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BILLY' SUNDAY PIANIST
H.trciTTnnnn MflNnm
i Mid LiUiuvni iwuii iw
NOT GET HIM TO QUIT
ientley D. Aciuey, wno
Plairiarism, Denies Story
'TJiat Saloonkeeper Was
Back or uesignatiuii.
..... n Ant-lnv. nlanlBt of the "Dllly"
fJuv revival party, who accompanied
Mr ' , lhllt he would resign
ffi. "auilon that the basebalf
.l was guilty of plagiarism In his
Snff" w .. t tl0 boga mny try
iK"1!.! it on tho liquor people or anybody
1. 1 hY wants to." By "tho uoss" no
E" 'i Vrtiiiy" Sunday. ...
&$ It's all bosh about the liquor in
7 . having anything to do with my
tKMllon to null tho Sunday outfit,"
if .SS "tfobody Influenced me, ono way
I!! .T'other." .. .
"Jr. liniior Interests that are sam to
,Th. ! ?u.iL;Vi,inr in do with Ackley's
MT8 Baa. Bu' . hI.iiId4 fnr llio rn.
BS'i0- T.' in "tho personality of
ri,,nnrletor of Tammany House, a sa
m proprietor . William If.
af.-i- tn nuiiLii ---, --
ilrTnley vlBll01 the tabernacle in this
P&K2 na later expressed himself as belnR
m!.Z leased with Mr. Sunday, which
!"("'"', .r .. lilehlv gratify ma to tho
K&mSrt of tho Sunday organization.
IPffiriends of Acklcy say Fcnlcy abused
m, confidence the pianist reposed in ino
f,lnf.i..nor in record to difficulties bo-
h...n Ackley and nodohcavcr, tho from
p!!!, nigycr at the rovlvnl meetings. It
9 Zmn Ackley believed no was not paid
KSmelently ami that llodohcavcr wob
l.rald. This complaint would never
Utt. come out, It Is declared, ir it nau
'..i hMn for Fenlcy, nnd Ackley's friends
tfiiro that tho saloon man associated
&h the Sunday people only to betray
PtMffl. . -..,.1 nc anvlHi. (tint Viix
'Fenioy was ,iuui..u .n .,...,...;, .. ..
'..- vnmn Acklcy for flvo years, though
fX pianist says ho never saw tho man
kt year. Fonloy said today that an
Trtlcle In a morning nowspapor, which
iild that Fonloy boosted of ualnir Ackloy
ta order to boost tho liquor Interests,
xu CTOasly exaggerated.
'Jt. in vleo president of tho Now Jer-
T Baloonkcopcrs' Association and boo-
'"' ii- ..Hln(lnn rt .1... Cnm-
in gktoonkeopors.
it was Intimated In this article that
fcruiley had tr,ed to plck out "lno wcalt
Mit ipot In the Sunday organization" In
ietder to get beforo tho public damaglns
Stories about "Billy" Sunday and his
.EtB.
ir Ackley maintains that ho has never
teen to Fonley'B saloon. Fcnley was
'cuoled as saying ho (Fonley) was tho
fMly man who over smoked In "Billy"
'Eoniay's house on Spring Garden Btreet,
nd that ho had seen Ackley smoking a
fcliar recently. Ackley comments that
hthlle ho was deceived in Fonloy, "Billy"
iEmday was as much deceived as ho
il ka itoty tllat x represented tho liquor
iiffiinlerests in obtaining information about
tt Sunday peopio is aDSOiuieiy wiinoui
foundation." said Fonloy, this afternoon.
"Thls talk of any betrayal 1b proposter
;nllr. Aeklov will bear mo out when
f I lay that ho not only permlttod mo to
rare out the news or his resignation, nut
that I also attempted to persuade him
from resigning his position ns prlvato
itcretary to Mr. Sunday."
Er'BIlly" Sunday, who Is taking a va-
StiUon on his Hood River apploranch In
KOregon, said In a telegram received in
ittls city that If Ackley thought he could
fetter himself, It was his privilege, and
U wished him well.
't"l believe he is making tho mistake of
jjl life," he added. "I am not afraid of
My f so-called disclosures. Lot them
jeome, I would not bo surprised to And
uu me nquor interests am duck oi iiio
Lnhob affair."
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KTENT?ra LBOtKB-PHIUABELPPI THURSDAY JUNE It, 151 5;
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liJIllllon Dollar Coal Pier for P. R. P..
mk million dollar coal pier, the largest
i.ui Kina on tno Atlantic uoasi, win oo
Vttctcd In a short time at Baltimore by
tt Pennsylvania Railroad. It will great
ly increase the amount of coal exported
throuch Baltimore. The machinery on
Ei sew pier will be capable of loading
EUeast 6000 tons In 10 hours or 10 tons
a)ai!Mite. Tho structure will bo 042 feet
ne and 66 feet wide.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON. Juno 17.
fjfor eastern Pennsylvania and New
pteoQwers covered most of the Atlantic
i.op during the last 21 hours. Another
i?wer area Includes the upper Lake re
Poaand extends southwestward tonorth-
I fexas, whllo scattered showers are
atiwiea irom tno uaicoias ana tne iar
trtliwest. The temperatures are normal
Efalightly above in tho Atlantic States
H4 thrauffhnilt thn .nltnn half, whllft in
m upper Lake region and the upper
iHjMljsIppl valley there Is a deficiency of
." to 12 decrees, conditions nave
ta to near thn normal at most Dlaceu
.tl9 plains States.
U, S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
.Cbwrntlons mad at 8 a, m. Eastern time.
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SURVIVOR DESCRIBES
LUSITANIA SINKING
Philadelphia Womnn Writes of
Lnst Scenes Abonrd Ill-Fated
Liner Suffered From Shock.
COMMANDANT JOHN J. KNAPP
CAPT. KNAPP EXPECTED
AT NAVY YARD TODAY
New Commandant Left Wash
ington This Morning in Auto.
No Ceremonies Over Transfer
A letter describing; the last moments on
bord tho Lusitanla after tho giant liner
had received her death blow from a Ger
man torpedo, was received today from
Mrs. Jessie Tnft Smith, of Philadelphia
and Chicago, a survivor of the disaster,
by Mrs A. T. Pollanl, of 3 South 16th
street, wife of tho proprietor of ft chain
of drug stores.
Mrs Smith, who sat at the same table
with Harry J. Keser, vleo president of tho
Philadelphia National Bank, and Mrs.
Keser, writes that Mr. and Mrs. Keser
disappeared Immediately after tho ship
was struck and she thinks they wrnt to
tho Ill-fated B-deck of tho liner, whero su
many passengers wero caught In a death
trap when the nhlp listed. Sho saw also
William 8. Hodges, Parlt representative
of tho Baldwin Locomoilvo Works, nnd
Mrs. Hodges, of 2026 West Lehigh avenue,
who also were drowned. Sho searched
tho Queenstown morgue for their bodies
Mrs. Smith, whose husband h an In
ventor, was going to England to Join him.
Bho escaped In tho second boat to be low
ered, nnd wrltPR that the llfebonts would
have proved efficient If thtre hd been
sufficient time.
Tho portion of the letter describing the
disaster reads:
My Dear Ellatbetht
I suppose you will be Quito surprised
to hear from me. Well, I landed here,
and I certainly was fortunate. But
the nhock has been almost too much
for me. I have not fell like myself at
all. Bvery one has been so kind and
done so much for me. Am Just frown
all the lime.
We are quite anxious to know what
the States will do about tho Lusltanla.
Those Germans wilt do anything. If
they should win there would not be
any states long.
The boats would have been quite
right If there had been any time to
have gotten Into them. I was fortu
nate to get Into tho first boat, but the
second to bo lowered. Ton know you
can t oo very mucn in IB to ro min
utes. 1 sat at tho captain's table and
on my left wero Mr. and Mrs. Keser,
of Philadelphia. I liked them so much.
I saw them right after the boat was
struck. They wero all ready to go
on deck and were on A-deck, but I
have thought that they must have
gono on B-dcck nnd were caught. I
also met Mr. and Mrs. Hodges, and
tho last 1 saw of them they were go
ing to their stateroom on A-dock.
Went through tho morgue to see if I
could find them, ns I knew their
friends would bo anxious nbotit thorn,
hut could no-1, nnd them. Tour friend,
JESSIB
The letter was posted at tho Gram.
Hotel. Birmingham, England, May 31. It
wa dclaed because It was first sent
to Mrs Pollard's country home at Brace
vllle, O.
STRIKE-BREAKERS WANT PAY
Inslalcnt Demands, Threatening Riot,
Bring Cnll for Police.
An echo of the Chicago transit strike re
sounded In this city today when several
hundred men, strikebreakers engaged to
lake positions on Chicago trolley cars,
clamored for the money they allege was
promised them by George Tate, a private
detective, In charge of an agency at S3
North 16th Btrcct.
So Insistent became the demands that
Tate telephoned to Lieutenant Kunkle, of
tho 15th and Vine streets station, and a
detail of policemen was sent to prevent
a riot.
A hundred men were sent to Chicago
three days ago. At a small station a few
hundred miles east of Chicago the agent
In charge received a telegram, saying
that the strike had been settled peaceably
and ordering the men sent back. They
returned today, asserting that they had
been promised a week's wages.
After tho policemen arrived tho men
held a meeting In the street and ap
pointed J. committee to consult with
Magistrate Carson to bring a civil suit to
secure tho money.
CONGRESSMAN VARE
FIGHTS FOR SEA VIEW
Boxing Results at (he Gnycly
In tho witil(lnl f the 103-pound claw In
the amateur boxln tournament t the Oaety
Thcntro Inst night Kid Clark defented FrnKI
Smith In three rounds. Young Nelson defeated
Young Donohuo In three, rounda and Young
Blult 4lt In tho eetoml round to Young Itirlt
In tho preliminaries of the lM-pound cl
Younic Hltrhle received the riferee'a declelon
oer YounR Hrno In an extra.round tout.
Johnny Clark and Kid Wolf, professional
boed four rat rounds, the former winning
easily
Shacks Built by Rolling Chair
Owner at Chelsea Obstructs
Outlook From Cottage.
ATLANTIC CtTT, June 17,-Many po
litical fights In which Congressman Wil
liam S. Vara has been Involved In his
political career aro tame affairs when
compared with that the South Phlladel
phlan has on his hands here,
Several months after Congressman Vnro
had been occupying his handsome Chel
sea home, with Its broad, unobstructed
sea outlook, J. R. Turner, an Atlantic
City man, bought, tinder a riparian lease,
all the land seaward from the Vote tot
tage line, which Is about 100 feet back
from the boardwalk. This lease was ob
tained at Trenton for n nominal consider
ation.
Congressman Varo was perturbed, and
he had reason to be, for In a short time
Archibald Lambert, a rolling-chair pro
prietor, began the erection of a small,
roughly boarded cabin, facing the board
walk, directly In tho Varo line of vision.
Congressman Varo Invoked tho old of the
powers. Lambert at first was refused
permission to connect hip shabby little
cabin with the boardwalk, but the city
found It could not go so far and withdraw
its objections. Then the cabin was In
habited by negro rolling-chair pushers.
Turner's next movo was to start to
bulkhead his leased land, a part of which
those who laid out Chelsea Beach Intend
ed to re preserved solely ife Dftrtslag pnt
pee City Commissioners, one nier
rushing- to th Varo relief, rderod lh
ttmoval of us touch of ih bulkhetd
w In the publlo street line. Totaef
lawyers took out a certiorari ami hl
right to build a. bulkhead in tho strest
was argued beforo tho Supremo Court In
February. An opinion Is expected aeon.
Meantime storm tides have) destroyed the
bulkhead.
Turner's resources had not bwn X
hausted, however. His next move was to
build a larger shade right on the Vare
property line, completely blocking the
view from the Congressman's broad
platzo. Then he proceeded to put up a.
fence, running over to Kingston arenas
and also cutting off the sea. view of the
A. Itetchner cottage, which adjoins that
of Vare.
When he feels that he must look upon
the ocean, Congressman Vare can go up
stairs and gate from a bedroom window
over the root of the 'unsightly shack, or
ho can go down Into the street and look
his fill.
The situation, however, does not pleafle
him. He has retained Charles C. Bab-
cock, of this city, nnd ox-Judge Lewis
Starr, of Camden, to fight the case. The
move to be taken has not been divulged.
Suppose
The man whose daughter
was your good friend was
implicated in the murder
of your father!
(See Page 6)
?o ceremonies will mark tho nrrlvnl of
Caotnln John J. Knnnn. tho new com
mandant of tho Philadelphia Navy Yard,
who Is expected to reach hero early to
night. Tho captain, accompanied by Mrs.
Knapp, left Washington in his runabout
early this morning. Ho will motor nil
tho way here unless prevented by stormy
weather.
On roachlng tho yard tho command
will bo turned over by Acting Command
ant Captain C. B. Price, who will present
tho ofllccrs at tho yard to tho now com
mandant at his office.
Captain Knapp, who succeeds Bear Ad
miral William 8. Benson, Is entirely In
accord with tho latter's policy for tho up
building ofvjho yard, and his appoint
ment to tho post came aB cheering news
to tho officers and men nt Leaguo Island.
Whllo a member of tho Naval Examin
ing Board at Washington, Captain Knapp
had nn opportunity to study tho work
of his predecessor. Admiral Benson, and
It Is understood that ho will proceed with
tho station's development without delay.
Ho Is ono of tho senior ofllccrs of his
grade.
MOVIE STARS NEAR DEATH
FROM PREMATURE EXPLOSION
Dynamite on Old Scow Furnished Cli
max Too Soon.
HASTINGS, N. Y., Juno 17. Frcdcrlo
do Belleville, a welt-known actor, nnd
Miss Betty Marshall, leading woman for
the Gotham Film Company, nearly lost
tholr lives yesterday afternoon by the pre
mature explosion of 100 pounds of dyna
mlto under an old scow from which they
wero about to Jump Into tho Hudson River
as tho hero and heroine In tho final pic
tures of a mole catled "The Trade
Sccrot." The derelict scow, tho Thomas
Wallace, was blown to smithereens. Mr.
do Bellovlllo and Miss Marshall wero
hurled Into the water unconscious aim u.
launch containing three camera men was
overturned, the movie cameras with their
precious films sinking to tho bottom of
tho river.
Miss Marshall was burned on her arms
and body and do Belleville sustained ft
bad cut on tho top of his head. After
receiving treatment both wero able to go
to their homes.
Police Court Chronicles
There aro times when the English
language falls helpless nnd words cannot
be found to express our wrath. Some per
sons at such crises are uppeascd some
what by crashing noises and screams;
others desire to Inlllct suffering nnd wcl
como excitement Peter Bullock, a negro,
of Brown and Holly streets, reached such
a condition and permitted himself to run
the gamut of his cmotlons-much to tho
disapproval of his wife Virginia.
They wero peacefully poring over their
dinner when nn argument arose over the
chlcken-tho piece de resistance of the
feaat. It appears that Peter thought It
might bo a little browner, while Virginia
declared that It was just In keeping with
her artistic conceptions of color. Their
argument ran at hlght angles, and see
ing no hope ot reaching an amicable des
tination. Peter flung the rost chicken nnd
tho dish for good measure at the deter
mined Virginia, tho police say.
She dodged and tho cumbersome am-
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other vehicle! It&Q p. i.
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munition spread a reign of terror among
the glasses and innocent Dresden cups
on the buffet. But Virginia replied. She
gave Peter a dish of mashed potatoes
under the left ear and followod It with a
quadrant of lemon pie between the eyes.
Pater cross countered with a few t red
tomatoes, which landed forcibly and slue
coed tho room without regard to uni
formity. And then Virginia shouted "murder"
and "police" and tho other things which
go with general hysterics. Policeman
Rowland, the hero of many a battle, com
nelUd I an Immediate armistice and took
the belligerents 1o the Mth street and Lan
caster avenue utatlon,
Magistrate. Boyle saw at a glance that
PetVr a"" Virginia had evidently had
some difference of opinion.
"She alius riles ma when am feelln
obsterp'ress," said Peter.
,,,. ha tries to make ma be-leeb dat I
am unrasponslbll." asserted Virginia.
I want you both to go home and think
It over." said the Judge. So Peter and
Virginia left, feeling, as Peter said,
"somewhat doo-be-us.'
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