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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
RAPER COMMANDERY DRILLS
indianapolis Templars Seek to Carry
Of First Honors

Raper Commandery, Knights Ten
plar, the Indianapolis Masonic organi-
zation of which Vice President Marshall
is a member, is drilling today in "xpec
tation of carrying off first honOrs to
morrow as the best drilled of all the
Communicates of America. The com
mandery has twice won that honor, in
Chicago in 1913 and in Denver in 1910.
It took second place in 1915, but expects
to again lead at this conClave.
1t will compete with from twenty
three to twenty six other communicates
Tearly all of the large cities will be
apresented in this contest, except the
tiles of Pennsylvania, which will not
ompete in order not to enter into
rivalry with their guests
Raper Commandery is composed of
leading men of indianapolis. The of
ficers are Captain L. J. Scoonovpr.
First Lieutenant George Thomson and
Second Lieutenant Walter Handy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
RECORDER HAZLITT
TESTTFIES FOR TARE

Recorder of Deeds Hazlett was then
called to the stand.
Questioned by Owen Roberts, he said
that Mrs. Ware and two maids went
to the Broad street house last Satur-
day afternoon The witness said that
Mr.. and Mrs Ware took meals al his
home on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day and carried their clothing in a
grip each night to the Broad street
house Tfc did not know whether they
had any other clothing at The house
or not
Mr.. TIazlctt could not say whether
thore was coal in the cellar, and said
an electric lamp was used for lighting
HazIett to the Rescue
The witness asserted that he bought
the house at 1000 South Broad street
for Senator Ware several years ago,
and frequently visited him there
Mr. Hazlctt said that he had visited
tho Ware House last Saturday. Reply
ing to a direct question put to him by
Mr.. Roberts. Mr.. fTazlctt declared he
had never visited Senator Ware at his
Amber home. except in the summer
time.
Didn't YOU visit him there last De
ccmhcr?" asked Mr.. Roberts
mo was the reply, ''Senator Ware
was in Florida last winter"
Fred Zollrr, district manager of the
Philadelphia Electric Company. said
the house had not been connected elec
trcally. and Harry Taylor. manager
Of the Bell Telephone Company, said
It had not been equipped with tcle
phone.
Are there not other homes in this
city without phones?' asked Mr.
Brown.
Unfortunately there are" replied
Mr.. Taylor.
Leo r. Foley. 1914 Mexican street
resident of that neghborhood for
years. testified that he had known OF
the Ware house for at least ten years
During all that time the Ware home or
South Broad street has never been oc
cupied. he declared, until last Satur-
day. It has been closed, the shutters
tightly drawn.
Says Hazlett Carried Broom
On Saturday the witness testified ht
saw Mr.. Hazlett enter the house carry
! ing a broom and he also saw womer
inside the place engaged in cleaning.
Louis Hessen, zoos South Broat
street. aged and nervous on the witness
| stand. declared during his examination
that he was not a pryer into his neigh
bor's affairs. nor a busybody, but tina
! he had seen no one in the Ware hous
within the last two years.
Children of the public school in tn
neighborhood. he said, had raised SOM
! fine vegetables in the garden of tn
! house during the war. He had reason
he asserted, from the condition of tn
premises and almost daily observation
to assume the place unoccupied.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
EIGHTH SENATORIAL DIsTF
PLANE FALLS IN LAKE ERIE

Detroit, Mich., Sept. H.-lBy A. P.)
An airplane bound from a southern
flying field to Minneapolis fell into
Erie near Kingsville. Ont. yesterday.
Pilot Clay Greene. Detroit. and Gene
STANLEY. Cincinnati. his passenger, were
rescued by a passing motorbont after
clinging to the wrecked planNseverar
hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
Marshall to Welcome
Pershing to Washington

On Board President Wilson'S Spe-
cial Train. Sept. 0,-When General
Pershing returns to Washington on
September 16 he will be officially re-
ceived by Vice President Marshall.
acting for President Wilson. From
she special train on which he is tour
ing the West the President has tele-
graphed Mr.. Marshall expressing re-
gret that he would be absent when
General Pershing arrives and asking
that the Vice President extend the
nations welcome. The ceremony
will include review Of the First
Division. y,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09

took up the cross. examination Of As
sesor Hooker.
You speak Of personal tax" said
Brown. That is personal property
tax"
1.-THE gentleman is an individua,
tax
Brown Resents Lecture"
In an exchange over taxation be
tween Mr. Brown and Assessor Hooker
Brown remarked:
~ am somewhat familiar with taxa
ton. Please don't lecture me about
that"
In another discussion over the mean
ing Of the "gentlcman" tax. with Rob
crts asserting it was personal" tax,
similar to the poll tax, Brown said:
They have a personal tax for every
body, no matter where they are
"Oh, no." said Roberts.
"Oh. yes. beg pardon" said Brown
Senator Ware, seated near the wit
ness stand intcrjectcd with:
II pay all my personal taxes in
Philadelphia.
Charles Il. Hersch tax collector Of
Whitemarsh township. testified that
Senator Ware this year paid his tax on
the assessment Of 5000 as a gentle
man.
Never Assessed as Voter
William II. Rhoads, who was the
assessor for Wbitemarsh township prior
to 1918. said hc had never assessed
Senator Ware on the occupation basis.
Senator Ware suggested to Brown thai
he ask the witness If he had ever as
scssed the senator as voter.
Mr.. Brown then asked Rhoads: "Eou
mean to say you never assessed Sena
tor Narc as voter?
NO, sir" was the answer
"Do you assess votcrs?' asked
Brown.
Yes" replied Rhosds
Never anybody from his house?'
No. sir; never anybody from his
house" was the final reply.
Family Away During Wintor
Samuel Il. McNaugh, ice dealer, ol
Amber. said he served ice to the Am
bier home of the senator ever since the
senator lived there. He said the sen
ator was away from January to March
as far as he knew. He added that be
did not kuow whether or not the sena
tors family vas in the Amber home
during any part of the time.
7. II. Hoover, Amber grocer, said
that the Ware family bought supplies
from his store.
George Davis. who lives or Senator
Eare's property at Amber, and was
described by the latter as a watchman.
said the house was closed in winter.
They usually go away in the fall, "
said Davis. and come back in the
spring. The children come there of and
on during the winter"
Albert Hornickel, chief clerk at thu
Manufacturers Club, said Senator Ware
spent thirty three nights at the club
from January Il to June IS of thi!
year.
Sort Of an Open Secret
In answer to question from Brown
the clerk said he knew Senator Nare'I
family was in Florida during thos,
three months.
Chairman Fell broke in with n oues
tion as to how the clerk knew whcr,
the Senator's family was.
II don't know" replied Mr.. Brown
II suppose he knew. He says he does
Nearly everybody about a club know!
cverybody's business"
To which Mr.. Roberts replied:
III. the Big Chief says so, will
agree with it,"
Mr.. Brown countered with the state
ment that everybody knows everybody
business in an ordinary club.
Mr.. Roberts remarked that it is no
legal evidence, but it is pretty goot
data sometimes.
Mr.. Brown flashed back:
"a good deal that has gone in here /.
not legal evidence"
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Continued From Page One

Continued Prom Page one
ator Ware said the gate was open when
he entered
! The array Of witnesses was Of varied
character and pursuits, from the tot e
tcring old owner of the adjoining prop
erty to the trim young clerks of the
! Manufacturers club and Bellevue
| Stratford. who swOre to the number of
times Senator Ware had spent a night
there in January. February and March
of this year.
Come the Grocer and Ice Man
There were assessors from Montgom
cry county. who told Of the property
holdings of Senator Ware at Amber.
The rural grocer and ice man also
added their mite to the gaycty Of the
occasion They swore that the Amber
residence was served with provcndcr
and household necessities all last year
and this. save in. part Of January,
February and March. During this
period tho Senator'S family was in
Florida.
Then the representatives Of the I.
G.. J.. the Philadelphia Electric Com
panY md tho Boil Telephone Company
testified that their companies had no
connecting lines in the famous 200a
All Of which was deftly used by Mr..
Roberts in tho attempt to demonstrate
that the house was non habitahlo
IScS Portable Lights
The scuator sworC that he used port
able electric lights. and Recorder Of
Deeds EIazlctt told how since the sen
atur and his wife had resumed posses
sion of the house they had taken their
breakfasts nt the HazIctt home
Thoro was very little cross examna =
ton by Mr- Brown. Hc was by turns
urbauo. crisp and scmisavagc. 1t all
depended upon who the witness was
Now and then the critical commissioner.
Mr. Woodruff. intcrjcctcd a pertinent
inquiry The interested chairman of
the board. Mr. Fell. gazcd bcuignlr
upon all the array. as IT driftcd MP aud
back from tho little COOP Of witness
stand.
Law al Issue
II Is very evident that the turning
point in the case is whether or not
Seuator Ware should have lived at 2009
South Broad street sixty days before
the election. The senator declared in
an intcrieCtcd explanation to tho board
that by living at Amber and maintain
ing n voting residence in the First Sen
atorial district he was doing no more
than 80. 900 other people in Philadelphia
were doing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
HILL CALLS HOUSE
DIRTY, NEGLECTED.

The petitioner. Samuel Hill, 1924
South Clarion street, who challenged
Senator Ware in the polling place of the
fifteenth division. Thirty ninth ward.
was the next witness.
1t was Hill who applied number of
cpithets to the house, describing il as
empty" "dirty." "neglected." and
"dilapidated. over a long period.
Hill said he had known the South
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09

out Of his own home. Do you suppose
l would let man like that in my
house? guess not.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
SENATOR II MINUTES
LATE FOR HEARING
Stage Set Promptly in Registra.
ton Commissioners Room

The hearing to decide Senator Ware S
personal residence was set for 10 o'clock
in Room 63O. City Hall. before the full
registration commission. F. Lawrence
Fell. Clinton Rogers Woodruff. George
G. Pierre, Ignatius Quinn and William
Walsh.
Every one concerned was there at
the opening hour except the senator
himself After a ten minute wait
Francis Skunk Brown, former state
attorney general. and the senator S
counsel. became anxious.
Mr. Brown was inquiring for tele-
phone when at 10 III a. m. the senator
walked into the room. The organiza
tion leader was as nattily dressed as
Mayor Smith ever was.
lie wore a new dark blue suit with a
pin stripe, black four in hand tic
barely concpaling a big diamond in his
shirtfront. and straw bat. A fat
cigar juttad at n combativc angle from
his mouth.
The Room Was Crowded
The hearing room was crowded but
there was only Il scattering of i'm
portant politicians present. Recorder
Of Deeds Hazlctt was there as were
Leopold G. Glass. state representative,
and William r. Conner. the attorney
who escaped Il mayoral kiss a few
months ago.
The first witness called by Owen j,
Roberts. for the petitioner. was James
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
GENTLEMAN'S TAX
OF VARE is 5000

Christopher G. Hooker, real estat.
assessor of Whitemarsh township
Montgomery county, was brought for
ward by Mr.. Roberts as a star Wit
ness against Senator Ware
Mr.. Roberts announced that he in
tended to prove that the senator hac
paid his personal tax in Montgomery
county for this year
'He has not paid his personal tax -
retorted Mr.. Brown.
II propose to prove it." said Mr.
Roberts.
Mr.. Hooker testified that the senator
was assessed for seventy one acres al
$7S 900
They say his palace at Amber i.
worth million and half, Mr.. Brown
remarked.
In answer to another question, Mr.
Hooker replied:
Occupation tax. gentleman, 5000"
Allows Man to Vote
In other words. said Mr.. Roberts
the occupation tax is similar to ou
poll tax? 1t is the personal tax which
ello"h nun 10 vote.
IF lie pays tax on it. yes. Hook
er answered.
Mr.. Roberts 5 point was that Senator
Ware had qualified himself to vote in
Whitemarsh township and not in Phils
deIphia.
Mr.. Brown said later the senator
had never defaulted on this tax.
Questions as to whether or not tbt
senator was 10 be seen at Amble,
brought from Senator Ware the yolup
tary declaration that "the Amber Dlac,
is open the year round for week
ends.
Can Have Six Homes
To this Brown added:
II do not see the necessity of Mr.
Roberts or the gentlemen going into
the matter of the house there. The fact
that the senator happens to have a
farm in Montgomery county does not
affect his residence here, any more than
might have a farm and that would
affect my residence. You might lust as
well prove that a man has a place nj
Newport and has a place here. There
are men in this town that have half a
dozen places and yet they have one
residence and one donlicile. The Su :
preme Court has decided that Hatfoot.
edly.
You can't say because a man has
three or four homes, he cannot declare
which is his legal residence
The former attorney general then
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
SENATOR VARE TAKES
THE FITNESS STAND

Richard O'Neill. chief clerk at the
Bellevue .Stratford Hotel, testified that
Senator Ware stopped at the hotel three
nights in January. February and Sep
tember of this year. Each time. he
said. the senator was alone.
Harry F. Stahl. of the Penfield
Building. testified that he had made
observations on Senator Wares South
Broad street home.
He said that at IL :n5 p. m. on
September 6 Senator Ware "and n
lady went into the house and also a
chauffeur.
+ ON the succeeding Monday he testi-
fed that at 7 40 n. IN. he saw "the
senator come out and walk to the cor
Der and he stood there until I :55. A
woman came out of the house Carrying
valise. The senator walked to meet
her and walked up the street and en-
tered 1913 South Broad street"
John NJ. Smollock. recalled to the
stand, testified that he called on Seu =
ator Ware in house at the southwest
corner of Broad and Wolf streets. This.
ne said. was prior to the purchase OF
the house at 200o South Broad street.
Asks Political Affiliations
Mr.. Brown then asked Smollock il
he was not politically opposed to the
senator.
II am a Republican, replied Smol
lock-
Commissioner Woodruff remarked
that he did not see "the pcrtinencc OF
his politics in the matter"
Mr.. Brown replied "If man shows
interest, yor can always show the aims
or interest of a man teStifying 1hut
is an elementary rule of evidence"
There has been no animus in any
thing he said so far" retorted Com
missioner Woodruff.
Senator Ware then took the stand
Mr.. Roberts. opening the examina
ton, asked the senator if he had moi
sworn before the lewiston registrars
that his prior residence was 36i Snyder
avenue.
"Is it not a fact" asked Roberts
that you lived at the southwest cor
ner of Broad and Wolff"
Ware Attacks SmollOek
Senator Yare's reply was:
II was born at the northeast corner
of Front and Mifflin streets and moved
over to 384 Snyder avenue when / was
FIVE years old and liver there up to the
time sold that house and bought zoos
South Broad street"
'You never lived at Broad and
Uolf2b asked nohertS~
"Just wait a minute" replied the
Senator. ''Are you going to be the
lawyer and the witness, too? My
brother was living-I built a house at
the southwest corner of Broad and Wolf
for him and when he died, occupied
the house temporarily. Mr.. Smollock
who just left the stand was never in
that house. He lies. would not
have anything to do with him. I put
him out Of the ward committee because
he put his eighty Ave year old father
out Of the house. set him on thv street
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
GO INTO SESSION

Following the Knights Tcmplar pa =
radc- the business sessions of the grand
encampment of the United States, the
official occasion for all the attendant
panoply and pageantry, was convoked
in Corinthian Hall of the Masonic
Temple. Only about 500 of the 2T5. :
600 Knights Templar in the United
States are participating in thcse pro
The business of the grand encamp-
ment is discussed in secret and none
but the accredited delegates to the en-,
campment is permitted to take part.
Prior TO the actual conclave session
an open meeting was held.
Governor Sproul. on behalf of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania. will ex =
tend welcome to the knights. and
Mayor Smith is to voice similar greet .
ing as the representative of the city
of Philadelphia.
Sir James Is. Krausc, grand master
of the Grand Lodge of PENNSYLVANIA
will express the qualification of the
Masonic fraternity at the presence OF
their Templar brethren.
a similar welcome will be expressed
by Sir Frederic p. Black, grand com
mander. speaking for the Grand Com
mandcry of Pennsylvania.
To Go Into Secret Session
Following these greetings the doors
of Convention Hall will be barred to
all but the representatives of the Grand
Encampment. and tn" actual business
of the thirty fourth tricnnial conclave
will begin.
Tonight 900 visiting knights and their
ladies will be guests at banquet in
the Bellevue -Stratford. 4 grand tour
ney and ball will also be held at the
Commercial Museum. Thirty fourth and
Spruce streets. In the City Hall plaza
the sixty piece band of the Detroit
Commandery will give a public concert
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-09
HELP WANTED-FEMALE

HELP WANTED-FEMALE
cLERKIYHgNG cLsl;T; Z S}jIS LADY NTH SOME
BooKKEEPING AS ASSISTANT IN &c
COUNTING pEPARTMENT; GOOD oP-
FOR MR. WELcKER, PUBLIC LEDGER
Co RAR CHESTNUT ST 1'-r7
Arizona republican., 1919-11-29

ashore this morning by a large Mesa party, of which W. R. Stewart is a leading member.
 Meanwhile, successive attempts were being made to reach the other island from the north shore and rescue the Serrine brothers, Ellis Johnson and Truman Paisley.
 E. R. Barnum of Tempe, pilot of the Southwest Cotton company's plane, which flew over the valley last sum- mer, took boat. and in company with Frank Butler, an Indian athlete, brought by the sheriff from the jail where he is in confinement, managed to reach the island and brought Tru- man Paisley to shore.
 Taken to Hospital
 Wendell Herried of Tempe, 19 years old, made the next trip to the island with Barnum. George Shrine was brought back in the second trip. Bar mum went alone the third time, and as night was falling, brought back Ellis Johnson and Roy Shrine, who had been on the island since their boat had capsized at o'clock
 Paisley and young Serrine, too ex- hausted to walk, were taken on horse back to the hospital at the Salt River Indian agency, where Dr. A, R. War ner administered stimulants and gave them food. Later in the day they were taken to their homes in Mesa. Young Paisley is the son of A o. Pas ley, a carpenter living in Mesa, and George Shrine is the son of w. L. Sir rine, rancher and poultry fancier in that city.
 Sheriff Montgomery of Phoenix, and Constable Woods of Tempe were in active direction of the rescue party, which numbered over a score of per-
Arizona republican., 1919-11-29

last nighht by State Engineer Tom Maddock.
 The report from Jerome says that a 14-foot head of water was going down the Upper Verde at the point where the washout occurred. There was 3S.O00 feet of construction material in the false work that was swept away The bridge was being built by the Topeka Building &r Iron company under contract from the Yavapai board Of supervisors and the state engineer.
 Maddock stated the water has not gone down, and it is therefore impos- sible to establish the loss to the foun- dations The loss in false work will amount to S10,0O0, roughly speaking he said.
 The bridge over the Hassayampa river at Wickenburg was about 2o0 feet in length. The water took every thing but one piling, which still stands. Tn 1913 the center pier was washed away.
 Center Street Bridge Under Water
 The Central avenue bridge south of Phoenix was two feet under water for several hours yesterday morning before the water in the Salt river went down, Maddock reporting that no damage was done to the bridge, although there were many predictions that the bridge could not withstand such a pressure and pun ishment.
 There has been a slight rise in the Gila river, said Maddock, his report from Florence stating that there was no damage expected as a result.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-29
MANY WILL ATTEND
 WORLD MOVEMENT
 IF CHURCH PEOPLE

The following statement is being enclosed in the 800 letters going out of the Phoenix office of the inter- church world movement to delegates to the great conference to be held in Phoenix December 3, and ,.
 More than 100 already have accepted the invitation to be present. They represent every county in the state ex cept Apache and F denominations. Without question this will be the larg- est news gathering ever held in the state. The statement Is as follows:
 Phoenix, Nov. 29, 1919. To the Delegates State Conferences: We are now able to announce the names of the men who are to be on the team to conduct the Arizona and New Mexico conference. They are as follows: Harold McRobinson, Henry F. Cope, Cornelius F. Steffans, Herbert s. Johnson, H. F. Laflamme and E. c. Cronk.
 We have the word of the New York office that all of these men are capable and carefully selected for their fitness for this work.
 Henry F. Cope is known around the world as a leader in religious educa- tion. He has been for some years sec retary of the Religious Education as- sociation, and is one of the most in- teresting speakers in the country.
 Herbert s. Johnson was for 19 years | pastor of Warren avenue Baptist church of Boston. He probably had more to do with the investigation ol | the Congo scandal than any other one man. He was a major in the Red Cross work during the war. H. F. Laflamme is well knowr missionary from India, and one of the leaders of the Layman's missionary movement.
 F.. c. Cronk is a prominent Lu- theran, the head of their missionary forward movement.
 Harold McRobinson and Cornelius F | Steffans are from the field department of the New York office, which mean, that they have been selected also be cause of special fitness for the work It is not necessary for us to ado anything to this, as we believe vol already have concluded to be at thu conference. We certainly feel that i will be the greatest ever held in thu state Sincerely yours, II F.. D. RALEY,
 Field Department