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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

UNCONSCIOUS SIXTY HOURS, Patrick
Murray. thirty-eight years old, of 2026
South Norwood street, died to-day in ST.
Agnes's Hospital from hemorrhage of the
brain. Employed as night watchman at the
Atlantic Refining Company. he was injured
there in some way Saturday night. The
police are investigating.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

BOTH FEET may have TO be amputated
in the case OF little two-year-od lad.
Caspar Morridan, of Seventh street near
Diamond, who was run down yesterday
by a garbage wagon driven by Lewis Cole
man. n negro. of Woodstock street The
child is in the Women's Homeopathic Hos
pital In n serious condition. The negro
attempted to escape, but a grocer who wit
messed the accident pursued the wagon, OBJ
tained the license number and had the man
arrested. ...
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

DIR. THOMAS EDWARDS, of e0e South
Forty-seventh street, first lieutenant in the
United States Army Medical Reserve, has
left this city for Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
where with nine other surgeons from other
eastern cities. he will spend several months
attending TO the medical and surgical needs
OF the men on the border
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

LEAPING FROM q moving train last
night at West Philadelphia station, two
employees Of a munitions plant at Eddystone
were painfully injured. They are Walter
Salanach, nineteen years old. of Bustleton,
and Russell Gallagher, twenty-five years
old of 204 North Flftieth street. They were
sent to the Presbyterian Hospital suffering
from decorations of the head and contusions
of the body.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

DEMANDS FOR better working condi-
tlons for jewelers. win be formulated at a
meeting OF Philadelphia jewelers. Sunday
afternoon. in Brlcklayers' Hall. 7o7 North
Broad street. Charles b. Minard, president
Of local No. $4,000, of Newark, N j., will
speak.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

WHILE MAJOR JOHN HANDY HALL,
Of the Second Regiment OF the National
Guard from this State, is serving with the
Government forces At FL Paso, his place
as first Assistant United States District
Attorney will be filed by Thomas Ross. a
well-lnown attorney OF Doylestown. Mr..
Ross was formerly law partner OF former
Judge Herman YerlSes, and was once a can
dldate for the president judgeship OF the
courts OF Bucks County.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

ACCUSED OF BEATING and robbing n
companion whom they then left lying in the
street, Ernest Price. 245 Rittenhouse street,
and John Briscoe, 5S23 Baynton street,
Germantown. were arraigned before Magis-
trate Pennock this morning and held with
out bail for court. Their alleged victim
was Frederick Newcomb. 1870 East Sharp
mack street, and the amount taken 1857.
Policeman McKale, OF the Germantown sta
tlon, made the arrests
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

A BLACKSMITH, a printer and ply
sical culture expert are wanted by the
Board of Education as instructors. The
salaries for all three positions will be $500
a year TO start, and for 10 years the sti-
pend will be gradually increased TO s1400.
The successful applicants will teach chill
dren under sixteen years old who attend
continuation classes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

THE POLICE OF the Fourth and YORK.
streets station are investigating fire which
consumed n box car of loaded hay last
night. as 1t stood on the siding at Second
and York streets The car was the third
one TO burn within ten days while wait
ing to be unloaded The hay in all three
instances was consigned 20 Walton Broth
ers who have Offices in the North American
Building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

IN AN ATTEMPT to levy on the house
hold goods of Jasper Palusl6i, 1900 Cayuga
street. for, unpaid rent, Constable E. NJ.
Slemmer was attacked by the man and his
wife, armed with an iron bar and hammer,
II is charged. He managed to hold his own
until Detective Dougherty, of the Thirty
fifth District. came to his assistance and
arrested the couple, who were held by
Magistrate Pennock in $500 bail to keep
the peace. PalusSl owed SIC, of which he
paid only 81 before he tried to move.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR bearing
phototype pictures OF Ora Lewis, twenty-one
years old Frank Lewis. twenty-five years
old. and Oscar Lewis. twenty-nine years
old. brothers. and Offering reward
OF $4,000 for their apprehension on charge
OF murder at Wichita, Kan, has been re-
ceived from Sheriff r. w. Stevens, OF
Wichita, by Detective Captain Tate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-12

FALLING FORTY-FIvE FEET from 4
stack at the plant Of tho Modoch Soar
Manufacturing Company Fifty-nfth and
Baltimore avenue, yesterday, otto Rocher
a steeplejack, is In the Presbyterian Hos
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
PHONE TAP INQUIRY
TO BROADEN TO-DAY
Deputy Police commissioner
and Morgan Employee to
Be Witnesses.
BURNS'S REPORTS ASKED

When Chicf Magistrate McAdo re-
sumes his John Doc inquiry this morn
ing to find out VIVA, crime was com
,nitted in tapping the telephone wires
Of the law firm of Seymour & Seymour
In the Equitable Building in March last
Frederick Seymour will resume his
story. Thirteen Witnesses have been
called. including Deputy Police Commits
sioner Frank A. Lord. Martin Egan.
a representative of the Arm Of j. p.
Morgan & 60. will also he examined.
Deputy State Comptroller william
Boardman made the statement yester-
day that he was OF the opinion that
the william J. Burns agency. which e
alleged TO ha I'VE engineered the tapping
Of he telephone wires and installing n
detectaphone. had committed a violaii u
Of law and said his office woul con-
duct a separate inquiry. The agnecy
as a corporation is licensed by the STATE
az detectives. Both Burns and his son
| Raymond hold licenses. which Nigh be
revoked.
y comlaint TO us * necessary said
Mr.. Boardman. "and we have three men
at work now collecting the facts IN
this. matter. We are satisfied the Law
| has been broken From results obtained
so far we undoubtedly will proceed
against the Burns agency irrespective
of what IL done elsewhere"
District Attorney Swami announced
Yesterday that II was his purpose to 20
to the bottom Of the whole affair. He
will cali very person who might have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
PRIESTS DENY PLOT AGAINST THE CITY, ASSERT MAYOR mitchell
LIES ABOUT TELEPHONE Tipped TALKS TO AID SPECIALIZATION

tapping some wires that they have not
admitted"
Il would not he surprised
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THE question tina is raised on this
vitress's testimony" Mr.. Moss ven on,
is whether there are not taps that have
been made or are being made that the
police authorities do not know about
and that The telephone company has not
got a record OF"
"Of course there are" intcrjected Sem
ator Thompson. $50 far AS the telc-
phone company ia concerned, why. 7
think that : true. SO far as the police
are concerned | do not care TO say as
! chairman of ;hc committee just now.
, MIR. Chairman said Mr. Tallcy, "the
Impression of fhc persons concerned in
this Is a very distinct one that the
wire OF Mgr. Dunn and the wire ~
Father pineen rave been tapped con-
sistently since this tapping commenced.
We have no proof on that point. The
telephone company informed us tina II
they were tapped II was not with treir
knowledge"
Father Dineen denied the other con-
versations In which his name figured.
The Rev. DR.. James J. Higgins. super
visor of Catholic charities, said that a
conversation between him and Dr. Pot
ter Rad been distorted In the MAYORS
recital. Or. Higgins said
Il would like to state 10 everybody
here publicly that the Mayor of New
York is simply dangling % 900 imagin-
AIRY children In the air to scare us. I
defy the Mayor or the Commissioner OF
Charities or anybody else in this city
to find our children with vermin win
their hair matted with lice. OF other con.
ditions spoken Of. Another challenge
that ! make to the Mayor Is this. For
food. clothing. education. equipment.
housing. every other accommodation |
will match the children OF the institu-
tons with the public school children III
dress, education. physical equipment and
everything else.
"Mitchel doesn't care a whoop about
/ the children. Neither does kingsbury.
! They want TO work their will. pub
licly brand him 1.-The Mayorl a. one who
H. siippressing the ruth when II serves
his purpose
br. -. &. Potter in amusing fashion
denied any attempt to abscond the juris-
dic,ion. as the Mayor charged He also
entertained the crowd IN IN" room with
his account Of the miXup over the yellow
bag. the cscspadcs Of which are spread
on the records ~ the Strong commission.
II seems that Dean Potter. his son.
was TO get some pap"rs for him. The
arrangsmcui was made over the tele-
, phone. Dean Potter put he papers in a
yellow bag. about the same time Fdthc.
Farrell was going 10 visit his SISTER and
ordered some clothing and things nut in
a handbag for him and loft AT Tho Court
cafe. The proprietor Of the tourt cafe
who was hurrisdly Subirncd before 'Ic
Strong commission. could oulN rcmor-
her tTat he had pm some Stusas.s. =
lobster and veal pie In I yellow bag To
take home.
Dr. Potter viii rcply to the Mayor
charges this morning when the com
y,t,... r.s,plaS .f n'a',.L
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
He belongs to the Brooklyn

that man. He belongs to the Brooklyn
diocese
Mgr. Lavellc did not stop me. lie,
The Mayor. sent his secretary. Mr.. Rous-
seau. to the present Archbishop Munde-
lein in Chicago, who was then auxiliary
Bishop OF Brooklyn. Mr.. Rousseau knew
him from staying Mt Long Beach. I be-
lieve they walked the boardwalk to-
gethcr and had some mutual friendship.
THE Nicar-Gcneral Of our diocese came
to me and said the Mayor had called
on the Bishop and requested tha. 7 be
restrained from writing any more let
tiers. He said OF course We cannot stop
you. You are an American citizen and
can do as you please and Furthermore
YOU are not officially connected with
any Of our Catholic institutions You
, are connected with an outside institu-
ton. OF course you can use our "
| Judgment. but 7 make the request of
| you Oh account of the constitutional con-
vention com II up next year We don't
| care to make enemies OF these people
II believe a threat had been given.
I don't know. but every man engaged
In the charities II that the charities
/ question was coming up before the con-
stitutionai convention"
there was a suggestion" asked
\ Mr.. Moss. "emanating from the Mayor
automatically. conveyed by the Bishop
| Of Brooklyn. that until the constitutional
| convention was out Of the way II was
just AZ we'll not TO %antagonize these
peopleT"
EXACTLY. I accomplished all ] in
tended to do at that time and stopped
writing letters against the Charities De-
partment. was writing as "A director
OF the Williamsburg Hospital, want
to call attention TO this fact in order
A. -A~-. l.-. u.a. a. ,ony,irart. sn,ifh
the heads of the Catholic Church. In
writing these letters I never consulted
the Bishop Of the Church. ! never con-
suited any priest connected with II. The
only thing I might have done was read
them to a few friends from whom they
would go no further. to see what they
thought about II.
says Mayor Lied.
II never started to write those pam
phlets until | found that the Mayor lied,
because he r mised-the vicar-general
told me that the Mayor promised that
they would take care of the charity mat
ter n stopped writing. that is the
reason stopped. because there was the
specific promise on the part Of the Mayor
Tha, IL what the Nlcar-gcneral told me
He made an absolute promise that he
would took after the charities II We
were restrained from writing any more
letters.
THE Mayor said that for the last t"o
80. ~ - ,ho .,rona o.n,,o 81 M,
rarai,' ,.,,, % sbo,
NJ. .ho W, -, ;nt that I am The
80 -, ~, NO., arr,h;n, d, do wi,r
~. - ,h. om.,, - ,hc.s ,e,,srs n
~. ,an,mmtne and Lr,niny ina, the
- Lraua nts nro,,iss IL, M, rro,ac,.
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81 met this gentleman on Tuesday
morning. He got more confidential and
! suppose in the space of a half hour he
told me he had dlsllked variou men who
were engaged in the charitable work IN
our church in Brooklyn and he hoped
our relations would he very pleasant and
So forth, and in a few minutes he pulled
open a drawer and GU. of that he drew
a lar.c bundle OF pagers.
"He said to me these are afidavits
concerning st. Agues's Sanitarium at
Am.tyvllle.' These %af1davits were in
reference TO people that had been com
mitted there and ne went on To say 10
me I have these afNdavits coverin; con.
ditious there Il. cited the number O,
these cases. lie finally told me 4 an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26

IT can't imagine it. II would he al
most impossible. 7 do believe that II
you do not give a child the faith of his
fathe-. surrounded with religious infu-
ences, that in three decades you will hav 20
chaos in New York"
do you believe that the conflict ~
ideas a. between the two programmes
has been progressing in the institu-
tons during the last two years"
"It has been growing and growing
until the situation liz now most acute,
We want religious influences surround
ing our children. and ! beg leave here
10 serve notice on Mr., Mitche, and his
administration and any other admin
istration that the Catholic Church will
never stand for its children being taken
away from il, n the same for the
Protestant and jewish"
The monsignor maintained that the
controversy was fundamental. He said
that the Moray pamphlet was the mos,
malicious document that ever had beer
produced In the community that Com
missioner Kingsbury had acknowledged
supplying $500 for the publication.
Father Farrell also valve all i'm.
munity. He said the only charitable in,
stitutiOn with which he was connected
was the Williamsburg Hospital. OF which
a Presbyterian is president,
"You are named" said Mr.. Talley
who conducted a large part OF the ex
animation Of the priests. 'by his Hon },
the Mayor as one of the conspirator,
Of Catholic priests and layinen to antag
onize his administ ration. to discredit thu
administration In tho Charities Depart
mcnt. particularly In the Strong com
mission, and you are supposed to hav
confederated with Mgr. Dunn. DR.. Pot
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
Gave Out 100000 PamphIets.

Mgr. Dunn testified that he had
known Father Farrell only since March
~. He called him up on February 20.
and asked permission to use the Farrell
pamphlets on The charities controversy in
another pamphlet which he circulated to
the extent Of 700. 900.
1.-THE Manor charges said Mr., Moss.
that you and your associates engaged
IN a conspiracy to Obstruct justice and
interfere with tho city administrator
and its conduct of the Charities Depart
ment. What have you to say to that"
~ have absolutely no knowledge OF
that replied Mgr. Dunn. "As far
rs ! know there has never been even a
suspicion OF %antagonism from Mr., Mitchell
md his administration. except where a
department Of his entered into the spir-
itual life Of the children. II was moi
until February IS when I discovered that
ar ANONYMOUS and scurrilOus pamphlet
a. Mr.. Moray had been Moray
s,,ing hand in glove with kinRShury-
when I determined 10 do something "a
snlighten our people. The Mayor should
have known that the conditions he de-
~scr'bed-pigs eating from the same
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-26
ENE<US.

NV YOWk'S IEADiNI THE1rRES ANO SUCCESSES.
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Continued from FIRST Page.

Continued rom f"St rage.
-
tribunal for prosecution. The Mayors
corn"'en. on NY .e''.no", Wv ,n,,
was .nes W. o..s nv. no.
,.n as.rn ,'
a., vhi,n,a, and se,.,or ,rhompsou
..v. ~ mannvarsy a, tho q, Regis
,.s,orda, n,ornin. bu, neitber would
90, ,.ha, ,r.nsrired at the conference.
1hs Governor simnIy said that he had
,mn,,cit confidence in Charles II. strong.
the Charities investigation commits
s,oper. and in the impartiality of his
inquiry.
Tho priests ca gerly responded to SEN
ator Thompson's invitations Of the night
before to hear any one whose narne was
mentioned by the Mayor in his recital
Of the tapped telephone conversations
The clergymen came to the nearing early
III the morning.
Mgr. Dunn was the first witness. Nnen
the Monsignor took the stand Alireu .;
Talley, counsel for the pr'ests' s.a.eu
that the Mayor ten Gays ago oeeiareu
mat ms opponents IN the caves uIop'
ping and spying controversy were 'ra.
tors. nut had changed tne worn '
Gently 10 cofspirators' Inc hheh' no
said. whose names were "en.'on.. wo
"i uho.e.'snco '"".av'et anu A.. III,
tons OF dignity and honor IN tneif
churches.
Msr, Du"n waINe" mu Ia -
~ s,,...,t.,ar 60,
cellor and its indirect supervision over
Catholic charities. Beiore ne proceedeo
with his examination ne read INTO 'he
record a FORMAL statement which ne mac
prepared IN reply TO the Mayor.
The NOusIRnor' btatenhent.
Monsiunor Dunn's statement follows.
~ "n'usi"s w 80
read his reference TO his core,igionists.
One would rather think that he has
not been correctly quoted. lie does,
however show a religious touch which
ia a,p,os, nath,,ic when he refers 10
the "altar Of the Church." and draws
thcrefron a y.,uah,s ,e..on Tie
nIedyss bir,sa,f IN Keen the cburc,,
iron, ,.x,ny 10 hands on tho altar of
,h. u,,.rn,.n, ,ho,1h n. no. h.cr
tor .om. 1--WE nos, adro,,,v making "a
.a,,,ar .,,acL .ud ~ n,oe,,ny Nth
~
pa.hans - uo,,d .o, .r.,..d.a
,u"hs ""u 80 go
- ~. u,,1. a.,
Nv. 800 -. ms,L
~. '"u NC -.
"'ue ~. Speeu ""u "'"o'' ~" '"o'
&c ""o'he' s'o'!'
... r.,,
" ~
The Catholic Church Is not on trial.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-23
s O e TY

Ellen Bodiey, Miss Katherine Jones,
Miss Evelyn Hodges. Miss Katherine
Treat. Miss Gertrude Jones, Miss
Katherine Dorst. Mai. Henry Butner,
Lieut.. George Gay, Lielt Clyde Sci
Ieck, Cart. William Smith. Lieut.. Arch
ibald Arnold. DR.. Charles O'Connor,
Lieut. Raymond McQuiilin and Lieut..
William @oyell
Helen McCleave asked number OF
the girls and boys to her house on
Wednesday afternoon to string pop
corn and cranberries for the Canton
mept Christmas tree Isabelle Boni-
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afternoon has been chosen as the time
for the arrival OF Santa Claus and the
old fellow will have busy time look
ing out for the wishes Of the little
ones. Mrs. Hamilton Hawkins and
Mrs. Douglas McCaskey are In charge
of the 4th Cavalry celebration at Cast
'ner; Mrs. Henry Hodges and MRS. B.
Walker Atkinson are arranging the
combined Christmas tree for the chill
dren Of the LIST and 32nd Regiments Of
Infantry. while for the, 18th Infantry
the reginlental chaplain Is In chaTge.
In the Cavalry Artillery cantonment
not only the children but also the 1900
soldiers viii be remembered by Saint
Nick, who has laid in an ample supply
Of toys. candy. and smokables. Mrs.
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face and Bob Brognin5 provcd the
most efficient and were awarded the
prizes. The others present were
Dorothy Love, Virginia Currie, Sara
Pick. Dorothy. Elizabeth and George
Van Way. Bill Browning. Bobby Love
and Perrine Barney, Jr. .-..
Lieut.. Stephen Macgregor of Homo
lulu has been the guest of Lieut.. and
Mrs john Hauser for few days this
week.
Capt. and Mrs. Douglas McCaskey
gave a delightful dinner on Wednes-
day evening in honor of Miss Ellen
Bodley and for Capt and Mrs. Phil
lip Kiehl. Miss Margaret Treat. Miss
Katherine Dorst, Miss Carrie Nc
Mahan, Miss Katherine Treat, Miss
Esther Mcmahon, Lieut. Raymond
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ScHoFIELD SOCIETY
tccntinued from Page I'D

(Ccntinued from Page III
Three camp fires" were used to cook
a part OF the feast while the rest was
packed in baskets The supper was
served on the floor and the guests
sat around in true picnic fashion.
After supper all sorts OF children's
games were INDUCED in until late
hour. Included in this enjoyable af-.
fair were Capt. and Mrs. Augustine
Mcintyre. Capt. and Mrs. Kerr T..
n ,ggs. Miss Margaret Treat. Miss
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SEND XMAS MONEY
TO AID WAR BABIES

Students OF the st. Andrews cathe-
dral Sunday school viii hold Christ
mas exercises In the parish house at
Z o'clock this evening to which pap
erts and other friends Of the school
are invited. Christmas carols win b.
sung and Yuletide play, ARRANGED
by the Misses RAYMOND, will be pre-
sented. The pupils will receive no
toys this year, having voted to send
tbs money to the aid Of needy babies
Ia Europe.
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The little girls belonging to the es-
thetic dancing class at Schofield were
entertained by their teacher, Mrs. Boz
ton. at D lovely little party on Tues
day afternoon. Included In this jolly
affair were Frances Cheney, Gertrude
Prunty, Jane Kieti, Fanny and Helen
Herr, Elizabeth Gregg, Harriet Lyon,
Helen McCleave, Isabella Boniface and
Virginia Ctifrfe.
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Whitney and Marsh

William J. Snow, who originated the
idea OF this large affair. has been as
sisted in carrying 1t out by Mrs.
Charles r.. Lloyd. Mrs. Perrine Barney.
Capt. and Mrs. Harry Pfeil, Capt and
Mrs. Herman Erlenkotter and Chaplain
Fealy.
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