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AGAINST DOPE
FWAITS tJPON GANS
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v State House neaiui commit,
'? tee Chairman Assumes
f ' Arrogant Attitude
I DEPENDENT ON WEATHER
I lly n Staff Corresponded
llAimiSHUnn.-Mny S.
.fcnirnian SlBinuml J. (!'. of the lIoo
Cm "Son 1'iiMlc tlciiltli nnrt'SnnlUi.
CcmmUtfo ',.;,..,. rcnrcgcntat vo
If fiVe Thlrty-'ishth Wild, Philadelphia.
' Jiftkcn tint" hlinrlf tho xolo power of
iTrlslatioii Hint i' -""
gjwrcotlo .lr..K traffic.
Vn.innati (laiw Rave out nn Interview,
, hlrfi lio nnnomiccil tlmt their would ho
,B "h:,llB of tho House I'ul.llc Health mul
GANS TO THE RESCUE
OF PAYROLL MARTYRS
RISK FRAUD TESTIMONY
HEARD BY GRAND JURY
J.ffioii rommltteo nflcr mi imexplalne.l
Kjnuauuii . ...i.ipi. i,n nlsn
WJL?mcd lit mitcpcndctico of populur
W? i.n. and "fair nlny" on lcBtelatUo
'v SSment.. I" tho followlnic tcims:
ThC HOPO l '" ;""
tho Lcglslntuio except me.
....., be pure that there will ho nn
entirely now Ml c,0,tcl1 otlt ot commlt
ttf f any "
whether the new hill Is reported out or
.lhl upon tho weather. If It la fair.
K may h reputed out. If It is raining, it
will not ho reported out."
in thoe tlireo sentences Jans outlined
,. entire" proKrani to which he Is apparently
Emitted, tin reunion, no far as any at
S "t enaetlnp antl-narcotlo legislation
It concerned.
rims who fnr the last two weeks has
Alined to rail ti nicotine of tho House
rirrmltteo on Public Health nnd Sanlta
.ton apparently for fear that tho liuincious
ilocates of a strinRcnt antl-dopo law
nuld force action, today announced that
Ws committee will meet at about 2 o'clock
thta afternoon
'Why wasn a mooting ot tho coirtmlttco
ailed dining tho lii't two weeks?- ho was
MBecaue t haw not been botherliiK with
it i:en hod m the Legislature (.coins to
be liotlieiW ahoiil this hill, except myself."
-"An aRnemoiit to combine the Vnro nnd
Whltaker hilN was announced," he was
reminded
"Will the committee report such a bill
cut of committee?"
"An entlrob new bill has been drafted"
Gans frankly confessed. '
"It is not a combination of tho Vare and
the Whitaker hills or of any twh antl-dopo
klll now befoie tho I.cfilslatiiie. It wlll'
te an cntlrcK new bill when It comes out
oJ committee."
"When" will this bo thli afternoon?"
"I can't sa of com we. It is all In my
htnds, hut I am not wot tying at all. It all
depends upon tho weather. If the weather
li'falr, the new bill will bo ropoited out.
If It Is lalnlng. the new bill will ho kept In
Committee "
'One of the most powerful and ono of tho
most wealthy of the lobbies in llarri.sburR
i that maintained bj tho druKgists of the
State. The Introduced their own hill,
sponsored by l!epiescntatlo Theodore
Campbell, of Philadelphia, and then le
ported out ot tho subcommittee of tho IloUfo
public Health nnd Sanitation Committee
a to-called "compromiso" Varo-Campbell
bill. Campbell leported tho measure out,
nd Etooif-'-potisur for It. Tho "compromise"
till was promptly recommitted
The whole situation luolvInff the non
narcotic bills was Involved enough during
the last two weeks, but Senator 1-ilwin II
Vare todav added rompllcatlon, In Fplte of
the III odor into which tho diuggi'-ts' lobby
has gotten Itselt
Senator Aaie adniltleil that ho was a
party to the (-o-called Varo-Campbell bill
Yhlth would base gion to druggists tho
right to prcsuibo for naicotic ding habits.
He explained, however, that he agreed to
halng the bill ropoited out. but explained
that It was for tho reason that ho wanted
to kill the Campbell bill
"I agreed to tho Vare-Campbell hill that
was lepoited 0114," ho said, "liocdurc I
franted to kill Campbell's bill " I
The wholo anti-dope law situation Is at
loggerheads It looks as though tho Pub
lic Health and .Sanitation Committee ot tho
House must bo discharged befoie the law
can bo enacted, nnd It also looks now as
though .Senator Varo Is the latest stum
lling block.
Wants to Add $1000 to Registra
tion Salaries' and to Create New
Jobs to Relieve Strain
tn Mew of tho high cW of living the
ItcgiKtrntlon Commlrslonors ought to get
$10-00 n, year, according to Representative
nigmuim j. linns. Ti prove that he is sin
cere Sir. Onus obtained the consent of tho
Homo to IMroduco a bill to this effect, it
provides for an Increase of $1000 In salary
for tho lleglstratloii Hoards In Philadelphia,
.Scrnnton nnd Pittsburgh. Thoso In this
city now recclvn $3000.
When ono thinks of tho arduous duties
of tho commissioners this Is hardly enough
Often they me compelled tn work six nnd
sown Iiouih dally and when other- office.
noiiicis nro golfing, fishing nnd plnochllng
out on pilvate yachts on weary Saturdavw
tho unfortunate Reg. Coins, arc obliged to
work a half day.
Vv'lth the Incieaso In the cost of fishing
tackle, tennis racciuots. golf sticks nnct
rolling ehalrs at Atlantic City, many be
lieve that tho-raise Is warranted
Mr. dans, who Is rather llboial in his
views, n;o seeks to create a number of new
Jobs. There nre to bo stenographers, cus
todians, assistant custodians and possibly
assistant assistant custodians, n platoon of
clciks at $3 u day (seems n law that nil
clerks must get five n day) nnd, of course,
counsel nt $".500. Tho noinial counsel can
not think of nn.v thing less.
Ami ns to clerks It has been learned that
tho County Commissioners have been paying
for clerical help out of their own approprla.
tlon.
Such Is tho martyrdom of otllee.
O'Ncil and Attorney General
Accuse Pittsburgh Life and
Trust Officers
THREE NEGROES HELD
AS MURDER SUSPECTS
KIMon Marriage Licenses
i:UvTO.V. Md.. May 8 Tho following
marriage llcense3 weio issued hero this
morning- John O'Malley and Mario
Dougherty. Kdward I,. Alglor and Mary
t'sher, Homer i: Hastedo and Adelino Do
zooso, Krank V Jtebstoek nnd Madeline
Mc.Nally, all of Philadelphia; Frank J.
Mullen and Sadlo Taylor, Wilmington, Mm
ory Koihcl nnd Kthel Pike, l.Mdystono;
.lames I J, stall; and Mthel Illeakley, Ches
ter, and John T. Hennessey and P.lla Wal
ston, Wilmington.
TODAY'S MAKRIAGE LICENSES
Crnm-ld I) llorthou.l ;'T2il X 2.1J at nnd
, Mai) Mrl'n.l.lon, 1KI.1 X nth t. " nM
Unliir II Tliuniiiaon, lino nuwnt'r at., and
Hnr.ih C Cnpelan.1, "ii-i-i Pwiornt at.
ltoi;-rt S Durl.ln. .SarlLTth, Pa . nn.l Helen M
Wlnit.ito, r.in"! Pin.- st
Josi-ph I. Nelson, lh7 VV ninmond st . nnd
I.nimi V. Jones, 2003 ScpUl.l at.
William Tliisiv. mi N. i:ith at. nn.l nthel
, I. Jlorrla. tr.'Jl llutrhln-on at.
Louis Htrrn. 2l1.- S. oth at., unit Anna Schwartz.
LMla S. luh st.
W niter llarnhlll KM X. 13th at., nnd Margaret
luurn, iii jrutraon st.
lv',,rlr,.A-. "'!'!", liMil X 11th at., nnd Nellie
.1. Whlto, &...I'.: Ilrooinll nve.
APu-rt l.uias, mill i-ambrlilBo St., nnd (jcorsio
. Ili'verlv, 172S Sn.iln St.
(lnrKH II, Knlekerliockor. :IO"0 Tleean st , anil
Pauline M. Durner, southeast corner lUth nnd
1'le.irllHlil sis
CharPs O'Connor. llrn Mavvr. Pi,, and Mary
A Jutnnlsnn darrott Hill, Pn
Antlrmv A Cooiiit. Homo, (!.i , and Anita Stet
son. K1J7 Sprut.- st
Cnrl lt5aii. I'L-.la H Leo St.. nnd Hilda Mjers.
L-t.l H l.e- st
rhirlrs n Thompson. 1.117 Webster St., nnd
Maltol Adiiins, rhrster. Pa.
rimrles c'urr. la.l." i: Montomerv nve., and
.suph.inl" Itolstock. 4".s N. rah st.
John O, Paton 11U2 K Allenhonv nve . nnd
Lillian Loimstrei t, ltil'J i;, Allegheny nve
OenrKO A Stletleld, L'OJl V'. Somerset st . nnd
Marlon Mcllrld. . HiKl X. lltll st.
Prank if Hartley, aiil'i X tr.th st., ant Lillian
I. Lane, aui'i x tr.th st
Nathan II l'llu-s :tim.l Itcrks st . nnd llortensi-
It (Irrenualit 11'm'i W .otnltm nvo.
itol.ert L Duliii" HiJ-J S lMh st., and Hattle
Hod . nijj inth st
John A. Johnson, 1 121 Sharsuoo.1 st., nnd Au
t,u-"lu S wjorstrotn 2020 X. llroait st.
PrntiU InUvtt 1.V1I S loth st , and llrmlna It
L'nB.uo 1S1I) S 0th st
William McK Law-horne, Paulshorn. N. J., and
llmllv II. llrooks. 5-i ('heater nve
John It S.ahert :irPtl X loth st . and Frances
ll (llrnrd, 124 Portico st
Leonard I'.ermm. 20111 (Ireen st., nnd Jennie o
Apter. W'ashlliKton, I). ('
lMTTSHUnair, May 9.
State Insurance Commissioner O'Xell nnd
Harry If, Hownnd, nttorney representing
the Attorney General, went Into tho Grand
Jury room Just before t.oon nnd presented
their case against C. A. Willis, J. S. (Irniit.
George A. N'lchol and others In tho Pitts
burgh I.lfo and Trust Company case, so that
Indictments might be returned today, which
Mr. O'Xell Fald would he done Requisition
papers will thei bo sent to Hnrilshun; und
theneo to Albany so that tho accused men
can be brought here for trial
Mr tV.N'olt said ho had jilt received a
message from Mr. McCulloiigh, Deputy
Stato Commissioner, nt tho State Capitol,
saying ho was leaving for New- York to
tnko up with several laigo Instil nine- com
panies there the matter of taking over the
Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company.
"In tho meantime," said O'N'cll. "Deputy
Attorney General Davis will assist Dlstilct
Attorney Swahn, In New York. In tho crimi
nal end of this thing, and Attorney Mow and
will do tho same here Not one guilty man
will oscapo for his complicity In this ileal
with tho people's tiiouev, no matter what his
standing has been In the community."
Alderman Klrliy had not heard fiom Con.
stable Murray IMIls, who Is lu New Yoik
Willi the wai rants, up to noon.
"KONE DIIY" MEASURE
NEGATIVELY REPORTED
House Committee ltejccts Hill With
Scant, Ceremony Afiainst Birth
Control I'ropapranita
llu a Stnff Co) rcspomlt tit
IIAIimsurilG, Mav S Tho Law and
Older Commltteo of tho House this after
noon reported out with a negative recom
mendation tho Mitchell bill placing Penn
sylvania In tho "bono di" column during
tho war with Germanv
The action was taken In tho "wet" com
mittee after little debate. Tho commltteo
nlso leported. but with a favorable tecoui
mendatlon. the Stern bill prohibiting the
agitation of hlttli control, under penalU of
$1000. Tho Geary bill, making tho laws
governing the carrying of dreamm mnio
stringent, did not come out of commltteo
It will bo considered net week
One Rearrested on New Evidence
Obtained in Inquiry Into Kill
ing of Haddonfield Pastor
Thrco arrests were made today by the
Camden pollco lit their Investigation of the
murder of tho Itcv. J. M, T. Chlldrcy,
pnstor of tho First Maptlst Church, Had
donfield, X. J., who was held up and shot
by a negro footpad on City I.in avenue,
Colllngswood, two wccki ago,
All thrco personi arrested wero negroes!
William Young, I-'ront nnd Chestnut streets,
and Ocrtnuto and William Addison, 010 Mt.
Vernon street Young was rearrested today,
no being tho negro who apparently had fur
nished n good alibi when first nrrested.
lie was positively Identified by Harry Arey
as tho man who ran through his backyard,
on Mulford street, half a mile from the
scene of the shooting, nbout twenty minutes
after the clergyman was killed. Tho other
two, who wcro arrested eaily today by
Camden County Detectives Doran, Levins
and Gtlhhen. wcro committed to Jail with
out hall today by Justlco of tho prai-..
SchmlU They nre being held ns material
witnesses pending the Investigation of
Young's story.
Young's second arrest was ordered bv
County Ptosecutor Ktaft. who.se detectives
have kept n sttlct watch on tho mgro quar
ter of tho city ever since tho tntiidei Young
Is suspected ot knowing something about
tho killing, and. although detectlvs would
not speak of the connection, it Is believed
that Young's arrest followed statements
by thn woman and the nthel man that
they "knew- about that Job
NATION CALLS OUT 1000
BOY AND GIRL FARMERS
School Children Will Woik in
Canneries in New Jersey
and Maryland
A call for the first 1000 boys nnd girls of
tho Philadelphia public school to work In
canneries of Xcw Jctsey nnd Maryland was
Issued today, by tho I-'cdeinl Department of
Labor. Tho Philadelphia school mobilization
commltteo Is preparing lists of lunlcerji.
Although tho canning season Is not yet
open, tho Government Is unloiis to bo able
to nssure tho canners of enough labor to
ennhlo them to hid upon Government con
tracts, with confidence that tho neiessary
labor will bo forthcoming In time.
All boys nnd girls who woik In thn can
neries will be under illiert supervision of
tho corps of Inspectors ot tlui I'ederal De
partment of Lilior. tho vailous Stato nnd
county Kiftfty committees, und tho Philadel
phia school mobilization committee. Living
and sanitary conditions will bo camltied
Into closelv
Tho committee on community service of
the moblllatlon committed Is busily engaged
lu enrolling school teachers for tho work
of slipetlulcndeueo of tho boys und girls who
will work in the canneries Thcso teachers
nio wanted to tut ns haperotics mil to
kiop a sharp eo upon conditions generally.
Fully 11000 Khool pupils will be muled in
tho camp rles
Dr. 'hallos c. Hcjl, principal of tho
West Philadelphia High School for Ito.vs.
and II. Perry Hitter havo made a prelimi
nary sutvey of farms lu tho vtclnltv of lvv
l.ilid. X .1 , at the Kipiest of farmers In
that section who nn going to ask foi
student fanners this stimuu-i.-
JcIT Senior Pneumonia Victim
Louis C, Payne, twcnty-flvo years old, a
senior nf tho Jefferson Medical College and
son of Dr. L-. J. Payne, a. prominent surgeon
of Xorfolk, Vn died early yesterday of
ftnctiinonla nt tho Jefferson" College, Doctor
Pnyno entered Jefferson Medical College
four ears ngo nnd was to havo grad
uated this June Ho was a member of tho
Aradnmy Society and other medical organ
izations. Interment will take placo In the
family plot nt X'orfolk.
KegttMKmiG4lfc
Tollce arrested. twcf-neirroMvi
nectlon within, double snooting (
nt 1231 Cambridge street, which 'wb
lowed by a flro In the bouse. When'
men broke In tho bouse they fpund
necro woman dead from gunshot woun
and a negro seriously Injured. .The Injure-
negro, Virgo Offet, told the police that tk
woman, nthel Smallvvood, had visited hhj
nnd that during her visit thrco negroes hri
shot him nnd tho woman and then set fit
to tho house.
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HEARINGS ON TRANSIT
SET FOR NEXT WEEK
Four Bills, Deferred From Con
sideration Today, Will Be
Discussed Tuesday
Uv n Staff Cot i Mjiomcnt
IIARRISHCnC, May S.
Tho public heating on tho four Philadel
phia transit bills now pending in the Legis
lature, will bo held hero next Tuesday after
loon, Senator Char.es II. Kline, of Alle
gheny, chairman of tho fienato Judiciary
General Committee, announced today
Tho hearing originally was scheduled for
today, hut a, postponement was nskod by
Va3'or Smith on account of tho visit of tho
Krejich euvovs to Philadelphia Tho Mayor
sked that the commltteo hold tho hearing
In riilladtlphu Instead of nt Ilarrlsburg,
hut the members oppo.sed this
.The Pulled lluslnesa Men's Association
W Philadelphia, which Is supporting tho
oil's, Is planning to bring a hit go delega
tion hero to urge tho Legislature to glvo
the city tho necessarv- power to deal with
tho Philadelphia Rapid Tianslt Company in
the leaba negotiations.
Up to the present tlmo the transit com
pany has had tho advantage in tho negotia
tions. Tho passage of tho four pending
hieasuies, however, will placo tho city In
the position to mako a better bargain with
the company The bills wero recommended
y Transit DIN ctor Twining, approved by
Mayor Smith und drafted by William
Draper Lewis, of tho University Law School,
at tho pergonal request of tho Mayor.
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