
tors' odds are against you. hut show
them you can light just as well for
civic betterment as you did for the
nation.
.v.r. .v.oore e, ..,.,, o ,e i,,
.... .i .i.t ... .. ,.i. .1 l
by the Atl
an ic ..eeper in erwas-
sociutiou nnd how he hnd been iustru
mental in sending a regiment of engl-
ineers 10 rranre in nunc, up i,uroii-iiu
waterways.
i "1 want nu to be impressed with
j ,1P magnitude of vour own couiitr ,"
I snj,i jjr, .Moore "If your trip abroad
mls )(V, of an benefit to ou now is
the time to show It "
CaptMii Klmer J Preiper urged the
soldiers to support Congressman Moore.
Colonel Median for recorder of deeds.
and the whole independent ticket
j,,
said :
"Congressman Moore has taken as
his platform an invincible opposition
to the Vnres. who have dominated Phil
adelphin and who seek to continue thnt
domination. While .vou'were in camps
nl home end abioad, in the ships
1 it! IIWIIIX- Ullll """"'M - ...i
ti,P trenches, we heard with indig
nation tlie teinhle acts of tliuggerv
i the fields of Flanders, or the mine
jsj,.s.-s..x uT.-ci-a m-CN iK&mmt
u bffih vPiQE- 4 JsW
heiw'hich made Philadelphia us unsafe ns
strewn waters of the Atlantic. We
I111.1. enmc llomp to nut nil Clld to till
tiling dur fiist blow nnd our might
i lest will lie struct, on vioou inens
Day, August 20"
Among others who joined the Mooie
en-r... nt tl.u ImnilfiiinrlKru toilfli i us
lun ,-.s n. .n .............. .. .. ...
Mrs Mav O'Keill) Ituy. fcirnier se, re
tnrv of the woman s department of the
Knights of Labor.
Mrs. Hay has been a friend of the
rnnfrressinnn ever since he wus a labor
... n.......q.,ap ...imrlpr liillnv e! rs IIL'O. s in
'"."'"""' " r." "
will address man
meetings in
this city
VlfDlE'ft FRVlCh" MFN
tUtildt SUli iUCc iln
'PITCH IN' FOR MOORE
, Moore campaign committee.
j On the committee nre these e
men : i
Harris vv yvatklnn. sic l.itMrtv in.iiii ua- I
1ouIb I. Tnfel, Forty-thlrd .md rhotci m i
11U, Charles D Ilenolds I'tioi imiuuoiuI
street jostpn w?in riiiy-ii.urii. n,u wai
'nut streets Herman Goldstein -Ml.' MhnIi r
street vv vv iinuiincrty .am suuth seien
tetnth ttreet Robeit II Weeks .'ill.!.' ll.iltl
more avenue Edward Mpehan lltl'i nid
ovenue, J Freeman llacon 'J.MIl .'oluinlila
avenue Alphonso Hproul Land Till, Uulld
tnic FrnnU U Hubbi. -09 N'orlh Flltv fourth
street. John V Meehan ln3.1 Hld. avi-nu.
I.eo J Tunr.e 3011 Aspn streil riii.in.is
F Meehun '2rl 103.V ItldKe aienui Kdwmd
.VI Horter -41 North Paxun stre. t Harr
A Fryrktiers HJ1 Arch street VVIIIIam
Tunne -3tm Asnen street, Warren 3 Hmn
Ulon 2010 North Thlrt first street Jos. ph
V Somers IH21 South Ilroad siren Klmei
John Presper. 2307 Frankford nvenue K H
aiavls, 4Si'J North VVarnock street VVllllim
c'onle 3612 Filbert street: John Fu .ir.SH
'orth Warnock street
i.- . i.......-..,,,. lllCl Parrl.l. utrt-ei I. ht.
P Conlev Bill- Filbert street, Thonins CJoUl.
smith 14 North Salford strni Nichnlns
Mune .17311 Vine street. Samuel I'nlvln WJ9
Webster streei. jmh '. ,,T,-, '",.'., J
Camar- street Rutherford 11 Warren IW
South Paxnn street Charles TaKrl, J10S
Anpletrre itrect. Frank Carrol , ,.'M ' a r.
penler street J Itavmond kel cllrard
avenue. Harold C. O'Connor 12-':) North
Ktuhleenth street. John J llurtis Sill,
r.rown street Edvard J !. S4S IVrkl
omen street. Karl Vross. '.'OlS Jefferfon
street. Edward J Hulikln. ;t9 North Thlm
first street John Doutthcrly 171 .south
Frailer street VVIIIIam A OalliiKher Ut
North Nineteenth slreel Harry J M. Knintil
IM1 North street Alexander i unnlnuhstn
ts07 Master street rianle! tarnev 1S11
Cabot street John Mulhelrn h.'l North 1.
Hsrlsn Hucher. Tmenlj'-ninth and Olrnrd
aenue, Ramond J Consldlne Ills North
Slxty-thlrrt streei Jnmes McCanti 1885 Kit
ner street: James J Oallairher 141B North
l Nineteenth street jonn a rnuucis niu
I North Fifteenth street, Charles A Unllaiiher
1817 North Twentieth strtet' Iro Repprnt
1 02.1 North Nineteenth street Ambrose
1 Shakespeare LMOS Sharswood street John
O'Donnell Ul WJ" rt0 " F
Ilradj . Charles McFadden 20S Christian
street. John nix 172.1 Ingersoll street,
James J Carr H18 Perklomen slreel Fred
r Dalit t.13 Duelld avenue Patrick J
nurns 140 Cabot street
John M aentner Fpx Chsse Claren-e
Wallace 20tH Master street n C Crsndall
M4 Farraaut terrjee, Charles William
Oowdy 723 Kouth Proad afreet Thomas
Meehan 1035 Rldto avenue. John MrFhllllns.
1420 Iiouvler strwt. John Conahan IS23
West Thompson street; Rudolph ttlrschwald,
lulute mi.etnii.w inlMireic uwwr" .un... - . - ......
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V ARE'S "VEST POCKET' MEN
WON BY MOORE'S SPEECH
Snappy as Lightning Outside, Says One Listener and Every
body Cheers Candidate's Shots at Downtown Leaders
"Hampy -"Vst like thnt lightnin' out
ide brigjit. lean. sharp, snappy!
lien he,'strike. In strikes linrii:
And tlie old man who said it was slt-
tilig on one of Jhe rough benches in a
small. low cejlinged, room of the
Vvliite ijjepliaul, a hotel at Twenty -sefenth
street ml Pnssvunk nveuue.
Tl,. .i-ii. t..... ,.. ,.... . i;.,i.ti. .I....U.
ctolarlj innn in a plain grn, suit w
in invaded the heart of VarriJf,"
h
a bailiwick long lonsidoted tbiy've.st
pot'Kot possrssinn of the dowutijjRli cou
traitors, to deliver last night Jlis open
Ingjofficial slump oration nifTie maor
iHingrt'skuiau Moore stood on one of
tlipjbembes instead uijCn the speakcri.'
platform He wasjfnlking earnestly
to u closely pnekonT nudieuce. There
weren't benches enough for nil of the
u.cu in the rooijiT yny rHger to huir.
lined the wall?' They weie all work-ingnicn-
hayf-working men.
In the gathering hn.e of tobacco
smoke thlights in the room burned
diml.v.The stuffy room, the rough
benches, the ardent lutcnt fines, the
fndtl red festooning fiom the ceiling
pmiipliovv, the place, the men and all
. , h(M o . ,.. struli,,.
,
Congressman Mooie pointed his finger
oui over me nencis ot Ins auditors:
"They've been whisperiug about that
I am no friend of labor, that I am in a
BOrt of league with ninncyeil interests.
Laboring Man Himself
He rocked his right nrm for n s
ekeii his right nrm for a pace.,,nB ailtnmoblle. and then tn the Unle
ashed hi fist into the palm of I ,.. ,, i,h nn,,liteo meetlnc
then sm
t ( r. 1 .
l' '. I 1111 Ilil
"Cieat heavens, men!" he fairly.
Kiuiiiit-ii, ii nat nave i neen doing since
w..s iiurimi cai,s-oiu. our mooring.
II .!.!. - ... .-"l i ,....,
lnhoring for mvjtcilf, laboring for my I
i family, laboring for nthorirorrtcSsitMs
Htv and i n the halls of Congress.
"I amthe fnther of eiglp: children,
and I Wve to Keep mv nse lo the
grindstone, same ns vou (( But I'm
not sopoor, thank God. tlit 1 need i,c
.
I cepi
ept unci
earned money iim anybodj.
' 'Kf may gue nione tOjttte campaign.
hut (they II give me nothing
Outside a storm vvis gntbeung. Dur
ingithc earlier part iV the metiting faint
windows nnd the lovvVuiiibliiiAtliundef
l iigqining tinsnes nnnei tlirougifcllir open
soulided nt intervals A gusMof
17.'.?
W North thlrli-flrnt si
tis'ortli 1nent-flfth
eT'Kja.
IV14
reel Hiennrii
I-Vvrti 'J.llt Oxtonl mreel Vin.
lull fr.J" N'ortll Twenl fAirlh sir
Maiehlll. l."2 N'orfri Tu
street. V""" ' Mulv
I Tw 'nil -fiiurih slrfel Mud
criioii
noninsniMtiirFri
Frank Karrell
i . . ...a,.. f ,3.s m;,
HkJPS
If Sill
Eil JanifSsKlli' J3. -,e. nerl
iln. b- Mnlhi.. '-M'J7 t'.ollon Aire
H-nrters.in Jtt Uult'.n strr! Kit
Ni well fVI 'ICortll rwentsfourth
Swift Jaelman Itf:" JenVnlnn Uriel
iioap Kf LMfV Hi rtn-r utrpct I
.Insenh Vlelz 17"Siortll Juilsnn M-ei t
Arthur II I'lolievXlMlT NUhnlas Bin
Krn-?l Standnmeverjss 1-tM vijnlA
Btr-ri Allen C I'laMnnvvrltl i ''rrl b
rue I hurlen Slnnrtfnine) rrtsJ41i Ho.ljw
treel I. II I'Mnc a.'l I c'o!TtnWAjl.Mr!
in.,nh M.lliHvf 'JH10 Krankforrt nni
lohn MfNklll 41107 North Mxlh iitrcet Hsnr
Johnson 4-0T Prion mreet, Kenrv VVhile
"Mud 'JiVUl South Sartaln nlreei llenrv
Nhlnlter 2:1111 S'orlli Teit-flml stroel
VVIIItani Mllrh.ll 40S7 Ixieusl street Clrorpe
ii MuTVf- .p Ir
ptt.Jjotin iBVl
roijfsj'urin .
t.'yVorlh f I
'V11 uTti..t.t
Ai viai'rf oerrmor
f win or
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ll theoDonnell 2H1S South Hnsewom, sir. et Fied
erick Zlmmer 41121 North Sixth street John
l.'o mnnlev Nleol 103.1 Houth Rrnafl street,
en lie i Thomas Hnallsh R13 rialnbrlde str.et
Ch.irles llamel 00J Farrnuut termre John
i.ufrh.H lillll South Tw'enn -second street
Howard Love Slxt -ninth and Market J
slreds Christopher Hounhertv J3 Chesi4
nul stieet Patrick FlannKim. into NorUf
lii... ,V. ra cthel l.tiee CR3 N'ortM
I.I.II-...H. n..... ....- -. ,.,,, ;,
Thlrn-flrsl street I eo Nessner 44411 C.e
m.mton avenue Thomas Dohert), 274'-'
North Hi' ss streei Mux Kessler. 210 SpruCje
street Patrlfk Coneannon, 3722 Norjh
Hdenham streei inrisnan uuiennrs-r
1127 lltrnrd avenue Harry Reese. in.Ml South
lewdall street James Danstone 19.10 Oak
dole Htre-i
150 CHILDREN ON PICNIcI
Curtis Country Club Gives Outing a
Lawndale
The picnic which was to have been
held Inst week nt the Curtis Country
Club, at Lawndale, for IfiO children,
under the supervision of the "Slate Dis
pensary, is being held today.
Children under fourteen years of
nge, some accompanied by parents, met
at Seventeenth nnd Cherry streets at
I'liO o'clock this morning and took u
special trolley cir lo Lawndale. The, "What do they spell for reform?"
car was provided through the gener-iMr. Vnre asked. "Hampy Moore has
oslty of the Automobile Club of I'hila I been an organization man for twenty
delphin. "vc years. Where does he get off as a
Nurses from the North. South anil reformer?"
West Philadelphia dispensaries were in
charge nf the picnic and provided
lunches for those children who did not
bring food from home.
Airplane Mired at Harrltburg
llarrisburg, Aug 10. Several air
planes of the American Pathfinder
squadron ore being held up here and at
Lebanon by wet weather. One of the
machines Is mired in a field. The city
of llnrrisburg is taking rcteps to procure
a tnunlclpul landing field.
IN VAREVI LLE
t NofcXIVJ6
fAAM AU. rAV
UFE ASK
rAY" FWEWO
SANA
GOMPERSJ
MN''
V40MOR-
nir swept through the room and then
in n trice tlie lightning snapped, nnd the
thunder cracked, and the rain lashed
the hasfilv closed windows.
Inside Storm, Too
Inside another storm ! The quiet con
versational tone of t ongressman Jinnie
'grudunllv
hangeil
He shot out facts
thnt tingled the ears of the 200 men In
tll( ro"'" ' h,P "T."' i'I . "T T '"I
out from under lus lilgn tnougntiui
forehead and bis restless arms nnd bin
fighting fists pounded mi added forte to
his words
"I'll no more take orders from Pen
rose th.in I'll take orders from Vnre!"
he shouted. And the men npplnuded.
"Listen.'- he asked, "vho picked
Brumbaugh foi tloveinor?"
"Vnie." the men answered.
"Who picked Tom Smith for Mayor?''
"Vnre!"
"Wlio picked Ike Dcutsih for the
Fifth ward?"
"Vare!" they fairlv shouted.
"Who picked Ambler for state insur
ance commissioner?"
"Vaic!" again there was n shout.
riiunder and lightning ami applause
went fifty-fifty when the con
ngressmnn
, ff (hp roomi Am, ie ollPf.r!, followed
Jiini down the steps to the hallway of
the building. As be was about to leave
the AVIiite Hlephant. n lightning bolt,
in n terrific thunderclap, struck; n tele
graph wire, rolled along It aud clisiip
jleared.
Through the driving rain to a wait
"llU'in . "i's .-- n
n .f.f- lliiiiiiiintnit n iifnttiio
-,,, ,,., ns ,--,,- thau t
.,!, TM.ilmlol
d i
' "ul"
, tll(1 ,,.,
Mr Mooie Ins
liurrass him a
Denugi
Ing
The old-ime
to bunco
thcipubllo.' he sai
men drinking
in iery
vbrcl. "a'hJNfllcl-tlmc lender
think"
nows liw to play the clti-
zen. t
lililmr, ne church, for vv bat
ever
eau life! out of them. But
he's d
d ff be fooled now. The
suiiare Minn
fast growing wise tji
e demagogue, and he's
it mi registration nuil
the wilef.l
K,01"? ,0
l9flY.9 PATTFRON
100D VOTE GETTER
Tells 43d Ward Follow-
s He's Easy Man to
Work For
onie vole g.eeter
This is Sehator Vare'opinioo of
iudge I'arfersmi. the "VaTe ma?6Tiv
rinrln nfj Hlin canntAS a.(sla 1 ft k t
.. m -s.
night nt the Reed Rcublicau Club,
VfA street und Hrie
'JJH"1 "' uul "rlp
enue
JJ'l,,, en.ltor said the
i J
ifard. wllicll IS the Koi
,-..,
Ltilid the jlldgeflie cnl
orkcrs of the
third
woul''
vote-getter
that tjenn
had ever
iu his
thirty -fiv.
experience
"You
Judge Pat
Mr Vi
ned. "Th
c tlistricVi
y ea rs'
office,
on the
olicito
,s clean, honest a
tipstanc;
oung uciiovv is a
good gua
the future.
"Now
i ..... ..-i .
i wiiiu yoo men to inkcrvour
division books and
r to
door. It'll be easy
Uou men of the Fort
sav to
third .'ord that
!J tlie electinu were
toinufovv Judne
IT,tterson would win Wco lb one."
natnr Vare took ifjffip at so-called
"reftu-merH" in an address Inst nl-ht nt
tlie Ursiii nciiuoiic.nrrv.iiiD. uroad st
.iv ... ... r.. . .j -.....
nnd bnVavenue
Vure nttirsed such opposition
BK v.sniniwsrs just. JJe
, C'auglin and the mayoralty candidate.
Posse Catches Jail Breaker
Auburn, N. V., Aug 10. rrisnn
I guards and n posse of deputies under
Sherift Thomas vvamer captured
Charles Hultman, who escaped from tlm
stnte prison here on Snturdaj' night Iu
the shadow of a vvnter tower nt Sa
vannah, where he was waiting to board
a West Shore freight train already in
sight. The posse spent nil day yester
day following nultman'a trail, which
took them nearly twenty miles.
inti
nbin, nnd it was oowctf
jXV cheers thatgreoed
rWiiloug enougltocm
M
VlnajfePaig
iSkderl Tike
lthl
.1
COO. I
urlihl hl Wi-f
rey
oilers
WESCOTT TO OPPOSE
DOME FOR MR1
Democratic City Committee
Picks Slate to Run Against
Bonniwell Men in Primaries
CANDIDATE IS A LAWYER
Democrats Make Slate
for Primary Election
Mayor Marry D. Wescott.
Forty-third wnrd. son of former
Attorney IJencrnl Wescott. of New
Jersey, who twice nominated Wood
row Wilson for the presidency.
ShfrlfT Franklin A. Smith, dr..
Forty-sixth ward. i01S Hnzel ave
nue, wholesnle lumber merchant,
president Lumbermen's llxchange,
member Common Councils 11)11 -lOlfi.
City Controller Kdward F. Mc
I'eak. Thirty-tirst wnrd. 2024
Frankford n venue, real estate brok
er, building nnd loan official.
Recorder of Deeds Henry W.
Brnude, Forty seventh wnrd, nttor
ney, secretary of Wnodrow Wilson
League of lOlfi, member executive
committee of Jewish Welfnre Hoard,
secretary of Jewish Community and
director of Jewish Sheltering Home.
Coroner Ir John II. Minehnrt,
Twcntv-soonnd ward, former mem
ber Common Council.
Clerk Court of Quarter Sessions
Klmer W. Nittinger. Twenty-eighth
wnrd, attorney, recently discharged
from armv with rank of lieutenant.
The Democratic City Committee hns
completed its shite.
It is headed bv Harry D Wescott.
of the Forty-third word, who will run
for the mayoralty nomination in oppo
sition to former Congiessmnn Michael
Donnhoe, named by the so-called Bon
niwell faction.
Wescott, who is n son of former
Attorney tJencrnl Wescott, of New
Jersey, is u member of the bar in this
city. He took n prominent part in
Liberty Loan campaigns here as chair
man of Ihe Four Minute Men. ,
Mr. Wescott nnd Ihe other Demo
cratic candidates were recommended to
the citv committee by a committee on
nominations consistin- -f fifteen promi
nent men. Hnbert S. Bright was
chairman of the committee.
The committee made no recommen
dations for coiincilmcn, countv commis
sioners or magistrates, preferring to
await tlie result of the petition filed.
IMwin K. Boric presided nt the meet
ing. The committee of twenty -five "Bon
niwell Democrats" who recent v nut n
ticket in the field headed by former
Congressman Donohoe hnR decided to
effect n permanent organization, to be
known as the "Democratic Liberty
League." A statement issued by the
leaders in Hint movement follows iu
part :
"The committee of twenty five who
last week suggested the Democratic
tlckct h(.11(C(1 by Congressman Michael
Donohoe for Mayor, after discussing the
nttitude of Colonel Thomas F. Meehan.
who had been suggested for the office of.
recorder of deeds, noted that inasmuch
ns colonel Meehan hnd announced
that'
he preferred tn be a candidate of a fae
tion of the Henublicnn party and In
ngjthe Republican primary in preference
' mi u1 .iik mv viioiii' ,ii iu,. i.iiiei'i'iii.tiiis.
I the Democratic citizens rescinded the
0 nimniinnnnint.l nf lnct Vfnnilnv nn.l
uiifinimoiislv nnnotinrpd for the rnrnrripr
' nf t'mrlit UmsiTon lit A HiAKf I .
--- - --- ,. ..... -- ------ -i-
Scbad,
Companv L. 111th Infantry. Twenty
it iiitiis in i fci inn iiiuri i ii.
eighth Division.
Sergennt Sound resides in the I or
tieth ward. lie wan specially cited for
extraordinary heroism by (ionernl Per
shing at Montblninvllle, September .'10.
lfllS, when, single-handed, he cleaned
up n mnchine-gun nest, for which he
was awarded the Distinguished Service
fioss October 4, 11)18. lie was awarded
the oak leof cluster to be worn with
the cross when be advanced alone upon
n machine-gun nest, killed the crew
with hand-grenades, captured the gnu
and held the position until the follow
ing morning."
NEW DAYLIGHT BILL LIKELY
Eml
P. Albrecht Looks for Congress
to Please Both Sides
Kmil P Albrecht. president of the
Until se. when tolrl of the nnscniro in tiio
House of the measure repealing day -
light saving, over the President's veto, i
snld : !
.......... .....,..... ,,
will be introduced in Congress. I do
'not know ulmr we could do riitht nwnv .
.inni pr i . ii pun nn siitrit miiii.
, . ,. 7 ..
but we have plenty of time for nction
before next Miirch.'vvhen the renenl of
the daylight saving not vvoiibl be first
felt. Itetweeu now und thnt time, we.
uipe to be able fo prepare a bill which
fcUI receive the approval of the ngricul-
(lui (1
lement. We surely can find n
way p please the farmers and yet con
tinue o profit by daylight saving.
"ft ft.nL n tii,etti.tc.A. In tieoe thnl the
net renViilIng the daylight-saving; bill
lias beeit nnssed over the President's
veto. It ashows the strength of the
farmers nRW nshington. they were the
chief andHilmost the sole opponents of
the day)igt-snving law."
JEWELERS - r -
riHESTNUT AND
PEARL
Assemb:
1
Desired Degree
Of importance.
I-
?.w
LT. DAVID R. WATSON
He has hern agreed upon by the
. Hrpttbllran organlrntlnn leaders ns
their choice for clerk of the Court
of Quarter Sessions
SPRQIMAS NEW IDEA
TO FIGHT LIVING COSTS
Governor, in Salt Lake City.
'
Considers Methods of Re
ducing High Prices
.Sprcoi tlnpalrti to r.vio Publi'' Lrdotr
Sail IjiIip C'lt, Aug .10. tiovernor
Sproul, of Pennsylvania, has obtained
numerous new ideas regarding methods
,to fight the high cost of living.
He ratends to place them in operation
when he returns to llnrrisburg. The
Oovcrnor fs here attending, the ennven-I
tlon of governors of states.
"While I believe," he said, "that
Pennsylvania has done as much as pos
sible in this regard, I have gained some
ideas which, worked out. will make the
co-operntinn of the stales with the
i ."-. .'-Twir'
"t
i
m
V
government in the campaign against ..,.
prnfirfefing and hoarding mme effective. I 350,000 Troops Await Discharge
FedernI contiol of railroads is con-1 Washington. Aug. III. (By A. P.)
tributing to the high cost of living Approximately It.'O.OOO emergenc sol
through high passenger and' freight diers remained to be discharged August
lutes, according to the Crovernor. i1;! the War Department today said. It
Speedy letyn of the lines to private ,. ., 7l-,,000 more will have em
ZF$& '.".ft Kover rbTli.he,,go:.erbnP: I September I . To complete
ment. is favored b.v'the Pennsylvania the enlisted quota of a 22.,000 army
executive. i nbout .Vi.OOO mpre enlistments will b
tiovernor Spioul scored the Plumb needed,
plan by which it is proposed by the ; I
workers thnt the railroads snail te.
governed bv a committee of fifteen mem
bers to rep-esent the general public i
nnd ten members the employed. He
Hilled the plnn unfnir.
The Wnrfield plan, by which the
railroads would collect II per cent of
I their investment, an surplus to be
divided cquully among the public, the
workers nnd the earning railroad, he
characterized as makeshift.
DOONER FAVORS MOORE
Hotelman Sees End of "Despotism"
If He Is Elected
ndunril J. Dooner, proprietor of
Dooner's Hotel, and n lender in Irish
American affairs, favors the candidacy
of Congressman Moore for the mayoralty
nomination.
In a lette;- to Congressman Moore,
Mr Dooner declares; "Philadelphia is
the only spot on earth where n military
despotism is tolerated.
"But," he, continues, "with our
election, 1 confidently predict a restora
tion of 1 1 ne representative govern
ment "I am particularly pleased with
vour announcement that it is not the
purpose of your campaign to promote
individual nmbitions. or to indulge iu
personal nttacks," wrote Mr. Dooner.
"Older your ublc and practical leader
Uhip. the time is ripe for a spontaneous
i.piisiug of tlie citizens to assume con
trol of their o" n nU'ii-s "
TWO KILLED BY LOCKJAW
I Boy and Youthful Hog Island Worker
Victims of Infection
Two persons are dead from lockjaw
i . . .
follow ng II jlfres recevei a week ago.
I ""l""'"" "j"t" e.
Six - v eni'-old fleorgc Snyder, of 20111
I following injuries received n week ago
Six-yeni'-old fleorgc Snyder
I
jorth Klghteenth street, died in 'the
teinnns resulting from a sower lid fall-
ing on his hand nnd crushing; three
fingers.
Michael. Craven, nineteen years old,
of 1740 North Warnock street, was
caught by his left nrm In a machine at
Hog Island, where he vvir. employed.
Tetanus developed and he was token to
the Miserlcordia Hospital, where be died
.esterday.
SILVEKSMITHS
JUNIPEfct STREETS
fECKLACES
p In Any
TO BE PICKED TOY
; Both Factions Must Complete
' TioIaIa I nsV l-nAA r
.vnoio i.o.31. UHUMV.O fy
File Petitions
;
WADE MAY ENTER THE RACE
Neither Tlcpublienn faction hns com
pleted Its slate for Council and the Re
publican organization ' still has two
places on ItR tbket for row offices un
filled. Both factions must complete their
slutes today, as the time for filing nom
inating petitions for the primary, Sep
tember 10, expires at midnight
Independent councllmnnic candidates
have been requested to file their nomi
nation papers and the Independents will
indorse their candidates nfter their
papers have been filed.
Vare leaders may try to make In
roads on the independent strongholds in
the Thirty-eighth nnd Forty-eighth
vvnrds by taking advantage of the dis
satisfaction' caused by the mnkc-up of
the independent slates In those wards.
Select Councilman Irn (iurman, In
dependent, may be slated by the Vare,
organization from the Forty-sixth ward,
nnd Common Councilman Hnrry Davis,
former captain of the Athletics, from
the Thirty-eighth ward.
, "7 ""' "" " "
I orty-sixtb ward over the slating of
Common Councilman Francis F. Burch
for Council by the Independents. (ar
man. who hns always been an Independ
ent, nniiounces thnt he will run, but
says he has not sought Vare support.
Trouble has been brewing in the
Thirty-eighth ward, where A. Lin
coln Acker is the lender since the
Acker forces slated Itepresentntlve flig
mund J. lians for Council. Davis
threatens to run nnd the A'are organi
zation it is reported, will support him
nt u workers' meeting in the Thirty-
eighth wnrd tonight
Such notion would be counted on fo
make serious inroads in the Acker or
ganisation. Select Councilman Brndenburgh.
elected by the Penrose Independent
forces, is reported to have led the march
into the Vnre camp.
linr
known ns torjaur Candles
now mnketlThetr habit to
visit us nfso for Luncheon
ii nd Ice Cream,
Open in the evening till eleten
thirty or soda and for
tandles
1110 Chesta
1H. at ".14 C-atharln
PATTEHKON widow of Jan.pl
or funeral later
. (lEOIKJINA H C . wife
h an 1 ilaUKhter of Iiulae
.S C.ardland Funeral
orutnff from the resilience of
I. i: I'eqUlKmot 202fl
requiem metis at Church
.ourdeu. 10 a m Int.
Cem Pleaae omit flow-
service.
IIKLimVAXTKI) VHI.K
lll'TI.KIt and wcmian cook for Oermantown
I iiliout tbe mldclil
IUe middrt of Sept . mut be flrt
efs Ivery Ibiportant JT 334 Leaser
J i S '''uiP
. ' I.I.ISS.
i,,,.....l..,j. .. tr . .. .
' "aw.Mls.j- iJ bsie.inwn nira u. sen
It) ,ijbihe autojAatlc gas water
heater -IVlurfMphlato plumbers and r-
' trnie. ronimissum ana salary basis.
p air.'. nVdger piflqg
VOINU 11A.S to ifarii business, hlah school
red Williams, Drown A
Er"-!"-1- "Jt-"!'!!' '
aiiiincivii r".n"Ki' -ixinsTiri ui niatctsi
iCtlliwTflsl Jlhlmrla iinrlcses a .Isl...
out-of-town work
Apply any
and 1. It VV
209 North Carlisle st
.'onns-.iian-
WANTKD FKMl.i;
'OnnESPONDKNT
OINO WOMEN'S SPECIALTY
hH AN Ol'KNINU KOll A TIIOR
BXPKniBNfBD STENOORAPII
ANT) roSSESHINCJ I'NIlatlAI.
VW AND COMMON SENSE EX-
l.ellt'i'UUJ U1N1TV AMI GCJOIJ
'AID
NTS! WART'S
1027 MARKET ST.
Ofltl. to hind lantern slides ana assist In
photographic work Williams, llrown V
Ksrle. Inc nia Chestnut st.
COOK and housework: desirable whits lrl
anted, family 2 adults. Oermajitovvn, dl-
I rectly on troleyi fresh vegetables from pwd
garden, ref. rennlred, Irish preferred. Phone
Oermantown 477S.
COOK AND HOUSEWORK Desirable whlla
I Ctrl wanted by family of 2 adults In Oer
mantown'. ploe on trolley, with own garden
' and chickens, permanent place, for right per
son references required. Phone Oerman-
,'lown 4778.
MENDERS on men's wear rancy worsted.
Hhackamafon Mill; Allegheny ave and
Hancock
vv OMAN Cuok i
utler for Oermantown:
almut the jnlddld
f September, must oe
very important P 30.1
first class, reteri
I.edri-r Ottlce
Minn BOOMH
Pt.Vli HT
-A nicely furnished room,
th. Mrs Moore
loertled ne
ptfii ham- vsyn AUTOS
7.passenger hedan. almost newt
urcnaBins oiin
el: this car la
. every respect
It over The.
tn si
Patrmount ave,.
srunce sale nf used
A ears, uome over.
tuurii
hauled and
hted; prices from 11100 t
1.10110
mount.
Co 4u ana rair-
Poo
C1C07
Ht'VIVIKU C'AMrH
Vomig Men nnd Hoys
GRADUATING .GRAMMAR
SCHOOL TOYS
Ail the fellovfc say. Xsfme clan, nifty
and speed oh. Wr'Tour vacation will
not Jbe complete nnleaf ou take n. B. with
youj la backed by fe Largest House of Us
idnii in the countj, Our beautiful lllus
trafed "ataIoiru(BTls the story. Fr. Writ
M j ItQv'eJ' rl4rARK UKI'ARTJIKSI
Those who fliare
.
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i of Tnomas lv.Mcr.fi
I .VI and 11.1Ib
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! her lirothcr-lrf-lav
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of Clur l.'iy of
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