as PY'- lr m T., B-. ft; i Sf & W tv 15. w T " vn$?- ,w a :: . ,H"iti AlUrf v'ii r KOULE FLAYS ' SHIPPING BOARD! m oubts Federal Body p - a livnows .mismess and Is : frg Gloomy Over Prospects 5 HITS PRODUCTION COSTi G otgo V. Sproule, secretary of Hip fcrr -v WT MMmtlalnnapn nP .in In-n t Ia.. .e 1.la lim I fePft ( w wjieuier me Lniieu ouues o.ui- BW Dine Board knows much about the inti I- ciiclcs of the shipping business. In a statement today Mr. Pprouln sax- ihe United Stntcs can not contlnuo pro lltabty In the shipping business unless we change, our maritime laws, reduce th.6 cost of building our ships, and estab- , liBh a national ship subsldx. England, Mr. Sproule declare, is j raroS:! Brown ana prospeieu. ne pouus out, omx because of abnoimallv high freight rates. When they fall, Mr. fproulo can sea only disaster for American shipping unless wo make provisions to meet the competition of normal times. Mr. Sproule's statement follows In part: "Ono of the most Important subjects before the American people I the re habilitation and maintenance, of our merchant marine We haxrt paid death for tho position in x.hl.h we found out selves at the breaking out of the win. possesseci ot oniv i..i....nui. ....-. - Philomu-d.in riub. 094 1 Wal Of shipping, suitable for ,xeise;,- . o.n- merce. resslmlstlc )er OiillonK. "In the year preceding the w.ir but S per cent of the world's foreign trade wan I carried In American bottoms If the pro gram Of the I'nlted States shipping board Is carried out we will soon ha, 43,000,000 deadweight tons of shipping , There arc so many dldlailtles to be out come In order that our ships mav be profitably engaged In the foreign trade, I that practical men are rather pessimists concerning the outcome. Our navigation laws must be amended and a Btibsldy must be paid our ships to enable them j to continue In the foreign trade. . "It Is patent to every ono that with V. .nt mtes of frelcht America ii I .ta n b. successfully operated In tho overseas trade, but what w.l- be the , result when rates as-urne again the nor- mal? I "Experienced shipping men are rather, discouraged over the way in which the j shins ar now- being operated by the United States shipping board and In- deed, I regret to ray that this body has not the public contldence It Is often questioned whether any study of the In- trlcasles of the shipping business has lieen made by the shipping board tVr- j talnly their actions do not indicate It mtan T-nnpmn.iu T'relirl.l TnereAse "As-Mr. Hurley has satct, we now naxe quite a number of American ships em- comI nf tllpV(. np. vnz(., !llus. ! ton Theological Seminary. He pursued ployed In the foreign trade, but Is this , tratloll of hat somen's clubs through- his studies undei tho greatest ditllcul Ho be wondered It when there Is died the rmteiI Kutes rouM Uo (0xvaidtles While a sophomore he earned Ids a an example, uie case ui iuui Milieu schooner here loading oil for Birken head, England, at $12 a barrel? In normal times three shillings (seventy- ' four cents) a barrel xxou'.d be regarded as a fair rate of freight. "The same conditions prex'all In all other branches of the ofrelgn trade. "Mr. Hurley Is encouraged by the Wet that the American flag Is now seen on the seven seas of the xvorld, but Hthls Is not remarkable, and such will be the case just as long us the freight rej5t-r.tea are maintained at the present EErhittr figures. "We are constantly reminaea Dy tne shipping board of the time xxhen the United States xvas such a factor In the foreign trade, but it Is not stated that this was all due to the fact tnat in the early fifties, when our merchant ma- rlne was at the height or Its giorj, our I ships were produced for nearly $.0 a ton below those of our keenest compel i-' tor, Great Britain. These xx-ere das when we maintained a supremacy not only of the western ocean trade, but also of the China tea and Australian wool trades. Today the reverse is the -condition. ... . srs. ii- Tt.-.i t H...I....I 1 snip ton iiounic inn i "t.i" , The United States Shipping Board , i ...m .!,.. .. ,.n ie .!, nost j a jyi uuuv,uii o"i'j - vs-' ....-w ... -.. of Qreat Britain, 5et, notxvlthstandliig , the fact that It takes txxlce as much to man one of the shipping board s es- scls ln comparison xvlth the Britisher, .they are still advancing, rather than le- duclng, the cost or operation. 'Jlecently there was rexlx-ed the po3l- ;t!on of 'supercargo' for these ships, and one of the conditions of this position Vttf seems-to DO mat tne incumDenc, who is & appointed by the shipping board, is to paid SKS on a ship yp rank with the captain ano ne V er month. Such a position on IS wholly unnecessary ana somewhat de grading to the master. 'Supercargoes' were Invaluable ln the olden days, xxhen cargoes were taken to foreign ports to X disposed of, but noxv xvlth the cable, any Instructions can be transmitted the 'master, who should be perfectly compe- t tent to carry them out. "Most of the 'sugercargoes' that haxe visited Philadelphia on shippng board Vessels seem to haxe been men from the Interior ot the- countrj- without the slightest knowledge of maritime practice. "Shipping men are hopeful that the ) n.uev Congress will adopt some drastic measures that will serxe to halt the present extrax-agance and place the management of the American ships on a . practical basis "Issue Is ta ken xvlth the latest state ment of Chairman Hurley, that the ship ping board intends to build a number of l!,500-ton steamers It Is only in Mime few instances vessels of this ' pacuy can do hiiwiiiui) operuieu. i ne ideal cargo ship Is between 6000 and 7S0O tons dead weight" TO URGE CHANGES IN LEAGUE Argentina Seeks Support of Other Neutrals in Proposals Buenos Aires, March 15 (By A 1 1 Tho foreign minlnter held a long con ference with ministers of neutral powers v.frrtav flrtpmonn tum rieutenl iil., Ttem were Informed that Argentina xvlll .answer the Invitation from Paris to 1oln 'C jh league of nations, which Foreign U??.l?XI,J?VJT?W.uX!.'r?HB accePt"'.to refused to serxe him. An argument He said, hdwever. that some chatiKeK lie lata, nowev SSiJ'rtwpuW be suggested. Senor Alxar. Kf -,'Argentlne mlnlBter at Paris, has been ln- . wtiwi iw buu.iu hid, uncutticH io me k'J i. nniif.nllM on,. Asnan.ul... Hn.il.nl .... ,-w, ""-- .-"- i-Y"v . ... ou- 'MioimMmnr-,aor at.d returned to the saloon to (SJr.lcnown until t'enor Alvar acts. Afi... I demand. The argument then was re- iservers, regarding these changes. No P'--f the conference the foreign minister "-.f'eabled Instructions to Senor Alvar. ...-V If f l.nrtel-atnorl Mint tha nhlp. nt ... VH.lt understood that the. object of the s ;;n!cnftrcnce was to seek the support of Si"2Sr South American neutral for 'VAvarentlna's nrooofials. 'i & -.--.-- - W''k-mrvva r-TVATje wrriVrivc &jJriWYER CLLARS WILKINS Deteetivej Abolve Him in Mur. " ' ? ?f ,m,Wie,r r . uuu Bs,ch. I.. I.. March 1 1; r.ou.lu - fl.FrTess. counsel for Dr Walter K "amZ&l inM 1 yesterday that Investiga: litwJKfor county otnclals had informed .-Sto-'cllent they did not believe he had "anything to do with the murder of his wdta on the rear porch of their home dtrVon the night of February 27. ': er - Wllklns maintains he la lnno- jmuLS .tLfr. liVlpu anl.l 'T hav 1.mvv1 'ill his story perhaps tventy-flve m.-and.lt has nut xaried-. r am ab. itly convince.! that thU buspoclon aaaJatoha.- (knew tluncoumvlrlan. Mraa Ann Perlne ..wju the cnlrlnot be lifted until improvement noxytiWe ship was used as a .training school Jtate. ?SJMe'9f New York fttvwis low-th American Women' , Hospital at II ' V .'"t , t r? f WlU5lTJ'v i - ' WirLiu ' j-tf ftteikMn oHelngmatja ar omplejed. . ", "wWt nrwwn, - . , ' frat.yltli .only fifteen na., C.a..t. 't...,., wnei. , . 'it"::" '-'ji l ' .T.v-tV- -M u P:"fe fMF'y& . &,: . "if-''. :?; ?;t 1 f ?'" yh$:-" .' 'sMMrwJ tef&i& Mr'- m:n'm&t''jJ---& tf-JULrf.iJo- .xiittoiGii.iw ,- l,Aw,teaiiir1r,f ,,, ,f- ' l-&ttHtahffl, --,-i --r,,-. -initrf tJimMMiit.Tiii .iiiiiiiiiiliiiAMinit 'm' m w THK HI . DR. .1. It. I)A ir,? lornier pastor of lletlilclicm l're 1 tcriau Church. He died today WOMEN WELCOME 100 ALIENS AS CITIZENS Hospitality Must ?Sot Abused. Judge Warns. Pbiloinusian Club Be at lliiinltecls of persons assembled last I tut x- rurci i i ia wir t" niit 1 1 11 ti t n in i cttiens. who reoif of citizenship then i ortltlcates- A tine, st.ir.lx and ml. lllK.-n. looking I l..lx .f ...., .I.n. neren. II..X ,nr. , , lieil ! one hv ono. to re.eixe .llien papers from ileotge Bro.lbeU. . !ei k of the I'nite.l States Distrirt lotiri One hun dred limes t!u audience beaitllx :ip plau.le.l as oa.h lecipienl took his papets, tli seal of . ow-n.tut Willi this couutis A .hoi us of West Philadelphia High S. hool gills s.ing the national songs of r...glan.l Helgiuni. Ki.in.e Italy ami Ame.c.i. with a display "f '''"- . mini limine.' l.v n n-lrt of the lllon.l . .,.. , ..., ' . .. ..-.. ';,"' :,1 Ua- ; "'., J " olu.Un .'luhj a grltlllK , ,. llew Htlzens. 'The object ..r uienuinl7atlon." said1 j, , . 1H ,,,,, of ,nanv, ' ,,' ,nlo OI',p ., wllh tlle llsp of .',',. ,..,. , , ,, i,, ,i,. ,aon' aml the .uloptlon of Amerl.-.u, i standarus nr llxing and American ideals I bl eerv rpv,i(ient m the countrx. , x, )f, hilniP lllll8 lt i.,onies ili ' Jutv of nlPlu ns to assist In the ab- (jr,",tori f tli rorfiBn-boin Into tliu liff of tllH ,.ountrv ov iecognlzlng them and iwelcomlne them into our ehlc.nd in-, .li.Ktrlal life The alioll taken bv the I .,., j,, ...., ,,, ... ,,,., .,. i . ,lnln. ..,... nf thp ...anv t,P,,iP, ln I this country" i club, and .luting the lemalnlng year ln Mrs Hancock concluded with a Mil- college he rang the college hell and did ring recitation of the poem, "i'mii Flag! odd clioies about the institution. and My Flag." , . , Judge .1. Whltaker Thompson, or the """ KPl".v I" MlnUlry I'nlted .States nistrlct ( ouit. addressed His first charge xxas the Dangcliffe the nexv citizens. J (Church, .it Axoca. near Seranton, hs "The United States has been a le-I public now for nearb 150 xcars," Judge Thompson said. "Our go eminent lias been a success: it has proved itself better than any yet tried. On the xvhole. any Jieopie am Happier i.e.e .null ..i. any . .... ,i. ..... .. ..A.ii. ... I oiner coniii.x. i.i niw. ' nivn -, that everv year jieople come here from l-rmceion ineoiogicai seminary, a for all countrlek whereas mei leans emt- mer alumni trustee of Lafayette College grate xerv little. Out ancestors de-.an.l a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fended this countrv . the newer citizens jSocletx He was appointed by the Pres have done t-o llkexclse' ami you. our hterlan General Assembly to represent , .,ltiZPni, mUst do the same. - v,,,nn,,. . nn fo nil xvho . come hple f(j. )ne hpnfr opp0rtunitiea nnd the t.ducatlon of their I im an(1 the future of th0se children 1 , . , tllpv come But our hospital- ' ,- abusP(li ,r ou corno as , woull., not tnInk , , ,t , , ,aoB llp,.aUie lt lliu not 811it , .. Utiitrlncr ninvlnrr.nlf'llirp in slllfll tll """""' ' " i' -"'-' - s ruggies ot cue .,. c..ers shoxMi and the -Star Spangled xx ere Ban ner" in xx Inch the audience joined, con- eluded the exenmis ' n 1 f nAlVTIfrrprR IIPI T OilLUlllIlI-'ErjMl 11jL1 IN POLICE SLAYING 'Patrolman Tallies He$s ratallvtl'? s,,re(,tfrom the church, which Is lo- ; ',l,MI,,',l, . ,ll i"v aled on thc northeast corner of Broad Wounded by Own Pisto Sav Probers I'atiolm-i. James llrss. uf the h'lf- St,TK it h lb ","?ll. of bullet tired from his own texolxer. A saloonkeeper. It Is alleged fired the fatal shot Thn siiontinir occulted about t occl tlP'S of Soerandlno De tlilda, 1.106 DIckin- son street Tho proprietor is under arrest, charged xxith muider. His bar- i.. t ... 1 - tin A wi ut ittii-, li at il lenuer, .lli l - " ....'. -. xx ithout ball by Magistrate Bauer as a material witness, to the cilme. .n . ...l.,.i,Aa ..ffer TVillreiviari Twenty minutes after Tollcemati Hess had been snot down. i. euienanc Oarhn and Detectixes M. folium mrl I fill IdJilim Vi iiivj j .nx.- .... ..... - ,iii -i.-- r.t 1ia I'lftrctiili r.irnit :infl Sn.(1(r avcnuo station, placed De (ill- ol an(1 rje Amato under arrest. Thev iio.,i that they took Hess's rexolxer alleged that they took Hess's rexolxer trom De Otlda s nnrket ti.nt there 111. in . ,. hm hells In the c ham- were txxo empty sh hers and that the barrel xvas x arm rwo shots had been fired One lodged) In the celling, the other entered nesis chest, just under tne near., plowing through his left lung anil emerging under the shoulder. I According to Hess's own statement. made In the hospital, he entered De ' mi.in's saloon uhortly before 4 o'clocl an'a ordered txvo sandwiches. De Ama- followed ami men ootn tne nartenaer and proprietor Jumped upon him. They ejected him fiom the saloon tew minutes jater, xxnen lie had ..... ... .ln,i i,s bent, ileus missed Ills re. resumed Ills heat. Hess missed his re- j sumed, lie said, and De Ollda clinched, A moment later two shots rang out, the ' ' ,, ... .m .. . .. ' ,. '"A wUndln ,,.,,,., a"!" H," ' us .inn. x nen me ponce found Hess lying uncon- tlouss on the floor. Policeman Hess xvas thirty-one years I old Bnrt went ou the pollce force Ia,t May. He lived with his wldoxve.l I mother. Mrs. iiita uess, at 2iu wouiu J,ole street' m .10 Amid Antique, , ' . .....'. Baltimore, 31arch 10. (Uy A. P.) Mlts Ann Carson Perlne. who celebrated her 100th anniversary January 20 last. lied yesterday In her town .house In Cathedral street, wmen was ount sev enty yearn ago. Homeland, her country home, once a "long distance" from Bal timore, and now In the city, is more than 200, years old and filled with rare antiques, relics and heirlooms o( two centuries. While several members of the Ferine family lived to be octogena- Uf EVEJsTDS'G PUBLIC 'DR.J.R.DAVIES, ' 1 CLERGYMAN, DIES I Former Pastor of Belhlc- I hem Presbyterian Church Succumbs AS NOTED PREACHER IM'Jinetl Pacific Coast Pulpit In I. el a in Clerical Ac livitics TIcrc 'i He rr. John n Dams f.umer pastor of the Hothleliem Presbterlan fliur.li and president of the Hoard of Ministerial ltellef and Sustenance of tho Presbjteilan Church died lit his homo I In the Fairfax Apartments. Oerman toun. toiki.x nnlti, ,. ,i.. . ., it . IVat h was rlun to complication of diseises Ilnfnr To .ab,. .. a (. ,. his elerkal work until he was taken 111 ....... i'...,.- .. ,n I.VLI.U III ,!ibout four weeks ago Recently he I niado an etendcil tour throughout the , West In the Interests of the boaid of I which he was sooretan. t Seeral e.irs ago Doctor Dales was . (.illed to the pastorate of the Hm niantjcl Church, of Dos Angeles, Calif, , one of Hie largest if not tho largest I'lesbjterlan church on the Pacific i oast tie declined the call Doctor DaMes wis one of the iim-t i noted after-dinner speakers In this city. ' Doelor Daies had often been a com- mlssinnei to the Ccneial Assembly. He was a member ot the (ieneuil AssembH 's exangellcai commnlon and al'o a mem- her of mmicio'is boards and committee of the nstpinbii lie had been pastor "', "'""""'' '' "" tcnty jears. ,,U""C Wllltl "P1 '" ','1 hCCOmC OTIC of ihe largeii and most lnfluentidl in '.h- citv Doctor D.ixies xvus bom August " 1S5J. in UieiRU penny. Monmouthshli. . T.'ngl..ml. tlie 5011 of 'fhomns V. and II. 'st.r D.ixies ' llrEiin XxorU as Iron .Mulder His father died In Doctor Dax les s ! , I 'It ll tniTrll J tlrl Tin im. nA.n1l.,l .. I ,MolU f',. ,p bU)port of ,llg nlo'thor ., , himself during tho years when ho should ...... . niixn necn nt scnooi. He learned the '?' " ,? "" '?" n?r1 r"""1' ,' r.e'" umrne, of '"-I 'S'-vv I ,r a emi B ll'r; """'.i1 , ill- i., t . I " quired xxorl; In .. foundry in 1 Scai.ton. whe.e he remained nearlj ilxe , eai He was determined to get an i ?ti- ?nd ln '' " , ""J" " I-afavette College from which '"' "as giaduated x Ith honor at the completion of his fotir-. ear course. While at I.-ifnyelte he took second I,rlze '" ,ho junior oratoilc.il contest Uuring the summer months following his BUMU.iunn lie pleached at 01 pliant. i.i.c-iii.uriiiua o.iiicj, and in tile tall entere, the class of 'S4 in the Prime llxli.g hx xiaitlng on table at a students' net at Tjrone. In 1892 he was called to the Fourth Avenue Church, XewYork city, to succeed the late Dr Hoxvard Crusljx He remained there until 1898 xxhen he accepted a call to Bethlehem , Church. Doctor Dax.les was a dli color of the the Church at the Quadrennljl Methodist ICnlsconal Conference held at Saratoga Springs ln May of 101 G. Doctor Dax fes married Miss Isabella 51 Moffatt. of Scranton. when still a -vou"B ma"- TIl,?5' 1,ad three children: Mrs Charles B. Law- who llxes in Okla- homa. Miss Hester Dax les. named after her paternal grandmother, a teacher at Uie MexensAcademy Germantoixn and . ' "' i" i assihtant to Dr. irranclH I I'ackard, an 'eminent nose pnil throat specialist The fact that Mayor Smith had oc casionally attended his church often , reminded Doctor Davles of an interest I ing coincidence. It seems that former i Major Stokley, xvho was three times 'elected chief executlx-c of Philadelphia, !xcas a life-long member of the Bethle hem Church, and n constant attendant t the serxiccs there until stricken xvilh I Ills I.lSt illneSS. I Mr. Stoklej lix-ed on Broad street i ahoxe Diamond, almost directly across and Diamond streets Former Mayor SeToW BAeSt'h?erhefi, cifuU" " ' berot the Bethlehem Church. , HUbh MU'N Kll Ibn IN Al TH iiiiiuu iiiliii iiiuuiiU ill nuiU ' f Jer6c' Crins Tragedy lud Hank. N. .1., March 15. Threo v rsons were killed at the railioad ! ctosslng north of the Little S-'ilx-or sta- "on " 10 :5 ""clock labt night xvhen '"pesThS Taln. & , dpa, arP jsaac t Straus, forty-two. of West Long Branch, a Newark leather manu- i o ot ll rst on1 TsTrtt' ClrtM if nrtm m t xm I n n ""'".- ".V -r".'... . ,,.."""Ji:",u,"!, mi-.uuuiuouin ouiuj, aison vnenger, thlrtj-two, of North ljong Branch, lull.;! Ml Ul UIB oraungui ruuile OCIIOOI ,, witzenbocUer. fifty, of West Lon Branch . chauff eur for Mr. Sttaus ' ni. .... -. Tu-i The men xvere on their way home ii, r ,., n.i tinni' siiltai-A xf cn,. j , hwii ivcu wnurt! wnciu ounun illiu Mr Olenger had attended a Boy Scout , rallx ' The three men were thrown far from , I lns tracKS i ney xvere uiaen aooard tne I ,raln t0 the Long Branch Hospital. The cllaufIe,lr ue(i xvhlle being carried from the tracics i ney xvere tawen aboard the i thc train to the hospital. Jlr. Straus suicumbed Just as ho xxas being taken Into the hospltnl. Mr. Olenger llx-ed umii minnigiii. ,,.-; nit.CaHtnn in iiSii. .'.il phU. xvas notified of her husband's death at midnight. They haxe no chil dren SCHENECTADY GIRL SPONSOR . Allljor mienus l.auncninc Ot gi Va,nC(l fop r;f 0,"I' ""'"" ,or ll I " iiiw........i. huicub oi oi-neuec- tuni' hl lid no lln.'rtl' ' n, .. 1 U..... I ' '"i i. '. . omwu and J 2. W. Rice. Jr., president of the General Electric Company, witnessed the launching at noon today of the cargo carrier Schenectady at Hog Island ship yard A delegation Of tweutj-flve came from Schenectady to see the ship glide down the ways. Miss Miriam nohrer, daugh ter of an official of the General Electric Company, christened the craft. A large party of Phlladelphlans also were on hand for the ceremony, COLLIERIES OPEN AGAIN Lehigh "Company Announces Three Will Resume Tuesday Miennn.louli. Ph., March IS. The Le high Valley Coal Company today an nounced that unemployed miners may obtain work by reporting at Packer No. 2 colliery, which, with Packer Xos. 3 and 4, will resume operations Tuesday morning, after' a five weeks' shutdown. Improvement in the market ta tin. i-n. on given for resuming operations. The suspension ut Packer No, g colliery will MDalER-lPHlLitDELPHJA, SATURDAY, PEND UL UM S WINGS BA CK AND JERSEY TOWN IS GLAD "I'engcance" Shouts Awakened Harrington, Benefiting by Zone Trol ley Fare Plan Proposed, Unmindful of Calls fur Aid From Iladdon Heights and Other Neighbors Harrington, X. .1 . awakened by the noise, rubbed Its sleepy eyes. "Wake up." shouted Haddon Heights, Audobon, West Colllngsxx-ood and other small towns outside of Camden: "Help us protest against the zone-fare plan of the Public Service Kailxxny Company." "That so" Didn't know I had so many friends'" remarked IlatTlnglon. sheep ishly. "'Spose ou ilo It xourself," and forthwith It xaxxned, sighed, yawned ugaln, and went back to sleep. The reason was explained thus: Har rington gets a two-cent reduction under tho plan I.avnsl.le, the next town, pays one cent less, while Magnolia will still tide to and from Its work at the same price, fourteen cent". Harrington station Is In the fur cor ner f.f Iladdon Heights borough. When the trolley company was given the right lOi - way to uuuuie iracn us line uiiuunii nnrr) P ,. i, unR ,v.th th iinrlrmtiinfl. ing that the then existing rhe-cent fare ' - .... .o"- limit should bo extended to the bor- , further l eduction. At tho present time , ough line commutation fares are four cents le-s i Harrington had the fle-cent fare for than the fourteen-ccnt trolley fare to a few daB borne jeara ago. Then I Harrington. I Haddon Heights got busy and back went I Camden County Is mobilizing to pio - thc five-cent fare from Station aenue ' test against the zone-fare plan at a over the thtee-uunrters of a mile run topical Ing to be held In Newark on March the borough limit of Haddon Heights, 26. Under the direction of Mayor I'lllr, i or. It other words, to Barrlngton. j of Camden, tho Chamber of Commerce, Two weeks ago a committee from and Ileal Ustatc Board a public ilem- Harrington appeared before the bor- . '"'gh f'oumil of Haddon Heights and t asked them to state their position with respect to the single fare for Harrington, Mayor Pallas and the other members . f "e Haddon Heights Council franklj. EMERGENCY BODY TO AID JOBLESS Civic Organizations Join. Couple Humiliated and Government and State to Husband Arrested for Re Help Service Men senting Police Slur ORGANIZED AT CAPITAL , , A tjoxeinment cmergencx einplo.xineiit !rx ice xvlll take OX'er the work of the vorWai i.-.m.iinxment Bureau to find iobs ' for returning soldiers and sailors. , Mrs. II. B. Wrogg. of 3331 Chestnut for returning souuers . u I street Eighty per cent of the emplojes of the."1 WroBgH sald thilt they xvere xvalt-i bureau will be discharged on March 22 jg for a trollev car at Fifty-sixth and because of lack of funds' to finance the Spruce stteets early yesterday morning. insulted by the police-' organization - r:n,r,inr K.i.nul and Maxor Smith, as1"1'"' ., ,., ,, .0 ,,,, , .. -. -, . well as tho Chamber ot comnieice, r ,. Vnt.n., ,1 llAfollUa Illlfl Otl.er renresentatlxo organizations, will be asked to co-operate with the nev, or- ganizatlon and lend efforts towards its success The empjoxmenc uu.iiut' wi ... - r r. a T.-.ilhts of Columbu". ' . ., .' "-.i..l" uoi.nilnn Arniv and mw welfare organizations will work ' "-- In conjunction with tne new imieau. thus axoid'.ng duplicated effort. The bureau organ ze,, at ash-, L7f, ",'.,n.'tf. the Secretary of War. ' appointed to handle employment trou bles of discharged soldiers and sailors. The committee includes i-ranKiin u. nnnwvAit Asslbtanr Secretary or tne Navy: 1 N Hurley, chairman of the shipping boa'd ! Nathan S. Smyth, De partment of Labor; i. Cnstie, Assist ant Secretary of Agriculture: B. S. Cutle.-. chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce : Mathcw Woll. American Federation of Labor: Elliot Goodwin, general secretary Chamber of Commerce of the United States: II. P. Bush, Industrial board of the Depart ment of commerce ; E. J. Ax-ers, Interior Department- John W. Hall Lowell, of Boston, and CJrosvenor B. Clarkson, di rector of the Council of Xatlor.al De fense. The secretary of the committee xvlll bo E. E. Ureenxvood, xvho has been associated with the Department of Labor ' In Us emploxment xvork. A renresenta tlx-e of the railroad administration prob ably will be designated later. The Tederal Employment Bureau In Pennsylxanla xvas made the subject of a scathing attack bv Frank B. MeClaln. former Lieutenant Governor, xvho char acterized it as inefficient and cxtraxa- it,- -lorinin iBs..ri hl siaiment v..n ,,a Unrnerl that the work nf tlio .. u.n.ii.i h, ...rtoiteri boennoe of in. BUfnc!cnt funds. The xvork of tho federal bureall, xxlilch has a monthly payroll of $4fii0oo, does not compare faxorably wltn th'at of the Pennsylxanla Commls- noV Public Safety and Defense, doing , a like work on an annual payroll of $!500, he said. ' "Political poieniiamj- iic. c.u.. emelencv In the wor kfor which they emclency In the wor kfor which they J-. ..... 1, nnl,l XTr Afr.r-laln "n-uO wera heieti.., .. ...i. ......, the Employment Service was selected for this State 46TH WARDERS TO DINE Redemption of City Goal in Dric lor Independent Votes .... f- H, vnrltv rmmnlim ij.sioi.i.b w ... .., . .n... ' at a St. Patrick's Day dinner at the' Hotel Adelphla on Monday night, are to' inaugurate a movement to get 20,000 voters registered in the xxard for the September primaries. Under auspices of the Citizens' Com mittee of One Hundred of the Forty-sixth Wnrri lvhleh has as its obiect "Phlla- ; , , ,' , , ,, T .... ,7..- i. , v delphla redeemed," the dinner Is to be given to the Town Meeting party work- ers of the ward, ueorge w. iianey, or Rial tVashlno-ton avenue, chairman of tf,6 committee. In the Invitations to the alnnert says. ..At this dinner will be I fired the opening gun In the coming I 111.11 11. D U..tlll BU., ". s I mayoralty campaign to redeem Philadel phia from contractor ruie. WESTPHALIAN UNREST GROWS British Bridgehead May Be En larged in That Direction London, March IS. (By A. P.) "Amite unrest nrevatls in the xvhole Westphaltan Industrial region and It probably will be necessary to enlarge the Rrltli.li hrlrieehead In. that direc tion." says a dispatch to the Mall from Its correspondent with the British army. The German provinces of Westphalia is one of tho most Important industrial centers in Europe. It has one of the richest coal fleltJs In the world, and the Iron industry there has been developed on a van 'Scale. The British bridge head east of the Rhine is semicircular ln shape, centering about Cologne, the radius of the circle being approximately eighteen miles. It does not reach the line between the Rhine province and Westphalia at present. Dance for Battleship Crew Members of the crew of the U S. 3. Ioxva, one of the oldest in the service and reputed to have fired the first shot in the battle of Santiago, were the guests at a ball tendered them at the Bellevuf-Stratford laBt night. .The bat tleship, together with, the Indiana and tre Massachusetts, now at the League Taland Navv Yard, will be put out of commission March 24. During the war 1U ' " ucl',' "",,,,,;,,.., i Health Officials Atcc Di'sphhp T mercantile tax. While It is almost ccr Indepejidents of the iorty-slxth Ward, cjiiii jnuAiric uieeasc Is la,n t)ia, tflx ul, not b0 rcpcaIea om told the committee they were opposed , to anv change. Their business Interests, they said, were against It. The Haililon Heights High School might lose thirty students from outlying towns, grocers and coal dealers might lose patrons, the bank might lose depositors, all because people might not stop off at Iladdon Heights, hut might go on to Camden or i Philadelphia to shop. ! HM,. Vbhih I . lin nr.nltn Han .Inn n .,. ...,. ic ........... i".- -" , very easily. It Is said. Ho admitted that Harrington had a just kick, that the town had a hopeful future, but business Is business. Now the tables arc turned somewhat, Haddon Heights might have to pay an elecn-cent fate and Haddon Heights citizens are doing the kicking against It Harrington, on the other hand, Is "reM Ing on Its oars, .a:dt.zens,1','Cl''a,Cd '" '" "" "" by the zone it, proidhg tho first zone limit for fhe cents Is extended, which means a ' onstratlon and protest will probably be stnged. All towns whose rates go up under the "fie cents for the first mile and one cent for each additional mile" proposition will lend their lolces to tho protest WILSON TO PROBE WOMAN'S INSULT took on the chatter revision measures LIEUTENANT IS RETICENT' U Snai tSi Trouble also Is anticipated during the coming weeks unless the leaders take Dntcioi- Wilson said today he will 80mo stppB t0 paclfy tll0 country ,.,,. ,uij.. in vac ten In the nlteire.l insult tiers. Most of the members from the and arrest bv a patrolman of Mr and ine man mm ..m "c ...o ....... .- the Fifty-fifth and fine streets ponce station, but xvere peunllteu to go alter they had been "slated." The police on releasing them begged them not to say anything about their experience lo the uvs..i. Mr. Wro Tw-rogg declared he will put Ids ram into the hands of an attorney. Hu and his wife had been x isltlng their son ..--. ..., .,, .. , . tuciiaru r,.UKb. v- r -"-. - - VonWMoTCTcloct",Bu" ' le.ousosU for an castbound ea on Spruce street that they crossed to the southeast coi ner to gel protection uom ne xxinu. While they xxere 3tlll waiting a patiol- ! man approtachel and xvn,nted to knoxv why they xere standing on tne corner. Mr. Wrogg explained that he xvas xvalt - 1 Intr frii f. eft.'. "Well." s.it.l tile iiu.rol. r, . . . ... ... i w. man, "two cars passed; why didn't jou get on one''" Mr Wrogg explained that he xvas going cast nnd thc patrolman then wanted to knoxv xvhat he meant by being out "at that time of night " An castbound car came along and ter minated the argument. Hut just as Mr . i n .i t- . . . 3rr.houfeU?:,nt0,t,he "Who's wife are jou ou, with. jnc- ' n,, ' l'ow- ! Mr. Wrogg then turned around and ca'lcd the patrolman nil the names he C0UH t"lnK or' antl w'ts arrested. But x lien ' ny .a. .; bul . n.-nr ine ponce bta .. ,1,. nnlrnlmon Ko-o., . .--. ,".7 nwii .,, !..... .. t,u.. iv iuffe 1113 nerx e. "You can beat it now. he said air. xxrogg reiuseu to ue re'eased and to permit concerts, lectures and movies insisted on going Into the station. The of an educational character after 7 patrolman took him through a back 1 P. m on Sundaxs has begun to attract alley, shoxed him through a door and state-xvlde attention Tho sub-commit-slammed It In Mrs. Wrogg's face. The ' tee In charge of the bill held a hearing house sergeant realized that a mistake 'here last Monday which xvas marked by had been made and refused to let tho ! tumultuous scenes, patrolman talk, but Mr. Wrogg Insisted ! On Monday morning the committee that his name do piaceci on tho slate Lieutenant Jeffries refused to tell the ' name of the patrolman. In the face .c ei.i.omPlll.q l.X' Mr. XlVrtni. ,...! ... I ,on that they had seen ,hV name o" sIatP. Jeffries flatly denied that any name hud been taken. .., wouian t give jou any Information I i -n. how." he shouted. "If I i,noi,. i an. how," he shouted. .... .... ..-.. .... .1 - ........ jyju i trq tin, n... .. i j pafcrtment I'm going to send It o & ; rixcr to City Hall and let them ghe it ! out. if tney xvani to, That's orders, ' am how." NEW YORK COMA THE GRIP Ol Bleeping Sickness i New Vork, March 15. Dr ftoxal S. ' tho merchants opposing the bill Is antl Copeland, Health Commissioner, said I clpated. ' yesterday there xvas no Indication of I Tho House xvhirled along with con a spread of the newly dlscoxcred in- I siderable speed last xvoek. Committees fectlous disease, epidemic coma, xvhlch I reported out bills on a wholesale scale claimed Its first fatality hero Thursday. ' and the calendar for last xveck xvas The eight cases reported In New York ' cleaned up In Jig time, haxe been placed under the superxlslcn I Tuesday was said bu members of the of a nerx'e specialist. Legislature lo bo by far the busiest day Dr. Otto It Elchel, ot the State Health I this session. In addition to sessions Department, agrees xvlth Doctor Cope land that the disease Is not the to called "sleeping sickness." He believes It to be another x-arlety ,of Influenza and says that some cases occurred after the Influenza epidemic, in 1800. TRY TO END TROLLEY STRIKE Conference in North Jersey on Labor Board's Proposal Newark, N. J March 15. (Bv A. P.I Uflorts to end the strike of more than iuuu inuiuiuieu una conouctors of the Public Service Railway Company that has Interrupted service en the traction lines in twelx;e northern New Jersey ll'lJ&ZJ&i,? today In a conference here. Representa tives of the men and the company met lu .novum, cite iirujiuani ui, unanton Og- burn, mediator of the war labor board that th? strikers return to work pend ing the settlement of the controx'ersy. The conference was arranged after the receipt of an appeal from the war labor board for the strikers to return to xxork xvhlle the case was being heard. VERMONT LEADS IN W. S. S. Green Mountain State Largett Per Cap ita Purchaser in January Washington. March 16. (By A, P.) War savings stamps were sold ln Janu ary at the rate of fortysflve cents for even- person In the United States, with total sales of $48,309,090, according to report from headquarters today, Vermont led in tier rantls. ittl,i wi.K !.), or a total of $438,000. . New York ss. ' M IV ' l ll WAljCH 15, 1919 l ROW ON CHARTER BILLS IMPENDING Exciting Legislature Skir mishes Also Promised on Liquor Question RURAL MEN TMPATIENT ","-r1-' uiuli IUM.L tllXKn J. Iliffll Living Cost PcrtUl'llS tllC Country Members, Who In- - sist on Adjournment Some action on the Philadelphia char ter bill?, which have been slumbering In the Senate Municipal Affairs Com mittee since their Introduction, two ueeka ntro. hv Senator Woodward. ls an. ,encs next week. 'o moe for a hearing has been made, and precious time has been wasted as a . ,.,. . ., , , ., ,, rm, .i.0.i leSUlt of tl,la lnacvlt5-- Thc dcm"nf? for action was voiced by George V. CoIe." at the meeting of the charier committee Thursday. It de eloped latr that thc failure lo request n hearing had been duo to a misunderstanding, In contrast to the Inactivity relative to the charter bills was the quick work performed on tho Brady bills to reviso tho registration laws and slmputy oi- l"g. The threo bills were introduced by Hepresentatlve Brady, of Philadelphia, on Monday night and were rrporieo oul of committee Wednesday after the nrsc factional roxv of the'sesslon. Vare members of the House Elections Commlttco strenuously opposed bring ing out the measmes, but their oppo sition xvas xoted down b the Penrose 1 majority in the committee. Thc bills j will appear on the House calendar this 'eek and the light which started Jn the committee is expected to be carrleu to the floor of the House. l'orecaftt House How Unless Republican leaders inteifeie In the Interest of harmony, one of the old time rows, such as marked thc session txvo yenrs ago. Is cirtaln to follow ln tho House. Varo membeis take the same stand on the Brady bills as they rural districts are Insurgent by nature. Ihey haxe been going along with the ; retary : Colonel Thomas Stanyon and organization so far this year, but gtadu-UIn,or ,,..,,. ,,,, .. . , . ally are becoming restless under the ' g Wal,M MDbce' ,,,e "t,d tenor Jo'o. The' colnmssonel. ...... ..,,..,. ., Much of their Impatience Is due to are(,aes , beuces tomorrow m the deslVe to get the session over. ThVor,n, A..',,T!....:Iwr,. ?m.orro" " liieli cost of living Is higher than oxer In Ilarrlshuro this oessm., i ibe.o t . . . ," c;. ui u.c imeresc mac usuany man.s .rBi.imine session. Unless the lenders ,.. nmmnlli. nml ' accede to the demands of the rural leg- Islators the tatter tl,re , r. nf, ,. .. ., -, . ,-.- ... , .....v. ....u... .w is,.w.v. u.d nialce ,h ,s -ne-W for , .-. L.it; LtiiiLi.ii .limn, hixiv vnipwTnpv Steps xvere taken last week to set the UUIQ date of adjournment for Max 5, The Ho,,sc Ilni,lt.on- r.nmmu, v "tl0lcd to 'trodu resomilon nxiiig adjournment t,mft u faled dQ so, and now- the leaders are reported to be trying to moxc the adjournment lime up a xxeelt to May 8. If more haste Is not made In intto duclng the administration measures which have not yet been presented It Is hard to see how the Ix;glslatiiie can finish up by that time. Several proposed administration measures haxe not .xet made their appearance T.lnuor Forces liuh.v Both the "wets'' and "drys" lr the Legislature e.vnect to net busv next I xxeek. The "drys" are planning to In- I ttritllA 1mjnt nn fnttrtAnx At-feft .-.-tnnntlvAM nnl 1 nuuuv.r iiicn ciiivii-riiiiii iiicasuira aim . 1 " 1! '" 'S ' ' i ',"""r ,"".." ..."" ,K'":" -", BhirClllClll J.l II1C IIICI.9U1CS. Th "wets" Dlanne.l to nut their hills In last week, but a difference in onln. ion as to what provisions were to be1 'rl,p moiie Is to be. used chiefly In Inserted In the bills caused a delay, i the paxmeiu of oxerdue federal ouch Srme tnl sklrmlshlnrf Is pprtnlii In f..l ' .. ...i. .... .....,. .... . " . . .1 " . . I 1 . .. .'"" ioxx wnen me rival unuor and anti- llnuor forces oppose one another. Hepresentatlxe William F. Rorke's bill will hold another hubllc hearing In Pittsburgh and on Wednesday the third and fjnal hearing xvlll be held In llarrls- . -r ...... . . S..S campaign In the" ne of the blh, xvhlch Is opposed bitterly by church'people.- Three hearlnirs rn sohedule,! foe next ...... ......i. ...... .. . ...... ........ w ten, v . .in. ... i.iui.k tai luija llllv. - . i.t.ii..i.ii.i- . .... t I . XB the Delaware UW a'n'd'the Schauta bill to decrease the hours of I xvork for women will be aired at public hearings next Tuesday. CoinproniUe on Taxes On Tuesday a second hearing xvlll bo held on the Home bill to abolish the e0rt of a compromise xvhlch xvlll appease morning and afternoon, nmumber of Im portant hearings were sandwiched In between It was also tho occasion of Ihe memorial service for tho late Senator James P, MciMlchol, which was attended I by more than 400 politicians, big and ' little, from Philadelphia. The services I xvere said to be the greatest of their I kind fever held In tho Capitol, WOMEN TO AID JOBLESS 100 Torm Organization and Seek Funds I f, cl,l;.,. I aoiuiers I A woman's auxiliary to the Federal , Board for Vocational Education xvas yesterday by 100 women who met In the Junior Room of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. The women desire to raise 350,000 to pay for advertising ot ine work and jobs needed for the returned soldiers, sailors and marines trained to overcome diffi culties arising from the battlefield. A fund Is to be created also to make loans to these men during the fhret month of their training ln the vocational schools. Dr. A. J, Rowland opened the meet ing. Mrs. George T. Lang was elected temporary chairman and Mrs. W, II, Heullngs, Jr., temporary secretary. French Decorate Women From Here Miss Lt'lllan Pettengill and Mrs. Le noir Lehman, of Philadelphia, have been decorated by the French Government for their . work In stamping out a typhoid, epidemic at Lusancy and In the vicinity of ChaU&u-Thlerry. Miss Pet tengill and Mrs, Lehman are members of vkl--; -' : viwhi-VM . T. 1IENKY HOWARD Commissioner Howard, of London, a distinguished Salxalion Army leader, will arrhe in this cily today HOWARD, SALVATION ARMY LEADER, HERE Philadelphia Corps Plan Big Reception for English Commissioner Commissioner T. Hcnrx Howaid, of London, England, ono of thc most dis tinguished leaders ot tho Salvation Army, will arrive in this city this after noon. He Is making an ofTlclal visit ' to the army In the United States and ! Canada. ' Eminent as an administrator, author, preacher and traxelcr. Commissioner Howard Is second In rank to General W. Dramwell Booth, head of tho Salxatlon ! Army throughout tho xvorld. Tho ven eiable commissioner Is greatly beloved i both In, this country and Great Britain. Commissioner Hoxvard xxill be ae.com- i panied by Brlgadlel- Joy and Captain Cutshun. of London; Colonel William I Peart, Chief secretaiy of the United States : Colonel A. M. Damon, field sec- vaWmnuM "Z Z . i. , e. rC" , l ?..rmoul.u deI"".e- In the afternoon he wlil speai. on 'The Armv of the Iietnln? Hand Colonel Kfchnrd i: Hot mr.. . ...nn.ln.. ..t !.- ... , "?. ""V. "' '"" "c coast proxlnce. The imL ii, ., , ..."e e".,".e tWelXe COl ps ill tills City V1 ll.r. I. Ill n ... ..... .,.. m. "" , . . ... , .....,,.,. ,,, xllv tu.iiiK, iiiree a x-isnialS' mui program. P.R.R.TOBORROW S22.000.000 TO1 22, 000,000 TC aid government: Directors Approc Plan Ttiuurd c ,. ' Speeding FayillCllt of. Over- lue Bills The I'ennsjhan.a P.aiiuiad ill bui iow a sum not ln exc-ss of $22,000.- "11- lo ass'st the rallroifd admlnls- tf.tlntl It ' lM 1Altdll.. l ...S1 hhimjii iii I'tijiutr OUllKHllOIlS lnClirreii '- "" rumen, ope.ailon of the Pennsylxanla sjbtem, accoiding to an announcement made b uel Ilea. President Sam- v' r' .""... I.uif.ioecn Ul inc., lull.- teiial nnd supplies and expenditures for improxement and betterment work, so as to assist In the dlfllcult govern ment financial railroad situation Incur; led by federal operation. Of these xoucheis fl3,0no,U0li applies to the lines east, and $3",000,000 to the lines xiest. There arc more than Shun sepal ate oxerdue and unpaid bills incurred in gox-ernmental operation of Ihe Pennsyl vania system. The board of dhectois has author ized the borrowing of the sum not ex ceeding (22,000,000. and the paxment of same to tho railroad administration Mr. l.n used excluslxelv In nnxlnc- these I . " .-v ...0 ............ ..... u... .. ....... .u. uucuc.0 &..U lima nui uit.y case u.e financial strain, but ass'st those doing business on the lines of tho system. Arrangements haxe been made for the lmmedlato payment of a sufficient amount to meet the more urgent cases. The director general has approxed the foregoing plan and is willing, upon ap propriation by Congress from sums available for that purpose, to promptly make payment of the $22,000,000 If then duo the companies in the Penn sylxanla HSBteip on account of com pensation. t Ms w ;. -'J J.E(lPWElXfr. JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS Specializing . Engagement Rings ANY PRECIOUS STONE ITEACHERS AIMING TO RAISE STATES I Salary Boosts Only a Side , Tssu'c of School Labor Union Here PLATFORM ANNOUNCED Complete Cbartcr Will Be Drafted at Mass-Meeting Marcb 28 Seven Issues Embodied in Platform Proposed Platform Issues embodied In new labor union among school teachers here: Minimum salary of $1000 for all teachers, ' A teacher member of all boards of education. An advisory council elected amotiK toachers to consult with school administrative officers. A similar advisory council In each school. ' Teachers to bo urged In demo cratic procedure toward pupils, so that realization of responsibility of tho Individual may become ap parent In early life. The school to become In spirit and actually a part of the com munity, co-opeiatlng with civic organizations, affordliipr meeting meeting places for the publfc, provldinpr for instruction in Indus trial history, economic study, etc. A high standard of teaching ef ficiency to be maintained In normal anp other training schools for teachers, and all appointments of teachers be made probationary, so that efficiency be guaranteed. To raiso their status In ex'cry way, salaries being only a side Issue, Is the object of men and women teachers In the public schools of Philadelphia who aro preparing an organization xvhlch has ' adopted the platform of tho American ''deration of Teachers. It expects shortly to become Incorporated with , 0le American Federation of Labor, The chaiter of nils' organization Is I now belne constiucted, and as a inasi- 'meeting whieh Is to be held on March 28. at the Xecx- Century Club, every teacher in this city xvlll be asked to become a member of the union. The object Is to talse the status of the teacher In exery wa, an increase ln salary being only one of the issues. The work of organization x-as stated five weeks ago by one of the teachers , - th ndhe movt ha be- oine trenerallv popular. Already lt has enrolled a number of charter member. Kach Friday for the last five xvoslts meetings haxe been held at the Phlla i delphla Women's Trade Union League, , ...... .. ai. mnrt nAnla, nf AHttPfttlnnnl "texture were distributed among' the i Last night plant? for the mass-meet ing xxere arranged by the committee of charter members anu ll xx-as announced that several nationally known speakers are expected at the meeting. These Include Miss Margaret Haley, of the American Federation of Teachers, Chi cago. It xvas alsoannounced that the charter xvould be ready for endorsement at that time. ' "Why should we not organize?" asked one of the teachers at the meeting last evening. "In exery other large city of the country the teachers have formed some sort of a union so that they may be protected agalnBt just the sort of a sjstem xvhlch exists here, where the teacher Is regarded as a sort of an Inferior being, nnd not a force In the community pt all Only last week th entire faculty of the University of Illi nois organized and Joined the Teachers' Federation." Mr?., Emily H. BlaVe Wentbnro, Mm., March 15. (By A. P.) Mrs. Kmlly H. Blake, aged ninetv four years, the oldest relief corps pre. dent In the United Statts. died yester day of senile debility. She waB a na tive of Westboro, xihlch has always been her home. For twenty years she was president of Arthur O Briscoe Relief Corps. She died In the house In xvhlch alio was born. DEATHS IlIIAl.V March 13. WAI.TKR 1. . son nf r-nrtiHlli.H J and Isabella Healr. areA W.U.TKH t. 111. Uelatlvea snd friends, also altar boy of Immaculate Conception Church and I.v. eeum Catholle Club tnxited to funeral, Tucs . R:30 a. m., 022 1'enn at,, Camden X. J. Hlffh maas of requiem Church of Immaculate Conception. 10:3O a m. Int CnHarv Pern, Auto funeral fOllDLr: At Chuter. Pa., Mar.h 14. MAP.Y, xvlfe of David Cobble, aied 14, Uelatlxjs end friends Invited to funeral on Tuesday. 8.30 a " mother's resldenca, Mrs Annie Qulnn. SSOn West Ninth St.. Chester. Pa. HlKh mass of refluiem at Church of Tteaurrectlon, 10 a. m Int. Immaculata Cem KBAI, kstati: FPU SAt.r. inaO-.TJ-34 S. 1HTK 8 rooms nnd laundry: $3,250, modern. JAMES T HAHI5. ISth and Morris Jtt ii -ntm ,-lettl 1 l Ai 3 M &
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