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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
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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.
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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 '
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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.
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TRUMIlunt: ret) in. suddenly at T.anxlale,
Pa . MONKOK I. . husband nf late Magdelina
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