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VOL. VII.-NO. 06
Entered as Second-Claim Matter t the Potofflcp. at Philadelphia, Ta.
Under the Act of March 3. 187B
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1921
Published Daily Except 8unday. Subscription Price $0 a Year by Mall.
Copyright, 1021, by Public I.rdirer Company,
PRICE TWO CENTS
IE ASSEMBLY
PENS AS FLOWERS
MD HARMONY VIE
24th Biennial Session of Leg
islature Chooses Spangler
and Baldwin
ICRAIDIBLE FOR COMMITTEE
PLUMS GETS QUICK blAtii
mh Lights of Assembly
Gathering at ttarnsourg
. .m.i. finnrrnl Assembly of
A vanln convened nt Harris-
Ifmuj" i,l.nlcll session.
Tft r organization adjournment
. .. . ..i nnt 1 .Tnntinry 17 to
Z lit appointment of committee,
permit 0PP'" ,,.,. ,.,, short cnu-
Senate "-"- rnrpc ollt cut.
ctlFM an -":,::' ,.
nnu-dried program ..h
fr8. , !M,a MinlfA for
Spnngler is unniiiwuu"
tVtwi forces refuse to be bound
to (Unite date for ending session,
M proposed by Penrose.
Vnre-Hrown-Cunnitlghnm com
bine clrculntc about Hnrrlsburg In
force in determination to bjock leg
islation tougbt for Philadelphia by
Mayor Moore.
I fly o Staff Correspondent
I ii.-.tthiinr. I'a.. .Inn. 4
Jllou
intpsl
Pnnnlvflnln
wned at noon luuiiy,
'nti. nnd House chambers were
'bowers of beauty", for the occasion.
lands of blooms Mood upon nlmost
very aw nun "" "i'ij ., i
.....niu LVIonils and relatives of
(ember's were in attendance in largo
timbers nnd women irom mi m-i-uuii
I the state added brilliance to the set-
injf- ., . ......
Never bclore ims tne nciinie omwui-i
md so lavishly adorned with baskets
i .unrig nt nWors. It wns interest-
he to observers to sen the rarest pred
icts ot tne conservuioricn, ri-iumiH i
tmnnnhpro nf the "hard-boiled" state
enate, the select body of the state
Lwijlature which "pulls off" the real
(bkUive tricks of the year.
Ho It was uiso in me houhu.
Speaker Spangler of the House nnd
letitenant (iovernor Heldlemnn. pre
Hlnirln the Senate, sold that "beauty.
ot harmony, wns the watchword of the
mir." Ilnth officials wondered what
,ot chambers would look like when the
omen begin to take their places as
iwraikeis of the commonwealth.
Revenue' Assembly's Cry
as Squandering Is Started
$120,000 Vacation First Act of Legislators De
spite Warning of Accountability to People.
Meanwhile More Taxation Considered
By C.EOllOK NOX McCAIN
MAN ACCUSED BY
L
DODGES TRIAL
BY WOMEN JURORS
-With
crs and llowery speeches ns the key
cj the 124th biennial session of the
nnVilvanln General Assembly was
Ilnrrishurg, .Inn. 4. The paramount
hsue before the Legislature is reve
nue. Money, and morn money.
It is the question that overshadows
every other. Millions beyond nil previ
ous demands are required for schools,
charities, soldiers' bounties, depart
mental development and needs.
Ihe legislative appropriation alono
must bo incrensed $1000 for every mem
h". Instead of $1G00 they now receive
$J.iOO sulary.
Nearly every stale Institution is in
debt.
The board of charities has been
wrcstl tig with Its budget for weeks. It
Is trying to keep Its requirements to
the lowest point. The budget will not
be ready for presentation to the Legis
lature until February.
And this in not a reform Legislature.
If it were, it would start reformation
of itself immediately.
Instead, almost its first otficlal act
will bo to squander about $120,000 of
the people's money nnd give no return
for it. Todny it will udjourn for tw
weeks till January 17.
The alleged object is to give the
sneaker of the House time to nppoint
his standing committees.
It is two valuable weeks thrown
away.
TllC Olllv PXnlKO In (lint If lina lnirloln.
five precedent., All other Legislatures
nuvi.- uunr n, way noi huh one i
Not only is it unnecessary, but is nn
indefensible waste of public funds.
All that is to be done could be finished
in forty-eight hours. Dy the end of
tins wcck at least, uut tho real pur
pose Is to give political lenders n chance
to "fix things" as tci committee.
There are special Interests to be con
sulted, log-rolling to be done nnd po
litical axes to grind.
And it will cost $120,000. '
A few days ago Senator Penrose is
sued the warning that the people of
the nation would hold the Uejiubllcan
party to heavy accountability.
Last night In his speech of thiinks
Speaker Spnngler voiced the same warn
ing regnrdlng the people of this state.
He said:
"The Ilenubllcnn nnrtv nf Pennsvl-
vnnln, by an overwhelming voto, wns
commissioned by the people to continue
in tuc administration of tne state gov
ernment. This commission carries with
it a heavy responsibility for which
members of this Legislature must answer."
This adjournment scheme shows bow
the members take the mnttcr to heart.
It has been pointed out that one of
tne least objectionable ways for increas
ing tho revenue is by doubling the tax
on inheritances. Five per cent is the
present rate, and it .is proposed to make
It 10. Nearly $7,000,000 was realized
last year from this source nlone. It is
Governor Huroul's idea.
"Who'll kick on an Increase of in
heritance tnx," said a member from a
central county this morning.
"The fellow that's dead won't bother
about the money, nnd the chap that in
herit it will be too eager to get his
fingers on it to raise any fuss.
"It's n dandy scheme all around, for
everybody's satisfied."
nepxescntntivo I'hiUips, of Clcnr-
Now "Talesmen" Prove Impar
tial to Both Sexes Convict
Despite Sympathy Plea
ACQUITTAL VERDICT BRINGS
SCORING BY PROSECUTOR
Conllnuftl on Taite Four. Column Three
BABES IN SQUALOR
MOTHER ARRESIED
Child, Wandering in Street,
Leads to Disclosure of Plight
of Boy and Girl
MAN ALSO IS UNDER BAIL
FIGHTS SHIP
A
I SAVE CANARIES
Man Tells of 21 Days' Struggle
in Hold When Rodents
Attacked Pets
Democrats Set Record
Just to show that tho harmony was
Ml. Representative .Tnmes A. Walker,
are man from riiilnueipiua, placed tne
ime ot Hubert K. Himnc er in nominu
Ion for re-election as sneaker.
Two )cars ago Walker and his Vnre
o leaxnvft opposed the rule of Snanc er.
hn presided during the stirring days
vhlcli preceded the ndoptlon of Phila-
l.l.l.tA.. ! .
iciuuiu & uuiv I'uurit-T.
As soon ns alker closed his brief
iut eulogistic effort In behalf of Spang
fr, John M. l'lynn, of Klk. Democrat
ind oldest member of the House, sec
indfd the nomlnntinit. Flynn nnnounced
he minority hud no candidate nnd be
leved In "ninjoilt.v rule."
It Was the first time in venrs the
)emocrnls have not nnmed a speaker
Ship candidate to onoosc the Itcnubli-
kviD nominee.
B The unanimous rollcnll on Spnngler
oiiouca the seconding speech.
ine monotony of the rut anil dried
rocedure was varied n llttlr. when tho
nembers were sworn in hv .Tnilirn Frnnk
B. Wlrkerslinni. of Dauphin county,
vew Hibles were distributed among the
Iiembers to take the oath and be re
amed as souvenirs.
it was the hr.st bit .of "loot" dis
ributed this session nnll there was
I Scramble nmnnp tlin nnw mnmliiwii n.f-
o be overlooked.
PratCr for ihtt Plllrlnnnn tf 1.A ..u-
Ijmblymen was offered by Itcv. "W. II.
eldman, of York, the home ot Mpeuker
ipangler. There wns a pause for a
""""J wniic me Assembly was photo
wphrd. Deputy Secretary of the Com
lOiHvealth Frederick A. Oodcharlcs
nn presented tho returns of the legis
itlve election in November nnd these
uVc?iV Aftcr thi8 the roll was
a ' ,T,U'. oatl1 wnH administered by
Wlrank II. Wickersham, of the
?p ii (i?unt' t'ourt, the members
resent ru lini..t.ni.,., i i. i. - .u-
fniifift ",v,,w,nw iil iiiu uur iu iuu
In contriist t rni.m ... . ..
K r .f th? llollRo affirmed on taking
f nf , "'y 0Ilp. Samuel McCurdy,
X Illnlr. nnl nn... i. 1-1 ai.- ....
ifted band. ' K l
UI the 207 memllPrM nf Mm Tinner, nnlv
Ewt.Wa8 ,nbJ;ent. Itepresentntive' .T. T.
roster, of Venango.
CnSL yro',TC(1C(1 with the naming of
;:." '" ne wiin tno course ai InntcU
v uepiibiican caucus Inst night.
Hnhati C3 t-, i .
aanlnn,.i"- ..,?i!nn8'er. . w
llaniu ' iwiea spcaKcr ot tne
I' Frank K. ltni,i.i -nn- ...
Iria l.-i. ""."." "i " Luuiiij,
i.v .vvtii iirpi. Hour rtA A... Ar i.
Nnate. "" '"" "'" "l ",l-
AdJournnipiit h.Ia n.....
amCcreS,Fr0i,Ui d'nl"l"tration was un-
Iato nn,i i, t uu""'l uujournmeni
tared .iJ 1C Fe"ro?c-(lr"ntl' n'l'
8rcd themselves In advance against
t'ontlnu-d on raro Four, Column One
I OB CHESTNUT HILL HOMES
oue Of J. R. Monlnnm.f Pn-r.
and $125 in Silverware Stolen
A little girl of four, sickly and show
ing signs of litter neglect, t-ecn wan
dering on the streets late yesterday, led
to the discovery of her baby brother,
aged one year, nlone in n house. The
infant was in nn even worse condition
than his sister.
Detective Comedieo. of the Second
nnd Christian streets police station,
questioned Hilda, the girl, nnd she
guided him to her home. There he
found the baby, lying naked on the iloor
of a practically unfurnished room nt
118 Catharine street.
Comedieo waited for the return of
the mother and upon her arrival placed
her under nrrest, charged with neglect
of Hilda unit Johnnie, Hi" Infant. She
is Mrs, Anna Kruehief. A hoarder.
Walter CahlU, also wns tnken in
custody.
The Department of Public Welfare
was notified of the plight of the chil
dren and one of the women workers
of the bureau took them in charge. They
were sent to St. Vincent's Home In
West Pnilndelphia.
"Physicians who examined them nt this
institution said their pitiful plight could
be partly accounted for by their being
afflicted with whooping cough, nnd or
dered them to the Medico-Chlrurgienl
Hospital. When cured they will be
returned to the West Philadelphia home.
At a hearing this morning nt the
Fourth nnd De Lanccy streets station
before Magistrate Harrigan. the mother
nnd the titan were held under $h00 bnil
for n further hearing next week.
Mrs. Kruehief said her husband bad
deserted her a year ago,
WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT
Father, Mother and Two Children
Asphyxiated by Gas
i.'WNAlifmvn V. .1.. .Inn. 4. -Hv A.
P.) An entire family, consisting of
riti,or mothpr. son uud daughter, met
death yesterday at Uhlcrton, Pn., across
the Delaware river from here when
they were asphyxiated by gaB from a
BThe dear are William C. Weaver and
his wife, aged twenty-eight and twenty-seven,
respectively; Mnbel, age six,
nnd Floyd, age three.
The Weavers conducted n farm out
side of Uhlertown nnd their bodies
were discovered by Charles Weaver, a
brother, living nearby.
Woman Juror Brings
Her Sewing to Court
The second day in the life of the
Philadelphia jurywonian found her
making herself nt home in the City
Hull.
Miss Klslp Kyle, T.S2." Willows
avenue, brought her sewing to room
2S", Common Pleas' Court, No. .1,
this morning. It was a dainty hand
kerchief nnd did not interfere with
the grinding out of justice.
Another fnlr Portia was seen pol
ishing her nails.
Court Crier Levi Hart, room -153.
criminal branch of the Municipal
Court, snld he did not have to ad
monish nny of the women this morn
ing for being late, while he bad
other things to say of the men.
Hey I Limericker8;
Don't Be Rash
With Promises
Here's a feller sat down ano
night and said he was going to
win a limpin' lim'rlck.
Family laughed at him, of
course.
So ho said he'd divide the prize
among 'cm if ho won.
And he won. So now he's out
(nnd they're in)
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
Nnmc o' this lim'rickcr is:
BART E. GRADY
1336 South Ruby Street
Clerk, Federal Reserve Dank
His limpin' lim'rick, completed, is:
NO. 14
The Abington motor police
Are Compelling the bandits to
cease;
With their autos they reach
'cm
And they mighty .soon teach
'cm
When they cop 'cm it's cclUdcm
re(a)l-easc.
FIND WIFE KILLED
HUSBAND ARRESTED
N CLIFTON HEIGHTS
Suicide Story Told by Man and
Sons After Tragic Do
mestic Quarrel
WOMAN'S STEPSON HELD
WITH BOARDER FOR INQUIRY
KILLS TWENTY WITH HANDS
Two thousand canary birds, bull
finches and goldfishes were brought to
this city today in the hold of th
steamship Kerlew after their owner
bnttlcd night nnd day with great hordes
of rats to save his valuable and strange
consignment. It Is the first lot nf enn
arie.s imported into this country since
before the war.
A description of the fight to snve the
canaries wns given by Frank Vnbls, the
bird fancier, who brought them over
with him.
"The rats made my life intolerable,"
said he this morning. "I killed twenty
with my own hands nnd destroyed fifty
or more with poison. They killed in
all between ITiO nnd 100 of the birds."
Mr. Vahle was in a highly nervous
and exhnusted condition ns the result
of his night vigils during the twenty
one days the ship took In reaching here
from Hamburg.
The Kerlew carried n cargo of grain
on the voyage over nnd brought back
general merchandise. For this reason
the rats which had been drawn to the
vessel because of the grain were dani-
ished during the return trip.
The ennnry birds were procured by
Mr. Vnhle on Hnrtz Mountain, the
homo nf tho best-known Kind of canary,
which is near Wehrstndt, (iermnny.
Mr. Vahle, who owns nn animal nnd
bird store at .110 Market street, said
t lint some of the canaries are worth as
much as $t"0. They nre raised by the
(icnnau peasants and taught to sing
before being sold to dealers from all
countries of the world who visit tho
Hurt. Mouutnln to procure the birds.
Three women cnlled to sit on n jury
In the crlminnl branch of the Municipal
Court, before Judge Ctorman, were
peremptorily challenged by the at
torney for the defense todny, because
he was unwilling to trust to them the
interests of n prisoner whom n pretty,
golden-haired girl accused.
In another court, however, the so
called "prison court," before Judge Mc
Cullon, a woman serving on n jury with
eleven men made it plain that sympathy
for women and children would not in
fluence her in pussing judgment.
She helped find two young men
guilty of bringing n stolen motor into
the state, though their attorney laid
stress on the fact that they both had
young wives nnd each an Infant child.
Women Acquit Women
In still nnotber division, the "bail
court," before Judge- Horace Stern in
Room 200. City Hall, a jury with two
women members, after deliberation, ac
quitted two young women who were
charged with having- received stolen
goods.
In nil the courts where women sat.
on juries, there were greater crods of
spectators than usual, and attorneys
were grcntly in evidence, seeking as
ijxsterday to learn something of the
psychology of the womnu Juror,
If one thing stood out above others
In these courts where women helped try
the cases, it was the expedition with
which judgments were reached.
Municipal Court
Three
robberies netted burirlars
peratirtK n Chestniif tun Bn..n X,.
"7. and elotliine tntnlinv -! '.,nt.,
Wily of 'I'0 T,,e,nftornry abR('lu, of ",c
ntcred t. ."""lK "cry, ourgiars
iMins l.i i ' Mon'6mery's home at 125
M?r w Ih1,!! i"VM Vllu t tl'Si. The
Thp ri "H llls,'overed today.
lint ii.,.VV."!" ,llu,'iii'. wns entered last
Mr " a. " B,,tl ""
om, path f' cnir m"10 ,01 Mra
". and kin .' Si i91G Navahoo uvo-on-
stole clothing amount ng to
As "Loyalists," Campbell
and Connolly Are Vague
"Merc scrap of conversation"
might be the appellation applied by
Magistrate William F. Campbell or
Congressman-elect Jnmes J. Con
nolly to verbal announcements as to
whom they will support politically.
Campbell nnd Connolly recently
let it be understood that they were
supporters of Mayor Moore In his
fight against the Vare-Ilrown-Cun-nlngbam
combination.
Last night nfter they had been
hobnobbing with Judge Ilrown,
"Tom" Cunningham and their
friends nt Harrisburg Campbell and
Connolly were asked about their
"loyalty" to the Mayor.
"Nice room, this Senate room,"
replied Campbell.
"Fine stenk we hod at dinner,"
said a proxy forestalling Connolly's
reply to a question as to how he
liked his combine friends.
"Very," he replied. Then the
proxy got busy.
214 REPORTED DROWNED
IN SPANISH SHIPWRECK
Santa Isabel Driven on Rocks In
Storm as Passengers Sleep
Madrid. Jan. 4. (Ily A. P.) Two
hundred and fourteen persons lost their
lives when the Spanish stenmer Santa
Isabel was wrecked off the coast, Sat
urday night, says u tolsgram received
hero from the governor of Pontevcdra.
Fifty-six persons were saved, but
many of them were injured. Cnptuin
Muui Rlcueldi, captain of tho vessel,
wns severely hurt and it is not expected
be will recover. Many bodies hnvo been
washed ashore, and in several cases
whole families were drowned.
Among the snved wns an infant three
years old whose parents, are believed
to be dead.
The majority of those rescued from
the steamer were tumble to speak on
being landed, owing to their frightful
experiences during the hours of cling
ing to the wreckage in the terrific storm
and cold.
Meager details indicate that the dis
aster occurred at 1 :45 o'clock Sunday
morning when virtually every one on
hoard wns in bed.
Latest dispatches from Cadiz stute
the ship was driven on the rocks during
a tremendous storm, xnc largo num
ber of deaths is attributed to tho fuet
that the passengers had been confined
to their cabins because of tho violence
of tho tempest, many of them being
asleep.
OFFERS PLAN FOR WILSON
Lloyd George Suggests Course to
League on Armenian Arbitration
Geneva, Jan. -1. (By A. P.) Paul
Hymons, president of the assembly of
tho League of Nations, received a tele
gram today from David Lloyd Georgo,
Ilritfsh. prime minister, embodying n
suggestion ns to the. further course to
be taken by President Wilson on the
question of medlntlnn Isuwcen the
Turkish nationalists and the Ar
menians. The Hrltish premier suggested Pres
ident Wilson cablo his Instructions di
rect to the American high commissioner
in Constantinople,
A grim white ghost walked in Room
070, criminal branch of the Municipal
Court today. It wns fear of woman's
newlv acquired power to deal with the
doublc-stnndnrd of morals for men nnd
women.
Three women snt .n the Jury box with
the nine men jurors when a frnil girl
with n great deal of golden hair, made
her way towards the witness stand. In
her nrms this unmarried mother car
ried n very young bnby. There was a
buzz of comment through the crowded
chnmber of justice, but In a second it
dwindled into , perfect silence. Sonic
thing was happening.
Harry Herkowitz, counsel for the
father of the child, challenged the
feminine part of the jury. One by one
the iiamea were called out "Vera
Ottlnger," "Anna Fleming," "Mary
McCarthy," and the women were asked
to retire from the box.
Then n peculiar thing happened. The
name of another juror of the waiting
panel in the courtroom wns called. The
"jurymnn" turned out to be a "jury
woman" nnd she was told thnt she
might retiie. With dispatch three men
were then cnlled to take the place of the
women.
Just previous to the retiring of the
women jurymen the three who hud
helped to bring in a swift verdict of
"guilty with reference to n similar case
of a colored girl."
It wns the first enso actually heard
with witnesses In Room (17(1 this morn
ing although several having to do with
morals were settled Informally before
Judge Gorman.
Out in the corridor Miss Ottlnger,
who wns Philadelphia' stirst jury fore
man, yesterday, but who was merely
one of tho jury today, discussed the re
tirement of the women.
"I don't like to su It was done on
purpose," she said, "but it did look
funnyfl I wouldn't havethouglit It so
funny if it hadn't been that another
woman was called up by mistake after
ONE-ARMED MAN ROUTS "
TWO WOULD-BE BANDITS
Peter Smith Saves His $40, but Has
Banaaged Face
Peter Smith is a one-armed man, but
n Uttje handicap like that did not
mean thnt nny two highwaymen who
just hnppcncd to be in the mood to tnke
Peter's money away from him nnd
spend it for him could get away witn
the "stunt."
Smith lives nt lfiO North Twelfth
street. He was in the neighborhood or
Second and Garrett streets last night,
when the highwaymen tried to hold him
up. Smith had .$-10 In his pocKet, nnd
he could not see the Idea of being com
pelled to wuit until next nay dny to
get a supply of money.
So, when the thugs tackled him, Pete
mot them with a joyous smile. He
kicked one thug in the stomach, and
while the mnn wns lying on the pave
ment groaning with pain Smith kicked
him again for good mciisuie.
The other thug clinched with Smith
nnd pummeled him on the face nnd head
pretty thoroughly so thoroughly that
Smith found It necessary after the
battle to go to a hospital to have his
wounds treated, nut Smith fought ami
yelled for help with i"'l nffiwt that
the thug dropped from the clinch and
ran. down Second street, followed by
IiU cnmnanlon in crime, who had strue.
gled to his feet and was holding his
hands tenderly nt the ult of his stom
ach, where Smith's No. 8s had landed
three minutes before.
SHIPS GO TO MANEUVERS
Five From Navy Yard Will Partici
pate at Guantanamo
Five ships left the Philadelphia Navy
Yard today for the wiutcr maneuvers
of the Atiiintie fleet, nnd four left to be
laid up for the winter at the Charles
town Nnvy Yard.
The five going for mnneuvers were tin;
armored cruiser Columbia and the Her
nudou, Unrney, lllakely and Crowning
shield, of the Nineteenth Destroyer
Division. They will meet the fleet off
the Chesepeuke capes, then proceed to
Panama and Guantnnnmn. Cuba. The
Columbia is the flagship nf Rear
Admiral Edward Simpson, commander
of the supply ships of the fleet.
The ships going into winter quarters
lire the destroyers Shaw, Little, Greg
ory and Stringhnm.
200 HURT IN BELGRADE RIOT
Communist Mob Stones Police, but
Yields to Bayonets
Ilclgared. Jan. 4. (Hy A. P.)
In n clash between Communists nnd
the police nearly 200 Communists nnd
a dozen of the police were wounded.
Many Russlnns were among the de
nionstrants. The mob stoned the police force,
which was trying to suppress demon-
srtutions in front of the Communists'
meeting linll. Tho police drew their
bayonets in suppressing the disturb
ances. Jugo-Slnvia bns been affected for
several dnjs past by Communist netlvl-'
ties, which were followed by numerous
nrrests, occupation of the Communist
headquarters and suppression of the
Communist newspaper organs.
Mrs. Itoe Dick, forty-two years old.
was found dead in the yard nt the rear
of her home, Jacl;son strept nnd llrond-
way, Clifton Ilcishts. shortly ntter n
o'clock last nlcht. A .32-cnliber bullet
hod pierced her heart.
Although her husband, I'nul wick,
nsserted she had committed suicide,
Chief of Police McGownn, at first un
able to find a revolver near the body
and learning that Dick nnd his wife
had quarreled violently last evening, nr
rested the husband.
John Dick, n sixteen-yenr-old step
son nf Ihe woman, and John Heryn,
thirty rents old. a boarder nt the Dick
home, were arrested also.
A .JtS-caliher revolver was found this
morning about twenty feet from the spot
where Mrs. Dick's body wns discovered.
One) shell had been fired. The police
nlso unnouncfd thnt nn examination
showed powder burns around the bullet
wound.
The nolice sny the woman's body bore
signs of n struggle. Her nrms and legs
were bruised.
Heryn told the authorities be was
asleep in n room with John Dick, nnd
when they weic awakened by n shot he
sent John down to investigate. He snld
the boy returned and snld his step
mother had been shot.
Summoned Neighbors
The boarder, according to his story,
then summoned neighbors.
In n later story told the police. Paul
Dick. Jr., another son of Dick, said he
hnd been sent downstairs by bis father
to search for his stepmother, and as he
reached the bottom of the stnlrs he heard
a shot In the yard.
He said he hurried out and discovered
the body of Mrs. Dick. He then rushed
upstnlrs and told his father, he said.
The boy also tola the police Ills fntner
had been intoxicated when he came home
yesterdiij afternoon. According to the
boy the father was employed nt the
Italdwln Locomotive Works. The son
snld his father usually left he house for
work at fi o'clock, but he was so in
toxicated estcrday afternoon he retired
"to slecn it off."
John Dick went to a nearby carbarn
nnd asked Edward Young, a foreman,
tO call an umbulnncc. Young notified
Chief of Police McGownn, and he. with
Dr. John M. Hutchings, went to the
Dick home.
From neighbors Chief of Police Mc
Gownn learned thnt Dick, a widower
with Ave children, bad been married
to the victim of the shooting two years.
Had Saved $4000
She had woiked all her life in the
mills nt Clifton Heights, and at the
time of her tnn'rrlage possessed $4000.
According to the police. Dick had tried
to gain possession of this money and
there had been several quarrels between
the two.
Last summer Dick wns. arrested after
he had quarreled with his wife and
thrown stones nt her. He wns re
leased when he promised to behave.
Last evening, the police suy. Dick
went home under the influence of
liquor. They say neighbors heard Dick
and his wife quarrel and he finally
drove her from the house.
The quarrel is said to have occurred
between 0 and 10 o'clock.
Earlier in the evening Dick had gone
to the home of u neighbor. The police
,sny his wife followed him there, im
plored him to come home, and dciniiuded
money which she accused him of having
taken from her.
A bank book showing a balance of
$3700 In Mrs. Dick's favor at n Clifton
Ileights bnnk was found among her
possessions by the police.
Reside John nnd Paul, Jr., there arc
two children nt home, Mary, eleven
j ears old, and Anna six yenru old.
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SYSTEM SAID TO BE
BACKED BY HARDING
Sonator Curtis Seeks to Abolish
Federal Reserve Board and
Regional Banks
ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS
CONFERENCE AT MARION
.MISS VIOLE'fTE O. SELFIUDGH
Daughter of II. Gordon Sclfrldge,
tho London merchant, who is to
marry Viscount dl Slhour, a ineiti
her of an old French family.
Shortly after meeting his fiancee on
an ocean trip, the Viscount applied ,
nt tho Sclfrldge store for work. Ho
nppancitly mado good, as tho en
gagement was announced by Mr.
Sclfridgo
HOUSE
REPASSES
Cnnllnuisl nn 1'iibp Two. Column Tlirrfi
JAIL EXATROLMAN
Former Haverford Township Police
man Convicted of Larceny
A former Haverford township patrol
man, George McGinley, member of
Chief Hnlllssey's department nt tlie
time of his arrest in November, was
convicted ot larceny berore Judge Ier
giibon, at City Hall, today, and wns
sent to prison to serve a sentence of
six months.
It was shown in court that In ll)l."i
McGinley served three months for mi
licltlug money on the streets; six
months in 1017 for larceny, and three
months the lntter part of the same
year for another chnrgo of larceii).
Ho was arrested while dieting sus
piciously In this city a month ufter
ho had been unpointed it patrolman
in the suburban township. Silverware
found lit bis rooms in this city wns
found to have been stolen from a
hotel where ho bud been employed for
a time, and be admitted that he bad
sold n bicycle which ho hnd recovered,
after t had been reported to him ns
stolen. .
SOVIET PLANS TO SPREAD
TERROR IN OTHER NATIONS
Lenlne Directs Starting of Strikes
Throughout World
Washington, .Tun. 4. (By A. P.)
A now policy of terror nbroad, espe
cially in nenrby countries, has been de
cided upon by the Russian Soviet, ac
cording to official advices from Mos
cow. Nikolai Lenlne Is quoted ns say
ing in n proclamation to tne commune
committee of Europe that "It is abso
lutely indispensable to keep the bour
geois enemy with internal trouble in
order thnt they cannot injure Soviet
Russia."
"Great strikes should be organized
throughout the world," this version of
the proclamation bays, and agitation
for the establishment of commercial re
lations with Russia should be increased.
In order to light famine and attack
.capitalism solidly throughout the uni
verse these things should be done."
Lenlne is quoted further as saying
thnt other nations plan to fight Soviet
Russin by the use of spies seeking to
enter Russia with the apparent purpose
ot organizing revolts ngainst tne noviet.
WAR FINANCE BILL
Overrides President Wilson's
Veto, 250 to 66, and Resolu
tion Becomes Law
HEARINGS ON TARIFF ISSUE
By the Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 4. The resolution
reviving the War Flnnnce Corporation
became a law today with its rendoption
by the House over President Wilson's
cto. The Sennte overrode the veto yes
terday. The vote in the House was 250 to (ill,
with three voting present, or thirty
seven more titan the required two-thirds
majority.
Hearings on the House emergency
tnriff bill were decided upon today bv
the Senate finnnce committee. Thev
will begin Thursday nud end next
Tuesday. The committee nlso agreed
to reopen hearings on the soldier bonus
bill on January Kl.
Chairman Penrose, presiding for the
first time in thirtten months, explained
that his office had received many re
quests for further opportunity to dis
cuss both the tariff measure and the
soldier aid hill, nnd did not oppose the
hearings. Members of the committee
said, however, that he had mndo it
clear ho wns opposed to affirmative
uction by the Sennte on the tariff ineus
urc. Aftcr the meeting Senator Penrose
dictated a stutement snjing that "un
doubtedly both measures would be re
ported to the Senate." However, he
ventured no opinion as to the probable
uction tbeia.
Sharp Talk In Committee
Although members of the committee
declined to discuss in detail what had
transpired behind the closed doors of
the committee, the impression went out
that the session hud developed some
thing bordering on n row. One senn
tor said "there was some sharp talk."
Mr. Penrose indicated there had been
no record ote on the proposition nt
holding hearii.gs on the tariff measure,
nnd Senator Smoot snnl there had been
little talk on the merits nf the bill It
wns indicated that some of the southern
senators hud attempted to throttle the
measure.
Senator Penrose made public com
munications from interests m eking to
be heard on the tariff proposal.' They
included the Merchants' Association, of
ew York, the California Citrus
league, the National Hoard of Farm
Organization, National Association of
Wool Manufacturers, Foreign Trade
Continued on I'iiko Two, Column I'nur
Today's Developments
in National Capital
The Sennte finance committee de
cided to hold henrings on the emer
gency tariif bTTI, beginning Thursday,
and agreed to reopen henrings on the
bonus bill on January IK.
Opposition to legislation restrict
ing immigration was presented to the
Sennte Immigration committee by
Louis Marshall, representing the
American Jewish committee.
The Senoto elections committee,
behind barred doors, began a recount
of the ballots in the Newberry-Ford
contest.
.IDAHO'S NEW CAPITAL OCCUPIED FOR FIRST TIME
IlOISr, Idaho, Jan. 4. Iilnlyfcs luifa-Jpn-eiuiillloii- Joi: w pupitn".
building; todny was befug used'by state;. officers after six thou
r.nnd pcisoiih attended a house wniming rnst nlfiht, when the build,
in;; was thrown open to the peppldof .t.h.e state for the first time.
Governor D.'W. Davis nnd his s.ta,ff acSffWed troops of the stats
cavalry, officeis' reserve training corps, 'nitJ"El Kornh Shrine pa
trol, from the bteps of the capital. A&'eception, with present nnd
former state officials in the leceivlng'fihe, followed the review.
INTER-ALLIED FINANCE CONFERENCE TO ADJOURN
PARIS, Jan. 4. Contrniy to announcements made recently,
the Intel -Allied Finance Conference at Biussels, will piobably deter
.is sum -a temporarily, says the Eclair, which declares it has
teccived this infonnntion fiom au authoritative souice.
WARM ENOUGH FOR FURS
Continued Balmy Weather Is Prom
ised by Forecaster
Springlike wentber will reign all daj
and help to put another dent in tho am
bition of the conl profiteer. The weather
mnn asserts that a normal temperature
of fiO degrees will prevail, whieii means
it will be 18 above normal.
Indications tliut the forecaster's
clnlms will bo correct went shown by
the thermometer nt 10 o'clock, when the
mercury had nlready climbed to 43. To
night will not be much cooler, says Mr.
Bliss, whose weather data Indicates
that the mercury will bo hovering
around 40,
Mild spring weather Is also prom
ised tomorrow.
VIEWS VARE'S STREET WORK
Caven Inspects Cleaning In First
District Has Received Complaints
Director of Public Works Caven',
"acting Mayor" in Mayor Moore's nb
senee, inspected tho first street cleaning
district today where Senator Vnre holds
the contruct.
Tho district covers all territory south
of South street to tho city limits, and
east of Broad street. Director of Health
lurbush has received many complaints
of filthy streetK in that section.
Director Caven is pleased bv the re
sults shown from South street to Co
lumbla avenuo and from river to river
where tho city is cleaniug tho streets
directly, without the medium of con
tractors. A
By CLINTON W. GILBERT ,
Htafl CiirrrvMinilrnt IhcnlnK I'ulillr l.nUtr
t npurlahl. 1921. hu VubHr l.ctlarr Co.
.Marlon. ().. .Inn. 4. Will it be the
policy of the next administration to
replace the Federal Reserve system
with a central banking system?
.Senator Curtis' announcement Hint
he would shortly move to amend the
Federal Reserve net s(, as to substitute
for the existing Federal Reserve Board
with tegional reserve banks a single
bnnk with branches, made nfter a long
conference with th President-elect,
suggests thnt Mr. Harding approves
the plan.
The central bank Is Republican doc
trine and .Mr. Harding In tne ense of
the Puniimn Canal tolls and tn various
other matters shows a determination to
fco back to the na ty's position. The
Aldrich commission, which wns inves
tlgnting the question of currency nt
the end of the Tuft administration, was
disposed toward a central bonk, though
doubtful whether the country would nc
cept. mien a centrnil7attoii of control
over credit ns the creation of a singlo
bnnk would imply. The Democratic
party had been opposed to u central
bank ever since President Jackson ttbol
ished the 1'nited Stntes Bank. When
President Wilson entered office tho
Democrats took up the work the Al
drich commission had done and directed
it toward the establishment of reglonnl
reserve centers under the supervision
of a single reserve board in Washing
ton. Seelus I-ss Control of Credit
The Federal Reserve system operated
with very little criticism until the ex
isting credit stringency began to affect
the farmers. Since then there has been
n definite drive from the West to mod
ify the Federal Reserve net so as to in
crease credit for agriculture nnd for in
dustry, too.
The uitiis of Senator Curtis' pro
posal nre to get riil of the present
Federal Reserve Board and relax tho
law then to-create a central bnnk. A
return tn Republican party principles
is the pretext, but the real object is
a less strict control of credit.
It is the o'd issue of inflation and
sound finances. So long ns credit was
exputuling the Federal Reserve system
was popular in the West. When the
limit wns reached the West blamed nil
Its troubles upon deflation nnd began to
demand more credit. First It demanded
the rediscounting of paper which. In
the opinion of bankers, was of too long
a term and not sufficiently liquid. Now.
under co'or nf improving the banking
system of the country, it is detnnndlng
the heads of the Federal Reserve Bnnrd.
This was a danger that inevitably
threatened any centralized banking sys
tem, whether of the present reglonnl
variety or formed of it single bank with
branches. I'ntil the country ienrned tint
principles nf sound banking and began
tn have thorough confidence in the wis
dom of its iTt'dit authorities, every
period of financial stringency wns bound
to bring proposals in legislative forms
to re'ax the safeguards against infla
tion. Reserc Sjstem Only .Makeshift
For the creation nf u central bank
much iiiii doubtless be mid. if that
bank is not put into inflationist hands
and if tho law regarding the kind of
paper which the bank may rediscount is
not lehixetl t" tile point wheie wlo
bankers feel thnt the way is opened tn
inflations.
The ptesent Federal Reserve system
was onU a makeshift and u compro
mise. It was adopted because the poli
ticians felt it went ns far ns the coun
try could go at that time toward tint
centralization of mntrol over ciedit. It
was generally predated b those inter
e.stcd in giving this country a sound
currency system thnt if it succeeded it
would be followed In tho definite adopt
ing of n. single central bunk with
branches.
Contrary to the predictions nindn
when the present system was adopted,
'lie regional banks Iihm- not been popu
lar. Senator Curtis' state of Kansas
objects to the profits which tho ipscrvu
bank at Kansas Cm lias taken from
the industries of that section Profits
were reported tn amount to about
$20,000,000.
This money, it is said, instead oe
being available for loans to the section
where it was eatneil, was taken to
Washington and imested in gnei-nnonr.
securities. This use nf the banking s -tern
nf the country to provide a market
for government bonds is a defci t of tho
present system, dcriwil from the old
uutinnnl banking system wlmb was
created in Civil War times for the pur
pose of floating government loans.
East OpMscf, Relaxation
Senator Curtis also objects In tho
regional banks competing with eaf li
other to make profits and thus making
their sen ices ton costly to tin. com
munities they serve.
Against II II V relilMltinn of the coiitul
over credit there will dew hip n iim ;
sentiment among Ihe liigi:er bank ,
and business interests nf the Ln-i
Some of Mr Holding's ablest tuiiiie ml
advisers believe that the Federal R
serve Board has met the fimun ml sitiiu -lion
of the last year wisely and thin
any relaxation of the law which would
promote inflation would bring about i
panic.
Financiers of this opinion probably
would not oppose an amendment of tlm
law creating a ccntial hank, ptoidcl
those placed in control of the bank tin 1
substantially the same views as tint
cbuirmau of the Federal Reserve Bonr.j
ami provided it was not opened to tho
negotiation of paper not sufficiently
liquid in character.
Judge Grosscup Visits Harding
Mai inn, 0., Jan. I -lily A 1 )- -t
Judge Peter (irosscup. of Cliiea.'o,
headed the list of President -ele. I
Harding's callers for today. It was
understood the conference- related nut
only to the plan for au association of
nations, but to economic problems, of
which Judge Grosscup long has bei'it
a student.
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