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Accused of Attempt to Bribe
Magistrate Imber
ONE DEFENDANT IN CITY JOB
A &tory of alleged rnnipirncy. brib
ery and blackmail. InvolvinK Hie po
litical natclltcs of Senator Samuel
8alus, Vare leader of the Fourth ward,
was heard today before MaRiMrnte
Mecleary in City Hall.
The defendant in the c.tc are
Nathan SteiRcr. fortr-eiuht yearn old.
nt Eichth street, below South, n po
lltlcal lieutenant or Senator Minis iimi i
totIs erver in the sheriff's office, and
Joseph Bockol, thirty-eight rears old.
o Third nnd Hninbridse RtrceN. pro
prietor of the "Tea Hoom" in the
Fourth ward
They were held under $ini10 hail
each for a further hearing on Thurs
day a week, charged with coiipirncy.
extortion and nliritat.on t( commit
bribery and to prefer fnlso criminal
charges
Herbert Snlu. brother of the enn
tor, represented the defendants, and
.Tames Oar Cordon. .lr . assistant dis
trict attorner. was prosecutor
Arrcstl on Robbery Charge
Jacob Skopp. forty-fho years old f
041 South Fifth street, and Morris
Brick, fifty years old of ll'J 1 1 South
Fifth street both teamsters, were at
tested on Labor Da 1" Patrolmen
Tomdieo and Sncrtz on suspicion of
robbing the safe in the stoie of Morris
Rutbery. 70s South Fourth -trrt
According to Mr Gordon. the were
Arrested without a "a shred of evideme
4nd have been held since then for r,
series of further hearings b Magis
trate Harry Imber
Skopp and Hrick reported the mat
ter to District Attorney ItotarTs nflice
some time ago. and they were adued
to let the cae continue without "nd
yertising" the fact that the district at
torney's office had been notified.
In an affidavit presented today by
Major Samuel O Wjnne. assistant t
Chief Cortelyou. he accuses Steiger mid
iwlml of a" conspiracy to intimidate
and toy blackmail" on Skopp and
Brick
Marked 530 Kill Reported In Case
Prosecutor Gordon said :
"Steiger met the defendants in Bock-
ol's tea room, and Skopp gave n marked
$50 bill to Steiger. It was later found
in Steiger'a possession."
In the affidavit, Major Wynne fur
ther stated that Steiger and Bockol "did
solicit nnd offer to give to Magistrate
Imber certain monejs for purposes of
influencing his judgment in criminal ac
tion" against the defendants. And it
was further charged that Steiger and
Bockol conspired to force a charge of
crime against the two men.
After the hearing. Prosecutor Gordon,
before Judge Monaghan in Quarter Ses
sion, Boom 453, stated that Skopp and
Drick were again held under $1000 bail
today for a further hearing on Septem
ber 17 by Magistrate Imber. Judge
Monaehan released the men on their
own bond.
Magistrate Imber declined today toi
discuss tho charges.
RAPER COMMANDERY DRILLS
Indianapolis Templars Seek to Carry
Off First Honors
Raper Commanderj . Knights Tein-nlat-
fVio Tndinnnnolis Masonic oreani-
xatton of which Vice resident Marshall
it a member, is drilling today in expec-
tation of carrying off first honors to
morrow ns the uest-urmeu oi an ine
'
commandenes of America. The com-
mandery has twice, won that honor, in
Chicago in 10R1 and in Denver in UH0.
It took second place in 1010, but expects
to again lead at this conclave.
It will compete with from twenty -
three to twenty-six other commanderies.
Jearly all of the large cities will be
mresented in this contest, excent the
ltles of Pennsylvania, which will not
Orapete in order not to enter
into
rivalry with their guests.
Raper Comniandery is composed of
leading men or Indianapolis. The of
ficers are Captain L. J. Scoonover,
First Lieutenant George Thomson and
Second Lieutenant Walter Handy.
Woman up for election
Seeks School Directorship Cam-'
palgn to Raise Teachers' Pay
- Lower Merion township id placarded
with handbills urging voters to cast
their ballots for Mrs. Henry J. Gib-'
bons a3 school director.
"SIore money should be appropriated
or our schools in this rich township,"
the handbill announces; "It i n dis
grace that teachers should be paid only
$85 a month. .Mrs. Gibbons is a can
didate at the Republican primaries
September 10. Turn out and vote for
her and for justice 'to our teachers and
to our children."
. The placard also explains that Mrs
Gibbons wns for ten years n teacher In
the Philadelphia High School Toi
Girls, and that her children uttend pub
lic not private schools. Her cam
palgn for nomination is based on the
recent dismissal of Miss Sarah File.
"Remember Miss Fite" the cam
paigner admonish, "she was paid only
51-100 by the Lower Merion township
school board after twenty years us n
ieacher and supervising principal of the
Bala school, from which hhe was dis
missed without any good reason yet
furnished to the parents of that sec
tion." Mrs. Gibbons is corresponding sec
retary of the Woman's Club of Cynvvyd
and i" indorsed by rtiat organization.
Marshall to Welcome
Pershing to Washington
On Board President Wilson's Spe
cial Train. Sept. 0, When General
Pershing returns to Wnshington on
Stptembcr 10 he will be ofSrinlly re
"ceived by Vice President Marshall,
.acting lor President Wilson. From
be special train qu which he Is tour
ing the West the President has tele
graphed Mr. Marshall expressing re
gret tbut he would be absent when
Grnera) Pershing arrives and asking
that the Vice President extend the
nation B welcome. The reremony
mil Include a retew of the First
BLACKMAIL CHE
AGAINST VARE MEN
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Division. I a
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V ARE'S "HOME" LACKS WATER,
LIGHTS AND TELEPHONE
f'nntlnn.! l'rnm Par fin
-
ator Vare said the gate was open when
he entered
The array of witnesses was of varied
character and pursuits, from the tot
tering old owner of the adjoining prop-
ertj to the trim young clerks of the
Manufacturers' Club ami Bellevue
Stratford. who swore to the number of
times Senator Vnre had spent a night
there in January. Fcbrunrj and March
of this jear
Come the (irocer and Ice .Man
There were assessors from Montgoni
cry county, who told of the property
holdings of Senator Vare at Ambler
The niral gincrr and ice man nlso
added their mite to the gayetj of the
occasion Thej swore that the Ambler
residence ias served with piocndcr
and household necessities nil Inst year
nnd this, sine in, part of January,
February nnd Marrh. During this
poi mil the Sonnt
family was in
Florida.
Then the representatives of the 1"
G I . the Philadelphia F.lcclrie Com
panv nnd the Hell Telephone Compauv
testified that their compniiles had uo
lonnectiiig lines in the famous 'JOOfl. !
All of which wis deftly used by Mr.'
Bob
that
rts in the nttempt to demonstrate
the house was on habitable.
l ses Pot table Lights
The senator swoic that he used port
able electric lights, and Recorder of
Deeds Hazlett told how "ince the sen
ntur nnd his wife hail resumed posses
sion of the house the hod taken their
hnakfasts nt the Hnr.lett liomi .
There was icry little rross-evnmiua-tion
b Mr. lirnn n He wns In turns
urbane crisp and smusaiagc. It nil
depended upon w ho the witness was
o and then the cntiral commissioner.
Mr Woodruff, interjected a pertinent
lnquirv The interested chairman of i
the board. Mr Fell, gazed betiignlv '
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ininn n the nrim. n it i Niter un nun i
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back from the little coop of a witness
' stand.
iivi ai issue ( Halett to the Rescue
It i very owdcut that the turning Tho wtnrs nwcrtrd that he bought
point in the case is whether or not ir housp at .nol) stollth Jjrond street
Seuutor arc should haie lived at L'OO!) fnr Senator Vnre several Years ago,
South Broad street sixty days before. ,, frPqUPnlv visited him there
the election. The fenator declared in i Mr UntMl said that he had visited
an interjected explanation to the hoard I t!l0 inrf IIollsc akt Snturdav. Replv
thnt by living nt Ambler and maintain- ln(. ,0 lllr,.rt nuPSn put to him Dy
ing a voting residence in the First Sen Mr u0i.rl. Mi. llnzlctt declared he
atonal district he was "doing no more nai r,Pr visited Senator Varc at his
than oO.OOd other people in T'bilndelphia j Ambler home, except in the summer
I w ere doing
SENATOR U MINUTES
LATE. FOR' HEARING
Stage Sot Promptly in Registra
tion Commissioners' Room
The hearing to decide Senator Vare's
personal residence was set for 10 o'clock
in Room 030. City Hall, before the full
registration commission, R. Lawrence
Fell. Clinton Rogers Woodruff. George
Ct I'ierie, Ignatius Quiun and William
Walsh.
Rvery one concerned was there at
the opening hour except the senator
himself. After a ten -minute wait
Francis Shnnk Brown, former state
attorney general, and the senator's
counsel, became envious.
Mr. Brown was inquiring for a tele
phone when at 10 11 a in. the senator
walked into the room The organlza
tion leader was as nattily dressed as
Mayor Smith ever was
Ho wore a new dark blue suit with a
pin stripe, u black four-in-hand tie
barely concealing a big diamond in his
shirtfront. nnd a straw bat. A fnt
cigar jutted at a combative ungle from
his mouth.
The lonm Was crowded
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,r irlrlnB room was crowded
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but
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err ii?i "'ill 'nni' iiun
portant politicians present. Itecorder
of Deeds Hazlett wus there as were
Leopold C Glass, state representative,
nnd William T. Conner, the attorney
who esiapeil n mayoral kiss n few
month "g"
The first wit lies called by Owen J.
' Roberts,
for the petitioner, was .lames
,- .. r lAlO Vtn.Lol tfreet the
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Ilenedut Service t lub.
Througli this witness was established
service of a copy of the strike-off peti
tion nt the South Broad street house
Dh Chain said he slipped it under a door
nfier knocking and waiting for live miu-
I ntes m il limit lirincini: nuv one to the
door.
l)e Charo said a second -storr. wiudow
Senator Vnre had been sitting in the
i front row. but nt this point moved his
u no nncn
chair close to the witness stand.
On cross examination of the first
witness, Mr. Brown niirely fixed the
hour of de Charo's visit, whirli was
placed nt 1 :4."i p. m
Mr Robert asked the former attor
ney general if the establishment of
service was necessary.
"You don't need to prove service on
nnybodv." broke in Senator Vare, but
addressing Urown
HILL CALLS HOUSE
DIRTY, NEGLECTED
The petitioner. Samuel Hill, 2224
South Clarion street, who challenged
Senator Vnre in the polling place of the
fifteenth division, Thirty-ninth ward,
was the next witness.
It was Hill who applied a number of
epithets to the house, describing it as
"empty." "dirty," "neglected." and
"dilapidated." oer a long period.
Hill said he had known the South
Broad street property for ten years.
I'p to four years ago It was headquar
ters for the Y. M. C. A., he suid.
"What happened then?" he was
asked.
"It became dilapidated. I passed
the house three times u week and for
the last kthrce months I have passed it
every day. It was entirely empty and
showed no signs of life."
"Please talk louder," interrupted
Commissioner Woodruff.
Windows Never Cleaned
"The house appeared to be unoc
cupied," repented Hill lu louder tones.
"There were no lights at night; there
were long shutters on the windows, and
tho windows had never been cleaned to
my knowlrdge.
"The porch was dirty, the front yard
was neglected, the grass was running
wild und there was chicken wire, locked
with a padlock, over the front porch,"
Hill was asked when the chicken wire
was rrniQvfd from the front porch. He
noticed it was moved, .ib. Said, Satur
day afternoon, Sfptcmber 0. Jt was
I -.lit .... iln tLp tiafnrii Aft '1f rt m
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Saturday n ncconu rnory winnow nnii
opened, lie said, and t .1 o'clock he
could sc people Id the home.
Hill tcMlficd to challenilnc Senator
Varc AiiKiist "0 and said the Senator
had no "voucher with him to prove
occupancy of the South Broad street
house.
lioolis I. Ike Contractor's Yard
Mr. Brown took the witness.
"You passed the house frequently
for the last three months and saw no
one there?" he asked.
"No. sir."
Mr. Brown then asserted: "If you
had passed im house ou would have
seen no one there either."
Hill wus followed by John M
Smollock. Itepiiblican Alliance leader
of the Thirty ninth ward.
A j ear ago. nciording to Smollock,
the rard to the south of 'J009 South
Broad street was filled with wheelbar
rows, hovels and street sweepers'
brooms The house looked dilapidated,
he said, and some one was using part
of the yard as a vegetable patch
"The whole place looked like a wild,
desolate barn ' concluded Smollock
r i.vvi n r j? r ir i r it"!1
RLLORDER HAZJATl
TESTIFIES FOR VARE
Itecorder of Deeds Hazlett was then
( oiled to the stand.
Questioned by Owen Boberts, he said
tliHt Mrs. Vare and two maids went
to the Broad street house last Satur
day afternoon The witness said that
Mr and Mrs Vare took meals at his
home ou Saturday . Sunday and Mon
day and carried their clothing in a
grip each night to the Broad street
house He did not know whether they
had nn
other clothing at Ihc house
or not
ii. 1I..I.H
-'ir. iu.irn
could not say whether
there was ioal in the crllar, and said
an electric lamp was used for lightiug.
I tune
"Didn t vou visit him there last De
cember''" asked Mr. Roberts
"No " was the reply, "Senator Varc
was in Flonda last winter."
Fred Zollcr. a district manager of the
Philadelphia Rlectric Company, faid
the hoiie had not been connected elec
trically . and Harry Taylor, n manager
of the Bell Telephone Company, said
it had not been equipped with a tele
phone "Are there not other homes in this
city without phones?" asked Mr.
Brown.
"I'nfortunately there are,"' replied
Mr. Taylor.
Leo B. Toley. 121-J McKean street,
a resident of thnt neighborhood for
years, testified that he had known of
the Vnre house for at least ten years.
During all that time the Varc home on
South Broad street has never been oc
cupied, he declared, until last Satur
day. It has been closed, the shutters
tightly drawn
Says Hazlett Carried Broom
On Saturday the witness testified he
saw Mr. Hazlett enter the house carry
ing a broom and ho also saw women
inside the place engaged in cleaning.
Louis Hessen. 2003 South Broad
street, aged nnd nervous on the witness
stand, declared during his examination
that he was not a pryer into his neigh
bor's affairs, nor a busybody, but that
' he had seen no one in the Varc house
within the last two years.
Children of the public school in the
neighborhood, he said, had raised some
fine vegetables In the garden of the
house during the war. He had reason,
he asserted, from the condition of the
premises and almost daily observation,
to assume the place unoccupied.
GENTLEMAN'S TAX
OF VARE IS $200
Christopher O. Hocker, real stste
assessor of Whitemarsh toDsbip,
Montgomery county, was brought for
ward by Mr. Roberts as a star wit
ncss against Senator Vare
Mr. Roberts announced that he in
tended to prove thnt the senator had
paid his personal tax in Montgomery
county for this year.
"He has not paid his personal tax,"
retorted Mr. Brown
"I propose to prove it " said Mr.
Roberts.
Mr. Hocker testified that the senator
was assessed for seventy -one acres at
$78,000.
"They say his 'palace' at Ambler is
worth a million and a half," Mr. Brown
remarked.
In answer to another question, Mr.
Hocker replied :
"Occupation tux. gentleman, $200."
Allows Man to Vote
"In other words." said Mr. Roberts,
"the occupation tnx is similar to our
poll tav? It is the personal tax which
allows a man to vote."
"If he pays u tax on it, yes." Hock
er answered,
Mr. Roberts's point was that Senator
Vnre had qualified himself to vote in
Whitemarsh township and not in Phila
delphia Mr. Brown said later the senator
had never defaulted on this tax.
Questions as to whether or not the
senator was to be seen nt Ambler
brought from Senator Vnre the volun
tary declaration that "the Ambler place
is open the year rounu for week
ends." Can Have Six Homes
To this Brown added: ,
"I do not see the necessity of Mr.
Roberts or the gentlemen going into
the matter of the house there. The fact
that the senator happens to have a
farm In Montgomery county does not
affect his residence here, any more than
I might have a farm and that would
affect my residence. You might just as
well prove that a man has a place at
Newport and has a place here. There
arc men in this town that have hnlf a
dozen places and yet they have one
residence and one domicile. The Su
preme Court has decided that flatfoot
edly '
"You can't say because a man has
inreo or lour nomes, ne cannot declan
which is nut legai residence."
Tle former attorner general thei
took up the cross-examination of As
icsor Hooker.
"You speak of personal tax," said
Brown. "That is a personal property
tar."
"The 'gentleman' Is an Individual
tar."
Brown Rescnta "Iccture"
In an exchange over taxation be
ttveen Mr. Brown and Assessor Hocker.
Brown remarked:
"I am somewhat familiar with taxa
tion. 1'lease don't lecture me about
that." ,
In another discussion over the mean
ing of the "gentleman" tax, w'ith Rob
erts asserting It was a "personal" tax,
similar to the poll tax. Jlrown said:
"They have a personal tax for every
body, no matter where they are."
"Oh, no." said Roberts.
"Oh. yes. beg pardon." said Brown
Senator Vare, seated near the wit
uess stand interjected with:
"I pay all my personal taxes in
Philadelphia. "
Charles B. Hcrsch. tax collector of
Whitemarsh township, testified that
Senator Vare this year paid his tax on
the assessment of S200 as n "gentle
man." Never Assessed a Voter
William It. Bhond, who was the
assessor for Whitemarsh township prior
to Win. said he had never assessed
Senator Vare on the occupation basis.
Senator Vare suggested to Brown that
lie ask the witness if he had ever as
sessed the senator as a voter.
Mr. Brown then asked Bhoads : "You
mean to say vou never assessed Sena
tor Vnre as a voter?"
"No, sir." was the answer
"Do you assess voters?" askrd
Brow n
"Yes." replied Rhoads
"Never anybody from his house?"
"No. sir; never anybody from his
house." was the fiual reply.
Family Away During Winter
Samuel R Mc augh, ice dealer, of
Ambler, sajd he served ice to the Am
bier home of the senator ever since the
senator lived there. He said the sen
ator was away from January to March,
as far as he Lmjiv. He added that he
did not know whether or not the sena
tor's family was In the Ambler home
during any part of the time.
J. II. Hoover, Ambler grocer, said
that the Vare family bought supplies
from his store.
George Davis, who lives on Senator
Vare's property at Ambler, and was
described by the latter as a watchman,
said the house was closed in winter.
"They usually go away in the fall."
said Davis, "and come back in the
spring. The children come there off and
on during the winter."
Albert Hornickel, chief clerk at the
Manufacturers' Club, said Senator Varc
spent thirty-three nights at the club,
from January 14 to June IS of this
year.
hort of an Open Secret
In answer to a question from Brown,
the clerk said he "knew Senator Vare's
family was in Florida during those
three months.
Chairman Fell broke in with a ques
tion as to how the clerk knew where
the Senntor'a family was.
"I don't know," replied Mr. Brown.
"I suppose he knew. He says he dos.
Nearly everybody about a club knows
everybody's business."
To which Mr. Roberts replied:
"If, the 'Big Chief sajs so, 1 will
agree with it."
Mr. Brown countered with the state
ment that everybody knows everybody's
business In an ordinary club.
Mr. Roberts remarked that it to not
legal evidence, but it is pretty good
data sometimes.
Mr. Brown flashed back:
"A good deal that has gone in here is
not legal evidence."
SENATOR VARE TAKES
THE WITNESS STAND
Richard O'Neill, chief clerk at the
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, testified that
Senator Vare stopped at the hotel three
nights in January, February and Sep
tember of this year. Ksch time, he
said, the senator was alone1.
Harry T. Stnhl. of the Penfield
Building, testified that he had made
observations on Senator Vare's South
Broad street home,
He said that at 11:0." p
September fl Senator Vare
m. on
and a
.JE,,
lady" went into the house nnd also n
On the succeeding Monday he testi- I
fd that at 7:40 n. in. be tmr ",!
senator come out and walk to the cor-
ner and he stood there until 7:55. A
woman came out of the house arrying
a valise. The senator walked to meet '
her and walked up the street and en
tered 1813 South Broad street." I
John M. Smollock. recalled to the I
stand, testified that he called on Seu-
ator Vnre in a house at the southwest
corner of Broad nnd Wolf streets. This. I
he said, was prior to the purchase of
the house nt 2000 South Broad street
Asks Political Affiliations
Mr. Brown then asked Smollock if
he was not politically opposed to the
senator.
"I am n Republican," replied Smol
lock. Commissioner Woodruff remarked
that he did not see "the pertinence of
his politics in the matter."
Mr. Brown replied: "If a man shows
interest, ynii can always show the alms
.. I...-..- '.I m ..... AnlHf-. ri i.. i.
or interest of a man testifying.
Ihut
i nn elementary rule of evidence.
There has been no animus in any-
thing he said so far," retorted Com
missioner Woodruff.
Senator Vare then took the stand.
Mr. Roberts, opening the examina
tion, asked the senator if he had not
sworn before the devlsion registrars
that his prior residence was 30 i Snyder
avenue. ,
"Is it not a fact." asked Roberts,
"thut you lived nt the southwest cor
ner of Broad and Wolf?"
Vare Attacks Smollock
Senator Vare's reply was:
'I wns born at the' northeast corner
of Front and Mifflin streets and moved
over to 304 Snyder avenue when I was Tonight at 8 o'clock General Persh
five vears old nnd liver there up to thelinX will be the g"?st at a reception
time I sold that house and bought 200!) tendered him by thV Elks. He is a
South Broad street." member of the EI Paso lodge, and a
"You never lived at Broad and 'lrge delegation of Elks from that city
Wolf?" asked Roberts. land other lodges are here In his honor.
"Just wait a minute," replied the! General Pershing will lend the pa
Senstor, "Are you going to be the I ra,'l ' the First Division tomorrow,
lawyer and the witness, too? My It was definitely annnuAced thnt the
brother was living I built a house at ' general will not be able to ride hi"
the southwest corner of Broad and Wolf
for him and when he died, I occupied
the house temporarily Mr. Smollock,
who just Ult the 'stand was never in
that house. He lies. I would not
have anything to do with him. I put
hlra out of tho ward committee because
Ihf put hl elghtyflri'.ycar-old father
out of Twr,HWSe7ser MjarMrtQOtfcit
out of his own borne. Do you suppose
I would let a man like that in my
house? I guess not."
SONS OR DAUGHTERS
DIDN'T STAY IN HOUSE
"Has your family ever lived at 200D
South Broad street?" nsked Boberts of
Senator Vare.
"My wife and 1 have lived there,"
wns the reply.
"f say, has your family ever lived
there?" repeated Roberts.
"Yes." replied the senator.
"Have either of your boys ever spent
a night in 200fl?" nsked Roberts.
"No; my boys are at college," the
senator 'replied.
The senator then was asked if any
one of his four daughters ever spent
a night thrre, apd the senator replied
that they had not; that they spent their
winters either In Florida or in school.
The senator testified Mrs. Vare oc
cupied the South Broad street home
last March and the early part of April.
He said she spent several nights there.
Used AVater in Basins
"Was there any gas turned on in
that house?"
"No. We hare electric lamps.
"Is the water turned on in that
house?"
"I can't tell whether it was turned on
or not."
"Can't you tell whether you had
water facilities?"
"Oh. yes, we used water. That is
an old-fashioned house and we use
water in basins."
"Any coal put in during the last
three years?"
"I suppose so."
Replying to another question, the
Senator said he did not know whether
or not coal had been put in. He added
that he thought there had been a fire
in the range, but that he could not tell
when.
Mr. Roberts asked the Senator if the
time he was in the South Broad street
home in March was "just prior to the
rrlmary election."
"Why I think so," replied the Sena
tor. "And," asked Roberts, "wae It for
that reason that jou went down there
and spent two or three nights nt 2009
South Broad street?"
"Well," replied the senator, "partly
so."
"I thought so," said Roberts.
ell, you arc right about
added the senator.
it,'
It was then brought out that the
time in question was in I01S.
Knows It's Ills Home
"Let me ask you." said Roberts,
"do yeu consider 2000 South Broad
street your permanent residence?"
"I don't only consider It," replied
the senator; "I know it is. That Is
my home."
Further the senntor ratified th.it the
South Broad street house was his on.j
home nnd the home of his family.
"And Mrs. Vare has spent how' muny
nights there?" asked Roberts.
"I couldn't name any particular num
ber," replied the senator. "I don't
keep account of them. I never though
this other chenp political outfit would
be mean enough to nsk tne in here for
newspaper advertising when there is.
well, fi.OOOO people who do exactly ns
I do keep n home in Philadelphia uud
a summer home in the country, which
I always kept at Atlantic Ciy before.
I went to Ambler."
VARE'S SON CLAIMS
AMBLER AS HOME
Mr. Roberts asked the senator if lie
knew his son. a student at the di
versity, of Pennsylvania, had given
Ambler as his home.
"I don't care where he gives," re
plied the senator. "That has nothing
to do with me. He could give the frat
house out there as his home, and prop
erly ro, because he is there five nights
a week and Saturday and Sunday at
Ambler."
"Besides," Interjected Mr. Brown,
"a man could have two homes. There
is no question about that. The Su
preme Court has decided that."
Turning to the commission, Senator
Vare said :
Mr. President. I want to take this
I opportunity to say thut I have never
ipaid a personal tax in any part of this
I state excent down in the Thirtv-nlnth
ward, where this house is, and where I
live. I pay all mv tnves, personal nnd
otherwise from there."
Mr. Roberts nsked the senator if the
South Broad street house was fully fur
nished. "The house has all the furniture it
needs," was the reply.
"Are there any kitchen utensile in
the house?" .skcd Roberts.
"I wasn't back lu the kitchen and I
don't know anything about it. And I
tan say the same thing nbnut it. And
I inn say the same thing about
the
Ambler kitchen." position as escort to the grand marshal
The senator said two bedrooms werel wns guaranteed by the fact that he is
furnished in the house, but that hcn member of that commandery.
did not know what the parlor furniture! Governor William Durbin, of Indi-
consisted of The senator said he had
not been lu the parlor for a year.
"What does the dining-room furni
ture consist of?" wns another question.
"Well, I wasn't out In the dining
room."
Pershing Arrives
Friday, at 10 a. in.
Conllnuivl From I'arc One
i General John J, Pershing escaped a re-
sumption today of the tumultuous wel
come that greeted him on his arrival
from France yesterday by remaining in
his hotel apartment until time to re
view n small army of 2000 Boy Scouts
in Central Park this afternoon.
He arose this m6rning shortly after
0 o'clock ind breakfasted with his
family in his private suite.
The scouts were assigned to act as the
general's escort In th park where 50,
000 school children were gathered to
,Id patriotic songs and hear him speak.
favorite horse Kldron in the parade. A
message from the Department of Agri
culture stated that the animal must re
main at embarkation headquarters at
Newport News for the full quarantine
period, Instead, the general will be
mounted on a Virginia thoroughbred
named Captain and owue1 by the city '(
ponce rpnvui, , y 0
40,000 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARADE
HERE IN SPECTACULAR ARRAY
ContlnnM from rate One
worn only by those commauderles In
stituted since that date.
Black plumes, gauntlets, black Ma
sonic nprons and other obsolete parts
of the uniform" nttested the antiquity of
the various commauderles wearing them.
Service Men March
Yonkers Comniandery No. 4'n of
Yonkers, N. Y., furnished a uniform
feature by the presence In olive drab of
five of Its members who hnd served
abrond,
Boy Scouts, In their brown uniforms,
carried the markers indicating tho re
spective divisions.
St. John Commnnderv. of Philadel
phia, said to be the oldest commandery
in the country, had n place In the elev
enth division, along with tho other com -manderlcs
from this slate. Members of
Boston Commandery, No. 2, who point
to their history dating back more than
150 years, were in the second division.
They dispute with the locnl organiza
tion the honors of the "oldest boru,"
but the grand encampment has awarded
the distinction to the St. John Com
mandery. Lu l.u Band Greeted
The Lu Lu Band had n place of
honor at the head of the Fourth divi
sion, made up of conimanderies from
Ohio. Kentucky and Maine. The man
ner in which the efforts of this band
were received by the spectator wus a
notable testimonial to Its popularity
in Philadelphia.
Many champion prize drilling teams
were in line. Two of the chief claim
ants for honors in executing difficult
figures along the route was the drill
tram from No. 2, Columbia, South
Carolina.
The Bethlehem delegation was led
by the Bethlehem Steel Company
Band. The bass drum of this band
was po big that it was mounted upon
a small carriage and drawn liy a small
ponv
Washington Commandery, No. 1 ,
Washington, D. C. called proud at
tention to its war record by the pres
ence of forty-six service stars In the
banner announcing the name of the or
ganization. I.ewistown Commandery, No. 20. was
one th&t drew much comment; because
of the prominence of the skull and cross
bones In the uniforms. In the case of
this delegation a severe blnck unifoim
was set off by a black npron decorated
with the death sign in raised golden
braid.
Each comniandery wns attended by
its high priest in bis robes.
Calvary Commandery, No. 13, one of
the strong Rhode Island delegations,
was conspicuous by the white Knight of
Malta cape, half-opened, thrown across
the left shoulder.
Newport Slen Attract
Washington Commandery. No. 4,
from Newport. It. L. with seventy
eight men in line, presented a fine ap
pearance. The black plumes nnd
baldrics, decorated with silver skull
and cross bones, and the buckskin gloves
of the knights made the commandery
one of the most .observed in its division.
The commandery has the honor of being
named the fourth oldest In the United
States. Tho commander is James
Livezey.
Maryland turned out in the eighth
division, one of the strongest in the
parade. Maryland No. I wns led by
JUic-n it. Shane ; Haltlmore No. 2 by
"sJgVWin S. White; Monumental No. .T by
.imura iiirnn, .uajor nrorring nnu
Chief of Police Carter, of Baltimore,
were prominent figures in this delega
tion. Jacques DcMolay No. i was led
by Guy Mutter ; Crusade No. 5 by F.
B. Mardcn ; Beauseant No. R by Louis
Heuther, with 250 men in line, and
Thomas J. Shryoek No. 11 by Robert
D. Grler.
Gethsemane Comniandery, of York,
Pa., wns escoited to the starting point
by several busloads of fair friends and
relatives of the knights. The ladies
took up their position near Broad and
Master streets nnd kept up n continual
round of iipplause during the several
hours of the parade.
The three Bennett brothers, from
Baltimore, again carried the banner of
Baltimore Comniandery, No. 2. The
brothers Anthony V,-., Daniel L. nnd
Marion W. Bennett have had the dis
tinction of carrying this banner in every
procession in which the commandery
has participated for many years.
Band of Pipers Please
The Eightli division boasted of one
of the few bauds of pipers in Hue.
The reception given the music during
Its course through the streets was ample
testimony to its popularity .
Allegheny- Commandery, No. !W,
from Pittsburgh, was one of the very
few Pennsylvania delegations not con-
nned to the I.lcventh division. Its
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ana, was n member of the delegation
sent by Indianapolis Commandery No.
1. He marched the full length of the
parade on foot.
Pennsylvania, banner state of Temp
lary. made up the largest division, the
fifth. Philadelphia Commandery, No.
2; St. John's, No. 4; Kadosh, No. 29:
Mnry, No. HO; St. Alban's, No. 47;
Kensington, No. 51; Pennsylvania, No.
70; Germantown, No. S2, all of Phlln
dclpliln, held conspicuous places in line
nnd were liberally applauded on their
line showing.
Grand Marshal Clement and his party
reviewed the parade from a point ou
Broad street opposite Grand L'ucamp
ment hendqiinrtcrs In the Bellevnc
Stratford. Arriving nt this point each division
commander and staff turned out of line
nnd joined in the review.
The Reviewing Party
The reviewing party included:
Grand Marshal It. H. Sir Charles
Maxwell Clement chief of staff. Sir
Hayes H. Duncnn ; aides. Sir Louis G.
Grob ; Sir James Rheimer, and Sir
Louis V. Straiissburger; adjutant, Sir
William W. Matos; quartermaster, W.
Frecland Kcndrick ; surgeon, Sir Henry
O. Bruner; executive aides, Dennis S.
Miller, W. Lawrence Knlmeyer, Benja
min N. McClain, Allen L. Krepps,
Richard P. Mogrtdge, William Mc
Comos, Edward F. Roberts and Harry
W. Lowe.
Each command passing the review
ing stand presented swords to the flag
and standards were dropped except the
national colors.
Similar honors were extended to the
grand master.
The grand master nnd Governor
ISproul reviewed-the attendants at the
conclave nt a special grandstand on the
Parkway. The former led the first
division to that point and then took his
stand on the platform, where he re
ceived the individual salutes of the 40,
000 delegates as they passed.
The police arrangements nt the start
and aloug the line were good.
Superintendent of Police Robinson took
personal charge of the arrangements.
Hayes H. Duncan, captain of the
Fuirmount Park Guards, was chief of
sloff.
Every one of the visiting divisions
was aided during the parade by the
presence of a "liaison oflicer" taken
from local conimanderies. Many police
department horses were loaned to vis
iting commanders who rode at the head
of their delegations.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
GO INTO SESSION
Following (lie Knights Templar pa
rade the business sessions of the grand
encampment of the I'nited State1, the
official occasion for all tne attendant
panoply and pageantry, was convoked
in Corinthian Hall of the Masonic
Temple. Only about S00 of the 275,
000 Knights Templar in the Vnited
S'ates nre participating in these pro-
The business of the grand encamp
ment is discussed in secret and none
but tlie accredited delegntes to the en
campment is permitted to take part.
Prior to the actunl conclave session
an open meeting wus held.
Governor Sproul. on behalf of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will ex
tend a welcome tu the knights, nnd
Mayor Smith is to voice a similar greet
ing as the representative of the city
of Philadelphia.
Sir James B. Krause, grnnd mnster
of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
will express the gratification of the
Masonic fraternity nt the presence of
their Templar brethren.
A similar welcome will be expressed
by Sir Frederic B. Black, grand coui
mnnder, speaking for the Grand Com
mandery of Pennsylvania.
To Go Into Secret Session
Following these greetings the doors
of Convention Hall will be barred to
all but the tepresentatives of the Grand
Encampment, and the actual business
of the thiity-fourtli triennial conclavu
will begin.
Tonight 000 visiting knighls ami their
ladies will be guests ut n banquet in
the Bellevue-Strntford. A grnnd tour
nev nnd ball will nlso be held at the
1 Commercial Museum. Thirty-fourth nnd
I Spruce streets. In the City Hall plaza
the sixty-piece banil of the Detroit
Commandery will give n public concert.
Knight Templar Uniforms
Coats and Pants $4-0
Made to Order v
Fit nnd Vv orkmanrhlp Guaranteed
TVaymore Tailoring Co.
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ON COUNCIL SLATE
List of Indorsements Completo
in All but Sixth Senatorial ,.
District j
ONE MORE TO BE NAMED
Thevcommittee of one hundred has
Indorsed n councilmanlc slate. It it
complete, except for the Sixth sena
torial district, where four i candidates
are lighting for the three places on the
ticket.
Two of the four William W Roper
and Chnrlrs II. Von Tngen have al
ready been indorsed. The other cholcs
Is between Slate Representative Slg
mund J. Gans and John K. Smithies,
both of the Thirty-eighth ward. j
The Indorsements follow :
.FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT, '
Harry Hazzard
Isaac Smlnk
David Morris
SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT
G. Edward Dickerson
THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Joshua Evans
FOl'RTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT!
Francis F. Biirch
George Connell
James A. Develin
Samuel W. Harrison
FIFTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
J. Fred Greenwood
James H. Holm
SIXTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT
Charles H. A'on Tagcn
William W. Roper
SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT)
Richard Wcglein
Hugh Ir. Montgomery (
Alex J. Limeburncr
EIGHTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT!
William R. Horn
John Haney
Robert J. Patton
Alexander M. De Haven, a member
of the committee of one hundred, with-'
drew as a candidate in the Fourth
district, "in the interest of harmony."
PLANE FALLS IN LAKE ERIE
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 0. (By A. P.)
An airplane bound from a southeru
flying field to Minneapolis fell into
Erie near Kingsville. Out., yesterday.
Pilot Clay Greene. Detroit, and Gerie
Stanlev, Cincinnati, his passenger, wero
rescued by a passing motorboat after
clinging to the wrecked planqfcscvcraf
hours.
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