- y- ..' '' iX ,.? ....-'A"4" THE WEATHER A. Fair tonlilit followed by Increqglng cloudiness Saturday becoming unset (led; little chango In temperature; TEirnitATimK at kach-hqub Th i n no iii 112 i 1 1 21 :'i -i i nl NIGHT, .i Wt . j EXTRA jKYi I7i 7 7II H(I M1 i l isf ' W u. icuenmo f&umtc maiaer ,- VOL. VII. NO. 308 fliEFOES ; UNITE TO CRUSH WES AT POLLS t j Mayor Heads War Council of ' All Factions Opposed to Contractor Rule r- WMPAIGN COMMITTEE . tn RE NAMED TOMORROW A " a , Administration, Penrose, Voters "V League and Women Will Be Represented ) GREAT DRIVE IS OUTLINED Efforts to Be Made to Arouse Public to Importance of Beating "Bosses' " Slate 50 Pretty Girls Continue Registration Drive Today Fifty pretty and appealing girls arc nt the various rnllrontl stations today to call attention o women voters that their last chance to register will be tomorrow. They carry banners inscribed : "To women voters of Philadel phia. Your last chance to resistor Is Saturday, September 10. Don't for- Ct." Later in the day the young women will walk through the central scc tlons of the city spreading the gos pel of registration. The strong nnd righteous forces op posed to contractor misrule joined their arr)s today in a powerful, wcll-olfi-ccrcd army, ready for the bitter fight on September 20. Kvcry clement of civic life opposed to the Varcs and the "fifty-fifty combine" entered into alliance nt a notable meet ing In Mayor Moore's office. As a re mit of this meeting, the most Important held slnco the beginning of the present primary campaign, a gencrnl committee of sixteen, charged with the direction h battle against the Varcs, was au thorized and will be named tomorrow. 'The organization meeting, nt which the plans of campaign will tnkc final form, will take plnce tomorrow nt the headquarters of the Voters' League, 221 South Broad street. Full Alignment Present The meeting today was more than, n gathering of the Mayor's War Hoard. Conferring with the Mayor nnd his chief advisers were representatives of the various powerful elements" which nre sweeping steadily ngainst the contrac tor combine. Besides the Administra tion representatives were the spokes men of the women, of Senator Penrose and of the Voters League. The Campaign Committee, ns decided on todnj, will consist of sixteen mem bers, four representatives each of the Administiatlon, of the Voters League, of Senntor Penrose and of the Republl .can Women. Though there was no decision ns to personnel, It Is believed the chairman ship of the Campaign Committee will he vested in either Thomas Itncburn White or rrnnklln Spencer Edmonds. 1'or lice chairman tlio name of Mrs. Iles'le Dobson Altemus has been pro posed. She is chulrmnn of the Rcpub llcan Women. The lepresentnttvcs of the four ele ments probably will contain nt leabt somo of these names: , For the Administration: David T. Hart, Twenty-third Ward; Harry J. Trainer, Third Ward; Andrew Frosch, Hrty-bccond Wnrd, and John Flsler, orty. sixth Ward. For Senator Penrose : President Judge Urown, Fifteenth Ward; Oscar toll, Thirty-seventh Ward; Ruck Dev lin, Eighth Ward, and Robert Greer, Eighteenth Wnrd. Three poslbilities mentioned for the otera League are: United Stiitcs At torney Georgu W. Coles. Sheriff Lam berton. and Kdward J. Hunter, cxecu we secretary of the lenguc. Women to Bo Represented For the women: Mrs. Altemus, Mrs. arelay H. Wnrburtou and 'Mrs. John Wannnmker. 3d. Political lenders agree tlint it is hard W overestimate the importance of tho meeting today. The pride of accomplish -,ii .' '". Scnntr Penrose's fimil declaration of support was visible in every face. There was n marked spirit oi co-operation evinced by members of J Lf cIo,'11ent5- Enthusiasm, rndl the mectl!" the Mayor, swept through It was the resolve of every one there Continued on Vage Two. Column Two SENTENCE IN SHORE BOOZE CASES DEFERRED Judge Ingersoll Delays Action on 104 Defendants Attor'Si'0!.0"?'. Scpt' "--Motion by iSit.n'"i lerMo nml Nllt,cr to lcfer sent , in.,cn8c't of defendants repre S? l "'.em resulted in Judge In- J morn L ,i ins nnnounccment this Hn t,"t wntenco would be de- dS . 8Cm'11, 1Qi defendants have Pitnaed :ion vult. n,i,i ,i, n,.,.- Pned shortly after 10 o'clock the Bui C" '" t,w '"nteo Trust ""ding was crowded to overflowing, to rni ro ff ,lawyers were present bnoS P 'foro Mcntcnco wo"' sin&. t'W0" announced that, no nte? vou1'1 b0 mK8l today. "I the On i ." y Rinnl I"""." tntod UTn&,l,c,,t "111 hold Bfe 83a? W'iaia&3Ss x Tj, . Afl it a' Entered at Second-CIn mmi, at Under the Act CHAMPION ,,,., . Ledger Thoto Scrvlco William T. Tlldcn, tho national tennis lilnj;, opened up tho champion ship tourney at tho (icrnmntown Crlilcct Club today with a straight-set victory over Irving Wrlfiht, of ISoslon. J. O. Anderson, of the Aus tralian team, is shown In tho oval 1 SECONDS; GIT!" I MOTHER SOBS PLEA CRIES FINING SOUIRE- TO SAVE HOFFMAN Speedy Millbourne "Judge" Shoos Auto Club Attorney From Court WOULD HORSEWHIP HIM IlObert W. Ilenttv, nttorncv for the Keystone Auntomobiie Club, was given tlilrtv sreonds to get out of the court of Justice of the Pence I. Martin Terkcs, tho "fining squire, " nt Mill-, bourne, today. Mr. Ilentty endeavored to put up an argument, but did not wait for the r-Miirntlnn of tho thirty spcoikIh. which tl judge was tolling ofT on his watch, 'llefore ordering the nttorney out of the court, the squire read the riot net concerning legal tnctics ijt speed case hearings, nnd the Keystone Automobile Club In general. "Judge" Yerkcs .came to court today with "blood in his eje." ready for trouble if thp Kc) stone Club's attorney resorted to his usual obstructionist tac tics. The only case in which the Keystone Club was Intel csted was that of Cliapln L. llarr, prominent Philadelphia busi ness man, whoxc home is in Spiiugfielu Township. Mr. Unrr was cited for two alleged violations of the speed laws, one August 11, the other August 18. In reply to a question from the Judge ns to his speed, on the lirst date, Mr. Ilarr said he d'd not know how fast he was golug, but took it for granted ho wns going slow, as he had known about the speed trap at Millbourne. "So jou were another of those fellows who knew all about It before it was in the newspapers," snapped the Judge. "Well, I'll just tine jou 514.20P' Troublo Starts It wns when the Judge asked the de fendant how he wished to plead on the second charge that the trouble with the attorno started. Previously tho Judge had warned the eluli s legal rep resentative that he was not to interfere. Mr. Ilentty spoke up, however, when Mr. IJuu- hesitated, and said: "Plead not guilty." Judge Verkes sharply otdercd the at torney to keep quiet. "Vou come here ns the representative of tho Kc stone Automobile Cub," said the Judge, "the representative of an organization which boasts that it bienks up more speed traps than any uthcr club in the coun try. That's a reemd to be proud of, I am sure. I remember jou appealed the case of William Harrow, whom I fined two weeks ago. If that mnn gets olf on appeal he and you both ought to be horsewhipped. It was a flagrant case; I saw it myself. "Lnst night I had a phone conversa tion with Coroner Drewes, of Delaware County. He told me that in the last hlx weeks there have been ten auto. mobile deaths in the county. lie com mended the woik we nro doing here, nnd said I might quote him emphatically for it. Attorney Wimcd Aside "Vou and jour club nio interested in breaking up speed traps, which are the only protection against these constant automobile killings. Vou mid jour club members share in a heavy lesponslbilitj. Tho Judge continued by declaring thnt the nttltudo of the Keystone Au tomobile Club was an "Invitation to break the Inw." Here Mr. Ilentty tried to interrupt. The Judge waved him aside "I'm through with 5011," said 'Squire Verkes. "1 heichy disbar you from any further practice in this court. Nor will I let any jepresentatlvo of the Kej stone Automobile Club practice here who tries to resort to the obstructionist methods you hne followed. Now get out I glvo you exactly thirty seconds." This encounter had so "het up" tho Squire that ho llnlshed all tho lirst notice cubes on his docket He imposed, however, oiily one other line. This was SU.20 on H. Sinister, of Fifty-sixth nnd Chestnut frei'ts. Six of the others ho let off witi the payment of costs, one ho dischnri .1. and one cube he con tinued. v Tho Squlro announced ho would hear n big docket of second notlca cases next week, r - fL-. '. .h. rmtofllce t riiliadeiphla, r of March A IBID IN ACTION Wants "Millionaire Kid" Kept From Reformatory Despite Admission of Guilt ASKS "ANOTHER CHANCE" Mrs. Kdgar T. Hoffinnn, of Collings wood. pleaded todoy with II. L. Van Itoden. Assistant District Attorney of Delaware County, nt Media, for the release of her son Charles, the "million aire kid." who is In Media jnll await ing trinl for larceny. "Let him go this once," said the mother, weeiunc. "and I will guaran tee that he will never get into trouble again. 1 won t once let him out of niv sight." The mother argued that he had suf fered enough, and further punishment wns In the nature of persecution. Mr. A'nn Itoden told her thnt the Inw would not persecute her hoy, but thnt he must suffer for his own sake nnd the sake of the community. "He will plead guilty," shol said, "and my onh fear is that he mfcy be sent tn the Huntingdon Iteformntory. This is n nice jail nt Media, nnd 'l would rather lie hnd n six months' sen tence here." Mrs. Hoffinnn snld she would plead with Judge Isaac Johnson, who will hear the bnj's inse during tho Sep tember term. Young Hoffman wns committed re cently to Glen Mills School for the theft of 11 large sum of money from his employer, who hail sent him with checks and cash to bank. llefore thnt he hnd been nrrested for drawing fraud ulent checks on the Corn Exchange Dank. Two weeks ago the boy ran nwny from Glen Mills, stopping in Delaware County to steal clothes and money from tho homo of Henry Smlthson, nnd wns caught In Lancaster. DETECTIVES SWORN IN Acting Detectives Charles Schwar, head of the missing persons Imrenu, and John Mnliaffej were sworn in ns regular detectives today by Assistant Director Tempest. CITY "DOOMED" TOMORROW; "SAINTS", PREPARE FOR END Fire and Pestilence to Siveep Philadelphia, According to "Prophet'" of the Glad Tidings Apostolic Mission Fire and pestilence will sweep Phil adelphia tomorrow and many will per ish, If n prophecy genuinely believed by the curiously st.vled Glad Tidings Apos tolic Mission comes true. .The members met last night In n pub lic hall nt -l.'U Hroadway, Camden, and there prepared gravely for the scourge that most of them appear convinced will attack Philadelphia tomorrow. Tho liie and pestilence, the mission believes, will be a punishment of the people for lertnln unspecified nets of wickedness, and tho unrighteous will perisli In large numbers. The belief is based on 11 prophecj made bj Aslihiirn Carr, of .lnr, Enst Price stieet, Gcrmautown, a member of the cult. Carr Is a West India Negro who hns lived in this city for u number of j ears. Except for his wife, he Is the only Negro "saint" of the Glad Tidings Mission, the pastor of which Is a Scotch man, tho Hev. Dobson Ilunnlford, who lives nt -070 A street, Kensington. Mr. Huuiiiford says he vouches for the "'n splrntiou" or authenticity, of Cnrr's prophec . Prophet's "Inspiration" Carr is tall, of powerful build and about forty-threo years old. There Is no affectation in his dress, nor emit iu his speech. Ho admits that ho is imliinnipil 111 the U'nrlv samko nlnl wlinn '. ...... ...v- v""' v, .. ....v.. - PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921 I BILL TILDEN TITLE TENNIS Champion Easily Eliminates Jrving Wright, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. Takes 17 Straight Games WALLACE JOHNSON DEFEATS MERCUR, SCHOOLBOY STAR Results of Feature Matches in Nationals William T. Tilnen. 2d, Philadelphia, defeated Irving C. Wright, Uoston. 0-0, 0-0. 0-1. Wnllnco Johnson, Philadelphia, de feated Fred Mercur. Haiiishuig, 0-t, (l-.'l, 0-1. Hy KOnEKT W. MAXWELL Hportn Kdllor Rrenlnir Public I.nlxrr William T. Tlldcn, of Philadelphia, world's tennis champion, opened the national singles tournament nt Mnn hclm today by decisively defeating Irving 0. Wright, of Boston, in straight sets. This menus three in n row- and the scores were 0-0, 0-0 nnd 0-1. Tllden won seventeen consecutive gnmes which might be n season's record. If It isn't, it should be. Tllden wns entirely too good for his onponent. IIo scored repentedly with nil sorts of shotR, depending on none in partlenlnr. Wright took things for granted after the first set nnd seldom mndo nn effort to lay his racquet on Hill's hard returtiR. After tnklug seventeen games In a row, Wright finally won n game. This wns due to the fact that Tllden wns hitting the ball Into the net and getting careless. However, he enme through In the sixth nnd was nllowcit to lenve the court with the first victory of the dnv under his belt. riret Set T '' en 4 n 7 I 1 Wrla-ht a 4 5 1 1 ,, , Kecnnd Set Tllden 4 r. 4 4 4 WrlBht 1 3 1 i 1 , Third Set Tllden 4 4 4 4 I 2 WrlKht 1 2 1' S 1 4 4 21 c, 0 in 0 n20n 310 a 4 2n n 21 11 Wnllnco Johnson Wins While Tllden wns disposing of vtrignt. Will ace Johnson, another Phllndelphio hope, was eliminating 1' red Mercur. the HnrrlNhnnr iM.r,,-,!. hoy, who recently won the Middle Stnte Junior title here. Mercur succumbed In straight sets, but he gnve Johnson a much better battle than Wright put up uHuniHi J.11UCU. J. no scores were u-i. u-a, h:4. The point'scorc : I . First Het I rnhnron 4 1 4 4 4 4 40 2S I .Mercur 1 4 1 1 0 1 21 10 Second Het Johnson 44444112 4 1 28 Jtorcur 21101444 2 3 11) Third Set Johnon 2 2T444411 0 31 .ucrcur 1431UZ2 44 1 1 2, Weather Ideal The day was ideal for the opening of tho tournament. The sun wns shin ing without opposition nnd n faint breeze blew ncross the courts, making It plensant for players nnd spcctntorn. Although n record crowd was cx- Contlnunl on Tnto Six. Column One COAL DEALERS COMPLAIN Declare Product Sent From IYllne3 Is Improperly Graded Heading, Pa., Sept. !.--( Ity A. P..) Voicing inanv public protests, the Heading Coal Dealers' Association to day -ent to the State Association n complaint nsnlnst the coal companies which send anthracite to this cltj . It sets forth thnt large tuniititles of pen conl ore mixed with chestnut size, and that buckwheat size is slmllnrl) mixed with pea, while us high ns ciht pounds of coal dirt have been screened from one on of conl. Tho State Association is requested to take up the, matter with the coal com panies. TROUBLE AT BELL EXCHANGE All the private brniuli exchanges connected with tho Walnut Exchange of the Hell Telephone Company were out of order for about an hour this morning, une exact cause lias not yet been ascertained.. but the trouble wns In the ringing machines. Telephone com pany ollicinls said that the trouble was not caused by any electrical disturb ances, but that the condition wns some thing not uncommon, although not usually of such long duration. In spectors hnve not jet turned in n com plete icport on the scientific reason for the trouble. asked whal Ids occupation was replied, "common laborer." He gave an account of the "Inspira tion whli h led to his propheev. "It was the evening of tiio sixth of June he snld. "I wns sitting in my kitchen reading In the pnper about the Hood disaster iu Pueblo. Col,, when I found myself being sei.ed bv the Spirit. I wns commanded to tnki 11 pencil. I found mjself writing over the back of the newspaper these words : "'I will pour out my wiath upon this city not many da.vs hence bv Hie and. pestilent e ami many shall perish September. 11112. tenth day. Thus biiith the Lord.' " "Vlsl'n" Is Hevealed At ll'st. he declares, Carr said noth ing about, this "revelntion," even to his v,vif. Hut some tlnys afterward, during a meeting of the Glad Tidings Missh iccordlng to Mr. Ilunnlford, tho Spirit, "speaking through" another member of the cult, commanded him to tell It. Some time afterward Mrs E. M. Endjcott. of North Fifth street, Camden, announced a "revelation," which was: "I 11 m the Lord of Hosts . I shnll do whereof I hnve spoken to your brother." This wns Interpreted by tho "saints," as the mission members call themselves, to refer to Cnrr's prophecy. Alio unui Tjuings .Mission kept the .. . -. - tununufu on irate ontiwtta. Colnmu Throe STRAIGHT SE WN FOR IN Afternoon Feature Matches at Manheim 2 P. M. No. 1 Wntson M. Washburn, New Vork. vs. A. D. Thayer, Phll ndclphin. No. 3 J. O, Anderson, Austrnlln, vs L. 11. Iticc, Iloston. No. 4 It. N. Williams, I'd, Iloston, vs. Sidney Thayer, Philadel phia. No. 0 It. Lindlcy Murray. NIngnra Falls, vs. Hugh Talent, Ilos ton. No. 12 JCcnr.0 Shimldzu. Jnpnn, VBf A C. Neilson, Illinois. 1 P. M. No. 1 William M. Johnston, San Francisco, vs. Hugh Kellcher, cw Vork. No. 3 F. Gordon Lowe. Knglnnd, vs. J. I. Werner, Princeton Uni versity. No. 4 .1. M. Dnvles, Los Angeles, vs. Stanley Pearson, Philadelphia. No. 7 S. Knsliio, Japan, vs. Carl Fischer, University of Penn sylvania. U. S: AGENT SUICIDE AFTER RAIDING SHIP Seven of Greek Crew Wounded. $90,000 in Liquor and Drugs Seized PISTOL DUEL OFF N. Y. PIER, Ily the Associated Press New York, Sept. 0. After a raid by I etTcral prohibition nnd narcotic agents on the Greek steamship King Alexander tony. In which seven members of the crew were wounded bv pistol shots, Frank J. Fitzpntrlck. chief nnrcotlc of ficer here, who had taken part In the raid, committed suicide nt n nearby pier, nccnrdlng to a police report. Other Federal ngents were conversing with Fitzpntriek In n room of n ferry house near the King Alexander's dock in Itrooklyn when he shot lilm-c'f in the heart, the police said. Tho wound ed members of the crew hail just been sent to n hospital under arrest and the prohibition nnd nnrcotlc agents were returning to Manhattan with confis cated drugs valuej nt ?".ri,000 and liquor valued nt $1.T,000. Motive for Stiicitio Unknown Fitzpntrick wns twenty-eight years old and before joining the Federnl forces here lived in Hridgeport, Conn. Other Federnl agents declared they knew no motive for Fitzpnlriek'K sui' clde. They expressed the belief thnt the excitement nnd strain of the mid tem porarily deranged him. United States Marsdinl Power, thirty dqiuty marshnls anil twenty policemen were -icnt to the King Alcxnnder nfter the suicide tn ainst ail members of the crew on board and take them to the Federal building for questioning. The raid was under the direction of Finest L. Langley. chief Federnl En forcement Agent In New York. Agents senrched the vessel thoroughly, the crew fleeing below decks. There were inter mittent pistol shots from both crew nnd agents ns the Fenrch progressed. When the bnttlc subsided three of the wounded men were found lying in their bunks. Mr. Langley snid thnt ?:i()0 had just been pniil by one of the ndvnnce ngents nnd part of the contraband art'cles de livered when the crew's suspicions were I customs Ktiari s and police reserves, uho sur. rounded the pier to prevent the crew fiom fleeing. The prohibition .lgeuts siild. however, thnt an, officer of the vessel to whom they were to pay (lie money hnd vanished. The King Alexnmict participated in a midnight race to port from bejond the three-mile limit September 1 lii nn effort to make sure tlint the Immigrants on bo.ud would be admitted to tile country under the monthly quota res ulatluns. RABBI PREFERSCHARGE Dr. Nathan and Family Struck by Borrowed Truck Ilnbbi Marvin ntlian, .'1117 Ridge menue, 01 mi. leuipie neth Israel, Tlilrtj -second street and Montgomcrv' avenue, appeared in the Central Sta' tion tills morning before Magistrate Itenslinw against John Ferre, fifteen j ears old. of lllackwood, N. J. The ilerg.unan testified thnt lie was crossing Delaware avenue Inst night vvith his wife, Dorothy, and her mother, Mrs. M. Huckvvnld. when a truck driven bv Ferre knocked all three of them down. Mrs. Nnthnn wns taken to the Jefferson llosp.tal, being the most scrioiivlj hurt, and the others wete treated nt their home. During the testimony it developed thnt Ferre had had no permission to drive the rtuck. which wns loaded with bonus and potatoes. Samuel Henkley. of lllackwood, N. J., owner of the truck, said that lie did not know it had left his fatm until he heard of the acci dent. Ferie was lndil in ;j!,-)00 bail for 11 further hearing Moudav. FaU Downstairs Proves Fatal Harrj Smith, fifty jenrs old. l.'IKI Wlngohoeklng stieet, fell own tho stairs In his home last night and htoke his neck, lie died before he could be taken to a hosii tnl. Ho leaves a wife and tin co chlldien. Regular and Special Trains to Manheim ltegulnr trains over the Ponnsvl vanin ltatlroad for Queen Lane Sta tion leave Hrnad Street Station at 1l:!IO A. M.i 13.10. 12:5,1, lm 2:20, :i:1.1. a. IS da.v light-saving" time. In addition special trains will be In Hroad Street Station from noon and will bo dispatched as rapidly as they are filled. '"uur,v"- nephew nnd niece, whom she had been George Gemcnden prevented n telephone 1," . ? "'"K" 'r rcsponsi-, Sroro of Shots Exchanged. renrlng. box thief escnping with the loot he took ,,'i , .1 ,'! , ',e,funl t0 tic nation for More than a score of shots were ex- Failure From Start from a booth on the sixth floor of Citv I Th,, 1 ,?, "'n.i.l" """V ,.,... rlinnged by the crew nnd fifteen prohi- Neighbors say the marriage was ., "all shortly after II o'clock this morn- I ,ile . J, 1 p . 1 rth,t f bitlon.ngegnts. - failure from the stnrt. Thev declared I "'; , , , It2i a Eli, .wi" In oider to obtain evidence, the pro. that frequently Mr. and Mrs. Dob-on ' , -menden noticed the man enter thr '". ) l ,.f NL.lf ?;V"'" ',nnwVl J n I tuition agents said, two of them ur- were heard wrangling, and that at . ',"' !l '" the southeast corner of th, ""1 ' 1, "nnrro! . ??.. '.ia m1 I ranged on Wcdnesdny vvith members of I times, he bent her si. severely th- Klxth lloor ni"1 w.Tirl that ''' remained ' . ."' l''1" , 1rw,falll,ll,llJ I"UflnWt the .row to pay $14,000 on the vessel se. earned vv.th pnln. O,, one ,,r two ' '"r" "" ,,n"M'n"y time, strolle.l ,.VtM today for the liquor and drugs. Thesv occasion, she showed bruises on he? ''" '" f," " 'ns wrong The X(1 "', n, nwc ,e, T be wee Cr? two ment on the vessel alone. Menu- arms and face, which she told neigh- "i"V'n ,,,m wminciiil dashed -tu . i!rltn , ami IrHun.l n"viTo ns hV onn ? whir. .1 member of the crew noticed bois had been due to the beatings bv -f "' '""th dropping seventj -live ."f"',, mUng hl Jthao'at n lniiuch with the other rnrents nn. iit, ,, nickel, m his flight. ' . ' ., ,",,hl"i "- stipuumon tnac ubllehed Dally Except Sunda). Copyright id'il FIND WANT AD WIFE SLAIN IN BUNGALOW Mrs. Isabella Dobson Killed at Runnymode Highlands Two Months After Marriage HER NIECE AND NEPHEW AND HIS SON GO WITH HIM Mr.. Imbcllu Dobson, thirty-nine jears old, wa fo-unl murdered In bed In her bungalow nt Hiinneinede High lands, along Mt. Ephraim pike, eight miles south of Camden, at 10:30 o'clock this morning. She hnd been beaten, apparently by a man's fists, and ber throat wns dis colored by bruises. Indicating she hnd been choked. I The police nre searching for her his band. George Dobson. thirty-nine jcars old, to whom she wns married two months ngo ns the resiilt of nn adver tisement he placed in n Camden news, pnper. He was seen leaving the house heading for the White Horse plkp. at 0:30 o'clock yesterday morning, taking with him his nine j car-old son. Hay inond. and. John nnd Ilnrbarn Mi -McKeown, nephew and niece of the slain woman. The boy is nine 3 cars old and the girl eight. .. . Mrs. Florence Allison, whose Home is 1!M) yards-frtmi the Dobson bungnlow. discovered the b'id. . After another neighbor,' Mrs E Miller, ind told her this "monirng' she henrd screams in the bungalow jcterdnj morning. Mrs. Al lison decided to investigate. The screams were heard just before Mrs. Allison snvv Dobsnn Jenve the house vvith the clil'dien. She went lr the (, tigiilnvv, anil when her knock was 1,1. answered pecicd in the window. She -nu the body of Mrs. Dobson lying on the bod. Her face wns severly discolored The body was clnd in n nightgown and a quilt had been thrown over It Mrs. Allison immediately gave an alarm nijd Lieutenant E. McGrath, who patrols Centre Township, Camden County, wns notified. He informed the office of County Prosecutor Wolveilon, in Camden, and .Wistnnt Prosecutor Hurling and County Detectives Dorn and Smith arrived nt the scene 1 short time later. After an examination they said Mrs. Dobxim hnd been dead slnte yesterday. They found n blood-stained towel on a elmir neor tho bed, and both burners of nn oil stove were still burning. They Immediately began the search for the missing husband. According lo detectives nnd neigh bors. Mrs. Dobsou's lirst husband. Charles Shields, died February 1. At the time of his death she received SI, "00 nnd the bungalow ntltunncmedc High lands. Answered Advertisement Two months ago. Dobson, a widower. inserted an advertisement in n Cam den tiewMinpcr in which h said he was Sean hlng lor a wife .Mi Slile'ds ensvvered the ndvei ti-o-nii'iit. and Dnhvm left his home, be tween Clnjton and Finnkllnville. N. J., and came to (lie bungalow of .Mrs Shields. Their marriage in a church at 'Hiinneinede followed. Dobson brought his son to live at the bungalow nnd Mrs. Dobson kept her moitgage on the bungalow. Tills mouev litis not been found in the bungalow bj those investigating tho murder. Immedliitelv after the County Prose- ! color's elk' e was informed of the crime. detect iv (s &i 111 touch with the polhe of Cl.ivtnii ami Friinklinvi'le. vvhcic relatives of Dobbin live. Baldwin's Gets Order From Chlfe The Itiiidv.iii I motive Works lias received an urdi r fiom the Government ot Chile (ni ten Mikado nniiuw gangi freight IncomoMves. MAN MONEY GONE R. M. SHOEMAKER DIES IN GERMANTOWN Richard M. Shoemaker, head of the firm of Robert Shoemaker & Co., wholc&alc druggists, died last uight at his apartment iu Gcrumntowu. He was eighty-one years old, oud death -was from heart dlfcaic. Mr. Shoemaker wag one of the oldebt members of tho Union Lcugcu, and had beired In the Union League Voluutccrj. ijulps tb Civil War. He io survlvod by four brothers, and two Utua. SCH00NERHAD NO RUM ' "Tip" About Liquor Proves a Fish- Box Story f .icu.r,' .... u i co-not ui a squnn , Seven men and two women ere nr of revenue agents left this ritj hur- I f'sted in n raid on un ice-ereani par rleillv Wrdncfcil.iv niclit In ii,tr.,.,.,t ., . hu on Callowhlll street nbovr. Vi.,... whiskv -laden schooner due to rriv Wildvvood. According to their tin the schooner landed a cargo of liquor three weeks ago und was due in again jos. terday. The ship arrived all light and vvos boarded nnd searched, but the ngents found a hold full of tlshboxcs. They learned she had been iu a shipyurd dur ing her absence, getting fitted out to resume her old place in a fishing fleet. i 1 Euhnrintlon Price SO a Year by Malt. by Public Ledcer Company ' Missing Camden Girl ALICE MONKOK Five-jcar-old girl inlsltig from her homo sliuc early yesterday. The jmiIIco are Investigating. She lives at 1)12 Federal street. Alice Monroe, Five, Last Seen Under Bridge Talking to Man Who Gave Her Candy SLAIN MAY HAVE. BEEN Camden police nre senrchltur for Alice Monroe, live ears old. daughter of Ira Monroe, a huckster. !M2 Federal street, who is believed to have been cither kidnapped or murdered. She was last seen under a railroad bridge near Warren and Wright avenues, talking with n mnn who was, giving her candy. .John Kilnter, n city detective, ns .. d today he be - lieved the girl hns heen kidnapped. Kvl- dence Is difficult to get and dccrip- tlons nre lacking in details because the only witnesses are thlldrcn. Alice, with her little brother. left their home early yesterday to gather wood in the rear of the Hattery II Ar- mory on bright avenue. After some time tho boy returned nnd told his mother he hnd left Alice with a little girl neighbor. When this little girl came back she told Mrs. Monroe she FEAR CAMDEN TOT WA KIDNAPPED lin.l Tnft ll.m tllL-l.lf. . i,l. n ..,... n ..nt. 'i"or i1,,p ago nnd very prettv. When sliej I left home she was wearing a plaid j ""' "" "V." , , T, ""'c, """ " """ ie oniy guarantee tlint lie can under tho railroad bridge. She said the, accept will be a guarantee of complete man was giving the tot candy and that separation is voiced bv the Dally Ex 2 Alice called for her to come back, but press, which adds: "We believe a war she refused. will yet be found to secure to Ireland The neighborhood where Alice wns the liberty ami freedom within this last seen Is more or les of nn isolated Empire that will insure" her every one in the rear of sevcrn' large in-, measure of prosperity nnd development dustrlal plnnts and it would be an ideal to which she nspircs ns 11 self-gover-spnt for nn abductor to do Ids work, j ing dominion." Alice hnd blue eyes, blonde hnlr tinilj was of fair complexion. She was Innre Crave for Settlement dress and apron r.uil was barefooted. lermine the matter." remarked the LDaily Telegruph. "the Hritlsh Govern- SHEDS NICKELS AS HE nUUSZVTx City Hall Guard's Vigilance Forces! prl! 'conferVnt'th'a sttne'nV tile Thief to Flight Minus Phone Loot ' rutry is craving. We shall see how The vigilnnee of Citv Hnll Guard IT I ootli ami the polite believe that tin tlnet thought this would drown tho noise of the hammer he us(.,i to smash the coinbox. ' . rn, 1 nvi4v i- uui iiuiif I1IMI IMP I ' CATCH ALLEGED JAILBREAKER1 Milton Solomon, who is aid to have Attack Youth and Loot Cash Reg broken jail in Columbus, o. ),, month, , t , Charge is i.mlei- ariest lieie 011 a eliarge of vio- ,. ,, , "';ac latins the Mann ait He U uceused nl .' ''','.';'" .""',! ,,,,,rcd the workrooms lir aging two seventeen-venr-old uirls 110111 vv i-m irginia 10 tills cltj reeentlj Solomon was an ested here last week tin a charge of impersonating n policeman. 7 MEN, 2 WOMEN NABBED Callowhlll Street Ice Cream Parlor) Raided Hold Proprietor I ,','.,!,h !H'Jt "iK.ht ''" I'"."''" the Twen- tieth and Huttonwood streets station letier written to .Mnvor Moore bv mothers of several .voting girls is snld1 b.v po'lce to have cuused the wild ltiiblltuito D.tn.ilii i.lm. I .. l.i t ;" --......., MI..SVM iin neing proprietor of the plnce. wns helil In .S00 bull for court by Magistrate Car ney nt o hearing this morning. Samuel iV.i rn'",,'U' bt" t,H awM"nt, wan lined SIJ.WJ. Th other people wero ills- L-uuriji-ii, PRICE TWO CENTS DOOR WIDE OPEN FOR IRISH PEACE LONDON BELIEVES Message of Lloyd George Ha Smoothed Way for Accept ance of Parley Plan DE VALERA MAY DECLINE TO SERVE AS DELEGATE lly the Associated Pi ess London, Sept. I). Sinn Fein Ire lnnd is called upon to state whether Itsf demnnds upon the Hritlsh Government contemplate separation from Grcnt Ilrltain. according to the view of news papers here. The text of the reply of the Hritlsh Cabinet to Enmon tie Vnlera's latent note, made public last night, was con sidered as a demand for n dcflnita reply from the Irish Republican lender, and a plain declaration that the writing f notes between Dublin and London cannot be continued. It was be'lcved thnt Prime Minister 1 L'oyd George hnd smoothed the way foe an acceptance by Do Vnlcrn and his col- ?JW $ UCZC1Z reply to De v nlcru was prominently displayed In the papers here today and the opinion I was gencrnilj expressed that tne Uov- ornment bod gone as far as possible. Therc was considerable speculation as I lo the nature of De Vn'era's reply to , the note, nnd much advice was given him by the various journals. Hash Given for Discussion "It Is Impossible to sny," snld tho Daily News, "that the present noto asks an.v thing whatever of Ire'and that is not freely conceded bj Australia, Canada nnd the ruling mnjority of South Africa. This tuny not be the basis (or an agreement, but it nppenrs monstrous to sny it is not the basis 1 for n discussion." The Daily Chronicle says thnt in thu answer they send to London De Vnlcra nd bis rlends must decide "whether j they nie for or ngainst a settlement." "They will do well." the newspaper continued, "to clear their minds of any idea thnt because the Government has preferred the soft nnsvver that turn. nwny wrath, It will yield in any dcjrree, on the fundamental issue of unity within the Empire." i-mtitit wiiethcr De Vnlcrn will reply I !.. .1.- - .... "If the enrnest desire of nil but a fraction of Southein jrvmnd could de- 1 ....... V" , n,crn an ." colleagues are 'unt.nuril on I'.urr ScNentrrn. Column One PICKETS ENTER FACTORY, FORCE 12 WORKERS TO OIMT , " lsnroi . 3pecter, garment iiiiiMTP, ill ii'-. iuii e stieet, at 110011 tmljj and compelled n dozen employes to stop work. It is also ehm-ifeil thev looted the cash drawer of SK17 At that hour members of the Ann and the foreman were at lunch and tho establishment wns in dmrge of Louis Specter e'ghteen, n nephew of one of tho proprietors. Wheii the boy at tempted tn use the telephone to summon help he wns pinioned and held by two of the men nnd his efforts to shout stopped bv a hand held over. his mouth. 1 The building at 102!) Race street in occupied bv the unices ami workroom!) of u number of dressmaking loncerm. It was evidently the intention f tbo men to stop work in the entiri Hid ing Thej went lirst to the Fnit nld Waist Compunj, on the seventh i. or of the building. Miss Lillian Mnser, twenty, an office worker, who lives nt 42", Mantua avenue, was ulono iu the otlice. She hnd seen the Wn coming up tho stnirvvii), and before thej reached tho lauding had closed and locked the door.) Tho men pounded nt the door nnd threatened MUs Maser with liana. Their throat and their nttempts to foico the door falling, they went down stairs to the place of Weisbrod & Spec ter. Three men hnve been nrrested, Thejr arc at Clt Hull awaiting a hearing. Register! Register! Last Chance Tomorrow Tomorrow is the last day. You lose your vote if you fall to appear at tho polling place and qualify. The registrars will sit at all the polling plan m in tho city from 7 A. M to 1 P. M. nnd from 4 P. M. to 10 P. M. tomorrow, Those who have not registered In the belief registration subjects thera to Jury service are In error." Jurors are not chosen from the registration lists. Fewer than 200,000 of the 700, 000 eligible men and women bars registered ! ' Jll 51 ll m ii ii i'j a u ' & 1 1 I I. m . iT t-JA i$pi--. ' 1 v , tii 1 n ' i r,' &i&iT&ffi ? "rim , 1 1 . IV.
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