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STATE HIGHWAYS
BILL UP IN HOUSE
,' Senate Measure, Backed by
Administration, Has
First Reading
MORE PAY TO MEMBERS
IacrcaBC of Legislators' Sal
aries to $2500 Asked by Dem
ocratic Representative
Bv a Staff Corrttpondent
Harrlsburg, Feb. 19. Speedy consider
ation of the Byre Senate bill to reorgan
ize the State Highway Department was
asked thla morning; when the bill was re
ported out In the House.
Representative Williams. Tioga, chair
man of the House Committee on Rono.
In reporting; the measure out, said that
time was a big; factor. He declared tne
Governor and the Highway Commie,
loner were desirous of Its speedy pas
sage. On motion of Mr. Williams the bill
was given first reading. This bill Is the
first of the administration measures to
come before tho Legislature.
Determined opposition has developed
to the bill Introduced by Representative
Shunk. of Erie, to permit tho Public
Service Commission to suspend newrntcs
announced by public utility corporations
pending a hearing and decision on tho
question.
Under the present law the new rates
are In effect while the matter Is pending
before the service commission. If the
commission decides against the utility
concern it is then required to make a
return of the Increases collected.
Railroad and transit Interests nro said
to be back of the opposition to the bill,
To Increase Lawmakers' Salaries
Representative West, of Montour, in.
troduced his bill today to fix the salary
of members of the General Assembly at
II500.
Tho bill also Increases the mileage
compensation to and from the members'
homes from twenty to thirty cents a
mile.
Strong hopes are being entertained by
the lawmakers that the biennial attempt
to raise the salaries of members of the
House and Senate may be successful
this time.
Their hopes were buoyed up consider
ably by a hint which Lieutenant Gov
ernor Beldleman dropped last night while
peaking at a reception tendered Gov
ernor Sproul and the members of tho
Legislature by the Harrlsburg Chamber
of Commerce.
The Lieutenant Governor presided at
th reception and made the reference
which caused the "hope eternal'' to
spring In the bosoms of the lawmakers
when he Introduced Governor Sproul.
Declaring that Harrlsburg cons'dered
the members part of its citizenry, the
Lieutenant Governor said he wished
they could remain here always Instead
of dropping In" every two years for
a few months.
Lieutenant Governor's Hint
"I know that the salaries begin to
run low about the middle of March,"
he added, "and are gone entirely by the
first of April, but the Governor Is will
lng to aid those who will come here In
the future."
The fact that Governor Sproul did
not touch on the reference In his re
marks did not dampen the hopes of the
legislators.
Leaders in the House said there was
no doubt a bill to increase the present
salary of legislators from $1500 to
IXS00 or $1000. If passed, will receive
the approval of Governor Sproul.
White Republican leaders have an
nounced their disapproval of salary
raises In general, there Is said to be a
disposition to favor an Increase for the
legislators, because the present emolu
ment of J1B00 Is declared to be inade
quate. .
No Extra Tay In Special Besslon
If the West bill goes through it prob
ably will carry a proviso that they serve
during any special session without
extra compensation. Five hundred dol
lars is the compensation provided now
for a special session.
Two years ago a bill to increase the
salaries to J2500 was defeated In the
House. Representative West, who In
troduced the salary-raising bill today.
Is a Democrat It Is understood that
any successful measure along that line
must be sponsored from the Republican
aide.
Governor Sproul, In his remarks last
night, announced to the people of
Harrlsburg that the present administra
tion planned to centralize the state gov
ernment in Harrlsburg by erecting
buildings to house many departments
now scattered over the state.
The Governor declared Harrlsburg
should do Its part by Improving hous
ing conditions and erecting new city
and county buildings to replace the
present antiquated structures.
PENROSE TO ADVISE
ON ELECTION LAWS
Harrlsburg, Feb, 19. Senator W. E.
Crow, chairman of the Republican State
Committee, left Harrlsburg for Wash
ington last night for a confnnr- win.
United States Senator Boles Penrose
over bills now pending In the Legtsla
ture which provide for changes In the
Itcuon laws.
The bills which will be discussed par-
ticuiarly are tho nonpartisan repealer
' and the measure designed to prevent
' party raiding.
MANY BILLS ADDED
TO HOUSE CALENDAR
Tarrtabnrr. Feb. 19. A bill conferring
n Justices of the peace and aldermen
Jurisdiction in all actions of tren in.
King less than 1300 brought before
them was Introduced into the House
T.W Aioeri Miliar, Dauphin. Tho
also abolishes the distinction h.ra.
ir existing between actions of tres
l and trespass on the case nnd an.
icaiiy excepts from jurisdiction of
liisiTirwui inn ninsjrman i.. a
' sslisl int.ll I nlaiHn saii .- -
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MMr, Rlnrt. Lehlrh, introduced & bill
1 . to Ucru the fee of constables attend
. M wicubiii i rum a 10 &
. Amonr appropriation bills Introduced
' wm vwvv.vvv tui Mio aviUlCTB ana Or-
; ah ana ahwil ani t1 Rflfl nnn .,.
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t' sKtilatng program of the new Vnin
.resiiiantiary.
,' Wallace. Lawrence, presented a
'Ml whereby county commissioners may
sapley detectives In cases of misde
meanor, witn approval of president
1, , A bin creatlnr a bureau of physical
,' ;4uemtlon (n the Department cf Public
i , instruction was presented by Mr. Blgler.
iJtereer.
'i A bin repealing; the law of Mis for
- Hfsrtlsan election of judges and sec-
- sMSl-oUsa city officers was Introduced
fcr Mr. Dawson, Lackawanna,
SPEED.VF' POLICY
ADOPTED BY HOUSE
rg, Feb. 19. A policy of
up tne calendar ach week and
th succeeding week with a
l IMS been adopted by Speaker
tokVwMa.UrtUliM
week, disposing of each day's calendar
before adjournment. When the House
recrseed at noon today until 1 p. m.,
It had only slightly moro than a doicn
first reading measures to dispose of.
"We Inlend to get rid of the unim
portant business first this session," said
Speaker Spangler, "so that we cn de
vote our entire time and attention to
the Important administration measures
wncn tney come before us.
"Heretofore it has been Ahe custom
of the House to work slowly In the
opening days. This course leaves the
greater part of Its work to pile up for
jne closing aays. The administration
bills should bo ready to present to tho
Legislature In the near future and when
they come In the House will be In a posi
tion to take them up and dispose of
them quickly or consider them at length,
as it sees flt"
The first batch of administration.
measures is expected to come in Mon
day night. So far the only administra
tion measure before tho LegHature is
the I'.vrn hill to reoraranlza the Hlirhwav
Department, which came up for first
reading today,
JOBS FOR BARTENDERS
EVEN IN DRY NATION
Salvation Army Official Says
Organization Will Provide
Work
Bartenders have no reason to toso
their spirits. The exit of boozo on July
1 docs not mean that they will go out
with It. The Salvation Army has de
cided to aid every bartender who Is
thrown out of a Job.
An emplomcnt bureau will ho opened
by the organization In every city In the
country. Kery bartender who applies
will ba nlded to get a Job.
In discussing the subject today.
Colonel William Teart, chief executive
secretary of tho Salvation Army, said
that body felt competent to handle any
proDiems or employment which may
arise from tho closing of the breweries
anil saloons.
"Tho Salvation Army has conducted
an employment bureau for thirty years,"
he said, "and will not be caught unpre
pared. "Tho Salvation Army Is perhaps the
most competent witness on earth when
it comes to attesting to what the wives
land children of tolling men think about
aoonsmng the uso of alcohol as a bever
age. The rescue homes, lodging houses,
tho reading rooms, tho free employ
ment bureaus, the day nurseries and.
Several thousand bartenders will be
thrown out of work In this city alono If
prohibition Is enforced, but a large
number of these already h.'ne been as
sured of work In other lines,
by all meant, the far-famed tenement
house and slum establishments of the
Salvation Army have all been fed moro
or less with the human wreckage which
resulted Inm the disgraceful traffic.
"The arguments offered that to shut
off the 'booza' will caure new and seri
ous hardships by throwing people out of
work, rendering manufacturing plants
Idle and depriving cities, states and the
Federal Government of rcennes Is all
propaganda. The stnto of Washington
dlil not go out of business when prohl
bltlon struck It, and Kansas has not
closed Its doors. Oregon Is still on the
map.
"Tho tollers who formerly worked In
the great and vicious Industry which
manufactured poison for the nation will
at once find new and better vocations
will get employment which will not be a
disgrace to themselves and to their
children.
"The Salvation Army will help them
to find those places, too'."
MOTORTRUCK BILL
BACKED BY SPROUL
Ditliri'ch Measure Regulating
Size of Vehicles Approved
by Administration
Itarrlshurg. Feb. 19. The State ad.
ministration Is behind the Dlthrlch auto
mobile bill regulating speed, weight and
dimensions for motortrucks.
Governor Sproul has said that a limit
must be placed on the size and weight
of autotrucks If any road Is to be built
that will stand up under tho traffic.
The Pennsylvania Motor Federation Is
back of the bill, and Its officials came
here today In Its support. R. H. Hooper,
Philadelphia, president of tho federa
tion, and P. C. Wolff, Pittsburgh, secre
tary, both explained the measure.
One Important provision of the
measure la that requiring all munici
palities to enact the same speed and
cross'ng rules. This la aimed to break
up the speed-trap game, still played In
some sections of tho state. Informa
tion must be brought In the community
where tha alleged lolatlon of tho law
occurs.
The bill fixes 21,000 pounds as the
maximum weight of trucks, loaded;
twenty-five feet is the maximum length
and eight feet Is the maximum width.
There was no onnosltlon tu h hin
voiced at the hearing, i It was explained
mm me Din manes it mandatory that
tho State Highway Commissioner shall
revoke licenses of owners or drivers if
two persons testify that an accident was
caused through the carelessness of the
other. The license schedule Is virtually
unchanged.
WARNING TO AUTOISTS
Magistrate Mecleary Says Traffic Viola
tors Will Be Punished
Magistrate Mecleary lusued a warn
ing today to automobile drive that ho
Is going to make examples of all who
persist in running by traffic signals.
'There have been neeral drivers be
fore me In the last few days for vio
lation of trafflo rules," he said. "Men
who drive past trafflo signals are In a
large measure responsible for the many
accidents that occur along Market
atreet and other thoroughfares where
travel is heavy. I intend to break up
this practice."
He then Imposed a fine of M0 and
costs on Antonio Argentina, of Marcus
Hook, for disregarding a trafflo signal
at Twelfth and Market streets this
morning. A traffic patrolman testified
that Argentina went past his signal at
a rate of thirteen miles per hour.
Hold First Luncheon Today
The newly organized Men's Club of
the Divine Science Association held
Its first luncheon afl2:30 o'clock to.
day at the City Club. The achievements
of the society since Its formation a little
more than a year ago were discussed,
as well as means for forwarding the
Work of the various branches. Including
the choral society and the weekly meet
ings at the Bellevue-Stratfurd Hotel each
Sunday afternoon.
Speaks on Women Workers
Mrs. Raymond Robins, president of
tha National Women's Trade Union
'.eague. spoke on "The Organiza
tion of Women In Industry" In German
town this afternoon. The meeting was
held at the home of Mrs. Walt
Cope, 200 East Johnson street, German-
town. more man zuu guests were In
vited to attend the meeting.
Howes Lectures on Creece
The last of the Illustrated lecturea on
Greece, by Professor Arthur Welleslev
Howes, of the Central High School, was
riven this afternoon! at the IMlv.r.iiw
of. Pennsylvania Museum. Thlrtv-third
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EVENTTO PUBLIC LEDqER-PflltiAPELPHlA;, WEDttDAY,
HOUSE INCREASES
SCHOOL TAX RATE
If Bill Becomes Law Seven
Mills Assessment
Likely Here
OCCUPATIONS LEVIED
Probe of Education Board
Here Included in Legisla
tive Investigation
The Hoard of TCduoatlorr was notified
today that the Stat IToue of Repre
sentatives has pas.ed finally the bills
authorizing drst-clnm nchool districts to
advance the tnx rate to eight mills, and
for nn occupational tax of 1 for school
purposes.
The present tas rate for Philadelphia
Is five to six mlllr. It Is expected the
Board of Kdncntlon will. If the new bill
carries In the Senate, make the tax seven
mills for the coming year. Most of tho
members believe this would cover the
needs of tho school svstem for the
"resent They wished tho maximum
pinced at eight mill In nrder to have
CJvny.fir '""" growth and needs.
Thli will be used In schoo' maintenance.
The occupational lax of ?1. which w-UI
reach persons who do not pa v' real estate
taxes, has been In effect In smaller school
districts of the stat but hn never been
used before In first-class cities. Just
how much additional revenue It wll'
bring Into local schools has not been
estimated.
The two bllN applv onlv to Phila
delphia and Pittsburgh. Thev do not
necessarily mean Hint teachers' pay wljj
be Increased, as this revenue Is for the
upkeep of the schools and tho expense
of equipment.
The bill allows the Board of Educa
tion an Increased nnnual revenue of ap
proximately $3,500,000. Of this sum the
board Is expected to use only about
$1,800,000, representing n seven-mill tax.
The money. If the bill shall become a
law, will not be available until 1920.
Investigation of the Board of Kduea
tlon In this city will be included In the
proposed Investigation hy the Legisla
ture of the school system of the state.
lXery phase of th school situation will
be considered. If the Idea Is enforced,
and measures will be drawn up to meet
any defects uncovered.
Investigation Expected
This Investigation hna been expected
J or some time. Joseph W. Catherine.
tiember of the Board of Education, said
that a year ago he anticipated some
surh condition of affairs.
"It Is a good Idea, which has been
suggested by William T. Ramsey, of
Delaware County, for the appointment
of a legislative committee," he declared.
"The state ought to take a greater In
terest In educational matters than here
tofore In a supervisory way.
"But the mirvey I proposed a year
ago should have been made, and today
Philadelphia should be in a position to
say, 'There Is no need of an Investiga
tion, gentlemen, hero Is the whole situa
tion.' "I am not surprised by Mr. Ramsey's
announcement, an the survey the board
decided to make has not been made, but
pigeon-holed for a whole year. I have
expected something of this kind. I real
ized a year ago that we were going to
be met with the very situation which
now confronts us."
A survey of the public school system
In Philadelphia was long ago demanded
by the Bureau of Municipal Research
and a body of citizens' organizations.
Finally a resolution was moed at a
meeting of the Board of Education by
Mr. Catherine that a, survey be made
and passed with only one dissenting
vote.
"When I offered the resolution." said
Mr, Catherine,
'my purpose was to see ,
what changes or Improvements should
be made In our school system, and to
find out If wo were carrying on any ac
tivities which might be eliminated and
thereby save money. As far as Philadel
phia Is concerned, the Legislature says,
'We allow you now to raise tll.000,000;
what are you doing with It?' In order
to Justify the suggestion to raise the
tax by one-third we ought to be In a
position to say what we have been doing
and why It is that we requlro more
money."
"I hope the Legislature will find some
means of providing more for the teach
ers. The local board cannot do It."
MERCHANT MARINE
HIT BY LABOR, CHARGE
Board of Trade Official Says
Organization Keeps Men
From Service
Investigation of local shipping con
ditions reveals the fact that although
the United States Shipping Board Is now
spending millions of dollars In financing
training schools at East Boston and
Norfolk for the education of able-bodied
seamen, an agreement signed by that
bodv with the National Seamen's Union
excludes all recruits for service aboard
ships If there is union labor available.
This "mountain' of difficulty reared In
the way of a development of an Amer
ican merchant marine," has been caned
to the attention of the public by William
R. Tucker, secretary of the Board of
Trade.
"It is well that the public should
know the conditions existing." said Mr.
Tucker. "The law requires that 65 per
cent of the deck officers aboard any
ship shall be able to show certificates
of competency from the local United
States Inspectors, but the training
schools which the shipping board Is
now maintaining simply equip a inuu
to 'scrape paint and swab decks.' How.
ever, when the man having graduated
an ordinary seaman from the training
schools seeks employment, tha repre
efntatlve of the Seamen's Union de
livers his ultimatum: 'Will you Join
the union and take your place In-line
for t Job?' If not, you can't ship.
"There1 have been numerous Instances
In which men have resigned positions
to enter the merchant marine only if
find the wav barred by the unions.
In view of this condition an effort Is
being made to Interest federal officials
In the enactment of some corrective-
measure, but so rar with indifferent
Results."
DISCVSS FRANCE'S INVITATION
House Committee May Accept
uiu u juicrjjurjiunieiuary union
tfushlnston. Feb. 19 (Bv X. T
The Invitation from Prance for Amer
ican parucipuuoii in mo interparliamen
tary union meetlnr next mnnin mo
discussed today at a conferenrA f tho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
unairman nooa anq Representatives
Llnthlcum and1 Ragsdale, of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee.
Action was postooned. Tha lTnu
committee. It was stated, was strongly
disposed to accept, but opposition from
Senators developed on the ground that
presence of an Amerioan detention in
Paris. islcht embcrruM th - u--.
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Mrs. Hugh C. Wallace, wife of the new ambaiiador to France, and
daughter of the late Chief Justice Fuller, has been "ward" vUltor at
Walter Reed Hotiital, Washington, a government institution for the care
of wounded soldiers, from the time the first war victim arrived. Her son,
a captain, is in France. Mrs. Wallace snd her basket of delicacies are
known in Walter Reed by every doughboy and officer there
FIRE DELAYS HEARING
ON PHONE COMPLAINT
Public Service Commissioners
Ready to Proceed, but "Wit
ness Is Absent
A fire In Camden today delayed the
Public SerUce Commission hearing of
the telephone meter committee of tho
United Business Men's Association,
which Is seeking to compel the Bell Tele
phone Company to Install meters for
outgoing calls whero leasors are on a
monthly contract.
Commissioner Samuel B. Clement, Jr.,
Is sitting for the first time In this city.
with Commissioner Harold McClure, to
hear the complalnts.-
When the hearing was called. It was
found that John W. Kelly, Chief of the
Camden Electrical Bureau, the first wit
ness, was absent After a search, Coun
cilman Metrlnger, representing tho
United Business Men's Association,
called up Camden and learned that Chief
Kelly had gone to a Are shortly before
he was to have left to attend the hear
ing.
Kelly was to have testified In detail
about the meters installed by the Key
stone Telephone Company In Camden, as
a result of which telephone users vtr-
tually have ceased to complain about
overcharges,
Prior to this hearing, the Commis
sioner heard nrgument by the solicitors
of the boroughs of Perkasle and Sellers
vlllo against a propped service charge
of 75 cents demanded by the Highland
Oas company, which supplies those
towns.
Commissioner Alcorn also heard argu
ment on the complaint of the Business
Men's Association of Chester against a
proposed zone rate asked for by the
Philadelphia and Southern Passenger
Railway Company. They allege the zone
system will cause a material Increase of
r trolley fares In Chester.
SOUTH WELCOMES
"PRISON SPECIAL"
Jacksonville, Fla., Warmly
Greets Woman Suffragists
on Campaign Tour
JarksonTllle, FIH Feb. 19. The
"prison speclal.l' carrying women who
have served Jail terms for alleged In
fractions of District of Columbia police
regulations In their campaign for the
suffrage resolution in the United States
Senate, arrived here yesterday and Was
warmly greeted. The "prisoners" were
met by automobl'es, which formed a
procession from the train to the hotel
through streets crowded with people
eager to catch sight of the campalgncra
Tho committee of welcome Included
many prominent women of the city
among whom were Mrs. Frederick Waas!
'halrman of the woman's Liberty I-onn
committee ; Mrs. Travers Eell, who has
just returned from South America, where
she went as a representative of the com
mittee on public information, and Miss
Helen Hunt, chairman of the state
branch of the Woman's party.
Elaborate jilanB of welcome to the
special' are being perfected In other
cities on tho itinerary. r
The "prison special" will return to
New lork on March-3, where extensive
preparations are being made to receive
PRIVATE CARS IN USE AGAIN
Railroad Administration Rescinds
Order Prohibiting Use
Private railroad cars which hrd h.en
"stored" on side tracks during the war
n.w are rolling about the southim lo
tion of the country meeting the demands
of pleasure parties at the winter resets
The order Issued by the railroad a
ministration soon aftir It took cont?ol
which prohibited the use of prlv.f dears'
haa been rescinded. ini cars,
Many of the private cars, particularly
the more antiquated ones were ? corK
msndeered by the army medical denirti
rnent and remodeled Into hosp tal 1 ari
to carry returned wounded from the de!
barkrtfon parts to Inland hospiuis. Thts
army demand considerably decreased th.
numoer of these cars and the available
ones are now In constant use "vl"laolB
Traveling In a private car infill. th
following expense: The fixed renui of
150 per Say. phi. a. 10 per cent ?rii
a. guarantee of the equivalent of thirty
fares to the place of destination and
rommlsoarles and service at cost niiV.
20 per cent. This places th cost of a
trip to Chlcego, for Instance, at about
llfo. Nevertheless, the demand fofprj!
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GRANGERS OPPOSE
LOWER 0LE0 TAXES
Bill Reducing Fee to Re
tailers and Hotels Fifty Per
Cent Being Fought
Knrrlnburg, Feb. 19. The PennByl
vanla State Department cf Agriculture,
the Pennsylvania State Grange, the
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and
associations Interested In the breeding
of cows today voiced their sentiments
through omclals of these organizations
against tho letting down of the bars In
the sale cf oleomargarine at a hearing
before a subcommittee of the Judiciary
local committee on the McCurdy oleo
margarine bill. This bill reduces the
state license fee for retailers to $10 a
year and to hotels, restaurants, boarding
houses and eating houses to $5 a year.
The measure docs not affect the whole
sale fee.
The oleomargarine business must be
regulated In Pennsylvania If Pennsyl
vania pi to continue to be a great cow
breeding state, the speakers against the
bill argued.
James II. Maurer, president of the
Federation of Labor, spoke In favor of
the present regulatory net. He con
tended that if tho license Is reduced and
oleomargarine Is brought Into direct
competition with butter, the dairy herds
will be wiped out and then the oleo
margarine makers will Increase the prlco
to a point beyond what butter would
bring.
STRIKE PARLEY CALLED
Secretaries Baker and Wihon to Sleet
With Opposing Factions
New Tork, Feb. 19. Committees rep
resenting the Building Trades. Employ,
ers' Assoolat'on and the striking build,
lng trades wof-kcrs will confer with Sec
retary of War Baker and Secretary of
Labor Wilson In Washington today In
an effort to end the nation-wide strike.
William L. Hutcheson, president of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Jo ners, expressed the determination of
the carpenters to insist on their de
mands by asserting that "If we never
work again for the Building Trades Em
ployers' Association, we will not return
to work for J5.60 a day." The carpen
ters aro demanding f 6.60 a day, and the
other unions aro striking In support of
this demand.
About 250 elevator constructors em
ployed at the Un ted States army base
In Brooklyn walked out yesterdav In
sympathy with union carpenters who
are on strike there. Samuel B. Donnelly,
secretary of the employers' associa
tion, said that he had received word that
iuoui iuu oncKiayers and hoisting en
gineers had walked out at New Haven,
Conn., and a Blmllar number at Water
bury. TWO THEFTS OF FOOTWEAR
Pair of Shoes Land Purloiner in House
of Correction
Three months In the House of Correc
tion for the Jheft of a pair of shoes
and a court trial for the theft of six
pairs of women s hose, were sentenced
mposed today by Magistrate Mecleary
In Central Station. Both thefts occurred
2.".' J,hX "W, tlme- out In different
parts of the city.
Thomas Olbson, a negro, Lombard
street near Fifteenth. waU captured
after a chase by company .Detective At
kins of the American Express Company,
According to Atkins, Olbson took a box
containing six pairs of women's stock
lng1 from the company's platform at
Seventeenth and Market strcots. He was
held under J400 ball for court
Frank Miller, of Trenion, was sen
tenced to three months, for the theft of
shoes from H. W. Budd. 4.4 ; Norfh
IC-ghth street. Miller went Into Budd's
store and put a pair of bhoes under his
coat and walked out. Budd cava -hn
jSc,ksJo,n.'er Wa8 CaPtU"i ' by taSX
LANCASTER TO GREET HERO
Captain Lightner, of Old "Company K,"
to Have Enthuilattic Welcome
La.nca.ter. r., Feb. 19. This city Is
planning today to stage a big reception
for Captain James N. Llghtnerr?om
mander of old Company K. who will
resch New York on Friday,
He has been twice gassed- and Is
broken In health. He is Lancaster1,
first "own" commander to return.
Lieut. Col. Murphy Leaves Army "1
new xora, Keo. IB Lieutenant Col.
onel Grayson M. P. Murphy, senior vie,
president of the Guaranty Trust Co-n.
pany, is back at his desk, having resigned
from th army, where for a time he w
on ueneral Pershing's staff, and later
n cnarge or the aviation force. In Lon-
iUiuiBhbr ! -L" "m w
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n
FEE-GRAB CURB
OBJECT OF BILL
Attorney General Prepar
ing Measure to Regulate
or Abolish System
SHEEHAN GOT $194,422.97
Rest of Term Will Show Great
' er Income Through In
heritance Tax
tlarrUhnrg, Feb. 19. Attorney Gen
eral Sehaffer announces that as a result
of a conference he had with Ira Jewell
Williams, of Philadelphia, legislation
would be prepared regulating or pos
slbly abolishing the collection of fees
by registers of wills throughout the
commonwealth. ,
Jrw""m" "Presented the lty of
Philadelphia In the Sheehan case.
The Attorney General said his depart,
ment would co-operate with Mr. Wil
liams or any other person In an effort to
prevent the collection of excessive fees
by officers chars-ed with th Aiv nt mi.
lectlng collateral and direct Inheritance
taxes.
"My department Is Investigating the
means of preventing the collection of
such excessive fees." said Itr Sehaffer.
'It is a difficult thlnr to find ust th
exact means of remedying the situation.
ror insrnnce, ir a bill was prepared
abolishing all fees. It might prove to be
unconstitutional. I am not sure of that,
because I hpve not looked the matter
up. But something should b" done to
keep the fees within a reasonable amount.
If they are to be raid at all. The entire
question requires Investigation."
The return of fees to Mr. Sheehan so
far from direct inheritance tax have
not been large, but there are prospects
or Dig gains ror him, ns the direct In
heritance tax law, passed In 1917, has
been rather slow in getting Into opera
tion. As Mr. Sheehan will get 2 per
cent of the 5 per cent tax paid to the
state on such inheritance, It can easily
be figured that he has prospects of galr?
lng something like a Monte Carlo for
tune In a remarkably ahort time.
For Instance, a 120.000,000 estate
would yield the Btate $1,000,000 In taxes
and In turn would donate $20,000 to
Mr. Sheehan. Mr. Sheehan has received
relatively small returns from the direct
Inheritance tax so far, because thero Is
sometimes great delay In- the settlement
of estates. But combined with the fees
he receives from other sources, the
genial Register of Willi undoubtedly
will have his pockets well lined by the
time he leaves office. The greater tho
number of deaths of wealthy men and
women during the remainder of his
term, the richer Mr. Sheehan will be, It
something does not happen In the mean
time. '
CHANGES BEING MADE
IN DRAFT OF CHARTER
Revision Committee Found
Flaws Which Are Being
Corrected
Three sections of the proposed new
city charter as prepared by the charter
revision committee's subcommittee are
being rewritten in pirt to correct flaws
that were discovered when the sub
committee went ever the draft yester
day. The sections deal with the budget
and other financial matters.
The language of other parts ,of the
measure also Is being amended. The
bill as changed will be gone over again
by the subcommittee Saturday.
The subcommittee has consulted
numerous men of practical experience In
municipal affairs on questions of phrase
ology. William H. Felton, chief clerk of
Common Council, Is one who was asked
for advice, but Mr. Felton made It quite
clrar today that he was not working
on the bill.
"Some members of the committee did
ask my opinion as to what language
would best be used to accomplish cer
tain provisions and I gave It," Mr.
Felton said, "that was all" ,
Thomas Raebum White, a member of
the subcommittee, said:
"A city charter Is not a simple matter
and naturally we found a good many
places? where changes were necessary.
Th s was the, first draft and, since six or
eight men had been at work on It,
there were repetitions nnd some omis
sions and some conflicts In the language.
The draft was Just about what you
would expect a first draft to be. The
bill will be In very good shape when we
meet Saturday."
HIGH FOOD COST UPHELD
State Agricultural Secretary Says
It Helps Farmers
Ilarrliburr, Pa.. Feb 19. (By A. P.)
"The Federal Government has made
good on all Ha problems, and I feel sure
it will make good Its promise of (2.26 for
1919 wheat" Frederic Rasmuasen, State
Secretaiy of Agriculture, last night as.
sured members of the Pennsylvania
Threshcrmen's and Farmers' Protective
Association, meeting here at tne Btxin
annual sesfson.
He also declared against any reduc
tion In the cost of food, asserting 33 per
cent cf the people are engaged in agri
culture and that business wquld be af
fected to that extent It the Income of
this proportion of the population Were
to be reduced. .
The Rockefeller Foundation was
sharply criticized by John H. McSparren,
master of the State Grange, who rapped
the .organization for what he called
"propaganda," designed, as he asserted,
to poison the minds of the public In
favor of capitalism. '
VICTORY LOAN SLOGAN
"No Distinction of Race, Creed',
Color or Sex" Adopted
The opening gun In the Victory Lib-
erty Loan campaign was fired at a con
ference of the artvlporv board of the
war loans organization for Pennsyl
vania in the Kicquet Club. At thlal
conference, wnicn was really a meeting
of bankers from various parts of the
state, the keynote of the forthcoming
campaign was struck with the decision
that "N'o Distinction of Race, Creed.
Color or Sex" should be the slogan of
the workers. The decision followed a
suggestion of this slogan by John II.
Mason, director of the organization.
The membera cf the board yesterday
itra ruests Of George K. Relllv. chair.
man of the board for the four previous
loans. Ill health forced Mr..Rellly to
retire from strenuous Liberty Loan
work, and K McT.aln Wattrs, director
of the war savlnga committee, was ap
pointed in his, place Mr. Reilly re
mains a member of the advisory board,
ind announced he will devote his time
to the work. He gave a dlrmer laat
evening In honor of tb sn 'halrman,
Senate Raises Indian BUI to $15,500,000
Wuhlntaon. Feb. 19. (By A. P.)
With only minor amendments, the Sen
st Indian Committee today reported
favorably tbe annual Indian appropria
tion, bill appropriating fllS.E00,000, an
at so,Bv Binwr vma mm
FBBAuArY'-i9,
,tiij
Incomo Tax Cheap Price
for Pcaca and Victory
An Incomo tnc Is a cheap price
to pay for peace and victory. Ilavo
you paid youraT
Don't try to fool your conscience
by cheeilng the returning soldiers
and forgvttlng to pay your Incomo
tix. An Incomo tax evador hasn't
much on any of the other pro
Germans. Let every maimed soldier you see
be a reminder that your Incomo
tax la due.
NEW BILL MAY HAVE
EFFECT ON CHARTER
Would Abolish Commission
Form of Councils in Pitts?
burgh and Scranton
Bu a Staff Correttiondent
Ilarrlibnrr. Feb. 19. A bill providing
for the repeal of the 1913 nonpartisan
law, which requires tho nomination and
election of mayors nnd councllmen In
the second-class cities of Pittsburgh and
Scranton on a nonpartisan ticket, was
Introduced In tho House today by Repre
sentative Hugh A. Dawson, of Scranton.
The bill also provides for the repeal of
the nonpartisan Judiciary act, which Is
a part of the 191) law.
Another bill to be Introduced by Daw
son will require mayors and councllmen
In Pittsburgh and Scranton to be nomi
nated and elected on parity tickets nnd
will supplant the present commission
form of councils In these two cities by
representative bodies, the members of
which are to bo elected by districts.
The Dawson bill may affect mater
ially tho course of the proposed new
charter bill from Philadelphia when It
reaches the Legislature.
Tho bll) will provide for a minimum
council of five and a maximum of seven
teen, based on one member for every
35,000 population. The measure Is not
a ripper In that It provides for tho pres
ent counc lmen In Pittsburgh and Scran
ton to serve out their terms.
Governor Sproul in a recent Intenlew
In Pittsburgh expressed himself as op
posed to any change In the present form
of city government In thnt c)ty. Spon
sors of tho measure, however, say the
Goernor misunderstood the situation.
Pittsburgh politicians were reported
to be desirous of putting through a
measure which would permit that city
to revert to tho old ward method of
electing councllmen. Tho Governor has
never expressed himself as opposed to
district representation,
BOROUGHS MUST KEEP
STREETS IN REPAIR
Tearing Up Roads for Gas or
Water Pipings to Be
Stopped
narrlubnrg, Feb. 19. State Highway
Commissioner Sadler, who Is now put
ting the finishing touches to his four
year program of highway building. In
tends to see that the bad streets through
boroughs connecting state highway
routes are put Into good shape. He
Issued an order today to the boroughs
to be ready, after the enabling legisla
tion Is provided, to assure the state that
they will not tear up the roads after
they are laid for the laying of gas and
water pipes.
Gord-roads enthusiasts from all parts
of the state are visiting him dally, nnd
he emphasized this point In talking with
several delegations. He said it was
not the state's idea that It would build
these borough roads, only to see them
torn up within a few months, when
the bcrough desired to make further
Improvements. Ho urged the making of
these pipe extension Improvements be
fore the roads are started.
The main artery roads will be built
first and the secondary roads will be
constructed.
Citizens of Media urged work on high
ways In thnt section of Delaware County
and Senator Baldwin, of Potter County,
for his district
BILL COMPELS MEMORIALS
Every Community Would Have
to Erect Building for Veterans
Bv a Staff CorrMjiondent
lUrrliburg, Feb. 19. Representative
Flnsteln, of Pittsburgh, plans to Intro
duce a bill to require every city, borough
Te'ra'ofne'cJvi.fs'SaVsh'J
? mi ' ' n0 fl ale erect
American and ITurnnpnn urnrm
The buildings, according to the spon
sor of the proposed bill, would serve as
a memorial In each community to their
wflrror9.
LOCAL 0PT1ON VOTES VOID,
Jersey Supreme Court Nullifies
Six "Dry" Victories
Trenton, Feb. 19. The Supreme Court
today upheld the action of single Jus-J
uces in aeiung aside the local option
elections held In Montclalr, Eait Orange,
Caldwell. Roselle, Dunellen and Dover
township. Ocean County, on the ground
that soldiers and sailors did not have
an opportunity to vote.
G. O. P. NAMES, WOMAN
Michigan Convention Makes Nomina.
' tion a Precedent
Lansing, Mlrh . Feb. 19 por j,, ...
time In the history of Michigan pSlhlcs
a woman was chosen a candidate for a
state elective omce when Mrs. Dora H.
Btockmnn. of Lansing, was nominated bv
the Republican state convention here
one of the party's two candidates for
member of the State Board of AgHcuN
ture in the election April 7, A"C"'-
The convention gave women one-thlrd
of the representation on the State Cen.
tral Committee, vcn
Rotarlant Honor Wathlngton
More than 350 members of tha Rotary
Club, accompanied by their wives
daughters, and other guests, had an
advance' celebration of Washington's
Birthday at tho Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel, laat night, in the form of an
elaborate dinner-dance. Tho ovent was
known as a Cherry Tree Dinner, Thoro
were no speeches, hence the moral of
America's beat-known fable was not tut
to the test.
Seek Woman SuUIdVi Body
Turkahee, N. J;Vtb. lb. Residents
are grappling for the hody pf. Myrtle.
twenty-seven-year old daughter of JonJ
athan Haas, a farmer who drowned t,..
self iQvthe Tuokahoe.'RIver.-.Vhlch runs
.. ...... , ulla
irl.recantly
u-rK. m .uh imrBi.
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CHESTER BEGINS:'
ATTACK ON CREWE
Town Will Be Made Di
cent, Says New Chief
of. Police J J
TAKES RESPONSffilLITY.
Jnmes H. Davcnnort Assertri '3
He Will Blame Only Him. -
self for Failure
"Chester will be marl. f. f- i
citizens, and If I fall to make it safe,
the fault will be mine. I shall not
Place the blame upon- the shoulders ,of ,'
another man except Davenport." f
That assertion 'was made today b
James H, Davenport, Chester's' new
-'iei or ponce.
onDMVoenn,P,,CJt.wa,, ,a'PPolfited to the plaos
SrliS fh0(!ft?' Ton'fft he will 4
foS inS ""y-flve members of the
52. eV.and '" a heart-to-heart talk tell
riibI,ue.coat8 that a new day S
dawned for tho shipbuilding towh.
thit ?&.!!' the men" Bald the chief;
effort thIJ?Ei? co,-Pe-atlon and honei
niv Vf iJ'S' d?Partment can rid the.
ntKr rt.il?.UM.bre?.ker"' Pickpockets and
barroom? erate character8 ; that kitchen
Chester LP be closed and. that
Then T.SfJn beiimado at decent town.
i. ? K s,na" ,el1 them that they have
got to help me do tho.- n,inn r. .51?
heimetnthPrro5uTh.derellCt T" h' iVV f
to t.ratn.f0fJhem a?e under obligation
2lnt i?t.t,"pealff.a?1s and gambling T
Came From South '
GldDaXmiPrVs only thirty-three yean
SiJ.'. nna,.tor. several years was con-
nected w th thn rih.b.ii. ?
?" 'organization that protects the lntef-i ;
unions in West Virginia. Virrlnls.
Maryland nnd ,.. Lf-i ft vVVPM '
n September he came to Chester '
.nin 7 .tlou lae appointment as cap- .
Jrnnt, I J!?0, counted squads He reor- '
,,-......... mm uraiiun or tne city a notioe
department and made every crook ra
Bpect him. - t
Vhon Mnuu-n I...- - . ...
..,- """..uuiia ui-vaine bo Daa mac ki
tho decent citizens demanded Mayor AM
.uuiuwe in rnua a i,.n,i - u fi.-
f'tuotlon and name a two-fisted man as '
;? lne oepartment, the Mayor
turned to Davenport.
.,.,' V."1 take tno Job under one cctr
dltlon. ' said Davenport, then he In
formed Mivnr Hfnr,.,-ll .i.. L -...'-
If appointed as chief of police, run the Jl
department: that he would not recog- l
... ..j inJt ,tii:rti inciion or protect any
dishonest policeman, even If that police
friend! UP powertul Political
"The Job Is yours under those con
ditions," said the Mavor. "
n., mIi dl80U58ln,P his plans today, the )
new chief made It ninln ihof ,- ...,i '1
Btlck to his promise. "Personally," said "i
SfmS".?0' l bS.lleve that : have the
support of every decent man and woman
5h A-nVi V Bna "ai includes many of
the politicians. The latter are tired of
conditions and eager to have the town
SH "' Naturally, the prcseSt cor?:
dltlons reflect on them, and I can bank
on their support.
Crooks Came to Shipyards
!!- s. a "iaUer cf fact-" added the chief,
h,VrJUbI? l3,not Vth Chester people
OUt With a laulenn upm.nt t,n k- I-.
the ship and munitions plants. When i
the ciooks of tho country resolved that
Instead of fighting they would work,
and Chester got several hundred of
them. As soon as the armistice was
signed they went back to their old vo
cations, nnri flfA rinlno a mnri K,,-l ..
Wo have a lot of them In Inmn . -
among them aro many of the cleverest,
house-breakers and burglars in America.' W
mvi, nimii nave six men .
nppolnted as plain-clothes detectives,
and they will rout the lawless elements.'
Chief Davenport 'said he has no re
spect for a man who shouts about
crime and falls to aid the police In sup
pressing It.
"It Is the duty of every man to aid
the police." said the chief, "and give the ,
department any information that may
ead to the arrest cf a criminal. Talk- '
lng about a crime wave Is Ineffective, 1
unless It Is backed up by definite ac
tion. Chester, becausa of Its Industrial
mportance, is Infested by bod men, but i
In a month or so wo will have the town '
cleared of Uiem."
HITS ADVERTISING BILL
-
Protestant Federation1 Opposes Forelpi
Language Press
A protest against the bill recently in
troduced In the Legislature by James
a. wamer. or tne forty-sixth Ward,
which alms to authorize county and J
state advertising to be prlntd In for- 4
elen language newsnanera.haa been mud ' I
by the Philadelphia Protestant Federa- TI
tfon through Samuel A. Wilson, its vl
"We were led to believe," says Mr. i it'
Wilson, "that the world war had taught S
us the need of having a common Ian- '
guagc tne Kngusn and the last mes-
sage of the 'greatest American of bin
day, Roosevelt, emphasized the need of
one country, one flag and one language.' i
ici, nere we nave a niu introauceu
by a member of the Legislature subsi
dizing and perpetuating the foreign
prrss. One might suppose that a bill
such ns thl" would be Introduced by a
member of forelim birth or whn ram '
frhm n rilafrlpt wh.r. th. fAr.ln ..n...
was large." , M
r...j T t . . .. 3
iuurucr ncpori i roves orounaieil I.
A report that it man had been murV .'i'
"pren in ndi "sprin -imny-secona atreet, -T
Camden, was received today by Captain r
df Detectives Rchregler.
reached xthe pine several Datrolmm' ' l
.v. npn inMf ..L.
found John Murray deid In a bath tub. '
Tnvexttcatlon showed that hi-, death h-.
hen due to natural causes. An r.iejf .-I
relative, who discovered the body, had
sen. lor me ponce, "T I
Sales executive and '
organizer o r hueen;?
years' experience in iron .
and steel products,"
motor t r u clcs, etc.,
expects early discharge
from army 'ordnance,
where he has been en
gaged the past year. He ,
now desires connection
with established and,;I
progressive manufac-
turef of first-class prod- ;j
uct wno wisnes to ex'
pand his market. l
' C 126, Ledger Office.'
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607, r, ana a. m.. ana an eoclellc
which ha was a member. Invitad. to aervloajL
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ford. Del., on arrival of train leaving atraM
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