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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

the opinion. representing the attorney
general, said that the fact that the Fed.
eral office holding members have resigned
would not qualify them to sit In the spe-
cial session.
He emphasized, however, that the
House alone was the Judge of It's roll
of members and that no tribunal could
question its acts. In explaining the
drafting of the opinion, Mr.. Ward told
the legislators that conference with
the State Judges had been hello and that
the reports embodied the unanimous views
OF ell members OF the bench.
Contests had been launched against
Speaker Holcomb and Representatives
Stoeckel and Mcdonald and Senator
Harris by Republicans, because OF minor
technicalties surrounding their rights to
serve Speaker Holcomb, secretary to
Senator Salisbury. Is secretary of the
senate Committee on Coast and 1nsular
Surveys Harris has been postmaster at
Ola scow, but resigned after his election;
the other Representatives had moved from
their election districts
The Attorney General and Code Com
missloners ruled that Speaker Holcomb' g
role In Washington could not be CON
strued as Federal position, but that he
was merely holding an outside office.
The committee which VIII decide
whether Cooper and Swan should forfeit
their seats is composed OF Representatives
Mooney, owens, Hammond, Grantland and
Poole The first three are Democrats and
the latter Republicans.
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PENROSE IGNORED
BY THE REPUBLICANS
OF CHESTER COUNTY
Only Enthusiasm at Commit
tee Meeting Evoked by
Mention of Brumbaugh and
Announcement of Intended
Visit.

WEST CHESTER, Sept. 30.-Senatol
Penrose cannot but feel that something
has gone wrong when he learns that the
county Republican Executive Commit
tee, at its meeting here yesterday, for
got to adopt resolutions in behalf of his
candidacy and proclaim the great service
he has performed for the nation, as has
always been the custom of the commit
tee when in session in the past.
When one of the committeeman hnted
sotto voice that a resolution be adopted
pedging the Senator the support of Ches.
ter County Republicans. he was quietly
told that there would be no resolution
offered
In the meeting room there is a large
portrait of Doctor Brumbaugh. and also
one of Mr.. Penrose, At the close of the
proceedings, a large group took a stand
before the formers portrait and said nice
things of him. telling each other what
ing that the Doctor got the full votes
of their respective precincts. The
portrait of Penrose was unnoticed.
Larry Eyre always head and front of
meetings of the County Committee, was
present. and in few words. fewer than
he has ever known to utter on such oc-
casions before, pointed to the great vic
tory in store for the C. o. p and urged
every member to activity from now until
the election. There was some applause
on his rallying note, but it wasn't of the
whole-souled order that was once heard
in the committee, when Mr.. Eyre called
the faithful to the party colors.
The meeting was decidedly short in en-
thusiasm. aside from warm feeling for
Doctor Brumbaugh. Chairman Fred Mac
Donald announced that Doctor Brum-
baugh would come into the county be-
tween now and the close of the cam
paign and he would speak at several
places. and this announcement was met
with real applause.
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WASHINGTON HOPEFUL
Bryan Thinks Prospects for Settle
ment Better Than Ever.

Bryan Thinks Prospects for Settle
ment Better Than Ever.
WASHINGTON. Sept. SO.-Advices from
Mexico City and Chihuahua, General
Villas headquarters, brought assurances
to the Washington Administration that
the conference at Torreon today between
Villa and representatives of Provisional
President Carranza would avert the up
heaval in Mexico threatened by Villas
declaration Of independence and bring
pence at last to the republic
Dispatches from Mexico carried the
news that Villa, on his way to meet the
ENJOYS of Carranza. had declared that
everything is working satisfactorily,
and that peace soon would be established
This information caused Secretary Bryan
and other administration officials to de-
clare the prospects for the end of strife
in Mexico were brighter than ever
1t was expected by the Washington
Government that the conference would
agree on a Provisional President-prob-
ably Fernando Iglcsias Calderon-so
that his name could be placed before
the convention soon TO be held in Mex
leo City to set up new Government for
the country.
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DEMOCRATS GAIN
POINT IN DELAWARE
LEGISLATIVE MIXUP
Four Members Declared Eli
gible to Sit in Assembly.
House to Decide Status of
Two Others.

DOVER, Del, Sept. 3O-Attorney Gem
mlssoners Herbert II. Ward and 4. Bay
ard Heisel. to whom was referred the
question of eligibility of six members
to sit In the special session, today sub
mitted report to the General Assembly.
They declared that no technicalities
surrounded the right to sit of Senator
Harris and Representatives Mcdonald and
Stoeckel, and Speaker Holcomb.
In the cases of Representatives Cooper
and Swan, who are charged with being
dual officeholders, they reported that there
was doubt, but that the House, under
the Constitution, was the judge of the
eligibility of its members.
After an hours skirmshing between
the Democrats and Republicans, the eigi-
billty of Representatives Cooper and Swan
was referred to q committee of five. The
Democrats control the committee.
Representative Cooper, of Wilmington
resigned on Monday as inspector of drugs
and chemicals in the Philadelphia Gus
tom House.
Representative Swan Is postmaster at
Delaware City. Although he had in
formed legislators of both parties as late
as last night that he did not intend to
resign, Speaker Holcomb announced that
he had seen Mr. Swans resignation Mr..
Swan did not attend the session today.
Representatives Swan and Cooper are
Democrats Should the committee of five
to whom their eligibility was submitted
throw the matter to a vote in the House,
the Democrats could seat the two by a
majority Of five votes
Ex-Attorney- General Ward, who read
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OLD GUARD ASKS
FEDERAL employees
FOR CAMPAIGN AID
Letters From Democratic
City Committee Viewed
With Suspicion as Product
of Bipartisan Machine.

Federal employees In this city believe
that secret investigation to determine
the political afiliation of every person
employed in the various Federal de-
partments here is being conducted by
agents from Washington. There is lit
tie possibility, however, of the results
of the investigation being made public,
the employees say. since one OF the first
things that will be uncovered will be
the attempts of the "Old Guard" Demo-
cratic City Committee to levy political
assessments upon the Federal employees.
Letters requesting substantial and
prompt contributions to the Democratic
campaign fund have been received by
nearly all the employees in the Postoffice.
the Custom House and the Internal
Revenue departments within the last
two weeks. The letters state that the
City Committee is the legally constituted
organization OF the Democratic party in
Philadelphia.
Despite the force OF their declara-
ton" said one OF the Postoffice en-
ployes this afternoon. we have not for
gotten threats made by the Legally con-
stituted City Commttee;' when Ryan
lost the nomination for Governor. We
feel that to contribute to the bipartisan
City Committee would be about the same
as to hind the money to Penrose The
two have worked hand in hand before
and we will have TO see very conclusive
proof before we will believe that the
City Committee and Penrose are not
secretly allied in this campaign.
THE one sentence in the letter, the
committee is the legally constituted
organization of the party in this city,
may delude a few of the Federal en-
rloyes into making contributions to PEN
rose, but that number will be few"
The letters are signed by B, Gordon
Bromley, as chairman OF the committee;
John O'Donnell, as chairman of the Organ
ization Committee, and Edward F. Bennis,
as treasurer.
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MAN WANTED FOR MURDER
MYSTERIOUSLY SLIPS AWAY
City Hall Detectives Wonder What
Has Become of an Alleged Suspect.

A man wanted for murder and said to
have been captured by detectives of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Com
psny has mysteriously disappeared while
en- route from Twelfth and Market streets
10 City Hall, and, according to informa-
tion received at the railroad detectiy e's
office, the only person who can tell OF
his whereabouts I'm the president of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
Some time late last night or early this
morning the official in charge of De-
teetlye Headquarters in City Hall got a
phone call Said a voice:
81 am a detective of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway, and ! have a man
wanted for murder who was arrested
AT the Reading Terminal a few moments
ago while in the act of boarding a train
What shall l do with him?"
Bring him up here" was the reply
Later the City Hall men looked at
their watches. Strange that fellow
doesn't show up" they said Wonder
what is keeping him?" Stnl later a dis
appointed Reception Committee decided
the alleged murderer must be still at
large.
Inquiries at the railroad company's Of
nces as to what had become OF the man
Eaid TO have been captured were an
sWered with the reply:
The president OF the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Is the only person wh"
San tell anything"
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PALMER WILL ASK
. SENATE PROBE OF
PENROSE FUND
Nominee and Congressman
Kelly and Walters to Ap-
pear Before Committee in
Behalf of Norris Resolu-
ton.
trroM our STAFF conRrspospENr.1

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O-Represerta
tive A. Mitchell Palmer, Democratic
nominee for United States Senator in
Pennsylvania, is to appear before the
Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions on Monday to urge favorable ac-
tion on the Norris resolution. This an
Houncement was made today by Senator
Kern, after he had failed to get together
quorum for a meeting of the commit
tee this morning.
Two Washington party Congressman,
Kelly and Walters, appeared at the
committee room this morning to testify
as to the expenditures of Boies Penrose
in the Pennsylvania primary Failure
OF : sufficient number of the members
to attend the meeting, however, made 1t
necessary for Chairman Kern to an
nounce a recess until Monday, at 10
o'clock, when Messrs. Kelly and Wal
ters will be heard.
Despite the strong opposition of the
Old Guard of the Senate to the Norris
resolution, which provides for an inyes-
tigation Of the Pennsylvania and Illi-
lnois senatorial primaries, Senator Clapp
and other advocates are now more
hopeful that the resolution will be fa-
|vorably reported and that the Senate
will order the Investigations.
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VANCE MCCORMICK PAYS
UNHERALDED VISIT TO CITY
Calls at Headquarters of Washington
Party Where He Is Not Recognized.

Party Where He Is Not Recognized.
Unheralded and apparently unexpected
Vance c. Mccormick, Democratic nominee
for Governor, who was recently indorsed
by the State Committee of the Wash
ington party, stepped into the State
Headquarters of the Washington party,
ON the twelfth floor of the Real Estate
Trust Building, this afternoon and in
quired for A, Nevin DIETRICH. Washing
ton party State Chairman.
A stenographer, failing to recognize Mr..
Mccormick. asked:
And what is you business with Mr..
Detrich?"
The explanation that the visitor was
the candidate whom the Washington
party was supporting for Governor
brought an apology from the worried
stenographer and also the Information
that Mr. DIETRICH was "out TO lunch"
Mr.. Mccormick said that he would he
back later in the afternoon TO see Mr.
DIETRICH. The nature of the business
which brought him to PHILADELPHIA SD
suddenly and the matters which mig ht
be discussed In the Conference" with
the Washington party State Chairman
MIR, Mccormick declined to state.
He seemed very reticent, aud only
stated that he had arrived here from
Harrisburg shortly after noon TODAY and
that he would leave for Pittsburgh about
4 o'clock this afternoon Regarding his
prospects of election. he expressed him
self as confident The whols tIcket too
yill re elected" he said.
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baptist CHURCHMEN
RAP LIQUOR CANDIDATES
Strongly Oppose All Who Will Not
Pledge Opposition to Liquor.


I'VE declare we will oppose by our
votes at the polls the election of any
Governor, Senator, Representative, Con-
gresham or seeker after public Office
whosoever will not pledge himself in ad-
vance to unalterable opposition to the
liquor interests and who will not de-
clare emphatically that, If elected. he
will strive for it's overthrowal."
Such was the resolution passed this
morning without dissenting vote by
800 delegates to a meeting of the North
Philadelphia Association of Baptist
Churches, representing AZ churches and
10000 church members. The resolution
was adopted as part of the report of
the Temperance Committee.
f"Furthermore," the resolution read,
I'VE declare that any one who supports
by his voice or vote any one WHO Is
known as the candidate of the liquor
interests. or who by his nonpartIcipa-
tion allows such a one to be elected
without his protest. lacks the high ideals
of citizenship, and Is in fact an ally of
the forces of immortality and an enemy
of the church and State, and unworthy
of a place In the Baptist brotherhood"
THE meeting of the association mark
ing it's 57th anniversary, wa- held in the
Fairhill Baptist Church, Lehigh avenue
above Sixth street
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AINEY OUT FOR BRUMBAUGH
Washington Party Congressman
Says His Candidacy Solidifies
Republicans.

Congressman w. d. B. Ainey. of Mont
rose. Susquehanna County, who was elect
ed to the National House of Representa-
tives oil the Washington party ticket in
a letter to DIR. Martin C. Grumbaugh to-
day. expressed great satisfaction over his
nomination as the Republican nominee
for Governor and declared his candidacy
would do much toward solidifyng the
Republican party in Pennsylvania
The prediction that DIR. Brumbaugh
will be elected by n tremendous major
ity in November is made in letter to
DIR. Brumbaugh from Professor Homer
+. Dilworth. of the MillersvilIe State
Normal School. The scholarly attain
ments of Or. Brumbaugh. his contrbu-
tions to the cause of education and his
worthy appeal to the citizens of Penn
sylvania, Professor Dlworth declares,
will insure his success.
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DELAWARE DEMOCRATS
IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
Their Votes Causing FURRY Among
Politicians as to Intent,


Politicians as to Intent.
WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. 30.--Did the
Democrats who voted at the Republican
primaries and assisted in nominating the
legislative candidates in a number OF
districts intend to vote for them In the
election, or was there trick In It? This
is the question which is now agitatins
some of the Republicans, and they have
not found an answer. It is known that
in this city large number OF Demo-
Gratis either voted or attempted to vote
at the primaries in certain districts. In
one district the vote Of one Democrat
was challenged, and there came near be-
ing trouble
In some Of the country districts 1t Is
alleged the same thing occurred and some
declare that the wet" people went be-
hind the Democrats and assisted in maxi
ing the nominations. Some Republicans
are inclined to think the thing was a
are tired of their own party on account
of the hard times and Intend to vote the
Republican ticket. For that reason they
took part in the Republican primaries.
Under the primary election laws of this
State man who registers within cer-
tain time has right to vote at the prt-
mares which he chooses but cannot vote
at more than one primary. This year
the Democrats had comparatively few
contests for county offices and for men,
bers of the Legislature, and 1t Is this
which causes the doubt.
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POLITICS HOLDING
CENTRE OF STAGE
TODAY IN MICHIGAN
Fall Convention of Demo-
Gratis, Republicans an d
Progressives Assemble to
Make Nominations.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 30.--Politics held
the centre of the stage in Michigan today
when the fall conventions Of the three big
political parties-Democratic, Republican
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES The Demo-
Gratis held their sessions here, the @. o..
P. forces met in Kalamazoo, while the
Bull Moosers held forth at Bay City.
Each party was to make its nomna-
tions for the offices of Secretary of State.
Auditor General Attorney General, State
Treasurer and State Land Commissioners,
in addition to selecting new State central
committeeman and drafting platforms.
Interest centered in the Democratic con-
ventlons, where the long standing feud
between the "Wilson-Democrats" and the
wood-shields faction threatened trouble.
State Chairman Shields declared early to-
day that the Organization wing would
be in complete control. although the Pro
gressves" promised to make a last-ditch
fight for the seating of their contesting
delegation from Wayne (DetroiD. Cal
houn and Delta Counties. Success in this
fight would give them control of the
convention and subsequent control of the
party organization in Michigan.
There was every indication that the
Republican gathering in Kalamazoo
would be serene and peaceful The one
chance of a serious clash apparently
rested in the possibility that Chase S.
Osborn, the nominee for Governor and
the party leaders might not agree on
platform planks. Osborn several months
ago went on record as favoring the
recall of judicial decisions, but when
this issue threatened to stir UP internal
strife in the party. he announced that
he would make no effort to dictate his
radical views into the party platform
Contests for places on the various
party tickets were comparatively few
and mostly unimportant.
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ELECTION PROBE REFUSED
Judge Johnson Dismisses Delaware
County Grand Jury's Information.

MEDIA, Pa, Sept. 3O.-Judge Johnson
late yesterday afternoon refused to
permit the Delaware County Grand Jury
to probe alleged election frauds in the
Sixth Ward, Chester. The Grand Jury
came before the courts with information
that 1t had been furnished affidavits that
a chain system had been worked In the
Sixth Ward, Chester. That is to say,
the first voter would go into booth with
blank ballot which he would deposit
In the ballot box The legal ballot he
would take away and this would be
marked for the next voter, who in turn
retained the official ballot handed him.
In this way ballots of many voters could
be illegally marked.
In refusing to allow the Grand Jury to
investigate, Judge johnson said:
Under the law members consider only
such matters as are regularly brought
before 1t or which come within the per-
sonal knowledge of the MEMBERS
The Grand Jury then submitted its re-
port and was discharged for the term.
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THINKS JURY WILL FREE HER
Actors Wife Expects Acquital on
Murder Charge.

HACKENSACK. N. j., Sept 3O-Mrs.
Alice l.. Seaton, accused of the murder
of her husband, Frederick r. Seaton, an
actor. at their home here, expects to be
freed before noon today by the jury which
is hearing the case, The case is expected
to so to the jury shortly after court
conYenes.
she told OF her husbands affairs" with
other women. she thinks will win her her
freedom. She told the jury that her hus-
band forced her to drink whisky on the
day he was killed until she was so drunk
that she did not know what happened.
She said she never heard the fatal shots
fired.
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BETTER TRAIN SERVICE
PROMISED WEST CHESTER
Pennsylvania Railroad Heeds Protest
of Citizens Committee.

As result of protest made to officials
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad by a COM
mittee representing commuters of West
Chester against the action of the rail-
road in reducing the number of trains
from this city to West Chester from 10
TO per day, which went into effect on
September 10. the Pennsylvania Railroad
has decided to make certain changes in
running of trains to afford West Chester
better service. effective October 4,
Three trains which formerly only went
as far as Paoli will be extended to West
Chester. There trains leave Broad Street
Station at 4:l5. S:45 and 1l:O5 p, m. Under
the new schedule these trains will ar
rive In West Chester as follows: $40
1910 and 1890 p. m. Trains arriving in
this city s:49 a. m. weekdays, 12:i5 a m.
except Mondays. and S:l5 a. m. Sun
days, will run from West Chester, leav-
ing 1888 a. M, 1886 p. m. weekdays. and
656 a. m. Sundays.
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COLOR LINE AT CORNELL
Mother of Negro Girl Student Alleges
Discourtesy.

ITHACA, n. Y, Sept. SO.-An alleged
attempt to draw the color line against
her daughter, Miss Adelaide Cook, a
Cornell frst-year student, has caused
Mrs. Catherine Charles c. Cook, we'll
to-do colored woman of Washington, to
file protest with President schurman
and to appeal to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People,
of which Henry Willard, of New York,
Is president
Mrs Cook says five white girl students
from the South have created a situation
unpleasant for her daughter in Sage Hall
a dormitory. These girls she says de-
mand that Miss Cook and another col
ored student be barred from the dormi-
tory, but such action the authorities re-
fused to take. Mrs. Cook now fears
that an effort will be made to segregate
her daughter. and she proposes to fight
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PENR0SEISM NEAR END
Roosevelt Tells Ohio Audience People
Will Eradicate Evil.

4 TOLEDO, O., Sept. 3O.-Colonel Roose-
zyelt in an address here last night said
<men Of the stripe of Penrose and Lorimer
were going to be completely eradicated
from public life in this Government
'through the will Of the rising people. The
DAY when the back rooms of saloons are
the conference chambers for the old
political machine parties is also nearing
IN end. he said.
The defeat Of woman suffrage In
michigan last year the Colonel at
ttributed wholly to the work of the
,saloonmen against 1t. Every saloon
There" he said, was used as head
quarters against woman suffrage" He
fprophesied the success of the woman suf-
'frage movement in Michigan this year.
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FISHERIES BODY MEETS
Society Opens It's Sessions in Capital
CITY.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3O-The 44th an
nual meeting of the American Fisheries
Society was opened here today, and will
remain In session until October 3. WASH
ington was selected in lieu of New Or
leans, where II had been originally
planned to hold the meetings.
The Committee of Arrangements con-
sisted OF the following: H. NJ. Smith.
chief of the Bureau of Fisheries, chair
man; Major Richard Sylvester, Irving II.
Dunlap. Walter S. Harlan; Robert S.
Johnson. Theodore s. Johnson, Theodore
s. Plamer and w. c. Ravenal, who have
accomplished all that was possible to
make the stay in the capital of the visit
Ing delegates a pleasant one and the
meeting a success.