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Measure Reported Out by House
iCommittee Provides $10,000,
, 000 for Dry Enforcement
frOTAL SUMS $112,728,438,
' tly (lie Associated Press
TVftnlitngton, Jan. 0. The legislative,
Executive and judicial appropriation
bill, tlie big salary measure, reports 1
out today by the House appropriations
committee, carried n total of SH'-V
728.433. or $2.1.724,100 less tlmn do
jiartmcnts asked for. nnd $.", 72.77 1
liclow the amount appropriated for the
current year.
As nn Inilieatlnn of tlie war-time in
ctcobc. the bill's total in HUH was
$.10,01 0.70ft. bin ns one means of rut
ting expenses the rnmmittee topped off
salaries for 12.1 Sit employes m the Di
trlct of Columbia.
j An appropriation of $10,000,000 was
recommended for the Uurcati of Internal
.Revenue, to be used largely in enforce
ment of prohibition. It wns revealed
today that the nmount which the bureau
H suggested as necessary at hearings be
foro the committee wns 57.000.000,
but that members of the committee in
sisted that more was necesoary in con
sideration of the deficiency to be taken
ero of later.
Cut for Trrasurj
The largest cuts in appropriations f.u
departments in the salary bill, as com
pared with those of last year were:
Treasury Department, $0,000,011: De
partment of Commerce, 8;i. Ml.. ''.(
War Department. S2,027,S70, and Navy
ojenartment, i.jJ,nU.
Tho subcommittee estimated that an
Additional $15,000,000 would be saved
If ConcrcBS followed the recomniendo-
tlon of the subcommittee that the $210
Btinunl bonus granted federal empes
did not apply in the case of employes
whose pay is adjustable by wage boards
or similar authority in accord with com-
inercial rates paid locally for the same
r?L0f.,?.CrV'C(,' i- .......
. The subcommittee explained that the
over that for the fiscal year 1010 re-
;.:.!.".; V.'i ; ' ;,- .
nuHcd largely from federal activities
growing out of the war.
i-racticauy an of the nmount cut from
tho Department of Commerce was due
In n rf.il.tn. in,, ,( CT TU'. Hi n In lw.
to a reduction of $3,7.1.000 in the
allowance for the census bureau, which
Is completing its work on the la.st
census. No decrease In the number of
employes in the bureau of war risk in
surance is required, but tlie bureau's
appropriation was reduced from S10,
824,400 to $7,115,11)0. It a-.ked for
$12,513,050.
PEW A. ASSIGNED 4
NEW CONGRESSMEN
Washington. .Tan. (S. (tly A. P.t
Tho House census committee agreed to
day to report to Congress the Siegel
bill, fixing tho membership of the IIous.e
at 483. an increase of forty-eight over
the present membership. H nlo recom
mended n constitutional amendment
limiting the membership of future
' Houses to 500.
Tho bnbis for representation was fixed
nt one member for every 210,070 in
labitants. Cnder this bill the htates
would gain ns follows :
Alabama. 1 ; Arkansus. 1 ; California,
3 J Connecticut, 1 ; Georgia. ; Illinois.
II: Maryland, 1; .Massachusetts, 2;
Michigan, I, Minnesota, 1: New Jer
sey, 2; New Mexico. 1; New York. 1 ;
North Carolina, 2; Ohio. 4: Oklahoma.
1; Oregon. 1; Pennsylvania, 4; South
Carolinu, 1 ; Tennessee, 1 ; Texn. .", ;
Virginia, 1 ; Washington, 1 ; West Vir
ginia, 1, and Wisconsin, 1. No stales
would lose any representation.
Under the committee's bill the states
would have representation ns follows:
Alabama. 11 ; Arizona, 1 ; Arkansas, S ;
,alltoriiia, in; Colorado, 4: Connecti
cut, 0; Delaware, 1 ; Florida, 4: (leor
cia. 1.'!, Idaho, 2; Illinois, ,'t'l; In
diana, 13: Iowa, 11; Kansas, s , Ken
tucky, 11; Louisiana. S ; Maine, 4;
Maryland. 7; Massachusetts, IS; Michi
gan, 17; Minnesota. 11 ; .Mississippi. S;
Mlssouii, 10, Montana, 2; Nebraska,
.Nevada,
i, .mhv Hampshire, j. rsew
'eiscy. l-i. .xcv. ueNien -; ow xo.it,
47; North (.arohna. 12; North D.i-
fc.ota, .,; Ohio. 20; Oklahoma. 0. Ore-
Kon, 4 Pennsylvania. (j KI.do
Island, .! ; South Carolm.i, S; .-south 1
Dakota. 3; Tenucssep. It; Tctiis, 21 !
Utah. 2; Vermont. 2: Virginia. 11.
"Washington, 0; West irginia. 7; Wis-
consin, 12, and Wyoming, 1
The bill proides that in cae c. an;;
increase in thi number of representa
tives in any sfito such ndd.tionnl rep-
..uantnlltpi. shfill hn ntnUA nt ln,ffa
..nttt tiw. ,,1... Tn,itinnir.i. , ..c ..- '
districting law-'
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1' MILLIONS PARED
! IN SALARY BILL
.,,, ..,., ..... ..'specialist will endeavor to remove the
PRAY FOR GIBBONEY FAMILY i.i:..t Mci. UMiiu.miioii.iui umu-r th
W. C. T. U. Members Also Ask Di
vine Guidance for Mayor Moore
UlessiiiRs nnd praji-rs for the family
of D. ("la.-eni e Jibhnnej, tho Philmlel-
phla attornev, dnivvned early tli.s wie;,
in MexiiRi. w liters, inn! flu Mm in-
Sloorc in the tiL'ht he is wnuitiK against
political evils, were civil this innrniiiK
by tho Women's Christian Timperanci
Union In an nli-il.iy meeting at tlie
organization's headiiiurter, 11)21 At eh
street.
"Bless the dear woman we love so
well." said Mis. Elizabeth I'viKUsun.
president of the union, refeiring to Mrs.,
Glbboney, who was nlwnvs un nn. ut
worKer in iue .rmpir.iucQ soutr
"Sustain her funnlj that they inn
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vuiqv -.. . .
v II'
eo there i- :i t-:er lining l ive:, m ieujn rum uui.ru o. .eiiii onu i iunn UnphncI Mintn, oi i.oniio.i, n.e
' cloud." i-u iiaiiiui nt rniinui-itiiiiii nas imn lwlvl poitrnit painter anil uiez.otini
"Mav the Mh . .. tne i.rfl.i t. "lli'itid S.'i.'O.iMM) tu ilistnlmte aiming ,rnv,.r ou her mnternal side blie wu-
tlnued'Mr. l'i ntn-mi. ' .m4 nnv '.e "-'"'I '"'' di.iblnl I'n sbjteii.in minis. ,", ,!,.,. (r, Andrew ('.risumi. o u
hnve the fearlessness f. Hgi.t fur it ' ' '"- "'' wnl-w sui.il i.rphuii.., imording ,', ,w purchasers f lnml fnun Wil-
The opiums pniwr wns offered bv , l" v ''l,ul-t "J the budget distrihut- i J" .; Another ancestor whs Cap.
,MBl, E D Ciimptiiii. of the Wmnen's mib oinmitiee ..f th" pM-sbjterian ex... ":" Witllum Donaldson, brother of Ar-
Home Mihsn. hum S... . tv of th. Meti,- , 'itn .oiiiiui-sum iiiuiu publ.e to. luj ' .,.,, ,..... .. H.iolutioiiuiv war
....... pi,,, r..i, ii,.i iii r t(,,u,i,.r. ,i... i.iiit star s iiiiuropi;utioii was ."..urj.- Ll"" ""
llvcrcd an nildies "; ,,,,, . .. , ,
t. .Nearly all the items in the budget
iiiitn'iMiie".iiiiTDir(.Tn nlri1"" consiileiably luas than lust jeur.
"'MISSING MAN TRIES TO DIE The Piusbjtenan boaid of hum.) mih-
hions will huvo a biulxet of over $2.-
Found in Room With Gas Turned '' "00. "nd the foreign work -S'i.ntiU.--T
1, . . c ,... ri.i Mn. "Ilir1 is 5-',55S,0(XJ less than In
Un.riD. in ou. wwi.Mt.iwii
' Mlwdng f"i" two davs, Walter Tide
mcrlch, traffic manager fur the Ameri
can Stores Co . is al the Itouscvelt
Hospital, where he was taken .vestM
day after be bad bi en found in his
room, 22ll North Law rem si.eet, xs, it li
a gas tube in bis mouth und the immi
filled with gas.
Thlcmerich's absence had been re
ported to the police, and white they
were hunting for him his landlady. Mrs.
XTUrabctli Robert., run into the Third
utToet and Enirmonnt nvenuo station
nnd reported one of her lodger hnd
found tho man in lus room uncon
scious. Thlcmcrich -was nvive.l nt the hos
pital, aild. Iiceor.lillg tO the police, MH
that ho had been held up und robbed.
' Later ho denied this.
1,1 The officials of the American Stores
n Co. sold 'Dnu I,"ul l" ,na" '"nil been
in tlm cotnnany s cmnlo.v for .. inm.
', s &no and. tlJBt he was one of their
? ' Tisiifsl employes,
7 Tyemrich is fifty -six years old.
( rntn! News Phot.,.
(KOKUi; O. WALSON
Prominent Washington banker,
who lias been selected by tho Amer
ican IlniiKciV Association to servo
on the legislative committee of that
body
WOMEN HONOR MEMORY
OF STEPHEN DECATUR
Commemorats Anniversary of HI
Birth Activity Among Clubs
The Stephen Decatur Chapter, of the
Daughter of 1S12, commemorated the
I anniversary of the birth of its patrou
hero this afternoon, by holding u me-
modal service at his grnvo In old St.
Peter's Churchyard.
I The deeds of valor of Stephen
Decatur were read by Mrs. Alfred Fritz,
, rPS0Ilt of the chapter, nnd then a wreath
,V1H ,,acca on tuc Kravc,
frho memorial service was followed
,,v monthlv meeting of the diopter
I j thp 1laKtie Cub. Aftcr ,ile business
Uession, the historian, Mrs. Moffet, rend
... ,' .... "Upmis of Interest l'ast and
l'resent. .Mis. .loci Tiiomas, .irs
.John II. Collins and Mrs. N. Thomp
son Moore vcie hostesses.
Tlie Ceramic League held n meeting
t)H afternoon lit 111 South Sixteenth
.. ...... ..,..-.
street. Mrs. Alston II. .Moulton pre
sented the Captain ltuckinghnm memor
ial prize for original design on china.
This evening one of the members of the
league, Miis M. I!. Oates, will give a
tall; on "Art."
The Mount Ain Liteinry Club met
today to discuss "Present Ireland in the
Light of the Past." The members din
i ussing the subject were Mrs. Walter
11. Jurdeii. Mrs. Horace M. Llpplncott
and Mrs. Joseph C. Ferguson.
A round table on legislation engaged
the attention of the members of the
Lunghomc sorosis following their busi
ness meeting this afternoon. Mrs. John
It. Pickering, president, presided.
SIX TAKEN IN CAFE RAID
Two Prisoners Were Formerly Ar
rested in Opium Death Case
Six men were arrested by detectives
of the night squad tit midnight In the
Poplar Iles'iurant, llroad and Poplar
streets, on Mispcion of being concerned
In tlie theft of an automobile and token
to City Hall for hearing befoic MugU
trate .Slecleary
The restaurant was i aided New
Year's eve by detectives and twenty -seven
men and woincu were arrested.
At that time the proprietor nnd man
ager were arrested and they are now
under bail.
Detectives Clark. Crcedon. Malonu
land Kelly made the arrests last night.
Two if tnose arrested, Krno.it Stabler,
of rnirmount avenue below Sixteenth,
jirid IMward Uegun, of Sixteenth nnd
Wallace streets, were arrested Decem
ber 21, when they were alleged to hiivc
sought pus cssion of the body of Mrs".
Harbarn Uinivan, ulio uleii ot opium
poisoning in her apartment on Poplar
street near Fifteenth. The tvw men
were set free ut tho inquist
Tho others iirrsted last niglit were
Johri Kl!nny Sixth and Thompson
strorlR; i.;.jwnrd Garber. Hula ; Sam
uol,Bm,,ty, Darby, nnd Howard Smith,
Tw,.ntv-fourth und Jefferson strccti.
n, ,.m ncTrnTlwc ucDr
BLIND DETECTIVE HERE
Southern Policeman Hopes to Regain
Sight Through Operation
lllinil fur twenty -four JKirs as a ie-
sult o Im'iiik shot by n burglar, P. .
Elinor, U
"blinil detective," of Kieh
urnve dm I'liiliidelphia last
, ..
inmiil, it
unlit on his way to New Yotk, where u
llllllt cje.
lie made a call on omeoId'iiciulat
tin- riftieutli and Vine streets station
hnusi His senses of tou li and hear-
iiii; ar" uiiiixiu ly acute. Last iii&ht he
in iit'iii.eil litnct Detective MuxKcrty
tioin liis . und the fouicl ut his
walk.
'I he "blind ih teeth'" is lonildcnl
ih.it tlie tnunni; npeintion will restore I
the sight nf one of his I'jes, which !' j
Inst u 1 1 r having bmi nlml below
tbt
e. c'juil In a i riiiiiii.il In Itichmnnil.
CHURCH BUDGET ISSUED
$350,000 Allotted for Presbyterian
Ministers' Families Here
,r,,
111 .Ml.
HELD ON BAD-CHECK CHARGE
Howard Ilrod.v . of 1'lfth and Wh.utou
-tnits, furuierl.v einplov.d by a shoe
company at Eighth und Bin o streets
vii aiiestcd ami held in $s.l)ll bail b
Magistrate Mceleury in C'uitinl Station
this mo. uing on n charg of passing bud
cheeks. Ilrody if charged with bavin.?
passed mom than ?:t00 worth of bogus
checks and is suid to hnvo v'henten" a
live weeks' buatd bill In a centrally lo
eattsl hotel.
MAPLE SHADE SETS RECORD
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town bcliev.s it inn ,ny claim to the',
gieilte.t lucr. iino in population fur uuv
country village in the t'nited .States I
within a two venr neriod. Two years1
.. .... . ,.,.. . v i
it the entiio Donulntioii of t
consisted of seventeen persons, while
today th town numbers 2200 inhabi
tants, with seventeen nationalities rep
resented, ,
I
EVENING PUBHCr
ELECTRICIAN AT N. Y. SHIPYARD
WINS PRIZE FOR LIMERICK NO. 16
William Dunscath Is
Awarded $100 by Jury
of Darlington Store Em
ployes for M u m mors'
Parade Verse
When Contest Started His
Wife Picked Out Vacuum
Cleaner She Was Going
to Buy and Noiv Gets It
Today's award was made by n Jury
of women employe of tho Joseph O.
Darlington store. Chestnut street Mow
Twelfth. A photograph will be found
on the bach page.
The award to le announced tomor
row v ill be made by a Jury from the
Opiwnhelm, Collins store, l'-'OT Chest
nut street.
So now sho tan set her vacuum
cleaner.
That's the climax of the preUy story
of the winning of today's prize nnd If
you could have seen the happy smile
with which the wife of the winner made
the announcement, you fans would nil
have been clad you lost nnd cave the
iop.
The winner is
Willium Duusentli,
2531 Morgan Iloulcvard,
Falrvlew, N. J.,
Ulcctriclan, New York Shipbuilding Co.
The award was made by a jury of ten
ot tho women employes of the Joseph
G. Darlington store, Chestnut street
below Twelfth, nnd they must have
thought it considerably better than Its
competitors because, they cast seven
votes for it on the first ballot. The
verse, as the winner completed it, fol
lows :
Limerick No. 10
A chap in 1hc mummer' parade
t!aid,"Thr rcit trill be mad, I'm afraid;
Far ihetc crowds, you can ace,
Have come just to see mc;
I'm the cwd doll (idol) of all that's
displayed."
Mr. Dunseath's line was among the
ten best selected for presentation to
the Jury. The other nine were :
I'm nn nco" what ft grimace ho
made. Daniel C. Kcid, 1231 West
Tucker street.
E'en my partner was told, 'Mnslc y'er
aid.' "Jack C. Gottlieb, 2200 Na
trona street.
It's hard times nnd I'm canned
mummcrlade." Clalro G. Vila. 5032
j Spruce street.
riquerzo mo rest anil we u nave lem
onade.'' Mrs. I' Otto Mayer, 0203 ;
North Carlisle street, Logan.
In my dear old crandmummer's hro
culo." Josephine Kntzcnstein, 4322
Chestnut street.
Tor I'm Jest UUo a mummy arrnjert."
Eleanor II. Truckscss, 1724 North
Twenty-sixth street.
'Hroad' was narrow for film; yes,
indade." Daniel C. Rcid, 12:11 West
Tucker street.
Keep It mum. Walt; don't shoot till
we've played." Oladys Goshoru, oil
South Eighth street.
So Uoep mum'r you may cause a
raid." C.corge S. Loutey, 4238 Lud
low street.
The jury was mado up from various
departments of the store so that it rep
resented nil tnstes in the matter of
limericks. Those composing it were:
E. I). Klein, Ti-iO Usee street; white
goods department.
Jeannetto Wallace, 104 South For
tieth streets ; blankets.
Mrs. Kathcrino Gates, 323." North
Park avenue; assistant, ready-to-wenr.
Edith II. Baxter, 3227 Iligbcc street;
"Mai"7 Wright, 2550 North Eighth
street ; gloves.
Anna Alrcy. 2109 South Nineteenth
street; lingerie.
Carrie M. Arthur, 2..0 Ruby street;
cashier.
E. L. KIrlt. 1120 West Airy street,
Vnrriutntvn : Mlk.
M. M. Mnrhley, 009 North Sixty
sixth street; office.
Mrs. E. K. IiewLs. 2312 North Gar
net street ; juvenile clothing.
Winner's Wife Prepared
Talk nbout preparedness well, you
rtninly have to hand it to Mrs. Dun-
certainly
Deaths of a Day
MRS. ISOLA EARLE BEALE
Descendant of Betsy Ross and Widow, member of the lOUtb Infantry in the
i n.ni ntH Hre Kevstone Division, will be buried with
of uentioi uiea nerc Unitary honors, Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Isnla l.nrle Beale. a (lesoomiant frQm thfl (,iumum Avenue Methodist
of lletsy nosh aim wiimw '".' i"f
Dr. Stephen ThiiinnsBealc. Ihilailel-
phla dentist, .lieu, ycsierin ""'""' ;
iil nn nui.it, ,- --.
street.
Mrs. Benle on Monday relapsed into
a fomatose state from which she "py"
rallied. Members of her family, whub
includes three sons and two daughter,
were nt her bedside when she (lieil.
The deceased was n great-grand -r,i
nf lletsv Boss, and n secmii!
,.!., ,.r ilm l.ite Lord Julian Pnunce
f0rto. who was British nmbassndor m
ivn.iiiiiihiii. She was one oi tne or
Kimizcrs of the Flag Houso Chapter.
N. S.. D. A. U.. nnd acted as vice ie
gent sinco that organization, in 1003.
On her paternal side, Mrs. Beale wa
descended from Blehnrd Sanger, of
rnclnnd, who settled in New England
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Dr. W. L. De Lap
Dr. W. L. Do Lap. sixty-eight year
old, of Mf) Monmouth street, (ilotice.s
ter, died cnily todav at his home, fol
lowing n month's Illness. He was a
gradunte of Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, and before beginning tlie practice
ot medicine in (iloucester twenty-five
venrs neo. nractlccd In Trinidiid. Co'.
lie is suivived by his widow- and one
sou
He wiih ii inediial insiiectm of the
(llouei'htcr schools, utid a member of
Clouil Lodge No. 101, of the Masonic
fraternity.
Funeral services will bo held by the
Mukous tomorrow evening, interment
to bo Saturday, in Ilarleigh Cemetery,
Camden.
Ralph Pomeroy
Ralph Pomeroy, for the last twelve
i venri nlentmet! with either the rennr
torlnl or e.litrrnl departments of Philn-
delphin newspaper, died yesterday ut
his home, lfHM) North Park avenue. At
the time of his death he was a telegraph
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editor with the Record He was fifty
nine years old, and was born in Apple
ton, Wis. He wns a corporal in the
Second Wisconsin Regiment during the
SpauUh American w'ur, and later salv
ui'i o .. .
LEDGiJlPHIIiADELPHlA, itltJKSDAY,
One Hundred Dollars Daily
For the Best Last Line Supplied by Any Reader of the
Evening Public Ledger to tlie Incomplete
Limerick Which Appears Below
RULES OF THE LIMERICK CONTEST
1. Contest Is open to nnv one. All
that is required for you to do Is to
write and send In your Inst lines to
the Limerick, using for conveni
ence the coupqn printed below.
Please write plainly, nnd be sure
to add your name Dd address.
2. All answers to tho Limerick which
is printed below must bo re
ceived nt the offico of the Evrxtxo
J'uiato Lebokji by 0 o'clock
Saturday evening. Monday's nnd
Thursday's Limericks should be
mailed to P. O. Uox 1523. Phlla
delphlaj Tuesday's nnd Trlday's
to P. O. Hox 1521. nnd Wednes
'iVo? nu.'' Hnliirdny'H to P. O. ltox
1.1-4. Answers left nt the office
O' the fcVEHINO rum.10 LEDann
will also bo admissible.
THE WINNER OF TODAY'S CONTEST WILL. DE ANNOUNCED ONE
WEEK FROM TODAY
Cut Out and Mail
TO THE LIMERICK CONTEST
Evkmko Public Lnnnnn,
'. O. Hot 152,1, Philadelphia.
LIMERICK NO. 22
There is a young lady in Wayne
Who from movies can never refrain ;
She goes night and day
And the doctors all say
(Write your answer on thle line.)
Same
Street and A'o.
City and State.
scnth when it comes to making your
plans promptly.
"All I will hnve to do is to cash
tho check, beenuso I made my plans ns
to how I would spend the $100, as
soon as this contest opened," said Mrs,
Dunseath yesterday, when told of her
husband's good luck.
"IJelieve mc, when Will told mc that
he wns going to put up n real fight
for one of the hundred dollar prizes, I
told him that I had made all the plans
na it .Krt !.! viiw fn TTTT tn 1.111.11(1
the moncy 'lt rcnlir di(1 not tui!c mc
vcr jon- t0 convInce him that I had
the richt Idea. So he said that I could
spend tho first prize that he won, but
that. If ho won another prizo I would
not even get a glimpse of the money."
The first thine that Mrs. Dunseath
Is going to buy today is a vacuum
cleaner, nnd although this punelip.se
will knock n few snots out of a SIM
bill, sho has decided that what Is left
is going to be spent for the happiness
of "the most wonderful child In New
Jersey Morjorio Dunscath." Little
MUs Dunseath, who is only eighteen
months old, chuckled her approval when
her mother made this statement.
During the war. Mr. Dunscath was
employed in the shipyards nt Newport
News and since thnt time ho has been
working ns nn electriciun at the New
York shipbuilding plant.
"I do not believe that Will would
care to pose today for a photograph to
bo published In the paper." said Mrs.
Dunscath yesterday. "You see ho will
be in bis working clothes ami he would
rather wait until evening so he could
fix up a little.
"I certainly nm glad, however, that
he won tho prize today because I did
want that vacuum cleaner so much nnd.
lipciilps that. Will has worked so hard
every night on the limericks, but he
line nlivnvM ndtnitted that the success
fill lines ench day. wero better than the
ones he hnd sent in.
Play Jolio on Llincrlrlicr
There havo been lots of jokes played
on limprlr kers since this contest besan.
I but. being liraerickcrs in spirit as well
ns in action, the victims have always
service in Porto Itico. The body will
1 be sent to Appleton, Wis., for burial.
Ho is survived by his widow.
Edwin Barr
The body of Private Edwin Han. a
, Episcopal Church. Twenty-fifth street
r-olnmliin. avenue. Barr died nt
died at
, Me,ves, France, on October 7, 1018. of
.vnniiila rpceiveil in action in tie Ar
gonne-MeuB drive. His body was
biouglit to his parents home, at 2i0.jula Claim Adjustment Investigation
lierks stieet, this week. Bureau und Detective Agency" wus or-
Mr. Bnrr was the youngest mil or , dercd by Judgo McCnllcn nfter Horn
Mr and Mrs. William L. Barr. Before I Ho Davis, colored, had pleaded guilty
joining tho Pennsylvania National
..until unit, which Inter liecnme part ol i viu.j ncuiimi. "vn ..nu u tcmu
the Twentv-eighth Division iu fie 'nte from the agency, nnd a badge
American Expeditionary rorccs, he was
employed with Haussninn & Co , at
Eighth and Chestnut streets. Former
fi Mow workmen will ntteud the funeral,
with members of tho 109th Begiment
nii.l Walter M. Hearty Post, No. 815,
il.irniu Frazier Post, No. 2o0, and
Winlleld Scott Post. No. 114, American
Legion, and Troop U.I. Boy Scouts. In
terment will be in West Laurel Hill
Cemeteiy.
Wellington C. Merritt
Wellington C. Merritt. forty ii
years old, who for many years has been
Identified with concerns throughout the
country in the capacity of a saleMiinn,
died yesterday at his home m 11!)
Roosevelt boulevard. He bad been ill
only a short time.
Mr. Merritt in the court. e of his busi
ness engagements traveled through
Mexico and Europe. He came heie ni
years ago and entered in the employ of
the C. W. Hosier Feed Co., of Ugoutz
Ho is survived by his widow.
2 Women on Sunbury Health Board
Slinbury, Pa., Jan. (i. Mrs. II. .1.
Evans, wife of n doctor, and Mrs. J. J.
Wltmer hnve been named members of
Sunbury Henlth Hourd to replace ,1, W.
Morgan und Howard D. Hoffman, who
resigned.
DKATHS
IlAHtl At Mtivea. Franc on Or., 7,
1D1H ot wounJi rfclved In action ArKonni..
UDWIN. prlvnto flrat elms, of Mtdtnil D
tt.rhment 100th U. S. Infantry, younmit
on of WUIUni I. ami Margaret A Urr
Relative friends nml Mimical DeUrhnient
nnii roinrudm ot 100th Ileglmtnt; Wal.r
M. (lwirtv rost. Nn 31&. Kiel Junillz
Krait.T I'ust. No 2M, Amnrlcan lglnn;
Wli.nlil tfco.t I'oat. No. 114, Troop S3 Doy
Hcoutn of Aneilca. vmplr;es Hruiiiemnnn
A . o . anrl any other orimnlmtlon will,
vvliirh ha was .onnt'Cert. rospectfully In
vltf;.l to ttltiTid funeral aervlica, Hat 2 y
n. aharn, Polumblti Avo M. I- f'liurch.
rornpr I'.'th fiinl ("olumbla rva Krlenrta may
call Fn S to 10 p, m parent' restdonco.
a7QT nerica s' Int AVest Laurel Hltl
II III. ! W.N'TKI MA1.H
I)OY, to run errandai school prJvUcst, 851
Chestnut it., second floor. '
3. Tho nn&wcr of tho ONE HUN
DRED DOLLAR prize for tho
best Inst lino to each Limerick will
be announced one week after the
Limerick Is printed. For example,
the winner of the prize for the
Limerick which nppcars today will
be announced today a week.
4. In ense of ties, prizes will be
awarded to each successful con
testant. For example, If tho judges
decide there arc two or more
answers of equal merit for the
pri7e, the author of each niisver
will receive ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. The prize will not be
split up among them.
5. The decision of tho judges In each
Limerick contest will be final.
taken them good naturcdly. The best
story comes voluntnrfly from one of
these victims himself nnd he seems to
enjoy it as much ns nnv one.
Ho is I. W. Lenton. of 1131 North1
Sixty-third strc.it. Ovcrbrook, and no
wrurs :
"The folks in the plant where I am
employed hnve a great jokn on me. I
mn in the president's office. Last
Tucsduy I wns called on the phone from
the outside by tho Evenino Punuc
Ledoeh. They asked if I would be in
ull morning, and Bald they were tend
ing some one down to seo me. Ono of
the 'jokers' wns in the office nt the time,
and, .f course, I told him. They nil
know I nm 'liniericking.'
"I suspected It might be n joke, but
tuc operator torn me tlie. call came p.oui
ti,c outside.
"About 11 o'clock the reception room
phoned mc there was a gentleman wnit
ing to see me. I wciit down and found
a party there with n camera. Ho said
the Evkmno Pum.io LKoi;n had
sent him to sec me. He had a slip with
my name, requeuing him to take a pho
tograph one with the hat on nnd one
with it off. I quizzed him, but he told
mo n very straight btory nnd bhowed
try? another slip with the name of an
other party he had to see, nnd mid
nnothcr ninn would be down to .see me
later.
"Not wishing to disappoint the Evn
Ni.vo Punuo Lr.nocn, I stepped out
sldo nnd in n very businesslike way he
took my picture one with tho lint off
and one with it on, tho offices taking it
all In from tho windows.
"At noon I wns introduced to tho
'photographer' whom I did not know
no wns ono of tlie men in the drnughl
ing department. I offered to bet the
comptroucr i would win oue of the
prizes, but he Wouldn't bet
"I wasn't sore, but told them nbout
, t!lP fcl!ow wl(1 .nllz. w
So here's
hoiiinc I will cet the lunch.
"The next day they gave me twelve
I photographs. They all think some of
'"y answers have been very good.
"Best wishes
ond nil the fans
"ise.st wishes to the Limerick editors
DETECTIVE AGENCY PROBED
'Court Ordero Steps to Revoke Li
cense After Arrest of "Employe"
After n hearing in tho Investigation
of the activities of Jnmcs Ackers, a
private detective, of Lombard street
I near Broad, Judge McCnllcn today, in
I IJunrter Sessions Court No. 1. gave in-
structions to Assjstunt District Attor
ney Kelly and E. M. Hackney, th
j ney Kelly and E. M. Hackney, tin
i chief probntlon officer, to prepare n rule
I chlet probntlon ollicer, to prepare n i
1 for the revocation of Ackers' license.
I Au investigation of the "Pennsylvn-
Iu ciinrgo. oi carrying a concealed
bearing tho seal of tho state,
Davis told Judge McCullcn he had
paid $23 to Ackers to become nn cm
plojo of tho agency nnd was supplied
with the certificate containing a red seal
nnd tho badge.
RAPS SCHOOL BOARD DELAY
Gruenberg Says New Head Should'
Be Chosen at Once
Philadelphia will fail to advance edu
entlonally unless tho Board of Educa-1 Lizzie moved most of the family's fin -Hon
ceases its po'ley of delay in uuin-1 tilturc to the sidewalk and was nbout
ing a new school .superintendent. j to summon a moving vnn. The family
That is mo view ianeu uy l-reucriei
I, (iruenberg, director of tho Bureau
of Municipal Research, who declares
that because of existing conditions Dr.
firorgo Wheeler, acting superintend"
is hnmpered nnd unable to uicompllsh
results otherwise possible.
J. E. Caldwell & Co.
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS STATIONERS
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
JEWELED
FOR BRACELETS
JArftfAb 6, 1021'
HIS FEDERAL TAX
E
Chicago Export Tells Commerce
Chamber Hore Wholo System
Needs Revision
DECENTRALIZATION URGED
Absurdities In tie federal tax sys
tem wero raked over the coals of criti
cism today by Gcorgo T. Buckingham,
n lawyer and tax expert of Chicago, In
nn address In the Hellcviie-Stratford
before members of tho Chamber of
Commerce.
After a review of what he termed
"glaring defects" in tho methods of
Imposing and collecting taxes, Mr.
Buckingham mado these five recom
mendations J
Abandon "Invested capital" ns a
basis of tax computation. So far ns
there Is n levy on corporate profits,
mnltc it a flat levy on nctunl profits.
Decentralize the system. Make tho
assessment locally.
I'ix nnd determine the assessment
before the tnx Is paid. '
Make the assessment final, in the
nbsenco of fraud.
Make nil levies uniform In rate and
application, ns far as possible, and
make as few exceptions and exemptions
as possible.
Rulings Weary Brain
Billings by government officials on
what constitutes "Invested capital,"
Mr. Buckingham declared, aro enough
to cause attacks of brain-fag and
headache In every business center in
the country.
"Tlie law nnd regulations havo so
defined 'invested capital,' " ho declared,
"that no accountant would recognize it
ns such if he met it at high noon in
the middle of the road,
"The thing which masquerades at
Washington ns 'invested capital' -bears
little resemblance to Its namesake nt
the bank or tho factory. It is fair
to estimate that more than one-half
of the time nnd energy of administra
tion is consumed In the hopeless tnsk of
ascertaining this so-called 'invested cap
ital.' "
Dignified business men chuckled and
smiled as Hr. Buckingham told of a
"night school" tho commissioner of in
ternal revenuo has established to teach
"law nnd accounting" to young clerks,
so they could grapple with the involved
tax laws.
Exponents of direct taxes were in
1'owcr in tins country, mc spcaKer con
tinned, when the war came with Its
heavy burden of debt. The results were
income taxes, excess profits taxes nnd
other methods which dug directly Into
tlie pockets of taxpayers.
Would Tax Soft Drlnlis
Some of Mr. Buckingham's sugges
tions may arouse the ire of men who t.se
pipe, cigar or cigarette or of the girl
who looks on chocolate ice cream soda
as "simply heavenly."
The tax expert said nn Increase in
the excise tax on tobacco would bcr
Imps add .$300,000,000 to tho nation's
revenue. Another big revenue producer,
ho snid, would be n heavy luxury tnx
on soft drinks.
Mr. Buckingham's auditors smiled
when he further suggested u heavier tax
on alcoholic liquors, but the smiles faded
when he ndded "used for those purposes
which are still legitimate."
At tho beginning of his address Mr.
Buckingham spoke on figures which n
generation ago would have staggered
taxpayers by their immensity. lie men
tioned casually that the nation's out
standing obligations total twenty-four
billions of dollars. In four years of
war and reconstruction, lie said, t.ix
paers have paid 45 per cent of the war
cost.
Mr. Buckingham commended the army
reorganization plan, and pointed out the
economic advantages that would rcnull
from n "navul holiday," such as has
been proposed by the United States,
Great Britain and Japan.
He was merciless in his criticism of
America's civil budect. Tho covern-
ment lias grown too paternal," he de
(la.e.l. Expenses of tho civil service
could bo cut in two. he sold, if tho gov
ernment departments were placed on n
business basis.
Discussing the excess profits tax
which many business interests wish
repealed, the speaker said it puts a
premium on extravagant management.
"In its effe.'t on business manage
ment," he stated, "it Is demoralizing
beyond nny other economic factor."
Mr. Biicklnshatn sketched n graphic
verbal picture of the thousands of clerks
nt Washington employed in milling over
tax returns. Despite the hize of the
clerical army, he said, it is four years
behind its work.
PLAN DINNER FOR MOORE
Mayors of Neighbor Cities Invited
by Chestnut Street Men
Mayors of several cities will be
among the guests nt n dinner in honor
of Mayor Moore to be given by the
Cliebtnut Street Association at the
Bellevue-Stratford on January 0.
The mayors of all nearby cities who
havo taken nn nctivo interest in the
Atlantic Inland Waterways system, in
which Mayor Moore is keenly inter
ested, nre invited. Among those who
will attend are Lieutenant (lovernn.
Bcldleiiian. Mayor Ellis, of Camden :
Mnvor Taylor, of Wilmington ; Mayor
(illlen, ot Newark: Mayor Donnelly, of
Trenton; Mayor Bnmsey, of Chester;
Bobert Orier Cooke, president Fifth
Avenue Association, of New York.
I Lizzie Worked Too Fast
! Leonard Jones, n Neero. of fiHl
m,tn Twelfth street, hired Lizzie
,-iun.iiu jciiTiiny morning ns a (lisn
wnslier. Yesterday afternoon, while
Jones anil his wlfo wero out walking
, returned und confronted Lizzie before
nny of the furniture had been carted
away. They then summoned n pa
trolman and the new moid was taken
to the Twelfth nnd Pino streets station,
whore Mnglstrato O'Brien today held
her In $000 ball for court.
CHARMS
ON INVESTM
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which means that If you don't lite
money uacic
P. R. T. MUST PROVE
RISE TRAFFIC
Commissioner Demands Com
pany Back Claim 7-Cent Faro
Caused Fewer Riders
JOLT IN VALUATION HEARING
The Philadelphia Itnpid Transit Co.
must prove that tho increase in fare
which went into effect on last November
1 was responsible for a decretive in
patronanc in November and December.
A request for such proof wan made
today by Public Service Commissioner
Clement, who is presiding nt n hearing
on the valuation of the company's ny.s
tcm. The hearing is being held in
Council's finance chamber. City Hall.
This action by the commissioner came
as nn evident surprise to counsel for
the company, who were under the im
pression that the hearing was to con
cern only n valuation of the system.
Hearing on the valuation btarted yes
terday when it wan hhown thruugh
figures submitted by the company thnt
it had carried Jt.fiOO.OOO fewer pas
senzers in Deecmher. ltlUH. tlmn in l.n
hrfme month of 1010. This result bore
out the contention of Thomas K. Mit
ten, president of the I. It. T., who said
that the increase in fare from five to
Bcvcn cents would mean n big loss of
patronage.
While James A. Patterson, n real
estate expert, was testifying today re
garding the value of property owned bv
the company nlong its lines, Coininis
siotier Clement suddenly made the re
quest for traffic figures.
Mr. Clement requested Coleman Joyce,
counsel for the company, to obtuin all
th traffic ligures for the Jast &ix
months. "The company hns asserted
that it carried fewer piibsengers in No
vember nnd December, 11)0, than dur
ing the some months of 1010," said the
commissioner, "nnd it is Important to
see just when tho traffic began to fall
off nnd whether the decrease startcl
before November 1, when the increase
in fare went into effect, or after that
date."
The sudden introduction of traffic
figures into the valuation proceedings
will prolong the henrlng for nn indefinite
period, it is snl.l.
The hearing on the valuation wns to
give the commission n basis for recom
mending n permanent fare.
. FOR 1 19 YEARS
Four generations ago the Crane Paper Mills
were established in the Berkshire Hills. From
that day to this they have made paper-nothing
but paper and always the best.
In all that time there has been no develop'
ment, no process that was not available to them,
and never either temptation or desire to make
paper to meet established market price, or threat
ened competition.
Crane's Bond is recommended for business
stationery-a paper bearing the Crane name,
identified by the Crane water-mark, offering the
business world the same fitness for its purpose
that made Crane's Linen Lawn the stationery
of the social world.
100 selected new rag stoc
119 years experience
Banknotes ofzz countries
Paper money 0438,000,000 people
Government bonds of 18 Mdttotis
c
rane s
BUSINESS
EUROPEAN purchasing
in this country slackened.
High-grade tobacco formerly
shipped abroad accumulated.
We bought it.
This is the unusual condi
tion which enabled us to pro
duce such a quality cigarette as
One-Eleven at so low a price.
Finally
try them!
Ouumnttedty
"1 1 1" Cigarette, you can get you r
trom the ocaier
PUZZLEjEPORTERS
Sit Idly in Special Train at Coch
rane Speculating on Trail
Aeronauts Will Follow
NO DEFINITE NEWS OF MEN
n- tho Associated Press
C'orhrnnp, Ont., Jan. 0. Newspa
per correspondents here nro finding It
ns difficult to locnte the three Ameri
can naval biilloonists on land ns It w.11
in flic air before they descended on
the icy bhorcs of Hudson Hay.
The correspondents rushing here
from the United States prepared to
rush north to meet the returning avia
tors have found themselves puzzled ns
to which trail to select. T they pick
the wrong one, they arc likely to pass
tho nirmen traveling south, whereas If
they remain at Cochrane on the Trans
continental Knlwny, through which the
Americans ultimately must pass, several
las may elapse before they get the
full story of t lie nerinl adventure.
So nt present the newspaper men nre
camping in their spcciul truin. uncer
tain whether to order it to Mattiee.
where- the ucronntits may come out of
the wilds by following the Missinabi
river, or stny in this town, into which
runs tho Abltibi train to Moose Pac
tory. All speculation ns to tho airmen's
whereabouts is based on the assump
tion thnt they curried out their an
nuinced Intention of leaving Moose
Kite tory on December 27. Tidings ot
their plnns were brought into Mnttire
by Indian runners, but up to this morn
ing no word had been received to show
that they actually had started.
Current opinion today wns that be
fore nightfall word would bo received
that (he uvintors had reached rome
railhead. Yesterday it wns believed
they would not nrilve before tomorrow
Itoth opinions, it Is admitted, arc mere
guesses, and several days may clapc
bri'ore tlie aeronauts, unused to snow
shoes, reacli civilization.
Tho temperature, which has been
exceptionally mild for this season,
dropped during the night, and the ther
mometer this morning registered eigh
teen degrees below zero. Reports from
the Mattiee district state. that ten
inches of fresh snow covered tho trail
fiom Moosu Factory.
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