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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-25
VICE RAID WRONG,
SAYS GRAND JURY
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| failed to know of the existence of such
| resorts, having tolerated them for so long
u time. The city could have had no proper
motive for ordering the simultaneous ar
rests of all those persons involved. In
fact, the whole evil could have been abated
without IA single arrest; to permit the
fragrant violation of the law for q long time
aud to follow such violation with the per-
emptory arrest Is an improper use of police
power.
This sensational action Of the municipal
authorities was inevitably followed by
sensational accounts thereof in the news
papers. No other result could have been
expected or intended.
The great amount of space devoted by
the newspapers to the subject doubtless
furnished diverting reading for the prurient-
minded and those of salacious taste but
1t had other consequences extremely In
furious to public morals and welfare. Many
people who hardly knew OF the subject
found 1t thrust upon them: The natural
curiosity of young people was aroused and
exact information furnished and not only
as to the district but the street number
and the name OF the proprietor of the
resort where the curiosity may be salts
fed.
This is not merely surmiss for we
are informed that, since the raid and the
attention attracted TO the district thereby
and by the description of 1t in the news
papers, many sightseers, new faces, are
seen In the Tenderloin. Some OF the resorts
are said to have opened for their edifica-
ton.
The municipal authorities who ordered
the raid and kept the matter before the
public are responsible.
Periodical wholesale raids and the pub
licity incident to them are harmful TO the
public morals and are not designed to
a1NW ANFfl a.
demned. We recommend that there be no
repetition of such wholesale raids"
The Grand Jury here ends it's discussion
Of the vice problem and goes on to consider
the other work it had to do.
The presentment was handed to Judge
McMichael by Charles SinlSler, foreman of
the August Grand Jury Judge McMichael
read the presentment to himself,
JUDGE DIsAGREEs.
'The criticism in the presentnent Is one
for publication" he sad. st cannot saw
that I agree with the Grand Jury. MANY
cases have come before us, have been dealt
with by the court and by the jury, and have
resulted in the convictions OF men who got
money from the Illicit conduct Of women
1t is a matter for the authorities to decide
how TO proceed The defendants come into
court presumably innocent. For 20 wears
have tired TO send the girls back 10 their
families II there was an opportunity for n
Experience shows that this is a good
plan"
Many letters have come 10 the court
showing that these girls have reformed
The solution OF their problem Is a serious
matter This time I have been Obliged
by sense OF duty to send to prison some
women who are so degraded that there
was no other place for them. The wboIs
question Is not judicial but is one for the
public authorities guided by the public ana
informed by the press.
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GREEKS FALL BACK BEFORE
BULGARS; COMMANDERS SAID
TO DISREGARD KINGS ORDERS

SALoNIcA. Aug. 25.-Greek troops, who
are fighting with the British and French
in an effort TO check the advance of the
Bulgarians through Greek Macedonia, have
been forced to fall back in the region of
Lake Tabinos after suffering heavy losses.
Dispatches from the front held by the
Allies right flank told today OF violent
fighting in that district where the Bull
garians have been reinforced by hordes of
Comitadjis bulgarian irregulars).
Six hundred irregulars entered the town
of Prosenik and seized large quantities OF
Greek army stores, after which they burned
the place. Then they occupied Djoumaya.
(Prosenik is six miles northwest of Seres
and lies on the SalonIca- a-ConstantinopIe
Railroad. Djoumaya, or Dzuma, Is three
miles northwest OF Prosenik and is about
a mile east Of the Struma River)
Semiofficial reports from the Struma
front state that the Greeks are still con-
testing stubbornly every inch of ground.
The defense OF the Greek soldiers is being
made in violation OF an order sent by King
Constantine to the Greek commander, Colo
mel christodoulos The Greek commander
has gone so far as to summon rsservlsts
TO the colors, although he has not been
warranted to do so by the General staff
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Ruman,an situation calmly taking the stsi-
tnds tbat n Il Rumania's next move. Inc
feeling is that the Central Powers nsvs sa,s
done everything possible to meet Fuinania :, ;
s,ey ara that Runania, in persisttng IN
The course @ desired BY the Entente and her
own expansionist party will find the Cen
trail Powers ready, in wnich event ~ 10 a.
he expected that every effort viii be MADE
10 insure that the new war theatre Will be
information from Vienna indicates that
T., ,,,ind tbe results of the negotiations con-
cerning Italy's claims before that nation
entered the war, has been at no time dis
posed TO offer Rumania similar concessions
for fear that this again would be mistaken
for a sign of weakness. ,,---,,,.
AT this moment there is not discernible
the slightest effort TO persuade Rumania to
take any other course than one due 10 her
own Initiative The latest dispatches from
Bucharest indicate a further cooling OF OF
the war fever
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BURGLARS SHOTS WIDE;
SUBDUED IN STRUGGLE
Plucky Woman Aids in Capture
Man Held, Accomplices
Sought

After battle in which he tried TO shoot
his captor man who said he was Charles
Mulligan, of Hazleton, was subdued by
Lenau saw him running from the home
Of Mrs Alice Ida ogden. 1923 West Lehlgh
avenue, last night with three other men.
Entrance to the house had been effected
through a side window and jewelry and
clothing valued at $1,000 had been packed
ready to be carried away. The clothing be-
longed TO Mrs. Ogdens son, Albert w
Ogden, who is now at FL Paso, Tex, with
the Second Regiment Band, in which he Is
a drummer.
Mulligan, suffering from the bruises
which he received from his captor after he
tried to shoot him, was arraigned before
Magistrate Beaton in the Central Station
this morning and committed to the county
prison for further hearing September g.
when the police hope to arraign the three
who escaped with him.
Mrs Ogden and her sister Harriet on re-
turning home last night from walk heard
a noise in the house and summoned Mr..
Leinau. The latter was entering the house
when the intruders left by n side door Miss
Rhoda Gilies, Of 2710 North Twelfth street,
friend of Mrs Ogden, was close by and
started in pursuit of Mulligan.
She was at his heels when Le!nau pounced
upon him. The report of the pistol which
Muligan used did not frighten the girl. and
finding that Leinau had the man in his
power tried to trace his companions.
The burglars are believed to have planned
to set fire to the house to conceal evidence
OF the robbery Lighted newspapers burned
holes in the carpets all over the house. De-
tectives Gomborow and Orndorff and Police
man Sickinger of the Park and Lehigh ave.
nues station are trying to find the men who
were with Mulligan.
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BILLY PAUSES HERE
IN FIGHT AGAINST VICE

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glad hand. After the brief reception an
informal luncheon was served.
Billy, although he has lost none of his
old-time ginger, appeared trihs tired.
Feel great boys" he gushsd as peo-
pie pressed on all sides for a handshaks
you see. I have left my fur coat behind
I've got a coat OF tan instead GoIly ia
hate even 10 think Of warm clothes these
days Looks as though I'd have a hot
time enough without Old Sol trying to get
me. too.
The fact Is. boys that am tired. I've
just had dandy trip In the Thousand
Islands. but every place go people expect
me 10 speak, and I'm worn to a fragile.
nave to speak this afternoon at the armory
in Trenton and again tonight in ocean
Grove ] hoped that the campaign would
not open there until Sunday"
When told Of the Tumors Of vice in As.
bury Park. which Is known as one Of the
strictsst communities In the country.
Billy said he had no definite informa-
tlon on the subject, but would WALTON the
devil there with his usual punch.
He fatty refused to comment on the re-
cent vice raid here. Nothing doing :" he
said. with wave OF his hand But when
asked II he favored q segregated vice dis,
tFict, he said he did not Decidedly no.
"A segrssatsa vice district is an lndorss-
ment Of vice. / do not favor a segregated
slcs district any more than ! would favor
district where ons could 20 and hirs
ysgEmens enfIhroats ana thieves"
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RUSSIANS RESUME ADVANCE
ON ALL CAUCASUS FRONT;
TURKS EVACUATING BITLIs

LONDON, Aug 25-Ths Russians have
resumed their advance on the entire eau
casus front following the recapture OF
Mush, said wireless dispatch from Petro.
grad today. The Turks have evacuated
Bitlis, according TO an ofieial dispatch from
Tihls. The town had been recaptured by
the Turks a week ago.
Advancing along the Euphratss toward
DiarbeNr, the Russians have reoccupied
Mush, west Of Lake Van. In the battles
that preceded the capture OF the town the
Cars troops took $500 prisoners.
This new move OF Grand Duke Nicholas
In Armenia has put increased pressure on
the Turk, who seized the opportunity when
the Russian drive slackensd 10 send troops
to the east front and to the Balkans The
fresh threat and the possibility OF a re-
nswal Of the offensive west Of Erzingan are
likely TO force the sultan's generals TO re-
call men 10 the Armenian front
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SUNKEN BARGE BEING RAISED
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT PROBED
Detroit May Be Afloat in Few Days;
No Hindrance to Navigation

The Philadelphia Shipping COMPANY,
agents for the barge Detroit, which va
ahmed and sunk by the Clyde Line Eieams
ship Delaware off Kaighn's Point last night
announced today they have started to ins
the sunken craft and expect to have y
afioat in the course OF three days
An investigation was started today w
determine responsibility for sinking y.
barge, which contained $4,000 gallons q
molasses. The molasses oosed from h0'
In the side OF the barge.
The Delaware, bound for New YORK ~,
on her way down the river as the osis'
was coming up. The Detroit sank imns'
dIately after the crash, but the captain asa
her crew of eight men were picked w y
the steamer. After an hours delay ~
proceeded on her way.
The sunken barge is near the Jei.u
shore and no great hindranee to nsNlsn,
tion. but II left there mud and saae ~
accumulate around the hulk and eisn's
shipping.
The barge and her cargo are covered y
insurance.
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Won HINDENBURG'S OFFENSIVE
FAILS; GREAT BATTLES ARE
BELIEVED IN PROGRESS NOW

PETRoGRAD. Aug. 25.-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburgs counter-offensive against
the Russians between Wilma and the Ga
lician frontier has been checked at every
point.
Northward OF the Ida -Molodetschno
Railroad the Germans attacked, using
poison gas, the Russian War Office an
nounced today. but this assault, as we'll as
others made farther south. were all re-
pulsed by the Russians.
Although the official report made no
mention of fighting in Galicia. military
critics believe that great battles are In
progress in the Carpathians, where the
Russians are fighting for mountain passes.
(AIolodetschno mentioned in the report
is Sc miles southeast of Wilma. Ida is 81
miles south of Vilna)
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News at a Glance

FURMAS, Ala, Aug. 25.-C. W. Smith
and Robert Hall, prominent Wilcox County
men, are dead as the result of a pistol fight
on public highway.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon
voted to recommend ratification of treaty
with Great Britain for the joint protection
along the Canadian border OF insect-eating
birds for ten years.
MEXICO CITY, via Galveston, Tex, Aug.
ga decree ordering all property owners
in Mexico TO prepare statement inmedi-
ately showing such holdings was issued
today by First Chief CarranZa The de-
cree was issued presumably 10 determine
the amount Of taxation necessary TO secure
adequate revenue
BAY SHORE, n. Y. Aug. e5. - Dr.
George S. King few across Great South
Bay in a Curtiss aeroplane to answer a
hurry call from patient on Fire Island.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-TrafHc police
men in New York have volunteer assistants
today. Suftragists are stopping automobiles
throughout the State and distributing litera-
ture to their occupants.
BERLIN, Aug. 25.-General Won Beseier,
Governor General OF Poland, Lthuania and
the other occupied Russian territory, has
granted new charters with broad powers
70 the University of Warsaw and the
Technical High School OF that city, says
the Overseas News Agency.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The big naval
collier Hector. broken in two during a re-
cent hurricane off the South Carolina coast,
is to be raised and reconstructed. The
Navy Department announced that a con-
tract for the work had been let.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Aug. s5.--Fun
reports received concerning Tuesdays hur-
ricane place the damage in excess of
81, 900, OO0 chiefly 10 tobacco properties and
the grapefruit crop.
ROCHESTER,, Aug. s5.-The Rev. Seth
Cook. of Dryden, for many years pastor
of the Lodi Dutch Reformed Church, was
killed and his daughter seriously injured
last night when freight train struck their
automobile.
HARRISBURG, Aus. rs. - George r.
Weighardt, OF this city, a stenographer OF
State Water Supply Commission, now su-
pervsing the construction of the dam at
Coatesville has resigned TO accept a posi-.
ton as a stenographer OF the Water De-
partment OF Baltimore, effective Septem'
beF 8.
HARRISBURG, Aug IS. The state
Board OF Education is preparing the agree
ment for the taking over by the State OF the
Normal School at shippsnsburg The State
will pay $40, 500 for the stock OF the school
The school has issued $4,000 worth OF
stock
ATLANTA. Ga, Aus. sS.-AGa G. cand-
ler millionaire soft drink manufactures,
was nominated for Mayor of Atlanta in
the Democratic primary. The nomination
Is considered equivalent to election.
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TO DISMISS DIVORCE SUIT
Charge Of Cruelty Against Pastor, Pre-
ferrsd by His Wife, Not Supported
by Testimony, Master Holds

The dismissal Of ths divorce suit hled by
AIrs. Sadie A. Macarthur against her hus-
band the Rev. James H. Macarthur. pastor
OF the Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
FrsnkfoTd avenue and Berks street. was
recommended today In the masters report
flsd Ia Common Pleas Court No. 1. The
which was the basis Of the suit. the master
found. was not suppoftsd by testimony
The Domestic Relations Court tried some
time ago 10 bring about . Reconciliation
between the pastor ana his wife. but tasy
wsrs unsuccessful Mrs. Macarthur Is al
the home of her father In Norwood. NJ j..
with her tWo-year-old daughter. Virginia
The othsr children. Esther Eilzahsth. IL
years old, and Ruth, years old, we're lslt
separation.
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THIEPvAL PuLvER1zEp
BARGE TO CALL HERE
WITH BREMEN CARGO

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another tug, which will stick to II untl Il
arrives in New London.
Captain Hinsch, of the North German
Lloyd liner Neckar. who had charge Of ths
pier facilities while the Deutschland was
here, is to go with the Hansa Until she ar
rives in Philadelphia. There he Ia to board
a fast tug for New London, where hs viii
make arrangements for the docking Of ths
barge.
Neither the Maritime Exchang, hi
city nor the local Norrn German laYd
agents have been notified that ta ng
and barge are TO pass up the river. IAsy
said today, however, that It was not IN
usual for barge to make such trip.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-25
CITY MAY WIN CONVENTION
Committee of Chiropractors Will In
Hte Associates to Come Here

An effort to bring the next annual con-
vention Of the Universal chiropraetors AS
soeiation to this city in 1917 viii be made
BY nine women and 1s men. who viii leave
here tomorrow for Davenport, Iowa, to at
teEd the third annual lyceum and convention
which win be held next week in the western
city.
Those who VIII comprise the party in
eluds Mrs. r. S. Asay. D. c.; Josephine
Bell D. c. AIrs John A. Fischer NJ. D..
.. c.; Lillian n. Lynch, D. C.. Mrs. Gar
rett c. Pogue. d. C.. Mrs LaForest Potter,
.. c.. Mrs. Il. 3, Rhoads. BIrs. Charles
stuart and Marion Stuart
Ths leader Of the party viii be DR.. A W.
Marchand. Il was organized BY the con.
xsntion bureau OF the Philadslphia Cham
bsr Of Commerce and thsy are well sup-
Piled With literature.
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PROTESTS POURING IN
AGAINST STAMP TAX
ON INSURANCE POLICIES
Congress Deluged With Objec-
tions to Provision in the Ad-
ministration Revenue
Measure
NOT IN ORIGINAL BILL
Bu a staG correspondent

BU n stag CorTcSpordeht
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.--The DEM
ocratic members of the Senate Finance
Committee, at a meeting this afternoon,
voted to eliminate from the revenue bill
the provision of stamp tax on insur-
ance policies. The action was taken
following deluge of protests from all
parts of the country.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-Protests have
reached members Of the Senate and House
against stamp tax on Insurance policies
in numbers great enough to indicate that
either the Senate or House both will pro-
test against the position taken by the Sem
ate Democratic caucus on the subject. Pre-
dictions are freely made today that when
the Administrations revenue bill becomes
law the stamp tax on insurance policies will
not be a feature of II.
Ever since the revenue bill was reported
10 the Senate from the Finance Committee,
telegrams of protests against the insurance
tax have literally poured into the Capitol
from Pennsylvania and all other eastern
States Many members of the House have
received as msny as twenty kilograms
day, and Senator'S have received many more
In proportion.
The House passed the bill without this
or any other so-called Objectionable
stamp tax on documents, policies, etc. The
Senate Finance Committee reported the bill
with provision for a stamp tax on bonds,
debentures, stock certificates and issues and
transfers of stock, sales Of product on ex-
changes, conveyances, entries at customs
houses, Withdrawals from warehouses, for
egn passage tickets, parlor car seats and
berth, and insurance policies, other than
health, accident or life.
The storm of protest from insurance
agents all over the country Immediately set
in, and may have the effect of removing
insurance from the war tax zone
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st. Paul Takes Precautions

ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. 25.-Approximate-
~ $4,000 school children will be examined
for symptoms OF infantile paralysis before
entering school this year the State Board
Of Health ordered today Entrance 10
schools will be denied children who have
not been examined.
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RUSSIANS MASS ALONG
RUMANIAN BORDER FOR
INVASION OF BULGARIA

LONDON. Aug 25.-~Russia is prepariug
10 strike at Bulgaria through Rumanis.
The Gear has masssd a large army on the
Rumanian frontier and on the banks OF the
Russian Danube for this blow, according
70 Morning Post dispatch from Buda2est.
The AZ Est. which gives eredsnce 10
this report, also states that strong Ru-
msnian forces have been concentrated On
the lower Danube and the truth. ready
10 join with the Russian army ADVANCING
through the country.
Berlin for the last few days has insisted
that Rumania already had Joined ths En-
tsnte. but London has had no Confirmation
OF these dispatches. RumaniSn intsrvsn.
ton on the side of ths Allies undoubtedly
would foFee the hand q King cJnstantlns
and bring dFeses into the war against the
Teutonie allies
BERLIN. aus. 2S--Govsrnmsnt circles
here. though none TOO optimistic. view the
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Chicago Schools Open September s

CHICAGO. Aug. 25.-With all danger OF
a general infantile paralysis epidemic be-
lieved 10 be passed, Chicago public schools
will open as usual September 5. There are
still cases Of the disease scattered about
the city.
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?. Q. 5. on a. ENDs SESSION
New President to Build Up Or
ganization

Ths - ?. o. s. Of A. eonVsntleR Is over.
and the anifoFmsd hgures are not 70 Do sssn
81 ths street today Most Of the members
Hho attended the convention left for home
this mqrning
Naxf years convention Will Be held At
WIzss- Barre MeanWhils the new prssl-
aaHE q <. Clark * Pittsburgh viii en-
azaEez e build ~ ths organization. Ne
HaHls = organise , camp "a eVsFy bia
aanIz1 in FennsYiyan
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Fort Wayne to Defer Opening

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 25. - City
health authorities today asked both public
and parochial schools 70 defer their OPEN
tngs until october because OF the feared
tnfantile paralysis epidemic here. There
are now six cases in the city.
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BRITISH PRESS
ATTACK NEARER
SOMME Goal
Thiepval Pulverized -,
Guillemont Mass Of s1'
Ruins
POUNDED AS BY PEST,
Violent Assaults Called Mu,s..
Gus by Eyewitness Cor
respondent
POUNDED AS BY pEs7,,
BY FREDERICK PALMFp
AccrsSited ,SS SSSor5sspondept with tn. nr,r',

lAccredlted correspondent with IN. -.
sne press OF the United stsi..R ann
Al IHh BRITISH FRONT IN IN
Aug. "a; via London. Aug as rNANcE
been murderous work on both a. tn'n has
with every stage of British nro,s Where,
fighting seems to become mora sl,.s ssl,es th,
the artillery fire hotter. Dl'st and
ON the left the Germans ho,d .. ~,
which has been pounded TO dus, nelvl
the rlght they cling to Guillemon, 'ns q
OF all the ruined villages is now a. sacA
completely pestle.mixed by shellars '' most
Last night the repulse Of tha
attempt to drive the British ov, uellnai
edge Of Guillemont and the M. nv. q N
stone quarry was one Of the bloodIs.".O ~
the war begun. ''Ou'sa' slhu
Tonight the British have bean -.
turther progress east of Delyills making
tientening stu closer the pincers on c,ss NO.
ANOTHER LAP FORWARD
This afternoon the British
forward another lap toward Thi.np pressed
observers witnessed another ar,,,,,a ant
tain of fire which utterly silencsd ~ eur'
chine guns as the charging Rr,t,., "e ma
their way among the shell cratsr. pek.t
yards UP the hillside and entered n. ~. w
trench, sending back the usual nur,s.a nss.nia
= ~
1t all was seen as clearly as q, :.
stage from the gallery, even TO n.
of men standing on the edge of ths ~ t,,s.va s.ua
throwing bombs as one might toss bI,.,l..ii bI.l.i
into a basket Discuu
Clearing out snipers and ploddi,, -.
with their supplies of bombs and c,,-.;.a -.,.a
light machine guns. that persistsnt ii..
infantrymen under cover OF cor,,n.. s y
blasts of their own guns, and in tbs rIs.,
of bursting shells from the German i,,ss' ..s
lery, never faltered, but reached N. ,sur r..r
top Of the ridge, at one point along ~, ,st
Of 1000 yards. avn
THIEPvAL PULvBRIzEp
They were within only 500 yards A, ~.
pulverized remains of what was ons. -. ~
village of Thiepval, which has becon. y. y.
most redoubtable of names to hundr1S, !,
thousands of men.
Meanwhile, the British kept on s,nS,,,
15.inch shells into the Thiepval area ~
German dugouts which lie deep under n.
wreckage of the houses, and spouts !,
smoke and dust rose to heights 200 ~,
and with what looked like bodies Of ru,n
or sections Of timbers being tossed about
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PIague KllIs Chester Child

CHESTER Pa. Aug 25-The third death
IN Delaware County from infantile paralysis
occurred today when &-ysar-old Roberta
Rainey. daughter OF William Rainey, died
AZ her parents home Ia Llnwood Heights
aesF here.