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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
GROCERS' HEAD FEARS
REACTION AFTER WAR
James Hewitt, Philadoln,..
Speaking at Annual Conaas qua
tion, Urges Trade Cant,a

READING, Pa. Marob
warning TO proceed with oa,,.,A A note n
the unusual stimulus given ION ~ hecauss
the European war is likelv y, business n,
by diseouraging reaction y.o followed
by James Hewitt, of Philadoi,l, sounded
annual address at the openino ~ IN hs
annual convention of The p. vi tne Ion
New Jersey and DeIawarsS iss!ylvans
Grocers' Association at the pos,. W,nolsas
tel here today. Mr. Hewitt, 4. snife Ho
OF the association. There was p,residcnt
tendance of members fron, large At
states their business interes,. 'Ic thite
dig sugar refineries, etc, renresaa.,V nvludht
Investment of many millions a.
Mr. Hewitt referred to +ha
poon that has been in prosress 81 ,Uuslness
ialL He spoke Of the great good iiss ~. laa
Deen accomplished by the Grocsr., wa, has
clatlon, saying It has elevated tho Asso.
10 hlgher plane AMI has rc.,,,.silea
transactions OF former years vbiot bi'eu "A
doned o'lhg abaN
The addresses of welcome ,ror. -.
ereu by Mayor filbert and Il I ,1 Civ
president of the local Chamber 30 "'clrli c
merce. Col. Fred Drake, of Eostnn eSn Ssl
member of one of the oldeat VII, ~
grocery firms in the State. resnorau,, "as,v,ssaA
William c. Redheld, Seoretary ~
merce, viii address the conven,,o, Com m
social session tonight. a.
Governor Brumhaugh, Conrreaer,. :
walt of Allentown, Pa, Judge tJas...Ds ~
Schacffer, of Reading, and Eraa' Wy
of Niagara Falls, will he the snsoi,sss1
the annual banquet tomorrow night .aiNn y
will close the convention. "n'a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
SOCIETY GIRL BURNED
AS STRAY MATCH FIRES
FLINSY DANCE FROCK
Miss Catherine G. Cassard in
Serius Condition From Acct
dent at Dinner Just Before
Big Masque Ball
RESCUER ALSO INJURED

Miss Catherine Cooper Cassard, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lippncott Cas-
sard, Of 336 Pelham road Germantown,
is In dangerous condition at the Uni
versity Hospital the result of burns re-
ceived Mt dinner last night preceding the
Bal Masque, society's farewell fling be-
fore Lent. Her head. face shoulders.
arms and body were badly burned when
flying match head which some one had
scratched caused her flimsy white Snow
BALI costume to fare up. The accident
occurred in the home OF Mr. and Mrs
Edwin X. Sparks. 1877 South 23d street
where the dinner was given The pretty
brunette hair which lent much to Miss
Cassard's charm, was virtually all burned
away.
Her friends are alarmed at Miss Cas-
sard's condition. No improvement during
the night was reported. DR.. George Ross
and DR.. David Farley are in attendance
Albert Il. Kennedy, Jr, of 2203 Wal
nut street who probably saved Miss Cas-.
sard from fatal burns is recovering to.
day from hurts of the hands which he
received when he extinguished the blaz.
ing tulle of her costume with heavy cur.
tains which he SnatChed from a doorway
The party, laughing and chatting, had
Just entered the drawing room after din
ner preparatory to leaving for Horticul-
tural Hall, when some one scratched n
match presumably to light n cigarette.
The match broke and the blazing head
flew into Miss Cassards lap. Her costume
fared up ut once, enveloping the upper
part Of her body in flames After they
were eNtnguishcd Dr &. A. Knowles and
DIR. William Campbell Posey were sum-
moned. She was hurried to the hospital
The party was chaperoned by Mr.. and
Mrs T. Spencer Miller Sd, in the Illness
of Mr.. Sparks and the absence of Mrs
Sparks. Others in the dinner party were
C. Aplin Sparks, Miss Dorothy Frick of
Baltimore. and Miss Sophie Beauveau
Norris,
Miss Cassard, who is known for her
individual type of beauty and good dane
ing, was one of the most popular debu-
tantes two years ago Her brother, Ed
ward j. Cassard, is a widely known tennis
player
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
FEEBLE MINDEDNEss EXHIBIT
WILL END SESSION TONIGHT
Expect 100000 Attendance Mark Will
Be Reached Today

II is expected the 100000 attendance
mark will be reached tonight, when the
doors at the Exhibit on Feeble Minded
ness in the widener Building, Chestnut
and Juniper streets, held under the au-
spices Of the Public Charities Association
are closed at 6 o'clock.
This afternoon band concert will be
given by the 2s young people. all inmates
Of the Pennsylvania Training School for
Feeble Minded, at Elwyn. The concert
begins at 4:30. II Is the first time the
band has ever appeared In this city
Tomorrow night the two weeks cam
paign will come to n final close with a
special meeting In the Glover Room Of
the Bellevue -Stratford, when speeches will
be made by DR.. Thomas w. Salmon, New
York. Of the National Committee for Mem
tai Hygiene, on THE National Feeble
Mindedness" and G -orge w. Kirchwey,
whose subject ls The New Spirit at Sing
Sing" Mr.. Krchwey is dean of the Co.
lumbia Law School and acting warden at
Sing Sing, following Thomas Mott
Osborne.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
LOCAL OPTION WINS OVER
PROHIBITION IN VERMONT
Only One County in Favor of Re-
enacting Amendment

RUTLAND VI. March s.-Local option
won over prohibition In this State yester-
day by a margin OF 13,164 votes.
The prOhibitory amendment was first
placed on the statute books In 1859 and
was repealed IN 1903 by a majority of
zzs The vote on the question OF
rs-enacting the amendment was: Yes.
1s.be3 no, 1857.
Every county In the State. with the ex-
eepklop OF Orleans. gave a majority In
favor of local option
The proposed amendment had been
passed - the last Legislature and sub
iallted - the people Ia referendum. The
result u the vote vas a surprise. not only
e tie ProhioitOry Campaign COMMITTEES
and fhe AntisalOon League, but also to
the local option leaders. who said they
had not looked for 80 decisive victory
Tie Stale voted Tor direct primary cleo
lzans tF Inai4 IS of soc The system
lslll s into eject Tor the selection 81 dele
z4f4s to fhe NatiQisal Cengeation this
sIIf'n8
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
BIG CHEMICAL PLANT
BLOWN TO ATOMS
Continued from Page One

continued from Page One
and he was forced to abandon his office
Officials and firemen crouched behind other
buildings, powerless to throw water on the
flames.
Doctor Carvath said he had been maxi
ing sodium peroxide for a number of
years, and after talking with his chem
lists came to the conclusion that last
nights fire was not the result of an acct
dent He states also that all the men
in the building at the time have been
accounted for with one dead and one
seriously injured
BLAST ON BLAST.
The fire started with a terrific ex-
ploslon that rocked the entire city as by
an earthquake.
other explosions of even greater vio-
lence to the number of 12 or Is fol-
lowed, and the pero:;id~ plant was liter
ally blown to atoms.
The plant in which the explosions oc-
CURED contained apparatus for the manu-
facture of a large percentage of the
chloroform used in the United States
Enormous quantities of peroxide OF hy-
drogen are also manufactured there. The
building, OF brick and steel construction,
about 400 by rs feet in dimension, was
demolished. The first explosion shot the
slate-covered steel arch roof, with it's
massive g'rfars ] 90 feet In the air and
landed 1t several hundred feet away, in
another section of the plants yard.
CARS BOwLED OVER
A string Of freight cars standing on a
siding two blocks away was bowIed over
while one of the huge electric hauling
locomotives of the Niagara Falls Junction
Railway was wrecked.
Steel tanks, about 20 by Is feet di-
mensions, were shot through a S-foot solid
brick wall like projectiles and sank in
the Niagara River, some 100 yards dis
tant Machinery Of every description lies
heaped in tangled and twisted masses An
various parts OF the yard.
The plant manufactures nitrates az a
bI-product, which are delivered 10 the
various powder companies working on
war orders, 1t is also understood thew
have immense direct war orders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08


yet been regulated by international law
and, in doing so, could and did not violate
any existing rules, but only took into
account the popularity of this new
weapon, the submarine boat.
Is ALSO WARNED NEUTRALs.
"The use of the submarine naturally
necesstated restriction of the move
ments of the neutrals and constituted a
danger for them which Germany intended
to ward off by complete warning analo-
gous to the warning England had given
regarding the North Sea,
"As both, elligerents-Germany in her
note of February II and Great Britain in
those of February IS and 20, 1916
claimed that their proceeding was only
enacted in retaliation of the violation Of
international law by their opponents, the
American government approached both
parties for the purpose of trying to re-
establish international law as it had been
in force before the war.
Germany was asked to adapt the use
OF her new weapon to the rules which
had been existing for the former naval
weapons and England not to interfere with
the food supplies intended for the nom
combatant German population and to ad-
NIT their distribution under American su-
pervision. Germany, March /, 1915,
declared her Willingness to comply with
the proposal of the American Govern
ment, while England, on the other hand,
declined to do so, By the Order in Coun-
Gil of March IL, 1915, Great Britain
abolished even what had remained of the
freedom Of neutral trade with Germany
and her neutral neighbors. England's OBJ
ject was to starve Germany into submis-
sion by these Illegal means.
Germany, after neutral citizens had
lost their lives against the wish and in.
tention, nevertheless in the further course
of the war complied with the wishes of
the American Government rgardng the
use OF her submarines. The rights of
neutrals regarding legal trading were, In
fact nowhere limited by Germany.
BRITISH ARMED LINERS.
'"rhen England made It impossible for
submarines 10 conform with the old rules
of international law by arming nearly all
merchantmen and by ordering the use of
guns on merchant vessels for attack.
Photographic reproductions of these in
structions have been transmitted to neu-
tral Governments, with the memorandum
OF the German Government of February
s. 1916.
'srhese orders are obviously in contra
diction with the note delivered by the
British Ambassador in Washington to
the American Government on August 25,
1914 On account Of the proposals, made
by the United States on January 23, 1916,
regarding disarmament the Imperial
Government hoped that these facts would
enable the neutral Governments 10 obtain
the disarmament OF the merchant ships OF
her opponents. The latter, however, con-
tinued with great energy to arm their
merchantmen with guns"
Today is the eighth day since the new
German edet regarding armed liners has
been operative. Although a number of
enemy vessels have been torpedoed, no
American lives have been lost through
u-Boat attacks since March l, and so far
as Is known no Americans have been ON
any of the victim vessels
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
S1,OOO,OO RIPARIAN GRANT
TO LEHIGH VALLEY VOID
N. j. Appeals Court Nullifies Convey
ance of Morris Canal Basin

TRENTON. March S.-Sustaining Vice
Chancellor Stevens the Court Of Errors
and Appeals today decided to be null and
void the riparian grant of 1889 TO the
LehIgh Valley Railroad Company Of the
big basin at the mouth Of Morris Canal
in Jersey City The decision Is a great
victory for the State, which prosecuted
the case
other claims for the property are still
held by the railroad, and the court said It
was unwise and unnecessary now to pass
upon the effect of the act of 1891 giving
the Morris Canal and Banking Company
the right to lease the property in per-
petulty to the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company.
Under the opinion Of the Errors Court,
which was written by Chief Justice Gum
mere, the conveyance made July 12, 1889,
to the Lehigh Valley of the Tidewater
basin Is affected. The basin is near New
York harbor and is worth millions of dol
lars. The railroad claimed the right TO
make fills and other changes Only
$4,000 will have to be returned by the
state, the consideration in the riparian
grant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
LEADERS OF FINANCE
PROTECTED BY NETS
Steel Bomb Proof Devices
Placed on Skyscrapers in
N. Y. Money District

NEW YORK, March S.-Threats oil
would-be assassins and bomb plotters nave
terrorlzed New York's mllllonaires. These
financial leaders are spending thousands
of dollars a day to protect their lives,
their wives and children and their prop
erty, II was learned here today.
Lower New York particularly Wall
street. is honeycombed today with high
priced shadows" both men and women,
who dog" the footsteps Of such men as
Daniel g. Reid, IIlbert II. Gary, Vincent
Astor, Henry Clews, Charles NJ. Schwab.
Henry c. Frlck and Others day and night.
Not only ls every move Of these men
and their families closely guarded con-
stantly, but residences, sltyscrapers in
the financial district and the winter and
country homes of the wealthy fashion,
ables are armored with closely woven,
bomb-proof steel nets upon the roofs.
Two trim little women, apparently
bustllng along the streets on business OF
their own, laughing and chatting social
small talk look like the wives of pros
porous business men.
These two women are watching every
one about them closely. inside the muffs
they dangle so carelessly are blue black
automatics, and never more than 20 feet
from them is Henry c. Frick the steel
baron.
These women watch every move Frick
makes. Apparently frall little creatures
they are in reality, two bundles of iron
muscles able to cope with more than
ordinarily husky bruiser.
with this pair and the men shadows
he employs, both in New York and Pitts
burgh, as n personal guard, and the others
he keeps to protect his property, Tricks
ntimurder-and-bomb net costs him sew
eral hundred dollars a week.
The most comprehensive and expensive
of protection is that employed by
]. p. Morgan. He has built up his system
of defense only since he was shot at Glen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
SUFFRAGE VICTORY
ms YEARS, FORECAST
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, at
Harrisburg, Spurs on
Workers in Cause

HARRISBURG, March 8-Wi eve
years every woman in the Unit )
will have the ballot if they pers. r
ously enough in their campaigns, sald .lrs,
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
National Suffrage Association.
The expected debate over rules failed to
materialize and most of the morning was
given over to an address by Mrs. Gait,
who urged the suffragists to try for both
the adoption of a Federal amendment and
the passage of suffrage acts by the sew
eral States However, Mrs Gait urged
immediate action looking toward a suf-
frage amendment to the National Consti-
tuition.
THE first thing to do" she said, "is to
get your map and learn where your Con-
gresham lives Then be sure there is a
suffrage organization there and get the
friends and relatives Of the Congressman
to join"
The speaker intimated that she thought
this pressure eventually would have the
desired effect on the Congressman's suf-
frage views.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
HYMEN FRowNs ON YOUTH
Young Man Applies in Vain for
License at Elkton

ELKTON, Md, March S.--Nine Of the
ten couples who applied for marriage
licenses in Elkton this morning were
granted the permits. The tenth pair,
Francis Ochs and Harriet Il. Wallace.
Lykens, Pa, were refused owing to the
prospective bridegroom not being of age.
Those receiving licenses we're:
Martin II. Vanderpol and Lena NJ.
Gamble, John p. Dorsey and Agnes V.
Prommer, William J. King and Helen c.
Keenan, and Ettone Manfredi and Car
mela Buonomo. all of Philadelphia; John
j. O'Rourke and Marie Snyder, Pottsvlle (:
Lawrence A. Martin and Laura Deppe,
Berwick Robert y. Sheckler and LueTla
A. Shecller, Iehighton, Pa. Tony Rece-
kett and Grace Martino, Trenton, N. j. |;
Day Fisher, Penn HILL Pa, and Olive C.
Trimble, Pilot, Md
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
SENATE LEADERS
TO HASTEN DELAYED
LEGISLATIVE WORK
Only One Bill of Major Impor-
tance Has Been Passed in
Three Months of
Session
TWO METHODS FOR SPEED
Hour Added to Meeting Time, and De-
bate Limited--Night Sittings
in Prospect

WASHINGTON, March S.--The Senate
having passed only one bill of major i'm.
portance in three months of session, Ad
fninistratlon leaders today took steps to
hurry the program along.
Adding another hour to the Senate s
meeting time and limiting debate were
two means employed The latter process
is brought about despite Senate rules, by
moving to table certain amendments to
the Shields waterpower bill. Where the
amendment has only a few friends this
has been successful.
Among important Administration meas
ures not yet even introduced are:
Ship purchase bill, naval program bill,
tarim commission bill and the whole finan-
cial program, including expected income
tax amendments and special taxes, to pay
extra cost of preparedness.
Bills not yet far advanced on the calen-
dar are:
Conservation bills, army preparedness
bills, rural credits and the Government
armor plate bill.
When the Shields bill Is disposed Of this
week Senators Tillman and Myers will
line UP for fight to see whether the
armor plate bill or Myers substitute for
the Ferris conservation bill shall have
next place.
Shields was reminded by Leader Kern
month for the passage of his bill and
that time was valuable. He gave notice
of asking night sessions unless speeder
progress was made. Senator La Toilette
has just arrived here with half dozen
amendments, which may delay the bill
a week or 10 days more.
House leaders today framed their future
legislative program. The first important
project is the repeal of the free sugar
schedule of the Wilson.Underwood tariff
act. Leader Kitchn said he expected to
bring up the sugar resolution in the House
tomorrow and spend the entire day in de.
bate, and pass II before adjournment A
day of political debate was expected with
virtually unanimous support for the re.
peal resolution at the finish.
Whether the House will next take up |
the army preparedness BILL the annual ag-
ricultural budget or the immigration !
measure is doubtful. Chairmen of all |
three committees were working for first |
place on the calendar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08

Cove. Prior to the attempt TO murder
him Morgan laughed at the idea Of any
one getting" him.
Encaeing the roof of the Mills Building,
next to the Morgan Building, in lower New
York, is n massive steel net which cost
Morgan $4,000. Another $4,000 steel web
encases the roof Of the Morgan Building.
The Mills Building net was put UP so
bombers could not hurl explosives from
its roof
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
Du Pont Workman Shot

Peter Domaneco, 1S years old, of Penns-
grove, is in the Cooper Hospital, Camden,
suffering from a bullet wound in his right
leg. The youth was shot by an unidenti-
fled assailant at lonely spot near the
du Pont Powder Works, where he is em-
ployed. He will recover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08

Giving false inventory of their busl-
ness to the r. G. Dun Mercantile Agency,
for the purpose of obtaining credit, is
charged in a suit of the American Wool
en- Company, of New York. brought in
Court of Common Pleas No l today
against Rehl & Bender cloak manufac-
turers, 25 South 9Th street. The company
seeks to recover S2O96.S5, with interest
for goods sold and delivered TO the de-
PENDANTS in 1914. The plaintiff company
alleges the figures given out to Dun's
were false.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
City Bonds Issued

Certificates of purchase of the sss,,
600 municipal bond issue of DecenbsS Dy,S'y' y,
l9l6, were issued today by CITY ~. u
tr9l1er srn6 v ws,t0n, ,Hnn The bonds are Of ;lS1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08

3oyoooHot1ses
$4,000 houses have actually been built from
LADIES HOME JOURNAL Plans And this number
isseveral thousand shy of the actual total. There
a time when builders and architects said
LADIES HOME JOURNAL houses look nice in the
pictures, but they aren't practical" But that was
20 years ago. Now the $4,000 houses actually
standing prove the contrary, until one leading
architectural authority was recently forced to- saw:
Il have no hesitation in saying that
THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL has had
more influence in betterng domestic
architecture than any other single
modern agency"
1t is a record for magazine to put $4,000
houses on the ground, and it has been done by
the most careful selection and because people
have had confidence in U.s.
And every month we print more and better
house designs.
Have you ever seen them? Just buy a copyof
The Ladies
HOME JOURNAL
lis or1!y15 cents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-08
Emmet Celebration

ttADEtIN or MUSIC
Thursday Eve. March 0
NiMEf CELEBRATION
Music Songs Speeches.
Motion pictures OF o. DOno-
100 EDssa funeral In Dublin,
Tickets ~ cents TO 81.
'u sale T98 Spruce street.
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BERLIN EXPLAINS REASON
FOR U-BOAT DECREE

Continued from Page One
yet been regulated by international law
and, in doing so, could and did not violate
any existing rules, but only took into
account the popularity of this new
weapon, the submarine boat.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-04-12
REPORT OF PARDON BOARD.
Forty-pine Petitions for Clemency
s Considered.

Columbia, April THE State
board of pardons this morning filed
their report and recommendation
with Gov. Manning on the applica-
tons for clemency which they have
been considering: for three days
Forty-nine petitions for pardons, pa
roles or combinations of sentences
were considered by the board. The
most widely known of the cases were
those Of Joe Grant, the Edgefeld ne.
gro, under sentence of electrocution
Tor killing white man at Johnston in
1906, and A. c. Tolbert, of Green
wood, under sentence of death for
having cut his wife's throat. Grant
is to die on the 14th and. Tolbert on
the 18th Of this month unless the
governor grants a stay Of sentence.
Tolbert. q white man. cut his wife's
throat in Q. mill village in Greenwood.
FAis attorneys, are claiming that he is
insane and are asking for commuta-
'tion Of the sentence TO life imprison-
ment, Attorneys for the negro. Joe
Grant. are making 9 SIMILAR request
for life Imprisonment.
Clyde Clement, serving ten-years'
sentence from spartanburg for the
death Of little, baby. asked for q
pardon Clement was given life i'm
iprisonment but former Coy. Blease
reduced the sentence to ten years.
Coy, Manning will 80 over the par
don boards report when he has op-
.portunity and either approve or dis
approve Of their findings.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-04-12

~ IF - wv Il s.''l ~ Tk}5s5 eFAfal- 80 q
reefy Home Wedding on Thursaay
Evening at Dalzcll.

A very pretty home wedding CO.
CURED at the home Of the bride at
I>alzell on Thursday evening at 8
O'clock. when Mrs. Annie Dolby Rem.
bert was united In marriage to Mr.
Robert ]. Brogdon Of Columbia. The
wedding was attended only by few
near relatives and few intimate
friends OF the bride and groom, the
Eceremony being performed by the
Rev. W. G. Elwell Of the Da:xell
Methodist church. -
!. The residence wss tastefully decor.
ated for the occasion with green
vines, potted plants and cut flowers,
forming quite a, lovely scene for the
ceremony.
! There were no attendants and the
ceremony was simple but impressive
Miss Rosalie Rembert played the
wedding march. The bride was beau
tiful In q gown Of Alice Blue. which,
Just matched her delicate complex
Ion.
After refreshmentsl had been served,
Mr.. and Mrs. Brogdon left ON q short
bridal trip before returning to Dali
sell. which will be their fturs homo.