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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
FORMER SERVICE MEN
PITCH IN FOR MOORE

A committee representing men who
served i'll the army and navy during
the war and who are opposed to the
Wares in politics has opened headUuar-
ters in the Liberty Building with the
Moore campaign committee.
On the committee are these cx service
men:
Harris W Watkins. 5o2 Liberty building
nue. charleS 2: Keyg9Ids HSi., zoos zoos nl@mIoond
nut streets Herman Goldstcin. 9ll2 Master
street W ". HGugheTty, 28ig SgglG .ni. sSyeg-
avenue: Alphonso sproul, Land Tlt" Build
street: John P Meehan, 1885 Rds" avenue;
Leo J. Tunney. 2309 Aspen street Thomas
r. TEgFeT HorteT 80 80 2o Sorth % Psxon street Harry
A. Fryckberg 1927 Arch street; William
iIton. 2OiS North 'rhlrty-frst street, Joseph
xSa6 SsS5 WS4@S.E
Conley. 1872 Filoert street; John Fox 5000
AREfR ernest WfT4Srm PetSrman sio Parrs street John
mth VGrh ssfosa Sd s+rfT ayn N'9%3 9S
Camac street: Rutherford N. Warren. .,n3s H3S
south Paxon street; Charles Taggart, POS
penter street: J Raymond Kelly, Girard
EisRtsen,h street: John j: Burns. p,, 2Gi5
Brown street: Edward J. Lacy; S4k Ierkl'
omen street, Earl Pross, 20is JeTfserson
street. Edward ]. Rankin, 2Ol9 North Thirty
| hrst street; John DouGhery, l7l2 south
Frazier street; william A. Gallagher, l+la
North Nineteenth street: Harry j. MckntEht,
| 1911 North street; Alexander Cunningham.
| 1907 Master street; Daniel Carney, 1875
| Cal bot street; John Mulheirn. s2l North e
Harlan Bucher. Twenty.Hinth and G!raTd
| sixty third street: James McCann, 1898 Rit-
ner street: James J. Gallagher. l+l6 North
/ Nineteenth street John A. Phillips, 6Ia
North Fifteenth street; Charles A. Gallagher.
SlT North Twentieth street Leroy Rerprot,
S25 North S!nns'esspth sire street; Ambross rose
| o Donnell l7l6 wylle, street, Adan F
Brady; Charles McFadden, 62oS Christian
| street John Dixon. 1925 lngersoll street
James J. Carr SlS Perkiomen street Fred
! D. DaEit 1929 Euclid avenue; Patrick J,
Burns 1870 Cabot street.
| John NJ, GentneT, Fox Chase. Clarence
wallace 2Ols Master street; r. c. Crandall
Goa FaTraEut terrace. Char res William
| Gowdy 723 South Broad street Thomas
Msehan i9sS Ridge avenue; John McPhlllps
| 1926 BoUyisr street: John Conahan 1s2;
West Thompson street; Rudolph Hirschwald
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NEW DAYLIGHT BILL LIKELY
Emil P. Albrecht Looks for Congress
to Please Both Sides

Emil +. Albrecht. president of the
Bourse. when told of the passage by the
House of the measure repeating day
light saving. over the Presidents veto.
said:
Another bill. it. can br safely said.
will be introduced in Congress ! do
not know what we could do right away.
but we have plenty of time for action
before next March. when the renPal of
the daylight saving act would be first
felt. Between now and that time, we
hope to be able to prepare a bill which
Will receive the approval Of the agricul
turM element. We surely can find a
way 10 please the farmers and yet con
tinup 10 profit by daylight saving.
1T Mas surprise to hear that the
act rcpkplng the daylight saving bill
has beert passed over the President S
veto. ItSshows the strength Of the
farmers al Washington. They were the
chief and Utmost the sole opponents ot
the dayligh saving law"
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COUNCIL CANDIDATES
TO Be PICKED TODAY
Both Factions Must Complete
Tickets--Last Chance TO
File Petitions
WADE MAY ENTER THE RACE

Neither Republican faction has COM
pletcd its slate for Council and the Re-
publican organization still has two
places on its ticket for row Offices qn-
filled.
Both factions must complete their
states today. as the time for filing nom
mating petitions for the primary, Sep
tember 10. expires at midnight
Independent couhcilmanic candidates
have been requested to file their nomi-
nation papers and the Independents will
indorse their candidates after their
papers have been filed.
Ware leaders may try to make in
roads on the independent strongholds in
the Thirty eighth and Forty eighth
wards by taking advantage Of the dis
satisfaction caused by the make up OF
the independent states in those wards.
Select Councilman Ira Garman. In
dependent, may be slated by the Ware
organization from the Forty sixth ward,
and Common Councilman Harry Davis.
loIIlfT tupIHln OF Ine HlnlPIlFS, lTOin
the Thirty eighth ward.
Dissatisfaction has arisen in the
Forty sixth ward over the stating Of
Common Councilman Francis F. Burch
for Council by the Independents. Gar
man, who has always been an independ-
ent, announces that he will run. but
says he has not sought Ware support.
Trouble has been brewing in the
Thirty eighth ward. where A. Lin
coin Acker is the leader since the
Acker forces slated Representative Sig
mund J. Cans for Council Davis
threatens to run and the Ware organi-
zation it is reported will support him
AT workers meeting in the Thirty
eighth ward tonight.
Such action would be counted on to
make serious inroads in the Acker or
gBnzation.
Select Councilman Bradenburgh.
elected by the Penrose Independent
forces. is reported to have led the march
into the Ware camp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19

The Democratic City Committee has
completed its slate.
1t is headed by Harry D. Wescott,
of the Forty third ward. who will run
for the mayoralty nomination in oppo
Stion to former Congressman Michael
Donohoe. named by the so called Bon
niwcil faction.
Wescott, who is son Of former
Attorney General Woscott. of New
Jersey. is member of the bar in this
city. He took prominent part in
Liberty Loan campaigns here as chair
man of the Four Minute Men.
Mr.. Wescott and the other Demo
cratic candidates were recommended to
the city committee by a committee on
nominations consisting of fifteen promi
nent mon. Robert s. Bright was
chairman Of the committee.
The committee made no recOmnen e
dations for councilmpn. county commits
sioners or magistrates. preferring to
await the result of the petition filed.
Edwin X. Boric presided at the meet =
ing.
The committee of twenty five bon
niwcll Democrats who recently put a
ticket in the field headed by former
Congressman Donohoe has decided to
effect permanent organization. to be
known as the democratic Liberty
League. A statement issued by the
leaders in that movement follows in
part:
"The committee Of twenty five who
last week suggested the Democratic
ticket headed by Congressman Michael
Donohoe for Mayor. after discussing the
attitude of Colonel Thomas f. Meahan
who had been suggested for the Office oi
recorder Of deeds. noted that inasmuch
as Colonel Meehan had announced that
he preferred to be a candidate of a fac
tion of the Republican party and in
the Republican primary in preference
to being the choice of the independents
the Democratic citizens rescinded tht
announcement of last Monday ant
unanimously announced for the recorder
Of deeds Sergeant Albert L. Schad
Company l.. 111th Infantry, Twenty
eighth Division.
Sergeant Schad resides in tho For
tieth ward. lie was specially cited fol
extraordinary herOism by General Per
shing at Montblainville, September 30
! 1918. when, single handed he cleaned
up machine gun nest, for which he
was awarded the Distinguished Service
Gross October 4. 1918. he was awarded
the oak leaf cluster to be worn with
the cross when he advanced alone upor
n machine gun nest. killed the crew
with hand grenades. captured the gur
and held the position until the follow
ing morning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
If You Would Vote
You Must Register

One week from today you must
rcgister-August &c.
DO not delay, you may be absent
on succeeding registration days.
You must have property or poll
tax. Poll tax is sold at all polling
places. which will be open next
Tuesday from : A. m. to l p. m.
and from to 10 p. m.
1t is Good Citizens Day, Don't
forget the date
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$50 CHILDREN ON PICNIC
Curtis Country Club Gives Outing a
LaWndaIe

The picnic which was to have been
held last week at the Curtis Country
Club, at Lawndale, for 100 children,
under the supervision of the State Dis
pcnsary. is being held today.
Children under fourteen years oi
agp. some accompanied by parents, met
at Seventeenth and Cherry streets at
o 30 o'clock this morning and took IA
special trolley car to Lawndale. The
car was provided through the gener
osity Of the Automobile Club of Phia
delphia.
Nurses from the North. South and
West Philadelphia dispensaries were in
charge of the picnic and provided
lunches for those children who did not
bring food from home.
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MAY END PITTSBURGH STRIK
Carmen viii Meet Thursday to Con-
slider Compromise Offer

Pittsburgh. Aug. l3.-tBy y. P.D--
The first step toward ending the strike
Of 5000 motormen and conductors Of the
Pittsburgh Railways Company. which
has tied up traffic here since last Thurs
day midnight. was taken today by the
executive committee of the local division
Of the Amalgamated Association Of
Electric and Street railway Employees
which called a meeting of strikers to
vote on calling of the strike.
The meeting will be held Thursday at
10 o'clock. at which time the men will
be nsked 10 accept the national war
labor boards award of a five cent an
hour wage increase.
Deputy United States marshas today
served summons one the local car men s
union, its officers and men in connected
wirn the action against the strikers yes
ferday. the railway company asking
xne0. 600 damages, charging the men
wish breach Of contract IN not accept
ins the war boards decision.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
DOONER FAVORS MOORE
Hotelman Sees End Of "Despotism"
" He Is Elected

Edward J. Doonrr, proprietor of
Dooner's Hotel. and leader in Irish
American affairs. favors the candidacy
Of Congressman Moore for the mayoralty
nomination.
In a letter to Congressman Moore,
Mr.. Doonor declares "Philadclphia is
the only spot on earth where "A military
despotism is tolerated.
But" he continues, with your
election. I confidently predict restora
ton of true representative govern
mcnt.
IL am particularly pleased with
your announcement that it is not the
purpose of your campaign to promote
individual ambitions. or to indulge in
personal attacks" wrote Mr.. Dooner.
'Under your able and practical leader
ship the time is ripe for spontaneous
uprising of the citizens to assume con-
troll of their own nffai"S,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
TWO KILLED BY L0CKJAW
Boy and Youthful Hog Island Worker
Victims Of Infection

Two persons are dead from lockjaw
following injuries received week ago
Six year old George Snyder. of 2Ol3
North Eighteenth street, died in the
Womans Homeopathic Hospital from
tatanus resulting from sewer lid fall
ing on his hand and crushing three
fingers.
Michael. Craven. nineteen years old.
of 174O North Warnock street, was
caught by his left arm in machine at
Hog Island, where he was employed.
Tetauus developed and he was taken to
the Misericordia Hospital, where he died
yesterday.
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Posse Catches Jail Breaker

Auburn. n. Y, Aug, 10.-Prison
guards and a posse Of deputies under
Sheriff Thomas Walker captured
Charles Huffman, who escaped from the
state prison here on Saturday night iu
the shadow Of a water tower at Sa-
vannah, where he was waiting to board
a West Shore freight train already in
sight. The posse spent all day yester-
day following Hultman's trail, which
took them nearly twenty miles.
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VARE'S VEST POCKET" MEN
WON BY MOOREDS SPEECH
Snappr lightning Outside, Says One Listener and Every
body Cheers Candidates. Shots a DoUntomn Leaders

|, "Hampy = jest like that lghtnin out
Nd"-bright clean. sharp. snappy
When he sstrkes. he strikes hard ~
And the old man who said it was sit
thug on one Of The rough benches in II
snail low ccllingpd. room Of the
Write Elephant, hotel at Twenty
seventh street Rnd rasSyunk avenue.
VI" was'liStaning to the slightly built
scholarly man in plain gray suit YFo
had invaded the heart Of ''Narelsnd, !"
a bniliwick long considered thefvest
pocket possession of the dowutQmf con
TRACTORS. to deliver last night Mis- open
ing otticial stump grafton in gfhe mayor =
altX campaign.
Congressman Moore stood on one of
the benches instead OF On the speakers
platform. He was talking earnestly
to closely packet audience. There
weren't benches enough for all of the
men in the ROOM Men, eager to hear
lined the wall& They were all work
ingmcn-harG working mcu.
In the gathering haze of tobacco
smoke the lights in the room burned
dimly. The Stuhy room, the rough
benchfs. the ardent intent fuces, the
faded red festooning from the ceiling
somehow. the place. the men and all
! might have been lifted out of struggling
Russia.
Congressman Moore pointed his finger
out over the heads of his auditors:
They We been whispering about that
] am no friend of labor. that ! am in a
sort of league with moneyed interests. -
Laboring Man Himself
He rocked his right arm for space
then smashed his fist into the palm OF
his left hand.
'tire6t heavens. men :" he fairly
shouted. "What have been doing since
was thirteen years old, but laboriug
laboring for myself, laboring for my
family. laborpS for other-Fropte~i ~ia. this
city and iqythc halls Of Congress. -
II am thc father of eigF children
and I have to keep my nBsc to the
grindstone, same as you y But In
not soipoor, thank God. tlbt I need &c
c"pt Junearned money fsom anybody
Folks may give money to the campaign
but they'll give me nothingS"
Outside n storm WAS gnthCGng. Dur
ing, earlier part 4 the mcSting fain
lightning flashes farcA through the opcr
windows and tho low GumblinEtt ttlundc
sounded at intervals. A stfof coo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19
PATTERSON
XAO0D VOTE GETTER
'Seffafor Tells Add Ward Follow
ers He's Easy Man to
Work For

&me vote getter,, :" L y
FThis is senator vare'sfopinion of
Judge Patterson, the -va5s maSorslty
condidste. The senatqf spoke last
nightat the Reed Rel publican Club,
Brqad street and Erie Fenue
,Fhe senator said the workers of the
yard, which is the FoR RNthird, would
find the iu1eehhe cuAest\ vote getter
that Senator Vale had ever qet in his
thirtyf fvf yed drsl experienced.
''You all tuok Judge Patterson -
Mr.. vfre . xcla med. "The Sffteen
years tecordI in e distriSS>attSrney' 5
Office, b ths city solicitor(s Office and
on the bencb of til As clean, honest and
upstandPgjyOung yellow is a preyS
good guarantee fork the future.
''Now, want yoN men to taksyour
division books and Sgo from J6or to
door. It'll be easy, sand I ca6 saw to
you men of the Forth third Mard thai
4 the election were Tomorrow Judg,
Patterson would win Nyo Il one"
SPnator Ware took a y6p at so -callr,
"rehrmers" in an addfess last night a
the Rasd Republican''Club, Broad stree
and ErA.avenue. +
Ware attaSked such opposition. lfader,
as Magistrate ~Saupbell- -Dfake Nc
Caughn and the mayoralty candidate.
"What do they spell for reform -
Mr.. Ware asked. ''Hampy Moore ha
been an organization man for twenty
five years. Where does he get off as
reformer?"
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AlrpIsne MIred at HARRISBURG

Harrisburg, Aug. 10.--Several air
planes Of the American Pathfinder
squadron are being held up here and at
Lebanon by wet weather. One of the
machines is mired in a field. The city
Of Harrisburg is taking steps to procure
a municipal landing field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19


Soldiers who attended the formal
opening Of tho. Moore campaign head
quarters in the Liberty building this
afternoon. wrro urged by Congressman
Moore to fight for civic hottcrment Us
they did for tn" nation.
The appeal brought prolonged lar9
plauso and chocrs from the several hun
drrd persons. including a large number
of women. who througod the headQuar
tprs. 4 band added to the general on
thusiasm. Il
"Lct us hope" said Cossrossman
Moore. that when the bow still over
there return they will fnS that the
Wares and their whole organization have
left for Canada or elsewhere.
After touching on conditiSns con
fronting the soldiers on thcF return
hero. Congressman Moore saide
IF hnd been mayor | wdpld have
been right on hand to welcome Npu back.
While YOU were away your rcbts were
raised. and in number 4 cases
soldiers families were thrown out OF
/ their homes without any redrcss from
the city authorities.
Go on Stump, He Urges
"You boys should go on the stump
| 1t wont hurt you. and will help n lot
! toward cleaning the city. The contraC
tors odds are against you. but show
them you can fight just as well 70,
civic bcttermcut aS YOU did for tn,
nation
Mr.. Moore then told of the work done
by the Atlantic Deeper WATERWAYS As
Sociatiou and how he had been iustru
mental in sending n regiment of cngi
necrs to France to build up European
waterways.
II want you to be impressed with
the magnitude of your own country,
said Mr.. Moore. "Tf your trip abroat
has been of any benefit to you now il
the time to show it.
Capt&in Elmer !. Prpiper urged th'
soldiers to support Congressman Moore
Colonel Meehan for recorder of deeds
and the whole independent ticket II
said:
congressman Moore has taken n
his platform an invinCible OppOSitio
to the Wares. who have dominated Phil
adplphia and who seek to continu" tina
domination While you We're in camp
at home and abroad. in the ships q
! in the trenches. we heard with indig
nation the terrible acts of thuggCr
the fields Of Flanders or the mine
, which made Philadelphia as unsafe n
strewn waters of the Atlantic. W
| have come home to put an end to thi
| thing. Our first blow and our might
lest will be struck on Good Citizen,
) Day, August 26.
Among others who joined the Moor
forces at the headquarters today wa
Mrs. May O'Reilly Ray, former score
, tary of the woman department of tn
Knights of Labor.
Mrs. Ray has been a friend of tn
, congressman ever since he was labO
, newspaper reporter many years ago. Sh
will address many labor meetings il
p this city.
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Cites Fifth Ward Murder


"Rocpntly this state had most M
fortunate guh"rnatoriaI experience, and
a Governor was elected to whom good.
honest mon came with sound advice.
They wanted to help him and to help
their great state. but they found that
the veteran professional politicians al
| rcndv had his ear. and in sorrow and
in shame they turned away, saying:
" Let Var" do it..
| "And he did
"NIany men who profess today to he
good citizens and who talk most elo-
uupntIy aud continually Of the high
ideals of good citizenship are not there
on the one important day Of the year
they sny whats the use: Let Ware
do it,
This was the case on that fair
September morning when the men from
the slums of New York were brought
into the ward whore all our history was
born-that ward most Outragcously de-
nominated tho bloody Fifth.
"Therp they blackjacked and muir .
dered.
Let Ware do it.. was the cry that
tbe mute evidence lies behind the bars
of the West Chester Jail. Wirtschaftcr
and the rest have gone to jail. They
would NOT have been involved in this
mOnstrous crime if it had not been for
the system Of power aggrandizement and
of contracts that ruled our city at that
time. and that seeks to rule it now.
These men who now wear convict's
clothes could have been guided in the
; right way. Instead they We're the vic
Tins of system that has its fOuudH
: tion on the number of good people who
are totally Indifferent to the menace
of the contractor bosses, and who arc
willing to dismiss the matter with Let
Ware do it.
Shafts Of criticism are going to bC
Launched against this candidate. They
will fail like the water that falls on 4
ducks back because he is not scarce
now and he will not be scared by pev
enth hour rumors He is not to be
frightened by mountains Of post card at
tacks. by pyramidel stacks of denuncia
tion.
"Do you think it was II daring thini
to enter this campaign
Il was led TO believe that this was q
free country. | was taught that in th'
United States the lowest might aspire t.
the highest place.
Il never understood that | must b'
made TO bend the knee to the dictate'
of one individual controlling the system
Register and Enroll
IF You are going to support this
movement and strike blow at the
contractors you must see to it that
you and your friends and neighborS
register and enroll as Republicans on
August 2G. No matter what your pre-
vious political allegiance if YOU are
uunliticd by birth or citizenship or resi-
dence you have n right to ask for a
Republican ballot. The whole thini
rests on registration day which is alSc
good citizens day. August %.
IF you are that kind of good either
; who finds it necessary to ride through
the mountains or lie on the beach oI
stick to his desk on August 26. ther
don't blame me and the men who asked
me 10 run if this time next year you
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19

Washington. Aug. 19.-(By A. P.)-
Approximately $50, 900 emergency SOL
diers remained to be discharged August
13. the War department today said. 1t
is expected 5000 more will have EN-
barked by September I. To complete
the enlisted quota of 225 900 army
about 50 900 MORE enlistments will be
nae1e1
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in tricc the lightning snapped. and the
thunder cracked. and the ram iashcd
the hastily closed windows.
Inside Storm. Too
Inside another storm. The quiet con
versational tone Of Congressman Moore
gradually changed. He shot out facts
that tingcd the ears of the 200 men in
the room The fire OF his eyes flashed
out from under his high thoughtful
forehead aud his restless arms and his
fighting fists pounded an added force to
his words.
"I'N no moro take orders from Pen
rose than I'll take orders from Nare!'
he shouted And the men appaudod.
"I,istcn." he asked. "who picked
Brumbaugh for GOVERNOR"
"Nnre." the mon answered
"Who picked Tom Smith for Mayor
"Vare"'
"Who picked Ike Deutsch for the
Fifth ward?'
"Varc." they fairly shouted.
"Who picked Amber for state insur-
ance commissioner
Ware" again there was shout.
Thunder and lightning and applause
went fifty fifty when the congressman n
left the room. And the cheers followed
him down the steps to the hallway OF
the building. As he was about to leave
the White Elephant. a lightning bolt,
in a terrific thunderclap, struck a telc-
graph wire. rolled along it and disap-
reared.
Through the driving rain to wait
ing automobile. and then to the lnde =
pendent Republican committee meeting
at 1906 Germantown avenue.
= The hall was larger than thhtNn
South Philadelphia, and it was cfowdk I'd
to the doors. I'M cheers that greeted
Mr.. Moore IasSdA long enough ITO /cm- .
barrass him oNA I
i DemagSguet DaHPaSSing
I%."Thc old fine 4 $hdert Ike to bunco
thst public, yhe sal NTH men drinking
in |S"ry yord fhS<d d time leader
thinlS he knows bbw to play the citi,
zen. tie foldtRr, the church. for what
he's doohrd q be fooled now. Til,
square han fast growing wise tt
soinF snf it ""%"FSEHt ON sssstrnPon e%% "S an
election ~