Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-18

HOUND CITIZENS
AND MOCK LAW
250 of Director Wilson's
Hand : Picked Sleuths to
Continue Illegal Canvass
PREDICT HOT RECEPTION
Town Meeting Party Workers
Threaten to Eject Undesirable
Callers From Their Homes

Defiance Of the law regarding police and
politics will; be continued by 25O nf pirec.
tor Wilson's hardr'~'-cd sl7uths ard police.
men, who have do"'ared that t'r,. wIu re.
peat tonight the "iuves,ign tton" started last
night Of citizens who have ~ignrd 'he nom.
ination petitions ~ tho Town Meeting
party. Hundreds Of citizens have been In.
formed by the political cons that they viii
be accompanied by notaries. The slgners
have also been reminded that they will be
obi ged to swear that their signatures to
the petitions are roiu'ne
supporters Of the new party made com
PLANT to tho Town N"etlng party headnuhr-
ters today r"d 3sk Il rnr advice The nature
of the adv,ce go - not di'c' c'n"cd, but
policemen and s'cr,hs will find their task
decidedly futile
Az there IL no record Of the police going
from door TO door to verify signatures to-
petitions OF organization candidates the
citizens generally are aroused. In view
Of the temper OF the people resulting from
the government t-by-murder reign in the
Fifth Ward, Town Meeting party workers
say II s not unlikely that many of the
skulktnE COPS will he kicked out Cf the
homes of the cit zenr they attempt to annoy
wARRA'''T' ~ BE ISSUED
Warrants for o rir1 ood INV ,nav
be iss"ed NJ the re,ui' nC the investigation
plot. acco"dinE = u ''-'tors r,rio today
According to Town Meeting party lead.
ers 25o 30 r.a" Il detectives " 20 cent
out from Cl! NHl| 10 ec t'midate
the new party pre-crlp'ora al nr'o.npt to
6nd some trr'' .itattv ~, vs. e. ,,,
ination papers OF the Town Mcrtlng party
can he throw u.'.,f w Coudty e ,Jmm.s-
sionerS
NtCHOLs0N ACCEPTS
William Il Niohoson has agreed to ac
cept the new pait domination fnr tritv
Treasurer In his letter Of acceptance he
sald he would cause hi'l 80 ha offered
In the next State Legislature which would
abolish personal fees and see to it that
they would be paid to the city
Another bolt IN favor OF the Town Meet.
ing Party has shaken the stronghold of
the Republican organization In this city II
occurred in the FOrty-third Ward The res
ignations of Twenty-Five Penrose .NfcNichol
leaders In that NarI from the e,erut,y.
committee of the ward have bean ofrered
They were presented in the presence OF
Senator Nare
The organization ballot was ternad
"blood-stained" by John Haney, Town
Meeting candidate for Select Council Those
who resigned were:
FirS 4 sionmLohn Hancy, member Of Com
nGr,o mn C9unri cur iels,i5 and Town Meeting can
Third diyislon---Aibc s. Henry, cleyef year,
ward executive committee. ." '"e
Fourth dvislOn--NiIam J. Rrqun m.r,h.r
horr,, l.,h ,nFt Nt 'rS; Harry Meekl
sixth division-Chares Rittehhouse. Harry
Eighth diylson--N, McIntyre. leo Turping.
man wa d executive ,mmlttc": Fink UIt6"Ttr
Tweltth diNsi1u--DaLid s. hain.
Buett c9nd te on To vn Meeting ticket Tor
.sSGIySIeenth diyision--John J. Maggie. Charles
Seventeenth division Charles Reynolds.
II, TwentlTrih DIVISION George U. slegrist, vii.
TTegty5Hfth d',yisioqHTh9m2s ~, Eooey.
ThirtS-tou"th divlston--Albart y. RailIe
Whether there Is any connection between
the events, the orler to the police was Is.
sued by Captain Of Detectives Tate follow.
ing q conference Of Tate, Senator Ware ond
Congressman r. K Scott
'he ! lstructions to the policemen vera
given then at the Detective Bureau where
DeteCti' e Tate after he had been cIusetel
for E.OIe than al hour with Assistant Di.
rector Of Public Safety Davis ana Lieu.
tenant of Detectives Wood
Captain Tate, Assistant Director Davis
Lieutenant Wood, Director Wilson and
Mayor Smith all were asked in turn to ex-
plain the proceedings and each either Dro-
fessed Ignorance Of the matter or evaded
the question. Captain Tate ytqted as he
hurried out Of the building at the cuncu-
sion of the conference that he was toe
busy with another matter to discuss IL
Mayor Smith was next asked about il
He was found at his North Broad street
residence He said
II do not know a thing about II Vybv
don't you ak Director Wilson,"