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f Kimball St. Resident Wounded
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WORKED AGAINST VARES
Shot early today by n masked bur
glar v,ho invaded his bedroom nt 810
Kimball street. Frnnk Vottn, n sup
porter of Congressman Moore, later
asserted that his life had been threatened
'for his activity against the organlza
tlon ticket.
At the Moore campaign hendnuarters
this afternoon Vottn declared that
Thursday night an unsigned note had
hcn tlirimt under his door
"Tour life will be taken if .'ii don't j
stop working against tiic v nre. ui
ta iuotcd as the substance of th note
Kobbed, Then Shot
The injured man. who vvn -hot in
the arm by the supposed burglnc nld
he had been to n committee meeting lnt
night and returned to his home soon
afternidnight. lie retired at once. H
was aroused by some one moving in his
"bedroom
"I saw a masked man in my room
with something shining In his hand."
Votta told Kiigene Allesnndronl. an as
sistant district nttorncj. who wn m
the Moore headquarters.
"The maske6man took my mone and
"mv watch and then came over to inv
bed. I saw the shining thing he hnd
was n revolver. He pointed Hint nt
me, and as I threw one arm up '
guard my heud he tired. I felt a pain
'In the arm
Can't Produce Note
Mr. Allesandrouo asked Vuttn for
th anonymous note he said he received.
Vottn explained he had left the unto
on a table on the first floor of his
house. After the burglar ran from
bis room, he said, the sound of the
shot aroused neighbors who tiooped Into
the place. He missed the note, he nld.
after the crowd had gone.
" LIBELED FOOD ON MARKET
Kane Scores In Fight on Food Hoard
era Hog Liver to Be Sold
District AttorueJ ICane won his fii-t
victory today In his effort to force
hoarded foo'd into the market, when the
owners of ten boxes of hog liver, which
had been libeled by Mr. Kane, agreed to
sell the liver at once to nvpld hating
It seized by the Vnlted States marshal.
The liver was stored here by the I-.nst
Side Packing Company, of St. TxmK
The company claimed that the original
cost of the liver was between seven and
eight cents a jiound. It will sell the
Hver nt three cents a pound.
Mr. Kane, after sajing that the gov
ernment's purpose was not to cause loss
to business men, said: "In these cases
Jthe object ot the government is to have
food held unlawfully in storage put
.upon the market at the earliest possible
date."
Big Registration
Marks Last Day
Continued From Tace One
.the mill operatives were sleeping late,
but would be out In forcp Inter. Many
of them come in after 4 o'clock this
afternoon
Additions were made today to the
"flying squadron" of inspectors iep
resenting the registration board. The
new meu were sworn in by Hampton
S. Thomas, chief clerk of the board.
Both Independent and Organization
leaders pledged a bigger ruh to the
polls later in the day, but leaders of
both factions conceded that the rush
would not be anything like that of the
first and second registratibn dajs
1 15,000 Unregistered
More than 115,000 voters whose
, names are on ihe assessment lists aie
j still unregistered. To these afe added
the natnes since placed on the lists by
v division assessors.
Ward and division leaders of the
rival organizations were on the job carlj
today. The polls opened at 7 a. in.
Both sides vere determined to get out
voters on the final registration day.
Organization leaders conceded that
today's enrollment would be between
fiO.OW) and C',000 voters, bringing the
total enrollment to approximated 350,
O00 voters.
On the first registration day 1ST.-13
voters enrolled and 100,:i21 on the sec
ond da. They were the two biggest
registrations ever recorded in the his
tory of the citj.
The biggest previous registrations
were for the primary In IMS and the
presidential election in lfllfi, when, the
figures exceeded .'tOO.000. But on neither
of the first two days was the registra
tion so heavy In those years.
In mauy of the central organization
wards few voters are left to enroll.
Most of those whose jiames are on the
assessment lists enrolled 011 the first two
days.
The largest number of uniegistered
voters are in the four, big Independent
wards in the Gennantown and West
Philadelphia districts, despite the ab
normally heavy registration in those
residential districts on the first two
days.
SHIPS TO ESCORT MERCIER
Three Vetseli WRI Weleome'Prelate
: to fJew York;
eT lorh,' Sept. n. When. Cardinal
Merder and his party reach Ambrose
Ch.nnal fi.Vl Urina,, nv nhnhnl 1 1,
Northern racific, three steameber
Ibk three .welcoming committees, will
jBi'ert .and e.s'wirt Jiim up, thebty." 4
Mayor Pyian' ' committift' lo; feoelve
mg'tinnilshfd tnjes'ts xrill-JmTpfhViained
Hs'tlngulshed 'Bue'ta IlL-haTpillft'fiiiined Car and Fuel at Port Covington,
Be.Klj.ri. prefotc from, abwlnl topjiwlice I Near Baltimore, Destroyed
SSL' "!r ."'ife0 W fen ! Baltimore. Sept. 0. - The Western
ij-vCnthoTlcofevvaAfltlf i!yrftlliS farrland Railroad's great coal pier,
jf'hiwron-tne-UOrjfectiovsHnjents
J. uif'C'lumliUB.6fflctrs W(ll,'ql6oji5fiHm
i 'J ninv n is nnifirn n-i 11- wnuiAina in
r iJnuou'iQVeaterday. ' - $
pf Jy 0h hb) flrsf'nitbt In Ataerjcitjtlie
Hitfq tho orcble.ni'sfop'a't srridenre,
, ' j((ton avenue- ana r luy-nrsc sircei.
",(, On Thureday the cardinal will go to
' Baltimore where he will be the rueut of
'.-. , Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore will give
"07 ih n' official reception of wf lcome.,
-, ' CmU1 jMercler's Tlult to, Aratrlna
lh Hilitfrn of thanks for aaatoCttnco
I t IWljiua. lie .cdtfWteMc
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MKS. THOMAS . MrGOI.DKICK
The steamship Sin.siii.mn, launelied
at Hog Island today, was sponsored
by .Mrs. MrColdrlrk, of Sayvllte,
I.. I., :ui nliiiuniis of St. CI din
College, Sinslnnwa, Wis.
HOG ISLAND LAUNCHES
FIFTY-SECOND SHIP
sinsinawa Leaves Ways Spon
sor Graduate of Girls' Col
lege of That Name
The steamship Sinsiuana was
launched at Hog Island this morning,
taking her initial dip into the Dela
ware at II o'clock. The Sinsirmwn i
the lift -second ship to leave ihe vas
at the shipyard. The event was cheered
bj isitors mid workmen.
Moie than 1000 membeis of thel
American Chemical Socictj attended ,v
guests of President Ilrush. nf the Amei
icnn International Shipbuilding Coin
puny.
Mrs Thnmns A V, finMrii k . uifi. nf
Dr. Thomas A. McGoldnck. police sur-1 Vl"' Stratford, where he will fonnallj
genu of m-ookhn. was sponsor. The I open official headquarters,
storj ol her selection for this honor H , A brief intormnl reception will fol
picturesque The Indian name Sin- '""
siiiawn. chosen bv Mrs. Wilson and At - n'llml the first display of the
meaning home of the oung eagle." i P'-nnnm-iit Mood lighting of ludepen
is shared b a Inigc girls (ollcge con-I ''''""' H,lU Wl11 '"' inaugurated bj the
dinted b. the Dominii nu sisteis, St. i crnii.l iiin-tor.
Clara College. Sinsiiiawn, Wis. The i s"ndmg beside the Liberty Hell, the
sisters asked that one of the girls be grand master will throw the switch re
chosen for sponsor. The nrivilece leasing the current. Just before the
granted, the students elected Mrs.. Mc
(ioldrnk, one of the alumnae.
A their tribute to the ship, the sis
teis and gills sent a school pennant and
a flamed picture of the school both
to hang in the captain's cabin. A silk
Hag in their colors, blue und white
also was presented.
Others in the spousors' party weic
Dr. Thomas A. McOoldrick, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas V. Casey and John II.
Delaney. public service commissioner
of New Vork and .Mrs. Delaney. Father
M. Donovan, of St. Agatha's Church,
and Father W. SI10I2. of the Holj Name
Chinch tin's cit.
Athletics Start
9 j 1 - -! 1JHII 11411 11IIIUU .liUCll 1 ) ill"
Well 111 SeCOndVonlo A- w- Chapman, Winnipeg; A.
1 A. Campbell, London, Ont.; John A.
fniiiiiiurd I mm I'cur One Cowan, Toronto; Abraham Shaw, dep-
n,i ii..,-,., ,.,(..., 1 ci,.. v "'' grand master of Canada,
and Kill rus retired .Shannon. .No runs,, ,. ... , ,-,, . , ., ,
one hit no errois Major denernl Clement, who will be
Hum's fanned. Shannon threw out ehief marshal of the Templais" parade
High- Vitt threw ,,t Durnn. X runs, t,IPS(1-r: ,u;ut ovor thrnl,ol!tP w,t1' h!s
no hits, no enois , aides this afternoon 'Ihe line extends
'on Hrood street from Coliunhi.i avenue
Third Inning to Spring Garden street, theme to the
.Sott singled to center. Kussell vnr !l'arkwa. returning by Anh streft to
rifieed. Kinnej to Hurrus,1 Scott going iBioad, and disbanding at Pine stieet.
to second Hooper beat out a hit to, ., , . .
Duiran. Scott eninc to third. Hnoner ' Many fcvenls Open to Public
stole second Vitt hit to Kinnev. who
tiled for the plate Si ott was chased
bin k and foi th between third nnd home.
but managed to get back to third safelj
where Hooper wns standing and was
tagged out, Kinney to JIcAvoy to
Thomas to McAvoy. Roth fanned. .Vol
riino, two hits, no errors.
Thomas walked. McAvoy (lied to 1
Hooper. Kinney tanned. 1 nomas die!
'ealing. Scliang to Scott No runs, no
nits, no errors.
Fourth Inning
Ruth fanned. So did Si hang lc
Iunis was safe on Dugan's muff. Shan
non singled to l"ft, sending Mcfnnls
to second. Dugnn threw out Scott No
urns, one hit. one erior.
Kurruv filed to Hooper. Witt Hied to
Roth. Walktr died to Ruth. No inns,
no hlt, no eiruis.
Fifth Inning
Kussell smacked a double to left.
Hooper sacrificed. Kiune.v to Hurrus,
Russell going to third. Vitt flied to
Burns nud Russell was nipped at the
plate. Burns to McAvoj. Xo runs, one
hit, no errors.
Burns Hied to Roth. Scott threw out
High Dugan lined in Ruth. Xo ions.
no hits, no errois.
SKtli Inning
Thomas thiew out Roth. Ituth out.
Hun us to Kinney. Schung walked,
Schaug out stealing, McAvoy to Dugnn.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Thomas singled to left. This was
the first hit made off Russell. ilcAvoj
fanned. Kinney singled ti right, send
ing Thomas to second. Hurrus singled
iu the Miuie place, scoring Thomas and
tending Kihuey to second. Kinney
went to third and Burius to second on
a passed ball., Kinney scored and Bur
ins held second on Witt's sacrifice fly
tn Ruth. Walker was safe on itt
fllmble but Burriis wns uiit at the
,,iate , Vitt to Scliapg, Two runs, tin ce
n 17.
hits, one error.
GREAT COAL PIER BURNS
jooo feet long and ninety feet high,
m & .-.. w n rtn ra nun iiiinru
together with cars and quantities of coal
at Port Covington, the company's har
bor terminals south of the city, burned
last, night.
GERMANS AND BRITISH CLA8H
Cologne, Sept. ft. Serious disturb
ances between Germans nnd British
troops at Kusklrchen, twenty .miles
oulhwest of this city, resulted Jn a
soldier 'belnr badly Injured. The leader
of ttie.fleYinann. a man nanied 'Kunpef,
was Wdrt.niartinled and .sentenced'
desttf wis. th town was anef, JWJ.WW
Grand Officers of Dominion
Among Fraternal Envoys of (
Nation Who Flock Here
OPEN PROGRAM TONIGHT
Knight Templar from near and dis
taut states, from Canndn and the re
gions south of the Vnlted States, poured
I into the city today ns delegates or viI
tors to the thirty -fourth triennial con
clave of the Ornud Encampment ot the
Grand Lodge.
With the hi rival at Uroad Street
Station nt (! :." o'clock this evening of
the grand master, I.ee Stewart Smith,
of Pittsburgh, and the other grand of
ticers. the elaborate program of ccie
monies which is to last until next Snt
urday will begin.
Aciompanjlng the grand master and
I his part on the special train nie most
I of the other officers of the grand en
I canipment. These include .Ioeph K
Orr. deputy grand mnster. Atlanta, (in. .
Jehicd W. ("liiimherlln, grand general
issimii. St Paul, Minn. ; l.eonidns P.
New by. grand captain general, Knights
toun. I ml : William 11. Norris. grand
senior warden, Manchester, la.; Oeorge
W. Valley, grand junior wniden, Den
ver. Col. : the Itcv. William W. Voting -son.
grand prelate, Portland. Ore
IIciuj W Lines, grand treasurer. Mrti
den. Conn 1'rank II. Johnson, grand
recorder, f,miiville, Ky, ; William L.
Shnrp, grand standard bearer, Chicago.
111.; Trank L. Nagle, grand swoid
bearer, Ncvvtonville, Mass.: Perry W
Weldner. grand warder, I.os Angeles,
Cnlif. ; Isaac II. Hettinger, grand cap
tain of the guaid, Kansas City, Mo.
2m Knights in Party
More than L'OO knights accompanied
the grand muster. They will be wel-
coined at the station by several thousand
Templars, comprising Pennsylvania Di
vision. Xn, 1, under command of W.
1'reeland Kendiick. Escorted bv this
delegation, in full Templar regalia, the
Krnn" innsicr will proceed to the Hello-
lighting a quartet of Templars will sing,
i.eau. iviuiuy Light.' noil immediately
after lighting staits a Templar band
will play the "Stnr Spangled Hnnner"
as the knights, with drawn swords, sa
lute the bell. Officers of grand en
campment, Muyor Smith and other city
officials will be present.
A distinguished party of Canadian
templars, representing the Sovereign
Grand Priory of the Dominion of Can-
aim. arrived here this afternoon. They
were welcomed nt the H. & O. station
by A. Howard Thomas, chairman of the
reception committee, and a delegation of
Philadelphia Templars in full uniform,
and escorted to their hotel. The party
included Most Excellent Sir Charles II.
("''ill inn Mil tlTMtmn Clfond Afn l t im T-k
Mnn of the events scheduled for this
Templars' week are open to public view
' and participation. The business ses-
I sions of the Conclave will take nlnce
'in Corinthian Hall, at the .Masonic
Temple.
Special divine services will be held
Icniorrow in various ihrrrhcK, atteudel
by the grand oBicers nnd the local and
visiting commanderics. Grandmaster
Smith, with his staff, and the members
of the Grnnd Kncnmpment will attend
service at Arch Street Methodist
Episcopal Church, Bioad and Arch
streets.
lie will hold n leception at the Helle-vut-Stratford
Monday evening, and on
Tuesday the Grand Kncampmeut offi
cers nnd members, together with tluur
ladies, will attend a banquet in the
roof garden of the same hotel,
A grai.d ball, with a concert by tie
Marine Band, will be given Tue'dny
night nt the Commercial Museums
(Jn Wednesday the Philadelphia Navy
Yard will be thrown open to the visi
tors. Admission will be by special
tickets to knights and their ladies.
To' all the other events of the week
the-public will have access.
Two Parades to .Feature
Two great parades will featuic the
week. One of these, Tuesday, will have
us its piuticipants between -10,000 and
fiO.000 Knights Templar, lepiesentlug
every state in the country. This event
isiu honor of the nearly 4.000.000
iimiivuu-t luiini m iv ,,,, n liuilll)
the war. Many veterans will be iu line.
A patriotic meeting in Independence
Square will be held Monday afternoon.
Mnjor General Clement will be the
chief speaker. Governor Sproul will
also speak and the governors and
officials of many states will attend.
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Competitive drills by Templar corps
along the Parkway will take place on
Wednesday,
SOME SHOWERS NEXT WEEK
Above Normal Temperatures Fore
caet for First Half
Washington, Sept. 0. (By A. P.).
Weather predictions for the week bo
ginning Monday are:
North and Middle Atlantic states:
Occasional showers after Tuesday. In
terior temperatures above normal first
half of the wek, nearly normal there
after. South Atlantic and East Gulf states :
Occasional showers except generally
fair first half Ip north portion; nearly
normal temperature.
West Gulf: .Generally fair In north
portions, j
Region of Great Lakes: Occasional
showers.
Ohio 'Valley and , Tcnnensej , upper
Mfcboflpl, and, IpwerlMtesourf valleys J
to J
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l2?JB.Sr:'ii r-iliTISrlH 'sftVmvLlo9r1
Slngliig the Marseillaise nt the Slate House nt the 102d birthday anniversary
annheisnry of (he first battle of the Marnc
KNIGHTS AND THEIR LADIES
TO GET WARM WELCOME
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l'liili(lci)iiia women rum nmvnmnmem jor liveniy'jour
Thousand Wives, Daughters and Sisters of Templars
Moie than o000 Philadelphia women
hnve planned an elaborate program for
the entertainment of the 21,000 wives,
sisters and daughters' of Knights
Tcmplui. who have already 'begun to
pour into the city with their "Knights"
for the triennial conclave.
I'm h of the nine local women's aux
iliaries has established hcadqua iters
and will hold open hou.se for the visi
tors throughout the week. There are
banquets, balls, boat rides, thentie
parties, icceptlons, automobile trips
und sie'itseeing tours galore planned
for the pleasure of the women, who come
from nil parts of the United States
and Canada.
This evening, the presidents of the
nine local indies' auxiliaries will meet
the spei ial train of the grand master, j
coming from Pittsburgh, and escort ,
Mrs. Lee Smith, wife ot Grand Mas- '
ter Smith, to the Hellevue Stratford
hotel.
Toiuoriow the locnl committees will
escort the visiting women to different
churches. And during (tie week they
will meet the trains bringing grand
commnnders and their wives. Imminent
Sir Daniel J. Bishop is chairman of
the ladies' auxiliaries in charge of the
entertainment of women visitors, and
Ihe has 1000 Philadelphia women on his
CCMIlilUllt'v.
Unhampered by conference sessions
or business matters, the thousands of
women visitors will hnve just one en
tertainment nfter another. The real
festivities w ill begin Monday night,
when each auxiliary will open its head
quarters with 11 grand reception. All
of the hnlK taken over for this pur
rose have been decorated for the oc
casion.
Plenty of Entertainment '
Mrs William II. Pierce, Jr , is
nri.etildnt nf TMiilmlftlnliln Cnmmnndprv .'
No. il, which has headquarters at the Mrs. Samuel Finch heads the Ken -Hotel
Adelphln. A reception will be Ington Conimandcry ;So. o4, hendqunr
given there Monday night from 8 to U V"s, at tho Vot?Lm HVi. j.lnn? Mb"
o'clock, fiarli local ladles' auxiliary tM,,n "'"'" 1 I T iLno
1 11 . 1 4 jt r mmiii. North Dakota atiu lennesscc.
has had asmgned to It guests from cer- ; l R . president of
n.n sec ions of he country for enter- i fll sH J Couimandery No. 70,
tainment No. w.l lake care of the , mttm in the Hoetl Walton,
women who come with the comman- 3 J, ,Uaho WcBt Virginia,
uenes irom Arizona, Wisconsin, vv asu-,
lugton, Michigan and Utah
Mrs. D. II. flower is president of
St. John s Commnndery, No. !, head
quniters in the Pnrkwny Building,
Hroad and t'lierry streets, its reception. 0f the guests nnd win have Its rcccp
Monday night will be given in the tj011 r,i open house at' its licadqunrters.
Academy of Music. It has assigned , "There will be Philadelphia women
to it the women guests from Alabama,! ut the nine hondqunrlers from 8 a. m.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island. New till l'J n. m. every day of the conclave,"
York. South Dakota, Canada und Ore -
gon. '
Mrs. John K. Wiley is president ot
Kndosh Commander, No. 20, head-
FOUR AUTO TRUCKS STOLEN
Thieves Make Away With Load of
Produce From Market District
Pour automobile thefts were reported
to the police today. An automobile
truck, loaded with produce, was stolen
from AVater nnd Callow-hill streets. The
truck, valued nt ?(W0, wus the propeity
of Desire Vnnhoywcghen, of 13.10 Adams
avenue. This is the second load of
produce stolen from the market dis
trict in the last week.
The garage of the Taylor Transpor
tation Company, Twentieth nud Mc
Kean streets, was broken Into and nn
automobile truck valued at S300 taken.
It was recovered later at Seventeenth
and Shunk streets by Policeman Finley,
of the Twenty-eighth nnd RItuer
streets station.
Victor K. Sjostrom reported his au
tomobile truck, vulued nt $330, stolen
from the garage at 712 I-anfljerrj
street.
F. A. Guenther, of 37111 Lnifcubtcr
avenue, reported his nutomobile truck,
valued at $000, stolen fiom n garage
at SUES. Pearl street
s.
JOLSON OPENS THURSDAY
"8lnbad" Comes to Shubert After
Long Successful Runs dul not ask for troops, Secretary laker
., t i t "ninWi" will ,mn i sni,1 adding ho would watch the sltua
Al Jolson in Blnbad will open at 'I(m cIoseJy-
tlie Sam 8. Shubert Theetro ou Tliurs- 1 . -
day., i LOST? JUST NEW HOTEL
"Slnbud" was first produced at the .
Winter Garden, New York, qu Feb
tuary J. Jin. was iuut presented
in four different New York theutres nud
enjoyed long runs In Boston and Wash
ington. "iSlnbad" is an rxtravagntiza
lu two act and Is regarded as a pace
maker for elaborate productions.
Pastor Indorses Patterson
The Rerr Henry .E, Walhey, pastor uf
St. Matthew's Methodist Knlsconal
rimrrh. Flftytthlrd-Uhd Walnut streets.
which Is 'ttf hwrt ,ot the Forty,
sixth wi,t4(Bk, brdl"0 iimyor-
Women Auxiliaries
to Keep Open House
This evening Presidents of Ideal
ladies' auxiliaries will meet Grand
Mnster Lee Smith and Mrs. Smith.
They will escort Mrs. Smith to the
Hellevue-St int ford.
Tomorrow Local women will
escort visitors to church services.
Monday Trains will be met and
wives of distinguished visitors es
corted to hotels.
Iteceptions nt each of nine auxll-'
iury hendqunrtcrs from 8 to II p.
m. for visitors.
quarters in the Grand Fraternity
Itiiilding, 102S Arch street, where a le-
( - option will be held. This auxillnrv
has assigned to it the guests from
Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South
Curolinn, Vermont, Wyoming nnd
Connecticut.
Mrs. 'Wnlter Wooding heads Mary
Commnndery, Xo. 3(1, headquarters in
Lu Lu Temple. It will entertain guests
from California, Colorado, District of
Columblii," Maine, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, Virginia, Indiana, Florida
and Montnnn. .
Mrs. AVilllnm II. Montgomery is
president of St. Albun Comtpandcry,
No. 47, headquarters in the Grand
Fraternity ISuilding, 1028 Arch street.
This nuxilnry will entertain- guests from
Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma and
Texas.
Mrs. AVilllam II. Stringfield bends
Corinthian Commnndery, No. Kl, head
quarters nt the City Club, Broad nnd
Spruce streets, wlu-e a reception will
be held. It cntertnins guests from
lovvn Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey,
X1b1usk.11 and Minnesota.
,. . nni, Arknn9ns w 11 he enter
tained .
Mls stewnrt Unkles is president of
t1( (;,.rman.tovvii Commnndery, No. S-.',
, ni,jci, wm share In the entertainment
' fau Mr. Hishop today. "There will be
l information bureaus, rcbtrooms and en-
tertninmcut nt each place, and visitors
nie welcome."
ARMED MINERS ON MARCH
West Virginians Plan to Force
Coal River Unionization
Charleston, W. Va Sept. 0. (By
A. P.) Five hundred miners left Oak
Giove this morning to march across the
mountains to Conl River, where they
said they intended to enforce unioniza
tion in mines.
They were joined nt Racine, on the
Little Coal river, by 3000 more jnen,
according to word received by Governor
John J. CorAwell shortly before noon.
All of the men arc said to be armed.
Governor Cornwall plended with the
men last night to give up their plans,
but JiOO of the 3000 at Oak Grove re
fused to be persuaded.
Charleston, XV, Vn., Sept. 0. Ac
cording to information received from
a local coal operator, the coal opera
tors of the Guayan field yesterday un
loaded a carload of machine guns at
different places iu Logan county as a
means of preparation to meet the
miners from the Kanawha nnd Coal
River fields,
Washington, Sept. C (By A. P.)
Governor Cornwcll, of West Virginia)
communicated this afternoon with Bee
letary Baker relative to the mine-strike
situation at Coal River. The governor
California delegate Had Shore All
stIrred up When He Moved
fttlantlo City. Sept. 0.With every
detective In the city looking for him,
W. F. Mngulre, of Monte Vista, Calif.,
!b "missing" delegate to the convca
tlon of tho Travelers' Insurance Com
nnnv. found himself.
about Mr. Mogulre went to another
While worrieu iricnus were scurrying
hotel yrkUttrl whom, he met o
IfoardvaKMtWeuiw more
liilkgig,!',
IJy I,cri&r rhoio Bervlce
of the French patriot and the fifth
VARE SUBPOENAED
TO EXPLAIN WHERE
HOME IS LOCATED
Senator Must Answer Charge of
Being Improperly Registered
From S. Broad St. House
Senator Varc wns subpoenaed this
afternoon to appear before the Board
of Registration Commissioners nnd an
swer 11 charge of being improperly reg
istered at 2009 South Broad street.
The hearing is scheduled to take place
before the commissioners Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
The senntor was challenged when he
registered in the polling plnce nt Snyder
avenue and Juniper street on the lirst
registration' day by Snmuel Hill, a Re
publican Alliance worker. Senator Varc
took an affidavit at the time Hint the
South Broad street house was his legal
I'hilndelnhia home.
The subpoena was served on the
senator while ho wns crossing Broad
street at Chestnut by Chnrles Forry,
of the sci vice men's city committee.
After placing the paper in the sena
tor's hand he saluted and departed
quickly.
Asked what reply he would make to
the action, Senntor Varc. merely
.laughed.
In addition to claiming 'the Broad
street house as his home the senator
maintains n handsome home at Am
bier, Pn.
The case will bo prosecuted by Owen
J. Roberts and Cloudc L. Roth.
BRITAIN FIGHTS PACKERS
Londdn Paper Reports Brokers Pool
to Break Americans' Grip
London. Sept. 0. The British Gov
ernment is taking drastic measures to
fight American packers, says the Her
ald, the labor organ, this morning.
This decision wns dictated, nccprd
ing to the newspaper, owing to the
"stranglehold" big Amcrlcnn packers
arc exerting on the British provision
import trade, and arrangements hnvo
been virtually completed for the estab
lishment of a brokers' pool for those
firms whose business has dropped to
almost nothing owing to the alleged op
erations of the packers, nnd who refuse
to throw in their lot with the pnekers.
The Herald quotes an officer of tho
food ministry as saying "we are trying
to uiako arrangements by which British
traders may have a share in the trade
which formerly was In the hands of
tiro American packers' agents."
MORE FOR ZINC WORKERS
Jersey Company Increases Wages 25
Per Cent at Palmerton
Pnlmerton, Pa., Sept. 0. Salaried
employes of the New Jersey Zinc Com
pany received a surprlso when their
monthly salary checks reached them
this week. In the form ot an extra
check amounting to one-fourth their
salaries for July and August, accom
panied by a statement from Edgar Pal
mer, of New York, the president of the
company, to the effect that the directors
had taken cognizance of the present
hleh nrlces in living exnenses and had
temporarily increased each employe's
salary 23 per cent.
The policy was made retroactive to
July 1.
CAILLAUX ILL. IN PRISON
Former French Premier , Requests
Removal to Private Hospital
Paris, Sept. 0. (By A. P.) Coun
sel for Joseph Cnlllaux, former pre
mier, who has been in prison more than
n jour nud u half, charged with hnv-
ing ha,d treasonable dealings with the
enemy, has requested that he be re
moved from prison to a private hos
pital. The lnwye declared tlint his client's
health had been so weakened as to
cause nnvlety.
NO REPLY ON MINE STRIKE
Sucer.lntendnnt at Scranton Has Not!
Agreed to Conference
Scranton, Pa., Sept, 0. (By A. P.)
No answer has been received by the
Hudson Coal Company grievance com
mittee from General Superintendent
Charles Dorranco to demands for n
conference relative to excessive dock
age, the persistent laying off of men
on account ot dirty coal and (he use of
mechanical loaders iu the coinpany'n
mines In the Cnrbondale district.
The convention here of all tho col
lieries ot the company in the Lacka
wanna and Wyoming valleys 1ms or
dered n general strike for Monday
morning. This will involve no less than
20,000 employes.
FOUR PIANOS DESTROYED
Four player ntanos and a truck
pwM by Ihe LBter Piano Company
wft dcireydL this riMeIm. yjaaattve
aamwr IM. t HVMiaaH?
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Cities Raise Flags at Same
Hour Ceremony in Inde-'
pendence Square
PATTERSON IS ORATOR
Paris joined with Philadelphia to
day In celebrating the 102d birthday
anniversary of Lafayette and tho fifth
anniversary of the first battle of the
Mnrno.
In Paris the Wnshlngton-Lnfayctte
flag, presented to the French city -by
Philadelphia, wns raised nt the Hotel
de Villc this afternoon.
In Philadelphia at the same hour n
Rimilar flag wni raised nt Independ
ence JInll.,
Ambassador .russernnd, In n letter to
Colonel J. Campbell Gllmore, president
of Lafnycltc's birthday committee,
telling of the arrangements made. In
Paris for the joint celebration, said:
"We are deeply moved by tljls new
testimony ot American sympathy for
our rltv and our country, and vc sunn
be happy tn accomplish, at the tame
linn ns von. tho symbolical action
which will testify through space of the
Community oi our thoughts'and feelings.
I nln glvingVthe necessary instrptious
for the Hag which we owe to your af
fection nnd which Is now being kept
In the Cnrnnvalet Municipal Museum,
lo bo hoisted on the town hall. While
It waves In the Paris sky, our hearts
will beat in unison with yours and we
shall. evoke with redoubled earnestness
the long history of our friendship so
magnificently crowned uy our oroiuer
hood In arms in the great war, 4
An interesting ceremony took plnce
when the flog wns raised here. In this
a number cf patriotic organizations' took
part.
Representatives of the Colonic Frnn
cais marched from the French con
sulate to Independence Square. Other
organizations participating wero the
Patriotic Order of Sons ot America, the
navy ynrd, by 2000 men; the Veteran
Corps, First Regiment, N. G. V. the
Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Colum
bus, the American Red Cross, the
Kmc-gency Aid of Pennsylvania, the
American Legion, the Colonial Dnmea
of America, the Sous of the Revolution
and the Grand Army of the Republic.
Judge Patterson, who for the last two
years has delivered the leading address
in this celebration, spoke again today.
Ho reviewed the life of Lafayette and
the part he played iu the early days
of the Republic. Colonel J. Campbell
Gllmore, president of the citizens' com
mittee, presided. Other spenkers were
Claude T. Repc, Allentown, president
of the Patriotic Order Sons of America;
Dr. Kdwnrd W. Cattcll, city statisti
cian, who spoke for the city; Henri
Mazot, secretary gcnernl to the director
of the French services in America, nnd
W. O. Dart, a lawyer of New Orleans.
The Washington-Lafayette flags were
the idea of Charlet W. Alexander, sec
retary of the citizens' committee.
STOLEN CAR IS WRECKED
Joyriders Flee After Smashing Ma
chine Into Building
Three joyriders who stole nn auto
mobile from Twenty -second nnd Arch
streets hud n short caieer ot pleasure
this1 morning.
In less than five minutes after they
jumped into the automobile and drove
nvvny the machine was a mass of wreck
age piled against the wall of the build
ing nt the southwest corner of Eigh
teenth nnd Arch streets.
In doaging around a city water
sprinkler working nt that comer the
thief runuing the automobile lost con
trol of it and the heavy machine jumped
the curb nnd crashed into the building.
The three men were not hurt nud ran
nwflV.
The .midline was the ynoperty of
tho American Taxicnb Company, 1411
13 Locust street,
SUIT FILEDJN BOY'S DEATH
Physician Refused to Respond to
Call, Says Father Charge Denied,
rhnrelmr the death of his baby boy
wns caused bv failure of Dr. Kdvvlu
I. Becker, 3102 Wayne avenue, to at
tend the child nfter he had been urg
ently summoned four times, William J.
Martin filed suit toduy in the Common
Pleas Court, asking $3000 dumages.
MrH. Becker, wife of the doctor,
denied that the charge was just
'"I'liol
Martins," she snld, "are not patients
of the doctor's. I myself answered I
the telephone and the personal calls of
Martin when he wonted Doctor Becker
to attend the baby. The first time I
told him the doctor would come ns soon
us possible. Then I told them is the
case was urgent they should get another
physician. Dr. Becker is in no way
to blame."
Services at St. Luke and Epiphany
Services will bo resumed tomorrow
morning at the Church of ,St. Luke and
the -Epiphany after n suspension
through the mouth of August for rcno
vatlon and repairs to the building.
There will be holy communion at s
o'clock and at 11 o'clock. The Rev.
Addison A. Ewing will prench and
administer the holy communion. The
afternoon muslcnl services will not be
resumed until some date later 111 Sep.
tembef.
Willow Grove Park
America's Most Wonderful Pleasure Park Extends a Cordial Welcome to1
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS
Concerts Every Afternoon and Evening by
THE WORLD FAMOUS "MARCH KING"
SOUSAiBAND
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, THE'FINAL BIG
SO.USA JDAY
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Falling Balloonist Is Saved by'
Parachute When Gas Bag
Catches Fire
RACING MOTORCARS CRASH
By berry Fair visitors witnessed thres
tlirllt'iig events late yesterday nfternoon
Hint weren't on the program of the last
day of the exhibit.
They saw a balloon tiiko fire in mid
air and watched the balloonist drop to
within fifty feet of the ground before his
parachute opened. .
They were thrilled by a crash of' two
niitmnnhlles cnlni- nlxtv-flvft miles BO'S!
iinnr nnd thnv l-.ltv threo mntorcvclo J
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drivers fall from their machines wbllcj ,r
they were doing the track at a slxtyJ,
mile clip.
Courage Saves Life
Milton Johnson, the balloonist, gavi
nn exhibition of courage that probabl;
saved bis life when the balloon carry
Ing Jiira aloft caught fire.
As the big gas bag shot toward th
sky the 'spectators saw the bottom o
the balloon in flames. Johnson mad'
tho discovery almost Immediately
While the spectators watched and won
dered nt his daring Jie stuck to the bag
until it hnd burned so much it woul
no longer bpar his weight.
The balloon had not ascended nearl:
ns high as it should for a safe parachut
jump, nnd Johnson shot toward th
ground nt terrific speed. Less than fift
feet from the ground the narachnt
opened with a loud report and Johnson'
landed in safety within ten yards of the
place where lie had made tho ascent.
Tho balloon was destroyed. Earlier
in the week Johnson had a narrow es
cape from death when he fell on the
railroad tracks just after a New York
train had passed.
Cars Crash in Dust Cloud
The thrills began during the five-mile
frec-for-nll automobile race. One. at
the rnclng earn developed engine trou
ble, and was making the turn at the
south end of the track, which was al
most entirely concealed nil afternoon
In a cloud of dust, when another car,
whose driver was in second place and
trylug to overtake the leader, crashed
into it.
The second automobile vtas going
sixty-five miles au hour and spectators
from all sections of the great oval ran
toward the scene of the crabb. exnecUnr
to see one or both drivers dead. .11
The first nutomobile had been driven
through the fence nnd demolished, whlje
the second had lost two wheels and
wns badly wrecked.
Would-be rescuers found the drivers,
standing together in the cloud of dust)
congratulating each other on escaptngXj
During the motorcyclo races threr
drivers fell while going more than 'sixty V
miles nn hour. All tho machines wereJfl
wrecked, liur tne drivers cscapeu in
jury. y x
JOHN C.HANCOCK DIES
Pioneer Coal and Ice Man
Only
Short Time
John C. Hancock, one of the pioneers
in the conl nnd ice business In this city,
died early today nt his home, 4410t
Walnut stieet. He was advanced In
years nnd hnd been ill only a few dayKi
Mr. Hancock was born In Burlington
county. New Jersey, und came to this
city in his early manhood. II estab
lished n coal and. ice business ot iNtntn
and Mnster streets, in 1800.
Before the days of the paid fire de
nnrtment here Mr. HnncOck was an en
thusiastic volunteer fireman. He was
a member of the Good Intent Company
The funeral service of the Society
Friends .will be used on Tuesday morn
ing, at 10 cVclock, at 3720 Chestnut
street, the home of his son, Walter O.
Hancock, who was nssoclatcd with Mm
in business. Interment will be made in
West Laurel II11L Cemetery,
Mr. Hancock is survived by his widow
and his son.
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