SEVENING IPTJBLIO !EEDGEI:p SEPTEMBER COT ttMfl
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EN EYES WATCH
FOR VOTE FRAUDS
Greater Activity by All Agencies
Than Ever Before to
Prevent Steal
ROTAN DETECTIVES' BUSY
DEMOCRAT HAS HOPE
FOR CAMDEN VICTORY
John T. Wright Wants Mayor's
Job to Reduce Trolley Faro3
and Have Open Sunday
LEGION WILL VOTE
Election officers and political worker
will be watched more cloclv br public
and private agencies for the detection
of fraud in the prlmnry election next
Tuesday than ever before since the ap
plication of criminal laws to elections.
Every source for the Inspiration and
promotion of fraud is already under
observation, according to an announce
mont today by 13. Jj. I). Iloach, secrc
tarr of the committee of -ocnt.
Tllccal voting, repenting, stuffing of
ballot boxes nnd mutilation of ballots
'WSt ,fl !, - nAtin A 1 ti rv lin nrnln tnffl fl Till
the full sweep of the prosecuting officers
brought into piny to impose fines nnd
Imprisonment for Iolntions of the
stringent election laws.
Private Detectives Hired
Scores of private detectives, engaged
by the Moore war board, will be at work
secretly gathering endence of fraud.
This intensive campaign will be supple
mented by the corps of Investigators
working under the direction of James T.
Cortclyou, chief of detectives under Dis
trict Attorney Rotnn.
Politicnl workers were frank in
saying thnt tho district attorney's of
fice has never been so active in prepara
tion for prevention, detection and
prosecution of election crimes. Mr.
Cortelyou is a veteran government ex
pert nnd is assisted by men of similar
experience
His detectives, it was pointed out,
have already given evidence of their
watch over the political activities of the
police. Under the provisions of the
new charter, already in effect so fnr
... nnlti.A n.wl rAmati nm nAnnai nAil
J electioneering in any form by them is
Rewards for Evidence
The committee of seventy has offered
rewards to those supplying evidence of
fraud. The sum of R100.000 will be
available' for such purposes for the
primary election and a like sum for the
November election.
These funds make the grand total of
$200,000 to be used in the most com-
prehensivo campaign against frnud ever
seen in this city.
The nnticontractor forces, It was
learned, are prepared to retain special
counsel to aid the public prosecuting
officials in tho pressing of criminal
charges.
C0UNCILMANIC FIGHT ON
Two Candidates on Town Meeting
Party Ticket In Thirty-eighth Ward
Efforts made at a conference in the
headquarters of the Town Meeting
party to obtain harmony in the Thirty -eighth
ward on the councilmnnic ticket
failed last night. Supporters of both
SIgmund J. Gans nnd of John 13.
Smithies, who has the indorsement of
tho committee of one hundred, could not
get together nnd as n result tho issue
between the two candidates will be set
tled In the primary election.
A. Lincoln Acker, chief supporter of
Gans, attended the conference and said
the voters would have to settle the mat
ter. George W. Coles, chairman of the
Town Meeting party said that this
local division in the Sixth Senatorial
district would not affect the success of
the anti-contractor ticket In general.
A similar problem in the West Phila
delphia district wus bolved by the with
drawal of Theodore Campbell In favor of
James A. Develin, the committee of one
hundred's choice.
Declaring thnt he has every chance
to win the election for mavor nf rim.
den, John T. Wright, Democratic can
didate, hs outlined n platform that in
cludes reasonable trolley rates and open
Sunday for theatres, moies and base
ball. "I have no doubt I Rhall be elected
on ncrouut of the dissatisfaction of the
labor element with things ns they nre,"
he said. 'Toiir-iionrs ago, when I ran
against the present major, I lost bv
only 1700 votes This time I beliec
there will he n lnrge majority for the
Democratic party.
"X don't bcllec in one pnrtv ruling
the people all the time. I think thnt
the Council should be more evenly di
vided between Democrats and Hepubll
an. "When I am elected mayor I'll mako
them all sit up and take notice. At
present, the Public Service Railways are
controlling the people nnd charging
lnrge fnres, but when 1 am major I
shall sec that the people have reason
able rates, if I bne to organize u
trnnsjijytntioii system of my own "
In outlining the plan Mr. Wright de
clnred thnt n sitem of buses could be
established to run in competition with
the trollcvs and force down the rntes
The present license dinrges for buses
nre so high, according to Mr. Wright,
that they are not nblo to enter into
successful competition with the trollcjs.
AGAINSTmSLOYAL
Service M e ns Organization
Says It Will Fight Candidates
of Doubtful Patriotism
PARTIES DO NOT MATTER
Clifton Heights Pastor Resigns
Tho Itev William It. Huston, who
hns been pnstor of the Presbyterinn
church nt Clifton Heights, Pa., for
twenty-fhe years, has given his. con
gregation his resignation, to tnke ef
fect October 1. Mr. Huston, who is
widely known in the Chester Presby
tery, was graduated from Princeton
Theological Seminary.
Political candidates "whose Amer
irnnlsm Is found tainted with suspic
ion" arc to be fought hard in all parts
of the country by the Atnerirnn l.e
gion.
That announcement was ninde here
today. It sums up the legion's atti
tude in politics, which hns been n
mntter of roncern to returned soldiers
"While the Americnn Legion adheres
to its slogan, 'Policies Not Politics.'
the legion nnnounces 'It concelvnblv will
bine n great deal to do with politics ,
not with nnrrow iwtisnn politics, " na
a statement from legion bendquniteis
"The legion was conceded nnd is being
built nf n bigness nnd soundness furl
nbove thnt. Hut it is going to tnkt- cog
ni7nnce of whnt is sound prncticc nnd
wlmt is not sound practice in tho po
liticnl readjustment of the rountry Its
menibeis nre not going to wink nt po
liticil Mnbbiness nnd political rotten
ness Xor nre the going to leinporle
with public oi would-be public sonants
whosi' meriennisin is found tainted
with suspicion. I
'"lhe woid has gone out nlieadv I
national headquarters sent it to everj
one of the MOO posts urging igorous
opposition to aspirants for public office
whose lonlty to America hns been I
brought into question. The question ot
party affiliations is not of the slightest
moment or consideration, 'lhis is en
tirely n matter of policy and sound
practice.
"There is no place In public life for
draft dodging slnckers, any more than
there Is for the tjpe of slncker who was
able to buv Liberty Bonds nnd failed
to do so We do not believe it is sound
practice to put them noy in places of
responsibility. leadership and honor.
v e uo not uclievc the public wants
to put them there, nnd we do not be
lieve they arc coine to be mit there
in the future. Ccrtnlnh not if the
Americnn Legion can prevent it. And
we believe it cnn.
BETTING ODDS ON JUDGE END
Three-to-One Offerings Vanish, Even
Money Being Asked
T3ven money is being nsked on tho
piimnn election results
Three weeks ago Vare followers were
offering .". to 1 thnt Judge Pat
terson would be nominated Then the
odds dropped to 10 to 7 nnd later to
JO tc 17.
The best the nre men otter now is
eieu money nnd this is being snnpped
up whereer it cnn he hnd
John A. Vnorhees, secretnrv of the
Uemiblicnn Alliance, look n water of
,lfi00 even thnt Congrexsninti Moore
v ,11 be nominated
DEMOCRATS PLANJ'RIMARY
City Committee Meets and Prepares
for Wescott Nomination
Plans for the prlmnry election were
discussed nt a meeting ot the Demo
cratic city committee Inst night.
13dgnr W. Lank, chairman of the
committee, In an address said the Dem
ocrntic ticket, headed by Harry D
Wescott, Democratic candidate for
Mnjor, represented the choice of nil
elements of the pnrtj in Philadelphia
and he urged nil Democrnts to suppoit
Mr. Wescott nt the prlmar lie an
nounced thnt cards bearing the names of
the Democratic cnndidntcs be tiinilid to
cln to Democints through the cit
Mi Wescott snid the purpose of the
Democrats to build up n strong mlnoritt
piit in Mirious winds hnd won strong
support.
SOMETHING WE
CANNOT .HELP
iECLA Pearls arc not advertised
as Orientals, nor sold for Ori
entals, and we cannot be held
responsible for the fact that
they are generally taken for Orientals
wherever and wTiencver they arc worn
in public.
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398 fifth Avenue, New York
CHARLES J. MAXWELL 6k CO.
Sole Philadelphia Agents Walnut St. at I6th St,
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10 Rue de la Paix, Parlt
WRECKS SHOW WINDOW
Autotruck Skids Across Sidewalk
Into Market Street Store Front
A show window at one corner of the
Wanamaker and Brown clothing store,
Sixth nnd Market streets, was wrecked
early today when an autotruck skidded
across the pavement and smashed into
the store front.
Tho driver of the truck attempted a
sharp turn around the corner. The
streets were slippery nnd the machine
slid over the curb and ncross the pavement.
The chauffeur was arrested and taken
to the Fourth and Haco streets sta
tion, where he will be given a hearing
today before Magistrate Boyle.
ALICE MASARYK RESIGNS
Prague, Bohemia, Sept. 11. (By A.
P.) Alice Masaryk, daughter of the
president ot Uzecho-slovakia, has re
signed her seat as a deputy of the Na
tional Assembly, In order to devote her
self entirely to lied Cross work.
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ONE-DAY
OUTINGS
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From Market Street Wharf
Daily Excursions until Sept. 14, inc.
T B Atlantic City
.,fi,0 Wlldwood
Ansleaea
noi.ndT.i Sea lale City
wlr Ti Conona Inlet
10 cents Stone Harbor
addition! Avnlnn
Market Street Wharf .... 7.00M
labrrnana Train Analeaea and
WUdwood Bucdiys only - - 6 484
t3P"Ocaan Clly Eacuralona Sundays
Market Street Wharf i ... 7 OOU
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Every Sunday until October 26, inc.
Pin Baach, Ocaan
Cata, Barnarat Plar,
Saaalda Park. L...1-
atla. Mantoloklna
Bay llaad.
1.50
.aund Tain
War Tax Ho,
additional.
$:
Round Trip
War Tax
14 crnta
additional.
;i.75
Aabury Prk, 0n
Grow, Long Branch,
BImr, Sa Girt,
Sprint Lak.
Market StrwtWtiarf
7 20
From Broad Street Station
nlgNewYork
Reaa4 Trip
War Tax to cent additional
SUNDAYS
September) Od.12,19; Nor.9aiid 16
Broad Street S.0JAi; West Pblla. 8 0SU
North TOla. Wi '""'"
Pennsylvania R.R.
Now for the Greatest Shoe Sale
in the History of Philadelphia!
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Women's Boys'
and Girls' Shoes
In A Big Sale That Ends To-morrow
Store Open Friday Until 8 p. in.
VALUES
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ABSOLUTELY GOOD CLEAN STOCK
NO SOILED OR DAMAGED GOODS
YOU'LL FIND JUST THE STYLE
AND SIZE YOU WANT, BUT
Come Early! Get Your Pick!
STORE OPEN AT 9 A. M. SHARP!
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Just Your Chance to Get Up to a Half Dozen Pairs
of Shoes for the Price of One Buy Two Years Ahead! '
You Must Come Early
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HONORING GENERAL PERSHING,
Will Not Open the Store Until 12:30 To-morrow
SIR KNIGHTS AND LADIES Welcome lo Philadelphia's Representative Store tho
Store that has held to the straightforward paths of progress for more than half a century.
The Store that should be the centre of attraction for visitors from a distance this week,
more especially because of the BRILLIANT FASHION EXPOSITIONS, held earlier this
autumn in honor of the ladies visiting the city with their Knights.
I' ash ton Shows, Second Moor; also Autumn Opening Displays on First and Third
rs. Information Hooth, First Floor, Restaurant, Sixth Floor.
Floors.
The Autumn Assemblage of Fashions In
Millinery, Gowns, Suits,
Wraps, Waists and Furs
YOU can't afford to miss it. It is the first Great Fash
ion Event of the Season, and the last word in authen
tic Fashions. It not only features Fashions in Outer
Apparel, but presents the correct ensemble in attire for all
occasions, from the newest in Hats to the most exclusive in
Hand Hags, Footwear and all Dress Accessories.
Mil linPt'V FcatunnS Hts from Paris, from New York
x lmauciy Milliners, and from the hands of our own
artists, v ho for many years have cared for the individual
lequiremeiits of a large and exacting clientele. We call
.special attention to our line of exclusive Sports Hats, and
the abundance of new Millinery Trimmings, many of the
noelties having just arrived from Paris.
Gowns p;rmal Evc"lng
Gowns of ex
treme decollete, and many
with long trains. Ball
Dresses of wired laces and
bouffant tulles and silks.
Afternoon Gowns of metal
brocades, plain and novelty
satins, elegant soft-napped
cloths and fine silks. Street
Dresses of duvetine, high
necked and fur-trimmed.
Redingote Street Dresses of
Oxford cloths and tailored
twills.
t ire Especially attractive are the One-piece Gowns of
UH- exceptional elegance, accompanied by matching
wraps. Also Three-piece Costumes with high-neck blouses.
Note the high-necked vests, the varying lengths of the
lackets and the soft touches of fur.
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Furs
The fashionable Street Wraps, the luxurious, full,
enveloping Opera Wraps, the beautiful Collars
and Scarfs, inclining to drapes and crushed effects all in
one magnificent showing.
Ai;f"i ne new Cossack Blouses which so effectually
VV qlato transform a suit into a costume are a feature;
these are chiefly of crepe Georgette. Also many tinted and
novelty silks in tailored styles. Also a very select company
of French Voile Blouses among the Waists on the Second
Floor, while the Hand-made Blouses are displayed in the
French Salon, Third Floor, together with the fine Robes
and Negligees and Hand-embroidered Lingerie.
If You Study Industrial Conditions
You'll Appreciate Our Achievement
In Gathering This Wonderful Stock
, of Men's Clothing for Autumn
Doubtless you have read many newspaper reports of
conditions in the Clothing trade. The reasons for the
higher cost of Clothing are as plain as A, B, C: A
.scarcity of materials; B scarcity of tailors; C, shorter
hours and higher wages.
The National Association of Clothiers (manufactur-
iers) at a recent meeting brought out all the facts very
j clearly and will give them wide publicity. They show that
a Suit now costs more than twice as much to produce as in
1914, and by the most conservative estimate will cost
nearly three times as much to produce for next spring.
Last week the subdivision on clothing, etc.. of the
Government's Fair Price Committee officially reported
52t . "That the cause of present high prices of these goods is almost
VJZ ntirely an increased cost of production the highest cost that has
eer Deen known nnd at the same time an alarming decrease in the
amount of goods produced.
"There has not been found anj indication of deliberate profiteer
ing; on the contrarj, both manufacturers and retailers are working
on a closer margin of profit than eer before. .More than in any
UHIVI anav. it, n tat: w 1 HV IVIU1I IUUU-HMC3 11113 l "111 Mil l ICt? IS inVeSll
gating, that WIDESPREAD AND KEEN COMPETITION TENDS
10 NARROW MARGINS OF PROFIT AND MAKES SO-CALLED
PROFITEERING UNPROFITABLE.
"It is inevitable with the cost of production of raw materials and
of labor at the present high point, that retail prices should have in
creased accordingl)."
Nowadays the Important Thing is to
Have the Goods and WE HAVE THEM
Larger Stocks Than Ever Before
We hac larger stocks of Men's Autumn Suits and Top
Coats than ever before at this time of year. That is be
cause we invested heavily long in advance of actual retail
demand. Therefore, not only do we have the Clothing, but
at LOWER COST THAN IT COULD BE BOUGHT FOR
TO-DAY. Dependable all-wool fabrics, correct style, ex
cellent tailoring, and RIGHT PRICES that is why our autumn season has started with
a great rush of business.
There's no reduction in cost of production in sight;
therefore BUY-CLOTHING now, at our prices,
based on the lower cost ot months past.
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Stein-Bloch and Hart, Schaff
ner & Mar Suits and Top Coats
sold only at this Store in this
city nt reasonable pi.ces.
"Alco" all-wool Suits, splen
didly tailored prices btart at
$37.50.
Men's Autumn Suits from re
liable New York manufactuicrs
prices start at $27.50.
Stein-Bloch Autumn Suits, of
neat cheviots, youthful and con
etvative models $37.50.
Youni? Men's "Alco" Flannel
Suits blue, green and brown
single- and double-breasted, with
or without bolt $37.50.
Vine- Blue Unfinished Worsted
Suits, with silk hleevo lining; J
new models !bb.uu.
Conservative Worsted Suits',
the very practical and durable
kind $40.00.
Dark, rich Oxford Suits, in
I s'zes tor all men $iiY.bu.
Young: Men's Suits, silk-lined.
new models $27.50.
Men's Aervcnto Raincoats
ventilated; water-proof $8.50
to $30.00.
YOUTHS' Long - trousers
Suits, designed especially for
young men of high school age,
1G to 19 years $25.00 to $40.00.
Young Men's Trousers made
for slender, youthful figures r
$6.50 to $8.60.
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