Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, September 22, 1919, Night Extra Financial, Page 2, Image 2

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2 JERSEY PARIS '
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Prohibition, Woman Suffrage
and Trolley Fares Issues in
Leadership Contests
WILL' VOTE TOMORROW
The political singe Is set for the
Democratic nnd Hepnbllenn primaries In
New Jersey tomorrow.
The seren rnndldates for guberna
torial nomination four Hcpiibllcnns
and three Democrats have virtually
completed their campaigns nnd await
the decision of the people.
The arp also Democratic and Repub
lican county committeeman to be elect
ed In every county : nine state senators
for each party to be nominated and
Assembly candidates to bp named by the
two parties to contest for the sixty
seats in the Houe of Assembly.
Upon two contingencies eem to rct
the result" of tomorrow's primary choice
for the gubernatorial nominations. If
State Comptroller Newton A. K Hug
bee, of Trenton, structural iteel con
tractor and for several years Republican
state chairman, enn hold most of the
Republican wet votes from fonimi"
bioner Thomas I. Raymond, of New
nrk, nn out-and-out nnti I'rohibition
candidate, on the strength of Ilucbee'v
declaration that prohibition i not and
cannot be n state iosue in the coming
election, then Rughce will probably ilo-
feat his chief opponent, (lovcrnor il
oppoueni, novernor n-
on. lawyer, of Plainfield.
acklng of the New Jeisev
.eague and the State Suf-
tion, nnd will therefore
Ham N, Runy
who has the b
Anti-Saloon Leagu
fraee Associa
get a pretty solid dry vote
On Democrat Side
The Democratic contingency is that if
State Senator Edward I. Edwards, of
Hudson county, can get a good vote in
his home county, the Democratic strong
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hold of the state, tip win in an prooa-, ""ran senus telegram to Johnson ad-j
blllty defeat James R. Nugent, lawyer vising him to come home nnd look after I
and Democratic political leader of Essex. ' of his own amendment in person j
county, for the Democratic gubernator-1 Kverj body Friendly Now Perhaps
ial nomination. Both Edwards and Nu-1 t dii.v After rending of Horah's I
gent have declared against prohibition, j telegram conservative senators decide!
but Nugent'.s declaration is the morenn action. Senator Knox, evidently '
radical In that he has said that if elected; 'hoscn for purpose ns onl.v conseivnttve
governor he will use all the resouices sonntnr "ho is a real personal friend of
at his command to prevent prohibition , Johnson and likelj to be trusted, sends.
from being "foisted" on New Jersey. I
The Democratic gubernatorial pii "". nis piesence not needed, but to
maries will also decide the Democratic R" ,on ,n coast. t
state leadership. If Nugent wins, he Same day Johnson decides to come
will be the big boss. If Edwrds wins. bn,,.k
the Democratic dictator will he Msvor, Next day Democrats after tm Jn'
Frank Hague, of Jersey City, the pres-
- . . -
ent Democratic lender of Hudson
county. There seems to be little interest
In the candidacy of Frank M. McDer-,"'""
mlt, lawyer, of Newark, for the Dem-1
ocratlc gubernatorial nomination
Suffrage an Issue
Other Issues in the primary campaign
are woman suffrage and utility rates.
The last-named Issue during the last
few days had leaped to the front be
cause of the putting into effect, with
the approval of the- Public. Utilities
Commission, of the zone-fare system
by the Public Service Itnilway Com-'
pany, n system which affects nearly all
the cities nnd town of nortb, central
and a portion of southern New Jersey.
The sensation of the campaign has
been the summoning of the utilities
board by Governor Runyon on com-
plaint of the Montclair board of com
missioners to defend itself
ntniiivi
acted unfairly or have exceeded their I
authority. Ine executive has set ()c
loner ui mr niuie nouse as the time
and place tor tne hearing.
Johnson Menace
Frightens Leaders
Contlnned From Vjtr One
now telegraphed advising
Johnson to
continue on his trip
to the coast means '
son movement, hav- '
to the conservative i
that the Borah-Johnson
ing shown its teeth
Henublicans nnd frightened tnem
Is all for peace and harmonv. I
The Republican party has seen a '
crack, a very small crack, to be sure. I
but still a crack. They sought for I
- . hi. . . . - ur puir. '
tome nuttv to fill it. The nomnc-nt;,. I
it. The Democratic I
leaders smilingly offered them a little
senatorial courtesy by the way of putty.
A little paint will be added and it will
be hoped that no one will be able to
discern the crack m IOL'0.
Johnson Chronology
Here is the chronology, or rather the
order of the incidents in the Johnson -Borah
affair which will be well to bear
in mind in 1020. It Is likely to be in
teresting :
1912 Johnson commits the offense ol
running for Vice President on the Bull
Moose ticket.
1016 Johnson commits the further
offense of carrying his state for senator,
by a large vote, while that state goes
against Hughes for President.
1017 Johnson arrives In Washing
ton as senator, much hated and feared
by Republicans. Assigned to such im-
charges of unfairly putting the zone I oe of this country to France in the
fares into effect. The governor has theevent of an unprovoked attack bv Cor-
authority to remove the utilities com-I many was constitutional Twelve mem
mlssioners if he finds that they havelbers were present mid their vites were
..
1010 All rest of events in 1010 and
happening fast. Big fight on Wilson. I
nepuDiican managers want to use
Johnson's force. Take hira off com
mittee on brushing teeth of Senate
pages and put him on foreign relations
committee, largest extant collection of
Republican candidates for presidential
nomination. Feel they can handle him.
Think that he will be Inst among the
mere numbers of that vast 'collection of
candidates.
A little later Fight on Wilson be-
comes the Johnson-Borah fight. No one
else heard of.
A little later Bitter-enders meet
and decide to fight Wilson on the stump.
sending Johnson and Borah out on the
tour,
Twenty. four hours later Conster
nation among conservative Republicans
portanr. committees ns those on waste i ine innmers- vvylie .Memorial Church. ieniorcemeni or national pronimnon tin -paper
baskets and on seeing that the' Thoma9 F. Dolati, of 5447 Chester Hfr "le constitutional amendment. This
Senate pages keep their teeth brushed., avenue, who left an estate of SfiOOO, ( ifnin.l was made to put an end to re
Hepubllcans plan to keep him In back- provided that $200 should he paid to ' Ports that the brewery would be closed
ground. the Home for the Aged, Fifty-fourth I '" Preparation for the dry eiw begin-
throughout country who have preserved
s their sanity nnd are not so busy fighting
Wilson as to forget everything else.
Kush to Washington of Hays, Root,
.3 Hughes and others, saying: "Lay off this
tt)ff- Haven't you advertised Johnson
aough? Do you want to make him the
i '.Republican candidate for President in
4P20J," Bitter-ender, decide hastily
M4 ptrtott ty.of. t JplUV but ftfort to counteract the
..i. ..- :. f'fr-vWhifcAii'iV,,ir-ji "4tolfti-uiiir.ft n'trifcm-iA, h r
prrorc lajr,
Gubernatorial Candidates
in Hot Netv Jersey Fight
t Republican State Comptroller
Newton A. K. Rugbee, of Slerccr
county i Acting Governor William N.
nunyon, of Union lounty ; Thomas
Ii. Raymond, city commissioner of
Newark, Essex crjttnty ; Warren C.
King, of Somerset county.
Democrat Senator Edward I,
Edwards, of Hudson county ; James
R. Nugent, of Esex county ; Frank
SI. SIcDermit, of Essex county.
necido not to lay off. I,ikc the Idea
of Johnson's touring the country ex
ceedingly well.
A few davs later After highly suc
cessful speaking bj Johnson, ex-Senator
Root airhrs Washington. Mys
terious errand.
Next day- Will II. Hays nrrives
Washington.
Same day Senate cloakroom huxzea
with talk of progress Johnson Is making
fo'rThn'nl'n'01' H,,,"h,,,,"n ni:m,n""n"ji:rnnK. where a plan of action will
for the presidency Conservative srna- , , ... . , ,
tors talk
to their newspaper corre
sponaent fi tends; "Marvelous lm
Johnson is getting hold of the people
Only two real candidates. Johnson nnti
l.owden. Well I am n ronserviitivr,
but If Johnson can get it. I'm for
hiln " This s known lis getting rcnd
nn nlihi.
Sunn- dnv
Hats has conference witl
i.ouge. Heporteis wnit outside door nt
Mr. Inlgp's room. Hn.vs depaits by
firo-es, ..,,. r window, dodging report
ers. Official explanation of Has (.r-
rniid . -ot prompt netion
on
trentv. ' Took to fii e-esenpo after this
higlih important bit of advice.
.sntup i,n ft ,p,.lnn
known
phinso should i
limied to ho nppreci-
h t oct '-it b, nine known'
that tile p.
liiihlnniiM "would lot
, ,t, . , " -....-
,T hrP Uh amendment, nnd then
,",,"" "!"'1 lu,v,p, "fino, i'-M"' to g
.;' f , nn' . M,,('h considera-
,"", h 'lnhns"n evinced in that Inst
me i-enincrnts
Same da Conference Republican
leaders All reported to hm looLo.l
regretfulb nt empty place in committee
on senatorial n.in ..m, I...........
Many said "too late!"
Samp dnv Ttust .in.. .-......'t ii
-- .' ...... ,U-11 L II
'e'eBnim advising Johnson not to come
i ... - .. -
""inn stuuv ot pieceding events, decide
I""" - "'-""lonai courtesy should intei j
,,nP "'".' tl,af Johnson should keep the!
K"'"- ln,n ' "mornm nnd undoing
"rK xn(re ?r President Wilson
n- mm ii .is possinic. '1 he President
I suspected of having advised this course
I of action.
Johnson's
friend? Everv-
tioiiy. Horah, Knox nnd now Wilson
it's unanimous.
PLEDGE TO AID
FRANCE FOUND
HO IS .lotinsnn S friend? rrr.'.,....l il .. v... . ,..:1.:.. l,..!..l l. .... '
L.UlOl 11 ill lUNAL' officially nbout the demand that I be
liemnved." said Colonel Morgan today.
Washington. Viept. "2 I?v Pi!"1 TOn,iu",'r that a compliment from
Hv unanimous vote or ti, ': " ' . '"Ch a source. We are constructing
hers nresent tl.e ... i.ii..:. ..."
mlttee (ln.Miln.1 t..rln.. !... . 1. u . .
...i...;tPMtv .,i,.i.. .- .,:....: :., .
""" i"n.i uiui lot iironoseo
........ iiuiiiiiiMiiiK iiii iiit'ii in 1 1 Jisjvir-
not cast
I'nder the woiking rules of the com
mittee six members) constituted
, quorum.
t.,.
in,- viiif wns on n resolution
by Senator Walsh, Democrat. Montnn i
calling for the committee's opinion ns I
to tho constitutionality of the treatv
A subcommittee recently decided thnt
the pact would be constitutional
Those votink today were Veleon
Minnesota, chairman ; Sterling, South
nakotn- nnd Kellog. Minnesota. Repuh
''cnnf' "ml-,( """rson. Texas: Overman
rth Cnrollna- ni'1 W'aMi. Democrats
Vice President Marshall, who
"Presented by Democratic lendeis Sat -
'!r?ny. to rot"rn l"'rp for ,nP 'reaiv
r"L "' "lr "'' '"" eek. wns nt
.. . . --. -.., ...
-"' "n""Hi " today, nnd it urn. snidlnre to start late today on the first lee I
, , "1"' '""' "" "u not decided '
nt nls Oltue tnilt he had not decided '
"'llPtI"'r to proceed fmm there to Chi- ,
I'". . '" 'iiie oack to Washington
' ' ""' " "as ui,i- "ould he determined
lulcr-
wills probated today
StutZriVu b,a
Gifts for church, educational and
charitable work were made in two wills
.... ..., juuuair louay.
Matilda A. X. Todd, of 1803 South
Twentieth street, left $1200 of her $12,
303 estate to relatives. She provided
that $5000 should be paid to the Mary-
vine college, I ennessee, and that the
remainder of her estate should go to the
Rev. John Grant Newman, nastnr of
,,,. i ,. -.
.1 ,. . ....-- " . - '
street and Chester avenue, nnd $000 to'ninB u January 10, 1020.
the Church of the Blessed Sacrament,
-uiy-Biiui sireei ana unester avenue.
The remainder of the estate goes to
relatives.
Estate of the following were be
queathed to relatives : Emily Bradford,
245 South Forty-fifth street, $5000;
Jacob Hen, 4020 North Fourth street,
$10,000; Henrietta Iv, Moses, 52(5
North Thirty-fifth street, $7500; Annie
d'l. Tiers, 40 East Washington lane
$15,000.
CHILD DIES OF BURNS
Little Brother Lit Match, Sister's
Clothing Caught Fre
Five-year-old Alice Tobin, 4045
North Twentieth stre'et, died at the
Jewish Hospital last yesterday from
burns received when she and her three-year-old
brother were out walking.
A match on the sidewalk near Nine
teenth and RtiBcomb streets attracted
the attention of the children and the
bojf lighted it. The girl's clothing
caught nre. Hue was rushed to the bos
EVEftiyff PUBLld
BRICKLAYERS FIND
El
Sixty-five Concerns Hbld Out
Against Demand for
$1.25 an Hour
ONLY FIVE COMPROMISE
Sixty-five builders and contractors of
the nty are standing firm against the
demands of their striking brlcklajers
for SI 2." on hour. The operative
builders have compromised upon SI 10
an hour, but the rest hold out. ,
A meeting of all the builders will he
hrl.r tnnlirht nt the Master TttillririV
he agreed upon. A bitter light between
the builders and unions is foreshadowed
' lyieulenant Colonel I'. 11. Morgnn.
I" S. A., quartet master corps, iiil
ihargc of government terminal building
i nt Greenwich Point, hired nonunion
' hnrklners todav.
n, vtrike has cost the covei-nmnnl '
I STIl.OflO to dnte." ho smd. "This isl
' nctuallv Liberty Bond mnnrv of the
(people If these conditions rontinuc It
inonns industrial disaster"
The bricklayers went on strike four
wooks no for .M..i nn hour. Tlmr
, ..ni-n rpr-ptvl'llir ril-lltv -Hpvpn nnrt n linlf'
,PI,tk
pi,,, c.. I,,.,!,!.,. ., , ......l , ,l,
,i m seale took surh action socretly.
.j w spbip iram -inn union socretlv.
-,.,, ,iin(, , p n Kellv. a . ontractor. '
"At open meetings of the buildeis' or- '
j ganizntions." said Mr. Kelly, "tliesp
men stronglv opposed the bricklnveri.
aim aiierwaru in secret ngreeu to pav
the SI. 1(1 figiiie. As an excuse for thqir
action they snid. 'what s the difference.
it wont cost us any more: we are going
to tnck the extra cost on the houses.'
"If we had ngreed to the demands of
the bricklayers for SI 'J.'i nn hour we '
would have been deluged with strikes
The carpenters were preparing to de
maml SI an hour, hod carriers H nn
hour and stonemasons were planning
to demand SI. 10."
"We will not recede from our posi-
tion We will not only protect our own
interests, but we will protect the in-
terests of the public ns well."
The sixty-five builders holding out
against the striking bricklayers' de
mnnds made an agreement with the
hricklayers in April, 1010, fixing the
rnte of pay nt eighty-seven nnd one
half cents an hour. That agreement
was to remain into effect until April
. . . . .'.
:!n, '!,-(l- ' "Pn tn August the brn k
layers stiuck for the Jl.'JS rnte.
,t union headipi.trters today the
biifklnjeri declined to discuss the mat
iter in any way. Ordeis to this effect.
' hnv e been given bv the lenders of the
union, it was said. '
I . .1,.. ,!.,.,, p i, ..:! ,. I
-ii.i' iiini.u .... c...nn,. ui.ii ,.,..-,-. rn.
the government woik at Greenwich
Point that they would not return, pay
increase or no pay increase, until Lieu
tenant Colonel Morgan be removed by
the government from the job.
Colonel Morgnn has hired nonunion
government terminals at Piers !).t and
04, South Wharves.
lust now we are
.-:fci.! .. i i . -,-on
-'"". p. " " ""'
men nt
' '"ilusttial depiession everj where
'"'" r,'"lt lf ,1,i F"rt of thillR ''""
Um""' wi" lmv0 f""11' lin"SCR l"'1
.. i.
nreau nne again, values will drop
11 LIU ttni-MM it 111 , 11 It. LIU' M I rt'iJ.
"Win. in 1010 bruklnvers laid 1000 !
nn.i .. .,..1 .. .. :n ....ii. .1.. .i .... i
.1 iK.i.bu .. ,l.i i- nrl ,... .l C .....!. I
r iji n m m iii,i ami ir.i'iuil L(i I II t' I
...ni, n !.,. T,
are lucky if
thev In.v SOO bricks a da.v. It is not
onlv increase in wages: it is deci ease in
'production that is leading us to trou-
ble."
BACK TO FATHERLAND
1300 German Interned Sailors Start
for Home
Atlanta. (ia Sept. 2 R-V A. A.)
Moie than 1300 Herman sailors in
terned since the I nited States entered !
the vi ar at Fort McPherson, near heie. '
..... ..,.....( in m i
of then trip home The (Jermans. chiefly
of then trill home The Cerni.-ms cliiefl.- I
merchant sailors, will sail about Sep' I
temher .. from Hnboken. V J. Of the
'loS - Germans nt Fort McPherson about
200 have applied for citizenship papers
BREWING FIRM DENIES
IT PLANS TO SUSPEND
Bergner & Engel Company Says
. iai'ii tr s
ii win wan tot uovern-
ment to Act
Denis! wns mnHp todflr hr officers of
. - " "'
the Iiergner & Engel Brewing Company
""l ,ne corporation would discontinue
brewing beer because of the impending
. . . m . . . . ......
ve win nrew neer, said George
W. R. Fletcher, treasurer of the Rerg
ner & Kngel Company, "as long as the
government permits us to continue in
business. We have not planned to dis
continue brewing, aud there is no basis
for the reports that we nre preparing to
clos.
"It is true that we will sell nt auc
tion next TVfsdnesdny the accounts
of about seventy-two saloonkeepers,
amounting to a total of about $3S2,000.
But this is merely an incident of busi
ness. We have tried to collect these
accounts and have been put off with
various excuses. So far as we know,
the saloonkeepers are eble to pay. We
are going to sell the accpunts because
we wish to get tITem off our books. It
Is a course sometimes adopted to avoid
troublesome collecting."
"Vet" Observes Anniversary
Philadelphia's one living survivor of
the famous Bucktall Regiment of this
state, which served with such merit
throughout the Civil War, Henry K,
Lukens, quietly celebrated his flfty-
f LOVERS FIRM
wlih hfs wK? In-thelr home, 1737 North
- , - i rJdff'-) .V., il. .-m.
tnira weaatng anniversary yesterday
EEDGER-PHILADELPHIA"; MONDAY,
TO BOOST NAVY RECRUITING
Lieutenant Commander Alfred V. Read, of the transatlantic fljlng
ship NT-4, nnd Sirs. Read, vtho are Atlantic City's guests to
il.i.v. preliminary to the starting there tomorrow of the NC-4's coast -1
girdling recruiting tour The first lap of the long jaunt will be from
tls-ntlr City of Portland, Sle.
OFFICIALS DISCUSS
PLANS TO SIMPLIFY '
FINANCING OF CITY
Mayor, Controller and Council-
man Gaffney Consider New
Charter Terms
'it financing under the new chnrter
was the subject of the first of a series,
of (onfeicnces today in the Mnynr's
room. City Hall. The Major. Con
troller Walton nnd Chairman (Jnffney.
of Councils' finance committee, at
tended At the end of the confrreiii e it wns ,
niinouiK cd that nt the next meeting of
Councils. October .1. Mr. (laffney will
iiitioiliu e n resolution to clear the wn.v I
for n simplification of the system. '
Tudor the If till It t bill, departmental
heads submitted their annual budgets I
to the finance committee for approval.
After that committee icvised them they
cro submitted to ( ouncils.
The new charter provides that the
bmlpcts tie submitted tn the Mnvnr not
letee llinn Octohcr 1.1 lie will ernmine
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1 .....I . n. . n tV.n..i nn.l I ,nn PAIN I ,AM ,A
UIIII It , P' 111! Ill ,,1111 111, Jl CI 111, 111.111 III
Councils, where they will be referred to
the finance committee.
It is estimated that the total nmount
to be nskedfnr In this year's budgets
will approximate !?."0.000,000, n In
cicnse over thej expenditures of last
jear. The additional funds are needed
to finance new positions and purchase
supplies, it wns said.
The subject of lnneases for firemen
and patrolmen was discussed in a gen
eral wn.v today. The Department of
Puhlic Works and Department of Health
and Charities will be taken up nt the
lonference tomorrow.
EX-JUSTICE FELL SINKING
.. .. , .. ri.l it
Physician Abandons Hope of Retired
lllt-lei'R Rif .ftVftrv
wwii .. . j
n Xewlin Fell, formerly chief jus
tl(.0 of tho Supreme Court of Pennsyl-
vnnia'
who has lain unconscious at his
home, "Holicoug, near Buckingham,
Rucks county, since last Friday, is
I sinking rapidly.
His physician, Dr, William S. Krd
I mnn, said today ne lino no nope ot Ills
recovery. Former Judge Fell suffers
I from a heart ailment, the shock received
I upon receipt of news thnt Mrs. John
D. Ruckman, n daughter, had met with
nn ni.iirlmit loaf VtIilr
.Indue Fell served ns a member of the
nu in i lutui luo. uvvni
State Supreme Com
mte Slunreme rnurt nfter n Inn., cor..
ice on the bench of Common Pleas Court
No. '-' From 1010 until his letirement,
in 1014, he snt on the bench as chief
I justice.
(NATION'S BIG BUYERS
IN CONVENTION HERE
Purchasing Agents Open Three
Days' Session in "Work
shop of World"
The National Association of Purchas
ing Agents went Into convention in
the Bellevue-Stratford this morning.
The convention will last three days. The
convention will continue tomorrow and
Wednesday. The session this morning
is being devoted to routine business.
There will be another business meeting
this afternoon and n smoker this eve
ning in Scottish Rite Hall.
An annual buying power of more than
$2,000,000,000 is represented by the
purchasing agents assembled. During
the stay here the agents will be given
opportunities to view the "workshop of
the world" with the thought that some
of the business now done by them
through other cities may be diverted to
Philadelphia.
Several chances for the manufac
turers to meet the buyers have been
provided for and the convention Is
expected to have a materially good ef
fect upon local industries.
Tomorrow afternoon the delegates will
be taken for a boat ride on the Dela
ware river. There will be a banquet
In the evening at the Bellevue-Stratford.
,
Officers of the National Association
of Purchasing Agents are D. D. Ran
ken, of Wilmington, Del., president: V,
J. Solon, of the Owens Bottle Machine
Compnny, Toledo, O., first vice presi
dent; J. A, Whaling, of the Solvay
Process Company, Syracuse, N, T.,
second vice president: V. W Bergen
thai, of the Vagner Electric Manufac
turing Company, St, Louis, thlrtl vice
president :0,ifi)oor;, ottbfc Tjni
ycrsity, , QlMmm .J wure.f , , pd fr.
T. Bole JIMP-, rfiffc '
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
FOR 38 YEARS BRINGS
BRIDE TO HOME HERE
Alexander H. Bowman, Of This! science, commercial subjects and house
, ki l
City, Has Had Thrilling and
Eventful Career
Alexander II. Rowmau. of this city,
"lin "a8 "" soldier of fortune for
; ine last inirty-cigtit jcars, fins htought
back to America souvenirs and talcs
j of romance and adventure from every
! part of the world.
Rut Rowmnn was never so proud or
j so happy as today when he landed in
Hrookljti from the transport President
(irnnt with "the most beautiful bride'
in the group of l."0 who came on the
troopship from Liverpool, clinging to
his arm.
Smiling nnd blushing. Mrs. Rowman
I"'1' f pr romance. It started many
years ago w lien Howmnii made a trip to
Southampton, Knglaud, and met the
pretty Annie Illanchard. Then the
hweethenrts dost truck of each other
till the world war in which both served,
brought them together again.
Howman hnH been n soldier for
thirty-eight jenrs, and has served five
countries. He had been nn officer in the
Mexican army, the Chinese army and
he served In French, British and
American armies. He had been an officer
in both American army nud the murine
corps. He Is now a marine gunner, nnd
ns soon as he is demobilized expects to
go into service in the Philippines.
Howman has been awarded the
Colonial Ilibban, the Croix De Ouerre
nnd the Legion of Honor.
At Verdun he wns gassed, in 1010,
nnd was temporarily blinded. Hut nn
operation performed on his eyes at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard made him tit
again and he re-enlisted in, 1017. He
got to the front just eight days after
the nimistice wns signed. Since then he
! has been nn embarkntion officer nt
II
Liverpool.
NC-4 AT SHORE TODAY
Atlantic City Plans Rousing Wel
come to Transatlantic Flier
Atlantic City. Sept. 22. Atlantic
City is thoroughly aroused for the
community welcome to be extended to
day to Lieutenant Commander Al
fred C Read and the transatlantio
flying ship NC-4, which is coming here
to launch a recruiting campaign for the
naval air forces.
(Jcorge Francis Kerr., chairman of
the aviation committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, has fixed 11 o'clock
this morning as the' probable time
of the NC-4'h arrival from .Far Rock
avvsy. News of the coming of the air
liner will be flnshed ahead from Beach
Haven. All bans upon noise have
been shelved. Every whistle and bell
In the town is to be turned loose. School
will be suspended and business halted.
Lieutenant Commander Cooper, who
is in charge of air recruiting in Phila
delphia, arrived here yesterday with a
detail of twenty-three men to assist in
caring for the famous living ship dur
ing its stay in Atlantic City. The craft
will be berthed at the Atlantic City
Tacht Club, under guard of the navy
men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant sec
retary of the navy, who was to Bpeak at
the community banquet, will be unable
to get away from Washington. He will,
however, send a message. Tho NC-4
vvill leave tomorrow for Portland, Me.,
on the first leg of its coastal tour.
NO LAWYERS NEED APPLY
Amble, Pa., Sept. 22. By her will
admitted to probate here, May Fryburg,
lnte of Upper Dublin, objects to law
jcrs having anything to do with the
settlement of her estate on the ground
t) it she worked hard for the money
saved and does not want to be diSBlpatet
In attorney's fees.
$200 Fire Damage In Cafe
Fire in the kitchen of the restaurant
of Charles S. Attkcu, 0134 Lansdowne
avenue, enrly last night caused by grease
boiling over on the stove, caused $200
damage. Altken, who was cooking at
the time,is an old-time fireman. The
burning grease, spreading rapidly, con
vinced him the tire could not be put
out by his own efforts. He telephoned
the firehouse at Sixty-first and Thomp
son streets and the firemen soon con
quered the blaze.
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SEPTEMBER ' 22, 191.9
CITY HIGH SCHOOLS
OPEN NHT TERMS
Record Enrollment This Year in
Evening Classes Many New
Courses to Begin
5Tst YEAR AT CENTRAL HIGH
The doors of nil city high schools
will be opened tonight with the largest
attendance In the history of the city.
It will he the seventeenth year for
the William Penn Evening Jllgb School,
at Fifteenth and Wnllace streets. Here
the subjects of Instruction will be lan
gunges. letter writing, mathematics, his
tory nnd civics, commercial subjects
household arts, physical training, mu
sic, physiology nnd hygiene, and special
courses consisting of any nnnconfllctiug.
combination of certain courses.
The South Philadelphia High, at
Rroad and Jackson streets, opens Its
tenth year as au evening school to
night. Nnrtheaxt High
So does the Northeast Evening High
School, nt Lehigh avcon;1 nnd Eighth
street. The subjects taught at these
two institutions are somewhat similar.
Tliey include languages, particularly
English, mathematics, science, commer
cial subjects nnd household arts. At
the South Philadelphia High School in
dustrial branches are taught.
The West Philadelphia Evening High
School will make its sixth mmunl how
to the studious In the neighborhood of
Forfv -eighth and Walnut streets. The
curriculum is ns comprehensive as in the
other schools, with some extra stress
upon economic geography.
The Frankford Evening High School,
at Oxford and Harrison streets, is the
newest in the field. Resides languages
nm mathematics, courses are open in
hold arts
Oldest School In City
The oldest of all the evening schools
Is the Central Evening High School,
at Broad and Oreen streets, which' en
ters upon its fifty-first year. The en
rollment here Is heavier than nt any
other evening school. In the industrial
courses, special attention is paid to
blueprint reading, painting, plumbing,
electrical construction, electric wiring,
etc. A number of prizes are awarded
annually to students in industrial
courses nt this school for excellence
in work and regularity in attendance.
Thee prizes arc the Murrell Dobbins
endowment prize, the Mnster Plumbers'
Association prize, the Master Sheet
Metal Workers' Association prize, the
Richard H. Watson prize and teveral
i prizes irom tne .lonn i . Jjcwis nros.
Company.
VETERAN TROOPER DIES
Michael J. Norton Contracted Fatal
Illness While In Camp
Michael J. Norton, who had been a
member of the Second City Troop for
eighteen jenrs. died yesterday nt the
home of his brother-in-law, William
S. Durkin, .'?33 St. Albans place.
He. was a quartermaster sergeant In
the troop and went with the organi
zation to the Mexican border in 101C.
When the United States entered the
grent war lie accompanied the troop to
Camp Hancock. Oa., 'where It became
Batter; B. lOStli Field Artillery. While
in camp he was attacked with kidney
tiouble nnd was sent liome before the
bntlery sailed for France. He was
confiued to his room up to the time of
liis death. Sergeant Norton was forty
vcars old nnd unmarried.
The funeral will take place at 8 :30
o'clock next Wednesday morning from
the Durkin residence. Interment will
be made in Holj Cross Cemetery. At
10 o'clock Wednesday morning solemn
requiem mnss will bo celebrated in St.
Anthony's Church.
TANKER NINE DAYS OVERDUE
Grave Anxiety for Larimer From
Texas to This Port
Grave anxiety Ih felt in the shipping
circles of this city for the safety of
the American tank steamship Larimer,
bound from Port Arthur, Tex,, to tills
port with a cargo of crude petroleum.
The ship is nine days oveidue. The
Larimer left on her voyage just prior
to the hurricane, which wrought such
havoc in the (Julf of Mexico.
In command of the Larimer is Cap
tain Brnun, and many of the crew of
thirty-three men are said to be Phil
delphians. She carried 31,000 barrels
of oil, consigned to the Gulf Refining
Company at Gibson's Point on the
Schuylkill river. She has not been
I sighted since September 8.
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Three Ballot-Boxes
are Ordered Opened
Ontlnned rrotn re On
when It was discovered thatjno returns
nt all had been made on the nonpartisan
ballot far judges. Thereupon Judge
Audcnrled ordered the ballot-box
brought Into court and opened.
Officers Not in Court
The discovery that three election
boards made no returns was revealed at
the morning session of the official count.
No one knew what had become of the
returns from missing divisions. And
when the election judges were cnlled to
explain the mystery of the missing tnllv
sheets no one seemed to know what
had become of the judges.
At least it was quite certain that
they were not in the room, ns there
was no response when their names were
called. The judges turned to other
uusinrss, leaving the mystery unsolved
for the present.
The .Moore campaign committee law.
yers pnssed over an opportunity of
having the ballot-box of the fourteenth
division of the First ward opened.
Judge Audenrled himself declined to
order it opened when David J. Smyth,
of the Independents' counsel, refused
to ask for this proceeding. '
The unused ballots had been missing.
The judge of elections, au old man. who
explained that In all his experience ns
an election official since 1004 he had
never returned ballot pads, brought in
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the missing sheets under his nrm. Seven
uu-i-u u-iiois were missing.
"Do you want to take a chance, or do
you want to have the ballot-box open
ed," Judge Audenrled asked Mr.
Smythe.
"As I understand the law." Mr.
Smjthc parried, "it is up to the dis
cretion of the court whether or not
the ballot-box shall be opened "
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... v,,,i i-uuiuuer me vote here set
tledproceed with the count," snapped
Judge Audenrled.
Discrepancies Revealed
The morning session of the court con
tinued to reveal numerous inaccuracies
and discrepancies. Election officials
had a chance in each instance to ex
plain why they failed to comply exactly
with the law. Though Judge Auden
rled repeatedly warned them that sim
ilar errors in future elections might
lend to criminal prosecutions, he seemed
to sympathize with the difficulties o. the
men who had to puzzle out the diffi
culties of the law for the first time.
The sensational charges" made bv
Maurice Sneta on Saturday concerning
the thirteenth division of the First ward
were to have been answered today by
the election officers of that division, but
the explanation was sidetracked when
Judge Audenrled found the election
board in this division had left its unused
ballots in the polling place. He sent
the election judge, Joseph Dclara,
hurrying off to try to recover thjem.
Voters Illegally Aided, Charge
Saetn charged that Ray Watson, a
letter carrier, hod taken chnrge of
things in the thirteenth division on the
afternoon of primary day, although he
was not n member of the election bonrd,
and had begun to tabulate the count at
2 o'clock in the afternoon. Another
charge made by Saeta was that illegal
assistance had been given forty voters
during the day.
The election board of the division had
been ordered to appear this morning
to answer these accusations, also to tell
why they had failed to return something
likn 200 unused ballots.
Delara, tho election judge, explained
that he had not known the law In re
gard to returning unused ballots, and
had left them at the polling place. ThU
cut short further inquiry, as Judge Au
denrled sent him hurrying back to get
the missing ballots.
Delara said that he had taken one of
the ballot pads home with him to use
for writing paper.
"Thrift certainly is commendable
these days." the judge remarked dryly,
as the election officer hurried out of
the room.
Unused Ballot Pads Burned
An effort wns made to get back the
unused ballots of the sixteenth nnd
eighteenth divisions of the First ward,
but without result. The election judges
appeared nnd testified that they had re
turned the partly used ballot pads, but
had left the pads from which no ballots
had been taken in the polling place.
When they went back to try to salvage
them, after learning that the law re
quired they be produced, the election
judges found the pads had been burned.
To add to the complexities of the
count, it was discovered this morning
thnt the printers in many cases had
erred in the number of ballots glued
together in a pad. It should have heen
fifty; in some eases it was flf(y-one or
fifty-two, in others onl.v forty-nine. '
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MAY GO TO ITALY?
Supremo Council Nears Agree-
want Internationalizing !'
Docks and. Rails
OCCUPIED AREA WIDENED
By the Associated Press 1
Pris, Sept. 22. There were Indi
cations today that the Supreme Council
might agree upon a settlement 'of the1
Dalmatian question on the basis of a'
fnrnjulu making Flume Italics but
neutral that is, not allowing Italy tcJ
keep troops there and Internationalizing
the doiks and railways, thus safeguard-
lug the Jugo-Slav and central European
interests.
This plan was submitted to President
Wilson on September 17 'and is nwalf'
Ing his decision.
France and (treat Ilritnln have ap
proved of the plan nnd the Jugo-Slavs
are reported to be favorable to It, al
though awaiting the American dcclsiou
before giving their reply.
The Italian forces are maintaining
I,,- uiuinmiv oi r nunc
Is learned, the allied
the blockade of Flume now in effect, it
navies merely
standing by as observers. '
i Genernl Badoglio's ultimatum to
Major Gnbricle D'Annunzlo's soldiers,
giving them until Friday night to leave
Flume, is snid to have been modified
so thnt the time limit would expire laBt
night. t
Although Fiume Is closely invested,
numbers of volunteers have eluded the
vigilance of guards nnd joined tho
D'Anminzio forces in the beleaguered
city, according to reports received here.
Personal friends of Major D'AnnunzIo
notified him they have sent supplies to
the city and expressed the hope that
their ships may run the blockade.
Food for 40,000 persons must be dis
tributed dally In Fiume.
Troops under Gabriele D'AnnunzIo',
insurgent Italian commander nt Flume,
have begun extending their zone of oc
cupation into Jugo-Slav territory, ac
cording to the Jugo-Slav delegation in
Paris. They penetrated seven miles into
Jugo-Slavia on Saturday, occupying the
heights at Risniak, dominating the sur
rounding country.
The Jugo-Slavs did not clash with the
D'AnnunzIo forces executing this move
ment, the delegation stated.
Washington. Sept. 22. (By A. P.)
No report of the landing of American
marines near Fiume has been received
at the Navy Department. Secretary
Daniels said today, however, that Rear
Admiral Andrews, commanding the'
American squadron in the Mediter-
rnnenn. had full power to use Xmcrlcnu
naval forces as might be needed. The
United States lias several cruisers and
smaller vessels near Fiume, hut the
total force they could put ashore would
be small, naval officials here said.
London, Sept. 22. (By A. P.)
American navy headquarters here, which
is in direct communication with Adriatic
ports, has no confirmation of the re
port from Rome last night that Ameri
can marines have, been lauded at Bue- X
can, near hiume. JNaval authorities
here arc not inclined to credit the re
port, there being .no reason for, the
United States to interfere.
The fact that an American ship is in
the harbor of Fiume is of no signifi
cance, in the opinion' of naval officers.
"AND NO PLACE TO GO"
Moore Campaign Headquarters Lease
Expires and No Substitute Appears
Congressman Moore, Republican nom
inee for Mayor, lis up against the same
proposition that faces many men and
women who rent their homes. ,
His campaign headquarters furniture
Is "nil dressed up and no place to go."
The first floor of the Liberty Build
ing, northeast corner of Broad and
Chestnut streets, was leased for the pre
liminary campaign for the nomination,,
but the lease has expired nnd headquar
ters must be established at some other
place.
But there s the rub. Joseph G. Cos
tello and others connected with the
campaign committee have 'canvassed the
central section in a vain effort to find a
slutable building.
The furniture is being moved from
the old quarters in the Liberty Building
to Congressman Moore'B private offices
in the Crozier Building, which nre rap
idly ossuming the appearance of a stor
age room.
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