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THE WEATHER
WnMtlnglon, .Inn. .11. Fair today
mid tomorrow; wanner tomorrow,
TMiriatATunr. at bach noun
Euentng Hub lie feftger
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! SPO&TS
! EXTRA
V0L vl no. no
OLD EERRY HOUSE Ina
i t oiester is Kin
DESTROYEDBYFIRE iBHW
Boat Discharges Passengers
.' Who Aid in fighting Blaze.
Saves Sister Vessel
WIND AIDS BLAZE;
LOSS MAY BE $40,000
Structure Was Landmark for
Nearly a Century Remem
bered by Philadelphians
" The old Gloucester ferry house
throusb. which hundreds ot thousands
Philadelphia ns have pnsscd when the
Jlttlc town on the Delaware was a lively
resort, was destroyed by fire today.
Flames were discovered in one of
Ihe small offices in the south end of
the buildins shortly after 8 o'clock. A
hemv wind was blowing over the Dela
ware and in n few minutes the entire
structure i as ( swept by flames. The
08S wm reach' $10,000.
On account ot its long history the
old ferry house was actually revered
bv tlie people, of Gloucester. Kvcry
resident along the river front turned in
to lend a hand.
Standing out a "hero" was the ferry
boat Tearless. True to its name this
kturdy old craft on its return trip from
Philadelphia plunged directly into the
ferry slip while the Arc was raging and
.H.nrrrnA lf TMSKPnBTOrK. . InfetCttd of
f asking to escape the passengers shouted
to tbe veterau pilot, Captain David Van
Ilcst, to take them asnore.
All Want to Help
''We want to help," several skip-
irnrlcira shOUtCtl.
"So do I." shouted the pilot. 1
The Fearless, after discharging its
Immnn onnro. then backed out of the '
slip and cast anxious eyes toward its
sister ferryboat, the Dauntless, which
was resting for the winter in another
dock.
Backing out of the slip .through a
curtain of dense smoke, the Fearless
sroned its wily to the side of the Daunt
less.
Oevrrui uuuu liuuus inusl.1.. ununj mi:
retired ferry boat to the Fearless and
the old craft was towed in saicty to
tie immigration headquarters.
Meanwhile those on shore were work
ing hard against big odds. Long tongues
ot flame, fanned by the relentless wind,
FnreialinrtnwjMl ilnnm fnt- iho Ktrnphiro.
ACfertholess the townspeople and scores
no tanned from the Font-less earned
great quantities of merchandise and
oods ot all kinds ovhioh Jia,d been placed
'In the structure awniiing'sliipriicut.
The old belfry ntop the ferry house
i fell shortly after the fire started and
humanely avoided the firefighters. It
clattered into the blazing ruins.
Shipyards Give Aid
Gloucester fire companies wcrp nn the I
scene quickly. KeaJizmg that it would
be a big fight, fire companies from near-
uj empjurus anu aibo troin Woodbury,
and other Mirroundinir towns witi sum.
moned. Stubborn fire, nhim ennted v!Hi
ice added to other obstacles. JTthc fire
men, however, pieced their hose together
and managed to get plenty of water
iium me ueiawarq.
The police tug Asbbridgc and city ice
boat No. J also came to the rescue. The
.iMDnoge, in command ot Lieutenant
I rank Sinister, ran In tlm Imvop tlh
nod directed n steady stream on the
flames. Two lines nf linsn n nlsn
run from the iceboat, which ran in the
upper dock.
The nearest buildiug to the ferrv-
flOUSe IS tho olrl Ttlionn Vtotii IIn(,.l
'This was threatened for a time, but
a nucu uy ine nremen. The fcrrv
house is owned by the Gloucester Ferry
t.O. and was lT landmark for npnrlr n
cntury.
,, William Hambleton, treasurer of
Ine ferry eompauy, said that ferry ser
vice between Philadelphia and Glouces
ter would be temporarily discontinued.
IOC JipfirlpSc trill n.ii..,. t.t...Ki.....
ing in Philadelphia from the sbip-
....u-v luuigiii. anu. oy operating irom
he harf of the Now York Shipbuild
ing CO.. Ulll nkn tnrn .nrn nt ihum
unlil n new ferry bouse is erected.
FLIER'S MIND COLLAPSES
,
Man Who Fell In War Will Recover
Reason, Doctors Say
i PJJL Dougherty, twenty-four years
Ol'l, 18.ii It tner strrph. t in fhi. Wnm.
lijns Homeopathic Hospital buffering
."ii nnrconeij" ot the rright ho
receive, m France, when he fell 1(100
teet uj an jiirplnnc.
lor sewrnl weeks after the accident,
"ougberty, who was nn aviator In the
v, staes army, was delirious.
hile standing at the corner ot Ger
inautown and Lehigh nvenues yester
ar, this rnmlllinti rvxnp.nl
.Pedestrians were amazed n't the nn-
. I1CS Of ilu vinni. inn., Tli. nHn.l 1
'ti '. '-" rf" ......K Jill- LJll-u U11U
:, 'jumped about. He was taken to fho
nospitai Ho imagines that ho' is in
the falling plane. He will recover,
Physicians say,
GRIP CSES ON THE WANE
IjHealth Department Plnurm shnw
Drop From Previous Day
Iufiucnza is on the decrcaso in the
itv.
This Wntl Rlinwn hi fiiriifna i'i.kiin,l
today by the Department nf Health.
mlc 217 new wises were reported to
Jiay. there were ?00 eases, reported to
"t toflny's eases, ninety-seven wcro
renortpil in lm 1m Vn.n. it,ti...ini..i.i..
rixty-fivo in West Philadelphia, ninety
I ouuin i-uiiaueipiiia nnu thirteen In
-Jermniitown.
Director l"ui'buEh .Issued a warning
today against spitting in public ploees.
jin sent Inspectors to points throughout
'ho city where persons gather, such lis
ubwa btatious. railway vdenots nnd
Ihcntres, to warn nossibln offenilpr
"Suinst the practice, which is prohibited
by ord nance.
Iwo inorn deaths were reported at
jho navy yard today, making n totul of
'ne deaths out of -100 cases. The epl
neniic has iibatcd substantially in the
Jard.
Skating Today
Gustlne,
f oncourse.
Hnntlng Park.
Entered as Second-Ctnas Matter At tha
uuuet ma ct 01
DK. IHwVin SPKNCKK
Ho Mas appointed today by Direc
tor Tustln as physician-in-chief
or the new city bureau of chari
ties and correction
IDENTIFIES MAN AS BANDIT
Cigar Dealer Recognizes Prisoner as
Robber Suspect Helcf
Louis Pctrosky today identified Kd
win Campbell, alias Hdward West, alias
Joseph King, twenty-hvc years old, of
Eric, as the bandit who entered his
cigar btore at 0 South Thirteenth street
Thursday night and robbed him of $00.
Campbell was arraigned before Mag
istrate Mccleary in the Central Sta
tion. Pctrosky was unable to identify
him at first, bit made a positive iden
tification when Campbell put his cap on.
Campbell wns held without bail for
court.
The suspect is thought to be the
bandit who entered the Hanover Hotel
last August and got $700 from a clerk
and n guest at the point of a revolver.
James Travis, twenty-three years
oio, who was arrested with Uampbcll,
was held without bail for a further
hearing next Saturday to give the police
a chance to investigate his record.
U. S. OFFICIAL RESIGNS
Internal Revenue Field Chief to En
ter Business Here
Thomas Littlehales, chief field deputy
in the bureau ot internal revenue, re
signed this afternoon. He had about
100 men under him, working throughout
Pennsylvania enforcing the revenue laws
and the prohibition legislation. .
Littlehales, who has held his job for
two years ns chief deputy, and for three
years before that was an inspector, is
going into business. He will be the
local representative ot Harnett C.
Keith Co., income tax experts.
ftRFn VIRTIM OF AUTO IIIE
AUtu viuiiivi ur huiu uiea
, . .. ... . , .
-lear-uiu man was oituck oy
r uy
Machine January 9 Driver Is Held"
William Wnrd, seventy-seven jears
old, 71.1 Kast Clearfield street, died in
the Kplscopal Hospital last night from
Injuries received when he was struck
by an automobile January 0.
Kdwurd Forterott, thirty years old,
2,""o North Cleveland avenue, who
drove the auto, was arraigned and held
u .f400 bail for court shortly after the
accident,
L- Olierou H m-uiivan-u luuiti ami
given fc .hearing betore .uagis ra c
Glenn, who held him without bail to
await the action of the coroner.
I,
..r-in. nr-i n iii i inn unable to furnish the tags fast enough,
MESSINA HELD IN KILLING , expires at midnight tonight.
Benjamin G. Kynon, stnte registrar,
Arraigned on Murder Charge Whenlsnid at Harrisburg today Mint the extra
" s , " period ot grace positively would not he
Me IS neicasea rrom nospiicii
Charles Messina, discharged from the
Philadelphia (lenernl Hospital last
night, faced a charge ot murder today,
when taken before Magistrate Coward,
at the Seventh and Carpenter streets
polico station. He was accuesd of stab
bing Charles Torri, twenty-four years
old, of 0JI2 Montrose street, in a tight
on December1 2,'(, at Darien nnd Chris
tian streets, during which Torri shot
Messina.
Messina's condition was for a long
time serious. He has refused to tell
the cause of the fight. He is thirty
four years old and lives in Federal
street'neur Tenth. ' .
Magistrate Coward held him without
bail, to await the action of the coroner,
Torrl's mother was at the heariug
todav. She became greatly excited at
the sight of Messina, but persons with
her succeeded in quieting her.
BLUE EYES, AUBURN HAIR,
m . vj -
VKT INSISIS XHtlX IJtrJ.r
J. A4 .M. .- . - - --
Philadelphian Applies for
That Fashion Show Job Of
fered Homely Girl
Is Married, She Says, and
Needs Money to Combat
H. C. of L.
Graciously we told her that wo were
quite sure she wouldn't do.
She had announced, timidly, that she
Mas nfter that job offered in New
York for nn "ugly girl" to appear in n
fashion show.
This amazing oung woman, who.
lm hair which is trulv auburn, and
whose eyes are a charming blue, insist- .
cd that she was homely and that she
was going to get that job.
"I am married." she said, 'and 1
need the money, ou Know wnni ine ;
high co't of living is."
And so. her insistence prevailing she j
was put in touch with Harry S. Her
nnrd, ncr the long distance telephone
Mr. llernurd. whoso otlice is at 12.0 1
Broadway. New York, represents the
Retail Milliners' Association, which Is
..-..,, ,.!,,. the fashion show.
The idea of the show Is to demonstrate
that It Is the hat that counts, and not
he girl. A beautiful hat will trans-
n... frnnilsnicce of any girl, no
nfitter how homel, these optimistic
llllllio11" P"J . , , ,., . . , ,
Mr. Bernard, who hitherto had swept
the country with telegrams in nn effort
to find n girl who was homely and would
admit It. wns Interested in what this
young Puiladelphinii had to say. He
asked her to" send him her picture, and
when this arrives, h" HI decide If sho
Is the gin lor i" j
"What ronkc you
think yojt arc
rostofflc. at Philadelphia, Ta.
Aiarcn , ityu.
Bryan's Whack at Wets
Rouses Ire of Democrats
Leaders Wanted to Be "Liberal" on Prohibi
tion, but Attack on Cummings and
Edwards Spilled the Beans
By CLINTON V. GILBERT
Staff Corrcwpondtnt ot the Krenlne Tubllc Irfdter
Washington, .Tan. .Tl.TVy raising the
prohibition issue llryan has innde the
Democratic nnfinnnl lrnrlpra furious.
The uttnek upon Chairman Homer Cum
mings and upon Uovcrnor Kdwards, ot
New Jersey, pnded nil the pacific talk
which followed his utterance upon the
treaty at the Jackson Day dinner.
After his declaration that the treaty
should not be made a political issue
the talk was that the Peerless Leader
should be allowed to sit in the conven
tion, have a squint at the candidate
nominated,, apply his blue pencil to the
platform ,nnd in return bring his radi
cal following into the party and lead
them to tlm polls on election day.
Then followed his pronouncement that
the wet issue must not be raised in
the next election, thus taking the form
nf n sharp attach upon the boom of
Governor Edwards, the recently elected
wet governoi'of New Jersey. Mr. Homer
Cummings went over to New Jersey
and attended a banquet in honor ot
Governor Kdwards. Mr. Bryan swung
his flail upon the devoted head of Mr.
Cummings. One must not even put
BOY FATALLY SHOT
Youngsters Were Skylarking in
Second-Hand Store When
Gun Exploded
VICTIM WAS TEN YEARS OLD
' William Celenzn. ten vear-, old. 7V
South Wnrnock sticet, was fatally
shot by n boy companion at noon, to
day, in u second -hand store kept by a
man named Mocks, at 027 South
Twelfth. The boy who did the shoot
ing afterward disappeared.
The police say that Meeks went up
town this afternoon nnd left the shop
in charge of a negro boy. Some other
boys came in and when they found an
old shotgun, took it to "piny soldiers."
In n innnner not yet explained the gun
was discharged.
Patrolman Gubinsky found Cclcnza,
' who is a wl.itc boy, sitting m a chair
bleeding from n wound in Ins side
and
unconscious. He took him to the How-
ard Hogpital where Iie dkd aa ll0Ul.
later.
ni. t i .1.. ..
PLAYING
SOLDERS
-LIU! UUILl'l KLIUW Hit. U11II1P' HIJll I1U-
'and ad
it was discharged, and expect to take
him into custody.
GET 1920 AUTO TAGS TODAY
I Vnn n' v, Cao. Arr rm.
,
ing Tomorrow
Don't take your girl out for an auto-
moouc ricic tomorrow unless jou nave
10,,ft , Tf " ,. vn
'.fi' .'"-- "p-," "
win ut- arresieii
The time limit for 1010 tags, ex
tended twice because Harrisburg wns
extended beyond midnight tonight. Tags
for applications made up, to .lauuary
28 already have been sent out, he said,
and all others will be acted on imme
diately, so that o)vuers will receive their
tags by Monday morning.
SAY HE OPERATED STILL
'fife "goose neck" in Peter Stron
kus's bed "was what betrayed him, dry
enforcement agents say. and caused him
to be held today in $lfi00 buil for court,
lie is charged with operating a still at
his home hi Chester. Pa. lie was given
a hearing before Commissioner Long
today, in the Federal building. Pro
hibition enforcement ngents, under the
direction ot Roy L. Daily, raided the
Stronkus home and found the still, it
is alleged, which had been taken apart
and scattered in various parts of the
house.
Ann "- t mf i v T-1 r T T
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wa
('r4f
k
I
:
i
"MKS. X"
ugly':" the young woman was asked.
She had declined to give her nnme or
address. "Call me Mrs. X," she hnd
said.
"Why, n woman Knows what u mirror
tells her," exclaimed .Mrs. X, with a
laugh. "In my case It gives unpleasant
reflections." And thcu she added:
"For heaven's sake don't tell me I'm
not ugly. 1 need, that job."
The fashion show will open Wednes
day, ttt tho Hotel Astor. The "uirlv
I girl" will receive $100, expenses and
several hats,
uTessHo'f the b'oy wlio had' tlilf-gun wnrntIs(f,"'vflr1.
t , .v.fccs. -t jmr
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PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1920
his feet under the table with the wet
governor.
Now, Governor Kdwards Is the gov
ernor of President Wilson's own home
commonwealth, succeeding after one
or two removes Mr. Wilson in being
its chief executive. When Mr. Kd
wards was elected. President Wilson
sent him n very happy message of con
gratulation. The election of a-Democrat
in his home stnto was the one' ray
of sunshine in the President's political
firmament. TJic. fact that Governor Kd
wards was wet. very wet, did not ap
parently dhturb Presideut Wilson. The
White House wns happy.
llryan Whachs Wilson .Men
Mr. Homer Cuinniings shared Mr.
Wilson's jov. lie delighted to honor
the man who had brightened one day
in the life ot the Democratic party
and of the Democratic President.
Therefore, hi went over to New Jersey
nnd thrust his feet under a tabic where
were certainly one pair of wet feet.
Mr. Homer Cummings Is n Wilson
Continued on Vate Tnn, Column Two
HAZLETT CREATES
F
Recorder of Deeds Says In
creased Business Necessi
tates Bigger Staff
NOT CERTAIN OF FIGURES
Who said "martyr"?
Jobs for ten Vnre workeis, Including
six "Vnre martyrs" who were dis
charged from city positions when the
Moore administration took control,
were created today bv Ilecordcr, of
Deeds Hazlctt.
rr, . . , , ., . , .
The men appointed and their salaries
, ,
Samuel Lucas, P.llf) West Hunting-
don street. Twenty-eighth ward ; $1800.
James J. Parker, 20.'!7 Morris street, j
Thirty-sixth ward; $1800.
Charles J. Muschcrt, 2210 North
Sixth street, Nineteenth ward; $1800.
Ira L. Volk. S2;53 D street. Thirty
fifth ward; S1800.
Kdward KIchlcr. Mo North Second
...j r , , . . ... ... mr.n.1
Joseph 1" Kilro.v. 27."!1 Kast Lehigh
avenue, Twenty-fifth ward; $1800.
Louis Do Klo, 1212 Ellsworth street.
Twenty-sixth ward ; $1410.
John McKinney 10,. lernon street, t
"ou ""'" ;'"".
James McAteer. 2122 Wharton street,
Thirty-sixth ward; $1800.
Michuel A. lluzzuto, 172." South
Twelfth street. First waul; $1440.
These appointments cominced May-
or Moore's supporters that the Vares
were preparing for a hard fight at the
next election.
Kilroy, who is from the Twenty-fifth
ward, where Magistrate William S.
Campbell is the Penrose leader, was a
world war hero. He was awarded the
Italian war cross, the Distinguished
Service Cross and the Croix de Guerre, i
Twice he refused a commission. As,
"sergeant Kilroy lie won tne u. h. ,
C "for cxtrnvrdinnry heroism in action,
near Verdun on November 4, 1018."
The citation snys he "led ii patrol of
five men to flank a machine gun nest,
but heavy machine gun fire caused the
loss of other members of the patrol. He
picked up the automatic rifle of n fallen
comrade, and by his active and severe
fire, rendered vnluable aid in breaking
up a local counter-attack which was
forming."
He was a member ot Company K.
,".l."th Infantry. He is a nephew of
Matt Kilrov, once noted pitcher for the
Phillies. '
McKinney. Parker. Muschert and
De Klo were employed in the sheriff's
office during the Smith administration
and were forced out when Sheriff Lam- I
bcrton took charge.
Lucas was with the Civil Service
Commission until Doctor Furbush en
lire.
tered office.
. Kxplaining why. he created the .new
lobs
iobs for Vare workers. Recorder Hnz
lett said more men were needed in his
office because of increasing work. He
said that in IOIS the number of deeds
iccorded was '.iS.i14. In 1010. lie said
there wns an increase of (SI, OH!). Al
though the recorder rendjly gnve the
increase, lie said he did not have the
total for 11)1!) handy. He added, how
ever, that in ten months ot Inst jeor
12S,!)4; deeds were recorded.
THREE OVERCOME BY GAS
' Acetylene Fumes In Ship's Hold
Overpower Workers
Three men were overcome b." ncety
1 lone ens in the Cumden Shipbuilding
Co.'s yards todnj. They are .Morris
I A. Testa, forty-one years old, of 115
.Hum ni.ii., v.....v... ..., ... .no,
cichteen jears old, and John Nicholson.
, forty-six jears old, of .",22 Vine street,
f Cmwlnn
At the time the men were oorcoine
they were working in the hold of u
ferryboat that was being repaired. The
npctvlptin i?iiH was beini? used tn cur
I through some steel. There was little
or no venlilniinn in the noid ot the
vessel where they were working and the
men wore no masks to protect them
from the fumes nf the gas. They
' were found by other workmen nnd
I taken to the Cooper Hospital where
they are recovering.
HE'LL SEE HIS SHADOW
Groundhog Day, Monday, to Be Fair,
If Forecaster Is Right
Washington. Jan. .11. (Uy A. P.)
Weather piedlctlons for the week be
rlnnlmr Monday aie:
-North ami .iiiiidin Atlantic Mates:
Generully fair, nil hough theie is some
prospect of rain or snow Tuesday or
..--..-,. - -.....
tYcunrsuii . ivnin-iuiiiri-H win reiurn
In nnmiinl Oil Il l 111 tl n U'AaI
iU iiiiiiiiiu.iHii,) n iium
South 'Atlantic mid oust and west
Gult States: Geucrally fair with nearly
normal temperatures.
10 JOBS
ORVARES
SLAM PROFITEERS
WITH
PSYCHOLOGY
! TREAraROOGH'
Other Methods Fail, Despite
Perambulating Probers and
Palmer's Pretty Promises
H. C. OF L CLIMBS UP AND UP
AND PURSUERS PANT IN REAR
McClain Out With Bands, and
Banners and Phillips Puts
on Cum Shoes .
I5y UKOItflti NOX McOAIN
"Down with the profiteer JM'
This is Philadelphia's paramount and
insistent demand.
"Get the gougcr!" is the cry on every
hand.
Former Lieutenant Governor Mcf'luiu
is hot foot on tlm trail of old TII Costa
Living. W. C. Phillips, special agent
of the Treasury Department, has come
on from WnshiugUm to join in the
search, vith what is leported to be a
large and able-bodied staff ot assistant"".
Todd Daniel, local head of the Dp
' partment of Justice's investigators. i
acting in an advisory capacity to Mr.
Pliillips and nil hands concerned. There
I will be goin's on of various kinds nnd
ui all hours of the day and night pretty
boon.
Up to the present the pursuit of the '
infamous old rascal Hi Costa Living has
assumed n dual character. It is a cross
between a field meet and a still hunt ; a
paper cha-e and n gum shoe job.
Mr. McClain is out in the onen with
I bnnds and banners recruiting his forces.
Special Agent Phillips is on the other
track nnd discreetly conceals his foot- .
i prints ns he pursues the malicious old
ocniindrcl up the alleys and down the
I inclines.
Unfortunately Mr. Phillips is sicl.
abed. At least that was the information
' conveyed by a gentlemanly male stenog
rapher with a li-p and a half -burnt
I cigar.
I Sh-h-Ii! It's Secret
! When asked as to the number of Mr.
Phillips's personally directed aides the
eentlenmnh mole s'tpnrnrrnnl.p,- mmmW
the remnant of his Pittsburgh panntelhi
I ftn'' announced: "That is confidential!
, information. We'ie not ready for the'
na.spnncrs vpt-. ,, whh thp0p wolrds
'he resumed his panatella and his type-
I writer,
Thus far mystery and confusion seem I
to reign. 1 rnucis Fisher Knne is non
est. Mayor Moore has washed his hands ,
ot pnee-nxiug committees. .Mrs. Harry
C. Eoden, of the original price-lixing1
committee, is quietly and unosten
tatiously pursuing "a campaign of edit-1
cation." Mr. McClnin. like Horntius!
at; the bridge, has his bnck to the flood. I
nnd ns.tern, eleau-fehaveu visage, turnedi
toward the foe. - '- 1
I Meantime prices continue to.so'ar like
I an aviator trying for an altitude record.
They have been climbing with re
..........i ..:.. n..nM ..:nA t . r. ,
l'almpr announced last August in Phila-
delnhia that within thirtv ilavs nftfr
the passage of his amendments to the,
Lever food control act they would come!
down like the blackened stick of u star
sneu rocuer. -
Sugar is a sweet example. 1'ioni
eleven cents it has gone ahead with a
iinp-NKii-uiiu-juiup to iwenty-inree i
cents. Shoes have doubled in price since j
the war period. P.utter and eggs have
reached a point where it looks as if the '
denizens of the barnyard and dairj had '
combined in restraint of trade, '
Here's the Painful Story
The government itself tells the pain- i
ful story in a recently published stutN-
tical statement. in December Inst,
nineteen articles ot food reached the
highest point ever known in this coun
try. ISetween December, liHS, and De
cember. 1!)!!). onions increased in price
10S per cent ; coffee, 51 ; potatoes and
sugar, ,14, nnd so on down. In the
same year, prices in Buffalo increased
101 per cent; Detroit, 100: Omaha,
108; Minneapolis, 105.
From December. 10115. to December,
101!), lard increased 105 per cent; po
tatoes, 120; (lour, 141; sugar, 109;
rice, 10.1. A few foods dropped in price,
but none below 10 per cent.
One bright star penetrated the smoke
screen raised by scrouudrelly old Hi
Costa. Pork chops went tumbling from
forty-live to forty-four cents a pound.
And thus the profiteer protiteereth
and continues to flourish like unto the
gnen bny tree of the Psalmist
What constitutes. a profiteer? '
This seemingly simple quon rs tne '
heart, kernel, tore, meat, and problem i
of the entire ioutrovers. It is the
stumbling-block. Price-fixing commit
tees are supposed to be the universal
solvent of this question. The prestimp- i
tion is mat tney win nx the prices that
should be charged for all commodities,
from coal to corn beef, and from cloth
ing to cabbage.
Ah! There's tho Kuh
But while the amended Lever net im
poses pennlties for hoarding and profi
teering, it is signally silent on the sub
ject of machinery to turn out u finished
product in the way of evidence, unless
at unthinkable expense.
No power of law, such as maintained
in the war years, is couferred upon the
price-fixing committees. The) al-e to I
Cnntiunril nn I'hkp Three, Culuiun Three
NO WATER NEAR BLAZE '
Firemen Delayed In Attacking Flames'
at Penrose Ferry Bridge I
The general store of Ilcuben Waller,
on the west side of Penrose Fciij bridge,
was ih'stiojed by lire todn. The loss
of building and contents was estimated
at nearly $2000.
There are no lire plugs in tho vicinity
and engines, culled "to fight the blaze,
pumped the water from the Scliujlkill
river. Delay in obtaining water is said
to li.ive c'litsed the store's destruction.
Waller's home, next door, was suvrd.
The store was u one story frame build
ing, opposite the old Penrose Ferry Inn.
NEWBERRY JURY COMPLETE
Six Farmers on Body Which Will
Decide Fate of 123
Grand Hapids, Jan. 111. (By A. P. i
Ihe jury which is to decide the guilt
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rr innocence ot the ilm deienduuts in
the Newberry election conspiracy trial
w-ns completed in United States District
. t ouri nere.
It embraces six farmers, one crnin
dealer, one cattle buyer, two produce
dealers, n grocer and a manager of a
farmers' eo-opc-rative, selling conceri),
rubilshed Dally Ejrept Sunday. Fuburrlptloi Prlro 10 ft Tear by Mall.
CopjrlKlit, 1020, by Publto laager Company.
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Third New Oilennsr.vnce, 1M'.8' miles Jack Beeves.
Boyle, 7 to 1, 4 to 1, 4 to 5, wonff'Sasin, 111, Buxton, 7 to 10,
1 to 4, out, second; Wlllinga-i., JOO', Bichcreek, 12 to 1, 4 to 1,
8 to 5, third. Time, 2.04. Ben Hnmpson, Great Dolly, Azlcs,
Sky pilot and Altobnran also ran. j- ,
CONGRESS MAKES PROGRESS ON RAIL BILL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. While some piogies.s on the rail
road bills was made today by the Senate nnd House confen.es,
the yagaln failed to reach a final agreement on the lnbor iui'1
rate-making' bections. These will be taken up again Momliy.
An impotant step toward nn adjustment of diffeiences over th"
late-making section was taken by the c'onferees in leaching n-i
agreement on the general principle'that there should be n definite
percentage of return fixed for the lailroads. The amount of this
percentage and by whom it is to be determined, 'however, ic
malns to be agreed upon.
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34.896 INFLUENZA CASES IN NEW YORK THIS MONTH
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. Deaths from influenza continued to
increase today, while there was a decided drop in the number
of new cn&es reported to the Health Depaitment. The total num
ber of influenz;a cases reported this month including today's
figures, totaled 34,800; pneumonia cases, 6,842; influenza deaths.
068. and pneumonia deaths, 1 733?-
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DENIES GERMANY PLANS TO'. STOP PAYING INTEREST
BERLIN, Jan. 31. Rumors in circulation in Germany that
the nation is planning to stop interest payments are emphatically
denied by the Lokal Anzeiger. v'V9"i; competent sources it is
learned, says the newspaper, that.fill rumors of the stoppage of
interest payments on the uationar.lonnk and war loans and on
the loan!) of all the separate states? of nHhe nation arc entiiely
baselebs. .. '
VARE LOST BILL?
MY GOODNESS. NO!
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Not His Fault Navy Appropria-
J '
tion Measure Failed, Con
gressman Insists
HIST. HflW IT HAPPFMFn
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-"I m ii ' tT i j
i 'nn, ssiniiii "P.ill" Vine. the
"chninpeen" or the rights nf the navy ing lM football out at the I'niversity Inith about Leninc's rule? ,. t
yard "o-i.-ei still hopes to save that of ivnnsvlvania The old rc-in.e has D'i"ng the last three months I bare
SlO.OOO.nriO item for the Philadelphia , ,n,;sj , an'a- Ul om ,'"' , " , made n careful nnd dispassionate inT
li'tvj 'a-d b',pn ""lpo'1 nfr tlu "ml nmI " lot of ' vestigation to ascertain the rJ-al facts
The dowutovn ...ngrc-sniau think, ' n("w (s" wil! b, "a I'rniiklin concerning the Bolshevik regime In
it's mean to charge him with the loss , Field next .fall. A new coach, two J"la . aml tue men who havo lust'
of the appropriation Mil ji'st because, i assistants and a new advisorv commit-
in his ubsence. it failed of passage by t(p ,)ave bf,pn j,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.! by 1C foot. Refugees Flee to Switzerland
one vote. He espceially ihsllkes Uie in-Jb ,, . which met behind closed Switzerland is still nn ideal center
sinuutlon that K.j interest in "Hill "xn 'ommuiee. wnicn met ueniuu ( iospu surveying this problem a true a-
Finlcy. his chief aide in downtown poli- doors last night. Nothing official has !)reciationJ whic'h ,s of paramount
tics, is likely to cost the jobs of several been given out. no statements were , importance in these days of uuiversnl
lh.-'",iiW0 ;e" ' I"lai,ellmla 'made by any of the members or the ap- I social crisis. For while the soviet
Congressman Vare came to town to ' pointcos. but this is what happened: ' f'cr,s continue to V "P eoinniiiuicn-Ar'f'T-i;
.i.v':,.i !, M, ,,?.:.,.,. ' . .ii. w ..,..... .. i ,, turns' with many of their old friends
ing nut of the Fifth wnrd gunmen case,
'?. a ;i7.vrh,i". ;";.;;
rimer was .inmiiic-i. uiil whiic iare
was away from Washington ,e IIou
committee on appropriations voted umvn
.v. Jinniinnnn ,i..fic,PM,.v it...., !,:,.!,
was to have' kept the Philadelphia navy
janl going Industrially.
l lliess llic umirniiriuiinu oi .si.i.liwu.-
X,Z1 Tt " n0t kn0wn ",,Pther 1Iri(S;E nam pos tion ti fr. All
EJinl' Si, n t , S wi" mWvp mp or ll tlTO Jf U1' ntrd' ! "'""S T h"Vf tried particularly to ob
fo'fn," time to'v' the leas ' . ' ' bt this should be announced in a few tain statements from such persons as
t0It' Ts ..ImTtted that 'several thousand days. It is sfe to assume, however. mu !$ heir so'ciafsTandh"
ril 'kX'th.Im buTe that "P wl" k'- '""K- .locu-iXr'naerial rium"tancc';,.an,,,D" '
laek of funds to .keep them b"". T o lm.nt. as chairman Sinkler has stated' My principal informants - school
yJlt: l'e was against year-to-year contracts, teachers clerks with small salaries.
Br,nV" . 'tt Prct s nhn'll, Another argument for a three- ear subordinate employes, soldiers, skilled
was loped to mo lo it grea t shipbuild- t,,rn, ls tht Heisman would not be and unskilled woikmcn-hud no reu-
t'sh ns nd ffS eanil '" "'J "'"Pitalism"
its shops an fat tones oin mdilinite- ,orKin Tof.i, Ul Iir(.ppt a ,)ol,iti01 for bv siaiuiei-iug ISoIshcvik rule.
b '''Winot true the measure was lost ' tursetaLnK'nelv's Vtal, Hide. "Comrades" Walk
through my failure to appear and vote. ,,., al)( to proVP it W( n.fer v , Ti. information placed at mj dis-
tlie congressman telephoned from the j)r . siinrpe of Yale posal by these independent observers -
Conthu.e,,,nPageTv,..Co!,1n,nr0u, I 1Ielsnail bun .Tr'l,
Tniin nCMICc nil C VIP AM Dl AM c ni'l'ointment of John V. Heis- meuts both of noted Bolshevik and anti
IUtIU UCNIto IVltAlLrIM rLAIlmaii does not come as n surprise, as it Bolshevik sjmpnthizcrs. As a result,
was hinted several days ago that he ' 1 mil able to submit what T believe to
Japan Not Arranging for Coloniza-I was favored by the fommittee. " His I be n really accurate and comprehensive
!., i Qh.rnnn,ihii ! wonderful success at Georgia Tech report on cistlus conditions in the
tion In Southern Republic 'pained him a national reputation and Russian soviet republic at the present ,
Washington. Jan. HI. (Uy A. P.) established him ns one of the lending time.
Denying that Karon (Hon, Japanese , machos in the country. Whether he In fiout of the railroad depot in
minister to .Mexico, had arrauged tor a
colonization of .lapauese in western
Mexico, us reported in Mexico Cit.v
press dispatches, pumisiiod in t-nn .n
louiu. the Jnnanrse embassy hero said
todii) that the baron had not been in
Mexico for a long llnie. -
Tl. .i..lu-sy called attention to thc0f the " university council on ulhle'ths.
announced polity ot ine .inpnuie urn -
eminent to withhold passports from
Innnnese seeking to cuter .Mexico. It is
understood here that Japan does not
desire to take any action that can cause
suspicion in America.
WHIPPET WHIPS 'EM
Ambrose Rides Winnr in New Or
leans First
.... i...i i fii 'i,,,m.t
whiiinisl them in the first race at the
Fair Grounds heie this afternoon. Am-
brosc road the winner. Whippet paid
11 to .1. T to 10 and 1 to .
Joe Tag finished second witli Jiuddic
ICcuu thiid.
The results :
nnST IIACIJ pure $700. for two-sear-hI.Ib.
3 furlniiKh
Whippet, 11,1. Ambrose tl to .1 , to 10 1 to 4
jot Tat, 11.1. Wld.i U to 5 I lo .1 1 to 3
Uudillo Kean. 10T. ... ., , . , ,.
s,urk 0 to 1 2 to 1 7 to 10
Time, .3S1-5 John .s lleiinlon, Lotta
Siieecl anil Mary Heuil alko ran.
l,r,.e.tetir nlilK Blul UP. 0 (UrlonKS!
rVi.JsV ivAVtn iiiwiii'iii, iMiifln f ivv, tui
rianrcM XVnfihtnfflon.
111.. Anibruuc It to 10 2 to r. 1 to S
Dr Znb, ion WUa 13 to 1 u to 1 5 to a
liounillnit "Ihroush. .
Sil. lUchcreelc ... . to 1 s to r. 7 to In
Time. li'.'O 2-S John J Caeev, Short
Chaime, Christie, l.aneden, Peeiry C. Kul
tur nnd JamMB V. fummlng-s atno ran.
HAVANA RESULTS
riltST ItACn. purse $000, three-sear-ulUt
rlalmliiB, ."Vj furlonits
Director Jumea lot.
Merlmeo t to 1 8 to 3 i lo 3
rialn lleathfr 100,
Carmody .. 4 to 1 R to .1 4 to tl
Sherry. 104. Kederta. n to 1 J to t even
Time. 1.IW. Mineral. Vlrclo ).ee. Superior,
riabylonlan. Our Mild, Itocltarec. Itot foul
RnU bport repy alio ran.
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PENN CLEANS OUT
OLD GRID COACHES
Heisman Head Tutor, With
uasxon anu rveinaxn Miaes,
Is Named by Committee
THREE ON ADVISORY BOARD
.
There has been a general housccleun-
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coach for 1920.
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!coaV,;;
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iiarcm imsion, line coacii.
Krnie Cozens, Lou young and Hun-
' ter Scarlett were named to art
iiiiuaui? iiniiiiiuicv-.
w continue to be successful remains
to be seen. Heisman has been in Phil-
adelpl.ia since Tuesdnj . stopping at the
Aldinn Tlntol. Up vofnspil ,n in. i, ,.,.,.
viovcil cviiloiitu fnllnu-in.. instnw.ii.,,
I from the commit'tco. "
Kvei-vthing now is left in flic hands
. . . .. ...
, if ti,ct u0(v ratifies the selection of the
footbiil) committee. f new gridiron
tutors will be signed. xTowever. it is
almost certain that thiSSt .'ntmeiits
will be approved.
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Gaston Line Co:.
the appointment ot iiaroii
as line coach wns a big suil
knows the Pemisjlvanin sWel
lie
fensive line play, but it seems
that he should be named instead
v barton. However, dasioii is an
mt wml.-Piv ii (1...1. st.iilPiit f ill. ,.M
and should be suciossful. Kt-iiitith prnnl
i ably will assist Jlcismau with the hack
I field men. The "Kid" knows quite
mile looiunn mm win uo u vcrj good
ussisinnc.
j.riiic i u.rus, ..un cupiiiineii me
1010 team, is said to be chulrinun of
the advisory committee. He is in busi-
ness in rmiiitlPlphtn. c-nnueeic-ii with
the truck demutineut of tin. Packard
( o. Lou loung also is m business here
anil Hunter Scarlett is a physician
Hunter Scarlett is' a physician. j "vjti, riicn and wealing the old uniform v v
I'he c-ommittee virtuallj eliminated1, t, car's nrnij. but with a ird-'ty:
of the "old guard" at yesterday's stur 0n their caps. NViigntiH loaded with J-"i
i
nil
-i meeting.
Hob Folwell, Hill Hnlleu-
V ,' T; " ," , nil' ""-- '.
Jack Keogh, By Dickson and others1
were put on the absent list. There
has been a new deal all around.
A new eligibilit) code also was dls-
cussed at the meeting
Vinnlr llArtlni. IV ifl.li.n lll Mill..
Houston and Meredith Confirmed
Washington, .Inn. 111. (By A. IM
The nominations of David F. Houston,
now secretary of agriculture, to be
secretary of the treasury, and of K. T.
Meredith of Dcs Moines, lowu, to he
secretary ot agriculture, were confirm
ed unanimously today by the Senate.
PRICE TWO CENTS
DESOLATE MOSCOW
ONLY BIG CITY FREE
Bolshevik Capital Has Excess of
Residences, but Population
Is Dwindling
HOTELS AND DWELLINGS
ALL "NATIONALIZED"
Terrible Food Conditions Due to
Collapse of 'Railroads Peo
ple Lose Hope r-
Kospoth Turns Spotlight
on Vultures of Russia
A Iranir pivliirr of the decay of
I'liisia umlrr Ticninr mid Trotsky,
cantrailiiip Ihr theories and practice
nf hohhevism, in given by II. F.
Koipoth in a cric of sir exclusive
articles, of which this is the first,
r. Koipoth is an impartial
obiervcr and keen investigator. His
recent exposures of conditions in
lliiviiaind Germany have ticcn at
tracting wide comment.
The present series is based on
first-hand information from eye
witnrsses of the Red terror who re
cently escaped to Switzerland.
' Uy It. F. KOSPOTH
i 'pwl.il trrennnunt of thp Ihenlnc I'nblle
t I.rdsfr In SJwltfrland
Vopirioht. IV !0, by the Public Ledger Co.
Geneva, .Inn. 1. After an existence
of more than two year.-. Nikolai
Lcniue's rule in Russia is still shrouded
' in mystery.
1 Reports on the nature and effects of
j soviet government are as contradictory
i as ever, according to the sources from
which they come. Ilolshevik Russia is
cut off from the rest of the world as
rigorously as Germany was during the
war.
1 For information we are dependent on
i the tales of a few lucky refugees and
privileged visitors. Some of these
stories arc more or less cleverly
eamouflaged propanagda for the soviet
dictators, while 'others seem equally
K II Hi Off tn nil lit inn )tPmitcn r( Mtn ulna
i connection of their authors with de
funct czarism.
One thing is certain no unbiased
investigator from the West has yet set
foot within the boundaries nf the Kus
fsian soviet republic and returned to
FROM HOUSE R IS
I foil 4l,u 4aln Ami c? nnnnln .til abh.
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the world are still asking: What is-the
- an sons and conditions oE pco-
pic are constantly arriving fiom Red
t. .,,.: ..i.i.... i.i r. ..k...
fuge i,i th s 'tnuHtio lu. land' o exile
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m iSmuB u.iuu... nun wi , iu
ntl er countries
In the coiu-se of my investigations
I have interviewed scores of travelers, of
I ,. .. ,:.... , t ..:
Moscow, the capital of communism.
i there are still cabs vvnitiug ti curry
plutocrats in comparative comfort to
,i,nii ilpstinatinti . while the ordiuiiry
..itipn must wude wearil.v IIiiuueIi' the
slush and filth of uucleaiied sirccts. Anil
nlutoeiats thej must indeed be. .who
x a :.. j l ..:, .!.....
affonl to jiatronize these rickety
vehicles drawn by si;eieum steeds, lor
the shortest ride in one of them costs
KM) rubles. ('1 he ruble was formerly
worth about titty, ceuls in American
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"Where to, banuc (master).' asks
the driver,
ton "Why do jnu call mo master.'" dr
He mnnils ' the astonished traveler "I
' 'height all men were 'comrades' here.'
"Oh. no! I drive you mill you pay
ne. How then can wo I omrades?"
Moscow (iriui and Uesol.ile
The streets or .Mosc'ow uiake an un-
, ptession of extraordinary uldlli, a
n emptv and deserted arc all the prin-
,.iatlio.-oiigi.iarei. i un is no inn-,
nP denoting iihsihcnj uvuimj, iwr .oiu-
moico lias uo-oiiii-i. uumh, .miii iyith
i peilcstriuns are scarce. All stoics, ex-
' (.vvt those under goveniiiient mnuage
nient
me closcil.
On the street corners ktantl Tied
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uurils num.; .ii. v.. ...t I".,,, . ,n,-ii, uimi'ii
i,rM. incut pass , guarded by soldiers
"... . .' . I ..
with IIXC-II l.llioilin. ,
group of women mid young girhi,
,vlar,pel in furs that tell of better days.
. h ,'. wt, rakes ami shovels, clear-
.. u.uy garbage from the sidewalk.
.'Tho are bourgeois, who urn deduf .
their cuinpulsory das work," sajH the
driver, earciosmy.
"An. von a Bolshevist. diiiirV"
"Oh. nu! In tbe old clusI didut
earn much money, but ul lend 1 had
cuoubIi to eat. Since the Holnucvikl
came there Is nothing ikj bread, nu
I tea, no sttgiir. AVIa-ii Is It nil going o
Cuntlnurtl n l'Jt 1'iiJ, (.otiun )iw
"?
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