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EVENING PUBBIO CEDGER-PHIEABEEPHIA', WEDNE&DAT, SEPTEMBER 10, 191D
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GREAT RECEPTION
Plans Made Today for Arrival
of Commander of Amer
ican Armies
VETERANS TO ESCORT HIM'JOHNSON BOOM IS GAINING
flans for the reception tn General
Fershinjr hero Friday -were mapped out
hjdar at several conferences at City
Hall, at which Mayor Smith presided.
The executive committer of Councils'
committee on sustenance and relief will
serve as a reception committee, together
with prominent citizens to be named
later.
The Mayor conferred -nith Charlei D
Hall, chief clerk of Select Council, and
Joseph P. Gaffney, chairman of Coun
cils Finance Committee, relative to the
financial arrangements for the biR re
ception. Isaac H. Iletzell. chairman of the
Sustenance and Relief Committee, will
head the councilmanic deleRation huh
will meet General rcr.slmiR. '
War heroes who performed valiant rnrv ln Pntrnnc.P , ,,, rnrc would
servico for the Stars and Stripes in the iH'oft" their booms. i
Allied armies will form an ecurt of I ,., rrornhI. the return of General
honor for the peneral. Several mem tvrshinR and the revived interest in his
bcrs of the guard were accepted this pPrsonnljty Iirh in some way altered
afternoon attho office of Mayor Smith I th(, situation, for the indications are!
The lirst man selected was Socr.ites )(,rfl t)nt an nctive campaisn in behalf
CaraReorRo, 200 South F.ichth street. I of (;pnPral Wood will soon be bepm
He has been awarded the Croix "H which will miike a formal announce !
Guerre and DistinRinslied Service Cross j mont mni,iablp llehlnd the Wood
for capturiiiR two Gcrinnn nmchino i Orfort will rd Rreat "ticrRy. for it will
Suns. 'fnlist the sinipnrt of men who in pro I
Corporal Edward 15 Haws. 1210,
West Huzza, rd street, who wears both
the Distinguished Sen ice Cross and the
Croix de Guerre, was the second man
selected for an honor Ruard.
The school children will have a holi
day to Rreet General Pershing.
The Board of Kducation has decided
the schools will close, along with fac
tories and business establishments.
The reception given the great sol
dier by the school children is expected
to be one of the most interesting fea
tures of his visit.
It is planned to have the pupils of
various schools take up their stations
At places allotted to them along the
streets through which the general and
his escort will pass, and help make the
reception one continuous ovation during
the genernl's ride from North I'hiladVl
, pbia Station to Independence Hall, by
way of Uroad street. Spring Gar
den street and the Tarkway.
General Pershing's time will be well
taken up during his visit. After the
triumphal procession, he will speak at
Independcnco Hall. Then he will go to
the Fnion League, where he is expected
to talk from the balcony.
Governor to Greet Him
Governor Rproul and Mayor Smith
will head the committee to greet the
general when he arrives at 10 o'clock,
and stay with him until he departs at
12:30 o'clock, p. in.
General Pershing has been invited by
the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
tO address the membership of that or
ganization at luncheon, to be gheu on
. whatever date in the near future will
' suit his convenience.
Tho Philadelphia county committee
of the American Legion jesterday re
ceived word from New York to the ef
fect that 100 seats are being resered
for this county's American Legion rep
resentatives nt the mass -meeting of the
legion to be addressed by General Per
shing there tomorrow night in Madison
Square Garden.
BOYRESCUED IN RIVER
BY KNIGHT TEMPLAR
Reading Manufacturer, Visiting
Here, Plunges Into Water and
Prevents Drowning
Charles Ticnjnmiu, seven .tears old.
of 4032 Hidgc avenue. Falls of Schuyl
kill, is alive today because of the hero
ism of W llliam II,
Luden. a Knights
Templar, of Head-
inc. Although six-
ty five years old.
Mr. L u d e n, a
manufacturer o f
a n d y. plunged
into the Schuylkill
river to rescue the
hoy from drown
ing. The boj and his
twelve years old,
C BENJAMIN
sister, Elizabeth.
went fishing vesterday afternoon about
4 o'clock. Tiring of this, they decided
to return home. The boy was standing
on a retaining wall and. as he tossed his
lod to his sister, lost bis footing and
fell into the river. The water is eight
een feet deep at that point.
The girl ran screaming to Fast Paik
Drive. Mr. Luden was passing in an
automobile with his wife and daugb.
ter. He stopped the car, ran to the
riTer bank and plunged into the river.
He quickly reached the bov. and swam
-with him to the bank
Mr. Luden was in his Knights Tem
plar uniform and wore some costly or
naments of the order, including a large
diamond pin, which gleamed upon his
breast. He took no thought of his ap
parel, however, and was in the river
while several other, men who thought of
helping the struggling boy were unfas
tening their shoes, preparatory to
jumping into the water.
After the rescue, Mr. Luden lode to
Hanayunk, where he purchased some
dry clothing and then proceeded on his
way.
The boy's father is Wipfield Hen
jamin, engineer at a hotel here.
Campbell Withdraws as Candidate
Theodore Campbell, of the Thirty -fourth
ward, candidate for Council from
the fourth Senatorial district, announc
ed today that he had withdrawn from
the contest and would support James
A. Develin, who has the indorsement
of the committee of one hundred.
Italians Organize for Moore
A committee of 100 Italians is now
' Wee formed to further the candidacy
of Congressman Moore. Officers of the
subcommittee which has been active at
the Moore campaign headquarters are
John Pi Silvestro, chairman ; Americtis
G. Itoisa. manager, and Ch&Tls A.
ftardelif, secretary
WOOD MAY PUT HAT
N RING T IS WEEK
Pershing Is Strong, but Uncer
tain Factor in G. 0. P. Presi
dential Contest
Hy CLINTON V. UILDEKT
Mafr Correspondent of the Evening Tobllc
Ledger
Wnsliinston. Sept 10. General
Leonard Wood's candidacy for the.lte
publicnn presidential nomination will
probably be formally announced this
week. The Wood organization is al
ready in existence, is hirinR headquar
tors and apparcntlv has adequate
funds, for it has in a large measure the
support of those business forces that
usually were counted upon by Theo
dore Hoosevelt.
This decision was recently arrived at
and is against what has been hitherto
the advice of many politicians who
surround the General. Up till now,
Wood has been doing like all the rest
of the innumerable candidates, avoid
jinR ,h(v npp(.arIln,.P 0f openly
,hp no,mnntj,m i the fear I
seeking
that too
. ,hl ,,nll(iidacy of Mr. Roosevelt
learned the utmost possibilities of pub
licity.
Pershing's status is Uncertain
The case of General Pershing is pe
culiar. The Ilepubllcans have no well
detined candidate. Pershing, the leader
of a victorious army in Europe, would
seem madeto order for their uses. Hut
while he remained in Prance there was
almost no talk of the general as a
candidate
And. mnreoier, he was unpopular
with the members of the I" F. at
least while they remained in France
Now that they are back in this coun
try the sentiment may change. It takes
something off one's crown of glory to
say that everj thing was not lovely in
Prance and to prefer the man who
failed to get sent abroad to the man
to lead the forces there.
The feeling naturullj will tend to
grow up that all were heroes together,
and this wifl no doubt help Pershing
as welel as the general popular esti
mate of him which makes no allow -nuccs
for the criticisms heard in
France. The Pershing talk may start
with the Wood talk, or some reasons
for fearing Pershing may have pre
cipitated the present determination to
become active in behalf of Wood.
General Wood is appearing before
the military affairs committee of the
Senate this afternoon in regard to the
War Department army bill. This tes
timony is expected to put hiin right
nmony is eiprricci 10 put nun rigni - . . ,,:.: t 1.1. v.,i,t
, e ., . j. .i ,. i charged with selling wine in ins .viarKet
before the country, ending the possible. 1-"'"r" """ "". . . ,
feeling that he is too much of a mili-KTVi'J00"!, " 1 '(. taSJ Ar
tarist to be President. General Wood, MiO"' '' h,lteAdh' hr,"
.-, . .i.,j ,i t. ,. I nelms Keardon. were back of the brass-
it is understood, does not lavor Uen
eral March's army bill. He objects
to the pioposcd regular army of more
than half a million as unnecessarily
large and impracticable.
Wooil Plan Is More Moderate
General Wood favors an army of
about a quarter of a million men. The
March plin, or the AYar Department
plan, has little support in Congress,
and even the more progiessive members
of lm nrmv itsnlf am mrnlnRt. it. The
objections are that it creates too large
a military caste, too many high officers
in the regular army, too large a reg-
,,ir i.rmr in nr.lor nerhnn. to nf-
I ford an excuse for all these officers, and
- too l.ttie toward building uP
icitizen armv of trained men and offi-iper
ceis in reserve.
Another canmuacy tor tne ucpumican ' "'""" '"- -"." -.....-.
presidential nomination which will re-1 Mallet testified he reproached Mc
ceive im,tus in the immediate future, Gnldrick for selling the whisky. He
is that of Senator Hiram Johnson, of reminded him he was already under
California. Senator Johnson's trip bail for selling booze. MtGoldnek m
around the country in opposition to vited the agent to a back room, the
President Wilson will be his bid formatter testified,
niil.li.- favor. Mr. Johnson tins ilnne Theeu. according to Mullet, the sa-
much to win his way into the Itepub-
lican party by his opposition to the
I lentme ,ovenant. This hut. not him int
'co-operation with the most conserva-1
tivc forces in the party, with men like
Knox, Lodge, Urandagee, Moses, Hard
ing and the others of that faith.
If the labor situation should force
the Democrats far in the direction of
radicalism, the Republicans might
name Johnson as a half-way offering.
He nas now achieved a certain regu
larity. For a year in the Senate, he
was as much as an outcast as La Fol
Ictte himself.
GOVERNOR FIGHTS EMBARGO
Sproul Asks Rail Dlrector'to Permit
Stone Shipping
Thirty-five thousand men
this
state will be put out of work if tbclw''re ao,U!'('J of selling gin und high
federal embargo on shipment of stone ' k""''
by rail is (ontmued. Governor Knrr.,,1 ! 'A"old Daniel, division supenntendent
avs in a statement made nnhlle tn.
day
So serious is the embargo to the in
dustrial welfare of Pennsylvania that
Governor Sproul has written a letter
to Federal Railroad Director Hinea,
asking him tu lift the ban at once.
The embargo, which is similar to
one laid on stone shipments during the
war. directs that permits be applied
for before shipments be made, showing
the dailv stone reoillrementji nf nnn
I tractors nnd the state. Inearinn f sl.in
,,rs an consignees, and other details.
The rules, in the opinion of highway
omcials. make is impossible to proceed
with work on the load building pro
gram. Highway Commissioner Sadler Kaid
the idea in starting the road construc
tion work was not only to get ss many
miles of good roads as possible in u
short time, but to provide employment
for thousands of men who would other
wise be out of work.
Young Woman Missing From Home
Miss Tillie Mantles, nineteen ytars
oldhas disappeared from her home, at
838 North Seventh street. Her father,
Samuel Mantzes, appealed to the police
today for help in bis effort to solve the
mystery
Miss Mantzes bad been in ill health.
She left,her,home list Daturdsy morning
to go to a bank to draw money. She
J arrived there too late U present a check.
MODERN CRUSADERS EXECUTE KNIGHTLY EVOLUTIONS
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Drill team of Knglcuooil Commander No. ."!, of Illinois, Captain Henjamin S. Wilson, commanding, partici
pating In the Knights Templar prize competition on the Parkway today, lingleuood's team holds the champion
ship banner ion at the last triennial comlavo at los Angeles. Colonel Ocorge K, Kemp, one of the judges Is
today's manciuers also appears In the picture.
CHARGE LIQUORMAN
ATTEMPTED BRIBE
Came to Federal Building to
Pay U. S. Agent $250, Is
Testimony in Court '
The grand prize for simple, trust
ing natures was won today bv Owen
MctSnldrick. n saloonkeeper. Seventeenth I
tid Market streets, according to testi
mon today in the Federal Huilding. .
SIcGoldrick was held in S2."0) bail
for court for alleged bribery and in !
$11)00 bail on a charge of selling whisky I
when arniiRned before United States'
Commissioner Mauley. '
The saloonkeeper, it is alleged, not ,
only ofTered n S2.",0 bribe to Charhs
V. Mallett, a Department of Justice
agent, but agreed to come to the De
partment of Justice office to hand over i
the money.
Hubble of Faith Hursts
A concealed operative, it was testi
fied, saw the money slipped into Mal
lett's hand. And then McGnldrick's
faith in human nature was shattered
completely when told he was under
an est.
McGoldrick was one of the first sa
loonkeepers arrested in this city when
the linuor ban was laid. He was
railed bar a few minutes after midnight
today when William Hopper and Joseph
Pirown entered the saloon. Hopper is
a government agent and ISrovvn, Hop
per's friend, had volunteered to help
him get evidence against illicit liquor
vendors
Hopper and llrown called for beer,
and got it, they said. Then they claim
thev noticed another customer being
served with whisky. Hopper asked why
he couldn't get some of the ardent spir-
its. There wasno objection, he was
lioiu. anu ior unnj -' n-m-. .. a.,0
he was passed a glass of wluskj
. Hopper sipped it and poured the bal-
I ance in a bottle while the men behind
the bar looked on '' '"""";
and Krown then Wt the place and
met Charles V. Mallet, another agent,
loonkeeper asked if $100 would make
the agents forget the little episode
Mallet demurred. He thought the sUm
small. The saloonkeeper then boosted
to $,"00. Mallet thought that too much.
The two compromised on $2,"0.
CalLs at Federal Ruilding
"Check or cash'-" iiNkeil Mullet.
"Cash," he quoted McGoldrick as re
plying. The agent said he thought even
a back room a poor place to take the
monev and snirttested thnt Mi OiHilrii'k
call on him today in the Federal Build-
ing. And the saloonkeeper agreed and
did, it was testified.
Keardon, the bartender, was held in
$1000 bail for court.
Two others. Hani Quiun. a saloon
keeper. Market street near Tenth, and
his bartender Paul Mnnseratt, also
were held in $1000 bail each.
They
! o thc Department of Justice, an-
nouueed today he would appeal to the
judges o the License Court to have
the licenses of saloonkeepers convicted
of selling intoxicants other than near
beer revoked. He stated he would his
appeal before the end of this week
About forty liquor dealers have been
arrested on the charge of selling whisk).
These men ure awaiting trial.
Canteen Glrlt Return Home
Miss Anna Hoyd, of this city, a
Red Cross canteen worker, arrived at
Provideme. It. I , on the steamship
Homa from Marseilles. Other work
ers included Miss Helen L. Miller, of
Sharon, Pn., and the Misses Delia C.
and Lucie S. Wilson, of Beaver Falls,
Pa.
Register Today!
Go to City Hall!
Board of Registration Commis
sioners will sit from 9 a. in. to
noon and from 1 to 4 p. m.
You may qualify to vote.
Tomorrow, Thursday, will be th
last chance.
Register today tomorrow the
crowd will be large.
Your last chance.
Register ! Register
Printer of M alines, in Tears,
Sings l,raiscs of America
New York. Sept. 10. M. Oes
sain, known nil over Furope lis the
"Printer of Malines," is a member
of Cardinal Mercier's distinguished
part lie is the man who was
sent to pi i"on by the Germans for
printing Cardinal Mercier's famous
ialornl letter.
Mr. Dcssain said this morning :
"America overwhclms'me, I-I-I."
he hesitiitid and then he bmM into
tears "I ian't control mself, I
never dreamed of such a welcome
Oh. Auiciica great nation, how she
shim's among the hopes of the
world '.
M. Des-ain will go to Philadelphia
with Cardinal Mercicr.
Merrier Blesses N. Y.
With His Smile
fontlnucil rrom I'nce One
He seemed almost overcome. The Mer-1
cier smile, bright nnd cheery, saved him I
when it overspread his features.
"I am tired, it was a rough trip,
but here I am and I am so glad," he
continual.
"Your eminence, what one thing do
you want to sec most in America?" I
asked.
"The people," he replied: "the peo
pie, your wonderful American people. I
want to tell them how we love them,"
The cardinal's voice dropped almost
to a whisper as he repeated "I want to
tell them how we love them; they won
our love when they fed us. They in
creased that love inanj fold when thej
came and fought for us. It is vvouder-
f til. bej olid words to tell of it. how
you, of America, filled our mouths and
then, Inter on. so manj laid down their
lives for us."
Cardinal Mcuier biought to Amer
ica a wholesome regard for the enter
prise and integrity of American news
papers. "The very few American newspaper
men whom I saw during the war made
a real impression upon me," he said.
"They were geutlemen. They came with
proper credentials, they asked terse and
penetrating questions and, above all,
they went away and, put into print the
leal truth about the horrors and the
sufferings of Belgium."
Cardinal Mercicr told the newspaper
group the story of his detention in his
palace by the Germans, because hiR pas
toral letter offended and defied them
He laughed outright when asked if
there were any Germans in SIhIiucs,
his home city, when he left.
'It
wouldn't be a comfortable place for
them now," he chuckled. '
Archbishop Hayes had been standing!
at the door of the reception room while
the cardinal talked to the correspondent
Finallv he stepped up and said: "His
eminence is tired, pleaBe excuse him
now."
Another Mercier smile came. "Yes,
I am tired," said the cardinal, "but
I want the public to know I am always
i ready to talk to the men and women
of the presB.
"Is there anything else?"
'"hen began rapid-fire questions about
the league of nations, King Albert. Von
Hissing, the kaiser aud others. The
cardinal dodged most of these questions,
but did say he approved the league of
nations. He added that he would dis
cuss that important question later on
duilng his stay in the United States.
"When will you tome to Philadel
phia?" I asked.
"I think September 20 is the time,"
he replied. "I want to see Phila
delphia. The people there did ho much
for us. I have had correspondence with
some Philadeiphian ladies who so nobly
worked for our people. I want to look
into their eyes, 1 want to clasp their
hands and return our thanks; I also
desire to see Philadelphia because of
its history of which I have read much."
Here the cardinal permitted himself
to be led away by Archbishop Hayes
.jvt i .. " hn cnii in nnil'
"I'm hungry," he said, in patting
"I hear I must be astir tomorrow, be
cause 1 will see your great General
Pershing ride by at the head of Amer
ican soldiers."
And he went up the staus to hn
bedroom. I watched him lis he as
cended the winding stairway. His six
ty-eight years have dealt kindly with
his strength. His step was quick and
m ns he trod the carpet. Ten min
utes later the cardinal was down stalls
again, enjoying ins nrm mem m aihh
jca a land that had welcomed him with
open arms.
Wagon Hub Breaks; Man Hurt
While trying to step on to the hub
of a wagon belonging to the St. Vincent
de Paul Society, which he was driving,
James Higglns, eighty years old, 012
Hoffman street, was thrown to the street
when the hub broke, and his skull was
fractured. Hts is In a serious condl
tionC'sivf,M,Pl',' llot9kll'
SIR KNIGHTS TO WAR
AGAINST UNION BANDS
Templar Official Says 'Strike'
Won Undying Enmity of All
Masonic Bodies
Promise that no members of the
American Federation of Musicians will
i ever play in any Masonic parade in this
I country, following the strike of forty
l bands preceding the Knights Templar
pageant was made today by William
i W. Horner, secretary of the conclave's
I committee on arrangements.
Mr. Horner also declared the money
'that had been appropriated to pay for
the bandmen who "walked out" would
I he used ns the nucleus of n fund to
' be raised for legal prosecution of the
, bandmen.
i The explanation given for the strike
of the bandmen by representatives of
the KniRhts Templar is that the niusi-
f,il"ls """''""d closed shop, and ob-
Jpcted to tllc presence in the line of
nonunion bands.
The bandmen give as their reason
for the walkout, the nresence in line
' nf .n.mHnl Kn.i.lo mli.ifn I.O.nn. ,1 PA m.
II. -.1 , 1 I 11 1 Utlilll V.llt.t UQ..I. 1 (111 'J 1.
the "unfair" list of the organization
to whicli most of the musicians belong.
All of the bands were engaged nine
months ago, and it was understood the
parade would be an "open shop" so
far as bands were concerned. The mu
sicians agieed.
The Philadelphia Police Hand and
the band of the licthlchcin Steel Coni
panj Charles M. Schwab's "own"
and the West Chester Uund ure on- the
so called "unfair list."
The knights made up. for the lack
of music b.v whistling , their own
marches or bj spirited singing.
3000 KNIGHTS PARADE
w.
Freeland Kendrlek Reviews
Marchers in Germantown
Three thousand Knights Templar
marched today in Germantown's smaller
edition of jesterday's grund review and
parade
Grand Marshal Thomas It. Watson
jlid I he host of Sir Knights in (heir
black frock coats ann wnue iiaiarirs
and dipping plumes. W. Freeland Keu
diick and line officers of the First di
vision. Knights Templar of the United
States, reviewed the paegant.
The visiting knights were the guests
of Germantown Commandtry o, h.
.The commanderics represented were De-
troit No. 1; Welsh, from Welsh, Lou-
istana ; Hamilton No. fi, from Ilridge-
n0rt. Conn.: Uaper No. 1, from Indi-
auapolis.
Stewart Unkles is commander of the
Gcrmuiitown order, George AV. Herman
is generalissimo.
The paraders formed at Wajne ave
nue and Munheim street, inarched east
on Manhelm to Germantown avenue,
north to Johnson street, where they
gathered for brief festivities at Ver
non Park.
In addition to sightseeing in that his
toric section nf Philadelphia, the fol
lowing evenU were scheduled:
Afternoon and Evening Kntertain- j
ment at Vernon Park, band concerts b.v
visiting bands of Knights Templar, ex
hibition drills, moving pictures, etc. For
those who desired to inspect thc great I
industries of this bection of thc city and
plates of historical interest connected
with the days of the Revolution, special
sight-seeing parties were organized dur
ing the day.
H to 4 p. m. Automobile ride up the
Wissahickon Creek to Chestnut Hill.
This is the lirst time that motor
driven vehicles have ever been permitted
to use this famous drive.
12 to t) p. m. Open house at Ger
mantown Commander- headquarters,
Masonic Temple, 5427 Germantown
avenue
8 to 12 p. hi. Rcccptiou and dancing
at Masonic Temple, 5427 Germantown
avenue
MERCURY TAKES BIG DROP
Temperature Falls Twelve Degrees
Over Night Storm, Predicted
Oue thing took a bix drop today. It
was thc mercury. Autumn routed
summer by reducing 80 degrees of tem
perature over night to 08. It was that
figure at 8 o'clock this morning. There
was a drizzling rain in the early morn
ing hours.
The vmve of coolness brought delight
to the oyster men as well as the dealer
in fall hats. It also chased many
lingering straw bats from the street and
changed the general outdoor tones from
white and 'gray to brown aud blue..
A etorrn Is due today. It may arrWe
while you're reading this. Keep you're
umbrella yttu you is the weather man
warping
$
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Registry Board Fails to Cot
Sworn Statement From
Electors at City Hall
MANY SEEK TO REGISTER
66,753 Voters Registered
Saturday; Count by Wards
There were 00,753 voters register
ed last Saturday, according to the
official figures announced today by
the board of registration. The reg
istration by wards follows:
ittdt-
trtlon Wrd
SOU 20th
4W 'J7lh .
2H4 2Sth
2US 20th
212 .10th .
201 list
H2K 32d . .
. . H.-.A Slid . .
I 111 34th
h22 Sth
. 307 3Cth . .
.. 341 37th .. .
. . 4112 3Nth . ...
003 noth .
.. t.'iKK 40th
30H list
313 42rl
. 11111 (3d
103n 44th . ...
. 14RO 4r.th
If.lKI 4(111.
240S 47th . ..
If 05 4Stll ...
2 1 VI
. 183." Clrand tot
lleats-
Iratlou
lTlit
717
2140
1410
. 14011
13711
1710
21114
21181
fil.1
. 217H
. . R7
. 2S74
. 2103
S300
R'.O
2S-U
2M12
. . 17M
. . 1227
. aim
1170
101,7
Ward.
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4th
6th
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7th .
8th
9 th
10th .
11th .
12th .
lath .
14th
15th
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17th ..
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10th .
20th
Slut
2-2A
M1
24th
23th .,
Through an error b.v registrars, about
100 voters were ndmitted to the regis
tration lists today at a hearing before
the board of registration commissioners
without the pi escribed oath to the facts
they stated.
The board is sitting today and tomor
row to give unregistered citizens an op
portunity to enroll for the primary
September It!. The hearings arc in room
0:f(), City Hall.
Several hundred men assembled today
when the hearings began. Commission
ers Fell. Pierie, Woodruff mid Walsh
were picsent.
The official total for the three regis
tration days, August 20, September 2
and September (1, is .fM.GOfi, a record
breaking enrollment and hailed as an
indication of victory by Independent
leaders.
Official Total Complete
The official total was completed to
daj with the announcement of the third
day's total, 00.732. The total for the
second day was 100,,10;t and for the
first day, 18,"i,401.
As the electors made their request
for registration today they were di
rected to tables, where special regis
trars placed the names on the lists.
About 100 voters had been enrolled
when some one noticed none was being
sworn.
Commissioner Woodruff was noti
fied. He informed the registrars that
the applicants must be sworn.
"We have no Ilibles," objected one
registrnr.
I'hc registrars then were instructed
to hnve the candidates raise their right
hands ns they weic sworn.
A Vare worker in the hearing rotim I
when the first rush was going on re
marked :
"It is easy. Nobody had to take
an oath and we are putting them
through. This lnw won't hurt Judge
Patterson any."
Hampton S. Thomas, chief clerk of
tho board, later assumed the blame for
failure 'o have the carl; registrants
sworn. He mid the old law required
a sworn petition to be presented, but
thnt the revised law called for the per
sonal appeurance of applicants. Only
a small number slipped by without tak- '
ing the oath, Mr. Thomas said.
Jinny Were Out of Town
Many of the voters who galled to en- i
roll on the three registration da)s
said they had been out of towu. A I
few explained they hud been at moun-1
tuin resorts. i
One of the applicants was n blind1
man, rrunit vv liiiuins. li.tii Locust
street, in the Fort -sixth ward. His
wife led him through the crowded cor
ridor and hearing loom.
Williams stated ho lived with his
brother. When asked if he was n
boarder he refused to answer. Com
missioner Woodruff inquired if he was
n householder. He said he was and
was enrolled.
Storm Sweeps Southern Coast
New YorK. Sept. 10. Reports leach
ing the offices of the .Western Union
Telegraph Compan.v here today said that
all wire communication south of Miami.
Fla., had ceased as a result of the severe
storm raging along the southern coast
and the West Indian islands. "A gale
of at least one hundred miles an hour
was blowing, the reports stated.
JEWELERS
CHESTNUT AND
WITHOU
OATHS
THE WEARING UTILITY OF LEATHER IS
LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON QUALITY.
THEREFORE, GREATEST CARE IN SELEC
TION IS EXERCISED BEFORE MAKING
Suit Cases
Travel Bags
Hand bags
Wallets
card cases
Jewel Cases
AND THE MANY OTHER ARTICLES COM
PREHENDED IN THE STOCKS OF
LEATHER GOODS,
MRS. FfW. STf VENS
HOSPITAL PATIENT
Mystery Surrounds Reason for
Confinement of Society Matron
in Southampton Institution
Mrs. Frances Watts Stevens, daugh
ter of the late Kthclbert Watt, of this
city, and' prominent in society here
and in New York, is in the Southamp
ton Hospital, Long Island.
Mrs. Stevens, who made her debut
here in 1(113, was admitted to the hos
pital August 1. She ws taken there
from the Sea Spray Hotel, Fast Hamp
ton, Mystery surrounds the nature of her
illness. Mrs. Stevens's left wrist was
bandaged when she was taken from the
hotel, where she had been a guest. It
was reported her wrist had been slashed
with a safety razor.
At the Southampton Hospital today
it was said she was operated on yes
terday aud that her tonsils were re
moved. The authorities would not dis
cuss the nature of the injuries or the
illness whicli caused her .admittance to
the hospital. She will be in the hos
pital about two more weeks.
Mrs. H. M. Watts, of Jenkintovvn, a
sister-in-law of Mrs. Stevens, said she
knew her relative was in the hospital.
"The report that she is ill sounds
like ancient history," commented Mrs.
Watts. "I knew she was 111, but I
have no knowledge of the details."
The former Miss Watts waB married
to Theodosius Folwcr Stevens at the
home of her parents, at J02," Clinton
street, March 2o, 1017 Her husband
is counsel for the lironx Park Commis
sion, They make their homo at 10 East
Fiftieth street. New York city, and
have no children.
NEW SCHOOLS PLANNED
Education Board Takes Steps to
Relieve Crowded Conditions
Although it is unnounced thnt little
can be done to relieve the congested
condition of the public schools this
year, the Hoard of Education is plnu
ning to begin construction of new
buildings and additions that will be
completed at least by the second term
next year.
One new school will be erected nt
Ninth street r.nd Oregon avenue, and
another will be built nt Seventieth
street and Elmwood avenue.
All the members of the board realize
the necessity for increased school fa
cilities and arc eager that udditionnl
buildings be erected. Wur conditions
and the high cost of materials and
labor, as well as luck of funds, hnve
prevented enjnrging buildings for this
j ear.
Ford Price May Be Cut
Detroit, Sept. 10. The recent pur-'
chase of all stock held b.v others in the
Ford Motor Company, except that of
Mayor James Conzens, of this city, lias
given rise to reports thnt this stock also
will he acquired. The financial district
believes there is basis for the report. Al
though no formal announcement is
made, the Ford Company is continuing
experimental work on the development
of u lower-priced auto, which Henry
Kord announced early this year us being
contemplated
Popular Pricesor Particular People
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and Every Day
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VAREV0TERUL1NG
ISEXPECTEDTODAY
Registration Board Will Decido
in Favor of Senator, Accord
ing to Indications I
HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION
The board of registration commis
sioners will decide today whether Sen
ator Vnre has n voting residence In the.
fifteenth division of the Thirty-ninth
ward.
Indications are that theboard, by ji
majority vote, will decide in fnvor of
the senator. In support of this belief
it is pointed out that the board hat)
failed to accede to the request of Owen
J. Roberts, counsel for the petitioner
ngainst the senator, that an inspectores
be sent to the vare house at 200,1
South Uroad street, to report ns to the
condition of the Interior of thp "home."
Mr. Roberts, in making this request
at the hearing yesterday, said he be
lieved an insjiector would find the Vnro
house in no sense a "home"; that he
would find no evidence of fire In the
kitchen range; no coal in the cellar;
no gas; no electricity nntJ no water.
Tt was learned today that the com
missioners, following the hearing yes
terday, went into executive session. One
of those acquainted with the situntion
said it was plain that the "board was
nil one way" in its view of the merits
of the case.
' Later it was learned that it would
be well within the facts to predict a
majority of the board would voln to
dismiss the petition to have the name
of Senator Vare stricken from the volini;
lists.
It was announced today the board
will hold a final conference on the sub
ject, nnd, after a formal vote, hand
down a decision. Lawyers are awaiting
with interest tho legal points which
ma be offered to sustain the senator's
right to oto from the Third-ninth
.ward.
"Taps" for Old Ship Richmond
Civil war memories will be revived
at n pietiuesque ceremony on the quar
ter deck of the United States ship
Richmond next Suuday afternoon. The
old ship is being dismantled. There
will be i special "taps" service at 2
o'clock.
,mmmnimmiimimmnnjj
Shirt Manufacturer
Man with practical experience
is designer, cutter and manu
facturer in all branches of the
Shirt, Athletic Underwear and
Pajama business will be open
for a position about Oct. 1st,
B 11, Ledger Office
Weil-Known Broad St.
Automobile Firm
Wants additional capital
to expand business and
take over large whole
sale territory. Investor
fully secured and may
act as treasurer if de
sired. Unusual oppor- ,
tunity to connect with a '
big growing business. I
Address '
A 229, LEDGER OFFICE
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Daily Excursion! until Sept. 14, inc.
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AN ATTRACTIVE
YOUNG GIRL
ran away from her homa In New York four,
daia acu And la now lllng and workinf la
this city. Her parents, prostrated with anx
iety, pray that some one will show thla to
her and urre her to ease her parents' suffering-
by telling them at once of her where
about" and plans.
DKSCItll'TION' OF CONNTANCEl
Rather small, with sloping- shouldera. dark
brown eea and hair, waa dressed In Pea.
cock-blur tailored ault, dark blue cape, blacK
anllor .hat and hla-h-heelrd slippers; Is 18
,r. old hot lnAkw about. 20
T.nurATIOKAl.
Young Men and rloya
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A school of long Mandlng and progres
siva Ideals. Junior School, Write today to
Arthur II. Tomllnson Headmasters
Millard I'. Tomllnson t ""am""
Harvard Ave,, Hwarthmore, Fa,
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