i""iiM ew.,3 tWT TJfK" ?7 v.V ,. " f . vj r; ji ?. K? L, S NFGHT EXTRA "f" '.. 1WF .WFlTMMr -' ; t. - wyivr;4 , r, iJt , dflMtnltrAMr- cMr. tmigfiii fewest itetttpet Attire about 38 degrees; Thursday,. Increasing cloudiness with diminishing northwest winds. THMrKJlATUHB AT HACK HOttll r 8 I 0 110 (ll 12 I 1 I 2 I 3 I 4 I C I' I h ira me 4iHn3 Tffn "Ife-j m ' i j guenmg ' '-s VOP- VII. NO. 50 Entered 6eend-Clii Matter at the potlefflc. at Philadelphia, Pa. Under the Act el March 0. 18Tt PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1920 Publlahed Dally Except Bundajr. Subecrlptlen Price IS a Tear by Matt. Copyright, 1020. by Public Ledger Company. PRICE TWO CENTSjw Ji. FAVORITISM IN ALLOCATION OF U. S. SHIPS CHARGED " ' Research Bureau and Realty Beard te Devise Remedy for Evils and Injustices of Tax System TtF"5PB,atw.wf yv' vt 'hv "!;'"l"WF"Tl !'' " """f? w ' wwy i ,vP ''''""pwr w" - , ---m,-,. f . i;''!!;1 . ' !ji..'v'Vu -V' .' hMMaMawl-M r-y T " i ' ... I I '.M. .. -i VHiuiBK ' nv . tf if. Sm m ' xlf. f H H i ' 'B il J LB B 'JjLn pL L al bIbbbW jH'LH j r KmAm h iv kxkV B H V kWv B 'BT IBr H fJUUUU mu COURT OF APPEALS PROPOSED IN PLAN II Real Estate Beard Man Says Special Tribunal Ended Diffi culties In Baftimere WASTE AND INEFFICIENCY IN METHODS NOW IN USE Incensed property owners In the city, who csn find no relief from high anaess Knts In the present appeal ftystcm, nre premised the fullest kind of hearings )n the future by, two developments in the assessment situation today. The first, and probably the most Im portant, Is n proposal te have the Hu reau of Municipal Research, In co operation with the real estate beard, tnitc a thorough investigation of the whole taxation system, which experts 'declare te be hopelessly antiquated. This investigation will be made with a special view te studying the feasibility of establishing here a tax appeal court, which would function much as Sheriff T.amberten'H se-called Tenants' Court functions, except that the tax court would be an official body with power te jrant relief where it is found Justified. Plan Pretest Meeting The second development is a plan for a mass-meeting of citizens In the Metropolitan Opera Heuse In the near future te pretest against the high ns Sfssments of this year. Preliminary fteps for this meeting were taken last nlcht at an indignation meptlnc of Twenty-eighth ward taxpayers. iuc widespread suffering which the present assessment figures have caused, nd the fact that the Beard of Revision of Taxes has been almost xwnmncd with ' appeals by people who were ferred te nave tneir cases presented through in termcdlatcs. have neninid the mm. i tien of the necessity for an exhaustive 3wrrry of the entire system with a-view. 1 te'rnak ng reforms thut will give' such 'people relief. Jeseph' JV Oreenberg. chairman of tli taxation committee of the real estate beard, will bring the matter up officially 'at the next.,iueetlnjr of his committee 'and will mnke a motion te Invite the Bureau of Municipal Research te con duct the Investigation and make con cen tractive criticisms en the results of thtlr study.' Ready te Investigate Frederick P. Gnicnberg. head of the research bureau, expressed himself to day as eager te receive such a request and stated that he will be able te ar range te begin a survey within thirty ajs. 'I believe a tax appeal court, or a body performing the deMrcd functions, Is nn absolute necessity in this city." ld Mr. Oreenbcrg. "Raltlmere Iieh court et that kind solving such prob lems 8ntlfnf'tnrllv The nrelllni- liidirn is a graduate of the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, O.icar wser. "Any citizen who believes he is 'over 'ever assessed can go te this court and np pear in nersen with his wltnpnsci and proofs and the case is judged en its'J merits Dy a nencu or experts. Here the protesting taxpayer must work through an Intermediary and he never knows whether the thins that he censidrrH his strongest arguments get te the cars of me nnai ermtcrs or net. Will Ash Inquiry "At the next mectlnr nt mv commit. tee, I will make a motion te enlist the uureau of Municipal Research in n eemprehensive study of this antiquated and obsolete system under which we are working. "As our Beard of Revision of Taxes s at present organized. It Is a county body, functioning entirely Independently I nuy control bv the ritv lulmlntstra- lOD. Kvprv mtrnKa. nt If fmtn tUa lliran ...l. ..-m.... .1.. i.' .. i.. ,-..vv. ilu vuumiiuie me uuaru 10 wic (Janitor, is appointed with no necessity 1 i pa-ising an examination or showing peckl fitnrss for his work. mere are seventy assesesrs'nt $-1000 a TCar cncll find tltnv aniin.l n.ttt. Itni4 ei their time In assessment duties. Seme el them arc competent men ; ethers nre urewemy net. The consequence is that iws of assessment in seiie sections - i"e iiign ami in ethers tee low ana tee mau In the tee high section is forced j iuu incompetence et the assessors te yelp make up for the incompetence of uc unnc(,er in cue tee low section. Only Ten Geed Men Needed 'New, I can nreve that ten pemne. ent fOfll fntntn ni.n itnnld 1 i ...ytl. . .,w ...v.. i.uu.u uu mu nuia l tUCSP sevciltv BHNessnrA nt much lpss est nnd could de it better. "uv u is nei me pergenal incom incem j'etcnee of these men that I am attack- Lng, It lu thn ftvntein tlmf fnvnau tlm (public te submit te suffering without wing nb'e te fight against it by means their representatives in Council. As is new, iveuncll Is as ualpless us any (me else. "Hume time,nge, we held several con ferences with the Bureau of Municipal u ,i ion ?,f 'Ifa,tc,, looking te a reform ,V" jc had no alternative system ; the uen which we were Inclined te ., -Allien was shown te be a bigger Jeb i..nn wie ,euW henalc B"d wan grad ually dropped. Study Will Shew FnulU New, however, I am convinced that , ? facing a situation which reipilres !? Antcllitjent and unprejudiced review IJJ .mm: 1 de n0' bellcve It Is te . ,i?J,T. 1 b.ave ,n "'o-'ly-mede plan IMIwe that aUpreugh study will grad- Li. ""U1 "?Mauim ami wll them- .v. wSti meTeineuies. He I shall Ceatlaun OB;r.Xwo..cIumn.Slx OB;r.Xwe..cIumn.Slx 1 SOLVE PROBLEM THREE MEN STEAL TAXI AT POINT OF REVOLVER Ordep Driver te "Beat It" Leave" . Him Hl Meney Three well-dressed men robbed Julius Resbcrt, of 2035 Rltncr street, of his tnxlcab at Nineteenth street nnd Alle gheny avenue nt 1 o'clock this morning. They engaged Resbcrt at Bread Street Station and ordered him te drive them te Allegheny avenue. When the driver reached that point he halted his taxicab. "Is this where you wanted te go?" he asked the men. "l'cs," they said, alighting. One et the men reached In his pocket as though te produce money with which te pay the taxicab fare and suddenly whipped out a revolver. Cevering Resbcrt, the man ordered him te leave the taxicab. One of the three then sprang te the wheel, the ether two entered the car. Ordering Resbcrt te "bent it," the men went north en Nineteenth street. The rob bers did net demand the driver's money. Resbcrt furnished the police with a description of the three men. The taxi cab has net been, recovered. Dr. Ann Tomkins Gibsen Says Entertainments of Grand- mother's Day Best TOO MUCH DANCING NOW "Dancing should give way In part, te old-fashioned entertainments, sleigh rides nnd the pleasures the grandmoth ers of -today enjoyed when thry were young, as a benefit te the moral devel opment of young people.'' This was the declaration of Dr. Ann Tomkins Gibsen In the course of an ad dress this morning before the Mothers in Council of Gcrmantewn nnd Chestnut Hill nt that organization's monthly meeting inthc Gcrmantewn Y. "V. C. A. Dr. Gibsen, who Is a daughter of the Rev. Floyd Tomkins," rector of Hely Trinity Church, said dancing has Its benefits, nnd Is net te be wholly de cjIcdT Slip end that he Inte lieurs nd artificial 'exeltemenf resultant of a con tinuous round of 'dancing liave a bad effect en young people. She spoke en "Nermal nnd Artificial Seclnl Tiifp of Yeung People," nnd said that by young people she meant boys and girls in their early 'teens. She said that the old psychological theory that young persons chose the wrong path. In life wholly because of bad companionship, is new dlscnrded. A new theory Is entertained that every young girl or boy "has it In them te be criminal." According te Dr. Gibsen, social life Is .absolutely essential te the develop ment of young people. Slip suggested mere sleigh rides nnd old-fashioned en tertainments te vary the present mo notony of dnnclng. Dr. Gibsen believes In a college edu cation for girls, although, she said, It robs them of their chances as debu tantes. She suggested thut girls spend a year in society before entering col cel lege, se that they will net slight their seclnl Interests. She also expressed her faith In co education, and deplored segregation. She bald young men derive mere benefits from co-education than women. The mothers were told that the high est aim for nny en or daughter should be marriage. She said marriage is the highest profession known, and requires mere educational preparation than any ether. Nothing, she said. Is as important as the rcurlng of children. BANDITS GeTqUICK JUSTICE Men Are Sentenced Here Twe Weeks After Crimes Twe young men accused of robbery learrtcd today Pennsylvania Justice can be as swift as the far-famed Jersey va- Arrested for robberies committed two weeks age. each man was sentenced te three te five yenrs In prison today by Judge rinlctter. Heward Haml'ten, twenty years old. who pleaded guilty, was arrested for robbing several women visiting graves of relatives In Cedar. Hill Cemetery. vvniliim Hessctti. eighteen 1'cnrs old. the ether defendant, was convicted of holding up William C. Feete. 1832 Seuth Bonsall street, October 21. Twe ether bandits who were with Ressettl escaped. PARISH HOUSE DYNAMITED Cxecho-Slevak Church Members In Ohle'ObJected te New Priest Strutliers, O.. Nev. 10. (By A. P.) The parish house of Hely Trinity Czecho-Slovak Catholic Church was dynamited early teduy, the perch being blown off. Ne one wbh Injured. The house is occupied by thq Rev. tni,,. Pi-nun. recentlv Installed Driest. against' whose appointment a pretest was llinill! Ily meinucrn ui mu cumin who for a time maintained nn nrmed guard te prevent his taking possession. 48 FeRISH IN TYPHOON Steamer San Daslllc Destroyed In Philippine Waters Manila, P. I., -Nev. 10. (By ; A. P.) Forty-eight persons are believed te have perished when the coastwise steamer San Basilic was struck by a typhoon last Wednesday, en route te Puerto Helle, Leyte Island, Seuth Philippines, according te a survivor reaching here today. Fifteen survivors reuched Cc;u. There were sixty -four persons aboard the - VCfcsel. - VCfcsel. OLDEN PLEASURES FOR YOUNG URGED THUG CLUBS MAN OF 70 AND WIFE, 62, WITH LEG OF TABLE Intruder, Surprised in Roem, Attacks Husband and Then Turns en Weman - POLICE ARREST 4; HELD FOR FURTHER HEARING Mr. and Mrs. Merris Regal. 700 Ixm bard street, were attacked in bed by nn Intruder wielding n heavy table leg early today and se badly beaten nbeut the head that thev are expected te tile. They arc In the Pennsylvania Hospital. Four negrees, arrested en suspicion, one of them after he had been chased te the re6f of hN home and covered with n reve'ver. were given n hearing before Magistrate O'Brien at tne Twelfth nnd Pine streets station and held without ball for a further hearing November 17. , At the hearing Miss Fanny Elsman.'n niece of Segal, testified she had been in the Pennsylvania Hospital when three of the negrees had been brought before the old man te be Identified, and that lie had named one of them. Rebert Mac kenzie, of 707 Lembard street, as the man he had seen In the room nnd recog nized. , , Mrs. Segal is sixty-two yenrs old. Her husband Is seventy. The attack occurred when Mr. Segal detected the intruder, in the room nnd screamed for "I saw him, 707 Lembard street." Mr. Segnl said before losing conscious- rri'.n Ja1ci cnniliipt n smnll grocery store at the Lembard sjtrcct nddress. Rebberv Is thought te he the motive of the intruder or Intruders. Entrance was ebtnlned by breaking n glass panel in the bnck deer nnd unlocking the deer. Mr. Segal was awakened when the small oil lamp burning in their bedroom, the second-story front room, was ex tinguished. He saw ti dnrk form bend ing uver the bed and screnmed for help. Beaten Over Head The intruiler Immediately struck Mr. Feral ever, the head with the table leg, Hit, end of which; was h tndtlrd with the wooden spikes with which it had .been fastened te the table. The aged man s head was badly cut and one.et his eyes injured. .. ... . ... Despite tne murderous unuin, ." meh managed te arise and tried te grapple with his assailant before drop ping te the fleer. Mrs. Segnl. aroused by the commotion, began screaming for help also. She was stntrk twice ever the head with the same heavy weapon. Her skull was fractured and she received ether Injuries. The intruder then-dropped the table leg and ran. But Mr. Segal's first cry .had been heard bv Mrs. Rebecca Miller. 722 Lembard street, and she awakened Samuel Epstein. 724 Lembard street, a nephew of the. Segals. Epstein, half clothed, ran tewnrd the store in time te hear the crv of Mrs. Segal. Epstein broke into the front et the store just ns a man, ran down the stairway. Dodging the nephew, the Intruder rnn out the back deer, which had been left open. Found en Fleer Epstein pursued for a short distance, but the man escaped, and Epstein re turned te his relatives. He found them both en the fleer, Mrs. Segal having crawled from bed In, n vain effort te reacli and neip ner nusennu. Segal was still conscious. He recog nized his nephew and urging him te come closer managed te whisper the Infermntlnn thut he had seen and recog nized the man who struck the blows and te Rive his address. Then he fainted. Beth he and his wife were unconscious when the patrol of the Twelfth and Pine streets station arrived and took them te the hospital. Their Injuries arc such that little hope is held for their recovery. Their ad vanced nges are against them, tee, the doctors said. Detectives Arrest Three Acting en the clue given by Segal. Detectives Waters, Alexander and Fricl went te 707 Lembard street this morn ing and arrested Rebert Mackenzie, Jehn James and Daniel Clark. The two last named negrees ure said te have taken up their residence with Mackenzie recently. Mackenzie admitted, according te Pa trelman Waters, who arrested him. that he had been in the neighborhood of the Segal home "early this morning, in com pany with two ether negrees, Wilbur II. TJpchurch, 710 Redman street, and Jehn Richardson. 020 Cypress street. Patrolmen Waters, Alexander and Frlel went te leek for I'pchurch. They saw TJpchurch en the street, nnd when he saw the patrolmen coming toward him he run. They chased him into an alley back of his home, where he jumped the fence Inte his own yard and dashed Inte the house. The patrolmen fol lowed and pursued Upchureh te the reef In spite of the pretests of his mother. On the reef the patrolmen brought him te bay with drawn revolvers and he sur rendered. Later in searching the dwelling they found n shirt, wrapped In a newspaper under n couch. The shirt was marked with what the police believe are blood stains. Richardson has net yet been found by the police. William Bclshaw, head of the de. tectlve bureau muidcr squad, has been iisslgned te the en no and la In chnrge of the investigation. Child Drinks Kerosene A drink et kerosene last night nearly proved fatal te Jasper Lewis, two years old. colored, of 1KU Ogden street. The child's mother was building the kitchen lire and left the kerosene can beside (he stove. When she turned her back he tilted the spout te his mouth nnd took a drink. He was tuken te St. Jeseph's Hospital, :.SlWtWM UAvav .M.yv vKAMtv.AVAAty' jr tyaMi JP)l aHaHaHHa ' iHaHaHH 41arta i a 'mHi I wmmKmmi lit Asa-I'S Lcdser riiole Hcrvlce SUN'S ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHED The picture shows the eclipse of the nun, which began nt 8:50 today, ended at 11:47, and uns greatest at 10:ea. Though hardly visible te the naltcd'cye, the eclipse was seen and recorded by the ciuncrn. The moon, passing between sun and earth, covered n part of the sun's face, making "Old Sel" appear ns a crescent. The faint outline of the obscured part of the sun shows through the moon. DID YOU SEE ECLIPSE? Phenomenon, However, Was Net Visible te Naked Eye Did you see the eclipse? It was only pcrtlal, but has' the distinction of being the only eclipse visible this yenr in the United States. In fact this country will net have another eclipse until 1023. The sun began te dodge behind the shadow at one minute te 1) o'clock this morning. It showed Its face fully again nt llil7. The eclipse wus at its greatest at 10:00 o'clock. At ue time was the win completely hidden, nnd thousands were net even aware that an eclipse was taking place. Through n smoked glass it wns possible te see the outline et the moon against the brighter rim of the overlapping sun. It is the passage of the moon between sun nud earth that causes nn eclipse. The moon casts a great shadow upon the earth in a total eclipse, iiiul the sun is hidden completely. In today's eclipse the moon passed the sun te the north, nnd hence the shadow wns deflected te e point beyond the earth's surface. The United States was near enough te the shadow, however, for some of the light te be cut off nnd during the phe nomenon the sun shone with n pnle glow. Oronto, Me., t:nw mere of the eclipse than did Philadelphia. There forty-four-hundredths et the sun's face was cpuccaled. blVORCES WIFE.JN-1TALY I 1 Til I I "" I it Husband Returned te Find Her Mar ried te Anether Francisce DeMete, of 844 Seuth Third street, Camden, wer granted n illverce from his wife. Resa DeMete, of Salnndre, Italy, by Chancellor Wnlker nt Trenten tedny. Principal testimony In the case was developed In Salandre nnd wns sent te tlic courts Here, where it wns trunsiaieu and ncted upon. DeMete, In his cita tion, declnrcd he mnrried in Italy, nnd left his bride three weeks Inter te come here and make his fortune. It required several yenrs te snve several thousand dollars, nnd then DeMete went bnck te Salundre, prepared te buy the home. He charged he found his wife had tired of him, nud without the formality of get ting a divorce, had mnrried another man. He returned here and made Ills application for a divorce. PENNAEXPRESSJN PERIL Twe Autetrucks Fall Frem Embank ment In Frent of Rushing Train Reading, Pa., Nev. 10. (By A. P.) A Pennsylvania express train en the Schuylkill division, due in Reading et 8i0."i a. in. tedny, had u remitfknble es cape from being wrecked this morning. As the trnln wns running ut fifty miici. nn hour at Lecspert two large auto trucks which hud collided en the l'itmuii read, forty feet above the track, tum bled evrr the embankment te the rnll ruad just ahead of the express. Beth machines were demolished. Fertunntely the truln wns net de railed, due te the prompt action of En gineer Jehn Wetzel. One of the gaso line tanks exploded nnd the combination car was slightly damaged. Tim express train wns delayed ever en hour. EDGE OF COLD WAVE HERE Temperature Starts Down Early and Will Reach 35 Get ready for the frostiest weather of the season. You'll need a geed, warm overcenc tonight and tomorrow, nnd probably for severnl dnjs tp come, ac cording te the weather man's predic tion. A cold wnve Is en its way rrem Lake Huren and the bieezy confines of the northwest. It made its advent felt this morning, when the temperature, dropped te 54 degrees at 8 o'clock and then It kept going down. It touched 50 nt 10 o'clock, and 40 an hour later. Early this nfternenn it went up !1 degrees, but indications are thnt the tempernture tvlll drop te 40 by this evening. Tonight It is. expected te register ureuud .'15 de grees. URGE GRAHAMfOR SPEAKER Phlladelphlan May Be Compromise Choice If Fight Develops Washington, Nev. 10. Representa tive Geerge S. Graham, of Philadelphia, Is helnc iireed III some Republican quarters for selection ns speaker of the 'HOUse HI IIIW lli'Al v .iiiKn-m, in miurrru Frederick W. Glllett. of Massachusetts. There is every prospect that a fight will be made en rtpenner uiucii, anu Ornham's nume is occasionally sug rested among the possible compromises should eastern nnd western members lock horns. Suniwirters of JnmcH R. Mnnn. of Illinois, who wns defented In the laBt Congress are expected te launch an ether fight en Gill ' Should they de velep cueugh streil but fnll te assent; elect Mann, the sf te a compromise ad te defeat Glllett. enough votes te !lnn would point pest way out. mJ..X. ....-. v.vn.s.d'.w.v..twJa..-J j univiiinii- it mi i mini ' ' I Irllll llllll HUH III II I I j iiniiuiiiu iiiiu nuu i VIEWS ON LEAGUE Republican Leaders Regard Jurist as Indispensable te New Administration 1 BITTER-END OPPOSITION MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY By CLINTON W. GILBERT Stnn Cerrrsenndrnt K enlng l'nhlln I.C'lrrr CnvvrleM, 1990, bv TuMIe Ltdatr Ce. Washington, Nev. 10. K'iliti Reet Is as ueurly certain te be secretary of state In President-elect Hnrdlng's cabi net as any one can he of entering n cabinet four months In advance of Its appointment. Frem an authoritative source, Jt can be denied that there is any difference of opinion between Mr. Reet and Mr. Harding upon the League of Nations or upon canal tells which would prevent Mr. Harding asking Mr. Reet te serve under him or prevent Mr. Reet from accepting nn offer ofjtppelntment. It can be denied upon the best au thority that the cablegram which Mr. Reet sent from Europe advocating the amendment of the existing League of Nations rather than the creation of a new association of powers, which wns communicated te Mr. Harding In Marien during August, caused nny dls pleusure en the part of the President elect. And upon eatially geed authority It can be suid that Mr. Reet's opposi tion te exempting American shipping from tells In pnsing through the Pan- - ."-" . nma canal is net an obstacle te Mr. Reet's appointment. Ne one pretends te knew or te speak Mr. Harding's mind upon the subject of secretary of btate. Probably Mr. Harding may net have definitely made It up himself. But there Is no busls for the propaganda recently published te the effect that the President-elect nnd Mr. Reet differ sq widely upon the League of Nations as te make co-operation In the same administration Im possible. And, iu additluu, thcre is an overwhelming opinion" among the Re publican mrty lenders who surround Mr. Hardlfir and Vhe-wlir be- his ad visers that Mr. Reet will he an Indis-peushblc-part of the coming administra tion. This opinion Is net cenlined te nny one group in the party. It IS held by men ns widely apart us the mildest of the reservatietiists who agree with ex-President Taft and the less bitter of the bitter-enders, who step u little short of Jehnsen and Berah in their op position te the league. Reet's Authority Large The authority of Mr. Reet in his party is tremendous. He is regarded net merely ns the ablest Republican, but as the one man In ull the world who Is best qualified te deal adequutciy with the existing International Nitun- tien. One of these Republican leaders, who is distinctly mere opposed te the League of Nations than is Mr. Reet, expressed the opinion that it would be a public calamity If the country should net hnve Sir. Itoet's services nt this juncture. It Is no exaggeration te say that the men who will be summoned te conference by Mr. Hnrding upon the Leugue-of-Nutlens policy will sit at Mr. Reet's feet. They think it is of little consequence that Mr. Reet Is somewhat mere pro pre lcugue than they nre or, In some enses, slightly mere antl-lengue thun they ure. They believe that an ugreement will he reached In the Rcpublicuu confer ences Mr. Harding is te held, and that Mr. Reet, by reason of his authority In his own party, his authority iu this country, anil his uutherlty abroad, Is Indispensable. The reasons for thinking thnt Mr. Reet Is reasonably certain te he secre tary of state lie in this respect and ndmirntleu iu which he Is held by his iinrty chiefs. Mr. Harding lias himself lived in this purty ntmesplierc. More over, he will be nwure of and will be Influenced by the attitude of the party leaders toward Mr. Reet, even If he did net himself turn naturally te Mr. Reet as his chief adviser. The anti-Reet propaganda is con fined te n small section of the party which Intends te defeat the leacue n't all costs. Bitter-enders, like Senators itrandegee, mieses anu 1'cnrese, arc net antl-Rent. The opposition te the ex senator is restricted te men like Sen ators Beruh, Jehnsen and perhaps Mc Mc Cermiek of Progressive antecedents or sympathy. Slay Adjust Differences The Reet cablegram just published, which was alleged te have caused a breach between the cx-sennter and Mr. Harding, only reveals one essential point of difference between the two. The President-elect In Ms speech of ac ceptance had declared for the prompt making of pence by resolution and the subsequent negotiutlen of en agreement among the pntlens. Mr. Reet, In his telegram, had opposed this plan. Mr. Reet and Mr. Harding differ en this Question, but it is hardly mere than a etail. Mr. Reet, tee, Is probably mere favorable te the use of the present league as the basis of the future asso ciation of nations than is Mr. Harding. But the President-elect has repeatedly declared his intention net te impose his personal views upon his party or upon the country. He has premised confer ences lu which the best minds in the country. Democratic as well us Republi can, will take pnrt. In these conferences which will be held before the 4th of March, n policy will be worked out. Mr. Continued en l'uce Flflwi. Column Fle Spain te Recognize Mexico .Madrid, Nev. 10. The Spanish Gov ernment, It Is reported. Intends shortly te announce its recognition or the gov ernments of Mexico and Belivia The announcement probably will be made I after the return of King Alfonse, from A44J&IKUU, CAN BE RECONCILED TRIES TO SELL U. S. SHIP HE STOLE New Yerk, Nev. 10. (By A. P.) One of the enptains employed by the shipping beard, ueeerdlng te J. F. Richardson, who testified In New Yerk today before the congressional committee en United States shipping beanl operations, rnn nwny with his ship and was new endeavoring te sell It en the west coast of Africa. It had been discovered that n bunkering company had overcharged the shipping beard .$1)000 for coal. The captain In question obtained part of this as graft nnd was arrested, the witness said. When released In .$.'1000 ball the cnptulti was permitted te return te bis ship and sailed for Africa. TODAY'S RACING RESULTS Tirst Louisville Loveliness, 100, Peel, $5.80, $3.70, $2.C0, wen; Gelden Dreams, 100, Smith, $7.30, $3.00, second; Cezette, 101, Mooney, $4.70, third. Time 1.14 4-5. Thiid Plmlice Jeshua Ummn, 00, Fletcher, $29.70, $0.30, $800, wen; Silence, 112, Eliser, $4.00, $4.40, second; Chinnie Wnlsli 100, CeltTIetti, $4.40, third. Time 1.14. MAYOR DENIES BLAME FOR ASSESSMENTS Mayer Moere disclaimed responsibility this nfternoen for the increase in the assessment of smnll properties, and said that politicians were trying te "place the blame en his doeistep." He said that several months age he had suggested that assessments "en raised en downtown office buildings, where excessive rentals nrc being charged, but thnt he believed small houses are taxed tee near their selling value new, in comparison with the assessments of larger dwellings and buildings. 18 MEN ARRESTED ON "RUM HIGHWAY" State Police and U. S. Agents Nab Alleged "Runners" Bound for Baltimore SOME FIGHT AND ESCAPE; Says Bettle of "Heech" Was Passed te Captives At lenit nniv lmttl nf "hooch." seized nt West Greve during n relhid1- up of whisky runners, wns "crack ed" during the night for thirsty captives, according te Dr. Charles E. Heald. burgess of West Greve. The prisoners, tnken from booze laden motorcars bound for Wash ington, were locked up In the bank building there. During the long, dreary night the cnptlves clamored for "refreshments." Obliging guards tapped the supply of contraband whisky nnd pnssed the stuff around te unvelsteady hands. Eighteen alleged whisky runners, snlil tn hnrn hncn liimlini- llminr tn Baltimore and Wnshlnsten. were I ' rounded up Inst night nt West Greve, Pa., about forty miles from this city. I iiurr revolver sneis nau eeen exciiangcu 1 -1 - .. ... . . with some of the men. The liquor seized is vnlued at $45,000. The round-up, conducted ever n perietl of several hours by state police and a citizens' posse, directed by n prohibition egent, revealed that the read from this city te Washington by wuv of Media had been made a "booze" high way ever which the "wet" goods were being transported in huge quantities. Among the men captured were C. P. V Frankeuberg. Geerge C. Wnlker. James E. Rice, nnd E. L. Jehnsen, of Washington. D. C. ; Arthur T. Smith and Edward Hardest)-, Riverdale. nnd Krnnk Meters. Leuis Njmiin. David Nymnn, Jehn Keluiau and Jehn Clnw- unn nt I'.trth. VmKm' Their cupters left West (Jreve this i B,l",,ul "rKl uscenuiniiig ine cost or meiuw in wn- niiipitiuK win w to te morning with the seized liquor und the , Production and thereby proving whether i epernte. nnd that favoritism is shown prisoners .or the federal building, this ! or "nt Wl w taking tee large a In awarding repair centrncts, many of ltyi margin of profit which arc let without competitive The trsp for the whisky runners was T'le national master declared thut thei bidding. set shertlv nfter neon evti-rilii Arme.l great changes thut have taken nluce . . J" citizens and state police, Detectives Mullen, of Chester county, und Prnhl - hltien Agent Jacobs spread out along "'"' ud ninny luws and rulings of our the highway und ordered every oncem- national government hate proved of in ine motorcar te halt. Jury te the farmers The machines were searched. Most of the cars stepped during the nfter - neon had no liquor aboard. As one speeding car bowled ever the highway the driver Ignored a command te halt. Shots were fired by the state police. This fire was returned by the men In the machine. They escaped. Anether automobile of nn expensive type sped down the highway. Again the command te halt wus ignored. Bul lets were fired at the rear tires, whirh were punctured. The round-up party pounced en the machine and made the two occupants captive. Bottled liquors were found hidden In the tennenu, cov ered with blnnkets. Occupants of another motorcar, after running the gantlet of state police and citizens, abandoned the machine u short distance from West Greve. The whUky runners fled te surrounding weeds and escaped. A light motertruck, apparently leaded with old iron aud junk, was stepped. When the iron and junk were thrown aside a number of burlap hags were ro re vcaled. The begs were filled wtlh bot tled liquors, according te the raiders. The nu spectacular chase occurred when police In a motorcar pursued a motorcar which smashed all speed laws as the occupants dodged capture. Shot guns were emptied at the fugitives, but they outdistanced their pursuers. Prohibition ugents say the "booze" runners have been frightened away from the Wllmlngtou-E'Uten toad and are new hauling their contraband by way of Media. Five et we prisoners tried te escane early this morning. They dashed past! their guards, but surrendered when sev eral shots were fired ever their heads. MAY FIX PRICES FARM ER WARN Head of, National Grange De clares Selling Organization May Be Formed SELF-DEFENSE HIS PLEA By Uie Assea'ated Press Bosten, Nev. 10. The establishment of "nationwide selling organizations which shnll fix the price of farm prod- :.,,.." If . - .1 .l.. "thTifilmc pay or the sftme hours' "work! that ethers receive," was predicted to day by Sherman J. Lewell, of Fredenla, N. Y., master of th national grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, In open ing the annual convention of the grnnge. We are willing te have a fair under standing of values, the farmers receiv ling the snme pay for the snme hours work thnt ethers receive, no mere, no less, but we feel thnt this is the Inst I call," he said. "If no attention is paid te this new by bankers, manufacturers, I railroads and labor organizations, and If the government continues te use its i great power te import raw mnterinjs 'j? ''"ft tef, re',.l"', ;". "ll' tn I CmnPO Will he flie ft rut ti he n enrnnWu I nationwide selling organizations which shull fix the nrice of farm nrediictx. I 'Pll.iw.i .. ..n L...i.. (.. .1.1... . .There is no threat In this: we will have been driven te it in self-defense te preserve our agriculture, .n.l. ,,:, . ' mis coiiiuiieii is reiiucnnnt te us ..It 11- II I .i uriiitt IIHH ,ll; iri'wtl wan liui'n nwuui all. e desire no .lass regulations or um, ,.mTKei ue crlln,. t0 nny 1)iBh offieii class divisions; we desire te labor for r nnv momber of the shipping beurd. humanity and te be uble te keep the ft wns charged thnt there is much enrth fertile, always bringing forth Its i waste in connection with repair con harvest sufficient te feed the increasing , tructs by which the beard is required i millions of our people. It Is no small te pay many times in excess of the . task, however, and it can only be safely prcvnlllng rates ; thnt excess profits are ' done by a proper. appreciation of this i made by contractors by meuns of various task by our urbnn population." i subterfuges; that corruption of cm- n,,i p.i nt.... Ipleyes of the shipping beard is the Demand fur Fair Play tendency under the present system ; that Mr. Lewell rejoiced that labor has ' excess charges for rcpulrs are corn been nble te secure n much higher rate, men because of the lack of proper in of wage, but added : I spectlen ; thut delay and demurrage "We little expected that they would, ennraes nre constantly mounting be- turn and demund cheaper feed from us' . .,i, . . tt . i. t ., I s,l,v '"' beginning of the wur hnve I beM te the disadvantage of egrlcul- "Wl hav, searched faithfully te find 1 en( 'aw or ruling te our ndvnntnge and fulled te find It. We have urged for a fair show, but all our efforts have met with a like fate." .nr. j.nweii niiiii me recent census showed n net decrease of 100,000 farms i ping beard operations b two former lu seven states New Yerk. Pennsvl- ' empleyes nf the beard, A. M. Fisher and vnniii. Ohie. Illinois Indiana. MlchiiJ. r. Richardson, who for mere than gim und est irginiu and he charged a year have conducted un investigation that the attitude of the men in legls-I for the committee, lative hulls nnd departments of govern- ' The report, Mcnscd for publication iiii-ui Hi I 'nMHiiiiir te n Inrgi Ucffrw for tnis reiiflltinii. "Se long us we remnin pnssive this state of uffuirs will continue, he de- cinreu Llkes Income Tnx; Against Single Tax Concerning taxation, he said mere is but c taxation nnd that of wealth pays tuxes. There Is an Income tux. for it is never u churge iiBuiiisi uuj line wee nus net the means te pay." He spoke against the single tax and the ideu of placing u gevc nment land tax of 1 per cent en the land In place of taxing large Incomes. Beth would be disastrous te agriculture, lie said. "Anether equally erroneous idea." he continued, ''is the one of a heuvy tax en all unimproved land holdings for if this was done nud they were forced en the market by reason of such a tax (which is the Intent), it would cause the depreciation of farm lands 50 per cent from the fact that there is mero iiiiiiruvi'ii ninu iiuiii men te work It uew.'' Whi you thlnlc of writlnx. ne eoilltelllo form nf ' l"u """in i-im-iKi-m-; "1 l"'l uiiimi, ul is X'n evcrv ?,r "f th" H" "f ' ".! ether In- Its just proportion of , ywncP "' ? wB or contract ue tax mere lust thn,, ' ftT construction and allocation of ves- RELATIVES OF MEN ON SHIPPING BOARD SAIDJJENEFIT Witness 'Says Vessels Wer "Commandeered" for Use ; of Private Companies 1 "IRRESPONSIBLE PARTIES" SECURE HALF OF CRAFT By the Associated Press New Yerk, Nev. 10. Individuals and corporations of no financial standing and. no experience in maritime uffalrs have been nllecated I'nltee: States shipping.1 beanl vessels for operation, J. V. Rlch Rlch nrdsen testified here teduy when the Walsh congressional committee re sumed its investigation of alleged Ir regularities In shipping beard affairs. Richardson, who Is secretary and statistician te the Walsh committee and who in this capacity conducted an in vestigation of facts regarding the beard's operating methods, declared that Irre sponsible Individuals were favored, while established steamship companies com plained of Inability te secure any ten-, tinge whatever from the government. Vessels Were "Commandeered" Such allocation, the witness asserted, has been performed, nt will by a "di rector of operations,'" under the ship ping beard, who "commandeered" ves sels from established transport lines and , re-nllecated them te private companies..-. Ships, he said, had been turned ever te companies in which relatives of men connected with the shipping benrd were finunciully interested. The competence of nppllcnnts fesT ships, Mr. Rlchnrdsen stated, was In- , vestigated only through facilities pro vided by financial agencies. He added that these who have purl chased outright vessels from the beard huve complained they cannot compete with, companies finnnced and equipped by the shipping beard. Others, he said, felt they had cuuse for dissatisfaction when the beard took back and re-alle cated vessels turned ever te them. "The statement has been mode," he said, "that out of 200 te which ships have been allocated there are se many irresponsible companies that the list i. ... i i... if i- must be cut in half. I ii i uiiif.ii i.S" 1 njtlr nf VntMitaiM A t m nhipplm? beard! of the hlnninf heardV nvsteni. Mr. Richard son said, wes the lack of foreign agents, which en occasions hns made it neces sary for supercargoes en the beard's vessels te go out anil solicit freight se that the ship might net be compelled te return te its home pert in ballast. He criticized the failure te establish'' reciprocal working agreements with ether agents through which ships might be Rept busy, ndding : "There nre instances where nn op ep op ernter with cargo enough for a half dozen ships hns but one vessel or two; while ether ngents nt the same time may be keeping ships idle for lack of car goes." The recent creation of the I'nitcd States bureau of shipping the witness characterized as "entirely unneces sary." Commander Clement, nssistant te Ad mirul Bensen, was summoned ns one of the witnesses te testify today. A. M. Fischer, who. with Mr. Rich ardson, made an efiicial report en the ' PM1IMI1II shipping beard practices, testified yes- ..i.... ,i,t ,-..- ....... i..,.,.....i cause of the failure of various depart- t ... .1 ..l.l.Kl 1. 1 ... . I (2R A FT iND W A.TF I ,jri-rli w s r lOl L OF MILLIONS SEEN Washington, Nev 10. (By A. P.) Charges that activities of the shipping beard have resulted in an enormous waste of government funds ure con tained in n report of 11X1 pages sub mitted te the, neuse committee en ship- tmluy by tln mmmUtet. of which Urp- rtiumrn t Ivn Wnluh nf fntikinnnnuntfa In chairman, stutes that 'the investigators found evidence of graft in the purchase of a supplies for repairing government owned ships, of corruption en the part of the ethciuls und empleyes of the ship- sels. ..! 1.......1 ............ n...nA.n.tA .l Chairman Bensen, of thn shipping beard, has declined te discuss the report, declaring that any statement he, might have te mnke would be made te the Heuse committee, which uew Is continuing its investigation of the i ' r benrd's operations. Gress Waste of Funds Charged f Taking up In detail seven general phuses of the beard's activities, the report charged gross waste of govern ment funds, Improperly druwn contract which cost the government iuge stuns and failure nf the various divisions of the beard te co-operate efficiently and the almost complete failure of some of the divisions te function properly. Pedding of payrolls by firms repairing Continued 90 lafe fifteen, Column OS ' V ' 1 J jtif PI 1 i tttftai h-M 'a Mm ' "in 1 If M f I MV (,A 1 r el- tV i ' j.. .v. -" .' .f a4 .. .mMH Wi j2T
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