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Mktter-ef Selection New Put Off
Until December Eight
Vetes Needed
HERRICK LEADS WILSON
Flil'nrtrlplitn's pnh'ii' schools will he
Without n mipprlntPiiilctit until tlie Do De
crrnbcr mrctinj? of the Heard of Ktlum
tlen.
There was n (lonilleel; en the innlerlt.v
and minority reports en the npeclnl eom eem
Jnlttce which wns te have rMemmended
the election yesterday et u superin
tendent te succeed Dr. Jehn 1. OfiMicr.
The mnjnrlty renert rivnmmcmlpil the
flectien of Dr. II. 11. WPni. of Ilerlc Ilerlc
eley. Cnllf.. nml the miii-m'tv Pr. Dices
mnn A. Ilerrlek, prcldent of Olrnrd
College.
Dr. Oeerce Wheeler, iissnciate su
perintendent nnd netlnc "Utieriiitendi-nt
plnce the reelciinti'in of Dr. Cinrher, will
receive .$!)00f) a year, a superinten
dent's sa'nry at present. The sa'ary of
the new superintendent will he 12.000.
Simen (Srnta was re-elected president
of the heard as ti.e meeting vn culled
or organization under the laws of the
state. Other officers nlse were re
elected without opposition. The school
tax rate for the cumiiis year was in
creased from seven te eight mills.
The salary m-iuMiiIp which U te he
laid before the State Legislature by Dr.
Themas K. Kinegiin. state superintend
ent of instruction, was adopted in Its
entirety. It contains changes made nt
the request of the beard which, It Is
expected, will meet the demands of nil
classes of teachers.
A permanent lean of $000,000 nt 5
per cent was authorized for building
purposes. It will be bought with money
in the school beard staking fund.
Fermer Judge Dlmner lleeber. chair
man of the special committee, presented
the majority report recommending Dr.
Hilsen,for the superintendencv. As
neon ns he finished Wi'liam Unw'cn, vice
president of the beard, presented the
minority report favoring Dr. ('iieesinan
A. Ilerrlek. president of (lirard College.
or possibly Dr. Tiiysen Smith, commis
sioner of education of M i-saWmsetts.
These voting ler '. Wilsen were
Messrs. Itet-ber, Catharine. IMmunds,
Kmedley and Stnddart and Mrs. Lingel
, bach. These voting for Dr. Derrick
were Messrs. (Irntz. I.ane Ilurriiigten,
Jtewen, Shallcress and Itevle and Dr.
Mil .in.
Jehn Wnnamnker was net present at
the meeting, but U would have made no
difference ns he v. as kuen te have fa
vored Dr. Wi'sen. Walter Ceorge Smith
was the ether absentee, lie Is in
Europe.
The result of n second ballet was
preetically the snmp as the tst. except
that Mr. IMimnuk refused te record n
Tete. An effort te induce the committee
te change its report failed.
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHltADELPHIA, TUESDAY, 'NOVEMB&R 0, 1920,
JAIL FOR SAL00NMAN
Jehn H. Nesby Gets Three Months
and Kine for Liquor Violation
Jehn II. Nesby, proprietor of a saloon
at Kiglith nnd Neble xtrcctw, was today
sentenced te three months' imprison
ment In the Mercer county jail at Tren Tren
eon, and was fined $500 for violation of
the Velstead act.
Sentence wns Imposed by Judge
Thompson In the United States DIs
triet Court.
Nesby hns been convicted of the II
'egal sale of whisky, maintaining a mil
. sure and having unlawful possession
of intoxicating liquors.
Sentence had been deferred because
Nesby had been receiving medical at
tention for nn infection of the leg, fol fel fol
ewlug an nutomebllc accident.
Geerge W. Sehett, proprietor of n
nloen at Twelfth and Filbert streets
inil his bartender, Jehn Walsh, of
Tenth nnd Itaee streets, will be sen
tenced tomorrow.
SAILORS IN PERIL
AS FLIES RAGE
Crew Battle3 Bravely te Save
Freighter Here After Watch
man Discovers Fire
The crew of the American freighter
T.nke Oeerge were routed from their
bunks nt 2 o'clock this morning by fire
which attacked the vessel In the for
ward held nnd for a time threatened de
struction of the ship.
The lire had burned for mere than
nn hour while the men slept In the after after
held, and when It was discovered nt "
o'clock by n wntchmnn of the United
States shipping beard smoke had filled
the held and threatened te overcome the
sleeping Bailers.
0Tn tyke 6cerge la decked at Pier
2'. et the feet of Neble street. She
decked November 1 and unleaded a
cargo of weed pulp from Finland.
The night watchman, renchlng the
forward end of the ship, noticed Mint
the steel deck was unusually warm.
in: men uciccica tnc odor of smoke,
uelng te the hatch evef the forward
deck, he lifted the cover. Smoke find
flames belched out, driving him te the
r,?' ,.1Ic cle'i':i J"1" nntel' "-'ever with
difficulty nnd then nreuscd Jnmes
Aleetlus, the first mate, asleep In the
cabin.
With difficulty, the first mate nnd
watchman groped their way through the
smoke In the held te the bunks where
the men were sleeping.
The wntchmnn then left the vessel
and sounded n fire alarm while Uic crew
manned the pumps.
Fer mere than half an hour the sea
men battled te Have their vessel. The
smoke drove them back from the hatch,
which was the only means, of reaching
the flames.
'Tim fAnenfrl l.nl.1 .. 0n1f., (1nA.1.l
,wlth water, and the fire extinguished
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uinr u nun uuningcu uic wans aim ion
of held Ne. 1.
An Investigation has been started te
determine the cniisc of the fire. Cap
tain Larsen, commander of the ves
sel, wns nsherc at the time.
The Lake Oeerge was built en the
Orejit Lakes, four years age, for the
shipping beard. She is 200 feet long,
10 feet nt beam, and Is capable of ten
knots nn .hour. Officers of the ship
would net estimate the amount of
damage.
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PERFECTION IN WEAVERY
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