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PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1920
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VOL. VII. NO. 85
Knttred aa Second-Clam MatUr at thu Pantomor. at Philadelphia, Pa,
Under th Act of March 3. 18T9 .
MAYOR REDUCES MUNICIPAL COURT BUDGET 8328,940
firs Real 'Showdown' of Administration to Come Today in Council's Effort'to Override Veto
j.a ? r71
MOWN PAYROLL
SLASHED HARD
BY MOORE'S AX
Usoless Jobholders Lopped Off
Million-Dollar Salary List.
Park Board Also Hit
JUDGE MARSHALS FORCES
TO REPLACE REDUCTIONS
NeHo88 Number of Probation
Offlcera Pointed Out in
Executive's Message
The Probable Line-Up of
Council on Court Budget
For Toto Roper, Von Tngcn,
Patton, Horn, Buchholis, Devclln
It votes.
Against veto Llraebumcr, Wcg
lain, Montgomery, Gaffney, Pomraer,
Cox, Hall, McCoach, Hetzell,
Frankenfield, "Walter, McKlnley
twelve.
Doubtful Connell, Dans, Burcb.
Thirteen rotos needed to override
veto.
Drastic cnts totaling $328,040 were
mode In the Municipal Court's budget
appropriation for 1021 by Mayor Moore
todny In forwarding the budget to
Council.
The Mayor's veto iw trimmed the
court's appropriation total from the
.$1,040,725 requested and Incorporated
In the municipal finance plan for next
year, down to a total of $717,785.
The Mayor's action, taken in the face
of "advice" from Senator Penrose not
to Interfere with the Municipal Court,
creates a crisis in municipal affairs
bin.
Direct Challengo to Drown
The sweeping vote, which illmlnatcs
hundreds of Jobs In the Municipal
Court, Is a direct challenge to the polit
ical power of Judge Brown.
The Judge has marshaled a number
of councilmen In support, of his court
for which ho is planning a $5,000,000
"palace of JuBtleo."
Thirteen of the twenty-one votes In
Council are needed this afternoon to
orerrlde the Mayor's veto which also
affect j the labor Item of the commission
ers of Falrmouut Park, children's
agents under the county commissioners I
and Inspectors In the Bureau of Weights
and Measures,
The deepest slash at the horde of
Municipal Court jobs that the Mayor
made nffects the probation officers, who
arc reduced by nearly one-half.
A total of 147 probation officers are
eliminated. Even with that heavy re
daction more than 150 probation of
4cri remain.
Points Out Needless Jobs
The Mayor, at one polut In his bud-
gut mesiage, draws a parallel with the
canes handled by the court's arm) of
probation officers and those .cared for
J the four probntlon officers under the
Department of Public "Welfare.
The welfare- department, diiectl
nder the Mayor, cared for 1000 chil
dren, compared with about 4000 looked
after by the Municipal Court.
Th Mayor reduces the numbor of
wnrt officers from forty -two to twenty
"n, the number of stenographers
"Ma ghty to fifty-four, and the num
ber of Janitors from sixteen to twelve.
The salary of one court crier is re-
dueed from $2750 to 32250 and the pay
f two criers cut from $2500 each to
W00 each.
Double Jobholdlne lilt
A position as probation officer at the
oute of Detention at $500 a year, oc
pled by the holder of another posi
t,0n. Is eliminated entirely on the
round that tho new chnrtcr forbids
oual nfficcholdlmr.
The appropriation for the Oynncean
"ospitm, controlled by the Municipal
wart, is reduced fiora 30,000 to
20,000.
,vJVl'Dut dlsparging tho work doue at
nin. Gy,mccan Hospital, tho Mayor
.i Ul lnnl Bly the maximum
v.r .ot Patients cared for theie.
w the hospital a stuff of seven phj -
"Clans, n nliYklnlnr,'. n.otut,,.,! il,ra
JiV.'.'8' ,0De superintendent an'd one
"u is provided.
"Deadly" Parallel Used
m.m ?lBor asaln emplojs thu argil
r n, P?""6' y showing tho nil in
dplr,Mpa,tients care1 for t tho Plillu
rivW at?nrral "ospltnl and at the
HosnuTi I,arras' MaK U'o OMiiicvan
to tl n.n "I'nvrablo compurlson as
VefL"l,0.of Btaff t0 PUtl.'ntH.
MuuiciMni'V.1" '.'"V0 .,0 tho Chicago
ii. inf,,' C?,"rt l,y the Mnyr wen
Cii.n rms the councilmen thut the
wlBtu 'TK' " ! tWrtyon. judgcM.
. -., auvuiuuen prouation otii-
MAYOR'S BUDGET MESSAGE
Following Si ihe oompletr trxt of the message Mayor Mooro tent to Council
thU afternoon, aooroving the 1921 budget with some exceptions, notablu
appropriation) asked for the Municipal
December 21. 1020.
To the President and Members of the
Council of the City of Philadelphia :
Gentlemen I return herewith ray ap
proval, oxcept ns to the item heroln
nftcr enumerated, a bill entitled "An
Ordinance for the adoption of n finan
cial program for the City of Philadel
phia for the year 1021, and making
appropriations to carrv such nrosrnm
Into effect," as provided in the act of
nine m, tuw.y iJisnpurovui or the
cntimmitcd Items Ls In tho Interest
of economy and nfllelency, and In strict
adherens to tho "pay an you go" spirit
of the new city charter. The annro-
,prlations made in the bill, as for
warded by the Council, correspond to the
penny with the total estimated receipts
for the year 1021, viz., $50,301,310.50,
but provision Is not made for a full
year's expenditures as the charter con
templates. The compensation of policemen and
firemen is not appropriated to cover the
annuaLperlod, and reliance to fully pay
these Worthy public servants apparently
is placed upon forfeitures, liquor license
moneys or other more or less nssured
receipts that may come In toward the
end of the year.
The deficiency for the year 1021, on
account of policemen's pay, I am ad
vised, la $005,850, and on account of
firemen's pay, $328,700, a total of
$1,234,550. Reductions from the aj-
Sropriations provided for the various
epartments In the bill will, therefore,
bring the estimated revenue for the year
1021 into closer nccord with the annual
outgo as required by law.
Pursuant to Section 0, Article XVI,
of tho act of June 25, 1010, the fol
lowing items in the bill arc disapproved,
or reduced, us Indicated:
Commissioners of Fnlrmount Parit
"Section 5, Item A -3. Personal sorv-Il-os:
labor, skilled and unskilled, $400.
000;" reduced to $300,000.
The pay of park guards has been in
creased, as recommended by the Mayor,
to a sum equal to that paid policemen
and firemen, and the general appropria
tion to the Commissioners of Falrmount
Park should beur a proportion of the
SHOT DURING ARREST
Wounded Man Is 3u6peoted of Try
Ing to Rob Freight Car
Two alleged thlecn uerp caught by
patrolmen in South Philadelphia last
night, one attempting to rob a freight
car and the other an automobile, ac
cording to the police.
One of the men was shot in the
scuffle attending his arrest. He wan
Charles Dessert, nineteen years old,
Mole street near Porter. Louis Weil, a
Pennsylvania Railroad detective, al
leges that he caught Dessert lu the act
of robbing a freight car at Twenty
seventh and Packard streets. Weil shot
tho man In the leg when the latter tried
to run. He was taken to St. Agnes'
Hospital, where his condition is not
serious.
Hoy Bronson, twenty-five years old,
a Negro, giving an address on Hod
man street, was arreted by Patrolmun.
John Haokett, of the N'lnetocnth nnd"
Fltzuntcr streets station, at Broad and
Balnbridgp streets. According to
Hnckett, 'Bronson had taken an over
coat from the automobile of John
Boyle, 061 North Thirty-seventh
street. The patrolman chased him five
blocks to Ninth and Balnbridgp streets,
where he made the arrest. Bronson
will have a hearing before Maglstiute
Benshaw some timi today.
COMES FAR FOR HUSBAND
Scotch Woman Locates and Is Re
united to Long-Missing Spouse
After n sepniatlon of more than seven
years, Mrs. Mary Hannah, thirtj -one
years old, of Scotland, left the Immi
gration stntlou at Gloucester today
with her husband.
Mrs. Hannah arrived here December
ft on the Haverford to search for Han
nah. She told Commissioner Hughes
at tho Gloucester Immigration itatlon
that her husband, Georgf, had left
her and their two sons, now eight nnd
nine enrs old, more than seven years
ago. Thej corresponded, she said, until
five yours ago.
Yesterday she located her husbnnd In
Westmoreland county. Today he told
Commissioner Hughes that he had
served two jenrs in the nrray and then
lost trace of his family. The couple
will send to Glasgow for their children
nnd will live hero.
TWO' KILLED IN RACE RIOT
Armed Japanese Starts Melee In
Australian Town
London. Deo. 21. (Uv A. P.)-The
Central News correspondent at Perth,
Australia, says an armed Japanese,
claiming raclnl equality, ran amuck nt
Brooke this morning and u riot re
sulted. During the fighting two Japnneso
were killed mid others injured, accord
ing to the correspondent. He adds that
troops subsequently patrolled the town
and disarmed ull the Japanese.
Nantucket Roses Abloom
as Winter Makes His Boio
Nantucket. Mass., Dec. 21 (By
A. P.) Uamblcr roses still bloom
along the fences In Nantucket;,
fanners are plowing their Holds and
fishermen go nhout their dally busi
ness as if it Mere midsummer in
stead nf the first day of winter.
In past winters this little island
town linH been cut off from the main
land for dnjs or Accks nt a time by
great ire liarrlcni, but this year,
with Chiistmns mil) four days nway,
there has been no snowstoim and no
ico has formed.
ir
Court, which suffer sharp reductions:
expense. The Item "personal services;
labor, skilled ond unskilled," Is a flexi
ble one, giving the commissioners great
latitude, and the allowance abovo sug
gested will not Interfere .with their ac
tivities and necessities.
City Convnlssloners
"Section 0, Item A-l. Line 10. Chil
dren's agent nnd Investigator, twolvc
at $1500," reduced to ten at $1500.
Tho commissioners contend thnt they
require these children's agents and In
vestigators, headed by a supervising In
vestigator at $3000 and a deputy at
$2100 (all receiving bonus In addition),
to trace out the allotment of funds for
tho maintenance of children who are the
wards of the city. Hepresentatlves of
the Philadelphia Child Welfare As
poclatlon nnd other bodies contend that
this work Is n duplication of the work
of the Municipal Court, which has
three hundred (800) probatlou officers,
which are not all the probntlon officers
paid for by the city to Investigate child
welfare.
The employment of all these investi
gators by the commissioners, the court,
the sheriff nnd others provided for in
the budget, rnlses the quest!on of un
necessary duplication n the employment
of this class of city or county employes.
It also involves the larger question,
which I shall not discuss at length, of
the piopricty ofyhaving continued court
jurisdiction over children under sixteen
years of age. Students of the child wel
fare problem advise me that a reduction
In the county commissioners' force of
investigators would work no harm.
Municipal Court
Section 0, Item A-ll.
"Line 41. Officers, forty-two at
$2000," reduced to 27 at $2000.
There nre nine judges in the Munic
ipal Court, for whom forty-two (42)
officers, in addition to thirteen criers,
nre allowed in the bill. In the Com
mon Pleas Courts, where there are fif
teen (15) judges, only thirty-nine (30)
officers are allowed. The Municipnl
Court judges thus, 'get nearly five offi
cerrt each, apart from the criers, whero-
Contlnanl on Piwa Fifteen. Column (Inr
Shops and Houses Destroyed.
Was Reprisal for Attack on
Police Barracks
DE VALERA DID NOT SAIL
Irish Home Rule Bill
Aivaits King's Signature
London, Dec. 21. (By A. P.)
The Irish home rule bill, as slightly
modified by the House, of Lords, wn's
adopted by the House of Commons
today. The measure now needs only
the royal signature to becouy. a law.
The measure will be effective at
the discretion of the government at
any time within three and one-half
j ears. The government reserves the
privilege of applying the law when
the opportune moment arrives.
By the Associated Iress
London. Dec. 21 The Press Asso
eiation's Dublin corresK)ndent quotes a
dispatch from Tulsk, county Roscom
mon, ns saying thnt crown forces
burned the village of Bnllinnlec. county
Longford, enrly this morning ns n re.
nrisol for the recent attack on the po
lice barracks there in which one con
Mtable was killed and three wounded
Shops and houses were destrojed.thp
dispatch states, home outlying farm
houses burned nnd stock shot The
military cominnmloercd and fortified the
M-hooljiousi. nnd most of the inhabit
ants fled, according to the dispatch.
Southampton, England, Dec. 21
(By A. P.) Thorough search was mode
of the steamer Aqnltanln, which arrived
here this morning, but no evidence was
found to lend color to recent rumors that
Lamonn de Valcra, "president of the
Irish republic," was aboard the liner.
Dublin. Dec. 21. The Freeman's
Journal hns received a report that a
party of troops was ambushed Monday
afternoon nt Mulllnahone, in the moun
tains of Tipperary. The details arc
conflicting says the newspaper, but
it is understood the troops fired upon
the ambuscading party, killing ten and
wounding or capturing thirty The
military casualties are reported vari
ously between eight killed and one
wounded.
Another report says that troops sur
rounded a houso neur the scene of the
ambuscade and killed a largo number of
volunteers.
Wa.Jilngton, Dec. 21. (My A P )
Mrs. Annot M Itublnson, of Manches
ter. IOngl'ind, secretary of the British
branch of the Women's International
League, declared today before the com
mission of the committee of ono hundred
investigating conditions in Ireland that
American Consul Wells, at Manchester
had uttempted to prevent her from com
ing to America to testify before the
commission by refusing to vise her pass
port on December fl.
"We ore not encouraging Inquiry in
America into the state of affnlrs In
Ireland," Mrs. Robinson said sho was
told by the consul.
After visiting the American embassy
nnd the oillce of the American consul
general in London, Mrs. Robinson said
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RISH TOWN BURNED
BY CROWN FORCES
TREADWAY
BOOTS
AND MOSS ARE HELD
AT PEIRCE
Coroner Remands Them to
Prison Without Bail to Await
Grand Jury's Action!
CROWD FILLS. COURTROOM;
MARIE IS DISAPPOINTED
Facts' in' the Peirce Murder
The victim : Henry T. Pelrcc, of
Fort Washington, Philadelphia
manufacturers' agent.
The crime: Beaten to death Jn
his apartment at 2000 Market street,
November 22.
The accused : Peter De Witt
Trendwny, Joseph "Archie" Moss,
Marion A. 'Elliott, otherwise "Al"
Smith", and Marie' Phillips Rogers,
Elliott Is still a fugitive.
Today: Formal inquest In cor
oner's court, City nail.
Peter D. Trend way, Joseph "Arch
ie" Moss and Marie Phillips Rogers
were held without bail today by Cor
oner Knight for thp action of the grand
Jury, in the murder of Henry T. Peirce.
who was slnin November 21. nt 2000
Market street.
The coroner' jury found that Pelrci
Jiad come to Ills death from "injuries
of the head and gas poisoning." This
verdict was in nccord with testimony
by Coroner's Physician "Wadsworth,
who examined the body, and testified
that there were over twenty wounds on
Peirce's head, including a compressed
fracture of the skull, wounds such as
could have been Inflicted by a black
jack, gup-butt or heavy wrench. .Ex
amination of the body, the coroner's
physician testlfid. showed that death
had been caused partly by illuminating
gas poisoning.
Marie Disappointed
The three prisoners took the erdici
well, except that Marie, who had
brought her packed traveling, bag with
her, expressed disappointment that she
had not been exonerated and set free.
Reforo the inquest begnn she laughed
and said thnt she expected to eat her
Christmns dinner with her mother in
New York.
The coroner's court, which is com
modious, was jammed with curious per
sons who wanted to get u Rllmpse of
the two men, nnd especiallj of the girl,
who have been held for the murder.
The corridor outside the court, on the
sixth floor of City Hall, was packed
with men und women who happened to
be in City Hall, and with clerks from
the offices. So dense w'as the- crowd
that it was difficult to get the prisoneis
through the jam when the hearing was
oer.
Testimony L'nseusatlonul
There was no testimonj of a sensa
tional or even novel sort at the hearing.
The detectives who solved 'the mystery,
and the few acquaintances of Peirce
who found the body or formnlly identi
fied it, simply repeated stories' nlrcud)
told half n dozen times. It was certain
from the first that the prisoners would
be held for the grnnd jury, nnd without
lin.il. Marion A. F.lliot, or "Al" .Smith,
who is stll a fugithe, was named with
the others us responsible for the dentil
of Peirce. When he is enptured his
nnmc will be offered without further
formality to the grand jurv.
Mai It- was the interesting figure nt
the hearing. As nlwnjH, she busked in
the light of publicity, nnd smiled nt tin
crowd, whose htnrcs did not annoy hei
"I hope to be out of this in n few
hours," she snld before the hearing be
gan. "I told the detectives ull I knew,
so why shouldn't they let me go? My
mother lives oier In New York, anil
I've hud n letter from her nnd two
from my sister. I didn't expect mother
to come over, becnuse she Is a cripple,
nnd the journey would be hard for her.
There's no need now, anywny, as I'm
sure the jury Is going to let mono, ami
I'll ent my Christmas dinner with hei "
Praises Treatment
The girl had only praise fitr her
treatment nt Moynmenslng Prison,
where she nnd the others have been con
lined und where they will remain until
their case conies to trial,
"They couldn't hnve been nicer to me.
In fnct It was the best little hotel I'e
ever been In,"
The girl said her husband, Ross
Rogers, nnd been twice to see her, but
would not say whether she planned to
go buck to him if she got out. "We'll
cross thut bridge when we come to It,"
she said.
The two men defendants were put In
the dock alongside a Negro prisoner ;
the girl was gien a chnir In front.
They listened, Trendwny and the girl
Contlnunl on Vast Thrro, Column Two
PIG BITES J)FF MAN'S THUMB
Didn't Like Ax and Won't Go to
Market Juat Now
Pigs can turn as well as worms, as
was proved today when Jojoe Turner
tried to slaughter his prize hog for
Christmas. Turner Is thirty-seven
jeais old ami lives nt 2037 Snunders
avenue. Camden. His pig bit off his
right thumb when he suw Turner fooling
around with an ux.
Turner wns taken to the ("Vimi. nnu.
nltal, where the surgeons said tho pig
had made a neat Job of it. The porker
is still nlive.
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Miss Nirdllnger lives at 4224 Wal
nut street and lias ft working
scholarship In the social-sen ice
department of the University Hos
pital. She won the second limping
limerick contest and has received
the prize of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS
POLICEMAN IS SHOT
la Wounded in Pursuit of Automo
bile Bandits
Harry Huntermark, n patrolman of
the Fifty-fifth nnd Pino streets station,
was shot Hi the knee while pursuing a
party of suspected robbers who fled In
two automobiles from the corner of
Fiftieth nnd Pine streets early this
morning.
Patrolman alter llibingliousp, of
!i7;:!T:iift"
nlcious-lookhiu cars standing on Fiftieth
street between Spruce and Pine streets
about 1.30 o'clock. As he approached
a woman sitting in a black touring car
sounded the horn nnd two men ran
out of an nllcy in the reur of the houses
and entered the pars.
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Hunteimark was treated at the Mh
erlcordiu Hospital. He wus not in
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MAY RIVAL SOLOMON
Camdenite, 80, Takes Fourth Wife.
Willing to Make It Five
George W. Bit tier, eighty yenrs old,
a plumber, of Brondwny and Jackson
streets, Camden, will be married for the
fourth time this oening nt the Kniglin
healthy as I flo now I would most eer-
tiitnl) loolt around fur uiiotlier bride.
MOVE FOR DISARMAMENT
House Resolution Proposes Presi
dent Call World Conference
Washington, Dec 21 (By A P. )
A lesolution uiithou.ing the President,
in Ids discretion, to invite the govern
ments of all nations to send delegates
to an International coincntion to 1m
held in the United States t consider
means oMiringing about world disarma
ment, was introduced todn bj Itepre
scntntiw Brooks, Illinois
Mrs. Jessie Ilnrdj MiicKayc. mem
ler of the ndvisorj count II, Women's
Peace Society, in urging passage of the
resolution, announced thnt the voting
women of the nntinn would insist upon
"suspension of nil appropriations' for
engines of destl action "
"The cninnuuid of Jehonli. 'Thou
bluilt not kill,' liavlug proed unavail
ing, ' Mis. MaoKa.M' said, "enfran
chised woman nil oer the world is or
ganising to deimiud, 'Thou shult not get
reud to kill.' "
BURNED SAVING HIS MOTHER
Germantown Youth Painfully lm
Jured, but Woman May Live
Salvatoro .Murinucci. sixteen jenrs
old, snicd his mother froiu burning to
dentil nt the Marintieci home in (ier
mniitowu nt noon todaj , but was him
self severely burned.
Mrs. Murinucci came in contnet lth
uu cnerheated stove ns she finished pre-
paring lunch nnd her clothing utught
Are TIip woman wns bpnting futilel l
nt thP flames wIipii Snlvntore airledl
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The crew of Insurance Patrol No. I
stationed just across the street from the
Murinucci house nt (lit Hast Hninei,
street, rushed ncross the street, nnd,
wrapping the woman in a blunket,
smothered the fire.
Superintendent Hnrrv n,,rr,o,,
the untrol. lushed the vnmnn n,i' i,.
son to the (leniinntown Hospital Mrs
Marliiueel Is severely burned on arms
ami bod, and Is in a serious enndl.
Hon. Suivntore wns permitted to go
home after severe burns nn i.ic ..-7i.
aud arms had, beta treated, ,
Aveiuto .lletlioilist i;plscopnl Uhurch. ""- f nccmeniniiy i isciiargeu. in tlle custo,v of a depute warde it iV.'.f. ' ' !' t0 th0 PrPS,nt two of
Cmden. Ihe bullet entered Stnnle,-s abdomen thr door of the corri lor tl at led own r.'1P, ,hlttPr c'n, 'ator. Shields and
His bride on this occasion will be a"d h'', fpJ t0 the ground ns he . ried to the n(,ntU lettered door tl,.rsn,! T"'1- hnve '"'cepted this nddition to the
Mrs. Ellen B. Morgan, seventy yenrs '; ?lot: , ,, u '"Prison." It was Thomas " l, "'"''"-end" program One of the
old. 1202 Ptnoiiiii stieet. who bus been Matthews went to the aid of his chum. ,nrdi formerly city solicitor of Wilm ..' "'tter-enders,'' Senator Reed, of Mlt-
morrled once before. " ''fUed him ncros the field, and as , t0I1 uth hl ' th" sonte,ice, a,', Mwl ha rejected it
Bittler's first wife pleated him '" 'rl t he jrtoolc handM. Tears well "l i,',1 , he e'e" ' Doubt About Senate Majority
with twelve children, one of whom is "' avauiirue ntaniey was t.useji to of both men as thej exchniiirei! their I 'i-i , ., ,
living toduj. His second and third ,is 'll,,Pnts """ nt, First tieet, nnd farewell, but there was no hin,- said. "'' 'nft'reme thus far held throws
wives died within a , en r of each other, downing uvenue. where a physician HWPpt ,IC bri kne wo?ds fr ", Ili," , '.". , l? T?- thw P,ribi"!y ctJT
the third wife hawng died less than a wna calleil. , T1i.tV was no comment on the '.., , ,. . ' J"' " Yt " J T, " ? 'in ninfK .third"
venr nco 1,1' Parents nrrnnged for his n-mma .u, iin,i ..Wtrified tl .. , ', . , "l1"'' ' , ninjorlt of the Sennte for his plnn.
"Theie is nothing like married life." "j ) ""P't -t o'clock Inst Zj of tie W I Ing n'n V Hall0"'1 lJl'PT"l fBWil" '"T ",d,ffl-
sald Bittler to,la. "If fourth wife jt An operation was performed an A poignant leayenklny!. for & ,all0the1 & taT XZo'V&L
should die while I fel us joune and m....i. , , , tin slim erect man of m dd .. n-,. !,,.,! .,.. i ., i'..n.'.. .. "i. ... . ' "V
Social Service Worker
Wins Second Limerick
Miss Virginia Nirdlinger, of ' 4224 Walnut
Street, Will Divide Good Fortune ;
With Folks Who Need It
Hats off to the ladles today, fans.
The prirc for last Tuesday's limerick
the one about the Luzerne carbarn
goes to:
Miss Virginia Nirdllnger,
422 MVnlniit street,
Holder of working fellowship in So
clal Service Department, University
Hospital.
These West Philadelphia people seem
to be natural born llmerickers. l'ester
la.y. the prh"e was awarded to a man at
tifty-sccond nnd Walnut streets and
todaj flc HI'NDRi:n DOLLARS goes
""'"fame street, ten DIocKs away.
Incidentally. Miss Nirdllnger is not'
the only one" u'lin u nlm. .. ,.. n,J.
1'BPPy by the winning of this money, herself. She didn't mind winning the , ''"'" " ot "Is hrst Democratic sen
Somebody who ktinwH her fntlier naUwl ' prize but she was inclined to sidc-sten r ,n ""PPort of his league plan when
mm this morning what she was going I
to do with the prize aud he said :
ell. she'll probably use a little of '
it for Christmas, KI suppose. But In
her social service work, she has come
across a number of people who really i
era aeip nnu, tnougli she Hasn't snid
SHOOTING OF CHUM
MISHAP, SAYS BOY
Brooklawn Youth in- Camden
Hospital May Recover as Re
sult of Operation
PLAYMATE IS HEARTBROKEN
"I didn't mean to shoot him
It was
an acciden "
Younj.' Alfied Matthew, a Hrook-
lawn, N J., iniith. keen, lenenttnrr tills
nt the Cooper Hospital, C'nmden, nj
that Frank Stanley his sixteen, -year-'" "mington nnd dlstmrred from the From he Te nnessT Jj,atn?Pn
old chum, nlso of Brooklnwn. is In ?? , h. rV Jft& W .!! W'tha't ailTld KES Z r 'fl JE?
(serious condition, from a bullet wound I
Matthews
. . '
pnysicians bald today his condition was
boy
were snip distnncp unurt in a i
neni, wlien the gun In the hands of Mat-
r. . . . .
lice are satisfied the shootinir was acci
dental, but the consolntlon offered b
his pnrents seemed without effect.
li-.i. viks p;:i.r
w. .k!ngto:j. ivc j.-1
HntUfnctory. The wound, caused by a H0 gripped the arms t "w,0.,"0 col,rt- n'ith compulsory
.22 : chIIIht ; bullet, is not serious. though bracing himsHf look id on W J,iri;t,on' n, p0,Iifi,ftt'n of intcrna-
'Ihe accident happened not far from Lt tfl(. wa)s f '"Z . narti '..i m Vh. n1 tVnn :'n.W ?"U n c of nation,
the I.omP of thP two toys last nJitrt.'hlM disbarment , n ,1 " hi f , c" I Zt,mM''1 V"' vr"i sw' li il ls
Ihpy ftirr nscparable friends mid left flllHlw, s,,.ht,v niu, "iH '"'.'! .? fnc , ' to do so. will become the basis.
Lome, late in the afternoon, for i trip LatPr with i l,n f I 111" , 1IlU,, ,lp lms taken the "bitter-endr" ,
to the fields nenr Brooklnwn Small on h Bt,J'; . 'V ' ''"'l, k. "" 'T" 'pmsraui announced from Washington '
calibere.1 rifles were part of their equip- J i .,,' ' -" I ns h,s point of departure. He accepted
mo?, , . 'UHh one of four resident "of VI , , ' th firRt,tW0 J,ointN of "-the world
Accoulng to Matthtws' slory un-ton whf, bwanJ re7lm(!shPd in tl " "lal ?"T ","'' tl' re-odiflcation of interna
plemeuted bv nol ce inipsticutinii. thei.u.i. ,..i. i 1".." '. " "' anc al tionnl aw. Tn these h,. nu o,i,i .
..iiiiiui' i iin iiui urrrwieii u rile nil ' , . ., n' ....'...-....", , ,, , uiu-ur 1 uuiii sl eerijiin
lation won n piellralnary fight in the House today by adopting
2CH to 7(5, n motion to suspcr-.l i.u.iuh. 'u-...i i uiov mi ..,
to give the Forclney tariff bill riht of -way.
FRANCE TO BUY RADIUM FOR HOSPITAL
PARIS. Di-r. 21 AvKlioii'v hi . . .
i.iiiiiun toi P.uis husphnlb lias uun . ,.t ,a ,-, , ,. v)
biou i.f jmi-lhimtnt by Yves Lo TioWiiui. lamU-ti ol jmbht woiUs,
Tho inuwinbu would iuvolvu an expwut ot two uuliiou naucb
One hi uumc is .iviulible in Midnmc Cutlc
the othci must be lmichaued abmau, . I-iu
Yoik. The cobt, thciu'oic, will be ovet twin
, . ' ' ii,i to LLiiaiigi tuiiaiiui.-,
RANSACKS PRELATE'S HOME
Demented Burglar Says He Wanted
,T ""'"
t0 Meet Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore. Mil., Dec. 21 A Uunn
'"' M1"'"' ' ""''tJ.
was
cnught in the in t of ransacking that
portion of Cnriliutil Cibbous' home des
ignated for the sexton, here, Inst night
Several hundred police surrounded the
Cathedral, feari, in organized effort
was being ninde C lot that structure
of sonic of the price, ss interior drap
lngs. The man gave his name as (ieorge
O'Harn, nnd stnted he hnc,l been in this
elty three da.s, coming -here from his
hoiup at St. (eclle C'anailiu lie ad-I
nilttcd. in a ramblinif fnshlnn l..f i.i. I
nurpose was tq InUrvlew .the. cardinal. J
il '
much about it at home, 1 think she has
been devoting most of her money to
them. The biggest part of this hundred
dollars will go the same way, I im
agine." ,
The winning limerick, as completed (
ity .Mp .Nirdllnger, is:
The carbarn that's out at Luzerne
Ilai many a nickel to earn.
They've got some instructors
To trnrh the conductors.
Good manners, per Mitten, they'll
learn.
Something About the Winner
It wns fllfhenlt tn iret Mka Vinllincr
er to lell her fcllnw-fnnH nnvthim nrxnit
the limelight.
rinollj she agreed to write a sboit
account of her life and here it is :
" "'" pretty burn, coming down to
cnrth and a tjpowritcr. particularly
w,'cn one has had a life largely lievoid
Continued on Pr Two. Column Five
BUSH GETS 8 YEARS
Wilmington Banker Pleads
Guilty to Stealing $50,000
in Rail Bonds
L A W Y E R
U M I C fl
DISBARRED AS
"William Bush, cashier ot the Wil
mington Saving Fund Societv. snid tn
have . embezzled more than S200.000,
was sentenced to eight J ears in the New
.'iiNtle ,n,itr ..'..iiV...... . ... .".
Judge Rice in General Scs.o..s r?mrt '
barred at his request
.'Hie trial lasted Ws than fifteen n.in -
tups. i
frll,hed in spirit. Rush .,, i :t J
n rhnir !,.. L...- ..." ""' " ""."
Idpnls tr.nl lon..n .. ,1... .li . ,
mnat ,i..- ui. "s '"
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C'onMnord on Pure Mftecn. Column Fit
r:r:i.riY ftgitt in rouse
iv
laboiatoiy hue, anc
! L ii i .) i s . i,
or thrift the normal
FORMER PENN STAR DIES
William J. Rooke, of Shamokln, Is
Heart Dlaeaae Victim
Willinm J Rooke, former Piiiversit)
of Pe.nslvnnla football star and prom
inent citizen of Shamokln, died suddenly
.U'stcrdav He wns Mied with nil
attack of heart disense while in the
cdlir of his -.ome and whs f,j (en'(1
b lis wife a few minute later
lie was n member of the Northum
berli.d count bar nnd a justice of
the pence of Conl township. ul
gained fame as a tuck'e of the 1'nlii.r
fin nd imrr ' :" . "" "" ' of
prmliifir li ..'
la school of that Institution in infi'i0
u. ..... ...... . ' ULIU" ."' tlKlS.
widow and nn. .l.n.ht.. 1." i'u' hj
.lxJt.urlye-,
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F
EMBEZZLING
HARDING GETSHIS
FIRST DEMOCRATIC
Plan for Association of Nations,
Although Vague, Is Approved
by Shields
MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH
LAFOLLETTE, REED, BORAH
By CLINTON W. GILBERT
Stun rnrrrinnilrnl Kirnlne Public IdlfT
Copurioht. iiio, bv Public T.ntorr Co.
Marlon, O., Dec 21. President-elect
rr..n ' .". .."'.
UP Ollt fieri it tn .Ctnnntn Tnliti IT
Shields, of Tennessee nnd received the'
letter's nppronl
Mr Shields afterward told your
correspondent that he was ngrepnble to
Mr Harding's proposal. lip naturally
declined to reveal whnt Mr Hnrdlnc
had snid. hut described his own posi
tion and acknowledged he would be
rendy to accept sucn nn international
association ns Mr. Harding hnd in mind.
Mr Shields was one of the oriirlnnl
Democratic objectors to President Wil
' son's League of Nations, revealing hla
hostilltj when the Senate foreign rela
tions committee, of which he is n mem
ber, mndp its report of reservations and
amendments. In thnt rennrt Mi-..
hhic (1h aligned himself with the Re
publican mnjority.
Harding's Plan Only Vague
The Tennessee senator wns mnre Mun
i a reservutionlst. however, for after
t?u for.rt,llrvntions he joined thp Re-
publican irreenne nM ! :..
the league and treaty, nis objection to
the covenant was that it created a
supergovernment. giving control of
' world affairs
to the five dominant-.
! r?wcrH in t,lle league council and basint
fiV1 l,0' iUp?n thn ",0 of military
toT. Instead of being merely nn. Jntpl
!!"! """V"0"!"1 '"'d n" ownizatlon of
ting has yet to offer to his visitors is the
7 .L' 1 "' " Tl '"n V: ',ls ProJ.e(,t ,D?
i," , , , " '",w developed In
5 " '','lm l known that the
f icmcni-eipct
leagu
nnopfi
Ot nations Whose snip nnmitn
nnd ailthoritj will be with nnHntinl
..... . .i. r. v.
" K." "" "'"B1" nl nenaior Hee.l in re
jectihii nm league or conference
nmonr
the nations. Tin1
nations. '1 he extieetntinn hero iu
thnt Si naliu Johnson and Bnriih nlso
mm be found among those voting
ngauist the Republican plnu because
of the league or conference feature.
This is not certain.
Apparent!? Senator Harding has r
sered Ins most difficult party mem
bers till Inte in liiK pnrlej, when he
can tell them thnt every one else
previous consulted hns agreed
If Mr Harding fails to persuade
Senators Bornh nnd Johnson and losei
I.n Follette. he will line tn gain sev
erul Denmcratiu otes to hu e n two
tnirds mnjoritv He must hnve a tna
jorit of thirt.-two votes in the Sea
ate. The Republicnn mnjorit in the
new Senate will be twenn two If
Lu Follette. Bornh nnd Johnson go
ugiilnst the Hnrdlug lengue, the Presl
dent-elect's senatorial mnjoritv in bin
own pnrt will be sixteen, and he will
require eight Democratic oteh to mnke
the necpssnn two-tlurds He UH on
of these necessary eight continuing to
Continued on I'nire nftwi. ( olumn Thrra
Today s Devvlopnwn ts
in National Canital
Achocates unci opponents of the
emergenc tariff bill llmsl up (heir
forces tirepnrator to the llyht when
the iiieiisuie Is culled up in the IIouss
tomorrow
The Sennte wns in recess, having
ndiounied last night until Thursday,
The House wn.s and means com
mittee oted to reciumnit for re
drafting the F.dmonds bill proposinr
to defer the date when penalties be
come effectle for failure to put feci,
erul taxes
Represeiitutlte Brooks, Ulinoia,
Introduced n i evolution nuihorlzliig
the President to invite all nations to
semi delegutes to a disiiniinmpiit
invention to be hedd in thu I'liited
States
Otto II Kalut New York bniiUer,
told the House wins and menus com
mittee thut business of the ountry
must hate revision of the tnx law
If It is to continue a health growth,
IliirUlnif Dos- Nrrer IIIU Th htatin.t
quality nmnklng- mlxtur nnd clrar.tn' ",.
lalnatlo, Thoro I no imbatltut., "il Dcjildf j
BACKER IN SENATE
propose to his rnn-
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