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NEW DIMES OUT THIS MONTH.
Are Being Coined Daily ~
philadelphia Mint.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2,-Orders for
the newly designed 10 cent pieces are
being received daily at the United states
min, here. hut the coins will not be
placed In circulation before the 18th or
10th OF his month. W hundred n
fifty thousand OF the new coins are
coined daily. $50 men being employed
exclusively in this work. Adam NJ.
Joyce. the superintendent, said to-day
that O.0O0,0 geo OF he new dimes will
be turned out within the next o
months.
The new piece bears the figure OF a
Grecian woman on the diverse side and
line bundle Of rods and the XXI CO The
Roman lictors on the reverse.
Superintendent Joyce also announced
that within the next two weeks work
will be begun on the new 25 cent pieces.
while the making of the new half dollars
will not be started until the early part
Of October.
The newly designed quarter on one side
has the full figure Of a woman coming
through "A gate In a wall. and the re-
verse side shows an eagle in flight. The
80 cent piece bears a full length fiRure
Of the Goddess OF Liberty holding olive
branches, while the reverse design Is
tha, of a spread eagle standing on a
rock.
The sun., 1916-09-03
BILL GREEN'S GLASS
SHOES HIS JONAH
Crystal Button Russets Fur
nish Clue to Dark Mystery
Of Flat RObberies.

Cinderella never was prouder OF her
glass slippers than vas william Green
Of his russell shoes with glass buttons.
They were bigger than Cinderellas
dainty f~ootgear. to be sure, but at the
same time they were mucn more conspic-
uous and probably easier on the feet
just the sort Of shoes to delight a darky's
heart.
william. when times were hard. used
to pawn them at Forty-second street and
to him. they were the first objects he re-
deemed. When he walked out OF the
pawnshop yesterday. the gay buttons
cleaning in the sun. as he patted the
soft leather caressingly, Detectives Hau-
ser, Hooker and Culhane put an end to
his perfect day by arresting him.
Circulating In black and tan society
In the n~eighborhood OF 135th street. the
detectives found II easy to trace William
OF the crystal feet. Every one knew the
best dressed cullud ge'man In Harlem
His trail was as broad and bright as
broadway when he was prosperous. ana
a circumstance they noted with some IN
terest was that his periods Of prosperity
followed about n day after apartment
house robberies Of a certain kind.
DE witt Walsh. a broker. complained
that jewelry valued at $2.b55 was stolen
from his apartment Al 10 East Fifty
seventh street August 81. The jewelr!
disappeared coincidentally with the de
parture Of a new levator operator who
lad worked just Ave hours. Emlir
prayton, also "A member OF the stock tx
change, lost about the same amount O
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this land. I like the expression, which
Is frequently used In the decision OF the
courts, that under our institutions there
Is no place On the part Of any officer or
on the part of any board or on the part
Of any combination for the exercise Of
arbitrary power.
Our community is organised with full
confidence that the Judgment Of express
sion through the machinery We have
AFFORDED for the expression of public
opinion 10 q sound and correct judgment
In the main. upon which we may feel
secure In relying. believe all we need
In this country In any dificulty In to
focus the attention Of the American
people upon the merits Of the case.
Let us know the facts. Let Us under
stand what the facts require. Then let
US do what the facts require. and the
American people from the Atlantic to
the Pacific are willing to accept the
decision. but let us do nothing arbitrary
and v dethrone reason. which must
rule supreme In a democracy or else
democracy becomes a failure"
The sun., 1916-09-03
VANCE MCCORMICK
VETOED 9 HOUR DAY
Opposed It When Mayor Of
Harrisburg, Says Represen-
tative j. II. Moore.

WARRINGTON, Sept. "A charge that
Vance Mccormick. chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee. was an
opponent Of a nine hour day and in
creased pay for the city employees Of
Harrisburg. Pa, when he was Mayor Of
that city. was made in the House to-day
by Representative J. II. Moore, a Re-
publican.
Mr.. Moore inserted In the record wha'
he declared was a copy or a veto mes
sage signed by Mayor Mccormick dis
approving a city ordinance to give city
employees n nine hour day and Increase
their IA from Is cents to Is 2-3 cents
an hour.
Mayor McCorinick's veto message said
the ordinance would interfere with the
proper work OF the city departments. AZ
the work is such that the heads OF these
departments should be free to regulate
the hours Of their employees as emer.
gencies arise" THE rate OF Is cents
per hour" he continued. "ls above the
average rate Of wages paid for ordinary
labor in this locality. and 1t is not fair
to the taxpayers of the city TO increas.
the rate to 16 % cents per hour, a.
stated in the ordinance, which Is consid.
erably higher than the average wage.
paid by other employers
Mr.. Moore's reference to Mr.. McCor.
mick's labor record followed the Penn
s%ylvania members opposition to the
eight hour law which the House had Jus,
passed to avert a railroad strike, and
the Moore speech IL designed for Repub.
lican campaign material.
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

Miss Leila Kent. daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William st. George Kent. sos West
End avenue, will be married to Robert
Otto Nordenswann OF this city to-mor-
row In the Church Of st. Andrew's-by-
the-Sea, Edgartown. Mass. A reception
will follow at the summer home OF the
brides parents.
Miss Mimi Scott has gone from New
port to Southampton for q visit with
Mrs. =. Stuyvesant Pilot.
Miss Eleanor c. Bartlett. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolphus c. Bartlett OF
Chicago, will be married to DR., William
Perdue OF Mobile Tuesday afternoon In
the Church OF the Heavenly Rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lovett Kings
land have concluded their visit In Lenox
with MIR. and Mrs. NewbOld Morris and
are now In Manchester. VI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allan A. Robbins have
gone to Bar Harbor to remain several
weeks.
MIR. and Mrs. John ]. Oilroy have left
the Plaza for the Greenbrier, White
sulphur Springs. w. Va.
Henry spies Kip has gone to Newport
to visit Mrs. George 8. Scott at Bel
mead.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Rich Steers will return
to North East Harbor. Me-, tonight to
| remain until October /. when they will
20 to Faircroft. their country place In
I, P%ortchester. N. Y.
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when I went to Boston I was Frustrated.
While there my business was attached
and / received such distressing letters
from home that | was almost wild. I
thought hat possibly this boa riding house
keeper had been approached and my
character attacked. so ] went TO his Ut.
flee TO ask him about this. and, after q
terrible night thought I had overcome the
obstacles. The outcome was that I was
doped n ruined. This was done 20
cleverly that at first I thought the blame
was on me entirely. az my bctrayer
claimed that l was a willing victim.
The scheme as II later developed
was to induce me to get business for
this New York man In the real estate
line by taking men on, and getting them
intoxicated and at that mor,ent using
my sex influence to get them to sign
anything. He had at first outlined the
proposition. but did 80 in such a way
as not to arouse my suspicious.
Il am now In - being watched by
agents Of this man. who has been maxi
ing efforts to get me back
In the absence OF Mr.. Swami yester.
day afternoon. Acting District Attorney
Dooling spoke Of the 'elush FUND" which,
according to fumors carried To- the Dis
trict Attorney. has been raised in tho
underworld for the hiding. br'hing and
intimidation Of witnesses in the inves-
LEGATION.
II have hcard.' said Mr.. Dooling,
that the amour gathered Is In excess
OF the annual appropriation FOR the
maintenance OF the District Attorneys
office"
If that IN 80, there IL more thau
S500.0 90 in the 'slush fund but no evi-
dence OF any such collection has been
given to the public.
Assistant District Attorney Smith.
who went to Boston to round ,p missing
witnesses. was reported To- be in PROVE
dence yesterday. II Is expected that
several men and women whom he per-
| suaded TO return to New York will visit
his office Tomorrow.
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NEW R0CKAWAY PARK STATION
Long leland Road Adjusts One
Quarrel with Service board.

The Long Island Railroad and the
Public Service Commission have adjusted
one OF their Quarrels and have arranged
for the rebuilding OF the station at
Rockaway Park. Complaints as to the
condition OF the stations or the Rock
away Beach division were taken up some
time ago by the commission.
On September TX the commission will
hold a hearing In behalf OF the ST.. AL
bans Improvement Association. The res
idents Of st. Adams are not satisfied with
the number Of trains serving their town.
but the railroad declined to make conces.
sions. The commission took the matter
up with the railroad. but after "A great
deal OF correspondence II was found that
The stops would not he made unless
peremtory orders are issued by the COM
m%iss!oners. III public session is a pre-
liminary oward final action by the COM
mission.
Promises or the part OF the railroad 10
rebuild or improve certain other stations
complained OF have resulted In various
proceedings being dropped.
The sun., 1916-09-03
WOMAN TELLS NEW
WHITE SLAVE PHASE
Innocent Girls Trapped by
Bogus Picture and Real
Estate Schemes.

A new phase Of the white slave in
dustry Is revealed by a letter received by
District Attorney Swami yesterday from
a woman. She gives alleged facts and
details which Mr.. Swami deems worthy
of careful investigation. She offers to
testify before the Grand Jury.
The woman. whose name cannot be
published now. says she knows Of eight
or ten gangs Of men who are engaged
in bogus picture and real estate schemes
who use as agents girls whom they have
trapped and forced into evil. Omitting
specific charges which the District At.
torney withholds for the present. the let
ter follows:
'In behalf of your recent investiga-
lions in New York into the white slave
traffic I am going to give you positive
proof of the truth Of your investigation
and incidentally throw a little light or
this subject.
I'm New York there Is a gang OF pic
ture grafters meeting in what IL
called the Coffee House. Here they
60 to plan coups and schemes and
gamble. Their chief plan Is to sci
fraudulent art In the shape OF bogus
The sun., 1916-09-03
PRIMARY LAW IS ASSAILED.


Deputy Public Works Commissioner
Charles Dewey. who amaaed his Republic
an COLLEAGUES in Brooklyn by taking the
stump for Theodore Roosevelt aga'nst
william Taft, still more bewi,dered MEM
bers Of his party yesterday BY declaring
that the present direct primary law
should be repealed on the ground OF I'M
practicability."
The Republican leader of :hs Twelfth
Assembly district Aai direct primarie :
allowed the minority to rule and that
this IL known to the leaders Of tho Re-
publican and Democratic parties. The
law. he says. makes the majority de-
pendent ION the whims Of the so-calied
independents enrolled d the banner
VI the minority organizations"
Every year" continued Mr.. Dewey
"the scandals due to false signatures and
improper petitions are raised. Each year
some new method IL hit upon to mako
the people believe they are having q
say in making the nominations"
The sun., 1916-09-03
CIVIL SERVICE MEN
PRAISE WHITMAN
Governors Stand for COMPETE
tive System Wins Plaudits
Of Convention.

ALBANY, Sept. 2.--Members OF the
Civil Service Association Of the state Of
New York. IN annual convention In the
Assembly chamber in the Capitol. praised
Gov. Whitman and his State Civil Ser
vice Commission to-day for the general
administration OF the civil service law.
although the organization passed a res
olu,ion criticising the Governor for fall
ing to sign one bill. This was the
walker-Ryan measure to give the right
Of review to all civil service employees.
The association also condemned all the
recommendations Of the Horton civil
service investigating committee for a re-
classification Of the state civil service.
Major John ID. Driscoll Of Elm'ra,
speaking Of the attitude Of the present
administration toward the civil service
said:
From the viewpoint Of a civil service
employee. the present administrator
should surely be commended for thu
manner in which Il has protected the civil
service employees from removal. regard
less OF their political views. The Civil
Service Commission. supported by TIL
Governor, has discountenanced all ef
forts on the part CT the politicians u
secure exemptions from competitive 20
sitions 80 hat, their friends might b.
placed and has extended the merit sys
TEN beyond every hope OF the orsaniza'
ton. In short. they have upheld tn
very principles upon which his organ
tzation was founded"
The recommendations OF the Horton
committee were unanimously condemns
as grossly unfair and discriminatory.
resolution was adopted i~nstructing IN
executive committee OF tie organization
10 consider the ~advisab.lity Of affliat
ing with the American Federation o
Labor.
William A. Coyie o: Yonkers va
elc ted president Of the organization ia
the coming year. New York men electe
10 Offices were: First ice-president. !
]. Pr.al: fourth vice-president Gustav
Freeman: secretary william r. Brad
lev treasurer. James A. 0emble. J. Ra
Ha,pin OF Yonkers was elected NTH vice
Dres,dent.
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An automobile owned and driven ny
Charles Schwartz. 20, a manufacturer
living at $50 Willoushby venue. Brook
Ign, was struck last night at Throop
avenue and Quincy street. Brooklyn. by
a machine belonging to the Linden Grove
Garage and driven by Irving Ballou. a
chauffeur. who lives at 500 Evergreen
avenue. Schwartx. his wife and two
young daughters were painfully but not
seriously injured and Mrs. Schwartz
mother. Mrs. Bessie Finkelman OF lis
Ridge street. Manhattan. received seri-
Gus internal injuries and wal taken to
st. John = Hospital. Chauffeur Ballou
was arrested.
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WARNS AGAINST sEABURY.
Kracke Sees "sMsll Politics." u
Objection Withdrawal.

r. ]. H. Kracke. chairman Of the
whitman primary campaign committee
Issued a statement yesterday In which
he said Judge seabury's order to with
draw the objection to the whitman IN.
d~enendence League petition deserved
careful consideration. II the objection
honest. he said. II should be heard
and decided on its merits. II It was
only fippant and for momentary effect
n, should be classcd as 'smal! politics"
Frederick Austin Ogs, professor or
roI,tical science in the University OF Wis
consin, called at Republican national
headquarters yesterday and created a
mild sensation because he 10 a double
OF President Wilson. He made Il clear.
however. that no disagrees with the
President on almost every point n ne
sa,d the other members Of the organisa-
ton to which professors Of political
science all over the country belong felt
the same way.
The sun., 1916-09-03
LABOR DAY PARK CONCERT.
Last Performance Of Ka1teaboru
Orchestra Tomorrow Evening.

TIE last concert Of the season by the
Frans Kaltenborn orchestra. made pos
sible by the generosity OF Elkan Saum
surg, Ii announced By the Park Depart
ment for Tomorrow evening Labor
Day.. at 3 o'clock on the Mall In Cen
tra' Park. will Miss Una Fairweather
as the s%oloist. The programme includes
selections from La Boheme.'' Samson
and Delilah." estes and other operas
and patriotic airs.
This Afternoon at I o'clock Nahar
Frankie and his concert band will also
play on the Mall. The programme will
include Beethoven's "Egmont" overture
Tschaikowsky's "lsl2" overture. selec'
tons from 'D!e Walkuere," Faust,
Lucia and other operas. The Frankc
band also played last night at 8 O'Clock
on the Mall. The band concert mex
Sunday will be the last Of the season
In Central Park.
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EAeAN BILL II OPPOSED.
Appropriation Net Aarge Enough
Csnnissioner Stevens ssys.

TRENTON, Sept. 2.-state Road ON
missioner Edwin A. Stevens. who re-
Gently informed Gov. Fielder the $1,000.
900 appropriation proposed by the Eagan
bill for Improvement OF hfteen highways
would DO insuficient. to-day answered
the statement of George Blakeslee OF
Jersey CITY, who drafted the bill. that the
roads could be built for the amount
named IN II. Commissions Stevens said :
"As originally introduced the act COM
prised routes that covered less than $50
miles. At the prices prevalent last fall
the work thereon could have been done
for tho $1,000. 900 made available. The
increase OF about 200 miles. or about 50
Der cent, In mileage n the abnormal
increase In prices for labor and ma
terial have. however. made II Impossible
10 complete the programme on the
amount appropriated"
The sun., 1916-09-03

BosroN, Sept 2.-Brandon Tynan's
Irish comedy The Melody 81 Youth
opened the regular seasun OF the Hollis
street theatre here tonight before a
large audience. Among those present
were Lieut.. Gov. Coolidge. former GOV.
Walsh. the Mayor of Boston and other
notahles. Delegations from the Ancient
order Of H!bern!ans. knights OF Column
bus, Friends OF Irish Freedom and other
societies attended.
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miniatures and false paintings to wealthy
persons.
How victims Are Trapped.

h'u 49,
persons.
How victims Are Trapped.
ITO do this they advertise in different
towns for young ladies to travel. They
always want girls with innocent faces
to do this. They then look up the ante
cedents, and II the girl has no protectors
with money they trap the young person
by dope or otherwise into their power
and force them through the threat OF the
fact that they are compromised to be
their meal tickets and white slaves.
81 know Of no less than eight or ten
Of thege ang At the early < OF
sixteen I was gotten into this game by
force OF circumstances I had poverty
and trouble at home caused by my
fathers death. Being naturally am
bilious and positively Inundated by the
situation, I was introduced into the busi-
ness by a sister Of mine. who. for the
same reason as I. had gone into this.
81 left my ZONE for Vermont. and In
the fall I went to Boston. and. realising
my ability as a saleswoman. l went into
a legitimate business with a Boston
artist. I stayed at a fashionable board
ing house run by a wealthy old bachelor.
Warned BY Her sister.
Thine went on. and I realized that
was being watched and followed. Finally
! got word from "A sister In Vermont that
there was a scheme to ruin me on foot,
and how II was to be done no one knew.
Through some detective work of a
brother-in-law. II was discovered that
my whereabouts was revealed to a New
York man. and a scheme was arranged
by a man in Vermont. who was supposed
to be a friend. TO ruin me financially and
otherwise. At a psychological moment,
when all my efforts seemed to fail. this
picture game came forth.
The thing was done In this way The
friend in Vermont made 30 much trouble
for me by refusing financial aid tina,
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A strike in the cloak and suit
industry in New York City is about
to start and will effect some 10000
operatives. The latter claim that
the manufacturers abrogated the
protocol of 1910 by their acts last
year, and that the Cancellation agree
ment arrived at by the mayors COM
mittee is not working satisfactorily.
Both sides maintain that, if strike
is called, it will be flight to a
finish" A strike of orthodox
chicken slaughters in the Jewish
district Of Harlem has been called
off after lasting two weeks; the
workers and the butchers came to
an agreement
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the Jews of the war zone
The American Jewish Relief Com
mittee now has over $3,5OO,OOO
available funds. 1t has issued spe-
cial "Purim" appeal for further do
nations and announces that the Fed
Grafton of Oriental Jews in America
has become another Of its subsidiary
agencies to receive collections. Let
tiers to Russia must hereafter be
written in no other language than
Russian
Governor Johnson of California,
has appointed Mr.. John c. Altman,
prominent attorney, as inheritance
tax attorney for the district of Sac
ramentO
The Jewish Relief Committee Of
Devils Lake, N. Dak., of which Mrs
Herman Shark is secretary and Mr..
A. Calof is manager, reports that
nearly $4,000 was collected in that
community on Relief Day, which
amount was forwarded to Harry
Fischel, treasurer of the Central
Committee for Relief of Jews Suf
fering through the war. This is in
deed a very creditable showing for
so small a community.
Joseph Bien, well-known mem
Der of the San Francisco (Cal) Jew
ish community and an ex-president
of District Grand Lodge No. 4, l.
O. B. B., is dead at the age of SO.
The German authorities at Bialo-
stock are issuing Yiddish newspa-
per under the name Official Gazette.
The paper is published several times
weekly
Lieutenant Colonel Henry S.
Sternberger, of the Quartermaster
Corps of the New York National
Guard, has been appointed Chief
Quartermaster with the rank of
colonel. He has been a member of
the National Guard for the past
twenty-seven years and during the
Spanish American war he served as
a lieutenant in the Twenty-second
New York Volunteers.
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March "a, 1916.

nounced that the Galician Jews who
have been transported to Russia are
entitled only to the State allowance
made to prisoners of war, and that
they cannot receive support from
Jewish Aid Committees.
There is a possibility that Max NJ.
Newman, Of Spokane, will be can
didate for Lieutenant Governor of
Washington, on the Republican
ticket, if the proposed amalgamation
of the Progressive and Republican
parties of Washington is concluded.
In 1913 Mr.. Newman was a Pro-
gressive Assemblyman for Spokane
county.
The Russian police authorities
have given permission to Jews to
sell wine for the Passover holiday
in the synagogues. The sale will
stand under the direct control of
the civil or military officers in
every community and nothing else
but wine needed for the holiday will
be allowed to be sold
misunderstanding to reports in
the Secolo (Milan), many Levan-
titles and Jews have been arrested
for engaging in exports. A protest
of Rabbi Meir has remained futile
There is great CONSERVATION among
the Jewish population, and many
are fleeing. In the Lower Piraeus,
Greek steamer carrying many Jew
ish fugitives was stopped. The
fugitives were arrested and brought
to Salonika.
A telegram to the Jewish Advo-
cate, of Boston, says: "The Jewish
Congress of Argentine convened in
Buenos Aires on the 18th of Febru-
airy and passed resolutions in favor
of equality and justice for the Jews
everywhere and home land in Pal
estine. Much enthusiasm. Presi-
dents: Liebeschutz, Cesang, Aran-
ovich and Ceciovich."
A strike in the cloak and suit
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