;-:'rr- "wf if?r ; " , -p i l"''l.l ' SPA. JBW .?i NIGHT EXTRA L I Vir-i MkiiiiH' nnii modcrn'tit temnern- I fll "r- i.- . . a ! -(' . fl a tore tonight anil Wednesdays frch I TTOirKBATUBE AT JtACH HOCIt v? .'j- a ' t &" m fH I 0 110 111 112 I H 2 8' 4 I 0 I 1712 105 107 08 173 175 7fl I ' T I I ' 'n; VOL. VII. NO. 1 , . Enters .. Bnd-CU tuuat foUl Pn.La.lph.., I. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920 ' PublUhed Di!r Except Sunday. Subscription Prlco 18 a Tear by Mali. CoprrlfM. 1020, by Tubllo dr Company. PRICE TWO CENTS- STRAIGHT 5-CENT FARE, NO TRANSFERS, MITTEN PLAN f,l tf Ha rthi jp,'B. T. Asks Council fo Authorize Method of Raising $4,000,000 More Funds Needed Yearly . -yK ugmng T- l v I v 'IIj iii'ift niiiiiivi II ll 1 1 1 III iii' Ul i'I II I IV TO OBTAIN MONEY BIPROVEINTS one System Disregarded . Statemont of Policy, by " Transit President $350,000 MONTHLY ADDED BY PROPOSED METHOD (state Commission Will Get New f- Tariff if Approved by , Legislative Body '. : Abolishment of all transfer and. xenangu uviwvbo, .. .-"."b" "--cent faro for each ride! t This fare program was decided open today at a meeting of the di rectors of the Rapid'Translt Co. Approval of'tJouncil was asked for this step in a communication sent to 'tljat body this afternoon by Thomas E. Mlttsn, president'of the company. ' It was pointed out in the com munication that a straight fivo-cont fare for every one, everywhere, would increaso the company's reve Rue $350,000 a month, or ?4,270,000 a .year, wliich is needed to continue operation of the company's lines. . If Courtcil approves the action of thd company the new tariff will bo filed with the Public' Service Com mission immediately, and would tako effect, thirty days after filing. ,-Tlie communication to Council fol low "I. It. T. has .been, unable o. pro e'ecu with the improv'emontir flpwlbert f lti traction p.roljram for 1020 ,ps mhrnhta,' because of its inability thun ttrja,tKiTe the necessary consent of tH Union Traction Co., on possible tirmi, to ths issuance of the proposed 10,000.000 equipment trust- loan. It bjinfotunate, but nevertheless true, ttt,-rilll union reaches a final deci sion as to the giving of this consent, fl.v such improvi'ineiitn can be under tlen by L It. T. as may be paid for nut of current revenues. J "P. It. T. will, under n continuation of 'cxistlnt; conditions, ut the end of the current year, December 31, be ihort approximately .'fL'.OOO.OOO, nnd "nt the rate of about $4,500,000 for the aeit twelve months. i Moro Itcvenue Needed ' "Increased revenue Is immediately Wary, uot only to meet the a'ready OTcrdiie a.ffi of the men and other Increated rostH of operation, but alho to place the company in a position to PWrly handle the rush hour traffic of the cnnilnK winter nud to later oper atf eity.biilll lines. ,,'Tlie 1007 OKreemcnt between the city and companv provides tlmt the present rates of fare may be changed from time to time, but only with the C,onent of botli purtics. 'In May, 11118 tho company applied to Councils for their assent to the filinc of a tariff asking for nu Increased rate of fare. Councila, upon the advice of we attorney general to tho effect that tn sole power to regulate fnres Is vest ed i) the Public Scrvico Commlsbiou, Ufillncil to grant or deny, but by reso lution approved June 20, 1018. refer red the whole matter to tho commls- -I'Tn1 J-hls actlon oi Councils in mT- .T- on Junc . W20. filed rV tip '.''I l,hlc Service Commiasion n Lnlpnn'lpi1 ,0 S(,cure n" additional WJOO.000 per nnnuin by making a mil ti,, i. ' 'I.';p-cent rliorgo for trnnsfers. tVriir y, W iu complaint ngaiilst that "riir. claiming the city's consent to be srecincnt ""(U'r tl10 tC"ns of lhc 1007 Wanted Time for Inventory cent i,h ?' h'ls,JYll'drawii this three n transfer tariff for tho dual reason Imnnnf... i,c,ay lms now 8hown 'e amount OI Incronca 1 nnn nnn num .to be Insufficient, nnd further be S? n. .'"'"""on figures required liv tltS ?i i cilecd aml determined in . to meet the company's present om!nnr,u,.iF ln .1011 8et forth in a n?tlon Councils that tho 210 SwWr !?,llta' tLc" cxistent. wcr PMaSMi" lc mens,"-o of the coin tract T7'"gutlon unJcr the 1007 m 4mlnV tll.0irri,n.ny 1,,ls' nevertheless, luest f , ,nStn,"Q ycn. t tho re removed JSUnrll.m?n n,ul fnmmunitiM, Points0?" ?' '10 mo objectionable i S,0!lollble fnro ov three-cent IWSSK, ket? w?ff ,rcfl"Id by cstab Pointfto cn?d n',tUtio?nl Mo transfer fcre haiV."ch c?ect t,mt tIle nvcra8 iwn'eer InlOlu 'T "nt? r.of38VnVHass?nSr.PrC8Cnt , Yearly Uss Pointed Out w pVSoLpnrrcnt ba8ls ot i.ooo.ooo,- 'Pondlnff 1 I,.K- r. and a corro- B00 000 'vnSavlns,Tt0, tl10 Pbll of -ValbiuK i toB 'eor; 1"ft, company a wntfn ie,iPthrn e U,e,llncs fl" in 1010 Points nifltitrn,,1Bf.(;r nnd Mdinnse I'blladel hi-. h" e.ei ,bc cur rW"s 4 the roSSSL. TlU ""Vine" PM ',w' o$10 00nnnrt, consIderably li, fiy pay,00 moro tbau tbcy oereased' in' rll' fof tcn year' Past- "Wtlon. Un?lTOrUy Unh Prcscnt osts l" n ,,' ,v,;rc01ne by wartimo , 1, hcs consistently in- , ''""ljwi re Two, rolunu, ,. in Mayor's Campaign Pledges , on Gity Street Cleaning Platform pledge "The city must cloali Its own streets and provldo for tho efficient collection nnd disposal of garbage." Campaign hddress "Tho new rharter provides that the city shall do IU own street cleaning nnd col lection -Of garbage ' after December 31, 1020. Tho significance of this date should be borne In -mind. The city Is not to begin its own work when tho new Mayor takes his scat, but n year; thereafter." . Campaign statement "Tho char ter is the law. If It provides that tho city shall do its own street cleaning, I will certainly live, up to the low. What candidate will daro say ho will not comply with the law? I would ask nothing moro but that my adversary should " make that statement." JAIL FOR CRAP SHOOTERS Gambling Has to Stop, Magistrate Dougherty Tells Eleven Prisoners Magistrate Dougherty, at the Fif teenth street and Snyder avenue police station, today sentenced eleven men caught in a crnp game to Jail terms, an the most effective way of breaking up gambling In the district. "Onmblinir here has to stop." snid tho magistrate, "nnd the most effective way to stop It. Is to send you men to jail. There won't be any more fines imposed for gambling in this district." Itobcrt French, twenty-two years old. of Sixteenth street near Venango, wom g'ven thirty days in, jail, ns tho man ned1 of the pool room nt Thirteenth and Dickinson (streets, where the arrests wi'ie mnde, and ten men who were- In the place at the time were given ton davh each. Lieutenant M'lburn nnd Detectives Ilnldlno nnd McGlnty made the arrests. The lieutenant aa'd ho had been trying to break up a crap ,gnme he knew was coins on in the poolroom for weeks, but n "spotter" stood on the street corner nnd gave warning when the police ap proached. ' Last night Milbtirn had n bright Idea. He nnd his-detrctlve; Rot on n trolley car that nnss,ed the door of the pool room, mid hopped ,off nt the corner Ko suddenly there v:nq no time for tho dice to be put dwny. A .set of dice were seized anil about ?40 on the crap table. ' SHipsTUbK IN MUD . "-: . Traffic TJed Up at Penroso Ferry Bridge by Mishap Traffic over the Penrose Ferry bridge became tied tip early today when the tunic steamship Antietam became wedged in tho mml'Inslde the open draw. The Antlctnm wns coming down the Schuylkill in cbnrge ,of two tugs when the mishap occurred. The draw of tho old Penrose Ferry bridge wns opened to let the tanker through, nnd tho ship wns midway through he bridge when her nose grounded In the mud. In spite of the efforts of the tugs the big ship re fused to move nud n rapidly falling tide Mion left her resting on the bottom of the west channel. The tugs were forced to give up the attempt to move the ship until' the tide turned ngaliv nnd truffle over the bridge wns temporarily suspended. Automo hl'es'wero forced to go back and miike n long detour to cross by one of the upper bridges. Fortunately the early morning rusli to Hog Island wns over when the Antietam stuck, or thousands would hnvo been late for work nt the big shipbuilding plant. The draw nt the briilne was swung Into placo about 10:!!0 o'clock add traffic wns resumed. PAID FOR LOST TEMPER Straw Hat, Two Trips to Doctor and Cost of Warrant Included "I'll 'get Homer his new hat and put it away for next summer," Mrs. Alma Leuschel explained as she left Magis trate Pcnnock's henrlnc-room nt the Twenty-second street nnd Hunting X'nrk avenue station today. Mrs. Leuschel. who lives nt 4817 A street, had sworn out a warrant for Jacob ainier, ot n rjast Louden street, for assault and battery on her son, Homer, fourteen years old. charg ing thnt Maler had broken Homer's strnw lint and split his Jin. , "I want him to pay 1.00 for two trins to the doctor." Mrs. Leuschel ex- plnlned to tho magistrate. "Homer's straw hat cost $11.00, but he has worn it nil summer, nnd 1 could tret another now for $1.2T. And I want him to pay the SI for the warrant." uuier uuuiiiirii mm m- nuti iuat inn temper when Homer and some other boys rcfuseu to get on .unicrs porcn, where they were playing pinochle, nnd hiid'struck Homer, slightly cutting his lip. Mnlcr agreed to pay Mrs. Leuschel ?0.7r, nnd she ngrccd to drop the. ns snuit and battery charge OPEN BIDS ON LIBRARY Cleveland Firm Would Dulld .Foun dations for $425,000 Uids were opened todav for tho lav Inc of foundations for the new publlo library on tne rarKway. 'niero wen, street, mux koucii,, ii .nrui uor eight bidders. Tho contract will bo lies strrtt; David W. Long, 21W7 South awarded w'thln the next two weeks. Thirteenth street: William McCoach, Clinton Itodgcrs Woodruff, chairman Jr., 121 Kingsesslng avenue; Michael of the main site committee' of tho Frea N. McOregory, 1301 Green street, and Library, opened tno oms. -mo iowcsc Icldep wns John Gill & Sons, of Clcve. lnnd, O.. who offered to put in the foun dations for friao.uuu. John Ashhurst. the librarian: Simon Grntz, Thomas J. Dolan, Jr., ami Arch street: Charles Miller. 2330 Henrv It. Kdmunds, president nf tho North Sixteenth street; Nathaniel C. Iwnrd of trustees of the Fre Library, Young, 3105 North Urend street, ana wero present In tho Mayor's ofllco when Thomas Franks, 23 North Frasler the bids were opened tills afternoon. , street. Tho lowest local bidder was Melody & Joseph Murphy, counsel for tho do Son, whose bid wns $440,357. Other fondants, argued that tho pluco raided hidden were Edward Fay & Son, ws n chartered club and thoso urrested R4S3.130: Starr Construction Co., wcro members holding cards. The raid. $400,000; V. W. Mark Construction Co., $580,100; Snare irie. .jiiou.- 000; Irw'n & LflBliton, m.it.IOO ; irlinm X.- McOnnde. Sltl.i.407. John GUI & Sons, the lowest hlddors. had the original contract for thowholo KM5P wire fg to ao it because of war conditions, y . ' . tl OLLIAN RUSSEtL SEES WOMEN LEADERS, iNNNNNNNNNEMBHHaVV ? flHf -ll$iPlBMlNW ' BBf-iBrriNNff?-' TinnnnnnnW i ' r-fcM w i cilAsMflfBjHHwHB ' KeSSkF lalllNNNNHllniSPIINNNNNNNNVXjjIKIllVIH -VW ikiNNNNNNNIINNNNNNVINNNNllNNNNNNNNHbKfliNN&llKCINNl I ;lr'9nHMHlNNNiiNNiNiHilNNNrfal III "' iSsHKHKKtKBBSuSrm H K HlBWB99HHraBiHiaaailiar'Hil S "8 tfaaaaaSUBIsSIHHHHBSIHiaaBaaaWMWBIHaMM 8 S'i B faaHBOSaaKiaHHIiaaHiiiaaaaiaRSBKiaaaaaaaaaaaal !! 1119hIHH1 WHiNNNNNllraMlfakbaaaaaB Ledger rhotn Servlco Mlss.Itiissell, who in private life is Mrs. Alexander P. Mooro, of Pitts burgh, was a culler today ut the headquarters of the Republican Wom en's State Committee, linn South Rroad street. She came to look over tho political field In Philadelphia and to encourage 'local women to register ami otc. Mrs. Moore Is seen in the middle of the little group. To the left is Mrs. George Horace Lorimer, apil at tho right is Mis. Ilesslc Dobson Altemus ICOACHIRATES SON FOR GAMBLING Councilman Declares Proprietor of Raided Arch Street House Should Be Jailed MAN HELD IN $800 BAIL Councilman William McCnnch pub licly berated his bin, Wil'iam McConch. Jr., nf filUl KiiiKSessing avenue, in the corridor of City Hull outside Magistrate Carson's court this nfteruoon. after the joungcr mun had been fined .$10 us ft frequenter of the gnmbliiig Iioum rnided nt Fifteenth nud Arch streets Inst nicht.a r What passed between the two men coiiki 1101 oe iienni uy tiiosc nearby, but it wns plnln that the cquiicilman wns taking his son to'task. The younger man gave his ngo as forty-one jears when he was nrrcstcd. "The men who run the plnce ought to go to jail." snid lie councilman uugrl'y o reporters afterward, "for mining young men in there." Councilman McConch referred to testimony given by the complainant in the ciifce. William L. Lutz. of Motit Holly. N. .T thnt he hnd lost ?.S00 there in several visits, and believed the gnmc was unfair. Hn'f n dozen of the men arrested in the spectacular raid last night were absent when their names were cnlled In Magistrate Cnrson's court today. All hnd been released Inst night on a copy of tho charge, to uppeor for a hearing today. The men who failed to answer their nnmes will be renrrested and given n henring us soon ns tho police can tlnd them. Nathan Segal, of 1G00 Montgomery avenue, was held under $S00 bail for court on n charge of keeping n gamb ling house. Three others. Fred It. Lucas-, of 1802 North Sixteenth street; Mel Smith, of 230 North Cnmne street, and It. Courtland Horr. of 224 North Fifth htreet, were held under SflOO hail for court on a charge of aiding nnd abetting In the keeping of n gambling hnile. The others, some of them accused of nldlng nud nbetting likewise, nud tho owiers oi oeing irequcntcrs or n gnm bliiig hoiibc, were fined !fl0 and nuts. These were Howard Poorc, ;i.'t.r:i Fil bert street; Harry Withman, 2.'I0 North Cnmnc street; Fred George, muiio ad dress; Chnrles Schultz, sumo address; Isnnc Harris, 1!H(I Pnrrlsh street; Mnik Mnlasc. 001 North Fifty-second sneer, John Waguer. OO.'U Do Lnncey street; John Plon, 227 North Twelfth street; .Inmes Jones, 1702 South Concstngn james Mitchell, 4'JUi ugucn street. The following men were absent fiom the hearing: Howard Harding, 1710 Svdonham street: Charles Lester, 1850 Hideo nvenue: Anthony Carney, 1037 he sa(d, was nn outrage, as tho club waH cutcred with I'lthntif. n.nrrniif jnmeH Gay Gordon, Jr., rcpresentimr ContlnuM on l'nie Tno, Colnma Kljht agaraJraWS .flBBE Mv. jf.r3. W- ni"iiJjirt tr .. ' REGISTER TODAY SLOGAN OF WOMEN Ward Leaders Seek to Have 60,000 at Least Visit Polling . Places During Day CANVASSERS ARE BUSY Voters May Register Today for Election Men and women who wish to vote nt tho Presidential election on No vember 2 appeared today before the registrars In their respective voting 1 precincts to have their names udded to the list of registered voters. The polls were open from 7 u. in, to 1 p. m. nnd will be open ngnin from 4 p. m, to 10 p. m. Poll tnx receipts cnu be dind at the registration booth. All personal registrations mnde prior to September 2 of this year are oid. Men or women who qualify ttf register by pajment of n tnx other tlinn u poll tax, must exhibit the receipts for such payment of such tax to tho registration board at the polling pluco. This Is tho second registration day, nnd all over the city women are showing uniisiinl nctivity, spurred on by their leaders, to make a showing that will compare favorably with that ot their men folk. "Register today" Is the rallying cry thnt women's organizations have ndont ed. They nre determined to overcome tin lather poor allowing their sex made on September 2. the first registration dnv, when only 30,000 of approximntcly 251,000 assexsed women appeared ut the votine places. ' The polls were open frtmi 7 n. in, to 1 p. m. nnd will bo open again from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m. Although the women will hovo un other ehnnco to register on October 2, their leaders are firm believers in the old saying that "A stitch In time mivcn nine," and they nre sprendlng broadcast the uicasagc, "Don't put off until Oc tober 2 what you can do today." All Sections Canvassed Double the registration oA the first day Is' the aim of the Republican woman's committee of Pennsylvania, tho Pennsylvania League, of Women Voters, the Women's Loaguc for Good Government and other leaders in the woman movement. The poll'ng places, of which thero aro 1380, have been mnde plcl: snd spnu and tho registration comuiMsIoncrs an nounce thnt not even tho tidiest house keeper will find any , fault with Cont'nurd o'l l're Tno, rnhimn Three WRECrTsTOLEN AUTO ,Car Is Sent Speeding Down Mount Airy Hill A stolen motorcar was sent nt full speed down a hill leading to the Ivy Hill Cemetery. Mt. Airy, early today, narrowly missing u smnll cnttnge. occu pied by a (lower vender und crashing into a tree, . 'No one -was in the. machine. It was "tolrn last nlclit from Norman Nltarmti CEaatiHbrtcr-ejtret, Germantq'wn. , t NEW CITY LOAN BILL I HAS NO PROVISION i 10 CLEAN STREETS Administration JVleasuro Con tains No Plan for Purchase of Equipment SHORT-TERM FUND MAY BE BLOCKED BY VARE LEADERS Mayor's Supporters Are Piqued Because They Were Ig nored Over Question Municipal street cleaning Is hanging In the balance today as the Moore ad ministration whips luto shape a per manent improvement loan bill which contains no provision for the purchase of street cleaning equipment. "The Mayor's policy toward the pur chase of street cleaning equipment has not been outlined," Director of Public Worka Cavcn explained when nsked why the street cleaning problem had been passed over. "City Controller Hndloy and City So licitor Smyth," the director continued, "hnvc ruled thnt as the life of the equipment would not be more than four years It cannot be taken care of In n perninnent loan. A short-term loan would be necossary." The administration loan bill, for n total of from $20,000,000 to $30,000. 000 wns prepnred In n conference Inst ing from 3 p. m. until midnight yestcr dav. Those present were Director Coven, Mr. Smyth. Francis F. Bureli. chairman of Council's finance committee, ana Durrell Sinister, secretary to tho Mayor. Mayor Expected Today Mayor Moore was nt his summer home at Island Heights, N. J., yesterday and in not, expected at City Halt, until early this afternoon. It Is planned-to offer the administration loan bill' In Coun cil this afternoon. Couhcllmnn Qaffney, Vnro leader, who was 'finance rhalrmnn during the Smith administration, offered n $30. 000.000 loan bill In Council Jast week. it is now witn tne nnnnee committee. Administration councilmcn believe the i are members may "hamstring" any effort to buy street-cleaning equipment through n short-term loan. A two thirds vote would be necessary to pass a loan bill. Supporters of the Mayor In Council are evidently piqued because the admin istration' haH virtually Ignored them orcr the question of Htreet cleaning di rectly by the city instead of through tho present contractor system. Council months ngo appropriated ! $2.i,000 for n street -denning survey. A report of the survey wus mnde to the Mayor, but no report wns given to Council, although the appropriation bill called for such action. Itopcr Calls for Survey Results This sentiment wns crystn'lized this afternoon by Councilman Roper, who prepared a resolution ('ailing on the Major to provide Council witli the re sults of the survey. He nlso desires committee action on the proposed $10, 000 appropriation for nn npprnisnl of stieet denning equipment. Mr. Roper will introduce this resolu tion : "Resolved, by the Council of the Citv nf Philadelphia, that the Council now tnke a recess of ten minutes, and that said ordinnnce be considered bv the iolnt committees on finance und city property, nnd that the chairmen of the finance nnd r Itv propertv committees call their committees together for the purpose of reporting back to Council today this ordinance "And,' be it further resolved, that the Mayor be respectfully requested to furnish Council with a report of the committee appointed to prepare plans, and nn estimate of cost, for the denn ing of streets, collection of ashes, waste, rubbish nmrgnrbiiKe within the limits of the city of Philadelphia." Administration councilmen recall that i one of tho biggest victories obtained through tho new charter wns the city's power to on us own street cleaning di rectly and to throw the contrnctor sys tem overbouiH.1. .Must Hegln Today If every legal technicality is to be considered, nnd Councilman Ilurch snid thnt this is importnnt in the passage of u UTfe loan bill which must puss the scrutiny of bankers, the administration loan hill must be introduced today. Un less It is presented todny, he sahl, It could not be passed and signed by the Mnyor in time for submission to the people nt the genernl election, on No vember 2. Of course. It wns pointed out n special election mlpht be held later, but such u course would involve the expenditure of Continued on Tare Two. Column NU Bill Tildcn Tells Today How Ha Does It The second of a svries of ten ar ticles written by W. T. Tilden, 2d, since he raptured the American, British and world's championships, nppcars on the sports page of the EVENINO PUBLIC) LEDflEU in this edition. Tho wor'd's greatest rac quet exponent in this scries wlll.tell the whys und wherefores of a cham. plon. Ho will Inform tho tennis fan how to play the game mechani cnlly and mentally. Tilden says tennis is a game, of tho' mind as well ns the body and he will tell you why it Is, Olympic Hero 's Mother Out to Register Early Mrs. Costello Says She Couldn't Look Athlete Son in Face if SheFcdled in Duty. Can't Understand Other Women "fTIUERE, noW, that's over I -L "When my boy comes home from n victorious part In the Olympic games at Antwerp he will not be able to re proach his mother for not doing her duty ns a citizen." Mrs. Hannah R. Costello, of 4141 Ridge ntenuc, smiled beniningly mi the registrars nt the thirty-third "division polling place of flic Thirty-eighth ward nfter registering to vote at 7 o'clock this morning nnd went home to prepnre breakfast. She carried a "Votes for Women" banner. Sho had canvassed her neighborhood to get the women out. Her son, Paul Costello, and Jack Kelly were the first to finish In the dou. blc sculls at the Olympic, and Mrs. Costello wns the first woman to register this morning In the northwestern section of the city. Mrs. Costello was nt her polling place nt 4117 Ridge avenue before the regis trars, iu spite of the dilll earlv morning winds. "Why. where nre ull the women?" she nsked when John Tyrrell, one of the registrars, appeared. "1 can't understand the wqmen " she began. "I never could," Mr. Tyrrell interrupted. GRUENBERG ATTACKS STREET CLEANING DELAY Frederick GruenTjcrg, dirctor of tho Buieau of Municipal It search, this nftornoon severely criticised the dcla of the admlnl s t ration in announcing whether the city will clean Its ojvii stixcta "There Is bitter disappointment because there is no yes' or no,' " Mr. Gruenberg snid. MITTEN PLAN HARDSHIP, BUSINESS MAN PROTESTS William J. Nash, president of the United Business Men's As boclntion, expressed disapproval this afternoon of the action of tho Rapid Transit Co., which seeks to obtain a five cent universal fare arnd abolisk ttf transfers and exchange tickets. "Such action," Mr. NnsTi declared, "will work n, great? hardship on thousande.1 MAYOR CONFERS WITH FELTON AND BURCH Mayor Moore returned- -toJPhiladeiphia 'shortly df ter noon to .day from his BUinmor home In New'jerssy and immediately called a conference with "William H. Telton, chief clerk of the city coun oil, and Francis F, Burcb, chairman of the finance committee. A rough draft of the administration's new loan bill was the subject of the meeting. REPUBLICANS WIN IHARDING COMBATS MAifovKmn n doit a i mum .' uuiuuu uiiiLiiinL uniiuLii, Bulk of Women Cast Votes for G. O. P. in "Barometer" Election NO DEMOCRATS IN SENATE Maine Result Augurs Well for G. O. P., Wires Harding Bangor, Mr., Sept. 14. (By A. P.) Senator Harding wired ills ctingrntulations ' Governor-elect Pni'khurst todnj In the following message : "Hearty congratulations on your overwhelming and grntifjiiig victory. It. augurs well' for the party in No vember." By the Associated Press i Portland. Me., Sent. 14. Mn'ne pave an overwhelming nlurnlitv to the Re-! publican ticket in the state election yes- i terdav. With a total vote larger by , 05.000 thnn the highest eer previously' cast In the state, Ficderie II. Park hurst, of Bangor, was e'ectcn gover nor by a ninrgin nf 0.1,000 over hls Democratic opponent. Bertram! G. Mc- i Intlre, of Norway. The plurality was 17,000 more than the largest obtained by nny other gnbernntor'al candidate1 in the history of the state. The vote I for governor, with returns from forty small towns and plantations in remote djstrlots- missing was: Pnrkhuret (It),' 133.817: Mclntire (I)), fil).24Hr ..,., .1.fl.,,l...,, ,,,,,,,, i-. ttu elected bv lurge pluralities. Represen tatives Wallace'!!. White. Jr . John A. I Peters and Ira G. Hersey retained their seats, nnd in the Fir.t district, where Representative Louis B. Goodnll, Re publican, ill (I not seek ro-elect'on, Car roll L. Bcedy, of Portland, Republican, wns chosen. Every member of the stntc Sennte will bo n Republican, while of n mem bership of 101 In the state House of Representatives 'he Dcmocrnts suc ceeded in electing fifteen, and four members of tno incoming house carried the nomination of both Democrats und Republicans. In the last Legislature. the"ro were two Democratic senators and forty-one Democratic representatives. Women Factor in Election The Increase in the total vote was very largely accounted for by he pres ence of women nt tho polls for the first time. All over the state women showed themselves eager to grasp the oppor tunity of exercising their uey privilege nnd they were undaunted by a heavy downpour of rain In the afternoon. The result showed that most of them voted tho Republican ticket. As the returns cumo in, bhowing from Con,tlau4 on "o,rour. Column Thw "I can't understand." Mrs. Costello resumed, "why they are not more eager to exercise the rights for which they fnilflit nn Innir and hnrd. "It in n sacred duty to register. I ' wouldn't bo able to look my boy in tho face when he comes back from Antwerp if T couldn't say I hnd registered. "He wouldn't upbraid me. but he would probably say, '.Ma, I'm t-ur-prised. " J Mrs. Costello answered nil the qucs-1 tlonH nuked her hv the registrars with out hesitancy, until Mr. Tyrrell asked her age. She bent forward and whispered something in his car. lie smlleri anu wrote two tigurcs on i the registration book. Another regis trar peered over his shoulder, noted the woman's ngo, nnd wrote It In an other book. She is fifty ' vo. Asked her political p.i-ierencc, Mrs. Costello replied. "It's not a question of politics: It's n question of the best mnn, Ilnrding." Mrs. Kelly Won Her Race, Too MRS. MARY A. KELLY, mother of Jack Kelly, who .Is the Olympic champion oarsman and cousin of his Continued on Toes Tno, Column One Declares Nation Must Stand Behind Pacific States in Immigration Difficulties BACKS'-'SENATE OLIGARCHY" By the Associated Press Marlon, O.. Sept. 14 To n delega tion of Ciilifornlnns Senator Harding declared todav that th nation must "stand behind" the stutes of the Pacific coast t relieve them nf the difficulties of Oriental immigration and must see that only such aliens as can be ns slinilatcd nnd imbued with thorough Americanism nre admitted. The dangers of racial conflict, said the Republican nominee, must be recognised and provision made to re dure them to n minimum. He sug gested thnt such steps could le taken without ofTenshc reflection on any race nnd without raising the question of racial inferiority or inequality. In his speech the senator nlso sug gested the uecpssit of a protectiw- tariff levy to aid American farmers and re plied ut length to Democi utio charges of n Republican "Senate oligurdiv." He reminded the voter that senators me elected by popular vote, und declared the Democratic lenders were oposlng Sennte inllueuce because they wanted to perpetuate "autocratic, personal eov eminent." Pilgrimage Across font Incut (.owrnor William D. Stephens acted as spokesman for tho dele-ntion nnd iu a short address emphasized the keen in terest of tho West coast in the oriental question, the tariff and other issues. Iliose who mnde the pilgrimage across the continent to licnr the senator's front-porch speecli im-'uded several state uepublienn leaders n'd representatives "f n number of California civic, busi ncsH and politlcnl organizations. In his reference to the Senate ol igarchy charge, the nominee declared It wns not surprising thnt the DemocruN should be displeased because Congress hnd exercised its constitutional powers during "n seven-year period of fine words, much dictation, tinkering with business und unwarranted assumption" by tho executive. "The Senute 'oligarchy,' as they call it. and the 'o'lgnrchy' of tho House of Representatives." he continued, "forced them townrd efficiency In muking war and forced them townrd some efficiency, tliourh much belated, in reconstruction for pence, nnd interfered to stny the prodlgnl wnsto of the taxpayers money and prevented America from being caught in the snares nnd tangles of their blundering In Paris." Tariff Protection Necessary J'sing as an example the foreign com petition confronting California fruit growers, Senator Harding declared that "if to save this or any other worthy and developing "agricultural Industry of Continued on to'aso Four. Column Two, REBATE IS OWED . HOUSEHOLDERS ON COAL PURCHASES Overcharges Made to "Meetf Recent Advance in Miners' Wages NO INDICATIONS SHOWN - OF RETURN OF MONEY Public Is Made "Goat" in Deal ings of Operators and Retailers By GEORGE NOX McCAIN The Philadelphia householder and every other householder n'ny.where who had his tcn tons of winter coal dumped into his cellar within . the past fir months has a $5 bill due him as a re bate. I said due him. It may get no further. The chances arc that It will not. It will continue to remain due till the cows come homo nnd later. This $.1, and it may be moro and it may be less, for exact figures ind di rect statements from coat proailcern and handlers arc hard to obtain, is in the nature of a comeback. It is what nhotlld be coming to him as a return for an overcharge on his winter's coal. It is his share of the estimated $22, 000,000. which may be more or may b less, that wns collected by anthracite operators to meet the recent advance in minors' wages. Once more it is necessary to recite recent history in the anthracite coal regions. I hnvc reference to the history of the lust great coal gouge before the present. As I pointed out yesterday, something between $S,000.000 and $13, 000.000 and that Is only .an estimate of the people's money disappeared be tween the offices of Jhc cqahoberntor nnd the yn-ds of the retail dealers duxE" ing 1013-lfHtf ' ' T . It has neverrbeen hetfrd from sinM-s far as the public has any knowledge. It will never be heard of again. Operators Pass Buck I pointed out ycsterday.by quotation!' rind statements, taken from tire official report of the commission to in'estlgate the cost of anthracite coul prior to 1010, how the retnil dealers were pillor ied ns the real culpritH. The operators pussed the buck to the snTnller fellow's. It wns one of the lending operntors of the anthracite region who directed my attention to this fnct through, certain documents nnd tables which he caused to be placed iu my hands. The money thus collected between June. 11)1.1. and October, 1010, was a state eon' tax collected by the operator" and held by them for u year after the Roney coal tax uct was declared uncon stitutional. The retnil dnlers confessed the truth of the chnrge to the conl commission. They acknowledged that tliev did grab and pocket nil that they could get; that instead of the six-cent tax they had levied a twenty-tivc-ccnt, tax. To the coal bills of their customers In tin; eurs nbove mentioned they add ed nineteen cents above the then legal six cents per ton. They collected this amount and brazenly stuck it in their pockets. . When nsked by the commission they acknowledged thut they had kept these, millions. Then, metaphorically, they nosed their thumbs nnd wiggled their fingers ut the coal commission nnd wanteu to know, "what are you going te do about It?" The officinl report of the conl com mission of 1010-17 hns this to nny about this monumental grab : The unlvoiil explanation offered by the retailers in explnlnlng their I'nilii.e to refund the amount of this tax to the consumer, was thnt there hnd been no iwas '''" I"- ' ' ' the consumer ns n direct result of t' ce in tne ,..i.ii on account of the tnx. They sought to explain the increase by retnil coal dealers in the sum of twenty-five cents a ton. us having been occasioned by n gcuernl Increase In the covt of labor and supply. Profit or Retailers Swelled The commission further added : The refunds made to them (the re tailors) by the operators were la large part unexpected ami the S3, not), ooo so represented iu a very large . measure, swelled the profits of the retailers in that amount mostly unex pected by them. The prominence given to this pleco of chicanery is merely to emphasize the fnct that the public is eer and always the goat in such trnnsnetinns. Tlie present instunce of an advance In the price f coal of $1 per ton Is the latest example. The public foots the operators' hills ; It payH the miners' ndvnnces, it enrries the corporation diarges for tho coal companies nnd when 'an advance in railroad freight rates Is published the public pays all the bills. It will bo interesting to nt the foiitlnnttl on Pate Four, Column Mx G. O. P. Victory in Maine Elates Party Leaders Mnlno, looked upon as' tho "weuther vane" in a presidential year, gave the Republicans a plu rality ot 0.1,000. Republican leaders are elated. Cox today carried the Democratic presidential standard into eastern Oregon ami Idaho, Harding declared today that the nation must "stand behind" the Pacific states to relieve them ot diffi culties of Oriental Immigration. VJ i 'lM 5&I t .'! -Pi X1 Js .m -I 1 Pi i" tS' &. ,y. :ttix&?j.M: X 1 . .. . Jk i-y t .i;Z.iL l&M I'.'.W tag. Ji'Kii
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