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EVENING PUBLIC "LEDGEB-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1920
COX WELCOMED
BY 'HOME FOLKS'
Governor Speaks in Ohio City in
' Which He Spent Boy
hood Days
N. Y. LACKS POLLING PLACES
Booths to Be Erected In Streets In
Sixty-two Districts
New York, Oct. 27. (ll.v A. P.)
Enfranchisement of women has resulted
In so many prospective voters next
Tuesday that the board of elections will
have to erect booths in the streets of
sixty-two districts here, John II. Voor
his, president, announced today. He
nlso announced that In order to ac
commodate nil the voters it has been
necessary to divide 120 districts Into
238.
"In former years," Mr. Voorhla said,
lfn nurK fin I nnt frniiriln In findlne
'.GREAT RECEPTION FOR HIM'Sffll.ft."
Hut conditions have changed ana now
we hnvo been forced into the street in
many districts."
Hy the Associated Press
Mlddlctown, O., Oct. 27. Home
folks today were the object of cam
paigning by Governor Cox. Here,
mIihm I.& (. tu. nml anAnt tlffl DOV-
I ITUCIQ 11U " 0 UU1U uuu D' "
llmisd clnvs. nnd Inter today at Dfiy-
tpn, his residence, the Democratic presi
dential candidate brought his candidacy
mnA Ma nl.n frtr hft T.pnffllP of Nll-
ftions and other campaign doctrines.
Local committees, here nnd also at
Dayton, had made unusual preparations
for the candidate's home efforts. Build-
finis were decorated with flags ond litho
graphs of "our Jimmy" and his ruu
nine mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and
large reception committees, with brass
Jbands, appointed. Many relatives of the
icantlidate, including nis xainer, uuueri
Cox, of Eaton, a nearby village, were
invited as special guests of honor.
Arriving here from Cincinnati, where
the governor spent the night after a
meeting marking his return to his na
tive state for several days' final and
intensive campaigning, the candidate
was prepared to tell his friends and
neighbors of his fight across the nation
for Amerlcnn membership in the league.
Progressivlsm, in Ohio affairs, nnd in
the nation, also was a subject on
the governor's list.
The governor will motor from here to
Trailscnd, where he will rest until he
goes to address a women's meating and
an overflow gathering at the Eagles
Club, Dayton, at 8 o'clock. Later he
will speak at Memorial Hall. A monster
demonstration and parade have been ar
ranged by the Gem City Democratic
Club to precede the governor's Memo
rial Hall speech.
Governor Cox will remain at Trails
and over niarht. until deoartlnr at 3
o'clock tomorrow, for n night address
at Indianapolis.
Atlanta. Oct. 27. (By A. P ) In
a letter to Frank L. Stanton, Jr.. ot
Atlanta, made public here today, Gov
ernor Cox chanted that efforts were
being mode to "arouse racial hatred"
to defeat him.
. "We are making this campaign,
'aid Governor Cox's letter, "for peace,
'for progress and for prosperity. An
"attempt has been made by our opponent
to distract from the issue by setting up
racial groups, each with a selfish pur
pose. To each of these groups some
thing has been promised.
"None of thooe who have been against
America in the last four years is going
to vote for me. To my mind, the most
serious of all things presented is the
attempt to arouse racial hatred. Prom
ises have been made to the Afro-American
which I do not believe the prom
isors have any intention of carrying out.
"There nre some classes of social
equality which cannot be. To quote the
words of the immortal Lincoln. 'We do
nor want tne negroes to De slaves, but
that does not mean that we want negro
women for our wives.'
"I know no better way to express the
evils in the attempt to array class
against class in America."
Cincinnati, Oct. 27. Special pleas
for election of senatorial candidates
favoring the League of Nations were
mado by Governor Cox yesterday in a
tour touching West Virginia and
Kentucky and closing with an address
here where he began his career as a
newspaper reporter twenty-five years
ago.
The Democratic presidential candi
date, reiterating iTiat he would construe
his election in which he expressed ut
most confidence as "a positive man
date" for American entrance into the
league, asked support for Democratic
candidates, here in Ohio and in Ken
tucky nlso, who. he said, stood "four
square" upon the league issue.
"Don't tie ray bands by electing a
hostile senator," he urged, reiterating
statements made in bis formal an
nouncement yesterday, that ho believed
ie would "reach an agreement with
the Senate regarding the lencue.
The candidate's statement upon the
Irian question was cneered loudly
"How aoout Jiacawmeyv ' a man
shouted from a box.
"In my opinion," the governor re
plied, "MacSwiney died as a martyr.
Martyrs grow, almost always, from
HARDING DENIES HE
HAD RUSSIAN AGENT
ASSERTS
GOVERNOR
BROKE
HIS PROMISE
Dr. Grammer Say3 Sproul
Yioldod to "Sinister Influ-
enco" in ,Moyies
FEARS FOR CENSORSHIP
Republican Nominee Also As
serts He Knew Nothing of
Siberian Lease
Governor Sproul broke a promise
when he appointed Henry Starr IUch
nrdson to fill the post of Dr. Ellis P.
Obcrholtzcr on the State Board of Mo
tion Picture Censors.
This was the answer today of the
Itcv. Dr. Carl E. Grammer, rector ot
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church nnd
president of the Interchurch Federa
tion, to the Governor's challenge for
proof of Dr. Grammcr's charges that
sinister influences appeared to havo
fostered tho change on the board.
The efficiency of tho board was not
considered, declared tho clergyman,
"but other considerations influenced the
Governor to break his word and to re
ward political activity by this Impor
NRFR HEARD OF VANDERLIP, tant post.'
ur. urnmmer s statement follows:
of MacSwiney I :?''
leople, as they I VLJ
Marion, O., Oct. 27. Direct denial
wag made by Senator Harding yesterday
of reports reaching the State Depart
ment that Washington D. Vnnderllp was
acting as, his agent In Hussia.
"I have never heard of Mr. Van
dcrllp," said the senator. "He Is not
my agent, and I have no agent. I
know absolutely nothing about any
such matter as is discussed in these
dispatches, and have no interest in it
whatever."
Tho Republican nominee declined to
make any statement regarding the Vnn
derllp story or to comment specifically
on the reported negotiations relating to
possible American recognition of the
Soviet government of Russia. He said
he considered his denial broad enough to
make his position entirely clear and to
serve notice to every one concerned that
he wns not a party to any of Vandcrllp's
reported activities.
Los Angeles, Oct. 27. (By A. P.)
J. F. Sartori, Los Angeles banker, said
last night there was "nothing political"
about the lease by a group of Pacific
Coast capitalists of a large tract in
Northeastern Siberia.
"I know very little about it." he
stated. "I was asked if I would take
an interest in the project, and I said I
would, l nave no details at all.
"There is absolutely no political sig
nificance to be attached to the matter,"
said S. E. Gibbon, attorney and rail
way man associated with Mr. Sartori
and others in the Siberian project.
No Politics Involved
"My understanding is Mr. Vanderllp,
who is a mining engineer, went to see
what concession he could obtain in Si
beria. It is very probable he had some
conversation with the governing powers.
It is very natural that he should. But
as he went as a private citizen I can
not conceive that he should have made
any such representations as are attrib
uted to him. I cannot believe these
representations have any basis in fact."
"The situation is this," said Lee A.
Phillips, insurance man nnd a mem
ber of the syndicate. "Mr. VanderliD
came to me and others and reported
that by his long sojourn in Siberia he
knew of the existence of rich fields of
minerals, pils, etc. He said ho believed
he could secure a concession if properly
financed. We financed the trip.
"The first information We received
from him come through the press. I
have my very serious doubts that Mr.
Vanderlin made any false representa
tions. He had no authority from us to
do so. Tne project nas no poltiical sig
nlficance. It is purely a business nf
fair."
Purely Business Interests
Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los
Angeles Times, said Mr. anderlip rep
resented purely personal business Inter
est here and elsewhere in the West.
"Mr. Vanderlip and those he repre
sents have no connection cither per
sonal or political with Senator Hard
ing," he said.
"I saw Mr. Vanderlip only once,"
said M. H. Whlttier, oil operator. "He
came into my office with a subscription
paper. He told me ho had been in
Siberia and thought there was oil there.
He wanted men to finance him for a
trip there. There were on bin paper
the names of some prominent men. He
got my check and left. That is the first
and last time I have seen or heard of
him.
"If there is any political significance
about it, I don't know it. I'm an oil
mnn. not n politician."
"I know nothing nbout it whatever,"
W. liraun, wholesale druggist.
ve no Information about what Mr.
erlin has been doing. All I have
learned about it has reached me through
the press."
Other Los Angeles men mentioned as
members of the combination could not
ELINOR GLYNIS 1 RAILING
SUPERLOVER ON BROAD ST.
British Writer Says American Men Are to Be Perfect Lotharios
of the Future
The Perfect Lover has an American
address which Elinor Glyn, the Eng
lish writer, who stopped in Philadelphia
this afternoon, is going to locate in
ono of tho city directories of the U. 8.
A. before ahc goes back! to Merrlo
England.
Miss Glyn, who arrived in New York
from Europe several days ago, suspects
that she will have to drog young Mr.
Lochinvar out of the West, but she is
keeping her eyes open for him along
Broad, Chestnut and other prominent
streets in this locality.
She wants tho perfect man for a
new hero for her books, to take the
place of the old typo of hero who per
ished in the war, for tho great English
lover of her former writings disappeared
forever on the fields of France.
Philadelphia Her Favorite City
She has turned to the United States,
for the new perfect man. Today Bhe
looked over Philadelphia, her favorite
American city, in the hope that she may
find him here.
He must have, according to tho wire
less slto flashed from her ship, tho
chivalry of Bayard, tho strength of
Samson and the Intelligence and am
bition of Napoleon,
"It is not nlcasnnt to criticize nub- Mian filvn. nn tnrtnlthlv nasnrtntiwi
licly nnd severely the Governor of the, with "Three Weeks" In the great
state, nut x snail not uoriuK iroro point.-1 Amerlcnn mind, is a chnrmlng woman.
ing out the deadly blow that has bccnwho has visited kings nnd queens, been
centuries of injustice and oppression
x Deiteve tne martyrdom of
will enrage the English peo
were enraged neainst the ini
George visited upon the American col
onies.
"Some say that tho Irish question is
r.i.."?; ---". h.TOuuni,i, . , . ,. j.l,
vi tne last ten or twelve leaders of! " ""-"" " "''"
the Irish cause, most of them have ,, , Z. , . .
been Protestants. Therefore it cant be ,,MaTr,m' " P& r7, (Dy, " .)
regarded ns n religious question." ! T',e LtTue 0f Nations, tariff protec-
Governor Cox also continued his at- tlou- Americanism nnd constitutional
tack upon Senator Harding as a "con- government are expected to be head
spira&r" against tho league by virtue liners among tho issues discussed by
of the senator's signature to the "round SeVator .Har,1.lnU?',1 hl? final cnmpajtn
robin." swing through Ohio, beginning today
Predicting a "landslide for th cause ' nni1 ""ling Saturday night with a
of peace" on election day. Governor Cox I sPeec" in -'0ilimDus.
reiterated his opinion that Senator t. In addition the Republican candidate
.uranaegee, of Connecticut ; Smoot, of will sum up for tne voters of ins own
Utah; Moses, of New Hampahirp ; i stnto the detailed platform which he
Watson, of Indiana, and other Ilepubli- has laid down during the campaign and
ran senatorial candidates signing the on whiili he is asking for a national
"round robin" would be defeated. The Republican victory at next week's elee
governor asked Kentucky voters toltion.
"send back" Senator UeeUiain, Demo- I. -
rat, nnd hie Ohio audiences were urged I UKATHS
by uovernor Cox to support W A. Ju
lian, tne ueinocratic senatorial cundi
date.
dealt to the efficiency of the Board of
Censors' by the demotion of Dr. Ellis
P. Oberholtzer and the nppoiutraent in
the place of this pillar and developer of
wholesome censorship of a local poli
tician, Henry Starr Richardson, hith
erto entirely dissociated from any
known relation to this important bu
reau. "I feel called upon to make this pro
test because I have given for several
years much thought and attention to
the work of the Board of Censors, visit
ing their gunrtcrs, when such visits
were lawful, and ascertaining by per
sonal inspection the hurtful nature of
the films that would be exhibited but
for this board's wise rejection and mod
ification. Oberholtzer Did Work
"As president of the Interchurch
Federation of Philadelphia, I created a
committee of ladles that made a wide
examination of the moving-picture thea
tres of the city and published a report,
which emphatically Indorsed tho work
of our board. All of us familiar with
the situation knew that the present
head, a political appointee of Governor
Sproul's, had no zeal for the cause and
the effective work was done by Dr.
Oberholtzer and Mrs. Nlver.
"Governor Snroul explicitly promised
that he would reappoint Dr. Oberliolt
zer. I can civo the namo ot the per
son to whom the Governor made this
promise.
"Yet now Mr. Richardson is given the
place of Dr. Oberholtzer, who is retired
to a position which the Governor has
very doubtful authority to create, and
which makes him. a mere rubber stamp
to register the decision of others.
"I never said that this change was
made to secure a contribution to a
'slush fund.' I expressly stated to the
reporter that I would make no such
charge without definite knowledge, but
that I could not Imagine any good mo
tive for such a removal.
"It Is clear that the efficiency of the
board has not been considered, but that
other considerations have influenced the
Governor to break his word and to re
ward political activity by this important
post.
Fears Unfaithfulness
"Mr. Richardson is a political editor
of a small paper. All our fears nre
confirmed by Mr. Richardson's re
ported comment on my communication.
Governor Sproul assured the public that
this appointment implied no lowering
of the otandard. ct Mr. Richardson
speaks of deliverance from 'an oppres
sive Puritanism, and assures us there
will be uo great change.
" 'I don't call that unfaithfulness, do
you?' said a flirt, who had married an
other fellow to her finnce. That is the
kind of constancy to the old Idcnls that
we must expect from this board under
its altered constitution.
"I don't believe that Governor bproul
could have meant those rude remarks
about me in the newbpapers. (Governor
Sproul retorted to the phracc n so
called minister of the gospel' in his
reply to Dr. Grnmmer's chnrges.) I
um only exercising tho right of an
American citizen in asking for a reason
for his official action. But he must not
be permitted to cloud the issue, which
is not what I said, but what he did.
We wait an explanation of tlie blow to
civil service in general and to the board
of censors in particular.
"Until it is forthcoming we must
believe that the Governor has yielded
to sinister nnd evil influences and placed
party above tho public welfare, nnd
somo political advantage above tho in
terests of morality and purity."
over all the world, holds as her most
cherished possession n nickel badge de
claring her to be a sheriff of Rawhide,
Nov.
"The men of America in a short
time will be the most perfect in the
world, physically, mentally, culturally,"
she declared.
Men Aro Amazing Now
"When I visited this country nine
years ago they were inclined to boast,
be crude in their actions, nnd wear box
toed shoes and padded coats. Today
they are amazing in their progress.
They look and act and dreBS like Eu
ropeans and they have a quality which
the men of Europe can never regain.
"They are tho most intelligent men
in tho world, for the most part, because
they are always out to learn. They
always havo been the most chivalrous.
"I do not know from what class or
part of the country my new hero will
come. The finest men I ever saw lived
,in the mining camps of the West, but
mentally they were unpolished. It is
my hope that this same type of perfect
physical man will now be widely edu
cated and cultured through the growing
spread of college training in the United
States.
"I should be bored to death in three
days with the most perfectly built man
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RARE FALL DAYS
HELP VEGETATION
'1 ! ,
Botanical Direbtof of Natural
Science Academy Says Mild
Weather Is Boon '
BLISS GIVES EXPLANATION
Ledccr Photo Service
ELINOR GLYN
in the world If I felt that he was my
inferior in intellect.
"I have always liked the Philadel
phia type of man, because this, and
not New Xork or Chicago, is the Amer
ican city at its best and most typical
expression. Philadelphia live and
read and have their being in an atmos
phere of home life that is not too hur
ried and worried to be natural, and
broad and cultured.
"Prohibition will bring about a new
breed of finer men in this country, once
the sinews of the nation have been hard
ened by a period of abstinence."
CLEMENT FAVORS
TAGONY FARE RISE
Member, After Hearing, Will
Ask Commission to Try Two
Zones for Year
EARS DENIES PART
IN ALLEGED FRAUD
PHOHKAl'KK At her hom. BO40 Ctdar
vd Oct 27. PHILIPI'INi:, widow of Adoiph
Pronknur Announcement of funeral later
UK.U, K8TATK TOlt HAI.E
CLAIMS HE WAS RESCUER
M'nt Philadelphia
Man He Attacked, However, Charges
Robbery Was Motive
B1J WAI.TO.V AVE O-room. aide yard
dwelling ateam heat, lmrned posteaMon
Apply Vvenln ks Jt H undaya, Woodl'd 238S W.
"HAI.B r'KNXSVI.VANI l'ARMrf
Full SAIJS fomt very attractHe farm bar.
mini. Rl nprMI 3 un. nf mtnAnw. tin!.
A young man who bays he ran to the anoe ttlable, beat kind of noil for general
i i. . , ,.. v-n i u i rarmin. io-room atone manaion nouae, u
aid of two girls he believed v. ere being
attacked is in prison on chnrges of as
sault and battery and attempted high
! room tenant hnuie, good barn, all outbuild.
Inca plenty of water Thl la an Ideal farm.
I Price 73l)0.
I Lilt-acre farm. 4 mllea aouth of New Hope,
. IA lh Trentnn Anrl Mnwr Hnne Htreet IIaM.
way robbery made by the man who wan way runa through th farm It haa 20 acrei
with thn vonnir women "' Delaware river froniace, beautiful site
r? in 1 m v ,t i-i 1. ,1 for bunjralowa this la a choice farm with two
Fred Doyle, 3.1.) North Kigliteentli 1 houaca and all necary building for farm-
street, is the defendant, und Harry In purpo.ea The location can't be beat.
T7fm.,.l mio i-i, ,,., ,1,,. ..... 1 )0S-acre farm, large new modern barn.
Kimeni, 101- Area Htreet, tlio prose-1 atatjlne for 30 hd, ood houie and ail out-
CUtor. Doyle S trial, listed today before 1 bulldlnva In aood repair fine meadow, never-
Jiutirn Foririunn wai iirwtnnnpil becausp fallln atream. eaay mill to uorl: and verr
ildge Ferguson, was posiponeu oicause pro,uct,v. localed near state highway. Price
the two young wotneu cannot be located right
Doyle claims that on October 13 near 1 "' farm, good houjo. new barn, all
o..,iinH, nn.l A enh .tr.ioiu ho iiov , outbuilding! uplendld meadow, very produc.
Beventecntu and Arcn streets ne sav. tlve lan(, p,. m00i Thu u ,urely a
Itlmeni "scuffling" with the girls and bargain.
that ho ran to their reafue. On thel 'it"rroThe1.adrg,go,oThomurna.iboU1h
otner nand, tile prosecutor iiliegcs woyie bulldlnga In good repair. Muit b aeen to be
hit him and tried to rob him of SHOO.
U. of P. Evening Class Elects
Omcers of the 1021 class of the eve
ning Mchool of Accounts and Finance
of tne University of Penns)lvnnlu were
chosen last night in a spirited contest.
Tho election wus held iu Logan Hull.
Maxwell Miller was elected president by
8 vote offM3 to 40. Harry Felty was
ehoen vie president, Committees will
fec..pp?in,lettbT,tlie ureJldcut. . i
Torelatd rltfht urine.
8-arre lot with good 8-room atone houae,
iruod barn all outbulldlnga, good land, Lo
cated near village. Price J8B0O, This I a
good cheap home.
27 acre 7-room houae. all outbulldlnga,
twit ot land for general farming or chicken
farm Price I3B00.
Hotel property In the borough of New
Hope, Pa.. 25 room, all convenience, large
barn and known aa tho Logan Inn, located at
the junction of two atkte roade, Tola la an
DVUVU If JITV
peraon to nancue )' ah icihc vnev wu
to given. ... ., .
FOUR FIREMEN INJURED
Hurt While. Fighting Flames That
Destroy Historic Building
Marietta. Pa., Oct. 27. Four lire
men wero injured and one of the oldest
buildings in the state fell prey to flames
this morning when the Central Hall
building was destroyed. The men In
jured were members of tho Columbia
nnd Marietta volunteer fire forces.
They nre Sam Accri, Charles C. Zleg
lemeyer, Howard Hanlon and Charles
Penman.
Th lower nart of the building wns
occupied by the Marietta Volunteer Fire
Uo. Tne nre equipment 01 iue i-uuhjuuj
was destroyed.
Trial for the year of 1021 of the
existing two-zone six-cent fare plan
on the Frankford, Tacony and Holmes
burg section of tho Frankford, Tacony
and Bristol trolley lino will be recom
mended to tho Public Service Commis
sion by Commissioner Samuel M. Clem
ents next Monday as the result of a
hearing this morning In the Council
room, City Hall. The right of the com
mission to revise the fare If it provides
more than the necessary revenue Is re
served, as well ns tho right of the com
pany to nppenl for an Increase should
the new rate prove Insufficient.
A feature of this morning's meeting
was a charge by George S. Sales that
money raised by n former bond issue
of the company had "disappeared" and
that the board of directors had "sys
tematically looted" -the concern. The
challenge was taken up by the com
pany's attorney, who stated that "It
was about tlmo Mr. Sales proved some
of his charges."' Sales ucrecd to fur
nish proof. Further personalities were
interrupted by Commissioner Clement,
who called for order.
James Alcorn. renrescntlns the
Holmesburg Improvement Association,
wns the first to propose tho one year
trial of the two-zono six-cent faro. The
company's attorney objected to the short
period of time, as he maintained a fixed
rate of faro must be guaranteed to bank
ers In order to raise the $425,000 neces
sary for the rehabilitation of the road
bed and rolling stock within the next
three years. Mr. Alcorn pointed out that
the new Frankford "I, and the mu
nicipal beach would greutly increase
traffic nnd provide a remedy.
Former Clergyman-Banker Says
He Got No Money From
Hanover Company
DR. GEORGE S. GERHARD ILL
Founder of Bryn Mavvr- Hospital
' SJ , Has Heart Attach
Dr, George S. Gerhard, physician
and .founder Tf the Bryn Mawr Hos
pital, is' seriously 'ill in that hospital.
H 'suffered a heart' attack yesterday.
Dr. Gerhard'a condition was said to
have improved slightly this afternoon'.
Ho has been physician-ln-chlef nt the
Bryn Mawr Hospital since he founded
It. Ho lives nt Fifty-eighth street nnd
Overbrook. avenue, Overbrook.
Dr. Gcrhard.'who is about sixty-five
years old, was related to the late Gen
eral George Gordon Meade, of Civil War
fame.
l)r Rnovtod J
A. B. Meant, n former clergyman
and former paying teller of tho Quaker
City National Bank swore before
United States Commissioner Mnnley to
day that he never received a penny from
transactions of the Hanover Construc
tion Co.
Mcars, 'William F. Lewis, of Morion,
and Alfred B. De Miyo were arrested
last week on a charge of conspiracy to
use the malls to defraud.
Icwis today was held In $5000 bail
for the grand jury, and De Mayo nnd
Menrs in $2000 bail each.
Tho arrest of the men followed a
complain made by the Great Henublic
Tire nnd Ilubber Co.. of Oklahoma,
which claimed to have given $0700 to
the construction company officials for
the services towards flotation of a loan.
The complainants said they heard
nothing more from the defendants after
forwarding the money.
Clarence F. Hand, cashlor of the
Quaker City National Bank, which dis
missed Mears following his arrest, tes
tified the construction company had a
balance of $140 on April 13. After the
date on which tho Oklahoma concern
had Bent the S0700 the construction
company deposited $5000, tho entire
amount afterwards being withdrawn by
Lwis and vc Mayo except for a small
balance.
Tho continued warm weather of this
autumn, haa been a boon to vegetation,
according to Stowardson Brown, cura
tor and botanical director of the Acad
emy of Natural. Sciences.
Tho favorable ground conditions
brought about by the summer rainy sea
son, the warm dry weather of Septem
ber and this month" have not only caused
vegetation of all kinds to flourish now.
but have provided tho basis fora won
derful spring and summer, says the
curator.
"Trees, bushes, flowering and vege
table plants have become so vigorous
and have stored bo much nourishment
from the roots up that they are pre
pared for almost any winter conditions,
providing they get a share of the nor
mal fall rain," said Mr. Brown.
Summer Rain Helped
"Whilo the rain of the summer sat
urated the ground to the point where
it provided nourishment for a long
time for plants, the unusually dry
weather following has prevented them
from flowering to n harmful degree,
All forms of vegetation have thus been
enabled to become better rooted and
constitutionally better fitted to go into
the spring in tho best condition in years.
"In the meantime we have noted a
spring and early summer-like growth of
vegetation and an almost entire ab
sence of the sero and yellow autumn.
Trees nre not shedding their leaves as
heretofore, and instead of. the brown
and russet tinted October foliage, we
have tho verdure of spring.
"Roses of many varieties nre in full
bloom, almost up to the June standard.
Dahlias and cosmos are blooming up to
the last bud. The home gardener, who
took a chance on late planting, is reap
ing his harvest. Corn, bcana nnd all
other forms of garden truck, which nor
mally should havo been dono some time
ago, are being yielded by the ground iu
great quantities. Tomatoes are almost
as plentiful as in mldseason. ,
"Even fruit is yielding at an un
usually heavy rate. Somo species of
strawberries and raspberries arc to bo
found in gardens in full fruit. The
trees and bushes which nre not actually
.yielding are benefiting by the warm
weather because they nre enabled to re
cuperate from the heavy drain on their
resources made by the gathering of the
fruit crop.
Frost Would Be Bad
"If a sudden frost should come be
fore the ground has gotten a reason
able amount nf mnlsturn frnm nntil.
noctial storms, it would be bad and
would keep vegetation from reaping the
full harvest of the extraordinary con
ditions now prevailing. But even at
uiac ic .would not be fatal."
Georjre Bliss, mcteoroloeist In chnrire
of the Weather Bureau here, stated
mac a continuance or tne unusual
weather was likely for a time at least.
"There will be a break tonight to
ward normal October weather." said
Mr. Bliss, "but indications are that it
will only last for forty-eight hours and
then we will, have a gradual return to
present weather.
"The abnormal weather is primarily
due to the near presence of a high
barometric are oS tho southeastern
coast of the country. This area, which
lies in about latitude 30 and may be
generally said, to lie near the Azores,
shifts about the Atlantic ocean from
the coast of one continent to another.
It generally moves slowly and stays for
some time in a particular section.
"Its continued presence near our
coast, coupled with tho presence of a
temporary high area in the southern
part of tne country, has given us this
present rcmarKamc weatner. Tne
peculiar thing about it to the lay mind
is that it doesn't affect the South so
much, but rather, this section of the
roiintrv.. As lonz as these areas Tier-
slat near us we shall have the present
weather. A shifting of them Is likely
to plunge us into the other extreme.
"The whole condition has been ex
tremely favorable to vegetation and even
the coming of a frost will do no par
ticular harm. Vegetation has become
tan strongly intrtnehed to be affected
unfavorably now and we can safely
look forward to a wonderful spring and
summer season for it."
STATE WITHHOLDS .
BRINES CASE FACTS
Prosecution Will Not Tell Evi
dence Against Drewes
Alleged Slayer
SEES G. 0, P. SWEEP
IN MIDDLEWESI
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The enso against William P. Brines,
University of Pennsylvania student, ac
cused of miirHerlnff Elmer C. DrfWCH,
Dartmouth senior, will not bo disclosed
until the coroner's inquest next week.
Major Samuel O. Wynne, chief of the
county detectives, said today that to
reveal the prosecution's evidence beforo
then would weaken the case, as it would
give Brines' lawyer a better chance to
prepare his defense.
Te m.. nnl.1 linwwa, frlinf Imnnrfltnr.
addltional evidence had been obtained
against Brines. Assistant District At
torney Gordon, Detectlvo Belshow nnd
Major Wynne held a long conference
today.
Brines surrender on Monday has not
aided the detectives any, as. noting on
advice of William A. Gray, hla attorney,
he has refnsed to discuss the death of
Drewes with detectives who have ques
tioned him in Moyamenslng Prison. Mr.
Gray held a long conference with Cor
oner Knight this morning.
Drewes was twenty-two years old.
His body was found propped against a
lamppost on Mnscher street, near City
line, on Sunday of last week..
Mr. and Mrs. Christian Drewes, C235
Pine street, parents of the murdered
youth, who knew Brines since he nnd
Drewes attended West Philadelphia
High School, havo expressed tho belief
that if Brines killed their son it wns
while under the influence of liquor. They
have expressed themselves In favor of
a mild sentence If Brines Is found guilty.
Prince Henry Visits Ex-Kalier
Wleringen, Holland, Oct. 27. (By
A. P. Prince Hcnrr of Prussia.
brother of former Emperor William, is
visiting Holland. He is dividing his
time between this, city nnd Doom, being
nt the latter place at present.
Republican Leader Predicts
Huge Majorities Democrat.
Trade Cox for State Officers
1 . .
HARDING ON 'FINAL TOUR
aa Hi 1 aai.li. , t
, By tho Associated Press
'Chicago, .Oct. 27.T,he political tit. '
ualionin the Middle West, now "amui
Into its final form," indicate Tl(.nui I
rnn mnlnrltlan "nn nn... 11 ., 'I
,....u . u vHuiuiuuN Limr i.
hesitates; to even 'mention 'them," ac.
cording to John T. Adams, vice chalt.
mnniof tho'Republlcan National Com
mitteo In charge of western heatlnn.,.
tcrs, who today gave out the following J
review 01 campaign conditions In thn
territory :
"Minnesota will go for nardlnr t
'retZnJf55? PJr,ty. undoubted!.
obove 100.000. A a national organlu!
tlon tho Democratic party in Mlnnejoti
has almost ceased to exist.
"In Nebraska the Democratic otianl.
zation is moribund. Tho n,.vV.
majority in hat 'state will be unuiuill. I
large, nt least 50,000. ' I
"In Iowa, Hording nnd Coolldrairfii I
win hv well nvni Inn nfin o ..."
.Cummins' will pull through, but he t?iu
iuu tuuoiuciuuiy uvuinu me udtlonil
ticket.
"In Wisconsin the certainty of in
enormous majority for Harding hat
taken the life out of the national cam.
palgn. The governorship Is In doubt.
"In Illinois the Harding (ai '
Coolldge majority is problematical, it
may be nround 250,000. I expect to
6ee Mr. Small win over Colonel Lewii
"Indiana is expected by the closest
figures to go for Harding by 55,000 ot
00,000. In Michigan, Harding isi.fi
nnd sure, by a majority of more thaa
100,000.
"In St. Louis nn enormous ItepuNI
can majority will be piled up. Thi
fctntc as a wholo will go Republican br
more than 40,000.
"North and South Dakota will ahow
a vote about three to two in favor c(
Harding and Coolldge. The majorltln
will not bo enormous, but they will b,
sure.
"The national Democratic ticket has ,
been given up as hopeless, and Mr. Cox
is being traded off for state candidate!,"
Boy Crushed Between Vehicles
Antonio DcClcco, fifteen years old,
of Ilntnmonton, N. J., was seriously in
jured last night in a collision between
nn bil truck, driven by Richard Mor
gan, nnd a wagon driven by Constable
Antonio Leonard at Hammonton. De
Cicco wns thrown from the seat of the
wagon nnd crushed between the col
lldine vehicles. He was taken to 1
I Camden hospital.
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au.iaciion
2d and Wash
Ington Ave.
Auto rails cWTWhrra. Katab. 81 jtn
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SICHEL'S
J. E. Caldwell & Got
jfvTLERs -SrLVERSMrrHs Stationers
Chestnut and Juniper Streets
Specializing
In
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FRITZ & LARUE, Inc.
PERSIAN SERAPE RUGS
At The Lowest Prices Since 1913
Our Own Direct Importation
From Tabriz, Persia
We are tho first house in this country to offer
such rugs since 1913 at anywhere near the fol
lowing prices, of which we quote a few exam
ples of sizes and prices, viz:
10. Gx 9. 0 ...-...$310
11. 4x 7. 4 J283
9357
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..936Q
....$333
.8333
Gx 0. 7 S443
5x9 3397
12. x 9. 5
12. x 9. 9
13. 2x 8. 8
12. x 8. 9
11. 6x10. 6
13
12
14.11x11. 0
12. 8x 9. 9
17. 4x11. 3
4667
.9401
.$683
14. 8x10. 5 $657
13 x 9. 5
15. 5x 8
12. Ox 9. 5
11. Ox 7. 6
12. 4x10. 2
....$440
...-.. iOUU
....$500
... .$343
....$533
11. 5x 9.10 $357
Wo advise you to look over the market and
prove to your own satisfaction the above
facts. But act quickly as the rugs will not
be here long.
WATCH OUR FUTURE ADVERTISEMENTS
they will prove interesting, and if you have
rugs to buy you will no doubt be able to se
cure the rugs you desire and at the same time
effect a considerable saving.
Importers Oriental Rugs
1615 CHESTNUT STREET
BALLINGER & PERRDT
Architects Engineers Constructors
FAVORABLE comment by casual visitors
to an institutional building is often merely
a tribute to pleasing architecture. But when
those who are responsible for the success of
the school, hospital, clubhouse, academy,
church or similar structure express enthusi
asm, a deeper chord has been struck.
The Catholic Girls' High School of Phila
delphia is one of the handsomest schools in
the city and also one of the most practical in
arrangement. Ballinger & Perrot were the
architects. Bishop P. R. McDevitt testifies
that we "displayed a deep and conscientious
attention to every detail of construction from
the beginning until the completion of the
building." Being engineers as well as archi
tects, we are quite as much interested in the
utility purposes of a structure as wc are in
the design and vice versa.
We shall be glad to consult with you.
PHILADELPHIA
OFFICE
329 South Broad St.
BALLINGER.
V PERROT
ARCHITECTS
ENC1NEERS
CONSTRUCTORS
NEW YORK
OFFICE
1328 Broadway
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