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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1920
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FIRMLY, SWEARING
TO DUTY AS MAYOR
Words, Resonant and Emphatic,
Seem to Audience Prophetic
of Worthy Deeds to Come
FLOWERS ADD BEAUTY
T0 SCENE OF CEKbMUNY
Hylan, of New York; Congress
men and Many Women Pres
ent Reception Is Held
floorc, faking Oott, Rests
Hand on Prophetic Text
When Mayor Moore toolc the oath
of office today, his hand lay ou
,nnirr IV. Pirst Corinthians.
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"Am I not an aporiic; jiui j hi
free'" -cads tho opening sentence.
And farther down is this:
'Tor though I nm free fron! all
men, jet have I made myself serv
ant to' all."
Toward the close of. the chapter is
this line:
"And every man that strivcth for
the mastery is temperate in all
thing'. Now they" do it to obtain
a corruptible crown, but we arc in
corruptible." "I do" two words emphatic, repo
fcant, ncrc bpuken nt 1 JlJi o'clock this
Iftcrnoon and J. Hampton Moore, first
city executive under 'the Woodward
thartcr, became Mayor of Philadelphia.
The new Major's response was the'
formal Inking of the oath administered
by Justice Kobert von Mochziskcr, of
ft the State Supreme Court, in the old
'Common Council chamber, on the fourth
floor of City Hall.
One minute later Mr. Moore had be
jim hi? crisply delivered inaugural nies
Ctgc, reading it from n printed copy.
Itinas a message vibrant with a new
Mil to Philadelphia, redeemed from con
tractor dominance, its police freed from
relfish bossism, and assuming its place
M one of the great cities of the nation
and the world.
Through the message, as the crowded
chamber and galleries listened, seemed
to run the words "I do," prophetic of
an administration in which the deed
fball mcasuie up to the promise.
Those on nostrum
On the rostrum as the new Major
placed his hand on the Bible, opened
St the ninth chapter" of St: Paul's first
Epistle to the Corinthians, were the
Bupreme Court justice, tho retiring
mayor, Thomas U. Smith; Governor
Sproul, Mayor John V. Hjlac, of New
York, and tho Itcv. Dr. J. Cray Bol
ton, pastor of llopo Presbyterian
Church, who offered tho invocation,
To Mr. Moore's right were his wife
and other members of his family, occu
pying the front row, and to the rear,
wires and other relatives of the now
cabinet members.
To tho left of Mr. Moore sat the
JW directors and tho retirinc beads nf
the municipal departments.
the front row of scats, directly bo
fore tho marble rostrum, was occupied
7 the members of tho inaugural com
mittee and by other members of the new
Council of twenty. one.
The rest of tho assemblage comprised
tnanv wlilpitr Ln . ,
this nnd othor nut Arn.... viuu t
Camden; Mayor Donnelly, of Trenton,
nd a number of congressmen.
At the clerk's table, their backs to
"o assemblage and their faces raised to
'he new major, sat John Wnnnmnkpr
and Police Commissioner niehnrd-Kn-"Sot,
of New York.
Polico Freedom Draws Applause
The new Mnvn -..t ... - .,.
MOUght applause wn Mo ,ln,.lnrtl
wt the police and firemen would be
"forced absolutely from politics.
kun applause halted him for n few
ocnts when ho asserted that faithful,
.mi! Mrvico "'""M rcceivc tho con
"iwation it dPRrrv.,1 i... .o- i.
(ffideni
y or a yielding to outside in-
"awiecs. oron ii 11.- i.ii....t Y.,..,
m,M k , , ' ,u n'Kuusi oiuciuis,
ua be dealt with unsparingly,
fiiero was applause, also, when Mr.
Moore said, "Wo stand four square for.
Hon " aU1 fUr BqUOr asain8t tllc
. The fcnntinii -.ui ,i
-v.uo L-iiuuiuDr or ti,i nut
w1 Council was f,llcd wltI' psts
Wflfa the retlrlnn. ,u-, ..... ..
atari. , ""tiuiB uuu mu new
ttu of the city departments Iwr-nn
tlnwd o rar. tV,urt..Column Oni
Skating Today
fiustine.
Concourse,
Hunting Tark.
damhUylkiU rlver Rbovo FIat noe
Mtrlon Golf Club.
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INAUGURATION OF
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At tho lefy is J. Hampton Moore tailing the oath of office at the hands of Justice
HIchard Wcglein, president of the new city Council, Governor
FIREMAN IS HURT
Others rVarrowly Escape Death
When Roof Falls in Vine
Street Garage Fire
MANY DRIVEN FROM HOMES
One fireman wns seriously injured qnd
several others narrowly escaped death
this mornlng.nt a firo which destroyed
the garage of Mariana Bros.. 11M0 Vine
hlrect, 'The blaze caused 10,000 dam
age. The injured fireman is William Arm
strong, of Knginc Company No. 18. lie
is in the Hahnemann Hospital.
Fanned by a northwest wind, the
flames for a time threatened nearby
buildings. The fireman kept the bhuc
from spreading,
The firefighters worked under a
handicap of freezing wntcr plugs and
the intense cold added to their troubles.
The roof of the building fell with a
erash shortly after tne fire started and
many of the firemen escaped injury by
intnuint In Ibn trrnlllnl.
Occupants pf nearby bouses mocd
their furniture nnd other belongings to i
the street. Some sought ihelter in j
homes a safe distance from the fire.
The cause of the blaze is undetermined.
LANCASTER MAYOR DIES
Was About to Be Sworn In for Sec
ond Term
Ijincasler, Pa.. .Ian. fi. A few min
utes before he was to be sworn into
office for bis second term as major of
the city, Major Harry h. Trout, aged
sixty-six, died at the Lancaster Gen
eral Hospital, where he has been con
fined since his campaign. He had suf
fered n nonous breakdown.
Mayor Trout was elected to office ou
the Ilepublleaii ticket after a strenuous
campaign, defeating Daniel C. Schcuf
fpr. Democrat. He was also president
'of the Trout Bindery, one of the largest
ot its kind in tins section ot uie siaie.
PAINTEXPLOD"ES; 3 BURNED
Can Containing Coloring Matter Had
Been Set on Kitchen Range
An exploding can of paint on the
kitchen rnngo severely burned thioc per
sjjns today at l-." Pemberton street.
Thev are Mary Prjbella, fifty years
old, sefious burns of the face and body j
Anthony, her husband, fifty-throe jenrs
old, burns of the hands and face, ami
Stella, her daughter, twenty-two years
old. burns of the face.
, They all were treated at the Penn
sylvania Hospital,
WOOD ALCOHOL KILLS TWO
Louisville Negroes Die and Others
Critically III From "Whisky"
Louisville, K.V., Jan. 5. (By A. P.)
Two negroes died here late last night
and two other persons were reported
critically ill as u result, according to
Coroner Carter, of drinking wood alco
hol "whisky" purchased from an al
leged bootlegger.
Coroner Carter revealed that wood
alcohol takcu as whisky had caused five
deaths here within n month.
COSTLY FIRE IN BETHLEHEM
More Than $250,000 Loss In Busi
ness Center of City
Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 5. (By A. P.)
Fire of unknown origin broke out in
ono of the most prominent business
blocks in thn city nt midnight, entail'
ing a loss nf morn thnn $250,000.
The store of P. AV. Woolworth &
Co., including two apartments, and n
(lour and feed store were destroyed and
nearby places badly damaged. Five
families arc homeless. The loss is partly
covered by Insurance,
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NEW MAYOR PLEDGES
NONPOLITICAL RULE
Adherence to Charter, Fair Contracts, Police and
Firemen Out of Politics, Art Gallery and Exhibit
Hall Promised in Inaugural Speech '
The complete text of the inaugural
address mada by Mayor Moore today
Jolloc:
"Follow- Citizens. Custom- anil - the
confidence jou have reposed in me as
chief executive officer of Philadelphia
suggest the propriety ot n brief declara
tion of intent with respect to tho work
of the incoming administration. It will
bo assumed without question.
"I trust that I am deeply sensible
of the high honor that has been con
ferred upon me and of the tremendous
responsibility that goes with it. Nor
is a full appreciation of the hopes and
epee(atious of the people as to the
change of government, inaugurated bj
the new city charter, lacking.
"1 am persuaded that our citi.ens
are hoping for better things and
that the eyes ot the people of I'enii
lania and of other sections of the
country are looking toward this, the
first American eitj, with a pride and
intcn-l inspired by its history and
patriotic traditions.
To Ghe LCffert to the Charier
"It is with a Arm determination to
i ghe full force and effect to the new city
(barter and with lively hopes of in-
I stalling municipal government re
sponsive (o the wishes of the people
, al homo and abroad that the new
.'Major and his associates in the admin-
I istration enter upon their weighty taslt.
lliej begin iree trom sellisli or sinister
influences, seeking to win and retain
the confidence ot the people by doing
that which is right and which, being
right, is best calculated to uphold the
law and secure to tie people that peace,
prosperity and happiness to which by
every inherent and constitutional right
they are entitled.
"Crrors of judgment and mistakes in j
performance aie as characteristic nf
governments as they are of individuals,
and the new administration is aware of
its limitations. But' it begins its work ,
with the, assurance that while it asks
for tolerance ou the part of those who I
may become impatient tliat retorins or
public improvements are not accom
plished In a day, it will welcome fair
and reasonable criticism with respect
to all its acts. Indeed, it will be one
of the recourses of the administration
to heep the people informed as to all
of its important transactions. Such
publicity will be helpful not only that
the administration may keep in touch
with public sentiment, but that it
may the better enlist the public in
terest in its general scheme or develop
ment. The wider the opportunity to
make known the real heart of the so
cial, tho commercial and the industrial
strength of Philadelphia, the better it
will stand in the esteem of the common
wealth and the nation.
Problems to be Faced
"It is manifestly impossible in this
brief inaugural to deal upecilically with
all tho problems having to do with the
welfare of the 2,000,000 people now
making up the population of Philadel
phia. Many of these problems -the
construction of great halls to draw
1,11 Iter contentions of national import,
the erection of a gallery to house the
works of art collected by Philadelphia's
connoisseurs for tho enrichment of Jbe
public mind, the providing of a great
central plare of deposit for the. display
of the city's manifold Industrial prod,
nets, tho reception and entertainment
of distinguished visitors and the con
duel of celebrations all these and many
more, including memorials to be erected
for our gallant soldiers and sailors, will
be taken up in due oourso and formally
presented to the new Council as soon
as may be afier the new governmental
machinery is in running order.
"But n few of the major problems
about which the people are concerned,
and which we believe aro attracting the
watchful interest of many of our neigh
boring cities and of tho whole people of
Pennsylvania, can be briefly noted.
It is thought by some that the
new charter la moro or less experi
mental, but as to some of the bigger
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Robert von Moschzishcr. At the right of the group In the order named arc,
Sproul, arid at the end, the retiring Major, Thomas It. Smith
Points Made by Mooro
-in His Inaugural-Speech
The new administration enters
office with "n firm determination to
givo full fone and effect to the new
city charter."
It will keep the public infr.i ipciI
ou all matters involving the ex
penditure of public mom j .
Hrcction of a convention hnii. u
public art gallery, an indiislri-il t'.
hibit and memorials to s"n!iv men
will be taken up.
Police and firemen are In be di
vorced from politics, and freed of
political assessments. This holds for
all city cmplojes.
AVill encourage faithful and cfli
cient cmplojes. Those who jield to
"outside influences" will not be so
favorablj considered.
The citj's interests aro to be safe
guarded uguinst unfair co.itinits and
against contractor-influence. Cnn-contrnetor-infiiiencr.
All contract
forms are to be -crutiui.id and re
vised to Heed nut fuvurili-111 and
hliicl. "iiiijr.it claims. "
The port must be developed In the
limit of the city's ability.
Plans for rapid transit will be
proceeded with advisedly, hut with
out unnecessary delay. The Dela
ware river bridge will be pushed.
The city's water supplj will bo
subject to earlj inquiry. The con
struction of sewers will be hastened.
Street-openings iiutlmrued by old
Councils will be scrultinzed to les
sen land-damngc claims against the
city. The mandumiis evil will be
tuken up with the city solicitor.
problems it carries positive instructions
with regard to municipal performance,
instructions that cannot be avoided and
that will not knowingly be dNobejcd.
One of these major problems relates to
the long-standing grievance against tho
activity of policemen and tiremeu in
politics. There can be no misunder
standing of the law in this regard.
Police and Firemen Out of Politics
"The policemen and firemen of PIiII
adclphia are to be divorced completely
from political activity. The law re
moves them from the domination of
political bosses, reliiu-es them from the
payment of political assessments nnd
provides punishment if they disobey the
law. It is the purpose of the adminis
tration to see that this law is enforced.
Policemen and firemen will be permitted
to save their earnings; they will be
respected and self-respecting, nnd when
It is possible will receive higher com
pensation or be promoted from lower
to higher station as merit and service
W arrant. Those who prove unworthy
or who disobey, the law and bring others
of the force iuto disgrace shall he re
moved from their midst. The spirit of
the law with respect to policemen nnd
firemen holds also as to other employes
of the municipal government who will
be expected to obey the luw. As to
incm niso, euorts win ne made at an
early day to adjust compensation anijj
encourage promotious ou the basis of
merit and faithful service
Itcward Faithful Sen Ice
"I cannot too strongly emphasize the
desire of the administration to encour
age thn emplojes of tho city who render
faithful and efficient service. Those
who fall to do so, or who, yielding to
outside Influences, In any way einhar-
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SUIT OF CI.OTHKS. $15.00
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ooit of Jiy nr la Jnury Popuc Bcitec
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Terrified People Fill Churches.
One Collapses, Adding to
peath Toll
MULTITUDES ARE HOMELESS
By the, Associated Press
Mexico- "City; " Jan. 71. Ten' 'slates
were shakeu by the earthquake vvliivh
on Saturday night and jesierdny de
stroyed several villages and caused
many deaths in the stale of Vera Cruz.
These slates were Mexico, l'uebhi, Vera
Criu, Onvnen. Guerrero. Moivlo-. Ja
lisco, Tlnxcnln. Hidalgo anil (Juerl'iin.
Ttcpnrts leeched up t II o'clock last
night indicated the center of the seis
mic convulsion wns in the neighborhood
nf Mount Orizaba, a volcano situated
about seventj miles west of era Cm,
on the line between the states of Vera
Cruz mill Piiebln. It wim in this neigh
borhood that the most serious damage
was done.
Teocelo, ii village thirtj -five miles
northeast of the volrano, has been v ii
tuall.v destrojed and a similar fate lie
fell Cotiztlan, a small hamlet in that
neighborhood. Wiies bave been ton.
down bj the violence of the tremor and
only fnigmentarj reports have reached
this citj. but it ! sntcd there wen
many casualties in both towns
ARTHQUAKE KILLS
SCORES N
MEXCO
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11 city about lift j miles northwest "f I .Mn.-iIulT and damned be he who first
era ( ruz vveie diimnged. Keports , ,.,.;,., l,nhl enough.' "
from Orualm. a citj ten miles south i simrtlj befoie HI o'elo.-k,' the Inde
of the volcano, slnle hut several liusi- , rn(1(M( mi.m,prs of the new Council
iiesi oioeus iiiiu i-nuriiie, i ear me i cu -
ter of the town weic cracked.
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In the suburbs of Orizaba the sin
was very severe, inaiiv iers,,s being i
reporicu much ueucaiu I ueir wrecse,, ,
wiiiliii. 'r in i. iiinl. fi-iuio iliii'imr n iifii
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formatter at the theatre at Orizaba and
panic-strickeu people leaped from the
balconies into the pit in their efforts
to escape. No one was killed, but many
were injured.
Vera Cruz Suffers Most
Incomplete press reports indicate that
the state of Vera Cruz suffered more
than any other section, although dis
turbances weic felt throughout the en
tire republic. Advices from Cordoba
say that thirty dead have already been
accounted for in the village of San Juan
Coscomatcpec, where many bouses were
destroyed.
There lire unconfirmed reports of a
similar catastrophe jn the village of
Huntusco. At Jnlapn. further north,
fifty victims of the earthquake have been
counted, including numerous dead.
Lack of communication with the other
small towns and villages in the theatre
of the disturbance makes even approxi
mate estimates of the casualties im
possible. Information obtained from the gov
ernment observatory at Tacubayn shows
there were three distinct shocks. The
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TO BOOST MISSION DOLLAR
Church Conference Alms to Cut Ad
ministration Expenses
Atlantic City, Jan. 5. To make the
missionary dollar, of which it once wn
said ninety cents went fn- administra
tion nnd ten cents for the heathen, go
further through a co-ordinated plan of
action for the disbursement nf the hun
dred of millions raised for the evan
gelization of the world, is the object
of the first post-bellum lonferenie of
began preliminary sessions here till-
the iuterchurcii win id -movement
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morning.
"If the Allies had fought the Ger
mans Jn the way the churches havo been
fighting sin nud Iguoiince in the world,
the war might be going on still." said
II. It. Gi eaves, a New York banker,
wldi heads the Kuptlst cainpah-n to
raise ,$100,000,000.
PAISH TO ADDRESS BANKERS
Sir George Paisb. the British finan.
cial expert so vvidelv known as the
editor of the London Statist, will be one
of the speakers at the Philadelphia
bankers' diuncr jm January 0,
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ORGANIZES
AFTER BiTTER ROW;!
Vare Filibuster on Rules Draws
Factional Lines Rigidly, De-
lays Work 35 Minutes
BALLOT 11 TO 10 ON ALL
ISSUES PUT TO VOTE
"Steam-Roller Methods," Cries
Gaffney Hall Promises War.
Cries "Lay on, Macduff"
The organization this morning of the
new city Council of twenty-one mem
bers was marked by bitter warfare,
Kverything that was accomplished
followed a -spirited fight. Council .was
split; the plirnse "no factionalism" and
the word "harmony" were repeatedl.v
ridiculed. livery time a vote was taken
the result was the same the Indc
.lenduits won their points by their ma
ioritj ot one.
Willi one exception the eleven Indc
p 'iideut members: voted together; feo
dhl the Vare followers
The one exception
nrd Wcglein was belli,
nent chaiimnn of the i
I!. Hall, nominated for the chair by tin
minority forces of the Vnies, voted for
the Independent choice. Mr. Wcglein
returned the compliment.
Split Apparent
I'.ven before Council was called to
order ot 10 o'clock the split was ap
parent. The eleven Independents were
sealed ou one side of the chamber, for
merly used by Select Council. The ten
Vare men were on the other side.
Almost as soon as the session opened,
n filibuster was launched from the Vare
side of the chamber. It held up ro
ceoiliiigs thirty-five minutes;. Then
fuither argument mid discussion' ou
parliamentary procedure held up the
perinauent organization. Mr. I Tail,
with Joseph Gaffnej, led the Vare
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lioin sines were ueieriiiiiiei . ami uie
iiim; .'aii.i . ,in i,i ill
nil eneni cuts ,
WEGLEIN PRESIDENT
brought 'victory each time. The Viirci,.,. .fln.: w ,,, ...., ihlrtv-three
leaders called
the ItKlependciits the i
"eleven wise
men. illlil ilinrgeil
'steam-1 oiler methods.'!
War Satisfies Von Tagen
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only onie. Then Charles von Tagen
did nothing to heal il.
"If it miiM be war. Ie u
bine war.'
he said. '
Mr. Hall, in referring to the split.1
deplored il. He called for peat e lie-
Iween the two sides of the house audi
said he would welcome it. But he added
that war would find the "'are men pre-
i pared. He seemed to expect that the
war would continue, aiiid he nfeiicd to
I 1-liUMHI men who voted fin' Judge Put- i
I lerson having their heads I nocked olT.
I "Laj On Mariluli." Sajs Hall I
1 "I still hope there will lie twenty
one men upholding the new adininis
liation." lie said. "If theic is to be I
peace I welcome it. If war. let it be
, war to the Unite uiiil to the inn and
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old Select Council chnniber. '1'he ten
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f(M. (Vlln,.j , ,.liUotl for organization.
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Judge Aiideurelii
administered the
Cnntlnurri on race Two, Column Two
CANADIAN EX-PREMIER FOR WATERWAYS BOARD
OTTAWA, Juu. 5. Tho appointment of Sir William Hearst,
former premier of Ontario, as a member of the Canadian section
of the International Ureater Wutcrways Couiniisbion, has been
ieconuncn.ie3 to the government of Great Britain.
ORGANIZE STUDENTS IN DRY WORLD CRUSADE
DES MOINES, Iown, Jan. 5. For tl.e purpose of further
organising &tu.aents in the univenJUes nud colleges of the United.
States for bervice among btudcuts and universities of foreign
countries in the "world'movement against alcohol,' tho Inter,
couvgiata Prohibition Association held its biennial national
convention and oratorical contest here today.
FIRE ON LINER PRETpRIA
$100,000 Damage to Steamship by
Blaze of Undiscovered Origin
New York. Jan. .. (By A. P.)
Pile of undiscovered origin caused dam
age estimated at S100.000 to the steam
ship Pretoria at her pier ou Statcu
Island shortly before she was to have
sailed at dawn today. The Pretoria Is
a founer Hamburg-American liner, re
centlj turned over to Great Britain by
the I uited States Governmeut after
serving as u transport.
This was the third ship fire of unde.
termlned origin along the Statcu Island
shore iu the last few days.
When you think of vrrltlnr,
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Hero Arc the Results
in Nciv Council Election
llichnrd AVcgleln, president,
William II. Felton, oleik.
Marry J. Wittig, sergeont-at-nrnis.
Lewis II. Van Duscn, Clinton
lingers Woodruff and Chnrles W.
Nceld, civil service commissioners,
7 CHILDREN, 4 ADULTS,
TDApppn RV FIRF ARF
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RESCUED BY FIREMEN
Defective
Flue Causes Early
Morning Blaze in Store as
Families Sleep
Seven children and four adults, their
parents, were rescued this morning from
the room in which they were penned by
uiioko and flames by firemen.
The fire was confined to tire- first
floor of the store and dwelling at S2S
South Fourth street. It began, in, a
defective flue
Mrs. Ida Polamkin, who with her
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oupuuou Him im- njimrni occupies iuv (
third floor, was awakened by dense!
black smoke.
Arousing her husband and the cl.il-
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ui u nui.- ou mi- luiiui.i nun ii iu mi-
, . . 'second floor and there aroused Mr. nnd ' l.'mler the war ctncrgcncj- Congress has
.".Ji'miili1- Charles Schwartz and their two!'.1 '-'!' t stop immediately the snle of
icvv- , v. ChartE" children. .But their further descent wns j ,nt?"f!V i1,',1"?:' ',c f''"'.rt '"jW-
. .!. . iVVi i .. Viw. I . rr i ,i a i i ,i , Xlsocinte Justice Brandcis. who ren
cut off b.v the flames and smoke on the
ground floor.
They opened the windows and called
for help. The engine company nt Front
nnd Quccji streets was summoned. Cap-
of'-tVV'fiVemeo' NaW" ,li,(-,tf1 tllc "orU
fT flfSt their wax thronzh the
ir,mh. In II.,. I,pln,-.,p,.,.,l f. U7.
carried them to safety.
....u... ... ...i ... i. uiiv i 'iniitv-J iim
.1 . .
The liic in the store was subdued.
HURT WHEN PIPE EXPLODES
I Two P. R. R. Roundhouse Workmen
Victims of Locomotive Accident
I Two lVnusjIvaniu I toil mail roil ml -
I - ....l - i ... in , e l
j iiiiuse nuiiwni-ii i-iuiiuji'n in i riiuKinru
i.iunciuiu were severely irtjurcil when n
strpni ,, rx-i0u,M in ieoniouVc
i.:..i. ,i .., :.. j...i..
Tbcj',
old. of T.021 Ogden street." and Wi'llian'l
Tusre . thirtv-eicht iraw old. of "OUT
Bridge street.
Herman has a fractured nose, coneuu
.i.-ision of the bruin and burns upon hl
-
lLXls.!3rA,
r'Xd IIs, ilaMor Irentn Ll ' !
When the nine exploded. Kcrm.iii wns
thiovvii several feet. Tugel was
ill-lit
"
in a cloud ol steam.
BID FOR SHORE HOTEL
n. ii j i i i r. j.. .
Philadelphia Creditors Agree to Two
Weeks' Adjournment of Sale
tlantic C'ily, Jim .-..The sale
I the St. Charles Hotel hero was con -
I s.dcrcd todaj at a meeting of the .-red-
itor called lij former Judge Clarence
' 1j. Cole, referee in bankruptcj .
1'redirick C. P.rjan. an ntton.ev of
Washington, rcpicsenting n sv ndicnte,
'offered .sI.'J.'tl.tMH) for the bench -front
'property.
funics Clendenin. nf Baltimore,
I ciii'irnian of the stockholders' commit
tee, pleaded for an adjournment of two
1 weeks befoie final ilircplailce of the
ioiTii s0 that the stockholders might b.
I permitted to gather resource ami per
illing, outbid the Washington sj ndicnte.
i John M. Thissell, a Philadelphia at
tornc.v , who represented sixty-two cred
itors, was agreeable to the postpone
ment, as it would in no way interfere
with the first nrnositioti. which allows
thirtj dnjs.
TUGMEN'S CLAIMS NOT MET
River Shipping Tied Up While Own
ers and Crcwu Parley
The demands of the tugboat men for
shorter hour's and more pay have not
jet been met by the boat owners and
there are no signs of an immediate set
tlement of the situation. In the meun
tiino shipping is tied up. with the re
sult that Jargo amounts of money will
U0J,,,t ,h.v the shipping men.
The Harbor Hoatmeu's Cul,,,,, mnill.
lip of the crews of the tugs, has been
promised a conference with the owners
as hooii as the latter have concluded
their parley with the Masters. Mates
and Pilots' Acsociutlon. Jt Is said that
most of the tuts ownern are Jn favor of
jranticir the demands, of the men.
DRY ENFORCEMENT
MEASURE IS HELD
ITIONAL
Beverages of y2 Per Cent or
More Alcohol Illegal, Divided
Bench Decides
WAR EMERGENCY OVER,
DISSENTING OPINION SAYS
Sale
of 2.75 Beer Legal
Volstead Bill Was
Passed
Until
By the Associated Press
Washington. .Ian. .". The Volstead
iirohibltion enforcement net defining as
intoxicating uny beverage containing
one-balf of 1 per cent or more of alco
hol was declared constitution.nl toilm-
b.v the Suiireme Cnxirt In fit, .nintir, At
. , . i. ., ....." "" ".
wucil llic Court UlVIOCd, ,i to 4 ,St
""into Justices Daj. Clarke. Van K4
vainer and JlcHoynoIds dissenting.
L,, U .""'"'"'S . ' ? ,
ier
the
.:;:.." , "" mi.- miiuiiic
urn lllntion
act. the
court
decided.
dered the opinion of the court, said th
right of Congress to suppress the liquor
t rathe wus not an implied novvcr, but
a power cxpresscdly granted.
I Files Dissenting Opinion
JUMI.T Moltojuolds, in a dissenting
'T """h"W" ',
II,"' '." ""V ,'.' ",m '" Kt OHU
IIIIII llin toIn,.,,! ,,..,...... i
... .. n,i jmiiicu kri ii nil' ii
linn ml
general power to prohibit the manufac
ture and sale of liquor.
Justice Mclte.vnolds tool; the posi
tion that the war eniergencv under
vvluch national prohibition wns made
CONSTIT
riiri-iive nau jiasscij.
Proceedings brought by Jacob Itup
pqrt. of Ncv York, to enjoin the gov
ernment from prohibiting the sale ot
..i.i tier cent beer w re ordered d!s
in rsei l5 the coqrlr . rf-,!
lnipiert's cuso was bropqiit,mide-ig
the viirHuie act. He- alleged fhtijf 2r?S
lierM'tiU' hecr wtw noniiitoxI'-alTng', but
that the Volstead net by limiting tho
alcoholic content prohibited thp .wile of
beer manufactured under regulations,
prescri'ii d under the Lever food contrdl
ict I j President Wilson.
om mum..
... '"' ,,?T' '"'"nht. against th
I 7V'"".1""" Jrewerj at Baltimore and iho
'"'"'"" 'r''" illK Cn- "' Ncw OcJeillls
tor iiianufncluring l.7i per cent beer
,i ',re the wartime prohibition enforcc-
' meiil lie' lecnme effective were ordered
' '"-' the court.
i . I'' deciding these case Justice Day
'" ' uii.'inimoiis npiuiou held that the
manufacture or beer containing ; 2.75
l"'1 eei.t alcohol w.vs legal until tha
, l"-" "ll" ot in- v ol.-t.uii act.
L. ' "n '""nnieni todaj liled in the
,".,.","M,' " lrl "s answer to the appli-
i cation of the state of Ithode Island
I for permission to institute original pro-
' reeding- to test the constitutionality of
the national prohibition constitutional
umeiHimen:.
King Presents Brief
Solicitor .General King, in his brief.
i.iivKeu nun me Mine ot ithode Island
, failed to state facts warranting original
proceedings, if the ease is one that
should be instituted, he milled, the fed
eral government should be named ns
I defendant, but that could be doue only
with the consent of Die government.
t At the same time Attorney General
riiomus V. McCran. of New Jersev .
asked dismissal of similar proceedings
brought on behalf of the Itetail Liquor
Dealers' Association of New Jersey to
nijoiu state mid federal authorities from
eufnrcing the amendment in that state.
A brief in support of the associa
tion s case also was tiled by counsel for
the organization.
In the brief it was contended that
the Supreme Court had jurisdiction nnd
that the prohibition amendment was
different from other constitutional
amendments in "Hint it assumes to
rcgiiluU- the private life of citizens. "
Kear Arbitrary Power
If the procedure of enactment was
valid, the brief asserted, it followa that
"n bare two-thirds of a bare majority
of the membership of the House in Con
giess and a bare majority of the mem
bership of three-fourths of the state
Legislatures can constitutionally adopt
anj uiuciidmcnt to the. constitution
which they may desire.
"In other words." it continued, "u.
group of public officials, which ut the
maximum muy be less than 2800 nnd nt
the minimum may be less than 1400.
hold in their hands the constitution of
the rnJted States and the piopcrty, '
the liberty and even the lives of 1J0.
(KH).IMHI of people. Their power, if the
'eighteemh amendment' hits been con
stitutlonally adopted, is absolute and
arbitral' beyond that id uiij group of
men known to hlstovj ."
GALA NIGHJJFOR THIEVES
Window Smashers Help Themselves
to Attractive Displays
Thieves broke windows with a Ven
geance last night.
They smashed the window of the
trunk store of Willinui furry, 1112
Chestnut street, and tooit f''0O worth
of bidles' handbags and other leather
goods.
'I'iiey smashed iu tho window' 'W.'
Cohcii & Kalsermnu'N, ,i.1i) Market
sin-ri, mm sioie u iur coui vajuru flit
?30
nd they flushed the window of Ih
Bi
llcrt IluunlngWiii Drug Store, '"ifJU tMJ i
'niukford avenue, and got aw y wltk ' , ii
;iH worth of brushed, toilet qrtteiatVA b ")''
,ud conps. AT r j j
-. m' ' 14
nvtr or ciyiTiiKH. tj.on . v )l
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$1)4
au
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