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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
NO SUCCESSOR TO NEARING
List of New Penn Instructors Names
No One in ousted Teachers
Place

No successor to DR.. Scott Nearing dis
missed by the University of Pennsyl-
vania Board OF Trustees from the assist
ant professorship of political economy in
tho Wharton School of the University,
has been named by Provost Edgar Fahs
Smith in list of nine professors and
assistant professors added to the faculty.
William Draper Lewis, former dean OF
the law school, will be a professor In that
department this term and will resume
his courses on corporations and equity
trust. Doctor Lewis resigned last year
to become Progressive candidate for
Governor. He lost. ..
Two of the new professors will become
members of the faculty of the School of
Education, five of the college. one of the
Graduate School and one of the Law
School. Minor faculty changes will be
announced September a. Ordinarily
there are from 80 to 80 changes a year in
the corps OF instructors, lecturers and
demonstrators.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
STATE HARDwAREM MEN
BEGIN SESSIONS HERE
Thirty Delegates Meet Phila-
delphians in Manufac-
turers' Club

Thirty delegates 10 the annual meeting
OF the Pennsylvania Wholesale Hardware
and Supply Association met today at
the Manufacturers Club in joint execu'
tive session with the Hardware Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
OF Philadelphia, which will act as host
20 the visitors during the two-day meet.
ing. The opening session was presided
over by Richard M. Reilly, OF Reading
president OF the State association.
A luncheon at the club rendered by the
Philadelphia association will be followed
by an automobile ride through Fairmount
Park. dinner and reception to both
associations will be given tonight by Il.
James Fernley. secretary-treasurer OF the
Philadelphia organization. at his home.
1910 Wayne avenue, Germantown.
A tour OF the big manufacturing and
hardware plants in the city will be made
tomorrow morning. Among those to be
visited are the plants OF Henry Disston
q Son. Fayette r. Plumb, Inc, North
Brothers Manufacturing Company, Miller
Lock Company. Enterprise Manufactur-
ing Company and Supplee- Biddle Hard
ware Company. Luncheon will be served
by the Miller Lock Company.
a dinner tomorrow night at the Manu-
facturers' Club will be rendered by the
Hardware Merchants and Manufacturers
Association of Philadelphia, with Charles
y. Tryon, its president, a. toastmaster.
The other officers Of the Philadelphia as
ISOLATION are Fayette r. Plumb, vice
president, and Mr.. Fernley, secretary
treasurer The officers OF the State assoc
clation are Mr.. Reilly, president; G. II.
Bright, Of Reading, first vice president;
y. f. Morgan. OF Wilkes-Barre, second
vice president; +. H. Holm, secretary.
and George ID. Krause, of Lebanon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
FIRE ENGINES CRASH
STREET CORNER;
DRIVER BADLY HURT
One Piece Of Apparatus Side
swipes and 0verturns Other
Seeking to Avoid
Collision
MAN STRAPPED TO SEAT

A driver was injured today when two
Are engines coilided at bth ana Market
streets while they were responding to an
alarm.
The injured man. william Stewart, Of
Engine Company 80. at sth and Locust
streets. IL In the Hahnemann Hospital in
a serious condition.
Engine 81 was going north on bth street
and Engine 20. from 10th and Commerce
streets. east on Market in response to
the alarm from End and Arch streets.
AT the junction OF the two streets Stewart
swung Engine 30 into Market street to
avoid the collision. He was too late,
however Engine 20 sideswiped Stewards
engine and overturned H. stewart, lashed
20 his seat was unable 10 Jump and had
20 take the full force Of the fall. William
ouirk, the engineman, who was riding on
the platform behind, escaped uuhurt. I'm
gine 20 continued TO the fire without stop
ping and virtually without scratch
Passersby rushed to aid stewart He was
unstrapped from his seat and taken to
the Hahnemann Hospital IN a passing
automobile in an unconscious condition.
Tho engine was a total wreck
stewart lives at 1877 Passyunk avenue.
His wife is III, and the news OF the acci-
dent Is being kept from her. At the
uahnemann Hospital II was said the ex-
tent OF the drivers injuries was not
known. No broken bones were found, but
N Is believed his skull may have been
fractured.
Tho fire was in the store and plant OF
tho A. c. Colburn Company, at 1iO North
I'd street The company deals in mustard
and spices. The blaze started in the rear
Of the cellar. supposedly from spontane-
Gus combustion due to the heat among
spices stored there. While not a serious
blaze. the smoke arose from II in great
clouds and hampered the iremen in their
agh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
CONSUMPTION MUST
:. COME, BRITISH HEAR
Parliament Told by Member
From Front That More Men
- Are Necessary

q LONDON, Sept. l6.
A. II. Lee, a Unionlst member OF Par
lament. who has just returned from
the front, addressed the House OF Conn
mons this afternoon. declaring that con-
ecriptiou Is absolutely necessary.
we are now holding one-seventh OF
the battle line In the western theatre
bun the necessary number OF men TO
prosecute the war successfully cannot be
obtained under the present system de-
clared Mr.. Lee.
A warning against conscriptlon was
sounded in the House today by ]. H.
Thomas. representative OF the Labor
party, who said In speech:
transcription will be followed by a revo-
iutiou. All members Of trade unions are
opposed TO H."
Premier Asquith announced that the
budget would be introduced next Tues
day
The consolidated fund bill will be up
for second reading on Wednesday.
Thefc was well-dehned impression in
London today that Lord Kitchener
speech. declaring the German army had
about shot its bolt" had not received
the complete Endorsement OF his col
leakues IL is we'll understood that GER
tain members OF the Cabinet are bitterly
opposed TO conscription and dislike any
Optimistic official utterances that might
tend to discourage voluntary enlistment.
Premier Aaquith summoned all the Min
! .his. Of the Cabinet into session today
! ,st,re Parliament convened. The meet
.ng Ja ted two hours. but Lord Kitchener
left be- ore the session ended.
Up to the time that members Of Parlia-
meat met no announcement was made
as 10 the reason for the special Cabinet
MEETING or the length of its session was
forthcoming, but II was rumored In the
House of Commons that conscription was
the chief topic of discussion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
SLAVS WIN IN SOUTH;
GERMANS TAKE PINSK



nofth TO the Baltic the situation was de-
scelbed as most optimistic In today's off,
ciaf dispatches. The Germans southeast
OF Riga appear to have been brought to a
halt
The Austro-German defeat south OF the
Pripet marshes and in eastern Galicia is
described by Russian military experts as
a complete rout.
All the way from the Pripet marshes,
east Of Brest Litovsk 10 the Dniester
River the Russians are hammering at
the right wing Of the German and Aus
ro-Hunparian forces, and at some points
the Teutonic troops are In preclpitate
retreat.
Terrific assaults are being launched by
the Russians against the northern and
southern fianks OF the Teutonic right
wing. Austro- Hungarian troops that ar
rived east OF Kovel are falling back be-
fore the pounding OF the Russian cav
airy. A number OF villages have been
token BY the Slav forces.
Northeast of DubnO strong positions
held by the Austro-German forces have
been taken at the point OF the bayonet.
West, and southwest OF Tarnopol, Ga
licia. the Teutons have been hurled across
the stripa River.
Operations In central and northern
Poland we're regarded as OF secondary
importance in view OF the successful
achievements Of the Russians over the
feo-miie front south OF the Pripet
marshes.
A. a result OF the Russian advance In
0alicia. the Red Cross station at Kiev
has been moved to Makarow. 80 miles
west Of Kiev
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
SENATOR WEEKS MAY
BE OUT FOR PRESIDENT
New Englapder, in This City,
Says His Candidacy DE
pends on Conditions"

John w. Weeks United States Senator
from Massachusetts. today explained at
the Bellevue-Stratford his position as to
HIS possible candidacy for President Of
the United States.
"The talk OF me as a candidate did
not originate at all with me-" the big
statesman declared II am doing the
things that seem desirable at this stage
OF the 1916 campaign.
whether l shall be candidate later
depends on conditions as they develop"
Asked to outline the issues upon which
the Republican party ought to base its
fight for victory at the next national
election. Senator Weeks said:
The Republican party ought to advo-
cate:
First A protective tariff.
Second. A reasonable preparation for
national defense. based on conditions
that have developed during the European
war.
Third. A general policy of encourag T.
ing individual effort and the protection
OF business enterprises, and as far as
possible taking the government out of
business and limiting its restrictive and
coercive policies.
a
marine and the opposing OF any attempt
TO put the Government into the ocean
transportation business as proposed by
the present Administration"
Senator Weeks declared the chances for
winning at the polls In the coming cam
paign look excellent for the Repub-
licans.
The Democratic legislation has very
largely failed to carry out the claims
made for II both during the campaign
and at the time its laws were passed .
the Senator said This especially applio.
to the tariff bill, which has not reduced
the cost of living; has not stimulated
foreign trade, and has been the poorest
revenue-producing tariff legislation we
have had since the Civil War"
As for the chances OF a reunion he
tween the Republican and Progressive
forces he indicated that many who voted
tho Progressive ticket in 1912 are return
ing to the fold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
PORTER PLEDGES WAR ~
AGAINST THE BOSSES
His Mayoralty Platform Makes
Issue of Rule of Municipal
Contractors

The mayoralty platform Of Ditec,or
George ID. Porter was enthusiasticaliv r.
ceived IN Independent political circles To-
day. Its chief plank Is a pledge OF on
position to the control OF or partIcipatIon
In city government. by political contract.
ors. OF the control OF the city govern
mont by contractor rule. Director Porter
says:
"The liberation OF such an iniuuftv ba.
hurt the Republican party IN the nation
and hurt the Republicans of Pennay1va-
MIA In the councils Of their party. Il has
been milestone around our necks. Hs
continuance is an issue due solely TO the
money greed OF two men," F
Pursuing the policy OF opposition ID
municipal contractors administration. Dl-
rector Porter declares smaller Councils
would be less unwieidy and better
calculated to conduct business efficiently
To accomplish the same end, the indie
pendent candidate asserts his antagonisrn
to the selection and stating of candidates
and the appointment OF public officials
by the municipal contra actors. f. "A
Director Porter puts himself on record
in vigorous terms as being willing 10
work to accomplish the projects he sum
ports and to oppose with militant aegres.
sion the schemes and systems he de.
nounces. rs,
The whole platform deals with plana
10 suppress and eventually root out gang
rule from Philadelphia. To further this
plan, Director Porter advocates the re.
moval of the budget recommended
power from the trickery OF Councils
Finance Committee. This is In line with
the step taken in New York to draw
the teeth of corrupt Board of Alder
men by vesting the power 70 disburse
city funds in an upright and intelligent
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Director Porter believes Blockley should
be rebuilt without paying tribute to an
architect" w -..'.
He wants more Fairgrounds.
The city should clean Its streets by its
own employees, he believes. - ..
Director Porter advocates the employ
ment of American workmen on all mu-
nicipal work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
Men Accused of Conducting Pool

Five dollars changed John Stulgrager's
opinion of gambling. Stulgrager, who
lives at S99 North 45th street, the police
say, entered n baseball pool with several
ow-workmen at the Standard Roller
Bearing Works at 18th and Merton
streets. The first prize of SIS was won
by two others besides himself making
his share of the prize IS. Stulgrager
failed to get his IS and complained TO the
police. Martin j. Swartzman, age %, 5O6g
Reno street. a fellow-employe OF Stul-
grager at the works, and James S.
Humphries, 1915 South Chadwick street,
were arrested and held in $500 bail for
further hearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
OFFENSTVA AUSTRIACA
SU TUTT0 IL FRONTE
DELL'ADIGE- -ISONZO
ii Nemico, Rinforzato Con
Truppe della Galizia, Attacca
lnvano lie Posizioni Occupate
dal Generate Cadorna
'NUTILE RAID AVIATORIO
ROMA. IS settembre.

ROhAt 10 SettemDFe.
IL seguente rapporto del generate
Cadorna fu pubbllcato ieri sera mel COM
muncato unioiale del Mnistcro della
Guerra
III nemico, che viene costantemente
rinforzato In misura considerevole
cerco' In parecchi punti di esercitare
pressione sulle nostre linee mediante at
tacchi dl tanteria preceduti ed accom-
pagnati da vioenta azione di artigleria
Questl sforzi pero' sono stati vani e gil
attacchi sono stati tutti respinti dale
nostre truppe. Simil attacchi 81 ebbero
nella Vale del Popena, ad Ansiei lungo
la cresta delle Alpi Carniche, nellalta
vale del Degano ed ALA testata del
Chiarso.
"Aeroplani nemici sono apparsl nellie
vallate di Tolmezzo. dl Plezzo di Capo-
retto. Un'altra squadriglia tento' un raid
su Udine. ma, attaccata dai nostri aero
plan lcggcri, fu respinta inseguita sino
al Carso.
"Alcuni Accompaniment nemici a Ma
bresina ed n Komen sono stati efficace-
mente bombardat dai nostri aeroplani."
e dunque la prfma volta dacche'
iltalia dichtaro guerra alfAustria che
gil austriaci prendono roffensiva dopo
aver ricevuto considerevoli rinforzi dal
fronte della Gallzia della Russia, ma
questa prima offensiva austriaca 81
spunta contro la soliditR' delle posizioni
conquistate e preparate dale truppe itali-
ane, la chi lodevole abitudine O. duella
di non avanzare piu' oltre sc prima non
hanno fortiiicato, COST da non dover
temere sorprese, le posizioni occupate di
gia'.
Il questo non solo per evitare di
doverle abbandonare in seguito ad un at
tacco del nemico, ma anche per avere un
solido punto d. appoggio per Ia ripresa
della marcia in avanti e. da attenders
che gil austriaci faranno probabilmente
piu' grand sforzi mel Tirolo nellie vallate
del Trentino, ma cola lie posizioni italiane
sono tall da potter resistere a qualunuue
ritorno offensive del nemico. !-Gii italinnt
infatti occupano le sommita' delle mon
tagne ad di la del confine e dominano
per un buon tratto lie vallate che portano
in Italia, vallate che per gil austrlaci
hanno 10 svantaggio anche di essere di-
Vergenti. cioe' di allontanare 1 varii corpl
di invasione che vi ST avviassero, invece
di avvicinarli per portarli ad uno solo cd
a poohi punti.
Tn telegramma da Sofia, Bulgaria, dice
che ministri plenipotenzarii della
Quadruplice lntesa hanno presentato al
governo bulgaro una nuova nota circa n
punto di vista della Serbia per quanto
riguarda la quistione macedone
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
GERMANS CAPTURE PINSK,
WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCES
Field Marshal Mackensen's Forces
Take Strategic City

nERLIN. Sept. le.-The German forces,
under Field Marshal Won Mackensen,
have captured Pinsk, an official state
ment from the War onice announced
today.
The city was taken by the forces under
Field Marshal Mackensen, who have
pushed steadily eastward from Brest
Lltcysk since the fall Of the latter fort
reas Pinsk IL 100 miles east Of Brest
IAiovsk and Is only 30 miles west OF the
wilma RoTno railway line, toward which
fhe whole German line " now moving.
General Won Hindenburg has made
further important progress on the Riga
DNinsk line. Il was officiaily announced
dfifing the Fusslans 10 the east bank of
II| rHina. near Licyenhof. The slags
WITH great stubbornness. the War once
reported.
q 0fncial displatehes today contradicted
H1ssIan claims OF important gains In
GaiicIa II was stated that ON those sec
tors of the front where German divisions
are engaged every attack by the Slave
has broken down before terrinc artillery
fIf The Russians have suffered heavy
Losses 10 their attempt to beat In the
Ausffo~oerman right nank.
10 Announcing the capture Of Pinsk.
the War once stated that the Russians
who attempted 70 make a stand In the
marshes In that region broke front and
~ tired before Mackenseng attacks. The
IfIMans pierced the enemy's positionr -
several points and seized terr o.....,. 80
2. 14n the Pfipef and JasiQlda frt.' ~. Z
''c,.'. <seIeh surrounding e ,''< q = re n-
-[ 'fu1Ho the ~ -" rttt4n''n
ms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
GRAND JURY ACCUSES
MANY DOPE PEDDLERS
Seventeen, One a Woman, In
dicted, Despite Attack on
Laws Validity

seventeen men and one woman the
..oona within the last few weeks, were
indicted by the Federal Grand Jury TO-
day for having In their possession opium
cocaine. morphine and other habit-forin-
ing drugs IN violation OF the herr'sOh
anti-narcotio drug act
Aithough the act has been attacked
as unconstitutional by counsel LOT ~ ~.
Michael sussman, the revenue autnoIi.Ies ,es
win not abandon their crusade agalnst
done Thoy are confident the validity
of the law will be sustained, as II was
In the state OF washington recently Dr'
sussrnan is charged with perjury IN
making a false return to the Internal
Revenue Department OF drugs purohasea
by him between March l ana May r.
The act Is unconstitutional, the pnyS,-
clans lawyer argued, because "
police regulation, which is not "'thih 'ne
mower of Congress 10 enact -. 80
.rhe woman Indicted Is LILLIAN Rose, 10
vcars old She purchased from NICK
Melchior. niso under indictment. heroin'
which resulted In the death OF James
I,,,rns a sailor. Mary Wolf, who directed
the Rose girl to buy the drug from Mel-
chior is also under indictment both
eIrls are in Moyamensing Prison
Arrested Tuesday night oy hoNenue
agents and the police III lulu s',A
house on Wallace street near h'n, ao
William IIeffelfnger, drug clets, ~
years old. Of Franklin street near race,
yvas among those indicted by the Grand
jury today for having heroin In theH
possession.
The others indicted were John Ash, no
oddrsss. Horace Norton, I Hutchinson
court; Frank Clinton, Fairmount avenue
near 10th street; Cornelius Heath; lar rai
mount avenue near 10Th street, .a.,
GraueI Green street near 10th street
Davis Morgan, no address; William NO
ian. Darlen street near Vine street;
Thomas o'Connors. 9Th and Vine streets;
Daniel Peters. 9th street near Race street
Meyer Bennett and Frank stewart, VII
street near 18th street; Harry Ash, 4lst
street near Market street; John Deaver-
new. 21T South scheil street; Taboy stin-
ger and Robert Martin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
ANTS" MEETING SPOILED
Woman's Arguments Against Suf-
frage Causes Destroying Discussion

An apparently well-ordered anti-suf-
frage meeting ran smoothly until near
the end today, and then broke up in an
argument after Mrs o. d. Oliphant, a
New Jersey anti" made a statement
concerning the hours of women's work
in Colorado suffrage State. The meet
ing was at the Bourse, for business men.
Mrs. Oliphant said women were al
lowed by law to work seven days in the
week in Colorado. She was corrected by
Paul II. Gottlieb. When the argument
threatened to grow general, after Gott-
lieb's assertion that Colorado women
could work only six days a week, the
meeting was adjourned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
j. S. FAILS TO SHARE
BERNSTORFF'S ROSY
VIEWS ON SITUATION
Secretary Lansing and German
Ambassador TO Quit
Capital for Two
Weeks
MUST DIsAvow ARABIC
Administration Believes Berlin VIII
Concede Demands More Fully II
Situation Appears Grave

Germany and the United states are
undergolng cooIine-of process. II will
iasf two weeks. Secretary Lansing leaves
Friday on fortnight vacation. Am
bassader Bernstorn does not expect to
return here during that time
Much importance was attached in oficiai
quarters today to Bernstorrfs declaration
that the entire controversy would be set
tied within two weeks, His optimism was
not however. reflected by officia's here.
II can be said upon excellent authority
that the Administration Is not In the least
nvefse 10 the spirit OF pcssimism prevail
end among American officials. IL was
evfn reliably reported that an attitude OF
considerabie anxiety is being deliberately
maintained With twofold object
Easier concessions from Germany are
believed probable ff Berlin understands
that the Administration deems the situa-
tiou very grave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
Jury Censures Train Crew

At the inquest into the death OF Charles
Rowbottom, 10 years old, OF 1926 Brown
street, who lost both legs when he was
run over by a train at 29th and Parrish
streets on September IL, the Coroner s
Jury severely censured the crew of the
train today. The Rowbottom child was
watching a baseball game from the top
OF some freight cars, when the cars
started and he fell beneath them. In
backing the car of one OF the child's
legs the engine went too far and the
other leg was crushed. He died yester-
day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16

Robbins has son. Frank, Jr who is
In the navy, but Jeanette Bracken. a sis
ter Of the young woman who Ia said 10
have Joined her mother. said Charlotte did
not know the seamon.
On June q. according to Brackens
story. his wife promised to meet him at
the funeral OF her father. william Jack
son, at 1890 South 23d street She never
appeared there, nor has he seen her since.
Friends saw her later IN the home OF
Frank Robbins, an oyster opener and
father OF tho man Bracken believes his
daughter plans 20 marry.
The son formerly lived at home. Brack-
en- says, and was a great friend OF his
daughter. Bracken Ia the father OF seven
children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
DAUGHTER RUNS AWAY TO JOIN SON
OF MAN WITH WHOM MOTHER ELOPED
Wife of Church Sexton Left Him for Another While at
Her Fathers Funeral-Fifteen- Year-Old
Child Follows Her Footsteps

A ib-year-old girl ran away last nignt
70 Join the son OF the man with whom
her mother eloped last June, according
20 the story Henry Bracken. husband Of
the woman and father Of the girl told
the police today.
When Bracken returned 10 his home az
sSN Lancaster avenue last night, on the
completion Of his duties for the day,
as sexton OF St Andrews Episcopal
Church at 36th and Barring streets, he
found his daughter Charlotte missing, and
note explaining in part, Il have gone
TO New York to Join mother. You need
not try 10 find me. We will not remain
there long"
While the note did not mention him by
name, Bracken believes she has run
away to Join young seaman at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard named Robbins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-16
SUES FOR HUSBANDS LOVE
Wife Of Harry Nordheim Asks $500
Damages From Miss Irene Null
holland for Lost Affection

Suit has been Instituted IN the Municipal
Court by Mrs. Bessie Nordheim, OF 22i7
Amber street, who seeks TO recover $500
from Miss Irene Mulholland. OF Marshall
street, below Jefferson, for alleged Aliena-
tion Of the affections OF her husband,
Harry Nordheim
Mrs. Nordheim declares that her hus-
Dand's love VAS alienated by Miss Null
holland by promises, professions Of love
and persuasion. and that the defendant
visited cafes, clubs ana various other
places OF amusement with Nordheim.
Mrs. Nordhelm also AYERS that her hus-
band has failed 20 support her properly.
The Nordheims were married In Camden
IN 1907 and have several small children.