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The Official Report
"A few momenta' delay
was responsible fora losa
of $200,000. Automatic
gjJ"oi sprinklers would have
Mra., iuTptd controlled the fire with
ineir wrr
little or no damage." I
Fromomcial report, Cana
dian Government Com
mission of Conservation.
Don't let this report be
made of your plant.
GLOBE AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER CO.
2015 Washington Ave.
Dlcklnton 531
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F0R1lF0E
Captain Homer Hacker's Record
Exposed by Republican Alli
ance Changed Tactics
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WANTED TO AID TAXI MEN
miiamr wiia
GLOBS
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FOR PATTERSON NOW
Captain Homer Hacker, who has be
come a member of the service men's
committee promoting thn mayoralty can
didacy of Judge Patterson, politicians
recalled today, excited city-wide interest
. three years ago by his lighting campaign
to win tho congressional nomination
from Congressman Yare in the First,
or South Philadelphia, district.
At that time Hacker, now an nlde
of tho Vares, issued .Homeric state
ments daily ln which he protested
x against the grip of the Vare leadership
on his section of the city. At thst time
also his Homeric physical proportions
were frequently seen in the office of
Senator Penrose.
Ills Opposition Waned
Leaders in the Republican Alliance
said today that Hacker's opposition to
the Vares abated considerably after the
101C campaign, and that in 1017 he
quickly "taxied" to the Vcro camp.
Hacker was president of the taxicab
drivers' union, and in explaining his
alignment with the Vare leadership,
according to Penrose lieutenants, he
indicated that it waB highly .desirable
for taxicab men to be on good terms
with the police.
r-ln the course of his campaign against
Congressman Vare, Hacker said in otic
of his speeches:
. ."They have made every efTort to get
me to withdraw my name as a candidate
for Congress. Only the other day a
man came Jjjfme and said, 'What's your
price?' 'pJYy Hall,' I answered nndjic
"In anr interview three years ago,
Hacker was quoted as paying :
Sure, I'm going to lick the con
gressman. Why tho Vares havo got
South Philadelphia by the throat. It's
Just all poppycock that they can't be
licked. You've got to take a fall some
time and I am pioneer enough to go
into the enemy's camp and" run against
him. There will be nothing to it."
Attached Mayor Smith
Discussing the city administratlou.
Hacker was asked if he was, satisfied
with the management of the city's af
fairs. "Not by a long shot," he re
plied, "Mayor Smith is playing petty
politics for the convenience of the Vares.
Mayor Smith said ho was going to have
a business administration, but where
is it?"
Captain Hacker saw service in France
with tho expeditionary forces and only
recently returned home. He llvc3 at
2T33 South Fifteenth" street, n the
Twenty -sixth ward.
"1000" MOW ORGANIZED
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Robins Fills'"Row" Positions on tho
Cpmrnlttee
- Organization 'of the committee of one
thousand has been perfected.
, Thomas Robins, .chairman, has an
i nounccd the vice-chairmen to be Robert
P. Irwin, Jr., and Alexander Conn.
Louis Andrew Berry has been made,
secretary and Henry II. Netter, treas
urer. ' .
Conn wiirhave chafeo of the speak
ers' bureau, Berry the publicity bureau
land Jrwhi will head the organization
cuuiuuuvt;.
.Judge Patterson has 'gone on a fish
ing trip off Bay Head, N. J., with
Charles E. Carptener president of B.
F. Houghton & Co., and a former mem
ber of the committee of one hundred.
Mr. Carpenter denied any political slg
nificancir'in the visit of Judge Patter
ton. Marine Association to Elect
American Legion Post No. 180, of
Pennsylvania, composed exclusively of
marines, and former marines, will hold
its first meeting this evening at the
" Marines Club, 1017 Chestnut street, nt
which time officers will be elected and
delegates will be appointed to the state
convention to be .held in Harrisburg,
October 2, 3 and 4. The post now has a
membership of more than 200 marines.
93000 Fire Downtown
Fire last night caused $3000 damije
to the dwelling of Julius Actor, 425
Jackson street. Mrs. Actor had taken
her children -to a turkish bath, and her
husband was also away at the time. The
.Actors said there was no fire of any
kind in the house when they left the
premises.
1ITE know of a branch
office that did four
times the business-of the
parent concern. The branch
office believed in advertis
ing,' the factory "never had
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HERBERT M. MORRIS'
Advertising Agency
, E'tiry ffimt pf Salt Prpmpti6n
H.
Hire s
carbonated inbottles
or the Home
GOOD old Hires
as much of a
Philadelphia institu
tion as Fairmount
Park and more
6urely cooling and
refreshing, invigorat
ing and healthful. In
pint bottles, or by
the case, at your gro-
cers.
Also
Hires
Ginger Alp
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Holds Connelly, Walton and
Oaffney Responsible for Char
ter's Confusing Section
TAXPAYER BROUGHT SUIT
Blame for the confusion arising from
part of the finance section of the new
city charter is laid on City Solicitor
Connelly, City Controller Walton,
and Joseph P. Gaff&iy, Councils'
finance chairman, in a bulletin issued
today by the Bureau of Municipal Re
search. x
On Amnist 20. in Common Pleas
Court Xo. 2, a taxpayer's suit was en
tered to restrain the city from pro
ceeding with three' loans already au
thorized. The suit was brought by
Solomou C. Kraus, a real estate ffflin,
through his counsel, Joseph L. Kun,
deputy attorney general under uovcr
nor Brumbaugh.
"Forced Into Charter"
After a brief review of the opposition
brought against the finance section ot
the new charter as originally drafted
by the charter revision committee, the
Municipal Research bulletin cont nucs:
"As enacted into law the article un
der, attack in the pending taxpayer8
-suit is virtually the article drafted in
the city solicitor's office. In essence
it is the wording which the city solici
tor, the city controller nnd the chair
man of v the finance committee forced
into the charter against the protests of
the charter revisionists. The rcspon
osmiitu t nn the shoulders of these three
officials and the attorney gcncrnl. Tho
wording is as different from that of the
charter committee as nignt w irom uay.
The opponents of the charter were un
recentivc to suggestions even those
m.i.lp slmolv to clarify their own draft.
"At one point in the conferences the
suggestion was made on the purt of the
rev slouists that words DC nunea lo inc
draft to indicate whether or not the
prohibition against borrowing money
for current expenses was to npply to
nil loans to be issued after the effective
date of the article or only to loans au
thorized after that date.
Suggestion Turned Down
"This suggestion was disposed of by
the charter opponents on the ground
that they did not want the prohibition
to apply to loans authorized prior to
the effective date and that without spe
cific wording to tlint effect the courts
would unquestionably take the stand
that only loans authorized after that
dato were restricted to purposes other
than current expenses.
"It is precisely the lack of this spe
cific wording that has given rise to the
litigation in question and to all the sen
sational assertions and predictions un
justifiably based thereon."
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ALLIEDUNIONSSPURN
II
BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE
Mon of 16 Affiliated Trades Dis
approve Walkout That
Halts Building
SAY' AGREEMENT IS BROKEN
Sixteen allied trades organizations
V.-... -.I..1 ,1li,.HHAiial nt tnAM tit an
1S6?T bricklayers in the city who arc
striking in 'violation of an ngrecment
they aro said to have signed to work
fo 87',i "cents nn hour until April
1, 1020.,
The men are out for $1.K5 an hour.
TheirSctlon was condemned by the six
teen nffilUtpil nniniiR. which went on
record as disapproving and refusing
to support the action of the union that
is said to have treated its agreement us i
a "scrap of papir."
Among the jobs being1 held up by the
strike arc the Frankford "I." station,,
the Babies' Hospital. Seventh and Pine
... .. i...ii.iia nt thn Frankford
I arsenal and construction work nt Hog
Island, as well as building throughout
the city.
See U. S. Officials
1 TJonrnsontatlveti of the strikers will
. ...HI, -nvni-nmont officials tills
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rcoucst in hi. -worn ..--,--at0
a dock at Mifflin strce t w harf
be resumed at the old rate. O" ":.
dred and seventy-five men from this job
are Btriking. , . t.i-v
So serious is the action of. the brick
layers that construction work through
out Philadelphia is virtually at n
standstill. Many housing Pations
designed to be completed in t me for
winter tenancy are duo to be held up
indefinitely, and factories under con
struction also will be held over until
next spring, it is said.
Many builders face a Berldus situa
tion as a result qt the strike. A ith
no intimation that the bricklayers
would treat their agreement as a
"scrap of paper" the builders are said
to have signed contracts, figuring on
the building costs with tho bricklaying
at the agreed upon price.
In addition to the meeting of gov
n,n.i. nn.l union representatives,
meetings nrc scheduled today also at
the Builders' Exchange. One is called
for this afternoon, when the general
contractors will pass resolutions sup
porting the mnstcr builders in the
..tomi thov hrf.-e taken in the strike.
The other wilFoe in the evening, when
the boss bricklayers will meet to dis
cuss the strike.
Impossible, Says Contractor
P. J. Kelly, a contractor, said that
it was impossible to meet the demands
of the men, and that the work would
stay in the condition it is in until next
spring before the builders would give in.
The contractor said the nationnl offi
cers of the union declared the meeting
two weeks ngo, when the demand was
presented for nn increase in wages, u
"rump" meeting.
The resolution to strike was passed
after the thinking men had gone homo
and the president was ousted from the
chair and a deputy put in, the con
tractor added. He also said that tho
business agent of the union, William J.
Haggcrty, was not in sympathy with
the strikers.
CUNNINGHAM SPIKES RUMOR
Candidate Says He Does Not Want
Vare Aid
Thomas W. Cunningham, chairman of
the Republican Alliance, denied today
that he had sought "organization" iup-
a. !n l.tu nomratf.Ti fn. .! w.f Iftll fid
IIUll 1 HIS ..M.KI.M.to" V ... ........ .wu U1I
clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions,
He said he would make his tight as
Independent Republican candidate, nudj Engine Company Xo. 53 was sum
did not want "organization" help. jmonetl from Fourth street and Snyder
Mr. Cunningham said that he had "avenue.
been told of tile report that he had of- Firemen were just finishing their
fercd to desert Congressman Moore and work when the Actors returned to their
"throw" thousands of votes to Judge home about 11 o'clock. Everything in
Patterson m tnc icnui warn, wncre iieithc house was destrojed. The dnmnire
is Republican leader, in return for
ganizntion" support.
"I have been trying to run down that
rumor," he said. "There is absolutely
nothing in it."
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Grandchildren of the late Theodore HooseeIt and children of Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on a Long Island beach. In the rear is
Grace; Theodore, Jr., and Cornelius nrc in the front
IN JAIL ILLEGALLY, IS CHARGE
Says Cousin Is Held In Moyamensing
Though Term Expired
A charge thnt his cousin, Joaiah Tit
zoll, of Xcw York city, is being held il
legally in Moyamensing Prison was
made today by Alexander Martin, an
optician, 1728 Chestnut street.
Tltzcll, according to Mr. Martin, was
sentenced to thirty days in prison b
Judge Davis on July 17 for failing to
pay a $0 taxicab bill. The costs of the
prosecution, JUl.fiO, also were assessed
against Titzell.
Mr. Murtin said today that Titzcll's
sentence expired August 1G, but that
he Is still kept in prison. On the back
of the commitment papers, the optician
declared, was a stipulation that the de
fendant is not to be released until he
pays the taxi bill and the costs.
Relatives of the imprisoned man al
lege his iucuiccrntiou now tukes on the
nbpeet of imprisonment for debt, uud
they intend to ask for u writ of habeas
corpus in an efTort to gain his release.
RETURN TO BURNED HOUSE
Family
at Carnival When
Their
Home Blazes
Returning from a carnival which they
had been attending last night, Julius
Actor nud his wife found their home,
27 iackson street, virtually burned to
the ground. -
The Actor family left the house
shortly before 0 o'clock, closing all the
windows. A short while after ncish-
bors saw-
smoke pouring out of cracks
under the door and windows.
is estimated nt $4000.
THIS SHOP WILL CLOSE SATURDAY ALL DAY
AND MONDAY (LABOR DAY)
BONWIT TELLER. 6, CO.
UJie Specialty Shop cfOrUuriat
CHESTNUT AT 13 STREET
ANNOUNCE FOR TOMORROW (FRIDAY)1
End of Season Sale of
: Coats and Wraps
1 1 Separate Sport Jackets,
Plain and Heather Jersey were 22.50 ' 750
8 Separate Novelty Jackets
were 29.50 to 49.50 10.00
14 Automobile Dusters
(Coats and Capes) were 29.50 18.00
12 Bon-Bonette Capes
were 39.50 and 59.50 25.00
9 Pongee Coats '
were 45.00 28.00
10 Evening Wraps
were up to 135.00 35.00
7 Dark Silk Afternoon Wraps
were rip to 135.00. , ' 38.00
8 Capes andWraps
in Serge and Tncotincwere up to 95.00 . . . 38. 00,
7 Bon-Bonette Capes
(Squirrel and SabJs
fr-
ROOSEVELTS
film AT Dl AV ICC Al ABM,"e endured In the past jenrs and it
UlriL, A I fLAT, ulVtb ALArilYlhnii unitp S) knouing that it is our
Children Smash Fire Box Tale Told
In Tears
Children playing nt Front trnd Kcnil
worth streets today, smashed a lire
i
alarm box and then one of them turned I
in an alarm.
Soon the street was filled with fire- '
men and n crowd o persons who had i
rushed to the c,omcr in expectation of,
seeing n blaze. Five engines, ttno
trucks, two patrol wagons nnd the nn- i
tomobiles of various officials jammed the !
street. j
Efforts were made to find the youth
ful offender. At first the children snld
a little boy had turned in the alarm
and then thnt n little girl had done it.
At Inst, Mamie .Ucrrlck, eleven ears
old. was singled out. She lives in shleration anything but the need, of the
Kenilworth street, jienr Front. The.jrnnaii people, which indeed defies ile
clilld sobbingly explained that when she scription. Xo other people has suffered
touched the fire alarm ho she had no BS much during the wnr ns the Geimiin
idea that un alarm had been sent in. , nation is suffering even now. And to
iiplievc this suffering shall be our sole
TDIIOl IMIIIDCC MAM MIMCTV purno'C.
inuurv iimjuiiuo mniv, iiiiili n
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Pedestrian, Left Bleeding on Street,
Picked Up by a Motorist
Struck by n horse-drawn truck to
day at Third and Vine streets, Law
rence Phoff, ninety jenrs old, 028 Xorth
Thirteenth street, savs the driver left
him bleeding in the street nnd drove
oway.
The aged mnn crawled to ii curbing
nnd a few minutes later was seen by ii
motorist, who offered to tnke him home.
Phoff said he told the motorist he lived
nt Thirteenth street nnd Ridge avenue.
He evidently wa3 misunderstood, be
cause he was brought to Thirtieth street
and Ridge nvenue, where the motorist
left him.
Phoff, bleeding from a cut under one
eje nnd with his right hand lacerated,
was seen by n patrolman, who took
1 1 i in to the Xorthweslern General Hos
pital. Physicians say the aged man is
suffering from shock. The police are
searching for the truck driver.
Collars) were 98.00 and 145.00
ERIMS PLAN
LOYALTY 1EET1
Plans of Mass Gathering ,at
Turngemeinde Fail to
Arouse Authorities
DOCTOR HEXAMER TO SPEAK
Germans in this city, invited to at
tend n mass-meeting tonight in the
Turngemeinde, Broad street and Colum
bia avenue, are urged to "meet in order
to prove thnt German loyalty is no
empty phrase."
The meeting is sponsored by the
"Hilfsfund of Philadelphia," which" be
came the German Philadelphia Relief
Society during the war, and the invita
tions, which call attention to th'e fact
that "one should not take into con
sideration anything but the need of the
German people," arc signed by Joseph
Schlenz, president of the Hilfsfund.
Apparently the meeting has been ar
ranged with no objection from the of
fice of federnl agents or the police.
An advertisement, printed in the Ger
man lnngunge in German newspapers,
has appeared from time to time telling
of the meeting.
The Advertisement
The advertisement is declared to be
n renewal of German propaganda here, i
Its English translation follows: I
"On Thursday. August 2S, in the
interest of suffering across the ocean,
at the Turners', under the auspices of
the IliliHfnnd of Philadelphia."
"Germans to the front! Everjbody
should come, for it will be n wonderful
time when nil the men nnd women of
German ancestry in the City of
Brotherly Loo meet in order to prove
thnt the German loyalty is no empty
phrase. 1
"This mass-meeting shall bring us all
together after the severe ordeal which
duty to assist our devastated old father-
lnnd nnd do everything to relieve hun
ger and suffering in order that our
people will again tnke heart nnd nssume
a leading place among the nations of the
world. This, our purpose, will lead us
to sublime heights, for what could be
nobler and more sublime than pity and
charity.
Would Show World
"All German men nud women now
show the world what the people of
Germanic descent nrc made of, nnd show
your willingness to meet this emer
gency! Therefore, come in largo num
bers, filling the hall to the last seat.
Xobody will regret having come, ns hr
will leave with the consciousness tlin
his presence has nssisted in a nobl
i oause. One should not take into con
.
Signed for the Hilfsfund.
"JOSEPH SCHLEXZ,
"President."
Schlenz was formerly a director of the
Xorth Pcnn Bank, but resigned after
his loyalty to the United States was
attacked and depositors of the institu
tion demanded his removal. Ralph T.
Mover, the accused cashier, is said to
hnvc succeeded in ousting Schlenz after
a heated argument. The objection to
the president of the Hilfsfund as a
director is snid to have been bnsed upon
his refusal to buy Liberty Bonds.
Schlenz Will Speak
Schlenz made a mystery of the group
of speakers to address the meeting, but
in spite of hlj "efforts it has become
known that he nnd prominent residents
of German descent who became notor
ious through their un-American activity
preceding nud during the war will
speak. i
Herman Kreimer, formerly associated
mr
48,00
with the Tagcblatt, members of the edl
torial start and officials of which were
convicted of violations of tho espionage
law, will speak. It was Schlenz who
went ball for the accused Tagcblatt men
when they were held for trial.
S. O. Von Bosse, president of the
German -American Alliance, the charter
of which was withdrawn by Congress
nftir the un-American character 'of Its
actions was exposed, will addicss the
meeting.
Dr. C. J. Hexamcr, most widely
known of all alleged German propa
gandists, is reported to be on the pro-
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for European Travel
STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES
PASSPORTS WILL BE ISSUED
American Battlefields to Be Visited on
First Anniversary
Tho State Department's an- tourists to see Europe since) 1914,
nouncement that passports will bo and the time is peculiarly appro
issued to tourists poing to France, priate, for the party will visit tho
Belciam nnd Italy after October 1 scenes of American battles on the
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Final Reduction
MEN'S OXFORDS
Our entire summer stock
of Low Shoes repriced
in three groups.
East Section
m & 5 7
They are all Dalsimer Standard regular stock. Not
bought for special sale. All sizes and widths in die
various styles. Come early and buy'for next season,
at a big saving.
Boys' Oxfords
Tan 3.75 Black
CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAYS DURING AUGUST
'TIS A FEAT
1204-06-08
Final Clean-up!
Men's. .Shoes
Most all of this season's best styled
Summer Shoes, which we sold at 9.00 to
12.00. i..-rli-i.j
Now 5.90 and 7.90
All incomplete lines from our three
stores are assembled at our Chestnut
Street Store formerly priced 8.00, 9.00
and 10.00.
now
plEDERMAN
cram 'or a snecch. but riclilen tlenfeil Mjft,
il.ta TVninH TT.viiinfl. tvna fnrtaArltr
president of the alliance. , Vj
The Rev. Theodore HanesKn is.schcu- mv-TJ
nlpfl nq nnnthpr Rnenkcr.
Despite the fact that bis name in'"
signed to the announcement and invi-
tation, Schlenz denied intimate knowl-v
edge of the meeting nnd referred ques
tioners to l'wald 'Grobcl, a saloon
keeper, of Fourth nnd Race streets.
Grobcl, Schlenz said, Is a member of
the committee.
Grobel denied knowledgo of any de
tails of the affair and said he didn't;
even know If he would attend.
ship accommodations of the best
class, which under present condi
tions are very difficult to secure.
Party Limited
The party is strictly limited by
the steamship space available, and
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advantage oi this opportunity to
visit Europe should write at once
ta:n:np. rate dates and full in
wiping wcs, dates ana xuu ia
for the company's booklet, con-
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Whitcomb Company, 1005 Chest
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