ri 6 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1919 ftV- ' i F.. . VARES ADVOCATE BOARD OF POLICE U Favor Commission of Three to Have Supreme Control HOUSE GETS BILL TODAY l It ft it A Divorce From Politics Stated as Uuject ot measure Changing Old Order A bill creatine a board of pollceand Are commlMlonera of throe members was Introduced In the Stnle Legislature today by Representative John It. K. Scott, the Vare floor leader. The measure, which was drawn by Colonel Sheldon l'otter and Kdwlii O. Lewis, provides for the appointment of one commissioner each by the Governor, the Board of Judges and City Councils The bill will be supplemented by nn other devised to take the policemen and firemen out of politic- ri," Solicitor Connelly, sponsor for the latter bill, de clares that It provides prohibitions and penalties which furnish plenty of "teeth." , . This bill was to have been introduced this morning also, but necessary chanters in the title delayed Its presentation. It Is expected the chanKos would be tnado before the end of the day. The old order of thtiiRs In the police and fire bureaus Is booked to vo out of existence on July 1. If he bills become laws, and tho Director of Public Safety will become subordinate to the new com mission. Ho would retain. however, u post of executive officer to carry out the mandates ot the new board In both bureaus. . . , . , Tho commissioners will be appointed for four years, at a salary it $5000 each and will enjoy sweeping powers that place the pollco and rtremen under their supreme control The board shall luo exclusive control und direction of the examination of candidates: shall sit as a board of Inquiry and trial and shall fix the punishment in each case, includ ing dismissal. To Keep Tollce Out of Politic The commissioners Fhall be compelled to see that the laws renulrlin: pollco and firemen to keep out of politics arc en forced, and thv may institute com plaints againht any of their suuonu- The city is to prowde the ofllces fori the new commission, which also is em powered to obtain a solicitor at a salary of $5000. Tho solicitor shall also be counsel for the commission and appear for the board wheneer the occasion re-1 aulres. The commission t-hall have the power to employ a chief examiner and other employes ne'ecssary to the selection of police and firemen. The board also may subpoena witnesses and make annual re port to the Governor and the Mayor of business transacted. In the exempt class of employes under thu commis sion's own civil service are the i-ecre-tary of the Director of Public Safety and those cniploves ihe commission feels should not be Included within a certain scope defined In tho bill. For misdemeanor In office tho bill provides for .1 lino of not more than 11000 or Imprisonment for two vearn. Alt police nnd firemen holding office by July 1 shall remain undisturbed In their positions. Under the Connelly bill, a policeman or fireman Is prevented from being a delegate to any political convention, to attend meetings of any political com mittee, to take part in the management of any political campaign, or to solicit or Influence any other policeman or lire man for political purposes. Campaign Contribution Ttarred The measure also makes It a misde meanor for any policeman or fireman to pay or solicit a campaign contribution, and the person who tries to collect one or solicit it from either policeman or lire, man, Is also held to have violated the jaw. In presenting tho bills they had drawn to the Republican City Committee. Messrs. Potter and Lewis reviewed the manner In which they had arrived at their determination to frame such a measure as they have devised. In con clusion they say "Our conclusion was that as the police power Is a sovereign power, belonging to the state, and only exercisable by a municipality when conferred upon it by the state, that tho state has an Interest In the policing of the city of Phllade . Phi, and thertfqrc that a member of the board should be annotated hv th .wn. live or. the state; that the Councils, being tho direct representatives of the people, and not under the control of the administration, should tie Invested, In tho Interest of homo rule, with the ap polntment of a member of the board, and that tho courts by which the acts of the board may be review ed should also make an appointment to tho board. ' "Another Important feature of the bill Is that not only the Director of Public Safety or the police depaitment ha tho fight to prefer charges against policemen and firemen, but citizens have that same right, and th- board Itself has the right to Initiate proceedings Thus should the Department of Public Safety be supine wlch respect to any breach of discipline, there will still be a remedy In the hands of the board and fn the hands of the citizens. There will be the power, too, to enforce the pun Ishment prescribed and tho assistance Of the courts, both for the purpose of procuring the evidence in any proceed ings against a policeman or a fireman. (md any review of the proceedings of h' board Is provided for. The subpoena of the board must be obeyed, otherwise ha courts have cognizance of the con tempt. "Wo have given patient study to the Eiroblem In hand ; the present acts of Vssembly which relate to it or affect It, and we feel we have so distributed power as to make connivance most Improbable, If not absolutely Impossible." Senator Vare, In a statement, said! "This bill was drawn by ex. Director of Public Bafety Colonel Sheldon Potter imd Edwin O Lewis, both distinguished lawyers and of long experience In mu nicipal affairs. Their work on this bill was at the request of the Republican Central Campaign Committee In con sequence of a resolution offered some nine months ngo by Harry A Mackey. "It nrovldis for the establishment of a Hoard of Police and Klre Commls-1 sloners, consisting of three members, one to be appointed by the Governor of the state, one by the Hoard of Judges and the third to be elected by a majority of all members of City Councils. "These commissioners will have a the powers of 11 civil service board, con-1 duct examinations of all candidates for either of these two departments. pajs upon their qualifications and prepare an! eligible list from which all appointments, must bn made. "They will nlo have entire control of members of this depirtment, In so far as the power of discharge or reinstate ment goes It will b their duty to en-1 force the law and not only discharge emploves who violate any of the laws In repert to election or otherwise, but at the same time to prosecute such In- l fractions of the la.v .11 the courts , "This ict nlso commands this board 1 to prosecute any person who in any manner undertakes to levy a political scsi.meiit or to Induce 11 violation of 1 ,br law by these officials. In othei ' words, this bill Is a sensible and com- , pr'hiisle piece of legislation, putting tlie control of ponce and firemen anil "WETS" TO WAGE FIGHT FOR BEER Measures to Fix Status of Intoxicants Being Drafted 'DRYS" WILL FIGHT BILL Liquor Korccs Advocate Five Per Cent Alcohol in Lager, Ten Per Cent in Wine fty 0 Staff Corre3pon1fitt llsrrisliurr, March 4. Hills to permit the salo of beer and light wines will be Introduced in the Legislature early next week by the "wet" lorces. The hills probably will bo sponsored by Representative William T. Ramsay, of Chester floor leader of tho "wets" In the House It Is understood the measures will prov Ido for the sale of beer containing not more than 6 per cent alcohol nnd Ihe cZloves, ,w. bureaus ,","" "'"'" " '""' 10 "" the hands of a commission that can never becomo political and giving to Hies, fommlssloners duties to perform ami power of enforcing tho law that will forever 'rmmn tho posllillty of even a p.iitl.in b.irK- of political ac tivity against members of the pollct and flic departments." IMrrrlor Wllnon Katori Change "I have been In consultn'lon." Direc tor Wilson wild, "with Colonel Sheldon Totter nnd IMwIn 11 Lewis concerning the bills introducf il In the Legislature b John It. K Kcott pertaining to the empIovfH of the llurenus of police und Hrp. and viclon ma practical and workable method of eti tlmK eliminating politics from both bureaus V. ... , ' ' mD uml "' "aw. except denning t heartilv Indorse every pro- , alcohol which constitutes dd therein. They present n ls Mttl ,0 bt. contemplate. HOUSE BILL PROVIDES RISE FOR TEACHERS IV'w Measure Plans, for Mini mum Salary in Stale of S60 Per Month llnrrihurg. March t. A new- teachers' salar bill, establishing .1 Serles of mini mum s.ilarlis. was presented to the House by Woodruff Snjder, having been drawn b educators. It amends the school code. cent They are said to be modeled after the bills which .N'ew York "wets" will Introduce In the Empire stale Legls. lature. The measures are being drafted and are said to be in such shape that they will bi- ready for Introduction In the House next week In drafting the hills, the Ittooks high license law, the law under which liquor license establish ments now operate, will be used 113 the basis. No radical departures from the pres ent law, except defining the amount of an Intoxicant, d "Ilrj" Torres to right Hills The "dr forces aro expected to wage a bitter fight against the proposed iiieis ures. "Drys ' Insist thnt no further legislation on the prohibition question is necessary, and that Congress must pans regulatory laws for the enforce ment of nation-wide prohibition There Is considerable speculation, If tho measures proposed by the "wets" should pass the Legislature, as to what action Governor Sproul would take. So ! far he has thrown his influences on the side of tho "drvs " A liquor lliensc lefund bill was In troduced in the House bv Representative James A Dunn, of Philadelphia. It provides 11 remedy for a peculiar s'tua , tlon In which liquor dealers of at least fifteen counties of tho stato now find themselves Deulers Have Paid l.lrenfcen These dealers paid their license lees 490 j slRte museum, $27,00 Pennsylva nia Kre Library Commission, $J8, 400; legislative reference bureau, $43,800; state reporter. $2,000; De partment of Public Grounds and Hulldlngs. Jll.610.2s0; commissioner of sinking fund, 3oo; board of public accounts. $70iji); Honrd of Pardons, ovivi; iiepnnmeni ot Agriculture. $122,. '00; general maintenance, $1, 187,000, State Live Slock Snnltnry Hoard, 474, 000; Hurcau of Economic Zoology. $262,. 040; llurrnii of Markets, $83,000, l lry and Food Hureau, $188,800. MEM0RIALF0R McNICHOL Services to He Held in Stale Sen ate Chamber Next Tuesday nv a Mag CormpnndcHt '"'bnr', March 4 Three hundred Philadelphia jmlltlclans who followed the political standard of the late Sen ator James P Mo.Nlehol will come here next Tuesday In a special train to at tend the McNIchnl memorial services In the Senate Chamber at 3 o'clock. John A, Voorhecs, secretary of the Republican Alliance, Is here to make the final arrangements. Thomas W Cun ningham, clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and for many ears lieutenant of Senator McNIchnl In conducting po litical nlTalrs cf the Tenth Ward, Is chairman of tho committee on arrange ments. The special train will leave Philadel phia as the first section of the regular Pittsburgh-Buffalo express, which Is scheduled to leave Hroad Street Station at J 10 a m and reach Harrlsburg at Uil." a m No Houfc Opposition to Wapc Rise llurrinhiirg, March 4 - A bill Intro duced by Representative Jnnies Dunn. Philadelphia to raise the salary of William Kreldcr. secretary of the Phil adelphia Civil Service Commission, passed the House finally without a dis senting vole The measure would In crease Secretary Kreldcr's ealarv from $.1000 to $15000. making It npial to the salary now received bj tho president of Ihe commission. Kentucky Cnnpremnaii Dead Columbus. M,l March 4 Uly A P) Representative Harvey Helm, of the Klghth Kentucky district, died here on his farm near this city of a compli cation of diseases. HEARING AT CAPITOL ON BLUE LAW REPEAL House Use Grnntcd for Public Discussion of Proposed Rorkc Bill llarrlsbnrg, March 4. Use of the House for a public hearing here on the Rorko bill, to permit Sunday concerts nnd movies of an educational character, has been authorized. The hearing Ih set for March 19 at 1.30 p rn. Tho Philadelphia Orchestra la scheduled to render a program prior to the hearing. Representative William F, Rorke, of Philadelphia, spomor for tho bill to per mit Cnrlnt Knnii.H and ! lT I II I nfTIPnt H of an educational nature, declared that tho bill was not aimed to destroy any religious Ideas and that opportunity for hearings would bo given this month. Mr Rorko said: "There seems to he some misunder standing ns lo the purport of this act It does not. nor was It the Intention to destt. y the Sabbath, nor does It permit a continental Sunday or a wide-open day It does provide that after 7 o'clock In the evening orchestral concerts. lec tures nnd other entertainments of un educational character be permitted. r M.i.i,iitr it n srv wtsn sicii In mod ern legislation at this lime of social, economical and political inrest existing It h.iH met with tho approval of a great many citizens of stnblllly and charaeUr who arc fiCil-fearlng men nnd are be lievers in Sunday worship. I have also received letters of commendation for this measure from leaders In profes sional, artistic and religious life, of the communltv it Is Intended for the good of the general masses, and not for the purpose of destrovlng religious Ideas or customs. We putpowi to have everybody heard on this measure, both those In favor of the measure nnd Its opponents, anil for that purpose tho committee will meet at tho places to bo designnlcd In tho very near future In Philadelphia Monday, March 10 s In Pittsburgh, Mon day, March i7, und In Hnrrlsbure 011 Wednesday afternoon, March 19," Sliunk Dill I'atsei Houte Harrlsburg, March 4. The Shunk bill, which permits tho Publlo Set vice Commission to suspend Incieased rates put Into effect hy publlo utility cori rations until afttr a MiihI bearing on tho subject, passed the House finally, This bill was up ful final passage hist Tuesday, but was put on the lrustioiird calendar after debate. Judge Urown Uootlt IJrady Hill Harrlsburg, March 4. President Judge Charles L. Brown, of tho Mil IilclpHl Court, Philadelphia, Ih at tho Capitol looking after the llrudy bill lo ttoogl municipal couit salaries fiom JCDOII to 110,000 Two yearn ago tht House defeated 11 bill to tack 12000 ad ditional on the salary of municipal louiI lodges Baker Weight K. of C. Protest Washington, March 4. (Uy A. P ) Secretary Baker has taken under con sideration ft protest by representatives of the Knights bf Columbus against the recent decision of the committee of soldiers. eleven, which supervised tha work ot collecting the hundred million uollar fund for tha various organisations do ing army welfare work, that not inor than 10 per cent of the sum allotted to any organization should be used In pro vldlng "creature lomforta" for ths SGOB1 POINTING Pure materials, put on by skillful liunds, with sym pathetic regard for architectural design thnt is Good Painting. ITTTT frl' I I w llWgMy (ivt Our Eatimale JAMES S. iWilson&SonJnc. 44N,7th r is r n 11 11 1 M i J-Vfj i' 1 Established 1850 RjLOClBjTMrric V 1528 CJKesmutSt The Apparel Shop for tho Bttttr-Druttd Hen 9Ke &irstof a Jener of cflcwertis'emen ts Uresentind ',",': M mm Mrs Joruprind fZT'S. &mz Soft and Stiff Hats EIGHT DOLLARS The minimum salary list is made as 1 before the Schantz bills extruding to follows Holders of provisional certificates. $60 per month ; professional or normal schools, $75: permanent, JS5 , thn state to pay 40 per cent where salaiies are Increased over 101S and 1919 figures Lich teacher receiving less than $100 per month, and not affected by the act, Is to get 25 per tent Increase paid by the state. Rural teacheis are to get $10 per month Increase if they do not come under the first provisions. The .Superintendent of Public Instruc tion is to decide what are rural schools. The following Increases are made In salaries based on 1910 figures L'O per cent to those receiving between $jf)0 and $150 monthly, 15 per cent to those receiving between $150 and $100, 10 per cent to those over $100 The state is to pay half of these In creases Representative Philip Sterling, of Philadelphia, will Introduce a bill next week to raise tho salaries of school nurses, janitors, clerical assistants unci all other employes of tho Board of Ldu c.itlon in Philadelphia It will bo ail amendment to tho teachers' salary raiser bill ASK RETURN 0F79TH Stale Senate Also Petitions Con gress. Asking Aid for Veterans Harrlsburg, March I The Senate concurred In thu House resolution peti tioning tlie ."-ecret.irv of Wur to return the Seventy-ninth Division, now on duty in France, to tills country ds soon as may be Tlie Senate also adopted resolutions petitioning I'ongrees to take favorable action on the bill increasing tho nen- sions of maimed soldiers who served In ' slty Council, $1000. lenatal Council of the iivil Wnr. and favoring the adop- Pennsylvania. $3000, Adjutant Gen Hon b.v Congress of the bill thanking eral's Department, $193,800, State Ar lo. al und district boards and others , mory Hoard. $11'. 000 , Insurance Depart connected with the administration of tho nient, $216,000; State Klre Marshal's De selective draft act j partment, 216. 800, state library, $97,- wholesale and retail liquor dealers the prlviege of paving fees In Installments were signed by the Governor. The Dunn bill provides that any wholesale or retail liquor dealer, brewer, distiller, compounder or bottler who has paid the full amount of his license fee may at any time surrender such license to the clerk of the Quarter Sessions Court and the county treusurer shall thereupon refund to him a proportionate amount of such fee, based upon the un expired portion of tho jear for which the license was Issued. Treasurers of municipalities will alto be obliged lo ' return fees. j $2',077, 388.13 IS SOUGHT IN APPROPRIATION BILL Harrlsburg, March 4 A general ap propriation bill calling tur $12,077,388 tS the Inrgert sum ever provided In an ap propriation bill In the Pennsjlvania Leg islature, was introduced by Chairman McCalg, of the Appropriations Commlt It was sent to the committee to com plete The chief items bv departments arc Office of the Governor, $108,609.11, office of Lieutenant Governor. $12,600, executive controller, $14,600. State De partment. $172,760 Auditor General's Department. $1,282,400: Department of Internal Affairs. $179,900; Treasury De portment. $240,200; Attorney General's Department. $251,200; Banking Depart went, $231,300, Department of Public Instruction. $93,700 ; Bureau of Profes sional 1 ducatlon, $20,000; Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure, $45. 600 ; State Board of Education , $57,000 , schools, $20,000,000: College nnd Univer $Sp 5 a " tip ff fnuntrrerved Offering y0w:7&$yxy ite Collection ma A'?A f :v 1 Use Cuticura to Keep Hair From Falling r many times have barbers riven 1 r advice to men who are losing tjfoalr because ot dandruff and ID irritation. At n eht rub Cuti- I am Ointment Into the scalp. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. A clean, healthv laCtlp mean good hair. un Talcum Is an antiseptic, prophy. suing aiming powaer 01 aeucate, gfrscrsace. 26c everywhere. 3fTjiERua5 Every piece - large, small and in belween sizes-sa.cri glowinq with the sumpluoui colorings oE Ins East and adorned with the charmingly unique imagery ol Oriental art 25 less than Qcular price? Tnis constitutes a Sate unrivalled for variety of pieces and for ibs sweeping price reaucuorts. HardwckSMagee Direct Importer; and Retailer; 1220 - 1S22 Market Street .& XSS mSSssguHB f --vv r va 2.JjlS5 Car-, 2HSBR9 ? " ' iiJfujZ. J l.irii.il V fifll B H K'iiP HB jMFKUBmBk ,ii-lri, ftiLt. ...''''JiBlBlBlBlBlBHaaw'lHIIIaHlBaHSBaHHsHEaBlHBkaaH'sBB iifc.vvvY V 4M JL , 'T ttHKA v wtJJfBpj r9m& . . and in Bostoii, too Jl fact: At the four most exclusive hotels in Boston the Copley Plaza, the Touraine, the Parker House and Young's the biggest -selling cigarette is not one of the high-priced brands, as one might expect, but Fatima. lft!ji(wuDoCacco Or. FATIMA . , A. Sensible Cigarette NOTE In other cltlti.too.Fatlmai lead. At the Waldorf, the Astor and the. Yale Club, New York) at tb WllUrd in Washington, at tht Racquet Club In St, Louis andat hundred! of other uchpIcs,Wt and E11L It Is not because of Patima's lowerprlce, but In aplt of It It li because Patlmas taste better and leave man feeling as be should feel 1 , ' " I -1
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