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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-18

100000 votes cast, was onlv 1.313.<
and it took the court three weeks
to decide that Moore had been nomi-
mated. He was elected over the Dem
ocratlc candidate by an overwhe]m-
ing majority.
| have said that Philadelphia is
just beginning to "know Moore"
No person who was in that citv
on January 6, when Moore took
office, and is conversant with what
began to take place almost i'm
mediately after he said what he did
about the Mayors office being in the
City Hall, would doubt that as
sertion.
Philadelphia had known a great
many exciting political contests.
some of them almost as bitter as
that which ended in the defeat Of
the "undefeatable Ware machine. ;"
but generally with the end of the
fight at the polls came lull. The
voters went back to their customary
occupations, the politicians to theirs,
and life flowed on very much as
before.
1t was this that the "wise ones"
had in mind when they winked at
each other and predicted that
Moore, being practical politician,
would play the game the same as
the rest"
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Back to Decency

PHILADELPHIA. the. first American
city in history and tradition, is &c
ing back on the map as a progress
sive, decency loving, decently gov
erned city, if the new administra-
ton can bring it about"
Mayor Moore's chief issue in the
campaign, as has already been point
ed out, was opposition to contractor
rule, but his fight to keep his cleo
ton promises in this matter is still
to come.
Under the new charter, recently
granted by the Legislature, the ole
double council of 145 members IS
abolished and a new council of
twenty-one members Is created in
its place. Of these twenty-one mem
bers Mayor Moore controls eleven
and the Wares the other ten.
The new charter gives the city
the right to do it's own street clean
ing work, paving, ETC., or to award
new contracts, as is deemed best,
but this plan can only be carried out
if Mayor Moore continues in con-
trol of the council. But with only
majority of one this is not abso-
lutely certain, and he had no sooner
taken Office than he felt it necessary
to make an announcement to the
newspapers that efforts had been
made to tamper with three or the
councilmen.
Moreover, the elections due in
May next will decide the personnel
Of the City Committee, which is the
party organization in the city. The
Wares are expected to put up des-
perate fight to retain control Of this
organization, but it is betraying no
secret to say that Mayor Moore Ii
equally determined that they shall
not.
In the mean time what the people
OF Philadelphia are beginning to
know about Moore is that while he
is practical politician" In every
sense Of ths word, and a dangerous
man in a fight, he is also man Of
his word. So hope is beginning to
dawn in the hearts of Philadelphians
that the nightmare of graft and dis
order their city has been living Ia
for 80 many years is now finally
coming to an end.
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With the Defeat of Its "Unbeatab1e" Mach;ne
Phlladelphia's Mayor Returns to the 1itv Hall
The City of Brotherly Love and
the Brotherly Wares Has a
Spasm of Reform
By Arnold D. Prince

By Arnold D. Prince
rNTHE House of Representatives
when J. Hampton Moore, Of
i Pennsylvania, rose to urge an
appropriation for the improve
ment Of inland waterways, and espe-
sally of the Delaware River, he
r.ually received respectful atten-
lion. And not infrequently he won
what he asked for.
Some Of the members of the
Hm,se from mountain and Western
states, who had no pxi ocular inter-
st in the Delaware River, occa-
s;onally sought to divert him from
his projects, but found the task filled
With difficulties. The Representative
from Pennsylvania had a large fund
Of statistics at his command from
which he would continue to quote
unsparingly and at length. He
vould demonstrate that the future
Ct the nation was inextricably inter-
woven with the development of it's
fresh water highways, and that it
was the patriotic duty of Congress
to take advantage of it's opportuni-
ties, He would speak for hours on
the subject, bringing up many au-
thorities to prove that it was within
the power of his associates to confer
!, lasting boon on the industry of the
country.
might as we'll let him have his
way" the other statesmen learned to
sigh. "You know Moore"
Now the city of Philadelphia is
Earning to "know Moore"
Seeing that the "F'ather of the
Waterways" has lived in that city
most of his life, that he represented
il in Congress for fourteen years
and that he was recently elected its
Mayor, this might seem like a sur
urising statement. But the City of
Brotherly Love and of the brothers
Ware" has lately experienced series
If surprises which have caused it to
doubt its judgment on many things
and to look with new eyes on its
erstwhile Representative.
For example:
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to serve and serve we'll, so that it
can lay down it's Office creditably
when its term expires. There is no
desire to establish a new autocracy,
but new democracy.
"The commercial and business
facilities Of Philadelphia are to be
developed.
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A Political Bomb

The first jolt in the awakening
came when the new Mayor an
nounced his cabinet. If a bomb had
been exploded in historic indie
pendence Hall itself the surprise
could not have been greater. The
"old-timers," accustomed to the ways
Of practical politics" and COM
promise, frantically searched the
list of new appointees, but nowhere
was there any balm in Gilead.
From one end to the other, not a
single person of pronounced politi-
cal activity appeared.
The most important Office within
the gift of the new Mayor was that
of Director of Public Safety, who
has direct control of the police, and
this went to James T. Cortelyou,
whose voting residence, despite the
fact that he had been chief postal
inspector in Philadelphia, was,s up
to a few months ago in Brooklyn.
Cortelyou is the brother of George
Cortelyou, Secretary Of the Treasury
under President Roosevelt, but he
had absolutely no political backing
in Philadelphia. He had made an
enviable reputation for hunting
down persons who used the mails
to defraud, but had taken no hand
in local politics.
The new Director of Public Works
in the Moore administration was
John c. Winston, business man.
Winston had become known as a
"reformer," although not in any
sense Of the long-haired variety, and
he had never been what might be
termed politician. For Director Of
Public Health Moore chose DR.. C..
Lincoln Furbush, who had won in
ternational fame as an expert on
public health and hygiene and had
served with distinction under Gorgas
in the Panama Canal Zone. George
F. Sproule, the Director Of Wharves,
Docks and Ferries, had devoted bis
life to the problems of the Phila-
delphia water front. 4. Lincoln
Acker, purchasing agent, is a bust
ness man Of the highest type.
Ernest L. Tunstin, the new Director
of Public Welfare, is a successful
business man; David ]. Smyth, new
City Solicitor, had long enjoyed a
firm place in public estimation as
one of the most substantial members
of the. bar.
What could 1t mean, those who
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pies interests, worked in close CO.
operation with crooked lawyers and
runners with whom they divided the
money they forced from their vic
tins. AS one prominent official in
the new administration put it, you
could tell what lawyer was to be
employed in case by the policeman
who made the arrest. Gang rule
fiourished in certain quarters as it
did in the Bowery districts and
along the water front sections in
New York in it's worst days. Gun
men were imported to intimidate
voters at the polls.
The city was shocked repeatedly
to discover that men with prison
records had, in some manner, won
appointment to the police force. In
the Fire Department conditions were
almost as bad, and frequent arrests
were made of men who, instead of
protecting property as required by
their oath, looted the places they
visited in response to fire alarms.
The murder of Policeman Eppley
in the 9Th Ward by an imported
gunman and the futile indictment
of Mayor Smith as an accessory to
the crime-a charge, by the way,
which was virtually unsupported by
the evidence-was the climax of the
reign of disorder, and the long
suffering, but by now thoroughly
alarmed, decent element of the city
looked around for a candidate for
Mayor who might bring about a
change in conditions.
Moore consented to run after fire.
quent appeals and after he had been
informed that the followers of Pen
rose would support him.
Penrose had gained the undying
cnmity of the brother contractors
in 1911 by his refusal to support
William S. Ware, the present Repre-
sentative, for Mayor of Philadel-
phia. Senator Edwin H. Ware had
long cherished the ambition to have
his brother Will placed at the head
Of the government Of the municipal
ity, where he had begun his bust
ness career as vegetable vender,
but Senator Penrose threw his in
fluence instead to George H. Earle
jr., who won the nomination at the
primaries, but who was beaten at
the election by Blankenburg. The
Wares never forgave Senator Pen
rose for his act, and he, on his side,
never sought to heal the breach.
Opposed by Labor
Moore's campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination was as sensational
as his victory was close. Philadel-
phia has forty-eighty wards, in at
least forty-one of which the Wares
seemed to have undisputed control.
Never was a campaign more bitterly
fought. Secretary Morrison and
President Gompers of the American
Federation Of Labor, striking back
because of that episode in Congress,
urged the voters Of Philadelphia to
cast their ballots for the Ware candi-
date, Judge John M. Patterson, on
the ground that Moore was hostile to
organized labor. Efforts we're also
made to show that Moore had sought
to discredit the late Theodore Roose-
Welt, but Moore met each charge
with a determination and skill which
constantly won him new followers.
The Independent and Penrose fol-
lowers joined hands and, working
under the skillful leadership Of
Moore, who had long been recog-
nized as an organizer of unusual
shrewdness, won the fight at the
primaries, which. in Philadelphia,
was tantamount to election. .
But his plurality. out Of about
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Us and four daughters and his .
right are the Brothers Ware. Dos
the sophisticated ones said, with sly
winks when Moore talked of the
Mayors Office being in the City
Hall, without any "back stairs lead
ing to it," "But wait and you'll see."
They didn't have long to wait, and
the series of rude surprises which
followed almost Immediately shook
the city as it had not been shaken
in years.
The chief issue upon which Moore
made his race for election as Mayor
Of Philadelphia was opposition to
contractor rule" BY opposing con-
tractor rule he at the same time op-
posed the Vares-State Senator Ed
win II. and his brother, William S.
who is Representative in Congress.
Wares Had Beaten Penrose
This, as any one knows who has
the slightest knowledge of conditions
in Philadelphia, was a mans size
job. Two things made it possible.
One was the peculiar dominance the
Wares had attained in the affairs of
the city. The other was the bitter
feud that had grown up between
the Wares and Boies Penrose, who
had been displaced by the Wares as
the leader of his party in the city,
although he still retained his place
at the head of the Republican forces
in the state.
The Wares originally came from
that part Of Philadelphia which was
known as "The Neck" where their
father had small truck farm. The
brothers peddled in a wagon the
vegetables raised on the farm
Then, in 1895 or thereabouts, they
obtained from the city contract to
collect and dispose of some of it's
garbage, and they, with their
brother George, who died in 1908
while a state Senator, formed a
political triumvirate which was to
become unique in the annals Of the
nation.
Beginning as drivers of ash and
garbage carts, the men soon sue
ceeded in simplifying their opera
tions to such an extent that they
acquired a monopoly Of the work in
the city. To these operations they
added street paving and kindred
undertakings, in which, also, they
attained undisputed supremacy.
An appreciation of the vast num-
Der of contracts awarded them may
be gained from the fact that in less
than twenty years, according to an
official statement made by the Char
ter Revision Committee recently,
the city of Philadelphia paid them
$14,661, 100 for their work.
In the mean time they had become
the acknowledged overlords of the
city, and their sway was undisputed
save in some such overturn as re-
suited when, for brief interval Of
four years, Rudolph Blankenburg,
backed by independent forces, be-
came the Mayor of the city. They
exertcd personal and direct con-
troll over city affairs which even
Tammany Hall would have hesitated
to assume, and which could only be
compared to what had occurred in
some of the frontier towns in the
West before the country became
settled.
Meantime, too, condition of de-
morallzation developed in municipal
administration which, 1t was frankly
admitted, was almost unrivaled, but
which reached its zenith during the
term Of Mayor Thomas E. Smith,
Moore's predecessor in office.
Police in Politics
The police "went into politics"
with a vengeance. It was an open
scandal that detectives and men in
uniform, sworn to protect the peo-
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him great deal Of "joshing" from
his associates, who bestowed upon
him the name Of "The Father of the
Waterways" but there are times,
as he proved in the case of the
facetious Philadelphia and the
mayoralty, when Moore is peculiar
ly impervious to humor. He talked
waterways until the members from
the arid states fairly groaned in
agony, and neither raillery, cajolery
nor opportunities could stop him.
Then, Oh one memorable occasion,
his courage was called to the test.
Samuel Gompers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Frank Morrison, it's secretary, we're
at the head Of a powerful lobby to
force the passage of the Clayton bill.
Moore refused to vote for any "class
which legitimatized "vio-
lence" by strikes, and said so in a
speech which caused a great i'm
preston not alone in the House but
throughout the country.
81 have not waited for nod from
the gallery to tell me how to vote,"
he cried in the speech, pointing up
at the gallery, where Morrison and
a group Of powerful labor leaders
were sitting. 81 should feel myself
despicable indeed if stood here as
a representative Of the people and
voted to exempt Samuel Gompers or
Frank Morrison or others up there
in the gallery from the operation
Of the criminal laws of the country
and made special class Of them, or
any hundred of them.
~ would not exempt John D.
Rockefeller from the operation of
the criminal laws, nor would l ex-
empt Andrew Carnegie, but before
and within the law | would hold
each man responsible for his own
acts, the man who employed and the
man who was employed alike; |
would not make fish of one or fowl
of the other.
$50 if it be a crime, in the
presence of the labor representa-
tives who have been in the galleries
debating this legislation for the last
ten days, to make a declaration in
favor of the rights of the working
men of the country, regardless Of
whether they are union or non
union, then I stand convicted be-
fore them"
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The Facetious Friend

Several weeks after Moore was
elected Mayor, but before he took
Office, Philadelphian, in a spirit Of
tacetiousness, caused this announce
ment to be circulated among his
friends:
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Some Forgot

It is curious that when Moore
took leave of absence from Con-
gress to engage in mayoralty con-
test in his home city, which, in some
respects, was unique in the history
Of the nation, and won against what
seemed unbeatable odds, so many of
his fellow townsmen remembered
only that ne was party man and
a practical politician" forgetting en-
tirely his memorable defy to the
labor leaders. Gompers and Nor
rison did not forget it, and did what
they could in the campaign to defeat
him, but thousands of Philadelphians
apparently did forget.
"He's practical politician" the
"wise ones" said, sagely. "He'll play
the game the same as the rest"
Even some Of the voters who had
supported him at the polls, more as
protest against the Wares than
anything else, seemed to accept this
view, and took 1t for granted that
.fter + brief show Of activity things
would slump back to what they were
before, or, at least, to a condition
somewhat like what they were be-
fore. Accustomed through long
ears to conditions which perhaps
no other city in the Union would
have tolerated, they had lost faith
in the ability Of any one to lift the
city out Of it's miro Of corruption.
"Thsy all talk that way at flrst, "
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the Mayor of this city will,
after January 6, inauguration
day, call at the City Hall, in
. stead OF at the Lincoln Build
ing.
Now, seeing that, with one or two
bref intervals, the good people Of
the Quaker City had rarely gone to
the City Hall in the last two decades
when they wanted to "see the
Mayor" in the sophisticated sense,
this delicious bit of satire aroused
general merriment. 1t instinctively
recalled an incident that had taken
Place during the term of Mayor
Thomas e. Smith, Moore's prede-
eessor In Office.
1t seemed that a report had gone
''rth that the taxes on city property
ssre to be raised and, as the exist
NJ levy was considered by the resi-
sents to be too high as it was, it
0ased Z great deal of consterna-
a'n. Business men and civic socie-
:" debated the rumor at length and
Aasty It was brought before the
zeal Estate Board.
= committee was selected to take
y mo matter with the administra-
''a' but, apparently, it never oc-
.afed to them to 60 to the City
~ Were the Chief Executive, who
wen duly elected by the people,
snd they went instead, openly
nsnkly, TO the Lincoln Build
f1 IN mat historic office,
asd resounded to the feet Of
as statesmen In its long and
ui eareer, they had a frank
nm DISCUSSION with State sena-
s"m n. Ware, who, with equal
! assured his callers and
them the people that the
:. Ssre not to be raised" and
80 eemsnt TO that effect was
though sIl the newspapers.
TIE amazing thing about all
A. that the people accepted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-18
NOTICE

NOTICE
Persons having business with
the Mayor of this city will,
after. January 6, inauguration
day, call at the City Hall, in
stead OF at the Lincoln Build
ing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-15
R0TAR|ANS To Have
CHOICE OF HOTELS
Philadelphia Members Likely to
Commute During Convention
in Atlantic City
RESERVATIONS CROWN G

Atlantic City, June 15.-A6option
of novel plan for the housing Of a
great army Of free spending delegates
to the international convention OF 10.
tary clubs-typical Of Rotarians, but
pears from Atlantic City's experience as
O convention town-may make 1t neces-
sary for n considerable part Of Phil
adelphia's contingent Of Rotary ad-
herepts to commute to and from the
gathering Of the host in Atlantic City
next week.
That odd denoument, X it comes to
pass, will be due to the big hearted
practice Of the Rotarian brotherhood In
giving to the brethren coming from the
greatest distance to the international
get together frst.pay. without any
strings whatsoever. to the pick OF
hotel accommodations.
As a consequence virtually all Of the
Boardwalk houses where the Phila-
delphia and New York Rotarisns are
accustomed to max. tbeir headquarters
when at the shore for business or
pleasure have been booked almost to
the limit with Rotary boys from Great
Britain. including n large and aggres-
sivc delegation from Edinburgh,
Canada. the Far West, the Southwest
and the South.
As a consequence tho only accom- :
modations in prospect for the Phila
delphia Rotarians Mt this writing are
in the smaller houses of the crosstown
streets or on Pacific avenue, a square
back from the Boardwalk. and the
supply of private baths for them is
q
There is still a possibility that there
will be moro last minute cancellations
in the reserved quarters, and there Ia
chance that these may be made avail
able for the Philadelphia officers. Con
vcntion managers today counted IL
typical Of Rotary spirit that the boys
nearer home are perfectly content "a
take whatever is available in the way
OF quarters in order that the long dis
tance delegates may see Atlantic City
at its best and have the very best the
big shore town can provide for them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-15
LEAP FROM BLAZING PLANE
Two Army FlIsrs Have Close Call
When Craft Takes Fire

Easton, Md. June 15.-Lieutenant
Wendall X, Phillips and Mechanic
Louis w. Frank Of the government
proving grounds at Aberdeen, Md: mar
rowly escaped death yesterday while en-
route from Aberdeen to Easton.
They had just left Aberdeen in one
of the Curtiss model II airplanes and
had reached a height Of more than 1000
feet when their plane caught fire, the
motor becoming overheated and the
gasoline vapors from the carburetor
igniting.
Lieutenant Phillips and his compan. I.
from fro % the buFniny ea rssoiine. rse but The pilot
swung his machine into nose dive, and
when about 200 feet from the earth
straightened the plano out again. He
shut of his motor, and Just as the
machine struck the ground the oecu =
pants jumped out.
BY good luck they both jumped clear.
of the burning machine and escaped
unhurt, but were nearly exhausted from
the effects OF the gasoline fumes.
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DROPPING PRICES
nv LOCAL MARKET
General Lo,oering Of Quota
tions Because Of Limited
Buying Demand

The local market continued to show
the same dropping tendency, although
the opening dealings were on very
limited scale. The hcaviness in general
was due more 10 the limited buving de-
mand than because Of any great influx
in selling orders. Here and there
through the list however. there was
evidence Of further dribblihg liaui-
dation This was moro noticeable in
Pennsylvania Railroad. which shaded
to 3Sl2. and also in Philadelphia Elec.
tric, which stock had good market at
90.
At the same time :hc thin charac.
ter of the market on both the buying
and selling side was indicated by de-
cline of 81 in Philadelphia Go. cumu-
lative preferred to - on very limited
dealings. Small offerings of American
Gas were made at concession of u point
at 3S. Union Traction was sold in small
lots at Yesterdays low price. 20k.
United Gas Improvement on the other
hand. was y better at ~, American
Stores was steady at a..
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WILLS $375,oO0 TO CHARITY
100000 Given Methodist Home
Missions In PhIIsdelnbi.

New York. June Requests total.
ing S375. 900 to churches and hospitals
arc provided in the will Of William r
Armstrong, OF New York. which was
filed for probate here YESTERDAY NJ
Armstrong died in Chicago on NAV
The will bcQueaths 800 900 each to
the New York Fast Conference of rho
Methodist Episcopal Church, the Board
OF Home Missions of the Methodist Epis.
seopal Church Of Philadelphia and to
wesleyan University for the foundation
OF seveSal Armstrong scholarships. Other
bequests included S25, 600 each to the
Methodist Episcopal Hospital of Brook.
lyn and the General Hospital Society Of
Connecticut; $4,000 to Grace Meths.
dist Episcopal Church Of New Haven,
Conn, and $4,000 to the Bridgeport
Conn. Hospital After deductina
various sums left to relatives and
friends, the residue Of the estate is be.
queathed to Wesleyan University.