' k r - f H "n . - i " rf " EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, N0VEMB13K 30, 1920 1 i. "T n 101'S PAYROLL BE WLL PROBED jesearch Bureau Prepares for Full Investigation of Mu nicipal Court EVELIN KEEPS UP FIGHT ITtevclatlens mnlp reiirprnlne lermrn. lllkmen nnd otliers. nominally empleyes thp .Municipal ueiirt. who nt leant ive their pnlnripa nnlcl liv the tax- lycrs." will be Investlentnl by the Ilu- femi of Municipal Reeareli. i Thp bureau, nt the invitation or 'resident Jiulce llrewn. is te beuln n iiirvcy of tlic court till wrelc. Knrh Iphftgp of the court's activities Is te be examined, "Wn Iinve nn nreliiflicen nnp unv nr another," nsscrted Frederic!: V-. flriiHii- brc, director 01 tne jiurcnu or .Munic ipal llcscnrcli. "In ronnectleu wltb our survey of tlie Munlripnl Court it Is elir sole desire te conduct the In In tutlcatlen constructively for the geed of the city and the court. Refuses Advance. Cemment "Consequently we de net want. In fcdvnnce Of this survey, te express any .settled views en the questions In In 'Telvcd." Mr. Gruenbcrg was asked if he had head in the Evening Puiime Ledekk yesterday the results of this newspa per's .check-up en empleyes of the court. "Yes," he replied, "but I can make no comment en it because I knew noth ing about the facts. It will be our duty in making this survey te get nt the facts and, of course, facts such as pre wnted by theVKXixe I'l'itur I.kikiku Will be investigated along with ether suggestions." Councilman ,iames Ar uevnn. wne 'has-been making a lone Unlit in Ceuu- J, ell ngainst the huge demands of the Municipal court, is Known te be in vestigating the nimyNif empleyes in scribed en the payrolls as probation of ficers, investigators, social workers and tipstaves. Rudget Is Approved City Council last night tentatively approved thp. Munlripnl Court payroll of nearly $1,000,000, as part ef4.hc city budget for 1021. The payroll will be considerably smaller before It is approved finnlly by the appropriating body of the city kov kev ernment, Councilman Dcvelln declared after the hearing. Mr. Dcvelln said he was able only te "scratch the surface" at last night's hearing, but that he hoped te gi deeper into charges ngainst methods of the court before linal passage of the Item. He declared ludcp Urewn bad used "his autocratic powers" te provide political berths for his followers ami further the building of a personal politi cal machine. Virtual calm prevailed at the hear ing en. the payroll, which ended in the slicing of 4000 from nn extra-help item, Other expenses of the court, exclu slrn nf the nnvrell. came iu for a small ) share of the slashing that has been the I order of the day hIucp consideration of the budget began. 'I he cuts in these cziiriiRes even, it was said, were small when compared with the 1,000,000 4 cuts made in items of the Department .of Public Works and ether departments. ITlie entire extra expenses suffered (slashes of only little mere than .yU,(H)U. (t A request ter $suim ier moiercnr Mrc, finally cut te 0000, occasioned much comment nnd speculation from ' some of the members, as did items for telephone, uniforms, furniture, print ing and various supplies. All were cut 'several thousand dollars. IHHHHI9HHI SCHAFFER MAY GO ONSUPREWIEBENCH Attorney General Likely te Be Appointed te Succeed Dead Justice Stewart L TO DISCUSS SPEAKERSHIP lidr Pliote HervUc JAMES S. ROWLINGS Who lias been in (he employ of the Union Icaguc for forty-eight years. He Is new in charge of tlie billiard room TO PLAN FOR SUNDAY SPORT Allied Athletic Meeting Will Con sider Campaign Methods Plans for the encouragement of Sun day outdoor snorts and modification of the Sunday blue laws of 1704 will be discussed at n meeting of the Allied Athletic Associitien at the Glen Secial Club, Fifth street and Gleuwoed ave nue, at 8:lf o'clock tonight. 13. M. Hackney, former president of tn Mumtruan unscDnu league, new chief probation officer of the Quarter Sessions Court, will preside. He wishes all ball teams, home or traveling, te send delegates. The association was formed n month nun. About seventy-live cliihs nave joined the movement, nnd a petition hns been circulated which new bears thou sands of names of citizens favorable te modification of the Sunday lnws. The club representatives feel their freedom has been restricted by small grenps of people. SPR0UL AGAIN ATTACKED Dr. Grammer Says. Governer Favored "Mevie" Interests Governer Sproul. It is nlleged, wrote n letter te a Philadelphia physician stating, ever Ills signature, that the motion-picture Interests desired the re moval of Dr. Kills A. Obcrheltzer from the Pennsylvania State Heard of Ccnsets. The Rev. Carl E. Grammer made that charge jestcrday. replying te a speech the Governer made Fridnv niuht at Gas ten Presbyterian Church in which he said Dr. Grammer's charges respecting tlie censorship controversy were "un just, unkind, uugcntlemanly and un true." Dr. Grammer told of the latter at the semiannual meeting of the Philadelphia Federation nf Churches in the American Sunday Scheel L'nien Rullding. 1814 Chestnut street. "The incidenl Is closed," declaicd Harry S. McDevitt. secretary te the Governer, when nsked what Mr. Sproul had 'te say concerning Dr. Grammer's charge. Attorney General William 1. Schaffer may be appointed Justice of the State Supreme Court by Governer Sproul te succeed Justice Jehn Stewart, killed Thanksgiving Day by n trolley car near his home in Chambersburg. The appointment is net expected for n month or mere, as the attorney gen eral is occupied with administration bills te bp submitted te the Legislature. . Justice Stewart's term would have expired In January. 1022. An election te till the office for n full term of twenty-one years will be held next November, and if Mr. Schaffer is ap pointed it is believed he will be a can didate at that election. Te Confer en Speaker Senater Penrose's Improvement In health has had the effect of bringing prominent politicians te the city for conferences. Samuel Jamisen, coroner of Allegheny county, and William J. MeCalg, chairman of the appropria tions committee of the Heuse, came te the city yesterday, and will probably see Senater Penrose today or tomorrow. W. Harry Baker, secretary of the state committee, was with Senater Pen rose last evening. The state situation was discussed at the conference. As e result of the discussion, Mr. linker feels both the senator and Governer Sproul will be satisfied with the outcome of the speakership race, no matter who wins. The Governer nnd State Chairman Crew are te confer with Senater Pen rose next week en plans for the Legis lature, which convenes in January. Saturday Meeting Off The assembly of governors at Har risburg beginning tomorrow, which will continue for three days, will prevent the Governer from seeing apnater JL'cn JL'cn rese this Saturday as had been planned. Jehn W. Weeks, former senator from Massachusetts, who is mentioned as a cabinet pestibillty, is said te be iu this city. T.clghten C. Tayler. Senater Pen rose's secretary, said he lias no knowl edge that Mr. Weeks is here. He denied that Mr. Weeks has an appointment with Senater Penrose. KELLER ASKS PARDON Convicted 8lyer Denies Quilt of Murdering McNIchel An application has been llicd for the pardon of JCdward F, Keller, who Is serving a ten te twelve-year jail sen tence charged with the, murder of Dan lei J. McNIchel in the famous Frank ford trunk case. According te C. Occur Ileasley, who filed the application, Keller was inno cent of the crime. "Keller declares that he did net kill McNIchel," says Ileasley, "Ne motive was shown at the trial. He was con victed en slim circumstantial evidence. t never heard of a prisoner who was convicted as Keller en thp chaige of voluntary manslaughter en such evi- ( dencc ns was produced," The application for pardon will be acted en by the state Heard of Pardons December 15. Assistant District Atter- ney Jeseph Taulane declares that he , will oppeso the plea. McNIchel, a second cousin of the late State Senater James P. McNIchel. who was a partner with Keller in n leather novelty manufacturing plant at Twelfth and Hamilton streets, disap peared en March 30. 1014. end his beds was found In December, 1015, by work men excavating n cellar at 4002 Frank ford avenue. It was covered with strips of leather nnd with lime, wlilih had net, however, entirely destroyed the flesh. Keller is sold te have made mere than $1000 selling lenthcr novelties i which he has made in prison. "HARPBOILED" FARED WELL.! Smith Never Sent te Fert Leaven worth, Says Murdock I According te Majer William J. Mur- i deck, state adjutant of the American Legien, Frank II. "Hardbeiled" Smith, lieutenant, who was sentenced te eighteen months' confinement and dis missal from the service for alleged cruelty te soldier prisoners under his charge, "never saw the Inside of Leavenworth Prison." Majer Murdock quotes an extract from a letter sent him by Adjutant Genernl P. C. Harris, te the effect "Smith was in confinement at Fert Jey, N. Y.. from July 21, 1010, te March 20, 1020, when he was grouted parole." JUSTIN WILL ASK e BUB FOR TAR Alleged Monopoly by Ransley Firm in "Correction" Product Stir3 Welfare Director SAYS AWARDS IRREGULAR Alleged monopoly of the firm of Dun lap. Slack &"Ce.. In bidding for coal tar, produced at the Heuse of Cenec Conec lien, led Director of Public Welfare 1'iistln te announce today he will read read vertlse for bids December 1. , Congressman -elecl Harry C. Rans ley, former kherlff nnd a lieutenant of the Vare organisatien, is a member of the Dunlap, Slack Ce. This firm, ac cording te Mr. Tustin, has been the sole bidder of the coal ter for the Mast four years. Dunlap. Slack & Ce., with offices at 120 North Frent street, hns been re ceiving the cenl tar produced at the Heuse of Correction pas plant nt a con tract price of 1.20 per barrel of fifty two gallons. The United Gas Improvement Ce is said te receive apreximntely twenty -five cents n gallon for its cenl tar product. Awards of the contract te Dunlap, Slack & Ce. in the last four jcais, Director Tustin hinted, "were irregu lar" because, under the law. when 1 only one bid is received It is legally . necessary te readvertlse for bids, I The new bids are te be opened lie cember 1JI at nneiu- , . ,, Kdward A. Nnppel, nssisiani iiircciui of public welfare, stated today In learned n prospective bidder for the cenl tar had been "warned" net te compete for the product. Mr. Neppcl would net disclose the man's name. J. II. Dunlap. senior member of the firm, defended his, company's ceuise in buying the coal Ur and denied all im plications that It had been profiteering at the city's expense. 'Director Tustin has distorted the fads." he said. "We are net selling -.. .,), ,nnnv mill II is IlllClltV unjust for the Mayer and director te Intimate that we are guilty of such profiteering. Our books ere open te in spection nr any time. AV c pay that $1 .20 n barrel for the coal tar In bulk. Then we- have te supply the Imriels which cost from 1.75 te 2 each. Then we have te pav 1 a barrel for cartage from the Heuse' of Correction down heie and it Is n long haul. "Further, there is the labor iif till ing the barrels. Our cot, Iheiefere. is about ."fl.GO. nnd we sell for 7.50 n single bVrrel and 0 n barrel In carload lets. AVe can buy all we want in the mniket for 5 n barrel. The lensen the U ( I. charges such a high price is because. It wnnW te use the ter them scUcs and hence make n prohibitive fig tire 1 have been In business here for thirty -five yenrs nud it galls me te see such statements made without full in vestigntien." Bey Sheets Companion en Dare Srrnnten. Pa.. Nev .10. -Albeit Galle, fifteen enrs old. daied Albert lllrtle. fifteen, te hoot him with n Flo Fle bert rifle heie today Hiitle took tlie dale, seized the gun nnd shot tils coin cein coin nanieii Galle is dying at a hospital, nirtie is in Jail. 3, TAKEN IN CAVE, ! ACCUSEDOFTHEFTi i Police Say Beys Robbed Re frigerators and Cermantewn Schools of Many Articles Three youths arrested b the Uer Uer mimtewn police today nre net used of a seiles of rebbeiies and pilfering of feed from left Iteraters In Gciinenlnwu nnd Legan schools and lnme. The I'eys, reported iniising hv their nm its. were found early today in a ene at Kightccnth nnd Rusceinb streets ; by Patrolman Wngniruud Hi lib) Imim" tlve Mncfnrlnmi The boys weie cooking n bieakfnst of bauui and cm,'". mlTcc and ether viands, said te have been ntelen from lemplninltig lcsidcnt" James O'Slien, f,niilccn cmis old. of Pertice stieel. boasted the peiln- say, that (his was the eighth time he' hed been arrested. His most serious offense bes been the bold-tip of several Friends' wlioel pupils. His companion arc Jehn Walker, eleven years old. nls. of Pertice street, and William Hess, the untile age. of Wister street. Thcs6v boys have nlse been arrested several times, the police soy. A uantity of loot was found in 'the cae. including three sleeping bags, four blankets, a mandolin, shoes nnd rub tiers and n quantity of canned geed and ether previsions. The blankets, mandolin. hIiecs nnd rubbers are said te have been stolen from the Friend' Scheel. Maplewood and Oermnntewn avenue. , Anether boy, 1 tunk Oreste, twelve jenrs old, of UnM ltit(eiilieue htreet,' (iermnntenii, but net a companion of the ether prisoners, was also ei rested, charged by Mis Kleauer Stlckne.v, a teacher lit the Harmer Scheel, en Hit Hit tenlieuse street, of which he was n pupil, with robbing pockets of over coats in thp cloakroom. Diesiii was arrested before, accord ing te the police, for pointing n pistol nt n teacher who rcmenntialed with him for senrinz ether pupils with the gun, which turned out te bp n cap' pis tol All the jeung piiseners were nent te the Ilmi-p of Detention for n hearing T'HE steeper the hill mh the harder you step en me accelerator. a rkwvertising is the accelerator Ispf sales; therefore HERBERT M. MORRIS Advertising Agency p.. DL f f D ? K) Ctvmry rname ai mjuivm m rurnotien North American BldR. Philadelphin GET a geed printer and stick te him. If you have net yet found the one you want, we may help you find him r I THE HOLMES PRESS. Vrinltrt 1315-29 thcrrv Street Philadelphia WANT NEW STATION HOUSE r American Jewish Welfare League te Walt en Mayer A committee of 100, from the Amer ican Jewish Welfare League of Seuth Philadelphin, will wait upon the Mayer and Council within a few das te ask for the erection of n new police station for the Twenty-sixth District, at Third and Dickinsen streets. Plans for the visit were made last Sunday nt a banquet given te Acting Iiicuteuant Michael C. Shannhan, in Dickinsen Hall, Fourth and Dickinsen (trccts. The dinner was in recount receunt recount tieu of the services of the acting lieu tenant in suppressing vice and crime In his district. These who will lead the delegation nic Samuel Melnick, of 1,127 Seuth Fifth street, president of the Welfare League, nnd William (Seldberg, 132J Seuth Lawrence street, the secretary. 5wv vSt pilHSfSSijQ, Appreciated GiFTSwieHeME ' Lek Plates (Plain and Elaborate) Fish aud Game Plates (Painied by noted Artists) Amethyst a"d Engraved Glass Flower Bowls-Vases -Competes-Candj'Boxes Stere Hours -9 te S.JO 25 Discount On Used Cars tit (he Touring and Roadster Type Hudsen Super-Six $600 up Essex Touring $750 up Alie Numrreus Other Kxceptlen.il Values GOMERY-SCHWARTZ 128 N. nread St. A. perfect dinner demands H2 Salted Nut. Favers, Ben Ben te "harmonize whh. the table decorations 1516 Cbestatt 5t MacDonald & Campbell Trustworthy Reductions Men's Suits and Overcoats v All Our Suits and Overcoats Are Reduced $10.00 and $15.00 Each Havinp; from the first es tablished and carried out our principle of giving cus tomers every advantage we zeuld secure for them, and resisted te the utmost the marking up of goods during the recent rising - market period, it is net strange for us te de mere than the occasion new demands. Our present reductions are an actual less te us en every butt and Overcoat. De you knew clothing values by comparison? NOTE: These reductions apply te our entire stocks of fclething; also Cleth Moter Coats, Leather Coats, Chauffeur Suits and Overcoats. 1334-1336 Chestnut Street rM l & ujr if i r aJiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiLg sjiiiiuims 3 ) jfliniiiiiis Save $15 te $30 in this Decisive Sale ft of a Special Quantity of our $60, $65, $70 and $75 Suits and Overcoats at One Single Price $45 I Mass Meeting H of everybody in tlie ELECTRICAL I . INDUSTRIES I of Philadelphia t( (Men and women K and their families) 1 Academy of Music jL. Wednesday, Dec. lut, 8.15 P. M. If Subject: "Man te Man" f Speakers: ,1 y Senater Gee. W. Cartwrlght 1 Richard Splllnne ' Chairman, Ernest T. Trigg R Fer tickets ask any Electric tfr Heuse, W ELECTKIC CLUB OF 'WL ' PHILADELPHIA ' fm '" connection with the (M Industrial Relations Committee WM Philadelphia Chamber of 4MB" Commerce iffB .1 Christmas Gifts at Greatly Reduced Prices Net only a revision of prices but a slaughtering of them. A sale of gifts before Christmas.' A merchandising event never before attempted in Philadelphia. Imported ebjets d'art from $1.00 up. Tables conveniently arranged at fiat prices. GIFTS AT $1.00 GIFTS AT $2.00 ' GIFTS AT $5.00 GIFTS AT $10.00 GIFTS AT $25.00 Ne C. O. D.'s. Ne exchanges. Ne mail orders The Rosenbach Galleries 1320 Walnut Street Christmas Cards and Calendars d y vS's ISkM vn QL OTHING of Superior Quality at Prices of the Ordinary 1 In furtherance of our earnest desire te reduce the costs of being well dressed, we are in our Repricing Sale, affording you an opportunity te purchase clothing of Reed's Quality Standard at prices which have been materially lowered. t fl This Clothing is the best that it is possible te makethere is ikj necessity of dwelling en that point, as our position in respect te quality is well known and acknowledged. And at these lowered figures we offer really cxccptial values te buyers. Genuine and worth-while savings are offered in these revised prices en our entire stock of Suits and Overcoats. JACOB HEED'S SON) F w A ' ?' r i 1424-26 CHESTNUJ ST. STRIPES, i-hecks, plaids, plain and mixed worsted suits, with the new high military shoulders and free body lines Ulsters with snow storm ellars and pleated or paneled backs dashing deuble-breasters form coats shapely as Apelle box back coats loose as gossip coats for bitter days, coats for better days coats for all hours and for all ages all of them coats with a future of long service and uninterrupted style! rl At $35 Special lets of Suits and Overcoats made te bring mere money ' Fine Suits and Fine Overcoats At $50 Bargain Prices en Trousers! Woolen Trousers, $6.50, $8, $9 PERRY & CO. ' 16th and Chestnut Streets alliniliiia alliums 5iiiiitiiiniiiniiuiiiiii!iiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiniiirii!!iiiii;iiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiirs Ne Wonder They Call Him The Tired Business Man vM for llueMrt and Iinpin:ict JAit of Usirs Thinking is a noiseless process and abhors confusion. Insistent, distracting clutter impairs the power te think quickly and clearly. Yeu can new buy a quiet office but you can never buy a new set of nerves. Have you noticed hew many big busi ness houses are adopting this twentieth century typewriter? NOISELESS TYPEWRITER The. Noiseless Typewriter Cempanv, s:i.'i Chestnut St , Philadelphia Tlieni; walnut tfti'Ji r r r J. : ,rl A' X ' 1 " I 4 J. jM0 riy;fcw'T"ia '' V V ' " ' - - - - M ' ' ' - ' " ... ' l a GMXHWtijKril'iWM -.--...' v-j,c , v , -. --, -.-- , . , -t m , X- ",KJWiuJilidi fiiii.;.,. . A... . A " ' "- MM" '-- itJ. j, mi, i'..n . . . . i k MfiSJJi...:'(T'U U,lli WiiJ$ ttfi&-vt&&gfc c.. l&AS&i
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