W j &m v z iliV.;,i,,ii DEMANDED m ART "FAKING" sp'endence Hall Commis- lon wui car Kemovai of Portraits Otherwise SENTHAL HITS AT HART Iter of Historical Pictures Long P.Says He's "Posed Y Enough as Critic" ,fh Independence Hall Commission, uti- "whoso advisement the collection or Ilcvo ternary portraits was Knthered for lndc- nee Hall. Today threw Itself Into the oh In the art battle oer aliened "fake" es In the collection tllamnton L. Carson, chairman of the iuN Hbdy, announced that the commission would S.Wose removal of any pictures without (emission of chanter backed by the name t the accuser and by proof of faking" - ,V Other Ingredients were cast Into the hotly Valine artistic pot of Philadelphia when . JMbert Rosenthal, named 111 one of tlm ,-4V frtlsts who painted nllcfied spurious copies ifMWtchcd a counter-attacK nK.unsi i nines Menry Hart, the art critic, who decl.ired rflMt seven of the portraits of signets of the '?Ikelratlon of Independence liaiiKltiK In tho Mil are not genuine copies from tne oriK- teals. , Former Attorney General Carson was In- 4lrnant over the anonymous charges con- seminar the nortralts of Frenchmen who ,-,took part In tho American Ilcolutlon paint hjt k nr.. nnBAMtiin! Thiifl cluirces now -f. Bn In li nnsRPKsloll of tho Art Juri ?f Jf'-whlch. It Is. understood on good authority. will act lumorrow i. , icruiui ...v . Independent of the commission, ; "We will object seriously to any moe In Wreak up this great historical collection 'i. unless the chargei nro substantiated i responsible persons," said .Mr. parson .-" far tho charges hae resembled Indian war fare. No accusers have appeared No Mimes have been attached to the accusa tions. The mass of anonvmous mWnfornia- m I.II.L.I ht.fhlll t 11 111 $., Mon that has oecn puoumieu """ ; 'SVflollectlan Is astounding" i'.Jl 1 - . .. .... . .W-....H HEADY TO IIUAII i-mauw .The commission, ho said, was ready and VtF' willing to receive and eonsiacr cranio i V '"fake" pictures. Its nltltuiio is one 01 nu &. n- fnr the accuser or accusers to dlscloso themselves and rid themselves of the liui- Jfcv den of the proof. " i ... . . ... r ...nt..l nn nltlipr v wo arc open ior luiiHimiitianu,. . from the An jury or wie ircicuu ! sons making the accusations," lie said "The Art Jury, so far. has Ignored the In dependence Hall Commission In ItB Invcstl gallons. Asked to confirm the authentic report that the Art Jury would act Independently on the charges at tomorrow s meeting. An drew Wright Crawford, secretary of that bodv. said that the president, Joseph IJ Wldener, was the only person authorized to give Information for publication At Mr iWldener's offices In tho Land Title Building It? wax said that Mr Wldener wus too busy rfi other matters to furnish any lnformn- Vr' V .. ,- ..I,. .1.- ,., Tii.ll. .. ,ur. parson, nu huh ihv iaic oM-,,.tt Mitchell and the late Charles Hoberts formed the original membership of the In itnunilMira Hull Commission, laised thu 'niintlnn nn to whether or not the Art Jury A'har. the aothorlty to pass on the nuthen- tlclty of pictures. i "Without any thought of iieing antago nistic Jovvai-d a body of men who heretofore &V"havo worked In co-operation with us. l '4eny the right ot the, An jury in icniove iffctures on the grounds that they are spurl tBAlfc without first consulting us." ha said P'Shu dutv of the commission has been to si. on matters of authenticity or pictuics nestlona of art we referred to tlio Art Kt-'Jury. We have always worked together ' In entire harmony -l Mtn tltla nnoa ft,A Mitirfou slinlllrl I limn Lv k ,. on It la a nriostlmi nf hfKtnrv nnd B 'biography, not of art Independence Hull . Vw not an art galleri It Is a museum ot .. --. , SlSLory. RV,., Kfforts to break up the collection nnd ss. -.uniTn h wnrlc nf the commission without consulting that body would be opposed fM Itr. Carson repeated. :ti-X tintiv'nil tv--r IVL'nlltAT yj. , rHC.-H A-. - ,.w. ........ ;,s The French pictures were copied from the originals at Versailles and elsowhero tn fc-rnnce." he said. "Mr llosenthnl leatli' 1 KVthe whereabouts of these originals thioiirli ,M. Jules Jusserand, the French Amunbsa- f -dor. We asked M. JULserand to furiiKl. KL tis with a list or Krcncnmcn wno iook pari, Lv .In our Involution and where then poi- K .Hralts could be found This information p'f as furnished by the Kienth Amliassadui. Who thus voncnel lor inem ve uau mo ' nntrt know ltli of the late Mr Hoberts, Ifel the word of a reputable nrtlbt and enr .V resnondenco and other lorrobm.itHc e- i',.t,nr timf ihps nlctureH w ere genuine iy j-.-..-w ... - . . . ,, ,. Keoplea from the originals is u sman won Suder. then, that wo object to arbitrary ai- I'fUon upon charges the source of whlc.h wi tr- Jt t.1. ...). .,..nn Stn 11.1. f 1,llfl U.11.1 '111 Ilia Bimtft mii, , ....... .... .. , ihit his painting of Carter Uraton uid 'mix other aitlsts" jiortralts of signers of ".jlhe Declaration wero "faked," Mr Itoseu- E-ftbal presented evidence which, he said, Sf'f-Broved Mr. Hart's Incompetence as an art '"Wltlc. The oblect of his fire was a portialt 1 at. Robert Fulton, said to have teen minted ffcy the great Inventor, but pronounced by KfnUy. Iloscnthal to be a 'plain fake." A'Thls portrait," said Mr. Itosenthal "wns R Introduced, to art circles by Mr, Hatt as a ifyjFu!ton by Fulton. He attempted to sell T.viv It to the Holland Art Galleri. of New ptf T'ork, for $3000. He was offered J2000 for f , ijt, but refused. He wrote a long article for Mfn New York newspaper describing It as a HOsljwrtralt of Fulton. He supplied It to the gV publishers of the book. Mlobert Fulton. i;n r' rstlneer and Artist. Ills Life and WorkB.' fft 'fHiii'portlng It to be it pot trait of Fulton. sf''A reproduction of It, facing page 200 of s$jW''8 book, shows that the features, espe cially the chin, do not resemuie tne nu--ttantlc portraits of Fulton." "ttrnitR RTnriv of fiii.ton portilmt O'."- T 5rAne HUD BlUlf VI llio iiuiunu. .,11. ivvpvii thai said, was told to him by a friend, a rrmincni art aeaier, wnose name lie was nested to leave out of the controversy. assume full responsibility for this fP said Mr. Iloscnthal. "My friend pur- tnlt portrait in ixjnuon vears ago, A..Ua 1. ...n a ..!... frtf an B.I II cm II mil . fylLai.iv uraa lh-1 f n iimmtnnl Itnltfiti Architect connected with the restoration of (sVj, .Peter s, ror tne uome or tne structure 0ia Jn the background. He took the por trait, to Paris where he and a friend, u pic wire restorer, amused themselves by 'touch- It up Because It was the tlmo of the on-FuIlon celebration, they trans- ned the architect Into a Fulton, paint- picture of the Claremont In the fore- yndi and the picture restorer put an entlcatlng' Inscription, on the back of canvas. f''"Iy, friend brought the picture to New . where it was considered a great Joke. then severed: his connection with this k3 Iatsr he learned that an emnlnvn rtt for a trifling sum and as a Joke to I. Parker, or Philadelphia. Then Mr. Halt's acquaintance with this Ma apparent acceptance of It "v. 0Vf rise to two thopghla; Was fooled py this portrait or were i ood? Jn either case, Mr, Hart's eonuMKenoe to jucigo or tne - 4 a pteturo are open to a very tkHi. ' He, haa posed as an art ; Mwugi. " - - MM MM hhn in. MU "-J- ASnle MM - FOOD dLAMOR OP ROUSED NATION FORCES ROADS TO RUSH RELIEF Continued from I'ste One proprlatlons Committee for "smothering" the HOO.000 appropriation resolution, which would afford tho lVderal Trade Commission wherewithal to carry on a nation-wide probe. ' "The I'resldent Is behind tho plan," said norland. "Tho Trade Commission has suffi cient factH now to wnrrant such an Investi gation, but tho Appropriations Committee still sas no. "It Is Imperative for Congress to ap propriate the full amount at once Crlmlnnl FOOD RIOTING AGAIN RAGING IN NEW YORK; PROBE BEGUN NOW YOH1C. Teh 22 l-'ood rioting broke out rignln todav for tho third successive daj. The outburst against high food prices spread from Man hattan Into llronklvn nnd market stands and pushcarts were wrecked In ininy sec tions by bands of iingry housewives Police lire finding each successive day brings a more serious situation In Itrook ln four arrests were made todiv nil the women admitting (o the iniglsttate lhe had part cipiled In the wricking of mar ket stands In the Knst Side tenement dlstilct but few pushcarts venders put In appeal mice and these attempted null t sell fi tilts against which the women Invo no protests The women gatheied on street corners and at doors of public schools In shriek their protests ngilnst prices nnd the clt ad ministration Skeptical as to justlllratlon of the tints Mayor Mltchcl todnv sent 200 social Inves tigators Into ever) lorner of greater New York to learn tho true conditions lie took this action upon receiving leports front the commission of chnritiis to tho effect that there had been no Increase in tho numliei of applications for aid Charges of propa gandists Inciting tenement house dwellers CIVIL WAR FOOD PRICES EXCEEDED IN CHICAGO; WOMEN BEGIN BOYCOTT CHICAdO. Pel) 22 -Pond prices 111 Chi cago are higher than at nn time since the Civil War and further iidvimcs are pre dicted by dealers unless the situ itlnn Is re llecd. Potatoes todav were quoted at a new high level of $.160 a bushel and sweet po tatoes at $2 Putter sold at fnrtv-fnur cents n pound and eggs at forty tn fnrtv-dve cents a dozen Vegetables of all kinds were fat nbove th usual price and live hngs wore quoted around $1.1 the highest price In the hlstorc of the packing Imluxln nnd $4 DO a bundled pounds higher than n veir iign There will be ho relief fiom the pteent .rlre Inflations until food dihtrllmtion is more tiearlc normal according tn ,1 P firililn president nf the Hnaid nf Trade who vesteidis wlieil tn the Interstate Com- COLORADO FARMERS HOARD LOADS OF POTATOES FOR SPECULATION IM.NVIJIt 'nl Feb 22 With pota toes selling at live cents a pound on the local market. Cototado potato growers In tho Greel.v district are sild to be holding 100 cars of potatoes for still higher prices However leports that producets In Wis ronsn and Minnesota are in mlfcstlng un easiness over the freight congestion and "would dump" their present holdings on the matket. has caused some olaim among the farmers In Colorado and a more liberal movement of potatoes Is expected Denver housewives have followed a pol Ics of restricted consumption nf potatoes since the present high levels, but there has been no organized effort to bovcott the spud Other vegetables are totalling at about the same range of prices as prevail in othei western cities Some quotations nro cabbage new. twelve and one-half cents a pound: caullllower. twcntl-llc cents carrots four cents: turnips, live cents. COAL SHORTAGE BLOCKS FOOD TRANSPORTATION, OFFICIALS SAY WASHINGTON Feb 22 Government officials todav declared that threatened suspensions of light heat and power plants In tlie middle West because of Inability of many towns and cities tn nbtaln coal was sconnd In seriousness onlv to the food shoit agc . The American Hallwavs Association an nouncement that holdups and deliss In coal and coke transportation had reached a cutlcal stage named the following cities as being affected Chicago Oak Park Kv.in ton Blue Island Kankakee Illoomlngton GERMANS HALT FOES IN EAST AND WEST Drive Back British Near Armen tieres and Repulse Rus sian Assaults BIIIIUN. Feb 22 Aftei n heavj cannonade British tioops penetrated a German position south of Armentleres the German War Office ad mitted todi Immediately afterward It was said, a powerful Lounter-attack was made and tho nrltlsh weie dislodged, losing thirty-nine men In prlsonet'i Klsewhcre on tho west ern front thero viete onl iccoiinoltering actlvltlesi Southwest of Hlga and on the southern bank of Lake Narocz detachments of Itus slans tried In vain to raid German trenches, the War Office reported On the Schlt shachara Hlver and between the Dniester and the Carpathians Austro-llungarlan and German troops carried out successful en terprises Snowstorms have put an end to fighting In Rumania, the War Ofllco announced, and only unimportant operations have taken place. In Macedonia, between Lake Dolran and the Vardar Illvcr. the uritisn trieu to esiun-ll-jh themselves before the German-Bulgar positions, but were chased awai In a hand grenade combat PAIUS. Feb 22. A GerinJn detachment which was at tempting to make a sottlo near Bethincourt, on the Verdun front, was caught by French artillery fire and dispersed, the War OfTlce announced today. Elsewhere the night wa3 calm, KIKEMEN ESCAPE INJURY Hosecart Driver's Quick Swerving Averts Serious Collision A number of firemen attached to engine company No. 17, of Fifteenth and Vine streets, narrowly escaped serious Injury to day while responding to an alarm from Fifteenth and Balnbridge streets. During a mad dash south on Fifteenth street, ft "green" horse stumbled and was overrun by the heavy engine, i The driver of the hosecart, which wa following close In the rear, swerved from his course In the nick of time, averting a possible collision. It required almost fifteen minutes to free the fallen animal from Its traces. Traffic 'oa Fifteenth atreet was tied up as tbare sult of Umi aecWeM. The fire, which iw M. aoywainsa okju jnyernon, EVENING LEDGERPHILAf)ELlESA; '.THUtiSD-XX prosecutions nro merely temporary, al though they may bo useful In tho present emergency. "However, the real remedy Is to find tho basic causes. This country has unlimited facilities for food production We can feed nil of our millions nnd more I nm one of thoso that believe that greed ban closed the channels of distribution, "It Is a lasting disgrace to think of food riots In this tlmo of peace nnd pros perity In tho metropolis of tho richest nnd most productive country on tho globe." to riot wero given moro credence In city ndmlnlKtrntinii circles after the ininmlslon of charities statement had been Issued and tho Investigators sent out wero ordend to hrln In precise and detailed reports Personal nssaults on those who dated to buy fiom dealers In foods took pHcc during the llronklvn rioting Angry women waited in tho streets and assailed rustomern leav ing stores oftentimes pelting them wllb produce taken from wreiked stands Aiinmintcmcul was made In the rnllrmd nfllclals that I'fted carries would result In some 500 inrs nf provisions being hrnught Into the ollv twill These pro visions have been delnved b congctlnn nnd etnlnrgoes according to the railroad ofllclnls Captain William (Illlei. chief of the local hm en u of the Department of .ltistlen In vestigation llmeau. ttinnuiiceil today that plnns were under wnv for ti thorough Inves. ligation of provision prices hero by the department He expects spiel il ngents will be assigned to the work h the Washing ton bureau Captnlu Olllev scouted the thcori that tho ilotlng was t anted b Teu tonic sjtnp ithlzrrs who hoped In this man ner tu cause nn embargo ngalnst foreign shipment nf foods inerce Cnmnilssinu an uigent demand fnr orders that wnuld tcmlt In raild innvlng nf fniiclvtuffs. "There are 10 linn mm bushel c of grain In 1'hlcsgo indav and between lin noo nnn and 70 nnn on bushels awaiting nh'pment in ilie clt. said Crifiln U'div '1 he presKtit de morallzcd inndltlnii cMtitually will apph tn all commodities unless thero Is prompt re lief Meanwhile officials nf the Chicago llmise wlves' League were makitig efforts tn inttn. duce a general bojeott against fnods tint are priced bevond teasnn Substitutes fnr niealh and nther food th it nie fin abnie Mhe tuunial prlie at this time nf the r.ii were tec rminienilcd and hnusewlves gi n r nllv urged tn puieiiise siiiliigh In unlet t lit. t thrie in n tint b hcte am nf the fnnd rlnts ilnn tn sbmtag.- nf iiupplles nhlih have taken plain In the l-ist lima beans trn ents . n.iw lie ins twilic and one-half cents a pound, unions, llftccn cents Pggs have declined IS tn 20 cents ft mi the top prices nf the w Inlet, now selling at sr tn Pi cents nciotdlng tn glade Put ter Is three cents lower at .IS cents a pound for the bcit grade HAVfSCm Me, Feb 2J Millions of bushels of potatoes needed tn help relieve the countri-wlde shortnpe aie threatened with a tie-up because the Hangoi anil Amnstook Itu Irmd Is tumble to obtain toil It was learned fiom rnllroid officials tod i It Is estimated that there are G nffn noo bushels of potatoes In Aroostook Countv. tho countrv's chief soutce of supplj this j ear The demand Is beavv, at record pikes, and at Caribou inoo barrels wtie hold at S 75 a battel todav At Pott Falrflold the price langed from $8 Eo tn $D a barrel De Knlb Galena Itnckfnid and Springfield III Detroit Indianapolis Huillngton, la, Cadillac, Cold Water Monroe. Mich, Toledo and Waukesha Wis Some nf these towns It Is said, hive gone deepls Into their surplus nf coal supplies and cannot continue to keep up their beat, lighting nnd power plants unless theie Is more coal rushed Immediate!, from the Pcnnsilvnnla Youghlo fields and t lie Fair mont Kanawha. Pocahontas and smaller fields In West Virginia and Kentuckv, PACIFISTS AND JINGOES BOTH SCORED BY TAFT Ex-President, in Baltimore for University Speech, Hits Peace at Any Price BALTlMOUi: Feb 22 'No right-thinking man goes to war for the love of war; neither does he believe In pence at unj price, hut In war for a righteous cause" Thus William H Taft former President of the I'nlteel Mntes told todav how he regards thcv.irlnus tvpes of pacifists Mr Taft Is In Baltimore to speak at the Johns llopklrs lTnlerslt exercises tliU afternnnn and at the dinner this evening of the League to Fnforco Peace "First nf all." said Mr Taft speaking nf the peace advocates I am not going to lie pinned down to an exact definition nf the word pacifist, for there are ton man) nf him . he falls lntn tnn man classifications Further I am not going to differentiate be tween the pacifist nnd the worker for peace an such "Let us take the extreme case, the man who believes in peace at ani price He holds tint no matter what Is done to him, no matter what he suffers at another's hands, ho should submit Then, when tho other man has killed him this extreme pacifist believes that his dcatli will serve as n moral, and that by dying he has gained his end He not onl eloesn't bellcvo In preparedness, but advocates completo sub mission The best examples are tho old Quakers " Next Mr. Taft cnnsldcreel the tvpo which Is now much In the public limelight "There Is the man who ho'Ids that cvety body must jump, on his back and beat hlin before he raise's an arm In self-defense. This Is the Brnn type. He must be lt'cked Into wur. He may well be called the ultra pacifist and he shades gradually Into the extreme tjpe who might be called the super pacifist. He believes at tho last minute a nation Is Justified In going to war nnd that then and then only arms should be taken without any preparedness. "And next we have the pcaee-lovlng paci fist who will make war In a Just cause, but only when he has to, who believes In preparing for that war nnd who thinks that only by preparedness of the right kind can peace be preserved." In passing, Mr Taft referred to Qeorgo Washington ns the greatest of all neutrals. Serves 30 Minutes' Murder Sentence MANSFIELD, La, Feb, 22, E. U Cal houn today served what probably was the shortest sentence for murder on record. in ncni.thlrtv minutes In Jail. He wss snGnced-li Uhc half-hour Imprisonment, 26 Slates "Done Dm" if Reed Dill Passes "' THESE twonty-Bix States nnd Ter ritories will become "bono dry" if the Heed nmendment to tho post ofllco bill becomes n law: Alaska Maine Oklahoma North Carolina Alabama OrcRon Arkansas Virginia Michigan Utah Kansas Georgia Tennessee Ari7onn Colorado Idaho Nebraska Montana North Dakota Mississippi West Virginia Washington Iowa South Carolina South Dakota Indiana In addition, ptohibltion legislation is pending In Delaware, Minnesota, ' Wyoming, New Mexico, Illinois nnd Hawaii. OPPONENTS OF TRANSIT LEASE SHOW ACTIVITY Assistant Director Atkinson Out lines Objections That Will Be Offered TWINING FRAMING REPORT Department Head TcllsVhy Advertis ing for Hids on Subway Work Is Delayed Assistant Transit Director Atkinson .ld today Hint under the term"! of the proposed transit leise. according to his view the Philadelphia Itnpld Tianslt t'mnpnnv will he able tn keep Its present surface sistem In good condition renew or rcpl.irn worn nut ceiulpment such as lolling stoi k and rails, when tKcess.irj, and deduct the cost of the same fiom the groi'i revenue nf tho united Histem as niu of the eh.itges which must be met befcue the city i an realle on Its Investment In the high-speed sFt"in Tills featutc the I'fslstant dlrec t"i went nn tn explain, will be one nf the objections offered tn the pri'ient form of the pinpnsed If ise in the iin.ilv.sls being miuln b Hire c tor Twining for presentation tn the M.inr net w ee k lust how the nircctnr villi piopnsn that tills condition be lemedlcd Mi tklnson we itld not Indicate lie was rmphntli how ever. In expressing his own disapproval of nu iirningement wherein tho (Itv em re ceive no Incmie upon nn investment of iilinve J fin nnn nnn until the transit ran. p.itn his made deductions from the tot il re vi line of the entire sjstem to keep In re IMli Its own pies-ent sjstcm And what Is mnre continued Mr Atkin son "after this memev foi ceiulpment and ieiew.il has been deducted from vent tn veat mil nftn the city has In te.illty gnat. inteid It as nne of the flxcel charges, a' the end nf llftv vc.irs. when tho leise explies, the e itv would have to piv over again for tills renewed eepilpmont should it widi to acaulie the pinputv of the transit ci.mpmv ' TWINI.Vr: PUA.MIXC! OBJECTIONS Director Twining himself declined tndiy to entei lntn nn general discussion of the pinpOMMl lease. "The mnie minutes I discuss It now he said 'the longer Its publication will be .tMiipil I e.ime to im oince todaj which is sununsed tn In n hol'dnj, had m tele- phone disconnected and made evety ,,m m lie disturbed 111 older that I effni t cimlil .noiiil tlm entile d.iv upon ms teport For this le.isnn I must Insist that I do not have the time now to dlseus3 the lease furthei but when nn leport Is completed I shall be willing and gl.id In explain every detail The Director then added that there will bo more th m 'half a doren "real valid objections" to the present fotm of the lease contained In his analvsls nnd that of tho til m of Feud line on & Davis, New York experts. letnlned b Major Smith "I won t tell vnu exnctlv how manv there are." he continued, 'but 1 nm woiklng on the sWtli today nnd there will bo sevet.il limie In addition eve It of these has numerous minor hubdlv'slons' ADVF.ItTIsnMj:NT WITIIIIFLD Since the Public Servke Commission Is still withholding the certificates of public convenience asked for the various llpes of the high-speed svstem. the IHrectnr does not Intend to advertise for bids for nddl tioii.il work on March 1 as he had planned "It would be foolish" he said "to adver tise for nnd open bids and then to have tn tell the contractors that we cannot nwaru the ennttnets until the commission has given Its nppiovnl This Is the condition we wero faced with on the subuav dellvcrv loop contracts and although opened for nearly two weeks we have been unable tn make any award nf contracts "Bv Match 1 we will hive plans and specification. ieiel for a section of the South Broail street subway from City Hall tn South street and for a scct'on of the North Broad street subway, from City Hall tn (iiiard avenue As soon no the com mission takes a forward step we will Im mediately advertise for bids, as we desire to push forward the construction ns rapldls as possible ' A L Drum, consulting engineer, from Chicago who Is letnlned bv President Mit ten nf the transit company, and who as sisted In w en king out the pre.eent form of the lease was summoned from Chicago by the transit cnminnv vestcrdaj, but the pur pose of his visit could not bo learned PNITHD BUSINESS MHN Tho law nnd tinnsportatlon committees of tho Fnlted Business Men's Association began a rampiign toda to cistalllzo sen timent of all organizations comprising tho Fnlted Association ngalnst ratification bv tho cits of the transit lease ptoposed by the Philadelphia Itapld Transit Company Tho committee will meet with the board of directors of tho association next Tuesday to explain their reasons for op posing tho leaBe and tho decision of the board will be submitted the following day to tho representatives ot nil me associa tions The public stand taken by tho commit tees followed a conference jestcrday after noon with Transit Director Twining, dur ing which the Director explained In detail the terms of tho proposed lease which he thinks contain "Jokers" HANCOCK AGAINST I-HASH Wllllnnj Hancock, former prcslelont of tho United Association nnd now ono of the city's three representatives on the P, H. T. ell rectorate, declared during the conference with the Director that the lease was not square nnd added that he had told tie dl lectors of the Transit Company that fact to their faces at the last meeting. He assailed particularly that feature of the lease which will permit the company to i also faiea at the end of six months pro vided tho darnings of tho syMtem are Insuf ficient to meet nil fixed charges and guar antee a definite profit. The audit of the transit company's books, for which Councils recently appropriated J10.000, has been begun by Lybrand, noss Brothers 4 Montgomery, certified public accountants. An effort will be made to show lust why the profits of the company have jumped so enormously since It was first proposed to enter Into an ngreenierit with the o ty Fatal Dlood Poison in Frozen Arm Blood poisoning resulting from a frosted arm today caused the death ot Harry ta Hoyj a, negro, pf 2013 Miller street. Cam don, : Me came to qooper Hospital last FEBRUARY i?, SCHURMAN, PRESIDENT OF CORNELL, ORATOR ON UNIVERSITY DAY Continued from I'ace One hor rights If In her place America, without any wnrrant of law, had set nsldo a Vf.st tract of ocean for ruinous depredations on tho commerce of neutrals nnd ruthless at tack on tho lives of noncombatants? Could any great nation survlvo, ought any grint nation survive, which cravenly lelds Us rights at the summons of tho aggressor7 Tho same law which guirantcrs our rights to territorial venters authorizes us to sail freely on tho high seas POSITION WEAKENED "If belligerents aro permitted to excludo us from the oceans, why should they not also appropriate our territorial waters or even march thalr armies across ( ur frontier? The surrender of onn national right wenkens and Imptrlls evcrv other. No prlnclplo of tho law of nations Is iiitc firmly established thnn tho freedom of neu tral commerce and no dlctato of iimiin I t Is mom sac led than the security of the Uvea of noncombatants "Both of these, continued Doctor Schur man, "nro vlolited by Herman submarine warfare. And our riovernment. has there fore severed diplomatic relatlon'sn with tier many Come what mnj. our nation must defend Its rights And with united hearts and icsolute deterinlmtloti the American people statu! behind Piesldent Wilson , and lltov will tolerntn neither the parnlssls of American shipping nor the murder of Amer ican citizens Thin "prompt nnd resolute assertion nf American rights," as characterized bj Doc tor .Schurninu Is, he explained, one of the cirdlnnl featuics nf Washington's foreign policy Tho British found tho American (lcncr.il ready to stick at n straw when honoi wns at stake," ho slid. Slnglc-cved Amcrlcinism, Jin said, was the first prin ciple of Washington's foreign pollci FOU HECONSnCHATION "How cm we meet tho grave national crlslB that Is now upon us If there Is any limitation of our patriotism, any division In our lov alts anv reservation of our devnt'nn to the Republic?" he queried Then he urged his nudlence to 'rededlcato v ourselves, without regard tn race oi creed or nnt.tl soil or political differences to n whole-souled Anier'cnnlsni " Wasli'ngtoti was not a glorifler of tnlll tailsm" Doctor Schurmati said, tnuchint upon the eiuestlon nf prepiiednes lit was cnuill remov-d from piclflsm Hut he was for an mien lalo defense Cnmmunl cillnns have chinged conditions in the l.i t centuiv and .1 eiuniler that have elapsed since then but we have not vet tench', I the stare of development In which Justice rlgetcousncks .imel public law itu dispense with the sine Until of phvslc.il fnue There Is nn galiis.ivlne the tiulh nf Washington's words that If wp want to secure pe.ieo we must be te.idv for w.ir If Wishlngton were living todiv he would more feivcntlv th in ever hnplnie lis countrviuen to provide an ndecpmte nation il nrtnv to proscribe unlveis.il mllltarv train ing fm nm soiing men and to organlz" tlioiotighlv In time nf peace nil nf the ecnnomli indusiilal and mil t irs funis which In time nf war would he necessnv for the defense of the nation ' AVOID POLITICS line'toi Schiirmiii warned ngalnst en tangling political nlll me es w Ith Europe. Just ns Washington did mote thin a eentuiv ago Let us eptnd our eomniercul te I.itlons with them" he said, but hive as little political com ectlons with them aj possible " In rerard to a jie.ico leigue. Mr Schur man slid he thought It would not lie elesu ahlo lieu feasible "Some basis seems tn me pinlnble ' he leinilKed "That Is an Inter national sltiicture fnr bringing together the tuitions of tho woild and commission-Ing-those with navies jolntlv to maintain the fieedom nf tho seas and to lestr.ilu and punWb an belllgeient who Infilnges nn the rights of neutl.ils m who violates the established principles of mirltlme In STUDENTS IN GOVERNMENT VISIT NEW JERSEY .SENATE Forty Boys and Girls of GeoiRe School, Pa., Receive Practical Lesson From Trenton Lawmaker GEORGE SCHOOL Pa Feb 2.' The class In elenientars political sc ente In the school at this place with a view tu iceelvlng n piactlcal lesson nnd seeing the machinery nf government In motion, v 'sited Trenton ns guests of J Webber Gaunt. Jr son of the president of the New Jersey Senate Fortv girls and boss who nre learning the duties and responsibilities nf citizenship, unelei their teachet Walter Mohr of hwaithmorc College nnd the Fnlvcrslts of Wisconsin, composed the partv The students attended a committee hear ing nf the Senate In the afternoon, and were Inttoduced to Senator Gaunt and Governor Edge who congratulated them upon their couise They then visited the state l.lbrnis and the new State Museum, which has just been reorganized They were taken thiough the State trensurs and shown some Intetcst Ing old records of wills and man luges and the great "Dame Carteret Giant' which was brought out of Its wrappings fnr their especial benefit The big event nf their trip was the eve ning session of the Senate, when the locil opt'on measure was brought up and passed bv a vote of Fi to fi They paid n great deal of attention to tho discussion and to the proceedings of the icgul.ir business When the oung visitors went away thes had gained a gtcat deal of practical Inhumation To those who ate looking toward the future of the I'n'ted States, It .Is Interesting to note thnt If the local option bill had been given to these Juniors of both scves nt George School, it Would have been parsed unanlmousls DELAWARE SOLON'S CELEBRATE Legislature in Joint Session Hears Washington's Farewell Address DOVER. Del. Feb 22 Membeis of the House and Senate of the Delaware General Assembly met In Joint session nt noon to da to celebrate Washlngton'a birthday with appropriate ceremonies President Pro Tern Barnard presided over the session, and Washington's Farewell Address was tcad by Representative Councils Following the meeting, the Legislators paid their biennial visit to the Slate Col lege for Coloied Students, near Dover, where they were the guests of the board of trustees of that Institution for dinner. VICHY Owmd by ml touted nndir I hi dlttct control el tkt trench (jovernmtnt -Natural Alkaline Water Your Physician will rrcommend its use, to relievo, INDIGESTION RHEUMATISM URIC. ACID COUT Not Genuine . wilboil Uw wri 101 1! 1917 ternational law In other words, If you wnnt to prevent war, naval International ism In the most hopeful form of attack ing tho problem and that for tho reason that every nntlon nlready shares with all others equal nnd Just sovereignty over the high seas." Doctor Rchurman said It wns question able) whether the United States would have changed tho situation In Joining In any pro test against tho war He doubted whether hostilities could have been averted In cither tho Second Balkan War or the present strife The world changes," he concluded, "and we change with It, but after a century nnd a quaiter Washington still remains the polo star of American foreign policy." All through his speech President Schur man wns Interrupted with handclnpplng, and when ho leached the end of his talk cheering (broke out and lasted for fully five minutes Before the conferring of honorary degrees upon tho three distinguished men by Prov ost Edgir Fahs Smith, Bishop llhlnctnnelcr delivered nn earnest prayer nnd stirring numbers were rendered by the Phllidelphla Orchestra, thero as a trlbuto to the con ferring of the degree on Mr Stokowskl On the stage with the gowned fncultj was Alberto I'anl, director general of the Mexl can rnTHays nnd Carrnnza lieutenant A number nf undergraduates nnd scholars alo ircelvcd dcgiees Thev were Bachelor nf Arts Pasqitale Seneca, Sam uel Silverman Bachelor nf Science Robert L Brlggs Bachelor nf Arts (College Course for Teachers) Adallno Itoseugarten Bachelor of Science In Architecture ,Iocph C Cook, Fred W Van Nnme, ItTary B P.ex Julia A Tlemlng William A. Clark, Jr , Albert K Wilson Bachelor of Science In Electric- Hn glnecrltig Christopher Van Artrdalcn Subers, Morales C Vcnd'g. Bachelor of Science In Civil Eng necrlng Henry F Bamberger Doctor of Dental Surgcrv Ralph S Baldwin William A. Kline. Morris (Ireen steln Hadar II Quentrer, (leorgc J hchrelher .It Bachelor nf Science In Economics Frank V, Brown .1 P L Feelev. Edward .1 lletaty (Jenrge F Klein. Itufus M t'llmin Doctor of Phllnsoph.v llnv m ITneman, John Davidson William F Kainmni. Rob pit Rlegel Adolf E Zucker Robert Reltzel .Master of Arts Esther P Elllnger. Her 111111 E Creep Vung T Nnw hirnh W Parkei Helen Whitehead Mastel nf Science Leon 1) Stralton Doctor of Veterinary Medicine William .1 O Connor Aflet the evercises at thc-Acndemv Piov nst .Smith and trustees of the I'nlver"ltv cute rjalned tho gue-ts mirhils and aids with luncheon nt tne l'nlverslt Club The luncheon was followed bv the nnnuil Fnlvereltj D iv facultv tea at ltniiston Hall Tho committee n lined fnr the tea iniludes Mis A C Abbott Mis C I, Horle Jr. Mis C il Child, Mrs A L Church. fMrs il Dixon Mrs B C Hint Mis s F Houston, Mrs S ,s Huebuei Mrs E C Kirk. Mrs W P Lilrd Mis J B Llppln eott Mrs Edgar Mnrbuig, Mrs lolin Mar shall Mrs J B McMnster, Mrs W M Mlkell, Mrs (J A Pletsnn. Mis II A Kind ill Mrs .1 C ltolfc .Mis O ,1 Roberts. Mi'i F E Sc helling, Mrs, A J Smith, Mis William It New hold The events of the das villi conclude to night with nn alumni banquet at tho Adelphla Hotel nnd a loclal evening nnd Inuiiuct nf the inusle-il nlumnl of the I nl verslty at the Hotel ltlttenhouse This Is the first time the musical alumni have Joined the rnlvers.lt Diy celebration Thoso in chatge of tho arrangements are Lewis Wadlow. Mav Porter. John C Ingle. Stanley Addlcks, Orace Welsh-Piper Marlon R Mattmnn Anna C Bariovv. Elsie W Rulon, Stanley Relff and Albert J Dooner. COMMUNION SERVICE HELD AT CHURCH CONFERENCE 500 Ministers and Laymen Participate at Session of United Evangelical Gathering Mine than K0O ministers nnd In men to- d.iv Attei ChrivJ (Ti ttended the Communion service In hurch Twelfth and Oxford streets, which maikcd the second elav of the an nual session nf the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference' of the Fnlted Evangellca,l Chutcb The sesslmi was opened b$ pre siding Bishop W II Foulke, ot Nnplervllle, 111 The Rev Dr S D Gordon, In his opening nildress, spoke nn Communion The sessions will continue until Monday or Tuesdav In which time many Important matters iclitlng to homo and foielgn nils, slons, icllglous education nnd other suV Jects will be discussed The Rev Dr A J limner of Reading was elected Hccretniy of the conterence for the sear Tonight the Rev Dr C Cairns will deliver an nddtess entitled 'America on the Water Wagon ' rPg-f W "5ZKT CLEAR AS THE rich, pure-gold tone of Sonora won for it the highest score for quality at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Before you buy any phono graph study Sonora's unique features, and, most important of all, note the accuracy and beauty of its playing. Every Sonora plays all disc records THE HIGHEST MACHINE IN V L BANKER BELIEVES U. S. BOND ISSUE NECESSARY HencI of Dauphin Deposit nnd Trust Company Makes Prediction A Oovornmcnt bond Issuo will bo neees. sary regardless of whether the United Stntes rfoes to war or not. This was the opinion expressed by Donald P. McCormlck president of the Dauphin Deposit Trust Compans', nnd chairman of group five of tbo Pennsylvania Bankers' Association, nt tho opening of tlm annual session of that body In tho Bcllevuo-Stratford todaj', "We nro all hoping that we will not have war," slid Mr. McCormlck, "but In the event of war tho bankers will bo ready to look after tho financial Interests of the nation" The bond Issue, Mr McCormlck said, would bo necesasry to carry out the plans for preparedness Mr. McCormlck called nttentlon to the prosperous condition of the Fnlted States. SWEDE U-BOAT VICTIM CARRIED 5 AMERICANS u. S. Consul at Barcelona Says All Were Landed Safely at Paragona j WASHINGTON, Feb 22. Flvo Amerl cans wero aboard tho Swedish steamship Scogland, sunk by n submarine off tho coast of Spain February 18, Consul Hurst at Barcelona reported to the State Dcpirt ment todiv The Scogland sailed from Norfolk with a cargo nf coal fnr Bagnoll, Italy Consul Hurst leported that the ship was supped six miles south of Paragona at o o'clock In the morning The crew of twents slx. five of whom wore Americans weie permitted ten minutes to leave tho vessel The submarine crew then s ink the ship with n bomb. None of the crew wns re ported Injuied nnd the were landed nt Paragona shortly afterward Those who claimed American citizenship were James Brenner: Brooklvn, Leo Cart wright, Portsmouth, N H , J Burke Brooklyn, Jas Lewis Fnlontown Pa; Joseph Brown Ellrnboth, N Y Six Accused of Inciting Riots CHESTER Pa Feb 22 Charged with Inciting riots and agitating emploves to strike, six former tmploscs of the American Viscose Cnmpnns III Marcus Hook were given a heirlng last night before Alderman William Leary in this cltv and were each held hi ?r,00 ball for n further hearing Tho defendants were Jnhn King Horace Cnunclll. Stanley Kosk.v, George Spannatd, Edward Tlndler and John .Simpson Church Scaffold Fnlls; One Hurt LANCASTER. Pa , Feb 22. A frozen knot In the cross piece of a scaffold on tho new Emanuel Lutheran Church was respon sible for the collapse of the scaffold and the fall of Abram Oreen nnd Alexander Stall, The former landed on a concrete pavement, escaping serious Injuries, hut Stark fell headforemost, falling on Green, and sustn.ned serious Injuries. TOO I.ATP. I'OH CLASSIFICATION IHSVTHS' MAKUKV Feb 21 at Goshen. N Y , HUD SON V1AKUEN M D of 1AJ7 Walnut t , Plillailelrhla Services and Int at Goshen, N. V, nf which due nottpo will lie slven OOODAI.L Fell 2J. MARION, (laughter of Samuel I nnd Mathilda Goodall Due notlcA of funernl will tie Riven from parents' resldenc. 1441 Hnrum ki TRUMIlunt: ret) in. suddenly at T.anxlale, Pa . MONKOK I. . husband nf late Magdelina Trumbore Relatives and friends Invited to funeral Frl . 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