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Mere's No Reason Why You Shouldn't Be a ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR Limericker-See Page 2
Euentna public IBeftger
THE WEATHER
Haln tonight and Thursday; slightly
tiarmer tonight lowest tcmporai'trc
about 40 degrees; colder Thursday.
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EXTRA
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VOL. VII. NO. 86
Entered as SeccnClftmi Mntter at thn rotome, nt Philadelphia, Pa.
Under the Act ot March 8, 1R71
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920
Published Dally Enccpl Sunday. Hubscrlptlon Trice $0 a Year by Mall.
Copyrluht, 1020. by Public Idrer Company.
PRICE TWO CKNTS
RUG 'RING' LEADER
DEFIES DETECTIVES;
New York Jack' Said to Have
15 Lieutenants Here Admits
u naalc In Narcotics
IeDERAL 'AGENT' DEFENDED
V ! ta emD DHI IPC
FOR IKTII.U iu oiui i wu.wl
. .... t,nmrn to the police ns "New
fork Jack" is said to be the big figure
the Illicit drug m'Mfstxy in mis
' f li tinllrn ilonnrt-
Jrttuiot the federal narcotics dl-
and Department or Justice n
. "..ar" , V".'. In
fcMi.delDhln. under the leadership of
T'xot Tork Jack," the police say.
L .i. mi) running narcotic pusher
In the business. He has made a million
Ks out of the Illicit traffic; he has
ome- repeatedly to iurai "
hi? and co-tly automobile; he has do-
led the police tunc uuu ubui ." ""
ilm.
Known lo Vice Squad Head
iiil..h'. T no lipml nf tho vice
,nid, sold today that he knew this
l- xv.t. .in nfc" well bv h eht. nnd
ad spoken to him several times. The
fcader ot tne narcotic m.K " -
son even admitted to Jicu uuu u
.i.. .i K.tctnncQ nml rniintrrl tho.
Elective with his inability to make on
tret. , . ,, , . ,,
'Go out nnil pet tuc guons "" "" "
oa can. "JacK" snitl to j.ce. iuu ru
cop, and it's a cop's business to set
tlruVc Yon can't touch me now, and
aSii!". il.n't ".Tnrk- and his
Jinir have been able to opcrato in spite
I every ponce cnmi. i tm-rn uiun
Caue "i the peculiar provisions i
X Harrison drug net. unticr me mw
mou cannot bo convicted unless the
lirbitlilcn tiruss are ncwiiniy lonnu u
lis possession, ".incu, tnougn tuc
.tu f l. flfiir rlnfv la vn nstlltp.
hat the police never have been able to
atch him "with tnc koous.
His riftcen Aides Here
Ha 1.ao iXttnnn llotitonnnta "nhnvintr"
runs in l'hiliidclplila, the police sny,
nd draws ins Mippiy irom iiurciuii-s
,ni-lf,l In on shius from foreicn nnrts.
Ic tells arious narcotics, bought
hcnnlv abroad, nt prices fabulously
lihancod. lie and the men nnd women
knilaUd with him have grown rlcli
tlieir traiucKings wuu nuinuu wvuk-
IRo'ine months ago, according to the
Wlce, a lieutenant of ".Tnck's" was
rested with a drug in his possession
nd tried. ".lack" brazenly came from
W' YnrI ill liU llliT nml llnsliv cnr.
cat to court openly every day of the
ill, lured n lawjer lor ins ngfiu, nnu
irtuilly admitted to the police that
lie man tliev were tninE was an cm-
lose nf lii
In spite of ilicir knowcldge of the
rug lender nnd his habits, and their
Art tint i tlni In. t j iti ttniif fiT (! t It till"
UUtlll t I Mill 111' 1 I Nllll.,iV1l It 4 II ""V
rnffie. tlie polite have not been nble to
iy a hand u ".luck."
Serxed One lull Term
YTa rt. vni'i.iil imf nun totiti 111 iflll.
IeiHi-iinii t'd iii Wilmington of ped-
'ing iriis- nun M'liiriirrii in u ,rr in
lie Atlaiitn lVniti'iitinry. When !.
'asserting Ins "Piucnce, Attorney ticn
Pit T'rtlin, . . .t. hi t.. tlwi tIuiti In lll'llril
u i uiur i i ui.ir it liU' ' ic"ii ' ""n1
n In tim him Tin. A tin re ni1l I ll itllkllOl
it iii' 1" i ii i in- iu ii l U'i" i m. -..-I.
AiiuM'lf rmuaifl am) spolio to the Ht-
'nif griii'idi, n iiik HO mill ihtii nui
ittiil uiuuth. l.nliT hi wrote to Mr.
ulini'r ft ful kiwi'iuwlful i nrmwiiiir tliO
ttorniM HHTnTs intrrost. Mr. I'ahnci-
'ln'M'ii litut ami htUM'qui'iitly Bot iiim
paiti'm. nu'iiilini; to tlio local police.
lvtcipiMl Arrest
iv-- i tin i mi nfini K" iiiun
into tn riii!.iili'li!ii:i in his big car nnd
neune i.ic- picKcd up Ills trail 111
io of tlie i . nnd speedy detective
liindit inr ' lie followed, and for it
me trailed li.m 'Mnrk" struck n ninn
(mitlnmil nu I'njp To, Ciilumn One
OUR DIE IN POWDER BLAST
wo Others Hurt In Explosion at
du Pont's Mooslc Plant
Scranton. I'.i.. tin,. (it,, a i t
f-r'our nun wire killed and two scri-
"U iiinirnl b u lerrilic explosion
"' in the .Number 'i parking
"1 of I) I du I'imt do Nemours
yt.. m i 1'iin-jitniiiii, in the village
Helm. .1 -Inn i (ltiuice east of Mooslc
18 liininm:! sbnitlv vnfti.r !l nVW.lr
ndiid an: Samuel lloiim, Calvin
I'umwi. i dw n hi nooino and Herbert
IV iDjmcl ,,.; Aaron Hlllington,
"fy IlinmnUiiiin.
'J Hi" paiking house where the ex
osioii n, ,.,,, ,i ,1(l Mix mcn givcn j
VUI y M"ls wen. .Mnplnyed, Hoitiii.
'Mnell. lironm,. ,i iollc, WPro .
'tiebiiildnigattliftime. Ililllngton
itiiininxliiiM ttl.rp nbont to enter
main dnnr Tin. hn.lli.u nf dm f.in..
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Wi '" I ""'
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SNOWLESS CHRISTMAS
etherman Says Saturday Will Be
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,;a '" I'.e.lieli,,,, for fhl-lhtlii
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"" i uou.i Walnut 1110,Adv.
MADE MILLION
Limericker WJio Won Third Hundred Dollars
THE WINNER
GEORbE W. RHAWN
210 Finance Building
Insurance Agent
THE LIMERICK
A man who lives out on
West Hortter
Has a most disobedient
dortter
And often in pique
He is heard thus to
spique,
"Frique! tltis wique do
be mique as you
ortter.
Limericker Wins $100.00,
But Loses It by a Joke
Promised His Wife in Fun He'd Give Her the
Clieck and Now Whole Family Makes
Him Stick to It
Fans ,takc tturuing from the limer
icker who wins the prize nwarded to
day. Don't make rash and supposedly
humorous promises ns to what you'll do
with these prizes If you win 'cm.
You never can tell. That's the wny
wli the man who gets the HUNDRED
DOLLARS today. He is:
GISOKGE V. RHAWN
1MO Finance Building
Insurance Agent
Mr, Rhawn, with that light and nirv
spirit so characteristic of limerickers.
boasted at homo that he had sent In a
line nnd thut he thought it was n good
one. His family at once started to .loke
with him. pretending that the mere fact
that ho had entered the contest was a
guarantee that the prize was his.
In fact, so unmercifully did they
"ride" him that, to silence them, ho
made this foolish promise to Mrs,
Ilhawn :
"If you'll keep quiet nbont it, I'll
Indorse the check right over to you."
You see, ho really didn't expect to
win. Hut when one of the limerick
editors called on him in his pretty home
nt Edgewatcr Park, N. J., and informed
WIFE STILL LOYAL
TO JAMES, SLAYER
';
Woman Declares He Was Mad
When He Killed Aged
Bank Messenger
RECALLS HIS DEVOTION
With n, love that is paramount und
faith that will not be .slinken, Mrs.
Maud .Inmes, of Hrnoklnwn, N. .T.,
wife of Frnnk .Inmes, convicted Monday
for the murder of David S. Paul, today
spoke of the tragedy nnd its shadow on
tlie future.
"M faith nnd confidence nre in the
Frank James 1 knew the one who
made our house n home, lie wns al
ways good to me and the children. YAi
know, we had a little girl ; she died a
year nnd n half ago."
At mention of tlie child Mrs. James
broke down.
"When I think of the four dns
Adelaide wns ill, before her death, and
Frank's devotion why. ho never left
her bedside a minute, nnd held her in
his anus ut the last when I recall these
(lungs, 1 think Frnnk niut have been
mud October a "
(iliid nf CiiiiM'i'sioit
"MyNmly comfort now comes from
Frnnk's conversion. You know he hnd
never been baptized, nnd though we
spoke of religion nt times. I always
knew It ivoulil be better for him to cm
brace it of his own volition. Indirectly
our physician. Dr. Jennie Sharp, of
Camden, hail considerable iiilluence, not
so much by what she said nu by her ex
ample. It was very unusual the way
Frank first necepted religion. He wn
in City Hull then, nnd told me he had
observed for some time n little motto
hanging on the wall. It said : "Do not
tnrr, find will find n way.' Gradu
ally it made a deep impression, nnd he
says it was the beginning of much
thought on a future life."
Again .Mrs. .mines nan .iiiiiriiu.v i-wi-tliiuiug,
und wept quietly for severnl
minutes.
"One .lav, before the trial, he said
to me: 'If it comes to tlie wotst, Maud,
ton will have Harold, and I will have
Adelaide.' Then I knew he was pre
pared to die. I believe the meinor of
our little girl, nnd the hone to see her.
i i. ,.!.,,,, i ... i.nnvi.ri iiiin. He was
baptized four weeks ago by Dr. Ilahn.
of the First Methodist Kpiscnpal
Cliuil'h in ( aiiMlen.
In speaking of her own future nml
her hopes for their sun, Mis. James
"Most of all. I want Harold to llni-li
school. He likes it so well, find is u
1,0.1(1 student, lie Is I lithe second Jem
nf high si hoid.
Hoy Itiicli in School
I -rill 1 1 1 1ll bin k to rinse's tmlil.. .
Tlii icncliei's have he uklii.l ami I
felt tlie longer lie waited the hinder Ihe
start would he."
"As for in) own life. I will, til
i nurse, lake n position u Utile Inter
NY will unit. hoc in llc here, nml nn
mother uiitl father will sin) with us
N'e luiM' Ints of friends who knew
I'r.ink in his home, nml the) will help
me stmt iififli It "HI he linitl
though," nnd Mr- .Inmes' c.m'n lilltil
llurklne Ios Never Ultra The lilchent
nullity nmoklnr. mUtury and clureltee oli
t.lnable. Titer. 1 no aubilltute. All Dalera.
r-Jitv.
-
hint, in the nresence of Mrs. Rhawn
nnd the three sturdy Rhawn boys, that
the prize was his, Mrs. ilhawn inter
rupted by saying in a quiet but omi
nous voice :
"Oh, no. it isn't. It is mine."
Mr. Rhawn tried to squirm out of it,
but his three sons took the witness
stand against him and unanimously de
clared that ho had promised the check
to their mother. .and the verdict of the
court w'as that he was undoubtedly
guilty.
So while he gets the check he docsn t
get it.
The limerick as Mr, Ilhawn com
pleted it follows:
fl man who lives out on West
Hortter
Has a most disobedient dortter,
And often in pique
He is heard thus to spique;
"Frique, thin wiquc do be mique, as
you ortter."
Abdut tlio Winner
Mr. Rhnwn, though now a resident
of New Jersey, was born and educated
Continued on 1'nitP Two, Column Four
MOTORIST KILLED,
3 HURT IN CRASH
Police Say Victim of Collision at
Broad and Vine Streets
Was Speeding
YOUNG WOMEN ARRESTED
One man wns killed and three per
sons were hurt in nn automobile acci
dent on Ilroad street about I o'clock
this morning. One man escaped Injury.
The crash, the police say, was the
end of a party, ami was caused by the
careless driving, at higli speed, of a
young man eager to get a party of girls
to their homes in South Philadelphia.
The dead lnau is:
Arthur Silvers, thirty-six years old,
HOSIl Kensington avenue, driver of one
car, who died in Hahnemann Hospital
live minute after being admitted.
The Injured :
Marie Iliggins, eighteen years old,
'J41S South Eleventh street, cuts and
shock.
Anna Ross, nineteen vears old, 20j
Wolf street, cuts nnd shock.
Lewis Hanks, -KiOlt Frank ford ave
nue, cuts on head and face and shock.
Morris Tabas, of (11-10 Osage avenue,
while uttenning na affair at the Eagles'
clubhouse, Ilroad street above Fair
mount avenue, last night, left his ma
chine parked on Uroiitl street north of
vine. naortiy tietorc l oclou; he
stepped in his car, nnd nftcr giving a
warning signal started forward. Intend.
Ing to turn south on Ilroad street.
At that instant, th police say the
car containing the other four persons,
with Silvers at the wheel, came down
Ilroad street. Th machine was -"go
ing better" than forty mile's per hour,
according to tlie police. This wns at
tributed to the fact the young men
wanted to get the girls home nnd then
return for the ten -mile' drive to tlieir
homes iu the northeast section of the
cltv.
Going at high speed. Sliver elthtr
tuileti to hear u alms- warning, or did
not see the Tabas ear until It was too
late. The Silvers machine crashed into
the front of the Tabas car.
The Impact threw the car driven bv
Silvers towartl the curb on the west
side of Ilroad street. Instead of crash
Ing into the curb the enr turned com
pletely over and the four occupants wen
pinned beneath.
The nos(i 0f the collision was heard
several squares, and policemen and
home-going pedestrians rushed to tlie
-cene and lifted the wrecked car from
tlio-.. pinned under il. Thev were
taken In tlie Hahnemann Hospital,
where Silvers tiled from a fractured
-Kull
At a hearing lodav before Magistrate
(ilelis, nt Hie lilleentli and Vine
streets station, Marie Itigglns, Anna
Hoss, Hunks nnd Tabas were held in
$.'11)0 ball eacli for the action nf I lie
coroner, as material witnesses.
Mrs. Silver. Widow nf the mini l.-ille.l
was present at the lienting. She broke
dun n ns she tnltl newspaper men that
her daughter had died thiee weeks ago.
John (1 lligains. father of one of the
,'iils hehl. declared thai the nccupnnls
of the wiccked car were not on u "joj
ride," He Is proprietor of a bakery
nt Eleventh street und Mnvnnicnulnir
avenue He salt! bis ilnushter had gone
to a iliiiu'f ni me r.ngies ciuiiiinuse. lie
snitl his daughter hail met Hanks nnd
Silver through Miss Ross, nnd that Sil
ver had offer.) to tnkn the young women
boate In hls.iutomoblle.
A.J
GET ALL NATIONS
TO
LLOYDGEORGE
Wants All Countries in League
and Declares Entry of
U. S. Essential
100 MILLION MARKS ASKED
BY ALLIES OF GERMANY
By the Associated Press
Lwidon. Dec. 22. David Lloyd
George, the prime minister, presiding
at a luncheon given today in the House
of Commons for the Rritish nnd do
minion delegates to the recent League
of Nntions assembly In Geneva, declared
the league would never achieve real
progress until all tlie nations were rep
resented, Mr. Lloyd George snitl he looked for
ward hopefully to the Cnited States
coming Into tho league. This, he as
serted, was essential.
There could be no real peace, declared
the prime minister, until competition
in armaments ceased, and before dis
nrmument was possible all the nations
must be in the league, for all must
march together.
Mr. Lloyd George said he was glad
to know that all were doing something.
He asserted that if the Geneva assem
bly had existed in August, 11114, the
war would have been impossible. He
wns sanguine there would be no ob
stacle to Germany's admission to the
league if she manifested an intention
to fulfill her obligations.
There was no use laboring for the
association of nations and for the estab
lishment of peace, the prime minister
declared, and on tho other hand erect
lug great armaments in order to force
other nations into a competition which
hnd more to do in stnrting the late war
than almost any other individual force.
Mr. Lloyd George said the nntions
could not take the risk of disarmament
until every nation was included. It
could bo done only by ngrecment. Dls
armament, he declared, wns not a
thing which could be done se
cretly and behind closed doors: it must
be done in such a wny that every one
knew, no that the agreement, once ar
rived nt, would be respected.
Mr. Lloyd George snitl nil nntions
must reach n common agreement not to
start again disastrous rivalry iu armn
ments, which must inevitably end in n
clash. Certain amendments, he as
serted, would bo necessary before the
league became it really effective ex
ponent of international opinion.
The league had already done much,
the prime minister asserted. For one
thing, it had raised the status of labor
throughout the world and the labor bu
reau was doing great things. The
lenguc's most conspicuous work, he said,
probably was the establishment nf the
international court of justice which
would have a very determining1 effect
on international justice in the future.
No League of Nations, however, could
possibly be regarded as complete until
the Tinted States was included, Mr.
Lloyd George declared.
FINANCIAL EXPERTS
CUT REPARATION
Hy Ihe Associated Press
Brussels, Dec. 22. Payment by
Germany nf 100.000.000,000 mnrks in
gold remains the basis upon which ex
perts and delegates to the second finan
cial confcienee in session here nre
working. This amount, although far
below what was authorized by the
Treaty of Versailles, is considered by
them collectable only nn condition that
Germany is helped along the llne sug
gested by the (iermnn delegates.
The conference adjourned at noon
today to enable the Germans to get
further information on the questions
submitted by the Allies nnd facilitate
nn investigation of nayment of the
German debt abroad and other matters.
"Allied experts, in secret individual
reports, the substance of which has
come to light, lecngnize Germany's renl
necessities mid delegates generally are
impressed b) arguments that Germany
is an insolvent ci editor who must be
maintained as a going concern. The
extent to which strict fulfillment of the
Versailles Treaty may be waived, how
ever, depends upon the allied govern
ments, before which recommendations
have been made by the Yarious dele
gations. Virtually none of the delegntes be-
f'nntlmiifl n I'lice Tho, Column Tun
HARDING DENIES CANARD
President-Elect Says He Has Not
Offered Cabinet Post to Hughes
Marlon. .. Dec. 22. (Hv A. P.)--Prt'siiluit
elect Harding today denied
published statements thnt he had offered
to Charles Ewuis Hughes the appoint
ment nl secretin1) nf state in bis Cabi
net. "I tiiid this one of the most coin
plete bit- nf hnliditv fiction writing that
lllls )el been hinuglit tn my attention,"
lie told lorie.pontlejits at his home heie.
New oil. Dec 22. illy A. P.)
Clmiles E. Hughes, jn a statement here
today. " hnrnctei i.ed published reports
that lie luiil been offered the appoint
ment nl .victim nf tale iii the Hard
ing c.iliinel .is 'irresponsible rumors."
"I do in. i line lo discuss theln," lie
ndd 1
200 CAUGHT IN NEW YORK
AKK "VOU a junor. OV A CIHAIir
Smoke Godfrey 8. Mahn'a Key Writ I'ltlNCK
OFAIJ. Coronn, 10c: 3 (or U ; 10c. Adv.
Ai
URGES
All Nlfjlit Entertainment Resorts
Raided Five Women Taken
New tin It. Dee 22. -More Hum 200
men and live women, ui rested in in
raids nn nil nit'lit eiiteituinineul icmiiis
were lined up ut vnilnus police stations
today to 1"' questioned. Detectives
sought pei sons who might throw light
upon leceiit huh! -ups and minders
Due nf Ihe mills was nt an East
Side lesiiiiiruul nml ihe niher nl mi
uptown clubhouse."
Fifteen nriests were reported bv the
"rille s.iiiid" of tweut) sharpshooter,
who l.uiied the citv all night with or
ders from Police Commissioner Emiglil
to 'shout In kill."
ANNA ROSS
South Philadelphia girl who was
injured in nn automobllo accident
last night when a man was hilled
and two others hurt
MICHEL JUROR ARRESTED
FOR $3000 JEWELRY THEFT
Helped Acquit North Penn Bank
Head Accusd of Sansom St. Theft
George Harmon, n Negro, of 720
Sansom street, held today by Magistrate
Rcnsbaw in 800 bail for court,
charged with stealing .$3000 worth of
jewelry, had been n juror in the Quarter
Sessions Court nnd was one of twelve
who ncquittcd Louis II. Michel, presi
dent of the North Pcnn Hank.
Harmon, who was arrested last night
charged with stealing the jewelry from
the Crescent Jewelers' Co., Inc., 731
Sansom street, had been a juror in
Judge Audenrlcd's court since December
0. He was one of two Negroes who
served on the jury which acquitted
Michel.
The robbery of the jewelry store took
place several months ago.- Harmon's
connection with the loss wns traced
through the fact that his wife works in
the store us it scrubwomnn. She was
not connected in the case, however.
STILL DETAIN WELSH GIRL
Miss Hlght Needs $65 More to
Reach Fiance
Down nt the Detention House at
Gloucester, n Christmas tragedy is
being enacted nil because a girl hasn't
05.
That $0." meant the difference to her
between being n happy Christmas bride
and eating her Christmas dinner nmong
strangers.
The girl is Miss Anne Helen Hight.
twenty-two-year-old immigrant who
came across on the Haverfortl nearly a
month ngo, nnd expected to marry C. J.
Mnjors, of Troup, Tex., on her nrrivnl.
Plans miscarried somewhere, for
Majors failed to meet her. She has
since hail n letter from him containing
S2.1, nnd declarative that he still loves
her.
Hut Zr or even S3.", for Miss Hight
has about .$10 of her own money won t
take a passenger nt present-day high
fare tatcs and expensive meals to
Tens.
It requires S100 nt least to make the
trip, ns a prospective britlo would want
to make it. Either lmup did not know
that amount was needed, or he (like
some others) is 'pinched' financially nt
just this merry senson.
CUT IN PH0NERATES
Service Commission Authorizes Bell
Co. to Make Reduction
Ilarrlsburg, Dec. 22 I Hy A. P.)
A telephone rate order of state-wide
impnitnncc was passed today by the
Public Service Commission when it per
mitted the Hell Co. (o tile n new tariff,
effective January 21, 1(121. eliminating
a war lux of considerable burden to the
users of toll lines.
The nrdir allows tl.e company to make
a reduction iu the initial overtime period
chnrge nn ten-cent toll culls nf from
live to four relets, nffctling the first
oveitime period of lline minutes nn a
ten -cent toll cnll. On telephone enlls
costing fifteen cents or over n war tax
of live cents has been charged, making
the total twenty cents. 1'ndcr the new
ortler the me.ssagc will cost only four
teen cents.
HENRY FELL DIES
Retired Philadelphia Merchant Suc
cumbs at Atlantic City
Hciir) Fell, retired w hole-ale grain
merchant ami member of the Cuion
League for more than thiit) .tears, died
tothi) at the Marlborough .Hleuheim,
Ai'"'iti Citv.
Mr. Fell had been ill for a long time,
nf ... in and kidne.v trouble, und his
death wns net unexpected. After the
ileuth ot his father, iu this citj, .tears
ngo, he took over couduct of an exten
sive wholesale grain business, and re
tiied -everul .vears agn. Since then he
had lived ut Atlantic-City.
E. Lawrence Fell, legist rut urn com
missioner, is a relative.
WALL STREET FIRM FAILS
Foster & Lounsbery Reported Active
Traders In Vanadium Steel
New Yoilt. Dec. 22. Failure of the
biokcragc firm of Foster & I.nuusbeij
was aniiniineed from tho rostrum of the
stock e.xchuiigo shortly after the opening
toihi), The linn consists of J. liegeman
Foster, Hour member j S. Durell Louns
bery and W. Frazur Gibson. It luul
done business- on the exchaiige for neurit
twentj jenrs.
Foster & Lounsbery nre understood
to have been active traders iu Vanadium
Steel, which was one of the stocks that
led in iccenl heavy reactions mi the
market.
The failure, vthidi wns unexpected in
financial cm-les, was regarded us ihe
most important i trendy.
LABOR RIOT IN PETR0GRAD
Soviet Authorities Crush Uprising
and Exeeute 105 Workmen
I.iniilnii. Dec '"' I Iti I Kit
serious labor nut occurred recent l.v iu
I'ctiognnl. silts a Helsliigfors dlmlrli
lo the Ccutinl New. under tisii,n
dule, in which man) peisous were
killed or injured. The riot wns crushed
und 10."i laborers were executed, the
dispatch adds.
The tumble started when the Soviet
authorities refused the demand of the
cit) laborers for more food and short
ening of tho worklug day, which is six
tccn hours. y
MA YOR TO PURGE CABINET
AND CITY HALL OF FOES;
DROPS "REFORM" CHIEFS
Defection of Men Elected
on Reform Planks Only
. Urges Executive On
CITY HALL STIRRED
BY BATTLE PROSPECT
Lure of Jobs Too Strong for
Five Supposed Aides of
Administration
H.v GEORGIA NOX McCAIN
Philadelphia's prize octopus, Judge
Charles L. Rrovvn's Municipal Court,
clutched its- tentacles more closely than
ever upon the city treasury yesterday
afternoon.
Its grip is ro tenacious now that It
couldn't be loosened with n pile drvcr
or a locomotive crane.
Mayor Moore endeavored to weaken
its hold on the city's strongbox by at
tempting to lop off with his veto nx a
number of thes-p same tentncles. He
strove to save the city nnn-thinl of a
million dollars. In aetunl numbers the
nmount nn S32-5.010.
Hut live "reform" councllmen. God
save the mark, not only voted to pay
this tribute to waste nnd extravagance
with the taxpayers' money, but. ns
though eager yet ashamed of their ac
tion, rushed the thing through at race,
horse speed.
Mayor Moore has been aware ever
since the Municipal Court scandal
started, of the attitude of at least three
of these councilmen. He had hoped
against hope that they 'would keep their
pledges to aid him in giving the city
clean government.
Now the.battle Is on. There Is (o be
no more shilly-shallying to sare some
ctie's sensibilities. There wns a sound
of ment nxes grinding nround City Ilnll
all day .vesterday.
Changes Are Impending
There will be, before long, some va
cant chairs at Mayor Moore's official
table. In ordinary politics officials not
in sympathy with the policy of their
chief have the grnep to resign. Hut
this, it seems, is extraordinary polities.
' The Ma.vnr's veto message to Council
yesterdny was both exhaustive anil in
teresting. He made of the Municipal Court
payroll a thing nf rags anil tatters.
He had investigated the entire fnbrie
and spoke from' certnin knowledge.
It was a physical impossibility for
Council to digest it in the brief tinu
between its receipt nnil its hurried tlis
posnl. Hut so eager were these pro
fessed reformers to bow the knee nt
Judge Hrovvn's new political shrine
that they refused to consider n propn.
sition for postponement for the purpose
of considering its contents.
Rchind this action of the five reform
ers is a matter of far greater import
to the people of Philadelphia. More
potent than the prodigal extravagance
of the Municipal Court.
These men, pledged before election
nnd chosen to redeem Philadelphia from
the control of corrupt political rings,
combinations and cabals, gave by their
votes willing and eager nitl to n polit
ical machine beside which the Vnre or-
Continued on I'ubi" r.lahti-rn Column One
TWO BILLIONS IN FARMERS' NOTES REDISC0UNTED j
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. By A. P. ITcnily two billion- ot '
dollars worth of paper liased on production and sales of farm
products had been rcdlscounted by rcdcrnl icseive bnnTcs thii
year, Governor Harding-, of the Fedeial Kesevre BoniTT. estimate l
In a special report sent today to Chairman Giot.na. of th Sir.-
Agricultural Committee. The nmount of such redtecrtinfs In 191
was estimated at 7 10,266,000, Mr. Harding estimated.
GIRL DIES FP0M EFFECT OF EXPLOSION
READING, Ta., Dec. 22. Catharine Beullei. dn.ugh.tei of Rob
ert Beidler, whose farmhouse near Robesonia. wns blown up ycsti
day afternoon by the explosion of the lightinj; plant in the cc.tr
of the dwelling, died in a hospital heie today ns the lesult o; a
fractured skull. The father and mother and two of their children
are still in the hospital seriously injured. The house was leveled,
and on the site there Is nothing- but a mass of debris.
HARDING PROGRAM BLANK
President-Elect Has No Visitors
Booked for Conference Today
M:n inn. .. Dec 22 tllv A. P i
The engagement book nf President elect
Harding was blank tndtt) anil it was
said at his heailquaiters here that no
callers were expected. It is possible,
however, that some mav appear as
most of Mr. llnrduu'- iuvltntinin. left i
the mutter nf time M the . nnv end lire I
nl hi vi- tins. i
Ex-President William llmvunl Tult
is expected to confer with Mr. Hauling
before Christmas, hut the da) of his
arrival has not been ntlicinll) no
tiniinccd
AUOUMTA CIIARI.KSTON hAVANNAII
Through rvlea dally, Atlantic Cruet Una
Offlea. 1000 Chiitnul. Tl, Loc, B39S, .dv.
Repudiated by Mayor
as on Side of Enemy
Thomas W. Cunningham
Penrose's chief lieutenant, and for
many years organization leader in
Tenth ward.
Chairman of Republirnn Alliance ami
Republican city committee's finance
committee.
Served several terms as n magistrate.
Has frnquently opposetl compromise
with Vnres, but is said to have allied
the Vare cnndldntc for Council, Charles
J. Pommer, nt lust election.
George W. Coles
Is a lawyer und has been prominent
in reform political movements.
Is chairman of the Town Meeting
party and was n member of the charter
revision committee.
Took active part in campaign to nom
inate Mayor Moore, and nftcr tlie elec
tion wns frequently mentioned for high
office.
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RALLYTOJVIAYOR
The Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins,
Mrs. Blankenburg and Others
Urge Support of Moore
RIGHT, SAYS MRS. JURIST
Miyor Moore has stanrh support of
people who stand for the city's best in
terests In his opposition to the extrava
gances of the Municipal Court.
Mayor Moore's sloshing of the court
appropriations yesterday is strongly in
dorsed, and there is condemnation for
those councilmen responsible for over
riding the x-cto.
"I am so indignant about this thiug
I can hardly express myself," said the
Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins. rector of
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. "In
fact. I am just about to write the Mayor
a letter about it. It is all very well to
talk about these things, but there is
nothing like a personal expression of
support nnd sympathy.
"Not only that, but every good citi
zen of Philadelphia should stand solidly
behind the Mayor. They should mark
every man who yoted against him.
Those men are not fit to represent the
city in Council.
"The Mayor is doing his level best
to make this city clean anil good, and
the increases that have been asked for
Hrovvn's court are wrong. The Mayor,
in in) opinion, was very moderate in his
cut."
Mrs. Jurist Indignant
Mrs, Louise Jurist, who is active jn
main progressive movements, said :
"Now is the time for the women
to show what they are made of. They
should keep the councilmen who did not
support the Mnvnr constantly iu mind,
and show that they are really in earnest
b) getting ritl of these ob-li in tlnnists.
The appropriations .for the Municipal
' 'ourt ure extravagant to the extent of
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Regarding the large number of pro
bation officers, Mrs. Jurist snitl-
"It might be well tn find nut wh.. tin
probation officers are, what thej are do
ing and wh.v thej are retained iu tin
Municipal Court when they are doin.
nothing but drawing salaries. I mm
mend Major Mmu.' strongly. It re
quired cnuruge to do what he did, know -ing
full well the obstacles which con
fit inte.l him. Those who nre not lojal
should be dismissed front the city's serv
ice an 1 1 hope r tin t he tukes such ac
tion." Critlcles Penrose
Mr- Jurist I hen touched on the in
diffi renee nf Senator Penrose iigardiug
the Municipal Court extravagances
Concerning Hie senator, she said:
"I low nn Sena'or Penrosi with his
Cuntlntifil on Vncf Two, Column Ihrr
ROBBERY SUSPECT HELD
Man Discharged From Hospital and
Appears Before Magistrate
iniii-lis Slurgis. nil. i- .Inlin Smith,
said bv the police to be a paroled pi is
nnei , was held in Sl.Mlll bail for iiniri
tndav charged with nttcniptcil robberv
It was tesiiiietl before Mugi-lratc llnr
ris thut Stmgis wiis i, night while ,ii
tempting In nib the Ameiicnii Si,,i.-
Co 1. 1. null ui Sii tirsi nnil I haul '
t reels mi I le. eniln'i I I, i
Stuigis was sb. i ii,v Piitinlmiiii Ixenn.
nf the Fiftt fifth nnd Pliicfelrccis sin '
lion, who mi id he cuiight the man n.
ing tn break in hiougli n w union
Stuigis bus been in the Misei icordi.i i
llo.-pilul since the -hooting
Wht you thtnlt ot wrlllna. I
think o( WHITINO. Ail. tjv. '
LEADING
ITI
ENS
Repudiation of Coles and
Cunningham Made in
Defi to New Combine
SAYS BUDGET FIGHT
SHOWED REAL AIDES
Merry Political War on After
Veto Is Beaten by
Councilmen
Mayor Moore will shake up the
city departments and sift out re
lentlessly nil elements disloyal to hk
administration and the public in
terest. He made this announcement in a
vigorous statement today.
In the statement, the Mayor repu
diated Thgmas W. Cunningham,
president of the Republican Alli
ance, and chief lieutenant of Sena
tor Penrose here, and served no
tice that George W. Coles, Town
Meeting chairman, nlso would have
no recognition.
The Mayor's pronouncement was
a stirring and dramatic call akin to
his "Moore or Vare" battle cry of
last year, but reshaped to meet con
ditions s exposed by Council's over
throw of his Municipal Court budget
"eto yesterday.
Issues Ringing Challenge
His statement follows:
The Mayor hopes the people,
seeing what the Mayor has to
contend with, will now understand
what it means to make and sus
tain a fight for civic decency in
Philadelphia.
He hopes they will note tho
criticism and obstruction of cer
tain alleged reformers on the ono
hand, and the desertion and indif
ference of presumed political
supporters on the other.
He hopes they will note the easo
with which combinations, un
thinkable before election, can bo
made after election, between so
cr 'd "Penroseites' and so-called
" eites," to prevent the carry
ing into effect of an anti-contractor
platform with its concomitant
evils.
He hopes the people will bo
tolerant of the Mayor if he holds
his ground nnd fights back as ho
certainly will to prevent a fur
ther encroachment of the selfish
forces, in ollice nr out, who aro
professedly 100 per cent for thu
administration, but are nctuully
opposed to or secretly undermin
ing it.
The Major further hopes that it
will be understood that in the read
justment he now expects to mak
to protect his administration con
structively and politically neither
Mr. Cunningham, of the Republi
can Alliance, nor Mr. Coles, of
the reform element, who hnvo
been consulting with Judgo
Hrown, the judicial boss, and.Sen
ator Vare, the contractor boss, is?
accredited h.v the administration.
"The Major wishes this first
piece of political information to
be thorough! v understood bv the
directors and chiefs of bureaus of
the xarious departments 'under
the city administration, and par
ticularly by the bureaus of police)
and firo, winch aro legally and of
ficially free from political in
fluence." The Ma.vnr's tcotgnnfrntion plans are
rxpei te,l to tnke slmpe rapidlv after
Vev Year's Inv Mr. Moore's action
jesterdnv in can. filing bis engagement
for a diiiiiei which the direetnis planned
to give him gave the initiated much
food for thought.
Three Dliectors "afe"
Three of the direetois me known to
be "ill right" with the Mnvnr and will
let. tin their othces. Tin j ure.
Hire, tor Caven of public wink
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BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
ON WALK WITH CHUM
Mother Rushes Youth to Hospital
on Tram Hunter's Rifle Blamed
A finirle.ii vni old Iniv Hunt e
leil of est Shaw muni ineinni in the
il, i iheiu oniskni. i.l the i in, 0,.as Khot
in the righl hip bv a bullet finni tin tin
known mine while lie wns walking
with n ...iupiihM.il last uighl along the
River load, above Port Itnval avenue
At ulimil ." o'olni k he nnd n friend.
Eilwii'.l Suln who is the same age
mid live- on W'tsi I'm i Roiul aveuiio.
bolii Io.ihI Ho icpm-i of u gim and
Vein ri (ell .. pain In hi" i.e. Th'
shouted ami the wmiiided bov 's inntliei
heuid th. if cues of alarm and sonn had
her 'on no u tiniii II' was luk'tjt )
thi Mciioniiii Hn-pitul. Iloxboroiigh
Theie i no thought of foul piny In
the accident as it is thought the bullft
came from some rabbit hunters, j.
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